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June 22nd, 2012

Leadership For Success – 5 Daily Actions To Take


Leadership For Success In Your Business

 

If you’re new to running your own business then you’ll want to develop leadership for success in whatever it is you are selling or promoting. Leadership is a key element to the successful running of any business and listed below are 5 very important techniques that many of the successful leaders in industry use every day.

“Why does my business need leadership for success?”

Because in order to be successful in a variety of businesses, you have to position yourself as a leader and expert in your field. People want to follow people that are successful – people they see as leaders and people that really are experts in their field. And when they get to know, like and trust you, they will buy off you.  It’s as simple as that. Most businesses need great leadership for success.

So what ARE the 5 DAILY actions that successful leaders take?

1. Daily Visualisation And Meditation Of Your Goals

Did you know that you have the power to influence your subconscious mind? Did you also know that your conscious mind is tiny compared to your massive subconscious mind?

You need to work out your goals and they have to be very specific.  You can’t just say you want to be successful in business.  You have to define what that success is and what it looks like.  To give you an idea, it could be a goal of earning $10,000 per month by a certain date. You can’t just say that you want to earn lots of money – that’s not going to work on your subconscious mind.  You have to work out the specifics of what you want to achieve and dates by which you want to achieve your goals.

I recommend you put your goals into a list and visualise them each day. Say them out loud so that your subconscious mind can start to find ways to deliver solutions to you to enable you to achieve those goals. You’ll find that in time, the more obsessed you become with something, the more likely it is to happen. Think back to things in your life that you’ve wanted so badly, that they’ve eventually happened for you.  You made them happen.

2. Income Producing Activities

You have to be disciplined to do the things in your business that are going to make you money.  You must market your busin

ess daily or you simply won’t get any leads or customers. That could be placing adverts on the Internet, writing a blog post,  interacting with your customers through social media, email or by speaking to them.  Imagine if you had a shop on a high street, are you just going to rely on passing trade to come into your store or are you going to proactively market it?  Without customers, you have no business. Same applies online.

3. Mastermind With Other Leaders

Make sure you mastermind with as many successful leaders or mentors in your industry as possible. Can you access live calls, conference calls, trainings or webinars? You’ll find that the more you can mix with other leaders who are like-minded and positive, their influence on you will have a dramatic effect.

As time goes by, the more you immerse and surround yourself in the company of other leaders, you’ll start to speak their language and your transition to becoming a leader will be much easier.

4. Cultivate The Expectation Of Leadership For Success

Don’t wait to HAVE what other leaders have before you DO what other leaders do so you can BE what other leaders are.  Do it the other way around.  BE the leader, DO what leaders do and you will HAVE what leaders have.  So have belief in yourself and create that vital leadership for success, the life-blood of any business.

5. Personal Development

Never miss an opportunity for daily personal development or training. Always be a student and increase your knowledge and expertise. You can read books, listen to audio, do training courses and best of all, attend live events  Try and learn something new every day. If you’re not learning, you’re standing still.

I was taught the importance of these 5 daily actions from my mentor Jay Kubassek, Co-Founder of SFM & DEA – top leader in Internet marketing and entrepreneurial education. I spent quite a bit of time with him at the first PRO-U PEAK Mastermind event in Costa Rica. Click here to view a video of us chatting.  David Wood, Co-Founder of the Empower Network was also there and he and I had a really interesting chat one afternoon.

 

Here, take a look at David and I chatting by the pool……..

Lindsey Meets David Wood in Costa Rica

Lindsey Meets David Wood in Costa Rica

 

Can  you imagine the effect meeting these top two leaders had on me? It was awesome!

So there you have it. If you get into daily habits of doing these 5 things, you’ll soon realise  the importance of leadership for success in your business.


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May 17th, 2012

Internet Entrepreneurship – My 10 Top Tips To Keep You On Track


Internet Entrepreneurship – It’s An Exciting Journey

Internet EntrepreneurshipThe journey to Internet entrepreneurship is very rewarding, challenging too and I’ll be the first to admit that I sometimes find it difficult to keep on top of everything, so I have to be disciplined and I’ve had to develop habits.

We all tend to procrastinate (even if we think we don’t) and if you can successfully have your own daily routine that becomes habitual, you’ll achieve much more and remaining focused will become easier.

I work from home and have a family to look after and in addition we care for my elderly invalid mum Andy. Mustn’t forget our border collie Ben too. Life is hectic and this can often mean that I have a thousand things on my mind  and when I’m working, I can almost guarantee that someone will want me for something.

I’ve learnt how best I can really crack on and focus and I hope my tips will help you too.

The absolute key is to develop habits for your daily routines and when your daily tasks become habits, you will find them all a whole lot easier to do. Might take a month of hard slog to get into those habits, and make no mistake, you’ll resist, but once you do develop habits for these daily actions, you’ll be raring to go, motivated and productive!

1. Internet Entrepreneurship – Start With Enough Sleep 

Sorry for stating the obvious but you have to get enough sleep in order to cope with the demands on your own journey to Internet entrepreneurship. It’s essential and without enough sleep, you’ll really struggle. I know from my own experiences only too well what an impact lack of sleep has. During the first eighteen months in my own business, I was working late several nights of the week (largely due to my family and caring duties by day) very often until 1 or 2 am then getting up at 7am. Not a good idea in the long run. Take it from me. Only you know how much sleep you need so just make sure you get it.

2. Internet Entrepreneurship – Exercise

Start your day with some exercise. Honestly, this will wake you right up and make you much more alert. Your energy levels get such a boost from exercise and you’ll be able to think better, feel better and you’ll get loads more done as a result. Try it, it works. I take Ben every morning for his walk up on the Canal Banks near my home (here, take a look) and it’s the best start to my day for sure. Wouldn’t miss it for anything!

3. Internet Entrepreneurship – You Need Energy

Take food and drink into your office with you. If I’m hungry or thirsty, I can’t concentrate properly then my focus is gone. Worse if I get low blood sugar and feel weak and shaky (know the feeling?). Then nothing gets done. Take enough to keep you going while you intend to work. Don’t keep flitting in and out of your office to the kitchen, that just wastes time and allows you more time to procrastinate! Not good for productivity!

4. Internet Entrepreneurship – ‘Do Not Disturb’ 

It’s really frustrating when you can’t work in peace and quiet so make sure your family and friends know that they mustn’t disturb you when you’re working. Great if you have an office, just shut the door and keep it shut. Tell them it’s important not to disturb you. After all, they stand to benefit when you really get to grips and master Internet entrepreneurship.

5. Internet Entrepreneurship – Switch off all gadgets and distractions

Don’t idle away time by flicking through emails, chatting on Skype or browsing the social networks. Turn off your phone (or at least put it on silent), switch your Skype profile to away (busy tends to be ignored!) and close Facebook and Twitter. Those of us who say we can multitask will quickly find ourselves coming undone when it comes to these. You just have to be disciplined about this.

6. Internet Entrepreneurship – Clear your work area

It’s very simple really, you’ll get a lot more done if you aren’t working in a huge mess. Tidy up at night, ready for the next day and keep it that way. This helps you to stay organised. Remember, if you work in a muddle, your thoughts are going to be muddled too. I try and file all my papers away so I’ve got space to work and this ultimately helps me to think clearly.

7. Internet Entrepreneurship – Organise your work and prioritise

Allocate blocks of time to do specific tasks. Maybe you want to do your income producing activities first each day while you are fresh. That’s how I operate. Stop here for a moment and just ask yourself if you really know what your income producing activities are. The things you do that will advance your business and bring in customers. Then set a specific time aside for this and once they are done, you’ll feel great. You’ll feel like you achieved something. Also set aside time for emails and all the other daily tasks associated with running a business. You can catch up with your social media once the priorities are out of the way.

8. Internet Entrepreneurship – I keep lists 

I don’t know how I’d cope without my lists. I have lists for my work, my family life, shopping, you name it, there’s a list for it. Because I commit everything to a list, nothing is forgotten so I work more efficiently (you’d be surprised at how much more you can get done this way) and what’s brilliant is that you can sleep at night because you can tell your brain you don’t have to worry about forgetting something. It’s just a psychological thing, once it’s on a list your brain can switch off and think about other important stuff or just wind down if it’s bedtime. It works, try it.

9. Internet Entrepreneurship – Personal development

It’s really important to commit to personal development each day, even it it’s only thirty minutes. Make sure you schedule some training in. There’s so much to learn in the world of Internet entrepreneurship and unless you are consistently keeping abreast of what’s happening or the latest developments etc you’ll never keep up with it. If you aren’t learning on a regular basis you are stagnating and that isn’t going to be good for your business in the long run.

10. Internet Entrepreneurship – Mindset training

Mega important, this one. If you want to be successful in your business, you MUST have the right mindset to go with it. Successful people tend to think in similar ways. I really advise you to go and start reading some books or listen to audios, maybe watch videos on YouTube. I’m reading the book ‘Think & Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill and it gives you the formula that successful business leaders have used over centuries. It will help you to think differently for sure.

So that’s it! A lot of these may seem surprisingly obvious, but I promise you, from personal experience on my own journey to Internet entrepreneurship, these daily actions have made all the difference to me. Realistically, the more you can apply as you get started, the better and the easier they will all become.

If you’d like to know more about the Internet business I run from home, just click here. It’s called PRO U and it’s an entrepreneurial mentorship programme where I’m being taught and mentored by the top earners of the company in Internet marketing, business and mindset skills. You can register for a FREE Internet Lifestyle Webinar hosted by the Founder Jay Kubassek. I met Jay recently at the PRO U Peak Mastermind event in Costa Rica in April 2012, click here to see more about the event and to get tips from Jay.

I have posted the video of Jay and I at the event below:

Jay explains how this is the best time to start your own business on the Internet due to the 4 trends affecting society (under-employment, massive shift in online purchasing, government debt and retirement of the baby boomers(those born between 1946 – 1964), causing what’s known as a Mega Trend). This is now and it’s affecting us all – this is why Internet entrepreneurship is the way to go!.

Best of luck! Lindsey 

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May 1st, 2012

Internet Entrepreneurship – Meeting PRO U’s Founder Jay Kubassek Was A Game Changer


Meeting Up With The Big Guns!

Here’s a video of Jay and I at the event, take a look if you like……

Internet Entrepreneurship Gets Turbo Boost From Jay. 

I was privileged to attend the PRO U PEAK Mastermind Retreat held in Costa Rica from 12th to 15th April 2012. My colleague, Anita Patel from Brisbane had invited me to go and it was an offer far too good to refuse. We were going to be masterminding with some of the top leaders in the industry including PRO U Founder, Jay Kubassek no less, mega superstar in direct sales. Nobody more successful than Jay in the industry.  This was seriously going to be a game changer for sure. Click here to view a previous post about the event.

Jay’s company – PRO U – is the premier online business mentorship company for individuals aspiring to become online entrepreneurs and has since become the number one incubator for most of the successful online entrepreneurs today. A variety of world-renowned experts, best-selling authors, gurus, business and thought leaders deliver mentorship to thousands of members in over 200 countries.  What was really awesome was that most of them were in Costa Rica with us at the PEAK Mastermind.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Getting Advice From The Leaders Makes A Huge Difference

During the mastermind sessions Jay had some great advice which made perfect sense to me. I know it’s going to have a positive impact in everything I do which is why I want to share it with you.

Jay said we need to attach a mental zipwire to our goals and focus on them. Let me explain ……..

Internet Entrepreneurship – An Afternoon Spent In The Costa Rican Forest Helped Change My Mindset

A group of around thirty of us went out in the Costa Rican forest zipwiring one afternoon, and, come to mention it, that was where I started to have a mindset shift.

Just imagine if you can, being up in the canopy of the forest, seeing a terrifying ravine ahead of you which you’re about to traverse with nothing more than a clip or two on a thin metal wire anything up to 40 metres above the forest floor between you and certain death if you were to fall.  Just a helmet on for safety, no safety nets. Nothing.

When standing on those wire mesh platforms high up in the tree tops waiting for your turn, you realise you have no choice but to place your trust in the Costa Rican guides that hook you up to the zipwire.  They’re confident, they do this every day. They’re not terrified (not like me – I was shaking like a jelly). They know the zipwire is securely fastened to the trees on the other side of the ravine.

However, how better to sum up our goals in what we do in our businesses? Jay Kubassek, during a presentation the following day, likened the zipwire to succeeding in our businesses.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Jay Says We Need To Have Crystal Clear Goals To Be Successful

Jay says we need to have crystal clear goals in our minds, set a mental zipwire to them and focus our thoughts and energies on achieving them. Simple as that. Without clear goals, how can we know where we are heading or what we want to achieve?

He says we wouldn’t get on a plane or a zipwire if they didn’t have destinations so it’s the same in our businesses. We have to have that mental zipwire firmly attached to our goals.

Jay went on to say that we need to face our fears and limitations head on and overcome them.  Trying to solve problems using logical, rational thinking isn’t always the best option as it’s our powerful subconscious mind that will work out what we need to do and invariably will come up with the solutions. We need to face our fears just the same in both our businesses and zipwiring. Just like taking a leap of faith.

Internet Entrepreneurship – Attach A Mental Zipwire To Our Goals

Jay says if our mental zipwires are attached to our goals very clearly in our minds and we focus on them daily, our subconscious will help us find a way of getting there.

Think about it for a minute……….Think back to a time when you were trying to remember something and it just wouldn’t come to you – then the next day the answer pops into your head and you have what is called an ‘AHA’ moment. Well that’s the power of your subconscious mind at work and our subconscious brain in much larger than our conscious one (something like eight or nine times the size). When we have a problem to solve, we need to think about the problem or talk about it and our subconscious will delve down deep and usually find the answer. Go ahead and try it if you don’t believe me. I use this technique all the time now thanks to Jay.

P.S: Why not go and meet Jay yourself and find out more.   Click here to go to Jay’s FREE webinar where he reveals his three secret tips to success online. 

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April 22nd, 2012

Internet Entrepreneurship – Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12


Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Lindsey with Jay Kubassek

So –  I’ve been back a week already and I’m still on a high, want to know why?  

Flying out to Costa Rica in Central America this April 2012 to learn from the industry gurus of PRO U, those super successful leaders at the very pinnacle of success in Internet Entrepreneurship proved to be a life-changing experience for me. A real turning point in my career as an Internet Entrepreneur, I had the unique opportunity to network, mastermind and socialise with some of the biggest names in the business (doesn’t get any better than the PRO U Founder, Jay Kubassek himself no less!), while having a fantastically good time to boot!

This was PRO U’s first ever PEAK Mastermind Retreat event, held at the sumptuous Hilton Papagayo, Guanacaste (the Pacific side of Costa Rica) surrounded by stunning rainforest and incredible scenery amidst a backdrop of tropical splendour.  You might be surprised that I managed to learn anything at all with all the excitement, but when you have powerful, respected speakers and leaders such as Jay Kubassek, David Bach, Michael Force, Jay Kilberg, Justin Woolf, Aaron & Sophia Rashkin and Chris Daigle (friend and business associate of Ryan Deiss & Mike Dillard) to name but a few, can you blame me for being captivated?! What really set these few days apart as being totally unique in every sense was the opportunity for them to not just be speakers, but to socialise and integrate on a one-to-one basis too! David Bach, 9 times New York Times Bestselling Author was equally at home during his presentations talking about his vision as he was in the swimming pool over a cool cocktail at the swim-up bar, and our small group of around 40 facing their fears on the zipwire was a true networking experience I’ll always treasure.

Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Lindsey with David Bach

Zipwiring, come to mention it, was where everything came together. Just imagine being up in the canopy of the forest, seeing a terrifying ravine ahead of you which you’re about to traverse with nothing more than a clip or two on a thin metal wire anything up to around 40 metres above the forest floor between you and certain death! However, how better to sum up our goal in what we do in our businesses? Jay Kubassek, in his address the following day, likened the zipwire to succeeding in our businesses. Jay says we need to have crystal clear goals in mind and set a mental zipwire to them. He said we need to forget all the baggage which is holding us back. We need to face our fears and limitations head on and overcome them. Trying to solve problems using logical, rational thinking isn’t always the best option. Our subconscious usually knows exactly what we need to do (even if our conscious mind doesn’t) and can come up with the solutions. We need to forget our fears both in business and zipwiring and take the plunge. Jay says if our mental zipwires are attached to our goals and we focus clearly on them, we’ll find a way of getting there and before we know it, we’ll be heading in the right direction!

With Internet Entrepreneurship, dreaming big and believing in yourself is KEY

Inspirational sessions and presentations took place in between the more casual networking over candlelit dinners and pool-side chats. David Bach spoke at length about the four types of people that exist in today’s society – survivors, strugglers, strivers and thrivers. David’s main market is strivers and he impressed upon each and every one of us of the importance to decide which one we are targeting with our businesses!

Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Looking from the pool to the Pacific Ocean!

We were treated like kings too, a whole myriad of the most delicious food available at any time of day or most of the night from as many restaurants as you can imagine, and similarly the bars were open at all hours, even in the swimming pool! Every evening we had the privilege of dining with a different guru, each of whom shared their life experiences in an informal situation. What a fantastic way to learn – when we weren’t in sessions we could continue to socialise and absorb, almost like a drip feed, as we were able to mastermind on often a one-to-one basis with these true masters of their arts! This really was a truly transformational experience, where being able to have invaluable, personal contact was more than I could have ever wished for.

So how would I sum up my Internet Entrepreneurship experience?

Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Lindsey with David Wood

Apologies for those of you who are bored of the zipwire analogies, but this one is my own. This unique opportunity gave me a fast track to far greater understanding in my businesses as I look towards Internet Entrepreneurship. Thanks to the leg-up that I got from PRO U (in the same way the Costa Rican guides helped me into the harness for the zipwire) I was ready and raring to go (although sick with fright), eager to learn as much as I could. Spending these few days was a rip-roaring adventure, and just like when I was speeding through the sky at speeds I thought impossible dangling from a zipwire, I was speeding through the content at speeds I thought impossible too! My notebook is full and my brain now full of ideas, and as Jay Kubassek said, my goal is clear in my head. I’m not yet off my zipwire, but believe me, when I get there, I’ll be a better person because of it.

Hold your horses! Learning Internet Entrepreneurship from the masters

Internet Entrepreneurship - Lindsey’s Trip to the PRO-U Peak Mastermind Retreat, Costa Rica, April ’12

Looking towards the Pacific Ocean

One last thing – saving the best to last.

I was incredibly lucky while I was there to not just chat and hang out with the masters, but also to get some video time with them too! Follow the links to see my interviews with PRO U Founder Jay Kubassek and  David Wood from the Empower Network who dropped in as a special guest (David lives in Costa Rica), this really is Internet Entrepreneurship at its very best.

 

 

P.S: Take a look at what I’m doing with PRO-U and how I’m able to run my own PRO U business from home by either clicking here or on any of the pictures, which will take you to an entirely FREE webinar where Jay reveals his three secret tips to success online. 

To find out about joining my team with David Wood’s Empower Network, take a look here.

 

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November 30th, 2011

The Empower Network Viral Blogging System – Changing People’s Lives


This is causing such excitement on the Internet right now and it’s only been going for a month. It’s such a great viral blogging system and you can earn 100% commissions paid directly into your bank account.

Why don’t you watch the video and see what you think. If you like the look of what you see, click on the link below to find out all about how it could change your life too.

It’s changing mine. Click here:    http://empowernetwork.com/almostasecret.php?id=LinARowe

If you like this post, I’d love you to share it with your friends and family and pass it on. Thanks.

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November 29th, 2011

The Empower Network – Helping Ordinary People Change Their Lives Through Blogging On The Internet


What is the Empower Network?

To put simply, the Empower Network is a viral blogging system, potentially the most powerful viral blogging platform on the Internet, created by two experts and gurus in the field of Internet & Network Marketing.

It was designed to help ordinary people make money through their own individual blogging platforms linked to this highly ranked, highly optimised and frequently searched blog platform, the brainchild of co-founders David Wood and David Sharpe.

The two men, both multi-millionaires, credible individuals and highly respected in the industry, have collaborated to create a system and business opportunity that will empower and enable people from all walks of life and from all countries of the world, to earn what they call 100% commissions that will go directly into their bank accounts instantly.

Yep, you heard that right. No waiting for 4 – 6 weeks waiting for your commission cheque to come through. It’s instant, paid directly into your bank account when a new member signs up.

Many new members have already made huge amounts in commissions, recruiting new members to their teams to ensure ongoing sales, residual commissions and success at  levels never seen inside the industry before.

To say there is a buzz on the Internet, is something of an understatement. The news is exciting and it’s travelling fast.   Over 500 people are signing up daily growing the already total of almost 9,500 enrolled exponentially.

People are blogging about their businesses to promote their goods and services and they’re also promoting the Empower Network platform too or they’re blogging about any topic they choose – essentially piggy-backing on David Wood’s powerful blog bringing increased visitors to their sites resulting in more sales.

It’s really as simple as that.

In a little under two months since the system was launched around the end of October 2011, over $1,000,000 in commissions has been paid out to members with many members recording massive sales including residual commissions, also paid instantly in the form of 100% commissions.

The three simple steps to follow are to 1. Blog Daily, 2. Tell Others and 3. Get Paid.

Why Should You Do It?

Give me one good reason why you shouldn’t be doing it.  Many including me are joining up and for a small starting fee of only $25 per month, you get a ready built blogging site linked to David Wood’s super-charged, super optimised platform including training on the most effective ways to blog and the opportunity to promote Empower Network to others through their banner adverts on each of your blog pages.

Effectively, you buy a business for $25 per month and when you sell just one membership, for  $25 guess what – you’ve got a business for free. It doesn’t get any better than that.

Now that’s powerful stuff don’t you agree?

So in a nutshell, it’s about promoting goods and services through blogging, one of the most effective marketing methods in the age of the Internet and with the power of  social media, your messages go viral in an instant.

Why am I recommending this?

Because the industry has never seen anything like this before and as long as you take consistent action, follow the training and instructions and blog daily, you are going to benefit massively from this.

What if I don’t know anything about Internet marketing or blogging?

Don’t worry, you’ll get access to training to teach you how it’s done.  You don’t have to be a top Internet or network marketer to do this.  What are you waiting for?  Click here now.

So how do I get it?

So all you have to do to find out more is click here.

Or you can take a look here:  http://empowernetwork.com/almostasecret.php?id=LinARowe

 

 

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September 29th, 2011

Want Your Own Legitimate Internet Marketing Business?


Hi, take  a look at my video and see if you want to join a community of REAL and GENUINE expert Internet Marketers that will help you to succeed.   Will surely change your life like it has for me

 

Tell me what you think! post your comments below…

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June 21st, 2011

Why I’m a Work from Home Mum Now – Don’t Ever Give up on Your Dreams


Do you spend time dreaming about your ideal lifestyle? Or have you given up on it? If you suddenly found you could afford the lifestyle of your dreams, what would it be? What would you do? Sounds simple but it’s not.  I’m a work from home mum now and there’s an important reason for that. I had a wake up call and made it happen.

Maybe you’ve been conditioned to think that you have to put up with your lot in life, particularly if you’re a low income household working for a boss in a traditional job.  You probably think there’s no point in dreaming so you don’t. And even if you had any lifestyle dreams and aspirations, they are so deeply buried, you couldn’t access them in your subconscious anyway.

Conditioning takes away your creative thinking in such a way that you become desensitised to your dreams and aspirations.

That was me a year ago.

After I was made redundant from my job last year, I was asked this very question.  I had to think of what my dream lifestyle would be like –  and I couldn’t come up with the answer and that shocked me.

I found it incredibly difficult and it took me weeks to work it out.   I’d get up early and go out with my dog each morning and try and piece it all together. My dreams were buried so deeply, that I could only retrieve them piece by piece.

That was a wake up call for me and was the result of what had happened to me by being conditioned to think that my lot in life was always working for someone else in a regular job along with the constraints associated with it.

Apart from coming up with the obvious, like nice country house, new car, great holidays and other tangibles, what I found most disturbing, and more importantly, was the realisation that for the many years I’d diligently gone off to work to earn money to help support my family, our quality family time had been heavily eroded and was gone forever.

I’d just accepted the fact that this was how life was and that you just had to deal with it. It had never occurred to me that life could be completely different with freedom.  I hadn’t thought that there could be choice for an ordinary person like me.

By freedom, I’m talking about the kind of freedom to be with my family when they need me. Put simply, to be able to take my daughter to school and collect her in the afternoon. To be able to stand in the playground and chat to other mums and dads. To be able to go into class and read with the children. To be able to take my daughter to the doctor or dentist when necessary without the worry of how I’d get the time off work.  What a luxury that would have been for me.  And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Mornings in our household were usually a rush with arguments and stress and I’d have to drive like crazy, risking a speeding fine.  We’d all go off in our own directions and usually feeling fraught and upset. There was never any chance of taking my daughter to school first. I’d have loved that and always felt guilty and resentful that I couldn’t. It seemed like a violation of my rights as a parent and so unfair.

I think you get the picture now. There’s so much more that I haven’t been able to do with my family but all that’s changed since I set up my own Internet business from home. Now I work around my family priorities and it’s truly liberated me and we all benefit.

I’ve woken right up to the fact that my dreams are now my reality. I can take my daughter to school now and it’s a wonderful feeling. This is why I’m a work at home mum at last. I feel free for the first time in my life and I’m never going back.

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May 11th, 2011

All I can say is WOW…


Ok…this is one of the coolest “projects” I’ve ever seen…

It’s pretty obvious that the big-shot bankers on Wall Street have been getting richer and richer during this economic crisis, while your friends and family members haven’t.

Well if you’re interested in cracking open the “black-box investing strategies” of the rich, so you can see how they’re doing it, you’ve gotta check out this video Mike Dillard just posted…

See HOW Mike Dillard Predicted The Future!

Despite the fact that he’s not an investor, trader, or financial guru of any kind, he’s made a 280% return since 2008, while the rest of the world has lost 30-40% of their portfolio.

How?

Get this… He found a “map” back in 2007 that’s allowed him to basically predict the future.

Like I said… VERY COOL…

Check out this video he just posted and you’ll see how he’s doing it…

See HOW Mike Dillard Predicted The Future!

My best,
Lindsey Rowe

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