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Ways Naysayers Can Actually Help You Succeed
You might think that having negative people around you would be demotivating. And it’s true that having a positive support network around you will help you succeed. But you can bet your life that there will be naysayers casting doubt on your dreams, so why not take that energy and turn it around? Find out how to use those doom and gloom merchants to spur you on to greater success. 1. Use them as inspiration Proving the doubters wrong can be a powerful motivation to get off the sofa and into action. There’s nothing like an “I’ll show them” attitude to energize you and make you focus on your goal.…
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4 Ways to Rebuild Confidence After a Big Setback
It can and does happen to anyone. One minute you’re flying, everything’s going well, and you feel great! Then something happens. A setback. A rejection. A failure. How do you pick yourself up and put your confidence back together after something goes badly wrong? Here are some things you can do to rebuild your self-worth and get that spring back in your step. 1. Acceptance Accept that things sometimes happen. A health scare, a bad investment, a big sale that falls through, a relationship breakdown. Whatever your setback, you can be sure that other people have been there before you. And it’s not likely to be the end of the…
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4 Lessons for Reframing Failure to Bring On Success
You might be surprised to hear the best thing you can do about failure is embrace it. If your presentation bombed or you didn’t get that promotion, or your big sale fell through, or you flunked that exam, embracing your failure is probably the last thing you want to do. But take it from experts, the key to success is learning to reframe failure. Consider these four lessons. 1. Failure is an opportunity to learn You cannot learn without making mistakes. No one learns a new skill right off the bat. It just doesn’t happen. Remember when you learned to ride a bicycle? You had to fall off a certain…
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5 Tips for Staying Calm When Success is Uncertain
You might wonder how successful people do it. How do they stay the course when they don’t know if they will achieve their goal? How do they know when it’s worth persevering? Researchers have found that the capacity to stay calm under pressure has a direct effect on your performance. In other words, being able to manage your emotions and stay calm under stress is a predictor of success. Managing stress is not an innate skill, its one that anyone can learn. Here are five tips on learning to stay calm under pressure. 1. Keep your self-talk positive One of the best thing you can do to stay calm and…
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How To Become A Successful Business Coach
If you want to start a career as a business coach, you are in luck. Unfortunately, todayís economy is in trouble. Consumers are reducing their spending and some businesses are finding it difficult to stay afloat. These are usually small to medium sized businesses. Since the industry needs a professional like you, you are already at an advantage. There are, however, ways that you can improve your chances of success. What are they? A lot easier than you might think. Be polite. When working as a business coach, you must first analyze a business. You examine their profits to see how short they are falling short. Look at their marketing…
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3 Reasons Why You Should Brand Your Side Hustle
Even if you have no plans of ever leaving your day job to turn your side hustle into a full-time business, it’s still a great idea to think about branding your hustle. Here’s why: 1. Your brand stands for what you want to be known for Branding is more than just your brand name (you can use your own name as a brand name) and your logo (yes, it’s good to have a logo for your side hustle). Basically, it is how your clients and customers perceive you and your business. Even if you’ve got a ton of competitors around, you can still make yourself stand out by branding yourself…
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Expect The Best & Get It!
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Business Coaching and Home Based Businesses
When it comes to business coaching, many coaches specialize in small to medium sized companies. Those with experience in executive settings, assist large corporations. Regardless of the specialty, there is money to be made. But, many business coaches are failing to change with the times. Many do not realize the potential of home based businesses, but you can and should. As you know, home based businesses come in a number of formats. For example, a mom may run a daycare out of her home, a dad may make handmade toys to sell from home, or a cosmetologist may run an in-home salon out of the garage or basement. In terms…
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6 Ways to Cultivate Optimism Each Day
You might be surprised to hear that optimism is not an innate quality. Optimism and pessimism are ways of looking at yourself and the world through a positive or negative filter. Once you think of them as reflections of your mindset, it becomes much easier to believe you can change. Like any new behavior, you need to practice every day for it to become a habit. Try these six suggestions to cultivate your optimism every day. 1. Keep a journal Journaling or keeping a diary allows you to process events and to get a different perspective on them. It encourages self-reflection and captures insights into your thinking and behavior. You…
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The Correlation Between Creativity and Success
Being successful seems like a lot of hard work. It seems like a lot of flow charts and graphs and dry, hard facts. These types of things can leave a creative person shuttering and running away before they ever accomplish anything of value. However, it is very important for us to be able to relax a little bit within the confines of our plans so that we can have the room we need to grow and be creative. Creation is the main source of innovation. If we are not able to be creative, then it doesn’t matter how great we are at planning and achieving our goals. We will not…
