Take Out One Giant At A Time in 2010…
Happy New Year to my friends in Honk Kong and anywhere else in the world that have already celebrated the start of 2010.
I’m sure you’ve had all of the emails suggesting you buy this, that and the other before 2010 if you want to have the best year ever but this isn’t one of those blog posts.
I just want to encourage you to “take out,” meaning “kill” one giant at a time in 2010.
It’s fine to buy the mega expensive courses and kid yourself that you’re going to nail this Internet Business thing in 2010, but let me take some of the financial burden away from you … “decide which giant you’re going to kill first and then go for it with focused energy.”
Yes, I’m talking about being a “Giant Slayer” in 2010 and if the tools and services you’re going to buy are not going to help towards killing that giant, leave it where it is!
At the end of 2006, I asked myself, “who do you want to be known as, Trish?” I looked at people like Alex Mandossian who was known for Teleseminars and direct response marketing, Craig Pirrine, list building etc and I realized that what I’d been doing was dabbling and getting nowhere. At the time, I was building blogs for friends and getting clients by recommendation but blogging just didn’t seem “sexy” enough … I wanted to be like one of the big guys with Internet Marketing Muscle.
Anyway, by the end of 2006, I came to my senses and decided to build my consulting business around blogging and I was amazed how doors just started flying open. I even ended up doing some work with Alex Mandossian which, I would never have dreamed possible.
At the end of 2007, I decided that we had to get more of our finances in order and my husband and I focused on debt managment like credit was going out of fashion. Our focus on being out of debt has moved us forward in leaps compared to the situation we were in.
And this year … I was determined that my husband would be in good health. On Christmas day, my husband sat down and ate Christmas dinner with my loud family after months of running away from even myself and our daughter because of the loud ringing in his ears. I had made a declaration at the start of 2009 that he would not go into 2010 with this ailment. For those believers in Christ, you can watch the video on my Getting Maximum Results site once it’s up.
I don’t care how many emails you’ve received today telling you it’s the final deadline before that great discount is removed, if you don’t decide to slay a giant in 2010 with focused energy, you’ll get to the end of it and wonder where the year has gone and why you have such a big hole in your bank account with nothing to show for it.
I’m not discouraging you from buying, but if you do, ensure the kit includes the catapult and the stones that will take off that giant’s head! That’s all it took for David … He picked up five stones but he only needed one! Why? As far as David was concerned, that giant’s head was his even before he swung that first stone.
If you know the story of David and Golliath in the Bible, you’ll know that once David took out the giant, the Philistine army who had plenty of mouth when their leader was in charge dispersed in fear. So, when you take out one giant, you’ll find a whole load of other issues come tumbling down too.
Not much of a blogging blog post today folks, but I hope it’s encouraged you to become a Giant Slayer in 2010.
Blessings,
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I have decided to slay the giant of “Procrastination” this year. I hope with it the Philistine army of sloth and laziness will also be slayed.
Hi Trish – thanks for this great post. It is so easy to have a scatter gun approach to my life and look at all the numerous things that I need to do and issues to address and I spend hours listing my goals in many areas of my life, yet year on year I am left disappointed by my lack of achievements. I came across a statement recently which really helped me and which I have adapted for 2010, it states “focus on what you can do not what you could do” . I cant recall where I read it but I identified as I do tend to waste time and energy focusing on things that I “could do” in building my business “when I have the finances, the time, etc” whilst at the same time there are numerous small but fundamental things that I can easily do but they remain undone whilst I lose focus. The crazy thing is that these small fundamental things are the building blocks to achieve the bigger picture!!
harmonygirl, I like that phrase “scatter gun approach” and if I’m not careful, I can fall back into that too. But I get so much more achieved when I can focus on one thing and even let what seems to the be the best offers just pass me by and yes, focus on the things I “can” do.
If you keep in mind what you’ve outlined in your comment, I would say you’re already off to a great 2010.
All the best and thanks for the comment.
Trish
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Trish,
I love what you say here. Total sense. Oh and I love your blog, its one I have in my favourties and your content really helps me. Thanks again for real value – cheers!
Tristan