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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Do you have a strong desire to become a successful entrepreneur? Would you like to know if you have what it takes to build a successful business? I’ll give you the good news upfront; almost anyone can develop the qualities necessary to succeed as an entrepreneur.

As I started to research the characteristics of entrepreneurs and their success, I started to realize just how relative the idea of a “successful entrepreneur” truly is. To illustrate my point, consider the following question.

Which of these is the MOST successful entrepreneur?

1. The 60 year-old small business owner who has owned a local hardware store for 30 years, makes just enough to get by, but loves what he’s doing, and calls everyone in the town a friend.
2. The 35 year-old CEO of a software firm who works 70 hours a week, stays stressed, never sees his family, but makes over one million dollars in revenue per year.
3. The 40 year-old single mom who makes money online with several blogs, and gets to spend all the time she wants with her kids.
4. The 23 year-old college dropout who created a few websites that he manages a few hours per week and now makes enough to travel the world, spend time with friends and family, and pursue his favorite hobbies.

Chances are, each person that reads this will have a different point of view of who is the most successful entrepreneur. It doesn’t really matter. What matters, is that you know what success means to you.

It doesn’t matter if you want to create a giant corporation or write for a blog that makes just enough to pay your monthly bills. If that’s what fulfills your vision of purpose and success, go for it.

I still wanted to know what characteristics and qualities link successful entrepreneurs. So I turned to the book The Millionaire Mind by Thomas Stanley . In his book, Stanley interviews and surveys hundreds of millionaires in order to understand their success. Most of the millionaires in his book are Entrepreneurs and other self-employed individuals. This post is inspired by the data in his section on Success Factors.

In this article, Top 10 Characteristics and Qualities of a Successful Entrepreneur, you’ll learn which factors influenced these millionaires the most. I’ll also share a couple of factors that, you’ll be shocked to learn, influenced them very little.
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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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What if you could just take a quick shot each day and have instant self confidence? Well, I guess you could have a few drinks of “liquid confidence” each day, but not without facing the consequences of a possible D.U.I., getting sick, and having a hangover.

How would you like to know some ways that you can start improving self confidence and overcoming shyness TODAY? All without facing jail time or hugging the toilet! Well, you are in luck. I’ve found seven simple and effective techniques that will dramatically add to your self confidence and help you overcome shyness, starting now.

Personally, I wish I would have found these years ago while I was still in High School. But one thing is for sure, I’m putting them to use now, and you should too.

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We’ve all had those moments when even the smallest things seem to be frustrating enough to cause a bad day. Perhaps the day started with a rude cashier, someone cutting you off in traffic, or by spilling coffee on that white shirt or blouse.

As I type this very article, I am interrupted every minute or so by the sounds of stomping from the family in the apartment above us.

Apparently, when these apartments were repaired after Hurricane Katrina, the contractors did not insulate well at all. As a result, we can hear almost everything that goes on upstairs. It’s hard not to get frustrated at the family itself.

Today, I’ll share with you a simple approach to stop fights, arguments, and frustrations before they begin. A secret I recently discovered in a fabulous book I’m reading. If implemented properly, this tip could potentially salvage relationships, return peace and happiness to your home, and help you become happier and less stressed.
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