Step 1 Figure out what you REALLY want

Step 2 Figure you HOW you can get it

Step 3 Start taking ACTION

Step 4 Make ADJUSTMENTS if necessary

Step 5 REPEAT

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Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Jared Bennett.

Everyone says you should stay in the present, but what does that mean?

It means you shouldn’t focus on the past or future. Someone once said, “Guilt is in the past. Anxiety is in the future. The power is in the present.”

In other words, focus on one thing at a time. Focus on whatever it is you’re doing. Don’t multi-task.

In their book, “100 Ways to Create Wealth,” Steve Chandler and Sam Beckford say that at any given time, we are either owners or victims. The owner is mentally focused on doing one thing and the victim feels overwhelmed and swamped.

The victim tries to do too many things at once and as a result, the quality of their work shows it and they get so overwhelmed that they are drained of their energy.

“People are rewarded for how they do their one thing, not for how many things they worry about.”

So do one thing and ONLY one thing at a time; give it your full-focus and do it well. It will take you less time and will give you the confidence to tackle the next “one thing.”

On the court…focus on one point.
In the classroom…focus on one assignment.
At work…focus on the one project.
In your relationships…focus on one conversation.

The other option is to try to do too many things and end up driving yourself crazy. Which would you choose?

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How do you feel when I mention the following foods?…

Crisp Broadbean
Fried Spicy Peanuts with Anchovies
Dried Pork Sung
Fish Balls
Chicken Feet
Fish Eyeballs
Intestine

Those of you brought up in an Asian household may be salivating. Those of you who weren’t may be nauseous. But does this mean that those things AREN’T delicious? No, it just means that you’re not used to them. You’ve never had them, so you don’t know what they’re like.

Life is the same way, many of us are so conditioned into a way of thinking and doing that we aren’t open to new things, ideas or people. If you keep doing the same thing, you’ll keep getting the same result. If your life is perfect, stop reading. If you stopped reading, stop lying to yourself.

To continuously improve, you need to be open to more things. Be open to other people’s ideas. Even though I’m a tennis pro, I like reading magazines like Golf, Yoga, Oprah, and others to get new ideas and see how they all relate to one another.

I know a Director of Tennis at a prestigious country club that has taught the same lessons for the past 30 years! Come on! I know that everyone has different teaching styles, but when you do the same thing over and over and over again, you don’t continue to improve and the enjoyment for the teacher AND student diminishes.

Now, I’m not telling you to go out and try chicken feet or intestine, but I AM telling you to try new things, be open to new ideas and look for new ways to do what you’re already doing. You’ll get better, have more fun and start to become an expert at whatever you do.

“Success lies just beyond your comfort zone.”

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