This is about acquiring the vision & mindset for success in business
I found the following article and copied it to my blog to preserve it as a resource for myself and my readers. This philosophy is life changing, although it is not easy to apply in daily life. We went to visit my daughter after Christmas and she and her family had just returned from a … Read more
This question could make you millions – I pinched this from a thread on the Warrior Forum. If you let it… trying to make money online can be confusing. Okay, that’s too mild. If you don’t have a solid plan, it can drive you F**KING nuts! Believe me, been there, done that, bought the Teespring … Read more
How to finish what you started is the subject of the email that I received from Sean Mize today. I think the essential skill that Sean outlines here is having clarity about what it is we want to achieve and then holding onto the ‘picture’ of what that is for long enough in order to … Read more
I thought that I would set out the reasons why I avoid Apple products and any products like them. Apple is one of the most profitable companies in the world with huge profit margins. That effectively means the consumer is paying more than they really need to for their products. Great for Apple but not so … Read more
I really like this TED talk entitled ‘Why comfort will ruin your life‘. In internet marketing it is easy to stay in your comfort zone and this will limit your growth. Let me give you an example. It is uncomfortable to buy traffic because initially the outcome is not within your control – you will … Read more
Obstacles = opportunities i.e. don’t allow yourself to see obstacles as excuses. See them as opportunities. My son and I have just finished a joint project to set up a new website for a client. It wasn’t an easy project from the outset. The client’s existing website was in a bit of a pickle and remedial … Read more
Here are some business quotes to help us through the day: Every moment of every day, transformation happens. By its very nature, life changes, and you can direct many of those changes. Worrying, complaining, feeling sad or sorry for yourself won’t do you any good. Choose instead to be realistic, putting thought, energy and action … Read more
I have just been reading a 25 page report by Jeffrey Davis called ‘Write To Lead’ which is really about how to be a leader in your niche. Here are a few of the key points in the report.. He says that in order to lead, you do need some grounding of expertise gained through … Read more
In this article I want to discuss the topic of choosing goals. I was watching a TV programme last night called ‘How The Other Half Lives’. The programme specifically covered the lives of billionaires living in New York (which apparently has more billionaires than any other city in the world.) After watching for a while … Read more
I have been reading ‘Mans Search For Meaning’ by Victor Frankl. Victor Frankl was a survivor of Auschwitz and also a psychologist. Here is my favourite passage from the book – I will cover how this is relevant to internet marketing and running your own business afterwards: The experiences of camp life show that man … Read more
I Believe In You – the message that Frank Kern sent to me!!! He went on to say… Let me tell you something about YOU. YOU can do anything you want. YOU are in control. YOU can achieve as much success as you want to. YOU can and will pick yourself up when life knocks you down. I … Read more
So . . . are you marketing or teaching your passion or craft? This is a copy of an email sent to me by Sean Mize and I think it is great advice. So many folks I talk with are spending hours each day trying to “market” or “sell” or something like that. … Read more
I was watching a video about selling art and the presenter said ‘Get good enough at anything and someone will pay you to do it.‘ Examine that sentence for a second and feel the truth of it. This is a profound and liberating truth. It means that you can either pick something you are already … Read more
Here are some of the reasons why I want to leave the EU on 23rd June: Institutional Fraud The EU has not had an audit signed off since inception. Each year billions of euros wash through the hands of the bureaucrats in the EU. In my previous experience in the banking industry, any time that … Read more
In this article I want to discuss the internet marketing lifestyle and specifically what it means to me and how anyone can achieve it. There is a lot of hype about making vast sums of money from internet marketing – some do but many don’t. In fact the failure rate in internet marketing is high … Read more
I’ve just read a ebook called ‘The Systems Mindset’ by Sam Carpenter. This is his second book – his first book was called ‘Work The System’. Both books are well worth reading. As I read The Systems Mindset. I decided to note down a few quotations from this 164 page book to give you a … Read more
‘Playing the ball where it lies’ is a golfing term and the story told in this video extract struck a chord with me, particularly as I used to play golf. Listen in for 4 minutes to the video below because I think that resistance to ‘playing the ball where it lies’ both in business and … Read more
Thought control is at the heart of every business and every public institution. It’s a also a major constituent of marketing – understanding the psychology of marketing and selling is critical to power and success. Thought control is central to the following institutions: politics and government religion education our legal system the media business family life – … Read more
I was walking my dog this morning and pinned to a gate in the gardens of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre was the poster above with this headline: And My Soul Spread Wide It’s Wings It really resonated with me because it explains exactly why I left banking in 2001. My job had become soul-destroying. It no … Read more
‘Service to many leads to greatness’ is a phrase that I first heard on a Jim Rohn audio. This short phrase perhaps epitomises why I have pursued internet marketing as my full-time career for the last 6 years. From 2001 to 2009 I ran a business consultancy for local businesses. This was reasonably successful based … Read more
How to have your best year ever is a 4 hour 22 minute video of a presentation by the late Jim Rohn in Fort Worth, Dallas. It is incredible from a number of angles. Firstly, Jim Rohn is a great speaker but it wasn’t always that way. He tells the story of when he first … Read more
In this article I want to discuss the importance of celebrating success, however small that success may be. My son, James, just telephoned me – he was happy, I could hear it in his voice. He’s recently started playing cricket again with a small village cricket team in Thurgaton in Nottinghamshire. It really is ‘village … Read more
This article about the law of averages was inspired by a recording by Jim Rohn that randomly cropped up this morning when I was listening to my ipod whilst walking the dog. If you do something often enough a ratio will appear. It’s amazing. Once a ratio starts, it tends to continue. This information is … Read more
The only source of knowledge is experience. Albert Einstein. If you are stuck in perpetual learning mode, like I was for a long time when I started internet marketing, then you might like to read that quotation again to realise the fundamental truth of that statement. This means that you cannot gain ‘knowledge’ by reading a … Read more
The video below features Daniel Pink who is talking about the surprising truth about what motivates us. He talks about how the traditional ‘carrot and stick’ incentives don’t work for any task that requires even rudimentary cognitive or creative skills. If the task is purely mechanical then the carrot and stick incentive scheme will work. He … Read more
Eric Thomas is a motivational speaker, educator, author, preacher and activist. He was born in Chicago, IL and grew up on the streets of Detroit, MI. He proclaimed that he had very difficult childhood experiences that pushed him to leave home and drop out of school. Instead, he met a pastor and started to build … Read more
