Insurance Marketing Ideas.

12. Schedule Your FREE Time In Advance

How many vacations did you take last year?

Did you ever work on a Saturday or Sunday?

For most entrepreneurs and salespeople, the concept of FREE time and vacations is foreign to them.

The reason most business people don't take time off is because they don't think they deserve it until they finish some project or achieve some goal.

Well the truth is, you must take FREE time and vacations to re-energize your batteries and prevent burn-out.

I've discovered the only way to make sure you take time off is to schedule it in advance. Otherwise, it will never happen. In our Top Producer Personal Coaching Program we teach members how to divide their week up into three types of days:

	Fun Days for FREE time;
	MOA Days for "major Outcome activities," and
	Neural Days for things like filing, bookeeping, managing employees, etc.

So, sit down with your calendar for this year and plan out your vacations and days off for the next year right now.

13. Be Careful Who You Take Advice From

Friends and family mean well, but they don't always give the best advice.

Everyone has an opinion on everything from investing to how to run your business.

Be selective about who you listen to, and make sure the person you're talking to has already accomplished what you're trying to accomplish.

It makes no sense to get insurance marketing ideas from someone who's broke!

14. Have Fun

Don't be such a sour puss. People like to be around fun people.

Try to enjoy the process of building a business.

Look at it like a game, and make it a challenge to overcome all the obstacles.

Just don't let the day-to-day annoyances sour you and your attitude.

15. Make Friends And Family Your Top Priority

Don't be a workaholic. When you're on your deathbed, you won't be regretting that you didn't spend enough time at the office.

The most important people in your life are your friends and family, so don't have them play second fiddle to your business.

Your business should fund your personal life, it shouldn't be the other way around.

16. Treat Other People The Way You Would Like To Be Treated

We've all come across people who go around treating sales and service people poorly, and then they complain that no one returns their calls.

Most people will do anything for someone (within reason, of course) as long as they treat them nicely.

The saying goes "You catch more bees with honey than with vinegar."

The same goes for people.

17. Find Good Mentors

By far, the single biggest factor in all of my successes has been finding the right mentor.

I have had business mentors, sports mentors, relationship mentors. You name it.

Whenever I want to accomplish a goal, I find someone who has already accomplished it, and I ask for their advice and help.

Sometimes, I pay for the advice. Sometimes, I don't.

It really depends on the person and what I'm asking them to help me with.

Go out and find a mentor who has already done what you're trying to do. You'll achieve your goals a lot faster. Or if you would like to be mentored by the top personal coaches in the financial services industry on "How To Double Your Net Income While Taking Off At Least One Extra Day Per Week," Click Here for details on our Top Producer Personal Coaching/Mentoring Program.

18. Be A Giver Not A Taker

There are very few rules that I think are universally true, but this is one of them...

The More You Give, The More You Get!

Don't be a miser with your clients, your employees, your spouse, your children, your friends, and people who ask for your help.

Give it to them and don't expect anything back in return.

I promise you that if you do this, something amazing will happen...

You will get abundance. Abundance of money, friends, love, and everything else you've ever wanted.

I once heard a great saying about this, "You can get whatever you want out of life if you help enough other people get what they want out of life."

19. Don't Be A Whiner!

Have you ever heard the saying "A bad carpenter always blames his tools"?

It's so true. Most people are hell-bent on blaming everyone but themselves for the problems in their business and their life.

Take responsibility for your own actions and do what's necessary to change what's not working.

Just don't go around blaming other people.

20. Become A Lifelong Student

You know when I know someone is headed for disaster? When they tell me they don't need to go to a seminar because they already know everything.

I consistently invest 20% of my net income into self-education so I can continue to grow as a businessman and a human being.

There is always something or someone you can learn from.

Never cut yourself off from learning something new!

21. Motion Is Better Than Meditation

Gary Halbert, a famous direct marketer, once said that motion (doing something) is far better than meditation (thinking about doing something).

Stop waiting to try a new marketing method until everything is perfect. Just do it.

Motion creates momentum which leads to success.

So, don't sit still and think about everything, just do it!

22. Base All Your Financial Decisions On Return On Investment

One of my top members, Tim Austin, came up with what he calls a rule.

Before he makes any investment in his business, he figures out how many extra sales he needs to make to cover the cost. If it sounds achievable, he goes for it and never looks back.

You should do the same in your business.

Well, that about sums it up.

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