Your beliefs or what I call the 900 Pound Gorilla—are what hold you back. What it will take to set your plans in action is learning how to install new beliefs, and attitudes.

Defining your business Vision is one of your most important exercises to support and create on going success. Without the Vision, nothing you do in your business will make much of a difference. You may make some small changes, and you may even see some good results of those changes. You might even get lucky, once in a while. But without the Vision, your business will never truly become a great business.

Vision is what calls you and sustains you and gives you sufficient energy to keep going. When you find meaning (why) in what you do, you bring more value to what you do.

When you start looking at this, realize that the results you get (or do not get) are an accurate reflection of what you deeply think, believe and feel. You will not feel much motivation for your dreams that are incongruent with your profound beliefs and thoughts. Having a clear Vision is what continually engages your imagination and keeps you out of fear to continually build what you’re committed to creating.

What you put your attention on grows in you! Emerson said “Thoughts rule the world”. They are the basis of all action. Action is the basis of achievement. Your success achievement is based on the power of your mind, those beliefs and attitudes.

The Challenge: Take some time to review your vision and make sure your belief in its attainment is in alignment with it. Awaken your power in 2010!

The difficulty comes when you are more comfortable with activity of any kind, rather then “constructive” activity that leads to success. When you choose to put your attention on what you want, the value of where you spend your time becomes evident, those high priority, high pay off activities, like prospecting, telephone time, sales presentations rise to the top.

The outcome of the discussion at the Mind Masters meeting was first to take a week and review where you are spending your time, it is always easier to ask the questions of what would better get you to achieving your goals when you are aware of what you are spending your time on. The key is to honestly acknowledge what you need to be working on to create the greatest progress.

Nothing is accomplished by setting objectives, resolutions, behaviors unless there is a system or program in place for regular review of progress. Just like any game, there must be a score card in order to determine the outcome.

Bruno Bosardi, The Body Alchemist

Leadership requires the ability to control what is in your power to control, to give people clarity, direction, and a sense of security, to chart a course and set goals your employees believe are attainable. The Mind Masters Gold Award Achiever stands out this year for taking charge of his business. After years of working with independent contractors the realization that in order to grow, the business needed policies and procedures. Not always easy to reign in people who have been doing it their way, our achiever stepped up to the plate and moved from technician to manager and is on his way to being the entrepreneur. A great contributor to Mind Masters members, Bruno Bosardi of The Body Alchemist stands out as a leader and the Mind Masters Gold Achiever for 2009-2010.

Kim Espinoza, Espinoza Webworks

One of the 5 Entrepreneurs recognized for their persistence and focus to the goals they set last year is a true achiever. In these challenging times there is security in being a subcontractor and it is risky to step out on your own, but our Mind Masters Silver Achiever was willing to give up that security and learn what it takes market herself. I have seen her take on new projects that meant learning new technology to stay up in her field.

With guidance from Mind Masters she recognized the importance of tracking and planning her prospecting to achieve her first year goals. She is customer focused and delivers excellent customer

Mike Mance, Mind Masters Award Winner

At the end of each year I like to recognize Mind Masters members for their accomplishments. I have selected 5 Entrepreneurs to recognize for their persistence and focus to the goals they have set.

Our Bronze Achiever for 2009/10 is a person who hasn’t been in Mind Masters all that long, but has been in business for about 10 years. Recognizing that something needed to change as business was getting stagnant, it meant stepping out of the shadows –taking some risks, beginning to network, and showing up in a redesigned website. Of course he joined Mind Masters to get it all started and allow new business to come in the door. Mike Mance of Mance Creative is an outstanding graphic designer, open to ideas that he has incorporated for outstanding new results. Mike Mance is the Mind Masters Bronze Achiever.