Re-Position Your Expectations

RE-POSITION YOUR BUSINESS & LIFE!

This week we will focus on the theme of re-positioning.  If you are not happy with the direction that your business and/or your life is headed then redesign it by re-positioning three key components. Specifically, your expectations, your words and your actions need to change if you desire a new result. 
 
Today we focus on re-positioning your expectations.

“Will Smith has made Hollywood history.  And his personal “magic formula” can accelerate your business growth, and income.  His most recent film, Hancock, brought in $107.3 million in box office receipts in the first week.  This makes him the first actor to star in eight straight movies that brought in over $100 million. 

Simply put, Will Smith is the industry’s most “bankable” man.  How does he do it?       A recent USA Today article reveals his secret:  “I study patterns,” he says. “Nine out of the top 10 biggest movies of all times have special effects; eight out of 10 have creatures in them; seven out of 10 have a love story. So if you want a hit, you might want to throw those in the mix.   I just study patterns and try to stand where lightning strikes.”

Re-Positioning
Dewitt Jones - a freelance photographer for National Geographic has a favorite credo “position yourself in the place of highest potential.”  Do you see a striking similarity with Will Smith’s strategy of studying where lightning strikes and simply move to that location in advance?
 
This sums up the essence of re-positioning.  If your business and/or life are not running as you want, not providing the results you desire, not meeting your expectations, and/or falling short of your hopes and dreams - then you need to re-position yourself in some way.  Simply doing the same things over and over, expecting a different result is madness - I think Albert Einstein was the one that said as much.
 
A critical skill in business is the ability to pause, find a vantage point that allows you to see 360 degrees - behind, ahead, and all around your current location/place.  By temporarily stopping from working in your business, and taking some time to work on your business, important revelations can come forth.
 
In fact, a previous Weekly Trio discussed three keys to creating a new, better result: 1) rest; 2) reflection; and 3) revelation.  This new, better result fits hand in glove with the concept of re-positioning.
 
Re-Position Your Expectations
The first of the applications of re-positioning is relative to your expectations.  During your time of rest/reflection/revelation - ask yourself - what expectations do you have for your business and your life?  Are they aggressive, growth oriented, positive, bold, huge, even scary BIG?
 
What you expect - you tend to get.  So if your results are not what you want, examine your expectations.  Over time, it is easy to let the world wear you down and cause you to lower your expectations, let them turn sour and/or south (neither one is good!).
 
If you are recognizing that the above description identifies current symptoms that you may have, then it is time to do something about it.  Congratulations on a first step of recognition.  Now you need to make some changes.  A good next step is to examine your association and determine if that may be part of the problem.  Hang out with others that have high expectations and you will tend to follow suit.
 
Change your expectations as a key first strategy to re-position your business and your life!

DAILY PRAYER  
The Bible and the Christian walk is all about transforming lives.  To transform or change requires a re-positioning.  Lord, help us follow Your model, Your Word and Your desire for us.  Give us the hunger and courage to truthfully examine where we are, where we need to be, and to raise our expectations, our vision and our dreams.  Bring into our lives, the people, circumstances and resources to help us re-position our business and our life.  In Jesus name, Amen.
 
Study the patterns in your industry - look for the lightning.  Find the location of highest potential - then get about moving that way.  Start by re-positioning your expectations!
 
Grace and peace multiplied to you.