If you don't know why you're in business, then try the shotgun blast mouthwash.

Know why you are in business. If your motivating reason is money, you will literally fall by the wayside. If you are in business to help people attain their dreams, or to help other's by teaching, or for whatever motivating factor you have, great!

If you're pretty sure that you are doing this, say 75% sure, and your freind or whoever has a 79% reason why you shouldn't, then guess who wins?

Every business around, the successful ones at least, have a mission statement. What is your's?

The following excerpt is from the book "Success in 10 Steps".

Your Warm Market Has Ice In Their Veins.

A nailed “WHY” can save your life.

Most people have a huge problem when they decide to improve their situation in

life. That problem is one or more of the people closest to you will NOT want to

see you succeed.

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How To Get “Staying Power”

People always tell their goals.

Fine. You need goals.

But your "WHY" is a big, big, big reason that will keep you going.

Where's your fire? What do you LOVE? What do you HATE? What is REALLY important

to you? What do you REALLY want? What situation in life do you want to

get out of so it never ever, EVER happens again?

It's not goals. It's not money, either.

When I started coaching, people would write their "WHY"… usually money.

They’d need to pay a big hospital bill, or replace a car. Whatever.

But your real "WHY" is never money.

It's about who YOU really are.

Your driving factor must be WAY more than money.

It's something you want ... or something you want to get away from. Better yet,

BOTH. If your "WHY" is a 70% and you come up against an obstacle that's a

72%, you're gone. You'll drop out, disappear.

But when your "WHY" is a 99.9%, then you're here to stay and be successful.

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Why are you on this planet? In one form or another, you're here to change lives,

touch lives, and help people. What were you meant to do?

Let’s Play Sherlock Holmes.

A new business is always a risk. People risk to avoid pain, or to achieve pleasure.

Answering these questions may help you find your "WHY".

·

What gets you REALLY excited?

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How many hours a week do you work?

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What do you LOVE about your job?

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What do you HATE about your job?

·

What do you do with your free time?

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do?

If you had 2 months vacation and all the money you wanted, what would you

·

How do you like the people you work with?

·

What problem scares you to death that more money could solve?

·

What do you just absolutely HATE about your life that more money could solve?

·

If you had all the money you needed, what HUGE problem would go away?

·

do?

If you had all the TIME in the world to do anything you wanted, what would you

·

I'll give you a starting point.

The #1 reason I am in this business, that I'm here on this planet, is because I

LOVE my family. I want to spend more quality time with each of them.

Other than money, what are you looking for?

I exist to mentor & coach you to success. Not MY success. YOURS! Your success

is a beautiful thing to me. If I can help you create success, then my future takes

care of itself.

So my first bit of coaching is, figure out your own "WHY". Write it down. Test it

mentally. (Will it keep you going in VERY tough times?)

More tips to help you pinpoint your "WHY":

·

What does your family mean to you?

·

What do you want for your own personal growth?

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What you want to accomplish in your lifetime?

·

What scares you to death?

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What would it mean to you to help others change their lives?

·

What really excites you in life?

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What REALLY makes you angry about your life?

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What would you like to give the people you love most?

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What really, really gets you emotional?

Get Serious – Email Me!

It's critical. You need a strong, written "WHY", to stick around long enough to be

successful in this business.

Listen to me. Listen to me.

Listen to me!!!!!!

Maybe I’m just weird. But to me, there is NOTHING in this business more fun

and emotionally stimulating and satisfying than to poke around the dark recesses

of your psyche, spot old frustrations and vengefulness and crazed hatreds

and lustful desires and unfulfilled dreams and long-time, unachieved goals and

all that other wonderful stuff that makes us who we are …

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… and then HARNESS it all to help you achieve what you most want in life!

Look. You’ve been the EFFECT of this stuff long enough. Now it’s time to turn it

around and USE IT!

In fact, a nailed “WHY” is SO powerful, and I have seen it work so BIG so many

times, that I am absolutely unable to stop myself from helping you find exactly

the “WHY” that drives YOU.

WOW! I get REALLY excited when I dig into THIS stuff!

So when you're happy with your "WHY", email it to me.

We'll talk about it."This ends quoting from the book "Success In 10 Steps" for this article.

That book changed my entire life!!!

Before I knew what my exact why was I faultered in e v e r y business I became involved with. My "Why" is so specific, that no it does not matter when my freinds say "You can't do that" because in 15 words I have them following me supportively.

And those words are "My reason why I am doing this is bigger than your reason why I cannot."

Every time I've said that I have laughed because I finally know what I am on this earth to do...Finally!

Why? Because THEIR life is a mess and misery truly does love company.

Your best option is to get rid of them. Next best is to have an AMAZING “WHY”,

a 99.9% “WHY”, that will keep you going through rain, sleet, snow, flood, pestilence,

nuclear holocaust, or the criticism of a “loved” one.

So why is it critical you do THIS business? And why is it critical that you succeed?

This is a FACT for virtually everyone on this planet, and you are no different.

You can argue with me until you’re blue in the face, but that won’t change anything.

"You're excited. You start. A thousand things go wrong. You want to quit a thousand

times.

Most people just quit.

You need a strong enough reason to do it. Then if

WHAT you’re doing doesn’t work, you’ll figure out

some other way. But if you're at all wishy-washy,

you're a goner.

First thing we do in coaching is help you figure out your "WHY".