Today's TQ

Daily Lessons in Intentional Excellence
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Are You Recalling Your Home Runs Or Your Strike-Outs?

When you're working toward a goal, boost your confidence by keeping track of your victories, not your failures.

If you want a successful season, focus on your wins rather than your losses.

Today's TQ Challenge: Visualize Tremendous Success.

Choose to be ENTHUSIASTIC! What are your two most recent successes? Any grand slams?
Choose to be INSPIRED! What have you accomplished so far, in connection with the goal you're currently working toward today?
Choose to be HOPEFUL! How many victories will you celebrate as you leave work tonight?

Your motivation to take action increases automatically when you imagine how great it will be when you succeed. The bigger, brighter, more immediate and more personal you can imagine the payoff, the greater your desire to pursue your goals. When you picture failure, you lose motivation to proceed. You focus on avoiding mistakes, rather than striving to do your best. This leads to a reduction in effort -- and an increase in desire -- to avoid a negative outcome.

"There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do." ~ Isaac Bashevis Singer

Think about it. How well and how often do you actually DO Attitude Factor 3C?

"I spend time visualizing tremendously rewarding successes instead of picturing failure."

A high commitment (3C rated 8 or better) suggests you spend your time fulfilling your prophecy of success. Each day's progress -- large or small -- gets you closer to the goals you desire. Inspired by a beautiful dream, you maintain interest and internal drive -- even when things don't go well. With your eye on the prize, you keep hope alive for yourself and those around you -- and conquer the inevitable detours on the way to your desired destination.

On the other hand...

A lack of commitment suggests you are someone who tends to predict failure and then live in fear that your prediction comes true. You only achieve a fraction of what you could, because all you tend to see are the things that could go wrong -- before you even begin. It's difficult for you to stay motivated toward big goals when all you see are the problems and pitfalls. You find it hard to take future steps, because you are relatively certain they're bound for failure. This means you give up too often when things get too rough.

What happens when you CHOOSE to do Factor 3C a bit more frequently?

You leap at every opportunity to achieve your goals. You accumulate performance positives like "Enthusiastic, Eager and Inspired" -- immediately moving you towards the results you expect.

What happens when you FAIL to consistently do Factor 3C?

Failure is always in the back of your mind, scaring you away from taking actions. Negatives like "Discouraged, Fearful and Doubtful" start to take their toll on your performance -- quickly moving you away from the success you want.

Now Ask Yourself This...
Is Factor 3C Causing You Problems?

If you believe this factor is a key performance obstacle -- and that it's preventing you from realizing your personal dreams and goals -- then you need to improve it.

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