As many of you may know, I am about to move to Thailand to work with Greg Jacobs for an unknown amount of months. Its an amazing chance of a life time to work with him and also to move over there, The best part is that my girlfriend (Sheree Mirabito)  can come with me too! So onto the point of this post. I was thinking as I look at all my “stuff” shit I have heaps to take with me to Thailand. How am I going to fit that in just one suitcase, oh thats ok, I can just get another and cram as much shit as possible into them both.

But the reality of this is, I really only wear about 1/4 of the clothes I own, I dont need 5 different parts of shoes and I really don’t need all the computer technical crap that I would normally bring with me. I just need the bare minimum. Thats the reality, but telling myself thats all im taking is another story. It wasnt until I read the blew blog post that Joanna Kinsman wrote (I knew about John Reese‘s minimalistic journey as John is a friend of mine, but I never really thought it was going to be me who followed.) And the other reality is 90% of my stuff is in storage as I lived out of my car for 11months while I was working on my internet businesses, that 11 months ended about 3 months ago after getting back from a Trip to the USA.

I HAVE DECIDED – I am only taking one suitcase and I am going to take as little as possible, I might even model of what John Reese did in one of the links below:

“After recently telling someone about what I am doing they said, ‘But, John, I gotta tell you. It really sounds like you’re just running from life.’ To which I replied, ‘No, you don’t
understand, I’m running TO life.’”
-John Reese

A few months ago, John Reese, though it wasn’t his intention, started a trend in the world of internet marketing, by selling and giving away most of his

belongings. He broke the lease on the gorgeous home he was renting on the ocean in La Jolla, CA and with only his laptop and a backpack of select items, set out to travel the world.
You can read his public letter here.

Kris Mainieri recently made a similar decision, gaving away many of his possessions, and just this week took off on a trip around the world with his girlfriend. Check out Kris’ letter on the Warrior Forum.

Now, I didn’t have a luxury car to sell, or a $7k/month home that I was renting, but I have certainly experienced a shift since moving from California to Maine two months ago. Perhaps it’s the more simple, laid back lifestyle here that I’ve slipped back into on the east coast.

This was supposed to be a temporary move, but I’ve decided to stay, given the great opportunity that has developed here. I need to book a flight, sort through the things I left behind, sell my car, and frankly – it’s the most stressed I’ve felt in a long time.

I realized that I’ve been getting along just fine with the few things I brought with me across the country, and have nearly forgotten about all of the shoes and dresses I left behind. It almost makes me sick thinking about how much money I’ve spent on those items that are so insignificant to my life that I can’t even remember what they are!

One of the easiest ways to keep all this stuff to a minimum is certainly picking up and moving, causing you to sort through the things you really do want or need – I just realized I’ve moved 9 times in the past 3 years! I’m looking forward to once again having my inventory downsized, selling some of my belongings, and giving things away to friends and Goodwill.

The closet in my apartment that is brimming with stuff, and the car I left behind are weighing me down and while I’m dreading the process, I know it will feel great to take care of this and start fresh 

I would love to hear your thoughts, comments and suggestions – Have you ever done anything like this or even thought about doing something like this?

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He now lives an endless summer (spends half the year in San Diego, the other half in Sydney, Australia) is complely mobile and has some amazing stories of how the law of attraction has creating endless posibilites in his life since he started using it only a few years ago (Decemember 2006).

Ryan also shares his insights into the real “Entrepreneur School” and how you can join one near you (part joke),  the one key strategy to becoming an Entrepreneur and sustaining your modivation without the use of tricks or techniques and a bunch of other cool stuff including his best advice for entrepreneur’s all around the world.

Because of the length of the interview, I had to split it into two videos. The full interview with Ryan Higgins from MindMovies.com is below:

Part One:

Part Two:

Some notes from the videos:

Ryan Higgins: “What sacrifices are you willing to make to achieve your goal?”

Ryan’s How To Be A Rock-star Entrepreneur Advice – NEVER GIVE UP!

Ryan Higgins: “It doesnt matter how long it takes you to get there, just keep focusing on what you are doing.”

You can find out more about MindMovies 2.0 (Ryan’s product mentioned in the interview) by clicking the below link:
http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/mindmovies

A big thankyou goes to Marshall Wayne for his video skin image and help with editing this video. Thanks Marshall. To find out more about Marshall and the cool videos he is always making, checkout http://MovieStarEntrepreneur.com/

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More info about Opium Den Thai Restrauant can be found here: http://www.eatability.com.au/au/sydney/opium-den/

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A few things to tell you about today…

First…

“Social Media” is all the rage everywhere you turn…

On TV.  In Magazines.  Newspapers.  Movies.  And more.

You’ve probably heard “Facebook” and “Twitter” so many times now in your life that you’re probably tired of hearing about them.

But the big question is… is using Social Media really good for you and your business?

I think for most entrepreneurs the answer is NO.

At least “no” because of the way most people are using it.  I’ve always said that Twitter and Facebook are great for SYNDICATION efforts.  There are some great ways to auto-publish links to your articles, blog posts, etc. with them.  And that is definitely something you want to be doing.

But I see so many entrepreneurs spending hours upons hours of their time ‘chatting’ with people on Facebook or Twitter.  Somehow they feel that because they are using those sites, and because the media is so ‘big’ on Social Media, that somehow their business is benefiting from it.

In many cases, it’s THE OPPOSITE.

Spending hours of time on Facebook and Twitter is most likely LOSING MONEY for folks.

In most cases, the traffic that can be generated from those sites is often very untargeted or very unqualified.  Facebook Ads is the exception and I highly recommend you test with it and use it to generate targeted, profitable leads if you can. * That’s where you can buy ads that run across Facebook based on user demographics and interests.

If someone takes the same amount of time they spend on Facebook or Twitter and spends it setting up ad campaigns on Google Adwords, or creating some targeted, highly optimized content for their site, they will make more money in their business.  I guarantee it.

Something for you to think about.

Again, I DO think those sites can help your business, but you shouldn’t be spending more than 5% of your “business time” on them.

I challenge you to use “Anti-Social Media” for 2 weeks.  (Or longer if you can do it.)  Don’t use Facebook or Twitter at all.  Put all of your time into SEO efforts, setting up AdWords campaigns, and writing articles.  You’ll be surprised how much faster your business grows.

The second thing to tell you about today…

Is an update on ME.

A lot of people have been asking me about my travels and my ‘experiment’ with minimalism.

After traveling non-stop for 2 months, I can tell you one thing for sure…

IT’S TIRING.

It’s rough to go from place to place and constantly be on the move.  It’s like it’s hard to ‘relax’ for very long because you know your current surroundings are only temporary.

And being without a “home base” of some sort, I believe, works against you mentally.  Your mind is always aware that you’re just a perpetual nomad and in ‘motion.’

I think the key to being able to perpetually travel is to stay in certain places for long periods of time. Even setting up a little “home base” and then travel to and from that point.

What’s up next for me is to spend some more time in MY OWN COUNTRY.  There are some great cities in the US that I want to experience. I also want to be in the US to spend more time with my family.  I’m realizing more and more that that’s what is truly important in life. (Yes, obvious, I know.)

As many of my long-time customers know, my brother died about 5 years ago.  And not a week or so goes by without being reminded that I wish I had spent more time with him while he was still alive.  And I know that one day (even, though, I definitely don’t like to think about it) I’ll probably have the same thoughts about the time I spent with my parents.

So along with a lot of other areas that I want to have more balance with, spending time with my family is one of them.

I definitely still have lots of destinations on the “To Do” list and I still plan on getting to them all — but I have already come to realize that I need a more balanced way to continue to travel or I will reach a major point of BURN-OUT.

As for the minimalism stuff, I’m still a huge believer in it.  Not necessarily in only having a few shirts and outfits, etc. but just not having tons of STUFF in my life that can become a distraction.  I’m sure that I’ll be acquiring some new things as I set up a little home base, but I’m definitely never going back to the life I once had in regards to owning an overkill of stuff.

The one thing I’ve really experienced so far on my little ‘journey’ is getting some perspective. I’ve had plenty of time to think about my life and focus on what’s really important — I’ve also thought a lot about past choices and how things may or may not have been different.

More than anything, I’ve realized the value of BEING PRESENT.  That life really is short and it’s passing by in the blink of an eye.  And I’ve been doing an interesting “Time Machine” mental exercise (you should try it)…

Whatever you are doing today, or with your days right now, imagine eventually being 10 years into the future.  And imagine being able to get into a Time Machine and visit TODAY (10 years earlier).  Would you want to be doing whatever you were doing then? Or would you wish you had spent those days doing something else?

Like not to harp on the Facebook/Twitter stuff, but think of a day in the recent past when you caught yourself ‘surfing’ for several hours on Facebook, Twitter, etc. You know, when you were just chatting it up with people, etc. and you really didn’t do much to make more money in your business that day – heck, we’ve all been there and done that many times.

Don’t you wish you could have a ‘do over’ and get that essentially worthless day back?

Something to think about.

And if you have a dream to start a certain type of business or to do something you’ve been thinking about for a long time, DO IT.  Don’t wait.  Just go for it NOW.  Often times the ”worst case scenario” if it happens when pursuing that dream isn’t all that bad — so it’s definitely worth the risk.

Since I was a kid, I’ve dreamed of having a video game company.  And now, after putting it off for more than 25 years, I’m finally going for it.  And even if it ends up not having the same success as other businesses I’ve had in the past, I really don’t think I’ll care.  Because I know I’ll be a lot HAPPIER and excited about it. And at the end of the day, that’s really what matters.

So I challenge YOU… don’t wait.  Do whatever you’ve always wanted to do TODAY — or at least get started with ‘it’ in some small way that you can accommodate in your life right now.

Yours For Online Profits,
John Reese

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I love Birthdays so what I have done is spoiled Sheree and brought her down to La Perouse, south east of sydney which is the movie set for the Mission Impossible II movie.

We were so very fortunate enough to have a day that the weather was incredible. We were so very blessed.

While we were down there, we spent our time; getting our feet wet, walking in and out of the rocks/caves, taking photos and having a great time enjoying one another.

I mention in another one of my videos which I will upload shortly, that I believe in Birthday Weeks or as I call them Mitch’s Birthday Week Campaign. This concept is something new to me but I have had so much fun doing it. It’s where I drip feed the special person (in this case Sheree) presents and cool experiences starting about a week before the actual birthday date itself.

This includes going to dinners, lunches, picnics and of course, really cool places like La Perouse, which you will see in the video below.

We had such an amazing time and this is another testiment of the “Best Things In Life Are FREE!”

Lately this has sort of been the theme of my videos, this is mainly because I am around alot of Young Entreprenurs and Small Business owners who constantly use the language of “yeah, I really want to do this or that, but I will do it when my income/business hits <insert monthly amount>.” So they are basically waiting for something to happen before they actually allow themselves to enjoy themselves.

Im sure you already know this, but I am no millionaire. What I am however is a thrillionaire. I do things for the fun of it and travel, make my own fun and expeirence all the cool things I can, because life is about now. We are all here now, not in a week or a year or sometime when our business is making us a ton of money. We are here now, enjoy your now while you still have a hold of it because now is gone in an instant.

I really encourage you to do something you love, right now (or when you wake up tomorrow if your not in Australia). You will get lost in the moment and wondered why you didn’t start this earlier.

I would also love to know which movie sets you have been to and if you haven’t been to any already, which ones would you like to visit?

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Rather than just get angry at that, scrap the whole interview and start again, Marshall went away and thought hard, thought what he could create that is just as good if not better than the interview we did. Well, It was about 2 weeks ago that I did this interview and I had totally forgotten about it. Marshall then posts on my wall this video, which absolutely blew me away. It has a bunch of cool effects and showcases a challenge my girl Sheree Mirabito and I did for 30 days. The stuff up of Marshall’s video software caused his creative genius to work work on steroids and create a mindblowing video. Check it out below:

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