As 2009 quickly approaches, most of us begin to think about our goals. Whether this is a personal goal, such as losing weight, or a professional goal such as growing your business… we all think about these things and attempt to truly make changes. I just found some intensely good information on this… really great info because I feel that many times, we do not define our sincerest goals and end up disappointed.

Tap Into Universal Laws Of Success To Achieve Anything You Want

by Ray Stendall

How persistent is your will? Are you a person who gives up quickly on goals? Successful people all around the world have one very critical trait in common: an iron clad will to achieve their objectives. How persistent is your will? Do you often give up or are you someone who persists until you have what you want.

How do most people set goals?

90% of people set goals based on what they think they can accomplish or what they know they can accomplish but not on what they really desire to have in their life. This is very disappointing because it promotes the stagnation and prompts very limited growth. Real growth occurs when you leave your comfort zone and take a calculated risk.

Why do most people give up on their goals and dreams?

Most people give up on their goals and their desires because they either 1) are fearful that they will see a setback, or 2) experience a small setback and decide to give up because it’s too hard to continue in their mind. Is anything really worth while in life very easy to get? Think about the relationships you have in your life with family, friends and your significant other. These relationships require work. The business that you have or the employer that you work with requires effort on your part to sustain it and to grow your position. Anything that comes too easily, frequently is also easily lost. If you don’t believe me take a look at the statistics of people who win the lottery. Within a couple years they have lost every thing they have won. There’s an old expression that anything you have not earned you have not earned the right to keep.

Do you really want “it”?

Many people give up on their goals and dreams because they don’t really want them. If an individual has not become emotionally involved in acquiring a goal that they seek there is a very high possibility that they will give up. Ask yourself what are some of your New Year’s resolutions from past years. Did you complete all of them? If not why? I’m willing to bet you were not emotionally involved in those resolutions and therefore they did not stick.

How can I improve the intellectual factor of the will?

The will like all other intellectual factors can be improved over time with conscious awareness. Learning to be in control of your thoughts and focus on one thing at a time is the skill set that we are talking about. One way to do this is to buy a candle and light it on the opposite side of the room in which you were sitting. Focus on the candle and only the candle. Your mind will wander and think about different things such as taking out the trash, preparing lunches for the kids. That’s okay but what I want you to do is to come back and focus on the candle. The longer you can focus on the candle and more specifically the flame without allowing your mind to wander the better your “will” will become. Once you learn to master this task you can focus your will on anything.

Will this really work?

Take a look at your life in terms of your happiness, health, and wealth. Is there room for things to be better? It doesn’t matter how happy, healthy or wealthy you are there is always room for improvement. Now ask yourself how determined are you and how strong is your will? If you continue to do everything you have always done I promise you’ll get more of the same results. The candle technique was explained to me personally by Bob Proctor who is a very well recognized authority in personal development.

The use of the will is one of our many gifts but few of us truly understand how important it is to achieve real success in life. I want to suggest that, you take the ideas contained in this article very seriously and become hyper aware of how you use your will and the corresponding results that you get. If you want to see massive improvement make sure that 1) you really want it 2) you become emotionally involved 3) and you never give up.

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When you change your habits, actions and thoughts, your whole world will change. Click on www.GlobalSuccessILG.com to learn about how to increase your income and create wealth in your world. This site covers topics from leadership, to tax strategies, to growing your business and many more. Ray Stendall is President of Wealth Expressions, Inc. and coaches individuals on how to achieve their goals.

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For The Days You Can’t Get Out Of The Fox Hole

Anyone who has freelanced for any length of time is well aware of the ups and downs of the industry. Feast or Famine. Glory Days and days you don’t get out of the fox hole. For sure, there are times when you might wonder IF, not when, you can settle your bills. The real trick to success in Freelancing is to devise your methods for surviving the Fox Hole Days.

Passive Income Is Not A New Concept

With the advent of the Internet, an old and tried-and-true concept has found its heyday. Passive Income has become a mainstay in the lives of the New Entrepreneur. Digital capacities have opened many new doors for HOW to establish numerous streams of passive income… money that comes in whether you have your nose glued to the monitor or whether it’s your hindside comfortably glued to a beach chair somewhere. We are living in an unprecedented era of being able to “set it and forget it,” and it truly will work for you, non-stop, 24/7, globally.

The following article will give you further insight:

Make Passive Income Online

by Troy Smith

Do you struggle in the day, working so many hours and not seeing the results you desire? Try working smarter, and see the results you want without doing much work at all. As long as you are in the work field, there is always going to be a cap on how much money you can make and the rate at which you can elevate in whatever industry you are working in.

The solution to this is the idea of passive income. You do not need to be working directly in conjunction in order to develop a means of passive income. It is essential for you to set up streams of income that you do not have to be constantly putting time and effort into.

Before we go further, I’d like to ask this: are you getting ahead of inflation? Statistics show that most Americans are not. Did you know that the average household income for Americans has only increased by 30% since 1968, and yet inflation says that a dollar in 1968 is worth 6 times that of today? That means that we need to earn around $225,000 a year to live at the same standards as the average income of 1968. We can get to this level by having multiple passive incomes.

One way to create a passive income is the idea of residual income. This is a monthly income from something that you put time into investing only once. You can establish a residual income by selling unique, electronic products online to a stream of customers. This method is entirely automated by allowing digital delivery and payment.

A way to establish this residual income is through e-books and PayPal. You can even purchase the resell rights to pre-existing e-books and simply buy the rights from there. However, this is not the best and most efficient way to have a passive income. You need to apply leverage to have this automated income perform at its best.

The idea of leverage is exactly as Mr. Rockefeller put it - have other people do your work for you. You can pay people a respectable income to create you more income. You will need to invest money to make this happen, but it is much more powerful and effective if you can successfully apply labor income. This approach can easily double your earning potential.

There is one other way to most effectively apply the idea of a passive income, and this is termed active leveraged income. You will have to put more effort in this approach, but by getting others to work with you, not for you, you can earn even more money. An example of this exists in the Multi-level-marketing world. You can greatly enhance your return and get closer to financial freedom.

You can have the freedom to do whatever you want to do and be whatever you want to be sooner than you think without being concerned about money. If you can simply create an item people will continuously purchase, encourage others to assist in the resale of your product, and find methods to make money off of the labor of other people, you will establish this freedom that you, and many others like you, have been searching for their entire lives.

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Troy Smith is a leading expert in internet marketing. He tells others about legitimate, credible online Passive Income opportunities. His most prominent promotion is The Berry Tree that guarantees success.

A Building Block Concept

Rest assured that this model is no different than any other successful methodology. It will take some work. Once you have established your first passive income stream, it will immediately show you how viable the system is. If this means you begin to see a steady stream of income of say, $25/day or whatever the amount is… you can then spend some time in building the amount coming in. Or, you can settle some minor expenses, and get on to the next venture, and building Income Stream #2. Whichever way you choose, you will quickly see that each step eases the load. The passivity is only overshadowed by the sheer delight of knowing you have succeeded, and can do it again. And again. And etc. Congratulations!

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I’m seeing a lot of this topic in recent weeks. It looks to me like the Internet Marketing Mindset may be a few notches above the rest of the pack when it comes to the hard times in world economics. And that is a GOOD thing. Many times, many ways, it’s been said that a downturn in business or in society is NOT a good time to cut back on things like advertising and business promotion. That very activity definitely helps in keeping wheels turning. And the positive outlook is reassuring not only to the business but to their potential customers, as well.

Perhaps after our time on the Net, we simply have a more expanded “world view,” and can envision ways to put long range success into perspective in spite of how things look out on our neighborhood corner.

For me, promotion is in the top levels of what I consider necessary, daily tasks. I am always looking out for inspiration for new ideas for how to promote my online businesses. In fact, a terrific promo idea is often the instigator for either improving one of my products, or even for coming up with brand new products. Finding “a new skin” for an old item, bringing new life to the item, is always exciting. And it’s only when you spend time in truly assessing your own works, that new growth can begin.

So, what is promotion, what are the steps… and how effective is it? This article gives some insight:

Promotional Items: Any Benefit?

by Don Pedro

A business organization or company that wants to succeed cannot treat with kid’s gloves the dissemination of information. Without the right information, a company may find it diffcult to achieve any goal they have set for sales and profits. Information helps the consumers to know what is happening in a company.

There are many ways for information to be disseminated by a company or corporate organization. A company may choose to use coventional print and electronic medium in order to enlighten the consumers out there. Another way to get people informed is the use of promotional items.

Just as the name implies, promotional items are designed to promote a specific objective of a company. They are now very popular in the business world. This is because of their far reaching potential. In other words, they can get to where the company never thinks of. Promotional items refer to items that have been branded with the name of a company as well as its advertising message.

Promotional items are meant to obtain a single effect and that is increased patronage of a company’s goods or services by the target audience. Promotional items however differ from company to company and may be distributed for a varying range of reasons.

Some companies may want to create awareness about the existence of a new range of products and may use promotional items to affect that awareness among the target audience. Other companies may use promotional items to remind their target audience of their existence and continued provision of quality goods and services.

In addition, a company may decide to use promotional items as a means of cementing the relationship between itself and its target market. Promotional items are good tools for creating awareness among a target audience. Many companies out there have used it and it has taken their businesses to the next level - high sales and profit.

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Ras Reed writes about insightful articles about Promotional And Corporate Items , and Papyrus Promotional Items on the site at http://www.about-promotional-items.com

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By Max Elliot

Trust is, perhaps, one of the most valuable on-line commodities. It doesn’t matter whether you are hosting an informational site, or whether you are hosting an e-commerce site; if your site visitors have no reason to trust you they have no reason to stay on your site, purchase from your site, or believe the information detailed on your site. This is especially important when a full 65% of Internet users don’t trust the information they receive on the Web (according to a survey cited by Gerry McGovern. Pretty daunting number, eh? This is why it is so important that you pay real close attention to the information you present, your on-line practices, and your presentation.

Elevate Your Visitor’s Perception Of Your Site

You might wonder how to begin earning the trust of a skeptic in the first place. After all, isn’t it difficult enough to win someone over when you’re working with them face-to-face and able to use all forms of communication? How much more difficult is it to earn someone’s trust when only two to three of the five senses are being used? This is why people hire professionals to design their site.

Sure, you could go out and utilize one of those free hosting companies, save yourself some bucks, and eventually upgrade to a paying hosting service, but you’re starting out three miles down instead of swimming at the surface by doing so. No, the first step towards earning your potential customer’s trust is to develop a professional-looking site. Whether you hire a professional Web designer, or you’ve the know-how to do it yourself, just make sure that it is crisp, easy to navigate, and presents your message without distraction, delay, or unnecessary frills.

When you consider that your average visitor will decide within 5 seconds whether they want to stay, or move on, you’ve really got to pay attention to what you’re presenting hot off the grill. The professionally designed site will do more for you in keeping potential customers on your site than almost any other initial marketing. Your customers will recognize that you’re serious about your offering; so serious that you’ve invested either the time, or money, to build something that presents nicely, and they’ll be more likely to respect you for it than if you hadn’t. You’ve just elevated their perception of your offering.

Accurately Portray Your Offering

Now that you’ve captured their attention, you’ve got to keep them there, right? Trust can only be earned if they value your offering, and your offering can only become valuable should you make sure the following points are met:

• You’ve done your research;
• You’re honest in your presentation;
• You are not derogatory or mean in your presentation;
• You can back it up with facts.

I recently spoke with a university professor who stated that they don’t allow their students to utilize the Internet as a resource on their papers unless the student can accurately back up the qualifications of the Internet Source, and then they are only allowed to use two maximum Internet resources! This is happening when that same report cited above states, “By far the leading metaphor for the Internet, in the public’s mind, is not a ’shopping mall’ or ‘banking and investment office,’ but rather ‘a library…’” and where else do you go to find information but at a library? Again, this is a derivative of the level of trust in the information available on the Internet. Provided you’ve upheld your end of things we might be able to get this turned around, and how nice would that be for all of us?

Do Your Research, and Back It Up

When presenting information of any sort to your customer base you’ll want to make sure that you’ve done enough research to back up your claims, and that means providing your readers the opportunity to debunk your claims by giving them reference to your sources. If someone feels you are trying to hide something, they’re quick to leave, but the more reference you can use, the more an individual realizes that you are not only well-read and educated, but not afraid to stand behind your claims, and that’s more value than you can spit at.

Be Honest

You’ve no idea how many times I’ve come across claims on-line that just don’t sound viable let alone reasonable, and after further research you discover that they were made out of ignorance. Please, please, please, please, please…if you don’t know, don’t make something up. We’ve a joke that runs around the office on occasion, being recycled as necessary: 99.5% of all statistics are made up, including this one. While the joke makes people smile, there’s that underlying truth to the statement that is unfair to the research industry, but was born from the contagion of falsehoods and half-truths rampant on-line. If you don’t know, say you don’t know, but then find out and become the expert.

Be Nice

If you’ve ever watched an election process you’ve been privy to some pretty underhanded messages aptly called Negative Advertising. You know the kind: Candidate A did not vote for proposition 3. Candidate A does not believe in the value of the traditional family unit. Candidate A does not…blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada. The results of such advertising are still up in the air, but when applied to the Internet it can be more impactful, and not necessarily in a good way.

An article published in the Journal of Advertising, December 22nd, 2007 titled Psychophysiological and Memory Effects of Negative Political Ads: Aversive, Arousing, and Well Remembered states, “Although this study further confirms that negative advertising is perceived as negative and contributes to short-term disgust with campaigns…” It goes on to state that it doesn’t suggest that negative advertising increases cynicism or citizen apathy, the quoted part is what I feel pertains directly to your Web site. That’s the part I want you to focus on because the very nature of your hosted site is one of permanence, and unlike a television advertisement which is usually followed up directly with another spot to sell you something, or a feel-good movie/television show losing its impact, your site will remain in front of the viewer for an undeterminable amount of time (especially if you’ve done your job right). If you’re presenting negativity, the perception for your site is more likely to be negative.

Does this mean not to point out when someone is doing something wrong, or treating someone in an ill manner? No, but make sure you aren’t muddy when all is said and done.

All in all, hooking the big fish is only the first step. After that you’ve got to reel it in, land it, and then fry it up and eat it. You’ve got all the potential in the world of becoming the greatest Web fisherman we’ve ever seen, but it will take some dedication and hard work to accomplish this. I’ve no doubt you’re up to it though.

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