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Train the brain

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It’s as crucial as any other kind of training. And, in many ways, it’s more important.

Every day I’m trying to do some kind of mental exercise to improve my thinking and use the power of my brain.

It might be meditation. It might be writing my lists of ten new ideas. It might just be writing a post such as this one.

But I do it every day without fail. I don’t miss a day because I know it’s having a huge effect on my long term results. 

And I’m very focussed on the long term.

Short term is also important – we’ve gotta eat, right? But long term thinking and effort makes so much more sense for me. 

My brain operating on level ten is the goal for as long as I’m still breathing and daily training makes this increasingly likely.

How about we check back in 50 years (age 98) and see if everything’s still working?!

Can you sell?

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I had no money in my pocket and no ideas on how to make more. The job was gone, the part-time business was drifting along and I didn’t know where to start.

It was a few years ago but it was a tough time. 

I had a 9 mile journey to the place I was working at (for a couple of weeks before they made me redundant) and also had to buy some food, so the toss up was between the bus or food.

I walked. 

Learn skills and change behaviour

I had to learn how to sell. Sell myself, my skills, my experience at this stage and then, later on, my products and services. 

The alternative was to go hungry and start asking for handouts. I wasn’t ready for that.

I had to learn and change.

These sales skills have been incredibly important. 

How to overcome objections. How to handle difficult customers and clients through basic communications. How to negotiate for the best price and maximum value from any deal.

I use scripts to keep me on track and I review and refresh these scripts to make certain that I’m always improving. 

I know when to push and when to pull back. 

These skills are so important to me. They keep everything moving forwards and allow me to build new relationships, spot opportunities and build a more successful and prosperous life. 

Even a few basics will help you a great deal. 

If you don’t ‘like’ selling or feel you can’t do it, take a step towards it and do some learning. It will add confidence to everything you do and help you in many parts of your life. 

And you’ll always be in control of a deal. Very important!

Become an ideas machine

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Credit for this post goes to James Altucher. I’ve been tuning into his daily Instagram Lives with his wife during lockdown in NYC (they’ve been a rich source of ideas in themselves) and his number one tip that has worked so well for him through the years is this one.

Become an ideas machine

Take a notebook and aim every day to come up with 10 new ideas. Make them specific and put the brain muscle to work.

Choose a business you’re connected to and work out 10 ways they could improve, for example. It’s a great way to start a conversation. I did this last week for a client of ours – I sent the list over to them and it was a real success.

Or you could make a list of 10 ideas for a friend of yours who’s struggling with something in their life. It could be a simple playlist to brighten their mood or a list of courses online they could do for free to learn a new skill.

Whatever you choose to do, do it every day and your brain will adapt and start spewing out so many ideas you’ll need a pile of notepads. Give it a try and see where it can take you.