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1.   Bill Gates is now one of the world’s wealthiest individuals.  He entered the entrepreneurial scene with a company called Traf-O-Data, which aimed to process and analyze the data from traffic tapes.  He tried to sell the idea alongside his business partner, Paul Allen, but the product barely even worked.  A few years later, he created his first Microsoft product, and forged a new path to success. 2   Walt Disney is one of the most creative geniuses of the 20th century was once fired from a newspaper because he was told he lacked creativity. Trying to persevere, Disney formed his first animation company, which was called Laugh-O-Gram Films.  Desperate and out of money, Disney found his way to Hollywood and faced even more criticism and failure until finally, his first few classic films started to skyrocket in popularity. 3.   Steve Jobs is an impressive entrepreneur because of his boundless innovations, but also because of his emphatic comeback from an almost irrecoverable failure.  Undaunted by the failure, Jobs founded a new company, NeXT, which was eventually acquired by Apple. Once back at Apple, Jobs proved his capacity for greatness by reinventing the company’s image and taking the Apple brand to new heights. 4.  Dhiru Bhai Ambani- India’s largest private sector company. Created an equity cult in the Indian capital market. Reliance is the first Indian company to feature in Forbes 500 list.   His father was a school teacher.  He tried to sell the idea alongside his business partners,  but the product barely even worked. After doing his matriculation at the age of 16, Dhirubhai moved to Aden, Yemen. He worked there as a gas-station attendant, and as a clerk in an oil company. He returned to India in 1958 with Rs 50,000 and set up a textile trading company.  In 1992, Reliance became the first Indian company to raise money in global markets, its high credit-taking in international markets limited only by India’s sovereign rating.   Dhirubhai Ambani was named the Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th Century by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). A poll conducted by The Times of India in 2000 voted him “greatest creator of wealth in the century”. 5.   The Pierre Omidyar way. In 1995, a computer programmer started auctioning off stuff on his personal website. Auction Web, as it was then known, was really just a personal project, but, when the amount of web traffic made it necessary to upgrade to a business Internet account, Omidyar had to start charging people fees. He actually hired his first employee to handle all the payment checks. The site is now known as eBay.

Five more unbelievable success stories 

1. Airbnb

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Good thoughts

 

1) Important key to success in business life is to decide partnership deal into percentage 5%, 10% and make partnership with Allah.  Donate some part of your income.  कंजूसी बहुत बुरी बला है

2) A man cannot earn more money than his personal development. व्यक्ति हमारे अपने व्यक्तिगत विकास से अधिक पैसा नहीं कमा सकता है. आदमी अपनी औकात से ज्यादा पैसा कमा नहीं सकता, जितनी उसकी औकात उतना ही उसका पैसा. Two Doctors educated in the same college obtained medical degree, but during practicing medical profession, one is charging OPD of Rs.50/- and another Charging OPD of Rs.500/- A music director charging Rs.25 lac for a film with the musical instruments and assistances, while another A R Rehman, is charging Rs.10/- Crores for a film. कमाई बढ़ने के पीछे मत भागों, अपनी वैल्यू value बढ़ाओ, कमाई खुद बो खुद आपको फॉलो करेगी.

अपना नजरिया सकारात्मक रखो (Be Positive Attitude) –

अपनी खुद की वैल्यू Value बढाने के लिए सबसे पहले आपको अपनी सोच व नजरिया सकारात्मक रखने की जरूरत है, क्योकि जब तक हमारी सोच सही नहीं होगी तब हम सही दिशा में नहीं चल पाएंगे और फिर हमारी Thinking ही सही नहीं रहेगी तो हमारी वैल्यू कैसे बढ़ेगी, इसलिए सबसे पहले आप अपना Mind Set positive रखने की कोशिश करे|

बुरी संगती से दूर रहो (Avoid Bad Company) –

लाइफ में उस व्यक्ति की कभी कोई वैल्यू नहीं करता जिसकी संगती ख़राब bad होती है क्योकि आप जैसे माहौल में रहोगे, आप लोगो की नजर में उसी level के बन जाते हो और बहुत बार आप गलत संगती में रहने के कारण खुद भी गलत आदतों addiction का शिकार हो जाते हो तो इसलिए अपने दोस्त या करीबी लोग ऐसे चुनो जो आपके जैसे हो और जिन्हें आप पसंद करते हो|

पैसे को SAVE करना शुरू कर दो (Save Your Money) –

दोस्तों, जिंदगी में हमेशा एक बात याद रखना की पैसा है तो सब कुछ है और आपने भी इसे अपनी लाइफ में महसूस किया होगा की पैसे के बिना कई बार हमारे काम अटक जाते है.

तब हमें इसकी  महत्व, समझ आती है तो लाइफ में अगर अपनी वैल्यू बढ़ाना चाहते हो तो पैसो को WASTE करना आज से ही बंद कर दो | जब आपके पास Money Increase होगा तो आप खुद ही पाओगे की लोगो की नजर में आपकी वैल्यू भी बढ़ रही है |

समय बर्बाद करना बंद करना होगा (Don’t Waste Time) –

यूं तो हम सभी लोग जानते है कि हमें समय की क़द्र करनी चाहिए और अपने कीमती समय को बर्बाद नहीं करना चाहिए. इससे एक तो हम अपने लाइफ में अपने Goals के प्रति Focus कर पाएंगे और दूसरा साथ में अपनी वैल्यू भी बढ़ा रहे होंगे |

लडकियों के प्रति अपनी अटैचमेंट बंद करना पड़ेगा (Avoid Girls) –

दोस्तों, लाइफ में अपनी वैल्यू बढानी है तो लडकियों के पीछे Time Pass करना बंद पड़ेगा और उन्हें भाव देना बंद करना होगा उससे आपका Mind एक जगह पर स्थिर रहेगा इससे आपकी Value बढ़ेगी और आप एक आम इंसान से खास इंसान में अपना नाम दर्ज कर लोगे |

You are the Product of your Habits | Success Tips

The difference between bad and good people, is the product of you habits in our life.   Your habits will lead you to failure or success.  If you are associated with good people, you will have good habits and vice versa.  Because you become like the people you associate with.  

Your daily habits are what will either help you to achieve your goals of success or lead you stray to failure.  Option is yours what you want to. Whether you want to be victor or victim of bad habits.  Chains of habit are too light to be felt, but if they good habits, definitely, it will fetch you a good result.  Take control of your habits means Take control of your life.  Some good habits are very painful, for example - Waking up early in the morning, Jogging, Exercised, higher studies, but result of such habits make you happy, when times come.  Almost all 99% of our everyday behavior is based on habit. Nearly all of what we do each day, every day, is simply habit.  Some habits are hereiditry, received from forefather and some from our own teachers, and parents.  

Self-punishment is the best solution for transforming bad into good habits:

Self-punishment comes in many forms.  All Self-punishment are painful and meant for changing behaviour, motivation, to relieve guilt, Cling to self-blame and self-forgiveness and so on.

 bill gates quotes

1. Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world…if you do so, you are insulting yourself.
2. If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it’s your mistake.
3. We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.
4. It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
5. We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.
6. Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.
7. Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.
8. As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
9. We’ve got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.
10. The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.
11. The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
12. I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
13. Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.
14. Personally, I’d like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.
15. We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.
16. Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it’s true.
17. The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can’t solve extreme poverty and disease, isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful.
18. Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.
19. I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
20. If you think your teacher is tough, wait ’til you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.
21. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
22. Life is not fair, get used to it.
23. I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.  While setting a goal it is necessary to see that it is placed at right direction and at the right place.  Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.  Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive. There some people who will say for rain as more rainy days, or for winter as very cold.   All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

Train your mind to see the good in every situation.  If you can stay positive in a negative situation, you win.  Only in the darkness can you see the stars. Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.  

You do not find the happy life. You make it.

Happiness is something that you will get in the smallest of things. And to find out happiness, you have to give some effort. To be precise, satisfaction is the most valuable thing in human life. If you are not happy, there is point to think of  and make your life happy.

We will find Happy life in every moments and activities like -

Smile. You tend to smile when you're happy. 

Exercise. Exercise isn't just for your body. 

Get plenty of sleep. 

Eat with mood in mind. 

Be grateful. 

Appreciate others

utter the unhappy moments.

If you start waiting for happy life at every instance, then you will wait forever.  If you find difficult in finding out happy life at the instance, then you have to do away difficulties and count +ve points out of it.

क़िस्मत  उन्ही का साथ देता है जो , कठिन से कठिन स्थितियों में भी अपने लक्ष्य के प्रति अडिग रहते है।

Luck favors those who remain firm towards their goal even in the most difficult situations.

दुनिया में अगर छोड़ने जैसा कुछ है तो दूसरों से उम्मीद करना, छोड़ दो ।।

If there is something you want to give up

हर कोशिश में शायद सफलता नहीं मिल पाती लेकिन, हर सफलता का  कारण कोशिश ही होती है।

You may not get success in every attempt but, there is attempts  are behind every success. 

अच्छा वक़्त सिर्फ उसीका होता है, जो कभी किसी का बुरा नहीं सोचते सुख दुख तो अतिथि है, बारी बारी से आयेंगे चले जायेंगे यदि वो नहीं आयेंगे तो हम अनुभव कहां से लायेंगे।

Good times are only for him,  Who never thinks bad of anyone!  Happiness is a guest  will come and go in turn if they don't come

Where do we get the experience?

इस दुनिया में सबसे वजनदार चीज़ "मतलब" है, ये निकलते ही बड़े  से बड़ा रिश्ता भी हल्का पड़ जाता है।

heaviest thing in the world is "purpose", as soon as it comes out big Even bigger relationships become lighter.

चीजों की कीमत मिलने से पहले होती है और इंसान की कीमत खोने के बाद.

Things have their value before they are gained and human beings get their value after they are lost.

लोग आपकी क़दर तब करेंगे, जब आप उन्हें उनकी ही  तरह नजरअंदाज करना सीख जाओगे

People will appreciate you when you learn to ignore them just like them.

जब वक्त करवट लेता है,  तब बाजी ही नही, पूरी जिंदगी ही पलट जाती है 

When time takes a turn, then not only the bet, but the whole life turns upside down.

जिसमे नुकसान सहने की ताकत हो  वही मुनाफा कमा सकता है.  फिर चाहे वो कारोबार हो या रिश्ते

Those having the strength to bear loss, can only make profit, irrespective of it's business or relationships

जीवन में 'तकलीफ' उसी को आती है,  जो हमेशा 'जिम्मेदारी' उठाने को तैयार रहते हैं, और जिम्मेदारी लेने वाले कभी हारते नहीं,  या तो 'जीतते' है या फिर 'सिखते' है 

The 'trouble' in life comes to him, who always ready to take over the 'responsibility' and those who takes responsibility does never failed, Either they 'win' or 'learn'.

पहचान बड़े लोगों से नहीं; साथ देने वालों से होनी चाहिए।

Relationship should not be with big people; it Must be with those who support.

दुनिया को झूठे लोग ही पसंद आते हैं। सच कहने पर तो अपने भी रूठ जाते है

The world only likes liars. When you tell the truth, your own people will get upset.

बेशक सच, बोलकर किसी का दिल तोड़ देंना, पर झूठ बोलकर किसी का विश्वास कभी मत तोड़ना 

Of course, you can break someone's heart by speaking the truth, but you should not break someone's trust by telling Lia.

जो होता है अच्छे के लिए होता है  भले ही अभी बुरा लग रहा है  लेकिन आगे चलकर पता चल जाएगा  कि वहअच्छे के लिए हुआ था

whatever happens happens for good even though it still feels bad  but you will know later that it happened for good

खुद पर भरोसा करने का हुनर सीख लो सहारे कितने भी सच्चे हों एक दिन साथ छोड़ ही जाते हैं

learn to trust yourself,   no matter how true people will be, it will  leave you one day.

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TOP  TEN  RICHEST BUSINESSMEN:

     1.       Bill Gates
2.       Mark Zuckerberg.
3.       Jeff Bezos. (Amazon)
4.       Warren Buffett.
5.       CHARLES CULPEPER
6.       Bernard Arnault.
7.       Carlos Slim Helu.
8.       Amancio Ortega.
9.       Larry Ellison.
10.     RICHARD BRANSON

Having your own business empowers you a sense of freedom to work for your individual business setup and accept its own challenges.   You are free to devote an number of hours, investment, infrastructure etc., for its achievement.

An entrepreneur is an individual who creates a new business or who independently taken over responsibility of sharing profit or loss, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards. The entrepreneur is commonly seen as an innovator, a source of new ideas, goods, services, and business.

Entrepreneur who proves to be successful in taking on the risks of a start-up are rewarded with profits, fame, goodwill and continued growth opportunities.  Entrepreneur who proves to be successful in accepting the challenges and knows that challenges are inevitable, but it is 10% how you take it and 90% how you make it.  After all, every Entrepreneur knows that if you are 10% serious of running your business at correct path, then 10%, it will make you to achieve it.

A business entrepreneur is any individual who starts and operates a business while knowing the profit and risks factors associated with any such venture of incurring losses.

Entrepreneur who proves to be successful in taking on the risks of a start-up are rewarded with profits, fame, goodwill and continued growth opportunities.  Entrepreneur who proves to be successful in accepting the challenges and knows that challenges are inevitable, but it is 10% how you take it and 90% how you make it.  After all, every Entrepreneur knows that if you are 10% serious of running your business at correct path, then 10%, it will make you to achieve it.

Entrepreneurs commonly face many obstacles while running business as follows :

1.  Financial condition and cash flow management.

2.  Hiring policy of skilled and unskilled workers.

3.  High risk factors, bearing losses and enjoying profit.

4.  Marketing Strategy.

5.  Strategy for criticism and self-doubt.

6.  Finding customers

7.   Building a successful team.

1. Financial condition and cash flow management :

Entrepreneurs are knowing the fact that financial conditions are to be built up strong from the beginning of the set up for their business venture and he is alone to invest the capital and manage cash flow while running the business.  Entrepreneur knows the responsibility of  monitoring financial condition of his running business and risk factors involved in the decisions taken for business set up.  Entrepreneur knows that he is alone to be responsible for losses incurred and he is alone to enjoy the profits earned in running the business.  

It is one of the common factor in Entrepreneur business -- running out of money. You need to know where every single amount is coming from and where every single amount is going to.   If you don’t stay on top of your cash flow, you are going to put your business in a very dangerous disadvantage.

For a growing business, it's crucial- cash constraints can be the biggest obstacles limiting growth and over-trading can be dangerous.  Here, Overtrading refers to excessive buying and selling of stocks without any control and crossing the limit set for expenses and revenue receipts.  Making the best use of your finances should be a key element in business planning and assessing new opportunities. With limited resources, you may need to pass up promising opportunities carefully.   

Every element of working capital should be carefully controlled to maximise your free cash flow. If there is obstacles in cash flow, then it is necessary to study overtrading ratio analysis.   Effective credit management and tight control of overdue debts are essential. You may also want to consider raising financing against trade debts and trade debtor account receivable.

You may want to work with suppliers to reduce delivery cycles, or switch to some systems that can handle in-time delivery.  In some cases, a penalty may attract for delay in delivery of goods and damage our goodwill.

New businesses often run in so many crisis initially.  Entrepreneur knows that each day will bring new challenges while running business and risk, which will need immediate attention in urgently resolving the issue and that it will require action plan of disaster management.  Entrepreneur knows that once business starts up, it will go up, but this type of approach simply doesn't work.  As your business grows, you also need to be alert to new problems and priorities.

2.  Hiring policy of skilled and unskilled workers.

Entrepreneurs need to study 3 key factors, to hire for:

1. Hire real doers.
2. Look for passion, as a skill.
3. Pay attention to suitability.

1.   Hire real doers : When you are hiring the workers, avoid the temptation of hiring a lot of operational or management staff.  It’s important that you have a hands-on, handling the day to day operations and keeping everyone on track.  Quality is more important than quantity in sense.  When you can quite often handle multiple department functions across a small and efficient staff of several people, so you should have skilled manager of different calibre.  Whether you are hiring someone out of college campus or an experienced professional, you still need to take time to review company policies and clearly communicate to them the important processes and protocols. For this, you need to design and develop some company policies, as well as the protocols.

2.   Look for passion, as a skill :  As an entrepreneur, when you hire for your start up business, it is necessary you to bring in people who are passionate about your business and keen interest in the field, so they could contribute for your business growth. 

Passion is driving force that lead you to succeed because you become madly dedicated to making your business work no matter how many challenges and hard the process may be. A lot of entrepreneurs do not have a passion for their businesses. They just like the idea of success. Without having some sort of passion driving you, you will not survive as an entrepreneur because the grind of building a business will take a toll on you physically and mentally.

Look for candidates who are enthusiastic and passionate about skills they have. Their successes should shine through during the interview. People who love the work they do often stay at companies longer than people who work for the sake of the pay and allowances. Enthusiasm and passionate is a great trait to possess for a new employee; Passionate and outgoing employees are often useful to a business because they are likely proficient when it comes to operations management, Human resource planning or management.

1.   Pay attention to suitability:  hire people who will take ownership

within the company and, as a result, will work harder than regular employees. If they truly enjoy working for your startup, they will tell their friends how great it is to work for you and eventually, these friends will want to work for you as well.

  

3. High risk factors, bearing losses and enjoying profit.

The most important function of entrepreneurs to forecast all risk factors. The entrepreneurs bear the risks of failure in exchange for the profits of the company.  So, the business plans of the entrepreneur should be able to adapt to the changes.  The changes in the modern technology is inevitable. It may either fetches you a profit or incurs loss.  The consumer taste may undergo change any time, there can be new entrants in the market as a competitors. 

There may be change in the Government policy with regards to taxes may increase, etc. in turn, the entrepreneur may face some financial losses.   There are technological risks as well. There may be a technological advancements. So there is a risk that the product may become obsolete. There are other risks factors such as theft, fire accidents, and other natural calamities etc., which may lead to incur losses.  Profit is their reward for bearing the risks. Unlike some of the other management functions, risk bearing cannot be delegated to the manager. The owner/entrepreneurs have to bear all the risk.

Entrepreneur’s profit  depends on his risk taking behaviour. That is, how much risk the entrepreneur will bear during the production determines the amount of profit enjoyed by him.  The entrepreneur may forecast the exact demand for his product in the market or change in consumers’ taste and preferences that affects the market demand. If the entrepreneur’s production exceeds the market demand, it may incur loss for failure in marketing strategy.   This implies that there is a demand side risk associated with production. If there is no compensation or reward for risk, there will be  no incentive for taking risk. The nature of risk and the risk bearing capacity vary across industries. The higher the risk under taken, the more will be the profit earned.  

The profit is the reward for bearing uncertainty. In the theory of production, the assumption of certainty is somewhat unrealistic as with the progress of

economy, entrepreneur has to face uncertainty in the sphere of production. When production takes place simply for self-consumption, there is no uncertainty. However, if  production takes place for commercial purpose, that is price and output depend on the interaction between buyers and sellers, then uncertainty arises in the decisions of entrepreneurs. This uncertainty generates profit. Probability of occurrence can be statistically estimated. These situations are known as  insurable risks. The loss from insurable risks can be avoided by paying some fixed  premium. 

  

  4. Marketing Strategy  : Marketing strategies in each entrepreneur business are the result of a meticulous market analysis. A market analysis forces the entrepreneur to become familiar with all aspects of the market so that the target market can be defined. A market analysis enables the entrepreneur to establish pricing, distribution, and promotional strategies that will enable the company to become profitable within a competitive environment. A market analysis also enables entrepreneur to study  position of new business in the market and stand strong for competition.

Every entrepreneur has to begin market analysis by defining the market in terms of size, price structure, growth prospects, trends, and sales potential in the existing market.

It is important to understand for every entrepreneur that the total feasible market is the portion of the market that can be captured provided every condition within the environment is perfect and there is very little competition. In most industries this is simply not the case. There are other factors that will affect the share of the feasible market a business can reasonably obtain. These factors are usually tied to the structure of the industry, the impact of competition, strategies for market penetration and continued growth, and the amount of capital the business is willing to spend in order to increase its market share.

Price your product is important for every entrepreneur because it will have a direct or indirect effect on the success of your business plan.  The basic rules of pricing product are :

1. All prices must cover all costs expenditures.

2. Your prices must reflect all the elements of cost, demand, changes in the market, and response strategy to your competition.

3. Prices must be set to preserve order in the marketplace.

4. Prices must not be at par with your competitor, or be established to assure sales. Do not price against a competitive operation alone.

5. Product utility, longevity, maintenance, and end use must be judged continually, and target prices adjusted accordingly.

Marketing strategies differs from business to business and some of them are listed as given below:

ü Web page Advertising

ü Write a column

ü Google My Business (GMB)

ü Use Google Adwords

ü Invest In content marketing

ü Advertise in niche print media

ü Join a local business group

ü Partner with other businesses

ü Grow your organic social reach

ü Run a coupon deal

ü Launch a direct mail campaign

ü Build an email marketing funnel

ü Host a webinar

ü Offer a free consultation

ü Incentivize employees to refer new clients

Web page Advertising:

Web Advertising is also known as Online advertising, Internet advertising, digital advertising.  When you think of online advertising, the chances are pretty good that you’re thinking of paid search advertising. Paid search – also known as pay-per-click advertising, or PPC – is one of the most common and effective types of online advertising.  At a glance, it attract the attention of browsing scope of search or it attract attention due to its contents and colors.  Traditional advertising mediums, such as newspapers, radio and television, offer limited dissemination.  It does not reach to the multiple dimension.  Web page advertising offers a low-cost alternative to traditional advertising mediums, while newspapers, radio and television etc., are cost effective.

There are many different types of online advertising ,as follows:

1. Display Advertising

2. Search Engine Marketing & Optimization

3. Social Media

4. Native Advertising

5. Pay Per Click (PPC)

1. Display advertising is a method of attracting the customers to a website, social media platform or other digital mediums for a specific action. Display advertising are often made up of text-based, image that encourage the user to click-through to a landing page and take action of purchase.  Display advertising can also be used for retargeting campaigns and invite the user with different pretext. This is where ads are served to users who have already visited a specific website. The aim is to retarget them and encourage them to return to the website and induce to take the action.

Display advertising mostly through the following sources :

Banner Ads: 

Rich Media:

Interstitial Ads:

Poor Media:

Video Ads:

2.  Search Engine Marketing & Optimization :

A robust search engine optimization (SEO) marketing strategy will help you rank at the top of results for keywords related to your business and keywords are the tool of the strategy inviting the customers to the business.

If you want to show up in search results for keywords related to your company, you need to target those keywords in your site Search content, page titles, Meta descriptions etc.,    If someone searches a short-tail keyword like “Car Garage,” they could be searching for a number of things — a list of the best Car Garage near them, Car Garage services, or Car spare parts.

3. Social Media : 

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Daily Habits of Highly Successful People

Daily Habits of Highly Successful People

1. Manage stress through extreme sports.

2. Plan the minutes of your day.

3. Start the day with 10 minutes of meditation.

4. Be a reader.

5. Spend time alone in the morning to set priorities for the day

6. Actively remove distractions.

7. Read something for pleasure.

8. Make the most of your commute.

9. Never leave any emails unread.

10. Smile and talk to strangers.

11. Get the ball rolling early.

12. Avoid meetings and don't allow briefings.

13. Proactively manage decision fatigue.

14. Eat dinner as a family every night, with no electronics allowed.

15. Keep up on what's going on outside of yourself and your company.

1. Manage stress through extreme sports.

Stress in daily business life is inevitable. But how to manage this stress is developed during the process is the trick.  The first is through extreme adrenaline sports, either downhill biking or athletic skiing. These require focus and skill in order to be ready for unexpected obstacles, or to control [high] speeds in skiing, and they serve both as healthy distractions and physical training. Secondly, whether it be cycling with a street bike or ski mountaineering, we can control or manage the stress.

It is a prevalent attitude among many, that work comes first. It’s of high priority and trumps family, friends and even personal well-being. Many individuals sacrifice their fitness for the sake of the job and this often leads to tragic consequences. With stress among us rising over the years, fitness and personal well-being have taken a backseat in their priority lists.  Another reason why many do not exercise is because going to the gym after a hard day’s work just adds to the monotony. Exposure to high levels of stress eventually manifests itself both physically and psychologically.

Adventure sports are one of the most effective remedies for releasing stress. It creates an outlet for you to relieve yourself of all the pent up stress, making you feel calmer and revitalised. While stress is often associated with depression and negativity, adventure sports is associated with euphoria, energy and excitement. These types of sports enhance your mood and help you get into a positive state of mind. After you take part in any adventure related activity it gives you a sense of accomplishment and this, in turn, makes you more confident.

Gym Exercises, jogging and other physical activity produce endorphins—chemicals in the brain that act as natural painkillers—and also improve the ability to sleep, which in turn  reduces stress. 

2. Plan the minutes of your day (Time management) :

The best possible starting point is to spend 10 minutes in the evening planning your next day. You can use a tool like Google Calendar or digital planner or daily diary to schedule your workouts and other activities, to make sure that you have not overlooked anything important.

 You need to know how much time you have in a given day and how much of it you’re going to need to complete every activity. Once you have an understanding of what you need to do, you can focus on preparation. This means things like setting the alarm clock, planning what you’re going to do first, and prioritise the work.

 Planning is the key to effective time management. It’s hard to feel organized and on top of things if you’re unprepared. Having a clear plan for your day helps you make the most of your time and actually accomplish the important things in life.  If you feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day, keep on reading to find out the simple way I create my schedule to help with daily time-management.

The best part of planning the day is to prioritize the topic, considering the values it is carrying.  If a topic has nothing to do about incurring losses or alternatives are available, then it will not have more attention throughout the day.

  CREATE A DAILY PLAN :

here’s what you should include in my daily plan:

 

Appointments: These are meetings, client calls, Conference call or other appointments that you have to plan your day around.

 

Self-Care Time: you should make sure to schedule a self-care practice (yoga, meditation, walk) into your day.

 Top Three Priorities: Take three projects of all in priorities that you want to accomplish or make progress on.

 work in progress (WIP) Report :  When there is major projects are under process and ignoring them may impact business growth, we should keep a periodical review on them.

3. Start the day with 10 minutes of meditation.

 

The morning meditation:

Find a place that will be your sacred space for meditation.

Choose a daily time.

Wear comfortable clothes, especially cotton loose cloth.

Sit comfortably on the mat.

Set a timer.

Always start your meditation practice with 5 to 7 long and slow deep breaths so you can experience start releasing tension.

 

If you focus on the benefits that meditation can give you instead of focusing on the process of meditation itself, then you’re doomed to failure. 

 

We would think of meditation as a gift you give yourself every day after few days.  Because even if you just sit there quietly for five minutes, you’ll feel a lot calmer afterwards.    We would like meditation because it grounds us.  It forces us to relax, to focus on what’s important and to be grateful for what we have.  We would always feel elated or extremely happy, excited and full of positive energy afterwards.

 

But starting your day with a few minutes of meditation has a powerful, positive impact on how the rest of your day is going to go. That’s why so many people like to do meditation in the morning.

 Meditating means :

 Reduces stress and anxiety

Relaxes the nervous system

Boosts immunity

Balances emotions

Lowers blood pressure

Increases creativity

Lets you understand your true self

Helps with concentration and focus

Provides peace of mind

Creates a sense of calm

Allows you to live in the present

Release blood pressure.

 Starting your morning with meditation is a great way to start the day on the right foot. Morning meditation can help you energize or boost energies, strengthen power in the body for the whole day, or even help you find peace before a busy or stressful day. 

4. Be a reader :

An ideal part of routine habits for successful people is reading news papers, magzines, articles etc.,  The Berkshire Hathaway magnate reportedly spends five to six hours a day reading five different newspapers.  "That's how knowledge works," he recently told an investment class at Columbia University. "It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it."

The former Microsoft CEO has attested to reading 50 books a year, or roughly one book a week.

The more you read and learn, the easier it becomes to retain information. Successful people don’t prescribe to Homer Simpson’s belief that learning something new pushes something old out. They simply continue to learn, and commit an incredible expanse of knowledge to memory, sometimes without even realising it.

Even the most successful people need to tune out the world every once in a while. But this doesn’t mean they turn their minds off completely. There is nothing wrong with reading a “trashy magazine” or graphic novel to unwind. Reading just about anything is more beneficial than watching television or wasting every night at a bar or movie theatre.

Success, after all, requires not just luck and skill, but also a certain mind set. If you’re distracted, you won’t be able to reach the goals needed to get where you want to be—whether that means starting your own company or excelling at what you already do.  If you want to be successful, read the stories or articles of successful people, you will get the clues for making your own roadways of success.

Many famously wealthy and successful people have shared some of the rituals they practice to stay on the right track. We rounded up some of their habits you might want to pick up.

5. Spend time alone in the morning to set priorities for the day:

And once you finally reach your workplace, sit down, relax and enjoy the day! Preparing a clear list of ambitious but realistic “To Does” is the only way to successfully manage your 24 hours ensuring little level of stress and high levels of performance. It will clearly exercise your willpower that will have to choose the order of your priorities on the basis of importance.  There is difference between successful people and ordinary people that successful people are extra-ordinary in planning the business growth, while ordinary people don’t. 

Every minute spent in planning saves 10 minutes in execution.  When you write a list you have a track to run on.  Writing a list clarifies your thinking and goals.  Writing down a list forces you to think at a higher level.   If you have 10 items on your list of things to do, two will be the more important than all of the other items put together.  It doesn’t mean that all other items as compare to 10 items, will be ignored completely, but it will have less importance.  All success in life comes from project completion and living a life of good habits will help you complete more projects.

If you start working for the day without setting priorities, you will get many incomplete works all together and you will realize that you spent undue importance to some unimportant works.  It’s easy to get off track when you don’t have a plan. Without planning what your day will look like, you wake up not knowing what you want to do or accomplish. Successful people spend a little time before giving themselves clear goals for the day.

When you’re planning to drive your car, you first got to establish a destination. If you’re driving the car with no purpose, then you will reach no destination.  Planning your day in the early morning helps you establish the priorities in your life, allows you to prevent distractions, and keeps your entire day productive.

6. Actively remove distractions:

Distractions are possible only due to a clear priorities to the work are not set.  So, start your day by setting clear priorities for yourself and then make a conscientious effort to minimize distractions. With leadership comes immense responsibility where the stress of not having enough hours in the day can become burdensome. With a few productivity hacks you can get creative to minimize distractions and maximize production.  

The first step would be to identify what your most common distractions are. List out such distractions and action to be taken, to avoid distractions.   If you are working in an office cubicle, the most likely disturbance is likely a social distraction. If you engage easily in gossip, you may find yourself spending a good portion of the day just chatting.  Sometimes, most of the office culture is indulged in chatting on personal or family problems.  Finding out your distractions is equally important when you’re working home. You may not have the problem of yapping co-workers, but your family members can be a huge distraction.  Similarly, if they watch TV or play games in the same room as you are, it’s nearly impossible for you to concentrate entirely.  You need to measure how you spend your time so that you know what your most common distractions are.  So, you are supposed to identify solutions to each and every distractions.

We can categorize distractions into two types 1. LOG THE EXTERNAL DISTRACTIONS and 2. LOG THE INTERNAL DISTRACTIONS

This means you need to keep a log of every distraction you have during the day in study of external distractions. You may have an idea how your work day typically goes, but without detailed logging, you really can’t be sure. We tend to underestimate the time we engage in distracting activities.

So use pen and paper, or computer notebook to log your work, breaks, chat and anything else you engage during your work day. Remember to add in timestamps so you know how long you’ve spent in each activity.

Log the following:

a) Place

b) Reason for distraction

c) Time of distraction

2. LOG THE INTERNAL DISTRACTIONS

When you are working, and you get interrupted intermittently thoughts from your mind all the time. What to have for dinner?    What are items scheduled the meeting?  The idea is to write every distracting thought you have which requires some type of action.

Getting up early in the Morning :

Getting up early in the morning has lots of benefits. You get the chance to be available and present before demands are made of you, and before you need to start working on your goals.   Getting up early in the morning, makes your energy afresh and it strengthens your ability and fresh calibre to accept challenges.  This can improve your mood, as you feel in control of your life.  If you don’t get the opportunity to work on your chosen tasks first thing, take matters into your own hands; do the work from home or come into work early.  Being successful is rarely about being completely independent – successful people are able to work with others, delegate, compromise and accept other ideas.

High achievers are always signifies with certain qualities from regular people.  If you get up every day and just coast wherever events and situations take you, you’re going to end up somewhere other than the ideal place. If you get up every day with certain plan, via daily habits means you have burning desire to success in life.

Discipline is probably the one trait or distinguishing quality most associated with achievement.  It's because accomplishing great things involves consistently doing the right things over and over again, even when it's hard, and it indicates that even after a painful task, your burning desire inspire you to continue the task. 

7. Read something for pleasure.

Reading for pleasure is not just a leisure activity; it's a powerful tool for personal development, intellectual stimulation and enrichment, and emotional well-being. It enables you to be more conversant with others.

The benefits of reading for pleasure extend beyond improving educational outcomes. It can reduce stress, improve empathy and nurture wider.  

Following are several main areas of the benefits to reading for pleasure :

1. Reading attainment and writing ability,

2. Text comrehension.

3. Positive reading habits,

4. Greater self-confidence as a reader,

5. improve basic knowledge.

There’s nothing more comforting than curling up with a good book. When you read, you welcome new adventures, lessons and perspectives. In fact, time spent with your nose in a book can help your career. Find out the many benefits of reading and how it can help you succeed in business.

The benefits and importance of reading have been championed for years. It’s been a topic of research for quite some time and continues to be studied by business professionals, communication experts, linguists and others.

Research has shown how reading benefits cognitive function, especially in older adults.

“Reading is a very necessary habit for every successful businessperson,” said Ellen Parry Lewis, a fiction author. “It broadens your mind, helps with your written and verbal communication skills, and gives you a certain level of understanding and empathy.”

Reading about different types of people and their adversities helps you understand others better and fosters empathy, which is important in your business life, regardless of your field.

That might sound silly, but the concept does have real-world applications. Business owners can more easily reach their target customers if they read up on what makes them unique.

“Regardless of what kind of stories you like to read, fiction or nonfiction, reading enables you to make sense of your life, the lives of others, your relationships and the world at large,”

 8. Make the most of your commute.

  

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