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Monday Morning Motivators – November 26, 2007
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Enjoy your java with an eclectic collection of tips and ideas to use today and to get energized for the week ahead. Subscribing and unsubscribing at www.mondaymorningmotivators.com
“There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.”
--Wayne Dyer
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Table of Contents
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1. Business Goals = Getting it Done! – Linda Fayerweather
2. Kicking Bad Habits: Become Conscious of Your Automatic Actions - Rebecca Booth
3. What exactly do you want to attract? – Pat Altvater
4. Where Are You Now? – Paula Frazier
5. To Do This Week
6. Fine Print
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1. Business Goals = Getting it Done
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The steps to making 2008 the business year of your dream are really simple. You need a plan. That plan will include the outcomes do you want to see in 2008. Outcomes should be obtainable within a year and graph-able. Graph-able means the objective will be quantifiable. “Increase Revenue in 2005” could mean success is achieved with one more penny of revenue. To give your brain and goals concrete evidence of success, think about using this formula: Verb + Noun + Date = Outcome. “Increase Revenue in 2005 by 20%”. This is specific, graph-able and time sensitive. Your challenge is to keep each objective short and realize it will be hard to have more than 7 active objectives.
Get some more details on making your plans for 2008.
Copyright 2007 Linda Fayerweather
Changing Lanes LLC
http://www.changinglanes.biz/
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2. Reigning Cats and Dogs
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Pets are big business - an astonishing $41 billion one! What's better yet, it's one of the fastest-growing categories in retail, expanding about 6% a year. Let's take a look at where the money goes when cats and dogs reign:
• Grooming & Boarding 7%
• Animal Purchases 5%
• Supplies/Over the Counter Medicine 24%
• Vet Care 24%
• Food 41%
Whether or not your business caters to this purrrfect industry, it's fodder to keep in mind when talking with clients and customers. Today's pets are regarded as a member of the family.
Copyright 2007 Rebecca Booth
Marketing Goddess
Imagine That!
http://www.marketingsolutioneers.com/
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3. What Exactly Do You Want to Attract?
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Have you ever experienced receiving exactly what you were thinking about from a chance encounter, bumped into the person you were just wondering about, or met the perfect client (or life partner) coincidentally?
Is it fate or have you attracted those incidents?
They aren’t random events, but rather evidence of the Law of Attraction, which states:
“I attract into my life whatever I put my attention, energy and focus to,
whether wanted or unwanted.”
It’s true, you can deliberately create the reality you desire but first you must get really clear about what exactly you want to attract. My Contrast Brings Clearness™ form can help you gain that clarity. You can download this form and the instructions for completing it at www.transformationsinstitute.com/links.html. Use this form anytime you want to gain clarity about your perfect customer, employee, relationship or material possession.
Copyright 2007 Patricia Altvater
Transformations Institute
Author, Journey to Health 12-Month Total Transformation Program
http://www.transformationsinstitute.com/
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4. Brand Recognition for You and Your Business
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Confession: Writing is NOT a natural talent for me! Though, I know how important it can be in building brand recognition for me and my business. I am very fortunate to be working with THE leader in my industry and best selling author, Ivan Misner, as one of his writer mentees. For months, we listened to Ivan's "how to" advice but did not take action. Selecting the topic was easy enough - networking and referral marketing. But after all these years in our industry, we simply couldn't decide which subtopic to tackle first. It seemed overwhelming!
Knowing intuitively that many of us were "blocked" for the same reason, Ivan began one of our recent discussions a bit differently. He invited us to share one of our personal networking success stories. One by one, we began telling our stories WITH ENTHUSIASM. After we'd exhausted all possibilities, Ivan said, "WRITE ABOUT THAT! . . .and we did!
That day, Ivan helped me realize that as a speaker and trainer I inspire others through story telling all the time. Now I must learn to re-tell those same stories through the written word. Start with what inspires YOU!
You can get advice on how to Brand "You" by Writing directly from Dr. Misner by visiting Entrepreneur Magazine.
Copyright 2007 Paula Frazier
BNI & Master Trainers for Referral Institute
Executive Director
BNI - Southwestern Virginia
http://bniswva.com/
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5. To Do This Week
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If you live in Northwest Ohio – Check out this showing of “The Secret” http://www.changinglanes.biz/index.cfm?p=page&ar77=Y&id=81&blog_cat_name=Articles
