Have you ever had one of those day?  You’re late to an appointment.  Your car runs out of gas.  You bounce a check.  You… “fill in the blank”.  I have.  That’s when I stop and think about all the things that I’m grateful for in my life, and stop thinking about the things that might going wrong, that will soon pass anyway.  That’s also when I intentionally stop and consciously create an, “attitude of gratitude”.

I coach little league baseball, and over the years I have noticed that kids and, many times, coaches act like it’s the end of the world when something doesn’t go their way during a game.  This is why, before we even have our first practice, I give the kids on my team a homework assignment.  I ask them to watch the video below, and answer some questions.  Once they have done their homework, I ask them to remember Nick when they think things are going bad for them during a game, but especially during the challenges in their day to day life.

I’ll stop at that.  The video speaks for itself.  Nick is inspirational, and if you are ever down in the dumps or you’re facing something you consider “difficult”, then I challenge you to think of Nick an create for yourselves an, “attitude of gratitude”.  Once you are grateful, then you can succeed.

At times we can look at a goal and say to ourselves, “that’s impossible”. It might seem insurmountable, and in our mind we think about all the reasons we can’t do it. I’m too short. I’m too fat. I don’t have the right education. I don’t have the money. I’m not smart enough.

When you think this way it’s known as a, “self fulfilling prophesy”. When you say, “I can’t”, your mind slams the door to any other possibility. It stops searching for ways to attain that goal, and basically gives up.

One of my favorite quotes is from Henry Ford and it says,

Dean Holland released his third module today. The module is called, “Traffic Tanks” and it’s one of the most important steps in the Starting With Marketing Academy training.

In his first video he mentions, and we all know, that the biggest challenge that people have when it comes to internet marketing is driving traffic to their website. This module alone is worth the price of what his students paid for the entire Starting With Marketing Academy.

Dean Holland showed us his Google Analytics account and the fact that he drives

Dean Holland’s, Starting with Marketing Academy is awesome. Just to recap, we have been through two of Dean Holland’s modules; “The BBB Formula, and “Social Slaughter”.

“The BBB Formula” stands for the basic building blocks. After completing Dean Holland’s BBB Formula, I was able to create this blog that you see before you. That was only the first module.

The second module was called “Social Slaughter”. I actually started a new Twitter account specifically for my business. If you want to look me up you can find my Twitter page here. Because of what Dean Holland has taught us in his Starting with Marketing Academy I was able to go from zero followers on July 31st, to 1,009 followers as of today August 8th. Dean’s Starting With Marketing Academy rocks!

Internet marketing can be puzzling sometimes, but we are learning more and more each module. By the time I complete the Starting With Marketing Academy I expect to have the internet marketing puzzle solved, and I then I will teach you.

I made this short video just to introduce myself to you and talk about Dean, Starting With Marketing, and this confusing internet marketing puzzle. It’s my first video blog, so please be kind with your comments they will get better the more of them I do.

All the best,

Ed

I just wanted to share a cool little video that I saw a while back that got me thinking.  Sometimes we don’t want to do certain things and we keep putting them off.  I am very guilty of this, but I get better every day. It’s funny how we get better at completing a task, as we have less time.

This video tells you exactly what you need to do to improve in getting your tasks done.  I hope this helps you too.  Please let me know what you think by leaving me a comment.

Thanks so much, and all the best,

Ed