Success...One Day At A Time

They Became Successful - So Why Can't You?

So - you really want to be successful, right?

I'm here to tell you an absolutely undeniable truth...

Think about that for a moment. If "Yes, but..." thoughts bubble up into your mind, just ask them "Why" or "Why Not?" until you discover that it is really YOU that is (currently, mind you) holding YOU back.

Don't believe me? Well, let's take a look at some people that might well have been worse off than YOU currently are:

There are many thousands of people who have achieved amazing things despite their medical condition. Climbed Everest. Ran across America. Walked when doctors said they couldn't.

There are many more who were written off as 'too small', 'too slow', or 'not talented enough' who went onto become Olympic champions, or top basketball, football, soccer, or baseball stars.

There are even more than that who started with literally just the shirts on their backs who became great CEOs, property moguls, entrepreneurs, or media stars. Even with little or no money in their pockets - they STILL managed to have amazing success in their lives.

Yet even more millions of people the same age as YOU (whatever age it may be) are living exciting, stress-free lives doing what they love, despite perhaps sitting in classroom just like yours, getting a 'D' in algebra like you at age 12. Their parents were no better off than yours, in fact, they could have been your neighbors, who even had the same types of jobs that YOUR parents did.

So - why are all these people different to YOU?

Why have they succeeded where perhaps you haven't (or at least to the degree that you wish you had)?

The answer is quite surprising...and also amazingly 'obvious' when you think about it.

I never really thought about it in this way until I took part in my Master Mind get-together a few weeks ago...and since that time, I have been realigning what I do in my life because of what I discovered - as it is such a fundamental 'piece' of the success puzzle.

(I've already shared it with my "It's Obvious, Stupid!" newsletter readers this month as their bonus Online Seminar. In fact, I went into great detail about how to apply it immediately in their lives. Shame you missed it if you're not a subscriber.)

So...what do YOU think it is?

The person who gets closest to the answer will get a FREE 1-on-1 coaching call with me. I don't do 1-on-1 calls any more - so this is a rare opportunity to have me pull apart your life and lead you kickin' and screamin' into your new future!

Is It A Risk - Or Just Your Self-Belief?

I wanted to share an observation I had recently. I've been looking at the difference in attitude people have to risk, and how it controls their life.

We all have an idea of how much risk we feel comfortable with, and, it is very unusual to be able to step outside your personal comfort zone in relation to it. That is, unless something happens that makes you re-assess what the relevant risk is.

For example, back in January 2001, I would have never had contemplated ditching my career (that I had worked very hard on for 15 years), and just quit my job without ANY form of income to pay the bills.

Yet, on 1st December 2001 - I did exactly that. Because something changed. I realized that my sanity and my family needed me more than the perceived risky position I would put myself in by doing so.

However, I don't recommend having a near-nervous breakdown in order to change your attitude to risk!

Quite often, what we feel as 'security' means nothing of the sort. The are many people who believed that they had secure jobs, yet end up losing them when the company they work for gets taken over, or the state of the economy changes.

We are conditioned to work ourselves to the bone now in order to live comfortably in retirement - yet, who KNOWS what's going to happen when we get there? (Unfortunately, there are some who don't even make it that far to enjoy their hard-earned 'prize').

I know that you are on certainly on the right track because YOU want to better yourself, don't you?

YOU realize that standing still means that in effect - you're left behind.

YOU realize that, unless you make some changes in what you do NOW - then you will be at the mercy of other peoples' decisions for the rest of your life.

That's why risk is something that you need to change your attitude towards. Now...I'm not for a moment recommending that you quit your job like I did - just to see if you can force yourself to make things happen.

What I am suggesting is that you look at things a little differently.

For example, I have a friend who is a multi-millionaire real estate investor. He has millions to his name in debt. In fact, he has gone on record to say that he LOVES being in debt - because it allows him to buy (and benefit from) real estate.

Yet, if you're like most of us - you look forward to the day when your mortgage is paid off, or when you can get that zero balance on those credit cards.

I was certainly like that up until the last year or so once I realized that I was viewing certain forms of debt as 'risk' when, in fact, all it is other peoples (banks) money that they are lending to me to allow me to make MORE than I would have if I had my own!

Of course, it helps if you know what you're doing, and not just borrowing to fuel dreams instead of following systems...but that's for another day.

What I am trying to get across to you is that, so what if something makes you feel a little uncomfortable - if it is bringing the best out in you.

I knew that sharing my life with YOU was a risk when I first started out back in 2001, but thanks to doing so, I now have many friends whom I've never met who know me, and like me.

Without taking that risk - I wouldn't be still writing today, as I would have talked myself out of it by now!

(Read that sentence again - it's a very powerful thing to remember!)

Once you start to believe in what you are capable of, then you will truly understand why most risks are entirely within your control - and THAT will change your life!

So...what do YOU currently think about the risks in YOUR life?

Any comments welcome as always here...

A Day Of Abundance Or Coincidence?

Something happened to my this last Wednesday that, no doubt, you will probably just put down to coincidence.

Knowing how the Law of Attraction and an abundance mindset works, I look upon it a little differently!

There I was, on my daily one mile walk to school with my 10-year-old, Katie.

About halfway through the walk, I spotted a 2 pence coin in the middle of the road as we crossed it.

After checking that I wouldn't get run over, I picked it up, and gave it to a smiling Katie.

Now, I never used to pick up pennies if I saw them, though my wife, Lesley always did.

In fact - it's part of my wealth and abundance mentality I share in my Our Wealth Partnership Newsletter

Part of having an abundance mindset, you see.

Anyway...

About 5 steps later, on the path in front of us...there was a penny.

So...we picked it up, and in it went into Katie's pocket.

About 10 steps later, we found ANOTHER penny!

By now, Katie was jumping up and down with excitement (don't you just love the way kids just enjoy the moment for what it is, without any embarrassment?).

Three coins and 4p in the space of a matter of seconds.

It beat my previous record of two coins on one journey!

It certainly gave us both something to talk about (I like to try and give her little mindset nudges as we walk)...and it certainly beat the regular-as-clockwork...

"I spy with my little eye, something beginning with 'C'"
"Car"
"Yes"

...routine that we do most days - which usually involves 90% of the SAME eye-spies!

So...there we were, walking into the school playground, when there - staring up at me...was ANOTHER penny!

Katie was now jumping up and down, and couldn't wait to tell her grandad Dave (Lesley's dad) about it when she got home after school. (He prides himself on walking with his nose to the ground!)

Would you believe it - FOUR coins on one walk!

Katie now had 5p in her coat pocket and she ran off excitedly to tell her best friend about it.

Oh, one thing I forgot to mention...

We hadn't been consciously making the effort of LOOKING for coins on the floor all this time, even after we found the first couple.

I'm a firm believer that if you are trying to search for something - you'll stand a better chance of finding it if you do something completely different and focus on something else.

On the walk home, I didn't think much about all this until approximately the same spot where we found the first coin.

Just for fun...I said to myself...

"OK, let's see if this is a sign. I'll believe you if I find another coi...."

Before I could finish the word 'coin'...a brand-new shiny 2p was staring up at me! (the other coins had all been old and a little battered).

I didn't need much more persuading about the message behind it all.

When I got home and told Lesley - she couldn't believe it. Four coins in the space of ten minutes.

You may be thinking "You're were just lucky" or perhaps "So what - it's only 7p!"

I know a little differently!

So...the day goes by and I have to do something that I'll share with you at the end of this little story.

Come 2:45pm - it's off for the walk to pick Katie up from school.

3pm and she comes running out screeching 'Dad, dad...guess what I found!"

(Go on...you know what she's going to say!)

"Just as we were getting changed for P.E. - I found a 20p on the floor! I've now got 25p!"

You should have seen her face when I told her that I found another coin on the way home that morning!

Katie was jumping up and down, a huge smile on her face...she couldn't believe her luck.

On the walk home, we had to go and pick up my two-year-old, Skye from nursery.

And...as I wheeled her buggy out of the school something caught my eye on the floor.

Yes, you've guessed it...it was a brand-new shiny penny - just as sparkling as the 2p I had found earlier.

I knew then that those two shiny coins would be stuck on my 'dream board' (I'm looking at them now, in fact) as a reminder to me.

So...SEVEN coins...28p (about 50c) richer...I had a little chuckle to myself.

As Katie was excitedly telling her grandad Dave on the phone about her amazing coin-discovering day, I had a little chuckle to myself.

On the day that the Universe had sent us about 50c...I had paid the sterling equivalent of $130k in tax!

Don't you just love it when 'coincidences' like that happen.

Or was it just a sign of the abundance out there? :-)

Decisions, Actions...And Numbers

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Click here to discover the answers to twelve very important questions about it...and two reasons why it's in your interest to get on the 'Early Bird' list.

I want to share with you why it is so important to make decisions, and how to take action on those decisions.

There are many, many, people who are better qualified, more talented, more ‘clever’, and more driven than me.

(And you!)

And…there are also many people who take action more than I do.

But (and I say this without bragging) – I am more successful than 95% of my peers, both in the Internet marketing industry, and the self-improvement industry.

I often wondered why – because, let’s face it, I’m nobody special about from being very passionate about what I do.

(There’s a huge clue for YOUR success there.)

I’m also nobody special apart from being able to make MANY decisions about what I want to do with my life.

And, I’m also happy to ditch ideas that don’t ‘work’ for me – even if I thought that they were the best thing ever when I came up with them.

If you’ve been a subscriber for some time…you may well be aware of at least six different websites/products/ideas that I have started – yet never really got off of the ground.

ALL of the most successful (and honest!) gurus I have met have a graveyard of ideas that never made it – yet they have STILL achieved great things despite this.

The more you learn about what motivates and inspires you (whatever job or task you do), the more you will be able to make yourself more ‘bullet proof’ from a negativity and lack mindset.

The more ideas you have about what you want from life, you will be more likely to align yourself with the person (or people) who can help you get there.

The more decisions you make, the bigger chance you have of making the right one.

The more action you take (based on those decisions – not just action for action sake), the more likely you will make just ONE of them succeed.

The more you realize that everything is more down to mindset and application of that mindset, rather than the technical aspects of the action you take – the easier it will be to do ALL of the above!

Does any of this make sense to you?

To be honest…it’s the first time that I have ‘dumped’ my thinking path into the written word in this way, and I’ve just realized for the first time that I DO really have a structure to my past (and future) successes!

And, in this case, it doesn’t matter whether you are a strict task-list monster, or ‘wing it’ a little like I do.

It’s all about the numbers.

In the same way that network marketers know that, if you get the message in front of enough people, the more chance you will get it in front of the RIGHT people.

In the same way that, once you find a process that works for you, you continue to evolve it, instead of jumping off when the ‘next big thing’ comes along.

(I’ve been as guilty as anyone else in this respect in the past!)

But…the problems occur when you aren’t really sure what you want from your life, or lack the confidence/belief to move towards a goal that you have identified.

Then you have to be careful of those ‘false gurus’, as I mentioned on the "The Truth About Becoming Wealthy" Online Seminar.

But, even then, it’s still a numbers game…as it may take you a few ‘false gurus’ to find one or two that can really help you make a difference in your life.

Of course it isn’t easy to remain focused on what you REALLY want out of your life…but it’s much easier to do so once you understand that, if you work the numbers in your favour, it’s not a case of if…but WHEN!

Believe To Succeed? You'd Better Believe It!

Success is all about who you are and how you BELIEVE how talented you are.

There are many world-famous people whom are no more talented in their respective fields than many people who don't become famous.

For example...is Tom Cruise better at his craft than an actor who regularly stars in a Shakespeare play?

There are stories of many 'could have been' sportsmen and women who regularly beat future world champions when they were younger yet never quite made it.

There are many amazingly talented inventors that didn't have the world-wide success of James Dyson.

And...there are certainly more talented entrepreneurs in many different aspects of business who possess more raw 'natural talent' than Richard Branson or Bill Gates.

So...why did THEY make it...and the others didn't?

Well...dedication to consistently learning their craft is one reason.

Even Tiger Woods practices for hours a day and has a coach, both for the technical aspects of golf...but also to keep his mindset focused.

Tiger Woods may be a seriously talented player...but he knows not to take it for granted that he can just 'turn up' and win every tournament he plays in.

And...he knows that, just like he did, there is always the next pretender waiting in the wings to take his crown...who will probably be more naturally talented than he is.

But...as he BELIEVES in his ability to win tournaments - mentally he is ahead of the game compared to many of his (still hugely successful) competitors.

I do! (there...I've said it!)

I certainly believe that the ONLY thing holding me back from what I REALLY want in my life is myself.

The quality of my thoughts primarily...but also my ability to take ACTION based on those thoughts.

I used to spend half my life focusing on what I didn't have...or why I did or said something that worked out wrong...or even why someone else had something, and I didn't?

Sound familiar?

(Perhaps you've been there...or ARE there?)

I know that you and I are certainly no more talented than many of our peers. I know and accept that. Do you?

(Guess I finally worked out what that phrase I've heard many times really means!)

It's time for you to stop worrying about what you can't do, and people whose actions you can't control...and instead focus on what you COULD do if only you would let yourself.

Of course...it's always easy to read this sort of stuff...but putting it into practice is a different matter.

Guess why I'm now setting more time aside for just working on myself and my thoughts rather than my work and my business?

Irrespective of your financial situation, health, relationship problems, or anything else...I guarantee that someone who was worse off than you has made a huge success of their life...on THEIR terms.

It's time for you to start looking at what you really THINK about yourself.

The chance to have an amazing life is down to YOU...and it's time for YOU to take responsibility for your success or failure at it!

Happiness = Success, More or Less? It's Your Decision

I've lost track of how much I've written about this success stuff over the last few years.

But...even though I write about - I STILL need a reminder of the important things that I should be focusing on life!

As I believe should YOU, too.

Whilst all of the hustle and bustle of life goes on around us - it's easy to forget one very important thing...

Easier said than done, right?

Well...not really.

For example...despite my best efforts, there are still a few things in my life that I don't look forward to doing...

- my accounts
- cutting the grass
- DIY
- making and answering phone calls
- cleaning the kitchen
- Lesley moving the house around (yeh I know - it's a man thing!)
- being sociable because I am expected to
- doing the same thing more than once

(Bet you've got a list like that, too!)

But...it's only until the last year or so that I realized that the stuff I didn't like to do was under my complete control.

So...even though it's not particularly cost-effective - I now pay someone to cut my grass for me.

My return on investment has been HUGE!

Here's why...

1 - I no longer look at the long grass that needs cutting and feel miserable.
2 - I no longer beat myself up over the fact that I should be cutting the grass.
3 - I no longer have to feel guilty when Lesley gets fed up with waiting for me to do it, and does it herself.
4 - I no longer get sarcastic little comments from said wife enquiring as to when I would be likely to 'get on with it'.
5 - I no longer look at my landscaped garden and worry how much the uncut grass is ruining it.

You get the picture!

In fact...apart from the little bit of pain when I have to pay the money - the grass has now become a complete non-event in our house.

Except when Lesley and I both comment about how much nicer it looks, how much better it is taken care of, and how we no longer have to argue about it getting done.

All in all...happiness all round.

Which, to get back on the track of where we started is where YOU should be aiming ALL of your life towards!

Sure...sometimes it might not be an option to pay someone to cut your grass for example (to take your mind off of it - just put your Ipod or whatever on...and listen to some self-improvement audios while you do it, like I used to).

But...if you are constantly looking at how you can get more enjoyment and happiness out of your life, instead how bad things are...there will only be one way your life can go from that point on....

...and that is UP!!!

P.S. Why don't you share your little pet hates in the comments section below. Just getting 'em off of your chest can be a good thing!

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Focusing On Your Successful Life?

It's been a while since I last wrote to you...perhaps the longest period of time I have not written anything motivational since I started back in 2001.

Why's that?

Well...as you probably know, I 'play' at different things on the Internet. I earn a lot of money from Google Adsense, and currently have a few people who are paying me to mentor them.

Also...I'm constantly evolving my knowledge about what currently works online, and also, working on applications that will 'meet up' with where I believe that the Internet is heading over the next year or two.

Plus, and perhaps most importantly - I'm spending a lot of my time just doing what I love to do...both in my business, and in my personal life.

So...why am I telling you all this?

Well, I was having a conversation the other day with someone who has been travelling around the world for a year. In fact, it was Connor's former community 'nurse' who helped us from the day he was born to the day we lost him.

After being out of the rat-race for a year, she now understands that, for the last 20 years of her working life...she had her blinkers on.

Sure...there IS a place in most peoples' lives for a job that is challenging, interesting, and pays well.

But, there is also a place for many other people (perhaps YOU) where there should be a reverse in the balance of working and living.

Of course, mortgages need to be paid and money needs to be earned to live a reasonable life in our world.

But...there is something BIGGER at play here.

Most of us stumble through our lives, paycheck to paycheck, wishing for the day when we can retire and enjoy life, wouldn't you agree?

Or we work hard all year - just so that we can take a vacation to recharge our batteries.

And...in the end, most of us just accept that this is the way it HAS to be, because millions of people like us do (and live for) exactly that, right?

Well...it doesn't HAVE to be like that!

Yet...I work longer than I ever have done. My PC is on seven days a week, almost every week.

But I don't need to go on vacation. I don't care about when (or if) I retire.

And, even though I have the sole responsibility of providing for my family...my life isn't the least bit stressful.

Now...I'm not for a moment suggesting that you up and quit your job and start out on your own.

In fact...it might be the WORST thing you could do for where you (and your mind) currently are.

And, there are many, many more stressful people who work for themselves.

So...why is my life relatively 'easy'?

It's because everything starts in my mind...not from a perspective of reacting to what other people say and do.

An example...

Sometimes Lesley gets wound up with family 'politics' and 'he-said-she-said' stuff that, quite often indirectly impacts upon us (I've got quite a large family!).

And it really gets on her nerves when I just say 'so what' or don't happen to have an opinion on the situation.

She just can't understand why I don't get angry (or even get involved!) when other people do and say stuff that they shouldn't.

Me. I am honestly not bothered because I KNOW that I have two choices:

1) Let the words and actions of other people decide the outcome of my day and my mood.
2) Let my day and my mood be decided by ME alone.

Guess why I love #2?

By not reacting...I remain in total control of the direction of my life.

I can tell you, though, that in a few situations...it's not always easy to step back and NOT let yourself get involved!

And this applies to YOU, too!

But...the way that I have found to work on this aspect of my life is to take it in stages.

- From 2001 onwards, I worked on my attitudes to work-life balance and 'job security'.
- It's also taken me since then to get to the point where I can TRUST my instincts about the role my mindset plays on my life.
- Last year was the year to sort out my finances.
- And this year it is my health.

Next year?

Well...it's going to be securing my family's financial future in the longer term.

And...all through this, there is the constant education of re-wiring my brain to believe that what you can't see plays the biggest role in your future, not just what action you take.

So...what will YOU be working on for the rest of this year?

The Law Of Attraction. Is There Anything New?

Well...I just finished going through something I mentioned to you last week.

It's got a stupid name - Banabu, but the quality of the content is far from stupid!

The author, Mike Kemski has done a great job of explaining the process of "The Law of Attraction" - in real life terms.

In fact...I would go so far to say that if you like my style of writing...then you'll certainly like his!

I recognized that Mike is someone who knows what he is talking about when I read things like this from the main ebook...

"The only thing that will ever change the quality of your life is a decision you make."

"Life is about experiencing it, not figuring it out."

He breaks everything down into 11 simple principles...which form the basis of they way he runs his (very successful) life.

Now...I'd like to think that I know a little about this success stuff...but I managed to find out something new about myself from Principle 9.

And, I couldn't agree more with the title of Principle 8.

Not only does Mike write well, he has also included audio sections which complement the additional workbook.

The most powerful 'idea' for me out of the whole thing was his 'why didn't I think of that' process of manifestation T.E.A.R.

Banabu is one of those resources...and I highly recommend that you go here and check it out for yourself.

If you're new to the idea of "The Law of Attraction" then this is a fantastic (and interesting) insight to the very process that has catapulted both my income and my confidence over the last couple of years.

And...if you think that you might have read it all (like I thought I did!) - then you will certainly get some 'food for thought' about how to refine what you already know about the subject.

Interesting stuff...and I believe that it is worth your while to at least read the 115-page main ebook, even if you can't manage to listen to the audios and work through the workbook.

Click here to find out more about Banabu.

I was going to write an article for you today, but, to be honest...your time would be better spent elsewhere today!

If you haven't already - go and get Mike's free The Human "D Cell" Report!. It's only 10 pages long and worth the short time it takes to read.

And...if you are really interested in seeing how to attract more of, well, everything, into your life - then go and get Banabu - and spend the time reading that instead!

That's it for this week...'normal service' will be resumed next week...when I might finally get around to sharing with you some of the exciting things I have planned!

That's unless life gets in the way again!

Your Wealth And Your Mindset.
What's The Connection Here?

Seems I've got a mixed response to my new "Our Wealth Partnership" idea.

If you want to read the comments, or just find out what I'm going on about - you can just click here...

Click here - Our Wealth Partnership - what do YOU think?

Michel Fortin is one of the Net's most successful copywriters...and speaks at many Internet marketing seminars.

Yet...he still has to deal with people not paying him, or trying to take advantage of him - even though he is looked upon as a 'guru'.

Even though he undoubtedly earns a serious amount of money by most peoples' expectations - I can tell by what he wrote in his blog post that, for some reason, he is STILL attracting the wrong sort of clients despite making a conscious effort not to do so.

If you're interested - check out this post on Michel Fortin's blog...and afterwards scroll down and read the comment I made about this very thing!

I look at money a lot differently than I used to less than two years ago.

Even though it is certainly nice to have a positive bank balance rather than huge credit card debts...my attitude to what constitutes 'wealth' has changed.

I realized that, by focusing on what I DID'T have (money)...I was consistently attracting a LACK of it into my life.

And...once I mentally turned the switch from building my business to earn a specific income, to building it around my required lifestyle and strengths - I've never looked back.

And...funnily enough...my income levels have increased because of it.

One key element that I should mention, however.

Sure...I didn't work particularly harder, I just worked a little smarter by playing to my strengths.

The rest seemed to fall into place very nicely, thank you.

Yet...there is still part of me that has a lack mentality - especially where this ezine is concerned.

For the last four-and-a-half years, I've missed writing about six weekly issues.

I've felt it necessary to over-deliver in terms of what I write because I want to help YOU make the most of YOUR life.

It's a little like many children of very rich people.

Because they haven't had to 'live' in the real world, make their own mistakes, and pay their own way - they can't possibly make the most of their skills and their lives - because 'daddy' will always bail them out.

So...what has all this got to do with YOU?

Well...the charity stops here. This week.

From next week...well, you'll find out.

But...things are going to be changing around here that's for sure!

You may not like it, or appreciate it.

But, it's something that needs to be done otherwise I, personally, aren't being true to what I believe about myself.

You'll find out next week...

Ignore What They Say - Be Inspired!

I've spent the last few days getting back up straight after spending most of the last month away from the day-to-day business of doing this stuff.

On my ideas notepad in front of me - I have nine things that I want to do that will move both myself and my business forward.

Yet..I probably have at least half a dozen other things that are already in motion, or have been started.

Most 'gurus' will tell you that you should always finish what you start before you go off and start something else.

Well...I'm certainly no guru...just a normal person like you, and if I find something new more challenging and exciting than stuff I thought of doing a year ago - then I'm going to move towards what inspires me!

Life has an uncanny habit of forcing you off of the easy path...and onto one that's a little more 'interesting'.

It's only when we look back that we often realize that the easy path wasn't the right one, nor the easiest one in the long term.

Once you get yourself away from day-to-day, and look at what really fires you up, you'll soon find that even the 'down' times can be fantastic steps forward.

Everything happens for a reason, whether we like it or not.

Sure...a lot of the time, you may not exactly have a say in it happening to you (like with my son), but ultimately - everything that happens to you enables you to refine what you really want from your life.

Let's face it...unless you know what 'bad' or 'failure' is - then how can you judge what 'good' or 'success' means to you?

The trouble starts when you evaluate what success is based on somebody else's criteria.

The how-to gurus, the biz-opp players...they'll all tell you that earning 'x' is the way to go if you follow their system, but, their system is usually flawed.

What's the point in you getting yourself into a position so that you can pay off your mortgage if your wife and kids have left you, and you are so ill that you can barely walk?

Take me, for example.

I could easily spend another six months on the road...making some very nice money in the process, but undoubtedly my relationship with my wife would suffer.

- And I'd miss spending time with my two daughters.
- And I'd be miserable schlepping from hotel to hotel.
- And I'd be bored teaching different people the same thing.
- And I wouldn't have time to work on my ideas.
- And I would be eating fast food regularly and getting fatter and more unhealthy
- And I'd just be creating another 'job' for myself where I can't just wake up in the morning and decide to do what I want.

In fact...even though I'd be earning some very nice money...the reason for me doing what I do would be lost.

Continue this for a few years...and sure, I'd be able to buy whatever I wanted...yet be as miserable as hell!

So...be careful not to take for granted the very reason why you want to make more of your life in the first place.

And, funnily enough, I have attracted so much more money into my own life once I stopped doing stuff solely to acquire it!

Of course...you need to eat. You need to pay the bills.

But...a lot of these things will take care of themselves once you decide to get out of your comfort zone and start pushing yourself to find out what really inspires you.

Start small...just a few hours a week, and eventually you'll find something that you are absolutely world-class at.

After...that's when the real fun begins!

Stop Comparing - Start Believing...

Sometimes it's not easy to find inspiration when everything seems to be going wrong.

Yet...we often need the 'down' times in order for us to realize that the 'not-down' times aren't so bad after all.

You and I are constantly comparing everything in our lives. We can't help it.

But...don't you realize that most of the time - you are comparing yourself and your achievements unfavorably?

I'm guilty as charged, too - so it's not just you!

But...you CAN turn the corner and start focusing on why you are BETTER than you think.

The first step is to just be happy with who you are what you are trying to achieve.

Stop trying to compare yourself against others as you will, quite naturally, focus on what THEY are better at than you - rather than the other way around!

And...now that YOU are aware of this - you can understand that doing so isn't going to help you much, is it?

The second step is to just accept that there are some things that you will NEVER be good at.

Let's face it - even the 'greatest' have their faults.

The most successful people don't dwell on why they can't do something - they just focus on what they KNOW that they are good at.

And...finally - the third and last step is to just consistently build on what comes naturally to you.

- If you are an excellent organizer - get yourself into positions that allow you to flourish.

- If you are a fantastic parent - then look at ways that you can make the most of this very desirable skill.

- If you are great at motivating people - then get in front of as many of them as you can!

I think that you get the idea!

Take it from me - quite often, you won't realize how great you really are at something until you realize that you find it easy to do.

And...if you can't put your finger on what you really excel at - just ask around.

Your family, friends, and work colleagues will soon be able to tell you exactly what you're good at.

And...once you have that confidence in your particular ability - nothing will be able to stop you!

The Answer To Everything IS There...

I love a challenge - especially when I haven't got a clue how I'm going to rise to it!

I have just this second, received an email from someone asking my advice about something Internet marketing related which, quite frankly, is out of my 'knowledge zone'...and my 'belief in my ability' level.

What would YOU do?

I'll tell you what I would have done a few years ago - admit defeat and just tell them that I can't help them.

Now?

Well...as I've literally just received this email - I'm sharing with you my absolute first reaction to it...

"How can I find a way to make this happen? There must be an answer somewhere!"

Don't you just love sentences beginning with 'How'?

Even though I don't consciously KNOW the answer...I also know that the answer to anything is not that far away!

I bet you're wondering what the key to finding it is?

Well...just get down everything you consciously know on paper. Give it a little creative thought.

Then leave well alone for a while so that you don't get in the way of your subconscious mind as it seeks a solution for you.

As I'm writing this to you - I don't have a solution.

But I know that the Universe does.

And it's waiting for me to find it!

Your De-Motivating Label?

It's easy to label yourself as a particular person.

Trouble is - it then restricts your way of thinking. For example, this week, I have taken on roles such as:

- project manager,
- writer,
- desktop publisher,
- coach,
- techy,
- trainer,
- speaker,
- copywriter,
- web designer (of sorts),
- (semi-)programmer,
- code installer.

And...don't forget father, husband, and tidy-upper!

In my old life I just worked in a bank. That's all I did, and that's all I told people - whether I did other stuff in the evenings or weekends.

You could argue that I am doing too many different things to make the best of the ones I'm good at.

Well, my argument to that is that YOU need to take on varied roles like these in order to:

1) Help yourself grow
2) Help yourself find out the stuff that you don't like doing

Plus...it will constantly remind you that you are 'bigger' than just the 'job' you do.

In my case, guess why I find it so difficult to explain what I do for a living when people ask me?

You're World-Class, Do You Know That?

I've had a few coaching telephone calls over the last week...and, even though they were with completely different people from completely different backgrounds with completely different issues - there were some amazing similarities.

Well...perhaps I should say amazing similarities in terms of what the most effective 'solution' to their current 'problems' were.

The more I think and talk about this - the more I realize how simple self-improvement CAN be - if you let it.

Of course - change doesn't usually happen overnight - but it can certainly happen a lot more quickly if you look at these very important areas of your life:

What are YOU good at?

What do YOU find comes naturally to you?

What talent do YOU have that other people wish they had?

What particular skill do YOU find challenging to develop (in a good way)?

What can YOU do that, when you've finished, you wonder where the time has gone?

Now...

I'm not talking about how good you are DOING someTHING.

I'm also talking about how good you are BEING someONE.

For example, it is only now, some years later - that I have realized that I was a great motivator of people who worked for me.

This was a few years before I even thought about 'teaching' self-improvement - yet, this was obviously the seed of a talent that I undoubtedly had - yet, until the age of thirty-two never even thought existed.

That's why I always challenge people who say that they aren't particularly skilled at something to actually think about those things that they find easy to DO.

Quite often - the fact that you find something easy to do means that you obviously have a talent for it.

Don't always take this literally.

Just because you are a good manager doesn't mean that you will be a good motivational speaker. It might mean that you are excellent at co-ordinating people of different talents.

Just because you are organized with your paperwork at home, it doesn't mean that you must show other people how to be that way - you might just be the world's best personal assistant.

The key here is to TRY something...ANY-thing that remotely interests and challenges you at the same time.

The more you experiment will doing different things in your life (whether home- or work-related) - the more you will find out about what REALLY inspires you, and what you EXCEL at.

I firmly believe that YOU have a talent, whether measurable or not, that is WORLD-CLASS, that other people would envy.

It's down to you alone to find it.

So - what are you waiting for?

Go On Then - Make That Decision...

Are you a decision maker?

Why am I asking?

Well...I've spent the last two days making some big decisions in relation the future direction of what I want to do with my business, and it go me thinking...

Isn't the ability to make quick decisions a trait of successful people?

I'd like to think so.

In fact, I KNOW so.

Why?

Well...a couple of weeks ago at a seminar I met a number of decision makers.

Sure, they had made a decision to be there, but they had also made the decision to take the opportunity to spend some time looking how they could apply their new knowledge.

The task-lists were flying!

One interesting thing I found was that, as I was out of my normal, sit-at-my-pc-all-day-in-my-study routine - it was easier for me to step outside of my business and think more long-term, instead of just dealing with the day-to-day.

The result?

Mr Lazy Entrepreneur has almost done a full working week this week - the first time in a fair few months, that's for sure!

Does that mean that I am succumbing to those people who tell you that you should be constantly working yourself into the ground?

Err - no.

What it means is that I am so full of ideas, action-plans, and focus on the future that all REAL inspiration should bring.

And, boy, am I having to make some serious decisions!

As you may have noticed - I released Self-Improvement Review this week, and next week I am finishing up on another project that relates to other things I do online.

In a sense - I'm also de-cluttering some of my long-term projects that have been started for some time (even years!) - yet haven't quite been finished.

Organizing the proper promotion of my Home Study Program - The Truth About Success is one of those items that has been on my agenda for some time.

It's a brilliant, and life-changing resource (not my words - just take a look at the testimonials on the site) - and I feel that it's about time that I gave it the attention it deserves.

I bet you've probably got a few things that you KNOW that you SHOULD have done by now but haven't, don't you?

It might be painting the house, clearing out the garage, making those phone calls, or working through that course you bought.

The thing is - and I've mentioned this a few times before - the very fact that something needs doing is taking your focus away from the GOOD stuff that challenges, inspires, and motivates you.

For example, I'm overdue on going through all my tax stuff - and it's constantly nagging away at me that I should have done it all a couple of months ago.

Guess what the first thing I'm going to do is when I finish the project I'm currently working on?

Not a nice decision to make - to do something that you can't be bothered to do - but, once it's out of the way, you'll be amazed at what opportunities and ideas will flood into your mind to replace it.

Perhaps that's why I let things build up - so that I can make the most of all that NEW space in my head?!

There's never a better time to make a decision when you don't want to.

The most successful people make the most difficult (but informed) decisions at various stages of their lives - so don't you think that YOU ought to try to think that way, too?

As always - it's up to you.

YOUR success is down to YOU - no one else.

The Split-Second Path To Lazy Abundance

One of the biggest realizations came to me when I decided to resign from a 'proper' job and work for myself.

Literally overnight I decided to quit...despite not having any prospective means of supporting my family.

As if by magic...my depression lifted. I felt healthier. I smiled more.

And, the biggest realization?

I realized that, in the that split second, NOTHING outward had changed...I had just decided to quit - and hadn't actually even told my wife, Lesley about it, nor had I actually handed in my notice to my employer.

Yet...physically, emotionally, and mentally - EVERYTHING changed!

In that split-second I realized that my mind and my thoughts have a huge effect on the quality of my life.

And...if I could stop taking anti-depressants in that split second...then surely there were greater things that I could achieve as well.

Just at that moment I realized that what I focused my thoughts upon created the reality that I lived in.

One moment...I was miserable, the next inspired.

Literally overnight, I changed as a person as I reached (and pushed past) mentally-imposed limits that I had set for myself.

In the four years since - I have reached higher highs and lower lows than at ANY other time in my life - yet, armed with the knowledge that I am the one who is ultimate control of what 'gets to me' - I lead a life that most people would call stress free.

Stress free enough that I spent four hours on a golf course with my brother, Mark, today - whilst all of my old colleagues stood by a coffee machine complaining at how 'unlucky' they were.

Stress free enough that, despite not necessarily needing to, I felt that I owed YOU some words of motivation this afternoon before I put my feet up and read some more of my book.

Now...I'm certainly not saying this to brag as some days I work longer hours than most people I know, plus do a little bit at weekends, too.

And, I certainly haven't taken it easy over the last four years...I've taken more action during that time than most people do in a lifetime.

My brother Mark laughs at me because he reckons that I must do the least amount of work amongst everyone he knows!

It's true. But...because I know when, how, and why I work - I do less but achieve much more.

Because I know that I can...as I know that YOU can, too.

Life isn't about working to live...it's about making the best of what it throws at you - good and bad.

Me - I could work MUCH 'harder'...make much more...yet miss out on spending time being a part of my daughters' lives.

YOU - I bet that, if you really thought about it...YOU could make decisions and take action that would change the QUALITY of YOUR life overnight.

I'm not talking about quitting your job like I did.

I'm talking about focusing on ONE single positive thing in your day that really INSPIRES you to make more of yourself.

I'm different in that I don't like to measure my success in monetary terms. I'd much rather be abundantly happy, challenged, and inspired than be saddled with the pressure to chase an ever-increasing need to earn to keep up with my spending.

New gadgets, TVs, or cars don't inspire me.

Having done less of what I don't enjoy and more of what I do, for what I get in return, is what REALLY lights my fire inside.

I can tell you...the satisfaction you get from knowing that you are 'on form' - just for minutes in a day really motivates you.

Yet...all it takes is clicking that switch over in your brain that screams 'victim'...and turn it to the satisfying hum of 'I'm in control of my own destiny'.

Once you realize, like I did, that life's more about what you can't see than what you can...there'll be no stopping you!

Just try it and see.

So - Why Aren't YOU Doing It Then?

It's easy to find ways not to do things, isn't it?

One minute, you're quite happily chugging along deeply involved in what you're doing - and next minute you're staring aimlessly out to space wondering if you can be bothered to carry on.

Bet you've been there too, right?

Most people will tell you that you should be inspired and 'fired-up' all of the time.

They're wrong.

You don't HAVE to be like that if you want to live the life of your dreams.

In fact - you only need to be inspired for just a few hours at a time - and STILL succeed.

The problem is that you have been conditioned to EXPECT to work hard, work long, and let work rule your life.

Me? I much prefer to let my life rule my work!

I can do this because I know that when I'm at my best - I can create amazing amounts of work and accomplish great things.

And...when I'm not really in the mood - then I'll just sit staring at my PC and start regular trips to the fridge!

So...instead of FORCING myself to constantly 'work' - I instead I make sure that, in those times that I don't really feel inspired - I do something constructive instead.

So...instead of complaining that I'm not motivated - I just do one of these things instead...

- Read a marketing newsletter that I'm a subscriber of
- Watch the DVDs of an Internet seminar that I couldn't manage to get to
- Play around with some program code that relates to my business
- Read a self improvement or marketing book
- Listen to similar recordings on my Ipod (I even listen to it as I go grocery shopping or on the walk back from taking Katie to school.)

Occasionally - I might give myself some 'mental' time off.

I was on vacation last week - and didn't do a SINGLE thing relating to work - just focused on spending quality time with my family. (Perhaps surprisingly - when I worked in a 9-5 job - I found it extremely difficult to 'switch off' like this.)

Also recently - that good old English game of cricket has been quite exciting to watch - so I've allowed myself the odd hour here or there to get caught up in the excitement of it all.

Remember - in my line of work I still HAVE to work regularly (and creatively) in order to provide for my family as my income is certainly not guaranteed every month.

Now - you may well be different to me in that you work in a 9-5 job.

Generally - your approach shouldn't be much different - though of course you have a real boss to answer to whereas I only have my wife, Lesley to answer to!

If at all possible in your work - make sure that you do your BEST work first.

Why?

Well - for a start - it gets your momentum going...and a little bit of 'success' under your belt before you approach the other stuff is always a good thing.

Secondly - challenge yourself to 'beat' that particular task that you might not be fond of. It may be that you aim to get it done more quickly every time - or that you do more of it each time you do it.

Perhaps most importantly - whatever line of work you do...

Use the time that you are NOT at work in a way that helps you get to where you want to go.

So...

- If you love your job and want a promotion - get in earlier or stay later to accomplish more and get noticed. And, especially - watch what your boss does and his boss does. Whether you like it or not - they have been promoted in the past for a reason!

- If you don't mind your job but have a great hobby - then look at ways you can become an 'expert' in that hobby by perhaps writing down/recording your knowledge about that subject. (This topic alone is a massive one too big to cover in one go!)

- If you hate your job then find out what sort of job you would really like to do - and read up on it, become involved in it (even unpaid) so that you will be prepared to take that step.

- And, if you work for yourself like I do - make sure that you constantly acquire and apply knowledge from ONLY two areas:
+ Your field of expertise
+ Marketing

You may not believe it - but knowledge and application of the last of these two is probably more important than the first...but that's a whole new subject!

Anyway - life's too short to be feeling down about what you feel that you SHOULD be doing - when instead you can be doing something that, if done consistently, WILL allow massive change to happen in YOUR life.

So - what are YOU waiting for?

Hey! Over Here! I Want More of What I Don't Want!

My apologies for it being another two weeks since you last heard from me.

Aside from the 'fun and games' of being a dad - I've been spending an awful lot of time on ideas.

As I mentioned last time, my prosperity this year has increased quite dramatically compared to the last few years.

The main reason for this is that I am spending less time actually WORKING - and more time planning, thinking, creating, and only THEN taking action!

In fact - I actually 'work' a damn site less (in terms of effort) than every person I know.

That's not to brag - it's just to show you that it IS possible to spend all day sitting at your PC - not get much 'done' in terms of output - yet STILL end up with a 'return'.

The Universe certainly moves in mysterious ways, I can tell you!

Sure - in many ways I am still pushing myself in new directions - but not at the expense of any 'pain' - if you get what I mean.

What about YOU? How are YOU doing?

Even though I don't write very often recently - I still DO appreciate YOU reading this.

After all - if it wasn't for YOU - I wouldn't be challenging myself as much as I have done over the last few years!

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As I was saying...

YOUR life could be 'easy' if you 'LET' it.

(Please notice the emphasis on LET!)

You see...I'd like to think that I knew a fair bit about leading a happy and successful life.

After all - you're reading this right now at this very moment because YOU may well believe that I do, too!

(If you don't - then WHY are you reading this?!!)

Anyway...

I certainly do feel that I am in a position to help both myself and other people (like YOU) make a better life for ourselves.

The trouble in the past was that there was always a little niggling thought in my mind that I still found it quite HARD work to make things happen in my life.

You get the picture...having to do stuff because you HAVE to...or SHOULD do.

Or doing things because you NEED to provide a living.

Yeh - sure - I could make things happen in this area - but not without EFFORT.

(Doesn't it make you feel just a little bit tired when you read that word - EFFORT?)

So...that's what I've been spending this year actually getting AWAY from.

To be honest - it's also one of the reasons why I haven't written much. With all the best will in the world - there are many people who don't do anything much with their lives.

Even when they KNOW that they should.

Or perhaps more importantly...COULD!

And...to be honest - despite my best efforts to get my readers to see the positive side to life...my 'email bag' would be chock-full of negativity and doubt.

Sure...that's human nature. And that's fine.

In fact...there are many people who draw strength from telling others how bad their situation is. Or how 'unlucky' they are. Or how little they have.

Trouble is...it's so EASY to get 'infected' by such people. Sometimes - you may even find that you turn into one of them YOURSELF! (I know - I used to be one of them...moaning by the coffee machine about how lucky someone else was at my expense)

Anyway...I'm getting off topic here...

You see...I used to spend half of my time trying to help people who THOUGHT that they wanted help...when in fact...most of the time they just wanted someone else to TELL them what they should be doing with their lives.

Sort of like blaming in reverse.

You ask for advice. You don't act on it. You blame your siutation, the world, the weather, me, your spouse, the kids, the neighbors. (I think you get the picture).

And STILL you wonder why things don't change.

And you still go around telling your work colleagues that your motto is:

"Life's a bitch and then you die"

Sorry if that offends you. Believe me. It should.

I'll let you in on a little secret. That used to be MY motto - for years when I worked in my 9-5 - getting results - but still wanting MORE from life.

Bet you know what I mean, right?

But...it doesn't HAVE to be all 'doom and gloom'.

It doesn't HAVE to be 'this' way.

Except that, perhaps for YOU, it DOES have to!

Until you really find out what you DON'T want from your life - how are you going to know what you DO want?

Yet - many millions of people go through their lives aiming for something that they probably don't want when they get there (if they get there!).

How many people do you know who are saving hard for their retirement - so that, after 40+ years of hard slog - they'll be able to FINALLY do what they want?

How many people do you know who view life as one big competiton vs family, friends, neighbors, colleagues...even if it is at the expense of their health, family life or wealth?

How many people do you know who are working themselves into the ground to prove a point...sadly not always to themselves!

Life doesn't HAVE to be this way...believe me.

I used to work with a guy who was counting the NINETEEN years until he retired on a full 2/3rds pension! What sort of LIFE is that?

Who's to say that he might even get there? Remember - this world of ours moves in ways that we can never explain - good or bad.

If YOU go through life sending out these LACK messages:

- Saving - just in case I don't have anything in the future.
- Competing - just in case there isn't 'enough' to go around.
- Struggling - just to prove something to someone who probably doesn't even care

What sort of messages do YOU think that you are sending out to the Universe?

"Hey Universe, over here! Look at me...I'm scared that I'm not going to be able to have enough of what I really want - can you send some more to me, please?"

Guess what you're going to end up with?

Not more of what you really want that's for sure.

Nope. You're just going to end up with more of wanting more of what you want.

In other words...LESS of what you really want!

A good friend of mine challenged me in front of an audience last year.

I was taking questions after a little talk I had done about "The Law of Attraction" - you know - 'You become what you think about most of the time".

He asked...

"If we become what we think about...how come I am constantly focusing on building my bank balance, and getting rid of my debts - yet I'm still in the 'hole' every month?"

To be honest...it wasn't a question that I had prepared for.

My friend's grin told me that he thought he was getting one over me...something that we'd chuckle over in the hotel bar later that evening.

My answer came to me immediately...without thinking.

"It's because you are focusing on a LACK of black figures in your bank account...and because you are focusing on a LACK of available funds needed to take care of that debt - so guess what you are RECEIVING?"

Let's just say HE bought the drinks that night!

I know...it's not through want of trying that you may not be getting all that you want from your life.

In fact - it may be BECAUSE you are trying too hard NOT to be in the situation you may be in that, by your very thoughts - leads you to get MORE of what you don't want.

Think about it...what you can start changing in order to focus on MORE of something you DO want...instead of focusing on MORE of what you DON' T want?

THAT is a question only YOU can answer.

And...even more importantly - only YOU can change YOUR thoughts in a way that ensures that you are AIMING FOR something instead of RUNNING AWAY from it.

It's up to YOU.

It always is. YOU and NOBODY else.

So...what are YOU going to do about it?

Your Prosperity Key Is In This Paragraph...

Every once in a while I like to just let randomness take me places...

In this case - I just took my often used and dog-eared copy of my favorite self-help book of all time - "The Law of Success In Sixteen Lessons" by Napoleon Hill - and just focused on the first paragraph that caught my eye.

As it turned out - this paragraph from page 9 of Lesson Four - "The Habit of Saving" decided to jump in front of my vision...a timely reminder that the world moves in ways we will never understand...

"Form the habit of thinking and talking of prosperity and abundance, and very soon material evidence of these will begin to manifest itself in the nature of wider opportunity and new and unexpected opportunity."

Guess what?

It DOES!

But it only took me until recently to understand why.

There is one single thing in that paragraph that, if you don't do it...then ALL of the rest will NEVER fall into place.

Now...read the paragraph again with a little more focus...and see if you can spot it. (it's OK...I'll wait)...

"Form the habit of thinking and talking of prosperity and abundance, and very soon material evidence of these will begin to manifest itself in the nature of wider opportunity and new and unexpected opportunity."

Got it?

I've written many times before about it - but, even though I THOUGHT that I put it into practice - looking back - I see that I hadn't.

Sure...I was THINKING about prosperity and abundance.

Of course...I was TALKING about prosperity and abundance.

I most certainly was...LOOKING for wider, new, and unexpected, opportunities to come my way.

(And...I was certainly ACTING on a few of them, too!)

Yet still...even though on many levels I was 'there' - I wasn't QUITE there (if you get my meaning!).

All this thinking, talking, and looking WAS getting me SOMEWHERE that was for certain.

But...

I was still not hitting the target consistently. (there's a clue for you right there!)

And I'll tell you WHY...next time!

But in the meantime - what do YOU think?

The Law Of Increasing Returns

The Law of Increasing Returns is no invention of mine, nor do I lay claim to the discovery of the principle of rendering more service and better service than paid for, as a means of utilizing this Law.

I merely appropriated them, after many years of careful observation of those forces which enter into the attainment of success, just as you will appropriate them after you understand their significance.

You might begin this appropriation process now by trying an experiment which may easily open your eyes and place back of your efforts powers that you did not know you possessed.

I am going to ask you to approach this experiment with full faith that it will mark one of the most important turning-points of your entire life.

I am going to ask you to make the object of this experiment the removal of a mountain that is standing where your temple of success should stand, but where it never can stand until you have removed the mountain.

You may never have noticed the mountain to which I refer, but it is standing there in your way just the same, unless you have already discovered and removed it.

"And what is this mountain?" you ask!

It is the feeling that you have been cheated unless you receive material pay for all the service you render.

That feeling may be unconsciously expressing itself and destroying the very foundation of your temple of success in scores of ways that you have not observed.

In the very lowly bred type of humanity, this feeling usually seeks outward expression in terms something like this:

"I am not paid to do this and I'll be blankety-blankety-blank if I'll do it!"

You know the type to which reference is made; you have met with it many times, but you have never found a single person of this type who was successful, and you never will.

Success must be attracted through understanding and application of laws which are as immutable as is the law of gravitation. It cannot be driven into the corner and captured as one would capture a wild steer.

For this reason you are requested to enter into the following experiment with the object of familiarizing yourself with one of the most important of these laws; namely, the Law of Increasing Returns.

The experiment:
During the next six months make it your business to render useful service to at least one person every day, for which you neither expect nor accept monetary pay.

Go at this experiment with faith that it will uncover for your use one of the most powerful laws that enter into the achievement of enduring success, and you will not be disappointed.

The rendering of this service may take on any one of more than a score of forms. For example, it may be rendered personally to one or more specific persons; or it may be rendered to your employer, in the nature of work that you perform after hours.

Again, it may be rendered to entire strangers whom you never expect to see again. It matters not to whom you render this service so long as you render it with willingness, and solely for the purpose of benefiting others.

If you carry out this experiment in the proper attitude of mind, you will discover that which all others who have become familiar with the law upon which it is based have discovered; namely, that...

You can no more render service without receiving compensation than you can withhold the rendering of it without suffering the loss of reward.

From The Law of Success In Sixteen Lessons by Napoleon Hill

But Is All This Really THAT Important?

Have you ever considered how much you DO that actually doesn't help you one little bit?

We all seem to have so little time in our lives...but what do we do with all that time? I, for one, used to think that I had no 'spare time' whatsoever - yet now, I'm busier but at the same time have MORE free time!

How is that possible?

Well...it all comes down to what's important. Important in the sense that, if money was no object in your life, who and what would you still want from your life.

Yes, I know that money will always seem to be an issue (although it doesn't have to be)...but just humor me for a moment, and spend a little time with me considering the following...

- Who would you still want around you to share in your wealthy lifestyle?

- What activities/hobbies would you wake up looking forward to doing?

- What 'work' (yes, I DID say the dreaded four letter word!) would you actually WANT to do?

I bet you're wondering why you should 'work' even when you don't 'need' to.

Well...you DO need to!

Why?

Unless your mind has something to focus on apart from lying on a beach all day, or spending all day in bed watching TV, then you ARE going to get bored with life!

Honestly.

Ever wondered why people like Bill Gates and Richard Branson continue to work - when, quite obviously to the rest of us, the don't HAVE to?

Well...they do so because they WANT to...and get enjoyment out of doing so.

Richard Branson has said that "I don't think of work as work and play as play. It's all living."

I 100% totally agree with that.

As long, of course, that it doesn't get in the way of the OTHER things that are important in my life...like my family and my health.

Too many people forget that spending all hours to earn a big salary to 'provide for my family' almost always works to the disadvantage of the very same family 'unit' that they are trying to protect.

I've seen the looks on my daughter's classmate's faces as they are told that mummy or daddy can't come to the school play because they have an 'important meeting at work'.

Of course...in the real world...some sacrifices DO have to be made, but unfortunate though it seems, you will NEVER be able to tame that money 'monster'.

Remember a few years ago when you used to be able to live on HALF of what you might live on now?

The more you earn - the more you spend. It's practically one of those unwritten rules of human nature.

It doesn't HAVE to be that way.

But...until you come to a realization for yourself that all the money in the world can't replace being there to see your child's first steps, or to see the pride in their face as they read to you - then I will never be able to convince you otherwise.

For years - I used to be the sort of person whom I now wish that I never was where my family was concerned.

I got lucky...and got 'sent' a special needs son who needed the 24-hour care of both his parents.

I was even 'luckier' in a sense to be given my life back once he left us.

Even though, of course, I would rather have him around...I can now appreciate that just plain smiling and having fun is seriously underrated where leading a successful life is concerned!

YOU might well not be as lucky as I have been...but it's never too late to really look at what you do, day-in-day-out, and see whether what you are doing is THAT important.

People get ulcers because of stress at work...yet all it takes is a laugh with someone you love to wipe away all of that pressure (if you let it of course.)

Many things that we take for granted don't cost us a single thing - whether it's money, effort, or even time.

Yet, it's these very same things that we would most want to have in our lives when we 'make it'.

But, the time you have spent reading this is wasted unless you actually DO something about it.

Your life is in your OWN hands. You already know what's important to you.

I think that it's about time that you did something about it, don't you?

Achieve WHY More...Just By Doing Less

This week I have probably spent only about two hours actually sitting at my desk working.

Not because I was trying to be clever...but because my body finally called 'time' on my efforts at pushing my comfort zones!

Well...OK...the 'flu-type bug that I have had almost non-stop for a few weeks finally came to a head...and completely knocked me out for a few days.

Which was a GOOD thing.

Why?

Well...I probably needed the break away from working and creating for a while.

And...at the exact same time that I 'gave in' to feeling unwell instead of trying to carry on regardless...I began to feel better.

Once I had stopped fighting...everything became clearer.

So...I've spent the last few days lounging on the sofa reading, catching up on videos with Lesley...and generally letting the world of work get on without me.

Which, surprisingly perhaps...empowered me even more than before.

Why?

Well...as I'm writing this...I've been back at my desk for almost two hours - yet I KNOW that I probably accomplished as much *important* 'work' in the fifteen minute bursts I allowed myself for each of the last few days!

So...even though I am certainly feeling much better than I have done for a number of weeks...I'm going to continue with this 'experiment'.

So...in comes more 'quality' family time - out goes some of juggling that goes with trying to accomplish a number of often very different things at the same time!

In other words...it's back to basics...and the source of why I do what I do.

I do what I do because I want to ENJOY what I do...at the same time as enjoying LIFE.

Sometimes it can be difficult to remain focused on things as important as this when you are striving to make the most of what you've got.

Until the Universe pops up and reminds you WHY!

Looking For Lack?

The world is an abundant place.

Especially the developed world.

Yet - we fail to realize it...and instead go on about what we want that we don't have...and what other people have that we wish we had.

Sound familiar?

Prosperity is a mindset shift that unfortunately the vast majority of people just don't 'get'.

I blame money.

And...even now - it's VIRTUAL money that causes the problems!

It's 0s and 1s on a central computer somewhere owned by your credit card or bank.

It's not even money that we hold in our hands any more.

We get so hung-up trying to EARN money - that we forget that we're supposed to GIVE value in return for it FIRST!

Just like the farmer is rewarded with his year's worth of effort tending his land and crops.

It's not that people want something for nothing - it's that they want something MORE than they are prepared to give in return.

They complain when their neighbor gets 'lucky'. They moan when someone tries to make the most of their talents and charge for them accordingly.

They gripe about never having as much money as 'x' - yet constantly do NOTHING about their situation to make a CHANGE.

Remember...the ONLY way to get off of the road you're currently going down is to TURN!

Keeping going - doing the same things - they won't help you.

Neither will focusing on what's WRONG with your life instead of what is GOOD (or even GREAT) about your life.

If you think hard enough - you do have at least ONE thing going for you that some other people would give up all of the money in the world for...

- A partner
- A healthy child
- A reasonably secure job
- A home
- Your health
- A car

It's easy to hold yourself back because you think that the 'grass is greener' somewehere else.

It isn't.

Your grass will always be a green as YOU choose it to be!

Once you start to focus on what you HAVE and what you can DO - then your mind will have the fuel to THINK of ways to enhance what you already have.

Instead of just focusing on finding more of what you are 'wishing' for.

Isn't it about time that YOU mentally took CARE of you?

Isn't it about time that you looked for what is GOOD about your life instead of constantly worrying about what may not be?

YOU are a unique, talented individual - with passions and skills that other people could only wish for.

Isn't it about time to REALLY appreciate that you DO have a chance to make something of your life?

Only YOU really KNOW what you've got going for you. Start today to make a note of what you DO have.

It does make a difference.

You'll Know...

Having got out of the habit of writing daily - it's now a strange sensation to be writing twice within the space of twelve hours!

Well...that's the human mind and creativity for you!

It seems as if we spend so much time struggling to focus on what we should be doing that, quite often, trying to FORCE something out is the worst that we can do.

I know...I've tried it! Many times.

For example...I enjoy writing this stuff (whether you enjoy reading it or not!)...yet it would be awful if I HAD to do it at a certain time or day just because I HAD to.

And that's with something that I LOVE to do!

Imagine how bad it then gets if it's something that that you DON'T really enjoy doing!

Enough said.

The trick is to make the most of those times when you are in the 'flow' - and are able to do things almost effortlessly.

Yes...even I have been known to actually purposefully WANT to cut my grass (even though it's one of those things that always gets put off!)

Nothing changed...but my THOUGHTS about it did...that was all.

If you are in one of those "Let's Go!" moods - then you can usually tackle those things that you don't always want to.

And the easiest way to get into one of those moods?

Don't pressure yourself. (Not - I don't mean get lazy!)

What I mean is that usually, if something is IMPORTANT enough to you, you WILL eventually get it done.

Except that, quite often...most things are that important because they aren't really linked to WHY you do what you do.

If I know that I want to be successful in my business...I know that I need to develop many different skills.

Most of which may push me a little out of my comfort (or for most people - their "I can't be bothered") zone.

Yet - I know that, if I need to do something by next Tuesday - then, as long as it gets DONE by next Tuesday - it's irrelevant whether I get it done a week before, 2 days before...or even stay up to 2.a.m. the night before working on it!

As long as it gets done.

If you're not in the right frame of mind to do something (especially where creativity is required) - then, please, don't force yourself to do it!

Just wait.

You'll KNOW when it's the right time, believe me.

Just Think For A Moment

I've been spending quite a bit of time thinking lately.

Thinking about...

- WHY I do what I do
- WHAT I really want to do - both now and in the future
- WHOM the sort of person I am and want to evolve into
- HOW I can convert my knowledge in many different disciplines into focused results-generating ACTION
- WHEN I listen to that voice inside my head - how do I feel?

Some of the 'results' from this thinking doesn't always come out the way that you would expect it, I can tell you!

What about YOU?

If YOU were to think about these things - what would YOUR 'answers' be?

Of course...there are no real 'wrong' answers to these questions.

What could be crucial to MY future success - might be the worst thing that could ever happen to YOU!

That's why it's so important to reference YOURSELF whenever you read or listen to ANY personal development material.

Unless it's in YOUR frame of context - then what you may learn might well end up worthless.

Do this enough times...and you're literally wasting huge chunks of your life reading (and no little money) - without any form of 'return' from your investment...which, once gone is lost forever.

I've decided that LESS is certainly MORE where new information is concerned.

Of course...I still invest in learning about myself and my business (as YOU should) - as that is exactly what successful people do.

BUT...I'm also spending some time CONSOLIDATING my previously acquired knowledge to make sure that I have made the most of what I've learned in the past.

And...at the same time...take a step back, stop for a moment...and THINK!

Butterfly Wings, Five Minutes...And A New Habit

Let's face it - we're creatures of habit.

Who we are and what we do is entirely dependent on those little habits that consume our days.

Like...

- how we sleep at night
- what TV we watch
- what clothes we prefer
- who our friends are
- how we travel to work

And many more other things that people forget are really habits as they just form part of their everyday activities.

Yet - take yourself out of a particular routine that you have got used to...and something doesn't seem quite right.

It's the same whether we are trying to create a new GOOD habit...or trying to unwind ourselves from a BAD one.

You may have heard that some people say that a butterfly flapping its wings in South America has an impact on the weather patterns on the other side of the Atlantic.

All part of the supposed connectedness of nature to the Earth and how it works.

Well...I firmly believe that YOUR habits are like those butterfly wings.

One little change can have a HUGE effect on your future.

Don't believe me?

Well...what if you changed your habit of getting up at 7a.m. to getting up at 6:30a.m.?

What could you accomplish in those extra 30 minutes? How about if it was only 15 minutes? Or 5 minutes?

What if you decided that you would read 5 pages of a personal development book in that extra five minutes?

You could read an EXTRA 150-page book EVERY month - just by waking up 5 minutes earlier.

That's 12 EXTRA books every year. Just from 5 minutes a day.

Of course...you don't have to read 5 pages of a book.

You could speak affirmations
...or go for a jog to the end of the road and back
...or get into work 5 minutes earlier
...or spend 5 minutes reading with your child
...or write your task list for the day

Get the idea?

Just one little change and five minutes CAN have a big effect on your life - just by the cumulative effect of those five minutes day after day.

So...what daily habit could YOU get into for just five minutes?

Clicking Into Place With Tony Robbins?

There's no accounting for taste...

What may be the most exciting thing to ever happen to me...might just be the most pointless and boring then you've ever heard!

That's why YOU should always be careful if you are following any expert (or 'guru') religiously.

Remember...even though Tony Robbins has sold something like 200 million of his latest tape set - I reckon that less than 0.01% of people have changed thier lives dramatically because of it.

Now...I'm not saying this to slate Tony Robbins.

No. I just want to put YOUR own personal development into a little perspective.

All of those hundreds of millions of people for whom his program didn't really work are STILL therefore searching for the 'keys to the success kingdom'.

Although I haven't heard much of his latest stuff - I'm sure that Tony Robbins isn't necessarily saying that much different to what I, or anyone else involved in personal development might.

It's just that Tony's VERSION of what works might not work for YOU...when Zig Ziglar's, Jim Rohn's or Brian Tracy's MIGHT.

Or - (you never know) something that I write may well make thing crystal clear for you.

So...if things are necessarily working out 'as promised' - just remember that it's not that it doesn't work - that particular WAY of doing (and understanding) it doesn't work for YOU.

So...just because it seems that things aren't falling into place - don't give up.

Keep searching...because I guarantee that, if you search hard enough - eventually you WILL find something that just 'clicks' everything else into place.

You'll see.

What Would YOU Do If You Could Do It All Over Again?

What would you do differently if you could live your life over again?

What would you do?

Where would you go?

More importantly...how would you THINK?

Do you see yourself as happy...carefree...and enjoying life to the full?

Challenged in a good way...constantly improving as a person?

Well...what would YOU do if you could do it all again?

I bet that there are many things that perhaps you could STILL do - if you REALLY wanted to.

If you stop for a moment and think about what you really want from your life...what little steps could you take TODAY so that you could move that litttle bit closer to it?

We're our own worst enemy when we consider what we are CAPABLE of.

How many times have you silently told yourself that weren't talented enough...or that you would fail if you tried something new?

We are victims of our own self-imposed limitations as to what is possible in our lives.

Sure...you may have responsibilities...commitments - yet I bet that in some small way you COULD improve on where you are right now.

Now...this won't happen overnight! After all - it's probably taken you years to get to where you are now.

But...if you go back and look about what you WOULD do differently - how could you maybe TRY to apply that to what you are doing now?

The only limits in this life are set between your ears.

It's up to YOU to do something DIFFERENTLY. There IS still time.

It's NEVER too late to START. Never.

The Rise Of The Poverty Bandits

Are YOU one of THEM?

We all know someone like it.

They go around constantly complaining about why this doesn't work...or how unlucky there are.

Even worse...they're constantly harping on about how their neighbor or friend doesn't deserve to have what they've got - and that they themselves 'wish' they could have everything fall into place like them!

This 'passing the buck' sort of attitude, quite frankly, depresses me.

If these people spent HALF of the time they spend on gossiping and moaning on doing something POSITIVE and CONSTRUCTIVE then their world would be completely different.

I know...because I USED to be one of THEM!

I was always jealous of the person who go the promotion when I didn't...always angry and bitter that things seemed to work for one friend...and yet never quite came off for me.

Then I began to realize that, because I was constantly focusing on this LACK mentality - I was just turning into a POVERTY BANDIT!

Stealing the bad luck from other people purely because I focused on it so much!

What about YOU?

Are YOU turning into a Poverty Bandit?

Are you blaming everyone else for where YOU are...instead of looking at WHY you may not be as 'fortunate' as them?

Too many people spend all their lives complaining, whinging...and handing over responsibility for where they are to EVERYBODY else.

Shame that they don't realize that they're making true their worst fears by consistently focusing on the 'bad' stuff.

So...don't YOU turn into a lifetime Poverty Bandit...because, believe me...the more you 'steal'...the harder it is to go 'straight'!

The Ladder...And The BIG Goal

I've come to realize a very important thing the more I learn about how I 'work'.

Each rung of the ladder to success is made up of FOCUS.

What do I mean by this?

Well...

If you look at some of the most successful people...both past and present...they ALL were focused on ONE overriding objective (ie the TOP of their respective ladder).

- Bill Gates - a pc in every house
- NASA in 1962 - Get man on the moon by the end of the decade
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - become Mr Universe...become a top actor...(and more)

Three completely different situations...but, whether you actually LIKE the people involved...they ALL either succeeded in achieving their goal (I reckon Bill Gates will get there eventually!).

In order to reach the top of the ladder...you need to take each step - one at a time.

And...every SINGLE step needs to contribute to your climb...otherwise you either don't move up at all...or just take a step downwards.

The way to make sure that you are CONSISTENTLY moving UP the ladder to YOUR success is to make sure that EVERY single step is FOCUSED on CONTRIBUTING to the achievment of the one that FOLLOWS!

In many cases...the NEXT step might actually take you AWAY from where you THINK that you want to go...but it is NECESSARY for you to take it because it is a step you MUST take if you want to get to the TOP.

It's not easy to visualize EVERY step on that ladder that you need to focus on...so the BEST thing to do is make a good guess - then just GO FOR IT!

The very fact that you are attempting the climb will mean that you are actually ON the ladder to YOUR own success...when so many other people just write off their chances - and don't make that first step!

So...pick a BIG goal...and just FOCUS on the FIRST thing that you can do that will somehow take you TOWARDS it!

You never know where that ladder will take you...but it will certainly take you higher than if you don't even bother.

So...what are YOU waiting for?

In This Lottery Called Life...

Life is a little like a lottery.

Many people still try to 'play the game'...even knowing that they have practically no chance of winning.

Now...that may have sounded a little negative...so let me explain.

Too many people continue to do the same things over and over again...and WISH that things were different.

Whereas a much smaller minority continue to do DIFFERENT things over and again...and KNOW that things WILL be different.

Which one are you?

The person who plays the lottery wishing for a big win...or the person who becomes part of a syndicate in order to have a better probability of winning smaller amounts regularly?

That syndicate is made up of your opportunities.

And...the more chances you 'risk' on the opportunities that come your way...the greater the probability of your success.

Plus...you know that...even if one chance fails...it just means that you are just that LITTLE bit more closer to winning.

It's not easy to have such a mindset when things don't appear to be going your way often enough...but, when you stick with it...you WILL (as long as you learn from your adventures) eventually move towards the place you really want to be.

In this lottery called life...success is all about probability...and how you play the 'game' will determine how 'lucky' you are.

All you need to do is SPREAD your risk by looking out for the ideas and opportunities that come your way.

And just take ACTION!

Succeeding To Fail...Or Failing To Succeed?

To be honest...I make this stuff up as I go along.

I'm not clever...particularly gifted...nor possess a brain any bigger than yours.

I just sit and just 'dump' whatever is inside my head through my fingers and onto the keyboard.

Too many people get hung up worrying about whether anyone would listen to them.

I have an answer for that...

"Who cares?"

You see...where life (and leading a challenging life) is concerned...YOU should try to be aiming towards doing stuff that makes YOU happy, fulfilled...and content in that you are actually getting some enjoyment out of life!

Not an easy position to take, I know.

But...it's much better for your 'mental' health in the future!

It's EASY to get stuck in working out the process of something - rather than just getting on with it and learning by trial an error.

Unless you 'fail'...you'll never know what it feels like to succeed.

I 'fail' regularly.

Just over the last two days I have spent time writing salesletters for a couple of things that I am working on...and have got absolutely NO sales whatsover!

Hey - I call THAT learning!

It's easy to get disheartened when things don't always go your way...but if we could always GUESS what is going to happen as a result of our ACTIONS then we would all suddenly become successful, wouldn't we?

But...unless YOU actually take ACTION...you'll never, ever know if THIS one is the one that finally tips you over the 'edge' - and leads you towards the place that you think you want to go.

Notice I said THINK you want to go.

Why?

Well...believe me...once you begin to get closer to where you THOUGHT you wanted to go...you'll realize that you can go that much FURTHER.

But ONLY by continuing to take POSITIVE action...even if it means 'failing' your way to success!

The Write Way To Generate New Ideas

Inspiration can come from very strange places.

That's why I have a pen and paper by the side of my bed.

I've learned my lesson.

I've lost count of how many flashes of inspiration came into my mind as I was drifting off to sleep...and told myself to remember them in the morning.

Which, of course, I never did!

I've even been know to scribble an idea on a newspaper that we had just bought!

There are many people who claim that they NEVER come up with ideas.

Are YOU one of those people?

Does it annoy you that people like me constantly go on about this idea that we had...or that idea that literally just sprang into our minds?

Yeah...used to annoy me, too!

Until I realized that I wasn't helping myself...but not writing down the ideas that I DID have!

Like with all things to do with your mind...the more you feed it...the more it wants...and the more it creates.

That's why so many people stay in debt for their entire lives - whatever they try to do. They constantly fill their mind with lack...and guess what becomes a reality?

I've personally found that the more I make a note of my ideas (whether I actually DO anything with them or not) - the more ideas I get!

It's almost as if your mind has to constantly produce a certain amount of ideas just to keep it active.

And...this idea 'muscle' only seems to work this way once you constantly try to capture what it is coming up with!

Some of my best ideas have come from just a split-second thought - that, if I had ignored, and not written down, would have been lost forever...perhaps sent out into the 'Universe' for someone else who was more tuned-in to the process to make use of.

I'm certainly no more clever, nor more creative than you...I just make a note of what comes my way!

I have pads of paper covered with notes, doodles, diagrams, one-sentence ideas...most of which I very rarely look at.

But...whenever I'm lacking in inspiration...I have a whole treasure trove of ideas on paper that can spark off new ideas...or remind me of old ones that I thought were great at the time.

Plus...if I see an idea that is a couple of years old that I only thought of 'again' recently...it acts as a motivator in that perhaps I SHOULD actually follow-through on it because I first thought of it ages ago!

THAT is how ideas work...and how I am able to regularly come up with new ways to secure my financial future.

And YOU can, too...but only if you begin by writing your ideas down in ONE place!

Nobody Ever Told You That You Could

I expect that I have repeated myself often on this blog.

In fact...I'm almost certain that I have repeated that I have said that I repeated myself!

So what?

Your path through life is driven through what I call "channels".

These channels are like ski tracks through snow...sharply defined.

Until someone walks all over them - and you've no way of knowing exactly where your tracks were.

So...you just go ahead blindly...making MORE tracks until you realize that your tracks were PURPOSELY covered over because you were going the WRONG WAY!

So...in our lives...we blindly go through these channels that we've set ourselves based on what we BELIEVE to be TRUE about ourselves.

So...if you think that you're ugly...no matter what happens...that's the channel your're going to go down, whether it's 'right' for you or not.

Even when you have the opportunity to prove yourself wrong when you arrive at another channel going in a different direction - you STILL follow the same channel...and still continue along the SAME direction.

The complain about how unlucky you are!

Are YOU one of those people who literally forget that you DO have a CHOICE about which channel to follow?

Maybe. Maybe not.

Today I had conversations with two people who both said in a roundabout way...

"I can't do 'x' because 'y' MIGHT happen"

Shame really...because UNLESS they do 'x' - their 'y' might ALWAYS happen!

Your capacity for achievement is determined by how much you really BELIEVE that you CAN.

Except nobody ever told YOU that you COULD.

So you DON'T...and then make up reasons WHY you CAN'T.

Until you 'get it'...that you CAN if you REALLY want to.

I Am Not Them...And You Are Not Me!

Let's face it...we're all completely different.

What inspires and motivates me...might well put YOU off completely!

This is a big problem where leading a successful life is concerned.

We look up to those people who have achieved something in their lives...and, we try to COPY what they did...because it obviously worked for them.

Big, big mistake!

For example...one of my brothers is doing quite nicely running a travel agency business online.

Fair enough.

BUT...he has to be IN his office at least six days a week in order to make that happen!

Me...I'd much rather fit my work into my lifestyle rather than the other way around.

But...my brother loves what he does - so he's more than happy with what he is doing.

And...if I really wanted to...I could go into the same business as him...armed with my more experienced Internet marketing knowledge - and earn more money than him

But...I don't WANT to!

I WANT for YOU to be reading THIS...that's what I want!

(Plus, of course, I want to make a living doing it at the same time.)

I am successful in my own right because I purposely decided very early on that I wanted to do as much stuff that motivated me...and not just because I was told that doing 'x' would make me the most money.

For example...I now realize that I quite enjoy the challenge of public speaking...but I am not about to 'hit the road' and do it full-time because it will get in the way of some of the other stuff I want to do.

Yet...I KNOW that I COULD make my 'fortune' this way...but I don't really WANT to.

That's not me thinking that I'm the best...and I'm clever, blah, blah...it's just an example of what I know I could be successful at if I just COPIED what the experts do.

Yet...I am NOT them, and YOU are NOT me!

So...instead of YOU looking for the "one-size-fits-all" approach to success...look at what YOU really want to do that the experts do...and then look at how you can FIT that in the picture of what really INSPIRES you to get up in the morning.

Because, believe me, the worst place you want to be is committed to doing something that you THINK you should be doing...when you KNOW that it isn't quite what you WANT it to be...and all because you just did what someone else said worked for them.

Remember...it's YOUR life...unique as it is...so play to YOUR own strengths - not someone else's!

No Way Back...To The Old You

I'm a great believer in perpetual learning.

Constantly learning about your business and yourself...no matter how much you think that you know.

The value of this has always been made obvious to me when I come into contact with other successful people - whether their definition of successful may match yours or not.

The strength of these people has a foundation in the fact that they KNOW that they can never learn ENOUGH about themselves.

Plus...they also know that what they learn is useless unless they follow through on their new knowledge.

Which is where most people 'fail' when trying to change their lives FOREVER.

It's like a switch that goes off in your mind when you realize that there is NO way back to the 'old you'.

Take me, for example...I can categorically say that I will NEVER bee going back to a 9-5 job.

Never. I may be 34 years old and still have a few 'working years' left in me...but I KNOW for a FACT that what I am doing now is WHO I am!

Is what YOU are doing now who YOU are?

Changing the habits of a lifetime TO DATE isn't going to be easy - that's for sure.

But...once you begin to see the RESULTS of putting your KNOWLEDGE into ACTION - then you'll know that it is worth it. 100%.

Are You Walking Down The Wrong Path To Tomorrow?

Life is a very fickle thing.

One minute you can have no money...the next people are contacting you WITH money!

(Well...it's happened to me a couple of times before!)

One minute you can be down about something that didn't quite work out as planned...the next you could be overjoyed at the prospect of having time freed up for a brand new idea that you just had.

That's why it's impossible to fight it!

As I always say...

"You don't know what you don't know!"

So...trying to second-guess what is going to happen in the next hour, let alone the next year...is pointless!

Yet...I bet that many people use up so much 'mindspace' trying to do EXACTLY that!

Over the last few months...I've decided to really focus myself on doing what is absolutely necessary now...so that the future will begin to take care of itself.

This also means that I don't live in the "What if...?" and "If only..." worlds that so many people inhabit.

Why don't YOU try it?

Why don't YOU try and FORGET about what *might* happen in the future...and instead look at getting the most from what you are doing NOW - whether it's work or play.

Believe me...your stress levels certainly move down a notch when you KNOW that you are doing your BEST...and leveraging every idea that you have...and that you are taking the necessary ACTION to make things happen.

Once you begin to walk down this path...you'll soon realize that there can NEVER be a way back to the 'old you'.

You'll see.

Stop Doing What Isn't Working

Today is the day that YOU should begin working out what you REALLY want from your life.

Today. Not tomorrow. NOW!

It's easy to sit there and *wish* that your life were different...but it's much harder (though much more rewarding) to actually take ACTION and DO something about it!

So...what are YOU going to do TODAY?

Certainly not the same as what you did yesterday...or last week...especially if it's taken you to where you are today - and you're not happy with where that place is!

Remember...you will ALWAYS get the same RESULTS if you do the same THINGS!

It's like taking the same train to work every day. You know that it will leave around a certain time...willl stop at the same stations...and will go along the same track...and ALWAYS (hopefully!) end up at the same DESTINATION!

It's pointless trying to get to a different train station by taking a train that goes to a completely different one!

Yet...that's what so many people are TRYING