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		<title>Let the ugliness begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, football has started and my beloved Miami Dolphins, once again, started with a loss. I have a feeling that this is going to be, once again, an ugly season for the Fins. I&#8217;ve gotta tell you I handled the loss fairly well, only uttering obscenities a few times and punching the bed once. This is marked improvement in my behavior from past years.</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m not here to talk about football or my emotional issues tied to watching the game but rather I want to chat with you about a super important topic.</p>
<p>The other day, I was talking to the publisher of my new book (which is going to be released in the fall) and my team and they all thought it would be a good idea for me to put some photographs in the book to visually represent my lifestyle.</p>
<p>The ideas for pictures were, me sitting on the beach with my laptop computer (in fact, I&#8217;m looking at the ocean right now), me holding my computer bag with the caption &#8220;Dave carrying his entire business&#8221;, me and my kids going to a movie in the middle of the afternoon, Alexis and I eating at fancy restaurant (in fact, we eat out almost every day) etc.</p>
<p>As they were giving me these picture suggestions, it hit me over the head like a ton of bricks that I have a damn good life!</p>
<p>No, really. I&#8217;m being serious.</p>
<p>I had taken for granted how good my life actually is. Not everyone can fly first class across the country every other week, take time off whenever they want, make money with nothing more than their computer, walk 50 feet out their front door and be on the beach, etc.</p>
<p>I was kind of embarrassed, not because of my lifestyle, I&#8217;ve worked hard and continue to work hard to make it the way it is, but because I&#8217;ve not as grateful as I should be.</p>
<p>Then I got to thinking about everything I should be grateful for and really felt gratitude inside my body. Quite frankly, it felt great in a humbling kind of way.</p>
<p>It was then I decided that every morning I would write down, in my PAPER planner (so far superior to an electronic calendar) one thing I was grateful for. Here are some actual examples:</p>
<p>I am grateful to have Randy as such a great friend and person on my team.</p>
<p>I am so grateful to have two beautiful, loving and healthy kids.</p>
<p>I am so grateful for being in love and being loved by my girlfriend.</p>
<p>I am so grateful for going home today (After my four day weekend at Burning Man!)</p>
<p>Mi amigo, I suggest you adopt this practice of writing down one thing you are grateful for every day for the next 30 days. After you write it down, feel it inside your body. Make a commitment to do this.</p>
<p>Remember the key to receiving more is to be grateful for what you already have.</p>
<p>Kick butt, make mucho dee-nero!</p>
<p>~Dave Dee</p>
<p>P.S. Beginning in two weeks, I am going to officially launch my new Passion Into Profits business and you are going to start getting a TON of valuable gifts including videos, teleseminars, reports, articles and more. (By the way, these gifts have real value and are NOT like the pseudo gifts the Internet marketing &#8220;gurus&#8221; give away to sell their hyped up, overblown products.)</p>
<p>Then on Saturday, November 8th you will have the opportunity to participate in one of the coolest events ever to hit the Internet&#8230;and you won&#8217;t have to leave your home.</p>
<p>Get ready for a wild and super fun ride!</p>
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		<title>Burning Man Review - Part 2 &#38; Pictures!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Dee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I told you about the cast of characters who were in my camp at Burning Man and gave you a description of some of what happened at this wild, some might say, &#8220;freak show&#8221; of an event.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, I told you about the cast of characters who were in my camp at Burning Man and gave you a description of some of what happened at this wild, some might say, &#8220;freak show&#8221; of an event.</p>
<p>I won&#8217;t keep you in suspense any longer about who the other major player was who I spent a lot of time with. It was&#8230;</p>
<p>Alexis&#8217; ex-husband Todd.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, I was on vacation with Alexis, her two kids and her ex-husband! More on this later.</p>
<p>First, let me tell you what I did NOT like about BM and then I will tell you the lessons I learned.</p>
<p>There appeared to be a lot of anti-American sentiment. I was angered and disturbed when I saw idiots flying or hanging the American flag upside down. It&#8217;s ironic that these people who think America is such a bad country, enjoy the freedom to have an event like this because of this great country. To show disrespect to your country, especially in a time of war, when our brave, young men and women are giving their lives, is unacceptable and disgusting to me.</p>
<p>But that brings us to the first lesson: What you focus on expands. Out of the 50,000 people who attended the event, I only saw three such flag &#8220;incidents.&#8221; Don&#8217;t get me wrong, that was three too many and there were probably more I didn&#8217;t see ,BUT had Ifocused on just that, my BM experience would have been very negative, which it definitely was not.</p>
<p>If you focus on things that are going bad in your business, the economy and your life, that&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll get more of. On the flip side, if you focus on your goals, solutions and the good things in your life, you&#8217;ll get more of that.</p>
<p>What are you habitually focusing on?</p>
<p>The attendees at Burning Man were, well, a bit freaky -and that does include my girlfriend. Alexis had the observation that some people (not all) come to this event to be able to express parts of themselves that they can&#8217;t accept in normal society without judgement or condemnation.</p>
<p>I used to be VERY judgemental. After my divorce last year, I realized that I was in no position to judge any other human being. But I had to be very aware of not judging people at BM because some of them were so different and, quite frankly, offensive to me.</p>
<p>A personal &#8220;aha&#8221;, moment for me came when I was deciding what &#8220;costume&#8221; I would wear at BM. &#8220;How could I express myself?&#8221;, I asked. Then it hit me that I am authentically myself almost all of the time. I know who I am and act that way on a daily basis. There is no part of me that I don&#8217;t express in everyday life. What you read in my daily email and blog entries is, for better or worse, is me.</p>
<p>One of the best ways for you to really connect with your customers, is to be authentically you. Let your real personality shine through. Let people know who you are. With that being said, you might have to downplay parts of your personality that might not jive with your customer base.</p>
<p>This does NOT mean you should be phony. It means reveal all parts of your personality but not all parts in great detail. For example, it&#8217;d be okay for you to tell your customers and prospects that you&#8217;re going to Burning Man but you might not want to tell them what you DO at Burning Man.</p>
<p>And now for the conclusion of this saga&#8230;</p>
<p>The actual burning of the man (a HUGE wooden statue like structure) was AMAZING. The fireworks display before the actual burn was the most spectacular fireworks display I had ever seen. It took my breath away. Also, I was under the impression that the actual burning of the man was going to be a drug infused crazy event with a lot of nudity. Nothing could be further from the truth. Tens of thousands of people watched this and I did not see ANY of that. In fact, sitting next to me was a young couple with their child.</p>
<p>We were going to leave the next evening but a &#8220;white out&#8221; occurred. This is a major sandstorm where you can&#8217;t see anything. We had already packed up the camp so Heather, Tammy, Starla (the screaming 18 month old) and Todd - all of which were not staying in the RV - had to join Alexis, Kaia, Noah and myself in the RV OVERNIGHT. Think about the dynamics here, mi amigo. Todd, the ex, slept with the kids in one part of the RV while Alexis and I slept in another part of the RV!</p>
<p>The next morning we left Burning Man, after some last minute drama with Juicy and Tammy, for a 17 hour drive back to LA. We arrived, exhausted, at 6:00am the next day.</p>
<p>Would I go back to Burning Man? Yes, in fact I will be going next year. Although I did not LOVE it, I did love how it helped me grow and step outside my mainstream box.</p>
<p>(As always, your comments are welcome and I really do read all of them.)</p>
<p>Kick butt, make mucho dee-nero!</p>
<p>~Dave Dee</p>
<p>P.S. Alexis just forwarded me an email about a Tantra workshop happening on Friday in LA. Good Lord&#8230;</p>
<p>PS #2: Did you mark your calendar for November 8, 2008 and January 16-18th, 2009. On these dates I am going to be holding amazing, wild and cutting edge events. The first one, you won&#8217;t have to leave your house for (and it&#8217;s NOT a teleseminar or webinar - it&#8217;s something much bigger.) The January event will require that you leave your house - but those three days away from home will be three of the most important days of your life. Seriously, highlight these dates on your calendar now.</p>
<p>PS #3: Here are pictures of me at Burning Man. The first is of Laura (the sweet woman who drove me to the event) and I making &#8220;desert angles.&#8221; The second is after I rang the bell and screamed, &#8220;I am no longer a virgin!&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Back from another planet - Burning Man Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Dee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I  just got back from absolutely one of the strangest trips ever.
Yes, I survived &#8220;Burning Man&#8221; and now I am officially a &#8220;burner.&#8221;  Burning Man is a once a year event held in the desert in Reno, NV. It is a week long festival of &#8220;self expression&#8221;, partying and just plain weirdness.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I  just got back from absolutely one of the strangest trips ever.</p>
<p>Yes, I survived &#8220;Burning Man&#8221; and now I am officially a &#8220;burner.&#8221;  Burning Man is a once a year event held in the desert in Reno, NV. It is a week long festival of &#8220;self expression&#8221;, partying and just plain weirdness.</p>
<p>Let me start at the beginning of my journey&#8230;</p>
<p>The night before I leave for BM, I took my kids to see Rod Stewart in concert. It was great fun but only allowed me to get one hour of sleep before I had to leave for the airport.</p>
<p>Fortunately, I slept for almost for the entire flight so I felt pretty good when I met Laura at the Reno airport.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a four hour drive from the airport to BM and I didn&#8217;t have a ride until two days before. I posted on the BM website that I needed a ride and Laura responded. I was relieved to discover that she was a very nice, friendly, attractive and fun woman. This made the ride to BM very enjoyable.</p>
<p>We arrive at the gates of BM and are greeted by three, shall we say, &#8220;free spirited&#8221; people (two men and a woman) who take my ticket and immediately start teasing me about my attire which consisted of $200 jeans (that&#8217;s a whole other story!), black loafers and a T-shirt. My shoes were the target of much criticism and good natured joking.</p>
<p>I am told to get out of the car, ring large bell and yell, &#8220;I am no longer a Virgin!&#8221; I comply with the first part of the initiation and then asked, &#8220;Now you can either be spanked or make a dirt angel. Which do you want?&#8221; </p>
<p>&#8220;Um, dirt angel, &#8221; I reply.  So, I lie down on the desert sand, pretend I&#8217;m in the snow and make a fine looking &#8220;dirt angel.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Initiation</span> completed, we drive off to try to find Alexis&#8217; camp in <span class="blsp-spelling-error">Kidsville</span>.</p>
<p>The desert looks like a refuge camp - seriously. There are thousands and thousands of tents set up with people camping on the desert ground. Of course, there are also many RVs which are a kind reminder that we are living in the 21st century.</p>
<p>My head turns quickly, to see a topless woman, riding a bicycle. &#8220;Hey, maybe this won&#8217;t be all so bad,&#8221; I think to myself.</p>
<p>Somehow, I find my girlfriend who is wearing, <span class="blsp-spelling-error">faux</span> pink dreadlocks in her hair.  (Yes, dudes, she did have clothes on!) Even with the crazy hair, I still find her to be the most beautiful woman in the world.</p>
<p>Laura wishes me luck as she drives away.</p>
<p>Alexis introduces me to the cast of characters in her camp.</p>
<p>First is Brett, a would be rock star, who appeared to be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">inebriated</span> for the entire trip.</p>
<p>Then there was Tammy, who was very interested in partying more than watching her 18 month old baby Starla. Starla had a vocabulary that consisted of saying the word &#8220;no&#8221; to EVERYTHING, screaming &#8220;mine!&#8221; and pitching major fits.</p>
<p>Up next was Heather, who was cool.</p>
<p>Finally, on occasion, there was  &#8220;Juicy&#8221; (yes, JUICY) a 30 year old man child who was the father of Starla but not with the mother Tammy but wanted to be with the mother Tammy and fought constantly with her in between times of feeling sorry for himself.</p>
<p>Of course, Alexis&#8217; kids, and my buddies, Kaia and Noah were there to round out this motley crew.</p>
<p>(There was one other major player in this drama but I&#8217;ll keep you in suspense about him for just a little longer.)</p>
<p>Lest you think, I didn&#8217;t have fun, I did and learned a lot about myself and people.</p>
<p>There were some absolutely AMAZING works of art (modern art, mind you), entire night clubs erected in the desert, a <span class="blsp-spelling-error">thunderdome</span> where people could joust (a la &#8220;Mad Max&#8221;), tons of theme camps with EVERY theme imaginable, &#8220;art cars&#8221; these ranged from decorated golf carts to huge open air buses, performance artists, people in wild costumes and, in some cases, no costumes and more. Think of <span class="blsp-spelling-error">Mardi</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error">Gras</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error">Carnivale</span> (in Brazil) and you&#8217;ll get somewhat of an idea of what I&#8217;m talking about.</p>
<p>Tomorrow, I will continue with my saga and talk about some important insights and discoveries I made at Burning Man.</p>
<p>(As always, your comments are welcome and I really do read all of them.)</p>
<p>Kick butt, make <span class="blsp-spelling-error">mucho</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error">dee</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error">nero</span>!</p>
<p>~Dave Dee</p>
<p>P.S. Wanna find out who the other major player at this event was? Gonna reveal it tomorrow!</p>
<p>PPS.  Mark these two dates down on your calendar now and highlight them. November 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> and January 16-18<span class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>, 2009. That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m going to say for now. Much more to come but I promise you, you will NOT want to miss out on what&#8217;s happening during these times. It&#8217;s the biggest, grandest and wildest thing I have ever done.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No cell phone service. No Internet. Huge fluctuations in temperature. 50,000 people. And a circus act.
Yes, yours truly is going to Burning Man.
What is that you ask. It&#8217;s kinda hard to explain but here it goes.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No cell phone service. No Internet. Huge fluctuations in temperature. 50,000 people. And a circus act.</p>
<p>Yes, yours truly is going to Burning Man.</p>
<p>What is that you ask. It&#8217;s kinda hard to explain but here it goes.</p>
<p>It is a festival of &#8220;free expression&#8221; in the desert. It&#8217;s basically a HUGE festival in harsh conditions. There&#8217;s art, music  and people being who they &#8220;really are.&#8221; At the end of this extravaganza, there is a ceremony where they burn and GIANT wooden man.</p>
<p>Can ya guess who wanted to go to this. Yes, my freaky California girlfriend.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m am stepping way outside my comfort zone. So much so that I am going to be on another planet. And you know what? I&#8217;m looking forward to it!</p>
<p>Over the past two years, I&#8217;ve had many major life changes. Some have not been easy.  In fact, some have been downright brutal. But one of the most important changes I have made is to be much more open and to try things that are outside my comfort zone - not only in my personal life but in my business life as well.</p>
<p>Later this year, I have my first book coming out, I&#8217;m taping and infomercial, I am doing this super-cool even on the Internet (you&#8217;ll hear more about that in the weeks to come) and so much more. Next week, I will be hiring my first employee&#8230;.something  I never would have considered a couple of years ago.</p>
<p>By stepping outside my comfort zone in my personal life, I have much greater depth as a human being, have become much less judgemental, have experienced things I would never have experienced (not that I&#8217;ve liked everything, I have not but I am still glad I did it) and I&#8217;m a happier, more well-rounded person.)</p>
<p>The key to growth in your business or in your personal life is to step outside your comfort zone. Most people would agree with that and I used to understand it on an intellectual level.  And when I made my greatest leaps in business, like quiting my job and becoming a professional magician, I stepped outside my comfort zone. Then I got very conservative (scared?) and was less willing to take risks. I was trapped inside my little box.</p>
<p>If you are not satisfied with where you are in your life, if you feel your are stagnating, if you are making progress as quickly as you&#8217;d like to, it&#8217;s time to step outside your comfort zone. Do something that your normally wouldn&#8217;t do. Try something you normally wouldn&#8217;t try.</p>
<p>I promise you, that even if you don&#8217;t enjoy it, it will cause you to grow and success almost always follows growth.</p>
<p>(As always, your comments are VERY welcome and I do read each of them.)</p>
<p>Kick butt, make mucho dee-nero!</p>
<p>~Dave Dee</p>
<p>P.S. Since I&#8217;m going to be in a land &#8220;far, far away&#8221; over the next few days. I&#8217;m going to send you a KILLER email series called &#8220;The 11 Best Money Ideas of All Time.&#8221; After I created it, I was thinking about selling it for $97 but, instead, I&#8217;m going to send it to you for nada. You will be getting two installments per day. Enjoy!</p>
<p>PPS. I&#8217;m going to video some of my Burning Man experience and show it to ya when I get back.</p>
<p>PPPS: Oh, let me explain the &#8220;circus act&#8221; comment at the beginning. I am driving back from Burning Man in an RV with a woman who is in a circus&#8230;I am not kidding!</p>
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		<title>How it feels to sit next to an infamous murderer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw him walking through the airport.
He was a mountain of the man - tall, long hair, a beard and a menancing look in his eyes. You couldn&#8217;t noticing him
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw him walking through the airport.</p>
<p>He was a mountain of the man - tall, long hair, a beard and a menancing look in his eyes. You couldn&#8217;t noticing him</p>
<p>I take my seat on the plane. He boards the plane and takes his seat next to me. He doesn&#8217;t say a word. He just sits down, closes his eyes and goes to sleep.</p>
<p>I put on my Bose, noise cancelling headphones and do likewise.</p>
<p>When I awake, he is drinking a Jack and Coke. I order a Bailey&#8217;s and coffee.</p>
<p>I notice his watch, which is super cool and make a friendly comment about it. He shows it to me and explains time in two different time zones. I tell him that&#8217;s exactly what I need because I split my time between the coasts.</p>
<p>&#8220;Who is the guy?&#8221; I think to myself. &#8220;He looks so familiar.&#8221;</p>
<p>So I ask him what he does for a living.</p>
<p>He tells me he&#8217;s an actor and I inquire, &#8220;So you&#8217;re a real actor?&#8221; He laughs and tells me, that, yes, he actually makes his living as an actor. I ask him what movies he&#8217;s been in and lo and behold, he stars in my favorite genre of movies - horror. He played Michael Myers in Rob Zombies remake of Halloween, was one of the stars in the Devils Rejects and other movies I have seen. His name is <a href="http://www.tylermane.com/">Tyler Mane</a>.</p>
<p>I ask him how he got into the movies and he explains that he was once a professional wrestler. (Ah, ha that&#8217;s also how I knew him.) I used to be a big wrestling fan and actually had the WWF as an account at the radio station where I used to work. We talked a bit about the wrestling biz which is not at all glamorous.</p>
<p>I then inquired how was made the transition from being a successful wrestler to a successful movie star - two businesses which are VERY difficult to be successful in.</p>
<p>Tyler humbly says. &#8220;I have been very lucky.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yeah, right.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that for a second, &#8221; I tell him. &#8220;You might have got some lucky breaks but you put yourself in position to get those breaks by working your ass off, &#8221; I say. I then asked him again how he became successful.</p>
<p>He said that he always treated wrestling and the movies as business and worked hard to master his craft. He set goals and had a plan. He knew what he wanted and then set out to &#8220;find his path.&#8221; He took action, paid his dues and worked hard&#8230;and would not give up.</p>
<p>Ah, the ultimate success formula.</p>
<p>People are always looking for &#8220;the secret&#8221; to success. There is no secret. Success in ANY endeavor is clearly laid out for you right here. Follow the formula and you will be successful.</p>
<p>I talk to Tyler for the rest of the flight about a myriad of subjects and find him to be one of the nicest, most humble and intelligent people I have spoken to in a long time.</p>
<p>Who would have thought that flying with Michael Myers for four hours would have been such a pleasure.</p>
<p>(As always, your comments are very welcome and I do read each of them.)</p>
<p>Kick butt, make mucho dee-nero!</p>
<p>Dave Dee</p>
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		<title>I am ADDICTED to the Wii! (There is a lesson here!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, it&#8217;s confession time.
I am addicted to Nintendo&#8217;s Wii video game - specifically Wii tennis. If you&#8217;re living under a rock and don&#8217;t know what this is, it&#8217;s a interactive video game. Meaning you hold the controller in your hand and swing like you would a tennis racket. You can either play against the computer [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "I am ADDICTED to the Wii! (There is a lesson here!)", url: "http://www.astonishingbusiness.com/blog/2008/08/i-am-addicted-to-the-wii-there-is-a-lesson-here/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, it&#8217;s confession time.</p>
<p>I am addicted to Nintendo&#8217;s Wii video game - specifically Wii tennis. If you&#8217;re living under a rock and don&#8217;t know what this is, it&#8217;s a interactive video game. Meaning you hold the controller in your hand and swing like you would a tennis racket. You can either play against the computer or someone else. Because of my brilliance <img src='http://www.astonishingbusiness.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> , it&#8217;s tough for me to find live opponents.</p>
<p>Fortunately, I do not have this game in Atlanta but have played it every night in while in LA.</p>
<p>The game is brilliantly designed. The better you play, the higher your ranking is and the more difficult your opponents get It&#8217;s tough to stop playing when you see your ranking going up and even tougher to stop when you get beat!</p>
<p>Anyway, last night I was playing my nemesis, a Japanese dude, and was down two sets to love, facing two match points. I battled back to win the match! Exciting, isn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>Believe it or not, there are life, business and success lessons I was reminded of while playing this game.</p>
<p>First, is that you must always keep your eye on the ball. You must stay focused on your goal and not let your attention or INTENTION drift or waiver.</p>
<p>Second, you don&#8217;t win until the point is actually over. A couple times last night, I hit what I thought was a winning point and lost concentration, only to have the Japanese dude track down my shot and win the point. (Damn, him!) In business, don&#8217;t celebrate a victory until you actually have achieved it.</p>
<p>Third, ultimate victory is made up of smaller wins&#8230;and don&#8217;t let the defeats along the way get you down. When you have a big goal you want to accomplish, chunk it down into smaller steps and focus on accomplishing ONE STEP at a time. Also, be prepared for setbacks in your pursuit of ultimate victory. Stay focused, don&#8217;t get discouraged, keep moving forward and watch out for the Japanese dude.</p>
<p>(As always, your comments are welcome and I really do read all of them.)</p>
<p>Kick butt, make mucho dee-nero!</p>
<p>~Dave Dee</p>
<p>P.S. I am looking for a 12-step, Wii recovery program. And to pay for it, I need ya to buy some stuff.  But before you buy anything, I want to give you some cool gifts. Check it out now at <a href="http://www.davedee.com/ic">www.davedee.com/ic</a></p>
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		<title>No wonder this guy is so successful&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was talking to my bookkeeper over the telephone and said, &#8220;Ah, it&#8217;s sunny, about 75 degrees and I&#8217;m standing outside overlooking the ocean. How is it there in Lawrenceville, GA?&#8221;
Yes, I can be a jerk but it is oh so fun!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday I was talking to my bookkeeper over the telephone and said, &#8220;Ah, it&#8217;s sunny, about 75 degrees and I&#8217;m standing outside overlooking the ocean. How is it there in <span class="blsp-spelling-error">Lawrenceville</span>, GA?&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, I can be a jerk but it is oh so fun!</p>
<p>I did not feel like working yesterday and kept putting off the &#8220;hard stuff&#8221; I needed to do but then, I finally buckled down and got it done. Of course, because I procrastinated earlier, I was up until midnight finishing something that I promised would be done that day.</p>
<p>But the bottom line is: I got &#8216;er done.</p>
<p>My favorite motivational speaker, Jim <span class="blsp-spelling-error">Rohn</span>, has a saying, “No wonder this guy is so successful. Look at all that he does!” </p>
<p>If you’re not getting the results that you want, you need to look at your activity. Are you really taking massive action? Or are you just thinking about it? Are you taking action consistently?</p>
<p>Consistency in your marketing is of extreme importance. If you want to get consistent results, you need to take consistent action. Remember that activity begets success. </p>
<p>Of course, if you’re sending out sales letters, doing e-mail lead generation, placing ads and you’re doing all the things that you should be doing, you’re going to get direct response from that. </p>
<p>Not to get metaphysical with you, but on a different plane, good things start to happen when you are working towards your goals and you have laser-like focus on your goals; things that are unexpected, serendipitous things, things that seem like “good luck”. </p>
<p>But, in order for this to happen, you have to have activity, activity, activity. You have to have a plan and you have to be consistent with it. If you’re not getting the results that you want, look at your activity level.</p>
<p>Kick butt, make <span class="blsp-spelling-error">mucho</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error">dee</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error">nero</span>!</p>
<p>Dave Dee</p>
<p>P.S. &#8220;Who Else Wants To Learn How To Read Their Prospects&#8217; Minds, Increase Their Powers Of Persuasion And Sell More With Less Time And Effort?&#8221; I show you how to do it completely at my risk so even if you&#8217;re a skeptic, there&#8217;s no excuse for not trying this out. Go to: <a href="http://www.davedee.com/psychic/">http://www.davedee.com/psychic/</a></p>
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		<title>Didja, miss me? I&#8217;m back with good stuff!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What is your passion,&#8221; I asked one of the guys in the mastermind meeting I recently attended at an undisclosed location in Virgina.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; was his reply.
&#8220;Yes, you do dammit!&#8221;, I said with a slightly raised voice. &#8220;You just don&#8217;t want to admit it to yourself. &#8220;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;What is your passion,&#8221; I asked one of the guys in the mastermind meeting I recently attended at an undisclosed location in Virgina.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; was his reply.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, you do dammit!&#8221;, I said with a slightly raised voice. &#8220;You just don&#8217;t want to admit it to yourself. &#8220;</p>
<p>&#8220;No, I really don&#8217;t know. I just want to make money,&#8221; he said defensively.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s bullshit and you know it, &#8221; I challenged. And then I asked him a very powerful question, that you are going to want to write down and remember:</p>
<p>&#8220;I know you, don&#8217;t know what your passion is but if you did know, what would it be?&#8221;</p>
<p>Ah, that magical phrase gave him permission not to know but then opened his mind and allowed him to think of the passion he had hidden in is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">subconscious</span> mind.</p>
<p>He then told us what his passion was. And guess what?  His passion would EASILY be turned into a business that would make him a ton of <span class="blsp-spelling-error">dee</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error">nero</span>. The rest of the mastermind group &#8220;caught on fire&#8221; and started giving him idea after idea for turning his dream into reality.</p>
<p>Joe Jackson once sang, &#8220;You can&#8217;t get what you want &#8217;til you know what you want.&#8221; He was right and it is my belief that most people do know what they want but are afraid to admit it for fear of ridicule, for fear that if they do admit and go for it, they&#8217;ll fail or for fear that they&#8217;ll go for it and succeed. (Yes, fear of success is very real.)</p>
<p>People, especially men, when they fear going for what they really want,  often default to &#8220;I just want to make a lot of <span class="blsp-spelling-error">dee</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error">nero</span>.&#8221; And while that is a worthy goal, it almost is never the only thing that people want.</p>
<p>Sure, Donald Trump makes a ton of money in real estate and now in television but he has an absolutely PASSION for both.  I&#8217;m sure he wouldn&#8217;t be doing what he&#8217;s doing if there wasn&#8217;t big <span class="blsp-spelling-error">dee</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error">nero</span> involved but he also wouldn&#8217;t be as successful at what he does if he did not have a passion for it.</p>
<p>I know I keep teasing you about the release of my &#8220;How To Turn Your Passion Into Profits&#8221; course. The fact is that the course is completely finished and some lucky people who got in on the advanced release already have it. But, I am planning something MASSIVE that will benefit you whether you invest in my course or not.  I&#8217;m <span class="blsp-spelling-error">tellin</span>&#8216; ya, this is going to be something super special and BIG.  My team and I are working hard getting this bad boy ready.  More details are to follow.</p>
<p>But for now let me say to you&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;I know you don&#8217;t know what your passion is but if you did know, what would it be?&#8221;</p>
<p>Kick butt, make <span class="blsp-spelling-error">mucho</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error">dee</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error">nero</span>!</p>
<p>~Dave Dee</p>
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		<title>Another GREAT date and big reminder</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I told you about my date with my daughter Gina. Last night it was my eight year old son, David&#8217;s, turn.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few weeks ago, I told you about my date with my daughter Gina. Last night it was my eight year old son, David&#8217;s, turn.</p>
<p>He had literally been talking about our date for a week and was so excited to just be going out with his daddy. Of course, this made me feel great and I was really looking forward to some one on one time with my son.</p>
<p>As soon I picked him, he started talking&#8230;and talking&#8230;and talking. And he didn&#8217;t stop talking for the entire three hours we were together. He spoke of many things, Club Penguin, why he isn&#8217;t into superheros any more, the newest Wii game and the ill fated lemonade stand he and his sister had the previous week. (More about this later.)</p>
<p>We went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner (it&#8217;s both of our favorite food.). When we walked in, we were &#8220;greeted&#8221; by a woman who had a big scowl on her face and muttered, &#8220;This is to go, right?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Um, no. We are eating here,&#8221; I reply.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think this answer made her very happy. She escorted us to our table and then walked away without saying a word..</p>
<p>David already knew what he wanted, a scallion pancake (also known as &#8220;Chinese pizza&#8221;) and tofu with vegetables.</p>
<p>Our waitress arrived at the table and lo and behold, she too had a scowl on her face too. (I started to think that maybe it was something the waitress and the hosted both ate and wanted to make sure I didn&#8217;t order that.)</p>
<p>Contrast that with another Chinese restaurant David, Gina and I went to the day before for Dim Sum. When we arrived, the owner greeted us with a big smile and hello. The waitress, also very enthusiastically, greeted us and commented on how &#8220;beautiful your daughter is&#8221; and how &#8220;well behaved your son is.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the meal, all of the servers were super friendly (we were the only, non-Chinese folks in the restaurant - which is always a tip off that you are going to have great meal) and the owner came by our table, smiling, asking us is everything was okay and did we need anything.</p>
<p>The food at both restaurants was good, (although the Dim Sum restaurant was great) but which place do you think left me with a better feeling? At which restaurant did I have a better &#8220;experience&#8221;? The answer is obvious and the question you need to ask yourself is what experience are your customers having when they buy from you.</p>
<p>Remember, you can have the finest product or service on the planet but if your receptionist isn&#8217;t pleasant, it does not matter.</p>
<p>Anyway, David tells me about his lemonade stand experience. He and his sister made great lemonade, the had tattoos they were going to sell and even set up a little face painting stand. There table was set up at the top of their driveway and they were ready for business!</p>
<p>And they waited and waited and waited in the hot sun. Soon they discovered the problem almost all new business owners have&#8230;lack of leads or, using an Internet term they did not have any &#8220;traffic.&#8221;</p>
<p>My kids had fallen into the trap of &#8220;build a great business and the customers will come.&#8221; As I&#8217;ve said zillions of times, that&#8217;s not just the way it works. Having  a great product is not enough. You need to let people know about your product. That is why&#8230;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s more important to be a master marketer than it is to be a master of your craft. (The combination of the two is deadly and virtually guarantees success.)</p>
<p>David and I finished our meal. I drove to my apartment and he. talked and talked and talked.</p>
<p>When we arrived, we immediately started in on our favorite activity, mixed martial arts fighting on my bed. The kid is tough and hits like a ton of bricks. I have a huge bruise on my arm today to prove it.</p>
<p>It was an epic battle but I can&#8217;t tell you much about it because &#8220;What happens in &#8216;Fight Club&#8217; stays in fight club.&#8221; (Big lesson  for entrepreneurs. Keep your mouth shut about what you&#8217;re doing in your business. Your competitors are listening.) I can tell you that he ended up winning the championship, three rounds to two.</p>
<p>After the fight, we were both sweaty and tired and decided we need a break. He got a Nestle Crunch bar (his favorite candy and definitely the food of champions) and we lied on my bed and watched &#8220;Sponge Bob&#8221; which, by the way, is very funny. Of course, even Sponge Bob didn&#8217;t stop him from chatting away.</p>
<p>As we both laid on the bed holding hands, I said a brief thank you prayer, for yet another perfect date with one of my kids</p>
<p>And was reminder of what I am really working for.</p>
<p>Kick butt, make mucho dee-nero,</p>
<p>~Dave Dee</p>
<p>P.S. As always, your comments are welcomed and appreciated. I really do read all of them.</p>
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		<title>Exploding beer bottles and sex&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Daddy, how come your kitchen smells like beer?&#8221;
&#8220;Well Gina, Daddy put a Heineken in the freezer last night to make to make it really cold. But, Daddy is getting old and forgot that it was in there. I bet it exploded.&#8221;
Sure enough, inside my freezer was a Heineken-sicle mixed with pieces of broken glass.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Daddy, how come your kitchen smells like beer?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Well Gina, Daddy put a Heineken in the freezer last night to make to make it really cold. But, Daddy is getting old and forgot that it was in there. I bet it exploded.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sure enough, inside my freezer was a Heineken-<span class="blsp-spelling-error">sicle</span> mixed with pieces of broken glass.</p>
<p>The moral of this story: Stick with drinking Coors Light in a can.</p>
<p>Okay, actually there is a better lesson in this email than that!</p>
<p>How many emails did you get today with a subject line that really caught your attention? When you saw mine, &#8220;Exploding beer bottles and sex&#8221; did it catch your attention? Didn&#8217;t you just have to open it and see what &#8220;Crazy Dave&#8221; was talking about?</p>
<p>In order to get your email opened or advertisement or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sales letter</span> read, you need to grab your reader&#8217;s attention and suck them into reading your ad with a powerfully compelling headline. And the best headlines speak to your prospect&#8217;s own self-interest.</p>
<p>The subject line for today is what is called a &#8220;<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">curiosity</span>&#8221; headline. These can be effective but  they are also tricky because there must be a logical &#8220;payoff&#8221; or the reader will feel tricked.</p>
<p>For example, on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">occasion</span>, you will see an ad with the headline &#8220;Sex&#8221;. Then the body copy of the ad will go on to say, &#8220;Now that&#8217;s I&#8217;ve gotten your attention, let me talk to you about multi-level marketing&#8230;&#8221; or some other non-related product or service.</p>
<p>This does NOT work. It only serves to piss your prospect off and make &#8216;em not trust you - which is the complete opposite of what you want to do.</p>
<p>Here is a partial list of killer fill in the blank subject lines/headlines that you can use. (This is just a sample of dozens of subjects line you get in my &#8220;How To Turn Your Passion Into Profits&#8221; System, that will be released very soon.)
<ul>
<li> How to…</li>
<li>6 ways to….</li>
<li>A simple method for…</li>
<li>How to solve____ once and for all.</li>
<li>Quick and easy________.</li>
<li>The secret to______.</li>
<li>How to __________revealed.</li>
</ul>
<p>Your assignment for today, is to fill in the blanks based on what you are selling. Then use one of them in the next email you send out. You&#8217;ll like the results.</p>
<p>(As always, your comments are welcome and I do read every one of them.)</p>
<p>Kick butt, make <span class="blsp-spelling-error">mucho</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error">dee</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error">nero</span>!</p>
<p>Dave Dee</p>
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