If you think that you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don’t,
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost certain you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a person’s will,
It’s all in the state of mind.

Life’s battles don’t always go
To the strongest or the fastest
Sooner or later those who win
Are those who think they can.

Anon

I wonder if I can get wireless broadband here?

Strategy for Success

Whether you succeed or not in life is dependent on what you believe will happen.

I know I went on a bit about success in the last post but I think the right mindset is sooooooooo important.
Without the right mindset you are doomed to failure before you start.

Until I really sat down and thought about why some people succeed while most don’t, I didn’t really pay attention consciously about what I was really saying to myself.

Sometimes the way you think about something is enough to determine your result.

Have you ever expected something good to happen and it does? – the perfect parking spot for example. Likewise if you expect something bad – you usually get it.

Are you a glass half -full or a glass half-empty kind of person?

Do you usually get what you are expecting ?

Anyway, if you need help on  mindset change (as I did) I urge you to take a look at the Christopher Howard Company and the trainings he offers.

Breakthrough to Success

His first training is call Breakthrough to Success and it is an intensive program delivered over 3 days. It is designed to kick start you into your new life and destiny.

Christropher Howard and his experienced team of trainers and coaches teach many powerful lessons in his experiential trainings.

I found two of his lessons life changing:

1. What you focus on determines your reality

- if you are always looking for good in people or situations that is what you will see and if you are always looking for the bad then that is what you will see. You only see what you are looking for.
To change what you see change what you look for.

2. Be at cause and not at effect in your life

- being at cause means taking responsibility for all that happens to you. Don’t blame other people for your problems and disappointments. Don’t sit back and let life happen to you. Once you start taking responsibility then you are in complete control of your life and you can design and create the life that you desire and deserve!

If you are at all interested, then click here for a couple of free tickets to his event on me!

Next post I will really get into all of this internet stuff but having the right mindset is a critical first step on your journey from internet marketing newbie to successful internet entrepreneur.

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Strategy For Success – pt 2

I heard it yesterday again from Armand Morin and I think I finally got it. (I was at The Ultimate Business Seminar – yes I am a bit of a seminar junkie!)

Why Mindset before Keyword Research?

If you study successful people and do what they are doing then success is much more likely to come your way.

Not only should you model what they are doing but you should also emulate their values, beliefs, strategies and qualities.

That’s why I’m taking the time here to talk about mindset before I start with keyword research, FTP, product selection etc (all of this will come very soon – be patient with me!)

Mindset in important and without the right mindset it is much harder to succeed…

..dare I say it…

without the right mindset you won’t succeed

Top 10 Qualities of Successful Internet Entrepreneurs

or any other successful entrepreneur for that matter.

1. The Reason

If the why is big enough the how will come. To succeed you need a dream. The big dream is the thing that motivates you and lights you up, it’s the the thing you are most passionate about.  Bill Gate’s dream was to have a computer on every desk.

Without a dream you won’t succeed. Everyone has a different dream – what yours?

2. See the Big Picture or have an Overall Strategy for Success

The big picture is the overall plan, the vision, the strategy.

Make sure you have a plan and don’t get distracted by the little things along the way.

3. Chunk it Down

Starting at the beginning, with very little knowledge and big expectations can quickly lead to overwhelm. Avoid overwhelm at all costs it will crush you and lead you away from success.

Instead chunk it down.
Give yourself small goals frequently rather than one huge goal.
It’s easy to eat an elephant – you just take it one bite at a time.

4. Remain Focused

Don’t try and do everything at once or learn everything at once. Just focus on one task at a time.
One step at a time is the key to success.

5. Determination and Perseverance

These are qualities that are always demonstrated by successful people. Thomas Eddison tried many. many times before he found a light bulb that would work.

So never, ever give up and be prepared to do the things that most other people won’t.
Most people give up way too early – these are the people that don’t succeed!

There is no such thing as failure, only feedback!

There is heaps more stuff on failure, so you definitely need to get your head around failure. At school we are punished for making mistakes. If we make a mistake we fail a test. Making a mistake at school has very negative connotations.

We really need to think a lot harder about what we teach kids!

The truth is you need to fail to succeed and the quicker you want to succeed the quicker you should fail because you’ll find out faster “what NOT to do”

6. Be Open to Opportunity

Opportunity is always there, you just have to be open to the possibility and it will show up.
If you are open to opportunity then you won’t miss it when it shows up.

7. Take Massive Action Immmediately

Don’t wait until you know everything, you never will!  Just take action and get started straight away – you’ll learn everything you need to know as you go.

It doesn’t have to be perfect – it just has to be.

Taking action is part of good decsion making and people who are good decision makers are generally successful.
Don’t be afraid of investing time or money.

8. Successful Entrepreneurs have Mentors

A mentor is simply a teacher or a coach, someone who has already achieved what you want to achieve.

The apprentice/teacher model has been around since the beginning of mankind. It is a tried and tested method of imparting knowledge and wisdom.

A mentor will definitely shortcut your education process. You can learn from someone else’s mistakes and have access to someone who knows the answers to your questions. They have to, they’ve already done what you want to achieve!

9. Have Written Goals

Writing your goals down makes them more concrete and is the first step to achieving them. There are many systems for goals setting so find one that suits you and implement it ASAP.

10. Mastermind

Surround yourself with like-minded people.
To be successful you need to believe that you can be and you will be.

Don’t listen to those people who say it can’t be done

I urge you to consider the above characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and think about how your journey from internet marketing newbie to successful internet marketing entrepreneur might be shortened by adding some of the above qualities to your own.

…so I again leave you with this final thought….

Success Leaves Traces

Is this the view from your office?

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Success Leaves Traces