Focus on Faith To Build Your Home Business

You've heard these excuses before and no doubt have probably thought many of them yourself, "what if I fail?" “What if the company goes belly up?" "What if I run out of money?" or "what if I can't recruit?"   I too have heard these and many other excuses from people who undoubtedly wanted to start a home based business, but these many 'what ifs' always seemed to stop them from taking the next step.  I confess at certain times in my life and my business experience these all too familiar questions have tried to hinder my decisions as well.

Friend, believe it or not faith is required to do just about anything and that includes building a business from nothing.  You can call it what you like (I choose to call it faith), there is that certain element which gets you from point A, where you are thinking or dreaming about your home business to point B where you are actually planning and begin building it.  It is important to never forget that you really do not know where you will end up once you start. The risk factor comes into play as you will most assuredly spend money building your business as well as spend a tremendous amount of time.  For many, this is the reason why they never "start" in the first place.
 So how do you get to the place where you can stop asking all the questions and just do it?  Precisely, you just do it!  I know it sounds too simple, but really do you contemplate on cooking or eating your favorite meal or doing your favorite activity?  Do you say to yourself, what if I don’t like it or what if I burn it? Of course not; you do it because it is something that you desire to do.  The fact is, if you question every action you take in your life you will be one very unhappy person because that is not living!  At some time in your life you must be willing to take risks. 

If you are married, you took the risk to tell that special person you loved them and you took the risk of finally asking that person to marry you or saying yes when asked!  Never the less you took the risk and if you did not you would have given up ever being loved back or experienced the joy of being in an intimate married relationship. There was all kinds of risk involved there, but there was something else - - - faith!  You exercised faith in the unseen.  

When it comes to starting a home based business, find the one that is right for you and just do it.  Of course do your homework on the company and product.  After you’ve done your due diligence take the next step.  Don’t let the unknown stop you; take the leap of faith and see what happens.  You will be better for the experience even if it doesn’t work out.  The joy is in the journey not in the destination!

"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."

Martin Luther King

Focus On Self Development to Keep Your Positive MIndset

Another thing I've recently learned about working from home is you can get very discouraged.  With the wrong attitude you will soon give up on working at all for that day, and if you don't have a clear goal in mind you may not go back the next day either.  If your motivation is only when the money is rolling in and suddenly disappears when your leads dry up it is past time to start learning some positive thinking techniques.  So self development is also a crucial part of your home based business building strategy.  In case you didn't realize it, this blog is really geared toward helping the home based business person, learn these self development skills.  I focus on positive thinking, because it is the one thing I know for sure that will work, plus it is a biblical concept, and I am a Christian after all.

Let me share this picture to your mindset today. Your business is like a crop or a vegetable garden.  Have you ever planted a garden?  There is a lot of preparation that goes into it - a lot of work.  You prepare your soil, pull weeds and plant your seeds. You water your garden, and take care to manage pests, and control weeds.  For those skilled at farming there may be even more things involved that I am missing. You exercise patience to see that garden or crop come to maturity, and then you finally reap the harvest of all of your work.  Farming is a long standing ancient art and tradition.  But few people today understand the patience of a farmer.  Just imagine if they were impatient to see those seeds pop through the soil - - they would daily be out there in the field disturbing the already prepared soil and by so doing destroy any progress that the little seedling is making. 

Recently my Pastor mentioned in his message to the flock that we live in a throw away society.  I've also heard it said that we live in the now generation.  Everyone wants immediate satisfaction, and if they do not get it they go somewhere else, dumping what they are doing to find something that will meet their "immediate need".  Let me just say that those people will never succeed in anything they set out to accomplish because they do not have the perseverence to see a project through to completion. Oh how we would be so much better off to have a little patience, like the farmer.  To grow, and tend and manage our home business, instead of giving up when we don't see results right away! 

Here's a thought for you that came my way today.  It lifted me up and helped my mind to stay on track. I really love this because it entails everything that I believe.  Our minds are also like fields of crops.  Let these words bring you encouragement to continue to build your home based business, even in hard times.  DON'T abandon your field of dreams!

The Strangest Secret

Focus On Your Thinking

Hi Friends,

I'm sorry it has been awhile since I've written anything.  I've been super busy (too busy, that is) with my main business and other projects.  You know, it's not good to be too busy, but it does happen some times.

When it comes to your job or business you can easily lose sight of what is important to you.  When that happens you tend to just go through the motions of life but never make any progress.  You are like on a treadmill - you're working and moving but you're not going anywhere.  When you see this happening your thoughts begin to wander in realms of despondency.  If you are building a home based business and you run into slow months it can be especially difficult and you need something to keep your thoughts on the right track.  Daily devotionals are critical.

I love this particular passage in the Bible because it implies the great importance and benefit of controlling your thinking. 

Philippians 4:6-9 (New King James Version)

"6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.


Meditate on These Things 
8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you."

Let us use whatever wholesome means possible to teach and train our minds to think in a positive manner.  This will provide untold benefits, especially to those who are building a business.  When you run into rough waters or even the calmest deadest waters, you will find this very useful indeed.

Until next time, be blessed to success!

Cynthia

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Focus On Exercise To Stay in Balance and Build Wealth

Believe it or not, sitting there in front of your computer is not healthy.  That's an understatement right?  Well, I remember the days I use to harp on my kids for doing this very thing~!  "Go out side, get some air, take a walk, get some exercise!"  These are all statements I've made myself to my teen age kids growing up.  They would rather spend time in front of the computer than any thing else! 

How funny now, as they are all grown up, some of them are telling me the same thing.  When I think about it long enough, it makes me laugh, but it really is no laughing matter.  My body is suffering, my back is killing me, sometimes my stress level is sky high, my "love handles" are getting "lovelier" and easier to handle every day.., yikes! 

As internet marketers, building a new home based business, this is an area of great concern.  Okay, so maybe it's just me, but I find myself spending way to many hours in front of my computer than I ever have before!  Exercise - never my strong suit is needed even more so than ever, but how to stay on course is the question that needs an answer?  If I had the answer to that, I'd probably be in a different industry altogether and I'd be making a lot of money in it, that's for sure.  But, seriously, the main thing again here is focus.  Why is it that this word focus, which I've chosen as my blog title seems to resonate throughout everything I am trying to do in home based business?  Well whatever the reason, let's not focus on that right now, let's focus on exercise. 

So, as I seem to have this tendency to spend more time on my "B- - - - @*&" these days in front of my computer I've decided that it's time to find a 10 minute workout program that will work for me and maybe people like me, my readers.  I've known for a long time that getting that heart pumping is key to staying healthy so this is my real focus in routine; I'm not looking to get all buff and tuff with lean muscle and 6 pack abs - - that will come ..., next year.., okay, (yeah right ;o) ).  Because I'm no expert I did a little Googling and I found a pretty easy and "doable" 10 minute exercise plan that looks like just what I need.  I'm copying it word for word but if you want to go directly to the site I'll give that info in the end:

Quick Cardio Blast: Burn up to 150 calories

• Minutes one to two: High-intensity cardio, jump rope or run up and down stairs.
• Minutes three to four: Do as many push-ups as you can.
• Minutes five and six: Jump rope or run stairs again.
• Minutes seven and eight: Do squats by standing with your back against a wall and squatting as low as you can. Focus on form rather than speed.
• Minutes nine and ten: Back to the high-intensity cardio, but this time give it your all. Try to get in ten more jumps or stairs in the same amount of time.

Tone and Strengthen
Do each of these exercises for about one minute. The goal is to move continuously for the entire series.

• Squats against a wall: Stand with your back against wall and squat down as far as you can.
• Push-ups: Focus on form, not quantity. Knee push-ups are perfectly fine until you have the strength for military style.
• Walking lunges with a front kick: Step forward with one leg and lunge until your knee is above your front foot. Stand and kick up, lower your leg and repeat with the other side.
• Squats/Chest squeeze: Hold a weighted object and pull it in towards your chest as you lift up.
• Dead lifts: Stand with a weighted object in your hands and bend forward until your back is parallel to the floor. Keep your back lifted the entire time. For an extra challenge, stand on one leg and alternate.
• Shoulder raises: Keeping your arms straight, lift the weight to the front of your body and hold. Lower slowly and repeat.
• Side raises: Stand with your upper torso parallel to the floor. Raise your arms to your sides with your thumbs pointing up. Squeeze your shoulder blades together and hold.
• Triceps Dip: Support yourself on a couch or sturdy chair with both hands behind you, facing away from the chair. Bend your knees and lower yourself using only your arms. Lift and repeat.
• Wide-leg squat: Stand with your legs spread open past your shoulders and squat as low as you can.
• Crunch: Lie on the floor and do a set of traditional crunches, with your arms behind your head and your knees bent. Lift up your upper torso, squeeze in your abs, lower slowly and repeat.

From: Apartment Living: The Ten Minute Workout

A few years ago my husband bought me this cool small little mini trampoline and I use it to jog in place for 10 to 15 minutes as part of my cardio routine.  I do it long enough to get the blood flowing without the impact of running on a hard surface; this helps not to put any more stress on my back.  I have also found that this greatly reduces my stress level and helps me to regain my focus which as you know will get blurry if you are under stress.  This is the great part about working from home, I can do this any time of day.  Take a 10 minute stress break - - it's wonderful!

Another thing I do is take my dog for a walk.  Now you may think, "well for Pete's sake woman - of course you should take your dog for a walk, poor thing!" But if you do it right you can make that short little 10 to 15 minute walk part of your routine to get that heart pumping. 

The point here is to get the routine to do these things and make it part of your everyday business building plan.  Why do I say business building?  The answer is obvious - if you spend your countless hours 10 to 16 hours per day working, working, working, and you don't take care of your body, you will suffer the consequences.  Sure your business will prosper, but you will be poor, - poor in health.  You could have an empire and not be around long enough to enjoy the benefits!  It's time now to make exercise part of the business routine. 

Thanks and have a great day!