Having self-awareness means that you have knowledge of yourself. You understand your habits, likes, dislikes, the way you view the world, and your needs. You know what you want in life and have an understanding of your emotional responses. Having self-awareness doesn’t solve your challenges in life, but it gives you an accurate starting point and allows you to develop a game plan for solutions. Self-awareness takes time to develop, but the benefits are well worth the effort.

The greatest blind spot we all have is ourselves. We don’t know ourselves that well. We certainly don’t see ourselves the way others do. Truly knowing yourself might be one of the greatest challenges you’ll ever face. But it’s a challenge worth pursuing. Knowing yourself better has so many benefits. You become better at managing yourself and your life.

Motivation can be hard to come by when you’re not seeing the results you desire. The ability to intrinsically motivate yourself, or to persevere in spite of a lack of motivation is a valuable skill.
Motivation is frequently in short supply, so learning how to manage yourself through this situation is important if you want to succeed. Doing nothing when you’re lacking motivation is a bad habit that can have significant negative consequences. There is a better way of navigating a lack of motivation.

According to a survey of 350 small and medium business (SMB) owners, 50% do not have a marketing plan.

Small business owners are stressed, overwhelmed, strapped for time, and have limited budgets however, this would not be true if they understood more about marketing and how to make money.

Many business owners understand what they do but they do not understand some of the other important parts of the business like cash flow, raising business capital, and marketing.

Marketing is not just letting people know what you do but understanding how to use the proper combination of words, shapes and colors that will motivate a person to do business with you over your competitors.

The things we do online are not new, it may be new to you but what modern entrepreneurs are doing online today is no different from what companies were doing through print in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s.

One the back cover of this 1932 copy of Cosompolitan magazine is an advertisement from Bisquick where someone fills out a coupon and sends it into for a Free copy for a cook.

The cookbook then highlights the importance of why a person should want to cook with Bisquick.

Many sophisticated companies are following in the footsteps of what companies were doing during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s with a simple one page website known as a landing page, where instead of mailing in a coupon they collect a email subscriber and send them a FREE digital product.

Fisher Investments are one of the largest financial firms in the country where they send out a FREE E-book by providing a email address.

The E-book highlights the importance of why a person should do business with them and booking an appointment with Fisher Investments.

Life is more meaningful if you have a purpose. Life is also a lot simpler if you know what you’re working toward. Decisions are easier to make than when you’re just floating through life. Having your life focused on something creates some peace. Even if you’ve never considered your purpose, it’s not too late. It’s worth your time to figure it out. Each day of living your purpose is an enjoyable and worthwhile day.

How much does it take to be happy? Americans have more than just about any other society in the world, yet we are far from the happiest country, based on surveys. Clearly, owning a lot of stuff isn’t the key to happiness. However, we’re programmed to believe that we need to continuously upgrade our lifestyle. Until your perspective changes, it will be challenging to find the happiness you seek.

With the right habits, you can be a millionaire, have a perfect set of abs, and have the relationship of your dreams. Just think about that for a moment. Effective habits are the key to accomplishing anything.
Motivation is largely irrelevant when it comes to habits. Unfortunately, no one taught us how to create a good habit. If you can create habits at will, you become unstoppable.