There are literally an infinite number of entrepreneurial business possibilities available to you.  For each business concept there are dozens of business models and a virtually limitless number of strategies and tactics to choose from.  In the truest sense of the expression, the variety of possibilities for creating the perfect business for yourself is positively mind blowing. 

What makes a particular business perfect for you at any given time in life is actually not what you might think though.

Business-school principles and conventional wisdom would suggest you find the perfect business for yourself by, amongst other things, evaluating market and economic trends, creating uniquely differentiated competitive products, writing a good business plan, and finding and securiing favorable financing. 

Indeed these are important considerations and, depending on your individual circumstances, to a greater or lesser degree have bearing on how you decide to build the perfect business once you know what it is. 

To the extent that these activities make a useful contribution to fulfilling your vision for the perfect business then you should do them. They are not, however, the most important beginning place, nor are they necessarily determinant of your ultimate success.

I have built several wildly successful businesses without consideration of some of these.  I have met hundreds of others who have as well.  You can too

To be clear, I am not advocating that you not attend to the adminstrative and planning basics for your new business, however, from the perspective of finding the perfect business for yourself, there are more important and immediate considerations.

What makes a particular business perfect for you and what guarantees your astonishing success is how well it aligns with you, your purpose, your passions, and your true inner-most commitments and desires.

The Perfect Business for you is one in which you are free to apply your true passions to the pursuit and successful accomplishment of your greatest life purpose.

Whether you consider yourself a business person today or not, the knowledge, skills, interests, talents, and past experiences you command have prepared you to build many kinds of businesses.  

For instance, in my life I have worked as a cabinet maker, a carpenter, a statistician, a satellite communications engineer, a salesman, a sales manager, a “C-level” executive leader, strategic planning advisor, a writer, a champion athlete, a professional trainer, coach and mentor, to list a few.

While any of these can be (and have been) turned into a successful business, what made one or another the perfect avenue to success for me at a given time in my life was how well it matched the personal lifestyle desires, passions, and purposeful commitments I had at the time. 

For instance, when I was 13, the perfect business for me at the time was lawn-care.  I grew that business an average of 100% per year and employed a crew of over 20 laborers.  I ultimately sold the business for a handsome 6 figure sum when my father accepted a new position requiring us to relocate.  Throughout my years in high-school and college I was constantly innovating new ways to earn money by providing products and services that people needed or wanted. I share many of these stories in my forthcoming book

Later, the perfect business for me was a cabinet & fixture shop.  I quit college at the age of 19 and started a cabinet making business and was ultimately awarded a number of large scale exclusive contracts for high-end furnishings and fixtures throughout the eastern seaboard.  That business expanded into a general contracting business which grew an average of 200% per year and, when I was ready to return to school, financed an undergraduate degree and the majority of a masters degree at one of the top ten private universities in the country.

Still later, it was a series of 6 computer technology ventures netting investors an average of 500% ROI, followed by several consulting practices, a personal training, fitness and nutritional practice and a successful network marketing (MLM) business.  Each of these was the perfect business for me at the time.  Each has provided me an experience of astonishing success and accomplishment. 

I started out as a regular kid just like you.  Over time, each of these experiences has challenged me and equipped me with new knowledge, skills, and experience.

All together, they have contributed to preparing me for this, the most meaningful and significant entrepreneurial business endeavor in my lifetime.

Now, creating information products and providing coaching programs that apply all I have learned from each experience combined with all of the training, coaching, and mentoring I have received throughout to help you create the perfect business for yourself is the perfect business for me. 

It is clear to me that the journey I have taken in life has lead me right here, right now, for the expressed purpose of delivering what I have learned to you. 

It is clear to me that my success in accomplishing this committed purpose will be measured solely and exclusively in relation your success.

Whatever your indiividual interests and experiences, where-ever you are starting from, the question is; which will create the perfect business for you, right now?

Because we are each completely unique individuals, while your desires may indeed be similar to those of another, somewhere within you there is something that uniquely differentiates you and your motivation for the pursuit of a given business idea.  It is this uniqueness within the infinite sea of possibility that makes the business that is perfect for you possible, and, when you find it, guarantees your astonishing success

As you begin the process of finding the perfect business for yourself, realize that you are opening a universe of new possibilities.  You may have a vision for success which includes a suite on the top floor of a high-rise office building downtown.  Or, perhaps your vision is a home-based business with no employees and which allows you a casual work environment and ample time for family, hobbies, or travel. 

Before you can begin the process of finding and planning the perfect  business, you want to be crystal clear about what you really want out of this new life you are about to create.  

You will clearly be more fulfilled and experience a greater sense of satisfaction and accomplishment if you create a business that draws upon what you really enjoy doing.  You are also going to invest a fair amount of time and energy into making your business a success.  If you are truly passionate about it and enjoy it, it will not seem like work and you will not regret investing the time in it.

 This is the most important thing for you to know at this juncture:

 Regardless of the business you choose, in order for you to ultimately experience it as a success, it must be in service of your individual life purpose, align with your vision of success, and support the life you truly want to live.

Before you can really generate a meaningful list of options to choose from, you must get clear about what you want and why.

A good starting place is to be crystal clear about what success is and how you want it to show up in the life you love to live.

I will continue with this series next Thursday with a terrifc new exercise which will help you get clear on what success means to you. 

I welcome your questions, comments, and feedback.  It is my sincere desire that the products I create provide real tangible value to you and help you experience the success you desire.

Your Success Champion,

Steve

There has never been a better time to start a business. 

There are more viable opportunities for you to pursue than at any other time in history.  There is an infinite variety of business models, strategies and tactics to choose from. 

Here’s why:

1. Technology has leveled the playing field between you and well established big business.
2. The internet has matured to such an unprecedented degree that literally anyone can start a fast-growth profitable online business at minimal cost.
3. Home-based business has come of age and no longer carries the stigma of being more of a hobby than a business.
4. Corporations increasingly outsource key functions to smaller businesses creating an abundance of opportunity.
5. Professional people from all business disciplines accept that the days of corporate job security are gone completely.

According to Dr. Chad Moutray, Chief Economist for the Office of Advocacy of the US Small Business Administration (US-SBA), statistics paint a compelling picture of just how important small business is to America. They show that small entrepreneurial businesses are America’s job-creators, innovators, and the path to mainstream economic activity for all segments of our society”.

• Small entrepreneurial businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms in the nation.
• Over the past decade, small business net job creation consistently grew between 60 and 80 percent.
• Small businesses employ 75% of all private sector employees.
• Small business accounts for over 51% of the US Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• The US small business economy is greater than the total economies of France, Germany, and Great Britain combined.

The leading edge of the baby-boomer generation is approaching traditional retirement age healthier and more energetic than most in any previous generation. Many in this generation are not looking to stop working and in practical terms while they have typically accumulated a substantial retirement asset based, many have portfolios that are unfit to provide for the financial demands of 40+ years of post career income. 

People in the trailing edge (45-50) of this most economically influential generation are seeking more gratifying lifestyles earlier than their senior contemporaries.   Rather than saving in midlife to finance outright retirement in their late fifties, people now save in their middle years to buy an extra measure of freedom to swap income for careers which make an impact.

The Gen-Next-ers, witnessing the boomer dilemma, are choosing to leverage the internet and other technological innovations to pursue radically different, more entrepreneurial vocational choices earlier in life.  They are literally restructuring life cycles so that they take more leisure earlier in life.

And get this….

According to the Kaufmann Foundation for the past five years the number of new business start-ups has increased by nearly 30% with the people age 50-62 being the fastest growing group of new entrepreneurs in the U.S.

And that’s not all!

According to the most recently published US-SBA figures an astonishing 66 percent of new businesses prosper at least two years after start-up and 44 percent thrive at least four years.

These are pretty impressive statistics and these reports only include an accounting of those businesses created by people who have already made the decision to pursue the entrepreneurial dream.  There are clearly millions of others who may sincerely desire a change but who are not yet underway.

But even more importantly than all of these statistics is the one fundamental truth that small business ownership transforms lives. 

All around the world people are awakening from the circa 1950’s belief that they must sacrifice life-quality to accommodate a chosen profession to the refreshing more enlightened awareness that in order to live a satisfying and successful life their  vocation, what they ‘do’, must support and enhance the life-qualities they desire.

This emergence of this social awareness and acceptance has catalyzed a powerful demographic shift that has created limitless opportunities for those willing to learn, grow, and succeed.

This article marks the begining of an 8 week series of articles.

As a special gift to you and as a free preview of a brand new amazing product launch scheduled for August 1st, …

I am going to give you a simple, sure fire, step by step, formula for finding THE PERFECT BUSINESS FOR YOU.

A business that capitalizes on these extraordinary demographic shifts

A business that is tailor-made to meet your personal passions, time freedom, and economic wishes.

A business that is a perfect genetic match for you and your inner most desires.

A business that is 100% guaranteed to deliver the successful, accomplished, and satisfying life you want to live.

If you are considering the possibilty of starting your own business, OR

If you have already started one and it is not everything you want it to me, OR

If you don’t want to be in business for yourself but know someone who does,

then stay tuned to this article series each Thursday evening for the next 8 weeks.

I am going to give you a simple, sure fire formula for finding the perfect business for yourself.

Keep Learning,

Steve

Your Success Champion

It is amazing to me just how many people today believe they are ‘stuck’ doing work that they think they either have to do or are supposed to do instead of work they really want to do.

This has never been more evident than it is right now with the economy in or on the verge of recession, the leading edge of the baby-boomers approaching retirement and the trailing edge of this generation seeking a more gratifying lifestyle.

As I meet with people day in and day out discussing the success dreams they have, I believe that the most difficult thing for ‘would-be-if-I-could-be entrepreneurs’ to accept is that they REALLY CAN do what they love and make a go of it.

Home-Based business is not only legitimate, not only here to stay, but is the way of the future for entrepreneurship. Gone are the days of commuting, cubicles and huge capital costs - traded in for a favorite pair of blue jeans, a fast Internet connection, coffee brewing in the kitchen, and some of the smartest and most spirited entrepreneurs in the world … running their businesses from home.

Here is a great example:

It’s 7 a.m. Larry Murphy’s had his first cup of coffee, confirmed the weather on the computer in his basement office, and has his rods and reels already stowed in the back of his truck. He’s not headed to the corporate headquarters to punch in. He’s headed to meet today’s fishing clients at the lake.

Just another typical start to the business day for this home-based boomer entrepreneur.

Murphy, barely making the boomer cut at 47, is the sole owner and operator of outdoor-tour company Murphy Outdoors. He traded in his office job of 25 years for a boat and some fishing tackle. After his time at Kansas City, Mo.-based technology firm DST Systems, where he worked his way up from a computer operator to executive management,

This wealth, garnered in many cases after time spent at large corporations, has often led to early “retirements.” But in reality, many of these people left their corporate jobs to follow their own personal passions-from home-and hang the “Open” sign.

Baby boomers are one of the largest segments of the home-based business phenomenon and are significantly responsible for its boom across the country, says Jeff Williams, blogger and chief coach of Chicago-based business startup consultancy.  As of fall 2007, there are 27 million people over the age of 50 who want to continue to work well into their 60s, he says.

“We really established what it meant to be a workaholic,” Williams says of the boomer generation. “We got used to working 60- and 70-hour weeks, and we can’t move away from that very easily. The largest number of startups is coming from people over 50.”

Murphy retired from DST in May 2007, and launched his venture the following month. Through Murphy Outdoors, he runs fishing expeditions for small groups of people in the Ozark region of central Missouri.

“It’s one of the things I’ve done all of my life as a hobby,” he says of fishing.

Murphy now runs the office part of his business from the basement of his home in Gladstone, Mo., outside of Kansas City. With the purchase of a new boat, fishing gear and a computer, his startup cost him around $53,000.

So far it has paid off. He has done slightly more than 30 trips since his launch and charges $150 for a half-day of fishing for two people and $225 for a full-day event. His goal is to hit 100 expeditions annually.

His computer background allowed him to build his own Web site, through which he does most of his marketing. His skills helped when Murphy needed to make his site visible on popular search engines, a process he completed by following the instructions those engines give “to the letter,” he says, and making sure you have important key words on your Web site that will trigger a hit.

“It isn’t something that happens in a day,” he warns of his search engine optimization efforts for his Web site. “It takes three or four weeks sometimes.”

Murphy also spreads word of his business by handing out cards at the many fishing tournaments he regularly attends and has put a sign on his truck advertising the business.

Though Murphy retired relatively young, he suggests that aspiring entrepreneurs “stick it out” at their current jobs, invest correctly and secure financial stability before going out on your own. That way you can enjoy your new careers more fully.

A variation of Murphy’s advice has worked well too: Start part time, in the evenings and on weekends, while you still bring in the day-job paycheck. Only when your home business has enough momentum to succeed should you jettison yourself from the corporate world.

“I’m not doing it for money,” he says. “I’m doing it for fun.”

Finding the perfect entrepreneurial business for yourself can be done following a simple 10 step process.

In the next few weeks I will introduce you to each of the Ten Simple Steps To Astonishing Entrepreneurial Success.

Check back every day or so to keep up with the process or subscribe to the feedblitz feed by entering you email address in the block at the top of this article and select ‘Subscribe Me’.

Until next then, be thinking of a hobby you love or a special know-how you command.

Thank you for visiting,

Steve

Your Entrepreneurial Success Champion.

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Are you board with retirement?

Are you tired of a career choice that no longer ignites your passions?

I came across a great article by Brad Sugars at Entrepreneur.com tonight while making last minute preparation for the ”Power Your Business to Hyper-Success Teleseminar” I am doing this week.

It gives you 6 excellent tips to help you get a kick start into a new game when time and your life savings are on the line.

Here is an excerpt:  

“There’s a big difference between starting a company as a young entrepreneur with stars in your eyes and launching a business at an age when you need reading glasses. If you’re a twentysomething student with an idea for a better search engine, like Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, you can start over if the idea is a dud.

If you’re a retiree looking for a second career, you have a lot more to lose–including your life savings.

The upshot is that many people elect to hang up a new business shingle when friends their age are settling down to a life of leisure. The challenge is figuring out what to do and how to do it, without betting the farm on a venture that might not pan out.

Why are some successful in building a (post-retirement) business and how can you accomplish the same feat? Here are some guidelines to steer you in the right direction.

1. Find the market gap in the business you know. Sometimes the best way to determine what business to go into is to identify a need that isn’t being served by the business you came from. One of my friends used to be in the car wash business and knew that he sold three times more car wax than his competitors. After he retired, he set up a consulting company teaching his methods to other car washes. He knew there would be a demand, and he had the expertise to meet it.

2. Consider turning your hobby into a business. My father-in-law loved building computers, so after retirement he set up a small home computer building and repair business. An ex-banker in Savannah, Georgia, turned his love of local history into a tour business. You could do the same thing with gardening (be a consultant), baking (open a local cookie-making business) and so on. The added bonus is that if it’s a hobby, it won’t seem like work.

3. Investigate franchising. If you can find a home-based franchise that interests you, the cost will be relatively low, and you get pre-built systems and support materials so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. This also reduces the risk of failure, and you get startup training as well as ongoing assistance that you wouldn’t get as a solo operator.

4. Use your connections. You’ve spent a lifetime building your network; now use it. I know a retired fruit and vegetable buyer who used to serve as a middleman between farmers and airline food services. Over the years, he developed contacts in Dubai. After retirement, he became a broker between the farmers and customers in the Persian Gulf. It was an ideal part-time business with no employees required.

5. Keep upfront expenses to a minimum. Nieukirk, the ex-Caterpillar painter turned home builder, didn’t need an office and had to purchase nothing more than a van, some ladders and a number of tools. Starting small ensures that you can preserve most of your savings, avoid capital-raising efforts and associated debt, and back out gracefully if the business stumbles or the life of an entrepreneur doesn’t suit you as well as you expected.

6. Avoid a 40-hour work week to start. Don’t get yourself into a situation that requires your full-time attention from day one. You’re not 20 years old anymore, and you might not have either the energy or the desire to work 40, 50 or 60 hours a week. Get your feet wet with a part-time commitment. You always have the option to add hours if business is good and you’re having fun.

If you play your cards right, you’ll find a way to be productive and make money even after your core earning years are behind you. You may not set the world on fire, but you’ll put some extra money in the bank and enjoy yourself to boot.

Then again, as they say, a spark can start a fire. Colonel Harland Sanders was 62 when he sold his first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise in 1952. By the time he sold his franchise operations in 1964, Kentucky Fried Chicken was a household name. So remember, you’re never too old to be an entrepreneur.”

It never ceases to amaze me how  constant the keys to entrepreneurial success remain.

Keep Learning,

Steve

Your Success Champion.

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I few months back I received an invitation to Twitter.  To tell you the truth, I did NOT get it.

If you are not familiar with Twitter yet, it is what is a Microbloging system.

With it you can blog simple acts and thoughts as they happen throughout the day.

I honestly could not imagine why anyone what want to know what I was doing at that level, and I just did not see why I would care to knwo what they were doing.

Well, I have had an opportunity to rethink that opinion.

I had an opportunity to meet with a true internet marketing guru, Drew Kossoff (www.rainmakeradventures.com), a few weeks back, and we chatted a bit about it.

He planted a few thought seeds so I started watching this more closely.

I found myself gaining interesting and meaningful insight into the lives of the people I was following.

I suddenly realized that I had a new competative marketing weapon to use.

One colleague I ran into was amazed when I asked him very specific questions in regards to a trip he had just taken with his family.

An business associate of mine asked me how I knew who was where and what they were up to? I explained my use of Twitter and how I was using it to track friends and see what everyone was up to. 

Now he is addicted to Twitter and uses it to cultivate relationships with clients and get the inside edge on his sales competitors.

This is interesting but it is nothing when you consider the internet marketing and social networking implications of it.

I can think of dozens of creative ways to use it.

Can you?

Please comment with your ideas.

Twitter me:  stevelittle

Keep Learning,

Steve

No matter what kind of business you are building, no matter what kind of product you are marketing, unless you have covered the basics with a simple 7 point marketing plan the odds of success are no greater than a role of the dice.

So far in this 5 part article series, I have introduce the first 3 of the 4 Success Saboteurs & How to Capture Them.

#1 is Multi-tasking - Trying to accomplish more than one thing at a time and getting sparse results.

#2 is Distraction and interruption - Losing 20 to 40 minutes of production for each interruption

#3 is Friction - Being subject to anything that does not support you

The last of the top 4 is one every successful entrepreneur I know identifies as most persistant challenge:  Mind Chatter

Do you ever try to sit quietly and find it difficult to concentrate on one thing for more than 15 seconds?   Do thoughts, ideas, conversations, and memories race through your mind like a film running at high speed? 

Some describe this like standing in a dark room full of people all of whom are speaking to you at once.

Regardless of your experience with this, Mind Chatter keeps you from focusing your thought energy on the desired outcome and inhibits the realization of success. 

It turns out that Mind Chatter is actually most often caused by a collection of subconscious memories playing in a constant loop all at the same time.  Sort of like listening to 10 radio stations all at once, while you are trying to play a musical instrument of your own. 

What we know about subconscious memory is that it can, in fact it must, be cleared and so silenced.

“Any conscious intention you set to succeed, can and will be frustrated and possibly completely thwarted by one or more ‘counter-intentions’ that are lurking within a subconscious (limiting) belief that you cannot, will not, or do not deserve it.” - The Secret to Astonishing Entrepreneurial Success.

Mind Chatter not only keeps you off balance and in constant interrupt, but it also disrupts the flow of subconscious energy so vital to the manifestation of your success.

It is the 4^th success saboteur.

In my next post I will provie you 3 simple steps you can take to capture and disable all 4 of these success saboteurs.

In the mean time, I would appreciate your comments. 

As you scan back through each of the 4 success saboteurs, consider how they effect you and your productivity. 

I would be interested in hearing how you deal with them now, before I give you the magic keys.

As always, I am standing for all that is possible for you.

With sincere gratitude,

Steve

Your Success Champion

PS - Watch you email for the launch of 2 fantastic new products my team and I have been working on.

Before we get to the free interview, let me tell you what I am up to. 

I am in the process of creating an amazing new product which compiles one on one interviews I have conducted with many of the top entrepreneurial success gurus of our time.

No matter where you are with your entrepreneurial endeavors right now, the golden nuggets of insight provided by these incredibly successful thought leaders will not only inspire you but will absolutely propel you to the next level of success.

You will learn how to build and grow your business from people who have done it.

This week I had the amazing opportunity to interview, author, motivational speaker, entrapreneurial/intrapreneurial success coach, Christine Comaford-Lynch.

I have literally marveled at her career and accomplishments from the first moment I learned of her back when she launched her extraordinary book, “Rules for Renegades - How to make more money, rock your career, and revel in your individuality”. 

Christine Comaford Lynch is a 5 time CEO and company founder - and all five businesses grew to be either acquired or taken public with an average 700% return on investment.  She has served as a board director or in-the-trenches advisor to 36 startups, and has invested in over 200 startups as a venture capitalist or angel investor. 

Now, as the founder of Mighty Ventures, Christine has made it her mission to help entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs discover their dream of financial independence. 

This interview was SO powerful and provides so much practical insight I want to give you access to it, right here, right now, and for FREE.

To listen to this amazing interview, just click the arrow below:

            Christine Comaford Lynch 

Christine is so committed and determined to accelerate the direction and growth of entrepreneurship worldwide, she is hosting a FREE event on June 6th and 7th in Irvine, CA called The Rules for Renegades Summit.

This event will give individuals who want to start living the life they have always dreamed of, a head start in the right direction as well as provide them with invaluable tools and mentors to aid them for the best chance of success. Not only will she be there to teach you LIVE, she has invited some of her good friends and inaccessible mentors and masterminds to the event as well to reveal their wisdom. 

I’ll be there and I am bringing my entrepreneur-bound daughter, Emily.

Let me encourage you to register for the Rule For Renegades Summit right away.  Seats are going fast.

I will keep you posted on the progress of the Entrepreneurial Success Gurus audio series.  I may even post a few more interviews on my blog.

You know what would really help?  Your comments. 

Please let me know what you think of the interview and how I can provide more of what you want to help you accomplish more and win big in life.

Sincerely and gratefully,

Steve

Your Success Champion

PS - Please share this post with others you know and care about.  You will be helping them.

Are you paying attention to the outside forces that can have a big impact on your business? 

Or is your head in the sand?

As an entrepreneur, it’s your responsibility to be aware of the external forces that can make or break your business.

In the March 2008 edition of Entrepreneur Magazine, Andrea Cooper wrote an excellent article entitled, “The Influencers: What forces will affect your business in the coming year?”

She outlines the top 25 Influencers; the individuals, groups and trends that will have a substantial impact on business this year. 

Here are 6 that I thought were particularly interesting:

Mortgage Crisis

Continuing fallout from the mortgage crisis will undoubtedly affect you and your business in 2008. As banks wrestle with the problem of bad home loans, it may reduce their capacity or willingness to hand out money to entrepreneurs.

A Generational Shift

The first baby boomers are becoming eligible for retirement, and the nation is on the verge of a generational shift as those under age 44 assume more power. Boomers are itching to leave corporations and start their own businesses. Services that help them, such as small-business counseling, mentoring or virtual back-office support, should fare well. Older boomers are looking for meaningful part-time work that helps them leave a legacy; savvy entrepreneurs who create flexible opportunities can reap rewards from their talents.

Shrinking Middle Class

Working longer, commuting farther, sinking financially–that’s how The Trends Journal described the average member of the U.S. middle class last year.  What can entrepreneurs do? Believe that the high cost of oil will have real consequences on buying power, and make it easy for clients to work with you, whether it’s with convenient locations or via the internet and other technologies.

College Entrepreneurship Programs

Used to be, people didn’t think about going to college to learn how to be an innovative business owner. That was before the rise of college entrepreneurship programs. The latest trend on campus is teaching entrepreneurism outside of business school, even to English majors.

Socially Responsible Companies

Consumers care more than ever about corporate social responsibility. The “Edelman Trust Barometer 2007″ found that top concerns include employee treatment and open communication about a company’s conduct and impact, whether good or bad. “People are looking for responsible products, and they’re willing to pay a premium,” says Chris Deri of PR firm Edelman. “Take advantage of your smaller size and be nimble enough to be responsive to those demands.”

The 2008 Elections

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization surveyed its U.S. members about the presidential elections. Nearly 50 percent of them ranked the contest important or very important. The survey found that affordable health care is at the top of their wish lists, but it’s just one key item among many in this presidential race. “Everybody’s concerned about the economy,” says Alan Carsrud, executive director of the Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University. But the presidential election isn’t the only one to watch. What happens in Congress and the state legislatures can have just as much of an impact on your business.

Let me encourage you to read the entire article

You can read it here: 

                                    The Influencers

Keep Learning!

Steve

http://www.championsuccess.com/

PS - As always, I welcome your comments

I usually limit my blogging to 3 days a week, but this morning I was so inspired by what I just finished reading I wanted to share it with you right away.

As I mentioned yesterday, I read between 4 and 6 books a week.  I recently completed a book called “Increasing Your Financial IQ - Get Richer By Getting Smarter” by Robert Kiyosaki.  In my opinion it is a must read for any resposible adult.

The excerpt from the book I read in an article this morning is what inspired me though.  I have adapted it here:

“Learning at an early age that we all have money problems - no matter how rich of how poor we are - is an important lesson.  Many believe that if they had a lot of money, their money problems would be over.  Little do they know, having lots of money just causes even more money problems.

The world is full of people who win millions and then end up deeply in debt just a few years later.

Money alone won’t solve your money problems.  That’s why giving poor peopl does not solve their money problems.

Hard work won’t solve money problems.  The world is fileld with hardworking people who have no money to show for it; hard working people who earn money yet grow deeper in debt needing to work even harder for even more money.

Education won’t solve money problems.  There are plenty fo highly educated poor people.

A job won’t solve money problems.  There are millions who earn just enough to survive but cannot afford to live happy and satisfied.  Many people with jobs can nto afford their own home, adequate healthcare, education, or even set aside enough money for retirement.

What CAN solve money problems is financial intelligence.  The truly financially wealthy take on financial problems and know that solving them will increase their financial IQ.”

I write a great deal about the personal and spiritual growth necessary to experience true and complete success. 

I know from personal experience that having lots of money does not, in and of itself, create the gratification and accomplishment of success.

As I describe in my free reports, “The Secret to Astonishing Entrepreneurial Success“, and “The Secret to an Abundant, Joy-Filled Retirement“, once you find you purpose, you must get into commited action to fulfill it and realize the successful and abundant life you desire.  

I also note in these reports that you will want to do a skills assessment and create an action plan to develop the skills necessary to maximize purposeful accomplishment of whatever you are truly and passionately commited to.

Developing your financial IQ is part of the action process. 

As I wrote about in my article yesterday, there is a champion within you. 

Let me encourage you to take on the Goliath of financial ignorance to accelerate your personal success.

Have an amazing day. 

Gratefully and Sincerely,

 Steve

“Your Success Champion”

PS - Please feel free to comment on this or any article.  I am always open to hearing what you want to know about.

PPS - I will be back on Friday with the next of the 4 Success Saboteurs.