How to be happy in business

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1. Are you happy?

Quote of the week

“If you are only capable of taking action when your attitude is positive then don’t bother. If you require extrinsic motivation to make your move, you should just give up now. If you only perform at high level when you are feeling your best, then you are the exact opposite of a professional and destined to remain an amateur at life and everything else“
Mike Mahler

How high are your standards?

This video is not about running (well, actually it is, but that is not my point). This is a great video about setting high standards for yourself. It is about knowing what you are really made of. It is about stepping out of your comfort zone and pushing your limits.

So no, you don’t have to become an ultramarathon runner like David Goggins, but if you want to succeed (in anything) … you need to set high standards for yourself, and then go for it … everyday.

Enjoy!

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By the way, if you want to know more about this remarkable person, I highly recommend you to read the following article: David Goggins: The Toughest Athlete On The Planet?

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1. How mentally tough are you?

Guy Kawasaki on how to achieve Enchantment

Guy Kawasaki has just launched his new book entitled: Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions (Amazon affiliate link), and in it his main point is that if you want to change the world, you have to get people on your side. And in order to do that, well … you have to delight them. That is what Enchantment is.

So, if you want to achieve enchantment, I strongly recommend you to check out this (very cool) infographic. You will learn some very important lessons and also get a good snapshot of what you will learn if you get his book.

Enjoy!

Quote of the week

“People call me a perfectionist, but I’m not. I’m a “rightist“. I do something until it’s right, and then I move on to the next thing”
James Cameron

Quote of the week

“The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drench in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.”
Anson Dorrance

Developing your sense of purpose

Today I have read a great quote from John C. Maxwell which says:

“A person who knows ‘how’ may always have a job, but the person who knows ‘why’ will always be his boss”.

This quote is a great reminder of something I have been talking about for a long time. Knowing ‘why’ is crucial to achieving anything.

And why is knowing “why” so important?

Well, knowing “why” means having a sense of purpose, and purpose is the key element to develop self-motivation and drive.

Do you have problems finding motivation to get something done? Are you having a hard time getting into action? Have you started something and drop it a few days later just “because you do not feel like doing it”?

If the answer to any of these three questions is yes, well I recommend you to ask yourself two simple questions:

1. What do you really want?

What result are you after? What is your real target? Define as clearly as possible what is it that you want to achieve.

2. Why do you want it?

Knowing what is it that you really want is great. But is not enough. Knowing ’why’ is what will unleash the driving force to propel you to go for it, and to keep going.

Bottom line, you need to have a strong enough ’why’ to follow through.

So, next time you start procrastinating or finding excuses not to continue a tough task or assignment, find out if it is connected to what you really want to achieve, and if it is, try to identify ‘why’ you want this. This will help you find the self-motivation and drive you need to keep going forward.