Post-it note your way up the corporate ladder
Goal: I want to be a success.
Challenge: Easier thought than done.
Thought: Success means achieve goals.
Wrong thought: Many people are afraid of success.
Reality: People are not afraid of achieving success, they just dont know how to do it.
Bigger reality: Its that time of the year again no, no, not Christmas time. Goal time. Resolution time. Achievement time. Rats.
Biggest reality: Last years resolutions (goals) never made it through February.
Depression starter: Its now October and you havent accomplished squat.
Idea: Go purchase a pad of post-it notes, and youll be on the path to success.
A resolution is really a goal. You have several goals you want to achieve, but theyre not written down in plain sight. They just sit on a piece of paper in a drawer, on the back page of a daytimer, or pop up in your head every once in a while, only to be buried in a black hole of procrastination, excuses and guilt. Take heart, I found a way to beat the system: post-it notes.
Want to achieve your goals? Want your resolutions to become a reality? Here are all the tools necessary to achieve the success that has eluded you so far:
Post-it notes.
Bathroom mirror.
Bedroom mirror.
Felt-tip pen.
And heres the tested and proven method:
Write down big ones. On 3x3 post-it notes, write down your prime goals in short words. (Get funding for business; win salesman-of-the-year award; new client First Citizens Bank).
Write down small ones. Use three more notes and write down your secondary goals in short words. (Read about attitude 15 minutes a day; read book Dale Carnegie; organize desk; build new closet).
Put them in front of your face. Post them on your bathroom mirror, where you can see them twice a day.
You are forced to look at them, and yourself, every morning and evening.
Say them aloud each time you look at them. Look and say doubles the affirmation.
Keep looking and talking until you act. You will look at them until you are sick of looking at them and begin to take action achievement action and begin to accomplish them.
Seeing the note there every day makes you think about acting on it every day. Once you start acting, the note triggers what do I have to do today to keep the achievement on target? The note forces you to act. By posting the goal in the bathroom you are consciously reminded of your goals at least two times a day. From there your subconscious gets into the act, gnawing away at your soul until you are driven to take positive action. And when you get to the top of the mountain when you achieve what youve been working for at last you can say the magic words. Scream them I did it! (Screaming positive things always feels wonderful.).
Revisit your success every day. After your goal is achieved, take the post-it note off the bathroom mirror, and triumphantly post it on your bedroom mirror. Now, every day when you check out how you look for the day, you also get to see your success.
Not only does it feel great, but you set the tone for a successful day, every day, first thing in the morning by looking at (goal) success, remembering how good it felt, and thinking about what it took to do it. Plus, it gets you motivated to keep achieving more.
The program is simple.
The program works.
The results will change your attitude.
The results will change your life.
The results will change your outlook about your ability to achieve success.
By the time you have your bedroom mirror full of achieved post-it note goals, youll have enough money to go out and buy a bigger mirror, and the house to put it in.
Post it. Posthaste.
Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of The Sales Bible, and Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless. President of North Carolina-based Buy Gitomer, he gives seminars, runs annual sales meetings, and conducts training programs on selling and customer service. He can be e-mailed at salesman@gitomer.com.
