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Hello everyone its been awhile since the last post. I’ve been busy with my Final Year Research Project at University (comment if you’d like to hear about it).

In the lull after the deadlines I’ve had some time to get reacquainted with the internet marketing world. I’ve been feeling a little bit despondent recently with some projects not being as successful or moving along as fast as first planned. I’m sure you know the feeling, even outside of online marketing. The feeling where you’ve worked hard at something, you’re proud of it but it hasn’t done what you intended.

This got me thinking. “How can I snap my self out of this mindset and fix the problems holding my projects back?” Of course, being in a lazy mood, my consumer mind shouted RETAIL THERAPY!!!! So thats what I did.

I scoured through vast quantities of different products, each detailing different aspects online money making. Emerging from the depths of the Internet Oceans and descending from the peaks of Online Mountains, I finally came to one product which looked professional, it claimed to contain the information I needed and on top of this it gave the impression that I would receive more than just the product. I would get great hassle free service and support. So what did I do? I bought it!

Pumped from the adrenaline of the marketing hype I filled in my name and credit card details, clicked the big red button that signified the point of no return and then fought my way bravely through the upsales. It was done, the product was bought.

I logged into the membership website to be greeted with a friendly, well laid out and clear front page. It told me exactly what to do. I started reading away, studying and making notes for easy recall. This product was fantastic. It had everything you need to get started and succeed, just like it said it would. This was great.

However, there was one problem and it was not with the product. The product delivered everything it said it would and more. After reading a few lessons I came to realise that all this material seemed quite familiar. I already knew a lot of it. Sure there was new information which was useful, but probably not enough to warrant me buying the product.

What I really needed was to recall what I have learnt in the past and act on it. That was it, ACTION!!! I needed to take action, and to do that I needed the right mindset. Buying that product did put me back in the right mindset, but there are other cheaper ways of achieving a productive mindset.

So as life is, I stated thinking of ways to metaphorically kick my self in the ass to ensure this productive mindset without buying things. I came to the conclusion that the easiest way is to keep your goals and dreams in focus. Know where you’re going. Know how what you are doing is contributing to you reaching your destination and let the prospects of progress and success inspire you to the next level. This is why goals are so important. They provide structure and direction, something your brain can understand and subconsciously process.

A good way to visualise and inspire yourself is to get a large sheet of paper, one of those massive ones like a poster. On another sheet of paper or your diary / journal, brainstorm what you want out of life: relationships, experiences, possessions, characteristics, travel, anything! Now go back to your MASSIVE poster paper. Go through magazines, the internet, travel brochures etc and find as many pictures that relate to what you wrote in your diary or that inspire you. Cut them out and stick them on your poster. When you’re finished stick this poster on the wall next to where you work. There you go! Instant Inspiration!

This may not work for you, but it works for me and I suspect we are the same on some level. What ever the case, there will be something out there that works for you. There is no exception. You just need to find it.

So in other words GET PUMPED! get PSYCHED! and go get those MILLION$

Best of Luck and amazing Inspiration.

- Jacob Korn

PS::: How do you get into a productive mindset? Leave a comment below.