The only constant is change. The only way to keep constant with change is to keep learning and growing as life changes.

Today's TQ Challenge: Embrace Change -- Grow With the Flow.

1. Choose to be PROGRESSIVE! What new thing have you learned today?

2. Choose to be GROWING! Do you keep up to date with your professional reading?

3. Choose to be FLEXIBLE! Are there any seminars or workshops coming up that would be beneficial for you to attend?

There are no limits to who you can become. The only constant is change -- and the only way to keep up with change is to learn and grow. The more you learn and grow, the more progressive and effective you'll become. Keep expanding your possibilities by being open and receptive to new ideas. If you're not constantly improving your learning power, you're falling farther behind -- and your earning power may be falling even faster.

"People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves." ~ Tryon Edwards

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If you want a "dream job," combine your dreams with your jobs. Then write a job description that emphasizes the dream -- not the job.

Today's TQ Challenge: Establish the Role You will Play to Achieve Your Dreams.

1. Choose to be RESPONSIBLE! Which, if any, are you missing: a vision, or a job for your vision?

2. Choose to be ACCOUNTABLE! When could you write several paragraphs about the vision you have for your job?

3. Choose to be DEPENDABLE! What would be your "dream job"? Can you articulate it?

Every role -- every part you play -- deserves its own dedicated mission. Define what's most important to you in each role and make that your mission for the role. Nothing is more powerful than clearly identifying the contribution you will make to guarantee that each of your visions will come true. When you promise yourself, "This is what I will do," you define the roles that will make the biggest difference in your life.

"We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs." ~ Gloria Steinem

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Rx: To maintain a high energy level, take moderate physical activity three times a day with healthful meals.

Today's TQ Challenge: Exercise Daily.

1. Choose to be STRONG! During an average 24-hour day, when do you feel the least like doing anything?

2. Choose to be FIT! What else could you accomplish if you were able to maintain peak energy level for all 1000 minutes?

3. Choose to be VIGOROUS! If 15 minutes of exercise would buy you 2 hours of additional productive time, wouldn't that be a worthwhile investment?

A regular exercise routine guarantees higher energy, an improved mental state, weight control, increased stamina, improved health and reduced stress. What else do you need to know? Your personal performance depends on it -- so get on it. Make your exercise program fun and rewarding. Schedule it into your day planner. Because it has such a positive impact on every aspect of your performance, regular exercise is the single most important personal appointment you can make.

"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before." ~ Steve Young

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Goals must be continuously reinforced with the passion and the reasons for attaining the goal.

Today's TQ Challenge: Persist With Passion Until the Desired Results are Attained.

1. Choose to be PERSISTENT! How many of your daily routines are directly tied to your goals?

2. Choose to be TENACIOUS! What neglected commitment can you attend to today?

3. Choose to be DETERMINED! Which activities in tomorrow's schedule will payoff your most important goals?

Setting a goal is never enough. To reach your goal, you must continue to take whatever actions are necessary until you finally succeed. While success is never guaranteed, if you don't persevere to the end, it will never come your way. Of all the skills to master, determination and persistence are two of the most important. You can have a perfect game plan but if you lack persistence, you may as well forfeit the game before you even start to play.

"Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it." ~ Irving Berlin

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Do first things first today. Finish them first, too.

Today's TQ Challenge: Do What's Important Next -- Regardless of Difficulty.

1. Choose to be DISCIPLINED! Have you skipped anything on your list today? Ready to go back?

2. Choose to be DEDICATED! What are you telling yourself when you've skipped over an important item several days in a row?

3. Choose to be SELF-CONTROLLED! What can you do to make sure that you address your top projects first thing tomorrow?

The next item on your prioritized list of things to do needs to be promptly completed -- or it wouldn't be on your list in the first place. Don't go around it. You waste time and energy when you avoid doing what you know you should do. Arrange items on your to-do list in order of importance, then start at the top and work down. Make it a rule: never purposely skip an item just because you don't feel like doing it.

"Take a lesson from the mosquito. She never waits for an opening -- she makes one." ~ Kirk Kirkpatrick

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When your success depends on procedures, depend on checklists.

Today's TQ Challenge: Minimize Mistakes by Following Checklists.

1. Choose to be THOROUGH! How often do you perform your present task?

2. Choose to be METHODICAL! Would putting your repeated routines on a list help streamline them?

3. Choose to be CONSCIENTIOUS! Whom can you put in charge to oversee your daily checklists?

Everybody makes mistakes. That's okay. But repeating the same kind of mistakes is not. Checklists are lifesavers when it comes to getting everything done correctly the first time. Ever gone camping without matches? Taken a sales order without turning it in? Held a meeting, but forgot to inform a key participant? Checklists are easy to create and simple to complete. Just make a list of all of the crucial elements that must be completed to be successful. Next, work your way down through the list -- item-by-item.

"Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well." ~ John W. Gardner

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That is more than enough time to get a global perspective on what's going on, process what is being said, and form an opinion.

Think about this.

There are only 1,440 minutes in a day (24 hours x 60 minutes).

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If you do the best you can, given the circumstances in which you find yourself, what more is there?

Better.

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This is a major driver of success, both personally and professionally. It is not hard to focus, if you know what's important to you, and what's not.

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As those of you who have read The Power of TQ know, my definition of success is simply this: "The peace of mind that comes from knowing you have done your very best."

As General Patton says, if you do your best, what more is there?

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If you are not GETTING what you want out of life, maybe you're not GIVING enough to it.

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