To understand this, let's go back to basics: Leaders do nothing more important than get results. If you can't get results, you won't be leading for long. Somebody who can get results is always waiting in line to take your place. If "good enough" is okay with you, you are next best thing to somebody who can't or won't get needed results. So, "good enough" is your enemy, "powerful dissatisfaction" your benefactor. I'm not saying that you should go around in a funk powerfully dissatisfied with everything and everyone. You'd be a royal pain. What I am saying is results should be seen not as an end in and of themselves but part of a natural process to get more. Powerful dissatisfaction does not have to be a downer. It can be a joy. The joy of having opportunity and privilege of thinking anew and acting anew. To be powerfully dissatisfied, one must be relaxed, open, caring, and humble. Banishing "good enough", embracing "powerful dissatisfaction" becomes a profoundly enriching way not only of being a leader but of living one's life.

So, take a joyful, powerful dissatisfaction into your leadership activities and see difference it makes in your interactions with others and in results.

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The best way to identify if a prospect fits your 'best customer profile' is to ask some great questions. Ask following:

* Which of your customers are easiest to work with? * Which of your customers do most businesses with you? * Which of your customers give you most headaches?

The answers to these questions will tell you where you should be investing your time. Because goal is to get great results, which leads us to last and fifth way... 5. Be Results Driven. No more excuses for not doing anything. In fact, do not bother to find reasons for non-achievements, and instead spend time on achieving something else to compensate for lack of achievement. Be ruthless. Give best to your customers by learning keys to customer service. Set a goal to increase your business profits by a quantum leap now.