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Guest post by: Loren Fogelman

Winning Disguises the True Motivation to Compete - Click To Read Article
Does your very strong craving for winning motivate you? Winning is the primary motivator as believed by a lot of extremely competitive athletes. That is true for some, but not for all. Examine your real driving force and you may discover the actual core reason is to avoid losing.

Change Your History to Expand Your Business - Click To Read Article
What if I told you your life was like a movie? And the person standing next to you right now is viewing a very different movie. The way you experience anything and everything comes from your perception.

Discover Your Reason to Excel Beyond the Norm - Click To Read Article
What goal have you set for yourself? How big is your vision? Do you daydream, seeing yourself having successfully reached your goal?

The Art of Successful Business Relationships - Click To Read Article
Unless you are an island to yourself, so much of life has to do with relationships. Consider your relationships, personally, professionally and spiritually. If you were to rate the support you receive from the people in your life between zero to ten, with ten being exceptional support and zero having no support whatsoever, how would you rate your relationships?

Own Your Success - Click To Read Article
When you don’t fill a program or get a new client signed on how do you deal with it? Are you blaming the economy or too much competition? Or do you look at what you could do differently to convey the value of working with you?

Boundaries Show Self Respect - Click To Read Article
Purpose is powerful. Do you know the reason you have deeply committed to your business? What drives you to share your gifts with others? Why you devote so much of your life to your business? Connect with the underlying passion. Discover the compelling reason you do what you do.

Creating the Mindset for Success to Grow Your Business - Click To Read Article
Deserving is an interesting concept. For some it is seen as a right and something positive. Others view it as a negative and feel guilt. When you think about deserving what are some of the thoughts you have? Do you deserve to carve out the time to grow your business? Do you deserve success?

Easily Increase Your Intuition - Click To Read Article
Do you live in the past, the present or the future? Might sound like an odd question, but the majority of people, entrepreneurs included, rarely are in the present. There is so much that goes on in your daily life, whether someone wants something from you, planning to take care of the things on your to-do list, or changing a part of your business for improved results. Thoughts will stray to something which already occurred or something about to happen. When your thoughts are either in the past or considering the future, you are not in the present.

Create the Mindset for Business Growth - Click To Read Article
Opportunities to expand are dependent on your focus, whether present, past or future. Consider your goals imagining how you would be different, how your business would change and how your life will be affected. Allow yourself to step into that vision now, as if it had already happened. Notice how you are feeling as you are doing this. Tune into the details. What you see and feel is important.

Bridging the Gap for Business Growth - Click To Read Article
Think about the original reason you decided to open your business. Connect with the excitement and anticipation you felt imagining the impact you were going to make in your community, being of service to others and feeling appreciated by your clients. Tap into the feeling of your business making a difference in their lives.

Stop Having Your Warm Leads Go Cold - Click To Read Article
Do you find that you get inquiries, people who have expressed an interest in working with you, and you wait before calling them? Or maybe someone has a warm lead for you, they know someone who is interested in talking to you about your services, and you are not sure how long to wait before giving that person a call? When you wait too long, your warm lead ends up going cold.

5 Tips to Become a Successful Savvy Networker - Click To Read Article
When you opened the doors to your business were you hoping the field of dreams concept was true, build it and they will come? Just hanging out a shingle, however, does not mean you will quickly have a full schedule with new clients. Unless you already have a strong following, you will need to figure out a way to drive clients to your business.

Visualizing Your Successful Business - Click To Read Article
Congruency is very sexy to the Law of Attraction. When your thoughts, emotions and actions all line up the universe takes notice. Think about your business goals. Release the resistance by having your goals and actions compliment each. Talk about your goals, but it is your actions which will take you there. Alignment between your values and goals ensures success.

Begin Talking Your Walk to Grow Your Business - Click To Read Article
Entrepreneurs are a unique breed. We think, see and perceive our world differently than those around us. Instead of staying with the traditional status quo security of a job, we have made a step to do things differently by creating our own business.

Ready for a Big Change in Your Business Focus - Click To Read Article
Opportunities abound. You are only limited by your thoughts. The option to do something new and different is always present. Once you begin to envision yourself as you want to be, then the path for reaching your goal is already being created.

Maximizing the Law of Attraction for Business Success - Click To Read Article
You are finally at a place where you have taken crucial steps in your business and are ready to make a big change. Deep down in your heart you know this is what you were meant to do, you can literally feel yourself being pulled in this direction. When you are connected to your heart, it all comes together and flows easily. There is clarity in your heart. This is the direction for you to go.

Building Your Business with Confidence - Click To Read Article
Have you noticed there are peaks and valleys in your business? At times you are at capacity and so excited about people coming to you, wanting to work with you. It just seems so easy. Then you notice a shift occurring. All of a sudden what looked like a growing business begins to backslide. Now you are scrambling to pay the bills.

Five Quick Steps to Overcome Your Fear and Begin to Achieve Business Success - Click To Read Article
Do you know what holds you back from doing things which you know will help you to grow your business? What is the one thing you have been avoiding because it is out of your comfort zone? All entrepreneurs experience these things when growing a business. It is the choice you make once faced with something fearful which will separate the successful entrepreneurs from all the rest.

Lining Up Pricing and Value for Business Success - Click To Read Article
Are you truly dedicated to your profession? Absolutely love what you are doing and your clients are getting great results, but no matter how hard you try your bank account does not reflect your efforts? Well you are not alone. It's really common, particularly with health care and support professionals.

Pricing Your Services for Business Success - Click To Read Article
During the past week I have had several conversations with clients about pricing. Not being clear on your services and what you are offering, means there is no consistency. In fact each client ends up in a unique program and price structure. This approach appears to be client centered but it becomes very time intensive; creating chaos for you.

Releasing the Resistance to Increase Visibility - Click To Read Article
Everything we do is either to feel or avoid some emotion. How you feel does matter. Mindset contributes 80% to success. If your mindset is not in the right place, all of the information about marketing will not make a difference.

Your Self Image and Your Business - Click To Read Article
No matter what you want to believe, your image affects your business. People judge based upon first impressions. “What you see is what you get.” In fact, your image is nine-tenths of success. A potential client will determine whether to connect with you in less than one minute. As an entrepreneur, you are your brand.

Take Inspired Action for Business Growth - Click To Read Article
As I have continued to grow my business, I have learned so much about myself along the way. There are some golden nuggets which have helped me to move forward even when it was uncomfortable. Taking the steps toward business growth means personal growth will occur as well.

Is Your Business a Diamond in the Rough? - Click To Read Article
It is easy to talk about your ideals and dreams for success, but something else entirely to begin taking the first step down that road. Beginning the process can be uncomfortable and scary. On the outside your goals might appear well and good. Isn't this what you have been dreaming about for so long?

Transparency as a Marketing Tool - Click To Read Article
Transparency. It has become the norm with social networking and online marketing. We each have our own barometer between too much information and not enough revealed.

Your Marketing Message Needs to Speak Your Client’s Language - Click To Read Article
Marketing continues to transform and social networking has speeded up the process. The old strategies of a hard sell do not work, particularly when the primary buying power is women.

How to Be Seen as an Expert - Click To Read Article
How you do anything is how you do everything! There is a connection between your thoughts, emotions and actions. If there is a part of your business which you are dissatisfied with, take a closer look and figure out why things are not working well. Discover the conflict between what you want and how you feel about successfully achieving your goal. If you have a deep underlying belief which contradicts your goal, you will hold yourself back. The good news is change can happen.

Are You a Spectator or a Team Player in Your Business? - Click To Read Article
Sometimes you just don't know when the next opportunity will appear. Regardless, you want to be ready to say "yes" when it arrives. There are important lessons I have learned along the way which have impacted all parts of my life, particularly my business.

Set an Intention for Your Business and Watch It Grow - Click To Read Article
Have you made the choice to create your ideal business and now waiting for clients to come to you? Feel that you have tried everything to bring in clients, doing everything you are supposed to be doing, and still there is no response? Putting in more hours per day now that you have your own business than you did when you were working at a J-O-B.

5 Important Reasons a Mastermind Group Accelerates Business Growth - Click To Read Article
What do King Arthur and Napoleon Hill have in common? They both knew the power of a mastermind group. King Arthur had his round table of knights. Napoleon Hill dedicated his life to learning about the secret to success from the most powerful men of his time. Having a group of advisors you can trust is necessary for all successful business owners and leaders.

How Your Actions Help You to Achieve Success - Click To Read Article
How often have you heard the phrase “walking your talk?” When that does not happen there is a disconnect. What you are saying and what you are doing are two different things. When you have a discrepancy between your words and your actions, your actions will be the truth. People will pay attention to what you are doing and disregard what you say.

Transforming Self Criticism - Easy Steps to Releasing the Inner Critic - Click To Read Article
If you have negative self talk, then you may be are aware of your committee. The committee is your inner critic. The part of you that keeps you stuck in fear and anger. The part of you that keeps reminding you that you are not perfect enough. Discover how to release the inner critic instead of numbing yourself to quiet the thoughts.

The Power of Mindset and How It Affects Your Business Success - Click To Read Article
What was the reason you decided to start your own business? Did you get tired of your corporate job and feel you could do it better? Are you home with your family and your hobby turned into a business? All of a sudden you were out of a job and needed an income?

The Spirit of the Olympic Athletes Can Influence Your Business - Click To Read Article
Not everyone is a sports enthusiast or competitive person. There are lessons, however, which can be learned from athletes and applied to your business. Each and every Olympic athlete has a coach behind her, is part of a group and is driven to strive for peak performance. They have the determination and mindset of a winner, choosing to move forward even when it is uncomfortable.

Are You Crystal Clear on Your Business Goals - Click To Read Article
There are as many different ways to approach building and marketing your business as there are business owners. Even if your plan looks similar to someone else’s the way you implement will be uniquely yours. It is all in the mindset and implementation.

Successful Networking, Marketing and Mindset Strategies to Build Your Practice - Click To Read Article
I have seen many sole business owners network, but they don’t do it with poise and confidence. There is an underlying mindset of desperation or they hesitate talking about their services. This is not very client attractive. When you get out there and let others know about you, display confidence and poise to be attractive.

9 Easy Steps to Breaking the Blocks to Marketing Your Business - Click To Read Article
Once I made the choice to step out of the comforts of the office and create my own business, Mindset for Marketing Success, I knew change was going to happen. A complete overhaul in my thinking about marketing was necessary.

Getting Into the Zone for Business Success - Click To Read Article
Think about a time when everything in your practice flowed smoothly. You felt it just couldn’t get any better than this. Even unforeseen challenges didn’t affect the flow; it was all going as you planned.

5 Important Steps to Develop a Mindset for Success and Become a Client Attraction Magnet - Click To Read Article
Do you feel like a success? Do you look like a success to others, but on the inside feel like a failure? No matter how hard you try, you never do it well enough. You might be told over and over again about what great work you are doing, but you minimize it and only focus on the flaws. Even the outstanding achievements are not worth celebrating.

Successful Marketing is All About the Relationship - Click To Read Article
Do you know what your gifts are, your special talent? Is there something you love to do so much, you would do it for free? Whatever that gift is, you are the only one doing it. There might be other’s who do similar things, but no one is doing it quite the way you are. Your perceptions and your experience, makes your way of providing that service unique.

Three Key Tips For a Successful Mastermind Group - Click To Read Article
The concept of the mastermind group is vividly described by Napoleon Hill in "Think and Grow Rich". Consider the people in your life that are supportive of you. Identify the people willing to give you honest feedback and genuinely want the best for you.

Finding the Right Fit with a Mastermind Group to Propel You to Success - Click To Read Article
One thing which really increases the chance of long term success is having a support system. Typically when you think about your support system you will think about the people closest to you and whether they “are there for you” or not.

Breaking Down Goals For Success Into Manageable Steps - Click To Read Article
Chunking. This tool is a valuable resource for helping to develop the mindset for marketing success. It is extremely versatile. Chunking is effective with breaking goals down into easy manageable steps for success. You can also use chunking to clear blocks and work through resistance.

Visualizing Abundance - Click To Read Article
Imagine being the star of your own movie. You can see yourself doing something that you only dreamed of doing with ease. You imagine yourself reaching your goal feeling confident. As you play your movie over and over, you are actually increasing the likelihood that you will reach your goal.

Beginning to Attract Abundance - Click To Read Article
Each of us has the ability to attract abundance. In fact we do it all the time and are not even aware of what we are doing. When we focus on something, conscious or unconscious, we are attracting that very thing toward us.





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