What’s in the BullsEye Club for You
On November 30th I gave notice that I’ll be forming a group for learning and practicing self motivation. Name, BullsEye Club. Here’s exactly what I posted:
The BullsEye Club
(Notice how these dates slipped?)
December 10
December 15
January 6
Announce details of the new group
Begin accepting applications
Open private forum
Start regular phone meetings
Then, a couple of days later, on December 2nd, I wrote:
Later this month, I’ll unveil my new BullsEye Club dedicated to teaching self motivation skills to anyone interested enough to sign up.
The first thing I want to give you is this fact: Self motivation is simple – dead simple. There is absolutely nothing complicated about it. Nothing even particularly difficult about it.
And I’d like to prove it to you. On December 10th I’ll announce the details about the BullsEye Club, and on December 15th I’ll start accepting applications. Look for more information soon.
You’ll notice that in the table above, I laid it on the line, inviting you to be my accountability partner on this. And then I did something a little sneaky. I deliberately let the deadline slide. For two straight weeks I did NOT send out an email, posted fewer than usual articles on the blog, and didn’t post a single word about the BullsEye Club. An almost total absence of followthrough.
And out of all my readers, only one dropped me an email and mentioned it. Only one. Furthermore, he was both polite and diplomatic about it. Excellent technique.
But you know what this tells me? It says to me that most people are not comfortable calling somebody on a lapse or a goof-up. I’m positive that quite a few readers noticed it. In fact, you probably did too. But nobody felt quite comfortable dropping me a line and just asking me what’s going on. Even after I invited you to – asked you to – gave you permission to.
Okay, First Lesson…
Before the BullsEye Club even opens its doors, the first lesson is this… if somebody (yes, me too) commits to do something and agrees to be accountability partners with you, when you see them falling behind, or not following through the way they said they would, it’s okay to speak up. You’re helping them do what they said they wanted to do. And there is NOTHING wrong with that. Of course, a respectful touch is always good form.
So in the future, if it looks to you as though I’m slipping up, falling behind, or otherwise not following through the way I said I would, I WANT you to remind me… okay? That’s an important part of learning how to motivate yourself.
Now, about the BullsEye Club. What’s in it for you?
In this Club, there will be 6 decisions you will learn to make, decisions that will become as natural as breathing for you.
6 Questions You’ll Ask Yourself and Answer:
- What do you want?
- Why?
- How will you get it (your plan)?
- When that hits snags, what are your plans B and C?
- Who is your model?
- Who will be your allies?
Naturally, you could take these six questions and do the whole thing yourself, but… most people are simply too unskilled in getting themselves to follow through. That’s where the Club comes in. You’ll have a support group of others with mutual interests, the same kind of objectives, all moving in the same direction. It’ll be a combination of mastermind group and accountability partners. Those are two things that it’s very hard to do for yourself.
You’ll notice from the list of questions above that the BullsEye Club will be very action oriented. You could use those questions to achieve any goal.
In our case, though, this Club will be especially for those with business goals. That is a deliberate choice on my part. If your objectives are directed more toward awakening and enlightenment, there are many excellent groups you can join, but the BullsEye isn’t going exclusively in that direction. It’s for people who are looking for mastery of their career and financial situation.
Now, we’ll do everything we can to raise your overall vibration level and consciousness, because without it, success in anything is difficult to impossible. So there will be a strong spiritual aspect, but we’ll cover plenty of practical matters as well.
Here are the skills we’ll concentrate on learning, and then polishing till they become automatic for you.
The 7 Skills You Will Build
- Raise your average vibration rate
- Raise your sights
- Learn to choose and shape your beliefs and desires at will
- Eliminate indecision
- Learn to MAKE your decisions work
- Swear off excuses forever
- Learn to really care what happens
Again, you could take this list of seven skills and, working alone, build your own success toolkit. But as I stated above, most folks just don’t have the foundational skills they need to persist through all that personal growth all by themselves. We all need some kind of support.
So that brings us back to the BullsEye Club.
I’ll have more for you in a couple of days (no little tricks this time). Be on the lookout for info on how it’ll all work, how to sign up, plus a more complete list of what you’ll be getting out of it.
Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand,
Charles
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Hey Charles
When it comes to calling people out to be accountable, I always remember Maggie’s words, “It’s not the message, it’s the delivery.”
Yes, sometimes we need a good ass-kicking especially if and when we continually let ourselves and others down. However, there is a fine skill when you can give someone a good shake and then leave them THANKING you for it! Maggie is a master at this! I have learned so much from her.
For example, when I was in the hospital for three weeks, Maggie became my advocate speaking directly to the doctors and nurses. All the while she had a notebook in hand and asked for spellings and clarification whenever she needed. She would then go home that evening and Google EVERYTHING she learned that day and literally filled notebooks with information and questions.
One day my oncologist came in. Supposedly, he is my primary caregiver. It is his job to orchestrate all the specialists and have them report back to him so that he can give me straight answers. Well Maggie came prepared with her findings and asked him some very direct questions. When he saw that Maggie was so well-informed he became very evasive. At one point he asked Maggie why it was important that she knows all these things. Can you believe that?
Maggie lost all trust and respect for my oncologist and went on a search to find someone – anyone – within the hospital system to help her call this incompetent doctor out. We found such a person in the patient/doctor liaison. She was MOST responsive. She first came by herself to talk with Maggie and I. She spent a good 45 minutes with us and answered EVERY question Maggie had to her satisfaction.
We were promised reports from other doctors and specialists but after days of watching everyone pass the buck, we were left frustrated. We told the liaison. She returned within five minutes with all the reports we requested PLUS my latest blood test results taken from that morning.
Most importantly, she returned the next day with my oncologist. She sat there and watched as Maggie asked her battery of questions. The oncologist was a bit less evasive, but he still showed lapses in knowledge confirming Maggie’s opinion that he was truly incompetent. He continued to look at his watch and his body language told us that he would rather be anywhere else than on the hot seat.
However, when he returned again the next day by himself, you could see that he had a new respect for Maggie. He came totally prepared with his file and when Maggie asked a question, he had reports that he could refer to. Still, a lot of his answers were the, “I don’t know” variety. For example, he told us that he didn’t realize that I was THAT sick. My goodness, if my primary caretaker doesn’t know these things, who should I trust? He told us that he ‘learned a lot’ from my experience and that next time he would do things differently. Well isn’t that good to know!
In any case, Maggie beat his ass until he finally succumbed and starting acting more professional. I’m sure the hospital liaison added her two cents on the other end as well. In the end, it appeared that the oncologist was actually thankful that someone actually held him accountable instead of letting him run away at the first sign of discomfort. Hopefully, he will become a better doctor because of this experience.
As for myself joining the Bullseye Club, I have been far too independent over the years to be a joiner. I have done similar groups in the past and found that it ended up becoming a baby-sitting job. I have zero tolerance for people who can’t keep their word. I am a very strongly self-disciplined and self-motivated person myself and I know others can benefit from working with me. But again, as a long-time self-employed I appreciate not having a boss. I also love the fact that I don’t have any subordinates to look after. Maybe in time, I’ll develop a little more ‘leadership’ quality and learn to work better with others. Right now, independence still ranks high on my priorities.
Best wishes with the Club,
Russ