{"id":1965,"date":"2011-01-27T08:59:49","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T13:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/northeast-houston\/business-owner-what-are-you-thinking"},"modified":"2011-01-27T08:59:49","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T13:59:49","slug":"business-owner-what-are-you-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/northeast-houston\/business-owner-what-are-you-thinking","title":{"rendered":"Business Owner, What Are You Thinking?"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the CEO and Co-Founder of The Growth Coach<\/a>, a North American business coaching franchise<\/a> system, I’m always trying to feed my mind and spirit with a diet of positive and valuable information.\u00a0 After all, if you don’t keep yourself positive, productive and motivated, who will?<\/strong> As an entrepreneur, like you, I\u2019m 100% responsible for my mental state, success, and happiness.\u00a0 Therefore, continually learning and staying positive and confident are critical imperatives for a successful business and life.<\/strong><\/p>\n You see, I don’t hesitate to spend money on worthwhile educational and motivational resources<\/strong> for me and my future … neither should you.\u00a0 I spend thousands of dollars each year and consider such personal development strictly an investment.\u00a0 And over the years, my return on investment from these personal development resources has been tremendous.\u00a0 Put simply, this dedication to never-ending improvement\/ development has been a strategic, competitive weapon<\/strong> for me and by association, our business coaching franchise system, business coaches<\/a>, and clients.<\/p>\n Whenever you invest in yourself<\/strong> (business coaching<\/a>, sales coaching<\/a>, seminars, books, CDs, group workshops<\/a>, etc.), there is no better return on your investment <\/strong>\u2026 it can be 5X, 10X, and even 50X a return on investment.\u00a0 A few simple good ideas, better self-knowledge, profitable insights, and\/or some critical distinctions can yield a reward of tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n But let\u2019s face facts.\u00a0 Unless you are willing to invest and grow, you will not grow and neither will your business.<\/strong> After all, what got you to where you are today is not sufficient to get you to where you want to go.\u00a0 You must keep learning, growing and stretching.\u00a0 You must be willing to elevate your mindset, knowledge, skills and habits to get to the next level.\u00a0 Are you willing?<\/strong><\/p>\n Recently, I was listening to one of my many educational\/motivational CDs and heard Earl Nightingale<\/strong>, the original dean of personal development, share a talk on “The Strangest Secret.”\u00a0 He boiled down the secret to success and happiness to one simple statement, “You become what you think about.”<\/strong> Let me repeat that.\u00a0 You become what you think about.<\/p>\n As your virtual business coach<\/a>, please stop and think deeply about that profound and valuable quote. Don\u2019t dismiss it because of its simplicity.\u00a0 Let it soak in.\u00a0 You become what you think about.\u00a0 So, what are you usually thinking about?<\/strong> Things to support your success or sabotage it?<\/p>\n Through this powerful quote, Earl was saying that your dominant thoughts determine your actions and that your actions (or lack thereof) ultimately shape your outcomes and destiny<\/strong>.\u00a0 Your thoughts are the root cause of almost everything good, bad and ugly in your life.\u00a0 Your success or lack of success can be traced back to what you habitually think about and take action on.\u00a0 Put simply, what you think about (good or bad) eventually comes about<\/strong>.\u00a0 Whatever you focus on, positive or negative, expands in your life.\u00a0 Said another way, wherever your attention goes results will flow.\u00a0 So\u2026be careful.\u00a0 Think negative thoughts and that is what you will attract…negative outcomes.\u00a0 Think positive thoughts and back them up with right actions and you will reap positive outcomes.\u00a0 You become what you think about.<\/p>\n