The Virtual Hammock

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I just received this email from my sister, Nicola Cairncross, as I’m on her mailing list for The Money Gym (of course!)

I feel I have to share it here as I’ve followed the link and had a look at Karen’s blog and was totally inspired by it.  I’ve also sat in many internet marketing ‘free’ seminars – given up my time and avoided being lured into buying (mainly as I’m broke!) but always come away with something of value.

Karen, however, has come away and is taking action – I would say, MASSIVE action.  Read about it in Nicola’s email here:

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01 October 2009

Dear Sarah

Can I tell you Karen’s story?

When talking to people who want to get started in Internet Marketing, there are two fundamental problems that come over:

1.  I don’t know where to start, or the right thing to do first

2.  I’m overwhelmed, too much info, too much to do, too far to go, so can’t even get started

So I’m always on the lookout for tools, tips and even tricks that might help get people moving. Because once moving, they get the most important thing working for them, and that’s momentum.

Once you get some momentum working with you, you can improve things on the move, work out what’s working and what’s not, change things, test things, and keep it all going.

I was lucky enough to be sent this powerful value statement that really resonated with me. It came from the rather wonderful Gratitude Log website that I’m using now as part of my Social Networking activities (connects with your Twitter account).

** Aim for a 1% improvement every single day **

That’s it!  I think all of us could agree that a 1% improvement is something we are capable of.

Well, the power of this is that if you do this every single day, then you will completely transform yourself and your life in less than 1 year.

In fact, if you will be 3,700 times better by the end of this year.  This is also why Einstein used to say that “the power of compounding is one of the most powerful forces in the world.”

Now, please don’t take this example literally.  Why?

Because a 3,700 % improvement is impossible!  If I could do that, perhaps I could fly. 

The key idea that I am trying to communicate is this:

* Aim to be better today than you were yesterday

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But one thing’s for sure.  If you don’t start, you won’t get any momentum going.

I always say to our clients, please just do one thing, one thing each day to move your business forward.

So I want to share with you the story of inspirational story of Karen, someone who was on Mark Anastasi’s Speed Cash Workshop at the weekend.

She’s very, very young.  She knows nothing about the internet.

But she sat in the audience just this last weekend gone and now she’s taking action, just one step, one day at a time.  Three days in, she’s got a blog, a YouTube channel, a Twitter account and she’s only bloomin’ doing it!

(I tell you, I wish I could bottle what Karen’s got and give it to some of our Money Gym members, still procrastinating about domain names and which blog platform to use months later!)

Watch her three short videos and get inspired.  Here s the first one. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, I’ve been diddling around refreshing my skills and learning new stuff and now I’m almost at the point where I can offer to do stuff for other people and get my business going. YEE HAR!

So I sat down today and thought what do I need to trade? A business bank account would be a good start! lol

Now I’m a simple creature and know that the people I already bank with, Abbey, are offering a great free business banking deal as long as I’m in credit. The only downside of this is that I won’t have a business bank manager and I know building a relationship in person is PRICELESS but I need to start somewhere and figure I can move when I’ve got a proven track record.

So I downloaded the application form off the website and started to fill it in… hmmm… my business address.

As a sole trader working from home, I’ve got four choices:

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