Comments on: What Would You Do For A Million Dollars? http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-kick-in-the-ass/what-would-you-do-for-a-million-dollars/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: What Would You Do With A Million Dollars? - Best eMarketing Blog http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-kick-in-the-ass/what-would-you-do-for-a-million-dollars/#comment-4089 What Would You Do With A Million Dollars? - Best eMarketing Blog Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:41:55 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=5354af71313589eb4afd8bb3e26d4#comment-4089 [...] my money. An article in The Toilet Paper Entreprenuer asked the very same question to his readers, CLICK HERE to find out what others said. So, what would you do with a million dollars? FUN [...] [...] my money. An article in The Toilet Paper Entreprenuer asked the very same question to his readers, CLICK HERE to find out what others said. So, what would you do with a million dollars? FUN [...]

]]> By: Susan http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-kick-in-the-ass/what-would-you-do-for-a-million-dollars/#comment-4088 Susan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:09:16 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=5354af71313589eb4afd8bb3e26d4#comment-4088 Oh man, my list goes on! but tonight, I am cleaning a friends kitchen and 2.5 baths.... For somebody who hates cleaning... this is doing ANYTHING for a million dollars. :) You do whatever it takes to move forward. I agree with Jocelyn, stay consistent, persistent and positive! Take it day by day, breath by breath. Oh man, my list goes on! but tonight, I am cleaning a friends kitchen and 2.5 baths…. For somebody who hates cleaning… this is doing ANYTHING for a million dollars. :)

You do whatever it takes to move forward.

I agree with Jocelyn, stay consistent, persistent and positive!

Take it day by day, breath by breath.

]]> By: Mike Michalowicz http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-kick-in-the-ass/what-would-you-do-for-a-million-dollars/#comment-4087 Mike Michalowicz Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:01:39 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=5354af71313589eb4afd8bb3e26d4#comment-4087 @Elli - Thank you... you nailed it with "At the end of the day, it is our business and we can consciously say yes or no to any opportunity that comes our way." @Jocelyn - I heard a story about a stone carver. These folks strike a stone hundreds of times with no noticeable progress, then on the hundredth plus hit, the rock splits. It can never be done with one strike, we just need to keep hitting the rock. And thanks for the reminder to have FUN. - Mike @Elli – Thank you… you nailed it with “At the end of the day, it is our business and we can consciously say yes or no to any opportunity that comes our way.”

@Jocelyn – I heard a story about a stone carver. These folks strike a stone hundreds of times with no noticeable progress, then on the hundredth plus hit, the rock splits. It can never be done with one strike, we just need to keep hitting the rock.

And thanks for the reminder to have FUN.

- Mike

]]> By: Mike Michalowicz http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-kick-in-the-ass/what-would-you-do-for-a-million-dollars/#comment-4086 Mike Michalowicz Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:58:47 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=5354af71313589eb4afd8bb3e26d4#comment-4086 @Seth - thanks so much for sharing that story. I have boxed myself in too. I absolutely stun myself at times. I get a label or take one on, and then I become it. Not cart before the horse stuff, but simply when I have been labeled (good or bad) I have taken it on. The lesson here is to be VERY selective of the labels we take on. - Mike @Seth – thanks so much for sharing that story. I have boxed myself in too. I absolutely stun myself at times. I get a label or take one on, and then I become it. Not cart before the horse stuff, but simply when I have been labeled (good or bad) I have taken it on. The lesson here is to be VERY selective of the labels we take on.

- Mike

]]> By: Jocelyn Wiebe http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-kick-in-the-ass/what-would-you-do-for-a-million-dollars/#comment-4085 Jocelyn Wiebe Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:31:44 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=5354af71313589eb4afd8bb3e26d4#comment-4085 Hmmmm...what am I willing to do?!? I work PT, have 2 kids, and a home career. I am going to do whatever it takes to be successful in that home career so I can some day not have a J.O.B.!! A little something each day to grow our businesses is sometimes all we can do, but staying consistent, persistent, and POSITIVE is the way to go! What are YOU going to do today to see growth?!?! Oh, and always remember to have FUN:) Hmmmm…what am I willing to do?!? I work PT, have 2 kids, and a home career. I am going to do whatever it takes to be successful in that home career so I can some day not have a J.O.B.!!

A little something each day to grow our businesses is sometimes all we can do, but staying consistent, persistent, and POSITIVE is the way to go!

What are YOU going to do today to see growth?!?!

Oh, and always remember to have FUN:)

]]> By: Elli St.George Godfrey http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-kick-in-the-ass/what-would-you-do-for-a-million-dollars/#comment-4084 Elli St.George Godfrey Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:46:00 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=5354af71313589eb4afd8bb3e26d4#comment-4084 What are you willing to do? This question opens the floodgates of our imagination and our fears. One of my favorite questions for my clients is "would you REALLY do _______?" For me, right now, I feel a little like I'm riding a roller coaster. Some things work great and some do not but it will be just fine in the end. All of us as entrepreneurs have the capacity to scare ourselves silly. We imagine, along with other thoughts, that we will become someone else or that we can't limit the demands made on us as we go forward. At the end of the day, it is our business and we can consciously say yes or no to any opportunity that comes our way. What are you willing to do? This question opens the floodgates of our imagination and our fears. One of my favorite questions for my clients is “would you REALLY do _______?”

For me, right now, I feel a little like I’m riding a roller coaster. Some things work great and some do not but it will be just fine in the end.

All of us as entrepreneurs have the capacity to scare ourselves silly. We imagine, along with other thoughts, that we will become someone else or that we can’t limit the demands made on us as we go forward. At the end of the day, it is our business and we can consciously say yes or no to any opportunity that comes our way.

]]> By: Seth Elliott http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-kick-in-the-ass/what-would-you-do-for-a-million-dollars/#comment-4083 Seth Elliott Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:49:06 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=5354af71313589eb4afd8bb3e26d4#comment-4083 "To be successful,you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish,then resolve to pay the price to get it." - Bunker Hunt Years ago, I had allowed myself to be persuaded that I was a "numbers guy" a "technician" and that although I was very interactive with people, my focus should be on executing - not on selling and relationship development. Of course, this was absolutely wrong. Eventually, I realized that I needed to chart my own course (this included a break with a business partner, unfortunately)and get involved in bringing in clients in order to bring my business to the next level. My point is not the willingness to step outside my comfort zone and become a "salesperson" (though that was important) but that you need to be willing to take full stock of your business model, relationship and advisors - and then build a plan to go forward. You need to be willing to change the status quo and push your comfort zone in many directions in order to bring your company to the next level. “To be successful,you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish,then resolve to pay the price to get it.”
- Bunker Hunt

Years ago, I had allowed myself to be persuaded that I was a “numbers guy” a “technician” and that although I was very interactive with people, my focus should be on executing – not on selling and relationship development.

Of course, this was absolutely wrong. Eventually, I realized that I needed to chart my own course (this included a break with a business partner, unfortunately)and get involved in bringing in clients in order to bring my business to the next level.

My point is not the willingness to step outside my comfort zone and become a “salesperson” (though that was important) but that you need to be willing to take full stock of your business model, relationship and advisors – and then build a plan to go forward. You need to be willing to change the status quo and push your comfort zone in many directions in order to bring your company to the next level.

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