FOCUSWritten by Jean R. Charles
Are you looking back with regret at all of things you did not accomplish in past year? Instead of doing that, look forward to what you will accomplish in this new year, by being focused. Focus is one of most important ingredients in successful goal achievement.Formulate your goals. “Begin with end in mind”, Steven Covey. If you don’t know where you want to go, how will you know when you get there? When you focus you see what is important and you can concentrate on it. What you focus on will expand – if you focus on negative you will see more negatives. Race car drivers are trained to never look at wall, or that’s where their vehicle will go. Focus on your positive outcomes and don’t be distracted by negatives. Optimize your resources. Focus concentrates your attention, making you much more effective at accomplishing your goals. It reduces impact of distraction and energizes your performance. Think of light as it is normally scattered – it illuminates. When light shines through a magnifying glass, rays become more focused and generate enough energy to start a fire. Clarify your intentions. Think of what happens to image as you set a camera properly. It goes from a fuzzy blur to a crystal clear picture. Clearly focusing on your goals gives a vision over long term. Focus frees you to take natural and progressive steps to achieve your goals. You can be responsive to your environment and make choices in moment. Focusing on a clear vision defines a direction without dictating path.
| | Capital Solutions: Productive Alternatives to SpendingWritten by Alvin Apple
It's been a little over two months since terror attacks of 9/11, and it still feels a little surreal. Even with U.S. forces doing as well as they are in Afghanistan, there is still a sense of sadness and insecurity, and this has affected our economy. Business is slow, and I believe that as American businesspeople we have a duty to do everything we can to help shore up financial state of our country. With less business creating lower incomes, however, it seems like a difficult to impossible task. So how do we do it?The key here is to get away from idea of spending money as a necessity to boost economy. There are several things we can do to stay in business and to help others stay in business without spending capital we don't have. First, trade goods and services. The barter system has worked for centuries, and it can still work today. I'm sure that you know several business people who offer something you need, and who could probably use something you offer. Maybe you clean carpets and you have a friend who runs a copy center. How about offering to clean carpets of your friend's shop in exchange for a run of flyers advertising your business. Whatever you do, there must be someone you know who could use your service, and who just might offer a service you need.
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