I'm speaking this Sunday 11th April at the Book Promotion Seminar and then next Saturday 17th April at my own Blogging Masterclass.
Most people when going for success in their business look to satisfy one need – they want to make money. When you see your need (your ultimate motivation) as wanting to make money, there are really only three paths to making it happen: (1) you get the knowledge (2) you do the labor and (3) you leverage your resources.
However good it may sound to you, having money as your ultimate need and core motivation is not the major driving force for success. Let’s take another need for example. Let’s look at your ultimate need as being your need for food. When you have a need for food, there are two ways to go about satisfying that need. One is to buy food with money, and two, is to grow your own food.
When you decide to buy food with money, you have the three options again – knowledge, labor and leverage. When you decide to grow your own food, you have another three options – (1) learn from successful gardeners, (2) borrow seeds in exchange for cooking and (3) get someone else to grow it for you.
The idea I’m trying to portray here is that no obstacle should really be an obstacle for your business when your need is deep and strong. The solution should be an almost no compromise answer so that your business gets what it needs to succeed.
This is one step towards discovering your core motivation.
Take a moment now to do this exercise:
Let’s just assume reincarnation doesn’t happen. One day you will be dead. And in your place you will have left something. What will that something be? How will you be remembered? What impact will you make? What will you create that continues on after you are gone?
What will be your core motivation? We get motivated by the venture of making money. A desire for respect motivates us. A thirst for achievement motivates us. The desire to excel both mentally and physically is a drive we want to pursue. Also the goal of being a creator and living a memorable legacy can be a motivation for many of us. Here are some questions to help you come up with your own reasons for playing in this arena.
Get out and give all you have. Make your goals. Find your motivation and core reasons for being. Then give it your all, plus that extra 10%. In the end, be happy that you made a difference, accomplished something meaningful to you, added value to the world, and had fun. That’s real success in my book.
Please leave me your thoughts below...
On this American day of gratitude, what are you most grateful for?
I strive to wake up every day making a list of the things I'm grateful for. So I don't think this Thanksgiving day is the only to show gratitude.
I'm grateful that I've acquired the entrepreneurial ability, know-how and confidence to build my business.
I'm grateful to the opportunity of helping other individuals become internet entrepreneurs.
I'm grateful for the thousands of musicians that have entrusted the support and training from my organisation, Insider Music Business.
I'm grateful that my birth in human form allows me the opportunity for spiritual growth.
I'm grateful for my parents, my family, my friends and my loved ones.
I'm grateful to moments and experiences in my life that have made me who I am today.
I realise that when I'm most grateful, and when I'm hanging out with those who are grateful, I live a graceful life.
I've also learnt and understood that one of the most important skills you can have in your life is the "being grateful". If you haven't realised that, I invite you to a challenge of waking up the next 10 days and taking 5 minutes to feel, think and be grateful. You'll thank yourself for doing it.
What are you most grateful for?
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As we move towards the end of 2009, and you work hard to meet your goals, what is your biggest internet marketing challenge?
Please share...
At a discussion event about Jain business ethics led by Dr Atul K Shah of Diverse Ethics Ltd.
UPDATE (21/03) - It was an interesting event. We discussed the theory and practical elements of Jain dharma that are important in ethical business practices, primarily touching on the main vows of Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truth), Aparigraha (non-possessiveness) and Asteya (non-stealing), whilst touching briefly on the permanence of the soul and the impermanence of the body that drives the business. There was an interesting difference of opinion where some though that profit maximization is fine if profit is channelled in the right way, and others felt that business should just be there to make all that's needed. What do you think?
Apologies for any brevity. Sent from my iPhone.
I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon – if I can. I seek opportunity – not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk, to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole; I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of Utopia.
I will not trade my freedom for beneficence, nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master, not bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud, and unafraid; to think and act for myself, to enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the
world boldly and say:
This, with my family and friends, I have done. All this is what it means to be an entrepreneur.
Author unknown, via Ben Casnocha, via Dave Asprey.
