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Social Media Connections and the Precious Moment

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By Tinu AbayomiPaul

1210525_sweet_dreamsIt’s not just that social media is about connecting and relationships, or that business is about relationships.

It’s not just that social media has helped to facilitate that connection across borders of distance.

Nor is it about the fact that social media can penetrate through layers of handlers to get you in touch with people you admire, those who admire you, customers and clients that do repeat business with you, or other important people you otherwise never would encounter.

It’s about that Moment.

There’s a moment when you’re getting to know someone in which they turn from someone you know in passing, to someone you want to interact with on a regular basis. If you spend enough time talking to someone, regardless of the medium, you click, or you don’t click.

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Personal Qualities Required To Be An Entrepreneur And Start Your Own Business

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By Terry Cartwright

A lack of skill, ability and experience in certain business areas need not be a barrier to success and starting your own business. The personal qualities exerted by a small business owner overcoming deficiencies over and over again are vital and present in many entrepreneurs much more so that specific technical knowledge.

Not everyone is a master of all business attributes in fact very few are. Certainly being a master of all is a fantastic position but unrealistic while certain personal qualities are essential to fight the inevitable battles to come. Business battles the successful entrepreneur wins.

Businesses that have grown and become medium sized and bigger are not reliant on the business owner entirely. Employees are engaged with specialist skills and abilities to develop and grow the business. A sole trader just starting out has to settle for a comfortable living or have the ability to grow the business to the point where more specialist abilities can be added to the business.

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Using Your Energy to Create Success

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Your intentions, your expectations and your thoughts create your life. It’s the same for everybody – whether you’re stuck in a boring routine life or super-successful – the only difference between both ends of that particular spectrum is that highly successful people know how to use their mental energy.

Everything is made up of energy – you, your body, the chair you’re sitting on, the air you breathe, the trees, this planet, the universe. Your thoughts are energy and they have a measurable impact on all the energy that synthesizes together to create your life. Continue reading →

Conscious Business: The Secret Internal Ingredient of Business Growth

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When was the last time you heard someone talking about the proverbial “next level” in their business? Probably in the last 24 hours! Well, I don’t know about you… but I’m a little tired of hearing this phrase over and over again.

When I was in Las Vegas recently with my mastermind colleagues, we originally thought we were there to take our businesses to the “next level.” After all, isn’t that what mastermind groups are all about? Progress in your business! But, I soon began to notice something each time a colleague stood in front of the room to share… the realization of which leads me to third gift I received in Las Vegas.

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Are You Just Trying To Wait And Hang On?

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Do you find yourself just trying to hang on and get through the recession? Perhaps you are waiting for things to turn around or something to happen (business partner make a decision, new clients to show up, reorganization at a job to work itself out) before you move forward?

If so, you’re not alone. Many people are playing the “hang in there” and waiting game. But here’s the thing – when you do that, you’re living life like the cat on an old poster of mine. The one where the cat is hanging from a tree branch by one paw and the caption says “Hang in there Baby”. You’re really courting disaster.

When you feel fear or like you’re at the mercy of something “out there”, you find yourself:

* Tensing up as your body constricts

* Stressing out but going nowhere

* Feeling all alone and paralyzed right where you are

* Hoping and praying some Hail Mary effort you put forth will create a miracle or someone else will come save you

Here’s the thing, none of these choices are going to get you where you want to go. (And, yes, not choosing is a choice.) I have yet to find a story of success where someone took the approach of just hanging on for any length of time and were joyful with the results. Sure there may be moments when you need to pause, reflect, and make space to make a decision, but as long as you don’t let days turn into weeks turn into months, that is not hanging on, that is conscious creation.

All the experts I coach with and mentor with share a similar message -You are responsible for your results. This is not just in good times but in all times and all results. While lots of people are sitting around with a beer kvetching about the economy, their job, and having a pity party, people who will ultimately succeed are out there creating their own reality. They are willing to do and be what the majority of people are not.

I used to sit back and look at successful people like these who seemingly had effortless success and made money in sums I could barely count the zeros on, and just be pissed-off. Like why them and not me, right? Until it became as clear as day to me -they were willing to do the things I was not. They were willing to do things differently, take a risk, not follow the crowd of lemmings off the cliff, and stop waiting around for someone to deliver them an answer. They went out and found the answer from other successful people or created their own answers in a new way.

Like the cat in the poster, there really is only one way to get out of a jam where you feel like you’re hanging off a cliff by a branch. First you need to open yourself up to receive (someone to reach their hand out to you). Then you need to trust that the support that shows up is exactly right for you. Then you need to let go and surrender (if you don’t let go, you’ll just engage in a tug of war with the help that shows up).

One thing I know for sure is that if you own or are starting your own business and you’re waiting for things to get better before you invest in your own growth, take a stand for your value, or commit to your marketing, you will be one of those “has-been” businesses at whatever time the economy does turn around. If you are an employee and you’re just hanging in there until things get better or “settle down” before you invest in your own growth, prepare for your next career step, or make a move that’s right for you, you’ll be waiting forever.

During this time of great opportunity (and really every day can be a time of great opportunity if you look) are you going to do something with it or wait around for “someday”? The truth is we rarely regret things that we do; we regret the things we did not do.

So, are you going to wait around and create a trail of regrets or make a decision right here, right now to take your power back, your response-ability and become your own success story? The choice is yours, choose wisely.

Copyright © 2009 Paula Gregorowicz

Paula Gregorowicz, The Paula G Company, helps women get comfortable in their own skin so they can fully value who they are and what they offer and as a result experience greater levels of personal and professional success. She empowers them to gain the clarity, confidence, and courage to succeed on their own terms and live life by their own design. Learn the “5 Steps to Move from Fear to Freedom” (for free)

Giving Up the Good to Get the Great

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Have you ever been working on something, going down a path in your business or life, and it just doesn’t feel as good as you want it to?

You can reason it out – doing this makes sense, this is something that’s good for me or my business, I need to do this, I’ve got it pretty good here, etc… but you’re just not excited?

Congratulations – you’ve got a good situation. But what it’s costing you is greatness.

When I began putting together my six-month Business Success Breakthrough program, I started working with a partner. I was creating all the handouts, and my partner was to help me with the audio portion, and we’d split the proceeds. Some little voice was bothering me from the beginning – is this really what you want to do? Then when we actually began recording a few audios, the voice got stronger.

My partner was providing a supportive voice, but all the content was mine. And I was feeling like this wasn’t a real partnership. It wasn’t my partner’s fault – I like him personally, and he has plenty to offer, but I just didn’t need anything from him for this project.

After talking to a friend, I realized that this situation wasn’t what I wanted or needed. I wanted a 2nd voice on the audios, but I didn’t need a full partner – I needed a sidekick who would add a few comments and let me lead the show.

So I talked to my partner, and told him that I wanted to do this project myself. Fortunately, we hadn’t done too much together, and he was incredibly gracious and supportive of my choice. We’ll work together in the future, I’m sure – just not this time.

When you find that you’re traveling the wrong road, it’s never too late to turn back.

That call was hard to make. I knew that I had a pretty good situation with this person. But I also knew that taking it back, and making it my own, was the ‘great choice’ in this case.

The Universe supports you in greatness.

I immediately got an offer from national speaker, Cheri Britton (www.BoomThinking.com) to be my 2nd voice on the audios. Cheri is funny and articulate, and she’s a perfect sidekick on this project. And now I’m excited, really excited, about how great this program is. But it wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t been willing to give up the good to get the great.

Where in your life are you accepting the good, instead of going for the great?

Is there a client that is draining your energy, but you’re afraid to let them go? Are you plugging along with a business model that is bringing you moderate income, instead of looking for something that would be overwhelmingly successful? Whether it’s a relationship, or an office system, or a mindset – if it’s just good, but not great, you’re cheating yourself of your true success.

Tapping Tips for Success

Setup statement (tap the KC point):

Even though I’m afraid to give up this situation, I know that it’s not serving me, and I’m open to the great.

Even though it would be safer to keep this situation, even though I know it’s not the best, I choose to accept myself completely.

Even though I don’t know if I can let this go, I choose to accept myself now.

Do several rounds, tapping on each of the tapping points, using the following reminder phrases, or make up your own:

I know this isn’t the best situation

But it’s safer to keep it.

How do I know what else is out there?

What if there isn’t anything better out there?

I know this isn’t serving me

But I want to be safe.

I’m nervous about giving up the situation.

It’s not so bad

But it’s not great.

How could I change now?

This is what I’ve done.

Don’t I have to live with this?

When the intensity of your upset has dropped to a 5 or below, do one round, tapping on each of the tapping points, using the following reminder phrases or make up your own:

What if I could give up the good, and go for the great?

I wonder if I could create something that would really be amazing.

I’m open to the Universe prviding me with something great.

I choose to let go of the good and go for the great.

Alternate the negative and positive rounds (always end with the positive!) until you feel excitement at the idea of letting go of the good, and receiving the great.

Identify one thing in your life where you’re accepting just the good. Eliminate that so you can create greatness for yourself.

Copyright © 2009 Pamela Bruner

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Pamela Bruner specializes in helping service professionals overcome their blocks to success so they get more clients, make more money and have it all be easy. Does marketing your business feel challenging or painful? Learn how to make your success easy by signing up for your free copy of the mini-e-Course ’5 Secrets to Business Success’ at http://www.makeyoursuccesseasy.com.

Growth Of Business – 5 Secrets Of An Innovation Business Model

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By Dr Mark Yates

Although most businesses are effectively treading water through the current economic crisis, many astute business owners are looking to the growth of business by utilising what’s commonly referred to as an innovation business model.

Innovation and change are often requirements for business growth and many opportunities present in times of business hardship.

The growth of business utilising an innovation business model is often the key to the success of many contemporary businesses.

Many business consultancy strategists & many an individual business consultant believe the first steps to achieving business success lie in identifying your business growth strategy plan.

Researching a good business model example will probably highlight business growth strategies and a concise business model definition.

In times of financial hardship every company aspires for growth in sales and profitability and profit maximisation is considered one of the first and the foremost business growth strategy plans of any business.

An innovation business model is a useful benchmark to successfully keep the business on the growth trajectory. When working to a business growth strategy plan it is necessary that all the areas of business are managed professionally.

Irrespective of the size of the business, these areas may include customer relationship and customer satisfaction, finance, quality and supply chain, vendor development etc.

When one considers strategy corporate and innovation and change not all businesses and their managements have the right skills to efficiently strategise, improve and manage every business area.

However no management can afford to ignore any of these areas. Therefore a large number of companies increasingly seek assistance of business consultancy in order to ensure all business areas are developed and improvised to meet the business growth objectives.

Hence the phrase, business consultancy equals business growth holds relevance as businesses depend on the expertise of business consultancies and business consultants for their business growth strategy.

The growth of any business planned during times of economic hardship should be carefully designed as the transition from feast to famine is not always a smooth ride.

It is always wise to seek the professional expertise of a business consultant who has proven expertise in business growth. Appointing a proven business growth consultant will ensure that many of the time, effort and financial mistakes are kept to a minimum.

A proven growth consultant will have been privy to all of these mistakes several times before and is therefore best placed to ensure they don’t materialise during your business growth.

When considering business growth strategies or strategy corporate tactics, the growth of business utilising an innovation business model should factor that without innovation and change the likelihood of business failure increases significantly.

When seeking to identify the initial business model definition or business model example a business consultant should understand the relevance of how embracing an innovation business model can lead to the exponential growth of business.

Therefore by definition, business consultancy equals business growth is a true phrase because business consultancy plays an important role of the catalyst in the growth of business organization.

Present day businesses face number of challenges right from getting finance to the deployment of right technologies and quality tools to ensure customer satisfaction is sustained and improved continuously and the business consultancy acts as a key enabler to equip the business organization with the right skills and know-how to meet these challenges effectively.

One expert business consultant is providing significant success to companies looking for the growth of business and through his business consultancy Art of Business War. He has successfully partnered with a large number of small and large business organizations to effectively put them on the growth trajectory by targeting the growth of business utilising his innovation business model.

Many businesses have been successfully transformed into profitable organizations through The Art of Business War innovation business model.

The well known expert business consultant at The Art of Business War has deployed unique business growth strategies for each business organization contemplating the growth of business utilising an innovation business model and has also imparted Professional Management Training specifically designed to assist in the implementation of a business growth strategy plan.

Hopefully the growth of business utilising an innovation business model clarifies the importance of identifying your business model definition or business model example before implementing business growth strategies and innovation and change.

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Hire A Business Consultant With Proven Growth Skills

Before you consider any aspects of a business growth strategy or any business growth strategies it is wise to conduct due diligence to identify a business consultant with proven innovation and change skills.

He or she should be skilled in strategy corporate methodology required for business model definition. In today’s fast paced business life, the growth of business can sink or swim depending on the innovation business model example.

Hiring a business consultant with proven business growth skills is number 1 on the business consultancy 5 Secrets list.

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Innovation And Change

When any business contemplates business growth strategies two of the most difficult aspects to manage are innovation and change.

Given the current economic business crisis every business growth strategy is best produced by an outsourced business consultant who is fully versed in implementing and managing the company problems associated with innovation and change.

The business model example and business model definition should incorporate all aspects of strategy corporate tactics identified from the business owners by the business consultant.

Although often difficult to implement in many businesses because it takes business owners out of their comfort zone innovation and change is number 2 on the business consultancy 5 Secrets list.

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Business Growth Strategies

Just about every professional business consultant understands the relevance of business growth strategies when producing a strategic growth plan for a business.

The business model definition of business growth strategy lies in the business consultant producing a workable plan based around each individual business and the business employees.

There can be no such concept as a one business model example to serve all businesses because no two businesses are the same.

The strategy corporate tactics like innovation and change may be highly successful for one business but fail miserably for another business. This is why business growth strategies is number 3 on the business consultancy 5 Secrets list.

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Business Model Example

Many business growth strategies suggested by an untrained or an unqualified business consultant include plagiarising the contents of another business model example. However as discussed above this method is often pre-programmed for failure.

For example trying to implement the Starbucks coffee shop business model example will be at opposite ends of the spectrum for the business growth strategy required by a medium sized engineering company seeking to grow its business.

The business model definition and business model example has to be relevant to the individual business and should only be produced after the business consultant has identified the business needs for growth like innovation and change and strategy corporate.

The business model example is number 4 on the business consultancy 5 Secrets list.

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Strategy Corporate

Whenever a professional business consultant mentions strategy corporate it is relevant to understand the actual meaning behind business growth strategy and business growth strategies.

Strategy corporate is generally a plan of action or policy in business. This helps to identify the business model definition prior to finalising the business model example.

Any innovation business model has to include innovation and change which is why it lists at number 5 on the business consultancy 5 Secrets list.

The growth of business utilising an innovation business model is often the key to the success of many contemporary businesses. Many business consultancy strategists & many an individual business consultant believe the first steps to achieving business success lie in identifying your business growth strategy plan.

Researching a good business model example will probably highlight business growth strategies & a concise business model definition.

By working closely with your proven business growth consultant in implementing your innovation business model you should be able to look forward to long term sustainable and profitable business growth.

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Dr. Mark D. Yates The International Business Guru & Growth Consultant grows businesses fast in a long term sustainability method. His dynamic business model delivers exponential growth, increased turnover & profit margins. He delivers business support to small, medium & large businesses in 42 countries. To claim his FREE business case files visit him at => http://www.businessconsultancyonestopshop.com or e-mail him at drmarkdyates@aol.com

Application: “You are Created with All the Things You Will Ever Need to Excel in Life!”

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By Anthony K Wilson Sr

All the ingredients for a truly awesome life are already inside of you. You only need to recognize and acknowledge the presence of all that you need and then begin the execution of putting that skill set in motion to develop the totally awesome aspect of yourself.

If you are like most people, you are probably familiar with the concept of application as it is often spoken of in school. Your teachers may have said that you could do much better if you would only apply yourself. However, there is much more to application than comments about not trying hard enough or not doing enough and it is much more positive!

Application means that you have everything you need for a happy, fulfilling, successful life. While there are many things ahead to learn, you may be pleasantly surprised to find how much you already have, as well as how easy it actually is to put all of your special gifts to good use.

As an individual person, you have two different types of gifts. As a member of the human race, you have all of the same gifts as every other person. You were created with intelligence, emotions, common sense, the desire to do well, and a number of others. In addition, you also have gifts which are completely unique to you. You have special talents and abilities which no one else has in the exact same manner. You have much to offer to the world, and much to look forward to in your own life.

Application will help you to do the most for yourself, the people you care for, and the world in which you live. When you look at all of your gifts and talents, all it takes is the motivation to apply them on a regular basis. No matter how young you may be today, you have so much to contribute.

When you make application a part of your everyday life, it will result in a double-benefit. You will be making your life the very best that it can be. Instead of simply looking toward success, you can be taking step after step to excel. You will also be doing your part to make the world a better place, because no one has exactly what you have. No one can contribute in the same way that you can. Application can make a wonderful difference in your world and in your life!

Anthony is an accomplished writer, author, painter, sculptor, artist, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker; he is driven and committed to assist everyone he encounters in understanding and fulfilling their creative life purpose. Anthony K. Wilson, Sr. is the owner of http://create-sun.com

Why Increasing Your Emotional Intelligence Will Increase Your Success as a Manager

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When you become a manager, is it your IQ, your technical skills and your knowledge of the industry you’re in which is paramount – or your ability to influence, inspire and engage others? Or do they both matter equally?

Generally speaking, we promote people to manager or supervisor because they’re good at what they do. Generally speaking, you don’t get to be finance director without knowing how to count, do a balance sheet and understand how to handle money wisely.

However, do you need those skills more or less as you climb the ladder?
Well, who would you rather have as your finance director?

A moderately good accountant who is great with other people, internally and externally, and who is adept at motivating and engaging whoever he or she meets? Or a brilliant accountant who is inept with clients, difficult with peers and has an unnerving ability to alienate a lot of smart people around him or her?

I trust you said the former!

Getting the best out of people does not require the logic and reasoning of IQ. Getting the best out of people requires another form of intelligence entirely – what psychologists call EQ or emotional intelligence – and we all know emotions are generally anything but logical or rational!

Think of anyone you know who seems to have a knack of getting on with just about everybody. They’re not “pushovers”, they set high standards and have high expectations, and they’re not great friends with everyone, but everyone seems to like and, more importantly, respect, them. Moreover, no matter how tricky the customer, colleague, boss, or situation, they seem to be able to get things done and still engender a culture which feels good to work in. These sorts of managers have a queue of people waiting to work for and with them – they produce results and they get noticed for all the right reasons.

Now we can all get on with people we like, respect and admire – that’s the easy part.

However, getting on with, and getting the best out of people who conjure up negative emotions for us such as frustration, anger or dislike is a whole different ball game; because emotions are messy things! They’re not neat; they don’t fit into logical sequences; and they often don’t respond to the logic of intellectual intelligence.

Study after study shows the greatest managers, ( defined by both the high results they achieve through their people and their reputation as someone great to work with or for) have the highest emotional intelligence.

Most research shows our IQ is relatively fixed. However, the good news is, with a little diligence and practice, we most certainly can increase our emotional intelligence.

Great you say! But how exactly do I do that?


There’s five skills you need to develop to increase your emotional intelligence. I’ll cover the first one here, and keep an eye out for next month’s article where I’ll give you an overview of the others

Emotional intelligence skill 1: Self awareness

Are you aware of the impact you have on those around you?

If I asked you what your staff think of you, would you know? (Some would rather not find out – which perhaps says something about the quality of leadership you’re setting here?)

How do you handle, say, underperformance with someone you like? With someone you struggle with? (And, if there’s a difference – how might that affect the outcome?) Outstanding managers are supremely aware of how they come across to others. Some, (and you’ve probably met a few in your time!) seem to be either oblivious to how others feel about them, or don’t seem to care much.

For example, consider the manager who thinks he or she is being diligent, in following up what his/her staff are doing, but some staff perceive it as micromanaging, breathing down their necks, or not trusting them to get on with the job. Does this affect performance? Almost c ertainly.

Awareness of how our own behaviours, attitudes, beliefs and emotions might be affecting our relationships with others is the first step to improving communication mastery. I call it “turning the mirror on ourselves” – and this skill is, in my view, one of the most important to master.
It requires courage and humility to see ourselves as others see us – particularly when we may be in for a few not so pleasant surprises! However, the willingness to show our staff we know we are not perfect; and we value their opinion, only serves to strengthen rapport with others; not break it. If you show you are open to constructive feedback you gain respect; and just as importantly, you set the foundations for a culture where your people can challenge you constructively – and you can challenge them back! (A great example of the law of reciprocity in action.)

How do you increase emotional intelligence skill number one: your self-awareness?

Here are three simple reflection exercises to get you started.

1. My views on my team Take a blank sheet of paper and note down the name of each person on your team. By the side of their name, quickly write down what you think about:

a) The level of value you think they bring to the team

b) Your opinion of their performance

c) How much you like them

d) Emotions you associate with that person

2. Employee ranking If you were asked to place your staff in order of how much value they bring to the team, how would you rank them, and why? If you were asked to rank them in order according to whom you felt most rapport with, how would that list look?

What do you notice, if anything, about what you have written/thought?

Potential impact on my team Now go back and re-read what you’ve written. What subtle messages might you be sending to the people at the bottom of the list? What impact might that be having on their performance? Whatever you answer, it is likely that the simple process of just taking a step back, to observe and reflect upon your own behaviour and attitudes, will help increase your level of understanding and give you some thoughts about how you might adapt what you do to produce more constructive working relationships and a culture of openness and trust.

Copyright © 2009 Shona Garner

Shona Garner is an experienced Executive and Business Coach, specialising in helping managers build top performing teams, and increase their own standing in the organisation. For instant access to a free guide with the top ten tips for motivating and engaging your team visit http://10toptips.increasingmanagerialsuccess.com