What’s with the attitude?
It’s incredible to me how much attitude affects your view of the world, of life, of business, and of opportunities.

Someone with a rotten attitude or a timid attitude can see the foreclosure problems in the US as only negative. Someone with a positive attitude can see the amazing opportunity to buy a house for much less than it could be built. We recently bought our home for $140,000 less than a firm offer 2 years ago. Someone with a great attitude can dream of ways to help those who have lost their homes with inexpensive housing or financial counseling. Dave Ramsey has made a career out of helping people understand their attitude to money and how to spend it wisely.

Someone with a cynical attitude views all the opportunities online as a scam, a rip-off. Someone with a good filter and a positive attitude can sift through the junk to see the amazing opportunities that exist online. Think about the potential with 100’s of millions of people online. You can create income even when you are laughing with friends, playing with your kids or even cutting your grass. There are no large financial barriers that would block you from entering this field so you’ll have to make up a better excuse than that. To establish a traditional business with a store front requires some serious capital, an internet business doesn't.

It could be as simple as developing a good product or a good book and marketing it correctly. Even if you don’t have a product, maybe you have a good service that adds value, people will buy it. The possibilities are unimaginably great.

Selling items on eBay

Selling someone else’s product on eBay using the eBay Partner Network

Selling an ebook on clickbank.com

Selling a dvd of your ebook using Kunaki

Building blogs to promote affiliate items earning a percentage of each sale

Using an eBay classified ad to build an audience

Using Craigslist to buy things locally and sell nationally on eBay

Make a membership site around a hungry niche market

Build a site about a niche that people really care about

...and many more

Someday when you look back on this moment in time I hope that you say, I’m glad that I acted. Please understand that this post isn't some polyanna attitude, I am and I know several people actually living from their online income.

Ron

As the world turns their attention to the San Diego Comic Con...(If you doubt me, just look at Google today.)...I'm thinking about going to a comic book convention. The San Diego Comic Con is the biggest and draws Hollywood caliber talent, but there are other conventions around the US that are worth attending. Most years I go to Wizard World Chicago along with 50 or 60,000 other people.

Conventions are such a unique mix of people. I've seen some unbelievable costumes, some great talent, interesting people, beautiful artwork and sweet statues. Occasionally you will see the stereotypical comic book geek, a chubby, rude, pasty white basement dweller who forgot to bathe. That is actually very rare. Most people are normal everyday men and women with an interest in art, drawing, comics, statues, toys or another related item. I've seen people with no interest in comics go to a convention and enjoy themselves. It's a good time.

The best part of the convention for me is hanging out with people and being a little goofy. A few years ago there was this amazing model dressed up like She-Ra. I convinced her to "act" like she was kicking me in the face. If you'll notice her face, you can see that she loved doing that. My buddy, Aaron, calls this a love/hate relationship. Last year I took both of my daughters, Olivia and Mallory. We had a few people recognize Mallory and Olivia from Kid Nation, which they thought was pretty cool. Anyway, I convinced Mallory to act like she was going to beat down the Incredible Hulk. Pretty funny picture.

The MOVE -
After weeks and weeks of planning, packing, calling, scheduling and negotiating we have finally made the move. Yesterday was the insane day. I woke up at 5, brushed my teeth, flattened the porcupine hair and started packing. Running back and forth between the two houses trying to find a place to put things. By the time the movers arrived at 9, I had already made 4 runs. At about 8pm I fell asleep on the couch watching the kids play Mario Kart wii. I've learned something from this ruggedly physical day.

We have too much stuff and I have too much stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah, everyone says this after they move but there's more. I have a new book idea related to this concept. The working book title is "only the best stuff". After moving you think, "why do I have so much stuff?" All the excuses start kicking in...
It was on sale.
I might need it some day
It was a present
It might have value some day.
It's a collectible.
and on and on.

What you really need in life is just the best stuff. God, Family, Friends that help you move or who will post comments on your blog. As far as the stuff that's in your life, the same concept applies. Only the best stuff.
An issue of Batman comics that you enjoy,
An ice cream scoop,
carpet that feels good on your feet,
a flower that's your favorite color,
A power tool that fits the job and has plenty of horsepower,
an organized garage,
some music from itunes that makes you sing (regardless of your ability)
Artwork that you think rocks

I'm going to start moving toward that. Getting rid of junk even if I lose money on it. If no one buys it on Craigslist or eBay I'll throw it in the trash or donate it.

Anyone like the book idea?
Ron

Since we have been working on the new house and by "working" I mean, hired someone to do the work. My wife has us watching HGTV every night. They have a house hunter, top 10 rooms, and something about how much is it worth? show. With all this influx of design, the elements in a room, style versus function, I'm starting to care. (should I be holding my head down when I say this?)

My wife originally picked out this awful yellow, big floweredy assault on my eyes. She loved it. Honestly I thought she was kidding, it was that bad.
"Can you find anything more feminine?"
"It's not feminine." she contested.
"Seriously?" I walked away stunned.

Thankfully my response made her reconsider the scary yellow thing that would have kept me up at nights. We were picking out a color for the Master bedroom and we chose gray. Don't ask what the official name is, I'm a guy, it was gray. Crate and Barrel have this very nice gray bed set. It's dramatically different than our current set but it looks pretty good. I'm actually excited about a gray room.

I took my mother, who is VERY traditional, over to see the color and she walked in and grimaced. It was like I farted and puked on her at the same time. quite humorous.

Later,
Ron

* Goals for the Day *
Even though my life is crazy busy(moving, kids, sickness, etc) there are moments where I feel so bored so fast. It's actually kind of ridiculous how fast I can get bored. If you have this problem let me give a little advice.

1. Set a timer. You can find online timers or you can use an old fashioned timer to do this. Set the timer for 30 minutes and focus on one task. You'll be surprised when the timer goes off. Time will fly by when you focus intently. Reward yourself with some physical activity, get up walk around, stretch, move, email a friend. Repeat as necessary. Over time you'll be able to lengthen the time that you can focus.

2. Write down a short list of goals for the day. This can be an issue for some people, not because they can't write a list but because they view the list as the end goal. Writing and rewriting a list becomes their primary activity. 1 list per day. Take daily little steps toward your end goal. I'm currently writing a book so my goal isn't to write the entire book today. My goal is to write 3 pages. Just 3 pages doesn't sound too difficult but in a couple months the entire book is written.

3. Banish negative thoughts - fear, disappointment, hurt, hate. Nothing can distract you more than fear of failure, hurt feeling or troubled relationships. The Bible has a great verse about this - "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." This is great advice whether you realize it or not. Negative and self absorbed thoughts lead you into a lonely, dark place.

4. Spark creativity - On blogger there is an interesting feature called "next blog". I've found some really interesting people and posts using this. A highway worker in Colorado, a unique mix of beauty and brains in Florida, An artist in New York City. StumbleUpon.com in the right categories has a similar ability to find really intriguing articles, pictures or thoughts. Don't get caught up in the mindless stuff, find the good stuff and bookmark it.

I hope that helps,
Ron