What Are You Selling?

"We are our most important product."~George Foreman

Listen to the man who has sold over 150 million products since leaving the pugilism ring. Do you realize that you must always sell yourself before you sell your product or service?

How do you sell yourself?

Our economy, while becoming more technically advanced is moving back to a relationship economy. It used to be the best whiz-bang thing won, now people want to know more about who is selling them the stuff, want to know more about how you do, what you do and if you are worthy of their business.

Have you thought about that lately? I hope so, because if you haven't then the "economy" is going to be getting you down. A shift is happening and you need to be aware of it or it will pass you by and without knowing it, you'll blame the economy for your lack of success...And not know the real problem with your business.

"People don't care about what you know, until the know how much you care." It's an old saying that is coming back into vogue. Start caring about your customers. Start building those relationships. Start by selling yourself.

"We are our most important product."

Your Full Attention

"Anything worth doing is worth your full attention."~Michael Masterson

Do you multitask? Why?? It just takes you longer to do the things you are doing. Think about it.

In our "microwave" society, we put value on being able to do 100 things at the same time, but doesn't that just take away from each individual thing that we do? Doesn't it just let us get away with doing the work half-ass? Are you really giving each of those 100 things your FULL attention?

I say no, and it is doing harm to you and everyone who tries to multitask and even the people who we are multitasking for. We have become a society of "average is good enough." We have become a society that doesn't celebrate excellence but only quantity.

Part of the problem is also that we have lost the understanding of what is worth doing. Most high school students now say that what is important to them is "getting rich." Wow, have we lost our way or what?

Think about it, are the things that you are doing worth your full attention, or can you just do them and get by without a lot of thought...

"Anything worth doing is worth your full attention."

What Are You Living For?

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."~Henry David Thoreau

What are you paying for? What are you exchanging your life for? Why? Is it worth it, or do you need to re-examine it?

You're paying a price for everything you do. Is it worth it or are you really wasting your life away? We don't realize that exchange is happening daily, hourly, by the minute.

Emerson said "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." Are you exchanging your life for something without enthusiasm? How's that working? Is it getting you where you want to go? Is it even moving you in the right direction?

"No thought lives in your mind rent-free." What are you paying to think the thoughts that you are thinking? Ever thought about that???

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."