Increasing Employee & Client Engagement

Three men were stranded in the woods and were hungry. One of them left to find food and came back with a deer over his shoulders.  They were amazed.  How did you find it and kill it with no weapons.  He said, I found tracks, I followed them and got the deer.

A few days later, the second man went to find food.  He came back with Elk over his shoulders.  He said, I found tracks, I followed them and got the elk.  Then a few days later, the last man went looking for food.  He was gone a really long time.  He came back after being gone for several hours.  He was hobbling, his clothes were torn, & he was bleeding.  The other two men ran over there to check on him.  He said, I found tracks, I followed them and was hit by a train…

On our 7 Week journey we are on

1. Vision
2. Visualization
3. Passion
4. Clear Direction & Focus
5. Symbolic Reasoning
6. Defined Action Steps
7. Review

If you do not start with the end in mind… you can follow the path or tracks and not end up with the outcome you want.  I am sure you have heard that if you do not have a specific destination in mind then any map will get you there.  You will not get far if you do not know where you are going. 

Go to end goal and then work backwards…  It will help you design a specific path & steps to get there.    Such intense focus may be the most underrated ingredient because it will give the journey purpose & clarity.

It is more than a statement… Most people and companies use only a sentence to try to convey where they are going.  If they try to be more detailed it is like a checklist.  This is why most fail. 

Give it a story…  to help cement the direction, it needs to be like a script.  It has a cast of characters and each has a role.  It has a background set & a layout.  It paints a clear direction because it gives details and illustrates the vision that everyone can follow & understand.  It uses more of a 360 degree view shown from different perspectives rather than a straight line.

This way when you or anyone is reading it they can see themselves acting this out.  It puts it in a more first person perspective and ownership of their role.  They (or you) will be excited and energized because they will say “ I get it, I see what you are trying to do”.

So 5…4…3…2…1…  ACTION!!!

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We are on this 7-week journey on goal setting.  Today we are looking at the awesome power of passion.  Many people who listen to me speak… tag me with this word of passion.  I can’t wait to share my outlook on this.

1. Vision
2. Visualization
3. Passion
4. Clear Direction & Focus
5. Symbolic Reasoning
6. Defined Action Steps
7. Review
In 1962, four nervous young English musicians played their first record audition for the executives of the Decca Recording company. The executives were not impressed, and the Head of Decca Records said, “We don’t like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.” They were devastated by their failed audition, but stayed true to their sound and would go on to achieve greater things.

A player was cut from his high school basketball team.  He used it to spurn him on to greater achievements.  “Whenever I was working out and got tired and figured I would quit.  I would close my eyes and see that list without my name on it…and that got me going again…” 

The group was called the Beatles and the player was Michael Jordan…  There are tons of people who were so passionate about what they were doing they did not let setbacks totally sidetrack & wreck their goals & dreams. In these 2 cases we know they used that to fuel their passion to reach higher.

Failure is just something to learn from…  Nothing more.  When you believe in something and you own it… you can move mountains.

If there is one certainty for everyone setting goals… Fear and self-doubt will set in followed by critics.  I call it a terror barrier.  It is so easy to build this wall and it will appear to be very high.  However, it is very thin, but most people do not ever get to see the thickness because they give up very quickly. 

This fear & terror immobilizes people… You may have to really cling to your vision even when times are tough because the path to success always has a lot of challenges & obstacles.  

It requires creating goals of emotions…  This will be the only thing that will allow you to stay motivated to break through the terror barrier.  It will require a hunger all the way to your core.

Need something to light the fire within…   Find something you believe in because just going through the motions will not be enough.    That fire can be blown out with one harsh wind. 

You will have to create your own intrinsic relevant valid reason…  This reason will be just like Michael Jordan’s sheet without his name on it.  If I told you to wake up in the morning at 4 am to get up and get your day going etc… you would probably hurt me.  In that same scenario and I pointed a gun at your head to get up like you were in the Army, you would jump high…  So you need to find your gun.  That thing or reason that will not let you quit and continue to push through. 

No one else can create that reason…  It has to be set from within.  You have to own it because nobody cares about that object more than the owner.  Don’t look for excuses, look for that reason of passion.

What happens if  you don’t…  then you will be looking for circumstances, something or someone to blame for why you can not do it..  It is easier to look for the negatives.  Instead flip the coin and try, I have everything I need and believe to the best of my ability that I can take on this challenge.

You own your life, your goals, your vision & your future success.

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