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Performance. Management.

“Performance Management” is a term coined by Dr. Aubrey Daniels in the late 1970s   to describe a technology for managing, both behavior, and results, the two critical elements of what is known as performance. As an entrepreneur and a leader it is critical in your business.

“Performance  Management” includes goal setting and motivation. It means being 100% clear on what you want. It also includes “encouragement” and “rewards and consequences”. It is the single thing that can spur people on to greater accomplishments while strengthening their skills. Read that last sentence again.

What does this mean to you as a leader?

1. Constantly communicate your performance expectations
2. Set realistic but stretch goals. (This means, if you already make $1000 per week, set your goal to $2000.)
3. Be forgiving, but be aggressive. (Something’s just won’t work and accept it.)

WL Gore & Assoc, makers of GoreTex, the versatile and durable fabric used in outdoor products like tents and rain gear is an excellent example. When the company started, money was tight. The engineers had been working on an experiment and ended up wasting $1000 of material. They were devastated.

Mr. Gore walked in and saw the engineers with their long defeated faces and asked what’s wrong? After listening, Mr. Gore simply responded, “well, try again tomorrow.”

You see, Mr. Gore knew some day that the $1000 was simply an “investment” in creativity and down the road it would look minuscule.  He was a true leader and understood the power of motivation and de-motivation and the importance of staying the course.

As an entrepreneur, understand the importance of keeping it positive, staying the course, and seeing the big picture. It’ll show up as results not just to the bottom line but also in the lives of those you lead.

Don’t manage anyone, but do set the bar high for expectations. Mr. Gore understood that his engineers were just “in the game.”  He brought the perspective that they were all in it to “win,” and to simply try again tomorrow. Do this with your own business and watch what happens.

Performance + Management = Success.

Merengue Salsa Classes bring the animal out, even with no sense of rhythm. Grrrrrr. I learned this dance while working in Dominican Republic. Feel the beat!

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Steph takes a merengue lesson in the Dominican Republic

In July, Dave and I attended the M3 conference at the Paradisas Resort in the DR. It was really awesome. The education, the networking, the conference… all were incredible. When we weren’t learning about wealth and the economy and how to make money – we got to take advantage of the fantastic benefits of the resort. One was merengue lessons.

Funny, because I couldn’t even pronunce ma-rhen-gay. I had no idea what it was. I’m thinking salsa… close, but no cigar. So, Dave navigated me towards a young native dominican republic(an) who was teaching the dance. So, I reluctantly took part in the lessong

Boy, was I glad I did. It was so much fun – really easy and I had an awesome time.

That’s the beauty of my business. Our business. Dave and I work this business together. But, it affords us the lifestyle and the freedom to travel, meet like-minded people and learn to make our money work for us.

I’m not much of a rhythm girl … but, enjoy!

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BootCamp DAY 5: Self Employed & Rich

How To Automate Your Marketing

With CarbonCopyPro we are very fortunate to have our own in-house marketing service which allows us to outsource any or all of our marketing tasks.

Better yet. Our in-house training teaches us “how” to market too. This provides the choice of either doing it ourselves, letting the professionals do it for us or a combination of the two.

Some of the most powerful methods of generating leads for your business are articles and press releases, social marketing, forum, ezine and directory marketing, post cards, classifieds and traditional print media marketing.

Whatever you choose, your goal should be to get as much of your marketing as possible on autopilot. After all, we don’t know about you, but we didn’t start our home business to be slaving away at our desks all day!

There is no better feeling than waking up to a new day and realizing over a coffee that you just made $1000 or $2000 in your sleep, thanks to an online marketing system that works around the clock.

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Tomorrow’s topic? We will cover "How To Turn Leads Into Customers"