Make More Money | Just Because You Could (Doesn’t Mean You Should)

As you might know, I’ve become obsessed with the concept of success, what makes some people successful and others not, why do some strive for success and succeed while others fail?  My new Money Gym book is going to be all about that and I think I’ve come close to identifying some key factors that make you more likely to succeed.

I’ve also been interviewing loads of the successful people I know, to get their take on it, to see if they have identified a key quality or action that has made the people they mix with more successful than ordinary folk.

The other thing I’ve always been fascinated by, is the ability to make good decisions, particularly with regards to business:  which business, where, who with, what next?

I have been known to buy the odd self help and business book (the odd 500 or so plus books, more like!) and I definitely remember buying one in my early 20’s called “How To Make Good Decisions” which is probably still around somewhere here!  I used to find it hard to make any decision, let alone a good one, and it’s still a struggle sometimes.

So when I hear that a particular guru of mine has had a life changing moment, has made a momentous decision in their lives or has an opinion about success, I’m always very keen to read about it or see them explain it.

Frank Kern is one such guru – don’t know what it is about Frank but he speaks directly to the heart of many people I know (and it’s not just the girls with that blonde surfer dude thing he’s got going on – my business partner Steve Watson rates him too!)

I find him inspirational because he come across as fearless, he doesn’t have to watch what he says, and he really does seem to live the life he wants to.  Authentic and funny, Frank strikes me as honest, and trustworthy.  No mean feat, online.

The other day I had an interesting experience with his InfoMillionaire organisation.  I had previously subscribed to InfoMillionaire and for a few months enjoyed the excellent posted newsletter they produced.  Then they obviously decided to discontinue the posted version and to take all the material (and believe me it was great quality and there was a lot of it) online.

I’m the biggest fan of membership sites as you know, but as a customer….this didn’t suit me as I just wanted Frank and Trey to tell me what to do, prefereably in a format I could read in bed on a Sunday morning.  I just didn’t want to spend MORE time online.

So I emailed their support, telling them I wanted to cancel my subscription and why, and that I was still a big fan and would, no doubt buy something from them in the future.

I got a great email back saying it would be actioned immediately and a refund issued!  Wow, I hadn’t asked for a refund, in fact I had been quite happy with, and would have settled for, just cancelling.

The good vibes I got off this little exchange made me take action and dig out the free DVD I had sent off for recently, featuring Frank Kern at Rich Schefren’s Strategic Profits Conference a couple of years ago, and someone banging on about media buying (you can see where my interest lay!)

I put it in my laptop and settled down to watch a bit of it in bed, and by 1.15am I was still there……

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A Year In The Life Of The Money Gym

I read recently that, in business, you should never rehash what didn’t/doesn’t work but always focus on what works/worked and do more of that.  Simple but profound!

So I’m not going to do a roundup of what went well for the Money Gym (and me personally) and what didn’t go so well, I’m going to focus only on our successes and triumphs which will make for some pretty uplifting reading as we go into Christmas eh?

The year kicked off in January with the Internet Marketers Cruise in the Caribbean which was an absolute blast!  I took my sister, all our kids and hooked up with some lovely Money Gym clients including Susanne Jorgensen and Jane P Lewis and we had so much fun.  I got to go to a private cocktail party in Jennie Armato’s stateroom and hang out with Mike Filsaime, Michael Green and Robert G Allen among others.  A shooting star across the sky topped off the night perfectly.  I also made my karaoke debut that trip, singing “You Give Me Something” by James Morrisson very badly and we both met some wonderful new friends, not least at the poker table (Jennie won the poker tournament bringing glory to the girls)

January and February saw more speaking gigs with WIN Investing and although their audience was not quite right for the Membership Club Magic presentation, we did attract some great clients although not in great numbers.  At the Manchester event I met Daniel Priestley for the first time and liked him on sight, which led to an invite to speak for Triumphant Events.

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Are You Blocking Your Own Success?

You know how sometimes you are just meant to see / hear / read something?  Well, yesterday the very excellent blogger Yaro Starak send out a short email, linking to one of his latest blog articles entitled “Do Your Belief Structures & Behaviour Patterns Block Your Success” and as I love Yaro’s writing, I started to read it.

He talks about blind spots, being open minded and how your patterns of behaviour are anchors….all good useful and well written stuff…. and then I either got distracted or called away or started to feel guilty that I was reading for fun when I had so much to do, and I didn’t read the rest thinking I would come back to it later.

Later on, an email arrived from Steve with a link to the article, pointing out a couple of paragraphs nearer the end, that I had missed by not reading on, and which were particularly pertinent to something we had been discussing on Monday.

(Welcome home Steve, by the way!)

So, now another nudge to read this article, from the old Universe, so I did, I read it right to the end.

BANG! POW! KERZAP!

Very good indeed.  So good in fact, that I printed it out and have been carrying it around and mulling it over every since, now embellished with highlighted bits and underlinings.

SO GOOD in fact that the power of the thoughts that this article stirred up called for one thing and it’s something I’ve never done yet ……… I have started journalling.

Yep, manually writing in a book every day, something recommended by Julia Cameron in “The Artists Way” but never taken up by me, after my mother found my five year diary when I was a teen.

I’ve been thinking of starting a daily business journal, after an article I read last week by Todd Brown at Strategic Profits called “The Secrets To Greater Business Clarity” but was putting it off till the New Year, thinking I might get a lovely notebook for Christmas (it’s on my list!)

But Yaro’s article was reverberating so loudly in my head, that I dug out a new notebook Steve bought me recently and just pasted in Yaro’s article and started writing.

Here’s the first part of Yaro’s article for you to enjoy too!  You need to read to the end, remember?

“Do Your Belief Structures And Behavior Patterns Block Your Success?” By Yaro Starak

Are You Aware Of Your Blind Spots? asks Yaro Starak.

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Have You Taken Up Residence On Your Couch For December?

Sitting on my couch, among my new set of cushions, reflecting on 2009 and thinking ahead to 2010, I’m struck by how certain times of year lend themselves particularly to this kind of introspective thinking.

Easter, with the promise of spring and new life, September with the start of the new school year (and even us grownups still remember that feeling!) and of course Christmas with the impending New Year.

Funny old days, in early December, are they not?   It’s very, very dark, at both ends of the day, and recently it’s felt like it’s never going to stop raining.  One can hardly remember the sun or the sunny days of Summer and it seems an awfully long way off to next summer, that’s for sure!  The couch seems the best place to be, with Strictly or X-Factor on the TV and the heating on full.

The New Year is coming quicker than lightning but all we want to do is wind down to Christmas!

On the one hand some of the country go into a spending spree and Christmas decorating spasm, and on the other hand, some people are quietly emailing tales of woe, stories of quiet desperation and harsh self-criticism about another year gone by – wasted!  Months of procrastination, prevarication leading to …………….absolutely no results.

Do you secretly feel really cross because your 2009 has not progressed you to where you want to be, financially?  Perhaps you have been one of the pension holders or property investors affected by the credit crunch in some way or other and you rather hopefully had all your eggs in one basket?

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Questions, Questions, So Many Questions!

Nicola here……..I just wanted to let you know about two REALLY important things.  First of all………….

** Money Gym Boardroom – 30% Discount Deadline Extended For 3 More Days **

AND……….Secondly………….

** Money Gym Boardroom – 30% Discount Secured For You No Matter When You Plan To Start **

Our first Boardroom meeting is next Saturday, 6th November and Judith and I are really excited to meet the business people we will be working with.

But as the deadline for expressing your interest and securing your place approaches (originally midnight tonight) we have been inundated with more questions and there are a few in particular that are coming up time and time again.

Q. Am I – or my business – good enough to be in the Boardroom?

A.  This one really surprised us – some of you out there are not sure if you, or your business, are ready for The Boardroom.  But the answer to that question is….mostly……absolutely yes.   We have asked a few people who cannot afford  the investment yet to give themselves a year to work their way up. And several clients have de-selected the mselves now but nailed their colours to the mast and said “I WILL be with you – later”.  But only one who contacted us wasn’t ready and that’s one of our friends who hasn’t even yet joined Silver!   Bless.   We LOVE people with big ambitions.

Q.  So, what do I have to do to qualify then?

A.  It’s quite a simple formula.   You have to be someone who demonstrates ambition, stickability, determination and follow through.  But, more importantly you have to have three goals – one for your wealth creation plans, one for your business and one for you personally, any one of which has the ability to make you an extra £10,000 in the first 90 days of the Boardroom.

Q.  Why are we making that “£10k in 90 Days” our first challenge to Boardroom members?

A.  Because we are offering you a 100% guarantee that we will refund your f ees if you don’t make at least your £9750 fees (includes launch discount) back in 12 months.   But we won’t let you continue to come to our dinners, meetings and days out if you are unable to demonstrate the ability to take some fast-start action on your part.  Judith is going to be breathing down your neck every Monday, wanting to know what you are going to do this week and every Friday, wanting to know what you have done.  If those results don’t equal £10,000 in 90 days, then we are unlikely to invite you to be our guest at a second day out in February at our expense. Does that sound fair?   We think it does.

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Shocking Truth About Judith’s Money | What Will Be YOUR “Return On Investment”?

Judith Morgan says: Nicola’s always asking me “Why won’t our clients tell us PRECISELY how much more money they have made by being in The Money Gym?”

I don’t know is the short answer!   What I do know is that in the UK we don’t like talking about money whether it’s because we’ve made less than we would like (and don’t want to share that) OR the more likely Money Gym scenario which is that we’ve made more than we think our friends and family would like (and we don’t want them to know or to show them up).

Many’s the time when we have been contacted by a particularly successful client and asked to TAKE DOWN a testimonial, because they are getting divorced, have just met someone new, don’t want to be stalked, are worried about burglars, don’t want the tax man to have any inkling….many, many differnent reasons.

This, of course, makes our Money Gym marketing very difficult, particularly for the Gold and Boardroom coaching programmes and it makes it hard to give people specific examples when they ask that age old question “How quickly will I get a return on my investment and how much will that be?”

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In Business? What Makes YOU Special?

Judith Morgan here and I’ve got a little story for you.

“I want to step up and play a bigger game”.   That’s what one of our Money Gym clients said to me today and that makes him just perfect for our Boardroom.   He’s not free to start until after Christmas and that’s cool too.

He was canny enough to ask me could he bag the 30% launch discount now but not start till later.   Since we teach financial nous, I’m glad he asked.   (There are only 4 days left to do that btw)

And I have been able to negotiate on his behalf that provided he pays deposit of £2437.50 now to secure his seat by the 31st October deadline, he can choose when he wants to start and his seat will be held for him.

Peachy!

My notes sat somewhere on my desk for the rest of the day and I kept coming back to this client in my mind.

What sets him apart?

I said, as I nearly always do, “how can we help?”

And he said he wanted “business support”.   This was useful because it meant our ideal client had worked out what was in it for him and that we are running  a special promo on price.   And I know he has ambition, and goals.

Is the cost of the Boardroom an issue for you?   Were it not for that, would you be taking your seat at The Boardroom table in the 007 room in London’s West End?   Would you be dining with Nicola and me and your Board the night before?  Would you be stepping up to the challenge of making an additional £10,000 in your first 90 days in the programme?   That’s £10k over and above your normal revenues.

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The Boardroom | Is It Right For Your Business?

In the run up to the launch of our Money Gym Boardroom, we knew we would be getting quite a few questions.  In order to facilitate that, we have set up an anonymous survey page, so that you can ask your questions freely, without needing to give us your name or email.  You can ask YOUR burning question about The Boardroom here:  http://bit.ly/MGBRoneq and we will answer them all on the blog over the next few days.  Here are a few of the questions we have received so far – is yours covered?

November & December are the busiest times for my business.  If I join now to secure the 30% discount, can I skip the first meeting and start my membership at the next Boardroom meeting in the New Year?

Yes, of course, that’s not a problem at all. Just go to http://www.themoneygym.com/boardroom and choose your payment option.

Can I come to the boardroom with more than one business?

Hmm.   Depends.   Who are you and are you working alone?   If you are, and you are working on multiple projects, sorry but here’s the real cold hard truth that we have observed from working with many, many Money Gym clients over the years.

By working on multiple projects, on your own, without business partners, you are pretty much guaranteeing that your projects will take a lot longer to reach success, if they manage it at all. Mike Filsaime demonstrated this very ably at the World Internet Summit 2006 (at which Nicola is speaking this November).

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£10k In 90 Days | Day 5 | Solo Samba’ing

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The Money Gym has just launched The Boardroom, an easy, quick, flexible way for your business to access a crack business team comprising 18 of your very own non-executive directors, plus Judith Morgan and Nicola Cairncross.  As part of the launch of The Boardroom, The Money Gym is offering a 33% discount on the 1st year membership (offer closes midnight 31st October) and Nicola & Judith are hosting a daily BlogTalkRadio show, where they help each business caller work out how to create an extra £10k in just 90 days from their existing business.

Today’s caller on The Money Gym “£10k In 90 Days” Challenge on our BlogTalkRadio show was Karen Jones, an award winning Dance Instructor and Choreographer, who has developed a unique style of teaching latin american dance, for fitness.  Check out her website at Live2Dance.co.uk.

Karen has developed fun, unique routines for people wishing to get fit by dancing, ensuring that you can dance alone, rather than with a partner.  Think latin american line dancing!  She not only runs successful dance classes locally, but regularly gets corporate business nationwide, where companies wish to put on fun fitness events for employees.  Corportate business can be worth around £600 for six one-hour sessions.

Karen’s plan is to license exclusive areas to dance instructors so that they can build businesses, with Karen’s help and support. She had sold two licenses so far, at £279 for the license for the area (is that per year Karen or a one off fee?) and then you can buy the Business Support Package for a further £279, and then you pay between £35-50 per month, for access to a membership site that offers further support.

Luckily for Karen, Judith has a wealth of experience, being a partner in www.TheCleaningBiz.com, a successful cleaning company that Judith perfected in Fulham, then licensed on to over 20 different areas so far, supporting each licensee to build their business locally.

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Business | What Anais Nin has to teach us about Success by Judith Morgan

Anaïs Nin was a Cuban-Catalan-French author who became famous for her published journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death. Nin is also famous for her erotica.

Some will be disappointed I am not addressing her erotica today (!), only what she has to teach us about being successful, being fearful of our own success and hiding our light.

One of Nin’s most famous quotes is “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom”.   I know what she means, do you?

Sometimes it seems easier to restrict oneself, to limit my gorgeousness, to hide my brilliance.

Today what am I hiding from?   I am hiding from things which I fear.   My fear concerns what other people will think, how they will react.   What will they do if I leave them behind when I go to live abroad?

What will happen if I leave projects I have created or co-created?

My timidity is also around how will I be when I am different from what I already know.   If I become even wealthier and/or raise my profile, if I accept any single one of the invitations I receive to go on television (the edit of which is outside my control), would I be mis-represented?

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