Inspired IDEAS

Ideas plus Inspiration; that's the mixture that really turns things on, sends an entrepreneur program into high gear. We need ideas for the goals and plans and we need inspiration for the emotional vitality. To put it to work, to make it flow, to make it multiply.

However, the greatest step toward success is self-confidence. The greatest builder of self-confidence is self-esteem, and self-esteem comes from doing the daily things you know you should do.

Sometimes your self-esteem will start to soar when you make some critical decisions. Decisions to walk a new road, to start a new direction, to start a new discipline, to knock new doors.
Turn on your wheel of success, in 2014.

Opportunity & Preparation

John Wooden a basketball coach once said, "When opportunity comes, it’s too late to prepare." In other words, we should prepare ahead of opportunities. Likewise, we need to be prepared with the necessary skills and abilities to meet opportunities.

Here’s what preparation is not: Knowing all the answers before you start. The key is to recognize when you know enough to start down a road. Otherwise, you’ll be plagued with the paralysis of analysis.

Ask yourself what will happen to your options in the meantime. Will some be eliminated as time passes (for example, if someone else’s decision will impact it)? If waiting will eliminate an important option, decide and act now.