Becoming a Proactive Person

Audio Transcription

Learn to live a proactive life. During today’s Thrive Time Business Coach Radio Show, Clay Clark teaches the specific steps one must take on a daily basis to become a proactive person in a world where most people live in permanently reactive state.

In the first segment Clay will discuss finding your core flow and your place for planning. He will deep dive into 1.Blocking Out Time for Planning, 2.Recruiting Employees, and 3.Hire Character and Train Skill.

During segment two Clay will explain that When You Hire Low Character People You Will Spend All of Your Time Training and Motivating.
Notable Quotable – “Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It’s just cultural. People just don’t want to do it.” – Jack Welch

In the third segment Clay will explain When You Hire High Character People, You Can Quickly Teach Skills and Focus on Long-Term Planning. He will specifically talk about 1.Teaching the Core Skill, 2.Demonstrating those Skills, 3.Having them Demonstrate Their Mastery, 4.Providing Clear Daily Checklists, and 5.Providing Clear Key Performance Indicators.
Notable Quotable – ““I had a client that had terrible meetings, so they stopped having them altogether. No meetings, ever. Wow. Talk about throwing the baby out with the bath water.”

In segment four Clay will discuss the Long-Term Planning that Must Occur in a Place Where You Are Not Emotionally Reactive.
Notable Quotable – “Most people spend more time planning a vacation than they do planning a life” – Chet Homes

During segment five Clay will expresses how important it is to Learn How to Break Down Your Long-Term Goals Into S.M.A.R.T. Goals.
Specific
Measurable
Actionable
Realistic
Timely

In segment six Clay will say You Must Learn to Capture Your Big Ideas On Paper as They Come In.
Notable Quotable – “First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.” – Napoleon Hill

In segment seven Clay will talk about Learning How to Become a Dream Catcher without Being a Dreamer. Specifically, that “Idea Only Guys” are usually poor…you ultimately have to get things done.
Notable Quotable – “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill

During segment eight Clay will teach you to Embrace a Sustainable and Daily Grind.
Notable Quotable – “The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.” – Napoleon Hill