As I write it is fairly early on Easter Morning. These Ozarks Hills are in day three or four of a lot of rain. I hope you and your family had a great Easter.
Friday evening on my home from work, I was listening to a religious call in show. The caller was telling the host that she really felt like God wanted her to do something and she was in constant prayer. The host did a great job of talking about the power of prayer, the importance of prayer, but then said......but sometimes we need to get off our knees and do something.
This might offend some, it motivated me. This week, I would encourage you to challenge yourself to make two lists, the do and the don't do. Let me explain.
What are the things that you could stop doing this week, that would clear up time for you to be more productive in other areas of your life? Once you created your stop list, what are the things that you could start doing.
Easter is an opportunity for new beginnings; take some time this week to challenge yourself. If you are not quite sure what Easter is all about, please send me an email, I would love to tell you about it.
Have a great week and I will see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
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- Steve Willoughby
- Branson, Missouri, United States
- A marketing consultant, a radio personality, a proven public speaker. Steve Willoughby is ready to inspire, motivate and entertain your group.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Can't cover everything up!
This past weekend included some spring clean up chores, including putting new mulch down in the flower gardens.
As I was going to get the second load of mulch, Derinda was pulling weeds and getting things ready. I made a "half joking" comment that she didn't need to pull the weeds, we would just cover them up with the mulch. In her way, she said, it will just make it harder to clean up later. Her answer is the basis for this week's entry.
How many times in life do we make our tomorrow's more difficult but trying to make our today's easier? For example:
1. Every issue in your life has an origin. The sooner you get to the bottom of the problem (pull the weeds) the easier it is to move on.
2. We can talk the talk, wear the clothes, and try to fool others (put mulch down over the weeds), but until we actually do the work and prepare ourselves for success, no matter how hard you try, you can not fool yourself.
Some of you are probably rolling your eyes and saying how long a stretch this week's entry is. Really? Everyday, people are working hard to convince others that they are "putting in the work" to be successful. Everyday they do that, is a day closer to being figured out.
This week, spend some time in a serious conversation with yourself and do an honest self assessment about how you need to step up and "pull the weeds" in your life and get serious about your future. Work hard today and enjoy some easier tomorrows.
See you latter, have a great week.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
As I was going to get the second load of mulch, Derinda was pulling weeds and getting things ready. I made a "half joking" comment that she didn't need to pull the weeds, we would just cover them up with the mulch. In her way, she said, it will just make it harder to clean up later. Her answer is the basis for this week's entry.
How many times in life do we make our tomorrow's more difficult but trying to make our today's easier? For example:
1. Every issue in your life has an origin. The sooner you get to the bottom of the problem (pull the weeds) the easier it is to move on.
2. We can talk the talk, wear the clothes, and try to fool others (put mulch down over the weeds), but until we actually do the work and prepare ourselves for success, no matter how hard you try, you can not fool yourself.
Some of you are probably rolling your eyes and saying how long a stretch this week's entry is. Really? Everyday, people are working hard to convince others that they are "putting in the work" to be successful. Everyday they do that, is a day closer to being figured out.
This week, spend some time in a serious conversation with yourself and do an honest self assessment about how you need to step up and "pull the weeds" in your life and get serious about your future. Work hard today and enjoy some easier tomorrows.
See you latter, have a great week.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
The "UNs" have it!
The more "un" you have the more opportunity you have.
Think about it, to reach your highest level of success, you have to be uncertain and uncomfortable.
As I have said before, we rob the successful when we fail to give them the credit they deserve for their hard work, uncertainty, and how uncomfortable they were when they were coming up. I have no idea if these conversations actually happened or not. If I were a betting man, I would bet that they did.
"Oprah, who are you to think that you can become the first lady of media?"
"Barack, you are not well known enough to become president."
"Johnny, there is no way you can replace such a legend on late night talk." (Johnny Carson, still the king of late night talk.)
Because they achieved their goal (whether we like them or not) they achieved. Do you not believe, that they were uncomfortable and uncertain? Yet, they worked hard, they sacrificed, they felt the fear and did it anyway. I contend the more comfortable and certain you are in life, the less opportunity you have to grow.
Think about your life this week and grade your level of comfortable. If you want to grow, better get uncomfortable.
Have a great week, see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo at www.bransonbusiness.blogspot.com then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
Think about it, to reach your highest level of success, you have to be uncertain and uncomfortable.
As I have said before, we rob the successful when we fail to give them the credit they deserve for their hard work, uncertainty, and how uncomfortable they were when they were coming up. I have no idea if these conversations actually happened or not. If I were a betting man, I would bet that they did.
"Oprah, who are you to think that you can become the first lady of media?"
"Barack, you are not well known enough to become president."
"Johnny, there is no way you can replace such a legend on late night talk." (Johnny Carson, still the king of late night talk.)
Because they achieved their goal (whether we like them or not) they achieved. Do you not believe, that they were uncomfortable and uncertain? Yet, they worked hard, they sacrificed, they felt the fear and did it anyway. I contend the more comfortable and certain you are in life, the less opportunity you have to grow.
Think about your life this week and grade your level of comfortable. If you want to grow, better get uncomfortable.
Have a great week, see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo at www.bransonbusiness.blogspot.com then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Do you follow the crowd?
What a difference time can make. The hour before rush hour, the hour before lunch time, or the hour
before you go to work.
I went to the same store on two different occasions this past week. The first time, it was early in the morning around 5:15 am. The second time was 5:15 at night. In the morning, I parked at the door, walked in and got my items, walked right through check out (paid) and left. In the evening, I parked a long way from the store (which wasn't bad, I needed the exercise). For every item I needed there seemed to be people in my way that I had to wait on, I waited in line, and frankly had to wait to get out the door.
Now understand, this is not a entry complaining about the customer service of the store, it was actually pretty good. My point is, sometimes we are not willing to make adjustments to make our life simpler. For example:
1. Instead of shopping at 5:00 PM -- Shop early in the morning.
2. Instead of fighting rush hour traffic -- leave an hour early.
3. Instead of waiting until the last possible moment to get out of bed, get up an hour early and start your day in a relaxing manner. Spend that time exercising or spend time with God.
It all comes down to decisions. When you decide to follow the crowd, the results are predictable. However, adjust your time frame a bit and adjust your results. Think about how you can improve your life this week by seeing where and how the crowd is going and go a difference direction. Have a great week, I will see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo at www.bransonbusiness.blogspot.com then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
before you go to work.
I went to the same store on two different occasions this past week. The first time, it was early in the morning around 5:15 am. The second time was 5:15 at night. In the morning, I parked at the door, walked in and got my items, walked right through check out (paid) and left. In the evening, I parked a long way from the store (which wasn't bad, I needed the exercise). For every item I needed there seemed to be people in my way that I had to wait on, I waited in line, and frankly had to wait to get out the door.
Now understand, this is not a entry complaining about the customer service of the store, it was actually pretty good. My point is, sometimes we are not willing to make adjustments to make our life simpler. For example:
1. Instead of shopping at 5:00 PM -- Shop early in the morning.
2. Instead of fighting rush hour traffic -- leave an hour early.
3. Instead of waiting until the last possible moment to get out of bed, get up an hour early and start your day in a relaxing manner. Spend that time exercising or spend time with God.
It all comes down to decisions. When you decide to follow the crowd, the results are predictable. However, adjust your time frame a bit and adjust your results. Think about how you can improve your life this week by seeing where and how the crowd is going and go a difference direction. Have a great week, I will see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo at www.bransonbusiness.blogspot.com then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
She called her shot!
KRZK, 106.3 FM, gave away a trip to Las Vegas. The trip is billed as the country music fans dream trip of a lifetime. Part of the giveaway process was a take it or leave it. During take it or leave it, if your name is drawn out, you have the opportunity to take a $600 dollar prize and forego the chance to win the trip.
The first person, Megan Miller, who had the chance on take it or leave it, shook her head no and said, "I'm going to Vegas." About thirty minutes later, Megan won the grand prize. Watching that gave me some questions for you to consider this week.
Are you there to win or just happy to be there? Megan was not there just to win something, she wanted to go to Vegas and she was either going to Vegas or not, she was not going to settle for anything else.
Do you have a goal with that much focus? I am not saying that because Megan was so focused she won. I am saying that she was there to go to Vegas and nothing was going to take her focus away.
When you think about it, everyone of us are faced with take it or leave every single day. The opportunity to hit the snooze button or get up and get your day started. The opportunity to watch more TV or computer time, or work out and get to feeling better. The opportunity to save money or waste it.
As you take on your week, just realize that each decision has a take it or leave it aspect. Each decision will move you closer to your goal or further away. Have a great week, I will see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo at www.bransonbusiness.blogspot.com then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
The first person, Megan Miller, who had the chance on take it or leave it, shook her head no and said, "I'm going to Vegas." About thirty minutes later, Megan won the grand prize. Watching that gave me some questions for you to consider this week.
Are you there to win or just happy to be there? Megan was not there just to win something, she wanted to go to Vegas and she was either going to Vegas or not, she was not going to settle for anything else.
Do you have a goal with that much focus? I am not saying that because Megan was so focused she won. I am saying that she was there to go to Vegas and nothing was going to take her focus away.
When you think about it, everyone of us are faced with take it or leave every single day. The opportunity to hit the snooze button or get up and get your day started. The opportunity to watch more TV or computer time, or work out and get to feeling better. The opportunity to save money or waste it.
As you take on your week, just realize that each decision has a take it or leave it aspect. Each decision will move you closer to your goal or further away. Have a great week, I will see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo at www.bransonbusiness.blogspot.com then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
He loves to compete.
Sports interviews are often full of cliches and the obvious. Especially the interviews where the reporter is trying to talk with the coach and all the coach wants to do is get to the locker room and talk with his team. However, one of those interviews provided the topic for this week's edition.
Bob Huggins, coach of West Virginia, was answering a question about one of his guards. He basically said, the kid was not the most talented or skilled, but he just loved to compete. So this week, think about these questions.
1. Do you love to compete? Loving to compete means that you are interested in what you have instead of what you don't. You are focused on getting the job done and not all the distractions.
2. Do you compete mentally? I understand that a certain amount of market research is needed, but when you love to compete you are so focused on your abilities, your preparation, and your products that it really does not matter what your competition does.
3. Does a good challenge get your blood pumping? In sports, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. The same could be true in your life. Learn to love a challenge.
Think about those questions, and go out and compete this week. Have a great week, see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
Bob Huggins, coach of West Virginia, was answering a question about one of his guards. He basically said, the kid was not the most talented or skilled, but he just loved to compete. So this week, think about these questions.
1. Do you love to compete? Loving to compete means that you are interested in what you have instead of what you don't. You are focused on getting the job done and not all the distractions.
2. Do you compete mentally? I understand that a certain amount of market research is needed, but when you love to compete you are so focused on your abilities, your preparation, and your products that it really does not matter what your competition does.
3. Does a good challenge get your blood pumping? In sports, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. The same could be true in your life. Learn to love a challenge.
Think about those questions, and go out and compete this week. Have a great week, see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
What is your seed?
This is a huge week for college basketball fans. The teams have been announced, the play in games have been set, now it is time to dance. What can we learn from it?
1. Teams prepare, practice, and play hard to reach their goal of playing in the big tournament.
The first question you should ask yourself is what is your goal. Second, are you preparing, practicing, and playing hard to reach that goal? I realize that life is a little more complicated than college basketball. At the same time, you only get one shot at this thing called life, should you not maximize this opportunity by having a goal?
2. Teams are constantly reviewing game tapes to prepare for their opponents and to improve their own performance.
What are you doing to improve your performance? Are you getting feedback on your life, so you can strive to getter better?
Getting feedback from a trusted source is key to knowing what to do to get better.
3. Simply put, the teams have to play the games to win the tournament.
Have you heard the old saying, "The majority of life is just showing up!"? Life is a participation sport. Are you living life to the fullest or are you too worried about losing to win. You have to make things happen, take your shots in life and if you miss, go get the rebound and try again.
Life is more complicated than a basketball tournament. But there are a number of principles of a winning team that transfers to life. Every day is your big dance, play it to win.
Have a great week, I will see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
1. Teams prepare, practice, and play hard to reach their goal of playing in the big tournament.
The first question you should ask yourself is what is your goal. Second, are you preparing, practicing, and playing hard to reach that goal? I realize that life is a little more complicated than college basketball. At the same time, you only get one shot at this thing called life, should you not maximize this opportunity by having a goal?
2. Teams are constantly reviewing game tapes to prepare for their opponents and to improve their own performance.
What are you doing to improve your performance? Are you getting feedback on your life, so you can strive to getter better?
Getting feedback from a trusted source is key to knowing what to do to get better.
3. Simply put, the teams have to play the games to win the tournament.
Have you heard the old saying, "The majority of life is just showing up!"? Life is a participation sport. Are you living life to the fullest or are you too worried about losing to win. You have to make things happen, take your shots in life and if you miss, go get the rebound and try again.
Life is more complicated than a basketball tournament. But there are a number of principles of a winning team that transfers to life. Every day is your big dance, play it to win.
Have a great week, I will see you later.
The next time you need a speaker, make it easy on yourself and call me. I will inspire, motivate, and entertain your group. Check out my speaking demo then call (417) 339-6568 for availability. The only way I look good is making you look good for booking me.
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