Jon Gordon

This week on The Creating Your Masterpiece Show, Jen and Leah talk about The Energy Bus, by Jon Gordon. Leah and Jennifer had the opportunity to meet the author at a conference a couple weeks ago, and wanted to share his philosophy with you all!

In the mode of other best selling business fables The Energy Bus, by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment – at work and at home.

Everyone faces challenges. And every person, organization, company and team will have to overcome negativity and adversity to define themselves and create their success. No one goes through life untested and the answer to these tests is positive energy—the kind of positive energy consisting of vision, trust, optimism, enthusiasm, purpose, and spirit that defines great leaders and their teams.

Drawing upon his experience and work with thousands of leaders, sales professionals, teams, non-profit organizations, schools, and athletes, Gordon infuses this engaging story with keen insights, actionable strategies and a big dose of positive infectious energy.

For managers and team leaders or anyone looking to turn negative energy into positive achievement The Energy Bus provides a powerful roadmap to overcome common life and work obstacles and bring out the best in yourself and your team. When you get on The Energy Bus you’ll enjoy the ride of your life!

So, don’t delay! Get on the Energy Bus! You are the driver of your BUS!  You get to determine where it goes, and who you want to ride the bus with you!

To learn more about this awesome book, visit the official website at: http://jongordon.com/theenergybusbook

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This is the third in a three part series by Creating Your Masterpiece entitled Take Action! This week, Jennifer and Leah will discuss how to *work* your action plan and how to overcome any obstacles that may arise, how to stay motivated, focused and clear on the plan. The first part of the series focused on Visualizing Your Success and really getting an understanding of what success looks like to you in all areas of your life. In part two, they focused on actually developing and creating a SPECIFIC action plan, utilizing SMART goals. Now, you are ready to put that plan in place!

Many times we create our action plans, and we are ready to move forward and then BOOM – we run into a hurdle or roadblock, or worse yet, we become unmotivated and loose focus on the plan. How do we overcome this and still stay the course when it comes to moving forward with our plans?

1. Set mini-sprints (and rewards) within your plan to help you stay motivated and focused. If your goal is to loose 20 lbs., have a mini-sprint in which you reward yourself with a manicure, pedicure or new book after every 5 lbs you loose.

2. Write down potential obstacles in advance, and have a plan in place to overcome them! If you know you want to spend more time with your spouse, and your goal is to have 3 *date* nights per month, come up with a plan of action for the unexpected, IE., the babysitter cancels, a child gets sick, you have to work late. things do happen, the key here is to not let a minor set back sabatoge your overall goal.

3. Think outside of the box – get creative! If your goal is to go on a vacation – but money is an obstacle, think about *house swapping* for a weekend with a friend who lives out of town, or plan a *stay-cation* where you turn your home into a swanky hotel for the weekend, and send the kids to your parent’s house.

4. Leverage your contacts and connections – let them know your plan! Ask for their support along the way.

5. Take into consideration the time and the amount of money you will need to see your plan through, and make sure it is something you can afford to do

6. Work with a coach who will help keep you motivated, focused and accountable for meeting your goals! The important thing is to meet those goals!

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This week Leah and Jennifer continue with their three part series on how to Take Action in your life! The second part of the series deals with creating an action plan! Leah and Jen talk about how you need to start this process by coming up with goals that you want to achieve. And, the most important part of coming up with your goals is to make sure they are SMART goals! A SMART goal is:

Specific – Write down your goal, and get very specific. Don’t just say “I want to loose weight”, instead say “My goal is to drop 10 lbs.”

Measurable – Make sure your goal is set up in a way that  you can measure your success along the way! This will keep you motivated and on track!

Attainable – Make sure you can actually obtain your goal. You want it to be challenging but not overwhelming or non-attainable.

Rewarding – What is your reward for meeting the goal? If the goal is to spend more time with your family, the reward is obvious! But if your goal is to organize all your office files, you may want to consider rewarding yourself with a movie or a dinner out at a nice restaurant once you obtain the goal.

Timely – Do not set open ended goals. Make sure your goal has a start date and an end date. Otherwise it isn’t a goal, it is a wish or a dream.

Leah and Jen encourage you to start by setting mini-goals that you can achieve within 30 days.

On next week’s episode they will conclude the three part series by discussing how you can *work* your plan and stay motivated along the way! Be sure to tune in for this three part series. You won’t want to miss it!

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What does success look like to you? Did you know that you can have more than one vision for your success? This week Leah and Jen begin a 3 part series called TAKING ACTION. They will walk you through the steps necessary to visualize your success, create an action plan that will move you forward towards that goal, and finally give you tips on how to work that plan and make it happen! This practical and straightforward approach to goal setting will help you move forward to achieve success in all five of the key areas of your life! Those areas are:

1. Health/Emotion

2. Relationships

3. Physical Environment

4. Money/Financial

5. Spirituality

So, be sure to tune in this week for Part 1 of the series – Visualize Your Success!

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