Although I love writing about info-products and writing, I also love to write about what’s going on currently during the time of year. At this time of year, I especially love to write about gratitude because I know and understand the power of the attitude of gratitude.
I use this daily because it’s the antidote for complaints and excuses. If I’m complaining that I don’t have enough work, I turn that around to say I’m grateful for the work I do have. If I’m complaining that I don’t want to go for a walk because the weather is cool and cloudy, I just remember to be grateful that it never gets much below 50 degrees in Southern California. If I make an excuse that I don’t have time to exercise, I remind myself to be grateful that I work for myself and my time is my own.
If you’re complaining about the economy, be grateful you have a job. If you’ve lost your job, be grateful you have your health. If your health is suffering, be grateful for your supportive family. There’s ALWAYS someone or something you can find in your life to be grateful for.
Do you see how this works? Gratitude can turn the negative into a positive. And from all my years of reading and study, I’ve learned that a positive grateful attitude is more likely to receive more good things in life than a complaining and blaming one!
You can say your gratitudes every morning when you arise or just before going to bed. You can write them in a gratitude journal and read them every day. Or you can share them with a good friend over the phone or email.
So what do you have to be grateful about? How about your great family members who you don’t often take the time to tell them how much you appreciate them? Or your special friends, colleagues, or employees? What about being grateful for your car, your cat or dog, your house, and your healthy body? Sure you may be 20 lbs overweight, but everything is working.
Gratitude forces you to turn away from what you don’t really want to spend time focusing on and to realize that you really don’t have it all that bad. If you can spare a few minutes, I’d love for you to leave a comment and let everyone know what you’re grateful for this year.
HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!
Happy info-products profits,
Andrea
Andrea Susan Glass
www.WritersWay.com
If you’ve never heard of a tips booklet, you’re missing out on one of the coolest ways to impart information quickly and simply. Any product that shares information, like a book, ebook, ecourse, or CD is an info-product. A tips booklet is generally a 16-page 4” X 9” booklet that has a series of tips listed by number or bullet point for quick reading. Typically, they’re called 101 Ways.. or 77 Tips…, etc. Topics range from organizing and dating to pet care and stress reduction. Just about anything you can write an ebook or book on you can digest into a tips booklet. You can create the booklet in a paper format and mail it to buyers, or you can sell it as a digital file like an e-book. In this format we call it an e-booklet.
I hear a lot about using blogs, social media, forums, articles, etc.—all these online avenues to promote your products, and even services. Yet, I’ve done a lot of this but haven’t seen spectacular results—yet. Yet, I still do all these activities, always hoping for more results.
When you’ve been writing a regular blog for a number of years, it’s conceivable that you’ll run out of ideas at some time. I’ve been expecting that time to come sooner than later, but I’ve managed to pull ideas out of this ancient noggin for over two years now on a regular and sometimes irregular basis. But now, I fear, I’ve run dry. I’m at a loss for words—which rarely happens for a professional writer. Yet, as a ghostwriter, I’m writing other people’s words day in and day out (and much of the night as well).
Does this sound like you?
I write my weekly blog posts at the beginning of each month and often think of a theme for the month. Not only does that make my job of writing four posts at one sitting easier, but it gives a cohesiveness to my posts and the reader can learn more in depth content about one topic. For October, I’ll be back to my favorite topic, the heart of my business, my brand, and my reason for being: info-products! I’ve also chosen this theme because my tele-interview this month is about how to create an info-product in an afternoon (or morning!) Post coming up next Sunday!
Who’s on your team? What you don’t have one? Why not? If you read my last blog post, you’ll see how hot I am on the topic of building a team around you so you can build your business, whether it’s a brick and mortar business or an Internet marketing business.
No one ever succeeds alone, in a vacuum, as an island—and all those other clichés. Believe me, I tried. I’ve been single and self-employed a long time and had many excuses as to why I could “do it all myself”!
