“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.” Marie Forleo
Success is all about consistency. It’s that combination of small things we do every day.
Perhaps that’s why you’re reading this Spark today.
You’ve decided to work on your English skills and do something on a regular basis.
Congratulations! 
According to author James Clear, it might be the most productive thing to eliminate a task.
James’ advice
“Downsize. The rooms you don’t have, don’t need to be cleaned.
Donate. The items you don’t own, don’t need to be organized.
Delete. The projects you don’t take on, don’t need to be finished.
James recommends we ask ourselves: “Is this a problem that needs to be solved? Or is it a problem that can be eliminated all together?”
Great questions, don’t you think?
PS I think he means ‘altogether’ = ‘completely’ or ‘in total’ . ‘All together’ means ‘with each other’.
Did you know there’s a “Museum of Failure” in Sweden?
It has more than 150 failed products and services from some of the world’s best-known companies.
Take a look at some of them in this short YouTube video.
The idea behind the museum is to show people that innovation needs risk-taking and failure.
The museum’s motto: “Learning is the only way to turn failure into success.”
We just need to remind ourselves again and again; it’s okay to share our failures.
Perhaps you think others will laugh at you.
So you speak English, for example, only when you really have to.
But there are bound to be times when you make mistakes.
And, of course, you’ll never be able to speak English fluently if you let that fear silence you.
Wee all moke mistacks.
(Come along to one of my free Speed Networking sessions. You can test your English with someone else in a breakout session. No one will laugh at you.)
Do you have a customer referral programme÷a system to get customers to recommend your services or products to their family members and friends?
Some business owners have incentivised programmes or a formal scheme with customers acting as ambassadors.
If that’s too much hassle, why not just drop a sentence in your email signature and/or on your website asking happy customers if they are willing to refer your business.
I thought I’d ask you.
If you’re a customer or former customer of mine, you might like to tell someone about me. Or you might like to recommend my Sparks of English to a family member or friend.
I’d be very grateful if you’d spread the good word.
Have you ever been to the theatre or the cinema and felt like leaving before the end of the performance or the film?
Of course, you could have left and done something more enjoyable.
But you didn’t.
Why? Because you had already paid for the ticket.
This is what is known as the sunk cost fallacy.
The “sunk cost fallacy” describes our tendency to continue with something we’ve invested time, money or effort into it—even if the current costs outweigh the benefits.
It’s that feeling of wanting to “get your money’s worth”.
Do you know it?
