The word motivate means to urge, excite, drive, to have an
overwhelming desire to accomplish a particular goal.
If you want to build a successful business, you must have some
motivating factor that will help you reach your goal.
MONEY AS A MOTIVATOR
Most of the thousands of people who enter the mail order
marketing business each year are motivated because they think that
they are going to make huge amounts of money. Needless to say, 98%
of these people are disappointed.
If money is the only thing that interests you about going into
a mail order business, you are headed down the wrong road. I
understand very well that being in business is about making money.
however, making money is only a part of being in business. Money is
necessary to keep your business running but it's just a part of the
big picture.
Money is the reward that you receive for the product or
service that you offer to those who need what you have to sell. The
important thing is to offer your customer the best product or
service that you can. If you are going to make money in this
business you must have customers who are willing to do repeat
business with you. If all you are concerned about is making money,
the quality of your product or service may not be up to the highest
standard and if your customer is not satisfied, more than likely
your customer won't want to do business with you again. If this
happens, you will be defeating your main purpose, making money!
Put the quality of your product and your customers before
making money and you will stand a far better chance of reaping the
reward you seek (making money).
GOAL SETTING AS A MOTIVATING TOOL
I have read a lot about goal setting as a motivating factor to
help people succeed in business. I think that it is a very good
practice to set goals. However, when you set a goal for your self
it is important to keep in mind that the reason for setting a
particular goal must be strong enough to motivate you to set about
doing the things necessary to reach your goal.
Just saying that you are going to reach a particular goal by
a certain time is not good enough. Their must be some motivating
factor that will keep you working towards your goal. For example, if
I say that I want to write a book and have it completed one year
from now, I had better have a plan as to how I'm going to go about
reaching that goal. The chief motivating factor for writing the
book would not be just to make money but the sense of
accomplishment that I would get from writing a good informative
book that would help others. When you set goals for yourself
make sure that you are willing to see them through to the end. In
order to do this, you must have a strong enough reason for setting
the goal in the first place.
SELF MOTIVATION
When you have a business of your own, there is no one to tell
you what to do. You are the one who has to make all of the
decisions. When you are doing something wrong, you have to be the
one to correct it. You also have to be your own cheer leader!
In other words you have to be the chief motivating factor that
will make your business successful. What does it take to do this?
You have to love what you are doing! You must take pride in the
product or service that you are offering to others. Get your
happiness out of your work and you will stand a far better chance
of being successful than if you do it just for the money.
