I’ve been business blogging since 1998, of course it wasn’t called blogging then. I was writing a text only ezine for NicolaCairncross.com (wealth coach), which then became The Money Gym, which in the early days went out to about 25 people – friends and family who had email addresses. They passed it on and it grew.

Once written, I would then archive it on a page on my website. You could find it by clicking the ezine link, then the archive link, then the year, then the date...

Lets talk linkable assets. "What'chu you talking about willis" I hear you cry? Well on day #4 I talked about building something epic - for free and mentioned how I was using my existing skills to create something that was free and that would attract links.

Building a linkable asset
For the longest time I tried to use the standard formula of creating a pdf that people could download for free in exchange for their email address. It might be a "run a faster 10k...

Can it be all about the money?

...I guess it can. To a point...

For true and lasting personal and business success it cannot, however.

Why can it not just be all about the money? Well while we can get excited and motivated about making an extra $1k, $5k, or $50k per month, or more! The material gain starts to lose its luster and attraction after a short time.

Like anything in life, if you do something daily, it gets old. Even money! Even...

Without a focused intention and an unwavering vision you are wasting your time. No matter what you do - even if you are making some progress - without this basic ingredient you are producing 10-times less than you could be otherwise.

Think of your WHY and create a vision for your life. This is not really goal-setting, but rather the all-encompassing vision/goal that will inspire your goals and daily routine to be created. Start here. Sit down and dream.

Dream big....

As a wise friend once said to me - in so many words - you are not hungry enough yet; you don't feel the financial pressure enough to work your business (in this case it was a network marketing business) as an actual business... I saw her point, basically agreed, but still no change or shift happened.

I had build my "why" list (of the most important things in my life) to try to motivate myself, read motivational books, listened to motivational and productivity focused audios,...