You need to take stock of your life right now. You need to look around your life and consider what results you’re currently getting. Are you happy with your life and your results? Is it good? Bad? Indifferent? Appalling? Are you pleased? Displeased? Just satisfied? Not satisfied? Unhappy? Disappointed?
Without acknowledging where you are right now you have little to no chance of improving things.
When I talk to people about what I do people always ask me the same question, “How do I motivate myself to…?” It seems that motivation, or lack of it, is one of the core problems that people have with their lives.
They want to know how to motivate themselves to do things that they struggle to motivate themselves to do…
“How do I motivate myself to go to work earlier?”
“How do I motivate myself to study harder?”
“How do I motivate myself to go to the gym?”
“How do I motivate myself to lose weight?”
“How do I motivate myself to earn more money?”
“How do I…?”
So here it is, part IV and the final article in this series on how to make more money. If you've missed them you can get parts one through three here (I, II, III).
Step 6: Focus on how you will benefit.
So you’ve probably read The Secret no doubt or at the very least, you’ve heard of it. In personal development circles there has been a huge buzz about The Secret. In a nutshell it is all about focus and positive intention. You get what you think about most, in other words. A simple but effective approach and one worth taking on board.
Here's the next part in our How to make more money mini-seires of articles. Click on these links if you've not read parts I and II yet.
Step 4: Visualise yourself with that money.
I talk about visualisation a lot and that’s for one reason and one reason only. Visualisation works. I’m going to repeat that for you because it’s a really important point…
Visualisation works. It really, really works.
I have been using visualisation techniques for 15 years+ now and I use them nearly daily. Most of the time these are rapid, quick fix visualisations of less than 5 minutes but some are much longer. I have used visualisation techniques successfully to…
So here is the second part of my candid, no bs approach to how to make more money in 7.5 simple steps (Part I how to make more money here). No promises, no flannel just simple techniques and ideas that you can use to help you to make more money.
Step 2: Let go of limiting beliefs about money.
Having got a brief look into your own psyche it’s time to dig deeper still. We need to ferret out what’s holding you back. We need to take the brakes off your money earning motor and let it run more freely!
Have you ever asked yourself any of the following, “How do I make more money?, “How do I become a millionaire?” or “How do I get myself out of the financial mess that I am currently in?”
Or have you ever said to yourself, “I want to be rich!”, “I need more money” or “If only I could afford…”
Do any of these sum up your feelings and thoughts towards money?
How to make more time in your life to do all the things that you ever wanted to do!
Have you ever wanted to write a book? Take up a hobby? Learn a new language?
Do you know someone who wants to study for a new career? Spend more quality time with their children? Get fit and exercise more regularly?
Have you yearned to spend more time on the golf course? More time with your friends? More time pampering yourself?
Would you do more with your life if only you had more time?
It’s a common problem.
OK! OK! So I borrowed part of the title but so what, it’s a good one and I like it! If you’ve been following my missives on goal setting so far, you’ll know that I have already alluded to the fact that when setting goals you ought to set them big.
So here it is for the record, think big and set big goals!
If you’ve ever read a book on goal setting or personal development you will have read this somewhere or other. If you’ve ever had a boss who told you to set goals he will have said this to you at some point. If you’ve ever listened to a motivational speaker you will have heard this woven into the fabric of their talk…
Many people know that they ought to set goals but they don’t for a variety of reasons. One that comes up frequently is that they don’t know what to set goals about. There are three distinct groups of people that this article will be of use to…
The first are people who are new to goals, goal setting and personal development. If this is you and you are thinking, “What goals should I set?” don’t worry! This is a very common question and a good one to ask. This article will help you to answer it and to get started setting some goals that can you more of what you want in your life.
Review of The 4-Hour Workweek; Escape 9-5, live anywhere and join the new rich. Thus Timothy Ferris titled his new book. And what a book…
There has been a lot of hype about this book. Some of it good, some of it bad. Take two conflicting and contrasting review comments on Amazon…
* 5-Star highly recommended, "A must read"
* 1-Star Shameless Self-promotion, "Please - please - don't waste your time with this book. Catchy title - but that's about it."