In any kind of business, marketing is the key to selling successfully. Without it, people won't know what you are offering or know that your business exists. Even if you have the best products or services out there, you have to remember that they will not sell if people don't know about them. You have to market it in order for people to know about their existence. You have to create the impression that you are the best in the business and also give them a reason why they should buy from you. So...

Fear part 2


Fear is just adrenalin - fight or flight syndrome.
You get an adrenaline dump and you recognise it as fear.

It's a matter of mindset.

When I get that, I call it excitement.

Most people here never have and never will step into a boxing ring.
My karate instructor, who was also a boxing coach, got all his black belts together and took us to the local boxing gym, where he was a coach, and put us in the ring.
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Are you letting your fear hold you back?


In the UK we have an association called the British Combat Association and one of their mottos is “Know Fear” (and yes we have that on a T shirt)

Everyone has fear and trying to pretend they don’t, pretending they are a “brave warrior” is just foolish.

Cus Damato calls fear “the friend of exceptional people”.

Don’t say “no Fear” – you’re just fooling your self.

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Internet


When the Romans built the straight roads they never conceived of the concept of the car. They just used what they had - carts and walking. But the roads had to exist first so the car could be invented to fully exploit them.

We are the Romans, the Internet is the road.

We're not using the Internet anywhere near to it's full potential yet, nobody has even thought of the "car", but the potential for the "car" now exists....

Go to college..?


I think the important thing is to GO TO college – it’s the journey not the destination – not the bit of paper at the end.

Leave school at 18, move away from your parents’ home, be self sufficient, study for something that interests you at a higher level – these are the important qualities that allow you to be self sufficient and run your own business.

I know people I was at school with who dropped out at 16 to get the JOB...