| At what point in life does it become acceptable to let | | | | savings and go for broke, although that can certainly |
| your intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge | | | | be a huge motivator, but at least keep your |
| die? For a good majority of us it is at some point | | | | intellectual curiosity alive and learn some of the skills |
| after college when we get comfortable with the | | | | to make it a reality. |
| tasks of our job and run on autopilot. We all have | | | | Right now those skills are on the Internet. Laugh if |
| been guilty of it at times. Hours in front of the | | | | you want, but take a look at a few of these stats |
| television, reading gossip magazines, reading endless | | | | first. |
| emails and meaningless banter over IM. There is | | | | - Over 1.5 million pieces of new content are placed on |
| unlikely a person out there who isn't on occasion | | | | Facebook on a daily basis. |
| guilty of these or something similar. Please, do not | | | | - The amount of content put on You Tube over the |
| get me wrong, we all need a release, but we also | | | | past 2 months is more than the amount of content |
| need to push ourselves outside of our comfort zones | | | | that would have been produced by ABC, NBC, and |
| to grow - and I doubt many of us do that very | | | | CBS if they broad-casted 24/7 since 1948. |
| often. I am going to challenge every single person | | | | - Twitter had over 1.2 BILLION tweets and 73.5 |
| who reads this to start pushing the limits and ask | | | | MILLION unique visitors in January of 2010. It's unique |
| "what if?" | | | | visitors are up from about 6 million a year ago (or |
| I have had countless conversations in my life of | | | | over 1,100%) and on month over month percentage |
| people about entrepreneurial ideas, yet the number | | | | terms from December by 12.7% (or 320%+ |
| of those that get acted upon is still probably in the | | | | annualized). |
| single digits. I am guilty of it, and if you have ever | | | | This means there is a new economy and if you do |
| had an idea and not acted on it you are too. Of | | | | not know how to survive in it you will be left behind. |
| course, there are capital constraints and time | | | | Approximately 67% of US GDP is consumer |
| constraints to some of these that make the | | | | spending, and right now the consumers are spending |
| impossible. Or is that just the excuse we give | | | | their time on the Internet. Learn the tools for how to |
| ourselves to not risk the potential for failure. Who | | | | capitalize on this and you have the tools to succeed |
| cares if you fail? | | | | in this revolution. The best part is that you only need |
| "I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine | | | | an Internet connection to get plugged in, which |
| times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I | | | | means you can work from anywhere - home, near |
| am right." - Albert Einstein | | | | your grand kids, Wyoming, New York, Texas, or |
| I am not saying that you should wipe our your life | | | | Tahiti. |
