Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goals. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Sticks and Stones...
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me".... when I was a child, this is what we used to say to people who were mean to us. The truth is, though, words can and do hurt.
Words hurt, heal, motivate, and aggravate.
They are powerful.
They control emotions and can even control a person physically.
A word is worth a thousand pictures.
“Come here.” Two words that move a person from there to here.
“Write this down.” Three words that cause people to put words on a page.
“Remember a time when you felt angry.” Seven words that can create an overload of emotions.
Your words are power. Think of the number of people you have made smile by saying, “I really appreciate you.” Or the number of people you have hurt by saying, “What’s wrong with you? Can’t you do anything right?”
Words possess just as much power when spoken to a crowd of a thousand as in a one on one conversation. It’s one thing to get one person excited, but impassion an entire group, and you have irresistible intensity on your side.
Use your words more effectively…
1. Understand their influence. Do not use or choose your terms lightly. A wrong word can turn an audience from friends to fiends. The better you know your group the better you can tailor your terms for their benefit.
You get to choose the outcome. Want the group to be charged, mad, excited, encouraged, content, or happy? You can produce any of those by using the right words in the right way.
2. Don’t be afraid to be edgy. Too many speakers are soft. You can be tough without being obnoxious, or insulting a group’s intelligence. You can be humorous and still make a hard-hitting point.
Imagine this - "coming in at 1 a.m. after spending two days speaking to 1,500 people. Get this – all the reviews came back at the top level, and I was tough on the folks. Several came up and said, “You’re not afraid to tell it like it is!” The words I chose challenged the group without breaking them." This can be you!
What about your words? Do you toss them out lightly, or with precision power? Your words can change lives and influence millions. Choose and use them well. To your speaking success Fran
Friday, September 5, 2008
Happy New Year
"No, this is not an autoresponder message that is out of
sync. And I haven't gone off my rocker.
It's my way of reassuring you that regardless of what day it
is on the calendar, you can start a New Year today!
Think about it. Traditionally we all get excited about
setting goals on January 1. We are all revved up about
Taking Action - for about 2 weeks. Then we start to beat
ourselves up about why we haven't stuck with the plan - and
by March 1, we're tired and discouraged and think "oh well,
another year down the drain."
It doesn't have to be that way!
You can start a New Year ANY day of the year. For example,
- A New School Year starts the day after labor day.
- A new fiscal year starts for businesses on whichever day
they choose to start it.
- The Chinese new year starts on a different date every
year.
So decide TODAY that you're going to start a new year TODAY.
1. What goals do you have?
2. What actions do you need to take to achieve them?
Take a few minutes to write these down. You already know
what they are because you've set New Years Goals before. But
now you get a "bonus" new start for the year - right here in
the middle of September!"
This is from an email I received today. First it made me laugh a bit and then it made me really think about my goals for this year and how I'm doing on them. The year is 3/4 complete and I should have 3/4 of my goal accomplished. I'm sorry to say that I don't and now I know I will have to get busy and work a little harder!
How about you? How are you doing on the goals you set for youself this year? Are you halfway there, or still at the starting block?
Well, there is no time like the present to get back on track. Take another look at your goals and see what it is that stopped you from achieving them. Were they too large? If so, break your goals into little steps. One step per week for the balance of the year. You will be surprised at how much you can achieve.
Take some time each evening to write down your goals for the next day, so that when you wake up your mind will already have begun processing the steps to accomplish those goals.
As I said above.....Happy New Year!
Fran Watson
P.S. sign up for my free ezine here: speakersinfo@getresponse.com
http://www.quickinfo247.com/7910757/EE
sync. And I haven't gone off my rocker.
It's my way of reassuring you that regardless of what day it
is on the calendar, you can start a New Year today!
Think about it. Traditionally we all get excited about
setting goals on January 1. We are all revved up about
Taking Action - for about 2 weeks. Then we start to beat
ourselves up about why we haven't stuck with the plan - and
by March 1, we're tired and discouraged and think "oh well,
another year down the drain."
It doesn't have to be that way!
You can start a New Year ANY day of the year. For example,
- A New School Year starts the day after labor day.
- A new fiscal year starts for businesses on whichever day
they choose to start it.
- The Chinese new year starts on a different date every
year.
So decide TODAY that you're going to start a new year TODAY.
1. What goals do you have?
2. What actions do you need to take to achieve them?
Take a few minutes to write these down. You already know
what they are because you've set New Years Goals before. But
now you get a "bonus" new start for the year - right here in
the middle of September!"
This is from an email I received today. First it made me laugh a bit and then it made me really think about my goals for this year and how I'm doing on them. The year is 3/4 complete and I should have 3/4 of my goal accomplished. I'm sorry to say that I don't and now I know I will have to get busy and work a little harder!
How about you? How are you doing on the goals you set for youself this year? Are you halfway there, or still at the starting block?
Well, there is no time like the present to get back on track. Take another look at your goals and see what it is that stopped you from achieving them. Were they too large? If so, break your goals into little steps. One step per week for the balance of the year. You will be surprised at how much you can achieve.
Take some time each evening to write down your goals for the next day, so that when you wake up your mind will already have begun processing the steps to accomplish those goals.
As I said above.....Happy New Year!
Fran Watson
P.S. sign up for my free ezine here: speakersinfo@getresponse.com
http://www.quickinfo247.com/7910757/EE
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