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Outsourcing is here … whether you are the entrepreneur who is seeking solutions or the growing entrepreneur who takes on the tasks of others, this is part of 21st Century business. Many of us are finding solutions to our repetitive tasks and, more often than not, the technical part of our businesses that we either don't want to do or don't want to learn how to do.
As of this writing I’ve been honored to speak with tens of thousands of people that are looking for a way to achieve balance or financial freedom in their lives. I’ve been taking these calls for 10 years now and it’s been fun to help real people achieve their goals.
During these calls people have been free to ask me any question and they have asked many questions.
But there is one question I asked almost every one of them, and their answers surprised me.
My question to them — “Why do you think you haven't succeeded yet?”
While I received a variety of answers, the #1 answer by far is this … “I’m suffering from information overload! There are so many opportunities out there, I don't know what's real or what's for me! Or… I bought the courses and products and still don’t know what to do next!”
It’s understandable really. There is SO much information out there. From free information on blogs and in articles to courses ranging from $27 to $25,000 (or more) there is no lack of information.
So why isn’t everyone succeeding?
While there are almost certainly many reasons why people don't achieve their goals, I believe a big factor (maybe the #1 factor) is this …
We live in a distracted world.
There are many reasons for this. We live in the most distracted society in history. People are texting even when they are driving!
Doesn’t common sense say that no one should text and drive at the same time?
In addition, we are led to believe that “multitasking” will help us get more done when in fact multitasking is often part of the problem. It’s simply not in our DNA to read email, talk on the phone, visit websites all at the same time. Something is going to suffer quality-wise when we try to do many things at once. Also, don't you just hate it when you are having a conversation with them and you just KNOW that they are doing something else and not paying attention to you???
So what is the answer? How can we get more done? I believe there are five things you can do beginning today that will help.
1 – Decide What You Really Want to Do
I’ve talked with more people than I can count who have tried it all. Solo ads, pay per click, blogging, getting links, posting endless classifieds … and none of it is working.
One reason for this is that they are not spending enough time learning how to do one thing well before moving on to other things. This is understandable. Sales letters full of hype lead us to believe we can make $100K in 90 days no matter where we are now or that “three clicks” is all it takes. That’s bull of course, but it sure sells.
You know in your heart there is no quick fix “add water and stir” solution to making money online just like there is no real get-rich-quick methods that work offline.
So what are we to do?
FOCUS – Choose one method and master it.
That’s what I did when I got started marketing online. That’s what Kristian Hoenicke did with solo ads. That’s what Chris Record did with blogging and what John Lavenia did with video marketing and Lisa Kitter did with attraction marketing.
In the story of every successful person there is a moment where that person is tempted to move away from what made them successful and “branch out” into new things.
Resist that urge with all your might.
Stick with the marketing method you choose long enough to master it. There is no “marketing gene” you lack — if I can do this you can do this.
As they say in the south – “dance with the one who brought you.”
The fact is, no one can do everything well. It takes focus and commitment to hang in there long enough to learn the skills needed to succeed online (or anywhere!). You wouldn’t expect to open a restaurant and be successful if you didn’t know how to cook. You would need recipes and skills and practice. And the same thing applies online.
You need a recipe (a plan) and some skills and some practice in order to succeed. But if you stick with it you will succeed and then freedom will be yours. So give yourself time to succeed, because it simply takes time.
2 – Create “Focus Time Blocks”
The next key is to create what I call “focus blocks”. Focus blocks are simply short periods of time where you focus in like a laser on one task. Sounds easy but it’s not.
When I say “focus” I mean that the task at hand is the only thing you are doing. The only thing you are thinking about. The only thing you are talking about, even in your head.
Extreme focus creates extreme results.
I suggest starting with short bursts. Start with 5 minutes and work up. Eventually you will be able to completely focus for an hour or more.
Another tip – do it every work day. Like any muscle your ability to focus needs to be exercised.
Realize going in that this won’t be easy and you will “fail your way to success.” In other words, the first time you try you might get a rush of thoughts about things you need to do, or want to be doing, instead of the focus you are looking for. That’s okay, in the next section I’ll show you what to do with those thoughts.
For now, focus completely on one task for five minutes and get as much done as you can, even if the doing is made up of thinking it through. And expect to be a little tired when you finish.
3 – Avoid Distractions
If you are like most people, the moment you try to focus is the moment the flood of thoughts comes rushing in. The million and one things you need to do present themselves. You recall a conversation from earlier in the day. You daydream about what it’s going to be like when you make it big, or your kids suddenly decide that they just HAVE to talk to you.
All perfectly normal. Happens to us all. Here are three ways to combat distractions during your focus blocks.
Put the world on notice – Let everyone who might interrupt you know that you simply are not available for the next “x” period of time. Unless it’s a true emergency those who care about you should be able to respect this boundary.
Close extra programs – Close everything, and I do mean everything, except what you are working on. As I type this I have a computer, my iPad and my iPhone as well as a regular phone on my desk. All programs are off and all phones forwarded while I write. The biggest offenders are instant messages and email so be sure they are closed.
Write down thoughts – Thoughts will often drift into your mind (or even flood!) as you are trying to focus. When they do, take a moment to write them down briefly. Writing them down gets them out of your head and onto a reliable retrieval device (paper, computer, Evernote) so you can relax and not worry you will forget anything.
HINT: If you want true focus power check your email only once a day and use a private address instead of one address for all email. While this is incredibly freeing, I have to admit that I still haven't mastered this one.
4 – Use What You Buy
Once you have identified what you intend to do (master social media for example) it’s time to assemble the tools you will need. And here’s where the temptation and confusion can come in.
First, please understand that you probably own everything you need right now. (Especially if you are already an Empower Network affiliate). While there are a million cool things we can buy online the odds are that using what you already own will do the trick.
So here are the steps to make sure you have what you need and use what you have.
Make a list of the tools you own now – The key here is to make a categorized list of the software, books and memberships you own now. Just make a list on a sheet of paper or your computer of what you have already bought. There are two ways I do this… I organize by project (speaking, business, hobbies, etc.) and then by the tools I have. Do whatever works for you.
Choose what gets you toward your goal – Separate out the tools and resources you have that are about the topic you intend to focus on. If you intend to become a master of social media marketing, for example, you don’t need to review or access information about solo ads just now. I suggest actually moving the files on your computer to a new folder with the name of your new focus. That way everything is in one place and easy to access.
Review the list – Let’s say your focus is going to be social media marketing or Facebook marketing and that you have found 4 books and 2 memberships that teach social media marketing. (If you are already a student at Empower Network, scan all the courses – especially in the $15k Formula – and decide which ones to focus on.) It’s time to scan each and decide which one you want to use.
WARNING: Thinking that you can blend the best from many resources is logical but can lead to confusion. Pick the one resource you feel is the best and fully use that first.
Use one product fully – Once you have chosen your top resource, get into it and study like your life depended on it. Don’t be casual. Don’t think about anything else. Imagine you NEED to know everything you can know about this topic and really dig deep.
5 – Maintain Your Focus
You know already that the Internet is full of shiny objects. Videos that promise easy riches. Sales letters that make it seem so easy. And those blasted Clickbank screenshots (many are fake) showing what you wish your Clickbank account looked like.
Here’s the hard part — it’s time to say no to the hype. I know you know this but it bears repeating again and again.
Common sense alone tells us that the “three click” “no work” “newbie perfect” solutions aren’t real but we keep on buying. We hope against hope that this time it will work. This time we will get the help we need. This time it will be different.
While hope is good (wonderful in fact, and necessary) the fact is that nothing replaces focus and good old fashioned work.
So there you have it — five ways to get more done than anyone else.
If you do these things every day you will experience a freedom you can only now imagine, and freedom is a beautiful thing indeed!
“A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.” – Tony Robbins
The word “decision” comes from the original Latin word decider – which literally means to “cut off.”
That might sound a bit drastic, but think of it this way…
When you make a powerful decision (according to the REAL meaning of the word), you literally cut yourself off from all other ways of thinking and acting that don’t align with whatever it is you want to achieve.
When you truly make a decision, you stop procrastinating. You get off the fence. You go both feet in with no second guessing yourself and looking back. You just move forward.
And there’s a lot of freedom in that!
If you find that you sometimes sink into paralysis analysis mode when it comes to making decisions in your life, here are 3 tips designed to help free you from your mental mud and get you into clear, decisive and powerful action:
Trick 1: Feeling Stuck? I Know Why You Are Procrastinating
I’m all for making big decisions with a clear head. And I’m all for “sleeping on it” if you feel like you have to.
But if there’s a big decision to be made and you find yourself waiting longer than 24 hours, chances are good that you’re just procrastinating.
And why is that? It’s helpful to get clear on the reason why.
And there’s really ever only one reason: FEAR OF FAILURE.
That fear of failure may be internal – Are you afraid of stepping outside of your comfort zone into the unknown where you don’t know what will happen? Do you prefer to stick with what’s predictable and familiar even though it may not be making you happy?
Or that fear of failure may be external – Are you of making the wrong decision because you’ll end up looking bad? Are you afraid of disappointing someone else? Are you afraid of what Wayne Dyer calls the “good opinion of other people”?
Get clear on which type of fear of failure is really holding you back from making your decision. This doesn’t have to take long – just name it and then be willing to stare it in the face.
Hello fear of what other people will think. I see you. Thanks for coming by, but you’re not going to stop me from taking action and moving forward. Get the $)#@ outta my head.
Trick 2: Redefine Your Fear of Failure
One of my mentors, Tony Robbins, says this thing that I love:
There’s no such thing as failure. There are only results. You always produce a result. If it’s not the one you desire, just change your actions and you’ll produce new results.
Once you start realizing that there are no failures, there are only results, making decisions becomes a lot easier.
If you decide to go down a particular path and you wind up somewhere other than where you’d planned, make a new decision. Take some new actions. You’ll produce new outcome.
Think of things in this way, and life becomes a living, breathing choose a new adventure.
Trick 3: Tune Into Your Inner Guru
Your brain is an amazing instrument.
It organizes experiences you’ve had in your life into blocks of information that it files away deep in your subconscious mind. And when faced with a tough decision, it automatically references these files in order to create some kind of reasoning of what you should do next.
This subconscious reasoning usually shows up like a subtle feeling that you can’t quite logically explain that seems to nudge you toward a particular direction.
Most people call this intuition, heart sense or your gut instinct. And it’s your wisest counsel.
Anytime you find yourself torn between two decisions, if you really tune in, you’ll always find that your gut instinct is nudging you in one direction more than the other. And if you listen to it, it will rarely lead you astray.
If you have a decision to make that you’re sitting on, realize that on the other side of making that decision is a whole new realm of freedom and possibility. So release your fear, tune into your gut instincts and take action!
The more decisions you make, the more action you take and the more results you see in your life. And if you create results that you’re not happy with, simply take some new action and correct your course.
Life is what you make of it.
To your freedom,
Karla Silver recently hit seven Amazon.com best-seller lists with the new book, “Change Agents.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Oct. 2, 2013 – WINTER PARK, Fla. – Best-selling author Karla Silver recently joined noted business development expert, Brian Tracy, and a select group of the world’s leading business professionals to co-write the book titled,Change Agents: The World’s Leading Experts Reveal Their Secrets for Successfully Changing the Status Quo to Help Their Clients Lead Better Lives and Run Better Businesses. The book was released on September 19, 2013 by CelebrityPress™ – a leading business book publisher.
CelebrityPress™ describes the book: “Descriptively known as Agents of Change, the Celebrity Experts® in Change Agents seek to make new inroads into the fields of expertise they represent. They have attained success by changing both themselves and 
the world around them to some degree. Never afraid of change, however difficult, they know that they will never enjoy the sweet taste of success only doing what everyone else does.” Karla Silver contributed a chapter titled “The Girl Can Take a Punch.”
On the day of release, Change Agents reached best-seller status in seven Amazon.com categories – reaching as high as #2 in the “Direct Marketing” and “Marketing for Small Business” categories. The book also reached best-seller status in the following categories: “Sales and Selling,” “Marketing,” “Entrepreneurship,”“Marketing and Sales,” and “Small Business and Entrepreneurship.”
The “Luxury Vagabond” known as Karla Silver is an accomplished entrepreneur, best-selling author, and passionate advocate for Lifestyle Design. Karla has a solid background in Business Development, Management and Internet marketing as well as Direct Sales. Karla’s track record of success spans 30+ years, including working with various startups such as MTV: Music Television and Excite.com. She has built successful sales teams worldwide while creating innovative solutions for many of the top brands in the world.
In the last few years Karla has launched a bestselling book; Co-founded a company that provides online marketing solutions to local businesses in North America; Helped thousands of entrepreneurs succeed online; and Co-created the Super Saturday Spirit Sale.
After such a successful release, Karla Silver will be recognized by The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors™, an organization that honors authors from many of the leading independent best-seller lists.
To order a copy of the book, please go to http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615823882?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0615823882&linkCode=xm2&tag=change_agents-20
The royalties from this project will be given to Entrepreneur’s International Foundation, a not for profit organization dedicated to creating unique launch campaigns to raise money and awareness for charitable causes.
The Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs opened it’s doors to the public October 5, 2013.
Outfitted with the usual super-cool rock and roll paraphernalia, the hotel is looking to add to the cache that is Palm Springs.
Don and I mosied over to take a look, and being that it was lunchtime, were crossing our fingers that the powers that be had also put in a Hard Rock (Palm Springs) cafe. We were hungry.
Walking through the entry doors, with great rock music playing, we were greeted by a nice new lobby that only vaguely felt like the old Hotel Zoso. The lobby has a sculpture made of old speakers. Here’s a close up pic:
The hotel is built around a center courtyard with a pool, where rock and roll is still blasting away, but has a super cool vibe with white towels on all the lounge chairs and beautiful people in bikinis and board shorts laughing and generally having fun. All agreed that the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs was where it’s at.
We were only a little disappointed that the hotel didn’t have an actual Hard Rock cafe, but the restaurant (named Sessions) that has a different, more sophisticated menu. The prices were OK – lunch will cost you about $20/pp and dinner looked like around $40/pp (without cocktails).
The website has this fully quote about the food:
You are what you eat, so we serve dishes that are fresh, attractive and that totally rock, just like you.
Being the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs, you have to expect some cool stuff. There is a kiosk in the lobby where you can get your picture taken and then post to Facebook/Twitter, etc. Unfortunately, the Facebook posting didn’t work, but we sent ourselves a copy of the picture via email. Not sure why this thing is particularly interesting since we could do this whole thing anyway from our phones. But, it did catch our attention and we DID try it, so…
You can also take advantage of their “music amenity program,” where you can…
You can find out more about me here.
As I said… the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs ROCKS!
We would like to share a video that we watched ages ago that changed our thinking of what we needed to do to be “successful.”
Success to us is a feeling. It isn’t a number in our bank account. It isn’t a gigantic house, first class travel, cars or stuff. (Although we certainly like those things.)
Success, or FREEDOM to us is a life free of anxiety over whether or not we can afford the things and experiences that contribute to our lives and other people’s lives.
We’re guessing this is true for most people.
Robert Kiyosaki, the investor and bestselling author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” books really changed the way we thought about how to generate income and get “out of the rat race,” and into financial freedom.
Here’s the video. It’s about 10 minutes long and could really help you and your family make the decisions that could help you live a life that is free of anxiety and a life of FREEDOM.
When you are ready to make that shift into the right hand side of the Cash Flow Quadrants, click below.
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