Are They Goals or Just Dreams

January 3rd, 2009

Having a Dream is wonderful as is having a Goal.
Goals can be useful, or a burden, depending on where you are in your personal growth. I have both “Goals” and “Dreams” as do most Entrepreneurs, I make sure my “Goals” are attainable.

I make my “Goal-List” every New Years, some people call them resolutions. I’m not good at keeping resolutons - “Goals” are another story.

Goal-lists can be very important for people who have a problem with time management. My life is very busy, is yours? Time has a way of getting away from me, how about you?

I’ve heard it said “A dream is a goal without legs“ . It’s a wonderful thing to have, and can be the guiding passion of your life, but unless you clarify it and give it the legs, getting there is going to be very much a matter of luck.

To change a dream into an obtainable goal you should write it out, give it details, make it clear enough that you can actually see it, feel it, know what you will feel like when you attain it.

There are many ways this can work for you

*It clarifies what you want to the point that you will always be aware of anything that is related to it so opportunities will not pass by unnoticed.
*It shows you what you need to do to get there, step by step action.
*It keeps you focused, makes detours and dead ends less likely to distract you.
*And with the images always fresh in your mind and heart you will have a broader insight for achieving it. The clearer and more vivid the image, the more likely to happen.

What is a Dream?

To me its when you visualize something awesome you’d like to attain but when someone asks you to tell them more, you can’t. You don’t know details. All you know is that you want to attain it.

This is a dream. It’s not a goal. Because it is not specific. There is a saying, “be careful what you pray for, because you will surely get it, but not necessarily in the form, and at the time, that you expected.”

If your looking for a new business venture, ask yourself the right questions….What sort of work do you want to be doing? Do you like people? Do you like animals? What kind of animals? (There’s a big difference between working with a friendly kitty-cat and working with large wild animals who would prefer that you not be anywhere near him)

Do you enjoy structure or freedom? And be careful of this one, because we all think we want freedom until we find ourselves working alone and without guidelines or supervision. For some people this works fine, for others it is far more threatening than they had realized.

For every image that comes to you, follow it, ask yourself how it fits, how it will work for you, and what comes next.
Know in your heart that this is what you want to be doing with your life, that it’s a job or a business you will enjoy so much that you’d love to do it even if you didn’t have to earn a living. Then put THAT image out there for attainment. This way there will be fewer mistakes.

When I write “Put it out there for attainment” I am not saying that you then sit back and wait. The best advise I’ve heard is “Pray as if it all depends on God, and then work as if it all depends on you.

With your mental picture in place, you know what it is that you are working toward, but don’t limit the way in which you and your goal can come together.

There are more paths to your goal than you can imagine. It’s important to choose one that you will work on, with a couple of fall-backs in case of obstacles, but be careful to remain clear that these are not the only alternatives.
Talk to ya later,
Pat

ps: I finished taking down my house decorations, but when I went to post I found I missed an entire room…..my blog site! So I put it on my “Goal-list”

Happy New Year 2009

January 1st, 2009

Time for New Beginnings. . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Addison, Blue Mountain Arts, 1989

“This is a time for reflection as well as celebration.
As you look back on the past year and all that has taken place in your life,
Remember each experience for the good that has come of it
and for the knowledge you have gained.
Remember the efforts you have made and the goals you have reached.
Remember the love you have shared and the happiness you have brought.
Remember the laughter, the joy, the hard work, and the tears.
And as you reflect on the past year, also be thinking of the new one to come.
Because most importantly, this is a time of new beginnings
and the celebration of life.”

This was my first email of the New Year 2009, from my beautiful daughter-in-law Jessica. Obviously not new, according to the date, but it touched my heart and gave me food for thought.

2 lines especially stand out for me…

Remember the efforts you have made and the goals you have reached

And…

Because most importantly, this is a time of new beginnings
and the celebration of life

“Happy New Year and Thank You Jessica” for the inspirational message; and to all my readers and friends……

May 2009 be your year to SHINE and brighten the path of others

Talk to ya later
Pat

Making Money Online - Just Do It!!!!

December 31st, 2008

Even though the main theme of my blog is a review site, I enjoy giving information to others who are starting their own Home Business, sometimes it helps to get info and encouragement from someone who’s…. “been there done that“!

In my last post I talked about PLR’s as incentives, but what about the rest of the Information Products available…….

Resale Rights are the ability to buy a product and resale it and keep 100% of the profit.

Master Resale Rights means you can buy the rights to sell the resale rights.

Private Label Products are where you can put your name on them and modify them however you see fit.

Public Domain Products are old works or old creations that have fallen out of their legal copyright status and are now available for you to reproduce, modify, and if you follow the rules, if you follow the law in your state or your country, you can reproduce and sell them and keep 100% of the profit as well.

All are very good ways to get up and running Read the rest of this entry »

PLR’s And The Information Highway

December 20th, 2008

I don’t claim to be an attorney, and my explanation my not be technically correct but this is how I think it goes. Ideas, images, information, names, and all forms of intellectual property are protected by patents, copyrights, service marks and trademarks.

So, if your ideas are legally copyrighted, then you own them, and no one else can use them without your permission.

If you write a book and have it licensed and copyrighted you can Read the rest of this entry »

Do You Live On Planet Urine?

December 18th, 2008

Are you a dog owner? Most Americans are and one of the biggest challenges we dog owners and dog lovers have is Housebreaking them. Some dogs are easier to Housetrain than other, Chihuahua’s are a challenge as most of the Toy breeds are, I hate to say this because I breed and sell them and don’t like to put doubts in someone’s mind. But I have to be honest about it (don‘t I)?

Its like they have to go and you know they do but to get them to step foot out in the cold or dark is a struggle. You can just hear them telling themselves…” no I can hold it a little longer” and then Read the rest of this entry »

Dog Training Review - SitStayFetch

December 15th, 2008

I have no qualms in recommending this package to anyone who owns, or is thinking about owning, a dog. You don’t need to have a “problem pet” for the manual to be of assistance: there’s information included that’ll be useful to any and all dog owners.

In a nutshell: highly recommended.

You can get a FREE SitStayFetch 6 Day Course here!
SitStayFetch - Dog Training To Stop Your Dog behavioral Problems!

This course covers selected training methods that are used in SitStayFetch and it is yours FREE with absolutely no obligation whatsoever…

You’ll know in a few minutes all about Read the rest of this entry »

Offering Incentives

December 13th, 2008

In my last blog I gave some decorating ideas. Those of you who have read my About page know I have lots of family to help.

My incentives are very simple ones:
FREE STUFF!!
Everybody loves FREE, when your marketing a product everyone looks for the bottom line… “Whats it going to cost me“? Read the rest of this entry »

Doom and Gloom Not Here

December 10th, 2008

Remember Our Troops
Have you ever noticed how houses and apartments seem cluttered when holiday decorations are put on display? Instead of providing the uplifting mood that brightens each room with the spirit of the season, lots of homes seem to look visually chaotic.

This certainly happens in my home, how about yours? Plus, this Christmas I have 8 little Chihuahua puppies running around which makes decorating a real challenge.

I’m not one of those people that puts up Christmas lights and leaves them up “forever”….. Read the rest of this entry »

Why am I Worried or Stressed?

December 7th, 2008

worry In the past few months I have found myself worrying about my bank account, my savings, my mortgage, my business… My mind has been filled with thoughts about unemployment, repossessions, stock markets plummeting, banks going bust… I began to wonder… can this get any worse?

Then it hit me… Yes.

Things could be an awful lot worse. Read the rest of this entry »

A Four Letter Word

November 2nd, 2008

Having raised 8 children, I heard a lot of 4 letter words thrown around, (mostly when they thought I wasn’t around). Some I heard repeatedly, but there was one I didn’t hear very often from their mouths.

I bet you guessed what that four letter word is…

Yep you guessed right..Work!

I tried to avoid using this word when talking to them as well, instead I used bigger words like, Entreprenuer or Opportunity.

I look at it this way, if you can teach your teen or young adult how to start and run a business that generates cash, that can be more important than anything (other than their spiritual foundation)!

To encourage a good work ethic as they matured I governed their allowance. I figured this was something they needed to learn for their 9-5 job, if thats what they chose to do. Now I was a fair employer, I paid minimum wage for extra “work” I needed done ( unless they created it, then it was just part of their allowance ).

Trust me I heard a lot of complaining, actually at their age I did my share of complaining as well. Then I learned “to work smarter not harder” .

If you have more than enough money coming in every week then you don’t need to take any of my suggestions, ( it won’t stop me though, one day I may make the right one for you ) or if you have no intention of actually doing anything other than just reading about how to improve your situation, then you can just continue reading and continue moaning about how broke you are.

Its Ok really, remember I’ve had 8 children I’m used to not being listened to!

It does take “hard work” to get your home business going, but the wonderful part about an internet business these days is there are so many tools available that will practically put your business on Auto-pilot.

Yes, there’s an added cost to this Auto-pilot stuff, so figure it in as a goal when you’re just starting out.

Ewen Chia offers a free report called Auto-pilot Profits This report takes you from start to finish and has some good information in it.

That’s about it for today gotta go play now!

Talk to ya later,
Pat

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them” …Ann Landers