Being the first day of the year, the author sees the need of motivating his readers for business exploits. This article you are about to read has its foundation on motivation. Let’s begin

Your level of accepting responsibilities determines the result you get in life. My mentor David .0. Oyedepo  of winners chapel, put it this way, that life is not a playfare but a warfare. Until you war with the issues concerning you, you are not coming out outstanding.  What makes you never come successful the previous year is as a result of your low understanding to how things work.  To always keep you on track, here is a simple quote I will like you to remember for the rest of this year “whatever thing you desire, lookout for those that already have it and implement the same step they applied” Very simple. I personally am a living witness to the above truth and I have been using it for some years now and it work like magic. I believe I don’t have to live all the days of my life trying things to work rather I search for someone successful on it I do what he/she does.

There is no future in the past and as we can’t see with darkness so we cannot do anything to change the story of the past but the good news is that there is something to do now that guarantee a better story tomorrow. Here is the picture, your tomorrow matters. Therefore, stop thinking about the past invest the energy to create a better tomorrow. After the cross over night, the author decided to break his year in details and to walk on written plans as he has always been doing for years. He themed the year “WALKING IN THE PLATFORM OF PURPOSE” Knowing that he needed a cogent purpose for every step and a strong reason for every action. My dear readers, have you themed your year? Or do you still want to wallow on the same way like your previous year. It is a personal life decision. You know what you want therefore go get it. Don’t remain the same way you are but plan your year to success.  Listen, learning from our mistakes is a good bearing point for startup because mistakes are always there and will always be there that we may learn from it. To call a year a name is very necessary. It does not only guide you but it also opens your eye of vision for greater accomplishment. THIS WILL BE YOUR BEST YEAR EVER!

Planning is very crucial if you want to see a prosperous year. Don’t walk like the blind that have no eyes hence knew nothing about the happenings within him. You and I are privilege to have eyes but a number of us can’t see. therefore, they fall a victim of the blind. Plan your year to success! Secure a plan sheet and write down what you desire for the year, make it a way of life to always read your plans every morning on waking up from bed and every night on going to bed. Don’t just read but make sure a day never pass you by without you drawing near to the most priorities in your plan. The truth is that our mind has no limit to the level of accomplishment, it always and will always work on the vibration of thought we allow to flow in it. The author calls this form of the mind operation a give and take style of operation. It gives you whatever you deliver to him.  I was privileged to be a student of Napoleon Hill, author of “THINK AND GROW RICH” who sold over 15million copies in the last 65years. I read the above book three times in order to diffuse the power at which the mind operates. It worth reading the fourth time. Get this book to understand the operation of the mind and the asset you have in you that will make your life count. YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL TALENT WITHIN STOP WASTING IT!

Success is not an accident, it is workable. To get it short, nobody is born success but everyone works out his/her success. Your success in life has nothing to do if you are a graduate, undergraduate, has no level of education, rich or poor etc but it stand on your understanding on how it works. “LOOKOUT FOR THOSE WHO THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE OBTAINED THAT WHICH YOU DESIRE AND DO WHAT THEY DID” that’s it for you. Your profession is not guaranteed, your ability alone is not enough and your skill can fail you if you are not careful. If someone like brain tracy, an American motivational speaker who has low level of education in his formal days can turn an outstanding speaker today in the world, what about you?

Nobody is born success, everybody works his way to success. Know this now, the webmaster of www.smallbusinessdigest.info has only but secondary school level of education at the time of writing this article but yet people with higher level of education thank him for his write up. What are you doing? Don’t like to see your life count?

I learnt from observation that I needed to motivate my readers for this year and every successful business person is motivational. So to start a successful year, you need to get motivated in your business, finances, carrier, marital life and personal life. Motivation keeps you on the wheel force of doing it and not staying behind, it helps you build on creativity. Tell me a lazy man who is successful. Or haven’t you heard that wealth gathered in vanity shall decrease but he that labour shall increase. It is the increasing part that makes you successful and not the decreasing part. So stir up! Arise and take responsibilities.

This article is to motivate you and get you set for the year. The good news is that you become what you believe. So if you believe that you have just read a piece that will change your life for good why don’t you send this same article to your friends and family members for a change of story. Always bear in mind that we are our brothers’ keepers.

THIS YEAR WILL BE YOUR BEST YEAR EVER IN LIFE!!

Clet Anni

www.smallbusinessdigest.info

There is no way you can come success without being motivated. The level of motivation in you, stir up the power of achieving more in your area of expertise. The truth is, successful people are motivated people in their expertise. If you are not motivated, you are dead and if you are not motivated to run that business, soon you will soon be off business. It sounds bad but that remain the truth.

MOTIVATION: You may ask what is motivation all about, but I am forced to tell you that you should check on what enthusiasm is all about. Motivation still remain the reason for your act, in other words the reason behind what you are doing. For better understanding, it is the desire to do something. Napoleon Hill call this a burning desire.

A better understanding to what motivation is and how effective it is to you and your business, will develop a thirst for success, and you should know that we achieve more faster that which always occupies our mind. Therefore, our mind is a store house for motivations and motivation can be obtained through the power of positive thinking.

If you are a business person, you must have a motivating spirit if you know you dear for success. It has been the spirit of successful people and will always be. Hence, rub your mind with positive thinkings over your expertise, develop a motivating spirit on that business and cultivate your motivation by applying the right thing at the right time then your thirst for success will be seen.

Let me in this article show you a simple but effective way to come success quickly in you expertise that you can ever imagined. Please, this is not a get rich quick scheme but a better way achieveing your dream. This is true, I have applied it and it works but the striking truth about it is that you can overlook it as a result of it’s simplicity. But yet it works like magic if only you will keep applying it.

Note that what I will be sharing with you here is not new as we have all know that there is nothing new under the sun. It has been existing but only real people use it but I assured you, if only you can abide to it, you won’t stop thanking me for revealing this simple secret to you. What are we saying, read it again and again:

WHATEVER YOU WANT  TO DO, LOOK OUT FOR SOMEONE THAT HAS DONE IT SUCCESSFULLY, AND APPLY THE SAME PROCESS.

I guess the above sentence describe itself. You don’t need explanations but do me a favor by reading it three to four times and see if it makes any sense to you. If it does then send me your comments but if it doesn’t stop reading here.

Let’s illustrate how real this statement is and how motivating it can keep you through the power of positive thinking. I will be showing you an example using a dummy and a small business starter. Imagine the fact that you want to start a business(the business starter) for the first time and you went to a guy that has never in his life done business for once(the dummy) for advice and business skills. What do you think will be the dummy’s reply? The same is not true when you want to start an affiliate marketing business online and seek advice from someone like Ewen Chia, what do you think will be his advice? For the dummy, his answers to your advice will lead you to hell in your business if you take such advice. This is because he has no skills of running a business to success but that of the affiliate marketing guru(Ewen Chia) , his advice will be lots of help to your business.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO,LOOK OUT FOR SOMEONE THAT HAS DONE IT SUCCESSFULLY, AND DO THE SAME. A friend of mine say it this way “follow the doers and not the sayers” Your ability to locate successful people in your field is your stepping stone to success. Do the same thing they had done and you will likely get the same result. This is not magic, this is real. Therefore, apply what you have just read.

Persuade! Persuade!! persuade!!! Until you learn how to persuade you are not yet ripe for success. You need a persuading spirit to take your others along, your customers, your family even your newly married wife. You ask, what is this persuasion all about? Persuasion is all about persuading someone to belief, providing a sound reason why someone should do something. Now open your ears: YOU CAN MAKE AS SO MUCH MONEY YOU WANT IN LIFE IF YOU CAN LEARN TO SERVE OTHERS.

There is no way the above statement will be true if you don’t know how to persuade people or you don’t posses a persuading spirit within you. We are therefore in one way or the other persuaded for our actions.

While there are so many giants that can be refer as experts when it comes on the topic of persuasion e.g the pastors, your school teacher, club leaders etc You can still follow up the foot-step of these giants to create that persuasion spirit you lack. This is advisable for people that are hot tempered and unfriendly as it can help build that broken relationship and keep a lasting one. Hmmmm!! you don’t need to ask why follow these giants, this is because the learning gets more easier with a shorter time. Listen: “The easiest way to come success is to follow successful people in your field”

How come persuasion in business? And what essence does it have to play with me and my customers was the question of my good friend on a chat with him some days ago. Not even to that dummy, we all know that one way to get what we want from others is to persuade them unless you are forcefully obtaining that which does not belong to you. Your customers need to be treated like babies in other words they need to be persuaded before they buy. “A good persuader is a good salesperson” and the first statement said it all: until you learn how to persuade you are not yet ripe for success. Hence, develop a persuading spirit over your customer – very important.

Do you think your wife need to be persuaded? Successful people are not only successful in their business, they re both successful at their homes, relationship with people, their health. They are successful all round. Always keep the remember the word that charity begins at home. Every peaceful person(s) keeps a peaceful family and every peaceful family is successful. Therefore, rise up today and keep a peaceful home. You definitely need it and persuasion is one of the vital tools for a peaceful home.

It can be this spirit of persuasion that your home, your co-workers, your friend, your customers are waiting for to see in you. Resist today and apply the power of persuasion for your success. If you are a repeated reader in this website you should know my words for application that state: “until you apply, nothing happens”…….See you at the top.

Encouraging small businesses to grow in a country affected with economic meltdown is a good way of re-constructing the economy. We all know who is an entrepreneur- Simply a business operator.An entrepreneurial skills can either be termed financial skills as a good businessman is ideologically good in finance. This out light the importance of business in the economy- Both good and bad.

While so many small business operators struggle to get into the ship of entrepreneurship, There are highlight or better called facts about entrepreneurs that makes and will always keep the difference. In this article, let’s look into the mindset of a good and successful entrepreneur for a better understanding of who is qualify as an entrepreneur.

Risk: What level of risk can you afford? A successful business person is good risk-taker. They jump in when others are jumping out and vise versa. They don’t look where the masses are looking at, rather they enjoy the benefits of approaching first in a certain event. They are fast at risk taking especially business and financial related risk. There risk are well calculated and speculative and the enthusiasm of risk taking in them is always high. If you know you did not fall into any of the stress risk management above, then let’s look into other mindset.

Timing: “A minute spent in getting it wrong is worth than a full day spent doing nothing” What we don’t always put at the back of our mind is that time is money. For every time spend, worth a million dollar. To stress out the quote above, understand the basis of timing. A good entrepreneur have laws over his time- Discipline laws that states: Always stay at work. You are either working or not working, getting it right or you are off the road. Therefore, a basic understanding of your time management gives you an absorption of that entrepreneur mindset.

Management: “He understand his business more than any other person in the word, he is in love with his work and he has swear to death that he can never leave what he is doing today” This is the blueprint of a good entrepreneur mindset. What are you into? and how do you go about it? Did you know that a dollar spending can keep you off business. If you are in doubt, then consult the book multiple streams of income to see for yourself how a dollar can accumulate to great wealth. Management is always at the finger tip of every successful business person and every good business person is a good manger.

Creativity: Not until I can manage what I have, Growth is not assured – Clet Anni. You and I need growth in business and growth can be assured when we approach our work with a creative mind. There is no way we can be creative when we are having leakages in our management. Creativity gives birth to sound management and a good management always open doors of opportunities. This has been the mindset of a business person, they go with open mind and are good listeners to that their mind is saying over the success of their business. You are either creative or dummy but the good news is that you can build a creative mind by enlisting yourself to the world of readers.

Think it’s enough for a good entrepreneur mindset? Then speak your opinion. In our days in high school, my teacher always tell the class that ‘your opinion counts’ when we are blast by a strong question. The same is applicable here, as we all need growth in our businesses by engaging that entrepreneur mindset.

Your customer is king but what makes them king is what you should ask yourself as a business operator. Everyone of us will like enjoying the benefits of others serving us, pardon me as in this case you have to serve your customers if you really want to run a successful business.

We have all heard on different occasions that customers are always right-this is true as we persuade them to buy what we sell. They have the money and what makes you selling is to get what they can afford for you. Until you understand and believe the fact that you have to serve your customers, you are not in anyway fit for business.

Sales have many determinant but everything being equal, sales increases by in increase in in customers flow to your offer. If this is not true, then regard asking yourself the need of creating business awareness and why every website need traffic. The truth is that nothing happens in a business void of customers and a product that is not accepted by the people will surely fail.

Therefore, incline today to know the benefit of people looking up to your products. I believe they are so precious to loss as no good entrepreneur will like to loss a head off his product. Are you then a better entrepreneur-Read my post on BE A BETTER ENTREPRENEUR. To enhance your understanding of who an entrepreneur is and what he is willing to do.

Your customers are those that are willing and ready to get that which you offer for sale. They exceed buying from you to building a relationship with you over your business. Such a people are worth a million dollars.

]]> http://smallbusinessdigest.info/knowing-your-customers-better/feed 0 http://smallbusinessdigest.info/increasing-your-mental-focus http://smallbusinessdigest.info/increasing-your-mental-focus#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:59:11 +0000 Clet Anni http://smallbusinessdigest.info/?p=252 There have been before time certain factors that are responsible for bad mental capability, these factors ranges from sleep, food, lack of exercise and stress. They work very hard in decreasing our mental focus. Have you ever noticed a difficulty in trying to focus on your work or whatever task you are handling? All these contributing factors makes us feel outdated over time in terms of ages and achievements, but i believe we are not.
Aside from the usual advice of trying to improve your diet and exercise routines and getting enough rest. there are still some specific things you will do to help increase your mental focus.

Implement the Power of Studying
Using your brain for more than your usual activities will stimulate your rate of thinking. Try playing games like paper games, lido, puzzles etc. As this help in improving the working capability of your brain. There are online games, crossword puzzles in books and newspapers. These activities can also be great ways to relax and relieve stress. It has been a simple truth with prove that our brain works more effectively when we put it to work.

Turn your Imagination to a flashlight
A technique you can use in situations where you are trying to focus narrowly on something is to imagine that you are looking through a flashlight. What you see at the end of the light is only what you are focusing on. Everything outside your circle of light is black. Use this technique to block out all external stimuli while you are trying to narrowly focus on something.

Take that Break
You can’t resist it as ”All work with no rest makes jark a doll boy’‘ Give yourself the appropriate rest when necessary. Take a long break when you can, but when you can’t, at least take short breaks. It can be walking or sitting down in a corner visualizing activities that impress you for the moment rather than just a little exercise. Walking can be a form of meditation. Walk alone if you can and it will help clear your mind.

Form a List
When there are too many other thoughts distracting you from your current task, write them down, as it is advisable to think on paper than to go off headed. Keep a small notebook with you all the time to keep track of things you need to do and as well jot down any ideas that came up on how to go with your future task. When these future tasks are contained in one place, you are free to use your brain to focus on the task at hand without the fear of forgetting these other things.

Go for a Better Diet
Foods are good factors to consider when it comes to building your mental capability. Eat good foods as the doctor will always say. Even making small changes will help. Try to eat fewer carbohydrates during the day, and more protein. Coffee, in small doses, can really help your focus. Just don’t overdo it.

Getting enough sleep, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly and managing stress are still the best places to start. Yet they can’t be overlooked.