I’m very excited about finally making a start at Internet Marketing. It’s been hard work over the last month to concentrate and not drift off "up in the clouds in a dreamworld" - ('Living On My Own' - Freddie Mercury). The more difficult something is, the more I drift off, and I end up reading the same paragraph 16 times!
I’ve read more ebooks, articles, forums and goodness knows what else lately, I’ve been having to take a nap every afternoon because despite having 20/20 vision, all that reading gives me a headache. It’s either my ADHD brain hurting, or it’s psychological!
Actually, I have a theory about glasses. There was a feature on 'Richard and Judy' last year that talked about how people who wear glasses exercise the muscles in their eyes less than those who don’t, so their eyesight inevitibly gets worse.
I was prescribed reading glasses when I was eight years old, and had to wear these little pink framed NHS glasses whenever I read. But I never did – because whenever I wore them I would suffer immense dizziness after only a few minutes. Later I realised I could wear them if I kept my head, and the book, very still. By that I mean I was not allowed to move my head at all – not even an inch (that is nigh on impossible by the way!), or I would get severe dizziness exactly like travel sickness.
So the result was that I had to read without glasses, and thus force my eyes to focus. Did my eyes deteriorate? No – they improved! Actually, I’m not convinced the prescription was even correct. The optician could have presumed I needed glasses when I simply couldn’t be bothered to focus on the eye test!
Well I have to be bothered focusing now - 'I don't have no time for no monkey business...'
Monday, May 29, 2006
Friday, May 05, 2006
32. Get Anything You Want!
I've been thinking about what I can do to improve my life with the resources I already have, rather than dwell on the things I don't have. This is hugely due to 'The 5 Steps To Getting Anything You Want' by Internet Marketing legend Jim Edwards.
I was both an attendee and the official photographer for Jim's Ebook Workshop two weeks ago, and it was quality stuff. I received the '5 Steps' in the post the other day and I immediately put the audios onto iTunes and listened to them on my ipod whilst on a 4 mile walk.
He says if your life is not how you want it, you are already very good at the system needed for success, because we always focus on what we don't want - so we get more of it!
I've completed the workbook, but it's evident that you need to review it daily, or you lose track of what you want. You're not allowed to say things like 'I want more money' because that creates negative images of not having any money. We should visualise what 'more money' will bring us, like a nice house, holiday or car.
And you can't say 'I'm sick of being fat' because you'll only be able to visualise yourself as a fat person. You think to yourself "I'm slim, confident and full of energy!" - using the present tense is important too as it makes the image more real.
Jim gives examples of how it works for him, but to be honest, I know that when I've managed to think like that myself, I've been successful. I now realise everyone should have a system for probably everything they undertake, but most of us just wander aimlessly through life, expecting everything to just fall into place, and getting annoyed when things don't go our way.
Despite having been at college for a total of 10 years (aaagh!) I've a feeling the most important education of my life is the self taught stuff I'm doing now through books and courses by people who have actually done what they preach, themselves.
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I was both an attendee and the official photographer for Jim's Ebook Workshop two weeks ago, and it was quality stuff. I received the '5 Steps' in the post the other day and I immediately put the audios onto iTunes and listened to them on my ipod whilst on a 4 mile walk.
He says if your life is not how you want it, you are already very good at the system needed for success, because we always focus on what we don't want - so we get more of it!
I've completed the workbook, but it's evident that you need to review it daily, or you lose track of what you want. You're not allowed to say things like 'I want more money' because that creates negative images of not having any money. We should visualise what 'more money' will bring us, like a nice house, holiday or car.
And you can't say 'I'm sick of being fat' because you'll only be able to visualise yourself as a fat person. You think to yourself "I'm slim, confident and full of energy!" - using the present tense is important too as it makes the image more real.
Jim gives examples of how it works for him, but to be honest, I know that when I've managed to think like that myself, I've been successful. I now realise everyone should have a system for probably everything they undertake, but most of us just wander aimlessly through life, expecting everything to just fall into place, and getting annoyed when things don't go our way.
Despite having been at college for a total of 10 years (aaagh!) I've a feeling the most important education of my life is the self taught stuff I'm doing now through books and courses by people who have actually done what they preach, themselves.
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