Monday, June 30, 2008

Issue 474 - Can A Balloon Model Flower Wilt?

Hi,
I hope everything is ok where you are.

I'll be honest with you, I was struggling to come up with something to write about today.
I dont' know why, maybe it's too much sun, or not enough chocolate.
Or maybe both.

So, what I've decided to do is to pursue the idea I wrote about last week.

You may remember, (and if not then why the h*ll not) that I told a story from 1996, when my girlfriend at the time started playing with my peculiars in the cinema while I was trying to watch the film.
Let's just say I was not Mr. Popular when I told her 'film tickets don't grow on trees, you know'.

Ok, I didnt use those exact words, but a dark thunder descended in the auditorium, and I'm convinced it was little things like that which made her give me a one way ticket to Dumpsville on her next birthday.

In fact here's another little tale that makes me giggle - on said birthday I drove to where she working in a pub, and since we had both been entertainers together, I decided to surprise her with a balloon model flower.

I thought it was impressive with leaves and petals and everything.
She didn't.

If a balloon model flower could wilt, it would have done so right there and then as a now worryingly familiar dark thunder descended.

Anyhoo as I said I think it was my decision to insist on watching that film which contributed to my life changing.
When she booted me into touch, I felt the full force of depression which was a long road to get out of.
Some people might think that either my decision had no impact, or because I didn't know at the time, it's irrelevant to look back now.

Well, I think it's a fact that our life direction so far has been made up of lots of little choices.

Remember the film Sliding Doors, which covered this very idea?
Gwyneth Paltrow doing a very passable British accent by the way.

Why do people get cast 'doing an accent?'
TV at the moment has Brit Anna Friel doing a US accent in Pushing Daisies, and then there's Hugh Laurie in House.
Mind you if it's a choice between Hugh Laurie, or Anna and Gwyneth, I know where I'm headed...

My point is that we don't know when all these little decisions come.
However, we *do* know when some decisions are coming.
Setting things in motion which work towards your goals may have consequences you don't yet know about.

They may be good, they may be bad, but surely it's better to take control of life's steering wheel, and do the best you can to pick your own route?
Otherwise you end up at the whim of circumstance.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is the kind of stuff I write about in my book, 'Transform Your Life in 21 Days!' which has a link below.

Ok that's it for today!
'Til Next Time,
Health & Happiness,
Gordon
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Monday, June 23, 2008

Issue 473 - Get Your Hands Off!

Hi,
I hope Monday finds you well.

Before I crack on with today's issue, it seems the cost of the athletes village for London 2012 is rising dramatically again, to the point where it won't be built unless the taxpayer stumps up even more.
I can think of a few athletes I would quite happily give a room to, and here's a clue - none of them are men, and none of them are shot putters...

So today's issue was prompted by someone asking me about the type of people that read this newsletter.
I answered that I guess it's people wanting to hear how I can turn stubbing my toe, or buying a can of beans, or my sorry love life into a goal achievement or self improvement nugget!
Most of the time I'm interested myself! (of course maybe that's why my love life *is* so sorry!)

For some reason, this story came to mind...
When I was 30 I had a passionate year long fling with an 18 year old.
When she dumped me on her 19th, it sent me spiralling into the abyss of depression.

Anyhoo, in the halcyon days before she shattered my life (not bitter), we went to the cinema a few times.
I think the film in question was Evita with Madonna, but it was def. a film I had wanted to see.

Being young and passionate, she started to get frisky when the film was on.
I told her that I wanted to watch the film as 'I had paid 5 sodding pounds'.
Didnt go down too well I can tell you, and maybe laid the seeds for the future devastation!

So what nuggets can be gleaned from that tale?
Well it's all about choice, consequence and responsibility.
I'm pretty sure that me making that choice was one of the factors in the relationship ending, which in turn sent my life in a totally diffferent direction.

Every choice has a consequence, but was I to blame?
Not really, at the time I had no idea that trying to watch the SODDING FILM was such a big deal.
Yes, I may have acted differently had I known, but I do realise that the choice I made had a big impact, so I take responsibility for it.

It also means that my future is formed by the choices I make today, and so is yours.
That's a powerful concept.

Today for example, I know that if a girl starts to have a fumble in the cinema, I should let her - of course the problem today is finding the girl.
Hmm, thinking about it, maybe I should include the shot putters in my letter to Mr. Olympics.

Ok, that's it for today, if you want to read more about my theory of responsibility, and my getting through the depression, you can grab my book 'Transform Your Life in 21 Days!' via the link below.

Right I'm off, Wimbledon has started and it's the mens' matches I'll be glued to...yeah right!!

'Til Next Time,
Health & Happiness,
Gordon
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Issue 472 - Make Money From Mini Sites?

Hi,
I hope everything is ok where you are.

This newsletter is about the subjects of self improvement, goal achievement and wealth creation.

I've been talking about the first 2 quite a bit lately but I think the last time I mentioned wealth creation was when I talked about my 1 to 1 course on how to write articles the way I do, and then use that skill for profit.
If you don't remember me mentioning it, you can see it at:
http://www.articlewritingknowhow.com

That site is actually a minisite.
In fact it has some elements missing (which I must get round to sorting!) but despite that, it has a whole bucket load of the key elements in place to make a successful minisite.

The one thing that's genuinely bad about the site, is that I am selling my time with that product. You get individual tuition from me, and that is time I cannot leverage for anything else. It's ok that I do that - I am after all getting one off payment for one off effort, it's what most people do in their jobs.

However, it's also possible to create minisites that *do* leverage your time.
You can set them up on autopilot, so that once the initial effort is done, they look after themselves apart from a bit of housekeeping.

If you don't believe me, then with all due respect it's because you just aren't aware of the facts.
I have spent a long time learning how to do things in internet marketing, and I could tell you all the detail about minisites.

However, a chap by the name of Michael Rasmussen has done a good job himself, and it's 100% no cost!
I've seen his videos before he did a great series on how to write emails that sell, and I've seen this set of videos on mini sites.
It's good quality content, and it won't cost you a penny to see it.
http://www.minisiteprofitsexposed.com/?thankyou-page=9571

Funnily enough when I woke up this morning I wasn't quite sure what I'd write about, and then I got an email about this video series.

It seemed a great subject, as the content will cost you nothing whatsoever, and is genuinely helpful if you are interested in earning money online.
Now I have mentioned it, I don't want to waffle on for the sake of it, so I think I'll sign off.

Ok, that's it for this week - if you aren't interested in earning money online, it probably won't be of interest, but it's worth checking out these videos, and then refering back to my article site to see how many of the techniques you can spot!
http://www.minisiteprofitsexposed.com/?thankyou-page=9571

'Til Next Time,
Health & Happiness,
Gordon
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Has my article writing course got good elements of a mini site
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Monday, June 09, 2008

Issue 471 - Fares Please!

Hi,
I Monday finds you well.

How many times have I written about taking responsibility?
A few times I'm sure you'll agree.

It's a key element to my theories of goal achievement, self improvement and wealth creation.
On a personal level, I think it's important to differentiate between blaming yourself, and taking responsibility.
They are different things, and the main thing is to accept that the choices you made in the past are the reason for your current situation, good or bad.
Yes, there also will have been circumstances beyond your control, but your reactions to those circumstances would have been in your control.

When British Airways made a total hash of the new terminal 5 at Heathrow, the boss publicly said that the buck stopped with them, that they had got it worng.
He also refused to accept a whopping bonus to his salary which was due.
Now let's face it, the boss of British Airways is never going to need money, but it was the gesture that was important, and was well received by staff and unions.

Let's take a look another company, Network Rail.
It's a private company that looks after the railway tracks in this country.

They have been criticised and picked up all sorts of fines from the regulators about continually providing poor service to customers.

So, what happens to the bosses?
They pick up massive bonuses, which are performance related!
The top 3 directors pocketed a nice big 7 figure sum between them.

The company made over a billion pounds profit, so you may think they deserve the profit.
Unfortunately, in what used to be a state run business, they are still subsidised by taxpayers money to the tune of 3 billion pounds, so now the 1 billion profit doesn't look so clever.

Is this taking responsibility?
No, it's more like taking the cash instead, thank-you very much.

This kind of thing happens in all sorts of industries worldwide, where directors get big bonuses for presiding over bad business.
I guess it's something for individual businesses to work out, but with the case of subsidy provided by *my* tax money, I reckon I'm allowed to voice complaint.

Of course in personal development terms, do not let yourself pick up bonuses which are undeserved, you have the power to decide where you own responsibility lies for where your life heads.

Ok, that's it for this week, I'm off to see if Network Rail have any top jobs going...

'Til Next Time,
Health & Happiness,
Gordon
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Monday, June 02, 2008

Issue 470 - Are You Some Sort Of Bucker?

Hi,
I hope everything is ok where you are.

I saw some things in the paper at the weekend which got my blood boiling, but whereas bad news shouldnt necessarily be ignored, I'm gong to focus on 2 stories of good news.

The first one is a celebration of Beryl Cook.
Beryl died last week, and she was right at the top of the tree in term of commercal sales for British artists.

A self taught artist, her pictures centred around fat women who enjoyed their food, enjoyed their drink, and enjoyed looking at young men.
She claimed to happily indulge in all 3 of those herself, and while her cartoony style didn't go down with the critics, the public bought into the idea, and bought the pictures!
When asked what the meaning was to her work, she said the only meaning was to 'make people smile'.
In all honesty I can't say I love her paintings, but they sure do the job of making me smile, especially when I hear that's what she wanted.

The other story is about George Sampson, 14 year old dancer who won Britain's Got Talent.
He got through the first round last year, but didnt make the semi finals.
This year he came back for more, and went all the way to the win, £100,000 and an appearance on the Royal Variety Show.

The final was watched by 14 million viewers, which is a massive pull in these times of media choice, and why not - the show features battle hardened showbiz veterans given a chance at the big time, it shows everyday folks with stunning natural talent, and it also gives the important life lesson that sometimes you won't always succeed, sometimes matters are outside your control.

Personally I think the show went a bit too far with putting the deluded acts through to the live shows, that smacks a bit of laughing at them, but as a celebration of what can be achieved with hard work and dedication, it's great!

The 12 year old classical singer I had mentioned before didnt make the top 3, but she had already been offered big contracts before the show, so her success is assured anyway.
Good luck to her with her natural voice, but her story has less 'come back against the odds' ingredients than that of George Sampson.

Ok, that's it for this week, I'm off to practice my breakdancing, where in my case the break may very well be real - like Beryl, like George, will you buck what the establishment tells you are your limits?

'Til Next Time,
Health & Happiness,
Gordon
P.S. If you know anyone else who you think would enjoy the Great Gordino Newsletter, please pass it on to them!

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