Truly acknowledge that you are the CEO of your own life and a better life immediately becomes imminent.
Whether we are entrepreneurial spirited individuals, currently employed and even unemployed, we must operate with the proverbial “The Buck Stops Here” sign on our desks. Everybody wants things from and for their lives. Various forms of abundance, financial wealth, building a great house, starting a successful business or charitable foundation, creating a family are a few of many possibilities. Effective CEOs take the time to identify what they truly want.
Just as in business, determined CEOs in life have very detailed visions of what they desire to occur. They plan and document(in writing) their visions, access them frequently (numerous times daily) and possess an unwavering, 100% genuine belief that all things desired will be brought into being within a determined timeframe. It’s a very specific destination that’s created and good CEOs take any and all necessary actions along the way. Excellent CEOs make vision attainment appear to be almost effortless ventures. This is because the decision has been made that their life and causes are so important to them and their families that effort represents a very minor price to pay. For top CEOs, it’s a relaxed, enjoyable and fun trip with thoughts and eyes always on their targets. It’s a constant Be, Do, Have journey.
As your own CEO, it’s important to recognize that you possess four main resources which exist solely to help you achieve desired results in your life. These four resources are your employees. Their names are:
- Time
- Focus
- Energy
- Money
Your employees work only for you. They can only quit if you allow them to and can’t request a transfer to another company. Monitor their performances and ensure they’re good, solid employees who all show up for work every day. How they collectively perform on a daily basis will determine your overall results and when you can expect your great success to arrive. These employees are literally your workforce. They should not be taking any sick days and vacations are to be authorized only at your, the CEO, level.
Your employees each have specific, but very unique specialties which enable your path…….
Time
By definition, time is a nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future. The past is gone, the present is here but the future is still for us to define. Time, of course, will be present for us but doesn’t benefit the future unless it’s utilized in a constructive way. Does your employee time work well for you or does it show up every day but never seem to yield progress to desired results?
Focus
Employee #2 is focus. Is your focus vivid or blurry? Worse yet, is your focus missing in action? Have you created, documented and shared the “master plan” (vision) with focus? Do you meet regularly with focus? Does focus truly understand that it’s a vital part of the team? Focus should be a 24/7 employee and never allowed to punch out or leave the premises.
Energy
Is energy always being expended and managed in a direction that coincides with the CEOs (your) desired end vision? Energy should know what it’s supposed to be doing at all times. Focus must work very closely with energy as they are reliant on each other. A sailboat without a rudder (focus) and wind (energy) is highly unlikely to ever reach a desired destination.
Money
Always keep a very close eye on your employee #4- money. Successful CEOs have a strong, positive relationship with and respect for money. Always be verifying and measuring how money is doing for you. Money won’t typically complain about being mistreated but positive management and utilization will illustrate itself in many various ways. Always be good to money and money will be good to you.
CEOs are busy and shouldn’t need to spend overt amounts of time micromanaging their four employees. For assistance regarding this, the best CEOs incorporate affirmations into their mornings, days and evenings. For the CEO that desires financial abundance, a simple affirmation example is to repeat the words “Wealth”, “Success”….. “Wealth”, “Success”….. “Wealth”, “Success”…….over and over again in a slow, deliberate manner for five minutes, three times or more per day, every day; also just prior to going to sleep and immediately after waking up each morning. You will immediately notice that your four employees begin showing up early, staying late and even be working when you’re out of the office. They will come to love their jobs and you will always be proud of them for what they help you accomplish.
**The “Wealth”, “Success” affirmation is from the publication, “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind.” – Dr. Joseph Murphy, PH.D, D.D. If you’ve ever really desired to know why we think, believe and act as we do, why we keep repeating behavior (habits), this book is for you. Available at www.LikeSoup.com
great post! thank you so much..
Hi Jim,
We need to know how to use our time well in order to get real work done. Some employees just turn out everyday to spend most of the time on the internet or chatting and this does not contribute much to creating value. Applying the 80/20 rule will be a great way to help us prioritize our activities.
Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger
Some wise words here, it’s very true that we are in control of our own situations so we should make the most of them
Stumbled!
Cheers,
GLen
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Jim, As with so many FeedBlitz posts – it is difficult to impossible to determine who did this fine work. Perhaps place your contact information in a more conspicuous place. The CEO post is one of the most concise and wise pieces of the puzzle I have read in a long time! ~ Joie in St. Louis
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the post. I guess this will really help us to be more effective and efficient in handling our lives.
Cheers~
Mark
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Great post. I especially like the mention of focus in this article. Focus and energy are indeed very closely related. The sailboat analogy is a great way to distinguish the two. I have a lot of energy but often lack focus and discipline. I think it’s going to be very helpful for me to manage my focus more. That darn employee #2. Always slacking off!
Thanks
Shu
It’s hard to feel like a CEO when you’re not making CEO money, but then again, if you don’t think like a CEO, chances are you won’t ever become one.
As Mr Zig would say. If we were in charge of a company and ran it like our life, we would get fired!!!
If you truly desire to see your Four Employees work like crazy for you, form a very specific mental and documented image of EXACTLY what you want. Hold that vision with unshakable PURPOSE and FAITH that you will attain it. You will immediately notice that Time, Focus, Energy and Money will ALWAYS (7/24) be at work for you. You won’t need to think about them anymore other than to note their outstanding performances.
“Live with PURPOSE. The Universe is friendly and is even more anxious to give you what you want than you are to get it.”
Thanks for the kind comments.
Jim (www.LikeSoup.com)
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I think focus is very important if you want to succeed. Many people lack focus so they multitask and end up with very poor results.
It is also important to see clearly the outcome you want to get. Without seeing what you would like to become or do in the future, you have no way to know what your future is going to be like.
that’s inspiring me
I totally agree with Simona Rich, Focus is very important. Focus will help you to maximise your time and as well chanel your energy in what you are doing. Focus is like the sun, energy, time and money are the planets
The only person upon whom you can depend, business-wise, family-wise, etc…..is yourself. Taking ownership of all your interactions (you cannot control how others treat you, but you CAN control how you choose to react) is one of most important aspects of a contented life.
Data points, Barbara
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” -Albert Einstein
All of my “employees” would be fired if I thought this way, haha. Thanks for the post, I love new perspectives.
Great post! I definitely need to work on my focus. I really don’t have one which is a major problem. This post was very constructive.
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Excellent post! I just recently found your blog on Stumbleupon. Thanks, I will be back again soon.
Jonathan
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Great post! I am definitely the CEO of my own life!
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Great post. I’ve never thought of myself as the CEO of my life before. But if I’m not in charge, who is?
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Truly acknowledge that you are the CEO of your own life and a better life immediately becomes imminent.
Whether we are entrepreneurial spirited individuals, currently employed and even unemployed, we must operate with the proverbial “The Buck Stops …
Very nice post. I will be the best CEO that I can be.
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