7 GREAT WAYS TO MAKE YOUR DAY SUPER PRODUCTIVE

1. Have a plan. Start the night before with a list of things you want to get done for that day. You’re much more likely to get out of bed motivated and ready to roll if you have something specific you will accomplish that day. Make it specific and doable. For instance, very few people have gotten out of bed saying, “I’m going to write a whole book today,” but it’s very doable to write a chapter.

2. Get enough sleep. Everybody has individual needs for sleep. You have to find out what those are for yourself. Whatever your particular one is, make sure you get what you need. Don’t be slave to it, but if you have to go to bed a little earlier, do it. There are many people who say you have to sleep during the regular night time hours to get the best sleep. I don’t think that’s true. Many people function on different schedules. Just make sure your room is dark and comfortable so you can get the most restful sleep you can, whatever time of day and the amount you need.

3. Meditate before you get out of bed. There is something about this that helps to set the tone for your day into a much more productive, peaceful, and powerful experience. It not only calms and puts you in the right frame of mind before you have to get out and start handling other business.

4. Coffee. Just kidding. Whether you caffeine up or not in the morning is up to you, but I would definitely limit it. It just can’t be healthy to drink pot after pot all day and if it takes more than a cup or so to wake you up in the morning, you need to be looking to other areas as to WHY that is. (Right now my girlfriend is hitting me with a stick for that one). Especially limit the intake of stimulating beverages or foods late at night so that you’re rested for the next day. I recommend no caffeine or other stimulants after 5 PM.

5. Contrast shower/cold water dousing. I think the use of these two water tools are two of the most powerful and easy to use recovery and vitality stimulants you can get.  It’s not going to cost you anything, will help you stave off colds, stimulates circulation and helps warm up your body in the morning and get it ready to go.

6. Exercise – Deep breathing. Whether you like to exercise in the morning or not is really up to you. If you want to do your heavier workouts then or if you just want to do some basic warm up/joint mobility and deep breathing vitality exercises. Either way, you’ll make your day more productive because you’ll be revved up with energy and you’ll feel better.

7. Get something to eat. Even though you may not be a breakfast eater or you may be following “The Warrior Diet,” or whatever the case may be, if you do like to eat breakfast that’s great, it’ll fuel you up for the day. If not eat something small. Protein shake, fruit, yogurt… whatever… it’ll help rev your metabolism, boost your energy and keep you from crashing a few hours later and help you hold the most muscle you can.

These things will all help you rev up for a great day. Guess what, string a few productive days together and you can accomplish more than you ever dreamed. That’s what we want to be about here.  Helping you ring every ounce of potential and even potential your never knew you had. Taking you beyond the place of, “That’s the best I can do,” to the place of winning in every part of your life physically, mentally and spiritually.

To Your Success,
Richard Hackworth

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You Are who You Know!
The value of networking is espoused in every business I know and yet few people make more than a passing effort to meet more people and almost no one puts networking in their marketing plan. That’s a shame because networking is perhaps the quickest and surest way to build your business and it doesn’t cost very much. It’s a simple fact of life that the more people you know the more business you will get.

The Law of 200, states that the average person knows 200 people well enough to invite them to a wedding or a funeral. People at the pinnacle of success in any business know four or five times that many people. When I was active in the martial arts business I knew in excess of 2,000 clients and potential clients by name, sight, state, style of art and enough other personal information to hold a meaningful conversation with them.

Doing seminars really fast forwarded this program because each time I did one I got to spend all day with 50 or so people. That’s why seminars are such an incredible way to market professional services like martial arts not just because people get to hear what you have to say but partly just because of the shear volume of people that you can meet.
That’s also why golf has played such an important part in my life. Not only do I enjoy the competition but it’s an incredible way to meet new people. Where else do you get to spend four uninterrupted hours with prospects or clients?

Ten Ways to Meet More People
1. Join a club any club.
2. Get involved in the Chamber of Commerce
3. Say Yes to party invitations
4. Attend trade shows and conventions in your industry.
5. Put on your own seminar.
6. Get involved in a charity. The movers and shakers in any community almost always do!
7.  Hold a dinner party once a month.
8. Start your own networking club or ask to join one that’s already going.
9. Get active at school, church, work or any other place where committees are formed and people interact in small group.
10. Actively send referrals to other people in the area with whom you are familiar. Call them up or drop them a line when you do. That’s a great way to start or expand a relationship, by sending them business.

Most people get very stuck in their ways and stop expanding their circle of friends almost by accident. Perhaps now would be a great time to take the other approach from both a business and personal stand point! Start actively looking for ways to expand your circle by meeting more people and making new friends, more business will surely follow!

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How Do You Find Your Purpose?

Your purpose should be balanced with your desire to achieve true success. Desire means, to long for or to crave.

D – DESPERATE NEED. Desire is something that’s deeply longed for, a desperate need.  There’s a story a young man who came to, Socrates, and said that he wanted to be his pupil. So, Socrates took him down to a lake that was near by and they walked in.  He shoved the young man’s head under the water and he held it there. The boy waited thinking he would pull him back up, but he didn’t. So, he tried to raise his head and the teacher kept his head down in the water. He started struggling and struggling and the teacher finally let him up out of the water gasping and choking for air. The teacher looked at him and said, “When you desire knowledge and understanding as deeply as you desired to get air right now, then you’ll be ready to learn.” 

E – EMPTINESS BEING FILLED.  Psalm 63 says, “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.” What a great mental picture.  He “thirsts” for God, like in a desert where there is no water, with a deep and passionate thirst. That’s filling emptiness.  When you’re talking about desire, you’re not talking about satisfying surface things. You’re talking about reaching down deep and looking deep inside of you.

S – SENSUAL EXPERIENCE. I’ll bet you didn’t expect that one. The reason I put it this way is because the sexual emotions are some of the most powerful emotions that we have. It’s actually one of the definitions for desire – a passionate, ardent, craving for. So, I put down “sensual experience” so that you could understand what this really should feel like. This desire should stir you up, it should stir in you those kinds of feelings.

I – IDENTIFY WITH IT. It’s got to be something you identify with. It can’t be something that somebody else picked for you. It can’t be something that you should be doing or something that you have to do. It has to be for your reasons. Something that is extremely meaningful to you in your life.

R – REACH NEW HORIZONS WITH IT. This refers to the concept of growth and expansion. We need to have desires that help us grow and expand. We need to have desires that push us to the limit of our skills, abilities and talents. 

E – ENERGIZES YOU EACH TIME YOU THINK ABOUT IT. You have to have something that energizes you each time you think about it. It gives you life. It’s something that when you focus on it, when you put your mind on it and really think about it, it stirs you and gives you energy.   

Biblically when you talk about the word “zeal” (the good kind, not the fanatic kind) you are talking about desire and passion.

Have a prosperous day,

Richard Hackworth

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Set a good example for your children – and teach them that a healthy lifestyle and good healthy choices are important – by taking care of yourself. You’ll help build the foundation for them to take pride it looking and feeling their best throughout their lives. And you’ll be healthier to enjoy your family for many years to come!

Here are some important ways you can take care of yourself:

- Boost your immune system. There are lots of natural immune system boosters. Two of the best are fresh garlic and onions. Although you can get garlic pills and powdered garlic, go for the fresh stuff for the maximum benefit. Another great use for onions (if you can stand the smell) is to cut one in half and leave it on your nightstand to reduce the level of harmful bacteria and airborne viruses in your bedroom.

- Eat raisins to reduce tooth decay. Although high in calories (493 calories per cup), raisins are thought to significantly reduce tooth decay. The dried fruit actually seems to block oral bacteria commonly associated with tooth decay and gum disease.

- Know about the medications you are taking. Any time that you receive a prescription from your physician, it is a advisable to ask why you are getting the medication and what the intended result will be. The reason that this is so critical is that your pharmacist will need to ensure that you are taking the correct dose, and that a medication has not been prescribed in error.

- Eat hot peppers to control headaches. If you suffer from migraines, sinus headaches or even cluster headaches, you may find relief when you eat hot peppers. Although those with reflux problems should not eat hot peppers, they are beneficial to headache sufferers.

- Learn about the benefits of acupressure. Acupressure is a healing method originally used in ancient Chinese times. It is based on the power of the hands to relieve pain and tension and has a long list of benefits. Among them is stress relief, relaxation, increased blood circulation, pain relief and increased energy levels. If you’re looking for a drug-free alternative acupressure is an excellent choice. Visit the American Massage Therapy Association at http://www.amtamassage.org to find a reputable therapist in your area.

It’s funny how a few minutes dedicated to taking care of yourself will improve your day and make things a lot easier to handle. When you are healthy, you are prepared for anything. Even life’s occasional curve balls.
To your health, wealth, and success,
Richard Hackworth
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Make your visitors feel comfortable at your web site. Give them your main business address. Your visitors may not trust you if you’re using a P.O. Box. If you want to make them feel really comfortable, give them your business, home and cell phone number. Then they will know they can get hold of you if they need help.

Include a FAQ on your web site or via e-mail on an autoresponder. This will give your customers extra convenience without having to contact you. Of course there are some questions you can’t answer by using Frequently Asked Questions. You will get questions that you never thought of, but you can just keep adding them to your list.

Buy advertising space on discussion board web sites. They are usually arranged by subject;  that makes them highly targeted. For example, if you are selling gardening tools, you would want to advertise on gardening, farm, tool and lawn-related discussion boards.

Start a free e-mail newsletter to create your own opt-in list. Create a title that grabs the reader’s attention. Submit it to free e-zine directories on the Internet. Advertise it on your web site. Offer a freebie or other incentive for people to subscribe. Give your readers mostly original and quality content.

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Allow other related web sites that don’t have a chat room to link to yours. They’ll get use of a free chat room and you’ll draw extra traffic to your site. Just publish your ad right above the chat room area. Your ad will draw extra exposure from all the other web sites sending traffic to it.

Increase the perceived value of your free things or bonuses by including the retail dollar amount the freebies would normally sell for. For example, you could say, “Bonus 1# Marketing Tips Newsletter (a value of $120).” Another example, “Get 7 Bonuses With A Retail Value Of $345! That more than pays for your purchase!”

Create your own web ring. You will gain highly targeted traffic to your web site and others will link to your site because they’ll want to join the ring. For example, if you were selling products to net marketers, you would want to start an online marketing web ring. You would then draw your target audience.

Tell people the point or focus of your web site. Explain to them what things they can do or which goals they can accomplish while visiting your site. For example, you could say, “Read 250 Free Net Marketing Tips So You Can Increase Your Sales! Plus Check Our Wide Selection Of Online Marketing E-books!”

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Allow people who do not have time to explore your site to download your web site in e-book format. This will allow them time to view it offline. Just compile it like you would a normal e-book. You could also turn it into a viral marketing tool by allowing people to give it away to others for free.

Use a lot of headlines and sub-headlines on your web site. This will hold people’s attention and keep them at your web site longer. Sometimes people don’t have time to read a whole sales letter. This’ll allow you to sell to people who are skimmers. Plus it will get the reader’s full attention at the same time.

Take advantage of popular fads. If something is popular at the current time, put up a web site about it. Just promote your main site on the fad web site. You could also send off a quick article or press release about it to get free publicity. You could also do this with popular search engine keywords and phrases.

Allow your prospects to choose between a retail or wholesale price. Of course you need to make a profit on the wholesale price. Just charge people a monthly or yearly membership fee to always get your products at wholesale cost. Your business would be like the offline wholesale shopping clubs.

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Educate yourself with new strategies to increase your sales. You could take classes, subscribe to e-zines and magazines, read books or e-books, etc. Internet business and technology move at lightning speed. You need to keep up so you don’t get left behind.

End your slow sales periods by planning ahead. Plan to add extra bonuses, hold a sale or package your product with other products. For example, you could say, “Buy one, get one free!” Another example would be, “Buy over $20 worth of products and get 5 free bonuses!”

Make more commissions from the affiliate programs you join by giving your own endorsements for the products. They usually pull more sales than ads. For example, you could say, “This e-book sent chills up my spine! I highly recommend buying it!” Another example, “All I have to say is, ‘Wow! It’s that good!’”

Speed up your Internet access. You can get your online business tasks done faster, which will help you stay ahead of your competition. It can speed up your research, online marketing tools, Internet utilities, software downloads, etc.

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Use free advertising as much as possible. Test a wide variety of free advertising options like banner and link exchanges, classifieds, newsgroups, ad swaps, joint venturing, viral marketing, web rings, message boards, trading content, etc. Don’t be afraid to try something new.

Build credibility for your business by publishing an e-zine and writing articles. Your customers and prospects will see you as an expert and trust you. You could also submit your articles to other e-zines for republishing and publicity. Just require them to include your resource box at the end of the article.

Answer all your e-mail messages as quickly as possible. Nothing will lose a sale quicker than not responding to a prospect in time. If you don’t, it could anger your customers and they could ask for a refund. You may lose a sale because they want you to answer a question before they order.

Build a professional looking website even if you have a small budget. You could use free graphics, designs, list servers and other tools offered online. Just go to your search engine or web directory of choice and type in “free (what you want)” and you will usually find it.

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Promise your readers an end result or outcome in your ad. You must give them a solid guarantee that your product will solve their problem. For example, you could say, “I personally guarantee you will get over your shyness in 10 days or less or your money back.”

Never assume people believe the information in your ad copy. You need to back-up all your claims with indisputable evidence. For example, you could include testimonials, expert endorsements, third party tests or studies, strong guarantees, a list of customers, pictures of customers, etc.

Give your customers free shipping. If you can’t afford that, you can give free shipping to customers who buy over a certain dollar amount to raise profits. You could also charge other businesses for inserting ads in your product package. This will make up for your free shipping losses.

Test your web site regularly for ordering glitches, bad links, broken graphics, etc. Those types of errors will make your business look unprofessional. If your visitors can’t order, navigate to where they want to go or see pictures of your product, they likely won’t revisit or order.

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