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Are You In Control Of Your Mind?
by John Colanzi

It's really upsetting that so many individuals are
filled with self doubt.

What's even more upsetting is that their doubts are
caused by those close to them.

Are you letting them influence your decisions?

You have a new idea, or you're ready to make positive
changes in your life and the doom and gloom crowd feels
they have to protect you from yourself.

It's even worse when it's those closest to you.

* You Friends

* Your Relatives

* Your Parents

* Your Spouse

Their are opinions hard to ignore, because they
sincerely think they're helping you.

You're bubbling with enthusiasm over a new venture, or
your new program for self improvement.

You're so excited you have to share the news with your
friends and family.

That's your first mistake.

The negatives start chipping away at your resolve.

"Don't be foolish, don't you realize how bad the economy
is?"

"Are you serious? You know all those self - improvement
programs are a scam."

For every positive thought you have, they've have a
counter thought.

They love you too much to allow you to fill your head
with such foolishness.

So how can you take control of your mind and avoid
having them rain on your parade?

The first step is to keep your own council. Keep your
plans to yourself.

They'll notice the positive changes soon enough.

Your second step is to get out your shovel and bury the
doom and gloom.

Become a "good news" merchant starting now.

You're being pounded with the message that this is the
worst economy in history.

BULL!!!

There have been better economies and there have been
worse.

The economy doesn't control your success.

The president doesn't control your success.

Remember, you control your success or failure.

Start acting like those little monkeys.

* See no evil

* Hear no evil

* Speak no evil

Your third step is to spend less time with the doom and
gloom crowd. Spend more time with those who are doing
what you want to do and going where you want to go.

Start modeling yourself after the successful.

Start reading the autobiographies of the most successful
individuals past and present.

You'll find that they all have common traits.

Fill your mind with good news and successful images.

Grab a notebook or some 3 x 5 cards and post some
positive quotes to feed your head every day.

We are bombarded 24 ... 7 ... 365 with can't, impossible
and so many other negatives. We absorb them without
even realizing what's happening.

James Allen, in "As A Man Thinketh," compares the task
of controlling your mind to that of a master gardener.

You have to grab the negative weeds by their roots and
rip them out. Start planting positive thoughts in their
place and watch your garden flourish.

Take control of your mind and you've taken the first
step on your road to success.

Bullet - proof your mind.

The choice is yours.

Your future hangs in the balance.

 Zig Ziglar

"We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.Managers help people see themselves as they are,Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.
Learn to help people with more than just their jobs, help them with their
lives.

LEARN TO LIVE

Charlie Hough says, "Listen to everyone. Learn from everyone. Nobody knows
everything but everyone knows something."

At her citizenship hearing in 1967, Immaculata Cuomo (mother of Mario Cuomo)
was asked by the judge how many stars were on the US flag. She said she
didn't know, but could she ask the judge a question? After he agreed, she
asked him how many hands of bananas were on a stalk. He admitted he didn't
know, so she proudly said, "Well, I do." Her citizenship was granted. Here
was a judge who wisely realized that everyone has something to teach.

"Live to learn and you will learn to live," says a Portuguese proverb. For
life cannot be lived well in ignorance. In fact, those who live life to the
fullest have a PhD in living! This is what a PhD in living means:

P is for "poor in knowledge." Those who live best realize that they can
never learn enough.

H is for "hungry to learn." Those who hunger for knowledge will always find
plenty to eat.

D is for "desire to succeed." Those who desire to learn and improve, and
those who persist in spite of obstacles, will live fully.

Realize you're poor in knowledge, become hungry to learn and desire to
succeed. Everybody and every occasion can become your teacher, and this is
the PhD that will open the door of success.

Disappointments
by Zig Ziglar

A fascinating article in the December 1995, issue of Sky Magazine tells
what happened to American swimmer Tim McKee. The event took place in the
1972 Olympics in Munich when Olympic swimming timing had just "converted
from stopwatches to the use of electronic touch pads." At that time
stopwatches were "still sliced no finer than a hundredth of a second," but
the just-installed electronic touch pads could measure the distance to the
thousandths of a second. McKee had tied for first place with Gunnar Larsson
of Sweden to the hundredth of a second, according to the stopwatch, but lost
by two thousandths of a second, according to the electronic touch pad. To
make the matter even worse, at the meet in Los Angeles in 1984, gold medals
were awarded to both swimmers who had tied to the hundredth of a second.

I'm certain the disappointment was intense for Tim McKee, but in life we
have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the
disappointments briefly and then move on. I hope Tim realized that his
entire life was still in front of him and whether he won or lost the gold
medal he would always have his innate ability, drive, character,
determination, love, commitment, responsibility, and all of the other things
that help make him successful in life.

I hope you decide to make your disappointments a springboard on your journey
to the top. Don't let the mistakes and disappointments of the past direct
and control your future.

Problem Solving !


Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If
there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed. Realistically, the
more problems we have and the larger they are, the greater our value to our
employer.

Of course, some problems are small, like opening a ketchup bottle. Others
are monumental like a seriously ill or injured child or mate, which present
ongoing, daily complications. Successful living comes when we learn to
handle those business and personal problems with as little fanfare as
possible.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems
at a remarkable clip. He/she makes quick and final decisions as a result of
years of experience. The homemaker with small children at home handles many
"catastrophes" each hour with the same dispatch.

Many people use counter-productive methods to deal with problems: They
refuse to recognize them, deny responsibility for them, pretend they will go
away if they ignore them, or are just flat insensitive to them.

The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.
Next, we determine whether the problem is our responsibility. If the answer
is yes, we must determine how serious and/or urgent it is. When that last
determination is made, we either take immediate action if the problem is
simple and quickly solvable or develop a plan of action and prioritize it if
the solution is more difficult and time-consuming.

Problem solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into
maturity or move up the corporate ladder. I encourage you to take the time
to define the problem correctly, learn the skill of quick analysis and
remember, if it weren't for problems in your life, your position might not
be necessary in the first place. Ironing out the wrinkles and solving the
problems is what most jobs are about.

Think about it, and I'll See You At
The Top!

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The First and the most important step towards success is
the feeling that we can succeed
~ Nelson Boswell~

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"Success is a Determined Action Away"


Foolish people with all their other thoughts, have this one too:
They are always getting ready to live, but never living.

Your success will start when you begin to pursue it.
To reach your goal or to attain success, you don't need to know
all of the answers in advance.
You just need to have a clear idea of what your goal is.

Don't procrastinate when faced difficult problems.
Break your problems into parts, and handle one part at a time.

Develop tendencies toward taking action.
You can make something happen right now.
Divide your big plan into small steps and take that first step
right away.

Everyone who ever got where they are had to begin where they
were.
Your big opportunity is where you are right now.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.  Take it.

Winners take problems as challenge, losers take problems as burden.

              It's not porn just pranks.

                    Check it out!!!

    

~ Dexter Yeager ~

Five Steps to Remain Positive in a Negative World

Harvard and Stanford Universities have reported that 85%, the reason a person gets a job and gets ahead in that job is due to attitude; and only 15% is because of technical or specific skills.

Interesting, isn't it?

You spent how much money on your education? And you spent how much money on building your positive attitude?

Here's an interesting thought. With the 'right' attitude, you can and will develop the necessary skills. So where's your emphasis? Skillbuilding? Attitude building? unfortunately, 'Neither' is
the real answer for many people. Perhaps if more people knew how simple it is to develop and

maintain a positive attitude they would invest more time doing so. So here we go.

Five steps to staying positive in a negative world:

1. Understand that failure is an event, it is not a person. Yesterday ended last night; today is a brand new day, and it's yours. You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win,prepare to win, and then you can expect to win.

2. Become a lifetime student. Learn just one new word everyday and in five years you will be able to talk with just about anybody about anything. When your vocabulary improves, your I.Q. goes up 100% of the time, according to Georgetown Medical School.

3. Read something informational or inspirational every day. Reading for 20 minutes at just 240 words per minute will enable youto read 20, 200-page books each year. That's 18 more than the average person reads! What an enormous competitive advantage . . . if you'll just read for 20 minutes a day.

4. The University of Southern California reveals that you can acquire the equivalent of two years of a college education in three years just by listening to motivational and educational cassettes on the way to your job and again on the way home. What could be easier?

5. Start the day and end the day with positive input into your mind. Inspirational messages cause the brain to flood with feel-good-about-yourself neurotransmitter. Begin and end the day by
reading or doing something positive!

Remember: Success is a process, not an event. Invest the time in your attitude and it will pay off in your skills , your career and your life. Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it..

most important is taking action towards better life..just reading for fun with out taking action will not help..

 

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

 

 Albert Einstein

 

"We cannot solve
our problems

with the same level of thinking

that created them."

 

 

Become a Good Observer
by Jim Rohn

 

We must never allow a day to pass without finding the answers to a list of
important questions such as: What is going on in our industry? What new
challenges are currently facing our government? Our community? Our
neighborhood? What are the new breakthroughs, the new opportunities, the new
tools and techniques that have recently come to light? Who are the new
personalities that are influencing world and local opinion?

We must become good observers and astute evaluators of all that is going on
around us. All events affect us, and what affects us leaves an imprint on
what we will one day be and how we will one day live.

One of the major reasons why people are not doing well is because they keep
trying to get through the day. A more worthy challenge is to try to get from
the day. We must become sensitive enough to observe and ponder what is
happening around us. Be alert. Be awake. Let life and all of its subtle
messages touch us. Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden
among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention
to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities.

So be a good observer of both life and the world around you.

“When you slice your Goals into smaller targets and starting to allocating your time to do some real action, then something actually is happening “

Six Behaviors That Increase Self-Esteem
by Denis Waitley (excerpted from The Psychology of Motivation)

Following are six behaviors that increase self-esteem, enhance your
self-confidence, and spur your motivation. You may recognize some of them as
things you naturally do in your interactions with other people. But if you
don't, I suggest you motivate yourself to take some of these important steps
immediately.

First, greet others with a smile and look them directly in the eye. A smile
and direct eye contact convey confidence born of self-respect. In the same
way, answer the phone pleasantly whether at work or at home, and when
placing a call, give your name before asking to speak to the party you want
to reach. Leading with your name underscores that a person with self-respect
is making the call.

Second, always show real appreciation for a gift or complement. Don't
downplay or sidestep expressions of affection or honor from others. The
ability to accept or receive is a universal mark of an individual with solid
self-esteem.

Third, don't brag. It's almost a paradox that genuine modesty is actually
part of the capacity to gracefully receive compliments. People who brag
about their own exploits or demand special attention are simply trying to
build themselves up in the eyes of others - and that's because they don't
perceive themselves as already worthy of respect.

Fourth, don't make your problems the centerpiece of your conversation. Talk
positively about your life and the progress you're trying to make. Be aware
of any negative thinking, and take notice of how often you complain. When
you hear yourself criticize someone - and this includes self-criticism -
find a way to be helpful instead of critical.

Fifth, respond to difficult times or depressing moments by increasing your
level of productive activity. When your self-esteem is being challenged,
don't sit around and fall victim to "paralysis by analysis." The late
Malcolm Forbes said, "Vehicles in motion use their generators to charge
their own batteries. Unless you happen to be a golf cart, you can't recharge
your battery when you're parked in the garage!"

Sixth, choose to see mistakes and rejections as opportunities to learn. View
a failure as the conclusion of one performance, not the end of your entire
career. Own up to your shortcomings, but refuse to see yourself as a
failure. A failure may be something you have done - and it may even be
something you'll have to do again on the way to success - but a failure is
definitely not something you are.

Even if you're at a point where you're feeling very negatively about
yourself, be aware that you're now ideally positioned to make rapid and
dramatic improvement. A negative self-evaluation, if it's honest and
insightful, takes much more courage and character than the self-delusions
that underlie arrogance and conceit. I've seen the truth of this proven many
times in my work with athletes. After an extremely poor performance, a team
or an individual athlete often does much better the next time out,
especially when the poor performance was so bad that there was simply no way
to shirk responsibility for it. Disappointment, defeat, and even apparent
failure are in no way permanent conditions unless we choose to make them so.
On the contrary, these undeniably painful experiences can be the solid
foundation on which to build future success.

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can…begin it! Boldness has genus, power and magic in it”

( N.W.H. Murray)

  The author of the following information said to feel free to pass it
on.  This may help you to understand how to improve your Adwords
campaigns.
Gloria
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On Jan 12, Google released an Affiliate Policy Change to
their AdWords product. This newsletter is dedicated to
general strategies that will improve your affiliate
campaigns in light of these changes.

Specific Google Changes

The changes to the Adword Policy are simple and can be
described as follows:

1. Google will only display one ad in total for affiliates
and parent companies sharing the same URL.
2. Affiliates will no longer need to designate
themselves as affiliates in their AdWords ads

Purpose of the Adword Policy Changes:

1. To prevent the display of redundant ads for a given
keyword phrase
2. To improve the relevancy of Adword ads
3. To protect the value of Adwords ads in the future

Google's Perspective

Shortly after the announcement, Salar Kamanger, director
of product management at Google, was quoted as saying,
"The new policy, which will be implemented over the coming
weeks, is intended to create a cleaner interface for users,
increase the diversity of merchants represented in the
links, and reduce duplicate ads, all while recognizing the
important benefits affiliate marketers bring to the table"

Kamanger continues, "What's important to keep in mind is
that Google looks at two factors to decide which ad to show,
CTR and Max CPC. By improving the quality of your ad and/or
raising your Max CPC, you can increase the chances of your
ad showing for any particular query."

Kamanger also stated that Google won't give preference to
merchants over their affiliates, but will show the link
that has the highest ad rank, a rating calculated by
Google using the cost per click bid and the click-through
rate of the ad.

Most importantly Kamanger said, "Google will continue to
let advertisers use a destination URL that doesn't match
the actual landing page's URL."  Thus, there will not be
a problem with a traditional destination url like
www.amazon.com and the affiliate link that targets the
specific product. 

Finally, advertisers can still link to sub-pages within
a site, where appropriate.  Kamangar uses the following
example, "There could be an ad that points to an eBay
search for an item as well as an eBay store that sells
that item."

Impacts to Affiliate Marketers

I don't think this will have a major impact on affiliate
marketers working without a website.  Keyword selection
will become increasingly important, and some markets may
be impossible to crack.  Although these changes will
remove certain campaigns, it is likely that it will not
account for a significant percentage.

The GoogleCash method is a vital guide to targeting and
succeeding in the niche markets.  These niche markets
are often the most profitable.  Greater research and
testing may be required to maintain your position, but
your cost per click should drop improving your return
on investment. 

Currently, most of the competitors for a keyword phrase
are promoting different merchants.  Even in cases when
four or five affiliates promote the same affiliate
program for a given keyword phrase, there are typically
two times that many competitors that promote different
merchants.  Thus, the good competitors will still be
there, but there will be less poorly targeted campaigns
in overly competitive markets. 

In the long run, preventing duplicate affiliate ads for
the same merchant for a given search term will improve
the quality of the Google Adword experience.  This will
keep customers coming back for relevance without
repetition, and this will increase the potential for
future sales!

In my experience with some of my campaigns that have
been running for many months, I have seen other ads for
the same product and affiliate program come and go.
They are displayed for a few days, and since their CTR
is under .5%, soon their ads get disabled, and then
they are gone.

A few days later another person's ads will come and go.
This is because there are a lot of people that are quite
lazy and don't use all of the techniques of keyword
matching, negative keywords, and split testing. They
just do a copycat campaign for a keyword with a similar
ad and an identical merchant, but that's all.

So for my campaigns I don't think I will see a big
difference. In fact over time, there might be less
competitors.
 
Recommendations:

1.Watch your campaigns closely
a.Watch for drops in impressions
b.Watch for drops in sales
c.Watch for sudden increase in impressions
without a corresponding increase in sales

2.Improve keyword selection
a.Remove non-performing keywords
b.Split test various ad copy
c.Use negative keywords to improve CTR
d.Use misspelled keyword phrases
e.Use synonyms

3.Remove the "aff" tag from the ad copy
a.Expect an increase in CTR!!

4.Search for profitable, unoccupied keyword/url
combinations

5.Raise your budget if you have claimed a top
position and it is still profitable

6.Explore your niches deeply and consider
building mini-content sites

Seconday Recommendations:

1. Look for opportunities on other PPC engines
2. Build content pages to promote multiple products
3. Contact your affiliate managers and/or merchants to
negotiate your payouts

Concluding Remarks

Numerous strategies exist that will circumvent the new
policy, but beware as these loop holes will only exist
temporarily.  Concentrate, on the long term viability
of your adword campaigns. Strive to be the affiliate
that commands the top rank for a merchant url for a
certain keyword phrase thus benefiting from the
competitors that will no longer be receiving impressions. 

If you happen to be one of these competitors that lost
your place, then look for new keyword phrases within your
niche that are currently unclaimed or increase your bid
to regain the position.

Internet marketing is an evolving industry and changes
like this are likely to continue.  If you focus on the
spirit of the changes and try to create ads that are
extremely relevant for the keyword you chose, then you
shouldn't have problems finding profitable niches in the
future. 

Over the coming weeks, I will review the viability of
emerging strategies and products created to improve
campaign results.  Some strategies will work better than
others, and I will try and discover the pros and cons of
each and report them objectively.  Until then, improve
your campaigns little by little so as to maximize your
current returns.

Thanks and Happy Googling!
Ron McGee

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