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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

How To Become An Internet Millionaire In The Self-Improvement Industry Working From Home

How To Become An Internet Millionaire In The Self-Improvement Industry Working From Home
by: Mark Bellinger


With the challenges and pressures that exist with today’s life style, the self-improvement and self-help industry is booming.

As a result, the demand for self-improvement programs, information and help is skyrocketing and presents a huge opportunity for internet marketers.

The self-improvement market is vast and includes topics such as motivation, success, losing weight, anxiety, depression, positive thinking and the list goes on and on.

Just to demonstrate the demand for information on some of these topics, below is the approximate number of searches conducted, according to Overture.com, covering just a few of the self-improvement and self-help subjects.

• Weight Loss : 1,500,000
• Motivation : 100,000
• Depression : 990,000
• Self-Help : 200,000
• Marriage : 700,000
• Self Esteem : 70,000
• Success & Achievement : 150,000
• Self Confidence : 250,000

So you can see that the demand exists but how do you convert this into an opportunity?

Well because so many people are searching online and spending millions of dollars on self-help and self-improvement information every year, it should be easy to supply and monetize this demand.

In a nutshell, a savvy internet marketer would set up a website or network of websites, each dedicated to a certain topic, attract targeted site visitors and sell them an info-product of their choice.

Of course it is never this easy.

In this industry it is of vital importance to have a professionally designed website and promote only highly credible information and products.

Your products should be either unique and/or not freely available as you do not want to be competing with information that is freely available.

You would therefore require access to credible and informative reports, manuals and content.

Some of this professionally written sales copy needs to get onto your website and entice your visitors into buying your manuals and e-books which should be written by experts in their respective fields.

This may sound pretty complicated, but do not despair, as this can be done.

It is possible to hire the services of university graduates, copy writers and freelance writers to do the job for you.

You could always get the professionals just to write the web content and sales copy for you and then source the appropriate info-products to sell on a commission basis.

Of course, the best option is if you are a professional in your field you could write your own manuals and e-books and sell them for 100% profit.

In conclusion, if you are an entrepreneur looking for a market where there exists a strong and real demand do not neglect this opportunity as it may be the one that really works for you.

Whatever you do, just remember that many people are selling quality motivational and inspirational books and products, making money for themselves and improving the lives of others.

Drama: How It Zaps Creativity and Success

Drama: How It Zaps Creativity and Success
by: Catherine Franz


Drama occurs all around us. We don't think of ourselves as a drama queen or king. "isn't that a movie?" isn't that a neighbor, co-worker, friend, or in-law? For artists, drama contributes to their creative production. There is a darker side. One we don't want to admit to. At least not easily.

We add drama in order to make life or situations more interesting. Artists like to do this when their creativity is blocked. Drama adds fizz to imagination. We also create drama when we're bored or need to shelter our feelings.

Drama, thought of as a serious narrative for fiction, can also be serious emotional muck that zaps both creativity and success. Like quicksand, we don't know you're in it until you can't move your legs.

A friend, let’s name her Jane, phones and pulls you in with her BMW (bitch, moan and whine). She curls your ear about life not going according to her plan. You have just become stuck in her drama. You pat your foot and think about what else you could be doing. The critic justifies staying with: "She’s your friend. She listens to your BMW." Afterwards, your energy sags.

Drama is easier to see in other people, it is harder to see the muck we create for ourselves. Here is a process that will assist your awareness and propel you forward:

Step 1: Recognize when the drama is appearing or when it did appear. Do you drag yourself out of bed? That’s drama. Do you moan and groan about something? That’s drama. Our inner critic has a natural ability to ignite drama when you don't want to do something. Did you give an excuse for something? That’s drama. We're you late because you weren't sure you wanted to go? Drama! Excessive emotion is drama.

Step 2: Acknowledge the event as unnecessary. When you acknowledge it as unnecessary and you are in a dramatic moment, the shift begins.

Step 3: Identify what part, or whole, is "just" your part? Weed out the other players. See only your part. Decide: Are you going to continue or change it?

Step 4: Begin the transformation. Write or carefully think through what occurred. If you see the drama unfolding before you, and it includes other players, stop, don't continue just to save face. Once you decide to transform it, declare it out loud three times.

Let me share with you one of my changing events...

My fought my own thoughts as I moved down the isles. "Yes, I need these? No, I don't really need this?" Justifying with the great price. I stared at items without seeing as my thoughts fought. "Should I or shouldn't I." At the checkout counter, I couldn't let go of the items so the cashier could price and bag them. Slowly I let go.

When it came time to pay, I stopped, looked at her, and explained that I changed my mind. I apologized, slightly embarrassed. Not so surprised but delighted from my explanation, she said thank you, she learned something to. I said, "Me too."

I sat on the mall bench in disbelief for quite some time. It was one of those memorable moments. One I still remember very clearly today. It took time to process what occurred but I did see that my spending process changed significantly. It was one of my shifts in seeing my drama.

Step 5: Make a conscious choice to let it go.

Step 6: Take action. Talk with someone about it -- a friend, clergy, or coach. Just do it. If you prefer to write your way through the process, do it. Process it lovingly. For when you see the drama as if it’s a television soap opera "an out of body view" this particular drama behavior ends.

Step 7: Repeat this phrase three times: "And this has passed. I now move forward in joy and success."

Enjoy the less dramatic you and watch your new success unfold.

Your Assignment, If You Choose To Take This On

Make a list, 1-10. Close your eyes and revisit the last 24 hours. See where the drama occurred? What was your contribution? Was the drama getting the kids to go to bed? Did you procrastinate on something and then create drama to get you started? Write down even the smallest memory. Even the appearances you're not sure of. Choose one. Start with Step 1.

(c) Copyright 2005, Catherine Franz. All rights reserved.

Alchemy Of Creating Reality - A to Z

Alchemy Of Creating Reality - A to Z
by: Gabriele Sogka Reign


Creating reality, can you really do it? Of course you can, I know this because you're already doing it. How you ask? Well, you're living what you've been paying attention to. I know it may be a difficult thing to grasp. Think about it; if you have more struggle than ease in your life, you've been putting more attention to thoughts, feelings and looking for the evidence to support the thoughts and feelings that have to do with struggle. Yet, if you pay more attention to ease, everything that has anything to do with the expression of ease is what your attention will draw to you.

The return on the investment of your attention to ease will be greater ease. Over the past 11 years it's been interesting that many have often asked, "I'm not thinking about being sick or being in lack, what do you mean I created this?" Well, if you're fearful about being sick or of going forward in some area of your life or you're paying attention to the absence of what you want, you are placing valuable energy being in the vibration of that very fear. That fear will increase by virtue of your attention activating more of it until you stop feeding it. It only takes little shifts in attention to guide you toward what you really want to begin feeding, what will serve and support a greater reality for you.

Reality (the state of being actual or real) is subjective [taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias]. It is a reality that there are many people who live in poverty and it is a reality that despite economic factors, many people thrive financially. Which is true? Both are true, and everything in between, they are all reality. Creating reality is about attending to preferences that are in alignment with what you desire. You may have heard the definition of insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Isn't that what you're doing when you consistently worry and then wonder why you're living what you're worrying about? You create your reality either by unconscious default or by conscious [intentional] choice to where you place your attention. Since your mind cannot hold two thoughts simultaneously, you may as well start choosing the thoughts and feelings that support your wanted reality.

All creation begins at the level of thought and idea. By now you've been observing, to some extent, that what you've living, how you've been thinking and feeling is the magnet that draws to you the physical manifestation of those thoughts and feelings. That energy of the thoughts you think and the emotions you feel have been are your roadmap. With just a few reminders that that by directing your attention, consciously and deliberately, you will know you are in control of your life. Your life is your universe, your world. What you choose to have as part of your world is completely your part, and how it shows up or comes into your physical manifestation is the universe's job. It's a co-creative process.

What you pay attention to grows. Your attention on the absence of what you want, or, the presence of what you have, grows in intensity, it grows in momentum and it grows in density so you draw more of it into your physical experience. To help with expansion, I've created a lexicon, a framework of definitions, to help you with your alchemy (power or process of transmuting) of creating reality. In this series, titled The Alchemy of Creating Reality - A to Z, we will be working with a new alphabet, each letter will be associated with states of being that resonate, or match, the vibration of your desires..

Working with new associations for each letter of the alphabet provides a greater framework with which to create more deliberately. As a discerning, intelligent and very creative adult, wouldn't it be to your advantage to redefine those very basic associations to associations that will help you re-create a life more befitting the life you imagine for yourself? Staying sick will not make someone else well and staying poor will not make someone else richer.

The first in this series is: Alchemy of Creating Realty: A is for Awareness as awareness is a very powerful beginning; then we'll go all the way through Z is for Zenith (the highest point of your possibilities). In the 26 subsequent articles, I'll provide various focus points as a framework to give you ideas, either beyond what you've already thought of, or, a deeper level of what you've started thinking about. You've already begun thinking more deeply about where you're placing your attention, the ball just started rolling, there's so much more ahead.

In the meantime, begin directing your attention to what you want (rather than what you don't want) and start playing with what you think and feel relative to "Awareness." Begin thinking in holographic terms: think and feel each individual element (each letter association) in terms of its relationship with the whole (what you're creating). And as you begin working with your own alphabet, let the line between work and play blur and enjoy; with your senses, the associations you feel are a match to your desired, greater reality. Keep your mind and heart open, Awareness is on its way! Dynamically yours, Gabriele Reign

Copyright 2005 Gabriele Sogka Reign

Examination Strategies

Examination Strategies
by: Colin Ong TS


1) Prepare a realistic time-table for your study preparation. Take into account that you may still have to go back for remedials and tests.

2) Look at you examination time-table. Are there days that you may have sit for 2 papers? Strategise and be prepared.

3) Check the marks allocation. Go through the different ways in which you can get distinctions. There could be some sections that you are confident of scoring well.

4) Do you have any friends or relatives who have set for the same examinations? Maybe they can provide tips like "The last essay is always tricky" or "There is not enough time for the MCQs".

5) Take time to know thyself. Especially your weaknesses. Are you careless in essay-writing or write rather slowly?

6) Studying in groups may not be advisable right to the eve of the examinations. You must have sufficient solitude to reflect on your examination strategy.

7) Some students have the tendency to listen to their Walkman during their revision. Be mindful that the examination is held in silence.

8) If you are sitting for an essay-style examination, don't just study in point form. It is crucial that you take a "trial-run" and write complete essays to time yourself. You may be surprised that of not having enough time for completing the essays in the stipulated period.

9) Exercise regularly during this period.

10) It is okay to study during the wee hours of the night but remember that the examinations are held during waking hours! It will be a tragedy if you are able to perform best after your examination schedule.

11) As matters of the heart do play a part in distracting students, have a pact with your partner to give each other space to study and prepare.

12) Lastly, if you feel that you can't manage your examinations preparation, talk to your teacher or course coordinator. There are many reasons why you can't cope and most may not be academic in nature.

A Way to Inner Peace

A Way to Inner Peace
by: Terje Brooks Ellingsen


We all need to find our inner peace, especially in our fast paced and turbulent every day lives. Outlined below are some steps or tips on how to search for peace of mind and make it a part of your life.

First you should examine your general attitudes toward life and find out which attitudes are right for you. Be honest with yourself. If you find yourself being a person who lives on the surface you should seriously consider to change this lifestyle since such attitudes can only cause disharmony in your life. Try to get below your life's surface to discover its varieties and realities. Meet all your challenges and solve the problems that life sets before you. If you make immediate problem solving a habit you will experience that it contributes to your inner growth and positive self development. Also take a look outside yourself and your ego and try to help solving others or collective problems as well. This will also contribute to your personal growth and peace within your self.

Then examine your beliefs. Are they good or do they seem right for you? When you have identified all the good things you believe, start to practice them. Peace within yourself can never be reached unless your beliefs and practice are in harmony. Like the law of gravity and other laws of nature, there are some universal laws governing human conduct and behavior. If you obey these laws you will be pushed toward harmony; disobedience make us disharmonic. We are able to distinguish between good and bad beliefs.

Then you should search for and find your place in the pattern of life. You can begin by putting into practice all the good things you believe. Life can not be in harmony unless belief and practice are in harmony. You must go in yourself and ask - only you can find it. Use meditation techniques or other methods for searching in receptive silence. When you start to come up with some clues, start to live in accordance with it by doing all the good things you are motivated toward and give them priority in your life.

We all have an inner and outer life. Prioritizing your inner life is not the same as denying your outer. You must bring your inner and outer well-being into harmony by getting rid of unnecessary burdens and meaningless activities. You must find a way to make your wants and your needs to become the same. When you have accomplished this, you will experience a harmony between inner and outer well-being. You will feel clean, pure and un-cluttered and this wonderful and harmonic feeling is what we call inner peace.