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		<title>The Internet Marketing Quest Revealed at One Year: Back from the World!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like someone who buys one of those Acai, or is it Acia, cleanses must feel like after the last 10 days! In my opinion, we tend to think others see the world in terms of how we perceive it to be. When, in fact, there is a HUGE population out there totally computer [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>I feel like someone who buys one of those Acai, or is it Acia, cleanses must feel like after the last 10 days! </strong></p>
<p>In my opinion, we tend to think others see the world in terms of how we perceive it to be. When, in fact, there is a HUGE population out there totally computer illiterate and most don&#8217;t even know how to set up an email account! </p>
<p>That is good for the future of the Internet generally, and creative Internet marketers specifically, but it is a reality many seem to miss when shaping their world view, our world view! </p>
<p>The key to success online, to Internet marketing success, is not trying to sell each other, the trick is to tap into the virgin market still available and waiting for a creative approach and the right message! </p>
<p><strong>Instead of preaching to the choir, we should be focusing on the masses&#8230;because that is where the real opportunity resides! </strong></p>
<p>The choir knows the song by heart, it is in reaching those just beginning the search, just beginning the process of online education, whether in online, stay-at-home businesses or in some other form of Internet commerce, the real opportunity for service and for success rests with the novice, the &#8220;newbie,&#8221; and not in restating the same message to the same followers in the same way, day in and day out, online, whether through social media or whatever!</p>
<p><strong>It is nice to be back with a fresh set of eyes and a new perspective. Often, the best way to understand something is to step away long enough, and in this case, far enough to be able to see the forest for the trees.</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>John</strong></em></p>
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		<title>The Zajaros Girls at Sheldon&#8217;s Marsh &#8211; Huron, Ohio Summer 1992</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays from My Family to Yours: Treasure the Moments &#8211; They are Gone in a Instant! There are moments in everyone&#8217;s life, particularly when raising children, moments that last a lifetime. Whether it is a moment like this or the moment Marc Warnke refers to with his son, Jaken, climbing a rock in his [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Happy Holidays from My Family to Yours: Treasure the Moments &#8211; They are Gone in a Instant!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>There are moments in everyone&#8217;s life, particularly when raising children, moments that last a lifetime. Whether it is a moment like this or the moment Marc Warnke refers to with his son, Jaken, climbing a rock in his wonderful book <em>ONO: Options not Obligations</em> or myriad others parents carry with them through life, the moments remain treasures, the gems that keep us going&#8230;all of us!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This was one of those moments, a blink and it was gone, and yet here it is, my daughter&#8217;s Facebook profile picture. The magic I felt so long ago and feel to this day is magic shared. The profound affect and impact the moment had on me was shared by 4 that day&#8230;a jewel throughout our collective lives!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Kwanzaa!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Celebrate life in each and every moment, because it is the moments taken collectively that define us and remain our legacy, as evidenced by a profile picture taken 17 years ago, a moment that remained in a 6 year old&#8217;s heart all these years!</p>
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		<title>The Zajaros/Purdy Family Keeps Growing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allie, Chris, Kailyn (2 years old), and Brynn Elizabeth (7 1/2 months) Purdy&#8230;my kids and grandkids! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! John]]></description>
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<p><strong>Allie, Chris, Kailyn (2 years old), and Brynn Elizabeth (7 1/2 months) Purdy&#8230;my kids and grandkids!</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>John</strong></em></p>
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		<title>The Meaning of Success: Finding Your Voice in Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was watching and listening to the HBO Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Rock Concert from Madison Square Garden this morning. Watching the 25th Rock Hall Concert, I still can’t get over the aging rockers refusing to give in to age and, perhaps more inspiring, conventionality. I think the thing that struck [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>I was watching and listening to the HBO Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Rock Concert from Madison Square Garden this morning.</strong> </p>
<p><strong>Watching the 25th Rock Hall Concert, I still can’t get over the aging rockers refusing to give in to age and, perhaps more inspiring, conventionality. I think the thing that struck me most as I watched was the diversity of talent, every man and woman, each solo artist and group all have their individual style and grace…<em>their own voice</em>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Bruce and Bono!</strong></p>
<p>As I was watched The Boss and Bono, along with the rest of U2, I was struck by their very different styles. These rock and roll legends, these men whom have done as much for others behind the scenes, in terms of philanthropy, as any two men alive; and there, side by side singing about life, love, and hope.</p>
<p>Interestingly, while engaged in the same profession, and with many of the same qualities, humanity, compassion, and empathy, they are still as far apart stylistically as two entertainers can be. </p>
<p>As I watched, and it was in watching, much more than listening, that their real differences became apparent, I was struck by the fact that these two men, so very successful in the same endeavor, were so different from one another in the same moment.</p>
<p>Bono and The Boss, as different as night and day, yet both creating beautiful music in their own distinct fashion, their own style. These two mythic performers, deities of the rock and roll era, standing side by side and singing in complete harmony were as different in how they deliver their message, their performance, as any two performers can be; and yet, their harmony was incredible. </p>
<p>Both performers clearly belong on the same stage, however different their stylistic expression may be. All you have to do is watch, and then listen, but mainly watch these two performers, so different and yet so much the same to get a real sense of the contrast between them.</p>
<p><strong>So, what is it all about?</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>It’s about finding your own voice! Both men have found their calling, their love for their work, their love of life, their voice&#8230;literally and figuratively.</strong></em> </p>
<p>While watching night and day on the same stage, both creating something beautiful, individually and collectively, something different and yet uniquely the same, I was moved. The collective voice they created was something uniquely theirs in that moment.</p>
<p><strong>Success in Life</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Because each of these rockers had given himself permission to express his voice in his own way, they both seem at one with themselves, with their true nature.</strong></em> </p>
<p>One only has to watch The Boss and Bono standing side by side, so very different, and each succeeding in ways unimaginable only a few years ago, to know that all things are possible if you give rise to your own voice, your passion, that one thing we are all put this planet to do.</p>
<p><strong>The one thing!</strong></p>
<p>It is in finding that one thing, and giving yourself permission to explore and express your voice, that true success is achieved. </p>
<p>Success in business and in life is certainly a progression, a journey, but more than that, it is a consequence of finding your voice and allowing it to do what only you can do with it, in very much the same way The Boss and Bono have&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong>Sing!</strong></p>
<p><strong>John</strong></p>
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		<title>Giving Thanks and Thanksgiving!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving from The Zajaros Family Regardless of where you are in the world, there is something you can be thankful for on this day! Even in the depths of despair and depression, there were things I could focus on, things that would remind me of why I was glad to be alive, and so [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Happy Thanksgiving from The Zajaros Family</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Regardless of where you are in the world, there is something you can be thankful for on this day!</strong></em> </p>
<p>Even in the depths of despair and depression, there were things I could focus on, things that would remind me of why I was glad to be alive, and so I pressed on! More times than not, my family was my focus, it is what defines me and keeps me going when every fiber of my being wants to say&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><em>&#8220;Uncle!&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>We have all had moments when we are tested; and, those moments may range from seconds to weeks, months, and in the worst cases, years. Times and challenges may come when were feel more than a bit like Job. </p>
<p>And yet, if we persevere, if we press on and do not give up all hope, things turn and our lives become amazing&#8230;again!</p>
<p><strong>Amazing!</strong></p>
<p>The other day I was walking my <em>Little Big Dog</em>. For those of you who have watched <em>Little Big Man</em> (1970), with Dustin Hoffman, you will understand why I refer to him in this fashion. I swore I would never own a &#8220;little&#8221; dog, a &#8220;yappie&#8221; dog, and yet here I am with a 15 pound &#8220;little-yappie&#8221; dog who thinks he&#8217;s a cross between a Bull Mastiff and a Doberman. We inherited the puppy when my son-in-law and daughter had to pick up their household and move south for his US Army Reserves commitment, his second call-up. </p>
<p>I am a disabled veteran and am proud of him for serving. I hate war&#8230;I love my country!</p>
<p>Interestingly, our other dog, a Shetland Sheepdog, was also inherited through the same daughter when her boyfriend, another soldier (go figure!), was shipped off to Iraq and needed a home for his puppy. AJ never came back for the dog! He would have had a very hard time getting him back anyway. </p>
<p>Anyway, back to the <em>Little Big Dog</em>, dog number one&#8230;in his mind, anyway. This &#8220;Little Big Dog&#8221; has the perfect name, a name he earned after surviving terrible illness as a puppy, TuffGuy! TuffGuy is indeed tough. Yes, I do know we have played with the spelling, but once again that was a name we had no part in selecting. In retrospect, how could he have been named anything else?</p>
<p>Interestingly, that little dog, that tough little dog, TuffGuy, nursed me back to health very much in the same way, and at the same time, I was nursing him back from the grave! </p>
<p>So, there we were the other night, 3am in the morning actually, walking down the street as we do every night or early morning, both happy to be alive, healthy, and each other&#8217;s company! The ultimate <em>Odd Couple</em>, an Internet marketing entrepreneur reborn and a Puggle&#8230;Mutt and Jeff, just happy to be alive!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s funny how life often brings us back to certain points again and again. I can remember driving down the street in 1983, again in 1987, in 1993, and once again in 1998 (just before I got sick); and, in every instance I had the music up loud, the windows of the car open, and the wind in my face, literally and figuratively, just happy to be alive. Ecstatic, actually! These moments were all attached to specific events and/or periods in my life, periods of super achievement, living with a sense of what is possible. In fact, with a very real sense that all things are possible! There have been many more throughout my life!</p>
<p><em><strong>That was the feeling the other night&#8230;that all things are possible! </strong></em></p>
<p><strong>As Yogi Berra would say:</strong></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Deja vu all over again!&#8221;</em></p>
<p><strong>It is the most amazing feeling in the world, it is better than any drug, it is a natural high&#8230;the likes of which you have got to experience to understand!</strong></p>
<p>It is on that note that I say I am thankful, not simply because it happens to be a day earmarked by our government years ago as a time of celebration, but because it is a time in my life <em>for</em> celebration, for a victory dance of sorts, for being thankful, and for thanksgiving!</p>
<p>I have a wonderful wife who has stayed with me through thick and thin, in sickness and in health, until death do us part&#8230;through years of being in the hospital 2 of every 4 weeks, for months on end. I have 4 wonderful children whom I love dearly and would sacrifice my life for. I have two of the most amazing little granddaughters a grandfather could ever brag about&#8230;and I do! I have amazing friends, a few and I treasure them, and I have met a few new ones. I have Bart, a wonderful, quiet, and very special Sheltie we just paid over $6,000 to &#8220;save,&#8221; after he broke his leg. And I have TuffGuy&#8230;or he has me!</p>
<p><strong>I am an extremely wealthy man!</strong></p>
<p>Interestingly, I had a YouTube viewer comment that a video I made showed a lack of material possessions and that it must say something about my financial status. </p>
<p>In fact, it said more about his! </p>
<p>We have been to H#ll and back over the last few years&#8230;and I have survived, we all have. I have survived because of the wealth I have that has nothing to do with a bank statement and everything to do with the true value of life and the real measure of a man&#8217;s place in it&#8230;his family, his friends, and the things he holds dear! </p>
<p><em><strong>And yes, sometimes that is a &#8220;Little Big Dog&#8221; named TuffGuy!</strong></em></p>
<p>I am rich beyond words, beyond description, and it has nothing to do with my bookshelves or the background in my videos or the balance in my bank account. </p>
<p><strong>Sam Walton, the story goes, was on his death bed and uttered these words:</strong></p>
<p><em>&#8220;I blew it!&#8221;</em></p>
<p><strong>I intend to say the following on mine:</strong></p>
<p><em>&#8220;I did it!&#8221;</em></p>
<p><strong>In the mean time, I will simply say:</strong> </p>
<p><em>Thank you, one and all for taking the time to be a part of my life, for reading my thoughts and feelings, for sharing your own. I am richer for the exchange, and I am wealthier for the knowledge you have shared with me. </em></p>
<p><em><strong>Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving&#8230;each and every day! </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>John</strong></em></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong>I recently received a CD from Tony Robbins, it is from his <em>Power Talk</em> series and is a bonus for <em>The New Money Masters</em> members. In many ways, this is the most important and certainly, at least in my opinion, the wisest and most useful recording I have received from Tony Robbins since Personal Power II!</strong></p>
<p>The recording defines success in terms of consistency, noting that &#8220;it is consistency that creates the fabric of success for a lifetime&#8221; and offers a new word to remember and apply this definition, this concept of and for success.</p>
<p>I have been thinking about this almost nonstop since receiving the CD a couple of weeks ago, and it has taken me back to the recording of <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8448018326921957619#"><em>The Strangest Secret</em> by Earl Nightingale</a> and to Napoleon Hill&#8217;s <em>Think and Grow Rich</em>. </p>
<p>The Tony Robbins Power Talk CD and The New Money Masters series have also reminded me of the videos by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYO0ydiJG3E">Napoleon Hill, done years ago, and now available on video through YouTube</a>. </p>
<p><em>Talk about an amazingly powerful historical record! </em></p>
<p>So, not only do we have the text of both <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8448018326921957619#"><em>The Strangest Secret</em></a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYO0ydiJG3E"><em>Think and Grow Rich</em></a>, we have the actual recordings available on Google and YouTube!</p>
<p>But Google does this one better. Because of the time constraints on YouTube videos, yes even for the masters like Nightingale, Hill, and now Tony Robbins and Brian Tracy&#8230;the videos and recordings must be segmented. The power isn&#8217;t lost when you can go right from part one to part two, and so on, in video format. However, I feel something is lost when attempting to follow an audio recording in such a manner. There is something magical about listening to Earl Nightingale uninterrupted.</p>
<p>Fortunately, Google offers the entire audio version of <em><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8448018326921957619#">The Strangest Secret</a></em> free!</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8448018326921957619#">The Strangest Secret</a>, listened to from beginning to end in one sitting, is one of the most important recordings in terms of self-improvement, understanding the power of setting and achieving goals, and the true definition of success ever made&#8230;period! If you have not listened to the entire thing, you must do so at once&#8230;it will change your life!</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>But wait until you finish this article and have a look around&#8230;OK?!</em></strong></p>
<p>I listened to Earl Nightingale for the first time in the mid-1970s and I have listened to it hundreds of times since, literally! I pull it out every few weeks and particularly when I feel my life getting a bit off course. The power of this single life-lesson is awesome and the lessons immediately applicable&#8230;in any of life&#8217;s arenas!</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;<em>Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal!</em>&#8221; </p>
<p>The definition above has become ingrained in ever person who has ever had the pleasure of listening to, and applying, <em><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8448018326921957619#">The Strangest Secret!</a></em></strong></p>
<p>Interestingly, Tony Robbins has re-introduced many of the same concepts and philosophies in a new concept he calls <em><strong>CANI!</strong></em> </p>
<p><strong><em>CANI!</em> Means consistent and never ending improvement!</strong> </p>
<p>The Tony Robbins synthesis takes into account the teachings of the early masters and expands upon them by integrating the notion of <em>kaizen</em>, the Japanese word for constant, consistent, and incremental improvement over time, generally used in the context of business and thought to have emerged in Post World War II Japan. </p>
<p>In the aforementioned episode of <em>Power Talk</em>, Tony Robbins introduces the concept of <em>kaizen</em> to his listeners. Robbins expands on the concept of <em>kaizen</em>, and subsequently introduces <em>CANI!</em>. Both terms are introduced in relation to the work of William Edwards Deming, known by many as simply W. Edwards Deming or Edwards Deming, the father of the industrial turnaround in Post WWII Japan. <em>Kaizen</em>, a concept integrated into a way of doing business, but also applied generally to how one lives their life, catapulted Japan from being known for &#8220;<em>cheap</em>&#8221; products, meaning the manufacture of substandard products in my youth, to being know for the finest quality in the world within a period of a few short years. </p>
<p>Interestingly, and as noted above, the concept of <em>kaizen</em>, the &#8220;Japanese way of doing business,&#8221; has its origins in an American, W. Edwards Deming, who is still revered throughout Japan, even today. By extension, Tony Robbins thought it appropriate to apply an American term, one he originated, to the American concept and came up with an American term&#8230;<em>CANI!</em></p>
<p><strong><em>CANI!</em> means constant and never ending improvement.</strong></p>
<p><strong>If you think about it, CANI!, or whatever you decide to call it, is the basis for success&#8230;in business and in life. Combined with notions as old as &#8220;seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you&#8221; and, &#8220;ask and ye shall receive,&#8221; all the way up to the present day CANI!&#8230;the message is the same:</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Success is a progression towards a worthy goal and/or ideal&#8230;or whatever! As long as the &#8220;<em>whatever</em>&#8221; is quite specific and the the progression is consistent and never ending!</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>In other words: <em>CANI!</em></strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Why do people fail?</strong></em> </p>
<p><strong>People fail for a myriad of reasons but it all comes down to four things:</strong></p>
<p>1) A ship without a rudder! No goals, no idea where they have been; and, worse yet, no clear idea where they are going!<br />
2) No passion! No idea what they want. People who fail lack a burning desire, something&#8230;anything&#8230;that captures the imagination and inspires <em>massive</em> action!<br />
3) No consistency! Many think they know what they want, and may even have an idea how to get there! But they lack <em>consistent</em> effort, they work in spurts and quit before half way there!<br />
4) They quit! This ties into number 3 and is the biggest reason for failure! &#8220;<em>Winners never quit and quitters never win!</em>&#8221; I can&#8217;t tell you how many times I have witnessed failure on the brink of success. I have witnessed people quitting just before a promotion was about to be offered, before a deal was about to close, before a goal was about to be achieved! </p>
<p><strong>Quitting is the deadliest of all success killers and it is a habit. Avoid quitting at all costs!</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Remember the first post at <a href="http://thequestrevealed.com/the-internet-marketing-quest-revealed-acres-of-diamonds/">The Internet Marketing Quest Revealed</a>? </strong></em></p>
<p><em>No?</em> </p>
<p>Well, it is on this topic and will get you pointed in the right direction, it relates well to the whole notion of a rudderless ship, goals, and consistency of action&#8230;quitting on the verge of success. I hope you enjoy it!</p>
<p><strong>Ultimately, success means something different to and for everyone&#8230;but how you succeed is one of life&#8217;s hard and fast rules: </strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Success is a progression, a progressive journey toward a worthy ideal!</strong></em></p>
<p>Whether <strong><em>kaizen</em></strong> or <strong><em>CANI!</em></strong> or some other phrase or term&#8230;the end result is the same if you apply it&#8230;<strong><em>success</em></strong>!</p>
<p>The end result is also the same if you do not&#8230;<em>failure</em>!</p>
<p><em>It is more difficult, and more painful, to fail! And yet, many seem to choose it. Incredible as it seems, with a road map in front of us, we still get off course and get lost!</em> </p>
<p><strong>The decision is yours:</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Consistent and never ending improvement?</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>Or</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Failure, pain, and remorse!</strong></em> </p>
<p><strong>Success, like quitting, is a habit. That&#8217;s why I love The Strangest Secret, Think and Grow Rich, and Personal Power II&#8230;they are all about setting and achieving goals, building one day on the day before, one 30 day challenge upon the last&#8230;until you have created a habit and a lifetime of success! </p>
<p>Progressively achieving worthwhile goals in a lifetime of progress! </p>
<p>A lifetime filled with success!</strong></p>
<p><strong>John</strong></p>
<p><strong>John Zajaros<br />
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<p><strong>I just received an email from one of my freelancers, hired from one of the outsourcing platforms so popular online. The email took me back to 1967 in an instant and I thought I would share it with you. It is a valuable lesson, one I learned early on, one I still struggle to honor and live up to every day! Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I crash and burn&#8230;but I have never forgotten it and it has shaped my life!</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Here goes:</strong></em></p>
<p>When I was a little boy, I went around the neighborhood and asked people<br />
if I could cut their grass for $5. </p>
<p>I had quite a few jobs and quite a few people who said &#8220;No thank you!&#8221;</p>
<p>I took one job and the lady was very nice. I was no more than 12 and I<br />
still remember her and that lawn 42 years later.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>Because as soon as I started the job I knew I was going to be doing a lot more<br />
work than I had initially thought I was taking on.</p>
<p>The lawn was there, the lady was there, everything was pretty<br />
apparent&#8230;cut the grass and get paid.</p>
<p>Well, the job was taking me a long time! </p>
<p>About half way through, I had had enough! I stomped up to the front door and told the<br />
lady I had made a big mistake and that I needed $10 for the job.</p>
<p>She smiled very politely and said, I will never forget this&#8230;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;You made a commitment. You took on the job and I agreed to your price, a<br />
price you set in advance. </p>
<p>Now, you have two choices: </p>
<p>One, you can finish the job and we will talk about an increase on the next job,<br />
providing you complete this one to the best of your ability. </p>
<p>Or </p>
<p>Two, you can quit right now and I will never hire you again.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>I hesitated for a moment, then nodded and went back to work.</p>
<p>Every bone in my body was screaming &#8220;QUIT!&#8221; </p>
<p>That lady hired me every week for the next 4 years for one job or<br />
another, I always made sure the money was out of the way up front,<br />
and she also referred me to all of her friends and relatives in the area. </p>
<p>That <em>nice</em> lady was responsible for hundreds of dollars every year. </p>
<p>Not bad for a little kid who almost didn&#8217;t finish the job he was<br />
initially hired to do&#8230;because it was too much, too big, and too tiring! </p>
<p>That job paid me many times over. </p>
<p>If all I had focused on was that first job&#8230;and the extra $5 bucks, what<br />
would have been the outcome?</p>
<p>I would have quit, a bad habit at any age&#8230;a black hole at 12!</p>
<p>Instead I bucked up, sucked in my pride, yes grumbled a bit, and finished<br />
the job.</p>
<p>Had I walked away, I would never have made all the money to come over the<br />
years and I definitely would never have learned one of the most powerful lessons<br />
in my life&#8230;at any age!</p>
<p><em><strong>You make a commitment, you keep it!</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Commit to a task, you finish it!</strong></em></p>
<p>Have I broken commitments since then, no one is perfect, but in reality only a few times&#8230;<br />
and only when deathly ill. Even then, I did everything I could to honor the commitment<br />
made before finally saying&#8230; </p>
<p><em>&#8220;Uncle&#8221;</em> </p>
<p>&#8230;and finding someone else to finish the task. Even then, it was like being<br />
tortured beyond the breaking point. </p>
<p>I will never forget that lady or the lesson! I owe her a great deal!</p>
<p><strong>The End!</strong></p>
<p>Just thought I would throw that in! </p>
<p><strong>After all, every 12 year old thinks all stories have an ending&#8230;right or wrong!</strong></p>
<p><strong>In fact, life is a process, a progression toward an end. The end is up to you!</strong> </p>
<p><strong>The process, the progression defines your ultimate success&#8230;</p>
<p>and the lessons learned from little old ladies when you are 12 last <em>a lifetime!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>John</p>
<p>Professor John P. J. Zajaros, Sr.<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[Life Delivers! Life delivers in direct proportion to your belief that all things are possible. When coupled with a burning desire, forged by sheer determination, and driven by concrete action, the meaning of life comes into view, it happens, becomes real. In Internet marketing, as well as in all aspects of business and, in life [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Life Delivers! </strong></p>
<p>Life delivers in direct proportion to your belief that all things are possible. When coupled with a burning desire, forged by sheer determination, and driven by concrete action, the meaning of life comes into view, it happens, becomes real. In Internet marketing, as well as in all aspects of business and, in life in general, it is not enough to simply want or desire something. Wanting, wishing, desiring, and/or hoping will not, in and of itself yield the desired results. In order to convert ifs and wishes to a tangible and lasting reality, an aggressive, forward-thinking concrete plan of action must be envisioned, designed, initiated, and carried out. In order to succeed in any of life’s arenas, and there are a myriad, you must be willing to burn your ships! I said burn your <em>ships</em>, not your <em>bridges</em>!</p>
<p>The funny thing about life is that it will provide in the exact measure and to the nth degree…but you must ask of it. Once asked, life will offer and one must be in tune with, and receptive to, its message. </p>
<p><strong>There is a statement attributed to the <em>Bible</em> that applies here, and I paraphrase:</strong></p>
<p><em>God always listens and answers the prayers of His children. However, He answers them in His own way and in His own time. Interestingly, the answer we wish for, the answer we desire, and the answer He provides for us are not always the same&#8230;but He does answer. He also answers in His own time!</em></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t believe God, however you envision Him, Her or It, whether as some fire and brimstone, burning bush kind of God or as simply an Infinite Intelligence providing order and balance to the Universe (capital “U”), He does not always respond as if we were receiving a <em>Western Union</em> telegram. The fact that the answer to our prayers is often obscure, that it isn’t a subject line scrolling on endlessly at the bottom of our 55” Mitsubishi widescreen television like a news update, does not diminish the power of our prayer or His answer…</p>
<p><strong>We simply, or not so simply, must be in tune with the Universe and His message!</strong></p>
<p>The ironic thing about all of this is that our ability to hear, really <em>hear</em> His message does not diminish the role and/or efficacy of prayer or whatever you want to call your communication, your communion with Infinite Intelligence. </p>
<p>In other words, prayer, as with desire, our communication must be a fervent request, a burning desire, and not simply some wishy-washy, kinda-sorta-gotta-hafta message to the Almighty. </p>
<p>The prayer, the message, the communication, the communion must be passionate, it must be from a place deep inside of you, it must be from that ache deep in your soul, within your very being or self that no man or woman can quench. </p>
<p><strong>Your desire must be a fire that consumes you!</strong></p>
<p>The problem with most prayer, with most desire, and with most goals is that they are in fact wishy-washy and kinda-sorta-gotta-hafta messages. The messages, whether to a God, an Infinite Intelligence, or to the Subconscious are simply amorphous masses of gobbledygook that can’t possibly mean doodley-squat to anyone…even to one’s Self! </p>
<p>Hence we come full circle to the point of this message, that it is in fact the message and how it is delivered that takes us to a place where are able to receive His answer…because the answer will be all around us and will in a very real sense take the form of a burning bush. </p>
<p><strong>The challenge? </strong></p>
<p><strong>If we are wishy-washy in our message, we will get nothing or worse than nothing back!</strong></p>
<p><strong>How can an answer be worse than nothing? </strong></p>
<p>Well, it’s kind of like how we understand computers. The Mind and/or the Self is just one big computer; and, if you believe in a God, or not (?), linked to every other computer in the Universe in some sort of mass, information sharing network, an information highway, if you will. Interestingly, even if you don’t believe in a Supreme Being <em>per se</em> but in some sort of Infinite Intelligence or simply, or not-so-simply an Interconnectedness, an Interrelationship with every other form of energy in the Universe, all working together en-mass to some future end we are simply too small to understand or envision, our prayer, our message has real power&#8230;or none at all. </p>
<p>It is the “none at all” that confounds us, perplexes us, and puts us in a place where we not only disbelieve. You see, in such instances, we are incapable of receiving because we are not in tune! We just aren’t on the same frequency, and so we dismiss the efficacy of prayer, of communication with a God or our Selves. We fail because we are doing it wrong and are thus incapable of hearing and/or seeing the response, much less envisioning it…a response all around us and screaming to be seen, heard and felt, to be lived!</p>
<p><strong>The lessons here?</strong></p>
<p>1) We must have a clear and concise vision of what it is we are asking for. It is not enough to kinda-sorta-hafta want something.</p>
<p>2) Along the lines of number one, we must want whatever it is we are asking for! We must really want it with a burning desire, a burning desire in the pit of our very Soul! It must be physical, a visceral response whenever we think about it!</p>
<p>3) Once we know what we want, we must then ask for it, send a message to God, Infinite Intelligence, to our Selves in such a way that it is simply impossible for it <em>not</em> to be heard.</p>
<p>4) Next, we must transform our desire into action. Not simply a desire though, a burning desire, into a clear and concise plan, a concrete plan of action as Napoleon Hill would say. Something magical happens when we envision a result, something we want with every fiber of our being, we become a magnet. However, and this is crucial, we must be moving in the right direction, with the proper mindset, or the messages, the signals, and/or the answers, and there will be many, to our prayers will be lost…we will never hear them!</p>
<p>5) Finally, we need to be receptive. It is not enough to want, ask, and implement…we must also tune in. The messages will be all around us, it is our responsibility, in fact it is a requirement for continued success, that we align ourselves with God, the Universe, Infinite Intelligence, and/or our Selves in such as way as to not only hear the messages and signals we will receive but to feel them…and to act accordingly. Without this ingredient, we will ultimately lose that link and the answers will cease. </p>
<p><strong>Ache! </strong></p>
<p><strong>Ask! </strong></p>
<p><strong>Answer! </strong></p>
<p><strong>Apply!</strong></p>
<p><em></em><em>But is that enough, will that do it? If we have a burning desire, get in touch with Infinite Intelligence, tune in, and act…is that enough?</em></p>
<p><strong>No!</strong></p>
<p><strong>The final ingredient is a <em>biggie</em>! <em>Biggie</em> being a technical term!</strong></p>
<p><strong>The final component in this master plan, the road map taking a burning desire and placing it and your Self on the road to success? </strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Burn your ships! </em></strong></p>
<p><em>Ah!</em> </p>
<p><strong>Bet you thought I forgot about that one? Burning your ships is the final piece of the puzzle, the linchpin that holds all of the above together, it is not only necessary, it is essential.</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Burning your ships?</strong></em></p>
<p>You must remember two things about history, it repeats itself and it is written by the victors and the survivors. A similar story to the Cortez “myth” (based in fact), has been attributed to Sun Tzu, and a historical parallel has recently come to light, via the movie <em>300</em>.  <em>300</em> is the retelling of the heroic and inspiring last stand of the Spartans’ stand against a vastly superior Persian army. </p>
<p><strong>History is revised throughout history by each subsequent generation and thus is not a static re-telling but an ever-changing mythology. </strong></p>
<p><em><strong>What does that mean? </strong></em></p>
<p><strong>Well, let’s use this as an example, it’s one you may be familiar with: </strong></p>
<p><em>Start a rumor at one end of a row of 50 people. By the time you get to the end of the row, the story has morphed into something entirely different, rarely resembling the original story.</em></p>
<p>The same applies to history…ours, there’s, everyone’s!</p>
<p>The illustrative aspect in the story of the Spartans is that almost everyone perished. Burning your ships is not without its share of risk, and it is certainly not for the faint-hearted and/or inexperienced, and certainly never for those with a sorta-hafta-wanna mentality. Burning your ships is for those totally committed, with a clear, well-thought out action plan before them. </p>
<p><strong>Do not!</strong></p>
<p><strong> I repeat! </strong></p>
<p>Do not quit your job, burning your ships, which may also result in burning your bridges, until you are ready. The ships, by the way, Cortez may have simply damaged them, not burned them…as a point of historical accuracy. He also made sure the supplies and provisions were safe-guarded first. </p>
<p>In other words, do not go off and quit your job tomorrow but make sure all of the components above are in place first…and make sure this is indeed a burning, speaking of burning, an ache in your gut, an all-consuming desire, and you have a clear and concise action plan that has been properly tested. </p>
<p>In other words, don’t jump into the English Channel to swim to France if you can’t do anything more than the doggy paddle! You will drown! Regardless of how badly you might like to run the Boston Marathon, if this is your first day running after back surgery, it ain’t happening! </p>
<p><strong>Not yet, anyway. <em>And that’s the key</em>! </strong></p>
<p><strong>Make sure you have a burning desire, a concrete plan, and the tools…and then go for it!</strong></p>
<p>Ultimately, achieving your goals and satisfying your burning desire still requires planning and managing your actions. Every endeavor in life and every goal contains a degree of uncertainty and risk, but risk in and of itself should never keep you from aching, asking, listening for the answer, and acting! Through proper implantation of a concrete and concise plan of action, achieving your burning desire is not only a possibility, it is a reality. Go for it!</p>
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<p><strong>Kenny Rogers and Buffalo Springfield had a hit song and the lyrics were great<br />
&#8230;back when lyrics were about protest and socially significant subjects!</strong></p>
<p><em>Paranoia strikes deep, into your heart it creeps<br />
It starts when you&#8217;re always afraid&#8230;.</em></p>
<p>I wonder what happened in her life to make her so afraid of a little dog and a grandpa<br />
on such a beautiful night&#8230;on any night? Sad really!</p>
<p>Tony Robbins talks about fear being the great inhibitor, the destroyer of dreams and all that is possible.<br />
Perhaps in different words but the message is clear. I wonder what happened in the life of that young lady? </p>
<p>Intriguing, isn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>John</p>
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<p><strong>1973 was the year I was supposed to graduate from Bay High School. It was the year I came home form the Army, the year the POWs started coming home from Vietnam, and the year I started at CWRU. It was an amazing year full of adventure and possibilities. </p>
<p><em>Great tunes by James Blunt! 1973&#8230;here we go again!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>John</strong></p>
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