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Home Based Businesses in a Nutshell s the punch line: I’m just plain afraid of being rejected.Home based business opportunities are in every nook and cranny the Internet has to offer. From stuffing envelope programs to affiliate marketing and MLM where earning commissions off products is kind, launching a home internet business can involve as much or as little of these as you want. A typical Google search results page will introduce plenty of home based business opportunities along with enough spam to fill 1000 inboxes. Keep in mind that not every home based business opportunity you see out there is legitimate. The build a home internet business industry is rife with fraud. Fortunately, these can be detected well before a sign up occurs.Real ho That’s it. That’s basically what it comes down to: FEAR OF REJECTION. Oh, I can hear the moans and groans. Some of you have even gone back in time during this split second and relived being the last person to be picked for dodge ball when you were 6 years old or not having a date for the prom. Come back! : )) Love Is Blind: Product Planning With Your Eyes Open Are you attracting enough clients or customers to your business? Do you ever wonder why you may feel blocked around this situation when others around you are flourishing?You're sitting at your desk, and suddenly it hits you; a breathtakingly beautiful idea for a new product, that "one and only" offering to catapult your company into instant success. You know it will work. You know everyone will want to buy it. Even your family loves the idea. You invest a good deal of time and a substantial amount of money developing and introducing this product you love, but a year passes and not one unit sells.What at first seemed like an exciting, profitable new concept has become an extremely expensive, disappointing undertaking for your company. How could this have happened?Quite simply, you were blinded by love and you fel Let’s look at the top 10 reasons people give as to why they don’t have a full client roster 1. I am uncomfortable networking 2. I feel like a used car salesman 3. I don’t like hard selling anyone anything 4. No one will want to pay me for my work 5. I have no credibility (education credentials or otherwise) 6. I have no time to market myself 7. I’m not perfect at what I do 8. I have a “shady” past that I’m afraid people will find out about 9. I just don’t feel like I know what I’m doing 10. I’m afraid…… (you fill in the blank) Let’s take a look at this same list but view it as a list of limiting beliefs that coincide to each statement above. 1. I am afraid to be out their speaking my truth 2. I have no credibility, I sound unauthentic when I sell my skills, I sound stupid 3. Selling must be done in a harsh way to get people to listen 4. I don’t deserve to be paid for my skills/gifts 5. I don’t believe in myself enough to be out there. I don’t believe in my natural skills. 6. This isn’t important enough for me to make time to market myself. 7. I judge myself harshly and demand perfection 8. I am afraid to be my authentic self 9. I have no confidence and people will see that I am a fraud 10. I’m just plain afraid …….and here’s the punch line: I’m just plain afraid of being rejected. That’s it. That’s basically what it comes down to: FEAR OF REJECTION. Oh, I can hear the moans and groans. Some of you have even gone back in time during this split second and relived being the last person to be picked for dodge ball when you were 6 years old or not having a date for the prom. Come back! : ))) The Corporate Dinner - A Window Into Corporate Culture anythingOver the years, I guess I've attended thousands of corporate get togethers over dinner. I have, either as an out-of-towner, or hosting out-of-towners attending a conference or workshop, observed the behaviour of individuals and teams at dinner and how they reflect the corporate culture.There are five corporate cultures which I have identified with behaviours at dinner.The Alpha Male DinnerThe alpha male dinner environment is, of course, no longer exclusively male, although the behaviour is still easily identified as masculine. This is the dinner where at least some of the boys try to outdo each other. Whether it is their 4. No one will want to pay me for my work 5. I have no credibility (education credentials or otherwise) 6. I have no time to market myself 7. I’m not perfect at what I do 8. I have a “shady” past that I’m afraid people will find out about 9. I just don’t feel like I know what I’m doing 10. I’m afraid…… (you fill in the blank) Let’s take a look at this same list but view it as a list of limiting beliefs that coincide to each statement above. 1. I am afraid to be out their speaking my truth 2. I have no credibility, I sound unauthentic when I sell my skills, I sound stupid 3. Selling must be done in a harsh way to get people to listen 4. I don’t deserve to be paid for my skills/gifts 5. I don’t believe in myself enough to be out there. I don’t believe in my natural skills. 6. This isn’t important enough for me to make time to market myself. 7. I judge myself harshly and demand perfection 8. I am afraid to be my authentic self 9. I have no confidence and people will see that I am a fraud 10. I’m just plain afraid …….and here’s the punch line: I’m just plain afraid of being rejected. That’s it. That’s basically what it comes down to: FEAR OF REJECTION. Oh, I can hear the moans and groans. Some of you have even gone back in time during this split second and relived being the last person to be picked for dodge ball when you were 6 years old or not having a date for the prom. Come back! : )) Direct Marketing for Aircraft Washing Companies If you are in an aviation service business at an airport which is not as busy as some of the busiest airports then you need to be extremely aggressive with your marketing to ensure that your business has new clients and is successful. Just having a certain number of clients is not a smart idea because aircraft owners change overtime and the attrition rate of customers is about 20 percent per year.One of the best ways that we have found to market our aircraft washing and cleaning service is to go down to the county courthouse and look at the tax use records. In many states the county charges a small assessment fee on aircraft. If you get a list of all Let’s take a look at this same list but view it as a list of limiting beliefs that coincide to each statement above. 1. I am afraid to be out their speaking my truth 2. I have no credibility, I sound unauthentic when I sell my skills, I sound stupid 3. Selling must be done in a harsh way to get people to listen 4. I don’t deserve to be paid for my skills/gifts 5. I don’t believe in myself enough to be out there. I don’t believe in my natural skills. 6. This isn’t important enough for me to make time to market myself. 7. I judge myself harshly and demand perfection 8. I am afraid to be my authentic self 9. I have no confidence and people will see that I am a fraud 10. I’m just plain afraid …….and here’s the punch line: I’m just plain afraid of being rejected. That’s it. That’s basically what it comes down to: FEAR OF REJECTION. Oh, I can hear the moans and groans. Some of you have even gone back in time during this split second and relived being the last person to be picked for dodge ball when you were 6 years old or not having a date for the prom. Come back! : )) How to Get Free Wheelchairs through the NHS /giftsIt is possible to obtain a wheelchair either funded or part funded by the NHS through what is known as the NHS Wheelchair Service.NHS Wheelchair Services are run by local health authorities and are responsible for allocating funds to the wheelchair service and primary care trusts that in turn are responsible for providing the service to the public. This can include contracting the running of the service to a private outside company.The way the services are organised between different local authorities varies. This includes the eligibility criteria which are used to decide what type of wheelchair to provide and also who is entitled to a funded wh 5. I don’t believe in myself enough to be out there. I don’t believe in my natural skills. 6. This isn’t important enough for me to make time to market myself. 7. I judge myself harshly and demand perfection 8. I am afraid to be my authentic self 9. I have no confidence and people will see that I am a fraud 10. I’m just plain afraid …….and here’s the punch line: I’m just plain afraid of being rejected. That’s it. That’s basically what it comes down to: FEAR OF REJECTION. Oh, I can hear the moans and groans. Some of you have even gone back in time during this split second and relived being the last person to be picked for dodge ball when you were 6 years old or not having a date for the prom. Come back! : )) Effective Communication Skills – How To Build Rapport With Everyone You Meet s the punch line: I’m just plain afraid of being rejected.Effective communication skills are highly valuable. They enrich our personal and social lives. In business it's a matter of life and death.This article will show you how to gain almost instant rapport with whoever you meet whether in person or through writing using highly effective communication skills.In recent years, much has been learned about the way the human brain processes information. The memories we have, the way we perceive experiences, are controlled by our visual, auditory and kinesthetic abilities.Everything in our minds is there primarily due to what we see, hear and feel. Remember these three modalities, they are VER That’s it. That’s basically what it comes down to: FEAR OF REJECTION. Oh, I can hear the moans and groans. Some of you have even gone back in time during this split second and relived being the last person to be picked for dodge ball when you were 6 years old or not having a date for the prom. Come back! : ))) Let’s go further. What is this fear of rejection about? Well basically if you break it down to the smallest common denominator it is a LACK OF SELF WORTH. When you fear rejection or reprisal by being you’re true authentic self then you have a self-worth issue. You’re business is a very personal extension of who YOU are. That’s a whole lot of esteem that you put out on the line each and every day you market yourself. Make sense? In effect, what you’ve created is a negative Law of Attraction situation. The negative is what is boomeranging back to you. The image of the boomerang is a wonderful illustration of how energy works in the world. You throw a boomerang as hard or soft as you like, it still comes back to you in the same manner you let it go out of your hands. So it also is when you send out into the world negative, self defeating limiting beliefs about you and your business guess what comes back? Yup, negative or null and void energy. The important thing to note here is that the boomerang really doesn’t care what the energy (or intention) is behind being thrown, it just comes back. Let’s erase these limiting beliefs that are causing your self esteem issues and thereby the negative boomerang. You will need 2 pieces of paper for this exercise. Step 1: On page 1 make 2 columns. Label the first column “why I am not getting the clients I want”. Then label the 2nd column “the corresponding limiting belief.” You’re basically going to do exactly what I did with the 10 statements above. Purge as much as you can onto this page. Go back and uncover a
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