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The Evolution of the Online Business Journey

Evolution Doesn’t Happen Over NightSimilar to the journey from the cocoon to butterfly, the changes that happen on the online journey are gradual, yet transformational. Most of us start fearful of many things like being on video, learning technology skills, meeting new people.  The list is long!The Biggest Fear Along This Evolution The biggest fear of all in this evolution […]

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How to Make Your Life Less Risky

It’s Risky Relying on One Income So why do most people do it?  As employees, the security of our future and our family’s future depends on decisions made by people we don’t know or maybe don’t even respect.Relying on Strangers to Have Your Back is RiskyMost people rely on strangers to have their backs. These uncertain […]

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Learning New Skills Was Better Than the Alternative

Learning New Skills Was Scary at FirstWhen we first started our online business we were afraid we might be too old or too technically incompetent. For decades we had relied on our kids to explain technology.Our Kids Taught Us About Technology Countless times, our kids would become frustrated with our inability to learn simple technical skills […]

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Consistency and Action Everyday Creates Results

Everyday Consistency Creates MomentumReaching goals is all about action and everyday consistency. When we first started our online business it felt like we were pushing an enormous boulder up a very large hill. The end seemed like it was nowhere in sight because the boulder was ominously blocking the view. Every inch seemed like a […]

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Adding Value in Your Own Unique Way

Adding Value Your WayAdding value can happen in many ways.  The murals we share in our video, located in the little Canadian town of Chamainus on Vancouver Island impact people’s lives every day.  Each and everyone of us have the opportuniity to enrich people’s lives. How we add value in the world is as unique […]

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Discover and Grow on Your Online Journey

Your Online Journey Will Surprise YouTwo years ago when we started our online journey, if someone said we would be making videos from scratch, using only our smart phones, we wouldn’t have believed it.  Even more of a surprise, we didn’t imagine we would be speaking into our smart phones and have a global group […]

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Big Similarity and Difference With Online and Offline?

Number One Similarity:Success Happens Through Trusted RelationshipsBuilding trusted relationships is as important in online business as it is in traditional offline business.  Success happens when you are able to build genuine trust with people.  It goes back to that age-old reality, people only want to work with people they like and trust. At the very […]

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The Art of Selling Online and Offline

Traditional Selling Think about the idea of picking up the phone and calling a stranger.  If you’re like most people, the thought of this makes you nervous. Yet, lots of people earn a living making the dreaded “cold-call.”Being Sold on Someone Else’s TermsRemember a time, when you were sitting down to dinner and the phone rang? […]

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What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?

The Good News ….What would you tell your younger self knowing what you know now?  Would you start with the good news like the ozone layer is repairing, we have a cleaner climate with carbon dioxide emissions down twenty percent … …. Or the Bad News? …… you’re at home trying to work with your family around […]

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Working in the Company of Strangers

Never Too Old to LearnIsn’t it interesting how different situations shed light on who we are?  Well, I had the realization this week that I don’t like working alone.  As you probably guessed, Bob and I spend 24 hours a day together….very happily.  Some people cringe when we share this, thinking of their own situations. Working […]

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