Life and Business Leadership Insight
- December 03

In this issue:

• December "Self-Leadership" Insight.
• Quote for the month.
• Suggested reading for the month.
• Monthly "Self-Leadership" Challenge.
• Dates for 2004 "Self-Leadership" Seminar Series
• Free Articles for Your Publications
• Email this newsletter to a friend

"The Passion and Personal Power Equation"

I was asked recently to speak at a financial planning conference in Sydney on how to improve their sales results and relationships with their clients.

I began the session with an interesting question?

I said that I had $1.5 million dollars to invest but before I would enlist the services of one of the professionals in the room they would have to satisfactorily answer a question that I wanted to ask.

My question was why should I invest my money with you?

The answer I wanted to hear from someone in the room (given that they were all financially successful in their own right) was that I can manage your investment best because I have a passion for what I do.

The context of the word passion here is very important because it means to me that the person is in the industry for the right reasons. To me it signifies someone who has tuned into their "EQ" or emotional intelligence which means that they have a certain amount of passion for the occupation otherwise they would not get the "vibe" that they do which then aligns and ignites their passion and performance relationship.

It is become increasingly obvious to me during my time involved in motivational speaking and life and business coaching that personal and team performance is intrinsically linked to passion.

To the trained observer passion is something that you can actually see, feel and hear in people and it excites people to do special things.

The purpose of this article is to guide you as to how you can build and develop more passion in your life.

So here are some simple ideas that you can use to begin to fulfil your potential:

• Design your career path based on what you enjoy doing.
• Build special "partnerships" with people and businesses that have similar value systems.
• Be prepared to step out of your "comfort zone" to grow and develop your knowledge as this builds your self esteem and positive attitude.
• Be prepared to fight for your beliefs and your personal goals.
• Align yourself with people, customers and situations that invoke passion in you.
• Consistently create opportunities to play and have fun both in the work place and away from it.
• Master the art of controlling your thoughts and learn how to be "in the present" with everyone you serve and interact with.
• Make people's day with how and what you do in their presence.
• Develop rituals in your life that make you feel the passionate about your existence.
• Recognise that helping others achieve what it is that they want will always give you what you want in life as well.
• Choose your attitude toward everything that you do recognising that you control your reality from second to second, day to day, week to week etc
• Be able to read your emotional system accurately so that you can direct your energies in the appropriate direction at all times. Remember the rules: Seek out personal growth and rewarding opportunities at all times.

So here is a suggestion, over the forthcoming festive Christmas and New Year period the best thing that you can do is to make a list of the things that you need to change in both your life and business practices to make you a more passionate and purposeful performer.

Don't you just love it!

Have a wonderful festive period and celebrate whatever it is you celebrate!

Richard
Australia's "Self-Leadership Specialist"

Some of the information found in this newsletter may have been adapted from the Crocodiles not Waterlilies Self-leadership Program with kind permission from Roger Anthony.

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Monthly Self-leadership Challenge…

This is a new section dedicated to challenging you to become a more complete professional.

This month's challenge: To identify a specific goal that you want to achieve in the New Year.

First, write the goal down and ensure that you put it somewhere obvious.
Second, work out the steps that need to occur for the goal to happen.
Third, identify a date that will signify completion of the goal.
Finally share your goal(s) with someone who can track your success.

Go for it!...

Hear Richard Speak…..

Richard will be speaking conducting a new series of "Self-Leadership" seminars in 2004. Stay tuned for dates, titles and times.

Richard would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who have supported his business and seminar series in 2003. Richard is truly indebted to you all.

Thank you!

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