We’re doing ten posts on lifelong learning. It’s hard to believe but we’re already at the ninth podcast in the series. In this episode, we want to discuss leadership, and while we always talk about the importance of personal leadership here, today we’re going to focus on leading others.
Are you stressing about money? On the BIGG Success Show, we share our favorite quotes about money in a way that not only offers insight, but also tells a story about how to overcome money problems. Find the show summary below.
Do you ever feel like the only time you find money is when you look it up in the dictionary? Seriously, we’re living through some tough times. For inspiration, we’ve put together a story in quotes. Let’s go to The Professor’s Whiteboard for 13 ways to overcome money problems.
So look around. Watch the world in front of you. Observe.
What problem would you like solved?
What would you buy if only it were offered to you?
How could you improve what you already buy?
Part 2: Listen
Don’t limit yourself to just your eyesight. Listen for business ideas.
What problems do people around you have?
What don’t they have that they would like to have?
What experiences have they been dissatisfied with recently?
Let’s pull out the Professor’s whiteboard for: A simple technique to find your business idea.
Too many people who want to get into business ask the wrong question.
The wrong question is: How can I make money?
Successful entrepreneurs ask: What problem can I solve?
The simple technique is to look and listen for problems that need to be solved. Then find a way to solve them profitably and you’ll have a business idea that leads to BIGG success!
George “The Professor” & Mary-Lynn
Co-Founders, BIGG Success
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What’s the single, most destructive distraction on your path to success?
This may surprise you.
It’s not social media. Or the internet. It’s not your phone or your e-mail.
It isn’t music. Or even TV.
It’s worry.
We saw this great photo when we were working on a post about money problems. The author of the note nailed it. Worry keeps you from what’s important.
That’s why it’s the most destructive distraction of them all. Worry is a roadblock on your path to BIGG success.
Worry attracts more of the same
Your mind can work for you or against you. Worry is a distraction that leads to attraction. Unfortunately, it’s won’t attract what you want. Worry will only attract more of what you worry about.
Worry is an actionless activity
Have you ever known someone who only seemed happy when they had something to worry about? How successful were they?
We’ve known good people who were like this. Unfortunately, none of them have ever achieved any significant level of success.
Why do you suppose this is? Could it be that all they did was worry? They never actually did anything to turn their worry on its head.
3 steps to stop worrying
Worrying accomplishes nothing. As a BIGG goal-getter, when you feel yourself start to worry, remember these three steps:
Focus on what’s important
BIGG success is life on your own terms. If you’re worrying about something that won’t move you forward on your path to BIGG success, stop!
Think solutions, not problems
Here’s something we will guarantee you: If you only think about problems, you’ll get more problems!
Spend the overwhelming majority of your time thinking about solutions. Then you’ll wind up with more solutions.
Act!
Thinking alone won’t do you any good. You have to take action. Once you have a solution that you think will work, act immediately!
Your solution may not work. That’s okay. By acting, you’ll gain valuable insight into the situation. Before you know it, you’ll be back on the path to BIGG success!
Bigg Success is life on your own terms. Today we want to focus on growth, one of the five elements of bigg success.
Little things can make a bigg difference on our path to bigg success. Oftentimes, they’re mostly attitudinal adjustments. We’ll discus six of these little things today.
Instead of taking an extra fifteen minutes, give an extra fifteen minutes.
Over the course of a year, if you were to show up fifteen minutes earlier and stay fifteen minutes longer, you’d have 120 more hours of productive time. That even allows for four weeks of vacation!
This doesn’t have to be work. It really depends on your objectives. You may get home fifteen minutes earlier, put an extra fifteen minutes into studying for that certification you want, or work on building relationships for an extra fifteen minutes a day.
Instead of telling someone about you, ask about them.
Ask your spouse or significant other about their day. Ask that person you just met about the work they do.
This makes a bigg difference in so many ways. It’s amazing how much we can learn from others. By letting the other person tell you about themselves, you learn about yourself and your world.
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I find this ironic. You seem more interesting when you let the other person talk about themselves. They find you more interesting because you’re letting them talk.
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You always tell me, Mary-Lynn, that the less I talk, the more interesting I am!
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Instead of sitting back, lean forward in your chair.
This is somewhat related to the last one. One benefit is that you’ll stay awake! But the other benefit is that you will be more engaged with the person with whom you’re talking. You appear more interested. So they feel better about themselves.
Instead of walking around with a frown, flash your bigg beautiful smile!
When you smile, it makes people wonder what you’re up to!
Tony Robbins says: “Motion creates emotion.” Even when you don’t feel like smiling, by telling yourself to smile you’ll soon see the world in a different way. Even in the worst of times, we can find something to smile about.
Instead of seeing the bad, see the good.
This applies in so many ways. We’ll just discuss a couple.
How about the people around you – like your co-workers? Look for their good traits. See what they do well. Compliment them on it.
How about your company? Don’t focus on all the things you don’t like about it. Focus on the things your company is doing well.
Along that line …
Instead of focusing on the problem, think about solutions.
There are a lot of problem-finders in the world; we don’t have enough problem-solvers.
It’s easy to find a problem; it’s a lot harder to SOLVE IT. But bigg goal-getters know that’s how you find bigg success!
What little things have made a bigg difference in your life?
We’d love it if you’d share that with us. You can do that by:
“For a long time, I lived as the lone wolf but, in the last few years, I’ve realized that being the lead wolf is a lot more fun, a lot more rewarding, and a way to get a whole lot more done and experience some bigg success. So thanks for inspiring me with this article and podcast and for all you do to help us be a bigg success. Make it a great day!”
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Thanks Phil! You make it great every time we hear from you!
And thank you for reading our post today. It’s no little thing to us. We hope it makes a bigg difference for you!
Please join us next time when we talk about why, when it comes to your career, the second time’s a charm. Until then, here’s to your bigg success!
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Bigg Success is life on your own terms. Today we want to focus on growth, one of the five elements of bigg success. 
I find this ironic. You seem more interesting when you let the other person talk about themselves. They find you more interesting because you’re letting them talk. 
You always tell me, Mary-Lynn, that the less I talk, the more interesting I am! 
“For a long time, I lived as the lone wolf but, in the last few years, I’ve realized that being the lead wolf is a lot more fun, a lot more rewarding, and a way to get a whole lot more done and experience some bigg success. So thanks for inspiring me with this article and podcast and for all you do to help us be a bigg success. Make it a great day!”