Finding and Keeping Great People

There are two basic reasons why you might be thinking about hiring someone. Either you're planning to replace someone who left (or was fired!), or you've created a new position and want someone to fill it. Whichever situation you find yourself in, these next couple of articles are intended to help you find (and keep) the best possible person for the job.

So, before you rush off and start creating job ads for Monster.com or wherever, let's take a few minutes to think about the process.

Step 1 is to design the job - which means thinking about what it is that you want done, and how you're going to know whether it's been well (and what you're prepared to pay for those results).

Step 2 is to define the ideal candidate - which means thinking about the skills, knowledge, personality, values, and qualifications they're going to need to get the results you want.

Step 3 is to "go fishing" for applicants - which means you need to think about which "pool" you should "cast the net" into to maximize your chances of attracting a good number of suitable candidates.

Step 4 is to select the best person for the job from among the applicants you have attracted in step 3 - which means thinking about how you're going to compare each person with the spec you created in step 2, and

Step 5 is getting your new hire on board and up-to-speed as smoothly and quickly as possible - which means thinking about how you're going to provide them with access to all the information they'll need to become high performing member of your team.

So, now we need to look at each step in more detail. First up, step 1 - what's the job?

Achieving Your Goals

One of the keys to achieving your goals is momentum.

Many people will tell you that you need to have goals, and that you need to plan your path towards them.

What they don't tell you is that, unless you gain a little ground EVERY SINGLE DAY, you are likely to begin to stumble on your path to success.

For example, if your goal is to write a book, write a page (or even a paragraph) every day. If you want to run a successful business, tell one new person about your products or services, every day.

Complete a little task every day without fail and you'll start to pick up momentum.

Ask yourself:

How can I break my goal down into daily tasks?

It's easy to get discouraged if your goal seems farther away than ever after just a couple of weeks. It's the classic mistake of most dieters.

Q. How do you eat an elephant?
A. One mouthful at a time!

If you know that you are moving forward one little baby step every single day - then you will also know that, if you focus and stay on track - then you WILL achieve your goal!

There's no time for doubt

Time spent doubting is time spent in paralysis. "Should I? Shouldn't I? What if I make/have made a mistake? To be or not to be, that is the question...."

You can't be fully alive, seizing the day, pursuing your goals, if you get locked in the doubt trap. Remind yourself that a bad decision is always better than no decision at all. If you find yourself agonizing, you have to do some relaxation exercises, breathe, close your eyes, and listen. Listen to your heart. Then take that decision and move. Move one way or the other. Your heart knows which is right, but whatever you do, act... and move on.

Time is too short. Life is no dress rehearsal. Stop agonizing and get on with it!

You Can't Always Get What You Want

Ever got to the end of the day and wondered what on earth you accomplished? Or, worse, ever got to the end of the day, and been sure you'd accomplished absolutely nothing? Zip. Zero. Nada.
It's a pretty depressing place to find yourself. Dwell on it, too long, and it'll take you down roads where you end up questioning the whole meaning, purpose and direction of your life.

Don't get me wrong: a little self-analysis, every now again, is no bad thing. We all need to check where we are and where we're headed against where we want to be, once in a while. But the end of a long day of spinning your wheels is not the time.

So. If you find yourself in this situation, what should you do? And how do you avoid getting to this place in the first instance?

The Ultimate Bucket List

What you can do if you set yourself some goals...

clipped from johngoddard.info John Goddard's "Life List" John Goddard is most known for his amazing “Life List” of accomplishments. At the age of fifteen John Goddard listed 127 goals he wished to experience or achieve in his lifetime. The list is impressive and audacious, but the results have been truly incredible.

Things to do to keep the engine running...

I've never managed to keep doing EFT on anything like a regular basis. When I did it with Katherine's direction, it produced results, but I never followed through. Well, here's something to attack those limiting self-beliefs... Like, I'm not good enough, or I'm incapable of follow-through...

clipped from www.emofree.com EFT for faulty beliefs By Cristofir K. Aven Here is an example of a client's limiting belief and some of the EFT phrases we used: "If someone else has written a best selling book on my subject, then I can't." (The belief that I have to be the first one to do something or be the best at it.) Even though I believe there's not enough fame, money, customers to go around… Eyebrow: All these limiting beliefs Side of Eye: Fears that are underneath my beliefs Under Eye: Fears I'm not good enough Under Nose: Belief I'm not good enough Chin: Proof my beliefs are true Collarbone: Fears about my capability Under Arm: Belief that I don't deserve success Top of Head: My old limiting beliefs 2nd Round: Even though those beliefs have been with me my whole life and form my self-concept, I choose a new more empowering self-concept. Even though those beliefs are embedded in my mind and body and I have proof I'm not good enough… Under Nose: I choose courage, confidence in myself Chin: I can't let go of old beliefs

Set Course!

"If you don't know where you're going, then any path will take you there".

Is there anything in life you've always wanted to do? Do you find yourself coming back to the statement "I wish I...."?

Write these things down.