Our
Mission:
To help people
live happy, successful lives; to harness their natural power and live
to their full potential.
"Challenge
everything you do. Expand your thinking. Refocus your efforts.
Rededicate yourself to your future." ----- Patricia Fripp
DOING IT
DELIBERATELY
During the past
several years since selling my previous business interests and founding
Growing Into Success Training I've been working with individuals from
many walks of life, as well as businesses and organizations from a wide
variety of industries. For me it's always been about helping my clients
achieve new and higher levels of success both personally and
professionally and there are many heartwarming success stories.
In my first year however, as I was in the early stages of marketing my
services, I noticed an interesting phenomenon that surprised me. As I
observed the developing pattern I was shocked and even frustrated
before finally shaking it off and getting over it. I've understood for
years that each of us chooses our own path and is responsible for the
consequences of our actions but what I was seeing still caught me off
guard and I found it disturbing.
So what is this phenomenon? The phenomenon is that those that could
benefit most from new information and ideas are often the least
interested, while those already doing well tend to be open to any
knowledge that will make them even better.
It is baffling though why businesses struggling in key areas (whether
or not they are currently enjoying some degree of success) are the
least likely to reach out for help, while those with already high
standards readily invest time, energy and money in progressive training
and systems.
The same is true for individuals. Often times those experiencing
serious personal or relationship challenges have had warning flags
flapping stiffly in the breeze for months and even years, yet have made
little or no effort to do any personal evaluation or seek outside
guidance that might lead to corrective action. On the other hand, those
with a healthy sense of 'self' and already enjoying successful
relationships are often the most avid students of life success
knowledge.
So why is that? I'm not exactly sure but I strongly suspect that with
the latter group it's the drive for ongoing improvement that helped
them create their success to begin with.
I do know though that life is constantly presenting each of us with
situations and circumstances that are actually opportunities to learn
and grow, to realize more of our potential. What we do with these
opportunities however is up to us.
We can embrace and explore them for our benefit, or reject and hide
from them to our detriment. The choice is always ours. Unfortunately,
when we choose the latter we not only experience painful consequences
but also find these 'opportunities' showing up again and again as
thinly disguised variations with intensified consequences each time
they're ignored.
In the business world this scene may play out in the form of ever
greater challenges pertaining to staffing, product or service quality,
customer relations and retention, or the ability to secure necessary
financing … any of which can result in financial
hardship and perhaps even failure of the business itself.
In the personal world it may play out in the form of lower self-image,
loss of confidence, rocky or terminated relationships, or lack of
direction and purpose.
In the end we may finally learn the required lesson through this
uncomfortable experience but it's not necessary to go down such a
difficult path. We don't need to wait for a crisis to send a wakeup
call that we can't ignore … we can CHOOSE
differently at any time.
I also know from personal experience that small improvements in our
thoughts, attitudes and behaviours can create significant gains that
compound over time. Seeking out new knowledge and perspectives and
making the effort to develop new skills leads to a more capable me with
increased self-esteem, self-respect and confidence, and opens the door
to new worlds of possibilities.
During the course of my life I've been down both paths, first
the one of 'painful lessons' and later the other of 'conscious
development', and without question I prefer intentional personal growth
to the alternative of having it forced upon me in some unpleasant way.
How about you, what are you choosing? Are you a deliberate and
conscious student of life or are you waiting for the next crisis to
drive the lesson home? Ultimately it's your choice, it always is.
To your success,
Reg Neufeld
"Life is
change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." ----- Karen Kaiser Clark
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