Steve Oliphant’s Musings

I have recently quit my daytime job. It was hurting my health. I was so stressed out because of mutliple responsibilities and bosses that I my blood pressure had skyrocketed, I was getting migraine headaches several times a week, and every time I was called in to talk to the main boss I would get physically ill and go home throwing up.

This is hard for me to admit. I like to think of myself as helpful and a hard worker.

But my wife convinced me to do it.

It also wasn’t making enough money for our family to survive on. It was keeping me from DOING what I KNOW is necessary for success.

I was reading J P Maroney’s Posts about what is necessary for success in business and I realized that I was missing FOCUS.

James Brausch talks a lot about focus too

So does pretty much everyone who is succesfull. So what should I be focusing on?

That is easy - and hard. I have some successes and some failures, and most of my successes have petered out after I lost focus on them. Thinks like my NicheCreator Software, my Banner Creation Software and Web hosting, my Internet Marketing Classes, my Search Engine Marketing Videos, and much more. When I see all the projects I have started but not completed, or that were succeeding, but I stopped focusing on them and they petered out, it is hard not to get discouraged.

So, I will personally be focusing on FOCUS.

“What you know does not matter - what you do matters” - copied from gymjones.com

I am too sick right now to apply that to fitness. (I have had the flu for at least the past three days) but I wanted to apply it to Working for Yourself and/or Internet Marketing.

Last tuesday I was presenting my internet marketing class ( a webinar/telecast that I do every tuesday night) with a special guest. He is a copywriter that has had many successes in the past and is currently making a six figure income from home writing copy for others. After the class as I was complementing him on his presentation I mentioned that most of my internet success has been from luck, not necessarily good marketing. In response he said, “Just Showing Up is half the game” and then went on to explain that I had created products, put up websites, and done presentations (like that class) and that I was way ahead of most simply by doing.

My flaws including putting myself down a little too much - which is good for being humble, but bad for self promotion and self confidence. And one way to feel good about yourself is to accomplish something.

So, I have taken out several uncompleted projects and am finishing them (doing) and putting up websites for them (doing) and then emailing out to my mailing list about them (doing).

Even if I don’t make any sales at all, I will still have DONE something. I will be able to point at the websites and feel accomplishment.

EDITED TO ADD
I look back at this post that I started a month or so ago, and never finished. I think the main reason has been due to lack of focus. It is not easy to focus when you are attempting multiple projects, and have a large family (I have six kids) - but that is no excuse. I will publish this post and then finish another one on FOCUS and then abide by it. It is not enough to KNOW that I need to focus, I also have to DO the focus.

James Braush is creating a book from content on his blog.

I am excited about this!

If you read his blog (or the book) you will understand why.

He takes his readers step-by-step and teaches them exactly what to do and how to do it to become one of the 2% who are making incredible amounts of money on the internet.

The information presented here is priceless. He teaches how to (easily) create your own products, how to make websites to sell them, how to drive traffic to your websites, and how to automate the whole process so that you can continue to make money even in your sleep.

James also teaches how to change your life so that you can become successful at anything. This is much more than a “How to make money on the internet” blog, it is a “How to become Free” blog! He writes on time management, self improvement, relationships, and much more.

You can receive a complete education on business, especially internet business, just by reading his blog.

I very much appreciate it James, I can sincerely say “Thank you!” for making this information available.

-Steve Oliphant

Is wonderfully articulated in an entertaining way by Sir Ken Robinson.
It’s about educating the whole person - not just from the neck up.