HER ADVICE: 5 Critical Keys for Personal Success

ADVICE

Ladies! Put Your S.H.O.E.S on For Success!

BY COACH CHRIS

Ladies, have you ever been walking around on bare feet and accidentally stepped on something that stuck in your foot? What was the first thing that came to your mind? I know! Probably an inappropriate word or you wanted to scream at the top of your lungs because it really hurt. Or have you ever been walking without your shoes on and hit your toe on the corner of your table? Oh my goodness…is that not the most excruciating pain? Well, I have learned that personal success can be like walking around in life without shoes on.

You may be asking the question, “Coach Chris, how is personal success like walking around in life without shoes on?” I believe that we all desire to have personal success whether that means losing 10 pounds by the class reunion, landing that dream job, cooking that awesome meal to make our husband smile, starting that business that has been in our hearts for years, writing that book or even having our kids say that we are doing a great job as a mom. Regardless of what our goal is in life, I think we all will agree that we want to be successful. I believe that without proper perspective as it relates to our personal success, you and I run the risk of “sticking something” in our lives (feet) so to speak to cause us to be injured emotionally, financially, relationally or even physically and thus slow down our progress or cause us to not succeed at all.

I want you to be aware of the 5 Critical Keys that I have learned over time and would like to share them with you as your life coach today. These will help you achieve personal success on a whole new level. I hope you are ready…so ladies…Put your S.H.O.E.S on for success!

Here are 5 things you have to do to be successful:

1. You have to See Something. In other words, you have to get a personalized picture of what success looks like for you. Too often as women, we have the tendency to try and mimic other people’s picture when in fact; someone else’s picture may not match what is truly important to us at all on a personal level. You have to decide what YOU really want and then go after it. 2. You have to have the right Habits. “Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do only occasionally..” - (Mike Murdock). If you study suc-

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cessful people, you will find that they have certain things that they do every day in order to reach their goals. Your habits are essential. Your routine will cause you to win. Remember it is the daily wins that create habits over time. “Motivation is what gets you started but habits are what keep you going” - (Jim Ryan) “Now where are your habits taking you?”—Coach Chris 3. You have to Overcome obstacles. Sister, if you are going to be successful, you have to know and settle it in your mind that in life, there are going to be challenges, changes and choices…and you and I must overcome whatever negativity that tries to stop us from reaching our goals. Remember this: “obstacles are only those things that you see when your eyes have shifted from your goal!”- (Anonymous) 4. You have to Expose yourself to what is important to your success. I will encourage you to go and see something that makes your dreams come alive.

Possibilities cause you to become pregnant with your true desires! You and I are designed to grow by pictures…take a class, go on the internet, sister,

whatever it takes to succeed—expose yourself to it. 5. You have to Sweat! Now, I know that we are ladies and we enjoy looking good and smelling good… but the kind of sweat that I am talking about is not necessarily physical. If you are going to have personal success, you will have to sweat. You will have to work hard. Personal success does not come easy and it certainly does not come cheap.

Be willing to work for your personal success. Hard work always pays off. I certainly hope that you have enjoyed this time together. Remember it does not matter if the shoes are stilettos, Sperries or saddle-backs…if you want personal success, you have to put your S.H.O.E.S on! This is Coach Chis…until next time…Succeed!

Christy Jones, also know as Coach Chris, is an improvement coach for leaders and helps them break free from feeling overwhelmed and prepares them to take their teams to high levels of performance. Contact her at www.beginmonday.com.

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