October 30, 2007

What Stephen Pierce Really Thinks About The Law Of Attraction

What Stephen Pierce Really Thinks About The Law Of Attraction © By Gideon Shalwick

Does The Secret really work? Have you actually tried it long enough to see some real results manifesting in your life?

If you’re anything like me, you’d like to get results fast. And I’m taking about near instant results here. Not the kind where you have to wait months or even years before you start seeing something tangible.

You see, that’s the problem with The Secret. It creates the expectation that something will appear out of nothing in an instant. Ok, maybe not in an instant, but surely before you give up hope!

So what’s the cure?

I think that one of the major weaknesses of the movie The Secret (even though it is still one of my all time favorites) is that it leaves out the extreme importance of action.  You see, without action, nothing will ever happen. One of the teachers on The Secret talks about how “thoughts are things”, but I don’t quite agree with that. My latest motto is:

“Thoughts are only potential things. They become things only through specifically directed action.”

Now, of course the action may be on your own part or on the part of other people around you or anywhere else in the world. But the first step is that you aught to get off your backside and take some specifically directed action.

There are mainly two great benefits of adopting this new way of looking at thoughts becoming things:

1. First, you tend to see results much faster. Let’s compare two scenarios. In scenario 1, you are sitting on your backseat all day, and thinking about the stuff that you want to manifest in your life. In this scenario, your expectation is that something magically will happen outside of yourself and that your dreams will miraculously become a reality in your life.

Ok, granted, that might work, but there doesn’t actually seem to exist any real proof that something like this does happen in real life on a consistent enough basis. So, I’m not ruling out the possibility of miracles happening here. I’m merely saying that with this kind of approach, you are much more likely to loose hope before anything REAL manifests in your life – and this could be quite discouraging.

In scenario 2, instead of sitting on your backseat all day, you actually go out there, and take specifically directed action in the direction of the things that you want in your life. In my own (and many other people’s) experience, taking this specifically directed action can actually speed up the process of manifestation dramatically. What I’ve also noticed is that when I take specifically directed action, somehow a range of other things seem to happen “coincidentally” that never would have happened before if I didn’t take that action.

This naturally leads to my second point…

2. You have less of a chance of getting discouraged when you take action. Just think about it for a moment. Whenever you’re in a situation where you’re continuously trying to do something, but not getting any results, it becomes very easy to lose hope and to give up. If on the other hand, you actually get some good results, you’re much more likely to keep going. Even when your results are bad or not as good, it could still count as encouragement. In a way, taking action helps you stay on the right track. Sometimes it’s a  bit of trial and error, but as you get results, whether they are positive or negative, the results themselves give you a clue whether you are on the right track or not.

And as far as I know, this is a surefire way of success. But it takes time and you have to be patient.

Granted, it sure does not sound as romantic as just thinking about something and it magically appears in your life – it actually implies that you have to do some “work” (actually, I call it inspired work, which does not actually feel like real work).

But the point is that you get some results. Results that will help you decide whether you are on the track or whether you are on the wrong track to your ultimate goals. When you get negative results, it simply shows you that you are on the wrong track and that you need to do something else, or even do the same thing, but in a different way. When you get good results, it’s a great way of showing you that you are on the right track and that you need to keep on doing what you’re doing.

But how do you figure out what the right thing to do is in the first place? I could tell you now, but this post is already getting a bit too long. So, perhaps I’ll share that with you in one of my future posts.

To your specifically directed action to success!

Gideon Shalwick

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October 24, 2007

Was Stephen Pierce A Victim Of His Own Circumstances, Just Like You?

Was Stephen Pierce A Victim Of His Own Circumstances, Just Like You? © Gideon Shalwick

I’m about to reveal to you the secret of how Internet Marketing Wizard, Stephen Pierce, went from a homeless person to multi-millionaire…but first I have to ask you a very serious question:

How do you see yourself? As a Victim, or as a Victor?

What’s the difference you ask?

Well, a victim is someone who constantly complains about how “Life” has given them the shorter end of the stick and how everything is just going wrong in their lives. For example, a Victim would say something like this: “I’m a failure because of my parents. They never gave me the opportunities I needed to succeed as a child, so it’s all THEIR fault.”

Notice where the blame lies.

A Victor, on the other hand, is someone who is aware of all the trials and tribulations of life, but understands that they themselves have FULL control over how they respond to those conditions. For example. A typical Victor would say something like this: “When Life gives you a lemon, make lemonade!”

In other words, Victors don’t blame anyone for where they are at in life, and they take responsibility for their own actions.

Which of the above two types of people do you think has a better chance of succeeding in life?

(Here’s a tip: The one who takes responsibility for their lives and actually takes massive action to change their immediate environment.)

So, which one are you? Victim or Victor? And remember that it really comes down to a choice. Nobody is born a Victim or a Victor. It’s how you view life and what happens to you in life, and how you take action in response to whatever happens in life that makes the difference.

Now, I mentioned that I was going to reveal to you Stephen Pierce’s secret of how he went from a homeless person to a multi-millionaire. So, here it is:

He stopped acting like a Victim, realized that he actually had control over how he responds to life’s events and that he was in fact the creator of his own circumstances.

That was the start of the road to success for Stephen Pierce. It seems like, since then, life has really changed for him in a HUGE way.

I too used to assume that I was a victim in life and that everything always “happened” to me. But since the day I realized that I actually have a choice of how I respond to these life events (note that I don’t have a choice about the events themselves), my life changed for the better.

It’s quite liberating once you’ve flicked this small mental “switch” inside of your head. You simply start viewing life from a totally different perspective.

Ok, so now for the practical part. How do you actually go from being a Victim to becoming a Victor?

Easy.

Here are the steps:

Step 1: Create a banner with the following words on it and stick it in a place (like the wall next to your bed) where you will see it all the time:

“If Life gives you a lemon, make lemonade!”

Step 2: When something bad happens, don’t blame everything and everyone else. Think about what you can do to correct or improve the situation. There’s a Chinese saying that goes something like this:

“There’s opportunity in every failure or adversity.”

Use this saying to inspire you whenever something goes wrong.

Step 3: Start taking responsibility for your own actions. Remember that, if we want to make this world a better place as a collective human race, we must get rid of the notion of “our own rights” and adopt the new notion of “our own responsibilities”. That is, instead of fighting for our “rights” and blaming everyone and everything for our less than stellar existence, why not take responsibility, take action and start making a positive difference to our and everyone elses life?

That should do the trick.

It’s amazing how seemingly little things could have such huge impacts on our lives. But nothing will happen if you don’t actually take action and implement the things you learn here.

So go ahead, and impellent the above 3 steps. Next time I see you, I won’t except any excuses ;)

Talk soon!

Gideon Shalwick

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October 18, 2007

Internet Marketing Success – Mike Filsaime Reveals How To Deal With It

Internet Marketing Success – Mike Filsaime Reveals How To Deal With It © Gideon Shalwick

I’m sure you’ve heard the expression:

“Success Breeds Success.”

But I’m not sure whether this is always the case…

You see, I think it depends on what kind of success it is, and whether the success was actually earned in the first place. Let’s look at some examples:

Success Story # 1:

A poor, lower class man wins the lottery. He’s rolling in the cash for the first four years or so, but then he realizes that it’s all gone after spending it unwisely, and that he’s in an even greater financial mess than he was before he won the lottery.

Was the success earned in this instance? Easy answer.

Success Story #2:

Walter works for 7 years in a row without much financial reward on his new software package for pharmaceutical companies. Finally he gets a ‘break” with some venture capital firms, gets enough money to fund his marketing plan, and wham, he’s an “overnight” millionaire. But it only took him 7 years of working late nights and very little sleep.

10 years down the track, Walter is still going strong, and has invested much of his money into other technology start ups with the knowledge he gained from his own company. He’s now one of the richest and most successful people in his region, and he gives regular talks on how he did it to professional organizations and universities.

How about this time? Was the success earned? Easy answer again.

I think what happens is that when success is not actually earned, it could very easily start playing games with your head. (Of course the above two examples are very general, but hey, I’m trying to make a point here!)

Not too long ago, there was this amazing rugby player (similar to American Grid Iron, but only much more physical!) in New Zealand. He was only 19 years old, but became one of the best players the world has ever seen. He was just naturally strong and very big, but because he didn’t know how to deal with his initial success, he soon “threw” it away and lost it for a while. It took him a long time again to regain credibility, and he never quite got to the same level again. Maybe its early days and he’ll still make a comeback, who knows!

But the point is that early success could be dangerous – unless of course you know how to appreciate it and how to deal with it properly.

For most internet marketers, success on the internet only seems to be like a dream. And with only about 5% of people actually making it on the internet, those dreams remain exactly that for most budding internet entrepreneurs – dreams.

If we look at all enduring and long term success though, it was preceded by a number of failures first. In a way, if you become too successful too quickly on the internet, it could be like winning the lottery in our first example above. You wouldn’t have developed the necessary mind tools to be able to deal properly with your newfound success, and before you know it, you could be worse off than before. I’m not sure why it needs to be that way.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all just be successful the first time and every time after that?

But then I would beg the question:

“Would you actually appreciate it?”

So, maybe it’s all been “set up” this way for a reason. Therefore, whenever you fail some time in the future, or if something you need to get done really seems insurmountable, just remember what you’ve read today – it’s all there for a reason – to help you appreciate success and to help you keep success! All you’ve gotta do is persist, like our friend Walter did…

Here’s to your success at Internet Marketing!

Gideon Shalwick

 

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October 17, 2007

How To Deal With Failure At Internet Marketing – Mike Filsaime Style!

How To Deal With Failure At Internet Marketing – Mike Filsaime Style! © Gideon Shalwick

What would you do if I told you that I would give you $1,000,000, but with one condition…

You had to fail at least 10,000 times first!

Would you have the guts to do it?

Would you have the guts to go through life for weeks, months and even years, appearing to the outside world as a failure just so that you could get your hands on the $1,000,000?

Interesting question, isn’t it?

And I think it’s perhaps a question that budding new entrepreneurs don’t always consider at the start. Granted, there are a few of us who actually strike it lucky and become successful very quickly. But for the majority of successfully people out there, it took years before they got to a breakthrough point in their careers.

In his amazing book, Good to Great, Jim Collins talks about this same breakthrough point in the companies that he researched. Up to that point, all of the “Great” companies did not really appear to be anything special at all, but once they got to a certain stage, there was nothing to stop them.

But one of the most important things in business is how you deal with failure. Because it’s definitely going to come, whether you like it or not. Like Mike Filsaime said in today’s interview:

“It’s not how hard you fall; it’s how high you bounce up again.”

Now, let’s get back to the question at the start of this article – would you be willing to fail 10,000 times if it meant that you’d get $1,000,000 in cold hard cash at the end? I wonder what most people would do. I wonder if they’d actually be willing to sacrifice a big part of their lives and even to endure some ridicule and humiliation from friends, relatives, and other baboons who don’t really understand what entrepreneurship is about.

The first time I told someone close to me about a new business venture that I wanted to get into, they simply freaked out and didn’t know how to deal with it. Instead of the encouragement that I expected, I got a mouthful of negative talk and basically saying that it would never work.

But that seems to be the norm for budding new entrepreneurs.

No one really understands what you’re doing. Fair enough too, because as an entrepreneur, you’re literally going “where no man has gone before”. So how could you expect anyone to understand THAT!?

But I digress…

What I really wanted to talk about is how to deal with failure.

Basically, it’s not easy. In fact, it’s probably one of the hardest things to do in life. But here’s a really great way of looking at failure:

See it as a stepping stone to success.

Just think about it for a second. Thomas Edison apparently had 10,000 failed attempts at inventing the light bulb. Just imagine the strength of character that he needed to actually fail 10,000 times before he got the “winning formula”. But he had to fail that many times to figure out all the things that did NOT work. How else, if you’re chartering unknown ground, will you find out? Sometimes it really is just trial and error.

So, see it as a learning process, and enjoy the ride as you go. With failure and pain comes learning, and with learning comes success.

Of course you don’t have to fail 10,000 times before you become a success. There is a shortcut. Here it is:

Simply learn from other people’s failures. That’s why getting a mentor who has failed many times before, but who now is a success, could be such a great asset for your journey to success. If it’s a good mentor, they’ll tell you about all the mistakes they have made in the past and caution you not to do the same, thus saving you heaps of time and possibly even thousands of dollars. That kind of education is certainly worth paying for.

In a way, failure in business can be compared to riding a bike. At first, it’s really hard, and you keep on falling off, grazing your knees and the palms of your hands. And that can be very painful as a kid. But as you learn, you’ll eventually have some “mini” successes – you’ll be able to balance for 3 seconds just by yourself without the help of your dad…before you fall off again.

But those little successes need to be celebrated, because it’s through those successes, however small, that you build confidence and teach you’re brain how to become successful over time. Then as you keep on learning, before you know it, you can ride the bike successfully without even thinking about it.

It’s the same with anything else. You’ve just gotta pick yourself up again, and keep going.

Here’s to your “failing” to success!

Gideon Shalwick

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The One Thing That Drove Mike Filsaime To Success At Internet Marketing

The One Thing That Drove Mike Filsaime To Success At Internet Marketing © Gideon Shalwick

I’d like to ask you a very serious and important question that could change the direction of your life forever…

But before I do, let me tell you about a really interesting lesson I learnt from internet marketing professional Mike Filsaime and how I’ve actually used it in the past to become super successful, but didn’t even know about it until later.

I was about 15 years old, and it was my first big race. I still remember the adrenaline pumping through my veins as I went down into my starting blocks, ready for the 100 meter hurdles event at the Bloemfontein Athletics Championships.

Bang!

I was off to a good start and within about 12.5 seconds and 10 hurdles later, it was all over. I won!

Leading up to that point wasn’t easy though. It basically meant that I had to train for about 2 hours a day for 6 days a week, and be on a very strict diet. Now for a teenager, that was pretty tough.  To cut a long story short, I went through “hell and back” to be able to win the race that day.

But why did I do it? What was driving me?

As Mike told me in one of his interviews with me, it was my Reason Why.

You see, about two years prior to that event, my two older brothers went to exactly the same athletics meeting, and they both won some gold medals each. Of course, as their younger sibling, I simply could not stand that they would be getting all the attention and I had nothing to show. Something inside of me just wanted to prove to them all that I could do it as well.

So, my Reason Why was that I wanted to prove that I could be just as good as my two older brothers. As it turns out, I actually become MUCH better than them later on, and went form competition to completion breaking records and winning gold medals, left right and center – I was becoming a mini celebrity in little old Bloemfontein. But that’s not quite the point of the story.

The point of the story is that I had a big enough Reason Why that pushed me along and got me to go through “hell and back” just so that I could win those medals. Looking back now, I don’t think it was a particularly good Reason Why, but it did the job, and it got me what I wanted.

Nowadays, I’m much more thoughtful about the reasons why I do anything, and it has also helped me a lot to actually get things done a lot quicker and a lot better. And I truly believe that if your Reason Why is strong enough, you WILL find a way to succeed.

So, here is my question to you:

What is YOUR Reason Why?

Why is it that you want to or need to become successful at internet marketing (or whatever for that reason)?

Any thoughts?

Let me know once you know…

Gideon Shalwick

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October 15, 2007

How Internet Marketing Wizard Mike Filsaime Stuffed Up Big Time

How Internet Marketing Wizard Mike Filsaime Stuffed Up Big Time © Gideon Shalwick

I’ve heard it said some time ago that your life, as it is now, is simply a result of all the decisions you’ve made in the past.

The first time I heard that, and fully understood it, I was a little bit shocked. When I heard it way back then, my life kinda sucked anyway, and it was really hard for me to acknowledge that I’ve made some pretty bad decisions leading up to that particular point in time. Gladly, that was a bit of a wake up call, because ever since then, I’ve been paying careful attention to the decisions that I make on a daily basis – and with some amazing results too!

Napoleon Hill, the godfather of the personal development industry also talked about the importance of making decisions. He basically said that all successful people had the following trait in common:

They would make decisions quickly and change them slowly.

On the other hand, unsuccessful and poor people all had the following trait in common:

They would make decisions slowly and change them quickly.

When I read that for the first time a number of years ago, it really was an eye opener. Up to that point it was really hard for me to make decisions, and I would readily change them without even thinking about it twice. The culmination of making bad decisions and then also chopping and changing them all the time was a great recipe for disaster.

In today’s video, Mike talks about how fortunate he was about the decisions that he’s made in the past. Even though he’s made some bad decisions, none of them ruined him. But the real lesson from Mike is that he kept on going, corrected whatever he stuffed up, and still made a success out of it in the long term.

Making a decision can be difficult.

And of course some decisions are harder than others. But what it really comes down to is taking some risks – that is, calculated risks. Any decision has a measure of risk associated with it. And normally, the more important the decision, the greater the risk also, it seems.

For example, let’s say you’ve fallen in love with two beautiful woman, but you’re in a culture where you can only choose ONE to get married to. It’s a pretty big decision that carries a pretty high risk as well. I mean, what if you chose the wrong person for a wife? That could screw you up for life, or at least for a good chunk of your life!

SO, decisions are inherently difficult to make. But the reality is that nothing will happen if you don’t make the decision – whatever it is.

Think about it.

The longer you take to make a decision, the longer it will take you to actually take action on whatever you are deciding on. Putting off a decision is no different than procrastination. In fact, that is probably the cause of procrastination.

I really love the quote from Goethe, the famous German philosopher, who once said this about commitment (which is nothing other than making a decision quickly and sticking with it):

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”

The other neat thing about making decisions quickly is that it allows you to learn really FAST!

Just imagine…the more decisions you can make in a day, the more practice you can get at making decisions.  And the great thing about decisions is that you can actually make the wrong decision and learn to make a better decision in the future. But you won’t know that until you’ve actually made the decision itself.

So, the more you make decisions, the more mistakes you’ll make, and the faster you’ll learn to make better decisions (bad decisions equals pain, and the human mind abhors pain). So, your mind remembers bad experiences from bad decisions and then helps you to make better decisions in the future. But this won’t happen if you never take the plunge to actually make the decision and to follow it through to its conclusion.

It’s worked for the richest and most successful people on the planet. Why on earth would it not work for you?

So, start today by making decisions fast, and changing them slowly. Start with the smaller decisions, and build your way up to the bigger ones. As you progress, you’ll gain confidence and start making much MUCH better and faster decisions in the future.

Here’s to your decisive decisions!

Gideon Shalwick

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Why Mike Filsaime Became Successful At Internet Marketing

Why Mike Filsaime Became Successful At Internet Marketing © Gideon Shalwick

Why is it that only about 5% of internet marketers ever succeed on the Internet? In today’s episode, Internet Marketing Wizard Mike Filsaime gives you a few clues. Inside this interview, discover:

  • How a thermostat can help you become motivated and stay that way
  • How to figure out what will truly drive you to success
  • What a gun to your head has to do with your success on the Internet
  • A little known trick that will help you set goals that you’ll meet without fail

And quite a few more tips and strategies that will help you become successful on the Internet.

To your success!

Gideon Shalwick

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October 13, 2007

Mark Joyner’s Secret Mindset For Success On The Internet – Part IV

Mark Joyner’s Secret Mindset For Success On The Internet – Part IV © Gideon Shalwick

Today’s interview with Mark Joyner is the last one in this series before we move on to the next interview series with Mike Filsaime from Butterfly Marketing. Topics covered in today’s episode include:

  • How to NOT read your emails and get a weeks work done in only 8 hours
  • How to become a freedom agent - i.e. someone who doesn’t HAVE to go to work anymore, but still wants to!
  • General Semantics and how it can really screw up your world
  • The secret mentors that shaped Mark Joyner’s life

I just want to talk about one of the topics Mark covered today – the whole thing about “Freedom Agents”

A while ago I want to an amazing seminar with Roger Hamilton – a really well known and respected wealth coach here in Australasia. In fact, he’s known as Asia’s leading wealth coach – so he knows what he’s talking about.

In any case, Roger’s big thing is the eradication of world poverty. “Ok, big deal…” I hear you say. And granted, I know getting rid of world poverty is almost as “virtuous” these days as something like world peace.

But this is actually different…

You see, what makes Roger’s vision so special is that he wants to get rid of world poverty once and for all with a very special method. One that I think will actually work! (Unlike so many other failed past attempts).

Here’s how he wants to do it (in my own words):

Educate and bring up entrepreneurs that make money for the purpose of giving it all away. But not just giving the money away to anyone for any old reason. No, the idea is to use that money to educate and bring up even more entrepreneurs to do the same thing. Kind of like teaching people how to fish instead of having to continually give them fish because they don’t know how to catch it themselves.

Now, it’s no secret that I’ve really bought into Roger’s vision, but you’re probably wondering what Roger’s vision has to do with Mark Joyner’s idea of Free Agents…

If you haven’t watched the video yet, Mark defines a “Free Agent” as someone who is no longer stuck in what is known as the “slave cycle”. The slave cycle being the one where you get up in the morning, go and do a job that you hate, come home, eat unhealthy food and watch TV all night, go to bed, and then the next day you just repeat the whole shebang again…until you die one day, worn out and sick.

The connection here, is that both Mark Joyner’s and Roger Hamilton’s vision is essentially the same. Maybe they’ve actually had a bit of a chat together. Who knows? The point is that they’re both doing some pretty amazing things to help others take care of themselves so that they in turn can teach others how to take care of themselves as well – and thus put the wheel of worldwide wealth into motion.

But it remains to be seen if these two men can pull it off. So far, there has actually been some amazing progress being shown. Apparently, Roger Hamilton is WAY ahead of the targets they set a couple of years ago, and Mark Joyner already has a massive number of members as part of his Simpleology program. So, progress is definitely being made.

I really love the whole concept of creating Free Agents, or entrepreneurs who make money for the purpose of giving it away. Just imagine if we could all be Free Agents, and actually do what we were called to do on this planet.

I believe that each and every one of us has been given a specific set of talents and natural abilities, and if we are not using them, well, that’s when our lives seem to be out of whack and we tend to get a bit stressed out.

Now, hopefully, as the pages on this website develop, I can add to this amazing vision of these two visionary men. If there is anything that you would like to find out about becoming a success on the internet (and therefore becoming a Free Agent of some sort), just leave me a comment, and I’ll see what I can do. Perhaps we could even get one of the wizards to answer the question for you!

I’m sure I can pull a few strings

To your success as a free agent!

Gideon Shalwick

PS: Mark Joyner mentioned some of the people that helped shape his life. I took the liberty of finding out some information for you about each one of them. Wikipedia was exceedingly kind in helping me  You can find them all here:

Nikola Tesla
Noam Chomsky
Anton Wilson

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October 10, 2007

Mark Joyner’s Secret Mindset For Success On The Internet – Part III

Mark Joyner’s Secret Mindset For Success On The Internet – Part III © Gideon Shalwick

5 Easy Steps To Help You Get What You Want…

During the above interview, Mark mentioned the “Backward Planning Process” that he uses for getting things done - or as he calls it: “Getting from point A to point B”.  But he doesn’t really give any clear steps (during the interview at least) of how one might go about this whole Backward Planning Processes.

That’s why I’d like to take some time now and explain how I’ve interpreted the Backward Planning Processes and how I have used the method very successfully in the past.

Here’s what you need to do…

Step 1: Figure out what your end state is

This is your goal, your vision – whatever it is you want to achieve. Let’s say, for the sake of this example, my end state is to have $100,000 in the bank by the end of the year by selling a new product that costs $100. That’s pretty clear, and it’s measurable too. Making it measurable is very important to help you get your sub-conscious mind programmed for automatic success (more on this later). An easy way to make sure your end state is measurable is to ask yourself this question: “How will I know when I get there?” In other words, what is the test you will apply to help you determine whether you’ve reached your end state or not?

Step 2: Figure out what state exists just before the end state

In other words, figure out what needs to happen just before you reach your goal or vision or end state. This will be your second last action or task that you need for helping you complete your project. For our example, the state just before I have $100,000 in my bank account, is that I had to make 1,000 sales of my $100 product.

Step 3: Continue step 2, working backwards, until you have reached the start of your project

To help you do this, you could use a free piece of mind mapping software that makes it a lot simpler and easier – and saves you time! You can find the free mind mapping software here.

You might end up with something looking similar to this:

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Step 4: List all your states or tasks or actions that you’ve come up with in step 3 in a linear form

Once again, you could use the handy mind mapping software to get this done nicely and fast. You should end up with something like this:

task_list.jpg


Step 5: Make a time line

Next, simply figure out how long each task will take you, and put it onto a timeline, one task after the other.

And there you have it! All you have to do now is to actually TAKE ACTION and start doing the things on the timeline or task list you’ve just created.

It’s really as simple as that.

But sometimes, even if we have carefully crafted plans like this, we may still not quite get to our end state - I’ll reveal more about this in the coming posts and interviews with the Internet Marketing Wizards.

To your successful End State

Gideon Shalwick

PS: Oh, and I almost forgot - Mark mentioned his new product, Simpleology, in the video. You can check out all the free stuff that he mentioned here

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October 8, 2007

Mark Joyner’s Secret Mindset For Success On The Internet – Part II

Mark Joyner’s Secret Mindset For Success On The Internet – Part II © Gideon Shalwick

“Thoughts are not things. Thoughts are only potential things. It’s only through action that thoughts become things.” – Gideon Shalwick

Or at least, it’s only through action that we can really prove, with 100% certainty, that we can turn a thought into something physical, without action.

There are many different groups of people in the world who believe that a simple thought can eventually be turned into a physical counterpart, over time and given the right conditions. Even though this could be true (and I’m certainly not ruling out the chance that it could definitely be true), there does not seem to be any cases where one could have reproducible results for turning a thought into a physical thing without any action (or at least I don’t know about any).

Mark Joyner says it well when he mentions the fact that “…we actually have to DO something…”

In the next video, Internet Marketing Wizard, Mark Joyner, really packs the punch after I hit him with some tough and direct questions about why he really became successful. I’ve now listened to the interview over and over again, and every time I’ve listened to it, there is something new that stands out.

I hope you can have the same experience as you watch Mark Joyner talk about the importance of passion, action and reproducible results in helping your dreams become a reality.

Enjoy!

Gideon Shalwick

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