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At the very core of Thriving Adventures, is Lifestyle Design.

Living your life by design, as opposed to by the default option that most people are tuned into.

So what’s it all about then? This Lifestyle Design malarkey?!?

Well… it’s actually quite simple really.

Easily…..simple, in fact.

So easily simple that most people won’t do it…

because it’s easy to do…

however it’s also easy not to do.

And that’s ‘The Slight Edge’…

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I’m not going to get into too much depth here with regards to what The Slight Edge is all about (you’ll have to read the book for that!)…

other than to say that The Slight Edge is a life philosophy…

wrapped up in a book, by Jeff Olson.

That relates to turning simple disciplines, into massive success in all areas of your life.

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I first read The Slight Edge around twelve months ago now, at around the time that I was starting to step up my game with my online marketing ventures.

Having read a whole host of personal development/success books, over the last 3 years (particularly) and beyond, I’m well versed in success philosophies…

however, what makes The Slight Edge so different…

is it’s simplicity.

Now, I don’t know about you, but in this crazily hectic ‘information overload’ world in which we live….

I like simple!

As I said, I won’t get into the fine detail here, as I wouldn’t want to spoil it for you! However what I will say, is that it is an absolutely essential read, for anyone who is serious about designing the life of their dreams.

Why?

Well, let me answer that by focusing on the main reason why people don’t succeed, in whatever aspect of their life that they are strivng to improve, whether it be health, wealth, relationships….or whatever.

The main reason why most people fail at anything…

is because they quit too soon!

You see, we are programmed to think that failure is a bad thing, to be avoided at all costs.

However, this couldn’t be further from the truth, you ask any uber successful person in any walk of life, if they’ve ever failed… and I can guarantee you, that the answer will be in the affirmative…

We are so conditioned to think that failure is a bad thing…

that when we don’t see immediate success, in this ‘microwave culture’ that we exist in…

we simply don’t stick around long enough doing the thing(s) that can lead to success…

and we quit..all too soon.

This is where The Slight Edge Philosophy comes into the mix…

Most people don’t have a philosophy by which they live their lives, they just amble from pillar to post, from day to day, just getting by.

However, what if…

what if you were to have a philosophy with which to live your life…

in order to achieve your goals and dreams…

and whatever level of success you desired….

in all aspects of your life…

what if?

Well, that’s why I’m employing The Slight Edge Philosophy to my life, 100% from today…

and to projectTHRIVE.

By focusing on simple daily actions, that are easy to do (however, also easy not to do) in relation to these 6 key areas of my life…

health, wealth, personal development, relationships (family & friends), the adventure (daily & grand) and my life itself (legacy/purpose).

By having a simple philosophy as a jumping off point…

designing your life…

the life of your dreams…

can become very easy to do (but also easy not to do), indeed.

A philosophy which is based around taking simple, easy to do, daily actions…

consistently…

over time…

in order to see the success that you desire.

For more on the simple, easy-to-do (but also easy-not-to-do!) steps that I’m taking…

across the aforementioned areas of my life…

take a look at projectTHRIVE

Especially if you’re the kind of person who is ‘up’ for taking your life to new levels…

whether that applies to your business, if you’re an internet/network marketer or a home-based business owner…

or whether it’s your health, personal development, relationships…

or your life itself (what it’s all about), your purpose for being on this ‘ere rock…

then you should definitely take a look at projectTHRIVE…

for how you can apply The Slight Edge philosophy to your life…

With the London Games having just finished, what’s all this talk of Olympic Legacy?

Furthermore, what’s this got to do with you living your best life?

Well, to start off with, the Olympic Legacy is about Inspiring a Generation.

Inspiring a generation of young people to take up sport, while reaping the benefits of living an altogether healthier, more active lifestyle.

Whether or not this will actually happen of course, remains to be seen.

Beyond the official Olympic Legacy, what about you…living your best life?

You see, for myself, the Olympic Legacy takes on an altogether different guise.

While inspiring a generation to take up sport is definitely a worthy goal…

does that have to be the whole story?

While I love watching athletes perform at the top of their game, there’s a huge part of me (most of me, actually!) that is at the same time inspired, but also a little frustrated.

Frustrated?

Frustrated because I’m more of a doer than a watcher. Now don’t get me wrong, I love to watch sport, as I said, however I’d much rather be out there taking part in it myself…

or better yet…

living my best life!

The majority of the people watching/supporting the athletes, from whichever country, will be putting them on a pedestal…

Seeing them as superior specimens of human beings, due to their sporting accomplishments.

But why so?

What’s stopping you being the best that you can be? What’s stopping you working your arse (ass) off, in order to achieve excellence…

in order to be at the top of your game…

to create your own Olympic Legacy…

to live your best life?

This is what projectTHRIVE is all about.

It’s about inspiring & empowering you to be the very best that you can be. To tap into the reserves of greatness that we all have inside of us.

To get up off of the couch and take some action! To do something…whatever it might be!

That something, might be taking action to get physically fit, it might be more than that…maybe to achieve ultimate fitness…

Why not though?

Why should a great life…nay, an astounding life…

solely be experienced by the sports stars…

and for that matter, the rock, movie & TV stars of this world?

Why should it?

Why do we hold this minority of ‘stars’ in such hi esteem?

And yet, we continue to think that we (us mere mortals!) aren’t capable of living an astounding life, so we settle for just an okay one…

a mediocre one.

Seriously, are we (the majority) happy to settle for a mundane existence? Sitting in our houses staring at the boob-tube, watching the reality TV ‘stars’ of the day, play out some crap in front of our eyes?

…and we idolize them for it!

Enough already!!!

It’s bullshit, it really is.

So why do we do it?

Why, instead of creating our own Olympic Legacy…our own ‘thriving adventure,’

why do we watch these ‘super duper’ peeps, and cheer them on, as though we know them?

Why do we live our lives vicariously through them?

Through their exploits, their achievements?

Why?

Well, there’s actually kind of a scientific reason behind why we do this…

and it has to do with our genetic make up, apparently…

Dunbar’s Number & Facebook

Around twenty years ago, an Oxford University evolutionary anthropologist by the name of Robert Dunbar, was studying the number of active interpersonal relationships that the human brain could process at any one time.

After examining global and historical trends, he found that people tend to self-organise into groups of 150. This also explains why the U.S. military concluded (following extensive testing) that the ideal number for a fighting unit, was 150.

Dunbar has also noted that on social media sites such as Facebook, even if people have thousands of ‘friends,’ they will only tend to interact with around 150 or them.

This is now known as Dunbar’s Number.

[Source:  ABUNDANCE, The Future is Better Than You Think,  by Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler]

So…

in modern society where the extended family has been replaced by the nuclear family, very few of us maintain relationships to the tune of 150 people. However we still have this primitive pattern imprinted on our brain, so we replace actual relationships with whoever we have the most daily ‘contact’ with…

whether that be our Facebook ‘friends,’ Lady GaGa, or some chump on Jersey Shore(US)/Geordie Shore(UK)! – forgive me if that’s not what they’re called, as I’ve never seen either of them – praise the Lord!

The gossip that used to be important for our survival, in clans/tribes of say 150 people, has now been replaced by what Britney Spears is up to…

or Miley Cyrus’ latest haircut!

I saw someone post about Miley Cyrus on Facebook today and it’s currently in the top 10 trending topics on Yahoo UK, at time of writing. Need I say more!?!

What a sad state of affairs, I think (hope) you’ll agree!?!

And that’s what this post, indeed this blog…Thriving Adventures and projectTHRIVE are all about…

about kicking the likes of Miley’s latest haircut into touch…

for as many people as possible!

It’s about inspiring others (maybe even you) to create their own Olympic Legacy…

and start living your own Thriving Adventure…

Instead of someone else’s!

So, if you’re someone who is sick and tired of a humdrum existence, living vicariously through the exploits of Miley Cyrus, or any other such (so called) celebrities…

Please (for pity’s sake! lol) check out projectTHRIVE ASAP!

And if you had a great time watching the athletes at the 2012 Games in London, perform heroically…

however…

you’d love to start creating your own Olympic Legacy, you should take a look at…

This past weekend Bradley Wiggins created sporting history.

However, what really transpired was considerably more powerful than Bradley Wiggins becoming the first ever Englishman to win the Tour de France, in ninety nine editions of the race spanning over a Century.

What happened to Bradley Wiggins, started with a dream…

however it wasn’t his dream.

It was the dream of the guy who masterminded the whole thing…

However, what we’re talking about here transcends cycling…

and indeed sport in general…

What happened in France over the previous three weeks was a master class in how to succeed at anything…

indeed, how to win in life.

It was the dream and vision of the principle of Team Sky (Bradley Wiggins’ pro cycling team), Dave Brailsford.

You see, Brailsford made a decision around four years ago.

He made a decision which he then made public…

that he was going to form a British professional cycling team…

and from within that team a British rider was going to win the Tour de France…

in the next five years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5i9npCTYUI

They did it in three!

People within the cycling world scoffed at Brailsford’s bold proclamation.

He didn’t care…

he had a vision of what he wanted to achieve…

and he set about making it a reality.

Bradley Wiggins winning the Tour de France in 2012 was remarkable in itself…

just three years following the inception of Team Sky…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-_D5pLI5GQ

however Dave Brailsford’s achievements go way beyond even that…

If you’ve been paying attention during the last two Olympic Games (this is being written just before the London Games), particularly if you’re British or a Cycling fan, or both…

you will have been aware of the rise in prominence of the British cycling team.

Rise in prominence is probably something of an understatement…

as in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games…

the British cycling team didn’t just do well…

they obliterated the opposition!

The British Cycling team won 14 medals in all…8 Gold.

A haul which would have placed them in the top ten of competing countries!

Bradley Wiggins won two gold’s…

one of which was in the team pursuit event, where he and his three team mates didn’t just win…

they set a new world record in the process…

Bradley Wiggins has now won three Olympic Gold’s, which could well turn into four in the next couple of weeks…

as the Olympic games are about to start in London, his hometown.

This piece isn’t just about Bradley Wiggins, however…

This is about one man’s vision…

and the forming of a Mastermind Alliance.

This goes back to principles of success outlined a hundred years ago by Napolean Hill.

You see, Dave Brailsford is a student of success.

He knew that in order to make his vision of seeing a British winner of the Tour de France, from a British team…

become a reality…

he couldn’t do it alone.

He knew that he had to surround himself with a team of people who’s collective skills, knowledge and innate ability…

fuelled by his own belief and determination…

his own burning desire…

could, nay…would make it happen.

He brought together his Mastermind Alliance, and they then set about taking apart and reconstructing what it would take to produce the most successful cycling team on the planet.

“It means taking the 1% from everything you do; finding a 1% margin for improvement in everything you do…that’s what we try to do from the mechanics upwards.”

Dave Brailsford.

It all started with one mans vision…

his vision of what he believed was possible…

what he believed he and his team were capable of making happen.

This is why projectTHRIVE exists…

because I have a vision of just how astounding my life can be…

because I have an absolute burning desire to live my best life…

and to inspire others to do the same…

maybe even yourself  [click here to see].

This is why the Thriving Adventures ‘inner circle’ exists…

to bring together a Mastermind of people who are passionate about life...

passionate about grabbing life by the scruff of the neck…

and owning it!

Are you taking action to own your Life?

This is the same for anyone…

imagine if Dave Brailsford hadn’t taken action on the vision of what he believed was possible…

would Bradley Wiggins ever have achieved Olympic gold or Tour de France glory?

What the heck has ‘The 4-Hour Work Week’ by Tim Ferriss…
got to do with two ‘New Rich’ Hippies living in Coast Rica, I hear you ask!?!

Read on my friend!

However, before we go there…

Just in case you haven’t read The 4-Hour Work Week yet…

(if you haven’t by-the-way….go get yourself a copy!)

and you have no idea what it’s about, lets just quickly break it down…

As the title suggests…

‘The 4-Hour Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich’

is about escaping the rat race, living (and working) from anywhere you want in the World, while joining the ranks of the ‘New Rich.’

To further define ‘Rat Race’…

it’s the ‘deferred’ live plan.

The traditional way of living your life…

the one most people (unfortunately) subscribe to.

It pretty much involves working for 40+ years of your life, in a job your probably don’t love, deferring any serious, sustained enjoyment until you can retire.

At which point you’re no longer in the prime of your life, and therefore probably aren’t physically capable of doing a lot of the things you would have loved to have done, anyway. And this pre-supposes that it’s financially viable for you to retire, once you reach ‘retirement age.’

Not to mention the fact that ‘official’ state retirement ages are ever increasing in the Western World, and as soon as all of the ‘baby-boomer’ generation have retired…

there won’t be enough money left in the pot to support them all anyway! Good plan! (I think not!)

The ‘New Rich’ dance to a different beat, however….

they have a different philosophy on life.

This growing band of savvy folk, are flipping the deferred live plan on it’s head, and truly living life now…..

not waiting until they are in their twilight years and can finally retire!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8WKNzva3nE

So how do they do this?

Well, that’s pretty much what The 4-Hour Work Week is about…

it’s about laying down the blueprint that Ferriss used, to be able to go from earning $40,000 a year working 80 hours a week in corporate America, to $40,000 a month working just 4 hours  a week!

Sound good?

This ‘New Rich’ gameplan, is pretty much what this entire blog (this one your one right now!) is about.

This is what myself and my wife are working towards.

This is why I’m putting projectTHRIVE out there…

to be able to generate multiple streams of income while being able to live anywhere in the world we choose….

while inspiring others to do the same!

This is why we’re currently in the planning stages of a crazy ass trip, with our FOUR kids (and two dogs!), vagabonding across Europe on an extended road trip!

Then from there we’ll be heading to the U.S. to maybe travel some more, before becoming mountain dwelling ‘New Rich,’ living somewhat self sustainably in the Rockies somewhere (Boulder, CO is currently favourite – however alternate suggestions are welcome!), while taking off on further extended travel as and when we see fit.

Basically…

we’ll be ‘location independent’

living the ‘digital nomad’ lifestyle.

You can read a bit more about all this, as well as watch a video where I talk a bit more about it, on my about page.

Back to Tim Ferriss and The 4-Hour Work Week…

Ferriss talks about ‘Gold getting old’….

with Time & Mobility being the currency of the ‘new rich’…

the art & science of Lifestyle Design.

He also points out that most people who think that they would like to be millionaires, couldn’t really care less about the money, they would just love to live the millionaire lifestyle that the money provides….

exotic travel, ski chalets and the like.

He goes on to break it down throughout The 4-Hour Work Week by using the acronym D.E.A.L., and becoming a ‘dealmaker.’

D.E.A.L. standing for…

Definition…

Elimination…

Automation &

Liberation.

let’s not get into the nitty gritty of each of these here…

maybe in future posts…

We’ve still got our Costa Rica dwelling ‘New Rich’ Hippies to throw into the mix yet!

back to the 4-Hour Work Week shortly!

You need to take a look at this video of these two dudes…

who are a living testament to the viability of The 4-Hour Work Week…

and the ‘New Rich.’

Especially if you’re in the home-based business or internet/network marketing niche, as these two ‘hippies’ have put the concept of living the location independent’ lifestyle into practice, by being able to run their businesses from the mountains and beaches of Costa Rica.

You might be surprised to hear in the video…

that living a somewhat luxurious lifestyle in Costa Rica…

doesn’t cost as much as you might think.

In The 4-Hour Work Week…

Ferriss states that money is multiplied in practical value, by the number of W’s that you control…

this is also what Thriving Adventures and the ‘thrive tribe’ is all about for me…

as I’m on a mission to inspire people to be able to do..

What they want to do…

When they want to do it…

Wherever in the world they choose to do it from…

With Whoever they choose to do it with!

Ferriss also calls this…

The Freedom Multiplier.

If the prospect of controlling more of those W’s in your life appeals to you…

then you should definitely have a read of what projectTHRIVE is all about…

and find out more about…

the ‘thrive tribe.’

As mentioned, I’ll pop down a couple more posts on some of the finer points of the D.E.A.L. process…

as outlined in The 4-Hour Work Week…

as soon as I’m done re-reading it.

So be sure to check back if they aren’t already written when you’re reading this!

Until then…

I hope this has triggered off some thoughts inside of your head about joining the ‘New Rich,’ potentially becoming location independent, and most definitely kicking the ‘deferred life-plan’ into touch…

it’s for the birds!

In adventure,

Lee

P.S.  Make sure you watch the video of the ‘New Rich’ Hippy dudes in Costa Rica…

and check out why I’m on an absolute mission with projectTHRIVE.

It’s a question that’s been haunting me for a little while now, since I recently started to re-read Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Work Week.

I’ll repeat it…

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?

Can you imagine?

No, really….can you imagine what a different place the World might be, if everyone had the capacity to believe that they couldn’t fail, at whatever it was that they did?

Scary thought?

It doesn’t matter really though does it? As it’ll never happen.

Why?

Because we’re too afraid. Too scared.

Fear holds us back.  That in-built safety mechanism that’s designed to keep us alive…

from way back when we had to be fearful of natural predators that might want to eat us!

It’s kind of ironic then, that these days, it’s fear that generally stops us from truly living.

We’re so afraid of what might happen if we push ourselves a little too far out of our comfort zone, that most of us never pursue the life that we’d truly like to live…

where we’d truly feel alive…

because we are too afraid.

Afraid of what?

Failure?

What people might think?

Afraid that we’ll not be able to return to our safe little life, if it doesn’t work out?

Take myself as an example. I’ve known for three years now, since I started this part of my life’s journey, of exactly what it was that I wanted to do, what I wanted to create. But I didn’t do it.

I knew that I wanted to inspire people to ‘live their best life,’ to truly thrive. To do what excites them, what they are passionate about. However, I didn’t do it.

I got caught up in all of the bullshit that is the network marketing industry. The ‘leaders’ or so called ‘gurus’ telling me that this is what I should do. The old school folks telling me that this is the way that it’s always been done, this is what’s ‘replicable!’

Or the online ‘gurus’ saying no, don’t do that offline stuff, it doesn’t work. You have to attract people to you by adding value…portraying yourself as a leader. The problem with this is that for most people this equates to turning yourself into a supposed ‘tech wizard.’  Writing blog post after boring blog post about what god-forsaken wordpress plugin you’re supposed to use, or how to become an SEO (Search engine optimisation) or Facebook PPC (pay-per-click) advertising expert. ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

What about if the tech side of the equation bores the shit out of you!?! Then what?

Because that’s where I found myself at. Surrounded with blog post, after blog post of monotonous information.

Please don’t take offence if this is what you’ve been doing. I love you all…but it just isn’t for me!

So why?

Why did I do this?

Why did I do what I was told to do?

Because I was afraid.

Afraid to be myself and do what I ‘knew’ deep down inside all along…

I was supposed to be doing.

I was afraid to step up and lead. To play full out. To follow my passion.

Because I was scared I might fail and I was scared of what people might think.

NO MORE!

No more bull shit. No more f***ing about with crap that bores the pants off of me [and maybe you].

It’s time to put The Thrive Project out there. To share my passion for life, for adventure, for doing what excites!

What I was born to do. My purpose.

I knew from the very start that I wanted to bring people together who wanted more. More from life. Not to just pitch a particular product or opportunity. But to connect and inspire. Not because I have some huge ego and I want to be a ‘guru,’ God forbid!  This transcends ego. It goes to the very core of my being, who I AM.

You see I believe we were all born to live an amazing life, to simply thrive, not just bloody survive!

So, I’ll put the question out there to you. Yes you! The person reading this!

What would YOU do if you knew you couldn’t fail?

How would you do things differently?

What would you do differently with you life?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndJ7C7oods4

For me, like I said….it’s The Thrive Project and striving to be the very best that I can be…

to live my greatest life…

while empowering others (maybe even yourself) to do the same.

To stop existing in that grey half life…

that hinterland of neither success or failure…

settling for JUST an OK life…a ‘good’ life.

Connect with us through The Thrive Project if you’re up for stepping up to the plate and kicking mediocrity in the arse!

And if…

like me…

you’re passionate about being able to do what you want, when you want to do it, wherever you want to do it from…..with whoever you want to do it with…

Then you should lock arms with us over at the thrive tribe.

At the very least, subscribe to our ‘thriving adventures’ newsletter…

so that maybe we can inspire you to make your start creating your own…

thriving adventure!

That’s if you aren’t doing so already, of course!

Keep striving…

Never Settle.

Lee

‘Thriving Adventurer’

P.S. You can find out more about ‘The Thrive Project’ over here

P.P.S. I highly recommend Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Work Week, if you haven’t read it!

How did this Online MLM Marketing Powerhouse recruit 159 people in the first quarter of 2012?

Imagine what your business would look like if you could sponsor two people per day! 

This online MLM marketing powerhouse is Rob Fore…

his online MLM marketing secret is something he calls…

 

Posting on Purpose for Profit [POPP]

He recently revealed how you can make $100,000 or more…

In the next 12 months…

or less!!!

Generating income with every blog post!

I know, I know!

You want to know his secret online MLM marketing POPP formula, right???

Here’s a quick snapshot of Rob’s online MLM Marketing formula…

If your goal is to generate traffic…

if your goal is to generate leads for your business…

your goal should be to post on purpose for profit!

Always begin with the end in mind…

What’s the goal?

What’s the purpose?

Leads? Cashflow? Sales? Traffic?

Keep this in mind…

everything online starts with SEARCH!

Google, Youtube……it’s all about search!

Solving people’s problems….what they’re looking for!

Their search should be over when they find you!

That’s your goal!

One post or video, is going to generate traffic forever…

as long as you end their search by solving their problem!

Take this post that you are reading right now…

chances are you came here because you were searching for information about online MLM marketing.

Information that will help you to…

generate traffic, leads & sign ups…

into your primary business, right?

So…

if Rob’s Posting on Purpose for Profit secret formula can help you with your online MLM marketing…

your search ends here, right?

Rob’s 5 Key online MLM marketing Steps for targeted traffic:

• Begin with the end in mind

• Do keyword research

• Produce Your Content

• Publish Your  Content

• Promote Content to Rank

Beginning with the end in mind….

What do you want your visitors to do?

• Engage & Opt-in?
• Engage & Purchase?
• Engage & Call You?
• Engage & Click Through?

Keyword Research…

Do some keyword research, so that you are using keyword phrases that get a lot of searches, and you’re not just throwing spaghetti against a wall hoping it will stick!

Use Google’s free keyword Tool to start with, before you graduate to a tool like Market Samurai.

Create your content in various forms & distribute as widely as you can!

The key here though, is to start with your own blog.

This is simply essential!

Every online marketer worth their salt…

has their own blog!

Make sure it’s a self hosted blog such as one from WordPress.org

Take a look at this post and video if you’re not sure where to start when setting up your own self hosted blog.

Don’t like the idea of setting up your own blog?

Get a fully optimized, highly ranked…

ready made, plug ‘n’ play blog, on an aged domain, instead!

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Online MLM Marketing

Powerhouse like Rob?

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In this series, I’m going to lay out some key points that will help to guide your way along the Pathway to MLM Success.

In the hope that it helps you with your journey to time and financial freedom, while maybe helping you avoid some dead ends and wrong turns along the way!

Firstly, here’s my disclaimer…

I’m no ‘guru!’

I’m a regular Joe, just like you.

However, I’ve been in the game long enough to have figured some things out…

to understand that MLM success is a journey.

It’s all about what you learn along the way…

and boy have I learned a lot over the past four and a half years!

You see, if you’re reading this, I can pretty much guarantee that you are either just starting out on your

journey to MLM success or…

you’ve been struggling for a while…

just like I did.

Here’s the most valuable thing that I can ever pass on to anyone, who is just starting out on their journey to massive MLM success…

You ready for this?

It takes a while! Don’t ever quit!

Powerful, huh?

You don’t think so?

I tell you now…

if you follow the course of action that I’m going to lay out in this series, and you decide today…right now…that you are never, ever going to quit until you achieve massive success with you network marketing business…

you will win.

So go ahead, tell yourself that you’re never going to quit until you get there…

until you achieve your goals…

until you achieve massive MLM success.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM5O2lUZhZ4

You see, that’s the difference.

That’s what separates those who achieve massive success in any walk of life, never mind in the online/offline network marketing niche.

The problem is, everyone wants success…yesterday!

And when it doesn’t happen they get disillusioned…

blame the company…

the product…

their sponsor…

their team…

or the industry itself!

“This thing doesn’t work…..it’s a scam!”

And they walk away…

give up on their dreams…

simply because they didn’t understand that you have to do one simple thing…

never quit.

You see, what most people don’t understand, is that you have to sow the seed, and then nurture then seed, before you can reap the seed.

You have to plant in the Spring before you can harvest in the Fall.

That’s just the way it all works. Nature’s way.

That’s why I stuck around through thick and thin.

That’s why, as a newbie to the industry, I watched my entire upline organisation leave the company that I was with, and join ‘another deal.’

However, I didn’t let it stop me, because I wasn’t about to let the actions of a bunch of so called ‘leaders’ prevent me from achieving my dreams. That’s what brought me online, looking for the answers, looking for guidance.

I refused to quit.

I knew that I just had to keep on keepin’ on.

I knew that I just had to keep on workin’, keep on pluggin’ away, keep on planting the seeds…

in order to achieve massive MLM success.

That’s why when I had to quit my job, because my son had health issues and was no longer able to continue in school, and our family went through massive upheaval, I kept on keepin’ on.

That’s why when my wife, while pregnant with our son, was made redundant from her job, which was paying the bills at the time, I kept on keepin’on…

I didn’t quit.

That’s why when we had to sell our car, so that we could eat…

and our kids could have Christmas presents…

I didn’t quit.

That’s why when it looked like all hope was lost, and we were going to loose our house…

I refused to quit.

I refused to give up and say ‘this thing doesn’t work!’

Because my dreams were bloody worth it!

Worth crawling over broken glass for, if that’s what it takes!

My wife and my kid’s happiness, is worth fighting for.

So…

you got what it takes to never quit?

To keep on keepin’ on until the job gets done?

Until you achieve massive MLM success?

Because you have to be willing to pay the price…

are you willing to pay the price???

Make sure to come back to see what I believe are the key steps on the pathway to MLM success.

If you would like to lock arms with us…

irrespective of what company you are with…

we would love to connect & potentially help….

because we know how difficult it can be…

to do this alone!

Take action now…

and never, ever quit!

Join us at MLM UNITED

on the pathway to MLM success

You should probably NOT do the 100 day Biz Builder Challenge…

with myself, Adam Chandler, Jordan Schultz & 250+ other bad ass marketers!

Why?

Watch the video below to find out…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8HNV4K9Tc

Well?

Have you got it?

Have you got what it takes to join the 100 Day Biz Builder Challenge?

To step up…

to push yourself further…

than you’ve ever pushed yourself…

with your business before!

To ‘do the thing’ even when you don’t feel like it…

when you’ve had a crazy busy day & you just feel like crashing!

To keep on keepin’ on…

to take your business to the next level!

Because here’s the thing…

these guys…

along with a bunch that aren’t even pictured…

in the region of 300 hungry marketers in all…

are comin’ with their A-Game…

to take on the 100 Day Biz Builder Challenge!

So, if you’re not ready to join the challenge now

here’s the real question…

Are you going to let these ‘CHALLENGERS’ leave you in the dirt…

to beat you to every bit of traffic…

to every lead…

and every sign up???

Because that’s what’s going to happen…

if you haven’t got what it takes to…

join the 100 day biz builder challenge

Boy, do I love being a stay at home dad!

Well, a ‘work from home’ one anyway!

This little fella came into our world last week…

at 6.39am on the first day of March, 2012.

He’s my reason for living.

One of them, anyway.

As we’ve got three more of the little blighters here at home with us!

Two of them ain’t so little any more though, at almost 9 & 11 years of age!

However, they make being a stay at home dad worth it’s weight in gold, all the same!

They give me a big ass reason to do what I do, and be that stay at home dad /work from home dad guy!

Our other little dude is 15 months young, and sure does keep us on our toes!

What’s your ‘why?’

You don’t have to be a stay at home dad…

However, I hope you’ve got a why.

A big ass one!

Because without it, you ain’t going to win big.

It just ain’t going to happen.

Why would it?

What’s going to keep you up until the wee small hours, or get you up at the crack of dawn?

And I’m not talking about a crying baby here either! lol

What’s going to make you keep on keeping on, when you feel like quitting?

You gotta have a big ass why!

Something that’ll drive you on, when everyone else is sleeping…

when everyone else quits!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIqkvNVIg9s

This little guy has put a fire in my belly like you wouldn’t believe!

You’d think that by already having 3 kids at home, it’d already be there…

Well it was, kinda.

However fire’s can dwindle…start to fade.

Sometimes it takes a little more fuel to get them going again, to stoke them up.

So I’ll ask you again, what’s your why?

What keeps you awake at night?

What makes you keep on keepin’ on when everyone else is sleeping?

And don’t say more money, ’cause it ain’t enough.

Don’t chase the money.

Money’s just a thing, don’t attach emotion to the money.

It’s what the money can get you, can do to your life that counts.

It can give you the time to truly live…

Instead of merely existing.

If you need help figuring out your ‘why,’ or any aspect of your business, don’t try to do it alone, there’s always help available.

That’s what ‘the thrive project’ is all about…

helping people to live their best life…

to truly thrive!

To maybe even be that stay at home dad guy (or gal!)…

if that’s what takes your fancy!

Alrighty, it’s 3.40am here in the UK. Time for bed?

Not quite.

Life’s amazing. Go live your best one!

Lee, out.

A Bucket List…..do you have one?

We are all going to die at some point down the line. However, have we all truly lived?

Most people meander through life, doing things that they’d probably prefer not to be doing. Working jobs that they’d probably prefer not to be working…..never getting to do the things that they’d truly love to do…with the people that they’d love to do them with!

Get your bucket list written would ya!?!

Then get out there and live it!

We only have one shot at this gig…

and not to play full out…

not to give it everything we’ve got…

not to live our best life…

is just a downright waste of LIFE itself!

Watch the video below to hear about two incredible human beings that will hopefully make you think again, if you haven’t got a bucket list and you’re not grabbing life by the scruff of the neck and playing full out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJNUyqqPEZE

Alice, was the original inspiration for this post.

I’ve no idea how I first discovered her blog, ‘Alice’s Bucket List‘

…however it had a profound affect on me.

Maybe it will on you also.

The one thing that stayed with me, was that she mentioned somewhere in one of her blog posts that she might not be here at the end of December 2011, to spend Christmas with her family.

At the time of writing, she’s still with us. Here’s praying that she’ll have plenty more time to tick off more of her bucket list, while maybe even add more items to it.

I’m sure you’ll agree that Alice’s story is tragic.

However, her shear lust for life and desire to tick off the items on her bucket list in the time that she has left, is nothing short of inspirational.

She’s also started her own charity, called Alice’s Escapes.

To help other families with seriously ill children to be able to take holidays/vacations.  Incredible. You can show your support for the charity on Facebook.

Namaste, Alice.

Have you started writing your bucket list yet?

Then there’s Hannah.

This isn’t about a bucket list, just an inspirational woman fighting for her life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QeackL8Nb8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIl3WVnYiTU

Hannah is currently undergoing treatment as I write this, at the Burzynski clinic, in Texas.

As per yesterday’s blog post on Team: Hannah, the treatment seems to be showing some positive results.

You can also donate to help towards the huge cost of the potentially lifesaving treatment, at Team: Hannah, or connect via Facebook.

My one wish for writing this piece, is that I hope it inspires poeple to go out there and grab life by the scruff of the neck & start living full out!!!

No more making do, no more settling for mediocrity.

Write your own bucket list…

and if you have one already…

set about ticking/checking it off!!!

Don’t wait for death to come knocking at the door…

before you start to think about what you want on your bucket list…

or what you truly want from your life…

because by that time it could be too late.

Another inspiration for getting this post out there, was fellow 100 day challenger, Wendy Elwell. With her recent post entitled…Go Out and Grab Life by the Balls and Live! Thanks Wendy!

One of the main reasons that I started on the journey that I’m on right now, is because of a conversation I had with my then 5 year old son a few years ago, from which our very own bucket list was born.

And this is why, as a family we are taking 2012 by the scruff of the neck with Project: Thrive2012, so as to make it our greatest year yet!

While at the same time…

empowering others to do the same…

and start ticking/checking off their own bucket lists!

Project: thrive2012

Coming very soon!

Don’t forget to show your support at

Team:Hannah

&

Alice’s Bucket List