One of the most important parts of your ability to succeed in a home based business is found in the way you present your opportunity to others. There are hundreds of different ways to market and promote your business online and offline, but what I have found is that one of the most effective ways is simply living your life on film. I can’t tell you how much success I have had because I choose to whip out my video camera every once in a while.

My wife and I have shot videos in some pretty crazy places and turned them into a 30 second commercial for our home based business. One of the craziest ones we have done was on the steps of the Pantheon in Rome, Italy singing, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” No matter where you are or what you’re doing, someone is going to relate to it, and probably even envy you for being there and doing what you’re doing because they’re stuck behind a desk at that very moment.

When you work from home, sometimes you find yourself venturing into things online that are basically time fillers. You may think you’re keeping busy all day, but really, you only truly worked part of the day and messed around the rest of the time. Well, today was one of those days for me.

I was watching some of my old YouTube videos and found this one. Some times it’s hard for me to even watch myself because I’m such a dork. But to give you a background…back in high school, we had a fund raising beauty pageant. But this was a special beauty pageant. The guys were going to do this one, dressed up like girls….and I was part of it. They picked on all of us jocks! And of course, in a beauty pageant, you have to have a talent. So I partnered up with my buddy Danny Hawman and sang, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” We killed it. We didn’t win, but we rocked that auditorium!

Have you ever had a great business idea? What am I saying…..if you didn’t, you wouldn’t be here right? Let me rephrase that question for you. Have you ever had a great business idea, and it’s exactly the same right now as it was when you had the idea…..still an idea? Don’t worry, I’ve been there several times before as well. Ideas are free and that’s why there are more of them than actual plans of action out there. But, not everyone has truly GREAT ideas.

I don’t know how many of you are parents, but I learn so much about ambition and entrepreneurship from my kids….one of them in particular. She’s the oldest of all three of my kids and always has her entrepreneurial wheels turning up in that brain of hers. If there’s an opportunity that presents itself where she can make a profit, it’s all she can think about. Sometimes, you just have to tell her to ‘Zip It’ or she’ll drive you nuts. It’s all she can focus on.

There is a simple rule that I have learned in my journey of success is that everything is relevant and related. Some people are a success naturally. It’s in their nature, while others really have to work on it.

What I’ve noticed in my own life, is that most of my successes are directly related to how I feel about myself. Now what I mean by that, is if I feel like I am a fat slob, unhealthy and unattractive, my self esteem is going to be rock bottom. My opinion of myself may or may not be a reality, but that’s what my mind believes. Until I can change this mental picture of myself, how can I view anything that my fat, ugly self creates as attractive? Make sense?

So today I had a conversation with a buddy of mine, Jonathan Burke about a good article marketing software to use, more about that later. After our chat, I decided to check out his blog for a bit. He posted this video on there and it was the best video about Network Marketing that I think I have ever seen.

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