Do you enjoy reading about cutting edge ideas? Do you like to see trends in the making? Do you consistently ask yourself if your business practices are curent? If so, then check out this resource. I find it a fascinating read on a monthly basis.
From the www.trendwatching.com site:Â trendwatching.com is an independent and opinionated trend firm, scanning the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas. For the latest and greatest, we rely on our network of 8,000+ spotters in more than 70 countries worldwide.
Are you interested in your perception of what it really takes to make your business succeed?
My good friend and mentor, Faye Hobbs, shared this Entrepreneurial Assessment with me. I took the time to complete it and although I found the final feedback lacking in depth, the explanations of each topic were excellent, high level overviews.
What do Donald Trump, Oprah, Richard Branson and I have in common? Well I may not quite be at the billionaire level yet but what we do all have in common is we are all entrepreneurs who get things done in record time.
Consider this: Over 80% of the entrepreneurs I mentor have great ideas with less than stellar results. Many struggle to get to the six figure mark simply due to a perceived lack of time, resources or energy to get the right strategies in place to grow their results.
Creative entrepreneurs like you and I often have the problem of TOO many ideas buzzing around our brain. So how do you know which ones to act on and which ones are just distractions?
Here’s a tip on a simple system I use to decide which ideas will pay off:
First, grab a few sticky notes or index cards and write down each idea on its own note/card.
Have you ever pursued a goal only to find that once you got there you aren’t happy? Do you every find yourself feeling blocked and frustrated trying to achieve a dream but feel bad wanting to quit?
Often we pursue a goal for all the wrong reasons. Here are a few that I’ve heard from people over the years.
Well, I started off 2008 very excited and pumped about the new year, new plans…new possibilities. I kicked off the New Year with a Business Planning Retreat with my friend and collegue, Wendy Watkins of PassionFruit People Growers. We went to the beautiful mountains in North Carolina and holed up in a luxury timber home - spoiled ourselves while we marianted, planned, brainstormed, calendarized, blew up, and blew out plans for 2008. Talk about coming back and being revved to go!
Well, my intention was that I would be writing you a blog entry about our retreat, what we did, how we did it, etc…and give you some ideas and inspiration for your own.
There are simple ways to guarantee the success of your projects. We’ll talk about one of them today–create an outcome that calls you to action. Let me explain.
Creating a project with a real deadline in the external world is a project that calls you into action. Whether it is a new product launch, a workshop, or a new service, having a real deadline will keep you on track to completion and success. Step 1 is to create the press release for your adventure. Write it out in detail, including how people can sign up and get more information. The more detailed you write the release, the more action steps you’ll create for the project to be a success. Just follow your own lead to success. Make a list of the tasks you need to complete and put a date to them with a little wiggle room and tackling big projects will be a breeze.
Online Video is here to stay, so it’s time for you to join the party! Fortunately, with the proliferation of free video hosting sites like YouTube, Blip.tv, iFilm and Veoh, today anyone with a camcorder and an Internet connection can produce a video and share it with the world. Best of all, you don’t need to be Martin Scorsese to create a video for the web! Online Video viewers are very forgiving…
Producing video for the Web can be a powerful marketing tool for your business. Some benefits include:
Love and Passion … are two words that bring to mind deep feelings for something or someone. For instance, the type of feelings that begins in the pit of your stomach and radiate outward, exuding brilliance, warmth, and joy. Do these words represent how you feel about your job and or position in life? The majority of the population, two-thirds in fact, is always seeking new employment. Which means that at any given time 67% of the United States population is experiencing job dissatisfaction, and all of the baggage that accompanies this epidemic.
Who would have thought that at almost-age 40, I’d own my first KISS shirt? Thanks to my good friend, Nancy Marmolejo, VivaVisbility.com, who bought it for me after seeing my fab photo with KISS star Gene Simmons.
I must say wearing it gives me a whole new perspective on life. I keep feeling like I should be blasting my 80s hair-band music and digging out my lighter. Ah, those we’re the days.
