First, let us say "Happy New Year!" 2012 flew by bringing joy,
pain, growth, celebration, trials, community, and so much more! Cornerstone Leadership Solutions is looking
forward to 2013 and all the exciting endeavors to come.
We are all accustomed to deciding and sharing our new year’s resolutions. I
think we too are ready to mentally write off most people's resolutions. I could
write on the power of goal setting to help aid in the commitment and strategy
of achieving our goals, I could write top 5 lists to shortcut results.
However, we know that long-term and sustainable change comes from a strong
knowledge of "why."
When asked people's goals for 2013 we'd hear "lose weight",
"pay off debt", "quit smoking", and other good generic
goals. If I asked "Why do you want to achieve that?" Most
people would respond with "I don't know. I just know I should" or
"My doctor said I need to." These are legitimate reasons, but not
enough to make a real change.
In 2012, I witnessed the transformation of a friend who lost 90lbs. In an
appointment with his doctor, his doctor told him, "If you don't lose
weight, you'll die." This shook my friend up. His father died about his
age. My friend has other health issues. For one reason or another, his hopeless
attitude changed in an instant. His "why" was a hunger for life and a
rejection of early death. He wanted to find a wife, spend time with friends, and
achieve other personal goals. He built a very long why list.
Everyone's "why" will be different. That's good! None of us are
motivated by the same things in the same way. If you want to achieve a
resolution this year, ask "why?” Then ask again. Make it so strong that
"I can't" will never appear. When you discover your "why"
you'll achieve your "when."
It is when we become our true selves, the people we were meant to be, can we
find our “why”. That’s what we are passionate about at CLS.
CLS
offers training, consulting and coaching services in the areas of values-based
life and leadership skills, organizational culture and personal leadership
development. We are a founding member of the John C. Maxwell Team and our goal
is to help our clients create a high performance organizational culture by
developing the character of their people. We use proven principles and
processes, the untapped energy and creativity that exists in every organization
can be unleashed, driving performance and satisfaction to ever-increasing
levels.
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