“
A rat race is for rats.
We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in
society that would blunt your critical faculties to all that is
happening around you, that would caution silence in the face of
injustice lest you jeopardise your chances of promotion and
self-advancement.” - Jimmy Reid
We all want to be better people
as well as having time to be with friends and family. Unfortunately,
most of us need to work.
The article below gives 7
principals that can be used to escape the rat race. While the
examples are related to Internet marketing, these principals will
work in anyone's life.
Michael Wilkovesky
Escape The Rat Race By Using
These 7 Proven Principles - by Merv Stevens
Successful internet marketer Joel
Peterson, recently gave a talk on how to escape the rat race by using
7 proven principles. During the talk Joel gave some information on
his past and how he used to work in corporate America but managed to
escape that way of life nine years ago and has not looked back since.
So what are the principles Joel
used to make this amazing transformation to a life of success and
enjoyment for him and his family. Well he used 7 Proven Principles
ANYONE can follow to escape the rat race.
Principle #1: Know Your Why
A few years ago Joel didn’t
even know the meaning of the phrase “know your why”. He was not
into personal development and the last book he had read was a Harry
Potter novel.
But now things have changed. Joel
is an avid reader constantly renewing and improving his mind. His big
“why” is spending time with his family, going on trips together
and attending his children's school events. This “why” has given
him the desire and motivation to do what it takes to succeed in the
network marketing and internet marketing arena.
It needs to be deeper than just
getting more money or the big fancy house or car. It needs to be
written down so that you can refer to it and remind yourself of what
what your working towards when things get tough. Everyone’s “why’”
is different, but you need to identify yours and work on it.
Principle #2: Your Beliefs
This is a big, big, big one. You
have to believe that whatever you are doing can really work. It’s
not just believing in the company you are with or the opportunity,
but believing in yourself. You have to have the belief that YOU can
accomplish things and that it can happen for you. And how do you do
that… you need to hear the testimonies of other people who are
achieving success. This can be done by logging into company calls and
webinars or by attending events.
People are attracted to positive
people and so you have to put any negative attitudes you have aside.
Start using positive words in your language and remove negative words
like “can’t”.
Principle #3: How You Treat
Others
Unfortunately there are some
internet marketers who treat people more like dollar signs rather
than real living human beings. They do not care what type of product
or services they sell as long as they are making money. We all know
there are great internet marketing products out there, like Pure
Leverage, which you can sell knowing that it will be of value and
benefit to others. However, there are also a lot of scammy products
that do not work and are a waste of time and money.
The unscrupulous internet
marketer will sell all kinds of products, whether good or bad, and
look upon their customers as numbers from whom money can be made. But
a business run in this way will not last. If you want to build a
long-term sustainable home business you have to stop treating people
merely as dollar signs.
You have to remember that there
is a real person behind everyone of your transactions – a person
just like you. If you start respecting your customers and thinking
about them as real people then you will go onto build a profitable
business with large and successful teams.
Principle #4: Taking Action
This is huge because when many
people first get involved in a business they very get excited. They
come to the seminars, go through the courses and may even get a blog.
But unfortunately they do NOT do the actionable things required to
build a business. When you start out you have to be focused and take
action on the things that are really going to help you grow your
business.
Escape The Rat Race By Using
These 7 Proven Principles
If you are consistent in these
actions then you will achieve success. When you get results then you
will get more excited and take further effective action that will
grow your business even more. But what is the #1 action to guarantee
success? Invite people to take a look at your business opportunity.
There are a number of ways to do this. You can invite people online
or invite people in person.
If you focus just on this one
action and invite people to take a look at a video, a presentation or
attend a seminar, then you will achieve success. If you are not
inviting everyday, whether that be on your blog, on your newsletter
or in person, you will not have as much success. Even if you are the
worst inviter, if you do enough of it, you will get better and in
time become a master inviter and recruiter.
Principle #5: How You Handle
Failure
A lot of the time people look at
a successful marketer like Joel Peterson and say “Oh, but you’re
so successful and everything you do turns to gold“. But he had
failed in many business previously, from a windscreen repair company,
to solid waste disposal management and network marketing. Joel learnt
from these failures.
If you quit and just curl up in a
ball and turn the TV on and go back to your life of “quiet
desperation” then you have a problem. Do not be afraid to fail. All
successful people have had failures but they have learnt from them
and used them as stepping stones on their path to success.
Principle #6: Keeping It Simple
Internet marketing can be a
complicated business – choosing a niche, building a blog, finding
keywords, driving traffic, etc. But you need to focus on simplicity.
Do a few simple things over and over again and teaching others to do
the same, is all you need to build a successful business online.
Here’s the thing…. when you
focus on those simple activities and you plug yourself into what is
called the “School of Involvement”, over time you will learn
those things that you think are complicated. Focusing on the simple
activities will generate income now and those other things will take
care of themselves. If you are trying to learn to much at one time
and complicating things, then you are not keeping it simple and you
will get over-whelmed.
Principle #7: Duplication
A lot of people are not aware of
what duplication means. It means getting a group of people to do a
few simple things over a consistent period of time. Once this happens
then the people you teach will have success and the people they teach
will also have success. Before you know it you will begin to get
forty emails a day of downline signups and customer signups.
What happens as your business
starts to grow is that you will find people who will begin to grow
their business without needing you because duplication has occurred.
This will happen as long as you follow a system that is simple and
you teach other people to follow the same simple system. In this way
you can grow a very large business.
You’ll have to watch out for
the “Internet Marketing Hustle”. A lot of internet marketers
live from product launch to product launch. They create a product and
then launch it relying on JV’s (joint venture partners) to promote
it. This is then repeated again and again – the “Internet
Marketing Hustle”. In this way you haven’t really created a
business but just a glorified job, working crazy hours.
This method of business does not
have duplication. Having a business with duplication pays you by
leveraging not only your won efforts but also the effort of others.
Focus on leverage.
The principals mentioned above
will help you get rid of the chains that keep you tied to the
corporate world. Focusing on these 7 Proven Principles and taking
action will bring you success. Concentrate on the things that you
want to overcome, have belief, be consistent in taking action and
eventually you too will escape the rat race.
Source:
Merv Stevens works in Internet
and Network Marketing. For tips and advice and to find the best way
for you to escape the rat race, go to his blog: Wealth Success
Ventures. Act now and discover how average people are achieving
extraordinary results online by cashing in on the DIGITAL gold rush!
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“
Successful people are
simply those with successful habits.” - Brian Tracy
Setting goals is important for
your success not just for business but for your life.
The article below outlines why
goal setting is important as well as giving a method of setting your
goals.
Michael Wilkovesky
Why Is Goal Setting Important To
Your Life Success - By: Truman Burger
Why is goal setting important to
you in your personal and career choice? Goal setting is an on going
life long process that defines what direction an individual wants to
go. Usually this is an idea or a wish for personal, business,
relationship, etc. change. The SMART goal process is easy to apply.
Most people's biggest problem in
goal writing, is where to begin. The first step is to decide what
area of your life you want to improve or change. Would you like to
drink more glasses of water each day? Would you like to have your
credit cards under control? Does your business endeavors need
expanding? Take out a sheet of paper immediately. Quickly, write down
some things that you would like to see happen in your life. Cover all
areas of your life, personal, relationship, business, charity, etc.
You may have several in one category and none in another. Keep
writing until you cannot think of anything else, but keep the list
handy, because once this process starts, it will keep flowing.
Everyone remembers setting a New
Year's resolution and two days into the New Year, the resolution is
completely forgotten. The downfall for most people is that they do
not write down their resolution. Pure and simple, the act of writing
commits you. This commitment gives the goal setting power. With
written objectives, everything gets accomplished.
There are tricks to goal setting
that makes all aspirations possible. Apply the SMART principle.
Specific "Drink more water"
is not specific. Drink 8 glasses of water per day, is.
Measurable You must be able to
calculate results on your efforts. This goes back to being specific.
By stating the desire to drink 8 glasses of water a day, you can
record your progress.
Attainable Steps This is a very
important aspect. If you are not a good water drinker, it doesn't
bode well for saying that tomorrow I will drink 8 glasses of day.
However, 4 glasses a day would be a good start
Relevant The more relevant your
goal is, the greater the chances for success. If drinking more water
improves your health and makes you feel better, you will be more apt
to succeed.
Time Bound There has to be a time
frame. This binds specific and measurable together. Now you need to
pick a time-frame to your goal.
The whole idea is to set yourself
up for the win. Put SMART into action.
Now the next important step is to
record what is actually happening each day. Create a chart, broken
down into weeks, with each day listed and record each step towards
your objective. Then reward yourself. This could be a smiley face or
a check mark for each successful day and a bigger reward at the end
of a successful week. Tracking your actions provides for
accountability. Who are you accountable to? Yourself, of course.
Along with accountability comes the elation of accomplishment.
Will you have days that you do
not accomplish your targeted level? Of course! The important part is
to not beat up on yourself and give up. Reaffirm your commitment for
the next day.
Goal setting is a lifelong
process. Whether it is for personal or business reasons, the process
remains the same. The completion of a goal prompts for another one.
When you see the progress made, goal setting becomes a friend instead
of something to avoid at all costs.
Just remember the SMART plan:
Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound. Look at
the list you have written. Pick something small and easily attained.
Decide on your why of that idea. Pick a time frame and create
attainable steps. Begin now!!
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“
In the absence of
clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily
trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” - Robert
Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
We all want success and our lives
to be filled with those things that make us happy and make us feel
good. We need to set goals to ensure that we are actually moving
forward in our lives and not standing still.
The article below gives some good
advice about goal setting.
To your success
Michael Wilkovesky
Goals Setting For Success - by
Kirby Key
Imagine living a life of all
night parties, and cocktails, and twenty four hour fun. Next picture
yourself as a business manager or the owner of a doctorate degree.
What sounds better to you? Ultimately, you decide what you want out
of life. Happiness is something that you need to pursue. In order to
achieve your dreams, though, you need to clearly define your goals.
Goals Setting: The Importance of
Doing It
Goals set, why? If you want to
gain success in your life, goals setting will prove to be important.
Setting and achieving goals involves thinking deeply about what, how
and when to accomplish those settings.
Whenever you do this, all of the
efforts that you make will be directed to this goal. If it doesn't in
some way contribute to your plan, then you are just going to have to
weed that activity out.
Don't mistake this for not having
time for relaxation and recharging. Time management play an important
role in reaching your goals. Don't foist your unfulfilled dreams off
on your children.
Always keep in mind that your
children may have different goals than you do, and imposing your
goals will only create a gap.
Like others who have made their
goals as a part of their routine they need years after they plan for
such goals to achieve it. Setting goals in your life can be important
to some, not to others.
Defining Your goals are
determined by what factors?
You must clear your mind before
you start the goal setting process. Goals do not simply appear out of
the blue. The goal you set comes from prior experiences which have
reinforced what it is that you wish to get out of life.
Keep in mind that any new goals
must not be contrary to those you are trying to achieve now. For
example, you have arrived at the peak in your career as a school counselor and you decide to become a photographer in the next three
years. Due to this circumstances setting having your own counseling
clinic as your goal seems more reasonable.
These goals should be positive
and fairly lofty. Goals that are too easy do not present challenges.
Keep in mind, too, that it's important to set a time schedule for
your goals.
Time constraints encourage you to
work hard using the fastest method possible. Lastly, you must write
down all the details of your goals in order to have quick access to
them.
Becoming an Expert in Goals
Setting
You simply cannot stop yourself
from learning more, now that you have an idea of how to set goals for
yourself.} If you'd like to achieve more goals, then you can't stop
researching how to achieve them. Setting your goals in order is
followed by learning in depth goals setting processes, which can then
be used to achieve success with larger goals.
You must keep abreast of updated
changes as technological advancements are constantly evolving.
Moreover, if you go to seminars, read both electronic and print
sources, and practice goals setting each time, you'll develop and
then master your abilities in this particular area. What you really
want to come away with is a keen ability for effective goals setting.
The road to success is paved with
you sitting down with effective goals setting sessions. The quicker
you drink it all in, the sooner the desired results will follow.
For more information and details
on how to set your goals, as well as goals setting for achieving
business and personal success, go to xxxx
About the Author
Kirby Key writes regularly about
self help related topics. I hope you enjoy this article.
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