84 days ago I uploaded a file to Amazon.com. As of today I’ve made $19,196. Now I’m hearing things.
Why I should be very, very happy
I’m #1 in Business Leadership on Kindle and in the top ten in a few other categories. Dave Ramsey plugged my book on his radio show this week when my wife and I called to scream we were debt free (Listen here). Crystal Paine, perhaps the most popular “mommy blogger” in the world invited her readers to journey through the book for 30 days. I’ve sold 3,824 copies. In the last 48 hours alone I’ve netted $1,580. So why am I afraid?
Bombarded by lies because of success
Resistance tells us the lies that keep us from becoming who God wants us to be. The job of the resistance is to lie so we stop becoming what we can become. He’s real and he’s crazy smart. Steven Pressfield coined the term “The Resistance” and wrote about it beautifully in The War of Art and Turning Pro. I’ve never felt the resistance on this side though, the side where you’re #1. So what does the resistance tell you when you’re doing well?
Resistance tells us the lies that keep us from becoming who God wants us to be. (Tweet that)
Here are the things the resistance has told me in the last 48 hours alone.
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April 15, 2013 is now yet another day marking America’s violent history. So what did I tell my kids?
What did I tell my sensitive five year old son who turns away from the television if he sees a violent scene during a commercial? What did I tell my three year old who cried recently while watching a cartoon depiction of the story of the prodigal son? What did I tell the future of our country about yet another attack on our home soil?
I didn’t tell them anything.
They’ll see it eventually
My children and your children will see violence. They will hear bad words. They will hear lies and they will see pain. None of these things can be avoided as we go into the world but I’m not going to invite any of them into my home. That’s why I didn’t tell them anything. It would only brought them fear and they don’t need anymore reasons to fear.
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Farnoosh Brock transitioned from corporate life to cultivating a truly uncommon life. In this show we will discuss Farnoosh’s journey:
- Stumbled into blogging and used it as an outlet about topics related to personal development
- 2009 moved from Blogger to her own site
- 2010 trip to BlogWorld was a turning point because she met so many others where doing it full time.
- Returned home and started hustling; building her list, making products.
- 2011 she was put on a project that she didn’t want to be a part of and asked to be taken off. They said no and one month later she resigned.
- Quitting is not starting over. It’s taking the lessons and using them in the future.
- Her blog gave her permission.
- She started to see herself as one of them (an entrepreneur)
- She felt held back for a long time and if she wasn’t going to quit her dreams were going to die
- So much of the corporate world is spent doing busy work but not work that really solves any problems
- People forget they even have potential
- I have no business writing books but it fits me very well
- I am in love with my failures
- Fear of failure is a complete waste of time
- Whenever there is failure there is discovery and learning
Find Farnoosh at: www.prolificliving.com
Get Farnoosh’s books at: http://www.amazon.com/Farnoosh-Brock/e/B005BCHBTA
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There are only two reactions I get when I tell people that my first book is about learning the habit of rising early. Not being a morning person is an excuse, not an explanation.
1. I need to do that.
2. I could never that. I’m not a morning person.
The subtitle of the book is “Learning to rise early in 30 days”. It’s not “Because you’re a morning person anyway so wake up early for the next 30 days.”
It’s not a fact
“I’m not…” is an excuse we claim as fact. Below I compiled a list of lies we tell ourselves, men and women, single and married, young and old. Excuses are reasons we tell others and ourselves that allow us to stay the same. Tweet That
Excuses never go away
My five year old son woke me up at 3:30am when he climbed in bed with me. He was my excuse for not getting up when my alarm went off at 5:30am. I got up anyway because excuses will never go away. You always have the option of making excuses but you also always have the option of not accepting your excuses and living as if they’re lies. Some of your excuses are lies that you’ve said so long that you believe them to be true.
I want us to stop lying to ourselves. There are several excuses on this list that I continue to believe and that I need to stop saying and most of all stop believing. What are your excuses on the list? Do you have even more? You can choose to embrace them or reject them.
My heroes don’t use excuses
People I want to become like don’t use excuses. Tweet That They don’t have reasons for not doing things that are good and difficult. Successful and happy people find a way to get past their own excuses and the ones the world offers them. Today, list your excuses and then start rejecting them. If that sounds simplistic then good. It’s not that complicated so you can do it and so can I.
- I’m not good with numbers.
- I’m not a morning person.
- I’m not an athlete.
- I’m not smart.
- I’m not coordinated.
- I can’t spell.
- I can’t cook.
- I can’t understand computers.
- I can’t make that much money.
- I can’t help you.
- I’m not able to give that much.
- I’m not as good a mom as her.
- I can’t meet new people.
- I don’t like dating.
- I’m not attractive.
- I don’t like organized religion.
- I’m not a reader.
- I can’t stop working.
- I’m not good with money.
- I’m not good with details.
- I’m not the parenting type.
- I’m not interested in that.
- I can’t stand for it to be that quiet.
- I don’t like change.
- I’m not that interesting.
- I can’t start a new career.
- I’m not creative.
How to stop lying to yourself
Replace “I’m not” with “I’m working on becoming”
Replace “I can’t” with “I’ll figure out how to”
Replace “I don’t” with “I’m going to try to”
Replace “I don’t like” with “I’m trying out”
Replace your assumptions and excuses with possibilities and attempts. Or just stay the same. What excuse do you need to reject today?
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Santiago Jaramillo shares how he shipped crazy success and how he’s building a company he’s proud of…all before he turns 25.