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Where is Your Inner Child Hiding?

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I read a great blog post from friend, associate, and fellow IBOToolBox member Michelle Hoffmann recently and it made me think, how most of us are pushed and pulled towards mediocrity.

The purpose of life is not for all of us to be the same, and least of all, mediocre. Most of us came into the world much the same, naked and no experience. We all have developmental milestones; periods in our lives where we learn the things we carry with us all our lives.

Since there are percentages of the whole, such as 97% of online businesses are mediocre, and 3% are mega-successful, there must be a commonality in play.

“The number of self-employed, “free agents” in the U.S. has risen to 25 percent of the total working population, according to a new survey released by Troy-based Kelly Services Inc. (Nasdaq: KELYA). And 90 percent of those people said they voluntarily sought to become self-employed.”

Statisticians have a hard time with the number of entrepreneurs, self-employed, business owners, marketers, etc.; as the definitions of each term can vary wildly. Suffice it to say that marketers are a small percentage of the worlds working age population.

If assuming that statement is true, why is the percentage of truly successful online-marketers so small? My belief is that we have been taught to fail, taught by our educational system, our early childhood rearing, our life’s experiences,  our political system, the daily input of garbage from television, radio, and other forms of entertainment, etc.

The dreams we had as children, the risk taking attitude, the enthusiasm, curiosity, creativity, and eagerness to learn has been put to sleep as we grow older and weary of life. Our general health and wellness play a big part in keeping that inner child hidden and unwilling to show him/herself.

If you want to end the mediocrity in your life, you must let your inner child out, allow him or her to once again enjoy life, explore the possibilities and chase the dreams. You start by examining your past and writing on paper the dreams you had as a child, try to remember what it was that made you give up on that dream.
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A Great Place For entrepreneurs to Gather

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I recently became involve with a relatively new social site for entrepreneurs. It is absolutely free of charge, but gives so much to the user, it is totally amazing.

Like Facebook it has a wall, the ability to advertise, a message system, and a profile page. But the similarities end there. The first thing to remember is that most users are entrepreneurs, like you, there for business. You won’t find any games to steal your time or distract you from the task at hand.

An amazing thing about the advertising side of the site is that you can earn points for writing a blog that they provide, to apply towards your advertising. It is well liked by Google too; blog articles show up in the searches almost instantly, they are also pushed to other well liked blog sites.

No matter what you’re online, or offline for that matter, business is, it is absolutely a site to check out. You must be invited to join, click the banner below and you can join by my invitation.

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A New Opportunity Is Upon Us Again

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It’s that time of year again already. On this eve before a New Year begins I would like to wish everyone a Healthy, Happy, and Prosperous New Year.

This is the time of year that we reflect on the old and plan for the new. Remember not to be too hard on yourself as you recall the mistakes of this past year, after all, you are only human. Hopefully you learned from your mistakes and will apply that knowledge while you are making plans for the New Year ahead.

Keep in mind while making your resolutions for the coming year to not set yourself up for a fail. If you set your goals unrealistically high you will only be let down when you do not achieve the goal. It’s best to make small achievable goals, and then when they are met you will gain self-confidence which in turn will make larger goal success more likely.

I would like to introduce you to an incredible, completely, 100% FREE resource for entrepreneur’s. I was skeptical myself until I tried it out. I guarantee you will find it an asset in your tool box.

To your success…

How to Have a Great New Year

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If you want to have a great new year, you will have to make some changes. First of all, if you were happy with your current situation you would not be reading this, you wouldn’t have followed the link that led you here. Something inside yourself is looking for more.

That something is who you really are. You need to discover who you really are, what it is that you truly want. Once you discover that, then you must make the changes necessary to achieve what you really want.

Sounds simple right? It is, the solution is simple, the implementation is the hardest thing you’ll ever attempt. Have you ever tried to quit a bad habit, loose weight, etc., this is the arena in which making changes in yourself takes place.

Following are some steps to help you achieve change in your life.

  • Take control of the input into your mind, the old adage garbage in, garbage out, stands true. If you have a steady input of negative influences, you guessed it, you’ll have a negative attitude. Controlling influences includes media, i.e., news, movies, music, etc., it also includes people in your life, family, friends, acquaintances. Eliminate the negative or at the least, limit your exposure to it.
  • Get out of your comfort zone, this is just another word for rut. Do something every day that you dislike or don’t want to do. Creating good habits is just as easy as creating bad ones. Change your diet, instead of drinking six cups of coffee or soda every day, drink clean, pure water instead. Instead of eating unhealthy foods, eat something that’s good for you. Good health has a snowball affect to it, the better you feel, the more of it you’ll want.
  • Surround yourself with positive influences. Did you know that you will become the average of the five people you spend the most time with, think about that. There are positive influences all around, in abundance, you just have to let them into your life.

Either you really want to change, or you just want to dream about it. The first step towards achieving any goal is the first one.

To your success…
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Information Junkie or Action Slacker

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Information, it’s everywhere you turn. I guess it’s to be expected in the information age.

By my definition an information junkie is someone who gets a high from new knowledge. In and of itself learning new things is a natural desire most of us humans have. It’s when that new knowledge gets shoved into a corner of your mind until it fades away, without ever having been put to use, that you become an information junkie.

You’ve just acquired new information for the high, and have become what I call an action slacker. Again by my definition, an action slacker is someone who does not put the new information they sought, to use. By not putting it to use, and allowing it to fade away, you’ve wasted your time.

There is not much hope of curing an information junkie, however there is a cure for action slackers, put your new information into use, act on it. You will never reach your marketing goals by just acquiring new information and never putting it into action.

How many programs, courses, books, videos, etc. have you spent your resources i.e., time and money, on, just to end up on a shelf or the corner of your mind. If you fail to put that new information into action, it’s just been a total waste.

Now if you have an abundance of time and money to waste, then, aren’t you the fortunate one. I would venture to say, the majority of us are not in that position though.

So, think about it, are you an information junkie or action slacker, do you want to kick the habit?

To your success…

Make Easy Money Online | Not

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If you’re new to online marketing, been at it for awhile, or just looking for information about it, then I’m sure you’ve seen what I call  the “figure hype.” You know, you’ve seen the adds, Earn 7 Figures in 90 Days kind of stuff. You do realize to reach 7 figures you have to be making 1 million dollars.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not calling these guys liars, or scam artist’s (although there are plenty of those) but they always leave an important part out of the headline, If You Work Your Ass Off.

Sure it happens, but for 99% it doesn’t, at least not in 90 days, it takes years, for most of the big money makers online to reach that point.

What is it that OWS is complaining about, the 1%, people who have great wealth. You’ve got to remember not everyone with wealth made it dishonestly, inherited it, or stole it from someone else, contrary to what they would like you to believe.

Most of them earned it through plain old hard work, and they don’t deserve to be chastised for it. So I just want you to remember the next time you see an add like the above, think for a minute, it isn’t going to come easy.

To your success…