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So you want to be an Entrepreneur, do you have what it takes?
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So you want to be an Entrepreneur, do you have what it takes?
Through the many years of being an Entrepreneur, I have found that there are many people that are just not cut out to be their own boss, thats fine, its not for everyone.
If you are one of the people that have pondered the thought of breaking out and being on your own, do you have the qualities to be a successful Entrepreneur?
You have the ideas, the capital, but are you honestly ready to become a business owner?
Here are a few questions I have put together to ask yourself to see if Entrepreneurship is the right path for you…answer honestly and you will then be able to determine what path you should take.
1. Do I have any prior business experience?
a. Yes, I have owned my own business
b. Yes, I have management knowledge
c. I have been exposed to running a business
d. No, I have zero knowledge or experience
2. Am I a self-starter?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Not sure
3. Do I feel uplifted when achieving results?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Never achieved anything in my life
4. How good am I at making decisions?
a. The tougher the better
b. I like to dissect the decision before deciding
c. I can make a decision fast
d. I don’t know let me check with my friends and Family
5. How well do I resonate with others?
a. very well
b. not at all
c. 50/50
d. only with people I personally know
6. Am I a good organizer?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Not sure
7. What are my ideal hours?
a. set in stone to the minute
b. flexible so my work does not interfere with my
personal life
c. whatever it takes to build my empire
8. Do I have strong motivation and drive?
a. If it happens, it happens
b. Nothing will stop me, No stop signs in my path
c. I feel explosive when all goes well
d. I deflate when things don’t go the way I planned
9. Do I have the endurance to run a successful business?
a. A+ health
b. I have the determination
c. Sometimes I feel scattered
d. Not a chance
10. How committed can I be?
a. I have wanted this my whole life, 100%
b. Not sure if I have what it takes even though I would
like having my own business
c. Not sure
11. Will my Family support my decision on becoming an
Entrepreneur?
a. 100% all the way
b. ambivalent about me spending the money
c. not at all, just want me to get a J.O.B.
12. How are my sales/marketing skills?
a. Excellent
b. Good
c. Fair
d. poor
Well there you have it, basic, simple questions that will inadvertently help you decide your path. I suggest printing these questions out and review them now and then, I call it a refresher class because there are things in life that can and will change the road we are on. Good luck to you and whatever Lifes path has you travel on.
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Dedicated to your Success,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
Are YOU Social Media prospecting?
3565 days
Are YOU Social Media prospecting? I would imagine the majority of Network Marketers are, so that got me to thinking. Being that we as Network Marketers have the luxury of working out of our homes, we are online for a good part of the day, right? Right!
Then why are we continually posting our wonderful business opportunity during the day when most Network Marketers are the only ones that are online? We all just keep reverse marketing each other. Yes, there just may be a very small percentage of Network Marketers that will possibly take a look at your primary, so then posting here and there isn’t a bad thing.
The solution I have come up with is simple. Start posting your presentations, webinars, business opportunity, etc. sometime after 7PM. Reason being, if you do your posts a lot earlier, your post will be pushed down especially if the NON Network Marketer has a bunch of friends posting things like:
1. how many eggs they got on their Farm
2. how miserable their day was at their J.O.B.
3. Friend/Family disputes (because we all need to read that)
I honestly believe this could increase your chance of having better results with tapping into your online warm market.
Just for the heck of it, give this idea a try and see if you get a better response other than Network Marketers reversing you. I started doing this last night and I am slowly seeing good results.
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Dedicated to your Success,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
AfFIRMations vs. AfFORMations
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Affirmations vs. Afformations , I know what you are thinking, Afformations is not a word!
Well, yes it is according to Noah St. John, AFFORMATIONS are a new technology of the mind.
Actually Noah invented the word and said that when you invent a new technology, you often need a new word to describe it.
Many of you know what an affirmation is, for those that do not:
1. the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
2. the assertion that something exists or is true.
3. something that is affirmed; a statement or proposition that is declared to be true.
4. confirmation or ratification of the truth or validity of a prior judgment, decision, etc.
5. Law . a solemn declaration accepted instead of a statement under oath.
So when you do your daily AfFIRMations you may say something like:
I am so happy I am rich
I am so happy my business is successful
I am so happy I am healthy and fit
Now that you have said an affirmation, your brain is searching for the riches, successful business, healthy and fit and since affirmations are simply a hope, the answer will not be there.
now, if you do AfFORMations you may say something like:
Why am I not rich
Why is my business not successful
Why can’t I lose weight
Now your brain is looking for the answers to these questions and surprisingly you get the answer and now you know what to do in order to achieve your riches, successful business and lose weight.
This past week I was pretty sick with bronchial pneumonia and had an abundance of time to do a lot of thinking. Since I was unable to make calls due to the fact Ihad virtually no voice and whatever voice I did have, well I sounded like Rocky with a fractured voice box. I started to write down afFORMations and amazingly, the answers came right to me as if they were on sticky notes on my desk the entire time…here are some examples:
afFORMation ~ Why can’t I lose weight?
answer ~ Duh, you need to work out, walk, move the body!
afFORMation ~ Why can’t I get always get a yes from people about my business?
answer ~ You’re NOT making enough calls, its a numbers game.
afFORMation ~ Why don’t I feel successful?
answer ~ Because you may think you are doing what it takes to be successful, but you don’t. You MUST be consistent with the same routine EVERYDAY to see the results of success!
WOW, is all I could think of when I started this test, a real eye and brain opener. Now that I got the answers from my brain addressing my afFORMations, I know what I must do to make them afFIRMative.
So this is what you need to do in order to find the honest answers in your life and apply them:
1. Question yourself on paper and when the answer comes to you, and it will, write it down next to your afFORMation
2. apply the answers every day and before you know it, voila’ when you do your afFIRMations, your brain WILL have the answers.
AfFIRMation ~ I am so happy I am healthy and fit
answer ~ Of course you are, you worked very hard eating right and working out
AfFIRMation ~ I am so happy my business is so successful
answer ~ All those phone calls, networking, passing out business cards really paid off, good job!
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Dedicated to your Success,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
Are you guilty of procrastinating?
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Are you guilty of procrastinating? I can bet my last coin you are, after all, we are only human.
I ran across this cute little video that I am confident, many of you will say “WOW, thats me!”
I am sure you got a kick out of that cute video and think to yourself,
NO MORE PROCRASTINATING FOR ME!!!!
Here is the definition of procrastinate:
pro·cras·ti·nate:
pro.kræst.ne, pr?-/ Show Spelled [proh-kras-tuh-neyt, pruh-] Show IPA verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
–verb (used with object)
2.to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.
Did you see a little bit of yourself in that definition? I know I did, even though I preach to my Children:
“Don’t put off tomorrow what you can get done today.”
Most of us must put together a daily, weekly or a monthly to-do list to assure we get the important things done in our lives. In todays world everyone seems to be running in a race ahead of each other and that tends to create a craziness in our lives that prevents us from staying focused and straight lined, therefore, all these little things (to-do’s) have to be written down or else, and yes that is you and me, we forget!
Some people use sticky notes and have them plastered all over their desk and wall. Some use a daily planner, I personally love to use the Google Calender. I get a friendly reminder e-mail every morning and it has every little thing I must do down to when to take a break and eat. Many of us in the Network Marketing Industry can get completely lost in our computer while we are working our business and need bells, whistles or chimes to snap us out of the abyss. Here are 3 pretty nifty online productivity tools that can be your new best friend or at least a close second [FYI-these have all been mentioned in Tim Ferris’ No.1 New York Times best seller ‘The 4-Hour Work Week’ ]
1. This tool doesn’t get any easier than this, E.GGTIMER is no more or less than a free online egg timer.
a. set a time limit for something
b. split your time between multiple important tasks
Set the e.ggtimer. Here’s how it works:
#1 Type in the e.ggtimer URL followed by a time, for example:
http://e.ggtimer.com/15 minutes
http://e.ggtimer.com/1 hour 30 minutes
http://e.ggtimer.com/1 year 1 day 23 hours 5 minutes 17 seconds (spacing is imperative)
#2 Once you have set your timers for your tasks, leave the tab open while you begin your task at hand whether it be a call, blog, e-mails, etc.,knowing that the time you set will alert you with a BEEP and that is when you STOP what you are doing and now time to move onto your next task! The days of looking down to the right of your computer to see the time & try to remember what time you started.
2. Many of us believe we are serious about productivity, however, with so many senseless distractions, we DO lose alot of time. This tool : RESCUETIME can actually give you nearly 4 hours of what once was wasted time to productive time per week, it may not seem like much time lost but it is money lost from non productivity, therefore by using this online tool, the time management and analytics tools will help you to be more efficient and productive.
3. LeechBlock is a simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. (You know: the ones that rhyme with ‘Blue Cube’, ‘Pie Face’, ‘Space Hook’, ‘Hash Pot’, ‘Sticky Media’, and the like.) All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.
You can specify up to six sets of sites to block, with different times and days for each set. You can block sites within fixed time periods (e.g., between 9am and 5pm), after a time limit (e.g., 10 minutes in every hour), or with a combination of time periods and time limit (e.g., 10 minutes in every hour between 9am and 5pm). You can also set a password for access to the extension options, just to slow you down in moments of weakness!
The sites to block can be specified using wildcards (e.g., *.somesite.com) and exceptions (e.g., +allowme.somesite.com).
LeechBlock also keeps track of the total amount of time you have spent browsing the sites in each block set.
For more information and latest version, go to: LEECHBLOCK
I have simplified the procrastinating process with this simple step:
1. prioritize your to-do’s
I know it seems so simple but its not really, sticking to it can be tricky especially when we are constantly distracted throughout our day. My recommendation, this may sound silly but it does work, treat yourself to something once you have completed a handful of tasks, Whether it be:
1. walk in the park
2. a tv/movie show you enjoy watching
3. a Wii workout
4. a chocolate bar 
5. a bike ride
Well, you have the idea, reward yourself, you will get a lot more done in a day with greater results!
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Now, Git-R-Dun ,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
How conditioned are you? Are you running in the Network Marketing Marathon?
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How conditioned are you? Are you running in the Network Marketing Marathon?
I often speak to people that have JUST started in the Network Marketing Industry and cannot understand why they did not make ANY money in their first month. Really !?! This is then when I ask them, “Have you ever worked for a company and get promoted to a higher position in your first month?” Of course their answer is, “No.” I then ask them, “And why is that?” their response, “Well, I just started there, it takes time to get a promotion.” my response, “Exactly, same goes for the Network Marketing Industry.”
Unfortunately, the majority of people out there truly believe that having a home based business is a dream job where you:
1. work your own hours
2. have no commute
3. have great tax advantages
4. can work in your pj’s
5. take breaks whenever you want
6. eat at your desk
7. your computer turns into an ATM
WELL, guess what?, they are 100% correct, BUT you have to work, that’s right WORK to be able to have a successful Home Based Business. Sadly, most people think its easy street starting up a home based business, well Folks, this is not easy street and the marathon of building your business is intense training and consistent work ethics. Most people do not have what it takes to get through the training and will never get to the finish line, simply because they did not condition themselves properly for the race.
As the old saying goes:
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.”
So, here is how you can get physically and mentally conditioned for the Network Marketing Marathon whether you are a seasoned network marketer or a newbie:
1. have a good, healthy breakfast
2. write down your daily affirmations
3. look for trainings that apply to your business, stay educated
4. advertise your business online
5. talk to people online and offline
6. take a break and meditate
7. have a good, healthy lunch
8. make a video for your video marketing, its huge now!
9. on your social networks, friend some new people everyday and build those relationships
10. write an article for your blog
11. take some time and read a chapter or two from a motivational, inspirational, educational
book that has to do with Network Marketing and your business
12. break time – have a good healthy dinner
13. attend any trainings that will keep you one step ahead of your competition
14. address your daily e-mails and phone calls
15. make your TO-DO list for tomorrow
Well that’s about it, you may have some other nuggets that keep you in the game of Network Marketing, bottom line is to stay focused, positive and you will see your
business grow at an even pace for success.
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See you at the finish line,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
These Six Key Steps are VITAL For Success
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These Six Key Steps are VITAL For Success
1. Make Your Decision ~ throughout my Childrens life I have taught them to find something THEY love to do, find a way to get paid doing it and consequently, they will NEVERwork a day in their life. I didn’t care what it was, flip burgers, CEO of a Fortune 500, be a stay at home Mom BUT make it legal !!! You would be shocked to know how many people loathe what they do, I believe it is upwards of 87%. WOW, how sad is that? Please do not be one of the 87%,make your decision on what your true passion is and GO FOR IT!
2. Clarity of Your Vision ~ Now that you have made YOUR decision on what it is you want, have a very clear idea of what it is you want to achieve while putting all the pieces of the puzzle together. While you are doing your research, your passion WILL grow stronger and so much more visible that it will look like a painting on a canvas come to life.
3. Focus ~ Now this could be the hardest step of all, reason being that, there may be people in your life that will:
a. discourage you
2. make fun of you
3. belittle you
4. not support you
therefore, you MUST put on the blinders and focus on the prize, YOUR Dream, YOUR passion.
May the force be with you!
4. Commitment ~ I love this one! Although it can be difficult to stay committed, this is the step that WILL get you where you want to be. By staying committed everyday,you will actually see and feel your passion come to life. It may be a slow process but the rewards are bountiful and your inner self will feel jubilant. I have found that setting a certain time of day aside, whether it be 15 minutes, an hour, whatever time you set, definitely helps with staying committed.
5. Belief ~ I look at this one as “The Pretty One” because when you close your eyes and KNOW that this is real and its all yours, the smile on your face is simply breath taking. All along you knew and believed in your passion regardless of what it took to get there. It appears that everything you think about, talk about and dream about is exactly that, believing in your passion. I actually listen to a 20 minute audio everyday: Manifestation Meditation , that has completely having me where I want to be in my life.
6. Take Action ~ This is the true test if you really want to succeed. You have steps 1-5 in place now put them into 5th gear and burn rubber, only you can do it. Know that nothing can stop you but YOU!
With that all being said, I look forward to hearing back from you on your success story using these
6 simple steps.
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Dedicated to your Success,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
Are you a Network Marketer? Then you need a Meet Up Group !
7586 days
Are you a Network Marketer? Then you need a Meet Up Group!
Network Marketing is all about networking, correct? So, what
better place than to meet people and network. It is great
for personally socializing and of course business.
Just this past week I went to http://meetup.com and setup
my very first Meetup Group:
S.E.B.B. = Savvy Empowered Baby Boomers
is the name of my Group.
I am looking to help people in the Baby Boomer age group. So
many Baby Boomers are approaching retirement or are already
living it. Well, lets think about that for a moment…are the retired
Baby Boomers really living it? Or are they struggling on a daily basis?
Sadly, so many retired people are struggling to the point they have HAD
to go back to work. Their Social Security checks (an average of less than $500.00 a month)
are just not cutting it with the rising costs of just about everything, many have virtually
zilch left in their retirement funds and then to hoot, many have HAD
to move in with their Children. I have no problem with someone WANTING
to go back to work or even moving back with their Children, BUT, when
us Baby Boomers are basically forced too, that just breaks my heart.
I have learned so much throughout my Network Marketing career and intend
to educate as many Baby Boomers as I possibly can where they can generate
a reasonable source of income on the internet and hey, even offline, simply
by networking. My knowledge of video marketing, social forum marketing,
article marketing, advertising, youtube, myspace, oh the list goes on.
My mission will be to gather Baby Boomers on a weekly basis in a local restaurant,
laugh a little, learn a little and probably talk about the groovy days and boy,
where they ever so groovy!
So do yourself a favor my Friend, if you are a Network Marketer, form a Meetup Group,
find a niche you can tap into and get to know people, their needs, their wants and
before you know it, voila’ YOU have now taken your business to another realm.
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Dedicated to your Success,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
Finally 4 proven ways to fail at Network Marketing has been revealed.
5599 days
Finally 4 proven ways to fail at Network Marketing has
been revealed. Who really needs to learn how to succeed
in promoting your Business Opportunity, there are plenty
of articles, capture pages, blogs, etc on convincing you
how to make it in this industry. Its time to get down and
dirty on how to master the 4 proven ways to fail or possibly
learn a little bit about yourself in these 4 steps.
1. Buy leads and build relationships on social forums
a. This just may be my favorite of all, here’s why. When you purchase
those LEADS that people have requested more information about a
home based business, do NOT call them by any stretch of the means.
Why you ask, because they want what you have and you will NEVER share that
information simply because you dare to have someone duplicate your business.
How dare they!
b. Sign up for every social media on the internet and request everyone to be your friend.
Now, work diligently on getting to know ALL of them sharing common interests, favorite
foods, how many kids, etc. Ok, now this is the critical part on making sure you fail at this
technique, when they ask you what you do, do NOT speak, write, respond in any way shape or
form. If you do, well all I have to say is that you may have sadly made a sale, you DO NOT want
this to happen, I repeat you do NOT want this to happen. If you do then you will have succeeded
and you are looking to fail, remember?
2. Convince yourself that you have the worst warm market in the universe.
a.This is most likely the most crucial step you must start with.
Being that everyone has a warm market, make it very clear to
everyone that your warm market is burnt, this will guarantee
your failure. You see, when you talk to your warm market, you
take the chance of stealing people away from the ones that crave
success. This step is NOT for people with courage, it takes complete
commitment to bypass every channel to success.
3. Stay clear of prospecting otherwise you WILL make money, plain and simple.
a.This is one technique that takes effort, being on or offline. You
risk the chance that someone wants you to tell them about your business,
this is a BIG No-No, we don’t want that.
b.When you hand out your business cards, marketing materials, etc. set up
a firm phone appointment or a belly-belly appointment. It is crucial NOT to
call or meet them this will show weakness on your part that you want to
be a success.
4. Stay very focused on studying
a. We have all been told the importance of staying one step ahead of our competition,
RED ALERT, RED ALERT. What you need to do here is purchase every possible book, cd, dvd
that has to do with: motivation, inspiration, SEO, How to Blog, Video marketing, article
writing, how to this, how to that, etc. After you have spent 60+ hours a week reading,
watching and listening to them all,put them on a pretty shelf preferably behind your desk
so you do not have to see them anymore, after all you know it all now and do
not want to apply this knowledge to prospects, once again you risk the chance of making a sale.
They are best when they are covered in dust.
Waiver
In my heart of hearts I am convinced these steps if followed through properly will put you in the FAILURE Spotlight considering you are not seeking success. For those of you that have read this and are seeking success, just do the complete opposite of everything I discussed here, because you will then succeed.
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Dedicated to your Success,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
Home Based Business vs. J.O.B.
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Home Based Business vs. J.O.B. is probably one of the biggest dilemmas a person is emotionally challenged with as far as their career choices. Being that I have been an Entrepreneur the majority of my life, I know first hand the freedom I have of being my own boss. I had tried the corporate world and it really did not resonate well with me, but that’s me, I guess you could say I am “UNEMPLOYABLE.” Funny thing is while I was in the corporate world, I was running small little side businesses, not so much for the income but for the passion I have for entrepreneurship. It amazes me how many people are not cut out for this “Be Your Own Boss” career and I am convinced it has to do with the years of conditioning from generations of being told what they need to do with their life:
1. go to school and get a good education
2. get a job for what you were educated in
3. work the required 35-40+ hours a week for 35-40 years
4. retire and enjoy life
Well you know what, that theory may have worked back 50-60 years ago but not anymore. Its just like technology and medicine, it grows, improves and changes. People that are locked in that mentality MUST open their minds to change and improvement. Please do not misunderstand me, not everyone is cut out to be their own boss and I strongly believe its because they do not have the confidence or discipline to carry it out. It does take alot of discipline to work your own business. There have been times throughout my career as an Entrepreneur that I said, it is so much easier working a 9-5 J.O.B. than build my own business, however, its MY Business I am building, NOT someone elses. I determine my pay check NOT someone else. Let me ask you a few of questions and be honest with your answers to yourself:
1. Do you feel you get paid for what you are worth?
2. Do you feel appreciated by your Boss/Company
3. Do you feel you are paying to have a J.O.B.? (Traveling exp, car exp., uniforms, suits, etc)
Most people will answer that they are underpaid, under appreciated and yes paying to have a job, to me that is so sad.
When I speak to people about starting up a home based business, I am adamant about them not quitting their current job if they have one until they have built their business to where in equals or is greater than their current pay. I also have them keep records on their business expenses because unlike working for someone else, having your own business has many perks and great tax benefits. So if you have to travel somewhere for your business, you can use that as a tax write off, can you do that with a job, NO you cannot. The list goes on with tax benefits, too long to list here.
So, Home Based Business vs. J.O.B. ? Only you can answer that but I would suggest to at least make an effort and give it your all to be your own boss, the rewards are infinite.
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Dedicated to your Success,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
Building relationships in Business is important however, do NOT get too comfortable
4602 days
Building relationships in Business is important however, do NOT get too comfortable, waiting till YOU think is the right time to introduce your business can cost you a sale.
I am always building relationships with new Friends and I recently had a new Friend on FB and found we had A LOT in common. Being that he has been extremely busy building a retail store, putting
together a website and being a Dad of a toddler, I felt he would not have the time to start a home based business, so, I did not bring it up. Well guess what, someone else did and low and behold, he joined. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy for the rep that got the sale, however, it certainly taught me a very valuable lesson. I got very comfortable in building this relationship and ASSUMED he had enough on his plate. People that are busy, basically are successful and are open to taking on another project especially when they see great value and potential of adding another source of income to their portfolio.
Being that there are a gazillion prospects out there, I know that I will be able to build new relationships and introduce my business to them BUT and I repeat BUT, I will NOT assume because like I always say, “If you don’t ask, it is surely a NO.” 
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Dedicated to your Success,
Diane Rosolen
skype: diane.rosolen
