Say YES! to Success Peg Stookey – Founder of Legacy Connection

Validating Bill Glazer’s Wisdom!

Hi!

You've probably have realized that I read a lot.  I read books (self and biz development AND good novels), magazines, blogs, newsletters, newsfeeds-about anything except the newspaper.  (I probably shouldn't admit that but I hate reading the paper.  It's so negative and too general.  I have to read through too much to find what's of interest to me!).  Anyway, I received a particularly interesting e-newsletter from Kennedy-Glazer today and thought I'd share it with you.

At the bottom of this reprint I have a few more thoughts....

ENJOY!

The Three Common Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs
By Bill Glazer

As you might imagine, with tens of thousands of GKIC Members and actually working first hand with nearly 200 people in Peak Performers, VIP-Mastermind, Info-MASTERMIND and my personal clients, I see a lot and learn a lot about Entrepreneurs. I was thinking the other day about the traits that the most successful ones have in common and I've identified the three most common ones.

HABIT #1: They READ a lot ... especially books. In fact, when I first discovered 'Planet Dan' way back in 1995 the first thing that I did when I figured out that this Direct Response stuff really works is to become a veracious reader. I first began with the classics like John Caples, Robert Collier, David Ogilvy, Gary Halbert and of course everything Dan Kennedy wrote.

Back then I got into a habit of reading a book a week and I've kept up with two a month even though my schedule has become much busier.

For example, as I write this I have a stack of books on my desk:

• Conquer The Chaos (Mask & Martineau)
• The Mirror Test (Hayzlett)
• No B.S. Wealth Attraction for the New Economy (Dan Kennedy)

As you can see, I keep the topics somewhat diverse and many of the books are ones that Members send me. They're not all about marketing and advertising. But I don't want you to miss the point I'm making here. This is not a habit that is specific to me. It's a habit that I have identified as common to the Most Successful Entrepreneurs I work with.

HABIT #2: They continue to work on their EDUCATION in live settings. After all, how did we originally learn? We went to school and sat in a classroom. It's always amazing to me how many people stop working on their education after they get out of school. It should not surprise you that those Members who attend our live events are much more successful than those who do not. I'm not saying this because I'm trying to promote our events. This is true of every event I have ever attended.

It's because people who continue to go to school, whether it's school at a live event, webinar, or teleseminar, work on their continuing education. And of course the live event is the best continuing education because you not only can learn from the presenter, but also from all of the other smart people in the room. Once again, I hope you don't take this a self serving, but I know of millions and millions and millions of dollars that have been made by the networking that goes on at live events.

HABIT #3: They create SMART GOALS for themselves and write them down for everyone to see. What are smart goals? This is a term that I learned from my own Management Mentor, Vince Zirpoli.

S-M-A-R-T is an acronym for:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Relevant
• Time Bound

There is no question that by creating smart goals and writing them down for others to see, you have a much better chance of achieving them. I'm always amazed at how few people actually do this every year and then update them throughout the year.

On the other hand, the successful Entrepreneur almost always does this. It's important to point out that just writing them down seldom leads to getting them accomplished. Accountability is what gets them accomplished. That's why you need others to see your smart goals.

I learned this first when I was operating my own Menswear stores. I actually posted our yearly goals and promotions for everyone in the company to see. It wasn't as much for them as it was for me. Because they saw them, I knew as the leader I had to set a good example and get them done.

Okay, now that you've seen what I have identified as "The Three Common Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs," I have two questions for you. You probably guessed the first one, which is: How many of these habits are you currently accomplishing?

But the second question will require just a little bit of thought and I'm going to leave you with it: If you're currently not accomplishing all (or any) of these three habits, what do you think would happen to you and your business if you did? (Think about it!)

(back to Peg......)

What IF you did

• read more?
• go to more live setting learning events?
• create SMART goals?

It struck me that within the next 2 weeks through Legacy Connection and Peg's Place you'll be able to do all 3!

• TOMORROW: July 15th, 2010-attend a LIVE iConnection session (our next LIVE event will be August 5th)
• NEXT TUESDAY: July 20th-join us for the beginning of a guided book study around Creating Competitive Advantage by Jaynie Smith on Peg's Place (order your book NOW!)
• Join an ACCEL group to create, work and be accountable for your goals!
• Contact me for info on any of these programs!

Are you committed to your future success?

Say YES!

Peg

About Peg

Peg is a passionate entrepreneur, wife and mother (of 4 kids and 3 dogs). She loves to write and to share what she's learning by working with business owners, as a parent, reading, training or general life experience. Through her blog she hopes to create discussion and to continue to learn as she also has the privilege of teaching! More than anything, she wishes for you to grab the brass ring and say YES! to success!