What You Focus On Expands

26th October 2010
4:05AM
Today, I got a message from a friend. The message read, "I have you to thank, Ming, for the positive mindset." 

I was surprised and flattered at the same time. Even though I'm not sure what it was I did exactly.

My mind flashed back to a few weeks ago, when my then-stressed-out-friend was sharing all her challenges and frustrations in funding for her flight tickets, passport, hotel and other expenses for our upcoming intensive Internet Marketing training in Phuket. She was in a really tight spot and was feeling down.

I asked her to change her thoughts. Instead of saying "I have no money", ask questions like "HOW can I find the money?" - something I learned from Robert G Allen at his LIVE training in KL recently. After all, Harv Eker also emphasized at his Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar in 2007 (I attended MMI twice in one year) that, what you focus on, expands.

Fox News interviews T Harv Eker


To cut a long story short, this friend somehow found the money, just to lose it all today, due to a health emergency. And Phuket is just 25 days away!

Here's what my friend said, "While I was crying and thinking about how to find money, someone I have not heard from in a long time called and asked me how I am, and if there's anything he can do to help."

"Before he called, I was focusing on your words...What you FOCUS on expands...and I FOCUSed on good luck coming my way..."

I didn't realize that a spontaneous line that I remember from one of the great Success Coaches, can impact someone the way it did, and make a positive difference.

My friend reaffirmed this. "Ya lah, a lot you said you don't realize right? Indirectly teaching about life, opening up our minds..."

"And your infiniteskies :)"

This blog? That is another pleasant surprise!

I guess the biggest power a human being possesses, is the Power of Choice. Instead of wasting precious time (and energy) complaining, arguing, bitching and focusing on all the things that are going wrong in our lives, we can all adopt an Attitude of Gratitude, count our blessings, and CHOOSE to share positive thoughts and messages with our friends, family, and the world.

Power Of Choice - short and inspirational video

 

Some powerful thoughts from the world's most successful and inspirational mentors...

The Law of Cause and Effect is the iron law of human destiny.  Thoughts are causes, and conditions are effects. -- Brian Tracy

Think and grow rich. - Napoleon Hill

Thoughts lead to Feelings. Feelings lead to Action. Action leads to Results. - T Harv Eker

Whatever you resist persists. - Sri Sri Ravishankar

Ask and it is given. - Jesus

Thank you, C, for inspiring this post. Happy to help :)

You Can Find Diamonds In The Rough

22nd October 2010
"You can find diamonds in the rough. They're out there. Just don't give up looking and keep digging." That was the main message I got from  Jeff Mills last night when I watched his short video interview, taken by Shaun Stenning during the break at the Global Internet Summit in Germany. 

Jeff Mills, Internet Marketing's renowned "outsourcing king" was referring to tapping into the right resources to find the ideal VA (virtual assistant)to work for you, and to make you plenty of money, so you have less to do. According to Jeff, the ideal VA is out there and does exist, all you need to do is to keep looking. 
Reed Floren speaking at Jeff Mills' Outsourcing Workshop - you mean all Jeff does is Outsource (and doesn't have to show up at his own workshop)?


Outsourcing...the key to a 4-hour work week!



But I guess Jeff's words of wisdom are not limited to Outsourcing alone. It also extends to our journey in Internet Marketing, as well as other aspects of life. In any new misadventure venture, the road will be filled with bumps, glitches and potholes before we reach that pot of Gold. We must Focus on our Goals, make as many mistakes as possible, learn from them fast and keep going!

This advice couldn't have come at a better time for me. Recently, I have been accepted into Shaun Stenning and Vince Tan's  Mastermind Group, and excited as I am to be part of this elite group and learning from possibly two of the world's best Internet Marketers, I must admit the journey thus far has been interesting but can sometimes be a little overwhelming.

Search Engine Optimization. Backlinking. Niche Research. Buying Domains. Selling Domains. Building Websites. Creating Traffic. Driving Traffic. Converting Traffic Into Money. Ranking. Indexing. Sandboxing. Listbuilding. Opt In Pages. Squeeze Pages. Marketing. Outsourcing... the list is endless! Where does one start to do what? And how does one go about doing it? Understanding the basics of Internet Marketing is one thing, implementing it (successfully) is another story altogether.

All the hours slogging in front of the computer - learning, fumbling, struggling, tripping, falling. The lack of sleep. The many social invitations turned down. The blood, sweat, tears. They will be well worth it, one day. 

Like Shaun and Vince say, failure is NOT an option. As long as I keep going and never give up, I believe Success will be mine. It is just a matter of time.

After all, isn't that exactly the stuff Champions are made of?

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. That is why, I succeed."
- Michael Jordan

As a parting thought, I would like to share two inspirational Michael Jordan videos with my fellow Internet Marketing buddies and all my friends. 
Michael Jordan "Failure" (Nike commercial)


Michael Jordan "Tell Me" (Nike commercial)

Waking Up To The Sounds of Woofs and Meows

12th October 2010, 11:30PM
Sure felt like I was at the zoo this morning. In deep slumber, the first sounds my ears picked up were those of Oreo's meowing. Followed by the incessant barks of an unfamiliar dog that seemed far away. That "dog", it appeared, turned out to be the ringtone from my recently back-from-the-dead iPhone!

Yep, my friend Faith and her daughter had shown up at my door at 9.30 this morning. They were 30 minutes early (our appointment was at 10)! This, to the "normal" world, was perfectly acceptable. But for a nightbird like me (who had spent the entire night till 6.30 this morning helping out on an article for a friend's project), well, 9.30 in the MORNING seemed like an unearthly hour.

Oreo had been trying to wake me up with his gentle meows (he sounds a lot gentler now, after the operation), to alert me that there were guests outside, waiting to come in. The "dog", on the other hand, was again, Faith calling me from outside my house (not calling my friend Faith a dog, it was Faith CALLING me from outside on my phone, with the barking ringtone)! If I had not slept downstairs, I would have been dead to the world. That tired was I.

The negative effects of sleep deprivation

I have no idea how I made it through an afternoon at work, and managed to stay productive and cheerful in spite of all that sleep deprivation. Somehow, in between the many cups of coffee (I lost count!), I made it through the day. 


Sleeping well, a restorative process

7 Drug-Free Tips To Sleeping Well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq0AvdbcVZw&feature=related

Here's another one...

Tips for a good night's sleep

Well, tonight I have decided that I will take a complete break from everything. No staring endlessly at the computer screen. No internet marketing assignments. No writing of articles (except for this blog). No midnight maggi mee. No skype. No checking of emails and Facebook statuses...

Natural sleep aid tips - home remedies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KppvFAGTW-s&NR=1


Tonight, I will give my body what it has been lacking the past few months and retreat to slumberland.

Time to make up for all those lost hours and recharge my batteries. Good night, world!

Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life.

7th October 2010. 12:40PM

"Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life."

That is a mantra most Success Coaches have in common and hold close to their hearts. Since 1938 when Napoleon Hill first shared this thought in his book "Think And Grow Rich":

"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it will achieve." 

Many contemporary Success Coaches, till today, still share the same belief. Passionately.

At the recent Next Wave Event conducted by Gen-Y millionaires Shaun Stenning and Vince Tan, the message came across once again, loud and clear. In fact, setting our mindsets right was so important that before these two 20-somethings shared any of their wealth building internet marketing strategies with us, they spent half a morning stressing on the importance of having the Winning Mindset. 

Shaun and Vince kept reminding us to...

Change The Way You Think...
Change Your Results!

Mose people (95% of the world in fact) choose to listen to their Little Voice (also known as "critical voice"). They would rather give Excuses, Blame or live in Denial. 


Click on http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/tagr.htm
to download your FREE copy of Think And Grow Rich eBook.  

Can’t blame them (pun intended) – that’s a lot easier to do than to be Accountable for your every action. Which brings me back to something I’ve learned not too long ago at an Art of Living class... 

Responsibility is always taken, never given. 
When responsibility is given, it becomes a task. And yes, with great power comes great responsibility :)

No wonder only 5% of the world are truly successful in whatever they choose to do. It all boils down to having the Winning Mindset and Positive Attitude. 

For a person who has a Burning Desire for Success and has the Winning Mindset, there is simply no reason to fail. In fact, the only way one can fail is if he or she quits. Or never gets started! 

With 2 of the world's best
internet marketers as our mentors,
how can anyone fail?

So if failure is NOT an option, let's all change the way we think and raise our game from now on. To all my friends and Internet Marketing buddies out there, here's to Success and see you all at the top!