I Thank my Competitors…

My competitors do more for me than my friends.

My friends are too polite to point out my weaknesses, but my competitors go to great lengths to tell me all of them.

My competitors are efficient and diligent. They make me search for ways to improve my service and efficiencies.

My competitors would take my business away from me if they could.

This keeps me alert and to hold what I have.

If I had no competitors, I would be lazy, incompetent and complacent. I need the discipline they enforce on me.

I thank my competitors. They have been good to me.

Yours in ” – ‘Thank You Competitors” – Coach

Occasionally, we get…

Out of bed with our “C” game.
Doesn’t matter much if we stay at home, by ourselves, and don’t interact with anyone.
But those instances are rare.
We may wake up with our “C” game but we must leave our house with our “A” game.
Why? For starters, that’s like us – and we can really help out, when we are clicking game. We also know that everyone wants to be around, or part of, someone who is clicking game.
So in reality, our lives and those around us, expand…when we bring it…with our “A” game.
– Dr. Vik, The Culture King

If we think back…

A great Leader or Mentor in our lives, never made us feel like we interrupted them.

They were always there…to lend a helping hand or a listening ear.

It may have been our parents, Uncle or Aunt, coach or a friend, and they were our “go to person”, when we needed some good advice or just someone to talk to.

They were always there for us…they never told us to come back, because they were busy.

So let’s show the people that are special in our lives, the same thing our Leaders or Mentors showed us…it may make all the difference in the world.

Yours in “Being There” – Coach

Are you Proud…

Of your life?

Pretty daunting question.

But, for the moment, drop the regrets and some of the little things that we all have undoubtedly messed up on, or could have done better, if we had another chance.

Step back and take a look at the Big Picture of your Life, by the broad strokes that you have created.

Are you proud of what you see and what you’ve done?

If you are – fantastic, keep up the great work – and if not, you can’t start another painting of your life, but you sure can paint over what needs to made better.

Yours in “Your Masterpiece” – Coach

When do you charge…

Your batteries?

They need to be charged, otherwise we end up like a toy with the batteries drained and only do some of what we are meant to do – or at least, do it more slowly.

Is it on our time off, or our weekends when we really have the time to slow down and recharge? – that’s a great choice.

Or when we have down time, waiting for things or in lines to soak in some extra juice? – pretty good use of our time too.

We would probably like to recharge our batteries when we are doing stuff – but we won’t take a charge when we are draining at the same rate.

So just remember to take the time to re-charge your battery – you and your life will be more powerful for doing it.

Yours in “What’s Needed” – Coach

Move it, Move it.

There are times when we need to get going, especially when we face challenges.

“When the coals get hot, we need to move our feet”, otherwise we get burned.

And “When we are playing with Elephants, we need to move quickly, or we get stepped on”.

Good things to know, because there are times when we need to get going and look around, instead of playing our own game, in our own time.

Because whenever we are playing a game – we are playing with others.

Yours in “Move it, Move it” – Coach