The Exponential Power of Goal Reaching

When you break your goal into segments, it’s easy to think that you’re going to eventually reach that goal. Here’s an example: Let’s say you want to run in place for five minutes by the end of the year. Now, I’ve already done the calculations on this: I planned on running in place for five minutes. And I planned on reaching that goal by the end of the year. All I had to do was start with fifteen seconds, and add one second per day. I knew I had it! And then, I got sick … (read the rest of the article)

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Don’t Ever Quit

“I DON’T MUCH CARE FOR QUITTERS, SON”

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is strange with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow –
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out –
The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It might be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit –
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

R.U. Darby was a gold miner who found a vein of gold that many had been looking for. For awhile things were great, but then, the vein hit a solid block of rock. R.U. Darby sold his equipment, convinced the vein had dried up.

The same man who bought the equipment from R.U. Darby got a great price on it. He had faith that there really was gold in that legendary vein, and he simply coudn’t shake the belief that it wasn’t all over for that sweet spot. Following his hunch, he hired an expert who was familiar with mining, and discovered the vein that Darby had left, was just three feet from a gush of gold.

R.U. Darby quit too early.

People define failure different ways. I personally believe that a successful person is someone who takes the next best step, even when the next step is not yet clear to them.
In my life, many things have happened that seemed to be “the end” as in, I will never, ever get over this one. And yet, in every situation, I would find, maybe decades later, that it was all working out for my good.
Some of you are going to make great marketing consultants. You’ve incurred so many blows of defeat, that you know what mistake NOT to make.
This is called experience, and may well be life’s greatest teacher.

So please, I beg you; even if you have tried this marketing stuff for years now, hang on; it takes time to get it all together, and no one really made it big over night (at least not that I have known).

One smart business man said this: My overnight success took me ten years.
(I like that)
You really don’t have to wait that long to be successful.

Here are a few tips:

Know your goal

This is so important. Now I’m just going to tell you like it is, right now, straight up: most of you had a dream that you let go of. And it was a whopper. The big one. The dream that is so outrageous, you would blush if anyone knew of it.
The Wright Brothers had a dream like this: they wanted to fly. Just in case you don’t know, the Wright Brothers were instrumental in creating the airplane.
I guess we can all imagine the scorn they endured on their first attempt.
Many of their creations failed.
Sure they were mocked, but I will bet you this: not one person who picked on them could honestly say that they hadn’t dreamed of flying.
Don’t you remember those dreams you had as a child? Everyone has them; they’re called the flying dreams. Maybe you flap your wings (arms) in the dream, trying to take off. Or maybe you focus, like Peter Pan, and you just start…flying!
Don’t those dreams seem so real?
Why do we all have them? Some people might say that within us is an inate urge to sail above our problems.
A metaphysical (um, careful there…) person might say that it’s just a matter of the mind.
Someone who has seen radical miracles might say that with faith ANY thing is possible, and that this dream is physically achievable.

But I want to talk about YOUR DREAM having wings right now. And I am flying high on faith right now, so let me just give you a set right now.

Your dream is a list away.

Yes.Yes. YES!.

(write the vision and make it plain). …>>>>(need more inspiration?

Mountain moving Faith

All of us have heard the story about The Little Engine that Could. It’s a children’s classic about a small locomotive who volunteers to do a job that no one else will do. That is, to scale a mountain that deems itself too daunting for any of the other, more qualified trains.
Does this stop the little engine? No. He just keeps telling himself, “I think I can, I think I can,
On and on, he puffs this mantra and traverses the mountain.

Some of you are like this. Deep in your soul, you know that you were destined for greatness. You just know it. And it doesn’t matter that all the others are telling you it’s just too hard to rank number one on google. Or, pay per click never works. Or, the internet is too saturated. None of that phases you. Because, You have faith. Real faith. Mountain moving (climbing?) faith.
What causes faith like that? Would love to hear your comments below

How to Stop Procrastinating

We all do it.

But why? Why do we put off doing what we know we need to do?

Let’s cover the “why” and then the “how”.

5 Reasons why you procrastinate

Reason number one for procrastinating:

You don’t really want to do it

Let’s face it, sometimes a task is so gross, so gnarly, so time-consuming or complicated, that it cramps our brain even to think about it. This is one of the reasons why some people shove the task to the back side of their brain…it’s just too painful to think about.

You want to do it, but you are overwhelmed

Yea, I think we’ve all been at this place. Overload is a key reason for putting things off, even when we know it’s important.

Procrastination reason number 3.

You don’t think it’s a big enough priority to do it now..

“Why do today what can be done tomorrow?”

Many procrastinators think this way. Unless their backside is in flames, they prefer to wait….and wait…and wait. The good news is, many of these midnight hour, crunch-time types actually work better under pressure (which is not very comforting to more rigid personality type planners, but it works for them).

…or ever

Some people who are accused of procrastinating are not actually procrastinators. It’s just that, they have no intention of ever doing the task. But somehow, they know that society expects them to

Go back to school

Lose 10-pounds or even

Clean that top shelf

So to make people empathize with them, they join the ranks of “someday I’m going to” stop smoking, get rid of this old piece of furniture, or…whatever it may be. Probably, they are not bothered all that much with their habit, weight, or less than perfect lifestyle. But it makes them fit in to complain with the others and set resolutions they have no intention of reaching…or even trying to.

Sometimes people procrastinate doing something, because they want attention…

We’ve all heard the story of the kid that misbehaves because they are being neglected by mom and dad. In relationships, some adults do this, because if their partner never had a complaint, they’d both never talk to one another.

…Or because, they resent having to do it.

This is not to say that the task is something that they dislike, or even that it is something that they wouldn’t cheerfully do, if weren’t for…the grudge. Yes that’s right, many heel-draggers consciously or subconsciously put off a task that they really don’t mind working on, just because they resent being told that they must do it. Sometimes the request is a reasonable one, but the person asked to do it, doesn’t think it’s fair. Or sometimes, the reason that the procrastinator won’t do the task, has nothing to do with resenting the task, but with driving the other person crazy….because of a long standing grudge that they have toward that person. That’s called Passive Aggression, and you can  learn more about that here

I talk all about these behaviors and how to get over them in my  eBook

“How to finally Stop Procrastinating”

The truth is, procastination costs all of us time, money, and emotional freedom.

In my ebook, I show you practical ways to get motivated and get ‘er done.

And here’s a good reason not to put this off…it’s 100% free; for right now, anyway.  So don’t wait–grab it while you still can– before it costs you.

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My secret to success

A lot of people know what it takes to be successful, but they fail to do it.

Jesus himself said that there would be people like this: they would read His advise, yet fail to keep it.

I think a lot of internet marketing programs are like that; they teach people what to do to be successful, but the student never actually does what they were taught to do.

They are ever-learning, yet not becoming wiser.

How many readers, I wonder, have purchased internet marketing tutorials and manuals in abundance, yet never put them into practice?

The wisest man who ever lived, said that people like this are building their foundation on the sand.

But people who read His word, and do it, have a rock for a foundation.

You can read this story in the seventh chapter of the book of Matthew.

So, what is the secret to success? (remember, you need to actually do it):

Joshua 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

So there it is: the secret of my success is:

I read God’s Holy Word, the Bible, in order that I may actually do what it says.

Then, I meditate on it day and night.

Hey, reader, do you wake up every day and ask God to speak to you through His word?

Do you do what It says?

Do you meditate on the Word He gives you…all day and night?

I know you’ve heard this before. But this time, no more sand castles. This time, build on  a rock.

Matthew 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say”?

(Would you like to know more about Jesus?)