EVERYTHING BEGINS WITH NEW OR DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING

 
TURN BACK THE CLOCK OF YOUR FACE
 
Do you think different from most people around you?  Good.  Maybe this creates problems for you, you have a smaller group of friends, perhaps you associate with different people whose goals and values are similar to your own. As long as you trust in yourself and don’t allow other people’s opinions to bother you, everything will be just fine.

Unfortunately, most people thrive on the failures of others. Instead of acting positively for themselves, they spend their time hindering the efforts of others. They don’'t like others to be better or do better than they are. They do nothing to encourage or support them, everything to divert and discourage them. They are the people who fill the bars at night and blame everyone else for their failures and lot in life. Afterwards, they go home in a bad mood where their annoyed wives and families are waiting for them. In the evening, they watch television that makes them even more depressed with all the bad news and negative coverage and then the day is over. Day after day, year after year is the same routine. Life goes on. There are many of these unhappy and “negative” people. 

Pay attention to the expressions you see on people’s faces; the happy faces are rare.

These same people are surprised at their lack of friends. Who do you prefer to spend time with, a fun and happy person or a grumbling, negative one? Everyone prefers associating with happy and smiling people. Don'’t allow yourself to fall into a monotonous life enclosed in a circle of common mediocrity; adjusting to others around you, instead of following your own mind and heart, harms everybody. 

Anytime you choose to bend to the will of others at the expense of yourself, you do harm to you and the other people involved. You may think you are being a loyal friend, but in reality, you are betraying yourself and your friend. 

For example, a friend tries to convince you to start a business selling cosmetics door-to-door, like he does. You don’t have any desire to sell cosmetics, but you don’t tell him that because you don’t want to offend or reject him. Instead of telling him you are not interested, you tell him you’ll think it over or come up with some other non-definitive excuse like – you don’t have time, you need more information or you tell him you may join later.

Your friend is now in limbo, living with the hope that you will join him selling cosmetics. The situation is now awkward for both of you – someday, you’ll have to tell the truth or suffer to please him. Wouldn'’t it be better to tell him what you feel at the start, when your friend is not yet emotionally attached to the thought of sharing the same kind of business? 

Of course, the situation is worse for him because an idea that you allowed him to believe was possible is now going to slip away.

HOT OPPORTUNITIES NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE - Home based business

 
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 Daily needs

1. Daily money management. Although older adults are able to live independently longer, many need assistance with tasks such as making bank deposits; paying bills; balancing checkbooks; reconciling bank, credit card, and charge account statements; organizing taxes and other paper- work; and filing medical claims. This business has grown from the fact that adult children often no longer live in the same community as their parents, and even when some do, they’re too busy to help manage their parents’ day-to-day financial affairs.

2.  In-home care. Many seniors need help with the activities of daily living (ADLs), such as cleaning, cooking, driving to medical appointments, grooming, laundry, medication reminders, organizing closets, and running errands such as picking up prescriptions and especially shopping. In-home, non-medical caregivers provide these services, as well as much- needed companionship. House cleaning is especially important, because many seniors lose their visual acuity and simply can’t see dirt in kitchens and bathrooms that would appall them if they could. These services enable elders to continue to live in their own homes, avoiding placement in nursing homes. Also, because of the growing size of the senior market, research and development is creating new products and medical technology that should enable more elders to live at home with the assistance of people who lend a helping hand and in the process help control health care costs.

In-home health care is a separate service that is typically operated on a larger scale than can be done from home; however, smaller in-home health care providers in rural areas are sometimes home based. In-home health care is usually paid by Medicare or Medicaid, but sometimes families pay for in-home health care directly. 

3. Personal-chef services. Personal chefs bring the groceries and their own utensils and equipment to cook in their clients’ kitchens. Typically, personal chefs who cook for seniors come in once every two weeks and package meals to store in the refrigerator or freezer for use until their next visit. Resource: United States Personal Chef Association, (800) 995-2138, www.uspca.com.

4.  Pet services. Seniors love their pets, and research has proved pets are healthy for them. For example, seniors with dogs go to the doctor less, have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels, and engage in conversation and social interaction. Thus, seniors are frequent customers for pet sitters and other pet services such as dog and cat training, mobile pet grooming, non-anesthetic dental cleaning, pet transportation, and pooper-scooper services.

 Professional services
  1. Geriatric care management. These professionals specialize in assessing the needs of seniors whose situations require special attention in order for them to continue to live independently. Geriatric care managers also coordinate needed services and negotiate their delivery with agencies. Because of certification requirements, being credentialed in gerontology, nursing, social work, or psychology is required in this field.

2.  Professional advice. Professionals of all kinds — including accountants, clergy, financial planners, insurance brokers, lawyers, independent nurse practitioners, real estate agents, and psychotherapists are specializing in working with elders. Professionals and others can become Certified Senior Advisors by the Society of Certified Senior www.society-csa.com.

Special services

1. Relocation services. When life circumstances change due to health or finances, downsizing one’s home is something seniors often do, trading a now too-large or hard-to-maintain home for a smaller one. But moving is both physically and emotionally daunting. This has given rise to relocation specialists, who handle everything from packing to unpacking and setting up the new living space to make its new resident(s) feel at home.

2. Retirement counseling. A recent Gallup survey found 54 percent of American adults do not have a long-term financial plan and that 74 per- cent of these do not expect to have enough money to retire. This means a lot of work for retirement counselors to do. www.infre.org) offers a Certified Retirement Counselor (CRC) designation to financial planners and individuals with human resource and finance work experience in corporations or government.

3. Tour packaging. Travel is a high priority for the maturing population. When people approaching retirement age are asked what kind of travel they look forward to, travel that combines intellectual and physical stimulation scores high. So a home-business–based tour packaging business does more than make travel arrangements; it’s also about fulfilling aspirations for adventure for both mind and body. Most tour operators find niches — novel and unique tours or subjects focused on food, art, history, or other special interests, sometimes exotic, that require particular knowledge and expertise in order to create a satisfying tour. Unlike travel agents, who are in an increasingly difficult field, tour packagers generally do not sell tickets to their customers; they either pay for the transportation such as renting a bus, which is included in the tour pack- age, or the customers make their own travel arrangements. The tour package consists of the itinerary, hotel accommodations, food, and guide services

4. Virtual Retirement Communities. This form of retirement community enables seniors to stay in their homes by providing them with access to needed services at preferred costs from reliable vendors.  Example: Beacon Hill Village, www. beaconhillvillage.org.

TURN BACK THE CLOCK ON YOUR FACE!

3 SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL MINDSET!

TURN BACK THE CLOCK ON YOUR FIGURE! 

  Who  doesn’t  want  to  live  a  longer,  healthier,  and  happier  life?  My  hope  is  that  by reading this post,  you can  use  these  safe,  effective,  and  scientifically  proven  tips  to  slow  the  aging  process  in  a  real  and lasting way. The good news is that you don’t have to overhaul your entire life—even making one or two changes can help you look and feel younger in just a few days or weeks. Once you get a few tips under  your  belt,  add  a  few  more  to  build  on  your  success.  It  really  is  that  easy,  and  whether  you’re thirty, sixty, or ninety, it’s never too late (or too early!) to start.

Why are we concerned about your health? without good health it is difficult if not impossible to successfully think and conduct your business to realize success that is required. 

1.  Use Hyaluronic Acid to Fight Age-Related Wrinkles 

As you get older, your skin undergoes changes at every level. The top layer (the epidermis) thins and loses  protective  fatty  substances  called  lipids,  making  skin  drier  and  less  able  to  fight  off  infection. Arid climates or the dry air in winter can aggravate parched skin even more. Dry skin can feel tight and uncomfortable, accentuate wrinkles, and look flaky and ashy. Also as you age, the inner layer (the dermis)—the collagen and elastic tissues that keep your skin firm and plump—begins to break down, leading to wrinkles. These changes mean your skin doesn’t bounce back from injury as quickly.



Hyaluronic  acid  moisturizes  skin  from  the  inside,  increases  elasticity,  calms  inflammation,  and scavenges  skin-damaging  free  radicals.  As  you  get  older,  you  produce  less  hyaluronic  acid,  which can  lead  to  dry  skin  and  wrinkles.  The  good  news? Applying  it  topically  seems  to  restore  some  of those benefits, plumping and firming skin almost immediately. It can hold up to one thousand times its weight in water and helps attract and bind moisture to your skin, even in concentrations as low as 1 percent  (although  you  may  see  more  noticeable  results  with  higher  concentrations).  It’s  easily absorbed  and  may  also  help  other  skin-saving  ingredients  penetrate  the  skin  better,  making combination products more effective.

Apply  a  moisturizer  with  hyaluronic  acid  right  after  you  wash  your  face  to  lock  in moisture; men should use moisturizer after shaving.

If  you  have  sensitive  skin,  look  for  fragrance-free  formulas  rather  than  unscented, which just use chemicals to cover up smells.

If  you’re  acne-prone  (yes,  even  adults  can  get  pimples!),  look  for  an  oil-free moisturizer labeled noncomedogenic and non-acnegenic to banish breakouts.

Injectable Hyaluronic Acid Fills in Wrinkles That Come with Age
Researchers  at  Cambridge  University  in  England  note  that  injectable  hyaluronic  acid  works  best  for deep  wrinkles  caused  by  sun  damage,  creases  around  the  nose  and  mouth,  and  adding  volume  to hollowed cheeks and thin lips (areas that Botox, which works best on forehead wrinkles, can’t help). Manufacturers chemically modify it so that skin doesn’t absorb it as quickly, which means results can last up to six months. Using it repeatedly in the same area may lead to a longer-lasting result, possibly by stimulating new collagen production. Injectable hyaluronic acid is available in heavier and lighter gels with different molecule sizes, which translates to more flexibility for where on your face you can use it. Another plus is that most people tolerate it well; irritation and allergic reactions are rare.

Good Skin Care Habits Prolong a Youthful Glow
All the potions and anti-agers in the world can’t undo the damage from poor skin care habits. Even if you have a good regimen in place, as you get older your routine might need some tweaks. If your skin is  still  dry  even  though  you  use  a  moisturizer  with  hyaluronic  acid,  start  washing  your  face  only  at night. Make sure you use a mild, soap-free cleanser (one study rated Dove, Aveeno, and Purpose as the  least  irritating)  and  lukewarm  water  to  avoid  stripping  skin  of  its  natural  oils.  In  the  morning, simply  wet  your  skin  and  pat  it  dry  with  a  towel.  The  other  two  crucial  components  to  younger- looking skin? Don’t skimp on sunscreen  and stop smoking.

2.   Shield Yourself from the Aging Effects of the Sun
By  some  estimates,  sun  exposure  accounts  for  nearly  90  percent  of  age-related  damage  to  often- exposed areas such as the face, the back of the neck and “V” of the neckline, the arms, and the backs of  the  hands.  Why,  exactly,  does  the  sun  pose  such  a  problem?  Ultraviolet  radiation  falls  into  three wavelengths,  but  only  two  reach  the  earth:  ultraviolet A  (UVA)  and  ultraviolet  B  (UVB).  UVA  rays are  responsible  for  long-term  photoaging,  while  UVBs  are  the  culprit  behind  sunburn.  Both  types create free radicals that damage healthy skin cells and make it harder for skin to heal, and both play a role in skin cancer. Ultraviolet radiation breaks down elastin and speeds up collagen loss, leading to wrinkles.  It  can  also  make  your  skin  thicker  in  some  areas  and  thinner  in  others,  affecting  skin  tone and texture. You can chalk up brown spots and spider veins to sun damage as well. And while fair- skinned  people  tend  to  have  more  visible  signs  of  photoaging  than  those  with  dark  skin,  UV  rays penetrate deeply, damaging skin and increasing the risk of skin cancer regardless of your skin color.

Sunscreen Protects and Even Heals Sun-Damaged Skin
There  are  two  types  of  sunscreens:  physical  and  chemical.  Physical  sunscreens  contain  ingredients such  as  zinc  oxide  and  titanium  dioxide  that  scatter  or  reflect  UVA  and  UVB  rays  so  they  can’t penetrate the skin. Remember lifeguards with those white stripes down their noses? They were using physical sunscreens. Thankfully, recent formulations are better able to blend in with your skin and are less noticeable. Physical sunscreens are popular picks for people with sensitive skin or rosacea.



Selecting a Sunscreen to Keep Your Skin Young
A  2009  study  found  that  adding  antioxidants  like  vitamins  C  and  E  and  epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)  in  green  tea  to  a  broad-spectrum  sunscreen  makes  it  even  more  effective  in  preventing  sun damage.  Since  no  sunscreen  can  block  all  UV  rays,  some  radiation  does  get  through  to  skin  and creates  free  radicals.  The  antioxidants  quench  free  radicals  before  they  age  your  skin.  Look  for products with sun protection and antioxidants in one bottle.

3.   Eat Omega-3s for Younger-Looking Skin
Skin  is  the  body’s  largest  living  organ,  and  it  needs  top-notch  nourishment  to  function  and  look  its best. While a healthy diet filled with fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and good fats will work wonders for your appearance, a few skin superstars are worth working into your diet for their anti-aging benefits.

Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids Protect against Skin Aging
You’ve probably heard about the benefits of omega-3s for heart health  and the brain . But mounting research shows that they, along with omega-6s, are also critical for skin health and can fight signs  of  aging.  These  essential  fatty  acids  calm  inflammation  and  irritation  caused  by  free  radicals. They  keep  cell  membranes  fluid  and  flexible  and  normalize  oil  production  by  creating  protective lipids (fatty substances) in your skin’s topmost layer—especially helpful as your skin gets drier with age,  and  since  dry  skin  makes  wrinkles  more  noticeable  .  Omega-3s  and  omega-6s  also  defend against cell damage and assist in repair, keeping skin resilient. A 2006 review of studies concluded that consuming omega-3s can actually protect skin from sun damage as well.

Add Age-Fighting Antioxidants
Like  omega-3s  and  omega-6s,  antioxidant  vitamins A,  C,  and  E  fight  free  radicals  that  can  damage skin and lead to wrinkles and even skin cancer. Topical antioxidants get a lot of press, but  your primary  goal  should  be  to  get  enough  through  diet.  Brightly  colored  fruits  and  vegetables,  such  as avocados,  broccoli,  carrots,  kiwis,  nuts and  seeds,  oranges,  red  and  green  peppers,  spinach,  and strawberries  are  super  sources.  It  can  be  tough  to  get  enough  vitamin  E  from  foods,  but  you  should talk to your doctor if you’re thinking about supplementing, since vitamin E can act as a blood thinner, and  high  levels  may  interfere  with  cholesterol-lowering  drugs.  If  you  choose  to  supplement  with vitamin  E,  take  400  IU  of  mixed  natural  tocopherols  daily  (d-alpha  tocopherol  is  the  natural  form; avoid synthetic dl-alpha tocopherol).

Healthy Fats for Healthy Skin
Eating two 3- to 4-ounce servings of oily fish a week is the easiest way to get enough omega-3s.
If your diet falls short, talk to your doctor about taking a fish oil supplement  that contains  500  milligrams  or  more  of  EPA  and  DHA  or  one  made  from  algae  that  has 400 to 600 milligrams of DHA.

Include Minerals in Your Anti-Aging Diet
A 2009 study noted that people with high levels of selenium in their blood reduced their risk of skin cancer  by  about  60  percent.  Its  antioxidant  action  helps  prevent  premature  skin  aging,  and  it encourages  vitamin  E  absorption  as  well.  Good  sources  include  brown  rice,  seafood,  garlic,  eggs, and Brazil nuts.

Another  multitasker,  zinc,  protects  your  skin  from  sun  damage  and  works  with  vitamin  C  to  make collagen. A  zinc  deficiency  can  trigger  breakouts,  lead  to  hair  loss,  and  cause  rough  skin  or  rashes. Food  sources  include  oysters,  legumes  (such  as  beans  and  peas),  red  meat,  pecans,  and  pumpkin seeds. If you don’t eat many animal foods, you might want to supplement, but the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements recommends getting no more than 40 milligrams per day.

6 - SECRETS TO YOUR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS

 

Nothing great is created suddenly

6 - SECRETS TO YOUR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS

There  are  few  secrets  in  business;  nothing  is  being  hidden  from  you.  The methods of developing better business practices are clear if you are looking for them.

Getting started in business is the hardest part. If you had the very best start, you would have been born with a natural predisposition for business, and then your parents, teachers, and tutors would have added to your innate business sense along the way.

Nevertheless, back in reality, nothing can be perfect; nobody has perfect luck and skills, nor could they have studied and worked every day of their lives. In the business world, this truly leaves a field open for competition in almost any market space, and leaves you with years of time to study, practice and build. This can make up for any luck or genetic advantage that you may think you are missing. As long as you choose to build your self-confidence proactively, you can compete in business and in life irrespective of the past.

To create passion for something of great significance in this world is vital for everyone, but it does not make sense for others to direct your altruistic activities. Once you are able, you get to decide how to proceed as a compassionate member of your business community. Earn plenty of money, buy whatever you feel you need for your family, and then serve your favorite causes. In effect, this creates a win-win-win situation.

The following are 10 - secrets to your success in business

1. Be Confident
To  be  a  truly  successful  entrepreneur,  there  can  never  be  any  doubt  in  your mind that you will accomplish your goals, even if you must occasionally alter your plans to hit the same targets. Your success is as much a matter of your willpower as it is of the skills you will develop on your journey. 

Th  ere are hardly any successful businesspeople, athletes, community leaders, or artists who do not feel certain of their ability to adapt and succeed. In order to achieve those results that are required to be a success, you need to fight and evolve. Your work process has to be managed as if it is a matter of survival.

Reliving past trials and tribulations is a drain on your mental resources. Whether the activity itself succeeded or failed, you should make a conscientious effort to learn positive lessons from everything. Don’t allow the outcomes of attempted sales, deals, or employee issues harm your forward momentum or the ability to execute your plan. Your focus should be on getting the targeted outcome from each business situation rather than your emotional responses to difficulties in the process.

2.   Be a Machine
 Those who work harder will be more profitable overall. We are not claiming that working “harder” is more advantageous than working “smarter.” You actually need to work harder with more raw man-hours AND work smarter by using evolving Best Practices to maximize your financial gain. Unlike the majority of  business  strategies,  which  are  mostly  theoretical,  this  is  a  mathematically sound principle that works virtually every time. Th  e good news is that it applies to everyone and can seemingly work miracles. So if you are trying to evolve your business faster than your competition, one way to produce more, be more efficient and get a critical jump on those competitors is by putting in longer, harder hours of labor.

Competitors oft en work just hard enough to stay on par or barely above the rest.  So  if  your  team  makes  an  aggressive  push  forward  in  the  marketplace, the competition could easily be blindsided and fall behind. Your top business competitors might feel they don’t need to try their hardest because too many other possible competitors, like you, don’t step up to the plate.

Overall, hard work might not be the only disparity separating the rich from the poor, but it certainly enhances any other advantages the average professional brings to the economic table. Lawyers, doctors and other high-end professionals, for example, make more money than most partly because they’ve put in more hours in school and at work.

Working hard isn’t easy by definition, yet understanding the processes that lead to success is right at your fingertips. Pay attention to the ideas that are being offered  informally  all  around  you:  by  mentors,  in  books  and  periodicals,  on business TV and radio, and especially all over the Internet. However, make sure you filter for just the best information out of the masses. By putting in the time to do proper research you will find most of what you need is freely accessible.

Being  successful  in  business  is  not  necessarily  an  easier  life  for  you.  In  the long  run,  however,  it  could  be  more  rewarding  and  fun.  So  get  to  it!  Don’t procrastinate on the diffi  cult projects ahead; hopefully, your competitors are doing just that. You will be better prepared for the future if you proactively take hold of the present.

3. Be Charitable
We  believe  a  charity  should  operate  like  a  for-profit  business.  The  main difference  should  be  that  the  focus  of  the  organization  and  the  metrics  (key data),  which  are  being  managed,  should  highlight  the  number  of  “needy” stakeholders being well served rather than the numbers of dollars of profit.

In business, one only has to count cash to know how well they are doing, which is fairly easy. To help people other than yourself in a meaningful way is much harder to address and quantify, but it should be approached with equal vigor.

4. Avoid blaming others
Avoid blaming external forces or people for problems that are in your own best interest to solve, irrespective of how they emerged. Blaming the economy will never help you, nor will blaming the government, a political party, your mom, your teachers, your competitors, your genetic code, your community, or your boss. 

Even if it is ostensibly true, claiming you have had bad luck or that others are at fault for your issues will never help you achieve a winning attitude for the future.

The  world  offers  an  enormous  and  ever-expanding  global  economy;  all  you need is a minuscule piece of that economy to succeed or a slightly larger slice of your local economy.

Nobody and nothing can stop you from getting your fair market share if you maintain a long term focused effort. Therefore, if you happen to be out of work or aren’t earning enough and you think there is an external force to blame, then at the very least, you should be proactively working to change that force every day, as opposed to complaining about it.

Very few people who start a business from scratch and succeed can attribute their success to luck. Of course, a small portion of society is born into a family business  or  is  undeservedly  promoted  in  a  big  company,  which  is  a  small barrier for competitors. Overall, successful people are those who are focused on proactively performing clear goals, at the highest level, for the most hours, over the longest duration.

Th  e good news is if you want to be wealthy, you should take to heart that all the other rich people who surround you have 99.9% the same DNA as you. Th  e difference is not in their genes or in their luck: they just chose to succeed in business and proceed accordingly.

5. Be There and Be Aware
Simply by being “in the game” and being serious about trying to succeed will help you win 50% of your competitive battles, and therefore account for half of  your  success.  Th  is  is  because  most  theoretically  able-bodied  workers  are apprehensive to fight, and therefore are not well-suited to win while conducting “competitive” commerce on a daily basis.

Working long, hard hours every day, accounts for about another 40% of one’ s success, and choosing the right industry is probably responsible for another 8%. In our estimation, luck only accounts for about 2% of the success of proactive entrepreneurs.



So get over the notion of good luck being a reason why people might win in a business environment. Even if luck is an element, it is an uncontrollable one and a minor one. Focus instead on the majority of factors, which can truly be improved daily by your best efforts.

Keep  in  mind  that  the  smartest  people  are  not  always  on  top.  In  reality,  the person who believes in himself or herself the most, irrespective of their nominal brainpower, is usually the most successful.

6. Be the Edge
Th  e best ideas and the most sensible ideas are the ones that are not contrived. This is why people always say, “Why didn’t I think of that?”

In order to achieve a winning edge—the element that separates you from the rest of the pack and ensures your success in business—you will have to find ways to identify good ideas and develop them quickly and effectively.

Intuitively,  you  should  know  that  competitors  in  a  free  market,  capitalist economy  are  going  to  try  to  “take  you  out.”  You  must  improve  and  prepare every day for the inevitable commercial “war.

Competitors  and  insider  stakeholders  who  doubt  you  and  your  abilities  are predictable obstacles that every businessperson has to navigate. Other jealous, doubtful,  or  unmotivated  people  who  are  close  to  you  personally  or  on  the competitor’s  side  will  constantly  try  to  get  in  your  way,  break  you  down,  or challenge you. Regardless, your job is to produce in your marketplace while all your challengers remain personally distracted by you and your success.

Like athletes in the Olympics, the people who train the hardest on one goal and prove to be the most adept will win, or at least get to share the top prizes. Others who  can’t  manage  to  get  past  the  competition  will  be  run  off   and  knocked down. By maintaining your focus, distractions and detractors will harm your competitor’s business more than your own.

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12 LAWS FOR WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN

12 LAWS FOR WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN - READ MORE:........   1. A business plan is a marketing action. A well-thought-out and presented business plan demonstrates to yourself and others that you ...

12 LAWS FOR WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN

 
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1. A business plan is a marketing action.

A well-thought-out and presented business plan demonstrates to yourself and others that you are serious about your business idea, you  have  the  passion  and  persistence  to  develop  the  strategies  and  tactics  so  your business  idea  will  be  successful,  and  you  have  converted  a  general  idea  into  a realistic and believable business.

2.  Know  your  audience,  and  write  the  plan  in  a  style  and  with  information  they need for the action(s) you want them to take.

To achieve the decisions and actions you wish taken, you must provide your readers with the information in a style they are familiar  with  and  can  understand.  Maybe  this  is  your  banker,  angel  investor,  biggest client,  prospective  employee  or  board  member,  or  just  yourself.  Make  it  easy  for readers to take positive actions—make your case in their language.

3. Business planning should focus on the customer, not on the entrepreneur.

For- profit  businesses  and  nonprofits  alike  are  established  to  fulfill  a customer/client/society  need.  The  better  the  need  is  served  or  problem  solved,  the more  successful  the  entity  can  be.  Therefore,  focus  on  satisfying  the  customer/client need and demonstrating how you are doing it uniquely from the competition.

4. A  small  business  is  usually  a  bet  on  the  entrepreneur,  so  provide  a  biography that demonstrates you have the technical and leadership experience to drive your idea  to success. 

Either  demonstrate  you  have  the  experience  or  you  have surrounded yourself with others who  have  it.  Financiers,  a  personal  friend,  a  stern banker,  or  a  demanding  angel  know  they  are  investing  in  you  as  the  owner. You  are contributing  most  of  the  “assets”—your  time,  talents,  and  passion  for  birthing  this business  idea  into  the  marketplace.  Your  biography,  therefore,  should  not  be  just  a LinkedIn-type listing of your education and previous positions. Instead, make the case for why you are the right person at the right time to own and operate this business.

5.  The  executive  summary  is  the  most  important  plan  section.  It  delivers  the message and sets the tone. It should be enthusiastic, concise, professional, and no more  than  two pages  long.  


Just  as  in  the  first  few  paragraphs  of  any  book,  many people  will  not  read  past  the  opening  section  if  they  lose  interest.  In  these  first  two pages,  you  need  to  convince  the  reader  that  this  business  idea  will  be  successful  by describing what customer needs are being fulfilled, how this  business  idea  sets  itself apart from all the other competing investment alternatives in the marketplace, and the financial  and  other  rewards  to  be  obtained.  Focus  on  writing  this  compelling  short story  in  two  pages  or  less.  As  a  summary,  it  should  be  written  last;  this  ensures  it represents the full plan.

6.  Have  sales  goals  that  are  supported  by  research  and  an  actionable  marketing plan. This is your first and most important sales job.

Where and how are you going to capture revenue? Describe your sales goals, make a convincing argument, and provide tangible  support—names  of  first  prospects,  sales  pitch,  competitive  analysis,  market awareness,  and  so  on.  If  the  argument  and  support  is  not  convincing,  then  the  banker, angel  investor,  vendor,  or  customer  will  arbitrarily  give  the  sales  goals  a  “haircut,” which  will  result  in  a  decrease  in  cash  flow  (and  maybe  doom  their  investment participation)—and you will not be in the room to defend your analysis.

7.  Request  funding  in  the  amount  you  truly  need,  and  support  your  request  with financial statements. 

A  funding  request  supported  by  financial  statements  (cash generation  and  expenditures)  demonstrates  you  have  thoroughly  thought  out  the business  and  you  consider  the  financial  aspects  important.  This  provides  some assurance that you will look out for the best interests of those providing funding.

8.  Use  of  funding  proceeds  should  be  primarily  for  investments,  purchases,  and marketing activities that will generate the products, services, and sales. 

Investors assume you will contribute “sweat equity.” While some of the funding may be needed for  critical  staff  salaries,  the  majority  should  be  used  for  activities  that  will  generate sales. A growing sales pattern with positive net margins means you will have the cash flow  to  pay  back  loans  and  eventually  have  a  sellable  business.  Examples  of  typical funding  requests  are  for  protectable/proprietary  software  development,  product production  equipment,  and  marketing  programs  with  a  direct  or  channel  partner  sales focus.

9.  Surround  yourself  with  advisors  and  mentors,  and  talk  through  your  business ideas with them. 

Starting and growing a business is difficult, and more than half of all startups  fail  in  their  first  five  years.  No  one  person  can  have  all  the  knowledge, experience,  or  even  perspective  to  handle  every  business  situation.  Gain  from  the skills  and  experiences  of  others. Ask  for  advice  from  similar  companies  in  different geographic  markets  or  noncompeting  suppliers  in  your  same  market  segment.  Talk with  experts  in  areas  such  as  marketing,  sales,  finance,  and  operations.  Join  industry groups or entrepreneur mastermind teams. Express your questions and roadblocks, and then  listen  openly. You  will  feel  less  isolated  and  confused,  and  investors  will  feel confident they have a complete team of resources to grow the business. Often, family and  friends  are  not  able  to  provide  the  kind  of  feedback  and  advice  you  need.  Some people find it difficult or do not know how to ask for help; just try it, and you will be pleasantly surprised how willing others are to assist.

10. A  business  plan  is  never  perfect  and  never  finished,  so  do  not  procrastinate writing  it or obsess about creating the ideal plan. 

At some point, you need to stop writing  and  start  satisfying  a  customer  need  and  making  money.  Set  a  personal deadline, stop planning, and get to work.

'11.  It is  all  about  the  money.

Every  decision  and  action  you  take  will  have  a financial  impact—be  it  cash  flow  or  profit.

While  many  entrepreneurs  have  multiple bottom lines (lifestyle, mission, causes they believe in, and so on), if you do not have sufficient  financial  resources,  you  will  not  be  able  to  accomplish  your  mission  and goals, or even stay in business. Sometimes this singular fact helps cut through the fog of what to focus on next.

12.  Focus,  Focus,  Focus. 

 You  will  triple  the  value  of  your  plan  and  dramatically improve  your  credibility  with  a  potential  funder  if  you  can  answer  these  three questions clearly and thoroughly both in your text and financials.

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 What Is a Business Plan and Why Do You Need One?

Many  consider  a  business  plan  to  be  a  formal  document  containing five key elements:
1) Business goals,
2) The reasons why these goals are attainable,
3) A  plan  for  reaching  those  goals,
4)  Data  backing  the  uniqueness  of  the  products  and services  to  be  sold,  and
5)  Supporting  information  about  the  organization  and  team attempting to reach those goals.

A  business  plan  is  comprised  of  these  elements,  but  it  is  much  more  than  a  physical document; it is a structured process to test ideas to determine if they are feasible and financially  attractive.  Viewed  this  way,  a  business  plan  becomes  a  road  map  to successful  implementation  of  the  business  idea.  This  road  map  then  morphs  into tactical  plans  and  budgets.  During  the  process  of  developing  a  business  idea,  you develop  a  consistent  set  of  messages,  based  on  facts  and  analysis,  describing  your business  idea,  which  will  be  used  in  discussions  with  funders,  investors,  customers, board members, advisers, vendors, and employees.

Some events that trigger the need to write a business plan include:
1. Starting a new business (the classic reason)
2.  Growing  an  existing  business  through  new  products,  new  channels,  and/or  new markets
3. Acquiring a business or franchising your existing business
4. Exiting from the business and the need to provide potential buyers with information about the company. They will be interested in the past as a benchmark, but as you have already  reaped  the  benefits  of  these  accomplishments,  potential  buyers  are  interested in the future as you see it. What is the potential they may buy into?

Who Is a Business Plan Written For?

Although most people think the goal of business plans is to seek funding, ultimately, a business plan is written primarily for yourself—to help you decide whether or not to start  or  grow  a  business,  to  set  goals  and  benchmarks,  to  use  the  process  for developing a set of compelling and consistent messages describing your business and why  you  will  be  successful,  and  to  understand  the  two  roles  you  have  as  owner  and employee.



Factors To Consider When Writing a Business Plan :

1. Clarity
The  person  reading  your  business  plan  is  busy,  often  has  other problems to deal with, and is consciously or unconsciously judging you by the way in which you express yourself. Therefore:
● keep your language simple;
● avoid trying to get too many ideas into one sentence;
● let one sentence follow on logically from the last;
● go easy on the adjectives;
● tabulate wherever appropriate.

2. Logic
The facts and ideas you present will be easier to take in and make more impact if they follow one another in a logical sequence. Avoid a series of inconsequential paragraphs, however well phrased. Also, make sure that what you say under one heading chimes in with all you have said elsewhere.

3. Truth
Don’t overstate your case.

4. Figures
The banker or investor reading your plan is numerate, thinking in terms of numbers. Words will not impress a banker unless they are backed by figures that you have made as precise as possible. So try to quantify wherever you can.

4. Designing the business plan
 The  layout  of  your  business  plan  can  help  greatly  in  keeping  the  a logical pattern.  You could present your material in the sequence shown here, using headings, so that the reader can survey your plan and navigate without difficulty.

 
Steps to follow when preparing a business plan:

1  A brief statement of your objectives.
2  Your assessment of the market you plan to enter.
3  The skill, experience and finance you will bring to it.
4  The particular benefits of the product or service to your customers.
5  How you will set up the business.
6  The longer-term view.
7  Your financial targets.
8  The money you are asking for and how it will be used.
9  Appendices to back up previous statements, including especially the cash flow and other financial
    projections.
10  History of the business (where applicable).

Tackling each section

1. The brief statement
This should be to the point, just something to show the reader what it is all about. Say what you do in one sentence. In a second sentence, state how much money you want and what you want it for.

2. The market

When you come to the main body of your document, start with the section  that  is  most  likely  to  impress  your  reader.  The  majority  of  people  lending  money  believe  that  what  makes  for  success  in business  is  finding  and  exploiting  a  large  enough  market.  So,  as  a rule, the ‘market’ section should be the one with which you lead off.

Although your product may be the best since the invention of the motor car, and you may have the talents of a Henry Ford, you will get nowhere if there is no call for your brainchild or you lack the means of  projecting  your  product  into  the  market.  The  person  reading  your  plan  will  know  this  only  too  well,  and  will  want  to  find  out whether you are aware of these facts and how well you have done your homework. Your market research is crucial.

Note that where figures are given, and they should be given freely, the authority for the figures should be quoted. If your figures can be checked, this will promote confidence.

3. The skills, experience and resources of the persons involved

A lender or investor will want to know the track record of the per- sons to whom his or her own or clients’ money is to be entrusted. Therefore, you must give a fairly full account of your own business career  and  those  of  your  co-directors  or  partners.

School  and  technical qualifications, technical qualifications, on the other hand, are. Of almost equal importance is the degree of your financial invest- ment.  You  cannot  expect  others  to  risk  money  in  an  enterprise  to which the founders themselves are not financially committed in a big way.

4. The benefits of your product

This is the most difficult part about which to comment because it is the section in which you are likely to wax most enthusiastic. Human progress depends on new ideas, and people with good ones need all the support they can get. That having been said, you must face the fact that only a minority of innovations can be made commercially viable.  Your  banker  or  financier  has  probably  seen  hundreds  of  absolutely  brilliant  ideas  come  to  nought,  and  for  all  kinds  of  reasons. So this is the section you will have to write most soberly.

A famous American writer, Ralph Waldo Emerson – a writer, not  a businessman – once said that if you made a better mousetrap, all the world would beat a path to your door. This is just not true. Any successful  business  person  could  have  told  Emerson  that  simply making a better product is only one step on the way to success, and not even the first or the most important step.

Do not get too disheartened. You have, you believe, a first-class product,  and  as  you  demonstrated  (under  number  2  above),  the  market  for  it  is  there.  What  you  must  do  now  is  to  persuade  your reader that your product is a good one and that it will have the edge to help you exploit the opportunities set out in ‘the market’ above.

Stick firmly to hard facts! ‘Puff’ sentences, such as ‘This is the best widget-grinder on the market and will be the cheapest too’, cut very little ice. Show, with figures, why it is the best and why, despite this, it  is  not  the  most  expensive.  If  you  have  some  independent  test results, say so, and give at least a summary of them in an appendix. A few genuine figures are worth a page of adjectives, on which, as was stated earlier, you must go easy.

 

Information that could be included in this section is: 

● A brief description of the product or idea;
● How it works;
● Why it is better than its rivals;
● Any independent appraisal (with details in an appendix).

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 What Is a Business Plan and Why Do You Need One?

Many  consider  a  business  plan  to  be  a  formal  document  containing five key elements:
1) Business goals,
2) The reasons why these goals are attainable,
3) A  plan  for  reaching  those  goals,
4)  Data  backing  the  uniqueness  of  the  products  and services  to  be  sold,  and
5)  Supporting  information  about  the  organization  and  team attempting to reach those goals.

A  business  plan  is  comprised  of  these  elements,  but  it  is  much  more  than  a  physical document; it is a structured process to test ideas to determine if they are feasible and financially  attractive.  Viewed  this  way,  a  business  plan  becomes  a  road  map  to successful  implementation  of  the  business  idea.  This  road  map  then  morphs  into tactical  plans  and  budgets.  During  the  process  of  developing  a  business  idea,  you develop  a  consistent  set  of  messages,  based  on  facts  and  analysis,  describing  your business  idea,  which  will  be  used  in  discussions  with  funders,  investors,  customers, board members, advisers, vendors, and employees.

Some events that trigger the need to write a business plan include:
1. Starting a new business (the classic reason)
2.  Growing  an  existing  business  through  new  products,  new  channels,  and/or  new markets
3. Acquiring a business or franchising your existing business
4. Exiting from the business and the need to provide potential buyers with information about the company. They will be interested in the past as a benchmark, but as you have already  reaped  the  benefits  of  these  accomplishments,  potential  buyers  are  interested in the future as you see it. What is the potential they may buy into?

Who Is a Business Plan Written For?

Although most people think the goal of business plans is to seek funding, ultimately, a business plan is written primarily for yourself—to help you decide whether or not to start  or  grow  a  business,  to  set  goals  and  benchmarks,  to  use  the  process  for developing a set of compelling and consistent messages describing your business and why  you  will  be  successful,  and  to  understand  the  two  roles  you  have  as  owner  and employee.



Factors To Consider When Writing a Business Plan :

1. Clarity
The  person  reading  your  business  plan  is  busy,  often  has  other problems to deal with, and is consciously or unconsciously judging you by the way in which you express yourself. Therefore:
● keep your language simple;
● avoid trying to get too many ideas into one sentence;
● let one sentence follow on logically from the last;
● go easy on the adjectives;
● tabulate wherever appropriate.

2. Logic
The facts and ideas you present will be easier to take in and make more impact if they follow one another in a logical sequence. Avoid a series of inconsequential paragraphs, however well phrased. Also, make sure that what you say under one heading chimes in with all you have said elsewhere.

3. Truth
Don’t overstate your case.

4. Figures
The banker or investor reading your plan is numerate, thinking in terms of numbers. Words will not impress a banker unless they are backed by figures that you have made as precise as possible. So try to quantify wherever you can.

4. Designing the business plan
 The  layout  of  your  business  plan  can  help  greatly  in  keeping  the  a logical pattern.  You could present your material in the sequence shown here, using headings, so that the reader can survey your plan and navigate without difficulty.

 
Steps to follow when preparing a business plan:

1  A brief statement of your objectives.
2  Your assessment of the market you plan to enter.
3  The skill, experience and finance you will bring to it.
4  The particular benefits of the product or service to your customers.
5  How you will set up the business.
6  The longer-term view.
7  Your financial targets.
8  The money you are asking for and how it will be used.
9  Appendices to back up previous statements, including especially the cash flow and other financial
    projections.
10  History of the business (where applicable).

Tackling each section

1. The brief statement
This should be to the point, just something to show the reader what it is all about. Say what you do in one sentence. In a second sentence, state how much money you want and what you want it for.

2. The market

When you come to the main body of your document, start with the section  that  is  most  likely  to  impress  your  reader.  The  majority  of  people  lending  money  believe  that  what  makes  for  success  in business  is  finding  and  exploiting  a  large  enough  market.  So,  as  a rule, the ‘market’ section should be the one with which you lead off.

Although your product may be the best since the invention of the motor car, and you may have the talents of a Henry Ford, you will get nowhere if there is no call for your brainchild or you lack the means of  projecting  your  product  into  the  market.  The  person  reading  your  plan  will  know  this  only  too  well,  and  will  want  to  find  out whether you are aware of these facts and how well you have done your homework. Your market research is crucial.

Note that where figures are given, and they should be given freely, the authority for the figures should be quoted. If your figures can be checked, this will promote confidence.

3. The skills, experience and resources of the persons involved

A lender or investor will want to know the track record of the per- sons to whom his or her own or clients’ money is to be entrusted. Therefore, you must give a fairly full account of your own business career  and  those  of  your  co-directors  or  partners.

School  and  technical qualifications, technical qualifications, on the other hand, are. Of almost equal importance is the degree of your financial invest- ment.  You  cannot  expect  others  to  risk  money  in  an  enterprise  to which the founders themselves are not financially committed in a big way.

4. The benefits of your product

This is the most difficult part about which to comment because it is the section in which you are likely to wax most enthusiastic. Human progress depends on new ideas, and people with good ones need all the support they can get. That having been said, you must face the fact that only a minority of innovations can be made commercially viable.  Your  banker  or  financier  has  probably  seen  hundreds  of  absolutely  brilliant  ideas  come  to  nought,  and  for  all  kinds  of  reasons. So this is the section you will have to write most soberly.

A famous American writer, Ralph Waldo Emerson – a writer, not  a businessman – once said that if you made a better mousetrap, all the world would beat a path to your door. This is just not true. Any successful  business  person  could  have  told  Emerson  that  simply making a better product is only one step on the way to success, and not even the first or the most important step.

Do not get too disheartened. You have, you believe, a first-class product,  and  as  you  demonstrated  (under  number  2  above),  the  market  for  it  is  there.  What  you  must  do  now  is  to  persuade  your reader that your product is a good one and that it will have the edge to help you exploit the opportunities set out in ‘the market’ above.

Stick firmly to hard facts! ‘Puff’ sentences, such as ‘This is the best widget-grinder on the market and will be the cheapest too’, cut very little ice. Show, with figures, why it is the best and why, despite this, it  is  not  the  most  expensive.  If  you  have  some  independent  test results, say so, and give at least a summary of them in an appendix. A few genuine figures are worth a page of adjectives, on which, as was stated earlier, you must go easy.

 

Information that could be included in this section is: 

● A brief description of the product or idea;
● How it works;
● Why it is better than its rivals;
● Any independent appraisal (with details in an appendix).

More are coming soon! ......

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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR .....! AND LISTEN TO THE ANSWER .

One of the primary secrets to getting the best answers and solutions in your life is to draft the right questions – because you always get an answer to every question you ask. For instance, ask yourself: What is the positive side of my job? The answer that comes to you will give you new power and energy. If you are in the habit, however, of only asking about what is bothering you or what is wrong with your job, then just the opposite will happen. Your answers will come, but they will not be empowering or filled with positive energy … they will be negative and depressing. In both cases, the answers you receive to the questions you just asked will affect how you view your workplace!

Let'’s get just a little more personal. You could ask, “How is my partner unique from anyone else I know? What do I enjoy that he or she gives me – which I cannot give myself or get from anyone else? What does my spouse or “significant other” do for me that makes my heart sing?” 

The answer that comes to you is sure to be a positive one. On the other hand, walking down the street and thinking about what you are missing from your relationship will only bring about negative emotions regarding your partner.

One viewpoint gives you pleasure and positive energy, while the other brings only grief, sorrow and a negative outlook on your life. Further, whatever mind-set you wind up in attracts more of the same!

Can you see how much faster your relationship will improve by focusing on the positive and how quickly it will go downhill if you bury yourself in negative details and relive everything you don’t like about it?

All great people know they create their own fate! They have the courage to take responsibility for everything that happens in their lives. They do not criticize others when something goes wrong; they simply find the best and most efficient course of action to correct the situation and learn from the unexpected circumstance they find themselves in.

How do we know that taking responsibility is something all successful people do? Because if they blamed other people or circumstances for their setback or failure – their boss, partner, children, lack of time, the government or others – they would never do anything to improve! Why should they improve, when the blame falls somewhere else?

Instead, they would think that others should improve to make their circumstances and life better. This is a great example of a “lose-lose” situation. Not only does nothing improve, but also in denying responsibility they lose the only opportunity they had to learn from the event to prevent it from repeating itself.

If only the unsuccessful people knew how empowering it is to take responsibility for the events in their lives, how good it feels to create your own fate. Don’t you make the same mistake

The leading psychologists and psychiatrists have found, not surprisingly, that most people, in fact, do not want to change. Not that they resist change or prefer not to change, but rather that they don’t want to change. In fact, most people crave, instead, for comfort and relief. They want to hear that they are not guilty for what is happening to them. They prefer to believe they have no control over the events of their lives, believing instead; there isn’t anything they can do to change them. They want to feel they are not responsible for their current situation or the overall circumstances they find themselves in.

Change demands action, “to get up from the warm bed of habits and commonplace and go towards the unknown,” says DeMello. When you realize your choices and their resulting actions are behind everything that happens to you, you can pose the following question in a positive way and be ready to receive the wisdom of the answer that comes to you. “What happened to produce this unexpected outcome … what can I learn from this and how can I quickly move beyond it?”  Not, “Why did this go wrong,” or “Why did I fail?” Focus on what you want to hear for the answer, the solution that will move you forward! 

Posing the question properly is the only way you to receive the positive response that allows you to learn, grow and correct the situation. Ask a positive question and you’ll get a positive answer!

How does this contrast to what the average person does? 

Average people take responsibility for all the good events that happen to them, but they forget to take responsibility for everything else that did not turn out according to expectations or wasn'’t as successfully planned and carried out. Instead, they blame their worsening financial status on the economy or their boss. If their car breaks down – they blame the dealer that sold it to them or the mechanic that worked on it last.

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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR .....! AND LISTEN TO THE ANSWER .

One of the primary secrets to getting the best answers and solutions in your life is to draft the right questions – because you always get an answer to every question you ask. For instance, ask yourself: What is the positive side of my job? The answer that comes to you will give you new power and energy. If you are in the habit, however, of only asking about what is bothering you or what is wrong with your job, then just the opposite will happen. Your answers will come, but they will not be empowering or filled with positive energy … they will be negative and depressing. In both cases, the answers you receive to the questions you just asked will affect how you view your workplace!

Let'’s get just a little more personal. You could ask, “How is my partner unique from anyone else I know? What do I enjoy that he or she gives me – which I cannot give myself or get from anyone else? What does my spouse or “significant other” do for me that makes my heart sing?” 

The answer that comes to you is sure to be a positive one. On the other hand, walking down the street and thinking about what you are missing from your relationship will only bring about negative emotions regarding your partner.

One viewpoint gives you pleasure and positive energy, while the other brings only grief, sorrow and a negative outlook on your life. Further, whatever mind-set you wind up in attracts more of the same!

Can you see how much faster your relationship will improve by focusing on the positive and how quickly it will go downhill if you bury yourself in negative details and relive everything you don’t like about it?

All great people know they create their own fate! They have the courage to take responsibility for everything that happens in their lives. They do not criticize others when something goes wrong; they simply find the best and most efficient course of action to correct the situation and learn from the unexpected circumstance they find themselves in.

How do we know that taking responsibility is something all successful people do? Because if they blamed other people or circumstances for their setback or failure – their boss, partner, children, lack of time, the government or others – they would never do anything to improve! Why should they improve, when the blame falls somewhere else?

Instead, they would think that others should improve to make their circumstances and life better. This is a great example of a “lose-lose” situation. Not only does nothing improve, but also in denying responsibility they lose the only opportunity they had to learn from the event to prevent it from repeating itself.

If only the unsuccessful people knew how empowering it is to take responsibility for the events in their lives, how good it feels to create your own fate. Don’t you make the same mistake

The leading psychologists and psychiatrists have found, not surprisingly, that most people, in fact, do not want to change. Not that they resist change or prefer not to change, but rather that they don’t want to change. In fact, most people crave, instead, for comfort and relief. They want to hear that they are not guilty for what is happening to them. They prefer to believe they have no control over the events of their lives, believing instead; there isn’t anything they can do to change them. They want to feel they are not responsible for their current situation or the overall circumstances they find themselves in.

Change demands action, “to get up from the warm bed of habits and commonplace and go towards the unknown,” says DeMello. When you realize your choices and their resulting actions are behind everything that happens to you, you can pose the following question in a positive way and be ready to receive the wisdom of the answer that comes to you. “What happened to produce this unexpected outcome … what can I learn from this and how can I quickly move beyond it?”  Not, “Why did this go wrong,” or “Why did I fail?” Focus on what you want to hear for the answer, the solution that will move you forward! 

Posing the question properly is the only way you to receive the positive response that allows you to learn, grow and correct the situation. Ask a positive question and you’ll get a positive answer!

How does this contrast to what the average person does? 

Average people take responsibility for all the good events that happen to them, but they forget to take responsibility for everything else that did not turn out according to expectations or wasn'’t as successfully planned and carried out. Instead, they blame their worsening financial status on the economy or their boss. If their car breaks down – they blame the dealer that sold it to them or the mechanic that worked on it last.

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CRITICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNERS AND LOSERS

If, you are feeling hopeless and cannot see a way out of your current circumstances, do not fall into despair. Not giving up is the critical difference between winners and losers.  Do not allow your “negative” emotions to overcome you. You can achieve everything in life, but only you have the power to make it happen. If you give up now, you will automatically fail and therefore never know what you could have achieved.

Do you remember receiving your first bike as a child? No doubt you were excited, but the first time you held the handlebars in your hands and sat on the seat, your first thoughts may have been, “I will never get the hang of this. I’m going to fall down and hurt myself.” Was your fear confirmed? No.  You kept practicing and you did get the hang of it; not only that, even if you haven’t ridden a bike in years, if you got back on one today, you would still remember how to ride. If you do not try, you will never know the satisfaction of accomplishment, the vibration of winning or the positive energy of your own success.

“If you suppress the desire in you or you do not behave according to “who you are,” you reject experiencing God,” says Keller. Your solutions come from the same place as your dreams and desires. You will never feel a desire or dream that you cannot, in some form, achieve. Don'’t ever lose your hope!

If the opinions of others do not motivate you when fulfilling a task, then don’t let their ideas mislead you – search for your own happiness, health, and welfare.  Do not feel bad about being different, or unique, as this too is a quality of winners. Do not deny the reality of the world around you, but don’t fall victim to it either. The winning vibration is one that allows you to act in harmony with others, while remaining loyal to you. This way, even in “bad” conditions, you won’t feel like you’re losing or denying yourself, but only the positive feeling of “adapting to new circumstances.”