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Every day of our lives we’re going to make mistakes of some kind. You can’t avoid it which makes it obvious that they’re going to happen and may even make you wonder what the point is of correcting them. Simple. To learn and improve yourself so better things start coming your way.

But what if you’re happy with your current results and yet a mistake still haunts you?

Don’t Try Avoiding

Yes I said don’t try avoiding your mistakes. Let them come naturally but what you do about learning from them you should definitely not take lightly or they’ll just repeat themselves. Always let mistakes happen in order to learn from them but work hard not to make the same mistakes more than once. That’s the key, learning from them. When you try and avoid making a mistake you know is coming or even don’t know, you’re not going to learn anything.

I’m not saying to purposely make mistakes but when they happen, be ok with them and go on.

The Point Of Learning

So, with all this taking action stuff being said everywhere and learning from mistakes and the fact that nothing is ever going to be perfect no matter how hard we work to make it that way, what’s the freakin’ point of learning in the end anyway?

Damn good question!

To know.

Tha’ts it. I’m not going to rant on about something I can make as simple as two words. We learn new things in order to know them. Why? Because the more you know and who you know is better than not knowing and not experiencing. You can get more detailed about that but I’m not going to right here.

The point is, learn so that you know. Great example: Your car breaks down. You have no idea what went wrong and people start telling you it’s a piece of crap and that they’ll happily buy it from you. It’s not a bad car and you haven’t had it long. You have no other source of transportation to use to get around except your feet. You have a job and no money in savings for repair. You feel screwed and maybe you are.

Are you going to listen to them and sell your car to them for money without knowing what went wrong just because they all say it’s bad and they’d just rather take it off your hands and give you some cash for it or are you going to take matters into your own hands and figure out what went wrong and find out if it’s worth selling to them or saying screw them and fixing ‘er up?

That’s up to you but the least I would do personally is figure out what went wrong and then make the decision. If you know, you’re better off. If you don’t, well, that’s just it, you don’t know.

Let Negativity Be The Guide To Positivity

Some people are going to be negative about a lot of things. I’ve been through some shit at the end of last year that made me more negative than ever before. I’m a pessimist at heart and have been working on being an optimist and so far so good for me.

If you let negativity show you how you don’t want to be and take advice from those kinds of people and just learn from how horrid they are and understand you’re better than that, that’s good. Let them be your guide to understanding what you don’t want out of life and discovering how great your life can truly be. It can if you let it. It also can be horribe if you let it. It’s up to you to decide though.

So what do you think? Do you let your mistakes guide you or do you hide from it all and never move on in life and learn to face new challenges and become a better person?



A lot of times we don’t want to do something because it’s embarrassing and we don’t want to be known as the person who did that. I say why not? At least you were willing to do something stupid enough to get attention which leads to all sorts of opportunities.

Let me explain.

A Crowd

In order to be embarrassed you really have to have others watching what you do and know you messed up big time or even just a little bit. It’s hard to not be embarrassed with no one there to watch you mess things up. This isn’t bad of course. You went for it and now you’ve been able to take the challenge by the horns and see what comes about. So what if things happened the way they did. People will be there and you can surely use those people to help you for next time by far.

Experience

When having done something like this you will gain much experience from it. You’ll learn what you can do better next time and with the crowd of people who were there you could even ask them what they would have done. This is great because it shows them that you’re willing to learn from your mistakes and ask for help as well as help others through your own experience.

Learning

You can always learn. It’s sad that most just do not. But you always can if you decide to. Just take notes and figure out how you could do it better for next time. It doesn’t have to be perfect and probably never will. But it’s not going to get you anywhere unless you learn from your mistakes and are able to keep going and helping others.

Help Another

By doing all this and getting far enough to help someone out you’re doing a great service to yourself and to others. Yes you’re helping someone else out in a tough time they’re having and maybe they’re embarrassed asking you for help. Great! You can offer your assistance. This shows you’re willing to be there and they may even recommend you as you might have recommended someone when you were in this spot. So help out and be helped.

Success

I will admit that success is different for a lot of people. However, success is still a simple thing and it just comes down to reaching a goal and realizing it was able to be accomplished. I don’t think success has much to do with money personally… But money does help.

Get a bit embarrassed, embrace the crowd, earn the experience, learn from your mistakes, help other people and finally reach what most may not ever, called success.

What is your success and how do you achieve it? What has being embarrassed just a bit taught you?

We are all successful and yet we want to be successful. Why is that you think? It’s because we see what’s possible from others results and we want what they have. Is it because we want to be like them or is it because they actually have managed to get what it is we really are after?

You decide.

Any Idea

My car has been sitting out in the frozen snow all winter. It literally hasn’t moved and I’ve cared less. We didn’t have insurance on it and basically used it as a storage for whatever we didn’t need at the time. Well, I finally wanted it out and I was going to get it out. Period.

With your life you need to have something similar. It can be just about anything and come from just about anywhere. You need to have an idea that is strong enough that you’re going to make it reality no matter what. An idea is better than no idea, honest.

Willingness

I was willing to do just about anything to get my car out of the snow. In fact, the only regret (now that I think about it) that I have as I’m writing this post is that I didn’t take pictures of it in the snow and how it was stuck. I can take pictures of it now but that’s not going to do much good lol.

You have to find something that you’re willing to do anything to make happen. Want to be rich? What are you willing to do to be rich? What ways can you come up with (hopefully legal) that will get you rich. Want to be in good health? What foods can you eat and what exercise can you do on a daily basis that will keep you in good shape and in good health. I personally enjoy taking walks sometimes and listening to music on my mp3 player. I encourage you to at least do this a few times a week. A few meaning around three in case you didn’t know.

The Reason Why

The reason I wanted my car out is because we are moving soon and I didn’t want to just get the car out right before we moved. I wanted to get it back out and on the road so I could drive it again and listen to my kick ass stereo system. I have a custom radio with an amp and a ten inch subwoofer in the trunk. It’s awesome and I love it, I’m not going to lie about that. I also wanted to make sure I had enough time to find out what might be wrong with the car so I could decide if I wanted to get a new one or fix this one up.

Have a good reason why you’re doing whatever it is you’re doing. If you’re not doing it for you and to improve your life then it’s just going to get tiresome and mean nothing later on. You have to make sure it’s the right thing for you and your family and it’s going to benefit you. Make sure you really want it.

A big thing here is that if you have a strong enough why then you will go for it no matter what it takes. And where there is a will there is a way. That’s a quote from someone as I first heard it from my grandmother before she passed away and if I knew who said it first (unless it was her, honestly doubt it though) I would be more than happy to give that person credit.

See It, Dream It

I saw myself driving my car and cranking up my stereo and just jamming out as I was going down the road. The feeling was overwhelming and I wanted it more than I wanted air! I dreamed of it every night and just knew I would have it soon. I had to have it. I needed it. I would do anything to get it!

You need to at least create something GREAT in your head and maybe even put it on paper. See it and then dream about it. You will know how strong of an emotion it is and you will understand how great an idea it is when the dreams start coming and you can see it and just have to have it no matter what it takes. This is a good sign of things to come for you.

Go For It

I changed this to what it is instead of take action. Everyone talks about taking action as do I. I’m sick of that. Well, not entirely but go for it is a good change just for now.

I went for it! I was out there shoveling and beating the ice around the car and kicking and cussing and just tearing up the snow. I bought ice melt and started the car up and got a new batter for it and just did everything everyone mentioned that just might help me out. Why not? After all, anything was better than nothing.

You have to just go for it. You may look stupid or get scared or worried or something but who cares? No one is good at everything and everyone has their special abilities in life. You’ll learn as you go but if you don’t go you’ll never learn. So go for it damnit and make something of yourself. You’ll have time to improve later but right now at least get your ass out there and do something about life… And remember, have fun!

Change It Up, Get Results

As I just said I tried many different ways of trying to get my car unstuck. I was getting so upset about it just barely being able to get out of its spot. I was not about to give up. I kept saying that it’s coming out TODAY! Period. Not tomorrow, today! Well, it actually get out on the 28^th of February 2010 but I was so determined that it really didn’t matter. Saying to myself it’s coming out today no if, ands or butts about it made damn sure I wasn’t going to take a break or anything.

On the results end of things I finally tried everything all at once, ice melt, cardboard, shoveling, letting the car run a bit, and more. Everything was going well and I was seeing even better results than before.

Instead of beating a dead horse and not moving on from what you’re doing just change things up a bit. After all, and I know this is a quote but I’m not sure who from exactly: Doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. This is true. If you want different results and you’re just sure you’re doing everything right, do more, try something different, talk to people and see what they would do, maybe have them help you. Anything to get you closer to where you want to be. It WILL work. I promise.

Achievement

Ah… Finally… The car got out! YES! It took all of the mentioned above and three guys pushing and rocking that car. Either way success is mine! My car was finally out of where it had been sitting and I was so happy I almost cried. Seriously. Laugh if you will but when you’re as dead set on something like that and for two days straight it is just about there but not quite and finally, finally, finally it gets done, if YOU aren’t crying for joy then you must be doing something else for joy because you have it either way.

Once you have achievemnt it will help you to look back for the next time you are working hard at accomplishing something spectacular. Never give up and maybe change your stuff to get different and better results because achievement will come eventually. And boy is it worth it!

So, what all have you done about what you want out of your life and what did you do to get it? What was it and how did you feel when it became reality, finally?

Today I was at a friend’s house and we were in the back behind his garage building a small fire on some wood he had chopped up. It was safe and it was also a fun time as we don’t see each other too often any more. Building that small fire reminded me of building up a blog.

Here’s how:

Think Big

We just wanted a small fire so ‘think big’ isn’t relevant in this case. However, we still wanted a fire and wanted to keep warm so we didn’t just want to barely see the damn thing… We wanted something pretty good. This led us to what kind of material we needed to get the end results we were looking for.

With your blog you need to be doing the same thing. How big do you want to go? What do you want to be able to do with your blog and more importantly what do you want your blog to be able to do for you? You’ve got to come up with something. I’m not going to lie, I’m not too great at this part myself. It’s hard for me to think of bigger and better in a lot of situations for some reason. Do I give up though? Hell no!

Gather The Right Material

After figuring out what kind of fire we wanted to build we needed to gather the right material for the job to get done correctly. I started gathering bark and my friend explained that bark doesn’t burn too well and if we wanted this thing up and going as we’d planned we needed to just use some very small pieces of chopped up wood and scraps we had lying around. I didn’t know that so I learned something new. At the same time, I was then able to help him gather the right material.

With your blog you must also use the right material. Make sure you are always giving your readers good and useful information. Make sure you keep it coming on a regular basis and at least let them know when you’re not going to be around for a while and give an approximate time line too. It’s better to do this than to just quit blogging and then come back as that = readers lost!

Use The Right Tools

When we first started building this fire of ours we poured some lighter fluid (I think it was lol) on the scraps and wood and tried getting it started. I soon discovered that it doesn’t just burst into flames by doing this but after it catches on it does take off a bit. My friend went ahead and poured on some motor oil (again, I think it was) and the stuff sizzled and kept things burning much longer.

You need to have the right tools to make the job work for you. This in a way is kind of like having your money work for you instead of “just” working for your money. Use WordPress or whatever blogging platform you like. Everyone uses WordPress because it’s just damn good. Don’t feel like going with the crowd then that’s fine but look at results and just check it out anyway. Use good hosting and buy a good domain name. This all adds up over time given you got what you need.

Also on this one, plugins come in extremely handy so make sure you have plugins that are going to very much help you out.

Take Action

This one might as well be a dead horse but it can’t be because it’s the end all of what brings about those results you’re looking for.

We just gathered everything, laid it as we wanted it and just did it. And we kept doing it and it worked and we had fun. What more can I say…? It was a great time!

With your blog you just need to start writing articles about something you know and love. Forget making any damn money just yet. I’m not yet and look at how many I have. Hell, I have yet to get a mailing list and I’m still blogging and even changing up my topics from time to time as you can tell reading some past posts. So just get out there and do something, anything, maybe even something you don’t like. You’re never going to know if you like it if you just think about it and don’t do it!

Improve As You Go

As the fire kept going we kept adding bigger pieces of wood to it and kept helping it out with motor oil and just stood there chatting and having a good time. We watched it and made sure it got to the point we were looking for. Always helpful to keep at it and improve until you get the desired results you’re looking for.

With your blog, figure out what works and what doesn’t work. Look at others and watch what they do. Don’t just copy them but do something similar and then monitor your own results. Keep going and keep improving. My blog may not work like your blog will. That’s why you have to change things up a bit. Again with the dead horse, take action, and it’s not dead because it’s what everything just comes down to. Period.

Monitor Your Results

As we did something about the fire and the wood and the material we used and we kept improving as we went we had to monitor what was happening and make sure things were going as planned. They were and the improvements helped.

With your blog you need to know where you’re at at all times, or at least most times. Keep checking things out and as you improve take notice of what happened and then keep track of that. This is the only way you’re really going to know where you’ve come from and where you’re going. This is huge in showing how you’ve improved and explaining your results to people who may not believe what you say about how to do it. Prove it, show the results you have because you took the time to get them. They’re so worth it!

Think For Next Time

We didn’t talk about what we were going to do for the next time we got together or even for next fire. We probably will build a fire and maybe even a bigger fire somewhere a bit safer and with better material and more time. Who knows.

With your blog, if you mess up or even if an idea failed just dust yourself off and go for it again. Learn from your mistakes and keep at it for the next round. You’re never going to learn unless there’s a next time. And if you don’t mess up (pretty unlikely) then congratulations!

So, what does everyone think?

This happens to me from time to time as I read great blog posts by people who I visit on a regular basis. I just got the idea from this post from Karen over at ameaningfulexistence.com when she said, “The money isn’t important, it’s what you can do with the money that is important, namely to have freedom.”

That’s exactly what this blog post is all about: the fact that no one actually wants money at all… They really want what they can DO with the money that they get. At least, that’s what I personally “want” money for.

If you don’t agree with me that’s fine but I’m not entirely sure why you wouldn’t. We all want to have more money so we can do do more in our life and be more… Or do we?

The Million, Billion And Beyond

Can I see myself as a millionaire? Not entirely but that’s because I don’t have a vision of it or have it written down on paper and have no plan of action on how I would go about obtaining that much money in my life. I just might become one but at this state I have no idea if I will or not. The question still remains, however, what I would choose to do with the money once I got it.

Buy a nice brand new luxuries home?

Invest it to make even more money?

Save it for a rainy day… Seriously?!

Give half away and be crazy generous?

The amount of things you could do with even a million dollars is more than I could probably even write a book about. In fact, if someone did write a book about a million things you could do with a million dollars they could probably just about make that much money with the book itself. That’s actually a good idea now that I think about it…

The bottom line here and the reason this post doesn’t have to be so long (probably a good thing as long posts aren’t so popularly looked up, but who cares, right?) is that we don’t just all want money but we want to have enough to be able to do something different than what amount of money we currently have is letting us do.

Some of us would rather not do certain things and aren’t too worried about making a ton of money, and that’s fine. But if you’re in the crowd who really wants a lot more money and you have no clue or plan on what you’re going to do with it or at least not taking some form of thought about finding out what exactly you could be doing with it, it’s basically a waste of your time.

Be the person who has a plan. Be the person who wants so much money to do certain things for them. Don’t be the person who just wants more and more money. And don’t be the person who says they never have enough money. Money is simply endless and never ends at the same time. You will always have money and always want more… Just have a reason for wanting more and be smart about it.

What is your reason for wanting more money? This could be even one hundred dollars more to pay off debt you might have or pay off your car for the very last time after paying on it for years now.

Everyone has a reason (hopefully! ). What’s yours?

This post is a big deal to me. In fact, this post is so important and it is so true and I will admit that I got my inspiration from a couple of places I would like to mention here.

I was reading Rob Sutton’s Secret to Success – One Step Process and it was just about what I thought it would be. Why is this good? Because it goes to show that my mind is on the right track and I am thinking the right things.

My other source came from a very familiar site which is over at TheInfoPreneur.net. It was actually a guest post there that brought about this thought though. Check out If You’re A Consistent Blogger, You’re Dead.

Now on to my post.

You have heard about taking action and if you haven’t then I’m not sure where you’ve been and I’m also not sure I want to be where you’ve been hiding. Action is huge. The right kind of action is even bigger than huge. And it’s not complicated. Taking action is better than taking no action at all and taking the right action comes from learning from mistakes we make and correcting those mistakes for the next time around.

See? Simple.

The finest things in life really are just simple and the reason they’re over looked. We are the ones who make things so damn complicated that we scare ourselves into thinking that we can’t do anything about anything.

Fear

Everyone gets scared but the best part about this is that usually what you fear the most will help you get past what you need to in order to get you one step ahead in life. You need to use fear as a motivator to get past all the fluff and all the feel good crap.

Feeling good is not crap but if it’s not helping you get through tough times or helping you get to the next level of your life then it’s not doing you any favors. Use fear to get you there. THEN feel good. The further you get, the better the feeling good part will get. Don’t believe me? That’s fine but you’ll never know until you give this a shot.

Comfort

We know we all want this. In order to get this you have to go through a bit of fear every now and again and the reason is because it is what makes you better and gets you through life. Everyone fears and those who take action and plunge through it are the ones who get comfort at the end of the road or success. Both comfort and success are very different though used here are very much the same thing.

Use comfort as a means of getting through the fear and where you exactly want to be. Example: You are terrified for whatever reason of getting this new job because you are so used to working where you currently are at for so long. This would be fear obviously. You really want more money and have a written down plan for what you’re going to do. You are excited and can just see a clear picture of what is going to happen once you land the job. It’s not the job itself that is such a great opportunity but what you are going to be able to do and have planned by getting the job that is such a great thing. This would definitely be comfort.

So the next time you’re worried about something, ask yourself just how happy you are with your current results. Then, think of what you could do even more of if you took the step into your fear and what could come out of it. Use that one thing, the step, to drive you towards what you could do if you succeeded.

Last but not least I want to just touch on failure.

If you take that step and have a great idea all planned out and maybe even written down (great!) and end up not getting through that step. I can now think of two things that are going to happen.

1. You are going to be upset for not getting through the step of fear and get down on yourself. This isn’t bad because you can just go back and look at what went wrong and go for it again, using a different method if you’re really serious about getting through it.
2. You are terrified that you’re going to have to go through it again and you may just need an extra shove in the right direction and made a revised plan just in case something goes wrong again. This is the part where you need to learn to have a plan B. In fact, and this is a quote from my favorite author, the only time you don’t need a plan B is when you already have one.

So there you have it.

This didn’t go into great detail about taking action but I hit things how I thought necessary. But what exactly do you do to get yourself through rough times and back into being comfortable after achieving great accomplishment with yourself? Key word, yourself. Do things for yourself yet serve others well.

So I’m asking a couple questions here:

What steps do you take to get yourself through the times of tragedy and back to being comfortable?

How do you keep yourself going?

Do you always have a plan B?

If you do end up “failing” do you just give up or how do you get yourself back on the right path and go after it again and how do you know when you’ve learned from your mistakes?

Please leave a comment below. Thank you.

My girlfriend and I both have been customers of Verizon Wireless here in Iowa where we live and we both like the service quite a lot. She had a prepaid phone when we first started dating a few years ago and her family had Verizon. I came from US Cellular which I still miss a bit but over all Verizon isn’t too bad.

A few weeks ago my girlfriend’s cell phone broke in half after flipping it open. This was a manufacturers defect but because of how long she’d had the phone they wouldn’t do anything about fixing it. I not only went to a service center but also called the company several times and explained the situation in hope that there was something they could do to take care of this for us. Nothing.

They recommended we just buy a new phone but we have no money for that. They said we could file some kind of thing with insurance but we’re already paying six dollars a month, per phone, for insurance – and we have to pay around forty dollars to have this fixed?! Hell no!

Take Action

I called and called and called the company until I finally got someone who would listen to our situation and actually wanted to help us out with our problem. She said there were phones that have discounts and because my line had an annual upgrade they could send us a free phone to replace the one that broke. Then when her line is ready for an upgrade I could get a new phone if I wanted to.

Great! Finally someone who actually gives a damn about their customers. Personally I have not had the best luck with Verizon Wireless but there are a few times when they DO do something worth your while. Am I complaining about the company? Not necessarily. Every company has its policies but when it conflicts with the customer’s best interest I have a hard time liking that.

I do admit that I haven’t had much trouble with Verizon since getting the phone I currently have (the same phone that broke for my girlfriend – the one I’m linking to is actually the newer model from the one I still have) which is the LG VX8360 and had nothing BUT trouble with the Razr phone. I just don’t recommend the Razr but now our roommate has it and is doing just fine.

Conclusion

This isn’t a very long update but after speaking with the customer representative over the phone and her helping me like she did I gave her my blog address and said I would post an update before the end of January about the great service they’d done for my girlfriend and myself.

We haven’t got the new phone yet but it should be here by morning. Let’s hope so!

What do you expect and look forward to when purchasing a new cell phone or just buying something at a store and they say they can’t do something because it’s policy even though you know you’re not the only customer who’s suffering because of their “policy”?

I (Eric Heavilin) was born on January 13, 1988 and am now 22 years old. Happy Birthday to me!

Here are some things I’d like to share with you on this day:

1. I love pop: Dr. Pepper is my all time favorite.
2. I love blogging, computers and the Ubuntu Linux Operating System.
3. I love music/movies (Favorite band: Dream).
4. I love writing.
5. I love getting the most out of each and every day of my life.
6. I love reading great books (Favorite author: Larry Winget)
7. I love life.
8. I love my girlfriend and my daughter who we are expecting on March 28, 2010! .
9. I love video games.
10. I love bass when listening to music and the sub woofer I have in the trunk of my car.
11. I love helping other people reach their goals and discover success.
12. I love being me and standing up for what I believe is right, no matter what may happen.
13. I love how none of these are in any particular order lol.

BONUS: I love YOU, my friends, fans, readers, commenters, whatever you call yourself. Because without you I truly am just a guy sitting at his computer writing this for no other human being on the planet who cares to see what I have to say. Thank you all for your support in me and I will help you in any way I can.

P.S. Leave a comment on this post today about one of the 13 things I love and explain why you chose that number and I will link back to your blog.

P.P.S. Can you guess what my favorite money-saving software is? Leave in your comment below what it is and if you guess it right I will gladly mention you (of course sending you a link on the day the post goes live) in an article in the near future. This is actually TWO free bonuses.

Just something fun I thought I would do for everyone as I’m always willing to help in any way I can even on my B-Day!

So… Which number can you relate to the most?

Share your comments below; I always love reading them!

Thanks!

You probably know that a lot of blogs and websites you find online talk about how to make money or how to be more successful. I have my own opinion of this and I will warn you that some people will love it and some of you will not like it at all.

All those websites are right AND wrong. Why? Because reading and learning what to do to further yourself in where you want to be IS actually taking action. You’re learning something new. Taking further action is required, however, in order to make anything happen based on what information you’ve gained.

I want to point out to you a few ideas here that I believe will help you understand where I’m coming from as I’m sure a lot of you are probably not in agreement with me. If you are however, great!

Why Learn Anything New?

This should be obvious but apparently it isn’t for a lot of people. The world is always changing. It always has been and always will be. The Internet is no different. You need to keep up with what’s going on however you can in order to understand the game of life and in order to actually ‘get there’. Not knowing what’s happening will leave you in the dust and if you’re not talking to people and figuring out what’s going on, that’s where you’ll end up.

What’s The Point, Anyway?

This is a question only you can answer. If there’s not a reason that’s strong enough to keep you going at this then you’re going to find yourself giving up and calling it quits just like that. Having a why is huge when it comes to doing anything in life where you want to improve yourself. Blogging is no different.

My Reason Why: To better the lives of everyone I possibly can as fast as possible and help them succeed and achieve what exactly they’re after in life. Bottom line here is to have fun doing it because life is too short not to.

Why You Should Strive To Make MisTAkeS?

What? Who wants to make mistakes? I do and I highly recommend you join the club. If you don’t allow yourself to make mistakes and instead run from them all and hide, you’ll never learn anything. I’m not saying you should WANT to mess up and keep messing up. I’m saying mistakes are what show us how we can do better the next time. Go for that. Because you’re going to make mistakes whether you want to or not so look forward to them and look even more forward to the lessons you’ll learn and then fix them fast.

Be You.

Everyone wants a part of the Internet and wants a list and relationships and money and an amazing design for their blog and wants to be known for quality content. Sound familiar? It should because it’s the truth. Bottom line here is to just be yourself. Give all of what you are to the world. Be smart about it, of course. But give yourself to other people and let them know who you are and you’ll get a lot further a lot faster.

Forget About Your Crazy Blog. WHAT?!

Ok, don’t go all ballistic on me about this. Let me explain. This is what I’m seeing all over the Internet and it’s quite sad if you ask me. We’re all in this to win this. There’s too many people who are trying to sell something that have no business selling anything. It’s probably because they’re not looking at the bigger picture and instead just wanting money. Why aren’t they getting rich? Getting rich is all they care about.

This one is going to be a bit longer than the rest.

I’m not going to ramble on to the point of confusing you so I will get to the point here as this is part of what I’m talking about in the first place. Everyone wants to be accepted in the world. We all are looking to find ways to better ourselves and want to know what other people think about us as well as stand for something and not be pushed around. And that’s all great stuff, it really is.

Here’s the problem. Your blog is your home online where it all starts. It’s your face to the rest of the world over this virtual thing we have called the Internet for years now. Unless you have the money to travel and actually meet people who you connect with online, in person, you’ve got to make yourself known for the right things on your blog every time without question.

I think people have forgotten this because even though things are always going to change and ways of communication are always going in different directions faster and faster, it comes down to the same things as anything else does in life.

Think smart about and remember what it is exactly that you want from others and in return give it to them, first.

You want to find out useful information from someone you feel you can trust on a personal and professional level. Ok, be that person first.

You want to be told the truth and you value honesty from others and want them to understand and respect who you are. Ok, again, do that first.

You want to buy an awesome product from someone who isn’t going to rip you off and who stands behind their words all the way. Great, create your own product and do just that for someone else.

You want other people to like you for who you are and build a lasting and meaningful relationship with them. Wonderful. Put in the time and effort and go out there and be discovered.

We can all do this and we all should do this but too many of us choose not to because we’ve been told by those who aren’t even people we respect or would want to be like that there’s another way. A secret. And for X amount of $ we can have that secret.

Here’s a secret for you and this one is for free so I don’t expect you to take it seriously (though I wish you would because this one actually works).

Be you.

Be nice to others.

Help others whenever you possibly can as fast as you can and with all you have to give them.

Do the small things in life that count.

If it looks too good to be true, it isn’t probably, it just is. Why even waste your time on this one?

Love.

Read.

Embrace new ideas and possibilities and then go for it!

Have fun.

So why should you listen to me when I haven’t made a single penny on the Internet yet and there’s others who are making a complete full time living doing just this? Reread everything I just said and if you still question this then I don’t feel you’re ready for what it really means to be successful with yourself.

I want to help you by giving you what information I have and what advice I have. I want to help you get there and in return I’ll get there. Money is something that will come as I keep doing what I do and time takes its toll. I’m always open to any suggestions you have as you’re helping me then and I can’t thank you enough for that.

What do you feel taking action is all about? Do you think success is about helping others or about money or about having fun living your life the way you dream of it? Do you think taking action is where it starts and ends and everything else is just a result?

As you can see BluePop13 just got a brand new look for the new year. I have some ideas for this site/blog and will be implementing those in the very near future as I build my plan for what I want to bring to my loyal visitors. I’m actually still playing with the idea of making the site itself into a personal blog of sorts. I do, however, like the idea of having a full website and a page off the site as my blog. Time will definitely tell as to what happens with it.

I have a few ideas I’m working with for projects to come in 2010. One of those I’m not going to share with you just yet as it has some work to be done before it’s ready for the Internet to take it on.

A change I did make was to really give TweetDeck a go and see what it had to offer. So far I’m really enjoying it as it’s made life twice as easy to stay in touch with people and share information across Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. TweetDeck is a good application for finding and sharing information fast. I’m sure there’s even more software out there that does this and maybe even better but for now I’ll use TweetDeck as it serves my needs well.

This was a very short and simple update and was on the topic of changes to come in a great new year as I hope everyone will experience.

What are you looking forward to in 2010? Do you have any plans created to make your life run like the wind?