Table of Contents Table of Contents 3 Introduction 5 How Private Label Works 7 Sourcing Products 10 Email List 12 Social Media 13 Partnerships 14 Repurposing Content 16 Bundles 16 Kindle Publishing 18 Provide Additional Formats 19 Membership Sites 19 Create Physical Products 21 Use Private Label White Label to Maximize Affiliate Sales 22 Using PLR To Create Killer Bonuses That Capture Attention 23 List Building with PLR 23 Conclusion 25 Resources 27 Sample Content Preview White Label vs. Private Label There are two main types of product licensing when it comes to selling products that other people have created. They’re similar, but slightly different, so it’s important to know the difference. Private label rights (PLR) products are those that have been created by other people, and you purchase them for a relatively low price, and then you can edit them, change the name, claim you created them, and sell them for any price you wish. Within the PLR marketplace, you will find many different licensing offers, some allowing you to resell the content AND the rights to others, while other licensing prevents any distribution or transfer of rights, meaning that you can only resell PERSONAL copies of the product. This is quite often the most valuable license of all because you can rest assured that the product will be limited in distribution, and not quickly saturated within the market. Stricter licensing rights also means less competition as you will be one of only a few people to ever have the rights to resell or distribute the material. White label is slightly different. Instead of having to spend time editing a product, setting up a website to sell it, and handling payments, refunds, delivery, etc., you market a product someone else created, but it’s done under YOUR name, as if it were YOUR product. Depending on the license, you may still have to handle payments yourself, and provide customer service, support, and manage refunds. Sometimes a lot of that will be done for you, similar in the way you’d promote an affiliate product. The main difference is that you pay an upfront fee for white label rights, and you can generate a lot more money than you would if you promoted the product as an affiliate. You also get all the benefits of having your own product, especially building your own brand and reputation, instead of someone else’s, but without all the hassles associated with product creation. When you sell a white label product, you usually get to keep all, or most of the sale price, but usually with an upfront fee involved. After this initial investment, which is usually considerably less than it would be to create the product on your own, you keep all of the profits. Both white label and private label products can be extremely profitable, allowing you to build your name without having to create your own products. It just doesn’t get any easier! Sourcing Products There are many different places to source white label and PLR products. If you’re in a niche market, it may be more difficult because there’s no one place to source a wide variety of white label products. You’ll have to contact individual product sellers and inquire about acquiring rights. However, if you’re in marketing, it will be considerably easier, because there are lots of places to get great deals on white label and private label rights products. A great place to start is with the products from ExclusiveNiches: >> https://www.exclusiveniches.com They have a lot of different products in sub-niches of the internet marketing niche, so you should be able to find something that will fit within your overall marketing plan. You’ll pay just one upfront fee, and then you can sell the products under your name, and keep 100% of the profits. Another great way to source products in the internet marketing niche is by signing up for the email lists of all the most popular marketers. Many marketers offer white label rights to their products from time-to-time, and may offer PLR, or reseller rights as well.

Table of Contents Introduction . 7 Chapter 1 – Are You Getting Too Comfortable? 10 Living in a comfortable bubble 11 Comfort zones do change.. 12 When comfort becomes a problem... 13 Chapter 2 – Your Comfort Zone Is Killing Your Dreams .. 15 Breathe new life into your dreams .... 16 Your true potential ... 17 Learn new things 18 Chapter 3 - Setting The Right Goals Is Key To Your Success... 20 The smart thing to do.... 21 Setting SMART goals ... 22 Chapter 4 – Planning Your Course Of Action .... 25 A sense of direction . 26 It’s all about the details . 27 Chapter 5 – Facing Your Fears ... 29 Understand your fear .... 30 Keep yourself occupied 31 Stop scaring yourself .... 32 Chapter 6 – Replacing Negativity With Positivity ... 34 Focus on what really matters.. 35 There’s no limit to what you can do .. 36 Look forward to your failures .. 37 Be excited about the future 38 Chapter 7 – Working On Your Self-Discipline .... 39 Learning to say ‘no’.. 40 Good habits are important . 41 You need accountability 42 Rewarding self-discipline ... 43 Chapter 8 – Motivating Yourself When You’re In A Slump ... 45 Extrinsic motivation.. 46 Intrinsic motivation ... 47 Make motivation a habit 47 Turn obstacles into opportunities. 48 Chapter 9 – Expanding Your Comfort Zone .. 50 The unfamiliar becomes familiar.. 51 Fight the good fight .. 52 Continue challenging yourself. 53 Chapter 10 – Taking The Leap .... 55 Believe in yourself.... 56 Integrity is necessary .... 57 Bend but don’t break 58 Conclusion 60 Sample Content Preview Chapter 3 - Setting The Right Goals Is Key To Your Success "Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." - Tony Robbins Your dreams aren’t going to magically appear within your comfort zone. Instead, if you want to achieve your dreams, you’re going to leave your comfort zone behind. You’re going to traverse the vast wilderness, the vast unknown, full of scary things. You may feel lost, and you may feel like quitting. You’ll hear your heart pounding loudly in your ears. You’ll feel the wetness of tears on your cheeks. You’ll feel your resolve weakening. At this point, the majority of everyone who’s ever had the courage to leave their comfort zones behind, give up. They break down. They surrender to their failures. They succumb to the obstacles. They turn around to where they came from. They hide again in their comfort zones, never to resurface ever again. The smart thing to do The unknown abyss beyond your comfort zone is extremely tough. If you’re not mentally, emotionally, and physically ready, you’re not going to get very far before you pack up and head home. So, how do you get from point A (that’s your comfort zone) to point B (your dreams)? Well, the smart thing to do would be to prepare for your journey. You can’t just wing it and expect to succeed. It’s like going on a month-long holiday abroad without planning ahead. You only buy the tickets to your destination, but you don’t know where you’re going to be staying. You don’t know anything about the place. You don’t know the culture, the people, you basically know nothing apart from the name of the place! Things can quickly go downhill the moment you arrive. You could get lost, you could get robbed, you could get hurt. And you don’t want that to happen to you. Just like your vacation, your dreams need serious planning if you want to succeed. Otherwise, you wouldn’t know which way is up and which way is down. Setting SMART goals Smart goals aren’t the same as your regular, run-of-the-mill goals. You don’t just say your goal is to become a successful businessman someday. That’s just some generic goal. It’s what most people would say. Chances are those people aren’t any closer to achieving their generic goals, too. So, what do you do? You start out by actually taking the time to define your goals. Smart goals don’t take 5 seconds to create. Smart goals require you to go deep within yourself, to uncover what you really want. To begin with, your smart goal should meet the S.M.A.R.T. criteria. It means the following: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-sensitive. Based on this criteria, you can see right away that a simple goal of becoming a ‘successful businessman someday’ is not going to cut it. If you want to become a successful businessman someday, you need to refine your goals to fit the S.M.A.R.T. criteria. You can ask questions like these: What kind of business would you like? Do you want to create your business from scratch? Should you buy a franchise? What industry do you want to do business in? Do you have sufficient capital to fund your business? If no, how do you plan to acquire capital? What’s your timeline for your goal? Three years? Ten? As you can see, defining a SMART goal isn’t going to be easy like your random generic goal. You’ll need to write your thoughts and weigh your options. What are the pros and cons of every option you’re considering? Yes, your SMART goal will make you flex your brain cells. But ultimately, it’s the right – and only - thing to do. With a SMART goal, you’re eliminating much of the guesswork. You won’t be second-guessing yourself all the time, which only slows you down. You already know what you want. All you have to do next is to make sure you don’t ever forget your SMART goal. You can start by writing it down in your journal. You can print out several copies of your goal and then tape it or hang it somewhere you’ll see it frequently. A SMART goal will help you reach your goals more efficiently and more effectively. Yes, you’ll still need to navigate the murky and scary unknown that lies beyond your comfort zone. But now, you’ll be prepared and better equipped. Chapter 4 – Planning Your Course Of Action "Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny." - Alfred A. Montapert Creating and defining your SMART goal is important. But you don’t just stop there. If you do, then who’s to say your goal is actually smart? A SMART goal is accompanied by a smart action plan. An action plan that doesn’t stop at 2 sentences or a single paragraph. Instead, you need an action plan that will outline all the major steps you need to take so you can get to your goals, your destination, your point B. If you don’t want to get lost on your journey, you need a solid plan. It’s going to be your roadmap to success. A sense of direction Imagine for a moment you’re going away on a road trip to a destination far, far away. Say, a thousand miles away. You’re holding a map in your hands. You circle your current location, and you draw a second circle for your destination. Then you connect the two circles. But you don’t just draw a straight line. What you do instead is you look for the closest distance between the two circles because there’s probably more than one way to get to your destination. You choose a good route – one that goes through highways instead of back roads. You put a star next to each major city or town you’re going to be passing through. You’ll probably spend the night there. Planning a 1,000-mile road trip is the same as planning your path to success. You can’t just say you know the general direction of your destination. You need to plan ahead if you want to reach your destination faster. If you don’t plan the details, you’ll be wasting days on the road. It’s all about the details Success is a lot of work, isn’t it? First, you have to define a goal that meets the SMART criteria. Then you have to create a detailed action plan that will show you exactly how you can get from point A to point B, a thousand miles away. Most people won’t have the patience to do all these steps. They’d think doing all this planning is silly and a waste of their time. They’ll think, “I already know where I’m going. That’s all I need to know.” So, they’ll skip the planning part, jump into their cars and go on their thousand-mile road trip. Funny thing is several miles later you’ll see them by the side of the road. Their cars have broken down (nope, they didn’t check if their cars could actually survive the long journey) or they’ve run of fuel. You, on the other hand, will be happily driving along until you get to your destination. Your thorough planning has paid off! Now, your dreams and your goals need to be planned out the same way. You can start by breaking down your main goal into smaller chunks. If you’ve given yourself 10 years to achieve your goals, then you need to break it down into 1-year goals, 2-year goals, and so on. By the end of the first year, you should have accomplished milestone 1. By the end of the second year, you should have achieved milestone 2, so on and so forth. While annual goals are great, they’re still a little too big to be easily accomplished. So, you need to break your goals down into weekly or monthly goals, keeping in mind what you need to achieve by the end of the year. It’s much easier to tick off a daily or weekly to-do list than a yearly to-do list. When you’re crossing items off your list, you feel a rush of satisfaction. You feel productive. You feel proud of yourself. If you don’t break your big goals into smaller, easy-to-achieve mini-goals, you may lose motivation. You’d feel like you’re not taking enough action. Your fears and insecurities will start creeping in again, and you could potentially undo all the hard work you’ve put in so far.

Table of Contents 5 Tips for Keeping Your Website Secure 4 5 Things to Look for in a Wordpress Theme 6 6 Common Mistakes Newbie Website Owners Make 8 Best Wordpress Plugins for Newbies 10 Build Your First Website Step-By-Step Guide 13 How to Choose Safe, Free Plugins 15 Important Design Elements for Every Website 17 The Most Important Pages to Include on Your New Website 19 What to Include in your Website Sidebars 22 What to Look For in a Website Hosting Company 24 Sample Content Preview 2. Choosing the wrong writing style Writing for websites is not the same as writing for print. Research has shown that people spend little time reading website content. They land on your page, scan it for anything interesting, and unless you can grab their attention quickly, they’ll move on to something shinier. Keep your writing simple, direct, and easy to scan. Don’t use jargon or technical language or assume that your readers know as much as you do about your busi-ness. 3. Too much detail If you have too much detail on your web pages, people will lose interest and move on to your competitors. Potential customers are looking for an overview of the most important information about your business. Keep messages short, sim-ple, and easy to understand. Think of what you want your customer to know about your business right away. 4. Too busy The last thing your website needs is too many graphics, photos, GIFs, or videos. Keep your web design simple and uncluttered. 5. Publishing incomplete pages Don’t hit the publish button until you’re 100% happy for a page to go live. Check and re-check in preview mode until it looks right, has no spelling or grammatical errors, the images are the right size, and it communicates what you want your customer to know. And don’t ever, under any circumstances, publish a page that says, ‘Coming Soon’ or ‘Incomplete.’ Having incomplete pages on your website looks sloppy and un-professional. While you’re building your website, you can have a holding page that tells customers when the site will be launched, but once the website is live, it needs to look professional and finished. 6. Not doing your website housework New website owners tend to forget two of the most important bits of housekeep-ing: doing regular backups and keeping their website and any themes and plug-ins updated. These two tasks are vital to protect your data against hackers, your own human error, or power failures. Best Wordpress Plugins for Newbies WordPress has more than 47,000 free and premium plug-ins available for the new website owner. That’s pretty overwhelming. And it’s tempting to go nuts and in-stall everything that looks cool! But take a deep breath and think about what your website really needs. Your website reflects your business self, and that self should look straightforward, clear and direct. There are a number of plug-ins that will reduce your workload and maximize the functionality of your website. Here are some of the plug-ins experts recommend for every website. 1. Yoast SEO Search engines are the major source of traffic for every website, and Yoast SEO guides you through improving your web content to make it as search friendly as possible. 2. VaultPress VaultPress is a security plugin built to create real-time automated backups for your website. It syncs all your website files and provides protection from web at-tacks. 3. Social Icons Having a social media presence is vital. It is arguable that you can’t do business now without it. Social Icons is a free WordPress plugin that displays the most pop-ular social icons on your website from Facebook to Pinterest and more than 100 other social media platforms. 4. Wordfence Security Wordfence Security will scan for known issues and alert you to potential problems like weak passwords, faulty plug-ins, and other vulnerabilities. If it detects a prob-lem, it will suggest what action to take. 5. Akismet Spammers are the scourge of the internet. Akismet will automatically filter out spammy comments and prevent them from ever appearing on your site. If a com-ment is blocked accidentally, you can go in and manually review and approve it. 6. WooSidebars WooSidebars allows you to have as many sidebars and widgets on your web pages as you want. For example, you can display a Google Maps widget showing your business address on your About Us or Contact page. 7. WP Smush A good website has graphics and photos as well as text. But newbies can often fall into the trap of having images that are too big that slow down their websites, tak-ing their potential customers with it. WP Smush is an image compression plug-in that will resize and optimize your images for speed automatically.

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 4 WHY CONTENT IS KING 5 WHAT IS PLR? 8 IS PLR LEGAL TO USE? 11 THE PROS & CONS OF PLR 14 CONS 14 PROS 15 HOW TO USE PLR TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS 18 WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE PLR 20 HOW TO FIND QUALITY PLR 23 QUICK TIPS FOR PLR 27 CONCLUSION 29 Sample Content Preview What is PLR? Private label rights, or PLR, is content you can purchase special rights to so that you can edit it in any way you wish and claim ownership of it. This is content that has already been developed by someone else for you. PLR licenses can be acquired for various kinds of intellectual property including articles, eBooks, video, software, sound, and illustrations. Having trouble staying ahead of the necessary blogging schedule so you can stay competitive in your market? Well, what if we told you that you could purchase PLR articles at a fraction of the cost of hiring a ghostwriter to revamp and post on your blog. Or, maybe you’ve wanted to write an eBook to help raise your status as an expert in your field but can never find the time? You could purchase a PLR eBook, customize them, put your name on the cover and sell them, keeping 100% of the profits. In this situation, you would have the same rights to the content as any other author would. And these are just two basic ways you can utilize Private Label Rights to grow your business. PLR content is an extremely cost-effective approach to delivering consistent content for marketing purposes. If you are a veteran online entrepreneur, you may have a negative view of Private Label Rights. When the Internet first became a way to run a legitimate, profitable business, most of the PLR available was poorly written and researched. But as content became the main way businesses could separate themselves from the herd and market their product and services, PLR providers stepped up their game. They know that if they provide sloppily written content, they will put themselves right out of business. With the ever-growing demand for quality content consistently on the upswing, more writers started their own PLR stores to provide solid content all online entrepreneurs need. Now, you can find top-notch quality PLR on just about any topic and in a wide variety of formats. To break it all down, below are some of the benefits of using PLR content. It saves you time As a business owner, regardless of how much knowledge you may have about your industry, it can be energy-draining and time-consuming to churn out relevant content for your blog or website on a daily or even weekly basis. PLR articles save you the time of developing all the content yourself, thus allowing you to focus on other important matters of your business. It saves you money Most business owners who don’t have the time to write all their content themselves would prefer to hire the services of a ghostwriter. However, that can get expensive fast. In fact, it’s not unheard of to get a large bundle of PLR content for the price of one 400-word article from a ghostwriter! It can speed up your reputation as an expert Another advantage of using PLR content for your business is that it can jumpstart your reputation as an expert in your field. The faster and more consistently you publish content on your blog, website, and social media, the faster your reputation can strengthen and spread. Using PLR for your specific audience can grow your email list, engagement, and social media following in a way that builds trust and earns respect. It makes you look like a brilliant writer Even if you did have time to write all your own content, many entrepreneurs don't feel confident in their writing abilities, or they just don't enjoy it. People who develop PLR content are people who enjoy writing and may have a good understanding of the subject and know how to efficiently research. Now, with the help of PLR, you can utilize PLR written by those with the expertise do the writing while you take credit for it. It makes you look like a jack-of-all-trades Maybe you enjoy writing and are good at it but hate making images, or you’ve been told it isn’t your forte. No longer a problem. Now you can easily and inexpensively purchase pre-made images that you can brand as your own using free, simple tools such as Canva. The same goes for videos, infographics, PowerPoints, audio—you name it. If you don't have a skill or the technical know-how to produce a form of content, you don't have to deal with the big learning curve. You can now find a quality PLR provider who can deliver that type of content for you to use and adjust it to fit your needs. Private label rights aren’t all about written content alone. It is a business solution that includes a variety of content formats that consumers can’t get enough of. These include such things as information products, software, graphic files, videos, checklists and cheat sheets, as well as eBook and others. It is easy to optimize PLR providers know you want to modify the content for your own brand and that you want to do this quickly and easily. They offer their content in easy-to-brand and format files, so you can use your skills to make short work of editing and branding the content you buy from them. In a nutshell, PLR is the best, low-cost way to radically cut the amount of time you spend coming up with content ideas, researching, writing, and editing all the content that today’s online entrepreneur must publish to stay fresh in the mind of their customers and grow their business. Is PLR Legal to Use? The answer to this question is an emphatic and resounding YES! As earlier stated, when you buy PLR content, you are legally purchasing a license to take that content and claim ownership of it by putting your ‘private label' on it. You have the liberty to brand, modify, and edit the content as you please. One thing, however, that you need to bear in mind is that you are not the only one who has or will purchase the same content. Private label contents are available for anyone to buy and are sold and distributed to numerous clients by the seller. Because the content isn’t distinct or unique, it’s vital that you alter the content in a way that makes it unique and in line with your voice and brand. Another important point to make here is that each PLR provider has their own terms of use. This means there’s no standard that you can assume is true when you buy from a new provider. But this isn’t a problem at all, as long as you are aware of that specific PLR provider’s rules for using the product. All PLR providers include a short terms of use document in their PLR files, so you can always quickly refer back to them as needed. Most PLR providers have very few restrictions on how you can use their donefor- you content, and they spell them out clearly.

Table of Contents 101 Tips to Find Motivation and Reach Your Goals 7 Chapter One – Tips for Finding Your Motivation 9 Tip #1 – Make a Deal with Yourself . 10 Tip #2 – Leave Yourself Messages in the Morning . 10 Tip #3 – Don’t Hit the Snooze Button .. 10 Tip #4 – Practice Positive Self Talk . 11 Tip #5 – Stay on a Regular Schedule .. 11 Tip #6 – Breakfast is Key . 11 Tip #7 – Have a Morning Routine 12 Tip #8 – Participate in Morning Exercise . 12 Tip #9 – Take One Step at a Time ... 12 Tip #10 – Keep Moving Forward .. 13 Tip #11 – Reward Yourself .. 13 Tip #12 – Leave Yourself Notes... 13 Tip #13 – Track Your Progress 14 Tip #14 – Make Small Goals 14 Tip #15 – Work on One Project at a Time ... 14 Tip #16 – Turn to Others .. 15 Tip #17 – Clear Your Mind ... 15 Tip #18 – Think of Things the Energize You ... 15 Tip #19 – Listen to Upbeat Music 16 Tip #20 – Find Your Mantra . 16 Chapter Two – Tips for Building Your Self-Discipline .. 17 Tip #21 – Plan a Routine . 18 Tip #22 – Keep to Your Routine... 18 Tip #23 – Have the Same Routine Daily .. 19 Tip #24 – Set Specific Goals 19 Tip #25 – Define Your Life to Fit Your Goals ... 19 Tip #26 – Organize Your Day .. 20 Tip #27 – Utilize a Pinup Board ... 20 Tip #28 – Talk Through Your Motions . 20 Tip #29 – Celebrate Small Victories 21 Tip #30 – Compete with Yourself . 21 Tip #31 – Challenge Yourself ... 21 Tip #32 – Allow Others to Challenge You 22 Tip #33 – Filter Your Mind of Negative Thoughts 22 Tip #34 – Talk Kindly to Yourself . 22 Tip #35 – Develop a Can-Do Attitude .. 23 Tip #36 – Develop Positive Affirmations .. 23 Tip #37 – Break Your Bad Habits 23 Tip #38 – Make an Action Plan 24 Tip #39 – Have the Bigger Picture in Mind .. 24 Tip #40 – Focus on the Present ... 24 Tip #41 – Learn from Your Experiences .. 25 Chapter 3 – Tips for Managing Your Time . 26 Tip #42 – Take a Step Back . 27 Tip #43 – Have a Plan.. 27 Tip #44 – Stick to Your Plan 28 Tip #45 – Allow Time for Rest .. 28 Tip #46 – Prioritize ... 28 Tip #47 – Write Your Tasks Down ... 29 Tip #48 – Schedule Your Day .. 29 Tip #49 – Take Other Schedules into Account 29 Tip #50 - Plan for the Unexpected ... 30 Tip #51 – Carry a Schedule . 30 Tip #52 – Decide What Results You Want to Attain 30 Tip #53 – Create Time Management Goals. 31 Tip #54 – Utilize Time Management Tools .. 31 Tip #55 – Learn to Say No ... 31 Tip #56 – Don’t Multitask . 32 Tip #57 – Be Organized ... 32 Tip #58 – Batch Related Tasks Together 32 Tip #59 – Eliminate the Non-Essential . 32 Tip #60 – Leave a Buffer-Time Between Tasks .. 33 Chapter 4 – Tips to Change Your Thinking 34 Tip #61 – It’s Not About You 35 Tip #62 – Don’t Take Things Personally .. 35 Tip #63 – Try to Find the Good in Everything .. 35 Tip #64 – Collect References that Reinforce Your Positive Belief .. 35 Tip #65 – Practice Visualization ... 36 Tip #66 – Avoid Negative People. 36 Tip #67 – Avoid Instant Gratification 36 Tip #68 – Live up to Your Values . 36 Tip #69 – Stop Comparing Yourself with Others . 37 Tip #70 – Look for the Good in Other People .. 37 Tip #71 – Practice Meditation .. 37 Tip #72 – Completely Focus on Present Activities .. 37 Tip #73 – Be Aware of Your Thoughts . 38 Tip #74 – Minimize Activities That Stop You from Being Present ... 38 Tip #75 – Face Your Fears .. 38 Tip #76 – Have Faith in Yourself.. 38 Tip #77 – Trust in Your Own Value .. 39 Tip #78 – Be Optimistic 39 Tip #79 – Always Show Your Real Self ... 39 Tip #80 – Always Speak Your Mind . 40 Chapter 5 – Tips for Reaching Your Goals 41 Tip #81 – Have an End Result in Mind 42 Tip #82 – Break Down Larger Goals into Smaller Parts .. 42 Tip #83 – Set Reasonable Time Frames . 42 Tip #84 – Stack Your Goals . 42 Tip #85 – Move on to New Goals When You’ve Achieved Your Other Goal .. 43 Tip #86 – Have Benchmarks 43 Tip #87 – Start with the Basics 43 Tip #88 – Start on Small Goals 44 Tip #89 – Prioritize Your Goals 44 Tip #90 – Don’t Take on Too Much at Once 44 Tip #91 – Have Someone to Keep You Accountable .. 44 Tip #92 – Don’t Become Discouraged by Obstacles ... 45 Tip #93 – Look for People Who Share Similar Goals .. 45 Tip #94 – Use Your Family and Friends as Sounding Boards 45 Tip #95 – Learn to Let Go of Negative Forces 46 Tip #96 – Talk to Your Support Group Regularly 46 Tip #97 – Listen to Advice 46 Tip #98 – Be Open to Change . 46 Tip #99 – Set Your Sights High 47 Tip #100 – Think Beyond the Present . 47 Tip #101 – Don’t Settle When More Can be Done .. 47 Sample Content Preview Tip #10 – Keep Moving Forward Once you get moving, keep moving. Energy isn’t something that lives in a bottle and can be taken on a whim. Sometimes you have to force yourself to keep going. Maintaining your momentum increases the chances that you will continue to be productive and finish what you started out to accomplish in the first place. Don’t fool yourself by telling yourself that you’ll be able to do it later. This is nothing more than procrastinating and will ultimately leave a lot of unwanted tasks sitting on the back burner. Tip #11 – Reward Yourself When you are faced with a difficult task or situation, setting up a reward for when you complete it successfully can help you remain motivated. Rewarding yourself for completing difficult tasks can keep you motivated to keep going with the job and accomplish it in the time frame you've set. Tip #12 – Leave Yourself Notes Leaving yourself encouraging notes in places that you often look can make you feel better about yourself. Writing encouraging notes to yourself can help to remind you that you can do it and make it through whatever challenges that life throws in your direction. Tip #13 – Track Your Progress When your list of to-dos seems longer than what you have completed, take a moment and think of everything that you’ve accomplished during a certain period. While you may not be where you wanted to be at that moment, you need to remind yourself that you completed some of your tasks. Giving yourself that small pat on the back will help to keep you motivated and help you to continue with whatever tasks you still need to complete. Tip #14 – Make Small Goals It is extremely easy to feel overwhelmed when you set your standards and your goals too high. Setting small and attainable goals from the start will help you stay motivated when you reach them so that you can move on to the next step. When you set your goals too high, to begin with, you can become discouraged too easily and feel overwhelmed. Tip #15 – Work on One Project at a Time You may think that multitasking is a good idea until you realize you have unfinished projects on your list. Not only do you still have to complete each of the projects, but it makes you feel like you can't even achieve one. To keep your motivation, you need to focus completely on finishing one project at a time, seeing it through to the end before you begin the next one. Not only will this keep your motivation because you’ve achieved what you set out to do, but you will become more productive. Tip #16 – Turn to Others Those around you can be great resources when it comes to finding your motivation. Find some supportive friends and family who can help you achieve your overall goal and provide you with the motivation you need when the going gets tough. Tip #17 – Clear Your Mind When you start to feel completely overwhelmed, it's best to step away from the situation and take a deep breath. Allow your mind to relax and clear itself from the stress that it might be currently experiencing. Going into something with a clear mind will provide you with the fresh perspective that you need to help you stay motivated and productive. Tip #18 – Think of Things the Energize You If you lack energy, you can think about things that energize and motivate you to give you the necessary boost to get moving. Using whatever the thought is that will drive you, allow it to replay through your mind over and over again as you pursue the not so pleasant tasks that you might be facing when you're less than motivated and lack energy. Tip #19 – Listen to Upbeat Music Music has the uncanny ability to dictate your moods. Upbeat and positive music can help you get going when you have low motivation. Try finding upbeat music that you like to listen to and play them when you lack energy and motivation and see if they won’t have a positive effect on your motivation and energy. Tip #20 – Find Your Mantra A mantra doesn't have to be long; it just has to get you excited. When you lack energy and feel unmotivated, it’s those few words that remind you what matters to you and get you to take action toward achieving the goals you’ve set for yourself. Chapter Two – Tips for Building Your Self- Discipline People who are more self-disciplined tend to be more successful in their lives and are better able to accomplish whatever they put their minds to. Sometimes it can be tough to keep yourself in line. Everyone has their temptations and vices that can cause them to stray from their ultimate goals. However, having self-discipline will help you to define your limits and know when you’re getting off track with your goals and expectations. So, if you find that you have no self-discipline, you need to try and find ways to build that discipline and keep it strong whenever you see an opportunity to stray. Tip #21 – Plan a Routine Developing a plan and sticking with it is a great way to keep yourself disciplined. Taking the time to have a set routine and sticking with it on a regular basis can help keep you in line and keep yourself motivated throughout the day. It will take some time to get a productive routine down, but once you have it, it’s a quick way for you to ensure that you are disciplined and able to stay motivated throughout the day. Tip #22 – Keep to Your Routine Unfortunately, life has a way of interrupting our plans, no matter how prepared we think we are. However, it's how you handle these distractions that will ensure you find success. So, when you see that something is interrupting your routine, work on getting past it as soon as possible, so you can get back to your routine and carry on as if the interruption never happened. When you can stick with your routine, you are more likely to keep the momentum of your day in high gear. Tip #23 – Have the Same Routine Daily It can be incredibly confusing if you change your routine too often. Have one routine and work towards keeping it consistent from day to day. A routine can help you continue a steady flow throughout your day. It might take a bit to get your routine in place, but once you do, you will get the driving force that will help propel you through your day. Tip #24 – Set Specific Goals Goals are an important part of your motivation. If you don't know what you're aiming for, then you'll do nothing but walk around in circles. Having specific goals in place before you go for it will help you find your motivation so that you can reach those goals. By knowing what you want and what you can gain from the activity will give you the motivation to give it your all. Tip #25 – Define Your Life to Fit Your Goals Knowing what you want to accomplish is a good factor to motivate you to succeed in achieving it. Once you know exactly what you want and what goals you need to set out to achieve it, carefully structure your activities around those goals. This can be simply telling yourself that you want to be at this place at this specific time. Tip #26 – Organize Your Day Take a few minutes in the morning to organize your day. Organizing your day can help you stay productive and motivated throughout the day. There is nothing more discouraging than not being able to find what you need and having to waste valuable time looking for it. Taking a few minutes to plan ahead and organize how you want to spend your day can help to keep you on track. Tip #27 – Utilize a Pinup Board Hang a corkboard someplace where you'll see it daily and pin your goals to it. Looking at your goals on a regular basis can help to rekindle lost motivation and get you back on track to pursuing them. This is an inexpensive and quick way to visually motivate yourself and keep you working toward accomplishing your goals. Tip #28 – Talk Through Your Motions When you talk through what you’re doing, you tend to pay better attention to what you’re doing. This can save you a ton of time because you won’t wander around aimlessly and forget what you wanted to do in the first place. When we are more aware of what we are doing, we tend to make each movement count.

Table of Contents Introduction.....................................................Page 2 Chapter I: There are Lions...............................Page 3 Chapter II: There are Tigers.............................Page 8 Chapter III: There are Bears.............................Page 15 Chapter IV: Oh, My!..........................................Page 21 Chapter V: There are Sneaky Snakes...............Page 26 Chapter VI: Watch Out for the Cannibals...........Page 32 Chapter VII: There are Poisonous Plants...........Page 36 Chapter VIII: All the Natives Aren’t Friendly......Page 43 Chapter IX: Go Well Armed................................Page 50 Chapter X: Go Well Prepared.............................Page 57 Conclusion........................................................Page 59 Resources........................................................Page 60 Sample Content Preview Disguised Pyramid Schemes Pyramid schemes have been around since about the time the actual pyramids were built. You’d think that in the intervening few thousand years people would be able to easily recognize a pyramid scheme when they came face to face with one. The people who dream these things up, however, are pretty slick characters. A pyramid scheme never, ever, comes labeled as a pyramid scheme. It is really easy to get sucked into one of these schemes. You need to understand how they work and be able to spot them for what they are. There are a few ‘buzz’ words that can tip you off: 1. Recruit: “to engage in finding and attracting employees, new members, students, athletes, etc.” That’s one of the definitions of the word according to the dictionary. The use of the word, ‘recruit’ (or any variation) should be a major tip off that the program that is being promoted to you is most likely a pyramid scheme. Some of these schemes can be easily spotted while others are a little harder to identify. Just beware when you see the word, ‘recruit’. There was a scheme that went around awhile back that was sent by unsolicited email that offered an ‘exclusive opportunity’ to earn a boat load of money by recruiting people to sell a device that would provide access to the Internet by television. No, I’m not kidding. This happened and people fell for it. 2. ‘Buy the secret and sell....’ This is a typical pyramid scheme that you will often see. This is another ‘offer’ that arrives in your inbox that you have not solicited. You are offered an ‘exclusive’ opportunity to buy a secret that will allow you to make a hundred thousand dollars a month (no work required) and then you can sell this secret to others for a substantial profit and they will make money for you. These gullible folks will just fill your bank account with beautiful green-backs. Wait! You are the gullible folk they are targeting. You can believe me when I tell you that there really aren’t a lot of people out there in this world that are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to send you money. You can also believe that there is no legitimate Internet business that is going to immediately make you hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. You might someday make that kind of money but if you do, it will be after you have put in an incredible amount of time and effort and not because you bought a ‘secret’...there isn’t one. 3. ‘Let others do the work’: This little phrase has pyramid scheme written all over it. The ‘pitch’ is usually for a non-existent product. You will be sent information buy bulk mail that gives you instructions for getting others to promote this ‘product’ and all you will have to do is count your millions. Right! Don’t fall for that one. Disguised MLM If you are really new to the world of internet business or work-at-home job opportunities, you may not know what MLM means. It means Multi-Level-Marketing. MLM is similar to a pyramid scheme but it isn’t exactly the same. True pyramid schemes don’t involve the selling of an actual product but MLM is all about selling an actual product. According to Wikipedia, “Multilevel Marketing is selling products by using independent distributors and allowing these distributors to build and manage their own sales force by recruiting, motivating, supplying, and training others to sell products. The distributors' compensation includes their own sales and a percentage of the sales of their sales group (downline). “So,” you say, “that just sounds like a good idea for making money.” Well, it IS a good way for making money. The problem is that it is illegal. Do you see that tip-off word, ‘recruiting’? The other tip-off that this is a MLM scheme is the phrase, ‘percentage of sales’. There is nothing illegal about setting up and affiliate program and PAYING a percentage of sales to those who sell your products or services to others. There is nothing illegal about COLLECTING the percentages that are offered by the producers of the products or services. That is simply good business and a more than just common practice in the Internet business world. The problem arises when you start COLLECTING percentages of sales from people whom you have recruited to sell the product. Then another level is added and it becomes multi-level marketing. Even one additional level is illegal but there are MLM schemes that will have many, MANY layers. The main Internet banking and money exchange on the Internet is Paypal. Paypal employs full-time personnel to search for and identify MLM schemes. When these schemes are uncovered, the account (and all attached accounts and credit cards) are frozen. Yes, it is true that sometimes Paypal does misidentify a perfectly legitimate business as a MLM scheme but it doesn’t happen very often and the problem can usually be resolved in just two or three business days. This very thing happened to a friend of mine not long ago. It was resolved but not without him being able to prove that his business was not a MLM scheme. This does point out the fact, however, that there are those who are looking for illegal MLM schemes. You may think that you are very anonymous on the Internet but when you do business on the Internet you are not longer anonymous. Beware of Lions There are a lot of big hungry lions in the Internet jungle. They are looking for easy marks...they love newbies best of all. Chapter II There are Tigers There are so many ways that newbies can ‘be had’ on the Internet. It is just sad that so many of those that are eaten up by the tigers that roam through the Internet jungle are only trying to find a way to be able to make some money using their personal computers and their Internet connections. They aren’t even hoping to become rich or famous. They don’t expect making money to be easy or fast. They simply want a job that will allow them to stay at home with their young children, help to put a loved child through collage or add to their retirement income. They are honest, hard-working decent people....that make the tigers out there start thinking about lunch.

Sample Content Preview Improved Online Presence People love a good story and video is the perfect medium to use to tell stories. You can tell more complex stories and keep your viewers engaged longer too. Plus, your viewers are much more likely to share a video story than a written article - especially if you’ve taken the time to consider your audience and what they want to know. People Feel As If They Know You When you do a video and people see your face and hear your voice, they start to think they really know you. This builds that all-important "know, like, and trust" factor for your audience, so that they are not afraid to spend money with you and trust you to help them with the problem you purport to solve. Enhances Social Media Engagement Video is fast becoming the favorite method for audiences to get information. In fact, some studies suggest that 80% of internet traffic will come from video by 2020. Part of the reason is that people are more likely to share video, comment on video, and engage with you when you make videos. Builds Trust with Viewers When people can see you, they develop more trust for you. But don’t worry; you can make videos without being seen and only heard and still develop trust, if you just can’t for whatever reason make a video with your face in it. Podcasts also build trust, so combine a PowerPoint with your voice to create videos and you’ll be amazed at how much more trust you can develop with your audience. And more trust means a bigger return on investment. Better SEO Google Search is still the number one search engine and they rank video higher than text. Learn as much as you can about rich video snippets to enhance your SEO. A rich video snippet allows a Google search to display a video next to the search results that appear on Google. With video, you also end up with more backlinks, fewer bounces, and higher click-through rates. Since they’re highly shareable, you improve your social signals exponentially. You can use a plugin for WordPress to help called All in One Schema Rich Snippets. (https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-schemaorg-rich-snippets/) Improves Your Mobile Presence Fifty percent of all mobile data happens to be attributed to video. Because of that fact alone, using video is going to make your brand more present online since more people use mobile today than even use personal computers. It’s harder to read text on a mobile device so it makes total sense that video gets more attention on mobile. Spreads Difficult Information Faster If you have a difficult concept to explain to your audience, using video is going to make it so much simpler. From showing someone how to cook, to how to use a physical product, to demonstrating an exercise video... video can do it all. You can also explain simple concepts, so video works no matter what type of information you want to impart to your audience. High ROI Due to everything you’ve read so far, your return on investment is going to explode when you start using video regularly. So many people are using mobile, and so many people need to get to know you first before taking your advice. Using video to accomplish that will make your audience feel a lot better about you and will, therefore, increase your ROI exponentially. If you are a shy person, you may be feeling a little pressure at this point after reading all that information. But no worries - we’re going to talk more about what it means to be shy, how being shy feels, and how to deal with it when making videos.

Table of Contents Introduction 04 Chapter 1: Effective video marketing in a nutshell 09 Chapter 2: Video marketing: the modern (and EFFECTIVE) way 16 Chapter 3: Let your competitors do your video marketing homework for you 22 Chapter 4: Modern video marketing essentials 36 Chapter 5: Figuring Out the Different Types of Video Marketing 43 Chapter 6: Article-to-Video Marketing: Is It Right for You? 47 Chapter 7: VideoScribe and Other Whiteboard Video Creation Tools: The Inside Scoop 52 Chapter 8: Slideshow Creation Tools: Are They Right for You? 56 Chapter 9: Personality-Focused Videos 60 Chapter 10: Marketing Videos on Social Media 66 Conclusion 70 Sample Content Preview Chapter 1 What exactly is effective video marketing? What’s the big deal? Well, it really all boils down to conversions. You can try video marketing, but that’s not going to put food on your table. You have to do “effective” video marketing. There is a difference. Effective video marketing is all about conversions. The video has to play a role in getting the viewer to whip out their credit card and buy something or click on an ad that pays you or enter their email address or zip code into a form. Whatever the case may be, the video convinces whoever is watching to take action that somehow, someway leads to you making money. Clear enough? Well, video can do this in one of two ways. Either it converts the viewer directly or the video is part of the conversion process. Maybe it happens immediately or it can take some time. Whatever the case may be, video plays a role. What’s so powerful about a video anyway? When you’re watching a video, you’re actually seeing many different signals being flashed to you in the time span of fractions of seconds. You may not even be aware of them, but all these signals are being sent to you and subconsciously you’re putting these signals together. If you’re watching a video spokesperson, you’re paying attention to their facial expression, their demeanor, the way they say their words, and how quickly they’re talking. These and other non-verbal signals paint a picture. It all leads to the question, “Should I trust the person or not?” which is very much related to the question that everybody asks in the back of their minds, “What’s in it for me?” Video enables marketers to answer those two questions in a very powerful way and it can be traced to the power of the human voice. The power of the human voice When somebody is talking to you, they’re making eye contact. They’re also talking to you with their voice. You’re not just hearing sound signals, but these sound signals pack a lot of value. You read in all sorts of meaning depending on the tone of voice, the emotions that you detect from the voice, and how quickly the person is talking. It’s easy to tell whether somebody is confident or if somebody is basically tripping over themselves. It’s easy to tell whether somebody actually is an expert or if somebody is somehow just playing some sort of role. These are the things that you really cannot quite put your finger on but you know it when you see it and you hear it. A large part of this turns on the voice component. The two factors that I outlined above combine to produce the secret to video marketing. What is this secret? It’s very simple: presence. Whether you have some sort of explainer cartoon or you have a slideshow with a voice-over or you’re presenting a video spokesperson looking directly in the camera, it all goes back to presence. Either the video gets front and center of the viewer so as to trigger the old sales rules, or it doesn’t. The old sales rules still apply As awesome as video may look, please understand that it still follows the same old rules. What are the old rules of salesmanship? They’re very basic. First, you have to get people’s attention. Second, you have to filter them by interest. Not everybody watching your video is in your target market. Not everybody would want to buy. Not everybody has the problems being solved by the product or service you are promoting. Many people who view your video are just doing it out of curiosity. Maybe they have nothing else better to do. You need to weed those people out. The video has to be clear in so many ways that it’s only for this type of person. That’s how you get interest. Also, the video has to be set up to filter people based on their interest quickly and efficiently. Next, the video has to speak to the viewers’ needs. Basically, the video is saying, “Now that I have filtered you by your interest, you are watching this video because you have this problem. I understand that you have this problem and here are the most common solutions to those problems. But, here are the problems with those solutions. I have something better. I have something that is cheaper, faster, more convenient, more effective, and more scalable.” Finally, the old rules of salesmanship direct us to call the prospect to action. You can’t just tell them about a solution, get them all pumped up, and then leave them hanging. You’re not going to generate sales that way. You have to call them to action, but here’s the trick— you can’t just say, “Click here to order now.” That’s not going to work because everybody’s doing that. Instead, you have to tie the call to action with the benefit. For example, “If you want to regain the beautiful and active life that you used to have before addiction, fill out this form and claim your new reality.” Do you see how that works? Basically, you pack the benefits into the call to action and you do it in way that triggers an emotional reaction. Who wouldn’t want to get their old life back? Who wouldn’t want to live a life of freedom? Who wouldn’t want to get out from under the crushing weight of addiction or whatever problems people are facing? Video has to incorporate these old rules and it has to do it seamlessly, quickly, efficiently and in a compact way. Video and the rule of eight What complicates video marketing is one reality that a lot of video marketers are completely clueless about. They don’t even know that this exists. This is called the rule of eight, some would say it’s the rule of seven, but it doesn’t really matter. It’s all about multiple exposures. Let me ask you, when was the last time you saw an ad for the first time, clicked it, and bought something? I would venture to guess that those times are very few and far between. The truth is most people would want to see an ad enough times for them to at least feel that it’s familiar enough for it to be worth taking the risk of clicking. They click, they see what it’s about, and then they don’t buy anything. Then they see the ad again and again, and then eventually, they click through and then some of them would convert.

Table of Contents Introduction To Website Speed Optimization ... 5 The Internet and Instant Gratification .... 5 What A Slow Website Means For Your Business . 6 The Benefits Of Having A Fast-Loading Website . 8 Final Words 11 Google Wants Your Website To Be Faster 12 Google’s Vision . 12 What Google Wants, Google Gets .. 13 The Best Tools To Help You Configure Your Site To Make It Run Faster 15 Final Words 21 Speed Starts With Your Web Hosting Company ... 22 What Exactly Is Web Hosting? .. 22 How To Choose The Right Web Hosting Company .. 24 Final Words 29 How To Dramatically Speed Up Your Website Using A Caching Plugin ..... 30 So, What Exactly Is Web Caching? .. 31 Web caching is a win-win for everybody .... 33 Web Caching and Content Delivery Networks .. 33 The Best Caching Plugins For Your WordPress Website 34 Final Words 38 Which Files To Reduce And How To Do It . 39 What Are Unoptimized Files? ... 39 Print vs Web Images ..... 40 Optimizing Images For The Web ..... 42 Some Other Files You Can Reduce Or Compress ..... 46 Final Words 49 Tapping Into Your Website Configuration File 50 What is .htaccess? .. 50 Configuring .htaccess To Speed Up Your Site .... 51 Final Words 58 Fast Track Your Speed Optimization With WordPress 59 1. Keep Your WordPress Site Updated ..... 59 2. Use A Fast, Lightweight Theme 60 3. Keep Plugins To A Minimum .... 60 4. Optimize Your Wordpress Database .... 61 5. Don’t Upload Videos To Wordpress ..... 62 6. Break Comments Into Pages .... 62 7. Reduce The Number Of Post Revisions 63 Final Words 64 Sample Content Preview The Benefits Of Having A Fast-Loading Website If you haven’t already guessed, there are a ton of benefits associated with having a speedy website. As we’ve demonstrated in our earlier examples, these benefits are very real and tangible, not imaginary. Here are some of the top benefits: 1. You retain your website visitors A fast loading website will help you retain your website fasters. They won’t feel compelled to hit the back button on their browsers to go check out your competitors. Instead, they’ll stay on your site and read what you have to offer. But here’s the thing – if you truly want your visitors to stay and keep on coming back for more – then you need to have outstanding content on your site. It doesn’t matter how fast your website is if your content is just copied and pasted from somewhere, or worse, spun and computer-generated content! (While Google is cracking down on sites like these you’d still come across ‘garbage’ sites every once in a while.) The important thing to take note is that you’ve got to think about your site visitors. Why are they on your site? If you give them what they want, then they’ll be happy visitors. However, if you give them content that don’t give any value, then your fast-loading website isn’t going to do you any good at all. 2. Better conversion rates All webmasters ideally want to have a hundred percent conversion rates for their websites. But this hardly happens in real life. Depending on the industry and the offer, many online businesses are happy with a 10% (or thereabouts) conversion rate. In many cases, that’s even considered an above average number. When you have a speedy website, people tend to stay on your site and check out your services and your products. If your site is well-designed and you follow the best practices for maximizing conversions, then chances are you’ll have good conversion rates, too. However, if you don’t follow the best strategies and techniques for improving conversion rates, then your speedy website is not going to help improve your bottom line at all. So, make sure you read up on what’s working in your industry so you can put your fast-loading site to good use! 3. Positive user experience Your new website visitors are going to judge your brand or business by how fast your website loads. If you’ve got a slow site, you’re literally losing the opportunity to gain their trust. Your website will come off as unprofessional, something that’s unworthy of their time, so they’ll leave until they find a website that will value their precious time. Fast websites, on the other hand, have much higher chances of getting their audience’s trust. When pages load quickly, it tells the user that your brand values their time and that you’re going to make it worth their while to spend a little more time on your site. If you’ve also got great content on your site, then that adds to the positive user experience, too. People will be more willing to sign up to your mailing list, they’ll be happy to purchase your products or your services, and they won’t hesitate to recommend your website to their friends on social media! This, in turn, leads to even more visitors to your site which further increases the likelihood your website could go ‘viral’ and get you plenty of new visitors in the process! 4. Better rankings on Google and other search engines Search engines work hard to provide the best experience possible to their users. This is is why they have algorithms and metrics to rank websites for various keywords. There are billions of websites on the Internet, and they have to figure out a way to make sure the top spots go to the best websites. No one knows precisely what all the ranking factors are (it will be so easy to cheat the system if everyone knows what the ranking factors are), but website/page speed is one of them. The faster a web page loads, the higher the chances that it’s going to rank high on Google and other search engines. What this means is that if you’ve got a fast-loading and high-quality website which offers valuable content to users, then search engines are going to love you. They’re going to reward you with high rankings on their search pages. This is why optimizing your site for SEO (search engine optimization) is so important. If you succeed, then you’ll get highly-targeted, free traffic for as long as your site is on top of search pages! Final Words Website speed optimization is not a subject to be taken lightly. All webmasters should work on making sure their site loads fast on both desktop and mobile browsers. A slow website is going to hurt your business in the long run. If you want your business to last, then make sure you optimize your website for speed. Google Wants Your Website To Be Faster Google is such a prominent and dominant force on the web that it’s become a dictionary entry, a verb. When someone asks us for information, and we don’t know the answer, we tell the person to ‘just google it.’ Or even when we know the answer, and we don’t have the time to explain, we tell people to ‘go google’ the information. Everyone knows what Google is. And all webmasters want their sites to rank high on Google. They know they stand to benefit from the search giant’s popularity. Even from the very beginning, Google did search engine right. Where every other search engine at the time was focused on becoming a portal, a one-stop-shop on the Internet, Google was solely a search engine. When people searched for stuff on Google, they got much better results than other search engines. This largely led to Google’s success. To date, no other search engine comes close, not even Bing, the world’s second largest search engine.

Table of Contents The Myth Of Time Management . 1 Chapter 1 : Effectiveness Vs. Efficiency ... 6 Chapter 2 : Results - Fast Lane To Success 12 Chapter 3 : Your Gameplan to Success . 21 Chapter 4 : The Secrets to Supercharged Productivity .. 30 Chapter 5 : Why Energy Is Everything ... 41 Chapter 6 : Supercharged Productivity Hacks ... 50 Chapter 7 : How To Be A One Man Army .. 64 Chapter 8 : Follow One’s Cause Until Successful (FOCUS) . 71 So What’s Next? 82 Sample Content Preview Chapter 2 : Results - Fast Lane To Success To embark on a major journey, you should first have a real idea of your destination. This way, you’ll be able to plan adequately for your journey - directions, mode of transport, estimated costs, time, etc. Skip that, and you’d end up wandering aimlessly. Or find yourself lost somewhere in middle of Timbuktu. Sure, you’re on a journey alright...but where? Similarly, when it comes to planning for your success, you will need a “destination” and a “roadmap”. That would be a clear vision of what you want, and specific goals to help you on your way to achieve your idea of success. Creating A Vision To be truly effective in your pursuit for success, you should first be able to visualize your “destination” - a clear vision of where you want to be in the future. It’s what you desire, your passion, your purpose in doing something. Creating a vision is important. It’s the very thing that gives you direction, a compass that directs you in making the best decisions, and taking the right actions that will propel you towards success. It’s what gets you excited and motivated to push beyond your self-imposed boundaries. It’s what keeps you focused and on top of the game. To begin, take some time to envision how you see your life in your ideal future. Reflect on your passions, core principles and values you live by, and your purpose in life. Remember to define your vision - make sure your vision is specific and clear. It is your starting point - the very foundation you will be building on. It is the ideal you will be striving for, to get close to. It should be something that is in line with your values and principles, as well as your view of the future. Simply coming up with a vague vision of wanting to be “wealthy” or “popular” is not enough ; it should be something more solid and specific. An example here would be: - To be financially free by age 30. - To work only 30 hours a week. - To be a healthier individual - both mentally and physically. You can also think of the people you admire and look up to - the kind of characteristics or habits you wish to emulate yourself. In fact, you can even ask them to be your mentor, to help you think things through on certain areas and advise you on what has worked for them. Again, don’t restrain yourself too much when creating your own vision. Your vision is personal and unique - there is no right or wrong. It’s something that only you can decide for yourself, and this also is dependent on what you want to achieve in life. Remember, the point of creating a vision is to know your reason for doing something, and to help you be more focused and motivated. Setting Your Goals But simply envisioning the future is not enough - that just reduces your vision to little more than a glorious daydream. Visions will remain unattainable when not coupled with goals. And this is where goals come in. Goals are more specific and quantifiable targets - it’s the “roadmap” to your journey of success. They act as benchmarks or milestones, aiding you in laying the path for the rightful achievement of your vision. This also includes the tactics as well as strategies you use to work towards your vision. To explain it in simply, goals are a tool to help you take conscious steps each day to help you realize your vision. Again, I have to emphasize here that a solid, clear vision first is important. The goals you set and work towards achieving should be in line with your vision. This keeps you focused on the big picture as to why you should complete your goals. A good approach to use when it comes to setting your goals is the S.M.A.R.T.E.R approach to goal setting. S.M.A.R.T.E.R is an acronym that stands for : - Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Time Boxing - Evaluation - Readjust Here’s a detailed elaboration this approach. 1. Specific Your goal should be specific and crystal clear - you should be able to know what success looks like here. The more specific you can get, the better. A good tip here is to ask yourself the 5 W questions below : - What do I want to accomplish? - Why is this goal important? - Who is involved? - Where is it located? - Which resources or limits are involved? 2. Measurable The goals you set for yourself should be measurable and quantifiable. This is so you can track your progress and performance properly. Being able to see progress is a great motivator - it gets you excited knowing that you are well on your way to success. Not only that, this helps your focus. 3. Achievable A successful goals should be one that is realistic and achievable. Lying to yourself and aiming for a goal that is beyond your abilities will only result in failure to reach that goal. That being said - this is not an excuse for you to be complacent here. You should set goals that will stretch your abilities but also remain possible for you to achieve. Also, you should consider factors that will affect the achievability of the goal, like financial and time constraints. 4. Relevant Your goal should be relevant. It should matter to you, and also be aligned with your other goals and vision. This step keeps you from focusing on the wrong things. 5. Time-Bound Every goal you set should have a deadline - this gives you something to work towards. However, aiming to hit a goal in 5 to 7 years is not considered a proper deadline. Sure, it contains a time element - but it’s not specific enough. Your plan to reach a goal in 5 years will be quite different from your plan to reach a goal within 7 years. Setting a more specific date for your goals allows you to develop a clearer plan to achieve it. This also prevents you from letting other everyday matters take priority over your goals. 6. Evaluate Over time, things happen and goals change. Look over your goals from time to time and evaluate them ; check if they need changing to fit your current situation. Constant evaluation of you goals is essential for you to reach your goals. 7. Revise Upon evaluation, if you find that your goals need readjusting, revise them accordingly.