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Don’t make a “Goal” instead make a “Promise”

January 15, 2012 By

This is the time of year that many of us start to think about ‘setting goals’.

I try to pull out my “Goal Plan” (a sheet of paper I wrote them on) to see where I am on their achievement on a regular basis.

I end up ‘hitting’ some and not others.

I started to give this more thought and study this month in anticipation of the New Year (Resolution). I came across a Bill Bateman video on iLG where he was talking about his “10 Step Goal Setting” process. It was all really good information – much that I had already learned, but it was good to revisit. He said ‘one thing’ that completely changed the way I’m looking at my personal and business ‘goal setting’.

He said to replace the word ‘Goal‘ with the word ‘Promise‘ when we go about this task. He offered up a study by Harvard that indicated that people “miss their Goals” 76% of the time – but “achieve their Promises” 98% – and that got me thinking about how my own mind interprets the difference between the two words.

First off, I am rare to make ‘Promises’ – I completely understand on a very “Conscious‘ level what that means and I always remember both Mom and Dad teaching ‘how you never make Promises you can’t keep’. Which explains on my subconscious level how I feel about this same word… It is to be taken very seriously!!!

As to ‘Goals’ – for some reason I seem to have an entirely different internal perspective about that word. I’ve made them most my life and if I did not achieve them I would refine either the goal or the time frame and simply forgive myself – or hit a mulligan (do it over).

This year I intend to do this one simply thing; I intend to create my ‘Promise Plan’ for 2009 and in it I intend to make some real ‘Promises’ on what I ‘will do’ both Personally and Business wise this coming year. So far the list is already much shorter as it forces me to ‘filter’ things better and interestingly it also ended up covering the ‘most’ important things.

Maybe this will help you as well. Best to you and yours in 2009 – I ‘Promise’ :)
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The Golden (Platinum) Rule = The Social Networking Rule

January 15, 2012 By

We speak of it and we try to live by it – “treat others as you would like to be treated.”

To me it’s the main rule one needs to follow within Social Networking.

The Golden Rule was a common principle in ancient Greek philosophy.

A few examples:

“Do not to your neighbor what you would take ill from him.” (Pittacus)

“Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.” (Thales)

“What you wish your neighbors to be to you, such be also to them.” (Sextus the Pythagorean)

“Do not do to others what would anger you if done to you by others.” (Isocrates)

“What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.” (Epictetus)

A couple snippets from different world views…

Christianity:

Matthew 7:12
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

Luke 6:31
“Just as you want others to do for you, do the same for them.”

Judaism:

“That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.”

Buddhism:

“One who, while himself seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other
beings who also desire happiness, will not attain happiness hereafter.”

Confucius:

“Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.”

Hinduism:

“That man who regards all creatures as his own self, and behaves towards them as towards his own self, laying aside the rod of chastisement and completely subjugating his wrath, succeeds in attaining to happiness.”

Islam:

“Woe to those . . . who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure, but when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due”

Taoism:

“Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.”

The “The Platinum Rule” adds a nice addition to the “Golden Rule”…

“The golden rule is a good standard which is further improved by doing unto others, wherever possible, as they want to be done by.”

You’ll see lot’s of “Top 10 Rules of Social Networking” – pick any of the above and I think you’ll have it covered.
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Utah’s Culture

January 15, 2012 By

Family businesses in Utah are very entrenched; even among those not part of the predominant culture. Having done business in Montreal, Edmonton, New York, Texas, Britain and France, I have observed that the power of this fact is something to be respected and considered.

In addition, the ‘family first’ predominant culture combined with a very “western” culture (very similar in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) spawns a very strong entrepreneurial and ‘own your own business’ tradition. As a result, a business style, Multi Level Marketing (MLM) is a dominant force in this state. I offer no opinion of that fact and I observe that the very nature of that business type spawns prolific offers to make a lot of money quickly and easily.

Relevant to a networking site, it tends to become a dominant ‘culture’ which has a tendency for non MLMers to ignore the deluge of emails offers. The unfortunate unintended consequence is ‘emails’ within the system reaching out to others who are not interested in MLM can get lost in that flood of MLM (and other) offers.

My suggestion is to create a dual stream of ‘emails’ within the Inside801 system, one for MLM, Real Estate, Direct Marketing and Internet Marketing offers and one for other attempts to reach out to others to network.

I respect the business offers that these sectors put out AND the volume can be so prolific that many not in that market can feel put upon having to wade through all of those.

I’m open to suggestion as to how to respectfully handle this potential challenge.

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Tell Me About You!

January 14, 2012 By

“City Clickers” is currently launching in Utah from Logan to Provo.  It is a social business portal that will bring local customers to you within your own community. Whether you are an entrepreneur offering a service, you’re home based,  or you operate a small business, we’re excited to help you build it within a business environment. Here, you can list your events and classified ads and have access to an “Integrated Social Marketing System” with continuous training, education and support. Tell your friends about these great opportunities and let’s rebuild our broken economy together!!!  You can check us out at www.cityclickers.com  …Sign up is FREE!

 

Bill, my husband and founder of the company, has built and operated a broad range of businesses in addition to assisting many first time entrepreneurs in creating and developing a variety of startup businesses. He has seen and experienced the problems involved in growing a business, and as a result has developed a driving passion to be able to assist with the struggles that occur. One of the greatest benefits is that it is affordable for everybody as most of the participation is FREE. 

 

I have also been a massage therapist for twelve years. My area of expertise is in the area of medical massage. I enjoy being able to relieve pain (physical and emotional) and in some cases to help my clients avoid un-necessary operations. My company is called  ”The Body, Mind & Soul”.

 

Drop me a line and tell me about you!!!

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