Maybe it was the economy, or decisions we made or maybe it was lack of  skill.  What ever it was we grew up and life happened.  Those dreams turned into things we never thought they would be.  Some of us became bitter and gave up.  But what about you?  When you look at the life you created how do you feel?  Have you done what you set out to?  Maybe you have done more? What is your passion or do yo have a passion?  Did you become indifferent and need now to  find something that stirs that fire inside of you again.

I know I got stuck in that rut, but as we have heard before a rut is only a grave with the ends knocked out.  I knew when that happened to me I had to change!  I knew I had to grab a hold of the change that was going on in my life and take it as far as I could.   Who is the person changing your future?  Is your future worth changing for?

Change some people fear it, some people hate it, others grab and take a hold of it.  What do you do?  Are you going to be happy at the end of your life when you see the results?  Change will happen,what you do with that change will determine what the change will do with you. Only you can determine what you are willing to do create  and what the future you want. No change and everything stays the same.

Is YOUR future worth changing?

Changing your actions – doing something you have never done before

Changing your skill set – Learning a skill that you have no experience in

Changing you mind set – seeing the world and yourself from and new light

Change by letting go of the past – It impossible to steer looking in the rear view mirror unless you are going backwards.

Changing by starting something new – taking on a new challenge a new passion or a new opportunity. I have learned if I don’t take a risk there is NO reward to come.

What is your future worth?  Only you can answer that question. Time will not slow up because we can not figure out what to do.  Time will go on and people will change.  The question I have for you is what is your future worth?

Is it worth giving up?

Not doing anything?

Hiding in a cave?

Doing exactly what you are doing now?

IF your future is worth more than that and you are tired of not riding change for all its worth.  Your success is only one action away that is the action we make this moment.   I have found that it takes more than just a desire to change, but if the desire is not there nothing will change! So what do you desire? What is your passion?

I don’t know about you, but I want to take the change going on and ride it as far as it will go. Creating the future and the future my family deserves and needs.  I would never leave that in the hands of a job or a government when I know there is more than I can do to create the future we all need

Most families in our country train their kids and themselves to have failure after failure.

We are afraid to change when we should be afraid to stay the same. We watch thousands of hours of TV, and never have time to have real honest relationships.   I am not ok with that.   Neither should you.  There are things you can change today to do something different to get rid of the failure cycle that is going on in your home.

Success is obtainable – success does not look like what everyone thinks it does.

But I can not do it for you.  You must make the decision and change how your home is being run. You must make the decision to change how your life is being run.  You must make the decision to change how your business is being run.

What is that one thing that you can change today?  See what 98% of people are doing and do the opposite.   When you see everyone else sits all the time on video games, get off of it.  When most people are watching TV all the time and never have time for family, turn the tube off.

When it’s obvious to you and me that most people are doing anything… we should … STOP THAT ACTION!

Action is the only thing that will stop you from being exactly like everyone else.

Action will take you to place that most people will never see

Action is the one thing will change your results.

2% of people are willing to do what others won’t and they will have what others won’t

Do you know what a 2% looks like.  We have some amazing 2%s on our team!  Jacque is an amazing 2% she was tired of having allergies run the way she lived her life and new she need to find a way to change that.  She found a product, a system a team that would help her change that.  After 5 days her allergies were gone, so much that she spent an entire day doing yard work and sneezed 2 times the whole day.

Bob M who saw that his health was not what he wanted it to be. His blood sugar was not working for him, and he took action. Now his blood sugar is normalizing and he has more energy and feeling better everyday.  He is an amazing 2% who is willing to do what others won’t.

Jodi S who saw a need in the home based industry to put together a team of 2% who knows what it takes to be successful and a system that would allow anyone to change their life, along with product that is undupplicateable. Now the team is helping lots of people become 2% and changing their lives in multiple areas.

What about you?  Are you going to keep doing what you are doing and never change anything or are you afraid of staying the same?!

One of the most popular shows on TV is Lost, it has a picture of survival so vividly, so extreme. People who are running from one disaster to the next. I am sure I don’t have to explain the show to you. Most likely you are one of the millions who watches the show every single week that it is on. I have not been an avid fan of Lost although I have watched one or two episodes. The acting is really good. I just can not regularly watch a show called LOST. But that is whole different blog planned for the future.

Survival is a great thing. Having the ability to be strong in times of adversity is very important. But seriously the question is relived. What is the difference in thriving vs surviving? It is very simple. The problem is that it is so simple that we often over look the answer.

I see people all around me who survive very well. They barely make the rent and have no idea how they are going to pay next months. That is simply not thriving in my book. You can look at two people they way they live. They make the same amount of money have very similar life styles yet one thrives and the other survives. What is the difference? What choices are being made that make such a large difference in the way they live life on a daily basis. How can we all make new choices today to change our lives from survival mode into truly thriving?

1. Desire – the want to. As my coach and mentor Dani Johnson has so often said. I will take desire over skill every day. Desire is the one thing and moves you. Motivation only lasts so long desire with in your soul can not be replaced or faked. Developing a desire to change your life and lives of others around you can developed and it must be for long term change.

1. Skill – I am often amused at people who go around the Internet broadcasting they can help build other people businesses or incomes with out the other person doing anything. Really seriously are you crazy? If you really looking for long term change, you must grow and develop skill. When you were a kid you first had to learn basic skills to get to the point where you could attend school. Then you grew up continued your education but what every it was that you did you had to learn something. You had to have a mentor, teacher or coach who would help you learn because they had the skill. In life and business we often stop learning and start settling. Taking on a new skill to get new results is very important.
2. Relationships- Having the right people in your life is as important if not more than having even desire. The people we surround ourselves with help us keep our focus or not, shape the way we view the world and ourselves. In the Bible the original success book says Iron sharpens Iron, it also talks about how we are not to be unequally yoked in business,friendships and marriage. The mindset of those closet to you will help or hender you. The choice is up too you. Having the right team of people around you will help you change your life.
3. Systems – You ask me what systems will do for me. Another way to think of system is planning. It takes all most everything out of the what if. You will never know exactly what is going to happen. But if you know what you are going to do if something similar to this happens then you have a system. Are you looking to change your life, your business, your income, your family. Changing how do things will change your results. Knowing that you operate out of the desire, skills, relationships and systems that you have in place will allow you to know what areas to work on. If you don’t know what you are going to do. Survival mode will kick in and you will start digging yourself a hole that could the a trap for the rest of your life.

Now its your choice what are you going to do?  Are you happy surviving or are you going to make the changes that will help you take life to next level?  Are you serous?  We are actively seeking qualified individuals who are looking for change today?  go to www. 2percenters.com

God bless

Customer service is more than saying hello when a client enters your doors, or calls you on the phone. Customer service is a mindset that allows a business to be filled with friends and not just clients. It helps you be the place that people want to return to and not one they remember to forget. Customer service is the difference in always picking you first, not because of price, but because they know you will do them right no matter what. Do your clients feel this way?

2. Are you working in your business or on your business?

There  can be confusion on what it takes to create the success in business.  Being busy is not always a sign of success. We can be busy doing things that will never create the business you want.  Knowing the difference in being busy for busy’s sake or actually doing those very important actions that will change our results.   Those actions can be  an unknown or not understood.  Working in your business vs. working on your business.  What is it you are working on?  What are the results?  How will it change the health and growth of your business?

3. Do you know what risks your business has, and what way you can turn it into a reward?

Owning your own business can be fun and rewarding. On the other hand, if you don’t see the risks that you have and change them, it can cost you not only your business but it can create a complete financial breakdown. Most business owners don’t have the expertise to know what to look for in many areas from hiring to taxes.  Do you?

4. Why are you in business?

The idea of being in business can be exciting. But how long ago was that? So do you remember why you got in business? Has the everyday pressure of making the bills go away changed your reason?  Are you just working on making money and not caring about those people who you are serving?

Wouldn’t it be great to own the business you wanted and not the one you got stuck with?

5. Do you have a system that will get your business to where you want it to be ?

Most business owners got in business because they have a passion for something they love but have no idea what it takes to be successful.  Having the system that will take you from ground zero to blast off seems hard to find.  So, what should you do to find it?  Would it be worth having that system and having the ability to know what to do each day and doing it?

Remember, doing the right thing the wrong way, still makes it wrong.

What are you doing today?

6. Are you using all the resources that you have to make your business more profitable?

Every single one of us has resources that are known and resources that are unknown.   Using these resources correctly will change the results we have.  Know what makes the most impact on your business and who else is on your team that can do things you don’t want to or don’t have the skills for.  Make sure the investments you are making into your business are the right ones that will have a greater ROI.   Don’t let the bank dictate what you can and can not do to grow your business.

7. Do you have a team of experts that you can learn from to help you grow your business?

You love being in business for yourself.  But that does not mean you have to be in business by yourself?   Would you like to have a team who has been down this road and knows the traps and what they can cost you?   How would  it change your business if had  a team who would guide you down this road who has years of experience and wisdom?  Knowing you don’t have to make the mistakes that others have before you.   Doing the right things in the right ways and getting better results than you would have alone. Do you have that team put together?

8. When was the last time you enjoyed a day growing your business?

Are you working harder and harder and working for less and less?  How would you like to get back to the point where you loved being in business and take the pressure off of where you are going to find your next client?  You can love what you do and know what needs to be done as well.  Do you?

So many times we don’t need other business to have competition, all we need is to do the wrong things and we shove our clients into the arms of others.

Everyone has a mindset, a theory around the way we live life and the decisions we make or don’t. This is one of the most important things to develop and to change over time. Working with businesses I can look at a persons mindset and determine who will be the business standing in 2 years 5 years and beyond. I spoke today to a lady/ business owner who had a very stuck mindset. If you are loosing money in your business now when it is small and you think expanding is the best way to change that. Most likely you will only lose more money. There has got to be a change in the way you do things to get better results. Throwing money at an idea that is not working will not help it. There has got to be a change in mindset. It does not matter if you are thinking about relationships, businesses, home, money, school or whatever. The theory of insanity does hold to be true. If you keep doing the same thing thinking you are going to get new results, it simply will not work. So what does make the change?

The Change

YYes, every single one of us needs a change in our mindsets, we need to change the results in our home, business, education, relationships and more. Technology can help us , but realty is we will need to do the work to do make it stick. If you have potential clients calling you, this is great. But you must have the ability to handle the business they want to bring your way.  Otherwise that contact will be useless and bring no profits. No profits means eventually you will need to something else to make your life work, and you will go out of business.

Most of us fight change when it is actually the one thing that is our friend our ally. It will help us create the new mindset. It will help us understand where we are and what it will take to move forward to creat our goals

The Reality

To have change you need to know where you are. What is your mindset? What is the results you are currently getting? Your real reality not just what you see but getting statistics of results tracking your activity and even getting an outside source that can help. Professional coaching would be an excellent place to start. Asking friends and co workers to tell you what they think. Be careful who you ask.  Others who are not afraid to tell you the truth. A real friend who you can trust to be honest in times of good and bad. This is not just anyone and many of us only have one or two people in our lives that would this honest.

The Results

We all have results from what we do everyday. I know I am looking always for better results. I am looking to be able to help my kids more, improve my business, keep my life more organized, get and stay of debt, not have to worry about money and what needs to be done. But the results will change with the mindset if that does not change NOTHING WILL

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Can you believe Christmas has come and gone again?( And it was white for the first time since 1928 in Dallas) That the year of 2009 only going to be here a few more days!! Our home at this time of year is crazy coming and going of kids, inlaws, out laws, friends, neighbors and more! We are a mixed family with 6 teens, one in college and a 5 year old. Besides all us “adults”. Holidays can be nice but never slow. This week was no exception to the rule. We had 8 teenagers in our home just to start. That sometimes can be enough to scare you out of breath, without the cooking cleaning shopping, and surviving all the events. But if you are a person who has been reading my blog for any length of time you might have heard this before. Another year has come and gone and everyone is one year older, and it wont be long till everyone is college or off. I am not sure how I will feel about that then. I do know it does not sound pleasant. I know I must be a strange bird but I thrive on the activity and my favorite time of anything is when my kids are home. Hearing them play, having time to just talk or watching them interact with all the family.

Being part of such a great family is fun and exhausting. These days after Christmas often can be quiet in comparison the kids want to sleep and relax. I usually try to get the house cleaned up and work on my goals for the coming year. I don’t know why I am always so reflective on these days. Seeing where I am and where where I need to go. Today I am more excited about this than I have been the future and what is going to taking place this coming year than I have been in a few years. I can feel see and hear the hand of God on our lives and the guidance He provides us. Not that growth is easy, that would not be growth. But it is worth it in the long term, it will help be a better Mom and have the ability to teach them through the way that does work, not just saying it but doing it. I get tired of parents who say one thing and do another. It is so condescending, makes the kids feel like their parents feel like they are an idiot. The funny thing is how much I have learned about life and business through the eyes of my kids. Watching them and seeing what their eyes see and understand teaches me so much about people and how to have a good working relationship with people of all types.

We so often think we know everything about a person their life and what motivates them, what they want. When the problem we don’t even understand that about ourselves. We just go from day to day never really accomplishing much and thinking that there is some unusual reason that we are unhappy with our life. The real problem is we don’t know what we need to do and where we are going. I know I have had that many times in my life. So today will be the start what I call the definition. It takes me time and also the ability to listen to my God and what He is showing me that I need to be focused on. Its not all about money or getting more stuff, its about going where He wants me to be and being focused. I don’t want to wander on this ball of dirt until its my time to go to the next world, never doing anything for anyone including myself. I would love to help others change lives and be able to accomplish what others don’t. I don’t want a MLIA! That is just not for me. I know the kids read it and it can be fun. But do you want your life to be average or amazing?

I will post the goals as soon as I get them done. Please post your link for yours.

Why do we as business owners have such a short term mindset that we think that we can make just one sell today?  It’s like we are not going to be in business very long.  As a business owner and a client of many businesses, I want to work long term with others around me. I would like to bless others through the business I conduct everyday, not just look out for my pocket. 

Ok I am going to tell you the real story and what got me on this brain wave. J

This morning I woke up with my oldest bonus kid home from college.  We are so excited to have the opportunity to spend time with her.  She is such a blessing in our lives, and her presence makes all of us happy. What a blessing she is in our lives.  Ok I know I said that twice.

Finally it was time to work.  My hubby handed me an email that came earlier in the day.  The email was from a person I had spoken to the night before; they were having some issues with one of their appliances. They had made an appointment with another company, and the signs I saw was that other company was simply not looking out for the client’s best.   So I gave her a little information on how to make sure she was getting what she needed.  In the email she explained how it helped her to get things done right and that next time she would call us first.   Now I will be honest that that kind of situation gives me a boost.  I love the feeling of actually being a blessing to others around me. Did we make a cent off of it?  No.   Am I able to do that every time? No. I wish I could say I look out for each and every clients needs above my own and these are the results I always have.   Now that is my goal. 

It really does not matter what you do and who you work with, we can be a blessing to others.  We can take our daily activities and look out for the people around us.  If we do this it will set our businesses apart from the the rest.  People want to work with others who tell them the truth, the whole truth.  People want to work with others who have their best interest at heart.

What is on the inside?   Ok it’s easy to do that when we are not squeezed, when we don’t have to give up something, when we are talking about how some other company works.  But the squeeze will come! 

When you squeeze a lemon, lemon juice comes out.  

When you an apple, apple juice comes out.  You get the idea.   So when we are squeezed what comes out? 

Lets say we gave a wrong bid or maybe a part did not work, or who knows but the client needs an advocate.  What do we do?  The inside becomes visible on the outside.    Doing the right thing is not always popular and simply not always easy, but the more we do it the easier it becomes.  The more we behave in a truthful upright way the easier it is to see truth say truth and show truth in our lives.  Therefore in truth we can be a blessing to others in all that we do.

  Not having a boss, but being your own boss. Now that takes a new level of personal development!   Seriously have you seen the person down the street who wants to own their own business and thinks checking their email all day is growing their business?   Maybe that person is staring you in mirror.  I can tell you I have been their.  I have spent many days working in my business and not on my business.  There is difference.  I have been my own worst enemy many, many, times.   It can be so frustrating, having a great idea, a great product or service, starting your own business,  being so excited and suddenly it hits you I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW.

Panic settles in and then we start doing what ever can be thought of.  Suddenly your spending hours designing a website, or playing on facebook all for the sake of “ working”.  But it is about results after all.  Ultimately if we don’t make the money that is needed why did we waist the time and energy not doing something else.   

When our country was founded it was started on the back of the entrepreneur and those entrepreneurs’ did not have the option for failure. If they did not succeed their families lives were in danger.  Taking our businesses to the next level takes not only skill. It takes a new mindset, personal development, and endurance.

Someone can be very good at what they do and never have a client.  A change of mindset is the most important change that can take place in the marketplace today. People are looking for businesses that don’t do business and normal.  They have a need for some who are willing to step up and make a change in the way things are done.  They are tired of being sold on something that does nothing to change their lives.  People are tired of business who are their to only scratch their own backs. A time for change has arrived. There are many examples of this if you don’t believe me go and book that was quite popular a few years ago “Good to Great” It will shock you but the premise is that good is the enemy of great. 

Getting back on track lets talk about what we need to do right now today.   Business are not in business  just here to have make money, but that money can be way to see if are doing some of the right things.   Its hard not knowing what people do to speak to specifics.  But your job today right now is to do one thing.  That is find the person who is looking for you. It’s your time to find the person who you can bless them and help them in their hour of need.

How do I do that?

1. Make a personal resource list ( email me for more specifics on this at nancyradkins@gmail.com)
2. Get out where the people are, don’t sit behind a computer thinking they will come to you.  They won’t.
3. Buttons and Signs.  You need a button on your body all the time asking a question that will get your potential client talking to you.
4. Treat your business like a job.  If you treat it like a hobby it will pay you like a hobby.

Tired of not knowing what to do?  Need an exact proven system to help you limit your risk and increase your rewards?  Email me at nancyradkins@gmail.com

So often we wish we could take back the words we have spoken!  But seriously! Why do we communicate? Is it just to hear our selves speak or to nag someone until they do it our way?  So often we have one opportunity to learn from another person.  I wish I could say I take the opportunity to learn every time.  The simple truth is when I speak I simply learn what I already understand to be true. When and if I give another person opportunity to speak I learn what their ideas, passions, issues, time frame or what ever is.  I learn how others think, feel and how they work.  Communicating is an art, not a martial art.  It is not warfare where I have to prove I am right.  It is a way I can learn and connect with another human being.  

In business we want to connect with others and therefore must find ways to communicate with clients and potential clients.  We do communicate from the very first moment they look at a website, printed flyer or business card or ad.  We are speaking long before they meet us or call us.  What do they hear us say?  What do they feel us say?  Are we polite thoughtful generous?  Do we want their best?  Are we looking to help them or hurt them?  Do we accept them for who they are?

What response does our communication create in them?  Do they communicate back to us?  What do they say if they speak?     

What would you do if I came up to talk to you never asked if you had time, or what your name is, I would talk to fast, speak too loud and with too much passion maybe  I would even accidently spit on your face?  Would you be happy?  I don’t think so in fact you probably would run to the bathroom to clean your face and try to get a way from me.  So why is it that we do this to our clients and potential clients?  Giving them too much information on a flyer, website or whatever will make them feel this way.  Then in return they run as well.   

So how do we keep from creating this response in others? 

1. Communicate with out an agenda.
2. Truly look out for your client’s interest.
3. Remember why you got in business in the first place, to serve others.
4. Ask questions.  Lots and lots of questions to see if you can actually be a blessing to this person.
5. Listen with out your own thoughts getting in the way.
6. Remember what you say is not the most important thing, what they say is. 

But on the other hand who would thunk it right now?

Yes I know that is not proper english.  But we all get the point or sort of.  What is the way I can change lives?  Is there something I can start today to start the process of changing lives for time or eternity? Am I willing to change the way I do life in order to change to change lives of others for much longer? Who am I ment to meet today?  What can I do to create a destiny that  will change and make life easier for others for years to come?  Am I content just being the person I am today or am I willing to see what small steps I can take to change and become the person I am created to become?

We often think their will be a huge bolt of lightning that will come down and make us change.  That can happen.  But looking for the still small voice that is looking to speak to me today is usually where it is.

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