Online Business secrets of successful entrepreneurs-3 habits that make a difference

After working offline for five years, I have seen many people come and go. It seems that everyone is excited when they decide before starting an online business, but many fall into oblivion in a few months. I identify some habits that are common to all that has happened, and those include believing positive, decisive action and link with other successful people. Think of these as the daily habits of successful entrepreneurs and I think it is worth taking a closer look at each of them.

The first habit is to think positive. You'll notice that I said to believe and not think. That's right, you must believe that your goals are possible and that it is simple matter to move from where you are currently a place closer to where you want to be. Acting as if you're on the road, you manually set for success.

Decisive action means review a situation quickly and make a decision as to how we move forward. Once you have recognized this as a success factor, I started taking a very careful how I made the decisions. Years ago, while I was still a classroom teacher and part-time work in the real estate sector, would agonize over every decision that I made. I would like to take a day off to spend with my family? I have to make a purchase now, or wait until later when it might go on sale? It was a laborious process, and I was constantly second guessing my decisions. Over the last year I made my decisions very quickly. Examine the facts and details, I think how I feel and then decide. Practice doing this and see how it feels.

We need to connect with other successful people as we are moving up the ladder of success. Motivational Speaker Jim Rohn said that we are the average of five people with whom we spend more time. I was made aware of this recently when I was on a trip with those interested in building a business online. The conversations I had with those who are already successful were very different from those I had with people who are still finding their way to success.

Take these habits of successful entrepreneurs at heart and focus on changing the way we think, decide and act. You'll be glad you did.

Remember that the reason to start an Internet business is to give you the time and financial freedom to live the life you choose. Download a free teleseminar to build your business online, visiting getting started Online to learn how to write articles, blog, get involved in social networking and learn the necessary technology to build a profitable online business.

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Improve your image in unexpected ways, from your ringtone to your business card

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Image consultant, author, and speaker Lori Bumgarner assists recording artists, industry professionals, and others in developing an image and personal brand to advance their careers. ...

In addition to improving your image in how you dress and how you communicate with others face-to-face, there are some other areas of your life that send people an impression of you that you may have never thought of. Find out below some areas in your life where you can make some minor improvements to help you send the right message you want to project to others:

? Your email address/screen name. What does your email handle/screen name say about you? Does it say who you are because it's your name? Does it indicate one of your hobbies or interests? Does it indicate what you do for a living? Where you went to college? Our email address can say a lot about us in just a few short characters. If you have recently found yourself in the market for a job due to downsizing and other effects of the current economy, you want to make sure you stick with an email address that is professional sounding. Avoid "cutesy" or questionable screen names that can send the wrong message. It's best to use one that has your first and last name in it so that when you email your resume to an employer, they know exactly who is sending the attachment.

? Your outgoing voice mail. What does your outgoing voice mail say about you? For your home phone voice mail, it could indicate whether you live alone or in a house with a lot of family members. If you are a single woman, you probably don't want to draw attention to the fact that you live alone for safety reasons. It's best to say "we can't take your call right now" instead if "I can't take your call right now." Or, choose the voice mail's standard greeting option. Again, if you are in the middle of a job search, you will be receiving calls from potential employers to set up times for interviews. It's a good idea that you give them your cell phone number so that you can give your name only in the message, indicating they've reached the correct person. Giving them your cell phone number also prevents you from missing any messages your roommate or your 9-year-old accidentally deletes. Whatever you choose, it should be a professional sounding voice mail with no background noise. You also need to make sure your voice indicates enthusiasm. You don't want to sound bored or boring when a potential employer hears your voice for the first time. That's why you should always answer your phone in a cheerful tone when you may be expecting a call from a potential employer.

? Your ring tone. What does your ring tone say about you? The sound of your ring tone or the song you've chosen for your ring tone can say a lot about your personality, your lifestyle, your values, and more. When choosing a ring tone, determine who might be around to hear it go off. Ask yourself if you would be embarrassed by the ring tone if your phone happened to go off in a job interview, in an important meeting, or in church. (Hopefully you're well-versed in cell phone etiquette to know to turn your phone to silent before entering into such situations, but there are times when we all forget to do so.) Select a ring tone that is representative of who you are when you're on your best behavior, while keeping in mind the annoyance factor. Will others find your ring tone annoying even though you like it? If so, consider just whom you might be annoying or offending. It could be the person that holds the keys to your next job.

? Your business card. Everyone should have a business card, especially if they are in the market for a job. Don't wait until you are hired for the company to pay for you to have business cards. Invest the time and money in having your own card for your job search or for your own business. Now, living in Nashville where you can throw a stone and hit six songwriters with that one stone, it's easy to collect a lot of cards from a lot of people in the music industry. I try my best to always write down on the back of the card where I met this person so when I'm looking back through my rolodex I can remember who the person is. I'm one of those people who remembers a face but has a hard time remembering names. I have a feeling I'm not the only one who is like that. Therefore, I like getting a business card from someone who has included their picture on their card. This is the same reason why I have my picture on my card. I don't have to stop and think where I met this person when they have their picture on the card. I know that there are online services where you can create your own card using one of their templates and get a set of cards just for the cost of shipping, but let me tell you why that's not the best idea. There is one particular template from an online printing service that has a red background with a microphone on it. Do you know how many people here in Nashville have given me a card with this template background? Their cards don't stand out to me because they look like so many other cards I've been given. Also, they are printed on very thin paper. What impression (whether right or wrong) do you think this makes on the person receiving the card? I want to encourage you to take the time to create your own unique card with your picture (or without if it's not appropriate in your particular industry to include your picture) or get help from someone who can, and then have them professionally printed. You won't be sorry! People will respond, "Hey this is a nice card," and they will remember that. I created my own card in Microsoft Publisher and then took it to my local UPS Store for copying. I had to wait for it to be sent off to be printed, but they came back with richer color, a glossier coating, and a thicker stock for $10 less than what I had spent on HALF the amount of cards I had gotten printed at another well-known copy company! It is worth the work to do this and I have helped others create a business card of great quality that presents the right image.

By taking these tips into consideration and putting them into practice, you'll be noticed by others in a positive way as opposed to a negative way.

Lori Bumgarner, owner of Nashville's paNASH Style ("paNASH" is a play on the words "panache" and "Nashville" in case you didn't catch that!), specializes in the areas of image consulting/wardrobe styling and interview/media coaching to assist a variety of clients including emerging and established recording artists, music industry professionals, job seekers, busy moms, and anyone looking to improve their image. Lori works with a variety of clients from all over the United States and the world. She is also the author of Advance Your Image: Putting Your Best Foot Forward Never Goes Out of Style. To learn more about paNASH Style or to order a copy of Advance Your Image, visit http://panashstyle.com/products.aspx

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Work for business

In my business career, as well as with my clients and students, I developed a firm belief that our business success is 10% and 90% of who we are, the quality of our character.

This is exemplified by Richard Branson, a man with little education but now a billionaire with over 200 companies. Obviously he is a master technician 200 industries. At the other end of the scale, you may have heard the saying that 10% of sellers do 90% of the money. Success is not based entirely on your expertise as the pleasure of customers working with someone who know and care will follow.

Many books have been written to make money, my favorite is "think and Grow Rich". I read that, when I was 12 and went from literally nothing millionaire 25 due to one of the main reasons. I understand that the success had very little to do with specialized knowledge and everything to do with the quality of my mind and character. Thinking is the key to grow rich.

However, it is also been distorted by people saying all you have to do is think and you will succeed, but like the masses have discovered, that doesn't work. The answer is not to think of success alone, but the equipment that makes the thought, your ego personality.

This is the key to success. Who you are and how to react to situations is the Karma, the principle of cause and effect. I believe in working on the root cause of the events in our life, our mind and personality, so that we have to react appropriately and then to get the best results, constantly.

1 our actions cause the subsequent reaction; anger breeds anger, calm, solves problems and moving forward. This is the principle of Karma.
2 we react based on the quality of our mind and personality, which is where they were born our thoughts and experience.
3 What is born is the product of his parents. Our thoughts are reflected in the quality of our ego/personality.
4 Refining who you are will change automatically as you think, react and succeed or fail. If you're not working on the mind that is thinking, then all that you want the thinking there will give good results.
5 we must learn to think correctly because that is not taught in school.

This article is about one of the old sayings that live, but have found many people, my students and clients including, not fully grasp, especially when they think they do. I now use this one saying express method where you can get much more value than already large amounts of information and good thoughts accumulated in your mind. Here's the first key in refining the equipment that makes the thought, so learn to see beyond the surface.

As with many such ' wise men ', we often miss the hidden value and the most important fact when we think we understand the words of wisdom; ?Work for business, do the best they can for reasons to do the best possible?.

We are not perfect. Doing the best that may not mean what it should be perfect, unless you're perfect you. The emphasis is on "may" and not "the best".

Practices of self-development rarely obvious reasons are done for or literals alone. This means that the value that is greater than ' do the best they can for reasons to do the best you can ', not just doing the best job possible.

Where you have great value in bringing out your ego for you to see and master. Piety, sincerity, laziness, to name a few quality, you'll see clearly in any activity or act.

When you learn to see the hidden meaning in all things, rather than the obvious meaning of the surface, you learn to see the reality in all situations. The problem is how to see what is hidden when it is something that couldn't possibly know? And, once you achieve this ability, as you know if what you think is the meaning hidden in the obvious is correct and true thing to find? Or, if there is more that you lost yet?

For this reason, the principle of work for work is about mastering your ego. It is the ego that interprets what you see and meet. Is that person really insulting you or are they enduring some serious suffering in their life and just lashing out at anyone. You can easily imagine how your reactions would change based on know the truth and so avoid a bad argument.

When you do something, or are able to give something, but you get to choose what you give, your ego will show with all the reasons and justifications to give less, work less, coming out soon or before it is complete or, really, a half-ass job. The master craftsmen can be compared to a campy compulsive. Both work very hard and long, but the difference is that one works for reasons of better quality of work and other works just to keep busy, or for the benefit of the ego to be seen to be hard work.

The personality of the ego, which is the appearance of the control of our intellect, is the barrier separating our consciousness to listen to our intuition and wisdom. This ego is the "Home Builder ' which Buddha when he became enlightened and said;"Oh Home Builder, I saw that and never build a House for me again. "

This was his statement to say that he saw his ego and how our mind fills with thoughts, desires and fears, etc., that keep us ignorant of the truth and the reality of what we are, thus separating us from the Enlightenment.

For reasons to do the best job you can ... and for the sake of seeing your ego with all its flaws, selfish to achieve success you want, or simply have a better life and become a better person that brings greater success both at work and in your reports.

Apply this principle in any wise saying and will be well on your way to earning a lot more out of life what you previously thought possible.

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