What if you didn’t have to go to your JOB because you didn’t need the money……..

What if you didn’t owe on a mortgage……..

What if your cars were paid in full…….

What if all your debts were paid off…….

What would you do?

What would you do with the “extra” time?

Think about it…..

Really think about it…..

Would you spend time with family?  Would you spend time on your hobby?  Would you travel?

Find that special thing you would do.  Now, that very thing that you WANT to do can be the very thing that ENABLES you to do it.  It is your passion.  Take that passion and blog about it.  Your passion will shine through in your blog.  You will be known as an expert on that topic.  Create a product about that passion and sell it on your blog.  As you grow your site and visitors to your site, your sales and income will increase.  As your income increases, you will have more time to spend on your passion which will again improve the content and quality of your expertise and of your blog.  It will begin to be a snowball effect where you will begin to achieve your dreams (and passions).

Your passion will drive you.  If you focus it in the right direction.  It will be what makes you free.  It is right there in front of your nose.  Just notice it.  And JUST DO IT!

- Hill Robertson

Well, I’ve been a little bit behind updating this blog over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. My wife’s mom was not able to make it over for our planned Thanksgiving lunch because she thought she ate something bad. She had a lot of stomach pain and was in no shape to be eating turkey. So, we were going to go over to her place that evening for a Thanksgiving dinner if she felt better which she did. We went to her house and had some great turkey, mashed potatoes, rolls, and of course, pumpkin pie (with a lot of whipped cream…. Yum…..) We had a great visit and went home and went to bed. We had planned taking the kids and having a family day together on Friday (away from the mad shopping rush at the stores). But our plans changed.

We got a call that my wife’s mother did not do well through the night and was taken to the hospital. It turned out that she had appendicitis (and the hospital staff was slim due to the holiday). By the time she got into surgery, her appendix had ruptured. Fortunately, the doctors caught it in time. She had to stay in the hospital an extended amount of time (she should be out tomorrow). We are blessed that it wasn’t worse.

So, we are especially thankful during this time of Thanksgiving. Take time to think about your loved ones and be thankful for them. I know holidays can sometime be stressful and some of your relatives may be ones you don’t necessarily get along with. But, they too probably have something positive you can be thankful for. Focus on the positive and the good in people…… At least during this holiday season…….

- Hill Robertson

One of the biggest obstacles to overcome when starting a business is the feeling of needing to be an authority or expert in the subject matter that you will be selling or promoting. Most people think they need to be THE expert and know more than anyone. The problem there is that there is almost always someone that knows more about your subject matter than you do. However, there is also always someone that knows LESS than you do. You are an expert to these people.

Is your subject matter your passion? Is it something you love to do? Is it something you would do for fun whether you are making money at it or not? If so, your passion will show in your business and will draw in visitors (even if they know as much or more than your do). Just think about it, what websites do you visit frequently or subscribe to on topics that you are passionate about? You may be an expert in some of those fields. You may even be more of an expert on the topic than the writers on the website but you still value the information and you keep it in your list of favorites because of your passion and your feeling of belonging to a community.

You can easily become an expert on a topic by learning more about it. One of the best ways to learn more is to start teaching what you do know to others. As you teach others, you will focus on some of the detail areas and you will start learning more. Also, if you get questions submitted to you, you will realize how much you really know and also get some “food for thought” to give you direction on other areas to learn about.

The bottom line is that you ARE an expert at something - probably many things. Don’t let doubt creep into your thoughts. Just pick one of your own passions, and begin blogging about it. You ARE the expert!

- Hill Robertson

Looking back on decisions I have made in the past and why I failed or quit at anything was quite often due a quiet little creeping creature called doubt. It usually isn’t obvious at the time but its grip is strong and deadly. Doubt will absolutely kill anything worth while if you let it.

Doubt creeps into your thoughts saying things like “you can’t write a good article”, “you’re not an expert”, or “no one will ever buy your product”. If you listen to doubt, you will never succeed. You will always come up with a reason not to do something. However, all of these reasons are just excuses. Nothing will ever get done when you dwell on what you can’t do.

Remember one of the most important rules is to “just do it”. If you wait to long or you try to make everything perfect, you will start letting doubt creep in and you will start focusing on the negatives and you will paralyze yourself and you won’t do anything. You will convince yourself that it wouldn’t have worked anyway. Once you realize you are sliding down the slippery slope of doubt, STOP IT! Focus on the positive and JUST DO IT!

- Hill Robertson

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Take some time to spend with your family and loved ones. Think about all of the blessings you have. We take so many things for granted each and every day. Appreciate all the little things in life……..

Have some turkey and pumpkin pie. Enjoy spending time with your family and friends.

How would you like it to be like Thanksgiving every day? To be off from your JOB every day…. To spend time with your family every day…… You can have it that way if you build a successful Internet business……

If you haven’t already, sign up for this blog and start learning how to be financially free……

Happy Thanksgiving!

- Hill Robertson

Every time I talk to people about how they can become financially free with a successful Internet business, I get all kinds of excuses as to why they can’t do it.  I constantly hear the same old excuses like “I don’t have any time to run a business.”  The interesting thing is that the excuses given are always REASONS to have an Internet business.  If you don’t have time now, you probably never will.  Just make the time and build the business.  Then, the business will give you financial freedom from your current situation and you will have MORE time to do what you want.  Just take your excuses and realize that they are reasons to build the business.  If you don’t have enough time with your family, build the business and then you will have more time with your family.

When I started my Internet business, I did not have time.  However, I knew that I would never have the time if I did not do something.  I did not want to take away any family time so I basically just gave up some sleep every night to build the business.  One of the great things about an Internet business is that you can do it anytime around the clock.  So, my daily schedule was to get up around 7AM and help get the kids to school, go to my JOB for most of the day, come home and eat dinner with my family, play with the kids and help with their homework, give them baths, put them in bed, and have a Bible lesson and prayers.  Then I would spend time with my wife for a couple of hours until about 10PM when she would get tired and go to bed.  Then, that’s when I would start on the Internet business until about 2AM.  I would then go to bed and start the process again the next day.  So, really the only thing I missed out on was a little bit of sleep - not a big deal.  Also, if I was really tired at work one day, I would go take a quick nap in my car during my lunch break if I needed it.

Your situation is probably different than mine so you will have to find what works for you.  So, stop making excuses and look for reasons to start your Internet business and your journey to freedom.  Subscribe to this blog if you haven’t already to be notified with updates.

- Hill Robertson

As we begin the week of Thanksgiving, use this time of thankfulness and spending time with family and loved ones to make note of the things that are really important in your life. Think about what makes each person in your life special. Focus on your blessings and forget about your problems. Thanksgiving is a great time to get away from your JOB and many times get away from your normal routine and environment. This can greatly help you focus on what is really important.

Take the time to really analyze what you are doing with your life and where you are going in your future. If you don’t like where you are or where you are going, make positive changes now so you can begin following the path to your dreams. Plan out how you are going to reach your goals and break it down into smaller realistic goals so you can take it one step at a time.

Be sure your list your priorities and make sure that your priorities are what the SHOULD be. Then do what it takes to spend your time, money, and efforts according to your priorities. Keep moving forward toward your goal. Don’t give up or become to lazy to improve yourself. In a year from now around next Thanksgiving, take another look at yourself and see how much closer you are to your goals.

Where will you be next year? Make the decision now or you may be in the same situation next year……

- Hill Robertson

Each one of us has all kinds of expenses each and every day. Some of these expenses are expected and are planned for ahead of time and others are unexpected and sometimes take us off guard. Our future (and many times other people’s too) will be molded by how we handle these daily expenses. Do we spend wisely or do we spend foolishly?

The interesting thing is that you were probably thinking about monetary expenses in the previous paragraph. However….. I wasn’t talking about money in the last paragraph………… I was talking about TIME.

Each of us has 24 hours in our wallet each day. We are going to spend it all one way or the other every single day. It is our choice.

How do you spend your time each day? Do you spend time watching mindless (or many times inappropriate) shows on television? Do you waste the day away browsing unproductive (or inappropriate) websites? Or, do you spend valuable time with your family? Do you spend time on building your business so you can one day be financially free? Do you spend time helping others? The choice is yours to make and your future (and many times other people’s as well) will be determined by these choices.

You are blessed with 24 hours each day with the choice on how to spend every second. Make the most of this blessing. Take positive action and follow the proper path. Deep down, you know the path you should choose. It is not always an easy decision. The proper path that you SHOULD follow will almost always be more difficult. But the rewards will be far greater and well worth the “pain”.

Maybe you have chosen the easy path in the past. Those choices are the very reason you are where you are today in your life. If you keep choosing that path, you will keep ending up right where you are today. The great thing about it is that no matter what you have done before, you can change your attitude and start making the right choices. You can start following the right path now. What has past is past. Take action now and change your future. The choice is yours.

10 years from now, you will look back at the decision you are making this very second about your future and you will either be glad of the decision you made or regret that you didn’t make the right decision. The choice is yours…..

Choose how to spend your time wisely. You won’t get it back. Once it is gone, it is gone. For the better or the worse.

- Hill Robertson

Have you ever noticed that the more successful and seemingly wise a person is, the more they seem to listen instead of talk? One of the first things you learn in relationship building is to listen to the other person whether you are selling a product or just being a friend. You will learn a whole lot more about them and their needs (and how you can meet their needs) by listening to them. They will eventually tell you what they want in some way or another. Don’t talk too much, they are generally not interested in hearing all about you, they want you to know their “pain” in hopes that you can help them. They don’t want to hear how you have helped other people and what your new fancy-shmancy product is, they just want to know how you can help remove their pain. Nothing else matters to them.

Let them tell you their pain in their own words. Just ask some simple questions to them and then listen to their responses and you will soon know how to help them with their pain. Ask them leading questions like, “What do you want to do about it?” and “How does that make you feel?” They will sell themselves and be excited to do business with you since you listened to their needs and didn’t try to push some product on them.

This principle is also highly recommended to be used between you and your spouse. If your wife wants to talk to you about something, you need to listen. She is usually not wanting advice or especially criticism at that time. She probably just wants you to acknowledge her issue or possibly vent her feelings to the most important person in her life - YOU. You’ll certainly not bode well if you respond in any harsh or potentially non-caring way. Show your genuine interest by listening intently, asking proper leading questions and you will quickly find out her pain and you should know how best to respond.

For successful relationships whether professional or personal, listen first and don’t speak too quickly. Think before you speak. In other words……….

Shut Up and Listen!

- Hill Robertson

One of the biggest hurdles people must overcome to be successful is the fear of failure. Most people never start something because they are afraid they will not succeed or they will not accomplish their goal. With this attitude and lack of action, they are guaranteed to not succeed. The only way to succeed is to move forward. You must risk failure in order to obtain success.

Take action and just do it. Don’t worry about failure. The truth is, the more you fail, the more you learn. Each time you fail, you will have learned how to do it a better way that will give you positive results. As Thomas Edison said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Each failure brings you closer to success. It is all about your attitude. Have the attitude that you are one step closer to success and keep pressing toward your goal. You will be that much stronger and more convicted when you do.

- Hill Robertson