"The Why"

26th July 2016

Another fantastic day. No, I don't mean the weather. Weather has nothing to do with how I feel. It shouldn't have anything to do with how you feel. Obviously, we all suffer from odd colds, but I what I mean is how you project yourself in the morning. When you get up, have breakfast and start getting ready for your work day.

What is your attitude towards work, business, anything that is planned to be accomplished today?

There is nothing worse than getting up feeling lousy and unhappy. If you are unhappy, your work will suffer. Your customers will meet a grumpy person, not eager to walk an extra mile  to help solve their problems. Will you get repetitive customers if you are miserable, if your clients can see that you are struggling to crack a smile? And I don't think only about business.

How you present yourself speaks volumes. If you are seen as a beaming, full of smiles business owner, you attract people. People see a person who is content with life, who does their best and is eager to help other people.

To be successful in any business you need to find your reason, your ultimate "why". Your "why" determines your actions. The bigger "the why", the more successful you become, as you stop concentrating on obstacles. Instead you start pushing all your energy towards solutions. You start coming up with various answers to the same problem.

If you don't plan to do much today, at least think about your "why". Then take action.

Being busy in a right way

It's been a long 18 months when I was so busy working on various businesses that I had to put blogging a side. I was learning during this time how to work to be efficient and how to attract money.

At the end of the day, we are in business to make money, to create wealth and to be able to contribute to society.

One of the things I learnt was: to systemize everything. Every single task. So I started applying it to my life.
For the first few weeks, even months the job was tedious and I couldn't see any results. But I kept on doing it.

I also got myself a mentor. You need to have a mentor to keep you accountable for your actions. To keep pushing you on your journey and to inspire you. There is no point in having a mentor who is on the same level as you are. You need mentor or mentors who are higher on their journey than you are. You need to look up to them, to be inspired by them, to take in their wise words and grow.

Two years ago, I made a decision that I would do whatever it takes to grow and inspire people to achieve their potential.

I decided to invest in myself to learn what millionaires know and follow their footsteps.

As the saying goes: "You are an average of the five people you spend the most time with.", I shifted people I started spending most time with. I started reading more self-development books, listening to self-development audios, podcasts, anything that speeds up my journey.

I started prioritizing tasks to be completed in a day by categories:

• urgent and important
• urgent but not important
• not urgent but important
• not urgent and not important

It is surprising how quickly my "to do" list shrank. I stopped wasting precious time on meaningless tasks. 

Our cash-flow improved significantly.