Well I’ve just come back from a holiday with my family so sorry for not blogging for a while. I just realised that I know how to keep things going when I’m in semi-holiday mode but so many people just think it’s time to close up shop.

No it’s not! Trust me if you let yourself stop all marketing activity for your business now you will be so sorry in the autumn.

October and November are HUGE months in home business but they will only be huge for you if you keep on sowing those seeds now.

When everyone else is zigging, you be zagging…

When everyone else is slacking, you be smart…

So here are 10 tips on how to make August a brilliant month for you. (This isn’t all about business either – but it will affect your business)

1) Step up your personal development. Don’t yawn. This is BIG stuff. I stepped up my personal development and have been reading stuff about prosperity every day for the last 6 weeks. Amazing things have been happening for me; including a major rank advancement, more cheques in the post, prizes and all sorts of goodies. Stuff is coming to me much more easily as a result and it will do for you too if you spend some time reading the right stuff every day.

(Think and Grow Rich, Randy Gage prosperity stuff and/or anything by Catherine Ponder is a wonderful place to start. Many of these books you can get from the library although I would buy Think and Grow Rich and read it forever until you get it!!)

2) Do some exercise. Even 20 minutes a day will make you feel better and perform better. You will attract more good stuff as you’ll have more ENERGY to prospect and do the stuff you need to do for your business. Most of the stuff we need to do to build the business is simple stuff but we need the right MINDSET and ENERGY to do it.

3) Control your words and thoughts. Simple thing I have learned. I’ve known it for a long time but knowing and doing consistently are completely different things as you probably know!

Make a focussed effort to stop yourself saying negative things and stop talking about what you DON’T want. Is it a bit ‘WOO WOO?’ You bet. But give it a go and you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the results. It’s easy to do for a day or a week. Much more challenging forever! Work on it – it’s worth it.

4) Prospect every day! Prospecting is the lifeblood of your business. Pick up the phone and get yourself into more action. Connect with people and make friends. Don’t jump on them with your business. Find out who they are and what they want from life. If they are the kind of person you’d like to partner with, go ahead and invite them to take a look at your business. It’s amazing how these basics work when you do them!

5) Start your ‘list’ and add to your list. I don’t care if it’s an online or offline list. People are everywhere in your life and you need to get them into your list so you stay in touch with them. If having an online list is too techie for you, just have a written list but come on – you need that list. Someone else (perhaps me?) will be enrolling some of the peeps who should be on YOUR LIST if you don’t take action. You snooze you lose so stop sitting around waiting for it to happen, and help it a little bit! I can’t remember where I heard it but there’s a great saying ‘as you pray move your feet.’ Translation = when you’ve read think and grow rich get your act together and make your list!

6) Touch base and reconnect with people in your world. Use whatever communication tool you usually use with them; Facebook, Skype, Phone, Email (avoid pigeon carrier if possible!) and find out what they’re up to. If you are doing the things we’ve covered so far you will give out such a GREAT vibe these people will be happy to hear from you. Be a friend and who knows you may gain a new customer or business partner.
Update your prospects with promotions from your company. Let them know about new products that can help them or exciting stuff about the business. People sometimes need to hear from you many times before the time is right for them. (GIANT CAVEAT: Please do not interpret this to mean that you keep going back to the same 3 prospects on your list who already said no) You need new ones too. See tip number 4.

7) Use your products. Use them in public and make them part of your life. (Unless you’re an Ann Summers rep perhaps!) Get a new product result this August. Try a new product or use the ones you have consistently. Don’t be lazy with this. The products are for you too; not just for ‘them.’

Set your goal for your next rank advancement. You may think that most of these points have been about how you live and you’re right. How well you do in your business has everything to do with how you live your life and I promise you if you do the things on this list (consistently this month) you will have the most amazing month and set yourself up for a very profitable autumn, which is a huge season for home business which you need to be ready for.

9) Tithe (10% of your profits) or give to charity. Find the way that suits you. This isn’t only for religious people so do some research on it and start giving. We’ve been doing this for a while now and it is amazing. Letting go brings so much more back to you than clinging on to what you’ve got.

10) Do something a bit SCARY! Yes go on do it. What’s the worst that can happen? The chances are that the reality won’t be half as bad as you imagine and you’ll kill that fear once and for all. We’re all scared of different things and it can paralyse us in other areas too so breaking through those fears helps us in so many ways.

Ok that’s it for today. I hope you make this a summer of fun and success. They do work together!

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Introduction

Recently I realised that many people in my network marketing organisation do not yet understand the value of mentors. They tend to look upon their mentors as their bosses because that it is the only context they can find to relate to them. Here are some important points about why good mentors are so valuable.

1) It is difficult enough as it is to start a new business but to do it totally on your own, with no mentors is close to business suicide. A mentor knows the pitfalls and can alert you when you are about to fall hard and fast. You don’t have to be the lone ranger, in fact you can learn from the guys who have gone before you and hacked through the jungle.

2) If you have good mentors, you have a strong support system. You can talk things through with them and they will listen to you when times are tough, and you need someone to talk to who understands what you are doing. Their time is valuable of course and you must respect that.

3) Money is something that is acquired along the way by those who learn how to deliver value to the market place. The people who have done this have often become amazing human beings on their journey. You can learn so much wisdom from them it is priceless.

4) Financially successful mentors will give you multi million dollar financial tips just because they can. They know what’s realistic and what’s insane. They can help you formulate a sound business plan. For instance many people going into business for the first time feel compelled to quit their job and dive in head first. A good mentor will urge them not to do so unless there is no other way to make the business work.

5) Get connected! One mentor will lead you to another. It is a widely accepted fact that we are highly influenced by the people closest to us. Therefore it is common sense that we should want to expand our circle to include people whom have achieved the particular skill set that we aspire to have. It can be a scary thought that our income is likely to be the average of our five closest friends, especially if they are in the low income bracket.

6) Resources – mentors have their resources and they may share them with you especially if you are part of their business organisation. Mentors are usually good teachers. In the process of learning from them they can teach you how to teach. Leaving a legacy and passing on your knowledge is an awesome contribution.

7) Great mentors have heard it all before. The chances are that as experts in their field there is no situation that they haven’t dealt with before. The benefit of hindsight can save much worry and stress for the new business owner just starting out.

8) Mentors are fun! You can make it your goal to attract different mentors for different areas of your life. The one important thing to remember is that your mentor must be someone who has done what you want to do and has immersed themselves in that activity in a practical way. Don’t try to learn from people who have only read about it in a book!

9) Invoke the universal law of give and receive. This is a powerful way of thinking which can help you to attract a network of people into your world whom you can mould yourself upon, and aspire to their success. The rule of the mentoring system is that you must prove yourself worthy, and to be a person of action or your mentor will soon grow weary of investing their time in you.

10) Your mentors will inspire you to grow and to push through hidden barriers of the mind. A good example of the power of the mind is in that of Roger Bannister, becoming the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes. Up until that time people believed it couldn’t be done. Guess what? Soon after it became a standard achievement. A classic case of ‘well if he can do it maybe I can do it too!!’

by Rachel Henke, (c) 2008

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Henke coaches people to work from home with a proven system and millionaire mentors. Find out how you can Escape the Rat Race and work with her network of mentors at her website.

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