1. Appreciate your uniqueness.
You have wonderful ideas, your mind is always going and always creating, you have courage..LOVE that about you.
2. Hire a coach.
Entrepreneurs are the Captains of their own ship. It is wonderfully important to have a trusted Coach to use as a sounding board and to keep you on track with all of your great ideas. (Maybe even stimulate you to look at things in a new way.) Coaches are great to help Entrepreneurs solve client and employee problems.
3. Isolate your strengths.
Strengths are your skills that come natural to you, you can do them with ease and enjoy doing them, even LOVE doing them. Very often they are things people compliment you on and you think to yourself, "Can't everyone do that?" NO! It's your STRENGTH!
4. Delegate your weaknesses.
OK so maybe weakness is too harsh a word for ya, but these are things you hate doing or are not your forte. Hire someone to do these things and find a person who LOVES to do it...it is their STRENGTH.
5. Create your brand.
Who are you? What is unique about working with you, buying from you? Your Brand must be compelling and specific and it must resonate with you.
6. Clearly communicate your brand internally first.
Make sure that everyone in your organization, including you, is living the Brand. From the receptionist on. Clearly communicate your Brand internally and even have your employees give you input about how they think they can be the Brand.
7. Create a 15 second "elevator speech."
My Coach really encouraged me on this one! Create a 15 second speech that clearly and powerfully communicates what you do. The object is that your speech is so specific and attractive that by the time you get to the top of the building you have sold your product or service!
8. Make sure your employees have the right role.
Just like you, make sure your employees are working in the area of their strengths. When people are working with their strengths they have an opportunity to be extraordinary but, if not, the best they can be is good.
9. Keep a notebook with you to record "cool stuff" and "uncool stuff."
Find what really lights your fire and see how you can bring that out or increase them in your business and life. Make sure things that are Uncool stay out of your business and your life! But please note, when things have a strong charge (either positive or negative) we are living with them already.
10. Create balance.
What else really gets you going? Music, golf, time with your kids? COMMIT to making these things a part of your life. Schedule them in to ensure you take part. Feeding your soul will feed your business.
BLACK WOMEN DESERVE TO GET MARRIED
Better Learn How to Cook
By Alduan Tartt, PhD
Black women deserve to marry. Black women desire to marry. Black women date frequently to find a husband. So, why are so many beautifully talented and available sisters still single? I took it upon myself to ask that very question while conducting research for my new book, The Ring Formula: How to Marry MR. RIGHT (available everywhere and www.drtartt.com ). What I discovered, quite frankly, was not what I expected.
I assumed that many women would list that they were too busy, disconnected from eligible Black bachelors, or the supply of MR. RIGHTS was too low. However, I discovered something that blew my mind but made a lot of sense: A lot of Black women have never been taught how to court and date men towards marriage. In fact, many laughed when the idea was posed and indicated that they thought it was the man’s sole responsibility to do all the courting. When I posed the following question they changed their mind: “What’s in it for the man to stop dating multiple women Why you and only you.” At that point it became clear that my sisters needed some insight on exactly what makes men contemplate marriage.
In this article, I’ll cover the first point….
# 1- LEARN HOW TO COOK
Rationale
Cooking to nourish your man is step one in developing your own Ring Formula towards marriage. Most healthy men have a very positive relationship with their mothers. This relationship was born and cultivated based on mom’s ability to feed, care, and love her son. As a result, sons are fiercely loyal to mom and will do anything she asks for as long as they live. Mom will always hold the position of “first lady” in every man’s heart.
Well, if mom is the first lady then the wife needs to be the “last lady” and follow suit with nourishing her man. For clarity, cooking is not about being your man’s maid or personal cook. It’s about taking the primary roll in nourishing his mind, body, and soul better than any other woman can. When you pick out the freshest, plumpest, and natural fruits and vegetables and then season, simmer, and stir with your man in mind; you are in rare air! After all, where is a man going to find that type of loving outside of his mom’s or grandmother’s house? Cook with love and your man will begin to compare you to the first lady herself. Once you get mentioned in the company of royalty you are well on your way to marriage.
Try this…Wake up early and prepare your man a healthy power breakfast or dinner before his big meeting. Stroke his ego and let him know that you are his number one cheerleader regardless of outcome. If he gets the promotion, cook a great meal and celebrate. If he fails to get the promotion, cook an even bigger meal and tell him, “You are still my King, everything happens in time.” Trust me ladies, any man who doesn’t appreciate that is a FOOL and not worth your love! The good brothers who desire to settle down, however, will give you high marks and start to pare down their list of female associates. Too much celebrating at this point would be premature because you’ll still need some additional formulas to secure that ring. However, it’s OK for you to peruse your favorite wedding magazine and practice throwing that rice while you’re preparing his next meal.
Tune in next week for Step 2 of The Ring Formula: How to Marry MR. RIGHT…Get the Gorillas Out Of Your Closet (How insecurities make your man insecure about you).
Advanced copies of the Ring Formula can be secured at www.drtartt.com .
Talking to yourself = no big deal.
Talking to a friend = no big deal.
Talking to a stranger = no big deal.
Talking to your Mother-in-law = kind of a big deal (I love you Mom!)
Talking to a camera = BIG DEAL!
There's no rhyme or reason for it, but it gets me EVERYTIME! I'm not normally a nervous dude, but stick a camera in front of me and I get all robotic like. Read the following in the best robot voice you have (it helps with the effect) "Hello my name is Robot Matt, and I am in the 2008 Twinkie Awards competition, go comment on my blogspot - I am a robot because this black thing is shining a light in my eyes blinding my ability to speak normal!"
So, go ahead and laugh (afterall you're the one getting funny looks from your co-workers as they hear a robot in the next cubical over, go ahead tell them about me, you know you want too) but come on, why does this happen?
And what's up with you being able to tell that I'm reading cue cards? I need a lesson in that real quick or I may be found out as a fraud..."I'm Ron Burgandy?" :)
For real, I LOVE the camera and could (after this competition) quite possibly become an actor like my man 'RO' Brooks who is the coolest guy by far in this competition. I mean just the sound of his voice sends chills of fear down my spine...that's talent!
So, can't wait to get to know you through interaction right here on my very own 'The Twinkie Awards blogspot'. You can get to know me by clicking the below image and ordering my CD. You won't be dissapointed...and if you are, then you must be a robot! Think for yourself for once!
Everyone loves Matt Thien and so should you!
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