By Mikael
Have you made a habit out of listening to motivational and personal development talks and lectures yet? What about reading books on personal development and achievement as well as biographies of people that have accomplished great things in their lives? If you answer is “no” then you REALLY need to start making this into a habit ASAP. If you haven’t even considered listening and reading material like this I can only encourage you to stop reading this post right now and go pick up your first book or CD.
But enough “call to action”
What I really wanted to talk to you about is something I re-learned from listening to a 2004 Jim Rohn leadership event training.
In that training, one of the speakers is the well known Denis Waitley and... Read more
By Mikael
Listening to Jim Rohn is something that I do on a regular basis in order to get my head strait. Life happens to all of us and sometimes we all need a reminder of when, why and what to keep our focus on.
Luckily I have learned to get my head strait prior to anything negative happening (in most cases) by listening to people like Jim and Tony Robbins.
BTW, if you didn’t see the interview that Tony had with Frank Kern and John Reese, you should go check it out.
But back to the story…
When I was listening to Jim’s audio program “Challenge To Succeed” I stopped at a passage where he talks about children and money. Since this blog is all about being able to retire rich and retire early I think this is a very important topic as it all st... Read more
By Mikael
I’m sure you have heard that personal development is important and you might already be spending your time and money developing your personality and refining your philosophy so that you can become the kind of person you would like to become.
If you’re not already working on it I would like to recommend a place where you can start out for free.
My first encounter with the “world of personal development” was through the MLM Company I was working with at the time. The founder of the company was a long time friend of the great business philosopher and internationally renowned speaker Jim Rohn so naturally we were very lucky to get some extraordinary training sessions.
Ever since I was exposed to his audios, books and seminars I have bee... Read more
By Mikael
Have you ever considered the fact that your limited success might be caused by the group of friends that you have and that by replacing the friends with another group you can literally change your financial destiny?
Now don’t get me wrong. When I first learned about this fact I was stunned and very resentful of the fact that the people I call my friends might actually be holding me back and limiting my chances of financial success and the likelihood of me making a lot of money.
Despite the fact that I didn’t like the sound of this “wisdom” I have also learned that even though you might not believe in something or agree with something, you should always listen and evaluate the message as keeping an open mind can sometimes lead to gre... Read more
By Mikael
The latest post I wrote turned into quite a bit of a discussion or rather a conversation since we all agreed that you need to take personal responsibility for what happens in your life.
The post was about retirement investing but it might as well have been about financial planning. All in all it is the same thing because to achieve anything significant you will need to plan carefully as well as act and follow through.
Whether we want to become wealthy or just financially secure there is no way around the planning and preparation part. The process (and it IS a process) consists of a lot of different parts that works together but one of the vital aspects is the educational part.
Whatever we do in life we will need some kind of training or ed... Read more
By Mikael
Being able to retire early from your job or from the work that you are currently doing is a dream for a great deal of people. Not having to get up in the morning and not having to go to work for someone else is seen on more and more people’s wish lists.
Even people that are self-employed or own their own company and run it like its president or CEO can have this feeling of wanting to be “free” and not being tied down in a situation where someone or something requires them to do something.
Unfortunately for the majority of people this dream will forever remain a dream and retirement will come when they hit the age where the laws tell them that it is time to retire. In some cases retirement will come earlier than that and especially in ... Read more
By Mikael
Like most people reading this blog you are probably looking for a way to make more money than you are currently making. Some of you might want to become very rich and some are just looking for an extra monthly income that will help pay the bills or make room for some fun like traveling or purchasing some extra goods without having to think about every penny you spend.
Whatever the reason and motivation that drives you there are some key factors that play a crucial role in whether or not you are going to improve your financial situation and these key factors, once you control them, will be the key that can help you improve anything in your life, so be sure to pay attention.
On the flip side, not paying attention and acting on these key eleme... Read more
By Mikael
From time to time I receive emails from people asking me all kinds of questions (mostly Internet marketing related) and I have to admit that I actually enjoy getting these kinds of emails and I love helping people move forward in any way I can.
All through my time online I have been able to find people that have been willing to help me move forward in my online business and to this day I am still asking a lot of questions to the people that have gone before me.
Naturally I am not asking the same questions over and over but instead some new questions that will help me get from where I am currently at toward where I would like to go.
Asking the right questions to the right people is one of the keys to making faster progress online and if you ... Read more
By Mikael
Today I want to talk about a subject that I had been struggling with for years when I started out online but over time I have come to avoid doing the things that would keep me from becoming successful.
In the free 9 Money Making Mistakes report I talk about a lot of these things in depth but for now I would just like to take one of them and elaborate a little on it because it was when I once read what someone else has written that I realized that I was doing that very same thing to myself.
But first please answer me this question:
Are you at the point in your online business where you are making the amount of money you want, have the lifestyle and free time you want?
For most people trying to make money online the answer to that question i... Read more
By Mikael
Today I finally had the last pieces come together in my report on the 9 most common mistakes people make when trying to make money online. The report is based on my almost 10 years online as well as a lot of research that I have done within the last 4-5 years on why people succeed or fail.
My hope with this report is to help you start seeing how and when you are sabotaging your own success and help you with tools that can make you work though the obstacles that life presents us with.
The road to success online as well as offline are paved with challenges and bumps that you will need to solve and work your way through but if you are able to master the 9 areas that I describe in my free report there is nothing that you will not be able to ach... Read more
By Mikael
It is a sad truth that most people trying to make money online fail in their attempt. I don’t think anyone has the exact numbers but I’ve read that it is about 90-95% that eventually fails. I think it is so sad because making money online isn’t really that difficult and I would argue that most people already have the required skills or will be able to learn what to do fairly quickly.
If you have been following the latest series of post I’ve written about what is required to make good money with Adsense then you’ll most likely agree that it doesn’t sound that difficult and since I have explained what to do (and what not to do) you can’t even use the excuse that you don’t know because now you do. If you’re in doubt please fe... Read more
By Mikael
Many people all over the world are feeling the financial crises in one way or another. Maybe you know someone that has lost her job or maybe you are amongst those that have been fired. It is never something that you’ll enjoy and most people become sad and depressed or they become angry.
So why is it that I have chosen to call this post something as ridicules as “Why the recession can help you retire early”?
It is because humans are truly incredible beings and when they are put into a corner they are very likely to come up with some marvelous solutions that they didn’t know they could come up with. When you are left in a situation you didn’t plan for you will have to step outside your comfort zone and try something different in ord... Read more
By Mikael
Yesterday I talked about possessing an instinct that enabled you to make money or lacking the instinct which meant that you were not able to make the money you want in your life. Both of these “possessions” are fiction and only exist in people’s minds but that in itself will cause them to become self fulfilling prophesies. If you believe something to be true then it will be true to you and because of this belief you will act accordingly and get results that match you belief.
So in order to make it a little more clear what I am trying to say then there is no such thing as a money making instinct and everyone that wants to make more money than they are currently doing can do that. But in order to do so you must change the way you act a... Read more
Mikael Rieck is the author of more than hundred articles on topics of how to make money both online and offline. He has been online since 1999 and has always had a passion for money making opportunities and teaching others how to make a profit.