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Why we Fail in Network Marketing Business

2020-08-13T16:13:00.000+05:00

Major Reasons (50), Why People Fail In NETWORK MARKETING.

اہم وجوہات (50) ، لوگ نیٹ ورک مارکیٹنگ میں کیوں ناکام رہتے ہیں

1. NO WRITTEN GOALS. Doesn't know what they want out of life. No direction or dreams. Confused and lost.

2. Wants to sponsor TOP PRODUCERS instead of learning HOW to BECOME ONE. It is better to be sponsored by a Top Producer than to sponsor one. That way, you can learn HOW a Top Producer achieves. Mentioning that your sponsor is a Top Producer is a great recruiting tool.

3. No COMMITMENT. No action.

4. UNORGANIZED. Wastes too much time looking for documents. Cluttered desk.

5. Poor RECORD KEEPING. Doesn't keep accurate record of transactions.

6. Only interested in PERSONAL PROFITS. Doesn't care about the needs of his customers and distributors.

7. No ANSWERING MACHINE or service. Can't be reached easily.

8. Doesn't RETURN CALLS promptly.

9. UNINFORMED on HOW to succeed in NETWORK MARKETING . Not interested.

10. Fails to keep AGREEMENTS, APPOINTMENTS and doesn't explain.

11. Doesn't FOLLOW-UP on prospects and customers. Doesn't show they care.

12.GIVES UP too soon. Usually quits in the first 90 days.

13.Gets DISCOURAGED by small problems and inconveniences. Slows down.

14.BAD MOUTHS other companies. Loses credibility as a positive person.

15.Not really SERIOUS about MLM.

16.Lacks SELF-ESTEEM. Drives around in a messy, dirty, unpolished car. Doesn't realize that prospects see this person as a person with a poor self-image.

17.LAZY. Wants to reap the rewards of his downline's efforts without working.

18.Distributes UNPROFESSIONAL, sloppy, poor copies of

information.

19.Doesn't establish a RETAIL base with companies that have retailable products.

20.A poor EXAMPLE of the benefits of the products they represent.

21.Doesn't handle CUSTOMER or distributor COMPLAINTS.

22.Doesn't RECOGNIZE or PRAISE downline achievers. Too self-oriented.

23.Doesn't WORK their business daily.

24.RESENTFUL of upline earnings. Stops producing to prevent upline from receiving bonuses on their production. Self-defeating.

25.BLAMES the company, the products, the marketing plan, lack of support from upline, etc. Doesn't realize that if others can succeed under similar environment, they can too.Doesn't take responsibility.

26.Unrealistic EXPECTATIONS for the little effort they put out.

27.Hangs around NEGATIVE speaking people, instead of top earners. Birds of a feather flock together. Beware!

28.Too IMPATIENT. Wants to make big money too soon without being willing to put out the necessary effort.

29.Doesn't pass TIMELY INFORMATION down line immediately.

30.COMPLAINS too much and acts like an immature cry baby. A non-producer.

31.Keeps SWITCHING to other MLM companies without first achieving some degree of success. Never makes money.

32.Gets involved in CHAIN LETTERS, illegal pyramids, and other schemes.

33.Depends on SPILL-OVERS in matrix programs, instead of personal effort. Wants something for nothing.

34.Unwilling to TAKE RISKS such as INVESTING in advertising, brochures, flyers, training, etc. Too security-oriented. Waits, watches. No guts, no glory!

35.Takes "NO" personally. No . . . only means not now. Give me a good reason to say "YES". Stops calling people.

36.Can't cope with CHANGES from the company. Not flexible in thinking.

37.Doesn't believe in or USE the products regularly. Just in it for the money.

38.Easily INFLUENCED by negative comments from family members, relatives and friends. Doesn't listen to positive side. Can't think for himself or herself.

39.Spend too much TIME getting organized and too little time talking to prospects and customers. Avoids people.

40.Expects PERFECTION from a new company without realizing that it takes time.

41.Doesn't PLAN to succeed. Plans to fail.

42.Has unprofessional APPEARANCE.

43.Always gives too many EXCUSES.

44.Thinks they KNOW EVERYTHING.

45.Doesn't READ or keep up with the latest happenings in the industry.

46.Physically UNFIT. Lacks energy.

47.Doesn't strive to do their BEST.

48.Believes in RUMORS. Doesn't check the facts. Gullible about any program.

49.LIES to look good.

50.Most importantly, doesn't truly believe that "IF IT'S TO BE, IT'S UP TO ME!"

اہم وجوہات (50) ، لوگ نیٹ ورک مارکیٹنگ میں کیوں ناکام رہتے ہیں

1. کوئی تحریری اہداف نہیں۔ نہیں جانتے کہ وہ زندگی سے کیا چاہتے ہیں۔ کوئی سمت یا خواب نہیں۔ الجھن میں اور کھو گیا۔

2. کس طرح بننے کا طریقہ سیکھنے کے بجائے ٹاپ پروڈکٹرز کی کفالت کرنا چاہتا ہے۔ کسی اسپانسر کرنے سے بہتر ہے کہ کسی اعلی پروڈیوسر کی کفالت کریں۔ اس طرح ، آپ سیکھ سکتے ہیں کہ ایک اعلی پروڈیوسر نے کس طرح حاصل کیا۔ یہ ذکر کرتے ہوئے کہ آپ کا کفیل ایک اعلی پروڈیوسر ہے بھرتی کرنے کا ایک بہت اچھا ذریعہ ہے۔

3. کوئی کمیٹی نہیں۔ کوئی کارروائی نہیں.

4. غیر منظم دستاویزات کی تلاش میں بہت زیادہ وقت ضائع ہوتا ہے۔ بے ترتیبی ڈیسک۔

5. ناقص ریکارڈ رکھیں۔ لین دین کا درست ریکارڈ نہیں رکھتا ہے۔

6. صرف ذاتی منافع میں دلچسپی رکھتے ہیں۔ اپنے صارفین اور تقسیم کاروں کی ضروریات کی پرواہ نہیں کرتا ہے۔

7. کوئی جواب دینے والی مشین یا خدمت نہیں ہے۔ آسانی سے نہیں پہنچا جاسکتا۔

8. کالز کو فوری طور پر واپس نہیں کرتا ہے۔

9. نیٹ ورک مارکیٹنگ میں کس طرح کامیابی حاصل کرنے کے بارے میں متفقہ۔ دلچسپی نہیں.

10. معاہدے ، تقرریوں کو برقرار رکھنے میں ناکامی اور وضاحت نہیں کرتی۔

11. امکانات اور صارفین پر عمل نہیں کرتا ہے۔ وہ دیکھ بھال نہیں کرتا ہے۔

12. بہت جلد عطا کرتا ہے۔ عام طور پر پہلے 90 دن میں چھوڑ دیتا ہے۔

13. چھوٹی چھوٹی پریشانیوں اور تکلیفوں سے بے نیاز ہوجاتا ہے۔ آہستہ آہستہ۔

14. دیگر اہم کمپنیاں. ایک مثبت شخص کی حیثیت سے اعتبار کھو جاتا ہے۔

15. واقعی ایم ایل ایم کے بارے میں کوئی سنجیدہ نہیں ہے۔

16. خود سے ESTEEM کمی. ایک گندا ، گندی ، غیر منحرف گاڑی میں ادھر ادھر گاڑی چلاتے ہیں۔ اس بات کا احساس نہیں ہے کہ امکانات اس شخص کو ایک ناقص خود تصویری شخصیت کے طور پر دیکھتے ہیں۔

17.لازی بغیر کام کیے اس کی downline کی کوششوں کا ثواب حاصل کرنا چاہتا ہے۔

18. غیر منقولہ ، میلا ، ناقص کاپیاں تقسیم کریں

معلومات.

19. ایسی کمپنیوں کے ساتھ ریٹیل بیس قائم نہیں کرتے ہیں جن کے پاس قابل استعمال مصنوعات ہوں۔

20. مصنوعات کی نمائندگی کرتے ہیں ان کے فوائد کا ایک ناقص مثال۔

21. صارفین یا تقسیم کار شکایات کو نہیں سنبھالتے ہیں۔

22. ڈاؤن لوڈ کرنے والے کارناموں کو منسوخ یا PRASSE نہ کریں۔ بہت زیادہ خود پر مبنی

23. ہر روز اپنے کاروبار میں کام نہیں کرتے ہیں۔

24. غیر معمولی آمدنی میں سے ایک۔ اپ لائن کو ان کی پیداوار پر بونس وصول کرنے سے روکنے کے ل producing پیداوار رک جاتا ہے۔ خود کو شکست دینا۔

25. کمپنیوں ، مصنوعات ، مارکیٹنگ پلان ، اپ لائن سے تعاون کی کمی ، وغیرہ کو احساس نہیں ہے کہ اگر دوسرے لوگ اسی طرح کے ماحول میں کامیاب ہو سکتے ہیں تو وہ بھی کر سکتے ہیں۔ ذمہ داری قبول نہیں کرتے ہیں۔

26. غیر حقیقی استثنیات کی چھوٹی سی محنت کے لئے جو انہوں نے نکالی۔

27. اعلی کمانے والوں کی بجائے منفی بولنے والے افراد کے آس پاس ہینگ۔ ایک پنکھ کے پرندے ایک ساتھ آتے ہیں. خبردار!

28. بہت متاثر. ضروری کوشش کرنے پر آمادہ ہوئے بغیر بھی بہت جلد پیسہ کمانا چاہتا ہے۔

29. وقتی معلومات کو نیچے لائن کو فوری طور پر منظور نہیں کرنا۔

30. کافی زیادہ شکایات کرتے ہیں اور نادان رونے والے بچے کی طرح کام کرتے ہیں۔ ایک غیر پروڈیوسر

31. کامیابی کا کچھ ڈگری حاصل کیے بغیر ، دوسرے ایم ایل ایم کمپنیوں کو سوئچنگ جاری رکھیں۔ کبھی پیسہ نہیں بناتا۔

32. چین کے خطوط ، غیر قانونی اہرام ، اور دیگر اسکیموں میں شامل رہیں۔

33. ذاتی کوشش کے بجائے میٹرکس پروگراموں میں اسپیل اوور پر انحصار کرنا۔ کچھ نہیں چاہتا ہے۔

34. اشتہار ، بروشرز ، طیاروں ، تربیت ، وغیرہ میں سرمایہ کاری جیسے خطرات لینے کے لئے تیار ہیں۔ بہت سکیورٹی پر مبنی انتظار ، گھڑیاں۔ ہمت نہیں تو عظمت نہیں!

35. ذاتی طور پر "نہیں" لیتا ہے۔ نہیں . . . صرف اب نہیں کا مطلب ہے. مجھے "ہاں" کہنے کی ایک اچھی وجہ بتائیں۔ لوگوں کو کال کرنے سے رک جاتا ہے۔

36. کمپنی سے بدلاؤ کا مقابلہ نہیں کر سکتے ہیں۔ سوچنے میں لچکدار نہیں۔

37. مصنوعات پر یقین نہیں کرتے یا استعمال نہیں کرتے ہیں۔ صرف اس میں پیسوں کے ل.۔

فیملی ممبروں ، رشتہ داروں اور دوستوں کے منفی تبصروں سے آسانی سے متاثر ہوا۔ مثبت پہلو نہیں سنتا۔ اپنے لئے یا خود کے لئے سوچ بھی نہیں سکتا۔

39. بہت زیادہ وقت ضائع ہونے اور امکانات اور صارفین سے بات کرنے میں بہت کم وقت خرچ کریں۔ لوگوں سے پرہیز کرتے ہیں۔

40. کسی وقت یہ محسوس کیے بغیر کہ کسی نئی کمپنی سے کارکردگی کا پتہ چلتا ہے۔

41. کامیابی کے لئے منصوبہ نہیں ہے۔ ناکام ہونے کے منصوبے۔

غیر پیشہ ورانہ ظاہری شکل ہے۔

43.اللویس بہت سارے اخراجات دیتی ہے۔

44. وہ سب کچھ جانتے ہیں۔

45. نہ پڑھیں اور نہ ہی انڈسٹری کے تازہ ترین واقعات کو جاری رکھیں۔

46.فزیکی طور پر UNFIT۔ توانائی کی کمی ہے۔

47. اپنے بہترین کام کرنے کی کوشش نہیں کرتے ہیں۔

افواہوں میں 48۔ حقائق کی جانچ نہیں کرتا ہے۔ کسی بھی پروگرام کے بارے میں قابل دلی

49.LIES اچھی لگ رہی ہیں۔

50. سب سے اہم بات یہ ہے کہ ، "اگر یہ بننا ہے تو ، یہ میرے پاس ہے!"

From Poor to Rich

2020-07-25T02:27:00.002+05:00

11 GREAT RULES THAT WILL HELP

YOU REMAIN POOR ALL YOUR LIFE

1. Never wake up early: Keep stretching and turning in bed until you get too hungry to continue dozing. If there are no bedbugs, why hurry to get up?

2. Never plan how to spend your money: Whenever you get money, start spending it right away and when it is finished, try to count and recall how you spent it.

3. Don't think of saving until you have real big money: How can you save when you
earn so little? Those telling you to save are not sympathetic to your burning needs.

4. Don't engage in activities usually reserved for the 'uneducated': How can you, a graduate, engage in e-commerce, petty trading or home- based business? That is for people who never went to school.

5. Don't think of starting a business until an angel comes from heaven and gives you capital: How do they expect you to invest before you get millions of Dollars ? Even
though more than half the businesses in your town were started with a few hundred
shillings, you as a smart person can only start with millions.

6. Complain about everything except your own attitude: Blame the system, the
government and the banks that refuse to lend you money. They are all bad and do not want you to get rich.

7. Spend more than you earn: To achieve this, buy consumer products in credit and keep borrowing from friends and employer.

8. Compete in dressing: Make sure you wear the latest clothes among all the workers in your office. Whenever your neighbor buys a new phone, get one that is more expensive.

9. Get yourself a nice second- hand car that costs more than three times your gross monthly pay: That will surely keep you in debt long enough to hinder the
implementation of any bad plans that could make you accumulate capital.

10. Give your children everything they ask for since you are such a loving parent and they should not struggle for anything because you do not want them to suffer. That’s way; they will grow up lazy and hence too poor to add value to the community.

11. Ignore God after all He's A Spirit and may be too irrelevant for today's challenges... He would not understand.

How to Kick Out Laziness

2020-07-21T23:08:00.002+05:00

Are you Feeling Lazy, get yourself Energized now…

I believe there are two kinds of laziness. First, there’s the kind where you have been working your butt off for weeks and finally after all your hard work all you want to do is be lazy and do nothing.

But then there’s the kind of laziness where you struggle to find motivation. Every time you think of something you would like to do or achieve, you cannot find the energy or drive to work toward it. This is the kind of laziness that I am talking about.

Being lazy is actually quite draining and depressing. I know because I regularly find myself feeling so lethargic that even the simplest task seems like a challenge.

Although laziness is common and a natural part of life, it has the potential to completely consume us.

I personally have times where laziness causes me to feel trapped. No matter what I do, I cannot seem to shake it off. I feel tired, I fall asleep constantly during the day, I sit around a lot and feel unable to be active, I avoid doing anything productive, and put on hold things that I want to accomplish.

“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” ~Benjamin Disraeli

I’m sure I’m not alone in this struggle. I have found five effective ways to overcome my laziness that I want to share with you so you can win your personal battle too.

Ø One barrel at a time ; Focus on just a few things at a time.

We often create a big list of things that we want to do and achieve. Focusing on two or three things at a time will allow you to feel less overwhelmed. Instead, you will feel motivated, as your goals will now seem so much more achievable.

Out of the two sets of six-month goals below, which set gets you more motivated?

Learn to play guitar, do well at work, and get fit.

Learn to play guitar, do well at work, get fit, build big muscles, get better at singing, get top marks at school, learn how to draw better, and write a book.

When I see the second list, I personally feel overwhelmed. When my life looks a bit like this, I usually don’t know where to start or if I can succeed at anything I’ve set out to do.

People feel motivated when they feel they have a good chance of success.

This has been a big learning curve for me. When success seems like it is just around the corner, suddenly I get an amazing rush of energy where I feel liberated and excited to achieve bigger things.

Set yourself two or three easy to achieve goals at a time, and you will notice that you will naturally gain inspiration and motivation.

Ø Make every workout count; Exercise.

Exercise is the simplest way to overcome laziness. A lot of the time, we are lazy because completing a task seems too difficult. With exercising, you don’t have to figure anything out. You just have to make that one big decision to literally start moving your body (jump up and down, go for a run, or start doing lunges in your living room).

This has been a big revelation for me. Sometimes I get so fed up with feeling lazy and lethargic that I literally just start running. I have learned that if you can overcome physical laziness, your mind will naturally follow.

You will find that you will become more willing to think about complicated things, such as working on a project or doing something that you have been avoiding. Exercise will help you break through that barrier of inertia and will help you feel motivated and more willing to put in effort.

Ø Sometimes treat yourself ; Allow yourself time to relax and do the things you enjoy.

Sound’s ironic, doesn’t it? Overcoming laziness by relaxing! But it works.

Often, we become lazy because a task seems too difficult. By relaxing and doing the things we enjoy, we allow ourselves to feel satisfied. When we are satisfied, we are more willing to take on bigger tasks and achieve bigger things.

By relaxing and enjoying yourself, you also allow yourself to think about things, reflect, and feel inspired.

For example, I often feel uninspired to write articles. I get a mental block. Writing and researching becomes an overwhelming task so I retreat to laziness. I completely block out anything that requires hard work.

I have learned that as I relax and do things I enjoy, my mind is encouraged to reflect again. It is not scared of becoming overwhelmed because it knows that I am not going to push it to do something productive if it does not want to.

This is how I gain inspiration again. When I relax, I suddenly find myself thinking of all these great ideas and I regain inspiration and motivation.

Ø Cleanliness is a way to get motivated ; Get organized.

Your physical surroundings have a big impact on how you feel. If your house is a mess, you are likely to feel even more overwhelmed—both because clutter creates a sense of chaos, and because having to clean your house adds to your giant list of things to do in a ridiculously short amount of time.

Clean your house and organize your physical surroundings and you will naturally feel motivated to be more productive and active.

You will be making life simpler and easier to manage.

Once you’ve organized your home, you may feel motivated to get organized in other areas of your life and tackle tasks you’ve neglected.

As I mentioned earlier, laziness is often our attempt to avoid difficult or unpleasant tasks. Ironically, once you start tackling them, it will all feel less difficult and overwhelming and you’ll likely feel a lot less tense.

Ø Internal Speech is more dangerous ; be aware of and monitor your internal dialogue.

Our internal dialogue (the way we speak to ourselves) has such a big impact on how we feel and what we do.

Anthony Robins, world famous motivational speaker, explains that if we want to feel ecstatic, all we need to do is adopt a point of view that creates that emotion.

For example, picturing in your mind the things that make you feel that way, change the tone and content of your internal dialogue and change your posture and breathing to create that state in your body.

This has become my personal motto, and I am genuinely amazed at how much more positive I feel just by choosing to have a positive outlook.

Every time I have a negative thought, such as “today is going to be a long, hard day at work,” I immediately challenge that thought by telling myself something like this: “I have so much to be grateful for and today is going to be fun and enjoyable!”

I then make a choice to get rid of my slouchy posture and tell myself that I have lots of energy.

Just thinking that way makes me feel excited and gives me a big boost of energy.

I once learned that we have over 50,000 thoughts a day. Even if only 10 percent of them are negative, it equals a total of 5,000 negative thoughts a day. When I heard this, I realized that we have way too many negative thoughts and it helped make sense of why so many of us struggle to feel motivated.

Being aware of and monitoring your internal dialogue is so important, and will inevitably impact on how lazy you feel and how easy it will be for you to overcome that laziness.

These methods have helped me incredibly and continue to help me every day. I am sure that if you apply them too, you will experience a big boost of energy and motivation in your daily life.

A Shocking Mentality of Rich

2020-07-18T03:38:00.003+05:00

A Mindset of Filthy Rich People.

Check this table

Kenneth Cole	Famous fashion designer	Sticking with your gut is the key to building a sustainable business.
Kevin O'Leary	The Shark Tank star	the value of holding only profitable relationships
Burt Jacobs	Co-founder of Life is Good apparel	Communicate your expectations to all your Key stakeholders.
Kat Cole	CEO of Cinnabon	try everything--but only stick to what works best
Marcus Lemonis	TV Star of The Profit	Using your gifts can take you anywhere
Kevin Plank	Founder and CEO of Under Armour	One should only focus on selling his best products.

I can go on with the advice I've heard from all these wealthy people but I would like to sum up my own version of how to make it big in business:

1. Create Something Bigger Than Yourself

Most people want success for themselves, not other people. They want to win all the awards, be on the magazines, and earn millions of dollars. Having all of this is fine, but you must select a cause that is bigger than yourself. You need to understand that your purpose is greater than you. This will attract more success, instead of repel it.

A selfless leader will focus on growing others, which in turn will grow themselves. As a hobby, I exercise often by jogging and lifting weights. I find that when I help others exercise, I become stronger and faster than I would if I did it all myself. Helping others takes the same amount of time that it does to help yourself. Those who want to be rich must enrich others first.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. - Ancient Proverb

2. Surround Yourself with Experts

Every multi-millionaire has a team of experts that gives them strategic advice. While everyone has an opinion, you only want to listen to the best. I see so many people listening to the wrong people, which later leads them to devastating results. Find experts in your industry that dominate and befriend them if you can.

Hiring an executive coach is the greatest way to get to the next level. A friend might say, "You should do more push-ups", but a coach will show how it makes you stronger, which motivates you to action. Find a paragon who can identify with your needs. Most executive coaches charge anywhere from 10 to 20 percent of your yearly income, which is often easy to pay if you follow their advice.

3. Build a System which Leverage

Multi-millionaires cannot do it all alone. They have systems and processes that allow them to leverage their gifts and abilities. There's always a better and faster way to get things done. If you create a system of success for yourself, it will eventually serve you. However, it must be your system, not someone else's.

Every day, I have certain habits, devices, and systems that I use to help me operate more efficiently. I used to think that I had to wake up at a certain time to be successful, but I realized that my peak time of productivity is from 10 pm to 4 am. I go to sleep ridiculously late and have found many benefits in doing so. The 5 a.m. wake-up club doesn't work for everyone. You must find a system that works for you.

4. Be Expert in Marketing and Sales

Marketing spreads the message of what you're about, and sales is getting people to buy that message. Marketing helps you to build your credibility and sales happens when people trust your reputation. Marketing is the spinal cord to your business and sales is the vertebrae. If you want strong "backing," you must master both of these major skills.

Multi-millionaires are experts at marketing and sales. Their skills deftly lead them to high positions and allow them to enjoy the best of life. In this world, you can either sell or you'll be sold. You might as well learn what the marketplace wants and then find a way to strategically deliver what it needs. In short, find a product to sell (sales) and have a story to tell (marketing).

People don't know what they need until you give it to them. - Steve Jobs

5. Quick Decisions are Important

Every day, we all make a multitude of decisions. However, the richest people make them fast because they know themselves better. Most people have never been taught how to make decisions. Instead, they look for people who can make it for them. This is why only 10 percent of people in the world are entrepreneurs who control 90 percent of the workforce.

Making quick decisions can help you to becoming wealthy. A man recently told me that he couldn't partake in a certain event because he didn't know what to do. Rather than deciding, he gave me a few excuses and was momentarily off the hook. If he was a multi-millionaire, he would have boldly decided and told me whether he could make the event or not. Make decisions, not excuses.

6. Be wise,Prioritize

Prioritizing means doing first what matters most. Dozens of tasks may be calling your name each day, but you must only undertake the ones that give you the most reward. You must develop a habit to consistently delegate or eliminate activities that take up your time, energy, and money. Your time is finite.

What are your main priorities in life ? How are you going to make it happen? Your goals better be as big as you can make them. Most people set goals that are too small. A small increase in income won't suffice for aspiring multi-millionaires. Instead, raise your goal substantially by seeking to quadruple your rate of business. Whatever your goal is, your mind will find a way to do it.

7. Produce Constantly

On weeknights, weekends, and holidays, 98 percent of people take time to rest, which is utterly foolish! Surely, you do need to rest, but you must produce, too. Don’t selfishly squander your precious time when there are so many people that need your help! Do you realize that your true happiness comes from the work you produce?

A famous NBA player confided that he cannot go a day without shooting 1,000 shots. Every day, he affirms, "Basketball is my purpose in life." He cannot stand missing the playoffs; otherwise, he feels like a failure. That's why he's a champion. Attaching yourself to your purpose is the secret to becoming a multi-millionaire. Best advice: Mix business with pleasure.

8. On Serving People

Surprisingly, most multi-millionaires don't do it for the money. If they did do it for the money, they would have stopped after their first million or so. Truly, they do it for the people. They understand that people come first. When you serve people, the profit will come. It's a law that automatically applies itself.

I used to laugh at people who worked without pay (aka, volunteers). Now, that's all I do. When I wake up, my first question is usually, "How do I add more value to more people in less time?" not, "How do I make money today?" At the end of the day, I always find a stack of checks at my desk awaiting my signature for processing. These checks come from my service.

9. Keep on Continuous Improvement

If you want to change the world, you need to consume a lot of knowledge and make rapid changes. You need to start reading books and implementing the ideas you learn. Most of my wealthy friends routinely read 2 hours per day at a minimum--and they’re not reading the easy stuff either. They're pounding the textbooks and taking notes.

When you're beginning work each day, ask yourself, "How can I improve?" If there is a skill that you must learn, learn it. Most people are one skill away from being a massive success. If you want to become a multi-millionaire, you need to get serious about self-improvement and adopt changes in your personal and professional life on a daily basis.

10. Get Feedback

I'll never forget what Jack Canfield told me at a conference in which we shared the stage. As he pulled me aside, he gave me his serious tone: "Daniel, the major difference between bestselling authors and amateur authors is one thing: Feedback." This was his secret to selling millions of books over the last two decades.

Obtaining feedback is instrumental if you want to grow a successful business. Sometimes, great feedback can come from anywhere. It can come from your spouse, kids, neighbor, or even your mother! Often times, it comes from your worst critics, who give you the deepest version of what you need to change. Wherever you get your feedback, make the necessary changes.

To become a multi-millionaire, you must cultivate these 10 secret mindsets of multi-millionaire. If you do, people will notice your work and supply you with the help you need. There's no limit to what you can accomplish with a deep purpose and faith in something greater than yourself. This is at the forefront of becoming a multi-millionaire. Remember, serve people and profit will come.

Successful Leaders Don't do this...

2020-07-18T01:51:00.005+05:00

You never see these things in Successful People

What do I mean by “behavior?” How you react under long-term stress. Whether you meet your commitments or not. How you interact with others. Your attitude toward customers. How hard you’re willing to work to do the job right. Whether you’re focused and disciplined or scattered and distracted. That sort of thing.

When you spend decades working with executives and business leaders, you really can’t help but observe what works and doesn’t work over the long haul. One thing I’ve noticed, it’s not intrinsic characteristics or personal habits that determine whether you’re successful or not. It’s your behavior.

Now, I admit to having known some pretty dysfunctional founders and CEOs and Specially Leaders who did well for themselves for a time. But sooner or later, usually when the pressure is on and things aren’t going so well, they exhibit self-destructive behavior that bites them in the ass. Sadly, they often take their businesses down with them.

If you want to make it big over the long-term, you might want to take a good, hard look in the mirror and see if any of these career-limiting behaviors describe you.

Selfish ness. (Lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.)If you act like the world revolves around you, you’d better have the talent to back it up. Even so, being overly self-centered will diminish your effectiveness. Business isn’t about you; it’s about business. It’s about your customers’ experience with your products. Remember who serves whom in the relationship.

Over sensitivity. (Excessively sensitive: such as. a : too easily bothered, upset, offended, etc. an oversensitive person oversensitive about his looks She's oversensitive to criticism.) If you’re so thin-skinned that any criticism makes you crazy and every little thing offends you, you’re going to have a rough go of it in the real business world. There’s a good reason why business leaders usually have a good sense of humor and humility. It’s sort of a requirement. Don’t take yourself so seriously.

Laziness. (The quality of being unwilling to work or use energy; idleness.)Those who are driven to achieve great things also know one fundamental truth: It takes hard work over the long haul. That’s why they’re always so focused and disciplined. Most people are slackers. That’s why most people don’t achieve great things. Simple as that.

Panic. (Sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior.)High-pressure situations are common in the business world. Things almost never go according to plan and oftentimes they go terribly wrong. It comes with the territory. If you can’t override your adrenaline response and remain calm in a crisis, you’re sort of screwed.

Quick-fix mentality. (An easy remedy or solution, especially a temporary one which fails to address underlying problems.) Steve Jobs said, “Half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance” and if you’re not passionate about what you do, you won’t stick with it. Too many people want instant gratification these days. That’s not going to cut it.

Living in the past or future. (Living in the past means attachment to something that was. This biases ones perceptions and what is there in the present is missed out. This also undermines ones future. Living in the future means attachment to something that never was and might not come in to being.) Granted, we can learn from the past, but dwelling on it is self-destructive. Likewise, you can plan for and dream about the future, but if your actions aren’t focused on the present, you’ll never achieve your plans or your dreams.

Fanaticism. (Filled with or expressing excessive zeal.)Passion is a big success driver, but when you cross that line and become over-the-top fanatical, that works against you. I’ve seen it time and again. It leads to a skewed perception of reality, flawed reasoning, and bad decision-making.

Acting out. (Acting out is the performance of an action considered bad or anti-social. In general usage, the action performed is destructive to self or to others. )Whatever feelings you have trouble dealing with – jealousy, shame, inferiority, entitlement – transferring them to people you work with and acting out in anger won’t just make you and everyone around you miserable, it’ll kill your career, too.

Light hearted indifference. (Amusing and entertaining, Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.)You hear phrases like “whatever works,” “it’s all good,” and “no worries” a lot lately but you’ll rarely hear them from highly accomplished people. They may be a lot of things but apathetic is not one of them.

Naivety.(Naivety is the state of being naïve, that is to say, having or showing a lack of experience, or understanding sophistication,) Granted, we all start out sort of wide-eyed and gullible, but the sooner you convert that to savvy and skeptical, the better your chances of coming out on top. The reason is simple: suckers and fools don’t win. Learn to question everything you read and hear and always consider the source.

One Final Point, if any of this offends you enough to want to write an angry flame comment, you’ve got at least two or three issues to work on. Then again, look at the bright side. At least you’re not indifferent.

SMART Planing of the Week

2020-07-16T18:25:00.003+05:00

Design Your Perfect Week.

Do you really want to work less. And work smarter to enjoy your free time, but you need to make good money. And of course, you want keep learning and enjoy your career at the same time. Whether you work in a so-called creative industry or not, balancing personal autonomy with productivity and great teamwork is a challenge we all face. Is there a possible solution to this seemingly impossible equation?

Actually, yes. It takes planning, consistency and teamwork, but by properly structuring your time and work methodology, you just might be able to have it all. Here’s a plan of action:

· Start focusing on Monday Morning.

Begin by gathering all your team members in a room where you’ll spend 20 minutes reviewing the challenges of the week. Each person writes their three personal challenges for the week on a post-it, puts it on wall and reads it a loud it to the group. These challenges must be clear objectives with completion dates. Whether it is personal (I want my desktop cleaned by tomorrow night) or linked to others (I want to deliver that project to the client on Wednesday night), it must something that can be accomplished. This works because it is a commitment you make in front of your teammates. To keep everyone motivated, the post-its remain on the wall the entire week.

· Share with others on Wednesday Morning.

At Base Design, we call this the creative meeting, but it can be adapted to fit many types of businesses. This time, everyone is present, from the office manager to creative and financial directors, and you’ll spend about three hours getting on the same page about all aspects of the business. While that may sound like a long time, it’s a crucial way to glue the team together. It is the moment where ongoing projects, discoveries, research, presentations are shared and discussed. And other things will be shared as well: emotions, feelings and passion. The creative meeting is lead by one person (it could be someone different each week) that is in charge of the agenda and the time keeping.

Importantly, the meeting starts with the inclusions, where each participant openly responds to the following three questions: 1) What is my mood today? 2) What are my expectations for this meeting? 3) What will I bring to this meeting? As implied by its name, the inclusion method is a tremendous tool to include everybody and give everyone a voice of equal importance. The meeting ends, after all presentations, sharing and debates, with a round table of constructive feedback.

· Have a good Lunch on Thursday.

This is the true feel-good rendezvous of the week. It’s a very simple concept: One staff member takes a turn cooking for the rest of the team. There’s no work, no agenda, just time to enjoy a meal and the company of your colleagues. Time your team spends getting to know each other as friends is as important as the time they spend collaborating as co-workers.

· On Friday afternoon: Look back.

Time for a review of the week. Duration is variable. This is when the team gathers and each one gets returns to his or her Monday post-it. Did everyone fulfill their three challenges? Yes, great. No? Let’s analyze why, discuss it with the others and learn from it. Remember, the goal is to work less and better -- and here’s an opportunity to discuss how to do just that.

· The rest of the week? Full autonomy.

We’re all adults here. Each member of the team is certainly mature enough to organize the time spent on their own projects and meetings, inside and outside the company, and combine it with the demands of their personal life in a way that works for them. No judgment, no second guessing. Just deliver good work on time, and everyone is happy.

Checking in, staying on the same page and cheering each other on at intervals during the week is something any business can implement to help their employees stay on the right track and achieve balance between their work and personal lives. By respecting these milestones with absolute discipline, you will see responsibility and autonomy raise naturally among your team members, and these gatherings will become an essential and enjoyable way to support the well-being and efficiency of your team.

Quickly Get Rich ("امیر بننے کا نسخہ")

2020-07-16T15:20:00.002+05:00

How to Get Quickly Rich

"امیر بننے کا نسخہ"

امیر ہونے کا ایک کامیاب نسخہ

بھائ جان میں نے تین کروڑ بیس لاکھ روپے کی دوکان خرید لی ہے۔
جمعہ 26 جنوری کو جب شرجیل نے لاہور سے فون کیا تو اتنا جوش وخروش میں تھا کہ میرا حال احوال دریافت
کرنا بھی بھول گیا۔ پوچھا کہ اس وقت کہاں ہیں؟
" کراچی میں" میں نے جواب دیا دو دن بعد لاہور پہنچوں گا۔
بولا " لاہور پہنچتے ہی مجھے فون کیجئے گا" میں نے حامی بھر لی ۔ سچی بات تو یہ ہے کہ اس کامیانی پر مجھے اطمینان قلب محسوس ہوا۔
دس سال قبل شرجیل نے " ایم ایس سی" کر لی تو حاندانی حالات کے باعث جاب یا بزنس اس کی شدید ضرورت تھی
شرجیل ایک روز کہنے لگا بھائ جان کوئ ٹھوس اور قابل عمل حل بتائیں کہ میں اپنے پاوں پر کھڑا ہو جاوں۔
میں نے توقف اور غوروخوض کے بعد کہا تین دن بعدمیں اسلام آباد جا رہا ہوں میرے ساتھ چلنا ۔
اور پھر ہم بزرگ دوست "قاضی صاحب" کے پاس گئے ۔ قاضی صاحب حکیم اور روحانی دانشور ہیں ۔
قاضی صاحب کو مسلہ بتایا تو بڑے اطمینان سے مسلہ سنتے رہے ۔ کمرے میں خاموشی چھاگئ تو بولے شرجیل صاحب آپ حوصلہ مند دکھائ دیتے ہیں ۔آپ دو کام کریں کوئ چھوٹا موٹا دھندا کرلیں اور دوسرا یہ کہ جو بھی کریں اس میں اللہ تعالٰی کو اپنے ساتھ بزنس پاٹنر بنالیں۔ شرجیل نے میری طرف اور میں نے شرجیل کی طرف دیدے پھاڑ کر دیکھا۔ قاضی صاحب نے سلسہ کلام جاری رکھتے ہوئے کہا " یہ کام مردوں کا ہے ، صرف عزم با لجزم رکھنے والا مرد ہی کر سکتا ہے اگر کاروبار کے نیٹ پرافٹ میں پانچ فیصد اللہ تعالٰی کا شیئر رکھ کر اللہ تعالی کے بندوں کو دے دیا کریں اور کبھی بھی اس میں ہیرا پھیری نہ کریں تو لازما آپ کا کاروبار دن رات چوگنی ترقی کرتا رہے گا۔
واپسی پر لگتا تھا شرجیل اس پر عمل نہیں کرے گا لیکن اس نے کمال حیرت سے عمل کر دکھایا" ۔
مجھے یاد ہے یہ 1997 کا سال تھا ،اس کے پاس صرف ایک ہزار روپیہ تھا ، اس نے کسی ک آگے ہاتھ نہیں پھیلایا
اسی ایک ہزار روپے سے اس نے بچوں کے پانچ سوٹ خریدے اور انار کلی بازار میں ایک شیئرنگ سٹال پر رکھ دیے۔
دو دن میں تین سو روپے پرافٹ ہواتھا تین سو روپے میں سے اس نے پانچ پرسنٹ اللہ تعالی کی راہ میں دے دیئے تھے۔
پھر اور سوٹ خریدتا اور اصل منافع میں سے پانچ پرسنٹ اللہ تعالی کے نام کا شیئر مخلوق پر خرچ کرتارہا۔ یہ پانچ پرسنٹ بڑھتے بڑھتے چھ ماہ بعد 75 روپے روزانہ کے حساب سے نکلنے لگے یعنی روزانہ کی آمدنی تقریبا سات سو روپے ہو گئ ایک سال بعد ڈیڑھ سو روپے ، تین سال بعد رازانہ پانچ پرسنٹ کے حساب سے تین سو روپے نکلنے لگے۔ جسکا مطلب یہ ہے کہ تین سال بعد اسے روزانہ چھ ہزار بچنا شروع ہو گئے تھے۔ اب سٹال چھوڑ کر اس نے دوکان لے لی تھی ۔ جب فون ایا تو میرا پہلا سوال یہی تھا کہ اب روزانہ پانچ پرسنٹ کتنا نکل رہا ہے؟
اس نے بتایا کہ روزانہ ایک ہزار نکل اتا ہے جو خلق خدا پر خرچ کر دیتا ہے۔گوہا اب آمدنی روزانہ بیس ہزار روپے ہے
یہ بھی بتایا کہ اللہ تعالی کے ساتھ " بزنس" میں اس نے اج تک بےایمانی نہیں کی۔
قاضی صاحب نے بتایا تھا کہ جس کاروبار میں اللہ تعالی کو پارٹنر بنالیا جائے یعنی اللہ تعالی کی مخلوق کا حصہ رکھ لیا جائے وہ ہمشہ پھلتا پھولتا ہے۔بشرطیکہ انسان کہ اندر تکبر نہ ہو " عاجزی ہو" انہوں نے سچ ہی کہا تھا کہ کاروبار اتنا چل نکلتا ہے کہ ایک وقت اتا ہے جب بندہ سوچتا ہے ، میرا کافی روپیہ لوگوں میں مفت میں تقسیم ہو رہا ہے ۔ انہوں نے بتایا تھا کہ دولت مند بننے کا یہ نسخہ انہیں بزرگوں سے منتقل ہوا ہے اور کبھی بھی یہ نسخہ ناکام نہیں ہوا۔۔۔۔۔ ماشاءاللہ
ہماری زبان میں ا اصطلاح ہے " دن دوگنی رات چوگنی ترقی کرنا" آیئے جائزہ لیتے ہیں کہ دنیا کے امیر ترین افراد کا کیا وطیرہ ہے۔
51 سالہ ٹی وی میزبان " اوہراہ دنفرے " ایک ارب تیس کروڑ ڈالر کی مالک ہے وہ سالانہ ایک لاکھ ڈالر بے سہارا بچوں کی فلاح وبہبود پر خرچ کرتی ہے۔۔۔۔دولت میں اضافہ ہو رہا ہے۔ اٹلی کے سابق وزیراعظم "سلویابرلسکونی" اپنے ملک کے سب سے امیر اور دنیا کے دس امیر ترین افراد کی فہرست میں شامل ہیں۔ مشہور زمانہ فٹبال کلب " اے سی میلان" انہی کی ملکیت ہے ۔ وہ دس ارب ڈالر کے مالک ہیں ، سالانہ تقریبا پانچ کروڑ ڈالر غریب ملکوں کو بھیجتے ہیں ۔۔۔ دولت میں اضافہ ہو رہا ہے۔ کمپیوٹر پرسنیلٹی " بل گیٹس" اس وقت دنیا کے امیر ترین شخص ہیں ان کی دولت کا اندازہ 96 ارب ڈالر لگایا گیا ہے، وہ اپنی آرگنائزیشن "بل اینڈ اگیٹس فاونڈیشن" کے پلیٹ فارم سے سالانہ 27 کروڑ ڈالر انسانی فلاحی کاموں پر خرچ کرتے ہیں ۔۔۔۔دولت تیزی سے بڑھتی جا رہی ہے۔ مشہورومعروف یہودی " جارج ساروز" دس ارب ڈالر سے زائد کے مالک ہیں ہر سال دس کروڑ ڈالر انسانی فلاحی اداروں کو دیتے ہیں۔۔۔ دولت میں اضافہ ہو رہا ہے۔
اور جہاں تذکرہ دولت وثروت کا ہوتو اس وقت مکمل نہیں ہوتا جب تک یہودی قوم کا تذکرہ نہ کیا جائے۔
قارئین کرام کےلئے یہ بات بڑی دلچسپی کا باعث ہو گی کہ صرف ایک کروڑ یہودی دنیا کی 60 پرسنٹ دولت کے مالک ہیں جب کہ چھ ارب انسان 40 پرسنٹ دولت پر تصرف رکھتے ہیں۔ نیز انٹرنیشنل پرنٹ اور میڈیا کے اہم ترین 90 پرسینٹ ادارے ان کے ہیں مثلاآئ ایم ایف،نیویارک ٹائمز، فنانشل ٹائمز، واشنگٹن پوسٹ، ریڈرزڈائجسٹ، سی این این، فاکس ٹی وی، وال سڑیٹ جرنل، اے ایف پی، اے پی پی، سٹار ٹی وی کے چاروں سٹیشن سب یہودیوں کی ملکیت ہیں۔ شائد ہم میں سے چند ایک نے ہی اس بات پر غور کیا ہوکہ یہودیوں کی دن دوگنی رات چوگنی دولت بڑھنے کا راز کیا ہے؟
عقدہ یہ کھلا کہ ہزاروں سال سے یہ قوم اس بات پر سختی سے قائم ہے کہ ہر یہودی اپنی آمدنی کا 20 پرسنٹ لازمی طور پر انسانی فلاحی کاموں پر خرچ کرتا ہے ۔
پاکستان میں ایک مثال منشی محمد کی بھی ہے۔
آپ بہت غریب تھے، بڑی مشکل سے گزربسر ہوتی تھی ایک دن آپ نے فیصلہ کرلیا کہ اپنی آمدنی کا 4 پرسینٹ اللہ تعالی کی راہ میں خرچ کروں گا۔
آپ بازار میں کھڑے ہوکر کپڑا بیچنے لگے اور باقاعدگی سے اپنے منافع کا 4 پرسینٹ اللہ کے بندوں پر خرچ کرنا شروع کردیا۔کچھ عرصہ بعداپ نے ایک پاور لوم لگالی اور تھوڑے ہی عرصہ میں ترقی کرتے ہوئے فیکٹری کے مالک بن گئے۔ آپ نے اپنے منافع کے 4 پرسنٹ کو مستحق مریضوں پر خرچ کرنا شروع کر دیا اور ایک دن ایسا بھی آیاکہ منشی محمد نے چار کروڑ روپے کی لاگت سے منشی محمد ہسپتال لاہور بناکرحکومت کے حوالے کر دیا، اس ہسپتال کا افتتاح جرنل محمد ضیاءالحق نے کیا تھا۔
کتابوں میں لکھا ہے کہ حضرت موسیٰ علیہ اسلام کے زمانے میں دو بھائ تھے جنہیں ایک وقت کا کھانا میسرآتا تھاتو دوسرے وقت فاقہ کرنا پڑتا تھا۔ ایک دن انہوں نے حضرت موسیٰ علیہ اسلام کی خدمت میں عرض کیا
آپ جب کوہ طور پر تشریف لے جائیں تو اللہ تعالیٰ سے عرض کریں کہ ہماری قسمت میں جو رزق ہے وہ ایک ہی مرتبہ عطا کر دیا جائے تاکہ ہم پیٹ بھر کر کھالیں" چنانچہ بارگاہ الہیٰ میں دعا قبول ہوئ اور دوسرے دن انسانی شکل میں فرشتوں کے ذریعے تمام رزق دونوں بھائیوں کو پہنچا دیا گیا۔
انہوں نے پیٹ بھر کر تو کھایا لیکن رزق خراب ہونے کے ڈر سےانہوں نےتمام رزق اللہ تعالیٰ کے نام پر مخلوق خدا میں تقسیم کر دیا۔ اگلے دن پھر ملائکہ کے ذریعے انہیں رزق مہیا کر دیا گیاجو کہ شام کو پھر مخلوق خدا میں تقسیم کر دیا گیا اور روزانہ ہی خیرات ہونے لگی ۔
حضرت موسیٰ علیہ اسلام نے باگاہ خداوندی میں عرض کیا۔۔۔۔ یا باری تعالی ان دونوں بھائیوں کی قسمت میں تو تھوڑاسا رزق تھا ۔ پھر یہ روزانہ انہیں بہت سا رزق کیسے ملنے لگ گیا؟
ندا آئ اے موسیٰ جو شخص میرے نام پر رزق تقسیم کر رہا ہے اسے میں وعدے کے مطابق دس گنا رزق عطا کرتا ہوں۔ یہ روزانہ میرے نام پر خیرات کرتے ہیں اور میں روزانہ انہیں عطا کرتا ہوں۔
اللہ تعالیٰ کا ارشاد ہے۔
"جو شخص میرے نام پر ایک درہم خرات کرتا ہے اس میں دس درہم عطا کرتا ہوں ۔ جو ایک بھوکے کو کھانا کھلاتا ہے ، اسے دس کا کھانا ملتا ہے۔ اپنے رزق کو بڑھاو۔گھٹاو نہیں"..!!

When You Feel Down

2020-07-14T00:59:00.003+05:00

Golden Quotes for Motivation

Get Motivation with these quotes when you feel down or dejected.

You can use quotes to help guide your decisions in life, work and love. Great quotes can be inspirational and motivational. Here are 50 of the best inspirational quotes to motivate you:

1. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. -- Vince Lombardi

2. Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it. -- Charles Swindoll

3. If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. -- Oprah Winfrey

4. None of us is as smart as all of us. -- Ken Blanchard

5. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. -- Jimmy Dean

6. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. -- Theodore Roosevelt

7. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

8. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. -- Les Brown

9. Alone, we can do so little; together we can do so much. -- Helen Keller

10. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. -- Napoleon Hill

11. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, and catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. -- Mark Twain

12. I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -- Michael Jordan

13. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. -- Albert Einstein

14. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. -- Stephen Covey

15. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. --Henry Ford

16. The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. -- Alice Walker

17. The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. -- Amelia Earhart

18. Nothing is impossible; the word itself says “I’m possible”! -- Audrey Hepburn

19. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -- Maya Angelou

20. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. -- Henry Ford

21. Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision, the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. -- Andrew Carnegie

22. When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” -- Sydney Harris

23. Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. -- Confucius

24. Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. -- Benjamin Disraeli

25. When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -- John Lennon

26. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

27. We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. -- Ronald Reagan

28. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. —George Addair

29. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. —Plato

30. Nothing will work unless you do. —Maya Angelou

31. I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. —Mother Teresa

32. What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. —Plutarch

33. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. -- Robert Louis Stevenson

34. The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job. -- Zig Ziglar

35. Change your thoughts and you change your world. -- Norman Vincent Peale

36. There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. -- Josiah Gilbert Holland

37. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. -- William James

38. Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. -- Farrah Gray

39. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. -- Dalai Lama

40. You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. -- Maya Angelou

41. I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear. -- Rosa Parks

42. I would rather die of passion than of boredom. -- Vincent van Gogh

43. A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. -- Unknown

44. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. -- Albert Einstein

45. What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. -- Bob Dylan

46. I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. -- Leonardo da Vinci

47. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. -- Booker T. Washington

48. When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. -- Erma Bombeck

49. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket. -- Will Rogers

50. Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. -- Ancient Indian Proverb

Increase Profits

2020-07-13T23:39:00.002+05:00

How Dramatically you can Increase Your Income

Have you ever heard anybody say any of these?

“Money is the root of all evil.”

“Rich people are greedy.”

“Money won’t make you happy.”

“You don’t want to be one of those people.”

“I don’t need money.”

It's usually those who claim they don't care about money that are broke. Why not get wealthy? Why not become a millionaire? Why not focus on making as much money as you can? As entrepreneurs, I know you have goals of increase your income. We all have the same 24 hours in a day, so those thriving financially must be doing something different, right? Better yet, they must have a better perspective about money and how it’s earned?

“Money isn’t everything, but its right up there with oxygen.” Said by Zig Ziglar The topic of wealth, income, and making money is often discussed and viewed in a negative light. Our society is afraid of being labeled as greedy or money hungry, but what must be understood is that money is a crucial part of freedom. I personally know what it’s like to have nothing, to stress about paying my next bill, and to feel hopeless. I also know what it’s like to thrive, and I’ve been fortunate enough to create some great income as well. Having money is a lot more enjoyable and fulfilling, but most importantly it gives you options.

Let me give you eight very tactical and straightforward tips that can be used right away to catapult your income.

1. Something different for different Result. We all know the saying “insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a difference result.” If you aren’t satisfied, the first thing you must do is stop doing what you’ve been doing because what you are doing is what is creating your dissatisfying, current reality.

What’s great about life is the opportunity to completely change your story and direction overnight. Regardless of your past decisions, you’re always one decision away from making the right one.

2. Finances shouldn’t define you. Your self-worth has nothing to do with your finances. Whether you have a negative bank account or $5 million in the bank, your confidence must never waiver. If anything, your confidence needs to increase when you are stressed so you are motivated you to never feel that stress again.

Being wealthy is a state of mind, but so is being broke. You are what defines you, not what you possess.

3. Focus Income Producing Activities. When you set up your weekly schedule make sure you start with income producing activities. Of all your activities, 20 percent will account for 80 percent of your income. Figure out what those are. Really think about the the top two or three things you need to do to create income. Now put those in your schedule consistently to assure you are creating income.

Constantly ask yourself if what you’re doing is profitable. Focus on doing what you should versus what you feel. Never forget that impact drives income.

4. Valuable time. Time is more valuable than money. You can always get more money, but you can never get more time. It is possible to become twice as valuable, and make twice as much money in the same amount of time. There is nothing more valuable than time invested wisely. We all have the same 24 hours, and it’s what you do with them that determine everything.

5. It’s Ok to say no. Steve Jobs once said, “It’s what Apple said “no” to that ultimately made them successful.”

If you’re over-extending yourself and committing to too many things, this word will change your life. Say "no'' to everything that doesn't create income for you until you get your income to a place you feel confident and secure. Make a commitment to yourself that you will focus on income-producing activities versus tension-relieving activities.

6. Proximity is power. Most broke people hang with other broke people and they usually stay broke, together. Elevate your peer group by reaching out to those playing the game of life at a higher level than you.

Find those people because you’ll become a lot like the people you spend the most time with. Their belief systems, their ways of being and their attitudes are contagious. You're either surrounding yourself with those who hold you accountable, or let you off the hook. Choose wisely.

7. Lower your excuses. As the excuses go up, the bank account goes down. The best excuse makers or “validators” have the smallest bank accounts. The energy and time you spend on creative excuses is better invested in thinking of actual solutions that move your life forward. Excuses are a disease and those who continue making them will continue to have money issues.

8. Shift your focus from victim to leader. Stop blaming the economy, stop blaming your past, stop blaming your boss or company, and stop thinking the world is out to get you. Charge more, switch jobs, and become more valuable. My friend Hal Elrod says, “The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life, is the moment you can change anything in your life.”

The difference between ordinary income and extraordinary income is fast implementation. How quick will you get on your grind to start increasing your income? I assure you if you take these tips seriously, and want it bad enough you will create an income explosion the next couple months. I want you to realize that your bank account isn’t who you are; it’s who you were before you made the decision to focus on wealth.

Growth of your Network Marketing Business

2020-07-13T02:20:00.001+05:00

Most Important Reasons you face failure in your Network Marketing or MLM Business

Let me start by saying three things about past failures in network marketing:

1. It is not your fault

2. You alone are the driver for success or failure

3. By reading this, you will no longer have an excuse for failure.

At first blush, it seems that these two statements are at odds with each other. You may read into this that there is no clear path to success as a NETWORK MARKETER. I will explain.

This discussion will resonate with the more than 97% of NETWORK MARKETERS out there that have experienced little to no success in this industry. Most of you have likely spent exponentially more than you have ever made thus far. You have alienated friends and family, spent ridiculous time and money on worthless leads, and have an intimate relationship with the staff of several area hotel conference rooms.

If this describes you, please read on.

Failure up to this point is not your fault; however, after reading the rest of this article, you will be the only reason for success or failure. You have been not just mislead, but outright lied to by your up line, your MLM Company, and the industry as a whole. They tell you that, all you need to do to be successful is plug into the training, buy leads, make contact lists, attend meetings and conference calls, do 3 way calls with your up line, and so on. My personal favorite: it’s just a numbers game. This implies a guarantee that if I do X then I will achieve Y. As we both know, there are very few guarantees in life.

Here is a breakdown of the most important reasons that you have not yet achieved success in network marketing. Read them carefully and take a critical look at how each one applies to you. The more honest you are with yourself, the better.

It’s called NETWORK MARKETING for a reason.

Many people are lured into this business by being told that it is not about sales, the products sell themselves, and you only need 5 people to make it big, and so on. MLM companies give euphemistic names to their distributors like, coach, guide, agent, consultant, director, and many more variations to either give a sense of equality between the distributor and customer or convey professionalism. To me, many of these titles are devised simply to stroke the ego of the would be new distributor.

Let me ask you a question. What if we append the word “marketing” to each of the distributor titles above? Would you be as likely to join that opportunity? I would say not because for most people, marketing is a foreign term. It is a skill and job description in itself that, if you ask most distributors, they would not want to have to learn to be successful. If you fall into this group, then you are ignoring 50% of the term we use to describe our business: “Network Marketing.”

I would venture a guess that not so many people would be interested in this business model if the emphasis was placed on marketing. Yet I am here to tell you that any successful NETWORK MARKETER has developed a knowledge of marketing. This does not mean that all you need to do is tell everyone about your comp plan inside and out and recite product information verbatim. You need to learn how to connect with people on a visceral, need-based level – and I am talking about their needs not yours. This is what marketing is about. And, while we are on the subject of marketing . . .

Friends and Family Are NOT Your Target Market

As a fellow entrepreneur, you understand that we are blessed with an ability to see opportunities in nearly everything we do. My mind is always bubbling with money making ideas to the point of distraction and inaction. Even when it comes to choosing which NETWORK MARKETING business to join, you probably wish you had enough time and money to join a dozen of them because you can see that each one can bring you unlimited income.

But here is the problem – this is how YOUR brain works, not necessarily theirs.

One of the biggest lies in this business, and one at which I cringe when I hear it, is that anyone can do it. You know, the “3 Foot Rule?” All you need to do is talk to anyone that comes within 3 feet of you. This is just not true. Do I believe that anyone has the mental capacity to be successful in NETWORK MARKETING? Absolutely, I also understand that most people do not have the desire or inclination to do it. Let me put it another way – I know I have the ability to learn calculus but I have zero desire. I do not have the drive to put in the effort needed to be successful in calculus.

You do not need to bug your brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and others in your family in order to fill your down line. Similarly, unless you are friends with a bunch of marketing gurus, your friends and co-workers do not have what it takes to be in this business? If your business building strategy depends on bugging those you know then, not only will you alienate yourself (become “that guy”), they will run screaming in the opposite direction whenever they see you. Instead, focus your efforts on people with the same mind set as you – other entrepreneurs. Even better, work with those that have already bought into opportunities in the past and have yet to see success. If you are able to show them a system or teach them how to market their business, you will then be providing them a solution instead of another problem. You need to show a prospect that you are providing them a way up from their current position on the ladder.

You Don’t Bring Value to Your Customers and Business Prospects

You are likely in a business with at least 10,000 other distributors who are trying to expand their business just like you. All of you are vying for the same would be entrepreneurs out there that want to start a business from home. The question is this:

Why would someone want to join you?

You are looking to develop a business relationship that is mutually beneficial to you and to your business prospect. If that prospect joins your opportunity, what are you going to give him or her in return? If you are thinking about all the “online training and marketing materials” that are given to you from your company, I hope you have a plan B. In my opinion, 3 way calls with your up line are a big no-no as well. All 3 way calls are going to accomplish is to show your prospect that you don’t know what you are doing. What I am talking about is what are you going to give your prospect that no one else can?

Most NETWORK MARKETERS do not have an answer here, a plan B. They have been fooled by the industry into thinking that all you have to do is follow the “Quick Start Guide” in the new distributor package and the new enrollees will be pouring in. When someone decides to join an opportunity, it is because they have problems in their life that need a solution. Perhaps they want more money, more spare time, retirement income, and etcetera. If all you have planned for your new distributor is showing them what is in the training guide, then I am afraid all you have done for them is given them another problem to solve. How do they succeed in their new business? How are you going to help them get what they want?

You need to provide value and personality. Value in the form of knowledge (not just product and commission plan information) and your personality, as this will be the only thing that will separate you from your competitors. The knowledge a new recruit will need will be how to market their new business – or at least be able to show them the same information that you used to become a good marketer. Coming into your business, a new recruit will need to have direction and guidance. They need to know that you have a plan for them t or a system that will help them become successful. You need to be able to show them that you can bring them to a higher place in life than they are right now.

The only way to bring value to your new recruit and separate you from your competition is to better yourself. So get studying! Hit the books and learn your opportunity inside and out, know all you can about your products and company plan. Then the real work begins – self improvement. You need to learn about how to work with people, what motivates them, and how to translate that into productivity from your down line. You need to learn about marketing and self branding (the secret to unlimited business leads) and how to relay that to your down line. If a prospect knows that you have the tools and knowledge to help them reach their goals, there is no reason they won’t join you.

People Join People, Not Opportunities

(Most of all important Point)

Previously, I spoke briefly about bringing your personality to your business opportunity. To get to my point, we need to explore what motivates some people to join an opportunity in the first place. Each of you has an opinion or reason (or many) as to why you started looking from a home business opportunity. For the sake of this article, we will focus on reasons surrounding work – AKA your current JOB.

People are searching for more time freedom, money freedom, and relief from long hours; however, I feel the top of this list is the need for recognition and the desire to eliminate the employer/employee hierarchy. Let’s face it – no one wants a boss. The cause of most workplace ire and contempt comes from misunderstanding and lack of appreciation from your boss. For some, the mere existence of a boss is cause enough to desire change. This was precisely one of my key motivators. As cliche as it might sound, if you have the proclivity to WORK FROM HOME, you want to be your own boss. As a sponsor for a new recruit in your opportunity, you need to find a balance between being an effective sponsor by giving guidance and direction without coming across as bossy. If your new recruit gets the slightest feeling of that boss/employee relationship, resentment may set in and you both will lose.

Your job as a leader in your business is to know your business inside and out. You must not only be able to reiterate product information and the compensation plan, but you need to be able to help people understand it. Memorization and understanding are two entirely different things.

Here is the tricky part – once you obtain a solid understanding, you will just start spouting it off to everyone that will listen. Most distributors of multilevel marketing opportunities focus entirely on the products and the compensation plan, giving facts and income examples. By following this model, you rarely, if ever, allow who you are shining through. If a prospect can first get to know you a bit and you are able to understand his or her motivations, they will be more receptive to what you have to say. The key is to find a way to speak with your prospect in terms of their interests and desires. The only way to get to this point is to show some personality and a genuine interest in the prospect. When you pair this with our discussion about providing value, your prospect will be begging to join with you.

You Don’t Treat It like A Business

We are attracted to the idea of working at home in our pajamas. Waking up when we want to and setting our own hours is a fantastic idea – almost as if you are permanent vacation. If you treat your home business like this, an unpaid vacation is all you will end up with.

I will let you in on a dirty little secret when it comes to WORKING FROM HOME. I have come to this conclusion after 3+ years of working at home with my two sons (3 and 2 years old, with another baby due in April). Working at home with children is nothing like what I expected . . .

IT IS HARD WORK

It takes far more effort and discipline to WORK FROM HOME than it does to have a normal job. Some of my difficulties no doubt come from my lack of organization, however, my experience is contrary to the advertisements we see daily (especially online) saying how we can work from home effortlessly. Well, it’s a lie. Any time you hear that you can make money on “autopilot,” run quickly in the other direction. I am not saying that it has to be difficult but it does take effort and planning. Simply put: you need to treat it like a business.

Strategic planning, organizing and goal setting are all major parts of running a successful business, whether at home or in a traditional setting. These tasks are even more important when running a home based business as it is much easier to get yourself distracted by the temptations of home life.

I understand that making your own schedule is one of the perks to having your own business, however, not very many work at home business people actually do so. In the past, I would only work whenever there was free time, thereby putting business building low on the priority list. By establishing a work schedule, you are building a level of personal accountability. I would also venture to say that working in your pajamas is a bad idea; the simple act of changing into street clothes (not necessarily business attire) refocuses your mind set into productivity mode. I have done this myself and found I was able to accomplish much more during the day. In addition, I was less likely to succumb to the temptations of afternoon naps and television.

How do you build your Empire

How do you build an organization? It is what we have been talking about through this whole article. You need to provide your prospect with a reason for joining you and that reason has nothing to do with your opportunity. The reason someone will join you is YOU. Become knowledgeable not just in your products and company plan but in marketing as well. Provide a solution to their problems and above all, act as a leader while branding yourself as such.

You Don’t Take Action

Reading, learning, and planning all have merit in building a home based business, however, inaction is certain to kill all motivation. Results are needed to maintain your motivation and provide a sense of accomplishment. When was the last time you accomplished a task that brought you closer to your goals (you have goals, right)?

Fear is the number one killer of all goals and dreams. Perhaps by following any of these suggestions, you are forced out of your comfort zone. If this is the source of your fear then I say embrace it! This feeling of apprehension is actually telling you that you are on the right track. By welcoming these feelings, you are able to take control of them. When you master the tasks that now elicit fear, you will be well on your way to the type of success you are looking for.

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Real Leadership

2020-07-13T00:08:00.000+05:00

SELF CONTROL assures Productivity

2020-07-12T03:06:00.001+05:00

Staying Productive and In Control

When it comes to self-control, it is so easy to focus on your failures that your successes tend to pale in comparison. And why shouldn’t they? Self-control is an effort that’s intended to help achieve a goal. Failing to control yourself is just that—a failure. If you’re trying to avoid digging into that bag of chips after dinner because you want to lose a few pounds and you succeed Monday and Tuesday nights only to succumb to temptation on Wednesday by eating four servings’ worth of the empty calories, your failure outweighs your success. You’ve taken two steps forward and four steps back.

A Study carried on half a million people and resulted that the upper echelons of top performance are filled with people who are high in emotional intelligence (90% of top performers, to be exact). The hallmark of emotional intelligence is SELF-CONTROL—a skill that unleashes massive productivity by keeping you focused and on track.

Unfortunately, self-control is a difficult skill to rely on. Self-control is so fleeting for most people that when Martin Seligman and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania surveyed two million people and asked them to rank order their strengths in 24 different skills, self-control ended up in the very bottom slot. And when your self-control leaves something to be desired, so does your productivity.

Self-control is something we could all use a little help with, Things that emotionally intelligent people do to keep themselves productive and in control. They consciously apply these twelve behaviors because they know they work. Some are obvious, others counter-intuitive, but all will help you minimize those pesky failures to boost your productivity.

Perfection is not the Goal

Emotionally intelligent people won’t set perfection as their target because they know it doesn’t exist. Human beings, by our very nature, are fallible. When perfection is your goal, you’re always left with a nagging sense of failure that makes you want to give up or reduce your effort. You end up spending your time lamenting what you failed to accomplish and what you should have done differently instead of moving forward excited about what you've achieved and what you will accomplish in the future.

Solution Focused

Where you focus your attention determines your emotional state. When you fixate on the problems that you’re facing, you create and prolong negative emotions which hinder self-control. When you focus on the actions you'll take to better yourself and your circumstances, you create a sense of personal efficacy that produces positive emotions and improves performance. Emotionally intelligent people won’t dwell on problems because they know they’re most effective when they focus on solutions.

Be Positive

Positive thoughts help you exercise self-control by focusing your brain’s attention onto the rewards you will receive for your effort. You have to give your wandering brain a little help by consciously selecting something positive to think about. Any positive thought will do to refocus your attention. When things are going well, and your mood is good, self-control is relatively easy. When things are going poorly, and your mind is flooded with negative thoughts, self-control is a challenge. In these moments, think about your day and identify one positive thing that happened, or will happen, no matter how small. If you can't think of something from the current day, reflect on the past and look to the future. The point here is that you must have something positive that you're ready to shift your attention to when your thoughts turn negative, so that you don't lose focus.

They Avoid Asking “What If?”

“What if?” statements throw fuel on the fire of stress and worry, which are detrimental to self-control Things can go in a million different directions, and the more time you spend worrying about the possibilities, the less time you’ll spend taking action and staying productive (staying productive also happens to calm you down and keep you focused). Productive people know that asking “what if? will only take them to a place they don’t want—or need—to go. Of course, scenario planning is a necessary and effective strategic planning technique. The key distinction here is to recognize the difference between worry and strategic thinking.

They Forgive Themselves

A vicious cycle of failing to control oneself followed by feeling intense self-hatred and disgust is common in attempts at self-control. These emotions typically lead to over-indulging in the offending behavior. When you slip up, it is critical that you forgive yourself and move on. Don’t ignore how the mistake makes you feel; just don’t wallow in it. Instead, shift your attention to what you’re going to do to improve yourself in the future.

Failure can erode your self-confidence and make it hard to believe you’ll achieve a better outcome in the future. Most of the time, failure results from taking risks and trying to achieve something that isn’t easy. Emotionally intelligent people know that success lies in their ability to rise in the face of failure, and they can’t do this when they’re living in the past. Anything worth achieving is going to require you to take some risks, and you can’t allow failure to stop you from believing in your ability to succeed. When you live in the past, that is exactly what happens, and your past becomes your present, preventing you from moving forward.

They Don’t Say Yes Unless They Really Want To

Research conducted at the University of California in San Francisco shows that the more difficulty that you have saying no, the more likely you are to experience stress, burnout, and even depression, all of which erode self-control. Saying no is indeed a major self-control challenge for many people. “No” is a powerful word that you should not be afraid to wield. When it’s time to say no, emotionally intelligent people avoid phrases like “I don’t think I can” or “I’m not certain.” Saying no to a new commitment honors your existing commitments and gives you the opportunity to successfully fulfill them. Just remind yourself that saying no is an act of self-control now that will increase your future self-control by preventing the negative effects of over commitment.

They Eat

File this one in the counter-intuitive category, especially if you’re having trouble controlling your eating. Your brain burns heavily into your stores of glucose when attempting to exert self-control. If your blood sugar is low, you are far more likely to succumb to destructive impulses. Sugary foods spike your sugar levels quickly and leave you drained and vulnerable to impulsive behavior shortly thereafter. Eating something that provides a slow burn for your body, such as whole grain rice or meat, will give you a longer window of self-control. So, if you’re having trouble keeping yourself out of the company candy bin when you’re hungry, make sure you eat something else if you want to have a fighting chance.

They Sleep

I’ve beaten this one to death over the years and can’t say enough about the importance of sleep to increasing your emotional intelligence and maintaining your focus and self-control. When you sleep, your brain literally recharges, shuffling through the day’s memories and storing or discarding them (which causes dreams), so that you wake up alert and clear-headed. Your self-control, attention, and memory are all reduced when you don’t get enough—or the right kind—of sleep. Sleep deprivation raises stress hormone levels on its own, even without a stressor present, which are a major productivity killer. Being busy often makes you feel as if you must sacrifice sleep to stay productive, but sleep deprivation diminishes your productivity so much throughout the day that you're better off sleeping.

When you're tired, your brain's ability to absorb glucose is greatly diminished. This makes it difficult to control the impulses that derail your focus. What’s more, without enough sleep you are more likely to crave sugary snacks to compensate for low glucose levels. So, if you’re trying to exert self-control over your eating, getting a good night’s sleep—every night—is one of the best moves you can make.

They Exercise

Getting your body moving for as little as 10 minutes releases GABA, a neurotransmitter that makes your brain feel soothed and keeps you in control of your impulses. If you’re having trouble resisting the impulse to walk over to the office next door to let somebody have it, just keep on walking. You should have the impulse under control by the time you get back.

They Meditate

Meditation actually trains your brain to become a self-control machine. Even simple techniques like mindfulness, which involves taking as little as five minutes a day to focus on nothing more than your breathing and your senses, improves your self-awareness and your brain’s ability to resist destructive impulses. Buddhist monks appear calm and in control for a reason. Give it a try.

They Ride the Wave

Desire and distraction have the tendency to ebb and flow like the tide. When the impulse you need to control is strong, waiting out this wave of desire is usually enough to keep yourself in control. When you feel as if you must give in, the rule of thumb here is to wait at least 10 minutes before succumbing to temptation. You’ll often find that the great wave of desire is now little more than a ripple that you have the power to step right over.

They Squash Negative Self-Talk

A big final step in exercising self-control involves stopping negative self-talk in its tracks. The more you ruminate on negative thoughts, the more power you give them. Most of our negative thoughts are just that—thoughts, not facts. When you find yourself believing the negative and pessimistic things your inner voice says, it's time to stop and write them down. Literally stop what you're doing and write down what you're thinking. Once you've taken a moment to slow down the negative momentum of your thoughts, you will be more rational and clear-headed in evaluating their veracity.

You can bet that your statements aren’t true any time you use words like “never,” “worst,” “ever,” etc. If your statements still look like facts once they’re on paper, take them to a friend or colleague you trust and see if he or she agrees with you. Then the truth will surely come out. When it feels like something always or never happens, this is just your brain’s natural threat tendency inflating the perceived frequency or severity of an event. Identifying and labeling your thoughts as thoughts by separating them from the facts will help you escape the cycle of negativity and move toward a positive new outlook.

Putting These Strategies to Work

The important thing to remember is you have to give these strategies the opportunity to work. This means recognizing the moments where you are struggling with self-control and, rather than giving in to impulse, taking a look at these strategies and giving them a go before you give in.

Challenge your Limits

2020-07-12T01:52:00.006+05:00

Strong People Overcome Challenges

Martin Seligman at the University of Pennsylvania has studied this phenomenon more than anyone else has, and he’s found that success in life is driven by one critical distinction—whether you believe that your failures are produced by personal deficits beyond your control or that they are mistakes you can fix with effort.

Success isn’t the only thing determined by your mindset. Seligman has found much higher rates of depression in people who attribute their failures to personal deficits. Optimists fare better; they treat failure as learning experiences and believe they can do better in the future.

This success mindset requires emotional intelligence (EQ), and it’s no wonder that, among the million-plus people that Talent Smart has tested, 90% of top performers have high EQs.

It’s truly fascinating how successful people approach problems. Where others see impenetrable barriers, they see challenges to embrace and obstacles to overcome. Their confidence in the face of hardship is driven by the ability to let go of the negativity that holds so many otherwise sensible people back.

Maintaining the success mindset isn’t easy. There are Challenges, in particular, that tend to shatter it. These challenges drag people down because they appear to be barriers that cannot be overcome. Not so for successful people, as these seven challenges never hold them back.

1. Fear

Fear is nothing more than a lingering emotion that’s fueled by your imagination. Danger is real. It’s the uncomfortable rush of adrenaline you get when you almost step in front of a bus. Fear is a choice. Successful people know this better than anyone does, so they flip fear on its head. They are addicted to the euphoric feeling they get from conquering their fears.

Don’t ever hold back in life just because you feel scared. I often hear people say, “What’s the worst thing that can happen to you? Will it kill you?” Yet, death isn’t the worst thing that can happen to you...

“The worst thing that can happen to you is allowing yourself to die inside while you’re still alive.”

2. Negativity

Life won’t always go the way you want it to, but when it comes down to it, you have the same 24 hours in the day as everyone else does. Successful people make their time count. Instead of complaining about how things could have been or should have been, they reflect on everything they have to be grateful for. Then they find the best solution available, tackle the problem, and move on.

When the negativity comes from someone else, successful people avoid it by setting limits and distancing themselves from it. Think of it this way:

“If the complainer were smoking, would you sit there all afternoon inhaling the second-hand smoke?”

Of course not. You’d distance yourself, and you should do the same with all negative people.

A great way to stop complainers in their tracks is to ask them how they intend to fix the problem they’re complaining about. They will either quiet down or redirect the conversation in a productive direction.

3. The Past or the Future

Like fear, the past and the future are products of your mind. No amount of guilt can change the past, and no amount of anxiety can change the future. Successful people know this, and they focus on living in the present moment. It’s impossible to reach your full potential if you’re constantly somewhere else, unable to fully embrace the reality (good or bad) of this very moment.

To live in the moment, you must do two things:

1) Accept your past. If you don’t make peace with your past, it will never leave you and it will create your future. Successful people know the only good time to look at the past is to see how far you’ve come.

2) Accept the uncertainty of the future, and don’t place unnecessary expectations upon yourself. Worry has no place in the here and now. As Mark Twain once said,

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.”

4. Age

Age really is just a number. Successful people don’t let their age define who they are and what they are capable of. Just ask Betty White or any young, thriving entrepreneur.

I remember a professor in graduate school who told our class that we were all too young and inexperienced to do consulting work. He said we had to go work for another company for several years before we could hope to succeed as independent consultants. I was the youngest person in the class, and I sat there doing work for my consulting clients while he droned on.

Without fail, people feel compelled to tell you what you should and shouldn’t do because of your age. Don’t listen to them. Successful people certainly don’t. They follow their heart and allow their passion—not the body they’re living in—to be their guide.

“They follow their heart and allow their passion—not the body they’re living in—to be their guide.”

5. What Other People Think

When your sense of pleasure and satisfaction are derived from comparing yourself to others, you are no longer the master of your own destiny. While it’s impossible to turn off your reactions to what others think of you, you don’t have to hold up your accomplishments to anyone else’s, and you can always take people’s opinions with a grain of salt. That way, no matter what other people are thinking or doing, your self-worth comes from within.

Successful people know that caring about what other people think is a waste of time and energy. When successful people feel good about something that they’ve done, they don’t let anyone’s opinions take that away from them.

“No matter what other people think of you at any particular moment, one thing is certain—you’re never as good or bad as they say you are.”

6. Toxic People

Successful people believe in a simple notion: you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Just think about it—some of the most successful companies in recent history were founded by brilliant pairs. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak of Apple lived in the same neighborhood, Bill Gates and Paul Allen of Microsoft met in prep school, and Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google met at Stanford.

Just as great people help you to reach your full potential, toxic people drag you right down with them. Whether it's negativity, cruelty, the victim syndrome, or just plain craziness, toxic people create stress and strife that should be avoided at all costs.

If you’re unhappy with where you are in your life, just take a look around. More often than not, the people you’ve surrounded yourself with are the root of your problems.

“You’ll never reach your peak until you surround yourself with the right people.”

7. The State of the World

Keep your eyes on the news for any length of time and you’ll see it’s just one endless cycle of war, violent attacks, fragile economies, failing companies, and environmental disasters. It’s easy to think the world is headed downhill fast.

And who knows? Maybe it is. But successful people don’t worry about that because they don’t get caught up in things they can’t control. Instead, they focus their energy on directing the two things that are completely within their power—their attention and their effort. They focus their attention on all the things they’re grateful for, and they look for the good that’s happening in the world. They focus their effort on doing what they can every single day to improve their own lives and the world around them, because these small steps are all it takes to make the world a better place.

“They focus their effort on doing what they can every single day to improve their own lives and the world around them...”

Assembling all Points:

Your success is driven by your mindset. With discipline and focus, you can ensure that these seven obstacles never hold you back from reaching your full potential.

Excuse OR Success

2020-07-09T23:49:00.001+05:00

Excuses which limit your success

When we shift blame on factors that are outside of our control, we aren’t looking for improvements, we are just staying stuck, if not moving backwards.

When we come short in reaching our goals, rather than focusing on if we did everything we could have done to improve and keep pushing forward, we devote negative energy to focusing on circumstances that don’t have anything to do with the situation that “holds us back.”

Don’t let your mentality get in front of your dreams.

The thing is, if this goal is truly important to you and is something that you truly want, you won’t let circumstances influence your ability to go and get it. The only person stopping you is yourself. When successful people don’t reach a goal, they take a moment to see what they could’ve changed in their plans to get a better outcome. They don’t look to blame others for an error that they made.

Lack of Support (No one is supporting me)

People act as if the weight of success is only on their shoulders and they have to do it all by themselves. Blaming others for their lack of support only takes your focus off of what you can do to improve. If you feel like you need support, then find it. The people surrounding you might be a good influence, but might not be the right one you need. Actively seek support if you actually need it and want the help to achieve your goals.

Age factor (I’m too old or young)

Age is just a number. A business’s profits don’t care how old the owner is. Age won’t matter unless you emphasize it. When you make this excuse, it opens up the floodgates for other excuses.

Being busy (I don’t have enough time)

People who say they don’t have time usually mean they don’t want to make the time. Everyone wants to be a success, but those who actually are successful make it a priority. Everyone has the same time to make it happen. Chances are, those that don’t just don’t know how to get started. Make time for your dreams and things should fall into place. If you are only preparing to get prepared, you tend to slide off the radar and stay complacent. They rarely end up doing any work to further advance this goal.

Formal Education (I’m not educated enough)

Many people believe that a college degree is a guaranteed ticket to success. Society’s expectations for all people has transformed into a “go to school and get a job” mentality. Realize that a degree is just a piece of paper, and doesn’t really indicate competency, determination, and hard work. If you want something but don’t have a college degree, still go for it. Passion and ethics win over a degree any day.

New to field (I don’t have enough experience)

When people think they don’t have enough experience for a certain position, they put their feet up and give in rather than building up towards what they want. By not acknowledging any experience, you are saying that you aren’t good enough. You also tend to settle for less. You get stuck in a position that is dead-end and stops your creativity. Realize that if you set a goal for a certain job, you have it within you to get up and go after it.

Well being Issues (I don’t have the health)

People who make excuses about health conditions limiting them from reaching their goals need to take a step back and evaluate what is actually possible. Chances are, it isn’t the physical health that is the limiting factor, it is the mindset. Make affirmations of your body in a positive way instead.

Financial Problem (I don’t have the money)

If you find yourself making this excuse, take a step and look back at what you are actually spending on. Chances are, you have the money but you aren’t putting it towards your goals. You aren’t managing it well, and aren’t utilizing it to the best of your capabilities. You can succeed by attaining money to sustain your dream. Everyone thinks about money every day, but focus your intentions on the right thoughts.

A Fine Leader

2020-07-09T17:28:00.002+05:00

Develop these qualities to become a great leader.

The qualities of skillful leadership

Leadership is the great challenge of life.What’s important in leadership is refining your skills. All great leaders keep working on themselves until they become effective. If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent.

Here’s how:

be strong but not impolite. It is an extra step you must take to become a powerful, capable leader with a wide range of reach. Some people mistake rudeness for strength. It's not even a good substitute.
be kind but not weak.We must not mistake weakness for kindness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength. We must be kind enough to tell someone the truth. We must be kind enough and considerate enough to lay it on the line. We must be kind enough to tell it like it is and not deal in delusion.
be bold but not a bully.It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you've got to walk in front of your group. You've got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble. Like the farmer, if you want any rewards at harvest time, you have got to be bold and face the weeds and the rain and the bugs straight on. You've got to seize the moment.
be humble but not timid.You can't get to the high life by being timid. Some people mistake timidity for humility. But humility is a virtue; timidity is a disease. It's an affliction. It can be cured, but it is a problem. Humility is almost a God-like word—a sense of awe, a sense of wonder, an awareness of the human soul and spirit, an understanding that there is something unique about the human drama versus the rest of life. Humility is a grasp of the distance between us and the stars, yet having the feeling that we're part of the stars.
be proud but not arrogant. It takes pride to build your ambitions. It takes pride in your community. It takes pride in a cause, in accomplishment. But the key to becoming a good leader is to be proud without being arrogant. Do you know the worst kind of arrogance? Arrogance from ignorance. It's intolerable. If someone is smart and arrogant, we can tolerate that. But if someone is ignorant and arrogant, that's just too much to take.
develop humor without folly.In leadership, we learn that it's OK to be witty but not silly; fun but not foolish.
Learn to deal in realities. Deal in truth. Save yourself the agony of delusion. Just accept life as it is—the whole drama of life. It's fascinating.

Life is unique. Leadership is unique. The skills that work well for one leader may not work at all for another. However, the fundamental skills of leadership can be adopted to work well for just about everyone: at work, in the community and at home.

Bigger than Fear

2020-07-08T22:40:00.002+05:00

Overcoming Self-Doubt

It’s important to learn how to manage stress in moments of extreme doubt so that you can continue to pursue your goals. Entrepreneurs have frequent opportunities to doubt themselves, their plans, ideas and abilities. Perhaps you’ve occasionally asked yourself, "Am I really cut out for this job?” or “Am I on the right track?”

Here are some helpful tips that will enable you to overcome self-doubt whenever it strikes:

1. Stop Sabotaging yourself, don’t compare yourself to others.

The temptation to compare your business to others in your industry is difficult to ignore. Try not to make unrealistic or unfair comparisons that cause you to doubt your own abilities. Worrying about what competitors are doing wastes time and can leave you anxious and exhausted.

Instead, try to network and learn from the success of others. What did they do well? What challenges did they overcome? A great way to exchange ideas and encourage others is to join a mastermind group. Or hire a business coach or a set up weekly calls with a mentor, someone whom you trust and admire.

2. Borrow power by acknowledging previous accomplishments.

There will be good days and bad days. Plus, at some point, you’ll realize you can’t please everyone 100 percent of the time, no matter how hard you try.

Any entrepreneur will tell you that starting a business is one of the most difficult paths a person can choose. It takes an extreme amount of work and dedication to take any idea from inception to market.

If you feel like giving up, step back from the situation. Acknowledge what you’ve already accomplished. Show gratitude for having encountered exciting opportunities and positive experiences. Keep an abundance journal to record victories -- no matter how small. When you hit a bump in the road, you’ll be able to look back and remember why you chose your career in the first place.

3. Business is about to take --- Decisions but in a timely manner.

When faced with a fork in the road, many entrepreneurs suffer from analysis paralysis. The very feedback that they solicited from clients, colleagues and mentors now hinders their ability to make a final decision and move forward. They may become overwhelmed by the various opinions and frozen with self-doubt.

Running a business entails making hundreds of decisions. Every choice you make will have consequences -- some positive and others negative.

The success of a business is determined by the culmination of many small choices over the long term. Running a successful business is more like a marathon, not a sprint. If at some point you make a wrong decision, you can always try to fix it.

So commit to a course of action and make corrections as you go along. The more proactive you are, the more confident you’ll feel in your ability to lead the business.

4. Correct the error –by accepting your failures.

Either way, mistakes will make you a wiser, more cautious businessperson. Successful people embrace failure as part of the journey toward success. Rather than obsess over problems, focus on solutions.

Anxiety is often rooted in fear. Mistakes are inevitable. No matter how talented you are or how hard you work, you will occasionally make errors. Some mistakes are easy to correct whereas others take a considerable amount of time and money to fix.

If you make a mistake, don’t cover up or misrepresent what happened. Instead, admit it as soon as possible. When you own up to your failures, you develop a professional reputation of reliability and trustworthiness. Rather than fixate on every misstep, simply take responsibility, learn from it and find a way to correct the issue. Then move on and let it go.

Healthy Goals

2020-07-08T18:32:00.002+05:00

Stop Telling these Stories to Yourself.

We often tell ourselves lies in to make us feel better about life; however white lies only hamper your progress.

Here are some common white lies people tell themselves:

Ø I am what I am

This is not true; your behavior is more than what you are and is not yourself in moments of crisis. YOU contain powerful, dynamic, and complex parts. Your personality has different parts, some of which are painful and destructive at times, like anger and resentment; others are good and generous like gratitude, compassion, and love. Sometimes your body reacts with anger, sometimes with love. When you are unaware of these elements of your personality they can control you. When you are self-aware you can choose not to be the victim of emotions that are destructive and painful, instead you can choose emotions that are healthy and constructive. When you are angry, choose to deal with the situation with patience. This is hard to do but how easy it is to live in isolation caused by destructive anger?

Ø I have no time.

This is a poor excuse, a white lie you tell yourself to get rid of your responsibilities. You always have time for your health and wellness. You have time to get your body in shape and eat healthy. You have to want it enough to make yourself a priority. Six months from now you will be much better, or sad you did not start already. Make it your goal and hit the gym, work out at home, or bicycle to work. You have time!

Ø It’s not my fault, I’m a victim.

You are not a victim. No one but you is responsible for how you feel and react. You are responsible for your own actions. It’s easy to blame others for your feelings and overlook your responsibilities in relationships and at work. Learn to accept your faults, it will enhance your credibility and help build stronger relationships. It’s up to you whether you want to be the victim of circumstances or the master of them.

Ø My entire family is overweight, it’s in our genes.

This excuse often limits your success. The fact that you have a slow metabolism is an excuse. It’s true that genetics play an important role in how your body functions since before you were born, but epigenetics has taught us that genes can be switched off and on. You can choose a healthy lifestyle that can turn off your genes that are acting as barriers to your health and success and turn on the genes that help you lead a healthier life. The key is good nutrition and exercise for almost everyone. There are many people who thought they were destined to be overweight from genetics, but they set goals and lost weight by making simple adjustments to their lifestyle.

It is well said by Jordan Belfort, “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.”

Marketing Strategy

2020-07-08T18:06:00.000+05:00

Implementing Successful CAUSE Marketing Strategy.

According to the Cone Communications Social Impact Study, 90 percent of Consumers are likely to switch brands to one associated with a CAUSE, given similar quality and price. So not only is supporting a CAUSE good for the soul, but it’s good for business, as long as companies channel their marketing efforts to reflect their emphasis on social responsibility. To get the highest impact from CAUSE marketing, hone the following:

1. Choose a worthy CAUSE

A brand must pick a CAUSE that’s in-line with its values and significant to its target audience. To conjure up different potential CAUSEs to support, ask questions and do research. The personal care brand Dove, for instance, conducted a study and found that only two percent of women around the world would describe themselves as beautiful. In light of this information, Dove launched the campaign “Real Beauty” to address society’s unrealistic and unattainable portrayal of what is considered beautiful. Dove’s efforts hoped to improve women’s self-esteem and redefine beauty while increasing revenue. The former may be hard to measure, but the campaign increased sales by 60 percent.

2. Clearly communicate the message

According to the Cone Study, 88 percent of consumers want companies to tell them what CAUSE they’re supporting, and 70 percent of respondents are confused when brands attempt to communicate about their corporate social responsibilities. To avoid ambiguity and potential misconception, be transparent about what the CAUSE is and why it’s supported.

3. Raise awareness and invite consumers to participate

Research now discovered that nearly 70 percent of millennial (denoting people reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century.)want businesses to make it easier for consumers to do their part in addressing issues like the economy, environmental sustainability and health. So ask users to participate in an online conversation, follow a blog or share on social media. For example, Patagonia, a clothing company that primarily creates high-end outdoor clothing, focuses on the importance of being environmentally responsible. Part of Patagonia’s “Responsible Economy” campaign includes the Worn Wear Program, where buyers can find Repair and Care Guides to make the clothing last longer as well as share their personal stories about experiences they had while wearing the clothing via the Worn Wear blog and Instagram. Patagonia’s CAUSE marketing strategy has not only helped the environment but also helped to sell approximately $158 million worth of apparel.

A recent Nielsen report indicates that 55% of people are willing to pay extra for products and services from companies committed to making positive social and environmental impacts. So improve the world and your brand’s success through CAUSE marketing.

Lesson of Success

2020-07-08T16:50:00.001+05:00

Advice of World's Richest Man --- WARREN BUFFET---Your Business Should Live by

His ideology and approach to communication and management continue to influence many businessman and investors to this day. While it’s universally recognized that Buffett has exceptional investment acumen, his fearlessness and willingness to go against traditional business norms have inspired many to build an organization that does the same.

Here are three Buffett quotes your business should live by:

1. “There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.”

Warren Buffett’s laser focus on his areas of competence has been essential to his success. As he says: “I’m no genius, but I’m smart in spots, and I stay around those spots.”

It’s very common, especially amongst accomplished executives, to achieve a level of success then branch out into other areas in an effort to expand their businesses. Though Buffett has made his fortune in investing in several industries, he’s remained focus on the areas he knows best. Put simply, he’s an expert in identifying the most basic opportunities that show long-term potential and executing on them flawlessly.

The best business owners are great at determining their area of competence and focusing on how they can capitalize on that competitive advantage, rather than trying to do everything and solve unnecessarily complex problems.

2. “What’s nice about investing is you don’t have to swing at every pitch.”

Despite many misconceptions, Buffett rarely invests but and when he does, he is in it for the long haul. He’s always invested in companies that have a strong brand and a personality with the right leaders driving them forward.

If you want your business to succeed, think like Buffett: big and long term. Invest in your brand, hone in on what you’d like to accomplish and stick with it.

3. “Be greedy when others are fearful, and be fearful when others are greedy.”

This quote describes Buffett’s strategy to a tee -- an aggressive market player when others deem an investment unworthy. Think back to the salad oil scandal of 1963 when Anthony “Tino” De Angelis, a savvy conman from New Jersey, discovered a way to exploit an American Express program that gave business loans based on collateralized inventory. Through an elaborate system of deception, De Angelis was able to obtain loans on an oil inventory greater that the total national holdings combined. While everyone stood clear of AMEX stock, Buffett did the opposite. He visited local businesses and observed business owners continue to accept American Express Travelers Cheques and consumers continue to use them. Contrary to virtually every investment expert at the time, Buffett purchased more stock and established a 5 percent stake in the company. It reportedly cost him $20 million at the time but now 50 years later, it was obviously incredible foresight.

Whether you aspire to run a multinational company or your local mom-and-pop store, this is an important lesson to apply. Innovate and solve a problem rather than following suit with the rest of the industry.

Apply these ideas to your company’s operations and you’re bound to see a substantial improvement. More importantly, you’ll feel liberated by your ability to confidently make sound choices -- especially when you’re going against the grain and doing what’s best for your business.

Opportunities Coming to your way

2020-07-08T03:37:00.000+05:00

How to Attract More Opportunities into Your Life.

This is a really important question. I often get asked by my coaching clients: “How can I get more opportunities in my life?”

You don’t attract opportunities because you are not upgrading

New opportunities enable us to advance in our lives and careers as a result of an abundance of options to choose from. In the case where we seldom get a chance to upgrade our current situation through new possibilities, it is a common occurrence to feel stagnant, unhappy and unproductive.

Most people will assume that inability to attract opportunities is directly tied to lack of passion and merely waiting for a miracle to appear out of the blue. However, this is not the entire truth. There are two elements to successfully attracting new opportunities.

If you want progress? Do something new and work on your ‘attractiveness’

“To get something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.” –Tony Robinson.

This thought-provoking statement suggests that people stay in their own comfort zone and fail to broaden their horizons. As a result, they often resign from their plans too early and settle for mediocrity. Surprisingly, these are often disciplined people who work hard for their living and are respected members of our society.

The second and not-so-obvious element is the fact that our inner self reflects in our external environment. The truth is you have to shift existing behaviors and mindset in order to attract opportunities. Favorable circumstances and success come to the ‘attractive’ people who develop ‘inner beauty’, often meet new people, build new relationships and form new business partnerships. It is vital to work on personal development and on character development.

Follow these tips to attract new opportunities

1. Change your environment.

There is a saying: “You earn the average income of the 5 people you spend the most time with”. Your environment is crucial to your happiness. Successful people have winning habits, strategies and ‘attractive’ personalities. By spending time with them, you will subconsciously start to model these behaviors. Likewise, negative people significantly impact their surroundings, often lacking ambition and spreading pessimistic thoughts.

2. Step aside of your comfort zone.

Staying in a familiar environment is comfortable because you know what to expect. However, by not stepping out of a comfortable environment, new things will seldom occur in your life. The aim is to create opportunities by stepping outside the comfort zone instead of waiting for them. Otherwise, your life will be nothing more than comfortable. Stepping outside of your comfort zone will allow you to meet new people and attract a whole array of new situations.

3. Daily routines shape your character.

A strong and attractive character is a result of systematic practice. One of my favorite quotes is “where attention goes, energy flows – results show”. Good conduct and behavior are results of our thoughts and habits. If you are able to set out behaviors that you will repeat daily, your character will be transformed and opportunities will appear as a result. For instance, you could have a morning and evening routines to prioritize and reflect on your current tasks.

Target long-term Success? Use self-reflection and be consistent

Usually people regret things they didn’t do when they had the chance to try. Attracting new opportunities is not down to just luck – step out of your comfort zone and start working on a brand of attractiveness which consists of your character, heart and spirit. The key is to do monthly or quarterly self-reflection activities to evaluate your progress and analyze new areas requiring development. It is important to be systematic in your actions, as they will increase your chances in the long term to attract plenty of new opportunities.

follow these to Own your Life

2020-07-08T02:27:00.002+05:00

Want to acclaim your successful life,follow these important steps.

Going after what you really want, without regret, no matter what anyone says.

People who think retrospectively about their lives regret working too much and expressing their feelings too little. They wish they’d have let themselves be happier. They’re sorry that they lost touch with meaningful friends and that they put the expectations of others above their own values.

Ware broke down countless sentiments she heard from patients over many years into five chief regrets, all echoing a single, central theme: Stay true to what matters most— stay true to yourself.

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So what can we do to ensure that we lead a life that is uniquely meaningful to us? How can we uncover our truest selves? What strategies can we use to identify and challenge the external and internal obstacles that keep us from pursuing not just our wildest dreams, but our basic values?

Here are three essential steps:

1. Ask yourself what you really want?

According to research from the federal Centers for Disease Control, about 40 percent of Americans haven’t determined a sense of purpose in their lives. It’s easy to say, live life on your own terms, but if you haven’t figured out those terms, you may feel like you’re drifting through your own existence. When you don't know what you want, you're like a ship without a rudder. But figuring out your principles can help you stay on course no matter what life throws at you. Start by asking yourself: What really lights me up? What matters to me? Your family, your community and society in general will have plenty to say about what you should be doing, but, ultimately, only you can answer this question. You’re in control.

Thinking about what you want is not a selfish act, but a fundamental part of knowing yourself. Asking yourself what your principles are doesn’t mean casting everyone else aside—often, it means just the opposite. Deciding what matters to you involves recognizing the people who matter to you, and determining that they are a priority in your life and that caring for them is part of what makes you happy.

When you live a life that you cherish, everything around you holds more meaning. You are likely to be kinder, more considerate, and more understanding of others and their paths in life. When you are fulfilled, you can be more giving of yourself. A 2002 study showed that happy people are more likely to have “fulfilling marriages and relationships, high incomes, superior work performance, community involvement, robust health, and a long life.” The study further indicated that positive emotions are linked to characteristics like “sociability, optimism, energy, originality, and altruism.” You have the most value in the world around you when you find and invest in the gifts that you uniquely have to offer.

So, ask yourself what lights you up. If you enjoy being with certain friends or groups of people, do you make them a priority? If you love a particular activity, how much time do you award it? And if you aren’t sure what you’re passionate about, try a bunch of things. Don't assume you know everything about yourself, or put yourself in a box, because you could be missing out. I know this from personal experience: Years ago, I had a fear of teaching and believed to my core that I would be bad at it. Then I was invited to teach a college course and quickly learned that I couldn’t have been more wrong. I love to teach, and it has become a deeply fulfilling part of my life.

Taking this kind of step will support and strengthen your real self.

2. Must write your Goals.

Often people focus on their goals in negative terms. Instead of, “I want to look my best, so I’m going to eat healthy,” they tell themselves “You’re so fat. You should starve yourself this week.” A better approach is to write down your core values and the behaviors you would manifest that are in line with these beliefs. Try to keep the list to a few, so you can really focus. Then, think about specific actions you can take to move closer to your goals. Set smaller way points that you can accomplish along the way. This will make it easier to keep yourself accountable and track your progress.

Why it is Important to write your goals ,A study showed that people who wrote down their goals, formulated actions to achieve them, and sent weekly progress reports to a friend accomplished significantly more than those who merely set a goal. This study concluded that three coaching tools (accountability, commitment, and writing down one’s goals) were extremely effective in helping people succeed. If you create too many goals or set impossible standards, you’re more likely to get overwhelmed. You may wind up feeling scattered and anxious as opposed to organized and on-track.

Taking this step will help keep you on your own side.

3. Don’t listen to Your Inner Critic.

When you start taking actions toward your goals, be wary of the roadblocks that will inevitably arise. The first enemy you’ll encounter is your “critical inner voice.” The critical inner voice is like a coach in your head that attempts to keep you feeling “safe” by maintaining your defensive adaptations to life and reinforcing the familiar old identity you grew up with. It may put you down and undermine your desires with thoughts like: ”You don’t really want that, do you?”; ” You have never gone after it before”; or, “You probably aren’t even capable of that.” It will warn you about taking chances and trying a new approach to life: “If you go for what you want, you are setting yourself up for failure, and it will be humiliating.”

The critical inner voice is the language of the anti-self, the part of a person that is against his or her own self-interest. It is made up of a destructive point of view incorporated early in life. The anti-self is self-critical and cynical towards others; self-hating, paranoid, and suspicious; and, at its ultimate end, self-destructive and destructive to others. A person’s real self, in contrast, is made up of their own unique wants and desires. It is life-affirming and goal-directed.

Human brains are wired to focus on whatever seems dangerous or events that we experience as life-threatening. Unfortunately, because of this, negative events from our childhood can leave a stronger impression on us than positive ones. A parent suddenly “losing it,” for example, can look scary, even life-threatening to a small child. Because of the child’s complete dependence on parents and other caretakers, their emotional impact is significant. As children, people internalized the destructive attitudes that their caretakers directed or acted out toward them during moments of stress. These attitudes, along with parents' attitudes toward themselves, which were also internalized, help formulate the inner critic.

Throughout people’s lives, their moods are influenced by their critical inner voice. When you attempt to differentiate from these thoughts and live your own life based on the wants, desires, and goals of your real self, the “voices” often get even louder. Have you ever noticed the anxiety that arises when you start taking steps to achieve a goal? Did critical inner thoughts get in your way, either undermining your efforts with self-doubts or luring you to procrastinate? Unfortunately, it's easy to get lost in our own mind—ruminating, but not taking action.

If you really want to go about changing your life, adopt a zero-tolerance policy toward your inner critic. When you notice that you’re starting to attack yourself, interrupt that thinking without question. Don’t let yourself argue or mull it over in your mind. Just remind yourself that these are just critical inner thoughts and that it is never appropriate to have a mean, taunting, or nasty attitude toward yourself. Catch on to the triggers that ignite this negative thinking: Remember, your “voices” can be subtle and pick on things that have some reality or areas in which you are weak. Be careful of thoughts that that sound friendly or seductive—“Don’t bother to exercise today. You deserve a break"; "Just stay at the office a little longer. Work is what you do best"; "You can spend time with your family some other time.”

Don't be fooled by the voices—they are not acting in your interest!

"Overcoming Your Inner Critic" is the subject of an upcoming e-Course I'll be presenting starting this September. As you start to challenge this inner critic, you can take notice when “voices” arise, but do not give in to spending time ruminating about them or entertaining them as reality. You can say to yourself, “there I go again, attacking myself,” and then let the thoughts drift by. Shift your focus to taking the actions toward your goal and monitoring your way points, persevering in your actions. Be wary of people in your social world that are toxic to your goals. Instead, choose to spend time around people who support you and who are allies in your pursuit of your goals. Above all, keep holding yourself accountable in your actions. Dare to be your own person and the rest of the world will reap the rewards.

Must Skills needed for the development of Business.

2018-09-05T22:15:00.001+05:00

The business world is changing, and that means we need to adapt. But we don’t just want to react to a changing world; we want to shape it and be out in front, leading the pack. Here are five competencies you'll need to develop if you want to adapt, thrive, and distinguish yourself in this new world.

1. Critical thinking.

When you question assumptions, claims, and viewpoints instead of just accepting them as gospel, as in “A Harvard professor said it online, so it must be true,” that’s called critical thinking. It’s fundamental to smart decision making. And that, in turn, is key to being successful at just about anything.

Lately, however, it seems that people have forgotten how to think logically. As continuously bombarded as we are with content and sound bites, our ability to question what’s real and what isn’t, to reason logically and not generalize from a single data point, to understand causal relationships, is more critical today than ever before.

So question everything, especially common doctrine. Listen to those who challenge your own and popularly held beliefs. Resist the pressure to view things in black and white or “us vs. them” terms. Learn to see the world in shades of gray and from different angles, viewpoints, and perspectives.

2. Focus and discipline.

We passed the point of information and communication overload long ago. Even highly focused overachievers who should know better sit down to work only to find that, a few tweets, texts, and emails later, half the day is gone and all the work remains.

Focus and discipline have always been critical to success in just about any field, but these days, managing distraction has become harder for even the most disciplined among us. And that’s not likely to change any time soon.

Now, more than ever, you have to learn how to shut out the noise without shutting yourself off from what really matters. That's not easy. But if you’re too distracted and undisciplined to focus on what’s critical, you can’t get things done. And if you can’t get things done, somebody else will.

3. Being human.

In a very real sense, we are becoming virtual images of our real-world selves. That would be fine if those personas replicated the real us. Instead, they’re carefully constructed avatars that reflect social norms, popular themes, and wishful thinking. The information we share is filtered. More and more we behave like sound bites personified—virtual actors portraying cardboard characters in a two-dimensional digital world.

But successful businesses are built on real communication and real relationships. Running a business is about motivating investors to provide capital, customers to buy products, and employees to work their tails off for you. Every business transaction ultimately has a human being at both ends.

In a world of indistinguishable online lemmings, those who strive to remain unique individuals will have a big advantage. Instead of hiding behind your social media avatar and personal brand, have the courage to be your genuine self. Forget your social network and build relationships in the real world. Listen to what people have to say and trust your instincts. That’s the only way to genuinely relate, make connections, and understand people. Be human.

4. Getting things done.

The idea that successful business leaders are typically driven by high ideals and lofty aspirations is a myth. None of the highly accomplished executives I’ve known got where they are by walking around with their heads in the clouds. They got there by putting one foot in front of the other and getting the job done.

Successful entrepreneurs have the ability to focus and motivate people to work together toward a common goal. They have a strong sense of personal responsibility, accountability, and work ethic. They're born troubleshooters and problem solvers. And adversity, obstacles, and risks don't deter them—on the contrary, they energize them.

They also know what their goals and priorities are—they know what they want to get done, and that’s exactly what they do. They deliver the goods, get the job done, and satisfy the needs of their stakeholders, no matter what.

Recently a reader scoffed at one of my columns on what it really takes for startups to be successful. He said ideas are all you need. The problem, of course, is that everyone has ideas. What we really need are people of action who are driven to make things happen and get the job done. That’s a competency that will be in greater demand as time goes on.

5. Competitive spirit.

E-commerce and the rise of the global economy have opened the business world’s competitive floodgates. New competitors are arising on every front as technology lowers the barriers to entry and more and more companies cross over into each other’s lanes. Meanwhile, we’re de-emphasizing competitive spirit and individual achievement in our schools. As we level the playing field, the motivation to compete and win is being bred out of society. We’re beginning to see competition as a bad thing.

That’s creating an interesting dichotomy, a competition gap, if you will. Clearly, the situation presents both challenge and opportunity. On the one hand, the competition is brutal. It’s rough out there. On the other hand, if you’re highly driven to compete and win, you’ve got a leg up on most of the young people entering the workforce. And that gap is only going to widen over time.

Markets are essentially zero-sum games, meaning market share is somewhat constrained. And while markets are elastic—they grow over time—at a macro level, at a micro level, every business transaction generally has one winner and multiple losers. Only one business wins the contract. Just one company is selected to provide the necessary service. In a very real sense, you're always competing in the real world.

But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing.

One product, company, or candidate beating out another on their merits is an honorable thing. It’s no disgrace to lose, either. That’s how we learn to improve and do better next time. Competition is how new technologies replace old ones, how startup companies become corporate giants, and how good performers become great ones.

The point is, many if not most great companies are founded and led by fierce competitors. Google aggressively pursued Apple into the smartphone business. Uber’s Travis Kalanick takes a lot of heat for his competitiveness, but in just five years, he’s built a company that’s now valued at $41 billion. .

Competitive spirit, the relentless drive to win, is a critical success factor that will only increase in value as the competition gap grows. You can learn to adapt and develop these abilities through experience. And that, in turn, will give you a long-term competitive advantage in a changing world.