STILL WITH PURPOSE!!!

Purpose – schmurpose! LOL 20 days down and I've spent most of it rather down … but not quite out... due to some of life's unexpected troubles. :( But, as usual, it's not going to stop me from moving toward my goals! The damages are reversing, healing, returning to normal, slowly.

And I am still moving ahead WITH PURPOSE! I am determined that even starting my business month 33% behind (so to speak) will not keep me from building my business!

On the green front... we are doing LOTS BETTER at eating REAL FOODS! I found a few new blogs to follow in this effort of avoiding processed foods more:

100daysofrealfood.com and foodformyfamily.com and eatingrules.com

If you have any interest at all in eating less processed foods, more organic foods, or more local foods you may find one or all of these very helpful! :)

Same for SPARKnEarthlyBest – no progress to report, but no backsliding either!

And with ANDEE365 – Wow! Have we been 'thru the ringer' and then some! It wasn't fun. It wasn't pretty. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. :( However, we have had some extensive family discussions about the things that have happened and the things that could yet happen. These have resulted in a number of things improving around here. But there are still some “issues” to resolve ~ aren't there always such things in large families? LOL So, we move ahead! We go forward WITH PURPOSE! We take stock of where we are at; where we want to go; and which path(s) we want to take to get there.

I do have to say this: In the last 20 days I've talked to a number of locals and met some really nice people! This makes me look forward even more to what's ahead as I seek out more and more of the people of my little town and help them understand what a wonderful thing I have for them with my company! :) There are lots of hard-working folks around here who are barely getting by and really struggling to find that “something” that will help them get to the next check, help them get to feeling better so they can do more to meet their families' needs, and give them hope for a brighter future. Before long they will all know! I can't wait to share what I have with all of them!!!

I close with this:

"Your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

~ Steve Jobs (Feb. 24, 1955 – Oct. 5, 2011)

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?!