Donald Trump on Tyra's Talk Show

Did you watch? Are you a Trump fan? Maybe I'm odd, but I watched every second and even recorded it. Something he said during the show really stood out to me. I've heard other public speakers say the same thing, but coming from Donald Trump, it's set in stone in my mind. He says "Do what you love to do and stick to it." Just so happens, he loves Real Estate. He made it work for him nicely, don't you think?

Ask yourself this simple question:

I heard an awesome public speaker at a business seminar several years ago ask an anonymous question. This isn't a new question, but it's one I want you to keep in the back of your mind.

The question: Are you fit company for the person you want to be?

If you were where you want to be, would you enjoy your own company? The more I learn, the more I write and the more I read; I'm becoming that person I want so badly to be.

As parents, we want more for our children than we had, right? Why not carry that on into your professional life? As parents, we need to want to teach our children by example. We need to want to be more, do more, earn more, provide more. Not only for our children, but for ourselves as well.

Now go do something productive.

Do what you can 2.

Just to continue from my previous post; Do what you can I'd like to share something with you. I have a good friend from high school who just bought a new home and is making about $40,000 a year in just one of his business ventures alone. The venture? Selling. He sells data lines to companies. One bit of advice he gave my hubby tonight was to study everything. He says he didn't know very much about data lines when he got started, but he read and learned what he needed to know to become successful. Now here he is 4 years later, making enough money from a part time business venture to allow his wife to stay home with their two children full time. He also owns two computer sales/maintenance stores and is breaking into new prospects all the time.

Do what you can. If you aren't doing something, you're doing... nothing. Probably pretty obvious isn't it? If you're doing nothing, you're not trying. So do what you can. Read. Study. Learn. And just do it.

I'm currently reading

The Power of Focus. The primary focus of the book so far is habits and how they affect your life. Good habits provide positive results, bad habits provide negative results. Teach yourself new habits. Zig Ziglar said a new habit could be formed in 21 days. That's three short weeks! Three weeks to make a positive change in your life, if you want it badly enough. Do you?

There's no substitute

There's absolutely no substitute for reading or listening to audio books! Even if you're like me and you have "mom, can I have..." "mom, I need..." or even "honey could you..." in your ears all the time, you can still listen to an audio book. If you can find 15 minutes a day to sit and read, do it! Here are a few of my favorites:

Personality Plus
Richest Man in Babylon
You Can't Steal Second With Your Foot on First
Rich Dad, Poor Dad

And be sure to check out everything you can by Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Robert Kiyosaki and any other person you hold in high esteem. Self-help books really will help you further your career whether you're in sales or a writer.

Robert Kiyosaki (author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and others) was in an interview one time and the lady mentioned she'd love to have a best seller like he did one of these days but she was no sales-person. He said he wasn't a great author, he was a great salesman, then he pointed out the "best SELLER" tag on the book. He explains in his books that you have to be able to sell yourself.

Read, read, read, read, read... learn, learn, learn, learn...

Do what you can.

What do I mean by that? I mean just do it! Do what you can. If you can type, type. If you have great parenting advice, type it out into 400-word articles. Have your information ready so when someone asks for a sample of your work, you have it handy. If you can make phone calls, apply with a company like West Corp .

You can find work to do from home, all you have to know is where to look! :)

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Work At Home Opportunities

Work at home jobs aren't terribly hard to find if you know where to look. Here are a few tips on finding work at home jobs:

• Try a Google search for "telecommute ok"
• Check out Classifieds like Craigslist
• Check out Freelancer sites like GetAFreelancer, GetAHelpdesk and iFreelance
  
• Sign up on FREE message boards for FREE information on working from home
• Create a resume - even if you haven't worked outside the home in years!
• When emailing someone about a job, be professional.
  

• Most importantly - don't ever ever ever pay for information. You never pay someone to let you work for them!