Are
you aware of the single most powerful asset in your business? Is it
money? Is it employees? Is it your credentials or intellectual
knowledge? Is it your products or services?
No,
actually, it is none of these. Your single most important business asset
is your MIND; more specifically, your mindset.
Your
business only grows as quickly as you, your mind and your thinking do. If
you want to create a $1,000,000+ business, you must think like a $1,000,000+
business owner. You must, in your mind's eye, already BE a $1,000,000+
business owner.
The
seven mindset principles (outlined below) are crucial to building a $1,000,000+
business. Print this list, and refer to it often. Devoting as little
as 15 - 30 minutes per day to shifting your mindset is the SINGLE best
investment in building your $1,000,000+ enterprise.
1.
THE PRINCIPLE OF TRANSCENDENT PURPOSE
Great
companies and great business leaders do great things that leave a lasting legacy
and make this world a better place for you and me. Such leaders create
CAUSES, not business. If you want to get to the $1,000,000+ level in your
business, you must have at its core a "transcendent" purpose for its
existence -- a purpose bigger than yourself and your own self-interests.
Viktor
Frankl, the great Austrian psychiatrist, said it best: "Success, like
happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue... as the unintended side effect of
one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself." What is
the transcendent purpose of your business? How can you make your business
a vehicle for making a difference in your customer's lives?
2.
THE PRINCIPLE OF HIGH PROBABILITY THINKING
Whatever
you focus on, that is what you will multiply in your business. If you
focus on the problem, you will get more of the problem. If you focus on
finding a solution, the door will open to more solutions. Wherever your
attention is, that will drive your most probable outcome. Where is your
attention right now in your business -- on the problem or on the solution?
How must you shift your attention in your business to get to the $1,000,000+
level?
3.
THE PRINCIPLE OF MAGNETIC ATTRACTION
What
you think, you magnetize and attract. Your "thoughts" make your
business and your world. E.g., if you are attracting low income producing
or difficult customers, your beliefs about your income worthiness or about the
kind of clientele that will want your products/services are attracting such
marginal customers. Your business is "always" a mirror of your
own inner thinking.
To
go to the next level in your business, you must first get to the next level in
your mind. You must know the value you offer and raise your mental
sights on the kind of customers you want to attract. What challenges
do you have in your business currently? How do they mirror back to
you your thinking?
4.
THE PRINCIPLE OF DELIBERATE CREATION
Having
hopes, dreams and visions of becoming a $1,000,000+enterprise is not enough to
create it, although certainly a first step. Deliberate creation comes from
deliberate intention, from making a **decision**, that no matter, what you will
take your business to the next level.
When
we come from a place of 100% committed intention, synchronicity and magic
happen. Finding the right people and resources to support your the
right people and resources to support your vision unfolds effortlessly. Momentum
pulls you in the direction of your dreams. Are you in a wishful state
or have you committed 100% to creating your visions and dreams? What
will it take to be 100% committed?
5.
THE PRINCIPLE OF MASTERMIND MARKETING
Marketing
is "not" a battle of products. It's a battle of
perceptions. It all starts in the customer's mind. Perceived value,
first and foremost, is what attracts customers to your business. Real
value is what retains them. What are you doing to create perceived
value in your customer’s mind? Are you winning the battle of
perceptions?
6. THE
PRINCIPLE OF SUPERIOR CONSEQUENCES
With
every action, there is a consequence or outcome. While you cannot
control the outcome, you can control and are responsible for your actions. This
principle tells us if you want a different consequence or outcome in your
business, you must take different actions.
No
matter what your current level of success, a $1,000,000+ enterprise requires
higher level strategies and higher level performance actions than your past
efforts. Where are you getting inferior outcomes or results in your business? What
different actions can you take to create a different outcome?
7.
THE PRINCIPLE OF MENTAL RICHES
All
riches are of the mind *** first ***. It is your MENTAL ATTITUDE that
determines the difference between a floundering $10,000/year business
and a booming $1,000,000+ empire. “As you believe, so
shall you receive.” If you were to picture a $1,000,000+
business, how would that business be different than what you are operating now? How
differently would YOU need to be to run a $1,000,000+ business?
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FINAL NOTE: Mindset changes do not happen overnight. It
takes persistent focus, effort and attention to shifting deeply embedded
thinking to a new level.
However,
just 15-30 minutes of time daily to mastering these principles and shifting your
thinking can reap much greater rewards in your business than 1000 hours of
additional efforts. The creation of a $1,000,000+ enterprise is only
a mindset away.
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