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When you have figured out what you want to do, that’s when the fun begins.

It’s action time.

So many family dads talk endlessly about what they would love to do, but never actually commit to doing it.

There are many reasons for that, but today we are talking about the family dad of action – the one who gets it done.

You see, you can visualize and plan all you want, but if you don’t act it doesn’t matter.

Hold yourself accountable to do something every day.

Do not have an attitude of just getting by – in order to prosper, you’ll need to have the proper mentality.

Resolve to not waste any time, go the extra mile to learn every detail about the area you have identified. Focus on excellence.

Get your hands dirty by learning about the nitty gritty of the subject area – spend hours every day building your expertise.

Read and learn all you can about your field. Since it is what you love to do, this should come naturally to you.

Move fast and execute flawlessly when an opportunity becomes available.

How about if the opportunity doesn’t come?

Create it. Talk to people. Volunteer. Be willing to work for free if need be.

Your enthusiasm, skillsets, and excellence in execution will be made clear for all to see.

You need to get out there and just do it.

Now that sounds like fun, doesn’t it?

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As a family dad, embrace change by doing one thing – learn.

When you learn you grow as an individual.  It’s a must. 

When you stop learning, bad things happen.  You don’t want that.  You want to prosper.

So…be selective about what you spend your time learning.

Get smart about what you learn

Not all learning is the same.  Learning the new TV show fall schedule is not the kind of learning that will propel you over the top.

You want to continually learn in areas that will bring a tangible benefit.  Some examples are:

• Learn more about your career or business – the more depth you have about what you do will make you a leading expert in your field.
• Read about and stay up-to-date about the industry you’re in.  Is it growing? Are there innovations at play that can dramatically change the outlook?  What is the long term risk?  What’s the government doing?  How about your competition?  Find ways that will, on a consistent basis, provide you with the insights you need.  
• Learn more about a hobby – if you like doing something that’s cool and valuable, visualize making a business out of it, and learn it inside out.
• Learn another skill set – one at a time.  This one’s big.  The more skill sets you have, the more desirable you become.  If your industry is hurting, and you’re looking to get out and reinvent yourself, you’ll need to learn.  Just make sure the skill sets are for things you would want to do.
• Learn about people – your customers, your boss, your contacts – get in tune to what’s the word on the street.

I can go on and on, but you get the point.   The important thing is to continually learn and not stay still or stagnate. 

Measure Up

You want to measure and do well with something I call your Flexibility Value (FV).  Your FV is a measurement of how strong, prepared, and easily you can adapt in a changing environment.

There is a formula for this. 

Ready?

FV = L / C

Where L  is for  Learning and C is Change.

Since we know that change is always constant, that means that your Flexibility Value will depend 100% on Learning. 

Very simply, the more you learn, the higher your flexibility value.  The less you learn, the lower.

The higher FV you have, the better chance you have at prospering during a changing environment.

So, strive to raise your FV – embrace change this way and change will be on your side.

Now, isn’t that better than the alternative?

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