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Have you ever attended a conference or an event where you left feeling so pumped up and energized about your business only to find that a week later you were just as unmotivated as you were before you left? We all have!
I just returned from an amazing 9 day conference in Las Vegas where I was surrounded by some of the most innovative and brilliant people on the planet. We were all so energized, motivated, and excited to be in business for ourselves. So, how do you maintain that high?
I think there are a few ways you can. I'll list a few that I'm going to implement myself.
1. Create short term goals by WRITING them down and reviewing them daily.
2. CELEBRATE your accomplishments no matter how big or small.
3. Stay in touch with some of the people you met. Preferably the ones with the high spirits and winning attitudes
4. Pop in a motivational CD while you're driving to and from work/appointments
5. Find a great book to read and share waht you learn.
6. Find a mentor and have regular calls to report on your progress.
7. ONLY surround yourself with people who encourage you and try not to get bogged down by negativity.
8. Go forward with a heart of cooperation and help others you met achieve their goals. (it will come back to you)
9. Feed your spirit daily. Just like our bodies need nourishment, so do our souls. This can make huge differences in your life.
10. Set aside a few minutes every day to reflect on just how far you've come and speak to where you want to be. Literally, say it out loud. "Out of the words of your mouth, come the desires of your heart."
These 10 techniques, tips or strategies can help you maintain that high and take your personal or professional life into "hyper growth".
I'll leave you with this quote.
"My list of ingrediants for success is divided into four basic groups: Inward, Outward, Upward and Onward." ~ David Thomas
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To your continued success,
Erin Glass
Erin Glass
Maintaining that Entrepreneurial High
Having Faith
There are somethings that you can't analyze or run a report on and for those you need Faith. Faith is a powerful tool that many people leave untapped. See yourself accomplishing the goals you have set forth and REALLY truly believe in yourself. If you don't, who else will. Confidence comes from within and knowing that you have the right to be a success.
Think about all of the great success stories out there. Do you think they were without struggle or opposition? No. They too went through valleys and climbed mountains. The difference between those who succeed (even after failures) and those who fail and just give up is FAITH. They believe enough in themselves to get up, dust themelves off, and keep going.
Just when you think the road couldn't get bumpier, it just may. There are lessons uncovered down the bumpy roads and you will grow, become wise, and ultimately be better prepared for larger success because of those bumps. You know the saying, "Nothing good comes easy"? There is so much truth behind that statement.
So, treat the challenges as lessons that will ultimately make you a better person and keep faith that you will succeed and remember, YOU are not alone.
To your continued success,
Erin Glass
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The Importance of Fresh Content
The Importance of Fresh Content
I’m sure you’ve all seen those websites that look like they haven’t been updated in years and worse they event tell you that they haven’t been updated in years by leaving copyright 2002 at the bottom of their website or articles dated 2007.
What do you immediately think when you see that; that they’re not concerned about providing their customers up-to-date information or that they’re not very progressive or even perhaps they’re out of business? We could speculate all day long but they might actually be a very successful and capable company.
I’m not telling you this as the main point of fresh content but rather to show you another reason why it’s good to update your site on a regular basis.
One of the best benefits of fresh content is that the search engines love it! To put in simply, the more times you update your website, the more frequently your site will get “crawled” by the search engines.
They are looking for new content and if they don’t find any, then they may not come back to visit your site for a longer period of time. If they are constantly identifying new content, then the spiders will come back to “crawl” your site more frequently.
The more frequently these search engines index your site, the higher in rankings your site will become.
If you are saying to yourself, I don’t have time to write fresh content, I would say yes you do. If you have a blog on your website, update it with a quote or a quick tip. It doesn’t have to be a novel.
Maintaining your search engine rankings depends on several variables but having fresh content is one. I hope you have found this interesting and informative!
To your continued success,
Erin Glass
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“It takes years of hard work to become an overnight success”
Going After Your Dreams
Well, so much for my resolution of blogging every day. It's been 5 months since my last update and shame on me! I just spoke to the Women's Realtors Council Thursday morning about the benefits of a blog and here I am being lazy! You know the 2nd most viewed page on our website is my Blog and I haven't updated it in months?
This goes to show you that people really are interested in blogs.
I want to share with you a few things that I've been up to over these last few months. There is a lesson here, I promise so bare with me!
In April I heard about the TV show The Apprentice casting for season 10. I had secretly been saying for the last year that if they Apprentice ever went back to having normal people on the show that I would audition. I saw the casting call over Easter weekend and the next audtion was that Wednesday in Atlanta, GA. I decided, you only live once, so why not give it a shot.
Gary drove to Atlanta and I had a business meeting so I flew to meet him. We got up at 2 am (because they only guaranteed the first 500 would be seen) and were literally the very first people in line! Talk about dedication! They made us wait around until 9 am to be seen and they took us into the rooms in groups of 10.
The moderator asked us to introduce ourselves, state our name and where we were from originally and how had the economy effected us personally. After that they threw out the topic of "Do you think the recession is over" and we were supposed to just jump in like lions and have at it.
After 10 minutes of debating, the moderator stopped the discussion and asked each of us who we would hire and who we would fire. I'm proud to say I was hired and NOT fired!!
Then, they gave us the speach, don't call us, we'll call you. Well, I didn't get a call back so Gary and I assumed I had not made it and drove back to Florida. About a week later I received an email stating I had made the call backs! I was ecstatic BUT I had to submit a 5 minute video answering very specific questions along with professional headshots all within the next 3 days! I had a celebration dance, freaked out for a minute and then just got busy. I submitted my video and they informed me that I would hear something in about 3 weeks if I did make it.
The time has come and gone so I'm assuming I didn't make the show but what an amazing experience! I learned that I was a little more daring than I had thought and that you just never know who is intrigued by you or your story.
The trials and tribulations you experience help develop your character and your story so don't be ashamed to share. No one is perfect. We are incapable of perfection! Be confident in who you are.
Another quick story I'd like to share. When I was 15 years old I went with my older sister to a model casting call for my adorable 2 year old niece. Well, I was asked to attend this convention instead and was completely shocked! I went to Indianapolis, met with modeling agencies and did the whole catwalk thing. Nothing ever happened because I was about 75lbs and 4'11! I wasn't tall enough to be a model for my age bracket and didn't really look like a 10 year old!
That had stayed with me for a long time and I was quite self conscious about it. Well, about a month or two ago I came across a magazine called Bella Petite which is trying to start a movement for petite models (under 5'6"). They were conducting a search for cover models and editorial spreads. All you had to do was submit headshots and measurements. The old Erin would have NEVER done that but after The Apprentice audition, I thought why not? So, I submitted my headshots and measurement (5'2" tall by the way) and didn't hear anything back.
About 3 weeks later I got an email stating that I had made the call backs and that they were going to consider me for an upcoming cover shoot and/or editorial spread! Again, I did my little happy dance celebration and then thought to myself, "I need to work out and eat better!". This is another example of just putting yourself out there. If you don't try something you'll never know if you could have accomplished it.
No matter what your goals or aspirations are, you HAVE to at minimum try. What's the worst thing that could happen; you stay exactly in the same place as you are today? So what? And the alternative is to follow your dreams.
Now, I chose to leave out all of the tough tough things I've gone through because they don't matter. Focus on the positive and surround yourself with people who lift you up. This is vitally important. Keep the negativity out of your heart,mind and soul and you will see great changes in your life.
Create your dream board and make it a goal to go after each one!
Best wishes,
Erin Glass