I had a bit of a drive the other day, which allowed my mind to wander and to consider my business and Internet Marketing in general. And I came to the conclusion that an online journey was like my car trip… …if we are going to spend a LOT of time on the journey…
I had a bit of a drive the other day, which allowed my mind to wander and to consider my business and Internet Marketing in general.
And I came to the conclusion that an online journey was like my car trip…
…if we are going to spend a LOT of time on the journey…
…it is important we ENJOY the journey as well as just getting to the destination,
(Sorry if that sounds all a bit hippy-dippy and Zen-like. It wasn’t meant to :))
What I suppose I’m trying to say is that on occasions, it is good to just stop and ‘smell the roses’ or do something for the fun or novelty factor.
Easier said than done sometimes when you have bills stacking up, the bank getting heavy and seemingly just about everyone else online making a mint!
But it should be because of these things, not despite them, that you revisit the fun-loving child inside you to recharge the batteries, put things in perspective, and give yourself renewed vigour on your journey.
If you don’t find the fun, everything can become a grind, and that is when people quit.
So go on, find that inner child and go do something ‘different’ in what you have left of today.
Those of us who create for a living, that’s everyone attempting to make a living online, are not always inspired to create. It doesn’t matter though. If you want to be successful at this game, however you define success, you have to turn up and be consistent.
Here is an exercise that I posted elsewhere recently, but I think it will work as an add-on here.
It’s certainly easy for me to say, “hey just do your work every day” right?
But sometimes we have reasons we can’t.
Blockages.
Distractions.
Even just plain old excuses.
So here is what you do.
Get a paper calendar.
On the cover, write the thing that you have a daily goal of working on.
This tracking project is all you will use it for.
Get a green marker and a red pen.
On any day when you successfully do some daily work on your goal, put a big green check.
Try to get as many as you can in a row.
That calendar on the wall can help with that.
Motivation.
Here is my own twist on it.
Any day where you fail, write on that day what got in the way.
Write why you didn’t.
Collect these reasons at the end of, say, a six-month period.
How many are there?
How many times did the same thing stop you?
Now, make a plan to eliminate, avoid, or work around those things.
You know what they are.
You know that they’re interfering.
Stop letting them.
This simple process will help you immensely because it highlights and identifies the bogeymen in your brain or the outside forces that hold you back.
Now that you see them, dodge them, and if you can’t, kill them.
That last bit?
A little bit of warning.
What you discover might not always be the best thing to hear – like if your loved ones are constantly interrupting you, for example.
You don’t have to kick them to the curb, though!
But it’s an indication that you need to set aside regular time in a room with a door that locks or even just a quiet spot away from home to make some writing appointment time.
It’s important, so don’t let it get away from you.
Based on the response from Facebook, YouTube, Google, etc., it must be. Google will not show a video from this platform in the first ten search results even if you search for “video of…”. All they deliver are YouTube videos. The other platforms are
It’s still there. www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1007818/111853081054596622. Notice the date for that post. Google had already bought out the original creator by then. Actually, I’m not sure that it was my first post, but it almost certainly was my first blog post.
My last email was a bit harsh. Most people I speak to think I’m paranoid and a worry-wart. I don’t think I am, but I think I’m being realistic. Most of the Global economy is overheated, and it cannot last. Economies have always risen and fallen, and they’re
No, I’m not flogging Bitcoin. I don’t understand how something as volatile as that, with no intrinsic value, can be used as money in the long term. It was an email from one of the financial people who pointed out the reality. Let’s assume that you have built up your retirement fund.
Making money is a transaction between two groups of people. The groups can consist of one or more people in each group. A transaction, more commonly called a sale, is where one group is paid money for a service or goods supplied by the other group. To make money, you
Not just making money online but in all parts of their lives. Getting things done. Things you know should be done but don’t do. It’s not procrastination, really; it’s more about lacking the ‘quiet courage’ to act now. To do what needs to be done, even if you don’t want to do it.
It’s easy. Don’t attempt anything. You can’t fail if you do nothing. But you can’t live your life hiding in the corner with a blanket over your head. A month or two of that, and you’ll be hiding under your blanket on the street. In the real world, people don’t fail because they make overt mistakes; they fail because they don’t take action.
Not just when I hit the ground but also in the hospital. My riding buddy’s wife is in the Griffith Rehabilitation Hospital, where I spent several weeks recovering. She mentioned my name to the staff, and they remembered me. With the hundreds of patients they have, I must have made an impact.
Not just when I hit the ground but also in the hospital.
My riding buddy’s wife is in the Griffith Rehabilitation Hospital, where I spent several weeks recovering.
She mentioned my name to the staff, and they remembered me.
With the hundreds of patients they have, I must have made an impact.
We’re going to visit her tomorrow.
She fell, or was thrown, from her horse.
I pushed her husband to get her into Griffith because I know how good they are.
I know that what they did for me, they can do for her and get her back on her feet as efficiently as possible.
It doesn’t matter where you are now or what’s happened to you in the past.
None of that can be altered; it’s done, and the results are visible to you today.
The only thing you can change is the future.
Starting tomorrow, you can change your future for better or worse, and you’ll do it in increments.
Tiny little steps taken tomorrow and repeated will compound to give you the future you’ve worked towards.
Starting tomorrow.
Every day is a fork in the road to the future.
Every day, you have the chance to do what will improve your life or ignore it and degrade it.
What time to get out of bed, what you eat, what you drink, how much exercise you have, what you spend your free time doing, who you hang out with, what books you read, what websites you spend time on, etc.
I’m sure you get the idea that every seemingly minor decision has an impact.
So, that being the case, why have I mentioned “starting tomorrow” twice?
Because today is the day you stand at the fork in the road and decide where you want your future to be.
Then, you can begin making those tiny decisions to head towards the future you want.
This is not goal setting.
This is activity setting.
It’s much easier to keep track of.
If you want some help with that over the next 12 months, click the link.
