Successful Lawn Business Strategies Newsletter Helping ordinary people create extraordinary wealth and freedom with lawn care.
Issue #3
Editorial: How's It Going? By Daniel Pepper
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
German physicist
As you tackle the process of building a lawn care business
each day, do only what you know needs to be done.
As they say, keep it simple.
Frankly, it may just be about you reading through a
chapter of a book...then another chapter and so on.
Don't think everything has be perfected right away. Just take
one step at a time...one strategy at a time...learn it and
put it into action.
Anything is possible for you and your lawn business. Think
about what actions you could take today to get the ball rolling
towards what you dream about in the future.
THINK IN TERMS OF 10 MINS
Smart lawn business owners think in terms of 10 minutes. What can
I use this 10 minute moment for to really move things forward
for my lawn business?
Don't laugh at this idea. Most people scoff at 10 minutes and
think nothing of any value can be done in so little time.
But not you. Own those 10 minutes you have. Many substantial lawn
business breakthroughs have come in 10 minute moments. Just
10 minutes of reading and making some relevant notes about what
you learn can rocket your success to the moon.
TIME IS HARD TO FIND SO YOU MUST MAKE IT
As you have already found out, or soon will, there is a whole
other way to think in order to succeed with lawn care.
You will be faced with the nagging thought that will tell you
that you don't have the time to really put into action what
you learn.
This is a lie.
Do you own your time or does time own you? It's up to you and
if you own time, there is nothing you cannot do.
The truth is that it is not about the inability to find time,
it is really about the inability to 'wanting' to find the
time.
Think about that.
If you are swamped with work and one of your employees
severely cuts their finger, will you find the time to stop
and help them?
Of course.
If you were booked solid with lawn care and someone came to
you desperate to mow their lawn and offered $1 million dollars
for you to do it, could you find the time?
Of course.
The reality is that there is time enough to succeed and
build a profitable lawn business. Priorities are your
problem, not time.
DON'T BE A VICTIM
People who fail at a lawn business are victims of their own
to-do lists. They look at their to-do list and think how in the
world can they possibly do it all?
Thinking like that instantly causes someone to lose energy
and drive.
You must be bolder than that and understand that its about
putting the most important things first and completing tasks
one at a time.
Delegate where you can. Hold people accountable. Be an owner
of a lawn business and not a victim.
TAKE 10 MINS TO LISTEN TO PART 3
Find out what successful lawn care business owners are doing
and copy them. That's the age old truth that still applies today.
I trust you picked up on those habits from Part 2 of the audio
program "How To Avoid The Hurdles & Pitfalls That Lead To
Lawn Care Business Disaster".
In Part 3 you will discover...
Why you must stay away from WRONG customers.
6 popular ways to grow your lawn care business.
How to stop losing customers.
Why you must love your lawn care business.
Plus lots more...
You can listen to your 10 minute audio by using the PLAYER below:
If the flash player above does not work for you then you can listen to the MP3 version here.
One of the most remarkable things we have been given as human beings is the endless desire to have dreams of a better life and the ability to create and establish goals that will help us accomplish and live out those dreams.
Think about it.
We can journey deep within our very being and dream of a better situation for ourselves and our families. But what makes this much more powerful is that we have also been given the ability to not only dream of greatness but to pursue those dreams and not only to pursue them, but the ability to create and lay a plan to achieve those dreams of ours.
What are your dreams and goals? I am not asking you about what you have already or where you've been but what do you really want?
When is the last time you sat down and thought about your future and your life and decided what you really want? Have you ever taken the time to truly reflect, to listen quietly to the deepest parts of your heart, to see what dreams are alive in you? Rest assured, your dreams are there. Everyone has them whether they admit it or not, whether they know it or not. Those dreams may be right on the tip of your tongue or buried deep from years and years of others telling you to get back to reality, but they are there.
So how do we know what our dreams are? This is an interesting process and it relates primarily to the art of listening. I am not talking about listening to others but taking the time to listen to yourself.
Have you ever noticed that when we listen to others, we hear their plans and dreams (and many will try to put their plans and dreams on us). If we listen to others and follow their dreams, we can never be fulfilled. We will only chase elusive dreams that are part of someone else's future and not rooted deep within us.
We must listen to our own heart!
Let's take a look at some practical steps on discovering those dreams in our hearts.
1.) Take time out for you. Go where is it quiet. This is something that we don't do enough of. Life can get too busy. Life can get noisy. When we get away that is when our hearts fall open for review. Schedule some quiet time for yourself. No other people. No means of contacting you unless an emergency arises. Just you and your thoughts.
2.) Think about what really moves you. When you are quiet, think about those things that really get your blood moving. What would you LOVE to do, either for fun or for a living? What would you love to accomplish? What would you try if you were guaranteed to succeed? What big thoughts move your heart into a state of excitement and joy? When you answer these questions you will feel Great and you will be in the "dream zone." It is only when we get to this point that we experience what Our dreams are!
3.) Write down and record all of your dreams. Whatever you do, don't think of any as too far out. Remember, you want to have dreams that draw a crowd. Dream big.
4.) Now, prioritize those dreams. Which are most important? Which are most feasible? Which would you love to do the most? Put them in the order in which you will actually try to accomplish them. Remember, successful people are always aware of the need to take action.
Here is the reality check. Life is too short for you to not pursue your dreams. Someday your life will near its end and all you will be able to do is look backwards. You will have paid one of two things. You will have paid the price of discipline to attain your dreams or you will have paid the price of regret for letting your dreams go.
Disciplines cost pennies. Regrets cost a fortune!
Successful people dream and set goals and act on them so that they can live out their dreams and can live lives of joy and have a sense of peace when they near the end of their lives. They have finished well, for themselves and for their families. They accomplished what they needed to here on earth and the can pass on with contentment not misery.
Remember that dreams and goals born out of your own heart is what matters most. These are the dreams and goals that are exclusive to to you and come from who you were created to be and gifted to become in the future. Your specific goals are what you want to attain because they are what will make your life joyful and bring your family's life into congruence with what you want it to be.
Dare to dream and make plans to accomplish those dreams.
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
Don't take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties.
Success is the study of the obvious. Everyone should take Obvious I and Obvious II in school.
It's too bad failures don't give seminars. Wouldn't that be valuable? If you meet a guy who has messed up his life for forty years, you've just got to say, "John, if I bring my journal and promise to take good notes, would you spend a day with me?"
Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.
Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your plan to read?
Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.
Americans seem to carry bottled water everywhere they go these days. In fact, it has become the second most popular drink (behind soft drinks). Drinking water (either plain or in the form of other fluids or foods) is essential to your health. When your water intake does not equal your output, you can become dehydrated. Fluid losses are accentuated in warmer climates, during strenuous exercise, in high altitudes, and in older adults, whose sense of thirst may not be as sharp.
Reasons to make sure you're drinking enough healthy water every day while you're working outdoors:
1. The function of every cell in the body is controlled by electrical signals sent through the nervous system from the brain. Nerves, in reality, are an elaborate system of tiny waterways. If the fluid inside the nerves thickens due to dehydration or is contaminated with synthetic chemicals or toxic heavy metals like lead, the vital signals can get distorted. Many experts now believe that the distortion of these signals may be the root cause of many degenerative diseases and neurological illnesses including attention deficit disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, anxiety, depression and even Alzheimer's disease.
2. Considering the major role that water plays in the function of the brain and nervous system, its purity is possibly the most basic and essential key to healthy longevity. Proper digestion and nutrient absorption depend on a healthy intake of water. In order for our bodies to get the nutritional value from the foods and supplements we eat, we must consume plenty of good water. Since sugars and carbohydrates are absorbed more rapidly, even a slight degree of dehydration can cause us to get calories without nutrition from the foods we eat.
3. Our energy level is greatly affected by the amount of water we drink. It has been medically proven that just a 5% drop in body fluids will cause a 25% to 30% loss of energy in the average person. A 15% drop in body fluids causes death! Water is what the liver uses to metabolize fat into usable energy. It is estimated that over 80% of the population suffers energy loss due to minor dehydration. An increased intake of healthy water will help metabolize and shed stored fat resulting in more energy and less fat.
4. Detoxification is probably the single most important component of long-term health and one that relies almost exclusively on an adequate intake of good water. Water is the body's only means of flushing out toxins, the key to disease prevention. In our industrialized chemical society, we are exposed to literally hundreds of harmful substances daily. Unfortunately, we can't keep toxins from getting into our bodies, but we can help our bodies get rid of them by drinking plenty of healthy water. The more water we drink, the more we allow the body to purify itself. Almost all degenerative disease is the result of toxins building up in the body.
5. The quality of the water we drink is equally as important as the amount. If water already contains chlorine and other chemicals, it has less ability to carry toxins out of the body. If we consume water that contains traces of synthetic chemicals, then we force our liver and kidneys to be the filter, ultimately damaging or destroying two of our vital organs. With an abundant intake of clean, healthy water we allow the body to perform all the healing processes that it is naturally capable of.
6. For years, dieters have been drinking lots of water as a weight loss strategy. While water doesn't have any magical effect on weight loss, substituting it for higher calorie beverages can certainly help. What works with weight loss is by choosing water or a non-caloric beverage over a caloric beverage and/or eat a diet higher in water-rich foods that are healthier, more filling, and help trim calorie intake. Food with high water content tends to look larger, its higher volume requires more chewing, and it is absorbed more slowly by the body.
7. Water Helps Energize Muscles. Cells that don't maintain their balance of fluids and electrolytes shrivel, which can result in muscle fatigue. When muscle cells don't have adequate fluids, they don't work as well and performance can suffer.
8. Skin contains plenty of water, and functions as a protective barrier to prevent excess fluid loss. By drinking plenty of healthy water it will helps keep the skin looking good and healthy. But don't expect over-hydration to erase wrinkles or fine lines. Dehydration makes the skin look more dry and wrinkled, which can be improved with proper hydration. But once one is adequately hydrated, the kidneys take over and excrete excess fluids.
We need water as people who brave the elements every single day. Drinking the right water helps us stay hydrated and energized all day long.
Start where you are. Begin right where you’re at as you read this. The hour you are wasting now, dreaming of some distant lawn business success, is crowded with tremendous possibilities right here, right now.
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When you take the first step, no matter if it’s a big step or a small one like straightening your attitude out, your mind will mobilize all its forces to assist you. Once you have started, all that is within you and unknown forces around you will come to your assistance setting momentum in motion.
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