Blog Family,

Health is wealth and I want to encourage you to get some and pass it on. I have been on this kick for the past few weeks because I have set out to accomplish one of my major life goals, running the Chicago marathon. But instead of just throwing myself into 26 miles of pain, I plan on running an half marathon this year and next year tackling the big boy marathon.

Believe me Health is Wealth!

Some of you out there might be thinking that health isn’t all that important to your future, but I say that it is very important to your future. Think about it, regardless of what your goals are health is at the center of it. How would accomplish any of your goals if you were not in at least decent health? How could you travel around the world, climb a mountain, or even climb the corporate ladder if your health is out of whack.

Often times, I get someone that says health isn’t wealth, nor their goal. They want to create financial freedom for their descendants. But I say how can you do this if your health is not in order? Seriously, it is going to take massive energy and effort to make this a reality, but if you are not working out where is it going to come from?

Then, let’s say you hit your goal of financial freedom. Don’t you want to be around long enough to watch your family enjoy the fruits of your life long labor? I would think that you would.

Check out the video

Enjoy the video and make sure you let me know what you think, but I hope it is able to inspire you to get off your butt and get into the fitness game.

Big Shout out to Chase Harris as he is taking the iBeachBody.com Fitness Challenge!!

Check out his website site at http://www.iBeachBody.com or keep up with his fitness challenge on his YouTube page at http://www.YouTube.com/iBeachBody

Half Marathon Workout Plan

This is the half marathon workout schedule that I am working out with. It is a great workout plan for beginning runners. Check it out here: http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

Another week has come and gone. This time it has found me ready for it and aiming for the stars. I am fired up. As you will see over the next few weeks I have some very special material planned for this blog and am very excited about it.

It dawned on my not long ago that I wanted to own a media empire and have the influence and reach that many of the power stations had. This realization made me began to look at this blog and my other ones a little bit differently. Blogs and the Internet has given ordinary people like myself without hundreds of billions of dollars the power and access to reach millions if we have the ability or chops to make it happen. Well, I am going to find out because I love to get in front of the camera and share what I know. The wild thing is that I know many other people that feel the same, so as little organization and effort can make all of this a reality.

Last Week Goals

1. Video Blog at FreddieTaylor.com – I was successful in getting back on the video wagon here at FreddieTaylor.com with the launch of my weekly series, Balance. That was a lot of fun and it is replacing my Monday Motivational Moments that was a feature on this site.

The reason I changed the name is because I wanted to motivate, but there are some other subjects I want to get into as well and Balance will allow me to do so. As entrepreneurs, we cannot be so one sided and focused on money and the bottom line, there is just way too much more to life than that. Balance is my effort to discuss many of these issues as well.

2. Study New Business - I was able to study my new business model and am very excited about it. There is a little bit more understanding to go, but I will have to learn that on the fly. Now is the time to get out and get it going, so I will.

3. Prepare for my Picking Comps presentation - This past weekend, my partners and I held a 3 day event called the Ultimate Foreclosure Workshop. You can view it at UltimateForeclosureWorkshop.com. It was a stunning success. We had 17 paid participants, so there was some margin made and most importantly, the participants were excited about the information they received and pleased with their purchase. In short, we delivered, which is what you want when you are taking people’s money. Our thought is to under promise and over deliver….that we did.

As for my presentation, I thought it could have went better, but not a bad job. Like most entrepreneurs, I am pretty critical of myself and always expect better. Next presentation, I will do better.

This Week

Now is the time to roar into the next week and get it crackin! Here are my major goals for the week.

1. Plan – It is official in my mind that this is my last year in the appraisal business. I have to cut the cord and get out now. The question is what exactly will I do in the future, so I want to lay out a detailed plan to ensure that I am making solid progress everyday. This may take a week or so as I have several projects in the works, but need to tie them together in a cohesive way to capitalize on their synergies.

2. Complete Landing Page – One of my new ventures requires that I complete a video for this landing page I am creating. This has to get done and the sooner the better. So, I will be all over that early in the week and hopefully able to make it happen.

3. Full Week @ FT.com – I want to follow up my last week with another solid week here on this site. You will see a few more post as I back away from appraisal business and get more into my online work. I am very excited, but like any transition there is always some anxiety…However, I am ready to strike!

Let’s go get’em!

Now is our time to shine. I have defined my week and plan on being all over it. Will you do the same? If you don’t make the goals public, that is cool. Write them on your board, look at them, intimidate them, and get them done!

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

That’s right! I am back into video blogging and planning on doing it big. It is my honor to introduce to you the first of my recent brain child’s, Balance. Balance, get some in your life, is a show I will be doing that focuses on motivation, inspiration, quotes, and personal development for entrepreneurs and bloggers. We all need and must have balance.

Ready to Strike!

These economic times are raining down around us and many people are scared because they cannot predict the future. I feel and understand where they are coming from, but entrepreneurs must stay in the pocket, poised and ready to strike. It is these times that the world needs entrepreneurs to step up, so I want to share three keys with you to help you in this journey.

Watch the Video!

Balance Question:

What are some of the things you do to prepare yourself for opportunity?

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Greetings Blog Family,

Yes! It has been a while since I have actually done a blog post and it feels good to be back. The other week, I went on vacation to Tampa Bay, Florida for days of rest, relaxation, and great times.

The picture feature here is the view I woke up to every morning as I ventured out on the terrace to clear my head from the night before and get ready for the day ahead.

The reason this post took so long in the making is that I was waiting on the pictures from my friends that went on the trip with me. I had my camera, but managed to take no pictures during the trip, buy my friends did and they haven’t made the pictures available yet.

The House

I will try to give you a visual of the house, rather mansion, we rented for the trip. It was larger than most anything that I have seen. And as an appraiser, I have seen some wonderful homes, but this one was incredible. It rocks my world to think that people live like this everyday, but they do. Anyway, my favorite feature of this home was the double deck terrace that wrapped the sides and back of the home which led to the views in the picture. It was simply amazing. And every morning I began my day there on that terrace enjoying the sunshine, breeze, and happy feelings.

That break was much deserved and I had a wonderful time, but I am really excited to be back in the Command Center ready to build my Internet empire. Are you ready?

My Plans

While I was on vacation and during the past week, I have been pouring over my plans for the immediate future and they are exciting. I am so fired up to get into this week it doesn’t make sense. I have decided that I am going to build FreddieTaylor.com into the media outlet I have desired for so long. While on vacation, I realized that they Internet and the skills that I have been developing for the past few months have really given me all that I need to make my dreams a reality and now is the time to start creating them.

Therefore, you will see a few new features coming to FreddieTaylor.com starting this week. I don’t want to bore you with the details, but rather just jump in a get them started. This post was actually suppose to happen on Sunday, but we had a dinner party that ran a little longer than antipated and I had to too much wine. (Just keeping it real and telling you the truth, Blog Family.)

Anyway, it is on! Also, I have decided to be accountable for a few more goals on a weekly basis. I find that you keep me honest and if I share them with you, I will get them done more-so on a regular basis.

This Weeks Goals:

1. Video blogs at FreddieTaylor.com 

I mentioned above my aspirations for FreddieTaylor.com, so this is the plan….to get started. Getting started consist of two more post this week. And I will leave it there. ((((clap clap)))) Let’s go get’em!

2. Study new business

I started a new business that helps small businesses reconnect with their communities. It is phenomenal and I will be talking about it soon, but I need to study the business to be able to present it concisely. The fact is right now I don’t fully understanding the business. This week it needs to change. Then I will review it for you.

3. Prepare Training on Picking Comps

I am part of af team of people that are producing The Ultimate Foreclosure Workshop and of my contributions is a presentation on How appraisers Pick Comps, which should be about an hour. I need to prepare and practice that presentation.

Let’s get it!

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

I am coming back at you on another Sunday. The 25th straight Sunday in a row that I am reporting my accountability to you. It has been bumpy road being honest with my performance, but I believe it is for the best. It is my hope that my brutal honesty with my progress is encouraging you to find someone to reach out to and hold you accountable for the success and dreams that you desire. I believe everyone deserves so much.

Last Week’s Goal: Complete my taxes

Last week, my goal to complete was my taxes. Did I finish them? No. I didn’t finish them. Let’s just say I there are a bunch of reasons I have why they where not completed, but none rise above the definition of an excuse. So, I will save my excuses for never. 

There is one thing that I love about the fraternity I joined in college and it is their disdain for excuses. The truth is no one wants to hear an excuse and any reason for not completing a task is an excuse. This is still my outlook today. Don’t make excuses, get it done.

I will finish my taxes this week, so they are not going to go back on my accountability list. I am moving on to something bigger, better, and even more important.

This Week’s Goal: Quality time with my boys!

I have two big headed, little boys by the name of Jayel and Freddie 3. These are my little men and I love them dearly. However, over the last few months I think the change in my business, economy, and other concerns has led me to not being in their life as much as I would like.

This week, I plan on reconnecting with them as I have a great opportunity to do so. My wife, Krystal, is out of town for a few days and has been so since Friday. This gives me a great chance to do all the little things that they need to get them through the week, but also gives me an chance to have fun with them and reconnect as well.

I want you to hold me to having fun with them everyday as well as reading with them at night and doing something special this week since it is just the boys. I have somethings in mind, but it is going to a good week.

What have wee been up to?

FT & Boys at SIU vs. UIC B-Ball Game

Well, on Saturday, we went to the Southern Illinois University vs. University of Illinois Chicago basketball game in downtown Chicago. It was great because it was their first time at a basketball game. They won some tickets from their school to go with the school, so it was a really great event. We got t-shirts and was treated to a great game. SIU lost the game 67 to 74, which was a bummer for me because I am graduate of SIU. The boys were pretty happy. We had hot dogs, popcorn, pretzels, soda, and cotton candy to round out the night of junk food and loud noises. It was a great evening.

Other than that, we have been seriously playing some video games. They get a kick out of the old man trying to keep up with them. They don’t realize that I have over 20 years of serious video gaming experience over them, but they have fun trying to beat me. I will admit that in most games, my 9 year can beat me. But if he throws in the old school classic games he doesn’t have a chance.

FT & boys reading on floor in bedroom

Tonight, we finished off the long day of play with reading. We read Freddie 3′s book, “Junie B First Grader”. Although he is only in Kindergarten, he loves Junie B and her big first grade adventures. Here is a picture of use reading on the floor in their bedroom. I love these boys. They are so special and get a kick out literally everything. It is very funny.

Think we will go bowling on Monday. We haven’t done that in a while. They love bowling, plus it will give me a good excuse to hit the lanes. I will be sure to take pictures as well. I need to start a flickr account so I can just integrate my pics into this website. One day, I will get that done.

Who do you need to reconnect with this week? Get to it, relationships don’t work themselves out!

Take this week to reconnect and build with those special people in your life. We work so hard from week to week just to make it. Don’t ruin the special relationships you have trying to provide for them. In these few moments we have on earth be sure to fill them with love and your love ones.

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Blog Family,

As you might expect, I have been thinking about goal setting and goal attainment, moving forward with my plans. But as I do my daily and weekly, mental round up, I am forced to notice all of the areas that I have fallen a little short. The goal was a little higher than what I accomplished for the month. That space between what was planned and attained. Does this amount to failure in your mind?

What is failure?

Failure means many things, depending on who you are talking to. Some think failure is not attaining every little goal you set out to achieve. To others failure lies in disappointing other people. Still to more, failure is making yourself look foolish.

I think failure pigeon holds many people from reaching for and attaining all that they could in their life time. Somehow these setbacks, changes in the plans, and differences paralyze many people into not acting at all. As though their lack of attempt isn’t a failure or a set back it’s self. You cannot simply shelve a dream and think that you are playing it safe. You are failing in the worst way because you are not trying at all.

Redefining Failure

As of today, failure has a new definition.

You cannot be a failure until you have given up on a thing and have gain no value from the pursuit.

Since you cannot pursue a thing without gaining some type of value and insight from that pursuit, you cannot ever be a failure so let’s stop thinking of it all together. And if you are still in pursuit of a thing, then it is not over, you have not quit, then you still have a chance of attaining it. Stay in the game.

Failing Yourself to Success

My entire life has been lived with a spirit of adventure, exploration, and commitment to live the dream of an entrepreneur and do it on my terms. At times, this hard headedness has gotten me into some real pickles, but I forge ahead. This is the mentality that is absolutely needed to be an entrepreneur and actualize your dreams, or in this case my dreams. I have to move forward.

I didn’t pass every test with flying colors while pursuing my MBA. I wasn’t the valedictorian, so in the eyes of some I may have failed, but I failed forward. It seems that with every adventure that I have I am able to build upon it and continue my journey.  As an entrepreneur, I have opened and closed more businesses than I care to remember. Each one taught me a valuable lesson that carry forward with me to this day knowing that these experiences are the reasons that I am in the position that I am in today.

Today, I own my own business work from home everyday, am there for my family when I need and want to be, and have the chance to go full time on the Internet. Maybe this isn’t the most ideal place to be. Afterall, I don’t have an abundance of money to through around and I could live in a better neighborhood, or whatever. But this is what I have.

Classic Example from my Sunday Accountability #23

This past week, my goal was to write 50 articles for various niche sites on mine. Yes, this was an ambitious goal for the week considering everything else that I had to complete, but I set it anyway. I set it to stretch myself to see if I could accomplish it and get the duel benefit of building those articles for my niche sites that are going to raise my traffic and rankings.

Well, I didn’t reach 50 articles last week. I only completed 40 articles. Am I a failure?

If you would call me a failure, that is fine because the reality is that I know have 40 fresh articles moving towards gaining me more SERPs, search engine rank positions, to gain more traffic and potential revenue for me long term. That is awesome.

Ok, there could have been 10 more articles if I would have hit my goal. That would have been great. But the truth is if I would not have reached for that goal of 50 articles that I knew was going to stretch me, I would have written 15 to 20 articles thinking I did something special. This goal of 50 articles that I fell short of taught me a lesson. The lesson was that when I put my mind to it, I can produce a lot of material for my websites. Afterall, this material is going to lead to traffic and traffic is what I want.

Last Week I Failed Forward

So, last week I failed forward by completing 40 out of 50 articles for my niche sites. This week, I plan to do much of the same, write another 50 articles. This time I am going to hit this goal, but I relax knowing that I am going to advance my niche business strategy and get closer to my overall income goals via the Internet.

I hope you are failing forward as well.

First in the mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

Another week has come and gone. How did you do this week? Did you move closer to your goals? Well, I hope you did and hope you continue to fight forward and make it happen.

Last Week Goal: 50 Niche Articles

This was a great goal that I came up a little short on this past week. I wrote 40 articles for niche sites and fell just 10 articles short. I could have made it, but didn’t for a variety of reasons that I like to call EXCUSES. And let me tell you, excuses are going to get you no where fast, so don’t used them and I won’t either. The best thing I can do, you as well if you fell a little short, is to dust ourselves off and try, try again. If you hit your goals for this week, then good for you, plan yourself a small mini celebration of a cookie or something and GET BACK TO WORK!!! We got goals and dreams to actualize here people.

This week’s Accountability Goal: 50 Niche Articles

Even though I fell a little short, I still added 40 articles to my niche sites that have grown in number, which is outstanding. I purchased a few more sites this week. I have a total of 15 niche sites that I am operating. 7 of the 15 sites don’t have material on them yet or have very little and not pulling in many SERPs, search engine rank positions, but their time is coming.

As I am writing these articles, I am focusing on the sites that are having the most success and slowly building the others by trying to bring them on board as far as making money, which Adsense is the main money maker for these sites. Although, I know own two sites that are solely dedicated to selling original products that I am developing and will be making in to Click Bank products for the marketplace to sell as well. Stay tuned, but one of those products is an appraisal, real estate based educational product, but it is coming. The other product is a secret for now, shhhhhh.

Adsense Updates:

One of my goals is to pay some bills with my Adsense earnings, which is why I am writing so many articles for my niche sites and trying to bring them online as earners. They say content is king, so let’s continue to build and push the content. As for Adsense, I have not been doing bad although yesterday sucked and I only made $0.44, which is going to bring my average down for the month that was getting close to $3 a day. Here are my earnings over the last few months just so we can start to gauge my progress and determine if the writing is paying off or not.

Daily Adsense Averages

December 2008 = $0.97 / day

January 2009      = $1.79 / day

February 2009    = $2.69 / day

As you can see, through the first 7 days of February, the additional article writing seems to be paying off in terms of daily Adsense earnings. I will continue to update these figures so you can watch my progress as we move forward and bring more and more websites online and earning income. The way I see it is if all I have to do is write articles to make more and more money through Adsense, then watch out now cause I am going to be blazing content out like it is no body’s business.

One thing that I am thinking about is using the same simple designs on all of my sites and maybe I need to switch it up a little bit for some of the niche sites. I have been using WPTwo by Adam from Creadiv.com for the majority of my niche sites and I plan to continue using it, but maybe some of these niche sites need to be a little more functional for the viewing public. I will keep you updated, but be sure to check out Adam’s theme if you are into Adsense earnings cause it works.

One of the major things I have since building my Adsense revenue was change my niche sites over to his theme and it is working out as you can see from the increase in Adsense revenues. Hopefully, that trend will continue. It has to continue because my goal is no where in site, but we are moving in the right direction.

As for these earnings, the majority of the earnings are made from one site, Invest With Passion my real estate investing site, and one other that is gaining ground. The idea is to get these other sites consitently earning as well to increase revenue and make it happen.

Closing Commitmment

Blog Family, I know you are going to hold me to my accountability goals of 50 articles and I will not let you down this week. But my question to you is, what is your major goal for the week? Will you share it with me and allow me to hold you accountable? Don’t be scared. What is the worst thing that could happen? You get motivated to reach your goal and get closer to your dreams.

At some point in your life, Blog Family, you must step outside your comfort zone in order to strive for the things that you wish to attain. And here is the kicker, if you would just venture out….you will be successful.

Let’s go get’em!

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

A lot has been happening in my life and business the past few weeks. So much so that I have not been hanging around here like I planned. But there has been two new readers to the Blog Family that really reminded me why I wanted to get into blogging, media, and the educational training field in the first place.

That new additions to the Blog Family are Matty Byloos and Portland Roofer. They reminded me that everything we do on this Internet has the potential to help someone and create value in their lives. I want to thank them for this simple reminder and let them know that they are appreciated for reading and following along with me. (Big ups to the entire Blog Family cause you guys and girls are special to me as well. These two just gave me the kick in the pants that I needed to reach out and remember.)

Business, Blogging, & Entrepreneurship is all about Value

It doesn’t matter what you do as an entrepreneur. The bottom line of your business is value. If you are not producing or contributing value to someones life, business, or endeavor, then you are not going to be in business for very long. I got to this train of thought because over the last few days I had been thinking of ways I could increase my revenue streams and make more money. Right, who doesn’t want to make more money?

Everyone wants to increase their capital intake, but focusing on money will only lead to more problems. You know it is very easy to concentrate on the lack. We have a tendency to think about and/or become obsessed with what is missing in our lives. In this case, the lack of money. This thinking about the money that we don’t have only leads to more thinking about the money we don’t have. This vicious cycle can continue on and on until you have permanently wrecked your business.

It can lead to the destruction of your business because your focus on the bottom line can lead to an unfocusing on the customer and the final product that you are producing. This product could be content, consulting ideas, or donuts. It is very difficult to produce the best quality product you have if you are not intently focused on every step. This applies to all entrepreneurs from bloggers to general contractors, from independent medical physicians to lawn care experts. You have to be 100% there and focused on delivering for your clients or it is going to show.

Business, Blogging, & Entrepreneurship is all about Value

Well today, it dawned on my that my focus in the wrong place. I don’t need to be thinking about making more money, I need to be thinking about creating more value for clients, readers, and customers. If I do that, then the money will follow. And you should be thinking about the same thing, value for your clients, customers, and readers.

I know these are stressful times, but do yourself a favor…I know I am. Pull your head out of your own ass. Take a moment to identify the needs of your readership, clients, customers. And focus on giving them what they need. I promise that if you do that, then it will lead to them telling others and sooner or later people will be only happy to track you down and share their hard earned money with you.

Today is a new day!

Today is the first of the rest of our lives. And fortunately, we have an opportunity to start the rest of our lives the right way by focusing on our customers, clients, and readers. Focusing so much on them, that our business is actually all about them. I know, go figure, who would start a business that is all about the customers? A successful business owner is who would do such a thing.

And today is our opportunity to be that person. No matter who you were yesterday or in the past, today is the day that you drop that behavior and start caring about your customers, readers, and clients. I know you understand that without them, you and your business have nothing. So, if you understand that point, take off the selfish hat with me and let’s focus on the people that allow us to bring home the bacon…the customer.

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“We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it?”
- The Buddha

Greetings Blog Family,

My problem isn’t with planning, action, or skill. I think it is more of an arrogant outlook that I will eventually be successful. Not sure why I think this way, but it is just true. I think if I am involved in something, then I am going to come out on top. That confidence has been with me my whole life. My wife says it is because my parents spoiled me rotten and it gave me a complex. Maybe, but I know that I am going to come out on top. Let’s just say that I am confident.

Here is the thing. I am so confident that i don’t have any real urgency or motivation to hurry the process along. For instance, I am a blogger/internet marketer/guy trying to make a living on line/you fill it in. I am going to succeed. I just know it. It is just inevitable. It is going to happen.

I am not saying that I am entitled, should be granted this or anything. I will do what ever is necessary to succeed. I will read, learn skills, practice, study, watch, analyze, plan, and stay up all hours of the night putting in my time to succeed. Despite the work requirement, I will get it done. I have that confidence in myself that I can do it.

Personally, I wish everyone had this confidence, but this outlook leads me to at times just coast and go with the flow. Taking the journey of life and just flowing along. There is no urgency to succeed right away.

I guess this is called enjoying the journey to success. They say afterall that it is the journey that is the best part. This line of thinking is probably true, but no truer than the fact that death cannot be bargined with and it tends to come unexpectedly.

Not to get to morbit on you, but this is just the truth and that one reminder that puts my arrogance in it’s place. Our time to actualize our dreams is not infinate.  In fact, we don’t know how much time we have. Today is the only day that we are promised. Let’s be sure to get it done.

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

Another week closes as another begins. Excellent! We got a new slate and opportunity to prove to ourselves and the Blogosphere that we are serious about attain our goals and dreams. Each day gives us an opportunity to lay out desires, courage and ambition on the line to attain our ultimate goals. Let’s get into it.

Last Week

Last week took me by storm. I had some fairly ambition goals in mind to complete, but didn’t respect the fact that there would be tons of close out work in my appraisal business to complete before I go out of town. I am leaving to visit my parents in Michigan for the holidays. I will be gone from Monday to Friday, which I will be returning with just my wife. My children will be spending the break with their Grandparents. They will be in heaven and my wife and I get to enjoy spending time alone with one another.

I can tell you we love our children very much, but look forward to this time as it is our only alone time during the year. We don’t have any babysitters in Chicago, or maybe we don’t want to have any sitters because we love to be in their lives daily. Nevertheless, the wife and I will be having a great time this week doing all the things that are not allowed when the boys are around. LOL.

So last week, I had some pretty ambitious goals that didn’t get done. Let’s just be honest. I didn’t plan very well last week. I was suppose to comment on 15 sites per day for 5 days, but only managed to get this done twice for my niche site. I did do some solid commenting for FT.com, but not my organic site. Also, I was to write 7 articles for that niche site as well. I wrote 2, but one is ranking on the second page of Google already for it’s main keyword, so that isn’t all that bad.

I did order my directory back links for $13.99 and am happy with them. Also, I was able to create the mini-site for Blogosphere Bigshots, but just have to create and add the video presentation I am planning to it. You can view it here, BlogosphereBigshots.com. It is almost ready to go!

This Week

Blog Family, I am just going to take it slow this week as I am going home and will be visiting family and friends during this time. Nevertheless, we have goals to attain and things to accomplish, so I cannot abandon my dream all together.

1) Upgrade Layout on FT.com - That is right. I will be doing some upgrading here on FT.com. I have some ideas that I have been wanting to implement for some time, so I will be doing that. It involves adding some things to the header and reorganizing a little bit.

If you notice, there has been some changes already where I have taken a lot of stuff out of the side bar and moved it to the footer of the site. The footer still needs some work as it looks like I just threw the stuff in there, which I did. So, I will be adjusting that as well in due time.

2) Write 10 niche articles - Although this is a break, I have to have 30 articles to this niche site by January 1, 2009. Therefore, I have to suck it up and make it happen. I have 17 articles now and this will put me very close to finishing it out.

Recently, I started a Chicago Tribune subscription to my house and have been finding some outstanding articles about my niche site in there. So this is going to serve as a great reference to many of the articles that I am going to write. It is amazing that this came into my life at this time, but just as amazing as if you go with your gut feeling how it will lead you to places you need to be. That was great and I am happy that I did it.

3) Post Site Flip – My Father has recently become interested in my site flipping, so I figured that while I am visiting I will build and post a site flip in front of him. He should get a kick out of that and hopefully, I will make some more Christmas money. We will see how that goes, but I am building on a flip niche that I think I discovered a few flips back. We will see.

4) Blog Commenting – I don’t want to put a number on this one because it is going to be tough to get the computer outside of the other goals that I am trying to complete, but have to start back commenting regularly to keep in touch with my Blog Family. Part of our relationship is me coming to your sites and checking you out and adding my input where I can as well. I have been neglecting this aspect of our relationship and want to ensure that I get back to there. I am coming to a blog near you soon.

5) Enjoy Vacation – Alright Blog Family, this is the point of my retreat. To relax a little bit, hang out with the friends I grew up with, and visit my family. I love all of these people and cannot wait to see as many of them as I can. They always get mad at me because they know that I will only be in town for a few days.

I hope you have a great holiday, new years, and everything in between. It is a great time of year where people seem to be at their best. Soak it up, enjoy it, contribute to the jubilation, and have some fun!

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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