HOW TO OVERCOME FAILURE

One of the greatest obstacles to business success is fear, especially the fear of failure. Unsuccessful people are usually so afraid of failure they avoid risks that could lead to failure. To increase your success rate, you need to be willing to increase your failure rate. The fear of criticism is one of the deadliest forms of fear. We are usually afraid of someone coming up to show the defects in what we do. Most of us do not enjoy criticism at all and that is natural. But we cannot jeopardize our God-given dreams because of the opinions of other people. We must handle criticism wisely.

Sometimes, there are lessons to learn from criticism if we carefully examine what is said. Some other times we should just forge ahead despite whatever has been said. Critics will only run out of business when we stop achieving our God-given goals. We cannot stop because of them.

Another cause of failure is the fear of death.

It seems like the fear of death kills more people than death itself. We must have a correct attitude to death. While death is inevitable, we must believe by faith in God that we will not die before our time.

Dear friend, say to yourself right now: “I will not die, but live to declare the works of God.” Amen.

There is also the fear of ill health. We must combat this also with faith in the Word of God. Jesus took our sicknesses and pains on the cross and by His stripes we are healed.

Another major reason why people fail is the lack of a definite purpose.

Where there is no vision, the people perish. There is power in having a definite purpose in life. All things work together for good for those who live according to God’s purpose. If you are carrying out God’s assignment for your life, He will back you up all the way. Do you believe that what you are doing is what you were born to do?

Now, the first thing to do when we experience setback is to examine the reason for our setback. We must ask questions. This will help us, where possible to avoid a re-occurrence.

Secondly, we must seek counsel from those who have overcome similar setbacks in the past. The value of mentoring cannot be overemphasized for an entrepreneur. Someone has been through the same situation before.

Thirdly, we must develop a positive attitude again.

Failure is never final and a trial is never terminal. We cannot afford to identify ourselves by our failures. Failure as an event is different from failure as a person. That a venture has failed does not make us failures as persons. Don’t run yourself down. Just tell yourself you will do better next time.

Then, we need to make new choices. Success is not a matter of chances; success is a matter of choices. Success or failure is determined by decisions. Whenever we experience setbacks, there must be a change in the choices we have made. We must be prepared for change. Failure can be a sign we need to change direction. And we must choose first of all, to begin again. Learn as much as possible from your mistake, but focus on your vision. That will help you to put the situation in proper perspective.

Dear friend, it does not matter what the situation is today. You can rise again. It is not how high you fall that matters but how high you bounce. Begin to work out a new strategy. Be prepared to take a risk again. It is better to fail at something than to succeed at nothing.

Finally, take action. Do it again and again and again until it works out. We cannot fail until we fail to try. And I pray that your next attempt, under God’s guidance will be a resounding success.

TAKING BUSINESS RESULT-ORIENTED INITIATIVE

In teaching patience, there is a common saying, “Wait for your ship to come in”. John L. Mason, however, once said, “Don’t wait for your ship to come in, swim out to meet it”. Our societal and educational structures produce people who put the responsibility on others to make things happen for them. We want others to create opportunities for us. Although we are now in a democratic system where the success of the society is actually left to the people, we are still waiting for the government to create our world for us. We do not exercise the power we have to create the kind of country we would like to live in because of our mind set. Most people wait for something to happen before they react, because being reactive frees us from taking responsibility for our actions. It is easier to put the blame for our failure on someone else.

Life, however, is not a reaction, it is an action. People who are highly effective in life are people who are proactive. They do not wait for things to happen, they make things happen. One of the greatest needs of our country at the moment is entrepreneurs. Our country needs people of action.  Entrepreneurs are people who refuse to surrender their lives to external forces. They are people who take initiative.

The world is designed to be run by man’s internal forces. As a man thinks so is he. True freedom begins from inside and not from outside. The journey from failure to success is an internal trip. True wealth begins from within you. Those who surrender their lives to external forces never succeed. To succeed don’t wait for perfect conditions, make the conditions perfect.

Entrepreneurs use time and chance as raw materials to create a favorable condition. People who take initiative use time productively.  It is frustrating to see people wait for things to happen and allow time slip by. Without a conscious effort to convert time to one’s advantage, it will be lost. People who take initiative go out and do what they need to do; making most of opportunity and not waiting for things to happen. They do what they have got to do to make things happen the way they want them to be.

Be a man or woman of action. Take the initiative by simply making the first move. A lot of people know what they ought to do but they do not do it. One of the major differences between a success and a failure is action. 95% of people know what they should do but would not do it. A lot of people also know what they should not do but they do it because they feel like doing it. Lots of people have plans and interesting ideas but they never do anything about the ideas. It is not impossible to start a business. Check out those who have made it in business and learn from them. Do not sit around hoping that something bad will not happen to you. Go out there and take control of the external forces that are on ground and make things work out for you. Get on the offensive.

In conclusion, here are four qualities involved in taking initiative:

1. Have a clear vision. You have got to be able to see your new world in your mind before you start creating it. When I look back today, I realize that I had seen my present world before it came to reality.
2. Push yourself to act. All objects remain at a state of rest until a force is applied. There is no company, city or nation that built itself. You must understand that in this life problems don’t solve themselves. A beautiful future won’t create itself. Push yourself to do whatever must be done to create the kind of future you want. Whether you are afraid or not, just make the move.
3. Be willing to take risks. Not acting is riskier than acting. Not taking a risk is the biggest risk in the world. Don’t hesitate. Take the sting out of failure by feeling the fear but acting anyway. Act boldly. Act now.
4. Double your ‘failure’ rate. Failure is not failure until you stop trying. You increase your chances of succeeding when you increase the rate at which you try things. The most interesting thing is that the world will not remember you for the many things you tried that did not work but for the one thing you did that worked. Get out of your comfort zone. Success grows out of failure. To increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

There are several areas in our nation today screaming for attention. In my mind I see a new nation but you and I have to dream, plan and work to turn it into reality. Only those who make moves make waves.

HOW TO BUY RECHARGE CARD PINS ANYWHERE,ANYTIME WITH YOUR PHONE

Yes, the title says it all. I guess you wonder how possible this is but thanks to Goattale Ltd. You can really start buying your recharge pins with extremem convenience in the next 15 minutes in just 3 really easy steps – more or less free of charge.  But first the following will be required to get started – an ATM card (don’t worry you won’t be buying the recharge pins online), a NetNaira account (you also need not worry - it’s free to get one) and a phone (if you don’t have a phone then you should not be reading this).

If you do not have one (or more) of the items listed above, go and get it right away before you proceed further.

Step 1:

Get a NetNaira PERSONAL account by signing up on https://www.netnaira.com/signup.asp. As I said earlier on, it is free to register. Make sure you use your mobile phone during the registration process – this will be the phone you will be using for your pin purchases. NetNaira is actually the electronic wallet you’ll be spending from.  I have been using it for over 2 years now and I say it is really reliable.

Step 2:

Load your NetNaira account with at least N50 using your ATM card. I suggest you load up to N210 as you will be purchasing your first recharge pin with this i.e.  you are not charged for any step, I guess Goattale only wants to make sure you are serious.

Step 3:

Activate your phone. As I said, this is also almost free (you will be charge for the SMS response - N5 only at the time of this writing). All you need do is send the following text message to 08064024062

Activate

Replace with the account number you were sent when you signed up on NetNaira.com e.g.

Activate 1003p

You will instantly be sent a 4 digit mobile security pin. You will be using this pin for every transaction so memorise it.

That’s all – start buying.

How to buy

To buy a N100 MTN recharge pin, all you need do is use the activated phone to send the following message to the same number (08064024062)

                Buy mtn100 pinng

Mtn100 refers to the product code for N100 mtn recharge

pinng is actually the store code for the NetNaira merchant pinnigeria.com

replace with the actual security pin netnaira sent to your phone

e.g.         buy mtn100 pinng 2342

    or

buy  glo150 pinng 2342

The product codes for the various networks look like this

Multilinks - ML e.g. ML200

Zain – ZAIN e.g. ZAIN200

Zoom – ZOOM e.g. ZOOM200

The secrete to this is loading your NetNaira account with some fund. This fund could come in handy if you get stranded (I call this my emergency pin).

Confirming the actual price of a recharge pin before you make a purchase:

You can do this by sending “PRICE mtn200 pinng ” to 08064024062

 

Confirming your NetNaira balance with your phone

You can do this by sending “balance” to 08064024062

Changing your security pin:

You can do this by sending “CHANGEPIN ” to 08064024062

e.g. CHANGEPIN 2342 4343 4343

Please take note that you MAY be charged for SMS messages sent to your phone

Achieving That Professional Look With The Help of An Image Consultant .

How many of us have fallen victim to the fashion nightmare we call "casual Fridays"? A lot of people just want to make a good impression on our boss, some of us want to look good for their peers, and some want to look good in front of their special someone. For most people they say it's too vain to be over conscious of our outward appearance, but in reality it really does count to make a good impression on people. That's why there are specialists who take care of this for other people—they are called image consultants.

Today, there are image consultants for working professionals, for students, for homemakers and other people.  It is a little sad that people are more concerned of the physical attributes of others than their character. But the truth is we are frequently judged by our appearances, our image is the one thing that people have to make them form their opinion of other people.

In the earlier days, people always looked for help in the pages of magazines and catalogs for the look that they wanted. One of the things that made it hard for people to really carry the look well is that the cuts and the style that it was fitted for the person in the picture and not for the person reading the magazine.

More than anyone else the working professional suffers this dilemma most often because of the different kinds of trends and fads that is served to them. The three piece business suit has been a staple for men and sometimes even for women. But because the look has been around for a long time there are people who experiment and try out different combinations. It alright and some even succeed in the results that they came up with but for majority of the people the look they created became very disastrous and it causes trauma that hinders these people from ever doing it again.

A good suggestion that these people could look into is to seek the help of a fashion professional. These people are called image consultants, they make enrich our personal style and at the same time make us confident and making bold decisions about our wardrobe experiments.

Usually an image consultant for working professional looks beyond the closet and looks in to the possibilities that their clients can have. As an image consultant for professionals, one must remember what they are dressing their clients for. Image consultants should consider the industry that their clients are working for, they should also take into consideration the position of their client in the company, another factor to consider is age and another is the occasion or the event they will use it for.

Because of these things they have to consider it would be wise for the image consultant to have a total makeover of the person's lifestyle and wardrobe. The makeover usually starts with the person's confidence. The person should be able to be at ease with their body no matter how it looks like. Image is more than what you look like, it's also how you feel about yourself.

An image consultant for working professionals should take time to understand the personal style that their client wants and the image they want to project. In return, the client should try their very best to cooperate and do what needs to be done to make the makeover a success.

MY E books For You: Getting Rich Your Own Way

MY E books For You: Getting Rich Your Own Way

21 SECRETS TO MAKE MONEY WITHOUT LEAVING HOME.

1. Service Businesses: Things you do for others; repairs, cleaning, child care, etc.

2. Products You Sell to Others; Business cards, names, shoes.

3. Products You Can Make and Sell to Others: handicrafts, ceramics, jewelry.

4. Advertising Representative: sell ad space in publications of others, charge % fee.

5. Alternations, Sewing, Cleaning: Sewing, cleaning, anything to do with clothing and what people wear.

6. Auto Work: Repairs, cleaning, polishing, tune-ups, etc.

7. Baking: Cakes, cookies, candies, etc.

8. Baking, Cooking Classes: Teach people what you know about baking,cooking, etc.

9. Bookkeeping, Accounting: Help others keep their books,
accounting

10. Broker Services: Offer products and services of others to
YOUR customers as a broker.

11. Business Consultant: Help others in running their businesses,
guidance,, etc.

12. Business Skills Class: Teach others how to run a business,
how to make and save money.

13. Childbirth Classes: teach new parents all they need to know,
what to do and how.

14. Closeout and Odd Lot Items:Locate items that are not moving,
buy at a discount.

15. Computer Services:Secretarial; services, typing, resumes, reports, manuscripts, etc.

16. Computer Training: Teach people what you know about computers.

17. Craft Instruction: Teach people what you know about craft-making.

18. Dancing Lessons: Aerobic classes;popular dances, teach in your home, etc.

19. Dealerships:Sell programs and plans of others, sell their products, etc.

20. Discount Printing:Contact small printers offer their services too others.

21. Distribution of Flyers, Circulars: Do it by mail for
clients, charge a fee.

HOW TO START A 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.

Six Amazing Simple Ways To Boost Your Marketing Campaign

Marketing is the oxygen of any business,for you to survive online .There is great need for you to create awareness of your product in a way people will be interested to buy from you.Here are six ideas to help you increase your marketing campaign:

1 Purchase resale rights E-books, rebrand and allow people to give away your E-books to their visitors free. Then, their visitors will also give it away. This will promote your product widely.A good place to get resale rights materials is www.internetmaterials.org

2.If you have the ability to set up a forum or other bulletin board, you really have a great tool. Allow people to use your online discussion board for their own website. Some people don't have one. Just include your banner ad at the top of the board.

3.Do you have a knack for web design? Create some templates, graphics, etc. and upload them to your site. Then, allow people to give away your free web design graphics, fonts, templates, etc. Just include your ad on them or require people to link directly to your web site. Make sure that you include a link back to your site in the copyright notice and require them to keep your copyright notice in tact.

4.Write an E-book. Allow people to place an advertisement in your free E-book if, in exchange, they give away the E-book to their web visitors or E-zine subscribers.

5.Write articles that pertain to your product or service. Allow people to reprint your articles on their website, in their E-zine, newsletter, magazine or E-books. Include your resource box and the option for article reprints at the bottom of each article.

6.You can easily find products on the Internet that will sell you a license allowing you to distribute the product free of charge to other people. Look for those products that provide "branding rights". That is where you can include your own name, website, and contact information.
You can check out some very good resale right materials now at www.internetmaterials.org now.

Ebooks:The 21st Century Promotional Powerhouses

Ebooks are part of the new frontier of cyberspace.They are an entirely new medium for sharing marketing information, ideas, techniques, and expert knowledge.Each day the number of people accessing the Internet grows, causing the exposure of ebook to increase exponentially. It's obvious why electronic self-publishing has become so popular quickly.
The publishing industry, I hope, does not intend to forever banish the printed word to the dustbin of history. Books in print have their own special qualities and merits, and the world would be diminished by their disappearance.
Having said that, let's look at what makes ebooks so important and so unique. Ebooks have certain abilities and qualities that other mediums do not possess.For example,Click Here!
ebooks are fairly easy to produce, and their production cost is inexpensive. Just think about it: you don't need a publisher, an agent, a printing press, offset film, ink, paper, or even a distributor. You just need a great concept, the ability to write it or to hire a writer, and the right software.
Additionally, ebooks are easily and rapidly distributed online. They are also easily updated; they do not require a second print run. All you need is to go into your original creation and modify the text or graphics. Because of this flexibility, ebooks can change and grow as fast as you can type.
Ebooks are also immediately obtainable. You don't have to go to a bookstore or search through endless titles at an online bookstore. All you have to do is download it from a website, and presto! It's on your computer, ready to be read.
Ebooks are interactive. This is one of the most unique and specific qualities that ebooks offer. You can add surveys that need to be filled out, order forms for customers to purchase your products or goods, sound and video that draw your reader into the virtual world of your ebook, even direct links to relevant sites that will expand your ebook outward. The potential is virtually limitless.
Ebooks have a particular kind of permanence that other mediums do not possess. Television shows and radio shows air once, and then may rerun a few times. Ebooks remain on your computer for as long as your choose, and they can be read and reread whenever you choose to. They can even be printed out and stored on the shelves of your traditional home library.
Another wonderful quality is that ebooks have no barriers in terms of publishing. You don't need to go through the endless process of submitting your manuscript over and over again, and then once you land an agent, having the agent submit your manuscript over and over again. Nor do you have to shell out thousands of dollars for printing a self-published book. All ebooks require is a writer and appropriate software. Figure out your market, write your book, post it on your website, and with the right business savvy, your audience will come to you.
Finally, you have creative control over your ebook. You dont have to compromise with an editor or the publishing trends of the time. You don't have to haggle with a designer or wait for copyedited galleys to arrive by snail mail. You are in complete control of the design and the text.Please check this out for more information
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Start Up Ideas For Winning Entrepreneurs

Many individuals nowadays prefer to have a home-based job rather than
working eight hours each day in the office. Some people are also into
franchising; this may sound good but if you want to become a successful
entrepreneur, you don't have to focus entirely on franchising. You should consider other business ideas that you can venture into.

Business research can be carried out with ease these days, thanks to the power of the internet. If you conduct your search online, you can find other business ideas that you can use as an entrepreneur. Beginners will benefit a lot from the information they can find online about business ideasBecause of the many business ideas you can find online, you will often find it hard to choose the ones you like. It's easy to choose if you use your instincts. For instance, if one business idea feels right, take note of it but if you have second thoughts about another idea, disregard it.

As an entrepreneur, you should investigate further by gathering as much
information as possible about the business ideas. True enough, franchise
is absolutely a great idea. By choosing this business alternative, you can be the boss of your own business and you can earn unlimited income.

However, according to experts, franchise and other internet businesses promise the same business opportunities. It will all differ on how you
handle the business.

Not all individuals who desire to own a business can achieve this goal.
You see, being an entrepreneur is hard. There are a lot of factors to
consider before you decide to become an entrepreneur. Even if you have
the capital to finance the business undertaking, you can't be sure that
it can give you high profits in the future especially if you don't know
how to handle certain business situations.

First and foremost, you must be able to work alone. Once you're an
entrepreneur, you're already self-employed. It would also be best if you
can have the support of your loved ones.

Here is a very good example. As mentioned earlier, further investigation
is needed to evaluate the business ideas that you have in your hands. Starting a business from scratch requires a lot of work. Suppose the
business that you're about to put up is also available in franchise, which business idea will you choose?

For the smart entrepreneurs, they will already go for franchising because it requires less work. An established business undertaking is  less expensive and less risky. But before you make a final decision, you must be able to weigh all the advantages as well as disadvantages. This is an essential part of choosing the best business idea.

Once you've chosen the right business idea, you can spring it into action. Soon enough, you will gain the financial benefits that you're dreaming of. Whether you choose to start your own business or go for franchising, the most important thing is to develop goodwill. All the actions of the entrepreneur must be focused in attaining all the objectives of the business.

If you want to become a winning entrepreneur, you must research all the business ideas that you can get online and offline. The internet can
help you a lot. Also, don't forget to develop the needed traits and skills as an entrepreneur.

You can get many resources through the internet or you can talk to a established entrepreneur so that you will have an idea on what you're
about to undertake.