What Is Your Real Intent?

Intent is important but your success comes from your action –what you do. I believe it is important to have positive (good) intentions but show me what a person does and I will show you what their REAL intent was.

-I have friends who have been going to write a book for years, but haven’t started yet.
-I know people who consistently say – some day I will……..
-I have heard hundreds of times – I would like to start my own business, but….
-I have observed thousands of people say they want to lose weight but can’t give up that last french-fry or piece of carrot cake.
-I have heard hundreds of commitments from people who said they would – call me back, meet me at noon for lunch, send me something etc. etc. and never heard a word or saw them.

I will bet you have had many of the same experiences. The real question is are you guilty of any of them? I have been, many times. I Said for years I wanted to lose weight and kept eating and eating myself into oblivion. Said I wanted to write a book for over 5 years before I wrote Soft Sell in 1981. By the way its sales are now over 500,000 copies worldwide and still going strong.

A few questions for you:

1. Is your word your bond?
2. Do you make promises to pacify people?
3. Do you do what you say you will do?
4. Do you let little roadblocks keep you from taking positive action?
5. Do you vacillate back and forth on what you want to do and why?
6. Do you talk about doing things to see how other people will react?
7. Do you talk about doing something to convince yourself?

To know and not do is to not know. Do not tell me what you are going to do – show me.

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Tim Connor, CSP is an internationally renowned sales, management and leadership speaker, trainer and best selling author. Since 1981 he has given over 3500 presentations in 21 countries on a variety of sales, management, leadership and relationship topics. He is the best selling author of over 60 books including; Soft Sell, That’s Life, Peace Of Mind, 91 Challenges Managers Face Today and Your First Year In Sales. He can be reached at tim@timconnor.com, 704-895-1230 or visit his website at www.timconnor.com.

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