Owning Your Results: Warrior Mind Podcast #343
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In this episode of the Warrior Mind Podcast I going to talk ownership, owning your results and taking back control of your life.
Owning Your Results
In researching owning your results, I found two great articles.
The first one “What does it mean to own your results?”
http://tapin.century21.com/post/107535897134/what-does-it-mean-to-own-your-results
True leaders aren’t afraid to own their mistakes. Taking ownership keeps focus where it should be: On progress. Finding fault and assigning blame keeps people (and teams) mired in a negative, unproductive zones.
Owning results is a habit you should cultivate in order to reach your goals. It’s not easy at first to get used to saying, “I did this and it didn’t work” or even, “I said I’d do this, I didn’t, and therefore I didn’t meet my goals.” But the more you do it, the easier it becomes, and the easier it becomes, the faster you get on track to making amazing things happen.
So let’s talk a little about what it means to truly “own it.”
- Get used to saying “I” instead of “we.” Don’t bury your failings or cover for others. Don’t try to suggest you did all you could, but someone else prevented you from meeting your goal. If someone didn’t come to your aid, perhaps you could say, “I was unable to motivate XYZ to help me with this project,” but don’t soft pedal your role. Step up with confidence.
- Don’t beat yourself up or applaud yourself too much. Owning it is about the facts, and excessive lamentation or celebration doesn’t help anyone move forward. A simple apology or pat on the back will do. What’s exciting is the next challenge!
- Get brutally specific about what you did and what the results were. What you decided to do, what you did, and what happened are all connected. Make those connections explicit. We learn from what works and what doesn’t.
- Move on. How will you fix the problem? What comes next? How will you enhance your success the next time around? Once you own results, the way is clear for the next steps.
- Track methods and results over time. Failing 1,000 times is no big deal, assuming you’re trying 1,000 new ideas. Keep track of what you’ve tried and what happened so you don’t end up repeating the past.
If you get in the habit of “owning it” you’ll start exceeding your goals before you realize it. Owning it fosters learning, and learning is the key to right actions.
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The next article, “OWN YOUR RESULTS FOR GREATER SUCCESS”
https://possibilityofchange.com/own-your-results-for-greater-success/
Have you ever had an important project or goal not turn out as well as you had hoped? Don’t worry, we all have! It’s time to reverse this trend by re-evaluating the actions we are taking in our lives to see if they are setting us up for success. Here’s what we know:
- Change is constant
- We control our actions
- Our actions and results are connected
- We can all turn our ideas into action and enjoy amazing results
The powerful formula below tells the truth every time! You must be proactive in each area to enjoy optimal results.
Your Actions + Your Leadership = Your Results
Three Areas to Evaluate for Better Results:
- ACTIONS
Are your actions aligned with the results you want?
Often, we wait until the end of the year to decide that our results are not what we wanted. Perhaps you are not entirely satisfied with your business, relationships, health, or finances. We have to be honest and ask ourselves, “If the actions we are taking today will lead to the results we desire tomorrow?”
First, we need to know what we want to accomplish or bring into our life and then we can align our actions. For example, one client wants to get her art career back on track and is working to put together a small event for her friends at the end of the year. As a result, one of her actions will be to spend time each day in her studio.
What are the actions you consistently take to enhance your life? If you want to build your business, do you attend networking events to attract new clients? Do you attend conferences to broaden your knowledge? There is no right or wrong answer to these questions. You have to decide what you what.
The encouraging part is that we have control over our actions.
- PERSONAL LEADERSHIP
Are you taking personal responsibility for your life?
One of my core principles is to Be the CEO of YOU INC. It’s about accountability, responsibility, making yourself a priority, and choices.
Life is a series of choices.
Each day you must decide how to invest your precious time and energy. Will you step up and be the CEO of your life or franchise out different areas and let others make key decisions for you? If you want a specific set of results, you must take an active role in your life and be proactive. If changing jobs is a core priority, then what steps are you taking on a daily basis to own the situation and create a new path?
You make the decisions, not someone else!
- RESULTS
Are you doing everything you can to get your desired results?
Make no mistakes — results are not arbitrary. In a world where there is much uncertainty about the future, we can be certain that we will always get results. The uncertain part is if we will view the results as desirable or undesirable.
Ask yourself, “What else can I do to rise above my circumstances to get the results I want?”
It all comes down to you.
Are you clear on the results you want to accomplish and are you taking the necessary actions to get there? If health and being in shape is a core value, does it make sense to order a high calorie coffee drink at Starbucks every morning and only exercise when you feel motivated? It’s one thing to say what you want but another thing to do it. Again, there are no right or wrong decisions, just the ones that work the best for you. Don’t be fooled, your results are directly related to your actions!
TOP 1% BOTTOM LINE: The good news is that you control your actions, which means that your results are dependent on what you do on a consistent or inconsistent basis. Many people want success overnight (this would be a good time to identify what that means to you), but success is a process that is created by the actions and ownership we take over time. Be honest, will your actions lead to the results you want in 2012? There is still plenty of time to assess where you are in different areas of your life and decide what shifts, if any, need to take place to get the results you desire.
Why not make choices that position you for success in every area of your life?
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