Get More Done, Make More Money and Love What You Do
by Marnie Pehrson

The number one reason people

• don't accomplish as much as they want to,
• don't make the money they want to, and
• don't make the difference in the world that they want to

is lack of focus.

Especially when steeped in financial challenges, the natural human tendency is to abandon focus and follow the brightest, glitziest, get-rich-quick-scheme that promises money the fastest. Out the window flies your life purpose, your goal to make a difference in the world, and your desire to spend your days earning money at something you love.

I couldn't possibly enumerate the number of people I've watched get caught up in some money-making venture that is completely outside their focus. They end up meeting failure as a result. In the time they spent following the money they could have focused on what they're ideally suited to do and made great strides toward not only building a career that could last a lifetime, but also finding joy in the journey.

The thing about focus is that most people never take the time for self-reflection. They don't examine who they are, what they enjoy, and what skills they have within themselves. Because they don't stand for anything in particular, they fall for anything that promises money.

Don't be one who fails to do their homework. Don't be like a novice Chicago farmer who hears pineapple growers make good money, plants a crop of them, yet never stops to analyze his soil and climate to realize that pineapples won't even grow in Chicago.

Other people's cash crops won't always grow in your soil. But there are cash crops that will grow in your soil. The trick is analyzing the resources available to you -- your interests, talents, skills -- and planting something you're ideally suited to grow.

The first step is to take an inventory:

• What do people tell you that you are good at?
• What do you think you're good at?
• What do you enjoy?
• If you could do any work in the world and not even have to be paid to do it, what would it be?
• What lessons have you learned from the school of hard knocks? Take some time to outline the challenges you've faced in life and the lessons you've learned from them.
• Who do you enjoy working with? Entrepreneurs? Men? Women? Moms? Dads? Executives? Children? Etc.
• What talents, resources and skills do your friends and relatives have?

Now combine your answers . . .

• What do you enjoy doing that you have a talent for?
• How has the wisdom you've gained through challenges enhanced your talents and skills?
• How would the people you enjoy working with benefit from your talents, skills and experiences?
• How could your friends' talents and resources augment your talents, skills and wisdom to create a complete solution for the people you want to serve?

Do this little bit of homework, and then stop by and request a free 15-minute consultation with me on how to make more money, more easily by transforming your talents into income.

Did you know that you were born with a powerful message that you are uniquely designed to deliver? Like a gorgeous garden around a central theme, you’re prepackaged with talent seeds to help you convey your message. Marnie Pehrson (a wife and mother of 6) has been helping people like you start online businesses and earn money from their talents since 1994. She is the author of 26 books and ebooks on such topics as How to Get More Done in a Day than Most People Accomplish in a Week and You’re Here for a Reason: Discover and Live your Purpose. Marnie loves working with entrepreneurs and helping them monetize their gifts so they can deliver their messages in ways that impact the world for good. Consider her a cultivator of soil -- a waterer of crops -- who is here to help you reap an abundant harvest! Get the first 50 pages of You’re Here for a Reason for FREE. Marnie Pehrson may be contacted at http://www.pwgroup.com or marnie@marniepehrson.com