Openness to change - Many people resist change. As entrepreneurs, we must embrace it. By putting a vision, idea or innovation out into world, we expand what's possible, and in doing so, change status quo.

Recognition of self-sabotage - We all do it. At some point in time, we've all sabotaged ourselves out of fear. The key to dealing with self-sabotage is to recognize it. Signals to recognizing self-sabotage: You notice yourself comparing yourself to others, you judge yourself as not being good enough, or you hear your "inner critic" saying things like "soon everyone will realize what a fraud you are."

Head and Heart - To make sound decisions, you need both. When we only listen to one, we list to side and veer off course, way a car does when it's out of alignment and you let go of steering wheel. Often there's a misconception that heart, or emotion, doesn't belong in business. It very much does. Your ability to be aware of and use your emotions effectively will aid in your success.

Honoring your gifts - I'm convinced that fully acknowledging your gifts - to yourself, first and foremost - will catapult your business and your life into bold new arenas. Here's why: When you don't acknowledge your gift of, for example, building businesses or innovating new technologies, you hold back from full self expression. When you don't acknowledge your gifts, you can't capitalize on your innate human resources. YOU are your business' most valuable resource. Honor what you don't do well - In fact, know it well and compensate for it. Too often, I hear people beat themselves over head with statements like, 'Well, I should do my own bookkeeping" when last time they balanced their checkbook was 1978. Know your weaknesses. Compensate for them by hiring or bartering or getting someone to do task for you.

Each one of us carries these tools around with us at all times. The question is whether we tap into them or not. Entrepreneurship is a process of self-discovery. At same time that you introduce a new product or process into world, you uncover new awareness about yourself. Use these tools to not only grow your business, but yourself.

================== Coach and author Claudette Rowley helps entrepreneurs harness their potential and soar to new heights of prosperity and fulfillment. Contact her today for a free coaching session at 781-676-5633 or claudette@metavoice.org. Sign up for her free newsletter "Insights for Savvy Entrepreneurs" at http://www.metavoice.org.

Finding Your Own Profit Trails There is one aspect of Internet market that is new and vastly different from anything that has ever been presented in history of open market commerce. Opportunities for small budget entrepreneur are literally boundless, and potential for business growth is no longer limited by sky. It reaches into outer space!

Opportunities for you to create multiple profit trails are literally wide open - limited only by your own degrees of desire, motivation, and ingenuity. And every action you take in developing your business should create another profit trail that leads straight back to you.

Now, rather than bore you with a bunch of theory, let me show you real profit trails I have leading back to me as of this writing:

=> Direct sales of products I have developed.

=> Direct sales of resale rights products I've bought.

=> Promotion of other people's products for affiliate commissions - meaning dozens of excellent "mini-trails" and an unlimited potential to create more.

=> Monthly residual income from referrals I've made to various programs, webhosting services, etc. - again, potential to create more "mini-trails" is limited only by my own degrees of desire, motivation, and ingenuity.

=> Sales of my own skills as a service for fee - ie. adcopy writing, webmastering, etc.

Like pharmacist, I'm not depending on any single profit trail to provide my total income. And I have more trails in works.

If you're not already doing so, I suggest you get busy right away, and create as many profit trails as it takes to get you to top of your own mountain. You're sure to enjoy view.

_________________________________________________ Dan B. Cauthron - 'anti-guru' - has been involved in direct marketing for more than 30 years. Join his NEWS Letter list for weekly original articles and insights plus a 7-Volume complimentary eMarketing Library. Visit here: http://www.DanBCauthron.com or email this autoresponder for latest issue mailto:subscribe@DanBCauthron.com __________________________________________________ © Copyright 2003 - Dan B. Cauthron All Rights Reserved Worldwide