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Can You Afford to Follow Your Passion?

unlock your passionYou know what you want to do. But you’re scared to do it.

You think about it a lot. But you don’t take the next step.

You’re tired of going through the motions. But you won’t make a move.

You talk yourself out of it every time. You can come up with all kinds of reasons not to do it.

But your heart isn’t where you’re at now. Your heart is telling you to …

… do something different
… do something more
… realize your full potential
… live your life on your own terms

But you just aren’t sure if you can afford it. Well, here’s the thing:

If you wait until you can afford to get married, you’ll never get married.
If you wait until you can afford to have kids, you’ll never have kids.
If you wait until you can afford to start a business, you’ll never start a business.

If you wait until you can afford to follow your passion, you’ll waste your life away. You’ll feel more stress. You’ll be sick more often. You won’t live while you’re alive. And you’ll die earlier than you should.

You can’t afford to wait. You can’t afford to suppress your passion. You have to go for it. You have to reach for BIGG success!

Want help planning your next steps? E-mail us at bigginfo@biggsuccess.com or leave a voice message at
888.455.BIGG (2444)
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Lead Your People to Lead

leading.jpgBigg success is life on your own terms. The five elements of bigg success are money, time, growth, work and play. Today we’ll focus on time.

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Bigg Question

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marylynnRenee called us with her bigg question. She’s been a manager for a few months. She’s having trouble getting all of her work done because her employees keep coming to her with problems that they could easily solve themselves. She feels herself getting more and more stressed about this situation. She wants our suggestions.

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Results, not tasks

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georgeRenee, you’re not alone. This is a common problem with first-time managers. I’ve fought this myself. We’re told, “If you want the job done right, do it yourself.” So we don’t empower people like we need to so they feel comfortable making decisions. We need to help our people build their personal leadership skills.

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You do that by focusing on the results, not the tasks. It’s a conversation about the “what”, not the “how”. What are you trying to achieve as a group? Then break your overall plan into who is to do what by when.

Now every individual in your charge knows for what they’re responsible. Be sure they (and their peers) know they have the authority to do what needs to be done to reach the desired result.

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Guiding principles

Let them know you believe in them. Tell them you’re there to help them when they run into something they can’t solve on their own. However, there are two guiding principles when they think they need your help.

1st – If we’ve discussed it before, follow the precedent.

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georgeThere’s no need to rehash old turf. I want my people to show me that they can learn. I’ll tell them exactly that!

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marylynnYou don’t want to hit your head into the same wall again and again. There will be challenges. Let’s make them new ones! I’m here to help you as long as we aren’t just dealing with the same old problem stated in a different way.

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2nd – When you present a problem, offer a solution.

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georgeI remember discovering this principle, for exactly the reason Renee is saying in her question. I had to find an answer for people constantly bringing up problems without taking any responsibility for the solution. This guiding principle took care of that.

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marylynnHelping your people develop their personal leadership skills leads to bigg success … for them and for you!

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What have you done to get your people to take a leadership role?

Please share that with us by leaving a comment below, calling us at 888.455.BIGG (2444) or sending us an e-mail at bigginfo@biggsuccess.com.

Thanks so much for the gift of your time today. Please join us next time when we talk with a person who used vision boards to reach bigg success. Until then, here’s to your bigg success!

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