IMPROVING CONCENTRATION

Start by eliminating all thoughts, concepts, ideas and all information that is not relevant to what you have decided is the most important issue to concentrate on.
You can only get what you focus on most, so be careful on what you decide to focus on. Take control of your environment, and if you are not, change it. Add warmer lighting, or better air conditioning, or put your facility in and order that allow your mind to not wander off thing about how you are uncomfortable in your space. Slow down, take a deep breath and visualize yourself getting the end outcome that you have decided to concentrate on. Athletes d it all the time, and so can business professionals. State your objectives in positive tense. A wise person once said that “you should never be against anything, but always be for that which you want most’.  Example: Do not be against dumb or lazy employees, but rather be for hiring, attracting, and inspiring folks that you decide to have in your team to fully realize their potential while accomplishing the goals of the organization. Never make excuses about why you cannot concentrate.

TAKING YOUR LIFE TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Establish a starting point or baseline. What do you want? If you do not know what you want your project, goal, day, life to look like, 1) how does you know if you already have it? Or 2) how are you going to know if you already have it. Normally people do not sit around all day visualizing, but Mark McGwire, Kurt Warner, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, all started their day by visualizing their end result. In fact, you will find yourself almost placid at your success since you already have experienced it in your mind. Criteria and emotions are the building blocks to success. Do not graduate from the school of hard knocks. Okay, you know that other people have succeeded in any area you are struggling in. So why do you not try to learn from the best parents you know and incorporate some of their ideas, strategies, and ways of thinking of some of the best marketers you know or have access to? Many people who are considered “experts” in their field are still honored by a request for help if they are sure that you do not have an ulterior motive behind it.

CHANGING FAILURE INTO SUCCESS

People will not think poorly of you if you fail. This is perhaps the biggest myth, and the one that causes you to never attempt your dreams. The truth is, however, that people will actually respect you for trying. The only thing that people think poorly about you is if you handle yourself poorly when you fail. Failure is not the end but the beginning. One of your greatest fears is that your whole world will collapse if you fail. Or at least the project will. The truth is that rarely happens! Most of the time you can pick back up again, make some adjustments and be on your way@ This is a new beginning. Now there is no need to go down the road you have already taken, so there is none less option you have to try on your new journey. The greatest thing to overcome is the fear of failure. Most of the battle is right between your ears. It has been said that “we have nothing to fear but fear itself”,  and that is true because in most of your “failures”, the end result is usually much less than you feared it would be. Yet in giving into fear and not trying, you suffer the ultimate consequence – no success! So begin to tell yourself the good stuff! Change the direction of your thinking and begin to see the possibilities of success, not failure. Remember, properly looked at, failure can help you further your future!

SUCCESS SURVIVAL TIPS

Follow opportunity instead of savoring security and get things done. This is the hardest one of all. Most of the people were brought up to seek out and cling to the security of the 9-5 jog. What happens when you mention to your family that you want to leave the security of your pension and go out on your own? They will probably advise you to be sure, to step carefully, to take your time. Some may even advise you against it completely. Are they financially independent? Did they have what it takes to go out on their own? Are they living the life that they want? One way to avoid getting caught up in their security trap is to set a confirmed time that you will leave your job. Real worth and wealth is generated from within you. It comes from being prepared, knowing how to spot, act upon and capitalize firm opportunities. What do you want for you work? You want results. The results of your hard work and every ting. You either succeed or fail. You make money or go under. Does this mean you should not get into daily routines? Of course not. As long as your routine is helping you get a profitable result, then they are not considered  ruts, but pathways to success. Think of it this way. Efficiency is getting the job done right. Effectiveness getting the right job done.

TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE

Perseverance always wins. You cannot fail if you do not quit. Find yet another way to make it work. Whatever it is for you. You cannot succeed alone. Every story of success is a story of people working together, each contributing their own unique talents, skill sets and abilities. Do what you do best. And let others fill in the gaps. If you do not like where you are today, do not expect tomorrow to be any different without change. Change your attitude, your priorities, and your activities. Change from being reactive to being creative. You are a product of your thoughts. It is true that thoughts are things. Whatever you think about most of the time is what you create in your life. If you want more than you think you have now, do not “ever” give energy to thoughts of lack. You always receive what you give. Consequently, if you want help, be helpful. If you want honest relationships, be truthful. If you want love, be loving. The corollary is that you always find what you’re looking for. Life “really” is like a movie. You write the script. You’re the star, director and critic. And like a movie, it ends. What is important in life is not just the journey, but the “quality” of the journey. That is why it is important to make “every” day the best it can be, because “now” is all you have.

BASICS TO IMPROVE FOR STUPENDOUS SUCCESS

Understand exactly what you are all about. The rapid pace of technology change presents unlimited opportunities to you. Yet you begin to think that the technology pace is your life pace. It is not. Technology serves you, not the other way round. No person can take advantage of all the opportunities in life. Select a couple areas to master. When you set all other areas aside, you experience a great sense of freedom to become good at something. Develop a personal support network. You need the mastermind to help with your growth. Add mentors, coaches and role models who can provide needed expertise. No one can make it on his own. Find ways to communicate with your spiritual self. Techniques such as prayer, meditation, contemplation, quiet time, or simply keeping a thoughtful journey allow your inner self to speak to your conscious mind. Your body enjoys pleasure. Your mind enjoys experiences. Your values come from your spiritual side. How do you let it express itself? Think “people, not tasks”. All tasks contain people as a part. Think about the people involved and not the task itself. People change, tasks remain static. The people-change can create new tasks and make old tasks obsolete. Sometimes you miss the subtle change. When you watch the people, you see the change. Be good to your “self”.  Treat your body, mind and spirit with respect. Do things for yourself.

DRESSING TIPS FOR SUCCESS

Know what suits you and do not deviate too far from it.  “In fashion” does not equal “must have”. If it is not your style, leave it in the store. Concentrate on quality, not quantity, when shopping. Quality does not necessarily cost more. No impulse buying. It later translates into a wardrobe disaster zone. Look in your wardrobe to see what you really need before you hit the stores. Do not rely too much on the opinion of salespeople. They are paid to promote what is in their store, not to be impartial. If you need time and money saving advice, use a style consultant. Look down – shoes are everything! If they are poorly made, or not looked after, they will spoil the look of whatever you wear. Understand that “best dressed” includes the whole package – clothes, accessories, shoes, hair and makeup. Do not forget your skin. Whether you are a man or a woman, good skin condition is essential. Avoid skin care products containing mineral oil or other petroleum derivatives.

TIPS FOR USING YOUR QUIET MIND

You can rehearse, in your quiet mind, anything from athletic events or public speaking through sales calls. Stay open to what happens in these mental rehearsals. You will experience unexpected results and have a chance to learn from them. Create in your mind, products and processes. Everything man created started as an idea in the mind. Create new products or processes while your body remains still. Instead of jumping into a problem, take a few minutes to literally roll it around in the mind. You will start to see subtleties not visible with a quick glance. Programming differs from rehearsal in that with rehearsal you know how to do something. In programming, you plan your ultimate result without necessarily knowing how to attain it. The quiet mind acts as receiver of thoughts. What do you receive? Who knows, but your mind will take whatever it receives and associate it in context with your current challenges or opportunities. The result will be creative solutions for which you can cite no direct source. When you stop to think about people in your life, you develop a new sensitivity for them, which they will sense. This new sensitivity will make you more attractive to others. Do you really enjoy the company of someone who continuously lives their life on the edge?

TIPS FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS

You must take 100% responsibility for your attitude and emotions at all times. Set short and long term goals and write them down. Visualize the final outcomes you would like for yourself and your business and have faith in your ability to pull it off. “You are your biggest competitor”. Never forget this. All you can do, is become better than you have ever become before, and if you reach for becoming the best that God has intended for you to become, there are few that will compare to what you will be able to achieve. You become successful, one small step at a time, building upon the last small success. If you are building your business with only 30-60% of your best effort to build strength at your best optimal rate of return. More is not always better. Remember to get out of the office, and think about your business and its problems outside of your office at least once per month. Take mini business vacations frequently. Someone once said, “If your life is worth living, it is worth recording.” Get yourself a journal, and begin recording the beset and worst things happening to you. You can use this to focus your efforts/energies as well to see that you’ve come a long way in a short period of time, which builds more confidence.

TIPS ON ADVANCING YOUR CAREER FAST

Ask for more responsibility and then prove that you deserve it and can handle it. It has been seen that less than 5-10% of all employees ask for more responsibility, so this should be easy to differentiate or separate yourself from the crowd. Take the responsibility of your skill training as your responsibility first. Invest in yourself before you expect anyone else to and you will be rewarded. Decide how high you want to fly and where you want to take your position up front. Too many folks are just doing a job, with no set destination, and then they wonder why they di not end up in a better destination. Take control and decide now. Raise your standards. Wear clothes that are 15% better or cleaner or sharper than everyone else in your office. Many times you are judged by your cover and respect and trust come with looking your very best. Put in the hours. Sorry, there is no shortcut for hard work. You must put in the hours to master your raft. Do not worry about getting noticed as it will be hard to miss this, and eventually you will get credit. Do not expect to be praised before you will give more of yourself. If the amount of money you earn is in direct proportion to the amount of value you create, then you must find a way to deliver more value for more people, in the shortest period of time.

TIPS FOR CREATING A NEW IDENTITY

Start out with, “You are the brand”. Everything you say, do, ask for, are a part of and add value to, becomes part of the markets perception of you. If you do not like your name or the name of your company, then change your name immediately. Millions of dollars are won and lost ofver the power of your name. The name of the game here is to make it easy to convey “who” you are, and most of all make it “easy” to remember you. Hint to high tech companies tuned into today’s issue: Change your company name and ut your domain name into your company name. It is the latest trend over the past 3-4 years. If you change your name, make it legal with your local city government. If you create a new company name, by all means, trademark it, patent it, register it, etc. This solidifies your position in the market, and let folks know you mean business or product line fails publicly, you are better off creating a new brand or division or even company name, if the failure is bad enough and reintroduce yourself with your new focus, new energy, and new offer for the market.

TIPS FOR CHANGING YOUR PERCEPTION ABOUT YOURSELF

Ok, this is a more advanced motivational technique for achieving success in life. So often, when you just cannot get motivated at all, it is because what you are trying to do, conflicts with how you identify yourselves. Personal identifying is extremely powerful and your brains simply will not let you do things that are at odds with how you view yourselves. You will either stop doing it, or will change how you identify yourselves.

TIPS FOR USING BODY LANGUAGE FOR SUCCESS

First, you must understand that you can control your emotions by controlling your physiology. Some folks say that they cannot seem to feel good no matter how much they “tell’ themselves to feel good. Try this: stand up. Smile. Look straight up. Put your shoulders back. Take a deep breath. Now, try to feel depressed. Really Try. The first person you need to impact with positive body language is not others, but rather “yourself”. Start by controlling your breath. Experiment with taking deep breaths, increase or slow down the speed of your breathing. The fastest way to change your state and body language is to change your breathing. Mirror the physiology of the customer or person you wish to influence. If they are down, go down to their level. If they are talking fast, you talk fast. If they are slouching, you slouch. Then, as you are talking with them, slowing begins to make small changes in your body. Your goal is to bring the person you are trying to influence, into the physiology that will be most effective for getting your end outcome and you want the other party to feel good about themselves, you, and being with you.

TIPS ON WRITING A WINNING RESUME

Customize the resume for each job you want. The more specific your resume addresses the individual needs of the business you are applying for, the more successful you will be. Identify and find out as much as you can about the position, the values, the skills that your ideal company is seeking, so that you can be assured to highlight your relevant skills. Keep your copy clean. When in doubt, make your resume easy to read, and do not make it fancy unless you are applying for an art related position. Resumes are no longer two pages double typed. Today, many companies expect you to visit their website, learn about the job and submit the resume to them electronically and most importantly, in the format that they want it in. Never send in your resume electronically in a non-standard format. Before you send your resume out, find out by asking the decision maker at the company you wish to work, what the best way is to get a job at their company. You may find this information on their website also. 90% of job hunters fail to do this critical step, and many succeed despite themselves. Make it easy on yourself and find out the protocol to get hired.

TIPS TO END PROCRASTINATION

Are you procrastinating to protect yourself from some unknown variable? Find out what that is, and then think your way around it. Visualize the reward you will receive for taking the action. Realize that procrastination is a learned habit. Stretch yourself for 21 days without major procrastination and you may create a new action oriented habit. Identify which things you specifically procrastinate about. Dig in and find out why you do not procrastinate about everything, but these few things – which will help you learn more about yourself. Many folks procrastinate because they fear the pain of doing the action more than the pleasure of completing the action. Realize that a high percentage of the time, the fear you feel, is not real, but is fear you created yourself, and only you can destroy it.

TIPS TO END SUFFERING AND ENJOY LIFE

90% of mental suffering occurs when you have a strong need for the present reality to be different than it is. When you release the need for the present to be different, mental suffering can dissipate. Accept yourself without judgment. God made you perfect, even with your imperfections. Everything is exactly as it should be. When we forget this, suffering occurs. Learn to be tolerant of opinions, ideas, and creativity that is not your own. Be independent of the good opinion of others. Only you can control how you feel on a minute-by-minute basis. Never give anyone else power over your ability to control your emotional state. This is within your human right. Do not hate others. In order to hate others, you have to harbor hate and angry within yourself. Whatever you are for, strengthens you. Whatever you are against, weakens you. Choose your destiny. Fortunately, you are doomed to make choices in life, so make a decision to take control of the currents that flow through your life.

TIPS ON MAKING TODAY GREAT

Live in the present. This means enjoying where you are “today”, rather than wishing you were either in the past or the future. It is in the needing for things to be different that causes suffering. Wanting things to be different can create intention, desire and action, but needing things to be different can cause stress, pain and frustration. Today let your team know you appreciate the. Praise, whether in private or public, always has a tangible cash value, and costs nothing. Forgive someone today, for a wrong they have done to you. You may also forgive yourself, for not living the high ideals you’ve set for yourself. Forgive, forget, and move on. Release the need to be right. Be independent of the good opinion of others, meaning take control of your emotional state and “never” let anyone else determine how you feel anytime, any day, or anyway.

TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL TELEWORK

Who is your ideal teleworker? Consider those whose roles fit the ideal telework job description. Workers whose primary tasks are information-related, whether they are making phone calls, working the Internet, or managing data on a computer, often can easily transfer those tasks to a home office. Networking and teamwork can be performed via phone or Web-based conferencing. On the other hand, employees who must work in close concert with peers and whose jobs require intense and close collaboration might perform better in the corporate environment. Research has shown that the best teleworker and manager candidates are open to change, are excellent communicators, whether via phone or email, and are team players, but have an inherent entrepreneurial spirit. That said, even those employees fitting these characteristics might not want to work outside the corporate office. A successful telework initiative must be voluntary. Manager and telework alike should agree to the program and its terms. Sending corporate employees home to work does not have to be expensive. Setting up the home office can be an exercise in frugal furnishing. Ferret out deals from a variety of course, such as used-office-furniture stores, office-equipment-easing companies, local thrift or consignment shops. Check classified ad listings for garage sales, corporate furniture or equipment sales, auctions or bankruptcy liquidations and local office superstores that often have scratch-and-dent specials.

TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TRAVELS

Choose your travel modality wisely. When making your decision, consider time spent travelling to and from airports, plus time spent lining up for check-in, security and departure. Also consider the effects inclement weather can have on your travel choice. Obtain an international drivers’ license. If travelling outside your own country, and international drivers’ license will be more readily recognized than your locally issued drivers’ license. The cost is not prohibitive, and, in most regions, the licenses are easily obtained by showing your local drivers’ license. Rather than carrying heavy stacks of brochures of sales letters, take electronic documents on diskettes and have them printed a t a local printing service. Similarly, if you are working a booth in a trade show, it is a good idea to carry electronic documents in case you run out of the stack you shipped from the office. If you are travelling to a foreign country, remember that you might need special adapters for electricity. You might also need special adapters to accommodate both electrical plugs and telephone jacks. A good travel store will be able to help you decide what is needed.

TIPS ON MAKING GREATNESS YOUR GOAL

Identify greatness for yourself. While there are some basic generalities that most people would consider great there are broader definitions of greatness, ones that each individual sets for him or herself. For example, most people would consider Mother Teresa great while only some would consider Mahatma Gandhi great. Helping humanity is a broad generality while building a real estate fortune. So, what you need to first do is ask what does greatness look like for this company, organization, family or for myself? From there you can develop values and a mission statement, etc. But if you do not first identify greatness, you will never reach it. Maximize targeted end results. Someone once said, “Begin with the end in mid”. What end results do you want. Be specific. Come up with all of them. Maximize them. Leave no stone unturned. Set out for yourself all of the goals or end results you must hit in order to reach greatness. Write them down, memorize them and distribute them broadly (if doing this for a group). Maximize your targeted end results! Every plan and goal needs and evaluation tool. And it should be a strict evaluation process. This is how you objectively decide whether or not you are proceeding toward your goal. If you have the right evaluation tool and you look six months into it and you are not hitting the goals, perhaps you need to change the goal or the way you are going after it. The evaluation process is not to be underestimated!

TIPS TO ACCOMPLISH MORE EVERYDAY

Plan each day. The last thing you should do each evening is create a ‘task list’ for the next day. Your list will help you set priorities and keep you focused. One of life’s greatest time wasters is a cluttered office or messy living space. How often have you wasted valuable time trying to find that memo, contract, your wallet, or even your car keys? Follow the old adage that says, ‘Everything has a place and everything should be in its place!’ Get your life organized. Utilized all of your time. Start by taking a book with you wherever you go. When you find yourself waiting in the doctor’s office, for an appointment to commence, or for your car to be repaired, try increasing your knowledge by reading that book. In addition, while driving your car, do not waste time listening to the ‘fluff’ that fills the airwaves. Instead listen to educational or motivational tapes in your car. The body needs adequate rest, proper nutrition, and plenty of exercise to fight off fatigue and extend life. Give your body what it needs and you will have the energy you need to accomplish much more. Do you know people who sap your energy or individuals with attitudes that literally suck the life out of you? Make it a practice to avoid excessive contact with negative people.

TIPS ON KEEPING COMMITMENT

Committed people stick with their commitments because they said they would. Words such as ‘maybe’, ‘should’, or cannot are absent from their vocabulary. They can visualize the finish line and believe they will accomplish their goal. Because their beliefs are so strong, not accomplishing their goal is not even part of the equation. They bring their dreams into reality simply by using the power of language. It is amazing what they accomplished once they say their commitments out loud. They invest their time, money, and energy into their commitments. Their commitments become so important that they rework their lives around them. They give themselves permission to explore different avenues and are nice to themselves along the way. Sure, there may be setbacks, but mistakes are viewed as opportunities rather than something to avoid at all costs. Their commitments become a part of who they are, not something they are trying to accomplish on the side. This approach makes their commitments fun and not something that they “have to” or ‘should’ be doing. Their passion touches, moves and inspires others around them. This passion carries them through to the end.

TIPS TO SUCCEED WITH LOW ENERGY LEVELS

Be sure that you have written your goals down. It is no good having abstract desires floating around in the ether of your mind! Written goals can be referred to daily if necessary to remind you of the paradise island whilst you are in the swamp. You were born to succeed. The universe has ordained each one of you to achieve your full potential if only you would suppress your egos and allow your real self to come to the fore. The classic saying goes ‘You are what you think’; so guard your thoughts carefully. However, life is mostly guesswork. You will usually guess more or less right, and sometimes you will guess wrong. When you guess wrong, do not react – love your mistakes and do not beat yourself up. Action is the key. Even if you feel as though everything you do turns to mud, there will be an end to this road you are currently travelling. Think, visualize, fantasize and dream. Do not put false time barriers in the way. In fact, the more you evolve an expand, the more unpredictable life becomes. The less certain you are, the higher you have climbed. If you allow it, a sense of awe will take over that is if you shut up for long enough!

ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS

Most people will admit that the final four survivors were not necessarily the friendliest, or most deserving of the bunch. How often have you known entrepreneurs who were nice people and cranked out top-notch work…but they never made it anywhere? There are many factors that contribute to a winners ‘success. Do not count on your sparkling personality alone to get you through. Keeping the end in mind from the beginning increases your chances of success. Offering something of value to others strengthens your worth. Rich was the only one on the island who seemed to be able to catch fish. He provided a benefit to the others, which made him a valuable member of the tribe. How are you contributing to yours tribe? Also, how expendable are you? Forming an alliance with the right people creates power in numbers.