If You Keep on Doin’ You Keep on Gettin’! Update #121

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Sunday May 23rd 2009: Update #121

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I hope your weekend is going well. We have a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK and the weather is uncharacteristically good. Sunshine with just a few wispy clouds. It was much the same yesterday and we managed to enjoy the back end of the day with some friends and the mandatory BBQ. Got back at a sensible time because Caroline had to be out this morning at about 6am to go swimming coaching. Unfortunately the planned amount of sleep was destroyed because the dogs had an uncharacteristic urge to go outside at 4:20 this morning! So muggins here had to go and let them out.

Well I am no stranger to early mornings, some of you may recall that I used to start at 4am in the week so that I could get the work done and then spend some time with the family. But I had forgotten how nice the early morning can be. It was just after dawn and light enough to see the dogs running around the grounds. But the noise was incredible with all the birds competing for top tune. Just think that all this slips by us every day without moan or groan!

I eventually got the dogs back in, and climbed back into bed at about 5am only to be woken again by Caroline’s progressive angry alarm. So I have been awake for a few hours now and have sort of drifted into a relaxed/reflective frame of mind. Which has got me thinking.

Over the past few weeks I have been varying my day to suit what is going on around me rather than try to work to a fixed schedule. I am lucky enough to be able to do this of course because I work for myself from home (and love it). But stick with me there is a reason for this ramble.

For weeks I have got up made a cup of tea fed the dogs and then walked them starting this process at the same time every day, just like so many others.

Now every day I meet the same people walking their dogs, going to work or kids going to school and it’s almost like clockwork. Which is how so many of us run our lives. If I start my day 30mins earlier or later I see a completely different set of people all working their own routine. But these different groups all continue without any knowledge of the others. I am not saying there is anything wrong with this, most have to do it because their days are a routine. The daft thing is that I don’t have to be like this but I tend to fall into routines which are hard to break.

But we can use this to our advantage. You know the phrase ‘If you keep on doing what you are doing. You will keep on getting what you are getting.’ Well how true is that!

So if you want to achieve something new (working online, losing weight, stopping smoking) you have to set yourself a goal and write down a set of daily actions to get there.

Set up a new routine performing these actions. Force yourself to do it consistently for long enough that it becomes habit and then just focus on the thing you are trying to achieve and follow your new routine. Because we are creatures of habit you will soon fall into a routine that will help you achieve your goal if you really want it.

But the key thing here is to do something different. Break your current routine and see what else is going on around you that you have missed.

The same works for your business. Yes stick with things that work but vary the process and measure the results. Continually vary things in a controlled way so that you can see the result. Every test you do is worth it. You learn either to do it again or not to bother again. But if you keep on doing the same……..

So if you want to improve your business, try to vary your process and see the results!

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Now in Update #120 I mentioned the current flurry of product releases with zero cost front end and mega upsell from then on.

They aim to over deliver on quality with the free product that would normally cost $lots so that you then buy all the other related products.

Well Michael Cheney released his Delta Squadron that promised to show you how to make $1M in 7 days! for an initial cost of $1 on the front end.

So I paid my $1 using a debit card and the card got declined for no reason (new card, healthy balance) so I tried it again same result. So I gave up.

I then checked my emails and found 6 separate confirmations and login details. Hurriedly checked my bank account but no payments.

Soon after this they closed down Delta Squadron! The payment processor could not handle the load and lots of people were getting multiple orders.

I still had access and managed to have a good look around at the product which was very good.

I have since received an email (not personal of course) stating that those who did get in would continue to have access but the webinars and other stuff would be delayed until the relaunch (whenever that is).

So even the big-boys get it wrong big time. Perhaps there is a strong case for small and continual growth rather than stampede!

I don’t think that this will be something that I have to worry about in the short term.

But the good thing is that I can give you an insider look at delta squadron and it looks like a great product. So look out for it next tie around.

Well that is it for this Sunday Update. Out to enjoy the sun and family.

Tuesday will be the first of the Affiliate Blogging Course, if you still want to sign up to the free course you can do so here http://bit.ly/ZH5Dw (only those who sign up will get the course on Tuesdays).

The next Update will be on Thursday.

Have a great weekend.

To Our Success!

Rich

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