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Welcome back to mindset monday, to be honest I look forward each week to monday’s and an opportunity to share something about personal development and a mindset for success.

Believe it or not but your success in online business has more to do with your mindset than it has to do with your skills or your abilities.

Your mindset, your beliefs, your world view, your attitudes, your thoughts, will direct your destiny and your future.

Even the most skilled internet marketer or business person will be set up for failure if they have a negative mindset or the wrong attitude.

I know from my own journey my mindset has directed me to both success and failure, but as I’d like to discuss in this post, we may fail in one or two or even more attempts to create success, but we only fail if we choose not to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and try again after reassessing the reasons we found ourselves short of success.

Failure Is Not An Option

I’d like to suggest that some of the most successful people in the world, whether they be Donald Trump, Richard Branson, Walt Disney, Henry Ford or Bill Gates, adopted this attitude towards building their business and creating success, and built a belief that failure is not an option.

This does not mean that they didn’t have failed attempts at business startups or ideas.

Richard Branson for example and his global brand ‘Virgin’ is littered with so-called failures including;

• Virgin Cola, which was touted to be the next Coca-Cola.
• Virgin Clothes which was floated on the stock exchange in 1996 folded including losses to shareholders.
• Virgin Money was launched with a glitzy advertisement of Branson emerging naked from the sea, but did not deliver the expected big financial rewards.

Then theres;

• Virgin Vie
• Virgin Vision
• Virgin Vodka
• Virgin Wine
• Virgin Jeans
• Virgin Brides
• Virgin Cosmetics
• and more…

None of which fulfilled the creators vision of success.

But… you must have a big But to be a success, dont forget that…

But… This did not stop Richard Branson from building a Global, and now Intergalactic brand which we all know as ‘Virgin’.

Failure was just not an option… it may have been a pause or an intermission between his successes, but failure was never a place where he allowed himself to dwell.

Decide right now for yourself, whatever it is that you’re attempting to build - Failure Is Not An Option!

How does this apply practically?

1. Accept failures as test on your way to success

When we determine in our mind and our heart that failure is not an option that is not to say that we will hit our homerun first time we step up to the base.

I stepped into business at a young age and with a mega positive attitude and false expectation that unlike most successful entrepreneurs, I was not going to take 2 or 3 goes to make my millions… no sir.  I would be an exception to the rule, and everything I touched would turn to gold baby!

Now I encourage this positive outlook, but if you dont hit the homerun first time you step up to the base, be ready to refocus and go again.  Its one thing to have great expectations and dreams, but dont spit the dummy and take your bat and ball home if you dont achieve them first go, or if the results dont come for you the first time.

Its okay for failures to be stepping stones, just dont let them be your tomb stone.

2. Develop a Problem Solving Outlook

Failures are a great opportunity for improvement.  If you look at failures with a negative mindset you will only get discouraged.

Develop a problem solving outlook when you’re assessing your failed attempts and use it as an opportunity to do better on your next try.

Ask yourself these questions:

• What went wrong?
• What would I do different next time?
• Is it worth attempting again?
• Is there actually a market for this?
• Who could I ask for advice in this field?
• Have I made this mistake before?

I’ve heard it said many times that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.

Often we can create habits in our lives which create negative results, but fail to change those habits and create new ones, building patterns of failure in our life.

Develop an outlook to analyze and assess your business or project to identify opportunities for positive change.

This leads right into my third point…

3. Turn your failure into success!

Do you know that your failure could ultimately become your success if you address it with the right attitude.

“How?” you say…

Well if you’re not reaching your goals in a particular field or business endeavour, then chances are there are other people around the world who are in the same boat right?

So…

Step 1. Identify the issue

Be able to articulate the issue precisely and succinctly.

Step 2. Develop a solution

Firstly identify a solution.  Ask other people around you if they have a solution, speak to experts, research your issue, become the expert in the field.

Step 3. Develop a product to teach how to apply the solution

Once you have a solution to your issue you can easily develop an information product teaching others how to apply the solution and achieve the desired outcomes.

This could take the form of a cd, dvd, live presentation, mini-course, home study course, membership site etc

If there are enough people searching for this solution you have yourself a business - it’s that simple.

4. Dance Until It Rains!

When failure is not an option we dont continue to do the same actions expecting different results but we dont ever give up on our dreams and our goals.

The path may change from where we started out, the methods may be adjusted, but we dont give up on our journey to success, whatever success may mean to you.

I heard a fantastic story of an american indian tribe who were known for their amazing ability to do the ‘rain dance’ and see results, they were known throughout the land and other tribes would travel far and wide to learn their secret to bringing rain and what was so special about their rain dancing ability.

One day an elder of another tribe travelled days just to speak to an elder from this famous tribe to learn of their secret.

He arrive after many days travel, sat down with this elder, expectant, waiting to hear their secret.  He asked them “what is your secret? How do you see such success with your rain dances?”

The elder replied “We dance until it rains.”

Dance Until It Rains!

As long as you know you’re on the right track, and your actions are the right actions - dance until it rains!  Persistance pays off.

As the saying goes there’s no point flogging a dead horse, but it is also true that so many people give up right before their point of breakthrough.

Did you know that according to physics, the resistence is greats right before the point of breakthrough.

Dont give up - push through to your breakthrough.

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A very important element of making money online, whether it be through blogging, marketing info products, real products or even using the internet to build your MLM business or home based business, is positioning yourself as the expert in the field.

Online - perception is reality!

So with that in mind, the internet is a fantastic medium to build passive income as it allows you to create a perception of being the expert in the field in record time compared to offline methods.

Now understand that I am not talking about lying or presenting false information, for any regular readers you would know that I am all about operating with the highest levels of integrity and trust, because a business which is built on falsehood will not stand the test of time.

But… the internet give us all a level playing field when it comes to positioning yourself as the expert in the field.

Now if you know nothing about the industry you’re targetting, or the market you’re targetting, then dont even attempt to position yourself as the expert, as it will all come out in the wash.  Its for this reason that I promote the online business approach which I call “turning your passion into profits”.  This strategy ensures that you are already knowledgable and well positioned to leverage that knowledge and passion about your chosen market or niche, and will then be able to leverage that knowledge to position yourself as the expert.

This doesn’t mean that if you dont feel particularly equipped in a specific market that you cannot position yourself as the expert, its just a matter of leveraging other peoples expertise and then using their knowledge to position yourself as the expert.

So enough of the vague ambiguities lets get down to business about how to position yourself as the expert:

How To Position Yourself Online As The Expert

1. Walk The Walk, Before You Talk The Talk

If you are wanting to make money online in any particular niche teaching, advising or consulting people about any market or industry… walk the walk…

Have experience in the niche before you try and position yourself as the expert.

Its no use to anyone if you want to build an online business teaching people the drums if you dont know the first thing about drums or drumming.

Now as always, there is an exception to this rule - which I mentioned earlier, and this involves you partnering with an expert in the field to build your online business, but that’s for another day.

If you want to teach people how to make money online but you haven’t made a single red cent online, DONT!  Until you have been able to achieve the results yourself that you plan on teaching and leveraging from, dont try to fool the market place, there are enough sharks and sheisters out there already.. just dont do it!

So be sure that you have walked the walk, before you talk the talk…

To be quite honest I’m sick and tired of marketers, or would be marketers launching into an online business ‘how to blah blah blah’ and their primary motive is to get rich quick.  Its these money hungry jerks who give the industry a bad name and ultimately it will come back and bite them on the bum.

With this in mind…

• What are you passionate about?
• What expertise do you have that would be valuable to other people?
• What can you do and teach to others?
• How can you help others solve a problem that might be a universal problem?

2. Develop Your Story

As you position yourself in the field as the expert, whether it be, expert - golfer, drummer, counsellor, business coach, life coach, psychologist, parent, entrepreneur, match making guru etc, have a story to tell.

• How did you get to where you are today?
• What struggles and hard ships did you go through on the way?
• What secrets have you discovered in your journey?
• What results are you now achieving?
• How has that impacted on your life?
• How are you now able to help other people?

All of these questions will help you build your story and help you to position yourself in the minds of your readers and market place that you are the expert in the field.

Making money online is all about finding a need and filling it with a solution, so your story should answer questions that your target market are asking, and help them to identify with you on a personal and real level.  They want to hear how you got to where you are today, because that’s where they want to be.  They want to hear what results you are achieving, because they want to know what they will achieve through listening to you, reading your blog or buying your product.

Make your story real, make it personal and allow your target market to identify with you.

Another great thing about working online is that it allows you to connect with your market in a much deeper level.

If you consider your perception of movie stars or rock stars, they’re very untouchable, unreachable and even unreal.

By positioning yourself as the expert, but being accessible, real and relateable, your target market can gain a confidence that not only are you genuine, but that there just might be a chance for them to become like you, through reading your blog, subscribing to your list or buying your product.

So start to develop your story…

3. Build Your Networks

Now that you have your story ready, you need somewhere to tell it.

The movement of Web2.0 and social media has created a number of great opportunities for ‘online experts’ to network and tell their story to the relevant target market.

I saw on twitter the other day someone posted a statement that went something like this:

“Your Network is equal to your Networth”

So if that is true, get started and build your networks.

As your network make sure that your online profiles are all telling the same story, painting the picture of “You The Expert” and ALWAYS direct them back to your blog or website.

Some great sites for you to start building your networks on are:

• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• MySpace
• Twitter
• Industry Specific Forums

Facebook, linkedin and myspace are all social networks where you can post profiles, join groups, comment on forums, build your own groups, chat and message people etc

Get into the online networks and interact, start conversations, ask questions and get to know your audience, and allow them to get to know you.

Twitter is a little different, and as a microblogging service it allows you to have semi real time conversations with your target market.  Using the search function on twitter you can do a search for people who are already talking about your niche or topic and join in their conversations.

One key for networking online that I believe is crucial to remember its all about the relationship.  Dont be a jerk and just go out to promote your product or your blog or web address.  People are over spam and they wont give you a second chance.

Treat online networking the same as you would treat a real life cocktail party. Would you walk up to someone at a cocktail party and say, “Hey check out my website” then walk to the next person and so on…?

Be real, be personable, be accessible, build relationship and provide value.

4. Have a Home Base

Finally… One must have element for positioning yourself online as the expert is the need for a ‘home base’.

Your home base may be a blog or a website… I’m a big fan of blogs, which is clearly why I’m here writing and you’re here reading.

Whether your home base is a blog or a website is purely up to you and may vary from market to market, but you must have a home base.

Somewhere you can point all of your social network profiles to.

Somewhere you have the facility to capture the name and email address of your visitors (like my RSS email subscription - top of my side bar ->>).

Somewhere you can update with new information and draw people to when you provide offers or product launches.

Somewhere that allows you to build your personal brand and gives you the flexibility to change design and layout as you require.

So be sure to get yourself a home base.  It doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg, (I can set you up with a simple blog, and a domain name and hosting, for just $97 - let me know if you’re keen).

Follow hese four steps and you’re well on your way to positioning yourself as the expert.

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This post will be a shorter one today as I leave in 5 and a half hours to drive to beautiful Mt Buller for a day of snowboarding and unwinding.

Online Business Tip | Leverage The Lifestyle

One of the greatest things about doing business online, and creating an internet based business for yourself is the ability to leverage technology to free up your time.

When you are able to free up your time, you’re then a master of your time with the ability to choose how you spend it, rather than being a slave to the system.

But I still see way too many internet business owners and online entrepreneurs who get caught in the trap of allowing even their online business to consume their time and they become a slave to their online business.

Leverage The Lifestyle!

Online Business should always be about leverage…

1. Leverage Technology

The Internet allows you to leverage technology to create cash on autopilot. No its not just a phrase you see in the headlines of sales pitches, there is a real world where people, myself included have leveraged the internet, websites and blogs to create autopilot cashflow systems.

This might begin with automated lead generation for an MLM business opportunity, home based business or any other product or service offer - but through the use of the web you can leverage technology so it works without you being there.

2. Leverage The World Wide Network

By this I mean outsource.  If you cant build websites but you need them to build your business, outsource.

Check out some of the outsourcing sites such as:

• www.elance.com
• www.odesk.com
• www.guru.com

Here you will find professionals from copywriters and ghostwriters who can research and even write your products and blog posts for you, to programmers, developers and designers who will be able to create a beautiful looking and highly functional website for you.

Its all right there are your fingertips, so dont get sucked into the vortex of becoming a slave to your online business.

3. Leverage The Wealth of Wisdom

If you want to learn something - google it!

If you want to know how the guru’s are doing it - tweet them, facebook them, or hit them up on linkedin.

Online networking has allowed me to build relationships with some of the world leaders in internet marketing and blogging.  People who I would have never had opportunities to ask questions and connect with, had I not sought them out on forums, twitter and facebook.

You’d be amazed at how willing to help and how ‘normal’ these so called guru’s are… now let me preface that with this, some of them do have a ‘rockstar syndrome’ and think they’re all that, but ‘most’ of them are very down to earth and approachable.

4. Leverage the Lifestyle‘

You put all of this hard work into building yourself an online business, enjoy the fruits of your labour!

Take time off to spend with your family and friends!

Dont sit at your computer 18 hours a day and neglect the ones you love.

It is not a valid excuse that you’re putting in the hard yards now ‘for them’ so ‘they’ can enjoy the fruits of your labour later on… if you ask them now… they’ll tell you that they just want time with you, and they’d rather have you than money, so dont be a jerk, turn your computer off and spend some quality time with your loved ones.

So as I mentioned at the beginning of the post - tomorrow i’m taking the day off and heading to the snow to do something I love, with some good friends of mine.

It will not only give me an opportunity to unwind but I will come back with a fresh mind and probably with some ideas, as you’d be amazed how when you clear space, whether its in your mind, in your wallet or in your life, you attract more… remember that ‘law of abundance’, give it away and it will come back to you!

Online business is all about leverage… so get out there and Leverage The Lifestyle!

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When you begin to get your head around internet marketing, whether it be with the aim to make money blogging, or through affiliate marketing or developing your own products, the question is always asked, Is there any easy money online?

How long will it take me to make a full time income online?

Should I use Google Adsense Ads on my blog or website?

All of those questions are so relative and there are so many variables involved like, social networking, traffic, search engine optimization, writing good content, link baiting etc etc
(if you dont know anything about any of those topics please message me and I’ll be happy to expand on them in future posts)

But let me just focus today on one potential income earner, which I will admit is one of my greatest earners online and that answer the question:

So… Is there Easy Money Online with Google Adsense Ads?

Short answer is - YES!

The longer and more detailed answer - here it comes.

Google adsense ads are one of the easiest and most effective ways to monetize your website or blog but there are a number of things you need to consider.

What is Google Adsense?

Google Adsense Ads are simply companies who want to advertise online through Google and their ad network

Google allow you to sign up for their advertising network program which is called ‘Google Adsense‘ which gives you the ability to choose different styles of advertisements to display on your own website or blog, which are relevant to the content on your site, and Google pay you a commission when one of the ads is clicked on for hosting the ad.

Through the Google Adsense control panel you can choose the following types of ads:

• Text Ads - purely text based ads, these tend to blend well with content, and dont appear to be blatant advertising
• Image Ads - much more obvious that they are an advertisement, usually animated image banners
• Link Unit  - this is a list of key words, which then takes the user to another screen with text ads, requiring 2 clicks to earn your commission

From my experience I have found that the text and image ads convert the best, but I have found while image ads may have a higher conversion rate than text ads (differing with your placement), text ads are often higher paying per click.

Depending on the purpose behind your site, your style, and your readership its always worth doing some testing with the various ad groups before you settle on your decision of which to use.

How Do You Determine Who You Advertise On Your Site?

As Google Adsense Ads are contextual advertising, Google has their own special algorithm to work out what businesses or services advertisements they will place on your site, so while you cannot choose specific companies or particular ads to host, there are a few Adsense Optimization Tips I can share with you:

Target High Value Keywords

In Google’s Keyword Research Tool we have previously talked about researching high commercial value keywords and keyword phrases.  When using this keyword research tool, Google will give you a ball park estimate of the figure you will have to pay to get your adverisement (if you were advertising in Google Adwords) to appear i the top 3 positions on Google search paid listings.

There is a direct correlation between this figure and the amount of money per click Google will pay you for hosting Google Adsense Ads for that particular keyword.

Ah Hah!

So If you can find keywords, which are related to your particular niche marketing/website topic, optimise a single page for that keyword, then Google will work with you on that keyword or phrase and post ads to your site from advertisers who are targetting that keyword or phrase.

Just because the top 3 position is paying $40 per click does not mean that Google will pay you $20 commission, you have to remember that not all advertisers who advertise with Google Adwords decide to advertise on the content network (which is what you have just joined by hosting Adsense Ads).

Optimize For Adsense You Say?

Firstly let me say this… if you are going to go to the trouble of optimizing particular pages of your website or blog to attract higher paying Google Adsense Ads then you need to realise that you will need individual pages create for each of these keywords/keyword phrases.

To properly optimize a page for high paying google adsense keywords you must use the keyword in the following places:

• Page Name
• Page Title
• Bolded Once
• Italicized Once
• 3% to 5% keyword density in total page content
• In meta tag keywords
• In meta tag description
• In link text - linking to itself

By placing that particular keyword in those places Google will see that the content and structure of your site is clearly appropriate for the companies who want to advertise for your chosen keyword.

If you are currently hosting Google Adsense Ads on your site, but haven’t really put any thought into optimization, have a look at the ads which are being displayed and then look at the various elements listed above in your site, and you might just find a correlation.

On a side note - these elements are also very important for targetting keywords and keyword phrases for Search Engine Optimization or SEO, to get your site or blog ranking well in Google and other search engines.

Google Adsense Positioning

Where you position your ads from Adsense is again entirely up to you and firstly dependant upon the content, style and readership of your website, but if that is all flexible then here are the various positioning options according to the Google Adsense heatmap:

According to Google’s studies this heat map shows the conversion of your adsense ads according to how dark the area is… ie. the white area in the top right corner is the lowest converting area for hosting Google Adsense Ads, where as the highest converting position and ad size is in the middle directly above your primary content and one of the smaller square ad blocks.

Because the highest converting area on your site is so close to your primary content it is probably then best to use the Adsense Text Ads, rather than the image ads for these reasons:

1. Text Ads will blend into your site more in turn will appear to be links through to other areas of your site, increasing your conversion rate.

2. Because they blend better they will help you maintain the integrity of your site if it is an information site or blog.

What are the Google Adsense Rules

1. DO NOT click your own ads (Once your banned , there’s no redemption in Google’s Eyes)
2. DO NOT use more than 3 Google Ad Units (The 4th is usually ignored and will be empty anyway)
3. DO NOT change , modify , spruce up , or add anything to the code. (Google gives you the option of using changing font/background colors when you login) Check it out
4. DO NOT put Google ads on Adult - Oriented Sites or other banned website Content
5. DO NOT force or encourage your users to click on your ads
6. DO NOT blend your ads so that your users can not tell the Difference between advertisement and web-content.
   (Wrapping images around Adsense is a BIG no-no and will get you banned)
7. DO NOT forget to create a Privacy Policy Page explaining to your users about the Google Adsense network and how data may be collected.
8. DO NOT Pay for traffic services that will artificially inflate your traffic statistics. Google’s Engineer’s are smart and will find out eventually.
9. DO NOT register multiple accounts
10. Finally people please DO NOT tell ANYONE online how much money you make with Adsense on a Click-Through-Rate and Earning-Per-Impression basis.

Recent Policy Changes

1. Google requires that any websites participating in Adsense should have / create a privacy policy. (It is very easy to make thanks to Privacy Policy Generators you can find on google like this or this.)
2. Google makes you responsible for wherever you put the Adsense code. If the website’s material is inappropriate you might get banned.
3. Google prohibits the use of “third-party services such as paid-to-click, paid-to-surf, auto-surf, and click-exchange programs.”

**Rules thanks to http://sherifabdou.com/2008/10/10-google-adsense-rules-n-optimization-tips/

So that’s Google Adsense in a nutshell…

Its a fantastic monetization method as all of the hard work is done for you.  You dont have to manage advertisers, you dont have to worry about an ad serving platform, tracking clicks and impressions, but its not the best method for everyones website.

One negative I do have to say about Google Adsense Ads, are that because they are contextual, if you’re running a business website eg The local butcher, it’s likely that the ads which will appear on your site will be competing businesses.  So it is more appropriate for information based sites and blogs.

If you have any questions about Google Adsense or other ways to monetize your website or blog, please shoot me a message through the contact form… I look forward to hearing from you.

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This past weekend for me has been a rollercoaster of emotions…

As my regular readers will know I spent the weekend and 2 days prior in Adelaide, Australia for one of my best friends wedding, which I had the privilige to be a part of as a groomsman.  It was such a special time and very exciting to see him marrying the girl of his dreams who he had been with for just on seven years.

The day before the wedding I also discovered that the builder, which we had been in negotiations with, and even paid a deposit to, to build our house had pulled the plug on expanding into our region so we were back to the drawing board.

In amongst these things my fiance and I are also up to our knecks organising our engagement party, wedding and reception, so believe me there’s a lot going on in our lives at the moment, so every now and then I have to catch myself when it comes to the thoughts I meditate on.

So for this weeks ‘Mindset Monday’ I want to bring to your attention the importance of your thoughts.

This is not just ‘positive thinking’ or a new age approach to ‘think happy thoughts’ and everything will turn out right.  The things you dwell on, the things you give your attention to, will manifest in your life and its not by accident nor is it through some mystical power, let me explain…

Thoughts Become Things - Cognitive Behavioural Theory or ‘CBT’?

The premise behind CBT is this:

• What You Think Determines How you Feel…
• How You Feel Determines How You Act…
• Your Actions Become Habits…

Your thoughts directly impact your emotions - did you know that we have the power to change and choose our emotions?

If you’re sad you can think about something which makes you happy and you can change the emotions you feel… why do you think music and movies have such an ability to stir emotion in us?

From here, your feelings or your emotions will cause you to act in a certain manner.

When you’re confident and feeling great about yourself you walk taller, you are confident to speak to people, and you approach life with enthusiasm.  But if you’re feeling down in the dumps, you’re lacking confidence, maybe you’ve just been fired from your job, so you’re probably walking with your shoulder slouched, head hanging down and lack energy to do anything.

These actions, which are directly linked to our emotions, then if continued over a period of time have the ability to become habits in our lives, and as a habit forms, our habits create patterns of behavior and patterns of success or failure.

Thoughts Do Become Things!

So what does that mean for you?

Well let me ask you this question - what things do you want in your life?

Because when you know what things you want in your life, you can then determine what thoughts you need to think, to create the right emotions and feelings, which will create the appropriate actions and habits for you to achieve and receive the things you want!!

The mind has the power to lead us into emotional states, which directly impact on our physical body and our ability to act…

The bible says “be transformed by the renewing of your mind”.

You can not only choose who you become, but transform your world by ‘renewing your mind’

Think About What You’re Thinking About

One of the greatest dangers in our world today is simply being unaware… What a shame it would be if we got to the end of our lives only to find out that we lived at only 5% of our potential capacity.

Our mind has such an amazing capacity for creativity and exploration into the imaginary, which can become reality, but left unexplorered it remains untapped and unchartered.

So my homework for you today is this…

Start to develop a habit of being deliberate about your thoughts.

If you find yourself thinking negatively about your life, or particular situations you’re in - stop, and look for a positive angle… look for positive in everything that you’re doing.

If you begin to doubt, or fear, or worry - begin to laugh in the face of fear (actually laugh out loud).

Answer it back and tell your fears that they have no power over you and that they wont hold you back from achieving all that you were created to achieve (actually speak out loud).

You see fear is simply the opposite to faith, and faith is ‘the substance of things we hope for, and the evidence of things you dont see’.  Both fear and faith are a substance, manifested in your actions.  Fear will cause you to shrink back, but faith will cause you to step forward into your destiny.

Create A Toolkit Of Empowering Thoughts

Our thoughts are created by the data we allow in through our eyes and ears… what you watch and what/who you listen to.

So its up to you to be the master of your thought life, as well as equipping yourself with the tools to foster empowering thoughts and beliefs.

One great way to facilitate this is by reading empowering quotes.

Here is a list of 10 Great and Empowering Quotes:

1. “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.” - Napoleon Hill
2. “Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” - Unknown
3. “What seems nasty, painful, evil can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind.” - Henry Miller
4. “Brick walls are there for a reason - they let us prove how badly we want things and to keep out others who do not want it enough” - Randy Pausch
5. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
   Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
   It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
   We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
   Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
   Your playing small does not serve the world.
   There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
   We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
   It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
   And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
   As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson
6. “Aim high! The future you see, is the person you will be.” - Jim Cathcart
7. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” - Barack Obama
8. “Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
9. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” - Epitectus
10. “Remember that life develops what it demands - the toughest path creates the strongest warrior. Pray not for a lighter load, but for stronger shoulders.” - Dan Millman

Remember you have control over your thoughts, dont ever play the blame game or allow yourself to become a victim…

If you have the power to change a situation in your life… dont complain about it and dont worry about it… just change it.

If you dont have the power to change the situation… dont complain about it and dont worry about it, because there’s nothing you can do about it!

Create a habit of thinking empowering thoughts and you will begin to find an inner strength that you never realised you had, empowering you to do things you never thought you could do!

Go on.. I dare you! Change Your World!

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