So in the beginning there was Twitter spam. (See http://ukwealthcoach.blogspot.com/2009/02/whats-wrong-with-social-networking.html)
People began to read the many excellent articles on how to use twitter and they got the idea that 50 messages a day saying "I can make you money" "Earn £1,000,000 in 3 days using my system" etc didn't work.
They learnt that you had to offer value and you had to communicate.
So we get generation 2.0 spammer. I haven't used Twitter seriously for a while but had added some new people, today I had some time so I was replying to messages etc.
I noticed that I was getting loads and loads of motivational qoutes, now don't get me wrong I am a Personal Development junkie, can't get enough of it but this was all wrong.
It was obvious that people were just sending the same qoutes every hour with a link to their - "make £1,000,000 in 3 days following this system".
They think that this passes for adding value - IT DOESN'T!! seeing the same quote every hour is not adding value it's just bloody annoying.
They just don't get it, you can't automate value in Twitter.
Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed etc are about building relationships. You dont build them by bombarding people with messages.
We are human and the difference between us and robots is emotions and relationships. SPAM ROBOTS CANNOT BUILD RELATIONSHIP. Period. Fullstop. The End.
There are no short cuts, you have to put the time in to get to know people, find out their needs, try and help and get help.
I see twitter as like a huge local pub. I can pop in anytime and see some friends and a lot of 'not yet friends' (some call them strangers) At this pub like any, I chat, I ask for help, I follow people who are interesting, who can offer me value. If I can help a mate out I will do, if I have heard something on the news that I know interests someone I will tell them - ONCE!
I have a business opportunity, when I am down the pub people know what I do, if someone asks me about it I will tell them, if they are interested I will arrange to get together with them. If they aren't interetsed thats fine by me. Sometimes I meet people in the pub that don't know what I do so I tell them ONCE and sometimes I offer it to people who I think it might interest ONCE.
Imagine a conversation in a pub like this
"How you doing Steve?"
"I'm Good - The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Have a look at my business"
"No thanks, you showed me yesterday. Did you see the football last night"
"Yeah, good result, the only difference between losers and winners is losers quit - Have a look at my business"
"No thanks, you showed me yesterday. I was going to get us a beer but look at the queue"
"Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them - have a look at my business"
"I'm just going to pop outside for a month"
Treat Twitter like you would a pub without the beer. Interact properly and stop being annoying and giving everyone a bad name.
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Monday, 27 April 2009
10 Myths of What You Need to Become Wealthy
People have a distorted view of what it takes to become wealthy. Most of these views are an attempt to explain away why they aren't wealthy, a combination of 'Only those..... can do it' and 'it could happen to anyone, I'm waiting for my pot of gold to arrive.'
The 10 most popular excuses and myths I have come across for not being wealthy are -
1 You need to be clever. Seriously you know this isn't true, look at how many people are wealthy but not intelligent. I guess it depends on how you define clever but certainly academic success is no measure of wealth. In fact it can hold people back, let them sink into a comfortable job and not stretch themselves.
2. You need to be born into wealth. Sure this MIGHT help but the majority of second generation wealthy people never do as well as the parent who created the wealth. They often just don't have the hunger. Look at how many people from the poorest of backgrounds go onto become very wealthy. Andrew Carnegie was born in a 2 room house and went onto become the richest man in the world.
3. You need to be lucky....... go ahead use this excuse if it makes you feel better but as Gary Player said, the more I practice the luckier I get! We only see the lucky breaks, not the years of dedication put in before the lucky break.
4. You have to be in the right place at the right time. Hmmmm, how about you create the right time? When would be a good time to start a company selling doughnuts? A purely non essential item? How about during the biggest recession the world has ever seen? Thats what Krispy Kreme did in the 1930's and went on to have 1000's of branches around the world.
5. You have to be young. Really? Tell that to Colonel Sanders who started Kentucky Fried Chicken at the age of 65 with $100 from his first social security cheque.
6. Ok you have to be old! - Just google 'young millionaires' to see this isn't true. Try Mark Zuckerberg founder of Facebook and worth $1.5 Billion at 24.
7. You have to come from a supportive family. Without a doubt this really does help but truth is you can do it without that support. Many people have used the lack of support as a motivator, you only have to look at any biography section to see how people have risen from abusive backgrounds to success.
8. You have to be nasty. Now if you are thinking this you will never be rich. Ever! Why not? Your unconscious mind is much more powerful than your conscious mind. If you unconsciously believe that rich people are bad why would you want to become like them? You will self sabotage to prevent yourself becoming one of the bad guys. Ok that's a simplistic view but it would take a long time to go through it in detail. Just trust me on this, you dont see any long term wealthy people who dislike wealthy people as a group.
9. You have to be White, Male and Middle class. hmmmm kinda rules out Oprah then? One of the richest people in America!
10. You have to work hard and not have any quality of life. Well you aren't going to get rich sitting watching TV every night that's true but it's a myth that you have to work hard to be rich. You have to work smart, not hard. If hard work was the deciding factor in wealth all the coal miners, labourers etc would be rich. You have to leverage yourself, any job that pays you by the time you put in will be limited, you cannot get rich selling your time - there simply isn't enough. Sure you can be comfortable and have a good standard of living but never truly wealthy. There are business oppportunities now that allow anyone to leverage their time and earn more than they used to. Part time opportunities that can make a real difference in your life. If you want any details of the sort of thing I am talking about feel free to contact me at steve@ukwealthcoach.com
So stop making excuses - anyone, truly anyone can be wealthy. You have to decided you want to be first.
The 10 most popular excuses and myths I have come across for not being wealthy are -
1 You need to be clever. Seriously you know this isn't true, look at how many people are wealthy but not intelligent. I guess it depends on how you define clever but certainly academic success is no measure of wealth. In fact it can hold people back, let them sink into a comfortable job and not stretch themselves.
2. You need to be born into wealth. Sure this MIGHT help but the majority of second generation wealthy people never do as well as the parent who created the wealth. They often just don't have the hunger. Look at how many people from the poorest of backgrounds go onto become very wealthy. Andrew Carnegie was born in a 2 room house and went onto become the richest man in the world.
3. You need to be lucky....... go ahead use this excuse if it makes you feel better but as Gary Player said, the more I practice the luckier I get! We only see the lucky breaks, not the years of dedication put in before the lucky break.
4. You have to be in the right place at the right time. Hmmmm, how about you create the right time? When would be a good time to start a company selling doughnuts? A purely non essential item? How about during the biggest recession the world has ever seen? Thats what Krispy Kreme did in the 1930's and went on to have 1000's of branches around the world.
5. You have to be young. Really? Tell that to Colonel Sanders who started Kentucky Fried Chicken at the age of 65 with $100 from his first social security cheque.
6. Ok you have to be old! - Just google 'young millionaires' to see this isn't true. Try Mark Zuckerberg founder of Facebook and worth $1.5 Billion at 24.
7. You have to come from a supportive family. Without a doubt this really does help but truth is you can do it without that support. Many people have used the lack of support as a motivator, you only have to look at any biography section to see how people have risen from abusive backgrounds to success.
8. You have to be nasty. Now if you are thinking this you will never be rich. Ever! Why not? Your unconscious mind is much more powerful than your conscious mind. If you unconsciously believe that rich people are bad why would you want to become like them? You will self sabotage to prevent yourself becoming one of the bad guys. Ok that's a simplistic view but it would take a long time to go through it in detail. Just trust me on this, you dont see any long term wealthy people who dislike wealthy people as a group.
9. You have to be White, Male and Middle class. hmmmm kinda rules out Oprah then? One of the richest people in America!
10. You have to work hard and not have any quality of life. Well you aren't going to get rich sitting watching TV every night that's true but it's a myth that you have to work hard to be rich. You have to work smart, not hard. If hard work was the deciding factor in wealth all the coal miners, labourers etc would be rich. You have to leverage yourself, any job that pays you by the time you put in will be limited, you cannot get rich selling your time - there simply isn't enough. Sure you can be comfortable and have a good standard of living but never truly wealthy. There are business oppportunities now that allow anyone to leverage their time and earn more than they used to. Part time opportunities that can make a real difference in your life. If you want any details of the sort of thing I am talking about feel free to contact me at steve@ukwealthcoach.com
So stop making excuses - anyone, truly anyone can be wealthy. You have to decided you want to be first.
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