The great thing in life is not so much where you stand, as in what direction we are moving. -Oliver Wendall Holmes
Well done is better than well said. -Benjamin Franklin
Most people talk the talk, but winners walk the walk. Champions do whatever is necessary to reach their goals. Success doesn’t just happen. It comes to those that have a plan and are bold in its execution.
We have to pay the price in every facet of our lives to succeed. Win with PMA is not only a business and leadership strategy, it is a life strategy meant to make us better in every way. Focusing on positive action will work for us in our professional and personal lives and become part of who we are at the core. It isn’t always easy. It is an ongoing process to Win with PMA and prove it in our actions.
When we put in the work and sweat the details, we earn the winner’s swagger and expect to win.. Once we earn the winner’s swagger, we have to fight every day to keep it and prove it. True confidence is hard to attain and easily lost. We have to work at it and attack each day with a positive frame of mind. When we earn and sustain this edge, competing is fun. We enjoy the process and love the fight. When we expect to win, we live for the challenge and feed off of it.
The expectation of winning has to be coupled with a great commitment to excellence that we must continually build on as we move forward. This commitment deepens our focus on the process required to be our best.
Cortez conquered the Aztecs because he left no other option than to be successful. He burnt his fleet of ships and told his men that they must conquer or die trying. He left only one option. Cortez provided a sense of urgency to the mission and his men easily defeated one of the greatest empires in the world. When we allow only for one outcome, success, we will fight to heaven’s own height to attain our goals. Too many times in life, we give ourselves a Plan “B” option for when things go wrong. This is not a true commitment. When we commit to a course, winners have a decided heart and never make concessions by taking the easy way out. We live up to our personal standards and fight through adverse situations until we conquer our goal. It makes us stronger on the other side to fight through tough times and navigate though rocky waters. We are strong and able to keep our standards high and bring in the ship.
Find a way to succeed. Don’t wait for the situation to be perfect. The right time for positive change and to become a better person is always now. Winners do not wait, we act. Talk is cheap. Walk the walk with toughness, persistence and the confidence that positive action is the only way to true success and happiness. Conditioned yourself to perform. People that walk the walk rule the world while talkers complain about what the winners are doing. Positive action takes us to great places and allows us to achieve our wildest dreams by moving forward with productive consistency.
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