Table of Contents:

1. The One-Minute TIP
2. Welcome Notes
3. Nothing Changes Until Something Changes
4. Quotes of the Week
5. Strictly Business:  Define Your Results in Advance
6. Resources and Tools for YOUR Success!
7. Humor:  Qantas Airlines

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1. The One-Minute TIP

Nothing will change until something changes. What steps or changes will move you forward this week? What must you read or learn? What must you do, or stop doing? What must you invest? Who should you call, or stop calling? If your dreams and goals are truly important to you, do one thing different this week. Take a step. Try a new way. Just do it!


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2. Welcome Notes

I’m not a big sports fan, but no one could miss the preparations for our local University of Oregon “Ducks” to host California this Saturday. The town is alive with Duck colors (yellow and green) and everyone seems to have a flag or sticker on their car. Even better, as I write this on Friday morning, Mother Nature is promising a classic “football Saturday” with cool temperatures and the smell of autumn in the air. One of the major television networks is in town and it should be a great game.

As I say, I’m not much of a fan, but it’s good to celebrate the traditions that bring us together. So in that spirit, “Go Ducks!” (And may your favorite team win, too!)

On a much more somber note, this week, Mary and I spent time watching Ken Burns' new film about World War II on public television. I found it incredibly hard to watch, and hard to turn away.

I do not know the answer to terrorism or hate, but the horrors of war know no bounds. In this time of tension, let us pray that we might live together in peace and mutual respect.

In your community or corner of the world, reach out to your neighbors. Make your contribution. Share your life, your hope and your bounty. The future of our small planet depends upon it.


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3:  Nothing Changes Until Something Changes

I've often said I've never met a lazy person. I often meet folks who are stuck or frustrated, or who seem to go in directions that make no sense to me, but I've never met anyone who doesn't want more of some things and less of something else. As the Dalai Lama notes, we are designed to move toward happiness and away from suffering. We're built that way.

I have noticed with increasing frequency, however, that we often work really hard to accomplish very little. We are a stubborn lot! We try and try, and try again, even though our favorite strategy isn't working, and there is little evidence it will ever work. And yet, we keep on trying.

Most of the people who will read this actually live pretty comfortable lives. You have a computer. You are educated and have job skills. You may live in a wealthy country, are probably fairly healthy, and the essentials of life—food, clothing, shelter, perhaps even a savings plan—are taken care of. So, it might make sense for TIP's readers to be quite content and to want very little.

But that is not what I hear from clients, or in my email. We are a very ambitious group! We want more money, more time, more personal fulfillment, more satisfying work, and so forth. We are restless, and I love that!

But it also raises the obvious question, Why aren't we getting the things we say we want?

We live in a golden age of opportunity and plenty. Over any 5-year period, you can have, see, do or become just about anything you desire. You can visit Antarctica—Mary and I did that in 2002. You can get an advanced degree, become wealthy, run a marathon, start a band, or move to Alaska. There are no limits!

So, why aren't we getting the things we say we want?

My blunt answer is this: Many of us are using ineffective strategies. We have goals or desires or dreams, but we are pursuing them with strategies that have almost no chance of succeeding. We have been "trying" for years without success, and yet we keep on doing the same things in the same ways, year after year. That is really dumb!

If you are not reaching your goal, you have two basic choices: change your goal, or change your strategy. You either "get this" or you don't. What more can I say?

The reality is that you CAN be happy in this life. You can make money, if that is your goal. You can raise happy, healthy kids if that is your dream. You can build a huge company or start a charitable foundation. You can write a book or teach high school or do whatever fills your heart with joy.

But to have those things in your life, something must change. If your current strategy isn't working, tell the truth about that. If you've had a major goal for more than a year and it isn't happening, ask why not! Question your approach. Get better advice. Do something different!

And, above all, acknowledge the things that have to change in order to make room for your goal to arrive. Who will you have to become? What will you have to stop doing? Who or what will have to exit your life in order for new realities to be at home in your world?

Nothing will change until something changes. What steps or changes will move you forward this week? What must you read or learn? What must you do, or stop doing? What must you invest? Who should you call, or stop calling? If your dreams and goals are truly important to you, do one thing different this week. Take a step. Try a new way. Just do it!


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4. Quotes of the Week

"Follow your bliss."
                                      -- Joseph Campbell

"If you are clear about what you want, the world responds with clarity."
                                      -- Loretta Staples

“Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.”
                                      -- Grace Hansen

"We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom and love and joy. Let us make this the human experience."
                                      -- Gary Zukav


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5. Strictly Business:  Define Your Results in Advance

This week, one of my clients wrote his summary of the month, and realized he had mis-dated the document for October. In noting this, he made the discovery that writing his "end of month report" before the month starts is a powerful way to define exactly what his priorities for the month really are.

Too often in business (and in life) our "goal statements" are more like wish lists, or the Christmas lists children send to Santa Claus. They are statements of what we would like or hope for, not necessarily descriptions of the actions, efforts, and decisions we are committed to taking.

By writing your "end of month" report in advance, you describe your specific results in advance, and in business, we know that only results really count. By describing in detail precisely what you did, what you earned, what you achieved or accomplished or learned, you are describing "outcomes," rather than wishes. Critical distinction!

Your business will not grow because of your intentions, desires, hopes or dreams. Your customers will never know how much you care if you merely think or worry about them all day long. One phone call or a short note often produces more results than a "ton" of thinking about it!

Define your outcomes in advance. List your results in real terms—pounds and dollars and dates—and then commit to producing the results you've described. That is a far more effective goal statement than any Christmas wish list!


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6. Resources and Tools for YOUR Success!

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Back in 1935, Napoleon Hill wrote that a “MasterMind” group was the one essential behind every successful person he interviewed! And yet very few people create a Mastermind team to help them achieve their most important goals in life! Now you can! Most people “don’t know how” or they fear they “wouldn’t know who to ask.” Now, I’ve written the manual! I’ve create a “recipe” so you can create your own MasterMind whenever you wish! I’ve included suggestions for where, when and how often to meet. I’ve even included simple scripts to get you started. Check it out!

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7. Humor:  Qantas Airlines

Once again, I want to thank my friend and resident humorist, Dolly, for some great humor.

Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor. Here are some logged maintenance complaints by QANTAS pilots and the corrective action recorded by mechanics. And by the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident.

(P stands for the problem the pilots entered in the log, and  S stands for the corrective action taken by the mechanics.)

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Test flight OK, except auto land very rough.
S: Auto land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on backorder.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200-fpm descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're there for!

P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windscreen.
S: Suspect you're right.

P: Number 3 engine missing. (note: this was for a piston-engine airplane; the pilot meant the engine was not running smoothly)
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed radar with words.

P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.


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Be kind to yourself and to someone else, and have a
wonder-FULL week!



Philip E. Humbert, PhD,
President, The Philip E. Humbert Group, Inc.


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