Create Your Laptop Life ® - A Marketing Online Business Podcast

On this episode that I recorded live, inspired by a Facebook conversation, I talk about why having more money in your bank account won't bring the security we think it will. What it means to truly be secure, and what that has to do with being able to bet on yourself.

The path to becoming the best in the world, even if you never reach that coveted status, is a journey that will position you so far above the competition that you won't have to worry about them. On this episode I will show you a few of the things that it takes to become the best in the world at what you do.

Sometimes it's hard to navigate the online marketing industry because it can be full of scammers, or people who set high expectations and don't deliver, which can cause you to become burned out of the whole industry. In this episode I will give you some of the reasons you may be experiencing burn out, and some tips on how to avoid it.

Since making the decision to walk away from being the VP of Marketing at Clickfunnels, I have made a lot of announcements. It has been a big transition that brought on a lot of fear and anxiety, but was definitely the right decision. Listen in to hear what I've been up to the last 20 days, including all the exciting announcements I have made.

Being a quick decision maker and thinking indecisive people were silly has come to a halt since having to make an incredibly difficult decision in recent weeks. When it came to making a decision that would affect many people and had many facets, I learned the difference between making 2D and 3D decisions.

When we have expectations for sales during launches, some of us have the tendency to set unrealistic goals. And when we don't hit those goals, we get disillusioned and chase other shiny objects, which is the silent killer of entrepreneurial dreams. But if we do math and look at our own history, we can use that to set more realistic goals, so that we can actually achieve them, and feel good about the way our launch went.

There are so many things in our lives and businesses that we just "assume" we need to do. We don't stop and observe how social pressure or the "normal" way to do something might actually be flawed, or altogether unnecessary. If you were to go through your daily tasks, I bet there are evidences of what I call "over organization". Matching socks is an example of this. It appears organized. It satisfies our OCD. It's also a complete waste of time.

When it comes to Facebook marketing, dabbling isn't going to do you any favors. In order to get the data you need to be successful you have to be willing to spend a lot of money on Facebook ads.

When doing research we need to be aware of how to attribute others ideas rather than pretending their feelings and thoughts are our own. Things like this have become an epidemic in the online marketing space, so here are some great ideas on how to avoid it when doing research.

Sometimes when we become overwhelmed with all the tasks that are on our plates, we can talk to our assistant as a way of getting out all tasks in a more tangible way. But when we don't have an assistant, we can pretend that we do in order to help ourselves sort all those things out.