Adam conducted an introductory seminar on “Patterns of Excellence” last Thursday (1 Feb 2007) in Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group. It was a 3-hour seminar from 7 – 10pm, and a terrific one too, from the very first minute till the last. Adam managed to get everybody to actively participate throughout the seminar and also, at the same time, shared with us lots of success formulas.

For the benefit of those who missed out on this terrific seminar, I’ve compiled the discussions into an ebook, which I name as “Achieve Success Today” just for you ! “Achieve Success Today” not only contained discussions from the seminar, but also some of my personal comments on the discussions. “Achieve Success Today” is suitable for all levels of audience – whether you are a student, working adult, an employee, a boss, or retiree (Success is not restricted by age, gender, race, religion, nationality. Everybody can achieve success).

To start reading “Achieve Success Today”, please click on the link below (the ebook will load in a new Window). If you like to keep a copy of it, just right click on the link below and select “Save Target As”.

Download “Achieve Success Today”

Feel free to distribute “Achieve Success Today” to as many people as you can. The purpose of me writing this book is to be able to share with all the formula to success.

In order to get the most out of reading “Achieve Success Today”, I’ll like to strongly encourage you to carry out the activities in the book.

I also hope that after reading, you will start applying whatever you have learnt in “Achieve Success Today” to your daily life. I can assure that you will be able to achieve success sooner than you think you will.

If you have any comments or suggestions regarding this book, please drop me an email at ljunyuan@msn.com.

Enjoy.

To your success,
Jun Yuan

I would like to share with you some interesting things I’ve learnt from this book titled “Why We Want You to be Rich” by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki.

I’m sure you know who these 2 great people are, right ? For the benefit of those who are not sure who they are, let me do a brief introduction – Donald Trump is the host for “The Apprentice” and also the founder of the “Trump” corporation. Robert Kiyosaki is the author of “Rich Dad” Books. One good book written by him is “Rich Dad Poor Dad”. I’m sure most of you have hear of or seen this book somewhere right ? Both of them are very good investment gurus.

90/10 Rule of Money

One of things I like to share with you from their book is the 90/10 rule of money.

Robert Kiyosaki shared in the book that in the game of money, 10% of the players will earn 90% of the money while the other 90% will share the remaining 10%.

I find what he said to be very meaningful. After digesting what Robert Kiyosaki has written, I quickly asked myself “Which group do I want belong to ?”

Of course everyone will say you want to be one of the 10% who earn 90% of the money. Who in the right frame of mind will say he / she want to be one of the remaining 90%, right ?.

Having said that, I would like to emphasise that by simply answering that question is not enough. You have to work towards it, which means you have to have an aim, have a goal, have a target you want to achieve. Once you have set your aim / goal / target, develop your plan to WORK TOWARDS IT ! Even if it means sacrificing your favourite TV programmes, even if it means having to sacrifice some sleeping time everyday.

In order to achieve my goal, I have set aside at least 1 hour everyday to do things that will drive me towards being one of the 10% earning 90% of the money. No matter how busy I am, I will try to squeeze some time out. I really enjoy the 1 hour I’m spending everyday and seeing myself moving towards my goal. Once you start seeing money beginning to roll in, you’ll definitely find that the sacrifices are worth it.

I would like you to spend a few minutes (3 –5 minutes) to think your goal. Ask yourself these 2 questions :

“What do I want to achieve in life ?” and

“What sacrifices am I willing to make to achieve my goal ?”

Try answering these questions. I encourage all of you to tell me your answers either by posting a comment in this post, post a message on my tagboard, or if you do not like others to see what you have written, you can drop me an email at ljunyuan@msn.com. I am looking forward to hear from you.

Reading is nothing without actions

YES !! I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE SENTENCE !

Let us try a simple exercise.

Take out a copy of today’s paper. Randomly choose and read an article that’s about half a page long.

5 – 10 minutes later, try to recall the contents of the article you have read 5 – 10 minutes ago. How much can you recall ? I would say that most likely, you’ll have no problem recalling you will be about 70 – 80% of it.

Try to recall the contents of that SAME article an hour later. How much can you recall now ? I would say that you are now only be able to recall about 45 – 50% of it.

Try to recall the contents of that SAME article the next morning. How much can you recall now ? I dare say that most of you can only recall about 5 – 10% of it. Some of you may only be able to recall the title of the article !

Don’t just read what I’ve written. Try this exercise out.

The moral of the story is, you will gain nothing by reading alone. You have to take action to apply what you have read. In the book “Why We Want You to be Rich”, I came across a very interesting table (source : Cone of Learning adapted from Dale, 1969) and would like to share with all of you :



It is proven that by reading alone, you can only remember 10% . However, if you applied what you have read, you can remember 90%.

I hope that all of you, after reading my article, will start applying what you have read either in your money making journey or in your daily life, instead of just simply reading and forget about it.

Questions ? Please feel free to leave them under “Comments” in this entry or drop me an email at ljunyuan@msn.com.

Gotta go now. Have fun trying out the exercises. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I do. See you !

Cheers
Jun Yuan

I was in McDonalds reading Stephen R. Covey’s “The 8th Habit” and a topic suddenly struck my mind (and I’ll like to share with you about it) - our brain works like the hard disk of a computer in that we can choose the “programs” we like to “install” in our brain, just like we can choose the software to install in our computer.

I’m sure all of you know what kind of programs we install in our computer – programs such as the Windows Operating System, Word processing software, Database software, Computer games, etc.

How about the types of “programs” we install in our brain ? We can install “programs” relating to values, behaviours, perception in our brain. How do we install these so-called “programs” on values, behaviours and perception ? We install these “programs” through the books and magazines we read, news we gather from newspapers, radio and television, as well as information we get through communicating with peers. We have the choice to choose the “programs” we want to install in our brains (that’s why our human brain is so powerful).

We can choose to “program” our brain to think like millionaires such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Jack Welch by reading books and learning about how these people think and work. Through reading, we are in a way “installing” these “programs” in our brain, which will allow us to model the behaviours of these millionaires.

We can also choose to “program” our brain to achieve certain goals – such as committing at least one hour everyday to explore on the ways and means to make money on the Internet. If we tell ourselves that we will be able to commit this amount of time, we certain will be able to.

Besides many good “programs” that are available, there are also lots of bad “programs” that we must avoid “installing” into our brain, just as we install antivirus, anti-spyware programs in our computers to prevent viruses, spywares being installed into our computer. Examples of “bad” programs include negative thinking, bad influence from peers, sense of helplessness and hopelessness that we harvest in our brain, just to name a few. If we keep thinking we are hopeless, or think that there’s nothing we can do to improve our lives, or have this feeling that we are too tired to commit any time for money-making activities, these bad “programs” will actually be “installed” in our brain sub-consciously (just as how virus and spywares get installed in our computer without our knowledge), and we will always end up as failures.

You have the choice on the “programs” you wish to “install” in your brain. There are lots of good “programs” available that you want to grab a copy – such as “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and “The 360 Degree Leader”. These are examples of good “softwares” you should install in your brain.

“Installing” these good “programs” is a good first step to getting yourself prepared in your journey to making money on the Internet. Trust me. They’ll definitely help.

Gotta go now ! Catch up with you soon !

Take care,
Jun Yuan

To start off, let me share with you my personal experience – making money on the Internet is not easy, especially when you are new to it. There are lots of things that need to be done before diving into the world of making money on the Internet – such as doing lots of research and reading up to make sure I know the complete picture about making money on the Internet, planning on strategies I want to take to make money on the Internet, putting my plans into actions, review the results and change my strategy, if not successful. All these take time, and I mean lots of time, and not forgetting determination and self-discipline.

I am not trying to scare you off with that. Let me tell you something – attaining success is NEVER easy. Ask the entrepreneurs, ask people who are successful. They will definitely tell you that they have put in a lot of hard work before they managed to smell success.

I am sure you do encounter problems in life – either in school, at work, between friends and family members, etc.

Let me ask you a question - what do you do when you encounter problems in life ? Do you sit down and just whine and complaint or do you think of how to solve the problem ?

For me, I will sit down and review the whole situation and find out exactly what went wrong. I will then think of possible solutions I can take to solve the problems. Not only that, I will also talk to friends and people I’m comfortable with to seek their opinions, as two brains are always better than one. How about you ?

Always remember this - One should NEVER give up when encountered problems. If you give up at the slightest obstacle, you will NEVER succeed. Trust me. You never will. The reason is because in order to succeed, you need to get past numerous obstacles.

The same goes for doing an online Internet business. You will definitely meet obstacles in some stage. Do not give up. Keep trying and you’ll definitely succeed.

Determination to succeed

Before we start off on our money making journey, let us spend a minute or two to look at the following picture :



Picture yourself at the start of the winding road.

You are now going to travel from one end of the road to the other (the destination). Now, focus on the word “Destination” and ask yourself this question - “What is my goal ?” For me, I want to understand and model how millionaires think and act, and also try to unveil as many money -making opportunities on the Internet as possible, and share with all of you (through this blog), as well as making as much money as possible on the Internet.

That is my aim, and so here I am, blogging about my adventures and sharing with you whatever I have on online Internet marketing.

To achieve my aim, I have to constantly enrich myself by reading books as well as resources on the Internet, digest and translate them into lay-man terms so that it is understandable for everyone.

You may be asking me this – “This blog is supposed to be on ways to get rich. So far you have not posted anything on how exactly can we make money on the Internet.”

Yes, I have yet to post anything on how to make money on the Internet for a simple reason – because I want to get all of you in the right frame of mind first. Only with a correct attitude and a right frame of mind, we will be able to move in the correct direction and make all the correct decisions. I always believe in the saying “Attitude determines Altitude”.

The going will be tough, but always tell yourself this – “I WILL DEFINITELY SUCCEEED.” Keep going. DO NOT GIVE UP.

Let me give you an example. Let’s say you have participated in a 5 km race. The race has just started. You feel energetic, bursting with energy and full of zest, and you managed to overtake lots of runners. However, half-way through the race, when your energy start to run out, you’ll feel mentally and physically tired and have a strong urge to stop. At that point in time, do you feel like stopping ? Many of us would.

Whether you’ll be able to finish the race will depend on what you tell you brain.

If you keep telling yourself “I’m going to die if I don’t stop.”, “I’m never going to make it to the finishing point”, “I am so tired. I feel like quitting”, I can tell you that you’ll never be able to finish the race. You’ll eventually give up.

However, if you tell yourself “I will definitely reach the ending point !”, “I can do it !”, “I am NOT going to give up !”, you will be able to find the energy within you to continue running and finish the race.

What I’m trying to tell you is this – whether we succeed or not, it is all in our mindset. If we program our mind telling it to continue moving towards our goal despite of setbacks or obstacles, we WILL definitely succeed.

I would like to recommend some self-improvement books which helped me a lot in improving myself personally :

- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
- 360 Degree Leader by John C Maxwell

Hope you’ll find them useful too. I shall stop here for now. Keep a look out for my next posting, as I’m going to start unveil how we can make money on the Internet.

Cheers !
Jun Yuan