It is not just expectant mothers or loved-up couples who have the desire for extra income while pregnant.
At some point in our lives, we have all lay awake at night worrying about some difficult financial situation.
The good news is that working women can get extra income while pregnant directly from the government.
All expectant mothers in the United Kingdom in full or part-time employment should go directly to the official government website. This will provide the latest up to date advice on maternity leave pay income.
Here you will also find help and advice regarding:
Employee rights when on maternity leave
Pregnant employees’ rights
Sure Start Maternity Grants
The National Health Service also offers excellent advice regarding baby pregnancy and all things regarding maternity and paternity leave. Here you will find valuable information on antenatal care and the health and safety of you and your unborn child.
Government assistance for you will always be limited in its ability to adequately take care of you and your unborn child.
If you want to earn extra income throughout your pregnancy and beyond… keep reading.
Being pregnant can be the most joyous moment in any woman’s life, or a man’s for that matter.
Conversely it can also be the most stressful time in their lives.
The prospect of hearing the patter of tiny feet is wonderful. But unfortunately, all the hope and wonder which it brings is also mixed with the fear and anxiety of all the things that can go wrong.
Just in case you are wondering what qualifies me to talk about extra incomes for expectant parents. Well, I previously owned a childcare nursery for thirteen years amongst other things.
Now, I focus on helping people work from anywhere and earn a great income too.
Below is a rare picture of me in the nursery way back in 2013. As you would expect, the children’s names and data have been blurred for data protection.
Me in 2013
Most of us think about earning money or getting additional income streams throughout our day – I know I sometimes do.
Having owned a nursery, and other businesses I know a lot about peoples’ need for extra income while pregnant.
I have literally had hundreds of conversations with pregnant mothers, single mothers, single fathers, and married couples about money.
The lack of sufficient money or income coming into their family home usually follows an all too familiar pattern. Everyone needs extra income or money when pregnant without exception.
One of the recurring money issues stemmed around the need for extra income. Mainly to help pay for their childcare fees or as money to help support their additional household and family bills.
Possibly The Most Joyous Moment In A Woman’s Life
Why Having Income While Pregnant is Important to Women
It can be expensive to feed, clothe and look after a child – and that’s if you don’t have twins!
Working women who become pregnant face some financial issues and considerations which can be slightly different to non-working pregnant women.
A woman who falls pregnant faces the prospect of having to take maternity leave which leads to a drop in her overall net income.
Women struggling to get by on relatively low incomes before falling pregnant may find themselves worse off, emotionally, and financially. This is because seeking external government assistance can lead some women to having feelings of low self-esteem and disempowerment.
These are just a few instances which have their outcomes underpinned by a lack of adequate income. Our decisions in life should be made from within ourselves. They should not be made from what is in our purses, wallets, or bank accounts.
I have also seen expectant mothers wrestle with the anxiety of wanting to give up work to spend more quality time with their unborn child after the birth.
Why Good Financial Planning Is Important During Pregnancy
Being in control of our own financial independence gives us all a greater sense of security. It is one of those core basic needs we all have along with the need for food and shelter.
Needless to say, this sense of security becomes even more important for women and couples during pregnancy.
Every parent wants to ensure financial security for their children. Being able to give your child things you never had growing up, or better still – the ability to give them more of your time can be priceless.
If the flow of money was tight before getting pregnant, hang tight. It will get even tighter in the lead up to, and immediately after the birth.
With childcare fees, clothing, holidays, university fees and driving lessons to pay for it might be tighter for the next 20 years!
Parenting Should Be Joyful
The Negative Effects of Stress on Pregnancy Health
By far the biggest threat to our overall health is stress.
Even having our bodies in a state of momentary stress causes our bodies to respond chemically in many ways, none of them good.
Having our bodies in an extended state of stress is bad for us. Things such as doubt, worry, or fear merely amplify the chemical damage done to our physical and mental wellness.
There is also the uncertainty of whether that job, and the financial security blanket it brings, will be there after maternity leave ends.
Having A Baby And Being Pregnant Can Be Stressful
The stress and anxiety of pregnancy is often fuelled by the things associated with it, not by the pregnancy itself.
Let’s quickly run through a few of these things:
Firstly, a couple expecting a baby will have that relationship tested to within an inch of its life.
If that relationship has any weak links or cracks, then be in no doubt pregnancy will expose them over time. Therefore the relationship and bond either has to get stronger or it will fail, hence the primary major cause of anxiety.
The lack of money is the cause of another anxiety. Or rather, the perception of the lack of money required to bring up a new-born baby properly is the cause of anxiety.
The money anxiety is an interesting one because it often presents itself as a ‘relationship issue’.
Although, in reality, lack of money is the cause and the cracks in the relationship is the effect.
Earning extra money while pregnant can definitely reduce the anxiety in a relationship caused by the lack of money.
Every Parent Wants To Fully Safeguard Their Child
How to Earn Extra Income At Home While Pregnant
Trying to juggle a normal job around family can be difficult in normal circumstances. But, when a financial or personal crisis hits us, that’s when we realise the need for a quick, dramatic change.
The recent Coronavirus pandemic has once again shown us that financial challenges are always just around the very next corner. Hence the importance of a good financial planning strategy and being generally in control of your own income and destiny.
This business can create the levels of income which not only provides a stable income but can also give you the one thing which is more valuable than money – more time freedom.
These levels of income give you more time with your family and also the ability to see more of what life has to offer.
We always offer full hands on, and free support to anyone getting started. If you live outside of the countries listed below, you can still earn the incomes from your own country.
Download the eBook at the footer of this post for a detailed, but simple walk-through of what we do.
In the meantime use this google search to calculate your potential income converted into your host currency.
Your Home Country
Monthly Income Level 1
Monthly Income Level 2
Monthly Income Level 3
Monthly Income Level 4
Euro Zone
€224 – €560
€672 – €2,240
€2,800 – €5,600+
€11,200 – €17,920+
United Kingdom
£200 – £500
£600 – £2,000
£2,500 – £5,000+
£10,000 – £16,000+
United States
$268 – $670
$804 – $2,680
$3,350 – $6,700+
$13,400 – $21,440+
Earn These Monthly Incomes During And After Your Pregnancy
Stay-At-Home-Moms Can Have It All
Network Marketing offers a lot of benefits and solutions to women while they are pregnant. But, these benefits are not just for women going through the trimesters of pregnancy.
These benefits and opportunities extend to anyone, male or female, Millennial or Generation X, who is looking for a way to increase their monthly income.
Anyone can stay at home with their family, start building a low-risk business and earn money.
We have seen how stress and anxiety can easily have a negative effect on your life, and sometimes we don’t even realise we are functioning under increased stress.
Hidden, work-related stresses caused by co-workers we don’t get on with can be devastating to your unborn child.
Long commutes of hours back and forth each day to work.
High pressured or even so-called dead-end jobs can all leave us really stressed out without us realising until it’s too late.
This is a golden chance to take care of your health and well-being while building a profitable business from the comfort of your own home.
Here is something for you to seriously think about:
Your pension will die with you. But your children and grandchildren can inherit this business which you would have built over time with that goal in mind.
Stay At Home Mothers Can Have It All
Benefits of Staying Home Earning Extra Money After Pregnancy
Children, especially new-born children are very demanding, and they crave your time and attention.
Imagine being able to develop a greater bond with them by just being there for them.
What if you didn’t have to hand them over to a childminder or nursery for hours at a time because you had to go do the 9 – 5 job which gives you little satisfaction.
And remember, there’s no alarm clock to be a slave to, and no rush-hour traffic to commute to work in!
Not Missing A Moment Of Your New-Born Growing Up
Because you are working from home you can be there all the time for your baby. You never need to have the anxiety of not being there for them or missing those key moments like when they say their first words or take their first steps.
Meeting New People Through Baby Groups
You can expand your network of contacts and therefore increase your income by naturally interacting with the people you meet in your baby groups.
This will be the most natural thing in the world for you to do and you will be talking with people who are also in a similar situation to you.
Growing Your Confidence
Are you an underachiever – or been led to believe you are?
Maybe you left school with no qualifications and struggled with self-confidence.
You may have a partner who takes you for granted more often than not. The kind of partner who subconsciously tries to make you feel grateful for the privilege of being with them. (I’ve been told that by parents too).
If any of these are true for you then this may be the perfect opportunity to get your mojo back. I offer full, hands on, free guidance and training, with regular interactions to help you reach your specific income targets.
Achievement And Recognition
You might also be looking for a personal sense of achievement or recognition, not just earning extra income while pregnant.
If so, that’s great because there are fantastic rewards and incentives available. There are also opportunities to help other people achieve those recognitions too.
Be The Best You Can Be
Being able to look ahead after your pregnancy with a sense of purpose for yourself and your baby is a vital part of your emotional well-being.
Barry Chiverton began his entrepreneur career in 1987 when he opened his first record shop, dj agency and music promotions business.
His experiences since then include business marketing, childcare facilities, SEO, mentoring and NLP personal development.
Barry is passionate about helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals.
The Gambole Second Income Hack is a way to generate a Second Income whilst working in a primary job. In fact the Second Income Hack is so effective it can often completely replace a primary income using far fewer working hours too!
Why Everyone Should Have a Second Income Hack
Firstly, here at Gambole, we believe people should design the life they want for themselves and their family – and then generate the amount of income to support that designed life.
Unfortunately most people live their lives the opposite way around.
They accept an income or wage and then they try to fit their lifestyle into that monetary figure. The only problem with that methodology is that it very often leads to an unfulfilled and generally unhappy life.
The reason most people live like that is because society has sold us a belief system that ties or handcuffs individuals to a ‘worker/boss’ thinking mentality. This system makes the individual reliant upon forces outside of themselves to provide themselves with income or money.
And, because we generally need money to survive in Western culture – we equate job security or rather money earned from a conventional job with survival.
The only problem with this outdated analysis which has been fed to us over decades, is that there is no such thing as ‘job security’ anymore. Businesses generally have a sole function to be profitable in order to ensure the survival of the ‘business’ itself and also to provide an income for the shareholders and top-level management.
Employees are just a function of a businesses, and if the business deems the employee to be no longer profitable, or surplus to requirements – the employee is terminated.
So, as you can see, the employee is not actually in control of their own job security or financial ‘survival’ using this way of thinking – that is why we all need a Second Income Hack.
Gambole Can Help You Get That Second Income
No matter how good or bad our money situation is – we can all benefit from making some extra money.
Gambole.com gives anyone – regardless of their present circumstances or past experiences the opportunity to improve their health and wellbeing and also to make extra money.
In order to benefit from a credible Second Income Hack – we are only limited by 3 things:
Our Attitude
Our Actions
An Opportunity
You, the reader of this article are solely responsible for your own attitude and actions. We, at gambole.com are responsible for providing the credible 40+ year old opportunity from which you can create an amazing Second Income Hack.
Gambole.com isn’t about persuading people of the viability of Multi-Level Marketing, because as the saying goes:
“A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still.”
We Benefit Only When You Become Successful
As a member of our team, we will help, guide and show you the best methods to earn money in order to ensure your future success.
The aim of gambole.com is to show you a real, cash creating business that has been proven to be successful in more than 160+ countries around the world for more than 40 years, and how that business opportunity can make you money working from home.
For those people who are willing to be “Masters of their own Destiny” and open themselves up to the real possibility of achieving greater financial income then this is the path that we urge you to take.
Why Not Create Your Own Second Income Hack
If you are already currently earning a fairly decent income – there is no reason why you should not attempt to make extra money.
The Second Income Hack can only make your life even more financially stable and afford you better health and wellbeing for you, your family and your friends.
These financial rewards do not come without effort, and it does not come without discipline. For those people who have the drive and desire to learn, have an open mind, and be willing to take their lives to new heights –
This is the opportunity that you should seriously look into.
No Income Limitations
There are no income limitations and you can make as much money as you are willing to work towards.
By selling health and wellbeing products and showing other people how to do the same, you can earn highly attractive monthly cash bonuses in the process.
It may be difficult for you to imagine yourself earning an income 2X, 4X or even 10X what you are currently earning. But you 100% can achieve this.
Maybe you question what your friends and family may say. You may doubt your own abilities or maybe you have a low self-esteem.
Perhaps your self-doubt tells you that you are not worthy of the possibility of such a fantastic lifestyle and all the positive changes it could potentially bring to you and your family.
Maybe you have low self-esteem but feel compelled to make a positive step in the right direction. A few words of encouragement from us can go a long way.
If you doubt your own ability, to make a success of this Gambole Second Income Hack or have some questions you need to ask – get in touch with us.
Life is a ‘doing’ game. You must take positive action in order to stimulate change and bring about the positive things you want out of life.
Some Food For Thought…
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
You playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
– Marianne Williamson –
The Second Income Hack Alternative
A recent study conducted by the International Labour Organization found that one in five workers around the world, which represents over 600 million people, are working more than 48 hours a week.
When you look at the amount of people classed as the ‘working poor’ it is clear that there is a clear disconnect between working harder or longer hours ‘vs’ working ‘smarter’.
It is impossible to work for someone else, exchange your time for money, and hope to become rich.
Exchanging your time for money is a fundamental flaw.
If you get paid $30 per hour and work for 40 hours per week the maximum you can earn is $1,200 (before tax!) – this is called linear income.
This is what we at gambole.com call the 40-40-40 Plan.
Working 40 hours per week, so that you can retire 40 years later, trying to live on 40% of the income that you struggled to live on all your life!
Because you are exchanging time for money, you have bought into a system that will ultimately leave you dead broke.
Now let’s get one thing perfectly clear – this system works for millions of people around the world, and it suits their characters perfectly.
A lot of employees are absolutely fine with this because it is a tried and tested system works for them and fits into their viewpoint of the world.
But, I am just telling you that even if you are a highly skilled individual – exchanging your time for money will never get you truly rich or have greater financial freedom.
Exchanging Time For Money: A Flawed Concept
Whether you’re drilling teeth or drilling roads – if you don’t drill you don’t get paid!
Multi-Level Marketing is the most accessible and effective way to leverage your time and efforts in order to generate potentially life changing incomes with next to zero capital expenditure required.
“I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.”
John D. Rockefeller –
Some people call it residual income – but in actual fact it is multiplex income.
If you have any questions, or to take a more detailed look at this life-changing, money-making, opportunity contact the Gambole Team.
Barry Chiverton began his entrepreneur career in 1987 when he opened his first record shop, dj agency and music promotions business.
His experiences since then include business marketing, childcare facilities, SEO, mentoring and NLP personal development.
Barry is passionate about helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals.
You can successfully achieve any goal with this amazing 4-step formula. You can do this without the need to read through hundreds of pages on the internet or buy dozens of expensive books that will only sit unread and further expand your library of ‘shelf-help’.
Why waste time looking and searching how to successfully achieve any goal in 4-steps, only to arrive – many hours later, at some over-inflated and less than effective formula written by someone whose main aim was to part you from your money?
Everything we do here at Gambole is based upon effectiveness and simplicity: We also like to steal great quotes!
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
– Albert Einstein (Philosopher & Scientist, 1879-1955)
So, here it is… the tried and tested formula for successfully achieving any goal:
(There should be trumpets and fireworks going off at this moment of unveiling!)
Establish a Goal
– What is it that you want to achieve?
Create an Effective Plan
– If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Take Immediate Action
– A thought without action is a daydream.
Keep the Commitment
– This develops belief and increases motivation which leads to success!
Yes! You can successfully achieve any goal with this amazing 4-step formula.
Four simple, but effective and powerful principles that make up the ‘4 Step Formula for Success’.
Please do not let the simplicity disarm you. The effectiveness lies in its simplicity.
Its simplicity is the strength which makes it effective.
Effective processes achieve results.
Results lead to success.
Successfully achieve any goal with a 4-step formula is what I promised you.
Let us look at the four steps in a little more detail, and at the same time take some practical action that will be of great benefit to you.
To Successfully Achieve Any Goal you must first:
STEP 01.
Establish a Goal.
“Nothing extraordinary, great or beautiful is ever accomplished without thinking about it more often and better than others.”
– King Louis XIV of France (1638–1715)
Think of a goal that you want to achieve. A goal is not something that you would ‘like’ to have or achieve, rather a goal is something that you deeply desire.
It is something that is on your mind when you awake in the morning, runs through your mind in the day and is still with you when you close your eyes as you go to bed at night.
Your goal must be a burning desire.
This burning desire should be something that you 100% consider a ‘must’ to achieve.
It is something that will cause you to go the extra mile for it, to stay awake two hours later in the evening in order to work on it, or to rise an hour earlier for it – this burning desire should be a continual driving force inside of you.
Is it a car that you are desiring?
Is there a house that you have been dreaming about?
Maybe it’s your lifestyle that you want to change.
Do you lead a happy but dull life and desire to be more outgoing?
Do you want to wear designer clothes, buy expensive watches or dine at exclusive restaurants?
Maybe you want to save $20,000 in the next three months to buy your loved one a special gift as a surprise.
Perhaps you need money to undertake some medical treatment for yourself or a member of your family.
Whatever it is that you want, and for whatever the reason may be – make a conscious decision and take as long as you need to think about your burning desire.
Then write it down in a notebook or journal.
This Means Actually ‘Thinking’ Properly.
This means taking time out from the normal ‘noise’ in your universe and the negative input from other people or friends, family, co-workers, radio, music, television and social media etc.
This means taking precious time out of your wonderfully busy life in order to plan and create a life that you actually would be proud to live every single day.
There will be those that tell that your goals and ambitions are improbable.
Pay no attention to these people, these are people who have no idea what you are capable of achieving.
In fact, at this stage I would advise you to keep your burning desire and goal/s to yourself.
Remember:
You are trying to Successfully Achieve Your Goal – not someone else’s.
Do not allow anyone or anything to make you lose the focus on your goal/s.
There are two vital parts of goal setting that you should be aware of.
Leaving out any one of these parts will certainly lead to the failure to succeed or to maintain any initial success.
(a) Imagination & Visualization
“If, in your mind’s eye you see a successful venture, a deal made, a profit accomplished, it has a superb chance of actually happening. Projecting your mind into a successful situation is the most powerful means to achieve goals. If you spend time with pictures of failure in your mind, you will orchestrate failure.”
– Estee Lauder (Businesswoman, 1906 – 2004)
(b) Establish your major ’Why’ and incorporate this into your goal
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (Philosopher & Composer, 1844 – 1900)
The visualization of your goal is important because that image that you have in your mind is what is initially going to spur you on to its eventual realization.
The ‘why’ will keep you going when your ability to maintain the visualization begins to fade on account of it taking longer to achieve your goal or when you inevitably encounter setbacks in regard to the said goal.
For example, if you were to say:
“I want to make an extra $4,000 per month so that I can afford a bigger house for my family.”
You first have to imagine or visualize the type of house you want. You must research the prices of the house that you want.
Focus on the particular area where you would like the house to be. You should even go as far as cutting out pictures in magazines and putting them in your journal that I mentioned earlier.
In fact, when a personal friend of mine desired a particular property, he often went and drove down the street – suffice to say, eighteen months later, helped by supportive action – he lived there!
So, these positive steps can increase the power of the visualization process exponentially.
In addition to this you must:
Establish your ‘Why’.
This could be:
“Having a bigger house will make my partner happier”.
“The children will have more space for themselves and not have to share bedrooms”.
“We could have barbeques in the garden so I could invite my friends round more often to watch the game”.
“I could have a bigger garage, so I store my tools and fishing gear safely”.
In all of these statements, the ‘why’ is strengthened by the use of benefits. These benefits will keep you motivated to keep striving towards your goal even when you feel disillusioned. These two things are vitally important to your success.
Read the above quotes again and then review your goals. After reviewing your goals, make them stronger by adding powerful success benefits to each one.
STEP 02.
Create an Effective Plan.
“Whatever your goals may be, fix them in your mind and never let loose. Understand that even this may not be sufficient, for life is unfair. Not all who work hard and patiently and have goals will achieve success. Without any of these three ingredients, however, failure is a certainty. Give yourself every chance to succeed…
Draw up your plans today. Ask yourself where you will be, a year from today, if you were still doing the things you are doing now. Then decide where you would prefer to be in terms of wealth or position or whatever your dreams may be.
Next, plan what you must do, in the next twelve months, to reach your goal…”
– Og Mandino (Author, 1923 – 1996)
If you fail to plan you have effectively planned to fail.
I consider an effective plan to be the equivalent of having a visual ‘road-map’ to success or goal completion.
This ‘road-map’ will serve as guidance for you so that when moments of doubt, pessimism, weakness or fear enter your mind, you are able to look at your plan and instantly see where you are in terms of progress.
Many people give up on their goals because they have no way of accurately seeing where they are in relationship to their plan.
Now, remember what Albert Einstein said in the quote earlier?
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
Well, for any plan to be effective it needs to be achievable, measurable and broken down into small parts. The smaller the better in fact.
Start with the end in mind.
Then work backwards.
Use this acronym:
K.I.S.S. – Keep It Super Simple
For example:
If your plan is to develop a ‘washboard’ set of abs, then start with the end in mind i.e.
Having a washboard set of abs.
Then ask what is needed to get them.
Exercise.
Eat the correct food.
Now, flip these 3 things upside down so that 1, 2, 3, becomes 3, 2, and 1 like this:
Eat the correct food.
Exercise.
Have a washboard set of abs.
Now for each of these steps, break them down into smaller parts. So it would look something like this:
Eat the correct food:
Research low fat, high protein healthy foods.
Research recipes and meal plans.
Purchase the ingredients for meals
Remove ‘junk’ food from house.
Exercise:
Research the appropriate exercises to undertake.
Set aside 5 minutes in the morning and evening for two weeks.
Increase the activity to 10 minutes, morning & evening for a further two weeks.
Review the progress after one month and amend parts of the plan if needed.
Continue and amend…. Until the desired outcome is achieved.
This is why you have the plan. The plan is the path – the guiding light, the moon in the darkest night. When you have doubts or fears or lack that moment of clarity – turn to your plan for guidance.
You created the plan, so have faith in it.
People never fail –
they fail to plan.
STEP 03.
Take Immediate Action.
“Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend all our time wishing.”
– Alexander Woollcott (Raconteur & Playwright, 1887 – 1943)
I personally could write a whole book on action.
Nothing ever occurs without action – think about that statement for a while!
Any plan, no matter how poorly conceived, if boldly executed is better than inaction.
Taking action will give life to your plan. A plan or thought without action is a daydream. Action is a vital component in your quest for the attainment of success and wealth.
For your plan to be effective, you must take immediate action!
So often people have their plans and ambitions stolen by the evil twin of action – called procrastination.
The only thing that can conquer procrastination is immediate action.
Think for a moment, and recall the times that you had what you considered to be a good idea or a desire to do something.
Whether it was developing a new business idea, talking to someone of the opposite sex, applying for another job or cleaning the house. Then finding you had put it off until eventually the moment or ‘momentum’ had passed?
Procrastination is the enemy of action and the only way to defeat it is by taking immediate action.
The action taken only needs to be small in order to defeat procrastination – such is its awesome power.
But, that small action, followed by another small action, continuously taken, will defeat Action’s evil twin called ‘Procrastination’ once and for all.
Remember:
‘NOW’ written backwards is ‘WON’.
There is never any valid excuse for not taking action. There is always something that can be done in order to move you along the path on your plan.
Your ultimate power lies in the things that you have left undone.
Release your hidden power:
Successfully Achieve Any Goal by becoming a person of action!
STEP 04.
Keep the Commitment.
“I stick to my path, even when it bores me. I am its slave because it was I who freely chose it.”
– Coco Chanel (Fashion Designer, 1883 – 1971)
Keeping the commitment develops your belief and increases your motivation, which leads to your success!
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.”
– William Hutchinson Murray (Mountaineer & Writer, 1913 – 1996)
To be ‘committed’ to something is completely different to merely having an ‘interest’ in something. When you’re ‘interested’ in something, you do it only when it is convenient.
Being ‘committed’ means doing whatever it takes in order to keep yourself going towards the attainment of that thing.
It’s a fact, if you are not fully ‘committed’, you will never ever achieve your goals.
And that is why, this, the final part of the ‘4 Step Formula for Success’ can be the most difficult to accomplish. This is why many people have failed throughout history to achieve their goals.
And, this is why those who remain ‘committed’ achieve success and the ‘masses’ look on in wonder and say, “How did they do that?”
First, let’s recap the first three steps of the success formula:
Establish a Goal
– What is it that you want to achieve?
Create an Effective Plan
– If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Take Immediate Action
– A thought without action is a daydream.
Now, none of these three steps require any belief or faith in the process for them to be done. No real emotional connection has to take place in truth.
But, in order to complete step four – which is the realization of step one – the goal, you must invest emotional faith and belief in this if you are to achieve success.
Let’s look again at Step 4:
Keep the Commitment –
This develops belief and increases motivation which leads to success!
This is why this ‘4 Step Formula for Success’ is fool proof. This is why it is the most concise and effective method on the planet. Simplicity in motion.
Remember: for you to succeed you must have some emotional faith and belief in the process.
The more faith or belief that you have in the process the better your chances of success.
Why is Faith or Belief Necessary?
Because so long as your plan is effective, and you are taking appropriate action, you only can fail to reach your goal if you stop short of completion.
And, one of the main reasons most people fail in any endeavour, (after failing to have a clear goal, failing to plan effectively and failing to take consistent action), is not having enough belief or faith in their processes.
Imagine for a moment the building of the Great Wall of China, or the incredible Pyramids in Egypt, or Steve Jobs designing the iPhone, Zuckerberg and Facebook… most things you care to imaginge
Apply this ‘4 Step Formula for Success’ to these amazing feats and then remove any one of the 4 steps.
With the removal of any of these steps, would they have achieved success?
The answer is a resounding and emphatic “No!”
Commitment ‘can’ develop belief where there is none, and it ‘can’ increase belief where there is very little – but having the belief is always better!
Depending upon your own personal goal, your plan and the action that you take, visual or tangible results may not immediately manifest themselves.
Because of this, your continued commitment will slowly increase and enhance your belief day after day. With an unshakeable belief – alongside your commitment to your plan – success in inevitable.
So there it is, as promised:
How to Successfully Achieve Any Goal – A Gambole 4-Step Formula.
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Barry Chiverton began his entrepreneur career in 1987 when he opened his first record shop, dj agency and music promotions business.
His experiences since then include business marketing, childcare facilities, SEO, mentoring and NLP personal development.
Barry is passionate about helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals.
Dynamic Self-Image and Goal Getting as Created by Pablo Picasso
Your self-image is not what you actually see when you look in the mirror. Your self-image is the way that you primarily feel and think about yourself.
Our feelings connected with our self-image are formed by the accumulation of our life interactions – these include our intentions, our thoughts, our attitudes, our beliefs, our language, our behaviours, our environments and our associates.
This self-image is initially formed by our external forces. It then develops and dictates our own internal thoughts, beliefs, reactions and actions – which in turn goes on to reinforce and re-form our external world.
This cycle is important because a negative self-image, created from negative external forces leads to unhappiness, under achievement, depression, un-fulfilment and a host of other mentally limiting conditions.
This pattern occurs repeatedly, and this automatic cycle becomes our self-image, or in basic terms… ‘us’.
We say or think that our self-image is ‘who we actually are’ because we cannot usually logically differentiate between our own thoughts, our actions and our true ‘self’.
These are three completely separate things – yes, it’s weird!
A Question on Self-Image
Are we our thoughts, actions or ‘self’ or are we in fact separate from them?
Instil the words “I must” and “I will” into the voice of your self-image.
The voice of your self-image is your daily self-talk.
Change self-talk such as, “I would like to make money” to “I choose to make extra money”. The verb, (an action word/command), makes the intention strong, empowering and clear. Your intentions expressed in your self-talk should include dynamic verbs such as , I need to, I will, I must, I have to, I opt to, I intend to, I choose to, I am going to…
The only thing that counts, in painting, is the intention, and it’s true. That is what’s important – Pablo Picasso
Have the ‘intention’ to create your own reality based upon how you want to see your reality. Hold that ‘intention’ and never deviate from it.
Apply Logic to Overcome a Poor Self-Image
One of the more common aspects of a poor self-image – and believe me, there are a lot, is the heighted sense of ‘fear’, ‘uncertainty’ or ‘not feeling good enough’ when faced or placed in common situations.
The words ‘fear’ and ‘failure’ are tags that most people wouldn’t like to be labelled with as they are such negative and destructive tags to wear. So, in order to avoid the embarrassment of these monikers most people remain ‘secure’ in their comfort zone. But, as the saying goes;
“A ship is safe in harbour, but that’s not what ships are for.”
Many of us have seen this sometimes-unhelpful acronym:
F.E.A.R (False Evidence Appearing Real)
Here is a very useful and simple method for dealing with ‘fear’.
The first thing to ask when you are uncertain or fearful about a certain course of action is this:
What is it that you are fearful or uncertain about? What do you actually fear losing?
Get a piece of A4 paper and write the word ‘Blue’ in big letters at the top of the page.
Below this, number each point and write down the very worst-case scenario of everything that you fear in relation to your issue.
On the back of that same A4 piece of paper write the word ‘Red’ in big letters at the top of the page.
Below this, number each point and write down the very best-case outcome scenario of everything if you act against or ignore your fears in relation to your issue.
Now… which side of the paper do you KNOW to be more realistic?
Which side of the paper do you want to become your reality?
There is a great scene in the film The Matrix which highlights this principle using red and blue pills as an analogy.
If you want to be truly successful, you have to overcome your fears, you have to believe that you have the potential to re-create your self-image.
You have to take the ‘red pill’, i.e. the piece of paper titled ‘Red’, and then see for yourself how deep the rabbit hole really goes – you can decide your lifestyle.
But in the back of your mind, if you fear your ability, if you fear the ‘fear’, you fear what people may think, fear upon fear, upon fear. Then keep taking the ‘Blue Pill’
Overcome Your Fears And Move Towards Your Success
You don’t have to be great to make a start. But, you must start in order to be great.
Make a life changing decision today. Overcome the fear – and the success will be yours.
So what are you waiting for?
In order to truly express the human spirit or ‘self’ in its fully un-caged essence; to live our true self-image, we have to push the expression of ourselves to the very limit.
We should not hold ourselves back for fear of failure, or ridicule because as Abraham Lincoln said:
‘My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
You must have the courage to fully commit to your goals and to take all of the actions necessary to achieve them.
Goals? Where Did They Come From?
Yes. We can’t talk about fears without talking about goals. So let’s quickly do that.
Usually our fears are lurking right there in front of our progress or GOALS. The things that we really want, the things we really yearn for – the apple in the garden of Eden. Not that mouldy old fruit that has fallen on the floor being ravaged by bugs but the real ripe ‘n’ juicy stuff hanging just over there…
Do not set unchallenging, unfulfilling goals because they too will fail to inspire you. After all, where would we be if it were not for those people who did not fear failure? We would all probably still be living in mud huts…
In fact, we would all be dead, because our ancestors would have been ‘afraid’ to go out and hunt for food fearful that they would not have successfully killed any wild beasts or worse still, fearful that they would have been attacked and killed themselves.
Body Builders Love Failure
I really like and admire the way body builders frame the word ‘failure’.
They ALWAYS strive for ‘failure’.
In a training session a body builder will lift the weights doing a series of sets or repetitions – for example 3 sets of 8 repetitions. On the very last set the body builder will finish the repetition only when he or she is unable to lift or curl that particular weight without a bit of assistance and extra encouragement.
This is called ‘lifting to failure’.
At this point, and only at this point, do they feel good about their accomplishment – because they know at the point of ‘failure’ they have given their gym session everything that they have – both physically and mentally. And, more importantly – only at this point of ‘failure’ do they achieve the desired effect; which is muscle growth!
That’s what you need to do…
For each task that you set – go to ‘failure’.
Decide to Decide
Decide to make your own history. Decide to create your own future. Decide to re-design your lifestyle. Decide to make your mark.
Do not wait until next year, next week or next whatever.
Your actions are based upon your beliefs, and it is your actions that lead to results. Therefore, if your belief is weak – your actions will be weak, and as a consequence your results will be weak!
If your belief is strong – your actions will be positive, and your results will be successful!
You may be asking: Why the painting? I hope that you are! The painting above was created by Pablo Picasso in 1919 and it is called ‘Sleeping Peasants’.
Picasso and other painters create as they see, or as they would like to see from their own perspective.
They in effect create their own reality from their own intentions. The intention is 100% their own. That is what we all should aim to do – create our own intentions, or our self-image!
Please take a look at the official Pablo Picasso website.
Barry Chiverton began his entrepreneur career in 1987 when he opened his first record shop, dj agency and music promotions business.
His experiences since then include business marketing, childcare facilities, SEO, mentoring and NLP personal development.
Barry is passionate about helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals.
Your Time Management Strategy Could Be Making You Sick
Do you ever feel stressed and anxious because you haven’t completed or achieved the things you set out to do that day?
Can’t understand why your to-do list is still three pages long and you’ve been rushed off your feet all day?
Well, it’s all a matter of unrealistic expectations and a lack of a clearly defined focus. Keep reading and we’ll help you banish your old Time Management Strategy BS for ever.
Time is a Constant – We Cannot Speed it Up or Slow it Down (Thankfully)
Time is a constant and trying to control or manage it is as futile as when King Canute tried to stop the tide in an attempt to demonstrate his supreme power.
We too need to understand what we can, and what we can’t control in our lives otherwise we will always be left feeling powerless, stressed and anxious.
Here’s a tip about Time Management that will make you happier in life, give you empowerment beyond your wildest dreams and leave you less stressed and anxious…
Do Not Try To Manage Time, Manage Your Activities
Yes, nine words that can revolutionise your whole life. Too simple? Well try this:
1. Decide upon your most important job or task.
In 1941, Management Consultant Dr. Joseph Juran developed his “Vital few and trivial many” law of Time Management after being introduced to the works of Vifredo Pareto and the ‘Pareto Principle’.
His ground-breaking theory suggested that 20% of tasks should be prioritised as they needed 80% of our time to complete, and in contrast the remaining 80% of less important tasks only require 20% of our time.
This is the essence of an “activity focussed strategy” instead of a futile, “time focussed strategy”.
2. Exclude all other jobs and tasks (or distractions if possible).
Do not try to multi-task, this will be counterproductive and dissipate your focus away from your primary objective which leads to sub-conscious stress and anxiety. My own observations also lead me to concluded that once one diversion or multi-task has been added, others begin to be added at will. Therefore giving rise to exponential conscious or sub-conscious stresses and anxieties.
3. Work on this single job or task until completed.
Part of ‘working’ in this context also includes being “mindfully engaged” or “in the zone” with this job or task. It has been shown that the human brain can only perform at its optimum for a sustained period of 90 – 120 minutes after which time performance or creativity wanes exponentially.
So, to combat this performance deterioration, make sure you take as many recharging breaks as necessary. And, unlike the old Time Management Systems which leave you feeling guilty because you’re constantly chasing the clock, this method allows you to take breaks guilt-free because the creative juices are still flowing and subconsciously thinking and find solutions or inspiration for your primary task.
So whether you are eating, shopping, taking a bath or reading a magazine, you will feel that gentle release of guilt-free, constant positive, feel-good energy within you because you are not stressed or anxious.
Using this method, you have controlled or managed the only things which you do have power over – your mindset and your actions.
Try this for five days, it will seem weird at first, but then you’ll realise that time is not your enemy it is just ‘time’. In doing less you can actually achieve more and be happier and less stressed in the process.
As the Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh reportedly cited: “Don’t just do something – sit there.”
Don’t get mentally caught up trying to catch up. And if you still think that time is escaping you, or you’re just not doing enough try this:
Become a Time Accountant
Remember – time is a fixed commodity. We cannot reduce it; we cannot increase it. Therefore become a time accountant for a week and each day make a note of all your daily activities including durations. And, I do mean all – sleeping, eating, chatting, working, travelling, going to the gym, toilet breaks and everything else as well.
At the end of the day add up all of the hours from these activities.
Do this time accountancy for a full seven days and draw your own conclusions. See if you feel better, worse or totally indifferent.
Also don’t forget to account for the time spent watching television, Netflix or YouTube and you’d do well to remember the Groucho Marx quote/joke; “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns it on, I go into the other room and read a book.”
Barry Chiverton began his entrepreneur career in 1987 when he opened his first record shop, dj agency and music promotions business.
His experiences since then include business marketing, childcare facilities, SEO, mentoring and NLP personal development.
Barry is passionate about helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals.
