Despite my success in social media, I am still learning! This week I am avidly listening to the Social Media Success Summit with my favorite Mari Smith and the legendary Gary Vaynerchuck. Gary started in his family’s wine business and took a $4 million company to over $50 million with social media! He had some great success habits to share last evening and I want to share them with you.
Put family first! Now coming from me that may sound a bit odd, some of you anyway know that my Mom passed 25 years ago, my sisters and I rarely speak, and my father ran off to Australia! But for me it means spending time with friends who have become family (and some awesome clients who have also.)
Ditch the TV! Gary really jumped on this one, especially American Idol and I can see why. To catch it occasionally can be fun, but to tie yourself weekly or nightly to programming that is neither educational nor about anything other than someone else’s success isn’t going to move you or your business forward.
Get healthy! As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Health is the greatest wealth.” Yet so many of us (I can be guilty too, at times) indulge in fast food, over eating, skip exercise and wonder why we have low energy, heart burn, and are getting fat. We need to wake up and take care of ourselves.
Never be ashamed to make a living! I loved this as often we tend to give ourselves away, under value our talents, and forget to monetize our skills. While I love to teach, mentor and speak, if I do it for free then what do I send my mortgage company? I don’t think they’ll take just great reviews, they want cash! Value yourself, your information and get comfortable and confident asking for what you are worth and commanding it.
Your comments are invited and welcome!
enjoyed your article.
How do you motivate folks out of their “confort Zone”?
I agree about ditching the TV. 22 years in marketing and sales I know how television is designed to keep you always wanting to watch it so you can be influenced to by the products that are in the tv shows. Yes, in the shows as apposes to commercials. I still watch the news on TV and some old shows.
Monetizing your skills is a good idea. I see many people just giving their time away for they don’t see the value of their services. That comes from working for an employer that you don’t like working for. People tend to want money to do tasks they don’t like to do. If they like their job then they don’t feel it has the same value.
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Melissa,
Had seen this on twitter and put in my favorites file to pull up when I had some time…which I made for this today.
Thanks for sharing here and also for all your upbeat tweets. Enjoy following you.
Ruth
I knew there was a reason why I just went off TV. I prefer to stimulate my mind with books, always have and always will. I understand that reading at least one non-fiction book a month is one of the main characteristics of millionaires:)
Thanks for the shared success habits.
Now, I’m off to follow Gary Vaynerchuck:) (Thanks)