Becoming > Accomplishing

 Happy Friday, Friends!

I hope and trust this post finds y0u all having a great day as a glorious new day has arrived on the Emerald Coast!

I am reading a great new book by Dr. Josh Axe titled Think This, Not That: 12 Mindshifts to Breakthrough Limiting Beliefs and Become Who You Were Born to Be. I would highly recommend this book to you.

This morning I want to share a few excerpts from Mindshift 2 which Dr. Axe titled, Redefine Success By Becoming, Not Accomplishing.

“I began to think about the people I admired most. Why did I hold them in such high esteem? I noticed a common thread. Their goal wasn’t only to reach certain milestones in their career or cross off a list of lofty ambitions; they aspired to be better men and women than they were the day before and to positively influence other people.”

“When you don’t live up to who you say you are, you and those around you suffer.”

“This duplicity can happen when people focus solely on accomplishing without paying attention to who they are becoming.”

“It’s when you maximize your unique skills for the greatest good that you achieve success.”

“Great leaders recognize that the greatest returns actualize when they maximize their talent.”

“To become your greatest possible you, you need to excel in your character and your skill.”

“There is a plethora of intelligent, savvy, creative, and talented entrepreneurs, artists, influencers, and financial tycoons who are maximizing their skills but not using them for the good of others.”

“When you begin to intentionally live with purpose, you experience the reward of contribution. You know that you have made a difference in someone else’s life, whether it comes in the form of your parenting, innovation, or leadership.”

“When what you have and what you do are your focus, you are guided by what I call an accomplishing mindset. If you zero in on reaching a certain level of material success without aiming to develop your character and enrich your relationships, inner satisfaction will always be out of reach.”

“An accomplishing mindset may lead to receiving an award, high esteem among people, or impressive accolades, but it rarely produces the type of person you are proud of becoming.”

“The accomplishing mindset focuses on things, not people.”

“When you build your life around metrics and outcomes outside of personal character and relationship building, you miss out on a meaningful future and life.”

“A becoming mindset is the key to living a life of success. This principle zeroes in on the most important element of who you are – your character. Rather than focusing on what you can accomplish, aim to grow in wisdom, honesty, courage, and justice.”

“THINK THIS: What’s most important is who I become.

NOT THAT: What matters most is what I accomplish.”

“What is character? Character is made up of traits at the core of our being. In other words, it is who we are on the inside.”

“Unlike your fingerprints that you were born with and can’t change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing.”

“Nearly 40 percent of CEO and company executives are fired due to moral and ethical failures versus only 35 percent fired for poor financial performance. If we focus on accomplishing before becoming, the weight of achievement will eventually crush us.”

So Friends, are we focusing on accomplishing or becoming? And I think there is an interesting distinction that is made in the final excerpt; Dr. Axe notes, “If we focus on accomplishing before becoming” – it is not that accomplishing is a bad thing, like everything else in life it just needs to be in its proper order. It is far more important who we are becoming rather than what we are accomplishing.

“Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.” – Andy Stanley

“Talent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.” – John Wooden 

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you or your family. I will always help you any way I can. You can reach me at kevin@whatwillyourinfluencebe.com.

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend, please cherish your precious family, and please stay well!

Kev