5 Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Deadlines
September 8, 2008 by sparkvictory · Leave a Comment
Deadlines are very useful to keep motivated and avoid the dreaded procrastination bug. Most importantly, a deadline is critical to keep you from wasting your valuable time. Just like a spending budget, a deadline can be a budget for your time and ensure that you stay productive. However, deadlines can actually hurt more than help and need to be used properly, here are 5 common mistakes when making deadlines: Read more
Why 80% of Success is Showing Up
June 22, 2008 by sparkvictory · Leave a Comment
Many of you are probably familiar with the Woody Allen quote
“80% of success is showing up.”
Even though this is such an obvious truth, this qoute can be a great way of re-aligning your perspective with different activities in your life. This can apply to your career, relationships, education and health.
Here are 3 ways why showing up can increase your chances of success immensely.
1. It turns your ideas into tangible actions
It’s super easy to generate ideas and start day dreaming of the things you want to accomplish. We can literally think about what we wish for all day. But the act of showing up is a turning point where that idea can become a reality. Your action of showing up is now tangible; meaning that you can feel, experience and touch it. Read more
Eliminate the Escape Routes to Increase Motivation
June 18, 2008 by sparkvictory · Leave a Comment
How important are your goals? Will you do everything possible to achieve them?
If your goals and dreams are truly important to you, then you should do what it takes for you to push, motivate and move closer to your goals. You will have to make a very serious commitment.
Perhaps one the most effective ways to make this commitment is to eliminate any escape routes that give you an opening to quit or go back.
By keeping those escape routes open, you are allowing yourself to say that it’s ok to turn back. And when it becomes difficult, as it does for any worthwhile goal, you will quit.
Eliminating the escape routes will ensure your success. Here are three popular metaphors that best describe this powerful philosophy:
