Defeat "Ground Hog Day" with Powerful Success Action

Defeat "Ground Hog Day" for your Business Success

Do you remember the movie “Ground Hog Day” when the TV Presenter kept waking up and having the same day, every day, till he changed his attitude and actions towards people.

“Rita: What did you do today?
Phil: Oh, same-old same-old. ”

Well, does this sound familiar? You know how the day starts, you make a list, plan when to do the list items and start taking action. Then life happens; there are interruptions, visitors, phone calls and so on… Some items on your list never even got started, because they seem to be too difficult to deal with. Some items just seem to eat up all your time. Well - the list goes on and on. The end of the day comes and you are frustrated with your poor progress. The day finishes on a low note. The next day same things happen again.

So how do you change the pattern?

Try this powerful exercise and you will be amazed how things improve dramatically for the better!

In Dale Carnegie’s Book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” he gives a great example on how to defeat “Ground Hog Day” results. There is an example given, on how a Wall Street Bank President used a self analyse system as a form of self improvement with outstanding results. This gentleman had little formal training yet had managed to rise to his prominent position. He confessed he owed most of his success to the constant application of his “Homework System”. He kept an engagement book which detailed all his appointments, calls, discussions etc that he had during the week. Once a week he would analyse his results for the previous week, by going through his engagement book. He would think through every discussion, meeting etc, that he had and ask himself various questions, such as:

• What mistakes did I make?
• What did I do right?
• How could I have improved my performance?
• What lessons did I learn?

What a powerful way to improve your results. You need to keep detailed, honest notes on all your actions, discussions etc. When you choose to examine your notes, (either on a daily or weekly basis), you will notice things you did well, and things to be improved. Pat yourself on the back for your successes especially when you quickly see not only how to change from a negative action to now a positive action but you have made the changes! Often just by making yourself aware of what actions you have done or not, you will be conscious to make an improvement next time the issue comes up. You will learn to deal with difficult issues straight away and move on. Remember each success will breed success!

Check on your progress after a few weeks. This daily focus to improve helps you to remain zeroed in on what is important and you will be blown away by how quickly you are heading towards your goals. You will actually become addicted to success.