If you're struggling to find your passion, you've come to the right place.

Unfortunately, a lot of people have no idea what their passion is. As a result, they wander aimlessly through life, doing work that makes them feel uninspired.

According to a new Gallup study on the American workplace, of the country’s approximately 100 million full-time employees, 51 percent feel no real connection to their jobs.

In my opinion, this is a waste of life. You cannot experience fulfillment in life if you don't love what you're doing each day.

Are you ready to discover how to find your passion?

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A life without passion is no life at all.

You cannot love your life if you don't love what you are doing every day. This is why you have to make sure that you are living your life with passion. A passion-driven life is one where you are living in alignment with what makes you come alive inside.

Passion is something that you associate a massive amount of pleasure to. If you are passionate about something you will be more likely to repeat it because it makes you feel good. However, you may not experience pleasure right away. The reason why a lot of people can't find their passion is that they try something once or twice, make a judgment based on their experience too quickly, and quit when something doesn't work. They decide that it's not their passion and move onto the next thing.

The truth is that, anytime that you try anything new, you will suck at the beginning. You have to drop your ego and be willing to go through a “suck” period.  Unfortunately, a lot of people allow their past experiences of failure to dictate their present-day choices. The past does not equal the future. Your values, beliefs, habits, and way of being are constantly changing.

Who you are today is not who you were yesterday.

If you've written off passions from your past, I encourage you to reconnect with these activities. Be willing to let go of your preconceived beliefs and allow yourself to be open to new experiences. Anytime I try something new I give it one month and a fair enough effort before coming to a conclusion about whether or not I like it. I encourage you to make it a goal of trying something new every month.

If you want to find your passion, you have to explore the buffet of life. You've got to be willing to try a lot of different things and break free from your current way of being and living. Happiness research shows that trying new things increases dopamine levels in the brain, contributing to sustained levels of contentment.  Approach finding your passion as an adventure.

Take notice of how you feel when you engage in an activity. If you stay in your comfort zone and do things you've always done, you won't grow. In fact, you'll start getting really bored with life. Don't live a limited life based on stories and meanings from your past. Be willing to take risks and actively open yourself to new activities and opportunities.

This is how to find your passion in life.

In my next blog post, I will be talking about how you can turn your passion into profit and make massive impact in the world. It will support and build upon the knowledge that I have taught inside this blog post. Yes, it is possible to make money from doing something that you love to do and I'm going to show you how. Stay tuned for that!

You deserve to live a passion-filled life. Don't stop until you find something that makes you come alive inside and then do everything in your power to master that one thing. Are you ready to find your passion?

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Are you looking for a way to create your ultimate dream lifestyle?

A lot of people sit on the sidelines of life, hoping that their dreams will come true one day, but nothing happens in life unless you take action. Your dream lifestyle isn’t going to magically show up at your doorstep.

It requires that you design the life of your choosing, and then start moving in that direction. This is your life. You make the decisions, so make them. What does your ultimate dream lifestyle look like? If you don’t know yet, it’s time to start focusing on what you want to have in your life.

In the words of Bob Bennett, “A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.” Today is the beginning of anything that you want. Are you ready to fly?

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What would it feel like to be living your ultimate dream lifestyle?

You may have forgotten, but YOU are in the driver’s seat of your life, which means that you have the power to make your own choices. Once you realize this, you immediately give yourself permission to start designing your ultimate dream lifestyle.

There is no ideal dream lifestyle. We all desire different things in life, whether that’s buying a beautiful home, traveling the world, contributing to charities, improving your health, or investing in your personal growth and development. I’m living my ultimate dream lifestyle, but it didn’t happen overnight. It took a heavy dose of self-belief, time, patience, determination, and hard work.

Before you can start creating your ultimate dream lifestyle, you need to understand what that lifestyle looks like for you. I encourage you to answer these 6 questions and see what comes up for you.

1. What is your “why”?

You will never be able to actualize the life of your dreams until you actually take the time to define what matters to you. What makes you come alive inside? I believe that each of us come into this world with a unique purpose in life.

When people think about living their dream lifestyle they usually envision something out of a movie – a billionaire, relaxing on a yacht, covered in hundred dollar bills, while drinking champagne.

Material possessions are great, but they won't fulfill you. Don’t get me wrong. Financial freedom is a beautiful position to be in, but it’s so much more than material wealth. Once you get to a point in life where you don’t have to worry about money, you start to think bigger. Your mindset shifts with regards to what a dream lifestyle really looks like.

This will be different for everyone, depending on what their values are. So, you may be wondering, “How do I find my life purpose?” The best place to start is by dropping from your head into your heart. When you connect with your heart and lead from this place, you will be inspired to follow your dreams.

Once you find what it is that makes you come alive inside, I encourage you to take action! This is the point at which you will know that you are living a purposeful life. Once you feel into your purpose, you will wonder how you ever survived one day without it.

You weren’t born to live an average life. You have a special purpose and it is your job to find it and live it fully. We all have an infinite amount of potential waiting to be unleashed upon the world, and once we embody it, there is nothing that stands in our way of success. As the German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche once said, “He who knows his why can endure any how.”

2. What is the vision that you have for your life?

Anything that you want to achieve in life starts with having a vision. A clear vision is the roadmap that helps you pursue your dreams and goals, with passion and purpose.

A lot of people have never taken the time to consciously envision what they want their life to look like. This visioning process is paramount to your long-term success.

When I was first getting started on my journey, the one thing that really helped was getting crystal clear on what I wanted my life to look, feel and sound like. Most people have never experienced the peak level of emotion that can come when you tap into a vision that is greater than yourself. 

I’m a big believer in the power of vision boards. This is a great way to inspire you to achieve your vision. Visualization is one of the most powerful mind exercises that you can engage in. A study found that doing mental training, specifically, picturing yourself doing a physical exercise, drives the muscles to a higher activation level and increases strength.

When it comes to visualizing, be specific about what it is that you want. Your vision board should focus on how you want to feel every day, not just on the material possession that you want. The purpose of it is to bring your dream lifestyle to life. Never forget that, what you focus on, expands.

3. What changes do you need to make to your current lifestyle that will allow you to create your dream lifestyle?

If you have the desire to level up your lifestyle, you need to get real with how you are spending your money. If you want to achieve financial freedom you need to learn how to manage your money. Money management is a habit. When I first started my online business, I stepped back and analyzed my existing lifestyle.

I would calculate my monthly expenses and tried to determine what I could knock off my list that would help lower my expenses, and then I would think about ways that I could create passive income streams, that could eventually pay for almost anything that I wanted. You need to get real with your money habits.

You can take this exercise a step further and write down exactly what it would cost for you to be able to afford the lifestyle that you want, which can be broken down on a monthly, daily and hourly basis. I would then encourage you to ask yourself, “What would have to be the gross income of my business, per year, in order to afford the lifestyle that I want?”

From here, you want to be specific about the exact date that you want to achieve this goal by, and how old you will be when this happens. You are then going to break down what each year up to that date are going to have to look like in order for you to achieve your ultimate dream lifestyle goal.

If you are needing some financial clarity, with regards to how much it will really cost to live your dream lifestyle, check out Tim Ferriss' website, Four Hour Workweek. He created something called the “dreamline.” This is a spreadsheet based on the things you want to have, be, and do. Once you create this, you can see your ideal lifestyle in detail, and then match a dollar amount to your dreams.

4. What goals do you need to set in order to make your dream a reality?

Oftentimes people set lofty goals that overwhelm them. Yes, you want your goals to stretch you, but you don’t want them to be so big that they feel unachievable, to the point where you start criticizing yourself.

This is why you need to carefully construct a set of milestones that will inspire you to keep moving forward towards the achievement of your goals. Ask yourself, “What would I have to do on a daily, monthly and/or yearly basis that would lead me to my ultimate dream lifestyle?”

Don't just think about the the goals that you want to achieve. Go one step further and write them down. This is supported by Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at the Dominican University in California who studied the art and science of goal setting. In her research, she found that you become 42% more likely to achieve your goals and dreams, simply by writing them down on a regular basis.

If you have a desire to start an online business, the beginning stages are always the slowest because you are building the foundation. However, as the compound effect takes shape, you start to scale up fast. Once you start making some money, it’s amazing how much faster your business starts growing.

John Reese once said that “If you can make $1 online, then you are 95% of the way there to making one million dollars online.” That $1 is the hardest money that you will ever make, but it’s also the most rewarding. When I think back to the first dollar that I made online, I remember how amazing it felt. It gave me the confidence to know that the process was working and that someone was finding value from my efforts.

5. What is your relationship with money?

When it comes to living your ultimate dream lifestyle, your mindset is paramount to the level of success that you can achieve. People who have an unhealthy relationship with money often live pay-check to pay-check. If you have self-limiting beliefs about what is possible in life you may be stuck in a scarcity mentality.

If you want to create your dream lifestyle, you need to change the way that you think, feel and act towards money. It all starts with creating an abundance mindset. People who live from a place of abundance adopt an attitude that focuses on possibilities. The fear of never making enough money doesn’t exist in their world.

When you decide to make the shift from scarcity into abundance, your financial life will immediately start to improve because you will be consciously focusing on having more.

6. Do you have an unwavering belief in yourself?

If you want to be successful, then you need to have an unwavering belief in yourself and your abilities. In order to master success in the outside world, first, you need to create a strong inner world.

If you struggle with confidence, one of the best ways to develop and strengthen your belief system is through daily personal affirmations. Through repetition, you can reprogram your subconscious mind and replace disempowering thoughts with empowering ones.

Bestselling author Jon Gordon always says, “Talk to yourself more than you listen to yourself.” When you wake up every day, talk to yourself as if you were a champion and condition those empowering thoughts. If you don’t believe in yourself, how do you expect anyone else to believe in you?

If you have a desire to build an online business, I guarantee that you will fail or experience setbacks at some point in time. However, when your self-belief is strong, there is no setback that will stand in the way of your success. You may sway, but you will not fall, because your foundation will be unshakeable.

The most successful people in this world believe in themselves. More importantly, they possess the grit and determination to keep pushing forward, despite the challenges that they face, while in pursuit of creating the life of their dreams. Anything is possible if you believe it to be so.

This is just some of the content that I shared in my Online Business Mastery Mastermind event. If you are interested in getting notified about my upcoming events, click here.

Your ultimate dream lifestyle is within arm's reach.

Life is so short. Don’t waste one more day thinking about your dream life, and start taking action to create it! If you fall along the way, get back up, keep going and don’t stop until you have attained the freedom that you desire. In the words of Walt Disney, “If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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Are you ready to learn 3 questions that you must ask yourself before starting to create your dream lifestyle? CLICK HERE to check out the article that I wrote on Medium!

What is the best online business for you to start? I get asked this question all the time.

There are so many different online business models to choose from that it can get overwhelming to know which one is best. We are so blessed to be able to have all of the amazing opportunities that the Internet provides us with.

Technology has changed the business landscape, so much so that the traditional career paths that society has laid out for us have been challenged. Taking the road less traveled has started to become the norm for many people.

After reading Tim Ferriss' book, The 4-Hour Workweek, I discovered that I could build an online business and I was hooked. I knew that I had to do whatever it took in order to make my dream a reality. Did I encounter challenges and barriers along the way? Did I make mistakes and fail? Did I encounter limiting beliefs, fears and doubts? Yes, but it was all worth it.

Today, I've built a thriving online business and I am able to live my dream of financial freedom and abundance. Are you ready to figure out what is the best online business for you?

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What is the best online business for you?

This is a challenging question to answer. As human beings, we don't really know what is going to be best for us until we try new things. Everyone has different interests and skill sets. The best online business for you may depend on how much experience you already have in the online business world, the amount of money that you have to invest, or the amount of time that you have to build your business.

One of the most important factors at play in determining what is the best online business for you is to determine what your passion is. What makes you come alive inside? That is what you need to focus on. I speak from personal experience when I say that money alone will not sustain you, because it is only a short-term motivator.

This idea is supported by a study that interviewed 600 managers and found that 95% of them misunderstood what it was that motivated their employees. After analyzing over 12,000 employee diary entries, the number one work motivator was found to be emotion, not financial incentive. It was the feeling of making progress every day toward a meaningful goal that mattered most.

You may have to try out a few different business models in order to figure out what is the best one for you. Once you figure it out, you need to go all-in and commit to investing the time, energy, and hard work it takes to build a sustainable online business.

If you have a ‘get rich quick' mentality, you won't get far, because building a business requires that you fall in love with the process of doing it. Oftentimes, people get so caught up in the end result that they forget to enjoy themselves along the way.

It's important to understand that the end result of a successful business is the byproduct of your daily actions. Instead of aiming for your end goal, aim for the journey that it will take to get you there.

The best online business for you is the one that you BELIEVE you will excel at most.

If you aren't excited about something and don't buy into it, you won't do whatever it takes in order to be successful. Nothing will work unless YOU work. The fact of the matter is that every online business has its pros and cons, so you need to find the one that is the most aligned with your values.

I've got a free quiz that I created that will help you get clarity in terms of figuring out what is the best online business for you to start. Similarly, you can check out the free course that I offer, where I share the 7 online business models that have made me an Internet millionaire. Within that course, I share a ton of great resources that will help you to kickstart your online business.

At the end of the day, all of the online business models work. However, what will determine your success won't be your strategy, but rather the mindset that you adopt. Commit to mastery. Put in the hard work, take consistent action, and do whatever it takes to succeed.

In the words of Richard Branson, “There's no such thing as an accidental entrepreneur – it's deliberate, it's conscious, and it's hard work.” Are you ready to go all-in?

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Tatiana and I are back! Today I want to share with you how she went from $0 to $50,000 per month on Amazon at 23 years old.

We had such an amazing response from our first interview together, which has since gone viral, getting over 2.5 million views, that we decided to do a second one. If you haven't watched it already, I highly recommend that you do!

Tatiana is going to share more with you about her success with selling on Amazon, and how she has built her online brand, Luxx Health, to where it is today.

Are you ready to learn how she went from $0 to $50,000 per month on Amazon at 23 years old? In the words of Robert Kiyosaki, “Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.”

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Here is a sneak peak of my interview with Tatiana about how she went from $0 to $50,000 per month on Amazon at 23 years old:

For those people who have yet to watch our first video interview together, can you share a little bit about how you got started selling on Amazon?

I was working a 9-5 job and attending school, full-time when I decided to start an online business. I didn't have a lot of freedom at the time, and that became even more apparent when I started to date Stefan, who as you know, works from his laptop and has the ability to travel and work when he wants.

At the onset, I didn't want to start an online business selling on Amazon because I didn't think that I had the skills to do so. There are so many different ways to make money online, so I decided that I would give it a try. I started to sell a product and made some money doing so, but I wasn't passionate about it. Eventually, Stefan and I found a course called Amazing Selling Machine.

From that course, we learned how to build an online physical products business. From the first module of the ASM course, I was hooked. They shared testimonials from people who had been through the course and who had experienced massive success. I wouldn’t have been able to build a physical products business without this course. 

What do you see as the biggest struggles that hold people back from starting an online business?

I think that people don't want to invest their money into a business, for fear that something will go wrong. Even if something does go wrong, learn from your mistakes so that you can improve your business over the long-term. People are also scared of quitting their job, but you don't have to, and I don't recommend it. Build your online business in your spare time until you build it up to a place where it is stable and can provide you with an income.

How has your life changed since starting your online business?

My goal with this business was to be able to quit my job and make enough money to live off of and build an online brand. I reinvest a lot of the money that I make so that I can grow my brand. Sure, I am now working a lot more hours than I ever was at my day job, but I enjoy it because it is something that I am passionate about. I'm not just working for a paycheck. Rather, I'm working to build an asset.

That's what is so great about the ASM event, is that you have a community of people that are on the same path as you that support you. Oftentimes, Amazon sellers aren’t as transparent about their success online, which is why the ASM community is so great. My life has changed dramatically since starting my online business, and it wasn't until I attended the ASM event and saw people that were doing phenomenally well selling on Amazon that my mindset shifted and I was determined to make it work.

What advice would you give to those people who want to take a leap of faith and build an online business on Amazon?

Open your mind to believing that anything is possible, work on yourself, find your passion, and take charge of your life. If this is what you want to do, just do it. Freedom has always been a motivating factor for me, and now that I have it, it has changed my life in so many ways. Before I had an online business, I was so time-restricted, but now I have the opportunity to do the things that I love every day. The more that your business grows, the more time that you will have. 

I hope Tatiana’s story of success inspires you to take a leap of faith and start your own online business. This is how she went from $0 to $50,000 per month on Amazon at 23 years old. 

If you want to learn more about Tatiana business and the amazing product that she provides, connect with her on social media:

• Website
• YouTube channel
• Tatiana's Instagram
• Luxx Health Instagram

Are you ready to create an online business that will allow you to upgrade your lifestyle?

If you believe in yourself, commit to learning from those who have achieved what you desire, and do the hard work, like Tatiana did. Anything is possible. If she can do it, so can you!

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Are you tired of living someone else's dream? If you've always had aspirations of being your own boss, and find yourself dreading going to work every day, it's time to start building your own dream.

Why? Because life is too short not to do what you love. You are meant to do great things in this world.

Oftentimes people get stuck in their 9-5 jobs because of fear that they will fail. Having a dream is great, but nothing will ever come of it if you don't create goals and take action.

How would it feel to wake up every day with a smile on your face, knowing that you are making a difference in the world AND living your passion?

In the words of Tony Gaskins, “If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs.” If this is your reality, it's time to make a change, and start creating YOUR future today!

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I'm not suggesting that you quit your day job today and start a business tomorrow. Building a business is a long-term investment that takes hard work, commitment, time, patience, and grit.

A lot of people give up in the beginning stages when they don't see an immediate reward from their efforts; but if you stick with it, the payoff is beautiful.

Entrepreneurship is the key to financial freedom and living the life of your dreams.

What are you waiting for?

Here are three warning signs that may be proof your dreams are not your own.

1. Your Job Doesn't Align With Your Core Values

If your job doesn't motivate you to get out of bed every morning, there is a chance that it isn't aligned with your core life values.

What do you value? Does your current job allow you to focus on your core values? If not, it's time to start rethinking what is most important to you.

When you are aligned with your work you are connected to something that is meaningful to you. Something that allows you to fulfill your heart's desire. When this happens, it doesn't feel like work, because you are doing what you love.

As author Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic explains in his book, The Talent Delusion: Why Data, Not Intuition, Is the Key to Unlocking Human Potential, “When people pick jobs that fulfill basic psychological needs, motives, and values, they immerse themselves more in their work, experience higher levels of job satisfaction, and their productivity rises.”

This is the beauty of creating a business that is yours; it gives you the freedom to design your life in a way that aligns with your core values.

2. You Work Feels Meaningless

We spend a large portion of our lives working, so it is important that we engage in work that is meaningful. Unfortunately, for most, lack of meaning is the norm.

More than 40 years of research shows that people struggle to find meaning when they lack autonomy, variety, challenge, and the chance to work on a whole product or service from start to finish.

This is where the luxury of having your own business comes into play, in that you have the intellectual and emotional freedom to create meaning behind every product and service that you deliver.

When you do work that makes a difference in the lives of others, you experience a sense of fulfillment and happiness that far outweighs a paycheck. As Viktor Frankl wrote in his book, Man's Search For Meaning, “Suffering ceases to be suffering once it finds a meaning.”

The secret to true happiness and success in life is being able to wake up every day and live your purpose. If you haven't found it yet, don't stop. Are you tired of living someone else's dream? Don't just strive for a job. Dream bigger.

3. You Are Fearful Of Not Living Up To Others' Expectations

Whose life are you living? Is it one that you intentionally created for yourself, or is it based on the inflated expectations of others? If you follow someone else's path, you will end up living a life of regret. If you can relate to this, great!

This means that you have the awareness of what brought you to where you are now, and the courage to change it. If you have found yourself in someone else's story, it's time to re-write it.

Take responsibility for your life, stop seeking approval from others, and live your own dreams. There is great freedom in letting go of the expectations of others and living in alignment with who you are.

Are you tired of living someone else's dream? If so, it's time to stop and build your own! Write down your life's vision, purpose, and goals. Then start taking steps, every day, towards creating the life that you desire.

If you don’t have a plan for your life, you will be a part of someone else’s.

In the words of the late Steve Jobs, “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

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I would like to share 3 benefits of minimalism that extend to all areas of life. Through life's ups and downs, it is important that we remember to take the time to enjoy the simple things in life. We need to be grateful for what we have, and focus on finding meaning in our lives.

Life is meant to be enjoyed, not filled with stress and frustration. Minimalism is a state of being, a simple approach to life, that can help us do more with less.  In the words of Vernon Howard, “You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.”

That is why I wanted to invite Will Chou, the founder of Will You Laugh, a self-development blog that focuses on the secrets to success, to write a guest post to talk about 3 benefits of minimalism that extend to all areas of life.

Take it away, Will!

When I first discovered minimalism, I was a mess of a person and I thought it was stupid. But everything has changed now.  To explain my change of opinion, we have to go back to the beginning. When I first discovered minimalism, I really wanted to travel the world for a living.

At the time, I was disillusioned with my career paths and confused about my future. I was struggling to find work I could enjoy and the job opportunities that I was offered, sucked. To put it simply, like many Millennials, I had chosen a tough college major that I loved (pre-med Biology) but realized too late that it wasn’t my passion (after graduation).

My days of despair led me to seek escapism on the Internet. I discovered a large group of online bloggers that had a huge following and who called themselves, “travel hackers.”

Essentially, they would travel to exotic places for a living and make their living by “hacking life.” They were able to achieve a level of financial freedom that most people would envy. At first, I wasn't sold on this whole idea of minimalism, but that soon changed. Today, I want to share with you the three benefits of minimalism that extend to all areas of life:

1. You Will Stay Organized and Clean

I had always been a messy person. Despite my best efforts to stay clean, my room would quickly morph into a mess of junk. To put it simply, the more items you have, the more opportunity it is for it to make you feel and appear messy.

When you only have a couple of items on your desk, it’s never going to look that messy no matter how long you delay cleaning it up. It’s shocking how few people understand or use this habit. Nowadays, I have applied this minimalist philosophy to every area of my life.

2. You Will Achieve More By Working Less

A lot of people make the mistake of approaching their daily to-do list with a reactive state of mind. They take on too many tasks on a daily basis, many of which are unimportant. When they look back at what they have accomplished, they are surprised by their lack of progress.

A solution is a form of minimalism called essentialism. The concept is simple. Focus on one to three tasks per day. Make sure they are the most important tasks that will make the biggest impact on the accomplishment of your goals. If you do this right, you will realize that you’re doing less work but getting more results by prioritizing and cutting out the unnecessary.

3. You Feel Happier and Less Stressed

Not so long ago, I was frustrated with my progress, both professionally and personally. I didn’t have quality friends, I wasn't earning much, and I was lost and without direction in my dating life.

It was confusing because I had always worked super hard in school and “done the right things.” After doing a lot of research on success, happy people, and the science of happiness, I came up with a simple mantra that has helped me a lot. It goes something like, “As long as I have air, water, food, a healthy mind, and a healthy body, I am happy.”

This mantra reminds me to lead a simple, happy life. By living this philosophy, I have become a much happier, more relaxed, and lighter person.

I Am Not A Minimalist And I Don’t Want You To Be. 

Wait, what? After all, I have said, I’m now revealing that I’m not a minimalist, I don’t intend to be one. Why? I can't say that I would be happy with living a lifestyle of extreme minimalism, and that’s OK. What I love about some minimalist influencers out there is that they’re not telling you to become a minimalist.

Rather, they are encouraging that you adopt the minimalist practices that work for you. That’s where I stand. I will be rich one day and I will buy expensive experiences, but the items and services I do buy will be fewer than the average person, and they will be focused on memorable experiences, rather than a desire to hold onto possession.

It’s important not to swing from one extreme perspective (“Everything you buy has value so you should hoard it.”) to the other (“Nothing has value so get rid of it all.”). The truth lies closer to the middle.

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Life mastery requires persistence, commitment, passion, and hard work. Do you want to know how to decide what to focus on and master? I’m here to show you. I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I would like to share with you what has worked for me, and hopefully it resonates with you.

Like many entrepreneurs, when I first started growing my business, I made a lot of mistakes, which was a great learning experience for me. The beauty of mistakes is that they clarify what it is that we really want and how we want to live our lives. Robert Kiyosaki said it best, “Don’t waste a good mistake. Learn from it.” An MRI study published in the journal, Nature Communications, found that making a mistake can feel good, if our brains are given a chance to learn from it.

At the end of the day, I believe that the determining factor for how to decide what to focus on and master in your life is to live in accordance with your vision and purpose. What makes you come alive inside? If you don't wake up every day feeling a sense of excitement and vitality for the day ahead, it's time to make a change.

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My true passion in life is self-development. The clearer that you are about the direction that you want your life to take, the happier and more fulfilled that you will be. That is what you need to focus on and master in your life. This is the path to life mastery.

That being said, my passion has evolved and changed over the years, and that is OK. Passions can influence your identity, but they don’t have to define who you are. I went through a phase where I wanted to master business and marketing, but now I’m at a stage in my life where I want to master self-development in its totality. If you love what you do, passion is easy.

Change can be difficult, especially when it requires breaking years of bad habits. Although I am a proponent of mastering all areas of your life, I also know that it can be challenging to change too much at once. If you want to master your life, you need to find ways to be consistent.

Research has shown that you are two to three times more likely to stick with your habits if you make a specific plan for when, where, and how you will perform the behaviour.

It is impossible to be in balance, 100% of the time. It does not exist. If you try to force mastery, you will drive yourself crazy. When children are playing on a seesaw and it’s in balance, do you think they are having fun? No. We need to be in conscious imbalance in order to move, perform at our best, and enjoy life.

In the quest to understanding who you are and what matters in your life, sometimes you need to swing from one extreme to the other. In doing so, you will find your flow and discover a balance that will satisfy your goals and dreams. In the words of Joyce Meyer, “Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don’t live in a perfect world.”

At certain times in my life, I have focused my energy on mastering different areas of my life. For example, when I was younger, I placed more emphasis on mastering my mind, emotions, and relationships because I wanted to grow my self-confidence and improve my dating skills. I didn’t care about business and finances.

Oftentimes we look at each area of life in isolation from one another. However, eventually I got to a point where I realized that each area of my life worked together and affected one other. I knew that if I mastered my mind and emotions, it would support my business and finances. If I improved my health, it would help my relationships because I would feel more confident.

How to decide what to focus on and master in your life doesn’t have to be a difficult process. A clear sense of purpose allows you to focus your efforts on what matters most. If you want to achieve life mastery, you need to fall in love with the process of it. It requires that you are committed, disciplined, hardworking, and most of all, passionate.

Find out what it is that makes you come alive and then devote all of your energy to it. When you do so, life mastery becomes yours for the taking.

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I had the opportunity to interview my friend, Trevor Turnbull, on how to leverage the power of LinkedIn marketing to generate sales and grow your online business.

Trevor is an online sales and marketing expert with over 12 years of experience working in the industry. He is the Founder of Linked Into Leads, a LinkedIn lead generation, training and consulting company that finds, qualifies and connects clients to their target audience using the #1 network for business professionals.

For the last 8 years, Trevor has been speaking professionally on the subject of how to leverage LinkedIn in order to grow your network. He created an amazing training program called, Linkedinfluence that shows you how you can use LinkedIn to drive traffic to your website and successfully network with high-profile individuals.

Whether you are just starting your online business or if you already have a business and want to take it to the next level, Trevor’s knowledge will provide you with a lot of value.

Are you ready to master LinkedIn profile marketing so that you can attract new customers and deliver your message to the right people? Trevor is here to show you how.

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Below is a sneak peak of my interview with Trevor Turnbull:

Can you share a little bit about yourself and how you got started in the online business and marketing world?

My entrepreneurial journey started in 2003. I have a marketing degree, but didn’t do anything with it. I knew pretty quickly that I had an entrepreneurial bug inside of me. I got into sales right out of university, and after 3 years I got sick of working for other people and taking direction.

Mike Olaski first introduced me to the digital world in 2006. One year later, I quit my job, and Mike and I started a website development company. We built our business up to 40 clients and then sold that company. From there, I went to work for a digital agency in Saskatoon, where I got to work for some multi-national brands and sports teams. This was in 2007-2008, when social media was just starting to become popular. The executives that I was working with were like, “What is this Facebook thing and how can we leverage it?” I had no clue, but I told them that I did. I taught myself how to use it and started facilitating training programs.

The online world transformed into my passion, in particular the social media side of business and how you can use it to build relationships. I quit that job, and started doing consulting around this exact thing. Mike and I reconnected, went out east and launched a 2^nd website, which we called Sports Fan Connect. It was just two dudes on the road, attending sports games, leveraging contacts, and documenting what was going on in the social media world of the sports industry. I used that platform to connect with people that I wanted to meet as well.

How can LinkedIn help people generate leads or sales for their online businesses? What are the main benefits of this tool?

LinkedIn has evolved a lot over the years. It comes down to some basic principles.

The starting point is one’s LinkedIn profile. Oftentimes, it gets viewed as an online resume, a place where you dump your experience, but that’s a big mistake. When you think about core marketing principles you need to address what is the pain point of your audience and figure out how to solve that problem. You have to do the same thing with your LinkedIn profile. If you solve a problem or want to for that matter, and you can address those things, your profile should speak to that person. That will compel him/her to connect with you.

I talk about a very simplified buyer journey, which is comprised of awareness, consideration, evaluation, and then advocacy. If you are building awareness to get yourself in front of the right people who might buy your services or products, they have to know within 3 seconds why they want to read more. That’s why it is so critical to master those tiny tweaks to your profile in order to spark someone’s attention.

Can you expand on how else you can utilize LinkedIn in order to generate more leads and sales?

I talk about a 7-step process in my online training program, The 30 Day Sales Machine. Once you’ve established that base of clearly communicating what you do, the next step is for you to be proactive, and to go find the people that you want to work with. In some cases, you need to play the numbers game. You want to reach out to every single person, but with very targeted messaging. It’s such a tiny thing, but when you are asking to connect with someone on LinkedIn, you have to put it in his/her court to make the decision. It’s a psychological thing. With LinkedIn, the more specific you can be, the more effectively you can speak to the person you are talking to.

Can you talk a bit more about the content-side of LinkedIn?

I go through a 7-step process during my live webinar, where I teach people how you can land your next client using the LinkedIn funnel. The first six steps focus on things like messaging, follow-ups, etc., but the seventh step is about how to build expertise and raise your authority through content publishing. You can do that through publishing directly on LinkedIn, because it has a built-in database of your target audience. The more that you build your 1st-degree network with the right people, the more that your content will be seen. You can also message those people directly and share your content with them. You need to be consistent and have processes in place in order to scale what you are doing. In doing so, it raises your level of expertise.

Can you share any strategies with regards to how people can attract more leads or sales to their physical products or Amazon books, via LinkedIn?  

When you are selling a service, you are building relationships. In between selling services are people that sell products, but don’t necessarily sell a widgetized product — like a book that provides education, or a physical product like a supplement. You have to take a hybrid approach, where you are making people aware of what you are selling, but always coming from a value first perspective.

Going back to the buyer journey, awareness is always #1. If you are selling a supplement and you want trainers to be aware of it, you are going to target personal trainers by making sure that your profile speaks to what value you offer those customers. Maybe it’s in the form of educational content that speaks to those things (i.e. testimonials, a video, quality pictures), and then start inviting those people to connect. The same thing goes for e-Book publishing. One of the best ways to offer value is to give away chapters of your book.

What advice would you give to someone that has aspirations of starting an online business? What does it take in order to be successful in the online business world?

In 2009, after years of trying to find my way, I landed on my Mom’s couch for 6 months at the age of 35. It was really humbling and uplifting to know that I had my Mom there to support me. From there, it took me 5-6 years to figure everything out.

The turning point for me was in the last two years. I got hyper focused. I know that I didn’t want to pigeonhole myself as just the “LinkedIn Guy”, but I realized that it was my #1 source to be able to establish expertise and then to be able to build trust and expand on what I teach. I recommend to people that they pick something, model other peoples’ success, get really good at what they do, and don’t get distracted. That is my advice for how to grow your online business organically.

Trevor has graciously gifted you guys with a free video training that will guide you through the 7-step process for creating an irresistible LinkedIn profile that will attract clients. Check it out now!

I’m so grateful that I was able to interview Trevor Turnbull on how to leverage the power of LinkedIn marketing to generate sales and grow your online business. I hope this interview has inspired you to start or level up your LinkedIn marketing strategy!

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