Category: Mindset

    Dream your future

    Habit of Excellence. 

    In the future, if you could have the life of your dreams, what would you be doing? 

    1. Where would you live?
    2. What kind of home would you have? 
    3. What would be a typical day in your new life?
    4. What kind of people would you work with?
    5. Would you work on your own? 
    6. What kind of workday do you want?
    7. Where would you spend your vacations?
    8. How often do you want to have a vacation?
    9. How much time do you want to spend with your family?
    10. How much time do you want to do the fun things you enjoy in life?
    11. How much time would be an ideal work day? 
    12. Do you like working indoors or do you want to work outdoors?
    13. Do you like to meet people or do you like to work on your own? 

     

    Once you have your written description of what kind of life and how long and what type of work you would like to do.

    You can then start figuring out how to get that lifestyle. If you just wander through life taking a job here or there without any vision of the life you really want then you will have found at the end of your days that you didn’t live the life you wanted.  So, you need to sit down now with yourself and ask “If I could live the life of my dreams, what would I be doing?”  

    You will need to have a long term vision of everything you want so that you will see the opportunities that come up to help you on that path to the life of your dreams. 

    Since all humans require growth not only for survival but also to be happy, you are giving yourself a path for growth that can last the rest of your life. 

     

    The only way you can sustain a permanent change is to create a new way of thinking, acting, and being. Jennifer Hudson 2012
     

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    Finding your passion

    My photo on magazine
    My photo on magazine

    I’m on a Magazine in Photofunia! What fun!

    Need Help Finding Your Passion?

    It’s a common refrain that you should “Do what you love, and the money will follow.” In fact, someone even wrote a book by that name!
    But not everyone knows what it is they love that they could build a business around. It’s easy if you’re Tiger Woods, and you’ve been passionate about golf since the age of three. If only it was so easy for everyone to find their passion!
    Think you have no passion? Well, I promise, you’re passionate about something.

    Here’s a little exercise to help you find it.

    Just think about these three things:

    What movies do you really like?
    What music do you listen to all the time?
    What food do you most like to eat?

    Maybe you really got into the Terminator movies when you were a kid, or the Star Wars trilogy. Maybe that’s something you’re really passionate about. Do a quick Internet search on either of these movie titles — or the name of your favorite movie —and you’ll find a ton of sites on the topic, I promise.
    You’ll find fan pages, fan forums, movie reviews, Youtube satires and knock-offs, gossip about the actors, directors, and writers, and of course, merchandise galore. The list is practically endless.
    Just go through some of the sites you find, and see if there’s not something related to your favorite move that strikes you, something that makes you sit up and say, “Wow! That has always fascinated me!”

    How about music? Maybe there’s a band you follow, a band you really like. You have all their albums, you see them when they come to town and play.
    That’s one of your passions. Dig a little deeper, and find out more about the members of the band, about their history, their upbringing. What got them into music? Why do they play the genre they play? What do they do when they’re not making music or touring?
    The more you learn about the musicians you love to listen to, the closer you’ll be to finding one of your passions.

    Now think about food. Everyone has to eat, right? But not everyone likes the same foods, and people around the world eat such a huge variety of foods, it’s mind-boggling. Maybe you really like Italian food, or vegetarian foods, or seafood. Do you like to cook your own food? Grow your own vegetables? Catch your own lobsters and crabs? Or maybe you’re more the sort to go out to restaurants? Have you been to all the chain restaurants? How about all the locally owned mom & pop restaurants in your area that serve your favorite dish?

    Think you could find something you’re passionate about with all that opportunity? I bet you can, if you just dig a little.
    I guarantee you there’s something in your life you’re passionate about. If you haven’t found it yet, you might just have to work at it a little bit.

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    Want to Change your Job?

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    Are you tired of working at a job you don’t like? Do you wonder if there is some other work  I could do that I would enjoy working at ?  Then you should acknowledge that you want to change and find out what can make you happy in your life.  One way to start looking at your life and how to change your life is to look at what are your passions in life ?

    For example, if you won the lottery and you had won enough to cover living expenses, what would you do every day?    Now, people are not designed to lie around all day sleeping so don’t say “nothing.”  What do you get a thrill from doing?  What leaves you satisfied after you do it. What gives you a rush of adrenalin or euphoria after finishing a  “job well done”.

    We all have things we are passioniate about that makes us happy.  What do you love to do?  Just think about the things you love to do (forgetting about how to monetize it or work at it).

    For example, for myself I love to paint and draw. I have been doing it since I was little. It is a passion. I get a rush of good feeling while I am in the process figuring out what colour goes where and how I can make a colour that can be put in painting to give the illusion of a reflection. For me, the fun of painting is the process of exploring how to make paint create the illusion of real life. Once the artwork is done, i am happy it is done but the process of creation is what creates happiness within me.

    So, for you, what do you love to do?  Be general about your life, for example, I love to be with my grandchildren or be specific, I love to cook.

    Think about your life

    Have you ever sat quietly for an hour and thought about your life? Just sitting in a quiet room and asking yourself where am i in my life, am i happy and if not, how can I change things so I am happier will help you to make that change.  If you do that every week, you wil get closer to creating that change.

    Ask yourself these questions

    Ignoring what the work would be to monetize your life,  just ask yourself these questions:

      • What would be your ideal life?
      • What would you do in an ideal day?
      •  How much money do you need per month?
      •  How many hours would you work?
      • What other activities would you do in the day?
      • Would you travel and how often?
      • How would you help your family and friends and even the world?

    If you have an idea on what you are passionate about and you can define what an ideal day would be for you in and  ideal life then it becomes a vision or goal to start thinking about and what will be the strategy to get you there.

    Take the free Be your own Boss quiz and see whether you can work out what is your ideal life.

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    Be my own boss?

    Businessman tired and confused

    Businessman tired and confused

    Have you thought of starting a business but have no idea what you want to do?  

    Is it possible that you could make income from physical work? Have you done physical work before in your life? Do

    you feel the most satisfied and content when you are outside working in the sun? Are you tired of the commute to a desk job?

    Have you always been good with your hands doing repairs and services around the house when others in the family don’t have the time or energy?  

    Bob was tired of his 3 hour commute to the office and the office politics so when he got laid off from work he

    thought “is there anything else I could do?  I have some unemployment benefits for a few months and the spouse is

    bringing in some money.  Why don’t I see if I can make a go of handyman services? I live in a suburb where most

    people go into the city and the only time they can do house repairs or chores is on the weekend.”  

    I should look into:  

    •    local handyman services already in my town
    •    how many customers I might have for my service
    •    What could be the unique selling point for my business
    •    What would be the costs of starting up and creating awareness for the new business
    •    Was there any local town bylaws and government certification needed for a handyman service.

    He had some research to do before he started the new business and we will follow along as he does in the next

    installment.

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    Think like an entrepreneur

    Phrenology Brain

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    Gaining control of your mind is the most challenging but also the most rewarding thing you can possibly do. Why? Because once you learn how to direct your mind, you can guide it to help you achieve anything that you fully commit to.

    You do this through mind conditioning. I also like to call it mental programming. Everyone has been programmed to behave in a certain way. Some people have been entrepreneurs their entire lives. They were programmed for this type of lifestyle a long time ago. Since you were programmed with the job mentality, you are going to have to reprogram your mind so that you think like the entrepreneur !

    What exactly does this mean? It means that you think of yourself as powerful and resourceful.

     

    • You see yourself as someone who can overcome fears and limitations.
    • You are willing to do what it TAKES to succeed rather than doing what is comfortable or convenient.
    • You take control of your mind so that when challenging situations do arise, you can ignore that voice of worry and summon your voice of strength.

     

     

    How? Through repetition.

    Repetition is the first law of learning and there are literally thousands of authors and speakers out there who are more than willing to share their stories with you. The more you listen to their stories and apply the concepts to your life, the greater the change you can make in your life.

    So take action today and start reading about successful entrepreneurs and the challenges and triumphs they had in their business!

    To find out more about being an entrepreneur, feel free to try the Be Your Own Boss quiz, find out more here.

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    Time to change your job?

    Businessman working hard at office
    Businessman working hard at office

    Businessman working hard at office

    Is it time to make a change?

    Is the work that I am doing making myself and my family happy? Time with family is precious and you need to consider whether the time at work is worth the salary you are being paid!

    Fred had a good paying job in Vancouver but the boss demanded he worked overtime to complete his project on time. So, he would work weekends to finish his work to deadline sometimes 60 hours a week. The 1 ½ hour commute back and forth to the suburbs and his working overtime, he hardly saw his children by the time he got home. He was never there at dinnertime to share time with the family. He worked 10 hour days and his sleep and his family relationships suffered. However, he had the childrens after school activities and bills to pay. His wife Tracy knew how tired he was but she was busy with the kids.
    One morning, he woke up with a pain gripping his chest and he was rushed to the hospital where a heart attack was diagnosed and bed rest ordered. His doctor said he was getting too old for 60 hour workweeks and he should change his lifestyle. He went onto temporary disability and he wondered how he would pay the bills. Fred had to weigh his options and make an important decision about his life. More later.

    If there is a crisis in your life, you need to stop and take a day to ask yourself “is this really what I want for myself and my family?” Is having five iPhones and a big boat in the driveway what I want in my life? A life-changing illness like a heart attack shouldn’t be the first time you think about your future.

    Take a day to ask yourself:

    • Do I enjoy the work that I do? At the end of the day, do I feel I have accomplished a good day of work. Would you do this work even if you didn ’t need the money?
    • If I add the time spent commuting (at an hourly wage rate I earn) and the expenses for the workday together and subtract it from the daily wage what is the value of the daily wage? –  i.e. The total net Daily wage – ((hours commuting x hourly wage rate) + Gas expenses).
    • Do I have sufficient time for myself and my family?
    • If I had a “nest egg” or temporary funding to support myself and my family, would I consider making a change to do something that I would love to do?

    Try the quiz “Be your own Boss” to see if you have the abilities to become your own boss.

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