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ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS

Distractions are all around us. Distractions are part of the background. Distractions are here to stay. Distractions are here to shift our focus from what is important, what is relevant to the irrelevant.

HEY! Look at that shiny object.

Self-Leaders must learn to deal with those distractions either by cutting through them, going over, under or around them. No matter what you do, working with the distractions cannot be done. That is worse that multi-tasking.

You must do what you can to keep those distractions at bay.

REMEMBER: ACTION is ALWAYS greater than WORDS

Get to work,
David Guerra, MBA
author of THE WALKING LEADER

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PLAN TO WIN

WHEN IT COMES TO ANY KIND OF BATTLE, KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER WITHIN YOU TO DO WHAT MUST BE DONE: WIN
Whenever lines are drawn, sides are chosen, and stands are final, know that you have entered into combat. Whether it is for country, property, love, or whatever trivial matter that puts you on that battlefield. Know that both sides approach that battlefield with the intention of achieving only ONE outcome and that is to WIN.
When you find yourself on the battlefield know that those that stand opposite you are SOLELY there to BEAT YOU, to DEFEAT YOU, to MAKE YOU LOSE. They are there to show you that you are not worthy.
When you step on the field of battle YOU had better be prepared to stand up, defend yourself, take the fight to them or find yourself lacking. If you find yourself incapable of defeating your opponent, why bother? Know the time has come for you to throw yourself on the ground, curl up in the fetal position and beg for mercy.
Mercy you know they will not give you, mercy you do NOT deserve. They want to win and they will do what it takes, including showing you NO mercy.
Please know there is NO SUCH THING AS A FAIR FIGHT, because in any fight there can only be ONE WINNER!

Thank you,
David Guerra

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Leadership

PLAN FOR SUCCESS

When it comes working on our focus or our success or whatever we must work on to succeed, there is one thing that must be done: PLAN.

Planning is a CRITICAL component to SUCCESS.

As the ever popular and TRUTHFUL old adage goes, “When you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”

Thus, when you plan to succeed, you succeed.

However, when creating that plan there is one thing to remember: Adjust for all things including DISTRACTIONS. While all plans cannot be all encompassing, there is no reason to exclude distractions and how you plan to deal with them, when they arrive.

When it comes to distractions it is NOT a matter of if you will be distracted but when!

Get to work.

REMEMBER: ACTION is ALWAYS greater than WORDS

Get to work,
David Guerra, MBA
author of THE WALKING LEADER