RECOMMIT TO YOUR VISION OF SUCCESS

Summer is almost over, you are back from vacation, the kids are going back to school, but you are having a hard time in your journey of life. Maybe you have lost some of the excitement that you had so much of before the summer began! Maybe you are frustrated with where you are in your business, your job, your relationship or your financial situation. Maybe you are tempted to start looking for something new even though you know that what you are doing is right for you and your family. Stop, look into the mirror, and remember the “4 phases of attitude” we as humans go through in different times of our life. The first phase is the excitement phase, the second phase is the frustration phase, the third phase is the looking phase and the fourth phase is the recommitment phase. If you have already defined what success means to you! If you have already set the proper goals to get there! If you already have the right road map or blue print! If you are already executing or taking the proper action! Relax, smile, you know what you need to do to get out of your funk and get on down the road!

You must recommit to what you are driven to do. Once again we all get frustrated, but when we recommit it’s easy to get excited again and this time it’s a real or true commitment, helping us stay excited about what we are doing.

Three things we must do to recommit:

1. Set goals

2. Get around the right people

3. Keep in mind our long-term vision

If we can recommit to our career, a relationship, a new start, our business, our job and get excited again by setting goals, thinking about our long-term vision and where we truly want to end up to reach our success, it is amazing what we can accomplish.

We at The Chad Carden Group have recommitted to our goals and dreams. We have the right road map and blue print and we are executing and taking the proper actions. We challenge you to join us. If we can help you on your journey please let us know.

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Don’t Let The Fear of Failure (FOF) Stop You From Reaching Your Definition Of Success

In today’s world fear of failure (FOF) can stop you from achieving success. Most of you know that I believe in order for you to be successful you must first define what success means to you. Once you know what success means to you don’t let FOF slow you down. All of us like to succeed at whatever we do. The problem comes when FOF becomes dominant in our lives. It is important to accept that we all are going to make mistakes and that trial and error is the best way to find creative solutions that will keep us moving in the right direction.

Everyone who has become successful (whatever success means to them) has experienced failure. It is safe to say that the most successful people in the world have probably had the most failures. It took Thomas Edison 18 months of consistent failures going through over 1,000 combinations of gas and filament before he found a light bulb that would last and produce light. It took the Wright Brothers over 4 years of failures before their first successful motor powered flight. Most of us do not consider Edison or the Wright Brothers as failures.

Could it be that you are holding yourself back because of FOF? Are the prospects of another round of criticism from family, friends or co-workers preventing you from taking the risks that might help you improve? Hopefully you are more like Edison and the Wright Brothers, holding the vision of a workable outcome, doing the work required and finding that persistence is a big part of the process. Realize that you are going to fail at times, but learn from your failures. When you fail, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get on down the road toward your definition success.

We believe in you and know that you will succeed. If we can help you, as you travel towards your definition of success, please let us know!

The Rocking Chair Syndrome

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”

Don Marquis. (1878-1937, American Humorist, Journalist)

With anything we do in life, action is required to move forward. We can have the best plan in the world, set realistic goals, and put everything in a journal, but without action, all of it is useless. I believe a lot of people get caught up in the “rocking chair” syndrome. That is where they are busy, but not doing the things that move them forward. A rocking chair moves, but never forward.

Here is the challenge. Ask yourself, “What action can I take that will move me forward? Even if you only move an inch, that is better than standing still. Also ask yourself, “What action do I need to get rid of, so I can move forward?” Get out of your “rocking chair” syndrome and start moving in the right direction of your dreams and goals.

As you take action consciously keep in mind the enemy, procrastination. Have you ever procrastinated? I know that I have. Do you have an idea for a business? Do you want to do something for your sweetheart, your family, yourself? I think everyone has an idea that can make their life or the life of others better either spiritually, physically, financially, mentally, or emotionally, and now the key is to take action!

Sarah and I are in the middle of making a lot of decisions both personally and professionally, and the key is action. My parents once told me that when you have an idea, “do something” to make it come true. You might do something wrong, you might have to start over, but action creates progress. Either you gain momentum from your actions or you learn from them on what to do and what not to do. Momentum is the key to watching an idea come to fruition. I am learning along the way, but every day I am gaining momentum which creates excitement, and more importantly, results. If you want to start a business, go back to school, or make a relationship stronger, I say start now. Some might say, “But it will take “years” before I see results. My answer is this, yes it might, however where will you be in “years” if you don’t act? One thing for certain is that time will not stop. So in 2-5 years from now will your life be different? Or will it be the same and you keep looking back saying those famous words, “I wish I would have”.

Why don’t people take action? I learned many years ago from Doug Wead that many times it boils down to two major reasons, FOF and FOP. FOF is the fear of failure and FOP is the fear of people. Why are we continuing to conform to a society that gives us a 90% chance of being dead or broke at the age of 65? I am not trying to scare you or make you mad, I am just trying to make you think. You don’t have to take it from me, if you will follow 100 people, at the age of 65 you will find that 25% of them will be dead. As for the lucky ones that live to be 65 here is the rough breakdown: 40% have to rely on relatives to survive, 30% will rely on welfare and social security to survive, 20% will still be working to survive. I am sure that not one of the 90% said I can’t wait to turn 65 so I can end up in one of these buckets. Why then do so many end up this way? Real simple, they didn’t take action and they conformed to a society that says, “don’t take risks, you can’t do it, just get a good job and try to save a little money for retirement.” Here is what I say; “Life is too short, take action and take it now!” forget about FOF and FOP. As far as what people will think about you, my dad put it this way; “don’t worry about what people think about you, because they don’t think about you”. Best of luck as you travel down your road to success. I believe you will get there, but the most important thing is that you believe you will get there and EXECUTE to make it happen.

Persisting Through Setbacks

In today’s world, it is easy to let short term setbacks in life look a lot bigger than they really are. I understand setbacks, we have had our fair share, but setbacks are only temporary, we must keep our eyes on our long-term goals. If you are going through a tough time right now, in any area of your life, it is so easy to get caught up worrying about it 24 hours a day. Also, if all you think about are your short-term setbacks you are not focusing your energy where it should be, which is finding a solution, solving the issues and getting back on track. You must deal with your setbacks. We all have them, but letting them steal your confidence, and plan for the long-term is not the answer, we must continue to persist through these setbacks. Setbacks in life do not mean that you are not moving forward. As a matter of fact, one can argue, the more setbacks you are having in your life the more you are growing and moving towards your vision. Life is a game of peaks and valleys, and we must have the ability to handle both sides of the coin.

5 Weeks To A Better Life

Are you wanting to improve in at least one area of your life? If so, be on the lookout for CCG's next DVD. "Five Weeks To A Better Life". This DVD can and will change your life if you execute the plan. How does the DVD help?

-It helps you define success and customize your definition for you.

-It helps you customize a plan for action.

-It helps you EXECUTE your plan.

We hope 2011 is going great. Remember successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are not willing to do!

Make it happen and Let's Continue To Talk About Success!

CCG!

Next Step: Execution

Moving forward, we need to think execute, execute, execute! Enough debating "the best way" just start taking action! Take action with your life, your career, your dreams, your goals for your family, etc.....and STOP debating theory!

I would bet (I love to bet when the odds are in my favor) that all of us have something in our life that we "have wanted to do" for awhile now. We talked about it, and thought about ways to accomplish it, but just haven't taken action yet. That all changes today!

Here Is The Challenge: For the next 5 days do one thing per day that is going to help you move towards a goal you have! I don't care what that goal is (Pick one). It could be to lose weight, it could be to work on a relationship, it could be to polish up your resume, or to find a new career/job, or whatever other areas you have goals in. Consciously make a decision that for the next 5 days you are going to do at least one thing that will move you closer or help you reach your goal.

Your goal could be big, small or somewhere in between. Today just pick a goal and start taking action. See what progress can be made in the next five days.

Let me know how it goes! I would love to hear success stories!

Chad

Why P.E.P.P.?

What does the P.E.P.P. Formula do for others? Why should I use the P.E.P.P. formula? These are great questions, and should be asked by anyone looking for ways to help set themselves up for success!

Let us see if we can help answer these questions! The P.E.P.P. (Preparation, Execution, Persistence, and Patience) Formula really helps you do three things when it comes to success:

1. It helps you define your own definition: Too many people live someone else's definition of success, not their own, and P.E.P.P. helps you define what your definition of success is in many different areas of your life.

2. Helps you create a customized plan: Once you define success, then you must create a plan that works for you to help you reach success (however you define success). The plan has many different parts and P.E.P.P. helps you break it down making sure everything in your plan helps you set yourself up for success.

3. Helps you EXECUTE your plan: Once you have the plan that is right for you, you must EXECUTE. Most people never get this far, because theory is always easier than actual execution. Most people want to live in the theory world. There are thousands of books on getting in shape or losing weight. Execution says, "shut your pie hole and get on a treadmill". P.E.P.P. helps you break through the barriers of execution and watch your vision become a reality.

For more information about P.E.P.P please visit our products!

We hope your 2011 is the best year ever, and you move towards, or reach, what you define as success!

The CCG Team!