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Guest Blog Post: Success is An Inside Job

Patti-keatingToday's post was written by my good friend and personal business coach Patti Keating. Patti is a compassionate, caring personal & business growth specialist. Over the past 10 years she has worked with thousands of clients, teaching them simple mindset shifts for creating business breakthroughs and more money. On a mission to support global transformation, Patti lives her teachings and shares from her heart. I am learning a whole new way of doing business from her and wanted to bring what I'm learning to as many people as I can. I'm interviewing her on a special webinar this coming Thursday, May 2nd at 9:00 am PT. It's exclusively for my online community and blog readers and YOU'RE INVITED! She'll be sharing her program, "Get Out of Your Own Way." Get signed up here.



Have you ever wondered why some people, seem to have the magic touch? They create success with ease and grace, yet they aren't really even that great at what they do, while others, talented and skilled, sometimes even better equipped, remain trapped in a state of mediocrity? What do these top 3% income earners know that the other 97% doesn't understand? It is an intriguing question, and one I invested 4 solid years exploring deeply. What did I discover?
A Money Mindset.

They have mastered their ability to grow into the person they must BE, in order to HAVE the business they want.

In order to have HAVE more… you must BE more.

Write that down.

Your business will grow in direct proportion to your own personal growth.

This is the three step process I use with my clients to help them master their money mindset.

  1. Become deeply aware of who you are and what makes you tick. Understand your core values, personality style, and life purpose. Create your own personal mission statement, outlining exactly what you stand for in the world. Learn to be the observer of your own patterns.
  2. Design your business and life in alignment with your personal mission. Take a stand for something and create your programs and services in alignment with the effect you want to have in the world. Identify those ideal clients (or team members) who will benefit most from what you and your direct sales company are offering, and then get out there an find them.
  3. Fill the gap between who you are and the money you want to make. Because lets face it, if you could make the money you want right now, you would. The only reason you're not is simply because YOU need to grow. Identify the gap and learn how to become that person now. This is where your mindset really kicks in. Who are you becoming? What would THAT person do in this current situation. In that instant, you will find yourself staring at the critical decision, the leap of faith, the defining moment.

The solution. You must BE that person, NOW!

Follow these three steps to grow yourself and your business will follow.

If you want to accelerate your results, click here and join Julie Anne and me for "Get out Of Your Own Way!" A FREE Webinar happening this coming Thursday, May 2nd at 9:00 am PT/Noon ET!

Video Product Review – The Party Plan Secret

Check out this very cool direct sales product I found…a planner that keeps you organized and inspired all at the same time!

Can't see the video? Click here.

Listen to my radio interview with Jill Lynch, the inventor of The Party Plan Secret.

Part 1

Part 2

 
Check out my daily radio show over on the Home Business Radio Network.
 
Click here to check out The Party Plan Secret website.

Are You Doing Enough in Your Direct Sales Business?

Slippery Slope“All you can do is all you can do, and all you can do is enough. Just make sure you do all you can do” ~ Les Brown

I have a confession to make. Sometimes I feel guilty because I’m not doing enough to promote and grow my business. I’ll get an e-mail from someone or be redirected to a totally slick and cool landing page and think, “I need to work more hours and do everything everyone else is doing. And I need to do it YESTERDAY!!” It’s truly a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I’m not kidding. It’s a physical response.

Generally, I have my moment and then I get back to what I know is true, and that’s that I have a sound marketing plan which has been well thought out. I came up with it by working with amazing (and expensive) mentors and using proven systems. I am vigilant about daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly planning and I’ve never once said I was going to do something I haven’t put action behind and completed.

And yet, every day, when I notice someone how many fans someone has on their Facebook page or I look at the number of followers I have on Twitter, or I see an incredibly cool plug-in someone else is using on their website, I have to manage my negative thoughts. I’m sharing this because, I’d lay money, you have the same issues with your direct sales business.

You get the monthly newsletter from your home office and notice the same top ten people who always seem to have it together and to be sponsoring and building their businesses quickly and effortlessly, and you wonder what’s wrong with you. I’m here to tell you, NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU! As long as you have a plan and you’re working it, you’re doing exactly as much as you can and have planned to, nothing is wrong with you.

Now, like the quote says, you have to be sure you’re doing all you can do, that you have all the tools you need to succeed and you’re working your plan, based on what you’ve decided is realistic for you and your family. There will always be more you could do, but at what price? I know for myself, I could work 20 more hours each week and still not “keep up” with everyone else. And if I did that, the balance in my life would be way out of whack.

I just wanted to get that off my chest and to share that you’re not alone. We all have our moments. And as long as what we’re doing is moving us forward and impacting others in a positive way, we are succeeding.

Just maybe not as fast as that person we’re chasing. Dammit.



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Julie Anne Jones is direct sales corporate consultant, coach, and trainer, and the CEO of Julie Anne Jones, Inc. She is known for her authentic and easy-to-use scripting and specializes in specific language and tools for success in direct sales. To learn more about Julie Anne and her products and services, and to read more blog posts, visit her at www.julieannejones.com.