For many people, this continues to be a trying time, balancing many unknowns and difficult conflicting feelings. We truly don't know just what the next few years will bring.
Yet, we must go on.
In Donna and Lynn Brooks' Seven Secrets of Successful Women, they describe performance, perseverance, practice, and patience as key features of any success strategy.
Which of these four do you most need right now?
Remember, when I talk about success, I believe it's created from the inside out and you personally create your definition.
You can find hundreds, or more likely thousands, of ideas on creating success, but here I'm offering a few that I've found vital for myself and my clients. Let me know what you think...
Which of these ideas could you use, while applying the four P's, to make one small shift and push yourself in the direction you want to go?
1. Become more visible and offer your knowledge
It’s not ego based, it’s serving.
2. Be present
Your presence is a gift in your professional and personal life.
3. Clarify and use your top strengths
What are your top 3-5 strengths that serve you best in life or in work?
4. Focus
Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should do it. Multi-tasking, while it feels productive, is less efficient. And remember, your worth is not based on your finished TO DO list.
5. Strive for excellence, not perfection
There is no such thing as perfection. The most successful people know they will fail at times.
6. Claim your power
For women, power isn’t defined as controlling others; it’s about having control of one’s life and responsibility for the direction of your life. Denying your power erodes self-confidence and can create depression.
7. Stop apologizing
There is an entire book by Rachel Hollis on this topic. Women are notorious for apologizing too much.
8. Self-care
Need I say more?
9. Are you clear about what you do?
Connect deeply with what drives you, keep in touch with it, and success and fulfillment become inevitable.
10. Mobilize a support system
Every successful woman I know has a mentor, coach, women’s group…a network of people, even if just a few, who has her back.
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