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?

I was just over at Site Sketch 101 reading about how to blog as a newbie which is a guest post from Jen Smith about some things that are important when writing and maintaining a good blog. She hit a lot of good key points and something came to mind while reading what she had to write: passion. Do you have it and how do you know if you do?

Love To Write

I write about what’s going on in my life or at least that’s what I started writing when I first started my blog. I won’t go into detail there… Some of it wasn’t pretty and I’d rather not remember or go back to those times… Extremely hurtful.

I like to write though. I like writing about what I learn and sharing it with other people who are also interested in what I write about. I don’t have a niche and that’s fine with me. I talk about blogging and success and whatever is on my mind at the time. I do know the importance of finding a niche and talking about that in order to really create something great with my blog. Bottom line though, I love to write in general and it’s what keeps me going.

Content Flows In Like Waves

I do have writer’s blog sometimes but life experiences and just feeling calm once in a while and taking things slowly helps content flow in easily. Sometimes I even have so much info flowing into my brain that I feel like I couldn’t type it fast enough let alone write it on paper. Who can honestly type slower than writing things down anyway?

When content keeps flowing in and one of those days just happens to be great where you can think of a bazillion things to write about, figure something out and get those ideas out some how. They’ll help for later on.

There’s Never Enough Time

Even with great ideas coming in sometimes it doesn’t feel like there’s enough time in the day to get all those out and some ideas are then lost. They may return but you won’t know unless you had some way to remember what that idea was that you previously lost. Use your time wisely and try to get everything you can down if it’s important enough. There’s no time like the now.

Money… What’s That?

When you’re passionate about it you just won’t care if you make money or not. Sure it’d be nice to make money with what you love writing and doing but you won’t get burned out and get frustrated as much (or at all) if you truly love what you’re talking about or doing. Money will come when things are ready and for now you just love to write.

Butterflies And Maybe A Dollar

When you write, sometimes you may get butterflies because of how great something you wrote turned out. It’s a wonderful feeling I think every blogger has at some point or another. It’s enough to make you want to make money because you feel you could easily do it for the rest of your life but if you never make money you just don’t mind either.

Forever…?

Things change and you may not be a blogger for the rest of your life. You may never live off your blog or you may be able to by tomorrow, depending on how far along your blog is. Either way, are you crazy enough about your content to do what you’re doing for as long as you can dream and imagine doing this?

What are you passionate about that you could just do and keep learning more about in order to get out there and share your love for your topic with the world?



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?

I started this last month (January) with the intention of everyone helping everyone by sharing their top 10 favorite blogs and why. A very simple concept that I believe will go far and we can all recognise a bit more about each other as well as discover new people all at the same time. What is this all about and what do you have to do to join exactly? I’m glad you asked! All you have to do is send me your top 10 favorite blogs and what you like about each one by the 25th of each month. I will then post your name and your blog including your top 10 favorite blogs and we will hopefully build a fast growing community of people from all walks of life engaging in this activity to support and help each other. And yes I will of course include my own list every month as well. If you’re not on my list one month don’t feel bad. This is a top 10 list each month for a reason and the list from everyone will probably change as months go by. This is just something fun… Nothing to be taken hard feelings to. Here it is… Enjoy!

Heather from ShadesOfADream.com/Blog’s List:

1. http://www.theinfopreneur.net

Where to start… This guy is the main reason my blog’s already up and running before the rest of my site. I go by every day, sometimes several times a day to comment, and he’s been a huge inspiration for me.

2. http://www.workawesome.com

Makes me think with every new post, full of common sense and practical ways to rock, at work.

3. http://www.zenhabits.net

Leo talks about a whole host of things to simplify and therefore improve your life. Always look forward to them appearing in my reader.

4. http://cg.tutsplus.com

My favourite 3D tutorial feed, so many amazing and creative things there it’s unreal.

5. http://www.smartpassiveincome.com

Pat’s approach is really down to earth, and shows that he honestly cares about his family and non-blogging life while still knowing what he’s talking about.

6. Seth Godin (Please Google him… If I put the link to his site on here as I tried doing like all the rest, an error comes up on my blog and I’m not sure why. Sorry about any inconvenience.)

What can I say? He’s Seth.

7. http://www.freelanceswitch.com

Favourite Freelancing blog, full of ultra useful tips that are important, but maybe not covered as well elsewhere.

8. http://www.6aliens.com

Fairly new addition, but it’s quickly become one of my favourite feeds; lots of good advice and interesting things to think about.

9. http://www.ameaningfulexistence.com

Just For Today Challenge. Really useful, and she’s a lovely person; I enjoy commenting there.

10. http://blogussion.com

Like most of the others; inspirational and useful, the attitude of the writers often makes me smile too.

Barb Dorsett from GetBlogsDone.com’s List:

1. http://www.stevepavlina.com

a personal development blog which encourages me to get out of my comfort zone all the time, in order to grow and change for the better. He inspires me more than anyone else. And he has the best forum community out there for personal development. I’ve made some good connections and friends there!

2. http://www.problogger.net

the most excellent advice and training ground for newbie bloggers like me, with Darren Rowse’s down-to-earth and sometimes humorous personality thrown in. I have learned so much from him in such a short time! And I love his Aussie accent that you can hear in his videos!

3. http://www.dailyblogtips.com

Lots of great little tips and tricks for bloggers to try out…plus, I credit Daniel Scocco (blog owner) with alerting me to internet marketing genius Eben Pagan’s Ignition Program, which is changing my life!

4. http://www.davidrisley.com

a 6-figure blogger who really helps put together internet marketing with blogging and is very approachable for those who want to become successful with his help. He’ll be the one I rely on most this year to bring my blogging to the next level!

5. http://www.zenhabits.net

a wonderful personal development blog by Leo Babauta which helps me learn to do less and more efficiently with great articles that make me really think about things in life that really count the most.

6. http://www.lifeoptimizer.org

a personal development blog by Donald Latumahina which gives me the most motivation and inspiration when I need it. Easy, clear reading, and good resources lists.

7. http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com

Yaro Starak’s blog about becoming an online entrepreneur, filled with his experiences and insights, and HIGHLY educational. He offers online courses, and now private coaching for a select few who are dead serious about becoming really successful online. Very thought-provoking posts which call me to action every time. And his sometimes “crazy” hair just adds to his appeal!

8. http://www.websites-in-a-weekend.net

David Doolin’s (“Dr. Wordpress”)blog which can teach you how to put up a fully functioning self-hosted Wordpress blog in a weekend. Pretty cool stuff which has helped me through some technical nightmares…and he’s f’in funny, too!

9. http://www.viperchill.com

This blog centers around viral marketing online and shows you nice little “secrets” to getting your business or blog circulated out there on the web. When I’m ready to really market my blog, I’m listening to HIM! The owner, Glen, is just 20 and makes his living online while traveling the world, already making 5 figures, and has attracted attention from the likes of companies like Nissan, Land Rover, and Hewlett-Packard. Keep your eye on this one–he’s gonna do great things!

10. http://postsecret.blogspot.com

a picture-blog where people send in their darkest secrets on postcards anonymously for the world to see. The value is gives me is to see some of the problems people face that I wasn’t even aware of. I may get some ideas for articles to write in the future on another one of my blogs about relationships and personal development because of this blog. It’s interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking…

Phil Starn from PhilStarn.com’s List:

1. http://www.copyblogger.com

How to write an effective copy. Even if I’m not into selling and marketing, following this blog helps be write better blog posts.

2. http://www.menwithpens.ca

Writing tips for freelance writers. Again, I’m not a freelancer but the writing tips are worth it!

3. http://www.problogger.net

Needs no introduction! I’ve been following it for five years, although I have only been blogging on and off during that time.

4. http://www.waiterrant.net

Steve was a waiter in NYC for many years and wrote a book about it. His blog is filled with good writing and interesting stories.

5. http://www.davecheong.com

Dave Cheong has been quite busy this year, but each one of his posts is a little gem.

6. http://www.stevepavlina.com

Steve’s views on personal development are sometimes unconventional yet very inspiring.

7. http://www.dragosroua.com

Dragos’ personal development blog is now famous for its huge list posts

8. http://www.smartpassiveincome.com

I like Pat Flynn’s advices about passive income and his transparency. I could look at his income reports all day!

9. http://www.writeinmyjournal.com

David meets strangers in the street and asks them to write a little something in his journal.

10. http://tynan.net

Tynan wants to make his life as interesting as possible, and succeeds beyond expectations.

James from TheInfoPreneur.net’s List:

1. http://www.bloggerillustrated.com

Allyn is the man, little brash and not for everyone, but this guy makes coin!

2. http://www.6aliens.com

Ben is the nicest guy in the world, amazing writer.

3. http://www.donpower.me

Don is the kind of guy who will go far.

4. http://www.davidrisley.com

Dave has given me a lot of time recently without asking anything in return, great bloke

5. http://www.giveabrick.com

Eleanor is such a nice woman, she really does get there and give something back

6. http://www.escapingthe9to5.com

Maren is probably (in my eyes) the one to watch this year, fantastic information and one hell of a business mind.

7. http://www.kellydiels.com

Has a regular slot at problogger, amazing talent and actually a very fun read.

8. http://www.wassupblog.com

Sire is the man, he doesn’t mince his words and tells it straight to anyone!

9. http://www.extremejohn.com

I have guest posted for John, fantastic bloke and well worth a visit, awesome stuff.

10. http://www.travisamorgan.com

Travis is a great guy who wears his heart on his sleeve, awesome read.

Ben from 6Aliens.com’s List:

1. http://www.zenhabits.net

it start me off blogging all those years ago.

2. http://www.theinfopreneur.net

3. http://www.steveyoungs.com

4. http://www.giveabrick.com

5. http://www.reachourdreams.com

6. http://www.adifferentkindofwork.com

7. http://www.wakeupcloud.com

8. http://www.writetodone.com

9. http://www.ameaningfulexistence.com

10. http://www.lifehacker.com

Steven from TheEmotionMachine.com’s List:

1. http://www.dragosroua.com

personal development + productivity

2. http://www.realitysandwich.com

spirituality, philosophy, and activism

3. http://www.sharpbrains.com

psychology, science, self-improvement

4. http://www.heartofbusiness.com

business, philosophy

5. http://www.theemotionmachine.com

my blog: personal development, philosophy, psychology, spirituality

Matthew Needham from BigRedTomatoCompany.co.uk’s List:

1. http://www.giveabrick.com

2. http://www.problogger.net

3. http://www.theinfopreneur.net

4. http://www.6aliens.com

5. http://www.chrisguillebeau.com

6. http://www.ameaningfulexistence.com

7. http://www.menwithpens.ca

8. http://www.ittybiz.com

9. http://www.escapingthe9to5.com

10. http://www.copyblogger.com

Karilee from BootStrapBlogger.com’s List:

1. http://www.Ittybiz.com

Naomi Dunford’s blog

2. Pete Michaud’s Blog

3. Remarkablogger

Michael Martine’s blog

4. Heart of Business

Mark Silver’s blog

5. Problogger

Darren Rowse’s blog

6. Copyblogger

Brian Clark’s blog

7. The Art of Non-Conformity

Chris Guillebeau’s blog

8. Extreme John

9. Website in a Weekend

Dave Doolin’s blog

10. Seth Godin’s Blog (Again, please google for Seth Godin… Sorry!)

11. Steve Pavlina’s blog

12. Men With Pens

Anne from AnnOnLife.com’s List:

1. http://www.extremejohn.com

2. http://www.heatherkephart.com

3. http://www.iamamoneymagnet.com

4. http://www.sheddingit.com

5. http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net

6. http://www.wassupblog.com

7. http://www.jahangiri.us/news

8. http://www.iheartcvs.com & others of similar content by Erica

9. http://www.lifestyledesignforyou.com – new one on my list

10 http://www.website-in-a-weekend.net

Thomas from InteractOne.com’s List:

1) http://www.shimonsandler.com/

2) http://www.theregister.co.uk/

3) http://www.sitepronews.com/

4) http://mashable.com/

5) http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/

6) http://www.engadget.com/

7) http://www.techcrunch.com/

8. http://www.practicalecommerce.com/

9) http://www.searchenginejournal.com/

10) http://www.seobook.com/blog

Ana Goncalves from ExpressiveWorld.com’s List:

1. http://blog.veganfamily.co.uk/

Blog of the Vegan Family House

2. http://ians-eco-blog.blogspot.com/

Ian’s Eco Blog

3. http://www.abiggerpond.com/blog/

A bigger pond; Stop playing small

4. http://srilanka.laurieashton.com/

A Canadian in Parakramabahu’s Court

5. http://heatherkephart.com/

Happymaking

6. http://sandycoleman.wordpress.com/

Creations by Coleman

7. http://jcaddell.wordpress.com/

Writing builds characters

8. http://www.michaelbauzon.com/

Life is a Canvas

9. http://techpatio.com/

Tech Patio

10. http://messyfish.blogspot.com/

Messy Fish

Tom from EvenGrounds.com’s List:

1. http://www.davidrisley.com
2. http://www.problogger.net

While I’m not necessarily trying to make money with my blog, my company is… They always have something new to show you to help your blog.

3. http://www.theinfopreneur.net.

He is one of my recent discoveries. What I like about him is that I can count on the frequency of his posts.

http://www.fatherchuck.com
He just makes you think, and he will always have a surprise to read about, he leaves long lasting impressions. And it is even more meaningful that I know him personally.

Karen Ruby from AMeaningfulExistence.com’s List:

Maren blogs about entrepreneurship and business and definitely has a mind for it. Go check her blog out now!

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.

This is a Pop Post by James Richmond from TheInfoPreneur.net. James is an incredible blogger who hasn’t been at it for very long (about 3 months) and is the ultimate example of how hard work will bring you amazing results. I’ve been with him since about the beginning of his blog and have seen what he can do.

I recommend everyone who reads this post visit his blog and discover someone who is more than willing to help you out with whatever you need and can push content out like there literally is no tomorrow. Enough said, though I could go on and if you want more please read inspiration, smart work, success | the infopreneur.

Over to you, James.

Let’s just get this out of the way first, I’m not a marketing expert or a web 2.0 guru, in fact I have no qualifications at all. So why read the rest of this post then? Well, despite my methods and mentality not working for everyone, it works for me, so read on and give it a shot.

Millions of new websites are created every week and within weeks most of then are already starting to fail. A website, your website is your megaphone, your worldwide banner that says ‘Come and listen to me’ but why do so many fail where the minority succeed?

I have never paid for a coaching programme, never paid for advertising and have made a stack of mistakes, but I firmly believe the main reason after 3 months my site is growing is because of these simple but vital parts;

• Drive

I’m driven you have to be, in my opinion it’s the only way to succeed. A website with no drive is going no where, it’s simple. Imagine a car, any car without an engine. It becomes a piece of scrap without any drive, you need to want to tell people about your thoughts and opinions.

Drive can come from anything around you or something that you yet to have around you. My family and my full time job drive me to over produce and keep moving forward, I want to spend more time with my family and leave my full time 60hr working week job, so I’m driven to achieving that as quick as I can.

• Passion

You need to be passionate about your topic, I don’t care if it’s an article about pin cushions or rocket engines, if there is passion behind it I will read it. You know what I’m talking about, you would and probably still come across, websites that just talk about the same old blurb everyone else talks about and it’s a boring read.

On the same thread, you can really tell if someone is passionate about that topic and whether you’re into it or not, that will inspire you and it’s this point you need to have in abundance. Passion for your subject matter will transform you into yet another site people will close straight away into a website with real fire and fuel to keep it burning for a long time.

• Accessible

How many times have you gone to contact a site owner and never been able to find out how to do it, or have had to go to site map and track their contact page or email down that way? It really gets to me when owners do this, the other thing that drives me mad is when the author of the content never interacts with their readers.

If people are taking the time to read, spread and reply to your content then the very least you should do is to thank them and talk to them in the comments section or the forum you have created. No matter what you need to be present for your visitors, customers or readers to actually reach out and shake your hand, no hand shake, no business.

• Readers

Every site needs visitors, fact. No traffic no website. Your readers are the very reason you write new content or produce latest products for them to buy. Without your readers you are nothing, absolutely nothing. I want you to really think about that, without your readers you wouldn’t even be thinking of how to take it to the next level, so make damn sure you look after them.

All these are the vital components of a successful website, SEO, links etc all important yes, but without these vital parts the site is on life support with only one outcome.

1. I love to share the latest information about what I love with the world.
2. I love discovering new and exciting people who write blogs that strike an interst in me and teach me something fun and useful
3. I love building relationships that will grow with passion over a period of time and build a community of blogs that help one another each step of the way
4. I love how inspiration can come from something as simple as a change in how things work or how something doesn’t work and how sometimes it takes hours to think of a killer article that will be out of this world
5. I love making a difference in someone’s life by sharing what I know

Above all, I love the experience I get each day and how time allows for improvement in everything that goes into blogging. Blogging isn’t just writing something about what you did last summer… It’s about embracing the world with your passion and intelligence and taking tomorrow by storm.

What do you love about blogging?