Being productive and achieving the level of success you are looking for takes continual consistent action. Reading a quote or a mantra can help us to stay focused on important things that are going to drive us closer to success. Productivity quotes and affirmations are a brilliant way to start the day and help us to remain positive and productive.
These quotes are taken from famous people who have already achieved so much.
Procrastinating! Yes most of us do it, well 95% of us anyway. Maybe we delayed revising for an exam or put off an assignment or project. As we get older other tasks like monthly accounts or the yearly tax return are common tasks many of us put off and it’s no wonder you can’t get through to the tex office on January 31st.
The current world situation has brought us new circumstances to deal with but also many new opportunities. One being the opportunity to start a new business.
Whether you are thinking of starting a new business full-time or starting a small business to supplement your income then creating a business plan is an essential first step in starting your new business.
Unfortunately, only around 50% make it to the five-year mark and 30% of startups still fail in the first two years of opening. (SBA The Small Business Association) One of the main reasons given for the high failure rates is that people fail to plan and investigate the market.
When people start businesses they are often are overwhelmed by new ideas and opportunities and much time is spent going around in circles and being led away from the really important things. This is why planning is so important.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act but a habit.” - Aristotle
We often think of success as a result of one huge event in our life or one ginormous result. In fact, it’s the small habits we do every day that take us to where we want to go.
When I originally had the idea of writing my books, all those years ago. I never thought in a million years I would end up writing a series of best-selling books. But I did and it was all down to taking the first step and then taking that repeated action every single day.
Every day I would wake up at 6. I would research and write until 12.30 PM and then go off to my spin class. This was my habit. I did that for 2 years until I finished the series. I loved this habit, it gave me confidence and security. As I got into this habit, more and more I believed that I would finish the books. There was no panic or doubt or worry. I just plodded on every day and enjoyed the process.
Never has there been a more important time to keep a healthy work-life balance.
This pandemic has thrown many of us into unchartered territory and one thing's for sure this pandemic is going anywhere soon! Many of us are used to working from home but for the vast majority of us, this is a new challenge and according to some experts it looks like within the next 5 years 50% of us will be working from home. Finding a balance between working and our personal life is going to be even more important.
If you are a professional time blocker then you'll know that out of all the productivity hacks Time Blocking has to be one of the most powerful!
Time blocking will help you make the best use of time, stay focused and achieve the big things you need to do to grow your business. You see we all have the same 24 hours, it's how we use that time that will be the determining factor in how successful we are.
Was such fun being interviewed by Lisa Malcolm for her podcast, A Kick in the Yes. Lisa is a podcasting natural. We may all be different in so many ways but have you ever thought? We still have the same 24 hours. So how can we make the most use of our time and be more productive, more focused and more organised. Here are 20 tips to help you in 2022
You can tune in and find out the 20 planning tips for 2022 and how to create your roadmap to success! https://www.kickintheyes.com/post/how-to-plan-for-success
With only just over a few months left of 2019 it’s a great time now to start thinking and planning for 2020.
Whatever type of business you have or are planning, being prepared and ready for the New Year with plans and goals in place will help you start the year, motivated and ready to go with confidence and purpose.
I am sure you have heard the quote by Benjamin Franklin “if you fail to plan you are planning to fail” Well sadly it is true. According to The Small Business Association ( SBA) 30% of new businesses fail during the first two years of being open, 50% during the first five years and 66% during the first 10. Around only 25% make it to 15 years or more.
Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed? Do you feel you just don’t know what to do next? You’re trying to do two or even three things at the same time, you're drowning under a mound of half-done projects and tasks and you just feel like you are running around in circles. Inside you feel hopeless, stressed and anxious.
“Judge nothing, truly forgive everything, herein lies the peace you seek.” Natasha McKenna
For me, a happy business comes from a happy heart. The less you stress the more you succeed. I have built my business by forgiving every roadblock that came my way and using what once harmed to heal, for I turned that block into a step to stand upon. Slowly and surely it has lifted me into heights I could only have dreamed of.
There is a popular saying, “Feel the fear and do it anyway,” but what you haven’t been told is “Feel the fear and forgive it anyway.” You see, when you forgive within, it dissolves the fear that is standing in your way. Everything is a mind game, if you think you can, you will. For what you believe, you achieve.
Whenever I am afraid of something, I utilize it as a chance to forgive within, to dissolve the darkness that has come to keep me limited and in lack. For in truth, you are everything, but you allow those limiting beliefs to keep you chained to smallness. Unchain yourself, by seeing Forgiveness in a new light. It is not limited to an atrocity, or when you have been betrayed by your partner. It is there to free yourself from fear, so that you can know the truth of your love that sits within. When you find your light, fear will be gone and your impossible dream, the one you think is out of reach will become yours to breathe into life.
Forgiveness has so much to offer you, for it wills you happiness. When you find the happiness within, this extends out to your business. Happy people succeed, for it is built upon the goodness of grace.
So now, I want to ask you something. What is your business block? Grab something to write on and make a note of this now. Whatever it is, decide to forgive it, by simply writing out ‘I forgive….’ and whatever this is. For example, if your business block is lack of clients, write down, ‘I forgive my lack of clients.’ Look within to see how this makes you feel, what is the emotion that has been disturbed. So, how does this make you feel? Then write out this statement. For example, if not having enough clients makes you sad, write out ‘I forgive my feelings of sadness.’ Continue to do this exercise for ten or so minutes. Look within, deep within and allow these fearful feelings to be felt, truly forgiven, and they will be gone. Slowly and gently your block will be removed, for in truth, the block is in your mind. And this is what the ‘I Forgive’ principle will correct. Your thoughts that keep you chained to lack, limitation, and loss.
Discover the truth of your love that sits hidden underneath the pain you protect, and I promise, your business will succeed. For finally it will be built upon the trust of love, instead of sinking in the guilt of sin.
Every time you become afraid or blocked in business, change lanes in your thinking, from fear to love, by applying the ‘I Forgive’ principle that I just mentioned. Not only will peace by found, but happiness as well and the doorway that was closed, will miraculous be opened to you.
Then all you have to do, is to believe in yourself and have the courage to walk through it. I wish you all the success you seek, but more than this, I hope you find out how truly amazing and incredible you actually are. For you are the true gift!
Todays's tip is brought to us by Natasha Mc Kenna
Natasha McKenna is a spiritual teacher that has given birth to The Treasure Map of Truforgiveness, FAITH, and the ‘I Forgive’ Principle. This map to miracles leads you through the darkness hidden within to reunite with the happiness that is your truth. It is where you will find your perfect, peaceful, powerful Self. The Self that has the power to make your impossible dream, possible, by building upon the wholeness of Perfect Love, instead of drowning in fear. If you are not at peace, you are being punished. And it is the miracle of The Treasure Map that leads out of hell and into Heaven – a state so perfect you will only know success.
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Have you ever read the E-Myth? If you have you will gather why it can be incredibly challenging to grow a business when in the early years it is just you! You are the delivering the service you felt you were put on this earth for, But that’s not all, you are the accountant, the cleaner, the secretary, the boss, the manager, the marketer etc etc etc and before you know it, you are working 24/7, burnt out and have lost the love for the one thing you know you are good at and the one thing that was once your dream.
“Learning new skills, I believe is the foundation to growing personally and professionally'“.
As a reformed painfully shy introvert, who wouldn’t make eye contact with others, turned award winning speaker, I’m living proof public speaking is not something you’re born able to do; it’s a learned skill.
Creating a client management system has really helped me automate my onboarding process so my clients know that they are fully supported from the very beginning of working with me.
By streamlining those standard elements of your client management process (contracts, invoicing, forms, etc.), you can save a huge amount of time and make onboarding your client a breeze. It allows you to get your client's project started immediately after the sales call (instead of hours or days later) and shows her that your business is serious and that she made the right choice in working with you.
“Align who you are with whatever you put out in the world. Your true success is measured by your alignment. “ Ruby Gwen
Tip 5 in our series #365BizTIps was brought to us by Ruby Gwen
For years I’d been trying to “BECOME” somebody I thought I needed to be in order to follow my dreams. Almost like who I was was never enough for my desires.
“To succeed in business, you need to be outgoing, outspoken and charismatic.”
“To share your voice, you need to be an expert.”
“For people to take you seriously, you should never show up vulnerable.”
So I traded my freedom of being myself and expressing myself to be deemed “qualified” for my dreams. I tried to squeeze myself into those boxes I never belonged. I was in business but I didn’t feel fulfilled. I didn’t even feel excited. Just like I was wearing a beautiful, on-trend dress but didn’t fit me at all.
Until I decided to let go and gave myself permission to just be ME and aligning ME with everything I do and dream of. That’s when everything started to shift. That’s when I started to manifest amazing things almost effortlessly.
That’s when I realized that the first order of business is ALIGNMENT.
Ruby Gwen is a social entrepreneur and motivational speaker. She’s a nerd about mind science and a wholehearted living enthusiast. She loves helping women tap into their inner power to create a life they most want. She recently founded an ethical fashion brand that funds women entrepreneurs in poor communities.
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"Your brand story is yours alone, it is uniquely a part of you and no one has the same story or experiences to share."
When I share with my clients why it’s important to share their story to grow their business and brand, they resist. The thought of sharing and being vulnerable in front of their audience is super scary. I mean after all we’re experts, do we want to share such deep emotions and be so raw with our audience?
The truth is that we connect best when we share stories. So when you open up and share from your heart you start to build a deeper connection with your audience and that allows them to get to know who you are.
