Hey Everyone

As you probably know, last week I posted a blog video asking for some help in coming up with a slogan for 2010. CLICK HERE TO SEE THAT POST

As you can imagine, we had tons of people give some AWESOME suggestions; and we’re happy to announce that we’ve finally picked A winner!

The winner is going to get one full day of me sending tweets to my twitter followers about his/her business

After I announce the winner be sure to help us out something very important that I’ll explain in the video. More instructions below!

UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS for leaving a video of your “Most Inspirational Song” as a comment on this blog

Step 1: Go to YouTube and do a search for your most inspirational song

Step 2: Once you found the video of your most inspirational song, look for the URL code

Step 3: Copy the “URL code” and place it in the comment section when leaving your comment below.

Suzanne will then “embed” the code in your comment so everyone can see it without having to leave the page!

Thanks For Sharing!

Devon

When you think of home businesses, you probably imagine some kind of rag-tag operation. You know, low budget, unknown, no real chance of success. Well, you really couldn’t be more off base. Some of the most successful and well known companies in our modern culture got their start as small, home based businesses. Ford, Hewlett-Packard, Hershey’s, Apple, and Mary Kay cosmetics are just a few of the big names that are nothing more than home businesses that were extremely successful.

So, what are the chances that you can be successful too? Believe it or not, you’re the chance that your home business will be a success is better than you might think. Statistically, about 70% of home based businesses will be successful over a 3 year period. That is compared to 29% with other business ventures. Not bad odds. That’s a 7 in 10 chance that your business is going to make it for at least three years. Wouldn’t it be great if all of the chances you took in your life had those kinds of odds?

It is perfectly acceptable to be apprehensive when contemplating starting up a home business. I am sure that Milton Hershey and Henry Ford had their own sets of doubts before finally deciding to take the plunge and go for it. But if they hadn’t overcome their fears, they would not be the household names that we have come to recognize today. Taking the first step towards running your home business is undoubtedly the most challenging and stressful. However, in order to be successful, you need to have a certain willingness to take chances and make the choices that will lead to your success.

It is important to realize that, especially in today’s job market, you cannot depend on anyone else to ensure your job security. With unemployment pushing ten percent and more and more established businesses going under by the day, working for someone else is no guarantee of security or success. And the only way to ensure that your boss is looking out for your interests is to be your boss. The single most important element that will contribute your home businesses success is your attitude. If you know you will be successful, you are that much more likely to become successful. And looking into the statistics regarding home business success rates and seeing them in black and white can only boost your confidence. Remember, no matter what anyone might say, a successful home business in by no means a fantasy. Successful home businesses are started every day, and if you are willing to put forth the effort, yours could be next.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting
started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small
manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” - Mark Twain.
Keeping it simple..and effective!:)

“Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it for long Take the lesson and move forward. Although the past cannot be changed; How to shape the future is still in your hands. ”

“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and MAKE THEM GREAT. Weak men wait for opportunities; STRONG MEN MAKE THEM.” - Orison Swett Marden

“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”  - Carlos Castenada

“It’s ONLY WHEN when we truly know and understand that WE HAVE A LIMITED TIME ON EARTH–and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up–that WE WILL BEGIN TO LIVE EACH DAY TO THE FULLEST , as if it were the only one we had.” - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“A certain amount of opposition can be of great help to a man- Kites
rise against, not with the wind.” - John Neal

Keep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see the shadow…:)

“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with
another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change
you.”– Wayne Dyer

YOU are responsible for YOU! ..don’t blame, don’t make excuses, don’t be too dependent on others for your happiness, take charge of your OWN life, YOU DESERVE THE BEST..:)

Failure has been my best teacher. If what you’re doing is worth
anything, then failing now and again is inevitable. Ultimately, success
is about getting past the setbacks that you encounter. If you let
failure bother you, you’ll never succeed. Don’t fear failure. Learn
from it. - John Peterson

There are some true inspirational people such as Martin Luther King jr,
Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Gandhi, and so many more that the list
goes on and on. For every aspect of life you can be sure that there’s an inspirational person to be found.

Do you have anything in common with the people I listed above? Probably more than you think. These people were successes in their own lives, but their outwardly focus was not in business, it was changing people’s lives (which, truth be told, is actually the real reason you’re aiming for such high success as a home business entrepreneur).

The quotes you read from very inspirational people may not necessarily
be “directly” related to your home business. However, that’s not to say
that you cannot learn from them and apply their principles while on your own success journey.

I read quite a bit and I was reading an essay the other day about 50
Cent (gangster-rapper). Granted, his lifestyle isn’t particularly one to
be modeled after. . . but nevertheless, his recipe for success is:

“Now he [50 Cent] thought it was time to get away from the drug world and try hip-hop. He knew nothing about constructing songs, but he told himself he would succeed. ‘Once I focus on something, it’s gotta work for me,’ he says. ‘I won’t turn off from it. I convince myself it’s gonna work and then no one can convince me that it’s not.’”

Even 50 Cent believes in total immersion and ultimate focus, and isn’t
that something you can apply to your own life and business? You may not have THAT much in common with a gangster rapper; but you both have determination and a hunger for success.

You have to create your own path to success, but you can do it riding on the shoulders of giants. Study the teachings of those who have carved their path to success and it will make your journey that much easier.

Sometimes success comes from sheer determination and hard work, and other times it come thanks to connections and luck. But one theme rings familiar in all inspirational people. They’re happy where they are and they never stop growing. It’s a process that keeps developing. Read biographies, interesting stories, or even videos. You can gain inspiration from the most unlikeliest of places.

I once got a business idea from reading a menu. Where will yours come
from?