We’ve celebrated Australia Day and the start of term one since our last newsletter, with a whole lot of fun and learning in between. Congratulations to Australia Day award winners and new Australians everywhere!
While some of us were melting in the heat on the weekend, Lyndon and Dad (Ross) were assisting parachute students to take their first leap out of the aircraft; one of his students being family friend Harrison Yeo. Lyndon reports that the cool air at 10,000 feet was “quite pleasant”.
We've been enjoying taking time to think and write, think some more, and get really clear on our goals, short-term and long-term and know that it's incredibly valuable to share the conversation with people who are cheering us on. So we have a fabulous success tip from a champion below, and an exciting telecall coming up to support you to make 2009 amazing! Read on, and enjoy...
Lyndon and Kerrie
PS. For more inspiration, tips and ideas keep an eye on the blog which we add to every few days - there's too much happening to keep it all in a newsletter!
Today's success tip comes from Terry Hawkins.
Over the past 18 years, Terry has built a reputation for heading up one of the most innovative, dynamic and successful training companies in Australia. She is also one of the most in-demand female speakers in Australia and New Zealand.
What do you think holds people back from achieving their goals?
Two things:
1. Worrying too much about what other people will think of us - we tend to make decisions that make us look good and we fear putting ourselves in a vulnerable position. When I first started People In Progress Pty Ltd I had $167 in my wallet, no job and a spare bedroom as my office. I used a $25 card table as a desk for a long time, had an old second-hand computer held together by a rubber band and a big yellow book filled with potential clients - the Yellow Pages!
I was new to Sydney so I literally had no contacts and no network to help me. So I sat on that phone every day - calling, calling, calling - being rejected, day after day. Then it happened. Someone said, 'Yes! I'll see you!' Nothing comes easy and if I worried about 'looking good' I would have never had the guts to put myself out there to be rejected so many times.
2. The lack of sacrifice and not wanting to do the hard yards - so many people want all of the trappings of success but are not willing to do whatever it takes to get there. It takes serious hard work to be successful at anything; there are no short cuts. There is a lot of talk these days about accelerated learning but I believe there are some things you can't and shouldn't accelerate.
I have always pushed harder, worked longer, just kept moving forward even when everything in me wanted to stop. I can honestly say that I have never allowed my feelings to get in the way of what needed to be done. Nerves, sickness, tiredness, insecurity, heartbreak, fear - I just keep doing what needs to be done in all parts of my life and in the end the results are there.
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