Archive for March, 2009

Passion Held Hostage

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Mammoth companies collapsing.

Job cuts soaring.

Job security. Nostalgia.

This isn’t a time for gimmicks.

Guru #31 isn’t saving anyone.

This is the end of an era and the start of a new one.

Either you take CONTROL of your financial future or you’ll experience discomfort.

This isn’t 1995 anymore.

‘Lottery ticket’ business opportunities or the latest guru gimmick no longer works.

People need a REAL BUSINESS if they want to succeed in the coming years.

A business with heart, a business with soul, a business that has value and service as its underpinning.

Its foundation stands on VALUE and SERVICE.

Anything else will disintegrate and be laughed at in due time.

We’ve went through the Industrial Age, we all lived through the Information Age and now I believe we’ve entered the Age of PASSION, what I call the PASSION ECONOMY.

In business today or really in business in general, if you don’t find something you enjoy, something you like to do/share/teach/build, you’ll NEVER persevere through the challenging times.

Never. No chance.

You’ll quit and follow the next Guru, Guru #72.3.

Needed:

A business built around a passion.

A business built around a market that has a sincere desire to solve a problem.

A business built around a passion, a good market, and market that has money to solve their problem.

Forget about YOURSELF.

Get excited about solving a problem for somebody else.

Service precedes money.

Service precedes success.

Passion is the light that ignites it all.

In The Passion Economy, the only way to have enduring success is to CARE about people and want to sincerely help them.

Each day, we live in a more and more of a transparent world,

VALUE will be raised and honored, foolishness will be pushed out of the room. Fast.

Stop building other companies and start building your OWN BRAND.

YOU are an asset. You are important. You have something to share.

Forget about making a million dollars tomorrow and instead focus on getting your 1st client, your next newsletter subscriber, uploading a new video.

Celebrate your small victories. Celebrate them. Get excited about them.

Get excited again about life. Get enthusiastic again about your talents, gifts, and core skills.

Passion!

Passion is about people.

Passion is about profits.

Passion is about personal growth.

Passion is about understanding that you don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going.

Don’t focus on results for at least the first 6 months of your business.

Focus instead on activity.

Activity. Activity. Activity.

Get going.

The fastest way to move forward is by giving yourself away.

The days of being scattered are over.

The Passion Economy demands that you gift yourself the GIFT OF FOCUS.

It demands it.

A scattered mind precedes procrastination, frustration, and then quitting.

Amigo, NOW is your time.

You were born for a reason. It’s time for you to unleash your life assignment on a target market that is desperate to solve a problem.

Are you ready?

Don’t just nod.

I’m serious.

Are you REALLY ready to move forward 1% each day? That’s it.

Each day move forward 1% and in a year you won’t even recognize yourself.

Your best self will have entered the stage.

The stage of success, of service, sharing the best you.

Get going. Now.

Love Ya! You’re The Best!

Your Coach,

Mike

P.S. Do you have a passion for helping others? What are you passionate about? Share it below and let’s INSPIRE each other.

Why You Might Be Struggling

Monday, March 16th, 2009

It just beats up so many people.Badly.

“Mike, what are you talking about?”

Follow me here amigo, this is important.

For 7 years, I ran around in circles. Circles.

I was going nowhere. Real fast.

Eventually, I got my head out of the sand and started
figuring things out, though this is important.

I see too many people, thousands of people, struggling
unnecessarily.

And for many, it’s NOT their fault.

Let me explain.

What worked for many in school, college, and as an employee
DOESN’T work as an entrepreneur.

People are struggling and one of the BIGGEST reasons is
they’re getting beat up by ‘this’.

What is ‘this’?

Here’s the answer:

PERFECTION

Yes.

Making PERFECTION your goal is the quickest way to fail as an
entrepreneur.

The quickest.

Here’s what happens.

We build a mindset over the years.

Our teachers say, be perfect in school and on your tests.

Our boss says, be perfect at your job or I’ll fire you.

Then people bring this ‘perfection mindset’ to their business
and they STAND STILL.

They wait to act until everything is perfect.

Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.

What a bunch of NONSENSE. This mindset doesn’t work in the
real entrepreneurial world.

This is NO SUCH THING as perfect.

Get going.

Here’s what I did.

When I was struggling years ago, I made a change.

Follow me here.

In school, they tell you to shoot for an ‘A’. (Grades in
school are A, B, C, and D)

In business, you now know that doesn’t work.

What I did is when my ideas got to a ‘C’ level I took ACTION.

Action.

I entered the marketplace.

I got feedback. I saw what worked and what didn’t. I then
improved.

You can’t grow by doing nothing.

When your ideas, prospecting scripts, books, etc…are at a
‘C’ level, TAKE ACTION.

You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it
going.

Aiming for perfection before you begin will destroy you.

Get going amigo.

You can do it.

The world needs your gifts. Badly.

Love Ya! You’re The Best!

Your Coach,

Michael

P.S. You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it
going.

Follow me on Twitter…

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Helping you grow and move forward every day is my goal.

I’ve started to use Twitter recently to share more success

insights, resources, and more.

It’s a totally fr’ee service and I suggest you get your own account if you don’t have one.

If you’d like to receive more ’success’ information from me,

new ideas, and see what I’m up to, go here:

http://www.twitter.com/mikelitman

And click ‘follow’.

Love Ya! You’re The Best!

Your Coach,

Mike

P.S. If you’re not using Twitter yet, get a free account.

There are many ways to use Twitter to build your personal

brand and become a greater person of value.

I’ll share some of these ideas with you soon.

You’re awesome amigo.

Go here:

http://www.twitter.com/mikelitman