101 Days of Summer...GONE...but we have the 101 days of Fall...
 

This is a review. A pep talk. A peek into the future.

In early June I found myself in Fayettville Arkansas meeting some wonderful people while learning about a fantastic piece of software that Bill Myers has created. His MemberGate software is going to be a huge success. But it is not for the "small potatoes" crowd, not at 30 thousand a pop.

Shortly after that Dien Rice paid his visit.

We wanted to meet each other, get a feel for who the other guy was, and then if we were compatible we'd do a Joint Venture...

And SEEDS OF WISDOM PUBLISHING was born.

Dien, as many of you have found out, is an intelligent, thoughtful, and articulate man. The fact he speaks a foreign language (Austrailian) also impressed me.

So we set a goal. Dien was to have a web site up and working by SEPTEMBER 1. I was to have my first CONTENT available for sale by that date.

We set goals. But those were not the only projects we had to do. Both Dien and myself have a lot of off line activity to tend to too.

And we do.

Another goal I set for myself was to have the audio programs, THINK AND REACH PAR and HOW TO PLAY AN UNKNOWN GOLF COURSE recorded and edited and ready for sale in September.

I'll be sending the MASTERS to Michael Winicki of WHAT SOUNDS GOOD INC this afternoon.

Besides this public forum, Dien and I planned on having a few private ones too. REMOTE HYPNOSIS has it's own private forum, access is by reading REMOTE HYPNOSIS.

This week, we plan to have the CHATTEL forum up, another private members only forum, and access to that is by having read the CHATTEL REPORT-THE SPRINT TO FREEDOM.

One of our first topics in the CHATTEL FORUM is going to be consignment stores. How to use these to build a cash flow. This is an area that is great for women to get into, it eliminates people coming to your home to buy chattel.

I'm also updating the report for the resellers, and working with a couple of them to show you who chattel, some of the advanced techniques I talked about in the original report.

All of this activity is on a PICTOGRIGM, a tool I created from the SQUARE ONE WORKSHOPS to help see what was happening in my life.

I have set goals for the Fall. Summer was good, but I didn't achieve everything I wanted to, but the PRIORITIES were achieved, and now I can clean up some of the other things.

A revised BYBA will be posted before the 15th of the month. It will contain a lot more resources. And maybe a special section for NEWBIES, a sort of where to begin section...although I stand by my original idea...

a BOOKLET is a great place to start.

On my plate, besides SOWPUB, is an audio recording of REMOTE HYPNOSIS, due to be completed before the month is out.

Also, I'm dusting off the shelves, and I have an audio program for HYPNOTIC GOLF, and I think What Sounds Good Inc. may be publishing some of the COUNT TEN hypnosis tapes made by Fran Renner and freinds.

Fran was a hypno-therapist that was in practice in the mid 60's and she was a friend and mentor.

I'll also be doing a small amount of "consulting" work for various people, just small chunks of research and writing.

I'm preparing for a HOLIDAY marketing campaign, one which will include both GOLF and REMOTE HYPNOSIS.

OK. Now it is your turn.

Did you acheive your Summer goals?

Do you have a written plan for the Fall, for Winter, for 2001?

Have you made new alliances? Met new people? Discovered new sites like SOWPUB?

Some of you early birds at sowpub have watched us evolve and test and shake things out.

Some things like SQUARE ONE WORKSHOPS have been removed for now, because I've found they really don't work over the Net, they're effective in direct proportion to them being DONE...

they truly are an Interactive device. But, if I figure out how to do that, then I'll bring them back. You are free and welcome to discuss them, and I'll continue to post the PICTOGRIGMS...but I'm backing off of doing an audio or an Internet version of the SQUARE ONE WORKSHOPS...for now.

By December, I'll be "quietly" involved with 10 web sites, most owned by other people whom I like and will work with.

The reason I'm posting this REVIEW is to stimulate your thinking. To get you to set goals.

One of those might be to get your e-book or even e-booklet ready by Fall's end.

Have something working for you. Have some FOCUS.

I want to thank all of you that have stopped by in these early days. SOWPUB is a dynamic site and it may not look anything at all like this one year from now. Your contributions will help it grow.

SOWPUB is the sole property of Dien Rice. I applaud him publicly for setting a goal and working to achieve it. Now Dien, set even bigger and bigger ones. I know you will achieve them.

In OCTOBER, SOWPUB will have the GRAND OPENING.

September is to test the systems, get all the final little bugs worked out, make sure you can spend your money here (hey did you know that REMOTE HYPNOSIS is available to buy, get your credit card out and help us test the system, it's the best 12 bucks you can invest today!)...

In OCTOBER, we will be bringing thousands of more eyes to this site. We have a plan, a strategy and the ability to implement it.

I like this type of Joint Venture...and you might consider doing one too.

The first could be with Dien, right here. He'll help you get your feet wet before you make the plunge.

YOU live in a great time, in a time of tremendous opportunity.

You have the opportunity to grow, to prosper, to accelerate your goal achievement.

If you try a different way.

If you find out what YOU really want to do.

If you break your old habits, and quit listening to the same old same old.

YOU can build and create (as Julie Jordon Scott likes to say):

a life of PASSION and PURPOSE.

AND I might add to that, a life of balanced PROSPERITY...

WHATEVER that means to you.

So get out your notebooks, your idea pads and start setting your goals.

If you want, go ahead and post them here, nothing like a little PUBLIC peeking to keep you motivated.

Just don't take two years to get your project to the people...OK?

Thanks again to all visitors for allowing us to build a truly unique forum, and for sharing in our goals.

Now, get busy.

Gordon Jay Alexander
Sept. 5, 2000

Great post Gordon, this is what went through my mind.... :)
 

Let me start by showing off my bilingualism.... :)

"G'day Gordon, strewth that was a ripper post!"

[Translation from Aussie to American: "Hello Gordon, gosh that post was great!"] ;)

> A revised BYBA will be posted before the
> 15th of the month. It will contain a lot
> more resources. And maybe a special section
> for NEWBIES, a sort of where to begin
> section...although I stand by my original
> idea...

> a BOOKLET is a great place to start.

Gordon, I think that's true.... And even an article could be a place to start (post it on the forum!).... A few articles on related topics could make a booklet, and a few of those could make an ebook....

I think this is one "secret" that can make things easy to write.... Break it down into small pieces....

> OK. Now it is your turn.

> Did you acheive your Summer goals?

I think it's true many people don't have clear goals with deadlines.... This is something I've been learning from you, Gordon, the value of clear goals with deadlines. I see now how it's all tied into the pictogrigms in the Square One Workshops, like in the posts you've shared on the forum.... :)

What do others think? Do most people have clear goals? Maybe this is something we can focus on discussing here....

> Do you have a written plan for the Fall, for
> Winter, for 2001?

I'm sure most people don't, and I have some goal-setting to do myself!

> Some of you early birds at sowpub have
> watched us evolve and test and shake things
> out.

I did a lot of "testing" with my earlier posts, trying out different styles of writing -- stories, a more "scientific" style, and others, to see what people liked....

While I'm not an expert at this, I am a natural "experimenter" in that I like to try out new things to see what works. It's a great (and fun to use) technique.... It's the same thing as "testing" though I tend to like to call it "experimenting" -- I'm not sure where I picked it up, but I've been "experimenting" at least since my early teens.... :)

> The reason I'm posting this REVIEW is to
> stimulate your thinking. To get you to set
> goals.

> One of those might be to get your e-book or
> even e-booklet ready by Fall's end.

I know some people are writing their ebooks right now, and some will have their ebooks available for you to purchase from SOWPUB very soon....! It's very exciting, I can't wait to offer you the incredible quality of knowledge which is coming your way....

> SOWPUB is the sole property of Dien Rice. I
> applaud him publicly for setting a goal and
> working to achieve it. Now Dien, set even
> bigger and bigger ones. I know you will
> achieve them.

Thanks Gordon. One of the most important things I learned from you, Gordon, is the importance of a WIN/WIN/WIN philosophy -- be sure not only to deliver, but to OVER-deliver.... I'm working on it, and hopefully I'm improving all the time....

And another vital thing I've learned from you, Gordon, is the importance of goal-setting, and achieving those goals. This is more important than you might realize at first, but it is one of the most important keys to success. Setting a goal and achieving it.... If you can do that, you have one of the most important keys to success in the palm of your hand. It's like the key that starts the ignition on your travels to bigger and better things....

> September is to test the systems, get all
> the final little bugs worked out, make sure
> you can spend your money here (hey did you
> know that REMOTE HYPNOSIS is available to
> buy, get your credit card out and help us
> test the system, it's the best 12 bucks you
> can invest today!)...

Gordon, with your aim to OVER-deliver on your promise, I'm extra-pleased to be working with you.... :) It's exciting to be part of something so immediately useful.... I know that many people's eyes are being opened as they read through Remote Hypnosis and do the pictogrigms (if their experience is anything like mine has been)....

> I like this type of Joint Venture...and you
> might consider doing one too.

> The first could be with Dien, right here.
> He'll help you get your feet wet before you
> make the plunge.

Sure, if you have an ebook in mind, let me know... More email replies will be coming soon.... :)

> YOU can build and create (as Julie Jordon
> Scott likes to say):

> a life of PASSION and PURPOSE .

> AND I might add to that, a life of balanced
> PROSPERITY ...

> WHATEVER that means to you.

Let me say, I can't say enough nice things about Julie Jordan Scott. She is one of the true and REAL people on the internet.

Julie helped me when I was feeling down about something, and I know that I'm not the only one. She's really one-of-a-kind.... If nothing else, go to her web site at www.5passions.com and read her story.... If your reaction is like mine, you'll begin to discover your Passion too!

> So get out your notebooks, your idea pads
> and start setting your goals.

> If you want, go ahead and post them here,
> nothing like a little PUBLIC peeking to keep
> you motivated.

And here we come to a third thing I've learned from Gordon.... The importance of FEEDBACK.

To me, this was a big eye-opener. I liked to think that there was a clear obvious answer to everything.... but when it comes to human nature, things can change -- trends, fashions, opinions change, in ways that may be unpredictable. And marketing is all dependent on human nature. So what's the solution?

The solution is to ask and get FEEDBACK.

A forum like this one is a powerful tool you can use.... Post your ideas (or even just a part of them), and get some feedback about them, to get some feeling for if your idea is something people will spend money for.

That's an important lesson, DON'T understimate it -- it can mean the difference between failure and success, before you've spent too much of your money and time to back out....

> Thanks again to all visitors for allowing us
> to build a truly unique forum, and for
> sharing in our goals.

> Now, get busy.

Thanks Gordon.... I'm going to clarify my goals for the next season RIGHT NOW!

Goal setting, Feedback, are these good topics to discuss further? Please let me know....

Gordon, do you have any tips on "market testing" in general? I know that one way is to ask ask ask for feedback.... But are there other ways too? What do you recommend?

This is an important topic, yet I know it stumps a lot of people (including me).... If you could shed any light on this, it'd be great. :)

Thanks!

Dien

A little off-topic: kudos for JJS
 

Hi,

Julie Jordan Scott is one of three main people who have helped my little trickreport.com site *a lot.* Thanks, JJS! (Phil Wiley is another of my 'Top 3.')

Best,

-Boyd




Who is Julie Jordan Scott anyway?