The Accountability Coach

Today we are going to talk about how Wasted Time Adds Up – How you can make more money by focusing on your high pay-off activities (or have more time to do what you want)? How much time do you think you waste each day? Do you get sucked into doing emails, surfing the internet, watching cool youtube videos, or reading jokes someone sent you, getting interrupted by staff, clients, or friends, associates, etc.? Think about this for a minute – how much time do you think you waste each day? Remember it all adds up. Five minutes here, 10 minutes, there 30 minutes on something fun yet not productive. When we asked people how much time do they think they waste in a day, many of them said approx. 2 hours per day. So we will use this as our example. You can easily do the math for yourself depending on the number you came up with for how much time you think you waste each day. Here’s an example of someone who said they ‘waste’ 2 hours per day. 2 hours per day = 10 hours per week = 1 week per month = 12 weeks per year Divide by 4 and you get a whopping 3 months per year that is spent in non-productive time. Now, let’s not dwell on the non-productive time that we waste. Let’s see what that time is worth to us in revenue per year if we utilize that 2 hours per day on high pay-off activities. What do you make per month on an average? $5,000, $7,000, $10,000, $15,000 Multiply that number by 3 (months wasted if you said 2 hours per day) and that is how much more money you could make a year if you just focused your time more on high pay-off activities. $5,000 x 3 = $15,000 more per year $7,000 x 3 = $21,000 $10,000 x 3 = $30,000 $15,000 x 3 = $45,000 Even if you start by being more effective and not letting time-wasters and distractions get in your way for 30 minutes per day, you will make even more money and have the option to take more time to do what you want to do. How can you apply this concept in your life so you can achieve more of your goals? Business professionals and entrepreneurs who utilize my proven systems and processes work less, make more money, and have a more balanced and successful life. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/). Aim for what you want each and every day! Anne Bachrach The Accountability Coach™ http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/

Today we are going to talk about What Are You Committed To? The 4 Factors for Effective Commitment. Commitment means being bound by a course of action to bring about the desired results. It is one of the most powerful personal traits we can aim to achieve. Our greatest leaders and the most successful business people all share common belief systems – determination, strength of purpose, and commitment. Being committed to yourself, your goals, your business and your relationships is what raises you above the mediocre, because people who honor their commitments stand out in the crowd. By honoring your commitments, you keep your promises and stay true to your word. Honoring your commitments also means that you promise to see them through to the very end, come what may. Not honoring your commitment destroys your credibility, dependability, and trustworthiness. 1. Commitment to Life Those who commit to living a successful, fulfilled life become the most successful, and fulfilled people. Commitment is not simply about making a half-hearted promise to yourself that you may keep when “all the stars are aligned satisfactorily”; commitment involves making a promise to yourself that you will see through to the very end. However, commitment doesn’t mean following through on a goal that, for whatever reason, becomes misaligned or doesn’t prove to be the goal you originally wanted to achieve. 2. Commitment to Business It would be impossible to imagine a business leader who doesn’t value commitment as one of their greatest strengths. Commitment requires courage, strength and perseverance; personal traits you will find in any leadership manual. Great business leaders not only practice commitment in their own lives, they encourage, promote and reward commitment in their employees. 3. Commitment to Success Success doesn’t just happen. Success occurs when determination, a desire to succeed, strength of purpose and a commitment to achieve your goals are present. Successful people commit to achieving better than their best. For them, commitment becomes an instinctual habit they practice every day. However, commitment is not merely about the intention or the strength of your promises, it is about taking action. Even the strongest commitment is just another broken promise unless a commitment to take action occurs. 4. Commitment to Relationships You would swear from the number of books, seminars and workshops on the subject of “commitment phobia” that the phrase only belonged to the relationship game. Fulfilled and satisfying relationships form the backbone of our relationship with ourselves and the world around us. Commitment to a relationship operates in the same way commitment to anything does. Whether your relationship is personal, business, professional or sexual, committing to another individual is much the same as committing to an ideal or goal. You make a promise to that person and then you action your promise. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? So why then do the statistics tell us that over 50% of marriages now end in divorce? What it takes is a shared desire to achieve the same vision and determination to succeed no matter what obstacles are placed in your path. What will you do next to increase your commitments? Make a list and begin implementing them in your life. Business professionals and entrepreneurs who utilize my proven systems and processes work less, make more money, and have a more balanced and successful life. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/). Aim for what you want each and every day! Anne Bachrach The Accountability Coach™ http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/

Today we are going to talk about Optimizing Effective and Efficient Behavior for Increased Success. Ask any successful business owner or entrepreneur and they will tell you one of the number one rules to optimizing the success of a business starts with producing effective results with the greatest efficiency. So how do you improve your career or business by improving effectiveness and efficiency? We begin by reviewing the difference between the two terms. Effectiveness is the building block, while efficiency is the process of refinement. The better you become at effecting positive results with the greatest efficiency of effort, the bigger asset you become - and so does your business. Optimizing effectiveness and efficiency doesn’t have any relation to IQ or intelligence levels, it‘s really an awareness of your habits. It’s a delicate balance between effecting positive results with the least amount of energy expenditure. This essentially means that you expend the least amount of energy with the largest return - while effectively creating the desired result. Improving effectiveness and efficiency may require improving organizational skills, maintaining a greater focus, task delegation, getting eight hours of sleep every night, or any other number of factors. Although adjustments vary from person to person, the factors remain constant and compile a set of success principles. Begin working on increasing your effectiveness and efficiency today and enjoy the benefits you receive as a result. You'll find that you will accomplish more in less time and feel great about your progress every day. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 11 Positive Ways to Maintain Self Motivation Like so many of our character traits, motivation isn’t awarded to us as a birth rate. Instead, motivation is a positive, stimulating power source we plug into with our actions and our way of thinking. Self motivation cannot exist without purpose and often we find it difficult to locate and create the stimulus and passion that drives us to become motivated, alive and ripe with anticipation. So what can we do to increase our motivation and find the passion that drives us upward and onward? We are going to talk about 11 powerful solutions to help you become more self motivated. Implement these concepts into your life to help you increase and maintain your motivation. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 5 Strategies for Personal Change. Change is inevitable. In fact, change can occur so frequently and regularly that in many cases we hardly notice it. We change our hairstyles, our fashions, our relationships, our opinion, or we re-arrange the furniture; all with little or no resistance. So why do some of us react like a nuclear war is pending when we are confronted with change? So what coping mechanisms can we put in place to ensure we embrace change with a positive attitude and a sense of excitement in the possibilities? We will discuss 5 Strategies for Personal Change. Don’t waste time and energy fighting the inevitable. Learn to see change as a new adventure on the road through life and embrace the future! I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 4 Proven Methods to Pump Up Productivity Ask the management team at any organization, large or small, to list their top 5 business priorities and you’ll undoubtedly find “improve productivity” on that list. The nature of doing business today is focused on finding the competitive edge; therefore, the companies with the highest levels of productivity are going to be the clear winners. Measuring business productivity differs from one company to the next, but measuring personal productivity is more clearly defined. So we are going to focus on the management skills necessary to build a more productive workforce. As dynamic enterprises move towards more autonomous decision making processes to keep pace with rapidly expanding marketplaces, the flow-through effect encompasses increased productivity, a more creative and inventive workforce as well as improvements in the timely delivery of new technologies, products and services. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about Confidence, Belief, and Effective Calendaring / Time Management. Focus on activities within your control. While you cannot control other people, communication is key for establishing effective accountability measurements to help ensure things are completed on schedule. So what can you control? YOU! Wake up each day with extra Confidence because people need to take some of your confidence to help them get through whatever they are going through. You have to come across with confidence because you believe in what you do and how you can make a difference in people’s lives. So what do you need to do every night to wake up each day with extra confidence to help clients and prospects? What do you have to do each day to gladly give some of your extra confidence away to help others have more confidence in your and what you can do to help them? Focus on what you can control and do those things that put you in the highest probability position to achieve your goals for the reasons that are important to you. Stop letting things outside of your control affect you. One of the success principles of any successful person is effectively calendaring and time management. The important part of calendaring is first to put all of the ‘right’ activities on the calendar and then HONOR the calendar. For some, this is the hardest part to do. They let too many distractions or other things get in their way of honoring their calendar. Always put yourself in the highest probability position to achieve your goals. Each activity has a desired result or outcome. You want to always ask yourself, what has to happen to help ensure, the best possibility, that you achieve your desired outcome. Prepare to achieve your goal. Focus on the results you want today, next week, next month, this year, and with every conversation and activity you do. Make sure to do whatever you need to do to wake up each day with extra confidence to give away. Believe in yourself and what you do and others will want to do business with you. Focus on what you can control and do those things and you will be successful – personally and professionally. Create your reality! You can do it! I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about you distracting you, discipline, and applying the 4 D Formula for helping you focus on your high payoff activities that put you in the highest probability position to achieve your goals. The ‘stuff’ in your head is distracting you! Do you have things continually going on in your head of all you have to do today, tomorrow, next week, etc? Those are distractions! When you effectively use your calendar and master task list on a consistent basis you don’t have to have all these things going on in your head thinking you have to remember them and being afraid you are going to forget to do something. Do some of these things you have in your head keep you up at night? When you take them out of your head and put them on your master task list and on your calendar, you can sleep better every night. You will be more in control and you will feel a sense of relief. Don’t believe me, try this for yourself and you will be like the many people I coach who have that sigh of relief when they get all these distractions out of their head and in the proper place (that you review and honor – did I forget to mention this part…). Stop distracting yourself with all your thoughts. Do it today. Let me know how I can help you. One of the best lessons I ever learned to reduce low pay off activities and leave time for the HPAs is the four D formula for assessing the things in your life. You have too many things to do and not enough time so how do you decide. Consider ever action item in your life and apply the 4 D formula. Apply discipline to effectively using your calendar to take the things going around in your head that are distracting. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

I believe there are 3 important areas that will help support you in growing your business and achieving your next level of success. Belief, Confidence, Focus Changing your circumstances and creating the life you really want starts with creating a high level of belief that allows you to feel that you can achieve anything you set your mind upon. With conviction and desire, you will be unstoppable because you will believe that anything is possible. As a result, you will create the life you have always dreamed about having. The reality is this, whatever you believe is what you have created and will create in your life. A healthy belief system gives you the confidence to achieve any goal you set for yourself, while a weak belief system creates habits that sabotage your ability to achieve your goals. The other area that will help support you in being successful is Confidence – I believe we all need to wake up every day with extra confidence to give away to those who need some confidence because they don’t have any or don’t have much to get them though the day. What do you have to do to make sure you wake up every day with extra confidence and still have some left over for you by the end of the day? The ability to really Focus on what you can control and do those things that put you in the highest probability position to achieve your goals for the reasons that are important to you is another key area in being successful. Stop letting things outside of your control negatively affect you. What can you control? Your activities and your emotions. We just talked about 2 emotions you can control – your BELIEF and your CONFIDENCE. Work on increasing your focus on your Highest Payoff Activities will put you in the highest probability position to achieve your goals. Stop complaining or blaming others for things that you can’t control anyway. Focus on you and what you can control and you will be even more successful and much happier. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 4 Steps to Creating Successful Results with High Self-esteem. Having high self-esteem will give you the edge you need to apply confidence to every situation that demands it. Self-esteem is the combination of trust and belief in your talents and the ability to successfully complete the task at hand. It all starts with a clear identification of your talents, complemented by your understanding of their value. When you can acknowledge the value in your talents, you can acknowledge the value in yourself and that builds your self-esteem. The bottom line is that high self-esteem contributes to successful action because when action is supported by confidence, you encourage the likelihood for positive results. Approach any situation with low self-esteem and you could be setting yourself up for failure. The first step in creating high self-esteem is first understanding the value you bring to every situation. If you're missing an understanding of who you really are, it's difficult to effectively apply yourself in the situations that come your way. Through a series of four steps, you will learn how to grasp an understanding of your strengths and talents and how they contribute value to all situations. Lastly, you will understand how to build trust in your ability to deliver future successful results. We will discuss each of the 4 steps more in detail. They are: 1. Identify your strengths and talents 2. Identify your accomplishments 3. Create new accomplishments you can be proud of 4. How to trust yourself to be successful in every situation When you apply your high self-esteem to your business, you have the competitive edge. With high self-esteem, you'll know you're the right person for the job because you will have a keen understanding of your talents and the value you bring to the situation. Complement that with the confidence in your ability to deliver what the situation calls for and you have the winning combination. That winning combination will give you the confidence to present yourself effectively to the client and obtain business or get the job. When you can convey your high self-esteem to people, they will want to do business with you and look forward to it – plain and simple. You Rule! I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 4 Commitments That Can Impact Your Success. Have you ever made a commitment to yourself or someone and for whatever reason, didn’t follow through? How did you feel? We are going to talk about what commitment means to you along with 4 Commitments to remember. When you analyze these 4 commitments you will notice that they are not that “secretive” at all, rather, disciplines based upon common sense. We will also discuss how hard it is to stay committed and what to do about it. It’s not always easy to stay committed to your purpose, especially in troublesome times. Successful individuals will eventually achieve their reputation because their commitment was true: they approach their plans with determination and persistence. Commitment is most important when times get tough. Before embarking upon a new journey, plan your future well and prepare for the worst, while always hoping for the best. Welcome adversity because these are your challenges to overcome. These are the obstacles that hold you back from achieving your dream. These are tests for you to pass to show the world just how committed you are to making a difference for yourself and for others. My hope for our time together is that you got value and an idea or two that will help you be even more successful – personally and professionally. T I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about Is your Business Really Focused on Client Satisfaction? Is your Business Really Client-Centered? There are many factors that go into building a successful business. However, one of the most important, yet one of the most ignored, is focusing on creating client satisfaction. Create a client-centered business and you’ll ensure that your business gets only rave reviews, while setting it up for success. Are your clients’ interests at the core of your business? If not, your business will remain at a standstill for years to come. Many business owners have the perception that they run a client-centered business, but in reality, they have gotten into a bad habit of putting their own personal interests in front of their clients’. Yes, it is true that you should have a personal interest and passion for your business, but your interest is not what drives sales. Meeting your clients’ needs and delivering stellar client service is what drives sales and generates revenue. Smart business owners know that running a client-centered business is necessary in order to stay ahead of the competition. After all, when you focus your efforts on client satisfaction, your clients will become your biggest free marketing tool. Not only will they become lifetime clients, but they will also refer you to friends, family members, and colleagues any chance they get. Word of mouth, any successful business owner will tell you, is the most powerful marketing tool available. If you’re focused on client satisfaction, then all of your clients will likely become lifetime clients and become a free source of marketing when they refer their friends, family, coworkers, and everyone they know to you. Continue to be open to making changes that can enhance being client-centered and you will improve the opportunity to be successful. When you run a client centered business, you will run a business set up for success. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/landing/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the Silver Inner Circle (IT’S FREE) and receive 10% off on all products and services in addition to having access to many assessments and complimentary resources so you can begin achieving your goals in the timeframe you want, so you can have the life you desire. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about How to Get Things Done with a Master Task List. Focusing on many responsibilities is a vital part of successfully running your business successfully. But how do you know which tasks need to be completed immediately and which tasks can wait? You have so many things you need to do that it can be very overwhelming. If you focus on the less important tasks, while the most important go unnoticed or forgotten about, you could be sabotaging your overall success. Fortunately, you can get a grip on your essential tasks by learning how to get things done with a master task list. We will discuss some valuable insight on how to use a master task list to increase your success. What is a Master Task List? How do you use a Master Task List Understanding how to use a master task list can only be done by truly understanding why you need to create one. A master task list has one purpose: to help you complete the key tasks vital to running your business at its optimal efficiency and effectiveness. The goal is to accomplish the tasks on your list as soon as you can, so you can clear your head of the distractions. To aid in that, place the tasks from your master task list into a calendar where you can map out time limits for each task. Remember to delegate the unimportant or low-priority tasks to an assistant or employee. You, as the business owner, should only be focusing on the most vital tasks that are best suited to be handled by you. Everything else is trivial, temporary, or low-priority, and can likely be delegated to an assistant. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about Think Big and Grow Your Business. Contrary to common belief, most successful entrepreneurs aren’t born into money or possess above average IQ’s. Most of them are self-made and many of them do not even have college degrees. It doesn’t take genius to become successful; it only takes the proper mindset, desire, and commitment. How do you gain the proper mindset? By learning to think outside of the box. If you quit tending to your business, would it run on its own? The likely (and logical) answer is no. If your business cannot run without you - you’ve got to start thinking outside the box! One of the quickest ways to grow your business is to gain leverage. You do that by creating a business that does not solely rely on you. Frankly, building passive income isn’t as difficult as many people make it out to be. It comes down to being able to think outside the box and expand your mindset to accommodate a successful reality. The goal is to create a source of residual recurring income in the least time investment possible. Another key to growing your business is to delegate the time-consuming, non-income driving tasks to someone else. Making the transition from where you are to where you want to be starts with thinking outside the box. Remember, the key is to leverage your business so it is not dependent on your daily attention. Create residual income streams and delegate non-income driving tasks to a virtual assistant or employee. Follow these tips and your business will grow beyond your wildest dreams. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 4 Steps to Increase the Power of Your Focus. Living your life without practicing The Power of Focus, is like trying to hit the bull’s eye of a target you can’t see. You can spend hours launching arrows, only to miss the target entirely. You become exhausted and frustrated when your repeated efforts don’t show the results you are trying to achieve. This is what it feels like to operate without The Power of Focus. To get to where you want to be, you must hold clear in your mind what you most want. Your subconscious mind is a powerful, goal-achieving machine, but it can’t lead you to your desired goal, if you don’t provide it with a specific target. If it doesn’t have a clear and specific target, it can’t get you there. As Stephen Covey would say, you must begin with the end in mind. The Power of Focus is the practice of focusing on the ‘right’ tasks at hand, while minimizing distractions that take your focus away from your goals. It will improve time management, professional and personal performance, task efficiency, overall life balance, and provide your mind the information it needs to get you to the bull’s eye. When you focus on the ‘right’ activities that lead to ‘big’ goal achievement, you will succeed. A client of mine set a goal she was afraid to set because she had never been successful at achieving it before. We brainstormed a list of what we thought were the ‘right’ activities she needed to do in order to achieve this particular goal. She got focused on these activities, did them, and exceeded her goal! The same thing can happen for you when you focus on the ‘right’ activities. You’ll learn the 4 steps to help you increase your focus so you can have a higher probability of achieving your goals. Enjoy the podcast. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about Creating Your Ideal Client Profile and replicating them. During the course of my many conversations with coaching clients, I have found that many don’t have an Ideal Client Profile written down. Not only do you need one written down, but you must also be committed to it. Most have an idea in their head or they have a few things written down but not a total list of what they really want. Consider this: Who are the clients you like the best and enjoy serving? It’s okay to tell the marketplace, these are the people who are best service by you and your firm. It is also okay to disengage from those who you don’t enjoy being around and every time they call, you have a negative reaction. Life is for enjoying, don’t waste time with people you want enjoy or want to be around. Imagine your firm with only clients who provide you the revenue to life the lifestyle you want and you actually enjoy servicing. This exercise becomes very important in many ways. One way is that when you ask your existing clients, friends, peers, associates, centers of influence, and strategic alliances for referrals, you can tell them exactly what you are looking for which helps them think of people who might fit your profile. Enjoy the podcast. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about reducing or eliminating the things that are No Longer Acceptable in Your Life. Many of us say we’re going to make changes to eliminate the things we don‘t like about our life, but few of us actually commit to improving the quality of our life. We stay in a job we don’t like and in a relationship that does not serve us, and blame our circumstances on the “hand” we’ve been dealt in life. If you have ever felt like this - it’s time to get a dose of reality. Whether you’re sick of your financial situation, your health or destructive relationships, you have the power to eliminate the “no longer acceptables” in your life and create the life you want and deserve. Give up the excuses because they are just plain cop-outs. Creating the life you want simply begins with a choice - you choose to eliminate the “no longer acceptables” in your life. Changing your life circumstances is that easy. You choose your desired reality instead of your current reality, and commit to doing whatever it takes in order to create it. Enjoy the podcast. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about the impact of time wasters in our life. In the ever increasing rat race that we run to impress our boss and maintain job security (or turn business profits so we can pay ourselves), all the while making time for our family; we find ourselves suffering from sheer exhaustion trying to create more hours in the day so we can get everything done we need to do. At some point, you have to concentrate on only what’s important to your success and sanity. All the miscellaneous stuff that consumes your time with little or no return eventually must be eliminated from your schedule. It is at this point that you have to filter the input so you can begin to regain control over your life. As good as you think you may be with your time management; there are probably “time-wasters” that can be eliminated from your daily life. Learn how to eliminate the time-wasters in your life to improve your quality of life and success. Stop trying to make something “perfect” right now when it is effective the way it is. It may never be “perfect.” Time-wasters do nothing but impede or delay the ideal life you are committed to creating. The good news is they are simple to eliminate. They simply become something you used to do when you were okay with staying where you were. The difference now is that you are ready to move on and create your ideal life – and letting them go is a snap. Enjoy the podcast. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about how most of us just don’t have enough accountability in our life to be as successful as we desire. We are trained from birth to believe that if we want something badly enough, we will find a way to make that something a reality. For most people this is not the case. All the enthusiasm, gusto, and zeal in the world cannot guarantee results. Even the best of intentions will not magically move us forward. Following through is the key component of goal achievement. When you stop procrastinating and follow through on your good intentions, you turn your intentions into tangible results. Yet our intentions don’t always control our actions. Even when we start out strong and act on our good intentions, most people will slip back into their old habits in a short period of time. Even things that we believe are really important to us can fall victim to procrastination. The biggest problem most people face when trying to achieve their goals is lack of accountability. If you are only reporting to yourself, procrastination becomes easy. “I’ll start tomorrow,” or “I’ll make this my New Year’s Eve resolution,” or “I’ll eat this cheesecake now and start my diet tomorrow,” is most people’s mantra. Unfortunately, tomorrow becomes next week, next week becomes next month, and eventually next month becomes never. People think they know what they want, but believe that they don’t have the will power or determination to actually take steps toward their goals. We are all human. We all need help and support. Nobody succeeds alone. So why can’t we just follow through on our actions? Researchers offer a variety of viewpoints to explain the problem. Enjoy the podcast. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Bad habits can be difficult to break. Bad habits are a repetitive form of behavior that becomes so enmeshed in your psyche, they quickly become instinctual and involuntary. Each year people spend thousands of hours and dollars attempting to break free of a pattern of bad behavior, but the majority fails. Why? Because there is no magical solution. Breaking a bad habit typically requires hard work and there are no shortcuts. To effectively change a bad habit, you need to firstly recognize that the habit exists, and then make a conscious decision to overcome it. Listen to and apply these 10 tips to help you break bad habits. Remember: bad habits may be hard to break, but new habits can transform your life. What ‘bad’ habits do you have that you want to change or eliminate? Begin to transform your life today so you can be even more successful and enjoy a more balanced life. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 16 Ways to Get More Stuff Done. In a perfect world, we would all like to work less and play more. The slogan “work smarter, not harder” has been around for a long time, and yet how many of us can truly say we practice working smarter every day of our working lives? Although “work smarter, not harder” seems to have become the daily mantra for working people, most of them will tell you it’s a whole lot easier to say it than it is to do it! Nevertheless, to operate effectively in the current fast-paced business environment, working smarter is a necessity. Here is a list of 16 of the most valuable ideas and concepts to help you work smarter, not harder. Choose 2-4 of these concepts to immediately implement into your life in the next 30 days so you can achieve your goals. Make a decision today that you are going to “work smarter, not harder” so you can be even more successful and enjoy a more balanced life. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 8 Powerful Ways to Maintain Persistence. Persistence is the ability to continue to get up no matter how many times you’ve been knocked down. It requires will power, flexibility, strength of character, determination and a desire to succeed at all costs. Persistence is about having a vision and working towards that goal. The value of persistence lies in maintaining your goal while re-positioning yourself to get there without continually hitting your head against a brick wall. So, what can you do to maintain persistence? We will discuss 8 tips to help you persist so you can achieve all of your goals. Decide which of these 8 tips you apply or apply even better in your life so you can achieve your goals. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 11 Guidelines for Increasing the Power of Focus. If asked, what is the one defining quality that sets great leaders apart from their wannabe counterparts, it would have to be their ability to maintain focus on the important issues. For the majority of us, the power to focus on one task at a time and see it through to completion is not an innate gift. Focus is a learned response, so if we want to achieve the professional, personal and social goals we imagine, we have to first learn how to focus on what we want. We now live in a frenetic, activity-filled, multi-tasking, instant gratification society, so it is easy to get lost in the distractions that bombard us from every angle. How many times have you found yourself on the phone talking to a client, while reading your emails, hitting the “Reply” button and then typing out a response? Where is your focus while you are completing a number of individual tasks at the same time? Focus requires that we learn to differentiate between the “urgent” and the “important” tasks. The power of focus lies in your ability to distinguish the urgent from the important; and concentrate your energy on the important. We discuss 11 guidelines to help re-direct your focus and prioritize getting the important things done first. Staying focused requires effort and determination, but like any project we want to achieve, perfect practice makes perfect! I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about What Are You Committed To? The 4 Factors for Effective Commitment. Commitment means being bound by a course of action to bring about the desired results. It is one of the most powerful personal traits we can aim to achieve. Being committed to yourself, your goals, your business and your relationships is what raises you above the mediocre, because people who honor their commitments stand out in the crowd. Not honoring your commitment destroys your credibility, dependability, and trustworthiness. Enjoy the discussion on the four factors for effective commitment. What it takes is a shared desire to achieve the same vision and determination to succeed no matter what obstacles are placed in your path. What will you do next to increase your commitments? Make a list and begin implementing them in your life. My hope for our time together is that you got value and an idea or two that will help you be even more successful – personally and professionally. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

As good as you think you may be with your time management; there are always “time-wasters” that can be eliminated from your daily life. All the miscellaneous stuff that consumes your time with little or no return eventually must be eliminated from your schedule. When you think about it, what do all the time wasting activities you do every day cost you? I suggest you try NOT CHECKING EMAIL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. SCHEDULE TIME to handle your emails. It could be two times a day – at 11:00am and then at 4:00pm. You can set the autoresponder to tell people that you check it 2 times a day or not. Some people like to do this so people know when to expect a response back and some don’t care if they do this. This one simple concept, of NOT checking email first thing in the morning, can help you stop wasting time in one area and focus on the activities you need to do in order to achieve your goals. Don’t take my word for it, try it like my other coaching clients have and see what impact it has in your life. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about the Art of Effective Delegation as it relates to getting more things done. Learning the delicate art of delegation usually requires a lot practice and patience. It's a fine dance of constant refinement and adjustment to find the perfect balance of effective delegation that allows you to take your business to the next level. Any successful business relies on a team structure for growth and efficiency. While one person may be able to do a lot, it’s not possible for one person to do everything, and at some point, a team structure is a necessity. As you’ve learned, people who work with me learn to focus their time on only the highest pay-off activities in order to help them reach their goals faster. So what do these people do to accomplish these less important tasks? They delegate. Think about your daily routine for a moment. How would your life be improved if someone else handled these “low-pay off tasks,” freeing up your time to take on more important matters? In an effort to maximize your time, you want to stay focused on only doing your highest pay-off activities, so you might have to delegate, delay, or drop other things in order to have highest probability of achieving your goals. The goal is for you to spend your time with the greatest efficiency. If you are not happy with the amount of time you are spending each day on your activities, reorganize, delegate, and change your calendar around until your time is spent achieving your professional and personal goals. Walt Disney says: “If you can dream it, you can do it.” I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 7 Ideas to Engage and Motivate Your Staff. Luckily, the success of your organization isn’t dependent on the singular input of employees like Sarah, but what needs to happen to generate a positive and motivational environment for all your employees, Sarah included? As a business leader, the most important lesson you can learn about motivating staff is that what motivates you may not necessarily motivate Sarah or any of the other employees you are responsible for. Motivation means different things to different people. As a business manager, it is an integral part of your role to observe and learn what inspires and motivates each and every member of your staff. Next we are going to discuss 7 ideas on how to engage and motivate your staff Add any of these ideas into your business to help increase the motivation of your staff so you can experience even better results from them. They will appreciate you thinking enough of them and their abilities to implement these in your organization. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 10 Principles to Eliminate Distractions and Increase Success. Through my years of coaching people, I have found that we're all guilty of allowing the little things to distract us from what we should be doing. This happens to all of us to some degree or another. Whether you are an employee or self-employed, your income depends solely on you. And the more efficiently you can work the bigger returns you will receive. Take a moment and ask yourself where you truly want to be? Now tell yourself how many things you did today, yesterday, and the day before yesterday that directly contributed to the future results you want. And then tell yourself how many things you did today that did not contribute to your success. Those things probably distracted you from what you knew you should have been doing. Minimize distractions and you'll reach your goals faster - plain and simple. You must minimize distractions and focus on the tasks that have a positive effect on your success. All of the ten principles we will talk about today can be applied to reduce and eliminate distractions from your life. Wouldn’t it be great if our ‘good intentions’ worked the way that we think they should? Not even enthusiasm guarantees positive results. There’s often a wide gap between our intentions and our actions. We fail to take the action necessary to be in alignment with our good intentions. We allow things to distract us way too much each and every day. Eliminate distractions and you have an even better chance of acting on your good intentions and achieving amazing results! I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” - E.E. Cummings We are not born with the self confidence gene. It is a character trait we develop as we grow and mature. Our level of self confidence is related to our level of self esteem. It is the difference between whether we soar like eagles or huddle like turkeys. A healthy dose of self confidence increases your opportunities for success, improves your relationships on a business level as well as a personal level and makes you a better person to be around. Like many aspects of life, we choose whether we want to live a fulfilling, confident, and happy existence or live in perpetual fear of failure, clinging on to what little self esteem we possess. If you feel you could do with a shot of self confidence, here are 20 powerful tips to boost your confidence. 1. Take control Take control of your life rather than letting it control you. Self confident people call the shots in their own lives and don’t allow minor set-backs to fill them with doubt. 2. Accept responsibility Self confident people accept responsibility for their lives and actions. Allowing yourself to constantly play the “victim” is self-defeating and limiting. 3. Maintain balance People who are self confident are balanced in their approach to life, business, and love. 4. Positive self-talk Become your own best friend. Don’t allow the voice in your head to berate or belittle you. Convert your thoughts into positive, constructive and kind words of wisdom and understanding. 5. Abandon ‘shoulds, musts, and ought tos’ Allowing yourself to be dominated by “shoulds, musts and ought tos” is setting yourself up for failure. Be more flexible in your approach and state what you WANT to achieve, not what you SHOULD achieve. 6. Learn from mistakes Accept that everyone makes mistakes. Learn from your mistakes so that they don’t re-occur and don’t allow mistakes to override your life. 7. Be assertive rather than aggressive Being assertive is saying, “This is what I would like to have,” rather than, “This is what I want and I want it right now.” Self confident people are considerate of other’s feelings and try not to trample on toes. 8. Speak with moderation People who lack self esteem often speak quickly to get the words out so they don’t waste other’s valuable time. Do yourself some justice and speak with moderation of speed and moderation of tone. People will listen. 9. Walk tall Have you ever noticed how easy it is to spot someone with low self esteem? Their body language tells you so. To feel more confident, walk with confidence. Stretch out your body, straighten you back, hold your head up and walk with a confident stride. 10. Dress to impress In the same way you notice people without confidence by their body language, you also notice their attire. You cannot feel confident if your clothes look like they came from the nearest dumpster. Take pride in your appearance and you will take pride in yourself. 11. Calm the critic Many people wrongly believe they can boost their own self esteem by belittling and criticizing others. It’s amazing how a few kind and thoughtful words to another can make you feel good about yourself. 12. Don’t be judgmental As human beings, we all pass judgment on others, but that judgment needn’t be harsh or critical. Sure, make a judgment call but don’t allow that judgment to envelop you and dictate how you will relate to others. Simply note the judgment and move on. 13. Listen and look People with good self confidence skills listen attentively when others are speaking. People with low self esteem “hear” rather than “listen” (there is a BIG difference!) Watch people’s faces as they speak to you and take note of their expressions. They are conveying a message that’s important to them. 14. Be authentic Understand that the person you are is real and authentic. Don’t attempt to be someone who makes you feel uncomfortable. Take pleasure and comfort in being exactly who you are. 15. Say “why not” instead of “why” Boosting your self confidence often requires that you step outside your comfort zone. Instead of asking “why?” ask “why not?” The opportunities that arise when you say “why not” can often far outweigh the risks. 16. Negotiate rather than negate A difference of opinion or a misunderstanding does not have to end in an all-out brawl. Employ a self confident approach by negotiating a tense situation rather than arguing and fighting needlessly. 17. Embrace change People who lack self confidence fear change. Remind yourself that change is a part of life and that the outcome of most change is positive. Embrace the joy and sense of achievement you’ll feel when you have stepped outside your comfort zone. 18. Be honest Being honest with yourself and those around you can be very rewarding. Being honest with yourself is accepting who you are – faults and all. Being honest with others is a confidence boost because it instills trust. 19. Share Share your thoughts, feelings, opinions, weaknesses and strengths with others. They’ll admire and respect you for it. 20. Imagine Imagination is one of our most cherished possessions. Allow yourself to “think outside the box” and there’s no telling where your imagination can take you. Imagine you are the person you want to be and choose to realize that vision. Which one of these tips will you add into your life to boost your confidence? Make a list and begin adding them one a time. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

There is a school of thought that says all the goals you create must be S.M.A.R.T. goals. This means each goal you write down is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Tangible or Timely. I take issue with the words realistic and attainable. After all, who defines what is possible in the realm of reality? I believe goals should be “stretch goals” - goals that are achievable and also require stretching perceived limits. This extra push provides inspiration and motivation. Stretch goals are win-win and even if you fall short of achieving a stretch goal, you’ve probably exceeded your “realistic” goal. The word attainable bothers me for similar reasons. Obviously, you want your goal to be within reach, but that same “stretch” should be added for additional motivation and inspiration. I believe each goal must have a specific target date (month, day and year) associated with it. Most people assume that just noting the year with a goal is specific enough, but goal setting requires pinpoint specification. Be sure to note a day, month and year for each goal. In theory, working toward your goals is not complicated and being perfect isn’t a requirement. Do the things that move you toward your goals, and stop doing the things that do not move you toward your goals – it really is that simple. The rule should be that most days you perform most of the things that move you closer to your goals. Being perfect isn’t a requirement. Consider what would happen if most of what you said and did every day moved you toward your goals. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

The Quality of Life Enhancer™ exercise: A great tool for helping you really work on things in your life that are more important than money. It helps you with getting and staying balanced and focusing on what is truly important you in your life. Almost everyone has lamented, at one time or another, about not having enough time in the day. Have you ever said or thought, “I wish I had more time?”, “If I had more time, I would _____.”, “If there were a few more hours in this day, I could _____.” Most of us, at some time or another, have probably thought or said this to ourselves and heard others say something like this too. The truth is, even if we had five extra hours each day, we would probably still misuse the time and bemoan our inability to finish everything with which we task ourselves. The Quality of Life Enhancer™ Exercise is a powerful tool. The through-provoking and fun exercise is based on two principles. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

The Wheel of Life is a free resource available to you and it provides you with a visual representation of how balanced your life actually is at this moment in time. This then allows you to set goals around bringing those areas that might be low up to a higher number and create more balance in your life. You may have a general idea of how in balance or out of balance your life is currently, but actually obtaining that visual is powerful and very useful. There are many free tools available to help you get to where you want to be in life – take advantage of them. Make the decision to begin today. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 8 Ideas for Getting Things Done…The Right Way. We all want more success and the fear of failure can often be the driving force of our actions. We work long hours, sacrifice personal time, and even sleep. We put our heart and soul into what we're trying to achieve, only to find that we're spinning our wheels. We think we're getting things done, because at the end of the day all of our Action List items are crossed out; but did we really get closer to achieving our goals? The fact is, most of us accomplish a whole list of things by the end of the day, but have little to show for it. Your success depends on what you are doing and the way you are getting things done. If you're not moving closer to your goal achievement, you are not getting things done the right way. The good news is - getting things done the right way requires only a simple shift in your actions. There are only two ways of getting things done; one way leads to your success, while the other keeps you in the same position you're in right now. Getting things done the right way, can take you from spinning your wheels to; creating more time, expending less effort, reducing frustration and moving you closer to your goals with every single action. This is possible because success relies on one principle: success takes successful actions. We are going to talk about 8 ideas for getting things done the right way. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about Specific Ideas to Keep You, as a business owner and entrepreneur, Focused so You Can Achieve Your Goals. This is a customized educational tele-seminar that will help you answer some important questions and discuss specific topics to help you achieve your goals. This is a one-hour program as opposed to my usual 7-20 minute podcasts. AGENDA - Are you where you want to be? If not, how come? - Why don't people achieve their results? - What are the common stumbling blocks that hold most people back? - Single Simple Doable Things to deal with the squid on our faces. - Describe the typical advisors problems and some simple ideas to get us on track. - What can a coach do for us? - Why most Coaching works per se, but where or what should be added.... Enjoy! I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about how Persistence Pays Off. Persistence is to success as excuses are to failure. Never, never give up - there is always a way. If you want more, you WILL find a way, because there always IS a way. With persistence and consistent action you will make it happen. If you don't believe me, listen carefully. There are thousands of examples of ordinary people achieving extraordinary goals; these are just a few examples of how persistence paid off. Achieving your goals requires you to take consistent action, be persistent, and maintain a resolve to simply not give up. Here are 5 steps you can take today, to get you closer to achieving your goals. 1. Take Measurable Actions - Every Day! 2. Keep Showing Up 3. Remain Objective About Your Obstacles 4. Learn to Say “Next!” 5. Track Your Progress The road to success isn’t always easy - but it isn’t always hard. There may be times when you have to talk yourself through periods of self-doubt, and there will definitely be times when you defy the odds. Never, never give up because there is always a way to achieve your goals and experience the life you truly desire. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are going to talk about 5 Tips on Making Successful Commitments That Produce Results. Most of us cringe when we hear the word “commitment” because we associate it with feelings of sacrifice. Our commitments fail because we get caught up in the struggle of trying to change where life seems to be taking us and where we want to go. Our every day habits consume our thoughts - leaving no room for thoughts of why we started the process in the first place. The diet becomes a struggle between exercise and chocolate cake; the budget becomes a struggle between spending and saving, so on and so on. The struggle ends up consuming us and we give up trying to change because it’s just too hard. What we thought would be efforts to lead us to a new life, end up being just a temporary change. We’ve tried before and failed again, and the conclusion comes down to a discouraged excuse - I just couldn’t do it, I didn’t have time, or it was too hard. The truth is making a successful commitment is nothing more than a making a choice to create a desired future outcome. You may say that people who stick to their commitments are an exception, and you are definitely not one of those people. Well, I’m here to tell you that commitments are not personality specific. Each of us has the capability to set successful commitments. So now you’re saying, if that’s the case, why do so many of us fail? Because most people don’t know how to make the decisions that create successful commitment. If you’ve tried and failed in past commitments, it doesn’t matter. The past is the past, and you are a different person today. Starting right now, you are now armed with the strength and the tools you need to successfully commit to creating your desired future outcome. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Today we are talking about Effective Time Management and Calendaring so you can focus on the ‘right’ activities and have increased success. One of the success principles of any successful person is effectively calendaring and time management. In order to create your ideal life, you must learn to schedule EVERYTHING and be extremely effective at time management. What are the highest payoff activities you can do to achieve your goals in the timeframe you have set? You may want to make sure you spend more of your time on these activities versus other lower payoff activities. Work on those activities that produce the results you want and not the ones that might be easier to do or more fun or don’t cause you to go outside your comfort zone. Prioritization is very important in effectively managing your time. Start making a list of activities you would like to put on your calendar for the next week or few weeks. Put them on your calendar and then honor thy calendar. What do you want to accomplish today, tomorrow, next week, this quarter, and this year? I can’t stress enough the importance of calendaring and then honoring your calendar. You will find yourself more in control of your life and you will be even more efficient. You becoming very effective at time management will have a positive impact on your life – personally and professionally. You might be amazed at how much more productive you will be when you apply effective time management in your life. This is an important and key success factor and you must be skilled at maximizing your time. Focus on the results you want today, next week, next month, this year, and with every conversation and activity you do. Create your reality! You can do it! I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).

Life Happens - Typically not a good excuse to procrastinate. The phenomena of procrastination is what separates outstanding performance from mediocre performance. A business associate of mine recently conducted a series of interviews with 15 of their most successful clients. In answer to the question, "If you knew then what you know now, what would you have done differently," she encountered a recurring theme, which can be paraphrased as follows: "Life happens ... and if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have used it as an excuse not to do the work. When I finally stopped using everything that normally occurs in life and business as an excuse not to do the work, my results dramatically improved ... my life dramatically improved ... and the work got easier." We all have challenges we have to deal with on a professional and personal level. “Life happens” and “Life gets in the way” at certain times in all of our lives. You have to deal with life issues we have and continue to stay focused on what is truly important to us and not stop the forward momentum that you have worked so hard to build. It is harder, sure, but you will persevere anyway, so why not make the adjustment to deal with “life issues” sooner rather than later or not at all. I am the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit. Go to http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/Achieve.Your.Goals.Free.Gifts.Now/ and get 3 FREE gifts including a special report on 10 Power Tips for Getting Focused, Organized, and Achieving Your Goals Now. Join the FREE Silver Inner Circle Membership today and receive 10% off on all products and services, in addition to having access to assessments and resources to help you achieve your goals so you can experience a more balanced and successful life (http://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/).