Inspiration is for Amateurs!

Inspiration is for amateurs. Professionals get up every morning and go to work. What does this mean? Amateurs will work on their business when they FEEL like it, they go to work when they're in the mood, only when they're inspired do they put in the necessary effort to grow their business. Professionals go to work everyday wether or not they feel like it, they go to work sometimes when they don't feel like it, they learn to discipline their mind to talk to people wether or not they're in the mood. They don't need inspiration to get fired up. They don't need their upline to pump them up, they don't need somebody from personal development motivating them to get them to do the things they need to do.

Do not annoy your relatives!

Do NOT annoy your relatives! Don't be the person who pitches opportunities during the holiday family get-together. Be the person that says: "You know, now is not the time, give me your number and I'll get back to you". Schedule the apointment for after the holidays, schedule the apointment for lunch or coffee or something for after the holiday get-together. You just don't want to be that person who "over does it" with your passion. A family function should be the time to get together, time to reconnect with one another, a time to meet people, a time to enjoy your family and friends. Get contacts? YES! Add people to your list? YES! Schedule appointment for another time? YES! Just don't be the one pitching INSIDE the get-together. You'll find that people respect you more, you will get better results. It's professional.

Maximize the next 6 weeks!

Building your business during the holidays is your decision. If you decide to grow your business during the next 6-8 weeks, you will grow it. If you decide to go to sleep for the next 6-8 weeks, that will create a result, too. It's sad to see people working really hard for 6 months, then go to sleep for 6 weeks and watch everything that they've built, fall apart. Decide that you will grow your business for the next 6-8 weeks! If you make the incorrect decision, you will risk what you worked really hard to build.

Don't get trapped

The following is something I observed and learned throughout the years of my professional career. If you want to succeed in business, it's important to realize how much time you spend on personal development, how much time you spend in training sessions, how much time you spend attending events and how little time you spend actually executing the things that will create you success. I learned to not get trapped in personal development. You can get trapped learning and never practicing, you can get trapped studying and never actually getting out there and talking to people. You're not going to get payed much for personal development. You eventually will get payed for it, personal development is important but so many people start down that road and they stay there, they forget that they need to execute what they learn.

Treat it like a job!

One thing I learned in this business of being self employed is that you HAVE to treat this as a regular job. You can't treat it just like a 'project', not just like a 'deal', not just an 'opportunity', treat like a JOB. If you have a job right now, you know your hours. You know when you're supposed to be into work, you know when it's ok to take break and lunch, what is expected of you and you know when you're supposed to be done. You have to know how many hours you're going to be putting into this business of yours before venturing into it. You have to show up wether you feel like it or not.