When your name is called, are you ready for "Showtime" Are you ready to start "Conditioning-4-Excellence" Get prepared to take your performance, business, and personal life to a level you never thought you would reach! Having enjoyed some notable academic, athletic, and entrepreneurial accomplishments in his life, retired NFL player, Lifestyle Coach, Business Consultant, and Motivational Speaker Tim Watson is sharing successful anecdotes from the classroom, field, and life in this semi-autobiographical must read! We must clearly identify our INSPIRATIONS in order to achieve our ASPIRATIONS. This statement is the premise to any true success. Without personally defined motivation, it will be impossible to reach and sustain accomplishments of any real value. This is the only means by which we are able to persevere through challenges and doubt. Intrinsically we are not wired to navigate through and beyond extreme challenge. Our natural tendency is to cease effort when the obstacle appears insurmountable. This book shares principles which address the proper nurturing needed in our Minds, Bodies, and Spirits in order to reach beyond mediocrity and LIVE EXTRAORDINARILY in relationships, careers, fitness, and finances!
Conditioning-4-Excellence
Your Success is in YOU ... LET'S GET IT!By Tim WatsonAuthorHouse
Copyright © 2011 Tim Watson
All right reserved.ISBN: 978-1-4634-3513-4Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................viiAN IDEA IS BORN.............................................viii1. The UPLIFT Objective.....................................12. The X+ Principle..............................33. The Principle of Nurturing...............................64. The Principle of Personal Relativity.....................95. The Iceberg Principle....................................236. The Royal Treatment......................................287. "Talking White"..........................................308. Influential Acquaintance.................................379. Friendship is Essential to the Soul......................4810. Romance: Finding Mr. or Mrs. Right......................5311. What is love?...........................................5712. A Message to Women......................................6213. A Message to Men........................................6714. The Mirage Principle....................................7215. When is it time to move on?.............................7416. The Best Relationship Confidant(e)......................8217. The Dating Game.........................................8618. Who's THE ONE?..........................................8919. The Honor of Parenthood.................................9220. Discovering our P.A.T.S.................................10321. The Success Pyramid.....................................10822. The P5 Principle.............................11523. Plan to T.R.A.P. Success................................11724. Characteristics of Influence............................12125. T.E.A.M.: A Winning Model...............................12626. P.R.O. R.E.A.L.M. Execution.............................12927. The Fallacy of Humility.................................13528. Balanced Plans..........................................14229. Functional Fitness......................................14530. The Tortoise and the Hare Principle.....................14731. Fiscal Fitness..........................................15832. The Success Playbook....................................17033. The+ One Principle...........................172Books Worth Reading:........................................179Wisdom Life Reveals:........................................180Library Of Uplift Aptitudes:................................182Wisdom Quotes:..............................................187ABOUT THE AUTHOR............................................201
Chapter One
UPLIFT EXCELLENCE R.E.A.P. what you S.O.E.™
The UPLIFT Objective
The primary objective of this book is to provide all who read it with UPLIFT personally and professionally. It shares principles designed to be systematically followed in order to live a successful life. Strategically organized to form Systems of Excellence™ (SOE), these principles will help raise your mind, body, and spirit to higher levels.
Systems are organized sets of interrelated principles, ideas, and/or processes used to achieve specific objectives. Excellence is 100% effort while executing within our areas of control. Executing with excellence is the only way to maximize the full potential of our natural talents and developed skills.
"Executing with excellence is the only way to maximize the full potential of our natural talents and developed skills."
Each of us must make a personal decision to best utilize our blessings of time, talent, and treasure. Our stewardship of these three elements is paramount to our success. They must be identified and prioritized by the individual or group in order to execute with excellence.
UPLIFT is significant beyond its literal meaning. United People Living In Foundational Truth also represents components of a successful life:
• United—Peace is a catalyst for progress. Conflict leads to regression. Winners dwell in peace. They can be found on teams united in their objectives and in the processes necessary to achieve them. Our ability to thrive hinges on our willingness to accept and execute whatever role we may have as a member of a united team.
• People—Simply put, the more inclusive we are of other people in our individual life journeys, the more likely we are to be successful. This includes an ability to cultivate relationships with people of various faiths, ethnicities, cultures, and creeds.
• Living—This simple verb encompasses all aspects of our time on earth, whether at our vocation, play or rest. Our lives are not to be lived solely within the "box" of our natural comfort zones. If we don't risk something, we won't accomplish anything.
• In Foundational—It's essential that our life objectives and principles are built on a credible foundation. That which is nurtured in us will be the building blocks for what is produced by us. Our character is not a by-product of tests. It is created in our nurturing, and manifests itself during trials.
• Truth—Being true to oneself will be evident in our ability to live fruitfully. We will always find excellence most attainable within our own unique beliefs, inspirations, talents, and objectives.
Chapter Two
The X
+ Principle™
Here, the letter X is similar to the "unknown" in algebra. No one is born knowing the impact s/he'll make on the world. We all have the free will to "solve" the X in the equation of our lives. It is our choice whether or not we remain a non-factor (an unknown "X") or make our mark on society.
"Activities done by men of evil intent will not ultimately produce positive results."
Unfortunately some have chosen to leave a negative mark. There are many "X minuses" littering the streets and filling our prisons. We even find them in presumably productive settings. X minuses are known by the negativity they leave in their wake. There's a great biblical reference that speaks to the true heart of men as is evidenced in their actions:
"For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart." (Luke 6: 44-45) Activities done by men of evil intent will not ultimately produce positive results. Instead of contributing to society, these people are taking from it. By contrast, the choice of excellence is to become an X+ ("X plus") by making a positive impact.
It is possible for each of us to have a life of prosperity in our own way. This objective is attained by accepting nothing less than excellence. Legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi once shared, "The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor." Excellence is not to be confused with perfection. If perfection were our measuring stick, we would have very little chance for success.
I have been blessed to live an X+ life by design. The principles that were nurtured within me are shared within the chapters...