Millionaire Mindset

It's no secret that super affiliates have more resources

than the average beginner. They have more tools, more

contacts, and more websites than a beginning affiliate

marketer.

But, they have something else that is far more valuable

and that a beginner can easily acquire for themselves with

the right approach--and that's their mindset.

The mindset of a super-affiliate millionaire is entirely

different from that of a newbie to the field. If you're

willing to pour a bit of extra effort in and change how

you look at your work, you can get there too.

The Mindset of a Millionaire

Interested in taking on the mind-molding strategies that

the world's affiliate millionaires have been using? Here

are some valuable tips to get you started:

* Take Action Towards Your Goals - Every action you take

should drive you towards your goals. Make sure those goals

are tangible and not so vague that you don't know how to

proceed.

* Invest Your Money - Don't spend your profits; reinvest

them. Take all the money you don't need to survive and use

it for software, books, outsourcing, and websites.

* Believe in Your Actions - Something as simple as

self-belief will change how you proceed with almost

everything in your campaigns. Know that you can succeed

and stop thinking about the possibility of failure.

* Use Your Spare Time to Move Forward - Spare time is not

for lounging around and consuming. You should be creating

and learning. Take classes, read books, and build your

websites.

The more time you invest in pushing your efforts forward

and developing yourself intellectually, the closer you'll

get to success.

* Improve Yourself - While your business is important, so

too is your body. It's easy to spend 12 hours a day on the

computer typing, but then what happens to your mind?

Step back, look at your health and make sure to take care

of yourself. Exercise daily, eat healthily and take time

off to relax as needed.

* Focus on Opportunities, Not Obstacles - Forget the

obstacles in front of you. Focus on them only long enough

to find solutions. Stop looking for reasons you might fail

and start looking for ways you can succeed.

* Dream Big and Make It Happen - Have big dreams. Small

dreams lead to underperformance.

You have the ability to do much more than that, but it

starts with believing you can do something substantial.

Once you get to that point, you can cater your goals and

actions toward making it happen.

* Learn Constantly - Knowledge is what separates newcomers

from those who succeed. Don't spend all your time reading

when you could be doing, but also don't forget that there

are thousands of successful marketers out there whom you

can learn from.

Read their books, follow their advice and develop

strategies that will help you grow in your life and your

business.

* Never Feel Guilty about Your Success - If you feel

guilty when you make a sale and earn money, stop.

You're running a business and using your talents to make a

profit. Be proud of that and embrace it as much as

possible. That guilt is irrational and will only hinder

your progress.

You really want to be the next major affiliate

millionaire? You want to stop worrying about paying your

mortgage and focus on the things you truly love in your

life? This is where you need to start.

Success in the affiliate marketing field doesn't begin

with article writing or website building. It starts with

someone at their computer learning how to think like a

winner.

Do that and you'll be miles ahead of many other affiliate

marketing newcomers.

A truly successful Internet marketer doesn't just strive

for excellence; he/she believes in it.

Of course, you need to have a profitable business model

set up as well, because all the positive thinking in the

world won't make you a dime if you don't have the system

in place to profit.

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effective ways to channel your energy into creating a

lasting and lucrative business.

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21 Short Videos Worth More Than an MBA

You can spend $250,000 and three years of your life to get an MBA or spend a day watching these videos. Your choice.

If you're determined to get a job that requires an MBA, by all means spend the time and money to get one. However, if you want to know more about business than 99.9 percent of your colleagues, you can spend a day watching these TED Talks.

Motivation

1. Why we do what we do

Tony Robbins discusses the invisible forces that make us do what we do and how to use them to your advantage.

2. The puzzle of motivation

Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: that traditional rewards aren't very effective.

3. The happy secret to better work

Shawn Achor argues that happiness inspires productivity and that the concept that we should work to be happy is backwards.

Management

4. Why work doesn't happen at work

Jason Fried explains why the office isn't a good place to get work done and why people who work elsewhere are more productive.

5. Why we have too few women leaders

Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions, and offers advice to women aiming for the C-suite.

6. Your body language shapes who you are

Amy Cuddy shows how standing in a posture of confidence, even when you don't feel confident, can positively affect your brain and influence your chances for success.

Marketing

7. Life lessons from an ad man

Rory Sutherland explains how advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself.

8. How to get your ideas to spread

Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.

9. Where good ideas come from

Steven Johnson shows how history belies the idea of a eureka moment and that good ideas tend to emerge from environments rather than individuals.

Economics

10. How economic inequality harms societies

Richard Wilkinson explains what happens when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

11. Learning from dirty jobs

Mike Rowe tells some compelling and horrifying real-life job stories that provide insights about the nature of hard work and how it's underappreciated in society today.

12. Rich people don't create jobs

Nick Hanauer has been raising the hackles of his fellow 1-percenters, espousing the contrarian argument that rich people don't actually create jobs.

Creativity

13. Do schools kill creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for creating an education system that nurtures rather than undermines creativity.

14. How to succeed? Get more sleep

Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power of a good night's sleep.

15. Build a tower, build a team

Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the "marshmallow problem"--a simple team-building exercise.

Psychology

16. Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal (sometimes)

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code and how we're predictably irrational--and can be influenced in ways we can't grasp.

17. How to spot a liar

Pamela Meyer shows the manners and "hot spots" used by those trained to recognize deception.

18. Five ways to listen better

Julian Treasure shares five ways to retune your ears for conscious listening--to other people and the world around you.

Success

19. How to speak so that people want to listen

Julian Treasure demonstrates some useful vocal exercises and shares tips on how to speak with empathy.

20. A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

Alain de Botton makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.

21. The surprising science of happiness

Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want and explains how to feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned.

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3 Things to Do to Get Ready for the Biggest Change to Credit Cards in Recent History

Most small-business owners are unaware that, starting in October, they must be able to accept the latest generation of credit cards. Here's what you need to know.

An important deadline is nearly here for all retailers who accept credit cards in their bricks-and-mortar stores. 

By October 1, you'll be expected to have upgraded your card terminals to accept so-called EMV cards--short for Europay, MasterCard, and Visa. These are the most advanced generation of credit cards, equipped with small microprocessors that secure point-of-sale transactions by encrypting the personal information of the cardholder.

If you haven't upgraded to newer machines, generally speaking you'll be on the hook for any fraud that happens with these cards after the deadline. Take a breather, though. The implementation won't happen overnight, and many card companies are just beginning to issue the cards, with about 120 million issued so far. While all card-accepting merchants are expected to transition by the deadline, the truth is by the end of 2015, financial services research group Aite Group says just 59 percent of retailers will be EMV equipped. It expects a more complete rollout to take two years.

The majority of store owners are unaware of the shift, however, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index from July. What's more, only 31 percent of retailers said their terminals could now accept the new standard, and less than a third said they planned to make the necessary changes before the deadline.

The U.S. is the last major world economy to adopt the standard, which has been in place in about 80 other countries for years. But the new cards are worth the effort of changing terminals. In the U.K., for example counterfeit fraud, which is the most common type of credit card crime, has fallen by nearly 60 percent since it implemented EMV in 2005. (The U.K., however, requires users to enter personal identification numbers, or PINs, with its credit cards, which has greater security advantages. In the U.S., such numbers will be required only for debit cards.)

Here's what you need to do to prepare.

1. Purchase a new terminal. 

If you haven't done so, you'll need to contact your payment service provider. Starting in October, the liability shifts to you for fraud that occurs on chip cards, if you haven't done the necessary upgrade. The new terminals require you to dip your card in a slot, not swipe, as the older terminals that accept magnetic stripe cards do. If you have a lot of terminals, that's going to be a sizable investment, on the order of $250 to $300 per machine.

While the swap will pretty much be plug and play for most smaller merchants, larger small businesses     with complex software systems, including CRM and inventory control, will have to integrate the new terminals with those networks. To get a sense of how massive an expense it could be, Target has reported it would pay $100 million for its own upgrade. Meanwhile, the typical small retailer holds onto its terminal for six years, Aite says, so depending on where you are in the cycle, you could have to replace a terminal you just bought.

That was the case for Luciana Torous, owner and founder of craft tea shop 3 Leaf Tea in Auburn, New York. Torous opened her shop just three weeks ago, and had previously purchased a terminal that accepted only magnetic stripe cards for $150. Then her service provider sent her an email, describing the upcoming shift to EMV. So she forked over $300 for the upgrade.

"I did not want to be penalized, so I figured I'd get the new one, so I wouldn't have to worry about anything," Torous says.

2. Prepare to educate your customers. 

3. Protect your online sales.People are creatures of habit. And cardholders are used to swiping. The new card readers require consumers to insert their cards in a terminal slot, and the verification process takes up to eight seconds. Consumers can also forget to retrieve their cards at the end. You'll have to run interference.

Online purchases are likely to be the next target. Criminals are always looking for the next soft spot. Online sales, called card not present transactions, can't be secured by the new technology. So criminals are likely to look to exploit security holes here. While many online retailers require the three or four digit security code on the back of a consumer's card to complete a sale, known as a certification verification value (CVV) code, many others do not. So if you don't currently require a security code, consider tweaking your system.

Online sellers of prepaid cards and electronics, be especially alert, as these potentially high-value items will be especially appealing targets. "Any merchant that is selling high-risk goods will have to be prepared, because they will be a favorite target of criminals," says Julie Conroy, research director for Aite. 

7 Habits of People With Remarkable Mental Toughness You don't have to be born mentally tough. Here's how you can develop the vital trait.

First, the definition:

"The ability to work hard and respond resiliently to failure and adversity; the inner quality that enables individuals to work hard and stick to their long-term passions and goals."

Now the word:

Grit.

The definition of grit almost perfectly describes qualities every successful person possesses, because mental toughness builds the foundations for long-term success.

For example, successful people are great at delaying gratification. Successful people are great at withstanding temptation. Successful people are great at overcoming fear in order to do what they need to do. (Of course, that doesn't mean they aren't scared--that does mean they're brave. Big difference.) Successful people don't just prioritize. They consistently keep doing what they have decided is most important.

All those qualities require mental strength and toughness--so it's no coincidence those are some of the qualities of remarkably successful people.

Here are ways you can become mentally stronger--and as a result more successful:

1. Always act as if you are in total control.

There's a quote often credited to Ignatius: "Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you." (Cool quote.)

The same premise applies to luck. Many people feel luck has a lot to do with success or failure. If they succeed, luck favored them, and if they fail, luck was against them.

Most successful people do feel good luck played some role in their success. But they don't wait for good luck or worry about bad luck. They act as if success or failure is totally within their control. If they succeed, they caused it. If they fail, they caused it.

By not wasting mental energy worrying about what might happen to you, you can put all your effort into making things happen. (And then, if you get lucky, hey, you're even better off.)

You can't control luck, but you can definitely control you.

2. Put aside things you have no ability to impact.

Mental strength is like muscle strength--no one has an unlimited supply. So why waste your power on things you can't control?

For some people, it's politics. For others, it's family. For others, it's global warming. Whatever it is, you care, and you want others to care.

Fine. Do what you can do: Vote. Lend a listening ear. Recycle, and reduce your carbon footprint. Do what you can do. Be your own change--but don't try to make everyone else change.

(They won't.)

3. See the past as valuable training and nothing more.

The past is valuable. Learn from your mistakes. Learn from the mistakes of others.

Then let it go.

Easier said than done? It depends on your perspective. When something bad happens to you, see it as an opportunity to learn something you didn't know. When another person makes a mistake, don't just learn from it--see it as an opportunity to be kind, forgiving, and understanding.

The past is just training; it doesn't define you. Think about what went wrong but only in terms of how you will make sure that next time, you and the people around you will know how to make sure it goes right.

4. Celebrate the success of others.

Many people--I guarantee you know at least a few--see success as a zero-sum game: There's only so much to go around. When someone else shines, they think that diminishes the light from their stars.

Resentment sucks up a massive amount of mental energy--energy better applied elsewhere.

When a friend does something awesome, that doesn't preclude you from doing something awesome. In fact, where success is concerned, birds of a feather tend to flock together--so draw your successful friends even closer.

Don't resent awesomeness. Create and celebrate awesomeness, wherever you find it, and in time you'll find even more of it in yourself.

5. Never allow yourself to whine. (Or complain. Or criticize.)

Your words have power, especially over you. Whining about your problems always makes you feel worse, not better.

So if something is wrong, don't waste time complaining. Put that mental energy into making the situation better. (Unless you want to whine about it forever, eventually you'll have to make it better.)

So why waste time? Fix it now. Don't talk about what's wrong. Talk about how you'll make things better, even if that conversation is only with yourself.

And do the same with your friends or colleagues. Don't just serve as a shoulder they can cry on. Friends don't let friends whine; friends help friends make their lives better.

6. Focus only on impressing yourself.

No one likes you for your clothes, your car, your possessions, your title, or your accomplishments. Those are all things. People may like your things--but that doesn't mean they like you.

(Sure, superficially they might seem to like you, but what's superficial is also insubstantial, and a relationship not based on substance is not a real relationship.)

Genuine relationships make you happier, and you'll only form genuine relationships when you stop trying to impress and start trying to just be yourself.

And you'll have a lot more mental energy to spend on the people who really do matter in your life.

7. Count your blessings.

Take a second every night before you turn out the light and, in that moment, quit worrying about what you don't have. Quit worrying about what others have that you don't.

Think about what you do have. You have a lot to be thankful for. Feels pretty good, doesn't it?

Feeling better about yourself is the best way of all to recharge your mental batteries.

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