Algorithms are all around us. From social media platforms to government agencies and news outlets, these programming strategies execute specific orders to produce desired results based on data from your online activity. They observe your habits, then target their ads and other responses to get you to behave a certain way. Creating Your Personal Algorithm for Success takes the same principle and applies it to your personal life and what you want to accomplish. What you do determines what you get.
There are certain behaviors that are like an algorithm for success – small steps that, when combined in a certain order, have a high probability of producing the desired results. When you put the behaviors together, you can predict your outcomes with a high level of accuracy. You just need to identify which behaviors lead to your desired outcome. The good news about this approach is that you don’t have to worry about the outcome, you just focus on the behavior. The outcome is a natural result of the new behavior.
To help you out, here are some of my coaching topics that help friends develop their own algorithm for success. Consider your personal areas of need (because everyone’s situation is different). The order of your need depends on what is happening in your life. There is always room to grow, even if you are already familiar with an area.
MIB emPOWERment Coaching Topics for Creating Your Personal Algorithm
- How to Make Your Ministry Your Business – The New Marketplace Ministry
- Identifying Your Spiritual Gifts – How to use it right where you are
- Realignment – Hearing from God and doing what He says
- Reframing Your Emotional Memory / Restructuring your feelings
- Emotional Intelligence – Taking control and managing conflict
- Quick Fixes for a Better Tomorrow – It’s One O’clock (Chapter 2 – How to Make Your Business Your Ministry)
- The Imposter Syndrome – Overcoming the enemy of success
- The Art of Anchoring – Standing firm in your God-given Identity
- Identifying and Eliminating Negative Self Talk: Building self-confidence
- Identifying the Bulls-eye of Your Purpose
- Harnessing a Growth Mindset
- Goal Setting – Goal Measuring – Strategic Thinking
- Restructuring Your Life in12 Months
- Protecting Your Destiny
To start, select a coaching topic above that you believe is your greatest need.
Want to press harder? Choose up to three topics. I suggest no more than three. We take ten months to cover these topics in the MIB emPOWERment Coaching Cohort.
After choosing your topics, review the list of behaviors below and find the top three behaviors that fit with your coaching topic. I do not recommend over three new behaviors at one time. Once you manage three and create new habits, you can add more to your plan.
New Behaviors for Creating Your Personal Algorithm for Success:
- Put your plan in writing
- Wake Up early
- Exercise at the beginning of your day
- Spend some time meditating at the beginning of your day
- Pray every day
- Limit the amount of access that you give others. Check messages only a few times a day
- Become a learner
- Get quality sleep
- Rebrand yourself
- Increase your self care
- Find new ways to connect with others
- Evaluate your progress regularly
- Listen to three or more podcasts daily in an area of your desired growth
- Do something new every week
- Express thankfulness daily
- Start writing Morning Pages
- Celebrate minor victories
- Keep a schedule
- Show up to places where people don’t expect.
- Remove all excuses
- Keep a journal
- Tackle your hardest tasks first
- Join a group that helps you connect with like-minded people
- Listen to upbeat, worship music
- Remove all electric devices from your grip after 7:00 pm (or choose your own time)
- Listen to positive voices and shut off negativity
Once you select your top three new behaviors, put them in order of importance with the coaching topic you selected.
Next, journal (at least one page) about the new behaviors you selected.
Why is this area a struggle?
What made you choose this behavior?
How will it make you feel when the behavior becomes a habit?
Now the last step for Creating Your Personal Algorithm for Success. Take what you learned from your writing and encourage yourself!
- Find A Bible Verse
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9)
- Embrace God Grace
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:8-9)
- Move forward, make adjustments and keep moving forward.
Friends, this strategy works! Your personal algorithm for success not only gets you where you want to be, but helps you enjoy a more fulfilled and purposeful life. That’s what it’s all about, right?
Let me know about your success in the comments. I am praying for you!
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