"10 Refreshing, Recession-Proof Summer Tips"

1. Keep your mindset 'in check.' What limiting beliefs do you have about your talents and skills that stop you? Find a way to catch yourself and manage that situation when it arises.
   
2. Develop a select set of relationships with executives in companies that you admire. Make yourself visible. Ask if you can interview their top executive. Publish your results. This will increase your visibility, network, and credibility.
   
3. Write a growth plan for your business. Most entrepreneurs keep their marketing and growth plans in their heads. They get easily distracted. Results never happen--or, if they do, they take much longer to attain. Need help getting started? Visit our store.
   
4. Celebrate small successes. Put away your inner critic who wants you to do things perfectly. As I say to my clients, "Perfect is the enemy of done."
   
5. Repeat after me: "I am in the marketing business." Change your perspective about marketing being something you do only when you need clients. Everything you say, do, and wear reflects your company's brand. Embrace marketing and demand generation as an integral piece of what you do.
   
6. Build a supportive environment. Who do you spend time with? Are they lifelong learners? Do they have fun in their business? Are they profitable? Do they genuinely care about your success? Are they financially and emotionally wealthy? Tony Robbins says, "People's lives are a direct reflection of the expectations of your peer group."
7. Upgrade your skills. Are your communications skills weak? Are you struggling to manage your cash flow? Go find an expert to help you grow in these areas. T. Harv Eker, author of "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind," recommends you invest 10 percent of your earnings in an Education account.
8. Visualize where you're going. Write down (or create a vision poster/board) of the business and life you want to attain. Include images of the experiences you envision. Put it prominently in your office or work space. Tell all of your allies and partners.
9. Strategize your actions. It's one thing to envision what you want your business to look like in 3 years. It's equally important to have a written action plan for how you are going to get there. Pick just 1-2 strategies and write a plan. Stick to it. (I write about this in my upcoming book).
10. Stay on the FUN channel. Allocate at least 1-2 hours per day of fun into your day. Find time to exercise, garden, dance, watch a comedy, sing, or whatever makes you feel lighter. Life is too short. Besides--it IS summertime. We all need our Vitamin D!

--Lisa Nirell
http://www.energizegrowth.com/

P.S. In case you wondered, my Biological Age is 40, and my Estimated Life Expectancy is 97.8 years. Imagine what topics I'll be covering in EnergizeNews in 2057!