Guest Post: Reaching Effortless Accomplishment

June 1, 2008 · Filed Under Learning and Living 

Editors note: This is a guest post featuring Raphael Natale B.S. M.H. C.H.

For over a decade in consulting with various corporations and small businesses, I have seen a similar theme in all of the people I have counseled. The theme is the desire to keep accomplishing and finally succeed. As normal as that may seem there is an inherent problem in placing success and accomplishment as a place or destination to be reached. By doing so, your well being or OK-ness and fulfillment have been placed outside of you and then you are not OK or fulfilled unless you reach all of your goals.

I am sure you have heard that success is a journey and not a destination, this I consider a truism although just knowing a truism is not enough. Here is a process that has helped many businesses and individuals reach effortless accomplishment while already being OK. The process is four fold:

Step One: Creating you vision for your business.
A vision simply defined is seeing the possibilities for accomplishments as real. An empowering vision for a professional organization answers the questions; what do we want to contribute and to whom. The answers to those questions provide focus direction and points to what your organization stands for. Visions are built upon organizational values and individual values and values refer to those qualities and attributes one holds as important.

Step Two: The ability to learn from mistakes in a way that furthers us.
You can ask yourself what am I learning about my incomplete goals that will contribute to the success of my future goals.

Step Three: A strategy for dealing with limiting beliefs.
Tell the truth about what you have and have not accomplished. What does that tell you about the belief you hold then ask yourself or co-workers what are five new perspectives relative to this belief and which new perspective empowers me to reach my vision.

Step Four: Maintaining a spirit of gratitude.
Ending each day with a spirit of gratitude reinforces our connection to the power we have to shape a productive and meaningful professional and personal life.

My final point is; we can not fail at life and business when we are in it for the experience. Given you are already on your journey and having your experience, you’re already a success. Take regular and consistent action steps towards your goals and remember, you are already OK.

Raphael Natale is founder of Authentic Technologies, a business consulting and training firm dedicated to supporting the acceleration of productivity and beneficial change for individuals and their organizations. They are available online or by phone at 949-582-2043.

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