I invested big time to get where I am now. You?

I wanted to share something with you that I've been mulling over for a couple of days.

I wanted to understand why it is that things have moved forward for me. Recently I ended up multiplying my salary 4 fold. I am an entrepreneur by nature and this blog post summarises my recent thoughts.

I remember back to one of my first "jobs". I'd moved from a temp contract where I was a teacher at a secondary school and moved to London to start as an IT trainer. The "salary" was about £900 a month and my outgoings were £1100 a month. So after a couple of months and one credit card later I decided to step things up.

Every night I studied. Yes, every night. I learned about a new software so that I could take on more training courses. Within 9 months I had repeated this process of taking on new courses 30 times and had "become" the top trainer in the organisation.

I say "become" in quotes because what I really mean is that I "was" the top trainer. I had the most courses, best results and highest income. I had become the top trainer, not just by wanting but by doing.

I sacrificed 9 months of evenings and I was enjoying the results.



Eric Worre recently talked about DMO - Daily Mode of Operation. The things that you do every day and help your team to do every day which result in further success by helping them become what they want to be through activity. Here's the video..



The next time I had to move forward was when I had maxed out on the amount I could earn with that training role. I spent a whole month studying in the evenings so that I could get the accreditation and certificates. Within a couple of months, a friend recommended me to a large organisation and then I started my own company and became a consultant.

Fast forward to last year - I'd already discovered the power of building a team and how helping others could increase the amount of income that could be achieved. Building a team of 100 people in 2012 and looking to build a bigger one I needed more resources. Here's where the big investment came in..

Substitute the word investment for risk or outgoings or expenditure in the following. Investment = most positive Expenditure = most negative

In 2012 I invested massively in my future. I invested my time in learning new skills and doing new activities each day. I gave up my previous income to dedicate my energies into becoming a person with a higher income and a better team leader. I invested time in my team and people appeared who are going to be leaders in 2013.

So, here's what I invested in 2012
3 solid months of my time in myself and my team
3 solid months of my income

Here's what I will be investing in 2013
Daily Activities - time invested in my business opportunity, team and learning new skills.
Listening to Audio Books on self improvement and motivation (mainly from the comfort of my car on the way to appointments.)
Attending Meetings including our massive European March convention in Lisbon.

Investing in yourself and your team is essential. According to one of my mentors, Randy Schroeder, you should act in a way that fits with your income, available funds, available time, level of ambition and willingness to work. No regrets come from focused effort.

If you would like to focus your efforts, to the benefit of you and your family, join with us in building a better future for all.

Complete the form by clicking the red button on the right or visiting http://invite4you.com/lazy

Mark Hopgood
07767 875 550 (UK)
904 638 9046 (US)
mark@hopgood.eu

One of my mentors gives me a list of the 3 most important things that will transform my life

Here's an email from one of my mentors...

Mark when I was new in MLM and didn't know what to say to a prospect I always asked myself what would a "mlm millionaire" do or say and then I acted appropriately. Amazing what happens when you begin asking yourself more empowering questions. Now here I am years later and I'm the MLM millionaire. Gotta love it baby!!!

The 3 most important things that will make the difference as to where you will be at financially in the next couple of years are:

1 - the people you associate with - most people associate with the broke (minded and financially) people in their lives. Your income will be within $5,000 of the 5 people you hang out with the most - THIS HAS BEEN PROVEN!

2 - the books that you read - most people read garbage and we all know "garbage in, garbage out." Try picking up a self-help book. What book you ask - IT DOESN'T MATTER - anyone will do. At least it will get you on the path to becoming a better person.

3 - the questions we ask ourselves - those little questions and thoughts in your head all day are either destroying you or moving you towards the life you really want. Stop for a moment and listen to yourself.

What kind of questions are you asking yourself?

If you ask yourself "why does this always happen to me" then your mind has to come up with an answer.
IT HAS NO CHOICE! It will give you an answer.

However, if you ask yourself something like "what can I do today to generate 100 viewers to my website" guess what your brain will start to find (at least start searching) for an answer.

When I joined my current company I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I would be the #1 recruiter. I knew this before I even signed up or recruited my first person. Here I am 3-weeks into it and we have been recognized as the #1 recruiter in the company. We more than tripled the numbers from the the person who came in at #2. Michael Jordan always said that he saw the ball going into the basket, before he shot it. Visualization is the art of seeing what you want as though you already have what you want. It is a technique used by some of the most successful people in the world. I know I said earlier that "any self help book" is fine. If you want my #1 recommendation it is BY FAR the following book:


Hope that information is useful - download my ebook by clicking on the red button on the right or visiting http://invite4you.com/lazy

Mark N Hopgood - marl@hopgood.eu - reach out and change your life today. 

Contact and invite audio

Thanks to Randy Schroeder for sharing this.

Art Of Inviting - Randy Schroeder (mp3 link)

Here's a link to the original website...
http://www.randyschroeder.com/training-library-item-1/

Here's what we did with Woj's new leads

Wojciech Kozłowski sent me his leads which were a list of people interested in starting a business from home. We have an ideal opportunity so we decided to join forces.

I added my 771 leads to Woj's list. I set up the following email in my automated email system.

Dear <>,

thanks for sending us your details.

I would like to invite you to take a look at an
opportunity which I believe could help you achieve your goals.

Firstly the link
http://22wojtas.myleadcompany.com/

Secondly and most importantly - how we can help you.
Our system which you can download in the form of a free 11 page guide.

http://22wojtas.blogspot.co.uk/
(when you get there click the red button)

We hope you decide to join us so that we can help you achieve your success.

regards

Mark and Wojciech
Team Of Amazing People (google us!)





Personal invite for <> <>
21 Dec 2012



So this email was sent to 771 x 2 people hungry for change in their lives and willing to make a difference by joining team of amazing people. 

If you would like to join us (Team Of Amazing People) please start by downloading the 11 page guide to making money online by clicking the red button to the right and entering your details.

Here's to your success!

7 people I've helped to build and grow their business online in the last month.

My main focus has been on helping others to create more money online.
Why online? Because online means automatic or while you are at the day job, people can be finding out about how to make money online.

Anyway - here's the people I've helped to build their businesses using social media and blogging - online.

David Ingham
http://endthedayjobnow.blogspot.com

Sue Hopgood
http://canicreateanincomeonline.blogspot.co.uk/

Marion Crist
http://ipadmillionaire.blogspot.co.uk/


iPad Millionaire
http://ipadmillionaire.blogspot.co.uk/

Chris and Andrea Gerry
http://ifcome.blogspot.com

Wojciech Kozłowski
http://22wojtas.blogspot.co.uk/

To find out about setting up your online business, download our free 11 page e-book by clicking on the red button on the right.

or visit  http://invite4you.com/lazy

no more or less, what's your magic number?

Here's food for thought.
You have a business.
Your business has an online page.

But how many people visit each day?
Without that information you will not be able to measure how your business is growing.

Here's an example. My friend has been running a business for a couple of years and I just helped him set up a blog to help promote it. Only when we worked together and my team set up the codes (10 minutes) were we able to see how many people visited.

Here's the statistics on our new blog and web measurement system. You can see that day 1 when we set up the blog we received 32 visits. These are extra visits by people looking at our opportunity. In addition day 2, early morning 7am, we had 11 visitors already. This is a new web page promoting our business. Very powerful.


Stats for http://endthedayjobnow.blogspot.co.uk

If you are ready to start measuring and improving your business online, click the red button at the right and enter your details to receive your free 11 page ebook guide on how to build a business online.

To your success!

Don't just read this

Don't just read this

My hope is that you act on this information too!

3 things that helped me to increase my earning and time with my family.

1. Learning and applying new skills - I am open to learning and willing to test and apply my new skills
2. Learning about and using new tools - I am willing to adopt and use tools to save me time
3. Leverage = helping others to do the same. Showing them how to generate income in multiple ways.




Through not giving up and consistently applying the principles in our e-book I have increased my income and helped others to create a business online.

Download our book here... http://invite4you.com/lazy