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Content Marketing9th OctoberBy Jason Daly
How To Use Content Curation On Your Blog
If you’re looking for ways to make your blog more engaging and informative, content curation is a great option.
But what is content curation, and how can you use it on your blog?
Here’s a quick guide to help you get started.
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What Is Content Curation?

Content curation is the process of sorting through and sharing online content that is relevant to your audience.
When done well, content curation can help you become a trusted source of information and make your blog more engaging.
Content curation can be used to build a resource of information on a particular topic, to create a news feed of relevant content, or simply to surface the best content on a given subject.
Why Curate Content?

There are several reasons to curate content. One reason is to provide your audience with a one-stop shop for information on a particular topic. This saves your audience time by not having to search for information from multiple sources.
Another reason to curate content is to establish yourself as an expert on a particular topic. By curating the best content from around the web, you are showing your audience that you are knowledgeable about the subject matter.
You can also add your own commentary and analysis to the content you share; after all people are visiting your blog or website to hear from you and your views.
Content curation helps you to save time by sharing content that’s already been created, rather than creating everything yourself.
Lastly, curating content can help to build relationships with other bloggers and website owners. When you share their content, they are likely to return the favor.
This can help to grow your audience and expand your reach. Always give attribution to anything you share or comment on, and if you can, let the original source know that you have cited them.

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Share Your Curated Content

Once you’ve curated content, you can share it on social media, your blog, or in an email campaign.
When you share your curated content on social media, be sure to include a link back to the original source. This will give credit to the original author and help you build relationships with other thought leaders in your industry.
If you have a blog, you can share your curated content there. Be sure to include a link back to the original source and give credit to the original author.
If you have an email list, you can share your curated content in your newsletter or in a dedicated email campaign. Be sure to include a link back to the original source and give credit to the original author.
Use SEO To Promote Your Content
SEO is a great way to get your content in front of more people.
By optimizing your content for the search engines, you can increase your chances of people finding it when they search for relevant keywords.
“Achievers – whether in business, sports, or the arts — are committed to continual improvement.”
– Jack Canfield
Conclusion

Content curation is a great way to find and share high-quality content with your audience. If you curate content regularly, you can build a strong reputation as a source of great content.
And, if you promote your curated content properly, you can get more exposure for the content creators you’re featuring.
What are your thoughts on content curation? Do you curate content on your blog or website? If not, why not?
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5 Success Principles Every Entrepreneur Needs
Mindset3rd NovemberBy Jason Daly
5 Success Principles Every Entrepreneur Needs
Success leaves clues. If you look at some of the world’s most successful people, you’ll notice that they all share a few characteristics. It doesn’t matter what field they’re in or where they started… they all adhere to the five success principles listed below.
If you want to create your own business or grow your current one, you should follow the principles outlined below.
1. Have A Good Plan
“Plans are nothing,” stated Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States. “Preparation is everything.”
He implies that you must lay out your goals and the path you will take to achieve them.
What are your plans? What resources do you require?
You must plan everything. Life, on the other hand, has a habit of tossing us curve balls.
You can’t foretell what is going happen, so you may have to change your plans… BUT… before you go into fight, you must have a strategy.
And, yes, reaching your objectives will be a challenge. So make sure you have a good plan in place and make changes as needed.
2. Helping Others
“You can have whatever you want in life if you simply help other people obtain what they want,” Zig Ziglar once stated.
This is particularly true in business, where you must sell something in order to turn a profit. If your items solve a problem meet a need, or satisfy a demand, you can bet you’ll sell a lot of them and make a lot of money.
It all starts with thinking about other people. You’ll have a profitable business if you help people (and charge them for it).
3. Always Do The Best You Can
The most successful people are always willing to go the additional mile. They work more, train longer, and are continuously striving to surpass expectations. They understand the formula for success.
“Don’t wish it were easy,” motivational expert Jim Rohn once advised. “Wish you were better.”
And that is exactly what the best of the best do. They are constantly striving to improve.
4. Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing
If you want to be successful in life, you must concentrate on what is important. Your energy follows your focus, and you only have a certain amount of energy each day. Individuals with exceptional performance are usually extremely focused.
They are rarely couch potatoes that spend all day watching TV. You won’t find them wasting time Tweeting or screaming on Facebook. They have more important tasks to complete.
If you want to become successful, you must concentrate on actions that will lead to success. It’s really that simple.
5. Be Accountable
People that are successful hold themselves responsible for all they do. They believe they are solely accountable for their own lives… and they will not cede control of their destiny to the government or anyone else.
A sense of entitlement is the last thing you’ll find in most great achievers. They understand that the world doesn’t owe them anything. So they attack their goals with a desire and drive that millions of people lack because they expect success to be delivered to them on a silver platter.
The five principles listed above are only the tip of the iceberg, but they’re as good a place to start as any. Learn the fundamentals and gradually enhance both your life and business by eradicating procrastination, adopting healthier habits, and setting even larger goals.
“Achievers – whether in business, sports, or the arts — are committed to continual improvement.”
– Jack Canfield
How To Develop Grit

Grit is a character trait that reveals itself when one is faced with challenges, obstacles, etc. and he/she perseveres with steely resolve. It’s almost a stoic type of heroism that keeps you going despite all odds.
Grit is what you see in a Rocky movie when he keeps standing up despite getting beaten and knocked down repeatedly.
When Greg Louganis hit his head on the springboard during the 1988 Olympics diving preliminary rounds and injured himself, he did not quit. Instead, he pressed on and won the Olympic gold. This is grit.
In order to succeed in business, you’ll need grit. Anyone can decide on a goal. Anyone can come up with an idea or start a project. But to go from conception to completion will require grit.
The good news is that grit can be developed. While some people are naturally born with such a trait, most of us can learn how to stay true to ourselves and fight for what we want.
Like they say, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
Here are a few ways to muster up that grit…
Know Your Why
If you hate starting over, then you should not quit. When the situation you’re in seems to be wearing you down, it’s important to know why you started.
In business, there will be times when sales may slow down to a crawl. Or maybe a marketing campaign does not work. Or you took a financial hit because you misjudged a situation.
All these setbacks are merely set ups for a comeback. But if you let these situations get the better of you and quit, that will be the end of it. You won’t progress further and your goals will never materialize.
So, spend time rewriting your goals and know why you’re doing what you’re doing and you’ll develop the grit to persevere.
Practice Makes Perfect
Grit is like a muscle. The more you train it, the stronger it gets. The more obstacles and struggle you overcome, the more grit you’ll have.
You’ll have more confidence that arises from the knowledge that you’ve overcome previous difficulties and will have no problems steamrolling over the current obstacles in your way.
Do What Scares You
Set bigger goals. Take on more daunting challenges. The more adversity you overcome the more determined you’ll become. The toughest steel is forged in the hottest fires.
Push Yourself Every Day
When you’re on a quest to achieve a goal, there will be a plethora of tasks you’ll need to complete. You’ll often find that you tend to want to shirk the most important tasks.
This is your mind trying to protect you from ‘hard work’. It’s a form of self-preservation. This is why millions of people procrastinate and don’t do what they need to. Their minds don’t want them to be outside the comfort zone.
Make it a point to complete your most important tasks of the day first. By stepping outside your comfort zone on a daily basis, you’ll develop a stronger resolve and more grit.
After a certain point, you’ll have more self-discipline and will be unstoppable.
Try Kaizen
Kaizen is a Japanese practice of continuously seeking improvements regardless of how small the improvement is. It could be a 0.1% improvement daily, but that’s fine too. It’ll all add up over time.
You’ll be raising your standards and asking more of yourself. You’re ‘sharpening your sword’ daily. A few months from now, these daily improvements will transform your life for the better.
Never, Ever Quit
Finally, grit might mean just NOT quitting no matter how tough it gets. There may be times when success in business may come down to you withstanding the constant onslaught of obstacles that life throws at you.
When you can’t withstand and you’re tired of fighting, then just stand. Sometimes doing nothing and just staying calm is all you need to do – instead of quitting.
When you collect yourself, you can summon the courage and fortitude to keep going. That’s what grit is all about.
Just take one step after another gingerly no matter how steep or precarious the slope may be. Progress may be slow… but it’s still progress. That’s how you do it.
“True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.” – John Wayne
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Is Having A Money Mindset Necessary To Be Successful?
Is Having A Money Mindset Necessary To Be Successful?

Anyone can make money. You can post an offer in your supermarket for services you are willing to provide. You can post offers on Craigslist to sell your services. You can sell old merchandise on eBay and other online sellers. You can get a part time job. There are many other ways people can make money. The question is, why do you even need a money mindset if making money is easy?
While the dynamics of making money may be easy, if you are not taking the right steps, you won’t be making enough for it to be worthwhile. You not only want to optimize your money-making abilities, but you also want to keep the money that you do make. Further, you want to make it grow in the fastest possible manner and by the most amount. For this, you certainly want to consider taking on a money mindset.
You need to focus your efforts on opportunities that will give you the highest return. Most people aren’t taught how to do this. They learn it by trial-and-error. Which means, they will likely do the wrong things that will cost them a lot of money. That money took a long time to make.
Learning about the right approaches to money management can counter all of these problems. You can still use the methods discussed in the first paragraph to earn money for yourself, but you want to take that money and get them earning more for you.
Some people will strike it lucky. They will win the lottery, or they create an app that sells for millions of dollars. Can you depend on either of these? Are you going to come into money from a long-lost relative who passed away? Again, this is not something you should count on (unless you know for sure).
Even those “lucky” people who come into money somehow, wind up losing it all because they don’t have a money mindset. Time after time, you read about lottery winners who are broke. The biggest problem for them is all the relatives and friends that suddenly come into the picture. Also, spouses have differences of opinion on how this money should be spent.
Is Your Money Mindset Setting You Up For Failure?

People want to make money. You see the lavish lifestyles of celebrities and other famous people and wish you could have the same lifestyle yourself. But, is your drive for money blinding you to what is truly important in your life?
It is often said that if you do something you love, the money will follow. There seems to be something to this because you will approach whatever you love with passion. You’ll get better at it to the point where you are better than everyone else, or at least that is what you strive.
On the other hand, if making money is your driving force, how will you accomplish that? You will simply chase the dollar from one job to the next or from one opportunity to the next. You will get seduced by false offers of riches. Over time, you will look back and see that not much has been accomplished.
In other words, you didn’t give your previous level enough time to develop a foundation. You jumped ahead, and now you are unclear what to do. It’s a concept known as the Peter Principle, named after the person who came up with the idea, Peter Drucker.
Money isn’t as important as many try to make it out to be. For instance, what good is having a high-paying job when you have to work 80-90 hours a week? What kind of life is that? Many people who do this, look back at their lives and wonder why they did it.
While they may have a lot of money when they get older, they likely don’t have anyone to share it with. Another possibility is the heavy workload to obtain that wealth gets them to an early grave. The money they earned is useless to them if that happens.
If you are happy with what you are doing, money becomes a secondary priority. People do need money to live, and you shouldn’t settle to work for less than you are worth. But, when you can balance a decent amount of money with doing something that you enjoy, it will bring a whole bunch of satisfaction into your life.
Can A Financial Advisor Help You Develop A Money Mindset?

Choosing someone to manage your finances for you is a big step. Who do you trust and how good are they? If you are lucky to find the right financial advisor, will it help develop your money mindset?
The advantage of having an advisor is they are not emotionally attached to your money. The disadvantage is they are not emotionally attached to your money. It is a double-edged sword and one that you have to monitor very carefully. Too many people make the mistake of keeping an advisor employed even when they are not doing as well as expected.
Ask potential advisors a lot of questions before deciding. If they are not transparent about how they are going to manage your money, it’s probably best to move on to someone else. They should have no problem making their plans for your money known. It’s important to remember it is your money.
This brings up an important point. You are ultimately responsible for the decisions made by any advisor you choose. While they may not be good and end up losing money on your account, you chose them, to begin with. This is why it’s crucial to pick a good advisor. Try to find people you trust who are happy with advisors they have used. Referrals from people you know are the best type of referrals.
On the other hand, you don’t want to micromanage your financial advisor. Good advisors are well trained and know the ins and outs of managing money. If you are constantly calling them to find out why a particular stock or bond is not doing as expected, you are not being fair to your advisor.
Of course, if they set up the plan with one expectation for your entire portfolio and it is not doing what you agreed upon, you need to be critical with the advisor.
You need to be comfortable with the risk the advisor is going to take with your money. Hopefully, they interviewed you about your risk profile and set up a plan with this in mind. It cannot be overstated that it is your money, and you are responsible.
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Use Obstacles As Opportunities
Use Obstacles As Opportunities

At some point in everyone’s life, they will come across obstacles. Many people are not prepared for these obstacles, and it causes them to stumble. But when you discover that obstacles can be opportunities, then you will be better prepared to handle them.
Many people are plagued with alcohol addiction. Some will come to terms with it and seek out help for their situation. It is not easy for them, but when they are on the road to recovery they can use their experience to help others.
Sometimes it can be as simple as being there for those who are still struggling. Other times, these people will hold seminars about their experiences in the hope that others will see they are not alone.
When we come across obstacles, we are often tempted to wish they would just go away. This seldom works as we usually need to take action to overcome obstacles.
Simply ignoring your problems thinking they will somehow manage to solve themselves will only make your situation worse. The good news is, in many cases, when you come up with a plan for your obstacles you will find they can be overcome.
You will be amazed at how many people settle for these obstacles and do nothing about them; perhaps they use them as an excuse for the way their lives are headed.
But realise that you don’t have to tackle them alone; in fact, you are always better off doing this as part of a team.
Join groups where people have dealt with the same obstacles you are dealing with. They can offer suggestions or point you to the right programs or solutions.
What you don’t want to do is to join these groups in the hope they will solve your problems for you. These groups can also help you make new friends and even establish future connections or professional endeavors.
Another opportunity in obstacles is the strength that you obtain during the process of solving them. You will learn a lot about yourself during this trying time. It may be worth you documenting what you are going through and this could form the basis for a book that could be used to help others.
You can bet that there are others in a similar situation to yours, s if you have found a way to overcome a particular obstacle, don’t you think that others would want that information too?
When you find other people who are looking for a solution, you have the opportunity for a business or venture.
People are willing to pay to solve a problem or at least reduce its impact.
When you solve that problem for them, they often tell others who are experiencing the same problem, so the venture feeds on itself. This makes your solution an easy sell.
Talking of obstacles, do you think that age is an obstacle nowadays? It may have been in the past but what about now? Well, let’s take a look at that…
Is Your Age An Obstacle?

Kids spend a good part of their childhood wanting to be older. They are proud of reaching certain milestones like age 10 and then age 16, etc. Parents try to encourage them not to rush their lives as they know life goes much quicker and seemingly so the older you get.
And there is an obstacle for people who are under 25. It’s harder to get a loan without someone cosigning, and insurance on automobiles is quite expensive for this age group. Rental car companies usually don’t even rent to them until they reach 25 years of age.
But, eventually, they reach the age where they don’t have restrictions anymore. That is until they start approaching their 50’s. It seems companies don’t want to hang onto these aging employees. This is because they can find someone younger for much cheaper.
While companies are not supposed to discriminate based on age, it’s quite easy to find other reasons not to hire these people.
This is narrow-minded on the part of companies. Many of these aging employees hold years of experience and knowledge. While generally, their younger counterparts are cheaper, it will take them years to gain the experience and knowledge of the older employees.
Another problem is people are living longer and many are not willing to retire at age 65, or whatever limit is set by governments. They have a lot to offer and they like the challenge of working. It is supposedly healthier for their minds to keep active as well.
Some companies will offer early retirement packages to people of a certain age. While these packages are not as lucrative as they used to be, it is still generally a wise idea to take them when offered. If you don’t it is likely you will be cut eventually anyway, with no package to rely on.
In many instances, this early retirement policy causes gaps in the business, and they end up hiring the same employees back as consultants. This may seem like a waste but it’s important to remember that consultants don’t add to the headcount and can be let go at a moment’s notice.
One solution is to keep on a group of aging employees as trainers and mentors. They have much to offer in the way of knowledge transfer and they can be a great benefit to the company when new hires are added to the payroll. They can help new employees get up to speed quickly by showing them the ropes as they have already been there and done it!
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Top Seven Questions To Ask When Planning For Success
Top Seven Questions To Ask When Planning For Success

The road to success is fraught with many obstacles and isn’t for the faint hearted! When you want to plan to succeed, sometimes the most important thing to do is to really know yourself inside and out.
- What am I passionate about?
If you don’t know what you are passionate about, then you need to stop right now and figure that out because this is a critical key to success. If you spend your life working toward something that doesn’t spark your passion, then you are going to have a hard time motivating yourself to succeed.
- Where am I right now?
Be honest with yourself when answering this question. Evaluate where you are in life and how close you feel to achieving your goal. Don’t use it as a way to get down on yourself. Simply figure out where you are and how far you have to go before you are where you want to be. Consider the resources you have and what you need to acquire and then consider what that knowledge might mean and how it can help you to be successful.
- Where do I begin?
It’s hard to get started without knowing where you’re going to begin. To establish the point where you are starting, take the knowledge you’ve learned from asking yourself the first two questions and consider the most logical point to begin. Evaluate your goals and dissect them from the top to the bottom, until you find yourself able to answer this question.
- What is my end game?
If you don’t know where you want to end up, you might never figure out where to start. Think carefully about where you want to end up and what your end game looks like. Use visualization techniques to help you pave the way to success.
- What can’t I do by myself?
Every goal starts out huge, and there are ways that other people can help us to get to where we want to be. Whether it’s through offering resources or simply being there to provide moral support and accountability, there are ways others can help you and you should think about how.
- Why did I choose this goal?
Every goal is unique, especially when it comes to why the person setting the goal has chosen it. What are your personal motivations behind choosing this goal? What do you specifically hope to achieve by following this goal through to its fruition? Do you want to make the world a better place? Improve the lives of the elderly or disabled? Pinpointing this will help you to shape your mission statement and stay motivated!
- What are my obstacles?
Knowing your obstacles before you even begin is a great way to face your fears and consider ways to overcome the challenges that might get in the way of your success. Addressing these early on ensure that you have a plan to fall back on when the time comes, ensuring that you are able to overcome them and be successful!
Gaining The Confidence You Need To Succeed

A lot of people don’t realize just how important it is to have confidence before you ever begin to work on an important task. Achieving goals is often about what you’re made of. If you don’t believe in yourself and you lack the confidence that you need to get up after a setback, then it is likely that you are going to give up before you even make significant progress.
The first thing that you can do for yourself to begin gaining more confidence is to start thinking kinder thoughts. There is a phrase that says that we are each our own worst critic, and most of the time that is very true. When you find yourself overwhelmed by the perception you have of yourself as being not good enough or failure, then you have already sabotaged yourself before you begin working on anything.
Instead, start to keep track of the negative things that you say to yourself. Once you have a good idea of just what a big bully you are, begin interrupting those negative thoughts with positive affirmations. Think about all of the great things that you are capable of doing and the things that you have accomplished rather than dwelling on the negative events that plague your mind.
You can overcome the negativity bias. All you have to do is work hard to catch yourself when you’re having negative thoughts about yourself or your process or your progress and force yourself to think positively and acknowledge all of the hard work that you have done and will continue to do to achieve your goal.
Gaining confidence can be a lot harder if you are around other negative people, so try and make sure that you are doing everything that you can to surround yourself with positive people who believe that you can do anything that you set your mind to. Toxic people will try to bring you down and doubt yourself, but there is no law saying that you have to believe them.
Instead of spending time with people who drain you, instead, meet these outside sources of negativity with a good sense of humor. Do not let them bring you down. Allow the comments to roll off of you like water and instead of focusing on the negative, focus on the good.
Developing your sense of humor and focusing on things that you should be thankful for is a great way to stop taking stock in negative thoughts altogether and start focusing on the things that truly matter.
Remembering this can up your motivation and help you stay confident because you are remembering that you were given a great opportunity and you can make of it what you will. The power truly is in your hands. So use it for the best starting now!
Paving The Way Toward Success By Changing Your Lifestyle

The sad fact of the matter is that when you want to succeed, there are often a lot of changes that you need to make before that success is able to become a reality. Fortunately, there are many things that you can do, starting now, to prime yourself for success and begin to pave the way to a successful lifestyle!
To get on the right path, you need to begin with the fundamentals. Without tending to the basics, you are ultimately going to be overwhelmed and consumed by the tremendous amount of work it takes to become successful at any given task.
To begin with, when we aren’t taking care of ourselves fundamentally, we are not giving our bodies the physical resources that they need to succeed. Getting enough sleep at night, making sure to eat a nourishing breakfast, and exercising daily are some of the most fundamental and important ways that we can prime ourselves for success.
Add to that making sure that you are eating healthy foods that are not processed and avoiding sugar, and you will be shocked by just how well you find yourself able to focus!
But that is just the beginning. Making changes in your life to prime yourself for success also has to do with your mind as well. Instead of spending time watching television or drowning your life in social media, replace those things with tools that will help to jump start you on the path to success, such as reading or listening to inspirational radio shows or podcasts by people who are living the dream!
Focus on books and shows that you know are going to give you information that pertains to your goal specifically, and motivational speakers and writers who will help you to get in touch with yourself and your inspiration. Listen to these sorts of speakers or read motivational books and articles at least once per day in order to really take advantage of their full affect. It’s transformative!
Another important lifestyle change to make is to surround yourself with people who are actually working toward their dreams rather than complaining about how unfair the world is for leaving them behind.
There are many different lifestyle changes that you can make to prime yourself for success, some of them obvious and some of them less so. If you are dedicated to planning a life of achievement for yourself, and willing to make the changes necessary to succeed, then there is no way you will fail at making your dreams a reality!
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