Why Practice does NOT make perfect (and other lies)
For someone who is not too keen on water it seems I am spending a whole lot of time on it… LOL. I went down to Bath to meet with James and Licia last weekend. I had my daughter with me and finally managed to meet up with Martin Roberts (of BBC fame) and his family. He asked me months ago to help him with the internet marketing of his website and courses and invited me to spend time on his barge in Bath…
We had a great time but I couldn’t help recording a ‘lesson of life’ video for you. 
This one is about lag time. You see (and that is something I learned from Jim Rohn) what you do in life has normally a delayed effect or lag time before you see the consequences. Needless to say if you improve e.g. your eating habits it will be sometime before you actually get the benefit. And of course the same is true the other way round. Strangely enough though in business people expect overnight results…
When I was steering the 65 foot barge the time of making the adjustment to actually the boat responding reminded of that…
Two more things came to mind… I didn’t know that you were driving on the right side of the river, not the left and everything in life and business is better when you know the rules. (you might choose not to play by them, but knowing them is a good thing most of the times). Lastly I realised when we came to a lock that most things in life and business require a team and that it is important to play and work together – even (and I am talking to the lone wolves out there – you know who you are!) if it just to be able to share the successes and have a little winge sometimes…
to your success
Daniel
PS: By the way, before I forget – Practice makes PERMANENT, not PERFECT. If you got a bad teacher and practice the wrong move, you’ll never be perfect… 
so choose your teachers carefully ….
August 19th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Hello Daniel.
Wow finally after all this time – we see he real you in person.
Your video was very pertinent – It took me a log time, learning the ropes, tripping and faltering to finally realize, sometimes or many times its just as important who you decide to follow and emulate and learn from.
There is a second positive !!
Martin Roberts ( I did’nt know you had a Barge ! – Fantastic!) is in safe hands when it comes to Internet Marketing.
Oh and by the way – I love your City – Bath is one beautiful place
Many thanks Daniel.
All the best
Hamant
August 20th, 2009 at 11:37 am
thanks hamant, please stay in touch and let me know how you are getting on with your lest building tools….
August 20th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Great stuff Daniel – brief, light and fun – with a ‘reminding’ message. Thanks for the nod and smile it created. The PS is so true!
August 20th, 2009 at 11:08 am
glad you liked it… we are all looking for our ‘tribe’ of like minded people… glad you ‘nodded’.
makes me smile
August 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Hi Daniel,
Loved the little clip about steering the narrow boat – how weird that. We were moored up in Bath only a couple of weeks ago by Pultney Bridge – having taken our boat from Devizes. It would have been really strange to have bumped into you!!
Really excited – as have been accepted onto Dan Bradburys Extreme Business Coaching course in a couple of weeks. Once this is done – and I have got to grips with putting a squeeze and ask page up. (Alun Richards was helping) Hopefully will soon be ready to start making products!!!
Regards,
Karen
PS Website will be moonstonecoaching.com
when I can sort out what I am doing!!!!
August 20th, 2009 at 11:09 am
if you need help with that squeeze page, let me know. we got some great tools and help available… good luck and to your success
August 20th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Hi Daniel. Thanks again for a fun but ‘make you think’ video.
Quick question are use using a Flip HD for your vids or another camera?
Cheers!
Joff
August 20th, 2009 at 11:06 am
yes, it’s the flip HD…. excellent camera
August 20th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Hi Daniel,
What I love about you, and what first drew me to you, is that you are a ‘real’ human being. You are approachable and there is a warmth about you, which is very welcoming.
I love the post. You are making a simple yet profound statement in a fun way. Thanks. Keep it up.
Warm regards,
Arike
August 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Thanks Arika, glad you enjoy the posts. hope to see you soon
August 20th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Well done Daniel – we’ve been doing a bit of Canal Boating recently on our friends boat in Stratford Upon Avon…it’s just so peaceful isn’t it. All the usual jokes about Captain Pugwash and Roger the Cabin Boy and that Master….what was his name?
Hugs
Sarah Jayne
August 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Sarah, how are you guys? thanks for commenting…
August 20th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Hi Daniel,
I would appreciate your help and advise regarding squeeze page creation tools and linking it to the autoresponder.
A few weeks ago your assistant contacted me and booked me in for a consultation session with you. I onfirmed everything and on the day tried to log in to have a teleconference. I emailed, phoned. There was no response.
regards
STEVE
September 7th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Steve, we have spoken today. Great to connect. All the best
D
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 am
Daniel,
It’s Richard here, I just had to drop you and James a quick line to say THANKYOU.. what you did over the this weekend i will never forget, you created a product with me in under 3 hours, could have been 2 if it wasn’t for the slight “technical” hiccup
You had never met me before today and you went completley out of your way to help me. I’ve just got back home.. i really should go to sleep… but my “brain” wont let me .. i’m planning tomorrow.
1) Write blog post on my blog about the last 72 hours..
2) Plan out my upsell ready for monday.
3..
4…
5…
6..
Off to bed soon.. very soon.
Will email you both monday.
Richard
August 23rd, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Richard, It was a pleasure working with you and I got a lot out of it myself. Please let me know if we can help you any further… did you check the intervew? http://www.yourinternetbuddies.com/seo
Daniel
August 23rd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Hi Daniel ,
Looks like fun ,I love your little life lesson clips!
Its so true about the right team. The 3 pillars of any Business are Mission,leadership and equally important the Team.
I like to share a couple of Rich Dad tips ,
“Just to make money is not a strong enough mission.The mission of a Business should be to fill the customer’s need”.
“If the Mission is clear and strong,the business will weather the trials every business goes through during its first 10 years,When a business gets big and it forgets its mission…the business begins to die”.
Kind regards
Rita x
August 23rd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Rita, advice taken! just been talking to James, Licia and Lieve about this…
August 24th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Daniel
Just popped over to check out what you are up to after recommendation from Richard Hill (Uk SEO Consultant) in the Alex Jeffreys MWA2.0 forum where I am also a student.
He speaks very highly of you and I hope to be able to meet up and make your acquaintance at another Seminar.
All the best
Tom
August 24th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
thanks for the feedback Tom. I am running a few events in and around London and it would be a pleasure to meet you and see how I can help you
all the best
Daniel
August 24th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Hi Daniel,
I found you by a comment by Rich Hill (just above me) a fellow student in the MWA 2.0 forum, so I thought I had better drop by and check out your Blog
I especially liked your ‘ Video Clip’ nice analogy to taking the right direction. You were in my home City of Bath, which I do miss as I now live in Surrey
Just checked out Rich’s video squeeze, did that really only take 3 hours?……… going to grill him on that information too, certainly kept it quiet……
Take care
Sean
August 24th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Sean, if you need any help, please let me know… we have used a few shortcuts, like the http://www.KillerSqueezePageGenerator.com (which is still free for a few more weeks…
August 24th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Daniel,
In all the excitement i dont appear to have either you or James cards.. Be could to have a natter..
August 24th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
thanks Richard… how is the webinar series video coming along? if you need any help, let us know
August 24th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Email was wrong on the last comment..
August 24th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Hi Daniel
I love the way you make it all look like having fun messing about on the river and just playing life – but in that kind of really serious way. Thanks for all you’ve done to help me move forward in my life – I am just taking a breather at the moment and waiting for the tide to turn. So its still all about the water but Ive gone a bit maritime.
I do love cliched metaphor.
Lots of love to you, Licia, Lieve and that lovely James man.
Love from Kate
August 24th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Kate, if you need any help to ‘get back in’ … just let us know… btw. you might be very interested in this http;//www.yourinternetbuddies.com – you can pre-register to get some stuff. guaranteed low tech and low time input…
all the best
Daniel
August 24th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Daniel,
Have some great ideas penned out for the webinar and its coming together, even have some guest speakers stacked up… still not 100% sure which way to take it… just need more time… I’m in Berlin next week for 5 days(Day Job)… fantastic city.. and i know it will give me some great time to reflect on what’s happening and get my head together and focus on what I HAVE to do.
I’m going to record the videos next week for the importing idea we discussed whilst in Berlin.
Speak soon
Richard
August 26th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Daniel,
100 Yards from my office…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOQWicPcC_A
Everything is ok with myself and my staff and all involved but there are still 40+ fire engines here and my time is ecking away….
Speak soon
Richard
August 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am
OMG! what a blaze! Good to know you are alright… do you know what caused it?
August 26th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Daniel,
You are absolutely right! It took me too long to realize how important following and learning from the best is! When you do this, it also becomes easier to recognize who the experts are in any given field. -Norene