Rapid Success Coach

If I had to choose just one factor that would determine if someone was going too successful I would have to select attitude.

Attitude is the lens that we look though and see the world and ourselves. Based on our attitude we:

• see things either negative or positive
• believe that goals cannot be achieved or are achievable
• create an image of who we are and what we are capable

When I was a manager I always hired for attitude. I found that people with the right attitude were open to change, easier to develop, good team players and achieved results faster. When I compromised and hired for technical skills I found that these individuals where difficult to work with and poisoned the team with there bad attitude.

Now as a consultant and coach, I select my Clients based on their attitude. Clients with the right attitude are open to change, easier to develop, good team players and achieve results faster (sound familiar?). When I work with Client with the right attitude I am able to deliver my best work because they energize me and challenge me to be at my best.

When you have the right attitude you will …

• get promoted faster
• attract clients faster
• increase your earning potential
• increase your level of satisfaction
• be less stressed
• have better leadership capabilities
• influence others more easily
• have a better quality of life
• move toward what you want
• rapidly achieve your goals

The right attitude will rapidly move you to a higher altitude.

The question now becomes can you change attitudes? Are you able to change the attitude of others? Absolutely not! Can you change your attitude? Absolutely!

To develop the right attitude you can focus on …

• turning off the negative self talk and begin seeing things through a positive lens
• setting stretch goals and believing that they can be achieved (even if you not sure how to achieve them)
• creating an empowering image of who you are and what you are capable

This leads us to the fourth entry of the Rapid Success Manifesto.

4) I am improving my attitude every single day.

Your challenge this week is to focus on improving your attitude:

Begin by focusing on the positive events within your world. What is positive about the things going on around you? What can you learn about this? How can you improve?

Next, set a stretch goal for the week. Something outside of your comfort zone and then just decide that you are going to complete it. No complaints, no excuses, just get it done.

Finally, visualize yourself overcoming a past challenge. Draw on multiple past successes and develop an empowering image of yourself achieving your current goal.

Now go out and take action toward what you want.

And remember, your attitude determines your altitude.

Early on in my career I found that I was always driven by a single factor.

This single factor was and still is “Mediocrity Sucks!”

There’s something about that phrase that touches at the core of who I am.

Mediocrity is the silent killer of dreams and aspirations.

It’s what keeps us comfortably stuck in the rut.

It’s what keeps us from challenging the status quo.

It’s what keeps us putting off our most important goals.

When I use the phrase “Mediocrity Sucks!” it’s as if I am connecting directly to the passion that lives within.

To me, “Mediocrity Sucks!” is at the core of what being an agent of change is all about.

It’s about noticing the rut that exists within our lives.

It’s about getting pissed off with the status quo.

It’s about understanding what is holding us back.

More importantly it’s about connecting with and unleashing our passion so that we can take action and make an impact on the world.

So we can step out of our rut.

So we can change the status quo.

So we can achieve our goals.

This leads us to the third entry of the Rapid Success Manifesto.

3) I am taking action to banish mediocrity from my life and the world.

I now issue a challenge to you.

If you are truly committed to embracing the Rapid Success Manifesto as your own you need to start taking action.

What are you going to do today that will free you from the shackles of mediocrity?

I look forward to hearing your story.

Let me share with you a little known secret.

You are where you are today based on the choices that you have made.

That’s right … everything from the relationships that you are in to the amount of money that you are making.

You might be saying … “Ron, I had no choice! I was born into my situation! What happened to me was beyond my control!”

Whatever your excuse is … it is still an excuse.

You might not have wished a particular event to happen to you (and I don’t wish negative stuff on anyone).

What you did have control over was your response.

Stephen Covey discusses this in his book “7 Habit of Highly Effective People”.

In it he states … between stimulus and response there is a gap … and in the gap lies our ability to choose.

You might not want a particular event (stimulus) to happen to you … however you do have control over what you do (response).

When you first start exercising your ability to choose it will seem like the gap between stimulus and response is non-existent.

These are those unconscious programs that automatically kick in and dictate our behavior.

Over time as you continue to exercise your ability to choose … this gap will grow wider and wider.

So if you find yourself blaming others or that entitlement mentality kicks in remember the second entry in the Rapid Success Manifesto.

2) I am taking absolute personal responsibility for my life!

I use the word “absolute” to be very clear … there are no exceptions!

The good thing about this is that getting you beyond your current situation is within your control.

So get off your butt and begin to take absolute personal responsibility for where you are today and commit to do the actions to get you to where you want to go.

P.S.

Remember that deciding not to choose is still a choice!

So if you decide to ignore this … you have chosen to stay stuck in mediocrity.

And that is not a choice I can live with!

Here is the first entry to the Rapid Success Manifesto.

1) I am an agent of change.

This is a simple statement outlining how I want to be in the world.

Notice the use of “I” … claiming ownership of what / how I want to be.

“agent of change” embodies everything that I believe in.

It rings true to the passion that is within.

Other options for agent could be catalyst, master, manager or leader.

Change is what we are about.

If we are not changing … we remain stuck in the depths of mediocrity.

Not a happy place.

Other options for change?

There are none.