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What Did You Do Good Today? Why It Matters…

What did you do good today? What are you thankful for?

What did you do good today? What are you thankful for?

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Have you ever gone through the day where you feel like you are running behind the 8 Ball and it feels as if someone is pushing you in the back making you about trip and to top it off, you are busy as all get out yet, at the end of the day it seems like nothing got done or at least got done as well as it should have?

Well, would you like to find a cure for those days?  If so, I am going to share one with you right now.  While I have picked up basically this same cure or technique if you will from several people including Napoleon Hill and others, what reminded me of this more recently is listening to a guy named Dan Kuschel.

While you may not have heard of him before, these questions are what drives his whole $60 Million dollar business on helping clients answer virtually these same 3 questions that I am about to share with you. —–> READ MORE

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The 7 Ps, Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance

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Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance

I am bumping this post up because I am reminded of the value and transcendental truth of this yet again.

The first time I heard that adage from two young guys named Hollis and Carter, it was like someone slapped me upside the head and it was game changer for me.

(As some of you may know, I have been involved in what has become a rather large software project that as they often do, is taking a bit longer to put together than we had hoped, yet is still on track for doing what we had planned it to do.

What we planned for it to do is basically make everything that I had cussed various Web designers, Programmers and pieces software out for and make it easy to do for an amateur.  That is make it easy to put together Websites, Blogs, Sales and Squeeze pages, and Shopping Carts for someone with no technical skills whatsoever.

Basically we wanted to give someone who’s sole technical skill was to check their email, the ability to create what normally only professional Website developers and Programmers could do at a huge cost, and on top of that, be able to do it in a few hours, not in a few days or weeks that it would take a Pro to do.

Guess what? We freakin pulled it off and I think it is going to be a game changer as far as how Websites, Blogs, Landing Pages, and profitable online businesses are put together.

My point about bringing this up is that this never could have happened had we not planned to do this at the outset.  Regardless of how many people said it could never be done, if we had not properly planned it out, it would not have been brought into being and we would have ended up with just another piss poor piece of software.)

The impact was so great because in the Organization People Pattern(tm) of my Personality Language(tm) profile, I am a Free Spirit and I never used to like to really plan anything because it bugged the heck out of me. I know the reason why and it was mostly because I was rebelling against the rigid Structurists that were around me.

By the way, if you have not read the book Personality Language yet, I highly suggest it. It is kind of mind blowing as to what it will tell you about what makes you and others tick.  I learned more in that book about basic human behavior than any other book that I have read. —–> READ MORE

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5 Things You Can Do Today To Increase Your Profit And Productivity By 40%

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5 Things that you can do today to increase your productivity by 40%

Above are the 5 things that you can incorporate into your daily routine that can easily increase your productivity by 40%. The reason I know this is possibly is because I have done it. And actually, my increase was quite a bit more than that to tell you the truth.   I actually  incorporated some other things as well that I will do another post on at a later time, but these 5 I have found can have a profound impact on virtually anyone that tries them for just one day, let alone one week.

Increase My Productivity BY 40%

1. Write out what I “HAVE” to get done the night before.  There are numerous studies backing this up in that when you actually write or type something out, it changes the way it is stored in your brain.  I and others have also noticed that once you write something down, it lets your sub-conscious have a go at it and results often pop full formed in my noodle first thing in the morning.  This technique has been recommended by a lot of people from the great motivator and human behavior modeler Napoleon Hill onward to present day writers.

2. Check Emails Only 3 times a day. I dare you to actually count and keep track of how much time you spend checking your emails.  You will probably be surprised and appalled. It is not only the time you spend checking them, but the break in concentration that it takes to do so.  This one thing alone can help you hit the 40% increase in productivity.  You can use this online stop watch to actually track the time.  It is a great tool that I often use.  http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

3. Use YakWrite.com or other Transcription Services for Blogs, Memos, and Web Content. You can get up to 8,000 words or up to 20+ Blog posts transcribed for about 99 cents a piece!  You can get 1 hour of Audio transcribed for only $19.99 over there as an introductory rate.  But, even if you pay twice that, you can increase your productivity easily by 40% using Transcription services.  If you don’t have the audio recording software, the one I like the best and it is free is Audacity. It works on Windows and Macs.
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4. Figure out which things are going to make me the most money and concentrate on them. While this may seem like a no brainer, and I am not sure who said this but, “most people are too busy to ever become wealthy” is true and not busy in a good way.  If you cut out even 50% of the BS that you do every day that has nothing to do with you making more money, you will be amazed at the results.  The old 80/20 rule or Pareto principle comes into play.  80% of the money you make comes from only 20% of what you do.  Figure out what the 20% really is and drop the other stuff!

5. Write down a Mind Map of what I will get done this year using www.Bubbl.us . This again comes back to number 1.  But this is a bigger picture and unsurprisingly less than 1% of all people ever write down and map out what they want to accomplish financially, business wise, or even for the personal life.  Yet, over 90% of all successful people have a written plan that they consult on a regular basis.

The reason why I like Bubbl is because it is easy to use and it is free. You can even embed mind maps like this one in Web Pages and Blogs and share them in various way.  Plus, you can have other people collaborate with you on them too.

The bottom line is that it is easy to become complacent with your time, but it is the one thing that you can control that can make the most impact on your productivity and your life.

Try these 5 things out and let me know how it works out for you.  If you have some other great tips, I would love to hear about them.

You can use your mouse to manipulate the mind map below. Try right clicking and dragging and using your scroll button.


Best of luck to you!

Cheers,

Andrew Anderson

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A Complete Reprint of P.T. Barnum’s Classic Book “Art Of Money Getting” For Free!

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I am making a copy of “Art Of Money Getting” By P.T. Barnum available to download in PDF format for FREE. This is from a post I did awhile ago, but I thought it worth mentioning again. It is worth rereading on a regular basis.

In the video I go over some of the highlights in the book. Click To Watch Video and it looks best in Full Screen Mode. Just hover in the lower right hand corner and clickthe Box. Hit ESC to come back to regular mode.

I am making 21to21.com’s reprint of P.T. Barnum’s classic book “Art Of Money Getting” available here for free in PDF format. —–> READ MORE

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Thoughts

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought…. Peace Pilgrim

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Mind Feed Quotes For Fun And Profit

Quotes often help me get a better perspective on things. Here a few that I thought you might enjoy.  If you have any that you would like to share, please post them in a comment.  If they are yours, make sure you let everyone know!

Cheers, Andrew

“Life’s tough……it’s even tougher if you’re stupid.”    –  John Wayne

“Inefficiency is solved in the quickest and best way when someone figures out how to make a profit from solving it and is rewarded for doing so.  This is why Capitalism is the only system that has proven to work over the centuries for people to interact with each other peacefully.  This is also something that the Communists, Socialists, and most Politicians have never figured out.”   –  Andrew Anderson

“The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.”  — Milton Friedman

“It only stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.”  Ayn Rand

“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. ” –   Ayn Rand

“Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.”  — Ayn Rand

“Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.”  — Ayn Rand

Money is like a sixth sense – and you can’t make use of the other five without it”  –  Somerset Maugham

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn


And here are some quotes from Teddy Roosevelt that are relevant today.  While he was a trans-nationalist and somewhat Anti-Capitalist he did have a way with words … :) and was a smart guy and what he said over 100 years ago still rings true today. Hope you enjoy these.

“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
Theodore Roosevelt

The one below has far too much relevance in today’s world.

It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty, and intelligence.
– Theodore Roosevelt

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.
– Theodore Roosevelt, speech at New York City (September 6, 1918)

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.
– Theodore Roosevelt

The worst of all fears is the fear of living.
– Theodore Roosevelt

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer “Present” or “Not guilty.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
– Theodore Roosevelt

The eighth commandment reads, “Thou shalt not steal.” It does not read, “Thou shalt not steal from the rich man.” It does not read, “Thou shalt not steal from the poor man.” It reads simply and plainly, “Thou shalt not steal.”

– Theodore Roosevelt, speech, “The Man With The Muck Rake” (April 15, 1906)

This is one of my faves…

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

– Theodore Roosevelt, “Citizenship in a Republic,” speech at the Sorbonne, Paris (April 23, 1910)

In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
– Theodore Roosevelt

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
– Theodore Roosevelt

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
– Theodore Roosevelt

Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin.
– Theodore Roosevelt

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
– Theodore Roosevelt, Kansas City Star (April 27, 1918)

‘I have always been fond of the West African proverb: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” ‘ ”

“…the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.” (1891)

“Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.” (1894



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Profit Tool That Actually Works Well – Plus it is Free

Profit Tool that works well?  How about works really well and there is a free version of it to boot?  Well there is actually and this is it.

As you may know, I try tons of these and most of them fall short.  How about a free service for giving Webinars, collaborating on projects and documents with audio and text notes?

This is it!  This puppy can and will help you make more money and save you time.

If you click on the lower right hand corner of the video where the 4 arrows are and you can watch a full screen version of it.

Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Andrew

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What Are You Focusing On?

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What are you focusing on?  I am pulling this one directly out of my own playbook and the question is directly relevant to how much money you are going to make.

Are you focusing on getting things done and out there that can actually make you money?  If not, you are shooting yourself in the foot for sure.

It is so easy to get scattered and be working on a dozen projects that really are not going to help you get money in your pocket.  It really is about getting things done and out there, even if they are only 85% or 90% of where you think they should be. —–> READ MORE

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Are You A Money Magnet Or A Crap Magnet?

Are you a Money Magnet or a Crap Magnet?

This is an excerpt from my soon to be released book, “Start On Monday”  which should be released within the next 10 days.

Enjoy!

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Are you a Money Magnet or a Crap Magnet?

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OK, I am putting this in the front of the book so that we can get things set up for the rest of the book from an attitude perspective.

I am going to make an observation here about what may be currently going on in your life and also what you need to do to become wealthy if you are not already. Much of this thought process is pulled from Harv Eker’s wonderful book “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”.  If you have not read it, do yourself, your significant other and those you love a big, big favor, and go out and get it and read it tonight.  Here is a link for it. After reading please let me know what you think.

I am going for a much abbreviated version here and I know there are days where we all do some of the below to a certain extent but if this is your main mode of thinking you need to do some serious soul searching.

Rich people Create their own life and poor people believe that Life just happens to them.

Poor people, I am talking mind, body, spirit, and wallet here are victims by nature.  Rich people are not.  What you focus on tends to expand and therefore victims create there life in which they are constant victims and Rich people tend to get Richer.  Go Figure!  :) —–> READ MORE

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What Is Your Edge?

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What is your Edge? What makes you different, unique, or better than everyone else?  Find it and success will find you.

Because of the frantic pace that I often push myself, I know that have a tendency to forget this.  So take some time to chill out, grab a pen and paper and figure out what really makes you different.  Do that and the money will follow faster than you can imagine.

Continued Profits,

Andrew Anderson

PS  I have to thank Bob Parsons founder of GoDaddy.com for reminding me of this fact…  Thanks Bob!

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