Category: Personal Development

One of the most important aspects of building a business is the belief in yourself that you can build a business. Positive affirmations to increase your self-belief can help in ways that you may not realize at first. It might seem silly to you right now to repeat things to yourself that you don’t believe at all. But, studies have proved that positive affirmations do help people feel better and more positive, and make them believe in themselves more. Take...

Anyone can become an entrepreneur. There’s no barrier based on age or financial circumstances, either. But something that is particularly helpful when becoming an entrepreneur is knowing the reason why you want to do something, having a sense of purpose, and a mindset to get through the obstacles. Know Your Why When you have a why it can help you outline the tasks that you need to complete. But it can also lead you to develop a strategy for accomplishing...

The phrase “being mindful” has been used to define a psychological state in which you focus on the present moment and don’t dwell on the past or worry about the future.  It is a practice that promotes awareness of the present moment.  In order to be consistent with most of the research, mindfulness is recognized as a moment-to-moment awareness of your experiences without placing judgment. It is a state of being and not a character trait. While it may involve...

All of us want to be a better person, whether to make us more marketable, or to make us better friends and family members. Unfortunately, it can be hard to know where to start or how to go about it. This article will discuss five things that you can incorporate into your everyday life to become a better you. First one free habit: keep looking for advice on improving yourself, but don’t feel like you need to accept all of...

You have probably heard about mindfulness, right? You know it’s something Buddhist monks do and it is kind of like meditation and you know it’s supposed to be good for you. Right? But how good for you is it really and how exactly can you benefit? What Is Mindfulness? First, let us look at what mindfulness actually is, and then we can explore the five ways it can be helpful to you on a day-to-day basis. You are right in...

While we wage a daily battle, attempting to influence others, we often forget we struggle to influence ourselves! A key element in influencing people is credibility. People judge you based on your actions, not by your intentions, and not by what you say or how you say it. Your behavior fuels your credibility; you are essentially your behavior! Your Credibility Feeds Your Personal Power Your credibility feeds your personal power, and just because you find yourself in a position of...

If you own your own business or are an entrepreneur, you can often be faced with challenges that strike down your motivation to go on. But here are a few ways you can reign in the troops and find the gumption to keep going. 1. Define your core values. Core values encapsulated in a mission statement will guide your company through times good and bad by helping you find direction and bringing you through turbulent times. “Making money” is not...

So you got motivated recently. Maybe you saw an awesome speaker or got a stinging dose of honesty from a friend or family member. But initial motivation often fades…so here are a few ways to keep it going strong. 1. Remember the pain points. In sales lingo, pain points are problems that come about when the solution being offered is not taken. Try to keep in mind all the things that could or will happen if you don’t stay the...

Do you find yourself merely surviving or is your focus on thriving? People who thrive are focused on how they can reinvent themselves, and be a success, despite the negativity and adversity that surrounds them. Everyone goes through rough times, and there are plenty of things that are entirely out of your control. You can’t control the state of the national debt or the economy, you can’t control the weather or what other people do and say. There is something...

Motivation can seem to be a mysterious entity—sometimes it’s there, and sometimes it isn’t. That said, most people do have the motivation to get up out of bed every morning and live life. But what exactly causes them to act? Here are a few theories behind the force that carries us toward our goals. 1. Instinct: Although this theory has somewhat fallen out of vogue, the idea here is that people are programmed to behave a certain way to due...