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1. Duplicate this $75/day (£50) system on eBay
2. I need your help with my new blog
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   – YOUTUBE: Stop Paying steep Paypal fees

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1. Sorry, but your “skills” are irrelevant.
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Sorry, but your “skills” are irrelevant.

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Can I be blunt?

Try this exercise:

Mentally list your business “skills” (resume style).

Here’s the bad news.

One by one we could easily find someone that is more skilled than you and willing to do the job for FAR LESS money than you’d ever consider.  Odds are I could find someone in five minutes to replace you on EVERY POINT on your skills list.

Don’t believe me? Check out this just released article:
http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/employment/the-5-dollar-freelancer/

Be angry, blame politicians, blame education, blame your parents…but it’s true and it’s not going to change. It’s only going to get worse (or better depending on your perspective).

If you aren’t into “blaming” and “anger” what are the other options for the millions of us who are VICTIMS of a “skill based education” model?

Here are two basic concepts you need to grasp instead (they didn’t teach us this in school):

LEVERAGE and INFLUENCE.

I’ll start with LEVERAGE.

A small effort producing great results. That’s leverage.

For example, this article written by me in 20-30 minutes sent out to tens of thousands of readers at the touch of a button.

Or a website that you build once, step away from, and it sells and sells and sells for you.

Or an eBay business that you hire $10/hr help to run for you that consistently brings in profit from around the world.

Or a youtube.com video you make in 30 minutes that goes on to be seen by over 30,000 people (like my 10 year old son did).

Or an ebook that you write with virtually no expense and begin selling online over and over again (I’ve sold hundreds of thousands of ebooks using clickbank).

Those are all examples of using the Internet as a tool of LEVERAGE. There are hundreds of other examples, but you get the idea. Teaching the concept of leverage on the internet is why we launched the huge membership site MySilentTeam.com.

Now let’s talk about INFLUENCE.

Thanks to the Internet the “little guy” now has no disadvantage. Your income, your race, your gender, your location, your education etc. now have absolutely NOTHING to do with your ability to succeed. Your MESSAGE (or the message of experts that you partner with) can bring you instant credibility, followers, and INFLUENCE that people rely on and trust.

A blog, a newsletter, or a niche website dedicated to the smallest concept such as caring for some rare breed of dog can gain you influence over a group that was previously unreachable. People gather online in groups around common interests. Who will lead them? Why not you?  For example, NING.com makes it easy and free to establish communities around ANY common interest.

I teach the skill of influence through rapid email list growth in this recently released course:

http://www.listbuildingclass.com/

Email remains (and will continue to remain) the BEST way to quickly and cheaply communicate with any established community online.

Bask to the point of this article…

People with SKILLS work for ever decreasing wages while creative people applying LEVERAGE and INFLUENCE continue to thrive (and hire people with “skills” to do the dirty work).

For this reason I attempt to warn, educate, inspire and PUSH those that will listen away from SKILLS based thinking and towards CREATIVE BUSINESS THINKING.

Some tough questions to ask yourself:

  • Am I doing the SAME THING OVER AND OVER in my business or career? If so, you are likely in a rut with a soon to be easily replaced skill.
  • How many “big ideas” do I allow myself to be exposed to? Influential people aren’t afraid of “big ideas” – they constantly seek them out.
  • Does one negative comment or thought kill a new idea for me?
  • Do you hold tightly to simple tasks thinking you are the only one that can “do it right”?
  • Am I afraid of business failure? Afraid to try new things? Afraid to change course? If yes, am I letting fear drive my decisions?
  • Who am I listening to for advice on business issues? How successful in business are they?
  • Is any part of my daily routine replaceable with someone better/cheaper than me?
  • How scalable are the business ideas I’m pursuing? Can it all be “turned loose” (i.e. automated or turned over to others easily) some day so I can launch new income ideas?

What other questions do you have to add to this list?

What feedback do you have? Please leave a comment below with your thoughts.

The most insightful comment left here on my blog will win six months access to MySilentTeam.com or OfflineBiz.com – whichever you choose. Contest ends Monday June 14th so post before then for contest eligibility.