Most people don't like the television weather anchor that doesn't forecast accurate weather. If they don't rectify it quickly before it becomes viewed as a pattern, the weather anchor can quickly lose the trust of the public. It's the same way in sales. Make sure you accurately forecast sales. Being able to accurately forecast builds trust and faith in an individual and belief that they know what they are doing. If you are not good at this you need to work to get better. Ask multiple questions to get a better understanding so you can become accurate in forecasting. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others.
Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." If you ever get invited to a person's 90th birthday party, you should go. Find a way to make it there. You and the 90 year old will remember that for the rest of your lives. I'm off to surprise my uncle at his 90th party today. I can't wait. Take time to celebrate birthdays (especially 90th birthdays) and model the way for others. Winning takes strategy, dedication, sacrifice, and executing on the right behaviors. Sometimes you have to push yourself, beyond what you thought you can do. You have to put yourself in position to win, mentally, physically and spiritually. Take pride in winning and model the way for others. To protect and to provide, a man has several faces. Make sure you make time for what is important. If you were to track how you spend your time on a weekly basis, 30 minutes at a time, what would your calendar show about what was important? About who is important in your life. So make sure you make time for what is important. After all you only get one life here on earth, so make it count and model the way for others. If someone is rude, snobby, inconsiderate, selfish or just plain mean to you...kill them with kindness. Be overly nice, not flippant or sarcastic, but genuinely nice. After all being nice is the right thing to do and models the way for others. So what do you stand for? What is your personal mission statement? If your child's school says they are faith based, is that different than Christ centered? Make sure you clearly understand what you stand for, and any place you work, support, or send your kids to. After all knowing what you and others stand for is the right thing to do and it models the way for others. Write down your plan and communicate it with any others that need to hear the plan. After all, having a written plan is the right thing to do and communicating it helps tell the story of where you are, where you want to go, and how you are going to get there. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Don't be afraid to ask for help. I consider it to be a sign of strength, not a sign of weakness. Don't act like you know something you don't. Get the help you need so you can win versus losing. After all, asking for help when you need it is the right thing to do and it models the way for others. |
"Modeling the Way" BlogMark A. Watkins is a Region Sales Manager in the Midwest with Rollins, Inc. and strives to Model the Way as a Sales Leader, Teacher, Visionary, Innovator, Problem Solver, Coach and Mentor. Archives
August 2018
Categories |