How important is having a positive attitude to achieve success?

Thanks to everyone who sent an email regarding last weeks 3Gw. Your comments inspire me to strive for excellence, which made me think, How important is having a positive attitude to achieve success?

Well in the words of Jeffrey Gitomer

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING -- and --
ATTITUDE IS THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING

It ain't the rain, the snow, the boss, the competition, the spouse, the money, the car, the job,or the kids - it's You and it always has been.

You see you already know the UNIVERSAL TRUTH OF CONNECTING because your mother taught you everything you need to know about connecting before you were 10 years old:

Make friends, play nice, tell the truth, take a bath, do your homework.-- Jeffrey Gitomer

"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned." - Clergyman, Peter Marshall

Your action for today is to do something that helps the environment such as using less water or bringing your own mug to Starbucks for your coffee.

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Why & How you can use "Twitter" to promote your business

I would like to thank Tim Callcott (Icon Business Consultant) for sharing the best article I have read about Twitter- What is it and how you can use it to promote you and your business. Simply click the below link you will see what I mean. It is a short and simple article to read - No geek stuff.

I started using Twitter straight after reading the article. The best part was that I knew what I was trying to achieve and why. I trust you enjoy the article as much as I did. "Twitter".

If you have not consciously made the decision to be rich, excellent and healthy, then you have unconsciously made the decision to be poor, mediocre and unhealthy - Author, Wallace D. Wattles

Your action for today is to consciously do something extratowards obtaining one of the qualities you desire in yourlife.

Networking is a VERB not a NOUN

A verb, as described, by my primary school teacher, is an action word. A noun is an object or thing. That means that in order to network you must take action ... do stuff ... not just show up at things and be seen. If you go to a chamber meeting and just "be there" then you are a noun ... you are just an object. Do yourself and everyone else a favour and go home, stop waisting your money and the other members time. If you go and actually participate and make things happen ... you are now taking action ... you're a verb.

You are not going to find any form of marketing more important and probably more effective than word-of-mouth marketing (WOMM), in the next 12 to 24 months. That means that no matter what type of marketing campaigns you are doing they will be 5 to 10 times more effective if you are supplementing them with strategic WOMM and networking.

If you are a BNI Member you have an advantage over every other business out here, especially your competitors (unless, of course, they are also members of BNI). You have a group of like-minded people who believe in the development of relationship marketing and sales and practice the Givers Gain philosophy. Your networking is multiplied by the amount of members in your chapter. There is no recesssion for you ... so go take action ... go BE A VERB!

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell em, 'Certainly I can' - and get busy and find out how to do it." - Theodore Roosevelt

Your action for today is to volunteer for a job or project.

If you want to build your business how do you choose which organisations to belong to?

First you need to ask yourself what your goals are for participating in any networking meetings. This way you will pick groups that will help you get what you are looking for. Some meetings are based more on learning, making contacts, and/or volunteering rather than on strictly making business connections. Here are a few things you should consider -

• Visit as many groups as possible that spark your interest. Notice the tone and attitude of the group. Do the people sound supportive of one another? Does the leadership appear competent? Many groups will allow you to visit two times before joining.
• Ask open-ended questions in networking conversations. This means questions that ask who, what, where, when, and how as opposed to those that can be answered with a simple yes or no. This form of questioning opens up the discussion and shows listeners that you are interested in them. This news is nothing new, my question is do you do it.
• Become known as a powerful resource for others. When you are known as a strong resource, people remember to turn to you for suggestions, ideas, names of other people, etc. This keeps you visible to them.
• Have a clear understanding of what you do and why, for whom, and what makes your doing it special or different from others doing the same thing. In order to get referrals, you must first have a clear understanding of what you do that you can easily articulate to others. You are the expert so make it SIMPLE, by informing others how you help people, not what you do.
• Be able to articulate what you are looking for and how others may help you. Too often people in conversations ask, "How may I help you?" and no immediate answer comes to mind. If you don't know, what chance has your referral team got.
• Follow through quickly and efficiently on referrals you are given. When people give you referrals, your actions are a reflection on them. Respect and honor that and your referrals will grow. Your goal should be to make the referral source look good when you follow up with the prospect.
• Call those you meet who may benefit from what you do and vice versa. Express that you enjoyed meeting them, and ask if you could get together. Fortune is in the follow up!

If the above sounds familiar, you heard it before or you find yourself saying "Well isn't that all common knowledge" my question is this, Yes it is common knowledge but DO YOU DO IT?

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think." British Statesman, Benjamin Disraeli

Your action for today is to read a chapter of a book you find inspirational.