My good friend Brian Tracy often say’s that everyone’s favorite radio station is WIIFM. (What’s In It For Me?) What’s in it for you in terms of investing in yourself and engaging in high quality on-going professional development? To fully respond you have to ask several qualifying questions. And, remember to be brutally honest with yourself.
First question: How often do I engage in activities that are specifically designed to help me improve my professional skills? Do you believe in professional development enough to continually seek out new knowledge that could accelerate you life and career? The top 20% of people are the ones earning 80% of the income. Those top 20% value continuous learning and often invest as much as 3% of their annual income in continuous improvement. They buy books, go to seminars, listen to CD, and/or watch instructional videos. People who earn $100,000 spend, on average, $3000 per year so they can keep moving to the top of those 20% earners.
Second Question: Do you believe you are capable of improving yourself just 1% per day, each working day? We have 52 weeks per year minus two weeks vacation and holidays which basically leaves us with 250 work days give or take a few. Now, if you just invested 1% of your time on those 250 work days, which is just 14 minutes per day; how much better would you be at the end of the year compared to the bottom 80% of people who do nothing? At 1% per day, you would be 250% better than those who do nothing. Are you worth 14 minutes a day? That’s just 2.5 days per year of taking yourself to school. Doesn’t seem like much does it?
Third Question: How much money do you want to earn this year? You could double your income with one skill you didn’t have before. Is that possible? YES! Let’s say you are terrible at closing sales, but you viewed a 14 minute video that told you how to approach the close and overcome any objections you may have? Do you think that could improve your success rate? It did mine!
Fourth Question: Have you been totally honest with yourself in answering these questions? Do you want to remain in the 80% of earners that are earning 20% of the income? Of course not, or you wouldn’t have read this far.
Research clearly shows that people who engage in ongoing learning will be our top producers. We have a way for you to get the help you and your company needs. iLearningGlobal is the best online learning experience and meets all of the criteria established above with low cost, 24/7 access to the absolute best business thought leaders in the world today. Brian Tracy, Ivan Misner, Stephen M.R. Covey, Jim Cathcart, Tony Allessandra, Paul Martinelli, Patricia Fripp, Terry Murhpy, Don Hutson, Dan Clark and the list goes on and on.
Look, when we start out in life we are like a coloring book with empty pages. Along the way you find the pages developing outlines of what could be. It is up to you to color them in and create the beautiful colorful life you deserve. Watch my video then click on the link below it to begin your journey toward a colorful, vibrant, and exciting future. What’s In It For Me?
Click on the title or logo to learn more about what iLearningGlobal.tv can do for you. Email me at ron@eagleleadershipconsulting for a free personal consultation.
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