Okay let’s continue where we left off yesterday (and look to the bottom for the winners of the cool InternetLifestyle.com hat – 12 of them!)

Secret #2:  Set your plan 

I’m going to show you my initial plan I used to build my first Internet success – InstantSalesLetters.com.

I use the Franklin Covey planner system and I highly recommend it. Notice from the list there was my long-range goal and then there was my intermediate goals. Which then get translated into your daily task lists.So where are you going? 

Be specific.  Write it down.  Don’t be afraid to write it down.

How are you going to get there? 

Get those intermediate goals set up first.  Because if you get the little building blocks going, it’s a lot easier to get to where you want to go. 

And you’ve got to be specific.  You can’t just say, “I want to make a whole lot more money online.”  What is that, like $5 more?  Nobody knows what that is.  And you think, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know exactly what that means.”  But you don’t know what it means.  You’ve got to write it down and be specific.

And when you write down your goals, always write down “or more.”  So if you say, “I want to make $100,000.00” I always say, “I want to make $100,000.00 or more by so-and-so date, or sooner,” This gives yourself that opportunity to remove limitations.
 
Dream a little.  Have fun.  You get to set the rules. I try to create as much fun as I can with whatever I do with promotions that are a bit over the top. For example, at my 30th Bday Bash we had cake, sang happy birthday and even had a ‘gag gift’ contest where a dog won. Or my Underground Online Seminar event that’s all spy related theme. Our customers appreciate having fun and not just learning.

What’s the use of doing all this, unless you’re going to have fun with it?

Now the next part of your plan is that you need accountability. 

I have a personal trainer I work out with.  Before, the kids I would work out early in the mornings, three times a week.  I used to stay up until like 3:00, 4:00 in the morning sometimes, working on a new idea.  And I can tell you, if I’m not paying my trainer, I’m not getting up at 8:30 in the morning to go hit the gym.  But I have this trainer to be accountable to.  So now, I can’t let this guy down.

It’s important to have somebody else that you’re accountable to.  Try to find a friend or someone who you’d be really embarrassed if you didn’t do what you say you are going to do. Embarrassment can go a long way to helping you achieve what you want. 

[Side note: I'm strongly considering having some sort of "Super 6 Week Challenge" for business and personal goals and anyone can join in and together we'll have accountability. That might be part of InternetLifestyle.com - let me know what you think.]

Okay next post I’ll cover secret #3…Do One Proactive Thing a Day

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Now the first winners of the InternetLifestyle.com hats - I couldn’t just pick a few of you so there are 12 winners! Please open up a ticket at www.surefiremarketing.com/support and tell them you won the hat and give them your address. Look forward to seeing you sport the new lid – send over a pic

Here are the winners:

Brian Diez

Frank Lee

Andrew Wee

Doug Lamb

Shane from Canada

Pam from Australia

Mari Smith

David Rachford

Bonnie Cehovet

Mike Geary

Tom Brownsword

Mike Hill
 

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