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Maura Sweeney has cultivated her “Living Happy – Inside Out” mantra into a growing lifestyle business. Also known as Maura4u, Maura is an author, podcaster, international speaker and Huffington Post contributor who was recently named Ambassador of Happiness by the UNESCO Center for Peace. At midlife, this former corporate manager, business owner and home schooling mom recreated herself into a 21st century cultural journalist. She calls this new lifestyle career a vocation that allows her to do what she has always been. A Boston College graduate who has traveled to over 50 countries, Maura combines her work with an eclectic blend of timeless inspiration. She empowers people of every background to discover happiness and success in their life and career. In addition to public speaking, Maura has been featured in several media outlets including Match.com, Tampa Bay Times, Serbian TV and Britain’s BBC radio. Find her at www.Maura4u.com and on www.Twitter.com/Maura4uGOAL: To start her own constant contact list. ACTION STEPS:In order to accomplish this goal she has begun collecting all of her own emails to develop a list and she has farmed out her E-course QUOTES:“Live happy inside out”“I don’t know how I’m going to get there I just know that I’m going to get there”“Grow up to be happy”RESOURCE LINKS:Her WebsiteHer Books For more action steps and ways to learn how to take consistent and regular actions forward check out our "daily action steps for a champion” with me Anthony Witt tcepodcast.com/plan

Darryl Lyons brings a faith-based approach to guide the ambitious entrepreneur. He is from a family of entrepreneurs, advises hundreds of small business owners, and is a successful small business owner himself. In fact, New York Times Best Selling author Dave Ramsey calls Darryl “a rock star.” As co-founder of PAX Financial Group in San Antonio, TX, Darryl has led the organization to become one of the fastest growing companies in San Antonio and one of the best places to work (San Antonio Business Journal). Mayor Julian Castro has recognized Darryl for his involvement in redeveloping a part of the city by naming a park, the Darryl W Lyons park in his honor. Darryl resides in San Antonio, TX where he worships at Oak Hill's Church led by Max Lucado and Randy Frazee. He is married to Caresse and they have 4 beautiful children. GOAL: He’s big goal is to become a New York Times bestsellerACTION STEPS:He is accomplishing his goals by getting on podcasts and speaking as much as possible. QUOTES:“There is wisdom in the advice of counsel”“Rights your system down on paper first and then find the software for your system”“Be in front of people or try to get in front of people”RESOURCE LINKS:Darryl’s email His website Promo Code: Champion For more action steps and ways to learn how to take consistent and regular actions forward check out our "daily action steps for a champion” with me Anthony Witt tcepodcast.com/plan

Morgan Gist MacDonald works with people who want to write a book but don’t know where to start. You know that a book could build momentum for your life’s purpose, and, if you’re honest, you feel called to write your book. You have a message that people need to hear. The problem is you procrastinate, you make excuses, and you worry that it will take years to write a book.Morgan help you write a book that speaks your message out into the world with beautiful, compelling words. Together you and Morgan will create a vision for your book and walk chapter-by-chapter, together. Within a few months, and you will have a finished book that paves way for a new, incredible phase of your life as an author.GOAL: To create a course that is published on book writing. ACTION STEPS:When the was she’s accomplishing this is by bringing in a designer and moving everything in waves. QUOTES:“Pay attention to when your heart rate goes up”“The bigger the goal…”RESOURCE LINKS:Free Gift Her Webstie www.startwritingyourbooktoday.com/freesampleFor more action steps and ways to learn how to take consistent and regular actions forward check out our "daily action steps for a champion” with me Anthony Witt tcepodcast.com/plan

Today we are talking about step five in the smart goal setting process. How to make your goals time-bound!STEP #5 TIME_BOUND: it has been said that if you want to accomplish something create a sense of urgency around it, that is why having time restrictions on your goals will help you to keep them in the forefront. Life has a tendency to pull our attention and many different directions and so when we set time boundaries around our goals we force ourselves to always be working towards them because of the urgency we have created with our time restrictions. It can sometimes be helpful to start with your time restrictions and then set the other four elements of your smart goal. STEP #1 SPECIFIC: When setting a goal’s most important aspect to start with is a goal that will be specific. Specific goals are more likely to be accomplished then goals that are General. At this stage of the goal setting process you’ll be asking yourself the what, where, and who. Asking these questions and being specific on their answers will help you to reduce fall out and burned out on your goal. Eliminating burnout and fallout of the goal will go a long way and your ability to accomplish what you have set out and desire to accomplish. STEP #2MEASURABLE: keeping track of your progress and taking measurements along the way is the next step in accomplishing your goals. This aspect of goal setting sets roughly around how you will accomplish your goals and integrates the calculations measurements. Knowing the how, where and what of the measurement metrics you will use while accomplishing your goal will help you keep your goal in front of mind so that you can achieve it. STEP #3 ATTAINABLE: in order for you to accomplish your goals they must be realistic and obtainable. Out rages and big picture goals are great for long-term direction but our goals are not accomplishable they will be forgotten. Setting attainable goals in respect to the other four steps of smart goal setting will help you to create goals that are achievable. Setting attainable goals essentially is the heart behind whether not you have the physical, mental, spiritual or otherwise capacity to achieve what do you have set.STEP #4 RELEVANT: if your goals do not fit into the big picture of your life in the direction you desire to go you will not see them come to completion. Goals that fit into the bigger picture of your life in the direction that you desire to go on more likely to be accomplished because they are relevant to your hearts desire in your life’s mission. Although a topic for another day setting your mission and direction will help you accomplish your goals. Fleeting desires and wants the did not follow along with the life direction you have will negatively affect your ability to accomplish your goals because of their lack of relevance to you over time.

Today we are talking about step four in the smart goal setting process. How to make your goals relevant!STEP #4 RELEVANT: if your goals do not fit into the big picture of your life in the direction you desire to go you will not see them come to completion. Goals that fit into the bigger picture of your life in the direction that you desire to go on more likely to be accomplished because they are relevant to your hearts desire in your life’s mission. Although a topic for another day setting your mission and direction will help you accomplish your goals. Fleeting desires and wants the did not follow along with the life direction you have will negatively affect your ability to accomplish your goals because of their lack of relevance to you over time. STEP #1 SPECIFIC: When setting a goal’s most important aspect to start with is a goal that will be specific. Specific goals are more likely to be accomplished then goals that are General. At this stage of the goal setting process you’ll be asking yourself the what, where, and who. Asking these questions and being specific on their answers will help you to reduce fall out and burned out on your goal. Eliminating burnout and fallout of the goal will go a long way and your ability to accomplish what you have set out and desire to accomplish. STEP #2MEASURABLE: keeping track of your progress and taking measurements along the way is the next step in accomplishing your goals. This aspect of goal setting sets roughly around how you will accomplish your goals and integrates the calculations measurements. Knowing the how, where and what of the measurement metrics you will use while accomplishing your goal will help you keep your goal in front of mind so that you can achieve it. STEP #3 ATTAINABLE: in order for you to accomplish your goals they must be realistic and obtainable. Out rages and big picture goals are great for long-term direction but our goals are not accomplishable they will be forgotten. Setting attainable goals in respect to the other four steps of smart goal setting will help you to create goals that are achievable. Setting attainable goals essentially is the heart behind whether not you have the physical, mental, spiritual or otherwise capacity to achieve what do you have set.STEP #5 TIME_BOUND: it has been said that if you want to accomplish something create a sense of urgency around it, that is why having time restrictions on your goals will help you to keep them in the forefront. Life has a tendency to pull our attention and many different directions and so when we set time boundaries around our goals we force ourselves to always be working towards them because of the urgency we have created with our time restrictions. It can sometimes be helpful to start with your time restrictions and then set the other four elements of your smart goal.

Today we are talking about step three in the smart goal setting process. How to make your goals attainable!STEP #3 ATTAINABLE: in order for you to accomplish your goals they must be realistic and obtainable. Out rages and big picture goals are great for long-term direction but our goals are not accomplishable they will be forgotten. Setting attainable goals in respect to the other four steps of smart goal setting will help you to create goals that are achievable. Setting attainable goals essentially is the heart behind whether not you have the physical, mental, spiritual or otherwise capacity to achieve what do you have set. STEP #1 SPECIFIC: When setting a goal’s most important aspect to start with is a goal that will be specific. Specific goals are more likely to be accomplished then goals that are General. At this stage of the goal setting process you’ll be asking yourself the what, where, and who. Asking these questions and being specific on their answers will help you to reduce fall out and burned out on your goal. Eliminating burnout and fallout of the goal will go a long way and your ability to accomplish what you have set out and desire to accomplish. STEP #2MEASURABLE: keeping track of your progress and taking measurements along the way is the next step in accomplishing your goals. This aspect of goal setting sets roughly around how you will accomplish your goals and integrates the calculations measurements. Knowing the how, where and what of the measurement metrics you will use while accomplishing your goal will help you keep your goal in front of mind so that you can achieve it. STEP #4 RELEVANT: if your goals do not fit into the big picture of your life in the direction you desire to go you will not see them come to completion. Goals that fit into the bigger picture of your life in the direction that you desire to go on more likely to be accomplished because they are relevant to your hearts desire in your life’s mission. Although a topic for another day setting your mission and direction will help you accomplish your goals. Fleeting desires and wants the did not follow along with the life direction you have will negatively affect your ability to accomplish your goals because of their lack of relevance to you over time. STEP #5 TIME_BOUND: it has been said that if you want to accomplish something create a sense of urgency around it, that is why having time restrictions on your goals will help you to keep them in the forefront. Life has a tendency to pull our attention and many different directions and so when we set time boundaries around our goals we force ourselves to always be working towards them because of the urgency we have created with our time restrictions. It can sometimes be helpful to start with your time restrictions and then set the other four elements of your smart goal.

Today we are talking about step two in the smart goal setting process. How to calculate in measure!STEP #2MEASURABLE: keeping track of your progress and taking measurements along the way is the next step in accomplishing your goals. This aspect of goal setting sets roughly around how you will accomplish your goals and integrates the calculations measurements. Knowing the how, where and what of the measurement metrics you will use while accomplishing your goal will help you keep your goal in front of mind so that you can achieve it. STEP #1 SPECIFIC: When setting a goal’s most important aspect to start with is a goal that will be specific. Specific goals are more likely to be accomplished then goals that are General. At this stage of the goal setting process you’ll be asking yourself the what, where, and who. Asking these questions and being specific on their answers will help you to reduce fall out and burned out on your goal. Eliminating burnout and fallout of the goal will go a long way and your ability to accomplish what you have set out and desire to accomplish. STEP #3 ATTAINABLE: in order for you to accomplish your goals they must be realistic and obtainable. Out rages and big picture goals are great for long-term direction but our goals are not accomplishable they will be forgotten. Setting attainable goals in respect to the other four steps of smart goal setting will help you to create goals that are achievable. Setting attainable goals essentially is the heart behind whether not you have the physical, mental, spiritual or otherwise capacity to achieve what do you have set. STEP #4 RELEVANT: if your goals do not fit into the big picture of your life in the direction you desire to go you will not see them come to completion. Goals that fit into the bigger picture of your life in the direction that you desire to go on more likely to be accomplished because they are relevant to your hearts desire in your life’s mission. Although a topic for another day setting your mission and direction will help you accomplish your goals. Fleeting desires and wants the did not follow along with the life direction you have will negatively affect your ability to accomplish your goals because of their lack of relevance to you over time. STEP #5 TIME_BOUND: it has been said that if you want to accomplish something create a sense of urgency around it, that is why having time restrictions on your goals will help you to keep them in the forefront. Life has a tendency to pull our attention and many different directions and so when we set time boundaries around our goals we force ourselves to always be working towards them because of the urgency we have created with our time restrictions. It can sometimes be helpful to start with your time restrictions and then set the other four elements of your smart goal.

Today we are talking about step one in the smart goal setting process. Start with specific!STEP #1 SPECIFIC: When setting a goal’s most important aspect to start with is a goal that will be specific. Specific goals are more likely to be accomplished then goals that are General. At this stage of the goal setting process you’ll be asking yourself the what, where, and who. Asking these questions and being specific on their answers will help you to reduce fall out and burned out on your goal. Eliminating burnout and fallout of the goal will go a long way and your ability to accomplish what you have set out and desire to accomplish. STEP #2MEASURABLE: keeping track of your progress and taking measurements along the way is the next step in accomplishing your goals. This aspect of goal setting sets roughly around how you will accomplish your goals and integrates the calculations measurements. Knowing the how, where and what of the measurement metrics you will use while accomplishing your goal will help you keep your goal in front of mind so that you can achieve it. STEP #3 ATTAINABLE: in order for you to accomplish your goals they must be realistic and obtainable. Out rages and big picture goals are great for long-term direction but our goals are not accomplishable they will be forgotten. Setting attainable goals in respect to the other four steps of smart goal setting will help you to create goals that are achievable. Setting attainable goals essentially is the heart behind whether not you have the physical, mental, spiritual or otherwise capacity to achieve what do you have set. STEP #4 RELEVANT: if your goals do not fit into the big picture of your life in the direction you desire to go you will not see them come to completion. Goals that fit into the bigger picture of your life in the direction that you desire to go on more likely to be accomplished because they are relevant to your hearts desire in your life’s mission. Although a topic for another day setting your mission and direction will help you accomplish your goals. Fleeting desires and wants the did not follow along with the life direction you have will negatively affect your ability to accomplish your goals because of their lack of relevance to you over time. STEP #5 TIME_BOUND: it has been said that if you want to accomplish something create a sense of urgency around it, that is why having time restrictions on your goals will help you to keep them in the forefront. Life has a tendency to pull our attention and many different directions and so when we set time boundaries around our goals we force ourselves to always be working towards them because of the urgency we have created with our time restrictions. It can sometimes be helpful to start with your time restrictions and then set the other four elements of your smart goal.

Goals an interesting thing and as we have discussed here on The Champion Entrepreneur goals come in many shapes and sizes. When setting goals conventional wisdom tells us to make sure that we are sharing it with her friends family and other individuals in our networks. The truth is and the research supports the fact that sharing our goals actually does greater damaged then benefit. We have a sense of gratification and accomplishment even though we have not done anything but share our goal. More important than sharing our goals is to find someone who can be our accountability partner. Accountability partners are not there to see what our goals are on the contrary they are involved in our lives to make sure we are on the correct path. Find an accountability partner does not require that we share all of our goals it does require that we share where we struggle and what we need help with. As you spend time around friends and family find individuals who can be your accountability partners to help you achieve your goals as we can turn into the new year

Attending conferences can be one of the best ways to build a personal network. When we get off-line and meet people in person we were able to build relationships which is vital to our success as entrepreneurs. Tip #1 Have your business cards: This may be straightforward but whether you have business cards, business pencils, or business stickers, be prepared to hand out some type of item for individuals you meet to remember you bye. Tip#2 Have a follow-up plan of action: Whether you’re plan of action involves sending a personal email, a personal video, or personal hand written letter, having a follow up plan of action to immediately after your encounter will help to solidify you in the minds of your potential clients. Tip#3Don’t attend the sessions: If the conference you are attending has recorded sessions don’t attend the sessions instead spend your time engaging with individuals. You can always watch the recording’s after your return home. Tip#4Always be prepared to ask questions: Begin developing a list of questions that will be applicable for your conference and always remember to ask a follow-up question. Follow up questions frequently lead you to the pain point that you can be of service on. RESOURCE LINKS:Evernote.comFor more action steps and ways to learn how to take consistent and regular actions forward check out our "daily action steps for a champion” with me Anthony Witt tcepodcast.com/plan