If you’re like me, you know how difficult, and sometimes painful, it is to work on a struggling business. Whether you’re a new entrepreneur, or have had a business for years, it’s hard to work, day-in and day-out, without seeing results.

I love trying to make money online, but some days I find it extremely difficult to wake up motivated. I know it will be weeks, months, or maybe years before I start making a substantial income from blogging. Then today, I found an article by Yaro at Entrepreneurs-Journey about remaining productive when you feel like giving up.

I felt like this article spoke directly to me. So using Yaro’s article for inspiration, I decided to write my own post to motivate all my fellow entrepreneurs on how to overcome fear and self-doubt in your business.
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Like most things in life that are worthwhile, self improvement involves stepping out of your comfort zone. That’s what I’m trying to do with my 30-day positive affirmations experiment.

For the longest time when I thought about positive affirmations, I had a crazy image of Stuart Smalley from Saturday Night Live —>.

For those of you who don’t know, Stuart Smalley was a character on SNL created and played by comedian Al Franken. He was a non-licensed self-help therapist who coined several funny phrases.

• “That’s just stinkin’ thinkin!”
• “You’re should-ing all over yourself.”
• “Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt!”
• “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”

So anyway, that was my previous view of positive affirmations. But the more I read about self improvement, the more I found stories of how positive affirmations can change lives.

In this article I’ll share with you how I am aiming to use positive affirmations to overcome feelings of depression, stop procrastinating, battle the fear of failure, and have better focus in my online business.

I’ll also provide you with some resources to help you experiment with your own positive affirmations, and some examples (including my own) to get you started.

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Raise your hand if you take notes regularly. *Raises hand* Now, keep your hand up if you keep your notes well organized, functional, and easily accessible. *Puts hand down*

I think most of us agree that we scribble notes on various notepads, envelopes, and maybe even napkins, but how well organized is that?! Personally, I have notes all over the place, including different yellow pads and on separate computer documents.

It’s time to get our note taking under control to increase productivity and save our sanity!

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