doug smith training

Do you ever get discouraged? It's not a weakness, but it is a roadblock. Even when we don't choose to get discouraged, once that feeling is there it can stand in our way. We missed. We made a mistake. We failed. Crap happens. What I've learned (and keep relearning) is to dust myself up, jump back up and find something compelling to get encouraged about. Sometimes picking the positive path really is empowering. Getting discouraged isn't going to get you what you want.  Remaining unhappy won't achieve your goals. Let's move forward. I've had some really big disappointment in my personal life this year and yet as I see sparks of sunlight at the end of a rather dark tunnel I know that I've kept moving through the encouragement of friends. When I am not able to encourage myself, I am not without help - friends will encourage me. Do you have friends who encourage you? Are you encouraging your friends? We're all in this together, my friends....

How do you energize your goals? How about your team? Whether or not our goals have formal teams working on them, we do benefit from the help of other people. I like to consider those helpful other people as part of my goal achieving team. For people to help on our goals we need to energize them. Inspire them. Engage them. Involve them. When we give our team energy that gives our goals energy. There are lots of ways to energize those goal-teams, including: Talking about the goal Thanking people for how they have already helped Staying curious about how the goal is useful to the team members Explaining how the goal is part of a larger mission Sharing your action plan Asking for help That's just a start, but it's a good start. The team won't stay energized on its own. The owner of the goal has to help. When you give your energy to goals your energy is multiplied. Your team provides the best source to that math. Energize your team, and they'll ener...