Here is a note I shared with my team last week.  This idea came from my reading of Jeff Olson’s The Slight Edge.  I highly recommend this book!

You can be successful at your job. It will require daily disciplines that are easy to do.  Really, they are easy.  But just like trying to lose weight, disciplines are also easy not to do.  The choice is yours.

So here are 10 Core Commitments for you.  This is my challenge to you.  Work on these commitments every day at every opportunity.  There may be days when you don’t get to all 10, but if you make it a focus, I bet you’ll do more than you think.

10 Core Commitments

1. Follow-up (issue resolution, member service one step beyond)
2. Follow-through (keep your promises)
3. Ask for the business (connect folks to our experts)
4. Be pleasant & professional (smile and use the member’s name)
5. Ask for referrals (members who are “fans” will promote us – ask them!)
6. Communicate appropriately (in-person, on the phone, email, texts)
7. Add value (be helpful, collaborate)
8. Use our resources (and apply what you’ve learned)
9. Take action now (to delay can mean losing)
10. Listen more (to get to the core of the issue)

Actively, Daily doing this will:

• Build our business
• Bring us success (and you personally!)
• Bring our members success
• Bring our co-workers success