When I am working on my business I often have this little visual that pops into my head. 

It is of me watering the seeds of a money tree (a tree with money for leaves). As I water it the seeds burst and the money tree grows bigger.

When I work on my business I am giving it all the love, nurturing and elements required for it to grow into a business that can prosper without my constant input. Giving me the profit and free time to do the things I love.

When you work in your business you are NOT growing a money tree...you are getting caught on a treadmill with no scale or leverage to give YOU real profit and free time away from your business.

Use my little visualisation if you like.

The moment I meet a business owner who avoids conflict or DEEPLY dislikes challenge and problems, and who desires mostly to be emotionally and physically comfortable - I know it will be hard for them to be successful in entrepreneurial pursuits.

Creating a highly successful business automatically requires you to stop being comfortable in your business, to step into the unknown while you push the boundaries in search of excellence or a successful strategy.

It requires you to set your boundaries about what you expect and want – and you will face conflict.  How you develop and shape your mind to deal with these experiences will help dictate your success in business.

Creating a successful business means working in the unknown. The unknown can be stressful. Meditation is a good way to deal with stresses.

In this video Perry talks about the power of stories to shape our brains neural pathways, behaviours, actions and results.

In fact YOUR identity is made up of a collection of stories that your mind tells you about YOU and Life!

YOUR chronic stories are either helping you reach your heartfelt goals or tearing them down!

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Most entrepreneurs don't build a business; they merely create their own job.

They often end up with small amounts of wealth and NO time freedom to do what they love.

That is NO life.

Where are you in the following FREEDOM scale?

1. All work and no play? = start up phase!

2. Your prospering but your business only works when you are there? = Adolescence.

3. Systems reliant with winning leadership team running the business =  Maturity.

ONLY stage 3 - can give you what you really want - Time Freedom and Prosperity.

At stage 3 you can sell your business for a lot of money.

Many business owners get stuck in the first 2 stages. Make sure it does not happen to YOU.

Discover how 'undeserving beliefs' sabotage goal achievement in business and in life. This happens when a part of your mind doesn't believe you deserve what you consciously want. Very dangerous beliefs to have indeed. Watch this highly impactful 4 minute video.

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Would you feel guilty firing someone because they are nice or because you like them? It's more common than you think! I notice it happening from time to time with some of my clients! Find out the negative ramifications of that CHOICE to your business in this short and punchy 2 minute video.

Lets just say that you will never have a great team culture if you can't fire people because YOU LIKE THEM!

And if you can't create a great team culture you can never get what you want out of your business - like time off, great wealth, peace of mind and the simple joy of a great team culture!

Hi [First Name],

Angela told me in our initial consultation that she wanted to empower her staff so they could run her business while she was away on holiday.

She claimed she wanted to build a business system that run without her consistent input. She said she wanted to set up quality systems and systems manuals that ANSWERED every staff question and provided detailed instructions for running every area of the business to her staff.

BULL SHIT!!!!

That's what her conscious mind said she wanted...

BUT WHAT DID HER UNCONSCIOUS MIND WANT?

Angela's unconscious mind had another agenda - all together - and it was a sabotaging agenda!

On the unconscious level of her mind (outside of her conscious awareness) Angela was desperate to be needed by her staff, she wanted connection and validation as the boss - she wanted to be needed and part of the team! Not distant or separate!

Becoming indispensable (the goal of the entrepreneur) was her biggest unconscious fear!

Her conscious goal of creating a smooth running business that could run without her was in complete opposition to her deep unconscious desire to be needed!

This is why conventional coaches who can only operate on the level of strategy are useless when it comes to dealing with SELF SABOTAGE.

The mind is a deep and strange thing and you need the help of an expert in the area of the mind as well as strategy if you want a business that can thrive without your constant input.

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There are many self sabotages to business success but very few people know about them.

The 'invisible' unconscious mind holds forces and beliefs that often undermine even the most switched on of business owner.

As an example I have coached many business owners who say they desire a business that gives them free time and wealth to do what they love.

BUT when I get them close to achieving that TIME FREEDOM and wealth through careful development of their business model and team they sabotage it...and end up working back in their business.

When this happens there is an UNCONSCIOUS sabotaging reason driving them to continue to work.

Tom is a perfect example of a self sabotaging business owner.

Tom grew up in a hard working farming family and unconsciously picked up the belief that valuable people (people worthy of respect, admiration and love) work hard all of the time! This belief embodied the ideals of the 'protestant work ethic' -  NEVER slacken off and always put hard work before having fun.

As a kid Tom would be reprimanded for 'mucking around' and would be put to work. Toms father looked down on people that 'got it easy and didn't work hard'. (He would have hated surfies like I was!!!!!)

Once I got Tom close to being able to exit his business so he could start having fun, doing the things he said he loved, like overseas travel, sailing a yacht, these work ethic beliefs from his child hood came up and smashed him.

He found a way to sabotage his manager so he could end up back in his business - trapped and working hard.

If Tom hadn't sabotaged his freedom, and had lived out his dreams he would have had to learn to overcome the feelings of guilt and low self-esteem that would have arisen in his system. He would have become the very thing his father hated - someone who had it easy and didn't work hard.

Even switched on business people bring 'invisible' unconscious sabotages to some areas of their business - recruitment, marketing, financial management and team building!

The learning here is that you need to 1. Understand your sabotaging beliefs 2. Overcome your sabotaging beliefs before you can have success in business. This must be your priority.

I am doing a FREE webinar with Michelle Mayur from Heal the Healer this Thursday morning at 10am Melbourne time on the subject of sabotages. (It's called The 7 Major, Yet Little-Known, Self-Sabotages of Healers).

Michelle is a great teacher and doing wonderful things for wellness practitioners. You have to be a member of her website to get access to this fantastic webinar - it's FREE to join and I recommend it if you're interested in these subjects.

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Do your staff manipulate you?

It is more common than you think.

The more wishy washy YOU are about what really matters to you as a business owner - the easier it is to become manipulated by staff.

In a wishy - washy state you're more likely to let go of your expectations and standards, more likely to compromise WHAT YOU REALLY want for your business.

When your disconnected from WHAT you deserve it becomes easier to be 'nice' and friendly to staff, to keep the peace rather that STICK UP For your standards and for what you deserve!!!

Staff pick up on ANY WEAKNESS regarding resolve, self respect and dedication to achieving ones true goals and then the manipulation starts and SOON takes hold in the work place.

Staff might use their friendship to manipulate you.

Staff might use a sob story to manipulate you.

Staff might use aggression or assertiveness to manipulate you.

Staff might use sexual energy to control you (especially if you are a male boss).

Regardless of the strategy they start to get you - AND THEN THEY CONTROL YOUR BUSINESS.

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Sometimes business owners look at me funny when I start talking about business and emotions (especially if they are male).

In fact I can't think of many more things in life that can bring up as many conflicting emotions as business.  From joy, to anger, to feelings of self doubt, insecurity, passion, connection and prosperity.

Your emotions are deeply connected to how YOU act and behave as a business owner - therefore your emotions are deeply involved in business success or failure.

So why does no one talk about emotions in a business context!!! It boggles me.

We all have moments when the ugly monsters within try and grab us and try and steer the ship! It's how we deal with those emotions in the moment that will dictate our success OR failure long term.

And it's not just the negative emotions we need to beware of. Contrary to some popular teachings - positive thinking can get you into a lot of business trouble when it is used at the wrong time.

Positivity and optimism CAN operate blindly and urge one on in motivational doses inappropriate for the reality of the situation. Sometimes TRUTHFUL negative thinking has it's place in making business decisions.

When I am teaching I talk about the mind, beliefs and emotions at least 50% of the time because getting the mind part right is at least 50% of what is required to win the game of business. The other 50% is just as important - skills, tactics, knowledge and strategies.

Up and coming events.

FREE Staffing and Recruitment Master Class at 12.45pm Monday the 5th of March.

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Warm regards Perry Mardon

What the &^%^&*!!!!!!!

Read about this in a newspaper this morning.

Mercer-Black, a hairdresser claimed she was unjustifiably dismissed from Zaibatsu Salon after a discussion where she admitted stealing some money.

Yes the poor girl she should have kept her job AND been given a pay rise!!!!

Read it yourself here!

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Time is more important than money.

To many business owners get fixated on making money now and they use up all their available time making money NOW. Of course they don't realise all this focus on making money NOW can be detrimental to their financial future.

There have been times in my life where I turn down money making NOW so I have free time to to work on business systems that make money without my constant input. During these periods I keep the cash-flow coming in but I use all my extra spare time working on wealth systems.

A business system that can run without my constant input is a business that gives me time freedom AND wealth. The moral of this email is be careful where you spend your time - instant gratification is nice but it should not be at the expense of what you really want to create - which I hope, is more freedom and wealth to do what you love with the people you love.

Something to think about!

If you are in Melbourne on Sunday 26th of February 2012 come and join me in an intimate mastermind environment where I will help you build a business that gives you wealth and time freedom.

It's only $98.00 per ticket and there are only 20 paid seats available so tickets will sell out fast.

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Time after time I see the same recruitment tragedy. Business owners attracting and recruiting low or average performers (and then trying to  coach them to be better - which in the most part is a complete waste of time).

What a MASSIVE mistake!

Average or low performing staff STEAL your ability to have a GOOD or event GREAT LIFE! Remember the truth - YOUR business, bank balance and lifestyle success is a direct reflection of your teams performance.

How can you have personal freedom and time away from the business when you are forced to micromanage staff? With average or low performing staff you are trapped in your business, experience constant stress and people hassles.

Why would you sabotage your own success like that?

My #1 Business Building Tip is....Only attract and recruit High-Performers to your team.

Only hire someone who values and has constantly displayed high performance. A high performance oriented individual enjoys engaging in tasks that require high performance and perfection because it helps them feel good about themselves.

I have just written a priority message and I want to repeat it!

A high performance oriented individual PERFORMS TO HIGH STANDARDS because it helps them feel good about themselves.

DID YOU GET THAT?! Do you truly understand the importance of that message?

A high performance orientated individual does their BEST even when the boss is not there! Their own conscience, their own value structure and their own beliefs won’t let them do a bad job.

It is almost impossible to coach or motivate low or average performers into being high performers (due to their personal values and characteristics) it is far easier, more profitable and far more beneficial to attract and recruit high performers to your business from the start.

I will be sharing the strategies you must use to ONLY attract and recruit high performers to your team at my Melbourne Mastermind event - It's only $98.00 per ticket and there are only 20 paid seats available so tickets will sell out fast.

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Please note we will be running this event in other major cities around Australia in coming months.

Using time well is an entrepreneurs most vital skill. How YOU use your time will dictate your bank balance and future lifestyle. Use your time poorly and you will be stuck working in your business struggling for money. Use your time well and you will be rewarded with a business system that runs profitably without your constant input (that means you have lots of free time and wealth to do the stuff you love).

Every activity in your business has a different rate of return. As an example every hour spent marketing or learning to market better, every hour spent recruiting or mastering recruiting, or setting up systems, will have a very high $ financial and lifestyle return on time invested. These are considered high dollar productive activities.

Low dollar productive activities give very little return on time invested.

These activities still need to be done BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE of high dollar productive activities. Your not saving money when YOU do a job you could pay someone else $30.00 to do - in fact you are costing yourself a lot of money and robbing yourself of a great future. As an example that hour could have been spent doing something that would return you thousands of dollars.

Getting rid of low dollar productive activities so you can concentrate on high dollar productive activities must be the foundational habit of the entrepreneur.

To learn more about the entrepreneurial secrets to time management - download my Time and Productivity Tools Workbook (Discover how to leverage time and make money faster).

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The smart educated entrepreneur runs their business like a conductor.

They control, utilise and strategically implement the assets and resources available to them, including capital, knowledge, software, machinery and staff. 

Like the conductor who knows they are not the orchestra, the educated entrepreneur knows they are not the business, or the source of income. They are the ‘director / orchestrator / visionary / leader that utilises the resources to make the income.

I hope you understand the analogy because many unsuccessful business owners try to be the orchestra, the trumpeter, the violinist and the drummer as well as the conductor (how can that ever become a model for success).

In other words they work in their business not on it.

You must become redundant from the day to day workings of your business. How else can you be free to be the entrepreneur who grows a large profitable successful business? How else can you enjoy the benefits of leveraged income (making money while you are on holidays), how else can you build a business you can sell for a lot of money.

Of course to make yourself redundant from the day to day processes of your business, you need to delegate tasks - to delegate tasks you need to employ the best possible people to your team - high performers you can trust to deliver.

Look out for my recruiting tips in future posts.