KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS

Posted on 06. Mar, 2012 by in Blog

Do you wake up each morning with excitement and anticipation about your business?  Do you look forward to who you will meet and how you may be able to help that person with the services or products and opportunity you provide?

If you answered ‘no,’ you may not be passionate about what you do.  Do you know what could happen as a result of not being passionate, not loving what you do?

When asked what is the single most important advice to give entrepreneurs, Steve Jobs replied, “People say you have to have a lot of passion for what you do, and it’s true.  And the reason is because it’s so hard; that if you don’t, any rational person would give up. 

“It’s really hard, and you have to do it for a sustained period of time.  So if you don’t love it, you don’t have fun doing it and love it, you are going to give up.  And that’s what happens to most people.”

“If you really look at the ones that end up being “successful,” in the eyes of the society, and the ones who didn’t, often times it is the ones that were successful that loved what they did so they could persevere when it got really tough.  And the ones that didn’t love it, quit! Because they are sane!

“Who would want to put up with this stuff if you didn’t love it? So, it’s a lot of hard work.  It’s a lot of worrying, constantly.  If you don’t love it, you are going to fail.  So you got to love it, you have to have passion.”

Are you passionate about your business and your life?  Your comments are welcome, encouraged and greatly appreciated.

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

WHO IS YOUR IDEAL PROSPECT?

Posted on 02. Mar, 2012 by in Blog

Do you know who is your ideal prospect?  Why would you care to know?

One of the biggest difficulties in the direct sales and network marketing industry is that directors, consultants and distributors don’t know how to find prospects.  They go to family and friends and anyone in general, pushing product samples or catalogues, hoping these potential prospects will get excited about the business. However, this not only impacts their individual success, it also creates an image problem in the industry overall.

Today, whether it is offline or online, people are looking for community and connection. They are not looking to be sold and if you continue to use that model, you are going to be burned out, stressed out and probably upsetting a lot of people around you.

If you don’t know who is your ideal prospect and have a clear picture, you will be spending time and money in the wrong places. When you discover who is your ideal prospect, you will easily find them, analyze whether they are the right fit and from there, you will be able to expand your reach beyond your own borders to attract your ideal prospects.

Recently as a guest speaker on The Mind Aware teleseminar series, Dana Wilde, host and founder interviewed me on how to create an unstoppable business by magnetically attracting your ideal prospect.  During this call, I discussed the five steps.  You can listen to this interview by going to http://goo.gl/zGrhi

Your comments are welcome, encouraged and appreciated.

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

A SIMPLE KEY TO SUCCESS

Posted on 26. Feb, 2012 by in Blog

“The  expression of  gratitude is a powerful force that generates even more of what we have already received.”  ~Deepak Chopra

A key to success is having an attitude of gratitude.  When you have an attitude of gratitude and give blessings to the people and world around, you can dramatically draw more good into your life.

To be more aware and expressive of gratitude, complete this exercise:

Write down all the things you are grateful for that you already have in your life.  Include all things in this gratitude, because it has all led you to this point where you will begin to consciously attract success.

What are you most grateful for in your life?

Your comments are welcome, encouraged and greatly appreciated.

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

DON’T QUIT

Posted on 19. Feb, 2012 by in Blog

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out;

Don’t give up though the pace seems slow–

You may succeed with another blow,

Success is failure turned inside out–

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems so far;

So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit–

It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

Edgar A. Guest

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

THERE IS NO “RIGHT WAY”

Posted on 10. Feb, 2012 by in Blog

Recently, I read a book, “Write It Down, Make It Happen, Knowing What You Want – and Getting It!” by Henriette Anne Klauser.

In her book, Henriette explains how writing down your goals is the first step toward achieving them. And she gives examples of ordinary people who witnessed miracles large and small unfold after they performed the simple act of putting their dreams on paper.

What I like is that she says there is no “right way” to write down a goal – a single line jotted onto a scrap of paper is as valuable as a full-blown description that goes on for several pages. She goes on to say that through your writing, your subconscious is letting you know what you want. Writing speaks to us, gives us clues, sometimes in round about ways. Listen carefully. Use your writing to interpret the symbols. And think BIG. Here are some of her down-to-earth tips and easy exercises to get your creative juices flowing:

  • Frame three questions about your life, write them down, fold them, and place them randomly in numbered envelopes. Over a period of several days or even weeks, meditate, then look up and write a quick story about what ever catches your eye or come into your mind. After you have written the story, open one of the envelopes and see what question you have answered.
  • Writing a full-fledged description of what you want is a way of saying you believe that it’s attainable and you are ready to receive it. The more precise you can be, the more ready you are. Write a visualization in loving detail – not only depicting your goal, but rehearsing what the particulars of your daily life will be like once this goal is realized.
  • When you wrote out your goal, did you find fears encroaching on your territory, almost immediately? This is the time to dispel them. Don’t leave them inside your head; write them down. Writing separates the dream from the fear; writing about your anxiety makes it an entity existing outside of your goal. Write down your fears, and take the churning out of them.

Do you write out your goals?  Your comments are welcome, encouraged and greatly appreciated.

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

IN CHANGE THERE IS POWER

Posted on 05. Feb, 2012 by in Blog

“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. ” ~Maya Angelou

“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.” ~Alan Cohen

“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” ~John Quincy Adams

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

“Courage is resistance to fear, master of fear, not absence of fear.” ~ Mark Twain

Do you have courage to do what you need to do to create the life you want?  When will you begin?  You can start today.

Your comment is welcome, encouraged and greatly appreciated.

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

ASK YOURSELF, “WHAT IF….”

Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by in Blog

What if you stay in a job and continue to do work that brings no joy or happiness?  What will happen if you don’t make a change?”

Many people continue doing the same thing day in and day out, knowing that it is unfulfilling, yet without thinking how it is affecting their life.

What is a stake?  Will it be your health?  Will it be your relationship or marriage?

Do you fear what might happen if you take a risk and started to make changes in your life, which would lead to a fulfilling life?

What if you would like to start a business or go back to school?  These were all the questions I asked myself.

It was not that I minimized my work, home and family success, but I just felt that there had to be more to life.  I felt empty doing work that didn’t give me joy or happiness. I felt unfulfilled.

Imagine your life coming to an end and how you will feel.  Will you feel unfulfilled?  It scared me to death thinking of my life ending and me knowing that I didn’t have the courage to pursue my goals and dreams!  That was when I made a decision to change my life.  I was no longer going to make excuses.

Are you passionate about the life you are living?  If you would like to explore how you can start making changes,  go here.  Start today!

Your comments are welcome, encouraged and appreciated.

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

 

 

HOW TO OVERCOME FEAR

Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by in Blog

Neale Donald Walsh said, “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”  The reason he says this is because when we are out of our ‘comfort zone’ we have to learn to trust and our faith grows.  Brian Tracy states that the level of our success has an exact relationship to our faith, or belief in our success.

Are you waiting for your potential prospects to phone you and tell you they want to join your team, rather than you following up with them?  Are you getting ready to get ready before you attend that networking event or give that presentation?

If you think, by waiting,  you will get comfortable doing the thing you don’t want to do to or are scared to do, you may be waiting a long time.  It may never happen. You have to get uncomfortable.  In fact, the more you do things that are uncomfortable, the more comfortable you will be about being uncomfortable!

Would you like to know how to get out of your comfort zone? Go here for help.

Your comments are welcome, encouraged and appreciated.

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

THE POWER OF DISCIPLINE

Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by in Blog

Having a positive attitude is a key to success.  How do you stay positive?  Here are seven rules from Attitude is Everything, 10 Rules for Staying Positive, from Simple Truths.

  1. Wait to Worry – What were you worried about this time last year?  Did you know only about 8% of what we worry about ever comes true?
  2. Keep an Attitude of Gratitude – Count your blessings and jot them down.
  3. Your Health is Your Wealth – If you lose your health, you lose everything…take time to exercise, catch up on sleep and eat right.
  4. Joy Boomerangs – Do something for someone else – the good you do boomerangs back to you!
  5. Learn to say “No” – We all have limits on our time, energy and interests.
  6. Understand the Power of Discipline – If you discipline yourself today, you’ll enjoy your life more tomorrow.
  7. Surround Yourself with Positive People – Find people who will challenge you, believe in you and inspire you to improve.

What are some of your tips or strategies for staying positive?  Your comments are welcome, encouraged and greatly appreciated.

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

A KEY TO GROWING YOUR BUSINESS

Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by in Blog

Have you ever caught yourself avoiding doing something that you know will move your business forward?  Maybe you are scared to make those follow up calls, so instead you keep yourself busy.

Have you noticed that when you put off whatever you are avoiding, that thing starts to weigh on your mind, and the longer you leave it, the harder it becomes to take action?

What is the pay-off from putting off things?  What is the pay-off from not making those followup calls, not going to networking events, not booking the parties or not attending the training events?

I learned when I put off doing things, it had its consequences on my business. If you put off doing the things you need to grow your business, guess what?  Your business will not grow, and more importantly, neither will your bank account!

When the pain of not doing something becomes greater than the pain of doing it, resistance will magically disappear.  More often than not, you will find that it wasn’t as bad as you thought after all.

Are you a procrastinator?  What do you do to stop procrastination?

One of the best ways to prevent procrastination and a key to growing your business is just do it! (Warning:  This video may cause laughter and motivate you to get things done!)

Your comments are welcome, encouraged and greatly appreciated!

To Your UNSTOPPABLE Success!

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