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A young man who was a poor student promised his mom that he would take the SAT. He had poor grades and didn’t expect to go to college. He took the SAT and got his score back. The letter said 1480 out of 1600. His mom asked did you cheat? The boy said no mom I guess that is just what I am. The following year as school approaches he decides that he's going to act as a 1480 type of person. He asked himself, What does a 1480 type of student do? Well he figures they go to class, they pay close attention, and complete the homework. They also hand in assignments on time, since he's going to class and doing homework now he can't hang out with the same kids. The teachers start to look at the kid differently. They think I might have missed it on this kid and they start to treat him differently. He then graduates from high school with honors and goes to a community college his first two years, then on to Wichita State and then to an Ivy League school. Then he goes on to be wildly successful in the magazine industry. After 12 years and all his success he gets a letter in the mail from Princeton New Jersey where he took the SAT test. They report that in this year 13 people accidentally were sent the wrong test scores. It turns out he scored a 740 not a 1480. He said people think my whole life changed when I got the 1480. But the truth is my whole life changed when I started acting like a 1480 person. What does a 1480 do? They go to class, pay attention, and they expect to score high on all tests. The same behavior in business will get you the same results. If you act like the industry-leading salesperson, how would you walk, talk, shake hands and consult with a client. How would you present your ideas and prepare for presentations? if you were the industry leader you would probably act a lot differently than you are now.
If you were an amazing spouse or parent how would you show up? How would you walk in the door from work? How would you embrace your spouse? Would you listen differently, take an interest in them? How bout look at, or touch them? You would consider and treat them differently than you do now. What if you acted like a famously positive and inspiring leader? How would you greet the front desk receptionist in the morning, how would you begin your meetings? How would you talk about your clients, your mission and the work that everybody is doing? How would you recognize, praise, and give appreciation to everybody around? Probably a lot differently than you are now. I'm not talking about faking it until you make it. I'm talking about being real, acting differently now, remember your behavior is ahead of your success. Be what you want to become now, and the success will follow. We can see what you want to be by how you act. What will you do differently to have a different life?
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