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10 Ways I Sabotaged My Success And How To Avoid My Mistakes

Dee Kumar — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:00:26 +0000

There are many reasons why success took its time for me. Nearly all the reasons were my own fault.

Interestingly however, I have recently noticed that many others stumble with some of the very same issues. Thus by learning to overcome these problem elements we all have a much greater chance of success or increasing our current rate of… Read the rest of this entry »

What Made You Start A Business?

Dr Mani Sivasubramanian — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:00:36 +0000

The morning I decided to write about this subject, I saw a post on one of the popular discussion forums.

It was from someone who had invested quite a bit of time and effort into building his online business, was nearing the point where it could start being profitable, but was running short of energy and inspiration to keep… Read the rest of this entry »

5 Questions To Ask To See If You Are In The Wrong Business

Dr Mani Sivasubramanian — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:31:33 +0000

“I’m going to build a business!”

These words have a certain magical energy to them. They give every solopreneur, looking to hang out a shingle on the Internet, a sense of being on the same level as a Bill Gates, or a Donald Trump, or a Larry Ellison. The vision of a future business maven who creates an empire and… Read the rest of this entry »

What Albert Einstein Can Teach You About Internet Marketing

Bryan Clark — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:00:16 +0000

In ‘Internet years’ I think I can safely call myself a seasoned professional. I have been working online for a long time now; time in which I have know many people come and go.

While I hate to use the term ‘Make Money Online’ or even ‘Internet Marketing’ given the bad reputation that they both have, this industry is… Read the rest of this entry »

The Greatest Gift In Life

Neroli Makim — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Today’s article pays tribute to an extraordinary creative who has just passed. It also may be the most interesting article I’ve ever written for Entrepreneurs-Journey.com, at least, it is in my mind.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that recently we lost one of the great creative minds of our time, Steve Jobs.

The week following… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Be The Best At Everything You Do

Dr Mani Sivasubramanian — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:39:37 +0000

“Be The Best – At Everything You Do”

Every single time I’ve said this to someone, they come back with an argument:

“But how can I be the best in the world at everything? Or even anything?”

I then explain and clarify:

“I never said ‘best in the world’. I only said ‘be the best’.“

So, what’s the difference?

One… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Win At The Money Game

Neroli Makim — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:20:18 +0000

Hello again dear reader,

I’ve got a follow up interview this week that I was particularly interested in sharing you, so you can find out about people who make money without worrying about mindset. A perfectly valid response that I hear sometimes goes like this…

“Well what about all those people who don’t care about mindset and just use

… Read the rest of this entry »

What World Class Companies Can Teach Entrepreneurs About Trust And Letting Go

Aziz Ali — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:00:11 +0000

“How to make anyone do what you want, while they feel extremely happy doing it! Discover the forgotten currency, which is more precious at times than money.”

To my astonishment, I got a B- in my Business Strategy case analysis paper! I am astonished because B- is a bonus for a school slacker like me. I procrastinated til’ the night… Read the rest of this entry »

The 80/20 Rule For Making Money

Neroli Makim — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:04:47 +0000

In today’s article I’m going to take a kinky look at the often-discussed 80/20 rule. In case you’re not aware of it, the rule states that 20% of what you do gives you 80% of your results, so the trick is to find out what that 20% is for you, focus on that and delegate the rest of the… Read the rest of this entry »

3 Keys To Find Your Creative Flow

Neroli Makim — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:38:46 +0000

During a recent, fairly random project, I had so many interesting insights that relate to the business tips we write about on this blog, I decided to write this week’s post about them.

I’ll describe the project I was working on, the process I went through, and then discuss how failure was imperative to my success, and the three key… Read the rest of this entry »

If Perception Determines Your Paycheck, What Are You (Really) Worth?

Neroli Makim — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:41:35 +0000

Hey there, today I’m going to talk about perception.

Perception really is a BIG deal, perception of self, perception of others, and how others perceive you.

Your perception of your self and how others perceive you directly affects how successful you are in any given area of life. An exercise I gave in last week’s article was designed to… Read the rest of this entry »

You Already Have What You Need To Succeed… But What Is It?

Neroli Makim — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:07:22 +0000

As promised from last week’s article, I’ll let you know the tips that went with the 30 Circles Test.

You can check out last week’s article here:

3 Exercises To Improve Your Creative Thinking Skills

One of the things the creator of the test, Bob McKim, found was that a lot of people would draw something, like a… Read the rest of this entry »

3 Exercises To Improve Your Creative Thinking Skills

Neroli Makim — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:00:57 +0000

Hi there, this week’s article is going to be very brief. Instead of lots of words, I’m going to give you three creativity exercises, so you can do some brain training and test yourself on your creative thinking skills.

Creativity Exercise 1

The first creativity exercise was mentioned in one of the TED talks last week. Tim Brown spoke… Read the rest of this entry »

My Top 10 List Of TED Talks On Creativity

Neroli Makim — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:28:11 +0000

Hello again. I’m off on a new tangent this week, it’s been inspired by Yaro’s last post. Actually, I’ve had this niggling feeling I needed to take his advice since receiving the email in my inbox several weeks ago with tips on writing great articles – I just have so much spinning in my head that it often takes… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Be Happy – All The Time

Dr Mani Sivasubramanian — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:33:04 +0000

Before writing this post, I was unhappy. A lot had happened in the hour since I woke up in the morning!

Then I said to myself, “If you’re going to write about always being happy, why not try out what you’re telling others to do?”

So I did. It worked. I felt happy.

And then, I sat down to write… Read the rest of this entry »

Is Email A Bigger Productivity Killer Than Marijuana? (UK Study Says Yes)

Leevi Romanik — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:36:33 +0000

Tim sits at his desk. He fidgets. He knows he has to get some work done, but he can’t. He is going to be in big trouble if he doesn’t. Oops, his mind wandered off again, quickly, back to the task at hand. He fidgets again. “Ohhh, this is so hard. I feel uncomfortable” his mind groans. He looks at… Read the rest of this entry »

What Successful Internet Marketers Know (But You Don’t?)

Leevi Romanik — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:00:59 +0000

Last week, I shared with you in part one of the series, how a personal consulting client of mine, Tom, was struggling with “analysis paralysis”, and that the fear of doing something wrong in his online business endeavors resulted in him doing nothing. My suggestion was that just starting to do something is often the hardest thing, but it is… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Beat Procrastination When You Don’t Know What To Do Next

Leevi Romanik — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:48:52 +0000

This is part one of a two part series where I want to address some of the common issues that are faced by many Internet marketers. This article will focus on an obstacle I feel is stopping many people from getting started with Internet marketing. The second article will focus on proper business strategies for an online business.

A growing… Read the rest of this entry »

Maverick Canadian Shares How To Profit Using His Simple Story Telling Method

Neroli Makim — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:16:57 +0000

Hello again, this week we’ve got part two of the Shaune Clarke interview, and I promise it’s just as packed with unusual and insightful tips for business as part one:

Why Keeping It Real Is Your Best Selling Tactic

In fact, this week, we get to cover something I’ve made a fuss about a few times in previous… Read the rest of this entry »

Why Keeping It Real Is Your Best Selling Tactic

Neroli Makim — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:25:45 +0000

Greetings once more fellow entrepreneur, this week I have something quite unique and extraordinary to share.

Yesterday, I interviewed Shaune Clarke, and what began as a 45 minute interview spilled into nearly two hours as we took a free fall into the mind of one of the most uniquely gifted entrepreneurs I’ve encountered.

Because Shaune shared such… Read the rest of this entry »

3 Controversial Actions Guaranteed To Shock You Out Of Your “Fail” Routine

Aziz Ali — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:40:59 +0000

Have you ever asked yourself,

“Why haven’t I made it yet?”

If not, now is a good time to really look inside.

It was the year 2006, and I was a new immigrant in the U.S.A. I enrolled in a community college in my pursuit to earn a Bachelors degree. It was then that I stumbled upon a video on… Read the rest of this entry »

Kerwin Rae Explains How To Maintain Optimal Flow For Peak Performance

Neroli Makim — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:00:35 +0000

Hello once again fellow entrepreneur. Today we have a very interesting article based on an interview I had with Kerwin Rae last week. For all those who have been reading this column from the beginning, you will notice that Kerwin has already appeared twice previously, once in an article on Creativity and Influence and the other on Read the rest of this entry »

How To Stay Ahead Of Your Industry

Dee Kumar — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:48:30 +0000

In the first article in this series – Ask Yourself This Important Question: Is Your Business Growing Or Dying? – I talked about why the ‘be the best’ mindset is so important and why it has been the ultimate success factor for many businesses.

There were, however, a number of misunderstandings, prevalent in the comment section, which I would… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Find Your Inner Genius

Neroli Makim — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:08:29 +0000

I’ve been considering lately the way each of us already has a unique inner genius and how this can be found and bought to the surface. This thread of contemplation has led me to a creativity enhancing technique we have discussed previously, called mental priming. How this works in relation to our unique genius is that each one… Read the rest of this entry »

Why Thinking Like A Fish Can Help Your Business

Leevi Romanik — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:22:32 +0000

When we are operating a business, we are often told to try and think like the consumer. To ‘walk in their shoes’ or to ‘get inside their head’ and know what they are thinking and feeling. All this is done with the end goal of creating a better experience for the consumer or of providing them with exactly what they… Read the rest of this entry »

Ask Yourself This Important Question: Is Your Business Growing Or Dying?

Dee Kumar — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:38:42 +0000

Be The Best Part 1

The recent post by Yaro seems to have stirred up some emotion between his fans. His discussion to change his business model has been based on trends and statistics, and perhaps a need to change to keep his business thriving.

You see, times change and what worked once in the past will not always work… Read the rest of this entry »

John Assaraf Explains How To Maximize Your Brain’s Creative Potential

Neroli Makim — Thu, 26 May 2011 10:53:34 +0000

Hi there fellow entrepreneur, this week I’m delighted to share with you some extremely interesting and useful information from an interview I had with John Assaraf.

Cool story to share! After last week’s article, I thought, “You know what? I should have asked John for an interview, he would be a really great person to interview on… Read the rest of this entry »

Use This Little-Known Insight To Harness Your Mind’s Million Dollar Potential, Fight Your Fears And Succeed In Business

Neroli Makim — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:35:05 +0000

I’ve written previously about our mind, and it’s role in creating things in our lives that are useful for our business, finances and lifestyle. I’ve recently lined up some interviews with businessmen, Rowan Burn and Kerwin Rae, who have a lot of knowledge and information to share on this subject, and over the course of the next few months as… Read the rest of this entry »

The Mentality Of The Young Entrepreneur

Ken Sundheim — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:17:00 +0000

My name is Ken Sundheim. I am a 29 year old business owner of an executive search firm by the name of KAS Placement based out of New York City at Herald Square. I started KAS shortly after I graduated from Fordham University, after resigning from a corporate sales job after three months of being at the company.

Throughout… Read the rest of this entry »

How My Facebook And YouTube Profiles Led To An Invitation To Become A High Paid Speaker

Neroli Makim — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:20:30 +0000

Greetings once more Entrepreneurs! I’m going off on a tangent today about engaging in the world of social media to build your profile, build your brand and grow your business. This is a topic we’re all pretty savvy about as online entrepreneurs, because we’re all doing it, and most of us will have experienced some success with it. I’m writing… Read the rest of this entry »