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Why pursue your own business?

 What could be stopping you from achieving great financially wealth could actually be the pursuit of money itself.  Read on to see my real life experience take on this bold statement. 

Ever since launching my internet marketing business in 2001 I have enjoyed the freedom that comes with “being my own man”.

I am NEVER a victim to, “Colin, you need to work late tonight so cancel your personal plans and hangout with us losers at the office”

Now I can whole-heartedly call them “losers” in the nicest way possible. For my former co-workers reading this, I am not taking a personal jab at you.

I am however taking a jab at the “powers that be”. You know, the stinkin boss that says you must cancel your personal plans to do what’s best for the company.

Well, I own my own business and what’s important in my business is my personal well-being and that involves time with my family so it’s a given, since I am my own boss, business never interferes with family commitments.

Basically I get to call the shots not only in my day to day life but I get to call the shots in the hours I work.

That alone is well worth pursuing your own business endeavor, now do take note that I haven’t talked about the earnings potential of running your own business.

That’s important to take note of because I have earned MASSIVE amounts of money and it is not the money that motivates me, it is the time I get to spend with my young daughters while they are young.

Yeah, you have probably heard a bunch of the rich “assholes” talk about money not really mattering and that it’s the time that money provides for being free to spend with those close to you.

So, while money from a source that is not a 9 to 5 job is necessary to make this possible, the good news is that all you have to do is replace your current income with a business of your own.

So while I turned a net profit in excess of $55,000 last month, I didn’t need that much to really enjoy my daughters. In fact I regret inflating my style of living because my current income needs to make ends meet are around $10,000 per month.

If I didn’t increase my lifestyle the way I have, I would have only needed $4500 per month to sustain my cost of living.

But… Oh no…. I wanted more stuff… Bigger stuff… Bigger things…

Guess what folks, the novelty of expensive cars and big TV’s and all that other stuff wears off after about a week of owning them.

Stuff doesn’t matter, living free does.

So perhaps that might change your thinking about what’s possible and that to be truly successful does not equate to “he who dies with the most toys wins”

In fact, if you are thinking along those lines GIVE YOUR HEAD A SHAKE RIGHT NOW.

Stuff doesn’t matter, time with loved ones does

If you are a toy hunter, then I encourage you to follow a new mantra.

“He who dies with the most time spent with loved ones wins”

Hopefully this short post has been insightful and encouraging to you.

Should you attend Ken McCarthy’s System Seminar?

It was back in November when I met Ken McCarthy face to face and got to know him on a personal level. Over the last 8 years of building successful internet businesses I have heard tons of excellent feedback about Ken’s Systems Seminar but it wasn’t until I had the honor of meeting him in person that I fully realized what a great guy Ken actually is.

Here is a picture that Michael Campbell’s wife, Amy, so graciously snapped while she endured our conversations about internet marketing. Thanks Amy, for listening to us talk endlessly about internet marketing tactics

For those of you that haven’t heard of Ken McCarthy before he was the first guy to hold a conference about internet marketing.

In the fall of 1994 Ken McCarthy hooked up with Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape (Netscape was the first web browser).

Ken and Marc organized the first conference on get this…

The viability of using the internet as a commerce platform!

I remember back in 1994 people were talking about the web as being a “passing fad”.

Yeah right, a passing fad…

After making millions myself on this “passing fad”, I think we can all agree the web is here to stay!

Now rolling the clock forward to 2008, the web is now an essential element to ANY successful business and in order to succeed you have to know exactly how to use it to establish or expand YOUR brand.

This is the focus of Ken’s seminars. Ken’s System Seminar is unlike many conferences you might have attended on the subject of online marketing.

What Ken’s Seminar is NOT

The Systems Seminar is NOT about OVER-HYPED platform selling.

I am personally presenting at the System Seminar and as a Systems Faculty Member I have signed an agreement that my presentation be 100% content driven. Ken does not allow his faculty members to deliver presentations for the sake of selling you something from the stage.

I strongly urge you to attend the Systems Seminar to see my presentation on Social Marketing and to get valuable information about every aspect of internet marketing to get your business to success.

Check out the f.ree Pre-System Seminar series of interviews here.

(Ken will be interviewing me again on May 7, so watch for an email reminder about that as well)

I just received an email from Ken that you can get a discount on the Systems Seminar until this Wednesday April 30.

If you have been “sitting on the fence” when it comes to attending conferences, it’s time to take the leap over.

Take action today.

Wishing you success and I hope to see you at the System Seminar!

If you have any doubts about spending your money on an internet marketing conference I have to tell you that it is worth every dime you spend.

My personal success is largely due to attending industry events such as Ken McCarthy’s System Seminar. The face to face meetings with industry experts has always proven to be of incredible benefit to my own success.

My philosophy when it comes to my business is this:

“Always be learning” - I am always open to learning and testing new tactics to grow my business so I encourage you to come learn with me as I present valuable secrets to tapping the social media at The System Seminar.

Register now for The System Seminar to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount.