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Blessings seen and unseen…

By Jen Perdew 2 Comments

Blessings - Seen and Unseen…

Just a couple of weeks ago, one of my favorite online business guys posted on Facebook about the terrible relationship he had with his dad.

I felt his pain across the ocean and through time.

He said he was fine without having a relationship with his dad, but he also longed for the pride of a father in his son. 

Of course, I thought about my dad and how blessed I was to have this man in my life. As the oldest of 5 children, I think we had a special relationship. But I think my other siblings felt the same way too.

He passed away almost 3 years ago at 91 after 5 years of progressive dementia, multiple heart conditions, diabetes, and other ailments. 

Two years into the dementia, he didn’t know my name. He knew he should know it - and recognized me with a smile for a couple more years when I came, but just couldn’t find the words to say my name.

But for all of my years until his dementia, he was my go-to guy. I knew I could get encouragement and understanding from him even if it was delivered sometimes in a ham-handed way. 

He was a product of The Great Depression. He was determined that his children would never grow up in the poverty that he experienced, even though his memories of his family occupied most of his stories. With 7 brothers, 5 of whom survived to adulthood, he became the communication hub for the family.

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And that’s ironic since, as mom told me this week, dad didn’t know how to use a phone when he left the hills of Kentucky for the Army Air Corps at the age of 17. He sure learned how to use it well later in life keeping in touch with brothers, children, cousins, friends, and distant family.

Dad was very opinionated. Our politics were diametrically opposed. We learned to not talk about that.

But even when he was grumbling, he was looking for a way to help someone. His generosity, kindness, and real caring knew no bounds. He always had enough to share.

He had a ton of sayings that I cherish now because there was so much wisdom and wit in them. 

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(Don’t judge me, but being who I am, I’m creating an ecommerce store to honor those sayings. It’s just in the beginning stages on Facebook. Like this page and I’ll let you know when it’s ready to rock and roll.)

During his difficulties, I was lucky enough to support him by traveling to Florida every couple of months for 5 years to help my mom take care of my dad. Having an online business that allowed me to work from anywhere as long as I had decent Internet was another incredible blessing.

This week, Charlsa and I visited my mom. 

With 5 kids, and 4 sisters and brothers, she gets a lot of attention so we don’t have to worry too much about her. And she’s healthy enough emotionally and physically at 87 to play golf with friends, embrace her church friends fully, and play cards with the best neighbors ever.

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The only way I know that she’s slowed down is that she’s stopped working at the Food Pantry for the homeless (too hard on her back).

Life is pretty good for mom.

Living alone after 69 years of marriage isn’t easy, I’m sure, because there has to be a huge hole in her life where dad was. But I’m also convinced he never left because she keeps his memory in every corner of her life.

They were a great love story. And someday, I’ll tell the whole thing, but not yet.

But here’s an example of their love.

When dad was being wheeled into the operating room 7 years before his death to get a pacemaker, my mom stopped the nurse, bent down, and planted a gentle kiss on dad’s forehead. Then, she looked up at the nurse with steely eyes and said, “This is the love of my life for 62 years. You bring him back safely.”

The nurse heard the unspoken words “...or ELSE!” loud and clear. She said, “Yes, ma’am!”

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Dad was a veteran. He served in the Army Air Corps and later the newly formed United States Air Force at the end of World War II. One of the benefits he cherished was the honor of being buried with other veterans in a beautiful cemetery.

Mom will be buried there too.

And when Charlsa and I saw how beautifully maintained the cemetery was, we decided to do the same for ourselves since I have that honor too as a Vietnam (era) veteran.

My parents weren’t wealthy, but they had a lot of wealthy friends. They attracted quality people in their lives because they were quality people.

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Mom likes to tell a special story about Dad’s wealth. 

One of the neighbors came over one day with his investment statement he’d just received in the mail and bragged, “It’s official, Royce. I’m a millionaire.”

“Well, so am I,” my dad said, not to be outdone. “Of course, it’s all invested in my 5 kids, but the dividends are great!”

And he did invest in us.

When I was 15, dad decided I needed to go to Europe on a whirlwind 9-countries-in-21-days school trip because he knew it would be a great experience.

It was $750. And we didn’t have the money, but he found it.

And just like his own experience in Japan after the war, it was a pivotal experience for me that taught me more than any class I’d ever taken or would take. 

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Travel, it turns out, was THE great educational experience.

Money was especially tight then because when I was 9, my mom’s dad killed himself leaving her brothers and sisters without any living parents. My grandmother had died two years previously of lung cancer.

My aunts and uncles (mom’s brothers and sisters) were 12, 15, 18, and 20. I was the oldest of three with two more showing up in the next two years, and soon to be the middle of nine kids..

That could have been an unbelievably difficult time for any family. And frankly, most would have split up the four aunts and uncles to other families.

Dad wouldn’t hear of it.

Of course, they would come live with us. We’d make room. And tighten our belts. And find a way.

We always found a way.

A few weeks ago, we were at dinner with a couple of friends who bowed their heads to say grace. I heard them say, “Dear Lord, thank you for all our blessings. Seen and Unseen. Amen.”

Seen. And Unseen.

If I would go back through this article with a red pen to mark all the things that were unseen blessings, the page would look like a bloody murder had been committed here.

Red ink everywhere.

As I get older, I’m so thankful for the unseen blessings in my life. Unseen blessings are those things I don’t see or think about, but are continuing to work in my favor. If I demanded to know about all my blessings all the time, I’d short-change myself.

Three beautiful kids. Ten grandchildren that I don’t see nearly enough. And the most amazing supportive and loving wife/partner anyone could have.

And if I look at all the “problems” in my life over the past 70 years, I can’t find one. They all look like blessings at this point.  

The unseen blessings are a hundred times more important to me than those I see everyday. They are the blessings that protect me (mostly from myself) and bring me good.

And I want all the good. 

But I have to be careful about good and bad. 

Years ago, I read a translation of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, and one line stuck with me. 

“There is no good or bad, but labeling it makes it so.”

I’ve stopped judging whether something is good or bad. Whatever happens can be comfortable or uncomfortable, peaceful or challenging, rewarding or heartbreaking. 

Those are momentary feelings.

But declaring it good or bad would mean that I can predict the future. I can’t. Good or bad is the result of something happening now. If I try to assign good or bad, I’m not living in the moment, so I’ll miss all the sweet juice of life.

Of course, I can impact the result by doing what I think will lead to a good or bad result, but I have no way of predicting the outcome.

For that, I must rely on the greatest gift of all…Unseen Blessings.

If you have Unseen Blessings that you're grateful for click one of the share buttons on the side of the page and comment below to tell me about your unseen blessings!

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Jen Perdew

The Novice to Advanced Marketing System is a step-by-step system focusing on Team, Training and Tools to help novice to advanced business people build a Simple, Scalable and Sustainable business.

Founded by David Perdew over 15 years ago, he recently retired and his daughter, Jen Perdew, who has been working at NAMS since 2011 purchased the business.

Jen is now the President and CEO of NAMS and comes from a customer service, operations, and employee training background.

Jen has always loved digging in and getting her hands dirty with automation and coaching. Jen's an implementer and focuses on moving her clients as quickly as possible down the path to success. and has since taken over most of the technical training in the business. NAMS is one of the most successful online communities today, specializing in training and proprietary productivity software tools.

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6 Ways to Improve Personal Productivity During the Great Coronavirus Lockdown of 2020!

By Jen Perdew 7 Comments

6 Ways to Improve Personal Productivity During the Great Coronavirus Lockdown of 2020!

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The good and the bad of being stranded at home for weeks at a time - especially if you’re doing business online...

The Great Coronavirus Lockdown of 2020 has caused angst for a lot of folks because they’re not taking charge of their personal productivity, so I decided to write about 6 methods that I’m using including eliminating the psyche-killer: Energy Loops.

Unfortunately, I kind of love the lockdown. Not people getting sick, of course. That sucks, but I love being forced to re-evaluate and re-focus.

This feels like a forced reboot, just like I have to do with my computer when it gets sluggish and on memory overload.

But frankly, I've never been so productive. 

Now, I have a really good excuse to be isolated in the woods - without feeling anti-social.

Someone asked me the other day if I'm seeing more of my neighbors since everyone's home during lockdown. Heck, I'm so deep in the woods, I haven't seen most of my neighbors in 15 years. I wouldn't know them if I ran into them on the street.

But productive? Holy Cow! I've been so productive that I could hardly find time to write this post. 

When the coronavirus started causing shutdowns across the country, my daughter Jen and I started talking about how we could help people get some control back in their lives - and fast.

The Fast Business Startup Virtual Workshop was the answer. It was 2 days of intense focus on setting up an online income stream by focusing on numbers, not products or launches, or all the other stuff people tell you you have to do.

We focused on numbers. Four numbers.

  • Clicks
  • Conversion
  • Price
  • Revenue

And it blew people's minds.

You can find out more about this here.

But now, I'm taking a breath. 

The 2 days were exhausting, but now we had replays to edit and transcripts to create. Plus, I decided to do a Case Study on how we used a $1 ticket to a virtual live workshop to drive more than $20,000 in profit AND create a new income stream for ourselves.

Want a copy of my Case Study: How A $1 Ticket To A Live Virtual Weekend Turned Into $20k In One Weekend

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So, finally, I'm taking an entire hour to write this post all about how to improve personal productivity, staying positive in difficult times, and what I've noticed during the lockdown.

1) Being home is awesome. 

improve personal productivityBut that may just be me because I'm easily distracted. It forces me to stay in one spot and focus on what's in front of me. Being home and reducing travel to almost zilch has also allowed for more continuous and focused effort without the start and stop disruption. 

I noticed that when I looked back at my coffee shop visits, I was really looking forward to seeing friends who didn't even know my name unless it was written on a coffee cup.

2) I have an Internet challenge.

Like really slow DSL at the house with no alternative. I've complained about it for 15 years and used it as an excuse to not do some things (Facebook Live - I'm talking about you...) It's time to get over it. 

When the major news networks are doing live interviews with people in their bedroom offices with kids screaming outside the door, we all have permission to focus on the content, not the flash. 

And I'm 15 miles from town - any town. So I used to spend a lot of time on the road going to Starbucks or other fast internet spots. During this time, I decided not to do that. (Couldn't actually, since nearly everything is closed.) 

3) Closing the social media black hole. 

I was at my mother-in-law's the other day (my one day a week trip into town to check on her and work on high-speed). And I was making a cup of coffee in the kitchen. She came out of the bedroom, sighed, and said, "I came back here to clean up the kitchen, but I got on Facebook instead - and that was over an hour ago." 

And she's 97! 

Social media is a tool, but easily becomes a thief stealing our best hours. I'm holding steady with that by limiting my time to morning and night.

(**Want to know how to stay focused all day? Start by scheduling your social media to specific time slots in your calendar! Then close out all social media apps, web pages etc. until your scheduled time.)

4) Email. This is our life blood.

Email marketing accounts for about 80% of our business in some form. But I hate email personally... And I'm now only checking my personal account 2 to 3 times a WEEK. 

I can do that because I've set up systems. I have a private account for coaching clients only. And when I get an email to that account, I get a text message on my watch and phone so I can respond fast. 

JV Partners know to skype or Facebook message me. And Insiders and other product buyers go to our support desk, chat on the site or one of our product specific Facebook groups.

5) Turned off the news. 

I limit myself to 30 minutes or less of news each day. This is a sure-fire way for staying positive in difficult times. I will catch up on news using my Flipboard app at night. Short of a nuclear bomb, nothing needs my attention right now! 

I'm amazed how I get sucked in by the rubber-neck syndrome. Watching the news can be an emotional pot that gets stirred way too easily. Not only does it affect me then, but it lingers in my psyche for a while.

And for me to do this is a massive change. I’m a proud, former journalist who worked in newspapers and magazines. The main reason I left the news business though was all the bad stuff we saw and reported each day made me crazy. So, I had to quit.

6) Energy Loops. 

You've read this entire post so far to get to this point. I could write all day about energy loops. 

Recently, I read somewhere about energy loops causing us all kinds of grief. I'm not talking about woo-woo universal energy (although I believe that too), but personal energy expended with our mind and our labor.

It’s wasted energy. The very definition means nothing gets done.

An energy loop equals anything started but not finished yet it lives in our brain. And they are everywhere from large to small. And often, the size doesn’t matter. An energy drain is an energy drain is an energy drain - they’re all equal. 

Here's an example.

The picture shows a small tree stump. It's a poplar tree. About 5 years ago, a poplar sprout came up in a how to stay focused all dayplastic flower pot that was in (what passes for) my front yard between the crepe myrtles at our house. 

It was tiny, like a weed. 

Instead of yanking it out of the ground, I thought that I'd just plant it somewhere else on our 95 acres.

After all, we’ve only got about 45,000 of them according to the University of Maryland Extension report on Forest Thinning. I might miss this little sprout though. It could be very special.

Even when my wife asked me what this was, I told her I'd take care of it...

The energy loop was opened the moment I didn’t pull that dude right out of the pot.

This is how it works.

Here's a tree that I'm going to move. It's on my mental list. It staked out a spot on my brain and it's never going away until it's resolved. 

That was 5 years ago.

The tree grew fast - as poplars do. The pot had a hole in the bottom for drainage as pots do. The poplar roots squeezed through that hole finding life as they do.

It anchored the little tree in the soil below. I could no longer move the pot because it literally was rooted in the ground.

My wife would point out that the tree is growing fast and it’s really too close to the house.  She asked me when I was going to get rid of it. “Soon” was always my answer. I can still dig it up and move it, I told her.

But it didn't just grow roots in the ground. 

They were burrowing into my psyche too. 

Every time I walked into the house, I'd glance over and see that tree. My mind would nudge me, "You've got to take care of that." And I'd think, "Soon, sure. When I get a minute."

It kept growing...both in the ground and in my brain. It reached 10 feet tall. And I thought about it every day because I saw every day when I came out of the house.

After a trip to Atlanta, I glanced over at the tree. It was about 7 feet shorter.

It had been cut off about 3 feet off the ground. My wife had found a handsaw in the basement and went after it. 

The pot was still intact. But it still wouldn't budge because the roots were so deep. So the first step was to remove the pot, then cut the rest of the tree off, and then dig out the roots. "I'll get to that," I told myself. I've got all the tools.

That was 2 years ago.

Because of my internet challenge here in the woods, I sometimes drive to town to work at my mother-in-law's house where I get high-speed cable.

Last weekend, when I came home from a full day of working in town on the high-speed, I walked by the tree, the abbreviated version that's been dead now for a couple of years, and the pot was gone. My wife and niece broke the pot and spread out the dirt in the garden. 

Then, she said, "I want to learn to use the chainsaw."

Ok - it's time to get that tree out of the yard. And I'll do it. I've got some time tomorrow 🙂

This is the CLASSIC energy loop. 

Five years ago, I opened it up when I didn't dispose of that tree. Thinking about that tree and putting off the solution, I expended enough energy to power a small office building. Unfinished, little or large projects take the energy that we could otherwise use to improve personal productivity and be more productive in life.

When we say we’re tired, often it’s mentally tired because we’ve expended so much energy - doing nothing - on stuff that could have been resolved long ago.

An energy loop is completely unnecessary. 

All it takes is little action. 

There's an old saying that resolves every energy loop: 

"Never put off till tomorrow what you could do today."

We do this at home. We do it at work. And we do it in business.

A productivity expert knows how to eliminate the energy loops by outsourcing and delegating, or just getting the damn chainsaw out of the closet.

In the comments, tell me about your energy loop that needs to be closed.

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The Novice to Advanced Marketing System is a step-by-step system focusing on Team, Training and Tools to help novice to advanced business people build a Simple, Scalable and Sustainable business.

Founded by David Perdew over 15 years ago, he recently retired and his daughter, Jen Perdew, who has been working at NAMS since 2011 purchased the business.

Jen is now the President and CEO of NAMS and comes from a customer service, operations, and employee training background.

Jen has always loved digging in and getting her hands dirty with automation and coaching. Jen's an implementer and focuses on moving her clients as quickly as possible down the path to success. and has since taken over most of the technical training in the business. NAMS is one of the most successful online communities today, specializing in training and proprietary productivity software tools.

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How Rich Marketers Think

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Are You Thinking Like a Rich Person?

So, if you’re going to become rich as an online business person, you first have to think you’re rich.

We work and work to prepare our business to collect as much wealth as possible.

The next product to create or the mechanics of the delivery system or where we’re going to get traffic gets most of our attention. And by focusing on these things, we think we’re preparing for online riches.

Don’t get me wrong. I do believe those elements are important, but I believe the richest people in the world have a different thought life first.

There’s saying that I love and believe.

Everything is created twice. First in THOUGHT, then in FORM.

That’s a lot harder for many people than you’d guess. Many folks – me included – had to get over this old idea that being rich was for someone else.

There is a thought in online marketing that if you just get the mechanics right, then everything will fall into place and you’ll get rich.

I’m not here to dispute that.

Rather, I’d like to suggest that mindset plays a bigger role than most people think.

After all, if thoughts are things – and quantum physics tells us this is true – then what you think can have a huge impact on the success of your business.

Don’t believe me?

Take two people – one has a track record of building million-dollar businesses. The other has a track record of never having had a major success in his life.

Who would you bet on to build a million-dollar business? The one with the track record, of course.

But let me ask you this… do you think that both of these individuals view business – and specifically, the acquisition of money – in the same way?

You might guess that the successful person who has made millions of dollars sees money in an entirely different way than the person who has never been successful.

One sees opportunity everywhere – the other sees obstacles.

One sees challenges to overcome – the other sees problems that cannot be solved.

One believes leverage is the way to get rich – the other believes hard work will win the day.

One believes money is abundant – the other believes it’s scarce.

One thinks about how to make more money – the other thinks about how not to lose money…

… and so forth.

If you took the second person – the one who has never had a major success – and implant the thought patterns and beliefs of the first person concerning money and business, do you think the second person could then build a million-dollar online business as well?

That’s our question for the day. And you, with your consent, will be our test subject.

If you’ve never built a million-dollar business but you would like to, then I’m challenging you here and now to adopt the following thoughts and make them yours.

This means that reading them once won’t be enough. You’ve got to integrate them into your thinking 24/7. They have to become as much a part of you as your belief that you should eat, sleep and brush your teeth.

You’ve got to believe in these as much as you believe the sun will come up tomorrow.

In other words, you’ve got to make these thoughts YOURS.

You might do this by rereading the following list when you wake up and when you go to sleep each night.

You might write them out longhand, or record them and listen to them on your Mp3 player.

Just do whatever it takes to make these thoughts your own.Rich Rolls Royce

And just so you know, we did not pull these out of thin air. They come from a very solid book by Steve Siebold entitled, “How Rich People Think.” We’ve simply put our own online marketing spin on them.

If you’ve ever wanted a roadmap on how to be rich – I dare say this might be it.

Take these thoughts and combine them with any proven online business plan, and you should be making money – significant money – in no time at all.

Your results will vary. Remember that making these thoughts yours is just the first step – working your business is the second. And doing one without the other is probably just going to waste your time.

Just to be clear, we’re going to differentiate the two types of thinking as “Non-rich” and “Rich” thinking.

“Rich” is, of course, a relative term. To a millionaire, a billionaire is rich, while the billionaire might think the millionaire is poor by comparison.

Let’s get started…

The non-rich think: The rich are obsessed with money

While the rich think: Being obsessed with success is a wonderful thing

Why is it that we think obsessions are necessarily bad? If a person is obsessed with being healthy or with helping others, we generally don’t criticize. But if they are obsessed with being successful, we like to point out that there is something wrong with them. But why do we do this?

Most likely because it’s easier for us to say they are wrong than it is to become obsessed with success ourselves.

When you’re rich, you have the ultimate freedom to do what you want, when you want. Money is simply a gauge by which you measure how successful you are.

If you can think of business as a game you love to win, then you can become obsessed with success in a healthy, productive manner.

It’s all about what you can accomplish and how many people you can help with your online business.

The primary motivator for many millionaires is reaching a certain net worth – a number that is different for everybody. Assuming your business is legit and helps people – and hopefully, it does – then the bigger the number you reach, the more people you’ve helped.

And think about this: when you hit your number, then you are free to chase higher pursuits such as philanthropy, time freedom and personal fulfillment.

So yes, go ahead and get obsessed with success. If that means working on your online business 14 hours a day for a few months, go for it. Success is calling and it’s time to answer that call.

The non-rich think: Saving is the way to get rich

While the rich think: Earning more money is the way to get rich

The non-rich cling tightly to their meager assets because of fear of loss and uncertainty of the future. Then when an economic correction occurs, they suffer catastrophic losses they cannot recover.

The rich, while understanding that saving and investing are important, also direct their energies toward making more money by serving others and solving problems. If a catastrophic loss occurs, they turn their attention to financial opportunities that occur in a downward economy and often become all the richer for it.

It’s a question of whether you operate from fear or abundance. Either mindset can lose money, but only the abundance mindset can quickly recover the money and more.

Focus on building an online empire of several different income streams, not on saving pennies.

 

The non-rich think: Trading time for money makes sense

While the rich think: Non-linear thinking and leverage is the way to get rich

Any time you’re trading your time for a paycheck, you’re actually trading the most valuable commodity you have – your precious time – for a fixed income.

If hard work made fortunes, every fast food employee would be rich.

The rich generate money though ideas that solve problems. And since there is no limit to ideas, there is also no limit to the money you can earn.

The right idea at the right time can make a fortune. Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft are classic examples of this.

Look to your own online business and you can see this at work. For example, if you write a book to sell to one person, you are trading time for money. This is what ghostwriters do.

But if you sell the book yourself, you can continue to sell copies of it every day for the rest of your life. You get paid over and over for work you did once.

And if you hire someone to write the book for you, now you are experiencing true leverage.

The non-rich think: Rich people are evil

While the rich think: Rich people are ambitious

The average person has been programmed to think rich people are somehow evil, dishonest and deceitful.

And while this is occasionally the case, as a general rule self-made rich people have used their drive, ambition, and vision to build something that helps a lot of people.

Believing that rich people are inferior or morally lacking makes a great excuse for why a person isn’t rich – after all, they’re a nice person, and they don’t want to hurt anyone.

But if the non-rich will take responsibility for their financial plight and adopt the thinking of the rich, then they, too, can become rich.

And in the process, they can prove that not all rich people are evil.

The non-rich think: Being a lone-wolf is a positive quality

While the rich think: Building wealth is a team effort

When the non-rich folks have jobs, they’re paid for their individual efforts. They’re lone wolves, and they believe that if they start their own business, then they have to do it on their own.

But the rich (and future rich) know that building anything worthwhile is a team effort. Finding the right people and leveraging their knowledge and action is key to achieving success quickly and on a large scale.

The rich are team leaders. The non-rich try to do everything themselves.

The rich know their strengths and weaknesses and find people who fill the gaps in their knowledge and abilities.

The non-rich believe they can eventually learn everything they need to know to become successful.

If you can build a team and share the credit for your success, then you can achieve almost anything, and do it in a surprisingly short amount of time.

But if you go it alone, success will always be just around the corner and just out of reach.

In your online business, figure out what you’re good at and what you enjoy doing. Then outsource everything else. This will shave your time from conception to launch in half or less, keep you happy and more than double your profits.

Try it – once you do, you’ll never go back to trying to do everything yourself.

The non-rich think: Money is bad

While the rich think: Money is fantastic

If you were to ask most people why they don’t have money or even what they think of money, you’ll realize why they’re broke.

They see ambitious people as greedy and self-serving. They think money is a necessary evil that must be managed but should not be their focus.

And there are better things to do with their time than be successful, like watch TV, sports and so forth.

The rich see money as a positive tool that can create freedom and opportunity to do what they want and have the life they enjoy. Money removes restrictions and lets them do what they want, when they want and where they want.

When you have money, you can engage in your favorite pastimes, help out the less fortunate and improve life for others beyond yourself.

Whether you believe money is evil or a tool for empowerment will make the difference between whether or not you have money.

The non-rich think: Formal education leads to wealth

While the rich think: Specific knowledge creates wealth

While rich people respect a formal education and encourage their children to attend university, they don’t see it as a way to build a financial empire.

Many self-made millionaires have very little formal education. They’ve amassed their wealth through getting, using and selling specific knowledge and information.

College typically prepares a person to trade time for money, and this is rarely the way to real wealth.

Rich people work from a non-linear mindset, with no limits or boundaries.

Give an employee a problem, and they will try to solve it for the company.

Give someone with a rich person’s mindset a problem, and they will not only solve it but then sell the solution to everyone who needs it, thereby creating wealth.

And if the person with the rich mindset can’t solve the problem, they’ll hire someone to solve it for them, and again sell the solution to make their fortune.

Problem-solving is an asset that can build empires. While academics and middle class see problems as being complex, the rich mindset is able to break those same problems down to their essence to find the solution. Bill Gate’s founding of Microsoft is a wonderful example of this trait at work.

As an online marketer, you have the opportunity to present solutions to people around the world.

And you don’t always have to find the solutions, either. You can act as a reporter, finding out what people need and then reporting back to them with a product that fills that need.

The non-rich think: About spending

While the rich think: About investing

Do you really, truly need that new car? Or will your old one last for a few more years?

Living beyond your means isn’t living at all. It’s self-imposed slavery, where you have to go to work just to keep your nose above water and eek out a meager existence.

The self-made rich only buy the things they truly need and the things that will make them money. True, once they become wealthy they do splurge, but by then they’ve earned the right.

Many self-made millionaires are ordinary people who went without luxuries and extravagances while they were building their fortunes. Instead of lattes and going to the movies, they invested in stocks and real estate.

But the real answer isn’t just to be frugal and live on as little as possible – it’s to double or triple your income and invest a large portion of that.

Ideally, you want to live the good life, and if that means being cautious with your finances for a few years while you increase your income and your investments, it’s well worth the price you pay to then be financially free.

Investing your money in your online business can be the most freeing thing you ever do. Imagine being able to retire in 5-10 years, and then ask yourself if watching your money for that length of time while focusing on making more was worth it.

The answer will invariably be yes.

The non-rich think: “If only I could win the lottery…”

While the rich think: “Let’s get busy and make this happen!”

People love the lottery because they think it’s their only chance to get rich.

Sadly for most, they’re probably right. And it’s not because they’re not capable, either. It’s because they don’t believe in themselves and their ability to create wealth.

The rich know that talk is cheap, and take daily action to build their wealth because they know they can do it.

Beliefs dictate behavior, and behavior dictates results. If you believe you can succeed, then you’ll take action to do exactly that.

That’s why you’re in online marketing – because you believe you can succeed. But do you really, truly believe you can become rich?

If not, you might want to adjust your thinking.

The non-rich think: Money changes people

While the rich think: Money reveals people

The average person has beliefs that money turns good people into greedy, corrupt, uncaring jerks. This limiting belief not only keeps people poor – it also serves as an excuse for why they’re unsuccessful.

But the self-made rich know that success and money reveal the true person inside. If you were a crook before you were wealthy, you’ll be an even bigger crook once you’ve got money. If you were kind and generous before becoming wealthy, odds are you’ll do a lot of good with your money to help people, animals and the world.

Take a good look at your own personality, and then imagine them amplified by wealth. Do you like what you see?

If so, great. If not, you might want to make some changes now, before money amplifies traits you’re not proud of.

The non-rich think: You have to have money to make money

While the rich think: You should use other people’s money to get rich

Did you know it’s easier to borrow $10 million dollars than it is to borrow $10,000? It sounds crazy, but this is exactly how the rich think.

They don’t use the words, “I can’t afford it.” Rather, they think in terms of, “Is it worth buying, investing in or pursuing?” If it is, they find the money.

Again, this is all about linear thinking: “I have to make money in order to invest it in order to get rich.”

There’s nothing wrong with this, except that it takes time. A lot of time. And life is short.

Let’s say you’re starting an online business. You’ve got a proven business model that works, along with a great product. You could work yourself silly by getting free traffic in order to get sales. Or you could get an investor who can pay for traffic. In the first case, it might take you months to make enough to buy consistent traffic, at which time your product might already be out of date. But in the second case, you can send massive, targeted traffic to your offer from day one.

In the first case, profits will come slowly. In the second case, you’ll be making solid money from day 1.

The non-rich think: Self-made rich people are somehow smarter

While the rich think: Self-made rich people are more savvy – not smarter

Memorizing information to get good grades in high school or score well on an IQ test won’t make you rich. There is a theory that the “A” students end up working for the “C” students, and this is likely true more than we realize.

Different people are smart in different ways. Some can memorize information, some are good at physical things, some are music smart, and others have an ability to figure things out.

The self-made rich have a talent for making money. Fortunately, no one is born with this talent (how many babies have you seen on Wallstreet?) which tells us that this talent can be learned.

And the best way to learn to make money is to find out what’s working for others and model their success.

That’s why ‘how to make money’ programs are so popular. People want to be rich, but they don’t know how to do it. They want someone to show them the ropes.

This is key if you’re in the make money niche. Explain to your prospects that your system is proven to work because others are already making money doing it.

Just follow the blueprint, and you can succeed. Just make sure your products live up to this promise.

By reading this article, you are now one step closer to becoming rich yourself.

And by knowing, understanding and incorporating rich thoughts into your everyday life, you are setting the stage for your own success.

Oddly enough, this article wasn’t about money at all – it’s about mindset.

And when you have the right mindset, then everything else falls into place.


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Where do small business people get their money

By David Perdew Leave a Comment

Where do small business people really find startup cash?

Yes, it takes money to make a business work. We all know that.

Very few people make enough profit from day 1 to sustain the business over time.

Too often, we get hung up on the fact that we can't get a loan from the bank. Or the big Angel Investors or Venture Capitalists are not interested in doling out a lump of cash to us for free!

But those aren't the sources of most small business startup funding... If you've been struggling to find more cash for your business, check out this short Kauffman Foundation Sketchbook video for a few Saturday gems to get you thinking...

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The MyNAMS Team goes way beyond the staff and support personnel. We've put together a group of people who make it their mission to ensure your success. With more than 75 instructors and 100s of members, you find people who can answer your questions quickly, partner with you to create products, and build relationships that help you launch your business or take it to the next level.

We've worked diligently to ensure you have the ability to communicate with us, instructors, and peers (at your own experience level) in a safe environment and find the right mentors or coaches just for you. We make the introductions that you want.

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The MyNAMS Training system is focused on thorough step-by-step instruction with that meets you where you are. It makes no sense to teach you advanced strategies and techniques when you don't have a blog or website. And teaching you how to install a blog when you have dozens already is ridiculous. First, we determine where you are in your experience and then we point you to the right level of training that will enhance your business experience from Novice to Advanced.

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Steve Jobs Father of the Launch

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How to be a visionary and change the world?

One of the many books I’ve been listening to is Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs.

stevejobsI’ve never been an Apple computer user, just an admirer, but I always knew there was a fundamental difference between Steve Jobs and most other computer tycoons – especially Bill Gates. Gates, the richest and most influential man in the world of computers, created products that solved problems.

Jobs created products that changed the world.

In this book, I soon learned valuable lessons about being a wild man visionary in a world that wants to make you smaller at every turn.

Like most geniuses, Jobs was very quirky.

In the early days of Apple, he appeared at business meetings stinking with body odor because he hadn’t bathed for weeks (he didn’t believe in it), putting his bare feet on executives desks because he didn’t wear shoes (didn’t find them comfortable), and told everyone that they were stupid and their work was crap (he never got over that one).

People who worked with him for 30 years complained of the abuse one minute, yet espoused great gratitude that they were so lucky to have worked with him because he pushed them further than they could have ever gone on their own.

His faith in his “rightness” and vision was so strong, and he was so far ahead of other people, that they told him regularly that what he wanted to accomplish was impossible. Yet, they found a way to do it through his badgering and uncompromising spirit. He forced them to find a way because he wouldn’t have it any other way.

And he changed the world.

One clear example of that vision was the 1984 ad introducing the Macintosh. With a reference to George Orwell’s classic book of big brother domination, 1984, the tagline was:

You’ll see why 1984 won’t be like 1984.

Jobs, a hippie who dropped out of college, lived in an ashram in India for awhile, and experimented heavily with LSD, loved being the renegade, the rebel.

So he hired Ridley Scott who had just finished the classic sci-fi movie, Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford, and spent $750,000 on a television ad that was completely different from anything else that had ever been done as a television commercial.

His corporate board hated it.

They refused to run it even though they had already purchased the air time for the Superbowl. They told the ad agency to sell the two time slots they had reserved. The ad agency said sure, sold the 30-second spot, but claimed no one would buy the 60-second spot. In fact, they hadn’t tried to sell it.

Jobs got his way.

(click here to play the video)

The ad spot ran during the third quarter of the Superbowl.

One time.

Ever.

And the next day, every evening news channel talked about the Apple ad. Every newspaper called it revolutionary. And the Macintosh, a small player in the personal computer field that was mostly the dream of one man who had no idea how to write code, was launched into a world that would never be the same.

And so the Product Launch Formula was launched…

No, not the one by Internet Marketer Jeff Walker, but the one that Steve Jobs played with for 30 years.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

Just after the Superbowl ad ran, Jobs introduced the Mac to the world.

(Click the image at the right to play the video)

Or rather the Mac, the first talking computer, introduced itself. Watch the short video from that event to see a master marketer introduce a revolutionary product. Notice  the attributes of this launch he uses:

  • Anticipation (“We’ve seen enough pictures of the Mac, now let’s see the Mac…”)
  • Exclusivity (Jobs is letting the audience in on the secret – they are better than the competition and smarter than the rest…that attitude still binds Mac users today)
  • Curiosity (Mac is hidden”…in the bag…”)
  • Great product (it does stuff no other computer on the market could do)
  • Demonstration (the Mac is running live thrilling the audience with new technology…)
  • Get out of the way (Jobs turns the computer on and steps back…)
  • Wow factor (the demonstration gets the audience on its feet cheering)
  • Product comparison (the Mac itself says, Never trust a computer you can’t lift… a swipe at the IBM computers on the market)
  • Raving fans (when the Mac announces Steve Jobs – “like a father to me…” – the crowd goes wild)
  • Steve Jobs embraces his role as the face of the product and the consumers’ advocate (watch the people in the audience standing ovation, jumping up and down…)

The iPod arrived with the same fanfare in 2001

Jobs quickly realized the value of the “secret” launch event, and it became standard fare. Fans camped out outside stores days before they were released to get the new devices.

We all knew it was coming. And we knew how he would manipulate us. The media outlined the steps of the Steve Jobs launch sequence.

When he launched the iPhone in 2007, he used exactly the same process that had worked for 30 years.

(Click here to watch the video- the 2007 52 minute iphone launch…take notes. It’s a master class in marketing.)

Yet, everyone participated. Pre-orders for the original iPhone topped 2,000,000 months before it was launched.

Jobs stuck to his guns and never compromised his marketing plans.

But more importantly, he delivered “insanely great” products that did things no other companies had done before. News media covered it for months prior to the launch because his products were ground-breaking…creating real news.

Not everyone can be a visionary, but we can all learn to believe in ourselves and our vision.

The vision for MyNAMS and the NAMS workshop is not to change the world, but to help you change YOURS.

By changing the world one person at a time, we all have a lasting impact. By helping you build a business that brings your special talents to light, you are contributing only what you have the unique ability to share.

Our philosophy is this:

You owe it to us to be your very best self, and say what you have to say in only the way you can say it. You may be the one that shares a special message that any number of people need to hear.

That’s number 1. Number 2 is that with the MyNAMS training, you build a business that helps you achieve your goals no matter what.

I invite you to check out MyNAMS today to see if your vision can be supported by what we do here. I truly hope so.

Tell us what you think of Steve Jobs, the visionary below. How did it impact your life even if you’ve never used an Apple product?

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