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Permission

Written by: Philip A. Foster

Article Overview: Sometimes we just need to know we can!

Permission

The longer I coach the more I find that people are often looking for permission to start working on their dreams and goals. Of course, that is assuming that they even remember what their dreams were! My entire life my passion, my dreams, and my calling have all been right in front of my face and I consciously was aware of them much of the time but I am human and I get caught up in the turbulence and excitement of life and many times lose sight of what it is I wanted to do, felt lead to do, or even NEED to do! In my last post I asked you what your "WHY" in life was. Why do you do what you do, why do you want to do it and what will you get from doing it? I hear it all the time "I don't know what to do next?" Here is a secret... if you're too close to the tree, back up a bit and look again! A 10,000 foot view is much better than a 1 inch view much of the time. I want to encourage you with this... you can do what ever you set your mind to. You likely have more than enough ability, smarts and will power to start working on your dreams and goals even right now. So what is stopping you? Oh yeah! I want to give you permission to start dreaming again. People laugh when I say that. Dreams are for children. NO! Dreaming starts with a child and think about it... a child's mind knows few limits. What is stopping you from reaching your full potential? Probably the gray matter between your ears. The Bible talks about Child-like faith and that is what I am talking about too. I'm not talking about being irresponsible or stupid. I am simply inviting you to look past your own doubt and see if you can look at life through the eyes of a child - where every day is new - the possibilities are endless and you have the belief you can be ANYTHING you want to be when you grow up!

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Re: My 3 best business books - 1. Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill 2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey 3. Permission Marketing - Seth Godin Think and Grow Rich seems more powerful each time I read it or dip into it. The 7 Habits not only offers some very effective ways to organize your life (which I have yet to master!), but also some great quotations and thought provoking statements including this by Nazi concentration camp survivor, Viktor Frankl: [i:2naxzsom]Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose.[/i:2naxzsom] Seth Godin's Permission Marketing is a good read for anybody seeking to understand how to approach doing business on the Internet in the right way with regard to winning people's trust.
Re: Hello From Marietta GA! - Hi Tim, Welcome to the forum! I see you are into martial arts and a Seth Godin fan. My favourite Seth book is "Permission Marketing". Which martial arts do you practise? David
Re: pitching - Friendliness is closely related to the concept of "permission marketing" as articulated by Seth Godin. The subtitle of his book says it all: "Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers." The old method was "interruption marketing" where you suddenly get an ad in your face whether you want it or not...
Local Chamber of commerce - I would suggest something that has been under the radar for about 6 months now that I've been using for about a year and there is nothing like it.. Success On Contact it is referred to as a Permission Based Relationship Marketing Software. It has all the basics like list management, contact management, campaign management and such, but also integrates with inbound and outbound VoIP like Vonage, Skype and J2 Communications ( will actually automatically attach voicemails to contact record with play button), or create a new contact record if it does not recognise the inbound number calling. It also integrates with just a few clicks with web based voicebroadcasting services. Let's see what else...oh, internal email and newsletter client, newsletter and pdf post card and sales campaign creation. It also automatically pulls leads from your websites into your contact manager without you lifting a finger and notifies you within 60 seconds to your desktop that you have a lead and it is automatically databased according to advertisement, product/ service campaign so you can track seamlessly where your leads are coming from. This is my favorite feature, because thru out the day, my recontact due icon pops up to let me know I have a new lead, I just click on the new name in the recontact due and pops up the full record all filled in (no wasted time entering data), I click on the Skype button (I use Skype..but it could be your land line..etc.) and presto, I'm talking to my prospective client in less than 2 minutes from the time they opted for more information. and many times while they are on my site. Typing notes in the contact record along the way and engaging them immediately in my sales process.


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