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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.

Internet entrepreneur, Stephanie Robey shares the secrets of really thriving vs. surviving in Starting A Small Business. Here’s how…

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Internet entrepreneur, Stephanie Robey shares the secrets of really thriving vs. surviving in a home based business. We all make daily choices on how we want to live our lives, you can choose to thrive. Here’s how…

Thriving And Not Just Surviving Is The Key To Starting A Small Business

As a society and a culture we are programmed to survive. Not to thrive. It takes great intellectual effort to thrive. And, it can be quite painful. Which is why most people don’t do it. What do I mean by this? It’s the ultimate in your own personal responsibility.

Let me explain… If you bought a TV you have a right to not plug it in, and therefore, you won’t get a picture. What areas of your life have you bought the TV and not plugged it in? Or worse, not plugged it in and are blaming someone else for it not having a picture on it?

It’s fear that keeps people from living a transformed life.  

Fear never won a race, wrote a poem or earned a medal. Power did that. Faith did that. Power is a choice, a choice to overcome fear.

Choose to be powerful and watch your business grow. Tell that little voice in your head to sit down and shut-up. ALWAYS find a perspective that says I’m a winner.

Frustration is another daily emotion that we can choose not to struggle with…
Frustration is a gift, it’s energy and it’s up to you to turn that energy into something. Turn it into power

So, choose a fearless life. Challenge yourself, and more importantly surround yourself with fearless people in starting your small business. Soon you’ll be continually thriving rather than just surviving.
 

A quick peek at what the 7-day BootCamp, Self Employed & Rich. Learn the questions you should be asking before starting your own business.

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Hi There! I’m Steph Robey and I’d like to personally invite you to take advantage of our Free 7-Day BootCamp: Self Employed & Rich

For a nominal investment of a few minutes of your time, for 7-days in a row…
I personally guarantee you that each day you will walk away with some nugget of information that will improve your understanding of Home Based Businesses.

First of all, they’ll hear our personal story – good for a few laughs and they’ll quickly understand how we’ve come to be experts at this topic.

Then we’ll jump into the bootcamp series… Day 1 reveals the most valuable pc of advice you’ll ever get.

I think this applies to anything not just home based businesses.

It’s such a simple thing. Yet, most people make the mistake of skipping it. You won’t though.

In Day 2 You’ll learn something that may scare off 97% of you.
But, then again, you wouldn’t be listening to me right now if you were one of those 97%ers. You’re going to learn why less than 1 in a 1000 ever make a 6 figure income in this industry.

Day 3 we get to talk about the stupid tax of online advertising. Oh yeah. We learned that one the hard way.  Not only that but working as a VP for an online marketing agency showed me Fortune 500 companies that make this mistake daily.
Not funny at all.

Day 4 – those 3 secrets of attraction marketing.  This one made us change industries all together, believe it. This is one’s game changing.  I’ll give you one secret now: it starts with building a list. But, you’re going to have to watch the series to get the other two.

Day 5 – Now this is the reason we ditched our corporate jobs and went back to home based business. Yep. How to automate your marketing so you can truly enjoy the freedom that only a home based business offers…

Day 6 is our favorite topic… Cha-ching. How to turn all of those leads that you’ve generated into customers. And friends.

Yes indeed, and friends.

Finally, Day 7 – we wrap it all up.
You will have all the information you need to figure out which business is the perfect business for them. 9 good questions that you should be asking your future mentor or company before you ever spend a dime.

So your next step is to visit http://www.SelfEmployedAndRich.com?t=BCVidPromo and sign up for our 7-Day BootCamp. See you there.