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"Welcome", said the reception guy. I nodded to him as we exchange smile. "Excuse me sir, may I know where is the lift?" I asked.

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"It’s over there", he pointed to the lift. "Thank you", I said and went straight to the lift. "It’s in the sixth floor, Seri Melor Hall" I recalled the reminder call I received a couple of hours ago.

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When the lift reached sixth floor, I got out of the lift and walked straight to an empty hall. I saw nobody except a lady in her formal attire arranging some papers on the registration counter’s table.

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"Excuse me, is this the place for registration?" I asked. She stumbled for a while before answering my question. Her face looked blank for a moment. Then she said "Are you coming for The World Internet Secret seminar?" "Yes", I replied. "Then you are right, this is the place for participants to register before the seminar", she confirm with me. Her face not look so blank now. She asked for my name card, filled in a form and asked me to come back later at 1.50pm. The seminar was schedule to start at 2p.m.

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I used the time to linger around the lobby. When other participants come and registered their name, I took this opportunity to do some networking. I took initiative to chat with them and then asked for their business card. Most of them are business people. Some are property manager while others are in the employment line.

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After chatting for a while, I began to sense something wrong with these people. They don’t know much about internet. "The purpose they come here is to see how they can implement internet in their business rather then starting an internet business. They don’t seem to have the basic. All they know is just sending e-mail and surf the net", I began to worry.

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Some don’t even know what are domain name, web hosting, autoresponder, PPC advertising, keyword search….etc. I started to imagine how the seminar will turn out to be. Will the speaker teach me all these junks or they’ll speak more spesific on how to drive tons of traffic to my site and leave all those people blank.

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Suddenly, a call from the conference room interrupted my imagination. The staff asked us to go in the seminar room. As we went in, I spotted a vacant seat in the front row, hoping to get more attention and perhaps can increase my chance of receiving free gift from the speaker (if any).

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As usual, it started with a welcome from an  MC and then the MC will tell us some stories of the speaker and invite the speaker, applause, …..blah…blah….blah.

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After the speaker had come up to the stage, he was trying to identify the audience, as most speaker do, "know your audience". He started this ritual by asking a few question. The first question sounds like this, "Who own at least a website here?". Guess what? Only 2 people raised their hand. I’m one of the 2 audience. "ok" said the speaker, Andy said and proceed with the second question "How many of you ever made/make money from the internet?". Again, a sea of blank faces except me. "How many people know what is blogging?" the answer was the same for almost every question he asked, which is, a sea of blank faces.

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After a few more question, I guess Andy already know who his audience are and I screamed in my heart "I come to the wrong place. I know Andy is going to lecture on all those basic junks. Waste my time. I shouldn’t have come here. Am I coming here for kindergarten revision?".

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Andy started his seminar by telling us the concept of earning money from the internet, top 10 reasons why we need to earn money from the internet, how to sign up a domain name, web hosting, affiliate program, autoresponder, sales letter, introducing us to all the internet marketing gurus…..blah…blah…blah.

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Come on, it’s all too general for me. Knowing all these won’t make me RICH!!!, IT’s just like learning 1,2,3…. in Mathematics and we only can get rich when we reach the calculus level. I don’t think the presentation helps other guys either because he’s discussing each topics way too general.

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By the end of the seminar, I think no one would be even able to sign up for a domain name. I felt that Andy was a little bit in dilemma. He was trying to focus on 2 different groups at the same time. One was internet savvy while the other one was internet blanks. By the end, both groups get nothing. Why I said so? During Andy’s presentation, he was looking at me and said "Please be patient. I know this may be sound too basic for some of you" from TIME to TIME.

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Anyway, the seminar was not totally wasted. I have a chance to chat with Andy personally after the seminar and this was when I got some advises and insights from Andy. Though it’s just for 20 minutes, but I was thinking, this is better than nothing.

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Finally, I drove home felling bored with the seminar and prefer to stuck in the traffic jam. Well, that’s only a part of my day which I can share with you, my readers.

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Warmly,

Raymond

The negative talk, whether its a friend, relative or even a spouse eats
away at your drive.  If you are in a position that you have to
regularly be exposed to people with a negative mindset then learn the art of
the duck.  Let all the junk just roll off like water off a duck’s back. 
Perfect this ability and you will be able to increase your power by
sheer persistence and a good attitude.
To some this seems like being untrue to one’s self and feelings but
this is the trap that most people fall in.  Feelings are deceiving and can
be manipulated.  Remember your desire.  What are you trying to
accomplish and how will you get there.  Don’t let a bad attitude creep in and
remember to be positive.  Keep the end result in mind and look to solid
and true sources with integrity for encouragement.  Remember Edison and
his 10,000 failures before his extraordinary success.  His mindset?  He
figured his chances of success were greatly increased by every failure. 
He reasoned that he had tried and failed so many times that one very
soon would have to succeed just by the sheer odds.
Change your mindset to see failure as a laboratory and a teaching tool
for your inevitable success.

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To your success,

Raymond

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I feel so good today. I’ve broken my daily, weekly and monthly sales record. I sell more e-books than before. The previous marketing method seems to bear its SWEET fruits. My advertising cost starts to pay off. After the next few e-books, I’ll begin to see the profits rolling in. Another step closer to my goal. I guess I have to set a higher goal since those impossibles start to become possibles.

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Wish all the success to my readers too. For those who are interested to become my affiliate (i.e. earning commission by selling my e-Books without owning a website), feel free to contact me at

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To your success,

Raymond

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If you have kids you know that the key to teaching them a new skill is to do it over and over and over again. Try to teach a 2 or 3 year old to tie their shoes. Really, I recommend this to anyone struggling with procrastination and lack of persistence. Find a youngin’ and teach them to tie their shoes. The similarities of adult and child responses are amazing. See yourself in their eyes when they are frustrated and want to scream and cry and give up. The success is in the persistence. Sometimes they need a break or to try again tomorrow and the next day and so on until they get it. Eventually they will get it and you will see the pure joy in their eyes. It takes time but it’s worth it in the end. In the same way, stay at it and you’ll get it. You will get frustrated and sometimes need a break but not too long. Get right back at it and it will come. You will impress yourself once you’ve achieved what you set out to do. I’ve heard it said that if you are getting depressed or down on yourself the solution…do something to impress yourself.

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To your success,

Raymond

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"People are always neglecting the something they can do and trying to worry about the something they can’t do."

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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
–Gilbert K. Chesterton
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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the
body; the two are ever united.
–Humboldt

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Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
–Publilius Syrus

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Nike Says "Just Do It"  I would only add "Just Do It NOW"

  Get started and don’t give up. 
Ever heard the saying a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush.  In
other words, the things we already have are worth more than the things we
hope to get.  Until you start you will never get to the "have" part,
you will always be stuck in the "hope to" state.
  Use your current resources, assets, ideas and contacts and get it
going.

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For those who thought of settling down … heh heh

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For the newly weds…..very newly weds….! this already happen to the already married couple….

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A newlywed couple had only been married for two weeks. The husband, although very much in love, couldn’t wait to go out on the town and party with his old buddies.

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So, he said to his new wife, "Honey, I’ll be right back."

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"Where are you going, coochy cooh?" asked the wife. "I’m going to the bar, pretty face. I’m going to have a beer."

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The wife said, "You want a beer, my love?" She opened the door to the refrigerator and showed him 25 different kinds of beer, brands from 12 different countries:

Germany

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Holland

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Belgium

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Japan

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India

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The husband didn’t know what to do, and the only thing that he could think of saying was, "Yes, lollypop, but at the bar…you know…they have frozen glasses…"

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He didn’t get to finish the sentence, because the wife interrupted him by saying, "You want a frozen glass, puppy face?" She took a huge beer mug out of the freezer, so frozen that she was getting chills just holding it.

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The husband, looking a bit pale, said, "Yes, tootsie roll, but… at the bar… they have those hors d’oeuvres that are really delicious… I won’t be long, I’ll be right back. I promise. OK?"

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"You want hors d’oeuvres, poochi pooh?" She opened the oven and took out 5 dishes of different hors d’oeuvres: chicken wings, pigs in blankets, mushroom caps, pork strips, etc.

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But my sweet honey at the bar…you know… there’s swearing, dirty words and all that…"

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"You want dirty words,cutie pie? …………..

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LISTEN UP, DICKHEAD! DRINK YOUR FUCKING BEER IN YOUR GODDAMN FROZEN MUG AND EAT YOUR MOTHERFUCKING SNACKS, BECAUSE YOU ARE MARRIED NOW, YOU AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE! GOT IT, ASSHOLE?"

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and, they lived happily ever after. Isn’t that a sweet story?

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Some years ago, three brothers left the farm to work in the city. They were all hired by the same company at the same pay. Three years later, Jim was being paid $500 a month, Frank was receiving $1,000, but George was now making $1,500.

Their father decided to visit the employer and find out the basis for the unequal pay. The employer listened to the confused father and said, “I will let the boys explain for themselves.”

Jim was summoned to the supervisor’s office and told, “Jim, I understand that Far East Importers has just brought in a large transport plane loaded with Japanese import goods. Will you please go over to the airport and get a cargo inventory?”

Three minutes later, Jim returned to the office. “The cargo was one thousand bolts of Japanese silk,” Jim reported. “I got the information over the telephone from a member of the crew.”

When Jim left, Frank, the $1,000-a-month brother, was called. “Frank,” said the supervisor, “I wish you’d go out to the airport and get an inventory of the cargo plane which was just brought in by Far East Importers.”

An hour later, Frank was back in the office with a list showing that the plane carried 1,000 bolts of Japanese silk, 500 transistor radios, and 1,000 hand-painted bamboo trays.

George, the $1,500-a-month brother, was given identical instructions. Working hours were over when he finally returned. “The transport plane carried one thousand bolts of Japanese silk,” he began. “It was on sale at sixty dollars a bolt, so I took a two-day option on the whole lot. I have wired a designer in New York offering the silk at seventy-five dollars a bolt. I expect to have the order tomorrow. I also found five hundred transistor radios, which I sold over the telephone at a profit of $2.30 each. There were a thousand bamboo trays, but they were of poor quality, so I didn’t try to do anything with them.”

When George left the office, the employer smiled. “You probably noticed,” he said, “that Jim doesn’t do what he’s told, Frank does only what he’s told, but George does without being told.”

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The future is full of promise for one who shows initiative.

—Anonymous

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Deadlines get us moving and make things happen. 
Even if you don’t have all the answers yet create some deadlines for
yourself and be accountable to someone for them and you will thrust
yourself toward success.

Look at what it is that you are trying to accomplish and break it down
into managable pieces.

Now you have the "what" and the "why", you just need the "how" and the
"who".
  How are you going to accomplish the thing and who is going to do it?
Create action items, a daily list of things that need to get done, by
you or another source but make certain you have a deadline.  Make sure
everyone understands their part and their responsibility.

Missing the deadline needs consequence.  Nothing worse than missing a
deadline, moving it back, missing that deadline, moving it back, etc.
No incentive to get the thing done.
Anyone who has remodeled anything can relate.

Create your own incentives or give the players involved an incentive
to meet or beat the deadline and viola!  You are bound to get more
accomplished with deadlines than without.

You may not meet your deadline but if your consequence are painful
enough, chances are you will not miss it again.
What is the most well known deadline here in the US?
Tax Time, of course.  Everyone knows it, puts lots of resources toward
it and some even know how painful it is when they miss it.

It might not be fun but everyone has to take special steps and devote
valuable resources to prepare themselves for such things. 

Do the same with your business planning process.  Create those
manageable deadlines and devote your resources and get competent people to help
you in the process.

Hope this helps and remember to keep the Big Picture in mind when
planning your business.   

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 A Bus Driver-Aging Man

A little kid walks into a city bus and sits right behind the driver 
And starts yelling, "If my dad was a bull and my mom a cow I'd be a 



Little bull." The driver starts getting mad at the noisy kid, who 



Continues with,
"If my dad was an elephant and my mom a girl elephant I would be 
a little elephant." The kid goes on with several animals until the 
bus driver gets angry and yells at the kid, 
"What if your dad was gay and your mom was a prostitute?!" 
The kid smiles and says, "I would be a bus driver!"
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Plan For Future:
Teacher asks children, what do u wish 2 do in future?
Ram: I want 2 b a pilot.
Vinod: I want 2 b a doctor.
Deepa: I want 2 b a good mother. 
Ravi: I want 2 help Deepa
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Exams:
Exams are like GIRL FRIENDS;
1. Too Many Questions.
2. Difficult to Understand.
3. More Explanation is Needed.
4. Result is always FAIL!
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Liar:
A man is dying of Cancer. His son asked him, 
"Dad, why do u keep telling people u're dying of AIDS?"
Answer: "So when I'm dead no one will dare touch ur mum.
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Delivered:
Sardar sent a SMS to his pregnant wife. 
Two seconds later a report came to his phone and he started dancing. 
The report said, "DELIVERED".
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Three Feelings:
What's the difference between stress, tension and panic?
Stress is when wife is pregnant, 
Tension is when girlfriend is pregnant and 
Panic is when both are pregnant.
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