Are you walking the walk or just
talking the talk?
We’ve all
heard the saying “actions speak louder than words”, right? I think the reality is it is very easy to
talk, talk, talk but not as easy to back up what you say with actions. How many times do you read a really good book
about self-improvement or business building and then “talk” about everything you
are “going” to do? Maybe you’ve even gone out there and started telling others
you can help them because you now have the knowledge to do so?
I’m not mocking
you! Quite the contrary, for me it is a “been
there, done that” sort of thing! Yes,
guilty as charged. I’ve done it and
while I should be embarrassed to admit it, I’m not. Here is why… I’ve found every experience
brings me lessons I need to learn. Part
of learning how to “walk the walk” includes making mistakes along the way. If you learn from those mistakes you have to
consider them a blessing because the fact is, they make you a better
person. Now, if you ignore the lessons…..
shame on you! If you have to repeat the
same lesson a few times, so what? The
important thing is that eventually do learn and you take that lesson forward
with you in life. It really is win/win
type of thing. You mess up, you learn,
you improve, you move forward.
Never a
loss, always a lesson!
Lessons
bring opportunity and we need to always welcome opportunity. It might be as simple as the opportunity to
say you are sorry for something you’ve done, it might be the opportunity to
truly change your life or someone else’s but there is always an opportunity
presented with lessons. You just have to
slow down and recognize it.
One of the
hardest lessons for me was consistency.
I used to be one of those marketers that went totally nuts in one day
and worked my tail off on that one day. Then
I would be disappointed that I didn’t see the results from my work that I
wanted. Seriously, it took me forever to
finally learn that doing a couple of things very consistently would yield better
results. It wasn’t that no one told me; it was that I didn’t listen. I didn’t learn the lesson presented to
me. I was moving too fast to slow down
and recognize the lesson I needed to learn.
Maybe you’ve done the same thing?
Maybe you are doing it today? If
so, slow down! Take baby steps, take
them consistently and you’ll soon see the results you are working for.
Don’t
believe me? Let’s do some simple
math! If you spend one day per week just
going crazy and talk to let’s say 10 people one day per week you will have
spoken to 520 people at the end of the year.
But, if you were to slow down and consistently talk to just 2 people
every day? 730 people! It is all about consistency and let’s face it
anyone can manage 2 people per day! Now,
if only 1% of those people joined your business or purchased your product that
would be 7.3 people. Drop the .3 and let’s
take it further. Let’s say you teach
those 7 people to do just what you did and they teach the same. Yes, I’m talking about duplicating and you
always want to duplicate your efforts! I’m
not going to give you the answers here but I want you to figure them out for yourself! You started with just 7, you taught them to
do what you did and told them to teach it to their 7. At the end of 5 years what would your team
look like? Would it be worth the effort
that it took to just talk to 2 people a day?
I’m betting the answer is yes.
You see it
really isn’t about working yourself to the point your family forgets what you
look like! It is about habit. It is about developing good habits that will
help you create the life you want for you and for your family. Develop the right habits and you create the life
you want!
©2012
