Do you want to work at home?
Mau kerja dari rumah?

You can get some ideas here...
Anda bisa mendapatkan beberapa ide dari blog ini

One of the ideas, you can start your own florist business...
Salah satu ide, mungkin anda bisa memulainya dengan menjadi penjual bunga...


Do you know that your hobby can deliver you big money...?
Apakah anda tahu bahwa hobby anda bisa menghasilkan uang...?

How?
Bagaimana caranya?

Cooking your favorite restaurant dishes at home, and sell it.
Masak makanan dari restoran favorite anda di rumah dan jual.

COOKING YOUR FAV RESTO DISHES

COOKING YOUR FAV RESTO DISHES



And by enjoying your busy days
Dan sambil menikmati hari-hari sibuk anda...

You can also take a relaxation time with SPA....
Anda juga bisa menikmati saat relax anda dengan SPA...

Then you need this Complete Guide to Creating SPA Products
Anda membutuhkan Guide untuk membuat SPA Products ini



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If you don't know what career you dream about...
Jika anda belum tahu karir seperti apa yang anda inginkan...

Then I suggest you to have this complete work at home resources :
Saya sarankan segera miliki cara bekerja online berikut ini :


INCREASE SALES WITH EMAIL MARKETING

AsOneWishes.com

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Jan 26, 2008

How high are your goals?

FROM NIGHTINGALE.COM

"You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your
best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that
you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility,
you don't set high goals, you don't branch out,
you don't try – you don't take the risk."
— Rosalynn Carter: Former First Lady and author


How high are your goals? Just out of arm's length? Or further? Throughout his life, Jimmy Carter was told by his peers that his goals were unattainable। Becoming president of the United States is perhaps the loftiest goal for a human being. But he did it, never settling for a lesser goal. Keep that in mind when you put pencil to paper and create your goals. Tony Alessandra can help you to define your goals, beginning with a quality that will help open new doors.

The 10 Qualities of Charismatic People
by Tony Alessandra, Ph।D.

About The 10 Qualities of Charismatic People

Did you ever notice that when some people walk into a room - all heads turn? Or when some people speak – they captivate everyone around them. And how about the type of people who when you shake their hand, you instantly trust them … believe them … and like them!

What’s their secret? What do they have that most people don’t? It’s called …charisma — undoubtedly one of the most desirable qualities in the world.

By developing charisma:

  • You get far more respect than the average person!
  • People seem to adore you without any effort on your part!
  • You exude huge amounts of self-confidence and self-esteem!
  • You seem extremely powerful without being intimidating.
  • You put people at ease and make them feel understood!
  • And you’re able to easily get what you want, because people instinctively want to help you!

Charisma is easy to spot. And at the same time it’s not so easy to put your finger on exactly what it is about a person that makes him or her charismatic. It’s an attractiveness that goes beyond good looks, an appeal that can’t be labeled as intellectual brilliance or a terrific sense of humor. Most people see it as something elusive and unachievable—a kind of magical, mysterious magnetism that you’re either born with or not. And the fact is that nothing could be further from the truth!

Now you can be the person everyone wants to be like!

Relationship expert Dr. Tony Alessandra wanted to demystify charisma and reduce this characteristic to its foundation. Tony spent years researching the lives, behaviors, and characteristics of charismatic people from all walks of life in order to discover the qualities they all shared. In the process, he made a fascinating discovery.

Charisma is not based on genetics, IQ, social position, or luck. It’s actually a skill. And anyone can learn and master it.

Once he debunked the myth of charisma, Tony set out to create a simple, step-by-step system that would enable anybody to develop it. In his latest audio program, The 10 Qualities of Charismatic People, Tony offers a complete how-to guide to accessing and developing the kind of powerful personal magnetism that will draw people to you, make them feel comfortable with you, and compel them to help you achieve your personal goals.

Turn your assets into powerful personality “magnets”

Tony’s research uncovered 10 Universal Keys to Charisma — 10 specific qualities that are present in each one of us, but are all highly developed in truly charismatic people. The secret to becoming an extremely charismatic person is identifying these 10 qualities within yourself and learning how to develop each one as fully as possible.

You might think of these qualities as 10 glasses. The more developed a particular quality is, the fuller that glass is. Right now, some of your glasses may be filled almost to the brim, while others are only slightly full.

In The 10 Qualities of Charismatic People, you’ll examine each of these 10 keys in depth. Powerful real-life examples of charisma in action will help you understand why these skills are so vital to your success. Quizzes, exercises, and anecdotes will help you assess your current level of ability in each area. And you’ll learn specific techniques, skills, and strategies that target each area and that will help you develop each one to your maximum ability. Once you do, that magical, mysterious power that attracts people and wins them over will be yours!

A royal example of the power of learned charisma and what it can do!

A classic example of someone who learned charisma and used it to flourish is the late Princess Diana. When she first arrived on the public scene as young Diana Spencer, she was a shy, awkward girl, with no presence at all.

But by learning how to maximize the aspects of her personality that had the most potential, she blossomed from "Shy Di" into an international icon. Beloved by millions around the world, the power of her presence went much deeper than her beauty, confidence, or title … and it enabled her to gain tremendous financial and media support for the humanitarian causes most important to her.

In this program, you’ll discover all the tools you need to experience this same kind of profound personal transformation in your own life.

Develop the single most advantageous skill in the world

Charisma gives you a tremendous advantage in almost every conceivable situation, from business meetings and sales calls, to getting your kids to do their homework or getting the cooperation of a store clerk or teacher. Just imagine how much easier your life will be when people are instantly drawn to you and automatically want to help you. You’ll be able to inspire people, ignite their enthusiasm, persuade them to see things your way, and do what you want them to—without creating defensiveness or resentment.

Whether you’re running a corporation, a department, a classroom, a volunteer program, or a household, there’s no skill more valuable than the ability to positively influence others। You already have the potential to be more charismatic. Once you unlock it, you’ll have an extraordinary edge in life shared only by a select few. Utilize the power of "charisma" for yourself.







Jan 24, 2008

Optimism & The Odyssey

wcn Digest, Vol १५, Issue 7

When you are presented with a thorny problem, how do your respond? When you
have been dealt a serious blow by life, what do you tell yourself?

Today, I want to talk about the power of optimism. In Allan McGinnis' book,
"The Power of Optimism," he reminds us of a wonderful scene in Homer's,
"Odyssey."

Odysseus' son is worried that his father will never come home from the wars.
But Pallas Athene, the heroine of the book, gently reassures him by saying,
"Your father will not be exiled much longer... trust Odysseus to get free.
He always finds a way."

This is an excellent description of option thinkers: No matter how tough the
problem, no matter how great the odds, the option thinker always believes
there is a solution. Option thinkers keep trying, experimenting, and
looking. And eventually, one of their efforts bears fruit. They just refuse
to give up when things get tough.

When Odysseus finally does make it home, in time to drive away his wife's
suitors and reunite his family, it is perhaps the greatest homecoming scene
in all literature.

So what do you tell yourself when you are up against a wall? What do you say
when you have been knocked down by life? Instead of looking for someone or
something to blame, instead of falling silent in defeat and depression, why
not remember Odysseus and tell yourself, "I'll find a way. No matter what, I
will find a way!"

Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com

Jan 23, 2008

"Jealousy & Relationships"

wcn Digest Vol १५ Issue

Do you ever feel jealous? Most of us do, but it is jealous behavior, not
feelings, that cause trouble. The feeling of jealousy in a relationship is
normal, but the behavior that can result is often irrational and
destructive. If you want to avoid the trouble jealousy can cause, start by
accepting responsibility for it.

Blaming others for what they feel is a mistake, for jealousy is most often a
product of our own insecurity and low self-esteem. It happens because we
see ourselves as having less to give than the object of our jealousy.

Soon we become unable to see our own strengths and good points, which leads
to feeling devalued, depressed and worthless. We forget the simple fact
that because another person may not choose or be able to meet the conditions
that have been agreed to in our relationship, our inner value as a person is
not lessened, nor is theirs.

Jealously ceases to be a problem only when we regain a feeling of worth and
self-respect, and when we remember that loyalty in relationships can only be
offered, never demanded. Learning to let go in this way, when we believe
that love is based on "holding on to," is difficult but extremely
worthwhile. When we conquer the extremes of jealousy, we emerge as better,
stronger, happier people and our relationships inevitably improve.

Lou Tice
The Pacific Institute
www.thepacificinstitute.com
"If you have not consciously made the decision to be rich, excellent, and healthy, then you have unconsciously made the decision to be poor, mediocre, and unhealthy।"
— Wallace D. Wattles: Was a self-help author - Taken FROM NIGHTINGALE.COM

Jan 15, 2008

TUKAR & PUTARKAN ASSETS

Apa sih yang dimaksud dari judul diatas? TUKAR & PUTARKAN ASSETS

Begini, misalnya anda memiliki sebuah mobil yang anda dapatkan melalui proses credit, misalnya lagi, installment atau angsuran per bulannya adalah Rp.1,000,000,-

Lalu, setelah masa kreditnya berakhir, maka anda akan memiliki "kelebihan" uang sebesar Rp.1,000,000,- atau paling tidak, bisa dikatakan bahwa anda tidak memiliki liability - kewajiban membayar angsuran lagi.

Pertanyaannya adalah : Apakah uang sebesar Rp.1,000,000,- yang tadinya untuk membayar angsuran mobil bisa anda tabung atau tidak? Kalaupun bisa, apakah dengan uang "sekecil" itu bisa dipergunakan untuk meningkatkan bisnis anda? Atau jika anda belum memiliki usaha, apakah uang tersebut bisa dipergunakan untuk meningkatkan penghasilan anda?

Jawabannya : Berdasarkan pengalaman banyak orang, termasuk pengalaman saya secara pribadi, uang tersebut tidak pernah "berbekas" - seolah "menguap" begitu saja. Tidak ditabung (saving), tidak juga untuk memperbesar bisnis (enlarge the business), tidak pula meningkatkan penghasilan anda (increase income). Kenapa?

Mungkin dikarenakan gencarnya promosi produk2 - iklan maksudnya, yang akhirnya menyebabkan anda merasa mampu untuk "memenuhi" panggilan iklan tersebut - artinya penyakit konsumerisme (consumerism) yang menjadi penyebabnya.

Lalu, apa hubungannya dengan judul diatas?

Jelas sekali, bahwa sebenarnya, kalau hal itu yang terjadi, sama artinya tidak ada perubahan dalam jumlah pengeluaran uang yang anda lakukan, baik sebelum berakhirnya car loan anda , maupun sesudah berakhirnya kewajiban membayar car loan installment anda.

Jadi, kalau memang tidak berubah, akan lebih baik mana dari dua hal berikut :

1. Pengeluaran tidak berubah, tapi tidak bisa punya uang banyak - tidak ada tabungan (saving).

ATAU

2. Pengeluaran tidak berubah, tapi punya banyak uang?

Ya tentunya pilih yang nomer 2 dong ya.

Bagaimana caranya ?

Gampang, jual saja mobil anda, misalnya laku seharga Rp.80,000,000,-

Lalu, sediakan uang untuk Down Payment sebesar Rp.50,000,000,- atau berapa yang cocok, untuk melakukan kredit mobil lain (bisa mobil baru atau second car), yang penting installment nya tidak lebih dari Rp.1,000,000,- per bulan.

Apa yang terjadi kalau begitu? Selain pengeluaran anda tidak berubah, anda juga punya tabungan sebesar hasil jual mobil setelah dikurangi DP mobil berikutnya.

Apakah ini menjadi solusi buat anda ? Semoga.

Selamat mencoba.





Sep 2, 2007

Turning Your Worst Enemy into Your Best Friend

by Steven K. Scott


© 2007 Nightingale-Conant Corporation

In college I had the pleasure of having a genius for a roommate. He came from a family of geniuses. In fact, his father was a world-renowned psychologist who was in every psychology textbook in the world. And his mother was a genius; his brother was a genius; the whole family were geniuses! His IQ was well over 140. And that paid off in many instances. Any time I couldn't understand anything about anything , he could explain it. The only problem was getting him to explain it in terms I could understand. Now he was also a mechanical genius. He could rebuild a car from the ground up. Engines, transmissions, carburetors, everything. And yet he had never studied mechanics, but he had this natural genius.

Well, that was the good news. The bad news was that any time he wanted to play a practical joke on me, it was a pretty ingenious joke or prank. He stayed true to form the night I got married. And because I got married my junior year in college, we didn't have much money for a fancy wedding. We didn't have money for a limousine, and we drove away from the church in our own car. As I began to drive away, I came to a stop light, and as I began to slow down for that stoplight, my horn started blaring as loud as it could, and I had no idea why. And I thought: What is wrong with this car? The horn's doing something crazy! But then the light turned green and the horn went off, and I thought, Okay, that was just a fluke.

Well, I drove a few miles and the car in front of me started to slow down. And again, as I began to slow down, I noticed the horn went blaring again. In fact, the car in front of me got quite upset that I was honking my horn at him and I had to raise my hands off the wheel so he could see I wasn't doing it on purpose, and I couldn't figure out what is going on.

And then we came to a stoplight, and there were about four cars around me and in front of me. As we came to that stop light and I started to put the brakes on, once again, the horn started blaring. And now everybody was getting angry at me. And every single stoplight, every time I'd slow down because the traffic in front of me would slow down, my horn would honk at everybody around me and in front of me. And people were really getting irritated. And it was driving me nuts.

And then I realized, the horn had been attached to the brake. And every time my brake lights went on, the horn went on. And so I pulled over, and this is after going through about 10 minutes of this nonsense. Rick, the genius, gets out of his car—because he had been following us watching all this—and he's laughing. I said, "What did you do?" And he said, "Well, I attached it to the brake lights." And I said, "Well, I know that, but how?" And he said, "Well, I won't tell you now ." And he said, "I even painted the wire black so you couldn't find it." Like I could really find it if it was a red wire, because I knew nothing about cars. But the fact is it drove me crazy.

Well, all he had to do is disattach the wire and now the horn could have its normal use. Well, it was very late at night, and we had to drive about 150 miles to where we were going to have our honeymoon, and as we were driving down the highway, all of a sudden, off a side road, a car started to come out onto the highway in front of us. And I hit that horn as loud as I could because I would have hit that car if it had proceeded onto the highway; I would have hit it going about 70 miles an hour. I had a big car—it was a 1969 Chevrolet Impala—and it would have totaled that car. It probably would have killed me and my new wife, and the person that we hit would have been dead. But I hit that horn as hard as I could. The person instantly slammed on the brakes, and I swung the car around, and we made it. We didn't kill that person or ourselves.

Well, what had happened? What had been a really bad irritation just an hour before—something that was driving me crazy, something that irritated me and my new wife, made the drive absolutely miserable—all of a sudden had saved my life. Same horn. No difference in the horn. But all of a sudden it had been turned from an enemy into an ally.

And that's what I'd like to demonstrate to you here. You can take one of your worst enemies in life and turn it into one of your best friends, one of your best teachers, one of your best mentors. You can take all the pain and irritation away from this enemy, just completely disarm it and end up making it a welcome friend. Something that can really help you out in a time of need. Sounds impossible, but it's true.

What I'm talking about here is criticism. And criticism, like that horn, can be irritating; it can be a thorn in your side. In fact, it can do a lot more. It can actually hurt your feelings, and it can inflict so much hurt that from that point on you begin to avoid criticism no matter what the cost.

And we do whatever we have to do oftentimes to avoid criticism, even going so far as ending relationships. We end relationships with our loved ones, our family. We can end relationships in a marriage, with our children, with our parents, because criticism can be so painful. In fact, I recently asked an audience of about 3,500 people, "How many of you appreciate and enjoy criticism?" Not one hand went up. I asked, "How many of you hate being criticized? Especially severely by someone you care about? Can I see your hands?" Every single hand went up.

So, our focus here isn't to fight criticism; it's not to end criticism, because it'll never happen. We will face criticism the rest of our life. But we can turn it from being our enemy into our friend.

Here's a statement from one of my favorite people in history, Sir Winston Churchill. He wrote, "Criticism is often useful, and praise is often deceitful." He was literally saying I would rather be criticized than praised. Why? Praise doesn't make you do anything. It just makes you sit back and smile. Criticism makes you refocus and rethink something—if you don't run away from it.

Lillian Gish was one of the top silent-screen stars of her day. And her movies were just automatic box-office hits. She was that big a draw to the box office. She wrote, "I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That's the kindest thing they can do." There was a woman who realized that criticism could be her friend instead of her enemy.

But you say, "Wow, that's nice for them, but I still don't like being criticized by my wife or my husband or my friends or my teachers or my bosses or my partners or whatever. I hate it!" Well, you're like everybody else in the world. So what do we do? What's the magic? What had Churchill found that was so effective in his life? All it takes is a specific technique that magically turns it from an irritating and destructive force into a powerful ally and positive force in our life.

There are three steps that will turn any criticism from being our worst enemy into becoming one of our best friends and most important teachers. First step, you consider the source. In considering the source, you determine how qualified they are to give such a criticism. Are they very qualified? Somewhat qualified? Or not qualified at all?

For example, a friend of mine was going through a custody situation with her ex-husband, and her mother started giving advice. Her mother said, "You ought to demand that the custody change from one state to the other." Now that doesn't sound like a criticism; that sounds like a suggestion. But the way it was offered was in the form of a criticism. I mean, the tone of voice, everything.

Well, you have to consider the source. In this case, this person's mother had no legal experience, wasn't familiar with custody laws of the state of California or the state of Utah, and, therefore, the mother was totally unqualified to make that kind of criticism. She wasn't very qualified; she wasn't somewhat qualified; she wasn't qualified at all.

Going back to when I got started, one of my first bosses said, "You are the single greatest disappointment in my entire career. You will never succeed in marketing. You have 20 minutes to clean out your desk." How qualified was he to give the two criticisms that were in those three statements? Well, he was very qualified to give the first. He said, "You're the single greatest disappointment in my entire career." He knew his career. He knew how many disappointments he had had. So he was qualified to do that.

Then he made a second criticism: "You will never succeed in marketing." Now how qualified was he to make that prediction? Well, not qualified at all. Why? He wasn't a prophet; he couldn't predict the future. And as it turned out, he was totally wrong! My whole career has been built on my marketing skills, and I have been very successful and so happy to be sharing these steps with you now. So he wasn't qualified, and I am grateful for that.

So the first step is we consider the source: How qualified are they? Now there are a couple more parts to this first step. Next we look at: What is the basis of their criticism? Is it emotionally based? Is it based on your or their past experience or experiences? Their past failures or your past failures? Was it based on their lack of understanding or fully comprehending your goal, intention, or vision? Oftentimes people criticize us because they simply don't understand what we're saying or what our vision is or what our intention or goal is. Or is it based on their conventional thinking rather than creative thinking? I took a suggestion to this particular boss that was really creative. But he wasn't a creative person. The creative people were in the ad agency. This guy was MBA-type mentality. I mean, he managed everything, but he wasn't real creative. And what I was saying wasn't conventional on one particular idea I presented that he completely cut down. Well, that idea ended up making his company millions of dollars later on, made me over a million dollars later on, but because he was a conventional thinker and I was thinking outside of his box, he criticized it.

Now, still considering the source, is their criticism based on logic? Or is it based upon the realities of the situation? That's the most effective criticism. That's the criticism we really want, when the source of the criticism is basing it on reality because it helps us focus on reality.

It helps us see reality even when we aren't capable of seeing it. It cuts through the fog in a situation and it gives us clearly defined instruments that we can look at, and then we can correct our position so we don't crash and burn.

Next in considering the source: What is their motive? Now this doesn't necessarily make their criticism valid, but it makes it a lot more tolerable. Is the motive of the critic love or concern for you or the project or concern for others? Or is it selfishness, jealousy, fear, animosity, hurt, anger, immaturity? You have to look at their motive.

Step two is to consider the accuracy of the criticism. Now, when my boss said, "You are the single greatest disappointment in my entire career," I had to look at the accuracy of that. I had to look at this guy and say, Okay, he's had a very distinguished career. He was at another Fortune 500 company before he came to the company that I worked for. So, I'm sure he had a distinguished career. He was a brilliant person. And I was only an assistant manager. So how could I have possibly given him the greatest disappointment of his career?

When I realized that, when I considered the accuracy of his criticism, all of a sudden I realized he was just exaggerating. There's no way that a $12,000-a-year employee, assistant manager, could be the greatest disappointment in this senior vice president of marketing's career. He was just exaggerating. That really helped me. That took a lot of the sting out of the criticism.

And step three—and this is the single most important step in turning your criticisms from enemy to ally— take responsibility for your response. Zig Ziglar talks about reacting versus responding. This is a situation in which 99 out of 100 times our inclination is to react. Somebody criticizes us, and we want to defend our action. We want to attack them back. We want to belittle their criticism. We want them to tell they're all wet; they don't know what they're talking about. We want to do anything. We want to bad-mouth them to somebody else. We want to gossip about them. We want to discredit them and hurt them back. We want to criticize them. Those are all natural reactions. But reactions aren't going to advance you to your dream. They're going to keep you from achieving your dream. So this is a time when you have a choice. You can react or you can respond.

You may blow it and react initially. But blowing it in the initial reaction doesn't keep you from going back and dusting yourself off and then responding to it. It's critical that you take responsibility for your response to criticism.

Realize that almost every criticism has at least a little flake of gold in it. Sometimes you have to dig for it; sometimes it will be right in front of you. And when you approach it that way, instead of fearing criticism, you become like Sir Winston Churchill, Lillian Gish, Steve Scott, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and the list could go on and on.

So, go back to your criticisms, and start mining them for gold. As you do this, fear of criticism will leave. You will no longer guide your behavior based on your fear of criticism. You'll go ahead and take the risks and run after the opportunities and dreams you should be chasing because you won't worry about what people think or say about it, and life in general will take on a whole new meaning.

Also, when you lose that fear, your relationships will grow. And you'll be able to respond more effectively. Instead of making people afraid of criticizing you, you'll receive positive criticism and you'll be able to mine it, and it will push you forward. You'll feel more peace and confidence in your decision making. You will be amazed at the difference this will make in the pursuit of both your personal and professional dreams.

Motivational Quote of the Day

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
Caleb Colton: Сleric and writer

Jul 7, 2007

Kisah Sukses Anak Muda - Lanjutan - Tamat

Dita – saat ini sudah hampir setahun sejak dinyatakan lulus sebagai sarjana – semakin mantap dengan pilihan hidupnya untuk menjadi seorang pengusaha. Dengan memiliki karyawan sebanyak 17 orang, Dita telah menicptakan lapangan kerja. Berbeda sekali bila kita perhatikan statistik sarjana baru di Indonesia, ldimana sebagian besar para sarjana baru akan mengandalkan ijazah kesarjanaannya untuk mencari kerja, bahkan tidak sedikit yang kesulitan mendapatkan pekerjaan, dan akhirnya menjadi pengangguran.

Bila kita rata-ratakan gaji karyawannya adalah Rp,1 juta rupiah sebulan per orang, maka artinya Dita paling tidak telah mengeluarkan uang Rp.17 juta rupiah per bulan.

Seandainya Dita memilih bekerja sebagai karyawan, apakah Dita bias mengeluarkan uang Rp.17 juta rupiah sebulan?

Bila Dita mengandalkan gajinya sendiri saja untuk pengeluaran sebanyak Rp.17 juta rupiah per bulan, maka mungkin hanya bisa dicapai oleh seorang karyawan yang berpangkat manager, untuk memiliki penghasilan sebanyak itu.

Tahun lalu saja, Dita mengajak 17 orang karyawannya untuk outing keluar kota, “employee gathering” katanya. Tujuannya untuk mempererat tali kekelaurgaan diantara para karyawan. Bayangkan berapa dana yang dibutuhkan?

Siapa Dita ?

Dita hanyalah anak seorang pegawai negeri, anak bungsu dari 3 bersaudara.

Modal pertamanya dipinjam dari ayahnya, dan itupun tidak banyak. Hanya dalam hitungan bulan, modal itu sudah biaa dikembalikan. Dita mengembangkan usahanya dengan cara belajar melalui orang lain, bukan belajar dari ayahnya.

Jadi, rahasia pertama Dita adalah : Cari pinjaman modal. Tidak harus selalu memiliki uang sendiri untuk membuka usaha. Uang orang lain juga bias digunakan. Dan karena uang orang lain inilah, maka akhirnya Dita berusaha menjalankan usahanya dengan sungguh-sungguh. Kepercayaan yang telah diberikan oleh peminjam modal dipeliharanya dengan baik, modal pinjaman dia kembalikan, walaupun sebenarnya tidak harus dia kembalikan, toh orang yang meminjamkannya modal adalah ayahnya sendiri, namun Dita tidak melalukan itu.

Kelak dikemudian hari, sebagai pengusaha, pasti akan tiba saat-saat dimana kebutuhan modal mendadak akan terjadi, dan kepercayaan dari peminjam modal perlu dipelihara.

Rahasia kedua, Dita bukanlah pengusaha yang memiliki bakat sejak lahir, dia tidak pernah mengalami berada dalam lingkungan “pengusaha”. Dulunya pun, sebelum membuka konter HP, Dita tidak pernah berjualan apapun. Ayahnya pun tidak pernah mengajarkan cara menjadi pengusaha, bahkan lingkungan keluarganya adalah lingkungan keluarga karyawan – pegawai negeri. Jadi Dita belajar menjadi pengusahan, sambil menjalankan usahanya. Learning by doing kata orang sana.

Rahasia ketiga, Dita memiliki system dalam menjalankan usahanya. Sehingga dia tidak harus selalu berada dalam lingkungan usahanya setiap hari. Cukup melalui karyawannya saja, operasional usahanya dijalankan, sementara Dita melakukan tugas belajar, atau menghadiri perkuliahan. Karyawannya menjalankan system yang telah dia buat. Dia cukup melakukan kontrol saja, menghemat waktu dan tenaga, namun perlu biaya, yaitu biaya overhead karyawan.

Buat anda yang memiliki kondisi awal mirip dengan Dita, masih muda, bukan keturunan pengusaha, modal pinjaman, punya keinginan berhasil sebagai pembuka lapangan pekerjaan, mulailah dari sekarang. Gunakan 3 rahasia yang dimiliki oleh Dita, dan saya yakin, anda juga akan berhasil seperti Dita. Insya Allah.

Jul 1, 2007

RAHASIA SUKSES MEMULAI USAHA - Cerita Bersambung

KISAH SUKSES ANAK MUDA : Usia dan Senioritas Bukanlah Jaminan.

Ini kisah nyata, tentang adik sepupu saya - perempuan - yang memulai membuka usaha pada saat usia masih belia. Saat tahun pertama kuliahnya di Bandung - dia warga Jakarta - Dita, demikian nama adik saya tersebut, membuka konter HP (handphone).

Saat itu, konter2 HP sudah cukup banyak bertebaran didekat tempatnya kost. Kebanyakan adalah dimiliki oleh para orang dewasa - senior dari sisi usia bila dibandingkan dengan usia Dita. Selain itu, mereka pun sudah memulai bisnis konter HP ini lebih dulu dibanding Dita, jadi, artinya merekapun sudah lebih senior dari sisi pengalamannya, dibanding Dita.

Namun apa yang dirintis oleh Dita dengan konter HP nya tersebut membuahkan hasil, dari hanya memiliki satu konter, dalam waktu yang tidak terlalu lama, Dita bisa menambah 2 konter lagi, jadi 3 yang dimilikinya.

Belakangan, konternya semakin banyak, karyawannya juga bertambah banyak, mencapai 17 orang. Apa saja yang dilakukan Dita sehingga bisa mengembangkan usahanya dengan cepat?

Kenapa bisa demikian suksesnya ? Apakah pertanyaan2 dibawah ini adalah rahasia suksesnya Dita? :

1. Apakah Dita ini adalah anak dari keluarga berada, lalu orang tuanya mengucurkan dana yang banyak?


2. Apakah Dita adalah anak seorang pengusaha konter HP juga, sehingga Dita bisa mempelajari cara2 mengelola konter dengan baik?

3. Apakah Dita termasuk mahasiswa yang sering "bolos" kuliah, sehingga memiliki waktu yang banyak untuk mengurus usahanya?


Mulai hari ini dan seterusnya, saya akan mengulas rahasia sukses Dita, dengan menjawab pertanyaan2 diatas :

1. Rahasia Pertama : Uang bukanlah segalanya - Orang tua Dita tidak memberikan Dana untuk usaha anaknya. Lalu, bagaimana sehingga Dita mampu memulai usahanya?

2. Rahasia Kedua : Bakat dan keturunan tidak menjadi syarat untuk memulai usaha - Orang tua Dita bukanlah pengusaha - apalagi pengusaha konter HP. Ayah dan Ibunya adalah pegawai negeri. Lalu, bagaimana cara Dita menjalankan usahanya?

3. Rahasia Ketiga : Waktu yang banyak bukanlah jaminan untuk sukses berusaha. Dita adalah mahasiswi yang rajin kuliah, IPK nya juga diatas 3, dia pun bisa cepat meraih gelar sarjananya. Lalu bagaimana Dita mengelola konternya dengan 17 karyawan tersebut?

Mari kita mulai membuka 3 buah rahasia tersebut.......(bersambung...)

Apr 21, 2007

WHAT DO YOU WANT IN LIFE?

By Jack Canfield


© 2007 Nightingale-Conant Corporation



What do you want to accomplish in life? What do you want to experience? And what possessions do you want to acquire? In the journey from where you are to where you want to be, you have to decide where you want to be. In other words, what does success look like to you?

One of the main reasons why most people don't get what they want is that they haven't decided what they want. They haven't defined their desires in clear and compelling detail. They don't know what they want …

MAKE AN "I WANT" LIST

One of the easiest ways to begin clarifying what you truly want is to make a list of 30 things you want to do, 30 things you want to have, and 30 things you want to be before you die. This is a great way to get the ball rolling.

Another powerful technique to unearth your wants is to ask a friend to help you make an "I Want" list. Have your friend continually ask, "What do you want? What do you want?" for 10 to 15 minutes, and jot down your answers. You'll find the first wants aren't all that profound. In fact, most people usually hear themselves saying, "I want a Mercedes. I want a big house on the ocean." And so on. However, by the end of the 15-minute exercise, the real you begins to speak: "I want people to love me. I want to express myself. I want to make a difference. I want to feel powerful" ... wants that are true expressions of your core values.

IS WORRYING ABOUT MAKING A LIVING STOPPING YOU?

What often stops people from expressing their true desire is that they don't think they can make a living doing what they love to do.

"What I love to do is hang out and talk with people," you might say.
Well, Oprah Winfrey makes a living hanging out talking with people. And my friend Diane Brause, who is an international tour guide, makes a living hanging out talking with people in some of the most exciting and exotic locations in the world.

Tiger Woods loves to play golf. Ellen DeGeneres loves to make people laugh. My sister loves to design jewelry and hang out with teenagers. Donald Trump loves to make deals and build buildings. I love to read and share what I have learned with others in books, speeches, and workshops. It's possible to make a living doing what you love.

Make a list of 20 things you love to do, and then think of ways you can make a living doing some of those things. If you love sports, you could play sports, be a sportswriter or photographer, or work in sports management as an agent or in the front office of a professional team. You could be a coach, a manager, or a scout. You could be a broadcaster, a camera operator, or a team publicist. There are myriad ways to make money in any field that you love.

But first you must decide what you would like to do. Don't let yourself be concerned about the size or audacity of your vision. As Michelangelo said, "The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."

HIGH ACHIEVERS HAVE BIGGER VISIONS

I want to encourage you not to limit your vision in any way. Let it be as big as it is. When I interviewed Dave Liniger, the CEO of RE/MAX, the country's largest real estate company, he told me, "Always dream big dreams. Continue the article...