Many people can only fantasize of the ability to work from home. I can tell from the number of clients who sign up for my home business opportunities only to sit back without putting forth any effort and expect to make money.
So unfortunate these people assume that by simply joining an affiliate marketing business you can immediately start earning huge income. In my own opinion you can stand a better chance of making a million dollar by playing the lottery.
These people can be willing to work their butt off for a meager pay job of 9 to 5 yet can not commit their self to running their own internet business.
Launching your own internet business is becoming easier by the day. With more and more people going online for virtually anything they need, the internet has grown bigger and wider than expected and thereby opening an arrays of huge income capability. You only need to position yourself to start reaping from this opportunity.
Your first aim towards starting an internet business should be acquiring your own website, not just any website a money making website that offer a multiple streams of income.
Internet entrepreneurs have become insatiable by one means of income, thanks to the diversity of the internet. Earning a multiple stream of income online only require you to set up your own personal website and working with all the companies of your choice.
After acquiring your website you need to learn act of driving traffics to your website. Even with the most beautiful and informative you stand a chance of making ZERO dollar until its start receiving huge targeted traffic on a daily basis with will eventually convert to sales and commissions.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
OPERATING A COURIER SERVICE
Courier services are one of those businesses that have been available in the capital city for years. Rushing urgent documents and packages around is a major service there. Infact , a multi-million pound business just in one city alone.
However, out in the provincial areas of the country it's not that easy to find a courier service. They do exist, but they are quite rare and when they do exist, quite busy.
Hence, potential to start in most areas. Even some of our largest cities require more courier services, and there are certainly plenty of towns. Of course, in country areas there won't be a lot of demand, but it's still a service that could be added on to something else.
A courier service is effectively a taxi service for important documents and packages. But the interesting thing is that it's far less regulated than taxis. You don't need any sort of licence or consent.
SETTING UP AS A COURIER
You can operate as a one-man (or woman) courier service. That is, taking all the enquiries and doing all the jobs yourself. However, the best way is to just do the selling of the service and appoint agents to do the running about. This is the way to make it a really profitable service and it means it can be a full time income for part time work!
In most cases, the business can be operated from home. This is an advantage, not a disadvantage, because you can offer a more efficient service. If you can offer a 24 hour service then this will be a big selling point, but it's not necessary if you don't want to be on 24 hour call.
You will certainly need a home telephone. If you run the business yourself, a mobile telephone would be helpful. If possible, have a control centre, perhaps in a spare bedroom, where you can answer and make calls. Apart from this, your main requirement is a notepad. Perhaps have some special dispatch forms made up and photocopies giving details of each job.
Vehicles - As you might expect, the ideal sort of vehicle to operate a courier service is a motorcycle. These are cheaper to run and faster, especially in heavy traffic. If a motorcycle is not available, then you can use a car – the smaller and more economical the better. But watch the running costs as these can be much higher than you might think - not just the cost of petrol.
Some courier services confined to towns or cities etc. could use a moped or even a push bike. Ideal, because it makes your service cheaper than anyone else's and gets through crowded streets!
All in all, it's not worth buying a special vehicle when you first start the service. Unless, of course, you don't currently have anything!
If using your own vehicle, check that your insurance policy covers your new use of the vehicle - it may well not and may need changing.
If you are going to use agents then this is simplicity itself, because it will be up to the agents to provide and pay for the transport, so you don't have to cover this yourself. Many agents would be pleased to work on quite modest per mile fees as this helps towards the running costs of their private vehicles.
Advertise in local newspapers and perhaps Job Centres, for agents to operate your service. You'll probably need two or three to start with so that you can operate the service all day.
Try to find someone reliable. It's ideal for pensioners or even housewives. Plus students at certain times of the year or after school. If you live near a college of some kind this could be ideal.
Pay your couriers by mileage. You can find out the going rate from a local courier service (ring some to find out).
Provincial prices will be a little less. The usual charges are so much per mile with a minimum for each call out. Wages are not high, but worthwhile.
You will also need a controller. This is ideally you, or ideal for a housewife. If not however, you can appoint someone who lives nearby to receive bookings and dispatch riders. Pay a small hourly rate. It is best however if you can do it yourself as this cuts into your profits.
GETTING BUSINESS
To have a profitably courier service, you shouldn't just sit at home waiting for people to call you out like a taxi, getting a few odd jobs. This almost certainly won't make any money at all.
What you need is regular contracts for courier work. That is, customers who regularly have things to send to other places in the same region. Perhaps several a day, or at least several a week.
We're thinking here of estate agents sending printing, or solicitors with important documents, or academic users. Even urgent machines or car parts. The post is too slow and you can't fax everything.
You might want to advertise the service in newspapers etc, but this is slow and will take a long time to get established.
The best thing is to think up all the types of users in your area and give them a ring (or you could write them a letter).Explain the service and ask if they are interested. Many won't be, but some are sure to be. You only need a handful of regular customers to have a good small business.
When you get an interested customer, sign a user contract with them. This is to have you on call during your working hours. On top of this, charge them a mileage charge for every mile your operator travels from your base, to customers, to drop off point and back again.
Obviously this price will be higher than the rate you pay your drivers, hence your profit. It is best to charge a high rate, even one that seems ridiculously high, because you must give a good quality service. Firms will pay for a good service.
Keep on signing up customers until you have as many as necessary for a suitable income. This could bring several dozen or several hundred jobs per week depending on what you want.
OPERATING THE SERVICE
Setting up and selling the service is really the difficult part. Operating it is easier. All you do is get calls from the customer. Be sure to write down what is to be moved, from where and to where. Get an authorization number from the customer (a number which you can quote on your bill to show that the trip was properly authorized.
Then get on to your driver by phone or mobile phone, and send him/her out to do the job. When the job is completed, the driver should report back to you with a mileage and confirmation that the job has been done.
It's a good idea to telephone your customer and tell them that the job has been completed - a personal touch.
Each week, calculate the mileage due to each company and send them an invoice. You could make it a condition that payment is made within seven days, though some might expect thirty days credit.
Pay your drivers on a weekly basis, or a monthly basis if they will accept it. One problem is that you might have to pay your drivers before you get paid.
Sometimes you might get customers who aren't registered with you just wanting a 'one off' job. If this is the case, charge them about double your normal rate to make up for the fact that they are not regular users.
Efficiency is the thing at all times. It has to be quicker than using the post and more convenient than the customer doing the job themselves. This done, you can get very high fees.
However, out in the provincial areas of the country it's not that easy to find a courier service. They do exist, but they are quite rare and when they do exist, quite busy.
Hence, potential to start in most areas. Even some of our largest cities require more courier services, and there are certainly plenty of towns. Of course, in country areas there won't be a lot of demand, but it's still a service that could be added on to something else.
A courier service is effectively a taxi service for important documents and packages. But the interesting thing is that it's far less regulated than taxis. You don't need any sort of licence or consent.
SETTING UP AS A COURIER
You can operate as a one-man (or woman) courier service. That is, taking all the enquiries and doing all the jobs yourself. However, the best way is to just do the selling of the service and appoint agents to do the running about. This is the way to make it a really profitable service and it means it can be a full time income for part time work!
In most cases, the business can be operated from home. This is an advantage, not a disadvantage, because you can offer a more efficient service. If you can offer a 24 hour service then this will be a big selling point, but it's not necessary if you don't want to be on 24 hour call.
You will certainly need a home telephone. If you run the business yourself, a mobile telephone would be helpful. If possible, have a control centre, perhaps in a spare bedroom, where you can answer and make calls. Apart from this, your main requirement is a notepad. Perhaps have some special dispatch forms made up and photocopies giving details of each job.
Vehicles - As you might expect, the ideal sort of vehicle to operate a courier service is a motorcycle. These are cheaper to run and faster, especially in heavy traffic. If a motorcycle is not available, then you can use a car – the smaller and more economical the better. But watch the running costs as these can be much higher than you might think - not just the cost of petrol.
Some courier services confined to towns or cities etc. could use a moped or even a push bike. Ideal, because it makes your service cheaper than anyone else's and gets through crowded streets!
All in all, it's not worth buying a special vehicle when you first start the service. Unless, of course, you don't currently have anything!
If using your own vehicle, check that your insurance policy covers your new use of the vehicle - it may well not and may need changing.
If you are going to use agents then this is simplicity itself, because it will be up to the agents to provide and pay for the transport, so you don't have to cover this yourself. Many agents would be pleased to work on quite modest per mile fees as this helps towards the running costs of their private vehicles.
Advertise in local newspapers and perhaps Job Centres, for agents to operate your service. You'll probably need two or three to start with so that you can operate the service all day.
Try to find someone reliable. It's ideal for pensioners or even housewives. Plus students at certain times of the year or after school. If you live near a college of some kind this could be ideal.
Pay your couriers by mileage. You can find out the going rate from a local courier service (ring some to find out).
Provincial prices will be a little less. The usual charges are so much per mile with a minimum for each call out. Wages are not high, but worthwhile.
You will also need a controller. This is ideally you, or ideal for a housewife. If not however, you can appoint someone who lives nearby to receive bookings and dispatch riders. Pay a small hourly rate. It is best however if you can do it yourself as this cuts into your profits.
GETTING BUSINESS
To have a profitably courier service, you shouldn't just sit at home waiting for people to call you out like a taxi, getting a few odd jobs. This almost certainly won't make any money at all.
What you need is regular contracts for courier work. That is, customers who regularly have things to send to other places in the same region. Perhaps several a day, or at least several a week.
We're thinking here of estate agents sending printing, or solicitors with important documents, or academic users. Even urgent machines or car parts. The post is too slow and you can't fax everything.
You might want to advertise the service in newspapers etc, but this is slow and will take a long time to get established.
The best thing is to think up all the types of users in your area and give them a ring (or you could write them a letter).Explain the service and ask if they are interested. Many won't be, but some are sure to be. You only need a handful of regular customers to have a good small business.
When you get an interested customer, sign a user contract with them. This is to have you on call during your working hours. On top of this, charge them a mileage charge for every mile your operator travels from your base, to customers, to drop off point and back again.
Obviously this price will be higher than the rate you pay your drivers, hence your profit. It is best to charge a high rate, even one that seems ridiculously high, because you must give a good quality service. Firms will pay for a good service.
Keep on signing up customers until you have as many as necessary for a suitable income. This could bring several dozen or several hundred jobs per week depending on what you want.
OPERATING THE SERVICE
Setting up and selling the service is really the difficult part. Operating it is easier. All you do is get calls from the customer. Be sure to write down what is to be moved, from where and to where. Get an authorization number from the customer (a number which you can quote on your bill to show that the trip was properly authorized.
Then get on to your driver by phone or mobile phone, and send him/her out to do the job. When the job is completed, the driver should report back to you with a mileage and confirmation that the job has been done.
It's a good idea to telephone your customer and tell them that the job has been completed - a personal touch.
Each week, calculate the mileage due to each company and send them an invoice. You could make it a condition that payment is made within seven days, though some might expect thirty days credit.
Pay your drivers on a weekly basis, or a monthly basis if they will accept it. One problem is that you might have to pay your drivers before you get paid.
Sometimes you might get customers who aren't registered with you just wanting a 'one off' job. If this is the case, charge them about double your normal rate to make up for the fact that they are not regular users.
Efficiency is the thing at all times. It has to be quicker than using the post and more convenient than the customer doing the job themselves. This done, you can get very high fees.
HOW TO START A HIGHLY PROFITABLE PRINTING BUSINESS WITH NO EQUIPMENT
Everyone in any business, especially mail order, needs printing. But being a printer takes huge, expensive printing presses, long hours and messy work, right? WRONG. YOU can make money without the mess and expense by being a PRINTING BROKER.
A printing broker is, basically, an order taker for one or more commercial printers. You take orders for anything from business cards to circulars to large printing orders, take your agreed upon commission, then pass on the order to the printer. The printer then does the job and ships the order back to you or your customer, depending on your arrangements. Because the printer won't insert any of his or her literature in with the job, YOU will get the return orders and commissions. You can even insert some of your circulars for your other products and services with the job, saving your mailing costs.
Here's what you need to do... Prepare a letter explaining your desire to become a broker and mail it to all the printers in your area. The smaller printers seem to be the most likely to work well with you on this. Set up a time to meet with any printers who are interested. During this meeting, explain exactly what you will be doing (selling printing jobs by mail through advertisements in mail order publications). You won't have to explain much because almost all printers are familiar with brokering. Usually, you should be able to get a 20% - 30% commission agreement, though it may depend upon the competition in your area between printers. You should be able to find printers interested in working with you, though, even those who already have brokers.
Printing is a very competitive business and printers always want more work. So, you should have no trouble setting up connections.
One good printer is all you need, though being set up with more than one may be an advantage (one may be cheaper for
business cards than the other, who may be cheaper at single sheet printing).
Try to get a price list of YOUR costs drawn up by each printer. This will help you if someone needs a price quote on a job. Also, you can check the mail order publications and see what other printers are charging. If you can undercut them and still keep a good margin (which you should be able to do, easily), you can make good money in this business.
Another good idea... Instead of a commission, you may want to set up a "work account" with the printer, and get your printing done for free! Printers hate to have "down time," where their presses aren't printing anything. Work out an arrangement where you will have flyers, circulars, ad sheets or whatever, ready to be printed whenever the printer has down time. Turn over the full amount of orders you receive, instead of taking your commission, and get your printing done free during this down time! Most printers will be more than happy to take this arrangement, and you can get great benefits from it!
Be sure your printer will be able to deliver QUALITY products ON TIME. These are the two biggest considerations to keep in mind when selecting a printer or printers to work with. Get samples of their previous work. Talk to them about the importance of being timely with the orders you bring in. Most printers will be understanding of your concerns, and will do their best to keep you happy, as you will be bringing in orders they otherwise wouldn't have. You have the capability to bring your local printer orders from across the country... building their business while building yours! Printing brokering is an easy way to expand your profits while expending little extra work.
A printing broker is, basically, an order taker for one or more commercial printers. You take orders for anything from business cards to circulars to large printing orders, take your agreed upon commission, then pass on the order to the printer. The printer then does the job and ships the order back to you or your customer, depending on your arrangements. Because the printer won't insert any of his or her literature in with the job, YOU will get the return orders and commissions. You can even insert some of your circulars for your other products and services with the job, saving your mailing costs.
Here's what you need to do... Prepare a letter explaining your desire to become a broker and mail it to all the printers in your area. The smaller printers seem to be the most likely to work well with you on this. Set up a time to meet with any printers who are interested. During this meeting, explain exactly what you will be doing (selling printing jobs by mail through advertisements in mail order publications). You won't have to explain much because almost all printers are familiar with brokering. Usually, you should be able to get a 20% - 30% commission agreement, though it may depend upon the competition in your area between printers. You should be able to find printers interested in working with you, though, even those who already have brokers.
Printing is a very competitive business and printers always want more work. So, you should have no trouble setting up connections.
One good printer is all you need, though being set up with more than one may be an advantage (one may be cheaper for
business cards than the other, who may be cheaper at single sheet printing).
Try to get a price list of YOUR costs drawn up by each printer. This will help you if someone needs a price quote on a job. Also, you can check the mail order publications and see what other printers are charging. If you can undercut them and still keep a good margin (which you should be able to do, easily), you can make good money in this business.
Another good idea... Instead of a commission, you may want to set up a "work account" with the printer, and get your printing done for free! Printers hate to have "down time," where their presses aren't printing anything. Work out an arrangement where you will have flyers, circulars, ad sheets or whatever, ready to be printed whenever the printer has down time. Turn over the full amount of orders you receive, instead of taking your commission, and get your printing done free during this down time! Most printers will be more than happy to take this arrangement, and you can get great benefits from it!
Be sure your printer will be able to deliver QUALITY products ON TIME. These are the two biggest considerations to keep in mind when selecting a printer or printers to work with. Get samples of their previous work. Talk to them about the importance of being timely with the orders you bring in. Most printers will be understanding of your concerns, and will do their best to keep you happy, as you will be bringing in orders they otherwise wouldn't have. You have the capability to bring your local printer orders from across the country... building their business while building yours! Printing brokering is an easy way to expand your profits while expending little extra work.
What Innovation Can Do to Your Life
It's a talent that everyone has, yet they think they don't. The power ofinnovation. If you've ever marvelled at somebody's creative prowess,guess what, you can create and innovate too. It just takes time.Everyone is born creative. The box of crayons in kindergarten were notlimited to those who possessed potential; because the truth is,everybody has potential.You know how long it took to learn to ride a bike or drive or to nevercommit the same mistake again? It's the same with innovation. It takes abit of practice and a lot of time before this mind function comes easilywhen called. This article will teach you a few tips on how to bringinnovation into your life.Don't listen to what other people say. Follow the beat of your own drum.Allowing for the input of other people will only bring cacophony to themusic you are trying to make. If you have an original idea, don't wasteyour time and effort trying to make people understand. They won't. Andthe help you will probably get comes in the form of negative feedback.If all those geniuses listened to their peers, we would probably stillbe living in the middle ages.Spend time on it. I cannot stress that enough, although, please do notmistake this tip to tell you to quit your day job entirely. Do not. Thisinvolves some tricky time management but with a little discipline you'llbe able to squeeze both in.Exercise. Take a walk. Run a mile or two. Send all those endorphinscoursing through your veins. Exercising certainly clears and relaxesyour mind and allows for anything to pop up.Record your dreams. Aren't some of them just the craziest things thatyour conscious mind would never have thought of? If you've had thesedreams before, and I'm sure have, this only shows you the untappedinnovative power you have lying within. So jot down those notes. Those
dreams may just create an innovative spark in you.Find your own style. You can always tell a Van Gogh from a Matisse.You'll know Hemingway wrote something by the choice of words on thepaper. So it is the same with you. People will appreciate yourinnovation more because it is uniquely yours and that no one else wouldhave thought of what you were thinking. That will let people see howvaluable an asset you are.Don't hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. You don't need the mostexpensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece. The same way withwriting. You don't need some expensive fountain pen and really smoothpaper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the first book ofthe Harry Potter Series on bits of tissue. So what if you've got anexpensive SLR camera if you're a crappy photographer? Who cares ifyou've got a blinging laptop if you can't write at all? The artistactually reduces the number of tools he has as he gets better at hiscraft: he knows what works and what doesn't.Nothing will work without passion. What wakes you up in the mornings?What keeps the flame burning? What is the one thing that you'll die ifyou don't do? Sometimes people with talent are overtaken by the peoplewho want it more. Think the hare and the tortoise. Ellen Degeneres oncesaid that if you're not doing something that you want to do, then youdon't really want to do it. And that's true. Sometimes you just wantsomething so bad you become a virtual unstoppable. And that is passion.Passion will keep you going.Don't worry about inspiration. You can't force it; inspiration hits whenyou least expect it to, for those unpredictable yet inevitable momentsyou should prepare. An idea could strike you on the subway, yet alas,you poor unfortunate soul; you have no sheet of paper to scribble down athought that could change the world. Avoid these disasters. Have a penand paper within your arm's reach at all times.I hope this article has helped you bring more innovation into your life.Keep in mind that you're doing these things for your own satisfactionand not anybody else's. But soon enough they will notice, and everythingshould snowball from there.
dreams may just create an innovative spark in you.Find your own style. You can always tell a Van Gogh from a Matisse.You'll know Hemingway wrote something by the choice of words on thepaper. So it is the same with you. People will appreciate yourinnovation more because it is uniquely yours and that no one else wouldhave thought of what you were thinking. That will let people see howvaluable an asset you are.Don't hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. You don't need the mostexpensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece. The same way withwriting. You don't need some expensive fountain pen and really smoothpaper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the first book ofthe Harry Potter Series on bits of tissue. So what if you've got anexpensive SLR camera if you're a crappy photographer? Who cares ifyou've got a blinging laptop if you can't write at all? The artistactually reduces the number of tools he has as he gets better at hiscraft: he knows what works and what doesn't.Nothing will work without passion. What wakes you up in the mornings?What keeps the flame burning? What is the one thing that you'll die ifyou don't do? Sometimes people with talent are overtaken by the peoplewho want it more. Think the hare and the tortoise. Ellen Degeneres oncesaid that if you're not doing something that you want to do, then youdon't really want to do it. And that's true. Sometimes you just wantsomething so bad you become a virtual unstoppable. And that is passion.Passion will keep you going.Don't worry about inspiration. You can't force it; inspiration hits whenyou least expect it to, for those unpredictable yet inevitable momentsyou should prepare. An idea could strike you on the subway, yet alas,you poor unfortunate soul; you have no sheet of paper to scribble down athought that could change the world. Avoid these disasters. Have a penand paper within your arm's reach at all times.I hope this article has helped you bring more innovation into your life.Keep in mind that you're doing these things for your own satisfactionand not anybody else's. But soon enough they will notice, and everythingshould snowball from there.
MOTIVATION, THE HEART OF SELF IMPROVEMENT
Pain may sometimes be the reason why people change. Getting flunkedgrades make us realize that we need to study. Debts remind us of ourinability to look for a source of income. Being humiliated gives us the'push' to speak up and fight for ourselves to save our face from thenext embarrassments. It may be a bitter experience, a friend's tragicstory, a great movie, or an inspiring book that will help us get up andget just the right amount of motivation we need in order to improveourselves.With the countless negativities the world brings about, how do we keepmotivated? Try on the tips I prepared from A to Z...A - Achieve your dreams. Avoid negative people, things and places.Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "the future belongs to those who believe inthe beauty of their dreams."B - Believe in your self, and in what you can do.C - Consider things on every angle and aspect. Motivation comes fromdetermination. To be able to understand life, you should feel the sunfrom both sides.D - Don't give up and don't give in. Thomas Edison failed once, twice,more than thrice before he came up with his invention and perfected theincandescent light bulb. Make motivation as your steering wheel.E - Enjoy. Work as if you don't need money. Dance as if nobody'swatching. Love as if you never cried. Learn as if you'll live forever.Motivation takes place when people are happy.F - Family and Friends - are life's greatest 'F' treasures. Don't loosesight of them.G - Give more than what is enough. Where does motivation and selfimprovement take place at work? At home? At school? When you exert extraeffort in doing things.H - Hang on to your dreams. They may dangle in there for a moment, butthese little stars will be your driving force.I - Ignore those who try to destroy you. Don't let other people to get
the best of you. Stay out of toxic people - the kind of friends whohates to hear about your success.J - Just be yourself. The key to success is to be yourself. And the keyto failure is to try to please everyone.K - keep trying no matter how hard life may seem. When a person ismotivated, eventually he sees a harsh life finally clearing out, pavingthe way to self improvement.L - Learn to love your self. Now isn't that easy?M - Make things happen. Motivation is when your dreams are put into workclothes.N - Never lie, cheat or steal. Always play a fair game.O - Open your eyes. People should learn the horse attitude and horsesense. They see things in 2 ways - how they want things to be, and howthey should be.P - Practice makes perfect. Practice is about motivation. It lets uslearn repertoire and ways on how can we recover from our mistakes.Q - Quitters never win. And winners never quit. So, choose your fate -are you going to be a quitter? Or a winner?R - Ready yourself. Motivation is also about preparation. We must hearthe little voice within us telling us to get started before others willget on their feet and try to push us around. Remember, it wasn't rainingwhen Noah build the ark.S - Stop procrastinating.T - Take control of your life. Discipline or self control jivessynonymously with motivation. Both are key factors in self improvement.U - Understand others. If you know very well how to talk, you shouldalso learn how to listen. Yearn to understand first, and to beunderstood the second.V - Visualize it. Motivation without vision is like a boat on a dryland.W - Want it more than anything. Dreaming means believing. And to believeis something that is rooted out from the roots of motivation and selfimprovement.
X - X Factor is what will make you different from the others. When youare motivated, you tend to put on "extras" on your life like extra timefor family, extra help at work, extra care for friends, and so on.Y - You are unique. No one in this world looks, acts, or talks like you.Value your life and existence, because you're just going to spend itonce.Z - Zero in on your dreams and go for it!!!
the best of you. Stay out of toxic people - the kind of friends whohates to hear about your success.J - Just be yourself. The key to success is to be yourself. And the keyto failure is to try to please everyone.K - keep trying no matter how hard life may seem. When a person ismotivated, eventually he sees a harsh life finally clearing out, pavingthe way to self improvement.L - Learn to love your self. Now isn't that easy?M - Make things happen. Motivation is when your dreams are put into workclothes.N - Never lie, cheat or steal. Always play a fair game.O - Open your eyes. People should learn the horse attitude and horsesense. They see things in 2 ways - how they want things to be, and howthey should be.P - Practice makes perfect. Practice is about motivation. It lets uslearn repertoire and ways on how can we recover from our mistakes.Q - Quitters never win. And winners never quit. So, choose your fate -are you going to be a quitter? Or a winner?R - Ready yourself. Motivation is also about preparation. We must hearthe little voice within us telling us to get started before others willget on their feet and try to push us around. Remember, it wasn't rainingwhen Noah build the ark.S - Stop procrastinating.T - Take control of your life. Discipline or self control jivessynonymously with motivation. Both are key factors in self improvement.U - Understand others. If you know very well how to talk, you shouldalso learn how to listen. Yearn to understand first, and to beunderstood the second.V - Visualize it. Motivation without vision is like a boat on a dryland.W - Want it more than anything. Dreaming means believing. And to believeis something that is rooted out from the roots of motivation and selfimprovement.
X - X Factor is what will make you different from the others. When youare motivated, you tend to put on "extras" on your life like extra timefor family, extra help at work, extra care for friends, and so on.Y - You are unique. No one in this world looks, acts, or talks like you.Value your life and existence, because you're just going to spend itonce.Z - Zero in on your dreams and go for it!!!
GURANTEED WAYS OF INNOVATING WINNING IDEAS
It isn't the billions of ideas, that pop up in the minds of humansaround the globe that make money. Very few ideas are worth the time ittook for the thought. Most ideas are fleeting"sparks" that go no place and are forgotten before the next day. Of theideas that are good, very few are followed up and ever end up as aworthwhile development in the market place. Most people are just notoriented to do anything about their ideas, while others believe it wouldtake too much of their time and money to follow through to completion.This leaves the market place wide open for the person who learns how to"Create" Profitable Ideas!There are three major formats you can use to bring to life winning idea:1. Find something that already exists, the presence of which has neverbeen known before by most people.2. Innovate inventions. Most innovations are merely new arrangements ofthings that have already been invented.3. Alter or improve in any number of different ways something thatalready exists.As you "Create" ideas, write them down. What you dream up can be yourkey to great wealth. Keep your mind "open" as you go through each day.What did you notice in the department store that would reduce costs,save money or increase sales if some simple procedure were added orsomething changed?Ideas for improvements are one of the most valuable things you cancontribute to society and at the same time add to your bank account. Tocreate ideas for improvements, consider every possibility andalternative for the thing you want to improve. Learn to create ideas byevaluating all the different aspects of the product, method or conceptyou are interested in. Put your imagination and subconscious to work andwrite down your thoughts pertaining to each of the things you expect toimprove.Use the New Wealth, "Idea Format" that follows as your guide forcreating Money-Making improvements.Idea Format:List the things you want to improve:- Why should it be improved?- Who will benefit from the improvement?- What is wrong with it at the present time?- Did someone else cause a problem with it?- How do you propose to improve it?- Do you have the facilities to do the work required?- Do you have the know-how to do the work required to improve it?- Exactly what part needs to be improved?- Should it be smaller? Larger?- Should the color be different?- Would more activity help make it better?- Could it be combined with something else to make it more practical?- Would a different basic material work better?- Is it too complicated, could it be simplified?- Would a substitute be more meaningful?- Is it priced too high?- Would a change in personnel help the situation?- Can the shape be changed to advantage?- Can a new marketing plan make the difference?- Is it safe?- Can it be mass produced to bring the unit cost down?- Should the appearance be changed... streamlined?- Is there an adequate guarantee?- What can make it appeal to a bigger audience?- Would new packaging or trade name enhance it?- Can it be made heavier, lighter, higher or lower?- Can it be franchised?- Is there a good maintenance program to back it up?- Can financing be simplified?- List ways to increase production:- List ways to increase sales:- List ways to reduce costs:- List ways to increase efficiency:- List ways to improve quality and increase profits!- What can be done with it to satisfy more people?This New Wealth "Idea Format" will start the ideas "sparking" and asrelated ideas come to mind write them down in every variation you canthink of. Do not judge the good or bad points of the ideas as theymaterialize to you, just write them down and judge them afterwards. Youwill stop the flow of ideas if you are critical of your thoughts beforeyou put them on paper. When you have answered everything you can aboutthe product orconcept and know how it fits in with your plans, sit down and evaluateall the details you have written.After you have found (created) a goodidea, follow it up with questions on what should be your next move inorder to do something about it, then act! Get it moving. Expose it tothe world with sufficient tests to determine the value!Come up with ideas that are still in the processing stage rather thanget stuck on several vague points that may be worked out later as yoursubconscious goes to work. If your idea fails, so what; you are justthat much closer to finalizing another one,then another... until a useful more valuable idea is born.Every manufacturing plant, retailer, attorney, accountant; everybusiness person, large or small, cannot continue to operate in thecompetitive world of today without someone in the organizationconstantly coming up with new and better ideas!Old ideas drop by the wayside as new ideas take their place. Oldcompanies without new ideas fade away.Those who learn and know how tocreate ideas and anticipate thechanges needed, as the future evolves, have the opportunity to be agreat success with big money-making potential!Another "tool" you can useto help dream up that million idea,is to spend several minutes each evening, relaxed with your eyes closed.Pick any object that comes to mind and try to change it in your "mind'seye". Change it in every manner you can think of to improve it.The following evening pick another subject or object and repeat theprocess. Soon you will be using 20% of your brain power instead of the10% normally used by the average person. As your knowledge and "brainpower" increase so will your bank account.Just think what we could accomplish if we could get the other 80% of ourbrain power working? On second thought, let's not try to get 100%efficiency out of your human computer . . . we would probably blow upthe world for sure.PROTECT YOUR IDEASWhen you have come up with a good idea, write a full description of itand make a sketch if necessary. Place the written information, thesketch and any other pertinent facts ordocuments in an envelope addressed to yourself. Have the post officeseal the envelope with a date stamp over the flap, then send it toyourself by registered mail. Keep the envelope,unopened, in the eventyou need to prove ownership. Of course if your product has a properlyregistered trade mark, has been copyrighted, or you have a U.S. patentyou are protected from infringement.A Few Idea "Sparks" ! When you come up with an idea, program or productthat is sosuperior in style or performance that it is unbelievable you may need anotarized statement to assure your customer you are offering an honestdeal.Make a habit of examining each piece of correspondence you receive,taking care of it right at the time, do what is necessary right then.Never put it aside to be handled a second time if it all practical. Thiscan save more time than anything else for an executive who handles alarge amount of correspondence and mail. You can also save many morehours each week by doing several of the most important things that needtobe done each day before you take up other, time consuming importantdetails.Another good way to "spark" ideas is to go through the classified andwant ads in the newspaper ... Also the yellow pages of your telephonedirectory. As you read, think ofsomething that would be of value to the company or person, or enhancethe item you are reading about.
SUMMARY
Learn to develop ideas from observing everyday things and details. Thinkof what could make something better. Dwell on things that have a largemarketing audience, something that everyone needs and wants. Write yourideas down. Put a pencil and pad at your night stand. When you remembera good dream... don't just lay there, by morning you will forget it...Jot it down on the pad. You will be surprised what you can dream up!Maybe the million dollar idea will magically appear on your pad tomorrowmorning!
SUMMARY
Learn to develop ideas from observing everyday things and details. Thinkof what could make something better. Dwell on things that have a largemarketing audience, something that everyone needs and wants. Write yourideas down. Put a pencil and pad at your night stand. When you remembera good dream... don't just lay there, by morning you will forget it...Jot it down on the pad. You will be surprised what you can dream up!Maybe the million dollar idea will magically appear on your pad tomorrowmorning!
WINNING THE FINANCIAL GOAL GAME MADE EASY
The basics of setting a goal is an open secret known by top-caliberathletes, successful businessmen and businesswomen and all types ofachievers in all the different fields. The basics of setting goals giveyou short-term and long-term motivation and focus. They help you setfocus on the acquisition of required knowledge and help you to plan andorganize your resources and your time so that you can get the best outof your life.Setting clearly defined short term and long term goals will enable youto measure your progress and achieve personal satisfaction once you havesuccessfully met your goals. Charting your progress will also enable youto actually see the stages of completion leading to the actualrealization of your goals. This eliminates the feeling of a long andpointless grind towards achieving your goal. Your self-confidence andlevel of competence will also improve as you will be more aware of yourcapabilities as you complete or achieve your goals.The basics of goal settings will involve deciding what you really wantto do with your personal life and what short term and long term goalsyou need to achieve it. Then you have to break down goals into thesmaller and manageable targets that you must complete in your way toachieving your lifetime targets. Once you have your list waste no timein tackling your goals.A good way to have a manageable list is to have a daily and weekly setof goals. By doing this you will be always in the position of goingtowards you life plan goals. Everyday will give you the opportunity tofulfil a certain goal giving you the feeling of accomplishment.Here are some pointers that should be taken into consideration insetting goals and achieving them.Attitude plays a very big role in setting and achieving your goals. Youmust ask yourself if any part of you or your mind holding you backtowards completing your simplest goals? If there are any part of yourbehaviour that is being a hindrance or puts your plans into disarray? Ifyou do have problems in these areas then the immediate thing to do is toaddress this problem. Solutions may include a visit to a doctor orpsychiatrist to control your emotions.Careers are made by good time management practice. Failing in a careeris often attributed to bad time management. Careers require a lot froman individual which often makes the career the life of the individual.Plan how far do you want to go into your career.Education is key in achieving your goals. If your goals require you tohave a certain kind of degree or require a certain specialization ordemand a certain skill to be developed, make plans in getting theappropriate education.Your family should never be left out of your plans. If you are juststarting out then you have to decide if you want to be a parent or whenyou want to be a parent. You also have to know if you really would be agood parent and how well would you relate to extended family membersPersonal financial situations also play a major role in achieving yourgoals. Have a realistic goal on how much you really want to earn. Youalso must be able to create plans or stages by which you will be able toreach your earning potential.Physically gifted individuals may be able to achieve sports relatedgoals like being in the National Basketball association or NationalFootball League. Determining your physical capabilities should be one ofyour priorities. Physical limitations could however be conquered withproper planning.As the saying goes -'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy', orsomething to that effect, is by all means true down to the last theletter. Giving yourself a little pleasure: should be included into yourplans.To start achieving your lifetime goals, set a quarter of a century plan,then break it down to 5 year plans then break it down again to 1 yearplans, then 6 month plans then monthly plans, then weekly, then daily.Then create a things-to-do list for the day.Always review your plans and prepare for contingencies.The basics of goal settings should not be so difficult once you get tobe familiar with them.
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