The Top Ten Daily Questions Excellent Leaders Ask Themselves - The Mental Game Of Leadership.    Do top level, highly effective executives think differently than lower level, less experienced executives? Do top-notch leaders have different thought processes than those who are less accomplished? The answer is yes to both these questions. Read this article to learn how the mental game of top-achieving leaders differs from the approach of those with less experience. Learn the top ten key questions to ask yourself daily that can propel you into the ranks of highly accomplished leaders and executives.    255 words.

The Top Ten Daily Questions Excellent Leaders Ask Themselves

The Mental Game Of Leadership

Bill Cole, MS, MA
Founder and CEO
Procoach Systems
Silicon Valley, California

Do top level, highly effective executives think differently than lower level, less experienced executives? Do top-notch leaders have different thought processes than those who are less accomplished? I think the answer is yes to both these questions.

Let's examine some of these differences by seeing what peak-performing executives think about at the end of the business day. They ask themselves these critical questions.

1. What strategic milestones were accomplished today?

2. What key, leveraged tasks were accomplished?

3. What processes and systems were improved and created anew today?

4. What things did I learn about myself today?

5. What could have been done better, faster and more smoothly today?

6. What was my EQ score today? (Emotional Quotient of Emotional Intelligence).

7. How well did I communicate today and what could be improved?

8. What challenges, problems and mistakes did I encounter today, and how did I handle them?

9. How well did I manage my mental game today and how would I improve it for tomorrow?

10. How well did I manage time and energy resources today and how would I improve them for tomorrow?

How many of these questions do you ask of yourself daily? Can you set aside quality time each day to reflect on these valuable questions?

More bonus questions. Where do you want to be and how do you envision yourself at the end of your career? What do you want to have accomplished? What will you regret not having done? What can you do starting today that will place you on your ideal path to accomplishment and fulfillment?


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Bill Cole, MS, MA, a leading authority on peak performance, mental toughness and coaching, is founder and CEO of Procoach Systems, a consulting firm that helps organizations and professionals achieve more success in business, life and sports. He is also the Founder and President of the International Mental Game Coaching Association (www.mentalgamecoaching.com), an organization dedicated to advancing the research, development, professionalism and growth of mental game coaching worldwide. He is a multiple Hall-Of-Fame honoree as an athlete, coach and school alumnus, an award-winning scholar-athlete, published book author and articles author, and has coached at the highest levels of major-league pro sports, big-time college athletics and corporate America. For a free, extensive article archive, or for questions and comments visit him at www.MentalGameCoach.com. You can call Procoach Systems toll free at 888-445-0291.

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