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What’s Your Forward Line?

“When it is to be it is up to you.” – Raj Gavurla

 

Live Well Consistently Performing Experiencing Intelligent Breakthroughs In Your Performance & Life:

What is your progress?  You’ve heard of the top line and bottom line.  What is your forward line?  It’s your organic growth and work you are no longer doing because of your progression in human and organizational performance.

 

“The Zone” Effect:

By many “the zone” effect is described as everything is in slow motion, time stands still (isn’t a deterring factor), and your life and performance feels effortless.

My “The Zone” Effect: 

In anything you do diligent technique skill grows skill and beliefs.  Technique isn’t only used in sports.   Learn this one axiom for a pellucid “The Zone” effect.

Your Most Recent “The Zone” Effect

What consistently forward intelligent breakthroughs are you experiencing?  Please send me a personal message and I will reply.

“Slow progress is better than no progress.” – Anonymous

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Amazing! After 42 Years, I Meet My 3rd Grade Teacher, Mrs. Link (Pelham Rd. Elementary)

         “Have serious fun serving someone.” – Raj Gavurla

 

 

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” – Princess Diana

 

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Why Listen To A Speaker?

“Serve, give, do, help your parents and family, organization, teammates, clients,

friends, and others.”– Raj Gavurla

Last week I attended an event where people spoke about their solution for a better living and better future.  Afterwards, we took a break and as I networked with people I asked a few people what were the main points of a specific speaker.  None of them could tell me.  Therefore, it prompted me to write my post on why, how, and what to do when listening to a speaker.

Why?

When listening to a speaker, know why you are listening and discover why the speaker is saying what they say.

How?

Listen to how the speaker acknowledges, honors, what are the main points, examples, and stories.

What To Do?

What does the speaker do to connect with the audience.  When a speaker connects that means the audience uses emotional intelligence to take this experiential learning and apply it to benefit their situation and benefit extension by telling someone about the speaker and event. Throughout your life you will be able to recall specifics about the speaker and message (it moved you, an example, phrases, sound bites, stories, or statistics) you’ll use at the right time (often and sometimes for decades) to help you succeed in what you are doing.

I recall speakers and their message, examples, phrases, sound bites, stories, or statistics throughout my life.  It has a cumulative effect and I recall it when needed at the perfect time.  The is the real value of listening to a speaker.

When you have this frame of mind each time you hear someone speak you receive an experiential learning credit.

If their is an internal or external conflict you are experiencing when listening to a speaker, here is my advanced performance and life conflict resolution and idea generation tool.  Speaking is the highest form of experiential learning from a person.

I look forward to hearing about the greater value you are receiving from attending events with a speaker.

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but

on building the new.” – Dan Millman

For programs and services, contact Raj Gavurla at 864.569.2315, raj@rajgavurla.com.

Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership Visual

Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership Visual

Download .pdf: Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership Visual

I’ve been using my performance, life, innovation and entrepreneurial leadership tools in my speaking programs, private performance and life consulting, and coaching.  This tool among other concepts and tools appear in my Entrepreneurial Thinking Tools manual, Your Raise The Bar: Mental Performance Tools workbooks for business/education, sports, and Winning At Entrepreneurship.  There are more resources to help you at http://www.MotivateResults.com.

For programs and services, contact Raj Gavurla at 864.569.2315, raj@rajgavurla.com.

Destiny!

“Destiny is on your side.” – Raj Gavurla 

Performance Breakthroughs

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to you and your family!  Thank you for supporting my work and my partnership with “Affectionately Called Endless”.

When I was a kid my friends said there is someone in the world who looks exactly like you.  I thought, they might look like me but not identical in appearance.  Then, while walking in Greenville, SC people were saying, “Endless”, “Affectionately Called Endless”, and I told them I’m Raj why are you calling me that.  They said there’s a guy that looks exactly like you that wears a top hat.

I did my research and saw him as a Local Legend at Alchemy Comedy.  We both locked eyes and froze.  As I approached, I realized I wasn’t looking into a funny mirror.  He said, “I’ve been looking for 600 years for the person that looks exactly like me.”  We are in a partnership telling the Story of Greenville.  He has a lot of wisdom.  Here is a gift and message for you he wants to deliver to a Joint Session of Congress.  If you can help him out to do so, please let us know.

Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership

1.  What idea or innovation is better than what exists today?

2.  List tangible reasons why it’s better (does it obsolete a previous invention (computer vs. typewriter), does it make something a lot easier and faster, does it create new patents, and/or does it create a new way or a new market?)

3.  What are the next steps?  For each step determine is it currently possible (does a solution exist).  For some steps you might need to do research, study, and talk with someone to create a solution.

Find ways to reward this process as next step milestones are achieved.   One area business needs to innovate is rewarding this process as milestones are achieved instead of the big reward at the end if successful.  This is a famine and feast mentality.  It would be much better for business to not have famine and have a feast more people enjoy.

“The Zone” Effect

By many “the zone” effect is described as everything is in slow motion, time stands still (isn’t a deterring factor), and your performance feels effortless.

Sometime, it’s destiny.  Have you seen Joel Embiid play for the Philadelphia 76ers?  He started playing basketball in 2010.  It is 2017 and he is in the NBA!  I’ve never seen anything like this.  Take a look:

Your Most Recent “The Zone” Effect

Before doing what you are about to do answer these three questions to mentally prepare:

1.  What your motivation? (list your reasons (your why))

2.  What is your mindset? (what you think)

3.  What is your mood? (feel action)

That’s “The Zone” Effect. Are you experiencing your “The Zone” Effect?

“If it ain’t fun, don’t do it.” – Jack Canfield

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Did You Win Or Lose?

“Make it team win fun.” – Raj Gavurla

Did you win or lose? How about thinking about it this way?:

A team or individual either has “team win fun”, “amazing fun”, “loss” (if it wasn’t fun for you), or it’s a “tie”. No one is a loser. Forward economic mobility not poverty, hate, and violence.

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Me First Or Others First? Sightings of Affectionately Called “Endless” Being Reported

“Know what you need, want, and have.” – Raj Gavurla

“Endless” addressed the thought on “me first” or “others first”.  He said it is “win fun teams first” (yes, plural). You’re on several win fun teams.  You might think it’s only me there is no one else.  Then, look at your environment. Those inanimate things, nature, and animals are on your win fun team.  And assuming you know one other person in this world you might need and want to recruit them to form another win fun team.  However, “Endless” is aware you are involved with an infinite number of win fun teams.  Your family is a win fun team, faith and/or belief system is a win team, doctor(s), nurses, friends, teachers, speakers, authors, innovators, entrepreneurs, nurses, coaches, mentors, job (your on several win teams, i.e. individual positive relationships, your department, designated win fun teams, business unit, organization/company), sports, community service, advocacy, groups, leadership, independence, you get the idea).

Yes, you are on win fun team humanity.

So, you might have heard the “me first” example of being on the airplane and the oxygen mask falls.  Do you put it on you first or the other person.  You first so you can help others live better.  Then, you might have heard the example of “do for others first”.  So, you might think someone will do for you since you do for others.  I hope so.

So “Endless” says, “win fun teams first”. Whoever does first for the other depends on the situation.  Does it make sense? Take time to find meaning in this to you.

“Do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

For programs and services, contact Raj at 864.569.2315, raj@rajgavurla.com, LiiiVEN.

Performance Breakthroughs Tool

“Consistently perform breakthroughs more often.” – Raj Gavurla

For performance breakthroughs to recur you need to consistently learn new knowledge to you, use deliberate practice to prepare for each experience, and apply the skills for better outcomes and wins to come to you.

Helping professionals and amateurs in business, life, and athletics what separates the pros from each other and the amateurs from each other are their performance mental skills.

Most of the elite pros have the technique whereas amateurs are in development of technique before becoming professional.  As a pro and amateur, you need to work on consistently transforming your performance mental skills.

After each deliberate practice or experience/event measure (7 is best) yourself in the following performance breakthroughs areas:

1. Did you perform “in the zone” (peak performance, optimal performance)?

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2. Technique (if you are an elite pro you should already be at a 7) 

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3. Do you have anxiety?

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4. Did you eat right?

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5. Did you mentally prepare?

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6. Did you physically prepare?

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7. How was your focus/concentration?

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8. How was your confidence?

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9. Did you perform/play loose and relaxed?

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10.  Did you believe you could perform a breakthrough?

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11. Did you use emotion/sound (electrophysiology) for a competitive advantage?

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12. Did you implement a new tactic/strategy?

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13. Did you implement a new performance mental skill?

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14. Did you feel pain?

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15. How was your physical strength?

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16. How was your stamina/endurance?

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17. Did you mentally and verbally show appreciation/gratitude towards the people that made it possible for you to participate?

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18. Did you complete your Your Raise The Bar Primer: Mental Performance Tools workbook to consistently perform breakthroughs more often?

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19. What did you learn?

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20. What will you work on to consistently perform better the next time?

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21. What will you share with your coach, manager, supervisor, or boss?

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22.  What will you share with your performance mental skills coach?

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23.  Are you participating in more challenging practices and experiences/events?

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24.  What is your vision for your next step?

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25.  Are you enjoying and cherishing the amazing that is happening through your relationships?

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26.  Did you have fun?

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27.  Was it challenging/competitive?

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28.  Is it becoming easier?

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29.  Have you helped someone who isn’t at your skill level?

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Total your number of points.  What range are you in?

Beginner:  29 – 57

Intermediate:  58 – 86

Advanced: 87 – 115

Emerging: 116 – 144

Star:  145 – 173

Super Star:  174 – 203

“Dream big dreams. Small dreams have no magic.” – Dottie Boreyko

For further help, my programs and services are booked by contacting Raj at 864.569.2315, raj@rajgvaurla.com, LiiiVEN.

 

Can The Win Come To You Without Being Completely “In The Zone”?

“Make the decision to become the world’s best.  It will serve you well.” – Raj Gavurla

As an athlete regardless of your sport there are times when you aren’t completely “in the zone”, however parts of your game are.

What worked for Roger was him being “in the zone” serving the ball. Being “in the zone” in all areas is best but being “in the zone” in just one area a player is still hard to beat.

Tiafoe is real and when he learns to hit his approach shot with more skill and volley by blocking the ball he will win more and might win a grand slam. Excellent athleticism, very good serve and forehand, solid backhand. Needs to work on consistently transforming his mental performance skills as all players do because that’s what separates the world’s best from other athletes.