Sample Content Preview Tracking This could be one of the biggest reasons new marketers don't create affiliate funnels –they don't know how to fine tune those funnels to make the most money. But the money is in the tracking, because by tracking you know what's working, what's not and what needs improving. You can track everything in your business, and by tracking, you turn your funnel from guesswork into a scientific process that tells you exactly what to do to maximize yourprofits. Imagine you've got two different versions of your offer and you test both. Version A 5 is making half the sales of version B, so what do you do? You eliminate Version A, send all your traffic to Version B and begin testing to improve Version B even further. Using this method your business is guaranteed to improve over time -It's that simple. If you don't track and test, then every sale you get will be from sheer dumb luck. In addition, you will be leaving more money on the table than you can evenguess. Not only do you lose all the profit you would have made from the increased conversions, but you also lose all the profit you could have made by reinvesting the extra profit into more traffic. Think about that. What You Need To Know: EPC–Earnings per Click. This is the money you make versus the number of people that clicked over to your page. So if you make $246 for every 100 people who visit your page, then you're making $2.46 per click. 10 clicks = $24.60 and 100 clicks = $246. Why knowing your EPC is important: If you know that statistically speaking, every time someone lands on your page you're making $2.46, then you know exactly how much you can spend per click to drive prospects and stay profitable. One note: Your EPC might only include the money you earn immediately from your sales funnel –generally from your one time offer. Or if you're able to track for a 6 period of time, you'll know what your EPC is for the lifetime of your customers, also knows as the... LCV -Lifetime Customer Value. The average dollar amount that every lead is worth. This number will be significantly higher than the initial EPC you earn from your list building one time offer. When you know how much money you're making, you know how much you can spend on advertising. So let's say, factoring all the purchases they make, that your average customer is worth $50. This means you can spend anything up to this amount on advertising to acquire your new customers and you will still make money. CPL–Cost Per Lead. How muchit costs to get a lead into your funnel. If you spend 10 cents to send a lead to your opt-in page, and 1 in 5 of those leads opts into your list, then you are spending 50 cents for each lead. IMPORTANT: LCV –CPL = Your Profit. If your lifetime customer value is $50, and you're paying $5 per lead, then your profit is $45. Break Even Point–This is the point in your sales funnel when you break even. You can calculate this by knowing what your CPL is and what the average conversion rate is on each offer you make in your sales funnel. Depending on the offers you're making, your conversion rate and your CPL, you might break even the same day you 7 get a new lead by immediately selling them on a one time offer. Or the break even point might be when you make thesecond offer a couple of days later, or the third offer after that. By knowing your break even point, you know when you will recoup your money and when you will be in profit on the average lead. The faster you can reach your break even point, the faster you can grow your business, because the faster you can reinvest your money into getting more leads. Thus you want to tweak your funnel to reach the break even point as fast as possible without alienating your new leads with offers. The best way to reach your break even point in the least amount of time is to make an incredibly great one time offer the moment they join your list. This offer should be such a great deal that it's hard to resist, so you want to give far more value than the small amount of money you're asking for. And placing a countdown timer on the offer will further increase conversions. These numbers are crucial to your success. Knowing them and improving them are the absolute key to building a long term thriving business, because you know exactly what you can spend to get leads while still making a good profit. On the flip side, guessing what your numbers are or simply not knowing is the fastest way to failure in building a sales funnel. Picking The Right Market There are 3 types of markets you can target: Passion, Pain or a Combination of the 8 two. A passion market is something that people passionately pursue and spend money on, like hobbies. The more expensive the passion, the better. A pain market is one that solves a problem, like weight loss. And a combination market is a mix of the two. For example, it could be the dating niche where people are desperate to meet someone, but once they do, they have a passion to make the relationship work. When dealing with a pain market, the bigger the pain the greater the urgency to solve the pain, and the easier it will be to convert. People who want to solve a problem right now are ready to buy right now. But when it comes to passion markets, it's best to create a greater sense of urgency by having sales that expire. Pick a market that is big enough that you don't run out of prospects or advertising options, and small enough that you can solve specific problems for them. Also, choose something evergreen. Obviously gardening or Christmas décor is very seasonal, while Internet marketing changes so fast your funnel will be outdated in six months. Instead, pick something people need year round that doesn't change greatly from one year to the next, such as dating, weight loss, parenting and so forth.

Table of Contents Introduction ...5 Everything You Need to Know About Cryptocurrencies .7 The Blockchain Verification System Explained ..8 Crypto Currencies Have No Physical Form .8 What Are Data Miners? 9 What Is an ICO? ...11 The White Paper Role in the ICO Process ...13 What Should You Include in Your ICO White Paper? .13 The Technical Stuff ..14 This Sounds Like Crowdfunding ... Is It? ....16 Where Should You List Your ICO? .17 Legal Considerations ...18 What Pricing Structure Should You Use for Your ICO? .19 What Forms of Payment to Accept ..20 What Product or Service is Right for an ICO? .....22 Post-ICO Tip - Token Locking 23 10 Best Practices for Making Your Initial Coin Offering Work ....25 Conclusion ...27 Sample Content Preview This virtual money idea is not new at all. When your employer hands you your paycheck, no physical money changes hands. You give your paycheck to your bank, your banker punches some keys on a keyboard, and a virtual amount of money is transferred to your account from whoever wrote the check to you. Then when you are shopping for groceries, and you slide your plastic, money is taken out of your account to pay for those groceries. Nowhere in this process did any physical money change hands. This is exactly how cryptocurrencies work. Cryptocurrencies are all about confirming a transaction and adding that confirmation to the blockchain of transactions and ledger updates which existed beforehand. What Are Data Miners? How does this confirmation take place? Remember, there is no centralized authority to confirm a transaction and update ledgers. This means that you and everyone else participating in a virtual currency system can theoretically act as a data miner. In a cryptocurrency network, a miner "digs" through the data of a proposed transaction and confirms it once it has been legitimized. When that transaction has been confirmed by a miner, a new link in the blockchain is created. For this verification, miners are rewarded with a token of the particular cryptocurrency involved. There is no centralized network that designates who should act as a miner and verify transactions, so anyone can act as a miner. In the creation of bitcoin, Nakamoto developed the system, so a miner has to use his or her computer to help verify a new link in the blockchain. Their computer works to identify a specific piece of cryptography in that virtual currency’s algorithm before it can update the blockchain. This is known as the Proof of Work which the minor receives a token for. Basically, after locating the newly developed product of cryptography which verifies a transaction, a new piece is added to the cryptologic puzzle that all miners are competing for. This means bitcoins are only created when a miner solves the cryptographic problem the algorithm creates, verifies a transaction, and adds a new link to the blockchain. Does that all sound confusing and technical? If so, you need to basically understand just a few things about virtual currencies. They can be created for a specific task. The peer-to-peer, decentralized confirmation process means transactions are much safer than if you have a third party who has all the say-so in how transactions are handled. As far as an initial coin offering goes, you will be offering coins, or tokens, in return for a product or service which is going to be delivered at a later date, in the hopes of raising money for your company. Let's take a closer look at this virtual coin fundraising opportunity for your company, by getting a more detailed explanation of what an initial coin offering is. What Is an ICO? "What the Internet did for communications, Blockchain will do for trusted transactions."- Ginni Rometty, IBM CEO Blockchain verification of transactions creates an irrefutable and immutable list of records which is shared with everyone in a particular system. This is what is called a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). It is a ledger in a sense that it is a recording of all records, and it is distributed to everyone involved in a particular cryptocurrency system. In an initial coin offering, you create tokens which individuals can purchase. Unlike a stock market where an investor purchases a share in a company with the hopes that the company will become more financially viable in the future and that share increases in value, a token has a set value. If you are an Internet marketer that is launching a video training course which you will eventually sell for $100, it doesn't make sense to try to get investors on board before that product has been created by pre-selling the course for $100. There is no incentive for an interested prospect to buy now. That person would much prefer to wait until the product is developed. Then he can see what other buyers have to say about it, and make a purchase at the regular $100 price if he likes what he sees. You need to make your ICO token attractive by attaching a great deal of value as an incentive for purchasing now before the product, function, or service is developed and released. Imagine what would happen if you allowed people to purchase the product now for only $10. Your promise is that you will deliver the product at a set date in the future. This creates extreme value in the minds of the prospects for which your video training course is ideally suited. When someone purchases a token, they purchase the ability to perform a certain function or receive a product or service. Unlike an IPO, they do not gain a share in your company. With an IPO, a bank or central authority h andles all the marketing and selling of the initial shares. In your ICO, you will be responsible for marketing and pitching your offering to the token buying community. This means you must provide 2 things to have a successful ICO: 1) extreme value, and 2) extreme believability that you can fulfill the promise you are making. Because there is no centralized authority, you can sidestep regulatory requirements from agencies like the SEC (United States Securities and Exchange Commission). The regulation comes from decryption of algorithms and updating of the blockchain. All of the technical processes involved have been used by multiple companies in the past and will be used in the future, to launch successful ICO's which have raised thousands and even millions of dollars. Whether or not your ICO is going to be successful will be dictated by your ability to convince the token buying community that you have a valid offer, that you are in a position to deliver on your offer, and that your offer is of exceptional value. This means developing a team which is trustworthy and skilled in every step of your product or service creation process. If the technology seems daunting, don’t worry about this aspect of ICOs. As you will learn later, there are established ICO launching firms that will handle the technical side of the process. You focus on creating a great product, service, or function, developing an infrastructure to deliver that product and handle customer service, and how you are going to market the ICO for maximum exposure.

Table of Contents 5 Top Tips for Introverts Who Stink at Networking 4 Affiliate Marketing – The Perfect Business for the Introverted Entrepreneur 7 Are You an Introverted Entrepreneur? Practice Makes Perfect 10 Success Tips from Famous Introverted Entrepreneurs 12 The Advantages of an Introvert/Extrovert Entrepreneurial Partnership 14 Sample Content Preview This could be a problem if an introverted person were to become an en-trepreneur. Starting and running your own business can be difficult if you don't enjoy or are not good at networking, selling, meeting, and greeting and doing other things that most introverts would rather avoid. Introverts worry no more. There is a perfect entrepreneurial career path that is right for you, and it is called affiliate marketing. To define affiliate marketing is easy. You let people know about a partic-ular product or service. If they buy that product or service, you are paid a commission. That is all there is to affiliate marketing. You don't have to get up in front of large crowds and give presentations, and you never have to network if you don't want to. Spending hours on the phone is entirely up to you, but you never have to speak to another human being again, as far as business is concerned, when you become an affiliate marketing entrepreneur. All you have to do is apply to become an affiliate for any number of companies online, and you never have to speak to anyone. Approval is not as hard as you may think because companies are more than happy to have you promote their products and services. Then you simply write blog posts, make videos, post to social media, build an email list and promote offers to it, or do any other number of things that you would like to do to get people looking at your affiliate offers. Leave the Interaction to Someone Else This means no dealing with customers, the company you are an affiliate for handles that. There is no need for worrying about refunds, stocking products, attending meetings, participating in group sessions, getting your team fired up in a pep rally, forever making small talk again ... things that many entrepreneurs have to deal with on a daily basis. If you consider yourself an introvert, you may want to think about becom-ing an affiliate marketer if you have entrepreneurial tendencies. This will allow you to escape the traditional rat-race career path that has so many job responsibilities you hate, and you can perfectly cater your affiliate marketing experience to the activities and behaviors that make you who you are. Are You an Introverted Entrepreneur? Practice Makes Perfect Why is it that the most talented and successful athletes and musicians in the world practice so much? They are the best at what they do, so why practice? The greatest actors, who seemingly embody famous roles in movies or series, are often known to diligently study their lines inces-santly. The best Wall Street traders invariably do the most homework. When you were trying to learn how to ride a bike, you fell again and again. However, you kept getting back on the bike, working hard and practicing over and over, and now you can ride a two-wheeled bike with-out even thinking about the process. These things happen because proper practice breeds success. Did you know flamboyant billionaire and serial entrepreneur Richard Branson is an introvert? As a young man passionately hoping to start his own business, Branson was faced with a huge challenge ... he is dyslexic. Dyslexia is a disorder that causes an individual to have difficulty reading, learning and interpreting words, letters, and symbols. Often, even the simplest of sentences is difficult to understand. This is why Branson would rehearse sales and marketing speeches and messages over and over until they became second nature. The man is now one of the richest human beings on the face of the planet, and always looks right at home in front of a camera, or addressing hundreds or even thou-sands of people as a keynote speaker. The answer to his problem was practice. He knew that dyslexia did not make him a less intelligent individual. It simply made his path a little more difficult than it would have been otherwise. He still struggles with dyslexia today, but it poses no difficulty for him since he long ago under-stood how to compensate for this issue. You can follow his example. Practice sales pitches in the mirror until you have them down cold. Re-hearse opening lines and elevator pitches for your next networking event or JV meet and greet. Take whatever you see as a business skill you need to improve upon and practice it. Your introverted nature in no way makes you less capable than an extro-vert or anyone else in the business world. Whether you strike out on your own and embrace the entrepreneurial fever, or simply want to improve your career path in the traditional business world, practicing more than your competition is a simple but deadly effective way to get where you want to go. Success Tips from Famous Introverted Entrepreneurs You have probably met at least one successful businessperson who seemed to be an anomaly. That person presented his or herself in a way that led you to believe they couldn't possibly be a successful entrepre-neur. They may have been gruff or bad with people, negatively loud and boisterous, hermit-like, poor communicators or in some other ways the exact opposite of what you picture a successful entrepreneur to be. This happens all the time. We make assumptions based on stereotypes. In some instances, stereo-types are personally believed. If you meet a particular type of person 20 times, and in all of those 20 instances that character type acts in a very specific way, you may be forgiven for believing that is a natural and com-mon tendency for that kind of individual.

Table of Contents Introduction . 4 Chapter 1 – Learning to Transition Your Thoughts into Actions . 7 Don’t Try to Change Too Many Things at Once . 7 Create Clear Goals That are Achievable .... 8 Make it a Habit .. 10 Be Accountable . 13 Chapter 2 – Learn to Say No to Negativity ...... 14 Admit There’s a Problem .. 14 Recognize your Triggers ... 15 Surround Yourself with Positivity ...... 16 Stop the Negative Self-Talk ...... 17 Avoid Playing the Victim ... 20 Chapter 3 – Demand Discipline from Yourself ....... 22 Substitute your Habits and Thoughts 22 Eliminating Distractions .... 23 Create Positive Affirmations ..... 24 Observe Your Conditioned Movements .... 25 Detach Yourself 26 See the Bright Side ... 27 Find the Balance ....... 28 Chapter 4 – Strive for Success 29 Intent is Everything ... 30 How to Fix Failures ... 31 Understanding the ‘I’ in Insight . 32 Inspiring Innovation ... 32 Idolizing Integrity ....... 33 Sowing the Seeds of Success .. 33 Chapter 5 – Going After Your Goals 34 Don’t Keep Score ...... 35 Focus on Yourself ..... 35 Keep Your Head Up .. 36 Stop Dawdling, and Take Action ....... 37 Remember Why 38 Conclusion . 39 Sample Content Preview Chapter 1 – Learning to Transition Your Thoughts into Actions Now that you've determined the kind of mindset you currently have, you now have a mental roadmap of everything that you will need to do to obtain greater success and happiness in your life. While you may have set goals in the past, there is a substantial difference between setting goals and actively pursuing them. This includes all the steps you need to take to reach your goals. Change is a natural part of life, but actively enforcing it in your daily life is going to be a challenge. This doesn't mean that it's impossible, or even that you should be worried about making the appropriate changes in your life, it merely means that you need to prepare yourself for some hard work. Change is a gradual process, that will take time. However, that doesn't mean that you can't help it along a bit. Here are four different ways that you can help yourself implement change in your life. Don’t Try to Change Too Many Things at Once One of the most significant mistakes that people make when they try to make changes in their life is trying to do it all at once. Unfortunately, this way of thinking only sets them up for eventual failure. When you try to change too many things in your life you can quickly become overwhelmed and disappointed when you aren’t able to achieve any real, lasting change. This will lead to you losing the motivation you once had, abandoning the journey, and never successfully changing a thing in your life. Change is a gradual process, so you need to pick just one trait or characteristic that you want to change and start explicitly working on that one thing. You have to focus your entire energy on improving that one aspect of your life. When you focus on one specific thing at a time, you increase your chances of sustaining change by over 70 percent. So, when it comes to implementing changes in your life, you have to avoid trying to change too many at the same time. Create Clear Goals That are Achievable Every successful person has a habit of setting goals and reviewing them. The process of learning to set goals is what allows you to turn your desires and dreams into reality. When you learn to create clear goals that are achievable, you will immediately see an improvement in your life, your clarity, and your mindset. When trying to shift your mindset, you have to have a definite purpose and desire. You must be specific about what you want out of life. Take the time to write your goals down, because the act of writing your goals out by hand helps to engage your brain and allows your subconscious to get a handle on your goals. When it comes to writing down your goals, writing down a vague goal, like ‘I want to lose weight,' will lead you to see vague results and ultimately fail to achieve the goal. The more specific you can be with your goals, the better your results. Simply saying, ‘I wish to be rich,' isn't enough because you will have little understanding of how you are going to accomplish this goal. While you can keep your desire to be rich as a long-term goal, you need to create short-term goals that are actionable and that will ultimately move you closer to your long-term goal. It is important that all of the goals that you set for yourself be actionable. You will never be able to reach your goals if they aren’t broken down into smaller, achievable steps. You want to make sure that the goals that you set are challenging, and that will make something of you to achieve them. Making goals challenging is why you break them down into easily achievable steps. While your goals should be challenging, they shouldn't be so challenging that you aren't able to achieve them. Try not to get in the habit of setting unrealistic goals that are too hard to reach, as this could result in you losing hope and ultimately failing to shift your mindset. Make it a Habit In order for you to realize your goals, you need to turn your actions into a part of your daily life. This means that the steps that you've determined you need to take to reach your goals need to become a part of your lifestyle. While you can probably create a list of the many bad habits that you have, you may not be conscious of the good habits that you already possess. To reinforce these good habits and build better habits as you move forward in your journey to shifting your mindset, you need to pay attention to your good habits. Each habit has three parts: • The trigger • The behavior • The reward The event that causes you to start a specific behavior is known as the trigger. This can be something you see, hear, taste, feel, or think about that automatically starts your mind reacting, causing it to enter into autopilot to get the reward it desires. If you have a sweet tooth, a bowl of candy will automatically trigger you to reach into the bowl to grab a handful of sweetness for your taste buds. The behavior in this example would be automatically reaching out and grabbing some candy out of the bowl without thinking. Making the reward the pleasure of eating the candy. Our genetic ancestors developed this system of habits as a way to help us survive by making specific behaviors automatic. This allowed them to avoid having to think about what to do in a given situation consciously. While you may think that your triggers come from external cues, your habits are more often than not, triggered by your thoughts. The thoughts that you have can trigger both positive and negative mental patterns. For example, if you watch the news and see a story about another murder in the city, it may automatically trigger the thought that the city is a scary and dangerous place where only bad things happen.

Table of Contents Conditioning Your Mind .... 1 Confront And Deal With Your Inner Demons Once And For All . 3 Awaken Your Unconscious Behavior ...... 9 Reclaim The Empathy And Kindness That Is Lost Within You .. 17 What Is The Purpose Of Your Life? 22 Simple Yet Effective Ways To Eliminate The Negative Energy 27 The Key Elements to Decisiveness 35 Why Stop There, When Greatness Is Just One Step Away? ..... 43 Leave No Man Behind ..... 48 Your Journey Has Just Begun . 55 Sample Content Preview Unconscious memories can stop you from making accomplishments. If you want to pursue a goal, and your unconscious mind tells you it can’t be done, you’re doomed from the start. Even if you try running after the goal, your unconscious mind will be the sticky tar on the ground, or the foot that trips you. The game will be over before you even played it. The race will end before you break a sweat. You get our drift. Now, once you stop yourself from saying NO, that doesn’t mean that everything you want to pursue will come to you. People will still say NO to you.You may end up losing something after taking a risk. Usually, the voice in your head saying NO has concerns that stem from a kernel of truth. But having a bulletproof mind means accepting that losing is fine sometimes. The best people in the world failed multiple times before they succeeded. That star basketball player missed so many shots before he could shoot three pointers like it was nothing. That bestselling author got rejected hundreds of times before finding someone who would publish her work. These people have bulletproof minds. When that basketball player missed a shot, he didn’t think, “Maybe I should give up basketball,” but instead, “I wonder how I can shoot better next time.”That isn’t to say they had doubts, but their resolve overpowered any doubts and made them into the people they are today. Every time you face an obstacle, you don’t need to cry and think that it’s over. Instead, you turn it into positivity. We all know the battle between optimists and pessimists (and realists too,) where some say it’s better to see the bright side of things, while others believe that you should look at the bad side. But positive people do end up having the push to go forward, which is what most pessimists lack. There is a bit of nuance to this, which we’ll talk about later, but the general idea is that you’ll benefit by thinking more positively. You turn on the news and see the latest political outrage. Everything is doom and gloom. Positivity seems delusional. That’s what society wants you to think. However, all of mankind’s accomplishments have been due to a positive desire to want something. The cavemen wanted a way to push things around, so they carved the wheel. The person who invented the automobile thought of a world where people could travel more freely, and created a machine that could do that. By thinking about what holds you back, you’ll be able to think about your decisions with a clearer lens, and hopefully look at life from a different angle, regardless of whether you win or lose. We realize this book won’t change your thinking overnight, and even if you become more positive, you’ll still have your doubts and maybe even end up succumbing to them. After all, bulletproof doesn’t mean completely impervious to bullets. You still get shot while wearing a bulletproof vest, and it hurts.But it doesn’t kill. You want a mind that can still keep going regardless of your fears. HowTo Awaken Your Unconsciousness? • Begin by noticing all your quirks. • If you can’t figure out any, speak to your coworkers, friends, spouse, or family, as they can point out the little quirks you otherwise don’t notice yourself. • Write them all down, and try to figure out why you do it. You may not solve the mystery of your unconscious instantly, but this can allow you to get some clues to get you started. • Every time you perform a subconscious action, put it into a “mental note”. • Do this for something that you want to “fix”, be it anger or frustration, try to control that emotion from letting it all out. • Take small risks to see small changes in life, by not taking chances is equivalent to no changes in your life and then moving on towards bigger risks to tackle. Reclaim The Empathy And KindnessThat Is Lost Within You Empathy is the ability to see it through someone else’s eyes. You know how the person is feeling, how they see the world, can feel their emotions, and so forth. It’s not to be confused with sympathy, which is what you wish on someone who suffers misfortune. Sympathy is usually passive, while empathy is active. A bulletproof mind is always active, so you know which one is better. For example, if there is an earthquake that kills people, you may say you feel sympathetic. After all, you imagine it must be awful living through that. But an empathetic person goes beyond. They feel the people’s emotions. They can see families suffering. They think about people wanting aid, and thus donated to help the cause. Empathy just feels good to have when you want a rich life. Not only does it feel nice to respect people, but you’ll get experiences out of it that help you grow. But empathy is hard to come by in the modern world, but that doesn’t mean that if you lack empathy, you’re a bad person. Everyone is programmed differently when it comes to empathy in the world, and in today’s society, you can see why someone would look after themselves. You have bills to pay. You have careers to pursue. Life is stressful, and you can’t think of every single homeless person who has it worse than you. You can’t think about the people who may suffer if you get the promotion over them. Some people are naturally empathetic, while others have to learn it. Being more empathetic can also make you let go of your past. By seeing it through the other side, you may feel less hatred for who you think are your enemies, be it your ex, your boss, your parents, or so on. You can spend your time being positive instead of spending it hating others. If you’re not a natural empathetic person, it may be a bit difficult to learn empathy, but not impossible. Think of someone who you haven’t talked to. It can be a coworker, someone who rides on the bus, or just your neighbor. Try talking to them, if they’re willing to chat, get into a deep conversation to learn about their struggles and wishes. Being empathetic can also make you a better leader. For example, if you’re a boss, you can empathize with your employees and treat them right. This doesn’t mean that you let them walk all over you, but mean that you can improve their morale by not seeing them as another cog. A good leader will motivate their employees, while a bad leader will make the good employees flee the company while the others lose all motivation. How ToBring OutThe Humane Side In You? • Schedule a get together with someone whom you don’t seem to get along well with, and don’t jump the gun by making an assumption. Have a deep quality conversation with that person. (Be it with your boss, coworker, neighbor, or even your ex-partner) • Question yourself, how did the relationship become so bad? What causes it? • Instead of avoiding and ignoring, try to understand what stems the relationship animosity. • Avoid getting into a huge argument with whomever you are discussing with. Note:As you listen, don’t let your biases get in the way. Some may have a hard time communicating with others because of the lens they view the world with, be it political, religious, or philosophical. Think about the situation through their point of view, and ask what should be done to help. If you find your emotions being affected because of their suffering, or happiness, you’re on your way. Your beliefs can change because of empathy. You’re not going to change them just by listening to one person, but overtime, you may find yourself questioning your own principles due to empathy. If you screw someone over for your gain, you may feel sorry for them and try to help. Sometimes, you have to be a little cutthroat to succeed, but that doesn’t mean you have to be cruel, or not help out your coworkers.

Table of Contents Meditation and Success...pg. 04 Meditation for the modern life. How meditation increases success. Making meditation work for you. The Benefits of Meditation…...pg. 10 The benefits of meditation for business owners and entrepreneurs. Corporate meditation and employee morale. The benefits of meditation for personal well-being. The Practice of Meditation…...pg. 16 Preparing body and mind for meditation. The meditative posture. Meditation exercises. Sample Content Preview Chapter 2: The Benefits of Meditation The Benefits of Meditation for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs If you have ever attempted to start your own business, you are probably very familiar with the stress of working long hours, taking on increased responsibilities, and trying to problem solve your way through unexpected challenges. You might find yourself struggling to find time to eat three square meals a day or sleep more than a few hours each night, let alone adding something as indulgent as meditation. Some stress is natural and unavoidable. Over time, however, increased and prolonged exposure to stress will erode away the health of both body and mind. It can lead to an array of symptoms including frequent headaches, upset stomach and digestive issues, chest pain, difficulty sleeping, and hypertension. Additionally, stress worsens the symptoms of other diseases and can even slow recovery times from injury and illness. Meditation, however, has so multiple benefits specifically for business owners and entrepreneurs. After engaging in meditation, the mind and body are relaxed, relieving the symptoms of stress. Meditation increases the ability of the mind to engage in creative tasks, tasks which require intense focus, and tasks which require problem solving. Additionally, meditation helps your mind cope with barrage of information that can pass through it in a given work day. It may seem difficult to justify taking time out of your busy schedule to “do nothing”. But when you view meditation as a regular part of a healthy lifestyle and you consider the numerous mental and physical benefits; it’s easy to understand why so many business owners choose to engage in it. Taking a little time to rest and recharge through meditation will increase the productivity and efficiency of your entire day. Furthermore, after engaging in meditation, even the daily tasks of pouring a cup of tea, driving, or filing papers can become a form of meditative concentration as your mind is already geared up and ready to apply this newfound mindfulness to everyday situations. Corporate Meditation and Employee Morale Some businesses hire corporate meditation services to encourage their employees to engage in meditation together. Corporate meditation has a three-fold benefit for a company: it improves employee health and wellness, it increases employee productivity, and it increases employee morale. Meditation results in reduced costs of employee absenteeism because employees can enjoy the health benefits of meditation including reduction of stress, injury, and illness. Employees will be less likely to call in sick because their bodies will be healthier. Additionally, employees who feel that their job is actually helping them to be more productive and healthier will report overall higher levels of job satisfaction, resulting in less employee turn over. Meditation also increases productivity, especially for people whose professions require them to use their creative thinking skills or to concentrate for extended periods of time such as engineers, designers, architects, programmers, and artists. Additionally, meditation can help employees learn new tasks because it improves memory retention and general learning ability. When the mind is relaxed and free from distractions, it can work much more productively at the task at hand. Meditation can help increase employee morale for several reasons. The first is that employees can develop a sense of emotional closeness by engaging in a shared experience together. Second, the process of relaxation can help lower emotional defenses which will in turn make the participants more likely to work well together on team projects and support each other under the pressures of deadlines, demands, and changes. Finally, employee morale can be increased by the introduction of a corporate meditation program as employees may feel that their employers care for their general well-being. Employees will find it easier to take pride in a company that takes pride in them. Research studies are beginning to prove the benefits of corporate meditation programs. According to Project-Meditation.org, a Detroit-based chemical plant implemented a corporate meditation program. After just three years, they reported an 85% reduction in absenteeism, a 120% increase in overall productivity, a 70% reduction in injuries, and a whopping 520% increase in company profits. The Benefits of Meditation for Personal Well-Being Meditation, especially when used as a regular part of a healthy lifestyle, has multiple benefits. When you review the list below, it will be easy to see why so many people are incorporating it into their professional and personal lives to help them achieve a greater sense of success. How many other activities can provide so many physical and mental benefits? Physical Benefits - Decreased heart rate, blood pressure, and cholesterol - Improvements of symptoms of insomnia - Reduction of symptoms of PMS - Reduced thickness of artery walls, reducing risk of heart attack and stroke by 8 – 15%1 - Improvement of chronic pain symptoms - Reduction of the distressing symptoms of asthma, allergies, depression, cancer, fatigue, and heart disease2 - Decreased muscle tension - Improvements in levels of energy - Increased immunity to fight off disease - Reduction of free radicals, resulting in less tissue damage3 - Higher skin resiliency - Slowing of the ageing process - Decreased experiences of headaches and migraines - Improvements in fertility as meditation helps regulate bodily hormones 1 www.project-meditation.org 2 www.mayoclinic.com/health/meditation/HQ01070 3 www.ineedmotivation.com/blog/2008/05/100-benefits-of-meditation Mental Benefits - Decreased anxiety and nervousness - Increased feelings of independence and confidence - Causes the brain to age more slowly by increasing grey matter in the brain4 - Increased creativity - Increased ability to problem-solve - Increased ability to concentrate - Greater sense of self-awareness - Reduction of negative thoughts - Increased serotonin, resulting in improvements in mood and behavior - Improved ability to learn new tasks - Increased productivity - Increased emotional stability - Increased sense of intuition - Increased ability to resist impulsive urges - Increased job satisfaction - Fewer distressing symptoms of mental illness - Decreased feelings of aggression and road rage - Improvements in listening skills - Increased tolerance - Increased ability to empathize with others and demonstrate compassion - Increased sense of wisdom 4 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051110215950 - Ability to live in the present moment - Increased ability to forgive others - Increased sense of self-actualization or wholeness Chapter 3: The Practice of Meditation Preparing Body and Mind for Meditation Meditation involves being intentional and mindful while placing your body in a comfortable position. Before you begin to engage in meditation, make sure that you have an allotted amount of time in which you will not be disturbed by phone calls or demands from family members or coworkers. Choose an area in which you feel safe and relaxed, with soft lighting and minimal noise. Make sure that your body is relieved by visiting the restroom, drinking water, and eating a snack or a meal beforehand so that bodily urges do not overwhelm you and distract you from your meditative exercises. You may even want to make sure that your body is clean and that your skin is moisturized so that you can feel most comfortable when gaining awareness of your body and so that discomforts do not overwhelm you. Adjust the temperature of the room or wear appropriate clothing so that your body will be neither too hot nor too cold. Use a comfortable cushion with a soft fabric to sit upon. If you are using music in your meditation, use something that you are familiar with which does not have any surprising clangs, screeches, or riffs. Put your music player on constant repeat so that you will not have to break your attention to start a new song. The Meditative Posture While meditation does take several forms, from laying down to sitting to moving to balancing in various positions, many meditative exercises start with and can be completed with a simple sitting posture. This posture can be used for meditation involving mindfulness, breathing, imagery, gazing, prayer, and music among other things. The meditative sitting posture is important because it allows the meditator to sit comfortably, allowing for good circulation and alertness while engaging in relaxation. Maintaining alertness is essential as meditation is not simply just relaxation, but it is also a mindful awareness. Start by choosing a room or space that is free of distractions and that has a comfortable temperature. Turn off your cell phone and all other distractions. Wear clothes that are comfortable and that do not itch, shift, or dig into your sides. Sit on a cushion on the floor. Or, if you choose, you can sit on a couch, an office chair, or a bed as long as it will allow you to comfortably maintain a strong posture. Cross your legs in front of you, tilting your pelvis slightly forward to accentuate the natural curve of your spine. Distribute the pressure of your body evenly between your buttocks and your legs. If you are sitting in a chair, place both feet evenly on the floor.

Table of Contents Introduction .. 5 1. Shaping Your Mindset . 8 1.1 The Power of Belief . 8 1.2 Stopping the Negativity . 10 1.3 Setting Goals .. 12 1.4 Change and the Law of Inertia . 12 1.5 Developing your Iron Resolve 13 Start .. 13 Prioritize . 14 Focus . 14 Persistence 14 Review . 15 Organization . 15 2. Why you must Choose the Passive Income Model .. 17 2.1 Stop Trading your Time for Money 17 2.2 Make Money while you Sleep .. 18 2.3 Passive Income Models . 19 Email Marketing . 19 Create your Own Product . 19 Write an eBook 20 Sell Physical Products on Amazon . 20 3. List Building and Email Marketing .. 21 3.1 Why you need to build an Email List 21 3.2 You will be Building an Asset . 23 4. The Math For $10,000 Per Month . 25 How To Make $10,000+ Per Month in 90 Days or Even Less! Page 3 4.1 $1 per month per Subscriber . 25 4.2 Getting to 1000 Email Subscribers . 26 4.3 Getting to 5000 Email Subscribers . 27 4.4 Getting to 10,000 Email Subscribers 27 5. Developing your List Building Plan 29 5.1 What Niche and Why? 29 5.2 Why you need a Sales Funnel 31 The Squeeze Page . 32 Autoresponder Service 33 A High Quality Lead Magnet 33 One Time Offer (OTO) Page . 34 Your Download Pages . 35 Email Follow Ups 37 6. Creating the Right Image 40 6.1 Choosing a Domain Name 41 6.2 Web Hosting .. 41 6.3 Installing WordPress 42 7. Setting Up Your Sales Funnel 43 7.1 Setting up your Autoresponder Service . 43 7.2 Setting Up your Squeeze Page . 46 7.3 The One Time Offer Page . 50 7.4 Download Pages Setup .. 52 7.5 Setting Up Email Sequences .. 54 7.6 The Autoresponder Broadcast . 58 8. Your Traffic Plan .. 59 8.1 Don’t use these Traffic Strategies .. 60 SEO 60 Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising .. 60 Buying Website Visitors . 61 8.2 These are good Traffic Strategies .. 61 Articles . 61 Free Classified Ads . 62 Solo Ads .. 62 Facebook Fan Pages . 63 Ad Swapping . 63 9. Promoting Offers to your List .. 65 9.1 Where To Find Affiliate Offers .. 66 Clickbank 66 JVZoo 67 Warrior Plus .. 69 Product Launch JV . 70 10. Leveraging Your List 72 10.1 Sell Solo Ads 72 10.2 Coaching 73 10.3 High Ticket Courses .. 73 Sample Content Preview Making the initial change is the hardest part. Then you can let the Law of Inertia take over. Let’s say that procrastination is a problem for you. The first thing that you need to do is decide that you are not going to procrastinate. Then you must build on this every day by taking action instead of procrastinating. You see the Law of Inertia is against you to begin with. You have procrastinated for so long that it is forcing you to continue which makes change difficult. But once you make the change and keep going in the opposite direction then the Law of Inertia will work for you against the procrastination. It is very powerful so use it. 1.5 Developing your Iron Resolve All successful people have an iron resolve. What does this mean? Well if a successful person tells you that they are going to do something (big or small) then you can put your last penny on them doing it. It will be a certainty. This is where you want to be. When you decide on your goals you know that you are going to achieve them because you have an iron resolve. If you promise something to someone then it will always happen. So how do you develop and iron resolve? Well there are 6 traits that you need to master in order: Start People with an iron resolve always start. They do not wait around for the right astrological signs or New Year’s Eve to make resolutions or whatever other excuse you can think of. They get an idea and they start immediately. Prioritize When you start working on your goals you will have a number of actions that you need to complete each day. Some of these actions will be more important than others so you need to be able to prioritize. There will be some days that something comes up and will prevent you from achieving all of your tasks. If this happens then those really important tasks need to get done at all costs. Prioritize them over the others and tackle the rest tomorrow. Focus If you have been involved in Internet Marketing for a while then this may well be a problem for you. What we are talking about here is your ability to concentrate on your goals amid all of the distractions that life throws up. Help yourself to focus better by turning off Facebook and even your phone when you are working on your goal actions. You will become better at concentrating the more that you practice so stick with it. Persistence This could be at the top of the list but it doesn’t matter as it is part of your iron resolve. This is all about not giving up whatever the situation. Let’s say that you are working on your $10,000 per month in 90 days plan and something goes wrong and you do not get the results that you are expecting. What do you do? Well what you mustn’t do is give up. If you feel like giving up then get up and punch the air and say “come on” in a loud and passionate voice. Try to understand why this particular thing did not work out and try something else. Review All successful people that have an iron resolve review where their actions are taking them. This is very important and you need to do this too. If two people take the same course of action then it is very likely that they will get different results. You need to regularly review how close you are getting to your goals through the actions that you take. If you are not getting close then take a different course of action. Don’t just blindly persist with something that is failing. Conduct a reality check and then think about what else you can do to get the results that you need. Organization Are you organized? Can you find stuff on your computer from years ago in seconds? If you are disorganized then this is going to slow your progress towards your goal down considerably. There is no magic solution here – just get organized. What you need to do now is think about all of these 6 traits and where you have weaknesses. You need to take action to overcome those weaknesses. When you do this you will send the right signals to your subconscious mind and you will develop a very strong iron resolve. OK on to the next chapter now where we will explore… 2. Why you must Choose the Passive Income Model There are many different ways that you can make money online. The model that we have chosen for making $10,000+ per month after 90 days is a passive income model. A passive income model means that you setup something once and then do a little work to maintain it and earn money passively. 2.1 Stop Trading your Time for Money What is the alternative to passive income? Well it is trading your time for money known as “active income”. If you have a job at the moment then you are trading your time for money. If you are an online freelancer and you write content, design websites or write code for applications then you are trading your time for money. We all have the same amount of time each day. With active income you can only earn as much as the time you are willing to put in. If you are an online freelancer and you can’t work for a few days then you will not earn any money for that period. You cannot gain more time so your ability to earn more money with an active income model is extremely limited. There are things that you can do to use your time more efficiently and squeeze more productivity out of your time but these will not increase your earning by a large margin.

Table of Contents Introduction 4 365 Tips for Saving, Investing, and Making Money .. 5 Conclusion .. 70 Sample Content Preview Tip #1: Buy products online. One good way to limit impulse buying is to buy products online. It will allow you to more easily comparison shop. And it will also prevent you from thinking that you have to buy, so that you don’t have to drive somewhere else to make the purchase. Tip #2: Comparison shop. When making large purchases, you should always comparison-shop. By spending an extra 20-30 minutes to research your options, you could easily save hundreds or more. Tip #3: Use coupons. Whether you’re grocery shopping or shopping for new electronics, using coupons is always a good way to go. So, from now on, stay in the habit of checking the newspaper and other local sources of coupons. Tip #4: Use online coupon sites. The Internet is now awash in online coupon sites. They collect and store coupons that can be printed and used at various brick-and-mortar stores. Before you step out of your house, consider looking for coupons for your retail destination; and then putting them to use. Tip #5: Enroll in rewards programs. Grocery stores, clothing stores, and other retail stores now offer rewards programs. By signing up for a free membership, you can often gain access to a variety of coupons, discounts, and cash-back offers. Be sure to enroll in rewards programs that are offered at all of your favorite stores. Tip #6: Look for specials at the grocery store. Grocery stores often have specials on food they suspect they won’t be able to sell. Take advantage of these specials by purchasing food that you want anyway, but at a sharp discount. Tip #7: Create a shopping list in advance. Eliminate junk food and foods that are inessential by creating a shopping list in advance. At the end of the day, you’ll walk away having spent less, and you’ll also have all of the ingredients you’ll need for weekly meals. Tip #8: Wait for sales. Some stores have regular sales. For instance, many stores hold sales after Christmas and other major holidays to sell off seasonal inventory. Take advantage of these predictable sales by delaying your purchases. Tip #9: Limit entertainment spending. Entertainment is important, but can often be obtained cheaply. From now on, limit your spending on entertainment until you have paid off your monthly bills and have saved a fixed portion of your income. Tip #10: Reduce the amount of time you spend watching TV. TV can be an endless time-waster. It is easy to sit in front of the TV for hours on end, even if we have tasks we could be working on to improve our lives and our finances. So try cutting back on the amount of time you waste watching TV. Tip #11: Avoid surfing the net aimlessly. Similar to wasting time on TV, surfing the net is a bad habit that many of us have. Avoid doing it when there are other, more productive, things you could be doing. Tip #12: Get a sewing kit. Get a sewing kit and learn how to use it. Next time you rip the leg of your pants or the arm of your shirt, simply use the sewing kit to fix it, rather than buying an entirely new article of clothing. Tip #13: Learn how to do basic home repairs. Learning how to do basic home repairs can save you a lot of money. Instead of calling a plumber or a carpenter, you can simply do the repairs yourself, saving you money and possibly also saving you the time it would take to negotiate the repairs. Tip #14: Limit spending on expensive toys. As a parent, it is your natural inclination to do what you believe is best for your child (and, sometimes, to simply spoil them). But when it comes to toys, more (and more expensive) is not always better. So, before you sink hundreds into the most fashionable toys, think twice about whether or not your kid might be better served by something less expensive. Tip #15: Go to the movies less. Instead of going to the movies all the time, stay home and rent a movie through your cable television service and procure your own snacks. Instead of spending $30-50, you’ll spend a mere $10. Tip #16: Substitute expensive food for cheaper foods. Instead of dropping $200 per week on groceries, think hard about which items are luxuries and which items are actually important components of your weekly menu. Eliminate expensive items in favor of cheaper ones. Tip #17: Buy store-brand products. Store brand products are cheaper and frequently identical to name brand items. So, instead of immediately paying premium for the name brand product, consider at least trying the store brand once. Tip #18: Use the slower shipping option. When it comes to making online purchases, it is often tempting to opt for the fastest shipping. From now on, practice delayed gratification and opt for the slower, cheaper shipping option. Tip #19: Buy gifts far in advance. Many people wait until the last moment to buy gifts. As a result, they end up spending a lot of money the day or night before the event simply to get something nice. Instead of doing this, allow yourself weeks or months to pick up the product. Instead of rushing around the night before, you may stumble over it in a sale in the weeks leading up to the event.

Table of Contents Introduction. 7 Chapter 1 – What is Information Overload . 9 The Start of Information Overload .... 11 The Onslaught of Information. 13 Chapter 2 – The Mind Under Siege.. 15 Understanding the Enemy. 16 Social Media’s Role in Information Overload... 17 Enter Social Media .. 18 A Flood of Information .. 20 Chapter 3 – Understanding the Limits of Your Working Memory . 22 What Information Overload Does to the Brain. 24 The Limits of Working Memory.... 25 Nobody is Immune from Information Overload 27 Chapter 4 – Seeing Information as a Commodity ... 28 The Information Superhighway.... 30 The Age of Conceptualization 31 Chapter 5 – Overcoming Challenges in an Information-Driven World 36 Get Everything Done .... 37 Laser-like Focus . 39 Chapter 6 – Limiting Decisions .. 43 How to Reduce Decisions . 44 Limiting Your Clothing .. 45 Limiting Your Food Choices ... 46 Automate Your Shopping .. 46 Scheduling Your Evenings 47 Chapter 7 – Organizing Your Home 48 Get Ruthless.. 52 Creating Designated Rooms .. 53 Keeping Things Clean .. 54 Getting Organized ... 54 Chapter 8 – Organizing Your Social Lives 57 Organizing Our Social World.. 59 Prioritize.... 61 Get Rid of Frenemies ... 62 Limiting Facebook ... 62 Chapter 9 – Organizing Your Time .. 65 Recognize Your Limits.. 65 Make Time to Recover . 66 Timing Your Tasks... 67 Multitasking.... 68 Closing Open Loops 69 Chapter 10 – Organizing Your Professional Life .... 71 Becoming More Productive at Work. 72 Removing Distractions.. 73 Reducing Communication Overhead 74 Conclusion 76 Sample Content Preview Chapter 1 – What is Information Overload Information overload is described as, an overwhelming feeling upon the receipt or collection of an indigestible or incomprehensible amount of information, the sense of being faced with an amount of data that one has no hope of completely processing, or when a person feels unable to read all the information that is presented or available to them, mainly where they need to make a decision based on that information but can't because there is just too much to take in, in the time available. Today, thanks to the Internet and social media, we are always besieged by information regardless of whether we asked for it or not. This can best be seen in the obscene amount of junk emails that clog our inboxes daily. It can also be seen in the increasing number of sources where you can obtain information. People often interchange the word data and information. However, the two are distinctly different. Data refers to the elements or pieces of information that individually have little or no value, while information is the organization and interpretation of that data into a format that provides new insight. Information, unlike data, is directly associated with learning. When you learn a new subject, you are implementing three simultaneous processes. First, you acquire the new information that may run counter to or replace information that you already know. Second, is the process of transformation where the knowledge gained is manipulated to make it fit new tasks. The final learning process is the evaluation of the information to ensure that it is adequate to the task. Therefore, information can be described as the acquisition of new knowledge from various sources and data elements, that when internalized can affect a difference in an individual's previous thoughts, education, or actions. Keeping this in mind, information overload can be simply put as too much information that one can comprehend at any given time causing feelings of stress, helplessness, and anxiety. The Start of Information Overload You may not know this, but information overload predates the advent of the Internet and popularity of social media sites. In fact, it has a long history that dates back to 1453, when Gutenberg invented the printing press. The printing press allowed the development of new communication patterns, with information being printed and distributed by the millions instead of being copied by hand. People went from reading just a few hundred words a day to being able to read pages and pages of information. This resulted in a massive transformation in society. We can only assume that people were excited by the invention of the printing press. As a result of Gutenberg’s invention, books became less expensive to produce, meaning they could be distributed to the masses. Books were no longer just for the select few and scholars. Symbolism and group presentation systems soon followed as a way to communicate messages. This included periodicals, associations, and new political parties. Shortly after, libraries began sprouting up everywhere as a way to organize all the new books of information. It didn't take long for printing presses to start printing anything that came their way to make more money, with little attention being paid to the quality of information being printed. This resulted in scholars becoming overwhelmed with the access to this knowledge, giving birth to information overload. In recent decades, advances in information technology have evolved from using carbon paper ditto machines to photocopying. This has made replicating information more accessible and led to information being digitized and copied in limitless numbers. The digitized information has allowed for the publishing of information that was previously restricted to the printing press. The introduction of the word processor has eliminated the need for a secretary equipped with a steno pad with access to a typewriter and white-out. Today, information has become a valuable commodity in the knowledge economy. We love information and thrive off of it. Information has become readily available with just the click of a button and can be automatically delivered to any electronic device. Technology has helped to increase productivity and enabled people to increase their access to information. Much like the printing press, the Internet has opened our world up to a myriad of information. Communication has become easier and quicker thanks to the advances in cell phones, smartphones, and computers, but the information we obtain from these channels can become overwhelming. With the deluge of new information formats like text messages, Twitter, cell phone, email, etc., it’s a wonder we can keep up with it all. The Onslaught of Information There are many reasons why people are beginning to suffer from information overload. To start, the volume of information that is available today is rising at an increasingly rapid rate. If you have a computer, you have the ability to publish content online. There are now blogs, chat forums, videos, and other communication channels where we can obtain information. Every day, an increasing amount of people are starting to participate in this age of digital information. Just on Facebook, there are more than 500 million users, with 50 percent of them logging into their account daily, spending over 700 billion minutes per month on the site, according to Facebook. The ability to publish information is no longer limited to scholars, poets, or those who have a gift for writing. Anyone can set up a blog in mere minutes and start sharing their thoughts. As long as you have access to the Internet, publishing and sharing information can be done fairly easily, quickly, and at the simple click of a button. This makes it extremely challenging to wade through the information we're exposed to. While search engines like Google can help us narrow down our search and provide us with relevant results, it can still be overwhelming to try to filter through the unnecessary information. The problem now is that there is an overabundance of information on every topic imaginable. While search engines attempt to provide you with unique and relevant information first, trying to decipher the information that pertains to your need is mindboggling. Throw in social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, and you'll find a plethora of opinions and ideas on any topic you can think of, leading to an abundance of unnecessary information. So, the question becomes, how do we manage all of this information? What can we do to prevent ourselves from becoming information addicts? Being aware that there is an issue with handling all the information is the first step. The challenge now becomes how to learn to sift through and manage the information that bombards our minds. Chapter 2 – The Mind Under Siege In today's digital society, our minds are under siege. We feel this from the moment we open our eyes and pick up our smartphones until the moment we fall asleep at night. Our minds are filled with tasks to complete, dates to remember, and expectations we need to fulfill. We can’t seem to keep it all in front of us. We are constantly deluged with information that grows by the minute. The exponential growth of information we are required to absorb daily is impacting the way we work, live, and play. The rate at which our world is changing is fast and accelerating at breakneck speed, yet our minds are the same as they were thousands of years ago. Author and filmmaker, Rick Smolan states that a person in the 15th century would need their entire life to be exposed to the amount of information that the average person today experiences every day. The effects of this information overload are affecting us in ways that impact every aspect of our lives. We are experiencing more stress than ever before and a general sense of being overwhelmed. Understanding the Enemy Information overload is the enemy that is silently creeping up on us daily. It is changing our lives in a subtle yet dramatic way. We’ve gradually moved from a quiet simplistic world to one that is dominated by information. However, we've barely acknowledged this change. By examining our environment and understanding the limitations on our internal memory, we can begin to form a foundation of understanding and overcome information overload. You have to come to understand the limitations of your capabilities and establish the correct fundamental skills and techniques to overcome these limitations successfully. This will help you to reach new levels of productivity in your life. There are those among us that have quietly designed their lives based on their wishes. This creates a sense of control and calmness in today's chaotic world. Before you can reach this sense of power and calm you have to carefully examine yourself and your limitations. Social Media’s Role in Information Overload Social media changed how the world communicates and shares information. Technological breakthroughs have drastically changed the way we obtain our news and information. In fact, 61 percent of people today get most of their news online.

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