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

Have you ever had one of those really lucky moments where something happens to you and you just can’t believe it’s for real?

That’s exactly what happened to me a few months ago when I attended an Internet Marketing seminar in Melbourne, Australia. Mike Filsaime was one of the speakers there, and just after he finished speaking, I ran up to him to give him a copy of my new book Millionaire Drop-Out Secrets. But before I could really tell him what my book was about, someone on the right of me started talking to me. He asked me all these questions about my book and what I’ve been up to. A whole 15 minutes later, I’m still chatting to this guy, and then I look down, and spot his name tag. And it read…

Mark Joyner.

Heck! I was talking to the Godfather of Internet Marketing for a like 15 minutes, and I didn’t even recognize him!

Needless to say, I felt extremely honored that a man of such great stature would even want to exchange a few words with me. I then wondered if he’d be keen for an interview (I mean, why not!), and so I simply asked him – and to my surprise, he said “Ok, let’s do it right now…”

I bet you can image the stressed look on my face as I was kind of shocked that he said yes in the first place, and secondly, that I had to come up, in a matter of minutes, with some good questions to ask him at the interview! The rest is history, and that’s actually how this whole interview series started.

The exclusive video interview with Mark Joyner below is the first of many videos I’ll be showing you over the next few weeks. Inside them, I pepper Mark with some tough questions to finally discover what exactly it was that made him such a huge success on the internet marketing scene.

As you will see and hear from this video, Mark is a very wise man, and has a lot to say when it comes to personal success strategies. This first video is only a very brief one, but don’t worry, there are a many more to come over the next few days, weeks and months.

Mark’s latest brainchild is Simpleology – a simple approach to getting what you want. And he will be talking about that in some of the coming videos. But if you can’t wait until then, you can check it out here already.

Talk soon!

Gideon Shalwick

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Mike Filsaime On How To Become A Great Internet Marketer © Gideon Shalwick

Here’s why you should never just jump on any old opportunity that comes your way:

A few months ago, I was approached by a very wealthy and successful business man. I did some work for with him previously and he was sufficiently impressed to ask me if I wanted to go into a lucrative joint venture (JV) with him. Of course I felt pretty flattered to be asked for a JV by such a successful person, but there was only one problem…

He wanted me to help him create new products for the automotive industry.

At first glance that doesn’t sound too bad, but if you know me, you’ll know that I know absolutely nothing about cars, not to even mention "automobiles”! If my car would break down in the middle of the road, I wouldn’t even bother opening the bonnet, because I know that if I touch something in there, I will just screw it up.

But it was a really good opportunity money wise. If I got into business with my wealthy friend, chances would have been pretty good that I would have made a good few buck…and then some!

So I had a dilemma - Should I get into a business that I know nothing about, and would care even less about? In other words, would I be willing to spend a significant amount of time on something that I’m not truly passionate about even if it has the potential to make me bucket loads of money?

After some serious thought, the answer I came to was "No”. I’m much better off sticking to what I’m truly passionate about and really focusing on that to make it a success for the long term.

Needless to say, my friend was really disappointed because he could really see an amazing vision of where this business of his could go. I could also see it, but I knew that if I were to get myself into it, my days of fulfillment and joy would likely be counted.

That’s essentially what Mike Filsaime, Internet Marketing Wizard, said during an interview I had with him a few months ago.

He talks about the need to really figure out what you’re truly passionate about and then to keep on hammering away at the same thing over the long term. Jim Collins from “Good to Great” calls it your "Hedgehog Concept" – it’s the intersection of three things:

1. What you’re truly passionate about
2. What you think you could become the best at in the world
3. What drives your economic engine – that is, your profit per “x”

According to Mike, sorting out your hedgehog concept is critical if you truly want to become successful as well as fulfilled in life.