Monday Morning Wake Up Call

Your Motivation, Inspiration, & Direction for the Week Ahead

Are You Investing in Yourself? Good morning to you! This week we finish up our focus on a very important element of all successful people. Top entrepreneurs buy and read business books, magazines, reports, journals, newsletters, websites and industry publications, knowing that these resources will improve their understanding of business and marketing functions and skills. They join business associations and clubs, and they network with other skilled business people to learn their secrets of success and help define their own goals and objectives. Top entrepreneurs attend business and marketing seminars, workshops and training courses, even if they have already mastered the subject matter of the event. They do this because they know that education is an ongoing process. There are usually ways to do things better, in less time, with less effort. In short, top entrepreneurs never stop investing in the best, most powerful and most effective business and marketing tool at their immediate disposal: themselves. Something to Think About Why do the best baseball players go to spring training every year to work on basics? Why do the best agents go to all of the conventions? Because the best are always looking for ways to get better, be more efficient or just keep it fun! Top agents say that they invest 10% of their income each year in education, designations, seminars, books and publications. Are you investing in you? Weekly Challenge Most of us have just completed our tax returns. What percentage did you invest in you? Take a few moments this week to think about how and what you will do throughout the rest of this year to invest in yourself and your business. Perhaps it’s a designation that will open new doors. Maybe it’s a convention that can be extended to a vacation at the same time. Join a book club or an online book summary club such as Summary: http://www.summary.com/. Choose at least three things that you can implement this year that will allow you to invest in yourself and your future. Words of Wisdom “If you want to be truly successful, invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere, your success will blossom.” – Sydney Madwed “Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.” – Jim Rohn “Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.” - Robin S. Sharma “Education is not an expense, but it is the capital ready to be invested. The return depends on the wisdom you gained.” – Debasish Mridha “Plan the number of hours each day you’ll spend on your dreams, the kind of people you’ll love to connect with, the amount of capital you’ll want to invest and the sources of help you are required to get. Make a plan.” – Israelmore Ayivor