If you are already feeling a little behind your New Year’s resolution, or behind your yearly goal, I would suggest you take this article to heart. Now, I realize there may be 1,000 different reasons why you are behind schedule but there is however one response to all of your challenges that will change your situation.

Take action!

Now, you may be saying to yourself, “The reason I have not done anything yet, Jeffrey is because I do not know what to do.” This is just one reason why many people do not take action.

The old saying Read More...

This is Roger Seip with a reminder that I am instructing “The Proper Care and Feeding of Your Attitude” workshop, part of the Fundamentals of Freedom series, in Oconomowoc, WI on March 6, 2008.

I am very much looking forward to seeing everyone again. We have a lot of information to cover in four hours, so come to the workshop with a positive Read More...

The grass is always greener on the other side.

It is a syndrome that affects all of us throughout our life from time to time. Wanting, wishing, and desiring things that we do not have.

Those pains of envy when your neighbor drives up in a new car or if they have a new house, or they bring home a new baby, or they have new clothes. All these things, these material things.

Realistically, it is all just matter of perspective because they are probably looking over the fence to your yard and at your life and at you going, “Oh, look at him. Look at what he has done. Look at who Read More...

Is anyone else out there sad the football season just ended? Personally, I love football! And it provides a great analogy for our topic. We have reached the pinnacle topic of taking personal responsibility in our lives…….learning to not blame outside factors.

Does the Quarterback yell at his Center for not passing him the ball properly when he throws an interception? Does a player blame the wind or the fans or that his car broke down that morning? No. It would be considered bad sportsmanship. They all have to play as a team and take personal responsibility for their own Read More...

For many people, goal setting is just an exercise in futility. We know we should do it, but it just never seems to work. We set goals, but never really achieve them. We try again, only to fail again.

Eventually, it becomes easier just to skip the whole exercise – after all, if I don’t set a goal, then I don’t have to feel bad when I don’t hit it, right?

The problem here is not with the concept of goal setting. The problem is that most of us never get the chance to experience the power of GOAL HITTING. This happens because of a few Read More...

One of the most challenging situations people face when planning their day is how to stick to their schedule when they are constantly being interrupted. Just when your activities are organized, someone else’s emergency seems to get in the way. A client has a crisis, co-workers are in a jam, your boss is breathing down your neck, a friend calls, or any of the dozens of other interruptions you face on any given day.

So what can you do to keep your day on track?

Schedule time for interruptions.

That’s right, just as you would schedule a Read More...

Most people think they have an idea of what attitude is, but if you really sit down and define it, it can take a long time to come to a clear definition. The definition that we, at Freedom Personal Development, have chosen to adapt and train from is this:

Your Attitude is the Way You Choose to View Your World.

Each of those words were chosen very, very diligently.

What is your definition of Attitude?

Two Things to Note in FPD’s definition:

1. It is your choice
2. It is your world.

We can Read More...

Making sales is a process, not an event. When selling becomes a series of steps, a system for communicating with people that is followed consistently, results will follow.

Any sales process should include the following elements:

1) Get a Lead
2) Make Your Approach
3) Fact Find / Understand your Prospects Needs
4) Present a Solution
5) Answer Questions and/or Objections
6) Ask for the Read More...

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There comes a time in every salesperson’s life when things are going great. Your pipeline is full; you’re making sales; the revenue is flowing; market shares increasing; you’re hitting your goals. This glorious state of affairs may go on for some time, but it will almost certainly not go on forever. Your sales will eventually slump.

It seems then that you have two choices:

1. You can either wait around for the Read More...