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 Table of Contents

Focus on your mental and emotional side to gain self improvement…………………………...1

Self-hypnosis towards self improvement ………………………………………………………….2
Psychological Self-improvement: Ways to overcome fear……………………………………….3
Self improvement guide worth reading……………………………………………..………………4
Chapter 1

Focus on your mental and emotional side to gain self improvement

Not everyone believes this but the emotional and mental aspects of a
person, when combined, leads to better self improvement.

Emotions love to dominate our actions and reactions, even though

we do not want it to happen sometimes. The society often see
emotions as a sign of weakness, so people are used to putting them
aside and focusing on the rational aspects more and more.

No matter how strict and logical you may be, you will always feel.
One way or another, someone or something will get through you.

Positive emotions are a lifelong goal for many of us concerned about

emotional health and self improvement. What is more important; the
amount of money you made during your life or the times you laughed
out of sheer joy?

People tend to put their positive emotions behind their negative

feelings. This is one of the biggest problems that people come across
during their lives.

There is no clear way to ignore a negative experience and try to

replace it with a positive one. Life just does not work that way.
For example, when you were a child, if your goldfish dies, you would
be heartbroken. Your parents will probably buy you another goldfish
but the sorrow is still there.

Things get even more complex when you become an adult. A fight
with your spouse the night before will affect your entire day. You will
go to work angry, tired, and your mind will wander. On the way
home from work you will not notice the sun shining and you would
not be tempted to stop at a roadside stand to pick up some fresh
fruits and vegetables.

All this because that one negative thought has contaminated the way
you perceive the reality around you.

In this moment you will realize finding a safe place to relax your
mind will do wonders for your emotional and mental improvement.

That place is relatively easy to find. It can be an actual place or an

imaginary location. The best idea is to totally lose yourself in it.

Let us say you have a problem on your mind and it just would not go
away. Go bowling. Do not know how? Just give it a shot.

Get caught up in the game. Your mind will drift away from the
negative thoughts that dominated your last hours or days and start
processing a whole new kind of information.

A safe haven can take many forms. It can be a song, a movie, even a
person or animal. The main thing is allow yourself to get completely
involved with this new activity.

You might still get flashes of the problem every now and then. Ignore
it and get even more absorbed in what you are doing.
When the bowling game, the song, or the movie ends you will
abruptly return to reality. You will probably want to retreat back to
the safe place. Do not do it.

The safe place exists only as a helping hand, not as a solution to your
life's problems, may it be a small or big. It serves only as an escape
route.

You will return from your safe zone with an increased energy level.
You will feel better about yourself and gain more confidence. You
will see that any issue can be resolved.

This is how a small escape from a harsh reality can increase your
emotional and mental health. Try to do this often and you are on
your way to better self improvement.

Self improvement advice free of charge.

If only self improvement advice were free and scattered around

everywhere, then there will be no problem regarding life, happiness
and success. But then again, this is life. And it does not work that
way.

What would you do if you are trapped in an environment that you do

not want to be in? What if you are sick and tired of your job?

What can we do to solve this dilemma?

It is possible to take inspired and motivated action to survive your

present situation and live the life you always dreamed of.
It is not that easy though. You will have to come out of your comfort
zones to discover potentials and opportunities waiting for you. You
have to conquer your fear and take calculated risks. You have to stay
focused and persevere despite the difficulties you will encounter.

Success does not come easy. It takes heart, passion and time.
Experience is also a factor. The learning you get everybody becomes
your foundation. These are the things we do not need to pay for.

You have to work harder, dig deeper, and sacrifice more to attain
your ambitions. But no, you do not have to hate the world and feel
bad when you encounter difficult situation. Just remember the Law
of Attraction. If you hate the world, the world will hate you back.

What can you do? Below are some free advices to help you when
facing difficult situations in life. They will also serve as your guide to
improve yourself.

1. Learn to love your current situation. See all the positive sides of
life. Be enthusiastic. Love your boss, your coworkers, your family,
your friends, and even strangers that you meet on the streets.

It may not be easy, but nothing is impossible with a strong will

power. Just do not fall in love so much that you totally forget about
your dreams. Love, but try to hold on to reality.

2. Balance is the key. Dream and take some positive action to move
you toward your goals. Take it one step at a time.

While you are slowly starting on the long journey to success, be

patient and be as enthusiastic as possible. Do not hurry up too much
that you totally forget how to enjoy life. Appreciate the beautiful
things you will encounter on the journey.
One day, you will finally attain what you have always longed for. But
when that day comes, do not look down on those who belittled you.
Forgive and forget.

3. Stay humble. Do not criticize others when you see that you are
becoming more successful than they are. Try to help them. Inject
your positive aura into their personalities. When you give, you will
yield back equal or greater rewards.

4. Are you ready to begin the journey? Start it with the courage and
desire to improve your life. Survive and go through it with
persistence, enthusiasm, and positive thinking. Finish it with a
resounding bang of accomplishment and with the desire to help
others succeed as well.

There are many other self improvement advice that will get as you
get on with your daily life. Take note that you are not alone. There
are others in much more difficult situations. That is why is there will
be a shortage of free advice about self improvement you can get
from other people who are only too happy to help.

Chapter 2

Self-hypnosis towards self improvement

Self hypnosis is a great tool for goal setting and self improvement.
Most people are surprised at how easy it is to learn self-hypnosis.
And self-hypnosis, in turn, makes a lot of things much easier.

Self hypnosis is usually thought of as a person listening to an audio

tape, mp3, or other mass-produced media, intended to induce a
willingness to absorb suggestions centered around a specific topic
such as weight loss, stop smoking, etc.

Unfortunately, this kind of hypnosis is generally prepared by

someone who has never met the person being hypnotized, often
presenting unwanted, even unpleasant imagery and suggestions.

For example, if you sunburn easily, that last thing you want to hear
about is a slow walk on a sunny beach. In this case, the "self" in self
hypnosis simply means that you listen to it by yourself.
How do you incorporate self improvement to hypnosis?

To be able to go about self improvement, there are certain aspects in

you that should be addressed. Using hypnosis, the negative aspects
that are serving as hindrances to improvement are eliminated.

A true self hypnosis would necessarily be designed and created by

the very person who will ultimately use and benefit from it.

Unlike the mass-produced hypnosis, this hypnosis is made for the

exact purpose the person wishes, including the precise words and
phrases that mean the most to that particular person.

The true self hypnosis is thus crafted by the person to suit his or her
own needs. The benefits derived could only be accomplished with
such a personal, one-of-a-kind hypnosis. In this case, the "self" in self
hypnosis really does mean that you are hypnotized by yourself!

Below is a short view of the self hypnotic process. Though lots of

variations of this method have been used, these are the basic steps
you have to go through in order to hypnotize yourself to accomplish
self improvement.
1. Position your goals from the most important goal to the less
important. If possible, your goals should be measurable.

2. For each goal, you should formulate fitting suggestions which

means you have to convert your goals into specific instructions to
your subconscious mind on how to achieve each goal.

3. Relaxation. Use the first minutes of your self hypnotic session to

get as relaxed as possible. Try to forget all your worries and
problems.

4. Start your hypnotic initiation phase by saying and repeating out

loud the hypnotic words you have chosen, thinking of these words or
listening to a hypnotic tape or CD customized for your hypnotic and
goal fulfillment needs.

5. Apply the hypnotic suggestions you have made for reaching the
specific goal you work with, say them out loud, think them or use a
tailored hypnotic tape or CD.

Before you start up your self hypnotic exercises you should make a
time schedule for it. Do your hypnotic sessions every day, five
minutes a day is enough. Repeat your suggestions as often as
possible during the day.

Measure your progress. Are you closer to your goal now than you
were before you started? Ask yourself. If you answer negative to
these questions, you have to rethink and reorganize your train of
thoughts.

This is the only way you can find out if this method is really helping
you in achieving your self improvement goals.
How to Motivate Yourself Forever

Just as willpower is an essential factor in achieving success, at some

point in time, discouragement and lack of motivation may hinder you
from reaching your objective. And it is up to you, and you alone to
devise techniques that will help you keep that drive within afire.

It is helpful to have visual goals. whatsoever that is you are working

towards, make it visual. It maybe something material like a car, or a
vacation you have been looking forward to for the longest time.

Take or cut out a picture of it and post it at a conspicuous place at

work or at home where you can see it often. So that when you feel
discouraged, this will remind you of your goal and will help you keep
your spotlight.

Make a contract with oneself. According to motivational researches,

people who write down to-do-lists are far more triumphant in
achieving their intended goals than those people who just keep
mental lists instead.

Putting something in writing somehow makes it more powerful

psychologically speaking. This may also be the basis why most
cultures have such a high regard in honoring contracts. In the
contract, you may also include a certain reward that you will give
yourself once you have accomplished the task.

After all, everyone likes to be rewarded for completing a good job.

Even a simple pat on the back, “good job”, or “thank you” may do the
trick to give the person the additional push to carry on, but
unfortunately, these may not always be readily available. Considering
that these are also essential in keeping oneself motivated, you must
learn to find a way to get that encouragement on your own through
pleasing yourself.

Abusive people lower your self-esteem and bring you down. Get
these negative people out of your life. Surround yourself with
positive people. Imitate their example. Smile amply and think happy
thoughts.

These will give you a brighter outlook and lets you see a clearer
picture of what you really want and a fresh mind to know what steps
to take to get there. Rather than wait for things to happen, try to be
proactive and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. Inactivity idles the brain and
stagnates your potential to reach your goals.

Read inspirational books and literature. These will help you improve
your attitude and heal your mind. A book of success stories also
proves to be encouraging. You will not only learn from others'
experiences and derive confidence boosting insights from them but
the story will be instrumental in motivating you to go for your goal
and move ahead with your plans. If this still seems to falter, get
training or education.

Oftentimes, not knowing how or where to start is frustrating.

Knowledge is power. Having a clear understanding of how and where
to start is empowering and it will provide the extra drive needed to
hit the mark you are aiming at and follow it through.

Having enumerated all these tips and tricks to attain self-motivation,

but still you seem to feel lacking that much needed drive, there is
one last thing that you must try.

Whatever it is that you have been meaning to do, or wanting to

achieve, JUST DO IT! Keep on aiming high and go for it! Actually
getting your hands dirty best solves the problem of motivation. By
“forcing” yourself to just do it, your momentum will pick up gradually
as you go along and before you know it you have finished the task or
have finally achieved your goal. Divide and conquer is the key.

Break down the apparently unattainable activity to small doable

steps. Not only does it become less overwhelming, but seeing the "in
the meantime" results will further your confidence that it can indeed
be done.

Lack of motivation happens to us all, but if you do not encourage

yourself to accept opportunities and be challenged, no one else will.
It is most important to keep your eye on the goal, find ways to keep
going, and in no time, you shall reap its benefits.

And if at the beginning you were just doing it for the material reward,
you will also learn to realize that the fulfillment, satisfaction and self-
achievement you derive from reaching your goal is a much enjoyable
high that will keep the drive within constantly burning.

What are some of the self improvement products available

nowadays?

1. Self improvement audio programs.

One of the most effective learning tools available. In the fast paced
world of today, finding time to read can be difficult. But it is easy to
use otherwise wasted commuting and traveling time productively.

You can use this self improvement product to transform boring train
or flights into inspirational personal development and learning
experiences.
Imagine how much information you could take in a matter of months
and what it could do to for your motivation to improve your life.

There are also those self improvement Videos and DVD's. Although
you may not be able to attend all the seminars and workshops that
could have a dramatic impact on your personal development and
growth, DVD's and Videos offer easily affordable access to the
wisdom and insights of the best self motivation experts. And all this
in the comfort of your own home.

2. Self improvement books & eBooks

Self improvement books were traditionally the way that most people
discovered the life changing potential of a commitment personal
development and self growth.

Most of the classic works of personal development are now also

available as eBooks, as are many of the modern greats and
bestsellers. eBooks are one of the easiest, most popular and
economical ways to expand both your library and your mind.

3. Self improvement coaching & mentoring

Professional self improvement coaching or mentoring is one of the

most effective methods of self improvement and one of the best
ways to get more out of life generally.

Many of the most successful people in the world contribute a large

part of their success, both professionally and personally to the
positive influence and guidance of a coach or mentor.

It does not matter if you are an individual trying to make the most of
your life, a small business owner or entrepreneur looking for
guidance and inspiration, or a senior executive or CEO of a major
corporation with responsibilities to shareholders and for large
numbers of staff.

Your own personal Coach or Mentor can have a massive impact on

your personal development, productivity, results and happiness in
every area of your life. Coaching and Mentoring can be face to face,
by telephone or online, or often a combination of methods.

Participating in self improvement seminars and workshops with the

experts in personal development and self motivation can also be one
of the most effective ways to ignite your enthusiasm and passion for
life.

This is definitely one of the fastest ways to get you started on the
road to a more fulfilling life, and to supercharge your progress
toward your goals.

Even if you cannot participate in person and attend a seminar or

workshop, there are plenty of opportunities to tune in to a
teleseminars with some of the best-known names in self
improvement. Many of these are even free of charge so there's really
no excuse for not joining in.

Each one of these self improvement products are made suitable to

the needs of those who do not have all the time in the world but is
still willing to make more out of themselves.

With all the self improvement products already out in the market,
people who are bent on pursuing what they want in life have no
more excuse for not doing so.

Women workshops – what you want to see what’s inside and how it
works
Self-esteem is a core identity issue, essential to personal validation
and our ability to experience joy.

Once achieved, it comes from the inside out. But it is assaulted or

stunted from the outside in. A woman with low self-esteem does not
feel good about herself because she has absorbed negative messages
about women from the culture and/or relationships.

The reign of youth, beauty and thinness in our society dooms every
woman to eventual failure. Women's magazines, starting with the
teenage market, program them to focus all their efforts on their
appearance.

Many girls learn, by age 12, to drop formerly enjoyable activities in

favor of the beauty treadmill leading to nowhere. They become
fanatical about diets. They munch, like rabbits, on leaves without
salad dressing, jog in ice storms, and swear they love it! Ads abound
for cosmetic surgery, enticing us to "repair" our aging bodies, as if
the natural process of aging were an accident or a disease. Yet with
all this effort, they still never feel like they are good enough.

A workshop a set of activities designed to promote learning,

discussion and feedback about a topic or event, you have achieve this
with the traditional get together workshop, but online, all you need
to do it logon to find other peoples views and suggestions about
their life changing ways into a better self.

Get better everyday

Plan to do one thing that will help you improves physically,

intellectually, emotionally, even spiritually. Making just one change
for the better will boost your attitude from the inside out. You can
actually chose what you want to change in this category first. Things
you do most are the ones you need to focus on. A simple task wont
take that long.

Little things add up

It's amazing, really. The seemingly meaningless things you do for

yourself may not have immediate results, but after just a short period
of time they'll have you looking and feeling better. So add those
bubbles to your bath, make sure you eat your vegetables, get enough
sleep, think of doing something nice when you have nothing to do,
and the results will be worth it.

Mirrors don’t lie

Catty acquaintances can. Well-meaning friends might out of

kindness or fear of hurting the friendship, but if you've got spinach in
your teeth, your mirror will point it out. These things can be
bothersome when you thought you were in your best but end up like
this, so keep in mind about how to look best every time and enjoy its
benefits.

Just go

If you just can't get rid of that cowlick in your hair, that pimple on
your nose, or those extra three pounds from yesterday's buffet, just
throw some gel in you hair, conceal that pimple the best you can,
and wear something that's not too clingy.

Appreciate

To get that attitude going the right way, you need to appreciate your
face and body for what it is. It may be unrealistic to tell you to love it,
but you certainly shouldn't hate it. You definitely need to value what
life has thrown you. That's easier said than done in this society of
model adulation and unrealistic standards.

If you take a look at any success story and grasp the one element of
similarity between them, you'll notice that virtually every self-made,
successful person has this one super-important object of success in
their mind- a burning desire to succeed. What counts is your frame
of mind. Age, location, ethnic origin, gender, or any other
individuality have absolutely no part in your attitude to become what
you desire.

Chapter 3

Psychological Self-improvement: Ways to overcome fear

People are usually afraid of negative things. They are afraid of self-
improvement because of this fear. Psychological self-improvement
may help you in this situation.

In psychological self-improvement, The best way to remove this fear

is to understand that life is always in the cycle of ups and downs. No
one is permanently up or permanently down. Remember that no one
can avoid these ups and downs even the most envied Hollywood
stars.

What we should do about these downs is to learn from it and not to

avoid it. We should learn how to handle our problems for our
psychological self-improvement.
Problems affect us every day. These problems bring us misery due to
the fact that we have feelings. We should never loose hope in
figuring out solutions to these problems. All we need is to learn how
to overcome it and not to be overcome.

Problems can never be overcome but we can learn from them. This is
where Psychology plays an important role.

Psychologists say that we should always be careful in our decisions

concerning our problems. We should handle our problems properly
and learn how to deal with it. Learning from mistakes helps us in
preparing ourselves for psychological self-improvement

There are a lot of myths about every event in our lives is due to pre-
determined reason. Another belief says that what we encounter in
our lives today is our preparation for other things that may come in
our lives. To understand what may happen to us in the future, we
must learn from the present.

With all that, it is also true that the unexpected can happen anytime.
However, you should keep in mind that a psychological self-
improvement is not always for the worse and consequently, you
must never let go of a chance, because you are afraid to take the risk.

Remember that, from time to time, something has to happen in order

to free you from monotony, so you shouldn’t be surprised if, at a
certain moment in time, instead of being afraid of change, you desire
it with all your heart.

If there are some things that hinder you from going on, here are
some tips to help you move forward:
Just think of the positive impacts results from the psychological self-
improvement. Know important they are and reflect on how to
increase them, by adding some other good aspects, which need
certain assistance.

Try to picture somebody else in your situation, as picturing ourselves

in a less desirable position, always looks more dramatic than it really
is. If you realize that the other person can handle the change, you
can be sure you’ll be able to handle it as well. This is a good
psychological self-improvement.

Think of the worst situation that can result after the self-
improvement. Try to find various solutions to it. Reflect on how
much you can loose, if the worst happened, and how important those
things are to you. If you find more than one reasonable solution, you
are safe and the self-improvement can’t be stronger than you are!

Self-improvement is not bad at all. All we need is to learn how to

handle some negative changes. We should also reflect from it to
learn and use it in the future events that we may encounter. This
could be your ultimate psychological self-improvement.

Self esteem improvement; Start now before it is too late

Be determined to improve your self esteem and you are on your way
to great achievement.

Do not let a low self esteem ruin your life. The way you think about
yourself determines how you interact with others.

What are some examples of low esteem aspects in you mind that you
need improvement on?

1. Nothing you do seems to go right

2. You believe that most people do not like you.
3. You believe that you are not attractive.
4. You choose something and it turns out to be the worst one.
5. You are afraid to converse with others for fear that what you say
might not make sense.
6. You feel swallowed up in a whirlpool of frustration.
What’s wrong with you? Your thoughts, actually.

Stop thinking that the world is closing in on you. Get determined to

achieve what you desire. Stop blaming other people for your
misfortunes. The world is not your problem, you are your own
problem.

From this moment on, begin the process of self esteem

improvement. Think the right way and be determined to win, and
win you will. Just remember that success never comes easily and that
is why determination is its counterpart.

Oftentimes, one gets to the brink of success and with just a little
disappointment or setback, they lose heart and give up too easily and
too soon. A surefire candidate to low self esteem improvement. Who
knows what great things might have been achieved if only they had
persevered.

Without a high self esteem, your life could be rather boring. Change
your thinking and begin to see yourself on top of the world. Make a
very special effort to be what you really want to be.

You have to seriously decide either to remain in a miserable state of

low self esteem, or acquire self esteem improvement and develop a
high self esteem with good character and self image.
The origin of low self esteem.

A low self esteem could begin way back in childhood when children
are made to believe that they are worthless. Their self confidence is
eroded and they succumb to the idea that they can never achieve
success in anything that they do. They were picked on, laughed at,
pushed around, called ugly names, and treated with disdain. No
wonder they grew up to be full of resentment.

If that was your experience, it is time you cut yourself loose from
that mindset and do self esteem improvement. Start reading about
the life of successful persons and you will soon discover that many of
them had such low self esteem that they could not even complete an
elementary education.

Many decided to override their low self esteem and improve their
attitude, whatever it took. They became some of the greatest men
and women that ever lived.

Low self esteem has never helped anyone else and it sure will not
help you. It can only drive you into depression, anger, grudge, fear
and all the other evils that it generates.

Re-program your thinking and control your state of mind. You must
believe that you are worth much more than you think or you will
remain at the foot of the ladder and never make an attempt to climb
it.

Do not waste your life away with feelings of inadequacies. Instead,

think of ways to go about self esteem improvement. Success is yours,
just reach out and grasp it.

Self improvement and success go hand in hand

How do you know if a person is willing to attain self improvement?

This is a question with no definite answer. It will all depend on the
individual.
Many people have goals, dreams or ambitions but do not know how
to go about achieving them. They may have thought about what
would make up self improvement and their ideal life, but have no
idea how to even begin to make the plans and take the actions
required to make them a reality.

Some people have a vague idea on how to go about self

improvement. These are the ones that believe that if only they had a
better job, or had been given better opportunities, or met the love of
their life, or whatever else, everything would be fine and they would
be happy.

They feel that their happiness or lack of happiness is decided by

external factors and their thoughts and actions are of little
consequence.

Some believe that if only they had more money they could have
whatever they want and be on their way to self improvement.

They may have spent little time thinking about what they actually
want from life, and do not really believe there is anything they can do
to create their fuzzy version of utopia anyway, apart from buying
more lottery tickets.

Other people do not even know what they actually want from their
lives and may even have little idea what would really makes them
happy. They seem to just drift from day to day, week to week, month
to month, and year to year, and do little more than just about get by.

They may have seemingly secure jobs and be earning enough to live
relatively comfortable lives. They seem happy enough and have no
great ambition to achieve anything more from their lives than they
currently have.
Is self improvement important?

The reality is that throughout our lives we are all constantly growing
and developing. Circumstances make us grow and develop, even if
we do not make the conscious decision to do so.

Up to a certain age, we learn through formal education and we

continue to learn through our experiences for the rest of our lives.
We have to learn and grow to deal with everything that life throws at
us. We all have to go through self improvement.

Modern life moves at a dramatically faster pace than at anytime in

history. For anyone living in modern society there are more
opportunities to do anything that you want to do with your life than
ever before.

But there is also more competition than ever before, and ever
changing technology means that there really are few, if any ‘jobs for
life’ anymore. It is now normal not only to change jobs quite often
throughout our working lives, but even to completely change careers
and industries.

Because the workplace is so competitive, people who are ambitious

and hungry for success know they need to learn new skills and
knowledge to keep ahead of the pack. To attain this, self
improvement is needed.

These are the people that will be most likely to keep their jobs, or
progress within their chosen field, or that will be readily employable
in different organizations or industries.

A commitment to self improvement and personal growth may well be

the deciding factor in how anyone’s future will turn out.
Self improvement advice: Meditation

There are particular moments in life that when you wish you could
depend on anybody’s self improvement advice. But even if they gave
it to you with the best intentions, in case anything goes wrong, you
are always going to blame those persons.

That is why specialists strongly advise you, every time you find
yourself at a crossroads, to always take the decisions by yourself.

The question arising is: how can we know how to take it and which is
the best solution?

No matter how young or old you are, you must have gotten to a point
in your life when you have to take a big decision, which will probably
affect your entire existence.

There is no doubt that there are certain moments in life when you
feel helpless and disoriented and believe you could use some self
improvement advice in order to figure out how to proceed with your
life.

The answer is never simple. However, there is one self improvement

advice that can be of great help and employed regularly will have
great results.

It is called meditation and it has been used for centuries in certain

rituals and by ancients civilizations. Even in old and famous books,
like the Bible, people are invited to meditate, to discover and fight
the evil in us and by knowledge to gain control over our decisions
and our lives.
How do we proceed when meditating?

First of all, you need to be away from any source of distraction. You
cannot analyze your deepest feelings and thoughts and watch a
movie at the same time.

Secondly, you need to ask yourself a series of questions that will help
you to better determine who you really are. The questions should
relate to everyday aspects.

What do you like doing?

What made you most proud of yourself during your entire life?

What is it that you always wanted to do and you never found the
time?

What role does money play in your life?

What is it more important for you, you family life or your career?

How much do you depend on others?

If you are worried about a certain decision, let all the questions be
related to that issue. If you are just confused when asking the
questions, think about the common topics that one has to deal with
during his life.

The essential keys to self improvement and motivation

What are the three keys to self improvement and motivation?

1. INSPIRATION.
Inspiration is critical to staying motivated and improving oneself. If
you are not interested in your business, your motivation level will
never be high and you will not be able to sustain interest for very
long.

Take an honest look at your inspiration level. Are you excited about
going to work or is it an obligation? You would be surprised at the
number of people who choose a business that looks good on paper,
but in reality does not interest them in the least.

These individuals will grow weary and uninterested pretty quickly

because they have no inspiration or passion to sustain them during
the difficult times they will encounter as a small business owner.

If you do not like your work, then think how you can re-focus your
small business to better match your needs. Or consider making a
change entirely. Without inspiration, there will not be motivated to
even try self improvement.

2. SETTING GOALS.

Short and long-term goal setting is vital for any business owner. If
you do not set goals, you would have no definite purpose on which
path of self improvement to take.

How could you possibly be motivated if you were unsure about the
direction of your company?

Take the time to put your goals in writing. A business plan may
sound daunting, but it is really nothing more than goals, strategies,
implementation and a budget. Write your own business plan and
update it at least annually.
Include “mini-goals” that can be accomplished in a matter of hours,
days or weeks as well as the more ambitious “grand-goals” that may
take years to complete. Refer to this plan throughout the year.

But can a business plan really help motivate you? Of course. Written
goals will make you feel more professional and certainly more
connected to your business. It will also free you from having to
reinvent your business goals every single day.

3. NETWORKING.

Another key factor in getting and staying motivated is networking

with other small business owners. No one person knows all the
knowledge.

However, when a number of people begin working together, the

challenges will just be there waiting to be conquered.

In fact, the isolation of working alone is of one the most difficult

parts of being an entrepreneur. You can never be on your way to self
improvement without the help of others. Mutual support is
motivating.
Make it easier on yourself by connecting with others either in your
community or online. Even when businesses are not related, you will
often find common ground and ways to work together.

Many successful entrepreneurs report that finding the right

networking group was a turning point in the growth of the business.
Working together, a networking group can help its members
generate more qualified sales leads and solve problems faster and
more efficiently.

Sharing ideas, expertise and experience is also an invaluable aspect

of motivation and self improvement.
Your own personal team of business owners will help re-energize
you when the burdens of running your own business seem too much.

With your networking team to rely on, you can accomplish more in
less time and probably have more fun in the process. You will feel
motivated to accomplish self improvement when you know you are
not alone.

Chapter 4

Self improvement guide worth reading

There are different books and seminars that can help you gather
some self improvement guide. All these sources are against the
negative factors in your life.

This self improvement guide is intended to offer you the best

solutions to eliminate these factors for good. Or at least to reduce it
drastically.

Work, meetings, deadlines, appointments, telephone calls, shopping,

taking the dogs out etc. – all these are things most people have to
accomplish daily.

Most of the times, on the waiting list there are other things like:
family, friends and even ourselves.

Sometimes we discover too late that the points mentioned on the

waiting lists are, in fact, the most important and, unfortunately,
sometimes, we don’t realize this at all, so find ourselves wondering
for what reason we are so unhappy.
All this people know that time is more than money – time means,
first of all, life and, more than that, it means our lives.

That is way we have the obligation not to surrender in stressful

situations and to go fighting for the joy of living.

Let us not forget also that deficient management of time can

produce tremendous health problems, both at the physical and
mental level.

But there is good news! Time can be domesticated – we can make it,
in certain manner, obey us. First step in implementing this process is
to identify the elements that robe your time. Normally, they are
divided into two groups:

The external factors (unexpected phone calls, very long phone

conversations, unplanned visits, the policy of open doors, not
sufficiently trained personnel, frequent meetings, interruptions
caused by colleagues, friends and family etc.)

The internal factors – related strictly to our own persons (priorities

and objectives that change, the lack of a daily working plan, lack of
self imposed deadlines, the tendency to take care of too many things
at the same time, disorder, lateness in resolving the conflicts,
incapacity of saying no, lack of decision, tiredness).

By reading the above enumeration, you probably pictured recalled all

the similar situations that you went through. Now, all you have to do
is to find a way to defeat and eliminate them, so that you can be the
mater of your own time again.

Here are three possible ways in which you can do that:

Get used to write everything down. It is useful, especially if you have
a bad memory. Otherwise you might fail to remember to go to
important meetings, to make important phone calls, to answer
messages you promised you would answer.

You can also write down great ideas and inspirations that occur to
you in the most unexpected moments.

Make a list of priorities. It takes you very little time to draw it and
you can even do it while you’re having your morning coffee. Write
down, the things you need to do that day, in the order of their
importance and urgency.

Learn to say no. One big mistake that a lot of us make is that we put
other people’s problems in front of ours. Nevertheless, by helping
them in a bad moment for us, we give rise to frustration, stress and
we find ourselves unable to respect previous engagements.

All these advices are also present in Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber’s

book New art of time against stress and they invite us to meditate
that more than a weapon against stress, time management is also a
philosophy of life.

How self-improvement program works

There are a lot of programs that can aid you in your endeavors in
having a healthy mental life.

If you have a lot of things on your mind and simply want to have the
easy way to deal with them helps with programs. Such programs
show you the ways on how to be in the healthy line if mental life.
They can be an accelerated transformative practice which the
professionals can easily impose on your schedule. It can last for a
year or longer, depending upon the program administrator.

There are also lessons which you need to follow. Benefits of such
programs can maximize your energy, lose weight, maintain good
health, enhance your creativity, reduce stress , develop more
fulfilling relationships, reach profound meditative states, discover a
greater meaning in life, expanding your awareness, strengthen your
immune system, take your spirituality to new levels.

You can also find a greater sense of self, master universal dynamics
and processes and become the person you want to be they take
advantage of the current research and proven practices from
nutrition, exercise and psychology to discoveries in the fields of
relaxation and spirituality. most other self-help programs that focus
on one system or philosophy, some are holistic - or big-picture -
approach that addresses all aspects of a person's well-being.

Most of them goes well beyond offering you the theories behind our
programs to give you practical tools and activities to put the power
of our programs to work in your life and these programs or lessons
are easy to follow, quick to implement and fun to participate in.

Audio self help tapes

On a typical self-help tape, you will hear a pleasant and easy to listen
to English voice which will guide you into a deeply relaxed state of
mind and body. To enhance the therapeutic effect each tape includes
layered echoed background affirmations, a deeply relaxing effect,
which pan from left to right in your headphones & 3D Sound effects.
So at times you'll hear one voice in one ear speaking to the left
hemisphere of your brain, while at the same time hearing other
echoed voices addressing other parts of your brain.

This powerful method of delivering multiple suggestions

simultaneously to the unconscious mind can facilitate positive
changes very quickly. In addition to this the absorbing 60 bpm sound
effects and powerful subliminal suggestions enhance the overall
effectiveness.

How to take advantage of such programs

Speaking from a job organization behavioral point of view let us take

a look at what motivation is all about and how to improve it. The
human brain as I mentioned earlier is a virtual warehouse of energy.

There is nothing that we cannot do once we put our minds to it.

Yeah, sure, all that has been proved time and again, but along with it
comes a string attached. The same brain is easily distracted. In fact
our imagination is probably the one thing that can travel faster than
light. And so it is not an easy task to keep the brain occupied in the
same task for an extended period of time. If the job is monotonous
the task becomes more difficult and if the job is demanding and
involves a lot of pressure to keep time, then you are done for.

Motivation can be thought of as the process of channeling the

surplus energy of the brain towards a definite goal or purpose. If you
have a good boss or supervisor, then the task of keeping you
motivated rests with them. But even then, you have the
responsibility to keep yourself motivated and believe me, self
motivation is the best motivation because it comes from within.

Following your self improvement worksheets by heart

Have you ever wished that your life could be a lot better and more
fulfilling than the one you are in right now? Have a self improvement
worksheet you can put your plans on to turn them into reality.
Here are some of the things you have to plan out in your worksheet
for a smooth sailing journey towards self improvement goal.

Get up early.

To be able to accomplish this and still avoid losing any precious

sleep, you can go to bed just a half hour earlier to get up a half hour
earlier than you usually do.

What this got to do with self improvement?

For different people the answer can vary slightly. To start with you
need to fully awaken yourself and get rid of early morning
sluggishness.

After you are completely alert step outside of your house and watch
the sunrise. Nothing like the view of a fresh morning to set you out
on your self improvement destination.

This simple but immensely satisfying act will lift your spirits and help
with self improvement.

If you are unable to do this, take a brisk walk, jog or run depending
upon what you prefer and what you are physically capable of.

Eat breakfast.
To start your day out on the right foot and stay in keeping with your
self improvement plan this is practically a necessity. You need the
energy this will provide you with to accomplish your daily tasks.

If you are overly pressed for time you might try cereal and milk or
even a few pieces of fresh fruit would do.

Any of these are better alternatives than skipping breakfast.

Smile a lot.

When you go places, smile more at other people, even if you find it a
bit difficult at first. Just curve your lips up a bit as you make eye
contact with another human being.

An effective goal is written.

The primary purpose of your self improvement worksheet.

This is extremely helpful and essential because there will be times

when your self improvement goals will make you uncomfortable and
you may lose site of them.

When this happens, you need to have them written down to keep
yourself on track and accountable. Posting your goals on the
refrigerator, bulletin board, or in your planner ensures that you will
be reminded of them on a daily basis.

Review them on a regular basis.

You must review your self improvement goals in order to stay on

track. Check out your worksheet on the schedule you set. Reviewing
them causes you to commit to their achievement.
According to studies, only 1% of the population actually understands
how to effectively set goals. This is the reason why so many New
Year's resolutions are not followed.

And this is also why people keep failing at the very same goal. The
desire to improve yourself is genuine, but the process you go about
while seeking this desire is faulty. Then how can you achieve the self
improvement results you want?

The positive results of achieving any goal are unforgettable. An

individual's failure to achieve is not because they are incompetent
but because they simply do not know the process of success.

Have an effective self improvement worksheet. Follow what is

written, be patient and celebrate your success to come.