Category Archives: Motivation
Will 2011 Be Your Year Of Success?
A new year full of hope and possibility. A clean slate. Will 2011 be your year? It can be if you are willing to put in the right effort. Not just effort, but work focused in the right places and with the correct attitude. 1. Make a plan and then work that plan. Take some [...]
Don’t Let a Sense of Entitlement Keep You from Being Successful
There are certain times when we are appropriately entitled. If I pay for a product, I am entitled to receive that product. If I meet certain appropriate criteria, I am entitled to the established return. If I uphold my side of a contract, I am entitled to the stated benefits that come from it. Entitlements [...]
The Sum Of Success
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. – Robert Collier What you do each day, each hour, each minute- matters. Its that simple. You can choose to spend your time on the things that help you attain success, or you can choose to use your time in less productive [...]
Keep Them Coming Back For More
Marketing can be expensive. People are holding on to their purse strings tighter than ever and the effort it takes to pry their fingers from their cash isn’t free. When people are strapped for cash they tend to gravitate towards the familiar – the restaurant that serves reliably good food, the mechanic that they know [...]
Get Obsessed With Marketing
There is a lot that goes into building a business from the ground up. Licensing, branding, finding a niche, and working out logistics are all important aspects of business building that can take a lot of time. However, most business owners can attest to the fact that the first few years of any business is [...]
See Yourself As a Winner
“If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.” -Zig Ziglar I used to play field hockey in high school and I remember one practice day before the first game of the season, our coach asked us to sit on the field and close our eyes. She then narrated [...]
Do What You Are Afraid to Do
“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.”” Ralph Waldo Emerson It is usually the things we want most that scare us most. It is also usually the difficult things that are most worth doing. If you can teach yourself to [...]
Creating Opportunity in Business
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~Sir Frances Bacon Sir Francis Bacon was one of the pioneers of the scientific revolution, which began in the 16th Century. His promotion of what is now called the scientific method, helped revolutionize designing experiments, collecting data, and stating conclusions. Plagued with poor health his [...]
Success, Not Perfection
“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.” Dr. David M. Burns Learning new things is one of the most satisfying paths to success.
How Do You Define Success?
“If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.” – Anna Quindlen How do you define success? What does it look like for you? Work toward your goals, your dreams, don’t let anyone else [...]