We always knew how important it was to be resilient. However, the events of the past year or so have highlighted why it’s vital that we are able to bounce back. Read more
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We discuss how to keep your New Year’s resolutions on The BIGG Success Show. Here’s a summary…
In a study on New Year’s resolutions, at the University of Scranton, by JC Norcross and DJ Vagarelli, 200 participants made a New Year’s resolutions. The researchers tracked them for two years.
23% gave up within the week
36% didn’t last a week
50% threw in the towel by the 3-month mark
54% didn’t make it 6 months
81% quit within 2 years
So less than 1 out of 5 people kept their resolution long-term. How can you be part of this group of high achievers?
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Bigg success is life on your own terms. There are five elements of bigg success – money, time, growth, work and play. Today we want to focus on time with growth factoring in throughout.
It’s important to look at how you spend your time to determine how to save time. One question to look at is how much time you spend putting out fires.
Certain jobs seem to require more reaction than others. The closer you are to the customer, the more you may respond reactively. If your direct charges are on the front line, you may spend more time reacting.
In those cases, you need to allow for more reactive time as you plan out your day. However, bigg goal-getters try to minimize the amount of time they spend reacting.
So if a large portion of your day is spent responding to situations, pause and reflect. Ask yourself what you can do about it.
It’s possible that nothing can be done about it, but in many cases there is more in your control than you might think. It’s about moving from a reactive mode to a proactive mindset.
That’s the higher order of personal leadership. As a bigg goal-getter, you want more in your tool kit than just problem-solving capabilities. You also want to be a problem dissolver. Here are three ways to do that:
Elimination
The best way to dissolve a problem is to never have it in the first place. Look ahead and try to discover potential problems. If you think it’s likely that you will encounter that problem, dissolve it by eliminating it in advance.
Many future problems can be handled this way. For example, leaders who establish clear expectations for their people eliminate many problems before they ever happen.
Preparation
The next best way to dissolve a problem is to have an answer in mind before you need it. You may have thought about these problems upfront, but it’s more effective to prepare for its eventuality than to eliminate it in advance.
A great example of this is contingency plans. You have a path you’re going down and you’ve determined in advance it’s your best path. However, as new evidence becomes available, you realize that you need to adjust. Planning that adjustment in advance helps you respond quickly if the time comes.
Prevention
Some problems just can’t be anticipated in advance. However, bigg goal-getters dissolve them by solving the problem now and preventing it from reoccurring in the future.
We have a tendency to rush to solve a problem, but oftentimes, with just a little more effort, we can keep it from happening again. Take time to figure out why it happened. Reverse engineer your process to see if you can prevent it in the future.
As the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The best time to start prevention is right after you’ve found the cure. You’re motivated then!
Use that motivation to your advantage to shift your thinking away from solving problems to dissolving them. It leads to bigg success!
Thank you so much for reading our post today. Please join us next time as we discuss an emotion that leaders must control. Until then, here’s to your bigg success!
Bigg success is life on your own terms. There are five elements of bigg success – money, time, growth, work and play. Today we want to focus on time with growth factoring in throughout.
It’s important to look at how you spend your time to determine how to save time. One question to look at is how much time you spend putting out fires.
Certain jobs seem to require more reaction than others. The closer you are to the customer, the more you may respond reactively. If your direct charges are on the front line, you may spend more time reacting.
In those cases, you need to allow for more reactive time as you plan out your day. However, bigg goal-getters try to minimize the amount of time they spend reacting.
So if a large portion of your day is spent responding to situations, pause and reflect. Ask yourself what you can do about it.
It’s possible that nothing can be done about it, but in many cases there is more in your control than you might think. It’s about moving from a reactive mode to a proactive mindset.
That’s the higher order of personal leadership. As a bigg goal-getter, you want more in your tool kit than just problem-solving capabilities. You also want to be a problem dissolver. Here are three ways to do that:
Elimination
The best way to dissolve a problem is to never have it in the first place. Look ahead and try to discover potential problems. If you think it’s likely that you will encounter that problem, dissolve it by eliminating it in advance.
Many future problems can be handled this way. For example, leaders who establish clear expectations for their people eliminate many problems before they ever happen.
Preparation
The next best way to dissolve a problem is to have an answer in mind before you need it. You may have thought about these problems upfront, but it’s more effective to prepare for its eventuality than to eliminate it in advance.
A great example of this is contingency plans. You have a path you’re going down and you’ve determined in advance it’s your best path. However, as new evidence becomes available, you realize that you need to adjust. Planning that adjustment in advance helps you respond quickly if the time comes.
Prevention
Some problems just can’t be anticipated in advance. However, bigg goal-getters dissolve them by solving the problem now and preventing it from reoccurring in the future.
We have a tendency to rush to solve a problem, but oftentimes, with just a little more effort, we can keep it from happening again. Take time to figure out why it happened. Reverse engineer your process to see if you can prevent it in the future.
As the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The best time to start prevention is right after you’ve found the cure. You’re motivated then!
Use that motivation to your advantage to shift your thinking away from solving problems to dissolving them. It leads to bigg success!
Thank you so much for reading our post today. Please join us next time as we discuss an emotion that leaders must control. Until then, here’s to your bigg success!
People often get overwhelmed by all of the problems they face. They just don’t know where to start. To help with that, we recently discussed an ancient Chinese secret for solving all of your problems. It’s a simple two-step process:
Put all of your problems away into their own individual compartments.
Pull one problem out at a time when you’re ready to deal with it.
It makes things more manageable when you’re not looking at all of your problems all at once. But many people don’t know what to do once they pull the problem out. It’s a timeless process, but we’ve put our own spin on it to make it easier to remember.
SOLVE IT: The 7-step problem-solving process
Statement Origin List Verify Eliminate
Implement Test
Step 1 – Statement
State exactly what the problem is. Until you’ve defined your problem clearly, you can’t solve it!
Step 2 – Origin
Isolate the root cause of the problem. A lot of times, we stop at the symptoms of the problem. You have to find its point of origin or you won’t solve it!
Step 3 – List
Brainstorm for possible solutions. BRAINSTORM, don’t analyze. Get all of your ideas on paper so you can solve it!
Step 4 – Verify
Determine the pros and cons of each solution. You won’t know what’s best until you analyze it. Then you can solve it!
Step 5 – Eliminate
Get rid of all but the single best solution. You’ve done the research. Now go with what you believe is the best option so you can solve it!
Step 6 – Implement
Work your solution to make your solution work. You have to take action to solve it!
Step 7 – Test
You’ve established benchmarks so you know whether or not your solution is working. Check periodically against these benchmarks. Keep an eye on the problem to make sure that you solve it!
So the next time you have a problem – SOLVE IT! Isn’t that simple?
Our BIGG quote today is by Voltaire, who said,
”No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.”
And that sustained thinking is most productive when you use an organized process. That’s how you can take any problem and SOLVE IT!
Next time, we’ll look at the fear that often holds people back from their dreams. Until then, here’s to your BIGG success!
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Bigg success is life on your own terms. There are five elements of bigg success – money, time, growth, work and play. Today we want to focus on time with growth factoring in throughout. 
