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Today is a very special day.

One year ago I left Corporate America to pursue my dream, a different life. I decided to take the road less taken to go on my own.

Twelve months has passed, I want to write down what I have learned from starting my own business. My life is no longer about quitting, but about starting and creating.

1. Don’t quit too soon. (just kidding!)

2. Starting your own business has nothing to do with what you want, but everything to do with what your customers want.

3. We can do anything we set our mind to, but we cannot do everything at the same time.

4. Offer what your customers want and give them what they need.

5. Create stories that someone can remember and talk about.

6. Think about how you and your business make people feel.

7. No tools, tapes, CDs or seminars can change your life. You can change your life.

8. When you are trying to please everyone, you are pleasing no one.

9. Think SYSTEM – save yourself some time, energy and money. Think “do you want fries with that”.

10. If one system works for one business, it could also work for your business.

11. Ideas don’t meant much unless you do something about it.

12. When you are doing something you truly love, you really are on vacation everyday.

13. Treat others the way you want to be treated.

14. Take “should of”, “could of” and “would of” out of your vocabulary.

15. If you cannot be here now, you cannot be there in the future.

16. Nothing happens instantly if you have never done it before.

17. Just pick up the phone for god sake.

18. Pictures worth a thousand words (This works for blog, sales proposal and a whole lot of other things)

19. You are who you say you are.

20. It doesn’t matter where you come from it’s where you are going that really matters.

21. Think not to survive, but to strive.

22. Be honest with yourself. Instead of trying to figure out what is stopping you, think about what motivates you.

23. There are endless amount of opportunities that you can create. Richard Branson once said: “Business opportunities are like

buses, there’s always another one coming.”

24. You don’t find time. You make time.

25. Everything starts with awareness.

26. Have fun in everything you do. Otherwise, why do it?

27. Compliment yourself, you deserve it.

28. When you are intimated or afraid, you are probably on the right track.

29. Persistence can conquer all things.

30. It is not about winning or being number one. It is about doing whatever it takes.

31. The more you want to help others. The more people want to help you.

32. Be grateful and happy with where you are now.

33. Learn how to say no.

34. Learn how to ask.

35. Learn to respect your own time then other would do the same.

36. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” Will Rogers, humorist

37. There is more to life than just doing more.

38. Hang out with people who give you hope. Not fear.

39. “The most important reason for wanting to succeed is not the money you make, but the person you become.” Brian Tracey

40. “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” Henry Ford.

41. It’s never too late.

42. You can accomplish a lot more when you find the right person. Business is a team sport.

43. First decide who you want to become, then everything else will come into place.

44. Being an entrepreneur is a way a life. It’s not a job. It’s a choice.

45. In order to do what really matters to you, you have to, first of all, know what really matters to you.” Dr. Edward Hallowell:

46. Many of the things you can count, don’t count. Many of the things you can’t count, really count.” Albert Einstein.

47. Action speaks a lot louder than words.

48. Take the time and imagine what you ideal look like. If you don’t know how it looks like, you would have no idea when it comes
your way.

49. It’s okay to change direction. Change (in additional to death & taxes) is another constant in life.

50. “If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren’t doing enough asking.” Jack Canfield.

51. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden, Basketball Hall of Fame.

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