March 15, 2008Volume 1, Issue 3In This Issue:Feature Article: Mastering Your Best? UpwardAction Wednesdays Teleclass:
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A Note from The CoachHello UpwardAction Family! Welcome to this issue of UpwardAction for Success and a warm welcome to our new subscribers. Today’s issue of UpwardAction for Success explores the evolution of competence to mastery. This discussion is of particular importance to me because I noticed a shift in my own life journey as I became more aligned with my purpose of helping entrepreneurial lawyers and leaders achieve accelerated success. We are also excited about our new tele-class program, UpwardAction Wednesdays, and this month's tele-class ~ Social Networking for Explosive Business Success. Be sure to register for this powerful and complimentary tele-class below! I hope this issue of UpwardAction for Success helps you make big shifts in your career or business. Always ~ Live with Passion!
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Mastering Your Best? I was recently a part of a discussion that made me think about the roles that competence, excellence and mastery play in our business and our lives. Competency. Competency is simply the bare minimum that is needed to accomplish the task at hand. It requires no creativity, initiative, thoughtfulness, competitiveness or even very much effort. In most cases, being competent is just enough to prevent you from being fired and may also keep your business profitable enough to stay afloat. For better or worse, most people who are unsatisfied with their business and careers settle for being merely competent. Excellence. Excellence is what occurs when competition enters the picture. The goal is often to win, be known as the best and/or achieve some level of recognition. Excellence is an ideal that allows you to enjoy a sense of accomplishment along with the fruits of your labor. People enjoy (at some level) what they do and the rewards it brings them, providing motivation to strive for excellence. Mastery. Mastery represents an extraordinarily high level of achievement that literally means that you have accomplished all there is to accomplish within an industry or field. It represents the very best that you have to offer. The “pursuit of mastery” is a lifelong journey that is as internally fulfilling as it is outwardly laudable. Only those who have a deep love and connection for what they hope to achieve can make the commitment to pursue mastery, as it represents a commitment and dedication that very few people are willing to pursue. When mastery is our goal, we can be certain that we are living and working on our divinely ordered path of purpose. Moving from Competence to Mastery. Making the shift from competence to mastery requires you to do three things. 1. Take a hard look at your profession and determine if what you are doing in your business or career energizes you (if the big pictures does not excite and energize you - make plans to transition to something that does); 2. Break out the elements of your business or career that drain your energy and outsource them or design a systematic way to get these things done efficiently so you can move on to high-impact and energizing activities (visit our blog at www.inspirebyaction.com for tips about outsourcing and creating systems); and 3. Determine what you really enjoy about your business and/or profession and create a plan to master these elements. Once you create an action plan with S.M.A.R.T. goals ~ work your plan with focused consistency. © 2008 T.C. Coleman | Upward Action LLC. WANT TO REPRINT THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR EZINE OR WEBSITE? You may, as long as it remains intact (including links) and you include this complete blurb with it: T.C. Coleman, JD, Success Coach for Entrepreneurial Lawyers and Leaders, helps lawyers and leaders (i) build successful, sustainable service businesses; (ii) develop their corporate and personal brands and (iii) use social networking to explore and develop business opportunities. Sign up for our complimentary eNewsletter UpwardAction for Success! and receive 2 special gifts (total value = $197) to help you accelerate your business success!
UpwardAction® for Success Challenge Take an honest look at your career and business and determine where you fit in the categories above. What changes do you need to make in your life and business to make “mastery” your goal? If you need assistance with this process, consider hiring a coach.
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