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)

Lost My Keys. Again.

6 August 2010, Friday
Today I learned that after decades of being on Planet Earth, I do not know how to look after myself like I should. 

My housemate isn't feeling well (she's got fever and is on MC) so I thought I'd keep her company in the house and chill to some DVDs. We watched Eclipse and Angelina Jolie's "Salt".

I decided to scrap gym plans and go get her some 100 Plus as she requested. When I reached Pasaraya Sunlik (the minimart nearby), which was like 3 minutes away from my place, I realised that my house key (attached to my Nike landyard) had gone missing! 

Normal people have keys. I have to have a really long landyard stuck to my neck to minimise the possibility of losing my keys. Even with that, I can still lose things :-(

Last year, right after my birthday dinner and karaoke session with some friends, my friend had dropped me home at 4am - what a time to find out I had no key to enter the house. At that time, I was staying alone. I was not only locked out of my own house, my friend had to drive me to 7Eleven to buy toothbrush and toothpaste and toiletries, and I ended up spending the night camping over at my friend's house. Thank God for Irene.

So, I'm not really good at staying alone. Really admire those super independent souls who look like they've got everything under control.

Anyway, after going round and round my area (and back), twice, I finally found the key and landyard lying on the road near the guardhouse. What a relief!

Mental note to self: Must LEARN to look after myself and my things better from now on. If I can't even look after myself, how can I look after my friends and the people around me? Also, if I don't look after myself, no one else will. It's my life, for which I have to be responsible.

Apart from that, it's been a rather uneventful day.