And when the ball starts rolling… GTFO of the way!

When I say this, I mean it!… Scuse’ my 1st year french but when things start going in your favor, watch the fuck out!

About 2 weeks ago I hit my first $1,000 profit day, and since then things have been snowballing very quickly that it’s actually a new challenge focusing on my current projects with so many opportunities and possibilities floating right in my. Things that were never there before or that I never even realized…

I feel like it’s just like when Roger Bannister ran the 4-minute mile in 1954, and then only 6 weeks later multiple other people broke the same record. Once a level of achievement is reached, opportunities fall in place which are more akin with this new level of development. I always heard people say this, but I never really experienced it in my life until the last month or so. After breaking my 1,000 day, my entire reality has shifted into this being common-place, so now when I look out I start to perceive opportunities and chances that I just never even considered before. My current focus is that I’m going to start doing media buys.

I made a post on PPC-Coach about networking, and then there were a few comments on my blog asking me to write a post about it. Well about about I give you one better, chum. This post is here to inspire you, not just to tell you about networking, but to truly try to convey what’s in store for you when you start to meet your own expectations of what it’s like to actually ‘really succeed.’

Everyone starts at the same place, and I was no exception. So I might have read this same blog post and it would go in one ear and right out the other… but let me re-emphasize that this WILL happen to you.. look forward to it! These are the little tidbits of experience that I have gained in the last month which have actually changed my mindset.

1. When people see you are successfull, THEY WILL BE WILLING TO GIVE YOU SO MUCH FOR FREE. Yeah this one’s a doozie.. When I was flat broke or didn’t have really any success to speak about, I was in the grind trying my best. But as I’ve learned and experienced more and more (and I still have so far to go ), the more I REALLY see how people that see you’re successful are willing to just give you things. It’s the weirdest thing… It really lets you just RIDE the coaster rather than always trying to climb a mountain. From what I’ve seen in my own life things pick up exponentially, and you’ll be able to survive on just your opportunities alone. I wish I could convey the intensity of this as well… I was on both sides of the fence and I remember having the exact thoughts..
“blah blah everyone says that but it will take forever for me to be successful.. and what really COULD they give me?? honestly .. how much could they really give to me, probably not much. Either that or I wouldn’t have enough success experience to even use that to my advantage.”

Now that I ACTUALLY am here, and I’m not trying to perceive this place of being through a lens which is NOT in the same place of growth (trying to perceive what it’s like to be ‘here’ from being in a place of ‘there’), it’s VERY DIFFERENT. The limitations of your old awareness prevent you from even comprehending what it’s like in your new place of growth. It’s like literally trying to look through a glass monocle when half of it is covered with black tar (okay that was out of left field shut up I would wear a monocle if I had to). The momentum of my life right now is being carried on opportunities alone, and I’m taking all the juicy ones!

2. NETWORK! A lot of it. Build relationships on AIM, in person, at conferences, on forums, WHEREVER. Try to make friends with everyone (and watch out for people who try to pull the wool over your eyes or manipulate). I don’t mean just start talking to everyone or be a needy creep that always bugs people on aim… you want to offer value to people so they remember you. Want a hint? Sure. For fucks sake.. BE UNIQUE. Probably 50-100 new people hit me up on AIM a month, and they all say the same thing. DO you think I remember those people? Hell no. Same with all the PM’s I get on PPC-Coach (ironically about networking that all say the same thing.. boring.. “hey I’m here to network with you.. so.. uh… yeah..”). The people I DO remember are the guys and girls who stand out and offer me something, whether its humor, creativity, ideas, or just an interesting and refreshing presence. The guy that sends me $5 for absolutely no reason “to go get a beer,” or the guy that the very first thing he says to me is a quote related to my favorite book, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (he got the idea from my screen-name which is named after the character zaphod in the book). THESE are the people that I find interesting and I will be willing to help out and go the extra mile to make sure they succeed (as long as they continue to put in equal or greater effort. Putting in greater effort I greatly appreciate and that makes me want to help more… synergy baby). By the same token, the dynamic between me and the more successful people that help me UP is exactly the same way. It’s just a cycle that will suck you in when you get close enough to it When the ball starts rolling so to speak…

Just as a quick hint for number 2. When you’re talking to people try and feel out the give or take. You will feel it and your intuition will guide you whether or not to bring them in with your private information (that you don’t want everyone knowing), or slowly pushing them away by politely ignoring them. It’s sort of a mutual thing, and you will feel that same feeling when a homeless person asks for change when they’re ‘taking’ too much, or if you don’t trust them. Likewise the people that seem to give you way too much too quickly it will feel like something is fishy… there’s a perfect balance in there and when you find it that harmony is what creates awesome relationships. Then when they’re good and weak thats when you begin plan for world domination or .. uh.. wait nevermind.

3. Form a MASTERMIND group. Don’t burn bridges or try to selfishly keep everything to yourself. Now don’t get me wrong you don’t want to be giving away all your secrets, but if there’s someone you really trust and you feel like you could both hit a home-run out of the park with 2 minds rather than one, by all means do it. Right now I have a mastermind group with 3 awesome people, and it works out great. They all feed me olives and fan me while I relax on the beach err by that I mean we all work together to achieve a common goal. 4 minds can crush an opportunities where 1 mind would just be overloaded. That doesn’t mean we all feed off eachother like leaches, but it’s a “symbiotic relationship” that is pretty much the essence of synergy. We each hold our own independence, our own campaigns and so forth, but work together for tackling new marketing techniques, offers or challenging methods. Where do you find these people?? STEP 2… Don’t forget

The final point I would like to make is, it only takes ONE success for you to really feel it. All it took was waking up one time and seeing my account and thinking holy shit… from then on everything just falls into place. For the most part, it seems like if you hit a new PEAK, you won’t be tortured with nonsense all that much ‘lower’ than that. You will definitely fail and have challenges, but your whole level increases with each new breakthrough.

Rove you rong time!