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I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this before but I do love music. Not that I’ve been classically trained or taken any music lessons, but I’ve followed it very closely my whole entire life. Probably my mothers fault for blasting the Beatles in her headphones while she was pregnant. Thanks Mom
From one experience to the next, music has always been there changing with the times, never ending…
Life is about the journey, not the destination. Discuss…
I just wanted to send a message out to all of you new internet marketers, entrepreneurs, friends and family. Nothing can hold you down. When you fall, just get back up and keep moving forward. You have the power in side of you, all you have to do is believe.
In an age where personal branding seems to be the hot topic of conversation, two questions come to mind “Who Do you Think You Are?” and “How Do Others See You?”
From the biggest names in show business to the Fortune 500 companies, image is everything but how does the image you see in the mirror match up against the image people receive?
It’s this single question that prompted me to write this article. Just who the heck am I in other peoples eyes? Do I match up with the image I’m hoping to portray?
Anyone can make up some story about who they are and what they’ve done so I’d like to try something completely different. I’d like to ask my friends and family to fill in the blanks…
If you know me (Frankie Hayward) and would like to share your experience (good or bad) please feel free to leave a comment below.
This will replace my “About Frankie” page as I think it will hold more clout than any story about my life (don’t want to bore you) and may even me a bit entertaining. : )
Thanks for contributing to this experiment and let me know if you would like me to return the favor.
Let’s say you’ve got your attitude correct, the right skill set honed, and the right philosophy. Great! You’re on your way – somewhere. If you don’t have the right direction planned out, you’ll simply wander aimlessly.
You don’t attempt even the smallest of construction jobs without a plan, and yet many people work in a field they just happened to “fall in to” because someone suggested it, or a friend was doing it, or even worse – they didn’t have anything else to do.
Wandering through your career can be just as deadly as wandering through a desert without a compass and canteen—in both places, you can die a slow death of thirst and exhaustion.
You must know where you want to go in order to set a direction for your life and career. You’ve probably heard the adage, “No one plans to fail, but they do fail to plan.” So determine where it is that you want to go (i.e., what you want to do) and set a course for it.
One thing that stands in the way of success is your ability to believe in yourself.
We’ve touched on this in the attitude sections, but there’s more to it than just having a positive attitude. You must believe in yourself.
“So how do I do THAT?” you might be asking me right about now. “I’m really not good at very much… So-and-so at my office doesn’t struggle with anything.
That’s why s/he succeeds!” I’m sorry – did we begin a whine-fest here? Who’s bringing the cheese to go with the whine?
Everyone struggles with *something*, whether or not you know what that something is. If you struggle with your self-esteem, then you’re probably comparing yourself to other people and using a measuring stick that’s not even remotely accurate as you bash yourself and your own abilities.
The first thing you need to do is sit down with a piece of paper and start to write down the things at which you are genuinely good. I mean things like “I brush my teeth twice a day,” and “I’m organized.” For every skill or task that you OWN (and it doesn’t matter what it is), there is a way to put those abilities to good use and a way to make it your own personal success story.
“Genius” has been described as the “ability to focus on one thing at a time.” Many people who are “geniuses” are so not only because they have a high intellect, but because they are a gift of being able to focus on the objective or goal at hand.
This same focus must come in to play when determining what your goals are in relation to success. You need to learn to work towards one major objective and juggle a few short- and mid-range goals at the same time.
One way to determine what your direction is (and ultimately your goals are) is Continue reading »
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