my real life heroes

I have found my real-life heroes and role models.

If you had asked me a few months ago, or even a few years ago, who my heroes were, or who my role models were, I would have had a hard time coming up with anyone.

Not anymore.

During our journey into learning internet marketing, in particular where it regards Information Products, we have come across some really great people and teachers in this category. My new role models.

Not only do these guys make a lot of money online, doing what they love, but they do it in a way that brings extraordinary value to the lives of the people they interact with, especially their customers! These guys have figured out how to have the life they want, while enriching the lives around them and inspiring other people to also have the lives they want.

Fantastic!

Who better to learn from than someone like this?

And so I am on a quest to learn whatever I possibly can from these guys. We downloaded Eben Pagan's Get Altitude training course the other day and have started into that. It really twists your thinking when it comes to marketing and how to do business!

For example, instead of choosing a product or service you want to sell, why not find out what your customer's needs, wants, etc are and then create a product that meets those needs!

Not the typical way of doing things - but certainly a better way!

i used to make myself laugh, memoirs of an extinct childhood

We were the only girls in a family of three. Then it turned into a family of four..... five..... six..... And we were still the only girls until number 7. We were best friends. Even the cousins we hung out with were all boys. You were my best friend before I knew what a friend was!

You knew about my first boyfriend before anyone else - and you even knew about the "wished-for" boyfriends! You know things about me that I hope you will never tell. But that's what makes us sisters.

Since we were the only girls, we always shared a room. I guess at that age, you don't really need your privacy, and frankly, a best friend can be more beneficial than your independence then.

I told you almost all my secrets. There are still a couple that I hold dear. But no one else ever knew more! Ahhh, those were the days!

My fondest memory of sharing a room with my best friend, are those of making myself laugh. We made up nicknames for each other, and then we would audibly role-play these really silly scenarios for these "characters" with the nicknames. Oh, you know, like every kid does! (I miss those days of being a kid!)

Ahhh, Dan, I miss those days! Everything was sooooo simple!

And we would make ourselves laugh. It was funny of course... But you start chuckling at the funny part, and then you pretend that it is juuuuust a bit funnier than it actually is... and then pretend jjjjuuuuuusssttt a little more........

I did it tonight, actually.... It was pretty funny, what was said - or at least what I thought about what was said was funny..... But I pretended that it was juuuust a bit funnier than it really was.... and I felt it again... I laughed until I cried. I had tears running out of both eyes. Yes, it was that funny!


And I am now left reminiscing.

If my childhood, as foreign as it may now seem, held that much simple, pure enjoyment, what will the rest of my life hold, now that I have realized that life is all about stopping to smell the roses?

Adventures of the Online Kind

Sadly, I have neglected my personal blog for months in favor of other online ventures. Somehow, I need to train myself to do both, to take the time to do those things that I do just because I want to, not because they might make me money, or allow me to go away for the winter... ;)

I am rather busy. It's good to have lots to do, but I am anxiously awaiting the day when I can quit my day job, quit working for someone else, and really have all of my time to do the things that I really want to do and am really passionate about. That day is coming soon, and I get more and more excited about it as it approaches!

Jon and I sat down and watched a fantastic video last night. It's a series that Tony Robbins is doing, called The Money Master Series. He is interviewing 12 people who are making serious money online - and finding out how they are doing it. We watched the first one last night and it was not only inspirational, it took my thinking to a whole different level. It really made it more real for me and made me really think, Hey, I can do this stuff! I can be successful online, and I can be financially free and live the life that I really want!

It made the people who are already doing that so real - they are just every day folk like you and me. The only difference, is that they took control of their lives and made them what they want. They didn't give up when things got tough - they relentlessly pursued what they really wanted.

Huh. Interesting. Every day guys, just like me - and if they can do it, then there is absolutely no reason why I cannot do it!

Yes, I am inspired and excited! :) Anyone care to join me on this journey? We're building our Mastermind Group...