If you’d like to earn a lot more money, then what you need is a new, shiny, valuable, skill set or expertise.  For example, if you are an ambitious Internet Marketer and you want to start earning a real income, all you need to do is acquire a new skill set… or a new valuable expertise in one specific thing.  More specifically, you could focus on becoming real good at “social media” (Facebook and all that)… and then you would be WORTH more.  You could focus on getting good at writing, creating and shooting “sales videos” and become WORTH more very quickly.  You could focus on becoming good at writing, distributing and utilizing “Press Releases” and you’d be WORTH more quite quickly.

You could focus on becoming good at “YouTube and video marketing” and become WORTH more quite quickly.  You could focus on becoming good at CPA offers and CPA (cost per action) marketing and be WORTH more quite quickly.  You could focus on becoming good at driving traffic with PPC with Bing and become WORTH more quite quickly.  You could focus on becoming good at WordPress Blogs and Plugins and become WORTH more quite quickly.

Or, if you have a day job, you can focus on becoming good at something (like graphic art for example) and become WORTH more quite quickly (or bookkeeping, sales, spreadsheets, whatever).  You could add one specific skill set or expertise and quickly be worth more than YOUR BOSS!  You can add one skill or expertise and price yourself out of that job and into a higher paying (more demand) job.

If you own a small business, and want to earn more profits, you could be one skill or expertise away from doing just that — very quickly.  For example, any time or energy you put into YOURSELF can pay huge dividends.  Imagine you own a small business and you have 5 sales people who work for you.  You take my recommendation and purchase “How to master the art of selling anything” by Tom Hopkins.  You go through that program, study what is taught and poof!  Your salespeople will not know what hit them.  Their sales skyrocket, your income skyrockets and you send me Christmas cards every year from that point forward.

Anyone can get good at something worthy.  Anyone can get good at a new skill set, or expertise.  There is an abundance of information everywhere.  I mean, there’s that Internet thing that exists now (Information Super Highway anyone?)… and there’s a bookstore on every corner.  This is the information revolution… the information boom… the information bubble… and there’s no excuses for NOT increasing your skills, knowledge and expertise.  Anyone with a pulse can do so.  quickly too

But, the truth is… most people are “receivers” in life.  They just take and accept what life gives them.  They coast through life and take the path of least resistance.  Most are lazy… too lazy to focus.  The number one challenge I’ve listened to over the past 5 years… or excuse… from thousands of ambitious wanna-be Internet Marketers is a lack of “focus”.  By FAR, the number one challenge people have in this market is a “lack of focus”.  They say things like:

• I have information overload
• I am paralyzed with analysis
• I dont have enough time
• I dont have enough money
• I dont have the skills
• I dont know how to get started
• I’m lost
• I dont know how to do ____(blank) yet
• and so on

All are excuses.  Here’s what is really being said:

• I’m lazy
• I dont apply myself
• I dont try
• I dont put in effort
• I dont like to think
• I dont like to think for myself
• I dont want to have to figure anything out by myself
• I dont want to learn or educate myself
• I’m full of fears
• I’m just bored and this Internet Marketing thing is kinda entertaining
• I want someone to do it for me.
• I want someone to show me everything, then do it for me too.  yeah
• I dont WANT to invest the money, I’d rather buy pizza and video games
• Take care of me

But, really, although I’m being hardcore here, it’s on purpose… because it opens the eyes to the possibilities of creating new thoughts… new beliefs… and then new habits.  If you want to make more money, make yourself more valuable.  More money is first found on the inside with a new skill set or new expertise in something that is in DEMAND.  Many small businesses and business people MUST recreate themselves every two years or so just to stay on top.  this is a must in a fast moving, ever changing world we live in.  If you do not recreate yourself ongoing… with new skills or expertise… then everything starts to die… shrivel up… and rot away.

Even gurus must recreate themselves.  I mean, when Adsense does not work as well as it did, and you were the Adsense King, then guess what?  Time to become the Facebook King or Google Plus King!  All a guru or maven must do is master a new skill set or expertise.  For example, if I immersed myself into “Social Media”… it would not take long before I had a full blown course on Social Media.  If I mastered “How To Earn Quick Money With Amazon Kindle”… it would not be long before I had an Amazon Kindle Club Membership for $47 per month!

As the world turns, so should you.

You are one new skill set or expertise away from a windfall of new income!  But can you focus?

~Eric Louviere

Last time, I posted about “Failure” and some people chimed in with some great comments to that post.  Mike Carl listed out a lot of fears in his comment and others had some savvy responses.  In that post I mentioned the saying “Fortune Favors The Bold!” and that is one of my favorite quotes of all time.  It just brings out a sense of “courage” to me when I read that quote.  It makes me feel strong, bold, courageous and confident!

When I think about the millionaire marketers and business people I’ve met and known, nothing stands out more to me than their own courage and self-confidence in what they do and the actions they take.  I mean, even if these achievers are not sure their action will work or if it is even a calculated risk, they believe they can do it and make it work.

One of the first millionaires I ever met told me something I’ve always remembered.  It was kinda strange, but it certainly has been with me every since and that was almost 15 years ago now.  He said that his attitude was one where he would cut a check for $20,000 even if he did not have 20k in the bank.  He said he knew he had a day or two to go make that 20k and he was confident he could do that.  He said that’s the mentality of a go-getter millionaire!  wow

I had no idea what that meant at the time, but now I do.

(1) He had a business where he could “put it into overdrive” and make that money in a day.  He had a system (a business) that was capable of producing new revenue (profits) that could equal 20k in a single day.  He was a hard worker, a mover and shaker and he was hugely confident.  I used to say he “drank his own cool-aid” when describing him.  Fortune does indeed favor the bold.

(2) He had the confidence and was willing to take a risk.

(3) He thrived on putting his back against the wall — so he could come out swinging and fighting.  I understand this better now too.

It’s not uncommon for a successful business person to put themselves in a position where they MUST come out fighting and where their back is against the wall.  These people are known to put themselves in a tight-spot where they must defy the odds and triumph in the face of adversity.  Why is this?  Why does this happen?  I’ve seen it happen many times.  But why??

For me, I’ve done this myself.  I’m not 100% sure why.  Maybe you know and can shed some light on this phenomena.  Here’s what I think… I think it’s because we realize we must escape our current comfort zones and we know if we put our backs against the wall, we will force ourselves to escape our current comfort zones.  It’s the underdog mentality.  Is this just me that feels and notices this, or what?

Fortune does indeed favor the bold.

Therefore, one of the most profound characteristics of millionaires and highly successful people is:  SELF-CONFIDENCE!  Can self-confidence be taught?  Can it be coached?  Can it be learned?  Is self-confidence something some people are just born with, or raised with?  Or, can it be learned and achieved?

Well, I believe it can be learned.  I know it can.  I’ve lived it.  Besides, at times I’m shy and other times I’m far from shy.  At times I have the highest self-confidence in the world and border on cocky and arrogant.  Other times, I’m as humble and shy and insecure as can be.  Sometimes I drink my own kool-aid and believe I can earn 100 million per year in business and other times I am more on ground level… not in the clouds.

So, yes it can be learned.  I remember when I did my first tele-seminar in front a large audience.  I was intimidated, shy and NOT confident at all.  Well, I guess I was enough confident to do it, but it was terrible.  Now, today, I can do them in my sleep.  YES, self-confidence can be learned and I’ll give you some tips on how to boost your own in a second.

But why is this important?  It’s important to boost your own self-confidence because I believe with self-confidence comes faith and courage.  With faith and courage, you take action.  When you take action, you get results (good or bad).  When you get results, you can tweak those results (some would call that failure). When you tweak results and stick to something, you succeed.  eventually.  if you dont quit.

The root of all of this, is indeed courage and self-confidence.  Think about it.  It’s pretty hard for someone — who has barely made 30k a year — to become a millionaire, if that person does not have self-confidence.  How would that person ever take any action without it? How would that person EVER overcome adversities or obstacles or problems or set-backs (some would call those failures)?  How would that person handle ANY success they luckily get along the journey?  Would that person sabotage their success?  Probably huh?

A person without self-confidence — or courage — would be hard-pressed to find long-term success in just about anything, right?  It would be hard to sustain success or achieve it at all.  Ever met an insecure millionaire?  I have, all of them are!  They are just not insecure about what they do to earn money!!!

We’re all insecure at some things.  I bet if you put me in an airplane, 20,000 feet up, and asked me to jump out with a parachute, I’d probably cry like a little baby.  (1) I dont like heights too much and (2) I’m not jumping out of some damn plane ok!?!

HOWEVER, put me in a “make money” spot and I’ll make some damn money baby!  I’ll do it like a champ!  Put me in a tight spot money wise and I’ll come out swinging like a honey badger on steroids.  Cash flow is addictive and boy, I can be very good at it.  I’m confident in it.

Can it be learned?  Can self confidence be learned?  YES!  Here are some tips on boosting your self-confidence:

(1) Build relationships with people who are already confident in the area you want to be confident in!  Be around them, hang around them, collaborate with them, befriend them, emulate them, mastermind with them, get mentored by them, ask them.

(2) WRITE down your goals every day!  I know, you’ve heard this one about ten million times, but IT WORKS!  If you know where you want to go, you’ll get there.  Most dont know where they want to go, most never write down their goals.  Try it.  I double dog dare you.  Do it right now.  If you ever feel insecure about something you want, try this:  Write down your goals.  You’ll feel like a million bucks afterwards.  And if not, you’ll certainly feel more self-confident.

(3) Think about what you want not what you don’t want.  You always have a choice here on this one.  You do.  You have a choice as to how to think and there’s usually only two ways to think:  What you want or what you don’t want.  If you practice on ONLY thinking of what you want and NOT what you don’t want, you’ll change your life!  seriously.  Heck, I should write a post (or a book) about this topic.  For example (I dont have enough money) compared to (I want more money)…. or (I cannot afford this) compared to (I want to afford this).  Isnt that a total change in your perspective?  If it isnt then think about this more and stay tuned because I will write more about this topic soon!   However, this alone can boost self-confidence

(4) Develop faith.  However you can boost your faith, that’s what you should do.  Life is a very strange and mysterious thing, and it’s absolutely amazing what you can accomplish if you have faith.  AND, if you don’t believe in all that “faith” stuff, then my advice is to REALLY-REALLY-REALLY focus on self-confidence big time, because you’re going to need it… if you have no belief in “faith”.  I”m not saying that to be sarcastic.  I’m saying that because it’s true.  the one universal law of the universe is math.  You can not believe in religion, or the law of attraction, or any of that “faith” based stuff and that’s perfectly fine… but you’ve got to believe in math.  And, with math, you have to take action to produce “mathematical results”.  In order to take that action, you must have self-confidence.  So, self-confidence becomes critical, paramount, crucial to success/achievement.

(5) Work harder than everyone else.  If you work harder than everyone else, you’ll gain confidence in anything.  In other words, if you worked harder than everyone else at copywriting, you’d make a ton of money.  You’d study persuasion, writing, copywriting, sales and do all of this so much… and work so hard… you’d be confident at it.  If you work hard to be a runner and you run every day… running a mile will be childs play to you.  You’d run that mile and barely break a sweat.  You’d be confident running a mile, because you often run 5 miles or more!

Millionaires take action at what they are confident in despite fears, obstacles, adversities, problems or what anyone else on the planet says.  They have ultimate self-confidence in something that produces income.  If you are lacking in the “income” arena, then develop stronger self-confidence.  By doing that, you’ll become a millionaire on the inside first… then the outside (dollars) will quickly follow… and by the truckload!

Got Courage?

Eric Louviere

PS - How can people boost their own self-confidence, courage, faith, etc?  How can people increase their fortune?

Have you ever thought about embracing failure?  I mean, to actually welcome it with open arms and appreciate it for it’s true beauty and mystery?  Have you ever been knocked off your feet… been screwed over by someone… lost it all… made huge mistakes… beat yourself up about things so much it makes you a walking-wreck-of-emotional-horror?

Have you ever been wounded so badly, you develop a fear that is so encompassing it stops you in your tracks and prevents you from getting back on the horse at all?  Have you ever had such a huge failure or mistake that you carry it with you everywhere?  I mean, does that mistake or problem or emotional scar follow you everywhere and all the time, even when you sleep and at every waken moment?

Do you have an emotional scar that’s so deep it seems permanent and handicaps you from achieving your dreams/goals — or even functioning at all?  Well, not only does everyone fail and has problems and adversities, but we all have one major thing in common with each other… we’re human.

You know that old saying that it’s not what happens to you that is important, but how you react to what happens that’s truly important?  I believe it’s true.  Your resolve to get back on the horse… your determination to push through adversities and face fears… shapes success and achievement.  Therefore, failure is a part of the footsteps towards success.  Your willingness to take leaps of faith, despite the chance of failure, shapes success.

You know that old saying, “to get the fruit, you must go out on the limb” or something like that… well I believe that too.  I call it a leap of faith.  Some may even call it taking a risk.  When people who reached 100 years of age were surveyed, one of the questions asked was what they regretted in their lives (looking back over those 100 years) and one of the most common answers was they regretted not risking more in their past.

Pretend for a moment you are 100 years old.  Your 1o1st birthday is next.  At any second, you could be gone from this planet.  That breath you just took in, could have been your last.  When you wake up in the morning, as a 100 year old, you’re thankful you get to see another morning on planet Earth.  You are 100 years old right now (for pretend — unless you really are 100 years old, then congrats on a long life journey).

Now, think back over your 100 years of life.  Don’t you wish you would have risked more??  Doesn’t those little pesky adversities and fears seem microscopic now?  I mean, think about the things that hold most people back from taking leaps of faith… those things dont seem so BIG now do they?  I mean, are you really afraid of what people will think now?  Are you really still worried about how you look on video… how well you write… how smart or good looking you are… about an accent you might have… about a lack of time to implement things?  NO, it should not feel so BIG  and so HARD to take action because of fears of continued failure.

Failure is just another opportunity to try again but better the next time around.  You see, many times, if you have true faith, failure can be an opportunity for something better.  Ever heard of the saying… “Thank God For unanswered prayers”?  Have you ever had something that seems bad happen, only to later find you are damn grateful that bad thing happened?

I mean, I wanted to be a pro baseball player.  Looking back now, maybe I would not have met my wife if that dream had come true.  Or, I remember not getting this one awesome job I applied for.  I really-really wanted it and when I did not get it, I was down and out, and completely upset.  I failed.

But, I’m now extremely grateful I did not get that job.  Maybe… just maybe… if I would have gotten that job, I would still be at that job earning 75k per year, instead of having many (single) months where I’ve earned that much online!  Maybe I’d be scraping by, maybe I would have gotten fired.  Maybe it would have been so stressful I got sick.  Who knows?

In the book, “The Science Of Getting Rich”, the writings explain how when you have faith and follow the principles in that book, you are to be grateful when something you want does not work out.  It says to be thankful and have faith that something better is to come.  Do you believe that kind of stuff?  I do.  It has worked for me and I think it has worked for millions and millions of other people too, even people who do not realize what happened.

Failure?  Are you kidding?  It’s part of the journey of life.  Want more life?  Take more leaps of faith DESPITE that risk of failure.  You can take calculated risks, smart moves, smart action steps, but don’t ever let the fear of failing prevent you from achieving your dreams and goals.  Take leaps of faith.  Success and abundance is found on the other side of taking leaps of faith.  When you take action, you set everything in motion for you.  Lack of taking action keeps you right where you are and right where you’ve been.

Fortune favors the bold.

Just do it.

Everyday is Christmas!

Respectfully,

Eric Louviere

PS – how you approach and think about failure can shape your entire life.  Sometimes just tweaking the way you “think” about failure is all it takes to explode your success and achieve dreams.  How should people view failure?

Recently, Internet marketer and road-trip professional, Jason Moffatt showed up in Austin, TX for a meet and greet mixer downtown.  There were 30 or so folks hanging out to meet with each other and listen to JMO speak from stage.

We had a lot of fun as you can imagine, and JMO expressed how he had always wanted to visit Austin.  In this town, we have lots of marketers, real estate investors, mlm’ers etc.  I try to get downtown for those mixers whenever I can.

I’ve always liked Jason, as do most people, and I think he’s someone to follow.  Here’s a link to his blog:

JMO MOJO MOFO

The thing I dig the most about JMO is he is “REAL” as they come.  He’s just himself and has nothing to hide.  He has a lot of character and I like people who have lots of character.  He lets his subscribers and customers “know” him, which I think is extremely important.

I mean, online is becoming more and more transparent, and the connections between people are becoming closer online.  In the past, everyone hid behind some fake screen name.  Today, people want to know who you are and what you stand for, and what your true personality is like.

We all gravitate towards like minded people.  We like hanging-out, following, and buying from those we think are like us, or those we admire.  It’s hard to admire someone you don’t know — personality wise.

However, most marketers online… especially newbies or intermediate marketers continue to keep their personalities secretive or hidden to their subscribers and customers.  I think that’s a big mistake.  Jason talked about it on stage too.  He’s right.

Videos, audios, events, webinars, tele-seminars, etc do a HUGE benefit to you, if you can conduct those.  I mean, dont be afraid of doing videos, interviews, tele-calls, etc because it can let your subscribers and the marketplace get to know you better.  They want to get to know you better.

Some can pull it off with talented writing.  What I’m saying here is some folks are talented at writing in such a manner, their personality shines through.  That can certainly work too, but I think it’s hard to compete with video & audios.

If your subscribers and customers can see and hear you, you just separated yourself from most of your competition who hides behind screen names and simple text emails (or even blogs).  I think JMO and a few others in our industry certainly have this down.  They let people know the real them, and it certainly increases reception of them.  Additionally, it can explode conversions too!

Lastly, JMO can be a bit controversial at times and who knows what kind of trouble the dude has been in (or will get in), but regardless of all that, he’s certainly entertaining… has solid insights to share… and people really like entertainment mixed with solid advice.

I’m certainly not someone to take seriously when I talk about the universe.. or any special laws that exists that brings fortunes to you by merely broadcasting that to the universe… because I dont know if those laws actually exist or not.

However, I will admit to you that I do read and pay attention to Laws Of The Universe because I think there’s surely something to the principles that derive from those laws… and the results can be phenominal if used wisely and effectively.

For example, one book I have talks about the universe (in place of Gods, etc) and says that the universe is an amplipher of what you project out into the Universe.  In other words, if you broadcast out into the universe that you hate this and hate that, and are angry and frustrated, then the universe ampliphies that even more.

I do know people who I say are addicted to crisis.  I mean, everytime I turn around they have some new major drama in their lives.  It’s one thing after another.  Perhaps this ampliphing thing is true in some way… and I guess there’s plenty of logical (non metaphysical) ways of explaining that.

Who knows what the logical explanation is for what it is.  But, it is true that people shape their own little worlds based on their beliefs and expectations for themselves, and how they react to all sorts of things that happen in their lives.  Perception is different for all.  One person can react positively, while another reacts negatively, for the exact same thing.  Perception makes us all different I guess.

And — the laws say “that in which you focus on — expands”.  Duh!  The more you focus on something, the more it expands in that little self-world of yours.  If you are someone who watches a lot of comedy on TV or at the movie theater, I bet you laugh a lot in your life.  See what I mean?

If you eat, drink and breathe “wealth”, I bet you are knee deep in “wealth” accumulation, and know lots of “wealth’s” principles, rules and techniques for “wealth” acquisition.

I know that when I think about the universal laws, I think about what it is I’m projecting often to that starry universe.  I mean, exactly what I’m projecting…

Am I projecting happiness, joy and laughter?  Or, am I projecting anger, frustration and anxiety?  Is it mixed… where some days I project one thing and other days I project something else entirely?  And if it is mixed like that, what exactly causes me (within myself) to project different things at different times?  Is there a trigger that causes me to project frustration? What is that trigger?  Same for happiness… are there triggers?

For example, my wife asked me to go to the grocery store with her.  Just so you know, I hate going to the stupid grocery store.  But, I went and I took my headphones.  I listend to some Jack Johnson (I like his music) and I felt myself amost dancing down the isles.  I had felt bad today, with cedar allergies here in Austin, but ended up feeling good, and that provoked me to write this article.  I went from bad mood to good mood, and I think the trigger was listening to some music I enjoy.  Easy enough huh?  Bring on Stevie Ray Vaughn baby!

Look, I dont know about the laws of the universe, but I think the constant thoughts and moods we have… become habitual.  And, those habitual moods, thoughts and emotions can shape our entire “fricken” lives.

Maybe that’s why old Napolean titled the historic book, “Think And Grow Rich!”

~Eric

Being motivated is a good thing.  It can catapult you, or spark you towards achieving whatever it is you are looking to achieve.  However, I believe “motivation” is only temporary.  It’s not enough to win.  It’s not enough to be merely motivated.

Motivation is temporary and drive is forever!

It’s much better to be driven.  To be driven is to be nearly obsessed.  Scratch that, it IS being obsessed with achieving your goals.  If you are driven, then you are “pulled” to your work… instead of “pushing” yourself to do something you dont want to do.

It’s sort of like me working out currently.  I have to push myself to do that.  I am not pulled to workout at all.  My wife is pulled to excersise.  If she does not work-out, she gets edgy.  If I dont work on my business or goals, I get edgy.  It’s the same thing.  She’s as fit as can be, and me, I need a little help in that area.

But with business and goals, I am pulled in that area… and have a purpose.  If you have a purpose, then you are more likely going to continue to do the things necessary to achieve your goals… and win!  That purpose I’m talking about tends to come in the form of two main areas…

Inspiration (which is like motivation for most) and desperation (which is like, I hate my job and I have got to get out of this).  I learned that from Tony Robbins.  The man is right.  I see it day after day with clients of mine and customers.  I saw it in myself too.  My drive picked up and became an obsession when I just had to get out of my day job years ago.

I mean, that job was killing me on the inside (I was reacting in that manner, it really was not a bad job at all).  I made the job out to be something bad, and my reaction to everything at that job was bad. bad. bad.

In my little world, that job was the enemy.  Making money online from home, the freedom, was my dream and goal.  When I finally became desperate (probably because I was really sabotaging my job myself)… I became even more serious and more obsessed with my goals.  Now, that’s drive.  There’s a purpose there.

Make this business a “drive” for you.  Create a purpose, get inspired and stay committed.  It is certainly how you react that is important.  It’s your choices you make throughout your life.  If you have a habit of generating income online, it becomes addictive.  The more addictive you become to generating results, the more money you will make.

Now, some will say, “I”m fine not being obsessed with things Eric, thank you very much”.  Go right ahead.  Treat this like a side business… like a hobby… like something you do once in a while.  I play golf once in a while and you know what?  I suck at it.

Here’s what I call my Lil’ Smokies video… I hope you enjoy it as much as I do:

As you are aware, there are countless ways to make money online.  I mean, it seems every single day there’s some new method to follow to earn money from home.  Business opportunities are abundantly available… err pitched to us all over Internet-land.  Our email in-boxes are bombarded with every opportunity under the sun.  There is certainly no shortage of opportunities & possibilities, right?

My question is… if there are so many opportunities, why are there so many people out there still struggling to make any money at all?

Well, there is a learning curve to most methods/avenues to earning money and there is surely that thing we call “mindset” that gets in the way as well.  It’s true, mindset does get in the way for most out there looking to earn money.

BUT – I’d say besides mindset, most people are continuing to fail because they still don’t have a solid system yet.  I mean, they are still yet to fully master any one specific system for earning money.  You see, with the abundance of opportunities, it becomes easy to get caught up in the “jump-from-one-thing-to-the-next” cycle.

What this does, is it ensures that most people will continue to fail.  They will fail because they never get any good at any one specific thing.  Make sense?

Listen — in my mind I break it down to TWO ways to earn money online, and two ways only.  One way is what we call passive income and the other way is called “trade time for money”. There’s nothing wrong with either avenues, but I’d say most out there are “sold” on creating passive income.

WARNING: Even passive income tends to require ongoing effort.  I know, I know, we all want to be rich and lazy, free and beautiful, but the fact of the matter is, everything pretty much requires — work.  Ouch!  I said the four letter word right here on this family friendly blog.  Oh well.  Work, work, work.  Damn, it even hurts to type that word.

Anyway, back to reality here… the pipe dream of passive income is a beautiful thing.  And, it’s a real thing too.  I mean, I’ve made money on a passive level where I did nothing to earn that money for months and months.  I mean, I never lifted a finger for months or even touched the business for months, but money continued to come in to my bank account.  So, it is real.

And, a lot of people out there are very-very passionate about figuring out the puzzle that equals = passive income!  yah!

Trading time for money would be doing some service for people, like copywriting or graphic art, or programming, or… the list is endless.  The cool thing about offering services like this is there’s a HUGE fricken demand for those services.  And, while most out there are jumping around from one “major breakthrough system to earning money online” to the next “pie in the sky offer now hitting your inbox”, you could indeed build yourself a nice-fat-income from the comfort of your own home, doing what I call “brokering!”… or actually providing those types of services.

Yes, you’re not going to catch others out there teaching that or talking about brokering, because they are busy selling you what you wan to hear — passive income with the click of a button.  BTW, that stuff sells like hotcakes!

I actually do teach this stuff in great detail in my 5 Star Silver Club.  So, I guess people do infact want to simply quit jobs, earn extra income from home, make money fast and make money online from home doing anything it takes.

All in all, I will say this… I think the best way to earn a big-time passive income (for most out there) is to first become a business owner.  Brokering is one of those ways to become a business owner very easily and without spending much money at all.  And, while the money is flooding in with your brokering business — you can be building that passive income on the side.  Eventually – like what happened with me – your passive income will eclipse your “trade time for money” income, and your dreams will have come true.

Meanwhile, do yourself a huge favor and stop jumping from one pie-in-the-sky to the next pie-in-the-sky, and start selling stuff.  After all, nobody makes any money until someone sells something to someone who buys something.  Therefore, if you’re not selling… nobody is buying… and if you’re not selling anything, and nobody is buying anything, one thing is certain…. you are not making any money.  Sell stuff!

Eric Louviere

We recently took a family vacation to Aspen, Colorado for almost two weeks.  Initially, it was one week, but we loved Aspen so much we extended the fun.  I’d have to say that Aspen is one of my favorite places in America.  It’s so beautiful there, it’s almost unbelieveable.

Well…. if you like moutanins, rivers, wildlife, excellent food, cool people, shopping, etc etc then Aspen is tremendous.  We spent our time dining at fine restaurants, shopping and snowboarding in Snow Mass (about 10 minutes from Aspen).

I’m not as in shape as I used to be, but I still managed to zip down the blue runs and avoid breaking any bones.  My wife was a beginner, but I have to admit, she picked it up quicker than I ever did.

As far as celebrities, everyone said they were everywhere to be seen, but I did not see anyone recognizable.  Well, I thought I saw a couple celebrities, but my wife told me I was “wrong”.  That happens from time to time you know…

While in Aspen, we decided to look up a professional photographer to snap some family pictures.  Boy was that ever a great idea!  We were as lucky as could be too.  We landed a super cool guy who was nothing short of spectacular.

If you are ever in the Aspen area, be sure and get in contact with Jim Paussa and get him to do his magic.  We had a blast taking pictures and Jim and his assistant were very nice and extremely good with my son Julian.  The pictures were fantastic and the experience was tremendous!

(Thanks Jim!)

Also, while in Aspen, you’ll quickly realize just how much money people make out there.  I mean, it’s one thing to bring in a million dollars, but it’s quite another thing to see the money in Aspen.  There are houses there that reach into the twenty million dollar range (and plenty of them!)

I checked out the Real Estate market and it just blew me away how expensive it is there.  We took pictures in a townhouse that was priced at 6 million.  The shops downtown had furs and art, paintings and clothes that were so expensive, I began feeling an uncontrollable sense of “I-Need-To-Make-Even-More-Money!”

There are always different levels of income to strive for!

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When it comes to earning big cash online, I’ve noticed more than a gazillion times, when individuals get that special itch (no, not that one, the one for making money) and out of nowhere, they seem like changed people.  They now, all of a sudden, have that twinkle in their eyes.  You see, all of a sudden — like a bolt of lightning — a person becomes obsessed.

It’s this bug, or virus… that bites us hard… and for a short period of time, we are one with a burning desire… a passion… an obsession, to REALLY make a big, bold, quantum change in our lives.  It’s as if something clicked, or some switch was flipped, or some light bulb went off in our brains.

Our attitude is different, our breathing is different and we hold our heads up high.  We know it’s now that time to make a difference… a change… and shoot for the stars!  I’ve seen this bug many times, and have experienced it many times myself.  We all have, haven’t we?

Call it motivation… or inspiration, whatever… it gets us going and helps us jump out of bed in the mornings (or afternoons for me).  It’s a sudden and drastic change of attitude.  Sometimes, the inspiration comes from others… or from some audio program, or even a passing sports car.  The inspiration comes in many forms and from many different types of sources.

What is this thing?  Is it MOTIVATION?

I’ve seen it a million times, haven’t you?

Well, there’s a downside to this thing we call “motivation”.  You see… It’s not all a bed of roses and “happy-happy-joy-joy” time either.  There is a downside to this common occurrence and it’s downright unfortunate as well.

Because you see, although motivation or inspiration is quite enjoyable for a short fix, it’s not the answer to riches (or success).  What I’m shooting at here is “motivation” although enjoyable for the short term, is only temporary.

And as we know, temporary sucks.

In other words, if motivation is great and “motivation” is all we need to succeed, then everyone would be successful.  Because, everyone — at some point in their lives — has been motivated.  Well, maybe not everyone, I can think of a few who may have never in the history of their lives been motivated to do a damn thing, but for the masses out there, motivation is extremely common, but temporary… sorry.

So, if motivation is temporary, and temporary success sucks, then what’s the answer to long term success?

I’d call it “DRIVE”.

Motivation is temporary, but “Drive” is forever.

And with that in mind, very-very few people on this planet are driven.  That’s why most react to everything in life — just coasting through life reacting to what life throws at them.  Life is in control, not you, if you are only and merely motivated.

Being driven is the answer.

Someone could say, “Well, long term motivation will generate success”.  Yep.  That’s called Drive. Not motivation.  And, because motivation exists… that bug… or virus… because it is prevalent everywhere, with most people, then it’s no good.  It’ fake.  It’s wishful thinking.  It’s a hope and a prayer.  It’s “Nice try, thanks for playing, game over”.  It’s temporary and temporary sucks.

So, when someone comes up to me and says, “I’m jacked-up… I’m finally ready… I’m geared and ready to conquer the world” I say, “great! go for it!”  But, truly… I wait.  I wait to see if that temporary motivation… that bug… that virus… that illusion… manifests itself into “DRIVE”.  Because without drive, it’s all just wishful thinking.  And, wishful thinking does not pay bills very well or allow for “MTWF”

MTWF = More Time With Family

In conclusion… I’m not completely against “motivation”.  There is one instance or circumstance I believe “motivation” is quite powerful and completely empowering.  That one instance is when people who are driven, become motivated!  Now, if you want to see some big things happen, very-very fast, watch closely when a driven person becomes motivated… that’s just flat awesome to see!

It’s more like Motivation² (to the second power).  It’s motivation on steroids!  It’s freaking beautiful.

Be Driven,

Eric Louviere