Keep your eye on the prize

The holidays this time of year are filled with parties, joy, family, friendship, and gratitude.  It’s a time to really reflect on what’s important, and to celebrate with others.
This is wonderful, but it also presents a problem.  Too often, and for way to many people, they let their guards down and turn what amounts to 3 actual days, turned into two months of partying.   Essentially they take their eyes off the prize, and they relax their standards. 

So what’s the big deal?  It’s the holidays, come on Greg, relax.   Right?  WRONG!!!  Here’s what happens when you lower your standards for what’s acceptable during the holidays.

1. Sales drop
2. Profits drop
3. Professional relationships take a back seat
4. Opportunities get put on hold, and usually missed

Now, not everything is down.  Here’s what’s up.

1. Your waist line
2. Your cholesterol
3. Your stress and anxiety, because you’re not performing and now worried about your future

Fortunately, you have a choice.  Take charge of your life, and really celebrate the holidays for what they are, and use this as a time to succeed where 99.9% of the population fails miserably.

I love the holidays.  They are extremely important to me.  Spending time with my family and friends, giving sincere thanks and gratitude for all the amazing blessings in my life, and it’s also a time for me to really impact the lives of those I’m privileged to connect with. 

My challenge to you is this; ask yourself what and who you’re truly grateful for, what can you give thanks for, and whose lives can you make a difference in as result.  Do that, take action on that, and you’ll not change the lives of your customers and friends, but yours too.

Happy Thanksgiving!