Monthly Archives: October 2011
How to Be a More Productive Entrepreneur
Written on October 16, 2011 at 6:33 pm, by Mike Martel
It’s very difficult being an entrepreneur isn’t it? Working for yourself sounds idyllic doesn’t it? The reality can be somewhat different. You’ve got projects and tasks you need to complete and, ironically enough, without the fear of the big bad boss breathing down your neck, this can be difficult to achieve. To be successful you need to have a “get er done” attitude. You’ve heard the old adage “systems work people don’t” right? Well it’s true. To achieve success as an entrepreneur you need to create systems that work. Now you can follow the systems that the successful marketers teach in their products, or you can create your own. What’s important is the system you create for your business tasks
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Getting Results By Doing Less
Written on October 13, 2011 at 2:05 am, by Mike Martel
When it comes to getting things done you may think that the more, the merrier. Not so! In fact, after about 10 items, you start to decrease in productivity. The overall number of things to do actually discourages you, and you fall into the trap of , “I’m never going to get it all done, so why bother?” mindset. What happens then is that you end up in a state of overwhelm, tackling the small, easy tasks (instead of the important things), or just giving up on it altogether. Instead of making progress, working towards your goals, instead you’re flying by the seat of your pants and handling whatever catches your attention. Not a good way to get er done!
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Commitment and Consistency–Keys to Getting Results
Written on October 9, 2011 at 6:21 pm, by Mike Martel
Nothing happens overnight, and success doesn’t generally arrive overnight unless you are a prodigy, or it is, in fact, the result of many years of working towards a particular goal. When problems arise and difficulties set us back, it is essential to keep sight of the long term vision, and not to become discouraged. Part of getting results in whatever you want is building in a commitment to pick yourself up and start again, should set back or disaster strike. In fact, it is really a question of learning from any mistakes you make, analyzing how and why things didn’t work out as planned, and making sure lessons are learned for the future (and mistakes are not repeated.) I talk
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Movie Review–Courageous
Written on October 2, 2011 at 6:58 pm, by Mike Martel
I watched Courageous last night at a special sponsored men’s only presentation by my church. It was extremely powerful to watch a movie about men, their rolee, and the tests they are put to with over 400 other men. Courageous , the movie is from the book Courageous (affiliate link). This is from the same authors that brought out Fireproof (affiliate link). As Firefighters and marriage are to Fireproof, police officers and the role of the father is to Courageous. Not to spoil movie, I will only say that Courageous follows a group of police men, their families and friends as they discover what their God given role as a father is. Needless to say, there are tests and tribulations
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