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(The one thing your missing) in your business… Do you have a mentor?

1 Jun

Do you have a mentor?

So you started a business, and your excited.
You’ve got a good business, great compensation plan, a long list of leads, and you know your why.
So the basics are all in line. You’re on fire to learn and you actually believe in your product- and the tax breaks afforded Americas small business owners are pretty nifty too (more on those later).
So we got through the amazing list and I have a small question-
Do you have a mentor?
If so congratulations. If not have you considered it?
A mentor is an untapped resource for many people. And one many of us cannot afford to miss out on.
Entrepreneurs, especially those that are still young have a tendency to seek business advice from their friends. And while this may be comforting and reaffirming you daily- its the last thing that is needed. See, a friend is always going to say what you want to here. In business a mentor is a better bet- they will tell you what you NEED to hear. That one advantage is tremendous. As the mentor isn’t close to you or part of your direct circle they are less likely to hold back. You may dislike the answers you get, heck you may hate some- but they will work.
So I bet your asking- well fine. You’re right buddy- but who do I get as a mentor? What would work? Better yet who?

A mentor doesn’t have to be from your line of work or business niche. They could be a realtor to your silver business. A mentor in your chosen niche is a great thing but not always the mentor you need. Any mentor that will put in the time is worth it. Most of the possible mentors you will seek out will be business people and odds are they will be entrepreneurs. Better yet, they SHOULD be Entrepreneurs. They may be professional entrepreneurial advisors or just the local rich guy who fought to the top. The mentor can fill in the gaps and point you in the direction you need and helps you see what you might be missing. We all miss things, hey we are human. And a seasoned vet that can get you to see these is like a gold mine in your backyard.

A few more key points:
-Make sure your mentor is literally successful. Not the guy who talks circles around people and sounds real smooth.
– Be sure that their personality matches yours. You want to be able to pick up on how they get it done and if your way too different, it won’t work.
-Make sure they have the skill set too match as well. If they don’t have the skills you need or a way to refine the ones you have its likely you’re wasting their time and yours.
-To find the mentor you Need, fan out. Ask your friends and coworkers for advice. Attend your businesses get together’s and industry events. There’s a great chance the mentor you need is right in front of you and you.

Thoughts? Questions? Concerns or opinions?
Let’s chat.
Looking for a mentor? Let’s chat.
Want more on this topic? We can chat.
Changeinadvance@gmail.com
@changeinadvance
OR simply reply to this post.

“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” Vince Lombardi .

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Be Bobby Fischer or Be Gone!

31 May

Be Bobby Fischer or Be Gone!

Ok, Bobby Fischer went a little nutty by most standards but let’s be honest- he was brilliant.
Bobby set a standard. Bobby broke records, bobby was in hip hop terminology- a Boss.
Now I say all this to augment a fact and word of caution: IGNORE YOUR FRIENDS.
Bobby Fischer had a singular focus. A goal. A cause. And he worked at it day and night.
Bobby trained like an Olympian- solely to gain stamina. He knew that value of consistent training and its methodologies. His mind and body could simply endure longer. Which on any battlefield and in any business is a win win.
Bobby focused on how to win. Bobby beat the world champ from russia with his mind. He bickered, bantered, was tardy and for the most part an insolent jerk. And it worked. Bobby’ strategy went so far as to even forfeit a game due to tardiness. All to an end, a purpose. He threw his opponent off in every way he could imagine. It wasn’t simply a game to be played on the board but in the battle we call living. He focused on strategies to break strategies.

Now this long preamble serves a purpose. I use it to illustrate not how Bobby Fischer was an enigma, or a ‘Boss’, or simply a world class champion. I use it to point out singularity of focus. You see, Bobby didn’t have time to listen to friends and family. Critics, naysayers, heathens, and fans were all irrelevant. Bobby knew that you can’t listen to the people who don’t step in the ring with you. Whether the odds are for or against you- Preparation, Intuition, and Consistency are the keys to victory.
These three things, not his three best friends or his mum and dad are what made him a champion. If Bobby listened to his friends many of his far out strategies would have been cast aside. Never underestimate the power of others to ruin your momentum. If allowed people will crush you out of love, and though inadvertent- a loss is a loss.

In the small business world the same holds true. Many times our friends or family will say that a new venture is foolish. Perhaps the wife says its too expensive. Perhaps the husband insists its something akin to his time in _________(fill in the blank with an mlm of your choice). Heck the attrition rate in these ventures is 60-90%!!!!! And your best friend will tell you that to dissuade you.
I say being in that last 10% makes you a diamond amongst the coals.

Suffice it to say- KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE. Let no one pull you from your course. What the mind is set to it will achieve. The only question is will u let friends stop you or will you reach Mt. Olympus and seize the glory???

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Be Bobby Fischer or Be Gone!

31 May

Ok, Bobby Fischer went a little nutty by most standards but let’s be honest- he was brilliant.
Bobby set a standard. Bobby broke records, bobby was in hip hop terminology- a Boss.
Now I say all this to augment a fact and word of caution: IGNORE YOUR FRIENDS.
Bobby Fischer had a singular focus. A goal. A cause. And he worked at it day and night.
Bobby trained like an Olympian- solely to gain stamina. He knew that value of consistent training and its methodologies. His mind and body could simply endure longer. Which on any battlefield and in any business is a win win.
Bobby focused on how to win. Bobby beat the world champ from russia with his mind. He bickered, bantered, was tardy and for the most part an insolent jerk. And it worked. Bobby’ strategy went so far as to even forfeit a game due to tardiness. All to an end, a purpose. He threw his opponent off in every way he could imagine. It wasn’t simply a game to be played on the board but in the battle we call living. He focused on strategies to break strategies.

Now this long preamble serves a purpose. I use it to illustrate not how Bobby Fischer was an enigma, or a ‘Boss’, or simply a world class champion. I use it to point out singularity of focus. You see, Bobby didn’t have time to listen to friends and family. Critics, naysayers, heathens, and fans were all irrelevant. Bobby knew that you can’t listen to the people who don’t step in the ring with you. Whether the odds are for or against you- Preparation, Intuition, and Consistency are the keys to victory.
These three things, not his three best friends or his mum and dad are what made him a champion. If Bobby listened to his friends many of his far out strategies would have been cast aside. Never underestimate the power of others to ruin your momentum. If allowed people will crush you out of love, and though inadvertent- a loss is a loss.

In the small business world the same holds true. Many times our friends or family will say that a new venture is foolish. Perhaps the wife says its too expensive. Perhaps the husband insists its something akin to his time in _________(fill in the blank with an mlm of your choice). Heck the attrition rate in these ventures is 60-90%!!!!! And your best friend will tell you that to dissuade you.
I say being in that last 10% makes you a diamond amongst the coals.

Suffice it to say- KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE. Let no one pull you from your course. What the mind is set to it will achieve. The only question is will u let friends stop you or will you reach Mt. Olympus and seize the glory???

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Do THE POSSIBLE

30 May

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6 minutes to your future

30 May

Do you realize that your future may be behind you?
Your favorite friends might be your biggest roadblocks?
And your future is in your hands?

Simple right?
WRONG.
A lot of times we say the system is against me, I can’t prosper, I’m not rich….
Bull poppy I say. What you want you will get. Want wealth- agree to it.
Want a job, agree to it.
You get what you set your eyes on.
So, you say- ‘tony, I’m in agreement with wealth, with riches- great. What have you done?
Have you built your mind set?
Written out your ideas?
Created a dream board?
If not start over.
Get your prospects by being genuine.
Your best prospect is the guy 3 steps behind you looking for help. Teach, aide, and you will win.

Friends say tony is eh, walk away from them. Get with winners and you will win.

Lastly, winning is you, is within you is the difference…

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How to start a business (By Jay Kubassek)

29 May

Disclaimer: this is pure Jay Kubassek. But I enjoyed it so much I had to share it and I take no credit for it

How to start a business
(By Jay Kubassek)

The first step to starting anything is writing
a business plan.

Here is a business plan outline, listing the
sections of the business plan in the order in
which they will appear in your completed
business plan with a brief explanation of each
section to help you get organized and guide you
through the writing a business plan process.

The Executive Summary

While appearing first, this section of the
business plan is written last. It summarizes
the key elements of the entire business plan.

The Industry

An overview of the industry sector that your
business will be a part of, including industry
trends, major players in the industry, and
estimated industry sales. This section of the
business plan will also include a summary of
your business’s place within the industry.

Market Analysis

An examination of the primary target market
for your product or service, including
geographic location, demographics, your target
market’s needs and how these needs are being
met currently.

Competitive Analysis

An investigation of your direct and indirect
competitors, with an assessment of their
competitive advantage and an analysis of how
you will overcome any entry barriers to your
chosen market.

Marketing Plan

A detailed explanation of your sales strategy,
pricing plan, proposed advertising and promotion
activities, and product or service’s benefits.

Management Plan

An outline of your business’s legal structure
and management resources, including your
internal management team, external management
resources, and human resources needs.

Operating Plan

A description of your business’s physical
location, facilities and equipment, kinds of
employees needed, inventory requirements and
suppliers, and any other applicable operating
details, such as a description of the
manufacturing process.

Financial Plan

A description of your funding requirements,
your detailed financial statements, and a
financial statement analysis.

Appendices And Exhibits

Any additional information that will help
establish the credibility of your business idea,
such as marketing studies, photographs of your
product, and/or contracts or other legal
agreements pertinent to your business.

It’s a pretty thorough document, but is required
when starting anything on your own, for a couple
reasons.

It helps you articulate your business and your
vision.

It will help you place yourself in the
marketplace strategically.

And, if you need startup capital, banks will
need to see it!

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How to start a business (By Jay Kubassek)

28 May

(Disclaimer: this is pure Jay Kubassek. But I enjoyed it so much I had to share it and take no credit for it.)

How to start a business
(By Jay Kubassek)

The first step to starting anything is writing
a business plan.

Here is a business plan outline, listing the
sections of the business plan in the order in
which they will appear in your completed
business plan with a brief explanation of each
section to help you get organized and guide you
through the writing a business plan process.

The Executive Summary

While appearing first, this section of the
business plan is written last. It summarizes
the key elements of the entire business plan.

The Industry

An overview of the industry sector that your
business will be a part of, including industry
trends, major players in the industry, and
estimated industry sales. This section of the
business plan will also include a summary of
your business’s place within the industry.

Market Analysis

An examination of the primary target market
for your product or service, including
geographic location, demographics, your target
market’s needs and how these needs are being
met currently.

Competitive Analysis

An investigation of your direct and indirect
competitors, with an assessment of their
competitive advantage and an analysis of how
you will overcome any entry barriers to your
chosen market.

Marketing Plan

A detailed explanation of your sales strategy,
pricing plan, proposed advertising and promotion
activities, and product or service’s benefits.

Management Plan

An outline of your business’s legal structure
and management resources, including your
internal management team, external management
resources, and human resources needs.

Operating Plan

A description of your business’s physical
location, facilities and equipment, kinds of
employees needed, inventory requirements and
suppliers, and any other applicable operating
details, such as a description of the
manufacturing process.

Financial Plan

A description of your funding requirements,
your detailed financial statements, and a
financial statement analysis.

Appendices And Exhibits

Any additional information that will help
establish the credibility of your business idea,
such as marketing studies, photographs of your
product, and/or contracts or other legal
agreements pertinent to your business.

It’s a pretty thorough document, but is required
when starting anything on your own, for a couple
reasons.

It helps you articulate your business and your
vision.

It will help you place yourself in the
marketplace strategically.

And, if you need startup capital, banks will
need to see it!

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QUESTION (only answer if you are business minded)

28 May

QUESTION

Are you looking for a quick sale or a consistent customer?
Are you selling one unit and thirsting for the commission, or are you the smooth shark at the dealership? The guy who has a customer buy or lease a new car every two years.

Now that sounds odd but let’s be frank people- we all want to help others—and MAKE MONEY.
Don’t feel guilty. You deserve the best and if you work for it you will get it. But there are a few ways to skin the proverbial cat.
I’m going to skip the spiel and tell you what actually puts money in my pocket.
-CREATING VALUE.
-CONSISTENCY.
That’s it.
Your two step plan.
People will buy when they trust you. Be a worm and get an occasion sale. Give them value for their dollar and they will come back. And come back not only willingly but looking for more and more and….

So for step 1- CREATING VALUE.
This is key. people don’t buy Honda’s because of that snazzy paint. Its the VALUE. Honda has branded itself as synonymous with Value. They resell higher, last longer, and are low to zero emission. All key selling points for consumers. People see value when they see Honda, what do they see in you?
People want success, and peace of mind. If you teach them a path to both you are golden. How you ask? Simple. Teach them little tricks that save time or money. Show them simple ways to build site traffic. Share your story. Any and all of these can be used to build a rapport and a strong, vibrant team.
When you have something that is tangibly valuable- people will flock to you as customers, clients, friends and partners- so aim big people.

Lastly- CONSISTENCY is Key.
People will follow your lead. You say your system works, your team is the best, blah, blah, blah……
Prove it. They will check you out. They will want to see if you follow through no what you say and what you do.
Do you make the calls everyday?
Do you meet 5 new contacts daily?
Do you blog daily?
Do you smile and see opportunity everywhere?
They will check you out just like a kid does.
So the bottom line is be CONSISTENT.
Post an article everyday.
Post a video log that shows step by step how to get ahead weekly.
Make 3 new contacts and exchange contact info with them. DAILY.
Call your downline DAILY.
Call your upline DAILY.
Check your stats DAILY.
Create VALUE DAILY.
When this is done, results will happen and will compound over time.
As you are consistent you not only build your team and or biz, but you LEAD by example and set a standard that is PROFITABLE and more importantly RESPECTABLE.

What you do daily will dictate your success level.

Thoughts? Questions? Comments?
Looking for a great opportunity or some coaching?
Let’s chat.
Changeinadvance@gmail.com
@changeinadvance

#thriveorsurvive

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Question

28 May

Are you looking for a quick sale or a consistent customer?
Are you selling one unit and thirsting for the commission, or are you the smooth shark at the dealership? The guy who has a customer buy or lease a new car every two years.

Now that sounds odd but let’s be frank people- we all want to help others—-and MAKE MONEY.
Don’t feel guilty. You deserve the best and if you work for it you will get it. But there are a few ways to skin the proverbial cat.
I’m going to skip the spiel and tell you what actually puts money in my pocket.
-CREATING VALUE.
-CONSISTENCY.
That’s it.
Your two step plan.
People will buy when they trust you. Be a worm and get an occasion sale. Give them value for their dollar and they will come back. And come back not only willingly but looking for more and more and….

So for step 1- CREATING VALUE.
This is key. people don’t buy Honda’s because of that snazzy paint. Its the VALUE. Honda has branded itself as synonymous with Value. They resell higher, last longer, and are low to zero emission. All key selling points for consumers. People see value when they see Honda, what do they see in you?
People want success, and peace of mind. If you teach them a path to both you are golden. How you ask? Simple. Teach them little tricks that save time or money. Show them simple ways to build site traffic. Share your story. Any and all of these can be used to build a rapport and a strong, vibrant team.
When you have something that is tangibly valuable- people will flock to you as customers, clients, friends and partners- so aim big people.

Lastly- CONSISTENCY is Key.
People will follow your lead. You say your system works, your team is the best, blah, blah, blah……
Prove it. They will check you out. They will want to see if you follow through no what you say and what you do.
Do you make the calls everyday?
Do you meet 5 new contacts daily?
Do you blog daily?
Do you smile and see opportunity everywhere?
They will check you out just like a kid does.
So the bottom line is be CONSISTENT.
Post an article everyday.
Post a video log that shows step by step how to get ahead weekly.
Make 3 new contacts and exchange contact info with them. DAILY.
Call your downline DAILY.
Call your upline DAILY.
Check your stats DAILY.
Create VALUE DAILY.
When this is done, results will happen and will compound over time.
As you are consistent you not only build your team and or biz, but you LEAD by example and set a standard that is PROFITABLE and more importantly RESPECTABLE.

What you do daily will dictate your success level.

Thoughts? Questions? Comments?
Looking for a great opportunity or some coaching?
Let’s chat.
Changeinadvance@gmail.com
@changeinadvance

#thriveorsurvive

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Proof that MLSP and Consistency work!

27 May

Proof that MLSP and Consistency work!

My first commission check from My Lead System Pro.
By Consistently following through on a few key lessons and ONE Strategy, I’m now seeing gains.

Remember in life a lot things are very simple. Consistency and follow thru will take you further you can imagine.
So find one strategy or one business and stick with it. Do the steps as they are required, as often as they are required- Consistent.
Then check your results as they trickle or flood in and follow through with any and every nibble you get. Do not, I repeat DO NOT, only chase your definite yes’. A 6, 7, or even 8 figure earner could be right under your nose.

Questions? Thoughts? Needs or wants?
Let’s chat.
Changeinadvance@gmail.com
@changeinadvance
Or
Just reply here.

To your success!!!

#thriveorsurvive

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