10 Ways to Coach Yourself to Total Success!
by Dr. Philip E. Humbert
I have many articles from Dr. Humbert, but I especially enjoyed this one, so I am sharing it with you today. Enjoy…
Coaching is about being your best. It’s about performance, about staying the course and, in the end, about creating and living the life you really want. Many people use coaches to make more money, win the gold prize or do something dramatic. That’s fun, and when it’s right, it’s wonderful!
But most importantly, coaching is about living up to your own standards. Here are a few suggestions:
1. Write down your goals. Review and re-write them once a week. This is old advice, but there is power and magic in writing your goals on paper! Write them down, then review them, think about them and up-date them every week. It may only take 20 minutes, but it will double your rate of success, I guarantee it!
2. Show up! Many of life’s most important achievements simply require that we show up, pay attention, tell the truth, work hard, go the extra mile, and do our best! Superior performance is not about the future, or the past. It’s about doing a superior job right now, on the work that lies right in front of you.
3. Eliminate Distractions. Keep your eye on the ball. Life is full of frustrations and distractions. Successful people do NOT tolerate the things that drive most of crazy. They take the time to stop, solve the problem and eliminate the distraction once and for all. Stay focused!
4. Manage your environment. Top performers know that space management is more important than time management, and they have neat offices, clean cars, orderly appointment books, and they keep an extra suit at the office, just in case. Make your office (and your home) a space where you can do your very best work.
5. Read every day. Read something useful, challenging or fun every day. If you only spend 20 minutes with a book that motivates, excites and educates you, it will make a world of difference. I promise! Aim to read at least one book every month!
6. Attend a University on Wheels. Listen to educational, motivational and fun tapes while you drive. At least listen to soothing, appropriate music, rather than the terror of the day, on talk radio! Fill your mind with the BEST information you can find!
7. Use a Master-Mind group. The term refers to a group of people who are committed to helping you be successful. Often, they meet once a week. Think of them as your Advisory Committee. Bounce ideas off them, ask them for advice, let them coach you!
8. Focus on values. Take time every week to review your values, the things that cost you nothing, but make life worth living. Write them down, share them with a friend, and remind yourself of what’s most important to you. Remembering your values will get you back on course!
9. Play more! Play a game of tennis, wrestle with the dog, shoot hoops with the kid next door. Laugh, get sweaty, have fun. It doesn’t cost; it pays!
10. Practice Gratitude! Periodically, ask yourself how many good days you’ve had this week. Notice what made the good ones good, and do more of the good stuff! Be grateful. “I was angry that I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.”
As you start to change, you will want to adapt, and change your course, as you go! Even the most sophisticated modern cruise ships must constantly monitor their course. Most large ships have no less than 5 automatic navigation computers, and that at least 2 officers on duty at all times. Why the redundancy? Because having a cruise ship get lost, even briefly, is a very bad thing!
How many navigation systems do you use to guide your path? Having a handful of books, journals, friends and daily routines to coach you is not expensive, it’s the best investment you’ll ever make! Set up routines and use the best resources you can find to stay on course. Coach yourself to the top!
Written by Dr. Philip E. Humbert, writer, speaker and success coach.
I hope you enjoyed his comments, and are able to utilize them. Start today, make small changes, and coach yourself to become the person you were meant to be!
To Your Success…
Judy and Robin
27. October 2010 at 12:44 am
One just can not read those ten things enough. Success is not an avalanche as we hope for when we are young. It typically is a slow trickle filling up a large space. It seems to take forever and then one day you look and you are full, success abounds and you think, “Cool.” And each time I read those ten things it feels like another drop added to the success pool.
27. October 2010 at 11:41 am
Hi Mark…
What a tremendous way to think of this….”Each time it feels like another drop added to the success pool”! Thank you SO much for sharing that with all of us. I personally will always remember your statement, and will think of it continually! It would make a GREAT signature line!
To your success, always…
Judy
27. October 2010 at 4:52 pm
Great post again Judy. I’ve written my goals, but now I see the importance of re writing them on a weekly basis. I start doing that as well. Looking forward to you other postings.
28. October 2010 at 10:45 am
Hi Dan…
Congratulations! Job well done my friend. Let us know how you are doing with your goals, and results. It can be an amazing journey, and we find sometimes, the outcome is not at all what we expected. But it is well worth the effort, that is for sure.
To your success, always…
Judy and Robin
6. November 2010 at 8:41 pm
Hi Robin,
I loved this post, as it is a great review to help determine if we are “staying the course!” With so many interruptions and choices, it is so easy to get off course, and after reading this article, I felt like brushing off the ineffective things and regrouping again!
And with a lot of emphasis on Masterminds these past couple of weeks, this topic has great timing, and some great ideas with it!
Thanks, again, Robin, for such a positive, helpful post!
Surround yourself with Entrepreneurs!
Linda
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14. November 2010 at 10:56 pm
Hi Linda…
We are glad you enjoyed the post, and that it may have been helpful to you, to “stay the course”. Thanks heavens for being able to “re-group”. We do it all the time! LOL
To your success, always…
Judy and Robin
29. August 2011 at 11:08 am
Hey @NightSilk! never considered putting sprinkling cinnamon inside a meal. Will have to try it right now. Thanks for that suggestion!