Yesterday I wrote about the importance of increasing your Action to Doing ratio. The key thought being that too many times we sit there and create some grand plans on how we’re going to make a lot of money or get to the next level in our jobs. While planning is important, getting started and taking MASSIVE ACTION is even more important.
Take a look at Hugh Macleod’s desk. This is the place from which he runs his cash-generating, idea-changing, life-altering business or as he puts it - Hugh’s Empire.
Still think you need a grand plan to make it big? Start building your empire today. You have all the tools you need at your disposal right now. STOP MAKING EXCUSES. You don’t need more money. You don’t need more time. You don’t have to have a grand plan.
All you need is your PASSION, DEDICATION and a lot of HARD WORK to start making your dreams into a reality. Enough said. Get to work.
Drop me a line and let me know about your own Empire when you’ve got it up and running.
Darren Rowse just posted one of the most truthful posts I’ve seen in a long while when it comes to Making Money Online.
If you’re looking to make money online through selling ebooks, affiliate marketing, ebay, Facebook marketing, coaching or any other method, this post is a must read.
According to Darren, the following are the 9 Unsexy Truths about Making Money Online:
1. It Takes ALOT of WORK
2. It Takes Time and Starts Slow
3. The Sexy Moments Happen – but are Often Few and Far Between
4. There are No Guarantees
5. You’ll Fail More than You Succeed
6. Some People Just Won’t Make It
7. It can be Lonely
8. Increased Success Can Bring Increased Critique
9. Scaling it Sucks
Dan Dunn is a painter who has found his niche among the thousands of artists that go unknown. He created his own unique painting style that has transformed his life.
He used to do caricatures at Six Flags as his first gig, and then looking to take things to the next level, he started a company that had him going all over the place drawing people’s faces. 200 events a year and he was still deeply in debt. It was about that time that inspiration hit him.
You could argue that he’s still painting faces and that the portraits are pretty close to what he was doing before, but now they’re done in “Paint Jam” style. He’s created an experience for the audience. He entertains the audience while he paints and in less than 10 minutes a beautiful work of art is created.
In the process of making that mental switch from doing things like everyone else, Dan has created a profitable niche for himself by THINKING DIFFERENT about his skills and what he could do to add value to this world.
Pick a topic, any topic and Google it. You’ll find dozens of people who are quietly (or loudly) making a profit from their passions. Go ahead and type in anything and you’ll see Google Ads running on the right side of your browser, which means people are paying for your attention. Click on the results and you’ll be taken to websites, blogs and forums where people are interested in those topics.
Go ahead and type in what you’re passionate about, no matter how small you think it is, someone’s making money from it…not that money is their sole motivator, nor should it be yours. I’d argue that you go further, get more out of it and yes make more money if you’re in it first to share your gift with the world.
Go ahead and Google what you’re passionate about. Whatever the topic is, whether it’s real estate, taking pictures, marketing, simple productivity or lifestyle design, you’ll find someone sharing their love and their wisdom with others. And they’re making a buck in the process, which doesn’t hurt when it comes time to pay the mortgage and the electric bills.
Sometimes you don’t even have to come up with the idea yourself, you just have to see how big someone else’s idea could be and take things over.
These people fought through the dips in their lives. They fought through having no money, no resources or no definable niche that existed before they walked through the door with their desire to breakthrough.
They persisted and continued to WORK at their Passion until the day came when people started lining up at the door asking for more. Your day can and will come someday soon, but you have to stick with it through the ups and the downs. Everyone has something to offer the world. Sometimes it just takes time to find your voice and your platform and your audience.
Your audience is the hardest part to find, but they’re out there waiting for you. Don’t let them down.
And if you’re in need of inspiration from time to time, think of Dan the Paint Jam guy. He went from sketching caricatures for $20 a painting to $40,000 a painting, doing pretty much the same thing…with a twist.
Fabio Marciano is an accomplished author and runs the popular blog Cubicle Millionaire. He is dedicated to radically changing people's lives first through their finances and their work. He frequently writes about a variety of topics, namely getting ahead at your full-time job, doing great work, losing weight and getting in shape, creating a second income, how to plan for the future and how to be more productive (to name a few topics).
Fabio Marciano is an accomplished author and runs the popular blog Cubicle Millionaire. He is dedicated to radically changing people's lives first through their finances and their work. He frequently writes about a variety of topics, namely getting ahead at your full-time job, doing great work, losing weight and getting in shape, creating a second income, how to plan for the future and how to be more productive (to name a few topics). 
