Wednesday September 26th, 2007: Issue #844
Neil Shearing’s new product, Passive Cashflow Secrets - goes live in a couple of hours.
I’ve talked about it at some length on the last couple of Kickstarts (online at http://www.kicstartarchive.com if you missed them) and so won’t beat you over the head about it again - except to say that learning how to build a substantial passive income online is one of the most important things you can learn. Neil’s set of 14 videos are excellent and will explain everything from what passive income is all about and why it is so important, right on up to the actual passive income streams that Neil himself uses.
The link I gave in Monday’s Kickstart wasn’t accessible for a while (my website exceeded its bandwidth again) but it is fine now: http://www.urlnex.us/passiveincome/
Passive Cashflow Secrets could be one of those rare ‘tipping point’ products for you - the one that finally puts you on the track to success.
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I’m gearing up for Frank Garon’s Bootcamp this weekend. It is a free-to-attend 3-day seminar that is happening in London. If you are in the UK, it will be a great event to attend. There are some superb speakers (see below) and a huge number of expected attendees to network with. I’ve had a whole new batch of business cards printed just for this!
If you attend, please seek me out and say hello.
You can still register your place at http://www.urlnex.us/FrankGaron2007/
If you feel left out because you can’t attend - perhaps you are not in the UK, or you just can’t make it to London - then there is a great development that you should know about.
The entire event - featuring David Cavanagh, Mike Filsaime, Armand Morin, Marlon Sanders, Kirt Christensen, Greg Cesar, Neil Stafford, Neil Travers, Nick James, Anik Singal, Jason Baxevanidis, Glenn Dietzel, Len Thurmond, Bruce Safran, Carl Galletti and Frank Garon - is going to be broadcast over the Internet.
So you can be there without having to go there!
http://www.urlnex.us/FrankGaron2007/Online/
You won’t have to sit and watch it in real time if you don’t want to - the event will be available for two weeks so you can pick the times to best suit yourself.
Due to technical restrictions there are only a limited number of seats available for online attendees, so register your place before they are all snapped up.
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We just spent four days babysitting daughter Hannah’s two little kittens. What a wild pair they turned out to be! It was bedlam. And our two old cats were seriously upset by having youngsters around.
It was quite fun having the bundles of energy here, but it is lovely now they’ve gone home.
Now I know how grandparents feel when their grandkids visit.
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Ten minutes ago there was a loud bang. Delia and I rushed to our front windows to see that our neighbor opposite had been backing her car off of her drive and had been slammed into by another car driving along the road.
Already there are two ambulances in attendance and the police have been called.
Goodness knows who was to blame? Was my neighbor backing out without looking? Was the other car driving too fast?
All I do know is that my neighbor’s car appears to have only superficial damage to its side. Little more than scuffing to the paintwork. The other car, a Nissan Micra, is totalled. The entire front is crumpled and the lady who was driving seems to be in a bad way. It is she who is being tended by the ambulance crews. I suspect she has suffered bad whiplash. Let’s hope it is nothing worse.
A few months ago a Peugeot 206 reversed into my car while I was stopped in traffic. It was only moving at a few miles per hour and all the damage my car received was a slightly cracked number plate. The Peugeot just folded up on itself and needed over $5000 worth of repairs!
I prefer cars that are a bit more substantial!
Update: I can’t believe what I’m seeing outside my own front door!
Two fire engines have now arrived and the firemen are dismantling the Nissan to get the lady out. I’ve never seen so many emergency workers. There are a couple of cars full of policemen as well.
This seems to being treated as a major event rather than a local altercation. I wonder why?
I’ve just made 25 cups of tea for them all! (This is England, remember.)
Delia has spoken to the paramedics and they say the lady should be fine, but they are concerned about neck injuries and so are taking every precaution. I think at the very least that she is going to be taking painkillers for quite some time, poor lady.
I just sent out another 9 cups of tea.
The Nissan is now almost completely dismantled and the lady has been strapped to a board so they can move her to one of the ambulances.
It is now 9 am and the whole event lasted for little more than 45 minutes. The ambulances have gone and the lady has been taken to hospital where I hope she’ll make a good recovery. The police are still asking for witnesses, but in truth, I doubt they’ll find many. My road is normally fairly quiet, and most people live in the back of their houses (as we do) so won’t have seen the crash happen. The firemen are moving what’s left of the totalled car and my neighbor’s car has been driven back onto her drive. She herself seems very shocked and has been taken to hospital to be checked over.
I still can’t believe that so many emergency workers were required for such a commonplace event, but for the people concerned I’m glad that they were.
Also, I have to say that the speed at which all three emergency services arrive en masse was quite amazing.
What a strange way to start a Wednesday!
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So far, Kickstart has been an odd mix of content this morning, but there is one piece of news that is more important than anything else …
Our youngest daughter Charlotte (13), who has been suffering from a constant and persistent headache for four weeks, had an MRI scan on her head yesterday morning.
We held our breath all day waiting for the result, fearing the worst, praying for the best.
At 8 last night the consultant phoned with the wonderful news that nothing bad could be seen in the scan.
We still have no idea what the problem is, but excluding a brain tumour is a great start.
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An Inspirational Thought
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This often quoted passage by Charles Swindoll is one of those basic truths that should be pinned to everyone’s wall. I wish I knew where it actually comes from - if you know, please enlighten me!
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gifted ability, or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace from that day. We cannot change our past, we cannot change the fact that people will act in certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing that we can do is play on the one string that we have and this string is, Attitude. I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I react to it. And so it is with you….We are in charge of our Attitudes.”
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The Quote of the Day
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Mark Twain said,
“It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.”
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Today’s Power Thought
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How do you react to change?
I must admit that I am not totally comfortable with things changing around me. When I worked in offices the hardest thing I had to deal with was when things I’d become comfortable with were altered in some way.
I suppose that in some subconscious way I felt out of control and that pushed me outside of my carefully created comfort zone.
Yet, nine times out of ten, the very changes that I internally and externally fought against proved to be changes for the good.
Eventually, I came to understand that the world does change, that situations do shift around and that it isn’t all some giant conspiracy to make me uncomfortable.
I’m much more able to embrace change now that I’ve stopped being quite so paranoid about it.
Are you feeling on edge today because things seem to be changing around you and you have no control over it?
Here is a method of coping that I have found very helpful:
When change is threatened, your initial reaction may be to stick your head in the sand and pretend it isn’t happening. Perfectly natural, but ultimately pointless.
Instead, muster up all your courage, go against all your instincts and seek to learn everything that you can about the new ways. Become an expert in the changes.
There is no doubt that once you take an objective view, you will find something about the change that you actually agree with.
Grab hold of that thing and become its greatest advocate.
Once you’ve found one positive thing to hook your mind onto, the rest is easy.
Sure, there is always good and bad with change, but unless you are in there approving and working with the good, your voice will never be heard about the bad.
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Fascinating Facts
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The odds of being hit by space debris are one in five billion. (Unless you happen to be an astronaut, I suppose.)