Secrets of Success and how to be a wealth-attracting Business Entrepreneur

The Millionaire Mindset

2007-11-06T02:00:00.000+08:00

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the missing link found in their education, intelligence, skills, habits, network, contacts, luck, or choice of their financial vehicles or career vehicles?

The Shocking truth is ...

None of the Above!

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All of us have a personal money blueprint ingrained deep within the recesses of our subconscious and unconscious mind, and it is this blueprint, more than anything else, that will determine our financial success and achievements. You can know everything about marketing, sales, negotiations, stocks, real estate, and the world of finance, but if your money blueprint and financial thermostat is not set for a high level of success, you will never have a lot of money! And even if somehow you do, you will most likely lose it!

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Secrets to Goal Setting Revealed ... Part Five

2006-08-11T15:34:00.000+08:00

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals
-- Henry Ford

Dear Friends,

How many of you have met obstacles and challenges on your road to success? Heck, how many of you meet obstacles and challenges in your daily life?

I see many people silently nodding their heads ...

As Henry Ford aptly put it, obstacles only manifest themselves when you take your eyes off your goals. In other words, obstacles only creep into your lives when you allow them to by focusing on them and NOT focusing on your goals.

Why is that you might ask?

Simple ...

Focus = Reality

I recently watched a movie which literally changed my life. The movie is titled 'The Secret'. It states that whatever you focus on will ultimately manifest itself in your life because you are sending a signal out into the universe.

In other words, if you are always focusing on challenges , the universe receives that signal and ultimately, challenges start manifesting themselves in your life!

If you like solving challenges, that's fine for you. But if you're like me and dislike having too many challenges to slow down my path to success, start focusing on what you want ... Your Goals!

Of course, no matter how you focus only on your goals, we also want to be prepared for the 'remote possibility' that small challenges may come into your life. That's why I want to share the next secret with you.

The fifth step in Goal Setting is ...

What are the obstacles preventing you from achieving your goals?
How would you resolve and overcome everyone of them?

Picture yourself as a hurdles runner. Visualize it clearly in your head. When you're at the starting point, what do you see? You should picture the end point very clearly in your head. You should also see the hurdles in front of you and picture yourself literally flying over each hurdle. When you picture yourself clearing each hurdle with ease, your body obeys and you ultimately clear each hurdle with much ease!

Think back to the goals you set. What obstacles do you think may prevent you from achieving your goals? What are the hurdles that may seperate you from where you are now and where you want to be?

What are some possible emotional states you may face?
Lack of discipline?
Lack of motivation?
Making excuses for yourself?
Lack of enthusiasm?

How do you solves these states?

Identify all your possible obstacles even BEFORE they occur and think of ways to resolve these obstacles should they occur.

"What if there's an obstacle I can't solve?"

Hmm ... that's a question some of you would probably ask right?

What's the answer?

Simple ...

Is it a want or a must?

If you MUST achieve your goal, would you find all ways and means to solve your challenge? If it's a must to achieve your goal, think of a solution! And thinking invariably means asking the right person for the answer!

So who are the right people you can ask?

The people who already have the results you aspire to have! Model after their success! Ask them what they did BEFORE they achieved the success you desire to have. Model after their thought process ... Model after their decision-making model ... Model after their mindsets.

Pre-solve possible challenges even before they occus and you will find your path to success much smoother.

And as always ...

Carpe Diem ... Seize the Day!

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Secrets to Goal Setting Revealed ... Part Four

2006-07-18T19:06:00.000+08:00

Desire is the want to live a better life ...
Passion is the refusal to live without

Did you feel the power of the above quote? Did you feel the power of the words resonate through your entire being? If not, I suggest you go back and re-read the above two lines again ...

Desire ... Passion ... These are the two driving forces that govern your life ... these are the two traits that determine the extent and level of your success and achivement in life!

Do you feel the desire to live a different life? Do you feel this intense need coursing through your blood? Do you feel the burning desire in your veins and your very being? Do you feel the passion in whatever you do?

Do you refuse to live an ordinary life?

Because if you do, life will begin to change from this very instant! If you acknowledge that you deserve a better life and you pursue this with a burining passion, your life will never be the same ever again!

That's what the 4th step in Goal Setting is all about ... It's all about desire ... It's all about passion ... It's all about asking yourselves the right question!

"Is it a want or a must?"

That's the fourth step in goal setting! Go back and read that question again ... It's a very powerful question and it can govern your success in goal setting.

'Terence, what's the difference between a want or a must?'

I hear some of you asking that question in your head ...

The answer is ...

A Big Difference!

My mentor taught me something which has made a profound difference in my life. With this concept alone, I went from earning an ordinary salaried income to grossing a five-figure income every month. Ready for this concept?

Your results are a result of the actions you take

Your actions are a result of the decisions you make

Your decisions are a result of the mindset you have

Mindset --> Desicion --> Action --> Result

Going by the above flow of thought, whether or not you achieve your goal does not depend on your actions ... It depends on your mindset!

I know a lot of you are going to disagree with me on this point but it's the universal truth!

Try this simple experiment ...

I want you to close your eyes and say the following sentence in your mind over and over again:

"I want to be successful"

How did it feel? Did you feel any rush of energy? Maybe, to a certain extent.

Now close your eyes and repeat this sentence over and over again:

"I must be successful!"

How did it feel this time? Did you feel a greater rush of energy? Did you feel the excitement coursing through your veins? Did you feel the cosmic energies of the universe rushing down to help you achieve your goal?

That's the difference! When you only tell yourself that you want to achieve your goal, you are sending a signal to your subconscious that you have an option whether to succeed or not.

But when you tell yourself that you must achieve your goal, you are sending a signal to your subconscious that you have no choice but to achieve your goal! You have no other option but to give your very best and achieve your goal! Failure is not a word in your vocabulary when you must achieve your goal!

That's the immense power of words ...

Remember that the quality of your life depends upon the quality of the questions you constantly ask yourself!

So look at your goals again ...

Is it a want?

Or is it a must?

The answer to that question will ultimately determine how fast you achieve your goals.

Put the power of words go to work for you. Leverage on your desire to achieve your goals. And fire yourself with the passion to live a better life!

And as always,

Carpe Diem ... Seize the Day!

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Secrets to Goal Setting Revealed ... Part Three

2006-07-01T16:04:00.000+08:00

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon ... but that we wait so long to begin it"

Did the above quote make an impact on you? If it didn't, go back and read it over and over again until the meaning sinks in and you realise the power and impact of the above quote.

Have you begun to live your life as you really want it to be? Are you living your life with the fire, passions and fervour of a truly living person? Many people I know go through life living ... as a living dead. What do I mean? Do I mean they are zombies? Well, yes and no.

No because they are living people ... they are living humans ...

And yes because they live their lives almost like zombies ... They go through every single day of their lives without much purpose ... Everyday blurs into a monotonous, predictable routine that they aren't even excited about in the first place! They start to live life because they have to, not because they want to! Wow! Isn't that a big difference. Living life because you want to and not because you have to?

How many of you are truly happy being born into your current life and given the chance to live your life the way it is now? Well, if you're truly happy, that's great! But if you're not happy, you have two options:

You make a decision that you've had enough of your current life and you decide to start living life the way you want it

You make a decision that maybe this is the kind of life you are destined to lead since you were born into it and continue living life in the pits of financial and personal doldrums

Which did you choose? Whichever choice you made, life goes on! But the first option allows you to really begin to live life.

As for option 2, well ... one day you may just ask yourself why life is ending so soon.

"Why in the world is the author of this blog talking to me in such a way?"

If you're asking the above question, I presume you're new and I warmly welcome you to my blog. Pardon my frankness but my role for this blog is to make sure that readers get the benefits they are looking for and take action to make a difference in their lives. My role isn't to give the politically-correct niceties that you read about in so many other blogs.

Yes, the information may be hard-hitting and at times, bordering on blunt. But my wish is for every reader of my blog to benefit from what I share, take action on my knowledge and prosper massively.

I want to make sure my knowledge makes an impact in your lives ... I want to make sure that what I share sinks into your lives because I have been in that situation before! I used to live life because I had to ... but after learning the knowledge I'm now sharing with you, I was able to live life because I wanted to.

Isn't it nice to live life because you want to? Isn't it nice to live life the way you want it to be?

Then start to begin your life!

As for the other readers who have been following my blog all these while, I'm sure you know my style. I'm sure you know how much I want all of you to start making a difference in your lives. And thanks for being such loyal readers :)

Let's get down to the meat ...

Last week, I talked about the importance of pain and pleasure in goal setting. If you didn't read my last post, I strongly urge you to go back and read that last post.

The next step in goal setting is to answer this question:

What is most important to you in your life?

Why is this important?

Because you need to relate your goals to what's most important to you in your life! Last week we talked about motivation. Knowing what's important to you in your life is also a very important form of motivation.

Some people value their family

Others value recognition

Still others value their health

Yet still others value achievement

What's yours? What's most important to you in your life? When you can make an association between your reasons for setting your goals and what's important to you, you make an instant linkage to propelling yourself forward because you know that achieving your goals will help you achieve what's important to you in your life!

Isn't that powerful? If you didn't understand the above paragraph, go back and re-read it again. Truly comprehending and grasping the essence of the previous paragraph alone could be worth millions and make you a true business entrepreneur!

You also need to relate your pains and pleasures to what's most important to you in your life. What do I mean?

Let's look at this scenario as an illustration ...

Let's say you value your family as the most important in your life. If the pain of not achieving your goal is not to watch a movie for 6 months, is that painful enough to make you go all out for your goal? Probably not, because it's totally not connected to what's most important to you. But if the pain of not achieving your goal is not being able to see your loved ones for 6 months, is that much more painful to you? Would it push you to go all out for your goals?

Are you starting to see the power of associating your goals and their pains and pleasures to what's most important to you? Can you see how it will propel you to take action and go all out? Can you see how this simple but often belittled nugget of gold can help you attract the wealth that you desire?

Make the association between your goals and what's most important to you and let the magic start to work for you.

Carpe Diem ... Seize the Day!

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Secrets to Goal Setting Revealed ... Part Two

2006-06-21T16:23:00.000+08:00

Welcome back everyone, did you enjoy making your goals more SMART with the secrets I shared with you in my last post? If you did, congratulations! If you didn't, I urge you to go back to the last post and read it over again. This first step is critical in being the foundation to your goal setting success.

Let's move on to the second step ...

It's often been said that

The quality of your life depends on the quality of the questions you ask yourself

And it's very true! If you ask yourself positive and empowering questions every morning when you wake up, the rest of your day will be motivating, empowering and uplifting.

But if you ask yourself negative and disempowering questions first thing in the morning, you can be sure that the rest of your day will be down in the pits!

Let's have an example ...

From tomorrow onwards, when you wake up first thing in the morning, ask yourself this question:

"Today is a great day! I'm feeling on top of the world! What can I do to improve the quality of my life and where can I win in my business or work?"

You will realise that you will immediately be in a frame of mind where you feel great about yourself and you will be looking out for areas where you can win for the rest of your day.

Then after two days, ask yourself this question first thing in the morning when you wake up:

"It looks like it's going to be a lousy day today. I wonder what kind of problems my colleagues are going to give me and the amount of work that my boss is going to dump on my desk? I wonder whether the traffic is going to be horrible?"

Try asking yourselves the above two questions and tell me the difference in how you feel. You be the judge!

So if questions are so important to you, shouldn't you be constantly asking yourself empowering and positive questions?

That's what part two of goal setting is all about. It's about asking yourself 3 very important, critical and empowering questions ...

Why must you achieve your goal?
What are the pains of not achieving your goal?
What are the pleasures of achieving your goal?

Take some time to think about the above 3 questions and seriously answer them. Don't go through the motion. These 3 questions are some of the most important questions you will ever face in your life and if you answer them seriously enough, you will find your life begin to improve almost immediately!

So why are pains and pleasures so important? They can be likened to the motivation to keep us going. And what is motivation?

Let me give you an analogy ...

I want you to visualize that you are the pilot of a jet plane ...
Visualize that you are flying a jet plane towards your goal ...
Visualize it very clearly in your mind.

Now as you propel yourself towards your goal, does your plane need fuel? The longer your journey towards your goal, the more fuel you will need right? If you don't have enough fuel, is it possible your plane may never reach it's goal?

Similarly, pains and pleasures are the fuel that will propel you towards your goals in life. If you don't have enough pains and pleasures to motivate you, it is possible you may give up on your goals halfway?

So having enough pains and pleasures to motivate you is extremely important! Most humans move away from pain and move towards pleasure.

Pain tends to be a better motivating force because most people are afraid of pain. If you are afraid to list down the pains of not achieving your goals, it is going to be more difficult for you to succeed and achieve your goals.

Personally, I've written over 300 reasons why I must achieve my goals as well as the pains and pleasures associated with my goals. Do you think I have enough motivation to propel me towards my goal? Do you think I have enough fuel? I certainly think so.

How about you? How much fuel do you have? Do you have enough motivation to propel you? If not, please top-up your fuel and give yourself enough reasons to motivate you!

In the process of achieving your goals, will you meet with challenges along the way? Does increasing your income have challenges along the way? Is the road to success a challenging one? Does climbing the corporate ladder have challenges along the way?

If you do not have enough motivation, you may give-up along the way! Motivation is an extremely powerful force that can propel you towards your goals!

There is a saying that pain creates motion or action. How true is this? Let's look at an example I want to illustrate to you ...

Anyone afraid of going to the dentist to extract his tooth? I know I once had that fear because of the pain involved. Sometimes, your tooth may hurt but because you're afraid of going to the dentist, you put off your visit and try to ignore the pain. But when the pain becomes unbearable, you have no choice but to visit the dentist, am I right?

Therefore, people only act when there's enough pain! So give yourself enough pains of not achieving your goals. These pains can motivate you to achieve your goals!

When you wna to set a pain of not achieving your goal, don't set a small pain. Set a pain that will be really painful! What is real pain?

Imagine yourself holding a dagger ... not just any dagger, but a dagger with jagged edges. Imagine yourself plungin the dagger into your heart, then giving it a few turns before pulling it out!

Is that real pain? Can you feel the pain? Of course I'm not asking you to actually do it! I just want you to visualize the excrutiating pain in the above scenario.

If you can give yourself a pain that's as painful as the above scenario, congratulations! If your pain of not achieving your goal is as painful as the above scenario, would you ever give up? Would you ever let go of your goals? Definitely not, am I right?

If the pains of not achieving your goal is as painful as the above scenario, will you definitely force yourself to achieve your goal? Definitely! Because the pain of not achieving your goal is very painful!

Of course, your pains should not involve any self-mutilation or self-injury or self-harm. Just set a pain that is painful for yourself!

Now, if your do achieve your goal, give yourself a pleasure. It can be buying that branded bag you've been eyeing all this while ... It can be going for a trip to that beautiful resort you've been dying to go to ... it could be going for a holiday in an exotic location ...

Similarly to the pains of not achieving, your pleasures of achieving should be as pleasuable as possible so that it will motivate you to achieve your goals as well!

So one again, ask yourself why you must achieve your goals.

Set a pain for not achieving your goal and a pleasure for achieving your goals.

And as always,

Carpe Diem ... Seize the Day!

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Secrets to Goal Setting Revealed ...

2006-06-14T04:22:00.000+08:00

Whew! Did you get an adrenaline rush from my previous post? I had some readers email me that they were so pumped up and motivated by my previous posting that they immediately took action straight away to start their journey towards wealth and financial mastery. I'm really glad that what I'm sharing has made an impact in peoples' lives and made them take the step forward towards entrepreneurship and wealth generation.

Others also emailed me that it would be a good idea to link my blog to other blogs which post similar topics on personal development and wealth generation. I think that's a great idea! So if you know of any other good blogs that blog about wealth, entrepreneurship, financial mastery etc, do drop me an email so that I can link to those blogs.

Ok, in my last posting, I shared about why it's so important to set goals for your life. If you haven't read my last blog posting, I strongly encourage you to read it before starting on this post. Knowing why you need to set goals is infinitely more important than knowing how. In life, you always need to know why you need to do something before you learn how to do it. Without the passion, purpose and motivation to do what you are going to do, you'll never be able to do it to the best of your ability. So if you still don't know why you need to set goals, do go back to my previous post and read it.

For those of you who have been following my posting, today I'm going to blog about the specifics of goal setting and how to use it to get the wealth you desire.

On to the good stuff ...

I want all of your to imagine yourselves as being at a Point A, which is your current point in your life. Imagine also a Point B in your life. This Point B is in the future. Think of Point B as the ultimate goal that you must achieve in your life.

Now, Point B may be some distance away, so in-between your current situation and your ultimate goal, you should have your short-term, mid-term and long-term goals. Break down your goals into short-term (6 months to 1 year), mid-term (3 to 5 years) and long-term (5 years and beyond) goals. And these goals should lead you towards your ultimate goal in life.

So go on, list down at least 5 items each for your short-term, mid-term and long-term goals.

Done?

Great!

So how do you go about setting your goals, achieving them and getting the wealth and success you desire?

Here's the first step ...

Your goals must be SMART.

"What's that supposed to mean Terence?"

SMART simply stands for:

Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time-frame

Yup ... that's the first step in successful goal-setting.

Let's go through each of the terms ...

Specific

You must be very very clear about your goals. It's no point being hazy about your goals. Remember that goals are your directions to the wealth and success you desire! If you're a driver and your roads are all hazy, would you be able to get to your destination? Not likely right?

Similarly, if your goals are not specific or clear, chances are, you won't get to where you want to go as well. So be very specific about what you want to achieve. Be very very specific about your goals. There's no two ways about it!

Measurable

Your goals must be quantifiable. You should be able to put a figure to your goals.

For example ...

"I must earn $10000 by 31 June 2006"
"I must lose 10kg by 31 June 2006"
"I must have 300 new clients by 31 June 2006"

Did you realise two things in the above 3 example? I used the word must and I was also very clear on the figures involved. Goals need to be measurable so that our brain can accept the command you are giving it and carry it out. If your brain cannot understand the quantity involved in your goal, chances are it will not be able to help you get your goal.

Achievable

Your goals must be something that can be possible to achieve.

For example, if your goal is to buy the whole universe, is it achievable? Probably not right?

But if your goal is to own a parcel of land on the moon, is it achievable? As far as I know, it is already possible thanks to an enterprising entrepreneur.

So make sure your goals are achievable.

Reasonable

Now, here comes the tricky part ...

How do you know if your goal is reasonable?

Ask other people of course! But remember to ask the right people. Don't just ask anybody, ask the right people! Ask people who have done it before and people who have the results you desire to have!

For example, is it possible to be a millionaire in 3 years starting from scratch? If you ask Bill Gates, Steve Jobs or Micheal Dell, what will they say?

Of course it's reasonable! Because they know it's possible!

Same thing, is it possible to be a billionaire in 5 years starting from scratch? If you ask the same 3 people, what will they say?

Of course it's reasonable too! Because they know it's possible too!

But if you ask a road sweeper or garbage collector whether it's reasonable, what will he say? Will he say it's reasonable?

I can bet you that he will look at you straight in the eye and ask you ...

"Are you nuts? Are you out of your mind?"

Why is this? Because it has never occured to him that it's actually possible to achieve all that in just 3 to 5 years!

So asking the right people is very very important if you want to know if your goals are reasonable. If you want to know if your financial goals are reasonable, ask people who are already successful entrepreneurs or have already achieved a a certain degree of wealth. That's the only way to know if your goals are reasonable.

Time-frame

Last but not least, remember to attach a time-frame to your goals, or else you may never achieve your goals.

Why?

Because the human mind is naturally lazy and we are always searching for the easiest way out! Humans often procrastinate whenever they can, right?

Think about this scenario ...

How many of you are currently employed? And how many of you have ever been given projects by your bosses?

If the project is due in 30 days, how many of you would usually leave it till the last 5 to 10 days before working on the project? And if the project had no dateline, how many of you would actually even start on the project?

So if your goals do not have a time-frame attached to them, your mind will always tell you there's still plenty of time and you'll never ever get around to achieving your goal! Makes sense?

So remember to set a time-frame to your goals so that you'll see yourself steadily approaching your wealth goals, success goals and financial goals

So use what I've shared today, apply them to your goals and make them smart!

I'll share the second step in my next post.

Carpe Diem ... Seize the Day!

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Success Formula Secrets Part Six

2006-06-07T23:34:00.000+08:00

Warning! Don't read this post unless you want to profit immensely from this super-valuable skill I'm about to share which will allow you to attract wealth like a ten-ton magnet!

"Terence, isn't this a tall order to state?"

Yup ... I know the headline seems quite a tall order ... But I'm dead serious. This skill I'm about to share with you, if thoroughly understood and applied constantly, will bring you truck-loads of wealth!

This skill is often belittled, misjudged, and majority of people miss it's importance and relavance totally. Even more people are afraid of applying this skill as it requires change and change often requires you to get out of your comfort zone.

But for those who do see it's importance and faithfully apply it, these are the fortunate few that will never go hungry ever again. These are the elite few who write their own paychecks and never have to scour the classifieds for another job because they are sick of being Just Over Broke. These are the top 3% of the population who luxuriate in the knowledge that they can create wealth at the speed of thought.

"What is this skill Terence? Give it to me ... I want it now!"

So what is this valuable skill?

What is this skill that when understood thouroughly and applied correctly will totally rewrite your financial future?

What is this skill that is jealously-guarded by the elite of the business world and that they never want us to find out?

Ready?

It's the skill of ...

Goal-Setting!

Yup ... you read correctly ... the skill of goal-setting can make the difference whether you luxuriate in the top echelons of the rich and famous or dwell in the pits of financial doldrums.

In fact, many people know that goal-setting is very important. You probably know that as well. So how come there aren't more people who are becoming wealthier throught using this knowledge?

Simple ... because many people FEAR the process of setting goals. Correction ... many people cannot accept getting out of their comfort zone to set goals and also the pains of not achieving their goals!

I know of a 50+ year old lady in the USA doing USD 100,000 per month ... she sets goals and often exceeds her goals ... only difference is, she gets around in a motorised wheelchair. Most of you reading this post walk, so what's your problem?

I know I sound harsh and some of you may think who the heck I am that I can talk in such a tone and language.

I'm just a friend who wants you to see the truth!

As the saying goes ...

"Your strictest friend is your greatest friend"

I really want all of you to realise this ...

It's not where you start ... It's where you end up!

And to make sure that you end up with the lifestyle that you desire to have, you need to get out of your comfort zone! You need to face the temporary discomfort that comes with embracing change!

Think about this for a second ... I want all of you to visualize this scenario ...

Imagine a monkey at the foot of a fruit tree ... where is it's comfort zone? The ground right? But if he remains on the ground forever, will he ever get his fruit? Maybe ... when it drops right? But when will the fruit drop? Later? Tomorrow? The day after? Next week? Next month?

If the monkey is hungry enough, it WILL climb up the tree to get the fruit! He can't afford to wait for the fruit to drop because it's very survival is at stake!

Similarly, are you hungry enough? Do you hunger for a different kind of life? Are you so sick and tired of your current life that you are desperate to get out of it? Are you so hungry that you must get out of your comfort zone? Not later, not tomorrow, not next week but NOW?

If you are really hungry for success, you will embrace the change that comes with getting out of your comfort zone! If you are truly sick of your current life, you will face the pain of not achieving your goals and treat that pain merely as experience that enriches your life!

You'll never be able to improve what you're unwilling to change!

Let me repeat that again ...

You'll never be able to improve what you're unwilling to change!

I want those words to be deeply etched in your mind. I want you to remember and memorize those words until it resonates deep in the recesses of your subconscious mind!

Becuase you want a better life! Because you want to improve your current situation!

If you feel that life is already the best that it can be, you can stop reading now. But if you feel that life can be better for you, read on as I go into the one skill that when mastered, will forever change your financial future.

I want you to pause and consider for a moment ...

Where do you want to be 3 years from now?

Where do you want to be 5 years from now?

Where do you want to be 10 years from now?

And where does that get you? What's in it for you? What will it get you? Is it attractive enough for you?

Are these goals enough to motivate you? Are these goals enough to propel you to take massive action?

Many people don't take action even though they know what they need to do. Is it because they are lazy? Is it because they are procrastinators?

Most of the time, people don't take action because they never imagine and visualize what it means when they get to the goals they set!

What does it mean when you get to that point of success?

Let me give you an example ...

What if you see a shopping trolley in the middle of the road and a car driving headlong towards it?
What would you do?

What if it was your car, driving headlong towards the trolley?
What would you do in this instance? Why?

Another example ...

What if you saw a baby in a pram in the middle of the road, and a prime-mover was headed towards it?
What would you do?

What if it was your baby?
What would you do? Why?

When something has significance to you, you act! Because you know the impact of acting and not acting! Because you know why you must act!

Similarly, you must think of the significance of your goals! What happens when you achieve your goals? What does it mean to you? What's the pleasure? What can you do when you achieve your goals?

And what happens when you don't achieve your goals? What does it mean to you? What's the pain?

You need to thoroughly think of the pleasures of achieving your goals and the pains of not achieving your goals. You need to understand the significance of your goals! You need to let the impact sink deep into your mind!

That's the only way you will not only achieve, but exceed your goals!

Take a deep breath ... close your eyes and ask yourself these questions ...

Am I desperate enough?
YES!

Am I hungry enough?
YES!

Do I really want to get out of my comfort zone?
YES!

Shout out the YES as loudly as you can in your mind! Feel the energy as the YES resounds in your mind!

Let the YES permeate your entire being ... Let the YES empower you as you feel the strength and power to overcome all odds and challenges ... Let the feeling of empowerment wash over your entire being because your life matters!

YES! YES! YES!

Can you see your success?
Can you feel it?
Can you taste it?
Can you hear it?

Ok ... now slowly open your eyes ... be aware of where you are and bring your focus back to what you are reading ... be aware of the rush of determination and strength you had when you answered the above three questions.

Dear friend, excitement and motivation isn't enough ... you have to convince yourself of what happens when you achieve the results you want!

I'm going to end my post today with a quote that has deeply and profoundly impacted my life ... And I know it will for you as well ...

Desire is the want to have a better life
Passion is the refusal to live without

I truly believe all of us are born to enjoy the life that we truly deserve and desire to have. Don't ever let anybody or anything tell you otherwise.

Go over my post again to let it sink in. Go over it three or four times if you need to. If you know why setting goals is so important, you will start to join the ranks of the elite in society. This one skill alone has enabled me to achieve a level of success I never imagined in the past.

And it can do the same for you.

That's all for today. In my next post, I will share the exact steps of goal setting that many successful people have used to achieve the life they desire.

And as always ...

Carpe Diem ... Seize the Day!

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Prelude to Success Formula Secrets Part Six

2006-06-01T20:44:00.000+08:00

When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb.

She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.

Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim to the California coast.
On that Fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense she could hardly see her support boats. Sharks cruised toward her lone figure, only to be driven away by rifle shots. Against the frigid grip of the sea, she struggled on, hour after hour, while millions watched on national television.

Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. She never had ... until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.
Still thawing her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, “look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.” It was not fatigue or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.

Two months later, she tried again. This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith intact and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land, and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the English Channel, eclipsing the men’s record by two hours!

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Success Formula Secrets Part Five

2006-05-29T19:10:00.000+08:00

Welcome back everyone! My apologies for not updating this Blog for the past few days. I just came back from a vacation at the Sunny Resort Island of Batam in Indonesia. The weather there was great and I got a healthly dose of sunlight from it. Stayed at a Japanese Suite and it was absolute heaven! The decor was totally zen-like and it was so comfortable that my wife and I just didn't want to leave the suite :)

I also want to take the opportunity to thank everyone who dropped me an email telling me how much they've benefitted from my Blog. It's my pleasure sharing this knowledge for the benefit of everyone. My greatest happiness would be to see everyone benefitting from the knowledge I'm sharing just as I have benefitted as well.

Ok, back to the meaty stuff. Last installment was about the importance of having a plan. So what comes before a plan?

Having a good Strategy.

Before you even formulate your plan, you need to have a good strategy. In fact, you will probably need more than one strategy. Someone once asked me,

"Terence, what's a good strategy?"

My answer?

"A good strategy is one that produces the best results."

Sounds simple right?

So how do you know which strategy will produce the best results? When you get the results of course!

Remember how I stressed on the importance of measuring your results? You need to have Key Performance Indicators in order to track your results and know whether or not your strategies are effective.

Those in the corporate world and business circles will no doubt be familiar with the concept of Key Performance Indicators or KPIs. For those who are unfamiliar, KPIs can be simply explained as benchmarks to let you know how far you're progressing towards your goals and whether or not you are getting the desired results.

Sample KPIs are:

Sales volume for the month
Sales generated per sales personnel
Number of leads generated per month
Number of new customers per month
Number of repeat sales per month

There are much much more KPIs but the above are just a sampling of some KPIs that you could incorporate into your business or work.

So the key is to have as many strategies as possible. Sometimes, you never know which strategy will yield the best results.

There are times when the supposed 'best' strategy bottoms out and there are other times when strategies which were thought to be 'near useless' proved to be a dark horse and produced phenomenal results!

That's why you should think of as many strategies as possible and ALWAYS test the results of employing these stratgies.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour and awoke the mighty sleeping giant that was the USA, how many strategies did you think they had? One? Two? Three? I believe they had many.

You need to have multiple strategies as well.

So here's what I'd like you to do:

Sit down, relax, and have a good thinker on the kind of results you want in your life
Devise strategies which you believe will get you to these results. Even if the strategy seems silly at face value, jot it down! Many phenomenal business successes were born out of strategies that seemed silly at face value!
Look at your stratgies at ask yourself these questions:

How am I going to employ these strategies?
How do I need to leverage on in order to execute these strategies?
What are the events I can leverage on or create in order to employ these strategies?
By when am I going to execute these strategies? Put a timeline to the strategies.

As always, nothing happens until you take action. Make use of what I've shared and prosper!

Carpe Diem ... Seize the day!

Success Formula Secrets Part Four

2006-05-24T00:26:00.000+08:00

Whew! The past 5 days have been hectic, inspiring, motivating and fulfilling ... All rolled into one!

Last Thursay and Friday was National Achievers Congress 2006. For those who were there, I'm sure you benefitted greatly from the precious nuggets of knowledge given by World Class Speakers like Jim Rohn, Ron Kaufman, James Skinner and others. It was a mind-blowing two days where these Top-of-the-class speakers distilled their precious knowledge into bite-sized chunks for our benefit. I'll be posting on their nuggets of wisdom in a separate entry. For those who were not present or are not aware of what National Achievers Congress is about, stay tuned for my next entry where I'll share the super-charged wisdom which was jam-packed into the two days.

Friday and Saturday for me were spent conducting a Seminar that has reached out and changed the lives of more than 10,000 people. People have graduated from the seminar with the profound knowledge of:

How to get rid of bad habits forever,
How to improve self-confidence,
How to overcome their greatest obstacle to success -- their mindset
The mentality of a successful entreprenuer
Many more valuable nuggets of knowledge that has made this seminar such a life-changing experience and has attracted people to fly from Thailand, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Vietnam, Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia to Sunny Singapore just to attend the two-day seminar

For those who are interested to find out more, I'll be posting about the seminar in a future entry so do stay tuned!

Ok, back to our 4th installment of Success Formula Secrets.

In my last post, I talked about the importance of practice and how it was to come before action. So what comes before practice?

Well, before you even practice, you need to have a plan

How many of you have heard the saying ...

People don't plan to fail,
They merely fail to plan

Every great person has had a plan for his life, his business and his success. You will not hear of a successful person going through life in a haphazard manner. All great people conceptualized a plan before they went ahead to execute it.

So do you have a plan as well?

If not, you are putting millions of dollars in potential income on the table!

You need a good plan in order to have a direction towards your results. Going through life without a good plan is like driving in a foreign country without a map or street directory. Anyone ever stuck in such a situation? I definitely wouldn't want to be in that particular situation!

"Ok Terence, I understand that a plan is important. So what is a good plan?"

Good question ...

A good plan is one which countinuously brings you closer to your goal, day after day, month after month, year after year. A good plan brings you one step closer to your goal every single day. It doesn't matter how small the step is. All big goals are made up of smaller goals. All big successes are made up of smaller successes.

So in order to have a good plan, you obviously need to have a goal. Goal-setting is one of the most important skills you can ever learn in your life. Mastering this one skill alone could be worth millions of dollars in your life! So make you you check back on my next post where I will go in-depth into the skill of Goal-Setting.

Trust me, once you master the immensely useful skill of Goal-setting and apply it in your daily life, you'll wonder how you ever got by without this skill!

Back to having a good plan ...

You need to plan your day according to the goals you have set for your life.

Let's take an example to illustrate this concept more clearly.

Let's say you have set a certain financial goal in your life. For example, you wish to earn $6000 this month. Anyone wouldn't mind earning an extra $6000 in the next 30 days?

Once you decide on your financial goal for the month, break it up into smaller, daily goals. Remember that big goals are always made up of smaller goals.

In this example, in order to earn $6000 a month, you would need to earn $200 per day, correct?

So a good plan would be one that allows you to earn at least $200 per day. So when you go about planning your daily activities, ask yourself this very critical question. This question alone could radically change your life for the better. Ready?

The question is ...

"Will this activity lead me towards achieving my daily goal of $200, whether directly or indirectly?"

If the answer is yes, go for it! You are formulating a good daily plan which will help you achieve your daily goal.

If the answer is no, change your activity to a more productive one!

Another question you need to ask yourself ...

"What's my hourly worth? How much is one hour of my time?"

All successful people know that Time = Money. Time is the most precious resource on earth and no matter who you are, no matter which country you come from, you only have 24 hours in a day!

So if your hourly worth is at least $1000 per hour (and you should see yourself at least at that), would you waste your precious time on unproductive activities? Would you waste your precious time on activities that do not bring you closer to your daily or monthly goal? I'm sure the answer is obvious.

So plan your daily activities such that they bring you towards your daily and monthly goals. If an activity doesn't achieve this, dump it! Don't fall victim to time-traps and time-stealers! Many activities will scream out for your time and attention. But remember to spend your time and effort on productive activities that lead you to your goal.

Remember ... Your hourly worth is at least $1000!

So now that you have a clearer idea of what a good plan is, what should you be doing?

Find a quiet moment in a quiet place, determine your goals for the month and come up with a good plan on how you want to spend the next 30 days of your life. Whether or not the next 30 days will be fruitful depends on how you plan for it.

Come up with an action plan of your next 30 days. Remember to make it as detailed as possible. Break it down into a day-to-day plan. Remeber not to fall prey to time-stealing activities. And most importantly, execute your plan!

Carpe Diem ... Seize the day!

Success Formula Secrets Part Three

2006-05-17T05:45:00.000+08:00

Welcome back to the third installment of Success Formula Secrets. I sincerely hope you have benefitted from my previous posts and the knowledge is already making a profound and significant impact in your life.

Remember, it's not just the learning of knowledge that's important. The application of knowledge is even more important! So I urge you to go out, use the valuable knowledge I've distilled from the hours spent with my mentors and massively propser!

In the last installment, I talked about the importance of taking action in order to get the results you want. But before you take action, you need to do one important step. Failure to do this step alone could cost you millions!

So what is this all-important step?

Are you ready for it?

It's ...

Practice

'What? You mean failure to practice could cost me millions of dollars? You sure?'

Yes my friends. Failure to practice before taking action could cost you millions of dollars, if not billions! How is this possible?

You see, before you take action on anything, you must make sure you are adequately proficient in what you're embarking on. What do I mean?

Take for example, if you are in the field of sales or financial planning. Before you meet with your client, you need to be sure you can present proficiently to him. The last thing you want to happen to you is to foul-up on that all-important presentation. It takes just one blunder to foul-up your impression to your client. Yes ... The business world is THAT unforgiving at times.

So how do you practice? Practice to the person you see in the mirror. If you're doing great, he should give you an agreeable look. If the person in the mirror is frowning, you know you need to improve certain aspects of your presentation. The person in the mirror NEVER lies! You can also grab your family memebers or friends to listen to your presentation. Whichever method you choose, the key is to practice, practice and practice!

If you're embarking on the up and coming field of Internet Marketing, all the top dogs in the industry will tell you that you need to test your maketing campaigns. Don't just put up a sales copy and expect your site to sell like hot-cakes. You need to test your headlines, sales-copy, testimonials, images etc. Failing to test could be the downfall of your online empire! Sometimes, just a small change could improve your sales by huge margins! If you don't test, you'll never know what went wrong or what could have been done better.

Professional athletes and sportspeople will swear by the importance of practice and training. Have you heard of a professional sportsperson who won an olympic gold medal or a professional sporting event without any practice? I haven't, and I don't think there are any. Even the most talented of sportspeople need constant practice to hone their skills.

So, practice is important. But do you just practice blindly? That is, does practice make perfect? It used to be the case, but not anymore. Practice used to make perfect, but now, practice makes permanent.

As Vince Lombardi put it so aptly ...

'Practice does not make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect'

Make sure you are practicing the right things! If you practice the wrong way, no amount of practice will make you successful! So how do you know if you are practicing the right things? Simple ... Model after those who already have the results you desire to have.

So now that you know the importance of practice, what one action would you do by the end of today in order to bring you closer to your success?

Write it down and act upon it now!

Carpe Diem ... Seize the Day!

Success Formula Secrets Part Two

2006-05-14T03:20:00.000+08:00

"How you do anything is how you do everything"

Dear friends, these were words given to me by another mentor of mine and it has impacted my life in a profound manner. How you do anything will ultimately determine your success in life!

For those of you who have been following my blog, have you taken action on any aspects of your life yet? If yes, congratulations! I'm sure your life is already on the upcurve.

Speaking of action, that's Part Two of my Success Formula Secrets. If you may recall, part one was about deciding on the results you want in your life.

Now, in order to get results, you must first take action! Many people attend seminars, read books and listen to audios. But they forget the 'action' step and after that, they wonder why they haven't achieved the phenomenal success promised by the gurus.

You don't get results without taking action!

Come on, everything in life requires action before you see results! Even winning the lottery requires action. Do you know of anyone who won a lottery by sitting at home and doing nothing? An action must have taken place before he won the lottery! Either he bought the ticket himself or somebody gave it to him. An action took place which led to him winning the lottery!

Another universal formula which will stand the test of time:

Ma = Mr

'What in the world is that?'

Massive action = Massive results

Friends, if you only want results the size of a pin-head, forget about reading all these. I don't want you wasting your time on my blog. There are many ways to get small results and you don't need to read my blog or read any other books on success. You'll find small success sometime or other in your life. Sorry for being so hard-hitting but I really want this knowledge to be helpful to you.

But if you want success the size of a massive jumbo jet, if you want your life to be one filled with luxuries, if you want to live in that beautiful mansion overlooking the ocean and having a beautiful view of the horizon, if you want to be in the driver's seat of the flaming-red Ferarri that's been the object of your dreams ...

You need to take massive action! Massive results always require massive action!

Anthony Robbins sums it up in a most-powerful quote ...

'Action is the foundational key to all success'

Let's look at an everyday example ...

How many guys out there want to have a body that you can be proud of? How many of you want a body that you can flaunt at the beach and have ladies swoon at the sight of your utterly, deliciously muscular body? I hear many 'Yeah' and 'sure do' in the heads of male readers. Let's face it, which normal hot-blooded male wouldn't?

But do you get such a body just going to the gym once a month? Or once a week? Come on! You probably need to go at least 3 times a week to achieve such a body right? Maybe even 5 times a week. In other words, you need to take massive action!

I'm sure you can think of other everyday examples of how massive action leads to massive results. The list is endless.

So if you desire certain results in your life, take action. Not later, not tomorrow, but now!

Opportunity doesn't knock twice on the same door. Heck, it doesn't even knock once ...
It's waiting by the side of the road waiting for you to pick it up!

Pass it by and the person behind you will pick it up. When that happens, you can wave goodbye to opportunity forever.

What one action could you take that if you did, would propel you closer to your life goal? Take action on it now!

Carpe Diem ... Seize the day

They laughed when I said I wanted to quit my job, but when I was able to let my wife quit as well, their jaws almost reached the ground!

2006-05-08T03:57:00.000+08:00

Yup, the title says it all.

How many of you have at one point in your lives, contemplated the all-important decision of becoming your own boss? How many of you have taken that step towards writing your own paychecks, only to be jolted back by the laughter and ridicule of your friends?

I was there before. And believe me, you'll never want to be in the position I was in! All my friends laughed when I announced my decision to quit my job as an Engineer to start my own business. But when I was able to let my wife quit as well, they fell as silent as the lonely night.

None of them could believe I was able to make it. But then again, 97% of the world's population don't believe they can succeed in the first place. Which leaves a big piece of the success pie for aspiring entrepreneurs like you and me.

Dear friend, if you have been laughed at by your friends ... If you've been ridiculed to the extent of massive embarrassment for wanting to start your own business and own your life again, Congratulations! You have just gotten closer to your goal of writing your own paychecks!

When people tell you that it's Impossible to success, smile!

Why you may ask?

Because Impossible is I M Possible!

So the more impossible your success seems to be, the more people try to make you believe your success is impossible, congratulate yourself! Cos it means I M Possible.

For those who're reading my blog for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. Thank you for taking your precious time to read my blog. I strongly encourage you to begin from my first posting to get maximum benefit from my blog.

For those who've been following my blog faithfully, a big thank you as well. All of you are the inspiration and motivation behind my being able to share this fantastic knowledge with you.

I just want everyone to understand that I share principles FIRST, techniques second.

Why do I do that? Because once you understand the principles, you start to become self-sufficient. You start to know the 'why' behind the techniques. Meaning you can rely less on the 'experts' and more on yourself.

The number one question you should be constantly asking yourself is ...

"What can I take from this knowledge and apply it in my business or life?"

That's where the real power comes from. When you ignite your brain with a killer idea that turns your marketing on its head, you'll start to get true value from this blog.

And you will continue to get value, for many months to come. You can keep coming back again and again. Why? Because your brain will interpret these secrets to success from a more educated state every time. So you will get explosive new ideas to sky-rocket your income on each occasion.

The principles don't change, but your understanding of them does.

So stay tuned for my next post where I reveal Part Two of Success Formula Secrets

Carpe Diem ... Seize the day!

Success Formula Secrets Part One

2006-05-04T23:50:00.000+08:00

Ok, in my last post, I mentioned that that there's actually a formula for success. If you're wondering if it's possible, it really is. But like all other knowledge, it's not just about knowing, more importantly, it's about applying!

The formula for success is actually quite simple. In fact, after I reveal this magical formula, some of you will probably sit back in disbelief and say ...

'You mean this is the formula? I already know almost all of this!'

Yup ... A lot of what I'll be sharing are knowledge you may already be aware of. But it's not just about each individual piece of knowledge. It's about how you utilize the whole formula in it's entirety and how you apply it to whatever you are doing. Many people have achieved a higher level of success in their lives because they applied this formula to what they were doing

Like what I mentioned, this formula can be applied regardless of the industry you are in or the business you want to excel in.

Take the formula, apply it and massively prosper!

So what is this Formula to Success? Simple ...

Results <-- Action <-- Practice <-- Plan <-- Strategy <-- Goal <-- Mindset

In whatever you do in life, in whatever businesses you undertake or plan to build, you MUST always ask yourself this all important question:

'What are the results I want from this business, venture or decision?'

Very often, most people go into a business without knowing the results they want. Most people attend a seminar without knowing the result they desire to derive from the seminar. Most people read books without knowing the end-result they want from reading it.

This is a big mistake!

When you don't set the results you want to achieve from whatever you're doing, you naturally don't achieve them!

Always ask yourself what results you want to see from whatever you're doing! This way, you can clearly know whether of not your time was spent productively. You can also clearly determine whether the money you invested in the seminar or business was justified. If your results were achieved, your time was productive and the money invested was justified.

Simple right? But this simple concept alone has helped many successful people make their time more productive and thus generate more money for themselves.

Results in your life can be broadly classified into 3 categories:

Stability -- How much income do you need in order to achieve stability in your life? You will need to evaluate your monthly expenses and outflow in order to arrive at this figure.

Success -- This is subjective. How much do you need in order to believe that you are successful? For some, it could be earning $10,ooo per month. For others, it could be owning 5 properties around the world. Define your success and make a conscious effort to work towards it.

Dream -- This is my personal favourite. As Walt Disney once said: "If you can dream it, you can do it" My dear friends, everything in life begins with a dream. Everything. All great people started with a dream they had and they went forward to make it happen.

What is your dream? Have you thought about what your dream life would be like 5 years from now? 10 years from now? 20 years from now? 30 years from now? Picture this life clearly, vividly in your life. Write an essay entitled 'A perfect day in my life' and display this essay somewhere prominently where you can see it everyday. When you can picture it clearly, you mind will go to work to help you make that dream come true.

Dare to believe your dream can come true
Reach for the stars
Enthusiasm is paramount
Act as if failure were impossible
Make your own destiny

So define the results you want in your life and make it happen!

I'll be updating this Blog on a regular basis so do stay tuned for the next installment!

Carpe Diem ... Seize the day!

The Journey Begins ... ...

2006-04-28T21:25:00.000+08:00

I want to become a millionaire!
I want to be rich!

Sounds familiar? Know of a friend who said those words to you before? If you have, I'm not surprised. I was once one of those who used to go around saying those words to the people around me. I wanted to become a multi-millionaire. Heck, I even wanted to become a billionaire!

That's the problem!

I only wanted to become a millionaire. If we desire to become massively successful, it cannot be only a want, it has to be a must!

'What's the difference between saying want and must?'

A huge difference!

My mentor taught me something which has made a profound difference in my life. With this concept alone, I went from earning an ordinary salaried income to grossing a five-figure income every month. Ready for this concept?

Your results are a result of the actions you take

Your actions are a result of the decisions you make

Your decisions are a result of the mindset you have

Mindset --> Desicion --> Action --> Result

Going by the above principle, what's the most important determinant in your Financial Success? Yup ... Mindset! Mindset is a single word, but to fully understand and exploit the power of your mind would take many days! I'll be delving deeeper into this most important topic of mindset in the next few days. In the meantime, a simple explanation for mindset would be the way you think and your mental programming. This in turn is affected by your values and beliefs system.

'So what's the difference between saying want and must?'

Simple ... Where are your words formed before they are verbalized? In your vocal cords? Close! Rewind further ... where are they conceptualized?

Bingo! In your mind!

So if your mind is only wanting to succeed, would you succeed eventually? Maybe.

But if you tell your mind that you must succeed. Would that increase your chances of success? Definitely!

What you say depends on what you think. And what you think determines your eventual success! So the next time you catch yourself thinking or saying 'I want to succeed'

STOP!

Don't sabotage your success by only wanting to succeed, you have to tell yourself that you must succeed! I know some of you may be laughing at this. Or some of you may be skeptical as to whether this really works. Trust me ... It does!

What have you got to lose by making this one small change? Nothing!

What have you to to gain by making this one small change? Plenty!

Make this small change in the way you think and speak and you will start to see noticeable results. But it doesn't happen overnight. You have to give your mind time to acknowledge and integrate this change into your belief system. You have to make it a habit to replace all the 'wants' in your thoughts and words into 'must'. And you need 21 days in order to effectively form a habit.

So from today onwards, make a decision to replace all the 'I want' to 'I must' and begin to welcome the wonderful results you will start to experience in your Journey to Success.

I MUST become a millionaire!
I MUST be successful!

Sounds simple right? It's often the simple things in life that make a huge difference in your life if you actually implement these simple changes in the way you do things.

'Financial success is the result of doing simple, specific things over and over again until you achieve the financial independence that you desire'

It doesn't matter which industry or field you desire to excel in. It doesn't matter how you want to make your fortunes. The fundamental principles of success are the same across all vehicles of success.

Whether you are looking to succeed in Business, Internet Marketing, Financial Planning or climbing to the top of the Corporate Ladder, once you master these principles of success and apply them, you will find yourself progressing up and forward in your life!

So end your day today by making 3 decisions:

1. Decide you MUST make a difference in your life
2. Decide that life CAN be better for you
3. Decide that you MUST give yourself an opportunity to know how learning all these Success Knowledge I'm sharing with you WILL make a difference in your life

It is my sincere wish that whatever I've shared with you today will begin to make a noticeable change in your Journey to Financial Success.

Something else that my mentor shared with me ...

Whenever you read or hear something beneficial to you, ask yourself these questions:

If I had known this concept earlier, how much more money could I have made applying this concept?

Now that I've learnt this concept, how much more money am I going to make utilizing this concept?

How am I going to do it? List down 3 specific action plans.

Remember that the quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself!

By asking myself the above simple but profoundly useful questions everyday, I started to attract tons of additional income! Ask yourself these questions everyday and let the power of questions go to work for you!

Ok, that's all for today. In my next post, I'll be sharing a formula for success.

'You mean there's actually a formula for success??'

Yes there is. And I'll share it with you in my next post. So stay tuned!

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The Secrets of a 'been-there, done-that' Success Junkie and what it has to do with you and YOUR success

2006-04-26T03:45:00.000+08:00

Dear Chronically Frustrated Entrepreneur,

If you've been going from guru to guru learning how to be the 'next big thing'; If you've been downloading ebook after ebook trying to unravel the 'secret key to the Vault of Success'; If you've been attending seminar after seminar and reading tons of books till you encounter Brainfreeze trying to decipher what makes successful people successful ... ...

You're not alone!

I've been there before and I know how frustrating it feels to spend countless sleepness nights trying to learn the path to success from the truckloads of success gurus out there. I've attended countless seminars, read countless books on success and downloaded countless ebooks that are now collecting digital dust on my hard drive. I know how you're feeling right now.

You see my friend, success isn't just about hard work. It's about working hard and working smart.

At one point in time, I was also feeling really down in the dumps as it didn't seem as if I was getting anywhere nearer to the 'promised land' of the moolah. I was pretty much at my wit's end and was constantly pulling my hair out in chronic frustration.

Then I found the missing link. I found that to become successful, you need to model a successful person. The age-old adage that 'Success breeds Success' is really true!

'Yah ... Big deal ... I already knew that'

I can literally hear lots of you having that above thought going through your head even as you're reading this.

Let me clarify what I mean. Many people, including myself in the past, thought that attending seminars and reading books on success is already modelling. But most people don't realise that you can't effectively model a successful person just by attending his seminars or reading his books! The only effective, time-tested and proven way to model a successful person is to follow him around as he conducts his day-to-day dealings and have constant, thorough access to his time, guidance and knowledge.

Sounds simple enough right? But there's just one tiny little catch ...

Most successful people charge the sky for their time, coaching and guidance. And even then, you may not get dedicated time and access to them! The high price of this coaching and guidance is often enough to make most people reconsider the investment in the guru's time.

I guess I was a little luckier in this aspect. Due to my business dealings and my sincere desire to learn from the best, I was able to network with and be directly mentored by two businessmen who are already successful in their own right.

One was a very enterprising young businessman who set up a company right from scratch in Sunny Singapore. In less than 5 years, this company grossed more than USD 60 million in sales and was able to expand to more than 10 countries across the Asia Pacific region. He plans to list his company on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 2007 and he even has his sights set on the New York Stock Exchange in 2010. He has been honoured in various countries for his contribution to the business climate and people of those countries.

My second mentor comes from an entirely different background. Currently in his mid-40s, he was already comfortably retired due to his astute business acumen and capable corporate skills. He hails from the Banking industry and at the very young age of 29, he was already the CEO of an American Bank. In his corporate career till date, he has brought no less than 36 companies to a Public Listing on various Stock Exchanges across the world. Needless to say, he was already a multi-millionaire by the time he was in his late 30s.

Being able to be directly mentored and guided by these two successful businessmen has opened my eyes to the tightly-guarded world of highly-successful businessmen. I was able to learn how they think, strategize and react to various business situations ... I was able to observe them as they went about closing business deals with ease. I was literally able to tap into their brilliant minds to learn the coveted topic of success. Even better, through my two mentors, I was able to meet and learn from other highly-successful millionaires.

My conclusion?

Nothing beats being able to learn in real-time and in the real world from highly-successful people. I finally understood the immense benefits Napolean Hill (author of the timeless success classic Think and Grow Rich) had when he interviewed 504 successful people.

From all the knowledge I've been fortunate enough to gather and learn from my two mentors and their business partners, I've distilled everything into bite-sized chunks of information and knowledge. I've taken pains to put together all these knowledge into a simple, clear and concise format that everybody will be able to understand. Best of all, where possible, I also include action steps that one can take to propel him to the next level of success.

'But Terence? Why are you doing all these? Is there a catch to it? Is all these knowledge for free?'

For thoses of you who may be wondering why I'm taking the effort to compile all these knowledge, my answer is simple. I was fortunate enough to be able to learn from highly-successful people. And all these knowledge was gained without me investing a single dollar. My mentors easily charge thousands of dollars per hour for their business consultation. I cannot but stress the value of all the information they have shared with me. I know of many out there who want to learn how to be more successful but may not have the financial means to attend seminars or invest in self-improvement books. I want to make what I term as Success Knowledge accessible to anyone and everyone who desires to make a difference in their lives. I want everyone to be able to use this knowledge to prosper and achieve their dreams. Call me idealistic but I believe the more people become successful, the better the world we live in will become.

And yes, all these knowledge will be made available for
F-R-E-E

After reading what I will be posting in the coming days and weeks, some people will cry foul at why I'm making available such jealously-guarded, ground-breaking and money-making knowledge for free. Armed with such powerful knowledge, you'll start attracting wealth like a ten ton magnet!

Don't ask me to put a price to this knowledge I'm about to share with you. There is no price to success ... And no, I don't intend to charge anything for this knowledge. I believe in making the world a better place and this blog is my contribution towards this cause.

It is my sincerest wish that everyone who visits my blog takes whatever knowledge I'm about to offer and go forth to prosper. Whether you are looking to succeed in the Corporate world, in your own business or in various other industries, it doesn't matter. This knowledge will give you an extra edge over the competition.

If you find what I have to share beneficial and useful, all I ask is that you drop me an email or comment to let me know. I'd be most grateful. And if you know of a friend who can benefit from all these knowledge, do refer them to my blog and I'd be most honoured.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride ...

Success isn't just about the destination ... It's the journey as well.

Carpe Diem ... Seize the day!