Success In Life!

“We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity.”
– Walter E. Cole, Korean War Hero

The above is also depicted in the Chinese characters for crisis. One of the words means opportunity - An opportunity in a crisis.

I remembered vividly when I spoke to my sister about doing a business together. She pointed out the times are bad and the economy is going downhill and people cannot afford to pay for goods and services. I think this is a very natural line of thoughts and most people tend to focus on the negative side of things.

Leaders who seize the opportunity and see beyond the crisis are able to achieve much more than the majority of the people.

Action Plan:
1) Have a goal
2) Focus on what you are doing
3) Stay firm and not be affected by what people say
4) Work at it

It has been quite sometime after my last post ….

Well, I have been working quite hard lately and as usual, procrastination sets in.

Subsequently, when I decided to start again, I had to shift my blog to another hosting server.  It is much cheaper so I decided to do a switch.   I started to install WP again.  Alas, it was a tough struggle and I almost gave up.  My customised theme was missing and my blog was in text format and in a big mess.

Just 2 days ago, I decided to start all over again - reinstalling WordPress.  The process was painful and I forgot to do a backup of my MYSQL database.  Thank goodness, I had an earlier copy.

However, error was reported when a post was amended.  The wp-category table was not found.  Urghhhh….

I hope this post is okay. 

How do we keep our spirits high and not be affected by our surroundings and what other people say and do? As a child, we do not have this experience. Most of the time, children are oblivious to their surroundings. They are not affected by what others say or do.

During their growing years, most children are bombarded with negative thoughts in the disguise of good advice, from their caring parents and people around them. So, by the time the children become adults, all these good advice became deeply ingrained in their minds. Naturally, it becomes harder to maintain a positive mindset.

For me, I noticed that I am a naturally negative person. I would always start thinking of all the bad stuff. Eventually, the bad will out-weigh the good and nothing gets moving.

I know I need to pay attention to how I think and what I say in order to overcome this problem. I need to stay positive as I know that this will definitely be detrimental to my life and new venture if I keep on being negative in thoughts and actions.

Fortunately, I have attended some motivational courses before, where I learnt how to control and change my feelings by some simple actions and affirmation.

Brian Tracy suggested that we should take charge of those suggestive elements in our environment. We must make sure that whatever we see and listen to is consistent with the goals we want to achieve.

Brian Tracy suggests

1. Listen/Watch educational or inspirational/motivational audio or video programs.

I have been told to spend the first 15 to 30 minutes in the morning to learn from gurus and successful coaches to set the pace for the day.

I subscribe to an elearning website where there are many world class experts and coaches who discuss various topics very relevant to most of us. Incidentally, Brian Tracy highly recommends this particular eLearning website too! Besides learning, there is a great business opportunity that comes with it.

There are many other places where learning can take place. For example, in the car when you are driving, instead of listening to the radio, one can listen to audio programs. If you go on public transport, you could also listen to the audio programs as well. You can become an expert in your field by simply listening to educational audio programs as you drive or travel from place to place.

2. Take Courses That Relate To Your Field

Besides listening and watching educational programs, it is necessary to attend courses/seminars to have an in-depth knowledge in our field. One of the ways to acquire this knowledge is to attend seminars given by experts in our area of interest. We should learn from the experts, ask them questions, write them letters, read their books, read their articles and listen to people with proven track records in the area in which you want to be successful.

3. Get Around the Right People

There are many who are energy suckers (pardon me if this appears to be offensive) who would sigh and complain all day long. After prolonged periods with them, these people can condemn you to a life of underachievements, frustration and failure.

By associating only with positive, success-oriented people and winners, we can become more positive ourselves. Quote from Brian Tracy - You can’t fly with the eagles if you keep scratching with the turkeys.

4. Visualize Your Goals and Create Mental Pictures

Visualization is an extremely powerful tool. Our subconscious mind is most receptive to new programming before we fall asleep and when we get up in the morning.

These are the times we should think about and visualize our goals as realities. Our subconscious mind is only activated by affirmations and pictures that are received in the present tense. Visualize our goals vividly and see ourselves performing at our best. See the situations that we are facing, working out exactly the way we want them to.

In summary, there are two things we can do, all day long, to keep our mind and emotions focused on our goals and financial success:

First, listen to audio programs in your car and when you travel around. Continue feeding your mind with a stream of high-quality, educational, motivational material that moves you towards your goal.

Second, resolve to associate with positive, optimistic people most of the time. Get around winners and get away from negative people who criticize, condemn and complain. This can change your life as much as any other factor.

To your success,
Peck Ling

In my earlier post, I mentioned that I bought Brian Tracy’s DVD on Double Your Income and Productivity.

I have a short segment of this DVD. Click here to view it.

You can purchase the DVD here. Do a search using Brian Tracy as the keywords.

Enjoy!
Peck Ling

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To Your Financial Freedom,
Peck Ling

About two years ago, I decided to quit my job as I could not take it any longer in view of the circumstances I was in.

At that time, looking for business opportunities was at the top of my mind since leaving a full-time well-paid job was a great leap of faith into the unknown.  Ill-equipped with entrepreneurial or business skills, the only way was to seek recommendations from friends and to extend my antenna to receive such information.

Look For Opportunities

I really have no idea on how to look for a new product or service.  I am an absolute greenhorn, yet I believe that I can achieve my goals by at least taking action to try. Subconsciously, I began to look in areas where I thought was comfortable in and where there was a mentor to help me. Since I worked in the IT industry as an application project manager, I was attracted to opportunities related to IT.

I did not wish to invest a large amount of money and run the risk of losing it.  Being totally not business-inclined, I prefer to take less risk, get a ready product and let others worry about development, staffing, etc.  Basically, a low cost investment with low risk and minimal headaches would suit the bill.

It so happened that one of my colleagues suddenly tendered her resignation and suggested going into an internet home-based business.  Considering my circumstances, working from home and having a global business while staying home, naturally excited me.

I jumped onto the bandwagon and started to learn as much as I could.  My colleague and I would spend almost every other night and weekends at our mentor’s office to learn more about the business and the opportunity it offers. My mentor was the top earner in the company.

In summary, unknowingly I did the following when I look for business opportunities:

1) Look into myself and find out where my talents, interest, expertise, education, abilities, knowledge, background, etc.  Match these with the business opportunity.

2) Check out the company. The quality of the staff and how much support we get.

3) Check out the product.  Is it content rich and worth paying for?  Does it have a niche market?  How long was the product in the market?  Look for something that’s affordable and has improved over the past years and not something new.

According to Brian Tracy, improving an existing successful product or service is the fastest and surest way to build a successful business. An idea only needs to be ten percent new and better to capture substantial market share. Brand new products or services are very risky.

4) Check out the compensation plan.  Does the compensation commensurate with the efforts we put in and is it a viable plan?  Many people look for easy money, gimmicks or useless knickknacks. Don’t look for get-rich-quick schemes or rewards without working, because there aren’t any.

More people have wasted more time and more life and more money trying to find quick ways to make easy money than you can possibly imagine. So, before you could start making real money in a business, be prepared to work hard.

I have been in this internet education business for almost 2 years now. I would like to admit shamefully, that I have never learnt so much all these years as compared to a short span of 2 years on the business. I have met a lot of people and made more friends than I could possibly imagine. I get to know great success gurus, sales gurus, learn sales and business techniques and has the opportunity to meet millionaires!

I got to watch Robert Kiyosaki, author of best selling book, Rich Dad Poor Dad.  He spoke on The Secrets Of Success and how the rich gets richer. I have always felt that our educational system has a great defect and this was addressed by Robert Kiyosaki in his talk as financial literacy was never part of the school syllabus in Singapore.

I have been in the business for almost 2 years and Brian Tracy said, that it will take two years to break even in the average business. However, in the business I am in, it is possible to break even in the first few months.  I am very sure real cash flow would be generated if you are focused, persistent and patient. If you’re impatient, what will happen is you’ll end up setting yourself further back than you can imagine.

I have found mine, have you?

If you are interested to find out more, please check it out here for a preview!  There is nothing to lose.

Hope you will find a good business opportunity that can create wealth for you!
Peck Ling