Today Is Your Day. This Is The Time. This Is The Place. I Am The Person

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I am always intrigued by career advice from entrepreneurs.  I'm enamored by their ability to take an idea and have the courage to act on it.  That is why I really enjoyed the Forbes article the other day entitled "18 Entrepreneurs Share Their Top 20 Tips."

Below I picked five of my favorite tips from the article.  You can read the entire article at this link.  Hope you enjoy the ones I pulled out:

1.) Stop Thinking of Your Own Wallet

“Be of service; give value. Rather than thinking “how can I make a living and make money”; think  ”how can I serve and truly add value to people’s lives? How can I make a difference?” This is what Oprah and Deepak Chopra say is their driving mission.” 

– Rena Hedeman

2.) Stop Thinking of Your Own Wallet Part II

“Approach your business from a place of service; how can I help my audience be more successful at what they’re doing. Before you write a blog, write a newsletter, shoot a video, present a proposal be still for a moment and ask for the knowledge of what your audience needs from you right now rather than to look for a way to “win someone over.” Come from a place of how to fill someone else’s cup rather than your own. Oh yeah and build a freaking list!” 

– Susan Garrett 

3.) Stop Thinking of Your Own Wallet Part III

“Help people. Help when you’re happy. Help when you’re tired, and even help without attachment to getting anything in return. Keep on helping people towards a better life, straight through to your marketing. If you do this, you’ll create a marketing approach that’s based on “help marketing,” and you’ll have a business that’s never short on customers.” 

– Forest Linden

4.) Today is Your Day

“I love this from Og Mandino and wish I had learned this at age 20: “I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.” 

- Julie Samford

5.) Being an Entrepreneur is a Journey — Not a Destination

“Learn to love the journey. Enjoy the slow steady movements toward what you dream of. And take refuge in the simple comforts of loving relationships, dear friends and your creative vision. Remember to smell the flowers often, listen to the birds, befriend fear. I’ll say that one again, befriend fear because it will likely be a constant companion. Nothing wrong with that, as a teacher told me, fear means: Prepare to Grow!” 

– Ahava Shira