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June 3rd, 2007

Quick Post On Goals

I wanted to write a quick post because one of my viewers was having some difficulties with his RSS feed and said he wasn’t getting them correctly. If anybody is having difficulties with it, please let me know. I’ll do my best to correct it ASAP.

I’ll just do a quick one on my goals for June. I’m going to lay them out now, including what I’ll reward myself with if I complete them, as well as what I’ll “punish” myself with for not completing them.

I like writing goals as if they’ve already been accomplished because it sets an impression on your subconscious mind that you’ve already achieved them. I advise you to do the same, as well as reading them each day at least once.

My Goals For June

I completed writing and setting up “7 Reasons Why You Need To Start Drinking Tea” (7-day e course for www.crazyfortea.com). I’m currently on day 6.
My waist is 31″. It’s currently just above 32″
I have made $650 total in passive income. Currently at $470 but these first few days have been very slow. Unfortunately the summer months are notoriously slow months for people making money on the internet. That just means I have to work a little harder. This will be a hard one to hit.
I have 95 pages written on www.crazyfortea.com. Currently at 88.
I have $300 in my savings account. Currently at $60 – but I realized I need more for emergencies. This will be hard since I have to save up for vacation (3 weeks today), to get my car fixed on Tuesday (another $100) and for a golfing tournament to support cancer (another $100).
I have finished the “getting started” newsletter for The Road To A Perfect Life. Another 7 day e-course but for this website. That’s going to be your treat for this month
I am running the bleachers 3x without stopping. In other words, sprinting 1,296 steps without stopping. Just a few seconds to catch my breath as I jog back down the bleachers.
I am doing 9 strict pull ups with a 40 pound vest on. Currently at 6. I’ve been averaging 1/2 of an extra pull up each time I workout – or roughly 1.5 per week. I’m going to need a heavier vest soon
There’s something else I might do this month that will both create another form of passive income as well as possibly help my readers out with loans, but I have to look into it a bit more before I do that so it’s not exactly a “goal” at this time. I’ll update you on it at a future date.

So there are my goals for the month of June. In reality I have to accomplish all these within the next 3 weeks (besides the $600/month goal) because I’ll be missing a week because of vacation.

If I DON’T succeed in them all, I’m going to refrain from watching any type or TV or playing Playstation 2 for a week. I really don’t do either of those all that much, but they distract me once in awhile.

If I DO succeed in them all, I’m going to spend $50 on myself. It’s probably going to be a new tea kettle or something anyway (waiting for it to get back in stock).

I ask that you hold me to these goals and what I have to do if I do or don’t succeed. I will gladly do the same for you. Just contact me (look in the sidebar for the form) and let me know your name, e-mail address, and the goals for the month. On the first of July I’ll e-mail you and see how it went.

PS – 1) I apologize if there are spelling or grammatical errors in this post. I wrote it in about 10 minutes because I just got home from work and have to be up in a few hours to go back to work.

2) I promise to write another high-quality post on Monday (e-mail subscribers will get it Tuesday morning probably) and stop with all this stuff about me

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May 17th, 2007

The Simplest Rule Of Success

Rules govern our lives in almost every situation. There are church rules, social rules, and business rules that are supposed to be followed in order for you to achieve whatever it is you’re looking for.

Whether you follow the rules or not is completely up to you, and it’s obvious that a lot of people don’t follow the rules. That’s not necessarily a bad thing if you’re doing it for the right reasons, but in the case of sticking to the following rule – you should make it a point to ingrain it in the back of your head and live by it every single day.

The Rule of Progression For Success

If you really want to become successful in whatever area of life you’re trying to improve, you must learn that without constantly tweaking your approach to make it a better one, you are going to have a very hard time progressing.

There’s a phenomenon that occurs in the beginning of any type of new venture in which you see major changes at first, followed by a lull in action. For example, when you first start a strength-building program it’s very common to see increases of 20% or more in the first month. However, once your body re-adapts itself to the stimulus it then slows down progress – which leads to frustration. This is the point where most people quit.

The reason most people lift for years and never seem to get very much stronger is because they don’t follow the rule of progression.

Progression is the key to succeeding in anything you want to achieve in life. Whether it’s perfect health, financial independence, amazing relationships, or happiness that can only be described as pure bliss. You must start at the beginning and progress to the final goal.

The key to progression is making sure you have an ultimate goal in mind, and tracking your progress along the way to make sure you keep pushing yourself to hit higher limits.

For example, my first “major” goal in getting my own financial independence was getting to $300/month of passive income. Once I hit that, I assessed the situation and looked at opportunities that I could utilize in order to hit my next major goal, which is $500/month.

I realized that I could continue to build www.crazyfortea.com which is bringing me the most money, start something else on the internet, perform technical analysis on stocks to gain capital to fund another investment, or do real estate.

From there I realized that I was the most comfortable with doing things online. Although I’m by no means a “techie” I can usually figure things out without too much difficulty. I think I’m a decent writer (hopefully you agree ), and I enjoy writing – so that was my choice.

After I realized I could most likely do the best with another online venture, I decided to start this blog. I was going to strictly work on my other website but I realized that if I was more strict about my time I could manage to own both. Although it’s not making me income yet, in the future I’m going to slowly be adding monetization models to the website so it creates yet another revenue stream for me.

My girlfriend mentioned to me recently that she’s noticed a big improvement in our relationship since I started this blog, so to me that’s worth much more than money can bring. In essence I’m progressing my happiness, relationships, and finances with one venture!

As long as you can track your progress, you can progress in anything you do. If you are trying to lift a certain amount of weight make sure that at each workout you add another pound, another rep, less time between sets, or any other factor that increases what you’ve done compared to your last workout.

If you’re trying to improve happiness, seek to find more and more things that make you happy and be around those things more often. Go for more walks, do more hobbies, tell your girlfriend/wife she is beautiful, learn to meditate, or whatever else would make you more happy.

Each day of your life, you either progress or decline. You only have a certain number of days on earth so in my eyes, stagnant days are declining days because nothing was accomplished or improved.

Make it a point in your life to progress in something every single day, even if it’s just by a fraction of a percentage. The only way to obtain your perfect life is by constant progression – until you finally reach your ultimate goal and live the life of your dreams.

So how do YOU track your own progression in life?

Your perfect life awaits,

Jeremy

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April 22nd, 2007

The Importance Of A Half Hour A Day

Beginning to work on self improvement, personal development, financial independence, or building a healthier body should not be as daunting as it sounds.

Most people don’t attempt to create a better life for themselves because of one simple fact – fear.

Fear causes us to conform to our life we live now, even if it isn’t the life we want to live. It causes us to curl up in our shell like a turtle in danger – and not pop out until it’s safe again.

Want to know the easiest solution to conquering fear? Take action!

Creating the perfect life starts with one step in the right direction. My theory is that if you can put in a half hour each and every day, you are destined to eventually life the life you dream of. Of course there will be days when the half hour just isn’t possible, but you need to stay as consistent as possible.

Think about this – putting in a half hour each and everyday towards your goal will add up to:

3.5 hours every week
14 hours every month
168 hours every year

In 5 years that adds up to 840 hours of pure, concentrated self improvement. How much do you think your life would change if you could spend that much time developing your health, financial status, spiritual well-being, or whatever else you’re looking to improve?

If you make just a half hour everyday to improve your life, you will be amazed at how fast it changes. 3.5 hours a week might not seem like a lot, but thanks to a force known as compounding, your progress will grow in leaps and bounds.

Let me give you an example. The first thing I did to start my road to financial independence was my website, www.crazyfortea.com. That took a few months to get going and at the time I had no other projects. After awhile I started to receive a decent income from it every single month. I still receive that income, and spend probably less than 3 hours a week working on the website.

I take money from that website to start and grow other projects, such as this blog. Down the road as I continue to add articles and gain readers (you can sign up at the top of this page) I will monetize it, for both my and my readers benefit. This will become a second income stream.

Since this is a low-cost project to do, I still have most of my money from my other website that I can do whatever I want with it, so I use it to invest. I’m actually in the beginning stages of a new investment that should prove to give me handsome returns without using any of my own time. Talk about a great investment opportunity!

However, I’m going to test it for awhile before I mention what it is. I want to make sure it’s something I can recommend to my readers.

Imagine what will happen when I have the velocity of all 3 streams of income – this blog, www.crazyfortea.com, and my new investment. I will be receiving monthly income which I can then use to make even more income streams, such as real estate. I’m also going to use the extra money to invest in myself. I love to buy books, audio CD’s, and programs that will enhance my life in some way. Investing in yourself is one of the best investments you can do.

That is the power of compounding. In the beginning you use a lot of your time and see little returns, but the more you stick with it, the less time you spend and the more returns you see.

Do you see now why I urge you to spend just a half hour of your time each and every day towards achieving one of your goals? Although I use finances as an example, you can turn the situations around to fit your personal goals because compounding works with everything.

If you have more than a half hour a day that’s great, but you should set a minimum goal of 30 minutes per day to spend achieving your goal. You’ll be amazed at how fast you can improve your life.

Your perfect life awaits,

Jeremy

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