Practice Boomerang Marketing and Succeed

November 26, 2009 By Spencer 1 Comment

Today is one of my favorite holidays. It’s a great day for gathering with family and friends, letting go of the day-to-day grind, enjoying some awesome food and football. Today is also perfect for watching a great movie.

Every holiday I plug my favorite movie into my DVD player and relax for some laughs and tears. I am partial to “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” written by the late John Hughes. He is one of my all time favorite writers.

Something else we should take time for this Thanksgiving Day is to reflect on the year. How have we done? Have we been giving or selfish? No matter where you have been, it is never too late to shift and be better.

One key activity for today is time to reflect on our year. Have we had a great year, a rough year, or have we grown in some meaningful way? Please reflect on this Irving Berlin quote, “Got no check book, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.”

So, I was doing some reflecting of my own this morning. Twitter is awesome invention and has me a little bit addicted. What I notice is many people blasting products for sale, MLM or network marketing opportunities, or services seem to be doing it from a “getter” mentality rather than a “giver” mentality.

How does this affect you? Are you itching at the keys to jump right in and purchase what they are offering? For me, I am not interested in this approach. I understand that this is America, home of the free and the brave and everyone should be able to sell anything they choose. That is the capitalist way and I am for it.

If you are one of these marketers take a minute to reflect on a different approach. I suggest you flip your method on end and learn to be a giver first. Give me something of value before you ask me to buy your opportunity. How will you help me succeed?

I believe you get back what you give away ten fold. Take this Thanksgiving Day to reflect on your marketing methods. If you have been attempting to get, stop it and become a boomerang marketer and give something of value first. Don’t ask for a nickel, just give it away. A fine example of this comes from Jeremy Schoemaker at www.shoemoney.com. I have learned much from him and he has never asked for one dime. That is a fine example of being a “giver” first.

Please accept my personal thank you for investing your valuable time at Monday Morning Gold reading this content. I wish you and your family a happy Thanksgiving.

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Success Anchors

November 23, 2009 By Spencer Leave a Comment

Athletes can get red hot and have great games. When an athlete takes the field to compete, they can become the hero of the game. Those heroes of the game may wind up in some hall of fame somewhere. Then there are days on the playing field when thing do not go so well. They have a bad game, or go into a slump.

Like athletes, we can all have great games or great days. Just like the athlete who may be a hero one day, we can be that personal hero or we can go into a life slump and have to fight our way out of the slump. The important thing to remember with a slump, whether it is in sports, or on the playing field of life would be that you do not give those rare moments time to manifest into weights that drag you under.

Hank Aaron, one of the greatest hitters ever in baseball said this, “My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” Like Hank Aaron, take minute to accept your bad day and then dismiss it and look toward lighter days and away from darker days.

When moments or days do not go so well, I use these perfect anchors to refocus. These are from the online book “Start Living Your Perfect Life” that I wrote while back.

PERFECT ANCHOR HOOK #1: AFFIRMATIONS.

To supercharge your subconscious mind we will feed it a series of positive statements to anchor your desires.

PERFECT ANCHOR HOOK #2: ATTITUDE.

Your attitude can lift you to a higher place in life or it can create a life of misery and depression. With a bad attitude, you become the grim reaper of your life.

You would think that boxing is a sport of strength. In 1939 Joe Louis fought for the heavyweight title. He had strength in his boxing prowess but the real strength was in his attitude. That was his secret weapon, his power.

PERFECT ANCHOR HOOK #3: PATIENCE.

One Keller Williams real estate agent I admire the most is Tim Wood. Tim is successful real estate agent in Big Bear California and has been in the business for over 27 years. He is a self-made millionaire many times over.

For years, I struggled with my own personal demon called patience. The trouble was I had none and it was affecting my outcome in life.

Reading Tim Wood’s keys to success I was smacked with some sage advice on succeeding. He said, “Most people who set out to become millionaires fail, not because they can’t do it, rather because they simply had no patience.” They could not put in the effort or time needed to realize their perfect life. Wow! There was my trouble and my answer.

I started the very day I read those words to practice better patience and see my perfect life through. You will need to do the same. Do it by using affirmation and by asking yourself this one question every time you think of quitting or giving up on your dreams.

PERFECT ANCHOR HOOK #4: DAILY ACTION.

The absolute secret to realizing your dreams starts and ends by taking action. Be willing to act every day and move closer to living your perfect life.

If anyone would like to read “Start Living Your Perfect Life” guide, just send me an email and I will get you the link.

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Real Motivators to Success

November 14, 2009 By Spencer Leave a Comment

If you are an honest person, you have probably thought about a mulligan in life. Golfers call a mulligan a “do over” and use it if they hit a bad ball. In life, most of us hit a few bad balls along our path. It’s alright to dream of the “do over.” I think that’s a natural thing.

Even though I am positive, upbeat, and radiant with everyone I meet every day, I sometimes want a “do over” for my life. The question is, do I really need a “do over” or just a course correction. This course correction might show up as a mentor, coach, or someone to swiftly kick us in the behind to get us moving. Let’s assume the course correction is the answer.

I have written about meditating for the answer, escaping to a quiet place to really think about what you want out of life, or playing vivid movies of a future life in your head. I endorse each of these activities as worthy to the change you seek. They are a part of the process of change.

Let’s add one more motivator for changing course. The motivator I am adding is pain. Go to facebook and seek out old friends and begin comparing your life to their life. Sounds ridiculous. I did this and it shocked me to my core. A friend I knew who was most like to fail is one of the biggest successes. Go figure. I have toiled, planned, dreamed, meditated, written down five year forward visions, and strived every day to go after my dreams.

The difference is in the action. While I was planning to take action, this person took action. He felt the fear and did it anyway. I just felt the fear. How about you? If you saw someone who was the class clown and is a raging success  how would that affect you? Seeing someone you despised or thought was beneath you succeed may be your motivator. Try it. Any leverage you can find to move you in the direction of your dreams is fair game. Go out and find that person. I believe each of us has one in our network of acquaintances or past friends data base of the mind. You may be shocked at what your uncover.

The moral, if there is one, is that we keep ourselves locked away from our success by limiting our belief in ourselves. Something in our mind is tricking us into believing we do not deserve something. If we allow this to continue, it’s a tragedy of our mind. You have got to kill the voice in your head telling you to fear your own abilities. Start acting like  you (we) are worthy of all our dreams and just go take them. There is nothing to fear. It’s an illusion that holds us back.

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