What the NFL Taught Me About Being a Motivated Entrepreneur

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What the NFL Taught Me About Being a Motivated Entrepreneur

Matt Mayberry

Let’s face it, entrepreneurs and business owners deal with more stress, challenges

and setbacks than most. As the going gets hard, motivation levels tend to decrease drastically.

The experience and amount of hardships that come along with entrepreneurship

is a lot like a roller coaster. Things start off slow, then, in a blink of an eye 

rapidly shoot out the gate, offering up plenty of twists and turns along the way.

Hopefully, at the end of the ride your arms are high in the air in complete satisfaction.

That said, those twist and turns are trying times where pressure and frustration

may have you second guessing what exactly it is you got yourself into.

That’s why it’s very important we take control of our emotions and find ways to fire ourselves up.

As a former professional athlete, I had to constantly program my mind and motivate myself

even in the midst of some of the most difficult times in my life. 

These are the exact same strategies I have been implementing into my everyday life 

for the past ten years which have helped me achieve some audacious goals as an entrepreneur,

a path that has afforded me the opportunity to be a professional speaker, fit-life strategist,

fitness and health expert, author and high-performance business coach.

Here is what I have learned along the way about staying motivated all day long.

Carry a 'trigger card' around with you everywhere you go. 

I call it a “trigger” card because one glance at this note card should have you fired up 

and ready to take things to the next level immediately.

It consists of writing your two most important goals on a note card in the present tense

as if you already accomplished them. On the flip side of the card, pick two to three quotes

that really move and inspire you. Whenever you are feeling down or unmotivated,

pull your trigger card out and read it over a few times.

Talk to yourself like a champion. 

Thinking positive and empowering thoughts is one thing but talking to yourself like a champion, reconditions your thought process in an instant. With power and conviction, repeat phrases such as, “I am the greatest at what I do,” “There is nothing that I can’t do when I fully commit myself,”

and “There is nothing ordinary about me. I am a champion.”

Rewrite your goals at some point throughout the day. It is important to pick a time (or two)

during the day to rewrite your goals. From my experience, 

I have observed that a majority of people have goals wandering around in their head, 

yet, only a small percentage have clear, written out goals 

and an even smaller percentage rewrite their goals daily.

Throughout our hectic day we become very susceptible 

to fall off track and forget about what we are striving towards. 

This alone can take motivation levels to the next level throughout the work day.

Search for ways to grow and invest in your personal development.

This is a complete game changer. Constantly feed your mind with material that will uplift your spirit and help you grow in your line of work. Try turning off the music and indulging in a good audio book during your commute to work. Read for 10 to 15  minutes on your lunch break. Reach out to a friend or mentor who always seems to leave you 

in a more positive and motivated place. 

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Why Alibaba's Jack Ma Sees Himself as an 'Artist,' and Maybe You Should, Too

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Why Alibaba's Jack Ma Sees Himself as an 'Artist,' and Maybe You Should, Too

Tanya Benedicto Klich

Jack Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba visited New York and Chicago this week

to encourage American small business owners to sell more of their products 

to the growing Chinese consumer-class via the e-commerce platform 

he founded in his tiny Hanzhou apartment in 1999.

During these town hall-style discussions, he revealed his plan to reach $1 trillion in U.S. sales

in five years. Last year, Alibaba raked in $319 billion in U.S. sales alone.

He also shared some of the strategies and philosophies that helped him grow his company.

These approaches could give any entrepreneur a new way to look at business.

Here are some of the insights he shared.

Create something no one can copy.

When an audience member asked Ma if he considers himself an artist or a businessman,

especially after Alibaba’s massive IPO last September, Ma chose artist.

Ma described Alibaba and its sister sites Tmall, Taobao and AliExpress 

as works of art created by his employees and customers.

“It’s an art, something that nobody can copy. It’s not about making money.”

Fail often, but understand why.

Ma suggests entrepreneurs look beyond success stories.

“As a small business, try to learn as many mistakes as possible from others.

A lot of people fail for the same reasons. If you know why people fail, you learn progress.”

Study your peers.

Ma added that the most practical business lessons don’t always come from billionaire tech moguls. “Do not always learn from Bill Gates and Jack Ma. Learn from your neighbor,” said Ma,

explaining that your equals are likely experiencing the same business struggles as you

but may be overcoming challenges better.

Never get comfortable. 

Ma says the time to protect your business is when you don’t think you’re under threat.

“My philosophy is repair the roof while there is still sunshine.

If the storm is coming, don’t go up and repair the roof because you will be destroyed.

Every time when I feel good, when my people say, “Wow! We had a great year!”

I know, that’s the signal that we need to change.”

More staff doesn’t equal more productivity.

When the entrepreneur froze hiring last April, he faced major criticism. During his talks,

he explained that the move was part of a larger strategy for the 16-year old company.

“People said ‘Wow, [that’s] terrible business if you freeze the headcount,

that means your business is terrible.’ I think this is traditional thinking,” Ma said.

“We know the less people we have,

the more innovative we will be to create our technology and our product.” 

IPOs are difficult, but necessary.

Last September, Alibaba shattered records with its stock market debut.

Ma admitted that life was difficult for his company before going public

and that "now, after IPO it’s much worse.”

But, according to Ma, it was a necessary step.

“When we IPO, the company [becomes] more transparent.

It’s not only our people who watch us, the globe will watch us and improve us.

We may not like the criticism, but you have to get used to it.”

Find your successors early.

In early May the Chinese e-commerce shuffled top management in order to appoint

younger executives to the helm of the Internet giant, including naming COO Daniel Zhang

to replace Jonathan Lu as chief executive.

While it might seem strange for a young company to worry about succession,

Ma explains this sort of thinking can help the company evolve with its market.

Ma continued, “Just like kids. If you want a kid, you should have a kid when you’re young.

I started looking for a successor when I was 40 years old. Now I’m 51, training young people.”

“I don’t [ever] want to see: ‘Jack Ma died, our founder disappeared, 

and the company is in trouble.’ We have to look for successors.”

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247287

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Build Success Now

Hoary Plantain.

I recently met Rob at a LeftClickRightClick training event in London.

He is already successful in his chosen area of business life 

however this is his first youtube video.

As a successful person Rob did not let the grass grow under his feet

but made his first video asap because everyone starts somewhere

and the trick is to start and learn.

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Psychologists say that power does 4 crazy things to your mind

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Psychologists say that power does 4 crazy things to your mind

Drake Baer

Who doesn't desire power?

There's a little Frank Underwood in all of us.

At the beginning of "House of Cards,"Kevin Spacey's character explains 

why power beats money

Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after 10 years.

Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries.

I cannot respect someone who doesn't see the difference.

But should you find and hold power — as Underwood so deliciously does 

— it's going to do some really weird things to your perception of yourself and others.

Here's what the research says:

If you feel powerful, you're more inspired by yourself than anybody else.

According to a 2015 study led by Gerben A. Van Kleef at the University of Amsterdam,

powerful people find themselves more inspiring than anybody else.

In a study of 140 undergraduates, he found that people who agreed highly to statements like

"I can get others to do what I want" were more inspired by talking about their own life-changing experiences than hearing other people discuss theirs.

To Research Digest blogger Alex Fradera, it's indicative of self-sufficiency.

"As a matter of course, powerful people don't expect others to fulfill their needs,

and may therefore find it difficult to consider anyone else a worthy source of inspiration," 

he writes. "It's a little like a child for whom no one in the playground is up to scratch,

so they become their own best friend."

If you feel powerful, you're the first to act.

In a 2003 study led by Columbia University psychologist Adam Galinsky, people who felt more powerful than their peers were more likely to take a card in a game of blackjack,

fix an annoying fan in a room, and take action in social dilemmas.

 A 2007 study co-authored by Galinsky added to that theme,

 finding that powerful people are more likely to act first in a negotiation.

In 2012, the University of Texas' Jennifer A. Whitson found an explanation as to why: 

Powerful people are less likely to perceive — and remember — constraints to their goals.

It's like how eagles and alligators evolved to have their eyes close together.

"The vision of predators is fixated on their object of pursuit — their prey —

leaving little visual room for unexpected danger or potential threats in their surroundings," 

she and her authors write. "This directed focus allows them to pounce into action 

to secure their meal."

Same for CEOs.

If you feel powerful, you're more likely to cheat.

It's not that men are more disposed to having sex outside of their marriages than women.

According to a 2011 study led by Joris Lammers at Tilburg University in the Netherlands,

it's that powerful people are more likely to cheat.

His team surveyed 1,561 professionals, asking how high up in their organizations they were

and their history or interest in cheating.

"Results showed that elevated power is positively associated with infidelity

because power increases confidence in the ability to attract partners," they wrote.

"This association was found for both actual infidelity and intentions to engage in infidelity

in the future."

Gender didn't matter.

Powerful women were just as likely to have or pursue affairs as powerful men.

This goes against a commonly held assumption about cheating. It's not that men are inherently

more likely to cheat than women, it's just that men are more likely to hold powerful positions.

"As a social psychologist, I believe that the situation is everything and that the situation

or instance is often stronger than the individual," Lammers said in a statement. 

"As more and more women are in greater positions of power and are considered equal to men,

then familiar assumptions about their behavior may also change."

If you feel powerful, you feel distant from other people.

According to Joe Magee at New York University and Pamela Smith at the University of California

at San Diego, powerful people feel more socially distant than non-powerful people.

It happens for a few reasons:

• People become close to one another when they are "symmetrically dependent" on one another and have repeated interactions, Magee and Smith say. You and your boss aren't symmetrically dependent; you depend on her approval more than she does yours. But you and the other people

on her team are symmetrical, so you're likely to become close over time.

• Research indicates that powerful people don't need to associate with others in the same way.

• Powerful people have to think more abstractly than everybody else. 

They're concerned with meeting goals more than developing relationships.

So the isolation is a result of the social situation that power puts you in

— and the need to get things done.

It works for Mr. Underwood.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/psychological-effects-of-power-2015-3

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7 Steps You Can Take to Stop Trading Time for Money

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7 Steps You Can Take to Stop Trading Time for Money

We were all lied to. Growing up, we were sold the misconception

that we should follow the traditional career path of working 50-hour weeks

to receive a stable paycheck. In short: Get into the office early, stay late 

and even come in on weekends -- then maybe, just maybe, you'll get a raise one day.

Hopefully, if we worked “long” enough, we'd save enough money to retire at the age of 65.

So, who the hell invented that? 

Since when was there a rule saying we have to trade our time for money?

In fact, this is one of society's biggest hoaxes. 

Time is our most important commodity, and all the money in the world cannot replace that fact. 

Your income is limited by time.

When you’re trading time for money, your income will always be limited. 

The first reason: There are only 24 hours in a day to devote to the pursuit of money.

And most of us need eight hours to sleep, two hours to commute to and from work and two to four hours, total, to cook, eat, tend to hygiene, relax and spend time with friends and family.

That leaves us with 10 to 12 hours to trade in for income. That’s it.

But the reality is that no matter how much your time is worth to your organization:

$20, $30, $50 per hour, there will always be a cap imposed here: time.

Another consideration in the pursuit of money is that few of us can just ask for more

simply because we want it. We have to wait years before obtaining the necessary job promotion, and there’s a fair chance that we may not get that promotion at all.

The second reason for limits on income is that the more we make, the more we’ll lose. 

Employee tax is the most heavily taxed income there is, and the more income we earn, 

the more tax we face. Which means that when someone goes from making $60,000 to $100,000

due to a promotion, they’re not actually making $40,000 more.

Your impact is limited.

When we’re continuously trading time for money throughout our lives, time is limited

for pursuing the things we’re passionate about. This could be a hobby we love,

giving back to the community or building something that could have a real impact in the world.

Simply put, with limited time comes limited impact.

The question is, then, how do we stop trading time for money? Consider getting yourself

onto the one sustainable pathway to stop trading time for money. Follow these seven steps:

1. Change Your Mindset

The first thing we must do is change our beliefs. When we drop the mindset that says

that in order to make money, we have to trade our time for it, our minds open up to

the possibilities. There’s no rule that says that to make X dollars, we have to work X hours.

In fact, it’s more important to spend time “un-learning” the old than “learning” the new.

So, think about trading value for money, not time. Think about what value you can create

for other people, and how you can deliver that value. What assets, skills, knowledge, connections or ideas do you have that people value? Recognize your strengths and competency, then go all-in.

2. Build your expertise and authority.

Once we understand the strengths and value we can bring to others, we next need to build

expertise around it. Developing expertise translates into larger value creation for ourselves

and others, because we can now solve problems that few others can solve.

However, being recognized as an expert takes time and work,

which is why building authority is just as important.

Building authority around your expertise is what will help people discover your expertise

in the first place. You could be the best in the world at something,

but if no one has heard about you, then it doesn’t matter.

Authority has many factors to it, but the most effective are testimonials, press & media,

influencer associations and case studies. Give people the confidence to realize that you know

what you’re talking about. Developing expertise & authority will immediately increase the value

of your time and allow opportunities to come to you.

3. "10x the value of your time."

Not all of us can leap into entrepreneurship in the blink of an eye. 

This is why if you’re freelancing or providing professional services for your time,

multiply your time times 10: "10x the value of your time."

Instead of working with 10 clients that are going to pay you $2 per hour, find two that will pay you $20 -- then drop the rest. This is easier said than done, of course,

but the logic here is to stay focused on the few that deliver the most results.

That way, you'll be working fewer hours for the same, if not more income.

Which gives you more time to…

4. Focus on creating a product.

To stop trading time for money, create an offer that you can sell and deliver

without having to be there.

A powerful way to do this is to create an online product -- an ebook, training program,

membership program, software apps, etc. You can also sell physical products online,

but you’ll have to find someone who can manufacture and deliver the product to your customers (through drop shipping).

The reason why an online product can be powerful is that you can create it once,

then focus the rest of your time on selling it. Yes, you’ll have to improve and optimize the product, but those tasks will happen on your own time.

This means you could go on vacation, spend time with friends or sleep 

and still have the ability to benefit as customers purchase your offerings.

5. Automate everything.

Figure out a way to automate and systemize everything you can in your business.

This could range from how you acquire customers, to how you deliver your products,

to how you drive traffic -- multiple aspects of your business, whether that means your content calendar, automated email series, webinars, social media posts, facebook ads, etc.

The more you can systemize, the more time you’ll have to focus on the business, not in the business. Your time should be spent on long-term strategy, building relationships 

and growing the business --the drivers that will make your business thrive. 

Now of course we can’t automate and systemize everything in the business. So what do we do?

6. Hire someone.

Eventually, it just makes sense to hire someone to help you in certain areas of the business. 

How do we know which areas are appropriate? To find out, create your 3 Lists to Freedom.

This list, designed by Chris Ducker, will change the way you look at your time. 

Here’s how it works.

First, create three columns with the titles:

1. HATE doing
2. SHOULDN’T do
3. CAN’T do

Get your employee (or assistant, intern, etc.) to start with the tasks you hate doing. 

Getting past what you hate doing will not only help you appreciate the value of outsourcing tasks, it will maximize the strengths you already have and help you to avoid focusing on your weaknesses.

7. Build your next offering

You’ve built authority, you've built your product and you've figured out a way to automate

and hire someone to grow your business. What’s next?

Often, it’s not enough to have one offering out there in the market. The biggest businesses

expand into different products/services, or they find a way to upsell their current customers.

Is there a product idea that your customers have been nagging you about?

A set of features that you can add to provide a premium pricing package? 

Understand what your current customers are looking for and figure out a way to deliver it

using the systems and resources you already have in place.

Now: Reward yourself

The final step is to reward yourself. 

What’s the point of having more time if we’re not able to enjoy it?

Spend time with your loved ones, learn something new, or travel the world. 

We must be able to visualize and reward the results we have achieved in order to

associate the notion of having more time as a positive result.

Take the time to recharge, reconnect and do more of what you love. Time is only worth having 

if you spend its worth. As First Lady Barbara Bush has said, “At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or a parent.”

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/244745

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The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

3 Mistakes to Avoid When Working With a Virtual Assistant

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3 Mistakes to Avoid When Working With a Virtual Assistant

Dorie Clark

Like many entrepreneurs, I was introduced to the concept of working with a virtual assistant, or VA, by Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek. He extolled the benefits of outsourcing repetitive work

(or tasks you aren't good at or don't enjoy) so you can focus on your most valuable tasks. 

Lured by the idea of following the 80/20 rule (i.e., spending my time on the 20 percent of activities that generate 80 percent of my returns), for the past six years, I’ve worked off and on with VAs locally and around the world. They've handled a variety of tasks for me, including transcription, sharing articles on social media, uploading and formatting blog posts, 

audio and video editing, writing interview questions, and more. 

If you’re considering hiring one -- or would like to improve your working relationship

with the ones you’re currently contracting with -- here are three mistakes to avoid. 

1. Failing to scope out your tasks. Well before you hire a VA, it’s useful to make a list of tasks that you’d like them to perform for you. In my case, it includes things like booking travel arrangements, uploading blog posts and sharing articles on social media. Creating an accurate task list can help you select a VA with the right experience and aptitude. Once you hire your VA -- either through personal networking, placing an ad or perhaps by using a service such as Zirtual-- you’ll also want to put

the same level of advance thought into describing each individual task you’d like accomplished.

This is especially critical if you’re dealing with an overseas VA whose cultural reference points

may be different than yours; they may not understand that booking a Boston to Atlanta flight

with a layover in Los Angeles is a very, very bad idea. You can save yourself a great deal of trouble later by being very precise in your instructions and trying to anticipate questions your VA

might have or ways things might go wrong.

2. Not making time to review their work. It’s tempting to think that once you hire a VA,

you can delegate the task and then forget it. But, at least at first, that’s definitely not how 

it works. You need to build time into your calendar to review everything they do, 

so you can catch problems early and offer suggestions and feedback.

 Some VAs may be hesitant to alert you if they’ve hit a roadblock or don’t understand 

your instructions. So checking in frequently and monitoring their progress in the early days can ensure they’re not going down blind alleyways trying to follow instructions they’ve misconstrued. It’s easy to get busy and ignore your VA temporarily;

they’re not demanding your time the way a client would. But if you want them to be effective,

plan at least 30 minutes per day to review their work early on. That gives them timely

and actionable feedback, and will save you money because they’re less likely to have to go back

and redo tons of work.

3. Not creating a system. One of the best things I did with my most recent VA was developing

an “assistant’s manual” prior to her starting the job. I wrote down step-by-step procedures

for the most common tasks I’d be asking her to do and put all the relevant information,

such as website passwords or frequent flier numbers, into one easy-to-search document. (Depending on the task, you could also consider making online videos to demonstrate procedures to your VA.) That ensured she wasn’t constantly barraging me with basic questions and she could quickly become self-reliant. When she took on a new task, I also instructed her to write up the procedure and include it in the manual, so that it could become an ongoing reference tool for the future. The goal is to enable an easy transition and avoid having to reinvent the wheel when there’s been a long gap in between performing a particular task (such as uploading a blog post to a particular website with its own layout quirks). 

Working with a VA can exponentially increase your productivity – but that’s only if you fully leverage their time and talents. You’ll never harness the real benefit if you’re constantly having to clean up mistakes and do things over again. The only way to avoid that is by planning in advance and setting up the systems that will enable them to succeed. 

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/237858

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How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

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All aspects of regular, each-word reading and education.

Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster

www.innermindworking.blogspot.com      many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com     just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

Distractions Killing Your Flow? Try This Method.

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Distractions Killing Your Flow? Try This Method.

Jason Womack

 Are distractions getting in your way?

Have you noticed that many times when you are focusing on your work

and are approaching that momentum where things start to flow easily, you get interrupted?

Most entrepreneurs have created productivity habits that work for them, yet upon closer inspection, they realize that when they are trying to get something done, 

tasks often take more time than had been originally budgeted. 

This is caused by distractions: A co-worker who needs something from them, a phone call 

from a potential client, a team member with questions about a project.

Every time you are interrupted or distracted, the energy you were building

from moving your project forward is halted, and you need to start over.

Too many times, you need to gather new strength to pick up where you left off,

and you may waste valuable minutes trying to figure out exactly where that was.

Science continues to prove what our intuition knows: Interruptions do impact productivity. However, there may be a positive or negative impact to your productivity.

According to University of California, Irvine researcher Dr. Gloria Mark, there may be a difference between the different kinds of distractions or interruptions. 

Interruptions that add to the task at hand make us more productive. 

Alternatively, interruptions on topics different from what we’re working on force us to change 

our work rhythms, strategies and even mental states.

So what can we do about it? Identify one piece of work that deserves about 45 minutes

of focused attention. Then go to a place where you can be alone.

It can be a different office or conference room or even the nearby coffee shop.

By getting away from your desk, you will not be available for phone calls or to check your emails.

If you take your laptop with you, remember that this is time to focus on work,

so avoid doing anything unrelated to this specific task.

Can’t leave your desk? You can still have a “meeting with yourself” by simply use a digital timer

to hold you accountable to a 45-minute work session.

Before starting a work session, think of the people that might interrupt you –

it may be a team member, a client or even a manager -- and interrupt them first.

You can use the time before your focus period to get in contact with them and anticipate

anything they may need from you. 

You should also mention that you will be unavailable during the next 45 minutes 

because you will focus on a specific piece of work that needs to get done.

They will understand and over time, they will respect this focus time and avoid interrupting you.

This will not only save you time every day, but it can also make your team more efficient

and independent. Go ahead and try it for five days.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/231445

(My current favorite countdown timer is www.e.ggtimer.com.)

Turbo Charged Reading: Read more>>>Read fast>>>Remember all>>>Years later

Contact M’reen at: read@turbochargedreading.com

You can pre-read all your course material for internal knowing.

I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  

How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

www.facebook.com/mreenhunt

www.pinterest.com/mreenhunt

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:

www.turbochargedreading.blogspot.com    

All aspects of regular, each-word reading and education.

Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster

www.innermindworking.blogspot.com       many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com      just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”