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Eric Louviere
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I decided to make this edition of the “Disclosure Journal” free for all.  I will eventually turn these journals into a paid subscription but just have not had the time to do so yet effectively (got a lot of projects on the books if you know what I mean).

Therefore, my procrastination is your gain.  This edition is free for now. enjoy!

Disclosure Journal Vol 2

~Eric

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.

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

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:

I had this great idea to launch and sell a kick-ass, no holds barred, entertaining journal for about $20 to $30 p

er month.  I was all geared up to market this bad-boy (seriously) but changed my mind and made it completely free to the public.

I mean, not even an up-sell, down-sell or anything… just free.

I even got a membership site set up for it and had the entire launch tree spelled out.  I would then utilize these journals to integrate with other marketers… be in their back-ends (that sounds bad but is very lucrative) and grow that journal subscription (and my bank account) by an extra 20k per month or more.

That was the plan. man.

I busted ass to write-up the first few journals, and just kept adding content to them to over-deliver.  NO GHOSTWRITER EITHER. This was me pounding away at my keyboard in the middle of the night giving advice like a crazed mad-man…

But then, a subscriber of mine emailed me and said some really nice things to me about my content and how he had been following me since I started in this business.  He said one thing though that caused me to offer this journal for free… he said, “All your stuff is expensive compared to other marketers”

Ouch!

I thought about it and I guess he’s right.  Therefore, I decided to provide this entire journal subscription for 100% no cost to everyone who cares to read them.  As soon as I made that decision to “go free” I felt great.

So, at last, you get my new prized possession, the “Disclosure Journal” free of charge!  Sweet!  I bet you are as happy as a little rabbit huh?  If not, then you dont like to read or you dont like to make moneeeey or you’re just not cool like the rest of us.

Cool people go here:

Get yourself some good reading, and I’ll see you on the next post!

~Eric

Everyone talks about focus and how important it is for earning money online, but this is my take on focus and where you should be putting yours at!  Sure, focus is focus and in today’s day and age, most people have enough problems focusing on ANYTHING at all, much less online marketing.

I actually call this the ADD society.  Everyone… it seems…. is so busy, hastily jumping around from one thing to the next while multitasking feverishly — additively — spinning their wheels and getting nowhere fast.

If you’ve ever studied the 80/20 Principle, you can add more time, freedom, life and yes even money to your entire life.  What you focus on expands.  Where do you constantly put your focus?  If you constantly put it on distracting type things (what other people want you to do instead of what you NEED to do), then obviously you’ll end up making everyone else happy instead of yourself.

For example, your email account can absolutely steal your focus and time.  It can steal your direction and cost you pounds of income.  Instead of making “checking your email” a habit, start ignoring it more and more.  Start working an hour or two before checking that email account and pay attention to how much more you get done.

I do believe — for whatever reason — most people distract themselves on purpose.  Call it “Self Sabotage” or “Fear of Success” or whatever label you want to put on it… it exists.  There is something there, I know it.  There is something that we do as humans, in our subconsious mind, where we distract ourselves on purpose.

Focusing on “Focus” could change your life.  And your bank account.  I hope you enjoy the video.  I got more to come for ya’

~Eric

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To kick-off a series of videos for you… this first one is on the “Power Of Value”! All these videos will be quick hitting, short and contain insights, opinions, thoughts and methods for making money from home using Online Marketing. Designed to inspire you, make you think, grow your mindset and even entertain you here and there, I’m hoping you grow to enjoy these videos and utilize them in your daily business ventures. AGAIN, nothing professional here, just me shooting videos at my house, office or even other secret remote Area 51 type locations.

My aim here is to provide top-shelf information, but to also have a bit of fun along the way. HEY! Life is short, lets have fun along the way. All in all, I hope you enjoy these videos… and if you do, please let us know by posting comments. If you like these videos, I’ll certainly do more! But, on the other hand, if people are like, “Eric… dude… get the hell off of the camera.” Then, I guess I’ll take my video talents and keep them for family holiday videos and such.

Either way — I hope you enjoy these quick-hitting videos. I need a name for these videos (this series of videos). I plan on shooting them at home, at office, around town, even while traveling, etc. Help me come up with a fancy name (or fun name) for these videos. Enjoy! — Eric Louviere

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