Your First and Most Important New Year’s Resolution

“There is no achievement without goals.” – Robert J. Mckain

Every year, we make 10 New Year’s resolutions — one each weekday for two weeks. The idea is that by spreading out our promises over two weeks, instead of making them all on New Year’s Day (the way most people do), we will take the time to really think about what we want to accomplish over the next 12 months.

This year, like last year, your first and most important step is to identify one significant goal in each of the four most important areas of your life:

1. Your health (without which most of the others don’t matter)

2. Your wealth (which is undeniably important — so treat it as such)

3. Your personal self (your hobbies and interests)

4. Your social self (your friends, family, and community)

Make each of your four goals significant yet specific. To do so may require setting several subordinate objectives. For example, “Being in better shape” is a significant goal, but it is not specific. “Being able to run a seven-minute mile” is specific, yet it may not seem significant to you.

Here’s my goal for health: To continue to modify my diet to help bring my blood pressure back to normal range (120/80) without the use of medication. 

Your health goal might be fitness oriented, such as: To become measurably stronger, leaner, more flexible, and to have greater endurance. Specifically, that would mean adding three pounds of muscle to your body, taking off four pounds of fat, being able to do a proper Sun Salutation in yoga, and running a mile in seven minutes.

You see how it works?

For the financial part of your life, your goals will probably be more ambitious than mine. My goal is to “stick with my seven-year financial independence plan.” That plan was set three years ago. All I have to do next year is get, overall, a 8% return on my investments and earn enough to live on. I’m probably going to do better than that. But I’m not going to think about it too much. For now, for me, health and personal goals are more important than my financial goals. For you, it might be different.

Your job today is to set these four big goals. To set them and commit to them.

The year 2016 can be the healthiest, wealthiest, and wisest year of your life. It starts today. Set your goals.$

[Do you know how Facebook and Google became the most powerful companies in the world?

It’s NOT helping you share pics of last night’s dinner...
It’s NOT searching for drunken cat videos…

And it’s DEFINITELY NOT about free Gmail accounts.
 

The simple truth is Facebook and Google SELL TRAFFIC.

They SELL TRAFFIC to business owners, and that advertising revenue alone has turned them into billion dollar companies.
 

Traffic is the most valuable commodity on the Internet, and that will never change.
 

This is why using the Traffic Authority business system is the ultimate way to make extra income in your business…

Click here to watch the video and start your own premium traffic business today!]

The Richest Man in Babylon: Perpetual Income

Babylon was reputed to be the wealthiest city of the ancient world. Not just in terms of its ruling class, but also among a large population of merchants and professionals and farmers who lived in beautiful homes, enjoyed produce from their own gardens, and were able to comfortably retire well before they were too old to work.

So says George S. Clason in his 1955 best seller, “The Richest Man in Babylon”. It’s not a serious book, but it’s an amusing read if you have a taste for success parables. It’s also a reminder of the wealth-building principles in the tradition of Ben Franklin that we hold to in Seven Years to Seven Figures.

The story begins with Bansir, “sitting upon the low wall surrounding his property, gazing sadly at his simple home and the open workshop in which stood a partially completed chariot.”

Kobbi, a friend and musician, stops by to borrow two shekels.

“If I had two shekels,” Bansir replies gloomily, “to no one could I lend them — not even to you, my best of friends; for they would be my fortune. No one lends his entire fortune, not even to a best friend.”

Floored by the thought that the two of them haven’t got two shekels between them, the old friends begin to speculate on the disparity of wealth in Babylon, even among free men, and cannot understand why they, who have worked so hard for so many years, are still so poor.

They decide to consult with Arkad, who is said to be the richest man in Babylon.

“So rich the king is said to seek his golden aid in affairs of the treasury,” Kobbi says.

“So rich,” Bansir interrupts, “that I fear if I should meet him in the darkness of the night, I should lay my hands upon his fat wallet.”

“Nonsense,” says Kobbi. “A man’s wealth is not in the purse he carries. A fat purse quickly empties if there be no golden stream to refill it. Arkad has an income that constantly keeps his purse full, no matter how liberally he spends.”

“Income — that is the thing,” exclaims Bansir. “I wish an income that will keep flowing into my purse whether I sit upon the wall or travel to far lands.”

And with that goal in mind, the two old friends go to seek the wisdom of Arkad.

Thus ends the first chapter of “The Richest Man in Babylon,” with Basir coming to an important understanding: “The reason why we have never found any measure of wealth,” he says, “is because we never sought it.”

When it comes to wealth, the two most common mistakes people make are:

1. Believing that if they want it badly enough they’ll one day get it.

2. Believing that working harder and longer than their neighbor will achieve it.

I am involved in three personal wealth-building projects. In each case, I’m working with an intelligent, energetic, and serious person who has spent 20 or more years working long hours, enduring great stress, and making enormous sacrifices. All three of these people have arrived at middle-age with very little to show for it. Some memories, some good stories . . . but virtually nothing in the bank.

One has been an executive for non-profit organizations all her life. Another has owned and run his own business. A third has spent 25 years trying to get an import-export business going. All three are extremely smart, hard-working, and at least as ambitious as I am.

So why aren’t they rich?

Simply this: They have not sought wealth in the sense that Bansir describes it. They have not directed their working lives according to a proven, practiced method of wealth building.

In pursuit of wealth, most people make foolish mistakes — simple mistakes that add up to a lifetime of disappointment and, ultimately, failure.

Becoming good at producing wealth is no different from becoming good at any other complex skill — singing, acting, surgery, etc. You must develop specific, individual skills. By practicing these specific skills, you become better at them. As you pair one skill with another, new strengths emerge. Gradually, you change from being a hardworking person who cannot seem to save money to a wealth-creating dynamo.

It’s all about habits — developing specific little habits. Each one is not difficult to master. But each one must be studied, learned, and practiced.

It takes 1,000 hours to master painting, dancing, or gymnastics. It takes no more time to master the skill of building wealth.

I know you can do, it because I did it. For the first half of my life I worked like a madman, helping other people get rich. But it was not until I stopped to figure out how I could actually acquire wealth and made that acquisition plan a formal part of my life that things changed for me. You too can start to become wealthy by coming up with a plan that will make it happen.$

[Do you know how Facebook and Google became the most powerful companies in the world?

It’s NOT helping you share pics of last night’s dinner...
It’s NOT searching for drunken cat videos…

And it’s DEFINITELY NOT about free Gmail accounts.
 

The simple truth is Facebook and Google SELL TRAFFIC.

They SELL TRAFFIC to business owners, and that advertising revenue alone has turned them into billion dollar companies.
 

Traffic is the most valuable commodity on the Internet, and that will never change.
 

This is why using the Traffic Authority business system is the ultimate way to make extra income in your business…

Click here to watch the video and start your own premium traffic business today!]

Seven Years to Seven Figures: How Much Are You Worth?

“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A French woman, upon seeing Picasso in a Parisian restaurant, approached the great master and insisted that he put down his coffee and make a quick sketch of her. Graciously, Picasso obliged. When he was done, she took the drawing, put it in her handbag, and then pulled out her billfold.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked.

“5,000” was Picasso’s reply.

“$5,000? But it took you only three minutes!” she exclaimed.

“No,” Picasso answered. “It took me all my life.”

That’s how I feel about the work I do. My skills — as a marketer and small-business builder — are very valuable. If you want me to help you sell your products or grow your business, you can expect to pay me at least $2,000 an hour. And that’s only if I have the time … the work time … left in my schedule. If you want me to work evenings or weekends … or during my vacation … how much would it cost you to take up my personal time? You don’t want to ask.

Now, let’s talk about you.

If you are making $10 or $20 or even $50 an hour now, you are not practicing a financially valuable skill. I’ve told you how to solve that problem. And I’ve given you plenty of ideas about what kinds of skills bring in the big bucks (and where to go to learn them).

But let’s go back and review the whole process right now.

First, let’s talk about how to figure out what you are worth. Previously, I told you how to figure out how valuable your time is: Take your yearly income and divide it by 50 weeks and then by 40 hours.

Now you know your dollar value per hour — today. If that number is less than $50 or less than you want it to be, go back and reread past my past messages on (1) learning a financially valuable skill and (2) creating a second, part-time income.

The next thing you have to do … and you need to start this now … is make yourself as valuable as you can be at your present job. By delegating tasks that someone who is paid less than you are can do, you give yourself free time to focus on the really important, wealth-creating jobs that will propel your business forward and put you at the center of the action.

Today, I think we should apply this same formula — with a twist — to your non-working life.

In a nutshell: Figure your hourly value and then double it. From then on, make sure that every personal task you engage in is “worth” that amount of money to you.

Let’s say, for example, that you are currently worth $25 per hour. Your personal time would then be valued at $50 per hour. Let’s also say that you spend eight hours every weekend watching football on television. Ask yourself if you think the pleasure you get from watching football is worth $400 ($50 times eight hours) of your working time. If you feel it is, enjoy it. If it’s not, consider cutting down on the time you spend watching the boob tube. And when it comes to sitting down and spending time with the kids, do it as if you were a professional getting paid $50 an hour to do so.

We all have the same amount of hours in the day. How much you get paid for your hours of work and how much pleasure you get from the hours you don’t are both up to you.$

[Do you know how Facebook and Google became the most powerful companies in the world?

It’s NOT helping you share pics of last night’s dinner...
It’s NOT searching for drunken cat videos…

And it’s DEFINITELY NOT about free Gmail accounts.
 

The simple truth is Facebook and Google SELL TRAFFIC.

They SELL TRAFFIC to business owners, and that advertising revenue alone has turned them into billion dollar companies.
 

Traffic is the most valuable commodity on the Internet, and that will never change.
 

This is why using the Traffic Authority business system is the ultimate way to make extra income in your business…

Click here to watch the video and start your own premium traffic business today!]

Five Good Reasons to Own a “Vacation” Home

“Home is where the heart is and hence a movable feast.” – Angela Carter

There are at least five good reasons to buy a second home:

1. It can become your future retirement home. Buy it now and have it paid off in today’s cheap dollars. Years from now, when your friends and neighbors are struggling to buy a shack, you’ll have a dream home, completely upgraded, decorated, and paid for.

2. It is a great way to increase your wealth. For most Americans, the house they buy turns out to be their biggest asset when it comes time to assess their wealth. If your main house might someday make you worth, say, $500,000 …why not buy another one and make yourself a millionaire? (This is especially possible if you can have the cost of the second home covered by rentals.)

3. It can be a special gathering place for friends and relatives and provide a second sense of “where I belong” to your children. Second homes that are regularly used for vacations and holidays provide a unique and valuable contribution to the spiritual wealth of any family.

4. Passive real-estate ownership can help diversify your portfolio, increase your overall ROI (especially if you are a conservative investor like me), and provide a comforting level of financial security (something that is obviously needed given today’s market fluctuations).

5. If you buy right and manage it right, a second home can provide you with years and years of additional income.

These are the biggest and most obvious benefits. There are others too. My future home in Panama will give me an ongoing sense of relief from the daily pressures of business. If things ever get to be “too much,” I know I will be able to hop on a plane and, in a few short hours, be sipping rum cocktails on my patio overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This will be a psychological reward that benefits me almost every day of my life — even if I never have to “use” it that way.

It is also a place where I will be able got practice my Spanish and go to festivals, colorful parades and parties that I could never experience in the United States. My Panamanian home will offer me an entry into a second culture — and give me a chance to enjoy it in a way I could never do as a tourist.

It’s good to know too that the value of this home will be appreciating tax-free and out of the sight of virtually everyone.

Another advantage — the mortgage interest you pay when you finance the purchase of a second home is tax-deductible, provided that the property qualifies as a personal residence. You can deduct up to a combined total of $1 million in mortgage interest on your primary and second homes. A property is considered a personal residence if you use it more than 14 days a year.

Now … here’s what you need to know before you start looking for your second home:

* It may be more difficult to get a mortgage on a second home. And if you do, be prepared to pay more in points and a higher interest rate.

* Your second home needs to be maintained. This can get expensive. When you figure out the cost/income balance sheet, be sure to allow enough for maintenance. * Insurance can be more expensive too, especially if the home is not occupied for much of the year.

* Finally, you may grow tired of the second location but feel compelled to use it.

All these problems can be overcome if you observe these rules:

* Buy value. Select a home that is underpriced relative to the market. That way, if you should decide at some time in the future that you don’t want it you will be able to sell it quickly.

* Consider renting out the home for part of the year. Make sure it is the right size and in the right location to provide good and steady rental income. So long as you can get positive cash flow out of it, it will be a good investment for you.

* Be conservative. Resist the urge to overbuy. When it comes to a vacation home, keep in mind that you won’t be using it very much and therefore won’t need very much room — probably no more than two bedrooms. Get just enough so that the rental income you can get for it will exceed your expenses.

* Buy the most desirable location (from a vacationer’s point of view). To get a steady income from your second home, be sure the location is attractive to vacation renters. Renting a vacation home on a weekly basis is usually the most productive way of generating income.$

[Do you know how Facebook and Google became the most powerful companies in the world?

It’s NOT helping you share pics of last night’s dinner...
It’s NOT searching for drunken cat videos…

And it’s DEFINITELY NOT about free Gmail accounts.
 

The simple truth is Facebook and Google SELL TRAFFIC.

They SELL TRAFFIC to business owners, and that advertising revenue alone has turned them into billion dollar companies.
 

Traffic is the most valuable commodity on the Internet, and that will never change.
 

This is why using the Traffic Authority business system is the ultimate way to make extra income in your business…

Click here to watch the video and start your own premium traffic business today!]

How to Stay Motivated About Achieving Your Long-Term Goals

 

“The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes.” – John Ruskin

Your most important goals — becoming rich, famous, etc. — can take time to accomplish. Sometimes years and years. How do you stick with them? How do you avoid distractions? How do you keep yourself from losing interest?

There’s only one answer to all these questions: Learn to love the process.

The process is what you engage in while you are on your way. It consists of the steps you take on your journey. It includes the little breakthroughs, the small triumphs, and the pleasure of overcoming adversity.

I do that by breaking all my long-term goals into shorter-term objectives. I’ve broken down all my lifetime goals into five-year objectives, then into yearly, monthly, and weekly objectives, and finally into daily tasks.

Each completed effort is something I feel good about. Often, I reward myself with small psychological prizes. Usually, the reward is simply the gratification I feel when I check the task off my task list. Sometimes, I reward myself with a monetary reward — a hundred dollars here, a thousand dollars there.

Let’s say you want to save a certain sum of money every month but find you don’t get any pleasure out of doing it. In that case, what you could do is pay yourself off each time you achieve that goal … perhaps with a small sum of “fun” money that you can spend any way you want to.

If, for example, your savings goal is $3,000 a month, you might give yourself a $100 bonus. The money might go to buy a nice dinner or to pay for some toy — almost anything, so long as it feels like an “extra.”

I like to give myself a cash bonus. There’s something tangible about a $20 bill that I am still very fond of. I usually spend that reward on music downloads.

Think about a long-term goal you might apply this idea to. Make deciding what the reward should be part of the enjoyment.

Hint: It’s sometimes fun to let someone else — a partner, your spouse, or even your assistant — award the bonus. That way, it feels more like a pleasant surprise.$

[Do you know how Facebook and Google became the most powerful companies in the world?

It’s NOT helping you share pics of last night’s dinner...
It’s NOT searching for drunken cat videos…

And it’s DEFINITELY NOT about free Gmail accounts.
 

The simple truth is Facebook and Google SELL TRAFFIC.

They SELL TRAFFIC to business owners, and that advertising revenue alone has turned them into billion dollar companies.
 

Traffic is the most valuable commodity on the Internet, and that will never change.
 

This is why using the Traffic Authority business system is the ultimate way to make extra income in your business…

Click here to watch the video and start your own premium traffic business today!]

When Are You Going to Start? Tomorrow? Next Week?

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” – Don Marquis

If you asked me what the most common reason for failure is, I’d say procrastination.

Most of us know this. Yet, we often fail to recognize how often we make this mistake. Because we are busy with the everyday pressures of making a living and having a family, we feel it is only sensible to delay new projects until we have time “to do them well.”

As you can guess, I spend a lot of my professional and even my personal time encouraging people to carry out their ambitions. Almost every day, I am in a discussion with someone who tells me that she wants to accomplish something but admits that she hasn’t begun doing anything about it.

“I’m planning to get started as soon as I finish my master’s degree.”

Or …

“I’m going to begin next month, after I’ve finished filing my taxes.”

Or …

“I’m really eager to get started. First thing Monday morning …”

Procrastination is expressed in many ways and has many reasons, but it all means one thing: “I don’t want to start now.”

I have a 24-hour rule when it comes to getting things done. Whenever I come to the conclusion that I “have to” do something, I give myself 24 hours to take at least the first step toward getting it done.

I write it down on my daily task list. It’s highlighted in yellow. If it isn’t crossed out by the end of the day as “done,” I cancel all appointments for the following day and commit to doing nothing else.

I don’t take phone calls. I don’t read e-mail. I don’t allow people to come into my office for emergency visits. I come in early — extra early — and do nothing else but work on it.

Since I’ve been using this radical approach, I’ve been able to dramatically increase my personal productivity — and particularly in terms of goals that I have traditionally put off and put off.

By not allowing myself to procrastinate, I am doing many things I’ve always wanted to. I am healthier, wealthier, and wiser — and I wasn’t doing so badly to begin with.

Sometimes (and this honestly doesn’t happen too often), I get to my 24-hour deadline with nothing done — despite having set aside the time to get started. In those rare cases, I admit to myself that I’m emotionally incapable of accomplishing that goal. So I pull it off my list either permanently or for six months or a year, whatever feels right.

If you are putting off doing something important, it’s almost certainly because of fear. It helps to identify what exactly you are afraid of. Ask yourself, is it a fear of …

* failing?

* working hard?

* facing your ignorance?

Or could it be a fear of succeeding? I believe that some people procrastinate because they are actually content with their lives as they are and don’t really want them to change. They say they want to accomplish this or that because it seems like the right thing to do, but, in their heart of hearts, they actually don’t want anything to change (as it would if they succeeded).

I don’t know why my buddy is putting off doing his Jiu Jitsu, but I think he needs to figure out what he’s afraid of. If he can do that, we can have a productive conversation about it. We can figure out if his fear is founded and, if it is, how it can be overcome.

Take notice of the deadlines you are setting for yourself. If they are more than 24 hours away, beware. You just may be fooling yourself.$

[Do you know how Facebook and Google became the most powerful companies in the world?

It’s NOT helping you share pics of last night’s dinner...
It’s NOT searching for drunken cat videos…

And it’s DEFINITELY NOT about free Gmail accounts.
 

The simple truth is Facebook and Google SELL TRAFFIC.

They SELL TRAFFIC to business owners, and that advertising revenue alone has turned them into billion dollar companies.
 

Traffic is the most valuable commodity on the Internet, and that will never change.
 

This is why using the Traffic Authority business system is the ultimate way to make extra income in your business…

Click here to watch the video and start your own premium traffic business today!]

Develop Your Advertising Like A Blockbuster Movie

“Less is more.” – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

If you want to come up with breakthrough advertising ideas, it can help to practice a technique filmmakers use to develop blockbuster movies. The technique — which is applied to the movie’s essential idea — is called “high concept.” A movie has a high concept when its core idea is intriguing, powerful, and easy to understand.

Example: An asteroid the size of Texas is hurtling toward earth. “That’s high concept,” says James Bonnet, writing for The Writers Store e-zine. “Everyone knows exactly what that means. It arouses an emotional response, and, in just 10 words, everyone knows what the movie is about.”

The same thing could be said of a really good advertising campaign. It is built around a single, strong idea, one that is exciting, intriguing, and easy to understand.

Some copywriters and creative agencies prefer advertising that is more complex. For them, promotional ideas should be smart and eccentric or perhaps brilliant and unconventional. The thought that one of their campaigns could (or should) be reduced to a catchy phrase is disgraceful.

Yet, most of the best advertising is simple — and for a very good reason. For advertising to click, it has to appeal to what people are ALREADY thinking and feeling. The great advertising campaigns are those that “tip” a pre-existing social demand. This is true of all sorts of advertising — commercial, political, and cultural. Consider these cultural successes of the recent past:

* Power to the people!

* To each according to his needs; from each according to his ability.

* All you need is love.

The purpose of advertising is to stimulate buying — usually as much as possible in a given market. To create a flurry of interest in something, you have to say something that is easily understood. Yes, it has to be strong. Yes, it has to be intriguing. But most of all, it has to be understood.

When messages are simple, they travel fast. When they are complex, they get clogged up in the communications channel.

Back to the movie business …

Here’s how James Bonnet explains the way a typical high concept makes its way to the light:

“For example — in the ’70s, there was a very popular 90-minute TV show called ‘MacMillan and Wife,’ which starred Rock Hudson and Susan St. James. Steven Bochco, whom you’ve no doubt heard of because of shows like ‘NYPD Blue,’ was the story editor. Julie Epstein introduced me to Leonard Stern, the executive producer, who referred me to Bochco, who had never seen my work and had no idea what I could do. We had a meeting and discussed a couple of ideas, but nothing happened.

“Then one day, while I was in my kitchen making some coffee, a thought popped into my head — and on an impulse, I called Bochco.

“‘What’ve you got?’ he asked, after the usual amenities.

“‘Susan gets lost in the Bermuda Triangle.’

“‘I love it,’ he said. ‘I’ll get back to you.’

“Ten minutes later, he called me back and said: ‘I hope you can write. You’ve got a deal.’

“Now, as it turned out, Bochco had called the producer, who loved it and told Bochco to call their contact at NBC. Bochco called the contact, the contact called his superior and pitched it to him. Then the contact called Bochco back, and Bochco called me. All within less than 10 minutes. It was the highest-paying show on television, and at that moment ‘Susan gets lost in the Bermuda Triangle’ was the sum total of what I knew about that story idea.”

That’s what you want to happen with your advertising campaign. You want it to be instantly liked and passed on. To be instantly liked, something must be instantly understood. Ask yourself: “What is the high concept of my advertising campaign? Is it instantly intriguing? Instantly attractive? Instantly understandable?”

If it isn’t all of those things, you might want to test something that is truly high concept.

[Do you know how Facebook and Google became the most powerful companies in the world?

It’s NOT helping you share pics of last night’s dinner...
It’s NOT searching for drunken cat videos…

And it’s DEFINITELY NOT about free Gmail accounts.
 

The simple truth is Facebook and Google SELL TRAFFIC.

They SELL TRAFFIC to business owners, and that advertising revenue alone has turned them into billion dollar companies.
 

Traffic is the most valuable commodity on the Internet, and that will never change.
 

This is why using the Traffic Authority business system is the ultimate way to make extra income in your business…

Click here to watch the video and start your own premium traffic business today!]

Become A Millionaire By Investing Only A Dollar A Day

In “The One Minute Millionaire,” authors Hansen and Allen say there are two routes for climbing “Millionaire Mountain”: the long route and the short route. The long route is the safest and easiest. You can become a millionaire by simply investing a dollar a day (roughly $30 a month) over a period of time.

Here is how long it would take you to become a millionaire by investing a dollar a day:

* at 3% interest: 147 years

* at 5% interest: 100 years

* at 10% interest: 56 years

* at 15% interest: 40 years

* at 20% interest: 32 years

Thus, you can become a millionaire in your lifetime by finding investments that yield at least 10% annually and sticking with the investment program. Most people don’t want to wait that long. But most impatient people never get rich. The authors wisely advise that while following their get-rich-quicker scheme, you “take the long route at the same time” by putting aside an extra $50, $100, or even $500 a month toward your retirement. Who could argue with that? The secret to becoming a millionaire faster?

Invest more money and get a higher return on your investments. That’s basically right. I have covered both of these strategies numerous times in past messages. You can invest more money only if you have more money to invest — and having more money is a matter of making more and spending less.

In one of our first New Year’s resolutions for 2015, I asked you to get to work on increasing your income by taking steps to increase your salary. Are you making satisfactory progress? Regarding higher returns: We’ve talked about this too. You can and should try to get good returns on your stock and bond investments — but don’t get greedy and put a big chunk of your money into speculative investments. You’ll get burned. Instead, shoot for 10% in the stock market and whatever you can get with bonds.

Rely on real estate and your own side business to bring you the really big ROIs. How are you doing on these goals? Now is a good time to do a year-end progress report and get started on next year's plan. 2016 is right around the corner. Lets's great things!$

[Do you know how Facebook and Google became the most powerful companies in the world?

It’s NOT helping you share pics of last night’s dinner...
It’s NOT searching for drunken cat videos…

And it’s DEFINITELY NOT about free Gmail accounts.
 

The simple truth is Facebook and Google SELL TRAFFIC.

They SELL TRAFFIC to business owners, and that advertising revenue alone has turned them into billion dollar companies.
 

Traffic is the most valuable commodity on the Internet, and that will never change.
 

This is why using the Traffic Authority business system is the ultimate way to make extra income in your business…

Click here to watch the video and start your own premium traffic business today!]

The Fastest Way To Become A Millionaire

In “The One Minute Millionaire,” the authors tell us that you can get your first million faster (and surer) by following this simple three-step approach:

Step 1. Create a “millionaire mindset,” they say, by developing self-confidence and allowing your burning desire for wealth to grow. I’ve talked a lot about mind and attitude and how the mental process affects physical outcomes. There is no doubt that having a positive attitude is a positive thing. It makes you happier, calmer, and better able to push on when others quit.

But it’s very difficult — maybe impossible — to will yourself into positivity and confidence just by going through some mental exercises. Real confidence and real positivity come from knowing that you can deal with the outcome of any situation you are likely to find yourself in.

There’s only one way to have that kind of confidence: You have to have been successful in similar situations before. There is only one answer to every problem you have — whether it’s a technical problem, physical exhaustion, or fear. The answer is training.

Only by training (i.e., experiencing the challenge and overcoming it) will you find the solutions you are seeking. Be positive. If you are not naturally positive, or if you find yourself slipping into negativity, do try whatever mental games you want. But know that real confidence will come to you only when you have practiced your wealth-building skill over and over again. You will be truly confident that you can make money only when you have done it repeatedly.

Step 2. Form a team of people to help you. I’m a big believer in developing a team, but my take on it is this: You can’t get people to help you unless you are willing to help them first.

Every time you begin a new relationship, ask yourself two questions:

1. “What do I want from this relationship?”

2. “What can I give to it?” Unless you provide real value to the other person, you won’t be able to count on him to help you (in any serious way) when you need him most. By paying attention to the needs of others, you’ll be giving yourself the best chance that they will be helpful to you.

Step 3. Choose a proven “millionaire model” for wealth. According to Hansen and Allen, there are four major “models” for wealth building:

* business

* investments

* the Internet

* real estate

If you look at what I’ve had to say on the subject of wealth building in many past messages, you will see that I have a similar idea. (Not surprising. Most people who study wealth come up with the same group.) But I don’t see the Internet as meriting its own category. It’s a medium, just like television, radio, and so on.

The “one-minute” secret, Hanson and Allen say, is to take the first step: Allow yourself to become a millionaire by (1) deciding you want to be one and (2) imagining (visualizing) what your life would be like as one.

These two simple actions will create inside you a core desire that will fuel all the work you have to do later on. You can do both of them together in less than a minute. After that, the rest is easy. Well, I don’t know that I’d use the word “easy” — but if you haven’t given yourself permission to become wealthy, why not do so now?$

[Do you know how Facebook and Google became the most powerful companies in the world?

It’s NOT helping you share pics of last night’s dinner...
It’s NOT searching for drunken cat videos…

And it’s DEFINITELY NOT about free Gmail accounts.
 

The simple truth is Facebook and Google SELL TRAFFIC.

They SELL TRAFFIC to business owners, and that advertising revenue alone has turned them into billion dollar companies.
 

Traffic is the most valuable commodity on the Internet, and that will never change.
 

This is why using the Traffic Authority business system is the ultimate way to make extra income in your business…

Click here to watch the video and start your own premium traffic business today!]