FROM THE DESK, MIND AND HEART OF JEFF HODGES
Hey Everybody,
Wow, It’s great to be back talking with all of you !!! It seems like forever since we had this time together. But, all things happen for a reason and I must admit that the last few weeks have been very transformational for me. Many things have been completed and many new projects have hit the table. All that having been said, I’ve missed all of you and it’s great to be back at the keyboard. I would like to welcome back all my long time readers and welcome home all my new readers. As always, if you have missed an edition or if you are new and want to read the previous editions you can by simply going to:
http://www.jeffhodges.blogspot.com
(I will NO LONGER be archiving my newsletters on my personal site. There really is no need for it since you can go to my blogspot account and read it there.)
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There is a quote that I always refer to when people tell me that they don’t think they would be good at Network Marketing. It goes like this, “You don’t have to be Great to start BUT you do have to start to be Great !!!” That’s why at Success University we have the inexperienced marketer in mind as well as the seasoned veteran. Nobody woke up one morning and was a great Network Marketer. It takes work, it takes dedication and it takes time but what in Life that is worth anything doesn’t ??? What we have to offer you besides the benefits of Personal Development and besides the Awesome compensation plan is the SUPPORT and TEAM ATMOSPHERE that is an absolute necessity to anyone’s Success !!! We have all been there at the starting line and none of us have forgotten what it feels like. That’s why when we say that we will be there for you and help you MAKE IT HAPPEN we really mean it. Do yourself a favor, don’t waste another day making someone else’s dreams come true !!! See what we have for you…
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Every day I work with people helping them to build their online business and many of these people are just committing to an online business for the first time in their entire lives. Consequently, many of them have come into their respective businesses with a lot of misconceptions and bad information. Because of this, they often times have a skewed view of what they can do and how they can do it on the internet. They are often times disillusioned about how easy or hard their business is going to be and what they can expect in the way of success. Now, some of you are already in business for yourself on the internet and will have first hand experience at what I’m going to go over but many of you are either just starting an online business or possibly still in the deciding stage. The following segment is geared primarily toward you folks but I may possibly also generate a WAKE UP CALL for a few others. The following paragraphs are going to be Advantages/Disadvantages of an internet business.
1. LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY: The Internet reaches a World-Wide audience with a wide variety of interests. There are countless niches on which you can focus your vision.
HARD WORK AND LONG HOURS: Building a successful business, whether online or offline, requires a great deal of effort. Patience, persistence and determination are all essential qualities.
2. IT’S EXCITING !!!: If you love change and unpredictability, not to mention a good challenge, the internet is one of the best places to be.
ALWAYS CHANGING: What works online today just might not work tomorrow. You need the ability to adapt to changes, keep up with the times and move forward.
3. THE INTERNET IS EVER GROWING: Every day more and more people are getting connected to the internet. As time goes by, people are getting increasingly comfortable with making their purchases on the internet as well. That’s definitely a big a plus for you as an online merchant.
WAY TOO MUCH HYPE !!!: You are going to find many misleading promises and outright bad information on the internet that will try to sell you on the idea that there really are so-called “MAGIC BULLETS or SECRETS” to making money on the internet. There isn’t. Only many long hours of trying different marketing techniques to see which ones work for YOU will make sales for you.
4. THE POSSIBILITY OF LESS TIME FOR MONEY: Some kinds of online businesses can be automated to a certain extent so automation, later after you are up and running, can usually give you a much more unrestrictive lifestyle.
NOT THE PATH TO EASY RICHES: Contrary to what you may have heard or read, the internet is NOT the path to quick, easy money and many people DO go broke in that pursuit. There is no guarantee of success with an online business any more than there is with a regular business.
5. ONLINE TESTING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING IS RELATIVELY CHEAP: There is so much you can do on the internet with little or no money. You just have to spend a little time looking around to find it but it will be time well spent when you factor in how much you saved by finding it.
“IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME” - MYTH: Your web page is going to be one out of literally BILLIONS of other sites out there, many with content about the same thing as yours is about. You have to learn how to not only get people to you site but how to get the RIGHT people to your site, while in competition with all the other sites of similar content.
6. FLEXIBILITY: Since you are working from home and on your computer you get to call the shots. You work when you want, how you want and only IF you want !!!
BEING PERSISTENT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL PREVAIL: There is tremendous amounts you will need to learn in order to be successful online. It’s very easy to give up and start jumping from one online business to the next looking for that PERFECT one. But, if you keep starting over you will NEVER be successful or make any money online.
Now, I could drone on and on if I wanted to but, in addition to making some very valid SPECIFIC points, I also wanted to make the general point that there is MUCH to be considered when you are making the decision to be or not to be an online marketer as well as the decision as to whether to continue being one or not. I hope this has served to give you a little more insight into the world of Online Entrepreneurship !!!
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“Most new jobs won’t come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We’ve got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.”
- Ross Perot
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Let me ask you something. When was the last time you were young again ??? Yes, you read that right. When was the last time that you rewound the tape and remembered what life was like before it got so complicated ??? You know, the hustle and bustle of day to day life, the job or business, the endless stream of errands on your day off, the Parent/Teacher conferences, the never-ending TO DO list around the house….. I think you get the picture.
Try this little eye opening experiment. Now, some of you are going to far better than others at this and if you are I applaud you. As for the rest of you, PUT ON YOUR SEATBELT !!! I want you to close your eyes and go through an entire week in your mind. In order for this to work you need to really be detail oriented. Start on Monday morning from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night. Repeat this process for the remainder of the week and then go through your average weekend. As you are going through this process I want you to do one other thing. Every time one of the items has anything to do with Joy, Happiness, Playfulness, Silliness, Pretending, Imagining or just being plain CARE FREE I want you to make a note of that item. Are some of you getting worried already ???
As always, there is a method to my madness here. Look at your week and see how many times you were in one of those categories. Did it scare you ??? You see, at some point in everyone’s Life for some unexplainable reason our efforts at responsibility, productivity and all around Success cause us to become “OLD” !!!!! Now, allow me to explain something here. There are two types of old. Those two types are your body and your heart. We won’t cover the body here today.
It’s a strange process, this “old age of the heart”. Nobody sees it coming and nobody seems to try to do anything about it after it arrives. It’s like it’s an accepted part of being grown up. I, myself, have had to do battle with this very formidable enemy. It’s no easy battle but it IS a battle you can win !!! You see, being successful and responsible doesn’t have to take the joy and fun out of Life. It doesn’t have to make you OLD !!! Each should compliment the other, both sides being a necessary component of the Life equation.
I spend a lot of time at the park walking, listening to good motivational audios and working on materials for my projects. Sometimes I’ll just sit there and pick out a child or a young teenage couple and just watch them for a while. As I watch, I go back in my mind to a time that I was their age and relive all those fond moments THROUGH them. It’s a very POWERFUL experience. I always leave feeling happy and refreshed. Try it sometime. You’ll be AMAZED !!!
Folks, Life is meant to be a BLAST, not a drudgery. We can’t stop the hands of time in a general sense but we CAN prevent them from choking us around the neck !!! However, we CAN turn back the hands of time in our hearts and make Life FUN again. Reclaim your youth, denounce the “old age of the heart” mentality and live Life like the Adventure that it is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.”
- Sophia Loren
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Well, it’s about time for me to wrap things up here. Tomorrow is a new day which I am confident will be filled with new adventures and new challenges. I look forward to one just as much as the other because, while one may be more enjoyable than the other, they are both a necessity in order for me to be able to grow to my fullest potential and so goes the same for each and every one of you. Remember what Jim Rohn said…
"Don’t wish it was easier; wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom."
It’s great to be with all of you again. Take care and God Bless. Until we have this opportunity again, just remember to…
JUST SAY “NO” TO NEGATIVITY !!!
Sincerely,
Jeff Hodges
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