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……

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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

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