The Secret to Success is really not a secret at all

Hard work!!!

It doesn't sound very appealing!

It's old-fashioned and it surely is not considered romantic!

But it is the key to almost every successful business venture on the continent!!!

When people ask me, "What is the key to building a successful Business?" I know they are looking for some profound statement of magic formula. But the answer is very simple. Clearly, all those who have created the most successful businesses have one thing in common: They are hard workers-very hard workers! And they are persistent!

In our business, persistence seems to trump all other noble traits! People who keep going, never give up and never quit always make it to the finish line!

The good news about all this is that success can be had by every single person who wants it bad enough! There is no elusive "magic formula" that is attainable by the "fortunate" or the "few" who discover it!

Success appears to be an absolute sure thing for those who persistently work hard at right activities.

It takes discipline to own your own business-deciding what hours to open for business and when to be closed for the day, etc.-especially if you are used to working for a boss who has always told you what time to come in and what time to go home.

It's kind of like when the kids go off to college. It's a real test to see if they can get themselves to do their homework and get to bed on time so they can get adequate rest.

Only those who know where they want to go and discipline themselves to set aside time on a daily basis to build their business will reach their dreams.

To be sure, there are many distractions. In our world there are literally thousands of ways we can spend our free time. Working our business can always wait "one more day". If you have a "part-time" business, it makes it even more difficult to stay focused.

We get caught up doing things that seem more urgent (or more fun) for the moment. Yet it is clear that only those who are disciplined and stay focused on their goals will reach them.

So what's the solution? How do you discipline yourself to get out and get to work? My counsel is to first write down your goals. Sit down and decide where you want to be 10 years from now, five years from now, and one year from now.

Then develop a plan to get there. WRITE IT DOWN! Make a commitment to yourself as to what you are going to do to make your dreams come true! Remind yourself that this is your life! You are alive right now! You can't keep waiting until you can find the time! Life is passing you by! THIS IS IT! Let's not waste it!

Let's make the absolute most of it that we can! Share your goals, commitments, and plans with someone else. We get more committed when we till others what we plan to do. And then follow through!

OR you could wait until you have more time, but then nothing changes, does it?

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DAILY MOTIVATION-YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH TIME IF YOU USE IT WISELY

Your dilemma goes deeper than having a shortage of time,it's basically a problem of priorities.

Most people leave undone those things that should be done,while they do things that they shouldn't be doing.

Set priorities for your goals.A major part of successful living lies in your ability to put first things first.

Most major goals are not achieved because people put second things first.

Is what your doing getting you closer to your objectives?

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time.

Don't serve time, make time serve you.

THE POWER OF DISCIPLINE

“To get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done.”

Understanding this short quote can be the difference between winning or losing; between greatness or mediocrity. It captures the essence of discipline.

Why are some people more successful than others? Why do some people make more money, live happier lives and accomplish much more in the same number of years than the great majority?

One quality that most philosophers, teachers and experts agree on is the importance of self-discipline. As Al Tomsik summarized it years ago, “Success is tons of discipline.”

Kop Kopmeyer, a legend in the field of success and achievement who wrote four large books, each of which contained 250 success principles that he had derived from more than fifty years of research and study was asked this question, “Of all the one thousand success principles that you have discovered, which do you think is the most important?”

Without hesitation he replied, “The most important success principle of all was stated by Thomas Huxley many years ago.
He said, 'Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.'”

He went on to say, “There are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work.”

Self-discipline is the key to personal greatness.
It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible.

With self-discipline, the average person can rise as far and as fast as his talents and intelligence can take him.

But without self-discipline, a person with every blessing of background, education and opportunity will seldom rise above mediocrity.

DAILY MOTIVATION- SUCCESS IS A STATE OF MIND

If you truly want to be successful, start thinking of yourself as successful.

The only thing that stands between you and what you want from life, is simply the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

There is nothing on earth that you can't have,once you mentally accept the fact that you can have it.

The feeling must come first. If you actually feel successful, if you have a deep inner conviction that you'll always have all that you need, it will be so.

Whatever your mind can conceive and believe in, your mind can help you achieve.

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Strength in the Midst of the Storm

The numbers are staggering. Not since the Great Depression has the U.S economy faced such a myriad of economic troubles as we're seeing lately.

Just a few moths ago, people were describing it as just "tough times". In the months since, those though times have blown into a full-fledged economic crisis.

In October, the U.S. unemployment rate hit 6.5 percent, the highest level in 14 years. Many experts expect that rate to jump to as high as 8 percent by the end of the next year.

More than 1.2 million jobs have been lost in 2008, according to the Dept. of Labor. That means less money in the pockets of everyday Americans, which translates into less money being pumped back into the economy.

But those numbers don't tell the whole story. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that, since January, 209,000 retail works have been scaled back from full-time to part-time hours.

Companies area laying off employees by the thousands, and those who are lucky enough to keep their jobs are seeing their wages decrease.

The credit crises has crippled established banks like Washington Mutual, toppled financial giants like Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers and buried insurance companies like AIG. All of this has sent the stock market reeling, as the Dow Jones Industrial has seen 40 percent of its value disappear since last December.

But there is light in the midst of the storm. You need to look no further than recent history to see that entrepreneurs with home-base businesses are poised to not only weather the economic crisis, but thrive in the midst of it.

During the worldwide recession in the early 1990s, while other companies began cutting back and slashing their payrolls, we experiences explosive growth. In fact,our astounding five-year run on the Inc. 500 began in 1990 and continued through the recession.

But that's only half the story.The other half is the thousands of people who stand to benefit from our unique business even in the middle of economic turmoil.

Consider for a moment what $500 or $1000 extra per month can mean in today's economy.

With thousands of families struggling to pay their bills and make their mortgage payments, how many of them would relish the opportunity to earn a few hundred extra dollars per month?

DAILY MOTIVATION-LOOK AT THINGS AS THEY CAN BE

Your range of available choices right now has no limits.

The only limits you have are in your mind.You've got it in you to succeed.

Just make up your mind and stick with it.You weren't born with any limits on your powers or any set limits to your capacity.

At any moment, you have more possibilities than you can act upon.

Imagine your possibilities and your vision expands.

Capture your dreams in your mind and your life becomes full.

Reach out and touch the limits of your being in your mind.

You can, because you think you can.

Our Future Depends on Our Focus

Where we end up in life depends largely on our focus
There are so many opportunities that are available to us with regard to how we spend our time, and what we choose to focus on-yet because time is limited we cannot choose all opportunities at once. We can do only one thing at a time.

Choosing one opportunity limits us from choosing another, we must choose wisely. Those who choose to seek success, whether it be in business or any other aspect of their lives, would be well-served to focus on the key factors that bring success.

Regardless of where we are in life- whether we are young, middle-aged, or getting old-if we are alive, we have an opportunity. That opportunity will not be there forever. Time itself has its ways of consuming opportunity.

Therefore, when an opportunity presents itself, if we decide to pursue that opportunity, we should do so wholeheartedly, with enthusiasm and with focus.

What we focus on today will determine our tomorrow. Our happiness, our success and our future depends on what we spend our time thinking about and working on.

When things are not going well in our lives, we would be wise to take a moment to step back and analyze how we have been spending our time and what we are allowing our minds to focus on.

We can get past almost any hardship or almost any challenge by focusing our minds on those things that will cause us to move forward, to seek out the positives of the situation, to choose to be happy, to look on the bright side, and to be involved only in those activities that are conducive to success and moving ahead.

We are focused on providing an opportunity for people to get ahead in life. It is our hope to free people from the limitations of not enough time and not enough money.

We are grateful for those who have joined us in this endeavor. We encourage people to take charge of their lives and take action to turn their dreams into reality.

That process always begins with taking charge of our minds and focusing on productive thoughts and activities.

Our future really does depend on our focus! We just need to direct our minds, our thoughts and our actions in that direction.