More On Mindset -- Is Mindset Really Necessary?

Can't we just decide we are going to do a project, start a home business and then follow through without reference to mindset?

Clearly the answer is, yes you could. Another question is what will that cost you?

I know all the different things I need to do in order to get my new business up and running why do I need to always be concerned with my mindset? I know my new business takes a certain amount of marketing work everyday. I must do work online and I know I must talk to people. I have very clear goals, if I meet them I know I will continue to do well. If I don't meet those goals; talking to a certain number of people, then I won't do well.

But I have to be effective and positive in my approach to those people. We have all received messages and subsequently talked to contacts about a business opportunity. You can tell, in the first 10 seconds, sometimes it takes longer, but you can tell if this is someone who is attracting or repelling people. Sometimes I really want to reach out to those who aren't doing well and say; "Please work on your mindset, you sound uncomfortable. You sound like you hope I hang up." Many people we talk to really need to work to get themselves feeling good before they speak to anyone.

Consider the time spent on your mindset as the most important time you spend in your business everyday.

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Wondering Where I Am?

I have had some questions, where is Labrador? What is it like there, how do I get there? Why do you live there? Those kinds of questions.

I still work full time as a social worker but am looking towards an early retirement from that job. It has been a very good job, important work to be done in any community big or small. I'm paying down debt but want to continue a residual income program I believe in. I suggest that to anyone who is nearing retirement, start a home business that they enjoy, get rid of your debt and get use to doing other things you enjoy and are worth doing for your community. Worst thing we can do is to have an identity with our job so that we feel left out of the broader community when we are finished working outside of our homes.

A couple of pics,


Pic of inside our greenhouse in early July, plants much bigger now.



A link to a webcam just down the hill from our home, viewable only during daylight hours other links there to Labrador.










We came to Labrador 20 years ago because of the work but have stayed here because we like it and plan to continue living here.

Winters here are more fun than they look in this pic.

Let me know if you have traveled to Labrador we are full of black flies now but a they will only last another couple of weeks.

Who Is Killing Your Dreams?

Many are now looking to start a home business. Often an MLM
business of some kind. Everyone is doing their due diligence
and attempting to find a business that fits their need for
income and their desire to get this income quickly and our
natural human weakness for wanting to do it as easily as
possible.

So the demand side of the equation is set up isn't it; many
people looking for their perfect home business, to start now,
or sometime soon.

The supply side of the equation consists of many of us out
here who are happy to fulfill this need. We will help the new
person establish their business.

Look at the opportunities that abound. Don't you just love
these headlines?

* We will do it for you,
* Spend only half an hour a day,
* Make $3000 to $5000 a week.

I'm guessing you would like to combine all three of these
great ideas so that it could work really well for you. Think
about it:

Spend half an hour a day (you probably would be willing work 7
days a week for this), 'they' will do it for you, and you
collect $3000. plus a week. Sounds like a great situation
isn't it....

Now let's get serious.

There are many great opportunities in the marketplace today.
There are many legitimate, well-run and well-financed
businesses. These businesses are ones that have been around
for many years and some that are relatively new. Any of us
would be happy to hitch our future to, and proud to have our
home business associated with these great companies.

Then there are also many who are just stealing money from
those who are starting there home businesses. I think all of
us have been victims of this from time to time. There are the
actual thieves and then there are those organizations that are
so poor in conception and planning that they are doomed to
fail from the start. For those of us who have been around for
a while can all think of names of firms that have come and
gone even the last couple of years.

Ok, you say, how do I avoid one of those firms? These firms
that will fold with me in it, kicking and screaming....

How do we protect ourselves from those who are killing our
dreams? You are looking to join or start your own business?
How do we protect ourselves? I've heard all sorts of advice
such as: Talk to your lawyer, your wife, your brother-in-law,
any number of people in your life. In some cases this may be
a great idea. If I was going to invest a large amount of
money in a franchise or the purchase of a business that was a
going concern obviously lawyers galore would be involved.

Most of us who have started home businesses have started very
modestly investing only a few hundred and then as things start
perhaps we invest more but likely well under five thousand in
good round figures. Still in lieu of large amounts of money
we are investing our time an infinitely more valuable
commodity. Once gone we never have it again, time is our most
valuable asset.

So I'd like to share a few things to watch for as you begin
your examination of a company any company that you are
considering. And as you are considering these things think to
yourself, "Does this make sense?" Are they giving me
information that makes sense to me when viewed critically.

First do they have unique products in multiple categories.
Some firms have great products but you really need products in
multiple categories to encourage larger sales. And people
have to be enthused. People, many people have to really want
these products.

Second, company stability, what else is there to say most
businesses fold within the first few years. The start ups are
exciting and seductive you decide how to spend your time.

The third key is the compensation plan A very important
point is how many people does it take in your group to make a
good residual income for you. I've had a hard time getting
this answer from those who talk to me about their businesses.
They aren't use to being asked the question. The answers vary
from 300 to 10000 so it is a really important to find the
answer as the difference is substantial.

Fourth, what marketing system is used. I like the funded
proposal the sort of two step system where the first piece
funds the expenses of the second long term residual piece.
You really need to look at communication and duplication
without these in place there really isn't a marketing system
except as some plans state you should just go after your
friends and family.

Finally, there must be a low financial barrier to starting
your business. If there is then many will be able to join.
Often companies offer entry at several different levels, this
is fine but you must have a low financial barrier to encourage
everyone.

Who is killing our dreams? If we don't use care in the
businesses that we start, with the people we become involved
with, then we are endangering our own dreams. The decisions
are our responsibility. Other can help and support us but if
we are in the wrong place with the wrong group of people,
shame on us.

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The home business that could be the solution for you.

What Your Business Really Needs - Your Positive Mindset

How to keep your mindset and your business on track
1. Know your WHY. Why are you starting a home business?
2. Avoid people who will run you down.
3. Stay in contact with leaders in your business, those who are
successful now.
4. Stay focused on key things you have identified that really make
your business work. Don't waste time on other activities.
5. Read or listen to the masters. Find someone who inspires
you, who you can follow.


You must know why you are doing your business. Keep it in front
of you all the time, your list, a picture or two. Keep the goal firmly
in your mind.

A good example of this is a story I heard that I have always
remembered of a young sales person who had found a really nice
home which he REALLY wanted. This was in the early 70's he was
working on commission making a good living then but he needed
$10,000 (a large sum then) by the end of the month to close on
this house. Did he think how hard it would be get that money?
No he went and got some pictures of his family and himself in and
around that house. Then he set to work and by closing on that home
he had the money he needed.

Most of us don't have this kind of example in our own lives but
we can learn from his focus, he carried those photos around with
him looking at them often as he pushed himself to do the extra
work that was necessary to meet his goal.

Keep your WHY close to you visually, go over it in your mind after
your prayers in the morning right through the day. Try it you will see
a big improvement in your focus.


Avoid people who run down your dream. Sounds obvious, duh?
Sounds that way but we all know of times when we have been
deflected from our work by such people. Avoid these people who
do nothing but denigrate your dream of starting a home business.


Now that the negative bit is over lets concentrate on the positives.
Get in touch and stay in personal touch with the leaders in your
business. Watch them, listen to them, read what they write. I'm
thinking it is sort of like trying to absorb a little of them. Putting
their qualities together with the drive from your why: (why you
started your home business) and your other good qualities, which
we all have, can potentially make you even a better leader and
have even more success than the leaders in your business now.

Tall order isn't it? But really think about it. Absorb all you can from
your leaders their good qualities can become your qualities but
not if you don't try: watch, listen absorb.


Your new home business will have many activities. You need to
focus on those activities that will move your business forward
and will move you toward your goal (remember your why)? Don't
spend time organizing your files, putting your stamps in piles, I
don't know there must be many useless things to do. Get busy
and identify specific activities the sales and or service that will
make your business grow.

Finally listen to the masters. Those who have already been a
huge success in your industry or in other areas of life. Find
those who you want to emulate and read and study their lives.
I'm going to share some of those people who I am following in
later posts. Maybe you would like to mention one of your favorites?

Tie these ideas together in your life everyday and your mindset
can't help but be lifted. Let me know how it works for you?

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Five Good Reasons You Should Start a Home Business

So you want to start a home business? There are many reasons why
having your own business can be important to you. Here are a few
to consider.

Reasons to start a home business

1. You need money, your job doesn't pay enough
2. You need retirement income.
3. You need money for debts you have now prior to retirement.
4. You need to get out of a job you hate.
5. You know there are tax advantages to owning your own business.

Many people I talk to need money now. You have a job, maybe two
jobs but they just don't pay enough. Or the other end of it you have
just been downsized or expect to be downsized? You need to do
something so that there is extra money coming in regularly and
gradually increasing so you will have enough to live on and do the
things you really want and need to do for your family.

Some of us have retirement plans or you have no retirement savings
at this point. It doesn't matter what country you live in you need
income in your retirement years. More than the government provides
in any country. We all want more than is provided and more than we
have been able to save. This is a big need for those of us in the baby
boom generation. We are looking for extra ways of making money that
provide a steady increasing income into the future. Only your own
business can do this.

We have debts we need to get rid of now. Think how much less income
we need to live comfortably if we didn't have the debt be are carrying
now? Examine your own situation. If you had five hundred dollars a
month extra to put toward your credit card balance, your mortgage,
your car payment how much easier would that make your life?

And those of us who have jobs we don't like, jobs we may have liked but
are tired of doing now 10, 15, 20 years later. We may be well trained in
them and would find it hard to leave. We would make so much less if we
moved to something else, something where we were only an employee.

Oh, the tax advantages, the expenses of the office and any staff are
probably clear to most of us. If you are working from your home many
expenses of the home can, if carefully documented, be set off against your
business. A portion of the heating expenses in Labrador, a great issue here,
is only one of the expenses of our home that can be charged to the business.
Think about it a portion of all expenses of your home coming right off your
income tax bill.

So what do you think these are only five, what are some items that are really
important to you?

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