Tuesday 10 September 2013

Action must come first, and the motivation comes later on

I missed Motivational Monday this week so to make up for it a few words on motivation taken from Dr. David Burns book, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy:

“Your error is your belief that motivation comes first, and then leads to activation and success. But it usually is the other way around; action must come first, and the motivation comes later on.” 

Monday 2 September 2013

Motivational Monday - The 3 C's: Choice, Chance, Change


The 3 C's in life:
Choice,
Chance,
Change.
You must make the Choice,
To rake the Chance
If you want anything to change.

Sunday 25 August 2013

Are you a clickaholique?

Index finger on mouse, click, clicking and searching all those favourite sites, everyday sometimes more than once a day. In fact everytime you sit in front of the computer screen are you telling yourself you'll just check ------- site / blog before you start on your budding internet business.

Are you telling yourself it's research, just checking what the competition is up to?

Whilst it's perfectly okay to take time out from your business and check into your favourite sites there is a time and a place for everything and if you're "clicking" instead of getting on with your work you are procrastinating, sabotaging your own business success.

Yes it's a good idea to check out the competition but obsessively? Everyday? Procrastination again.

 Do you find yourself sitting down to work for say an hour and instead end up wasting that time clicking through Pinterest/ blogs/ Facebook etc?

Maybe you're a clickaholique. 

How to overcome this (sometimes) destructive behaviour

Well first of all you need to recognize what you are doing and how it's effecting your productivity.

Ask yourself it there are any particular times that you are prone to the mindless clicking, is this work avoidance? (Ans: Yes!)

Recognizing what's going on is half the battle, now you know you have something to combat and the way to do that is to schedule time to work on your business. Time when you simply won't allow yourself to work on anything else but keep it short so you don't overwhelm yourself. Maybe 30 minutes at a time with 10 minute breaks in between. Consider setting a timer to make sure you do it. You'll be amazed at how your productivity increases.


Monday 19 August 2013

How to create a Facebook fan page for your equestrian / equine business

So you personally are on Facebook but is your equestrian / equine business?

Here’s how to create a Facebook fan page for your equestrian / equine business:

  • From your Facebook “Home” tab (the newsfeed page), click “Pages” in the left-hand column.

  • At the top right-hand corner of the tab find “+ Create a Page” and click on that button.

  • Choose which type of business you have, fill out the information, and there you go you have a Facebook fan page for your equestrian / equine business.

Motivational Monday ~ There is no failure except in no longer trying


   "There is no failure except in no longer trying" Elbert Hubbard

Google's Keyword Tool to help you find keywords to attract visitors to your equestrian / equine business website

Keywords help to pull traffic from search engines to your website, use them wisely. Currently there's a great Google tool which will help with your choice of keywords Google’s Keyword Tool.
All you have to do is type in a word or phrase and you'll get a page of suggested similar terms or phrases with the number of global monthly searches received for it. The higher the monthly searches, the more popular the word / phrase.