Up until this point, we’ve essentially been covering the requirements and prerequisite knowledge necessary to increase your chances of building a successful online business.
Today marks a turning point.
It’s time to begin focusing on your personal situation, and to turn our attention to your future business…
(Watch this video…)
Main points:
Without vision, your business probably won’t succeed.
I describe vision as being able to “see” a clear picture of your fulfilled goals in your mind.
It’s like the box cover of a difficult puzzle…
You must begin with the end in mind.
Almost every success in my life has come AFTER having a vision for it. (For example, when I won the state championship, and every time I launch a product)
The successful business owners that I’ve known ALL have vision.
It’s kind of like looking at the world from 30,000 feet. You see the big picture, and not the problems.
If you lose sight of your vision, you lose hope. And if you lose hope, it’s game over.
As we progress in the lessons, we’ll keep moving forward step by step, but if you don’t start by getting a vision, further efforts could be somewhat futile.
If you set your target too low, you may hit it, but there is almost no chance that you will exceed it. On the other hand, if you set your target too high, you may fail, but you will be further along than the “low” target. Therefore it’s better to set your vision higher.
One of the biggest things I see holding people back is a “victim mentality”.
“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop this picture. Never think of yourself as failing; never doubt the reality of the mental image. That is most dangerous, for the mind always tries to complete what it pictures. So always picture ’success’ no matter how badly things seem to be going at the moment.” - Norman Vincent Peale
Many of us have taken on a “just get by” mentality.
The size of your vision will dictate the size of the result.
YOU are valuable. Don’t sell yourself short.
Here’s my “disclaimer” that I forgot to include in the video…. “The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.” (Prov. 16:9)
Action steps:
I want you to take a moment to tell me your vision for your business. The vision can involve other areas of your life too, but since we’re working on building your business, it should be focused on your business.
It’s important to write your vision down, so go ahead and post it in the comments below. This is YOUR vision, and there is NO wrong answer.
Focus on the big picture. Don’t worry about the details of how you will get there. We’ll worry about that stuff when we learn about goal setting and business plans, and I’ll be talking about those things in the next lesson.
As always, you are welcome to post your questions and comments below.
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Hi Eric,
My vision is to be be debt-free, travel in a beautiful diesel powered motorhome with my family visiting the the sights of our great nation. Maintaining our house and five acres, while my online business brings in an average of one million dollars per year.
That’s an awesome vision!
Eric, my vission includes several streams of income online, and off. First, my internet business includes 400 websites that serve markets such as fitness, weight loss, helth and wellness, personal growth, coaching sites, membership sites for all of these areas, blogs, adsense sites, and I have several partners who I’m involved with. I will have a mixture of information and affilaite products. I will also have websites that buy and sell real-estate as well. Income from all of these internet websites add up to $5,000,000 per year. Secondly, my off line business is in the private lending arena with secured and unsecured loans. This business is generating $3,000,000. My husband and I have several business associates who are prominent in the money and real-estate world. We support several of our favorite charities, one of which is an outdoor program that teaches blind people the exhilerating sport of cross-country skiing–our favorite winter sport. We fly only first class. We are so blessed to have superb health, and we have the best health care and the most innovative personal trainers to support our goals of staying lean… We are blessed to have fantastic friends and get to enjoy awesome luxury. Whoo! Thank you for encouraging all of us to participate this way. Kathy Strahan
The vision is to own a well-established gaming website of which 50% of European gamers have used and 90% of active gamers (European) have heard of. It will be the catalyst in re-revolutionising the industry and be the port through which 20% of online gaming is generated providing me more than a £5 million yearly income. The success will stimulate leaders in the market to forge greater partnerships with us granting us a greater negotiation tool. The popularity of the site will allow me more freedom to research ways to develop it further while being able to devote more time to other projects (on and off-line).
Wow, I thought I was reading what I was going to write. The only difference is that I cannot “vision” the million dollars a year gig. Maybe I do need to shoot for it and like Eric says I’ll get closer to it than shooting low. I actually have a house on 4.5 acres that I could park my RV, it would be nice to have a place to call home. Maybe our paths will cross on the road!
My BIG picture vision includes making enough internet income so I could decrease my regular job down to part time.I work full time in the Radiology Dept of a hospital(last 14 years)with many overtime hours including 16 hour days…I’d like to cut 50-60 hour weeks down to about 20 hours with no overtime.
After more freedom being at the top of my list,I would like to be debt free and stress free(at least relating to financial stress). I’d also like to help my family by helping them with debts or other areas I haven’t been able to in the past because of limited finances. Also…(before going part time at the hospital)I’ve always wanted to donate to our Oncology Dept. as a rememberance of my father who died a very early age from colon cancer. Anything past this I would have to do some more thinking.
As for a vision for a first info product I’d like to create any information product that has to do with health,diseases,exercise,medicines,or anything in the medical field. Another info product ideal would include my passion and interest for anything technology,gadgets,videogames,and electronics of all the latest and greatest.Believe me(lol)…if you only knew how much I love all this stuff(I even have an extensive videogame collection that dates back to 1972 when it all started…we are talking about Mattel handheld collectibles,game consoles,videogames produced only in other countries..etc I must have 5 small storage areas in my collection…lol)
Anyways, I’m looking forward to putting some of these things into action.I didn’t put an actual amount of income as a goal but I’m sure this is VERY important as well(it’s just that freedom and no financial stress is priceless to me) I would like to set my long term goal at $200,000 a year.
Best Regards,
Gary Pettit
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Great vision. I had no idea you worked in a hospital, that’s cool. And that’s a lot of hours. It’s going to be awesome to see you achieve your goals.
Hey Eric, just wanna say thanks for visiting my blog. Your comment really gives me a boast of confidence since Im a newbie. And your videos are a great help!!! Thanks for letting me backtrack to your page without asking you first. Sorry about that!
You’re very welcome, and no problem… I always like free links
We’ll have to get your blog setup on your own domain when we get to those lessons
Hi Eric
Here goes! I would dare to suggest along with all the things you have mentioned in all of the lessons thus far another attribute required is ‘discipline’ and its this discipline I am working on as I hard as I am able to make real the vision I am to outline below.
This is a very brave decision to arrive at as for me I am literally opening my inner life to all and sundry but it’s something I feel will benefit me as time goes on. Not only have I posted this vision but I have used the quaint ‘old’ fashion method of pen and ink and wrote it down in my journal. I read it as often as I can so that I am always focusing my mind.
For some reason I enjoy helping others and yes I do also like the finer things in life.The jigsaw of my mind pictures and their associated commentaries have shown me the new places and people and things I will see meet and have.It may seem I am bent on some ‘do good’ vision. To me,to be financially free includes being a part of life and not hiding away behind walls of fear or to indulge just myself. Money is a commodity and is only of any use if it is ‘used’! So,what am I good at? Anything I truly set my mind on.What will be the means I use to make the vision real? A business, an informative or ‘pen and ink’ business given to the supply of information, in a good honest fashion that is presented in a professional manner. The area of information I will supply will concern the particular interests I have. Fundamentally this will include creating a curiosity of a group through a marketing process that will lead to sales. The process of which you, Eric, and the rest of the commentators in your blog will help me fulfill. All I need apply is my efforts determination and discipline. I have asked life for all that I desire and I will get it.I want to make a difference to others in a positive constructive manner and what better way than to provide a service that gives them the information they seek.
Paul
Cool. And along with discipline we need commitment and good habits. I’ll be talking about this a couple lessons from now.
Ditto!
Hi Eric, thank you so much for your guidance and council.
Business Vision
My vision is of an online business that I will enjoy working on every day and learn new things each day to move forward. I get the most satisfaction from helping others achieve their goals. At my place of work, I was thought of as knowledgeable and experienced. New employees in our department, many times were placed near me so I could answer their questions and help them learn the job as quickly as possible.
My vision is to be in a position to help others learn and achieve their goals with their online business.
The monetary vision of my business is to earn enough money to become debt free so I can ease the anxiety of my family about adequate income and resources. I also want to be an inspiration for others to show them what is possible for someone that starts from scratch and makes good living with an internet business.
It will require about $100,000 + per year income over the next few years to achieve my monetary vision.
Sounds good, always good to help others.
As a WAHM with kids aged 4, 1, and a third due in Feb, home and family are my primary focus. But extra income would be nice for family vacations, home improvements, etc. As for my vision, here’s what I have so far:
- work only a few hours a week
- utilize and challenge my mind (baby/preschool/housework just… doesn’t)
- set up income streams that are relatively maintenance-free
- find niches that help people and enrich lives
- write ebooks and articles (put my writing degree to use)
- do affiliate marketing for a while because it takes less time to get started
- eventually develop one or more content-based sites (one idea is food allergy resources, another idea is Christian ESL resources to use my grad degree in ESL - both of these I can envision as membership sites with list marketing opportunities)
- net $500 a month which may seem small but would be good pay for working a few hours a week
- expand to full-scale business when kids go to school
This reminded me a lot of Mark Joyner’s Simpleology program and his “Law of Clear Vision.” His “Major Focus” exercise requires writing down specific short term, medium term, long term, and life goals.
Sounds good Kristina, I think that’s do-able.
When do you post Lesson #14. I just went through all 13 prior lessons today and I ordered some of the books you suggested in lesson #12 since I come from an art background and not sales.
A couple of days ago, someone was trying to give me a hard sell in paying for lessons on how to build an online business and they wanted to charge a minimum of $2,000 and up to $10,000. It started out as a ‘get my book’ which explains everything you need to know about how to be successful as an internet marketer and ended up with a sales pitch over my land line. I’m sure I shouldn’t name names but I’m going to. I’m sorry I gave any information away to Rich Jerk.
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you for putting these lessons up for free! I heard Joel talk at a Break Out session at Tony Robbins Wealth Mastery seminar and ordered both the Internet Millionaire and AdSense program but the more I read the more confused I got as there is no step by step to go by. A lot of fabulous information but no system. I haven’t gotten into the Internet Millionaire one as of yet so I have no comment, except to say that it looks like a step-by-step system. I’ll keep you posted on what I think of it as I go.
Again, thank you!
Cidney
Glad to have you on board Cidney. I hope to post lesson #14 tomorrow.
Hi!
When I was younger I used to climb Mountains, and I always aim to get in top. Sometime I did, sometimes I didn’t but trying I did the best out of me. I understand exactly what you have said to as all, you are 100% accurate and generous as well. I hung out with some fellow marketers for last 2 years; nobody was so considering and generous to share so deep advice as you do. Thanks Eric.
My vision for my business is to get out of the debt until the end of the year 2008, to earn enough to be able to put aside 2/3 of my income for the rainy days starting 2009. I want to leave on 1/3 of what I’ll make but this must be enough for a life without stress. I want to come back to my major pleasure in life: traveling. I want to help my mother to leave a life without debt and stress as well, and I want to buy a house for her.
Finally I aim to 100% financial independence which I want to reach in one year and a half from now!
Regards
Michaela
You’re very welcome Michaela. Getting out of debt is always a good financial goal to start with.
I got the message… but don’t stop there! I will NOT, but I need to get the stress out of my system.
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.- Ralph Waldo Emerson
thanks eric
i really believe there is a hope
Hi Eric
Jim’s Vision
My vision for my online business centered around cooking & recipes for wheat free and gluten free people, and a JV online business site centered around chef’s and food service employees that are like me, no pension or 401k or retirement just work till…..
I plane to work around my family’s life and goals, around 40 hrs a week
NO WEEKENDS OR ANY HOLIDAY ON ANY CALANDER!!!!!
I will make 1 million a year at the minimum. I will enjoy the life we have planed for the kids
Our home and business will be on Martha’s Vineyard, our son will get all the tutoring he need and the girls will enjoy island life they deserve. Carol will run her business on line and help all the families she can with dyslexia.
Have the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise a definite standard that will appeal to the best that is in man, and then strive mightily toward that goal. — Harold E. Stassen
Thanks Jim
Beautiful vision, thanks.
Jim,
I didn’t know until I was reading that you and I wrote close to the same vision! I too am an a very restricted guten free diet and have been all my life! We will be in similar fields!
Good Luck and God Bless!
Darla
My vision is something I have been working on for the last few months after deciding to find an online business to supplement and eventually replace my income. After spending some money on education (some good, some worthless but nonetheless a learning experience) I decided on information products. Here is where I am at (I think it needs to be more specific):
Build a variety of online businesses to provide income to take care of my family, as well as others, mostly through the church, be able to take vacations when ever and where ever we want, fulfill my aviation disease (I am a private pilot (20 Years) and that is my passion, just not a big enough market to make the kind of money I want to make online), and finally, provide help to those that need it most whether that be paying someones electric bills, keeping them out of foreclosure while they get back on their feet, or giving thousands to shelters that rehab people down on their luck. I might have an altruistic streak.
I see myself getting up in the morning, checking how my existing online businesses are doing, then searching for and thinking about new online businesses (websites) to start. The income I need to accomplish all of this starts at 10K a month (goal of reaching this in 12 months), followed by $1 million a year (goal of 3-4 years). Of course this comes with being debt free including the house, and paying cash for everything. Having been a debtor for 30 years, I don’t think Ineed to build any more credit.
Let me know what you think. I know everyone has their own vision/dream and success depnds on how specific the vision is. What I am struggling with is specifically what sites to set up.
Neal
Neal,
I share most of the same vision you share. Only we have different interests in going about the business as part of our incomes (naturally).
Thanks for the reminder to stay focused on the big picture, especially when it gets rough.
One of my businesses I like helping others with computer problems. This is one stream of income for me. Another is informational, like you. I’m not a pilot, but I’d like to fly with my family to different places around the world.
The rest of what you wrote, is pretty much my dream also. Altruistic as it may be, thanks for sharing your feelings as I know some of these things are probably pretty personal to you.
Eric,
I really appreciate what you have here. You’re inspirational in many more ways than you’ll probably know. I’ve been a silent observer for quite some time.
This last video (Lesson 13) has brought me out of “hiding”.
Jonathan,
Funny you mention computers. I’ve been in the IT/Computer field for about 28 years. From being a Field Engineer, Net/server Admin, IT Manager, Systems Engineer, Level 3 tech support, pre-sales technical support and even VP of Sales and Support I’ve seen a lot of the industry. And I’m ready to move on to something different and hopefully retire before I am 55 so I can spend more time with my 9 year old daughter and my wife. So far this looks like a good way to start. Good luck and thanks for the reply
Wow! If I’d have known any better, after you mentioned all that, I’d have guessed that you were one of my previous managers! Just about the only thing that seperates you from him is that he has a young boy. (His name is Neal too.)
Sounds like you’ve done it all in the IT field and if I know something of that, I can see why you’re ready to move on. Requires alot of time, analyzation, studying, etc.
Good luck with everything you’re doing from here forward. Hope all your dreams are realized.
Take care.
Great vision. Specifics are good, but I’m not worried if a vision is somewhat of a big picture without details. We’ll hone in more on the specifics when we talk about goal setting.
Hi Eric..
I am starting out in Internet Marketing a bit later in my life than most. My career has had it’s ups and downs, but I’d do it all again. However, what’s lacking is a retirement plan. Mind you, I’m not looking to retire, I feel to young to even consider it! My vision is success as an affiliate marketer by raising my level of wealth from $0 to $a million dollars in 5 years so that, I may have “options”!
Wealth is fine but isn’t it all really just about having Options? I can picture the money in my Paypal, clickbank accounts…simply need to take the right turns in the road more often than the wrong turns. When the student is ready, a Teacher will appear! I’m ready….
Thanks Eric..
Bob Kimball
I’m glad you’re ready, and I hope I can help keep you on the right path
My vision is “financial freedom”. I no need to worry about the “price tag” while i’m shopping with my love one.I wish i can wake up whenever i want and do whatever i want. I work for my own and not for other.
To Your Success
Bryan Hee
Financial freedom is a good thing. What do you picture your business looking like?
Vision
I want to be able to help my family,(mum,dad,brother), and also travel the world before I start my own family.I also want to feel security, not to think about my bills every day.If I can have a child or not.I want abundance in every way.I think $100.000/year is my goal.It is realistic and achievable.
Yes $100k/yr is realistic and achievable.
Hi Eric
My vision is to make up for the (financial) mistakes I have made in the past like bad investments,trusting the wrong people, complacency etc. and to make myself financially comfortable as I approach my retirement years. That way I can give my wife the life she deserves but which until now seemed out of reach.
With your help and encouragement I believe I can make my vision a reality.
Thanks
Ralph
I think anyone who has made money has made financial mistakes along the way. You are wiser for it, and you’ll have greater respect for the money you bring in from your online business.
My vision is to be the artist people will go tobecause I am the best out there.Just look at my samples of pencil portraits,the technique is flawless.Make enough to support my family without any money problems.Be able to do what I WANT AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE EXPENCE INVOLVED.
Nice… feel free to post a link to your work, I’m sure some of us would like to see it.
Hi Eric:
I can’t thank you enough for what you are doing, you walk the talk. My place of employment just sold to it’s strongest competitor, putting 50 employers out of work.I am 63 yrs. young so finding full time employment is very difficult. Sense I have been learning your lessons to the best of my ability I have had a vision of being financially free to be able to help my family and thoes less fortunate than me. I have a blog set up but I don’t know how to work it.I also have an acct. with Click Bank and getting nowhere with that. I have tried everything to make it productive.I have a hard time grasping how to execute these sites. There are so many people trying to sell this and that it’s mind boggling. So my vision is to earn 1,000,000 annualy through online marketing I can’t pinpoint an exect product. I know that isn’t a lot these days but I would be able to help my family and live a less stressful life financially.
May your days be prosperous
Gus
Thanks Gus… keep hope and enjoy the process of undertaking a new opportunity born out of adversity.
My vision is to see myself out of debt soon and
and start making two million rands per year. My only satand back is a credit card I have been black listed by the banks here and doing business on the internet a credit card is a must, but I am keeping my guards up.
every single day i recieve calls from creditors i am US$40,000,00 dip in debt but my goal is come out and support my family
shine on RICH
THANKS
Never give up, and you will eventually find a way.
My Vision…..
To have a successful home-based business that will be Automated as much as possible,but not in any way resulting in poor customer service.
My mission is to help as many people that are willing to accept my help to also be successful,by providing the products,systems,information,and support that they will need to be successful.
The end result being debt free and financial independaent,which will allow me to enjoy life,help the needed,and to be able to spend my life in my own way.
To obtain this I will remain focused
Yes… remain focused!
Top stuff here Eric,
We need to be reminded of our truth and power over and over again until we start to live it.
Keep reminding me buddy! : )
Your good karma is flourishing
Hi Eric,
Firstly, thankyou so much for these videos.
My vision is to find a topic that I can base my online business around, and in doing so, earn at least $10,000 mth. At this point, I have no idea of what subject to focus on. But I want to be proud of my business and proud of how I have worked to build it to the point of financial freedom. I’ve long dreamed of sharing my success with my family and helping others less fortunate. Of travelling in our new motorhome. Of being financially free.
Marion
Sounds good Marion. You will be able to further formulate your vision and make it a clearer picture as we get a little deeper into the process and find a niche.
This is my first time to post but I have been reading each lesson as they arrive. I took my website out of the box because I didn’t want anyone to think that was the reason I was posting.
I am a retired teacher and still a newbie at IM. But I have put together a site for beginners that is allowing me to help others in their journey in a small way.
I read everything I can get my hands on — at least the things that are free or inexpensive. There is so much hype out there and certainly not as much help. That is how I came across Eric. Reading!
I have found it helpful to read all of the things (even though they are hype) for inspiration, ideas, and solidification of my current opinions or ideas.
That explains my reason for leaving out my URL. I don’t want anyone to think I am prowling this site trying to “steal” readers.
My vision is very simple.
My grown son has climbed mountains to be the fine young man he is. His passion is music. He is a drummer. My first dream would be to allow him the two or three years needed to chase this dream. Doesn’t have to be in a fancy car or a life of luxury — just the freedom to be able to eat and afford the necessities of life.
My other goal is to achieve a dream I have had for about 25 years. I have made small inroads on it but very small.
I would like to develop a small “community” on my land in the country for women in their senior years who are living on very limited incomes. I have the non-profit set up, I have the land and I have a double wide that could serve as the central facility. What I want to do next is construct small 1 bedroom/bath cabins that would be occupied by the women with them paying and helping in the projects according to their abilities.
In many ways I want the project to be self sustaining before I reach the point in my life that I can no longer be as active as I am now.
I also want to document this project as a model to be used around the USA (dare I say world).
Women outlive men, often have no working skills outside of the home and many times are forced to enter the work place at a time of their life when it is not possible to earn a decent wage (especially in light of today’s economy).
Presently, I am supporting two on disability and a third will be here within the month. They have a small check each month (both under $700 per month)but as all of you know, this is nothing. I am fortunate enough to have a retirement check and a social security check that allows all of us to live somewhere above the poverty level. ALL of my savings of any kind (including a nice home)were lost in my efforts to “rescue” my sister from a huge crisis — something that I did willingly without a second thought.
Enough of my ramble. It just helps me to focus on my dream from time to time.
Carol
Keep focusing on your dream Carol, and don’t be afraid to post more often
Carol, you have a big heart. The way will come to you when you least expect it. Stay with your dream in mind. These people need people like you. Keep doing what you are doing. You never know whatcan happen when you put things on the internet. Someone might read this and be in a place to help you. Good luck to you and those you are trying to help. May you be blessed for what you are doing. Have a great day.
Dan and Deanna “Marketing Unscrambled”
Dear Carol,
You have a vision. I read about your vision in Lesson 13 of Eric’s Tips. You want to develop a small community on your land.
On your land are small one bedroom/bath cabins that would be occupied by the women in their senior years. They contribute.
Their contribution enables you to support your son who is a drummer. He doesn’t have to make real money for about three years.
I’m not sure. Is your vision going to bring enough money? But then. That is no reason to forget about your vision.
I read that you are a retired teacher. That made me think. I have an idea. I want to tell you about my idea. You could do something with it.
We could work together. What I have got is a business idea. I’m thinking of writing an e-book and selling it over the Internet.
You could join me. I think my idea can bring a lot of money. We share the money. You could use the money to realize your vision.
Before I tell you my idea. I want you to know. I never was a teacher. But that is what I found out later. I should have been one.
This is about education. Education is very bad. The way kids are educated is still the same as two hundred years ago.
Schools are not interested in their kids. How long do kids stay in a school? Four years? Five years? Six years? And then they are supposed to move on.
You were a teacher. How long have you been a teacher? How many kids have you had? Do you still know their names?
Do you know what your kids are doing? Do you know whether your kids are successful in life? Do they have a happy life?
Let me give you the facts. And the schools are to blame. School could have educated their kids and avoid what is happening now.
One. 63% of the people that are working hate their job, they hate their colleagues, they hate their pay, and they hate their boss.
These 63% of the people that are working are frustrated. Not only at their work. Also at home. They hate their wife and their kids.
Their marriage often ends in a divorce. And their life is miserable. All because of the schools. The schools didn’t tell them.
Two. 95% of the people that retire are broke. They have nothing. They have no money. They depend on the people around them.
They depend on their kids or on their family. Their kids or their family must give them money. Or give them shelter.
The same as before. The schools are to blame. The schools didn’t tell their kids about life. The schools didn’t care.
I want to do something about these two problems. I think I know what can be done. I want to write about it in my e-book.
Not only do I want to write an e-book about this subject. I’m also thinking of helping parents and showing them how to support their children.
What do you think? Now you want to help women in their senior years. Why do you think their position is so bad? Right. The schools.
I think it is good to help those women in their senior years. But I’m afraid you need more money. I could help you to get it.
If interested let me know. You could send Eric an e-mail. I’m sure he will let me know.
Jos van Doorn
Dear Carol,
Your vision is noble and it touched me.
Best to your success Barry
My vision is to never worry about how I will pay for my daughters education, their wedding day. To have food, shelter and more importantly time with my family. The vision of becoming successful is firmly planted in my mind, but sometimes it gets greyed out with all the scams, lies and garbage that has been played out in the Internet Marketing World.
Today…it has become much clearer again.
Thank you Eric.
Glad to hear it Paul. As Norman Vincent Peale said: “Hold this picture tenaciously.”
Dear Eric
Thank you for your step by step advice. You are so right.
My vision is as follows:
I am sharing a celebratory dinner in Melbourne, with my family, having just enjoyed the mens final of the Australian Tennis Open Jan, 2010. We will be celebrating my very successful online marketing business which has enabled me to achieve the first of my many lifetime goals.
As part of the celebration I will be wearing a
gold coloured outfit with all the trimmings (’bling blings!)that denotes financial success.
We will toast our blessings as a family and give thanks to God Almighty for his guidance and for bringing us together.
We will toast the success of my marketing business which will have reached my goal of $500,000 by Dec,2009.
We will also be celebrating my retirement from teaching for the past 40 years.
This celebratory dinner will be the first of many.
Following the trip to Melborne the goals for 2010 will be:
* to continue to grow the business to $600,000
* to assist each of my children (3) to purchase their own homes
* to take my family to Disneyland and on to New York to the US Tennis Open. As you will have guessed we are tennis players/fans.
* to give my own home a complete ‘makeover’ both inside and out.
* to have a part-time gardener to maintain my gardens, especially my roses.
My vision for 2011 will be:
* to take my marketing business to the $1,000,000 mark
* to attend the Rugby World Semis & Final in NZ
* to purchase/build a new but smaller low maintenance home and rent out my present house
* to take my family to Europe to the French Tennis Open
* to begin to invest money into an Education Trust Fund for the tertiary education of my grandchildren and great grandchildren etc
I could go on but think I’ve said enough for now. Time to get busy reading and doing !
Will see you all courtside
Hanna
Awesome vision Hanna. I could see it in my mind.
Vision 2k8
Hello, my name is Shane Hale it is really funny I put my vision on my blog the other day after reading Rich Dad Poor Dad I am addicted to Kiyosaki.
I saw where you posted Cash Quadrants and remembered My mom bought me the original Rich Dad, Poor Dad series. I finished that 2 weeks ago and I am on Chapter 9 of cash Quadrants. Enough about that now time for Vision! I am close to having a vision near or close to Eric. I work as a Network Engineer for a major ISP/Telecom and make decent money.I had a vision to get there from working in construction to driving on a trash truck selling vaccum cleaners and driving cabs. I obtained a Network Engineer job without ever finishing college. Sorry, I get off in tangents. My vision is this grow my Web hosting reseller company with residual memberships supplement it with selling How to Ebook products and software. Selling and writing scripts to support Internet Marketing and other niches. Make 30,000 a month but really want to make 100,000 or more a month. I want to set a goal but don’t really want to limit myself. I want to move in the B&I quadrant. Once I obtain my short term goal of making money I want to give back in missions and pretty much start up my own non-profit organization to help children in need here and anywhere in the world. Eric thank your for your encouragement and insight into the business.
Thanks for sharing Shane, and it looks like you have a nice little family there
Hi eric, thanks for your in depth explanation of
what a vision is and you are right our mind were bounded by our past experience… our past failure and current situation and get used to it… we afraid to think of a bing picture or just think we can’t have the big picture..
so we really have to jump out of our old mindset and get into the new one. anyway my vision is very simple earn on average $2000 per month in the coming year at the beginning and set up my own office selling seo or social networking stuff as a service. that’s what I have it mind at moment
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Hi Erik Hope it stays this good.
My vision is to create a sustainable online business that develops other businesses as a bi-product. Thus ensuring a life style for myself and others that we have feared to dream of. Where money is just a tool and not my every waking worry.
Regards
Mark
My vision is to create a website that will take small home repair businesses to a new level. Our website will help thousands of the one/two man operations out there get respect in their community, while teaching them how to give the very best service possible.
Hi! I did my VISION, I have now a personal question, how you can get a picture in these responses, somebody can tell me!
Thanks
Michaela
Hi Eric
My vision is to be successful as an internet marketer. This means creating a real business with employees, vitual or existent, that will accomplish those things which I am not good at so as I can focus on developing what I am good at.
I want to work from my home and no more than 50 hours per week. I will earn $1,500 per day because I know that I can.
I want to keep my business vision simple. Simple things get done!
One of the most satisfying things my family and I have done in the last couple of years is donate $9k to set up a micro-enterprise Community Bank in Cambodia through World Vision. It took a while to get to a position where we were able to do it but it was definitely worth it - we’re planning to visit
Cambodia next year to see our investment in action; but a one time investment is not enough!
My vision for our online businesses is to build, over the course of the next 5 years, a US$1 million a year income that more than meets our needs - sees the kids through university and beyond, sets up my wife and I for an active retirement… early! and enables us to invest in people (mostly through church) and projects (in partnership with established charities) at home and around the world while we are achieving our goal - not just after we have reached it.
Eric, your transparent generosity of spirit is an inspiration. Thankyou.
John
My vision is to start out with Affiliate Marketing to establish another source of income. I want to have my site running by my birthday in Sept. I will have my AA degree in business accomplished in 2009. I will be certified in web graphics by 2009 or sooner. Our site will eventually be a review site, based on a yearly membership. By the time we retire we both will have successful working websites established and all of our debt paid off. Then we are going to travel anywhere we want to, bringing the biz with us.
Thank you for all of your help Eric
Kathy
Eric, Its Danny Your faithfull follower, it says Franklin but I go by Danny. You have touched on something that has been in my head for a long time. I am 49 yras old. You have reconfirmed all my thoughts. You replied to one of my comments in lesson 11 along with a couple of others. As I had said I am more than very determined. Your thoughts on seeing the big picture, seeing the ball be the ball approach is exactlly what I do all the time even when I am trying to start my Honda CR 500. You will not get to just jump on for the ride of your life, first you have to have a lot of patients kick starting it. It got so frustrating, one day I had kicked it over 25 times. I was burnt out. So I decided to see me kick the bike, see it follow all the wat thru, hear it fire off and most of all see the smile on my face as I finally get to pull on the track. Bingo it worked. From that point on that was the only way I would start that bike. Determined, I say so, I had to sell that bike because of my determination to start an online business and when I passed it on I also passed on the technic. The guy thought I was joking. He had to find out the hard way. Yesterday was a big failure, I was humbled, the wind was blown out of my sails. Even theough I see the big picture, I have limitations. Two months ago, I closed the doors on my Home Repair business to follow a vision. My mistake was thinking it was going to happen as quick as I wanted it to or was lead to beleave it was all just that easy. When being hit in the face with reality most people will tuck tail and run, for me it only pushes me harder. It is important to have plan B and C ready. Hopefully I never have to use plan D but it is there. I am computer literate to a certian point then I hit the wall. I have used computers for a long time in all my careers but this level throughs me a curve. So as always to further my knowledge I study. I am graduating from the school of Hard Knocks. Haha. I contacted a family member that is a Geek and that is when I realized I was in over my head in this part of my vision. It would take me a years of schooling I need to accomplish my goals. When I asked my questions, and they were to the point, she gave me the answers and it was then that I realized this was going to take longer than I expected, remember I have just about sold every toy I own, and I own a lot , to make this happen. I do not cry over spilt milk because I already now, in my vision, I have some new toys on the way. My defeat only makes me stronger, Failure is good. It makes you think, fail and walk away you in the sane rut or try harder and suceed. When I had my dreams crushed yesterday, I did not walk away, I just concidered it another obsticle. I sat and I thought about it. Move to plan B - Outsource. Although I am a mmaster in the Petrolium Industry I lack in the knowledge I need at this point. Plan B means out sorceing. Out sourceing means spending money, Money I no goto, hahaha, I am laughing at myself. So I decided to offer my Geek some thing better than cash in hand, bigger cash in the future. You see she has several sites she is making money on, but she lacks my drive and determination. Sales and Marketing is also instilled in my past. So If I work with her and utilize her knowledge and apply them to my goals, dreams and visions. I will help myself and her to hit a higher benchmark. So while others may see it as a stopping spot I see it as a positive. Negative is good, it helps me open my mind and try harder, explore my options and in reality by realizing I am in over my head, it is now going to save me time that I was killing to apply it in a more usefull way. For myself and her it is a win win situation.
One other thing that I would like to say to any one that is reading my comment. Except your failures, move on, build off of them, you will be stronger and it will help you open you eyes. Get creative. That is what it takes to succeed.
As always Eric you and your Tips are inspiring. I hope one day when I succeed in my Vision we can meet so I can show you the little engine that could. hahaha, I make me laugh. Later !
Danny, you found a great solution to a bump in the road. Keep thinking outside the box. The two of you will do good things together. Maybe better than you would have alone. It might be a good partnership. Have fun on your jurney.
Dan and Deanna”Marketing Unscrambled”
Eric,
Excellent LESSON #13: Getting a Vision for Your Business. Thank you, again. Below is my Action Step for Lesson #13.
My vision is to become a successful online marketer in my business, which I will continually strive to dominate. My successes in this effort will supply my family with a minimum residual and passive income that has no visible boundary. I will work (if it is to be termed “work”) when I want, where I want and for as much or little as I want. This business success will afford me more time to devote to my family and to teach my two young son’s life’s lessons. That is to say, humility, humanity and honesty first, will be the foundation. The experiences and exposure I will give them and they will pass onto others, is the driving force in this endeavor.
Hi Eric,
I am so glad to see you covering the most preliminary basics. I spent thousands of dollars to learn these thing. Cheers to you for a great, well researched blog.
Hi Eric,
My vision is create Great income generating websites to improve my way of living. In Michigan the auto industry is laying off thousands of workers. I would like to generate income working out of my home with an Internet Marketing. I am creating my first Membership Site On World of Warcraft. Even though I do not know much about. I have taken a big step in the right direction. To find what products customers want. Like keyword research on this. I have listen to Justin Brooke quite a bit. But I am ready to start promoting my business now and focus on creating content for my World of Warcraft. Yes, Eric I believe everybody needs to have a vision to succeed. Just like the video I was watching the other day on The Secret. I believe that the Law of Attraction does apply. That you envision yourself living wealthly. I believe alot of problems come with the Ego. Like Echart Tollie says in the New Earth. The ego gets in the way of you progressing. What you do is not you doing it, its your ego. So you have to be conscious of your ego. Control it and you will have gain mastery of it. I envision my self in Rome where the ancient warriors fought. I have always wanted to travel but have never went. But I envision traveling alot and seeing the sights of the world with the money I attain in my business. I feel your information is priceless and I enjoy the proverbs in your videos and articles. This must be mean your are very wise and to start a business you have to make wise decisions. The key to any business i s Focus. I was listening to Willie Crawford say that most people bounce from one thing to another with out accomplishing the one task to the fullest. This is the problem with the internet too much Information Overload. If you prefect the one website before going on ten at one time. You will become to perfect whatever you are working on at 100%. Be simple and direct. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I was reading Zen and the Martial Arts. Draw two lines. One line is bigger than the other. What does that mean. Well increase your line of knowledge rather than trying to cut someone’s else knowledge down. This is the way of any successful business person.
Hi Eric,
Thank you so much for these tips. I’ve done the 30 Day Challenge for three years, yet somehow never twigged to the Think Like A Marketer aspect!
My vision is much like your sample one. I want financial independence with a short work week and a clutter-free home so I have time, space and resources to make this world a better place. Yes, I’m an idealist. I’m sure you understand.
Specifically, I’m crazy about knitting and would love to earn money from that passion. My bigger vision is to make the world safe for women. After all, that kind of world is pretty comfortable for everyone.
Thank you so much. I’m beyond eager to proceed!
Karen
First of all thanks for this series – of all the blogs etc that come into my mailbox yours is probably the first one I check for. Well done!
Now for my vision. In one respect I am perhaps a little different to many of your readers in that I have been running a successful publishing/information business for 12 years. So why am I looking at something new? Several reasons but probably the main one is I want a new challenge and the end result of it for me will be this:
- an online information business focussing on a new niche
- a business that provides satisfaction and will be of benefit to other people
- an income that will provide my family with our daily needs and then as much surplus as I can generate that I can channel back into my other great passion the Lord’s work and spreading the Gospel. Obviously this latter one is limitless – the need is so great. This to me is the greatest vision of all.
Looking forward to Lesson 14
David
My vision is to live in South America, to escape the everyday rat race, to be accountable to no one but myself, travel to exotic places, to help those less fortunate, while my online business brings in more then a million dollars a year.
Hi Eric,
Thanks so much for this course. The lessons are great in that each lesson gives me time to absorb and understand everything you are teaching, and I anxiously look forward to each next lesson.
I am a single mom of one child, 11 years old. I work shiftwork as a Nurse, primarily nights. My goal is to stop doing this in the next year.
My financial vision is to be able to create extraordinary income for my family so that I can travel the world with my son, and give him the education that kids don’t get in traditional school.
My personal vision is to become an expert in this field, like yourself, so that I can help others achieve the same goals, both personally and financially.
I love the concept of internet business and I can clearly see the potential for creating a very successful online business. To be able to do what you do and be very good at it is my primary goal.
Thanks again,
Erika
Hi Eric,
My vision is to produce successful websites (affiliate & Adsense marketing), articles and ebooks. I want the multiple streams of income from these sources to allow me to live and travel in comfort around the world. Within the next three years. My spouse and I want to experience all the great places in this world, and an internet based income will make that possible. We want to be able to choose where and when to visit, without worrying about the cost. “Comfort” is vital, since I am restricted by pain etc. I won’t aim as high as “luxury”, simply because it probably doesn’t exist in some of the places we want to visit; but I’ll gladly take it, if it exists! Comfort, great people/food….and an internet connection to keep up a steady income and an avenue of expression.
And Eric, thanks for these lessons as well as all you have done in the past. You are a gifted teacher.
Colin
Hi Eric, lesson 13 is great for me. Thank you. On July 4, I was 60 and on august 1 I retire. In the last months I was busy with Internet marketing, but without a vision. The pension I receive is not enough to realize my wish: together with my wife I want to overwinter in countries where is a warmer climate. I live in The Netherlands, you see. Our winters are cold and wet. My vision is to make a business on Internet so I can pay the costs to overwinter. I consider to create an ebook about financial housekeeping (first in Dutch and a little later in English).
Thanks and regards,
Theo
Eric, I love what you are doing for all of us!
Vision:
I see myself sitting at my computer looking at the receipts of my Pay Pal account and seeing average daily sales income of $3,000. My self-help online ebookstore provides topics that help all those seekers/buyers wishing to improve their lives in every area, including how to set attainable goals and hold to their vision.
At the community level I am exercising my experience as a public speaker, networker and personal coach to help others communicate with each other and realize their dreams through building their own businesses.
I work my online business full-time, when I want to, and I see that continuing even through my success because it is my passion and I love doing it.
All of my goals for my business are happening now and will culminate in rich success by the end of September, 2008 or before. This or something better please. Thank you.
Hi Eric,
I appreciate your tips very much. A little of my story before my vision. My day job was recently eliminated in a corporate down-sizing. Fortunately I have a small severance package that is allowing me to refocus my life and goals. I am looking for another day job to meet my immediate family needs. But I am primarily using this time to improve my health my mind and my future. I have been a longtime student of network and internet marketing. Now I am in the process of putting what I have learned to work. My vision is to help others find what they are looking for in the way of a online business to fulfill their dreams. By helping others I am confident that I will in time be able to provide a lifestyle for my family which will far exceed what we have had in the past. It is my goal to have an income of at least $15,000 a month by the end of 2010. I will do this by finding a Network marketing program that I believe in. I will use marketing tools available online to locate people with similar vision, goals and dreams. In this way I fully intend to help others find and meet their goals. I absolutely believe that by helping others realize their goals, my path will be made clear to realize mine as well.
Keep up the great work Eric.
Best regards,
Rick
Eric,
Here are my goals
1. Generate 100k per month
2. Walk my 2 1/2 twins to regular school EVERY day.
3. 3 month vacation every year to one of the top 100 destinations in the world, with my kids(http://www.hillmanwonders.com/index.htm#_vtop)
4. House on the beach
5. 5 fun cars
I have many more that are personal or professional, but that is the giest of them.
Thomas
Since I tend to intellectualize most everything, I don’t actually see a future, but I do have a plan.
I am continually building and expanding my website with the goal of it becoming a trusted resource for the many people who struggle to earn money on the internet.
I am continually creating an online presence through social sites, ezine articles, blogs, forums, etc. (Eric asked that we not describe the process for achievement, but I don’t know how to separate process from the goal). In addition to public social site memberships, I have created a private social site and newsletter.
I want visitors to recognize the value and integrity of the information on my site and to understand that the product and service recommendations I make there will help them; that these products and services assist them in achieving their dreams while keeping them safe from hucksters and identity thieves.
I see myself averaging (after taxes) $4,200 a month in steady income. That money will support our disabled daughter. Eventually, I hope that she will recover well enough to take over the business.
If the business were to go beyond that point, I would consider endowing scholarships.
In my vision I see myself before or during mid-July 09, having a business & personal coaching business that gives my clients the results they want (or more), and that gives me enormous satisfaction, the freedom to choose which location I want to live in or travel to, and bringing in at least $100,000 per year. I have the love of my life at my side, and we are each successful in a way that pleases both of us and enhances our relationship. I am emotionally & mentally healthy because my basic needs are more than just “met.” In my vision, I am thrilled by reaching this audacious goal that completely contradicts my entire previous experience, upbringing and culture! I am grateful for the freedom this has brought me as I can now travel to be with my family, and to move near my family, and to find my family the housing that they want. I also see myself enjoying great dinner parties in my own home that looks just like I’ve imagined it, in the surroundings I’ve imagined it. By mid-July 2010, I am expressing my creativity in numerous ways, in song, in writing, in movement, in painting - and I have have received commissions for outdoor sculptures of the type I began making in early July 08!! I spend so much time laughing while working that my work doesn’t feel like “work.” In fact, because the income that’s coming from these creative endeavors is so good, I began to consider cutting back on my coaching. By January 2009, I see myself receiving and acting on inpiration to produce and market information products via the internet. These products produce MORE inspiration, which then produce MORE products. My internet income alone is over $100,000 a year and increasing monthly. I no longer care what my health insurance premiums are. I am enjoying my wonderful health. I am the happiest I have ever been, happier than I believed possible. I am delighted to share my experiences. I am invited to speak at symposiums and seminars of all types, types I never had imagined before, and I am thrilled to meet and get to know more and more wonderful people. The best thing is that I can be with the people I love, and that I have more and more people to love. My community of loving, supportive folks has grown at least 20-fold since July 08. I tithe joyfully. I am giving my children the knowledge and ability and reason to believe that they, too, can succeed beyond their wildest dreams, and that, like me, their past does not foretell the future. My greatest pleasure is seeing that constraints that chained me for so many prior years are my life are now broken - and I am free of those constraints - AND I am now sharing that ability to live freely with many, many other people. I am able to share that greatest joy to support projects that will enable my children, their children and all human beings to live in ways that protect and enhance the earth, to lift all humans to health, happiness and prosperity. I am part of the great support system of the earth. I have no fear, only faith. I give thanks to God and to all who have supported me and who now support me. Heaven is within me.
Hi: At heart I am a farmer, an architect, a mason, a builder.
I envision developing a business where “ALL” that join build
their financial success. My hope is to learn to share this on
the Internet. What I seek already exist but it is not offered,
due to greed of our current system.
I have developed myself to a 1 : 0.91 financial average. This
means “On a monthly basis the funds flowing into my household
produce a 0.09% LOSS.
How much of your monthly expenses accrue to your net worth?
When we reach 1:1 we will have 100% gain in long term
equity and be on our way to financial success through financial
stability.
As any farmer can tell you;
(A) You must choose your seeds
(B) Prepare your soil
(C) tend to your chop
(D) Harvest at the correct time
AND EVERY FARM IS DIFFERENT.
Dear Hewlitt,
Very interesting, but how do you come up with such an equation? Thanks for commenting….
All the best,
Bonnie
Eric,
Thanks for the opportunities you are presenting.
My vision is not exactly well defined yet, but is beginning to come through the cobwebs in my mind.
I envision being able to build a business that will allow me to work where I want and when I want.
I already have a business as a software developer and IT/Business Consultant, but it is too dependent on maintaining time and place commitments to my clients. I love what I do, but I want to be able to offer my services, without the encumbrance of having to worry about charging on an hourly or project basis. It would be nice to be able to go to a client and say I can provide you with the custom software you want for free, because I have other sources of income that allow me to do that.
My business will allow me the time and financial freedom to teach at the university level, which is something I am beginning to do.
My business will, more importantly, allow me the time I would like to spend more time with my church, where I can serve people and help them through their struggles.
My business will allow me the financial freedom to travel to see my children and help them establish their own business opportunities.
There are a number of niche markets this may encompass, but the overall vision is to open the door for opportunities to serve others and do so without having to worry about financial or time commitments.
Jim
Hi Eric,
My long term vision is to be financialy independent. I want to grow and succeed in my mortgage business and make passive income streams from my online business. I haven’t loss my vision for the online business even though it’s been a learning curve. Thank you for reinforcing this important concept.
Hi Eric
My vision is to have a financial freedom, free to do anything without thinking short of money,free from bad-debt. I want to have my own successful business and become a millionaire within 3 years.
Wish me luck!
I am a writer, teacher, and consultant. I am creating an online information empire, focusing on serving nonfiction writers and screenwriters. My ever-expanding, abundant income comes from many sources. This income grants me the freedom to write content at a time and place of my choosing, serving my readers and customers to enable them to become better, more successful writers. I travel internationally, at a luxury level, promoting my products, speaking at conferences, consulting, and so on. I live a healthy, happy, peaceful, abundant life, fulfilling my life purpose to teach (in all its many forms).
Thank you for reading my (abbreviated) business vision.
Katherine Ploeger
ploegersservices.com
Katherine,
How did you come up with the company/capital for your ventures???
All the best,
Bonnie
Dear Eric,
This is your Lesson 12 that I have listened. Your are great in delivering lesson. The most important of all it is to help people want to enter into online business.
MY VISION: I want to be successful in this online business. Earn money to an extent that can meet my expenses to travel and stay abroad with my wife. See historical places. Meet people of different culture. Have friendship with them.
For all this I want to earn about ONE million dollar a year.
I have started to learn on line business and want to make a clear picture of the road with all the hurdles to clear and reach to my goal.
Your lessons are great help in understanding the online business. Off course I am also listening to the audios and videos of Mike G, Cody Moya, and some other experience people.
I don’t know if my above submission will find a place on your comments page. My past comments were ignored or not placed for reason best know to you.
WTG Eric on the championship and on your lessons i certainly feel im learning many important factors….thanks
Eric,
I’d like to know more about Sterling Valentine and JV marketing.
Can you offer any information on the subject and why people make money at it and how he earned $100,000 in 90 days?
I know you said we don’t need to buy anyting but what about his program?
Thanks for taking the time for your input on this topic.
Cid
wondering….as im listening to this lesson…ok im going to say this one time sorry…even after you have success and become the most you can be dont you feel sometimes you need to back up and correct some things you have done incorrectly, say in different words what has already been said or done, life is an ever learning track not all is said or done the right way the first time
have a good day all
My vision is to not only be debt free but to be able to paint again. Painting is my passion. And to help out anyone in need of cash. And to live where I want plus a vacation home and travel in luxury and be proserous during these hard economic times and travel the world and put content on the web that helps people to realize their dreams, or at least to figure out what those dreams are.
Thanks for this opportunity to share.
Best,
Cid
Hi Eric:
The vision that I have for my online business is to make the transition from former construction worker into something that will replace and even exceed the income that I earned from my former trade. With degenerative back problems now I no longer have the option of pursuing my former profession, and returning to school for a transition into a new career would be too time consuming and a financial hardship at this point, so an online, work from home business is my hard-target goal now.
My vison is to reach a six figure income, where I’ll be able to work less and be with my familly when they need me. Travel all over the world with my familly, will be a plesant of mine. Create “MY ON TIME” will be one of the biggest gold to achive.
HI eric,my vision is to take my off line business success to online success
Thus reducing the hard long hours of 30 odd yrs ,of sometimes working 100hre per week.
Im only 51 but believe ive a good no of years in me to achieve a goal of mine and that is to
help the indigenous people of australia,particularly the young Who are PERISHING because they do not have a VISION.
To achieve this goal requires me to be income rich but not be time poor.I have semi retired from offline bus due to health reasons but i beleive even that has been oart of the start of path that will enable me to fulfill my vision.I personally would be happy with 150k. but i also believe it needs to be substantially more than that to achive what i and my wife (who is aust indigenous)would like to do.
ERIC just as an aside I discovered your other internet project Prayway through your blog and had need of it 2-3 weeks ago in regards our son
and was completely astound with the response of people all around the world praying for my son.He’s back on track again
HE’s one who illustrates Without a vision people die. He needs to have his vision restored.THanks Eric and the prayway team
IN ALL THAT YOU DO MAY YOU BE BLESSED TREVOR
FROM DOWN UNDER
Great Lessons!
My vision is to work hard and smart to learn the process of creating passive streams of cash. Then I can duplicate until I have 200 sites. I see 10 sites as my core sites. These would be the sites I would work at as my fun job. Topics I have a passion for. My vision is to make enough money each month to pay our bills. Our current home based business has created a debt free lifestyle. My internet marketing vision is to provide enough money to live if we decided we wanted to give our business to our son. My vision is to make $10,000/mo and then have the option to duplicate the process. Short term goal - make enough to pay for health insurance which is $12,000/yr since my breast cancer. Mid term goal is to make $100,000/yr. Long term goal is to make $500,000/yr.
Thanks for listening!
My vision is to populate heaven by presenting christ to people through deliverance message to the captives and goodnews to the poor.And to show many how to live a cmfortable life free from poverty.And that I may be debt free and be a good example of a family of God.
The economy and loss of a job threaten to hinder my ability to give more to charities, gospel missions, food programs etc., just when they are needing extra help.
My online business will create a large enough income so I can pour at least half the profits into individuals and organizations that are meeting the needs of people, but I will have enough for my husband and I to live on and save for retirement comfortably, while enjoying writing, speaking, and traveling when we need or want to. (I’m about to be a grandmother and want to be able to go cross country often or have a second home so we can be with our daughter, son-in-law, and new grandbaby.)
Right now I’m looking for a new job, but in my vision, I will no longer HAVE to work for others and will work flexible hours, which will give me additional time to volunteer as needs arise.
My online business will eventually offer consistently honest, no-hype (like Eric’s) information to help single parent families (or anyone else) learn to market online with integrity so that they, too, can reach a place where they have more funds to give and more time to volunteer and enjoy their families. (This development of the business needs work.)
I gave my website URL as an act of commitment to eventual online success. I’ve felt somewhat paralyzed by info overload, so right now the site is little more than a holding page while I learn, and while I work part time to develop and grow my online business.
Thanks, Eric, for your lessons. I only wish they could go faster, but that is SO selfish. I’m glad you are going at a pace that gives you time with your family.
My vision is to be built a successful internet business, which will give me back my pride, the financial freedom that I have been seeking for many years. I would like to enjoy travelling, visiting my son at his navy base in Washington and my family in Canada. My goal is to help others through my success.
Hi Eric,
My vision is to bring in about $1million yearly (as in your example), via my websites. These would include my own, as well as affiliate products. Niches would be assorted (IM info., humor, spiritual, anthropology, etc.). Goal would be able to help family, friends, ecological coauses, and preservation.
Thanks again greatly for all,
Richard
Hi Eric
I am listening to your lessons and like them very much. I want to start my online business. I can honestly feel that all I need is within me. I am a sales person since I was up on my own having to make living… This was some 30 years ago. I lived 21 years in USA and never had the opportunity to work as an engineer. I sold all kind of items and services but most of the years, I sold advertising. This online business somehow overwhelming me, I Guess what is missing is encouraging. Never mine I will get going and follow your instruction, I can do it…
Just sharing my thoughts with you, hope you don’t mine.
Eric: May I again thank you for your powerful information…including mentioning “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.
When I was still an on-the-air Radio and TV “personality”, I was also studying accounting at Indiana University-South Bend…PLUS on my own buying and consuming computer information….leading to programming computers, being licensed by the State of Indiana as a Public Accountant….and meeting many challenges along the way! I have worn many hats in life…..some fit better than others.
It has been my good fortune to meet the late Dr. Peale several times….and especially enjoyed having breakfast with him one-on-one in a Hotel in Dayton, Ohio in 1964. Later, Dr. Peale sent me a personal letter in which he mentioned our discussions and what a pleasure it had been to have our discussion in Dayton….instead of just a quick “handshake” greeting!. I have the framed letter among my prized possessions. Dr. Peale’s vision exuded confidence in the value of life and the abilitites of every human being. As he said,”God didn’t make any junk!”
Zig Ziglar has been another inspiration to me….and his “See You At The Top” says so much, it’s difficult to put into mere words. The human mind is SO POWERFUL that as a man named “Allen” once wrote:”As a man thinketh…..so is he”.
My visions of the future for me and our family have been on target so far…..although perhaps not at the pace I had desired.
Serious medical costs have cost us dearly and we are again living on the cusp of poverty…but with VISION unlimited, we WILL again reach the goals we seek! I wanted to be a traveling musician in the big band era….playing sax and clarinet. I DID travel with a band throughout the midwest just out of high school….. I also wanted to visit New York City on my own…..and a month before turning 16, I hitchhiked from Elkhart, Indiana to NYC..(600 miles)….and made the trip faster than the Greyhound bus schedule….I wasn’t running away from home…..I was proving (TO MYSELF) that I could do it…..and on December 21st, 1941 (at noon) I left my home…….and the next day at 1pm Eastern time…I was standing near NYC’s Holland tunnel.Two days later (Christmas eve) I was again in my home town….I had succeded in my VISION of accomplishment!
Music was still a thrill….especially with my own booking agent and money pouring in after each “gig”. I was soon studying flute…as well as sax and clarinet….and after my days in the military….I returned home to discover my high school sweetheart was no longer “attached” to the Purdue student that had “pinned” her for a couple of years. TODAY, we are only a few months from a marriage of over 62 years! Another “vision” I held throughout WWII became realty…..I worked in a music store….I assembled saxophones for the largest band instrument manufacturer in the world, C.G. Conn,Ltd. Jane worked for the Selmer Band Instrument Company. On our honeymoon……we went to New York..were interviewed on NBC’s “HONEYMOON IN NEW YORK Radio Show….and were honored to have Benny Goodman visit us at our table in the “400 CLUB”….and talk personally about out mutual interests!!!!
Then came a break….writing commercials for the local radio station….two years……while working on a correspondence course in Radio-TV Engineering at the same time….In 1950, I was named to the announcing and news staff……and when we got a permit to build a UHF TV Station….I didn’t have an FCC license…..but those that did have their “ticket” knew NOTHING about television…..so I became an Engineering Supervisor as the station was being built….and was the night Engineering Supervisor…plus VIDEO SWITCHER and Control Room Supervisor when we put the station on the air March 15, 1954 (WSJV-TV, South Bend-Elkhart, Indiana. During this time I continued radio on-the-air news and special events work. But I had further visions…..not to be a big shot and get on the coast to coast NETWORKS….but to get a job in Florida…..where I’d be warmer….and a whole lot happier…. It took 16 years to make that change…..and became the Finance Director for a community on the Florida East coast just South of Fort Lauderdale…. I never missed not being “on-the-air”…..Although I have met many famous people and rubbed shoulders with politicians from Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson…..to Tom Dewey and hundreds of others….I have always EXTENDED my VISION of what I wanted to be…………….
Now, at age 82,…..with only Social Security….and not much else to sustain us….I again want to AIM HIGH!!!!!!!!!!
By this time next year, I expect to have several various revenue cash flows going into our bank accounts….and will close out my Accounting, Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation Corporation…..replacing the numbers tightrope with more and more “auto-responders” Selling…..Affiliating…..and Becoming Someone who retains his priority of “Helping Those Less Fortunate Than Myself” as we progress. I was honored to have been the 1998-99 Florida District 35-I Governor for Lions Clubs International and will continue to use my resources to help others. I’ve lectured, at a prominent University, to over 100 adult students working for “Doctorate Degrees in Public Administration”. Yet, I don’t have a Bachelor’s Degree!
It has been my good fortune to have been there on the scene when “opportunity met ability”. Teaching accounting at Fort Lauderdale High School to adult students has been a tremendous thrill. Many experiences didn’t put money in my pockets……but actually drained my finances….but they fulfilled my inner desires!
I’ve already worked with a couple of “Guru’s” to break into the Internet business world…..but they have left out much……the step-by-step methods have had many broken or just “missing” steps to set up…..leaving me at sea….too stubborn to make a call to get help! So far a $4,500. investment……taught me little……and the current task to set up my site to sell band and orchestra instrument on the web…..has me in debt for over $12,000…………………and my accounting income has dropped seriously as clients died or moved away….and did not get replaced by a marketing effort in that direction.
My vision NOW is to have my condo and total of $160,000. debt paid off by this time next year….plus be well on OUR way to provide well for Jane and me…..plus help our three grown children…..two of whom are struggling…PLUS…give help to the 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. BUT THE VISION would not be complete if I didn’t add that we’ll be taking some cruises….and other travels….despite my pain from 1980’s back surgeries (injury in WWII)…..the steel brace I tote on my left leg….and the pain my wife,Jane endures since just being diagnosed with at least two herniated disks in HER back.
The KEY to MAKING VISION become REALITY will be: thorough knowledge about setting up various internet avenues of revenue…..and MOST IMPORTANTLY…….the POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING!!!!!
Thanks again, Eric. You have given me additional hope for a future filled with thrills, smiles, satisfaction…..and stimulation! Sorry for venting and bragging for such a very, very long time……..
Dick Clare
Dear Dick,
…and to think I almost skipped your post because of it’s length…what a mistake that would have been.You are an inspiration and all your stories,dreams,hopes and visions that have already been accomplished really touched me.Thanks so much for sharing and best of luck to you.
Warm wishes,
Gary
Hi Dick
I’m a guy from over the pond and the post you have just written has touched me deeply. Thanks for sharing your thoughts,no need for the apology.I don’t see a ‘brag’ anywhere, you wrote of how it was and is and how it’s going to be and from me to you I’m so glad you did.
All the very Best to You
Paul(UK)
Thanks for the post Dick, it’s an honor to have you as a reader.
Hey Eric Thanks for this step by step lesson plan.
Vision is the one area I am strong in. My Vision for IM is an expression and integral part of my big vision which is to big to give full description here but a large part of it can be summarized as helping a huge number of people become Global Alchemists and helping coordinate their efforts. Global Alchemy is the Art and Science of becoming the change you want to see in the world and expressing it through heart inspired visionary interaction with the world. One aspect of this vision is providing the resources that people need to become Global Alchemists. I see IM as one of the main vehicles to accomplish this. I also see IM as an integral part of how to create cash flow for the vision as well as for me personally so that I can devote my time to the vision rather then on work that is not related to it just to provide life’s necessitates. I also see learning IM as an important skill in the toolbox of a Global Alchemist. Business interaction must be part of “the heart inspired visionary interactions” a Global Alchemist engages in. There are many aspects of IM that are already naturally predisposed towards what I call Alchemical Business. For example one of the intentions of Alchemical Business is to design marketing strategies that provide benefit to those exposed to it even if they choose not buy the product. IM strategies such as creating high quality content rich websites and giving genuinely useful free info products (reports mini e-courses etc) for list building are aligned with this intention.
Eric and Friends
My Vision:
Develop a web presence that helps others accomplish their dreams through encouragement, access to personal development products that agree with God’s Word, and the demonstration of Affiliate Marketing with integrity.
Everything else falls under this. Thanks Eric for forcing me to tighten this up. I plan to immediately pull out of at least one project that doesn’t fit. It’s funny how we drop things we know when we wonder into new territory! God bless,
Jolly Joe
PS Since you ok’d it for another I took the liberty of recommending your site on my new blog-
http://www.jollyjoesblog.com
Please let me know if that is a problem!!
That’s great, in fact I appreciate the recommendation! Thanks
Eric:
I am Gail Wilson and 68 years old.I am retired, have a small pension and drawing Social Security.
I am in heavy debt from credit cards,home mortgage,school loans. My main goal is to be debt free and to have money in the bank at the end of the month.
I love to bowl and am working a bowling pro shop since my retirement. It is not very profitable at this time but I intend to make it so in the upcoming months.
I would like an internet business to obtain the financial freedom, live in harmony with life without be worried about where the money is coming from. I would like to have a good health plan for myself and my family. I lost mine when I reached the age of 65 from my former employer.
My goal is to have have an income of $30,000 a month to begin with and let it grow from there until I can fully retire with no money worries.
Hi Gail,
Sounds like your on the right track…best of luck with making your vision come true! You can do it!
Best Regards,
Gary
Having this site be the best it can be and have it make money. We have a new national rss feed that made Google’s top two index search in three weeks. However, I still don’t make much.
Hello Eric,
My vision is to have about 30 successful online businesses. I want to be able to puruse my passion art, animation and math. I also want to buy a home for my parents and helop my younger siblings through college.
Would sure like to get from point “A” to “Z” with an internet business and make all the money needed to enjoy life a whole alot more. Damm, I can use a scuba dive vacation or two right now LoL! I would like to pass on the sucess formular to my kids.
Eric , Thank You for being the pperson you are!!!
I found you ages ago , and your incereity and desire to help others really comes through
I too ech all ( well not all ) that are in these blogs.I am 74 years young, Have come through a hell on earth all my life, but I have faith in my Goals,I have learned so much and am traveling in clear skies now towards my aim of a stress-less more secure life , as I found 5 years ago a Gentleman emerge from all the Hype we go through on the web. My man desires to give the Average person , more in there lives, friends, money , occupations , and all that we need to be happy and content. I set my goals high and am now climbing my ladder YEric.
Hi Eric,
Your a Godsend and thank you for these lessons. I have been reading Eric’s Tips for a while now and have to say I have learned a lot. Now to put all I have learned and will learn into action.
My vision for my business is ultimately be earning 7 figures a year within 3 years. I will
accomplish this with focus, determination and just plain old hard (but smart) work. I have started working my vision backwards for the last month to find the means of which to accomplish my goal. At times I get confused and over loaded with information. I just take it in stride and only use that which I need at the time according to what stage of my business I am at. All the things I wish for home, cars, vacations, family time and being debt free will come as I journey to my end goal. Again thank you for sharing such valuable
information.
Charles
Hi Eric,
My vision is to start my online business in the “Go Green” niche. I not only see the potential for making money but it also is a passion for me to make the world a better place for future generations. My short term goal is to make $100 a day and grow that to making $1,000,000 a year or more. I plan to be able to provide for my family and also be able to use the blessings that God provides through this business to help others.
Hi Eric,
I really like how your course is developing and look forward to each lesson.
My vision is simple; to develop an on line business that will allow me to become financially wealthy and independent. It must be strong and stable with potential for growth.
This will allow me to spend time in teaching others to develop their abilities and to do the things that I have never had time to do. To be able to selflessly give and know that there is more where that came from must be wonderful!
Nicholas
this lesson is really key i also read 7 habits and have used vision to manifest destination in my life. thanks for the positive affirmations
Mark Sansom
http://www.secretmoneybox.com
oH ya the vision , I wish people would understand that if you get the facts, the truth, the information, and the desire to put it all together they could have financial freedom which gives time freedom to live your life doing exactly what ever it is that you want to do. Then show someone else how to do the same so to make a better world . I believe that this world is up tight and mostly because most everybody spends most of there life working at something they would rather not be doing .
I would like to educate myself as much as possible so that i could do exactly that. learn enough to earn enough to have the time to help other people to spend more time with there families with out all the financial worries. I also will enjoy the time to finish a music CD I been working on for a while now but just starting to get more time to finish
thanks for the great videos
I will watch them all and tell my friends.
Hi, My vision is to have a very successful internet business. I have a website now which I am promoting and in the process of building a list. I want to pay off all my debt, mortgage and never ever have to worry about money ever again. I was making a great salary as a nuclear medicine tech. but got laid off last year and have been struggling ever since. When that happened I decided I need to create my own financial freedom. I have spent a lot of money which I did not have, on a lot of crap on the internet. I would like to start off making $10,000/month, then $50,000/month,then much more. I would like to help my family members. But I need to get out of debt first. There are days when I know I can accomplished this and days when I get down,but I try hard to think positive. It is tough something. I do know that there is lots of money to be made on the internet. All the best to everyone,Diane
hello Eric….I lived in South America and next month I am going to be retired. I had dificulties for lack of money and had been looking for best opportunities on internet…As you had talked I tried several things but nothing good had come yet. With your lessons I am sure I am going to have success.
So my goal is to have an online business with enough money to spend with my daughter.She has down syndrome and I want to give her the best things in the world. Having a good business I know I will have success…So my goal is to be a succesfully woman with a very high income monthly.
Thanks for these wonderful lessons. God bless you
Hi Eric,
I’m one of the old guys and let me first say that you are very generous in ofering this program. I am a retired former business owner having sold my business 10 years ago. Even though I am supporting 2 families, I maintain a reasonably comfortable lifestyle.
However, I had hoped to always continue to give to the church, to several charities and to create a fund for one of my children who is mentally disabled.Additionally, a speech therapist and I started a school for pre-school children with communication disabilities 30 years ago.Funding has not kept pace with needs and I would like to help make up the shortfall.
To achieve these goals, I’ve established a minimum of $6000 monthly. My limited knowledge of the internet and minimal capital make this a formidable challenge but none the less, is my vision.
Walt Gemmell
My goal is to be able to buy every thing I or my family needs without being in debt. To be able to have repairs done to our home that need to be done, or better yet. buy a different one that would not have so much upkeep. I would like to spend time with my family, be able to tithe, like we used to do. and be able to travel while my husband and I are still able to do so. I am interested in using a website in marketing and affiliate as well. Hopefully, I can have multipule sites with merchandise with multipul streams of income.I am so blessed that you are willing to help us
Eric,
Writing down goals has always been a difficulty as I get hung up on the what if’s that might come in between. I do appreciate your willingness to take so much time to give back to the community. My goal is to grow my blog site to comfortably support my family from its proceeds. The true measure of success is not about how much can I make, as this is truly relative, but how much can I grow to be like Christ in the midst of it. I view this business as a “tent making” proposition that allows me to pursue my greater passion of being a son of God. Grace and Peace.
My goal is to become an internet marketer and be as successful as possible. My dream is to make at least $500,000 a year or more. To do this O will start slow with one site and build my business into an empire of mutiple sites all generating a constant steady income.
My vision is to generate $5000/week - I don’t know how - perhaps through my painting and internet blogging and marketing. I will spend more time with family and friends and help others in their visions. In a nutshell.
Here’s my vision. I imagine it frequently so it’s like pressing “play” on a video and seening it, so I always write it in the present tense.
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I have a copywriting, and on-line publishing business. I help my clients to make more money and they love that. I work with the clients that I enjoy working with
and on projects that I enjoy working on.
I work when I want and on what I want when it cames to copywriting and among the other things I do is speak and consult on both copywriting and marketing.
I’m always fully booked - with a long waiting list and I sometimes I have to turn projects down. I get to name my own price. I have a team of writers I use from
time to time to take on the overflow, which is great. And since I outsource much of my business it’s almost completely virtual and I can work anywhere in the
world.
My other income streams include publishing information products in a thriving Internet Marketing business - they provide me with a stream of residual income as they now pretty much sell themselves. I make northwards of $500K a year a figure which has increased steadily every year - and I love what I do. It hardly seems like work, really. I steer my own ship, and I’m in charge. No corporate BS or politics. My husband and I travel at least three times a year - and that doesn’t include the “working trips.” A big change from Cubicle Nation… from where some of my colleagues enviously tell me they wish they had my life.
My business gives me freedom, happiness, financial independence and the ability to live as I want… and not how someone else dictates. I live in a wonderful place, we have no debt - mortgage is paid off - and with the help of my advisors I make sound investments. Needless to say I keep more of my own money from the taxman.
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Actually, this (or something better) is what I visualise and affirm for myself every day.
I’d like add this, if I may, and this is from my experience (and still learning) To really be able to visualize what you want (really want, not what you think you should want) you must believe it before you see it. Tiger Woods does. So do all the great athletes and business people.
When you visualize what you want you have to feel the emotion and act is if you already have what you want. And you have to reprogram your mind. This is the part I found the most liberating. You also have to understand how your subconscious works and how to control your thoughts. I have found (for me anyway)that is the key. For the most part our minds are programmed into a “scarcity” mindset and to be successful that has to change into a “prosperity and abundance” mindset. I even have to be careful who I listen to… most people talk scarcity, very few speak about abundance.
I highly recommend the recently published “The Answer” By John Assaraf and Murray Smith. There is an excellent chapter called How To Change Your Mind. I like the way it’s applied to business. But it is amazing to visualize something and know you are able to attract and manifest it. Napoleon Hill’s “Think And Grow Rich” is the forerunner of them all of course, and there are others too. Incidentally I have NVPs book, bought it years ago but I found simply positive thinking didn’t work for me…it went so far, but it wasn’t sustainable.
Thanks for the opportunity to share, Eric… it’s interesting reading everyone’s visions.
That’s very cool, and I love how you visualize it.
Hi Eric,
I’m old enough and have tried enough different things to know what a valuable lesson this one is.
Our real estate has tanked, we’ve made aggressive but very possibly unwise investments and used credit cards and retirement accounts to survive. Can I make this Internet thing work? I haven’t been very successful up to now.
Feeling old and beat-up, in debt, with chronic back & neck pain and not very sharp anymore, what is my vision? What on earth do I have to offer potential customers?
I want to return to my glory days, but better. I believe our financial problems and all my health problems happened for a reason. I have lessons to learn. Will I ever feel 25 again? Maybe not, but I felt very insecure at 25, even with the marathon body, a growing investment portfolio and a very sharp mind. I also never had the discipline, faith or drive to hone those 25-year-old attributes into something truly spectacular.
What to do as a shy, doubtful, broken-down 45-year-old woman who only now appreciates the gifts of her youth? First, get us out of hock. And discover and appreciate what I have and who I am now. I had my shots at 25 and 35 and I blew them. Time to learn from my mistakes and be fabulous from 45 on! From what I hear, only once you begin to appreciate yourself can you truly appreciate others. So let’s do some of that, too. How’s about I reflect back to others the beauty and potential and limitless wonder that is them? I show people how to recognize the gift they represent to the world and to be fearless and shameless in focusing and releasing that gift to the universe.(I have NO IDEA how to do this — or even what it means.)
What’s my vision? I’ve been myopic all my life, both literally and figuratively. So I see the stumbling blocks and the speed bumps and the walls very clearly with my coke-bottle glasses on. Time to go up a few levels and gaze out over a new horizon:
I have built the ultimate support, encouragement and self-growth network — the Amazon or ebay of help for those who seek. We may not be as big as Amazon, but we’re the gold-standard in our field. People know they will get a thoughtful answer and heartfelt support/encouragement at my network.
Not being a “visionary” person, it’s hard to say this is the right vision. It feels good for now and also downright scary. There are countless skills I’ll need to develop. I’ll have to change a lifetime of doubts and (heretofore) limiting beliefs. I’ll have to model trust and faith in ways I’ve never imagined. I’ll have to unearth the determination and discipline I had as a kid when I battled illness for my life. And all this on half a brain, half a body and half a life left to live. Eric, when you said to think big, did you mean this big? Or did you mean something a little more concrete and realistic?
Thanks for the great lesson and the challenge of this assignment.
Absolutely Cel… now you’re starting to think bigger
You need to look at the glass half full. Based on your very thoughtful reply, you obviously have a very smart half a brain, and you have the BEST half of your life ahead of you. When you free your mind and rise above those doubts, you will enter a more fulfilling life, regardless of how much money you’re making. You can do it!
I have had a vision for a while to make lots of money to give away. I have a lot of charities but right now have no money to give. You can’t give what you don’t have. I have heard and read so many times that nothing happens unless you take action but what everyone leaves out is WHAT action?? I have been taking action for a long time and just waste time and money becuse I am not getting the right tools and info in the right sequence.
Once I can learn everything from A to Z and develope a system and know how to promote my site and products, I can spend time being an active participant in my charities instead of just giving them money. I also plan on teaching the 95% of newbies out there how to precisely buld their business from A to Z with step by step video’s. A do-this-then-that video. I should be doing well for the next 20 years
My vision,is first and formost to be healthy and enjoy life , travel around the world,helping people along the way.To be debt free making 100,000 amonth from and online business.Have a big house in a nice communitee,
a condo over looking a lake a nice summer-winter home.To be able to help my family and friends achieve wealth,happiness and to be free.we only have one shot at this life so we need to make the very best that we can.thanks eric fo all you do!!!
My vision is that I will find a way to get into shape and out of debt while developing and running an internet information and software business that brings in at least $100,000 a month which allows me to travel the world with my family and to build up a very nice savings for retirement and any emergencies that happen to occur. I will work hard at first and then less and less over time by taking advantage of outsourcing as much as possible as soon as I can afford it. As soon as I have the time I will search for some type of charity to get involved with several hours a week.
Hey Eric,
My Vision is to have a successful online copywriter and information publishing house, I also love to help my clientèle to publish their own newsletters and information products, At the end of the first year I will have a turn over of $30,000 Net (£15,000 for me as I am based in the UK), with an increase in turn over each year of $30,000 Net, I will also help out the new internet marketer just as you are teaching us here.
Hugh
My vision is to have a very successful online business, to retire from working a job which makes someone else rich, and to show friends and family how to do the same. I will run my business from home or while on vacation making my own work hours and profiting a minimum of 1 million per year.
Hi Eric
) and to do it with all the travel means i enjoy.
My goal is to have a successfull online biz which will bring me one million dollars a year and enable me to invest in property and other biz all over the world. To have the time to enjoy our worlds beauty with my girlfriend (wife to be
Hi there Eric and everyone else here who are also blessed. I learned a great bit of information during a stay in a treatment center.
We were all told, that if we fail at something we try to accomplish, it doesn’t make us failures, it just means that we have failed at this one particular thing, and that we can all try again.
Anyway, after that stay which lasted 6 months, I obtained employment with a large corporate company in Canada.
I’m an auto tech, LOL, that’s the new term I learned there. Yes. I am a mechanic.
When I got there, I saw that this is very different. With 4 other mechanics who have known, no other employment than their present jobs, who also ran the shop, because any form of management was missing, and good old common sense was non existent, I was basically stunned.
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. But I got along with all the guys, and now after 5yrs. and 1 month, it’s starting to get to me.
When I work with these immature kids, 10 -15 yrs. younger than I, I realize that in order to maintain my sanity, I will have to pull the plug very soon.
So, now in my 5th year online, I am getting closer to putting all the pieces I have learned together, and that’s why I’m here.
I’ve learned a great deal in 5 years about a lot of aspects of internet marketing, and wouldn’t trade them for anything, realistically of course.
I’ve followed a lot of the Guru’s, suffered info overload and then I found Eric’s Tips, and well from what I’ve seen and heard from Eric so far, I think I’ve found the final piece of the puzzle of how to put this thing together, and start to profit online.
So thanks Eric for the info you provide, and the manner in which you provide it. Sincerely, is the word that comes to mind when describing your delivery of information. And yes, I am depending on you. LOL!
Thanks again. I look forward to the end of the day to going home and opening up another info packed video lessen.
Trevor White
Thanks for sharing your journey with us
I hope we can help you take the next step…
My vision is:
1. To earn enough residual income to be financially independent of the church I pastor in South Africa so that my salary could be used to hire a younger couple to help fulfil the church’s vision.
2. To be able to personally make a difference in the lives of the aids orphans and other poor and needy people that God connects me with.
3. To be able to assist many missionaries and other full-time Christian workers to earn a residual income online which would enhance the success of their ministries.
Good vision Peter, and keep up the good work for the kingdom.
My vision is to stop the madness and get off glue.
I am a boy in China. my vision is to make deals with people all over the world. to earn enough money to learn to be a chocolatier. then i can run a chocolate shop with my wife.^_^
Funny/coincedence you are the second person in one day to ask me my vision for the future.Well once I learn how to build a website my aim is to build a business big enough to bring me in £500,000 a year and allow me to move to the mountains of France where I can continue to build the business get my family involved and enjoy the environment which hopefully I will be able to help protect
Hey Eric,
My long term vision is to create a multi million dollar internet business on behalf of Valley Ministries Charitable Trust. The income from which will fulfill the aims of the trust. Primarily to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ and help met people at their point of need. This is not just my idea, but what I believe He has called me to do and confirmed unsolicited by others.
My short term vision is 2 fold:
1.To gain a modest income from online marketing which will enable me to live comfortably and seed the Trust until it is self sustaining.
2. To continue to provide care 24/7 for my wife who has Vascular Dementia until either the Lord heals or takes her, or she goes in to residential care (approx 6 - 12 months away). If she goes into care I will have to go back to a regular job unless I can get a sustainable online income first.
Your prayers and those of your readers are greatly appreciated for us regarding these matters.
Thanks
Ray
http://www.your-traffic-booster.com
Hello Eric,
Thank you from the deep of my heart for everything you are doing for us, for ordinary people with a great desire to be financial independent.
My vision is to have a financial freedom, free to do anything without thinking of money,free from bad-debt. I’d like to be a millionaire and then my ambition is help others to receive the same and then I’d like to invest in charity.
Thanks again for your kindness.
God bless you.
Halina
As a homeschooling mother of six (soon to be seven), my vision in the short term is to earn some extra money in order to use for household expenses, for vacations, to donate, and to save.
My vision in the long term is to earn enough in order to bring my husband home. This would give us more family time, more flexibility, and my husband could take an active role in homeschooling.
Hi Eric,
my vision is to become the online marketing expert for Swiss companies (I’m swiss, living in Switzerland). I would love to help other businesses to grow through my online marketing consulting. I would like to quit my job by the end of the year 2008 and to start up my own company. I would also love to help foreign company who want to to business in Switzerland or Swiss companies who would like to make business abroad. I would like to earn 60′000 Swiss francs (1 CHF = 1 USD) in the first year and I would like to grow my income by 25% each year until my age of 50 (now I’m 29) then I would like to retire and have more time for my hobbies: kitesurfing, snowboarding and guitar playing.
Eric, do you think my vision realistic?
I alos have another vision, see I live in the city of watches Biel/Bienne (Rolex, Swatch, Omega etc.) I would like to become a online marketing consultant for the Swiss watch industry, but unfortunatly I have no expeariance in the watch industry. How about that?
My vision is to pour out my passion for good health, low cost living, raising godly families and giving good ideas and resources out to encourage other parents - into my new website. I want to share my ideas and resources with other families, and by doing that, I can stay at home, raise my kids, save money for their college, and our family vacations. PLus I love doing research on different topics and be creative with images and design. It would be great to take in $500.00 a week or more!
My vission is to become a great marketer so when I launch my internet marketing campaigns I can generate enough wealth to put my kids through college, travel and teach other how to become successful in their business.
Hey Eric,
My vision for my business is
1. To have income streams coming from at least 100 websites or programs making at least $10,000
2. I am into informational products, success and personal development.
3. In the process of achieving that, I will be mentoring 10 people to start with to become millionaires. Eventually helping a 100 people to became millionaires.
4. I use some of the money to fund my soon to be launched foundation - Solid Rock Foundation to spread the word of God and the help alleviate poverty from the continent of Africa.
5. Above all fund the work of God as He blesses me.
Thank you and may God Bless You.
I feel like I need to write this vision down and make it more real. I don’t have a problem working. I love to be productive and keep my mental juices flowing.
However, I want to be doing something of my choosing.
My husband and I have always worked together in our business. That ended about 2 years ago.
I want to work a business together again.
I want to be debt free, pay off my house, build up an education fund for my children and have a nice retirement fund for me husband and I.
I want to travel the country, if I’m so lucky, going to my boys’ college football games(I know, a stretch but they have dreams too!).
I want to give to my church, sponsor more children through World Vision, one child of each sex at every age to 18. That’s 36 kids and that’s my goal.
Last but not least, I want to do something along the lines of what Eric is doing. I want to help other people build their online business. This is THE best industry to be in, hands down, when it works. However, getting there is VERY difficult. I don’t want someone who is truly trying to make a better life for themselves to be left to the wolves.
I truly want to serve others and help them obtain their vision. From my lips…..
Mary
I want to thank you for allowing viewers to write down their goals for their business, as recently I have discovered the power of putting thought to paper. It makes life a lot more clear.
It is my vision to develop a business online that will help small businesses and entrepreneurs market themselves better online. I want to research the best strategies for web design, seo, copywriting, and traffic methods to supply very very useful information to businesses (and other marketers) online but also develop a business that although takes a lot of hardwork, can be fully automated.
In the process I am going to start small and have a dream of teaching 10 other people to develop fully automated streams of income online, so they can quit their job if they want and work from anywhere in the world.
Hi Eric!
I have been reading a lot of the visions trying to come up with my own. I will retire next June and my salary will be cut in half. This very scarry because I have never been good at managing my money, and I have plenty of debt.
I am a lot like the subscriber GUS who doesn’t quite get the hang of Adwords and Clickbank. I am not sure enough of myself to start buying ads.
So, my vision is to work online from home, be debt free, and to make millions so as to help my church, family, and friends become debt free also.
Thank you Eric for all you are doing to help us reach our dreams!
Raymond
Hi Eric,
Thank you for your clear and down to earth course!
My vision is to be able to quit any off-line work before I reach the age of 50, so I give myself three years to build my online business. I have several ideas 10 domain names and 4 webhosts (shared) I just fooled around with my brandnew auto responder ARP3 and I love it so far. So all is set and I gave myself a green light to fire my business up.
I live in Europe and am Dutch…it’s also my vision to move to the US if I have at least $2 million on my bank account. So I can buy a house, a car (just a corolla or so) a Harley and continue my flying lessons. I don’t have a wife or offspring so all the freedom to go where and whenever I want to. Well I do have an off-line business already but this will not stop me from changing my mind and learn all there is to learn about ecommerce.
My initial business will be dealing with reviewing “cheap” Orient built electric guitars the profit will be made from selling music tutorial ebooks (thank you Eric
But besides that I also might join an allready existing opportunity (yeah I know I shouldn’t buy stuff)
No I don’t have any money problems, no I don’t have a family to support, and no I don’t feel alone in this world
But I love being out in the countryside, my last visit to Colorado and Utah riding a Harley made me fall in love with your country. So finally after I have achieved my premier goals I want to become a US citizen!
Leonard AKA Mokumkat
Hello Eric:
My vision is to have a successful online business that allows me to:
1. Quit my day job
2. Become financially independent making 3million dollars per year
3. Spend more time with my family
4. Work no more than 10hrs per wk
5. Have more time to volunteer to serve others
6. Really give to the poor/needy where it makes a difference
7. Travel the world
8. Leave an inheritance for my son
9. Help my family financially
Hi Eric,
I appreciate you putting this all together in a framework that does not feel overwhelming.
I am a newbie when it comes to an online business.
My vision is to put what I have done in the healthcare field into an online business. I have been doing physical body work for the last 28 years and have developed and created a healing modality I call Infrastructure Healing.
Physically I can not work the hours I did in the past and would like to generate an online business related to my field. I have 28 years of experience in my private practice and feel I can write, create e-books and sell affiliated products I have come to trust.
I would like to generate $100,000.00 a year. Also my license for my practice is in Arizona and I would like to generate enough income to be able to move to California to watch my grand kids grow up.
Looking forward to working with you.
Dr. Mark
Dr. Mark,
Have you visited the EricTips Forum? If not, please do. I might have some interesting information for you.
http://www.ericstips120forum.com
or you can email me at info@thepowerofdna.com
Mary Jenkins
MY VISION
My vision is to have a going internet business that will bring me in $1,000.000 IN income each year so we can live comfortably with an estate to replace the home we lost. Not just one but others in places around the world I would like to live in from time to time. My vision also is to be able to travel first class to all these places and take four vacations a year in first class resort areas and never have to worry about the bills. Also to build a large $500,000 residual income that will take care of my wife and children after I am no longer alive.
My vision is I want to have my own business on internet, I have work as employee about 17 year and I think I will try as side job first and I hope if I can make money online I will leave my job.
Hi Eric, My vision is to develop a successful online biz that will make about 250K a year. I want to be debt free and have an income that can be teachable to other people so I can show my son and a few other relatives and friends how to make money on the web.I dont owe much money, but I am {a good looking} 69 year old man, and I would like to leave my wife in a little better shape than we are right now. We contribute to the 700 club on a monthly basis and I would love to double what we give, and leave my wife in good financial condition. so that she could do that after I’m gone.I am not in a hurry, I’m thankful for every day.I have a lot of confidence and work discipline and know that I can accomplish this now that I have been fortunate enough to meet you. John
Have you posted lesson 14? If you have, it didn’t come through. Can and will you please post it again?
Thank you
It’s posted now, thanks
Eric, you have absolutely nailed it for me. The puzzle analogy hit me so hard that I had to pause the video to write this.
I build websites for a living right now, and this is exactly the way I begin a project, with a puzzle picture from my clients of the end result. Then I find the pieces I need to build that picture.
It is AMAZING to me that never once did I transfer that method of thinking to Internet marketing.
I have been guilty of spending thousands (yes, thousands!) on the latest and greatest methods of “making easy money online”, only to find that I couldn’t wrap my head around the “system” presented to me. I am beginning to see that I was reading the words, seeing the tools, but not visualizing MY end result.
I had thousands of dollars worth of puzzle pieces, but NO PICTURE. This, of course, lead to NO appreciable result.
Right now I feel like a safe-cracker who feels the tumblers finally align, opening the safe to the treasures within.
I thank you for that. Let me also say that I am glad that I kept my subscription active when I got discouraged and went on an unsubscribe spree a few months ago.
God bless and keep you and yours, and hurry up with the next lessons!
I’m glad to hear that this lesson really hit the nail on the head for you
Thank you!
Hello Eric,
My vision as a father of 9 and a grandfather of 9 (so far!!) would have to do with time. My goal is to have the freedom and flexibility to spend the time to build into there lives and others as God brings them along, This would include things like: time, holding them, fishing with them, answering any of the thousand questions they are able to ask (does anybody know do worms sleep???), to go to there parties at school during the day, or to be able to eat lunch with them, to be able to buy them a car, to work with them on there verses they are memorizing, to be able to show and say that we love them.
I would also like to be able to visit some of the missionaries that our church supports and to be able to help and encourage them.
To do these and other things I would need to be able to provide for our current and future expenses, without working 92 hours a week.
My vision would be to work, I think that is healthy and even neccessary (just ask Adam) but to be able to be flexable, to patch work in around whats really important, my relationship to God and to people, instead of people taking a back seat to work.
I know that doesnt sound to specific or targeted as far as the financial goals, but I do know how to work and I am not afraid of it!!
Thank you and God Bless you Eric
Good Morning Eric,
Your example of life from 30,000 feet is so true. Looking down from that height everything thing looks so serene, calm and organized but you can’t see all the cars and people making wrong turns and the number of corrections needed to reach their goals.
Every guy on this blog has taken a trip knowing where he wants to go, getting lost and not asking for directions but ultimately reaching his destination after making wrong turns. Very much like life.
I look at your sharing not as a map for success but the latest, greatest GPS. Plug in our vision, apply the work, follow the directions and even with hazards a vision can become real. Oh yeah and don’t forget faith, a vision without faith is a dream..
My vision is not just about the personal potential for wealth but to reach a point where I can give without worrying about next months bills and give for the sake of giving without any expectations attached.
Kyle
http://www.golfersgel.com
I want to bring my country and africa to the Internet. To slowly reduce my business/working hours and affect the world with my faith.
Thanks so much for this opportunity and encouragement! Very special indeed!
We have begun working on our vision, started a website that connects travel hosts in various countries to travelers. We concentrate on culturally interesting places, encouraging friendship and cultural exchange.
This travel style keeps funds in the local communities and encourages cottage industries. We have worked really hard and everyone is happy except…We are still working full time in our daily jobs and this is not sustainable so…
Our vision is to develop multiple online income sources that will sustain us and allow us to travel and develop more host sites. Then travelers can immerse themselves in the culture of the area and learn. The internet also allows those who cannot physically travel to benefit from cultural information presented. Hopefully, we will add many more interactive features to the website to encourage online cultural exchange!
We would also like to develop an import-export arm of the business to facilitate cottage industry crafts in our host communities, providing a means to more people’s livelyhood and creating jobs in our unemployed home state of Michigan.
We would like a house in Michigan big enough to hold our kids and their families, Moms, friends and critters. We would like to travel 4-6 months of the year. We need funds enough to support good living wages and benefits for all employees and funds to support development at the host sites in various developing countries. I think 1-2 million gross per year should give this a good start! Still have to do the math.
Cool vision
Hey I just checked out your site and noticed this…
http://worldstogethertravel.com/belize/quiche-host.htm
That’s very close to where I went in Belize, in fact I drive through San Antonio village, which is where your host was born.
I wondered about your location in Belize. I was surprised to hear that an orphanage was necessary as everyone seemed to have such a strong sense of family and responsibility there. Do you have a place where I can read more details on your mission (I already read and contributed on this Eric’s Tips Video site)
By the way thank you so much for sharing your expertise. You can see how many lives it is touching!
There is a strong sense of family, but also a lot of poverty and unwanted children in some areas. http://www.lolministry.com/
I’m going to be helping them with their website and will be updating it soon with new information and a video I’m making.
My “VISION” is a lofty one. It’s to help others by providing them with solutions to their problems. One of the problems I see as major is providing a good home and environment for all living creatures. My vision is to find ways I can be of service to others and their offspring by providing help for their problems and their living environment. In finding those ways - Ill be answering their questions according to my best experience, Ill be providing the best solutions I can, which they can use to their benefit. I’ll be providing my family with a good life because in helping other people, I will be rewarded. I’ll be making the world more sustainable and transferring knowledge that will contribute to this sustainability. I’ll be providing solutions which also help the planet to survive and it’s ecology to continue to exist and to thrive. This is for the comfort and joy of all living creatures, not just for humans, and because the world has evolved and should continue to evolve without wars and destruction.
That’s my broad vision - to concentrate on helping people achieve their visions and to help them to survive in an age where we need to learn how to exist harmoniously instead of destructively with the systems we have been blessed with and inherited. Our cultural, environmental and social systems - I plan to try and maintain and continue these systems for all to enjoy, benefit and to sustain their lives with! That’s my vision for my business.
It may mean I have to make big changes in my life but that’s the way I see my vision for the future.
Hi Eric,
Great messages & repeating listen to this one really make sense to us.
We intend to succeed on this Online business as to make real monies as much as we can & will share this ideas to the community as to help them to success & live with no more poverty.
Ths, regards
Hi Eric,
My vision is to help people to reduce their energy costs through the use of available technologies which have thus far been suppressed by the government.
I will measure my success by the number of people whose lives are greatly improved by using these much more efficient and eco-friendly products.
Feel free to visit my site for shocking information regarding the truth behind rising gas prices, there is nothing for sale there.
MY BUSINESS VISION
PRIMARY BUSINESS (here on earth)
As a Christian, I would like to help in proclaiming God’s good news to every citizen of this WORLD so that we can finally be in the “mansions” that God had prepared for each one of us! - I want an online site that will focus on my “PRIMARY” business that will send different literatures to the utmost part of the world!
While doing God’s work, I also look forward for a commercial business that will focus on selling vegetarian and wellness products for a healthy, Christian lifestyle.
Thank you very much Eric for helping us to reach our visions and may continually God bless us here at ericstips!
Hi Eric,
My business vision is to earn a minimum of $25,000 per month using your proven techniques online… and that’s minimum what I mean. I believe other luxuries accompany automatically and any extra income would further boost me to set higher goals. Of course, philanthropical interests are always there in my agenda to do precious little for my brethren of this planet earth. And I hope you will steer me towards this realizable goal(Hope I’m not greedy Eric!)
Regards and god bless Eric!
Murthy.
Hi,
my vision for my blog is just to replace my dayjob income - $10,000 a month. I am a musician, and for me the point is to be able to play/record/create/travel/perform without worrying about paying rents etc etc etc. I have a blog started, and I want to built it up to the point where it’s got at least 1,000 regular visitors and an active forum and many co-contributors and a few volunteer moderators so I only have to spend a few hours a week on it.
Then I can concentrate the rest of my time on my music and my family…
aaaaahhhhhh…
[…] lessons ago we talked about the importance of having a vision, which is basically the big picture of where you want to go. And in the previous lesson we talked […]
My vision is to succeed online and to be the best marketer possible. To own and operate several niche websites. The goal is to make a comfortable living at home so that we no longer have to work for anyone but ourselves.
One of my visions is to earn a Grammy award.
I am from South America,but I want that Grammy.
I see myself clearly getting this award.
I am extremely busy now with a kids CD and I will launch this CD in august both on and off line.I tried to get some sponsoring,but I hate begging,and explaining so I started. I know the kids of my country needed new songs so I wrote them. I have a daycare and preschool,and know there have not been written new kids songs in Suriname for more than twenty years.Everything is working out fine just like I planned.
My goal is to sell 100.000 CD,s
I will also build a big play center for the kids of Suriname,because every time we want to go somewhere with the kids,of the preschool its a problem,because there are not much kid friendly places.
Everything is possible,I know that!
Wow, that is cool! What is the song on your home page? Is it one of yours?
Hi Ruth,
A plain well done on your achievements and a ‘keep going’ on your vision,thank you for sharing your thoughts and talents.
Paul (UK)
Hi eric, My vision in life would be to be debt free, travel the world, and quit my day job. I have raised my two children and now have granchildren. I am now divorced and want to make a new life for myself. My vision would be to have the best online businesses that I could possibly have. I already have two business up and running. One is sandysbears.com and the waldropenterprises.com. I am using dropshippers for both businesses. I am hoping with your guidance you can help me make these the best they can be. I have followed your advice and lessons. I have never done anything on the internet before.I figured it is now or never and to jump in with both feet!I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping us newbies.
MY VISION: To empower single mothers to be successful. Inspiring single mothers to create and manifest the life they desire. To enjoy financial freedom making at least 100,000 in 90 days but more like 330,000 from my internet marketing, allowing me flexibility and finances to parent my children in the way I want and find my divine soulmate.
Hi Eric,
Thanks for your Lessons,They are
inspiring as you expect them to be
and very educational.
I realize the knowledge and experiences
you are sharing are sold by some for a
very high price. Thanks again for not
Charging us because most of us Cannot
afford to pay the value in Cash.
My VISION is to inspire people who thrive
to be successful on line and help them realize
their Dreams in Life.
By doing that I see myself Taking my online
business to a level of realizing my Goal
reaching a residual income of 1 Million a
year and beyond.
I have always enjoyed giving needy people
when ever I could and I am dreaming to be
able to share with needy people more with
my increased income as well as the knowledge.
Hi Eric, I’m 60 now ,have three beautifull daughters one grandchild,and another comming these days. Was part of a family business, but due to economical situations in my country lost everything some years ago and now “my vision” is to be able to help my daugthers too buy a house each so they can raise my grandchildren in “their own house”.I owe this to myself!!!
My vision on this business is to launch a successful online business to market informational product, primarily “how to”, success personal growth, health & well being, real estate such as investment properties, discounted notes, mortgages RE in coastal areas of Central & South America.
To have affiliates that are in accord with my ideas and principles. My business will generate at least 25,000 a month and it can be managed from anywhere in the world.
The success information products I plan to offer will also be in Spanish & Portuguese to fight poverty in Latin America, since I believe poverty is a state of mind more than anything, once a person stops thinking that is poor (welfare mentality)that person can be what they want. Myself have been broke many times but never poor (I was fortunate to learn this from my parents who were big thinkers). I have learned to be a possibility thinker (like Dr Shuller says) and want to pass this on to the less privileged and I cannot see any other better way than to do it online.
I will learn and apply what I learn to build a business which makes £100,000 profit by July 2009.
[…] Lesson #13: Getting a Vision for Your Business […]
Hi Eric
My vision would be what ever product I am related to will help thousands of people to have a better life than they have now. That I will wealthy enough to do what I want when I want with out having to think about. That all my time is not taken up by my business I can still have a life.
Eric
My vision is for my wife and I to work 20 hours per week, spend 6 months each with grandchildren in CA and OK, spend time helping others in Celebrate Recovery and other ministries helping men. We want to earn at least 10k a month.
Good Evening Eric,
I m very happy today. Your Lesson #13 has given me a roadmap which I have been missing for a very long time.
I work with an Advertising Company, and my focus was always around what I see close to me. I never realised the importance of the “BIG PICTURE”. Your lesson has changed the way I think. Thanks Eric.
Julius’ Vision
To Start my own offline Advertising company with my own capital from the Online Business world.
To Understand my niche business, make a constructive plan and build it over a period of time. ( I have earlier attended lots of seminars, and internet programs…But Eric, What I have learnt here “@erictips” for FREE is worth a million dollars).
I intend to reach a sales figure of 1 million dollars by mid December. I want to donate a huge amount to needy children, so that they can celebrate this christmas, with a smile.
Thanks
http://www.communicatetoriches.com
Hi Eric,
Great Video.Very good self improvement stuff.
Very inspirational.
I will listen to it more often.
My vision is to earn 10k per month.
Thanks for sharing.
best wishes,
kannan viswagandhi
http://www.growing-self.blogspot.com
mY VISION IS TO GET PAID FOR MY PASSIONS WHICH ARE:to introduce everyone I come in contact with to the Lord Jesus; & to teach all how to have good health & be free of pain. I wasn’t interested in wealth when I chose these & they are very competitive with very small remuneration. Perhaps I’LL CHANGE MY GOALS TO INCLUDE WEALTH TOO. God bless you.
Mary
HI ERIC,I AM NOT A WIMP WHEN IT COME TO MIND-FIXATED- ON- SUCCESS.I HAVE SUCH TENACITY OF PURPOSE SUCH THAT IN COMPARISON A BULL DOG GRIP IS LIKE THE GRIP OF A DAY OLD BABY.MY VISION IS TO HAVE AN INTERNET BUSINESS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT IN IT JUST A BEGINNER’S EFFORT.
Hello Eric and everyone,
It’s Prakash here. I come from the island of Mauritius, I doubt you may not have heard of my little island. Well I can say with confidence that it’s the best place in the world. Not so developed like America but you can get everything here and lead the most peaceful life that you have ever wanted.
I am a student,22 years old and a newbie to internet marketing and I want to make the internet the tree of cash for me. I have lived so far a very modest life and I really want to get rid of all these and live a life where money is not given importance at all and the problem here is that to lead such a life, unfortunately money is needed.
My vision is to be someone who has money to help everyone I can who are in distress financially,my parents my friends and everyone who I know. I want to live with my two grandmothers, to look after them and give them whatever they want as in old days there is no one here for them.
I always want to be my own boss and work in my own pace and time and with your lessons I can see the ray of light coming day after day. I am ready to work more than 80 hours per week to reach my goal and get 50000 per month.(one tenth of it will be ok),well that’s my vision after all,
My passions are music, technology and I want to provide to people good stuffs that can enhance their life in a better way,whether be it on health, wealth and peace.
Thanks a lot for the wonderful help that you are giving Eric
Prakash
My vision is to create massive wealth that will allow me to help a poverty stricken area(my girlfiends country) which I am currently living. Also more exact is to create 2 million dollars a year in the next 12 months and start a disabled childrens school for disadvantaged which my girlfriend is currently going to school for.
P.S. Am a former 15 year insurance agent and Zig and Norman are my favorites!
I am 21 years of age, a Registered Nurse and wanted to pursue…
MY ULTIMATE VISION:
1) To establish my online business focusing on B2B, Dropshipping and later on the International Trading gaining clients in different countries around the globe.
2) To find other ways in earning multiple streams of income that is genuine, effective and reliable, earning $100,000 at least a year for a start and consistently growing…
3) To build my own foundation, helping young brilliant but unpriviledged children to study and help them become successful, and do various medical and dental missions, feeding programs, livelihood projects, lifestyle awareness seminars, special children outreach, youth empowerment, care for the abused (women and children), disaster relief etc. and donate to other charity foundations.
3) To live in a beautiful tax haven country with 0% tax interest rate.
4) To buy my own house and car, as well as for my mom and let her enjoy life travelling to beautiful and exotic places in the world.
5) To secure my sister’s future as she wanted to pursue Naturopathic Medicine, focusing on traditional medicine, which is wholistic approach for health and wellness.
Actually there’s a lot more…
But i have just written the primary…
TO OUR MENTOR ERIC:
I am truly grateful to have this course online. It’s very informative, challenging, motivating and inspiring as well.
I guess I can consider all these not just a turn key, but I love to use the word “paradigm shift”. Again, a million thanks! (^_^)
God bless and more power!
Eric: You know–you are something else–you are special to many people and they do not realize it at this point in their life.
My Vision is to provide assistance to individuals with substance abuse issues, as I have for the past 10 years, only now I see a minimum of $3,000,000.00 a year as the operating budget. They need more and better fcilities to assist them in turning their life around. Thank you for your wisdom.
[…] the previous lessons, we’ve talked about getting a vision for your business, setting goals, and creating a business […]
Highly inspiring.
My vision is to access financial freedom, help people by giving, educating and sharing experience. I want to help my religious commnity greatly, accomplish a great lifestyle, travel the world and inspire people. And i want to start by creating an online empire around education and coaching people to get what they want in life.
My vision is to make enough money on the internet to get completely out of debt. I want to be able to give my family the things and the time that they deserve, before the kids are all grown and gone. I want to be able to help other people instead of always being on the receiving end. An I want to be able to travel. Africa sounds good!
Hi Eric,
My Vision is a large one:I give myself one year to be making 1 million a year in my on-line business.After the second year is up the sky is the limit 2,3,4 heading to 10 mill. a year in my on-line business,one of my ventures will be plus size lingerie.I see myself telling my my boss,I am turning in my 2 weeks notice at the plant I work,and start to build my dream home,this will be the first house I have ever owned.Buying a new car,I have never owned a new car,going to walmart and picking up the tab of complete strangers who look like they my need something to make them smile,being able to send my daughter and son to collageand letting them learn without the worrie of money, also donating to my church,my vision is to be able to do these things in a year from now.I have a little work cut out for me!I am looking forward to making my dreams come true and finally living a life without money trouble.
Thank You For Your Help Eric,
Yvonne
Eric my vision is to expand 1. seafood restaurant franchise business nemos seafood. also to continue to build my other11 streams of income 1.internet business 2. my motivation book 3.motivational cd 4.cosulting business 5.buy more properties through my GCR properties company 6.get my movie ideas brought to the big screen 7.get my 4 other restaurant franchise concepts to market 8.sell my ebooks ive written online 9.get my two magazine ideas to newstands 10 .start my realty company specializing in commercial properties.11.get my equity company off the ground so i help other people finance their dreams….then use my finances to help my church build and finance a new church the citys eminent domain is forcing us to move so time is of the essence to learn , build create and duplicate through all this i want to employ over 300 people giving them the opportuniteis to run some of thes companies THATS ALL
Hi Eric,
My vision is to motivate people to reach past their own self image. I will prosper by helping others to prosper. The vehicle, ie… the internet is perfect. Every person has their
own unwritten book within them. I got that book thing from you. Thx!! I will have 10 sites mininum with ebooks to purchase, as well as info for free, like you are doing. I said it before, and I am still waiting for the bill from you!!! We do understand there are no free lunches. I along w/all the others appreciate you. You’ve got me moving!!! I have never written down my vision. WOW WOW WOW!!! You have lit my fire. I will take it from here, with your help, And to God be the glory for sending a person like you for us. Some need doctors, some lawyers I needed a Visionary! You be him. (Ebonics)
See you at the top!!! (Zig)
Thanks again,
Tim
Hi Eric,
Thank you for being such a great help and more than that, for being a man of God whom we feel we can trust and learn from.
My husband (Bob,age 70) and I (age 67) are studying your materials. I have recently quit my JOB and when Bob quits his JOB, we already have a comfortable retirement worked out; however, we desire to make enough money so we can have a “more than comfortable” retirement plus be a financial blessing to our family (five children and 13 grandchildren) and to be a blessing to our church and church family above and beyond our tithe.
Our vision is to have an online business income of $25,000+ per month. Our strategy is to first always pray and follow the wisdom which God so freely gives and to faithfully follow your lesson guidelines and decide exactly what type of online business to pursue. We believe we will reach and go beyond our goals.
May the Lord bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you.
Laura
My vision and mission remains as it has been the last 50 years, to change the present civilisation and make it more ethical and humane through individuals expressing their own complete inner freedom. I need to provide adequate resources to fund this major change in society, but above all to prove to everyone that I truly am master of my own destiny. This will involve extensive worldwide travel and every last breath I take.
Vision:
I am writing the articles for my websites and products sitting on the deck of my mountain cottage, steaming cup of coffee at hand, just in view of my art studio which is a short walk down a path. There are garden rooms that surround the property which is located in a community of artists and creative individuals.
The streams of passive income I receive are only surpassed in gratitude by the appreciation I have for being able to help so many with my arts and healing manuals and workshops. I am thrilled to be able to make a difference with people who are looking for a more authentic path and also with groups of mentally and physically challenged children and adults.
My cup runneth over.
Hi Eric,
My vision is to establish my online business focusing on Real Estate and Dropshiping and earn in the area of $1.5 Million per year. I would start a foundation for under privilege children for helping support them with learning, communicate,financial,debt and life skills. Thanks Eric for all your wisdow and knowledge.
[…] In the previous lesson, we talked about motivation. More specifically, we talked about the need for long term, intrinsic motivation, and about how it should correlate with your overall vision. […]
i want a laptop computer to create my websites.
Hi Eric,
Thanks for all the great stuff you sent me.
My vision is to get more knowledge on how to build my own online business,and hopfully
to become a successful internet marketer.
Praise the Lord.
Mike Wong
My big picture is to be debt free by end of 2008. By 2009 I have enough money to travel, continue my scuba diving, climb mountains (Everest!!!!) , to help my family back home, start off a business that my supposedly retired but still working Dad could handle without much stress, buy my apartment & build my family village home which consist of five big rooms & big big yard. My other vision for this coming months is going back home for my two best friends wedding; in which I have to do some good photo & videoshoot thus having a good camcorder & camera to start with. Not forgetting the gifts that I’m buying for them & for my families. The family home needs a new PC.
Hello eric, I want to thank you again for these courses.I have been blessed to have them.My vision is to have at least 3 online stores,one in natural healing,one in hunting/outdoor sports,and one in how to educate single mothers to generate money online.I plan to be out of debt,and generate all the money I would need to live very comfortably,help my boys get a great start in life,create and maintain a rehab/home center for our homeless vets,create a home/rehab center for domestic abuse woman and children.I will go on vacation whenever and where ever I want,and never worry about something as stupid as money…alot of work ahead of me…
thanks again have a blessed day
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My Vision: I have an online business which develops my passion for inspiring others with my words. I provide lavishly for my family as I leave an inheritance for my children’s children. I market both online and offline effectively and I rejoice in my labor. My business brings in $20,000 per month by December 25th 2008. I give freely to my community and travel the world several times throughout the year
My vision is to able to generate $5 to $10k a month online through network marketing & affiliate programing.To be able to give back in someway what God has given to me & my wife.Even though we’ve been through some up & down times in our life He has always been there for us.We’re a little older but I believe we have a lot to offer since we have a great work ethic & determination.Just as you said we just have to focus better & truly stick with our vision.Thanks for the lessons,looking forward to the rest.
God Bless.
Eric,
I got started late, so I am taking on these lessons 3 at a clip, until I catch up.
My vision is to be able to travel freely in the world without having to worry about income limitations. Writing and teaching. Just being able to help those I meet solve a difficult problem; Being able to assist a charity I have an affinity with–both with my time and financially; having a residence on 3 continents…
These are just a few of the goals I’d like to reach.
To do this, I will need a significant residual income. The bar will be raised as needed, so I have set no income limits in my mind.
I see as I write this, that Keenan also pretty much summed up a similar vision, and it looks like we are all in very select company!
Hey Eric,
I just want to say hello before we get started. You’ve been the subject of many conversations here at the Malone house, but we’ve never actually “spoken”.
So… Hello.
First some mini visions.
Catch up on the lessons by weeks end.
Overcome my trepidation about this new direction for the lives of myself and my family. I have been on FML(family medical leave) since June 23rd. My wife and I decided I should take this time to help her care for our five children while they were home from school for summer break. She has been diagnosed with Lupus recently and chasing around five rugrats and caring for our home loomed as too much for her to handle alone. I am in the 13th year working for the same company, which is longer than I have worked for anyone ever in my life other than myself. Due to the success of Sabrina’s site workingmom.com we find ourselves in the unique position of having the opportunity to decide whether or not I will even return to my job when my leave is scheduled to end on September 1st. We have had many conversations and have put this decision to much prayer. Suffice it to say though that I can be a creature of habit and change does not come easily to me at first. Be that as it may, the point of this mini vision is that if I close my eyes and picture the next month in my mind, I don’t see it ending with me returning to the job that I have long since left in spirit and have been successfully functioning in under autopilot for years.
Now for the longterm. My vision is to become the best Husband and Father that I can be. To accomplish this I feel that the more time I can spend growing my relationship with my wonderful wife and the more time I can spend raising and nurturing the five gifts from GOD that are my children, the more successful I will be. I will use my very varied and unique life experiences to develop websites that will offer people products, information and services which will help them with their everyday needs while hopefully helping them gain the blessings and opportunities that I gave been given.
Some of the ideas that I have as far as offerings are in areas as basic as “how to” (my many years in the home improvement field and retail sales would translate here) all the way up to maintenance free and energy efficient , self sufficient homes. I also have some ideas for people who need help getting organized, but more importantly, staying organized and being able to do more of the things that can help you to be happy and successful.
By the end of our first year we will have monthly gross revenues in excess of $25,000 monthly, growing to $100,000 monthly by the end of year 2.
Eric, thank you for being a good friend to Sabrina, and thank you for Eric’s Tips. Let’s get to work!!!
Talk to you soon,
Big Dan
Hey Eric!
Thank you for all the video’s and help. I’ve recently got into the online business because I hurt my back and several doctors can not figure out what exactly is wrong with it. But I haven’t been working for a couple of months, so no income. I have a wife and a beautiful daughter. I’ve been thinking about working online for a long time, but never had the time. So now that I have the time I’m really want this to work so I can spend more time with my family, take them on vacations. Hopefully one day my wife can quit her job. I want to buy her a ranch home so she can get horses to ridc, just like when she was little. My wife and I would love to have more kids. I want to be able to put them through college. That’s my vision. Nice family life. Thanks again for all the help!
Hello Eric,
Thanks for the way you teach. You are easy to follow. My vision in a very short form is simply… to have numerous web sites Adsense and Affiliate types. Informative sites in many different niches such as health; green site; just to name a couple. I will also help my close friends and family in this area as well.
I will have two homes, one up here in the north which is home and one down south where it is warm. If $500 thousand is where I get to I will be happy but I plan on much more than that.
My business vision is to succeed in making a million online & offline, helping those interested in my websites. Teaching and helping others better their lives, while improving mine daily.
My vision is to become financially free. I am just learning what internet marketing is and my goal with this venue to make enough money not to need to be based out of any one area. 30K/month after taxes. Recently I have had health issues which will not allow me to spend years physically practicing my profession as I had planned. But, as an expert in my field, I envision being able to inform individuals about this field so they came understand their choices better, be their own advocate when deciding on who should treat them, and what to expect from someone who knows what they are doing - to connect with people who leave an office not understanding what happened during their appointment. I believe this service will be great for both sides of the fence patients, and doctors. Perhaps some product opportunities will present themselves, I am already beginnig to think of a couple. I hope to begin this business or any business I start, with little cash up front, and using what I have. I would like to pull in enough income to purchase income generating real estate, and to have the tax advantage of a C corporation. When possible, I will purchase some lovely land and place a yurt, then “green house” on it for myself. I will travel and live in these areas for short periods of time, getting to know the people and learning what would improve their lives. I’d like to learn how they deal with my area of knowledge, whether it be scientific or folk medicine and bring this interesting information to the website. I’m also developing an offline business, which I will eventually sell at the right time. Thank you for going slow and reinforcing how important it is to build the foundation. The vision, and seeing the end, being the end in essence before we start it seems has been the single common link of all successful business ventures. I look forward to all that I will learn from you. Cynthia
Hi, Eric and others -
My vision is pretty simple, I think. I have a picture in my head of my wife and I working quietly together, paying bills without stressing out and enjoying a top credit rating. I see my sons wearing decent clothes and getting a regular (reasonable!) allowance. I see us contributing to worthy ministries and buying needed items for the ministries in which we’re already involved. I see us driving back and forth to church and other places in nice vehicles. I’ve sometimes thought about an extravagant lifestyle, but the REAL me just wants a secure and quiet existence. I see us taking a yearly vacation and showing our sons all of the beautiful places that can be seen.
My goals aren’t all that complicated either. In the short-term, I would like to generate a second income that will free us to run our Child Daycare without financial concerns. In the long-term, I’d like to pay us out of debt and buy the property we’re on or else buy another, nicer property. I want to accomplish these goals legally and ethically, and I want to be able to teach others the same thing.
Hi Eric,
This tutorial is a good evidence for that you are not only a Internet Marketer but also a Good Positive thinking trainer.
Actually my vision is to be the best Web Professional in Asia. I mean Best web developer, Best SEO, best Internet marketer, and etc. Currently I’m an undergraduate in Software Engineering. But my enthusiasm is WEB.
Thank you for your clear guidelines.
My vision is to pay off our debts and be able to support my family and be able to travel. I only desire to meet our needs and if there is more than income generated than what we need then it is my desire to support several ministries and missionaries I am involved with as well as be able to spend more time in the home bound mission field.
I love the internet and already make my living working as a self employed web designer. I would like to supplement my income so that even when I am away from my office I am still generating an income.
My goal is to develope several social network sites revolving around areas of interests I have to reach very specific audiences that are passionate about these areas of interest. One example is that my wife and I are Disney World vacationers and we know most everything you need to know to vacation there and save money. I would like it to be a community that I could market to as well as advertise to. I would like to explore as many areas of internet marketing that will continue to build on.
God bless
ERIC YOU DIDN’T ASK FOR THIS BUT I’M GIVING IT TO YOU..
I stumble on erictips.com by chance.
I can’t figure out the MAGICwords that brought me here.
Fast forward.. I joined the lesson and was impressed that none before ERIC HOLMLUND has said anything on BASIC ELEMENTS needed to fire up a biz online.
YOU are the first teacher to ask me write my vision on your webspace when others are reeling to their products.
I have no doubt that I can’t take the success route with you at the end of the 120 lesson.
Vision (10,000feet)
- I’ll be doing it no matter what it takes to work myself to be a successful Netpreneur with a networth of USD250,000 yearly
- To be financially independent
- I envision to pass these successful bizs that I farmed to my legacy and so on…
- As a student of Erictips, I will provide my own lessons and experiences to help out the millions of burn-out newbies out there.
Thank you for reading!
My vision for my business is that I am able to leave working in corporate America no later than June 14, 2012.
I will do this through info product and affiliate marketing and by earning $1 million (minimum) in gross sales and a consistent $20K per month in a manner that I can partially automate/outsource. Over time, I will add freelance copywriting to the mix, especially nonprofit fundraising and grantwriting.
As I want to build the capacity for a “location independent” lifestyle, I will emphasize building a flexible business that I can do anywhere and that doesn’t depend on my continual presence.
I also intend to earn enough to apply for New Zealand residency through investor status (currently requires $2 million NZ$ to invest in NZ) and to set up a music scholarship fund at the Univ. of Denver in memory of an aunt who helped me afford college (she never attended college, but would have majored in music if she could have. Instead, she helped me attend DU.)
My vision is to have a internet business that I can take on the road. I’m going for it and saying that I will make $1 million/year. I want to live in an RV and travel the US, going wherever the wind will take me and love every minute of the job that I will have created for myself.
hey,eric!
must confess that i am guilty of shooting a might too low…looking to just make enough to get by!the challenge you posted causes one to reflect on an honest,realist goal…which takes time.Ed
My vision is to have financial freedom. To have a successful online business that I have a passion for and can work from anywhere in the world, in addition to generating an income of $1,000,000 per year. To have invested wisely so I may take extended amounts of time to travel with my family. In 5 years, I need to stop working hands on with my patients due to the physical demands. However, I do want to continue to stay connected to my profession and provide a service to all people. I would like to contribute 10% of my income and my time to a ministry that is close to my heart. Feel carefree enough to enjoy my friends, family and the world that surrounds me.
Eric,
First and foremost I want to thank you for your guidance and inspiration. I have read/listened to MANY people on internet marketing and I must say you are in a class by yourself. I appreciate your honesty and integrity and I look forward to working with you in the time to come.
As for my vision, I cannot separate my life and business visions, because I think they are 2 pieces in the same puzzle!
My vision is to create an entity that not only provides a steady, escalating, and recurring income for me and my family now, but also creates a sustainable residual income for the financial security for my daughter and future generations to come.
I look to My vision as a legacy generator that will most certainly provide wealth for my descendants, but will also (just as importantly) help support religious and social service.
**I intentionally did not include a dollar amount as I think this will limit my thinking and planning.
Thank you, Eric, again for your wisdom.
Joe
Eric
Great stuff these lessons are I love em!
For me I’ve been here online for awhile no success to speak of YET!
I vision my web design business to be the best out there, it will hve membership attached to it. I want to help others (beginners espeically) get their prescense known online as soon as possible. I love to teach people how to do thinhgs the right way. I want to be making at lease $1 million/yearly. /This will help my son with his disabilities and his dreams of becoming a reptile breeder, specificly bearded dragons. I want to live debt free and be able to put away for colleges and retirement. Enough income to help fammily and friends achieve their goals.
I love building websites, simple easy systems, nt all that fancy stuff. I have lots of dreams of what I want to do but main focus and vision is to help others get online with their websites/blogs
Money is one thing for success, but I also enjoy just as much the satisfaction of helping someone see the light, as when they get excited at seeing their website up, or getting that first check from their website, that is worth than money!
But I am so far in debt my goal is to be able to make at least $1 million/year!
Thanks for this opportunity Eric to share, all the above visions are fantastic keep it up
Laura
I see myself as a well trained and well versed exponent of internet marketing and e-commerce. I see myself owning and operating 6 to 10 highly profitable web based businesses that are generating at least 0ne half million to one full million dollars U.S. per month each. I see that I have a complete business infrastructure in place that ensures that I have an abundance of free time. I AM refined, well clothed and manage an Investment portfolio of shares, gold, real estate and commercial properties that exceeds 100 million dollars.
My Vision for my Online Business:
Is to see myself quitting my daytime nightmare (JOB) within 12-24 months. Not having to worry about MONEY, Creditors or Mortgage payments. To go on vacation anytime anywhere.
Living in my dream home, spending more time with my wife and kids and attending all my kids sporting events.
And MOST importantly helping all my siblings reaching their Financial goals just like I WILL. Donating the balance of the money to complete our new Church buiding. Helping the church parishioners who are struggling with their finances and helping the elderlies weekly.
My goal after succeeding in my online business WILL be to help as much people as i can to be successful because that will make me feel more fullfil than all the money in the world.
hi, my vision right now is to be a successful affilliate marketer right now and make enough money to work from home. and no have to work a 9-5.
I stored your lessons away and I am now going through them so my comments are a little behind others.
Vision:
I want an independent business where I will enjoy the benefits of my efforts and my success. My vision is to have an online business(s) centered around my passion for all the outdoors. Especially hunting, fishing, retriever training, adventure and the environment. My business will be home based and set up so I can take it on the road in pursuit of the passions mentioned. I want the income from my business to be over 500,000 per year. In addition to becoming debt free and replacing the 401k I am using to do this I will help those in my world less fortunate and help my family where needed.
Hi!
Great visions to be read here, and positive thinking is always good to hear/read!
My vision is to spend the free time I have actually to continue building this network of websites, eventually generating enough income to supplement my next job as an IT project manager, which will replace the 17 past years of programming jobs I’m definitely bored with.
And finally, completely fed up with IT
I shall put enough cash aside, like 1.5M$-2M$.
This will help me to build my next business, the aquaponic farm of my dreams, providing fish and veggies that I’ll be happy to sell on the local markets.
I’ll get another wealthy couple of years in order to achieve this, and I thank God to keep me in the same good health as before. If not even better
Thanks for the videos, Eric. I just bought the ‘Sales for Dummies’ book, will help me to start becoming a salesperson. My turn to sell!!
Fred.
Greetings Eric. My vision is to be free and live my life on my terms, not my employers’. That means being financially self-sustaining, so that I may spend more time with my wife, building a family without having to worry about my income flow.
In short, I envision breaking away from the rat race and the rat race crowd. I’ve already broken away from the race race mentality. So that’s one down, 2 more to go.
My vision is to create a business that helps people to be free from the challenges of health, prosperity, relationships and self expression by discovering God given principles that reveal their right to a purposeful and satisfying life. My information helps them to gain a sense of control in their lives and i can provide them help along the way.
I find a way to attract millions of people seeking long term fulfillment and sell my information for a small sum to create the millions of dollars annually that allow me to return return to my homeland and provide better education to poor children, put boots on their feet in winter, create industry, opportunity and incomes for the families and much, much more!
This brings me ultimate satisfaction in life and allows me to live in the place that I love and surrounded by the folk I care about.
Eric, First of all I want you to know how much I appreciate the style in which you teach. My vision is to be successful in my endeavor with my internet business. I just recently started this business and my GOAL right at this moment is to learn the right skills to take it to a successful place and keep it there. God Bless you for caring about othere in the marketing industry.
Hi to all,
First I want to say I just joind a few days ago and love what I am learning. I feel for the first time I am not being scammed in the internet world.
My visions are to NEVER have to work for someone again and have to put up with things from others.
To put all 3 on my children in the university of their choice.
To teach them to be successfull so they dont have to be subject to many life dissappointments due to lack of money.
To travel the world with them.
Owning real estate in luxurious places.
Leaving them with an inheritance.
Make a million dollars per year from home or where ever I choose to be.
Help others become succesfull once I acchive success.
and many other things.
Thank uou caring, like the person above says.
i am a Nigerian, going into business for myself and my vision for my business is to have a successful and growing business by 2010,in Jesus Name,Amen.
My vision for myself is to be financially free.it also is my vision to be a philanthropist who will have the resources to cater for the less priviledged in my society such as orphans and widows.
It is also my vision to finance gospel activities such as church development projects and to cater for the welfare of full-time ministers of the gospel.
And i wish to finance these visions from the proceeds of my successful business.It will come to pass in Jesus name,Amen.
My vision is to be financially free. I want to have passive incomes from my successful online businesses that will support my family and that will allow me to travel around the world with my family. Eventually, I also want to invest in real estates and stocks. Ultimately, my greatest goal is to put a foundation that will cater to street children here in my country.
Me and my fiancee have put ourselves on a 5-year Plan which we are beginning to implement by the end of this Year to be financially independant by the end of the 5 years. We’re starting with a few easy, quick-start ideas to push us into multiple streams of income, using some re-sell items as well as items we create upon our own (I’m a writer and also look forward to what you have to say about getting others to write your content)then next Spring I plan to open a few online streams of income/sites that focus on certain niche areas that (unfortunately) are already out there…but I strongly believe that I will “stomp” the Competition.We have solid plans to take a majority of our profits and invest in real estate onnce we have cleared our debt and put away a set stipend each year from all profits for our retirement. We’re taking this step by step and being realistic, using affiliates and viral marketing to get going, and understanding that we cannot leaves our “day jobs” until we can at least match what we make out in the real world. Hence the 5-year plan. Slow, easy, rationally, put our love and our efforts (and much of our spare time) into our Dreams.
My vision is to have a successful online business that allows me to earn at least 1 million per year (not sure what I want to sell), quit my job and work from home no more than 38 hours per week, have a holiday each year with my family, buy a house and a new car,have money put aside for the children’s education and to be able to support the charities of my choice.
Hi Eric:
My goal is to retire in luxury. I want to travel worldwide, and I would like to have my dreamhouse. I also want to establish trust funds for my children. I have a monetary goal of $100,00 to be made within 6 mos. And I intend to increase my goals every 6 months thereafter.
My vision is to build a business around my passions for family health and the environment. I have an idea for a information website and online store for non-toxic living. I’m not entirely sure how this will translate into a sizable income yet (apart from the store) but I’m sure I will learn all about multiple income streams that I can apply to this business. Financially, I would like to be earning a minimum of $100,000/year within two years and $1,000,000/year as an ultimate goal (I don’t have a realistic time frame for that yet- maybe 10 years? Hopefully less!). I would like to be able to work no more than 20 hrs per week, so that I still have lots of time for my two year old son. My income will also enable my husband to work fewer hours at his business (IT Consultant), so we can do some travelling and enjoy more family time. We will be able to upgrade from our townhouse to a home with some property and be mortgage free. I would like to help my brother’s family buy a house and relieve some debt burdens of other family and friends.
Shannon
My vision is to build a successful online business that will allow me to retire in ten years and spend the following year cruising around the world with my girlfriend. The business will be successful enough to provide economic security for myself for the rest of my life and leave economic security for my daughter.
My vision is to create an online marketing business which will allow me to spend more quality time with my two children. I will incorporate my passion for the remodeling industry, specifically kitchen and bath remodeling, to generate $50,000/mth of business. My success will allow me the opportunity to give more back to this great planet and its people than I receive.
My vision is to publish a book which includes all of the spiritual decendants of Abraham. This would include Moses, the prophet of the Jews, Christ, the prophet of the Christians, and Muhammad, the prophet of the Muslims. The book is called Holy Trilogy, the basis of a story I wrote, and this should sell well enough to finance the publication of a subsequent book similarly attempting to reconcile all religion. Finally, I would like to write and sell a book about evidence, proof, theory and fact, faith and belief which would help to more reasonably establish priorities and directive in religion, science, art, trade and policy, among other things.
http://www.macameron.net
Hi, Eric. My vision is to have an automated publishing business providing downloadable products focusing on my expertise in relationship coaching that will bring me in $500,000 a year. I will spend a number of hours a week writing eBooks, since I enjoy the writing act. My goal is to show people how they can experience loving and fulfilling relationships with a wide variety of people, even in the work situation. I see myself giving presentations and also training new coaches as the information business grows.
Can’t wait for the next few lessons!
Alvin
Eric,
My vision is to have a successful, God centered, online business tailored around my passion for religion. I want to create multiple streams of income and I will work from my home office so that I can spend quality time with my family doing the things that we love to do. I will work less than 40 hours a week and my business will bring in $1 million a year. I will give to charity as I have always wanted to do and I will be a missionary, here and abroad, for the Lord.
Hi Eric
Would like to say thank you for your lessons once again they really are what is needed for me to move forward and start moving towards my vision. My vision is to be financially successful in an area of internet marketing that is close to my heart. With this success I will be able to start to live other areas of my life in the way i wish travelling and investing time in projects that are not for financial gain but for personal fullfilment. A very important part of my vision is to provide a stable future for my son and alleviate stresses associated with a lack of financial security. I am on my way towards the vision and goals.
Hi Eric,
I want to thank you for your lessons.I am finding them very beneficial as i am in the process of setting up a web site for Personal and Executive Coaching.I am new to internet marketing, so the lessons from you are great.
Regarding vision, Helen Keller said “The only thing worse than not having sight is not having vision”
My vision is,I see myself happy successful and fulfilled. I see myself and my wife having time to travel the world.I see me helping thousands of people to live happier and more fulfilled lives.
Hi Eric,
Before sharing my vision, I would just like to say that I am “blown away” by what you have to say and how you say it in Eric’s Tips! You are so “down to earth” and “easy to listen to”. What “gems” of knowledge you have shared thus far. I keep pinching myself as it is hard to believe this is all FREE! Thank you!
Ok, my business vision! I am 54 and would love to be able to quit my current job in the next couple of years, to “travel the world”, enjoy more quality family time, increase my monetary commitments to charities, church, and our community, help out our 4 kids with post secondary education and in general feel great about life and helping others to realize their vision. All this with my 6-figure income from Internet Marketing!!!
Hi Eric,
I want to start an internetbusiness which makes fun and 10000 $ a month. So far I got lost with all the information and scams in the internet until I found your site. Thank you, it helps me lot. I know now I will achive my goals.
My vision is to be a successful internet marketer and erning good money on-line. I would like a six figure incoe within six months and I would like a laptop so I can travel extensively
First of all, I want to honor God in everything I do especially my business because everything belongs to him. But, my vision is to see myself out of debt soon and possible. Be able to take nice vacations, and help people get and debt free. Finally, have multiple streams of income.
First off Eric, thank you for doing what you are doing… I really appreciate the difference in you. I feel a trust and comfort in you…
MY VISION:
My vision is to become debt free, and to establish a $1,000,000 college fund for my grandchildern (my bride of 47 years and I have eight children and 23 grandchildren). I will accomplish this through an online business that utilizes my writing and photography skills. I envision an income of $500,000 a year within the next six months. In the beginning I will work between 40 and 70 hours per week and reduce the working hours to 20 to 30 hours per week after one year. I will continue to support my church and community.
I would like to begin by thanking you for your down to earth lessons that I am sure will enable me to be successful. My vision is to retire next year at 55 years of age and to earn a large income part time that will enable me have enough time to enjoy my passions which are golf and travel. At the same time I will be able to ensure that my kids are well provided for and can fulfill their dreams. My daughter is in the film industry and my son in the music industry and are both passionate about their respective fields but struggling to survive. I am only starting out and thank you for your inspiration.
I’d like to generate an income of at least several thousand dollars a year, possibly through information products and products dealing with people’s pets. This would replace my income and my wife could stop working. What I see in my vision is a work environment which is somewhat challenging, but also fun, which could take up the better part of my day but from which I could also take a break.
My vision is to have a business that is based in health and well-being. I would love to involve all aspects of this in my online business. A healthy lifestyle and enlightened thinking is the vision of my business. It will involve using the environment wisely, eating to maintain health, being an educated consumer, exercising and of course education for living an enlightened life. My goal is to make 1 million dollars my first year and quit my “day” job. This will enable me to be home more for my kids and husband. I will also volunteer my time and money to the organizations that enrich my life and that of others. I will become more involved in my community and work to make it a better place to thrive in life. As my business grows, I will share my knowledge and business with those I care for. It will be so nice to be a positive influence on so many people. I will cherish the fact that I have built a community of people who share the same ideas and views fro a better world. I will truly love the life and career I have made for myself.
Eric thanks for all of the lessons I waited until they were more indepth beyond the basics, though I have went through them from the begining.
My Life Goal
I have a house where I can see the ocean and the mountains depending on the direction I look. I have enough financial security to help those in need, from family and friends to strangers on the street. I have a legacy to pass down to my children. I work when I like and make money while spending time with my family. I have a SUCCESSful painting career. My great-grandkids will be financially secure.
Eric, thankyou! This is a timely and welcome step by step mentoring for a scared newbie. I am self employed in the classical music industry and it is my vision to earn upwards of $300,000/year with affiliate marketing and info products working 20-30 hours/week so that I am free to pursue, from home and close to my family, occasional specific musical projects which are dear to me. Consequently, my wife wife will then be free to leave her day job and pursue her healing work at home. We have a 13 year old daughter and three of us are very keen to travel extensively.
My vision for my life and business..I would like to have a business that helps promote talented creative individuals as well as helping myself to promote and sell my work.
I would like to be financially free or earning enough where am not constantly worrying about not having enough income coming in.
Being financially Independent, I can truely spend the time doing the things I love to do more off like travel, art + design or just spend time with people I care about.. TO ME THATS HOW LIFE SHOULD BE !!!
My vision is to have a successful online co-operative business showcasing original art and reproductions, antiques and collectibles, crafts, silk florals and loungewear. I will make $1,000,000. per year part-time, help many artists and travel, buying.
My vision is to run an online business and part of the business will be promoting and doing the hobbies I love. I will make 100,000+ a year and build my business to be a world wide enterprise.
Eric, I think I love you….
No, I’m not hitting on you. I just had to share this with you after listening to this video today.
Yesterday I watched a video from a professed “person just like you” who supposedly had it hard until she found what she was doing wrong.
Yes, I fell for it, was going to actually try to get some counseling in marketing (which so many have tried to sign me up for over the phone lately)…When I saw the cost..even the monthly cost…I was blown away.
I actually started crying because I have been trying to market online for 12 years and still didn’t “get it”. I thought this was my chance to finally find whatever it was I wasn’t quite getting.
I was so upset, actually, that I wrote to her email address and told her how I felt about it.
Anyway, its good to know there is someone like you who is willing to walk those of us who are struggling online, and totally broke, through the steps to figure out what we are doing and how to get there from here.
I sincerely want to thank you for these lessons. I WILL, some day, take you and your family out to dinner, my treat!
Lola V
P.S. Oh, yeah, here is my vision.
My vison is to have a successful online business in internet marketing, so I can help others out there just like me.
I will work from home so I can work on my own schedule, and spend more time getting closer to my husband and children.
I will work less than 30 hours per week, get off SSI, and my business will bring in at least $500,000 a year within the next 5 years. I will take my children, even though they are grown and practically grown, to all the vacation spots I wanted to share with them while they were young but could never afford.
My vision is to be finacially independent. That is to have over 1 million dollars annually. I would like to use my on line business to help others. I also would like to have my home paid as well as all my debts. I would have two more homes in different areas. And I would love to take my mother (86 yrs old) to Italy where our ancestors live. She always wanted to go there. Along with this I would want to establish the business that my children and grandchildren would not have to work for someone else. This would be their inheritance that they could travel and absorb all they wanted to wherever they wanted.
My vision is to become an internet marketer who can market anything. To be confident in my ability to take on large business internet marketing campaigns and making a comfortable living so I can pay off all my debt, save for retirement and travel with my wife around the world. I would love to be able to help others through education and donating a portion of my income to charity.
I want to become extremely rich so that I can afford the better things in life for me and my family
Hi Erick,
For my last 10 years I’ve being working as a Respiratory Therapist 12 hours/shift 3-5 days a week. I have a bless family because we all(my wife, 3 boys and one girl) are in good health. But like a lot of us following this course I don’t have the time neither the money to enjoy life other than work and pay bills. I believe this is possible and I know is real. I just want to have the time and enough money to say I’m financially independent. Having close to a year trying to find the formula or learn what system to follow it’s been hard. But I’m still believing!
I believe I can create an info product and a system behind it, integrating affiliate marketing and repeat again and again until that place called success don’t hide from my eyes anymore.
My goal is to reach financial independence not just to enjoy it with my family but to be part of situations helping others in where either the time or the money are not an obstacle or a concern.
Thanks brother!
Cesar
DESIRE AND VISION GO HAND IN HAND. THEY PRODUCE HOPE - THE DRIVING FORCE OF EVERY LIVING HUMAN.
My vision is to have a beautiful house w/my family to enjoy and financial capacity to sustain it.A $120,000 residual income a year probably be a good start.
Wow this is my first ever comment on a website, and I like to thank you Eric and the Lord, for the wonderful gifts of knowledge you have given everyone.
I am a fitness centre owner and my vision is to turn my existing websites into - continual streams of income, which will take me from being a self-employed business owner into a real business owner. When I am a real business owner I will furfill my biggest visions (in this order)1) Fitness finace company need $2M start up capital.
2)My Ultimate Fitness Centre $28M to establish 3)Franchise my fitness centre modle. 4) Fitness Resort developements-$20M to build the first. I want to take on Australias biggest chain of gyms - Fitnessfirst!2003 I had a vision of owning my own fitness centre - now I want to take on the big guns in the industry.
My vision also extends into the entertainment/performance and education industry.
I will be house sitting a million dollar house in the start of 2009 - I have a vision of owning this house in a year!!!!
Big visions, big dreams, big THANK YOU to ERIC’s TIPs!!!!!!
My vision revolves around my wife. I married a lady from the Philippines in August of 2006 - about two and a half years ago. All this time I have been trying to get her here to the States. On one of the last hurdles of the immigration process we ran into a snag, that we cannot come up with the documentation from over 15 years ago that would qualify her to submit an application for a Good Conduct Certificate to the Kingdom of Bahrain where she worked for 6 years. You see, most of the people of the Philippines try to get jobs outside the Phil because the pay is so low there and the availability of descent jobs is scarce. Lacking the Good Conduct Certificate the US NVC, which has total discression in the matter will not provide her with a visa.
Initially, My vision is to make atleast $100.00per day in my new profession of an internet marketing, move to the Phil to be with my wife and ultimately establish a multi-million $ business there, provide training and work for hundreds of people in the Philippines, give the people there some hope of a good life in their own country, and as well instill and/or support the already strong family ties to farming and those more needy of the Father’s children.
Blessings in truth,
Dave
Eric, thank you for taking the time to create the videos and make
them available. The lessons are a valuable shortcut to learning the
arcane nuances of internet marketing.
My vision is to market a series of informational products based
upon 40 years of business experience.
Joseph
My vision is to enjoy frogs eating, and eats thos suckers continuously all of the time, and so much so, that I’ll shortly become really successfull and productive, Having my success with me growing along with my “frogs eating”, I’ll do my best, be my best, and go for the highest high reward possibly possible in the world - that’s why I’ll become multiMillionaire in the next one-two years. and have an explosive growth upward, I’ll allways be in controll and in a piece of mind because I know that I work By the numbers, and because I’ve get the priveledge to be taught by the BEST TEACHERS available in the world, which comes to me fluently by the LAW OF ATTRACTION I’m send to work.
In the next few years I’ll be set for life and find out the next much significant goal to have, and go achieve it while im still young. I’ll direct my family members to follow my path, I’ll live the lifestyle of an millionaire, with the mindset of a rocker: have fun with people more frequently, eat great healthy food, gain a killer muscles, travel with girlfirend or friends, Find myself someone who I’ll personally donate money to which is need it the most and give him a spirituall coaching, massages every week, GO CHASING AFTER VARIETY - not for nothing they said variety is the spice of life- it’s certainly true, spend ju-jitsu time practicing and competing, more outdoors wenting for pleasure, and more ways I’ll find to enjoy myself.
Not only that, I’ll be in touch with the greatest high risk investers and business owners working with them, achieving even greater things.
And for sum up, I’ll have an unfinished pleasurable todo’s, that right before I’m done living and right before I’ll go under ground I’ll say: thank you, I’ve done it’s all.
Eric,
My vision is to be debt free so my wife can quit work and then we’ll have time and funds to go on vacations and really enjoy our golden years.
My vision is to have a successful online business that will enable me to invest in real estate. With the income from the business and the reale estate, I want to have an income of over a million dollars a year. I have four grandchildren that I want to help them pay for their college educaion so that they can start life debt free. I want to have a home on some acreage that I will own with no debts. Then I will buy a second home, possibly a condominium, so I will have a place to stay when visiting the Denver area where one of my daughters lives with her two children. I want to be able to live with no financial fears and be able to travel whenever I wish to do so.
I must confessed that, this lesson has made a great impact on my business. Thanks and may God bless you.
Dear Eric,
If you are still reading and keeping up with your readers posts, I hope you have time one day, to read this one…(it’s my first post).
Eric, there are not enough words to express how much I appreciate you for freely sharing this valuable information on how to make money online….without all the hype.
You’ve given me inspiration to keep believing in my dream….my vision. Thank you Eric. I had almost given up on this internet stuff, until I found you just a couple days ago, and began learning to do it the right way.
I’m one of those that bought into “The Dream They Sold Me”….Alex Jeffreys called it: “The Gurus Dream”.
For over two years I’ve been lost in that maze of “HYPE”…buying so many programs and systems it nearly ruined me financially. The time wasted….the days I wanted to pull my hair out…and all that nonsense the Gurus filled me with!
You my friend are a breath of fresh air. The pieces of the puzzle are coming together, thanks to you! I no longer have that victim mentality! Thank God!
Finally, I cross paths with a genuine and honest person that truly cares what it’s all about….helping others help themselves.
My Vision:
Never to believe another word of hype again!
Always keep my eyes wide open.
Have a discerning heart.
Learn and apply each lesson taught.
Share and give freely with integrity.
Accept the things I cannot change.
Aquire the wisdom to know the difference.
Have fun each day, no matter what.
Smile a lot and share smiles with strangers.
Make a list but make it short and sweet.
Love and live the Golden Rule.
My vision is one of eternity. The material things we have here while we live our journey in life are only temporary. We cannot take these material things with us after this body dies.
But, we can leave a legacy for our loved ones.
After all, isn’t that why we want to prosper? To help not only ourselves….but our loved ones. And the people around us…as well as those who may never even have a chance in life….unless we help them?
So, my vision includes working hard building an empire of realestate online…that keeps spreading billions of dollars world wide…raising up a new generation of people who have a heart to give.
Making other peoples dreams come true.
There is no better feeling in life, than giving. It is the key to life…here in this world now…moment by moment… and into eternity!
God Bless You All!
My vision is a composite of several broad goals.
First, to become financially independent. Specifically, to earn a profit of over $500 thousand in the first year as an Affiliate Marketer. Then to earn a profit in excess of $1 million in year 2 and thereafter, thru niche businesses that will be nearly self sustaining.
Second, to build an Internet Marketing business that I can pass on to my children as a source of supplemental or primary income.
Third, to help others achieve financial freedom thru what I have learned in Internet Marketing; to teach others the techniques to help them succeed.
And fourth, to enjoy more time with my family and have and a chance to travel the world and enjoy life to its fullest.
My vision is to have a multi-million $ internet business. Sell my window cleaning business within 2 years for $150K-$200K. Own a successfull vegetarian restaurant and all I have to focus on is the marketing. Spend quality time with my love ones. Discover other cultures by travelling all over the world. And truly being a LIGHT for others to find their LIGHT. And last, but certainly not least, have ALOT of FUN!
my vision for the future is to have a million in the bank in 3 years
I will invent and put together a social webservice that will inspire people to do good. It will be a catalyst that will generate whole new income streams for welfare and charity organizations. It will be good enough to have imitators, but not until I have sold the model to the biggest welfare organizations in the world.
As a person I will inspire others as someone who has had big adversities in life and still made a big success of herself.
I will have hundreds of people who are personally grateful to me for their income or inspiration.
I will have income from my business that can sustain my health and comfortable, relaxed lifestyle wherever I choose to live. I am able to save 90% of my income, if I want, and I am debt-free. I will only have to work 30 hours per week, and I enjoy my work very much.
I will hold this vision and appreciate myself enough to keep it clear and develop it.
The big plan: To create a Health Care system for the USA and then World. Health Care, not sickness care. I have the product, the desire and the idea, I just need the capitol and legal foundation. I want to give 90% of my income to Gods Kingdom- Missions, Support, Water, Supplements for Health, Create a Foundation for “at home moms”, Support Home Schoolers via HSLDA, make a movie and travel the world. Plus be healthy-Mental, Physical and Spiritually, and walking in His Spirit being led by Jesus.
My vision is to have a business where I can set my own hours and make at least a million dollars a year with my websites mostly running on auto-pilot.It’s to have the products that a lot of us need and want in this distressed economy of ours.
Hello,
My vision is to become a happy and heatlhy bilionaire entrepreneur, enjoying freedom, work, vacation and family life.
Hi,
I have just completed lesson13 - vision, this one really gets you thinking, well here goes.
My vision is to be able to give up my day job for good and do what I love to do, which is work from home on my computer, where I can spend more time at home with my family and my dog and live in an English farmhouse in the country and not forgetting my passion which is downhill skiing, I want to try all the great resorts around the globe, Aspen, Kyoto and Banff and do it all knowing that I can really afford it, and to do this a salary of £500,000PA would be required. I will do this, I will do this!
The ElectronicDrumCircle is a world-wide organization of drummers and people who want to connect with each other. EDC operates online and in groups around the world. Participants can connect with other groups through our advanced communication website which is also designed for small online groups and live online drum lessons. The online Drum Circle system and Drum Training systems will work seemlessly together, so members can find a lesson or drum circle online almost any hour of the day or night! My system’s ultimate goal is to bring us all together as the drummers we inherently are… To drum together for all of our well-being… To move into the future with happiness toward life and each other… To Co-Create the Atmosphere People Want To Come Back To! Within 5 years, an EDC event will celebrate with 1,000,000 people at a single online event!
My vision for my online business and my life goes something like this. I want to start my online business with affiliate marketing to get some income coming in. Then I want to start selling information about my true passion which is music. Anything music related to help other musician reach their goals. I want to make one million dollars in my first year so that I can be debt free and give my family the security and freedom we deserve. I want this to be my muse to allow me to play with my band and use the tools I will be selling as first hand accounts of how they work. I want to also use the freedom of owning my own business to take my family on trips and to tour the world with my band.
[…] Tips for awhile, you might know I’ve written about VISION on several occasions (See Lesson #13). About 10 years ago, I got a vision for my online business. That vision has been modified and […]
Hi Eric
Thanks as always for the tremendous amount of useful info you give to the world.
My vision is severalfold :
I own a franchise for a very reputable web development/internet marketing firm in the UK.
My efforts to make a success of it in the real world using old methods such as f2f networking etc have met with limited success thus far.
So my first goal is to market that business more effectively using the very tools I advocate to potential b2b customers. I would like to create a simpler site with more effective landing pages with some of the products repackaged and leverage it that way.
Ultimately I want to become the “go to” guy for IM in my local area.
Secondly I want to set up at least 2 and possibly more review type sites for areas of interest (probably poker and personal development) which I’ll monetise by creating my own products and/or affilates. Again I’m not looking to make a fast buck (or pound!) but build a long-term ‘authority’ type site such as this one right here !
Lastly, I feel strongly that if done correctly and with discipline and patience that the traffic/in demand products/clickbank model can bring me a good income over time. The growth of web users worldwide certainly isn’t diminishing and with the advent of better technology it will become even easier to find, choose, try out and compare products in time - this is where I want to be.
So there are 3 streams if you like :
- Local guru (eventually)
- Hobby sites which turn into monetised “authority centres”.
- Proper IM business to make cash.
Thanks for reading.
Oh, and I know the value of visualising so in 9 years time on my 50th birthday I will have 3 houses including one that sits on a cliff and has a massive glass front overlooking the sea, so my wife and child can look at the view.
I’ll be driving a dark Green Posrche 911, and she will have a DB9. I’ll also have more than enough cash to travel the world playing in poker tournaments when I so desire.
Cheers, Andrew
I thank u for your effort and I wish I could be an expert like you. I want to know how to market my product on the net. If you could assist me please do it for me. Thanks and God Bless you. More years for you. Drink Ionized Alkaline Antioxidant and Micro Clustered water for longevity.
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Hi Eric. My vision is earning a millon dollars a year, affording a nice house here in Argentina where I live, buying the car I really LIKE and not the on I COULD buy. Travelling one or two times a year for visiting my family in USA, and inviting all of them to go on cruises and all kind of trips together, all at my charge. And building a solid future for my children and for myself for when I decide i´m not working any more because I´m too old or whatever.
Hi all,
My vision for my online business is for it to create a stream of semi passive cash flow which will in turn fund my invesments in shares and property.
The big picture, as I’m sure it is for a lot of people, is one of freedom of choice - the choice to work/not work as i see fit, choice to help friends and family if need be, choice to do with my time exactly as i please.
Good luck to you all, cheers.
My vision is to finally be able to go go to the store and not take the calculator to see if my wife and I can buy it, as far as vacations, in the last 65 years is when a company went on strike but still had to get a part time job, so vacations have no meanings at all except a waste of money. That comes from having to scrimp so you can take care of your family.
As far as a web site that comes next month if the money is there, no money, slow advancement, but plugging away for the last 6 months.
They say you can start with as little as $5, what can you buy with that, because if you let any one know you have it, your rent, fuel, food, and you can’t for get insurance all go up $10 to get that $5, if you don’t believe me look at all the people losing their homes, their property taxes going up on them.
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I have several ideas for an online business or businesses…this part of my vision needs further research and focus but pulling up to that bird’s eye view my online business will allow me unlimited opportunity for personal creative expression as a business consultant helping others to build their visions and success (this includes maximizing our exsisting mobile medical services business and helping my husband building a successful freestyle wrestling club/business) Not as a guru but more as a roll up your sleeves advisor and resource. This business/es will provide me a lifestyle in which I am able to spend time with my family engaged in our sports, art, and music activities. The income will allow us to build a well known and successful wrestling club…to travel and enjoy the ability to eat out whenever we want to!!! Like the old California lottery commercials used to say, I want to be able to “…afford all this cheese!”
We wrote down our vision. It is quite long for here. Thank you Eric for helping us to get it down on paper and for all the others that have written. They have been wonderful to read. These are a few of the things that we have:
1. To have up to 6 income streams 2.To have $7,000 a month from each of them. 3. To grow 1% each year. 4. For the income streams that have redisual $7,000 a month from each of them. With the same 1% increase each year. This is the short list. Thank you again.
Dan and Deanna “Marketing Unscrambled”
Grow a successful business that will allow me to quit my job pay of my large mortgage allow my wife to give up her job spend more time with my family and educating them to be financially free to make other successes of there lives and to have time and resource to give back to my community/ help others
HI, I’m just getting started and don’t even have anything off the ground yet. But after listening to you and everyone posting here I feel energized and ready to go. I’m an older lesbian female with two boys and two granddaughters. I’ve worked hard all my life and I’m currently waiting for surgery on my back. I would like to establish a site for stay at home moms and crafters to display their creations. To offer an outlet to the little people who need exposure. I’d like to get away from back breaking minimum wage jobs and help support my family so my girlfriend doesn’t have to kill herself. I see a bright future on the internet I really wanna be part of it. I’d also like to offer a positive environment for people who need a little hand up, (much like you are doing). I’m still in the planning stages and a little unsure of myself but you guys are giving me the push I need. Thank you so much for listening to me!
My vision is to learn everything I can about internet marketing and become an expert such as yourself and to make a good living writing ebooks, creating videos, and teaching live online and offline classes about the internet and overall live in general, as mine has be somewhat unique in many ways and I believe I have many experiences that can help younger people to be a better person and have a better live.
I have already earned from $1,500 to $3,000 per day from an email list of well over 150,000 and that was before 9/11. I have sold advertising in publications all the way up to and including USA Today. I have averaged selling one credit card merchant account a day online and received calls from Visa and MasterCard attorney’s and Vice Presidents to see if what I was doing was legitimate or not and it was I assure you, but I still have the dream of teaching others how to earn online and have what they want, much like yourself, of which is what brought me to your lessons session. It is now about 1:30 am and I am rarely online at that time at this point in my career, but am truely taken in by your video lessons and look forward to the day that I do the same and help people to learn how to earn on the internet.
I have been chosen from over 70,000 to give a speech to the California State Legislature, although today I do not live in California. At that time I have worked with a professional speech writer, and even made a video with a professional film crew for that same purpose, and it has always stuck with me about helping others to learn from my experiences and after I have learned everything that you have to offer, I am confident that I can now attain that dream Eric.
Thank you for your lessons, they are now helping me to establish a much clearer vision of what I truely want to do with the knowledge that I have, your are super!!!
Hi Eric,
I vision myself in 3 mos to be fully self-supporting through my own contributions! I mean being able to easily without stress to pay my bills, buy more Real Estate, to grow my online business! In 6mos. I want to have enough income to remodel my lady’s kitchen! And to show her that this online stuff is legit & profitable! By next Jan/Feb, I want to take a very nice long vacation back to Austalia! Finally, I want to be able to pass this business on to my Family!
Hi Eric
Not holding back, my ultimate vision (inspired by stories of ancient Cordoba) is to create a place where people of all religions and none can come together and share wisdom and healing. This would not just be a conceptual space (as on the internet) but also a physical place/s. It would be a massive extension and externalisation of what I currently provide through my website, made possible by working less hours while generating enough income to provide for my own needs and those of my family. The ocean and nature provide spiritual sustenance to me so I see myself living in a house where I can hear the sea and meditate in nature. The rest of my days would be committed to inspiring and uplifting others. I had set my income figure at £50,000 per year, which is a high figure in my family’s eyes but maybe I’m being a bit conservative.
Hi Eric!
I’ve been following you lessons right from #1 until now, and I can frankly say that today’s lesson is THE most important to-date and I might even say that of all future lessons also. Vission is by far the most important attribute one can possess. Without it, there is no future. But during a lifetime, certain occurance happens that blirs our vission for some time. That piriod of time maybe a few weeks, or it may last for years before you can finally refocuss your eforts on something wothwhile.
Let me tell you my storey(and please acept what I will be telling you as facts and not a complaint I simply wish to stand as an example of something that has happened to many other people)I’m am now an old man 75 yr. old last december in fact. I have no education (6th grade public school and and whatever else I could pick up on my own). I.ve been on my own since I was 15 years of age. That is because I lost my parents when I was 6yr. old so all I could do to earn my living is labor intenced work, and lots of hours. Never-the less I was determined very early on that I would biuld a life and a family) for myself. So I set out to do just that. I married when I was twenty six, had three children that at my wages could not afford to send to colledge, but raised them never-the-less, and now I’m the Grandfather of ten and greatgrandfather or one,and proud of it. By the time I was 55yr. old I had a house nearly paid for and I was in line for a good pension, along with savings that I had accumulated and some RSPs I was planning my retirement.Then came the (dirty)90s. 1990s that is.The bottom fell out of the economy here in Canada, and so did we. By “we” I mean all those of us who were considered to old to be of any use as an employee in a new type “CAREER” AND SO I NEVER GOT ANOTHER JOB TO THIS DAY. Before I could reach the age of retiement I had gone through my savings,my RSPs my “poggi” or UI, lost my house, my dreams and my VISSION WENT “pooff”
But I never lost my ambision. and I kept trying until one day it down on me that the only thing that would give any hope at all for the future was something with a computer. Of course, I new nothing about a computer, so I went to a store where one could be bought and ask the “nice man” “hOW DO YOU START ONE OF THOSE?”"AND HOW MUCH DO THEY COST?” I won’nt bore you with his answer. And so started my quest for my new career–I was 67yr. old then It was a long learning process and today I’m still working at making it work for me and my family. You see My boys are working 60-65HR week trying to survive. My dream now is to succeed at setting up an internet bisiness that I can leave to my family, My “VISSION” to leave a good web site besiness that will take care of my entire family when I leave this world. All I ask of God is to give me the time to do it before I leave this world.
Take it from an “OLD MAN” WITH ALL KIND OF EXPERIENCE except education,
WITHOUT HOPE AND VISSION “THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO IN THIS WORLD”
Hope I had, YOU Eric gave ME the VISSION I was looking for. Now (I think) I know where I’m going. Thanks a million from,
Wilf”the old man”Cormier
My vision is to break free from money worries and be able to help people with whom I relate do the same.
Eric, My vision for the future consists of (2)million + per year average income from a mixed variety of affilliate marketing,training seminars, several personal web businesses, and realestate investments. Two possible web businesses that I would like to start would be: #1 “Awesome Adventure Trips”,primarily because that’s the kind of things I always dreamed of doing. So I figured that while I was making contact and learning how to set up the business I would come across opportunities to actually do some of the things that I would be promoting. Which I could also start forums and blogs on my experiences and thus promote my “awesome adventure trips” business. #2 Some type of construction consulting business or training, or write do it yourself books on the subject. I want to somehow capitalize on over 30 years of many fields of construction mastery. I am very persistent but have some mountainous obstacles it seems keeping me from getting my first campaign going. Eric, I appreciate sincerely this helpful training you have been giving. I am looking forward to a much better future.—Dan
My vision is to have an online business that is related to my interests in: Curling; Military; Music; & Sailing; all while helping other people.
It would bring in a minimum of $250,000.00 per year, so that I could enjoy lots of free time to travel (especially on a World Cruise), helping out my family & friends, as well as allowing me to be very generous by supporting the Charities that I love.
Hi Eric, Since we have had our website up for almost a year now and not doing well. I have a vision of it growing into $1000.00 dollar a day in sales. This will allow my wife to quit her job. I am already retired from the Navy and getting social security. Then we could spend just a few hours with the on line business. We both love to fish and travel, so I see us going on fishing trips to other parts of the world.
Hi Eric,
Thanks for the passion to prepare all these great lessons in video. I’m a total newbie in online marketing. I don’t have a website (I don’t know how to built one!)
My vision is to built a successful online business to replace my E quadrant paycheck so that i can quit my job and be financially free.
Thanks.
My vision is to help 30,000 people save or sell their homes to avoid foreclosure over the next year. In the process I will establish a contact list of people in need of assistance, and investors and Realtors who can help them get through the process from among the people who buy or express interest in my foreclosure guides and other information products.
The direct earnings for myself from the online guidebook I have available now will be around $400,000, but 2 times that amount will be earned through back end products over the course of the next 18 months– teleconference courses, CDs from the teleconferences, and a lead generation business that matches people in need of help with people who can help them.
Within the next six months I will begin a similar process on the topic of helping people understand and deal with bankruptcy, and to help people deal with the interrelationship between bankruptcy and foreclosure. It is expected that the series of materials on this topic will also earn between $500,000 and $1 million in 2010/11.
From these earnings I intend to repay loans from family members and friends who have helped to get us through a rough time, and begin tithing our income again to charitable causes such as Rotary International Foundation, our church, Heifer Project, World Vision, and Habitat for Humanity, as well as local cultural organizations.
We also want to be able to secure education and begin a home ownership fund for our two young adult children and to offer them assistance in starting their own businesses. We will also repair our long neglected home and prepare it for sale so that we can move on with our personal lives from issues that have beset us for the past couple of years.
Since the real estate difficulties we have faced personally have drained us of our retirement funds we must also dedicate at least $200,000 per year into safe and balanced retirement investments so 5 years from now we can slow down the pace a bit and do more travel.
a Runner! I’m hooked now. I always like your videos but now we have a common bond. Do you still run? I’ve been running since 1979 and no injuries. Vision? Thanks Eric….I’ve done many great music gigs but never had a vision for it. Great exercise and wise too. What were your track interval workouts? Hopefully you still run!
I still run… but not as often and much more casual now. I did all sorts of intervals back in the day. Lots of 200 repeats, in and outs, even mile repeats.
Eric
This is not easy for me. Normally I am very private and to tell people a personal vision is a painful stretch. Would like to be able to afford a good doctor for my daughter. She is a wonderful celloist and is very ill. Would like to see her be herself again, strong and well. Would like to build multiple streams of income, health and wellness for ovbvious reasons, information on how to become an internet marketer, it is daunting just to know where to begin. Would also like personal development to be in there as well. Do not want to set a dollar amount. If it is too low then it would not be challenging enough. Always liked helping people, do not want to sound cliche, but starting a foundation would be interesting.
Eric, my vision is to build a successful online and offline business centered around helping single adults to achieve personal, relational, financial and security success in their lives. By making it possible for them to succeed, I will also achieve my goal of bringing in more than $1 million per year in annual income.
This will allow me the personal and financial freedom to help my family and friends and to live a fuller and richer life.
As a retiree curently living off of my diminishing assets I need to create income sufficient to cover my living expenses and some recreational events.I will select an on-line business(es) which is capable of generating $100,000 per annum positive cash flow.
I want a million dollar a year business. I want to inspire people to believe in themselves and dream.
Hi Eric,
My vision Would not be uncommon from the majority and that is to have a very big subscriber list that would buy the products that I introduce to them via email so as I have a relativly passive income, so as I am able to do the things offline that I want to do and not have to worry about paying the next bill. A prety common goal I think you would agree.
As an income I would like to achieve £60,000 per year.
Eric - my vision is:
Develop the knowledge and experience to generate as much income as I want to meet my needs and to help others; to be completely debt free; to free up time to pursue service opportunities, personal interests, education, or acquisition of new skills; to identify and provide opportunities for people who are less capable of holding a job, or making enough money to be self-sufficient; to teach what I learn.
My vision is to set up an online business that allows me to quit my job which I work way too many hours at, and work on my laptop anywhere in the world while I travel with my girlfriend. I will spend time working on aid projects, while my internet business generates enough revenue to sustain my lifestyle and provide financial security for me and my family with a total passive revenue stream of £500k to £1 million pa.
Hello Eric,
My vision is to create a large online business that will employ hundreds of employees from my wife’s country of the Philippines.I want to create time and financial freedom for myself and my family.I want to create multiple offline businesses as well in the philippines that I will create from my online business income. The filipino people are respectful,friendly and are in need of opportunities that I plan to create.I already have two employees with hundreds more to go.I hope your tips will help me in some way achieve my goals.I have been learning and studying internet marketing since sept 08 so I could use all the tips I can get.
Eric,
My vision should be fairly easy to communicate since I have been formulating it, in detail in my mind, for roughly four years.
I have been doing a considerable amount of research on Internet Marketing for three and a half to four years. It has been research only, since my wife and I had been totally consumed both mentally and physically for about the same amount of time with a failing business. We owned a fifty-employee manufacturing facility.
We had put everything we had saved for retirement into this endeavor. Three years ago we were pretty much forced into investing in a new finishing facility to market a new product that our regional dealer-base needed. The cost of the plant and automated equipment was a little over a million dollars. We took the plunge, went into debt a little deeper and just when we had everything completed, the bottom fell out of the US housing market. We ended up in a situation where we were fortunate to get out with the clothes-on-our-backs.
We are still dealing with a few “loose ends” with the final closure, but as of October of this year we were finished with the plant and most of the associated “headaches”. Now, I’m at the point of not looking back and only looking forward to an unbelievable future in Internet marketing.
I’ve done enough research to know that there is a tremendous opportunity in I.M. but it will also require a lot of hard work, but I am very tenacious (maybe to a fault) and a hard worker (definitely to a fault, ask my wife). I’m not moved or impressed with the “get-rich-quick-over-night”, “gifting”, and “scams” crowd. These are the folks that, I fear, make it tough on the legitimate Internet Marketers.
My specific goal, in order of importance, is to replace my wife’s income so that I can bring her home. She is an administrative assistant for a major US corporation. I am looking forward to the time when she will be able to apply her skills and talents to our business in our home office. To bring her home our internet marketing endeavor must (and will) be generating approximately $3,800 to $4,000 per week in net sales. This first goal is to stabilize everything and should be attained in nine to twelve months.
The next phase will be our “enjoying life stage” where we will push the business to provide $500,000 per year; this will be accomplished in less than twenty-four months. We will continue to grow the business, possibly bringing in one part-time associate when we hit the million per year mark.
The above vision will provide a comfortable lifestyle as well as providing funds for extra giving in the forms of a yearly scholarship to a needy student as well as other giving to church and community. Finally, on a more selfish note, it will provide funds for much needed and neglected vacations for my wife and me.
Eric, thanks for all of the heart felt concern and honest advice you show all of your followers. I am amazed at how a young man such as yourself has amassed such wisdom. I am looking forward to more of the same and will thank you in advance for helping me and my wife attain our goals.
Gary
Hi Eric,
Well my vision begins with the internet where I have created multiple streams of income from various sources. Which leads up to my 3 ultimate goals which are 1-Having a non profit business where I put Blind and visually impaired individuals to work. Helping them so they have higher self asteem and self worth. 2-Getting my poetry published 3-Bringing my inventions to the public
And it all doesn’t stop there. I would also create and open clinics to help drug addicts fight their addictions using methods that I have designed instead of conventional methods that I see way to often fail.And these are just a small sample of my visions. If I continue on naming them I could probably go on forever.
Thanks Eric for your incedible insight and lessons. I know that you have given me greater hope for my future success and I am forever indebted to you.
Thanks again
Hi eric,
Me and my wife work in retail stores, to many hours a week including weekends. My vision is to work as a marketer, helping people to do the same, I wanna create a website with a lot of good information can every body take advantage off it, i wanna work for my self spend time with my family, travel, meet the world, help peolple, help my family to start their own business…
I wanna be free in mind and spirit and peace in my heart and transmit this feeling to every one
You Hit It right on this lesson.Eric.After failing at two off line businesses,a total of about 18 years,I felt like a total failure,and have been thinking like one ever since.When I started internet marketing,about three years ago,It has been a failure,I wanted to quit, but internet marketing is really what I want to do.Starting out without a direction,or good information ,is a killer.I probably had a plan from other internet marketeers,but did not follow through with it.When I saw your course,I thought I probably know what your going to say,WRONG.So I knocked myself down a few notches,positived my attitude,and payed attention.I now see my basic problems ,I am working on the problems one at a time.I see right now,even if I’m not the greatest marketeer,I will be a happier person,knowing that I am not a failure
Howdy Eric,
My first goal is to pay more tithes and offerings. Also to be the best humble Stewart of the opportunities God gives me. Second would be to pay off our small gift store and all family debts we have. $70.000 in the next three months would be a good start. Our basic goal is to help as many folks as possible come to know and realize a pure personal relationship with CHRIST!!!. We are look to travel and experience God’s great beautiful planet first hand.
Vision is the corner stone of our faith!!!
Wow! You certainly have a way to get the mind ticking over. Thanx Eric.
My vision is to have a successful online biz up and running on $500,000+ per year within 24 months.
More than living the wonderful lifestyle that this would allow me, I can prove to my kids and friends, that I CAN DO IT … Hey! What the hell - I AM DOING IT!
Another really awesome advantage that financial freedom and job satisfaction would give me, is the ability to give generously to charities - A dream that becomes more important to me as I get older.
Working my biz on the internet, having time and money to live freely and comfortably with the people I love, and having some spare cash to share with others … NOW THATS LIVING!
Hi Eric,
I’m an absolute newbie to the internet world full stop,I’ve listend to arbitragers and the like and the way they explain thier scams to me is very complex and unprofessional,i’ve searched round a few sites as you can imagine till i come across yours and what a difference its crisp and clear which is what i like, i’ve had my goals set for sometime now from january 1st 2009 is the start date of my 5 year plan offline i have 2 small businesses of which i intend my daughter to take on the responsabilaties when she finishes her training sometime in 2010 failing that the businesses will be sold.Online my intensions are to have a successfull business and within 3months start to loosen the raines on my offline businesses i will be 46 in june 09 and i want to spend more time doing the things that mean something to me than be too tierd and unable.When i was born my perents were told i would never walk i did walk,i played pro-football till i was 26 retired due to injury so basicaly i have the determination to do anything i desire if you want something bad enough your going to get it.
my vision is to earn enough money to retire comfortably and be debt free and help my friends and family and finally be the person that I know i am. I dont care how many hours a week it takes. I need this venture to be successful. I am anxious to get started, but I
need to learn so much more. I don’t even know how to copy and paste yet!!
My vision is to not work so much at my job. I have been a hard worker for over 20 years. Holding down 2 jobs to support my wife and 2 sons. I am a machinist and enjoy working with my hands. I recently divorced and remarried a dear sweet lady from China whom I met online. My dream(and hers) is to live in upstate NY in the summer and live in China in the winter. I would like to start my online business venture as an affiliate marketer while searching and researching a niche market where I can create my own information product. I’ve never been good with money so I’d like to learn to be better at making it and through my efforts I would like to make $5,000,000 per year as an internet marketer.
Thanks for listening
Eric you have been so great with all the info, I started a small business offline 6 months ago. I have always been involved with the fitness and wellnes genre. I became a wellness consultant and distributor of fine herbal products. My entire family has benifited and lost a total of 100lbs for the three of us . I feel that I with the new found program I could help so many more people with there weight struggles. This is my goal to help as many as I can.
My vision is to become successful at internet marketing, make 1 million dollars a year, have many websites and create my own products that help people improve their life and give them hope.
My vision is become very successful at iterteret marketing,to earn 500.000 a year or more, to have the financial freedom that we all dream about. To be able to focus more on my family, friends and music(guitar work) which is my passion, to be able to help others in whatever way possible. To be able to set my own schedule. To be successful and supportive on my journey forward.
My vision is to run an internet business that centers around my knowledge and love of dogs. I have started an e-book and want to make $500,000.00 per year. I want to provide information and products to interested pet owners. I want to travel several times a year and have the freedom to spend more time with my family and loved ones. I want to share my vision of how anything is possible through the power of prayer and faith.
My vision is to retire from my job within 2 years so that I can do some of the things I am interested in. Very simple things…like wine making, candle and soap making, gourmet cooking, decorating, writing, vacations… most of which I am not able to do now. I approaching 59 years old but I am widowed and have a 16 year old to raise.
My vision is to sit at the computer and enjoy seeing money come into my bank account from my affiliate earnings. I will be debt free. I will be an expert who shares her knowledge with others so they can earn and be debt free. Yah!
Hi Eric,
My vision is to interact with people much the way I do on my present job, only having the choice to pursue continuing relationships with some of them and to release others (those with whom I have no positive connection).
In addition, I would like to be able to communicate with people both through written communications and one-on-one conversations.
My vision includes making more money than I have ever made before — enough to live comfortably and to have some left over for investment, for giving directly to those in need and to give to institutions that have a track record of effectively helping people.
Making more money would demonstrate the social value of my efforts (the scorecard). Asking for wisdom in using that money would keep me from believing that “I did it all myself”.
When I have been sick and recovered, I have been grateful, but the “win” never made me arrogant. I have to admit to some fear that financial success would make me too proud.
That’s another area where you are a particularly good role model. You seem to be very unassuming, even if you are very wealthy. An obstacle for my striving for positive change has always been my dislike of the strutting and preening of the very successful.
I want to be both successful and “normal”, if that makes sense.
Hi Eric:
Back in the mid 90s I was on my way back home from a long stay out in California. I had driven out there but due to unforeseen circumstances, I had to travel by way of public transport back to Florida. During a rest stop in Mexicali I think…I went to the ladies room….while washing my hands I heard a noise and looked up to see what could only be termed as a “bag Lady” come in to the place and go to a sink and attempt to give her self a bath….this was so heart breaking to witness…she had a shopping cart filled with all sorts of odd items that were important to her but what struck me the most was she was so unkept in her appearance….my mind went to wondering…who is she?…does she have family?….why would her love ones allow her to live in these horrible conditions?…That was the turning point for me….I have a fear….I never want to end up like that! I want to be in charge of my own destiny to make as much income to provide for my children and myself! I want to open a shelter to help others who are in need. These would be the top two most important priorities to me I think. My other desires are travel, nice big girl toys…Jewelry, fine art and what nots. I just can not get that picture of her out of my mind after all these years….that is why I strive to work towards building a successful business and not have to ever find myself living on the streets as a “baglady”……
Hi Eric:
Thank you for creating this program! I am enjoying the series.
My vision is to create a successful online business in the next 90 days that will generating over $100,000 per month . My companies first year profit will be over #1,000,000. I will resign from my full time position when I have no debt to repay. I will schedule family vacations and enjoy spending more time at home. I will continue in self
growth and building my business practices to be able to invest and help others.
My vision is to own a successful online business providing entertainment for young people. I want to succesed and quit working except online and enjoy the rest of my life.
Hi Eric,nice lesson.My vision is to take all the tools that you provide and build an online business that thrives.I would like to be able to spend alot more time with my wife and kids.I sometimes have to miss parts of their lives because of work.Now with the things that I will learn I am confident that I can change my life for the better.
my vision for my life is to have a successful online marketing business that will generate enough money to get me and my family out of debt so that I can travel to third world countries helping people. I am presently employed full time with a fortune 500 company and have been in the retail business for 19 years. I would like to eventually quit my job. I have two kids in college and its hard. I have always wanted a successful business and I am still pursuing my dreams
Hi Eric,
since 2 week i became a member I,ve have been logging to your Eric,s tip almost everyday listening to one tip a day before i start my daily life.My apologies for my late comments.
My education is up to school level and i never been to college nor university. but i have work all kinds of jobs to survive. I had my ups & downs but did gain experience from it all. Life education never ends.
My vision is to be debt free by end of 2009. Also pass my knowledge that i have learned & help others who wants to succeed financially. Live and have a happy family and enjoy life.
Eric, you are just not only giving TIPs, you are also a mentor & motivator, You inspire me to better my life. God bless you & your family for helping others.
Thank You,
Rashid Ranjit
From Malaysia
Visions are the most important thing for someone to work for, thrive on, and without vision you pretty much won’t go far. Maybe that’s what some people want. Not me, I’m nearing 50 yrs. old and I am sick of working my tail off for peanuts,my new vision is to get my online business rockin’ and rollin’ so I can make a good living and enjoy my prime years.
Sincerely;
D.T.
http://www.surefire88.com
My vision is to have an successful online business that where I can earn at least $100,000 monthly to provide for my 7 children and live comfortably with travel and leisure. I want my children to have the best education and most importantly I want to make a difference in the lives of the sufferers of urban communities, especially in the public school systems.
Hi Eric, first of all I’d like to say thank you for the free lessons and this is something God had been showing me in His Word - Vision. So here it is, building an email list of 7,000 people, multiple income streams on and offline each one generating £30,000 per month, working 15 hours a week, totally debt free, investing profit wisely and gaining assets.
Be blessed always,
S.H.
My vision is to have an online business that earns at least $15,000 per month. Some of the money would go to our church. My husband and I would pay all our outstanding bills and put money away for our children for college. After the bills are paid, we would invest a portion of the money into real estate. My family and I would go on mission trips and sponsor other missionaries. We would be able to help out people in need and I would be able to continue to drop off and pick up my children from school everyday. We would be able to go on several international and domestic vacations every year.
My vision is to make huge sums of money, of which I want to ,in addition to improving my family’s living standards,put aside a large amount in order to sponsor many children’s education. I quit a very well-paying banker’s job eight years ago and I remember fondly those days when I used to send a monthly contribution to an Orphanage. I want to relive those days with better prospects to live life to the fullest.I also want to relieve my husband from the burden of taking care of the family single-handedly. I have the confidence to do this Eric,with your wonderful course. Thanks a lot, Eric.
my vision :
To become the most successful internet entrepreneur in Mexico in the fields of Info products, membership sites , helping and teaching other to do the same as i do to develop Internet business, having an income of $200,000.00usd per month and be free spend time with my family and be able to give back to my comunity helping kids to get an education and to stay away from drugs and crime..
=) i don’t know if this is too short but as I go along with the lessons my mind will start open up more allowing me to dream and vision bigger and farther..
thanks Eric.. you’re the Best!!
I vision prosperity, $400K a year is enough, and a foundation to help yuouth be successful, with a foundation income of 1 million yearly. I lteach and empower the youth programs bringing leaders and innovatiors of all ages to be partners. WE make a difference locally and nationally.
My vision is to get up early every morning and exercise before taking my kids to school. I would then work on my internet business from my home until it was time to pick the kids up from school and be done working until the next day. With a long lunch in the middle, this means working a 4 hour day. I’d like to profit about $2000/day.
Hi Eric.
Thanks for your tips. My vision becoming a successful online entrepreneur to achieve a higher degree of comfort for my family instead of wondering can we afford to do things families should be doing together. I envision multiple income streams of income to also contribute to local charities and to homeless folk. Debt free is where I want to be. I always work hard but don`t always think smart and because of that I missed out on much of my sons life, and I pray that I can regain some of that time I lost with him. Once again thank you Eric for your tips.
MY VISION
To build my websites with multiple streams of income, so that I have an annual income of $1 Million + to enable me to become debt free and be able to help worthy causes like, the Australian bushfire appeal, the wheelchair project in America, Dr Robert Schuller’s world wide non-denominational religious programme in America, the Red Cross and Salvation Army. I also want to help people with information on a non – drug treatment for cancer. I would like to be able to take some time off to complete a book that I am writing – to be sold on and off line.
Thankyou Eric for all your kind and helpful
tips. Kind Regards
Bob Hall.
I want to rich an income level above $20000 per month after taxes, which would leave me financially independent.
I want to run my own company successfully in all aspects.
I want to pay off my depts of $30000, buy myself a great flat in central town and a new Honda Civic Type R, set up a center for meditation and other spiritual development, set up a house with small inexpensive flats for people to rent short term - eg students looking for housing, people working partlý abroad etc.
I want to educate myself in spiritual development, being both student and teacher.
i don’t know how but i want to feel all the luxury of life i want to be rich cause i have many things to do for myself and for others and those things which i’m planning to achieve in my life can’t be fulfilled without money so i want to earn lot of money………
Thank you for the lessons the are a life saver for me. My vision at the moment is to be a successful affiliate marketer in the beginning. Be able to get myself out of debt and help my family. Be able to go see my family when ever I wanted to. To be able to do what you are doing for people and help them with nothing but the feeling as an award.I want in the beginning 50,000 to 75,000 a yr. That will double my annual salary from my full time job in a grocery store.
thank you again for the lessons. Iam learning and know that I will get there one day.
Dear Eric,I live in England and have a Thai wife,I had a successful business but was robbed of it by a devious partner.I feel that I have let my wife down.So my vision is to be so successful in my online business that(as I promised her before)we could go and live in Thailand have a nice home not worry about finances again help the poorer people in the area live a life f fulfilment,look after her family as well as my own and carry on running my business in paradise.
Eric Thank You for the Lessons and Tips… I want to pay for all of my kids college and education and be financially capable of helping them. Retire with a residual income of over $1 million per year and help other people to achieve their goals in life. To have the spare time to do the missionary work that God has put in my heart to do.God Bless”
These is great info Eric. I really want to become a successful affilliate marketer to begin with. I first tried it out through a company, but have been limited by very limited administrative freedom with my website. I want to create my own website at this point and try a fresh start at doing it right. I see myself learning and growing this over time and refuse to put a limit on what I may achieve.
My vision is to have a successful online business that nets two million dollars a year. I will quit my job and have more time to spend with my family. I will eliminate all of my debt. I will renovate my house and hire a house cleaner to come in twice a week. I will be able to work around my hours and be able to travel as often as I like. I will teach my children how to work online successfully so they too can have the freedom to reach their goals and pursue their passions. I will be able to donate not only more money but more time to the charities I am already involved with as well as new causes that I am moved by.
I want to build a successful online business to over one million dollars per year. This will allow me to help finish our new church that is about half finished.
Hi Eric,
My vision is to create a successful online business involving how to information concerning Real Estate. The business will be on automatic responders and will generate over $100,000 per month. My family and I will travel and take wonderful vacations. We will invite others that they maybe inspired to look at being involved in internet marketing. I’ll give a percentage to my church and give back to the community, and other needed services. I don’t want this to be all about me and my family, but also to help other reach their dreams and goals.
My vision is create an online business which will generate three million dollars per year and be as completely automated as possible. This will help me to pursue other things in life that matter to me without having to worry about money. I shall teach others to do this and help those who are less fortunate.
Fulfilling my personal dreams would include an expansive list of FREEDOMS for my heart and soul! I will establish these freedoms from a large open parcel of land from which I can view majestic mountain peeks. I will be surrounded by family and friends, who love me. I will have the financial resources to remove all barriers and constraints to all my dreams. I will have the freedom of time to support my spiritual needs and those of my community. I will commune with nature. I will travel. I will have the financial ability to support my extended family by paying for mortgages and college educations. I will support St. Jude Hospital. I will support those who work to save endangered species and our planet. And…
By the way Eric, I entered a lense in Squidoo about you yesterday. Do you live in California? I hope I didn’t lie! Sandy
My vision is to be debt free im a single mother trying to raise my two children. Working in a nursing home. It is really hard living from paycheck to paycheck,i would love to make at least 500,000 a year so if my kids ever need something i can also be there for them.Thats the stress free life i would like to have. Gail
Hi Eric
My vision is to become debt fee with the exception of my house mortgage (for tax purposes). Also to put my 17yr old son through art school. All the while being able to keep staying at home to be there for both my sons in thier high school years. Also to be able to contribute to our household income to do more vacations (before they leave the nest!) as well as extra activities with the kids (my youngest son competes in team roping which requires several horses). After writting down my goals, I tried to put a dollar value to it. I need more money than I thought!!! So reaching high, as prescribed by you, and reaching realistically, I came up with this. I would like to strive for $10K a month within the next 6 months. Within the next year $20k-50k a month. In one year see where I am and adjust. Hopefully to increase my monthly income goal. Unlike some people who want it all without putting in the time, I have the time and am willing to use it wisely. I thank you for all your encouragement in this online business venture.
I took a college course that spent a lot of time on the subject of personal vison. One class assignment was to write our own “epitath”
and to include our wildest imaginings of success between now and our death. So I feel as though I’ve done this one already…
Still I’m happy to “focus” my pathway on internet marketing as my the avenue for fulfilling my dream.
I now see: Unlimited potential to live at the top of my best expectations for monetary compensation and funds for reinvesting in products services and companies that will nurture and improve the lives of others, as well as my own family. I see:”green companies” I see: products that ease our stressful and anxiety prone lifestyles. I see: financial security through investment “services” for those reaching retirement in large numbers (boomers.) I see: all the way past the subject of a certain salary since I will need several million to make these dreams reach fruition….I’ll start with a goal of 4 million in a year and a half so I can diversify those resources in two areas…One to produce “faster income” by selling “what’s hot” and one to use those funds in less lucrative but still viable businesses that will truly improve our world ie: plastics recycling, electric vehicles, programs to improve the mental health of all in the education systems that now exist…etc.
We’ve all seen the successful stories of those who have made money beyond their largest expectations, ans suceeded at commiting to some of their most altruistic dreams.
I want to set a goal only a “miracle” could bring, because this world needs miracles….more than a few.
As John Lennon once wrote of the same mental state; “but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us…”
Thank You for reminding me of the place that visualization exercise took me then, and where it can lead me now.
Sharon Shea
Eric, Thanks for your step by step process. I love it.
My vision is to develop an online business that centers around entrepreneurship and particularly solving energy and transportation problems in this country in the near future. Like solar energy for housing, electric or hydrogen for cars, and maglev trains for transportation.
I will develop a system that will bring me an income of $1 million over the next year. I will tithe to my local church, give to my family, and spend much time with them. Work less than 40 hours per week, and allow time for my relaxation and spiritual development. Possibly take some missionary trips to South America and Africa. Do some traveling, I have always wanted to go to Israel and Petra. I also have some other businesses I want to develop relating to sailboating, self-storage, and car rental.
Thanks again for your clear explanations and let’s get on with it.
Rick Huerta
Hi, Eric,
First, It seems like you are a great guy and I truly appreciate your lessons.
My short term goal is to get three websites up and running by July. The first two are retail outlets using dropshippers, and they are getting started now. The third is the one I will need your input with. I am a music teacher and I want to put up a series of bass line and percussion tracks for people of all ages to practice with. I need to figure out how to build a feedback system in. I also want to offer private lessons via web camera, Skype, I don’t know what yet and to sell percussion instruments on the site.
My long term goal is to be able to move into a specific ecovillage in Northern CA with my spiritual community (it is expensive). I want to be able to work from the community and have lots of time to volunteer for them. I also need money to travel freely.
My Vision is to not have to worry about trying to find a J.O.B, I was just laid-off from being an Animal Control Officer for 10yrs.
I hate looking for work…
I have a really big vision for myself and the planet! I’m a Chiropractor and also a DJ / Producer, strange or unusual combination I know… Well I’m in the process of building my online business where I am giving away my first book on the topic of wellness. As part of my strategy to build my email list. Anyway my vision is to have a health & wellness related product sold in all formats audio/visual/transcripts and the the premium level product being one on one coaching. The idea is to get as many people on the planet as healthy as possible because there are far too many millions of sick / unhealthy people out there and 99% of it is self-inflicted!
How does all this relate to DJ / Production? By helping people get healthy, I become wealthy is all areas of my life allowing me to meet mentors in high places in DJ land thereby propelling me to the top of the DJ Game… Simple really!
My vision is to forfill the vision gifted to me by my Lord. I must create a avenue where the life of his children (all of us) are seen and are view by us as a constant reminder that His will be done. That there will be valleys as we go, but in those valleys are diamonds and pearls that have been there before us and these are the steps that they took. Each one teach one. Our daily testimonies will give encouragement, even in our darkest hours, it will encourage those who have been going through what they believe is their darkness moments and know that there is a top to our valley, just one step and one day at a time. My vision is clear and I’m proud to be given the task. All prays will be greatly appreciated. This will be. Peace
My vision is to have a successful online business that nets my online business brings in an average of one million dollars per year.
Hello Eric and readers,
My vision is to share the unique way in which I quit smoking with other smokers. I ultimately plan to make a serious impact on long-term success rates, which are now unacceptably low. This work will also create a livelihood that will allow me to support my family and live comfortably doing what I truly love.
Jeff
Hi Eric,
Before I get into my vision I would like to thank you for giving me this opportunity to learn from a truly inspiring marketer. Your lessons are not all about hype on products you sell but about a holistic view of an online business. Thank you.
Now my vision:
I have for a long time wanted to have a business that my employees could call the best they ever worked at. My vision is not about how much money I can make but more about making enough to share with the people that help me do it every day.
I can now see the big picture of how an online business can do this. I will have multiple steams of income both passive and dynamic. These will include websites and courses to help people as well as to entertain and educate. The business will have made $100,000.00 by year’s end and $ 2,536,346.00/yr within five years.
This will allow me to let others run the business so I can focus on family and (this is the selfish part) my hobby.
Mark007
Hi Eric,
Defining my vision has been a very encouraging exercise. I invision a website that will attract people with interests similar to mine (golf, yoga, gardening, working with senior citizens, spiritual guidance, health and fitness). I see my website haveing several pages for these different interests and links to blogs on some of these topics. And, ofcourse products that people with these interests would want to purchase. At this point, I feel I’m at the tip of the iceberg with a lot more to learn but I definitely have a vision of one day being in charge of the daily maintenance of this website and receiving feedback from happy, positive visitors along with a stream of income that allows me to debt-free, enjoying the people and things I love and giving to the charities and causes that are important to me.
My vision is to stash $10,000 into my “9-1-1″ account, faithfully pay my 10% to the Lord (plus whatever other meaningful donations I can make: like helping someone go on a mission that could not - were it not for the financial support of a faithful brother or sister of faith). I seek financial freedom: to do missionary work with my wife - anywhere in the world the Lord would have me serve. I seek the financial freedom to that will give me the time I desire to work at keeping my family together and strong, and, able to financially help whenever a need presented itself. I see philanthropy within that I wish to express. I envision an online social network website that will empower Indie artists to make a living with their gift, and, have a legitimate venue to attain fame and fortune. I see myself participating in a digital age where I will capitalize on the merging of internet with televion: which will soon become the eScreen (TM) - replacing television as we know it today. I envision a “open-source” collaborative portal that will compete with media moguls for a market share cinema (no longer referred to as the Silver Screen. eScreen will be the new BUZZ! Between now and then… I envision myself mimmicking my mentor (Eric Holmlund) to online marketing guru status by this time next year. I will follow his blueprint until I have tasted a modecum of success, after which I will begin to add my own twists - to build upon the foundation that Eric has given me. I don’t mention cash flow here because if I build using a proven blueprint, the money WILL come!
Eric, My vision sets me on top of the world,with no debt and the ability to provide educations and houses for my 2 daughters.Then My wife and I could travel the world. But most of all I want to be able to help less fortunate people.
My vision is to conquer the knowledge of advertising to the world to promote my primary business.
With that I see myself being one of the top marketers online and off.
Eric, my vision is to create enough online business so I can get out of debt, help my adult children with their debt and to at the least fix up my existing home. I see myself becoming independently wealthy, and helping my heartfelt charitable organiztions. I am trying my best, as this is all new to me. I am a disabiled professional who was forced out of my profession. My vision is to once again become a whole person, one who is useful, functional, and finacially healed. I amcurrently working on my first website.Wish me all the luck you have, and say a prayer for me. I am a firm believer in the power of prayer. Eric, thankyou for your help so far. Debbie
I am writing this before reading any of the others so I won’t be influenced. My vision is increasing my income to $10,000 a month by June 1st, 2009, and then increasing it by at least that amount each month for the rest of the year. My internet marketing income will come mainly from selling affiliate products. My other income will come from collecting on unpaid judgements, real estate rentals, and other real estate deals such as wholesaling and short sales. Beginning in 2010 I will produce my OWN products for internet marketing. These will include instructional videos & materials for learning mathematics and for healing techniques– specifically shamanic healing. I need to do these things before I get much older; I am 61 yrs. old and have three children and two grand-children–all who are struggling financially. My father helped us out when we were getting started and I want to help my children. Daughter is struggling actress, step-son with children just lost his drum shop business, and other son is doing ok in construction, but can’t cover his medical expenses and is in heavy debt. I want to get them to where they can be independant, as we have run out of funds to help them.
My vision has two overall components; Short & Long term.
Short Term Vision (3-6 mos)
Complete the steps necessary to develop and start my online business.
Reading marketing & sales books.
Continuing the learning process of these lessons and use the principles & techniques to build high traffic websites.
Devote the daily time necessary to feed my overal long term vision.
Verbalize, Vitalize, and Visual my goals daily.
Long Term (6 mos & beyond)
Generate a six figure monthly income.
Leave my current stressfull IT Mgr position Financially support my church with thousands of dollars monthly.
Be available to spend more time providing service(s) to my Pastor.
Pruchase a 6 bedroom, 4-5 bathroom, house w/a an inground swimming pool on a private lot, with fantastic views.
Develop real estate income.
Pay off all DEBTS.
Develop income throug Forex & Stock Markets.
Devote more time to studying the martial arts.
Prepare financially, socially, and spritually for marriage (currently single).
Become a lender not a borrower.
Finish my college education and attend seminary.
Travel & vacation outside of the US.
Support my mothers financially.
Be an inspiration to people and get opportunities to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ all over the world.
My vision is to quit work. Have financial wealth through residual income or constant product selling. Take more vacations, finally get the dream home I have wanted all my life. Tithe in my church and bless those less fortunate than I. In your video you spoke of many things I thought about. I belive I can become wealthy, I just didn’t know how. I think I will scream to know end once I receive the first check from my online business no matter how small or large it maybe. Because this has been something I have been trying to do for years with no success. I will follow your teachings to the letter and word for word. I want to succeed this time around. Thank you for your sincerety in starting from the basics and giving me an understanding fully of how the internet marketing is to work.
My vision is to be able to make at least $100,000 per year working at home. I plan to build an online business that will reach out to others and help them improve their lifestyle and personal image. I plan to retire in 5 years and travel with my husband to spend time with our children and grandchildren who are scattered from coast to coast. I plan to earn enough money to help build and stabilize the National Federation of Grandmother Clubs of America and donate to their charity, “Cure Childhood Cancer”.
My vision… to have an income from an online business which will allow me to be burden free of a very important part of life - financial. Then to be free to except a gift to help others around me, to share my gift of a free mind, to help others fulfill their vision.
Hey Eric,
My Vision is to build an online business that would give Me total financial freedom that I need to be in the position to help others gain freedom aswell. My online business to generate a revenue of Million Dollars a year from multi strimes of income.So I and my family can live a wonderful life in giving back to our community.
Hello Eric
This lesson on vision seems to be the best. You even sounded as a pastor on the altar. I am exited and drilled in my heart to make itin life. I have a very large vision on how I will use the internet to help mankind in my life time - THANKS.
Hi Eric,
It’s actually interesting that today of all days, would be the one that I listen to this particular lesson. For the last couple of months, I have allowed my employer to pummel me into submission over a back injury that has kept me from my regular bus driving duties. I have allowed this to drive me into a shallow depression, but somehow I am still driven to accomplish better things. There’s room here for a tremendous speech about negative motivation, but I think I will use it on my own site.
First, let me thank you for doing something I have had a vision of doing myself. Putting a simple perspective on internet business and making it a whole lot less intimidating for many new netrepreneurs.
Now on to my vision…
I have dreams of traveling with my wife and our golf equipment, just enjoying the things we want to do. We have a house in mind that we want set back in the woods on a decent property, and our business bringing in a healthy 20-30,000/month. To have the ability to help our friends and family in their hour of need. Something we can’t really do right now. I want to see Dreamorphosis Networks become a branded name, and I will make it so. The name itself is an acronym for a metamorphosis of your lifestyle. This is my vision for my family, and for anyone I help in this industry in the future.
HI ERIC!
SINDS LESSON #1 I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY VISION! BACK AT MY OLD JOB WE HAD A GUY GIVING US A SEMMINAR, AND HE TOLD US A PARABLE OF AN EAGLE THAT GREW UP WITH SOME CHICKENS.
WHEN SHE GREW UP, EVERYONE PASSING BY, ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING AMONG THOSE CHICKENS, SHE ANSWERS “I’M A CHICKEN”.
ONE DAY SOMEONE TOLD TO TAKE A BETTER LOOK TO HER SELF. SHE WAS TOLD TO SPREAD HER WINGS AND SEE HOW LARGE THEY WERE. SHE WAS TOLD THAT SCRATCHING IN GRASS AND GET SOME FOOD TROWN FOR HER IS NOT ALL THERE IS. THERE ARE MORE DELICIOUSE THINGS TO EAT AND MORE TO SEE.
SO SHE SPREAD HER WINGS! CATCHES THE WIND AND WENT UP IN THE AIR!
WOW! WHAT A SIGHT! NOW SHE HAD A BIGGER PICTURE! AND SHE COULD SORE ALL ABOUT AT HER DELITE!
NOW I TOOK THAT STEP, BUT TO HASTY, I LEFT MY JOB, ORDER A BUNCH OF STUFF AND LOST LITERARLY ALL MY MONEY, BUT I HAVE NO INTENTION TO GO PLAYING A CHICKEN AGAIN, I’M AN EAGLE, I WILL STAY IN THE HIGHTS UNTILL I CATCH THAT DELICIOUSE THING I’M WAITING FOR.
…….FREEDOM FOR ME AND MY RELATIVES…….
…….AND ANYONE ELSE THAT DESERVE MY HELP!
=======I’LL JUST GO GLOBAL…..GLOBAL!!!!!!!
Hi Eric,
I have tried or maybe should say attempted to start an online business a number of times with no avail.The problem was that I did not know where to start, what product or how to go about it. All I had was a desire which really led me nowhere. Now thanks to you I can at least learn how and what it takes to be an online marketer. This is something that I really want. I am in my 60’s and have worked for someone else all my life getting that little paycheck that was just enough to get by with. Since being layed off I have resolved my interest in getting online (this is make or break, come hell or high water time) Just getting the mind into being a marketer or reading those suggested books is a challenge. As I have worked outdoors or with my hands all my life and hated anything to do with sales or office or indoors. Getting the mind to think like a marketer will be the greatest obsticle. As for a vision this is another hard one because I don’t know what a vision really is or what I do want, except get online and make some money to be able to retire on and help my family with their debts. This will take some soul searching and a hard look at “WHAT DO I REALLY WANT”.
At least if I fail this time It will be because of me and no one else as You are teaching me how and it will only be because I have no vision or commitment to succeed.
Thanks Eric for the opportunity
Don
i want to be able to give my children the life they deserve,as well as my self. i do want to travel.in one of those large class A motor homes and see everything ,,,enjoy life …i am not a stranger to hard work..i enbrace it ,,,,i will succed …this is my vision……….
I’ve often been told to write my target down-THIS TIME I am doing it!
My target is to clear £150,000 in 1st year, double it the second year then have it grow exponentially, helping as many people as I can along the way.
I want make a lot of money to live the way I want, clear my debts and help as many others as I can.
hi eric what to base my business on this is a hard one my problem has always been what do i want to be when i grow up.i’m 57.i know so much about so many things. example about 16 yrs ago i applied for a computer repair school but didn’t get a grant i said to myself how hard can this be bought a couple books and have been building my own computers about every 3 yrs since then. i have a knack of catching on to whatever i’m into i have no retirement so i would like to spend my later years not having to worry about finances.about how much i want to make? extremely comfortable would be a good description,i don’t want to limit myself.thanks to you for eric’s tips i wish i ran into this before i spent x amount of dollars searching around for the right info thanks marty
Hi Eric
I have to say that i am well behind in the lessons as I don’t always get to the computer each day and as I work my way thru these lessons I am finding that it is not only your lessons that I am learning from but I also find that I get a lot from the blogs as well.
I have always found it hard to set goals for myself after as an “know it all teenager” had set for myself too hard a task and of course I failed. I thought that I was smarter than I was and my vision for life was so romanticized that I failed.I adopted the “this will do aspect” and since then I have continued the failure /victim aspect and I continued to set my goals so low that they are certainly acheiveable and getable but don’t stretch me as they should. I have found that I tend to resist the need to see the greater picture. So I just go thru the motions I suppose.
But here I am finding myself at 41 with just about everything I want but nothing spectacular on the horizon, thinking there must be more to this life. I have been thinking about the income creating aspect you mentioned in lesson 6 and that has got me to pondering what I can do that will generate more income than working all hours of the day for a employer that just uses up my energy and life and doesn’t give the opportunity to increase my income.
Being a “domestic engineer for 15years” I have lost so much income over the years as being a stay at home mum that I will never recover it with a regular job. I know that I won’t get that “fabulous high paying”job here where we live without moving to the city and that is not an option. Hate the city. I have come to the realization that now it is time that I crystalize some dreams and get them to come true.
So here I am setting down goals for myself on the internet of all places!
I would like to see a comfortable old age where we can travel our magnificant country and not have to worry about how to pay for it. We will have a 500k figure income from the products that I have designed and that promote water conservation and don’t have a detrimental effect on the environment and create employment opportunites in our area. Needless to say the credit crunch has hurt our town.I want to see my products as fashionable and everyone will want and need them. I don’t want to run the day to day side of the business so I will employ people to do that. I have always been hands on so that part may be a bit difficult there! I don’t want to do more than 20 hours a week of hands on work in my business once it gets off the ground. That will allow me to travel and do the things I want with my family.
I want the kids to acheive their goals BUT they will have to do the hard work to get it and not just have it handed to them on a plate. They will find they will appreciate it all the more if they do it for themselves.
I have a vision of helping the ones who need it thru charity work and funds from my ever increasing income. And I want to see it all up and going along by the age of 45.
There I have set my goals and with your help Eric I thank you in advance.
Hi, Eric
First, let me thank you for your time and effort put into these lessons. Without going into a long drawn out story, I am one of htose people you speak of at being at the bottom financially. Because of my age and handicaps, outside employment is almost impossible. My vision…to grow, learn, earn, and achieve a new ME everyday. Not only in $’s but in emotional wealth to give back to my community, family and friends. I always thought I wanted too much out of life that I couldn’t possibly attain until I listened to lesson #13. Now, I KNOW I can do it!!! I started your lessons just yesterday and I finally feel like I have found someone who can actually help me reach my goals!!!
Thanks so much!!!!!
Hi Eric,
Thank you so much for your lessons. I have been looking for the “right” online work/business for about a year and a half now, and I have spent a LOT of money, but not found what I was looking for. It was so refreshing to hear someone say “stop buying stuff”! You are giving info in a clear manner that can be easily understood. What a gift!
I have been out of the workforce since 1996 due to some chronic pain issues, but even though I am almost 58, I am too young to “veg”. I still have a lot to offer, I just need help figuring out where to channel my energy and creativity.
I am still a newbie to affiliate marketing, but anxious to learn, so I don’t really know where this business will take me. I am excited and anxious for each days’ lesson. My short term vision is to out of credit card debt by the end of 2009. A non-financial goal is to pull myself out of my funk and depression, and get back into contact with the outside world…even if that world is online, for right now.
I do not know the protocol regarding these
comment spots, but I’ve seen a few other people’s spots that I identify with. Is it OK to respond/correspond with these folks, or do I need to be invited to do so? Thanks again Eric.
My vision is to be financially independant at what I love to do.My talent is in Pencil Portraits.I know I excel because in school my teacher{mentor} was the best at everything he did.He constantly compared his art with the best out there and was usually the best.I have the same style and few on the net can compare.I love your insight and teaching and have learned a lot and hope to learn more.I am still having a hard time with some of your teaching because I can;t find the relevanc eto what I do.I PLAN TO KEEP ON PLUGGING TILL I GET IT RIGHT!!!
hello Eric my vision is to become successful at internet marketing and now after viewing your video i now chose to aim a lot higher.i have recently retired from the workforce and i was looking to earn a few hundred dollars a week to help pay for household expenses, car rego insurance etc.Now i want to earn as much as possible and to then help others in need such as charitable organisations etc.
Hi Eric,
I dream of being able to retire my wife from her job,as (I am already retired) and to become debt free. I dream of owning a home on the lake (as I love to fish) and spend my days gazing across the beautiful water. I also dream of getting our patented product on the market someday as we have spent a lot of time and money getting a design patent, as well as a utility patent. My wife is a nurse and had this wonderful idea for a new bandage, well she told me about it and we ran with it, but also ran out of money too. I dream of having something to leave my two wonderful kids so they can have something to start their dreams with.
Hey Eric, My vision is to be employed by myself through affilate marketing. I’ve tried a couple different times with clickbank ebooks, advertising on myspace, but no luck. I am running an add on Google right now, still waiting to see how that turns out. My vision is to be able to set up my ads each day and spend the amount on advertising and then get it back plus enough for my income. If you have any recommendations for that directly, I’d love to hear it. Thank you for the videos and have an awesome day!
My vision is to start an online marketing business and generate an average of over a million dollars in revenue per year. I want to be able to live my life and be happy without having to worry about money and where I will be getting my next meal. I want to retire my parents and be able to have a home in Florida as well as Chicago (close to the family) …. I want to travel and see the world and have the opportunity to experience and enjoy life. I want to be able to introduce my family to a new way of thinking and to take away the pressures of the world. I want to be able to spend my time helping other people and donating money to organizations that are profitable for people with less opportunity then myself. I want to have the freedom to wake up and decide I won’t work that day or that I will spend my time in Australia or Europe! My mom has never been out of the country and she is 52! I want to take her to other countries so she can experience a fulfilled life! I want to send my brother to college and to help my sister get her business off the ground! I want to build churches and do great things for God!
1 Corinthians 11:1
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.
My vision is to have a successful internet business that will afford me t