Today’s post is brought to you by the number 5.

1)    Find a way to save 5 minutes, 3 times during your day. At the end of the year you will have given yourself a week’s bonus!

2)    If you have a weekly sales or staff meeting, ask everyone to bring 5 cans of food and then donate them to your local food pantry.

3)    What are 5 problems you solve or 5 opportunities you help your clients embrace? Oh, and I know you’ve done this before so it should be a cinch for you to do it again!

4)    Take 5 minutes a day to write thank you cards and/or show your gratitude (clients, teammates, family, friends etc)

5)    Identify 5 people and ask them for their greatest piece of advice. Gold star if you really listen and open yourself up for their valuable lesson.

6)    Spend 5 minutes “warming up” before calling prospects by calling your own voicemail and evaluating your message from the prospect’s perspective.

7)    Identify 5 people from your online network and send them an email that you would like to have a brief “getting to know you” phone call.

8)    Always take 5 actions that will move you toward your goals, each day.

9)    Begin your day by thinking about 5 things that you are grateful for.

10) Make a bucket list of at least 5 amazing things you want to do before your time is through in this wonderful life.

11) Create 5 different “PS” messages with a gentle “Did you know” feel. Include them in your auto signature to inform folks of additional services you offer. Change your message every 30 days.

12) Challenge yourself to come up with 5 creative door openers. Sales Managers: Have a meeting and task everyone to bring with them, 5 creative ways to get in the door.  Sales Reps: Propose this meeting idea to your manager!

13) Join Twitter and commit to staying at it, learning it and giving it at least 5 months of 5 “tweets” per day.  For the more advanced Twitter Jedis . . . you are to find a way to make 5 people look like a Rock Star today and everyday!

14) Take 5 quite minutes to think about a challenge you are having. Begin your thinking time by asking “In what ways can I (fill in the blank with your challenge).

15) Spend no more than 5 minutes watching the news. While negativity sells for them, it doesn’t serve anyone hoping to keep a positive outlook!

16) Challenge yourself to find 5 creative ways to say thank you to your clients. Here’s one: Get a giant cookie and have them inscribe “Thank you for letting us take a bite out of your business” 4 more to go dude!

17) Make a list of 5 books you are going to read and then spend the next 5 months in the “book a month” club

18) Spend 5 days a week in Automobile University or Airline Academy using the travel time to listen to audio books, self help cd’s etc.

19) Identify 5 people that you are most grateful for in your life. Now tell them. They’re going to dig hearing it, trust me!

20) Set a goal of getting at least 5 Google search results by commenting on blogs, making your Linkedin profile public, tweeting, blogging, writing an article etc.

21) Spend 5 more minutes in prayer this week and put in a good word for me while you’re at it!

22) Spend 5 minutes with a co worker “sparring” before hitting the phones. You spar by throwing objections at each other.

23) Think about 5 things you are going to do to start conquering the world at home. This may be your most important “5” by the way!

24) Pick up a $5 Starbucks card and hand it to someone on your team who makes you look like a rock star to your clients.

25) Identify 5 things you want to get better at and then spend 5 minutes taking the first step on your self improvement journey!

Oh and before I forget, please pass today’s post along to 5 people within the next 5 minutes  🙂

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