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Essential Traits to a Successful Entrepreneur

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What exactly is meant by entrepreneur? An individual ready to take on financial risks and is ready for venturing into new financial projects for profit is an entrepreneur and a person who holds seriously the responsibility for the risks as well as outcome which are incurred in a project.

Derived from French words ‘entre’ and ‘prendre’, which mean to enter and to take respectively, the word was introduced in English for the first ever time by Richard Cantillon, who was a renowned Irish economist. He defined entrepreneur as a person who acts as the middle-man between labor and capital.

Being an entrepreneur is one of the most difficult and challenging, yet rewarding undertakings that a person can venture into. The situations are very rarely in favor of the entrepreneur so certain traits are required to be a successful entrepreneur. Let’s examine some of the traits that are essential for an entrepreneur to be successful.
Focused or Confused

Entrepreneurs need to be thoroughly focused. Focus must be on the goals and aims they want to achieve. The goals set by them should focus on satisfying the customer needs and requirements. I am a firm believer that if you help others to get what they want you will eventually get what you want. Entrepreneurs should also focus on rendering motivation to his employees, team mates or associates which in turn can make the customers satisfied and build the business.
Vision with a Plan

The next essential trait that must be possessed by an entrepreneur is vision. It is an entrepreneur’s vision that helps them foresee where they want their venture to be positioned in future. The vision should be framed in such a way that it is realistic and achievable. The entrepreneur should be able to communicate this vision to employees or associates who also in turn should be passionate about the vision.

Leadership

The third buzz word for being a successful entrepreneur is to be a good leader. An entrepreneur cannot work alone for his goals to be successful. With a focused team and vision in hand synergy is accomplished. It is team work which needs proper guidance. A team does not succeed unless it has a leader which works hard and who is able to identify the needs of the team and guide them towards their vision.

Persistence and Passion

Lack of passion is something that will never give you success. Anything you do must be done whole-heartedly and sincerely combined with lots of passion. Then only, you will be able to achieve success. Similar is the case with persistence. There is no shortcut to victory. Only hard work which comes with a strong determination of being successful yields victory. There will be times where you feel that you are yielding out yourself, but if you possess a very strong will power and are very passionate about what you do then victory will definitely be yours.

Technical Skills

Even though you are an entrepreneur or the boss of your firm, it does not imply that you need not have any idea regarding the technical aspect of the firm. The entrepreneurs need not be the greatest technical assets of the company, but they should have enough technical knowledge to lead the technical team. They should be able to understand what the technical team is communicating so that they can work together for achieving the vision.
Flexibility

Last, but not the least, entrepreneurs should be able to adapt themselves to the ever-changing dynamic world. Even though they will have to stick on to certain policies and skill sets, they must make sure that the policies and strategies are molded in such a way that they can adapt to the constantly changing environment.

Are all these skills in born or can they be acquired? There are varying opinions. While there are people who believe that there are quite a few traits which can be acquired by experiences, there are others who think they are in-born. This is where continued education is a must. An entrepreneur must identify strengths, focus on them and then continually become educated in areas for improvement.

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True Leadership Is About Standing Steadfast In Your Vision!

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This topic is one of that reigns true to me in the industry that I am both passionate about and participate in, Network Marketing!
When making decisions for yourself and being a leader ask yourself the following Questions.

Question Yourself ….. (Neil Petterson)
1/ Is it Good For Me ?
2/ Is It Good For My Family ?
3/ Is It Good For My Community ?
4/ Is It Good For My Future ?

The Personal Development industry provides us with direction, motivation and clarity of purpose. Provides a reason to be grateful…..
What is the vision for ourselves ? What does this look like for us ?
What Vision am I personally creating ?
What can I offer to others? What difference can I make to others ?

Here are some ways to remain focussed with clear vision….
Create a Vision Board
Daily Affirmations
Create Your Goals
Daily Vizualization
Reading Personal Development Books
Using your Beyond Freedom program
Do things that make you feel good – this generates endorfins
Plan your day and follow your plan – Daily Method of Operation
Network with Positive like minded successful people

Three “Musts” for Every Business

1/Know Your Business and Products

2/Focus

3/Persistence.

Get What You Want In Life…..

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Whilst wanting to create success in life, we are hindered by our belief system within ourselves and what is truly possible for us, with in that state of thinking.

So when reaching some decisions and crossroads in your life you must first look within your self for some answers.
So Ask Yourself
Am I happy with my current life now ?
What am I able to do to change it ?
What If ?
What truly is possible ?

So Once you have answered these simple questions, its time to put a plan in place.
In order to gain self confidence then we must first build confidence in ourselves. Now at this point in time our best thinking and decisions have got us to where we are currently at in our life. These decisions whether right or wrong or in fact in hinesight we would change, reality is they are the decisions our best thinking made.

So lets get some self education to improve that thinking and look at how to succeed by making better educated informed decisions for our future. Ability is important in our quest for success, but dependability is critical.

Here is a Famous Quote from Zig Ziglar
“Success is one thing you cannot pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments everyday”

So if you are looking for a change and looking to create success in your life then start with self education.

Will Smith Talks About Success and our Choices

Can You Discover True Leadership Education.

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Last  month while Nyssa and I were in Puerto Rico we attended an inspirational conference. This was a three day event centered around the Positive Media and Personal Development industries. This conference, just like many others we host around the world, is a setting to learn from some of the most amazing speakers, individuals, authors, entrepreneurs and guru’s in existence today. This is what I do! I work with people with ambition, such as yourself, show ways to wealth creation, building confidence and how to achieve sucess through these events. It’s a 19 Billion $ industry and we had access to three top notch speakers. I was able to meet and listen to them while at one of these conferences in Puerto Rico.

All three of these individuals inspired me with their stories and for me, life is all about your story. As you progress through your life, what story are you going to be able to share with your Grandchildren?

Is it going to be a story of success? Passion? Excitement? Adventure? Accomplishment?

Or

Is it going to be a story of wishing? Failure? Mediocrity? Misery?

The choice really is yours and the start of your story isn’t what really matters…we all have to start somewhere. It’s the middle and destination that will reflect the accomplishment!

What do you think will inspire a child more?

Telling that child of all the pitfalls and dificulties you experienced in your life’s story and all the things that child should learn from your mistakes

or

Telling that child of all the amazing things you were able to accomplish and experience?

As I ask that question I can literally picture that child’s face. As I picture the child, the first story has his face looking sad and not interested. With the second, you can nearly see the dreams stirring in the mind. That’s more powerful than anything. Inspiring a child to dream by sharing your own dreams will allow him to excell far beyond a child who is simply taught how to avoid your mistakes. A dream & vision provides opportunity and possibilities!

Whether you can picture that day or not, it will come. You will one day share your story with generations below you. Is it going to be a story that inspires or restricts?

Making a difference today creates a great story right now….but that story will continue to inspire and make a difference many years after it was created. That’s the beauty of it!

So what actions will you take today to make sure your story is exactly the way your heart wants it to be….not the way your brain tells you it should be?

Make It A Great Day

Simon & Nyssa Haggard

Australian Entrepeneurs Learn About Building Confidence Whilst In Puerto Rico…

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Our Adventure Began!

Nyssa and I have just returned from an amazing overseas adventure again. We took our opportunity to fly my Mother In law down from Mackay to look after the kids at our house and then we took off to commence our Adventure in the States then onto the tropical island of Puerto Rico! We had an absolute blast travelling BusIMG_6201iness class on QANTAS directly to LA. On arrival into LA we had arranged the hire of a Convertible Car which we then drove to Las Vegas.

The trip in the convertible took approx 5 hrs to Las Vegas and we stayed at the Wynn Hotels Encore Hotel. Magnificent is all I can say. We spent an amazing 4 nights seeing shows and checking out the sights. We had an amazing experience with a spectacular 3.5hr Helicopter ride into the Grand Canyon with a Champagne Lunch at the base of the Grand Canyon. This was a great start to out trip and we especially loved the Premium Factory Outlets and loved spending a day shopping for cloths of course. Next Stop Puerto Rico……

The weather was perfect and the resort we stayed at was what we had pictured with awesome views. We stayed at the El Conquistador in Fajardo in the Las Casitas section of the resort. Our room was a one bedroom with a living area and kitchen. It had a patio that overlooked the ocean from up high on the tropical ocean side cliff. The view was both inspiring and breath taking!

So while were were there, our days looked like this:

Saturday – We arrived at the San Juan airport and were greeted by our transportation to the resort by a woman holding a sign with our name on it. We identified our luggage and didn’t have to touch it from that point on. We had a Luxury SUV pick us up for the hour long ride to the El Conquistador resort in Fajardo. We ate lunch on a balcony that overlooked the ocean with other self-made millionaires and multiple 6-figure earners in my business opportunity. We hung out at the infinity pool most of that day, just soaking up the sun. That night we went kayaking through a jungle channel which contained Bio-luminescent micro plankton.(I’ll tell you more about that later! Awesome!) After kayaking we hung out with fellow friends overlooking the inspiring view from the balcony of our accommodation.

Sunday – We paid a visit to the Resorts Day Spa Facilities. There we soaked in the Hot Tub and Sauna  while Nyssa took the opportunity also to pamper herself. The afternoon was followed by a Duo massage where both Nyssa and I were massaged at the same time in a private room by our own massuse. OMG how amazing this was, totally relaxing and inspiring. Later that night we had a private catered dinner in one of the top steak restaurants in the country called the StripHouse which overlooked the channel and cove we kayaked to on Saturday night. This dinner was followed by a small get-together for other leaders within my business called “The Repeaters party.”

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Monday – We attended a Large Team event prior to the opening where we were able to catch up with and chat to people from all over the world. Monday night we attended a welcome reception to the event we were there to attend. We ate buffet style and were entertained by great local music and were accompanied by awesome company in the over 1,000 strong attendees.

Tuesday – Motivational Speaker Yossi Ghinsberg was our first speaker of the conference. If you have never heard Yossi speak, do it. He is amazing. Following Yossi we heard from Steve Donahue and his uncharted journey across the desert. That night was followed by a woderfull dinner with friends, then Later that night we watched the a NEW documentary that is soon to be released by our company POLARIS MEDIA GROUP featuring Michael Jr.

Wednesday – We heard from our final speaker, Neal Petersen, on Wednesday morning. He was an amzig energetic speaker. We spent our entire afternoon by the infinity pool sipping Pina Colada’s whilst relaxing. That night we attended a black tie gala to bring the conference to a close. The steak melted in your mouth..it was sensational. Nyssa and I spent much of the night socializing with others and having fun. Great stuff. We danced the night away to a band that was the best I have seen in a long time. After which we soaked it up in the hot tub by the infinity pool with amazing outrageous friends. What a great way to close out the event.

Thursday – Our car came to pick us up at 8:20 am, just as the Tropical showers came and went. Our Adventure here was coming to a close, till the next part. I tell you what…the best place to ride is in the back of a nice private car! Our trip to the airport was just as relaxing as our trip to the resort, before boarding the plan 1st class to Newark, New Jersy then on to LA.

So onto the next short adventure before heading home. That was our experience in Puerto Rico. It was amazing, life changing and inspiring and at this very moment, I am going through some withdrawals, wanting to be apart of that life everyday. So what a perfect trip and our adventure was not over just yet!

Friday – We had arrived and stayed the night in LA after a day of 1st Class service at the pointy end of the plane. Now we had a day to spend some time doing what we do best and love……..SHOP….so we arranged a private car to pick us up at 11:00am, and take us to RODEO Drive Beverley Hills. Made Famous in the movie Pretty Women. Our Adventure here was short lived after we found our Favourite store GUESS, then onto the local shopping centre. I tell you what…shopping with freedom and enjoyment is awesome! Our driver collected us and took us on a trip back to the hotel .

Well agreat adventure must come to a close as we boarded our QANTAS flight home bound for Brisbane and it was not long and we both were asleep in our flat beds in Business class for the trip home. Till next time …..we look forward to the next adventure in March 2010 to be held by POLARIS MEDIA GROUP in Macau, China.

Famous Failures

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If You Have Never Failed……….You Have Never Lived…..
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Launch Of The Next Big Personal Development DVD Selling Out World Wide

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In Times Of Change….there is one way to create personal certainty!

09/09/09 Saw the launch of an Extraordinary NEW Personal Development DVD – “Know For Yourself”.

The first production run of 10,000 copies sold in 48 hours.

This confidence building DVD provides individuals with a guide to thinking for themselves rather than accepting what other people say. It is the tool to create tremendous improvements in their Lives.

Visit http://KnowForYourself.com
Use this Coupon Code of 137902 to receive your Upfront Discount Exclusive of 20% Off the RRP.
TODAY !

Why wait …..this is truly revolutionary….JOIN THE REVOLUTION

Make Today The Best Day,

Simon & Nyssa Haggard
Wealth Beyond Freedom

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Visit my website @ http://PolarisMediaGroup.com/simonhaggard/

Setting yourself up for a Home Business.

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Feet On Desk Whilst working from home can certainly give you the opportunity to put your feet up on the desk and much more free time, you need to have your business processes set up first!

Here are some great steps to take!

STEP 1:
DETERMINE YOUR WHY!:-Whatever your reason for going out on your own, you must keep your “WHY” in the forefront of your mind. If you forget your “WHY” you have starting your own home business, your goals wont be achieved and you will not be working for yourself for long. It is far too easy to let circumstance drive your activities — and when circumstance is in the driver`s seat, you are more likely to crash and burn. DO WHAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT!

STEP 2:
FOCUS ON THE RESULTS YOU WANT! Remember — your own business is a lot like a real job. Some people go to work to play, some go to socialise, and others — most often those who are paid in a commission or tip environment — go to work to work and to make money. When you work for yourself, your salary is directly proportional to your productivity. Therefore, wouldn`t it make sense to stay focused on getting as much done in as short of a period as possible?

Go to work to work and to make money. Leave playtime and recreation for when your workday has ended.

STEP 3:
PLAN YOUR DAYS! When you are dealing with family in the course of your workday, it is important to schedule your activities as much as possible. With small children, you must take time when you must, but you should also work hard to make sure you dedicate a specific number of hours to your workday.

With older children, it is much easier to tell them that you will be working between the hours of x and y. Your children and your friends must understand that certain hours of your day are devoted to the activities of your business. Put your “WORKING HOURS” on the study/office door to remind not only yourself but family members as well.

STEP 4:
WORK YOUR PLAN -BE THE DRIVER OF YOUR DAY! Don`t permit your friends and extended family to run over you. Many people get the blind idea that if one works from home then they are not actually working.

Well-meaning people may try to fill your doorway to bring advice about getting a real job. Others may simply believe that if you are at home, then you are fair game for chitchat and socialisation.

You must stand firm. You must make certain your friends and family understands that when you are working, then you ARE working! If they wish to socialize with you, then they need to do it during the hours that are not dedicated to your home business.

You are the only one who can stand up for you. Your friends and family will seldom be able to appreciate your dedication to your home business, unless you make the effort to make sure that they have the same respect for your business that you do. LEARN TO SAY NO – or NOT RIGHT NOW I AM WORKING or WHEN I FINISH MY WORK DAY!!

STEP 5:
MANAGE “STUFF” You should allot a certain portion of your day to email and to regular mail. For example, allot one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon to handling your written communications.
If you have constant phone calls interrupting your day allocate some ‘quiet time’ – the use of message bank or an answering service, followed by set times to return calls can save you and your business!

Unless you dedicate certain times to the handling of these communications, you will soon find yourself on the downward slope of decreased productivity.

STEP 6:
DO WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AT.When you find yourself spending too much time doing non-productive activities, then you should seriously consider
finding a third-party service provider who will assist you in those non-profitable business activities.

As an example, you might be spending hours struggling with bookkeeping. You might believe that your time is best spent speaking to your leads and setting up your advertising, but you find yourself spending far too much time taking care of your books to take care of your advertising in the manner that you should. In this event, it might make more sense to hire a bookkeeper to handle your financial records for you. WORKING SMARTER NOT HARDER

BOTTOM LINE:
In the end, the success of your home business is entirely and completely reliant upon you and the decisions that you make.

You had your reasons for deciding to start your own home based business. You must always keep your reasons in the forefront of your mind. You must always be able to rely upon your own self and your dedication to the success of your business.

Your friends and family might be annoyed that they cannot come visit upon their own whim, but when success comes to you and your business, they will better appreciate you for putting your foot down when necessary.

Success is within your reach, if only you can stay focused on your goals. You must decide to reach for your goals, and then, you must have the discipline necessary to reach them.

How much convincing do YOU need?

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If we told you you could make money by showing others how to live a better life, would you be interested?

If we told you that you could make money in a industry that has received the praise of one of the most well-known billionaires in America, would you be interested?

If we told you that working for yourself is really easy when you have the resources of a major company behind you, would you be interested?

If we told you you could market personal development, would you be interested?

If we told you that you could market our Luxury Personal Development Events, would you be interested?

If we told you that there highly profitable in this business, would you be interested?

A lot of questions that you can ask yourself when trying to decide if becoming an Independent Associate of what I do is a good and wise decision. Read through this blog and then check out the following link that provide even more information.

http://LifestyleBiZ.com.au
* The Opportunity
* The Business
* More Information
* Sign Me Up!!!!!

When you’ve reached the decision to make it on your own and build your own business, let us know, and we’ll work together to help you reach your goals.