You and Me – The Power of Us

If you want to accelerate your results in any area of your life: Do Not Do it Alone! When we do things alone no one else knows what we are doing or not doing. No stakeholders are present. We only have accountability to ourselves. To increase the probabilities of success add a person or persons to the endeavor.

 

An example: What is the fastest way to get in great shape?

 

Answer: Hire a trainer.

Why does it work?

Because the power of us is present or the principle of community is being utilized. An individual is less likely to blow off a gym appointment if they know someone is waiting for them (a stakeholder) and they have made a monetary investment. Another great thing about trainers is that they want you to succeed and no matter what your mood you will have a great work out. The reason I love my trainer is that when I am at the gym I do not have to think about my work out, I just do it. My day is spent coaching and it is a welcome relief just to follow my trainer and do what I am told and get amazing results. One more great aspect of having someone in your world to push you: the more results that you get the more motivated you are to push yourself even further! Success begets success. Now imagine applying that philosophy to your business and when you have that mental picture now you know exactly what our coaches do for our clients.

 

Look for ways to apply the power of “you and me.” Please do not limit the conversation to simply physical fitness the principle applies to all goals.

 

Be wonderful,

Ken

The Power of Community

I am about to share with you a series of principles one blog entry at a time that if you follow them will get you to your goals/targets 10 x faster. They are not going to be in order but sometime in the future I translate the magic formula of IKATPCCAS.

This principle I find to be the accelerator of goals. The weird thing about this one is that it has nothing to do with you! Most gurus will push the concept of tenacity and persistence and you need to work hard for what you want to achieve. All true but I have found an easier way to accelerate goal achievement. You already know what it is. Your Mom probably told you or yelled at you for it years ago. My mom shared the principle with me when I was a kid but I did not get it then. She said, “Kenny, you have to stop hanging out with those boys because they are going to get you in trouble” Of course I did not listen to my mom and I did get in trouble but years later the principle holds true: “You only rise as high as those you surround yourself with.” The principle of community one of the C’s in the magic formula.

A fun exercise to prove this point is to write down the 6 people you spend the most amount of time with beyond your immediate family. As soon as you have the people on the list what you will be looking at is a reflection of your life. More than likely they will make about the same money as you have the same kind of house, similar interests etc. They will be a lot like you. (If you can not come up with 6 your community has contracted to a stagnate level)

Let’s now apply this principle to one of your goals. Perhaps one of your goals is to be a great golfer which will than beget the question of how many great golfers are you associated with? Perhaps you want to be a top producer? Which leads to how many top producers are you hanging out with? Or are you constantly going to lunch or having drinks with the people who make as much money or less money than you do? If you wanted to improve your golf game but all your friends, neighbors and associates were in the bowling league your golf game will go nowhere.

Most men want to be great Dads so if this is one of you it begets a question: How many great Dads are you associated with? Another hard one: Most men want to be great Husbands yet all their friends are single or divorced.

Why is community so important? Because it is through our communities that we are introduced to new concepts, people, role models and ideas. A synergy arises between people who share a similar interest as well as a shared language. A community will accelerate your learning and understanding of what you want to achieve. It will help you break out of a complacency plateau. A sign that you have hit a complacency plateau is that you have been making the same amount of money for the last two years or so and your not exactly happy about it. You can also apply that logic to your golf game, bowling score, family life, your fitness or even life itself.

So ponder what is it that you truly want? Once you figure that out are you surrounding yourself with those kind of people? If not ask yourself a question: How can I? Where can I find the people I want to learn from and emulate? Sadly if you are at the top of your community the only place you are going is down.

Would love your comments!

Ken