What Ebay Can Teach Us About Success

I flew back to New York from Atlanta last week and picked up 'Business 2.0' magazine for the flight.

It was an excellent issue, but something so grabbed my attention that I ripped out the page because I wanted to share it with you.

As many of you know, I used to be the 'King of Procrastination and being scattered'. That was me for about 7-8 years.

Those were tough times.

You see, because of those years where I was 'all over the place', I'm so commited right now to being focused and helping others become more focused.

To me, 'Whoever has the strongest focus wins.'

Focus is everything.

So, I'm reading the magazine and there's an interview with Meg Whitman, the CEO of EBay, about growing a business.

Because I admire successful businesses and people, I digged in and started to read.

Here's what really caught my attention and I wanted you to read this also:


Question to Meg Whitman:

"eBay is an amazing growth machine. What were the key decisions you made that set up the company for this kind of hyperthyroidism?"

CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman:

"The key decisions can all be characterized by focus, focus, focus. Back in March 1998, we were faced with a decision on what categories we wanted to focus on.

We decided to really be a collectibles company The heaviest users were collectors, the heaviest sellers were collectors. It was a very explicit strategic decision, because part of the group wanted to go into consumer electronics and all of these categories we are in today."

And we answered, "We have only a limited number of resources. What is the best focus that we can have?"

End.


Wow.

Focus, focus, focus.

My whole financial life changed when I started to FOCUS.

Read the last sentence that Meg Whitman said above.

Ask yourself it this way:

"I only have a limited number of resources. What is the best focus I can have?"

Meg Whitman is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. What do Meg, Tiger, Oprah, and Stephen Spielberg all know?

You need to FIND YOUR FOCUS and TAKE ACTION.

eBay's now one of the most successful companies in the world.

Let's ignite your success today.

You in?


Talk to you soon.

Mike Litman


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How To Turn 'Failure' Into Success Quickly

Two days ago I sent you a very important email about a rare 1918 book that changed my life and made me over $51,197 in less than 90 days.

Theron Dumont, the author of this 1918 classic says in the introduction:

"Success is assured when you are able to concentrate, for you are then able to utilize for your good all constructive thoughts and shut out all the destructive ones. It is of the greatest value to be able to think only that which will be beneficial."

Imagine getting your hands on this classic book and my complete success system that will show you how I maximized this book to change my life.

You'll make more money.

You'll improve your relationships.

Your confidence will skyrocket. (This will happen really fast!)


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Before Thanksgiving Starts...

I don't want to get emotional here, but I do want to share with you something that’s very important to me.

Ever since I was 19 years old, I had a dream to do what I'm doing now at 31 years old.

I always had a dream to become a positive force in people's lives.

I could never live my dream if it wasn't for your support, your e-mails, your kind words, and your business.

I take what I do very seriously and I want to tell you I appreciate you more than you know.

I really do.

Many of you have dreams and goals and you're not sure how you're going to achieve them.

I didn't know either, but if you persevere, focus, and take action, miracles can happen in your life.

Really, I wrote this e-mail to just say thank you.

You deserve to have a great thanksgiving and a great weekend.

Get some rest, some turkey and I look forward to sharing some key success insights with you next week.

Again, thanks for being you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mike Litman

This 1918 Out of Print Book Changed My Life

I never would have expected it would have happened in Pennsylvania.

I was there for a wedding and the day before the wedding as I was walking around town I saw a used book store.

I love books, so I decided to go in.

After walking down the 3rd aisle, my attention caught an interesting title.

40 minutes later I was still reading it. I was immersed.

Complete immersion.

3 weeks later I had used two secrets in the book to make over $39,197.

14 days later another $17,617.

This 1918 out of print classic book changed my life. It helped launch me from failure to success.


You're going to learn:

- How to develop a powerful and strong will to succeed
- How to get more down in less time
- How to double your business by changing just 1 thought
- The secret to powerful concentration
- How to always believe in yourself
- and much more...

You can read about the whole story here:
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Never give up on your GREATNESS!

This 1918 book changed my life, just watch and see what it will do for yours.

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Mike Litman

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What Tiger, Oprah, and Arnold Have In Common

I want to quickly share this key success insight with you because it can be helpful to you this week.

It's 10:15pm EST (Sunday) and I got off the plane a few hours ago.

I'm in Atlanta on a business trip and on the way down I re-read 2/3rd's of 'The Power of Concentration'.

I love this rare book from 1918 and now thousands of others have changed their life with The Power of Concentration Success System I put together.

Enough about that.

Onward.

Let's get into something that really 'hit home' with me and that can truly help you.

I need to admit a big weakness of mine first.

I'm not proud of this, but I don't mine sharing it with you because it can help many people.

You see, when I was first started my entrepreneurial journey 12 years ago I paid very little (zero) attention to the details of anything.

I was a 'big picture' type of person, I put no attention on the details and the execution of an idea.

Unfortunately I was SO scattered and this went on for 7+ years. Ouch.

Those 7 years were tough and even thinking about them right now can put me in a bad mood. :}

Then things started to change. Now at 31 years old I'm living my dreams.

Let me share with YOU an important point that helped me change my ways and live my dreams.

In Theron Dumont's 'The Power of Concentration' he says this: (It's on page 29 in 'The Power Of Concentration Success System' if you have it handy)

"Genius is but a will to do little things with infinite pains. Little things well done open the door of opportunity for bigger things."

Re-read this because it's important.

So many people do what I used to do.

"Mike, what is that?"

Here it is.

Many people expect something BIG AND GREAT to happen to them, but they pay little or no attention to the 'little things'.

If you pay zero attention to the 'little things', do you really deserve great things to happen?

Think about this.

Isn't the answer obvious?

Listen, it's time for you to take your life to the next level and unleash your greatness, am I right or really right?

Ask yourself this:

If I was going to be great at the little things in my life today, what 2 actions would I immediately take?

Write down your 2 answers and then check them off when you complete them.

I want you to have an amazing 2005 and IT STARTS with doing the 'little things' and doing the things you don't want to do right NOW.

You in?

Think before you answer.

Are you in?

GREAT!

Now let's go!

You're going to have a GREAT week.

You're going to do the little things.

You're going to be enthusiastic in your work.

You're going to SHINE!

It starts RIGHT NOW.


Talk to you soon.

Mike Litman


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Michael Dell's Secret To Success

I hope you're shakin' and bakin' and having a GREAT week!

Let's talk about helping you reach all your goals and dreams faster.

Yes, faster.

Are you ready or are you really ready?

Awesome! Let's go.

I'm going to share with you a HUGE 'point' that you must really get if you want to accelerate your success.

You truly must get this.

I didn't get this for a while, I must admit that. It really seemed like it took forever.

I was 19 years old and I had a dream to create a platform that could positively help hundreds of thousands of people (one day millions).

I graduated the University of Rhode Island in 1995 and had 6 jobs, over the next 6 years.

I was going nowhere fast. Trust me.

"Mike, tell me the big 'insight' you found that helped you become a #1 best-selling author, help hundreds of thousands of people, and become finan.cially fr.ee at 30 years old."

Ok, I will. But hold on a second.

I just finished reading Michael Dell's book 'Direct From Dell' for the 3rd time.

It really is a great book. As you know Michael Dell is a billionaire and I think he just turned 40 years old.

Michael Dell and I have both used the SAME SECRET to success. All successful people use this same ‘secret’.

Let me quote him on page 17:

"There were obviously no classes on learning how to start and run a business in my high school, so I clearly had a lot to learn. And learn I did, mostly by experimenting and making a bunch of
mistakes. One of the first things I learned, was that there was a relationship between screwing up and learning: The more mistakes I made, the faster I learned. As you can imagine, I was very efficient."


Listen:

The reason why I have more business and personal growth in 30 days than most people have all year is I TAKE 3x the ACTION and MAKE 4x the AMOUNT OF MISTAKES.

YOU CAN do the SAME THING.

Michael Dell became a billionaire in his 30's. He knows making tons of mistakes and learning from them is the key.

Most people are so scared, they let fear destroy them and they're AFRAID of making mistakes.

How else does one really learn?

I know that you're ready to STRETCH yourself. I know you believe NOW is your time.

Am I right or am I really right?

Let's go!

Remember: You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going.

Get off your tail and SPRINT to GREATER ACTION. When? TODAY.

I won't accept anything but the best effort from you.

Raise the level of what you’ll accept in your life.

Take ACTION TODAY, make mistakes, LEARN FROM THEM and GROW.

You were born to be GREAT. < read this again

Ask yourself:

What is one action I could take today that is a stretch for me, but I know I can do it?

Do it now. Right now.

Let's GO!

I believe in you.


Talk to you soon.

Mike Litman


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Simple Step Takes You From 'Failure' To Fortune

It's Wednesday, I'm super jazzed up today and I want you to make the rest of your week AWESOME!

You deserve to have an amazing week. I want you to listen closely here because this simple idea can help you.

For those of you who don't know my story, let me share this with you.

At the age of 19 I had my first 'dream' in my life. My dream at 19 years old was to create a platform that could positively influence hundreds of thousands of people and one day millions.

How was I going to do that? I had no clue.

I left college in 1995, had 6 jobs the next 6 jobs, and was going nowhere fast.

And then things changed.

Things changed big time.

I want to share one thing that I CHANGED that has helped me live my dreams and has incredibly changed my life. (and now tens of thousands of others)

If YOU make this a HABIT, not only will YOU have a GREAT week, but your whole life will change.

Let's take one thing at a time and focus on you having an AWESOME rest of the week.

What helped me change my life is I formed a habit of DOING THE THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE TO DO.

Read this again: SUCCESSFUL People form the HABIT of doing the things they don't like to do.

The masses ALWAYS take the easy way out of EVERYTHING.

It's so much easier to sit on your couch and waste time and who wouldn't want to do that, but successful people realize that road is not taking them to THEIR DREAMS.


Here's what you need to do:

Right now ask yourself:

What is 1 thing that I don't want to do today, but if I did it, it would move my life and/or business forward? Not 10 things, ONE THING.

Again:

What is 1 thing that I don't want to do today, but if I did it, it would move my life and/or business forward?

Write it down.

Do it NOW.

Everything CHANGES QUICKLY in your life when you start DOING the things you don't like to do.

Today's Wednesday. Let's get GOING!

Don't say "Wow, this is a great point." Say "Wow, I'm going to TAKE ACTION NOW!"

Let's go. Let's go!


Talk to you soon.

Mike Litman


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How To Get Great Results Before 2004 Ends

Hope you had a shakin' and bakin' weekend!

It's Monday November 8th and I just wanted to write you this short note because I wanted to share this success 'idea' with you.

Earlier this morning I got off the phone with Mark, one of my coaching clients.

When I met Mark he was having challenges with his habits (he was procrastinating too much and was incredibly scattered).

Fortunately for him, those times are over.

I want to share with you something we talked about because you can DO IT also and see great results in your life.

Thanksgiving (in the USA) is just a few weeks away and then Christmas/New Years will follow soon after.

What I helped Mark with is getting clear on 2 accomplishments he's committed to by the end of the year.

Not 5 things or 10 things, if that happens GREAT, but he's committed to 2 things he will accomplish by year end.

I think deadlines are a great way for us to stretch ourselves, so why not use this part of the year as a GREAT way to jumpstart your 2005.

Ask yourself:

What 2 accomplishments am I committed to achieving by December 31, 2004?

WRITE THEM DOWN.
(It's not real, if it's not in writing.)

I love accountability, do you? Email me the 2 accomplishments/goals you're committed to. Subject line - 2 Goals -

email me at mike@mikelitman.com

Mark told me he's focused and ready to make the next 7 weeks AWESOME, you in?

Today is Monday, get going!

Make this WEEK GREAT!

Take 10 minutes and isolate 2 goals you're committed to reaching by December 31.

Email them to me and hold yourself accountable.
Subject line - 2 Goals - email me at mike@mikelitman.com

The first step to having a GREAT week is making the DECISION that THIS WEEK WILL BE AWESOME!

I might not have ever met you, but I know your desires and dreams and I believe in you.


Talk to you soon and remember, YOU WERE BORN TO BE GREAT.

Mike Litman


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Run Forrest Run

I just got back from the gym about: 30 minutes ago and wanted to share an important success 'reminder' with you.

I'm not sure about you guys, but getting to the gym is sometimes a pain in the tail, but we have to do the things we don't want to do right... :}

At the gym I was doing bicep exercises and my goal was 12 reps each set.

Each set I was doing the weight was increasing and getting tougher.

Much tougher.

So much, that by the 8th rep, I wanted to 'throw in the towel', but I didn't.

I wanted to stop so badly, but I didn't.

What I did instead is give just 5% more effort and didn't stop at 12 reps, I went to 15.

You see, we need to be reminded that the MAGIC doesn't happen on the 1st mile, it happens when you go the EXTRA mile for yourself and for others.

Anybody who knows anything about weight training will tell you that you get most of your results from those last 2-3 reps you don't want to do.

But here's the catch.

Most people quit on themselves, their dreams, right when it gets tough.

Unfortunately, they then never get to taste the MAGIC that could have taken place for them.

And that TASTE is so sweet, it really is unfortunate that more people don’t get to taste it.

(Shameless plug: Some of the biggest feedback I get from my Power of Concentration Success System, is it shows you how to easily go that extra 5% and win.)

I say it over and over, but you don't have to be 50% or 100% better then everyone else.

5% is it.

Yes, that's it.

Do a little bit more today.

Do one more rep.

Work 15 minutes longer.

Do one more prospecting call.

Send one more thank you card to a client.

Encourage one more person.

Are YOU ready to give 5% more today?

I can't answer that for you, but I believe you're ready.

Am I right?

Make your move.


Talk to you soon.

Mike


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Election Day Special Success Issue

Yes, it's Election Day in the US and I'm not going to say something 'cheesy' to you like "Elect yourself" or "Vote yourself in", but I do want to share something important with you.

In fact, it’s very important.

Let's start here.

We're going to put aside the faults of both major candidates and talk about something more important.

Let me pose this question to you.

"What are the success habits that make up a great politician and what can we learn from them?"
I'll list a few.

Decisiveness - It's so important to have a leader who makes good decisions.

Ignore the critics - Whoever wins today will have 50% of the country dislike them.

Outcome Driven - Both candidates are crystal clear about what their goal is.

Teamwork - Each campaign has thousands and thousands of people all working together.

Belief - Each candidate believes in themselves.

Paying the Price/Whatever it takes - Each candidate yesterday made 5+ stops around the country to campaign. They both 'see a deadline' and will do everything in their power to finish strong.

Sacrifice - Both candidates have given up a ton, time with friends, family, etc...over the last year.

Persistence - When polls were against each candidate it would have been so easy for them to 'get down' on themselves, but they didn't and they persisted.

Small Victories = Big Results - Every vote is important. Both candidates understand that you win an election one vote at a time.


Listen.

Success isn't rocket science. I was a C- student when I graduated college in 1995.

Read the success habits again above.

Do you realize what you need to do right now?

Read this. PEOPLE FORM HABITS AND HABITS FORM FUTURES.

You need to take on at least ONE of the success habits above or choose your own habit and START 'BEING IT' today.

YOU need to START being a LEADER in your own life.

YOU need to START TODAY.


Talk to you soon.

Mike Litman


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Monday = Success

Hope you had a shakin' and bakin' weekend!

Ready to step up this week?

I'm serious, you ready?

Good because YOU deserve to have a GREAT week.

Do you want to know the SECRET to having a great week.

First, let me tell you how I view my week because I think it can be helpful.


My goal is to have 5 winning days.

You see, I learned a long time ago that the smaller my goals, the bigger my success.

When I leave the office tonight, I want my business and myself to have moved forward today.

Not every day is a home run, some days are great, some good, some average.

But to me, the key is PROGRESS.

If I 'failed' at something, what can I learn from it.

If I succeeded at something, how can I expand on it.


Ask yourself this question:

"What is one goal that I am committed to accomplishing today?"

Do it.

Be committed to PROGRESS and watch how fast you and your income grows.

Remember, you don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going.


Make Monday a GREAT day. Start now! My SECRET to having a GREAT week is being committed to DAILY PROGRESS. I dare you to make that commitment :}


Talk to you soon.

Mike Litman


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