Many people I come into contact with who are interested in making money from what they uniquely know (also known as original content infopreneuring), get stuck on one point--they have trouble identifying what they know!
I have the opposite problem, I have more topics that I'd like to develop than I have time for! But then again, I've got an infopreneur's mindset, and been creating content since I was 6 years old!
But for the rest of you, let's get you unstuck very simply with this thought--your life is unique content!
Now let's demonstrate this in action with a real-life example using something that recently occurred in my life that's ripe for becoming the core of a new information product and service line for me. It'll also explain why I've been on a bit of a hiatus from blogging and podcasting the past few weeks.
I just went through a very challenging 2010 personally, which centered around the fact that I was trying to do something about my living situation in Las Vegas. I was getting antsy to move on and free myself from the shackles of a house my husband and I bought here as a way to help out some family members, which ended up in our hands during the worst possible real estate market.
It took a few months, but after two prior last-minute escrow fallouts, my Christmas present was the house finally sold a few days before that holiday. We stayed on for about a month after the close, and just recently moved stuff into storage and started staying in local extended stay hotels since we're not 100% sure where to hang our hats yet. It's fun--someone else cleans the bathroom and makes the bed, and I don't have to cook!
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Wishing Won't Make It So In The New Year
Editor's Note: I wrote this at the end of last year, but it's every bit as valid today as we head into 2011. So please read on and I wish you a very happy New Year!
So I’m in one of those moods you often get towards the end of the year, where you reflect upon the year that’s almost gone, and the promise of what the New Year could bring.
It’s been a great year for me with my 6th book What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know!(TM) finally published after several years—and in case you haven’t heard why that was the case, you can check out my 60-minute author interview teleseminar for free CLICK HERE. And I’m very proud of the fact that in a time that’s still pretty challenging in most of the world, I sent out in the form of that book a message of empowerment, of believing in oneself, of valuing one’s unique knowledge and then giving those who decided to take action, all the tools they needed to succeed in 327 pages and 38 chapters.
I know I’m doing my part to help people who "get it", achieve the life they deserve every single day.
At the same time though, I realize that in my efforts to bring these messages to the world, I’ve only just scratched the surface. There are so many people out there who still don’t know that there are choices to being a former white-collar professional now forced (so they believe), to be working for FedEx or UPS delivering holiday packages, and hoping that they get to stay on post-holiday and move back up to some kind of managerial position one day. And yes that’s an actual AP news story that I saw on the web the other day. Sure they need to pay the bills, but…
There are choices to the local businesses going out of business I see all the time (and I’m sure you do too) because of the economy, because of the competition, because of a massive snowstorm killing holiday sales, because (fill in the blank). Sure there are tons of factors that affect a business’ ability to make it through very challenging times, but…
And there are choices to being a starving artist too. A couple of months ago I went back to Southern California for a visit, and at the Santa Monica Pier there was a young man with a beautiful voice singing Bryan Adams’ Everything I Do, I Do It For You with his cup out playing for tips. He also sang an original song for all of us hanging out at the pier. Sure it’s really, really tough to break into the music business, but…
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