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Growing a Business By Gaining Momentum

by Andrea J. Stenberg
June 19th, 2012

Dictionary.com defines momentum as: “force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.”

Growing a business by gaining momentum. "Get the ball rolling"The force of momentum definitely applies to growing your business. If you don’t take action, nothing happens. However, when you set a goal, write a plan and start taking action, things start taking on a life of your own. Once you get the ball rolling, momentum takes over and you start seeing opportunities pop up out of the woodwork.

Take my business for example. I recently signed up for a high level mentoring program (tuition over $13,000 – ouch). I am committed to getting much greater results from my business and joining this program is part of my plan to achieve this.

In order to pay for the program – never mind get the results promised – I’m going to need to increase the income from my business. I committed to really focusing on getting results.

Well … creating a plan combined with Read More→

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What’s your relationship with money?

by Andrea J. Stenberg
March 9th, 2010

If you are in business you must focus on making a profit. Without profit, without earning descent money, you don’t have a business, you have a hobby.What's your relationship with money?

Putting your focus on profit doesn’t make you a Ferengi. It is a necessary part of the business world. When you have a j-o-b, someone else is responsible for marketing, office space, administration and designing a business plan. You show up, do your job and get paid for your time.

But when you own your own business, even if you have employees, you are ultimately responsible for every part of your business. That’s why you charge a higher hourly rate than you would if you worked for someone else. Very few entrepreneurs bill 40 hours per week.

But in spite of this, many entrepreneurs have an uneasy relationship with money. And it is a relationship, as I was reminded by Iyabo Asani in a teleseminar I attended last night. In this teleseminar she said that money represents an exchange of energy. You provide a services (expend energy) and the customer gives you money in exchange.

However, if you have a problem relationship with money, it spills over into other parts of your business life. If you always feel there is never enough money, then it is often because you lack value in yourself. This can manifest itself in a lack of clients or in attracting clients who can’t or won’t pay what you’re worth.

What Iyabo said made a lot of sense to me. I know in my own life, my relationship with money hasn’t always run smooth. I don’t come from an entrepreneurial background so making money isn’t always seen as a good thing. This makes for some interesting thought processes when you’re in business, let me tell you.

However, when I focus on money, when I focus on cleaning up my relationship with money, things improve.

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The Law of Attraction Strikes Again

by Andrea J. Stenberg
May 29th, 2009

Recently I made a decision to consciously use the Law of Attraction to increase my income. Even though I teach this stuff, I still occasionally need to remind myself to put it into action. I set some goals for the type of income I want and the places I wanted that income to come from. Once of my goals is to do more speaking engagements.

As part of this goal, I’ve been working with a team of local marketing professionals to create a full day marketing workshop called Brand Camp. We’ve been meeting weekly for several months to germinate this idea then work together to implement it.

As the workshop date neared, we started planning what we’d like to do next. Last week we declared a goal of taking our workshop and presenting it in other nearby cities. We hashed out some ideas of where we’d like to present and how we’d market ourselves to achieve this goal.

Less than 24 hours after we set this goal, we were contacted by two people from a nearby city (the same city) about bringing Brand Camp to their town! The same day, I received a call from the coordinator of a conference in yet another city. She’d heard about me and wanted to hire me. In the week since we set that goal, I’ve been asked to speak to a group in Toronto, had an inquiry about advertising on this site, set up a meeting with the mayor and Brand Camp has been asked to set up a second local date.

Thank you Law of Attraction!

Now if you’re read some of my other posts about the Law of Attraction, you know I’m not one of those people who thinks just setting an intention will activate the Law of Attraction. It takes a little more.

How did the Law of Attraction work in this case?

  1. I created a written goal. It’s a goal I truly want to achieve; it’s not something I think I should want.
  2. I committed to achieving the goal. This step is the key to the Law of Attraction. Until you can say, “I’m going to make this happen, even if I’m not quite sure how yet,” you’ve made a wish not a goal.
  3. I shared my goal. In this case part of the goal was working with my Brand Camp colleagues to get our workshop on the road. In any case, publicly stating your goal – even if it’s only to a trusted colleague – adds power to your intention.
  4. I created a plan for how to achieve the goal.
  5. I took concrete steps to move closer to the goal.

The really great thing about the Law of Attraction is when you take these steps, often the universe steps in to help you along. Instead of steadily following your plan to achieve your goal, a shortcut drops in your lap. Even though I believe in the Law of Attraction and teach workshops about it, it still freaks me out a little each time it happens.

But it’s really fun when reaching a goal happens easily; when you can skip some of the hard work because an opportunity just lands in your lap. Not only that, but when the Law of Attraction steps in to give you a helping hand, you get energized. You’re ready to take on more goals, reach new heights. It’s a snowball effect.

Andrea J. Stenberg

Do you have a story about how the Law of Attraction helped you reach your goals? Please leave a comment and tell us what happened.

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Ten Business Books I Can’t Live Without

by Andrea J. Stenberg
March 27th, 2009

As an entrepreneur without a business degree (I studied history and then journalism) I’ve had to spend a lot of time learning on my own. This has meant reading a variety of business books. However, even if I had an MBA, I suspect I’d still be doing a lot of reading. Things change so fast, a business person needs to be continually upgrading her skills to keep up.

As a result, I thought I’d give you a list of my favorite business books. These are books I own and keep near my desk. I have read them more than once and often refer to them.

1.     Overcoming Underearning by Barbara Stanny.

Like many small business owners I have struggled with the concept of charging what I’m worth. Someone in one of my discussion groups recommended this book and something about the description spoke to me. I did something I had never done before. I immediately got out my credit card, went online and ordered the book. I didn’t even look around for another book to increase the purchase to get the free shipping. I just wanted that book.

And I’m glad I did. Overcoming Underearning is a practical guide to digging into my subconscious and learning about what’s keeping from earning the amount of money I want to earn. I’ve read the book several times and often refer back to it. I recommend the book so often, Stanny should be giving me a commission!

A great companion to this book is Stanny’s Secrets Of Six Fugure Women
. Published before Overcoming Underearning, Secrets includes profiles of many women earning six figures and above. It is a great inspiration for any woman who wonders if she has what it takes to earn more.

What I really loved about Secrets is her analysis of what makes these women successful. In particular how women with the biggest paycheques weren’t necessarily the wealthiest. It is mindset and how you live, not just the number of zeros at the end of your make account, that is a true determination of success.

2.     The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White.

As a writer, I consult The Elements of Style regularly for grammatical rules. Semi-colons and colons are my personal bug-a-boos but from time to time I need to be reminded of other rules. It’s note the type of book you read cover to cover, but if you could see how worn my copy is, you’d know it’s well used.

3.     Perfecting Your Pitch by Nancy Michaels.

Perfecting Your Pitch is about how to reach a top decision-maker, set up a meeting and make your pitch. It is easy to read, has practical advice for anyone who needs to wants to land their dream client.

4.     The 4-Hour Work-Week by Timothy Ferriss

This fabulous best-seller, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich tells you how to outsource, automate and escape the nine to five grind. I haven’t implemented everything in his book, but I’m working towards it.

5.     Work the Pond! By Darcy Rezac and Judy Thomson

This is hands down the best networking books I’ve ever read. The authors of Work The Pond totally get what makes someone good at networking. The metaphor of the frog is entertaining as well as easy to understand. The frog concept makes their ideas memorable. If you want to be better at networking, this book is a must read.

6.     The Long Tail by Chris Anderson

This groundbreaking book is a must for anyone selling or promoting anything online. The premise of Long Tail, The, Revised And Updated is businesses can succeed by focusing on very small niches. Rather than looking to make the top of Google in the big keywords, look to be the top in the “long tail”. Find very specific phrases that fewer people search for and win there. You’ll be a big fish in a small pond rather than a tiny fish in a big pond.

7.     Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg

Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life is not really a business book; it’s a book about writing and creativity. However, I use the tools Goldberg teaches in this book all the time. Goldberg breaks writing into two parts – the creative part and the editing. When you’re creating, you can’t let the editor or critic in or you lose the power. Wild Mind is full of fun exercises to let your wild mind free while setting aside the critic.

Anyone who is getting stuck with creativity or being paralyzed by their internal critic might benefit from this book.

8.     The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Like Wild Mind, the Artists Wayisn’t really a business book. However, I think being in business and being an artist have much in common. You need to be creative and innovative to succeed in both fields. Cameron’s classic book helps you get in touch with your inner artist. Without this book, and the class I took with 20 other women based on it, I doubt I’d ever have had the courage to take the leap into entrepreneurship.

9.     The Action Plan Toolkit by Robert Middleton

This ebook is probably the first online information product I ever purchased. I initially found Middleton’s free teleseminars, then subscribed to his ezine. I was on this email list for months before I ever made a purchase. Best decision I ever made. If you feel stuck, like you’re just not taking your business where you know you can go, The Action Plan Toolkit“> is an amazing solution. It can really help you get unstuck.

I’ve used Middleton’s process several times in my business. Each time it helps me get past whatever is blocking me.

10.  Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don’t by Michael Losier

I’ve taught a number of workshops about the Law of Attraction and as a result I’ve ready many books on the subject. This one is easily my favorite. It’s fun, fast to read and has practical tools for putting the Law of Attraction into effect.

Andrea J. Stenberg

Have I missed one of your favorites? Leave a comment and share your top picks.

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How to Maintain a Positive Attitude in Difficult Economic Times

by Andrea J. Stenberg
March 10th, 2009

I believe that keeping a positive mental attitude is essential when you’re a solo-preneur, particularly during these troubled times. If you’re feeling desperate or scared it’s really hard to keep going. It’s hard to make plans and even harder to implement those plans. When speaking to potential customers, it’s harder to make the sale if you’re worried about making the mortgage payment.

And although in the fall I wrote a blog post called Survive a Recession? Some Businesses Are Thriving!, I too am having days where it is a struggle to stay positive.Can you stay positive?

How can you not worry? Unless you bury your head in the sand, you’re being told from all sides that the sky is falling. Turn on any newscast and you hear about the auto sector, job loss statistics climbing higher, retail sales figures plummeting. People keep dropping the “D” word. It’s not good!

And for baby boomer entrepreneurs, the situation is exacerbated by our looming retirement. We don’t have decades to make up for any losses today. We need to make our money now.

So how do we keep from being overwhelmed by the doom and gloom?

At the risk of sounding like a Pollyanna, I have to say that a conscious and strategic use of the Law of Attraction is what’s helping me through.

I’m not suggesting ignoring what’s happening in the world. However, throwing up your hands in despair doesn’t help. You can’t change what’s happening around you. But you can change your actions and thoughts. And changing your thoughts and actions can have a big impact on your success.

Try this experiment. Say the following aloud (with feeling):

“I can’t do this.”

Then try:

“I wonder if I can do this?”

And finally:

“I don’t know how, but I’m going to do this!”

Notice the difference in energy, how you feel when you say each of these statement? If you’re like me, I’ll bet the last one feels a whole lot better than the first one.

That’s what the Law of Attraction is about; focusing on what you want, rather than on what you don’t.

And it’s not just about feeling good. Changing your thoughts from negative to positive has a real impact on what happens.

If you go around thinking “I can’t” then your subconscious is going to help you be right. You’ll have less energy for your business, be half hearted in your marketing efforts (after all, they won’t work anyway) and you’ll overlook unexpected opportunities that arise because you’re focused on what’s not working. You’ll wonder why you went in business in the first place and start checking out the want ads in the paper in order to find a “real” job.

On the other hand, if you tell yourself you’re going to succeed no matter what (and you believe it), you’ll have more energy to devote to marketing and running your business. Because you believe things can go right, opportunities will seem to fall into your lap. And you’ll take advantage of them.

Now some Law of Attraction practitioners will say those opportunities arise because of your positive thoughts. I personally think that’s crap. I really believe that opportunities arise all the time, but we don’t always recognize them as opportunities or worse, don’t always act on them. But when you’re focused on success, you’re mentally prepared when something appears that will help you reach your goals.

As part of using the Law of Attraction to overcome fear about the economy, we more then ever need to have a profit motive in our business. It sounds obvious, but often times we can get distracted by administrative tasks, tidying our offices, and doing things we’ve always done. But if you’re really focused on building your business and making money, you’ll make sure you’re spending the majority of your time doing things that earn money – selling, delivering services and marketing!

It’s very simple. Have an expectation that your business will succeed. Take positive actions every day that move you towards your goals. Be open and receptive to unexpected opportunities that will help you get ahead. It won’t always be easy, but it will get you to ahead faster than giving up.

Andrea J. Stenberg

So, tell me what you think? Does keeping a positive attitude really make a difference? Do you use the Law of Attraction to get through difficult economic times? Please share your thoughts and experiences by leaving a comment below.

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