Believe it or not, your attitude will make or break your attempts to implement your plan for the New Year. Your attitude will either support or undermine your behavior and your behavior is what gets you to your goal.
Here are some winning attitudes that will help you be a winner in 2010.
Industriousness
To get from here to there, you must take action … and you must take action consistently over time. When you are industrious, you are diligent and willing to persevere to achieve your goal. When you are industrious, you …

No matter how desperate for customers you are, you must get that under control. People will sense desperation and either run from you or try and take advantage of you. Neither is all that good for you. So what can you do? Here are 3 tips to help you stay strong no matter what’s going on in your business.

If you’re providing information in regular doses via a blog, article marketing, a podcast, a videocast or even a membership site, it can really take a load off your shoulders to have a content calendar, sometimes called an editorial calendar.
Here’s how you can create one.
Step One: Set Up a Basic Calendar
You can use a monthly calendar or even a couple sheets of paper to do this step. All you need is a place to write your ideas, divided into monthly chunks, January through December.
Step Two: Brainstorm “Big” Topics
Create a list …

Do you enjoy one-on-one networking, however, the thought of walking into room full of people you don’t know horrifies you? You’re not alone. Yes, even a social butterfly, President of the Social Committee in High School and avid networker knows how you feel. Here are some of my tricks.
And they have all worked!

A great way to network at a conference is to volunteer at the registration desk. Why? You get to say hello to everyone who registers in your line and everyone who registers gets to see you behind the …

Part I: One man’s grunt work is another man’s brilliance.
I confess: hiring my first assistant made me feel legit.
I was tired of not being taken seriously by my family, and this gave me an opportunity to say, “She works for me.” It was definitely a status symbol in the beginning. But then I learned it was much more!
My assistant submitted articles, took care of my web sites, and handled customer support, and a few other things, which took her about 15 hours a month. I felt tremendous relief knowing that …