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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Your Mindset Development Guarantees Both Success and Failure

Your Mindset Development Guarantees Both Success & Failure positive mindset and personal development 



"Being an entrepreneur is a Mindset….you have to things as opportunities all the time….Soledad O"Brien


Alright, which one are you going to choose success or failure?  No doubt you desire to generate consistent, predictable and long-term residual income from your home business opportunity or any business you joinedbut the biggest obstacle to achieving success has ironically been yourself.  Okay, get the hell out of your own way, but how do you that?  Well, let’s start at the beginning to make things simple because the simple plans are usually the ones that work the best for all people.  Firstly, do you honestly believe you can succeed online?  If not then, let’s begin with the old grey matter and work our way down.  Yes, success begins six inches between the ears. 


Do you realize that your pattern of thinking or Mindset will determine whether you generate profit or require a George Herbert Walker Bush rescue plan because your pattern of thought was self-destructive and lead to your arrival in the MLM Cemetery?  Hence, success or failure is a completely an internal process that begins with your mindset and then, executed through consistent action.  If, you are unable to formulate in your mind the belief you can succeed and sustain it during times of adversity then, you will succumb to the negative influences of the millions who surrender their dreams of being successful and remain content living as mediocre people.  “Humans are designed to seek comfort and order, and so if they have comfort and order, they tend to plant themselves, even if their comfort is not all that comfortable, even if they see clearly want for something better.” â€• Donald Miller   


Jeffrey Combs, President of Golden mastermind Semianrs.com once said, “mediocre people live in their comfort zone, but their comfort zone is their failure zone”.  So, are you afraid to step outside the norm and remain with the millions of people who do the J.O.B for life and die dead broke?  How about living a life, which is cautious, redundant and non-stimulating, which is an example of non-growth and more importantly, an example of failure.  Is that you and if so, why are satisfied with that kind of life.  Success requires growth and the ability to break through barriers and not remain stagnant, which is another form of failure.  Hence, to succeed one’s mindset must grow beyond what it believes are its limits.  The search engine Google is an example of an entity that is always growing and adjusts so as to not become stagnant; otherwise, it will become irrelevant.  Last I checked nobody wants to be known as being irrelevant; otherwise, you acknowledge you serve no useful purpose to others or to yourself.


Are you ready to go beyond your limit and seek the title of not 1st Place, 2nd Place nor 3rd Place, but most improved? Unfortunately, most will choose the life of mediocrity because it"s safe and familiar; however, today"s digital world with constantly changing technology will severely punish those who fall behind or refuse to adapt.  Well, the economy will actually meet out the discipline and reward those who bring value to the market.  The question remains is your mindset capable of adjusting to the challenges within a global economy that sees people as expendable and corporations as essential to societal, political and economic growth.  If yes, then, I invite you attend our next live workshop and learn how you can achieve online success with our global online community.


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Stephen Hodgkiss

Chief Engineer at MarketHive

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Your Mindset Development Guarantees Both Success and Failure

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Saturday, May 9, 2015

I am Watching You

I am Watching You



This link is from MarketHive.  In case you haven;t heard of it yet, it is a new Social Neural Network for Entrepreneurs.  Of course it is free to join and network with other small businesses and entrepreneurs. You can even create your own group and find like minded people to join!

Say Goodbye to Boring Old Signature Files

Say Goodbye to Boring Old Signature Files

Sunday, January 25, 2015

MarketHive may be the next Big Thing in Social Networking for Entrepreneurs!

MarketHive may very well be the next generation of Social Network to change the way business is done on the Internet.  Every few years now on the Internet, there are companies that develop new innovative ways of marketing and communication.

It is likely that MarketHive will be that kind of disruptive company that breaks the rules or status quo. on the Internet. MarketHive may become the social network of the year in 2015.

You may ask why I would say that.  If we look merely from the viewpoint of authors, (who are really entrepreneurs in today's digital publishing marketplace), MarketHive seems to have hit a sweet spot.

Did you know that Amazon's catalogue, or inventory of ebooks went from two million titles at the beginning of 2014 to over 3 million titles at the beginning of 2015. This is simply a phenomenal increaese of historical proportions!  It is no wonder that individual authors in most cases, have seen falling revenues for their ebooks. It is a simple case of supply and demand.

So what does MarketHive have to do with authors?  In order to get a publishing contract these days, or to be successful as a self-publisher, you need to have a following of readers. If you are trying to sell your books on Facebook, unless you are a very knowledgeable and experienced marketer, you are unlikely to have great success.  If you have a big marketing budget, you might be able to buy an audience on Facebook, but there are substantial risks as well.  On MarketHive you will have a much, much easier time to find readers and gain a following.

Supposing Facebook gave you a link and said that anyone who joins Facebook from this link will automatically become your Facebook friend, instead of requiring someone to track you down on Facebook, ask to become a friend, etc,

Would that be something valuable?  You can bet on it!  Or if you could set up a group and automatically have your new friends become members of that group.  Would that also be desirable? Of course it would be. Or if you could have a free autoresponder to communicate with your friends and group members.  What would that be worth!

This is just the beginning of what MarketHive offers for entrepreneurs. Membership in MarketHive is completely free, but right now you can join by invitation only.  I expect sometime in March it will be open to the general public.

You can learn more about MarketHive at Goldfinch Digital Marketing my main blog.

There is also a growing amount of information available on the Internet now, including on YouTube.    You can also visit the MarketHive Blog. Good Luck in all your endeavors and God Bless!



Friday, December 5, 2014

Waterhole on the Granite Plateau Creek, Mawson...
Waterhole on the Granite Plateau Creek, Mawson Plateau, South Australia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Here is quite an unusual post I ran across on Stumbleupon.  (Where else would you find such an ephemeral blog post)?

I must admit I had only heard of one or two of these words before.  What do you think of them?

www.highexistence.com/theres-a-word-for-that-25-expressions-you-should-have-in-your-vocabulary/1/

Just cut and paste the URL above.  What do you think about these words?  You would certainly surprise your friends by using them in conversation, n'est-ce pas?

Thursday, October 9, 2014

The Incomplete List of Internet Resources for Writers

A neon sign
A neon sign (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Resource List for Writers

(The incomplete, yet beneficial list of Internet Writer Resources)


Although this list is of course, not a comprehensive one, I believe it is helpful for writers to have a list of resources in a single location.  

A few words of caution are needed. If you click on any of the links below, you may find that hours may pass unnoticed. You may be late for your appointments, or miss them entirely. 

The author of this post is in no way responsible for hours lost at work, or for any loss of productivity resulting from time spent to click on the links below. 

Caveat Emptor applies here, even though no purchase may have been made.  

The reader is wholly responsible for his or her own time, and the writer assumes no responsibility for your total immersion in the content found on the following websites.

Immerse away, and please enjoy!


http://thewritelife.com/100-best-websites-for-writers-2014/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/28/50-free-resources-that-will-improve-your-writing-skills/

http://www.forwriters.com/references.html

http://www.writersdigest.com/writersresources

http://www.midwestbookreview.com/bookbiz/writers.htm

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/category/writer-resources

http://www.writerswrite.com/

http://blog.emilysuess.com/resources-writers/

http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Writers_Resources/

http://www4.uwm.edu/writingcenter/writers-resources.cfm

http://aalbc.com/writers/

http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/

http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/english/wrl/

http://library.wwu.edu/wc_resources

http://www.poewar.com/

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/links.html

http://writingcenters.org/resources/

http://www.literary-liaisons.com/resources.html

http://www.writingassist.com/resources/links/

http://writersresourcedirectory.com/

http://education-portal.com/articles/40_of_the_Best_Websites_for_Young_Writers.html

http://lynettebentonwriting.com/2014/01/the-100-best-websites-for-writers-2014/

http://www.freelancewritersonline.com/the-best-websites-for-writers/

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/top-resource-100-sites-writers/

http://www.slideshare.net/gordonowen1/i-go-20182552

https://www.pinterest.com/kamigarcia/websites-apps-for-writers/

http://www.writing.com/

http://www.collipsis.com/index.php/awards/awards-collipsis-won/256-14th-annual-101-best-websites-for-writers

http://www.writerscafe.org/

http://www.christymossburg.com/14-best-websites-writers/

http://drosophiliac.com/2012/10/writing-better-than-you-normally-do.html

http://thejohnfox.com/2012/09/the-ultimate-guide-to-writing-better-than-you-normally-do/

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/34-writing-tips-that-will-make-you-a-better-writer/


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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Project Blogger
Project Blogger (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
OK, this blog is getting a bit lonely, so I wanted to add a discussion of a blog post that I found thoroughly entertaining.  I could easily spend an hour or more on it. Let me know if you feel the same.

Jon Morrow, is an accomplished blogger, and blogger trainer. I'm not sure I agree with his proposition that you should spend upwards of 20 hours on your blog posts.  (I confess to have spent more than an hour on a single post - which I feel is probably excessive, given my time contraints).  In any event, Morrow's latest post is filled with links to some extraordinarily interesting blogs that should not be missed.

Jon Morrow is not just a blogger.  He has turned blogging into a craft, over which he is a master.

101 Writing Resources That'll Take You From Stuck to Unstoppable.

This is the triumph of the Internet! I am recommending his blog post mainly because of his links.  I'm not saying his prose is not worthly of attention, but his links .....  wow!  I hope you feel the same way, and let me know if you do, or do not.

(Actually, I have one more confession, I have not yet visited all the links on the post).  It is sort of a work in process, but I wanted to let readers know about this resource as soon as possible.  Everything is for the benefit of the reader on this blog, "everyone knows that".  (Like in the Geico commercials). Note:  the preceding was a non-commercial non-endorsement of a known trademarked brand name.