Why You Should Start a Blog or Website in 2012
A monetized blog(s) or website(s) is one avenue on the path to financial freedom.
It will take some work to get there and that’s why you need to start now.
Should you start a blog or a website?
If you are brand new to running a website then you should start a blog.
If you have no blog ideas then you can blog about your progress on 30 Days of Discipline.
That will give you a solid month of posts so you can learn the ins and outs of blogging.
To learn how to start a blog or website read The No Bullshit Guide to Making Money Online.
Why should you blog about 30 Days of Discipline?
Because blogging and writing about it will give you incentive to not muck up your progress.
Maybe you will like blogging and maybe you won’t but it’s a start. You have to start somewhere.
If you want to make art then you can make art and not pay attention to business.
If you want to make money then you need to keep your eye on the prize and blog with business in mind.
You do not have to start a blog, but remember - there is money on the internet. Do you want a piece if it? And do you want the freedom that comes with it?
If you don’t want to start a blog or website that’s cool. There is more than one way to skin a cat. But tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life. What are you going to do? What are you going to start? And how will you do it?
The No Bullshit Guide to Making Money Online
I’m going to tell you how to make money online. I’m not going to tell you how to have an entrepreneurial journey, or grow as a person and spiritual being - I’m going to tell you how to free yourself from the shackles of trading your time for money.
When you have an internet money making system in place you make money whether you work or not. You go to sleep and wake up to see how much money you made the day before.
How much money can you make online?
You can make a lot or a little. It depends on how hard you work, how much you learn about your industry, how much you are willing to try and experiment, and maybe just a little luck. Some people make a few bucks a month, others make 40k per month or more.
If you can make $10 you can make $100. If you can make $100 you can make $1,000. If you can make $1,000 you can make anything you put your mind to.
The open secret to making money online
There are lots of little secrets and tips and tricks and hacks to making money online, but the only way to make money on the internet is by selling something. You’ve got to sell, sell and sell some more.
You can have the greatest product in the world but if you don’t sell it then you don’t make money. You can have the worst product in the world and sell, sell, sell and make a whole bunch of money.
Here’s how you do it:
1) Create your own product and sell it - You can create an ebook, a piece of software, or sell another product that you have created, commissioned or purchased. You can create this product yourself or you can outsource the work to a freelancer.
2) Sell someone elses product - Selling a product that someone else created for a % of the profit is called affiliate marketing.
3) Sell advertisement(s) on your website - You can sell advertising on your website directly to a company(s) or you can use google adsense to sell advertising.
4) Sell a service (consulting) - Most bloggers who make money off their website also sell their consulting services. They consult about SEO technicques and tactics, or they can act as life coaches.
The REAL secret to making money online
The real secret to making money online, the real moneymaker, is selling “How to make money on the internet” programs. That is where the real money is. This is the secret of countless bloggers, location independent entrepreneurs, Tim Ferris wannabe’s, Affiliate Marketers and clickbankers who will have you believe otherwise.
Countless bloggers have followed this approach. They faked it ’til they made it by selling “How to make money online” programs. If you can make people believe you will show them the way to make money online they will give their money to you to get your information.
Money vs. Art
You can create art or you can make money, and never the tween shall meet. If you want to make money online you can forget about creating art and focus on salesmanship. Sales is the name of the game.
BOLD & DETERMINED is art, not business. I really, truly hate writing technical “How to” articles so I will keep this as brief as possible. I’m going to give you the facts and the resources and from then on it’s up to you to make something happen.
There are two types of people this guide is for
1) People who want to leave their 9-5 jive forever and need a way to do it.
2) People who want to supplement their 9-5 and make some extra cash money.
Why should you make money online?
So you can be FREE. Freedom and time are the most important things in the world. Being shackled to an office chair is a soul-stealing, heart-crushing affair that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy (ok, maybe I would) but I wouldn’t wish it on my friends. Be smart and leave the 9-5 jive forever.
I saw this Panda in Hong Kong. He was just facing the wall in this concrete room instead of hanging out in the fake grass. We could only see him through the TV monitor. I saw this look a million times when I used to work in an office. Why should you start making money online? Freedom. You don’t want to end up like Prison panda. You can be free IF you work to get there.
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The Benefits of Having An Accountability Partner
An accountability partner is someone you share your plans and ‘must-do’ tasks with.
Your accountability partner holds your feet to the fire and makes sure you complete what you said you would complete.
An accountability partner is someone who gives you encouragement when you need it, motivation to finish your tasks, and a boot to the ass when you don’t finish what you were supposed to finish.
An accountability partner is like a gym partner: he’s there to spot you on bench press, he’s there to yell at you to “push that weight up!“, he’s there to give you a helping hand on the last rep or two, and he’s there to tell you “you had way more in you! You better finish that set next time! Now spot me, I gotta hit 12 reps no matter what.”
An accountability partner is a person you do not want to let down.
With an accountability partner you must have something to lose for the plan to work.
If you respect you accountability partner a great deal then the friendly competition is enough fire to keep you going.
You can make friendly bets with your accountability partner. For example: “If I don’t finish this I’ll give you a crisp $20 bill.”
An accountability partner is there to call you on your bullshit. If you say “..well, I didn’t finish because of this and that..” you accountability partner is there to say “Brother, that’s bullshit. You know it’s your own damn fault.”
When you finish your big goals your accountability partner is there to say “That’s great, brother! I’m damn proud. What’s next on the horizon?”
An accountability partner can be a friend, a brother, a father, or even an internet stranger. But it’s got to be someone that will hold your feet to the fire.
You can meet up on Saturday nights to drink some Whiskey, go over everything accomplished that week (person who didn’t accomplish buys drinks), go over next week’s plans and action items, and then go holler at some beautiful blonde babies.
You can meet up for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and go over plans. Who ever didn’t accomplish what they said they would accomplish buys.
You can smoke cigars and go over plans after a Saturday Barbecue.
You can fire off e-mails Sunday evening / Monday morning to your accountability partner and review everything that has happened this week and what needs to happen next week.
You can fire off e-mails first thing every morning to detail what you must accomplish that day.
It doesn’t matter if you meet in person, speak over the phone, or use e-mail to review your plans and action-item lists, but e-mails are a must to send off your daily must-do list.
The goals have to got to be specific and clear. Nothing like “I have to be more confident“. More like “I have to say ‘hello’ to every beautiful blonde baby I see“.
I’ve got to get my company website going this week…
I’ve got to follow up leads on at least 10 new clients…
I’ve got to hit the pavement and drum up some business…
I have to specifically do such and such…
I’ve got to accomplish or die this week.
You’ve got to do the same for your partner.
You’ve got to hold their feet to the fire. Make sure they do what said they were going to do.
If they don’t accomplish what they set out to they’ve got to give you that $20, buy your whiskey, or, even worse, they lose their pride and got to gain it back.
You don’t need an accountability partner, but having one can be a nice asset in your motivation and accomplishment arsenal and can help to fully visualize and realize your goals.
Even better than having someone hold your feet to the fire is the active review you must do of your plans. The simple act of seeing your plans, speaking your plans, or typing your plans and the plan to accomplish them can make productivity sky-rocket. ‘To-do’ lists are an absolute must and having an accountability partner is a way to insure you prepare your all important ‘to-do’ list every week.
The people who love to go to the gym and train alone won’t need an accountability partner.
The people who like having a gym partner will have use for an accountability partner.
Other people will fall in between. Experimentation is key to finding what is way to be productive.
The accountability partner system is based on the Honor Code. Honor is for men. If your accountability partner has no honor and lies to you to avoid the shame of losing then you’ve got to find a new one. The system cannot work without honor.
The accountability partner system is a way to keep your feet to the fire and accomplish all those small goals that build up to something big.
Keep your BIG goals to yourself. That’s for you and only you. After you put your plans into action is when you are allowed to talk about them. Never talk about big plans before they have been put into action. That’s what motormouths do. That’s what talkers do. That’s not what walkers do.
With the big plans you are your own accountability partner. You’ll hold your own feet to the fire and you’ll do or die because that’s how it’s done.
Supplication to Women is the Most Contemptible Thing Men Can Do
The dick fucks the pussy. So why do you give your very obvious power to the otherwise powerless?
Your woman will serve you the way you deserve to be served.
If you act like you have a dick the size of a boa constrictor she will treat you as a king.
If you act dickless she will treat you as such.
If you give away your masculine power to her, who by nature, or God, or evolution, is designed powerless she’s going to treat you like the pussy you are.
Learn the word “no”.
Stop asking questions and start making statements.
Emasculated Puss: Hey hun, can you get me a diet shasta please?
Her: Get it yourself.
Big dicked motherfucker: Go get me a coca cola classic, and make lasagna for dinner.
Her: Ok, daddy!
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You see a guy and a girl together. The guy tells the girl what to do. The girl does it willingly. The guy doesn’t thank her or ask her questions. You think “Man, what a douchebag that guy is!“.
But the jokes on you. That guy still has a dick and you’re acting like a pussy.
You think to yourself “If she was with me I would treat her so much better! I’d treat her like a queen!“. And that’s why she will never be with you. She wants to be treated like a woman. She doesn’t want to be worshiped by the dickless, she wants to be dominated by the dick.
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Look around you. Open your eyes. Can you not see that women hate your guts with a passion? They hate you more than they hate stepping in dog shit in their $300 shoes. Why do they hate you? Because you have allowed yourself to be so thoroughly emasculated that you are only worthy of contempt.
A womans rightful place is in service to a man she is in awe of. You would have to be completely blind to not see how completely and utterly miserable women are. They hate themselves, they hate each other, and they hate men. They have been given an abundance of power, they have taken all the masculine power and they are stuck with dickless losers and now they cannot find a minute of happiness until a big dick comes along and treats her like a woman. When the so-called “asshole” comes along and tells her what to do and makes no apologies she does anything to please him.
Let me repeat: She wants to be dominated by a man. She wants to serve a dominant man. The more she is in service to you the more she will love you. The more you are in service to her the more she will hate and despise you.
Let them call you a dick. Let them call you an asshole. Pleasing people is for pussies. And that’s the worst thing you can ever be called: a pussy.
Take back your power.
Or don’t. But be sure and sit down to pee-pee, you don’t want to get a drop on the ground and make her mad.
“Why Can’t I Get My Business Off the Ground?”
What time did you wake up this morning?
What was the first thing you thought about this morning?
What was the last thing you thought about before you went to bed last night?
Did you spend your evening watching TV?
Did you go out to eat and drink last night?
Have you cut down your expenses to the bare minimum?
Do you keep buying things on credit?
Do you live within your means, above your means, or below your means?
What one thing did you do today to further your business?
What one thing did you do yesterday to further your business?
What one thing will you do tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after, and the day after to further your business?
Do you read everything about your industry that you can get your hands on?
Do you spend your time living vicariously through other entrepreneurs and not doing any work?
Are you on internet forums picking the brains of successful people in your industry?
Do you think you can actually start a business working 4 hours per week?
Do you work on your business on your lunch break from your job?
Do you waste time with your going-nowhere friends trying to come up with ideas for a business?
How many daily phonecalls do you make regarding your business?
How many e-mails do you send every day regarding your business?
Are you content with your 9-5 job or do you feel contempt for your 9-5 job?
Are you just playing? Are you just bullshitting? It’s ok if you are. All you have to do is quit pretending to be an entrepreneur. If you’re going to quit anyway, there is no better time to quit than right now. Get rid of the heartbreak and hassle of starting your own business, you can go to work for someone else and live for the weekends. Just say the words “I quit” and you’ll never again wonder why you can’t get your business off the ground.
Always Know Exactly What You Want
What do you want?
Answer that question with specifics and you are 1000% more likely to get it than the guy who answered “I don’t know” or answered with some vague buzzwords like “happiness”.
- Where do you want to be in one year?
Oh, I dunno. Have a better job I guess. Maybe have my own entrepreneurial gig.
Hmmm. Guess what’s not going to happen for you.
- Where do you want to be in 5 years?
On my chicken farm in Montana with my 22 year old petite, blonde Ukrainian wife and my 1 year old child all paid for from the proceeds of XYZ business which is run completly by my employees.
Vague ideas are just pipe dreams. Plan, visualize, and then act on those plans.
“I want to win the lottery”.
Ok. Good luck you fucking loser.
Concrete ideas, plans and actions are how you get it.
Dream big, but don’t spend all your time asleep. Dream the dream and then wake up and get to work.
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On December 31st where do you want to be, what do you want accomplished and how will you do it.
Fuck your New Years Resolutions to be a better you.
You either have a New Years Plan or you get to endure another year of loser’dom.
You have the power to turn it all around. You have the power to change it for the better.
Grab your dick, make sure it’s still there. Since you are not dickless you can stop acting like a little, whining pussy.
Shout out to the entire motherfucking world “HERE. I. COME.”
And never, ever be unprepared ever again.
The Answer is Self-Respect
How do I get into shape?
You have some fucking self-respect, never allow yourself to be a disgusting fat-body, and demand that you keep yourself in shape.
How do I pick up pretty girls?
You have some fucking self-respect, say “hi” to her, and never accept that any girl is out of your league.
How do I get a promotion at work?
You have some fucking self-respect and become so valuable they can’t not give you a promotion.
How do I get people to respect me?
You have some fucking self-respect and respect yourself first.
The answer to any “How do I…” question is always the same: You have some fucking self-respect, you demand higher of yourself than others, you put in the time and energy it takes and you go after it without remorse, without sympathy, and without apologies. It doesn’t matter which path you take, it only matters that you believe in it and yourself.
This is what I want. Give it to me or get out of the way.
Arguing is a Waste of Time
There is no point in arguing with people who already have their minds made up. It takes up your time and energy and doesn’t produce any tangible results. It ends up with you getting angry, trying to convince someone of something that truly doesn’t matter at all.
But I don’t want people to think I’m such and such!
Why? How does you taking time from your life to pander to other people make any difference. People who are prone to arguing and name-calling have a very hard time understanding anything. No matter what you say they are going to think whatever they want to think. No matter how much you argue and pander you can’t change someone who has their mind made up. Just let people think whatever they want and go on with your life.
We’re scared of words for no reason. We argue against words like it changes anything or makes any difference. It doesn’t make any difference. They’re just words. Sometimes they have a basis in reality, sometimes they don’t. You can argue for or against the words as long as you want but it changes nothing about you as a person.
Time is precious. Don’t waste it arguing. Especially with people who aren’t worth a second of your time.
You’re a racist!
Uh huh.
You’re a sexist pig!
Uh huh.
You’re a homophobe!
Uh huh.
You’re wrong!
Uh huh.
You’re an elitist!
Uh huh.
You’re selfish!
Uh huh.
You’re obsessed!
Uh huh.
You’re a smart-ass!
Uh huh.
You’re stupid!
Uh huh.
You’re insane!
Uh huh.
You think you’re better than everyone!
Uh huh.
You’re so demanding!
Uh huh.
You’re just mad because blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Huh? Did you say something…
Why You Shouldn’t Sign Phone Contracts (and What To Do Instead)
You shouldn’t sign a phone contract because signing a phone contract is the act of giving all your power away. When you sign a phone contract you become a slave to the phone company and to the monthly bill you are forced to pay every single month.
Clever phone companies will give you a “free” phone or a heavily discounted phone if you sign a one or two year contract with them. That contract means you must pay them a monthly fee the time of the contract, if you wish to cancel the contract you must pay a large fee - often as much as you still owe on the contract. You may upgrade your phone at specific intervals as long as you expand your contract another year or two. At any one time a person could owe two years on a monthly phone contract.
Why would people sign such a contract? For a discounted phone. You will sign one to two years of monthly payments for a cheaper or free phone that is locked. “Locked” means that the phone will only work with the specific phone company you have decided upon. You won’t be able to take the phone to a different service provider until you have unlocked it.
When you sign a contract with a phone company you do not have a leg to stand on. When they mess up your plan or your bill or you get poor customer service what will you do? You will do nothing because you stupidly signed a contract. They can do anything they want and they know full well you cannot go anywhere with either paying them the remainder of the contract or messing up your credit in the process.
When you do not have a contract with a phone company you may demand perks and privileges and they will likely give them to you because they do not want to lose your business. Without a contract you can cancel your service at any time when a better deal comes along. Without a contract you as the consumer have the power.
When you sign a contract you stupidly give the phone company all of your power. “Here you go sir, here’s my power! Thanks for the cheaper phone!”
What to do instead of signing a phone contract:
Step 1: Purchase your own unlocked cell phone. An unlocked cell phone is a phone that can be activated with service by any major carrier.
New cell phones sold by phone companies are priced very high as a deterrant to you purchasing one outright, they want you to sign a contract because that’s where the real money is. To get you to sign a contract they price their phones too high for the average Joe or Jane to afford.
There is a simple solution: Purchase an unlocked cell phone online at a discount. You may even purchase a used or refurbished cell phone at a hefty discount.
Step 2: Pick the best provider and set up monthly service and do not sign a contract.
When you find a better monthly contract you may switch any time you wish.
For the truly Spartan reader:
You can pick up cheap cell phones with pre-paid minutes at phone companies, gas stations or online
. You may use these cell phones as you would use any other cell phone. When the minutes run out you simply purchase more minutes. This way you never, ever pay a standard monthly fee. You only pay as you use minutes. If you don’t use the phone as frequently as the digital media obsessed phonesters you can save a lot of money this way.
Phone of choice for BOLD & DETERMINED:
For the businessman nothing beats the Blackberry.
A Blackberry is nice for a businessman, anyone who must use the phone a lot, and anyone who must use e-mail frequently. One cannot make money in this day and age without using e-mail and phone calls. The Blackberry simplifies all of that. E-mails come directly to your palm in real time and are sent back out just as fast.
The blackberry can also be used for it’s navigation, web browsing, calender, and notepad.
Most blackberry’s have a real keyboard with buttons you can actually push, which eliminates the frustration of touch screen phones.
Is a Blackberry necessary? No. Is it helpful? Absolutely.
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How to Get Over a Breakup
The period after breaking up with a girlfriend can be a lonesome time full of doubt, fear, regret and pain. In this article we will learn how to get over a breakup the easiest, most painless way possible. This article will not review how to get over a divorce, but how to get over a breakup with a girlfriend with whom you do not share children.
For purposes of this post we will assume the girl in the relationship broke up with the guy. We can assume this for two reasons: 1) Most breakups are initiated by the female and 2) A male would not be reading about how to get over a breakup if her were not the heartbroken party.
10 steps to getting over a breakup:
1) Understand that you are still in love with her simply because you can’t have her. If she all of a sudden became extremely needy she would cease to be so attractive. Men are in love with women they cannot have and women are in love with men they cannot have. If they could have them, that person would cease to be as attractive.
2) There are plenty of fish in the sea. There are over 3 billion women in the world and the median age for women world-wide is 29 years old. That means there are millions of dateable women in the world. There are literally millions of women as good, or better, than her. There are prettier women, there are sexier women, there are smarter women, there are younger women - anything you can think of there are millions more. To be obsessed with one in a sea of millions is lunacy. All her “great” qualities were something you made up in your mind. The truth is that women will change to please you in any way you desire. Women are chameleons in love and your hobbies and interests will become her hobbies and interests. A better woman can always be found.
3) She is not your soul-mate, your true love, the one or anything else. She’s just a girl you dated for a while. Soul mates and true love is an invention of the movies and sold to the gullible masses. If she was your soul-mate or your true love you would still be with her and everything would be roses. If such a thing as soul-mates existed then you would have never broken up. If true-love existed then she would still be with you. It isn’t true love you have, it’s true infatuation because she played you really well. If the girl actually was perfect for you then you would not have broken up.
4) Realize that when another girl comes along you will forget all about the old one. The way you get over your dogs death is you mourn for a while and then you go to the puppy pound and pick up a new dog. Similarly, the way you truly get over a woman is to get another one.
5) Do not watch sappy movies or listen to sad music. The media you imbibe affects your mood, positively or negatively. Rather than consume media that makes you sad, you should consume media that uplifts you and motivates you for the future. Don’t feed that heartbreak fire with heartbreak songs, movies and books.
6) Realize that you dodged a bullet by breaking up. Since it could not last, could never last, it’s best that it’s overwith now instead of in the future when much more could be at stake i.e. children, alimony, divorce, child support etc. A little heartache is a whole lot better than being bled dry from an unhappy ex-wife.
7) Realize that you will just be sad and lonesome for a little while and accept it. You wouldn’t be human if you had no emotions. So maybe you’ll spend a week listening to sad music and drinking too much whiskey. Just don’t let it become habit. Get it out, get it overwith and move on.
8) You can learn from your mistakes and be a better companion for your future women.That doesn’t mean you should pay more attention or buy more gifts, you shouldn’t. You should act in a similar aloof manner in which “the one” acted which caused you so much heartache and pain. If you want your woman to be head over heels in love with you you simply cannot be too available to her. That doesn’t mean you must be rude or mean, but it does mean you cannot be too nice or too eager to please. Never spill your guts and always let her wonder about you. Conventional wisdom says otherwise but conventional wisdom leads to divorce from “unhappy” wives who didn’t have the mystery they craved. Your woman must look up to you in some way to maintain her feelings of love for you. When you maintain that aloofness she is drawn to your power, the power she craves for you to have but will never admit.
9) Never, ever take advice from women on how to get women. They will lie unknowingly and tell you to be nice and be yourself and buy gifts, knowing full well that they despise the losers who do such things. Similarly, do not take advice from internet “pick up artists” hellbent on sexual degeneracy. The best person to take advice from is a guy who continually has pretty girlfriends who dote on him.
10) Realize that a lot of modern women will never be happy with any man as long as they live. The reality is that modern woman has been spoonfed completely unrealistic romance movies her entire life and she believes in them as much as she believes in anything. She believes she deserves everything she sees on tv. She will always think that her perfect man, her soul-mate, her white knight in shining armor is out there somewhere. Absolutely nothing a man can do will please such women forever. These women will die alone and will never, ever understand where they went wrong until it’s too late. These are the women whom you cannot please no matter what. If you’re dating such a woman you should let her go immediately and find a better companion. Don’t fall for the “saving her” baloney. She isn’t a damsel in distress and she is beyond redemption. Such cases will only end with you with your head in your hands wondering “why?”.
Getting over a breakup is easy when you think about it in a logical way and don’t let blind emotion run you over. The old adages are very true: there are plenty of fish in the sea, you are better off etc.. There is light at the end of your tunnel, whereas if you stayed on board with this woman there would only be darkness waiting for you. The right choice has been made for you, whether you want to believe it or not. Dust yourself off and find yourself a better option. There are millions to choose from.
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If you want women to become obsessed with you read this article, but heed this warning: when a women is obsessed with you you will lose your desire for her. For you to be truly attracted and want her she must make you chase her a little. She cannot be too available at first because the chase is an important part of “falling in love”.
Bonus #11) You can use the breakup as fuel for a great workout. There is no time a man will hit the weights harder than after a breakup. Especially when she starts dating again. Instead of letting that baloney eat you up let if fuel your fire.
Nick
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