I just finised reading Robert Ringer’s book To Be Or Not To Be Intimidated and all I can say is Wow.  I would give it a 9/10.This book was recommended to me by Dan Kennedy and Yanik Silver.  Both have this book in there top 10 book list and these are guys who read alot. The only thing I didn’t like about was that he drags out the stories of his real estate deals.

Anyway this book I thought was packed full of gems and is another book that really gets you thinking.   Here are some quotes from the book

“Theory of Reality, which states: Reality is neither the way you wish things to be nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are. Either you acknowledge reality and use it to your benefit, or it will automatically work against you.”

“Mortality Theory:  Given that your time on earth is limited, it makes good sense to aim high and move fast”

And my favorite. The Leap Frog theory which is something I have seen very success people do.  Truth is everyone is waiting for someone to appoint them to become and expert.

“Leapfrog Theory, which states: No one has an obligation-moral, legal, or otherwise – to “work his way up through the ranks.” Every human being possesses an inalienable right to make a unilateral decision to redirect his career and begin operating on a higher level at any time he believes he is prepared to do so.

Next Book On the Agenda: Action! by Robert Ringer

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So I have been thinking about how can I take my skills online and make money with them.  I am already well versed in Adobe Photoshop so I decided to learn how to make mini sites.   Did this yesterday real quick, I thought it came out pretty well. Tell me what you think.

And the Ebook Design

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I spent the last few days reading over and studying the wealth of free information on Dan Gallapoo website DobermanDan.com.  If you are interested in direct response marketing, copywriting, or being able to start a multi-million dollar business from you kitchen table for less than $200 dollars then you are going to want to check out his website.

I have become very weary when people teach how to make money stuff.  But I will tell you a couple of reasons why I like Dan’s Website

• Its Free (The information is much better than 99% of paid products)
• He actually has made millions of dollars selling to the bodybuilding niche – information and supplements and not selling to the how to make money crowd.  I found one of his online info products here.   He actually said that out of the whole internet marketing guru crowd only about 10% have actually made their money selling non-how to make money products.  (If you don’t know that whole crowd consider yourself better off, most of them are charlatans)
• He mentored under the great GARY HALBERT! Gary Halbert has become one of my idols and is the real deal.  You should check out his website thegaryhalbertletter.com if you have not already.
• Its entertaining and easy reading.
• Much like Tim Ferriss is focus is on building business to create the lifestyle that you want.

Anyways check out Dan’s site and Gary Halbert’s site

Here are some of the post I really liked

Writers Write–  http://dobermandan.com/the-doberman-dan-letter-issue-no-7/

It has inspired me to begin to make a commitment to write everyday.  One of my goals is to become a better writer.

The latest and Greatest — http://dobermandan.com/the-latest-greatest-sexy-new-marketing-secret/

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For 2010 I am trying to read two books a week.  I think reading is very valuable and allows you to get a variety of perspectives on life rather than just your own.  The fact that someone puts all their life lessons into a book and sells it for under 20 dollars is  an absolute steal.   Often the biggest homes have the biggest library’s.   Last week the two books that I read was 1.Crush It by Gary V. and Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi.  Both were very good reads and I would recommend them anyone looking for an advantage.

Anyways last night I read The Instant Millionaire by Mark Ficher.   It was a quick read it took me only an hour and half to read.  I thought it was excellent.  If you have read alot of the self help literature (which I have read before)like Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, The Richest Man In Babylon, The Magic of Thinking Big then this will be nothing new.  However I think the way the information was presented is very easy.  It is presented in a story of a young man visiting an old millionaire and the millionaire tells him the secrets to becoming wealthy.

The Story makes it both entertaining and easy to understand. Go to amazon and check it out.

Action Steps:

1. I am going to review my goals daily

2.I am going to experiment with Self-Suggestion

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The man’s name is Napoleon Hill and he wrote a little book in 1937, Think and Grow Rich.  Story has it that Andrew Carnegie one of the world’s richest men, asked Napoleon Hill to study and model 500 of the worlds most successful people such as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, John D. Rockfeller and determine a philosophy of success.  He did and put his finding into two books the Law of Success and Think And Grow Rich.  Carnegie’s vision was that these teachings would change the world and be taught in schools around the world.

Well that didn’t happen, virtually none of Napoleon Hill’s teachings/philosophies are taught in schools.  But these teachings are constantly being referred to by Millionaires and Multi-Millionaires who credit this book to changing their life.

Jim Rohn recommends that you read it.

John Carlton reads it 4 times a year.

Dan Kennedy has studied all of Napoleon Hill’s work

Bob Proctor credits Think And Grow Rich to his success and states that he reads and rereads it constantly

John Reese constantly cites this book as a must read

Tony Robbins recommends this book

Countless other millionaires also recommend this book and if you have studied self improvement you to have heard of this book.

I am now re-reading this book again and will continue to read it over and over again to try to absorb the principles.  You can find it on the internet for free and I suggest that you read it immediately if you have not already and if you have read it,  I suggest you read it again.  There has to be more to this book.

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Why Did I set up this blog? There are Three primary reasons for this blog

#1 To Help People – Honestly I love teaching, and while investing all of this time in learning, I have learned so many things that I want to share that I believe can help people in their lives.

#2 For Exposure - Yes this reason is completely selfish, but blogs are a great way for cheap exposure. I am taking Gary Vaynerchuk’s advice from Crush It and building a personal Online Brand. You can read all the books in the world but if you don’t expose it to other people/the market place it is useless knowledge.

#3 For A Job -  Pretty Self Explanatory

I have learned so much in the last 8 months I know that I can bring value to the marketplace. You would never know what I am capable unless I tell you.

Available Services

-Web Design
-SEO Consulting
-Ebook Cover Design (Example)
-Google Adwords Campaign Management

If you are interested I can be contacted at mikemarin16@gmail.com

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