Success

We have just a little over 5 days left to this month.  Will I meet my goal of 8 new customers?
(I'll let you know on the 1st) ;-)


It's not so easy building up a new business from nothing.  It is great to have mentors and know that others before me have succeeded.  But I do wish I could find someone who did so with as many challenges to their efforts as I have been dealing with lately!


The other day I came across a video highlighting 7 very important things to building your own business.
1. FAITH
2. GOALS
3. ACTION
4. CONSISTENCY
5. BRANDING YOURSELF
6. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
7. DEVELOPING YOURSELF PERSONALLY


So, in giving some thought to all these things and asking myself if I have these or if I am doing these, here's my own personal results.  Those of you that know me, feel free to add in your thoughts here too, or in a private email. :)


1. YES!  I absolutely do have faith that I can do this new venture successfully.  


2. YES! I have goals and little goals to help me get to the bigger goals.


3. Yes, and No. This is one area I need to adjust, not because of inaction as much as the actions I've been doing have so far not brought me to my goals as fast as I want, so I must make some adjustments.


4. No! It's true! I have not been consistent in my actions.  I need to be setting appointments every day not one or two days a week.  I have to find more time somehow.


5. This one made me wonder if I actually have my own personal brand - something that everyone knows is me!  There are many things I do or have done that others know me for; but is there any one thing that would stand out like a 'brand' such as Dell, or HP, or Toshiba (all computers I've had - and all well known by others for their computers).  This one needs more thought, and/or work.


6. Relationships I've got - hundreds of them, mostly minimal.  If I'm going to be good at my own business I should be building those relationships; get to know those people better.  To truly be building relationships I should probably be finding new ones as well - have a variety of relationships with people at various stages or different levels of involvement.


7. YES!  I am always seeking more knowledge!  Learning anything new is exciting to me! Taking all my knowledge and adding to it is a big part of what makes me ME!  If I can inspire others, I should inspire myself! (working on it) ;-)


OK, out of 7 "essential parts of success" I have 3 without a doubt!  I have another 2 that are coming along nicely but have room for improvement! There is 1 that is needing to be developed from scratch.  Then there is one that I'll have to do some more thinking about.  From a purely mathematical point of view I'm at about 75% there! 


If I look at like Success is 100% and Failure is 0% then I'm much closer to Success than Failure - and THAT is a very positive thing, don't you think?!

Super September!

So I completely skipped over August - what a month that was!


On to September!


September is going to be a glorious month!  I know it's one-third over already but it's always been one of my favorite months so it will still be great!


I'm inspired by this month's promotion to Develop a Director, No Matter What!


I so want to become a director in this business myself!  And do so by the end of this month!  Which is so totally possible!  Already I have four people who've told me they want to get started in this business - we just need to do all the necessary stuff.  Add in another four as just plain customers and me being a director is a 'shoe-in'!


But I do get a bit down over those who want to do something but having enough money to do it holds them back. :(  I SO know what that's like!  And I'm SO tired of it!  But it will be ending soon for me, I'm sure of that!  By the end of this year I will make it to the point of having enough money all month long!!!


I know there are people laughing at that - saying, "oh yeah, sure you will" while thinking "no way, it's never going to happen" - I could name several (but I won't).
I know there are some waiting to see IF it happens or not and when it does then they will join me - and I can't wait to bring them all on board!
And there are a few - Martha, Ellen, Sharon, Lori, who encourage me to keep on, to not give up; who tell me this can be a success - and to them I will always be thankful and forever carry a special spot in my heart for believing in me no matter what!


For this to be a really super September in my business, the goal will be to enroll 8 new members and have 4 of them start their own business building with me!  THAT WOULD BE TRULY AWESOME!!!