This document discusses how to create success through building positive relationships with yourself, your business, clients, and others. It emphasizes developing self-awareness of your talents and weaknesses. It also stresses the importance of allowing your business to naturally grow and change with you over time. Additionally, it provides tips for connecting with others through social media, blogging, emails, events, and helping others succeed to help yourself succeed in turn. The overall message is that success comes from positive relationships with yourself and others.

1. Creating Success for Yourself by
Creating Successful Relationships with Yourself,
Your Business, and the World Around You
Presentation by Michelle Shaeffer – www.michelleshaeffer.com
Your Path to Success Telesummit - www.lifeisjoyful.org/telesummit.html

2. Want to be successful?
Build a positive relationship with:
 Yourself
 Your Business (or Career)
 The World Around You
 Your clients / target market
 Your circle of success
Success
Yourself
Your
Business
Your
Clients &
Colleagues

3. Your Relationship with YOU
Do you know yourself? Your talents? Your weaknesses? How to
motivate yourself?
 “Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if
no birds sang there except those that sang best.” ~Henry Van
Dyke
 “Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set
yourself on fire.” ~Arnold H. Glasow
 “Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what
you're gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely
fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.” ~Barbara Sher

4. Relationship with Your Business
 Get your business in sync with you!
 Small businesses naturally grow & change as their owners do
 Passion and focus change
 Each new evolution builds on prior evolutions
 Relax and allow the changes to happen
 Take time to evaluate and review
“Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our
talents and abilities were used in a way that served others.”
~Marianne Williamson

5. Relationships with Others
“I’ve learned that people will forget
what you said, people will forget
what you did, but people will
never forget how you made them
feel.” ~Maya Angelou
“Be a rainbow in someone else’s
cloud.” ~Maya Angelou

6. Reach Out to Create Relationships
 Reach out to people one on one
 Social Networking
 Hit “like” or comment on Facebook
 Retweet on Twitter
 Blog Comments
 Take time to leave a comment, share the post, write an email
 Blog about a great blog post
 Sending Emails/Notes/Cards
 Reach out to people in larger numbers
 Your blog
 Your newsletter
 Free Resources
 Teleclasses/Webinars

7. Be a Connector
 Information (Be “Google”)
 News & Resources
 Others Who Can Help Them
 People They Can Help
 Services They Need
 Things They’ll Love (Inspire!)
 Media Leads
 Connect Others with Success
 Be generous with
reviews/testimonials
 Refer clients & friends
“If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you
help enough other people get what they want.” ~Zig Ziglar
YOU
YOU

8. Reasons to Connect 1 on 1
 New client
 Anniversary
 Congratulations
 Just Staying in Touch
 Thanks for Referral
 Thanks for Mention
 Long-time Client
 Great to Work With
 Compliments
 Holiday
 A Gift
 New Service
 Connections
 Exclusive Invitation

9. Connecting with Influencers
 Comment on their blog
 Connect on social networks (Twitter)
 Send a Card or Email
 Holiday
 Sincere Note
 Compliment
 Congratulations
 Thank You
 Promote their Stuff (It’s good, right?)

10. Picturing Success
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest
by helping others to succeed.” ~Napoleon Hill
Build your own “circle of success” and take
others along with you as you become more
successful – help each other.
Focus on helping others become more
successful and you’ll find your own success in
the process.