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You CAN Make Six Figures!

I say this because I've done it.  From my first job where I made $400 a month to my current position as entrepreneur I learned a lot.  I learned it's all about mindset!

Let’s face it, this is not for everyone.

Yes, I know everyone thinks they’d like to make six figures.  But most people don’t want to do what it takes.  

You might think that it takes a LOT of work.  Isn’t that what you’ve always heard? Well I’m here to tell you that’s not true.

I’ve spent a lot of years in business and I can tell you that I just don’t have the energy or enthusiasm to work six and seven days a week.  In fact, I often take off partial or whole days during the week and definitely a weeks vacation every 3 months is a must for me!

Yet, I’ve always been able to maintain a handsome income regardless of the fact that I rarely work 40 hours a week.

But you have to be in the right mindset.

So, who is this article not for?

  • It is not for people who are not willing to feel the fear and go for it anyway
  • It is not for people who feel they can’t and won’t make more money
  • It is not for people who are afraid of success

It is only for those people who …

  • Have the courage and willingness to strike out in a different direction
  • Are ready to pursue their dreams
  • Sincerely want to enjoy life to it’s fullest while earning a handsome income.

I did it.  You can too.

For all the men and women in the world who must manage both a home and a job.  STOP WORKING SO HARD! 

Start working smart.

It doesn’t matter if you love what you do.  It doesn’t matter if you are paid handsomely.  If you are stressed out because of your lack of time and energy to handle the other areas of your life, you have become less productive.

Chances are, you have also become less happy.

That is because constant stress eats away at us.  We become victims rather than initiators of our own success.  We become drone like, just running the race to keep up instead of slowing down and purposefully making our way.

The result is like the lab mouse that was taught one way to go in the maze and eventually starve to death because they can’t see their way out.  They didn’t realize the food was just ahead on the other path.

One of my favorite poems is by Robert Frost.  This is my favorite line of that poem:

Two roads diverged in the path and I,

I took the road less traveled by

....and that has made all the difference!”

So, here’s how you too can work less, play more and enjoy a handsome income.

Number 1:  Believe in yourself.  If you don’t believe in you, who will?

If you don’t believe in yourself now, fake it ‘till you make it.  Tell yourself that you are successful every day when you wake up and when you go to bed.  It’s amazing what a difference it will make because the mind doesn’t know fake from reality and eventually you’ll train yourself to think that way.  In Dale Carnegies "How To Stop Worrying and Start Living" he recommends that to be happy, you have to ACT happy.  Do this by whistling or singing a happy tune and you'll see what he means. You can't possibly be unhappy while singing a happy song!

Number 2:  Make sure whatever your business is, that you believe in it!  Does it truly offer your prospects a benefit.  Then why wouldn’t they want it?  That’s the number one way to make sure you are believable when you talk to someone about your business.  And people buy from people they know, like and TRUST!

Number 3:  Buy, develop or somehow get a system in place for marketing.

A system gives you the structure and organization to lead you directly along the most efficient route to getting and maintaining business.  If you’re out there floating along day to day without any plan, you might as well be home or fishing. That’s because you’re wasting time, enormous time, that you could be using to do something fun.  Consistent marketing in the most efficient manner is the key to making money. 

Number 4: Make a DECISION that your past doesn't equal your future.  It doesn't matter what circumstances you've grown up in, or if your parents were mean to you, or if you've failed zillions of times.  What matters is that you tell yourself.."enough is enough...I'm ready to recognize that I have value and I WANT and DESERVE to make money and live the life I want!"

If you have a system and a deep desire, you simply follow the instructions guided by your deep desire and boom, you’ve got business rolling easily and effortlessly through systematic marketing that works, even when you don’t. 

Take charge of your life and do it today!

Roxanne Batson is a former investment and financial consultant and award-winning entrepreneur who authors the business advice column Ask Roxanne! See her column and get more profitable ideas for your business at http://www.askroxanne.com . You are welcome to reproduce this article in its original form.

 


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