Fortress of Success

How a 17 year old became a Self Millionaire?

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:21:00 +0000

Tribute to the great Jim Rohn

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:54:00 +0000

One of the World Greatest Inspirational Speakers of all time. RIP Jim ... You truly made a difference.

If you have Failed...

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Have you failed yesterday? Have you failed today?

Believe in Yourself... Can you?

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:56:00 +0000

Amazing Autistic Artist

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:50:00 +0000

How To Make Money From Niche Ebooks

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:48:00 +0000

If you have the flair for writing and if you have specialized knowledge that can potentially interest online users, you will stand great chances of making huge money online by writing and publishing your own niche ebooks. Here's how:

1. Sell ad spaces. You can augment your earnings from this endeavor if you can sell ad spaces to marketers who are selling products that compliment your book topic.

Depending on the size of the ad and the projected sales of your ebook, you can charge up to $500 per ad. You can also use some of your book space to promote your own products and services.

By doing so, you can increase your sales and revenue without hurting your pockets for your advertising cost. You just have to make sure that your creations will not look like yellow pages so you can avoid annoying your readers.

2. Sell your niche ebooks. This is the fastest way to generate income from your creations.

You may write about topics that are extremely interesting to your potential clients and promote your niche ebooks online using the most effective advertising tools that are available in the internet today.

You need to make sure properly build-up your offerings by highlighting their features and benefits so you can make them more valuable to the eyes of your potential clients.

3. Use them as your traffic-generating tool. If you are a marketer, you must understand the importance of driving quality traffic to your website.

You can attract interested people to give you a visit by using your niche ebooks. How? You can send your niche ebooks for free to your potential clients. Load them up with valuable information that these people will find interesting.

When you are able to impress your readers and make them see that you are really good on what you do, you can be assured that they will flock your website in no time. Make sure that you post your site's URL on every page of your creations to make it much easier for these people to give you a visit.

4. Use them on your list building campaigns. You'll stand great chances of growing your ebusiness if you can effectively capture the email addresses of your potential clients.

You can boost your sign-up rate if you can reward these people with free niche ebooks that contain information that are relevant to their needs and demands.
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Is this Inspirational or not? I've got goosebumps!

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:14:00 +0000

Watch this Incredible Story of a man that inspires and teaches children as well as adults.

There are times when you wake up and think that the world is just too much.

Hours feel like days...

Days feel like weeks...

Weeks feel like months...

Get Back Up Mate!

Your Fortress Of Success
Gordy

How To Make Money From Passions!

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:28:00 +0000

Hi all,

To make money online many people jump right in before they are properly prepared. You know that to be a rocket scientist, a doctor, a brick layer, a construction worker, an office worker, a teacher there are prerequisites, things you must learn, before you can be successful, you don't just jump right in unprepared.

The same applies to the Internet marketing industry even though there are unsavory people out there who'd have you believe it's a "Walk in the Park" and requires no more than the belief that you can just do it.

And I'll have to admit, it is a walk in the park compared to what you have to put up with in the working world punching a clock being a subordinate to someone who does not have your interests in mind, but there are still rules you have to follow and pitfalls you must avoid to actually make Internet marketing work for you.

Most people will not make a dime online and yet there are others who will make more in one month than most people make in a whole year. Why is that?

My answer begins with the age-old chicken or egg question, "what comes first the chicken or the egg"? Personally I vote for, well never mind, each argument you or I make comes back to the same old conclusion - I have no clue and I don't think many of us do either.

But one thing I do have a clue about and know for sure is that to make money online you must first have Passion for the company products and/or service of any Internet business from which you expect to make money.

Passion in this sense simply means that you've researched and like the company and products or services. It is then that you translate that like (or Passion) into the education, excitement and work that usually accompany Passion.

I will have to say that many online entrepreneurs are so good at what they do that they ignore passion because they can sell anything. But I'm concerned about those of you who are not so knowledgeable at working an online business successfully.

Now, I'm not trying to make anyone believe that Passion is the only thing necessary. Because to be successful you must also have a good website, good marketing, widespread advertising, company support, effective keywords, and etc. Those things are often learned from the company you join - but sidestep Passion and you reduce your chances for success dramatically.

It therefore follows that, if you have no Passion for the company and the products and services provided by that company, again, you won't attempt to do the work you are being taught.

Internet marketing work is typically not all that difficult or time consuming but it does take motivation caused by Passion to get you off and running with a sustained effort so that you won't stumble.

You have a great resource in the Internet search engines to search about the Internet Marketing industry for business opportunities, USE IT!

Your research should uncover a company that you like and have confidence in. It should be solid, founded on great principles, and easy to understand with great products and services that are sell-able for which you can have Passion. If you don't find it move on,
You can find the right opportunity containing the attributes identified above.

Comments like, well, that one sounds good and the compensation plan is excellent so I guess I'll start that business - does not sound like a decision based on anything near Passion. And remember when you hear that an Internet "guru" does that, don't be tempted, because as I said earlier they are experienced and can sell just about anything, without being Passionate about the company products and services.

Note: By the way it's your goal to get to the point where you can sell about anything online. That end skill and goal is a worthy one indeed.

Remember, there are other steps you must make before you step into Internet Marketing but if you don't first find the right company products and services to be passionate about, all of those other steps may just cause you a lot of frustration instead of bringing you great success.

Not being Passionate about a company and products and services that has market proof that it will sell is a pitfall you simply must avoid.

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The Inspirational Story of Patrick Henry Hughes

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:21:00 +0000

What's the purpose of life?

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:47:00 +0000

Empowerment

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:06:00 +0000

Will Power and Self-Discipline

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:11:00 +0000

Sometimes, you wish to go for a walk, knowing how good it is for your health and how wonderful you feel afterwards, yet, you feel too lazy, and prefer to watch TV instead. You might be aware of the fact that you need to change your eating habits or stop smoking, yet, you don't have the inner power and persistence to change these habits.
Does this sound familiar? How many times have you said, "I wish I had will power and self discipline"? How many times have you started to do something, only to quit after a short while? We all have had experiences like these.
Everyone possesses some addictions or habits they wish they could overcome, such as smoking, excessive eating, laziness, procrastination or lack of assertiveness. To overcome these habits or addictions, one needs to have will power and self discipline. They make a great difference in everyone's life, and bring inner strength, self mastery and decisiveness.

Definitions of Will Power and Self Discipline
Will power is the ability to overcome laziness and procrastination. It is the ability to control or reject unnecessary or harmful impulses. It is the ability to arrive to a decision and follow it with perseverance until its successful accomplishment. It is the inner power that overcomes the desire to indulge in unnecessary and useless habits, and the inner strength that overcomes inner emotional and mental resistance for taking action. It is one of the corner stones of success, both spiritual and material.
Self-discipline is the companion of will power. It endows with the stamina to persevere in whatever one does. It bestows the ability to withstand hardships and difficulties, whether physical, emotional or mental. It grants the ability to reject immediate satisfaction, in order to gain something better, but which requires effort and time.
Everyone has inner, unconscious, or partly conscious impulses, making them say or do things they later regret saying or doing. On many occasions people do not think before they talk or act. By developing these two powers, one becomes conscious of the inner, subconscious impulses, and gains the ability to reject them when they are not for his/her own good.
Will power and self-discipline help us to choose our behavior and reactions, instead of being ruled by them. Their possesion won't make life dull or boring. On the contrary, you will feel more powerful, in charge of yourself and your surroundings, happy and satisfied.
How many times have you felt too weak, lazy or shy to do something you wanted to do? You can gain inner strength, initiative and the ability to make decisions and follow them. Believe me, it is not difficult to develop these two powers. If you are earnest and are willing to become stronger, you will certainly succeed.
In this article you will find some exercises and techniques for developing these abilities. These simple, but effective exercises, can be performed everywhere and at any time. Go slowly and gradually, and you will see how you get stronger and your life start improving.
There is a misconception in the public mind regarding will power. It is erroneously thought to be something strenuous and difficult, and that one has to exert and tense the body and mind when expressing it. It is a completely wrong concept. This is one of the reasons why people avoid using it, though they are conscious of its benefits. They acknowledge the fact that the employment of will power in their life and affairs will greatly help them, and that they need to strengthen it, yet they do nothing about it.
Will power gets stronger by holding back and not allowing the expression of unimportant, unnecessary and unhealthy thoughts, feelings, actions and reactions. If this saved energy is not allowed expression, it is stored inside you like a battery, and it becomes available at the time of need. By practicing appropriate exercises, you develop your powers the same way, as a person who trains his/her muscles in order to strengthen them.
Developing Will Power and Self Discipline
An effective method for developing and improving these abilities is to perform certain actions or activities, which you would rather avoid doing due to laziness, procrastination, weakeness, shyness, etc. By doing something that you do not like doing or are too lazy to do, you overcome your subconscious resistance, train your mind to obey you, strengthen your inner powers and gain inner strength. Muscles get stronger by resisting the power of the barbells. Inner strength is attained by overcoming inner resistance.
Remember, strengthening one of these abilities, automatically strengthens the other one.

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:21:00 +0000

How do you change the way you think?

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:31:00 +0000

Here are 4 basic strategies that you can use to change your mindset.

1. RENEW your mind. Like our cells in our bodies that are being renewed everyday. Replace the old ones with the new ones. We need to do the same with our minds. We need to insert new positive thoughts into our minds everyday.

2. REPLACE old mindsets. If the mindset you have today is not going to get you where you want to go in life, get a new one.Trade your old mindset into a millionaire mindset. Another thing that helps a lot is to affirm yourself a positive thought that will help you switch your mind from negative to positive.

3. REALIGN your thinking by regularly asking yourself. "Is this the right way to think?" Become a little introspective. Think about your thinking.

4.RE-ESTABLISH your convictions. Some things in life are matter of preference, but others are matter of conviction. A preference is something we can take up or leave behind. A conviction is not a thought you possess, it is a thought that any negative mindsets that may have set in during our upbringing. Your greatest war is fought in your mind; it's where the greatest battles are won and lost.

Leadership Summit 2005

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The truth behind Leadership!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:56:00 +0000

Dr Patrick Dixon

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:44:00 +0000

Challenges to Pursue

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:49:00 +0000

Challenges to Pursue by the Great Jim Rohn. Listen carefully it might help :)

Will you be Inspired with this!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:44:00 +0000

Be Inspired once again by another great clip

Back for a while!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:08:00 +0000

Hi Fortress Champions!!

I was away for a week for leading an Italian contingent in Malta. Literally, I didn't had any time left to post any new stuff on my blog. It was a great time meeting new people from another country that I will visit during my business trip and looking forward to meet some of them back there.

Learning, Motivating, Leadership and Accountability were my priorities during the past week, as I wanted to prove myself how a good Leader I am. I hopefully overcome most of the challenges e.g week schedule was lost so I had to organize one by myself to fill up all the days that the italians were here. Accountability was the thing that was difficult to arrange as they (Italians) are famous to take it relax all the day, but I couldn't cos their was a lot to see and a lot to go for.

At the end everyone was satisfied with the places they visited and the things that we did. A full satisfaction brought to an end with a nice presentation by the Mayor of my Town.

Next stop is Scotland on the 13th August, so not much time left for another interesting and prosperous adventure.

Cu Take care

Your Fortress of Success
Gordy

Life Stories - Nathan Mellalieu

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:26:00 +0000

Overcome your dis belief!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:40:00 +0000

David Beckham's Story on how he survived after the World Cup of '98. The belief, the strength and the support of his family, helped him to re-establish himself and to win the hearts of those who betrayed him.

Dreaming to be wealthy?

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:05:00 +0000

HI Champions!!

How many times in your life have you dreamed about what it would be like to be wealthy? Many people spend their whole life wishing they had more money, but they never do anything about it. (By the way, buying a weekly lotto ticket doesn't count). The truth is that you can live a more prosperous life if you are prepared to make some changes in your life.

The first place to change is your mindset. Before you can become a millionaire, you need to develop the mindset of a millionaire. It's not just about financial wealthy, it's also about mental and emotional wealth; it's about abundance and success in every area of your life.

Feed your Mind with soluble vitamins and then you will feed your pockets.

Your Fortress of Success
Gordy

Victor Konovalov's Story

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:08:00 +0000

A true champion .... who is born a champion and dies as a champion. Victor Konovalov 5 times NPC Bodybuilding champion. Watch this clip.

Watch the Spirit!!

noreply@blogger.com (Gordy) — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:34:00 +0000

Watch the Spirit of these famous people. They became successful because of sacrificing EVERYDAY. That's what we all should do to succeed, developing, build and motivate EVERYDAY.