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Dan Engel
David Friend
John Warrilow
Paul Graham
Gary Vaynerchuk
Ben Chong
Michael Russo
Chris Jankulovski
Gauri Nanda
Guy Kawasaki
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Jerry Colonna
Bob Dunlap
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~ If we don't change, we don't grow,
we aren't really living. ~
Gail Sheehy
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Summary
Andrew Carnegie, one of the wealthiest men in the world in his time, believed
that there was a clear-cut formula to achieving success. He believed that,
with some study, a simple formula could be found that almost anyone could
apply to their life.
Consider the interviews and the studies of Napoleon Hill on the subject of
success, ‘The Philosophy of Achievement’, was published in 1925 as a book
titled, ‘The Law of Success’.
Remember, Napoleon Hill’s life clearly shows how interviewing experts can
provide you with all the tools and wisdom you need to achieve the success
that you desire.
The FACT is that almost 98% of people have no firm belief or purpose in their
life. Take 30 seconds right now and write down your 5 major goals.
Don’t think about it.
Just do it, as Nike say.
Go On I Dare You!
Consider getting Andy Shaw’s 2-part book experience - A Step-by-Step
Guide to Re-Booting your Mind for Creating The Life You Desire.
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Chapter Fifteen
How To Apply This To Your Life And Business
~ It's not what you've got, it's what you
use that makes a difference. ~
Zig Ziglar
What Do These Success Stories Have In Common?
One of the reasons that I love to interview people is that I am often inspired
by their stories. Some have a very personal side to them. But, business often
has a way of teaching you a lot about yourself too.
Some stories have aspects to them that I can personally relate to. Maybe I
experienced a similar challenge or difficulty. If that is the case, I am always
interested to hear how the other person approached and overcame the
challenge.
Some subjects simply fascinate me and I can sit for hours as someone shares
their knowledge or experience. Internet marketing and wealth creation are
two of the subjects that I am incredibly passionate about.
I know what it is like to have big dreams yet struggle through life. I know
how frustrating that can be.
So, when I hear about business people that have managed to achieve a level
of success in a certain area of business, then I am keenly interested to hear
their story.
This is why I included a special section of success stories. Each of these
people has inspired me in different ways and I have learned valuable things
from all of them.
As you have read through them, I hope that you too have gained some
valuable insights and perhaps even some new business ideas.
This list of success stories is by no means complete. In fact, I could probably
write several volumes on the successes of different business people. If you
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continue to research on your own you are likely to discover many more
inspiring stories.
As you read through the various stories, you may have picked up that most
of them have used Internet marketing as the foundation for their success.
Some of the people featured in the success stories had a knack for sales, for
sourcing information on the Internet or for coming up with creative ways in
which to use the Internet to their advantage.
Other people simply saw the Internet as the valuable marketing tool that it
is.
The Internet provides a global affordable platform to get products out to
clients. Learning how to do so effectively, though, is another challenge.
This then brings us to the second theme, that of interviewing. In almost all
of these success stories, the individuals got to a point in their business where
they realized they either didn’t have enough knowledge, enough
expertise, or enough content to make their business really grow.
It was then that interviewing became the tool that provided them with access
to experts. Through interviewing, each individual could learn from experts.
They could then turn this expertise into products to market to their clients,
gain more exposure for themselves and the interviewee, and have meaty
content for their website or blog.
Interviewing is one of the simplest ways to gain knowledge from an
authority in a specific niche. Each person has their own story, and it is often
the human element to the success story that makes it so interesting. That’s
often what gets people’s attention and makes them want to listen.
An online or Internet marketing business really lends itself to interviewing . It
provides a platform from which you can market your interview materials to a
global audience in a very inexpensive way.
It is no coincidence that most of these success stories are people who run
their businesses primarily on the Internet.
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Each of the people featured in the success stories has taken advantage of the
technology available and turned it into a profitable tool for their business.
Instead of believing computers are something that isolates people, they have
used technology as a way to connect people.
An interesting thing is the concept of going viral. In computing terms, this
simply means that a product can get exposure on the Internet to millions of
people by simply using online networks. People send links to their friends and
ask them to pass it on to whoever they know. In a very short space of
time, products and ideas can be seen by people from all around the
world.
Each of the people whose success stories I’ve shown you used their networks
to promote and grow their businesses successfully.
~ A person should design the way he makes a living
around how he wishes to make a life. ~
Charlie Byrd
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What Can You Learn From These Stories?
The first thing I would like you to take away from these stories is to be
inspired by their success. Most were ordinary people; they simply had big
dreams and were determined to find a way to achieve them.
What I find particularly inspiring about these stories is that so many of these
entrepreneurs are so young. They haven’t waited until they were in business
for ten or twenty years before developing their ideas. They’ve taken the leap
of faith and done everything they could to make a success of their businesses
now.
People are realizing earlier in life that lifestyle is as important as making a
living. Perhaps it’s seeing parents work for a lifetime and not have much to
show for it when they retire that makes them want to create a better career
path for themselves.
Deep down, you have a dream of a lifestyle you want to be living. Be
inspired by these stories and know that it is possible to achieve your
dream.
Believe it! It can happen. You can have that lifestyle. It is within your reach.
You know the old story of a couple driving around and the husband refuses to
ask for directions, even though they are lost. Everyone knows he should and
that it’s just pride standing in the way.
Don’t be that husband. Ask for directions.
Interviewing gives you the simplest and most effective way to ask for
directions for your business. You don’t need to have all the answers and you
don’t need to try figure it all out on your own. You can simply ask someone
else who has already walked that road.
You can ask an expert.
An expert will be willing to give you the answers because most people who
have achieved a level of success like to share their story with others. And,
even if their motives are not entirely altruistic, an expert will still do the
interview because you are providing them with an opportunity to promote
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their business. Smart business people can spot a good opportunity when they
see one.
By using interviewing, you are not only raising the profiles of the people you
are interviewing. You are also raising your profile as an authority.
Soon, people may be approaching you to hear your success story. Then, you
can share with them how interviewing made the difference in your business.
~ If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it,
change your attitude. ~
Maya Angelou
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Summary
The Internet provides a level playing field for us all to get our products and
ideas out to the world.
Interviewing is one of the simplest ways to gain knowledge. It provides a
platform from which you can market your interview materials to a global
audience in a very inexpensive way.
People are realizing now more than ever that it is lifestyle which is much
more important.
Do not believe it; KNOW IT can happen for you. You can have that lifestyle.
It is within your reach.
It’s one of the simplest and most effective ways of becoming an authority
while increasing your personal wealth.
Take advantage of the technology available and turn it into a profitable tool
for your business.
Understand that business people are willing to take time out of their
schedules in order to share their stories and expertise.
Your Content is King.
~ What the mind of man can conceive and believe,
it can achieve ~
Napoleon Hill
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Conclusion
Now that you have worked your way through the book, I trust that you have
found lots of new and inspiring information.
The big question is now, “What will you do with that information?”
Some of you may be resigned and say: ‘That sounds great but it is not for
me.’
If those are your thoughts, I would urge you to read through the book again.
I say this because I really do believe that interviewing is for everyone.
Reading through this book once again will help you to understand in more
detail why I believe that interviewing can be so valuable to you and your
business.
As these success stories illustrate, there are experts in every industry
imaginable. Most of these experts, if approached in the right way, will be
more than willing to share their expertise with other business people.
Remember, when someone is viewed as an expert:
It raises their personal profile
It raises their business profile and
It raises the perception of them as an authority.
I don’t know of many business people that would turn down an opportunity
to gain more exposure for their business.
Today, we live in an age where there are more opportunities than ever
before for people to be living the lives that they dream of. The Internet has
opened up an entirely new way of doing business.
You can connect with people from around the globe and market products
worldwide for a fraction of what it would have cost if you had to do business
the more traditional way.
And yet, some people still hold back, not believing that success is something
that they can achieve in their lifetime.
Some believe that they are too young, while others believe they are too old.
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Still others are stuck in stereotypical roles forced on them by their culture or
society.
I’d like to encourage you to expand your thinking. No matter what type of life
you are living now, start to believe that there is more out there for you. If
you need further encouragement and guidance then get your hands on
inspirational books by authors such as Napoleon Hill or other personal
development experts.
Simply make the decision to start to change your mind-set and be deliberate
and purposeful in your steps to do so. You will see changes coming about in
your life in the most incredible way when you start to embrace a more
positive mind-set.
Expanding your thinking encourages you to want to learn. And the more you
want to learn, the more you will look to other people to help you with the
learning process. This, in turn, inspires you to want to interview people so
that you can learn from their business experience.
Make your mind up to be a success, and know that you have all the tools
available to you right now to make it happen.
You can really do this, so start today and interview your way to success!
“There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made
and which in its original state permeates, penetrates
and fills the inner spaces of the universe.
A thought in this substance produces the thing that
is imaged by the thought.
A person can form things in their thoughts
and by impressing their thoughts on the former substance
can cause the thing they think about to be created.
In order to do this a person must pass from
the competitive to the creative mind.
They must form a clear mental picture of the thing
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they want and they must hold this picture in their
thoughts, with the fixed purpose to get what they want.
Closing their mind to all that may tend to shake their purpose, dim
their vision or quench their faith.
That they may receive what they want;
when it comes a person must act now upon the people
and things in their present environment”
From “The Science of Getting Rich”
by Wallace D Wattles (1860-1911)
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Recommended Reading
The Acorn Principle – Jim Cathcart
The Winners Edge – Dr. Denis Waitley
Psychology of Success – Dr. Denis Waitley
The Magic of Thinking Big – David J. Schwartz
See You At The Top – Zig Zigglar
The Strangest Secret – Earl Nightingale
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
You Can Work Your Own Miracles – Napoleon Hill
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude – Napoleon Hill & W. Clement
Stone
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
How To Stop Worrying And Start Living – Dale Carnegie
The Richest Man in Babylon – George S. Clason
The Science of Getting Rich – Wallace D. Wattles
Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing – Robert Kiyosaki
Cash Flow Quadrant – Robert Kiyosaki
The E-Myth – Michael Gerber
How to Think Like a Millionaire – Charles-Albert Poissant
Notes From a Friend – Anthony Robbins
Awaken The Giant Within – Anthony Robbins
Life is Tremendous – Charlie “Tremendous” Jones
What to Say When You Talk To Your Self – Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D.
Skill with People – Les Giblin
Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway – Susan Jeffers
Golden Apples – Bill Cullen
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The Choice – Og Mandino
The Gift of Acabar – Og Mandino
The Twelfth Angel – Og Mandino
The Spellbinder’s Gift – Og Mandino
The Greatest Salesman in the World – Og Mandino
The Greatest Salesman in the World Part 2 – Og Mandino
The Greatest Secret in the World – Og Mandino
Mission: Success! – Og Mandino
The Return of the Ragpicker – Og Mandino
A Better Way to Live – Og Mandino
The Greatest Miracle in the World – Og Mandino
Thought Vibration – William Walker Atkinson
Acres of Diamonds – Russell H. Conwell
The Kingship of Self-Control – William George Jordan
As A Man Thinketh – James Allen
How to Make Money While You Sleep! – Brett McFall
Money For Nothing And Your Property for Free – Andy Shaw
"Creating" A Bug Free Mind – Andy Shaw
"Using" A Bug Free Mind – Andy Shaw
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
Lateral Thinking – Edward De Bono
Think Big And Kick Ass – Donald Trump
The Tongue A Creative Force – Charles Capps
Screw It, Let’s Do It – Sir Richard Branson
Tribes - Seth Godin