Goal Setting & Achievement Podcast: Business|productivity

[[:encoded, "We are honored today to have a very special guest. Our guest today is Terry Brock. Terry Brock is an internationally recognized professional speaker, syndicated columnist and marketing coach. He has helped businesses in 35 countries to use innovative marketing ideas since 1983. Recently, Terry, along with our own Bill Bachrach, was inducted in the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame. \n\nTerry is known for, and will be talking to us today about, helping entrepreneurs to leverage technology build quality, value-for-value business relationships.\"\n\nTerry shares great information with us today to help us be even more successful. \n\nConcepts we discussed included the following.\n- Why are we seeing such a dramatic rise in tools for social networking and social media?\n\n- What are the most important things for entrepreneurs and trusted advisors to bear in mind when using social media and social networking?\n\n- What key technologies do you find most helpful in building business relat

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 16 Ways to Get More Stuff Done.\n\nIn 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?\n\nAlthough “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!\n\nNevertheless, to operate effectively in the current fast-paced business environment, working smarter is a necessity.\n\nHere is a list of 16 of the most valuable ideas and concepts to help you work smarter, not harder.\n\nChoose 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.\n\nTake advantage of the many complimenta

[[:encoded, "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.\n\nEach year people spend thousands of hours and dollars attempting to break free of a pattern of bad behavior, but the majority fails.\n\nWhy?\n\nBecause there is no magical solution. Breaking a bad habit typically requires hard work and there are no shortcuts.\n\nTo 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. \n\nRemember: bad habits may be hard to break, but new habits can transform your life.\n\nWhat ‘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. \n\nTake advantage of the complimentary special report on Keys to Working Less, Making More Money, and

[[:encoded, "Today we have a very special guest. Our guest today is Belinda Fuchs. Belinda is a Financial Success Coach and CPA who is changing the money game. Belinda is the founder and president of OwnYourMoney.com, a financial coaching and education company teaching individuals, couples, and business owners how to make personal finance and small business success rewarding, manageable, and profitable. Belinda hosts the TV show “Money On Your Mind” and radio show “Own Your Money: Financial Intelligence for the Modern Woman.” She’s been called on as the financial guru for Boston’s ABC and NBC networks, Yahoo! Finance, SmartMoney.com, Inc.com, The Saturday Evening Post, Today’s Financial Women, The Boston Business Journal, and even the Encyclopedia Britannica. Belinda has a passion for helping people appreciate their self-worth and realize their financial goals. \n\nToday, Belinda is going to talk about Building Your Dream Team. She will share 3 Steps to Maximizing Your Time and Your Money. \n\nEnjoy t

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 8 Powerful Ways to Maintain Persistence.\n\nPersistence 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. \n\nPersistence is about having a vision and working towards that goal. \n\nThe value of persistence lies in maintaining your goal while re-positioning yourself to get there without continually hitting your head against a brick wall.\n\nSo, what can you do to maintain persistence?\n\nWe will discuss 8 tips to help you persist so you can achieve all of your goals.\n\nDecide which of these 8 tips you apply or apply even better in your life so you can achieve your goals.\n\nWant more Keys to Working Less, Making More Money, and Having a More Balanced Life? On www.AccountabilityCoach.com, you have access to at least 11 free personal development resources you can take advantage of right now. \n\nTo help keep yo

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about the Art of Effective Delegation as it relates to getting more things done.\n\nLearning 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. \n\nAny 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. \n\nAs 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.\n\nThink 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 mor

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about Confidence, Belief, and Effective Calendaring / Time Management.\n\nFocus 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. \n\nSo what can you control? \nYOU! \n\nWake 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. \n\nSo 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?\n\nFocus on what you can control and do those things that put you in the highest probability position to

[[:encoded, "Our special guest today is Willie Jolley. Willie has been called the most powerful speaker, singer and author combinations in the world today! He speaks to major companies and organizations around the world… and has developed a reputation for results! And you know my motto is Excuses Don’t Count and Results do Rule!\n\nHe’s authored two international best-selling books: “It Only Takes a Minute To Change Your Life!” and “A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback.” And his newest book, “An Attitude of Excellence” is creating a great buzz! \n\nBecause Willie Jolley’s goal is to help you grow and exceed your goals I thought he would be a great person to interview today.\n\nAre you ready for the Willie Jolley Experience! \n\nAnne: Willie, let’s start off our time today by talking about Attitude. How does one create an Attitude of Excellence, if we currently don’t have one?\n\nAnne: Willie, you wrote a book called “It Only Takes A Minute To Change Your Life!” \nYou’ve heard many people say it tak

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 11 Guidelines for Increasing the Power of Focus. \n\nIf 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.\n\nFor 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.\n\nWe 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?\n\nFocus requires that we

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about What Are You Committed To? The 4 Factors for Effective Commitment\n\nCommitment 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.\n\nOur greatest leaders and the most successful business people all share common belief systems – determination, strength of purpose, and commitment.\n\nBeing 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.\n\nBy 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.\n\nNot honoring your commitment destroys your credibility, dependability, and trustworthiness. Enjoy listening to the 4 Factors for Effective Commitment.\n\nWhat will you do next to increase your commitments? Make a li

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 4 Proven Methods to Pump Up Productivity\n\nAsk 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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nMeasuring 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.\n\nAs 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.\n\nYou have access to at l

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 5 Strategies for Personal Change.\n\nChange is inevitable. In fact, change can occur so frequently and regularly that in many cases we hardly notice it.\n\nWe change our hairstyles, our fashions, our relationships, our opinion, or we re-arrange the furniture; all with little or no resistance.\n\nSo why do some of us react like a nuclear war is pending when we are confronted with change?\n\nSo 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?\n\nWe will discuss 5 Strategies for Personal Change.\n\nDon’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!\n\nYou have access to at least 11 free personal development resources you can take advantage of right now (www.AccountabilityCoach.com). Including the free 27-page Special Report: Keys to Working Less, Making More Money, and Having a M

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 11 Positive Ways to Maintain Self Motivation\n\nLike 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.\n\nSelf 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.\n\nSo what can we do to increase our motivation and find the passion that drives us upward and onward?\n\nWe are going to talk about 11 powerful solutions to help you become more self motivated.\n\nImplement these concepts into your life to help you increase and maintain your motivation.\n\nYou have access to at least 11 free personal development resources you can take advantage of right now (www.AccountabilityCoach.com). Download the free 27-page Special Report: Keys to Working Less, Making More Money, and Having a More B

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 7 Ideas to Engage and Motivate Your Staff / Team Members\n\nAs a business leader or small business owner, the most important lesson you can learn about motivating staff is that what motivates you may not necessarily motivate any of the other employees you are responsible for. Motivation means different things to different people. As a business manager or small business owner, it is an integral part of your role to observe and learn what inspires and motivates each and every member of your staff.\n\nHowever, having said that, recent psychoanalytical studies on what influences employees to become engaged and proactive yielded a defined methodology that proved to be universally effective.\n\nWe will discuss 7 Ideas on How to Engage and Motivate Your Staff / Team Members\n\nYou have access to at least 11 free personal development resources you can take advantage of right now (www.AccountabilityCoach.com). Subscribe to the blog at www.AccountabilityCoachBlog.com

[[:encoded, "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.\n\nThe ‘stuff’ in your head is distracting you!\nDo 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. \n\nDo 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. \n\nYou 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 hav

[[:encoded, "Our special guest today is Tony Langenderfer who is the head of Expert Auto Consultants, Inc. I affectionately call him, The Car Dude. He is a widely recognized automobile expert. He has exhaustively studied the automobile industry and continually keeps up with the latest information about new model cars and trucks as well as private and government research and test results. Armed with a computer and an encyclopedic knowledge of the automobile market, Tony acts as “buyers’ agent” for clients, saving them considerable time, hassles, and money. His clients save money because his firm is able to negotiate more favorable prices and terms than the most buyers. Enjoy the interview with Tony and leverage his services should you need to buy or lease a vehicle.\n\nFor more information about how Tony can assist you with your vehicle buying or leasing, call 865-777-2277 or email him at cardude@IBuyCars4u.com. \n\n\nTo help keep you focused on the activities that produce the results you want, subscr

[[:encoded, "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\n\nChanging 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.\n\nThe 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. \n\nThe other area that will help support you in being successful is Confidence – \nI believe we all need to wake up every day with extra confidence to give away to those who need some confid

[[:encoded, "Today we have a special guest. One of the important tools I use as an accountability coach is the Wheel of Life. The Wheel of Life I use, because not all are the same, has 8 areas that we regularly focus on. One of those areas is personal and spiritual development. Our special guest, Pete Winiarski, is the co-founder of the Dear God Letter process, a technology to accelerate your results.\n\nPete is president of Win Enterprises, LLC, is a Results Coach and Consultant who helps success-motivated people and businesses put systems in place to help them achieve their goals. He has years of experience in leadership roles in Corporate America and as an Entrepreneur. Pete is the founder of the Institute of Success and Goal Achievement, i-saga.net, which is an on-line resource for entrepreneurs and small business owners who want to get to the next level of success. Given the current difficult economic times, Pete is in high demand in all areas of his business\n\nYou will enjoy the program and

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 4 Steps to Creating Successful Results with High Self-esteem.\n\nHaving 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.\n\nThe 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 yo

[[:encoded, "Today we are going to talk about 4 Commitments That Can Impact Your Success.\n\nHave you ever made a commitment to yourself or someone and for whatever reason, didn’t follow through? How did you feel? \n\nWe 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. \n\nWe will also discuss how hard it is to stay committed and what to do about it.\n\nIt’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. \n\nCommitment 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 chall