Key To Success – Attitude #1

I am building a series of videos on Youtube The videos will lay out my top ten list of key attributes for success.  I have a series of questions for each attribute that I can tell with better than 90% effectiveness whether someone has been successful in their business and whether they will be successful in a new venture or not.

The first in the series of 10 videos  I am doing is about attitude. Some might call it “mindset” in this day and age – same concept.  This is not however another one of those “get the mindset right and success is assured” BS claims.  Attitude is important and is a great foundation and like the foundation metaphor you cannot build success for the long haul with a flawed foundation!  If they are all in peak performance (9 or 10 out of 10 scale) – you will be successful.  Of course it is extremely important you are honest with yourself when you self evaluate.  The real beauty to this video series and the 10 key attributes is you have control over them all – if it’s not a 9 or 10 you can get it there.

See My Video on Attitude:

Some of what I have to say about attitude might offend you – it’s OK you will get over it.  There is absolutely no doubt there is a winner’s attitude and there is a loser’s attitude.  Our observations over time are that most people have a mix of the two.   We see that a winner’s attitude is characterized by:

• high self-esteem,
• a positive outlook on life,
• a general feeling of gratitude,
• a sense of great personal destiny,
• a willingness to learn and
• the will to do what is necessary.

Losers have as one might guess the opposite views on the world and their life.  They typically have poor self-esteem, a negative (they might even call it a realistic) outlook on life, a general feeling of resentment about the trials and tribulations of life Look at what life has dealt me), a sense of impending negative fate (they have no control over their future – tend to rarely own responsibility for where they are in life), a stubbornness about what they ‘know’, and lousy will-power or self-discipline.

Looking for Winners to chime in!  Make it a great day!

Gratitude For An Incredible 2009

To my readers, friends, family and business associates – I want you all to know how much I appreciate you in my life!

2009 has been incredible – challenges, rewards, blessings! I am extremely thankful for all that has come into my life this year!  I look forward with anticipation to the most amazing year of my life – 2010!  Thanks for joining us on this amazing journey!

We Are Grateful For You Being In Our Lives!

Have a safe year end celebration – Looking forward to being all we can be together in 2010!

True Leaders Are All In

 The most dramatic move in poker is the “all in” move where all of your chips are thrown into the pot. Let’s face it — even the most disciplined poker face will show signs of tension when the “all in” move is exercised. It is easy to understand why. It is do or die time. You are betting that your hand is superior (or that everyone else that is still “in the game” will go with your bluff) – and you put everything at risk.

Why Not Go All In?

As an entrepreneur we have a unique viewpoint in our business lives. The idea of all in is one we all have come to face at least once in our businesses. Our corporate world peers rarely ever reach this level of commitment – especially in their organizational lives where the game is much more about positioning, politics, and being opportunistic. The “finesse” game gets rewarded most – with savvy players carefully picking their wins and avoiding potential “black eyes.”

I am curious to know the things in your work life where you personally are “all in.” What products, projects, processes, or new strategic initiatives have the benefit of not just your full attention – but are being driven by your whole leadership presence. By “all in” – I mean you are fully committed to championing and leading the meaningful change that is needed for your business to truly thrive.

When we are “all in” – we gain the special powers that come from making a commitment. We are released from the anxiety of waiting and making small incremental gestures – and rewarded with a feeling of confidence for stepping forward. We also gain access to the additional resources that come our way as others will always gravitate to action, meaning, and leadership.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help that would never otherwise have occurred. A stream of events issues from the decision, raising unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. – W.H. Murray

Are you “all in”? It’s a great question. It’s not just about what we bring to a problem – because we do bring a lot of sincere effort. It’s more about what are you withholding. We often withhold the best part of ourselves – the passion that comes from personally committing to something that is truly worthy of our commitment – worthy of being all in.

Isn’t It Time You Go All In?

Be Best In The World – Home Business – Any Business

Being Best In the world at something – at one thing – matters so much! The fact of the matter is for your home-based business nothing matters as much as identifying what you and your home business are going to be the Best In The World At!  Our culture celebrates and loves superstars: Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Oprah. Sports, business, Music, Hollywood! In business – top salespeople, top performing divisions, #1 this and #1 that! We all look at lists and want to know who is on top and – who for that moment is the best! Nobody except rabid fans ever remembers who lost the super bowl! OK so how does this apply to your business, franchise or home-based business?  Stick with me for a few  minutes!

As much as I love Chris Anderson’s book – The Long Tail.  This about the opposite extreme of that graph that starts high on the left and slides down to the long tail (short stuff) way out on the right!  If Chris is about getting the long tail – Being the Best In The worlkd is about Getting the Tall Head!  It’s about getting the juicy-est meat of the market!

Winners win big because everyone loves a winner! Number one producers continue to win sales contests because everyone loves a winner. First companies to a market niche dominate a niche and continue to dominate it because everyone loves a winner!  Everyone loves the #1 guy/gal/company in the market. 

This is really all about a statistical law – Zipf’s Law – #1 in the market will always outperform #2 by 2-3 times!

Now apply this to your life.  Your child has a rare life-threatening illness – do you want #2, second best or an also ran?  You have a very unique job that needs to be done and you are reviewing resumes to hire a special candidate for the role.  Do you tell your assistant – “give me the second or third best resume” or “give me an average resume…”  No you say “Give me the best!”
OK so now you are saying – “Glenn… yeah but … how to I compete with… so and so…?”  Here is the key for you and your home business. Marketing is not about mass marketing – it is about niche markets! There are millions of niche or micro-markets! This is about niche target prospects! Best is no longer an objective mass term – it is specialized!   The world is getting larger and larger – we have access to more now in a growing interconnected world than ever before! But specialization is helping keep the world smaller and smaller – manageable – allows us to avoid information/selection overload. You now can define your world – what you want – to be exactly what you desire from anywhere in the world! See How

You have the idea… you know your passions, your skills, your success track.  Pick your niche – identify your first – one thing and now go out and be the best at your one thing!

Be Your Personal Best – Learn About The Ancient Greek Term Arete’  – http://www.WhatIsArete.com

What Do A 2 Year Old And Business Success Have In Common

This is certainly one of the more personal posts here on my blog I have ever made! I hope you enjoy it.  I was/am amazed what you can learn from kids and how relevent it is to business.  Specifically I hope you are able to see the parallels between:

•  A 2 year old doing something challenging the first time and being successful
• An Entrepreneur Being successful at a new venture/start-up

 

Here is what I saw:

1. How important it is to step back and get a detached view from afar
2. Get A Good Start
3. Embrace what appears to be your challenge – get closer
4. Have fun doing it
5. Have a mentor to support and help you
6. Celebrate your journey and success!

Some other pictures:

 

 

 

How To Dominate Page One and Annihilate Your Competition

Webster’s defines annihilation as removing all traces of….  If I told you I took and held on to every single page one ranking in a competitive niche (> 100,000 exact match returns)  in a highly competive broad match market (>32,000,000) broad match returns) – Would you agree that is more than domination – but closer to annihilation!

Here is the video proof

And the key thing to this is I did it all with actions & content I am absolutely proud of!  Not a single spammy or black-hat method at all!  This is getting Google to Love you – because you provide them and their customers EXACTLY what they want!

If you want to discover how to do the same for your business visit http://www.TheAreteGuy.com

What Does The Greek Term Arete Mean

A Short Video on just what the Greek term Arete means.  You can also see additional information at www.whatisarete.com with a link to another website or at www.livewitharete.com.  In brief – Areté at one time was a key concept in greek culture – the ancient philosophers said – if you want to live a life of happiness you must live a life of Areté.  Sounds like they had what we would refer to as the key to happiness!  Watch and enjoy

I Have A Dream – Do You?

Love This Quote From Tony Robbins

“A dream, backed by an unrelenting will to attain it, is truly a reality with an imminent arrival”

You’re in the midst of a war: a battle between the limits of a crowd seeking the surrender of your dreams, and the power of your true vision to create and contribute. It is a fight between those who will tell you what you cannot do, and that part of you that knows / and has always known / that we are more than our environment; and that a dream, backed by an unrelenting will to attain it, is truly a reality with an imminent arrival
 
Anthony Robbins

I Have A Dream…. Do You? Please feel free to share

Arete and The Art Of Living

A Quote that embodies the concept of Living With Arete

The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion.  He hardly knows which is which.  He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing.  To him he’s always doing both.
James Michener

Excellence at what ever you do! Outstanding example of Living With Arete

Inspiration

The Interview With God

A friend shared this video with me many months ago and I was encouraged and blessed by what I saw.  I was browsing through some of my saved links and cleaning up old ones and took a look at it again today.  It was as moving seeing it again – truly a timeless work!

Please take the time to watch it. If you’re not lifted up by the music, the words or the beautiful photography, then you might want to question yourself why … then re-watch it again without an attitude of  “religious judgment”

This comes from the actual site www.theinterviewwithgod.com

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Have a blessed day!