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Sweating The Small Stuff

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

I just finished writing an article about the futility of hiding one’s HTML source code and posted it on my blog when I had a comment from a reader, who said “Don’t sweat the stuff that doesn’t matter”. This set me thinking. Many entrepreneurs I come in contact with tend to sweat the small stuff so much, we lose sight of the big picture, the stuff that really matters.

From hiding source codes to obsessively trying to encrypt and control their downloadable product’s use. I once felt strongly about ‘my‘ stuff too. They were My ideas, my product, my information, mine, mine, mine. Then when I studied Traffic Secrets. John Reese said something that hit me right between the eyes. “That’s just small thinking”. In another part of the course, he also says “The more you give away, the more you make. It all comes back to you many times over. It’s crazy, I don’t know how it works but it just works that way.”

You know what, he’s right. The moment I adopted that attitude, be more generous and sweat less the small stuff, things started to happen.

Yes, I understand copyright and piracy are serious issues and we stand to lose money. I’m not saying be casual about security and make it easy for people to find, download and distribute our products without paying us. I’m saying after we have done what we reasonably can, then don’t sweat it.

People have been ripping each other off since time immemorial and they always will. Use your energies instead to move on to bigger and better things.

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Get It Out Of My Head!

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

The problem when you’re chasing (the right) gurus is, you get a flood of ideas. You have much more ideas, thoughts and aha! moments than time or resource to do them. You know what happens then? Burn out! Fast and furious. I reviewed a few of my Traffic Secrets videos lately and I find myself burning out again! It’s not a problem with the course but more with life or rather my life. So… I thought I better do something about it and get serious with my organization.

Hey I’m no slacker when it comes to organization but since the kids came along everything I ever known about organization is out the window and whatever’s left leaked through the floor boards :-D and when I started to learn all these things that are actually making me real money, things changed too. Obviously I need a different kind of organization technique. Something more natural, something more less restrictive to cater for a family oriented life.

So… I bought a product called NoteStudio. It’s a software that has both desktop and palm versions so I can literally enter my data everywhere and yes my PDA goes everywhere with me. Now NoteStudio is not a traditional organization tool in fact it’s more of a WiKi. There is no ’structure’ because you make the structures. The best way to describe this thing is – it’s like building a personal website with pages for your ideas, pages for your to dos, pages for your projects, tracking stuff etc. It take some getting used to and I love it because of it’s unstructured nature. Yet, I wasn’t quite doing things right. Through NoteStudio folks, I was introduced to this whole ‘revolution’ called GTD.

GTD is short of Getting Things Done and is based on the book Getting Things Done by David Allen whom FastCompany calls “The personal productivity guru” – yeah another guru in my life. I just received the book last Saturday and am slowly going through it now – thanks to Katrina I got distracted. It’s still too early to tell but have a feeling this is the ‘IT’ I’m looking for. And… now I’m a bit dumbfounded because I realize I literally have to change my lifestyle/thinking. Gotta get all these thoughts, ideas and ’stuff’ out of my head and onto paper (or pixels) – John Reese calls it the ‘Brain Dump’. It’s going to be one big overhaul. I shudder to think but desperately need to. Will keep you posted.

Meanwhile, anyone tried GTD?

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Earned More Than I Thought

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Did my books over a week ago. Pleased to say I’ve actually doubled by monthly income compared to the same time last year. By now I already made more than I did all of last year so that is nice. It’s hard to see things like that when you’re working ‘in the trenches’ everyday. So this monthly accounting is much needed to remind/set straight where one is headed. I hate to do accounting but looking at it like a monthly progress report makes it a lot easier.

This is of course pleasing news. I’m still far from my (very lofty) goals but at least this is progress and as my hubby reminds me, the year is not yet over :)

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Update On Giving Up Income To Make More Income

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

I thought it’s only fair to give an update on the last entry about this. Did this strategy work? Does giving up part of your income or control help propel you ahead? Well… as of my mid year accounting, I’ve made 50% more than the same time last year.

While ok, some may say good, it isn’t quite what I’m hoping for though I still have half a year and so many things yet to do. Still… it’s progress and that’s what it’s all about isn’t it? As John Reese says, it’s about giving yourself a pay raise every day.

Did Underachiever Mastery and Traffic Secrets help me get that increase? You bet. Actually more Traffic Secrets than Underachiever Mastery. Don’t get me wrong, I’m NOT going to let UM sit on my shelves just that TS itself is HUGE, there’s still so much I have yet to implement and with a household to run and three little rotten butts to run after all day :-) it’s going to take me a little longer than others who don’t have this ‘issue’

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Working Hard!

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

15 days since the last post, been really busy in my private life as well as working on those sites/concepts! While I’m so pumped up and want to apply everything of what I’m learning, I’m also having to reign myself in. Remember focus? Yeah… I have a finger in too many pies. Like John Reese says in his newsletter, “working on too many projects at a time is the kiss of death”. Even though I posted that early last month, I’m still trying hard to keep myself from going off tangent. Not easy but has to be done.

The decision has been made to work on my Nitro Incubator site for now since that is the one that I’ve come furthest and a sure-fire one so to speak. Meanwhile I’m still continuing to soak up all the lessons from the Underachiever DVD’s and Reese Report, the February issue is already out and again explosive!

I just realized last week that I’ve earned over 4 times more in 2004 than 2003. That totally floored me as it didn’t seem like that much. I hope I can keep that pace going. I truly have my two good friends Alice Seba and Kelly McCausey to thank for this. They are truly a beacon for entreprenuer moms.

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More secrets than traffic generation

Thursday, December 23rd, 2004

Sometimes I wonder if John has mis-named his product. Although it’s true a big part of Traffic Secrets shows you how to get that traffic to your website, there are also many many tidbits of information, advise and information in the package that teaches you the finer things about conversion and doing business in general.

I’m just done with Exit Traffic Strategies and there are truly some interesting techniques there. Now… let me tell you something frankly. I’m certain for some of you, you’re wondering what could this guy tell me that I haven’t already learnt myself or from some other guru in the past? I did too. Even John addresses this issue somewhat and as his student I’ll say that’s true. So far not everything I learn here is new in fact much of it is not new but if you asked me if this has been valuable to me – I’d say most definitely and one of the reasons is:

Confirmation, validation whatever you want to call it. You know, sometimes we don’t do some things because our own prejudice, experience or belief takes over and you convince yourself that they don’t work so you don’t do it. But the fact is they DO and in a course like this confirms they do and forces you to change your ways to more profitable ways.

Another reason is, sometimes you’re already doing these things but you’re not doing them right or simply not taking it farther and so your efforts don’t work while it works wonders for others.Had I not bought Traffic Secrets, I would never have realized this. At other times, you have accumulated a hodge podge of knowledge and products but just don’t realize how to use them with each other to maximize your efforts. You’ve only been using it the way you understand how to use it and a course like this helps you look at what you know from a different perspective.

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