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I’m sure that a few of you have had times when you realised just how human you are and how easy it is to make such a small mistake in your writing or maybe have an error in judgement in a business decision we make (I know I have)… maybe you sit there pondering what to do.

I find that it is much better to *blush* admit to the mistake straight up.  We are all human and we all make mistakes, even in business.  No point in pondering the what ifs… because we can’t go back when we have already moved forwards.

The funny thing is that sometimes making a mistake or having an error in judgement can work in our favour.  “How would that possibly work in my favour?” you are probably thinking.

• Proof that you are human just like everyone else – which can be a really good thing at times.
• Gives the opportunity to work through a problem and learn new things.
• Encourages for you to feel humility and therefore be sympathetic to others needs.
• Possibility to maybe leverage new business or personal projects on those newly learned skill, the ones that have been learned through their mistakes.

Sure, there are positives and negatives to making mistakes.  I prefer to look at what positive has come from the mistake or error in judgement – and look forwards, rather than looking back.

Would love to hear your thoughts on whether mistakes are a good or a bad thing… or maybe a bit of both.

So, after the last article I wrote, I may have left you thinking, “how does positive thinking relate back to marketing, or even to owning and running your own business?”

As I see it, it has a huge impact on how you run your business, and whether or not you receive and grow your client base through your business.

Positive thinking and doing gets you noticed!  Proactive thinking and doing also gets you noticed and in a good way!  Planning for the future and goal setting gets you noticed in a good way!  Putting positive systems in place to help grow your business gets you noticed!  Plus these things have a really positive impact on your life, and how you do business.

As a business owner positive thinking is a ‘personality trait’ that you want to have! If a business does not focus on positive thoughts and actions, then how might you expect for your positive personality to shine through to its clientele?

To think positive thoughts, and focus on positive talk and action you are setting up your business for success.  After all, positive people attract positive business.  Positive people also attract and implement creative and very innovative ideas.

So I hope that I have inspired you in these last two articles to focus on and foster positive thoughts, and in doing so open the doors even wider for your business success.

If you haven’t already done so, you might like to head over and have a read of the previous article I posted, The Question of Positive Thinking.

I have found this topic to be a bit of a difficult one to write on because it is personal to me, and I continue to learn and grow… I am no expert in this area.  That is why it is a question, rather than an answer, because these are my thoughts.

I am sure that there are some things in this article that others may possibly disagree on, or might maybe like to expand on.  I do welcome these thoughts and ideas in the comments section.

There are so many things that might happen in each and every one of our lives that might have a positive, and on the other hand a negative impact.

With so many differing experiences in each and every one of our lives, and so many ways to handle things… each person might handle, or even see the same situation in a different light. Our seeing the situation in a different light, and acting on it in a different way will often determine which direction our live heads.  It continually moulds us as a person, for better or for worse.
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I wanted to let you know that Intellimon (who you may know as the makers of the award-winning ‘XSitePro’ Web site design software) are launching a training course, a week from now. To kickstart this training course, this Thursday they are having a price draw and its free to enter. More on that in a moment, but if you can’t wait here’s the link

http://www.complete-guide-to-website-building.com

The course, in case you haven’t already heard about it, is MASSIVE. It’s taken twelve months to put together, and is completely unique.

It’s been specially put together for people:

… who have never built a web site in their lives before…

or

… who have tried to get to grips with building websites, only to get confused and de-motivated before eventually giving up out of sheer frustration…

or

… who have previously outsourced and now want to take control of their existing website, and stop relying on costly designers who want paying every time a small change needs making…
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I am learning that the number one thing in business is to make sure that we continue to grow and develop our skillset.  Life is a journey, and we can choose to do big things (bigger that we can even imagine), or stand still for the time.  As I see it, without the personal development and evaluation of myself and my business, I am not going anywhere – actually things for me will stand still… completely stagnant, or it could possibly even go backwardmaybe.  So what sort of things should we be doing?

1. Making the best use of our time
   Evaluate how we currently use our time, and how we might make even better use of our time.  Evaluate how much time we spend on planning, marketing, technical etc.  Start setting up processes and streamlining things if we haven’t already.  If we streamline those items that will come in contact with our client, then we must make sure that the service still continues to be personal to them.  Establish a routine, especially if there is a family to look after.  There are plenty of things that we might look at when we talk about making the best use of our time, hey.
   By the way – sometimes the absolute best use of our time is to take some time out to relax.  We absolutely need to schedule in some downtime so that we can refresh in readiness to get moving again.  Oh, and I find that some of the best inspirations come to me when I am relaxing!  This is something that I do struggle with this as a Mum, because I think that “Oh I should be doing this,” or “I should be doing that,” but I have to tell myself “Hey, no you don’t!  You need a rest the same as everybody else!”

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