I wanted to share with you some valuable home based business motivation and leadership tips, today. Some information that if implemented, will drastically change your life. I'm not a fan of hype, so if the terms "change your life" sound to dramatic, there is a disclaimer.

You HAVE TO TAKE ACTION to make those changes.

I can honestly say that this information can and will help you make significant strides in your personal life and business life, because It changed my life 10 years ago, and it has changed my life just recently just by reviewing the information. Small action steps in your home based business will have you moving one step closer to your goal. It's like lifting weights. You don't want to life too hard at first, you will get overwhelmed, too sore, and quite. (Too Much Pain)

But what is keeping you from taking those actions? Very important question!

I was reviewing an old program the other day that I haven't listened to in over 10 years. I was just out of college, living in a new state. I had several stressful occurrences in my life happen all at once. Maybe you can relate to that? Not to go into specifics, but the stress had gotten to me so bad that I was up all night, having hallucinations. I decided the next morning that Ineeded to change my life. I woke up early, put on my running shoes, and just went running. I told myself, I was never going back to that place in my life.

"Here's Your Sign, Pay Attention Clue #1"

So when considering home based business leadership and motivation, significant PAIN can be a motivator for you and your team. If there are things in your life you wish you could change, I'm going to tell you exactly how to do that.

People are only motivated by two things. The desire to avoid pain, and the desire to receive pleasure! Every motivation can be broken down to those two simple concepts. In addition, the desire to avoid pain, far outweighs the desire to gain pleasure.

We are all in control of our focus. What we focus on expands! What we focus on determines our behavior. Why do we procrastinate? We procrastinate because we associate significant pain to performing the action, and not enough pleasure to performing the action, or pleasure to what the action will bring to our lives. If we procrastinate too long our motivation can drastically change. Let's say we waited until the night before to do a term paper. What is motivating you now? Not the pain associated with doing the term paper, but the pain of NOT doing the term paper.

Again, we are in charge of what we focus on, and what we focus on determines our actions. So if you want to change your life and/or your business instantly, here is the trick.

The program that changed my life over 10 years ago is Anthony Robbins, "Personal Power". I dusted off that program recently and learned how to Focus what I associate pain and pleasure to.

You have to link significant pain to NOT doing the task at hand. You have to ask yourself, "What will happen to my life if Idon't follow through. What will I be missing and what will it cost me?"

Let us use starting a home based business as an example. What motivated us to start that? Desire to avoid pain in our current Job life and home life, combined with the idea of gaining pleasure and freedom when you get the business up and running.

If you have decided to start your own home business, but are finding it difficult to stay motivated with all the distractions in your life...

You have a job, family, exercise, kids sports and activities, and you have the PAIN of squeezing a business into the mix. So maybe ask yourself what your life will be 365 days from now if you don't make the business a priority. (Associate Pain)

You also have to ask yourself what PLEASURE am I getting by NOT doing something I'm supposed to do. Maybe that is hanging at the pool without getting your business activities done.

What will it COST YOU if you don't change, and how does that make you feel? We are emotional beings. If you don't feel, or associate significant pain or significant pleasure, you probably WONT change. And Finally, What will I GAIN when I do follow through consistently? This should be a huge list and should have emotional ties to it.

My life has changed significantly just from this exercise alone. The story I told you earlier was one of the worst days of my life, but by taking action and saying 'never again' I set in motion all the victories I have created since.

Withing 15 days of that incident I decided I wanted to become a helicopter pilot. 4 years later I accomplished that goal. I didn't stop there. I decided I had the greatest JOB in the world, but I wanted more. I used the same techniques to create a very successful business. This is very good stuff and it WILL change your life... IF... what??

YOU TAKE ACTION!

The most important Home Based Business Leadership and Motivation Tips are

1) Take Action,

2) Associate Pain to NOT taking the action

3) consider a long emotional list of the outcomes that will occur based on taking that action.

This also works really well for quitting a bad habit as well. Why do some people smoke? I'm not judging here, I have never smoked, but I did Chew for over 16 year...GROSS! Do we smoke because it gives us great pleasure. Not really. It is pretty much gross from the first time we try it, but we keep trying it and we get phyically and psychologically addicted. You have to link a massive amount of pain to lighting that cigarette, and a long list of pleasurable things you will gain being smoke free. For example...Have you ever been at a party and somebody puts their cigarette in your drink and you drink it? If you have, that is a great motivator. Think about that nasty taste, smell, everytime you want a smoke. I used this technique to quit chewing and I have not had one for over 3 years. It works with everything you do. Massive Pain associate with what you don't want and massive pleasure to completing the task you want in life.