[Mid Week Inspiration] To Succeed in Life/Business…..
Courtesy Office.Microsoft
Circumstances varies for different people and the are locked in situations they never imagined they would ever be but, they say life happens when we don’t make plans and I dare say even when we do make plans and don’t follow through, life still happens .
To succeed in life you must have some basic facts
1. Not everyone will like your dream
2. Not everyone will believe in your dream
3. Not everyone will be happy to see you succeed
4. Don’t base the possibility of your success on other people’s approval of your dream.
5. The only person that needs to believe in your dream without any reasonable doubt is yourself.
6. Trust only in God when all else fails
7. Make sure the dream that you have is not the wish and desire of your parents or some else. You just might spend the better part of your life pursuing a path that is not yours. This is definitely double jeopardy.
8. Enjoy working on your dream. Don’t make it look like life has dealt you a hard blow.
9. Live with intention daily
In working with women I have come to realise three strong factors that are obstacles to their success as entrepreneurs.
1. Trust and believe in themselves and their dreams – Until you believe in yourself and your dream you cannot carry others along.
2. Lack of commitment to follow through on their goal/plans - Without total commitment no one can fully achieve their goals
3. Lack funds to run their business – Funds are most times in short supply
If you desire to succeed never make any excuses step on any obstacles as they shoot at you. You can succeed you just have to keep going even when you don’t feel like. But then what has your feelings got to do with it, just keep going and never let your eyes off your WHY and the big picture.
Looking forward to your comments.
To Your success,
Pamela Evbota
4 Ways to Reposition Yourself/Business for Success
The main reason we set up our businesses is because we want to be successful. Success here can be measured in money which pays the bills, the number of people we are able to help and affect for good and being able to make a difference. But this becomes a defeat when our business is not able to achieve any of these.
How do you react to this type of situation? Do you pack up your business and move on to the next best idea or you stay put and hope and pray that a breakthrough will come your way. I don’t think either of them is a good solution.
Below I would like to share with you 4 ways you can reposition yourself and your business to achieve the success that you desire.
1. Change your Mindset – Our mind is often the spring board where all success and failures begins. If you have a mind set of lack and fear you would definitely manifest this in the way you see your business and carryout your business. Every battle and victories of life must first be won in our minds before we can achieve it.
If you don’t believe in your business and in the success of your business you will act in fear and, no amount of marketing will take you to the success you want. What you mind think is often seen in the ways you act and carry out your business.
It is possible to make a success out of your business but first you mind has to believe in your business and then see victory.
2. Re – evaluate your Dream – How big is your dream? Have you reduced your dream out of fear or you are walking on safe grounds to avoid failure? Out of fear, you may have decided to reduce the size of your dream.
Ask your self these question and be sure to provide an honest answer. Is your dream big enough to have a large market that you can sell to? Are there people who are willing to buy what services or products you have to offer? Be sure to reassess what your business is offering and be clear on this and find ways you can better serve them.
Sometimes our businesses don’t succeed due to lack of consumers/demand for what we are offering. If you find yourself in this position, starting a new business might not be the solution that you need. An expansion/enlargement of your business idea might make the difference.
3. Re evaluate your plan – Is your business plan working and bringing in the customers/clients and on the long run money that your business needs to grow? If the answer is no then, you need to re evaluate your plans or you need new plans altogether.
Spend time working on your plan either with a coach/mentor. Always seek for better ways to monetise and add value to your business and services.
4. Take actions daily – Take action on your plans everyday. Outline what needs to be done who needs to be part of your team to achieve your purpose in business. No matter the size of your dream or what plan you have. Until you start being productive with the actions that you take, you are not going to move forward.
When our minds and our time are re evaluated and we take massive action we will definitely achieve success.
The clock is ticking and days are drawing to the end of the year does your business need re positioning to achieve your goals for the year? Then you definitely need to reposition your self to achieve success.
What is your take on this? Do leave a comment.
To Your Success,
Pamela Evbota
8 Ways to Use Social Media Effectively
Courtesy InstantShift
That the social media is the new form of communicating and contracting businesses and getting one’s dream job is no longer news. But how effective is it working for you personally and for your business? As with everything in life the social media has it rules of engagement. If you follow them, the time spent on your various networks and groups will be more meaningful to you and your business.
But before you start joining various social networks you must know why you are online. This must be clear to you before your first tweet or post or article. When you are definitely clear on this, you would know what conversation to take part in, people/ company to accept as friends or follow. If you have been online for some time now take some time and re evaluate the reason why you are on facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Google+. Ask your self am I fulfilling this purpose? If you think you have lost track it never too late to re strategize and focus on you social media goal so you can gain effectively from it.
To effectively use the social media, it is very important that everyone is;
1. Authentic and maintains a credible behaviour. – Don’t pretend to be who you are not let the real you come through in your conversation and what you have to offer if you are a business owner.
2. Have a picture on your profile people want to connect with you first before any wonderful message or product you have to offer. Expect it is a company page/ profile do have your picture on display.
3. Be careful what you write and who you ‘friend’ online. Before accepting anyone as friends especially on facebook be sure to check out the person’s profile. Yes profiles can be doctored but be sure to check a potential friend out before hand. If you have mutual friends see who they are.
4. Plan your time wisely or you just might spend the whole day moving from one profile or site to another site without a predetermined purpose. Know what you want to post and how many people you want to leave a comment on their wall.
5. Have an aim to your social networking daily, weekly and monthly. What do you hope to achieve with your online presence. This will help you engage with others properly.
6. Don’t be a broadcaster learn to converse with others. Reply people’s tweets, leave a comment on their wall. If they say something that resonates with you leave a comment or like their post. It mustn’t all be business add a human voice to your discussions but don’t over do it. Have a balanced mix.
7. Let the topic of discussion / blog post on your web site tie in as much as possible with your tweets and facebook entries if you are a business owner.
8. Use social media to build long lasting relationships, get new clients, and launch your business or your products. Above all use the social media to get the message across that you are real and can be trusted.
Use the social media wisely and effectively.
Do leave a comment I would love to hear from you
To your Success,
Pamela Evbota
Mumpreneur Now in the Dictionary
Finally the word Mumpreneur has made its way into the Collins dictionary. This has caused a lot of debates and a sort of love/ hate/indifference conversations. Many people like me have welcomed the development; some people are indifferent while others can’t just seem to understand why Mumpreneurs are different from Entrepreneurs and why they have to get a special name for themselves. Albeit some people see it as seeking for some special consideration but, I don’t think that is what it is all about.
What is my take on this? Let see the definitions of the word Mumpreneur. I featured a guest post some time ago from Eric Douglas of little mummy. I will share a bit of her definition and the rest you can read from my site. Defining the term mumpreneur
‘A mumpreneur is someone who seeks an opportunity, takes a risk or innovates to make the change in her life that will allow her to fulfill her role as a parent in a way that is more meaningful to her’
My definition – I believe the term best describes a woman who is deliberately growing her business organically so she can handle the responsibility of taking care of her family. It is not used to solicit for a special support; it is just what it is; a mum and an entrepreneur working with her kids not far from her workstation.
What makes her different from an entrepreneur? Her underling motive/reason for going into business. Some women have chosen to spend time at home around the family so they can be there for their kids; especially at their developmental stages in life. At the same time, these women have started a business on the side. While I am not judging those who are not able to do this, a mumpreneur is in business first so she can spend time with her family before any financial gains which is not bad but equally important to her.
The Collins dictionary describes the word Mumpreneur as – A woman who combines running business with looking after her children.
What is your take on this? I would love to hear from you.
To Your success,
Pamela Evbota
Stomping Out Domestic Violence
courtesy Laila Jean
Everyday women are battered and maimed. They are abused physically and psychologically. The physical abuse ranges from acid bath to mutilation and total disfiguring of the woman and death. I believe the psychological injury is worse; this form of abuse is usually the first stage. The woman is abused and torment by the use of verbal words. Her worthlessness and self esteem is dress down to the point where she believes for a fact that she is worthless.
How inhumane can we be? How evil can a husband who at a point was madly in love with a woman being to torment her to the point of harm. What could have led to the various cases we see and hear about? If your spouse or friend has offended you and it hurts to the bones would physically harming this person make it okay?
Everyone should always honour and respect every relationship that you have permitted into your life. Observe the people you call your friends know what they like and what triggers their temper. That an individual has a temper does not give him the right to harm another to the point of death.
If you observe that you have got a quick temper deal with it. Don’t let your weakness become your down fall and a community’s heart ache.
Friends, its time to rise up and stomp out Abuse in homes, one person at a time. My scar might not be physical, it might be psychological don’t wait till I show up with a physical scar or we hear of a death.
Let’s join hands with Laila Jean and the Acts Generation on October 27, as we match and take a stand against domestic Violence.
Visit www.actsgeneration.org
10km Walk to STOMP OUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & ABUSE on Thursday, 27th October, 2011
Date: Thursday, 27th October, 2011
Place: Ikeja, Lagos State
(route details will be stated later)
Time: 8am – 12 noon
Cause: Awareness and enlightenment about advocacy laws for victims and supporters
I will be there; I hope to see you too.
To Your Success,
Pamela
[Mid Week Inspiration] Just Show Up
‘How Stupidity Save my Life’ Okechuwku Ofili. It was a whole day’s event and it was packed with information. Ofili over delivered; so much so no one was willing to leave after the event. Networking was up and I met with wonderful men and women eager to put a dent in the universe. I have been fired up with ideas and like ofili will say ‘Our greatest moment is now’. If you don’t implement wonderful ideas that you might have they will always remain ideas and they would not yield any results.
In the past weeks I have been off the social network radial working hard on my book. Today is my deadline. I am working hard to keep to it. At the beginning of this year while writing my goals, writing a book wasn’t part of it and yet here I am writing one. I am so happy about this part of my life and business that has opened up to me. It is important to always have an open mind about the issues of life because opportunities are bound to come flooding our way.
This year a new world of writing has been greatly opened up to me and it has become a source of income for me. My workbook – The Quest for Purpose has been having great feed back from numerous readers. I have had radio interview and a book reading. All of these were never a part of what I thought would be my path this year but, as a result of writing a Workbook opportunities have opened up to me.
The most important thing we can do for our selves is show up daily just as we are. Have an open mind because you never know what path God is charting for you. Don’t be a perfectionist; don’t wait until you retire from your job to start working on that thing you have always wanted. There is no perfect timing in life. The perfect time is now; you are good enough just as you are. The world is waiting for you and the gifts you have to offer.
Just show up daily.
To Your Success,
Pamela Evbota
Take the Risk
Steve Jobs said, “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition”. He did and changed the way we live and use technology (Mac, ipod, iphone, ipad) He is gone but, we can’t stop talking about him.
How about you? Do you have the courage to follow your heart or do you want to remain on safe harbour wishing every risk taker a fair journey?
Stop engaging in meaningless work. Take the risk and when you fall or fail dust your self and try again. After all Steve Jobs was kicked out of his own company. He didn’t call a pity party he kept going and started another business and was called back to run the company till he passed on.
Don’t stay on safe ground take a risk and follow your heart. Go on a quest for purpose, live a fulfilled life. “Don’t live someone else’s dream”; “don’t live with the result of other people’s thinking”.
Make your dream come true.
To Your Success,
Pamela
5 Tips to Help Improve your Writing Style
Owning a blog has become an important part of being a business owner irrespective of whether your business is online or offline. With a blog you are able to reach more people who other wise wouldn’t have heard about you or the wonderful services or products that you have to offer. The only way people can hear of your product/services online is when you invite them through article/posts you share from your blog.
It has become really important to offer potential customers and visitors to our online offices (Blogs and website) good content that will have them coming for more information and tips or what ever it is that you offer. To achieve this we must always have good and well written content to share. These contents could be Tips, Inspirational/Motivational, Free Ebooks, audios, expert information/advice. What ever you choose to offer let it be clear to your audience what you can do for them. Below are 5 tips to help improve your writing.
1. Before you start writing your article/ blog post be clear about who you are writing for. With that clear picture in mind, you will be able to address your message better to your audience.
2. Write with authenticity. Learn to write your articles just the same way as you speak. Don’t be someone else. Your blog visitors would like to hear from you and not from some else otherwise they would leave.
3. Let your headlines be grabbing and contain a keyword to help promote your business.
4. When writing your articles, don’t forget that your main reason for owning a business and a blog is because you want to share your message which is your business. Having said this, make sure your articles/ blog posts reflect ways you can help your ideal audience and clients.
5. Engage your audience with your articles. Always remember to leave a call to action at the end of your articles. Always ask your audience to leave a comment or have their say at the end of your post.
Writing a good post is very important to the success of your online business/presence. Improve your writing with these tips I have shared and if you have some other ones you would like to share please leave a comment. Remember your website/blog is the window and the dressing of your online store (Your business) share good quality content with your audience. Write about how your product or services can help them and they will always come back for more.
To Your Success,
Pamela Evbota
