100 Mental Training Success Tips Home Business Entrepreneurs Should Know and Do

A collection of success tips that I have gathered over many years of working with independent online business entrepreneurs. I have created a list of my 100 favourites that I personally follow to drive forward my online home business. I organised the tips into areas covering attitude and discipline, focus and visualisation, time and task management, income and lifestyle, knowledge and skills, personal growth and lifestyle, evaluating your activity, and giving and adding value.

ATTITUDE & DISCIPLINE

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1. Be persistent and give yourself time for momentum to kick in.

2. Make up in numbers what you lack in skills.

3. Celebrate success at every step.

4. Learn to manage the opinions - everyone has a right to have one - never make it personal.

5. You are not the message, you are the messenger.

6. Your family and friends may not understand the journey you are on.

7. Everything works when we work.

8. If you get overwhelmed and confused, go back to doing the basics.

9. Pass the three-part test - loyalty, work habits, consistency.

10. Have a warrior spirit. Set objectives and take action every day.

11. Make a commitment to any new activity. Succeeding at something is about taking not making a decision.

12. Being successful is the ability to continue with your plan long after the emotion and circumstances surrounding your original decision has passed.

13. Your confidence is what makes you attractive in the market place. People buy people they know, like and trust.

14. Avoid negative thinking and negative people that bring you down and steal your dreams.

15. FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real. Feel the fear and do it anyway. Growth comes from stepping outside your comfort zone.

16. Run to your fears. The place where your greatest fears live is also the place where your greatest growth lies. (Robin Sharma)

17. An ounce of action is worth a ton of ebooks.

18. All excuses are equal and none of them count.

FOCUS & VISUALISATION

19. Know what you want, why you want it, and when you want it by. Write it down, read it twice a day. Know the price and pay the price.

20. Visualise your destiny - 'see it' and plan it - be very specific about what success looks like and feels like, and do this for each and every milestone or goal you set.

21. If you think you can or think you can't, you will always be right. (Henry Ford)

22. Try to be solution focused.

23. Understand the true power of dreams and goals, they act like magnets pulling us forward and need to be strong enough to break away from the past pulling your back.

24. Only an idea has the power to spread.

25. The only thing you need to believe in is your own work ethic and how badly you want to succeed.

26. Keep your inner flame going with personal development and being active in the community.

27. Use positive language. Words, thoughts, actions, results. Pursue all your challenges and obstacles with a positive mental attitude.

28. Mental visualisation is all important to your longer term success. How you want to see yourself, how you hold yourself, your expectations - create a detailed set of images of who you want to be.

TIME & TASK MANAGEMENT

29. Get organised.

30. Consistency is far better than the occasional blitz.

31. Create a daily method of operation, discipline yourself and be accountable to yourself.

32. Everything works -but find a daily method of operation that works for you, around your personal situation and commitments.

33. Fill your time only with productive activities.

34. Set out your targets and work backwards so you know what needs to get done.

35. Develop a sense of urgency and get into massive action.

36. Remember that you, of all people, deserve your undivided attention.

37. Anyone or anything that tries to distract you from your mission and goals should not be tolerated.

38. Being busy is not the same as being productive. Don't be busy being poor, be busy adding value to your life.

39. Develop good time management. It's not the hours you put into your business, it's the business you put into your hours.

40. Lead flow is the source of your momentum and income growth. Don't over-worry on conversions until you have good lead flow into your business.

41. Support and encourage your team members, but don't be responsible for someone else's business. Balance motivating and guiding with encouraging independence.

INCOME & LIFESTYLE

42. Run your business, don't let it run you. Build a business on the vision of the life you want to live and start living it.

43. Get going fast, massive action equals massive results.

44. Remember that selling a 6 figure income opportunity isn't about the money, it's about a dream lifestyle free from debt free to work when you want, where you want, how you want

45. Only market products that earn you significant return on your investment of time and budget.

46. "Top Tier" Opportunities Attract "Top Tier" People That Are Smarter (And More Fun To Work With)

47. Identify the top five things you do in your business that generate 80% of the results.

48. Know your business numbers - your running costs and your bottom line.

49. Reinvest your earnings back into your marketing.

50. Promote, promote, promote - call to action, make offers, create demand.

51. Focus on the long-term residual income potential not the short-term earnings of your business.

52..Avoid discounting. People don't buy on price, they buy on value.

53. 80% of the world does what everyone else does and lead an ordinary, average life. Only 3% live extraordinary lives because they make extraordinary choices and do extraordinary things.

54. You are the person that sets the pace of your business. Make a decision on exactly what your goals are and develop the daily discipline to achieve them.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

55. Know your craft and be knowledgeable, committed, loyal and enthusiastic about the products you choose to market and the company.

56. Keep it simple, don't reinvent a proven formula.

57. If you get stuck, find ways to get out of the glue quickly to avoid negative impact.

58. Don't think about what you know, be curious about things you don't yet know.

59. If you have doubts, learn more about your company, your products, your business, your craft.

60. Better to personally act upon the information contained in two good books than to be able to quote from a hundred.

61. Build your business like you build a water pump. It takes some time to set up and you have to crank the handle, but then the water comes with just a light touch.

62. Marketing is not an exact science. It takes trial & error.

PERSONAL GROWTH & LEADERSHIP

63. Compete with yourself. Finish each month stronger than the one before so you feel and see you are growing.

64. Build trust and confidence in your community and with your audience.

65. Be a leader. Step up to the mark - get up, dress up and show up and give back.

66. Don't miss out on opportunities to experience extraordinary things. Go the 'extra' mile.

67. Leadership is a choice not a title. Take 100% responsibility. Blaim is drain, never complain. You have complete control over your future.

68. Teach only what you do. People do what you do not what you say.

69. Gather testimonials for your product, your team, you. A testimonial is a true story packaged in a powerful way so as to impact and influence others.

70. Get out from behind your PC sometimes. Shoot videos outside or go do some offline advertising

71. Develop a positive 'can-do' 'will-do' attitude fuelled by your desire to succeed.

72. Affirm your belief in yourself, every single day celebrate your achievements and breakthroughs.

73. Learn and adopt what successful people do. Master the fundamentals that are working before you modify, adapt and innovate.

74. Do the uncomfortable or difficult stuff first - ("Eat That Frog", Brian Tracy). It soon becomes comfortable and second nature.

75. Set a goal to become a millionaire, not for the money but for the person you will become (Jim Rohn)

76. Make the best of what you have but always be hungry for more.

EVALUATING YOUR ACTIVITY

77. Learn from what's not working and become a problem solver.

78. Leave your ego at the door.

79. Check your positioning - are your leads targeted, do they convert well.

80. Plan, Do, Review. Don't procrastinate, just get stuck in and take action. Ready, fire, aim.

81. Don't look to the magic bullet - multi-task, look for new opportunities, test and refine.

82. Monitor your results against your plan. Did you do the activity?

83. Qualify your prospects. Don't try to sell them, let them sell you. Questions are the answer.

84. Your results are your feedback. Blame no-one but yourself. You are where you are and how you are because of the decisions you have made over time.

85. If you're doing the activity, getting the numbers, you're energy and attitude is right, the it's usually something missing from your skill set. Communication.

86. If you fail to meet your expectations on any one day, don't drop the ball but work twice as hard the next. Don't get used to accepting dropping the ball. Get up tomorrow a little bit better.

87. It's easier to do the work than deal with the disappointment in yourself of not meeting your targets.

GIVING & ADDING VALUE

88. Create uniqueness & value in what you put out on the internet.

89. The market doesn't pay you on what you need, it pays on value. Those that help the most people make the most money.

90. If you want to double your income, you must double your value in the market place.

91. Stop making it about you, your business, and what you need to happen. Instead identify what others need most and how you can help others get more of what they want.

92. Focus on taking people to the next step in your sales & marketing funnel, not all the way in one leap.

93. Authenticity dramatically increases your results.

94. Pick up the phone to connect with your leads, new members and customers.

95. Form groups and communities to target interest and build relationships (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace,LinkedIn)

96. Learn how to flick the switch with people. Develop emotional intelligence. Find their pain points and show them the solution and get them thinking in a new direction.

97. Find people, sponsor them, work with them to keep them.

98. Be clear about your business processes, what to do at each step so you can take others through that process, lead by example.

99. Teach, validate, recognise and refresh your team.

100. Seek inspiration, but every day also be someone else' inspiration, it will feel amazing!

100 Mental Training Success Tips Home Business Entrepreneurs Should Know and Do

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Speed Up Your Metabolism - Seven Days Brings Success

I recently was prompted to publish an article dealing with health related issues involving our choice of diet, and particularly with regard to the very unhealthy diet which we tradiitionally have in my part of the world, namely Central Scotland in the UK.

I expained that I was motivated to publish that article after seeing a very graphic billboard showing two giant grey hands sqeezing the life out of a human heart. I complimented our Health Authorities for the very effective campaign which they have been running for some considerable time, which has been entirely aimed at raising public awareness of important lifestyle changes.

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This has illustrated that we can very easily make simple changes to greatly improve our health, and prolong our lives

To follow on that theme, I want to demonstrate in this article, that sensible excercises can also play a very important part in overall health, as well as helping to speed up weight loss, for thise who may be afficted with that problem. One secret to shedding unwanted pounds is not a mystery, simply put, you must speed up your metabolism by sensible exercise.

I have outlined some very effective steps below to achieve results in just seven days.

How many times have you gone to sleep at night, swearing you'll go to the gym in the morning, and then changing your mind just eight hours later. This is probably because when you get up, like most of us, you don't feel like exercising! It can be a big enough struggle just getting to work on time nowadays.

While this can happen to the best of us, it doesn't mean that you should drop the ball altogether when it comes to staying fit. What people need to realize is that staying active and eating properly, are critical for long-term health and wellness.
You may well have heard the saying that an "ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".

The more you know about how your body responds to your lifestyle choices, the better you can customize a nutrition and exercise plan that is right for you. When you eat well, increase your level of physical activity and exercise at the proper intensity, you are informing your body that you want to "burn a substantial amount of fuel".

This translates to burning fat more efficiently for energy. In other words, proper eating habits plus exercise equals fast metabolism, which in turn, gives you more energy throughout the day and allows you to do more physical work with less effort.

The true purpose of exercise is to send a repetitive message to the body asking for improvement in metabolism, strength, aerobic capacity and overall fitness and health. Each time you exercise, your body responds by upgrading its capabilities to burn fat throughout the day and night. Exercise doesn't have to be intense to work for you, but it does need to be consistent.

I recommend engaging in regular cardiovascular exercise four times per week, for 20 to 30 minutes per session. You can actually achieve this by simply taking a brisk thirty minute walk. You should also undertake to do some resistance training four times per week for 20 to 25 minutes per session. This balanced approach provides a two fold benefit, incorporating aerobic exercise to burn fat and deliver more oxygen, and resistance training to increase lean body mass and burn up more calories.

Here is an effective sample exercise program.

Warm Up - Seven to eight minutes of light aerobic activity intended to increase blood flow and lubricate and warm-up your tendons and joints.

Resistance Training - Train all major muscle groups. One to two sets of each exercise, then rest 45 seconds between sets.

Aerobic Exercise - Pick two favorite activities, they could be jogging, rowing, biking or cross-country skiing, whatever fits in with your lifestyle. Perform 12 to 15 minutes of the first activity, and continue with 10 minutes of the second activity. Cool down during the last five minutes.

Stretching - Wrap up your exercise session by stretching, breathing deeply, relaxing and meditating.

When starting an exercise program, it is important to have realistic expectations. Depending on your initial fitness level, you should expect the following changes early on.

From one to eight weeks - You will feel much better and have more energy.

From two to six months - Lose inches while becoming leaner. Your clothes will begin to fit more loosely, and you will be gaining muscle and losing fat.

After six months - Start losing weight quite rapidly.

Once you make the commitment to exercise several times a week, don't stop there. You should also change your diet and eating habits. Counting calories or calculating grams and percentages for certain nutrients is impractical. Instead, I suggest these easy-to-follow guidelines:

1. Eat several small meals (optimally four) and a couple of small snacks throughout the day.

2. Make sure every meal is balanced, and incorporate palm sized proteins like lean meats, fish, egg whites and dairy products.

3. Fist-sized portions of complex carbohydrates like whole-wheat bread and pasta, wild rice, multigrain cereal and potatoes, and fist-sized portions of vegetable and fruits.

4. Limit your fat intake to only what's necessary for adequate flavor.

5. Drink at least eight 8-oz. glasses of water throughout the day.

6. I also recommend that you take a multi-vitamin each day to ensure you are getting all the vitamins and minerals your body needs.

I do know that sometimes life just gets "in the way", but looking after yourself is just so so important. Take time out for it, you will feel so much the better!

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What You Drink Can Affect Your Weight Loss Success

Unfortunately, drinks don't do much to curb appetites since the brain doesn't seem to register the calories from beverages the way it does from food. Drink size is also a problem. In the last few decades, the average beverage size has increased dramatically. Not to mention that most popular drinks usually have a ton of sugar in them. The average soft drink has ballooned from 13 ounces to nearly 20 ounces. One 12-ounce can of regular soda contains about 150 calories. Sure, that doesn't seem like much. But an extra 150 calories a day can pack on 15 pounds a year. And who's stopping with one can? Restaurants and quick marts offer cups as large as 32 ounces - often with free refills. Kick back one Big Gulp (32 ounces) and you're chugging 400 or more calories without a second thought.

Coffee and tea (in their natural state) are calorie-free. In fact, recent studies suggest that they may actually be good for you. Coffee may act as a mild antidepressant and protect against type-2 diabetes. And a cup of tea offers antioxidants and disease-fighting chemicals you can't find elsewhere. Green tea especially has some exceptional health benefits. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol. But dress those tea and coffee beverages up with high calorie syrup, sugary flavorings and whipped cream and all bets are off. In fact, some specialty drinks can climb to 500 calories and beyond. Drink several of those each day, and your coffee and tea habit could tip the scales out of your favor. 

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If you do drink coffee and/or tea, try to begin limiting your use of cream and sugar. If you can't stand not using some sort of sweetener, try Stevia. Stevia is a natural herb that is up to 300 times sweeter than sugar, does not affect blood sugar levels, and has no calories.  

An occasional glass of wine or beer won't toss your diet out the window. But at 70-150 calories a drink (more for mixed cocktails and specialty drinks), regular consumption can undo your calorie count as well as your restraint. Those calories add up fast. Try alternating alcoholic drinks with zero-calorie or low-calorie beverages. Or better yet, abstain from alcohol altogether. Sip on club soda with a twist of lime.

Since 60% of your body weight is water and every cell in your body relies on water to function properly, drinking lots of water is essential. There's no better way to stay hydrated than to down this all-natural, zero-calorie drink: bottled, tap, or flavored water. Try to replace most of your daily drinks with water. Spritz it up with lemon or a twist of lime if you like, but drink at least 8 glasses of water each and every day. It's important for your cells to stay hydrated and nourished. Water will do that and much more. So drink up!

What You Drink Can Affect Your Weight Loss Success

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