DEVELOP A STRATEGY 2

Success minded people define certain things differently from average minded people. To an average man, hitting 70% is just good enough, a successful man will be depressed if he doesn't reach 95% for starters. An average man calls such aiming propensity "perfectionism"  but the success minded man calls it "Aiming for excellence". 

As part of strategic planning for this new year, it is important you begin by redefining what excellence will mean to you this year. 

What is your own definition for excellence?

If you set yourself a goal and you achieve the goal within the parameters you set for yourself...then you are average....but "I achieved it already" yes...you did...but again you are "average". 

When you set your goals...don't just achieve them...your aim should be to smash them. 

If you planned showing up by 9:30a.m. for a 10:00a.m. event, show up by 9:00a.m. in execution. 

They said you have 6 months to deliver, deliver it in 4 months. 

Jesus said..."If a man bid thee to go a mile...go with him twain" (Matt. 5:41). 

Meaning the least to give in everything is give "twice as much"...Jesus said what he said in relating with someone else...How much more in relating to yourself and "your own goals". 

How do you stop a man who has determined to wake up earlier than the prompting of his own alarm clock? 

How do you stop a man who sets his own records and breaks the same record without your permission? 

When Jesus fed the 5,000 men (minus women and Children) 12 baskets remained. [Matt. 14:20]

When he fed the 4,000 men (minus women and children) 7 baskets remained. [Mark 8:8].

If this year will be different from the previous don't just set goals but aim to smash those goals. 

If your strategy is "average", you will have average outcomes...if your strategy is "outstanding" then you will have outstanding outcomes. 

Those who aim for excellence never miss success. 

You will not fail!

Work It Now [WIN] Series: Episode 4

David was anointed to be king yet, it took several years after he was anointed before he eventually emerged as a king.

Joseph told his former inmates to speak to Pharaoh about him and yet, they initially forgot not until Pharaoh had a supposedly unpleasant dream before they could remember him. 

The foolish virgins were called foolish not because they didn't carry oil in their lamps...but because they didn't carry extra oil in the event that the groom delayed his coming; they eventually ran out of oil just before the groom showed up. 

Friends, I need you to brace up...because in this journey of pursuing your dreams, some of your plans will be exhausted; some things might take longer than anticipated; some people would not deliver like they have promised...yet, you need to keep....keeping on. 

So, in your planning...make provisions for double; if it will take 3 miles...prepare physically for 6 miles. Why should you be exhausted when you are just close to the finish line?

Those who make it to the end...make plans that can keep them in the race until the end. 

CALL TO ACTION:

1. What do you require for the next phase of your dream?

2. What resources (Mental, Physical and Financial) do you need?

3. Prepare for twice as much as you require in question 2.

It's time to Work It Now...It's time to WIN. 

Good morning and Happy Mid-Week!