Least thats how most people think.

I was watching a TV show today, Law and Order, my Latest Addiction. The story was based on a murder in the wall street district. Long story short, the one guy they thought did the murder was a super smart trader, had made millions for the firm. Thing that struck me was that every one was calling him “so smart”, one guy even went to say he was smarter than 99% of the population.

Of course it was just a fictitious television story, but that is how most folks think. Just because a guy or gal is a huge success, it is only because he or she is smarter than most every one else. I personally don’t buy the being smarter clause.

I believe it not a matter of being smarter, it is a matter of taking more action than most of the population. Some one could have the the highest IQ in the world, but if they don’t take action, how can they be successful?

By the same token, most any one can learn most anything they want to, if they so desire it and take action. A normal, seemingly less intelligent person could be a incredible success if they took enough action.

Babe Ruth was seen as a superstar because of his home runs, no one thinks about all the ones he had missed. Not that the guy wasn’t a sports legend, he was a guy that hit alot and some made it out of the park.

Do you think Michael Jordan would be as successful if he hadn’t practiced as much as he did before he rocked the court?

For me, you don’t have to be smarter or more talented than most of the population, any one can be anything they want or do anything they want, if they want it bad enough and take enough action.

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We all get stuck in a rut, I know I have and still do at times. It’s easy to admit (least to ourselves), but the fix it is a whole other thing altogether.

You could say, “Just Do It!”. Fine for the commercials, but not exactly a strong enough motivator for most.

I’ve found that doing something, anything is a good start. Even just something little. Often it has sprung me into doing or wanting to do. Guess you could say it gets my brain juices going, least it seems that way.

Get rid of distractions.

I’m bad for watching tv, it’s too easy and to unproductive. It also doesn’t to have a television in the office.

Figure out what motivates you. Maybe it’s money or it could be “things”. Make a list and read it all the time. Just make sure to be specific.

I need to add to this when I’m feelling more motivated and more awake..:)

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My youngest daughter is into Rodeo’s. Her events are Barrel Racing and Pole Bending. She’s really come a long way, just a couple years ago she could barely stay on a horse let alone race around a pattern as fast as the horse could go. I’m am so proud of her, not as a dad who has something to brag about, but proud of her for the what she’s accomplished and that confidence she’s built in to herself, by herself.

A good part of the summer weekends are spent at local rodeo’s and to be honest I am actually jealous. Jealous of my daughter and all the other kids that happily jump on the back of a some what tamed animal. When I say kids I mean it, from 4 to 17 years of age.

A couple months back one little girl about 7, fell off her horse will racing around metal barrels. Face first, right in the dirt. She was up, licky split with a smile on her face…

This past weekend an older girl raced down to the end of the arena to pick up a tiny thing, about 6 years old off the top of the barrel, they call it barrel pick-up. The objective is to run down, swoop the pick-up-ie off the barrel and race back across the timers. Best time wins. As happens some times, all didn’t go so well. They both end up on the ground. The little one wasn’t exactly smiling as Dad did his best to make it all better. With the mixture of scared and getting some of the wind knocked out of her, she was a little upset, to say the least.

Less then 5 minutes later, this sweet 6 year old was on her own horse running down to pick some one else up.

Some of these same kids get on the back of a 1,000 lb bull and try to hang on for 8 seconds. Often getting stepped on and trampled. The next night they are suited up, ready to take another wild ride.

As adults, when and how did we lose our fearlessness? I’m sure you’ve heard it before… If you knew you Couldn’t Fail, what would you Try?” If you were once again Fearless, what could you accomplish?

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Found this news clip interesting from Yahoo

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Intelligence has nothing to do with wealth, according to a US study published Tuesday which found that people with below average smarts were just as wealthy as those with higher IQ scores.

“People don’t become rich because they are smart,” said Jay Zagorsky, research scientist at Ohio State University whose study appears in the Journal Intelligence.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics survey included 7,403 Americans who have been interviewed repeatedly since 1979. Based on 2004 answers, people who are now in their mid-40s showed no link between brain- and earning-power.

“Your IQ has really no relationship to your wealth. And being very smart does not protect you from getting into financial difficulty,” Zagorsky said.

The study confirmed previous research which has shown that smarter people tend to earn more money, but pointed out there is a difference between high pay and overall wealth.

“The average income difference between a person with an IQ score in the normal range (100) and someone in the top two percent of society (130) is currently between 6,000 and 18,500 dollars per year,” it said.

“But when it came to total wealth and the likelihood of financial difficulties, people of below average and average intelligence did just fine when compared to the super-intelligent.”

An irregular pattern of total wealth as well as financial distress levels — such as maxed out credit cards, bankruptcy and missing bill payments — emerged among the various degrees of intelligence, the study said.

The study measured intelligence based on scores from the US Armed Services Qualification Test, a general aptitude test used by the

Department of Defense.

One Less Excuse, would you say?

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Okay it’s crossed my mind also, I’ve fell victim far more that I’d like to admit.

So many people complain it’s getting harder to make money on the Internet. They say there’s too much competition. Boo Hoo, poor you.

Tell me something. Has traffic to the Internet decreased for some odd reason I don’t know of? Of course it has’nt, every day more and more people are getting on the net. So what is the problem?

You could say there are more and more marketers on-line trying to get a peice of the big pie. What would that be? Just an excuse. Sorry to rain on your parade, but it’s true.

We are all full of excuses, I have plenty of my own, but excuses are just thoughts in our head that keep us from taking action. False thoughts to boot.

I’ll let you in on a big secret. If you take massive focused action you’ll leave most all the competition in the dust.

Check out comments on many marketing or money making blogs. Most folks talk about buying all these e-books and they are not making money. You don’t see them say every e-book they have bought does’nt make money do you? What they really are saying is, “I just keep buying stuff but take no action”.

Like I said I’ve been there many times. Taking action, I  believe is one of the toughest obstacles for any one to get over. But if you get over the action hurdle, there’s plenty of gold on the other side. You know there is plenty of traffic and buyers to go around, you just have to take action to get your share. How big your share is depends on, as I said before, how much massive focused action you take.

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If you read my blog, you might have read my post on the big media sensation know as “The Secret”.

I am always devouring any self-improvement or self development media I can find, a trait I started a few years back. It’s made a huge difference in my life and my income.

Long story short, A week or so ago, I spotted a hardback copy of the “The Secret” at the local grocery store. It was in my cart without hesitation.

Reading it this morning,  the latest chapter really hit home and made sense.

In this chapter they talked about how to start your day. If you really stop and think about it, does’nt your morning often control your day? If you awake crabby and negative how does the rest of your day usually go? I know from experience, it does’nt go very well. The book went so far as to say that every morning you should be grateful for everything you have in your life.

What do we as humans normally focus on? All the things we don’t have, all the negative. So what will we attract in our lives?

What do you think would happen if you constantly focused on what is good in your life? Every morning?

Years back I learned a similar tactic, I believe it was from Anthony Robbins. His idea was that as soon as you awoke in the morning, you stretched your body as far as possible and with passion you say it’s going to be a great day. Most would laugh or say thats weird, least in front of others, but I’ve used it and strange as it sounds it works ever well.

But, it’s like a muscle, you always have to work it, or it will get flabby and out of shape.

So it’s up to you. Do you want to control your day or let your day control you?

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We as humans have a great gift for making excuses don’t we? Often we make them so valid in our own minds, that we can justify not taking some type of action. Even to the point where it is an subconscious act, we don’t realize till some one calls us out, and the truth can hurt, if we let it.

My family is into horses, we have a few at a stable close to our house. My youngest daughter races around like a maniac and my oldest likes the slow and easy showing events. My sons horse was traded for a four wheeler, but thats another story.

Since we’ve started our pastime, we’ve met so many people, some great people. One of the biggest jokes is how many excuses people come up with for not getting on their horse or some one else’s. I’d be the very first one to admit, it’s a scary proposition. You getting up top of a 750 pound of bigger animal, that is well, still an animal. Even the most broke or kid proof horse can spook or act wild on the first warm day of the year.

We’ve even go so far as talking about writing a book listing all the excuses people use for not jumping on…

It’s too hot
It’s too cold
It’s too dry
It’s too wet
The horse is not broke
The horse is too broke.
The horse is too young
The horse is too old
Horse is too tall
Horse is too short
I don’t have my boots
I don’t have the right boots

Think you get the picture. It could be a long book. Sprinkled liberally with many of my own.

I can almost guarantee with certainty that people who complain they are’nt making any money have a whole pocket full of excuses. I’ve got mine. I’ve been there, done that.

How about you?

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Besides the day I married my wife and the birthdays of each of my three children, there is another day I will never forget. Or should I say I’ll never forget how I felt that day.

It was back in 1999, when I quit working a job. I had given notice, so It was’nt like I just walked out or anything. I still remember though, at that end of that day, walking out of work and knowing I would’nt have to go back. It was an incredible feeling. It was like I walked into a whole new world, literally. The day felt great, I had a little spring in my step and my happiness was at an all time high.

It was’nt even my last boss, he was actually one of the best bosses I’d ever had. It was just the fact that for so many years I just hated working for some one else. How many family events I had missed over the years, because I had to work. How many holidays and weekends I had to work. Not to mentioned my life being scheduled by some one else.

In early 1999 was when I went full time on the internet. Although that day I was on an terrific life high, it was also very scary. I was making good money, but it sure was’nt a guarenteed paycheck every week. I was’nt getting paid by the hour for my work…..

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