Good morning, I want to welcome you to our power quarter of the hour
My name is Jide Michael Olugbodi and this morning I’m going to be talking to you about taking responsibility….
Are you ready for the morning ride into destiny?
If you’re joining us for the first time today, I want to welcome you on this call.
Can I ask you to press *1 to mute your phone, as I begin this call? Thank you!
What is the biggest challenge in your life right now? This moment?
Is it in your business? Your family life? Your career?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? HOW ARE YOU REACTING TO IT?
They say life is 10% what happens to you and 90% HOW YOU REACT TO IT
Have you accepted responsibility and taken charge of your life?
Are you in control of the steering wheel of your life or are you allowing people, situations and circumstances to take it away from you?
Who AND what are “those” directing the affairs of your life?
Are “THEY” your feelings? Your moods? Friends? Family?
J.Maxwell says “You can give up everything, except final responsibility”
Successful people Determine to take control of their destiny
They refuse to hand over the mosaic of their life to feelings, people, government, parents, spouses, coworkers, children, their bosses and external circumstances.
Michael Korda says “Success on any major scale requires you to accept final responsibility… In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility”
Successful people refuse to hand over responsibility of their business, finances, or happiness to their customers, prospects, to the economy, to forecasts, predictions, and any analysis,
They take charge
They drive
They are on a mission
They are self motivated
They say “if I don’t find a way, I’ll make my own way”
Take responsibility:
If you had £1m in a box who would you trust that box with?
The nice family you just met on holiday yesterday night? The family you just met at your sales demonstration yesterday?
The lady you just exchanged business cards with at TESCOs? Your prospect? Your customer?
So Why are you waiting on them to book you appointments before you get your business going?
why are you waiting on them to determine HOW and WHEN you pay your bills? When you Take that trip? And when you have a good month or not?
What if it takes 1 month before they get you an appointment?
The bills won’t go away!
What if it takes them 3, 4 months?
Would you put that lifestyle you want on hold for that long?
What if, what if they never do?
Remember, “You can give up everything except final responsibility”
Let me ask you this question;
What is that, one thing, that if you did right now, today, would give you instant business?
Prospecting? Phone calls?
So what’s holding you back?
What’s preventing you from doing that one thing that ensures you succeed without depending on any other person?
The time is always NOW! TODAY! Make d best opportunity of each day, today would never come back. This hour would never repeat itself this universe.
The time now is… 7.05am on 8th April 2014….
This time and date will not repeat itself for you again in this lifetime
So why not;
SEIZE THIS MOMENT
TAKE ACTION
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
5 things that responsible people do;
1) GET THE JOB DONE;
Don’t wait for people and their opinions before you act…
– Read about Henry Ford
He revolutionised the motor industry. He developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford. In doing so, Ford converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of the twentieth century.
– “If I had asked the people they would have asked for a faster horse” – Henry Ford
“It takes 15yrs for the average individual to realise that you work 8hrs a day for survival, and if you work only 8hrs a day, all you do is survive. Everything above 8hrs is an investment into your future
“No one can do the minimum and reach his maximum potential”
How do you maintain a get it done attitude? Think always; I’m self employed and I’m responsible for making profit for my business.. Adopt this attitude even when you’re working for someone and you’ll be successful on the job
2) know the price to pay and Take charge immediately……
Most people can’t pay the price
Determine to pay the price. Read about a man called Gunter Hunt
Ask yourself; What do I have to GIVE in order for me to HAVE?
Someone once said “When you have to make a choice and you don’t, that in itself is a choice on it’s own”
3) they are willing to go the extra mile; responsible people never protest “that’s not my job”
They’re willing to do whatever it takes to complete the work that needs to be done
They take on ” more”
Jim Rohn says “stress comes from doing less than you can”
4) they are driven by excellence;
Make high quality your goal, and responsibility will naturally follow.
Don’t just do it when everybody is watching you, but do it when it’s only you and God watching!
He who sees you in secret rewards you openly
Successful footballers stay back and do extra training, they practise free kicks, set pieces and do extra practice sessions
Read about Zico, Gianfranco Zola and David Beckham when they were scoring free kicks without end. What did they have to do?
Champions are not made in the ring, they are merely recognised in there
“To know what to do is knowledge, how is wisdom, to do it is excellence and it tops the other virtues…..”
5) they produce results regardless of the situation;
If it’s going to be, it’s up to me, myself and I!!!!
Nike says; “just do it”
You have to be committed to “do it” regardless of the situation
J.Maxwell says ” commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, and to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down”
One of the greatest discoveries of our generation is that you and I can alter the course of our lives when we take control and take action
So What would you dare to do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
DO IT!!!
Where do you want to be in your life right now?
What is it you desire so deep, yet seems so far from your reach?
What do you want to achieve in your business this moment?
Let’s say; you want to become a dealer…..
Let’s fast forward a few years from now…..
Imagine u have now achieved your goal and you’re now fulfilled, living the life of your dreams
Brian Tracy talks about Back to the future thinking;
“Pick up a pen a paper and write;
“I am now a business owner and a successful entrepreneur today because I …. Insert your name…. ( write down 20 things u would have done to achieve your goal)
It’s Amazing how You start to think of ALL d things you would have to do to become a successful entrepreneur
You instantly begin to get insights and ideas u would not get through any other exercise
Those things you write on that list, begin to do them NOW and IMMEDIATELY….
That is taking responsibility
That is BECOMING who you want to be