Snowed in. Flights canceled. No internet. No cell connection. Only family, friends, and authentic human connection.
Betty Jean shares what she learns – and remembers – about herself after a week unplugged. See if these 3 lessons help you get back in touch with who you are, why you are working, and how you intend to follow your passions in your life and work in 2011.
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Continue Reading →A guy full of drive, ambition, and ideas sent me these five question about getting his business of the ground. These are really fantastic questions. So great, that I need to split them up into 5 entries. If you have answers or feedback to these questions, please leave them in the comments OR on my Facebook discussion board.
1) Where do I begin?
Part 1)
Everyone’s industry is different. Without knowing details, I cannot give industry or business specific answers. However…
No matter what your dream, knowing who you are, what makes you tick, and what gets you out of bed in the morning is absolutely paramount to being successful in the future.
I had the priviledge of listening to the top executives at Clickbank tell me about their business on Tuesday night. One of the biggest pieces of advice they gave prefacing any of the prescriptive steps to succeeding with your products on Clickbank was simply: you must be passionate. They said that time and time again, they see vendor’s with a great product and huge potential give up just moments before they succeed. They said that if they had just pushed a little harder, hung in a little longer, then they would have been successful. The people who have made $1.7 million on their first day of sales at Clickbank are the people who took at least 6 months to prepare for their launch, followed the prescription for success, and who persevered.
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Continue Reading →No matter what you think of the economy, people are making money. Lots of money. And it isn’t just lottery winners.
Lately, I’ve been coming across incredibly inspiring people living passionately and making a living doing things they love and/or are really good at.
Down economies and joblessness force us to get creative. When we get creative, we discover interests and passions that we didn’t know were in us. Of course, not having income adds stress and pressure so it is equally important to take time to relax, breath, meditate, and have fun.
In this post, I’m going to give you some links to incredible opportunities and stories of people I know personally who have used their creativity, soul searching, and various interests to find lucrative work that allows them to live their passions.
I’ll even include articles and job listings for the awesome career of social media manager.
Continue Reading →Sam Davidson is one of the most inspiring, and bad-ass Gen-Y entrepreneurs I’ve ever met. If you don’t feel like taking your dreams head on after listening to this interview with Sam, then I don’t know what will inspire you.
In this interview with Sam, he tells us all about his latest book, “50 Things Your Life Doesn’t Need.” This book is sweet! It helps you remove the clutter in your life that keeps you from living your life passionately. You can check out the awesome movie trailer right here, too. Better yet, pick up the book! I did. Worth every little penny.
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