THURSDAY HIGHLIGHTS: Meet the Experts – Top Ten Tips for a REMARKABLE Life and Career

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According to a panel of State Farm representatives talking to people interested in owning their own business, the following tips ensure a successful career and enjoyable life:

1.   Continue to "sharpen your sword."
Innovation and continuing education keep you competitive.

2.   Develop a great support system.
Find mentors from whom you can learn and to whom you can share ideas and concerns.

3.   Stay true to yourself.
Know your limitations, financially, physically and mentally.

4.   Have a clear vision or purpose.
Also, know how to execute your plan based on your vision.

5.   Believe in your "inner power."
Be true to your "I am." As a business owner, you must operate from the point that drives you to be a business owner.

6.   Pray, Eat Well, Exercise
Be good to yourself and maintain a healthy emotional, physical and spiritual life so you can handle the challenges of being a business owner.

7.   Create your "competitive edge."
Become a known expert at something and always stay ahead of your competition.

8.   Get into the "falling down" business.
Be prepared to fail and try again. Getting up gets easier every time.

9.   Develop the ability to accept change.
The only constant in our life is change and we can’t change it, so accept it.

10.   Humility gets you everywhere.
Never forget the road you traveled.

Panelists encouraged seminar participants to consider State Farm as their choice of business to open because "even though State Farm agents are in business ‘for themselves," they are not in business "by themselves." – Sheryl S. Jackson

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