I am happy to announce that my new magazine will soon be launching. Motivation Magazine will include motivation, inspiration, and the keys to business success for everyday people in order to motivate, inspire, and hold people accountable to achieving their dreams.
Stay on the lookout for my magazine.
Motivation Magazine
http://www.motivationmagazine.net
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Use what God has given you!
It's time for us all to stop letting things hurt us in ways that make us weak. We must move forward with a positive attitude, a new mindset, and move in the direction of operating in our gifts and changing the world through our gifts. If God blessed you with a gift, USE IT! He gave it to you for a reason. If you dont operate in your gift, you ultimately run from God and harm others because everything is done for a reason and when you neglect that reason, you dont know who's life is affected by you not operating in your gift.
Take the time to ponder on this, and truly ask yourself, "Are you operating in your gift to the fullest and the best of your ability or are you shy, doing just enough to get by?"
Until you operate in your gift you will never be truly fufilled, but once you begin to use the gifts and talents God blessed you with you will experience a life of meaning, purpose, and with no limitations to hold you back.
Stay Blessed, Operate in your Gift and this week focus on 1 Peter 4:10
Take the time to ponder on this, and truly ask yourself, "Are you operating in your gift to the fullest and the best of your ability or are you shy, doing just enough to get by?"
Until you operate in your gift you will never be truly fufilled, but once you begin to use the gifts and talents God blessed you with you will experience a life of meaning, purpose, and with no limitations to hold you back.
Stay Blessed, Operate in your Gift and this week focus on 1 Peter 4:10
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
FREEDOM
Clutter Free Enviornment, Clutter Free Mind, and a Clutter Free Life!!!
How does that sound?
Great!! As I thought you'd say. . . .
As I have mentioned several times in my speeches, newsletters, blogs, social networking updates (statuses) etc. I am currently working on what I believe will become a NY Times bestseller, my second book: "Life is a Mindset."
When we realize that life is a mindset and every thing that enters into our minds has an impact on our life, we will realize that in order to change our life, we must first change our mind.
Many people fail to realize that when your physical enviornment is cluttered and limited, your mind is cluttered and has a small capacity.
Though many believe that what is on the outside does not have an effect on what is on the inside, the truth is, IT DOES!!!
If you are ready to take on the challenge of changing your life, you have to change your mind and remove every limitation holding you back from achieving the ultimate life you want to live but, before you change your mind, you must first declutter your mind and the way to accomplish this is:
1. Letting go of all negative thoughts and energy in your mind.
2. Staying focused on your goals.
But most importantly:
3. Clean your enviornment so you can have the physical space to be in a relaxed state where you can take all the necessary actions needed in order to change your mind which will ultimately change your life!
How does that sound?
Great!! As I thought you'd say. . . .
As I have mentioned several times in my speeches, newsletters, blogs, social networking updates (statuses) etc. I am currently working on what I believe will become a NY Times bestseller, my second book: "Life is a Mindset."
When we realize that life is a mindset and every thing that enters into our minds has an impact on our life, we will realize that in order to change our life, we must first change our mind.
Many people fail to realize that when your physical enviornment is cluttered and limited, your mind is cluttered and has a small capacity.
Though many believe that what is on the outside does not have an effect on what is on the inside, the truth is, IT DOES!!!
If you are ready to take on the challenge of changing your life, you have to change your mind and remove every limitation holding you back from achieving the ultimate life you want to live but, before you change your mind, you must first declutter your mind and the way to accomplish this is:
1. Letting go of all negative thoughts and energy in your mind.
2. Staying focused on your goals.
But most importantly:
3. Clean your enviornment so you can have the physical space to be in a relaxed state where you can take all the necessary actions needed in order to change your mind which will ultimately change your life!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Using Your Gifts
As children of God, we all come equipped with everything we need to gain success in this mortal life. God has equipped each of us with gifts that align with his purpose and his will for our lives. When we don’t utilize our gifts we minimize our chances of success and affect everyone around us but when we learn to express ourselves through our God given gifts and talents we experience an abundant life full of success and blessings. 1 Peter 4:10 teaches us that we each should use our gifts faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms and this is what we should do. Are you ready to go the next level in life? Are you prepared to experience a success that surpasses all understanding? Today I encourage you to use your gifts and talents and watch what doors life begins to open for you!
--Jaylen LaGrande
--Jaylen LaGrande
Friday, April 16, 2010
Fear and Faith are Mutually Exclusive
One thing about fear and faith, they cannot exist together, we must choose one. Many people fail to have faith because they are so caught up in their fears and focus so much attention on what they are afraid of that they don't have any room left in their minds for faith to exist.
I often see people are scared to step out on faith and live their dreams because they fear failing, falling, or simply fighting to make their dream a reality.
In my Junior year of high school, I took statistics and probability and one of the most important terms I learned was:
In simple terms: mutually exclusive is when two things cannot occur or exist together at the same time because one will outweigh the other. So let me pose a question: In your own life what drives you? Fear or Faith?
Do you fear stepping out and making your dreams reality or Do you possess the faith that causes you to step out and operate in your gift and recieve the life you have always dreamed of. . . . .
Fear and Faith cannot exist together at the same time, so today I challenge you to choose one and live with the mindset you choose. Either you will let fear hold you back or let faith push you forth. . . . The choice is yours!
http://jaylenlagrande.com
I often see people are scared to step out on faith and live their dreams because they fear failing, falling, or simply fighting to make their dream a reality.
In my Junior year of high school, I took statistics and probability and one of the most important terms I learned was:
mutually exclusive
–noun
of or pertaining to a situation involving two
or more events, possibilities, etc., in which the occurrence of one precludes
the occurrence of the other
In simple terms: mutually exclusive is when two things cannot occur or exist together at the same time because one will outweigh the other. So let me pose a question: In your own life what drives you? Fear or Faith?
Do you fear stepping out and making your dreams reality or Do you possess the faith that causes you to step out and operate in your gift and recieve the life you have always dreamed of. . . . .
Fear and Faith cannot exist together at the same time, so today I challenge you to choose one and live with the mindset you choose. Either you will let fear hold you back or let faith push you forth. . . . The choice is yours!
http://jaylenlagrande.com
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
From Procrastination to Prosperity
STOP PROCRASTINATING AND START PROSPERING
TURNING PROCRASTINATION INTO PROSPERITY
Procrastination: To defer action; to delay to put off till another day.
Prosper: To be successful and fortunate esp. in financial respect; to thrive; flourish.
Many of us are often a victim of the powerful word procrastination. For many of us, procrastination is the only thing holding us back from gaining success and living our life to the fullest without limitation. We often in life put things that can be done today off until tomorrow and we never get back to what we should have done yesterday. Edward Young once said: “Procrastination is the thief of time.” We often allow ourselves to procrastinate and miss out on valuable time. Many of us have the LAST MINUTE syndrome where we always want to put off things till the last minute and when the last minute approaches us we begin to stress and most of the time we don’t do our best because we under the stress of getting it done fast. We have all procrastinated in one form or another but some of us have made it a habit because we haven’t changed our mindset and seen the possibilities of life beyond procrastination.
Imagine you are assigned a paper for school two weeks before it is due, but you do it the night before and you get a “C,” you still got a passing grade by doing it the night before, but imagine what would have happened if you had doe the paper in advance: You got a “C” doing it the night before so if you would have taken advantage of all the time you had to complete the assignment, you surely could of got an “A” but since you let procrastination get in the way of your opportunity you missed out on maximizing the opportunity and using it to your full advantage. Because so many people believe they just have to do enough to get by, we often lose the opportunity to prosper at the cost of procrastination.
There are many ways you can move from procrastination to prosperity. First you have to make up in your mind that you will no longer be a victim of procrastination and second you have to follow the “Do It Now” Plan. When you are approached with anything no matter how much time o have, “DO IT NOW and you won’t have to worry about it later. If we stop being lazy and start doing things we never done before, we will get results we never got before. Many opportunities have been robbed by procrastination but it’s time we stand up and fight back for our prosperity and leave procrastination behind.
Someone reading this article is on the verge of success but procrastination is holding you back. Don’t let procrastination bind you anymore. Get up and make it happen. You’ve been holding off on writing that business plan long enough, you’ve been holding off on making that demo tape for far too long, you have been writing that book for years and now is the time to make it happen. Wayne Gretzky once said: “100% of the shots you don’t take don’t go in!” It’s time to take some shots and take your life to a new level. Success is waiting on you to take every opportunity and to stop holding back and putting things off. Time will not wait on you; it’s all up to you to make things happen. Do you want your success now or later? It’s all a matter of when you are ready to turn your procrastination into prosperity. If you are ready to prosper, you have to release that spirit of procrastination because success is not going to just fall into your arms voluntarily. There are some things you have to do to get where you want to be and today I encourage you to “Make it Happen” and take every step you can towards your goal. Right now change your mindset from Procrastination to Prosperity.
Go ahead!
Make it Happen!
Write your Book!
Record your Demo Tape!
Complete that Business Plan!
And watch where life takes you!
Written by: Jaylen LaGrande
*Definitions at the beginning taken from Webster Dictionary
http://www.jaylenlagrande.com
TURNING PROCRASTINATION INTO PROSPERITY
Procrastination: To defer action; to delay to put off till another day.
Prosper: To be successful and fortunate esp. in financial respect; to thrive; flourish.
Many of us are often a victim of the powerful word procrastination. For many of us, procrastination is the only thing holding us back from gaining success and living our life to the fullest without limitation. We often in life put things that can be done today off until tomorrow and we never get back to what we should have done yesterday. Edward Young once said: “Procrastination is the thief of time.” We often allow ourselves to procrastinate and miss out on valuable time. Many of us have the LAST MINUTE syndrome where we always want to put off things till the last minute and when the last minute approaches us we begin to stress and most of the time we don’t do our best because we under the stress of getting it done fast. We have all procrastinated in one form or another but some of us have made it a habit because we haven’t changed our mindset and seen the possibilities of life beyond procrastination.
Imagine you are assigned a paper for school two weeks before it is due, but you do it the night before and you get a “C,” you still got a passing grade by doing it the night before, but imagine what would have happened if you had doe the paper in advance: You got a “C” doing it the night before so if you would have taken advantage of all the time you had to complete the assignment, you surely could of got an “A” but since you let procrastination get in the way of your opportunity you missed out on maximizing the opportunity and using it to your full advantage. Because so many people believe they just have to do enough to get by, we often lose the opportunity to prosper at the cost of procrastination.
There are many ways you can move from procrastination to prosperity. First you have to make up in your mind that you will no longer be a victim of procrastination and second you have to follow the “Do It Now” Plan. When you are approached with anything no matter how much time o have, “DO IT NOW and you won’t have to worry about it later. If we stop being lazy and start doing things we never done before, we will get results we never got before. Many opportunities have been robbed by procrastination but it’s time we stand up and fight back for our prosperity and leave procrastination behind.
Someone reading this article is on the verge of success but procrastination is holding you back. Don’t let procrastination bind you anymore. Get up and make it happen. You’ve been holding off on writing that business plan long enough, you’ve been holding off on making that demo tape for far too long, you have been writing that book for years and now is the time to make it happen. Wayne Gretzky once said: “100% of the shots you don’t take don’t go in!” It’s time to take some shots and take your life to a new level. Success is waiting on you to take every opportunity and to stop holding back and putting things off. Time will not wait on you; it’s all up to you to make things happen. Do you want your success now or later? It’s all a matter of when you are ready to turn your procrastination into prosperity. If you are ready to prosper, you have to release that spirit of procrastination because success is not going to just fall into your arms voluntarily. There are some things you have to do to get where you want to be and today I encourage you to “Make it Happen” and take every step you can towards your goal. Right now change your mindset from Procrastination to Prosperity.
Go ahead!
Make it Happen!
Write your Book!
Record your Demo Tape!
Complete that Business Plan!
And watch where life takes you!
Written by: Jaylen LaGrande
*Definitions at the beginning taken from Webster Dictionary
http://www.jaylenlagrande.com
Monday, February 15, 2010
Why YOU should start YOUR BUSINESS as a TEEN!
In today's society, technology has truly increased our capacity in every area of life (i.e. Social, Personal, and Proffessional) and has made it possible for us to do so much more.
With a rise in social networking sites, eCommerce, and small businesses as a whole, we find that many teenprenuers are being birthed and taking over the business industry by storm.
From the little 6 year old selling lemonade on the corner, to the kid in high school selling candy to pay his senior dues, to the big name teen entreprenuers operating million dollar firms like Farrah Gray who became a millionaire at 14 or Sean Belnick who created a $30 million company at the age of 19 which later increased to over $50 million a year. There are many teen entreprenuers who are changing the business model daily.
There a 5 reasons why YOU should start YOUR BUSINESS as a TEEN!
1. Many resources are available to you!
-As a teen in today's society and the Internet Age, You are capable of finding all the resources you need to support your company.
2. Teens are easy to Market
-It's one thing to have a good brand but when you have a young face behind that good brand, more attention will be drawn to you, making it easier to market your business.
3. Your Start-up Cost can be low.
-Imagine you want to start a graphic design company or a desktop publishing company from home and you are 30 years old, that would require you pay roughly $800 for photoshop, $1000 for QuakXpress, and $500 for the mircorsoft office proffessional suite. Making your start-up cost close to: $2300 but as a student or teen, all this software is made available to you at a low cost. Somewhere around $100 for microsoft, $200 for QuarkXpress, and $200 for photoshop making your startup cost only $500 saving you close to 78% of your money. THATS A REAL PLUS!
4. As a youth you believe in unlimited possibility.
- As a teen you believe in unlimited possibilites because you still have an immagination. As people get older, their immagination seems to turn into impossible and they can't really see the possible things or even envision and dream like a youth.
5. The Youthful Mindset
-When you are young, your ideas flow freely. You are more innovative and you come up with great ideas and you have a drive to make your ideas possible and you wont give up until you make them happen.
I encourage any teen who has future plans of becoming an entreprenuer to start as a teen and let your innovative ideas take you to places that people thought was impossible.
I started my first business at 11 and it was successful to my standards because I was being paid to do something I like. If you are stuck on what type of business to start just look at your passion and start a business based around something you are very passionate about and essentially something you would do for free if money was no object. Dont just start a business to make money because it wont be successful. Follow your Dream and the Dollar will follow you, Follow your Passion and the Paycheck wont be far behind.
There are many resources available to helping teens start businesses.
Below I have listed my personal resources along with other resources and sites I found to be helpful.
If you are stuck on finances, call personal finance coach Dorethia Conner http://connercoaching.com/
If you need marketing materials or a website contact Graphic Designer Tim Miller http://millerdesignstudio.net/
If you need help or assistance with your business plan contact the SBA (small business administration) or SCORE
http://sba.gov/ and http://score.org/
Also I find these websites to be very helpful. . . . . . . . .
http://sba.gov/teens/
http://youthventure.org/
http://ceed.ca/
and Join Deca and BPA . . . . . They are truly helpful. . . . . http://deca.org/ and http://bpa.org/
I hope this article has been helpful to you!
I am always available to help you out! So contact me as well.
http://jaylenlagrande.com/ or email me at: jaylen@jaylenlagrande.com or call my office at 248.747.6888
Best Wishes,
Jaylen LaGrande
17 year old Author.Speaker.and.Entreprenuer
With a rise in social networking sites, eCommerce, and small businesses as a whole, we find that many teenprenuers are being birthed and taking over the business industry by storm.
From the little 6 year old selling lemonade on the corner, to the kid in high school selling candy to pay his senior dues, to the big name teen entreprenuers operating million dollar firms like Farrah Gray who became a millionaire at 14 or Sean Belnick who created a $30 million company at the age of 19 which later increased to over $50 million a year. There are many teen entreprenuers who are changing the business model daily.
There a 5 reasons why YOU should start YOUR BUSINESS as a TEEN!
1. Many resources are available to you!
-As a teen in today's society and the Internet Age, You are capable of finding all the resources you need to support your company.
2. Teens are easy to Market
-It's one thing to have a good brand but when you have a young face behind that good brand, more attention will be drawn to you, making it easier to market your business.
3. Your Start-up Cost can be low.
-Imagine you want to start a graphic design company or a desktop publishing company from home and you are 30 years old, that would require you pay roughly $800 for photoshop, $1000 for QuakXpress, and $500 for the mircorsoft office proffessional suite. Making your start-up cost close to: $2300 but as a student or teen, all this software is made available to you at a low cost. Somewhere around $100 for microsoft, $200 for QuarkXpress, and $200 for photoshop making your startup cost only $500 saving you close to 78% of your money. THATS A REAL PLUS!
4. As a youth you believe in unlimited possibility.
- As a teen you believe in unlimited possibilites because you still have an immagination. As people get older, their immagination seems to turn into impossible and they can't really see the possible things or even envision and dream like a youth.
5. The Youthful Mindset
-When you are young, your ideas flow freely. You are more innovative and you come up with great ideas and you have a drive to make your ideas possible and you wont give up until you make them happen.
I encourage any teen who has future plans of becoming an entreprenuer to start as a teen and let your innovative ideas take you to places that people thought was impossible.
I started my first business at 11 and it was successful to my standards because I was being paid to do something I like. If you are stuck on what type of business to start just look at your passion and start a business based around something you are very passionate about and essentially something you would do for free if money was no object. Dont just start a business to make money because it wont be successful. Follow your Dream and the Dollar will follow you, Follow your Passion and the Paycheck wont be far behind.
There are many resources available to helping teens start businesses.
Below I have listed my personal resources along with other resources and sites I found to be helpful.
If you are stuck on finances, call personal finance coach Dorethia Conner http://connercoaching.com/
If you need marketing materials or a website contact Graphic Designer Tim Miller http://millerdesignstudio.net/
If you need help or assistance with your business plan contact the SBA (small business administration) or SCORE
http://sba.gov/ and http://score.org/
Also I find these websites to be very helpful. . . . . . . . .
http://sba.gov/teens/
http://youthventure.org/
http://ceed.ca/
and Join Deca and BPA . . . . . They are truly helpful. . . . . http://deca.org/ and http://bpa.org/
I hope this article has been helpful to you!
I am always available to help you out! So contact me as well.
http://jaylenlagrande.com/ or email me at: jaylen@jaylenlagrande.com or call my office at 248.747.6888
Best Wishes,
Jaylen LaGrande
17 year old Author.Speaker.and.Entreprenuer
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