Why Not Just Wait..... ?

In Asian folklore,the mouse deer is ascribed mythical wit.One day he reached a river bank on a journey but alas found the river creeping with crocodiles and absolutely unsafe and too wide to cross by wading across either.But he had to think out of the situation to get across to the other side of the river bank.So he called out to the first croc saying that he had been asked to count the number of his kin in the river..if only Mr Croc can arrange for them to string out,he could do that in a snap and so the the crocs assembled one after another. Off jumped the mouse deer onto the back of the first croc counting "1","2","3" and soon he was on the other side of the river bank.And immediately after he waved and vanished. When the crocs found out that they had been had they raged the river dry and gnashed with such fury that almost all of them lost their dentures!

If you are in your 30's and it's another twenty years to go before you plan to retire to a life of leisure sitting on the beach sipping margaritas, have you thought of the croc infested financial waters in between?The future is not a level playing field and is visited with it's own demons,challenges,fears and anxieties.Can something come by and relieve you of your financial nests or fry your strategies? What about the real threat of being made financially homeless-isn't it both a weak weapon and option to be assumptive that friends or self correcting market forces or the government will be there to rescue one?Will Rogers said it right:'Even if you're on the right track,you'll get run over if you just sit there.'

Perhaps it's time to put together a toolbag and seek out to resource your income generating sources.I remember reading an article years ago in the Reader's Digest that said 75% of us have a deep down clamor and yearning to do our own thing.Write a book or..but we never or don't get to.Unless it's a better option to sleepwalk into the future here is an option that has helped me come to terms with what Will Rogers said.

Strike out!


Think Out Of The Box!

Strike Out!

To Your Dreams,

Cally Rao

Entrepreneurial Strategy

In 1998 Jonathan hosted one of the most seminal live events in net history in Boulder Colorado. Jonathan's clients include not only some of the top experts in online marketing but people whose names are not known to John Q.Public but who do tens of millions and hundreds of millions of dollars a year online.

Over 100,000 people have downloaded my now-legendary teleseminar How to Profit with Google AdWords that I did with Jonathan. More people have cracked the code of Google advertising through this four-hour clinic than any other single book, e-book, seminar or event. I've met web entrepreneurs literally from DC to Dubai who have used this information to transform their businesses and acquire new customers with greater ease than ever before.

The key to Jonathan's success is that he has truly mastered the art of Entrepreneurial Strategy, applying the concepts from Michael Gerber's E-Myth to work on his business instead of in it. And this is what he's going to teach you.

ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY

5 Steps To Take Your Income UP

About two thirds of America's millionaires still work though self employed.The types of businesses they own tend to be mundane such as welding,dry cleaning and yes cakehouses.Eight out of ten accumulated their riches themselves.To realise your own financial dreams walk these simple rules:

1.Live Below Your Means
Get off the spending treadmill especially conspicuous consumption.Many have come to realise that frugality is the first step back out of the red ink.Miser are survivors.

2. Launch A Savings Plan
Jumping off from a spending mindset, set aside a certain percentage into savings.Then invest them.There is always the possibility of an additional downturn or other emergency down the road.If a funding squeeze comes on this reserve is your first line of defence.

3. Take On Debt Sparingly
Don't get sucked into today's "gotta have it now" culture.Or be led to financial death by the notion that good times last forever.Up to two thirds of millionaires are debt free.

4. Start Your Own Business
Self employed people are four times more likely to be millionaires than people who work for others.Salaried workers are limited to what an employer will pay but savvy entrepreneurs grow their own business.

5. Make Yourself Stand Out
Decide what role you want to play in the marketplace.Which audience are you going for?What do you want to be known for?What does your character look like and sound like?Be your own casting director and step into the spotlight. Cast off from old ideas.Perhaps an online income is something you have never considered or thought of.It could be your single fortune maker!

Take Your Income UP!

Up Your Income ,

Cally Rao

Stop Feeling So Guilty!

Are you being too hard on yourself?Psychologists say the average person spends approximately two hours a day feeling guilty!And of that about forty five minutes are taken up by a severe dose of feeling guilt.Although guilt feelings are constructive yet a system that works for the better can also malfunction.If in response to your guilt feelings you have taken steps to make amends but the sense of guilt still persists you are probably suffering from false guilt which can slide away into self destruction.

So how can you get rid of guilt feelings? Experts agree it's much like pain.You don't sit there and grit your teeth till your dentures crumble - you do something about it.Here are four steps you can take to deal with your guilt feelings.

Make Amends:Unrelieved guilt can hole your immune system and expose you to illness.Old guilt can connect to your current situation and rattle you time and again.

Disable your 'guilt buttons':The people in your personal community can manipulate you into feelings of guilt.A martyred sigh from a friend can send a tide of guilt feelings washing over you. First identify what or where your guilt feelings are.What are you insecure about?Work?The kids?Your ability to give or give in to your friends?Next, who or what has the power to push those buttons.Decide you are the one who is going to control your life and so take steps and pre emptive measures to take power away from them or it.

Forgive yourself:You have done the best you could at the time.You have done the best you could about being a dad but you aren't superdad nor do you have to make yourself out to be.Let go of the past and press on onto new paths.Mend broken relationships or get back into contact with that old friend.Do something but don't wait for a glacial melt to move on.Forgive yourself.Expecting perfection of yourself is a no win situation.

An ancient remedy:There is an old Chinese tale that a woman once lost the lives of her husband and two sons in a day.Overwhelmed by grief she sat alone in ashes and sackcloth until it dawned on her she might be killing herself too.So she sought out an old seer friend.He told her the best cure he knew of is to go and 'find a mustard seed'.But she has to get that seed from a home or family where no tragedy has befallen.So she went into town and knocked on all doors that would open to her and as she sought her mustard seed she also heard tales of woe and tragedy from each family.As she saw the streams of tears and broken hearts she changed around to being a comforter and forgot her own grief.

Behaviourists say that a practical way to overcome some of life's hang ups is to channel your grief or anger or guilt feelings into a new endeavour.As you populate that goal with all your energies, time and talent you'll soon overwhelm the guilt gremlins that are out to do you in.

Stop Feeling So Guilty!

Vanquish Your Fears!

Cally Rao

Can You Make Money With A Blog ?

With the economy howling the way it is , fear and anguish are rampant. It's one reason why people are increasingly retreating into the world of online marketing . Another is the fatigue from rejection from job searches. One other hound is the tremendous amount of buzz about making money from blogging .But is blogging THE tool for your online web prescence or financial goals ? When you launch your own blog there is of course hardly any barrier .Everyone and anyone can do it. A lot of blog content are based on activities or interests pursued by individuals for pleasure and not primarily to generate income . It may surprise you to know that a blog post today becomes a two week old throwaway newspaper in two days! People reading blog posts often come into or go away with the impression that they are listening in on a conversation or rant rather than reading the writings of a trained , knowledged professional . However thematic blogs , such as , say on credit repair or finance sometimes build good followings. Yet content needs to be refreshed often , otherwise traffic just languishes to death. So is the blogging model to launch an online income flawed ? Generally there is tremendous silence as to and if whether blogging brings home the money. Before you drift into using blogging software to build your primary web prescence you may want to seriously look at whether it lacks or meets what an entrepreneur needs to make money on line.It's your onus to check the details.

Blog Or Build ?

To your success ,

Cally Rao

MAKE A Difference !

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why [ Bernard Baruch] . Life was meant to be lived ,so don't just sit by the fireside and turn spectator,watching life happen to others or on the screen.Moving onto ever fresh horizons and seeking new perches , seize life! An abundant life doesn't just happen! When he was 18 he bought his first truck. Six years later as he waited impatiently for his trucks contents to be loaded onto a ship in New Jersey , he thought there must be a way to lift the trailer right onto the vessel and save huge labour and time costs. Over two decades as he built his trucking services into one of the largest freight fleets , the idea stayed with him. In 1955 he bought a small tanker company and adapted it's ships to carry cargo in large uniform metal containers. In 1956 he launched his first container ship from off a point close to the pier where Malcolm Maclean had had his brainstorm. A decade later Maclean went international and his containerized shipping changed world trade! If you have your own product or are into services you must learn how to use marketing , advertising and the web to assist your sales efforts. Great marketing always includes an eleventh spice - your intuition and nose to smell out a deal. Are you going to play to win? Or continue trudging the mill? The changes on the web, in your business, and in your market, will only accelerate and take off... and unless you ride the surf you'll be sitting on the beach ..just munching cookies!

To your future ,

Make A Difference

Cally Rao