OK — all this New Year's resolution talk makes me want to remind everyone about who is really responsible for your success. (I think you know who it is). But first — a story.
Michael Jackson is an amazing phenomenon that has completely taken over my household. I have a 10 year old and a 12 year old daughter, and those two girls have gone Michael Jackson bananas.
Ever since Michael passed away they have bought Michael Jackson posters and Michael Jackson CDs. My 10 year old daughter knows the words to each and every Michael Jackson song.
Unfortunately, we have quite a long drive to school every morning. Lately we’ve been listening to Michael Jackson CDs. We seem to have every Michael Jackson CD, and this is interesting for me, because I haven’t listened to any Michael Jackson since I was in junior high school in the 80’s. I know almost all the songs, at least all the ones that came out 20 years ago.
Micheal Jackson And Internet Marketing
Listening to Michael Jackson brings back a lot of fond memories for me. But, today I was listening to Michael Jackson and it actually made me think of internet marketing. You may be asking, “What in the world could Michael Jackson have had to say about internet marketing?” The answer is absolutely nothing.
Michael Jackson wasn’t talking about internet marketing, but the song that I was listening to this morning with my 10 year old made me think about internet marketing and what you can do to take control of your business and your own destiny to make your life better.
Michael Jackson has a song called Man in the Mirror. In the Man in the Mirror song Michael Jackson talks about how he finally wakes up to the world around him and how things aren’t so great, and if he wants to change the world, he’s got to start with the man in the mirror. If he wants to make the world a better place, he’s got to do something about it himself starting today.
I submit to you that’s a valid idea for you and your internet business.
Periodically, I run across people who want to complain to me about how some product didn’t meet their expectations, some internet marketing solution didn’t make them rich overnight, about how hard internet marketing is and how difficult it is to get going, on and on all about how it’s so difficult and their life is so difficult. Now, don’t get me wrong. Life is complicated, and internet marketing is difficult. There’s no question about it.
Aside: Want to hear about difficult? Go ask Josh Spaulding or Lynn Terry what they were doing prior to getting into Internet Marketing. Lynn was a single mom trying to feed a couple of hungry kids, and Josh was causing real trouble….
You Are Responsible
The truth of the matter is, the ability to change that situation and become successful in internet marketing is within you. If you want to be successful in internet marketing, you’ve got to start by looking at the man or the woman in the mirror. You’ve got to decide that you’re going to be successful. Once you make that decision, then anything becomes possible.
Let me give you an example. Let’s say you buy a product, or you’ve decided on a business model and you find that implementing business model is not as easy as what was claimed in the sales letter. Okay, that happens every time.
So, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to blame the guy that sold you the product or are you going to try to get the help you need to bridge the gap and make that business model work?
Josh and Jennifer Know This
As my buddy, Josh Spaulding always says, you’ve got to fail over and over again as soon as possible, so that you can figure out how to make something work. You’re going to have to put the work in to get stuff to go right for you. That’s exactly what Michael Jackson is talking about. You can’t blame everybody else for your success or failure at internet marketing. You’ve got to take responsibility for things yourself.
So, what are you going to do today? Well, what I suggest that you do today is to think about the few things that you can do by looking in the mirror to make your internet marketing business a little better. See, my buddy Jennifer over at One Week Marketing always says, “If you’ll just do the things that nobody else will do for a year, then you can spend a lifetime doing stuff that no one else is able to do.”
That’s the key. You’ve got to look at the man in the mirror and make your world a better place.
Have a great day, and do something great today to make your future better.
photo credit: osakajapandaisuki
This is a great post Mark, thank you!
I find that a lot of people don’t take responsiblity for themselves and their business, and waste time pointing fingers and complaining instead of doing something to better their situation. It’s sad really, and unfortunately, those types of people will never see success because their too busy hiding behind their complaints to make any real changes.
Melissa
P.S. I spotted your button for Josh’s link building report, so it looks like I’ll be picking up a copy of that 🙂
Awesome connection with MJ’s song and IM.
You can’t complain about your business if your not willing to fix it
Although just hearing the name of that sicko makes my stomach turn, this post has some great advice.
In most cases, failure really is the start of success and succeeding at anything really is so much about confidence and attitude. I’m no smarter than the average person and I definitely don’t have any more education than the average person (no college at all,) but I’m able to provide very well for my family simply because I decided I was going to make my living online and I never gave up even after failing over and over and over. And I still fail at things in my business…
Thanks for the plug and the great tips, Mark.
I can see why you would make the correlation of the man in the mirror to internet marketing. Most people fail in internet marketing because they are afraid of the work or the time it requires and so they look for a quick fix. But they never find it.
I know because I’ve been there. I was too afraid of the HUGE learning curve and the amount of time I expected it would take to overcome it. Instead I kept looking for an easy answer and wasted more time than it would have taken to actually develop the skills I needed.
I had to have a heart to heart with my man in the mirror and finally learn how to make money online for myself. I had to accept responsibility for my own success.
However, on the other side of the coin, it’s too bad Michael Jackson didn’t take this same advice and take responsibility for his own life. It’s not surprising though, since these were not his words since he didn’t write the song. He only performed. Sadly his life offstage was not performed as well as his life onstage.
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It’s one thing if people who believe Michael Jackson’s a pedophile did their homework & checked the other side – MJ’s an innocent victim of extortion. I bet no one has. ANYONE DECENT will check @ least 1 source below in ea. of the allegations.
Jordie Chandler allegation which was settled:
1. “Was Michael Jackson Framed? The Untold Story,” Mary A. Fischer, GQ, October 1994, buttonmonkey(dot)com;
2. “Bury the Never Ending Myth of Jackson as Child Molester,” Earl Ofari Hutchison, July 8, 2009, huffingtonpost;
3. Redemption by Geraldine Hughes, legal secretary for Barry Rothman, Dr. Chandler’s lawyer, who witnessed the set-up.
Gavin Arviso trial, JACKSON ACQUITTED ON ALL COUNTS:
4. Michael Jackson Conspiracy, Aphrodite Jones.
5. Michael Jackson: The Untold Story of Neverland (DVD) by Larry Nimmer (some excerpts on YouTube).
6. On Michael Jackson by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for NY Times Margo Jefferson.
@ Ligaya – I know this isn’t at all a conversation Mark was hoping for with this post, so I’ll just make one comment on that, then I’ll leave it at all as for my opinion. And that is; O.J. got away with murder and he wasn’t nearly as rich and famous as Michael Jackson! And I suppose you would have no problem at all leaving your own children alone with Michael Jackson?
@Josh: It’s not my intention to hijack this discussion. You opened the door by starting your 1st comment with: “Although just hearing the name of that sicko makes my stomach turn.” This is a public forum. When you make a statement – even if it’s an opinion to which you have a right – that others think is offensive/wrong, you might get feedback. My comment was the last I’d intended to make – you’re only extending the discussion. If you’d like we can exchange our different viewpoints in a civilized, respectful manner w/o trying to change ea. other’s minds. Mark can give us ea. other’s email addresses.
Before I end, here’s a few points to consider:
1.The right comparison is between Michael Jackson vs. Roman Polanski, not Michael Jackson vs. O.J. Simpson. MJ was acquitted of all counts in his trial, RP admitted his guilt & compounded his crime by fleeing. Contrast their treatment.
2. I’m a 57 y.o. incest survivor. Over the course of 36 yrs. intermittent therapy in various settings, as patient/health care provider, knowing hundreds of child sexual abuse survivors (incl. non-incest), studying the subject (incl. perpetrators) intensively, studying the Jackson case – my conclusion is that he was the victim of grifters/extortionists. Many agree with me.
3. There’s no question that Michael Jackson was one very damaged person, didn’t fit our norms, was much in need of help. IMO, he led an absolutely abnormal life since he was 5 y.o. and what we saw was a ‘disability’ that was a consequence of that abnormal life.
4. No, I wouldn’t have a problem having my children sleep over with MJ because as a responsible parent, I’d be present, as many parents were. “The Michael Jackson Conspiracy” quotes the TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS OF TESTIMONY VERBATIM. The media didn’t report that whole sets of siblings, girls & boys alike, elementary school age/tweens/teens slept in Michael’s bedroom (more like a hotel suite) at the same time. It *was* the innocent sleepover he’d missed out on when he had to work as a child.
5. You’ve heard of multiple personalities. I don’t think MJ had the clinical kind, but he was split between the performer, businessman & child. Read the interview between Macaulay (sp?) Culkin in Ian Halperin’s MJ book (which I don’t recommend).
Wow, that’s quite a long comment there, Ligaya. I’m sure it’s very interesting. It’s great to see you have such a passion for standing up for what you believe in. Best of luck with everything you do.
I am in the fail over and over again stage. I guess this is where most people give up.
Hi Mark
I totally agree with that post its a perfect example of who to point the finger at, many successful people have a lot of failures behind them 🙂
You just have to remember the saying “Fail your way to success” after all successful people learn from their mistakes and move on 🙂
So keep your mind on what you want and off the things you don’t want.
Ben was my favorite Michael Jackson song and i kind of miss the King of Pop now that he is forever gone. I still have my collection of michael jackson cassetes in the old days.
there is no doubt that Michael Jackson is the best ever pop music artist of the Centruy;;:
i will really miss the King of Pop. michael jackson is truly the best pop artist in this lifetime.~~*