I Repeat: The Secret to Success is Quality and Persistence

Perhaps that should be "perserverence" and not "persistence" but I'll stick to my original quote.

A few months ago, I was working as the web developer for a fantastic online community called Business Warriors. I was earning what was, from the average middle-class South African's point of view, a pretty decent "salary". (I contract under my company.)

I wasn't really happy with my work, though, and I wanted to focus on my own projects more so I quit.

The first few months were tough as, shortly before leaving, my laptop packed up and I had to fork out big bucks for a new one.

Things got tough and I started wondering whether I had made a mistake.

Well, shortly after that I started working with an old client of mine for (admittedly) significantly less than I was making before.

The rent was paid, we (mostly) had food on the table, so I wasn't complaining (much) and I kept on working on my personal projects.

Now, just a few months later, I'm earning exactly what I was earning before but with a huge chunk of it (25%!) coming from one of my web sites.

Yup, I'm earning real money for jam and, in a few more months, I won't need to work at all!

How come?

Because I pressed on with my personal projects and I made sure I did my best to deliver quality and I stuck with it. I was persistent and I never gave up.

The moral of the story?

When life's got you down, take a break from whatever you're unhappy with and start focusing some time on those things that excite you. Keep at it and, eventually, you'll see your returns. Many times over!

Amazing Video of Loser Turned Opera God

This is just jaw-droppingly amazingly wonderful. My eyes actually welled up with tears watching this video of a seemingly hopeless guy prove that he's really amazing, if the world would just shut up and listen.

Amazing and breath-taking!

Relax. Play a Game :)

No philosophy today. Just some fun games to keep your mind fresh and help you take a break from work :)

Enjoy! Courtesy of SkillPod.com (my client's web site).

Gold Miner - Play Now! Catch those Gold Nuggets

Mario - Play Now! Help Mario to send water to princess in time

Donkey Kong - Play Now! A true 80s Classic Arcade Game

Starsky and Hutch - Play Now! Hutch Driver - get these legends through the obstacles.

Tetris - Play Now! Tetris - stack them up line for line.

Traffic Jam - Play Now! Get Yourself out of the Jam

Mario Rampage - Play Now! Help Mario to shoot at the enemies before they get to Mario

Basic Sudoku - Play Now! a Japanese puzzle that's taken the world by storm. The objective is to fill in every cell in the grid with numbers from 1-9.

Add free games to your site / blog here. (I developed the engine used for that site and other sites including iolgames.co.za, games.ktv.co.za and more. Cool huh?)

Bring Back the Yin Yang

Consider, for a moment, the energy it takes you to move 2 steps forward. 1 step forward can take quite a lot of effort by itself but TWO whole steps forward -- wow, that's a lot.

Now think about how often you've felt like you've taken 2 steps forward and somehow stumbled 1 back? It happens a lot, mostly because we don't bring about change in our lives in a balanced way.

For example, you take 2 steps forward by getting a better-paid job but then you take 1 back by having to work longer hours and not having the time to enjoy your extra money.

Or maybe your new job is an extra hour's drive each way. Same result, less time for you!

Another example: You take 2 steps forward and buy the car of your dreams. For me, that's a Viper RT/10, 94 model. Then you take 1 step back by taking on another client and, once again, you have less time to enjoy the fruits of your efforts.

One last example: You give up chocolate on your mission to losing 10 kilos this year. You take 1 step back by binging once a week, "because you've been good."

This pattern makes it a LOT harder for you to move forward in your life and, finally, results in you going off-course. Most people give up because they can't see the results. After all, we've put in all this extra effort to go 2 steps forward, surely we should see some changes by now, right?

No, because you've only really taken 1 step forward. At least, only 1 step forward that counts.

So how do you fix that? Well, re-assess you life once in a while and change things in 2s.

If you're getting a new job that will give you more money and less time, find a way to free up some time elsewhere!

If you're getting a fancy new car but you can't afford it without earning more, raise your prices!

If you're cutting chocolate out of your diet, it's so easy to binge unless you replace it with something healthy, so go out and get some sugarless chocolate, or rice cakes or something delicious that you can eat when you feel nibbly.

Hey, I'm no health-expert but I'm hoping that you understand what I'm getting at. Bring the Yin-Yang back into your life and you'll feel more balanced, healthy and wealthy!

Going with Your Flow

When life looks like it couldn't be going worse... BEWARE because it's probably an introduction for the best time of your life!

People make plans. Usually with the hope that those plans will bring them what they want. Generally -- money, joy & love.

What people don't do is realise that we are greater than our plans and if we let our souls lead the way, we'll quickly arrive at money, joy & love but seldom in the same way that we'd thought we would.

That's why The bible tells you to have blind faith. That's why The Secret tells you to "believe and you will receive."

The problem is when you find things not going according to plan so you feel an overwhelming (stupid) urge to fight the process and go against the nature of your soul.

THAT's when it hurts.

So if you feel like nothing's going right, take a break because the truth is that everything is going as planned -- except you.

And once you get past your plans not "working out", you'll quickly find yourself doing something you never imagined possible and having the absolute most thrilling experience of your life.

That's what your soul does. It finds you cool things to experience and then shoves them in your face. Fight that at your own silly peril :P

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment with a great life!

Today is the Result of Yesterday

Having a difficult day?

Got more work than you think you can handle?

Got less money than you think you need?

Here's a profound lesson that will help you start changing your life for the better...

"Accept Today's Circumstances as a Result of Yesterdays Actions and Move On."
-me :)

What does it mean?

It means that, instead of complaining about your current situation, accept it as a result of what you did yesterday (your past actions) and move on creating a better tomorrow.

If you can focus your thoughts on creating a better tomorrow and letting go of yesterday, you'll notice huge changes in your life.

The reason this works is simple -- people reject the life they've created for themselves which only makes it more difficult to change it because you cannot improve on something that you've convinced yourself doesn't exist.

So accept what you have right now as a result of choices you've made and things you've done and, when you're done accepting it, resolve to make tomorrow a wealthier, healthier day full of the things that you DO want.

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