In the August 2004 Newsletter:
Where are your results? / Practical Pointers
Are you appropriately persistent? / 8th Practice / Good News

Are you getting the results you want?

Once you have committed to a passionate purpose and started to pursue it, persistence is an essential success strategy. When you persist, you persevere and maintain your intention in spite of difficulty. Persistence requires strong willpower, unremitting determination, and stamina. For success in pursuits of passionate purpose and life, unrelenting effort is mandatory.

Sometimes it feels like progress is as slow as molasses. How do you continue despite the rejections, obstacles, confusion, and challenges that surface along life’s path? Here’s help for rising above the heap of hindrances: Mindfully continue with focused determination using a ‘divide and conquer’ approach.

If this sounds easier said than done, consider the following sage advice from a real winner whose story is more fully described in my book, Pursuit of Passionate Purpose:

“You need a vision of where you want to go. Then break the journey to get there into smaller steps.”
  Johnny Halberstadt, running champion, sub 4-minute miles

Practical Pointers

• Commit. Pledge yourself to a clear purpose for which you have passion. Increase your clarity.
• Divide. Choose to work on a small piece of your purpose. Build focus.
• Conquer. Take action and direct — with relentless determination — your head, heart, and hands energy toward your purpose.
• Develop. Establish ways to receive feedback. Open your ears and hear the response. Use the information to adjust as necessary and also build your energy.
• Allow. Let go of attachment toward a certain way to attain your goal. By reducing internal struggle, you increase the impact of your energy.

Are you appropriately persistent?

What’s your level of Persistence? Try taking the Persistence Inventory to determine if you are appropriately persistent. Contact me to receive a copy. Based on your results, you can use techniques explained in my book to strengthen your persistence.

8th Practice of Prosperity

Effective Passionate Pursuers use the 8th Practice of Prosperity: “Mindfully persevere with focused determination toward your goal using a ‘divide and conquer’ approach.” Once committed to a clear purpose or destination, then divide the journey into parts and conquer the whole, piece-by-piece.

Recall that over this year in monthly installments, this newsletter is highlighting each of the “12 Practices of Prosperity” described in my presentations, consulting, coaching, products, and soon-to-be available book, Pursuit of Passionate Purpose. What do I mean by prosperity? All that you want in work and life-real rewards of meaning, satisfaction, results, financial gain, and more.

Good News

FREE NEWSLETTERS. The first seven “Practices of Prosperity,” highlighted in my earlier 2004 newsletters, are posted at my website (www.tmsworld.com/aboutus/index.asp).

MORE HELP IS HERE. Pursuit of Passionate Purpose: Success Strategies for a Rewarding Business Life, available Dec. 2004 from John Wiley & Sons, includes an entire chapter explaining how to put the Persistence Strategy to work and gives examples of how others have done so by creating a positive feedback loop. Give yourself a New Year’s gift and lock in the pre-order discounted rate by ordering now from my Product Catalog.

SPREAD THE NEWS to others who might benefit. Do you know of people and organizations that need a supercharge on how to successfully pursue prosperity and real rewards in life? This work is important to individuals and organizations, large and small. The “Pursuit of Passionate Purpose” approach is proven to create results in marketing, strategic planning, organization development, and more. This message can be delivered in meetings, conferences, and projects.

FREE CONSULTING / SPEAKING OFFER. I reserve a certain number of pro-bono days of consulting and speaking on my schedule for qualified non-profit organizations. If you know of an organization that needs help, please contact me.

Life is Short. Begin Now

Don’t just wish for a prosperous 2004. TAKE ACTION! Use the Persistence success strategy to mindfully continue with focused determination. Let Technology and Management Solutions, the catalyst for your extraordinary results, help you.

Dividing and conquering the heap of hindrances,
Theresa M. Szczurek, Ph.D.
CEO, entrepreneur, and author

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