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Pinkspirations is a free weekly resource designed to inspire women to keep working toward their dreams. Permission is given to share freely with others. Please cite the source. The Pink Strategies Institute is an organization committed to training women to lead themselves well so that they can best lead others. Dr. Nathan Baxter began writing and sharing these leadership thoughts in 2005 to encourage his wife and three other Directors in Mary Kay. Today Pinkspirations is shared with thousands of women in the Mary Kay family. Pinkspirations © 2005—2008 www.pinkstrategies.com |
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Lead Self Lead Others |
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Bad Habits Out...Good Habits In! |
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Bad habits can sabotage your dreams, your beliefs, and your goals for your business. I always get nervous when I hear someone talk about their vision but they don’t mention much about their plan nor the changes that will be required of them to experience their dreams. You simply cannot have a big vision without a big plan and ultimately a big commitment towards big change. Here is a principle that you must get a hold of: Your commitment and discipline must grow at the same level that your dreams and vision grow. Here is a practical way to give yourself a chance. Create a list of bad habits, both personal and professional, that you believe have the potential to sabotage your goals for your business. It could be anything from tardiness, being unorganized, watching too much television, or not using the “6 most important things to do” discipline, etc. After you have created the list, identify the one habit that you would like to attack first. Do not try to take them all on because you will fail. Change one habit at a time! Do not be discouraged if you find yourself not making much progress at first. Habits become part of our lives over a long period of time and have become automated behaviors and are rather stubborn. However, when you declare change on a habit, it can be eliminated, but you must be determined. Next, be sure that you identify the good habit that is going to replace the bad habit. For example, if you decide to eliminate the habit of tardiness, then set the goal for always being on time. Finally, do not try to break the habit on your own. Be sure to share with at least one other person the bad habit that is on it’s way out of your life and the good habit that is on it’s way into your life. Change in isolation rarely works. Don’t lose your dreams because you overlooked a bad habit! |
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by Dr. Nathan Baxter |
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Director/Consultant Talk Points |
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Week of February 1. 2010 |
