For the last few weeks I've been concentrating on the people who need to make money. These are people who just want to make money because they don't make enough to live on with any form of security. These are the people who will profit most from the 'Prospecting For Gold' Course. If you are in this category visit Show Me Financial Freedom .
For people who want to be not just rich but very rich there are some very good and successful plans. If you would like to know more about these email rich@percydale.com .
This is the last blog for a few days. I've been writing blogs and articles for the last few weeks and now I'm doing other things for a while.
I have a book to write and I want to spend more time up in the woods with my horses and my camera. I laso want to spend time researching my family tree.
This freedom is what Being Your Own Boss is all about!
Speak to you all soon.
Theodora
In the meantime why not visit The Happy Entrepreneur/
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Friday, 6 August 2010
Are You Self-Motivated?
One of the fastest growing business ploys carried forward until now from the latter part of the twentieth century is the motivational meeting. Every publicly or privately owned business practices some sort of motivational stimulus.
National organisations regularly hold what I call 'Hurrah for us' meetings. They are often held over a weekend so that every person attending is steeped in motivation. One speaker after another stands up and announces how brilliantly they have all done in the past year. Everything is interspersed with opportunities to clap and cheer. It's Motivation with a capital M.
Everybody goes home with plans for the succesful future of their part of the business. Come Monday morning reality sets in. Motivation dwindles rapidly. By the end of the week it's no more than a flicker soon to be extinguished until the next time.
Some companies hold more frequent but less frantic motivational gatherings.
It seems to be assumed that unless we are all frequently motivationally prodded we will slow down until we stagger to mediocrity. We are brainwashed into believing that we have to be hyped up all the time or we will fail.
All these are external motivations you take on board and jettison just as quickly. There is only one sort of stimulus that is really successful and is essential for real entrepreneurs. If you are aiming to be your own boss and be financially free you have to be self-motivated. This is the inner spark that drives you. It's inescapable because it's part of your core being.
If you don't have that burning passion you should try to cultivate it if you want to succeed. Concentrate on one real interest and work on it until it really starts to motivate you to develop the interest until it becomes a driving force. It can be done.
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at http://www.showme-financialfreedom.co.uk/ or email motivation@percydale.com .
National organisations regularly hold what I call 'Hurrah for us' meetings. They are often held over a weekend so that every person attending is steeped in motivation. One speaker after another stands up and announces how brilliantly they have all done in the past year. Everything is interspersed with opportunities to clap and cheer. It's Motivation with a capital M.
Everybody goes home with plans for the succesful future of their part of the business. Come Monday morning reality sets in. Motivation dwindles rapidly. By the end of the week it's no more than a flicker soon to be extinguished until the next time.
Some companies hold more frequent but less frantic motivational gatherings.
It seems to be assumed that unless we are all frequently motivationally prodded we will slow down until we stagger to mediocrity. We are brainwashed into believing that we have to be hyped up all the time or we will fail.
All these are external motivations you take on board and jettison just as quickly. There is only one sort of stimulus that is really successful and is essential for real entrepreneurs. If you are aiming to be your own boss and be financially free you have to be self-motivated. This is the inner spark that drives you. It's inescapable because it's part of your core being.
If you don't have that burning passion you should try to cultivate it if you want to succeed. Concentrate on one real interest and work on it until it really starts to motivate you to develop the interest until it becomes a driving force. It can be done.
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at http://www.showme-financialfreedom.co.uk/ or email motivation@percydale.com .
Thursday, 5 August 2010
How Can I Be My Own Boss With A Camera
So you've decided you'd like to be your own boss. So let's look at ways to get started.
Practically everyone has a digital camera these days and quite a good one doesn't cost a fortune. Photographs can be printed out very easily at home. How can you make money with your camera.
Weddings are a good place to start. I'm not suggesting that you take the place of the official photographer just yet. That will come later after you've got the experience and confidence.
What I'm suggesting is a photographer who wanders amongst the guests tking the sort of happy, informal pictures - definitely not posed, which people will enjoy. These can be made into an inexpensive album for the bride and groom or possibly for the parents of the bride and groom .
Guests will also like to choose some. While making a profit you can charge far less than the official photographer who won't be interested in taking these sort of photos. It is possible for you to produce these pictures ready for the guests to take home with them.
Of course there is a lot of preparation, marketing, etc. before you get started. If you would like to follow this up email weddings@percydale.com
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at Show Me Financial Freedom
Practically everyone has a digital camera these days and quite a good one doesn't cost a fortune. Photographs can be printed out very easily at home. How can you make money with your camera.
Weddings are a good place to start. I'm not suggesting that you take the place of the official photographer just yet. That will come later after you've got the experience and confidence.
What I'm suggesting is a photographer who wanders amongst the guests tking the sort of happy, informal pictures - definitely not posed, which people will enjoy. These can be made into an inexpensive album for the bride and groom or possibly for the parents of the bride and groom .
Guests will also like to choose some. While making a profit you can charge far less than the official photographer who won't be interested in taking these sort of photos. It is possible for you to produce these pictures ready for the guests to take home with them.
Of course there is a lot of preparation, marketing, etc. before you get started. If you would like to follow this up email weddings@percydale.com
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at Show Me Financial Freedom
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Are You Too Posh To Start At The Bottom.
To start a business from scratch with little or no financial investment often means that you have to do jobs that some people think are 'beneath them'. Are you afraid of what your friends and neighbours might think if they see you doing some menial job? Is your 'image' more important to you than your vision for the future?
Multimillionaires have cleaned toilets, scrubbed floors, collected rubbish, sold ice cream and delivered catalogues to name just a few of the so-called menial jobs. They are not ashamed of doing them. Why should they be?
What you have to remember is that you know what you are worth. Your value is just as great whatever you do. You don't need the approbation of others. Remember - gold is just as valuable if it's covered in mud as it is when it's in pristine condition.
Don't let the opinion of others cloud your vision. You want to be your own boss and be financially free. Follow your instincts, work out the rout you're going to follow and stick to it. You will be laughing all the way to the Bank. If snyone was foolish enough to laugh at you, they won't be laughing then.
The thing is that you may never have to start at rock bottom if you set about things methodically. Climbing to the top of the mountain of success is not difficult if you take it in small manageable steps.
If you would like more information email me at steps@percydale.com
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at Prospecting For Gold
Multimillionaires have cleaned toilets, scrubbed floors, collected rubbish, sold ice cream and delivered catalogues to name just a few of the so-called menial jobs. They are not ashamed of doing them. Why should they be?
What you have to remember is that you know what you are worth. Your value is just as great whatever you do. You don't need the approbation of others. Remember - gold is just as valuable if it's covered in mud as it is when it's in pristine condition.
Don't let the opinion of others cloud your vision. You want to be your own boss and be financially free. Follow your instincts, work out the rout you're going to follow and stick to it. You will be laughing all the way to the Bank. If snyone was foolish enough to laugh at you, they won't be laughing then.
The thing is that you may never have to start at rock bottom if you set about things methodically. Climbing to the top of the mountain of success is not difficult if you take it in small manageable steps.
If you would like more information email me at steps@percydale.com
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at Prospecting For Gold
Saturday, 24 July 2010
Visit the Happy Entrepreneur Blog
For the next week or so I will be working on Rhe Happy Entrepreneur Blog which is also designed to show the things you need to know if you want to be your own boss and enjoy financial freedom.
To transfer to The Happy Entrepreneur just click here. The Happy Entrepreneur/
If you haven't taken those first steps now please start planning. The Government haven't finished making the economic cuts that are vital if the country's finances are to retreat from the verge of bankruptcy. The positive thing to remember is that it is in times like these that real entrepreneurs can establish the foundations of future successful businesses while the faint hearted dither and do nothing but moan.
Which are you?
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at http://www.showme-financialfreedom.co.uk/ or email freedom@percydale.com or email freedom@percydale.com
To transfer to The Happy Entrepreneur just click here. The Happy Entrepreneur/
If you haven't taken those first steps now please start planning. The Government haven't finished making the economic cuts that are vital if the country's finances are to retreat from the verge of bankruptcy. The positive thing to remember is that it is in times like these that real entrepreneurs can establish the foundations of future successful businesses while the faint hearted dither and do nothing but moan.
Which are you?
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at http://www.showme-financialfreedom.co.uk/ or email freedom@percydale.com or email freedom@percydale.com
Friday, 23 July 2010
Ten Positive Ideas That Should Be The Base Of Every Successful Business
1. Maintain a happy atmosphere. Smiling is easier than frowning. It uses fewer muscles. You know what the old saying is. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone.
2. Enjoy your life. Do everything with enthusiasm. If you look for the positive you will get when you are doing boring but necessary things. Do what the song says. Always look on the bright side of life. Think of the day when you are financially free and can choose to only do the enjoyable things.
3. Look for the best in people. Expect the best from them and you will usually get it. Expect to enjoy life and you probably will.
4. Let other people know you appreciate them. Praise them and compliment them whenever you can but it must be sincere and come from the heart.
5. Another old saying should be the mantra of the successful businessman or woman. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. What you do, what you think and how you act can be the first step to financial freedom if you stay positive and keep moving forward.
6. Get to know people before you judge or evaluate them. You previous experience and prejudices could cause you to reject someone who would be invaluable to you. Approach them positively not negatively.
7. Think successful and you will be successful. Act positively and decisively. Don't keep looking for flaws unnecessarily.
8. Keep feeding your mind. Read motivational books. Mix with motivated people. Feed your mind with positivity. Keep away from the negative.
9. Be enthusiastic about what you do. Tell people about it in a way that shows your enthusiasm and will encourage them to want to join you.
10. Never give up. It is the easiest thing in the world to collapse like a deflated balloon if something goes wrong. Don't be a wimp. The successful business person will pick themselves up, dust themselves down, work out what went wrong and start all over again.
Until tomorrow - keep positive. Visit http://www.showme-financialfreedom.co.uk/ or email freedom@percydale.com
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at The Happy Entrepreneur/
2. Enjoy your life. Do everything with enthusiasm. If you look for the positive you will get when you are doing boring but necessary things. Do what the song says. Always look on the bright side of life. Think of the day when you are financially free and can choose to only do the enjoyable things.
3. Look for the best in people. Expect the best from them and you will usually get it. Expect to enjoy life and you probably will.
4. Let other people know you appreciate them. Praise them and compliment them whenever you can but it must be sincere and come from the heart.
5. Another old saying should be the mantra of the successful businessman or woman. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. What you do, what you think and how you act can be the first step to financial freedom if you stay positive and keep moving forward.
6. Get to know people before you judge or evaluate them. You previous experience and prejudices could cause you to reject someone who would be invaluable to you. Approach them positively not negatively.
7. Think successful and you will be successful. Act positively and decisively. Don't keep looking for flaws unnecessarily.
8. Keep feeding your mind. Read motivational books. Mix with motivated people. Feed your mind with positivity. Keep away from the negative.
9. Be enthusiastic about what you do. Tell people about it in a way that shows your enthusiasm and will encourage them to want to join you.
10. Never give up. It is the easiest thing in the world to collapse like a deflated balloon if something goes wrong. Don't be a wimp. The successful business person will pick themselves up, dust themselves down, work out what went wrong and start all over again.
Until tomorrow - keep positive. Visit http://www.showme-financialfreedom.co.uk/ or email freedom@percydale.com
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at The Happy Entrepreneur/
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Prepare to Be Your Own Boss and Be Financially Free
Have you ever wondered why so many people who win millions on the lottery find that money doesn't buy happiness. Often they end up having more problems than before they got the money.
So how are you going to handle being a successful business person?
1. Never forget what really matters to you. Family, friends, hobbies, whatever... Make a list now and keep it a safe place. Refer to it at least once a week so that it becomes a habit.
2. Decide what you really want out of life. People usually say they want to be rich but it isn't the money which makes you happy. What gives you pleasure is what that money will buy. So that is your second list to be treated as above. Write down what you would buy - and why. Give it a lot of thought. Imagine you have each thing in turn. Look at it. Live with it. Do you still want it?
3. Believe that you can achieve success. Don't think about 'If I'm successful....'. Think about 'When I'm successful...'
4. Don't waste time dreaming. Sit down work out what you are going to do and then do it. Don't be a perfectionist. You will make mistakes. Everyone does. Successful people learn from them.
Don't leave it until tomorrow. Start now by looking at Prospecting for Gold/
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at http://www.showme-financialfreedom.co.uk/ or email freedom@percydale.com
So how are you going to handle being a successful business person?
1. Never forget what really matters to you. Family, friends, hobbies, whatever... Make a list now and keep it a safe place. Refer to it at least once a week so that it becomes a habit.
2. Decide what you really want out of life. People usually say they want to be rich but it isn't the money which makes you happy. What gives you pleasure is what that money will buy. So that is your second list to be treated as above. Write down what you would buy - and why. Give it a lot of thought. Imagine you have each thing in turn. Look at it. Live with it. Do you still want it?
3. Believe that you can achieve success. Don't think about 'If I'm successful....'. Think about 'When I'm successful...'
4. Don't waste time dreaming. Sit down work out what you are going to do and then do it. Don't be a perfectionist. You will make mistakes. Everyone does. Successful people learn from them.
Don't leave it until tomorrow. Start now by looking at Prospecting for Gold/
Theodora Cochrane is the author of Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs to take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to successful entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains. See more at http://www.showme-financialfreedom.co.uk/ or email freedom@percydale.com
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