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Beating the Recession- Get outside your comfort zone
Posted on 04. Feb, 2009 by Mike.
OK, I have mentioned working outside your comfort zone before but I did it again today and I want to share the experience. For the past 13+ years I’ve worked in engineering in the petro-chemical industry. It’s not a terrible gig but it’s an old boys club where you sometimes feel like a hamster on [...]
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Darren Jacklin – A new friend and a great person
Posted on 31. Jan, 2009 by Mike.
Sometimes you stumble upon a person that is very driven, passionate and really seems to be living life and you wonder how the heck they pull it off. Trouble is, you’ll never be able to get close enough to ask them. I recently added a new friend to my Facebook account named Darren Jacklin and [...]
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Survival Tips for a Brutal Economy – Bob Parsons of GoDaddy speaks
Posted on 29. Jan, 2009 by Mike.
I follow people in business that I think are sharp and that I feel I can learn something from. Many people do similar things in a very different manner and Bob Parsons, CEO of GoDaddy (a website domain name registrar) is one of those people. I went to GoDaddy today to purchase a domain name [...]
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Internet Marketing Seminars – Do they cost you money or MAKE you money?
Posted on 20. Jan, 2009 by Mike.
If you’re an internet marketer at any level and you’ve never been to an internet marketing seminar you’re really missing out. If you have been to a seminar or seminars and aren’t making any money because of it, you’re REALLY missing out. If you have a look around the various websites, blogs and social media [...]
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Winning the fight – Have I got it in me?
Posted on 18. Jan, 2009 by Mike.
So I read a post on the Warrior Forum today about a girl that really inspired me. Her name is Amy Bass and despite some pretty crappy things happening to her in her life, she set a large goal for herself, stuck to it and won! In 21 months, she managed to pay off over [...]
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Mindset – The #1 key to success
Posted on 17. Jan, 2009 by Mike.
Ok, I’m dropping the whole “unemployed day #x” bullshit from my vocabulary and my blog. It was a long, depressing week and I’m fed up! My goal was to take on a bunch of extra writing work and stuff like that for internet marketers so I could earn a few extra buck but people will [...]
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Unemployed Day 3 – One rejection and one “call us”.
Posted on 16. Jan, 2009 by Mike.
I excitedly applied for a handful of positions that were a bit different than what I was doing before. If I was getting depressed and burned out doing the same thing for 12 years, why go look for a job doing it some more right? Well I got one email today that said “thanks but [...]
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Unemployed Day 2 – Sorting it all out
Posted on 15. Jan, 2009 by Mike.
Well here we are kids, day #2 of the longest period of being jobless that I’ve ever had. Last time I got laid off on Friday and started at the new job Monday so if someone calls tomorrow and says “get in here” we’ll have a tie and I’ll be amazed. Yeah right. So today [...]
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Unemployed Day 1 – What am I good at and what is out there?
Posted on 13. Jan, 2009 by Mike.
So here I am freshly turfed from my job in a career I’ve been in for over 12 years. Around 42 of my colleagues have been sacked so far and I doubt the company is finished handing out golden handshakes. It’s a pity because I was one of the ones that actually LIKED the place. [...]
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Internet marketing or engineering – Goals or groceries?
Posted on 11. Jan, 2009 by Mike.
So I’m down at the crossroads but I’m not trying to flag a ride…sorry Robert Johnson! I’ve been learning Internet Marketing for a year now and have made some money online. It’s magical and truly is rewarding to see money show up from something you did that you actually enjoy. My life long dream (which [...]
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