How Do You Keep Yourself on Track for Success in Business? You Must Have a Motivating Factor That Will Help You Stay Focused.

By G.H. Bey

The word "motivate" means to urge, excite, drive; to have an overwhelming desire to accomplish a particular goal. If you want to build a successful business, you must have some motivating factor that will help you reach your goal.

MONEY AS MOTIVATOR

Most of the thousands of people who enter the mail order marketing business each year are motivated because they think they're going to make huge amounts of money. Needless to say, 98 percent of these people are disappointed.

If money is the only thing that interests you about going into business, you're headed down the wrong road. I understand very well that being in business is about making money. However, making money is only a part of being in business. Money is necessary to keep your business running, but it's only a part of the big picture.

Money is the reward you receive for the product or service that you offer to those who need what you have to sell. The important thing is to offer your customer the best product or service you can. If you're going to make money in business, you must have customers who are willing to do repeat business with you. If your only concern is making money, the quality of your product or service may not be up to the highest standard and if your customer isn't satisfied, more than likely your customer won't want to do business with you again. If this happens, you'll be defeating your main purpose--making money!

Put the quality of your product and your customers first, before making money and you'll stand a far better chance of reaping the reward you seek (making money).

GOAL SETTING AS A MOTIVATOR

I have read a lot about goal setting as a motivating factor to help people succeed in business. I think it's a very good practice to set goals. However, when you set a goal for yourself, it's important to keep in mind that the reason for setting a particular goal must be strong enough to motivate you to set about doing the things necessary to reach your goal.

Just saying that you're going to reach a particular goal by a certain time isn't good enough. There must be some motivating factor that will keep you working towards your goal. For example, if I say that I want to write a book and have it completed one year from now, I had better have a plan on how I'm going to go about reaching that goal. The chief motivating factor for writing the book wouldn't be just to make money but also to get a sense of accomplishment from writing a good informative book that would help others. When you set goals for yourself, make sure that you're willing to see them through to the end. In order to do this, you must have a strong enough reason for setting the goal in the first place.

SELF-MOTIVATION

When you have a business of your own, there's no one to tell you what to do. You are the one who has to make all the decisions. When you're doing something wrong, you have to be the one to correct it. You also have to be your own cheerleader.

In others words, you have to be the chief motivating factor that will make your business successful. What does it take to do this? You have to love what you're doing. You must take pride in the product or service that you're offering to others.

Get happiness out of your work and you'll stand a far better chance of being successful than if you do it just for the money.

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