Magnificent Monday – Embrace the Effort
★ Sherrin Ross Ingram, JD
Strategy Facilitator, Independent Corporate Director and Board Chair
It’s another Magnificent Monday!
You’ve been blessed to see the start of another glorious week. The slate has been wiped clean (of the good and bad). You have another opportunity to BE MORE and DO BETTER. This week can be your best week ever! Remember, success is just a string of successful weeks tied together.
Here’s a quote that is particularly insightful and motivating:
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
~ Zig Ziglar
THIS WEEK’S TIP: EMBRACE THE EFFORT
Yes, there is great satisfaction in achieving the goals we set. However, the real growth and joy (Yes, I said joy) comes from the journey.. the effort of achieving. Facing and working through obstacles, challenges, setbacks and disappointments can make us stronger and wiser if we CHOOSE TO LEARN from the experience and APPLY THE LESSONS to future decisions and behavior.
I think most of know this, but it is easy to forget. It is easy to get caught up in your situation and not consider that it can serve a higher purpose and a bigger picture if you allow it. Your challenge this week (and from this point forward) is to remember to embrace ALL aspects of your efforts to achieve your goals. It’s all feedback to help you BE more and DO better.
THIS WEEK’S AFFIRMATION: I choose to allow all situations in my life to make me stronger and wiser. I will consciously look for the lessons to apply to my future decisions and behavior.
Until next Monday, expect the best FROM and FOR yourself!
Profitably yours,
Sherrin Ross Ingram
Sherrin Ross Ingram is CEO of the International Center for Strategic Planning and creator of the Actionable Strategic Planning® Process. “Great strategic planning is a science (using data driven economic models) and an art (applying insights and experiences to the data and methods to sustain performance).” Sherrin is also an attorney, best-selling author, and a frequent keynote speaker at meetings and conferences on strategy development and branding strategies. Learn more at EssenceofStrategy.com. Get more Magnificent Monday Motivation at http://www.MagnificentMonday.com