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Back when I was in college I took a ‘gym’ class called “Physical Fitness for Life”.  Half the time we stretched in a small gym, and the other half we lifted weights and did cardio in an exercise room.   After this class I would go to my gym and work out again.   I was 20 years old and life was good.

The whole concept of the class was to build routines that kept physical activity a part of your life after college so that you could enjoy life and reduce risks of disease.   While the concept is genius, in practice it is very tough.

Building habits are very tough.   It always take time, and focus.     The truth is if you build good habits, then Physical fitness for life is relatively easy.  Whenever you encounter a stressful situation, or you have to make a last second choice your instinct is often formed by your mental habits.

For our purposes the lifestyle habits that are essential are:  Diet and Exercise.

Diet:  This is the toughest one for me.   I have never been a “proper” eater.  My diet has always been full of sugar, fats, fast food, etc.    These habits have made me develop a sort of addiction to the taste of these foods.  The salt, the sugar, the fat, the cholesterol.   Do you have the same situation?

Steps for Change: 

1. Make a strong mental decision to change the way you eat.

2. Reinforce that decision every time you find yourself eating the things you want to eat less of.  ex: At Burger king, tell yourself how bad the food is, and how you don’t need it.

3.  Slowly begin to phase out the bad foods in your diet.   Be slow, and be successful.    Going cold turkey is reserved for the hard core and those with the plan to fail.

4. As you start putting healthier foods into your diet, reinforce this decision by telling yourself how good things taste or how much better you feel.   You have to be real with yourself.

5. Keep phasing good food in, and bad food out and soon enough you will be in the Top 20% of the people in the country.

Now:  Did you notice something?    Out of 5 total steps 3 of those steps were only mental decisions.    The first two steps were initiated before any changes were actually made.   I feel this is CRITICAL.   For diet, and for life in order to make sweeping changes and become ultra successful at something you try it requires mental dedication and re-dedication.

If you take away one lesson from this post it should be:  Always commit yourself mentally before changing your actions, and if at all possible, commit yourself at least twice over.   The more positive, committed self-talk you have, the more successful you will be.

Stay tuned for the 2nd part:  Exercise.

A.D.

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January 27th 2008

From the desk of Jane Sanders (Senior Reviewer)

Wouldn’t it be nice to make a bundle of money quickly, with minimal effort, working at home in your pajamas? Of course it would. I for one would love to have money flowing into my bank account, working only a few hours a week from home, so I’d have more time to spend with my kids and my husband, without any boss looking over my shoulder.

Whether it’s real estate investing, selling by classified ads, stock market investing, internet affiliate marketing, or something else, we’ve all seen the fantastic claims people make about making tons of money, AND how they can show you how to do the same thing. I can tell you right now that 99% of these people are total frauds. You may have even fallen prey to one of these scam artists, selling you their latest “Get Rich Quick” program. Me too. I’ve bought so many of these programs that I can’t even recall how many. I don’t know why, but I tend to find the “good” in people, and I was “sold” by the marketing schemes time and time again, even after being scammed by another. Finally, after so many disappointments, I got FED UP. I decided to get to the bottom of this fascination we all have with get rich quick programs, and find out if there really were any LEGITIMATE programs for making money.

I literally contacted the administrator of every get rich quick website I could find. Posing as an investor, I managed to convince the owners that I was seriously interested in purchasing their entire website and business. That way, once the dollar signs flashed in their heads, they would give me free access to their member’s areas to review what I would be ”buying”. Well I was disgusted with 99% of what I found. Many of the owners actually boasted about how many people bought their useless programs. I repeatedly found:

• Outdated information
• Non-working links
• Links leading to other sites that asked for more money
• No help section
• No real e-mail support

I quickly realized that these so-called Get Rich Quick programs were totally useless. And the owners knew it, yet they were laughing all the way to the bank! Needless to say, I didn’t respond when they asked me if I was still interested in buying their websites. Surprisingly, while sifting through all of the scam artists’ websites, I was able to locate a couple individuals that actually ran legitimate programs.

The owners were everyday peoples like you and I that found a way to make extra money working from home on their computers. Their membership areas were impressive, with a good amount of quality information on how to make $100-$200 per day on your computer doing very little work. I even chatted with a few of their customers on several online forums, and they verified that they were making extra money through the sites. It was like I found a few diamonds in the rough. But don’t take my word for it, you can visit the 2 sites for yourself. See what you think.

They do charge a minimal fee for access to their program, which is to be expected for any legitimate company that actually has people on staff who are dedicated to helping you get started. What a friendly group of people! Anyway, if you do decide you are interested in either of the two programs below, I advice you join quickly, as the owners have informed me that are getting so many new members by word of mouth referrals, that they are closing off membership completely in the next 2 or 3 days. (By the way, you didn’t hear this from us!) They don’t have a large enough staff to accommodate many more people, and they are dedicated to providing excellent service to each person.

Well, my search for legitimate Get Rich Quick programs has come to an end. I have to say I was thoroughly disappointed with most of what I found, and I strongly advise that you do not take chances joining any programs other than the ones listed below! Whatever you do, I wish you a healthy, prosperous year for you and yours.

All the best.

Signed,                                                                                                                                                               Jane Sanders

The links listed below will take you to the sites I recommend. Please take a look, I promise that wealth building is one click away.

The Rich Jerk

Forex-Enterprises

I have finally completed my 21 Days to Discipline experiment. Well, it has been a little longer than 21 days but either way I have some great results to share with you. I have found a lot of new information about myself over that last month and in the following post I am going to explain it to you. I have tips that worked for me and some that didn’t. It’s up to you to decide what best fits your needs and how you want to approach your own 21 days to discipline. Here we go: 

What Didn’t Work 

1.) Too Much 

This is fairly easy for me to explain. If you want to succeed at this, DO NOT OVERWHELM YOURSELF. Simply start with small manageable goals. What I stated in the first post was that I was going to be doing ten things a day that were related to personal goals. I was also going to do three business related tasks. With a total of thirteen tasks to complete in a day it got a little tedious. For the first ten days I blew through it like it was nothing. After that I started to gradually work my way down to ten tasks. This made completing the goals a lot more manageable and I finished with quality work.  

2.) Wrong Time of Day

Another thing I noticed that didn’t work out for me was trying to complete some of my tasks at night. I am normally a morning person but life sometimes got in the way and I was forced to continue my goals later on in the afternoon. By this time I had some of the family home and my ability to concentrate was diminished. I soon found out that I had to get as much done as I could before 12:00 PM. By this time anyway my mind is getting tired and I just wanted to relax. By working hard though, and having my tasks done before lunch I was able to have some free time to read or study. I also had the satisfaction of knowing all of my daily tasks were complete.  This became win-win for me.  

What Did Work 

1.) One Free Elimination  

I made a rule for myself that stated I could miss ONE task and carry it onto the next day. I wrote about this in Part II but recently realized that this helped out more that I thought. Often time’s life gets in the way and we are forced to drop what we are doing. This is why this rule was created. For those times you might not be able to complete everything, feel free to drop it off onto the next day. Trust me, it’s a life saver.  

2.) A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss  

Once you start working on your daily tasks, DO NOT STOP! Keep your concentration focused on getting your tasks done.  I have found that once I start working on the tasks I do not quit. I build momentum and it takes me to my ultimate goal of daily completion.  Keep this in mind when you are trying to talk your way out of working. Once you start you will find that you just keep going. This is important for everything that you do. Want to learn Spanish? How to play the piano? Read a book? Start and let everything else fall into place. If you don’t believe me then try it for yourself and see what you get. I guarantee you will not be upset with the results.   

So What Were Your Results Matt?  

Over the past 21 days I completed 171 tasks/goals. This to me is phenomenal. Before I started committing my goals on paper I probably completed an estimated three tasks a week. If you do the math, it comes out to about twelve tasks a month. That is around a 2000% increase in the amount of goals I completed over last month. And to think, my only secret was writing my daily goals down and being committed to finishing them.  So to our readers I say this, “Look at the proof.” If this does not prove to you that discipline can be learned in 21 days, then I do not know what will. Either way I know I am personally on the right track and wish the same for all of you. Remember to just start small and you will be amazed at how many tasks you can complete. If you had the chance, thank you for participating in this post. Please look forward to more measurable posts I will have on soon. Thank you!

Delegation is a very important part of any business. Without it you will soon find yourself overloaded with unnecessary work. Being able to find the right people to take care of your “Small Tasks” is a chore in its own, but a worthy chore at that.

By delegating, not only will you free up some time, you will also find yourself completing more important work.

I always thought to myself that I was the only one that could complete a job and complete it well. I felt that I always had to be there and that there was no one else that could fill my shoes. As you can tell, this was not that case and I soon found out that if I was not in everyone’s face they actually completed quality work without me.

Since I have come to this new discovery, I thought it would be helpful to share the information with our readers. Below I have some steps we have learned since starting Appealing Lawn Care LLC. Read on to see how you too can delegate some of your work.

1.) Training

As of right now we have two employees. Both of them have been working for us since the beginning of the summer and have been doing exceptionally well. During the summer I always advise the guys to pay attention to where we are going so that if I ever sent them off by themselves they would know how to get there. Also, during the beginning of the year I showed them what each customer wanted and how to approach certain situations, such as, disgruntled customers and broken equipment. To my surprise they took each situation head on and did extremely well. Little-by-little I showed them the ropes and taught them what to expect on a day-to-day situation. After I felt they were trained enough I sent then off on their own. I baptized them in the fire if you will.

This applies to any business you might have. No matter what it is you do, other people can do it the same way, if not better than you do. This is what I found out and by training and teaching my employees they finally were ready to become self sufficient.

2.) Trust