The IM Inside Track

The IM Inside Track

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The IM Inside Track episodes

  • It’s on You: Don’t Let Other People Drag You Down (Podcast #091)
    Don’t Let Other People Drag You Down
    Other people can build you up as a marketer. You can work with and learn from very successful people to become even more successful yourself. But it works the other way around as well. If you hang around people who only complain about why they can’t do things, and people who are constantly struggling, that’s probably going to end up being your story as well.
    You may have experienced this kind of feeling already—people trying to drag you down with them. You can feel the tugging—you can feel the negativity entering into your mindset and taking you off course.
    Take a moment to consider who you talk to online. Who do you see in person? Who do you work with? Who do you hire? Who mentors you? Who do you mentor? Consider the people you communicate with frequently.
    Would you classify those people as generally positive about success? Do you feel better or worse after you talk to them? Do they tend to find excuses for why they can’t do something or do they tend to succeed no matter what happens?
    You want to hang around those who have a mindset of success. If people are constantly complaining, always see the glass as half empty, or have been dragging their feet forever without moving forward to achieve their dreams, it might be time for you to move on.
    You can’t let the poor mindset of others creep in and steal your positive mindset. One of the biggest differences between those who are successful and those who aren’t is that successful people operate on a higher frequency. They know that success is inevitable. Take absolutely everything away from them and they’ll be able to earn it back and reach the same level of success or higher in no time at all.
    What would happen if someone took everything from you? Would you give up or would you rebuild to the point where you are now, or better? Would you be devastated or would it not faze you because you know your success is inside you?
    It’s time for you to adopt the attitude of the world’s most successful people. You have to feel it in your bones that success is around the corner. You have to stop at nothing to make it yours. Don’t let negative, low success people drag you down. I’m not telling you to be elitist, but I am telling you that negativity is catching. Success is also catching. Do you want to catch success or do you want to catch complaints, negativity, and a life full of hardship? I’ve chosen the former, now it’s your turn.
    It’s All on You
    Piggybacking off of the previous section, it’s time to analyze whether you typically think your success comes from inside you or from outside of you. Do you own your success or do you think it’s something that might happen to you?
    Do you tend to think of the many things working against you as being the reason for your lack of success? Or, do you take a look at what you’re doing, tweak your strategy, and move forward toward success no matter what happens?
    If you want to be more successful, you have to realize that it’s all on you. Everything you need to succeed is waiting for you. I don’t care what your background is or how many times you’ve failed before. Everything is there, waiting for you to take it. It might not seem like it and you might be going through some very difficult things in your life. That stuff can make you or break you… you get to choose.
    Consider your mindset when it comes to the mistakes you make or others make. Do you tend to blame yourself or do you blame things outside of your control? Does it surprise you when I tell you that neither approach is a good thing?
    Some people tend to feel like they have to put 100% of the blame on themselves, 100% of the time. They tend to block their own success because they don’t think they deserve it. In fact, some people like that subconsciously slow things down if they do reach a certain level of success because they don’t think they truly deserve it.
    7 min
  • You DO Have Time to Write Short, Profitable Books in a Week (Podcast #090)
    You may have read this title with some trepidation. Maybe you thought sure, you could write a short book in seven days if you spent every waking hour working on that book. But, who wants to do that? No one—that’s a surefire path to burnout.
    Actually, you might be surprised to learn that that's not what I have in store for you at all. In fact, you can spend just a couple of hours each day working on writing short books and still be very successful. It all depends on how well you organize yourself, how quickly you’re able to write, and how motivated and focused you are.
    I don't want you to spend 16 hours a day writing your book. It really is not that difficult and time intensive. You don't need to be stressed out about this. Approach your writing in a fun way. Don't make this a chore. You can even reward yourself along the way. Meet your word count goals for the day and allow yourself to have a bowl of ice cream or something.
    I'm going to give you a few different options or examples of ways you can break your word counts and time down to get your book written in a week. Consider how much time you have available to do this. Then, think about it again – can you cut out some TV time? Or whatever leisure activity you usually invest in could be spent writing a little bit of your book instead…just a little bit a day will add up to big things.
    Again, it's not about all work and no play – it's about balance. Eliminate the excuses and find ways you can get your word counts in every day.
    Writing a little bit each day really adds up. Your book will be written and published before you know it. Daily consistent action equals success.
    An Example with Numbers
    Let's say you wanted to write a 10,000 word short nonfiction book to release on Kindle. First of all, get it out of your mind that you need to write 100,000 words over the course of months or years before you have a valuable book on your hands. That’s a starving artist mentality, not a business mentality. 100,000 word books can be valuable or they can be rubbish. 10,000 word books can be valuable or they can be rubbish.
    It’s especially not true that longer equals better these days – Kindle readers often want shorter reads that will help them get to the bottom of their very specific problem more quickly and without fluff. You absolutely can write and publish extremely valuable content that falls between 5,000 to 25,000 words.
    That's actually one of the beautiful things about Amazon Kindle. There are no gatekeepers – people vote with their dollars. Short nonfiction sells and it sells well. Write a book that focuses on helping people fix a single problem and you could have a hot seller on your hands.
    So, for the purposes of illustration, we're going to play with the numbers it will take to write a 10,000-word book to release on Kindle. Does writing that kind of a word count in 7 days sound daunting? It does for most people who are just starting out, but it doesn’t have to be.
    Even though 10,000 words is on the relatively low end of the word count for books, it still seems scary when you're not used to writing that length consistently. As long as you practice, you will get used to writing consistently. You’re no longer going to be scared of writing. "10,000 words" is going to seem easy to you… because it is easy.
    You could write this length extremely easily in under 20 days. In order to write a 10,000-word book, you’d just have to write 500 words a day. If you do that, you would have the book finished in 20 days – that's less than a month. That's also the very bottom limit of what I recommend. You absolutely do not need or want to take any longer than that to write an easy flowing, helpful nonfiction book for Kindle.
    But, let’s get back to the current example. Absolutely anyone can write 500 words in a day no matter how busy you are, how out of practice you are,
    9 min
  • Word of Mouth Traffic (Podcast #088)
    When you build relationships, you hope people will shout the name of your business from the rooftops. You want them to tell absolutely everyone who is even remotely interested in your niche to visit your blog, follow you on social media, and invest in your products. This happens via word-of-mouth marketing.
    You can’t force word-of-mouth marketing, but you certainly can encourage it. The first step in doing this is forming great relationships and getting people really excited about the things you’re doing. People are a lot more likely to check you out if they heard about you from a friend or trusted advisor. You can have all the ads, articles, and other content out on the web you want… but the unfiltered words of other people will always be more effective than all of those things combined.
    That’s why, throughout this guide, I have spent a lot of time telling you to build relationships with everything you do in driving traffic and marketing. When you focus on relationships and really helping people, word-of-mouth marketing will sort of fall into place. You’ll have proven yourself as an expert and as someone who delivers on your promises.
    In addition to forming relationships so people naturally talk about you everywhere on the web, you can also actively encourage word-of-mouth marketing. It can be as simple as asking people to pass your free book around. You can ask them to share your newsletter content with a friend. In marketing, we learn that we have to give people a call to action – it’s part of human psychology. Sometimes, all you have to do is ask.
    Another part of word-of-mouth marketing is differentiating yourself from other people in your niche. There are no doubt other great marketers out there who are also trying to drive traffic to their properties. You have to stand out from the crowd.
    Zig where other people are zagging. Be creative and try new things. This will get people talking about you and will help spur your word-of-mouth marketing. You will naturally start to get links and have people searching for you on social media and in the search engines.
    Word-of-mouth marketing is great because it’s something that’s pretty hands-off for you, as long as you’re actively building relationships, creating content, and doing things people want to talk about and share. Share facts and tips people aren’t hearing everywhere else. Develop products people really need but haven’t yet been served by in the marketplace. Focus on the potential for word-of-mouth marketing with everything you do for traffic.
    Creating Brand Evangelists
    Getting people to talk about you to others is great. What’s even better is having a slew of brand evangelists all over the web, as I mentioned earlier. Let’s study this concept in more depth.
    Have you ever loved a product or company so much that you told everyone you saw? Maybe you evangelized about a new mattress or other product that totally transformed the way you sleep or live? Or, maybe you’ve been trying to earn money online for a while and you finally found a forum and leader that catapulted you to success. You’re likely to tell everyone about those things because you’re so excited about them.
    Think about the companies you’ve freely evangelized for. What do they do differently from everyone else? Have you noticed that your recommendation has meant a lot more to people than it would have if they’d just seen an ad for the brand you’re evangelizing for?
    Experts say your brand will become extremely successful if you have around 1,000 dedicated brand evangelists. That number might be much lower or higher for you, depending on your niche and your goals. But the power behind that small percentage compared to your overall market is unbeatable.
    How do you get these great brand evangelists? You have to think about what your brand and your products do that no one else’s does. Why is your stuff better and more helpful?
    7 min
  • The Realities of Daily Practice of Habit Change and Visualization (Podcast #087)
    It’s upsetting, but I realize a good many of the people reading this and other habit change articles I’ve written in IMIT will not end up practicing daily visualization. They’ll read this and know it’s a good idea. They’ll know they should do it.
    But, they won’t do it. Some will though. Those who will make it a daily part of their lives, like you (hopefully), will be able to change bad habits and adopt any amazing, wonderful habit they want to.
    Remember— it’s one thing to read a self-help book or article and decide that something is a good idea. It’s another thing altogether to actually put it into practice and know that you are going to make it your mission.
    I want you to visualize daily. I want you to use visualization to change your habits and achieve your goals. That’s why this next part might surprise you. I know that you have an incredible number of things you want to change about yourself.
    You have so many habits you’d like to change and so many goals you’d like to reach. It was hard enough when I asked you to focus on one reachable goal per month and one changeable habit per week. But now, I want you to hold off on all of that.
    Yes— that’s right. Don’t start that process until you’re sure daily, vivid visualization is a fully formed habit of yours. You shouldn’t have to even think about it— you should wake up each day, automatically visualizing your success for the day. You should have it built in to your schedule (and completely expected) to visualize your habit-change and goals every day.
    So, don’t focus on moving forward with your habit-change until that’s a reality. If you have made visualization a habit, it will be VERY easy for you to move forward and change your habits and reach your goals.
    This is really the first step that will make all the other steps as smooth as butter. Of course, you can definitely succeed with habit-change and goal setting without visualization; it will just be more difficult. You’ve gotten this far and I know you’re pumped up about using visualization for habit change. That’s why I know you need to drop everything and make this a priority.
    Goal— Make morning visualization a habit.
    That’s your first goal.
    How are you going to do it? Brainstorm! I suggest you set a reminder that goes off on your phone, right after your alarm does. Or, set it on your computer. Write it on a sticky note and put it on your computer or your bathroom mirror. Put it anywhere you will see it first thing in the morning.
    Ideally, you’ll set it electronically right now, to go off every morning for 30 days so you don’t have to think about it. It takes around a month or more to make something a habit, so set yourself up for success. Make it so that you don’t have to remember it and you’ll be a lot more likely to follow through with it.
    Now, all you have to do is write your to-do list every morning. Your to-do list should contain around 6 things that you must do that day. Everyone has things they must or should do every day— focus on yours.
    After you write your to-do list, visualize yourself happily and successfully going through it. Go to your happy, distraction-free zone as you do this. Visualize using all of your senses to make the experience more real.
    That’s it! It only takes a few minutes. Do this every morning for at least a month.
    After that’s become a habit, add a visualization session at nighttime, where you visualize yourself achieving the major goals you’ve set for yourself. After that’s become a habit, add a mid-day session where you visualize habit-change.
    Have you made visualization a daily habit of yours, at least three times a day? Are you feeling comfortable with it and ready to use it for long-term habit-change? Then, it’s time to move on so you can change your habits and achieve your goals. You can follow through with my general habit-change strategy and know that, with visualization, your chances of success are that much higher.
    9 min
  • Creating Systems: It’s Time to Systematize, Organize, and Run Your Business Better (Podcast #086)
    Creating systems for your business is a very smart thing to do. The thing is, it actually can be a lot of fun partially because it will be a huge relief for you. It's especially fun when you realize how much it's going to help you profit since it will bring a lot of organization to your life. Working less and seeing more money in the bank account is certainly my idea of fun.
    This doesn't have to be daunting and it doesn't have to be hard. It's time to get motivated and really stick with this way of doing things. Don't let this be just another article you read about bettering your business. Don't just dream about working less and profiting more.
    If you want to achieve this, and I know you do, then you absolutely can. There's nothing standing in your way but your own mindset and your own actions.
    No matter what you want to achieve or what you want to earn, you can do it.
    Systematizing and organizing your business is definitely the right path for you.
    You’re going to simplify and systematize your most important business activities You're also hopefully going to make sure that every action you take in your business matters. There’s no sense in wasting time on unprofitable activities—that ends today.
    Right now, things are so foggy in your business that you don't really know what to work on. Are you on the right path? Who knows. Can you double or triple the number of things you get done in your business? Sure you can… organize yourself and figure out what’s going to be most profitable for you. Set solid goals and follow through with the actions that will help you achieve those goals.
    Figure out what the most important activities in your business are. Then, make make it so simple for yourself to follow through with those activities that you'll wonder what in the world you were doing with your time before this.
    Creating systems in the way that I’m going to show you truly allows you to work without thinking while you work. Thinking about the little things slows you down like crazy. Again, you shouldn't have to think about the next step. It should be a matter of looking down and checking something off a list. Even world-renowned surgeons and nurses with decades of experience are relying on similar systems and checklists to double-check their work. It makes sense for a dedicated business owner like yourself to do something similar.
    This will help you become more profitable because you'll know that everything you do means something. You won't start and stop projects anymore. You'll follow things through, launch things, and see the success you know you deserve.
    Working more efficiently like this gives you more time left over to do the things you like to do. If you’re someone who’s working day and night without stopping lately, this is for you. How many of your "work hours" are actually productive?
    This question is nothing against you… But if you're like most people, then probably most of your work hours are completely unproductive. You’re working all those hours and you don’t have to.
    It's hard to be productive these days, even if you do work all day. You have to deal with distractions from your smartphone, distractions from your email, distractions from social media, distractions from your household, and so much more. Not to mention the ever-interesting 24-hour news cycle. It’s no wonder you’re working until the wee hours of the morning to try to get anything done. And then you have the internal distractions from your self-doubt and poor mindset.
    It's hard to stay on task with all of these internal and external distractions. How long does it take you to get back on task once you're interrupted? It probably takes you 20 minutes, or maybe even more, whether you realize it or not.
    Or, maybe you can't seem to be productive at all because there's so much else going on and your to-do list is so fuzzy. What are you supposed to be working on again?
    9 min
  • Using YouTube to Drive Traffic (Podcast #085)
    Video is a wonderful way to get traffic. Some marketers prefer using video and find themselves naturally drawn to it. Other marketers are very wary-- probably because they think it will be too difficult to get started with. The great news is that you don't have to be all that tech savvy to really do well with video. If you haven't started using video yet, you're really missing out.
    Think of the companies out there that do a great job with video. There are so many wonderful video ads, viral videos, vlogs, Hangouts, and more. The fact is that some people in your audience will respond best to video. You'll do well to cater to them, using the awesome (mainly free) tools that are out there.
    The Power of YouTube
    YouTube is a very powerful website. It's even one of the most used search engines on the web. Many people go straight to YouTube to find a video that will help them do something, teach them something, or entertain them. If you're only focusing on Google as a search engine, you're really missing out. Having a YouTube channel can net you a ton of followers and traffic.
    There's no limit to the type of videos you can post on YouTube either. You can post talking head videos, where you're in front of the camera teaching, talking, or entertaining. This is what many people think of when they think of vlogging. You can post screencapture videos, where you record what's on your computer screen. You can create presentations via PowerPoint or Keynote, that you then turn into a video with your voiceover. You can also run Google Hangouts, which turn into YouTube videos when the Hangout is over (if you choose to make them available). There's really something for everyone when it comes to making use of YouTube.
    YouTube is very powerful in the search engines, especially Google. Google owns YouTube, so you can bet it gets special note. Not to mention its integration with Google+. If you optimize your video upload, you can easily rank your video in the search engines. You can get a lot of traffic right from YouTube and from Google-- it's a double whammy. In some cases, you can rank pretty much right away for videos you post. That's powerful, and it's way underutilized.
    Write Mini Blog Posts As YouTube Descriptions
    It's so important to optimize your YouTube uploads. You should include the keyword you're trying to rank for in your video, at minimum. But, you should also make use of the video description area. Way too many people just ignore this space, putting in a short sentence or something just to get it over with.
    What people forget is that Google and other search engines can't watch videos. They can, however, read text. If you want your video to rank well and be easily found by your target audience, you'd do well to treat the YouTube video description area as a mini blog post section.
    This "blog post" doesn't have to be long. You are still, in essence, describing the video. Don't keyword stuff, either. Include your keyword as well as related terms. Make this an interesting little blurb that clearly spells out what your video is and who it will appeal to. This will help you rank for your ideal keyword as well as related keywords, netting you much more traffic than you would have had otherwise.
    Finding Keywords That Rank Video
    With all that talk about optimizing your video in the description area, you might be wondering how, exactly, you should choose which keywords to rank for. You aren't going to be able to choose very competitive keywords and rank highly right away for them. However, I think you'll be happily surprised to discover just how easy it is when it comes to some keywords.
    There are certain keywords out there that you'll be able to dominate with video, pretty much instantaneously. How do you find these magical keywords, you ask?
    13 min
  • Everyone Has a Book in Them and Non-Fiction is Easy (Podcast #084)
    There are many, many people out there who say they want to write a book. However, only a very small percentage of people ever actually write a book. An even smaller percentage will actually go ahead and polish and publish that book. And, you guessed it, an even smaller percentage of that percentage will go on to write multiple books to corner a niche and become truly successful.
    This is actually kind of silly.
    There are almost no barriers to entry these days. You could write a book today and publish it today, if you could write quickly and were familiar with the steps to publishing already. There are, in fact, authors who do keep up this kind of schedule, or very close to it.
    You have a book in you. You have multiple books in you. You have many things that you can teach people in your niche. You have a unique perspective that people will really pay attention to. You are the perfect author for a subset of readers out there. They’re waiting for you—they need you.
    Don't be one of those people who always dream of writing and publishing a book but never follow through with it. Don't worry about waiting for someone to agree to publish your work. Publish your own work! Take control of your own success and don't let anyone or anything stop you.
    Consider this the first day of the rest of your life. No matter what your specific motivations for publishing on Kindle, things are going to change dramatically for you. You'll be able to write quickly and well if you follow this method. You'll be able to hit the spot perfectly when it comes to what your readers need and want.
    Nonfiction Books Are Easy
    Believe it or not, it is very easy to write nonfiction books. People are understandably scared of writing fiction for the first time because you have to create entire worlds—you have to start from scratch every time and that can be intimidating. I think you can definitely learn how to do that if that's one of your goals. But, nonfiction certainly hits the spot for a number of reasons, and it’s certainly the only choice for many entrepreneurs.
    Writing nonfiction is the easiest way to go as a writer. When you're writing nonfiction, you don't have to make it up as you go along like you do with a fiction story. The facts are there. Your opinions are there. All you have to do is put it together in a way that is easy to digest for your readers.
    You’ve also no doubt written nonfiction before, so you’re an old pro even if you haven’t thought of it that way before. You had to write content like this in school, starting from your elementary school years. You already have all the practice you need to be able to do this well.
    Now, it's just a matter of removing the mindset barriers that stand in your way. You have to believe you can do it. You have to tap into the skills you were already taught and combine them with what I’m presenting to you today.
    Even if you’ve never written nonfiction before, I believe that you can and will be successful if you follow a plan. Do some solid research and write as if you were writing to a friend. Write in an easy to follow, conversational tone and don’t be afraid to let your personality shine.
    Another beautiful thing is that writing will get easier and easier as you gain more experience. You'll be able to write faster and faster with each book. Some people can write 10,000 words in a day! Many people can write 5,000 words in a day. Everyone can write 2,500 words in a day, with a little practice.
    Most people just have rusty techniques. They take too long researching. They are inefficient in their steps or don’t have a system at all. They try to write without direction. They over-complicate it in every single way.
    You're not going to do that – you’re going to stick with it. I'm very excited for you, because this is really going to change things in your life and business.
    Anyone can do this.
    7 min
  • How to Set Real Work Hours for Your At-Home Business (Podcast #083)
    It’s exciting and freeing to run your own business. You get to set your own rules and set your own work hours. You get to decide what you sell and when you sell it. You get to determine what your income is – and the sky’s the limit.
    However, as anyone who owns their own business and works from home will tell you, the reality is that it’s easy to fall into the trap of working all the time. It’s not as if you just login for 15 minutes a day and then you’re done. It’s not as if you get to do whatever you want to do just because you don’t have a boss breathing down your neck.
    Yes, you get to work from home. Yes, you get to work in your PJs if you want to. Yes, you can travel the world and work wherever you want to and earn an income doing it. It’s a fantastic lifestyle and it’s highly recommended by just about anyone who’s earning a full-time income this way.
    At the same time, it’s not all easy-as-pie. When you’re working 16 hour days, it’s stressful. It doesn’t matter whether you’re working from home or not. That work and home life separation becomes nonexistent. This wreaks havoc on your mental and emotional state. This adds a ton of stress to your life.
    This can add a lot of stress to your family life as well, because your family might not understand why you’re working all the time. It can feel like you don’t have time for them – and the fact is that you might not.
    It’s hard to do a load of laundry when you know that you could spend another hour of the computer and earn another hundred dollars. It’s hard to turn that off—especially if you’re struggling to build up a large enough income at the moment.
    It’s important to be honest with yourself, though, and realize that it’s incredibly easy to waste time on the Internet. There are many rabbit holes to fall down into. There are some new blog posts to read, social media posts to share, and so much to do. It’s easy to feel like you’re working… when, in reality, the true work you get done in a day could be dramatically condensed.
    There comes a point when it’s very important that you set real work hours for your at-home business. Yes, you’ll be working less. No, this does not mean you will be earning less. Allow me to explain.
    Let’s go back to the part where you feel you have to work another hour because you know that you earn more for every hour that you work.
    But are you more productive if you work 16 hours a day? Not necessarily… and probably not. You’re probably less productive and less focused when you work so much. If you truly condensed your workload down to between 4 to 8 hours a day and stuck to it, you could probably get a lot more done.
    You’d be fresher while you were working. You get more done while you were working. And, you’d be happier while you were working.
    When you’re working 16 hours a day, or 12 hours a day, or 10 hours a day, day after day… it’s so draining. There’s no room for creativity. There’s no room for fun. There’s no room for inspiration.
    To be truly creative and innovative in your work, you have to be separated from it sometimes.
    In order to earn more and scale up, you need that creativity and inspiration. Otherwise, you’ll always be stuck where you are.
    Can you promise yourself that you’ll work just eight hours (or less) a day? It will help. I promise.
    As part of this, it’s time to assess what is actually important in your business. Think about the Pareto principle – just 20% of your efforts lead to 80% of your results. Think about this.
    What of your daily activities actually earns money for you? What of your daily activities is sort of time wasting – or even mostly time wasting?
    Eliminate the activities you don’t need to do. Track your daily activities and think about when you waste time and when you’re actually working. There are studies that show that the average worker who works eight hours a day actually only works two hours a day of focused work time. That’s eye-opening right there.
    7 min
  • A 20-week Plan to Be More Successful, part 2 (Podcast #082)
    Week 11: Never stop learning-
    Read books, blogs, journals, research, articles, newsletters, and everything you can get your hands on. You want to be a thought leader in your niche. That means paying close attention to the latest news and information. Don’t assume you know everything there is to know. I don’t care if you’ve been in business for 60 years; there is always room to learn more. There’s no quicker death to success than being stubborn and refusing to expand your knowledge.
    Week 12: Be confident-
    You have to exude confidence in everything you do. You have to believe that you’re the very best at what you do. This will become easier the more successful you become. You can’t hesitate and put yourself down because someone’s been doing it longer and earns more than you. There’s something special and different about you, no matter which line of business you’re in.
    Week 13: Work with others-
    You don’t have to be a lone wolf. You can earn so much more and become so much more visible if you connect with others. You’ll gain the benefit of their experience and their reach in the market. You can accomplish so much more when you partner up on certain tasks. Don’t look at everyone as the competition, because you’ll be selling yourself short.
    You should also be investing in your business. Can you hire someone to help you accomplish more? Is there a particular task that’s holding you back? Hire people to free up time for yourself and to get more done. The most successful people understand what it means to invest to succeed even more.
    Week 14: Banish the victim mindset-
    There will always be things out of your control. You might feel sick or have bad things happen in your home life, but you have to keep going. Yes, keep yourself happy and healthy, but don’t let anything stand in your way.
    You’re not a victim, and it’s time to let go of the excuses. Treat yourself well, but also stay determined to keep on going no matter what happens.
    Week 15: Create your own action steps-
    You should have action steps for everything you do. It’s so important to create systems in your business. If you have a large, daunting project, break it down into simple steps so you can easily get it done. Don’t let anything intimidate you in business because it’s always possible to power through it if you break things down into small steps. Nothing is too big or too scary for you to handle. This mindset will instantly boost your productivity.
    Week 16: Commit yourself to success no matter what it takes-
    There are going to be ups and downs in your business. Some days you will wake up feeling pumped and ready to handle the world. Nothing will get you down— you’ll feel unstoppable.
    There will be other days where you feel like it’s impossible. That’s when you have to break everything down into tiny steps. Can you work for 5 minutes? Can you work for 10 minutes? Promise yourself that much— you’ll soon find yourself going for much longer than that.
    Keep going with the day to day, no matter what. Take baby steps toward larger successes and you’ll reach them before you know it. You have to make every day count.
    Week 17: Don’t just dream about it; make it happen-
    Many marketers are dreamers. They dream about what will happen if they ever become successful. That’s not you anymore. Instead of dreams, you’re going to have a vision. You’re going to feel and live the success in your vision so it becomes inevitable that you succeed.
    Week 18: Think big-
    You won’t achieve the level of success you want to achieve if you don’t think big. Are you just hoping to earn $2000 in your business every month? Dream bigger— you want to earn $10,000 per month in your business.
    Do you want to create a product that sells at least 10 copies?
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