Changing Your Game Through Shifting Your Focus

January 18th, 2010 by Bob Burg

Last month I was asked by my friend, small business strategist, Sarah Robinson to write a blog post for a special series she was putting together entitled, “30 Days to Changing Your Game.” I would be one of 30 guest writers, each with our own “spin” on this topic.

Yesterday was Day Seven of her series, and yours truly was up to bat. Here is my post, if you’d like to read it.

We had tons of responses; the “Lists of Five Ways” that people came up with were truly impressive. After you read some of theirs, please share with us some of your own.

Enjoy!

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4 Responses to “Changing Your Game Through Shifting Your Focus”

Sarah Robinson said at 8:35 am on January 18th, 2010:

Morning Bob!
Your post is amazing – and your responses to comments and questions just deepen the value that can be mined there.

If your community is interested, I would love for them to join in the entire 30 day series of 30 Days to Changing Your Game. Here is the link to the sign up page: http://bit.ly/30daygame

Again, thank you. You are truly an example of walking your talk as a Go-Giver!

Warmly,
Sarah
HeatherO said at 9:28 am on January 18th, 2010:

Great post Bob! Unfortunately I can’t get in to leave a comment there for some reason!
You asked for a couple of ideas from readers ,so here are mine:

1. Every morning I make a point to reply/engage w/at least 5 people on twitter, & then 5 to RT before I post ‘what I want to say’. Yes, it’s a little thing, but it starts my day in ‘giving mode’

2. I make a point of not only showing gratitude, but giving a public ’shout out’ to people via facebook & twitter whenever I see an opportunity. I believe that acknowledging others is one of the greatest gifts of all!

3. Whenever I speak, do workshops, etc I always have a clear goal in mind. For example, if its a 1hour event I tell myself to “Make sure that just 15min is worth what they paid for”. I believe value is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes the value to one may not be as great as I would like it to be. By giving 4 times what I believe something is worth, I can be more assured that people will always feel like they got more than they paid for!

Thanks for discussion
Tom W said at 11:46 am on January 18th, 2010:

Bob,
If you get rid of the “#disqus_thread” at the end of the linked URL it won’t take you to the discussion thread, it will leave you at the top of the page. When a URL ends in #label it means: take me to this page and scroll to this label.
Bob Burg said at 1:40 pm on January 18th, 2010:

Thank you, Sarah. It was truly an honor to be asked by you to participate. And, yes, I definitely encourage everyone to join your entire 30 day program by going to your link at http://bit.ly/30daygame.

Heather, terrific suggestions.

Tom, thank you for your great help. I went in and changed it and now it’s working fine. Much appreciated!