Six Ways to Take Charge of 2009

From SuccessMagazine.com

As the year comes to a close, it's time to think about what you want next year to look like. Stephen Covey, one of the most prolific leadership authors of our time, says there are six things you can do right now to make 2009 your best year ever:

1. Be proactive.
It's more than just taking initiative. It means being responsible for your own life. Empower yourself to lead and spread your influence no matter what position you hold.

2. Sharpen the saw.
Decide what's truly important. Sharpen your saw early in the day by learning to say no to the unimportant and yes to the highly important.

3. Seek to understand before seeking to be understood. It's human nature to want to be understood, but when both parties are trying to be understood, neither party is listening. By making the investment to understand the other party, you can magically transform the course of your conversations.

4. Begin with the end in mind. Start today with an image of the end of your life as the frame of reference by which everything else is examined. With a clear idea of where you are going, examine everything in the context of what matters to you most.

5. Develop a vision mission statement. Get a deep sense of your life's mission, purpose and value system, then establish your goals and a system of accountability that keeps you on track.

6. Think win-win. There is enough success for everyone, so don't view another person's success as success achieved at your expense or exclusion.

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My notes from John Maxwell's sermon today at Christ Fellowship

John C. Maxwell gives an awesome Sermon!

You can watch the next 2 live: http://gochristfellowship.com/grow-deep/sermon-series

Here are my notes from today's sermon...


Reduce life to one day.

Make the most of every day.

TODAY MATTERS

Get the most of each day.

What matters in your life?
- My Family

People often...
OVEREXAGGERATE Yesterday,
OVERESTIMATE Tomorrow,
UNDERESTIMATE Today!

We don't maximize the moment.

1) Yesterday INFLUENCES TODAY.

2) We can LEARN from yesterday.
- Yesterday has a lot to teach you.
- Successful people LEARN from the past

3) Yesterday ended LAST NIGHT.
- Let it go. - Start new. - The midnight rule.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. Successful people forget. They know the past is irrevocable. They're running a race. They can't afford to look behind. Their eye is on the finish line. Magnanimous people forget. Be a good forgetter.

In 2008 there are things you wish you did differently. Wish you could have a do-over. We don't get do-overs. Life keeps right on going. We all have do-overs.

1) Our future will be a mixture of GOOD and BAD.
- We will have highs and lows.

Our response to truth? A GOOD ATTITUDE

I can only control what happens IN me not TO me.

2) The ratio of positives & negatives that happen to us in the future will be most affected by the DECISIONS WE MAKE.

The decisions we make today set us up for success or failure for tomorrow.

Today will greatly affect your future.

3) No matter what happens in our future, good or bad, God will ALWAYS BE THERE FOR US.

There are 2 ways to face the future:
1) Without god - APPREHENSION
2) With God - ANTICIPATION


1) Today is the ONLY day we have.

2) Today is the MOST IMPORTANT day we have.

3) Today you get to START OVER.

4) Today you get to SET UP TOMORROW.

5) Today you get to DO THE RIGHT THING.

You can't pull off tomorrow... it's not here. TODAY IS HERE.

TODAY MATTERS!

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Do you want 2009 to be your BEST YEAR EVER?

Make 2009 Your Best Year Ever!



A message from SUCCESS Publisher Darren Hardy...

I want to offer you the most important insight on achieving what you want in 2009...

When asked what has been the biggest secret behind any success I've had, my answer is this: my system for designing, following through and achieving big goals.

I have studied the process of setting and achieving goals vigorously for 20 years now. I have spent tens of thousands of dollars attending seminars, reading books, listening to audio programs and interviewing super-achievers on how they do it. After much of my own real-world trial, error and achievements, I synthesized all this knowledge and experience into a system I have used for myself.

Years ago I taught this system in a training class that cost $49 to attend. My SUCCESS editors have helped me develop the program into a book and achievement planning system called Design Your Best Year Ever — A Proven Formula for Achieving Big Goals.

We want you to have this program, so we are offering the complete 164-page book and achievement planning system, with a complimentary audio introduction, for a limited-time price of only $19.97 (reg. $49.97).

This system will also help you:

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- Go from goal-setting to goal-achieving. There is what I call the "magic factor" that makes the big difference in obtaining your goals.

- Why 95 percent of people give up on their New Year's resolutions within 2-3 weeks and how to ensure you don't suffer the same fate.

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Setting and achieving goals is the single most important skill you can develop to achieve all you want in life. There isn't a better $20 investment than acquiring the exact formula on how to design and achieve big goals for 2009, and beyond.

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Darren Hardy
Publisher, SUCCESS magazine

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