DECEMBER 2020

 Business Tips:

TRACTION (EOS – Entrepreneurial Operating System)

Our management is implementing a new system called “Traction”. It will provide direction over the next year through a wonderful system. We look forward to sharing it with you here. We hope you will take the journey with us.

~10 year target~

It is found that organizations that have endured for decades share another common practice: They all set massive 10- to 25-year goals. Collins and Porras refer to these as BHAGs—Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals—and define them as having “a long-term vision so daring in its scope as to seem impossible.”

That’s one of the main differences between a 10-year target and any shorter ones you might set. This is the one larger-than-life goal that everyone is working toward, the thing that gives everyone in the organization a long-range direction. Once your 10-year target is clear, you and your leadership team will start doing things differently in the here and now so as to get you there.

“You must focus on ends, rather than means.” Your long-term target is that end he is describing. He continues, “It I scrucial to have a crystal clear picture of what you want to accomplish … Rivet your attention on that spot where you are to land at the end of your quantum leap … Once you do that, it’s almost as if you magnetize yourself to the ways and means involved in the methodology for getting there. Solutions begin to appear. Answers come to you.”

Wickman, Gino. Traction (p. 66). BenBella Books, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

Personal Tips:

~ Take risks and embrace failure~

"Most people wake up in the morning determined to succeed without failure. But I believe that the real path to success is blazed through the trail of failed attempts. The probability of success is greater, and more likely to happen consistently, by gaining knowledge from lessons learned along the way. Keep a 'lessons learned' log. Be honest with not only what went well, but also what could've been better, and set goals to improve next time. By celebrating failures as successes, you are sure to walk away with a better understanding than where you first started."

--Socka Suppiah, cofounder and COO of Saggezza, a global managed services provider and technology consulting firm with a network of more than 700 consultants across three continents and clients including MasterCard, Kohl's and Art Van Furniture

Tools & Tech I am using:

~Habits and rituals~

            Habits are those things that you put on autopilot in your life using your subconscious mind to guide you. A great book on this concept is The "Ant and the Elephant" by Vince Poscente. The book outlines how powerful your subconscious mind is while moving toward your envisioned goals and God’s plan for your life. A couple of habits you might consider would be planning your week out in advance. Setting an ideal schedule and week that will help you put your daily times on autopilot. Getting into an exercise, food, and rest routine are also immensely powerful. There are many things that you can make habit. Just remember – garbage in, garbage out. So, continue to learn, grow, and set new habits that help you embrace the call God has on your life.

Life Skills:

A Coach

·         Cormac and his personal trainer: “I only work with the best”.   

·         “I have no time for people not prepared to do the hard work.”

·         Is given permission to hold me accountable for my own actions.

·         Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell all have two things in common – they have been leaders of their respective fields, and they each have a coach.  The best in the world have coaches.  Is it coincidence?  We are not strong enough mentally to keep up the hard work and discipline over the long haul to reach excellence.  We need people around us who hold us accountable and push us to stretch.  Tony Nadal, the coach of Rafa Nadal, says that his role is to ensure “Effort and Commitment” – not tennis skills, not better strokes, not how to get fit.

Notable quotes: They are italicized above.

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

2 Timothy 1:7

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

Luke 2:8-12

⁸ And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. ⁹ An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. ¹⁰ But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. ¹¹ Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. ¹² This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Something I want you to know:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. It was a record year.

Seek a 10 year target, take risks, embrace failure, develop habits and rituals, and find a coach!