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I found this really helpful tool that Wordpress has. I’m actually using it right now. It’s probably obvious to a lot of you that already do this. But, I didn’t even know about it and I’m sure a lot of others don’t either. So, what is this amazing tool that is already on your Wordpress? It is the ability to write something up and Wordpress automatically posts it sometime in the future, specified by you.

I used to keep my notepad open and write down all the ideas that would come to me, so that I could blog about them later. Now, I just write up the post I’m going to make at a later date and put some Timestamp in the future on it.

This is really helpful because if you’re having a really creative day and finding a lot of stuff to write about, you can get it over with. You can write about it all and possibly have some free days because of your Wordpress having so much content to post over the next few days.

To change the Timestamp: write your post like normal but look on the side bar for “Post Timestamp.” When you find it, change the time to when you want it to post. Hit publish and your article will be up at the time you told it to be.

In life there are leaders and followers.  Followers are your friends that are getting entry level jobs as Business Analyst at the bank down the street from your college and making barely enough money to support their self.  Leaders are the ones that start their own business and take advantage of the fact that everything depends on what they do.

This means, if you want to make more money, you only have to put in the work to do it.  Having your own business allows you to change what you want, when you want.  A promotion is always in sight.  Followers have to wait for their boss to allow a promotion.  But, we both know that this promotion is only going to allow the follower to pay off their credit card debt at a little faster pace.

Yes, it is hard to become a leader and start your own business.  But, don’t you think it’s worth it?  JohnChow is making around $20,000 a month with his blog.  He is making $20,000 a month, solely with his blog.

List of leaders:

1. J.D. Rockefeller 
2. Andrew Carnegie
3. Ray Kroc
4. Sam Walton
5. Bill Gates

List of followers:

1.  Your business analyst friend.
2.  The 99% of the world that doesn’t own 40% of the world’s wealth.

A fun wait to build motivation is to know where you’re going with your company. I like to think about what my next project for my blog is going to be. How I’m going to develop something or what kind of ways I’m going to try to get publicity.

A good way to keep up with this is to open a notepad file and type out all the stuff you need to do to make your company grow. For me, a major one is posting in my blog. Some stuff is more high priority than others, so sort them out and make them organized. If you have a great idea you want to attempt later down the road, put it in. But, don’t get too excited and start it too soon. Launching an idea too soon can be devastating. Timing is very important, especially in the beginning stages of your business.

After I do what needed to be done, I simply erase it off of my notepad. This always works for me because I never close a notepad that I have open without seeing what is in it, first. Once I notice it is my list of things to do, I keep it open. In addition to helping motivation, it helps organization. You get more done in a less amount of time because you don’t spend so much of your day thinking what needs to be done.

Another way to motivate yourself by thinking about where you’re going with your company is to think about the stuff you will buy when you get there, hehe.