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Do You Suffer
From Alibi-itis
I’ve been getting a lot of email this week from
people asking about the class I’m offering. Some
of that email is disturbing. Not the questions
asking specifics about the class, that’s normal.
These are
emails from people that are close to giving up.
They feel they don’t have the talent, special
skills or some other magic ingredient they need
for success. In one letter, the writer mentioned
that it’s easy for guys like Joe Vitale because
he’s just naturally talented.
And to that I
say, “Bull----“. That’s just an excuse for
not trying.
Given all the
negative messages we’re bombarded with on a
daily basis from well-meaning friends and
relatives, I shouldn’t be surprised when I get
emails like this. You know what I’m talking
about. They act like you’re crazy for trying to
make a living online.
“When are
you going to give up all this Internet nonsense,
Don’t you realize that this is all just a scam?”
Or...
“Those
Internet ‘Gurus’ are Just Out to Pick Your
Pockets While Selling You a Fairy Tale”
If you’re
hearing things like that on a regular basis, you
have my sympathy. I know exactly how you feel. I
love my family but I had to move to another city
to get away from that kind of negativity.
Sometimes
that’s what it takes. And sometimes, you have to
lose a few friends along the way, too. Because
life is too short to waste on ‘the glass is
half-empty” people.
That’s ok,
you’ll make new friends; friends with better
attitudes. Friends you can count on to be
supportive. Friends that want to join you for
the ride.
The first
place to start is with a Mastermind group.
This is the type of group Napoleon Hill refers
to in the classic book, “Think & Grow Rich”. A
mastermind, by Hill’s definition, is a
“coordination of knowledge and effort, in a
spirit of harmony, between two or more people
for the attainment of a definite purpose.”
In 1994, when
I was in Houston, I formed my first mastermind
group. At the time, my goal was to return to
touring with recording artists as a road
manager. My friend Max wanted to get his band
signed to a recording contract. Pat O’Bryan
wanted to leave Houston and open a recording
studio in the Texas hill country.
Within one
year of forming that group, Max’s band, The
Hunger, was the first act signed to Universal
Records. That year, they opened for Kiss on
their farewell tour in cities across the Midwest
and had a hit single.
Pat O’Bryan
left Houston and opened his studio in a town
called Wimberley, a beautiful town (which I now
call home) in Central Texas. And I went on to
manage Glenn Hughes from the band Deep Purple.
For the next three years, I produced three
albums and toured the world several times. I
credit our Mastermind group for much of our
individual success.
Today I have
an internet marketing mastermind group. There
are ten of us in the group and we meet weekly at
a local restaurant’s private dining room for
about three hours.
Pat O’Bryan
is in my group again. Except he’s an Internet
marketer now. Less than a year ago, he was
playing local bars for meal money biding his
time for when he tours Europe once a year. This
year, he’s released at least a dozen new
products and is well on his way to earning
$100,000 in his first year online. You can
see his latest product here.
Cindy Cashman
is a best-selling author and has self-published
and marketed ten of her own books. Cindy is an
outstanding athlete. When she was young, she was
so focused on athletics that she suffered in
other areas of her life. At the age of 21, she
tested only at the third grade reading level.
An accident
left her housebound in a neck support for 6
months and only then did she focus on learning
how to read and write. And yet, I’m sure
somewhere out there are people that say she’s a
successful writer because she’s a natural at it.
20 years ago,
Joe Vitale was driving a truck or an oil company
in Houston. He certainly wasn’t a natural talent
and he wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his
mount. It wasn’t that long ago that he was
living in a cheap apartment and scrounging
around for food. He’d never driven anything but
junk cars because he couldn’t qualify for a
loan.
Today, he’s
the author of several bestsellers. Just last
month, he generated over $450,000 in a few days
with one of his products. And natural talent had
nothing to do with it.
For all three
of these folks, just like the rest of our group,
it’s all about attitude. If you think talent is
the #1 requirement for success, think again.
Do you
consider Britney Spears to be the most talented
singer around? Of course not, yet she’s a
household name around the world. Before he
became governor of California, Arnold
Schwarzenegger was one of the highest paid
actors in the world. Do you think this is due to
his natural acting skills? Hardly; try attitude
and determination.
And don’t try
to go it alone. Form your own mastermind group.
If possible,
form a group where you can meet in person once a
week. If you can’t find the right people, hit
the forums and discussion groups online and find
people willing to meet weekly in a chat room or
on a conference call.
I’ve been
fortunate enough to have some fairly well-known
marketers in my group. If you can do that, too,
great, but it’s not essential. Instead, focus on
finding people with a good attitude and that
won’t give up easily.
Try as hard
as you can to avoid any negative people. They
can be like a cancer and destroy your group. Try
to sit down and talk with people before inviting
them to join. Accept new members on a trial
basis to ensure you get a good group. My group
is probably a little larger than you want to
shoot for. 5-6 is ideal.
A Mastermind
group is your first line of defense against the
negativity out there. It’s also a great way to
find joint venture partners, swap resources,
bounce new ideas around and much more.
Forming a
mastermind group is probably the single most
significant thing you can do for your business.
I highly recommend starting one.
I want to
close with something I once heard from Dan
Kennedy. “No one who is good at making
excuses is also good at making money. The skills
are mutually exclusive."
By the way,
last Friday afternoon, I hit paydirt. I found
the exact car I wanted and it's in great
condition. And I have you to thank for it.
Especially those of you that signed up for the
class. If you'd like to see it, click here:
http://www.ecommerceconfidential.com/88560SEL.jpg
That's it for now. See you next Friday.
Have a great weekend!
All the best,
Bill Hibbler
http://www.EcommerceConfidential.com
http://www.MasterSiteReviewer.com
http://www.RudlReport.com
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