Defining The New Normal
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Defining The New Normal
Defining “The New Normal”
I’ve seen this phrase popping up a lot lately and it refers to needing to change, to do business in a new way because what used to work and was considered normal no longer works. Simply put the rules have changed and boy did they ever!
I have found myself resistant to this phrase “The New Normal” and just can’t buy into it and I suggest you don’t either. Here’s why:
1) Let’s start with the definition of normal: “ conforming to the standard or the common type” {Dictionary.com}. Really? Is that what you want to do? If you’re normal and conforming to the standard type, what makes you and your business special, unique and different?
You want to be abnormal: “not normal, average, typical or usual” {Dictionary.com}. You want to be above normal and ahead of the curve bringing people new ideas, solutions and ways to help them. Anybody can be normal, it takes someone special to be above normal!
2) Settling into normal is a booby trap just waiting to backfire on you. Things are always changing, in life and in business, and if you fall into the trap of getting used to “The New Normal,” you’ll soon find yourself being “The Old Normal” in this rapidly changing environment.
You may be wondering “What’s a person to do? How can I adapt to all the changes? It feels like just when I get one thing figured out a new gadget or gizmo comes along claiming to be the next best thing since sliced bread.” At this moment I must share a strong warning: Beware of savvy marketers who send SOS offers (Shiny Object Signals) that have you believe you won’t make it without them and this is your be all, have it all Hallelujah answer!
My friends “The New Normal” isn’t really new at all. Everything around us has changed and will continue to change, that is the nature of life itself. In order to survive and thrive we must learn to be abnormal, adapt to the changes or get left in the dust. Rather than focusing on trying to be normal, I suggest you do what all successful people have done. They keep their focus on the pulse of the people, the marketplace and watch the trends, looking for ways to provide solutions to people’s ever changing needs and desires.
“…there is only one justifiable reason for creating a company; to serve someone else’s desire better than anyone has ever done before.” ~ Michael Gerber
To sum it up, take your attention and focus off being normal and instead focus on being RELEVANT: “having direct bearing on the matter at hand; pertinent” {Dictionary.com}. Speak with your clients, follow their trends, behaviors and patterns so you can provide solutions to their needs and meet them where they’re at and take them where they want to go!
Go ahead… I dare YOU! Be Abnormal and Make 2012 Your Best Year!
~ Nancy Matthews
Speaker, Author, Strategist
P.S. I’ve got a free gift for you! Go to: http://NancyMatthews.com and enjoy my audio class “How to Make 2012 Your Breakthrough Year!”
What’s Your Footprint?
What’s Your Footprint?
With each step we take we also leave an impression on the spot we moved from. What kind of footprints do you leave behind? As you take each step be aware of the impact that step makes on the people, the community and the world around you. Everything is cause and effect and I invite you to consider what effect you are causing.
When you leave the room, what do people say about you?
When you leave this earth, what do you want people to say about you?
You have the power in this moment to thoughtfully choose the steps you take, ever mindful of the footprint you leave behind.
You have the power now to make your steps count, for the highest good of yourself and others when you infuse each step with the awareness and intention for the footprint you want to leave behind.
This Monday, January 16th, Frank McKinney is taking steps and leading the way for us to do the same. He begins the first ever “Survival to Thrival Tour” where he is visiting soup kitchens, homeless shelters and food pantries in 16 cities, spending time directly assisting these people and making significant donations to care-giving organizations that catch Americans when they fall. As the amazing leader that he is, Frank has created an opportunity for US to take a step and support this cause and he’s made it so easy for us! At each of the locations where Frank is stopping, he will give an aspirational talk on how all of us, including the most desperately poor and homeless can move forward from survival to thrival. When you attend, $25 will be donated to the organization for each person that attends! That’s right. 400 people show up and $10,000 gets donated to the organization.
Go now to http://wpnglobal.com/thrival for my personal invitation for you to take a step for a cause that will create a positive effect for Americans across the country.
Now that’s what I call a great footprint!
~ Nancy Matthews
Speaker, Author, Mentor
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What’s Your #1 Wish for 2012?
Happy New Year!
Okay … it’s here! 2012 has arrived and brought with it excitement, hope, inspiration and anticipation of having this be your best year yet.
Quick…Answer this question:
What is the #1 thing you want to have happen in your life this year?
Write down your answer and brainstorm a list of all the things you can do to be in action moving towards that goal. Napoleon Hill said “Patience, perseverance and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
2012 can absolutely be your breakthrough year if you have patience, with unwavering faith and the belief that what you want will happen for you. If you have the persistence to never give up on your goal (like Jack Canfield who pursued 133 publishers before finding “The One” to publish Chicken Soup for the Soul.) If you’re willing to perspire and put in the effort and energy and be in consistent action toward your goal.
To achieve your goals it is essential for you to hold on to the excitement and enthusiasm you now feel throughout the days, weeks and months to come. Go now to: http://NancyMatthews.com/kickoff and access the replay of my special New Year’s Day tele-class “How to Make 2012 Your Breakthrough Year!”
To Your Success, Peace & Prosperity
…Creating a Space for Your Infinite Possibilities!
Nancy Matthews, aka The Visionary with Guts
P.S. Enjoy my free gift “How to Make 2012 Your Breakthrough Year!”
Go Now to: http://NancyMatthews.com/kickoff
Holiday Meltdowns: Is Your To Do List TOO Long? How to Get More Done and Have Fun Too!
Holiday Meltdowns: Is your to do list TOO long? How to Get More Done and Have Fun Too! 
Stop, pause and affirm “I will get everything done today that I meant to get done and do it with grace and ease.” It is not the number of things we get done but rather the manner, method and energy we infuse into the things we do get done.
As the hustle and bustle of the holiday comes into full swing it’s easy to become distracted, hurried, rushed feeling like a “Chicken running around with my head cut off.” (ooh – what a terrible image!)
Here are a few simple tips to help you this holiday season (and if you really want to get the most peace, prosperity and joy during this time go to: http://wpninstitute.com/holiday)
First, before you rush off to do all the stuff on your to do list, give yourself at least 15 minutes to stop and focus on your priorities for the day:
(a) How do you want to feel today? Happy? Productive? Creative? Social? Relaxed? Consider that you actually have the choice to direct your feelings and responses to what shows up. When you begin your day with attention on your intentions you will more easily handle surprises, challenges and obstacles.
(b) What are the 3 most important things you want to accomplish? Take that long to do list and number the top 3 things. You’ll feel GREAT when you can cross them off your list and be delighted when you do more than those 3 because you have more focus and clarity.
Next, keep your to do list at your fingertips all day long … and look at it repeatedly! Guard yourself from being pulled off course by checking your email, checking out the link in that email, then another link on that page that spurs a new idea and …BAM! Before you know it 30 minutes (or more) are gone and so is the motivation to complete the task you started.
I trust these tips will help you today and always to remember …
“The most important things in life aren’t things.” ~ Anthony J. D’Angelo
Would you like more Time Management Tips? To create more hours in the day? Yes…It is possible and I can show you how! Go now to: http://wpninstitute.com/holiday for my teaching “Stop the Clock Time Management” A Fresh Perspective on an Old Topic That Will Finally Make You Friends with Father Time! Plus “Holiday Happiness – A Prescription to Eliminate the Old and Blue and Embrace the Bold and New!”
Make it a December to Remember!
Make it a December to Remember!
It’s hard to believe, but here we are nearing the end of 2011.
There are 34 days left in 2011.
What will you do with those remaining days? Have you already thrown in the towel on 2011 thinking “Ah, I guess I missed the mark this year so I’ll just wait until next year to hit it big.”
Or…Are you seizing each precious moment knowing that all it takes is one great day to make the difference and have 2011 be a record breaking year?
What will you do today to make it “The One” day that makes all the difference?
Just think … the day before Jim Carrey landed his first big acting role, he was pretty much an unknown.
The day before Thomas Edison and his team developed the working light bulb, they were still in the dark
The day before Susan Boyle sang on American Idol she had nothing but a dream, and has now become a household name.
Today is the day before the tomorrow that can make all your dreams come true, but you’ve got to take action. Treat today as “The One” that will make all the difference.
If you put off for tomorrow what you could have done today, you may find you’ll end up with nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays.
Make today “The One” that makes all the difference and make this a December to Remember.
Join “The Ones” who are committed to hitting it out of the part in 2011 and the entire WPN Team on December 3rd for our Quarterly Strategic Planning and Action Day… Game On!
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