Posted on Friday, May 1, 2015

Is Your Team Contributing to Grow Others?

Tracy Worley

Tracy Worley is America’s leading grace coach, international key-note speaker, trainer, syndicated radio host, author, and potential seeker, strategist and CEO of three values leadership based organizations. She works with business executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders world-wide to develop potential, tailor employee engagement modules, and turn up the volume on individuals and organizations potential personally and professionally.

Tracy knows firsthand about what it takes to find your potential, Individuals and organizations have individual cultures, stories, and rhythm – Tracy’s innovative style knows how to make it work. With a background in business management, business communication, project management, and life’s drama, Tracy found herself running a multi-million dollar organization at the age of 25.

Tracy knows from life experience the ups and downs of colossal failure and the elation of success beyond imagination.

But it’s exactly all these experiences that built character, knowledge, wisdom, and intuitive insight into individual and organizational potential. Tracy is highly intuitive, perceptive, and a world thinker in connecting what you cannot see. These gifts give her the ability to strategize with clarity where you are, where you want to be, and how to get there. Tracy’s expertise: training highly successful people to lead with authenticity to the desired success her client’s desire and deserve.

Contribution is leading self while contributing to the growth of others. When your team is contributing to grow others your organization is compounding interest for the sustainability and success of not only the organization but for your team and community.

Ben Franklin asked himself every morning, “What good shall I do today?” and in the evening, “What good have I done today?”

Adding value and contributing to others is one of the greatest joy’s and rewards you and I will ever experience. When I reflect on contributing to others within any area of life my vision goes to the face of a child. My minds-eye picture is when they are learning something new, the joy when someone is showing them how to fail and achieve. The pay-off of contribution is being a part of their joy and excitement when the “aha” moment arrives in achievement. Learning with heart filled joy gives you the ability to learn quickly and love what you do and who you serve.

I challenge you to find your inner joy!To start lift others up and find the inner joy from so long ago on their face. Contribute to someone else as their joy and “aha” brings a contagious momentum in the desire to learn, grow, and keep on giving.

You have the ability to make a difference every day. “I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.” ~ Jimmy Carter

Intentional Contribution:

Be Grateful
Put People First
Don’t Let Stuff Own You
Don’t Let People Own You
Define Success by Giving, Not Receiving
Self-Development, Not Self-Fulfillment
Keep Growing, Keep Giving

Successful people give of themselves first without asking anything in return. However, to continue giving you must grow into your potential by learning daily with the heart filled joy from your youth. As my friend John Maxwell states, “If you’re not doing something with your life, it doesn’t matter how long it is!”

Start living my friends!

Look UP and OUT,

Tracy Worley

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John C. Maxwell (2012). 15 Invaluable Laws of Contribution, Chap15.
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Posted on Friday, April 24, 2015

Are You Curious Enough To Grow Your Business?

Tracy Worley

Tracy knows from life experience the ups and downs of colossal failure and the elation of success beyond imagination.

“Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

Curiosity is the desire to know with interest leading to intellectual curiosity. Be honest, we are all “that” kid who peeks!

DO YOU ASK WHY? I have a confession, I am that person in the board room who asks, WHY? I do not ask to hold up development but asking why creates discovery in other possibilities.

Have you noticed when people ask you why, it forces you to dig deeper in intellectual reasoning and sometimes your WHY is not big enough.

Curiosity is a developed thirst for knowledge, interest in life, people, ideas, experiences, events, and living in a state of wanting to learn more.

The more you know compounds interest in knowledge, wisdom, and awareness to the next steps of success.

The greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions. ~ Peter Drucker

Be curious – ask questions
Have a beginners mindset
Make WHY your favorite boardroom word
Spend time with other WHY people
Learn something new daily
Embrace failure

Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience (failure/wins) is.

Keep looking for the right answer
Get over yourself – do not care what other people “think” because they are asking the same question but not daredevil enough to
Jump out of your box (step into other peoples worlds)

There ain’t no rules around here! We’re trying to accomplish something! ~ Thomas Edison

Schedule in your daily calendar to ENJOY LIFE! Curiosity will increase your knowledge and business bottom line by believing in your vision, team, and WHY.

A great way to start to ask why, experience new success outside of yourself today is to do something you have never done before. Ask different questions, take a gardening class, learn how to golf (or something you have always wanted to try).

Being outside of yourself and daily agenda brings healthy curiosity to grow your business. ~ Tracy Worley

Look UP and OUT,

Tracy Worley

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John C. Maxwell (2012). 15 Invaluable Laws of Curiosity, Chap12.
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Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2015

You Don’t Always Get What You Want, You Always Get What You Choose

Tracy Worley

Tracy knows from life experience the ups and downs of colossal failure and the elation of success beyond imagination.

Success is a succession of trade offs, you have to give up to go up. The most successful people apply this concept by reviewing their activity often – what they can delegate, what no longer serves a purpose, and the hardest part of this rule is who to give up people to go up. I am not stating to dump your colleagues, family, and friends but to evaluate trading to sustain a higher level of success as you move up. Moving up is all about your potential and what potential means to the quality and quantity of your life.

Think about when you were a toddler riding a tricycle it is easy because there is safety of balance. The next step is a two-wheeler with safety wheels and at some point you decide it is time to trade-up and choose to feel the independence and speed of two wheels. The excitement, fear, and doubt were intoxicating – you knew you would fall but the choice to get what you want over-powers fear and doubt to your success of two wheels.

Your life is all about trade-offs and choice. I love this statement, the hardest part about stealing second base is taking your foot off of first base. I dare you take a stand and give up to go up to be the best you can be every day. No one embraces change or wakes up every morning and states “what can I change today.” I guarantee when you give up – opportunities you did not see before will appear! Eric Hoffer states, “People will cling to an unsatisfactory way of life rather than change in order to get something better for fear of getting something worse.”

Steps and Benefits to Choosing Trade-Offs:

Trade-Offs Are Opportunities
- What are the pros-cons | Will you go through this change, or grow through this change
Next Level To Your Potential
- What are you willing to give up to go up? What or who will you have to give up?
- Note: not willing to give up something is a key reason most people do not reach their potential
Trade-Offs Force You to make Personal Changes
- When you want something you have never had, you have to do something you have never done before.
- Change is always possible
  - Change is Personal: to change your life, you need to change
  - Change is Possible: You will be rewarded when you change
Loss of Trading Is usually Felt Before Opportunity
- This is the main reason people fear change, it might hurt a bit (Go back to your two-wheeler)
- Transition between change and the fruit of the change is a powerful time of renewed self

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. ~ Henry Kissinger

Trade-Offs Can Be Made At Any Time
- Better health, habits, education, etc. . . – It is rarely “too late” to make a change
A Few Trade-Offs Come Only Once
- Go back to pro-cons, timing etc. . .
The Higher Your Success (Climb), The Tougher The Trade-Offs
- Many people stop growing because they have reached a height for which they are no longer willing to work to get higher
- The skills you have today are not the skills to get you to the next level
- Consider your potential – what will it feel like to trade-off to get to your next level of success?
Trade-Offs Never Leave Us The Same
- Fear of change is you will be different on the other side – yes, you will. Is where you are today where you want to remain tomorrow?
Trade-Offs Not Worth the Price
- Trade-offs that will damage, harm or even ruin an entire life
- Delayed gratification through the above analysis ensures damage is avoided
- Value question for all of us. . . is it worth the price?

The only job security we have is our individual commitment to personal development. ~ Kevin Turner

Trade-Offs Worth Making
- Financial security for potential tomorrow
- Giving up immediate gratification for personal growth
- Willing to give up the fast life for the good life
  - Delegate to others | Do what you do best and drop the rest
  - Control your calendar or someone else will
  - Do what you love because it will give you energy | Work and play with people you like so your energy is not depleted
- Give up some security for significance
  - You will not achieve your potential while remaining in a safe place (get off your tricycle)
  - Significance means taking chances on others too by helping them find their potential
- Be willing to give up addition for multiplication
  - Lead others who will lead
  - Seek collaboration partners for just about everything | Share, not hoard, resources and knowledge with others
  - Share credit for achievement | Be a conduit for blessings, not a reservoir of assets – the more we give the more we receive

I challenge you to reflect on the above and ask yourself: Am I on a tricycle of safety or am I continually giving up to go up feeling the freedom of a two wheeler!

Start with one area you have identified to trade-off and once you have done the first one the rest of the area’s will be easier to keep steady and balanced toward the success you desire and deserve!

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Tracy Worley

John C. Maxwell (2012). 15 Invaluable Laws of Trade-Offs, Chap11.
Tracy A. Worley (2015) GRACEbreak Radio

Posted on Monday, April 20, 2015

Are You Applying Tension To Where You Are Today And Where You Could Be Tomorrow

Tracy Worley

Tracy knows from life experience the ups and downs of colossal failure and the elation of success beyond imagination.

Tension to success is not hearing, “not tonight dear I have a headache”. Tension to success is consistent applied pressure to your growth and stretching into something and someone bigger and better tomorrow.

My tension started in 2001 when I moved hundred of miles away from my hometown to take on a new job, city, friends, and to top it off the population was only several thousand. This move and new job was a huge stretch and paid off in learning and gleaning so much over-time. Eventually, I had to find new ways to stretch my growth. Truly, with a small population to continue my growth I had to seek opportunity outside of the community. This meant online training, masterminding across the miles, and reading books from authors I admired and without knowing this stretching one of those author mentors would become a friend, mentor, and business partner; John C. Maxwell.

In 2011 when I had an opportunity to “jump” the opportunity to partner with John C. Maxwell opened and I was prepared to walk-through.

On stage with world leaders, co-collaborators, and John C. Maxwell.

Tension is thinking of a rubber-band how you pull there is tension, release, and then do it over and over; after a time the rubber-band cannot go back to it’s original shape. This is what happens when you keep applied pressure/tension to your growth you are never the same again. By applying consistent pressure you will quickly and easily become the top in your field. Why? Because few people want to be uncomfortable, learn, and stretch outside of their comfort zone.

Benefits Of Applying Tension:

Few People Want to Stretch: 42% of college graduates never read a book after college, too many people are willing to sett for average.
Settling for the Status Quo Ultimately Leads to Dissatisfaction: Familiar patterns are easy, take an inventory of where you are taking it easy and apply pressure.
Stretching Always Starts from the Inside Out: our choices start our movement and movement creates significance. James Allen states, you cannot travel within and stand will without.”
Stretching Requires Change: most people do not like change but to claim the reward of success you must be willing to do something different today to be and do different tomorrow.
Stretching Sets You Apart from Others: ask yourself if “good enough is good enough”, if it is then no worries. If you are not satisfied then it is never to late to improve yourself. When you do excellence always shines through and when you get better so will others.
Stretching Becomes a Lifestyle: As I shared at the beginning I kept stretching and as I did other opportunities became available and I was ready for them. As a lifestyle stretching creates an energy of attraction where people do want what you are having.
Stretching Gives You a Shot at Significance: you can continually add significance to self, others, community, and the world but it takes consistent applied tension to keep it.

Keep stretching to the end, I love Mahatma Ghandi’s statement, “the difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”

I truly believe everyone can have a life of significance it just takes a bit of applied pressure to stretch into something more!

If you won’t be better tomorrow than you were today, when what do you need tomorrow for? ~ Rabbi Nachman

Apply tension to your Keep It Simple Silly Strategic plan and think about what significant action you could take if only you become what you could be. Dream big, and set this as your lifetime goal! ! Not sure where to start , please feel free to contact me!

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Tracy Worley

John C. Maxwell (2012). 15 Invaluable Laws of Rubber Band, Chap10.
Tracy A. Worley (2015) GRACEbreak Radio

Posted on Friday, April 17, 2015

Evaluated Character Is Essential To Your Leadership Success

Tracy Worley

Tracy knows from life experience the ups and downs of colossal failure and the elation of success beyond imagination.

Evaluated character is your personal core of beliefs and at this core how you personally model and receive the Golden Rule; treat others they way you want to be treated.

My husband and I are not blessed to have children but we certainly love hanging out with our nieces, nephews, and all or friends little ones. Who better to model your words/actions “The Golden Rule” than the little ones around you. They will certainly “parrot” all of the phrases and actions that perhaps you only want to be seen and said behind closed doors. You know what I am talking about and either you are giggling right now or shaking your head in remembrance of an incident at the grocery story or your little saying a four letter word or catching them having a one-on-one in-depth conversation with your pastor of a story about mommy or daddy.

My mother talks about a story when I was a toddler riding around in the grocery cart. My mom dropped a can of soup and out of my sweet little face came “oh, S_ _ T. My mother was horrified as the lady in the aisle said, ” at least she said it in context of the situation.” Oh MY! This was an opportunity for my mom to evaluate character and lead to a higher success in our home. I know this is a simplistic story but applied to your daily interaction with your team, where should you be evaluating character to lead to success?

Character of what you say and do in humble honesty opens opportunities for you in the future. It is The Law of the Ladder, Character Growth Determines the Height of Your Personal Growth. Character is something you are today, and you have the ability to change your circumstances by achieving something inside yourself. When circumstances change within, circumstances change outside as well.

The values of character have been studied and in most nations the number one character value admired in leaders is honesty. Norman Scharzkopf states, Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character. Character growth is the Law of the Ladder, the higher your character the higher your growth and people willing to follow you.

Ask yourself and your team to dig deep to evaluate character and lead to greater growth:

Focus on being better on the inside than on thee outside – character matters
Follow the golden rule – people matter
Teach what you believe – passion matters (borrowed beliefs leave you powerless and passionless)
Value humility above all virtues – perspective matters
1. Big Picture
2. Be Teachable
3. Serve Others
4. Be Grateful
Finish Well – faithfulness matters

Taking evaluated experience into your character will explode your growth in opportunities you did not see before and or perhaps opportunities others did not trust you with before. This means keeping your core beliefs and integrity when it is the right thing for the right reason even when others disagree or looking to take short cuts. Short cuts always lead to more work at the end because the solid foundation has not been built for significant success to stand on.

Habit is the daily battleground of character. ~ Dan Coats

Climb the ladder of significance with the comfort of evaluated character. I guarantee a difference in the opportunities given to you and the strength of your team will explode! Not sure where to start , please feel free to contact me!

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Tracy Worley

John C. Maxwell (2012). 15 Invaluable Laws of Ladder, Chap9.
Tracy A. Worley (2015) GRACEbreak Radio

Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2015

Allow Temporary Discomfort to Clarity

Tracy Worley

Tracy knows from life experience the ups and downs of colossal failure and the elation of success beyond imagination.

We have all heard “No Pain No Gain”, this is true in any area of growth up and out of current circumstances, success, and leading others.

The pain comes from the discomfort from being outside of your comfort zone. Some discomfort comes from planned growth and other discomfort comes from bad experiences. What sets you apart from others is learning from all experiences good or bad and applying the lessons learned. John McDonnell said, “every problem introduces a person to himself.”

A problem to me is an opportunity for growth. I also state and have my team not say “we have a problem”, I have them change the world to challenge or opportunity. Every discomfort is a temporary lesson to clarity. Life has a way of giving you more than you think you can handle from loss of a spouse, child, parents, job, divorce, natural disasters, etc…at the end of each life changing scenario you come through the back end with more clarity, purpose, and strength.

Discomfort in hiking 4,000 vertical we found something of significance! The payoff of the view, wildflowers, and great satisfaction of accomplishment!

I’ve never known anyone who said, “I love problems,” but I’ve known many who have admitted that their greatest gains came in the middle of their pain. ~ John C. Maxwell

My personal life of discomfort has truly shown how attitude and looking for the lessons in clarity has created a life of significance and the gift of coaching others through my own experience of divorce, loss of children, loss of a job, hiking 14K+ mountains, sky-diving, and so on. . .these few examples from my stories give courage to character. Given strength, wisdom and knowledge to take into the corporate arena with a fierce understanding the discomfort is only temporary for the team to achieve something of significance!

Attitude is the number one trait of achieving great clarity through the Law of Pain. Virginia Satir states, Life is not the way it’s supposed to be, it is the way you cope with it is what makes the difference. Experience is the best teacher but the examination and taking lessons from each experience is key to the clarity of significance. Where there is no conversation of discomfort innovation becomes stagnant and the clear road ahead becomes foggy.

Look at current or past experiences to find creative clarity of moving forward:

Define the challenge or opportunity (a.k.a. problem)
What is the emotion involved and understand why (dig deep)
Articulate and outline the experience and lesson learned (like Thomas Edison stated, just one more way not to make the light bulb which took him 10,000 tries)
Now outline desired change to move forward with clarity (brainstorm numerous pathways)
IMPLEMENT course of action from the temporary discomfort to a life of significant clarity

Discomfort, Pain, and Clarity is not something kept on your daily agenda, but I promise once you define them as outlined above the temporary discomfort will bring you to achieving something of significance! Not sure where to start , please feel free to contact me!

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Tracy Worley

John C. Maxwell (2012). 15 Invaluable Laws of Pain, Chap8.
Tracy A. Worley (2015) GRACEbreak Radio

Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Keep It Simple Silly For Extraordinary Results

Tracy Worley

Tracy knows from life experience the ups and downs of colossal failure and the elation of success beyond imagination.

We have all heard the saying “Keep It Simple”, but usually with the word STUPID at the end. When changing one word our whole world changes!

When I find myself in complex projects, situations, or conversations I say to myself or even out loud to my team. . . “Keep it simple silly to achieve extraordinary results”. I am not calling myself “silly” but changing the thought process that where the team or myself is stuck is because we have made the design too complicated! Saying this statement to yourself or out loud gives a cathartic release of frustration, blood pressure, and most of the time a smile which changes the room instantly!

Designing systems is essential in keeping accountability and forward momentum to success. Question, have you designed a growth plan to be more tomorrow than you are today, are you predictable in your results? As Michael Gerber states, systems permit ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results predictably.”

If you don’t design your own life plan,chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much.” ~ John Rhohn

Planning and designing your life is finding yourself (core values), knowing who you are (gifts, talents, strengths), and then designing a simple growth plan to obtain extraordinary results in your life. Remember, your life is not meant to be part of an assembly line you are uniquely made to contribute the “secret sauce” only you can offer the world.

Here are a few areas to take into account when applying design to area’s of your life (career, family, health, faith, hobby, marriage, personal growth, etc..):

The Big Picture: Will the system help you reach your big-picture goals?
Priorities: Does thee system design fit within your values and commitments?
Measurement: Does tour system have a tangible way of measuring results?
Application: Is there a built-in system in your design to propel forward motion/action?
Organization: Does the system design make better use of your time, resources, and achieving higher results?
Consistency: Can you and will you repeat the system design on a regular basis?

The top 10% of people in their industries apply designs for growth. Designing extraordinary result systems into your life should not be complicated, and the systems themselves should not be hard to apply. In fact they should be easily repeated and followed, if you are unable to easily repeat then it is time to go back and make a few adjustments.

Challenge: look at your calendar “to do” list for the week and next coming week:

Is there any activity that does not fit within the big picture goals? If yes, delete or delegate.
Is there growth goals getting bumped due to other peoples priorities? If yes, say no.
Time, organization helps you from not letting one of the most valuable resources be spent without your permission: Time!
People, are there people you are meeting for lunch or coffee that does not set a purpose to achieving the results you desire? If so, cancel or reschedule.

Lastly, be kind to yourself. Designing your life of significance and achieving extraordinary results will not happen over night but changing course can. If you find yourself falling into old-habits just state to yourself, “keep it simple silly” and move forward without asking for permission.

I believe in you!

Look UP & OUT,

Tracy Worley

Keeping it simple is the start to creating the success you desire and creating a dynamic team of leaders who will succeed beyond your “business-plan” expectations. Not sure where to start on designing your plan, please feel free to contact me!

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Tracy Worley

John C. Maxwell (2012). 15 Invaluable Laws of Design, Chap7.
Tracy A. Worley (2015) GRACEbreak Radio

To be more tomorrow you must change something today to be where you want to be tomorrow: Get Dirty! ~ Tracy Worley

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Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Are You Creating The Future You Want

Tracy Worley

Tracy knows from life experience the ups and downs of colossal failure and the elation of success beyond imagination.

Powerful statement, Are you creating the future you want?

Whether your are a Home Engineer, Entrepreneur, or work within someone else’s corporate structure I DARE YOU TO ASK YOURSELF, “Am I creating the future I want?”

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment you first find yourself in.” ~ Mark Caine

Creating the future you want is not a narcissistic question so allow yourself to release any “selfish” notion with the question. Creating the future you want is growing your potential in the right environment. Your environment is made up of your daily agenda, people, places, and things.

Yourself: Few people will share your enthusiasm for growth and moving up and out. Here are a few statements to focus on for your self-growth and creating a positive environment(can also be applied to your home or work team): 1) Others are ahead of me (if you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room 2) You are continually challenged 3) Your surroundings are affirming 4) You are out of your comfort zone, DAILY 5) You wake up excited 6) Failure is embraced and not your enemy 7) Others around you are growing 8) Growth is modeled and expected .

Whether you are a success or failure in life has little to do with your circumstances; it has much more to do with your choices.” ~ Nido Qubein

People: This truly is the law of sacrifice as to go up we must give up and often this means relationships and or an environment holding us back. Jim Rhone states, “We become like the five people we spend the most time with.” Ask yourself, are there people in your top five holding you back? These people determine as much as 95% of your success or failure in life. This is one of the hardest because you need to sacrifice time spent with people you know and love. However, you do not have to “dump” them just spend less time and create a reference group who will challenge you to be more tomorrow than you are today! My personal best is when I spend time with my mastermind group, they model all of the 8 areas referenced in the YOURSELF category and I am my best when others around me are growing!

You cannot take this journey alone, not if you want to reach your potential. The most significant factor in any person’s environment is the people. If you change nothing else in your life for the better than that, you will have increased your changes of success tenfold. So think long and hard about who you’re spending the most time with, for where ever they are headed, so are you. ~ John Maxwell

Focus: “Today is when everything that’s going to happen from now on beings.” ~ Harvey Firestone Jr. A great lesson is what is the happiest moment of your life? The answer, right now! Focus is moving forward today despite yesterday, this morning, or whatever is in your mind, body, or spirit holding you back. Don’t wait for change to happen, focus on the change and take one step forward. Just as a little one learning to walk, you will be wobbly, fall, and perhaps get scraped up. However, when when taking charge, laugh, and learn from the wobbly-fall you quickly find a way to RUN!

The bitter ingredient in your future is the unwillingness to try: If you do not try to create the future you want, you must endure the future you receive. ~ Tracy Worley

Self leadership is the start to creating the success you desire and creating a dynamic team of leaders who will succeed beyond your “business-plan” expectations. I am sure this peaked your interest . . . “succeed beyond business-plan?” Yes, and if you want to find out more please feel free to contact me because what keeps your team alive is you!

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Look UP & OUT!

Tracy Worley

John C. Maxwell (2012). 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, Chap6.
Tracy A. Worley (2015) GRACEbreak Radio

Posted on Monday, April 13, 2015

Consistency Leads To a Life of Signifigance

Tracy Worley

Tracy knows from life experience the ups and downs of colossal failure and the elation of success beyond imagination.

Motivation gets you going-Discipline keeps you growing ~ John C. Maxwell

Motivation is an internal mechanism of forward action. Many people ask if I am a “motivational” speaker. My answer is I inspire and empower individuals and organizations with tools to move forward to the next level; motivation belongs to you.

Today as I was hiking with my husband and administrative staff (two border collies), the law of consistency was on my mind. Our time together is consistent and we have created a life of significance of seeing wonders of the world other people will never see in their life time. My question to you, what are you taking consistent time out for to create a life of significance?

Through motivation is the action of consistency and consistency gets you to where you want to grow and go! I love E.M. Gray’s statement, “The successful person has the habit of doing the things that failures don’t like to do. The successful person doesn’t like doing them either, but his dislike is subordinates to the strength of his purpose.”

Consistency creates the balance of expanding your possibilities while compounding experience to your gifts, talents, strengths, and a life of significance.

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~ George Lorimer

Satisfaction creates significance in your life and as my friend and mentor John Maxwell tells me often is once you taste significance there is no going back.

To create consistent motivation start by setting goals that are worthwhile and achievable. I loved playing basketball up until eighth grade, I just could not keep up with the taller players and it became evident basket ball was not my gift. So I concentrated on track and soccer which I was able to set consistent goals and were achievable because these activities fit within my physical and natural talent.

Mastering the basics creates the small disciplines to great achievements gained over time. Essentially this is creating habits and attitudes in personal and professional life. I was on a call a few weeks ago and the discussion was HABITS. It is hard to break habits and it is easier to start new ones which in time forces the bad-habits or lack of consistency out of your life. Brian Tracy also talks about habits, “From the time you get up in the morning to the time you go to sleep at night, your habits largely control thee words you say, the things you do, and thee ways you react and respond.”

Consistency is not easy so do what will work for you and instead of setting goals, focus on growth in areas of your gifts, talents, and strengths.

If you develop the habits of success, you’ll make success a habit. ~ Michael Angier

Stay engaged with your daily calendar, use a timer if you need to stay focused within a certain period and turn off all other distractions. This one change of focus to your consistency in completing daily goals will set success as a habit!

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Look UP & OUT!

Tracy Worley

15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Law of Consistency

John C. Maxwell (2012). 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, Chap5.
Tracy A. Worley (2015) GRACEbreak Radio