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- Hill Robertson

While my kids were out of school
I took them out one day
I took them to the local park
so they could run and play.

We swung in swings and spun on things
I’d never seen before
We climbed up ropes and slid down slides
and played a little more

My kids were just so happy
to have their daddy by their side
The love shined in their faces,
their smiles were full of pride

I couldn’t help but notice
other children that were there
did not seem quite so happy
their demeanor only fair

Then I noticed what was different
with the other children there,
Not one of them had their daddy
at the park with them to share

All the other daddies
were missing all the fun
of watching their own kids grow up
as they frolicked in the sun

Other dads were busy working
at their jobs you see
they traded time for money
instead of time with family

I’m glad that I was able
to play with them that day
A day that I will never forget
and cherish in every way

I did not have to go to work
and trade my time away
In fact I’ll have more days just like it
to run and jump and play

That’s what it’s all about
to have a business of your own
that you can do when YOU want to
instead of always being on the phone

As time ticks by it’s over
forever gone the time will be
So use it on important things
Like God and family

What can be done to get more time
to spend with family?
To do the things you need to do
and have responsibility?

Just set some goals and break them down
to ones you can achieve
Then take the action to get them done
and then you will believe

A business of your own
is not so hard you see
with some action and persistence
it soon can set you free

You’ll gain the time for important things
in life that are so dear
Even simple things you missed each day
soon all will be made clear

You owe it to your family
and your Father up above
To do what is important
and do it all with love

So don’t wait any longer
the time to start is now
decide that you will do it
and then just find out how

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Were all in this together
like a loving family
that helps each other to succeed
just do it and you’ll see

- Hill Robertson

It amazes me when I see how much employees will bend over backwards to do whatever their employer wants. Don’t get me wrong, you should give 100% effort and even go the extra mile at your JOB while you are there. When you agreed to work at your JOB, you agreed to do your JOB and you should do so to the best of your abilities. You should be the best employee your employer could ever have. You should do your job as stated in your job requirements (and then some). However, employers have a tendency to abuse their employees and have ways of pressuring them into getting more “free” work by suggesting overtime and/or weekend work. These precious “extra” hours that you give to your employer are stealing away valuable time that you could better use for your family or starting a business of your own.

If you have a JOB, you are already trading your time for money and your employer is getting the better deal. Just think about the time you are missing spending with your spouse or the innocent moments as your children experience life for the first time in every area of their life. You are probably away from your family at least 10 hours a day. If you are like most “average” people, you maybe see your family an hour in the morning and then a whopping 3 or 4 hours in the evening each day. So, let’s see, 10 hours at a JOB and 5 hours with your family. With those stats, it says your JOB is twice as important as your family! I’m sure that’s not the way you feel but that’s what your children see.

So, you are basically left with weekends for family. Use your weekends the best you can for spending time with your family and teaching your kids - especially by example. Don’t let your employer rob you of precious weekend time too. I see too many employees work extra time on weekends for free because they were asked to and they are afraid to say no. What they think is “free” time is actually costing valuable time with family. You would probably also agree that your time with your family is more valuable than the money you make at work. So why are you in this situation? You are in control and you can change your situation if you REALLY want to. You can decide to be one of the 2 percent of people that are successful and in control of their future or you can not decide and default to the 98 percent that are not in control of their future that just get by (or many times fall behind) and are just part of the herd.

Did you ever wonder why you hear people say, “Where did the time go?” when their kids grow up and leave the house? They always feel as if they didn’t spend enough time with their family and wish they could go back and do it over again. They vow they would spend more time with their family and watching their kids grow up instead of working so many long hours. You can choose to spend the most time possible with your family right now so you don’t have the same regrets in 10 or 20 years from now.

Why are you working at your JOB now? It’s all for money, right? But your family is more important that money, right? You can have your own internet business that can make more than you are making now and have enough to compensate for your benefits and other “perks” from your employer.

Think of what is really important in life and make the necessary changes to get your priorities in order. You CAN do it! Just take action and get started on your own internet business. With just a few hours every day, you can build a successful internet business that you enjoy. Follow the posts on this blog and you will begin to understand how you can have a successful internet business and have a successful life.  Subscribe to this blog by filling out the subscribe now box at the top right of this blog to get frequent updates.

Make the most of every day. You only have 24 hours to spend each day. You can’t save it and you can’t borrow from tomorrow. Once your time is spent, it is gone. Spend it wisely.

- Hill Robertson

Are you back to your JOB after having such a great time over the holidays? Do you wish you could go back three or four weeks and enjoy the holiday season all over again? Do you miss spending time with your family now that your days are consumed with your JOB? Whether you believe it or not, it is your choice.

You have chosen to work at a JOB instead of having more time with your family and more time to do what YOU want to do. It is still your choice. You can choose to start your own internet business right now and pave your own way to success. Every day can be like a holiday. You can spend as much time with your family as you would like if you build your business right. You can do it by only spending a few hours each night.

If you really want to have your own business and call your own shots, you can make the choice. You will choose one way or another. You will choose to stay where you are at your JOB and continue to be at the mercy of your employer or you can choose to take control over your own life. Think about what is really important in life and then choose the path you will take.

You CAN do it.

- Hill Robertson

Have you hit the ground running this year? If not, get going right now. There is no better time than now. This is the year to get moving and make things happen. The holidays are over. Hopefully you got your batteries recharged and you are ready to change your future for the better. All it takes is action. It is not as hard as you may think. You just need to set your goals, shut off that TV and other distractions, and just do it.

One of the most important keys is perseverance. Most people that start up anything whether is it a business or other project, do not stick with it. They lose their motivation or jump to the next thing that gives them a warm fuzzy feeling. They live their lives hopping from one money making idea to the next without sticking with anything and therefore waste a lot of time and money. Of course they never admit that they didn’t stick with anything when confronted with failure, they just give excuses why “it” didn’t work instead of looking at themselves and how they could have made it work if they persevered.

Remember that you are in control of your future. What you do today will determine where you will be in a year from now, 5 years from now, and beyond. Everything you do today is a choice that will mold your future. Make wise choices and use your time wisely. Don’t waste your time on unproductive or detrimental activities. Take action right now on improving your future whether it be a successful business, a better family life, or a just being an all around better person. You are the only one that can control your attitude and actions.

Make this year the best ever. Plan where you want to be and what you want to achieve by the end of the year and do what it takes to get there. Don’t worry about the past. It is over. You can’t change it. You can only change today and where you will go from here. Even if your past has been successful, it is over. Don’t just sit back and relax. You will be losing momentum. It is time to keep going and do even better this year. Use your past experiences and even your failures to improve upon the future. Don’t dwell on the negative - focus on the positive.

Welcome to a new year. You WILL control if it is a positive or negative year by your actions and attitude - whether you make a conscious effort or not. So, make it the best year ever. In about 12 months you’ll either wish you did or be glad you did. Decide today which it will be.

It’s a new year - get your butt in gear.

- Hill Robertson

For an internet business, we are always talking about making the most of your time and not wasting it. We talk about not getting distracted and really focusing on what your want to achieve and how to achieve it. A lot of the key ingredients to a successful internet business are not so much major overhauls of your current ways of doing things but are sometimes just a bunch of subtle changes or minor habit replacements. Much of the time you business strategies have good principles, they just need a different focus or a little nudge in the right direction.

This time of year, everywhere you go, you are bombarded with attention to the upcoming new year. You see all kinds of advertisements trying to take advantage of people’s new year’s resolutions. One of the biggest new year’s resolutions that people make is related to fitness. Many people set new year’s resolutions of losing weight, exercising more or just being more healthy. Companies that sell weight loss programs, exercise machines, and health club contracts thrive on these resolutions and make the most of it at year’s end. Haven’t you noticed a lot more of those fancy-schmancy, super-duper, ab-crunching, muscle-building, fat-eliminating, energy-boosting, health-saving, exercise contraption infomercials claiming you will be the model of fitness if you just but their product?

Now why am I telling you, “Don’t waste your time on new year’s resolutions.” Because new years resolutions are made and broken. The intentions are usually good. It is a worthy attempt at being better. However, resolutions are normally set with a “TRY” attitude. A try attitude is a failing attitude. You cannot TRY to do something and accomplish it. Think about it a little bit. In fact, let’s do a little test. Look at an object you have sitting around you such as a pencil. Now, try to pick the pencil up. Go ahead, try to pick it up………

Did you pick it up? If you did, you did not TRY to pick it up, you DID pick it up. Do you see what I mean? Don’t try to do something, just DO IT. As the great philosopher Yoda once said, “Do or do not, there is no try.”

So, do we just throw away making new year’s resolutions all together? Not really… I’m just saying change your focus a little bit. Instead of new year’s resolutions, you need to set goals. Successful people set goals. So, set a GOAL that you want to reach by the end of the new year. Don’t just leave it at that. You will keep procrastinating and you will see the goal as too big and too far away to reach. Before you know it, you are waiting for the end of another year to come so you can set another resolution that you won’t achieve. You need to break it up into smaller attainable goals.

Maybe you want to set smaller monthly goals. You may even want to break it down into weekly goals. Once you get the goals smaller and more attainable you will more likely believe that you can reach your goals. You will begin to form good habits and you will have a sense of accomplishment with each small goal you reach. Obviously, you need to take action on accomplishing your goals. It does no good to set them and do nothing to reach them. If you do take action and don’t quit, you will soon be on your way to success.

Set your goals, break them down into smaller goals, and take action to achieve them. Don’t waste your time on new year’s resolutions.

Happy New Year!

- Hill Robertson

I’ve found that one of the best times to really get to know your kids is when they are snuggled in bed with the lights out. I like to listen to their prayers each night. You can tell a lot about their heart and what is important to them. You can also learn a lot about yourself and how you are raising them by the little things they say in their prayers.

Take the time to listen to your children. They are your responsibility and they are watching your every move and picking up on every little thing you do - both the good and the bad. Whether you like it or not, they will follow in your footsteps. Be sure the footsteps they are following are paving the way of truth, morals, and Godliness. Train them in the ways they shall go in their youth and when they are old they shall not depart from them.

You only have a few fleeting years to really mold their hearts and minds. They will learn from someone whether it is you, a daycare worker, a babysitter, a schoolteacher, a peer, or anyone else you choose to allow them to spend time with. Choose your relationships wisely. Set a good example and spend as much quality and quantity time with them as you can.

Be the best example you can to them. If you are doing the right things and living a wholesome life, that is what they will learn. If you are not living a wholesome life, then that is what they will learn. How do you want your children to turn out when they are older? The way you live today is the way they will live when they grow up. Think about it. Change your ways if necessary.

Even when the kids are fussing, screaming, and getting on your nerves, you should realize that they are a blessing. Just think about it. In 20 years or so when they are out of the house, all of the little fussing and screaming will not matter. You will be wishing they were little children again running around the house in their pajamas or underwear fussing and screaming again. You’ll actually miss those moments. You will be sitting in your quiet lonely house wishing you could do it all over again. So, enjoy it today. Enjoy all of the little times that seem so annoying… You will cherish them for the rest of your life.

- Hill Robertson

As we approach the end of another year, take some time to reflect on the past year. Take a look at the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the year. (You did set your goals didn’t you?) Are you where you want to be? Are you where you planned to be? Did you meet your goals? Did you surpass your goals?

Analyze what you did (or didn’t do) throughout the year and why you surpassed or missed your goals. Take notice of how closely you followed your plan throughout the year. Be honest with yourself. If you make excuses to yourself, you will not learn anything from this past year. Even if you did miserably, if you are honest with yourself, you can see why. Don’t make excuses about anything. You are where you are because of the choices you made.

Whatever your results were this year - good or bad - they don’t matter for the next year. If your results were less than what you wanted, you can change your behavior to get better results. If your results were what you wanted, you can’t just sit back and relax, you need to follow the same type of plan that worked for you. You can even work on improving it this coming year.  Just don’t think the work is done.  There is more work to do.  You are just now building the momentum.  You need to keep adding to the momentum.  Don’t relax and lose the momentum.

Keep pushing forward no matter what happened in the past. Any “failures” are just one more way that doesn’t work. It means you are one step closer to something that WILL work. Never give up. Focus on the positive.

Start planning the coming year now. Set your goals and break them down into smaller attainable goals that you can build on. Be ready to hit the ground running on Jan. 1st. Make it the best year you have ever had. You can do it. Plan on it……

- Hill Robertson

I wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Merry Christmas!

May you and your family have a blessed and safe Christmas. Spend some time with your loved ones and let them know how special they are to you and how much you appreciate them. Focus on the positive things and think of others first. Count your many blessings. Don’t worry about what gifts or how many you receive for Christmas, focus on all of the many blessings you already have and be a blessing to others.

Now go enjoy some turkey with stuffing and gravy… Have a little sweet potatoes and top it off with some pumpkin pie and whipped cream! But most importantly, spend some quality time with your family, friends, and loved ones.

Merry Christmas!

- Hill Robertson

This evening I was at the local mall doing some Christmas shopping with my kids. While they were looking at the different toys, I noticed a mother with her two children. (I love to observe people - especially during the Christmas season). One of her kids was asking about one of the toys she was looking at. The mother quickly snapped at the child and with a fairly loud tone exclaimed, “I heard you the first 5 times you asked me.” She then followed it up with, “This is miserable!” as she stomped off with her children in the shopping cart.

I was quite surprised at how she acted to her children. She must have been having a frustrating day and was probably not happy dealing with the Christmas shopping traffic and crowded stores but there was no reason for her to treat her children that way. Sure, they may have been getting on her nerves, but to yell at them and say how miserable she was does not help the kids in any way.

We must realize that we are an example in all that we do to everyone around us. I’m sure she didn’t realize that I saw what had happened but she was being an example and I knew I would not want to be around someone with an attitude like that. She was also being a horrible example for those kids.

I always try to look at the good side of things. The good side of this incident was that it made me appreciate my family more and to even more realize that our every action is closely watched by our children and they will follow in our footsteps when they get older.

Are you setting a good example for those around you? Are you doing positive things that lead to success in all areas of life or are you focusing on negative things and bringing people down? Think about your attitude and actions and what impact you have on others. You will have an impact whether it is positive or negative. You are the only one that can control your attitude and actions. Focus on the positive for your own sake and for the sake of everyone around you.

- Hill Robertson