7 Benefits of Journaling
The power and ability to achieve greatness lies in everyone because God has created us with the power to achieve greatness. Our imaginative minds cannot be fathomed. Every limiting factor that we might possess is as a result of our fears.
I have discovered that journaling which is an act of writing down our thoughts freely is a great tool in helping individuals to harness their inner thoughts to an outward reality.
Journaling is a powerful tool for self discovery. While journaling, I would advise that you allow yourself to freely write your thoughts and ideas as they come to you. Take some time at the end of the each day or week to reflect on all that you have written in your journal.
The following are some of the benefits of journaling
1. Journaling helps you to build a relationship with yourself– It helps you to discover who you are. It makes you observant of certain patterns and qualities that are unique to you which you take for granted.
2. Journaling helps to reduce any stress that you might be feeling – Writing about your inner most thoughts and experiences helps to bring out things from your sub consciousness that you might not even know was there in the first place.
3. Journaling has healing effects – When you are able to put your thoughts and pains to paper, this is the first step in moving your self from what ever emotional pains that you might have as a result of issues that had taken place in you life or might be ongoing.
4. Journaling helps to identify inherent God given characteristics, qualities and strengths that you might possess.
5. Journaling helps to organise your thoughts and any ideas that you might have.
6. Journaling helps you to focus on what matters the most in your life and how to over come things that might be holding you down.
7. Journaling helps to develop any entrepreneurial qualities that you might possess - Ideas might come to you during the course of your daily activities that could lead to a viable business for you.
Journaling is a wonderful instrument that everyone should embrace. Be honest with your journal entries write just how you feel at that moment and reflect on it later.
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed – Anita Broonkner.
To Your Journaling Success
Pamela
Tips to help Deal With Overwhelm in your Business
Being a Solopreneur can be both interesting and at the same time overwhelming. When you are a solopreneur you work alone with probably a remote support or non at the same time. If unchecked, overwhelm and loneliness tends to creep into your workspace. This totally throws one into some sort of dark side where you have various thoughts running through your mind and you see yourself questioning why you have decided to work as a solopreneur.
I can attest to this because I have been there. Recently, I became overwhelm with so much activities going on in my business and I just had to switch off. There was no one physically present to speak with. My first instinct was to shot down everything and spend some quality time with my family.
To avoid having to plunge into this type of situation, it is very important that you have the following in place.
1. Get a virtual assistant – Part of the overwhelm experienced by solopreneurs is as a result of having to assume all roles in your business even those activities that you don’t have expertise in carrying out.
Get a virtual assistance so you can stop struggling and focus on those activities that will help you grow your business.
2. Take a break – When you sense overwhelm lurking near by, just take a break from your business. This could be from few hours to some few days. However, don’t leave the business unattended to for too long.
3. Have an accountability partner – Have someone you can talk to about your business goals and plans that will help keep you in check and accountable.
4. Network with other entrepreneurs – Attend events that your business will benefit from and meet with other business owners learning about new business trends in your industry.
5. Get yourself updated with events in your community – Take some few minutes daily and read the papers, listen to news broadcast. Don’t live an isolated life no man is an island. Take short walk and meet with friends for lunch.
Enjoy your new lifestyle without experiencing any breakdown.
To your Success
Pamela
Youth And Entrepreneurship
I was invited for a radio discussion on youth and entrepreneurship recently. It was quite an experience and an insightful one at that.
The program was interactive as well. Listeners were able to call into the program and ask questions. I would say 100% of the callers had issues with funding.The government was largely blamed for the problem. In as much as I would agree that the government has a huge role to play in setting up the right infrastructures in the area of loans/grant and making sure schools have the right curriculum that teaches on how students can acquire entrepreneurship skills. The individual has their own role to play as well. He or she has to be fully ready to assume the new role of being an entrepreneur.
It is very important to be clear on what business you want to start and how viable it is. Do you have a business plan?
When you do get the money required to start your business how do you intend to run the business? These are some of the things that need to be sorted before getting to the point of requesting for loans and grants. Anyone one within any given society has a major role to play in their own growth and development.
Start little with what you have and along the way people will definitely notice you and if what you are offering is promising , people will buy into it.
As an aspiring entrepreneur
1. Be clear on what you want to accomplish
2. Have a business plan
3. Make sure your business idea is tested for viability. A lot of new businesses fail within their first year.
4. Be business focused – Set up business goals and work with them.
5. Plan ahead of time on how to raise funds for your business.
6. make sacrifices where necessary to grow your business
Your destiny lies in your own hands don’t shift the blame take responsibility for your own success and be prepared to create an opportunity when you don’t see any.
Above all remain sincere and focused.
To your Success
Pamela
To succeed as an Entrepreneur
To succeed as an entrepreneur, you must get support from other people like, fellow entrepreneurs, coaches or family. Be inspired daily and motivated to share something valuable with your clients in anyway possible.
Don’t forget to set achievable goals and milestones that will help you know when you are making progress concerning your goals.
Daily; let your brilliance show in the way you connect with people. Nothing in life is ever achieved unless the required actions are taken with serious commitment
As the new school term starts, plan to start something new.
1. Launch a new product in your business.
2. Start a new business. It might just be a good time to move your dream to reality or
3. Attract more clients into your existing business.
What ever your plans are, make sure you utilize your time efficiently.
Use the exercise below to work on moving your self from where you are now to where you need to be.
1. Write down three things that bring you joy. Be specific
2. What is keeping you from these things?
3. How can you overcome these obstacles?
4. Make little changes daily
5. Take note of those things that inspires you
Answer the questions honestly and let everyday see you build on your core values and bring you closer to living you life purpose.
To Your Success
Pamela Evbota
Can I Ask You A Personal Question?
Today’s post is by Bernadette Doyle
There are no stupid questions. The only stupid question is the one that isn’t asked. Whether you’re just starting out or trying to grow your business to even greater heights, I’m sure you have many questions about your next steps. Usually, the questions that come into your mind are more concrete in nature: Who is my audience? Where should I open my business? How should I advertise?
Good questions, but there are others that you may not think to ask – of yourself and about yourself. These questions revolve around the person you need to be in order to achieve the success you want. These questions are so important in your journey of success. This week I invite you to get personal. Look within yourself by considering these 7 questions.
Think about them before answering them, and be sure to answer them honestly. These are the same personal questions I continue to ask myself. These are the questions that help me to propel my business higher and higher every year. I promise you, spending a little focused time here, will reap you great rewards …
Q1.<strong> Are you setting your goals according to what you truly want or what you think you should get? If your perspective is based on what you think you can do or have to do, you’re limiting your business potential. Set your goals based on what you truly want to achieve.
Q2. Do you have a burning desire? When you set out to do something you’ve never done, you are bound to encounter obstacles and hurdles. A burning desire will motivate you to overcome them rather than quitting because the going gets tough.
Q3. Where do you want to be? Design your business on your terms. The lifestyle you want to live, how much vacation you want to take, how many hours you want to work are totally up to you. Map these things out in advance so you can determine how to get there.
Q4. Are you setting the right goals? Setting goals that excite and challenge you will keep you from becoming lazy or complacent. Be careful not to set goals that are so overwhelming that they paralyze you with fear. Keep a balance.
Q5. What do you need to let go of? When you move from one level to another, in life and in business, you have to leave some things behind. It could be a habit, a former acquaintance or a work pattern, but the more old things you carry with you, the harder it is to climb. Let go of the things that hold you back.
Q6. Who do you need to be in order to do this? How you act and react is just as, perhaps even more important, than what you do. Take notice of your habits and your surroundings. Ask yourself if the person you need to be to achieve your goals would live and act this way.
Q7. What is the one critical skill you need? Learning to sell is the most critical skill in any business. The most important investment you can make in yourself is learning to sell one-to-one. Make the conscious commitment to making yourself the best salesperson your business could have.
Asking yourself these personal questions and revealing your personal, honest answers will give you insight on what you need to learn and do to achieve your goals.
Never stop asking yourself questions. Every answer will take you further and further on the road to your success.
Bernadette Doyle publishes her weekly Client Magnets newsletter for trainers, coaches, consultants, complementary therapists and solo professionals. If you want to get clients calling you instead of you calling them, then get your free tips now at www.clientmagnets.com
Simple Tips to grow your Business
Below is an excerpt from a video interview done by Jennifer Haubein of www.website2grow.com
These business tips are simple yet so amazing and can help your business to grow to the next desired level.
The Ask Factor
How many people are you reaching out to on weekly bases not just to talk about what you do? Sometimes it is easy for us to share what we do, we share our ideas but are you giving people a call to action? Are you saying come to my telecast, have a complimentary section with me? A lot of people stop at the sharing part they don’t give a call to action.
A call to action is where you monetize your business and opportunities. Look at how you communicate with people are you implementing the ask factor. Every time you speak, meet people, network, make sure there is a call to action and you are asking people to work with you. — www.Helpmorepeople.com
Signature Speech
No Matter what your business is even if you don’t want to be a speaker, always have your signature speech ready to market your business at a moment’s notice. You never know when you will have the opportunity to be called to the front of the room to tell people what you do and what you are great at and how you can serve them. With this speech you can get clients, prospects and more cash flow just because you had your signature speech ready at a moment’s notice. —— www.signaturespeechsecret.com
Ethics in Business
Do the right thing, when you have ethics in business everything falls into place. Clearly communicate your believes and your morality so everybody will know you have a common starting place in communication and can help them the best way you can. – Laura Furumoto
What do you want out of your business?
What kind of income, lifestyle do you want? How many hours do you want to work? How much freedom do you want?
Combine all these into one big vision and make sure your day to day’s activities are supporting you in growing your business in a way its going to help you reach these goals. —- www.janeoutofthebox.com
Reprinted with permission from Jennifer Haubein of www.website2grow.com
Dressing for success
Success consists of doing the common things of life
uncommonly well – Unknown
Success is an event that accomplishes it intended purpose. Success is a state of prosperity or fame.
Dressing for success literally and figuratively speaking must start from the inside out. It starts from your mindset. To attain success in life you must see yourself in your mind’s eye as been successful.
Choosing to be successful is a choice you make daily by the way to carry yourself.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.
Success has gone beyond Knowing and wanting to be a success. Your mind must be willing to move from the state of fear to a state can do and daily embracing the opportunities to excel in what ever you seek to achieve in business, and life.
The road to success is always under construction – Anonymous
If one possesses a limiting mind, fear and a myopic view concerning success it is like hitting a brick wall.
It might not always look interesting but when you remove fear and daily make a commitment to succeed no matter how difficult this might be. When the mind is conquered of fear everything becomes possible to achieve.
Attitude – The attitude that we carry around as entrepreneurs matters a lot. It determines our habits and actions.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit – Helen Keller
An attitude of despair will not produce success. Work on your attitude daily and see the positive side of life.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow -Helen Keller
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Dressing for success includes having a strong desire/ determination for success- Your definiteness of purpose helps to push you on the part of success no matter how uninviting it may be.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal – Earl Nightingale.
What worthy ideal are you working on? You must be determined to achieve your desired success. Success does not come in a platter of gold. You attract success with your attitude, desire and mindset daily.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing – Helen Keller
To your Success
Pamela
Social Media Guide
In my experience working online there are some rules that have guided
me in my journey and I would like to share some with you.
1. You must learn to connect with other people don’t just post your articles or dump your notes. Put a human face to your online presence and connect with others. Make sure you have a lovely photograph of yourself no one wants to follow a faceless person. Take time to read the conversations going on and post comments.
2. Use your social Media presence to build your business. There are lots of people out there that may require what you have to offer in your business. Send out articles and information that defines you as an expert in your field.
3. Plan your online strategy and how often you will be posting online. You must follow your allotted time. You can spend the whole time moving from one profile to another without achieve any thing meaningful. Your time online is precious don’t waste it.
4. Let every message you send out on your social network be in alignment with your business values and objectives. Carefully select your friends online. Remember your reputation is at stake.
5. Always ensure your posts are informative, educative and insightful. Let your readers be happy to have visited your site.
It is very important that you have a social media plan/strategy for your business. One that can move your business forward and build you a good credibility.
To Your Success
Pamela
