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Laughter may or may not be a shock, relieved, but its’ therapeutic effects are recognised in most cultures. It allows a positive distractive moment or moments. When things are tough, rough, overbearing or endless, a quick laugh can help to transcend an obsessive reality.

Where could the harm lie?

Where the outcome is refreshment, where is the loss? A few moments of production lost to relaxation, perhaps, couldn’t be considered a waste.

When a busy life is led, how could such a short reprieve be such a long loss?

It is an area of philosophy for those who like to compartmentalise, and an area of spiritualism, such is its’ power, to some who don’t need to put it anywhere.

Children are encouraged to participate in laughter, by adults, who often forget the reason for it. Why is it encouraged, if unnecessary? Perhaps it is a social tool and a tool to project hope. Hope, which is spiritualism, must go some way in forgetting the immediate, and sometimes the immediate, needs to be forgotten.

It is probably true that most people obsess, almost to the point of mental paralysis, with no major benefits. Obsession and focus can get many things accomplished, and also leave many things forgotten or overlooked. Multi-directional focus and the impartiality needed to do it, cannot be done by everyone, and is therefore too much effort for too little return.

A moment to refresh and relax is generally put into boxes such as meditation, and the disciplines that bring it. A grown man with a “macho” background wouldn’t (his reasons are many) or couldn’t be seen to participate in Yoga, for example only, but can easily interact with the cross-platform of generally accepted, “laughter”.

A relatively difficult physical position is not necessary for temporary mental migration, and indeed, a particular type of costume designed to facilitate physical positions can be left to those who are comfortable with such costumes.

So, while disciplines are of great benefit, mentally and physically, they don’t embrace all, as all can’t easily be embraced.

As children are encouraged to forget the enormity of the moment, who is going to look out for the rest of us? The moments can still be enormous, and some will say that the best days of your life is when you are young. There is more to consider, with age, as more appears to be present, to consider.

Still though, most grief and its’ facets, are personal. Your pain is unique, in much the same way that your “toothache” is always more painful than the stories of other peoples’ toothaches.

It probably follows then that your enormous moment is not much different than the moments of another, except it is more personal. The point of that is while someone else can be told to cheer up, so can you, and you can tell yourself.

“You either have to know this, or use something that will bring the same results”.

“A sense of humour is a sense of spiritualism, or a sense to achieve it”.

Humour is more universally social and less universally personal than negative emotions. Indeed, it a morale booster with known value in production, and the only thing of value in a predominately negative situation.

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Last chapter I told you I was going to summarize the principals of being an entrepreneur in these first 16 chapters.

PRINCIPAL 1: Trust your instincts to connect you to that infinite intelligence available to you.

Over and over and over in my life I have learned that when you are trying to create a business you will run into seemingly unsurmountable odds. But if you want to be an entrepreneur you can’t stop.

There are many ways you can deal with unsurmountable odds, but one is a great gift from (fill in your blank here)__________, (eg. God, Universe, Goddess, infinite intelligence, or whoever or whatever you believe to be a supreme force in the universe).

This gift almost always works once you yourself have tried to do it on your own in every concievable way. You have to think of every possible solution, but once you have exhausted your resources, put the question you need answered to your subconsious mind and then forget about it.

Edison did this constantly. When he was stumped he would take a cat nap and awake with the answer.

You have heard I am sure many times people saying, “I just woke up and had the answer.” Think about it.

So a very important principal is to trust your instincts.

Your instincts will guide you if you have done your share of the hard work in trying to solve the problem yourself. But at some point you have to let go of it and just wait for the answer.

PRINCIPAL 2: Be open minded in looking for what people want to buy and how to present it to them.

The next thing I learned was to test different sales approaches and different products until you find out what it is people want.

It is much easier to sell products people want then to try to convince them to buy something they don’t want.

It is also important to get the feedback personally. Since I did most of my sales as a child going door to door, I got to see exactly how people responded to different products and sales approaches.

Books are great to help you learn different sales closes or presentations. And there are tons of opportunities on what to sell. But until you test them out yourself you will not know what works for you and you need to experience people’s reaction to the products.

Don’t be afraid to test out different products or services until you find the one that gets you AND your customers excited. If you sell products or services that excite you, and your customers are receptive to them, you have a winner.

PRINCIPAL 3:

Persistance wins out in the long run. Remember how I returned to the fellow that turned me down every week or more for over a year? Eventually I found the service he wanted and the presentation. Just don’t quit.

Remember how I eventually took over all my competitors lawn mowing jobs by must persistantly being available to his customers? Just don’t quit.

This does not necessary mean to hound a person to death, but you should politely follow up as long as possible until they make it clear not to contact them anymore.

Also the persistance of performing your sales routines is important. Keep going to new prospects, keep perfecting your products and services, just keep on and keep on. Dont’ stop

I read a story this week about the man that invented Velcro back in 1955. He was sure that people would want this product. He worked on it for 6 years and lost everything he had working on it until finally he ended up in a cabin in the mountains still trying to solve the problem.

He finally did solve the problem and by 1958 was selling 50 million dollars worth per year of his velcro invention.

Thomas Edison found 10,000 ways a light bulb would not work before finding the right way.

Being an Entrepreneur requires a lot of persistances. It is not all fun and games, but the rewards can be extravagant if you do not quit.

PRINCIPAL 4: You cannot hear them say no.

When someone tells you no, just consider it another learned lesson. It is not a judgement against you, it simply means you did not have the product or service or presentation that person at that time needed.

But that does not mean you will not eventually find the product or service or presentation that person will need. Just don’t give up and dont’ say no.

Just go on to the next person and keep going through all your prospects. Check back with the people that told you no in a fair amount of time with another offer or another product or another presentation.

They said no before to a different offer or product or presentation, not the next one you are offering.

PRINCIPAL 5: Be gentle.

The only way people are going to let you contact them over and over is if you are polite, gentle, and respectful.

Don’t be pushy. Don’t be rude. Don’t interrupt.

ALWAYS LISTEN. Always CARE about your prospect.

Always try to see how you can help your prospect.

I will be presenting more principals in how to be an entrepreneur over the next chapters, first in story form and then in summary.

Thank you for being my reader!!

You can read all the chapters of “How To Be an Entrepreneur” by going to http://salessuccessmagazin e.com. These stories are copyrighted by Timothy L. Drobnick Sr. 1995 thru 2005. Any person using this article must publish it without modification and include authors bio and links.

Experiencing strong emotions is not uncommon. What is uncommon is applying these emotions to motivate you to change and grow.

Having said that, here are five emotional states that can change your life, if you act on them:

commitment, desire, disgust, decision and focus.

Commitment

If you are committed there is always a way, and usually more than one way. The key phrase here is if you are committed. Commitment to a relationship, exercise, career or achieving goals means that no matter what, I’m sticking to it, I’m seeing this through.

One of the nice things is that when you are committed to something, you seem to find yourself involved with other committed people.

The late singer-songwriter Harry Chapin said “Whether it’s to a cause, a relationship or something else, when you hang out with people who are committed, you hang out with the folks with the live hearts, the live minds, the live eyes.”

Applied to marriage, this notion of commitment is much more than just being committed to avoiding divorce. It’s the commitment that you will do everything in your power to make the relationship a great place to be.

Desire

“How bad do you want to beat Edgewater?” my high school football coach screamed in my face when he caught me going a little too easy one day in practice. That one has stayed with me because he was right: The amount of desire I had that day was showing up in the actions I chose to take.

Desire is reflected in your actions. Desire with little or no action is not worth much. So ask yourself frequently, “How much do I want this?”

Disgust

Disgust is not typically an emotion associated with positive change. Or is it?

Have you ever been disgusted with a situation, a relationship or yourself?

Most of us have, of course. But have you ever been so disgusted that you were motivated to change no matter what? Being sick and tired of being sick and tired with something can be a fantastic motivator for change when you decide “no more, not again, not ever!”

Decision

The root word for decision is incision, which means to cut. So when you decide, really decide, that something will be different in your life, you “cut off” any other possibility. And it’s reflected in your view of and attitude toward life.

Bill Marriott of Marriott Hotels said, “Failure? I’ve never encountered it. I just stumbled over a few temporary setbacks.”

That’s decision in motion.

Focus

Each one of us is bombarded every day with hundreds of things trying to get our attention. Focus is an emotional state that pulls together commitment desire, disgust and decision.

When I see people struggling with where they want to go, one of the first places I look is their power of focus. We tend to be pulled toward that which we focus on. Lack of focus usually equals lack of success and achievement.

Focus on all the distractions pulling for your attention, and you’re not likely to get where you want to go. Focus on where you want to go and you are likely to get there.

Commitment, desire, disgust, decision and focus.

Don’t just experience these emotional states, apply them to create the life you desire.

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Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself,and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.~Peter Latham (1789-1875)

In the Chinese philosophy of Taoism, right action and right living create a life of harmony and delight.

When a balance occurs between opposing forces, then your life flourishes.

When action is followed by rest, when initiative is followed by reflection, and when willful intent is followed by utter surrender, then you are following a path of optimum power.

I think the most fascinating example of what balance in the cosmos can do is in the story of how the ancient wisdom of the East has merged with modern scientific reckoning.

Six thousand years ago, sages plotted the web and woof of the universe, using esoteric meditative techniques, and today, modern scientists, using unbelievable technologcal probes, have come to the same conclusions about the nature of the cosmos.

A rishi from ancient India and a modern quantum physicist from Harvard university would have a fascinating discussion about how the universe is glued together.

The new balance between East and West, Metaphysics and Science, right-brain thinking and left-brain thinking has revealed a marvelous design to the structure of reality.

Similarly, we as individuals, living in a time when the most amazing possibilities are available, would be wise to take stock of who we are and what we can become and then balance out our dreams with the opportunity for their realization.

Imagine, for a moment, how your life might improve if you were to attain a balance in all your affairs, enjoying optimum relationships, financial success, vibrant health, and an ongoing education about the world.

I believe that when your life is in balance, everything will take on a magical quality. Things will fall into place almost effortlessly. Your experience of being alive will be deeper, richer, and more fulfilling.

Balance is a personal, dynamic force that conserves energy, rejuvenates vision, and harmonizes the disparate aspects of a life.

A person in balance finds a way to maximize resources and minimize pockets of scarcity.

When we can identify what our lives stand for, then we will attain the harmony we need to organize our experiences to be deeply meaningful, uplifting, and gratifying.

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Success sometimes takes a simple, little thing, not a big one. A small tweak, not a major change.

And one of the most powerful Success strategies is the Power of the Small, Simple Adjustments that can make HUGE quantum leaps in your life.

The word SMALL stands for:

“Success (is) Making Adjustments (through) Lots (of) Littles.”

Many times, we tend to look at the big things that need adjusting, and changing. That could include personality, goals, communication, and leadership. There is nothing wrong with that as that is needed many times to reconstruct a Success Structure within. And there are good reasons to do so as well. Especially when you are leading an organization that has thousands of folks.

But leading yourself is a whole different story and requires “Lots of Littles.” Little changes that are easy to make, and highly effective.

Why do people take the time to do what many times is not needed in their Success Journey?

They tend to complicate the easy changes. They have a tendency to confuse the perfectly clear.

We waste time in our Success pursuit trying to reinvent ourselves, when Small, Simple Adjustment would work wonders. Small adjustments in what you think, say, and do in your Success Journey on a daily basis.

A Small, Simple, Adjustment for your Thinking, would be to understand that you control your thinking, or be aware that someone else does that has influenced you. You need simply to make a small adjustment in your perception of your thinking.

Imagine that your mind contains a DVD player, and you can put on your DVD any movie that you want. Instead of viewing on your DVD a weak, failure prone life and mediocre day, you need to put on your DVD a powerful, Successful day and life, and failure is not a possibility.

DVD stands either for “Doubling Victory Daily!”

Or DVD stands for “Discouraged Victim Daily.”

It all depends on what you want to put on your mental DVD, and want to watch during the course of the day. A Small, Simple, Adjustment of watching a movie of Success could mean the difference of $100,000 a year in income.

A Small, Simple, Adjustment for your words would be to get rid of the negative words, and any foul language. Easy to do, if you set your minds to it. Start speaking with a positive focus and get rid of any language that does not serve your Success.

Start speaking possibilities, not problems. Start speaking what you are going to do, not what you don’t know what to do. Start making a small adjustment in the action of your words, and make sure they are forward focused, not challenge focused. Start speaking Success into your future, not mediocrity as most people do.

Use words like “will,” and “must”, instead of might and may. These are the types of small, simple, adjustments that can create a powerful communication style in everything you do.

A Small, Simple, Adjustment for your actions, would be to engage what you are struggling to start, but baby step it. Simply break down even the simplest task into baby steps, and engage them one at a time with ease. We have a tendency to try and take massive actions that many times can be overwhelming, intimidating, and discouraging.

We believe that the Success Strategy of “Baby Stepping Success’ makes it easier to create Success in your life, and are small, simple, and effective. It is NOT what you think of doing, or say you are doing, but WHAT you are doing that matters, and many times it is the small, simple adjustments in your actions that can make a HUGE difference in your Success.

Don’t plan on working long hours, and getting bogged down in the details of things. Take small, effective steps that will create the outcomes you WANT, not the ones you usually take. All Success is, and ever will be, are “action baby steps” that have been taken, and when combined together along with their outcomes, produces the Success you are seeking.

Success Strategies are vital, and the Success strategy of Small, Simple, Adjustments in what you think, do, or say over a period of time, can make a HUGE difference in your Success and Personal Success Strategies.

You CAN Baby Step yourself into Success with this Success Strategy!

Blessings…doug

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The most beautiful flowers, in conjunction with their design and color schemes, create feelings that enhance our mood. They are a simple and sincere way to lift our spirits.

The most beautiful flowers can bring a smile to someone face who has been sick or having a rough day. The presence of flowers has a profound impact on ones state of mind and emotions.

Flowers trigger feelings of happiness and help us cope with anger and pain. They help us stay calm and relaxed. They can also help relieve stress.

Imagine a beautiful flower, see it in your mind, smell the aroma it gives off. Imagery has been used for relaxation and to help reduce stress for centuries. It is a simple concept that you can do anytime of the day, anywhere you are. Just take a few minutes and try it, you will be amazed at how much better you feel.

A beautiful bouquet of flowers is a wonderful way to say “I Love You” to someone special. There are also special occasion flower bouquets that can be sent for various events to let others know that they are in your thoughts. It is so easy to buy fresh flowers online and everyone enjoys receiving them. Fresh flowers can be sent almost anywhere and delivered directly to the destination of your choice.

Flowers are an easy and affordable way to bring a smile to someone you love or rejuvenate yourself physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The most beautiful flowers will add a splash of color to your life and truly reach your soul.

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Remember when you were young – and I mean really young – back to those days you can’t even remember well. You were sitting on the floor. You are building that special tower. Concentrating on that final piece. At that moment you hear the scratching steps of the dog approaching.

Sometimes it is difficult to let go of what you have constructed in the past. You’re the father of a new idea and this idea has been accepted. The idea has been sculptured in the organization, people are using it and after years you nearly forgot it was yours. It was rather good. Yet, that was the past.
Today you are joining the team again and it is someone else who gets the credits for a new concept. Everybody agreed and people are leaving the room, “it time to build something new.” Unfortunately it’s your toy that bears the consequences. It is of no longer use. They call it the legacy issue. It has been working fine for years but now it is over.

In order to construct something new you might need to destruct something old. Although not always. But if it is the case, let go of that previous idea. Cut the emotional strings and let it free. That’s when the baby is born: no more strings attached.
If you are digging for gold and that single hole doesn’t seem to bring you any; jump out and start digging at some other place. Do it when others can still see you. They can put out their hand to you.

The dog is entering the room, glad to see you. Wagging with his tail. It is time to play.
How will you react when the pieces end up scattered around the corners of the room?

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The level of motivation that a person has depends a lot on the personality of that person. If a person has the personality of a quiet, shy type of person, their motivation will come from living within that personality.

They are more likely to get motivated in different ways to that of a person who has a loud and bold personality. If a person has a go-getter personality then their motivation will be strong and vivacious, with a nothing can stop them type attitude.

Personality has a big impact on how we are motivated in our lives. Motivation and personality are definitely connected.

There are three basic personalities that seem to be motivation for what we do and who we want to become.

1. The need for power

This personality has a strong desire or drive to make people act or behave in a way that they would not otherwise behave.

This type of motivation is usually found in a strong-willed person. They like to be in charge of situations. The motivation is more for power and prestige than doing a great job.

2. Need for achievement

This type of personality has a strong drive to excel. This person usually strives to succeed at everything they try.

They avoid really hard tasks as well as really easy tasks. They like 50/50 odds and are not gamblers. The motivation is to achieve it on their own with their own skills.

3. Need for affiliation

This type of personality has the need for strong interpersonal relationships with others. This person is usually a soft-spoken quiet individual.

This person strives for friendships. The motivation for this personality is being cooperative rather than being competitive. They seek mutual understanding.

There are also combinations of one or more of these types of personalities, as well. They determine what motivates a person to do the things that they want and need to do.

Whichever personality a person possesses, they need to start with goal setting to achieve motivation. The first step is setting goals that are realistic to your specific needs and wants.

Try not to set these goals too high, nor too low. Either one of these will cause undesirable results. The goals must be possible to attain or they are useless to us. This step is essential to motivation. You can’t be motivated if you do not have goals.

Rewarding yourself for your hard work and effort is another essential part of learning motivation. There must be rewards for a job well done. It is what keeps us going.

Motivation and personality do go hand in hand. As you can see, different people and personalities are motivated by different drives. Successes are measured by different motivations and rewards.

Peter Murphy is a peak performance expert. He recently produced a very popular free report that reveals how to crush procrastination and sustain lasting motivation. Apply now because it is available for a limited time only at: motivation techniques.

My recent trip to Hawaii reminded me of the power of contrasts. One day I was in Watertown, MA, where the natural world is incidental and mild. Two days and two long plane trips later, the dominant and powerful nature of volcanoes, crashing surf, and lush tropical plants filled my senses. The balance and proportions had changed dramatically. Such sudden rearrangements make one stop and look around!

Many people choose to live in Hawaii BECAUSE the natural world is so dominant and magnificent there – it feeds their souls. It’s a tough economy there, so in order to survive, many people work 2 or 3 jobs, and many live at a subsistence level. The people I talked to were quite conscious and intentional about the tradeoffs they were buying into and were at peace with them.

The innkeepers at the Bed & Breakfast where we stayed had glimpsed these options and made major changes in their lives. They’d relocated from Southern California, where they had become increasingly unhappy with the encroachment of urban sprawl into their lives. They sold their home and bought the Hawaii property on which they now run both a B&B and a working coffee and macadamia nut farm. This industrious couple in their 50’s work hard in their two businesses, and love the life in Hawaii it affords them. They are conscious of their “new deal” every day, as they meet on their lanai (balcony) at the end of their long workday, and watch the sun set on the Pacific.

Such changes are hard, as many of us adopt a buy-and-hold way of navigating our lives. We figure things out once, and don’t keep assessing. I once heard the late folk musician Jim Ringer describe his approach to re-tuning his guitar during a concert: “I just tune the sucker once, and don’t look back.” Many of us use that approach in our lives. We figure out where to live, how to earn a living, and make hundreds of other decisions about our lives, and then shift into automatic.

We can be caught up short, though, if we start to feel significantly off-course in some way. As citizens of the 21st century, our knee-jerk inclination is to get a new job, find a new lover, or BUY something (anything). But a more constructive approach may be to take a step back and ask ourselves what tradeoffs we are living with, and whether they are still valid for us.

Trade-offs often trail after decision-making. A single mom I know worked for many years in a fast track, high-paying professional job. Recently she realized she no longer wanted the tradeoff of working very long hours for very large income. No longer willing to tolerate having so little time with her daughter, she negotiated a part-time schedule and is learning to live on less income. She is re-crafting her relationship with work, establishing stronger boundaries around it, and expanding her relationship with her child. She’s much more at peace with this new arrangement because it aligns better with her current priorities and values.

What tradeoffs have you bought into, and are you at peace with them? It can be very useful to take a look at these every once in a while. Of course there’s the risk that you will find that you are off-course somehow, and will need to make some changes. But know that there is also risk to not looking – you will still be off-course, but you will not be conscious enough to make any changes. Staying unconscious is a lot like a volcano – what’s deep within can erupt at any time.

COACHING TIPS:

1. List the trade-offs you are currently living with.

2. Ask yourself if any of them need to be adjusted, either on a large or small scale?

3. If so, brainstorm how the adjustment might look.

4. See if there are any next steps you would be willing to take.

5. If so, take them.

If you’re considering hiring a coach to help you with challenges like these, contact me at sharon@stcoach.com for an initial consultation at no charge.

Copyright 2003, Sharon Teitelbaum. All rights reserved.

Your life is an expression of your mind. If you want to change your life, you must change your thinking. The quality of your life reflects the quality of your thoughts.

Everything starts with intention. Conscious intention aligns the heart, will, mind, and spirit. It is a powerful tool for co-creating your life.

The dictionary defines “intention” as an aim that guides action. Intention simply signifies a direction or a course of action that one proposes to follow: It is my intention to take a vacation next month. The thought leads to the result.

You connect to intention by first imagining what you want and then allowing yourself to experience it as if it had already happened.

Over the past nine years as a coach, I have repeatedly witnessed the power of intention as my clients have listened to their wiser selves and then taken action to manifest their heart’s desires.

It all starts in your mind. Anything you can conceive of in your mind has the possibility to be realized. By forming an intention, you are planting a seed that will blossom and grow. What you focus your energy and attention on truly comes to be in your life when combined with action.

A simple example of the power of intention that many of us have experienced is to decide in your mind before you go off to sleep exactly what time you want to wake up in the morning. Imagine, for example, that you want to be up by 7AM. Plant that seed in your mind and visualize waking up refreshed with your clock reading 7AM. Then go to sleep, and let the power of your mind go to work to follow through on your intended result.

Trust that if you set out your intention with clarity and make the space for it, whether it be the physical space or the emotional/spiritual space, and listen to your wise inner self, the messages will get clearer and your goals will be attained. Hold your dreams out as something possible.

Intention is about consciousness, choice, commitment – and the will and dedication to follow through. By applying intention, attention, action, and gratitude to our daily lives, it is possible to create the lives we want and to achieve peace and contentment in a demanding, ever-changing world.

Align yourself with you deepest intentions, and your desires can be fulfilled

Your intention must inspire you and continue to inspire you. You can use the power of your intention to create the life you want right now!

How do you currently apply these principles to your career and to your life?

Take a moment to think about your life. – What do you know could be different? – What’s possible? – What are your deepest desires? – What are you ready to change?

Begin today to take responsibility for what you intend in your life. Start each day with a brief intention to support your goals and personal development. It may be for how you would like your interactions with others to be, what you would like to have more or less of in your life, a dream you would like to achieve, or perhaps the qualities you would like to exhibit.

Keep your thoughts to yourself on what you intend to create.

At the end of each day, take five minutes to reflect on where you see the power of intention at work in your life. Recap your accomplishments using the principles of acknowledgement, acceptance, and gratitude. Your journal can be used for recording these thoughts or you can simply make some quiet time to reflect. Notice where and how your intentions have come true.

To reach your dreams, begin walking in the direction you want to go!

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