Monday, October 20th, 2008
Earlier today I was in one of my favorite coffee shops and noticed an announcement for a singer to appear at a local venue. Having worked with this individual in the past, seeing the poster reminded me of her enthusiasm and desire to “make it in the business.”
A tool she uses to keep her focused ”making it in the business” is a “Vision Board”. A Vision Board is simply a white (actually could be any color) poster board where you paste pictures that provide a vision of what it is you want to achieve. For example, if you want to own a big house in the country, you would cut a picture out of a magazine of a house that most resembles the house you want and paste it on the board. You’d repeat the same procedure for all your goals, until the board is filled with all you want to achieve. Then mount it on a wall in whatever room you spend a lot of time. It will constantly be a reminder of what you want to achieve.
My former client - I can see she is achieving some of the items on her board. Why don’t you try it too. You may achieve more than you’ve anticipated.
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Here are the other five tips I promised you from The Big Idea. I hope these work in some way for you.
6. Be passionate about what it is you’re doing. This oftentimes will help you conquer various challenges.
7. Believe in your product/service. You can’t waver just because someone doesn’t like your idea.
8. Aggressively get out there. Don’t hold back in promoting your product/service.
9. Figure out how to fit in. That is, where in the marketplace does your product/service best fit.
10. Never lose sight of your goals. If you do you will only see obstacles to your dreams.
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
I am asked many times “When should I quit the business, change my product line and/or services”, or “Should I continue to “plug” along doing things with the same old products and services”?
The answer to this question is ”that depends”.
If your product/service has great long term potential you should probably stay with it, that is, as long as it is fulfilling your needs for starting the business in the first place.:
If you are making “gobs” of money and are unhappy, you should think about making changes (quitting).
If you are enjoying the business but not making any money, you should think about changing (quitting).
“That depends” also includes many factors such as: market conditions, type of product/services you are offering (are they obsolete?), viability of your short term strategy, your ability to handle the stress of operating the business, and are you progressing towards achieving your goals (having fun, making money, saving the world).
Bottom line: If you are enjoying what you are doing and it is meeting your financial and intrinsic needs - then stick with it.
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