Gratitude

December is one of the best months of the year to remember the principal of Gratitude for the things we have, and have accomplished during this past year. Take time to tell those people who have been involved in your success how grateful you are for their involvement in your life... Your tank will be full if you remember who's helped you get there. Thanks to those who continue to help me be who I am today, and am becoming!!! Happy Holidays.

7 Habits is always a great review.

Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People®

habit 1 - be proactive®

This is the ability to control one's environment, rather than have it control you, as is so often the case. Self determination, choice, and the power to decide response to stimulus, conditions and circumstances

habit 2 - begin with the end in mind®

Covey calls this the habit of personal leadership - leading oneself that is, towards what you consider your aims. By developing the habit of concentrating on relevant activities you will build a platform to avoid distractions and become more productive and successful.

habit 3 - put first things first®

Covey calls this the habit of personal management. This is about organising and implementing activities in line with the aims established in habit 2. Covey says that habit 2 is the first, or mental creation; habit 3 is the second, or physical creation. (See the section on time management.)

habit 4 - think win-win®

Covey calls this the habit of interpersonal leadership, necessary because achievements are largely dependent on co-operative efforts with others. He says that win-win is based on the assumption that there is plenty for everyone, and that success follows a co-operative approach more naturally than the confrontation of win-or-lose.

habit 5 - seek first to understand and then to be understood®

One of the great maxims of the modern age. This is Covey's habit of communication, and it's extremely powerful. Covey helps to explain this in his simple analogy 'diagnose before you prescribe'. Simple and effective, and essential for developing and maintaining positive relationships in all aspects of life. (See the associated sections on Empathy, Transactional Analysis, and the Johari Window.)

habit 6 - synergize®

Covey says this is the habit of creative co-operation - the principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, which implicitly lays down the challenge to see the good and potential in the other person's contribution.

habit 7 - sharpen the saw®

This is the habit of self renewal, says Covey, and it necessarily surrounds all the other habits, enabling and encouraging them to happen and grow. Covey interprets the self into four parts: the spiritual, mental, physical and the social/emotional, which all need feeding and developing.

Happiness

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own.

5 Quick Steps to Sales Success

1. Learn a Lesson:"Lose if you must, but don´t lose lesson."

2. Always show Humility: "Stay Humble or Stumble.¨

3. Be A Person of Character:"Intergrity is the basic for all true-blue Success."

4. Keep Your Promises: "Promises may make friends, but it is performance that keeps them."

5. Practice What You Learn: "Training is everything. The peach was a bitter almond; cauliflower is but a cabbage with a college education."-Mark Twain

Remember to Learn from all sources in life, If it cant hurt you but could help you-please do it.