6 Ways to Cultivate Optimism Each Day You might be surprised to hear that optimism is not an innate quality. Optimism and pessimism are ways of looking at yourself and the world through a positive or negative filter. Once you think of them as reflections of your mindset, it becomes much easier to believe you can change. Like any new behavior, you need to practice every day for it to…
How successful companies and entrepreneurs use their existing customers and fans to sell to new ones – Online reviews and Testimonials Testimonials can increase conversion on your sales pages by 34%, but there are many different types of testimonials, and they all improve trust and conversions in their own way. To make sure you take full advantage of them, I’ve scoured the internet to find every testimonial option available for…
How do you get testimonials? I have been asked this many times. There are some business columnists that believe you should never ask for them. Others recommend asking every person you deal with. Somewhere in the middle is where you should be. Testimonials play an important part in advertising – especially for small businesses. Yeah, big businesses with well-known names don’t have to worry about it, but small companies can…
How to Keep Motivated to Reach your Potential Making the choice to unlock your potential is a big commitment. It will be worth the effort, but it’s smart to set up built-in motivation before you need it. There may be setbacks and times when you question if the goal is really worth the time and energy it requires to reach it. When you hit a slump, or come up against…
Testimonials and online reviews While writing several of the newsletters, I mentioned that you should be using great testimonials and getting awesome internet reviews. I have had a few people ask about these – especially how to ask for them. Next week I’ll be releasing a video that I’m recording about asking for them for testimonials and internet reviews. This one is all about getting to the real testimonial of…
Write It Down And Check It Off – Why To Do Lists Work Are you using to-do lists throughout your day? If not, you may be missing out on one of the post powerful productivity tools out there. It doesn’t matter if you use the old-fashioned notebook and pen, or a to-do list app on your phone. There are three reasons why they work so well when it comes to…
Being Unique vs. Being Original: Is There a Difference? People like to think of themselves as unique, and they will even interchange the word unique with being original. But are they the same thing? Can you be unique without being original? Someone who decides they want to stand out may dress in a style that is outside the norm. If you look at people who adopt the Goth look, they…
How to Change Your Attitude Life hasn’t gone the way you had hoped. You are in your same dead-end job, in a career you thought had some promise. But it didn’t turn out as planned. You believe it just isn’t on your cards to have that dream life. However, what could be the problem is not having the right kind of attitude. You may want to explore changing your attitude…
Unclutter Your Space, Unclutter Your Mind It is widely believed that if your surroundings are cluttered, you will not be as productive. It has an impact on your psyche which means if you unclutter your space you will also unclutter your mind. When you open your mind, your thoughts and ideas will flow more smoothly. This is one of the major ways keeping your environment clutter free will lead you…
Want a Better Memory? Try Using Storytelling Do you remember facts easily? How about a well-crafted story? If you are like the majority of people, you will take good stories over dry facts any day. There are people who revel with facts alone. There is nothing wrong with this. But, our brains have been created to tell and hear stories. Therefore, storytelling has to be the easier way to a…
Want a Better Memory? Try Using Storytelling Memory – Do you remember facts easily? How about a well-crafted story? If you are like the majority of people, you will take good stories over dry facts any day. There are people who revel with facts alone. There is nothing wrong with this. But, our brains have been created to tell and hear stories. Therefore, storytelling has to be the easier way…
Power Up Your Focus Muscles It’s getting increasingly more difficult to focus these days. There are too many distractions available. From video games to social media, it makes you wonder how people can concentrate on tasks they should be doing. It’s possible though. You just have to learn how to power up your focus muscles. We tend to work better in spurts. Therefore, use that to figure out the optimal…
Power of Repetition Repetition is a powerful tool that helps us learn and master skills. When someone takes piano lessons, they will be given a series of exercises to repeat. These tasks are usually scales and arpeggios. But, after the student masters these they are given more difficult exercises to practice. Learning a foreign language also requires repetition. By repeating unfamiliar words or using them in sentences, it will become…
Make Small Improvements Daily Who doesn’t want to improve their lives? If you look at self-help and productivity information, you will see it’s quite popular and growing. People want to improve. However, one of the biggest challenges people face is they try to do too much too fast. When you build up your improvement plan, you have a much better chance of success by taking small steps. Determine what you…
3 Reasons Why It’s Crucial That Your Team Members Communicate A team is as only as good as its communication skills. This is particularly important with a virtual team. I don’t have to tell you that getting your point across via email or text message can be a lot harder than doing it in person. Working on communication skills is one of the best things you can do for your…