Chase testimonials and the success will follow.

If you are like me, you love to get compliments, right? Well I got a couple yesterday. I've started my own business recently and the purpose of this blog is to keep a journal of what (if any) aspects make my business successful. That is where copliments come in: It kinda shows you what you are doing right.

FACT! Testimonials are THE best form of marketing message you can use. 95% of us are followers and the other 5% are innovators. People are eight times more likely to use a product/service if they know someone else that had to make the same decision, were eventually satisfied.

For that reason, I use a REAL testimonial in all my ads. Since I've been using it my responses on all my ads have increased dramatically. But to place a different testimonial in my ads every week, I had to start chasing testimonials.

And what did you thank happened? I started treating every client like a person that may supply me with my next testimonial. Service quality improved and I have a whole lot more happy clients. And happy clients tend to tell other people about your product/ service. And it all snowballs on you.

I cannot wipe this huge grin from my face!

Provide value to every person you meet. Study Success. And ask questions.

Happy Testimonial hunting.

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Talk and get Rich

Sometimes just merely verbalizing a goal is the first and most important step in achieving it. So go out and tell someone about it. Get someone that will listen. Tell them the details of the plan. You will realise that by verbalizing it, you will yourself fill in the blanks of your plan. You will start to visualise the destination. The clearer the visual mind image, the easier it is to work towards it.

Do One Thing Everyday - Reaching your Goals

It sounds so simple, but it's probably the best piece of advice I've ever heard. Do one thing everyday. If you would like to become succesfull, the first step is to know where you are going. Visualize the end destination. Whether it's a lifestyle, a bank balance or the security of a balanced lifestyle: Know the destination...


... and then...


Do One Thing Everyday


Nike said it best: "Just Do It". By taking one step, no matter how insignificant, towards the end destination is the key to getting there. After a while the one thing you did that day will start building on all the things you did previously and you will start to get momentum.


Momentum is the prequal to success. I'm loving life right now, because I've reached that momentum.

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Success comes after you move yourself outside your own comfort zone

Unless you try to do somethingbeyond what you have already mastered, you will
never grow.

- Ronald E Osborn

You probably are in a comfort zone right now: You know where your next checque comes from. Most of the time, success only came to the successful after they have been kicked out of their comfort zone and they were forced to create their own destiny.

Neccessity creates creativity

Who is Rich?

Who is Rich? He that rejoices in his portion

Benjamin Franklin

The Ultimate Measure of Success & The ULTIMATE GOAL

What is the ultimate measure of success? What is the one thing the ultra successful spend more money on? Charity.

You know you’ve reached the pinnacle of success when you can devote a large part of your time and money on charity. Bill Gates and his wife Melinda can say they’ve reached the pinnacle. So can Warren Buffett, the world’s second richest man and best private investor. Oprah Winfrey is living the enchanted life as so many ultra successful people have been doing before her.

After devoting your life to success in a field, there is no better reward than giving back to people less fortunate. Warren Buffett has created such a successful career, that today he can give away 85% of his income every year! THIS is what I’m going to refer to as the ULTIMATE GOAL. I have decided to make it mine. Yes, I would like to own most of the things I profile in my other blog, Lifestyles of the Rich, but I would like to, at the end of my career give away in abundance. Don’t you? It’s the most rewarding expense you can make. Don’t you agree?

Let me tell you: The one secret to success is to always give. Give and you shall receive. If you have a blog or your own web site, you will know this. If you want a good ranking in Google or any other search engine, you have you have outbound links in order to get traffic. Promote someone else’s site and the favour will be retuned. Not always from the site you link to, but from places like Google. Life works the same. If you are willing to give away a small portion of your wealth to a good cause, life will reward you with so much more. Not always in the way you’d expect, but it always does.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are funded by the Gates family and secondary by donations from Warren Buffett. Above is a photo of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett (The world’s two richest men). The foundation supports causes such as education, HIV/ Aids, public libraries and science.

Above is a photo of Oprah Winfrey with South African children for whom she has built a new school.

I'll bet you that these three individuals derive more pleasure from making these donations than from making the billions! This is success’ ULTIMATE GOAL!

What it is all about...

Welcome to Studying Success.

“If you surround yourself with success stories, some of that success might just rub off on you!”

I do believe this is true: If you keep reading about success, you will be able to learn to identify opportunities that could lead to success. Why? Because learning what the ONE event was that changed successful people’s lives/ careers, the CATALYST event, will help you concentrate to find your own. In the blog I will share my research with the world, so that we all could go for more, more often. Read profiles of people I find to be successful and inspiring.

The blog idea was a natural progression from my other blog, Lifestyles of the Rich.

How do you become Rich? How did people become rich? Does wealth necessarily equate to success? Could you be successful and not be wealthy? How does personal growth equate into business success? These are just some of the questions I am going to try to answer.