Do you know what really differentiates the
winners from the losers in this metaphorical race we
call “business success”??
Intelligence? Money? Luck? Influence? Is it...?
These assets can certainly enhance your success. Yet
there is still one secret ingredient... beyond all else...
that can and will determine whether you win or lose in
the business world.
Can you guess what it is? You give up??!!
The single most powerful ingredient to performance
mastery... the one that above all else separates the
Olympic Gold from those who never get to the the finish
line... is what I call “The Last Mile Advantage”.
> What is the “Last Mile Advantage”?
It is giving your goal everything you got... and
sometimes more... in that last mile of your race to get
to your finish line.
You see it all the time in the Olympics. Hitting the
“wall”, incurring an injury, falling off track... yet
somehow, somewhere that athlete taps into their inner
power to not only finish the race, but to also win it.
As business owners, we are constantly being challenged
to find the strength within to get to the finish line at
each stage of our business. “The journey of a 1000 miles
does begin with the first step”, but the true leaps, the
true growth, the true breakthroughs happen in the last
mile of the race.
Sounds simple yet so few business owners ever really
get to the finish line
As a business coach, I have watched literally hundreds of
businesses - on the verge of a breakthrough - die, falter
or never even get off the ground. They gave up in the last
5% in pursuing their business goals and visions. Getting
to the 5 yard line is not good enough in the business world.
You must get into the end zone for the touch down.
>> COACH'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
If you want success, you must get brutally honest with
yourself. In the last year, what high priority projects,
goals or visions you have procrastinated on, put on the
back burner or walked away from? If you were to
go the “extra mile”... the last 5%... to complete one of
those goals, how would your business be different?
What step can you take today to to get to the finish line?
About the Author
Denise Corcoran is a Master Business Coach,
Strategic Consultant and Breakthrough Catalyst.
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