Starving for Success in Home Business
This is something I learned from a guy in Louisiana. I worked with him in a different business way back when...
I learned a ton from this guy whether he knew it or not...it's too bad he is not successful in business yet, because he really has some good insight.
I brought it up that you need to want success...want a business that will earn you profits.
We spoke of hobbies, and how we need to treat our business like a business! and how a hobby never pays the bills, they only cost money.
SO WHAT'S THE SECRET?
It all comes back to having that "dream" or a reason why. But it's more than that...
It's hunger; you need to be hungry. Be starving for success. You know when you can't focus on anything else except that need to eat? You start getting the shakes and you need it. Now bring that feeling and transfer it to your business.
So you need to be hungry. And the insight that this young guy had was a one liner, and picture this in a Louisiana accent; "well there are times you could eat...but you are not necessarily 'hungry'." well how huge is that?!?
I say it all the time, that I learn from you guys as much as you learn from me! That was one of those AHA moments.
Of course, we could all eat a little bit of success, but are we hungry?
So, now every time I look at my business and think to myself "it's just not growing as fast as I want" (which, if you are like me, is never fast enough). I need to ask, "am I still hungry?" And every single time I can answer no. I have become comfortable where I am at.
This brings me to another quote. "Success is found outside our comfort zone." Think about that! If you want to be better than you are now, you need to look beyond yourself and expand. Whether it be physically, mentally, spiritually or financially. You need to stretch yourself beyond where you are now.
So if you are having a tough time getting into action; you look at yourself in the mirror and ask if you just need a bite of success, or if you want the 5 course meal!
So this week:
-Get hungry!
-Dream big!
-Develop your WHY!
-Be starving for success!
SETTING SALES GOALS
Have you been to a sales meeting where they talk about goals? We all have. Then you may set a goal like "A million dollars in three years", or something like it. Then a day later, you have completely forgotten the goal, and you are back to old habits.
Why do most goals fail to work? They were not real goals in the first place.
If someone talks to you about setting goals, the goals you set will tend to be whatever the other person will think is a good goal. Most goals are set in the future, and no action is taken today. That is why they don't work.
Here are two goals;
"I am going to lose 100 pounds in three years"
"I am going to lose one pound today"
Now, which goal is more likely to be carried out? The second one, by a landslide.
Why? Because you are involved right now. You can't put it off until tomorrow. Goals need several things to be effective.
Goals must be real to you. They have to be something you want to achieve more than you want the comfort of staying the same.
Goals must have a schedule to accomplish them. When I was selling years ago, I had an income goal by the week. If I had that goal accomplished by Wednesday, I stacked my sales so I was ahead of the next week. If I hadn't met my goals by Friday, I worked through the weekend. My goal were real, and the deadline was real. Otherwise a goal is just wishful thinking.
Goals must always have a deadline. Remember that homework that needed to be turned in on Friday, when you were a kid? When did you do it? Thursday night, if you are like 99.999% of the planet. You need deadlines. A schedule is how you give yourself daily deadlines. That's why scheduling is so important.
Goals must never ...ever be put off. "I'll start accomplishing this goal next week" will never work. How do I know? Because it has never worked in the past, for anyone you know.
"I'll try" is the death of accomplishing goals. "I'll try" is the exact same thing as "I won't"
Saying "I should" is even worse. Saying the word "should" means exactly the same thing as "won't".
I have seen a foolproof method to see if someone has real goals;
Do they keep a record of what they are doing to accomplish a goal? Are they keeping track of how far they are today, if they are ahead of schedule, if they are behind schedule?
If you are keeping records, you are a person to watch, and someone who means business. If you are not keeping a schedule, you may as well go back to sleep. Your goals are just future lies.
Good luck.
