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Life as a shy entrepreneur
30 Days In The Life Of A Shy Entrepreneur – Day 8
I have had the perfect day today, first I wrote my blog for yesterday as for the first time since starting it I didn't write it last thing at night. I like writing at night as everything I have experienced during the day is still fresh in my mind. Once the blog was...
30 Days In The Life Of A Shy Entrepreneur – Day 7
I must apologise for being late writing this post, it was a very late night! Yesterday was incredibly busy, there were dental appointments, parents to take shopping, watching my niece in a drama production, phone calls to make, and food to be prepared for a party in...
30 Days In The Life Of A Shy Entrepreneur – Day 6
I was posting on FaceBook this morning and noticed that John Williams, the author of the book I mentioned the other day was doing a live chat to celebrate the launch of the new book Screw Work Break Free. There didn't seem to be many people watching at first so, as he...
30 Days In The Life Of A Shy Entrepreneur – Day 5
Wow - I can't believe we are on day 5 already, the days are flying by! I got the day off to a great start this morning by watching an interview with Anthony Robbins about his new documentary film, I Am Not Your Guru. I am really looking forward to watching this film....
30 Days In The Life Of A Shy Entrepreneur – Day 4
Being back in the UK, I have access to the half of my book collection that I didn't take to Spain with me. To be honest I read a lot of Kindle books at the moment because it's so easy to have lots of books with me wherever I go when I am travelling etc. However you...
30 Days In The Life Of A Shy Entrepreneur – Day 3
Today has been a really productive day - amongst lots of other things I have spoken to lots of people to show them our amazing network marketing business; and as per usual they were such a diverse range of people from all different backgrounds, looking for all sorts...
30 Days In The Life Of A Shy Entrepreneur – Day 2
Today, amongst catching up on business calls and getting organised after our journey a few days ago, I made time for a bit of goal setting - my favourite pastime! I have always had a passion for property. Ever since Jaime and I started out in our business and were...
30 Days In The Life Of A Shy Entrepreneur – Day 1
So I have decided to blog every day for the next 30 days. I will share what I am up to and how I have stepped out of my comfort zone that particular day. I will share how I deal with various situations and the outcomes. I am back in the UK at the moment for the...
An easy way to stretch out of your comfort zone
Doing something that makes you feel a little uncomfortable every day, is how you grow and develop. You can stretch yourself just a little to begin with. Things that appear uncomfortable at first, will become comfortable after just a short period of time. Your comfort...
Tips to develop confidence when talking to people
If you ever get worried when you know you have to be in a situation where you will be expected to make conversation, then this post is for you! I used to get very anxious when in these situations, especially when I first started my network marketing business. I would...
Some really simple ideas to help you achieve success
I want to share with you a few simple but important ideas that will help you to achieve success, whatever success looks like to you. These are all things I have used as a shy person so I know that you can use them too. They will build your confidence without making...
Telephone confidence tips
I recently got asked if I had any tips for when I felt shy picking up the phone to make prospecting calls in my network marketing business. I started my business is 1996. At this time I was still very much allowing my shyness to hold me back in lots of areas of my...
Stepping out of my comfort zone – it was so worth it!
I thought I would write about a day last week when I attended a seminar in London, it was put on by one of my favourite mentors, Fabienne Frederickson. I have been following her for a while, reading her blogs, receiving her emails, attending her virtual live events...
12 ideas to help you achieve your goals and dreams
Shy people often don't set and pursue goals because they think that the actions required will take them too far out of their comfort zone. This is how I used think. Although I wanted success, and I had a vision of what I wanted my life to look like, I didn't...
The Power of Lists
I am a strong believer in writing and journaling to create a mindset for success. Getting your thoughts out of your head and on to paper can be transformational. One of the easiest ways to do this is to write lists, and I am not talking about "To Do" lists here,...
My new mind movie
In this post I want to share with you a quick and easy way to attract your goals much faster. In February of 2014 I created my first mind movie; a moving vision board full of images of things I wanted to achieve. I cannot express how amazing the results have been...
How do I motivate myself when I work for myself?
When you work in a conventional job, it can be challenging to get up in the morning when the alarm clock sounds, but you do it because you have too. You think to yourself, ‘If only I worked for myself, I would jump out of bed ready to get going straight away.’ For a...
What inspired me to write my books and why they aren’t about overcoming shyness
In this post I want to talk about the books I have written and why I was inspired to write them. My first book Shy People Can Be Successful Too! was written because for as long as I can remember I had ..... -been tormented by low self esteem -always got tongue tied...
Shy and Successful
In this post I thought I would share the article that I wrote for Entrepreneurial Expat recently. Catarina Brandao runs a very successful website and coaches people on running a business abroad. To find out more you can visit her site...
Write and Grow Rich – The Power of Journalling
I have been keeping journals for a long time, journals for all different things. I have a gratitude journal, a success journal, a journal for training notes, and a journal for ‘aha’ moments. I also have one for writing down affirmations and one for dreams and...
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