Making The Most Of What You Have Update #126

SUBJECT: Making The Most Of What You Have

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Thursday June 11th 2009: Update #126

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Well Thursday has come rushing around again. The list of to do’s is still huge and unfortunately the number of days left is small.

My youngest turned 11 this week and we decided it was about time he had a bank account to stash his birthday cash in. So yesterday we went to the nearest town to us to open an account with Lloyds and the plan was for me to open one as well because I have had so many problems with my existing bank. So after his guitar lesson we strolled the short distance to the bank. This was 9:30 in the morning. But the bank was closed they don’t open until 10am on Wednesdays (why?). So we kicked around for 30 mins by which time there was quite a que forming. Then at 2mins to 10 this lady appeared and opened the door a small way and told the start of the que something and shut/locked the door. She then stuck a scribbled note in the window stating that they could not open because of a power cut last night. Of course the lights were all on so the power was back but I guess their systems were not!

So it would appear that they just can’t function without their computers. Makes me wonder what would happen if we had some major electricity outage. But my biggest gripe was why they waited til 10 to tell the que that they would not be open! They knew there was a large que so they could have conditioned us to the possibility that the may not open on time then at least we could try and make better use of our time.

We went back today and they were open but with no staff on the customer services desk so we had to wait for them to find someone from upstairs to come and talk to us. Strikes me that they are not doing much to bring in business even though they are going through tough times.

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Now we have a blackbird that has unwittingly decided to nest in a bush about 1m from our back door. This is probably a decision that it regrets to this day. We have 2 dogs and 2 kids so the traffic through the back door is high and generally its noisy with dogs barking etc etc. Well this week we have 3 small chicks in the nest so the parents are constantly finding food for these hungry mouths during daylight hours. They are on the go from about 4am til 9pm dodging in and out of the nest whilst trying not to be seen by the passing kids, dogs and adults going in and out of our back door.

They amaze me because they just keep at it. Their sole purpose is to raise these chicks and preserve the species. They made their decisions (albeit bad ones) and now they just do what they have to do to meet their objective.

This is a dedication that few of us have but most of us want. This is especially true in the world of the Internet and Promotion where we have just too many distractions and too many excuses and reasons to justify failure. This is probably the main cause of the high failure rate for those who try to make money online. It’s not what they are trying to do that causes them to fail it’s the fact that most people can’t stay focussed long enough to see the reward from their efforts.

There are a few of us who set goals and do what ever it takes to make it happen just like the Blackbird raising it’s young. Take a look at this thread on the Warrior Forum http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/91115-how-i-just-quit-my-job-after-8-months-online.html . I have been a subscriber to his blog since he started last year.

It is nice to see/hear of real success in amongst all the other problems today. But the main thing is to decide what you are going to do and then stick with it. So perhaps we all need to have a big think about our long term plans and where we are trying to get to. AND THEN DO IT.

Until Sunday

To Our Success.

Rich

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