“Com­mit­ment is what turns a promise into real­ity. It is the words that speak boldly of your inten­tions. And the actions that speak louder than words. It is mak­ing the time when there is none. Com­ing through time after time after time, year after year after year. Com­mit­ment is the stuff char­ac­ter is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily tri­umph of integrity over skep­ti­cism.“
– Unsourced

“Patience is bit­ter, but its fruit is sweet.“
– Anony­mous

You may have heard of Thoreau’s advice, “Do what you fear and the death of that fear is cer­tain.” I fig­ured that becom­ing a sales­per­son was the best way to fight my fear since rejec­tion is com­mon­place in sales. In the begin­ning, though, I cer­tainly was no sales super­star. Work­ing solely on com­mis­sion and with no income to show for, I filed for bank­ruptcy (one of two, if you recall). You might say that I became what my father pro­grammed me to believe.

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“We are at our very best, and we are hap­pi­est, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the jour­ney toward the goal we’ve estab­lished for our­selves. It gives mean­ing to our time off and com­fort to our sleep. It makes every­thing else in life so won­der­ful, so worth­while.“
–Earl Nightin­gale

“Suc­cess is a jour­ney… Not a des­ti­na­tion.“
–Ben Sweet­land

Goal achieve­ment is con­sid­ered by some to be suc­cess, for it is true that suc­cess is defined by the achieve­ment of a desired objec­tive. But you may have noticed that I like to use words such as “poten­tial,” “align­ment,” or “suc­cess­ful­ness” to describe this true suc­cess to which I am refer­ring. As you can under­stand, goals are per­sonal and suc­cess is rel­a­tive to the individual.

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It seems there’s a flurry these days of Inter­net mar­keters releas­ing “free reports.” (Admit­tedly, I’m just as guilty.)

But there’s one report I highly rec­om­mend you read right now. My good friend, Armand Morin, has just released his free report. In his no-​​nonsense, no-B.S. style, Armand explains how he made mil­lions online.

When I read the first draft, the first thing that came out of my mouth was, “It’s about time!”

(When you read it, you’ll under­stand what I mean.)

For­get the fluff and the pur­ported “secrets” some mar­keters spout. Unlike so many of the “death of” man­i­festos of late, in this 50-​​page report noth­ing is sug­ar­coated. Noth­ing is secret. And more impor­tantly, noth­ing “died.”

Warn­ing! This report con­tains strong lan­guage, obvi­ous truths, and mon­ey­mak­ing strate­gies some might find irri­tat­ing. Even offensive.

If you want to learn how Armand built his multi-​​million dol­lar busi­ness online, or how we quadru­pled our busi­ness using the same strate­gies Armand offers, then you need to down­load this free report and read it.

Click here to grab your free copy of “An Obvi­ous Truth.”

Since the new year is right around the cor­ner, blog­gers and mar­keters alike are post­ing their pre­dic­tions as if a psy­chics con­ven­tion has come to town.

So in keep­ing with that tra­di­tion, I’d like to post a few of my own. But unlike those who post their pre­dic­tions in point form, I won’t make a spe­cific list but rather share with you some of my thoughts.

(Near the end, how­ever, this post will cul­mi­nate in what I believe will be three major trends to watch out for and dive into, if you want to make some seri­ous money in 2008 and beyond.)

First off, let me state that you may or may not agree with me on these. But some­thing is def­i­nitely going on right now that points to these three trends. All the clues are pretty evi­dent, and you’ve prob­a­bly seen some of these yourself.

What I’m talk­ing about is…

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Sad day. I’m speechless.

In case you haven’t heard, the infa­mous Gary Hal­bert, the Alpha Shitweasel, the Prince of Print, died in his sleep on Easter Sunday.

All I can say is, the copy­writ­ing world has lost one of its biggest icons. There will NEVER be another Gary Hal­bert, that’s for sure.

John Reese left the mes­sage on my copywriter’s board just after mid­night. John Carl­ton, who was Gary’s best friend in this biz, wrote a blog post that says it all. (It lit­er­ally brought tears to my eyes.)

I remem­ber two years ago when I did a sem­i­nar with him, John Carl­ton, and Mark Joyner, called the “Fusion Sem­i­nar.” (There are some incred­i­bly funny sto­ries from that sem­i­nar, which I will share with you some time soon!)

Rest in peace, brother. You can also lis­ten to two inter­views I’ve done with Gary Hal­bert, and one with John Carlton.

Click here to lis­ten to four hours with me and Gary Halbert.