High Expectations.

I hate when I screw up.









To me, there is no worse feeling in the world.

"When I started counting the number of times I 'dropped the ball', I started making fewer mistakes."

Not to say I make a lot of mistakes (I'd like to think I'm pretty regular in a few life categories), but to say, when I started paying more attention to what I was doing, I didn't screw up as much.

So now when I do experience a missed opportunity to make a better decision (you like how I said that right...I know, I know. Genius), I get really upset with myself.

I've heard the old saying, "nobody's perfect" before, many times (obviously there is some truth to it), but if we accept it, then everyone would be making crazy decisions all willy nilly. ...No regard for rules or regulations...complete anarchy. I digress.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that, I get people make mistakes, but I prefer not to. I have found that if I expect perfection, and truly hold myself accountable; I will be able to consistently perform and a very high level.

Maybe that makes me different.

- Rule #2 - 

Expect to succeed and you will.

Get Fit

Taking things one day at a time. I started working out regularly (three times a week minimum) a couple months ago, and I think I finally caught the bug.

Hopefully I can get back in shape enough to play a lot of basketball this summer. I've been really dying to get back in shape so that I can dunk again...

I was never able to do it in high school and when I could in college I didn't play enough to use my new super power (I could drunk with two hands from a drop-step) and cram on someone's face!!!

Well, that's my sole purpose for working out and I am feeling more and more like an athlete everyday.

PS. - I will know at the end of the week if my company will get to host a basketball summer camp for the YMCA ...BOOO-YA!

Compelling Reasons

I do a lot of self-development, and the audio instruction I am listening to currently, discussed compelling reasons for customers and prospects to "buy" now. So to get us, the listeners, in the right mind-frame, our homework was to develop and write down the emotional reasons WHY we are going to commit to completing the audio training (All 10 Days) and follow through by practicing what we learn on a daily basis.

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I didn't do the homework (I hate homework; ask any one of my teachers from K-12), but I did give it some serious thought. My compelling emotional reasons to be committed and follow through are simple, in fact, there is only one.

I said I was going to do it.

For the past 9-10 months my main focus on a daily basis has been to follow through on the commitments I make to myself, my wife, and everyone else. For a long time I struggled with this and it is getting better, but it only started getting better once I made a concentrated effort to follow through.

Sometimes its good to remind ourselves "why" we do the things that we do.

What are your compelling reasons?



Damn that sax...its so good, once it hits the lips...its so good.