Educate Yourself to Success

From Brian Walsh, Founder and CEO of Entrepreneur.co.za

As my own choice of investment for myself, I spend about R7000 per month on acquiring and using products that educate me on how to run my business better, become more effective and generally achieve greater success. One thing that I have learnt over the years is that it is just plain stupid to think you can figure it all out yourself! It still baffles me why entrepreneurs don't seem to understand the power of learning, the power of educating themselves to do things better.

I have always said that the measure of achieving true success is the ability to create the same or greater results whilst expending less effort and using less resources. To do this, you need to acquire knowledge and expertise and continuously educate yourself - as the market and technology evolves, entrepreneurs need to work to adapt and evolve accordingly, and this means constantly keeping up with what works best now, and staying a few steps ahead. You need to be constantly looking out for better ways of doing things.

Commit yourself to learning. This week, go out and buy or subscribe to a product or learning aid that will teach you on an ongoing basis how to be a better, more successful entrepreneur and a better, more fulfilled person as a whole.
Remember that all successful entrepreneurs are committed life-time learners. Go out and learn as it is the greatest tool you have available towards becoming a more successful entrepreneur.

Your Entrepreneurial Coach
Brian WalshFounder and CEO of Entrepreneur.co.za

Learning confusing lessons the hard way.

Or shall I say learning hard lessons the confusing way? Here is my story: I manage a number of blogs, primarily (and yes, I do admit this) to promote my business and my site. However, while most of the platforms are primarily interactive and engaging, there is one platform where I received the following comments: "pimping myself and my site", "enough of the sales schpeel", "put more of yourself out there", etc, etc, etc.

Now, this is where my confusion lies. The platform where I received these comments was a business blog platform. So, now I'm wondering - if, on a business blog whose sole purpose is to promote one's business, I am getting these comments, what then exactly should the blog content be to satisfy the readers AND promote my business at the same time?

I can almost understand the comments if the platform was one of a personal nature, or relating to politics or religion - but this was a business platform. Which only adds to my confusion of this situation.

So, I thought I'd ask bloggers out there. Bearing in mind that my blogs have contained recipes, how to's, gift ideas, etc - what is it that you would like to read here that will serve both your purposes and mine? Is it really necessary to write a four page schpeel on being grateful (for an example) to elevate the interest of the blogs?

Let me know what you think.

Regards,
M.

The Two Choices We Face

The Two Choices We Face by Jim Rohn

Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation.

And the second choice?

To do it all! To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can. All of us have the choice. To do or not to do. To be or not to be. To be all or to be less or to be nothing at all. Like the tree, it would be a worthy challenge for us all to stretch upward and outward to the full measure of our capabilities. Why not do all that we can, every moment that we can, the best that we can, for as long as we can? Our ultimate life objective should be to create as much as our talent and ability and desire will permit. To settle for doing less than we could do is to fail in this worthiest of undertakings. Results are the best measurement of human progress. Not conversation. Not explanation. Not justification. Results! And if our results are less than our potential suggests that they should be, then we must strive to become more today than we were the day before. The greatest rewards are always reserved for those who bring great value to themselves and the world around them as a result of whom and what they have become.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

Quote for Today

"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world."
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Don't forget...

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Happy shopping!

Regards,
M.

Quote for Today

Author Betty Bender said, "It's a mistake to surround yourself only with people just like you. Throw off that worn comforter - and replace it with a crazy quilt of different and imaginative people. Then watch the ideas erupt!"

What a great quote!

Regards,
M.

In the media!

Yes, we're in the media - our PR campaign has taken off and I am proud to share with you the first article to be released in this regard. Log onto the following link to read the article: http://easterngifts.co.za/newsdesk_info.php?newsdesk_id=6&osCsid=6df0576c745ac8952e12dffad69eb298.

As more articles are published, so the site will be updated with these articles - WATCH THIS SPACE!

Happy reading, and uh, happy shopping!

Regards,
M.