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Control - Change Your Attitude, Change Your BusinessBy Sharon Doucet of Freelife International How is your business attitude? When was the last time you took a few minutes to discover your “core beliefs”? Do you over-analyze your company or its programs and opportunities? Do you continually look for little things to blame for your lack of progression? Are you convinced your up line is not interested in helping you? The hard truth about your business is that for every step you take forward, you can take several backwards if you are not careful about your attitude. We all need to look at our attitude to discover the “core beliefs” that guide our actions. When we acknowledge that these beliefs are preventing us from reaching the pinnacle of success, we can then change them. According to author Tony Robbins, “It is our core beliefs that guide our emotions and feelings. They also guide our actions and shape our destiny. Most of us live in fear that outside forces will control us or we already believe that the outside world does control us and that is the single most destructive belief we can adopt. We can not control the wind, but we can control the sails.” Only we control our thoughts and therefore our ultimate freedom. So what can you do to begin improvements in your business today? Here are a few simple steps to help you maintain focus and control of your business and personal life. 1) Search Your Heart and Your Soul to Discover Your Beliefs - Discover who you really are and what you really believe about various aspects of your business. Do you believe you have to defend your decision to join a Network Marketing company, for instance, or are you proud of your decision to become an entrepreneur? Do you have a “lack mentality” or do you have a “prosperity mentality”? Do you believe that there is already too much competition in your area or do you believe there is enough business for everyone? Do you believe that outside forces are controlling your business or do you believe that you are in control of everything that happens? When you take time to search your heart and discover the beliefs you are allowing to control you, you have taken the first step towards improving your business. 2) Assume Responsibility for Destructive Beliefs - Even if the reason you believe a certain situation is a result of outside people or external forces, you need to understand that you chose to accept this belief. That’s right, we all have the opportunity to decide what we will or will not believe in. You can believe the economy is controlling your success, or you can believe that the economy is aiding your success. Once you have faced the reality that you and only you are responsible for everything you believe in, you can take the next step. 3) Replace a Destructive Belief with a New Productive Belief - This is often the most challenging step. You need to control your mind in order to control your beliefs! Every time that destructive belief enters your thoughts say, “Thank you for sharing!” and immediately replace it with a new productive belief. If you believe you will have major challenges in your business, you will have challenges in your business. If you believe that through the proper training and systems you can be successful, you will be successful. Whatever you do or do not believe about your business will happen. 4) Be Positive and Do Not Worry - Doesn’t it just drive you crazy when others are negative? Don’t you feel so much relief when they leave? You will be miles ahead of the next person just by thinking positively. Instead of thinking, “I do not know anyone who wants this product/business”, you could replace it with this thought: “Today I will meet at least three people, or talk to three of my friends about this business/product.” Also when you worry about things, you are actually focussing on that which you do not want to happen instead of on what you do want to happen in your business. 5) Surround Yourself with the Positive People in Your Business - Let’s face it, we all know colleagues who are very negative about business, and life, and you need to avoid them as much as possible. Negative people are like quicksand and they will soon be sucking the life from you. It is important to your success to hang around with positive people who are moving forward and upward. This is especially true when you attend meetings and events. You will gain much more from the meeting and you leave with a positive attitude. 6) Setbacks Are Only Temporary, Treat Them as Such - Every once in a while you may have a set back in your business. Oh well, get over it and remember most setbacks are only temporary and it is up to you how long they last. Actually, most of the time, it is those who have fantastic starts in the business who often have the least patience when there is a bump in the road to success. Those who have to work hard in the beginning have the persistence to keep on working when the going gets tough. Keep focussed, do not quit and you will soon be back on track. 7) Commit to Constant and Never-Ending Improvement - Are you continually working to improve yourself in all areas of your personal and professional life? According to author Tony Robbins, we need to have “C.A.N.I” which is “Constant And Never-Ending Improvement.” If we are not getting better, we are getting stagnant or worse yet, going backwards in our business. What are you doing to improve? Do you continually read and listen to materials to help you grow your business? Become a knowledge seeker! You will be constantly amazed at how little you know and how much you still have to learn. Everyone has the same opportunity to succeed in business. It does not matter where you live and it does not matter what you know. What matters is what you believe and what you are willing to do to be successful. A wonderful opportunity to be one of the next generation of millionaires is waiting for you to grab it. Hold on and get ready for the ride of your life! Sharon Doucet worked as a Social Worker for 21 years. During that time she helped clients with Career Planning/ Goal Setting. Now she is with Freelife International. |