Building Success Habits

E25 No more excuses - Do it Now |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.” - Gandhi You are the boss of you. Discipline is the commitment to do what you should in a consistent way. Everyone sees people’s success without realizing that 90 percent of what leads to it is unseen, but that 90 percent is what makes it possible. Wishing doesn’t get you there. Luck is not a strategy. Discipline is the way to move your business forward.

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E25 No more excuses - Do it Now |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.” - Gandhi You are the boss of you. Discipline is the commitment to do what you should in a consistent way. Everyone sees people’s success without realizing that 90 percent of what leads to it is unseen, but that 90 percent is what makes it possible. Wishing doesn’t get you there. Luck is not a strategy. Discipline is the way to move your business forward.

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Episode 24 Nine Principles of Highly Productive People - Evaluate & Adjust (5-9) |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“When you can't change the direction of the wind - Adjust your sails”. H. Jackson Brown Jr. In episode 23 we explored how to increase your productivity by first getting really clear on your vision and staying focused on moving forward. In this episode we will take a look at step 5-9.

Once we begin working towards our vision we need to continually evaluate our progress and adjust our course along the way. Sometimes that even means creating a “To-Don’t List.” Let’s take a look at Productivity steps 5-9 Take Inventory of Your Skills and Resources Stop Doing What You’re Not Great at Doing Tune In to Your Team Every Day Make Decisions Every Day to Move Yourself and the Team Forward Continually Reevaluate What Could Work Better. Now it is time to spend time evaluating your results. What is not working? Are there things you need to add to your “To-Don’t List?”. What can you do to focus more on your emerging future? Do more of that!

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Episode 23 Nine Principles of Highly Productive People - Vision (1-4) |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“This life is your one chance to make it happen. Don't let fear, doubt or a few setbacks stop you from reaching your goals. You can do this!” - Anonymous

In the next two episodes we are going to talk about how to increase your productivity using a 9-step process. It takes both perseverance and productivity to get the results we want in our business. Let’s explore steps 1-4 now.

Here are the first four steps Visualize the Perfect Outcome Start working before you know how to Achieve the entire vision Fail Fast, Fail First, and Fail Often Stay Focused Longer Than Other People Do Create a vision for the Perfect Outcome, Get to work, Be okay with failure, Stay Focused and initiate many tries at one thing, not one try at many things. How would you describe your vision of a perfect future? What would you be doing? Describe it in as much detail as possible.

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Episode 22 The Hero’s Journey to Entrepreneurship |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.” Civil Rights activist Benjamin E. Mays

Joseph Campbell coined the phrase “The Hero’s Journey” and it seems fitting to apply the hero’s journey to today’s episode as we explore how to respond to the different stages and the results we can expect.

There are three main stages of the hero’s journey. It starts with the call and acceptance of the call then moves to the abyss and struggles where a mentor shows up to help and guide us and finally ends with a new found success and a return home to share the story in order to inspire others.

When it comes to entrepreneurship, we all want to achieve great results. One key to this is the ability to recognize what stage of the journey we are on so we know where we are in the growth cycle of our business.

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Episode 21 How to Be A Highly Productive Business Owner |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“Everything worthwhile in life - everything you want, everything you desire to achieve, everything you want to receive - is uphill.” - John C. Maxwell

Productivity can be increased dramatically and immediately if we are highly intentional about it. It can be increased the most regardless of the level of giftedness a person has. If you are willing to work at it you can be successful at becoming more productive.

Think of productivity as either climbing a hill or sliding down it. In the downhill slide nothing is worthwhile, we tend to have low self-esteem, negative momentum, low morale and we feel aimless and empty with no improvement or chance to make a difference.

When we talk about uphill, everything is worthwhile, we have high self-respect, positive momentum, high morale and we focus on self-improvement while being purposeful and fulfilling.

Moving uphill requires intentionality, energy, determination, hard work and consistency. Remain focused on the big picture, be determined, demonstrate character and put in the time.

What downhill habits do you currently have that are taking you away from your ideal future? What uphill habits must you cultivate to replace the unproductive ones?

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Episode 14 Build Strong Business Relationships by Valuing People |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“People can usually trace their successes and failures to the relationships in their lives.” - John C. Maxwell

We are defined by our relationships. Business owners can always learn to build better relationships and increase relational capacity.

The best and easiest way to build better relationships is by being intentional every day when it comes to people interactions.

Valuing people is about believing in their potential, their dreams and their aspirations.

When you respect what someone else is thinking or doing you are showing you value them. If you don’t like people or secretly look down on them it could be a barrier to your success. Stop, look and listen.

Valuing people is all about THEM. Take yourself out of the picture and get really curious about the people in front of you.

There is no better way to show people you value them than by asking for their opinion.

Episode 17 Believe Every Problem Has a Creative Solution |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside that is greater than any obstacle.” - Christian D. Larson

Life is about choices. The words reactive and creative are made of exactly the same letters. The only difference between the two is where we place the “c.” With every question we have a choice to be reactive or creative.

Creativity is changing the question for “is there an answer” to “what is the answer.”

Creativity takes time, patience and experimentation.

You have to enter into the process of believing there is an answer.

“There are only two options: Make Progress or Make Excuses” - Anonymous

Imagination leads to options. It has been said that we can create anything we can imagine. T

he problem is, most people spend their time “re-imagining” the past instead of looking for future possibilities and solutions.

For every problem, spend time coming up with at least three possible solutions.

Sometimes it helps if one of the solutions is “the worst possible solution” and one is the “fairytale best solution.”

Thinking in this way opens up other possible solutions. When all else fails, look for mentorship or coaching to help get clarity on the problem and see it in a new way.

Episode 13 6 Ultra-simple Ways Gratitude Builds Business Relationships |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz ​

“The most powerful weapon against your daily battles is finding the courage to be grateful anyway.” – Unknown

People can usually trace their successes and failures to the relationships in their lives.

Being grateful puts everything in perspective and improves productivity.

In order to add gratitude to your relationships, value people every day, make yourself more valuable in your relationships, put yourself in their world, focus your relationships on benefiting others not yourself, be consistent.

Think of how you can express your gratitude and appreciation in each of these areas:

Clients – As a business owner, without clients and customers, you have no revenues.

Employees (and contractors) – It’s easy to give feedback when things aren’t going right, but what’s necessary is to give gratitude and appreciation to your team when things ARE going right.

Suppliers – Engage with your suppliers, and show gratitude for them with thank you’s and referrals.

Referral Network – It doesn’t have to be big, but showing your gratitude to referrals goes a long way in growing your business and improving your business success.

Family and Friends – It’s important to stay connected and spend quality time building and maintaining your personal relationships and showing your appreciation.

You – YOU are your business…As a small business owner or solo-preneur, chances are, without you, your business would not operate. Therefore, it’s important to the success of your business that you appreciate you – take care of your body, mind and soul.