When the going gets tough..the tougher gets going..

Posted by Mrs Imran on Jun 25, 2010
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Do you have any idea how tough the challenges that I need to face everyday in running my “the brand” business. To some maybe it seems easy-peasy for me since I was daring enough to dump my previous job and dedicated myself to my newly found business after doing it for 6 months only part timely.

To tell you the truth it ain’t easy. It is 10000x times tougher than my previous job. Seriously.

But there are few things that made me still standing..

• I’m Malay and Muslim and I wanna do something to prove to the community that Malay and Muslim also “boleh”
• I love helping people and sharing information and knowledge on health. No matter how slow my sales are [sometimes]
• I love helping others who really serious in helping themselves to better in life~financially
• I get to know many new friends, my network is expanding almost everyday!
• I love “the brand” products
• I love the flexibility in running the business. I don’t need big capital to invest in buying stocks, I don’t need a shop to sell products, just get my computer [a good one] wired with internet will be suffice enough and the best part I can just do it at home while baby sitting my son.
• Due to the flexibility that this business has to offer, I got the chances to materialize my dreams in having my own clothing line. Insyallah.
• This is my main source of income and I cannot do it lightly!

However, as I mentioned above. Running your own business is multiple time harder than working for people. Based on my [roughly] 6 months experiences being a self-employed, I would say there were many many many many many many times I felt like giving up since beginning. Yes, you read it right.

I can list out like thousands of reason why I felt like giving up, but it will surely take up lots of space on my blog.

However, do you know that giving up, especially in business is normal? You’ve got to consider giving up when the need arises. BUT [there's a but] make sure you make a quick come back and become even stronger than before.

That’s my definition of give up. It’s more “gimme a break” moment

When the entire world seems against you..just press the pause button, rest and enjoy your “me” time. When your mind is fresh and free from negative thinking , get your gear ready again, it is time for you to put on your thinking helmet and change your strategy.

If nothing much you can do and everything is out of your hands. Just berserah and tawakal.

So far, whenever I felt down, I will just repeat the above process and every time I made a come back [byk kali dah buat come back ni actually ] something good will happen. As if like a reward of being stronger than before.

So kiter kene percaya dgn tuhan. Di mana ada usaha disitu ada kejayaan dan rezeki.

And satu lagi habit saya, I jarang mengeluh. Once a while yes, bila dah tk larat sangat dgn cabaran hebat. Tapi most of the time, I will just look at it on the bright sight and think about it silently.

Kalau u mengeluh pon 24 jam, will it change anything? Tak kan?

And do you have any idea why I write this entry? Honestly, sbb I feel a bit down today and gave up for the umpteenth time. Hahaha. Welllll….not really about sales, sales is pretty good lately, it’s regarding another challenge I need to counter in my business.

I will surely be fine again in few days time, will just pray to god for the problem to settle soonest possible, am  really sick of it. For now, I just need prayer support so much and also many customers to mend my broken heart

So, now who wants to buy supplement?

Half

Posted by Mrs Imran on Mar 3, 2010
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Ok my plan last night didn’t turn out well. Hehe. I got a suprise for you guys [hmm suprise ker eh?] …or at least I think it is a suprise for my blog readers la. Hihih. Kalau u guys tk rasa cam surprise benda tu, ok laaa I tk kecik hati. Hihi.

But, then since I was too busy sampai kol 3 lebih pagi baru terhegeh-hegeh nk packing order Usana, so end up semua plan for today backfire. Hope today, I boleh kasik settle ah benda-benda yang pending tu and then “surprise” you guys. Heeee. Oh pleaseeeee terkejut la ok eh. Tk terkejut pon, act jer la sket kasik I happy. Ehe.

Weeelllll, plan yang dah tk jadi tu we just forget about it la for the time being. When it happens, be sure to be surprise [or act like one]. For now would love to share something that is very inspiring with all my readers. It’s a video, you’ve gotta watch till the end ok. It arrived in my email inbox yesterday. I was speechless and at the same time feel sad for myself [not for the guy in the video]. I felt sad that I was once a “handicapped” too. Not physically but mentally.

Do you know what had always set me back all these while? I mean what has stopped me from stretching out all of my inner potential?

Well, all these while I always thought that “I am just a half kinda person” Do you know what I meant by “half”?

Half means in whatever things that I do…that I capable to do, I was only able to do it half good. Yeah, semua separuh-separuh. Goshh…

• I can blog, but I’m not a famous blogger
• I can play the piano, but only couple of songs and I didn’t attend any official class
• I can sell stuff on my blog, but not many people buy it
• I can draw , but I can’t draw perfectly especially the eyes part

Do you notice the devil word in every single line? Yeah it was the “BUT” that set me back all these while. The real culprit. I’m still trying to make sure that all the above are past tense, errr I still can’t draw the eyes but will think some brilliant ways to camouflage it. Huhuh. Sometimes flaw in drawing also flattering [to myself la..hihi]. And I tell you the list is actually hell longer than the above [close to endless]

I’m no longer that “half” person anymore. I’m living my life to the fullest. I’m living my life to get the best out of it. So, if you fail are you going to try again and again?

So, happy watching and drop some comment on what you think about the video yah! And stay tune for the “surprise”.

p/s: now you know that I’m an art person. but i tk karang sajak2 bulan bintang bagai. hihi. but I do love reading poem Somewhat soothing to me And now am trying my art skills on sewing plak. wink;)

Devil only knows one word….

Posted by Mrs Imran on Mar 1, 2010
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I would love to share something that is very interesting which I downloaded from Robert G Allen’s website. It is a caricature of devil and devil most favorite word “BUT”… [I wrote about Robert G Allen in one of my entry here]

I am hooked to Robert G Allen’s book which called “Cash In A Flash” . In that book he wrote about the devil voice that lingers in our head [brain, ears or mind] and also give some guide on how to turn off the bad voice volume so that we can ignore it which obviously bring no good to us.

Literally, am going to admit that this inner whiner is true and me myself also experience it every now and then. But fret not, now I think I know [i think lah..] on how to deal with it and always believe on positive thinking, tawakal and dua’. Yup positive vibes as many say. Hence, I will try to be as positive as possible walaupon kadang-kadang la ada lah seperti hangennn mcm haremmm jugak. Hihi

Along my journey in business, I get to know many people. Some of them very energetic, inspiring, strong determination and hardworking. But there are also many quite hesitate before even giving it a try [even though they admitted that they wanted to change their life and be successful]. But I don’t blame them tho, this is nature of human. God created us this way. We do have good and bad thoughts. [myself included].

We are what our mind think about ourselves. No?

After you have finished reading/ viewing attachment below, do let me know how you look at the idea. Do you think that your mind is indeed very powerful to form you as what you are today?

If you watch the “Wake Up Project” video, you will know how “they” actually controlling our mind.

Happy Groggy Monday!!

6 Jars

Posted by Mrs Imran on Feb 23, 2010
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These are my 6 jars [in burger and donut shape..ehe].

Yang satu tu muka sangat garang, adalah takut kalau tk simpan duit dalam tabung tu.

Rich people mange their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well. ~ Thomas Stanley, author of The Millionaire Next Door

When I was introduced to the 6 jars system somewhere around last year by Naya, I was genuinely interested to the idea. Nevertheless, I neglected it since I was too busy juggling my life and little did I know that the most important tips that being told over and over again by many successful people in the world is…

“act now”
“do not delay in action”
“jangan bertangguh”

Maybe that was one of the reason why I’m not a millionaire [yet]. Hohoho.

6 Jars money management method is based from book by T.Harv Eker “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”, Read about the book here: http://www.secretsofthemillionairemind.com/a/failfast

Here are some excerpts from the book…
Wealthy people are not any smarter than poor people; they just have different and more supportive money HABITS.

It may not be the most glamorous of topics, but it comes down to this: the single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It’s simple: to master money, you must manage money.

As for those who use the “I don’t have enough money to manage” rationale, they’re looking through the wrong end of the telescope. Rather than say “when I have plenty of money, I’ll begin to manage it”, the reality is “when I begin to manage it, I’ll have plenty of money.”

Saying “I’ll start managing my money as soon as I get caught up” is like an overweight person saying “I’ll start exercising and dieting as soon as I lose twenty pounds.” It’s putting the cart before the horse, which leads to going nowhere…or even backward! First you start properly handling the money you have, then you’ll have more money to handle.

The six jars are to be labeled as:

• Financial freedom account (FFA): This jar if for your financial freedom. Each month put 10% of your income in this jar. Money you put in this jar can be used to invest, start a business, create a passive income streams, residual income streams [perfect example for residual income = USANA] etc.
• Put 55% of your income in this jar for your necessities. It’s for things like paying bills, food, necessary clothing etc.
• Long term saving for spending (LTSS): Put 10% in this jar. You may have more than one LTSS jar. It’s for things like a plasma TV, your family vacation, contingency fund, your children’s education etc. If you have more than one LTSS, divide the 10% between the jars according to your priority.
• Education (EDU): 10% that goes in this jar if for your own education . It could be used to attend seminars, buy books etc. Basically, it’s for your continual education and learning.
• Allocate 10% of your income for you to have fun guilt-free. Use it to go to a fancy restaurant you’ve been eyeing, or a massage at a spa. Just do something fun. Let your inner child play.
• Giving (GIV): Allocate 5% of your income to give to charity. If you want to allocate 10% for giving, take 5% off your NEC jar.

The percentage attributed to each jars above, represents the percentage amount of money which you must put into the jars every single month. All you need to do every month is to allocate a certain amount of money for the money management jars. And tried to do it without fail every month. Hihi [that the hardest part I think]

But, be positive! I will try this 6 jars method and will update the outcome later. I’m very very very poor at managing my money till Imran had to use his dictator power [hahah] to force me to save my money in Ichiro’s account instead of mine. So, I think I am the perfect person who should try this method. Hihi.

Wish me luck ok! Bismillahirahmannirahimmmmmm…

Source: various source from google.com