Les Hewitt shares the 4 Fundamentals of Success with Jack Canfield

So you've developed a system called the four fundamentals that are. That help people stay focused on achieving their goals. Can you describe what those four fundamentals are? Yeah, the four fundamentals, as the name suggests, these are real pillars. These are a foundation that is so strong that you won't be led astray, basically. And I think, you know, when I see people certainly in fear, uncertainty, often they don't have that foundation. So the four fundamentals are, number one is clarity. And the key word there would be goals. Number two, the second fundamental is priorities. The key word there is focus. And the third fundamental is relationships. Very important, obviously, in business or in family relationships. And the key word there is leverage. And the fourth fundamental is habits. And habits are a really big deal that I got to discover years ago. And the key word there is results. So what I find, Jack, is when people, whether they're in business or in a bigger picture than that, whenever they really implement those four fundamentals into their life and into their everyday business, they can really handle bigger crises that come along. In fact, in all the years I've been coaching entrepreneurs, anytime anybody's had a crisis, and we just focused in on those four fundamentals, we've always been able to solve it, and I mean always. So it's very, very powerful. Sounds like CPR with an H. CPR for your life. Clarity, priorities, relationships, and habits. So let's unpack those a little bit. So start with clarity. Give us a little more clarity about clarity. Well, as I said, the key word there is goals. And I think one of the things that helped me a lot years ago was somebody told me, schedule time to think every week. And I think we get clarity when we slow the pace down. And, you know, we're busy, busy, busy, busy, whether it's the business or all the other things that we're involved in our lives. And when you really take time, I like to suggest schedule an appointment with yourself every week. It actually goes in the calendar, and you pick an hour, whatever time. We call it the reflective hour, and it goes in the calendar, and it's like any other meeting, except the meetings with yourself. And you turn off all the distractions. And really the purpose of that is just to think, slow things down. How did this week go? Am I on track? Am I off track? Do I need to make any adjustments here looking into next week? Is there anybody I need to be told, talking to, any relationship I need to build? And I think when you get into the habit of doing that, very few people I know actually schedule time to think. And that's, of course, again, when we slow down. Now, the clarity part, of course, when you've got big targets and those audacious goals is, well, how do I balance that? And I developed something called the seven life categories to really force people to have that healthy, integrated lifestyle. And again, in no particular order, those would be business, career, financial, particularly personal financial.