Thursday, August 31, 2006

Take responsibility for your income

Do you feel you are at the mercy of the economy?

Are you totally dependent on the good will of your employer to keep you income coming?

Is it the fault of the Republicrats that you can't buy what you want right now?

People are often looking for someone else to blame when their finances are not where they want them to be.

But in order to make a change in your income, you must take responsibility for making that change happen.

Click this link to download a free E book in pdf format that will give you over 30 ways to take action now toward making income opportunities come to you.

Stop being a victim and take responsibility fro your own income stream today.

http://mikestrawbridge.com/ICreateMillionssample.pdf (right click and press save as)

Thursday, August 24, 2006

What is Prosperity?

“Prosperity is the ability to do what you want to do at the instant you want to do it.”-- Treat Yourself to Life by Raymond Charles Barker, 1954

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

The dark side of Manifesting

Recently we got an affiliate offer for one of our web sites. The offer sounded good so we checked it out and decided to give it a try. So far the conversions from clicks to sales has been excellent.

My daily affirmations continue to be manifest in more sales.

However, in the back of my mind I kept thinking, this is too easy.

Well, those thoughts have been manifest in not receiving a check for those sales. I even had check from another affiliate lost in the mail around the same time.

Sometimes I wish it were not so easy to manifest every thought. For more on this subject see my article on the Dark Side of Manifesting

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Improve Your Money Talk

Improve Your Money Talk
By Christopher Westra
Author: I Create Joy – The Art of Emotional Transformation
Just listen to how most people talk about money. They openly
tell others how poor they are, and how they never have any
money. They say,
"I can't afford it"
"We never have enough money"
"The bills just keep coming"
"When will we ever get ahead?"
Do you think the universe is going to reward this lack mentality
with abundance? No! Like attracts like in this universe. Those
who have mastered money don't talk like that. They say,
"It's a good thing we are rich"
"It's only money"
"Sure, let's get it, we have plenty of money"
"Let's buy the best, we are worth it"
Wealthy men and women demonstrate by outer talk and "self
talk" that they have plenty of money. The law of restoration
says that we get back what we send out.
We had an unexpected "water incident" in our basement that
brought the plumber with his incident bills. It's so comforting to
say, "It's a good thing we're rich".
You may be saying, "Well, I'm not rich." Well, you know what, I
started saying it before I was rich, and the money followed!
To make a start, act the part!
When you make a "poverty" statement, catch yourself and
replace it with an "abundance" statement. Soon it will be habit
and it will affect your very outlook on life, in a very pleasing
way.
I think about money so differently from the way I used to, and
much of the reason is because I changed the way I talk about
money. I'm training my children also to use proper money talk.
Christopher is the author of I Create Joy – The Art of Emotional
Transformation.
The subtitle of this book is “How You Can Transform Painful
Emotions into Joy with this Simple Eight Step Recipe!" For a
free short video that describes the eight steps, see:
ICreateJoy.com

This is lesson 14 from I Create Millions. See the side bar to download the sample chapters or get the whole book.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Make money online with your blog

Making money from your blog

Do you enjoy sharing your life experiences through your blog? Would you like to learn to make money doing it?

Blogging can be a fun and easy way to make money. Not every blog will make money, but if you want to give it a shot with yours I recommend you start with this interesting resource: http://www.problogger.net/

Darren Rowse shares his ideas, tip and tricks to help you make money on your blog.

He has recently posted a list of books that can be helpful as well. http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/15/essential-books-for-bloggers-version-ii/ Check them out too.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

New MikeStrawbridge.com format

One of the keys of having a successful on line business is your personal website. I have just started remodeling mine - www.mikestrawbridge.com

I am going to have a common template for all the pages and use CSS to maintain a consistent look.

I will also be moving all the JeepGirl Travel stuff out to its own server.

With over 400 pages, this remodeling will take a while but I am sure the end result will be worth the effort.

I am learning a lot abut web design as I go. Last week I did not know what a CSS style sheet was and now I am writing them. I even modified my .htaccess file today. I love learning new stuff.

So check out the new index page at www.mikestrawbridge.com and let me know what you think.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Prosper with online business

Attaining Prosperity on the Internet

If you have spent much time on the Internet you have seen many people advertising ways to get rich on the Internet. But to truly prosper with online business, you have to have the right tools and attitude.

The Internet was established to provide a tool for the world wide exchange of information. And many people still expect all that information to be available for free.

However if you want to prosper with online business, you have to find the right balance between free information and the information that people are willing and happy to pay for.

Having the right mindset about your online business is key to your success and eventual prosperity.

One of the best tools for learning how to prosper with online business is the Internet marketing course by the late Corey Rudl. Derek Gehl has taken over the company is is still offering the great products. This course along with their mentoring program has made a fundamental change int he way I approach life and of course help me to understand what it takes to prosper in online business.

Click here to get Corey's course.

Monday, August 07, 2006

Leaving Money Around

Another tip suggested in Westra's I Create Millions is leaving money around.

Many people have become scared of money. They misinterpreted the scripture about money being evil. Putting you Trust and Faith in money is the sin Jesus was referring to, not having or using it.

By having money lying around you will also overcome your fear of loosing money or of it not being there when you need it.

I keep a $2 bill on top of my computer monitor just for fun.

Having money lying around helps you get comfortable with money.

Manifesting Envelope

The fist method of manifesting money that Christopher Westra talks about in his book I Create Millions is the Manifesting Envelope.

This concept can work for manifesting the money to buy a new car or getting the capital to start your new income opportunity.

You can read the specifics of the method in the free sample download available on JeepGirl Travels Money page.

But basically the idea involves setting a goal and writing it on a envelope. Put a bit of money int he envelope to seed the thought. As you collect money for this project place it in the envelope and mark the amount and date on the envelope.

As you watch the amount of money in the envelope grow, your will feel your faith in the project grow as well.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Getting More Stuff

Income opportunities are about getting more Stuff

As I look at expressing my spirit self in a physical world, I can’t help but think about all the stuff that I use in my every day life.

Sometimes we develop an attachment to stuff.

In the old testament times God used the concept of burnt offerings and sacrifice to help his people remove their attachment to stuff. But since we have been redeemed through Jesus, we don’t practice this method anymore.

Stuff is fun to play with and sometimes we think we need stuff like houses and cars and clothes, but if we remember life in the garden, Adam and Eve did not have to worry about stuff until they messed up and decided that some of God’s creation was not a good as God thought it was.
Since dealing with stuff is so important to our physical existence, we need to learn to deal with it in positive ways. Often we think of stuff in terms of lack. We think that maybe someone else has more stuff than us or that there is not enough stuff to get through the month until we get another stuff certificate.

We tend to forget that God made all the stuff there is. My friend Christopher Westra has just written a new book on the subject of getting, spending, using and enjoying the stuff in our lives from a spiritual perspective. Some of his ideas may run counter to what you have been taught in economics class, but his ideas are from a spiritual development point of view rather than economics. Click this link to a page where you can get the sample book. http://www.pottytrainingsite.com/ccount/click.php?id=15