Top Tips To Grow Your Email List

You may have already noticed that your website visitors aren’t automatically going to sign up for your list just because you have an opt-in box in your sidebar.

Marketers are beginning to face the realities of an online environment that’s oversaturated with generic, low-value offers:

• “Click here to receive my newsletter.”
• “Join our list.”
• “Enter your email and you’ll receive weekly updates.”

Opt-in incentives need to be more enticing and more valuable, and this value needs to be clear. Your opt-in links and sign-up boxes need to be obvious, without being pushy or distracting. An opt-in box isn’t enough; you need to incorporate sign-ups into all of your content marketing and social media strategies.

Following are 50 proven ways to entice and attract new subscribers in order to grow your email list.

1. Add a lightbox form to your site: One company experienced a 99% increase in subscriber growth after adding a pop-over opt-in form.

2. Create an amazing, value-packed opt-in incentive: A 1-page report just won’t cut it anymore; try a full-length eBook or white paper.

3. Host a free webinar, and make signing up a requirement for registration.

4. Offer the webinar recording as an opt-in incentive: Make signing up a requirement for downloading or viewing the recording.

5. Create multiple offers on your site to improve your segmentation: Offer several different opt-in incentives for different segments of your audience. This will increase the number of people who sign up, and improve the relevance of the emails you send to your subscribers.

6. Add a call to action at the end of your videos on YouTube and on your OVP as for example the Screen9 OVP.

7. Link to an old newsletter on social media: Show your fans and followers what they’re missing out on by not subscribing to your emails.

8. Offer an exclusive subscriber-only discount and promote it on social media.

9. Mention an influential Twitter TWTR +1.92%user in your newsletter, and then tweet about it: Hopefully that influencer will then retweet it to his or her followers. If your company don't have a twitter account - Make One!

10. Amazing blog content + clear call to action = massive email list (source: BufferSocial) If you don't have a blog - Start One!

11. Include a subscriber testimonial alongside your opt-in box.

12. Add a sign-up form to your Facebook Page. If you Don't have a Facebook page - Make One!

13. Mention the benefit of joining your list: Make it clear what’s ‘in it for them’.

14. Hold a contest, and make joining your list a contest requirement.

15. Make your opt-in box a feature, not an add-on: Don’t hide your opt-in box in your sidebar…put it in a prominent place so your visitors can’t miss it.

16. Collect emails at offline events like tradeshows: Hold an on-site contest and make providing an email a contest requirement.

17. Include a call to action to join your list in your guest post author bios.

18. Cross-promote with a complimentary business in your niche: Agree to promote each other’s newsletters.

19. Offer must-have content via your newsletter: Be sure to offer exclusive, ‘hot’ content in your newsletter, and then let your social media audience know about it.

20. Ask your social media followers to join: Asking nicely never hurts!

21. Ask for as little info as possible: Include as few fields as possible on your sign-up form. This will increase the chances of someone actually signing up.

22. Be regular in how often you send out emails to your list: When people see that you regularly send out great content, they’re more likely to recommend your emails to their friends and colleagues.

23. Use a sponsor offer to entice people to join your list: If you offer advertising on your site, kill two birds with one stone…Promote a sponsor offer (like a discount or giveaway) in your newsletter, and let your followers and website visitors know about it.

24. Use a call to action after blog posts: Using a plugin like WordPress Calls to Action can help with this.

25. Offer an email course: Offer a multi-day email course like ’10 days to rock hard abs’.

26. Add a QR code to offline media like business cards and tradeshow posters.

27. Use a plugin like WP-TopBar to show a special opt-in message at the top (or bottom) of every page of your site.

28. Make your homepage all about the opt-in: Your homepage likely gets more traffic than the rest of your site, so make sure you showcase your sign up form in a prominent place.

29. Use the new Facebook call to action button to drive email sign-ups: According to Marketing Land, using this button has increased conversions for Dollar Shave Club by 2.5x.

30. Offer transparent segmenting: Let your subscribers choose what types of content they want to receive from you.

31. Create opt-in landing pages for social media referral traffic.

32. Include an opt-in radio button (checkbox) on your website’s contact form and About Us page.

33. Offer customers a discount on their next purchase with email sign-up.

34. Provide social proof alongside your opt-in box: “Join the # subscribers who already enjoy this newsletter”.

35. Incorporate social sharing buttons alongside your newsletter content, not just at the top or side of your site.

36. Gate some of your content: Show excerpts of this content, and then require email sign-up in order to view the whole article.

37. Offer PDF versions of popular blog content in exchange for email sign-up.

38. Provide your credentials when asking for opt-ins: What qualifies you as an expert in your field? Why should people trust you?

39. Offer flash discounts for new subscribers: This is a common tactic used by online fashion retailers. Offer a % discount for new, first-time subscribers.

40. Offer bonus information at the end of popular blog posts with email sign-up: For instance, if you have a blog post of the Top 10 Ways to Find New Clients, offer an additional 10 tips with email sign-up.

41. Offer the first 50, 100, 200, etc. subscribers a bonus gift or discount, and promote this offer to your social media followers.

42. Be relatable: Let potential subscribers know you’re a real person, not a nameless, faceless brand. This will instill trust and increase the likelihood they’ll hand over their email.

43. Make the sign-up as quick and painless as possible: Use a sign-up form rather than a link to a sign-up form, wherever possible. Every additional step you incorporate into the process is one more chance to lose your subscriber.

44. Add a sign-up radio box if you require blog commenters to sign in: This is risky as it may detract some visitors from commenting, but the payoff may be worth it.

45. Give potential subscribers a sneak peek of what they’ll be getting: Offer a sample newsletter or a screenshot of a typical email you send to subscribers.

46. Add an opt-in radio box in your e-commerce checkout.

47. Let potential subscribers know exactly what they’ll be getting and how often they’ll be getting it.

48. Ask…again and again: Buffer doubled their email list in 30 days by adding 9 additional opportunities to sign up. Before, they asked for sign-ups in a slideup form; after they also asked for it in a HelloBar, on their homepage, in a postscript, in their sidebar, on Twitter, on their SlideShares, on Facebook and Qzzr.

49. Include an anti-spam policy: Assure potential subscribers you’ll only send relevant info, and will never sell or share their personal info.

50. Run a survey, and gate the results: Pull the results together, add some graphs and charts, and then release it to your audience…with email sign up, of course!

...and remember that you need to be active on your social media!
Facebook is great to update every or every second day, Information, Inspiration or education... Twitter needs to be updated at least once a day (could be small things, out with customers, at the XX exhibition, at a congress doing xxx, At the Office with great colleagues, preparing for ..., a thanks to someone and so on.... When It comes to blogging, It could be time consuming and you need to blog quite often, I would say 3-7 days a week depending on the purpose, but the Very Great thing with blog-posts is that you when you are writing your newsletters can use the blog-posts to link to as extra information.

I hope this list and my information and inspiration gives you some fresh ideas for growing your email list. If you’re looking for more ideas to increase revenue please read my other posts.

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Wish to become a charismatic speaker?

Personally, I am attracted to individuals who know what they want and create the right conditions to fulfill their dreams ... 

I love to read and improve my knowledge, I also love to share my experiences and spread the knowledge I have gained. I think it is important to lift other people and that people around me (my partner, kids, family, friends and colleagues) are proud of what they accomplish / achieve in life.

We are all different and different things give us different amounts of energy. I love to speak and I love to listen to great speakers. There is something very speciallt with some of them ... They fill me with a lovely infectious energy.

Have you ever heard a presentation and later realized how attracted you were to the presenter? No, not that kind of attraction. I mean that you felt connected and uplifted while you were listening. You came away feeling happier more energised and with a feeling that you wish to accomplish more. The speaker was so eloquent that you were touched in some way. Even if the presentation was about selling shoes! And yes, yes, yesss anyone who knows me privately also knows that I absolutely love and adore shoes, but you know what I mean...

That quality you experienced is called charisma. Webster defines charisma as “that special spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people.” A charismatic speaker leaves an impression on the audience, large or small, that makes them want to come back for more. It’s just what you want if you are trying to sell or influence a customer. Charisma is not just for selling; the best university professors are often charismatic speakers as well.

We associate charisma with preachers, like Billy Graham, old-time politicians, such as Winston Churchill or people like Anthony "Tony" Robbins who is an American life coach, self-help author and motivational speaker.

Could you become a charismatic speaker? I think the answer is yes! By breaking down charisma into 14 individual qualities (listed here in no particular order), you can attain each quality with a little time and practice:

1. Charismatic speakers are self-confident and assured. They don’t appear nervous or ill at ease.
2. Charismatic speakers seem to be enjoying themselves; they are playful, humorous, happy.
3. Charismatic speakers are lively & energetic people.
4. Charismatic speakers gives you energy and will leave you with a feeling that you want to accomplish something more. Their energy is contagious.
5. Charismatic speakers are knowledgeable about their subject.
6. Charismatic speakers look good, they have a stage presence.
7. Charismatic speakers speak without stumbling, using full sentences and correct grammar, without “ers” and “uhs.”
8. Charismatic speakers have an opinion about their subject. They care about it. You can sense their emotion, enthusiasm, and conviction.
9. Charismatic speakers often live by the fact that shared knowledge is double joy.
10. Charismatic speakers relate their topic to the broader scheme of things, they are expansive, inspiring, and uplifting.
11. Charismatic speakers create a strong rapport with their audience, they connect.
12. Charismatic speakers are positive in outlook, cheerful, and cooperative.
13. Charismatic speakers are organized; their points are clearly connected and logically follow one another, with an overview at the beginning and a conclusion at the end. They are precise and complete.
14. Charismatic speakers (genuine ones) are honest, well mannered, patient, fair, and responsible.

By developing these 14 qualities, you too can become a charismatic speaker. You can be that person that audiences feel attracted to and connected with, whose eloquence leaves people uplifted and enlivened. Work at it and you will succeed!

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Your Image - We are what we think

A ‘personal brand’ is in many ways synonymous with your reputation. It refers to the way other people see you as a business owner or representative of an idea, organization, or activity.

Are you a genius? An expert? Are you trustworthy? What do you represent? What do you stand for? What ideas and notions pop up as soon as someone hears your name? Are you the person everyone want to have in their network?

Work On Your Image It will help you now and even more in the future. But make your Image You! Don't ever be fake, Such things as a fake image shining through and will hurt you more than do good.

Stop reaching for any and every bit of publicity. Yes, there is such a thing as bad publicity. Yes, sometimes bad situations can make you come out looking stronger, but a lot of the time it will end in a ruined reputation. You want people to take you seriously and you want to have a clean reputation.

Decide and lay out your core values. How would you like potential customers and clients to think of you? Because your personal brand is built from the thoughts and words and reactions of other people, it’s shaped by how you present yourself publicly. This is something that you have control over.

Become the best. If you want to sell an expensive course in watercolor painting you’ll need to be seen as someone with the authority to teach others on the topic. If you want to get work for high-end design clients you’ll need to be seen as a runaway talent with a professional attitude. Every good brand involves the notion of expertise.

Continue learning and updating your knowledge, especially if your expertise is based around the online world. The web changes drastically from month to month. If you were an ‘expert’ two years ago but have since stopped learning and challenging yourself, you’re not an expert anymore. Never forget that.

Market your personality. Personal branding is basically selling someone your personality. You need to think hard about HOW you act. You should have a clearly identifiable personality so that people can easily feel like they know you personally, even if they've never met you. Your style of delivery should be as unique as any other aspect of your personal brand.

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You a Long Term Success

Create your own luck, tip the odds in Your favour...

Long-Term Success It starts with you as a person, Be yourself and be GREAT! Be the one for everyone that you wish everyone will be for you. Be a person who can always be trusted, never disappoint or betray someone who trusts you. It will follow you like a shadow through life. Always remember that your personal brand is an investment. Your personal brand has the potential to last longer than your own lifespan, so make it Perfect!

Create change. You need to be an active force in your field. You need to be changing, innovating, and making a significant contribution to your field at all times or else your brand will die out over time. Find what your role is, what you do best or that no one else is doing, and find ways to change the direction of that field for the better. Share your knowledge, be generous, It always pays off! 

Create your content. A strong personal brand is not going to provide much benefit unless you have valuable output to pair it with - a great service, a great blog, a great app, great public speaking skills, or something else. You need to spend as much time creating your ’stuff’ (whether that’s blog posts, videos or artwork) as you do building relationships.

Speak up. Take any opportunity you can to give speeches or present your work. When in meetings or discussions with people, take the initiative and speak up for your ideas. People need to hear you, as well as see you. You need to be an active participant in the events around you and in your own life.

Keep your brand fresh. You don't want people to see you as dated, a one-hit-wonder, or boring and repetitive. No matter how good your content is, you'll risk seeming stale and repetitive if you don’t continue adding new elements to your brand or take on new challenges. You can’t ride one idea forever. Keep adding new layers to what you represent.

Play the long game. Look at your personal brand as an investment: your personal brand has the potential to last longer than your own lifespan. While the projects you’re working on might get sold onwards or shut down, your personal brand will persist and (hopefully) add value to each new project you create. People will follow your brand from project to project if they feel connected to it. When launching new projects, your personal brand has the potential to guarantee you never have to start from scratch again.

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The Power Of You and Your Personal Brand

Have you ever thought of yourself as a brand?If not Maybe you should. A great brand creates better value and people/businesses is likely to pay a little more.

That means that if You create a Personal Brand that is Attractive, you will also be able to charge a higher salary for what you do or climb faster to the top, in your career etc. 

Who do you want to be? Do you wish to be something BIG? Be yourself, just simply Be Who You Are! Before you start to work on your personal brand, think about Who Do You Think You Are, The best way is to be yourself! Success without fulfilment is failure. I Like to listen to Anthony Robbins. Here is one of his videos and you can always find more of them on Youtube if you like them to.

Promote Yourself!

Have a website. Everyone has a website now. It's an important part of getting taken seriously in the business and general work world. Make a website that functions as a sort of long-form resume, showcasing what you're about and all of the cool things you've done. You don't need to be a pro and making websites either, in order to get a nice one. You can find not too expensive ones easy to make at https://www.one.com/en/ for example.

Be present and active on social media. Social media (Twitter, Blogs etc) is crucial in terms of giving people the ability to feel like they know you. Keep your personal social media accounts under a slightly different name (your first and middle, for example) and attach your real name to public social media accounts. These will come up when employers or contractors look you up, so make sure the content and ideas that you post are relevant and good.

Don't forget your LinkedIn. This is the Place on the web where you get headhunted and have the possibility to ending up living your dream when It comes to your business part of life. Show who you are, and promote yourself! When working on your LinkedIn page, make sure it gives the same impression that you will give in a meeting face to face. Its nothing worse for a recruiter or a HR Manager at

Get a unique business card. Business cards can still be very useful, even in this digital age. But you need to have one that stands out. Get a professional, unique looking business card. Many sites sell these online and even offer customization services. These are not as expensive as you'd think! Make yourself a card that no one will forget! Maybe a QR code on the back with a video of you.

Get a great head shot. You want people to be able to picture you and feel like they really know you as they read about you. Don't look like some second-rate wanna-be with a blurry picture of you on your last vacation (complete with sunburn and embarrassing shirt).

Put a lot of work into how you look. When we put a lot of work into how we look, we tell people two things. First, we tell them that we believe in taking this professional effort seriously. Second, we tell them that we believe they are worth making an effort for or that they're worth impressing. This shows respect. Between the two, you make people much more willing to take you seriously. Dress like you mean business for your industry, wear clothes that fit and compliment your body, and work on getting nice skin and a flattering hairstyle.

Get a good bio written. This will probably mean hiring a professional to write it for you. When we write about ourselves at any length, we tend to write about what's important to us, rather than what's really interesting or valuable to someone else. This is why it's a good idea to get a helping hand. How your bio reads will depend on the nature of your industry and your particular "brand", but a little humor and a smidgen of humility are usually valuable assets to a bio.

Within a week I will write the next part of "Your Personal Brand"

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Create Your Own Videos 2015 And Use iMovie for Editing

If you want to make videos on your free time or create video messages within the company to colleagues and employees without paying for a Production Company to film it and create it for you all the time, you can easily make your own videos and and use iMovie editing. 

You don't Need to buy an Editing program when you can download and use iMovie.

With an all‑new design, iMovie for Mac lets you enjoy your videos like never before. Browse your clips more easily, instantly share your favorite moments, and create beautiful HD movies and Hollywood‑style trailers. And when you’re ready to premiere on all your devices!

To learn how to make videos and use editing programs there are loads of people on the internet who shows how to do it. I like James Wedmore. Click here and find out more about him and his work. 

A Film Studio in your Home Office or at Work

• How to Set Up Your Home Film Studio

Make your own Video

• How to Make a Video (about how to make a video)
• How to Design Your "Video Set" for Better-Looking Videos

Edit the movie in iMovie

It is a free program for Mac and If you not already have it on your mac, you may find it Here!

Learn iMovie in 5 minutes

Video editing (for non-editors)

You can also check the below Tutorials or search after more on YouTube

Instructions in Swedish Beginners and Basics

Tutorial iMovie in English Beginners and Basics

When You have learned how to edit the video in iMovie you can go to YouTube and search for "How To Make Professional Intro's" or "Advances iMovie Tips" "How to Clone yourself" and so on, there are a lot of cool stuff to learn if you wish to know more...

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Think You've Got What It Takes To Make It Big 2015?

We’ve all got Visions and We've all got Dreams of something Big. More money in the bank, better salary, more time, more energy, better health and physics, making your company increase and grow tremendously or maybe you just wish to find that special person to share your life with.

And how many of us actually follow through with those dreams? Many times they just end up with excuses for our lack of success, saying things like, “Well, It was not meant to be” or “I should maybe just not try too hard.”, "Maybe life should have It's way, and I should just follow...".

But not you! You’re on the fast-track to fame and success. Or are you?

Think you’ve got what it takes to make it Big? Here are some signs you’re right:

1. You’re Extremely Curious

You need to have an innate fascination with whatever it is you’re working toward. You've got to learn as much as you can about the industry, the people, the culture, yourself and so on. You need to want to be consumed by it. You've got to understand the problems and be excited about finding solutions. You’ve got to be passionate, excited, and curious about all areas of the biz.

When Larry King made his debut in radio, he made a point to become consumed in the biz. In addition to doing his own show, he did the weather reports, the sports updates, and the news broadcasts. He even volunteered to fill in in for people who were out sick, and took on double shifts.

Why? He wanted to learn all there was to know about the biz. He wanted to practice. He wanted to be good at what he did. The only way to do that was to explore and go above and beyond what was asked of him. He called it "taking extra batting practice."

Purpose-driven activities are still worth doing. Known outcomes are useful for your finances, relationships and health. But in a complicated world with infinite choice and variety, curiosity becomes a more powerful long-term tool for achievement.

And some ways you can reignite your curiosity...

Curiosity has become more valuable, but most people still avoid it.

1. Work on projects with no defined results. Write a novel when you’ve never written a short story before. Train for a marathon when you aren’t athletic. Find something you’re bad at and make a project out of it, because chances are if you’re bad at something it’s because you know very little about it. Ignorance is the starting point for curiosity.
2. Read books about a topic you don’t normally read about. The point of a book isn’t knowledge, it’s wisdom. Your most important decisions aren’t going to come in the form of a citation, they’re going to be divulged from the background ideas you’ve been exposed to. Reading a huge variety, and taking advantage of curiosity, gives you new ideas.
3. Waste time on something creative. Try learning how to use a tool you’ve never practiced before. Curiously exploring new tools can often have unintended benefits. The programming skills I built on completely unrelated projects have helped me in running a website. The artistic skills I built allowed me to do much of my own design work for products.

2. You know the difference between Planting Seeds and Watering Trees

Purpose-driven action is like watering a tree. You are putting inputs into a known system with a known result. For the most part, the watering the tree will encourage it to grow. Curiosity-driven actions are like planting new seeds. Only a small fraction will sprout, but if you plant enough, some may become healthy trees.

If you only water existing trees, you’re in a risky position. A bolt of lighting or disease could kill off a big tree and you’d be left with nothing. There is also the risk that you might water a stunted tree, and by planting no more seeds, you have no opportunities to find a bigger, healthier tree to put your energies into.

A lot of people I talk to have sickly trees. They aren’t happy with their lives and can’t seem to find a way out. One strategy is simply to water the trees more. If you aren’t taking care of your health, finances or relationships, then you shouldn’t be surprised when they’re withered and shrunken.

But often the problem isn’t in your effort, it’s in the trees. Working harder at a job you hate won’t help. In these cases, curiosity, planting more seeds, is the solution. Even if your current situation seems grim, planting more seeds can give eventual opportunities.

3. You're using The 20% Rule

Twenty percent of your energy, time and money should be devoted to experimental and curiosity-driven pursuits. I’m borrowing from the successful strategy used in Google where employees must devote 20% of their time towards self-directed projects. Twenty percent is an arbitrary figure, the actual optimal result may be 50% or 75%, depending on your situation, but for most people I’d say 20% is a good start.

See how you could free up one day per week to invest into projects or activities where you can’t predict the material outcome. Even if you need to free up eight hours on a Saturday for this activity, it is worth the expense. First, novelty makes life more interesting, remember: boredom is the enemy. Second, the unintended benefits of seed projects can have huge repercussions in only a short period of time. I started this website without any definite expectations, now it can support me through University.

One day, once per week, do one thing new. Either add up all the time and invest it into an experimental project, or devote it separately to something completely different each time. Whatever the case, be curious and enjoy planting new seeds.

4. You’re A Little Cocky (Just A Little)

If you really want to make it, you’ve got to have confidence in yourself and your abilities. Without confidence, you can so easily get crushed by negativity and criticism – things you will have to deal with once you hit the spotlight.

You have to be confident. You have to trust yourself. And you have to have a deep understanding that you’re going to make it.

Build your self confidence.Poor self confidence is what usually makes it hard for us to believe in ourselves. If you want to believe in yourself and the things you do, you'll need to build your self confidence.

• The most basic way to build your self confidence is by changing how you think and talk about yourself. Stop beating yourself up. Every time you catch yourself thinking or saying something bad about yourself, stop. Say a few good things about yourself and then think about healthy ways to work towards fixing things that you want to improve about yourself.
• Another way to build your self confidence is by proving to yourself that you can take on any challenge and giving yourself things to be proud of. Good ways to do this include traveling or volunteering.

Love yourself for who you are. Don't try to be someone you're not or be upset with yourself for the things that you think are wrong with you. You are you and you can't really be anyone else. You can try to change certain things about yourself, improve yourself in ways that really matter to you, but you won't be happy if you force yourself to be someone or something that you are not. Try to love yourself for what you ARE and you'll find yourself living a much easier life.

Take care of yourself. Take good care of your body and your spirit. The more you treat yourself badly by eating unhealthy foods or being really lazy, the more you'll think that you aren't worth caring about or putting effort in to.

Do things that are hard. If we only take the easy route, it can be easy to think that we aren't capable of doing things that are hard. Prove to yourself that you can take on challenges by doing just that: take on challenges. Do things that will be rewarding, even though they'll be hard work. You can do it!

Help others. In helping others, we can often get a better view of what we're capable of. It will also help you feel better about yourself, but remember to not give away all your Time.

Don't sweat your insecurities. Everyone is insecure. Absolutely everyone. If Jennifer Lawrence can do what she does, even though she's self-conscious about how she looks, then you can live with your insecurities too. They're inevitable but that doesn't mean you have to let them dictate your life.

Speak up for yourself. When things are happening around you and you have an opinion or know a better way to do something, speak up! Don't just let your life happen around you. Take active part and be in control of the situation. This shows you that you are capable of being in control and leading others.

Recognize your skills. Recognize the skills that you have and the good things about yourself. There are lots! You may not always recognize them but they are there.

Meet goals. Set goals for yourself and meet those goals. Actually go out and do things. Just thinking about what you want to do will only make you feel worse about yourself for not even starting them.

Learn from failure. Instead of viewing your failures as failures, view them as learning opportunities. You did something wrong so that you know for sure it's wrong and now you'll have an easier time knowing what's right. Everything that goes wrong in your life is an opportunity to learn, so embrace it.

Try, even when you feel like you can't or shouldn't. Sometimes we feel like we shouldn't do something new because we might do it wrong. This is a bad mindset.

Talk to people that love you. If you're really having trouble seeing all the wonderful things about yourself, you can always talk to someone who loves you.

Take breaks when you need them. If a situation or a task is just too overwhelming, feel free to take a quick break to catch your breath and remind yourself that you can do this. Even if the break is just inside your head, it's okay to stop and acknowledge that you need a minute to build back your determination.

Do something you believe in. Another thing you can do to help yourself believe in yourself is to do something that you believe in. Do something that you know is incredibly important and that you know needs to be done.

Have realistic expectations. Like we said above, having really unrealistic expectations for yourself and your abilities can really harm your view of yourself.

Recognize yourself in others. Recognize that just like you make mistakes, everyone else makes mistakes too. And just like everyone else does awesome stuff sometimes, you do awesome stuff too.

Stop putting yourself down. Everyone says bad things about themselves sometimes in their head, but if you let it become common, frequent, or really mean, you aren't doing yourself any favors. You really can become your own worst bully.

Focus on moving forward. Stop getting stuck in the past and focusing on when you "used to be good" or the mistakes you made back then. No matter if you think you were better then or worse, the only thing you should worry about is doing well in the future. You can't change the past but you can have a better future, so put all of your energy into that, instead of worrying about what you can't change.

Don't procrastinate. Procrastinating is setting yourself up for failure. When you have less time to do a task, you'll rush and miss things. Instead, do things on time so that you have the extra time to really do your best!

Use criticism wisely. Don't ignore all criticism that is given to you but also don't carry your entire view of yourself or a situation on the opinion of other people.

5. You’ve Got A Dream (A Big One!)

What’s your vision? What do you want to accomplish? What are your hopes and dreams? Having a dream – even if it’s a little vague – is crucial for success. Before you can start your journey, you need to have a goal in mind!

In the words of Walt Disney, "If you can dream it, you can do it." (And before you can do it, you've got to dream it!)

6. You’ve Got A Road Map, But You're Prepared To Take Detours

They say success is where preparation and opportunity meet. So, when opportunity comes ‘a knockin,’ you’re going to want to have your plan already in place. Think of it as your road map to making it big!

What steps do you need to take to get where you want to be? Who do you need to know? What skills do you need to have?

But, let's be real here, nothing EVER goes exactly according to plan. You need to be able to adapt to whatever life throws at you. Think of those things as detours. They're not a huge deal as long as you figure out how to get back on the main road!

7. You Realize Failure Is A Minor Setback, Not A Game Changer

If you’re even thinking about making it big one day, the word “quit” can’t be in your vocabulary. In the end, you don’t succeed because you don’t fail; you succeed because you don’t give up. The second you quit, you’ve lost.

Take Michael Jordan, for example. He has a famous quote, "I've failed over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed." The only reason he succeeded was because he didn't let those failures discourage him to the point of quitting. Why? Because he realized his failures were only minor setbacks - not game changers.

I guarantee you that everyone you look up to has failed at one point or another, but did that stop them from picking themselves back up and moving forward? No way, Jose. And that’s why they’re successful.

If you’ve got all of these qualities – congratulations. I’m sure we’ll be hearing your name sometime soon!

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