The 3 Main Obstacles to Your Personal Growth and Development

As humans, our inherent nature is to be positive. We all tend to gravitate towards positivity rather than to negativity, but why do we seem to move to the negative side sometimes? Are negative thoughts really a part of us? What are the obstacles that keep us from reaching our highest potential? There are three main reasons why our growth and personal development is hindered and unfortunately, we just don’t notice most of them.

1. Closed-mindedness: Many times, we are so narrow-headed that we block our minds from accepting new opinions and fresh ideas. We feel “cozy” in our comfort zones and as a result we are never able to step out of the “box” of life.

2. Lack of time management: We all know that if we don’t manage our time properly, our schedule will go out the door. Imagine what it takes to plan something. What will happen if you set goals but never measure up to what is expected? Nothing but a broken dream. All the planning and build up for success in that goal will never materialize without appropriate time management. When you are ahead of time you will always benefit.

3. Distractions: We tend to give in to distractions and it often takes our personal progress down another path. Distractions always seem to affect us most when we are overloaded with deadlines and tasks to accomplish. The internet offers many distractions, such as Facebook and YouTube, and for internet marketers, a day’s progress can be sabotaged by spending hours on these addicting sites!

Always remember to do your best not to stray from your goals for the day, week, month, etc…

Just keep your focus on what you need to do.

When this becomes habit, you will be able to develop and attain the growth you desire.

Growth and development can only happen when we allow it to happen.

Therefore, we must be open to new ideas in order to grow.

In summary, keep your mind open, pay attention to fresh ideas, write down your plans and steer clear of distractions. If you follow these principles, you will likely reach those goals you want to attain and you will become the person you desire to be.

Successfully,

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A Marketer’s Attention Span

Within the rise of social media, the idea of whether the Internet is making us less intelligent has been discussed by many. Some say social media sites, such as Facebook and YouTube, create too many distractions. And others discuss the rise of the iGeneration (iPod, iPhone) which may allow for users to be capable of skillful multi-tasking. Over time, this repetitive use can help individuals or not help.

There is no doubt that the use of internet and technology is gaining momentum and those not taking part are left behind.

But are people getting addicted to these forms of distraction?

Now here’s a challenge…

Try to time how long you are on social media sites every 24 hours. The results may really surprise you!  Do you realize how much time out of your day is spent sitting back and connecting of Facebook? Or, how many Tweets do you put out in one day?

I challenge you to pay a little more attention and use your time wisely.

As an Internet Marketer, social media sites are one of the keys to my business and so is my cell phone. I can go anywhere I want to and be able to check my email on my phone and call any potential prospects right after they sign up for information.

I no longer have to perform “duties” at a desk. I have the freedom to travel with my family and my business comes along with me. I do not answer to anyone, anymore!

If you are ready to get out of the “Rat Race” of the 9-5, then SIGN UP WITH ME TODAY!

To Your Massive Success,

How To Bring Prospects In To Your Business

Working from the comfort of your home in today’s internet age is more competitive than ever. I mean who wouldn’t want to be their own boss?

If you’re to have victory in today’s online business world, you will have to do something other than promote your company or opportunity. You have got to promote or brand yourself as the leader!

Whether you like it or not you must understand this one truth, people desire to work with leaders. They want this more than some a company, opportunity, lotion, potion or comp plan, people basically prefer a trustworthy, outgoing and integrity based person that can show them the ropes.

The majority of people are looking for someone who can show and is achieving the results they are looking for as well as a leader that has a legitimate interest in their ability to succeed.

By increasing your know-how and skills in the home based business arena, you make your self stand out which is the best way to be that leader others are looking for. Personal development is vital.

You might be asking, “How do I do this?” Simple, you do what others don’t or won’t do on their own and would rather learn from someone else. Also known as the employee mindset. Intelligent followers will soon break free from this crippling mindset and soar on their own and become great leaders while the others will always be, just a follower.

Remember, it is no disgrace to be a follower. On the other hand, is it no credit to remain one and most great leaders start out following before they led which is great news!

Another thing to note is that you’re not required to become the pro at everything, just choose your own niche or sub-niche. The key to remember is that you just need to have something to offer your prospects that they don’t have.

This could be anything from knowing how to run a pay-per click campaign in Google, free lead generation like articles and videos, to talking to prospects via the phone, writing sales pages and the list goes on. Even if you’re just willing to help them get started and come up with a game plan, than you’ve just become a valuable leader in their eyes.

What if I’m just starting out and I’m not an expert at anything?

The first thing I would do is make sure you are a part of a successful team that has leaders with a proven marketing system. Learn from them, read and possibly join a local meet of like minded entrepreneurs and absorb what you can. Just remember, the blind can’t lead the blind successfully.

Think about this for a moment and see if the following two reasons are the very reasons that you, me or anyone else would partner with someone else…

1.) You are a leader that they have been looking for and they believe you can help them.

2.) You have a proven marketing system that they feel they utilize and benefit greatly from.

It’s not rocket science when you drill right down to it. If you are partnered with a failing team or you don’t possess any special skills than it’s going to be very difficult to succeed.

However, you can change both of those elements in very little time and this my friend is great news.

If you’re on a losing team or don’t have a team then go find a winning team join them ASAP. If you’re not sure what to study or where to start, I would recommend buying a few courses on mindset and find an area of marketing you’d like to pursue and learn it inside and out.

The very fact that I have spent thousands on training, seminars, courses and books is the very reason why people contact me to join my business. They see it in me and hear it in my voice and it’s because I’ve developed the leader within me.

I connect with my prospects for the first time to insure they have my contact information and to introduce myself. From that point on, it’s up to them if they want to contact me.

There is no more cold calling or chasing people down. People have to contact me first if they want to work with me and it’s all because I took the time to invest in myself.

If this sounds like work, you’re absolutely correct. This is a business, not a hobby even though this type of business is as fun as any hobby I’ve picked up. Is it worth it? Yes and I’ve never looked back.

Just remember, at the end of the day, people don’t join comp plans, they join people!

Successfully,

How Bad Do You Want What You Want?

The story is told that a young man asked Socrates how he could wisdom.

“Come with me,” Socrates replied. He took the young man to a river and shoved his head underwater. He held it there until the boy struggled for air. The he let him go.

Once the boy regained himself, Socrates asked him, “What did you desire most when your head was under water?”

“I wanted air”, the boy told him.

Socrates nodded slowly. “When you want wisdom as much as you wanted air when you were immersed in the water, he said, “you will receive it.”

In the same way, when

• you have an intense, sincere desire to overcome a certain block in your life;
• you come to a clear-cut decision that there is a way out;
• you confidently decide that that is the course you wish to follow,

then the victory and triumph are assured.

If you really want peace of mind and inner calm, you will get it. It doesn’t matter how unjustly you have been treated, or how unfair the boss has been, or what a mean jackass someone has proved to be. All this make no difference to you when you awaken to your mental and spiritual powers. You know what you want, and you will definitely refuse to let the thieves (thoughts) of hatred, anger, hostility and ill will rob you of peace, harmony, health and happiness.

Once you learn the habit of identifying your thoughts immediately with your aim in life, you cease to become upset by people, conditions, news and events. Your aim is peace, health inspiration, harmony and abundance. Feel a river of peace flowing through you now. Your thought is the immaterial and invisible power, and you choose to let it bless, inspire and give you peace.

Successfully,

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Hello friends and eager entrepreneurs. Jeremy Johnston here and if you don’t know it, I’m all about mindset! It is my belief that a person cannot obtain anything worthwhile if they do not have the proper mindset and understand “certainty”.

I wanted to share an article I came across because it couldn’t have been written better if I had done it myself.

I have accomplished more in the last few months because of my new mindset than any other time in the online marketing industry and I’m just getting started. So enjoy the post and I hope you find it as beneficial as I did.

To Your Success,

The right mind-set, especially of the way you think of yourself, can have many consequences in the results of your efforts. Those that acquire positive thoughts and can apply that sense to their lives and efforts made also acquire the greatest outcomes. It’s a known fact that your thoughts control what you attract, whether negative or positive. It’s a simple concept known as the “Law of Attraction”. If you can master this law of attraction, the possibilities are endless. Doors that have been closed by resistance will open without effort.

You must believe that you have what it takes to achieve your goal. Napoleon Hill, author of “Think and Grow Rich”, developed a self mastery in this subject and has been quoted in his book to say “What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” The success of all business entrepreneurs that have gone above and beyond in order to achieve and acquire their goals has been a total result of believing in themselves and NEVER giving up. Picture yourself as already reaching your goals and life has a mysterious way, better known as the Law of Attraction, of making them a reality.

Now, I have a question for you, are you a fence hopper or a fence sitter? The difference is whether you can make a quick decision or not when you are faced with an opportunity. The ability to keep moving forward and not be held back by indecisiveness can make the difference between success and failure. Most new entrepreneurs get stuck in “paralysis by analysis” and become frustrated at the fact that they just don’t seem to be getting any closer to reaching their goals.

When an opportunity confronts you, do your analysis and make a decision. Once the decision is made, don’t waste your energy on worrying if it was a good decision or not, it’s called taking chances. And chances are what we take each and every day unconsciously. From driving, to shopping for the right product or service, to deciding on what foods to eat, etc. These are all decisions we make daily and we are taking chances at all of them. We have no way to know exactly what the outcome is going to be in every decision we make, so when offered an opportunity to make a big change in our lives, why do some still hesitate? The answer: Confidence!

Having confidence in you is one of the necessary success keys to an entrepreneur. Being able to walk tall without fear or doubt about what others think or say about you determines your level of success in anything you set your mind to. One of the biggest dream stealers in life is lacking the belief and confidence needed to do what it takes to be the person you want to be or do the things you’ve always wanted to do.

No one, no matter who they are, were they’re from, what background they have, should feel inferior to anyone else’s success level. We are all the same and all have the same amount of time in a day as those with a high level of success. So lack of self-confidence should not exist in a life of abundance, were there is enough to go around for everyone.

Another aspect of mastering having the right mind-set is to set realistic expectations and hold yourself liable to those short term goals. Unrealistic goals can make a person question whether the actual goal is attainable. Don’t lose the confidence and focus in your efforts to attain your goal by making this mistake. If, for example, your goal is to make $50,000, don’t use a date that obviously is unrealistic unless you have set a definite plan of action in which you believe can be achieved.

Instead, make the amount coincide with the set time frame. That way it is more attainable and motivation will not be lost if the specific goal is not reached. You can always set a later date for the same goal and continue with your efforts in obtaining that goal. The key here is continuing to move toward your expectation with persistence and never quitting.

Most importantly, have Fun! If you’re not enjoying yourself while working at reaching those expectations, you will lose motivation and your efforts will just seem to you work. That’s the great thing about the day and age we live in. We can leverage technology to help acquire new friends and business partners if the time to physically perform this action is impossible. I’ve personally made more friends and business acquaintances through the use of online social networks than I’ve ever done personally. It just becomes impossible to physically be everywhere at once.

Having created these awesome friends give me the necessary positive environment to keep focus on my goals and keep moving ahead in life. Whether it is in person or through the use of technology, enjoy the experience of meeting new people and making new friends. Doing so keeps your mind-set laser targeted, focused, motivated, and confident that what you want out of life you will get.

With that said, I’m looking forward to hearing from all of you so feel free to leave comments or share this article with others.

Wishing You a Life of Abundance,

Pablo Gonzalez

Hi Friends,

I received this email the other day and it really resonated with me because I share the same thoughts and ideas when it comes to life and how to obtain our desires while still having peace in a troubled economy.

I love to build others up until they have the same mindset that has set me free from fear, doubt, worry and anxiety to living the life I want, when i want and how I want. No more working to make another man rich unless I’m pouring in to him what he needs to become rich on his own. To me that is not work, that is passion.

Enjoy the post below and believe in yourself. I believe in you!

FEARLESS IN DIFFICULT TIMES.

By Ton Pascal

Am I making the right choice? Should I change directions and line of work, or should I look for another job? When things are not what you used to know, and difficult times surround you at every turn, it is normal that you start questioning yourself and your motivation. BUT it is then that you need to see YOU for who you really are.

First of all, you need to believe in yourself 100%. You will also need a good dose of strong motivation, lots of positive thinking and positive attitude. Simple no? Yes, very much so, if you have, or are willing to learn how to put the above prerequisites to work.

This task can be very intimidating for people who are not very organized or detail oriented. If this is your case, talk to your friends and family about your situation. They can be a positive support. Or, it may be time to think about bringing in a life coach. Your fear and resistance will try to push you back and a strong supporter will make a huge difference in achieving your goals. This much talk about spiritual evolution didn’t start for nothing. Like it or not, we do live in a very physical, ordinary and dirty world.

If we look at statistics from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Ca., 37,000 Americans die by their own hand each year, one every 16 minutes. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S.A. and the third ranking killer of young people. People aged 65 and older accounted for 16% of suicide deaths in 2004 alone. Of nearly 16,000 violent deaths occurring in 16 states, 56% were suicides.

The difficult times we are facing in our world right now require a more spiritual approach to our everyday lives, I cannot emphasize it enough. More then ever, we need to assert ourselves and find our inner peace. When some people tell you “don’t be a cry baby, life is good,” what you really want to do is to slap them. You have a mortgage, or a payment due, taxes, the wife’s card, kid’s school, and God knows what, and there is no money in the bank. And life is good? It sucks!!!

“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning,” said Christopher Morley. Being a spiritual self help advocate doesn’t mean I disagree with you. We are on the same reality page.

Here are a few easy and practical things I suggest you can do to make it through these difficult times:

1- Gratitude. Use this simple formula of Positive Attitude and gratitude. You know what it means, this positive thinking and attitude jargon. You are not a moron, but what we often forget is to give thanks for all that we have in life. Don’t resist changes and situations, it only brings anxiety and pain. Each time you are thankful, you transform that moment into positive energy, which then will transform your life.

2- Positive Affirmations. Use positive affirmations as much as possible. Do them from getting up to when you go to bed. It will imprint in your brain a new ‘positive attitude route’ to follow. You may encounter resistance from your old self to this new path, but don’t resist, and be thankful that you have these choices, and it is you who designs and creates your own reality. Make a selection of positive affirmations and paste them around your house. I have a list of them on my blog, Dream Your Life Positively, feel free to copy it. You can start with these: I am good, I am beautiful and I am successful. I am grateful for my life. I am grateful for myself. I accept only what is good and positive.

3- Visualize. Visualize your life and everything you want in a perfect state of completion. Sounds, smells, tastes, bring all these sensations into your dream. The richer and more vivid your visualizations, the sooner you will experience them in your real life. Breathe deeply and rhythmically when doing your visualizations. Deep breathing is like a deep inner cleansing. It purifies your body and your mind of all negative thoughts and feelings.

4- Meditate. In a state of relaxation, slowly bring up your problems. Learn how to look into them as a spectator. Again, don’t resist. Let them come and go without being emotionally involved with them. Don’t judge the scenarios and action playing in your mind. They are neither good nor bad. Observe them, you don’t want to control what is happening. They are situations and different options that make life interesting as it is. Your mortgage, your overdue bills, family problems will be there tomorrow, but you are now able to look at them from a different angle. Your newly learned unemotional focus allows your mind to be clear of despairing thoughts and emotions.

The above exercises have the power to move things around and these desperate challenges become positive opportunities for learning. You now welcome and give thanks for this new opening in your life. It may seem a little simplistic, the above steps, but your challenge is to do it time after time and every day of your life. There are no easy answers or quick fixes for difficult situations, but with this understanding you are a step closer to inner peace.

You were created with wonderful qualities. You are star stuff, pure energy, and a divine creation. Open yourself up and let this positive energy flow free.

Have a great journey,

Ton Pascal

I hope enjoyed the message and I look forward to connecting with anyone who is looking for change and stability in this crazy world. There is a way to have peace and work from home. You can have the desires of your heart.

God Bless,

What’s going on friends, brothers and sisters?? I just wanted to share this video with you so I could show off my beautiful family and tell you just how important it is to follow your heart and dreams.

I care about you and your future. I want to see you succeed and grow to your full potential in this life and I can help you do that. Now I can’t build anything FOR you but I can show you the door and all the tools you’ll need but it’s up to you to walk through that door.

I believe in you dagnabit! It’s time for you to start believing in yourself. Every successful person I’ve met said they started to succeed only after they believed in themselves. Goes for me too!!

Anyways. If you’re looking for a leader who cares about you and wants to help you build your current business or start a new one, then let’s hook up.

Your future awaits!

To YOUR Success,
Jeremy Johnston

Hi Friends,

It’s probably the most asked question on the internet – “How long does it take to create a successful internet business?”

I get asked this quite often, and, I’ll be honest with you, – it’s impossible to answer.

It depends on your focus, your commitment, and your targeted marketplace.

It depends on how often you work on your business, and how focussed you are when you are working.

Many people say they are working, but what they really mean is that they are checking emails, browsing websites, spending time in forums, etc

Now, don’t get me wrong – all these things need doing, but you have to have a degree of balance in the amount of time you allocate to them.

If you only have 3 hours per day to work on your online business, and you spend 2 hours browsing forums and websites, and 30 minutes on emails, then you only have 30 minutes left to do productive work that will move your business forward.

You must make sure that you pay attention to the type of work you’re doing and whether or not you’re being productive. Surfing the internet, constantly checking your email, talking to friends on internet messaging, etc is not considered productive, unless you’re doing research for your current product, or contacting potential JV partners.

No-one can guarantee you’ll be successful. BUT, provided you put in effort towards doing productive work, you should be successful.

Remember, the first step is getting started.

If you don’t start taking action, you will never achieve success.

A little bit of “targeted” action every day will soon move your online business forward, and you will start to notice an improvement in a short space of time.

Set yourself a daily target, and make a written note daily on whether or not you reached your target. Having a written record will hold you accountable, and help keep you focused on the things you need to do.

Having your first online success, even if it’s a small one, will help to motivate you and strengthen your commitment to becoming a successful online business.

Half-hearted work isn’t work.

Don’t do half-hearted work on your projects, then put them aside, and ignore them, because when you dig them out months later, you’ll find you’re still in the same place you were before. That won’t help you at all. In fact, it will just end up frustrating you.

How long it takes you to become successful is really in your hands.

You must take action to start moving forward. Keep telling yourself that failure is not an option.

TAKE ACTION TODAY! Make sure that it is targetted, productive action, and you’ll soon have that successful online business that can set you free!

To YOUR Success,

Jeremy Johnston

There are certain traits or characteristics required in order to attract the right caliber of people to your business or getting the top notch prospects into your network marketing downline.

• Be real and always be you. Be vulnerable and transparent, not having any hidden motive behind your actions.  Anybody can hit the spotlight on the internet or get a lot of attention but how do you keep that attention? Be authentic.

• Be unique if you want to stand out in today’s online market. Know how you can be different and how to convey uniqueness on the net through video, writing, websites, blogging, images or whatever your area of expertise. Be able to know what you can do differently in the marketplace and what sets you apart from everyone else.

• Be a confident leader. You must have that certain charisma, confidence and leadership that you really want to see in everything you do.  You must be aware of how you speak, how you present yourself, the clothes that you’re wearing, the conviction in your body language and your voice. Confidence and leadership is the single most powerful way to communicate with people.

You don’t need to have the money to become a leader. Internet marketing is such a teeming market place and you need to get the attention. Once you get that attention, you must know how to hold it, grow it and how to build it into something greater.

It is my belief that we are all born leaders and we lead something or someone at some point in our lives. What separates those natural leaders from the rest? Personality and how they were raised has a big hand in this.

Let’s take the natural born leader whose personality is stamped at birth. These are go getters and action/risk takers from the very start and most likely had someone close to them like a parent, grandparent or sibling from day one to help bring out that natural charisma and confirmed many times over. These are the ones who have high self esteem and believe they “are” a leader.

However, I have seen people life that have lost their “faith” so to speak and walk away or fear grips them and they back out never to achieve that role. There is also the leader who grows in to becoming one due to circumstances in life that cause them to make a decision, lead or follow.

Me personally, I was never told I could be a leader and was actually told the opposite in life. It wasn’t until recently that I became a leader to my new wife and son who has made me realize I’m a good leader and I have plenty to offer others when it comes to spiritual, emotional and business.

In truth, we are all leaders and followers but at different levels. We should always have a leader, coach or mentor no matter how high up we get ourselves. Leadership is a privilege and one I take very seriously. Besides, if you’re not the alpha dog your scenery never changes.

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