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Pop The Cork – Celebrating Success

Flat Icons-03-06In this article I want to discuss the importance of celebrating success, however small that success may be.

My son, James, just telephoned me – he was happy, I could hear it in his voice.

He’s recently started playing cricket again with a small village cricket team in Thurgaton in Nottinghamshire.  It really is ‘village green’ stuff but they do play in a league.

Most of his old cricket kit did not fit him so he’s had to invest in new pads and bat, so he really hasn’t played for a long time.

Coupled with that, when he played in the past he never bowled – he was always a batsman – this is important in understanding what comes next.

I think the village team is well supplied with batsmen but they must lack for bowlers because they asked James to bowl for them!  This is someone who has never bowled for a team in the past!  He was desperate to contribute to the team and so he took the ball.

In the last two matches (- this is the beginning of the season -) he has bowled a total of 12 overs only.  His bowling average is 0.8 runs per over and he has taken 4 wickets.  These numbers have put him top of the league in the bowling stats apparently.

In the last match, he opened the bowling and bowled out the teams best batsman second ball – someone who scored over 100 runs last year when they played his team.

I asked James what he was bowling – it turns out he’s bowling slowly but accurately.

What’s happening is the batsmen, who are eager to get runs on the board, are trying to hit him for six, missing the ball and getting themselves bowled out.  (If the ball is not coming down the wicket at speed, then the batsman has to generate all the power themselves when hitting the ball which is breaking their normal pattern of scoring off a quick opening bowler!)

Of course, it’s unlikely that James’ stats will last and it could just be beginners luck.  Also, James will probably try to defend his stats by trying harder which may mean that his bowling averages deteriorate.

That’s why it is so important to celebrate little successes as and when you encounter them.

Today he is up but tomorrow he may be down.  Life is like that.

Everything is temporary – today you may be poor, and tomorrow rich.  Today healthy, tomorrow at deaths door.  None of us know what life has in store.

The only time that we can really live is in the present moment – the past has gone, nothing we can do about it.  The future may partially be determined by what we do in the present moment but there are no guarantees about that.

So it’s important to celebrate our successes today – their memories will keep us moving forward and motivated in tougher times.

Psychology and mindset play an incredibly important part in success – one millionaire I met, who had bought his business for £1 and sold it for £49m, told me that 85% of success was due to having the correct mindset.

Which is why, my product, The Sky Inside, is an important one – because it addresses the issue of the role mindset plays in success.  There are a huge number of mindset resources in The Sky Inside and you can get free registration on this page as my gift to you.

There is so much wisdom and help in this product that I really should be charging at least £2,000 for it!  I genuinely think that it is the best gift that I could offer to any aspiring entrepreneur.

So I’ve given you a reason for celebrating success – I’ve just given you FREE access to what I consider to be my most valuable product 🙂

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How To Focus On What You Want (& Get It!)

In this audio I discuss the topic ‘How to Focus On What You Want & Get It’.

Achieving focus and avoiding the many distractions online, are a very important ingredient for online success.  There are plenty of people who have been online for literally years but have very little to show for it other than a substantial reduction in their savings.

This can be caused by confusion about exactly what you need to be doing on a daily basis.  In this audio I discuss these problems and some strategies for improving focus:

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Run-time: 22mins 39secs

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This is a summary of what I discuss in the audio:

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Here is a demonstration of Action Enforcer, which I mention in the audio – you can find out more about this product from this link or the link below the video:

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I want to find out more about Action Enforcer (- This Will Skyrocket The Amount Of Things You Get Done On A Daily Basis.)  When I use Action Enforcer, I always achieve more in my day than when I don’t use it.

I have an ebook entitled ‘Focus – How to Focus On What You Want & Get It’ (- this is quite separate and covers different material to the audio-) simply click the image below to read it!

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Knowing how to focus on what you want (and get it) is an important aspect of success and please comment below if you can think of something else that either stops you from focussing or helps you to focus on the task in hand.

Strong Reasons Make Strong Actions

‘Strong reasons make strong actions’ – this is a quotation from Shakespeare who died just under 400 years ago and lived not half a mile from where I am writing this post.

I think this is certainly one of the key attributes of self-made entrepreneurs – they had strong reasons for taking action and becoming successful.

In Shakespeare’s case, I think he may have got Anne Hathaway with child and had to go to London to make his living as a playwright.

My son-in-laws job recently came under threat – as a result of this he got a better paid job (+25%) and my daughter did the same (+50%).  They have recently bought a new house with a massive mortgage and were staring down the barrel of potential bankruptcy had my son-in-law been made unemployed for any lengthy period of time.  Strong reasons = strong actions.

This has a been a large part of my trouble in starting an online business.  I have funded myself from my investments and savings for several years without making much money – because I had money, I didn’t need it badly enough i.e. weak reasons = weak actions.

I have created a number of products but, because I have not yet run out of money, I have not really marketed those products.

Sergio Felix, my coaching colleague, has told me that I must change my mindset. He is absolutely right – in my case it is definitely a mindset issue.  I already know enough to succeed, I simply need to reach out and grasp it.

Ironically he is the same.  He has been working on perfecting one WordPress product for well over 12 months – with his wedding due to take place in 2 months time he needs to make some money and lots of it!

In my recent article:  http://mark-salmon.com/mindset-burning-your-boats-on-the-beach/ I alluded to this problem – it is only when we have a strong enough reason for taking strong action do we find the breakthroughs.

Both Sergio and I are both fast approaching this crisis point – the point where we simply HAVE to make the next step.

In my business career I have seen this phenomenon many times before – I saw it time and again when the financial crisis hit in the early nineties as my business customers faced the real possibility of going bust as interest rates soared to 17% or more and asset prices plummeted.

It was amazing to me how creative people can be in a crisis – one builder customer created 3 houses out of his own home and sold them to make enough money to survive.

The truth is that we are all much more resourceful than we think we are – when the chips are really down, the strong get going.

Have you considered that if you are not yet finding success, perhaps you don’t yet have a strong enough reason for taking strong action?

I expect you already know of many examples of wealthy people who came from a background of relative poverty.  That poverty and hardship is  a large part of what drives them throughout life – the remembrance of their early years when where the next mouthful of food was coming from was a genuine worry.

I’ve been fortunate to never face that kind of hardship and it’s easy for me to be complacent about money.  As I have got older I’ve realised that as long as I have enough money to enjoy life, I really don’t desire money for it’s own sake.  In other words I am not willing to  do things I hate doing just for money… unless I have a strong reason enough for doing so!

I’m fast approaching that point with my business – where I need to go out and promote myself and my products.  It really does not appeal to me at all – I would much rather be helping other  people ‘under the radar’ than marketing myself as some kind of guru.  I want the satisfaction of genuinely helping other people without  make bull-shit claims about myself and what I can do.

But my mindset and attitude have to change if I want to stay in the internet marketing game – the key word there is ‘marketing’.  As Sergio says, I must find my own audience and reach out to them.  He has to do the same – we all do!

As a small step on that road I have installed the Page Peal Pro plugin (aka One Ring Plugin) – this is on the top right of my web pages – if you like it you can get a copy of this plugin here.  It’s not a ‘strong’ action but it is a step in the right direction.

Your task and mine is to find a strong reason for taking strong action – whatever it is, whether it’s your family, your health, your self-respect, your wedding etc – find it because I believe that it’s part of the formula for success.