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To-Do List Secrets: A Short & Practical Guide Create Effective To-Do Lists and Level Up Your Time Management Game(& it’s available for FREE as a part of launch promotion)

Making lists is an everyday phenomenon in our lives. It is not just for formal purposes that we turn to list-making; we make lists for describing things and people. How do you tell a human apart from an animal? By LISTing their characteristics. How do we talk about your favorite food? Again, by listing our favourite dishes. And how do we achieve our goals for the day? You guessed it right — by listing down our daily tasks into a “To-do list.”

Research by Microsoft highlighted heavy reliance on to-do lists by 76% of US citizens as a tool to effectively manage time. However, despite the ubiquity of this simple means, most of us tend to fail at to-do lists. Don’t even get me started on the number of lists I failed in my early days!

So, we can all agree that To-do lists continue to frustrate a lot of us, and you probably are one of them.

First of all, know that it is not your fault, all of us are sailing in the same boat. You have not received any formal training in time management or creating effective to-do lists, and it is not something they teach you in school or college. By the time you enter your professional life, inefficient time management habits have cemented, and you develop an ineffective approach towards getting things done.

Sans a proper plan or strategy to manage tasks, our days spiral out of control. Stress levels skyrocket as high-priority items linger past their deadlines. We begin to feel overwhelmed as our to-do lists grow past the point where we can reasonably expect to get everything done.

If you are out of sorts without a proper plan or whose second name is procrastination, or somebody who wants to get better at managing time and getting things done effectively, this guide is just for you.

This book will help with avoiding this feeling of being overwhelmed. It is not a read that you put under the To-Read section of your To-Do list and forget about. This guide is not to be skimmed through and shelved aside; it is supposed to be read and applied. The contents of the book are organized in such a way that makes the reading quick. It is not a long read that will keep you occupied forever. It is an action guide with very practical steps that can be implemented from the moment you are done reading. The actions enumerated in the book will help you gain control of your time and put you ahead of the curve.

So, without waiting further, grab your copy for ‘To Do List Secrets’ on Amazon Kindle here!

🆓 This book is available for FREE from 8th to 11th December, 2021 on Amazon Kindle. Now no excuses please! 🆓

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Do you keep juggling between tasks and crave for 48 hours in a day to get everything done?

➔ Do you include “takeshower,” “eat lunch,” and “cook dinner” to your to-do list so that you feel like you actually accomplished something at the end of the day when you cross those off your list?

➔ Do you split a task into too many smaller steps just to get that great dopamine hit by crossing them all off?

⚠️ It is totally brilliant to trick your mind to feel good and satisfied at the end of the day. ⚠️

🤔 But will you be satisfied with your life after a few years down the line when you realize you haven’t achieved anything worthwhile other than the art of tricking your brain?

I understand the pressure you face when the deadline for important tasks crops up, and everything seems like chaos.

I completely understand how each day spirals away with absolutely no progress, and it continues to happen on and on…

The problem is not with you but the ineffective to-do lists you create every day.

But it will not happen anymore…

‘To Do List Secrets’ has come to the rescue!!!

✔️This book removes all the barriers to creating an effective to-do list.

✔️This book has specific, actionable points that will help you implement the learned knowledge and take a massive step towards your goals today.

✔️This book will help you gain your lost confidence and self-esteem back by giving you full control of your time and life.

✔️You will finally get that sense of achievement by accomplishing your tasks every day.

& much more…

🆓 On top of it, this book is available for FREE from 8thto 11th December, 2021 on Amazon Kindle. Now no excuses please! 🆓

Grab your free copy here& get started on the journey of achieving your goals and living the life of your dreams!

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7 Ways To Leave Leave A Great First Impression!

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There’s no luck in business. There’s only drive, determination, and more drive.-  Sophie Kinsella

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The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. -  Nolan Bushnell

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The only way to do great work is to love what you do.- Steve Jobs

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Hello friends, What’s up?

There are 2 ways to sell on Amazon – Mapping on Exiting Listings or Creating a new listing via Private Labeling.

Now, let’s explore the pros and cons of both and decide which way to go, together!

Let’s look at the above listing for a Lamp. 13 sellers are selling the same product and competing for the Buy Box.

Currently, seller “PRECIOUS INSTRUMENTS” has the buy box. This means that if a customer places an order on this listing, the order goes to this seller. This process of putting your offer on an existing product listing is known as mapping. The benefit of mapping is that one doesn’t have to worry about writing a title, bullet points, description, and clicking and editing images. But...

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What comes to your mind when I say the word Entrepreneur? I think of Jules from the movie The Intern on Amazon Prime. A highly motivated go-getter. A self-made person in the truest meaning of the word, trying to juggle a family along with running her fashion brand, a startup venture she set up single-handedly.

You can tell that Jules loves her work too much and is very passionate about her business because she cycles to the office, personally take random customer calls, and designs campaigns on her own.

When asked to give tips to budding entrepreneurs to the students of Draper University, Elon Musk said, “I think it’s very difficult to start companies; it’s quite painful.” A friend of mine has a good phrase for doing a startup: it’s like eating glass and staring into the abyss. If you are wired to do it, then only do it, not otherwise. So, think of it this way – if you need inspiring words, DON���T DO IT!”

Discouraging much?!?!?!

A closer look at his statement tells that this is just a reality check. The glorification of entrepreneurs through cinema has made it aspirational and made it look all too easy. The rags to riches story to multimillionaires often fails to capture the sweat, blood, and tears behind their success.

What most people are interested in is, therefore, the idea of being an entrepreneur and not the act of it.

Stanford University economist Edward Lazear found in a 2005 study, published in the Journal of Labour Economics, that ‘variety in education and work experience was the most important trait that distinguishes entrepreneurs from non-entrepreneurs.’

Intuition, creativity, and forecasting can be seen as the three essential ingredients in entrepreneurial decision-making. These are also the main ingredients of any artistic endeavor. So conclusively, entrepreneurship is an art? And entrepreneurs are artists? In a way, yes.

In making decisions, an entrepreneur, much like a poet, gives ‘sense’ to the enterprise, provides its design and shape, and transforms its language beyond that of mere economics. Certain skills required for running a successful enterprise need to be practiced repeatedly, much like any art form, and it takes years to perfect the same.

We come to you with 7 Secrets for Mastering the Art of Entrepreneurship. Read till the end for a quick tip in Emotional Intelligence.

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#1 Be Resourceful

#2 Work on Yourself

#3 Beware of The Company You Keep

#4 Be Tenacious

#5 Have a Healthy Lifestyle

#6 Be A Team Player

#7 Focus on the Long Run

Let's get started!

#1 Be Resourceful

Let us begin with a story by Jeff Bezos. As a child, he spent his summers with his grandparents at a ranch in South Texas. When at the ranch, his grandfather used to create the illusion for a four-year-old Jeff (who must have been a handful then, like all kids are) that he was helping his grandfather and was an indispensable part of his ‘team’ at the ranch.

Which, of course, was not the case because he was all of four, and the only thing he must have been good at was soiling his pants in mud!

His grandfather did this to keep him engaged. He recounts that his grandfather would do everything on his own and was a hands-on person. This experience became Jeff’s earliest lesson in entrepreneurship which was to be resourceful.

Many define being resourceful as making do with what is available, basically a best-of-waste kind of solution to every problem, but...

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Think like Chanakya and grow your business with these lessons from Chanakya Niti.

An entrepreneur must excel in strategy, leadership, and administration to turn fortunes around. Who better to look up to than Acharya Chanakya, the master strategist, politician, and kingmaker well-known for his role in establishing the Mauryan empire!

To an entrepreneur, the lessons presented in Chanakya Niti will serve as a simple guide of practical Dos and Don’ts. While the historical work comprises 17 chapters with plenty of remarkable teachings, we’ve handpicked a few that you can assimilate quickly.

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#1 Be a Lifelong Learner

#2 Ssshhh... it's a Secret!

#3 Beware of The Company You Keep

#4 Business Preparedness

#5 Act Tough When Required

#6 Overcoming Fear

#7 Focus on The Growth

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#1 Be a Lifelong Learner

The importance of learning and acquiring knowledge is an aspect that Chanakya Niti emphasizes through multiple verses. One of the verses in Chapter 8 confirms that Chanakya believed learning is honoured everywhere. Thus, learning is mandatory whether entrepreneurship runs in the family or you are a first-time entrepreneur.

Chanakya’s appreciation for learning is also evident in verse from Chapter 2. The Chanakya Niti quotes, “Let not a single day pass without you learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it.“

We couldn’t agree more as several top leaders are known to dedicate time every day to learning something. As this Inc article points out, daily reading is preferred by leaders such as Warren Buffet, Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, etc.

If book reading doesn’t seem enticing, there are various other resources like audiobooks, podcasts, webinars, conferences, research papers, and so on at your disposal. When you set your intention to learn lifelong, you’ll never encounter a shortage of resources.

The Chanakya Niti in Chapter 6 states that one can learn as many relevant lessons from diverse sources. It implies that you have a teacher in every person you meet or a situation you encounter. Pick and choose your lessons from them.

#2 Ssshhh... it's a Secret!

Think of any of the magic tricks you saw as a child or as an adult. What makes it work? The audience not knowing how it’s done! Similarly, as an entrepreneur, be discreet about what you communicate to your stakeholders.

In Chapter 2, verse 7, Chanakya suggests that it’s best to keep one’s plans under wraps until execution. At a startup, this is highly recommended for key business decisions.

However, we understand that you may not find it feasible to be secretive altogether. In such cases, you could still decide who learns to what extent of the information.

This secrecy allows you more control over how a certain decision or scenario plays out. For instance, please read up on these companies whose plans to surprise their...

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#1 Preparation

#2 Polish Your Skills/Gain Knowledge

#3 Put Yourself Out There

#4 Learn Time Management Skills

#5 Don't Be Impulsive

#6 Find a Mentor

#7 Have a Backup Plan

How do you know if you have made the right choice in an ever-changing career marketplace? Is there such a thing as Job Security? Does one necessarily have to suppress passion in a trade-off for job security? These are a few existential questions that keep working professionals awake at night.

The Wall Street Journal injects creativity and passion into this discussion:

“Job security is extremely hard to come by these days, no matter what profession you choose. It isn’t enough to pursue a field with perceived stability, experts say. Find something you feel passionate about, can make a living doing, and that involves skills you can easily apply to other fields.”

Professor Steve Rose (Addiction Counsellor) defines following passion as “exploring areas that spark your interest, developing your skills in a specific area, and using those skills to contribute to something beyond yourself.” In his book Drive, Daniel H. Pink argues that career satisfaction comes from a sense of mastery, autonomy, and purpose. So contrary to popular belief, career and passion can go hand in hand.

Passion does not work in binary, which means it is not confined to the black and white description of ‘passionate’ and ‘not passionate.’ Passion can constantly be developed, cultivated, and followed ruthlessly. In fact, confining passion into this black and white binary makes people wary of exploring newer ideas and tapping into their potential. People also tend to give up on their endeavors more quickly when things start getting complicated.

When speaking of ‘Passion’ and ‘Job,’ both are often divorced from each other. Often passion is considered to be something that is inside of us waiting to be uncovered and unleashed. The common consensus seems to be that this ‘uncovering’ could be triggered by stimulus from outside. When in fact, feeling passionate about something is directly related to doing great work and putting in that effort.

We are here at your service with some actionable tips to follow your passion. Read till the end to know the Limits of Passion.

#1 Preparation

The first step is to identify your passion. It is easier said than done as there is no strict rule/formula that will help you conclude. The only way out in this case is through trying!

You can begin by simple self-assessment exercises and asking yourself questions like what would you do if given complete freedom? What would your career choices be if money and time were no bar?

Notice the interest that you find yourself coming back to again and again. Start narrowing down your interests even vaguely, which could be a field of study, an activity that you like doing, or even a project that you want to work on. If you cannot find answers yourself, ask for help from a career counselor....

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“Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.”-  Wayne Huizenga

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Persuade Anyone like a Pro!

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#1 Power of Words

#2 The Anchor Effect

#3 Establish Credibility

#4 Principle of Repetition

#5 Have Clarity and Conviction

#6 Develop Curiosity (Principle of Scarcity)

#7 Don't be a Manipulator

Guess the commonality in Political campaigns, civil society movements, a sales pitch, or you ask your crush for their number? All of these require excellent persuasion skills! The Cambridge Dictionary defines persuasion as ‘to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it.’

This pursuit of influencing people by words and ideas is not new. About 2000 years ago, Aristotle, the father of persuasion, in his work Rhetoric, outlined formulas on mastering the art of persuasion. During the Middle Ages, in Europe, persuasion was one of the most basic liberal arts to be learned by any educated person. From the days of imperial Rome through days of Reformation, persuasion was raised to a fine art by preachers.

Words, ideas and people who are good with words and ideas create and shape the world. You can be an icon in your field for as long as you can get people to agree with your viewpoint and influence them. The ability to persuade, especially in today’s time where knowledge and information is a social currency, is perhaps a skill that will give you an edge over others. However, it is as much an art as it is science. While there is a method to it, like following a specific set of rules always helps, a lot still depends on your creative skills and your ability to build a narrative to hold the target captive.

Here we are with some practical tips in the Art of Persuasion. Read till the end for some fantastic tips from the Father of Persuasion.

#1 Power of Words

Explaining something in a manner that gets your audience/target hooked is known as ‘Framing’. It involves crafting your arguments/pitch in a way that gets the recipients to agree with you. This framing is usually the first phase of persuasion, where you try and influence the audience to agree with your point of view. Words are a critical variable in this process. Your impact depends on how you use words to frame sentences, which sets the tone for the entire conversation.

➔ For example, phrases ‘glass half full’ and ‘glass half empty’ describe the same situation. The former sounds more positive and hints at a problem-solving attitude while the other doesn���t.

★ The Ultimate Terms Theory (Psychology) prescribes that some words have “greater potency” than others.

This theory breaks words into three categories:

➔ God terms: those words that carry blessings or demand obedience/sacrifice. e.g., progress, value

➔ Devil terms: those terms that are despised and evoke disgust. e.g., fascist, pedophile

➔ Charismatic terms: those terms that are intangible, less observable than either God or Devil terms. e.g., freedom, contribution

Further, research classified the following words as The Most Persuasive words in English:

-Because

-Free

-You

-Instantly

-New

It is highly recommended to factor in the value and the power of words and language as....

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“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”-  Winston S. Churchill

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Master the art of selling with these tips and increase your sales 10X

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#1 Relationship Selling

#2 Body Language

#3 Innovation in Business

#4 Leverage your Digital Imprint

#5 Influencer Marketing

#6 Co-Branding

#7 Sell the Benefits

All businesses thrive on their sales growth to succeed. In fact, modern-day entrepreneurs swear by the 10X rule to increase sales. Because the rule of thumb in any business is that if you can’t sell enough, none of your labour matters. This holds more significance in the post-Covid world as global economies are still reeling under the impact of the pandemic.

A 2020 Sales Insights Lab research states that 61% of salespeople are finding it much harder to sell now than in the past years, while 54% say that it’s now much harder to get in front of prospects. Therefore, entrepreneurs are looking for vetted and new ways to increase sales.

However, before we discuss how to increase sales, here’s a quick refresher on the 10X rule coined by American entrepreneur and best-selling author Grant Cardone.

Now, onto practical ways to increase sales 10X:

#1 Relationship Selling

In the digital world, every place is your marketplace. While this signifies more opportunities, it also means more competition. That is why the relationship a brand builds with its customers holds the key to successful selling. Mark Cuban, the renowned entrepreneur, vouches that being nice is a valuable business lesson.

While you/your team may have designed the best product or service for a customer, the customer may not take a chance unless they can trust you.

A 2020 LinkedIn State Of Sales report acknowledges that 88% of buyers describe the salespeople they do business with as “trusted advisors.” So, whether you’re a novice or an expert businessperson, be sure to ‘sell’ yourself before you talk business. That will help you increase sales 10X.

You could start with a simple newsletter. For example, Ankur Warikoo, entrepreneur and public speaker, is known for his endearing newsletters laden with anecdotes and experiences.

Another option: host a live gathering or an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session with your community on social media. Allow your existing and new customers to know you before asking them to give your products or services a try. That is how a relationship is nurtured. This sustained relationship will foster customer retention.

#2 Body Language

The LinkedIn report also states that 77% of salespeople are holding more video meetings. As per the same report, the reliance on emails and phone calls has increased since the pandemic. A surprising detail from the Sales Insights Lab research is....

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“Keep moving forward.”-Walt Disney