“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

What one new habit will you focus on in January 2010 to set the stage for the most fruitful year and decade of your life?

I want to start off this new year and new decade by sharing with YOU one of the most profound messages about habits I have ever come across.

In his book “The Greatest Salesman in the World,” Og Mandino wrote “Good habits are the key to all success!” Dr. Mike Murdock, founder of the Wisdom Center, writes “Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do occasionally!”

Dr. Jerry Falwell was known as a man of “Every day” – living out daily habits that bore much fruit. One of Dr. John Maxwell’s latest books is titled “Make Today Count: The Secret of Your Success Is Determined by Your Daily Agenda.”

Do you get it? Good habits are the key to YOUR success. But how do you go about establishing good habits?

I believe in Chapter 5 of his book “The Power of Less,” Leo Babauta shares one of the simplest and most powerful answers. Here is what Leo writes:

“The only way you’ll form long-lasting habits is by applying the Power of Less: focus on one habit at a time, one month at a time, so that you’ll be able to focus all your energy on creating that one habit.”

Leo then recommends a 30-DAY CHALLENGE. Here’s how it works:

1. Select one habit for the Challenge. Only one habit per month. You can choose any habit – whatever you think will have the biggest impact on your life.

2. Write down your plan. You will need to specifically state what your goal will be each day, when you’ll do it, what your “trigger” will be (the event that will immediately precede the habit that’s already a part of your routine – such as exercising right after you brush your teeth), who you will report to (see below).

3. Post your goal publicly. Tell as many people as possible that you are trying to form your new habit. I suggest an online forum, but you could email it to coworkers and family and friends or otherwise get the word out to a large group.

4. Report on your progress daily. Each day, tell the same group of people whether or not you succeeded at your goal.

THE RULES

There are only a few rules you need to follow to make this Challenge a success. If you follow these rules, it would be hard for you not to form a new habit by the end of the 30 days.

Do only one habit at a time. Do not break this rule, because I assure you that if you do multiple habits at once, you will be much less likely to succeed. Trust me – I’ve tried both ways many times, and in my experience there is 100% failure for forming multiple habits at once, and a 50-80% success if you do just one habit at a time – depending on whether you follow the rest of these rules.

Choose an easy goal. Don’t decide to do something really hard, at least for now. Later, when you’re good at habit changes, you can choose something harder. But for now, do something you know you can do every day. In fact, choose something easier than you think you can do every day. If you think you can exercise for 30 minutes a day, choose 10 minutes – making it super easy is one of the surest ways to ensure you’ll succeed.

Choose something measurable. You should be able to say, definitively, whether you were successful or not today. If you choose exercise, set a number of minutes or something similar (20 minutes of exercise daily, for example). Whatever your goal, have a measurement.

Be consistent. You want to do your habit change at the same time every day, if possible. If you’re going to exercise, do it at 7 a.m. (or 6 p.m.) every day, for example. This makes it more likely to become a habit.

Report daily. You could check in every 2 or 3 days, but you’ll be more likely to succeed if you report daily. This has been proven over and over again in the Challenges.

Keep a positive attitude! Expect setbacks now and then, but just note them and move on. No embarrassment in this challenge.

MY HABIT TO FOCUS ON IN JANUARY 2010

Here is what Jesus told me during my 2-way journaling time today:

Randy, the habit I want you to focus on in January is Journaling using “Yesterday… and Prayer Power” and “3 MIT’s (Most Important Tasks).” Every day I want you to take at least one action step toward your annual goal of selling one million copies of UNCOMMON Journaling for Breakthroughs. As Seth said, set a goal of selling 500 copies of UJFB in January. You can take a step toward that goal today by writing a YDB devotional about habits today. Start now. Share what I have placed on your heart. Call it The Power of Less.

Prayer Power
Heavenly Father, thank You for working in my life to reveal the secret of establishing powerful new habits – focusing on only one each month. Touch the hearts of those who read and listen to this message to take the 30-Day challenge and apply this very important life lesson. Speak to each one of them as to what one habit You want them to focus on during the next 30 days. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen and Hallelujah!

Blessings for godly discernment about one new habit to focus on during the next 30 days!

Randy Peck, M.D.
“Blessed to be a blessing”
THE CONNECTOR and The Journal Guy

Blessings of the Day

1) Relationships Restored – The Power Of Being A Friend Will Be Unleashed In 2010

2) How to Be More Fruitful by Lynne Lee

3) Francis Frangipane: Everyone Who Seeks God Can Find Him

4) Francis Frangipane – Becoming Christlike – great YouTube video message
God doesn’t want to protect me. He wants to perfect me.
My goal is not to be saved, but to become Christ-like.
God needs an evil world so we can become righteous in it.
It’s time for us to grow up.

5) Bill Yount: Blowing the Shofar Ministries – a powerful radio message
You are God’s plan A. There is no Plan B.
When we repent, God can turn a mistake into a miracle.

6) You Raise Me Up

A team is a group of people doing something together to produce a specific result or outcome. None of us, no matter how good we are can be great at everything. So what are 6 key advantages of teams?

Advantage 1: Increases productivity
Organizations are continuously looking for efficiency or productivity gains as a source of competitive advantage. Teams, especially those that are close to the point of delivery can identify what needs to change to boost productivity better than any group of senior managers could ever hope to. Let the team focus on productivity and the organisation gains.

Advantage 2: Improves communication skills
For teams to succeed they need to be able to get their messages across, listen effectively to other points of view and build on ideas. As a result of being on the team, people are getting the opportunity to develop and improve their communication skills.

Advantage 3: Diversity of skills
Some people in organisations thrive in dealing with the big picture stuff. Others get their kick from getting immersed in the detail. There will be others who thrive on idea generation and others who love to take something from concept to finished article. This diverse range of people skills and working together have the potential to deliver a much better solution than any one individual could ever hope to do.

Advantage 4: Improved problem solving
Think about a time when you had a problem that you needed to solve. You probably get so far and then end up getting stuck because of your own range of experience or knowledge. When you have access to the wider range of skills and knowledge you ultimately solve problems faster and better.

Advantage 5: Process improvement
Few business processes operate in isolation just within one area of the organisation. They tend to cross functions and even geographical boundaries. A team with insights of different parts of the process will clearly be better placed to make successful process improvements.

Advantage 6: Smarter use of resources
When a team has focus on getting a specific result, chances are they will find creative ways of using the resources at their disposal rather than focusing on the constraints.

Bottom Line – There are numerous advantages of teams. What else would you add to the list of advantages.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps professional people to improve their leadership and management skills and getting better results through teams. For information about services and programmes click here.

Hello!

Bernadette Doyle and Stephen Beck here with some great news about our webinar last night “Get Wildly Wealthy With Webinars“…we got all of the video *and* audio posted online for you.

Which means if you missed out on the live event, had computer difficulties or just wanted to watch it again, then you can view the video of the entire event again.

Here is the link for the replay:
http://www.WildlyWealthyWebinars.com/BernadetteDoyleReplay/
(pardon the echo on Bernadette. Stephen does not have an echo)

But don’t forget…

You can claim your “Get Wildly Wealthy with Webinars” Home Study Course for the special LOW WEBINAR PRICE, but only until Thursday, November 12 at 11pm (eastern). And we have a 2-pay option if you prefer that.

But after the deadline, the course returns to its original price. Save by acting quickly!

OFFER DEADLINE: Thursday, November 12, at 11pm (eastern)

You can get that by going here:
http://www.WildlyWealthyWebinars.com/BernadetteDoyleReplay/

A comment from last night’s webinar…
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So much good and positive helpful information!!! Love the list-sharing, and all the ideas for product marketing. Huge insight into the way technology can take over from the need to run workshops and seminars – and the concept of taking teaching and education into virtual reality…. WONDERFUL STUFF!

I would only recommend this product to people working in a different arena to myself! Tessa St John Hughes, Clapham, London, GB
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Thanks again – we appreciate you spending time with us last night!

Sincerely,

Stephen Beck

P.S. – Webinars are the best sales tool on the Internet …bar none! Check out the resource below:
http://www.WildlyWealthyWebinars.com/BernadetteDoyleReplay/

Here are more comments from last night’s webinar…

How easy it can be to create a webinar and a follow-on product.
Anyone can benefit from this course. Simone Niles. Hounslow, GB

How to provide a powerful message to interested parties globally from the comfort of your own office. There are many business acquaintances of mine who could make great use of this information. Simon Davies, Oxford, GB

The possibility of having the technology demistified. Things have been made very clear in simple language with the potential to have all my questions answered. Kate Elliott, Holywood, GB

It is possible for me to utilize this method for my new business! Michelle White, Orange CA, US

Webinar models were great! Berry Winter, Hailsham, GB

I get the concept and see the incredible opportunities it presents… Helen Evans, London, GB

I had never thought about all the products that could be created from a webinar. Great content. Joyce Averils, Decatur GA, US

Belief that webinars work …you modelled what you practiced. Useful and easy to understand. Ntathu Allen, London, GB

That anything can be sold using the various webinar methods. Diana Rosen, Miami FL, US

Using one webinar to create more products and the ability to build email list were my two biggest take-aways! Very valuable. Everyone can use webinars no matter what they are selling. I like the idea of educating people with excruciating detail then showing them you can help by doing it for them. Megan Brice, Orewa, NZ

The idea of presenting a free webinar to promote a series of webinar classes. Very informative and easy to see the benefits. Jane Brocklebank, Maidenhead, GB

Great content from beginning to end. I’m particularly interested in the Model Number 2 – Promoting a Service as I’m a Heritage Property Professional. The concept of educating via a webinar and Powerpoint will fit in very well with my niche. Anyone with a business needs this course! Sarah Lowe, Ludlow, GB

Production of so many different products from one webinar to clients. Coral Jones, Bristol, GB

Blear and to the point. good ideas. practical advice. Louise Holmes, Brooklyn NY, US

Confidence to start my own webinar. Liked the idea of using it as a test before creating a class. Pam Carruthers, Hove, GB

It’s simpler than I thought it would be! Loreen Townsend, Enterprise KS, US

Very useful for growing their lists and creating products. Sharon Nicholl, Bath, GB

Do it! You will get comprehensive help to get started. Jeremy Woods, Ovington, Thetford, GB

Ideas for how to to structure webinars Definitely because it was put across well and I was left with the knowledge there’s a lot more that will make life easy in the full product. Sharon Stiles, Bristol, GB

The way Stephen sold the product effortless demonstrating the content live with his product! Yes because you can really see how you can make money fast and effortlessly. Thank you and I hope I am one of your 3 first people!

Many thanks too Bernadette for bringing Stephen to our attention most grateful and look forward to more connections. Atiya Chaudhry-Green, Nottingham, GB

It has opened my mind about a new way of marketing. Potentially a way to make money on the internet. Chris Reynolds, Whitley Bay, GB

That it looks more accessible than I thought. I recommend the course – to let them know how straight forward it is. David Klaasen, Colchester, GB

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During our biweekly Coaches Mastermind Group call this morning, Lynne Lee shared a testimony of how Kevin Nations’ free telecall on October 29 resulted in an immediate and complete mind shift regarding her value and expertise. That in turn resulted in significant financial fruit in less than 24 hours. I experienced something similar.

Our Mastermind members requested a link to hear the replay of Kevin’s call. After sending that to them, I was prompted to email each of the Web 2.0 course members to share this blessing.

1) Link to audio replay of Kevin Nations teleseminar “Prospects Seduction Blueprint” – http://ProspectSeduction.com/replay

2) My notes from Kevin Nations teleseminar “Prospects Seduction Blueprint”
http://prospernow777.com/files/pdf/prospects-seduction-blueprint.pdf

3) BONUS: p 51 of Randy’s journaling e-book about the power of FOCUS and writing goals down
http://prospernow777.com/files/pdf/journaling_get-organized.pdf

Blessings to break through!

Randy Peck, M.D.
“Blessed to be a blessing”
THE CONNECTOR and The Journal Guy