Max took the time that most teens are wasting and invested them in his future. He is the inventor of the Erase Case, and at only 15-year-old he is already making thousands from his invention and even has a bunch of people waiting to buy his product.  Max also mentioned that he has some rather large wholesale orders.  So, what is the Erase Case

The Erase Case is a special white iPhone case that allows you to draw, color, or design your iPhone case with permanent marker however you would like. Once you get tired of the old color or design simply spray our solution, wipe it off, and just like that you have a new white iPhone case to design all over again.

Max said, “People waste too much money on iPhone cases buying every color possible. Instead of purchasing every case you want, just buy the Erase Case and create every case you ever dreamed of. Any color, design, or drawing you want you can create with the Erase Case.” The Erase Case can save you money and is an awesome product for blooming artists or anyone with an iPhone and an idea.

He created the product out of his garage with only a few drawings and an idea. Max said, “I love to invent and imagine myself inventing products for the rest of my life. I always think big, but never ever thought I could become this big.” Max also mentions how amazing it is to think that he turned an idea into a product with virtually no help financially.

Max’s friend’s and family helped him a little throughout the process of starting the business. Whether it was his mother, uncle, or friends they all pitched in their thoughts. Max does give most credit to his mother and said, “I couldn’t ask more from my mom and my father did not contribute too much in the project, but occasionally would offer advice and helped me make a very crucial decision, that allowed me to be where I am today.”

Now after hours, days, weeks, even months of hard work, the Erase Case is a real product that you can buy. You can visit one of the links and check it out for yourself.

Max had a plain old idea and turned it into a hot business at the age of fifteen.  You can tell by his picture on the right and the smile on his face that he is happy with his results.

What are you waiting for?  If you have an idea, start working on it. It may not be easy at first, but if you stick to it, you too, can have your very own invention that people are buying.  Go out there and make it happen.

We are just getting to know our friends at EnvisionWithMe.  They put together this quirkey little video to show what they do and some things that teen entrepreneurs may need some help with.

Make sure to subscribe to their youtube channel and sign up for their services at their webpage EnvisionWith.Me (which are free).  I hope you enjoy the video.

Before I share today’s article, let me explain for those teen entreprenuers what an abundance mindset is.  Basically, it means thinking of what you could get, not what you could loose.  There is a lot more to it: positive thinking, putting your mind on what you want, visualizing your outcomes. . .   The key is, if you control your thoughts, you can control your stress.  Check out Ryan’s article and get some really good tips:

The Abundance Mindset: A Cure for Stress and Anxiety

Anxiety is tremendously powerful. Often without realizing it, anxiety affects nearly everything we do. When the body undergoes that much stress, it becomes fatigued and listless. As a result of the mind/body connection, it’s not uncommon for negative thoughts to follow, focusing solely on the bad things that could happen rather than the positive things that most likely will.

Anxiety is a clear problem with the scarcity mindset. Those that have anxiety find that they’re focusing far too often on what they can’t get, and do their best to avoid trying. When you live with that much anxiety and stress, it becomes very hard to enjoy the journey, and the scarcity mindset wins out. But if you can learn to harness the power of the abundance mindset, you’ll often find that much of your stress and anxiety melts away.

Benefits of Living with Abundance

Those with the abundance mindset truly feel that they have more than enough as it is. That feeling leads to some very powerful experiences that allow others to experience appreciation, happiness, and confidence from the universe around them. They see the joy that their life brings them, and know that more joy is coming to them. This mindset is such a powerful tool for improving your mental health and wellness. It allows you to experience:

• ·         Social Support

Studies have shown that the love and support you feel from others has a profound effect on your stress and anxiety levels. The more you have, the better you feel. Yet it’s not the number of friends or family that cares about you. It’s about your “perceived” social support – how connected you feel to those that care about you. Those that live with abundance are able to appreciate the support they get every day, and that can have a great effect on their long term mental health outlook.

• ·         Motivation

Anxiety tends to be a de-motivator. When you’re worried too much about the bad things that can occur, it’s easy to not bother trying. But those with the abundance mindset tend to focus more on their goals. Their mindset allows them to experience what could be, not what isn’t. That keeps their motivation levels high, and that kind of motivation allows them to experience less doubt and reap the benefits of their hard work.

• ·         Happiness/Acceptance

Finally, the abundance mindset allows you to do one thing that scarcity and anxiety do not – accept your life as it is and as it can be, and experience happiness from that acceptance. So often there are roadblocks that occur throughout your life path. Those with anxiety and scarcity tend to find these unmanageable, and it turns into an increase in stress that affects them in other areas of life. Those with abundance accept what has come to them, and look more towards the great things they have and the great things they will have in the future.

Fighting Anxiety with the Abundance Mindset

Those that live with abundance aren’t free of stress and anxiety. After all, anxiety is a natural response to events. In some cases it’s even healthy to have a bit of anxiety, and once in a while anxiety can be caused by excitement, rather than by fear.

But when that anxiety starts to impact the quality of your life and prevents you from achieving your goals and dreams, finding abundance is often a healthy and worthwhile solution. If you find that stress is controlling your life, seek out abundance, as it is one of the most powerful treatments for anxiety that you can adopt.

About the Author: Ryan Rivera found that his scarcity mindset often held him back from achieving his goals. Now he authors content on anxiety at stress available at www.calmclinic.com.

5 Teen Entrepreneurs Stress Management Tips

Starting a business is stressful enough. Starting a business as a teenager is even more so. It takes a lot of energy and ambition to become a teen entrepreneur, and while you likely have the intelligence and drive to create a successful business, it can be hard to find coping strategies to deal with the financial and emotional stress that starting a business entails.

There’s no secret formula for managing stress. If you find that skipping stones at the local park on weekends is calming, then you should skip stones at the local park on weekends. As long as you’ve found a stress release mechanism that is both a healthy and safe outlet, it’s worth investigating. But for all teen entrepreneurs, the following are five important tips for living a stress-free life.

• ·         Have a Personal Life – It is absolutely crucial that you allow yourself to have a personal life. Your ambition and drive can cause you to put your heart and soul into your business, but there needs to be some knowledge that you have a life outside work. See your friends no matter how stressed you may be. Exercise often. Play sports if you enjoy sports. Whatever it takes to make sure that some percentage of your life is spent focused only on your happiness is a crucial component of living with less stress.
• ·         Delegate Unimportant Tasks – There are numerous tasks that you must do as a teen entrepreneur that are time consuming but otherwise unimportant. There are often numerous ways you can outsource these tasks. Virtual assistants can handle issues like organizing files and finding leads, for example, all with little cost. With fewer unimportant tasks, you’ll be less affected by the stress of the issues you take into your own hands.
• ·         Schedule Time Off – Much like having a personal life, you also need to be able to take complete breaks from your business. That means that you should give yourself a weekend, a lunch break, etc. You should also schedule this time as though it’s a task for your business, and not something optional that you do if you have a free moment. Often you’ll find that if you treat it like a task you must do, the time becomes available.
• ·         Leverage Personal Contacts – Often you’ll find that your network of friends and family want to help you with your projects. If they have skills that can help, work with them. Don’t allow yourself to take on everything yourself if you have viable options out there that are willing to dedicate time to help you. This will reduce the burden you carry on yourself.
• ·         Prioritize Time Strategies – How you spend your time plays a key role in your stress management. Yet it’s not uncommon to find that you do things as they occur, rather than prioritizing the in blocks. One strategy that comes highly recommended is to always block away time for specific tasks. For example, it’s rare that you need to respond to an email within minutes, so you should close out your email and schedule time to check it and respond. That will keep you from finding your work quite so hectic, and make it easier to manage your time (and ultimately your stress level).

There are also several relaxation strategies you can try as well, such as deep breathing, visualization, and progressive muscle relaxation. All of these are successful tools for maintaining an emotionally healthy lifestyle.

Becoming a Stress Free Business Leader

Your stress will help you become a better business leader, because you’ll have an easier time taking on challenges if you are as emotionally and mentally healthy as possible. But being a business leader is also about reaching your goals and finding happiness. If you allow yourself to experience a great deal of stress, especially as a young entrepreneur, you’ll find it much harder to experience that joy. Work on your stress every day, and your business and your personal life will improve as a result.

About the Author: Ryan Rivera is an entrepreneur and anxiety attacks specialist that provides tips and tools for dealing with stress at www.calmclinic.com

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”

“Failure is the road to success.”

Too many people try to avoid failure.  BUT failure, is where you find successs. 

The first potato chip was an accident. The idea for Dove soap was an accident.  Many businesses took a failure, and made it their success.

Remember Thomas Edison and the light bulb?  He failed thousands of times before he became a success.

So, get out there and fail.  Fail good and fail often.  It means you are doing something different.  The key is to learn from what you do and take steps closer to success each time. 

So, bounce hi on that road to success and make it happen!