vision, mindset and grit<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuild Something Powerful<\/strong><\/p>\nBusiness journalist John Boitnott recently wrote an article for Entrepreneur<\/em> magazine entitled \u201cHow to Build Your 2021 Business Strategy in the Face of Uncertainty.\u201d Boitnott listed several focal points to consider that not only apply to entrepreneurs, but to anyone in sales or marketing. The three most important points he raised were:<\/p>\n\nFocus on what you can do.<\/li>\n Provide valuable resources for customers.<\/li>\n (Anticipate) More certainty than uncertainty.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nI would like to briefly discuss the items in view of my philosophy of vision, mindset and grit and how they can turn 2021 into the best year of your life.<\/p>\n
Focus on What You Can Do<\/strong><\/p>\nFor most of 2020, the world was in some form of lockdown. Business was tough, lay-offs and bankruptcies were everywhere and pessimism was at an all-time high. Despite the doom and gloom, some people did rise up, in fact whole companies rose up, and had incredible years. I\u2019m not dismissing the challenges certain sectors of the economy faced, yet what was it<\/em> that enabled some businesses able to fight and survive while others gave up and walked away?<\/p>\nIt comes down to vision.<\/em><\/p>\nVision focuses on what we can do, right here and right now. In focusing on what can be done<\/em> to better a situation, rather than wringing our hands and giving up, is empowering. For me personally, vision saved my life.<\/p>\nAfter an accident took me from being a Division-I athlete to a quadriplegic, I developed the vision to be as strong and mobile as I could be. I progressed further than anyone (except for myself) could have imagined. View 2021 through the lens of vision<\/em>. While that might sound like a play on words, giving a strong focus, a lens, to your vision is more powerful than you could ever imagine.<\/p>\nProvide Valuable Resources for Customers<\/strong><\/p>\nVirtually everyone who works, works for a customer. Think about it. What is your plan to provide the best customer service in 2021 that you can for those customers?<\/p>\n
It comes down to mindset<\/em>.<\/p>\nYour 2021 mindset must be to do everything in your power to deliver a level of customer service that far exceeds any experience your customer has ever seen. Customer service wins and keeps customers. Your goal, your mindset, must be to earn a \u201cFive-Star\u201d rating every day. To whatever level you can be there for customers, be there!<\/em><\/p>\n(Anticipate) More certainty than uncertainty.<\/strong><\/p>\nIs this a mistake? Shouldn\u2019t it be the other way around? No! We have seen the worst of it in 2020. The year threw everything it could at us. There are no surprises now. What will it take to develop a successful 2021 game plan?<\/p>\n
It comes down to daily grit.<\/em><\/p>\nVision and mindset are necessary, no doubt about it, but in 2021 it will take grit to make the plan work. Are you willing to fight for every victory, every success, every square inch of success?<\/p>\n
Getting up from a hospital bed did not happen all at once for me. It was the daily progress, the struggle and the sweat. Grit isn\u2019t pretty, but it\u2019s the glue that holds the plan together. It is grit that will bring you out into the sunlight.<\/p>\n
You will get through this, but just don\u2019t deal with it, rise-up and become the winner that you are.<\/p>\n
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Scott Burrows, Dynamic Goal Setting and Success Motivational Speaker<\/a>, can be reached through this website or by calling: (520) 548-1169<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cDealing with It,\u201d Isn\u2019t a Game Plan In a recent virtual presentation I gave on goal setting and success for 2021, I commented that \u201cDealing with It\u201d isn\u2019t a game plan. Goal setting and success require determination. Times may be uncertain but that doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t set goals. Who will win in 2021? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44,45,170,171,282,120,123,51,53,17,131,62,281,166,43],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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