It certainly was an eclectic group of individuals that Matt Smith and I spent our day with on Monday while down in Austin, Texas. The meeting room was full of everyday – and colorful – people of all walks of life who had achieved financial independence. There was the middle-aged woman who just three years ago [...]
By Craig Ballantyne | Fri, Jul 22, 2011
On Thursday afternoon, me and my ol’ pup, Bally the Dog went for a short walk outside on the farm, down to the river for him to cool off with a swim. It’s been a little hot up here in southern Ontario, with temperatures flirting with 100 degrees. Add in some humidity, [...]
By Craig Ballantyne | Wed, Jul 20, 2011
The one thing I admire about people who have strong nutrition beliefs is their dogmatic behavior. For example, a vegetarian, under no circumstances, will ever eat meat. There is no, “well, everyone else is having a burger, so just this once, I will too.” That’s not how it works. Not when a vegetarian has a strong personal [...]
By Noah St. John | Thu, Mar 17, 2011
If you’ve been to a “motivational” seminar or heard someone talk about success in, say, the last 10 years, you’ve probably heard the “Bamboo Story.” The Bamboo Story goes something like this… “The Bamboo is amazing. You water it and wait. You wait an entire year and nothing appears. No bud, no twig, nothing. “So you keep watering [...]
By Robert Ringer | Wed, Mar 2, 2011
My first love is learning, which is why I keep my brain on autopilot when it comes to absorbing everything around me and extracting lessons from what I see and hear. It borders on an addiction. Extracting knowledge, however, is not enough. You must be able to apply what you’ve learned to other situations – even [...]
By Rich Schefren | Fri, Feb 25, 2011
Lacking confidence… Feeling unsure about what you should do next… Jumping from one marketing strategy to another… Being unclear about when you’ll reach your business goals… All of these issues (and many more) can be traced back to one of the biggest challenges struggling entrepreneurs face: a lack of focus. I call it fuzzy thinking. Fuzzy Thinking Stems From Neglecting to [...]
By Bob Bly | Wed, Dec 22, 2010
It’s every Internet marketer’s dirty little secret: We hate product returns and refund requests! As my colleague FG puts it: “I hate seeing the UPS man coming the wrong way!” It’s not so much the money, although we don’t enjoy giving money back. It’s that we take the rejection of our information products personally, as a rejection of us [...]
By Harvey Mackay | Wed, Nov 17, 2010
Imagine if you could turn on creativity like starting a car, rev the engine to get up to speed, cruise along in the fast lane, and then park it in the garage until you needed it again. Is there anything you couldn’t accomplish? We’ve all had days when the engine stalls, the tire is flat, or [...]
By Pete Genot | Wed, Sep 22, 2010
During my impromptu presentation at Early to Rise's 5 Days in July Conference, I was asked someone in the audience to share my best advice for starting a successful Internet business.
By lesa | Wed, Oct 5, 2011
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