5/16/2024-On this day, the first woman reached Everest

You don’t have to climb Everest to validate yourself. But you know how good you feel when you push yourself…so plan something extraordinary that will make you proud.

Today’s quote by Sir Hillary could easily have worked for yesterday’s entry about Q3 goals, but today, it’s dedicated to Tabei Junko of Japan.

That woman had serious goals.

On this day in 1975, Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

More impressively, she was the first woman to ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent.

Why is this important to you, sales climber?

Goals create focus…and that creates a winning path. Like Tabei, you can do whatever you set your mind to.

What’s your Everest to climb? What big bad mountain top must you get to the top of? (Metaphorically…or not.)

The sooner you realize you have one more lane to the left you can drive in, the more you’ll reap rewards. Don’t be reckless; just be a bit more assertive.

Today, plan something that intimidates you…something that’ll make you feel very alive and challenged.

If you need to rope in a friend, do it. Get something on the calendar that works your muscles and your brain.

Whether your definition of adventure is watching the entire golf tournament on TV without moving or trekking the Pacific Crest Trail all by your lonesome…there’s something dangling out there on your list that you need to do.

Do it.

The only thing holding you back is planning and prep. You’ve already done so much in your life to prove you can do anything you set your mind to, so… do it.

Enough talk. Besides, you aren’t fond of "talkers," you gravitate towards the "doers."

Why is this so important?

Because, one day, the opportunities will be gone, and that might rub ya the wrong way. And, because DO-ing is contagious. The brave and aggressive things you pursue outside of the office inspire the stuff you do in your sales life. And vice versa.

Certainly, you don’t have to climb Everest to validate yourself – but you do know how good you feel when you push yourself.

Spend a minute watching this BBC summary of Junko’s life and you may want to put Everest on your list.

No? Oh well.

Junko was a friggin’ dynamo!

It’s not understood where Junko got her vast reservoir of inspiration and "let’s do this," but it probably started with her passions.

What are you passionate about that could inspire you in all facets of your life…including your sales life?