The great news is that developing solid and productive habits is a catalyst for success in both your personal and professional life and consistently implementing great habits produces great results!
Your business cannot and will not succeed or better yet thrive if you are not serious about the time you spend on that business. Furthermore the business can not thrive if you work on your business inconsistently.
Now a certain amount of managing is necessary in terms of communication with the group and scheduling meetings, but the problem is that all too often, when the leader starts “MANAGING”, they simultaneously STOP BUILDING.
I have learned that in order to maintain a consistent effort, we must have two things: 1) a mature understanding of what it means to own a business; and 2) an indomitable desire to succeed.
I had the word “nice” all wrong. I thought it was nice to put myself last. I thought it was nice to not make waves. It was painful to be nice by that definition, but it seemed like the right thing to do.
Do the opposite of most people and stay consistent with your holiday seed planting all during this season! Make sure you're still planting lot's of seeds! Even though it seems like no one is listening or ready to get started with you in your business.
Would you rather everyone talk behind your back? Get up the courage and ask. Ask somebody who loves you and has your best interest in mind. Be gracious and don't defend your self. Just accept it and work on it.
"Denis, everything depends on how you want to look at what happens in life. It doesn't make any difference what is going on 'out there' What makes a difference is how you take it."
They have handed us the gift of their insights so that we can change our plans, if need be, in order to avoid their errors. We can rearrange our lives based on their wise advice.
It's true that when you discipline yourself to do the things you need to do, when you need to do them, the day's going to come when you can do the things you want to do, when you want to do them.
The real key to being a Mentor, is active listening, and actively translating what you are hearing based on the why your student says what they are saying, the feeling they are using, the context of what they are saying, its a real long list...