All of the blogs so far have been more focused on changing your mindset to a more positive self, either through changing the way you think, dress or act. Whilst if you follow these blogs you experience an instant level of feeling rich, as far as monetary terms go, by following those steps alone, you're not going to be a Millionaire any time soon. So how do people become Millionaires? How do start up companies turn into huge corporations? How can you be one of those people?
The answer is simple.
Millionaires see opportunities every day, and they know the value of their thoughts.
Look around you. The chair you are sitting on was once a thought in someones mind. Now it's a physical product that someone bought and you are sitting on. The screen you are reading from was once an idea. The typeface you are reading was once an idea. The clothes you are wearing, the home you own and everything around you was once someones idea, and someone else bought that idea. Once you start to recognise the value of your ideas, you can start to create business.
I want you to think of ten business ideas that you could do and jot them down. They don't have to be anything related to what you are doing now, they don't have to something you're interested in, they don't even have to be legal. This exercise isn't about creating a business, it's about getting into the mindset of seeing opportunities. You should however, be able to explain the idea behind the business in one sentence, and they should all be something that you are capable of doing.
You may find it difficult at first, but just remember that everything around you has made someone money and they all started off as an idea. To help you get an idea of what sort of things you can put down, here's a list of the first ten things I wrote I first started this exercise.
- Give Music Lessons
- Creating Wall Art For Homes and Hotels
- Sell Advertisement Space on my .com's
- Start a Tutor Agency
- Design Tee Shirts
- Buy and Develop Property
- Open a Cocktail Bar
- Run Student Events and gigs
- Start a Business Networking Event
- Internet Art Shop, Commissioning Artists and Selling Their Works
As you can see, all of these things are very simple ideas. All of them are within my capabilities and all of them have to potential to make money. Some of them more than others. Some of them I could do from the moment I wrote down the idea, and a couple of them I actually did.
You should keep doing this exercise every day for at least ten days. Start to notice what opportunities surround you. Is there anything that you can progress at work that will make more money, is there anything you can do that someone will pay for, is there something someone else is doing that you can do better? Ask yourself these questions everyday and you will start to see the world how great business men and women see it.
After those ten days, besides a sense of awareness for opportunities, you will also have at least a hundred ideas for businesses. Within this list will be a load of things that require investment, some things you're not interested in and some things that you may not be able to get away with. Also within this list, there should be things that get you excited and reflect your own passions. There will also be some ideas that you could carry out right now, so think to yourself, what is stopping you.
Getting into this way of thinking is crucial in business and is the first steps to seeing the world like a Millionaire.
FM
