Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success by Rory Vaden

Author:Rory Vaden
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781101575413
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2012-02-06T14:00:00+00:00

Positive Ways to Strengthen Your Word

There are a number of simple ways we can strengthen our words, adding to our integrity and maximizing their potential for positive change in our lives and the lives of others.

Inventing Possibility. After taking a powerful course called “Landmark Education,” I learned that by making a statement of our intention to complete something, we are, in a sense, setting the stage to have it happen. In order for a change to take place, you must first invent the possibility of it actually happening by using your words. What changes do you want to bring about in your life? Start small, and as you gain confidence, you can make bigger and bigger verbal commitments. The common saying “Be careful what you wish for” applies here, though, because what you say is very likely to take shape. Choose your statements with care.

Expressing Gratitude. There is perhaps no better way to keep the tenacious Mr. Mediocrity, that little voice described in the previous chapter, at bay than expressing gratitude for the good fortune in your life. At any given moment we are either choosing to focus on what we’re grateful for or we’re worrying about the things we’ve not been given. Putting words to your gratitude erases frustration, and can jump-start your motivation to keep a Take the Stairs mind-set, even when the escalator world is calling to you.

Compliments. It is an interesting peculiarity of human nature that we have a deep fundamental desire to be right. Compliments are powerful because, when we genuinely acknowledge someone for an admirable trait or job well done, we satisfy their intrinsic appetite to be right. In this way, verbal appreciation is a form of currency. It is an unlimited resource that can be exchanged freely to create very strong bonds between two people.

At any given moment we are either choosing to focus on what we’re grateful for or we’re worrying about the things we’ve not been given.

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