Do you remember the Y2K computer bug that never materialised, the US Supreme Court decision in favor of George W Bush in a split decision over the Presidential election, the launch of Playstation 2, the end of the dot com bubble?
Does not seem that long ago does it? Yet it was ten years ago, the year 2000.
Awaken Your Dreams And Empower Them To Earn Money Form Home By: margaretbourke | - Do you remember when you were young and the dreams you had. The younger you were the better the dreams and the more convinced you were that you would grow up to achieve them.
You left school or college convinced that you would make a difference, that you would leave your mark on the world.
Unfortunately for many, the daily grind and routines of life have dampened their desire to achieve their dreams.
Earn Money Form Home - Turn The Dream Into Reality! By: margaretbourke | - According to Jeff Olsen in the book the Slight Edge, there are four simple yet fundamental steps required to turn your dreams into reality. The same steps apply whether it relates to your personal life, your health or your home business online opportunity.
Celebrate Success In Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - In my last article I spoke about the power of reflection, as in taking stock each night of what actions you undertook that day which would lead you on the road to success with your home business online opportunity.
Doing this has two advantages, not just the one of keeping tabs on yourself and your progress.
It also serves to highlight the areas where you took the correct actions, where you didn't take the easy way out and not do them.
Yet we all know that throughout history there have always been rich and powerful people, from the ancient times of King Solomon, to the Rockefellers, Dale Carnegie and Charles Schwab all the way to today's Bill Gates, Oprah and Warren Buffet, who for whatever reason are able to attract massive success to themselves with very little effort.
I consider myself very lucky that I came across an excellent home based business opportunity that from the very start emphasised the importance of personal growth and development.
The first self development book I read actually came as part of their course material. It was the Twelve Pillars by Jim Rohn who unfortunately passed on shortly before Christmas.
"It brings rich rewards, yet it is not really a goal or a destination but rather a process or a journey. It is available to anyone who is willing to get on the path and stay on it" George Leonard, Mastery.
Standing Still In Your Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - So you think you are going along nicely in life. You have a fairly good standard of living and are happy to maintain the status quo, no need for any change.
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as the 'straight and narrow'. Just as we now know that the earth revolves around the sun we also have discovered that there is no true straight line. Everything is in a constant state of change, including the direction in which our lives and our home business online opportunity are going. < ... Tags:Earn money form home, Internet Marketing Promotion, Home Business Online Opportunity
Make Completeness A Priority In Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | -
Look around your office and your personal life. How many things have you started that need to be completed? How long would it take you to complete them? An hour, two?
Incomplete tasks clutter the mind because they are always in there somewhere niggling that they need to be done. Until they are complete they are taking up space in your head that could usefully be taken up by something more rewarding.
We all develop habits over our lifetime, some good and some bad. The good ones propel us towards success, the bad ones which end us up on an unforgiving downward spiral.
Habits are very easy to form. They arise out of daily activities compounded over time. The problem with habits is that mainly we do them without thinking. We get up in the morning and go about our morning routine almost on auto pilot.
Plant, Cultivate, Harvest Your Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - In today's fast paced world of instant gratification and the need for instant results, the important step of cultivation is all too often brushed over or skipped. We are sucked in by the powerful advertising campaign,. instant success, overnight success, earn a million this year.
We think that just wanting alone can make it happen. We have got used to the culture where if you want something you get it, regardless of whether you have the money to pay for it or not.
Is There A Secret Ingredient To Earn Money From Home By: margaretbourke | - 95% of marketers fail online! Why is the failure rate so high? The same information is available to all of us. There are step by step courses as well as successful marketers willing to allow us to 'look over their shoulder' and show us the exact steps they used to become wealthy. So why is it not easy to earn money form home and why are so many unfortunately failing?
The Perfect Time To Start A Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - When is the perfect time to start a home business online opportunity? Is there a perfect time? Should you wait until you have time and money to commit to it, when you have no distractions or for when you are feeling more confident or lucky?
The answer is that, yes there is a perfect time and that time is now. There are no excuses good enough to put off starting building a new life for your self. Remember every day you put off the decision, costs you money and time. It will cost you ... Tags:Earn money form home, Internet Marketing Promotion, Home Business Online Opportunity
Successful People Do It In A Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - In his book the Slight Edge, Jeff Olsen estimates that roughly "one person in twenty is achieving a significant measure of his or her goals in life" That leaves 95% of us failing or falling short. This concurs with my last article where I said that 95% of marketers fail online.
That leaves 95% of people growing old without ever realising their dreams. We only get one shot at life and we owe it to ourselves to get it right and realise our potential.
The Power Of Small Beginnings In Internet Marketing Promotion. By: margaretbourke | - You may have read a previous article where I shared the story of the penny, which if doubled in value every day would reach 10 m by day 31. Many people would dismiss the penny as insignificant. So would starting out with nothing have the same effect?
Definitely not! the penny may be small and seemingly insignificant but the important point to note is that it is NOT nothing. It is something, very small but definitely something.
The Water Hyacinth And Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - When most people start working their home business online opportunity, they do not see instant results. You will read the odd mainly unbelievable story where someone made a fortune overnight, but in the main it takes a little while for the ground work to be done and results to be seen.
Compound Your Efforts In Your Internet Marketing Promotion. By: margaretbourke | - In his book 'The Slight Edge' Jeff Olsen tells s story of an old man who lay dying who wished to give three gifts to his two sons. The first was the gift of love, the second, the gift of money and the third was the gift of wisdom.
The man gave them each a choice of $1m in cash or one penny. If they took the penny, his treasury director had instructions to double the contents of the purse every single day for thirty days.
When Efforts Seem Futile In A Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - When you first start your home business online opportunity it can seem like a very daunting task. It may look like you have a mountain to climb. There is so much to do and so much information to assimilate that it feels like you are trashing about getting nowhere fast.
In this article I want to introduce a new series I am working on which is based on the book, 'The Slight Edge' by Jeff Olsen.
Do you work hard in life, yet never seem to realize your dreams or be successful? Do you constantly wish your life was different, that a better way must exist? Do you think that it would take too much effort and hard work to achieve your dreams?
Small Changes Give Edge In Your Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - Most of us come to the Internet with great hopes to live the dream, to make big profits. We hope to find the one, the home business online opportunity that will enable us to live a happier and more fulfilled life along with abounding riches. Why do some achieve the success they dream of while others fail, losing more money than they will ever make?
No Mountains To Climb In Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - Most of us when faced with a mammoth task can't see our way through and give up. We don't feel we can be successful as the mountain is too high to climb.
The same can happen when you are pointing out errors to others in their Internet marketing promotion. If all you do is point out their errors, then they will feel overwhelmed and give up. They feel that there is far too much to correct to achieve the success they are looking for.
In other words, if you want to improve some aspect of a person, you should act as if that person already has that particular trait as one of his/her outstanding characteristics.
Ensure Followers Success In A Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - The number one motivator in getting someone to take action towards a desired result is showing them appreciation. People crave sincere recognition of their unique talents and attributes.
However many people throughout their early lives are made feel like failures by the very people that are meant to equip them for life.
No Failures In Your Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - Sometimes unfortunately in life circumstances arise where we have to let people down. A time may come when for one reason or another we have no further need for their services. This is often unavoidable. However we need to do it in a way that allows them to walk away feeling appreciated and not useless.
Teach From Mistakes In Your Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - We all make mistakes!
I know I have made plenty along the way and I will probably make a few more before I depart, but hopefully not as many or as stupid as when I was younger!
We all know that we should learn from our mistakes, but it is equally important to allow others to learn from them.
Very often, just re-arranging the words we use can dramatically change their impact on others.
In Dale Carnegie's book How to Win Friends and influence People, he advises that "changing one three letter word can often spell the difference between failure and success in changing people without giving offence or arousing resentment".
It is true that we should not criticise, but what happens when somebody actually does something that is not in the best interest of our home business online opportunity? Are we not allowed to criticise them?
Well the answer is that it is ok to bring something to someone's attention, but it is the manner in which it is done that is important.
It's How You Ask In Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - I think it is safe to say none of us likes taking orders. The reason many people look to the Internet to research a genuine home business online opportunity is that they are tired of taking orders. They aspire to be their own boss where they feel they will never be subjected to having to take orders again.
When All Fails In Your Internet Marketing Promotion, Try This. By: margaretbourke | - Have you ever had times in your home business online opportunity that you just felt like you were banging your head against a brick wall, running and running, exhausted and getting nowhere?
We all have had those moments. We have tried everything and nothing seems to click. The major temptation is to give up and say we have failed.
Well when all else fails, don't give up, try this:
There are so many home business online opportunity out there now that we need to our message stand out from the crowd if we want to attract attention to it.
This does not mean mis-representing the facts; it merely means making them sound interesting.
Most people, even criminals have a high regard for themselves and have standards which they see themselves as living up to.
We have all heard of the expression, 'honour among thieves', showing that even they see themselves as having high standards. They don't see the other things they do as being of any great consequence.
A Magic Phrase In Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - In his book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie offers us a "magic phrase that would stop arguments, eliminate ill feeling, create goodwill and make the other person listen attentively".
Sounds too good to be true? Could such a phrase really exist, and if it did, could you imagine how helpful it would be for your home business online opportunity.
Wonder Formula For Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - How do we react in an argument when we feel strongly that we are right and others are wrong? Well the usual reaction for most of us is to plough on arguing our point until we can prove ourselves right.
But can we ever really prove to others that we are right and they are wrong?
Who's Idea Anyway - Home Business Online Opportunity? By: margaretbourke | - We all have someone we go to for advice when things are not going well for us. My baby minder was one such person for me. When my children were very small she gave me a great piece of advice for a happy marriage.
Instead of getting into arguments with your partner, make your decisions, and then make it look like it was your partner's decision in the first place. That way you have got your own way, but your partner is happy also as he/she is convinced that they had thought of it all ... Tags:Earn money form home, Internet Marketing Promotion, Home Business Online Opportunity
The Power Of Listening In Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - When promoting a product or service it may be tempting to talk alot, mistakenly thinking that our main aim is to get as much information accross to others as possible.
While talking, we cannot be listening. If we are not listening you cannot possibly find out more about their business and issues. Without that knowledge you cannot fulfil their requirements. You will in all liklehood be trying to get them interested in something they do not need.
How true these old sayings are and how useful it is to implement them in our Internet marketing promotion.
A gentle non-aggressive approach which seeks to find common interests and mutual friendships is the best way to attract interest in your Internet marketing promotion..
Tact And Diplomacy In Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - How many of us go through life defending our position or decisions? We have become more determined to be right all the time, when often there is no right or wrong answer.
Becoming aggressive in defending your view point, puts you in the wrong frame of mind when dealing with others on your home business online opportunity.
Show Respect With Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - When we present information to others whether it is with an Internet marketing promotion or when dealing with people offline, we need to present it in a way that will be received in a positive light.
Starting off by saying you are going to prove something to the listener gives the message that you think you are smarter than them, which arouses opposition before you even get started.
There are no winners in an argument. If an argument is won, then there is the loser who has had an embarrassing climb down and there is the person that has 'won' the argument but has actually lost something far more important the goodwill of another person.
Get People To Like Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - Common to most people is the desire to be liked. There are those who say they do not care what others think of them, but for most of us we like to have others like us.
Whatever about our personal life, it is essential to have others like us when working our home business online opportunity. When others like us, they trust us and above all listen to us.
Keeping Others Interested In Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - In my last article I spoke about the importance of being an effective listener. The reason is that it is a very good idea to let others talk so we can get an idea of what their interests are.
You can the talk to them on a subject of interest to them, which keeps them listening to you for longer. Knowing a persons interests is an invaluable resource to have when trying to click with them. Opening a conversation on a subject close to their hearts will get you on-side very quickly.
How To Attract Others To Your Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - What is the best to gain a person's attention. Is it to bombard them with information? Not exactly, most people like the sound of their own voice. Allow them to speak freely and without interruption and you will have a very attentive audience!
It is important to remember that nature deemed fit to kit us out with two eyes (to observe), two ears (to listen) but only one mouth! I think that the lesson we should learn from this is that we should spend more than twice as much time liste ... Tags:Home Business Online Opportunity, Earn Money Form Home, Internet Marketing Promotion
Increase Goodwill Towards Your Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - According to Dale Carnegie in his book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, the average person is actually far more interested in his/her own name than all other names.
It is therefore very important when trying to influence people that you remember their name, spell and pronounce it correctly. Getting any of these wrong puts you immediately at a disadvantage.
Simple Way To A Good Impression With Your Internet Marketing By: margaretbourke | - Making a good first impression is essential to any business including earning money form home with a Home Business online opportunity. First impressions last so it needs to be a good one.
When my brother first took home his girlfriend, now his wife, she began to notice that as they got nearer to their destination everyone they met coming in the opposite direction seemed to wave and smile. After awhile she asked my brother if he knew all these people.
Make People Love Your Home Business Online Opportunity By: margaretbourke | - When trying to make money with your home business online opportunity, you will need to be able to make people trust you and become your online friends.
Dale Carnegie, in his book How to Win Friends and Influence People advises that "you can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you" I have used the direct quote as I think is a very important point.
Give Them What They Want In Your Internet Marketing Promotion By: margaretbourke | - As an online business entrepreneur I have learned that the only way to engage peoples interest is the talk about what they want and to show them how get it. If I were to talk about what I wanted I am sure my audience would be bored to tears. I may be terribly interested in it and be able to spend all day talking about it but I doubt if I could get anyone to listen to me.
