TIME TO CLIMB

"There is no elevator to success.  You have to take the stairs!"

Zig Ziglar

What is your definition of success?

Does it include:

• A high paying job
• Money in the bank
• Respectful children
• Etc.

Whatever you see as success, and to have a successful BEST YEAR YET, it will take WORK.

Anything that you value (relationships; fitness; job) will take WORK to make sure you are positioned for SUCCESS.

What does it take to "position" yourself for SUCCESS?  Here are some "STEPS TO SUCCESS" :

• HAVE A PLAN
• Many go out and have a DREAM...a wish to how they want it to be, but don't have a plan they can implement or execute to get where they want to go.  Come up with 3 or 4 action items..things you can CONTROL that will put you in position to hit your target

• START
• We said the other day that "the START is what STOPS most people."  After your plan is established, get to the START and GO!

• HAVE CHECK IN POINTS
• Strategic points along the way to make sure you are still on the right path.  Think of it like this:  Your PLAN is your map.  On a map, there are many "roads" but not every road will get you where you want to go.  If you find yourself on a different "road" than what you intended, STOP, look at your "MAP" and get back to the road you need to be on to get to your GOAL. I love this quote:

"When it's obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."

• KEEP CLIMBING
• YOU have to do the WORK.  YOU have to keep climbing.  There is no EASY BUTTON.

So, if you are at the bottom of the the "STAIRS," realize that you cannot make it to the top in one step (unless that is how long your "stairs" are...if this is the case, find some BIGGER STAIRS!)....it's TIME.TO.CLIMB!

My 3 things I'm GRATEFUL for today:

• Our Men/Women in Blue
• My DOG (Bella the Boxer)
• Ability to select what food to eat