S.U.M.M.I.T. Leadership

"You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life." - Wayne Dyer We all want to improve in some area of our lives. We often get excited for the New Year and create resolutions of things we want to change. But why wait? The best project you'll ever work on is YOU.   Instead of spending valuable time binge-watching TV or immersing yourselves in the constant negativity of the news, you can invest in your self-improvement to thrive in the weeks, months, and years ahead. There is no better time than now to create better habits. It's easy to get caught up in mundane routines or habits that aren't beneficial to your well-being because it's what we're used to doing day in and day out. If you feel yourself drifting into negative habits or creating negative momentum, stop, turn it around, and develop positive momentum. It all starts with awareness and decisive action. We must change our habits if we intend to get different results...

"Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions." - John Randolph Time is perishable. It doesn't last forever. There is no such thing as saving time. It can only be spent. The only thing you can do with it is to spend it differently. Focus on spending time on activities with higher value. Work hard not to waste time; once it is gone, it is gone forever. We know that everything we choose to do requires time. Even if we do nothing, time continues to march on. We take time to daydream, spend time complaining, and use time by sleeping in. Everything requires time. Time is either well spent or lost. Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Delete whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day every evening. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course! Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 second...

"The only thing that's holding you back, is the way you're thinking." - Steve Vai   What is holding you back? That is the question you need to answer. You need to dig deep into this. If you identify the what and the why, the how will come.   So what is it? Your subconscious mind? Feeling unworthy or Impostor syndrome? Fear of failure? Inability to take action? There is always something conflicting within ourselves that causes us to resist or hold back and causes us to procrastinate. Find a way to eliminate or fill the need so you can move on.   If we buy into these and believe them, we will likely hold back or quit pursuing our goals and dreams. We get caught up with the feeling that we cannot do it or don't know how to.   We need to get moving and set things in motion. We don't have to know everything. We don't have to have all the answers. We just need to start, and "the how" will show up. Take action and get moving. It's not who we believe...

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou In the book The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz writes about a code of conduct that can rapidly transform your life. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements are: • Be impeccable with your word. • Don't take anything personally. • Don't make assumptions. • Always do your best. I've struggled with impostor syndrome or not believing I was ever good enough for most of my life. I always put so much pressure and stress on myself that it hindered my progress more than it helped. I would often downplay my own success. And any sort of failure I experienced was self-defeating and devastating for me. Doing your best doesn't guarantee success. But it shouldn't be about winning or losing, success or failure. It is about putting everything you have into trying. It's about knowing your current limits and giving all you can. We can always get better. ...

We often have good intentions. We plan to lose ten pounds. Our aim is to improve our eating and sleeping habits. We have made it a goal to clean out our garage. We say that we will finish a project we've been putting off. These are all great until we don't. I'm an organizer and a planner by nature. Which can be a blessing and a curse. I love being organized and having a well-thought-out plan. I love to create to-do lists. In fact, I can sometimes get obsessive about it. Again, this is all great until nothing gets done. Sometimes, we can get so caught up in the planning and preparation that we don't leave time for the actual doing of what we were planning. The planning becomes the only action we take. We need to be careful not to fall into this trap. We need to use intention as an ally. When you do, you'll begin to live intention-ally. (See what I did there?) We need to live with purpose on purpose, intentionally. We need to intentionally take action and do something...