While we continue to rail against the injustices we are experiencing in our lives we continue to perpetuate these circumstances and events. However, the Law of Attraction holds the promise that we can change, ANYTHING... and at anytime we choose to make these changes.
It works like this...
Everything that occurs in your life is interpreted BY YOU. You add the meaning to it. You add the emotional response to it. In fact, you add EVERYTHING to it.
It is your own thoughts that literally take the energy "data" and transpose it into your reality. Whatever it is that you consider to be "real" is nothing more than an agreement that you've made with yourself (and no doubt many others in some cases) about what constitutes "reality" for you. In effect you've created your very own trance state, and then agreed to live in it!
This is how your your reality has been shaped. This is how you have learned what is possible, and what is "impossible", and (guess what) we all do this as long as we remain unconscious to this idea of personal responsibility for the events in our lives.
This is the important part. Most of what we have learned in life (the stuff that we think is real) we have learned from OTHER PEOPLE. However, the effects of this are profound, because (guess what) these other people (usually our family and friends) all have their OWN limiting belief systems, which is the stuff they ALSO consider to be "real".
Can you see how insane that approach to life could get? Can you see how the law of attraction may work negatively for you?
"So," I hear you ask, "Can these reality changes happen fast?"
Well, yes and no. Ultimately the speed at which change occurs depends on how much negativity you've been living with in your own life, to date.
It's time to Wake Up!
The Law of Attraction - being a principle of this grand schema - is energy in flow. Everything in the Universe is composed of energy, including us Humans. Even our thoughts are composed of energy. It's through energy that everything in the Universe is connected.
Look around you. The trees, rocks, birds animals, the air you breath, the planets spinning around in their ordered "chaos" etc. All of this was created without stress and zero effort on your part. None of this creation involved your over-analysis, nor any effort by you. All of this creation and re-creation happens automatically, and effortlessly.
This universal law of attraction continually creates abundance and wealth for us all.
Here is the remarkable part. You ARE a part of this Universe and through the power of thought you too have the same creative power that manifests everything that you see.
The only thing that limits your own creation potential is your own belief system! Whatever you believe to be so, you are proven to be right! How just is that?
So, to get fast results the FIRST thing you have to do is put aside your own disbelief, focus on what you want, and (most important) be grateful for what you already have.
These are the keys to your manifestation success here, using the Law of Attraction. Yes, you too can create abundance in your life once you understand how to utilize the Law of Attraction.
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Obviously, the Internet is useless to you if you don't have equipment that is functioning correctly. If you plan on making money with Internet marketing, you need equipment that is in top shape. If you lose access to the Internet because your computer broke down, then you're losing valuable time and money.
One of the best things you can do to keep your hardware in excellent condition is to make sure that it is being properly cooled. Overheating destroys your computer's parts over time. In the short term, this can mean crashes, lock-ups or programs that hang. In the long term, it can mean physical melting or burning of your hardware.
All computers require some manner of cooling method, usually in the form of fans, though water-cooling systems are also available. Desktop PCs usually have multiple fans built into their cases, and you can easily add more fans to your case with a few snips of some wires and some tape. Making sure your desktop PC's components are well-spaced inside the case will also help ensure that it stays cool.
Laptops are a different story, however - they are much smaller than a desktop PC's case ia and there is a huge difference in the amount of space that its components have to breathe in. Laptops can overheat easily, due to the location of the cooling mechanisms. Resting your laptop on your lap, for example, can block the fans from doing their work, causing overheating to occur. This can also cause injury to your legs if you are not careful. Even letting a laptop rest on a desk or table for extended periods of time can lead to overheating.
Obviously, you can't conveniently install extra fans on a laptop. There's just no room inside a laptop's case. But what do you do if your laptop is running too hot and you can't install an extra fan?
The answer? Get a cooling bed.
A cooling bed is an external component that acts as a base for your laptop to sit on, whether you're holding it in your lap or on top of your desk. The bed protects your computer from harm when it comes to overheating, and it also protects your lap and furniture.They are relatively inexpensive, especially when you consider what it would cost to replace a burnt laptop. Cooling beds generally start off in price at about 12 to 15 dollars and go up from there.
There are many different types of cooling beds to choose from, and the price will correspond to the features you want the cooling bed to have. You can buy kinds that are just plastic or metal stands that allow air to circulate underneath your laptop more efficiently.
Your best bet, though, is to purchase a cooling bed that contains fans. This type of bed is usually USB-powered, meaning you only need to plug it into one of your laptop's available USB ports. Some models include a pass-through, so you're not losing a much-needed USB port. Others include several more built-in USB ports, allowing the cooling bed to do double-duty as a hub and a cooling system.
So, what should you look for in a cooling bed?
First, price - while there are many inexpensive models available, they are often not reliable. Construction may be poor and you don't want to pay for something that is just going to break in a month.
Second, materials - do not purchase a cooling bed that is entirely made of plastic. The plastic will not be strong enough to consistently withstand the heat your laptop generates and will break sooner than you think. Instead, look for a cooling bed with an aluminum top. The rest of the bed can, and probably will, be plastic, but the top is what's important, since it's what comes into direct contact with your laptop.
Third, fans - You should have at least two fans in the cooling bed. Some models offer three fans, but you don't want less than 2. Make sure the fans are ball-bearing based, as fans with ball bearings last longer than other types.
You might also want to consider the noise-factor. Some fans can be very noisy, and if loud fans make you feel like you're trapped in a wind tunnel, you are going to want something that is quiet. Compare the decibel listing on the product specs to find the quietest one, if noise is going to be an issue for you.
Those are the basic things to look for when shopping for an effective cooling bed for your laptop. These items are especially handy in the hot summer months when everything is limping along due to the heat - and it's even worse for your laptop, since it has to contend with the climate as well as the heat it generates just doing its job.
My personal cooling bed is an Antec NoteBook Cooler that was purchased at Staples for $39.99USD.
If you want a little more bang for your buck, you can consider a model like the Vantec LapCool, which includes built in USB ports.
So, in closing, remember: having equipment that is running in peak condition is essential to the success of your online (and offline) business. Not taking special care with your hardware will come back to haunt you when it unexpectedly gives up the ghost.
We're in between holidays now, so this is the best time for me to give you the following tip:
As you start getting into the holiday season, and when occasions are coming up like Mother's Day, Father's Day and Valentine's Day, one thing that the MSN Homepage is really good at is letting you know weeks in advance what the hot products and hot gift items are going to be.
You can check out those items, and if one seems like it's a really good product, you can go to some of the affiliate programs that are out there and see if they offer those particular products. Or you can just search and find one and see if you can present that to your particular list if you plan on giving a gift.
This could be generic. It doesn't even have to be ‘nichified’ because regardless of what niche you're in, people have mothers and there's going to be Mother's Day every year. People celebrate Christmas and Channukah. People celebrate birthdays and Father's Day and different holidays throughout the year by giving gifts.
You can recommend particular gifts to them based on information you have gotten regarding what the hot items and great gifts are for the holiday. Pass that information on to your list, or those that you're in contact with, and have a convenient affiliate link for them if they're interested in giving some of those gifts. They could just follow that link to a site, and if they decide to go ahead and purchase it, then bam, you get some affiliate credit for it.
Simple as that.
We all know reading is important. We know that it is one of the key elements to learning, and I bet you've got a stack or four of books related to your particular niche, market and business lying around in your office even as we speak, right? Makes sense. If you want to excel in real estate, you will read books on real estate. If you want to excel in book publishing, you'll read books on that.
But here's an important tip that I take advantage of regularly:
Include books in your library that will help you expand your knowledge in other areas OTHER THAN those involved in your work. Don't just read books on real estate. Don't just read books on book publishing.
I like to read books on different markets. For example, I have in my library a book called, Making Dough: The 12 Secret Ingredients of Krispy Kreme's Sweet Success. This book is the whole story of how Krispy Kreme was started, and it's fascinating. There are many different lessons to learn from that book, even though I obviously don't sell doughnuts for a living.
Another good book is Minding The Store. It’s about Stanley Marcus and how Neiman Marcus began and grew. I mean, those are huge internationally recognized and esteemed department stores. I have books from different markets, and I suggest my students do the same.
So, if you just go into your local bookstore, or to Amazon and type in the phrase that relates to your industry, you will see how many different books come up. That demonstrates how much more you can actually learn about your own market.
If you find yourself saying, "Well, I want to make more money. I want to be able to expand myself. I want to be able to grow my business," then you need to go out there and see that there are literally thousands of books that pertain specifically to your industry.
But if you ask yourself, “Why is it I’m not growing? Why is it I’m not expanding? Why aren't I able to be as creative as I could be, or as other people are?” If you are asking yourself those questions, like the name of that book, Why Didn't I Think of That? , the reason why could be because you're not expanding your mind in one of the simplest and most ordinary and dynamic ways: reading. And not reading just in your own specific niche - reading everything you can get your hands on that might help you with your own business. Reading to comprehend, taking notes, reviewing notes, and then actually applying your new information to your own business – that’s what’s missing.
Some of our students have been curious about an average day in the life of Stephen Pierce, so here it is:
After I do all of my morning rituals, I open up Internet Explorer and then http://www.msn.com appears as my pre-set homepage on one of my computers. The thing is, if you go to MSN, you get a wealth of information, so much more than just the daily headline news. MSN gives you really simple things that are important, such as Top Searches, and similar categories.
There's a section on the home page called Popular Searches. It tells you what the top five search movers are, and then it has Suggested Searches. It lets you know what the current special offers are, and here’s why I like the special offers section. If it’s available and for sale on the MSN Web site, then people are making money from it; either it's MSN or somebody else who was buying that particular space. So when you see things titled, “How To Get a Degree” or “Great Deals on Autos,” and things like that, I pursue or at least evaluate those things.
I remember one article on msn.com that was about the popularity of renting video games online. Similarly, Netflix allows you to rent movies online, they mail them to you and you mail them back. So they were talking about much more popular it has become to rent video games online than to go into the Blockbuster or Hollywood Video in the neighborhood to rent their video games, but to rent the video games online.
Hmmmmm. That’s interesting!
So, I looked at that and thought, "That's interesting." So I clicked on the link, and the company sponsoring it was one of the big companies in the video rental business and actually had an affiliate program. So, I bookmarked that affiliate program in this special folder I had set up, and then I did some keyword research on it. The keyword research turned up some decent searches, not just for people looking for video games but looking for very specific processes with video games, as far as rentals and other topics.
I actually started creating some Web pages on that. Now those pages generate passive revenue with people going to the site that we found and signed up for their affiliate program, and all we did was create a landing page – a Web site - using words that we identified as keywords. It's not a main market of ours, but it just ends up putting an additional small profit stream into the business, and that just comes from going to MSN.com.
What you should do is go to http://www.msn.com and look under Shop and look at what's cool and popular, compare different deals, and check out the kind of products that are being advertised and marketed on that Web site. Look at the Feature Deals. Look at the Spotlight section. Look at what's going on under the Entertainment sections and others. But especially take a good look at what the top five search movers are and see how any of those specific things may apply to your business.
I would like to talk about magazine subscriptions, but not only about what magazines you like and why people should subscribe to many magazines. I think we must receive probably over 30 magazines a month, but it's how to read magazines that matters.
Reading magazines is different than reading a book. In fact, reading a technical book on marketing is completely different than reading a novel. You would scan a marketing book or a technical book to get a bird's eye overview of the book. You wouldn't necessarily do that with a novel, because you don't want to know parts of what happens in the story before other parts. But with magazines, you do neither.
Look at the front of the magazine, then go to the table contents and find out what's in the magazine that may be of interest. Quickly scan through the magazine, through those pages that are going to be of interest, bypassing all of the advertising and things that will be just a waste of time, and go directly to the interesting information and start reading.
You can scan it. You can speed-read it if you're into that, or you can read it a little slower for comprehension. But read it as quickly as you’re comfortable. When something stands out, like an important idea or an ‘ah-ha’ moment, or something that seems like, “Wow, I can use that,” then highlight or rip that page out. And if you highlight and you earmark that page, then go back to it and handle it at a designated time. If you pull it out, which I sometimes do, then throw the rest of the magazine away when you're finished, and then put that page in the stack that you're going to go back to, to extract the information. Here’s where you may make notes on one of those index cards we talked about earlier.
And then you just quickly move through your magazines and not necessarily allow let them to stack up and stack up and stack up. I do that whether it's a home theatre magazine and I'm trying to find some cool equipment that I can probably persuade my wife Alicia to allow us to buy, or it has to do with trading magazines, or it has to do with Forbes magazine, Fortune Magazine, Robb Report magazine that I receive. Regardless of the magazines that come in, and we do get a ton of different magazines, I'll stack them up, and then I'll have my moment where I'm basically sitting over the trash can in my chair, and this is time to spot, scan, read and dump. That's it.
And that's a way to get a whole bunch of information out of very valuable magazines without feeling as if, "Oh gosh, I don't have time to read a magazine. I’ve got other books to read," or "I’ve I got this to do."
Many people who get magazines collect them. Others throw them away saying, "Why did I subscribe to this?" Some want to read a magazine and get frustrated because they didn't read current issue, and now the next issue is in. It doesn't have to be that way. There's a huge amount of great information in those magazines that's just screaming out for you to read it, so just take the time as I’ve suggested.
In an issue of Business 2.0 was an article about a woman who took the regular cowboy boot and, knowing sneakers were very big for running and exercise, added an insert to cowboy boots, making them cushiony and comfortable like sneakers. Now that kind of thinking was worth the price of admission!
XL magazine covered the check presentation for our Feed The Children fundraiser last month. Pretty cool, huh?
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Thanks, XL! And thanks again to all of you out there that helped make the fundraiser such a roaring success!
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