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Something to think about, and a good read. – Repost

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I enjoyed this and found it very informative, and thought I’d share. It’s from the site Virtual Miss Friday and the author is Michelle Dale.

Why is it so many people fail at an online business

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I recently sent this out to my mailing list friends, and I thought, I’d post it here too, because sometimes we all need a little reminder of what drives us forward in life… So I have something which I hope will get you thinking about your life today 😉

I was recently on an interview for a podcast, and I was chatting with a guy who asked me, ‘Why is it so many people fail at an online business?’ – by fail, I’d like to think he meant ‘give up’ – that’s the only failure in my opinion, but I’ve also seen some people take YEARS to move forward and get where they want to be – totally unnecessarily.

There are 2 issues here which I feel will stall you in life, or potentially cause you to fail.

Issue #1 – Pain and / or Promise.

There’s never enough pain associated with NOT reaching your goal, or there’s never enough promise associated WITH reaching it.

Pain = I can’t go back, I’m afraid of how life will be if I don’t do this – the failure would be catastrophic!

Promise = My life will be so different, I’ll have freedom, money, love (fill in the blank) that I cannot live without!

Issue #2 – Support.

You know you need to do XYZ but you procrastinate, or you don’t know what to do, then you go into overwhelm trying to figure it all out, or you’re so afraid of the unknown you paralyse in life – often times because you’re not ready yet, and there’s nobody kicking you up the backside and keeping you accountable for it, so you consider it just fine letting yourself down – after all, who else is going to know…

So, what’s the solution?

Solving Issue #1 requires Mentorship for Readiness – you need help from someone to bring to light the good – and the bad, to help you find your pain and your promise and AMPLIFY these to a scarily realistic degree to get you to the point where one or the other is so strong – you suddenly KNOW what your purpose is in life, you FIND YOUR PASSION, and the pain of not achieving it grates on you so much… Then you’re READY to move forward.

Solving Issue #2 requires Coaching for Accountability – now you have the ‘thing’ – the real deal ‘thing’ not the logical, or practical thing – the thing that LIGHTS YOU UP first thing in the morning when you open your eyes – BUT people often still need that kick up the backside to make it all happen, just so the old ‘start that on Monday’ or ‘start that after X happens’ syndrome doesn’t kick in, and you actually achieve in a short space of time, what you set out to do.

Result – you’re ready, you’re accountable, you’re doing what you love, and you get it done fast!

There’s a huge value in this, and the value is that it will shave YEARS (maybe many of them) off your ability to start living life RIGHT NOW instead of waiting for life to start living, on that Monday that never comes…

I hope this little nugget of wisdom helps you in some way 🙂

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Hello December

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As we venture into the last month of the year, think about what you have accomplished for 2016. The new clients you’ve gained, spending more time with your family and friends, striking a good work life balance, or just simply having an extremely productive year.

We’ve all set goals at the start of this year and I’m sure we have met some if not all of them. For those of you who have only met some of your goals December will give you the opportunity to set yourself up for 2017. So look ahead to push through and prepare for 2017.

Happy December.

Standstill and Chill.

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Our lives are busy. We work, we have ourselves and our families to take care of, and when the day is done we still have emails, text messages and all that technology to deal with. By the end of it all we’re all frazzled out. Some times we need to just standstill and chill, relax and enjoy what we have in the moment. Patience is one of the few things we don’t have enough of in today’s society. We are so used to having everything at our fingertips and with that comes one of our biggest downfalls impatience.

We all need to remember that things don’t happen overnight, that they need time to develop. We need to standstill and chill because most times clarity comes when we are just still.

Think about that and have a great weekend.

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