"Today, what can I do to best help the largest number of people? Why should I?

When I first put up this blog, all I want is to know personally how this hype of making easy money online works. And that is why my first blog post was MY MONEY QUEST. But, of course, in the background, I want also to make money online so that I could help for the hospitalization of my mother who is suffering with non-hodgkin's lymphoma.

And after two months, all I have with this site is an over a hundred dollars (LOL). But, I can't complain because I know that those people who put up landing pages and claimed to be millionaires in some couple of days are doing these things for almost over 10 years. Few internet marketers would accept that fact because they want to rake in millions of dollars from unknowing but willing seekers of fortunes.

And the arrogant fact is that they are claiming to have help the largest number of people!

Am I disillusioned with my money quest? No. Instead, I will go deeper into it. Can't you not get the lesson from the above paragraph? Successful marketers never quit. They did that for 10 years and now they are raking some fortunes.

I as am digging deeper into this quest, I came across some good concepts which I realized I've been doing some of them for quite some time now. And what is that? The platform, the foundation of wealth.

Think Right NOW! Just think and keep thinking, that's it.

But, what keeps me thinking? Hey, keep asking questions, good questions. And one of which is: "What can I do to best help the largest number of people.?"

I hope you got it, right.

People keep searching the web for information, information and information. Give them what they want.

And again, I came into the point that what keep people doing something is not their WILL POWER but the POWER OF WANT.

WILL POWER is a metaphysical thing but WANT is something very basic and often is tied up with feelings. And how's that?

When I feel hungry then I want food, then I have to do something, eat. Then, put that into a higher plain, a decent meal. Then, I realized there is no such thing as free lunch as the old saying states. So, I need money. To be able to have money, I have to work. So, if I got some money, in this case, I'll buy food, err, invest it in business and let my money works for me.

So what!? This is what I want to say, know your wants, recognize your feelings, keep asking good questions, work for solutions, keep thinking another questions and keep answering them and in the process, you improve your life and ways of living. Wealth will come to you and not the opposite.

And so, this is what I dug in two months:

"I am making myself worth more each and everyday."

My last post talked some preliminaries on developing Proactive Mindset and I promised to post it in details.

I know you want to start right away. I’ve already learned my lessons from that instinct of READY-AIM-FIRE. It did give me nothing good, or it did not bring me goods. Right mindsets lead you to success like this. You will later return here and say WTF! to me if you’ve proven that I was wrong.

Be patient and take your time reading every words and concepts along the way. Don’t skim. You will miss a lot if you missed some details. This is not only for your online business but also for your personal growth. Take it or leave it. I will not be the LOSER.

Take a deep breath and internalize the following concepts.

Positive Attitude-“I can do this!”

When I learned this thing, I can tell you straight that if ever I met failure, I can only take it in stride. I have a positive attitude. This is my driving force. If I say I can make $1000.00 in a month, I will do it. And along the way, if I did not make it, say I accomplished only $800.00, then with positive attitude, I will say: Next month, I have to make $1500.00

With all the tools at hand, I believe I can. Positive Attitude drives me to success. What you only do is guarantee yourself that you can.

Commitment-“I commit myself to my outlines, guidelines and timelines.”

When I was starting with my career in cooperative management, I was always looking for excuse of making shortcuts. I could not appreciate committing myself to a set of guidelines and timelines. I had more failures than successes along the way. Trust the people who set the guidelines. This time trust me. Do the guidelines. You will not lose anything but gain everything.

Will to Learn-“I am reasonably open to new things.”

Great. I can’t say anything if you are reasonably open to new things. Use your reason. Digest every new thing but focus on the set guidelines and your goals. “Click here and get rich” solutions could be tempting. But, I know it doesn't exist at all.

You do not need to learn everything. Some successful businessmen in conventional companies to online businesses are not expert of all fields. There’s no need to become expert of everything. Follow the steps that I mentioned. That will be a good start. Try to do it with all your best and stick to it if you proved it best.

Consistency-“I will do it regularly and let things predictable.”

For all successful people, the only common among them is consistency. If they prove that this thing do them good, they do it with passion and all the way. If a company gained its reputation on its customer services, do you think this company will leave that strength? I don't think, it will. The company will stick to it believing that it would work for them. Write it in stone, stick to it.

Focus-“I work when its time to work, I play during playtime.”

If you want to succeed, focus to one activity at a time. Don’t mix it. Both will become unproductive. Be consistent, be focused.

Develop your Proactive Mindset-“I can, I am willing, I am consistent, and Iam focused, so I will do it.”

I was almost tempted of putting this into negative phrase: “Change your Mindsets.” Changing maybe is good because it calls actions but on the other side, it is negating something that is not good. (Laughs!) Develop what is there. Develop your strengths, make your weaknesses to strengths, develop opportunities and make threats as opportunities. Develop your Proactive Mindsets, that’s it.

This is our blueprint. I know, if you could do this and all of the above, you will start earning $1000.00 in a month. Some others did it, why couldn’t we?

Soon, I will be posting about the old Four Quality Quadrants. If you got something worthy on this topic, share it below. You can help others.

I am also working on choosing blog flatforms and niche. Keep posted.

Stay with me as we journey. Happy mindsetting.

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This is simple but maybe the hardest thing to do: “Developing a Proactive Mindset and an Exceptional Attitude.”

I will be repeating myself but I believe it is worth taking some time focusing on this aspect if I want to succeed in every endeavor I have to do. The biggest hurdle in my money quest online is my own mind.

As always, I want to accomplish something or simply getting things done as fast as I can. However, am I doing the right things and doing things right?

I put it above that this is simple in words but putting it into action needs determination.

How about you? Do you have Proactive Framework of Mind and Exceptionally Win-Win Attitude?

Motivation is not a problem because we always have the urge in the beginning of any task. In the Philippines, we simply called it “Ningas Cogon.”

The fire burns so fast and big but later it will slowly die. Having this said, I have experienced two mental devils killing the fire: Self-Doubt and Distractions.

Self-doubt erodes everything we achieved. You could only reach far as far as your foresight. If you expect to fail, then the probability of failure is great. Attitude determines whether you succeed or not. Kick that self-doubt. Say you can do it!< class="fullpost">A developed Proactive Mindset and Exceptional Attitude filter out what you don’t need to know. I would be confident in saying that there's hardly a single online marketing tool or process that will surely ensure success. If it’s not mentioned in this journey, there are valid reasons.

If I will not include them here, some are too risky, or should I say, they do not offer what they are chirping about or some are too difficult for someone starting out. The trick is to focus on doing the things in a methodical way.

If you know some ways, you may post them here below. I would love to hear them from you. My next post will tackle this in detail. So, keep me in company in this journey.

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"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't

adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." - Confucius

Why I should have a goal and how I define it?

In my 15 years experience working with the cooperative movement which ranges from starting ups to credit management to microfinancing programs, I met people, particularly personnel, key officers and many entrepreneurs shunning from planning sessions. They hate setting up goals.

Do you avoid planning activities and setting goals too? Or do you know some people who hate these activities?

Goals are a must for anything you do. The world is crowded and the blogosphere is no exception. Without goals, you will have no idea of what you want to achieve and how. Without goals, you will be lost. You will find yourself wandering without directions. Goal is like a compass that sets the direction.

Why Should I define My Goals?

The question “Why?” reverberates every time I started a planning session with some of our personnel. And these are the 4 reasons I found as convincing answers:

1. Goal Keeps You Guided: Goals act like maps. They set directions for you. Without a goal, it is like putting up a ladder to a wrong fence. Once you are up there and realize that you are at the wrong side, you lost precious time and efforts. Without a goal is like shooting basketball to any side of the court and you can never score. Having Goals solves your problem in a half. Goals keep you on target.
   
2. Goal Measures Your Success: With clear goals in mind, you know how much you have progressed and how far you are from success. Goals set measurements of success.
   
3. Goal Motivates You: A fulfilled goal is energizing. You feel a new energy within you if you complete a goal. It is satisfying.
   
4. Goal Improves Your Productivity: With your new found energy after achieving each goal, you start for the next one with double energy. An inch closer to Success drives you more to accomplish many.

How do I Define Goals?

Here are some tips that will help you:

1. Be Specific, Jot Them Down Clearly: Goals are not broad like “earning money online.” Give yourself a break; say “$1,000.00 for a month or $1,000.00 for May 2009.”
2. Set up Growths: Remember the ladder. Your goal is to be at the top. Take one step at a time or should I say take one goal at a time. Success is a journey. Keep moving.
3. Be Realistic, Keep Them Within Reach: Set goals that you know that you can make it. Do not aim high if you could still aim halfway.
   

Of course, if you defined your goals, go for it. Achieve it. Do not let the white bond paper gathers dusts. Put them to place where you could see it daily or better put it in your calendar as reminders.

It would be nice if I will be reading your notes below.

As a blogger, what are your goals? Have you defined them?

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While many of you are bloggers for some times, some were still disillusioned with their blog or blogs.

Just like me, when I started blogging, I started with this “Okay, my friends are blogging, then I will create also my site.” And so I created a blog. After few months, I felt unhappy with the topics. I was not generating traffic to it. I left off. Then, I started again another one. That blog is okay but again I realized that my blog is limited. So, I made a third blog, which tackles a plenty of topics. After few months, I noticed that some of my visitors were disillusioned. The blog has no direction.

What was my problem? My blogsite lacked planning and then, actions.

Blogsite needs Actions. That’s the Life of Strategic Blogging.

After a fruitful Mindsetting and Brainstorming, we will put those results into actions.

Seventh Step: Create a Timeline

This is basic in putting some Actions into Planning. In all that you planned, you need a timeline. A must have for bloggers. Create a Timeline to guide you through for everything you will do. Soon, you will need this timeline to monitor your progress. And of course, as part of a good Strategic Plan, this timeline prompts you whether you need to act for Plan B, Plan C, etc, and to keep you attuned with your goal at hand. You may divide your activities and short-term objectives into daily, weekly, and monthly timelines. Or if you are serious enough, give dates for each activity.

Eight Step: Create Your Blog

After you’ve decided to blog for a niche or for whatever topics, you need to look for a platform, a host for your site. You may choose from a self-hosted sites like Bravenet or wordpress.org or free host sites like Blogger or wordpress.com. You may decide also to put yours to one good site like sitesell. Of course, it all boils down to what is your purpose.

Whatever your decisions are, put your plans into action. Unless, you just let your hours of planning it go to a waste bin. Act now! Create your site.

Ninth Step: Develop Contents

This is maybe the hardest part of blogging, putting contents into what you have created. It is like living what you preach (laughs). But, if you worked on the first step, you already know yourself, that is, you know your talents and the things you love the most. Develop these, and you will find yourself writing good stuffs. Free articles maybe could help or inviting others to write for you will be handy but you need to create your credibility. Develop your Contents first, before asking others to help you.

Tenth Step: Sustain the Benefits

A good strategic plan, may it be for anything like blogging, should sustain itself. Blogging is not successful if it will not give benefits, for you and your visitors. Sustaining the Benefits for you will motivate you to go on. Sustaining the Benefits for Others will encourage them to go back to your site. A good site, good contents, best benefits make up an Exceptional Blog.

These 10 Steps for Strategic Blogging do not guarantee your success in blogging but these will help you for a good start. You are still the Big Difference.

Good luck!

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I just attended our Cooperative's Management Committee Meeting today. And before I went out from the Board’s room, I overheard one colleague saying: "Talent is the Key but Attitude is the Driving Force!"

Astonished, I turned around and darted back straight to him and I said: "What? You were saying about talent...?"

And I spent some couples of minutes with him.

True enough, Talent might be the Key but Attitude is the Driving Force.

All of us have talent, or, perhaps multiple talents. But, the questions are:

1. Do we know we have talent/s?
2. Do we recognize these talents?
3. Are we using these talents for our good?

These questions lead us to examine our MINDSETS. Examining our MINDSETS brings us to determining our ATTITUDES. ATTITUDE leads us to recognizing our TALENTS and prods us to put these talents to good use. Hence, ATTITUDE is the DRIVING FORCE of TALENT.

Now, psychologically, we are ready. We have correct MINDSETS, correct ATTITUDES and a bountiful of TALENTS.

Then, it is high time to set GOALS. Goals are set of things we wish to be or to become or to have.

We need all of the above IDEAS, if we are serious to use our TALENTS in any endeavor we wish to do like blogging or putting up some businesses.

So we are going deeper, huh?

Next time, we will talk about PLANNING for a BLOG. But first, try to internalize what you have read from this post.

See you then…