» Overcoming Secrets http://thebizchamps.com Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:06:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2008-2009 admin@thebizchamp.com () admin@thebizchamp.com () posts 1440 Articles to inspire, motivate, challenge, and prepare you to succeed in your life and business admin@thebizchamp.com No no http://thebizchamps.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://thebizchamps.com 144 144 Unfinished Tasks and Projects – 2010 The Year of Completion http://thebizchamps.com/540/unfinished-tasks/ http://thebizchamps.com/540/unfinished-tasks/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:58:08 +0000 Biz Champ http://thebizchamps.com/?p=540 Happy New Year - 2010! This is a great time of the year to think about unfinished tasks. You do have some right? If not, congratulations! You have conquered procrastination! Please share your secrets to successfully overcoming procrastination in the comments below. (Seriously I WANT to hear from you - you have something very valuable to share.) I was watching a video from Doug Rea the other day, which is what got me thinking about these unfinished tasks. Take a look at what Doug has to say:

Why do we procrastinate?]]> Happy New Year – 2010!

This is a great time of the year to think about unfinished tasks. You do have some right?

If not, congratulations! You have conquered procrastination! Please share your secrets to successfully overcoming procrastination in the comments below. (Seriously I WANT to hear from you – you have something very valuable to share.)

I was watching a video from Doug Rea the other day, which is what got me thinking about these unfinished tasks. Take a look at what Doug has to say:

Doug Rea’s Channel on You Tube

With Your Latter

Why do we procrastinate?
Here are some of the reasons that come to mind:

1. Indecision
Perhaps you cannot decide what to do next or how to tackle the next phase of the project, so it was laid aside for a while.

What went wrong? - Lack of planning.

What happens when you don’t plan a project in its entirety before you start?

  • You lost interest and enthusiasm.
  • You ran out of funds.
  • You may even have forgotten where you were going with the project, or in other words, you lost the vision.

There is a parable in the Bible about counting the cost of something before you start. (You can read it in the Gospel of Luke 14:31)

What wisdom!

So take some time to sit down and plan today – even though you may have already started your project.

Regroup – plan – act!

2. You should never have started the project.
It never was your passion in the first place. That goes back to the lack of planning right?

Once you sit down to really plan a business venture, a project or an activity you have a chance to realize the cost involved and decide right then whether you REALLY want to start it or not.

Never, never allow anyone else to decide what you should be doing! Find YOUR passion and move with it.

A new book which I ordered was just delivered today. It is one of the top sellers right now and is about “Cashing In On Your Passion”. I think you will find it worth reading.

Take a look at Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk. If you decide to order it, READ it :-)

3. Lack of discipline and diligence to continue.
Ok, so you were diligent with your plan, you set your short term and long term goals, you created a daily action plan and got off to a great start.

  • Then “life happened”.
  • You got distracted and then got behind.
  • Then came discouragement and frustration —
    and here you are with an unfinished task.

What can you do?

  1. Make sure that the project is still valid today. It is? good move to the next item on this list. It is not? Then scrap it completely.
  2. Evaluate the situation, where did you leave off, what do you need to do to start moving again?
  3. Get started today, no NOW!
  4. Purpose in your heart to continue working at this project EVERY day until it is completed, knowing that every successful venture DOES require a four letter word!

W O R K

4. Fear – this is a BIG reason for procrastination.
You get started with a project with great enthusiasm and the novelty of the new venture often blinds you and me to certain realities.

One of these realities is that success brings responsibility.

As you advance with the task, the finish may be in sight and suddenly this responsibility hits you and may become overwhelming. Your mind is flooded with all kinds of fear thoughts.

  • Can I handle the volume?
  • Can I handle the customer service?
  • What if this happens? What if that happens?

Again good planning would help to anticipate some of these fears so you are ready to meet and overcome them when they show up.

I am sure you have some thoughts and experiences about unfinished tasks right? I would love to hear from you, please leave your comments below. See you there! :-)

You Were Born A Champion!

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]]> http://thebizchamps.com/540/unfinished-tasks/feed/ 3 Turn Negative Influences To Positive Ones http://thebizchamps.com/95/turn-negative-influences-to-positive-ones/ http://thebizchamps.com/95/turn-negative-influences-to-positive-ones/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:39:10 +0000 Biz Champ http://thebizchamps.com/?p=95 The negative has an incredible influence on our lives and destiny, much more than many of us realize or can imagine. For some reason (best left to another article), we humans are inherently drawn to negative things so much easier than to the positive. We only need to take a look at the trends on the media to confirm that. What things sell the most? The latest favorite movies and TV programs tend to be the ones most filled with violence, hate, broken mixed up relationships, witchcraft and all that goes with these things. What happens to you when 98 people praise you and 2 tear you to pieces? Which ones do you tend to believe?]]> Turning Off The Negative Influences In Our Lives

The negative has an incredible influence on our lives and destiny, much more than many of us realize or can imagine. For some reason (best left to another article), we humans are inherently negative and more easily drawn to negative things than to the positive.

We only need to take a look at the trends on the media to confirm this.
What things sell the most? The latest favorite movies and TV programs tend to be the ones most filled with violence, hate, broken mixed up relationships, witchcraft and all that goes with these things.

What happens to you when 98 people praise you and 2 tear you to pieces? Which ones do you tend to believe?

What is the first thing that happens to you when you hear something negative which could affect your life (if it were true)? What images flash into your mind?

For some reason negative influences have a lure which only the alert can see and avoid.

How many times have you heard someone responding to the question: How are you today? With the answer: Pretty good under the circumstances. What are they doing under the circumstances? (Of course I know you have never responded that way)

In a previous article Uncluttering A Cluttered Mind we recognized negative thoughts as being one of the culprits of overloading the mind. I think we have established that this is true.

The problem is we often come under a negative influence without realizing it until it is sometimes too late, or at least some damage has been done and an already engrained habit has been strengthened.

So the question is:

How can we conquer this negative influence in our lives?

The best way to conquer the negative is to learn to recognize the areas of our lives that these influences affect and then we can learn to deal with them, one at a time by changing our thought patterns related to that area. It will take a little time, just as changing any habit will, but statistics assure us that

What area is most affected by negative influences?

Our minds: The thought life is the first area attacked. The true battle is in the mind. That’s where everything starts, and that is where everything is going to be turned around. If these influences can’t get past our minds, they have little power in our lives.

There are few things in this world and life, that we can TRULY control (we may THINK we control lots of things), but one thing we surely CAN control and that is our own minds.

Proverbs 23:7 tells us that “As a man thinks, so is he”.

In modern day language that would be expressed: “You are what you think”.

However this proverb penned by King Solomon (King David’s son) was originally written in the Hebrew language and of course translated into English many years later. The orginal Hebrew word that is translated thinks was actually from a root word meaning the to act as gatekeeper. Interesting no?

“Our thoughts are the gatekeepers of our minds”, was actually what was being communicated here by Solomon.

What does a gatekeeper do?

He stands in the gate to decide who gets to come in and who does not. (Very likely he has a criteria outlined by his boss to go by)

What do our thoughts do? – They decide what comes in to stay and what does not. The criteria was outlined by the will, which created the outline by a decision process.

The key word here is DECIDE.

So gatekeeper (yes I am talking to YOU) – what are you allowing to come into the database of your mind today? That decision will affect all of your tomorrows.

It is said that it takes 21-30 days to change a habit. If you decide today to start being a good gatekeeper, and choosing carefully what you allow to come into your mind, in 21-30 days you life will be very different.

Those negative influences will be outside the gate, not inside taking over your life. You will be focusing on letting the positive influences come into your life.

It all starts with a DECISION. What is your decision today?

You Too Can Be A Champion!

58 successful entrepreneurs were given 30 days to start again from scratch and recover their wealth, Could they do it? Read their stories.

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These authors have in a way been attributed to the discovery of The Secret, and since the release of the movie, the Law of Attraction is becoming more and more popular today.

However long before Wallace Wattles was even born, another man revealed this secret when he expressed the main principle in his own words saying:

As a man thinks in his heart (his subsconcious mind), so is he. Proverbs 23:7, written by the wisest man who ever lived, Solomon.

The only difference between this statement and the teachings of The Secret is the terminology. The principle is the same. The Secret is no secret.

However when a doctrine, philosophy or discovered truth (call it what you will), is revealed and carried from one human to another the complete TRUTH gets distorted.

In this case we have ended up with people teaching things like “just think it and it will manifest or happen” In the christian church the very same truth has been distorted by some in the exact same way – again the terminology is different, but the principle is the same: “just believe it, confess it and it will happen”

In both cases, they only have half a truth, and the cliche a little knowledge is a dangerous thing comes into play here. Both have ended up with a band of followers out on left wing proclaiming:

All you have to do is think (or confess, believing) something into existence and presto a shiny new Mercedes will end up on your driveway and you will be handed the keys.

Mm — not really. Sadly many lives have been destroyed by this “truth” that became error.

One of my favorite passages of the Bible is the scene where Abraham sends his servant off to find his son, Isaac a wife (those were the days). The servant sets out on his journey and ends up in Mesopotamia where he finds the right girl.

He was thrilled at the success of his mission, and then Rebekah, (the girl) takes him to her father’s house where he tells his story. The words in his testimony that have always stood out to me are: “I being in the way, the Lord led me”.

“Being in the way” – that’s action. In modern day terms, this could be rephrased, “I was actively involved in working towards my goal, when I found success”

Ah — here’s the real secret.

Right thinking (faith, believing) +
ACTION = SUCCESS!

You Too Can Be A Champion!

These 58 top web marketers knew the real secret. This secret gave them the confidence to rise to the challenge of knowing that even if they lost everything they had, in 30 days they would have it back. Read their stories.

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