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Relieved Of Duty

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That phrase means retirement for some people. Let’s suppose you were going to retire tomorrow (what a scary thought). Would you be happy knowing you were relieved of duty? If you believe you would be overjoyed to be relieved of duty, find another job and opportunity.

Some people don’t retire from their jobs. You may have seen the same 80-year-old cashier a couple of times. Some may say the 80-year-old is just trying to make enough money to keep his/her home. However, if an 80-year-old is still the cashier, that 80-year-old enjoys the job. The thought of being relieved of duty would frighten that 80-year-old.

The 80-year-old wouldn’t feel any relief from being relieved of duty. If you were relieved of duty tomorrow, would you feel relieved? Putting the salary aside, would you feel relieved if you were relieved of duty? Charlie Manuel was relieved of duty as the manager of the Phillies. He’s turning 70 in January. Does he feel relieved? Probably not.

The question isn’t when you will be relieved of duty or what you would do instead. The question is whether or not you would actually be relieved if you were relieved of duty (fired) tomorrow. Would you be relieved or disappointed? Put the salary aside when you answer this question. Payday is not as important as doing what you love.

Make Yourself Noteworthy

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The only way to make yourself visible is to be noteworthy. Your product and content should be so good that people would want to talk about it. Not everyone talks about products they like, but some people will.

The only way you get people to talk about your products is by making yourself noteworthy. Give people a reason to talk about you by being unique. When you are unique, you become noteworthy because you have no other competition. Gas stations are competitors. There aren’t going to be a lot of people talking about the gas station across the street.

In order to become noteworthy, you must either beat the competition or go where no competitor has gone. 3D printing would have been a great place to be just a few years ago. Competitors have emerged to claim leadership of the 3D printing business. When a competitor claims leadership, that competitor is on the top which makes that competitor noteworthy.

People talk about the things they find noteworthy. If you are noteworthy, people will talk about your business and products.

20 Social Media Statistics That You Need To Know

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It’s always difficult to decide which social network you should use. All of the social networks have millions of members. I use Twitter and Pinterest every day. I will be using other social networks every day as well (Instagram, Tumblr, and Google+).

I am not jumping right into those social networks because it’s better to focus on an individual social network. Once I reach 3,000 followers on Pinterest, I’ll incorporate another social network into my business plan (UPDATE: I now have over 3,000 followers on Pinterest).

You may be juggling around social networks, or you don’t know which social network is right for you. These are 20 interesting statistics that will help you decide which social network to use.

  1. Pinterest users spend an average of $180 per purchase which is far greater than any other social network. Facebook users are second at $85.
  2. The fastest growing demographic on Twitter is the 55-64 age bracket.
  3. Companies that generate over 1,000 likes also receive nearly 1,400 visitors on their website a day.
  4. 50% of Twitter users are more likely to purchase from brands they follow.
  5. 80% of pins are repins.
  6. 40% of marketers use Google+.
  7. 45 million photos are uploaded to Instagram every day. That’s 521 photos every second!
  8. Instagram has grown very fast in less than 3 years.
  9. 24% of teenagers who use the web also have Twitter. Some of them are moving from Facebook to Twitter.
  10. Facebook has 665 million users who are active every day.
  11. Over 6 billion hours of video are watched every month.
  12. Companies with over 1,000 followers generate more than 800 visitors to their website every month. I can vouch for that.
  13. Pinterest hit 10 million unique U.S. visitors per month faster than any other website in history. It’s growing, and it’s growing fast.
  14. One out of every 7 minutes spent online is on Facebook.
  15. The average Pinterest user has 171 pins, 229 followers, 3 boards, and 28 likes.
  16. 720 million minutes were spent using Pinterest’s mobile app in 2012.
  17. 60% of Google+ users log in every day while 80% of Google+ users log in every week.
  18. Every minute, 700 YouTube videos are shared on Twitter.
  19. There are 2.1 million LinkedIn groups.
  20. Over 400 million tweets are sent every day.

Staying Committed With The Help Of A Pen And Notebook

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In order to accomplish all of your goals, you have to stay committed from Day 1 until you complete your goal. Going astray for a short amount of time can be devastating for your goal.

In order to stay committed, you have to make the investment for your business to buy a notebook and a pen. If you have both of those, you’re ahead of the game.

When I write down my goals, I get them accomplished. One of the goals I wrote down was to write a book. I didn’t just write a book, but now I have written many books which are all on Kindle.

When you write down your goals on a daily basis, you are staying committed to that goal. When you stay committed, success greets you on the other side, and like a best friend, doesn’t leave.

Starting Soon

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The question isn’t whether we want to start or not. The question is when you will start. It’s not that people don’t want to start. It’s that people don’t want to stay committed. Starting soon is another way of saying it won’t happen.

If you want to achieve new heights for your business, you won’t get them by implementing your ideas soon, later, or eventually. You implement your ideas by saying now.

Be a now person. It’s very important. If you’re a now person, you will be able to achieve greatness for your business. People who start soon only start when they have no other option. People who start now force themselves to do the work that will allow them to achieve greatness.

The End And An End

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The ending is something that cannot be escaped. It’s definite, and there is no hope of a comeback.

An end is something that cannot be escaped either. It’s definite as well, but there is always another way to comeback.

The words you speak are the words you become. When businesses fall apart, people are quick to say it’s the end. Instead of being the end, it’s an end. When one door closes, another one opens.