How To Make More Money This Year

What is your income goal for this year?

Don’t know? Then how will you achieve it?
If you don’t target a specific goal then how will you ever be able to hit it?

Take a minute right now and figure it out. What do you want to earn this year? And here’s a little secret… that number is almost entirely based on your self-esteem. It’s not the economy. It’s not the industry you’re in. It’s you. The higher your self-esteem the more you’ll think you deserve to make and the higher goals you’ll set. As soon as you decide to accept total and complete responsibility for everything in your life you will be well on your way to success.

Whenever you define a goal and write it down you program it into your subconscious mind. You start a process that will set you on your way to the acquisition of that goal. As soon as you stop making excuses for not having, being, or doing everything you want in this life you will break right out of the prevailing zeitgeist of self-limiting beliefs and low expectations and you will create all the success you want. All that you feel you deserve.

Write Down Your Goal

The first step is to write down a number, a realistic income goal that you believe you can hit this year. There’s no point in writing down “a million dollars” if you don’t really believe that you can make that much this year. Write down a realistic income goal right now.

Do The Math

Good. Now divide that number by 12 and write that down underneath the larger number. That’s what you’ll need to make each and every month in order to hit your yearly income goal.

Now take that first, larger number and divide it by 50. Put that number last on your list. That’s what you’ll need to earn each and every week this year in order to make your stated income goal. So if you put down $100,000 and divided it by 50 you ended up with just $2,000 staring you in the face.

Kick It Up A Notch

Seem realistic? Doable right now? Good. Then add 10% to that number. Just 10%. Now write it down.

See a lot of people set themselves up for failure by trying to hit goals that their mind hasn’t grown into yet. They look around for that million dollar idea that will double or triple their income and end up chasing one pipe dream after another. This is a real shame when there are much easier ways to boost your income incrementally which will result in the same objective.

Imagine This…

What if, instead of seeking to double or triple your income this year you just resolved to increase your closing ratio by 10%. Just sold 10% more of the people you came into contact with. And what if you sold them 10% more of what they intended to buy? That’s just one more small step that’s actually pretty easy once you understand a few psychological techniques that will help you do that consistently.

Oh, and what if the total value of each sale rose by just 10% and you started asking for and getting just 10% more referrals than you do right now? Are you starting to see how all these small improvements act as multipliers that can easily result in doubling or tripling your income without seeming unrealistic or overwhelming?

Now, take a look at your income goal that you wrote down a few moments ago. Would you like to increase it? Then cross it out. Just draw a big, bold like right through that number and write down your new accelerated income goal for the year. Circle it with a flourish and take it in.

Project Yourself Into The Future

Now take a moment and imagine that it’s now the end of the year and see yourself having hit that goal with confidence and ease. How does it feel? What does that scene look like in your mind? WHo to you tell and how do they respond to your good news?

Guess what…

You’ve already done far more than most people with their vague, unspecified resolutions to “make more money this year”. You’ve identified a realistic goal and visualized multiple ways of actually achieving it. You’ve written it down, emotionally committed to it, and made it real. Now go one step further and post your new elevated income goal somewhere you can see it each and every morning so you can keep your eye on the prize as you progress toward achieving it.

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