Your Best Just Got Better

For a few moments, today, pause long enough to think of some of YOUR goals for improving and increasing your connections. I believe that you will be where you are 60 months from now… Working where you work Living where you live Loving who you love Experiencing what you experience 60 months from now you will have what you have based on the 5 or so people you connect the most with. So, starting today, think about those influential people in your life, and consider reaching out to them to reconnect. In this podcast, let me share just a couple of my thoughts about the importance of sincerely connecting with those you work, live and love with. And, when it comes to making your best even better, any of these tactics will help you connect - and communicate - more clearly at work and in life next week (or, this weekend!). Number 1: bring to mind someone influential in your life. Ok, I know that’s a big, heavy prompt. Instead, answer this question - a question I asked 120 business leaders in Mexico last Monday- “W

“If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.” ― Oprah Winfrey So, quick question: How charged are your batters? And, one more: Do you have the momentum you need, to finish the race you’ve started? This week’s podcast will bring to light something that is sure to be of importance to your career AND your life. You have a chance to look at your connections. This month, members of Get Momentum are spending time, energy and focus on building important connections to the people in their networks. So far, the effects have been outstanding. I have gotten emails and been on phone calls with members from Portland, Oregon to Harvey, Western Australia as the tell me that their life is getting better as the spend even a few minutes a day nurturing their networks. In this podcast, you learn how I use my systems and tools, as well as hear about how I’ve built my own little meet-up system so that as I’m out and about I con

There are three things you can do immediately (and one that will take a little bit longer) to create a better, more expansive, more expressive life and career. In this week’s podcast, you’ll hear the tactics the most successful people use as they get from “where they are, to where they want to be.” Now, it’s up to you - first and foremost - to identify your “There.” Where it is you’re marching toward? Once you identify that place, then it’s much easier to push the gas pedal and move in that direction. There are a few ways to identify your destination; I outline them for you in this podcast. The last tip I’ll talk about, it’s one of the most important ones I can tell you about. Looking out into your future, just go 60 months. That’s a mere 5 years. And, if it seems like a long time, just look at your life 5 years ago! I did this recently (by reading through the journal that I kept that year) and realized that what I was experiencing then, the stressors and the wins, pale in comparison to what I’m engaged in

Hiya. You know there is a secret to productivity you learned as a kid, and then for some reason you un-learned it. You let it go. You dropped it. Maybe it was 2nd grade. Maybe it was 12th grade. Maybe it was when you left your last job. The super-skill to getting things done is: Don’t Wait. Now, in this podcast I’m going to turn things upside down and then right side up. You’re going to have to listen to it, maybe twice, to figure out what it is that you can do about this secret. For now, let me give you one part of the secret to living a life that is better, more enjoyable, and provides a bigger/better impact to the world you live in. You ready? Make a list today, for tomorrow. Before you leave the desk, write TWO (yes, only two) things you’re going to work on before noon. Put these on a note card and tape it to your bathroom mirror. Write them on your hand. Call a friend, and ask them to text you mid-morning and at noon tomorrow. However you can create the accountability to DO what you said you’re goi

How fast are you moving? Are you making as much progress on your social AND your professional goals as you’d like? After I saw a movie recently called “Million Dollar Arm,” I realized the importance of running toward a dream. During the month of May, 2014, the GetMomentum coaching community studied and practiced learning the professional skill of “Effective Communication.” So, in this week’s podcast, you’ll learn two ways to focus on important conversations, make the most positive impact you can on others around you, and end a day with less stress and feeling more accomplished. The goal of the Get Momentum methodology is to use the factors that help you get more done, easier, using high impact and leverage able activities you can repeat. Enjoy the cast! Links discussed in this episode: Where’s Womack? Find out where I am and where #CoffeeChats are going on? Let’s meet up! http://WhereIsWomack.com Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes: http://www.wmck.co/thebetterpodcast

In this podcast, I’m going to push on you to question just how you’re managing the “difficult and challenging” emails. Listen in, you’re probably going to hear a tactic that you had thought of before, but might not be using enough these days. Oh, and at the end of this one, a special announcement for you.

What’s the biggest lie you remember someone telling you when you were young? Me…It was when someone put it into my mind that I could say “It’s not fair,” and that it would somehow excuse away whatever was going on. Sure there are negative things, there are hard things, there are challenging things that happen. But, when it comes to life being or not being fair, I think there is more to the puzzle than just words. In this podcast, I’ll share with you something I learned while standing in line waiting to deposit a check with my uncle. Sure it was almost 30 years ago, and I’m continuing to tap in to the lesson behind the memory. I hope it helps you find your own version of my story, the time I can look back on that I learned that what you step in to is what you get. Show up, do good work, and stay in touch. That’s a mantra I talk about in the book, Your Best Just Got Better. And, after you listen to this episode of the podcast, I hope you’ll look around and find a new place to “show up.” Best wishes to you!

When did you first learn about the importance of “the way you talk to yourself?” In this podcast, I’ll share with you when I started learning about the conversations “upstairs,” and how after three decades on the planet I started communicating more effectively. The impact of learning about the power of communication has been huge. Professionally, I’m more successful now than I could have dreamed. Relationship wise, things are continuing to get bigger, more fun, more important, and more challenging. And, when I started studying the psychology of the “inner voices,” and looking at how leaders define themselves, their departments and their organizations not by WHAT they say out loud, but by what’s going on INSIDE as they let the words fly… My life changed. You see, I spend my life studying things things…so you don’t have to. My goal, the overall intention here, is to make it possible for you to be better and better by taking the activities, the ideas, and the insights you get from these I read books. I atten

Potential…How do you define it? And, how do you FIND it? If you’re over 40 years old listening to this podcast, you may have heard this as a kid, “You’re not working to your potential.” (If you’re not over 40, ask someone about “parent - teacher conferences” of the 1970s and 1980s. I believe all my teachers were taught to tell EVERY parent that their child wasn’t working to their potential!) In this podcast, I’m going to share with you one of the most important activities you can do to: Step One: Identify if you’re ready to reach your potential Step Two: Collect the information you need to reach your potential Step Three: Take the first step necessary to reach your full potential In celebration of the 150th episode of the Your Best Just Got Better podcast, I’ve put together a special bonus course just for podcast listeners. Of course, some requirements apply; listen in, lean in, and achieve more!

When it comes to putting your focus where it “needs” to be, how do you do that? And, how can you do it better? In this podcast, you’ll have the opportunity to look at and really question not just WHAT you focus on, but how you can FOCUS even better on what we call the MITs - the Most Important Things (in life, and at work). Before you click play, be sure to get a pen and a piece of paper, or open up a new document in your digital idea-storage system. I promise, you’ll have an idea in the next 3 minutes that will be worth your time. As you are moving toward achieving your goals, make sure you’ve given yourself the gift of your own attention. This can be in thinking, planning or even working on a specific goal, something that if you finished by the end of next month would have a significant, positive impact on your life, and/or the lives of others. As always, I wish you the best.

If you’re on a path to make your best even a little bit better, there are many things you could do…differently. In this week’s podcast, I’ll share three things I learned while I was a guest at the Four Seasons in Jimbaran Bay, Bali, Indonesia. Are you ready? #1. Anticipate their needs. If you’re in the service industry. If you’re a manager. If you’re a community leader… Of, essentially if you’re at all involved in your world (!!!) I’ll challenge you to walk out in it and ask yourself, “How can I help them today to be at their best?” Of course this is a big question; it demands you put yourself second. This is something I saw first-hand over and over again while I was here at the Four Seasons. It feels as if the staff here has a single task: to make it easy for us guests to do whatever it is we seemed to want to do…better. Imagine my surprise when we checked in, and were welcomed with refrigerated hand-towels, cooled and sprayed with mint water. I mean, c’mon, really? It was incredible. Or, when we arri

Greetings from Bali, Indonesia. This week’s podcast is an especially near and dear one to our hearts; for, without what you’ll learn about in this podcast, I do not think we would be where we are: personally or professionally. The point of this cast is to get you thinking about the people you’re spending the most time with. The family members, the co workers, the community members, the friends; each and every person who influences you in some way or another. Sometimes positively and sometimes in negative ways. If you’d like to run a check to see how well you’re doing, just take a look at the last week. Who did you talk to that pushed you forward? Who did you talk to that drug you backward. Who did you talk to that gave you energy? You get it…These are the kinds of questions to ask yourself so that you can begin shifting - in ever so subtle ways - who you spend time with and what you will get from that time. I hope you’ll listen to this podcast, and give yourself the gift of your own attention. You’ll be b

My father in law is consistent in reminding me that “we have our health.” And, if you listened to podcast number 145, I talked about someone in my family whose health is compromised right now; as I record this, his life is still on the line. My ask of each and every one of you is this: Please take your health seriously. Be safe out there. Do things you know you should be doing, and learn things you could be learning. You’ve got this life to live, and we need you around, healthy and happy for a long, long time. To start and then continue this process of being more and more healthy, there are a couple of things I’m going to ask you to consider: 1. Get a check up 2. Drink a little more water today than you did yesterday 3. For the next 5 days, pick a time of the day when you can leave in the MIDDLE of the day and go for a 15 minute walk. 7 and a half minutes out, and 7 and a half minutes back. I learned about the focus on health and wellness by reading a lot of the history and biography of the martial artist

I am not totally sure, but I think it's possible that some people you know may have made it through this entire day without having someone say thank you to them. Maybe, as you've been going through your day you have passed up an opportunity to look someone in the eye, pause take a deep breath in, and let them know how grateful you are. I know, I know, you are busy. As we all are. There is a very simple way you can not only find, but make, time to say thank you to the people who most deserve it. Now, I wonder if you are already thinking, “Jason, people here think you all the time. I see how people are living in a very acknowledgment rich culture.” What I am here to say, east on many years of experiential research, is when I acknowledge someone from a point of human connection, there is something different that happens to and with our relationship. In this week's podcast I outline one activity you can do immediately to test your level of gratitude. How do you score out of 100 points on the chart of gratitude?

When it comes time to follow your dreams, to achieve your goals, to reach your potential, what is the tactic you use to get there? A few years ago, I committed to connecting “seemingly” disconnected things in new (and hopefully useful) ways. One of the ways I do this is by asking people questions. Sometimes serious, sometimes light, ALWAYS interesting to me…the purpose of the questions I ask is to bring the person I’m talking to back to the present. Sure, sometimes the questions go back in the past; but, the purpose of asking them is to set the stage for a conversation that is wrapped around what is CURRENTLY going on. For example, many years ago I started asking parents, “Why did you have children?” Well, I’ve heard a few answers (there really aren’t that many unique ones) and it often leads to a larger discussion of all kinds of topics. But you know what? There is ONE answer I’ve NEVER heard parents give. And, the interesting thing is that for SOME parents, it’s the most important thing - and most time-

Listen in to learn a couple tips that I use almost every single day to really engage in something that I believe is an important factor to personal and professional success!

In last week’s podcast, I asked you, “Who taught you how to argue?” (Here’s the link to Podcast #141 http://womackcompany.com/blog/2014/02/28/episode-141-need-know-hard-day). If you listened to that one, you heard about that crazy travel day I experienced last week. When my flight was delayed, and then canceled, the airline kept my reservation but I realized that I didn’t have a seat on a plane. Finally, we worked it out…And that’s when I realized the power of what I’ll talk about this week: Don’t Wait. While I was working with several clients here in New York City this week, we talked in our one-on-one coaching sessions about 2 specific topics: Focus and Procrastination. You know what’s incredible? The more senior people are, the more they need to focus on their priorities. So, when I’m working with a 10, 15 or even 20 year veteran in an industry, I always bring up this topic of distraction and focus. If you know you’ve been putting something off, do something - anything - to start up (again). Listen to

Who taught you how to argue? Really? When did you learn how to disagree with someone? How do you deal with a situation that’s not going your way? These are questions I thought of after I ended my day last Wednesday. In this podcast, I’ll share a few ideas you can use from a situation I experienced recently. If it helps you make it through that next “tough event,” will you let me know? So, last Wednesday was a travel day. Up at 4:45am to get to the Detroit airport so that I could fly to Dallas, hang out for an hour, and then fly on to San Francisco so I could speak at this event on Thursday. Well, the first part of the day went well, and then it got challenging, hard and surprising over the subsequent few hours. As you listen to this week’s podcast, I hope you’ll think of your own recent example of when things were challenging. Then, see if you come up with a few ideas on how you could respond differently something like this happens. I hope that you get an idea or two that you can use right away…At work, an

Every time you are interrupted or distracted, the energy you were building from moving your project forward is halted, and you need to start over. Too many times, you need to gather new strength to pick up where you left off, and you may waste valuable minutes trying to figure out exactly where that was. Are Distractions Getting In Your Way? Have you noticed that many times when you are focusing on your work and are approaching that momentum where things start to flow easily, you get interrupted? “The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work." W. Edwards Deming American statistician, professor, author, lecturer, consultant and all-round business brain, born in 1900. Now, he was writing about interruptions and distractions throughout the 1960s through the 1980s. Do you know what that number is today? Nearly triple that of what Mr. Deming found in his consulting work… In this podcast, I will teach you 2 ways you can not just avoid distrac

As you listen to this episode of the Your Best Just Got Better podcast, I hope you will take time and really consider all the different aspects of how limitations may actually help you be more productive. At the beginning of the podcast you will hear me talking about a very influential book in my bookcase, it is called Tuesdays with Morrie. And it is an amazing example of how by having known limitations it was actually possible for the author, Mitch album, to have an income relatively rich connected experience. Now, I’m not going to go into detail in this blog post about that book, however, it may be worth it for you after you listen to the podcast to consider picking up at least an online version of that book. In this podcast, you'll learn how to use limitations to get ahead. For a few moments, consider the kinds of things you KNOW you have in limited supply: Resources Money Time Just over a week ago, I posted a Discussion Prompt for the global community of GET MOMENTUM members to consider. For several d