Debbie Bissett

Win A Year's Free Wealth Coaching and Change Your Life!

Those of who who already know me personally will know that back in 2005 I spent a whole year as part of The Money Gym and had a full year of Wealth Coaching.

I'd spent three years receiving their literature, emails and newsletters and when I did decide to make the investment (yes that's right, investment not cost), I instantly knew that if I was willing to put the time and effort in, this would make a huge difference to my life. I know you'll be asking whether it did or not and if you'd like to know exactly what it did enable for me, apart from starting a new successful business, learning online marketing skills that have been extremely finacially rewarding and putting together a sizeable property portfolio.....there's much, much more but you'll have to ask me personally!

However, back to business and the reason for this post, Nicola Cairncross has announced that you could win a full years wealth coaching with her and this is something that is worth its weight in gold, £11,392 to be exact and working one on one with Nicola is virtually impossible these days!

So here's some more info for you...

Money Gym “Gold For Christmas” Competition

Grand Prize – One Year’s Full “Gold” Money Gym MembershipIncluding One-To-One  Video Wealth Coaching With Nicola Cairncross (via private / password Protected TV channel)

** First Prize Value £11,392 **

INCLUDES:

• VIP Access to Gold Membership website – value £5754 (includes Weekly Wealth Webinars & the Money Gym Mastermind Email Club)
• 10 hours of personal coaching from Nicola – value £5000
• Full access to six workshops in the UK in 2009 (or the recordings of same) – value £638
• “Gold For Life” Membership thereafter – Value Priceless!!

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:  Midnight, Christmas Eve, 24th December 2008

This really is something not to be missed and full details of the competition and how to enter can be found by clicking here or on the image above. I'm going to be telling everyone I know about this opportunity as it could make such a huge difference to you and if you won, it wouldn't cost you a penny!

So what do you have to loose or should I say, just think what you could gain!

Debs x

Does Mindset Really Matter?

I wanted to post something today specifically in relation to mindset as I personally believe it's one of the main contributing factors to success in all aspects of life - both personal and professional. You may not agree with me and think that there are far more important elements but is there really?

When I look back at all the things I've personally achieved, the one thing in absolute common is my mindset at that particular time. For example, business wise, when Claire and I founded Invigorate Recruitment we always stated that failure was not an option and we had the exact image of what the compnay would not only offer but also what it would look like! Another example of mindset success goes back to last year when I set out to loose two stone in weight, which I did (with the support of many other people to who I'm eternally grateful) but I not only knew why I was trying to loose the weight, I was so determined to achieve success that nothing could throw me off track and what happened...... I achieved my goal!

We're now in November 2008 and I keep hearing such terms as 'in this challenging economic climate', we're now in recession' and 'economic downturn' and to be perfectly honest, I am sick and tired of the media constantly reporting such news and literally talking us into trouble!

What about all the people who are positively benefitting at the moment? Do we ever hear about them? Many cobblers are doing better than ever as people are repairing their shoes, dressmakers the same, charity shops must be doing fabulous trade as people stop buying brand new clothes, preferring to buy 'pre-loved'. The list will go on and on!

I met with a group of friends last week and we ended up brain storming one of our businesses over dinner and I wanted to just mention Datzi (picture above) to you as she's a wonderful example of how having the right mindset makes all the difference. Datzi supplys me with all my superb glasses and I would never go anywhere else, but Datzi like many other high street retailers is looking at ways in which she can reach more people without the cost of advertising. Between us we came up with a list of potential new sources of customers for her, specifically within her target market, all of which just required a little bit of out of the box thinking and now Datzi's passion and determination to enter these markets will work. By the way, if you do wear glasses - please do consider speaking to Datzi at Datzi Eyewear as she's amazing!

So to sum up, if you know what you want, you'll then find a way to get it, and if you want it badly enough, you'll make it happen. I've now got a completely new set of goals and believe me, as always, success is the only option! So please do ask yourself, do you really know what you want because when you do, engage the right mindset and your goal will become reality?

Have a great week and focus!

Debs x

Business Awards - What A Difference A Day Makes!

  I was very privileged last night to have attended the Bank of Scotland, North East Regional Final of their £35m Entrepreneur Challenge and I'm sure that this morning, when the winners woke up, their corporate lives had been made a little bit easier, especially in this current economic climate!

The Sunday Times Bank of Scotland Corporate Entrepreneur Challenge, which is now in its second year, is a nationwide event giving the winners of seven regional competitions an interest-free loan of up to £5m over three years. Which at today’s rates, that’s equivalent to a cash prize of £825,000.

One of the most interesting things about the event was the feedback that the judges gave during their live stage interviews, prior to the winner being announced. Comments made by the two judges we listened to stated that one of the major considerations that they had taken into account when deciding who should win, was literally who could handle £5m of debt the best. As of course, it was only an interest free loan and would have to be paid back. The other consideration related to which company was deemed to be seen as the best 'risk manager' rather than 'risk taker'.

So what makes a good entrepreneur? Is it nature or nuture? Some of the amazing people I met last night were not only inspirational but had stories that were so motivational, it really got me thinking about what traits make a true entrepreneur. I'll share my thoughts as they develop!

Also, have you considered entering any business awards yourself? My own personal opinion is that they are definitely worth entering as not only can you get PR coverage that you couldn't buy yourself, they can add kudos and credibility to both you and your business. If you haven't added this to your business plan then you'll be missing out on a fabulous opportunity that normally money just can't buy! There are an array of awards out there, simpy search online and you'll find them. So get entering.....you've got nothing to loose and everything to gain!