About 3 months ago I decided to move to Cyprus. I went to see Mark Vurnum in November for some consultancy and kind of really liked the place…
Especially the fact that it was sunny and warm in November.
So while I was getting ready I realised that most of our life is based around accumulating things, and I was about to do the opposite – get rid of things, simplify and declutter. Great feeling. Sold my car, gave up a storage unit and gave away all the stuff in there…
Truth is you think you’ll miss that stuff but you actually don’t – at least I don’t. Tom calls it ‘mental ram’ – stuff that takes some of your attention and thinking time up everyday. Every property you own, every thing you possess… it has a ‘maintenance trail’.
I also want to share a statistic regarding how ‘happiness’ and ‘income’ are related. Below $60,000 US there is a direct connection between happiness and income, but guess what happens above? (watch the video to find out more)
Moving out here is showing to my students and friends that you can do what you want if you go after it. The internet lifestyle – is real.
keep your dreams – pursue them
to your success – if this is work, then let’s have some more of it
Daniel
PS: btw, people asked me about the music at the end of the video. It’s Peppino D’Agostino. Check him out. He is amazing.
PPS: let me know your thoughts, please comment on this post.
one of my biggest inspiration has passed away on 5th December 2009. Jim was the first person to ever ‘wake me up’ so to say to the potential of life and lofe change… I must have read his book ‘7 strategies for wealth and happiness’ at least 20 times… taking notes like crazy….
His ‘how to have best year ever’ DVD series has really changed my life. He was an amazing man. I never met him in person, but I wanted everyone to know that he meant a lot to me…
I use many of Jim’s examples in my presentations, from the ‘life is like the seasons’ (another excellent book) to many of wonderful bible stories…
He recorded a CD I have where he talks to network marketers… awesome stuff. he talks about the law of sowing and reaping and the law of averages.
Brilliant stuff. I wish there were more of Jims in the world. See it poses the question about which legacy one will leave behind….
I still owe you a update on my birthday and an apology for not doing the birthday boat party for the children’s foundation…
With the launch of Yibbies and the two 3 day workshops coming up I just felt I couldn’t do it justice….
So instead I decided to take my first in many working breaks abroad, embracing the internet lifestyle. I am here with my business partner James and both our partners….
check out the video below and please note: this is NOT a watch me I am so cool I am a millionaire BS…. it’s a concept I would love many more people to try and see how it feels for them…. for me? it feels great!
Btw, the video was done with the new ipod nano… love it… check it out in an apple store near you!
as always, please let me have your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below….
2nd September, me talking to 1000 people in London – people loving it, people signing up, friends supporting me, my children being there for me, tears of joy and tears of laughter, stories of life and memories of sadness… and as the success and emotion moves my heart and warms my soul – there it is… the little nagging niggly voice…. there was one person that said you could have done one thing differently…. ????? and the self flagellation starts…
maybe you have the same ‘problem’ – aah – challenge…. I call it the black-spot-syndrom. you have this whole canvas of pure white and there is a tiny black spot – and you obsess about it. you walk into a room with 1000 ceiling lights – and 1 is broken – and you can’t stop seeing it. you do a great job and get 99 things right – yet your ‘little voice’ keeps pointing out the ‘1 thing that you could have done better’. thank you very much!
Sounds familiar? then you need little voice management like I do. It will not go away, but there are a few ways to efficiently learn to deal with it…. I have learned different techniques from different people – from Tony Robbins to Harv Eker to Blair Singer to my spirtual guru of my yoga days…. one thing they all say – you can’t fight it. you got to deal with it. Tony says ‘dance with your fear’, Harv says ‘thank you for sharing’ and Blair has written a whole book with simple strategies to deal with our little voice.
Don’t focus on it, forgive yourself, put it into perspective, talk to others about it, but under no circumstances – take it too seriously.
talk soon – please put 9th October in your diary… I will tell you why very soon
Daniel
PS: When I was in the US a few weeks ago, we learned a great technique: ” ‘name of friend’, I love and respect you and don’t give a d**n what you think about me”
It’s important we don’t make our mood or actions dependent on what others think….
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 ….
when I jumped into the rowing boat at Cliveden (beautiful National Trust property in Bucks) I realised that it was EXACTLY like life…. and how you do one thing is how you do anything. First of all I learned there is the ’stroke’ and then the ‘recovery’. And they say that the best rowers spend more time in recovery and less ‘in the water’… another thing that is obvious is that using the oar is using leverage… (try using your hands instead and see how you go . Next is that you actually have the back towards where you are going so you need a team or partner to look out for you…. and help you enjoy the journey .
Gorgeous day, enjoy the 2 and a bit minute long video. Please let me know your thoughts and comment below….
it’s been a while. and a lot has changed. life moves at such a pace – it’s only 7 months ago I started MyInternetMarketingTutor.com! I have recorded a 6 minute video this morning with some insights about life, business and myself which is just right from the heart.
I am actually getting tired of some of what happens in my industry. so much hype and BS… I sometimes don’t even want to go on stage – but then I think if I don’t go on then there is no chance I can work with people and teach them and they will most likely buy someone else’s course who cares less and buggers off to somewhere far away after the event….
anyway. went to the gym this morning and learned a few lessons of life. Affirm the truth if you want to make progress. Success is subjective and then later on – being stupid is not a problem (as long as you are not being stupid all the time)…
Watch the video below, give me feedback or comments please.
I don’t know if you can relate, and maybe it’s just me, but I had for so many years (39 and a half to be precise) a whole list of great ‘reasons’ (or excuses) why I couldn’t do well in life. being austrian (I still am of course, but I don’t see that as a reason anymore… thanks Arnie), being in a religious group, my relationships…and so on.
Now that they are gone I am faced with the freedom that means no more excuses… what am I to do? settle for what? any advice accepted
now, just some food for thought. If you are burning the candle on both ends but are in your flame, would you be using your wax? mmh. anyway, what I am trying to say is that you can live as intensely as you like, if you do what is your flow, it will not cause you too much of a strain or take away your natural energy.
I have been experimenting (not on purpose, more like a moth to the flame kind of thing) with this and if you do anything you want, just checking your ‘inner compass from time to time, life has an amazing amount of colour, vibrancy, flavour and richness! this can only be experienced if you audaciaously throw away the fear of rejection, play full out, don’t worry about the future or the past and literally pretend that the ageing process has only affected your body…
Enough of my February musings… I have a few weekend speaking gigs ahead and looking forward to some more buzz on stage…. check out my events page here…
speak soon, keep tweeting, life is for living and living is…. you got it
oh, did I mention I finally went full time into being who I am? (given up my job after it being just ridiculous)
Daniel
PS: thanks to the following human beings for their light and flavour . Acronym fun for all to share: LDW, AGM, (they are easy you double surname individuals…), GP, JR, MO….
so choose your teachers carefully ….