Are you the kind of person who has problems in your life, or do you see problems as challenges?

The way you phrase your problems, or challenges, makes a big difference in your ability to come up with solutions and move forward.

If you are facing problems in your life, then try thinking of them as challenges instead. As humans, we are used to looking at challenges as something we have to overcome.

Problems, on the other hand, are negative things, and many just look at the problem without working hard to overcome it. Also, many people use problems as an excuse for their inability to move forward.

OK, some people would say this is a negative headline. “My sales are going down, but it’s not disaster yet.”

But that’s the point, isn’t it? We don’t want you to be in that “disaster” category. You need to stop the slide downwards so you never experience that “disaster” moment.

You probably have people saying to you: “you should try this, you should try that”. And you try it. But it doesn’t work.

“Oh”, you think, “bad advice!”

Yet what I have found in business and marketing is that the advice is often good, but executed poorly.

We recently met a tourist in Los Cristianos who had been looking forward to her holiday for months. But she was not enjoying the hotel she was staying at, nor the shops and restaurants in the local area.

She was here with her husband and children, and wanted to be able to relax and enjoy herself. But it was difficult for her as she felt everywhere she went she was meeting people who had a lot to learn about customer service.

The staff in the hotel didn’t seem friendly, the service in the restaurant in the morning was slow and unfriendly, and the food quality was low, albeit “acceptable”.

One of the easiest ways to increase your profits is to ask a customer has just bought something from you to buy something else.

A famous line from the McDonald’s restaurants is: “Would you like fries with that?” That single question added hundreds of millions of dollars in extra sales for them.

How can you profit from this?

It doesn’t matter what business you are in; you can add-on or cross-sell products to your customers.

When an estate agent sells or rents a house, they can ask: “Do you need a removal company?” Even if they don’t supply the service directly, they can recommend someone and get a commission.

This week you’ll discover how to keep positive and moving forwards, rather than letting the “bad” economy get to you…

You may have heard about “The Secret” and “The Law of Attraction”. The idea is that “thoughts become things”, so if you visualise hard enough, things will start happen for you.

Well, that’s a strong simplification of what’s actually going on. But you’ll be pleased to know you can easily get started and get benefits from the Law of Attraction and positive thinking.