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The Many Shades And Flavors Of Success

August 16, 2022 John Uncategorized No comments

They say success leaves clues, but for you the trail has run cold. Or has it?

Join GenuLines for this investigation into ways your success might be hiding from you in plain sight.

The Many Shades And Flavors Of Success

Webster’s dictionary defines success as…

a: degree or measure of succeeding

b: favorable or desired outcome.

also : the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence

Have you ever stopped to think about how successful you are? For some reason we tend to look at success as it pertains to work and money.

But what about all the other successes that we achieve throughout our lifetimes?

Consider one part of the Webster definition above, favorable or desired outcome. Now realize that you’ve no doubt had lots of little successes that you’ve overlooked.

This could be finishing a report at work, or a school paper. Did your husband send you flowers for no special reason?

Did your child say she loves you because you’re the best mom? These are all favorable outcomes that result from our own efforts.

Effort And Achievement

Whenever you put effort into something you achieve, consider it a success. We don’t have to build a Bill Gates empire to consider ourselves successful.

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

How about personal success? Consider for a moment how you live your life.

Do you take good care of yourself? If so, you’ve experienced another great success that eludes many people.

How many times a day or a week do you actually succeed without even thinking or planning to do so? It’s who you are.

You might even say that being who you are makes for success in its own right.

For example, a good friend needs help and you drop everything to be there. Color this a success.

What’s better than being there for the people we care about?

Acknowledgement

I’ll bet there are achievements in your week that you don’t notice. Why is that?

Wouldn’t it boost your emotional and psychological wellness to do so? Sure, it would.

Sometimes we miss the big picture. Those every day successes are some of our biggest.

It’s time to stand up and take notice of all that you do, every single day that makes you a success. Consider all the different shades and flavors of success in your own life, and celebrate them!

The Many Shades And Flavors Of Success

*Setting and following through on a fitness plan

*Being a loving and supportive parent

*Raising responsible kids• Eating healthy

*Taking good care of your mind, body and spirit

*Being a good friend

*Looking out for an elderly neighbor

*Taking good care of your family

*Being a responsible citizen

*Being a good friend

*Working a full time job and still coming home to cook dinner and do homework with kids

*Forgiving someone that wronged you

*Introducing a friend to her future husband

*Being honest when it’s hard to do so

*Saying sorry when it’s hard to do so

*Being your real self and living an authentic life

*Sticking with goals you set

*Giving your time and being of service

These are a few examples of the many shades and flavors of success.

Final Thoughts

Next time you consider whether you’ve succeeded in your own life, realize that big dreams and long-term goals are great. But there are many shades and flavors of success, and they all have value and meaning.

JohnK 8-15-2022

chiforyourself.com

Overheard: “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.”

~John Wooden

Are You Committed to Excellence?

May 16, 2022 John Uncategorized No comments

You do your best every day to cover all of life’s bases. But do you include excellence?

Allow GenuLines to help you make it the centerpiece of your efforts.

Are You Committed to Excellence

Even if you’ve heard the phrase ‘committed to excellence’, do you understand what it means? The following quote is from Aristotle and defines what it is.

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” 

You can see that excellence is a habit, and you can solidify any habit. The best way to create a new habit is by setting yourself new goals and creating a plan of attack.

How you can do this

First you want to define your reasons, or why, for wanting to commit to excellence. Does this pertain to your business, your family life or for some other reason?

If it helps write down your reasons and your why for wanting to achieve this.

There are some simple actionable steps that you can put into place.

Get into the habit of demanding more from yourself than customers or clients do of you.

What you can do:

Give more value

Over deliver

Finish the work ahead of schedule

Add a bonus

Here’s another way to project excellence in your business. Portraying a professional image.

Are your website, logo, brochure information, business cards well-designed and up to date? If not this is an area to improve upon.

Service

Customer service is another area you can improve. Make sure you have a great customer service center, whether online or offline.

It’s very easy to set up online help desks today. Become known for quality customer service. Always respond to tickets in a timely fashion.

Never get angry at the customer, regardless of the situation.

If you want to excel in your life you can start by attempting to put forth your best effort. If you do this consistently you will have that air of excellence surrounding you.

This will rub off on other people and they’ll begin to view you in a different light.

JohnK 5-16-2022

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Overheard: “Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”