Just wanted to say that I got your email and it was touching. I like the way you give us real valuable content, and a touch of personality. Keep up the great work, and I’m praying (in a non-denominational kind of way ;o) for your back to heal up.

BTW, as a former runner who is older than you, I have observed that when my back fails it is invariably linked to Some Other Stress in my life. (It sometimes takes a bit of discernment to locate it…) Just my experience and yours may certainly different.

Strengthen the core, stay the course, onward.

I hope your back recovers soon.

I really enjoyed this post.

You and I have never met, but because of your books, webinars, online business, nice family and your drop-dead-funny writing style…I just assumed that you had it all together. Very superficial of me, I guess.

Thanks so much for exposing yourself (figuratively, of course.) and letting me know that I’m not alone in spinning my wheels, doubting my every move and sometimes using myself as a punching bag.

I feel that I know you better. And I like the fact that you’re not the perfect guy that I assumed you to be. I feel uplifted by your candid and personal admissions and insights above.

Thanks for brightening my day with a wonderful dose of reality.

Hope that you feel better soon.

Lyrics:

If you love the life you live
Then you’ll get a lot more done
Be more inclined to take the reins
Than turn away and run
It’s very rare it seems to get a lifetime guarantee,
So I suppose self satisfaction be the key
My father is a wealthy, self made man
But his wealth does not consist of riches or acres of land
Instead he has a family who are
His biggest fans
That’s something that I one day hope to have
So I’ll cherish the simple things
The easy took for granted things
Like going round my Mum’s house for my tea
And argue with my sister,
Only God knows how I missed her
It’s the simple things that mean the most to me

Argh, he gets up each day at five
Starts the car and makes the drive
Shutters up, starts the fryers
Serves out food to all the buyers in the town
As they stand there in the same old line
Get there every day at the same old time
No, you never hear him grumble and groan
Cause they’re the people in the line that he built it on
And like me he cherished the simple things
The easy took for granted things
Like going round his Mum’s house for my tea
And argue with his sister,
Only God knows how he missed her
It’s the simple things tha mean the most to… him

I am starting to sound like a broken record…. BUT… I lost all my clients in the same day in the downturn. No savings… spending money like water… (only recently learned about something banks offer… it is called a savings account… am checking into it for future income)… ;)

Totally freaked when I lost my biz, as they were all referrals and all the same product category. In 4 years I had not branched out, as I was so busy and financially comfortable. And, all my clients were referrals for years. I had done zero networking or marketing.

That is when I decided to do internet marketing, and built my first site. I lost so many good leads the first 6 months because I had no idea what I really wanted to do. I felt like such a fraud, being a one man shop, but actually an agency. My belief: that advertisers want a company to support them, not some one man shop. God forbid I got sick and could not work. I had so much ‘split’ energy in how I was representing myself, and what it is I really wanted to do.

When I took your course, it immediately became for me (and still is) an ongoing course OF INTEGRATING ME WITH ME. The more accurately I reflect who I am on my site and in my internet marketing, then the more I can look at all those clicks where people left after scanning page 1 – and just say: “OK… I said who I am AUTHENTICALLY… so we must not be a match.

Of course I continue to look for ways to improve my communication, but I am so at peace with Jessica’s statement: that you know you are writing to the ‘right’ person, because you will feel a sense of ‘confidence’ when you have written it. That is what happened to me from Traffic Surge, Class one.

My clients I have obtained from the internet are so small (for what I was used to) … yet my long time arrogance has been humbly replaced with gratitude that my daily needs are met. :) That is what the downturn had to offer me. Is some humble gratitude for what I do have. These clients have great products, and are loyal and appreciative. I have also made alignments with larger companies for outsourcing what I don’t want to do, in my one man shop.

It is sooooo me to help the small guy market his products out into the world… but I was ignoring the humanitarian in me, to get the big bucks. And what for? I just spent it all anyway… always needing the next big financial hit… ultimately just chasing my tail.

I feel between the downturn and your course, I am learning a steady acceptance, of SELF ALIGNMENT in me and my business… that is veddy veddy good! ;)

I daily work to replace fear with trust, in that alignment, and honestly am looking forward to what the future will bring!

In summary: Your course IS MY PATH FOR ALIGNMENT WITH THE DOWNTURN AND MY BUSINESS SELF!