Whew, it’s been a busy last couple of weeks!

The article for Woman’s World came out (if you’re looking for my site, you can click here)… and I’ve gotten lots of other opportunities from it. A few editors wrote me, as well as a Producing Assistant of a morning TV show in Florida. It’s all ridiculously exciting!

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I’m moving to L.A.!!!! I’m going there for a few months before the world tour starts!

I’ll be moving in with Jaime in her apartment in Santa Monica, and I CANNOT WAIT.

I leave cold Philly on December 17th.  I’ll miss my friends and family, but I know that California’s where my heart is!

I’m thinking about taking the northern route this time since I’ve already done middle and south… but I’m not really a huge fan of driving in snow, so we’ll see.

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I’m going to be in Baltimore with Brian on December 8+9 for a Dan Kennedy event… and Las Vegas on January 24-25 for The Masters’ Seminar. Let me know if you’re going!

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Guess I’m gonna sign off and get some work done… there’s a few more things that I want to post about, I’ll have to post again soon.

If you’re here because you saw my cover story in Women’s World, you can find my personal weight loss site at yayFOOD:

So I’m back from Joe Polish’s seminar, and I had a FANTASTIC time.

I had to wait a day to make a blog post because I was literally braindead from all of the partying and learning… but it was SO worth it. And soooo fun!

I got to meet (and hang out with!) tons of incredible, successful people. It was fascinating to me… I keep saying it, but hanging out with all of those super-successful people is like being on a different plane of life. They’re all just so happy, friendly, nonjudgmental, fun and… good at life.

I have a trillion things to catch up on, but here are some pictures that Ralph (wonderful guy) from In Search Of Heroes took for the meantime:

Tim Ferriss and Jaime:

Tim Ferriss and I:

Jaime, Joe (awesome guy who works for Eben Pagan) and me:

Me, Richard (Joe’s brother who also works for Eben… and is very good at life), and Jaime:

Raha (aweeeeesome girl! She does PR for Chet Holmes), Vanessa (Love her! Joe Polish’s girlfriend), Jaime, and me:

A warning before you read any more of this entry:

If you’re sick of all my positive posts… you should probably leave now. This has absolutely no relevance to anything. I just enjoy bragging (and I can, because it’s my blog. ) Now that that’s out of the way…

Read what someone said on the Warrior Forum about the Mafioso Marketing letter that I wrote:

“While some of the rest of you are taking valuable time from your business via conspiracy talk in the guise of debate, I went ahead and went to MafiosoMarketing.Com and read some of the best ad copy I’ve ever seen.

This copy hits harder then a Teamster Leg Breaker collecting overdue vigorish.

and I’ll let the rest of you decide where they buried Jimmy Hoffa and/or if this guy’s WSO adds up to your liking…etc.

Seems like too many people like to talk marketing rather then….getting off their asses, getting in the game, and selling something.

I don’t have time to balance a hundred factors, or wait for the moon, stars, and sun to align perfectly in the sky before I buy.

Now I’m gonna sign off and go buy this guys product simply “out of respect” for his awesome copywriting.”

I’ll admit it… I jumped up and down.

Like… five times.

I’m a huge freaking nerd.

And I enjoy it.

But wait – I’m not done yet!

I met an awesome guy in San Diego… he was the one I was going to barter office space with. Anyway, look at what he wrote me:

“I can’t tell you how many people have been touched in a positive way because of our short meeting. If you’re ever in San Diego again please give me a call. There is always room for you to stay.”

Now… if there really is merit to this law of attraction and positive mindset stuff… it would make sense that this all comes AFTER I re-read my Warrior notebook.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming…

Edit: Due to extreme excitement, I’m thinking that yesterday’s post didn’t make sense. Here’s my new attempt:

I made a goal this month that

a: I’d make a certain amount by Nov. 30… and

b: I’d make 33% of that by the time I left for Phoenix on Wednesday.

Awesome things started happening after I made the goal.

First I got paid $1000 on an outstanding balance from a client.

Sweet.

Then I got $100 as a “token of appreciation” from someone that I helped with copy.

A somewhat unexpected check for $250ish from Clickbank on one of my accounts…

Started talking to some guys about some amazing partnership ventures…

Other interesting stuff in the wings – a $466 check on the way to me for an affiliate campaign I ran, $500 from the Women’s World cover story, copy clients who have been inquiring, etc…

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So yesterday I’m driving home from a party and Brian calls me. He says that our partner for MM has decided to create an offer and immediately needs me to pull over and have me make a PayPal link with my account because he’s afraid that his is about to be shut down.

I had no idea what was going on.

So I can go on and on, but let’s just say… WE MADE $30,000 IN 8 HOURS YESTERDAY!

And we had almost 100 *more* people privately messaging us and begging for us to let them in!

It’s obviously not all mine…. and I know to account for refunds. Still though…

RI-DI-CU-LOUS.

RIDICULOUS!

I just paid off THREE of my lowest balance credit cards. THREE!

I have three more to pay off now, and a $25,000 loan… and I’ll be debt-free.

I’ll go to Europe with nooooo debt!%$#@

I’m so happy – my Nov. 30 goal has been met and it’s Nov. 4th!!!!

I love my life!!!

And here’s my new desktop wallpaper:

Lately I’ve been a bit… not myself.

I don’t know if it was the cold weather (I miss California!), the fact that I want my launch to get more traffic… or what.

All I know is I’d been unhappy, and it was affecting my mindset about everything (personal relationships, product launches, confidence… all of it.)

Anyway… this morning, I finally realized that enough was enough.

Usually if I get upset, I’ll go to the gym and I’m in great spirits again. The thing with that though… is that it’s temporary.

So this morning, I searched for my Warrior Camp notebook. I mean… the event that helped me drive cross country by myself could surely lift a bad mood… right?

Right.

!%$#@%$#!%$#@@

That camp was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. Re-reading my notes (as well as a letter that I wrote to myself while I was there) has already caused a huge paradigm shift.

Man, I’m in such a better mood.

There’s a few important things that I learned that I’m going to share:

1. Your thoughts directly lead to your feelings, which lead to the actions that you take. The actions that you take dictate the results that you get.

Thoughts – Feelings – Actions = Results.

Basic but huge.

2. The definition of fear is anticipation of pain. That’s downright idiotic. Why should anyone be fearful of something that doesn’t even exist!?

3. Nothing has meaning except for the MEANING YOU GIVE IT. Man, this is so huge.

I actually had a bit of a disagreement with a friend the other day because of two different perceptions.

I was talking to him about a date that I might go on (it was kind of under weird circumstances). My friend asked me if the guy was shallow, because if he was, I might get disappointed. I took it to mean that he was saying that I was unattractive… so I got insulted.

(If I had reread my Warrior book first, I would’ve realized that it doesn’t matter what other people think of me anyway. If anyone doesn’t like me… fuck ‘em. )

But anyway, turns out that we had different meanings of the word “shallow”… and he was shocked I took it that way. Once I figured out what he really meant, the conversation took a completely different tone.

Nothing has meaning except for the meaning that you give it.

4. There’s a tributary effect with negative thoughts. Every time you have one negative thought, it leads to another, which leads to another.

And logically speaking… what does negative thinking get you? Nothing.

Here’s a story that I’ve shared before:

I had a conversation with my best friend about positive thinking about a year ago. I told her that I was going to only be positive and she told me I was being “idealistic”.

“Idealistic? Why?”

“Because Rach… what happens if your house burns down? What are you supposed to say then?”

You can’t do anything if your house burns down… it’s BURNT. No point being negative about it – what’s done is done!

5. Commit to success before you even start something. If you have a goal, think to yourself… “What would happen if I didn’t reach this before “X” period? What if I had my family on the line behind me and their well-being was dependent on my success?”

It might sound weird… but it works.

6. This is my personal favorite. I know that I drive a lot of people crazy with my “word is bond” stuff… but quite frankly, I don’t care.

Personal Integrity leads to Self Trust which leads to Self Confidence… which again, equals Action.

(It also leads to other people trusting you, having confidence in you, and taking action with you.)

!%$#@!%$#@ I freaking love that. Integrity integrity integrity. It’s huge.

There’s a lot more that I learned from that camp… but I want everyone to have the experience for themselves.

When people ask me what the proudest moment of my life was, I have a 3-way tie…. driving cross country by myself, losing 100 pounds, and graduating Warrior Camp. It was that monstrous.

I can’t stress again how much everyone should go. It’s only around during the summer… but you can read “Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind” by T. Harv Eker to prime yourself. I’m told there are other great positive mindset books as well, which I’ll write about once I read them.