By Mike Monahan, CEO and executive director of Life Success Seminars Inc.
The way we communicate continues to change at lightning speed. When you look at how fast things change, just think about America Online. AOL was the greatest thing out there one day and old news the next day. It's hard to keep up!
Communication is the key to success both professionally and personally. Knowing that, it stands to reason that we stay up with the times. The trick isn't just mastering the latest Internet fad but also focusing on the area we often leave to chance--talking with the people we love.
It's easy to get lost trying to keep up with the world while ignoring the people in our own world!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Reasons or Results
By Mike Monahan, CEO and executive director of Life Success Seminars Inc.
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to come up with hundreds of reasons or excuses when you don't achieve a desired result? "I don't have time or enough money," or "The economy is bad and the winter months are slow." We often spend more time finding good reasons to fail than taking actions that guarantee success.
What is one current result in your life that you want to change? Next, write on individual pieces of paper all of the excuses you have for not being able to change the result. Put the papers in a bowl and each day take one out, read it and throw it away. When all the excuses are gone, go ahead and make the change you desire.
A friend once told me: "The only reason you can't have what you want is the reason. Get rid of the reason and you can have what you want." It's so simple!
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to come up with hundreds of reasons or excuses when you don't achieve a desired result? "I don't have time or enough money," or "The economy is bad and the winter months are slow." We often spend more time finding good reasons to fail than taking actions that guarantee success.
What is one current result in your life that you want to change? Next, write on individual pieces of paper all of the excuses you have for not being able to change the result. Put the papers in a bowl and each day take one out, read it and throw it away. When all the excuses are gone, go ahead and make the change you desire.
A friend once told me: "The only reason you can't have what you want is the reason. Get rid of the reason and you can have what you want." It's so simple!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Life Results
By Mike Monahan, CEO and executive director of Life Success Seminars Inc.
Where you are in your life right now is the result of a lot of decisions that you've made. Put all of those decisions together, and you end up with areas in your life that work really well and other areas that may need improvement. If you want different results, you must do something different.
When I'm working with people, they often tell me that they don't like some of their results in life. When we explore their results at a deeper level, they frequently defend their actions. If you don't like your results and defend the actions that support those very results, you have no hope of change.
Bottom line: New actions equal new results!
Where you are in your life right now is the result of a lot of decisions that you've made. Put all of those decisions together, and you end up with areas in your life that work really well and other areas that may need improvement. If you want different results, you must do something different.
When I'm working with people, they often tell me that they don't like some of their results in life. When we explore their results at a deeper level, they frequently defend their actions. If you don't like your results and defend the actions that support those very results, you have no hope of change.
Bottom line: New actions equal new results!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Father Knows Best
By Mike Monahan, CEO and executive director of Life Success Seminars Inc.
Years ago, there was a TV series called "Father Knows Best." Maybe your version of the TV show is called "Mother Knows Best." As a parent of five, I often fell into the trap of thinking that I knew what was best for my kids. Many times, I found that it was more about me being in control than really knowing what was best.
Most parents want the best for their children, but the children usually don't see it the same way. As a parent, I had to learn what was best for where my kids were in life and what was important to them--not what was important to me.
When you're 16, responsibility isn't high on the list of things you want to do. At 16, you want to be popular, look cool and fit in with other popular people. Father and Mother may know best, but teenagers don't care!
Remember: Never argue with a fool because a passer-by doesn't know who's who!
Years ago, there was a TV series called "Father Knows Best." Maybe your version of the TV show is called "Mother Knows Best." As a parent of five, I often fell into the trap of thinking that I knew what was best for my kids. Many times, I found that it was more about me being in control than really knowing what was best.
Most parents want the best for their children, but the children usually don't see it the same way. As a parent, I had to learn what was best for where my kids were in life and what was important to them--not what was important to me.
When you're 16, responsibility isn't high on the list of things you want to do. At 16, you want to be popular, look cool and fit in with other popular people. Father and Mother may know best, but teenagers don't care!
Remember: Never argue with a fool because a passer-by doesn't know who's who!
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