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Introduction

Every single one of us has the drive to succeed. However, sometimes that drive is not always accompanied by the knowledge that we need in order to do so.

Fortunately, there are many ways that you can gain the skills that are necessary in becoming a success. In fact, it can be broken down into simple step-by-step instructions so that you, and anybody else, can achieve their dreams.

It can be so discouraging at times to know what you want to do with your life or your time but be unable to understand where to start. It is one of the most difficult things in life when you have a goal but you do not actually have the tools that you need to see it through.

Nobody deserves to be discouraged that way, and we can all overcome this obstacle with time and persistence. It takes patience to achieve something great, but if you are unable to begin, then you will never end up where you want to be.

In this book, you are going to be handed all of the tools that you will need in order to become a success. A lot of people believe that the only way to accomplish it goal is to plan for every step of the way, and in a way that can be true.

However, some of us are more motivated when our plans are loose and freeing and we are able to modify them to suit our schedules and our lives. No matter what kind of person you happen to be, you can succeed and you can achieve your dreams.

In this book, you are going to find out a lot more about yourself then you have probably ever considered before, because one of the most important things that you must do in order to achieve success is to know yourself inside and out. People who do not know themselves are unable to predict their own flaws and shortcomings and plan for them. When you can’t plan for the ups and downs both, then success is often very elusive.

That doesn’t mean that it is impossible to succeed. As long as you’re open and honest with yourself about your goals and your shortcomings, then you have all the tools that you need in order to begin working away at your most important plans. Make sure that you are serious about beginning before you read this book, because when you take that first step, there is no going back. Once you get started, there is no excuse that you can make in order to let yourself feel comfortable in slacking at your goals.

There is a popular saying, “where there is a will, there is a way,” and that has never been more true when it comes to planning for your success. No matter how difficult it might appear, you are going to find that once the process of succeeding is broken down into a step-by-step format, there is nothing that you can’t do. As long as you are willing to take on all of the work that needs to go into succeeding at your particular goal, then you are going to be a success.

And sure, sometimes, not every goal is going to be met. There are going to be ideas that, every once in a while, might need to go on the back burner or be given up entirely. That does not make you a failure. In fact, if you are willing to learn from these experiences and continue to move forward, all that they serve to do is to add to your success.

If you want to be a well-rounded, confident, successful person and you are hoping to achieve those dreams as soon as possible, follow this step-by-step guide to learn exactly what needs to be done in order to plan for your success and reap the harvest of your hard work as soon as possible. Let’s start now!

Step 1: Know Where You Are Going by Visualizing Your Goal

One of the hardest things about succeeding can sometimes be knowing where you want to end up. Sure, we all have a generalized idea of success as
having a lot of money and working at doing something that we are passionate about.

However, that isn’t enough. What you need before you can succeed is a detailed outline of exactly what it is that you want to succeed at. Without that, all of your planning will be for moot.

A lot of people prefer not to think about where they want to end up, because maybe sometimes during childhood we have been discouraged from thinking big. We are often times discouraged and told that we are daydreaming and that we should not get ahead of ourselves. Our motivation is squashed at an early age when people tell us that we are not being realistic enough and that we should make sure that we are doing something that is both reasonable and stable. That means, that we are often discouraged from taking the risks that we need to take before we will ever succeed at anything in this life.

That can be very dangerous, especially to a driven and motivated person. We all have something that we want to accomplish in this life, and if we are not allowed to think in depth about that then we may never actually take the steps that we need to take in order to get there. It can be so toxic to listen to the people around us who are telling us that we should not be thinking about things that we want to think about. When we are unable to develop our vision, then we soon forget that we have a vision at all and we get stuck in the humdrum routine of everyday life. Nobody wants to be stuck there and this is how you get out of that rut and start succeeding.

To begin with, thinking depth about exactly what you want to do and why you want to do it. Using visualization techniques can be extremely helpful when it comes to achieving your goals. First of all, you should visualize where he wants to end up presuming that your goal is successful. What is your ultimate outcome? Without knowing that, there is a lot of white noise in the way that prevents you from going after your dreams and believing that your goals are actually realistic enough that you could accomplish them provided that you are able to devote enough time and energy and resources to that project.

Once you have a very clear idea of what you want to do, you should also start to visualize the steps that you might need to take in order to get there. This doesn’t mean a detailed outline quite yet, as this will come in later steps, but you should have a mental idea of what you are going to have to encounter when it comes to making your dreams a reality. Success Planning of course does involve real plans, and this visualization process is going to help you understand what you are going to be dealing with when it comes to getting those plans off the ground.

Step one should be fun and exciting. You should begin to feel energized after you have begun to explore your ultimate goal. This is going to be the inspiration that continues to drive you forward along your path of Success Planning. Without that motivation, it can be very easy to become discouraged by other people and by the challenges that we naturally face when we are attempting to achieve a goal. The matter how big or how small, goals and achieving them, often, challenges. Those challenges should not be discouraging so much as they should be proof that we are working towards something wonderful and we are enriching our lives by doing so.
Once you have held onto that motivation and you have been able to visualize your goal in depth, then it is time to move on to step two, and work on learning more about you!

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Introduction:

There comes a time in every person’s life when they tried to make a change, and for some reason or another, that change is not successful. This can be profoundly discouraging, and even send us on a downward spiral. We are not prepared for the setbacks in childhood. We are generally given the to do things right, and often times, we impression that in order to have value, we have think we have to do things right the first time.

What we don’t always take into consideration is the fact that a very common, and unfortunate, part of being human is failing. Whether we think we have everything figured out or not, the unforeseen obstacles that seem to insert themselves in our paths can sometimes take us by surprise.

Sometimes, the setbacks that we face seem insurmountable. We might begin to believe that we failed for a reason, and that there is no possible way that we could ever be the people that we want to be. We stop having confidence in ourselves, and begin to believe in the worst case scenario a lot more readily than we believe in the possibility of success.

This can be dangerous for many reasons, and over the course of time, if we continue to feed ourselves the belief that we will never overcome our challenges and we are on a fast track to failure at all times, it can slowly begin to disintegrate our sense of self-worth. When we do not believe in ourselves, that can make it nearly impossible to function productively in our lives. Especially when that means that we stop believing that we are even capable of productivity in the first place.

Fortunately, there is a way for us to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and to reclaim that lost motivation. It can be extremely difficult to get back on our feet after it seems like everything we were working for has been lost. But the only true variety of failure comes from not actually trying in the first place. If you give up for good, only then will you really have something to worry about.

Humans are extremely hardy. We can bounce back from even the most difficult situations. If you feel like you have experienced a major difficulty, and you are having a hard time getting your footing, this book will prove to be a valuable guide. It will help you to remember that you are made of strong materials, emotionally and mentally, and in that way, you will be able to succeed.

It is possible for all of us to rise from the ashes, no matter how difficult the situations we find ourselves in may seem at the time. Sure, it is defeating to face failure, but the truth of the matter is that we can always learn to see negative situations in a positive light.

Without that sort of flexibility, it can be difficult for us to achieve things in life that we want to achieve, and it can make it especially hard for us to move on when we find that we are not making the progress that we think we should make.

Whether you are suffering from an emotional or material setbacks, it is possible for you to get back on your feet and thrive. This book will show you how. All you have to do is believe in yourself, and remember that it is truly possible. Let’s begin!

Chapter 1: Processing and Accepting Your Challenge

This may seem simple, but the first step to overcoming your failure and Phoenix Rising is to accept the fact that you were not able to achieve the goal in the matter that you were hoping. Whatever it is that

you did not succeed at, that is in the past. It does no good to over-fixate on your failures, especially when they are related to feelings of inadequacy and desolation. Those feelings can be very consuming, especially when you were very invested in the project that didn’t work out.

Acceptance can be a very difficult thing to master, especially if you are in the habit of being very hard on yourself. Unfortunately, most of us are, and this can prove to be detrimental to our emotional, and sometimes mental, health. That is why it is so important to come to terms with the event that is getting you down in the first place.

Whether this is a failed project or the result of a difficult phase of life, it is time to examine what happened to you and try to find an objective point of view about it. Do not make the mistake of believing that your failure defines you. On the contrary, the only thing that defines you is the way you handle yourself in the face of adversity. That is when we find out what we are really made of.

Unfortunately, many of us are programmed from an early age to believe that if something is hard or doesn’t come easy to us, or if we fail at something, then we are just not good at it. Perseverance is something that is usually not taught in most schools or households, except by example. And those examples can be sadly rare. Do not blame yourself for feeling crushed under the weight of your challenge. This is a natural reaction to have. It is far worse to punish yourself for failing and put yourself through the ringer for being affected by that failure. Instead of punishing yourself, allow yourself to feel the things that you were not fully letting yourself feel. Try to understand that grief is a common feeling when you have lost something, and don’t be afraid or feel silly for expressing those feelings.

Consider the event that has discouraged you from all angles. Try to journal about the way it has made you feel. If you need to, you could even consider speaking to a qualified professional who can help you to sort out the difficult feelings related to this event. This can be especially helpful if you have experienced some variety of trauma. Sometimes, traumatic events can make it that much more difficult to succeed, so working through them can be a great way to equip yourself with the tools and fortitude that can sometimes need to be developed in order to succeed.

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Powerful Offline Marketing In The Internet Age

101 Ways To Promote Your Business For Maximum Profits

Introduction: In February 2006, John Ritskowitz hosted a teleseminar with Michel Fortin, David Garfinkel, Yanik Silver, and JP Maroney. Entitled ?Million Dollar Roundtable,? it was a chance for these marketing pros to share some of their best secrets for marketing offline, which is something more online Marketers should be doing. Ideally we should all be marketing both offline and online.

Well these folks delivered the goods, and while the call lasted about 2 hours, it still wasn‘t enough time to get to everything (it never is, right?). So John compiled some of the ideas they talked about on the call, plus lots more ideas to cover the offline marketing spectrum.

Some of these ideas are more traditional, such as yellow pages advertising and classified ads. Of course that doesn‘t mean they should be neglected.

Other ideas are traditional, but not used as much, or I should say not always used as effectively as they could. Direct response marketing and publicity are two that come to mind.

And then there are really creative ideas that are often overlooked, such as valuable joint ventures and strategic alliances. Some of these ideas have the potential to really deliver a lot of leads and sales with minimal traditional “work.”

One thing we highly recommend right now: Please print this report out, so you can read it leisurely with pen and highlighter in hand. Otherwise, we all know how many PDFs we have sitting on our hard drive, never to be read or acted upon. Don‘t let that happen here. There are too many great ideas here not to

You’ll find these ideas start out somewhat simplistically and gradually get more creative and complex. So dig in and start thinking about how you could apply these ideas to your business today!

Part I – Traditional Offline Marketing

Don‘t think of these methods as too simple or mundane. They are very effective when done right and combined with other techniques in this report.

1) Classified Ads – This is something everyone should be testing in some form or another. It‘s great for lead generations. You should still have a strong benefit-driven headline and a clear call to action. Free reports work very well with classifieds. My local paper, the Hartford Courant even has an ongoing deal of 3 lines for 3 days – for free! Even adding more lines only ends up costing a few bucks. With a price like that, there‘s no reason anyone with a website should not be testing ways to draw traffic to the site with classifieds.

2) Direct Mail – Nothing beats direct response when it comes to results-driven proven advertising. And messages sent directly to your highly targeted market via direct mail can deliver a terrific return on investment (ROI) when tested properly. There‘s a wealth of information on direct marketing by Michel Fortin, David Garfinkel, Gary Halbert, Dan Kennedy, and many more experts. Here are some sites where you can learn more:

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Chapter 1: The Power of the Web

The internet can help you to live your dreams and to design the perfect lifestyle that will make you truly happy. Whether you have a small business that you want to turn into a big business, or whether you want to make money writing a blog on a topic you
love – internet marketing can do that for you.

As an internet marketer, you can make a truly ‘passive income’. That means earning a living by writing an amazing website once or creating a product once and then
letting the income roll in forever more. You can even do this as an affiliate marketer, by selling someone else’s product.

As an internet marketer you can earn a little money on the side, writing articles for other people.

The only problem? Most people have no idea where to begin with this.

When I tell a lot of people that I make money online, their response is often to look at me perplexed.

“What do you sell?”

“Well…. Nothing…”

“Where does the money come from?”

I actually had to promise my grandma that what I was doing wasn’t in any way illegal because she found it so hard to understand that I could make money without leaving the house!

My sister recently decided she no longer wanted to do her current job and that she’d like to start off online like me. She asked me how she could get started, what she needed to learn and what a good resource would be for her to begin.

And I was just kind of lost for words. Truth be told, there isn’t really a great resource out there for people just getting started. Truth be told, there is a huge amount of misunderstanding regarding what internet marketing is, what it’s capable of and how you should get started with it.

This is why you see so many businesses get it entirely wrong. Have you ever visited a business site, only to see that it looks completely unprofessional and cluttered? Have you ever visited a brand’s social media page to see that it hasn’t been updated in months? Or that what is there is just uninspired and unlikely to convince anyone to buy from them?

A lot of small businesses will recognize the power of the web to bring them money and customers but they won’t have any clue how to begin. Thus, they will often end up just hiring the first SEO (Search Engine Optimization) company they can find and hoping blindly that the company will maintain its side of the bargain and actually help them get to the top of Google.

Sometimes that happens. Other times, the company uses outdated, spammy techniques and the business goes bust.

Either that, or the company does nothing much and the small business just wastes a lot of money.

But how is the company to know whether their SEO agency is doing a good job when they don’t really understand how SEO works?