Stressful situations are the most important times to exercise, eat well and keep a balanced perspective. You can't be effective if you're worn out.

Today's TQ Challenge: Exercise Daily.

1. Choose to be STRONG! How well are you taking care of yourself today?

2. Choose to be FIT! What are you doing right now to support your emotional, spiritual and physical needs?

3. Choose to be VIGOROUS! What can you plan today to help you better deal with stress tomorrow?

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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Determination and persistence will carry you to victories others proclaimed "impossible."

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

1. Choose to be PERSISTENT! What task will you accomplish today, no matter what?

2. Choose to be TENACIOUS! What project will you accomplish this week, no matter what?

3. Choose to be DETERMINED! What goal will you reach this month, no matter what?

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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Fear comes from uncertainty and ignorance. To reduce fear, get more information now -- and act on it.

Today's TQ Challenge: Use FEAR as a Call to Immediate ACTION... Conquer that Fear by Expanding Your Comfort Zone.

1. Choose to be COURAGEOUS! What have you previously been afraid to do that you would be willing to take on right now?

2. Choose to be UNDAUNTED! What action can you take right now to subdue one of your demons?

3. Choose to be BOLD! What steps can you schedule right now to begin tackling your biggest fear?

When you are stopped by fear, you almost always fail. Every type of fear -- physical, emotional or social -- has the beneficial purpose of protecting you from harm. However, this does not mean you must always stop. Remember this: thought directs action. Confirm the value of your goal and the appropriateness of your actions. Then, consciously choose to focus on more productive thoughts. Master this and you can act in spite of your fear -- and continue toward your desired goal.

"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right!" ~ Henry Ford

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Make goal setting your number one goal.

Today's TQ Challenge: Clearly Define the MOST Desired Outcome Possible.

1. Choose to be FULFILLED! Do you know any highly productive person who doesn't have goals?

2. Choose to be PURPOSEFUL! Don't be clueless. Get a goal! Are your energies focused on a goal today?

3. Choose to be WELL-ROUNDED! When you plan each day, do you prioritize your daily agenda by specific goals to be achieved?

Creating an ideal life, where all of your roles are completely fulfilled, starts with setting clear goals. If you never define what you expect, you will only get what life gives you -- and that may be a whole lot less than what you want. Why leave things to chance? Every major interest and role in your life deserves its own series of goals. Clearly defined goals for each of your roles provides a rewarding direction -- and an ever-present purpose for each area of your life.

"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life." ~ Greg Anderson

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Make extra time work for you. Every minute is unique and fleeting, so use your time accordingly.

Today's TQ Challenge: Put a Value on Time Invested.

1. Choose to be VIGILANT! Are you making the most of your "time gifts?"

2. Choose to be ACCOUNTABLE! How many "little things" could you take care of with a small chunk of extra time?

3. Choose to be WATCHFUL! What would you do if you had 15 minutes of extra time right now?

Time is the most precious gift of all. Ask anyone facing a serious accident or illness, or an important deadline. Ask any parent watching their little girl all grown up and graduating from high school. You must learn how to become accountable for every minute in your day, because each day spent, is a day gone forever. Concentrate your time on only those things that produce the greatest reward and satisfaction to you.

"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It's easier to decide when to stop if you have someplace to go.

Today's TQ Challenge: Get Fully Engaged Quickly -- Or Get Out Gracefully.

1. Choose to be PREPARED! How many necessary meetings took place in your office today?

2. Choose to be RESPONSIBLE! Which meetings in your office usually take longer than you want?

3. Choose to be INVOLVED! Do you make it a habit to find out how much time everyone else has -- before you start your meetings?

A meeting can either be valuable and highly productive or a complete waste of time. It all depends on the attitude and the preparation of everyone in the meeting. The key to a successful meeting is a highly focused agenda, advanced preparation, a skilled moderator and follow up on items requested and promises made.

"Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again." ~ Ovid

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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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