| I woke up early this morning and checked my email. I | | | | future. After writing them down, it's important to |
| always get these "How to Get Rich" messages. You | | | | review them daily, just to keep you on course. |
| know, the ones that tell you if you enroll in their | | | | The second thing you need to do to be successful is |
| program for only $30 a month you'll learn the secrets | | | | to determine the price you'll have to pay for what |
| of the masters. | | | | you want, then get busy paying it. Don't be fooled. |
| After wading through tons of stuff about SEO's, | | | | Nothing, and I repeat, NOTHING is free. There is a |
| autoresponders, and affiliate programs, it hit me that | | | | price you'll have to pay for being successful. |
| you really only need to do two things to be really | | | | Say, for instance, you want to write and sell an |
| successful. | | | | ebook online, using affiliate programs. The first thing |
| The first one should be obvious. It's deceptively | | | | you would have to do is to learn how to write an |
| simple, but it's no means easy. If you do this, | | | | ebook. Then you'd need to research affiliate |
| however, you're about 85% of the way to being as | | | | programs, how they work, how you're paid, etc. |
| successful as you want to be. What is it? Well, you | | | | You would have to invest money in a PDF creator, |
| must know exactly what it is you want. | | | | to allow you to create your ebook in that format. To |
| When I say "exactly," I mean just that. "I want to | | | | look professional, you might want to hire a graphic |
| be rich" is not good enough. "I want to have $50,000 | | | | designer to design electronic cover graphics. Then, |
| in my bank account by January 15," however, comes | | | | unless you're a really good copywriter, you'd need to |
| a lot closer. | | | | hire somebody to write professional copy and design |
| Without knowing exactly what you want, you'll most | | | | your splash page. |
| certainly not get it. Hopes and wishes won't get you | | | | Sounds like a lot, doesn't it? Only you can decide if |
| there. You've got to develop laser focus. There can | | | | the price is worth the reward. |
| be no vagueness, no maybe this or maybe that. | | | | So, the next time you're surfing, and you read about |
| To be effective, your goals must be written down. | | | | systems, programs, and techniques designed to |
| This solidifies your commitment to seeing them | | | | make you rich, remember that it all boils down to |
| through. Writing your goals also forces you to | | | | these two concepts. Sure, there are a lot of tools |
| visualize them. In essence, when you write down | | | | out there that can help you get there, but without |
| your goals, you are creating a roadmap to your | | | | these two basics, nothing much will happen. |