What I’m about to share with you can have a profound effect on not just your business, but all areas of your life.

It’s one of those issues that we all like to believe doesn’t really affect us. We tell ourselves “we grew out of that a long time ago.” Or, “sure that affects other people, but not me.”

We all pay a steep price for ignoring it.

I see this with my business clients all the time. These would-be entrepreneurs look at their business performance and they can’t understand why their struggling.

They have no idea what’s really holding them back.

Yet it’s obvious to me. It’s the same thing that holds all of us back in all aspects of our lives…

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Imagine for a moment that every promise for every product, program or service you have ever bought had already come true.

That you were, in fact, already reaping the rewards of all the time, energy and investment you’ve sacrificed.

What would your life be like right now?

How would your life be different?

Well, when I ask new clients these same questions, they tell me…

• They would have already achieved the positioning they were after…
• They would already be a leading authority in in their market or niche…
• They would be making the money they’ve always dreamed about…
• And have the financial security that is currently missing in their life.

Yet, when I ask them what they’d need to achieve they give me one of a hundred different answers…

All of which are wrong.

In other words, all the things they think they need will never actually get them what they really want.

And that’s the purpose of this post…

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Guest Post by Jay Abraham

Note from Rich: Jay was closer to Stephen than I was, so I think it’s fitting this tribute come from him…

Stephen Covey, 1932-2012

Stephen R. Covey, author of “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” died unexpectedly on Monday. The world is saddened by his passing, but has been blessed these 79 years by his life.

He was a friend, but even more, he was a true benefactor to the betterment of our entire world. An obituary in USA Today started out by calling him “A force of human nature…”

They talked about how his “seven habits” have been woven into the emotional wellbeing of multimillions of people’s lives – in almost every walk of life – from self-help to the corporate boardrooms of big businesses.

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To accomplish any objectives you set, you have to focus. Plain and simple.

Specifically, you have to be able to focus on the things that are essential to your business.

That’s what separates the opportunity seekers online from what I call “strategic entrepreneurs.”

The opportunity seeker is in a virtually constant state of un-focus. He’s scouring the internet landscape trying to find out “what else can I do?” “Where is my next opportunity going to come from?”

The strategic entrepreneur, on the other hand, focuses on the essential. An entrepreneur is constantly asking: “what’s the least I can do to make my vision of success a reality?”

Big difference.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur or an opportunity seeker, you are constantly assaulted by opportunities and other distractions vying for your attention.

So it’s absolutely vital that you learn to think like a strategic entrepreneur and learn to focus. I’ll show you how. But first, a quick test to see if this applies to you…

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Right now, if I asked you “what’s your overall business strategy?” would you…

1) Look at me confused and say nothing
2) Fumble your way to a semi-coherent answer
3) Or, would you easily answer the question (as if by rote)?

Sadly, if you’re like most entrepreneurs, you’d end up in group 1 or 2.

And that means you’re needlessly sacrificing profits, while working more than you need to.

Don’t believe me? Give me two minutes and I’ll prove it to you…

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Guest post by Pete Williams.

Talk about productivity on steroids.

Earlier today, I hosted an incredible livestream with the “Guru to the Gurus,” internationally known business coach, Rich Schefren in South Florida.

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Being an entrepreneur means going to sleep knowing you’ve finished everything you need to do for the day—yeah right!

More likely, if you’re an entrepreneur, when your head hits the pillow, you’re immediately thinking of employees, projects, deadlines, revenues, your competition, your need to network—need I go on?

Thoughts of things you SHOULD be doing start popping up—and that’s why a lot of entrepreneurs get their best ideas at night—when they’ve hit the sack, and they can’t stop thinking about all the things they need to get done.

The myth here, one that I see many business owners believing, is that that’s how it SHOULD be! That all entrepreneurs must toss and turn all night worrying and stressing about tomorrow, because that’s the nature of owning a business, right?

Wrong.

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In case you haven’t heard, we are doing something special for our clients this week.

A few months back, I was introduced to an expert who blew me away.

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If you’re reading this, you know all about procrastination.

I can see you sitting at your computer, trolling the blogs for the reason why it seems to take you five times longer to complete a project than you know it should.

Trust me, I can relate. I’ve been a procrastinator my whole life.

Yet, even as a procrastinator, I’ve still managed to launch three separate million-dollar businesses. I’ve also coached hundreds of entrepreneurs, consulted with major corporations, and launched a ton of other side projects.

How did I manage that? Simple.

Over the years, I have found ways to get things done in spite of my own tendency to procrastinate.

I’ve figured out how to think around – or “out-think” my procrastination – so I could be successful regardless. Let me explain…

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Recently I was at Startup 2012…

Startup 2012 is NYC’s premier business plan competition and entrepreneurship conference. It covers all the crucial topics in entrepreneurship, and one winner goes home with $75,000 worth of cash, goods, and services at day’s end.

I was there with Jay Abraham, he’s been working with some of the biggest start-ups in the world.

My interest, other than hanging out with my good buddy and mentor, was that I’ve been studying this space for a little over a year now.

I’ve been watching the top venture capitalists, reading dozens of books about tech start ups, and analyzing the marketing behind rapidly successful start-ups.

What I found will change Internet marketing forever

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