Anyway, those notes of gratitude letting me know how happy people are that they found us, made me want to be sure I invite you Friend, to learn about us if you haven't already, in case we might be able to help you liked we've helped so many other people.
Ok, back to the newsletter content.
The biggest value piece on my mind today from this last week was inspired by a question I got from a subscriber.
One morning I woke up to a text asking me... "Paul, is it possible to succeed in building a business from home, without having my face and name all over social media? I'm a private person." (or something like that...)
In the past, I'd have remembered phrases like "People join people, not companies" and definitely would have had my doubts about being able to make it big while staying 'behind the scenes.'
But guess what Friend... with A.I., the times, they are a changin'.
Building a personal brand - which is nothing more than letting the best of you shine for the world, will always be a valuable option... however, for the first time, in my home business career, I believe it's possible and becoming more possible by the second, to leverage A.I. to stand in your place, so you CAN stay 'behind the scenes' and grow an income from home.
I share exactly what I told this lady, along with a few more of my thoughts on this topic, here on this new blog post.
One thing that will be required, if you choose to go down this route, and really, any route that leads to the best that life has to offer, is an unreasonable belief in yourself, and an insatiable desire for knowledge.
This last week I wrote on social media
'If you’re dumb enough to think you can do anything, you’re smart enough to do what most think’s impossible.'
A lot of times, when I write, I'm writing to myself and this quote is a perfect example.
Sometimes I attempt things, and strive to learn things that most people would call me stupid for.
It's because I have an unreasonable belief in myself and in the power of the human spirit, in general, and this makes me willing tackle ideas and projects that 'normal' people think are INSANE...
Insane but exciting, hey that's my cup of tea. ;-)
So you have have to have this unreasonable belief in yourself number 1, Friend, and this can be developed.
After that, the desire for knowledge comes into play.
This week I was reminded of the time I was thrown into a foreign land that felt like a foreign planet and forced to sink or swim.
I was sent to the other side of the world and my job was to learn mandarin Chinese so I could communicate with the people I'd been called to serve.
Trying to learn Chinese felt like I was at the bottom of a HUGE mountain that I'd never be able to climb.
But guess what Friend, I did climb it and within a relatively short amount of time, I was writing letters in Chinese characters and giving speeches to congregations of people in Chinese.
How did I do it?
It's simple, but not common. My insatiable desire for the knowledge drove me to do things on a daily basis, that most people are not willing to do.
I share my strategy in this 60 second video.
This experience proved to me that an unreasonable belief in myself, combined with an insatiable desire for knowledge, could empower me to do hard things, impossible things even - according to what 'they' might say.
I don't think I'm all that special or different from anyone else aside from these 2 points, and the fact that these 2 points lie within the power of each human to choose, again, makes me not all that special. :-)
So my message to you today Friend is...
Believe in yourself, fully, completely and yes, sometimes insanely.
Develop an insatiable desire for knowledge and allow that desire to fuel, how you invest all the spare minutes of your day.
Thanks for reading and whatever you do, always go for your dreams!
Paul
