Business Tips:
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"Don't
give up, don't take anything personally, and don't take no for an answer." “The
people who told me no were the people who eventually told me yes."
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"Certainty
is more dangerous than ignorance." “It’s up to us as
entrepreneurs, to see the world as it should be --not necessarily how it is.
When you think you’re sure of the way things are, that’s when you get passed up
and you don’t see the opportunities that real entrepreneurs envision.”
Personal Tips:
Start Now
There
are many factors that go into become a success in both your professional and
personal life but the one factor that is required is taking action. Most people
miss out on reaching their full potential because they never start. They are
always preparing, planning and waiting for the best time to start. If I waited
until I was ready, I would not have a coaching practice, a website, a blog, a
workshop, etc. The stars rarely align and you will never be completely ready so
just start now and adjust along the way.
Hunt for Good Mentors
People who “make it” usually credit their
success to a mentor or a group of mentors who really helped guide them to get
to where they are. Mentors have gone down the road that you want to travel and
can guide you to get to your destination faster than if you went at it alone.
If you want to be healthy, you would find a mentor who is already healthy. If
you want to be rich, then you have to find someone who is already rich. What
surprises me is how rarely people engage in mentoring relationships and those
who do usually find mentors in only one aspect of their lives. If you want to
be successful, be active about finding mentors that will help you achieve what
you want. Jeff Goins has a nice short article on finding
mentors.
Do you have a mentor in your life now? If
not, ask yourself what barriers are preventing you from finding or establishing
a mentoring relationship? If you do have a mentor, do you have one for the
different aspects of your life (financial, health, professional, personal,
spiritual, relationships, parenting etc.)?
Life Skills:
Faith, Family, Fitness,
Finances, Friends, Fun, Following, Freedom; we call these the 8F’s in life.
Many of these categories can tell one where their priorities are in life by
measuring the time one would spend in one of the above categories.
Freedom
There are 3 types of Freedom says a good friend
of mine, Ohio congressman Bob McEwen.
Politics = Integrity plus economics: PIE,
politics as easy as PIE (P=I+E)
Political freedom-what does it mean to you?
Religious freedom-what does it mean to you?
Economic freedom-what does it mean to you?
If you don’t have an answer, you should. As a
citizen you deserve to not only know, but have the freedom to express it. From
the video, where do you think we are in the “Cycle of the Body Politic?”
Notable quotes:
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“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not
in your favor.”
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“We don’t mature through age; we mature in awareness”
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If you don’t make peace with your past it will keep showing up in your
present.
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Love comes to those who still hope after disappointment, who still
believe after betrayal, and who still love after they’ve been hurt
Something I want you to know:
Wisdom is the proper use of
knowledge. You find it with experience or the experience of others. Your
results in life and your circumstances directly reflect the wisdom that you
both have and do not have. Be careful from where your wisdom comes.
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