Personal Development and Your Inner Power Revealed

I was spending quality time with my family the other day.  My sister stated that she noticed our farm’s layout on Farmville was indicative of our personalities.  Her statement was obvious even before she said it, but it did make me think.  The truth is that when we play games we tend to be our self.  Farmville is a game that you may be becoming very addictive to it.

Farmville is a game that allows you to design an actual farm.  You may plant, and harvest many different cash crops and flowers. You can also keep a variety of animals such as pigs, sheep, horses etc.  You may visit other farms to help out for bonuses. This game is very interactive and cooperative because to get a number of things done you need your friends to help you.  The more active friends who play the game the better chance that you will finish these tasks.

I have been playing Farmville for about a couple of months.  My farm is totally based on optimization of my land to make as much money as possible.  I visited some of my friends’ farms to see if I could match the farm to the person. I did witness that the people that I knew well farms was indicative of who they were as person. My college friend had a hot air balloon and her trees lined up in a row.  When I went to school with her she was always meticulous in her behavior and actions.  My cousin’s farm was beautiful with a balloon but with every different animals in a bunch. My cousin has always love animals.  The more farms I looked at the more that this theory came to life.  What games do you play that you can’t help but be you?

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There are two wolves that are constantly at battle in our mind.  The wolf that lives totally are totally dependent on which we feed.  We have a choice on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis to determine which wolf lives or dies.  The two wolves are positive thoughts and negative thoughts.  If we feed our positive thoughts then we tend to be more prosperity conscious, success oriented and forward thinking. Our negative thoughts tend to encompass fear, despair and backward thinking.  Which wolf do you feed?

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The sayings goes that the more you give the more you receive, but how does this truly relate to your home business job opportunity.  The amazing part is that you do not have to do anything other than continue to give to reap the rewards of this behavior. The Law of Value states that your true worth is determined by how much you give, than take in payment.  If the rewards are on autopilot, then why are most people setting up their home business job opportunity in the opposite way?

These marketers are trying to receive substantial more that they are giving in value.  The Law of Value may be applied in many different aspect of your life but I will discuss how it relates to your home business internet opportunity.  I have taken part of many webinar that promised secrets to no avail only to find that I have wasted a valuable hour of my time.

I have subscribed to many marketing list that promised value in the form of knowledge only to be bombarded with a sales pitch with every email I received, I automatically unsubscribed.  Where is the true value of acquired knowledge and skills being on these lists and webinar?  This concept of bait and switch has been around for many years. This tactic gives a business an influx of sales, but is it a good business practice?

The bait and switch might get a potential customer in the front door, but does not build relationships.  The fact that you came to the business meant that you were in the market for a product or service.  The sad fact the product or service came for is either not available or replaced with an inferior product.  The word of mouth advertising that you give this business might be very negative.  Word of mouth can make or break a business so therefore approach your subscriber from a place getting as much value that you can give them.

When marketing for your home internet business opportunity is truly geared towards developing relationships in the form of providing value, then your target market will stay on your list until they are ready to buy.  The sales cycle dictate that people are in the market at different interval.  .  The Law of Value will work in your favor every time for your home business job opportunity. The more value given the more trust develops and the better chance that a subscriber will purchase product(s) from you.  If you truly focus on giving value then your profits will truly be on autopilot.

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Like many of us today, there was that one person we epitomized and worked assiduously to stay focus on what we believe in. As a child, we used to believe in fairy tales, only now as adults we are cognizant that fairy tales were only fantasies.

The true meaning of life lies within the opportunities ahead of us; but opportunities on the other hand is “luck waiting to happen”. So in order to gain opportunities set your goals, stay focus and think optimistically.

There are times in life when we get what we didn’t wish for, is it fairy tale or opportunity?

This is a question we often ponder, however true; the latter would be more significant if you are thinking positively. Whatever life throws at you, it is your responsibility to work with it and to make the best of it. Nothing in this world is ever “too downgrading” for one to lift himself up. Let’s face reality, in order to achieve, you have to face hurdles, road blocks, high waves and even terrible consequences. The thing though is that big step: DECISION. Once you have made the decision to achieve, you will to its fullest and when you have completed your race, you can look back and proudly say: “I have been epitomized by many”.

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Scrabble for most seems like you are just spelling words for points to outscore your opponent(s).  I did just that when I started playing many years ago. A strong vocabulary at face value would seem like the best way to win at this game.  If I got a “q” without a “u” I sweated something fierce. The thought of getting stuck with a 10 point “q” in your hand could be the difference between winning and losing a game.  Scrabble for those of you who have never played before the board has “double letter score”, “triple letter score”, “double word score” and “triple word score” to boost your score significantly.  These premium squares along with mastering two and three letter words are keys to getting a higher score in Scrabble.  When I went from just spelling words to using the strategies mentioned below my score and games I won increased significantly.

This reminds me of when I first started in my home business job opportunity I was like a sponge soaking up as much information that I could get my hands on.  I was on as many webinar as possible gaining knowledge from many different people.  I developed my business like if the more knowledge I learn the better it would be for my home business job opportunity, very similar to the initial way I started to play Scrabble.  I only found myself investing in concepts that never got my business off the ground.

An example of this was purchasing leads from different lead sources. I also brought into following the “experts” until I realized that most “experts” were just trying to sell inferior products.  I now follow and purchased from people who give me tremendous value in their teachings and products, amazingly most of the knowledge gained is free. I learned from my mistakes and like Scrabble I developed different strategies. I am at a point in Scrabble that I have no problem having a “q” without a “u”.  I now maximize the points that I may receive from the tiles I have in my hand at all times.

I reversed what I was doing in my home business job opportunity instead of just blanket marketing I focused on my target market.  Like Scrabble, I have gained so much experience after playing several games that I am now an expert at the game.  I started using different marketing strategies that allowed me to attract the ideal person who would join my home business job opportunity.  My income generating activities are based on a 1 degree adjustment on a daily basis to generate the necessary traffic I need.  My long term strategy in Scrabble is to continuously increase my vocabulary and look even harder for the most effective use of my premium tiles.  The best way to get even better is to play as often as possible just like in my home business job opportunity.

The keys to making your home business job opportunity successful is continuously and never ending commitment to improving your income generating activities and following the right mentors. The correlation between the strategies of Scrabble and that of a home business are very similar in nature.  These strategies may be applied to make you an expert at Scrabble and your home business job opportunity.

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The simple act of playing a board game as a child could teach us tremendous concepts about running your home internet business opportunity.  One of my favorite game as a child was Chutes and Ladders where your goal was to reach the top of the board.  The person who got to the top first was the winner.  There were certain pitfalls or rewards that you could receive or be penalized.  You could either land on a square that took you closer to your goal as you traveled up the board.  The alternative was landing on a square that made you slide down the chutes or further away from your goal.  You either moved towards your goal very rapidly or very slowly.  The speed that we get closer to our goals in our home internet business opportunity is determined by a number of different factors.  The amount of targeted traffic that you generate to your website or blog is critical to your growth.

Google is always watching your website or blog and the activity of your blog or website to rank it appropriately.  SEO marketing is a method that is more towards slowly ranking your website while PPC marketing is for getting a more rapidly ranked website or blog.  The method that you use is dependent on your preference.  Chutes and Ladders can bring you very close to giving up and starting all over when you slide down a chute.  The actual throwing of the die determines whether you go up or down. Google can knock you back with a slap and the way you respond determine whether your home internet business opportunity will succeed or not.  Pitfalls versus rewards are evenly distributed on the Chutes and Ladders game board, but in real life you might encounter more pitfalls.  Rewards might come more few and far between so being persistence is very important in being successful in your home internet business opportunity.

The risk of not continuing for some people outweighs the possible rewards of succeeding in their home internet business opportunity.  Real life dictates that sometimes the risk is overwhelming while the reward is few and far between.  Chutes and Ladders does teach us about goal setting and achieving our objectives no matter the pitfalls.  The other alternative is reaching the top where you neither went up the ladder nor slide down the chute.  Does this make your journey less valid?

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I was riding with my oldest son the other night from his basketball game and he stated to me that when he get around anyone that he knew in the past somehow he reverts to his old shy self.  He was a very shy person when he was younger and he is consciously working on being more of an extrovert.  My son is engaging on his personal development without being aware of what he is really doing.  He made me think about what I have done in the past that I have allowed to define me.  I have always worked under the guise of a salaried manager in a retail or restaurant establishment.  The desire to step out and become an entrepreneur has always been inside of me but I never allowed it to come to light.  The fact that was who you were in the past does not mean that you have to continue to be that same person.

The people who knew me as a salaried manager might have difficulties in viewing my new role as a true entrepreneur.  As a salaried manager I knew exactly how much I was getting paid every two weeks.  The mentality that I had was being certain and predictable in my actions on a daily basis. As an entrepreneur I have to put myself in a total different role of uncertainty and unpredictability.  The only thing that you can predict is that if you don’t do income generating activities on a daily basis you will not succeed.

We must not let people from the past dictate who we become in the future.  The fact that they knew my son as that shy person in the past does not mean that he have to present his new improve self with his head down.  The lesson that we learn from our kids can send us to reflect on who we are a person.  The saying goes from the mouth of babe to the ears of adults.  Personal development is truly something that we should continuously work on consciously. We must take heed and listen to our heart and take action.  Our thoughts lead to our success only if we act on them.  Procrastination is the only major factor that may stop you from moving to the next chapter in your life.  The book of life is always changing and it is up to you to be instrumental in implementing these changes.  What in your past that is defining and continues to define you?

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A 1 degree adjustment for your home internet business opportunity could take your business to the next level.  The New Year is here and everyone talks about New Year resolutions.  The most infamous one is losing weight by joining a gym.  The gyms are filled to the brim during January and February and a ghost town for the rest of the year.  The reason for the dismal failure rate of these resolutions may equate to one simple thing, too many life changes too soon.

The success rate for this new exerciser is dismal because the degree changes needed for success is a 180 degree change.  You are making a big lifestyle change that requires a very strong commitment.  The success rate will explode if everyone involved just tried to make a 1 degree change in what they were doing to achieve weight loss.  For example, instead of 7 days a week to begin with starts exercising once per week.  When exercising once per week become a habit then add one more day.   We may use this same concept to make our home internet business opportunity explode for the New Year.

If we were 10 miles apart and we started walking towards each other, but I was 1 degree off we would never arrive at the same location face to face.  It is a whole lot easier for your mind to accept a gradual change as opposed to major shift in your daily income generating activities.  For instance instead of posting 2 ads this week increase it to 3 ads and monitor the results.  The more you demand of your mind to achieve in short term the tougher it is for the mind to accept.  The key to success for 2010 is applying small changes to your home internet business opportunity and not trying to reinvent the wheel.

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Social Media as a web marketing strategy is all about building trust and relationships with your potential business partners.  Social Media is great vehicle which allows your prospects the opportunity to get to know you on a personal level without any sales pressure.  Potential business partners are given the opportunity to observe you without feeling obligated to joining your home internet business opportunity.  YouTube have all types of video that may be viewed but amazingly producing a perfect video is not required.  The desire of the viewer to connect with you on a personal level far outweighs perfection in the actual video.

As I write this post there are two Social Media sites in the Top 10 on Alexa Facebook (#2) and YouTube (#3).   MySpace (#18) and Twitter (#12) have slowly crept out of the Top 10 which warrant the question is Social Media a fad?    The vast amount of people using Social Media on a daily basis suggests that it is not a fad.  Facebook is a great way to generate leads for your home internet business opportunity.  Youtube is a great way to integrate video into your web marketing strategies.

YouTube is a great media where potential business partners have the opportunity to see you as a person.  The video should be a natural video where perfection is not necessary.  Your partners are looking for an expert that have similar background and is like them to a certain degree.  Facebook allows your potential business partners to see you as an individual with the groups you are associated, your profile, friends, etc.  Social Media lets them watch you and your actions from afar without having to commit to your home internet business opportunity.

Web marketing strategy using Social Media is very necessary in getting your online business to the next level.  When I sold a home care system door to door many years ago the product I sold was great but until my prospect trusted me no sale was ever made.  I had a very short time in the sale process to get them to purchase my product.  I had one chance and no other opportunity to make the sale. Social Media provide you the opportunity to attract potential business partners over an indefinite amount of time.

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The Luminaries on the Discovery Series by Life Path Unlimited discusses The Law of Attraction in depth on the path to Attraction.  I gained some insightful and definitive information that have led to a better understanding of this law.   Micheal Losier, Author of “Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don’t” states that the key ingredient to the Law of Attraction is matching vibrations.  Attracting more of what you want may be achieved by sending out vibes and statements into the universe attesting that fact.  Law of Attraction states that if you want positive results, then you must send out positive vibes.

Micheal Losier gives an example of people on a line trying to buy lottery tickets; everyone on line wants to win the lotto. These potential lotto winners are giving attention, energy and focus on the possibility of winning the lotto.  The Law of Attraction does not know if the vibes is negative or positive, it just match vibration.  Some of these lotto players while on line are thinking about reasons while they will not win. Everyone will not win the lotto visualizing yourself winning will work more in your favor.  The action of purchasing the lottery ticket is definitely required to have the opportunity to win the lottery.  They are many people who want to win the lottery, but never purchase a ticket.

The Law of Attraction as an entity by itself will never let you achieve success.  The Law of Attraction is useless without action because knowledge is not power but the application of knowledge in the right sequence is power. The people who use this law without action are just spinning their wheels.  The Law of Attraction is always trying to match your vibes so achieving the proper mindset is a major determining factor in getting this law to work for you.

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