Encouraging Excellence Blog

Tag: results

  • You Might As Well Quit…!

    I’ve been reminded recently by quite a few small business owners that they felt that they didn’t really feel like they had much choice about becoming self-employed and also reminded that some of them still resent what they consider their options being limited, due to no fault of their own. They find they are struggling…

  • Don’t Wanna Be In Your Gang!

    “D’ya wanna be in my gang, my gang, my gang? D’ya wanna be in my gang? Oh Yeah!“ Gary Glitter used to sing that song when I was a child, and I used to love it. Not so much anymore and not for his mis-deeds, but for the exclusionary nature of it. I’ve attended quite…

  • We Are Both Speaking English, Aren’t We?

    Do you ever find yourself explaining something to someone and when you’ve finished speaking they look at you as if you’d just rattled off something in fluent Japanese?  So, you start over, doing your best to explain it so that they understand you, yet you still get that baffled look?  Then you resort to speaking…

  • Lose 9 Words, Improve Your Results

    How aware are you of your language?  Do you know that there are certain words that are used in everyday language that seriously affect your outcomes and in a negative way?  Here are just nine of them, how many do you use regularly? 1. Can’t As the quote from Henry Ford says: “Whether you can…

  • What Way Is Your Motivation Pointing?

    “Forward, of course!” I hear a lot of people say. That might seem like a trick question to some, but think for a minute before you answer. Look at the results you’ve been getting. Do you find that you get started on a task with a big burst of energy, hit an obstacle and while…

  • How Enthusiasm Was Secretly Sabotaging My Results

    When the topic of self-sabotage comes up, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind?  The first thing I think of is internal disharmony and limiting beliefs.  Makes sense, right? Does that mean that people who don’t suffer from internal disharmony or limiting beliefs don’t have self-sabotaging issues?  As it turns out, there are…