How To Begin An Internet Business

Hi guys,

I hope you will forgive my ramblings here!

Please let me explain…

…I am currently 38,000 feet…somewhere over northern California.  I am flying from LA to Idaho to meet with the boys from DotComSecrets to start the wheels rolling on www.BeginnersBootcamp.com — which is a new product I hope to be releasing later this year.

Anyway – it’s night time – everyone is asleep – the cabin lights are off — and all I call see is the glow of my laptop screen inside and the curvature of the earth outside.  It’s quite a spiritual feeling to be honest….

And maybe that’s why I wanted to scribble this down and share this with you.

I am reading the Go Giver – by Bob Burg and John David Mann.  A beautiful little book about a big idea.

The thoughts in this book resonate so strongly with how I feel about business – that I am almost bursting with thoughts that I want to share with you.  In fact I am typing so fast here I keep making errors and keep having to go back and correct myself..!

So what do I want to share….

Please allow me a few moments and I’ll explain.

You know the Stones song ‘ You can’t always get what you want’?

Do you think that statement is true?

Personally – I do.

In life – you don’t always get what you want.

But – have you noticed – here’s what you DO get…

You get what you expect.

Have you noticed this?

I have.

Go looking for conflict – and you’ll find it.

Go looking for frustration – and you’ll find it.

Go looking for the best in people – and you’ll find it.

So – what’s my point?  (I did tell I was rambling…)

Everyone here – myself included – is here to make money online.

And that’s fine.

I’m sure many – myself included – have a BIGGER picture of what you would like to use the money for – be it personal – family – charity….

And therefore Internet Marketing is a real vechicle to get you there quicker (although when I say quicker I am still talking a few years…)

But here’s the kicker….

If you are asking yourself ‘How can I make money?’ – then I’m afraid to say – this business is not for you.

Of couse we all want to make money.

But your first question should not be ‘How can I make money?’

I’m not saying that is a bad question.

Because it’s not!

It’s actually a great question!

But it’s a bad FIRST qestion.

Do you see the difference?

Before we start thinking about the money – we should be asking ourselves another question.

And that is ‘How can I add value?’

Exceed people’s expectations.  How can you serve others?  How can you help?  What solutions can you offer?

The point is not to get people to pay you more – it’s to give them more.

All the great fortunes in the wold have been created by men and women who had a greater passion for what they were [i]giving[/i] – their product, service, ebook or idea – than what they were [i]getting[/i].

And many of those great fortunes have been squandered by others who had a greater passsion for what they were getting than what they were giving.

Value.

Your true worth is determined by how much you give – rather than how much you take.

But the funny thing is – if you do the former – the latter will naturally occur.

Ok – gotta run – the fasten seatbelts sign has just been illuminated….