How To Create Healthy Friendships And Meet New People

Healthy friendships are so important to have. They affect our business lives, relationships, future, and more!

Choose friends that share your values, trust them and talk openly about issues.

When you get better at developing friendships, you will also get better at connecting with business prospects, so it's a worthwhile activity to learn how to create friendships as someone who is also building a business (as most of my entrepreneur readers are).

The importance of healthy friendships cannot be understated when looking at mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, which are often caused by difficult people in our lives who upset us without meaning too, or those who may even bully us into submission.

However, there is also the question of how people go about finding good friends in the first place.

It's said that people aren't looking for friends, they are just looking for two things; someone to talk to or hang out with, and somebody like them.

Striking up a conversation can sometimes get the ball rolling, but what if you don't want to engage in a deep discussion straight away?  What happens if you get stuck in the 'small talk' rut?

It's good to start with a topic that you can identify with.

What are your interests, for example, what do you like to do in your spare time?   You might want to ask them about their tastes too and see if they like anything similar.

You might want to suggest meeting up at a place that you can both enjoy such as a movie, festival, or sporting event.

If there's no obvious connection there, you could bring up something relevant but in an amusing way.

Next up, you might want to broach a bit of controversy.

You don't have to be controversial yourself, but you can talk about topics that are. Try not to offend anyone though and reserve your opinion for when you're with those who share your views. This will help you to bond with people that are like-minded, as well as offering a safety net should the topic become heated or uncomfortable.

This is all good and well but how do you actually make friends once you've met someone who fits your bill?

To begin with, it's important to keep an open mind and not be in such a rush to make friends that you don't value the person for who they are.

If nothing else, becoming their friend means that you'll have somebody to hang out with on occasion and it's important to be able to do things alone sometimes.

You could even suggest activities together or go places because you want to be able to do them with company, not because you want a friend at all costs.

If they are receptive to the idea of hanging out then that's good! Just make sure that you keep in contact with them so that it doesn't fade off into nothingness.

Remember though, if someone is overly persistent or complains about you not being their friend then it's probably best to move on. It will only end in hurt feelings all round, especially if they're genuinely not your type of person.

Ideally, you'll become friends with people that you like and who like you (perhaps even love a little bit!).

They should be able to take pride in knowing that you like them but are not dependent on your friendship.

They shouldn't need to have you there to be happy or feel loved. So long as they're the right people then that's what matters and it should develop naturally through spending time together.

As you learn to show yourself friendly and create healthy friendships, you'll get better over time and find that you have people who you can grow with through life.

These people will raise you up with times get tough and be there for you through thick and thin.

That's the sign of a healthy friendship.

Eliminate Distractions and Get More Done In Your Business

When I first started building my business, working from home, I was constantly getting distracted by everything going on in my life.

It was difficult for me to stay focused on all the things I had to do. I would get discouraged because of this. Instead, I made a decision: I will no longer allow distractions to decide my business success for me, and I will take complete control over my business life - every single day.

You see, the key to business success is identifying and eliminating the distractions that are blocking you from building your business.

Recognizing and combating the distractions stopping you from growing your business is a critical part of the process, which can't be overlooked.

It's completely impossible to run a profitable business unless these barriers are overcome, and you make that decision as I did for myself.

If the distractions are something that you have control over - like making excuses or just being lazy - you will need to create a plan to overcome them.

It might seem difficult at first, but by using the following strategies, you can eliminate the disturbances that are causing you to fail and achieve success in your business:

1.) Take a moment to reflect on how you are spending your time, and then adjust your schedule as necessary. If there's something that isn't directly related to running your business, like surfing social media or watching television, cut it out of your day immediately.

2.) If you're struggling with getting things done in a way that will help you reach your goals, find a time management strategy that works for you and stick with it.

3.) Set clear, communicated boundaries with others. You get to decide what you're going to do every hour of the day, not other people. You have to stick to your "no, I can't do that" without feeling guilty.

4.) If changing your behavior isn't enough, try adjusting your environment as well. Maybe take some work on the go or change up where you're getting specific tasks done so that there's no chance of being distracted by something else.

You must find ways to overcome them so that you can focus all of your energy on growing your company and achieving success!

Success is not the outcome of random chance; it's the result of clear vision, commitment, and persistence.

If you follow the path - and stay consistent, I know that you can succeed as well!

Schedule a free 45-minute call with me on my website, and let's talk about building your business to make it profitable together: jeremiahkrakowski.com/freecall

Change Your Life By Changing The Voices You Listen To

The voices that we listen to have the most significant impact on our lives. They influence the way we think!

We must pay attention to who we are letting speak into our lives - because it has an impact on what our life becomes!

The hardest part is identifying which people or sources are helpful to you and which aren't.

So today, I want to share ways to change our lives by changing the voices we listen to.

Why is it essential to change the voices that you let speak into your life? 

Because the way you think about your life and the goals - that are exciting to you are often highly influenced by these voices.

So if we're not listening to voices that encourage us, inspire us, support our vision and goal... We won't have a clear plan for making our lives different or better or even just feel better.

If those are negative naysayers when you hear them speak, it puts a specific limit on what's possible for your future, and it affects the way we feel as well.

You have to choose to surround yourself and listen to voices that will carry you further towards your goals instead of hinder you from reaching your goals.

What is the role of this voice in your life?

Ask yourself this question: Why am I listening to this person?

We're bombarded with messages from friends, family members, and even our thoughts about who we are.

This is why understanding the role of voice in your life is essential - especially when it comes to picking new people that speak into your life (this even includes voices from news media, podcasts, social media).

Is this supporting your goals - or pulling you away from them?

How do you know if these voices are good for you or not?

If your goal is to become a writer, surround yourself with people who talk about books they're reading or ask how the last book was going.

If your goal is athletic, surround yourself with people who ask you about your workouts or share their tips and tricks.

If you want to become a successful entreprenuer, surround yourself with other business owners and listen to uplifting, empowering, encouraging voices from other business owners who are walking the same path as you!

Figure out what kind of friends or voices you need in order to achieve your goals.

Then, be intentional to take note of the people who are good for you and spend time with them, listen to their voice, or read what they write if it's helpful for your goals.

The importance of listening to positive voices and avoiding negative ones or toxic relationships that don't serve you anymore.

The way we speak into our lives plays a role in what happens to us. So we need to take control over the voices that speak into our lives and identify which ones are negative or toxic so that we can spend less time with them.

If you listen to a person who's constantly complaining about something, then you'll start complaining or feel like everything is going wrong. So listen to people who focus energy on the solution, not the problem or how negative they are.

Why it's vital to change whom you spend time with and listen to regularly.

What if you're around other people who are harmful or toxic?

The most straightforward answer is to cut ties with them.

If those voices don't serve your goals (especially when it comes to your thoughts about yourself), get them out of your life as soon as possible! At the very least, limit the amount of exposure to them to have better control over your thinking about yourself (for example, limit time watching TV shows that are too negative or political).

When should we cut ties with toxic people and relationships that don't serve our goals anymore? 

You have to decide what you will tolerate from other people - there's always going to be someone who doesn't like you or disagrees with you, but at the end of the day, if they are constantly criticizing and nothing positive comes out of that person in your life - it may be time to cut ties.

Is it possible or desirable to completely cut ties with harmful or toxic people?

It depends on the person, but you have to identify who is supportive and constructive in your life and spend more time around those types of people.

Tips for finding new, more helpful people to be around and changing what we listen to regularly. 

Here are five tips for finding new people to be around who will help you achieve your goals AND changing the noise that we listen to regularly (from news media, podcasts, social media).

1. Identify what types of people and voices you need in your life - The first step is realizing that there are certain voices you need in your life who will be there for you when times get tough.

2. Give up toxic relationships - Figure out which relationships aren't serving your goals and stop wasting time on those people or listening to their voices (from news media, podcasts, social media).

3. Get into a different environment - Spend more time with other people who will encourage and push you towards achieving your goals.

4. Create a new voice for yourself - Read lots of books by authors or experts similar to the type of person you want to become, listen to podcasts on subjects that interest you, take classes related to your interests, etc.

5. Get rid of negative influences - Don't watch TV news media or read the newspaper regularly if it's usually just filled with stories that aren't helpful towards achieving your goals.

Change your life by changing the voices that you listen to.

One way to do that is to spend more time around people who encourage you and help you achieve your goals. Reading books by authors/experts on the topics you're interested in will also provide positive voices for you.

What are other ways that you can change my life by changing the voices you listen to?

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Three Steps To Reaching Every Goal You Have

After thousands of hours of research, and coaching hundreds of business owners, these three steps are required for you to reach your goals.

The three steps to reaching your goals are just as important as the goal itself. This article will explain why it's so important and how to use these steps to reach your goals.

Let's say you have the goal to build a business. Through your research, you discovered how to reach that goal (a product to sell, how to market it, how to get customers, etc.). But now that you're starting these new habits for building your business do you worry about how you look to other people? Do you worry about the feedback you might get on your efforts? Do you continually worry about what others will think of your business?

Most of us hesitate to change our lives because we're afraid that it may affect how others view us. Conformity is one of the reasons why we don't change our lives. If a goal you have requires you to break an old habit, others are more than likely to think negatively about that (socially). 

But this article isn't here to tell you what you should do.

It's here to show you how to worry about nothing other than yourself and how to make every decision you make be in a way that will benefit your own life.

Stop Worrying About Other's Opinions Of You

It's not your responsibility to worry about other people's opinions of you. If you want to accomplish your goals, follow your heart and do what makes you happy.

Stop thinking so much about the opinions of those around you, and focus on being yourself!

Only by following our dreams can we be truly fulfilled in life-never letting society's expectations get us down!

There is no need to let anyone dictate your life.

Enjoy Making Mistakes

Mistakes are a way of life, and you should enjoy them instead of trying to avoid making any.

It's okay if things don't always go as planned! As long as you're giving you all, then everything will turn out just fine no matter what happens.

Mistakes teach us valuable lessons that we cannot learn from our successes alone, so stop being afraid to make mistakes - they might be exactly what takes you down the right path!

You can be great at what you want without being perfect or doing everything perfectly!

Aiming for excellence instead of perfection will help make life far more fulfilling because mistakes are a natural part of becoming who we are meant to be.

Keep Moving Forward

It takes work, perseverance, and dedication to achieve success.

It is normal for people to get discouraged when they fail at something that seemed like it was going well. But remember: even if you take a step back or two (or ten), the journey has nothing but opportunities waiting ahead of you!

Keep pushing forward and develop perseverance.

You may fall many times before achieving success, but it's worth fighting for a better future life with more opportunities for yourself or your children.

Conclusion

If you strive for excellence instead of perfection, mistakes won't hold you back! Keep moving forward with perseverance while enjoying making mistakes along the way--you'll get there, in the end, no matter what happens!

Just keep doing you!

If you want mentorship on how to build a business and coaching on how to get out of your way, schedule a free 45-minute call with me here: jeremiahkrakowski.com/freecall

Improve Your Sales Copy By Getting Extremely Specific

One of the most common mistakes I often see is many business owners don't know how to get extremely specific with their advertising copy and landing page copy.

Determining what your customers want is the key to a successful business.

Speaking with your copy and written words, the exact things your customer wants in the copy, and the problems they are experiencing are vital to success.

And I mean, get very specific.

For example, instead of saying, "I'm a great online marketer," I would say, "I have helped over 312 people in the last year make six or more figures by changing their mindset and providing them with strategies to grow their business."

This is getting specific. This will hook your customers because they can see that you are speaking specifically about the problems they want.

Instead of saying, "Do you struggle to get sales?" try saying, "How would getting 100 new customers this month change your life?"

Get specific with your words. Get persuasive with your words. This will improve your conversion rates and cost you a lot less money (and effort in the long run).

Paint a clear image in the mind of your prospect of what the prospect will get with colorful, exciting language.

Use specifics to describe their problems, almost in a creepy way. This will resonate better with our customers.

Then, words that sell to close the deal. These words paint a clear picture in the prospect's mind of the same experience they will have after buying to close the sale.

If you are not getting extremely specific in the language you use to connect emotionally with your buyers, you'll spend far more money than you need and waste a lot of time.

By getting very specific about exactly what the customer will experience when they do business with you and using language that paints a much clearer EXACT picture, you are that much closer to making more sales. 

Speak to your target customer directly about their problems before spending money with you: no vague words, only specifics.

If you struggle to know how to do this, start by reading more copy.

A great tool that I like to use to get more specific is Jarvis.ai - It's an artificial intelligence marketing tool that helps me write blog posts.

You can try Jarvis free with my link here: jarvis.ai/free-trial?fpr=jeremykrak

Overcome Low Sales With Target Customer Feedback

When building a business, it's easy to get frustrated by a lack of sales. You pour everything into creating something, only to get crickets in sales when you put it out there.

That's why paying attention to customer feedback is so important. Without it, you will be frustrated time and time again, and no one will buy from you.

Target customer feedback is more than just getting people to buy from you. It's a way for you to connect with your target customers and find out what they need and want.

The Importance of Listening To Your Target Customer

Instead of researching what other businesses are doing, focus your efforts on target customer feedback. You will find that the market has problems - and they will tell you what they want.

Target customer feedback is what your target customer thinks, feels, needs, wants, desires, or anything that makes them tick.

You have to understand your target customers' needs better than they do (yes, this is possible). 

You have to listen to what your target customer wants by asking them!

It may seem complicated, but target customer feedback will provide you with the knowledge and power to create what your target customers want – not what you think they need.

When you combine target customer feedback with a solid product, target customer conversion rates shoot through the roof.

Talking To Strangers Regularly

This part of the process may seem scary, but you'll have to get into conversations with strangers to learn what they want and desire.

It's not as hard as it sounds. Target customer feedback can be easy to find. Just ask questions, talk with customers and survey your target market. Get to know them. It's not about them liking you; it's about connecting with them.

When I have people sign up for a free call with me, I'm getting customer feedback on what my target customers want.

Paying attention to target customer feedback is crucial and can't be avoided. You may be an introvert; talking with other people may be uncomfortable for you, but be successful in business; you're going to have to open yourself up to communicating and connecting with people and making friends with people you don't know.

For the results you get, it's worth it to grow in this skill and start talking with people regularly.

If you're not listening closely enough, then your target customers will never find you.

And if they don't find you, then they won't buy from you either.

Creating Offers Around Your Target Customer Feedback

Get target customer feedback to gain a competitive edge with your sales. If you're listening to what your target customers want and need, then you can build something that they will find helpful in their life. Make sure that your target customers are receiving value from the product or service you are delivering, and you will be on your way to target customer conversion.

Target customer feedback is all about learning more about what the target market needs and desires.

It would be best never to make assumptions about how your target customers feel because it's likely that you are wrong. Use target customer feedback to guide you in the sales process, so you don't waste time along the way.

You need to tailor what you offer to the desires of your target customers because it's them that will make or break your business in the end. Once you do this, sales will come naturally and be very easy for both parties involved!

Create offers around target customer feedback that highlight customer pain points, their passions, and desires with your products or services. Use target customer feedback to create offers that fix your target customer's pain points and provide them with value in your product!

Finding Your Target Customer Online

You can use Social Media Ads to target the type of people you want and message them directly. Then you can get feedback about what they want.

You can then take that feedback and develop products, services and adjust your marketing messaging around the feedback you get from your target customer.

This is how target customer feedback will help you overcome sales frustration.

Just remember: make sure that target customers' wants are more important than your wants and desires. You aren't doing this for you, but rather to provide real value for target customers.

Conclusion

If your target customers are buying from you, target customer feedback will be there to help your business grow!

To sum it up, customer feedback is all about listening to your target customers. You have to prioritize what they want and make that more important than your own opinions of what you think they need or want.

If target customers' wants are more important than your needs, you will get paid overtime, and target customers will eventually buy from you.

If you'd like to learn how to run Social Media Ads that reach customers, check out my course, "Social Media Ads That Work" at: https://jeremiahkrakowski.com/social-media-ads-that-work

To create offers that connect with your target customer and learn more about discovering what target customers want, check out "Irresistible Offers That Sell" here: https://jeremiahkrakowski.com/irresistible-offers-that-sell

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