Howard Partridge - Think and Be Phenomenal

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Copyright 2014 Howard Partridge

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ISBN: 978-1-62865-114-0

Dedication

To our phenomenal son Christian

Thank you for helping me become a better person

Acknowledgements

To my early mentors, Dr. Ralph W. Neighbour Jr. for introducing me to this concept and Dr. William A. Beckham for helping me learn about true values.

Introduction

Who Do You Think
You Are?

Several years ago, I was part of a small group of local service company owners who met every week to network. Many in this group had what Zig Ziglar calls Stinkin Thinkin and needed a check-up-from-the-neck-up - it left them with a serious case of hardening of the attitudes!

They complained about the economy and whined that customers wouldnt pay their prices. They were disgusted because they didnt have much business.

As they complained, I couldnt help but notice how some of them were dressed - cut-off blue jeans, flip-flops and they hadnt shaven. I arrived every week wearing a sport coat, a tie, and a positive attitude. They laughed at me and said, Who do you think you are, Zig Ziglar or somebody?

The funny thing is I didnt know Zig at the time; I had never met him at that point. Today, Im the exclusive small business coach for Ziglar Inc., Zig has appeared at my conferences and Tom Ziglar (Zigs son) and I have done over 50 speaking engagements together around the world including Cambridge University. The last chapter of Zigs very last book, BORN TO WIN, was based on one of my teachings.

The irony is that the most important thing I learned from Zig Ziglar is this

Who you THINK you are and what you think you can do will have the biggest impact on your success in life and business

The image you have of yourself determines the success you have in life and business. What you THINK about your potential for success will make the biggest difference in your actual success. What you THINK about God and what you THINK about others literally affects the actions you take, which ultimately determines your success. When we connect how we think to our habits that control us, everything changes.

This book takes you through the process everyone goes through when attempting to change a habit, learn a new skill or implement a new idea.

It all starts with how you THINK of yourself.

Zig taught that a poor self-image is what keeps humans from the success they were created to have. What we truly believe about ourselves limits our potential because every human acts or doesnt act based on how they see themselves. You will take action based on the picture you see in your mind. So, you must change the picture if you want to change your results.

You may not even be aware of your limiting thoughts because they are often hidden in what I call the conditioned identity . Your conditioned identity is the image that youve accepted of yourself based on the conditioning you have received over a lifetime of input.

We are told what we can and cant do by family members, society and the media. We are placed in a box by others wishes rather than living out the true purpose we were created for.

This is just who I am is often the motto.

This book is about discovering how to BE the phenomenal person you were created to BE, so that you will DO the phenomenal things you are supposed to do and HAVE the phenomenal life you are meant to have.

This book is about living out of your position rather than your condition . Every human has a position that is misunderstood. When I meet a stranger, and we exchange How are you?, I always say phenomenal, of course. And I follow with And so are you! The responses I get from that vary from Well, thank you, to I know! to What do you mean?

Then I ask this crucial question: Do you know WHY you are phenomenal? Do you believe in God? (Most say yes). Well, God dont make no junk right? Everything He makes is phenomenal!

We werent created to be unsuccessful, were we? The problem is that we dont know that we ARE created to be phenomenal, and therefore dont act accordingly. This book is about the processes of becoming who you already are. How ironic.

Zig said

You are WHAT you are and WHERE you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can CHANGE what you are and where you are by CHANGING what goes into your mind.

Frank Outlaw said.

When you Change your THINKING ,

You Change your BELIEFS.

When you Change your beliefs,

You Change your EXPECTATIONS .

When you Change your expectations,

You Change your ATTITUDE .

When you Change your attitude,

You Change your BEHAVIOR .

When you Change your behavior,

You Change your PERFORMANCE .

When you Change your performance

You Change your LIFE

He also said

Watch your THOUGHTS , they become WORDS

Watch your words, they become ACTIONS

Watch your actions, they become HABITS

Watch your habits, they become your CHARACTER

Watch your character, they determine your DESTINY

In As a Man Thinketh, James Allen says, A man is literally what he thinks , his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

The 5 Levels of BEing Phenomenal

Zig said, You have to be before you can do , and you have to do before you can have . If you want to have a different life, a different business or different habits you obviously have to do some things differently. Zig said, Y ou will not consistently do inconsistently with how you see yourself. The only way to consistently do things differently is to BEcome a different person, and to see yourself as such.

Stephen R. Covey said in his classic book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, We need a new level, a deeper level of thinking this new level of thinking is a principle-centered, character-based, inside-out approach which means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. It says if you want to have a happy marriage, be the kind of person who generates positive energy if you want to have more freedom in your job, be a more responsible, a more helpful, a more contributing employee

The 5 Levels of BEing Phenomenal is a process all humans go through as we attempt to develop new habits. These steps take you from thinking about a new idea to the process of creating new habits. It happens faster or slower for some, depending on a number of factors.

I call them levels because you reach a new level of being at each stage. You could call them steps or stages as well. By understanding the five levels of being, youll be able to assess where you are in the process. Youll be able to recognize if youre making progress, getting stuck, or sliding backward.