Are you as silly as a goose?

Lessons From Geese  5 facts / 5 lessons

FACT 1: As each goose flaps its wings it create an uplift for the birds that follow. By flying in formation the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.

Lesson 1: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another. As with geese, people are interdependent on each other’s skills, capabilities and unique arrangements of gifts, talents or resources.

FACT 2: When a goose falls out of formation it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.

Lesson 2: If we have as much sense as a goose we stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We are willing to accept their help and give our help to others.

FACT 3: When the lead goose tires, it rotates to the back of formation and another goose flies to the point position.

Lesson 3: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. As with geese, people are interdependent on each other’s skills, capabilities and unique arrangements of gifts, talents or resources.

FACT 4: The geese flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

Lesson 4: We need to make sure our honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement, the production is much greater. The power of encouragement (to stand by one’s heart of core values and encourage the heart and core of others) is the quality of honking we seek.

FACT 5: When a goose gets sick wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. Then they launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock.

Lesson 5: If we have as much sense as geese, we will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when we are strong. Author Unknown

My challenge for You: Determine how these lessons can be applied to your personal relationships, as well as your attitude towards life.

cheers,
Bobby Wan

Goals versus Efforts

I’m so mad at myself!” she said as we began our coaching call. “I made  a goal to get ten new clients last week and I only got three,” she lamented.

 The frustration in her voice was something I used to experience as  well – until I came to a profound realization:

 Focusing on your results is dangerous.

 Your results in selling or prospecting is a factor that you have very little  control over and putting all your energy into results will deflate  your confidence, exhaust your power, and kill your business.

 I used to keep charts all over my office to fill in the names of the people  who signed up for my business opportunity.  Even after hours of prospecting  or marketing efforts, I would feel defeated if I wasn’t able to fill  in all  of those spaces at the end of the week.  My definition of success was only  based on results.

 I was placing all my focus and energy on something I had very little control  over.  Think about it; you really can’t make your prospect love your  opportunity.  You can’t make them buy your product.  So why give so  much power to an element that you cannot control?  What you can do is  show your  prospect enough intriguing information, in a passionate way, on a consistent  basis, that will help them make an educated decision.  But the  decision is out of your control.

 The only factor you have complete control over is your efforts!

 You can decide how many people you will share your marketing plan with. You  have control over the quantity of marketing attempts you will make.   You have control over the number of no’s you are willing to take without giving  up.

 Embracing the Law of Average (LOA) was my first step in getting past  the frustration I felt in selling and recruiting.  I knew if I shared  my product  with ten people, at least one would buy it.  It was a fact that I  could count on.  The Law of Average (LOA) never lies.

 Instead of focusing on your results, focus on your efforts. Decide how many  new clients you want next month and multiply that number by 10.   That’s the  amount of new prospects you need to share your product with.

 The only factor you have complete control over is your efforts!

 Free yourself up from trying so hard to convince, persuade, and  control your  prospects.  Let go of the results.  Put your energy and power into  your efforts and you will be an incredible force.  Your prospect will  sense your  unique and confident posture and will want what you have.

 Think of how powerful you will be when you release what you don’t have  control over and fervently grasp what you do!

 The only factor you have complete control over is your efforts!

 What this really takes is a shift in your mindset.  Evaluate the goals you’ ve set and discern if they depend on your efforts or results.  Instead  of setting the goal of five new business associates, set the goal to  put 50 new  prospects in your recruiting pipeline.  Instead of setting a goal of selling  100 widgets, set your goal to put your widget in front of 10,000 new  prospects.

 The incredible success I have had and my coaching clients have had  since we  shifted attention to efforts instead of results has been nothing short  of amazing!  And it will be the same for you.

 Release the results and focus on your efforts.

 When you discipline your mind to focus on your efforts and teach  yourself how to act and react in different situations, the results  take care of themselves.

 The only factor you have complete control over is your efforts! And  your efforts are all you need to get the incredible results you desire.

 Richest blessings
Bobby Wan

Just Do It!

Ralph Waldo Emerson offered some simple advice, which, if followed, can transform your life. He said, “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” I know this advice makes good sense, but some people are just too afraid to act. Remember my prior words about the steep price you pay when you let your fears dominate you.

In the end, running away from your fears is a losing strategy. It will only bring you frustration and unhappiness. I can tell you that from personal experience.
There’s nothing wrong with having some fears. Successful people have fears. The difference is that successful people take action and move forward despite being afraid. It’s not always easy, I’ll grant that. But you’ll always feel better about yourself when you face your fears.

In the last 14 years, I’ve had the privilege of traveling throughout the United States and abroad… and of speaking with thousands of people. During all this time, I haven’t met one person who confronted his or her fears… took action… and later regretted it. Not a single one! But I’ve met many people who tell me how much they regret backing away from their fears — and letting their dreams die.

As my friend Burke Hedges often says, “Don’t be one of those who lets his regrets take the place of his dreams.”

So, stretch yourself. Confront your fears and be willing to expand your comfort zone. The courage muscle can be developed just like any other muscle — with exercise. And when you do an activity outside your comfort zone a few times, you know what happens? That same activity becomes part of your comfort zone!

There’s another bonus when you’re willing to expand your comfort zone. When you push through fear and take action in some areas of your life, you’ll develop confidence in other areas, as well. It’s true! As I became more comfortable as a speaker, I also became a better salesman… a better businessman… a better listener… the list goes on and on.

You can try to dance around it all you want. But you won’t develop your abilities to the fullest unless you’re willing to be uncomfortable. Life doesn’t reward those who refuse to expose themselves to difficulties and challenges. It’s important that you put yourself in a position to win — and that means taking action despite fear.
Confront your fears… and you’re on the way to developing your potential and leading the exciting, fulfilling life you deserve. It’s a decision you’ll never regret!

cheers,
Bobby Wan

Heart Warmers

1. When you are born, all the people around you are smiling and you are crying, live your life in such a way such that when you die,
all the people around you are crying and you are smiling.

2.Dream what you want to dream and do what you want to do, becos you have only one life to live and don’t ever live to regret.

3. The person who goes on well in life lives on a forgotten past and an optimistic vision about the future.

4.The best kind of friend is those type that both of you can sit down , say nothing, but after you leave,
you feel like you have juz finished the best conversation ever.

5.Be gentle to yourself when you find that your love is not reciprocated…there is nothing you should do and there is nothing you can do…
juz be contented that love comes and knocks on your door before.

6. When one door of happiness closes, open your heart and don’t dwell on the closed door……….as usually,
another door of happiness will be opened for you.

cheers,
BobbyWan

A person’s True Character

A person’s true character is revealed by what he does when no one is watching.Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns.

Although the tongue weighs very little, very few people are able to hold it.

Success in a marriage is more than finding the right person. It’s becoming the right person.

Falling down doesn’t make you a failure, but staying down does.

Don’t be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond.

Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head.
The poorest of all men is not the man without a cent but the man without a dream.

The only preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today.

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

cheers,
BobbyWan