Archive for May, 2010
Enthusiasm Sells!
Posted by: | CommentsOut of the mouths of babes! Let’s strive to be this enthusiastic and grateful. Just being alive and healthy is a huge gift-everything else is icing!
What are you creating in your life?
Posted by: | Comments“Creation is always happening. Every time an individual holds onto a thought or a prolonged chronic way of thinking, they’re in the creative process. Something is going to manifest out of that.” – Rev Michael Beckwith
Here’s an exercise to help you identify the beliefs that you should consider altering:
- Allow yourself the freedom to examine and question
every belief you currently hold about yourself.
- Open your mind to consider that perhaps the beliefs you
currently hold may be false.
- Consider that some of your beliefs might be preventing
you from making the progress you like.
Here’s the exercise (relax and take your time):
- Name the person who makes you the happiest. Think
about why they make you happy.
- Name the thing you enjoy doing the most. Think about
how you feel when you’re doing it.
- Name a place you love to go and go there in your mind.
- Now name a person in your life who causes you sadness
and pain.
- Name what you least like about your job or family.
- Think about a time when someone you care about
humilated you or deeply hurt you.
Once this exercise is complete, you can see the power of the mind. You went from happy to an agitated, angry, possibly depressed state in moments. This powerful mind power can be your ally in identifying negative behaviors in your life that need altering. You know what needs correcting.
In my next post I’ll cover how to control your thoughts if you desire too. The 3 steps are 1) label 2) replace 3) focus forward.
Focused, Flexible, Fast and Friendly.
Posted by: | CommentsIf you want to be more successful in all you do, incorporate these words into your day to day: focus, flexibility, fast and friendly. These are key traits to accomplishing more and to keeping frustration to a minimum.
Focus: dig deep, not wide. The key to achieving your objectives is to focus on accomplishing the important tasks. The Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) stating 80% of the results come from 20% of the actions applies. Don’t try to do 3 things at once. Stay on task until you’ve completed your objective.
Flexibility: Many of you reading this are moms. As an
entrepreneur, often times we get knocked off course by a child’s fever, a bad report card (and resulting discussions), an emergency trip to CVS for posterboard. While frustrating at times remember for the majority of us it is the actual reason we became entrepreneurs-we wanted the flexibility to keep family first. Just take a deep breath and let this go. I have learned to re-frame these moments as “rewards”. I am grateful I can stop what I am doing in order to serve my children. My children are why I work so hard in the first place. Don’t ever lose sight of that.
Flexibility also applies to your business model. Most entrepreneurs start out thinking their business will be “X” and usually sooner than later they realize they must adjust to “Y”. Let the customer dictate what you should be selling. Ask them. They will tell you.
Fast: The beauty of being a small business owner is you can adapt quickly. If a competitive advantage becomes apparent, act quickly to capitalize on the opportunity. Don’t get set in your ways in life or in business. Keep an open mind.
Friendly: Are you delighting your customer? Successful people are friendly people. Let’s face it, people do business with people they like. Are you and your staff likable?
Try out these words and see the improved results in your day to day world.