I just read again in a book of one of the most successful ‘inspiropreneurs’ of the 20th Century, Napoleon Hill, how knowledge only attracts money if it is organized through practical plans of action to achieve that goal. If you want to reach your dream, it’s time to get your own personal ‘Daily Mode of Operation’- DMO.
Doesn’t the term ‘DMO’ just seem to kick you into action? If I hear ‘DMO’ I somehow feel like putting on my running shoes and get going. Maybe I’ve been watching too many American action movies… but somehow the image of being the ‘superhero’ of my own life is very appealing. ‘Operation Rescue Myself’ is something many of us have to do in this time of lay-offs and debt-overload. And a DMO is just the thing to get us going!
The day you accept that you are not going to wait for a ‘hero’, but that you will BE that hero yourself, is the day that your race to personal and financial success starts. Of course there’s nothing wrong with enlisting the moral support from your nearest and dearest, but even if this is not forthcoming, you CAN do it! For yourself. On your own.
The secret lies in the three words ‘Daily’, ‘Mode’ and ‘Operation’.
- Daily
Someone once said that success is not about what you do, but about what you do daily. Just read the stories of any top performers or successful people in any field of life and you will pick up the same pattern: they have chosen to adopt good habits to which they stick on a day-to-day basis. This is what you have to do. You have to choose those daily habits that you believe will make your dream come true and then simply start doing them day by day. Steve Pavlina (www.stevepavlina.com) is one of many personal development specialists that suggests following a 30-day plan to adopt a new habit, but he goes one step further and suggests that you follow this new habit ‘on trial’ for 30 days. By ‘trying out’ a new habit, instead of committing to it from the first day, he believes that it becomes easier for you to start with the change. Anthony Robbins (www.tonyrobbins.com) is another ‘inspiropreneur’ who teaches that it is much easier to adopt a good, new habit if you replace an existing, old habit.
Consider yourself a work of art and create beauty in your life by shaping yourself through the brushstrokes of good habits every day.
- Mode
Becoming aware of the fact that there are many different tools already developed by other successful human beings is the first step in adopting an own personal ‘mode of operation’. Keeping a diary to reflect on your life day by day is one of the tools that helps you to self-evaluate and improve over time – if that is the way in which you do it. But actually using a diary to plan every day, week, month and year is the standard tool for most highly effective people. Because I’ve generally relied on my creative mind to keep me out of trouble, I never really focused on writing down the things I had to do. This became impossible when I suddenly found myself juggling four large projects: I dropped so many balls, that I’ve lost count! This is when I decided to take complete control of every second of my day: I would decide when to take a phone call, respond to an email or SMS or meet anyone. This is a very different ‘mode’ than my former approach, when the mobile phone had practically become inseparable from my ear; issues were dealt with on a first-come-first-serve basis, regardless of priority and other people took over my time. Now I have a weekly plan with a strict routine working from home and focusing on specific activities. Where before I happily jumped into the car to go and see potential new contacts, I now choose very carefully whom to meet, when, where and for how much time.
Each one of us is different and has different preferences, but the secret is to copy the mode of operation of one highly successful person and just adjust it slightly to meet your individual needs. Choose a mode, then stick to it!
- Operation
Of the three words, ‘Operation’ is probably the most significant key to success. You can choose good habits to do every day, you can spend hours planning your work and your life, but if you don’t ‘operationalize’ it – put it into action! – you will not achieve your objective.
As Nike says ‘Just do it’.
As a highly-successful-person-to-be you need to adopt a ‘protocol’ for your life. And your ‘Daily Mode of Operation’, your DMO is the framework for this protocol. If you have ever worked together with high-profile people, especially politicians elected by the people, as I have, you will know that neither the President of a country, nor his or her Cabinet members takes a step out of the office which is not carefully choreographed by a team of advisors, security-guards, press officers and other personnel. Reading about the life of the Queen of Britain, this intense attention to detail really forms the fabric of being in a position of authority. As the ‘Queen’ of your own life, and as you have an increasing impact on others, you need to develop and observe your own protocol: what do you do when, how to act in an emergency, what personal policies you want to adopt in order to guide your choices.
I don’t mean that you should not retain some flexibility to deal with unexpected crises or time for spontaneous action to just add some sparkle to your life. But once the particular event is over, go back to your routine as quickly as you can and refocus on your dream and goals. Having a clear plan and process helps you to focus and to act ‘out of habit’, so that even if you don’t really feel up to it, you manage your emotion and simply get things done!
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