It takes two things to create a great success. It takes a dream, a brand spanking new dream that takes you out of the ordinary and places you firmly in a new, expanded and exalted world-- the world of your dreams. Dreams are important because human beings cannot advance unless they can dream. But dreams are only the beginning. Having a dream or vision is not enough.
You also need desire, a potent overwhelming desire that fires inspired action. Napoleon Hill, the author of Think and Grow Rich once said that desire is the starting point of all achievement. Many people have dreams, but fall short when it comes to summoning the strong desire you need to succeed. Laziness, procrastination, and the habit of staying in your comfort zone are the enemies of desire.
Think of it this way. Most people get accustomed to a certain level of calmness, orderliness, and predictability in their lives. After a while they can't envision themselves doing any thing else. They dream of doing extraordinary things, but are stopped by fear of stepping out of their ordinary day-to-day existence.
Bill Zanker, CEO and Founder of The Learning Annex, says," "If you want to make it big, you've got to push yourself beyond your limits. To create a powerful desire, you've got to pump yourself up and get yourself into a hyper mental state. And you have to do this yourself. Nobody can do this for you."
Bill Zanker used this technique when he took a huge leap of faith and tried to recruit Donald Trump to speak at The Learning Annex Real Estate and Wealth Expo. "After I decided that I wanted to play in the same arena as him I had to push myself to a new level. I pushed out my chest, and took a deep breath, and gathered all the energy I could muster. Then I called Donald Trump’s office and offered him $1,000,000 to speak for one hour at the Learning Annex even though the Learning Annex had never grossed more that $5 1/2 million in an entire year."
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Find your passion in any business
Finding you passion is the most important step in any venture and if you are going to start a business you are to be absolutely sure that this is your cup of tea because otherwise you will suffer from the lost opportunities till the rest of your life. Do not scare of hardships and challenges - choose the right path, the right direction for which you have a strong passion.
The President and founder of the Learning Annex Bill Zanker is famous for his extraordinary talent to be in the right time with the right people. He started the company with drawing up a detailed business plan and fortunately had a big corporate budget. Yes, $5,000 in the early 1980's has been a big sum of money and it has always been a risky venture to start a business without having a backup at all. No one could help and advize Zanker on his venture partially because this business was a pioneer one - no one ever thought about it. But the turning point in the success Learning Annex is experiencing now fully belongs to its President when he decided that this was his passion. Nothing else, but the educational organization that provides all people with any kind of courses regardless their sex, age and religion. Being a highly educated person, Zanker understood that with evry new book, with every little piece of information his brain grasps it is easier to communicate with professionals in this or that sphere, it is easier to get in touch with them and do business as well.
The way Bill Zanker worked has not been an easy one as from the very beginning he turned his flat into an office and was dressed in a clown suit ot hand out class schedules in Times Square. A lot of challenges he met on his way to success and no one could even make a half what he has achieved. There is no secret about how he succeeded and made The Learning Annex a world-known company. He just loved the business he did, he devoted all his time to develop and seek for new ways of developing The Learning Annex. Passion helped him to raise the standards of the notion of educational courses and in this 5 simple tips you will find the basic principles that must accompany any business you are in:
1. Stop thinking about the money whatever hard it is. When you look at money as the source of expanding business - you will feel better and continue to raise your business to new heights. If you can't stop thinking about revenue - your competitors will beat you in a second.
2. Focus on your passion and free your mind from obstacles.
3. Find time to think about anything you would do without being paid for it, in other words think about your passion.
4. You can't make up your mind on anything? It is untrue. You do have some desires and if there were absolutely no limitations on transforming them into a real life, what will they be?
5. Deal with something that won't just bring revenue to your company and make your purse thick but think about other people, their desires and ambitions, serve them at once, cater for their tastes. Verify that you are getting pleasure from it as well.
The President and founder of the Learning Annex Bill Zanker is famous for his extraordinary talent to be in the right time with the right people. He started the company with drawing up a detailed business plan and fortunately had a big corporate budget. Yes, $5,000 in the early 1980's has been a big sum of money and it has always been a risky venture to start a business without having a backup at all. No one could help and advize Zanker on his venture partially because this business was a pioneer one - no one ever thought about it. But the turning point in the success Learning Annex is experiencing now fully belongs to its President when he decided that this was his passion. Nothing else, but the educational organization that provides all people with any kind of courses regardless their sex, age and religion. Being a highly educated person, Zanker understood that with evry new book, with every little piece of information his brain grasps it is easier to communicate with professionals in this or that sphere, it is easier to get in touch with them and do business as well.
The way Bill Zanker worked has not been an easy one as from the very beginning he turned his flat into an office and was dressed in a clown suit ot hand out class schedules in Times Square. A lot of challenges he met on his way to success and no one could even make a half what he has achieved. There is no secret about how he succeeded and made The Learning Annex a world-known company. He just loved the business he did, he devoted all his time to develop and seek for new ways of developing The Learning Annex. Passion helped him to raise the standards of the notion of educational courses and in this 5 simple tips you will find the basic principles that must accompany any business you are in:
1. Stop thinking about the money whatever hard it is. When you look at money as the source of expanding business - you will feel better and continue to raise your business to new heights. If you can't stop thinking about revenue - your competitors will beat you in a second.
2. Focus on your passion and free your mind from obstacles.
3. Find time to think about anything you would do without being paid for it, in other words think about your passion.
4. You can't make up your mind on anything? It is untrue. You do have some desires and if there were absolutely no limitations on transforming them into a real life, what will they be?
5. Deal with something that won't just bring revenue to your company and make your purse thick but think about other people, their desires and ambitions, serve them at once, cater for their tastes. Verify that you are getting pleasure from it as well.
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