Aron Parker's Success Blog

Happy 4th of July!!! Enjoy this time with your friends and family. Have fun and be safe!

Don’t ever forget WHY we celebrate Independence Day!

This sentence has been called “one of the best-known sentences in the English language”… “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – The Declaration of Independence

“It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.” – Author unknown

The first half of 2010 is in the books. This is the perfect time to do a success checkup!

If you’re not on course for reaching your 2010 goals, or you’ve lost momentum or you never even got started, you’ve got to check this out!

The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan is one of the most comprehensive success courses ever created. The 12-month program, developed by the late personal-achievement legend, will empower you to grow and continually transform yourself while focusing on a new pillar of success each month—and you can jump right in no matter what time of the year it is!

You’ll receive regular encouragement to stay on track, take positive action and move ahead with the motivation to achieve the life of your dreams!

Click here now to view a short video from SUCCESS magazine publisher Darren Hardy talking about why he strongly endorses The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan.

Experience the power of The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan!

I can remember ever since I was a kid I wanted to own my own business and become a millionaire…. I wanted to be an entrepreneur just like my dad.  He has owned his own small business for 30 years!  He works his butt off 6 days a week and I’m very proud of him for what he does.

I am currently working at a J.O.B. to support my family, which there is nothing wrong with, BUT I am sick and tired of trading my time for dollars!  It’s time to step up and build my own business!  I’m ready to own my own time!  How about you?  NOW is the time to build your own business, become an entrepreneur and start living life day to day the way YOU want to, not how someone else tells you to.

So, I am building my business (Parker Marketing) part-time, with a full-time attitude!  My goal is to fire my boss within 6-12 months!

If you are ready, this is a great article from Darren Hardy (from The special Entrepreneurship Issue of SUCCESS) to help get you started…

Power to the Entrepreneur!

We know you’re the type of person who wants more out of life; your career isn’t about a paycheck, it’s about creating your best possible life and becoming your best possible self. That’s why, even though we pride ourselves on offering you meaningful content every issue, I believe this edition is one of the most important issues we offer all year.

Entrepreneurialism is the heart of our economic system. In a time when everyone is claiming there’s no work to be had, entrepreneurs are out there creating jobs. In fact, an entrepreneur pursuing his or her passion is the greatest stimulus package there is.

Today, according to stats from the Small Business Administration, small businesses:
• Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms
• Employ more than half the private-sector employees
• Pay 44 percent of the total U.S. private payroll
• Have generated more than 64 percent of all new jobs during the past 15 years
• And create more than half the private gross domestic product

Entrepreneurialism is also the heart of the American dream. Taking control of our dreams, pursuing our passions and following through on that wild idea not only makes life more enjoyable—it pays well! Eighty percent of self-made millionaires became millionaires because they started their own business.

There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur. At the beginning of the 20th century there were a mere 5,000 millionaires. By 1950 there were 100,000; 1980—1 million; 1990—2 million. By the year 2000, that number had reached 7 million.

Today, more than 10 million men and women have reached that coveted but not-so-elite status. Want even better news? That number is expected to double in the next 10 years. Now is the time—and this is the resource—that will help you figure out how to claim the rewards of being a successful entrepreneur.

One more encouraging statistic: Even though entrepreneurs are among the world’s wealthiest, 90 percent of all entrepreneurs started out at the bottom, broke or with little to no capital or savings.

Anyone can become an entrepreneur–and at any age. You see, being an entrepreneur isn’t about who or what you know; it’s about what you do. The skills and knowledge you need to succeed are all attainable.

Here’s to your entrepreneurial success!

I just started reading Darren Hardy’s new book, The Compound Effect, and absolutely love it!  This is such a simple book with just 6 chapters, but don’t let that fool you.  All I can say is if you are looking to have success in any area of your life, you have got to read this book.

This is what John C. Maxwell has to say about it… “The Compound Effect is a must-read book for success seekers. You want to know what it takes? You want to know what to do? It’s all in these pages. The Compound Effect is a clear and concise success operation manual!”

Here is the bottom line… (from Success.com)

The Compound Effect is the principle of reaping huge rewards from a series of small, smart choices. What’s most interesting about this process to me is that, even though the results are massive, the steps, in the moment, don’t feel significant. Whether you’re using this strategy for improving your health, relationships, finances, or anything else for that matter, the changes are so subtle, they’re almost imperceptible. These small changes offer little or no immediate result, no big win, no obvious I-told-you-so payoff. So why bother?

Your only path to success is through a continuum of mundane, unsexy, unexciting, and sometimes difficult daily disciplines compounded over time. The results, the life and the lifestyle of your dreams can be yours when you put the Compound Effect to work for you. If you use the principles outlined in The Compound Effect, you will create your fairy tale ending!

Here is where you can buy the book and also get some awesome free resources… http://TheCompoundEffect.com

I wanted to take a minute to send a thank you to all of the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States for their sacrifice. I honor those who have served in the past and given so much so we can have so much.

Becoming a US Marine was the best decision I ever made! In those 4 years I learned more and did more than most people will do in a lifetime.

No matter where you stand politically or ideologically it’s important to recognize what has been done and what is being done for us every second of every day.

Please, take a moment to reflect on, to think about or to pray for those who give or have given their all to keep us out of harm’s way. If you feel led, leave a comment to tell us about people close to you who deserve this kind of recognition. We need to hear about them.

Spend time with your loved ones and be sure to remember all those that have fallen in the line of duty. It was their sacrifice that allows us to kick-back and relax this weekend.

Freedom is never free!!!

God Bless our Military Men & Women and God Bless America.

Happy Memorial Day!

Enjoy these great videos…

Katie Freiling is a social media, blogging, and personal development coach in the online home business industry. She has been able to create a multiple 6-figure business online and she says “Video Marketing” is without a doubt one of the biggest reasons why.

I’m subscribed to her blog, which I recommend you do as well, and I just got this email from her that I would like to share with you…

Ok, let’s face it… Video is really where it’s at.

Whether you’re making capture pages, sales pages, creating content, blogging, doing keyword targeted marketing, or anything else online really…

Video will increase your conversion rates, help cultivate relationships on autopilot, drive you automated traffic, help you establish a true presence and brand online, and ultimately, make you a lot more money.

It’s really one of the biggest reasons I’ve been able to create a multiple 6 figure business online.

I don’t even know what my business would look like without video… It’s the foundation of everything I do!

And since I know how important it is to really master video online in today’s marketing age…

I made you a special training video revealing my 10 most powerful video marketing tips.

This is information that was previously only given to paying students of mine…

But I really just felt compelled to share this with you today Aron.

So head over to:  http://katiefreiling.com/video-marketing

WOW, it’s been 6 months since my last blog post…   how time flys!

About 4 months ago we moved from my home town in Florida to Cathy’s home town in Indiana.  You are probably wondering WHY I would leave beautiful Flordia for Indiana?

Well, I have one word for you… BABY!   We wanted to be here by Cathy’s family to have our 2nd baby girl, Claire Marie.  So here we are!

Baby Claire was born on March 31, 2010… 8.6 lbs!  She was happy, healthy, and beautiful!  What more could we ever ask for!  We are so blessed to have two amazing daughters!

She is now almost 8 weeks old already and it’s definitely time for me to get back to blogging!

I have a new found commitment and desire to build a successful online business and my blog is a very important part of that.

So… I’m back and ready to start providing amazing content for all of my readers and subscribers!

Lets do this!

Aron Parker

This is one of my favorite times of the year… When we take time to reflect on what and who we are thankful for no matter how chaotic it may be.

I invite you today to take a moment and reflect with me on what we have to be thankful for. It may be different for each one of us, non the less, I encourage you to spend some time today and think of those things.

I am so grateful and blessed to have such a beautiful wife and happy / healthy daughter with another baby on the way!

I am thankful that you are taking the time to read my blog and I wish you a very happy, memorable and safe Thanksgiving!!

ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING WEEKEND!

Learn to Be Thankful for What You Already Have by Jim Rohn

Is thankfulness a survival skill? Perhaps most of you would respond with, “No, Jim, thankfulness is not a key to survival,” and I would tend to agree with you. Most of us have probably already solved the necessary problems of survival, gone beyond that and are now working to achieve our desires. But let me give you this key phrase, “Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” I believe one of the greatest and perhaps one of the simplest lessons we can learn in life is to be thankful for what we have already received and accomplished.

Both the years and the experiences have brought me to where I stand today, but it is the thankfulness that opened the windows of opportunities, of blessings, of unique experiences to flow my way. My gratitude starts with my parents who raised me, gave me an incredible foundation that has lasted me all of these years and continues with the mentors that I’ve met along the way who absolutely changed and revolutionized my life, my income, my bank account, my future. I am also very thankful for the people, the associations, the ideas, the chance to work and labor, and to produce results; all of that has brought me to this place, to this weekend. I’m grateful for it all.

What a unique opportunity each one of you here has, so many of us; representing different countries, nations and cultures, to appreciate the uniqueness of our own experiences that has brought us all here, together, for these three days to learn new skills and sharpen old ones. For the countries we represent, we have freedom and liberty. These are extraordinary times, about 11 years ago the walls came tumbling down, in Germany, and it started a wave of democracy and freedom like the world has never seen. We as a country and as a world have so much to be thankful for. Always start with thanksgiving; be thankful for what you already have and see the miracles that come from this one simple act.

Now thankfulness is just the beginning; next, you’ve got to challenge yourself to produce. Produce more ideas than you need for yourself so you can share and give your ideas away. That is called fruitfulness and abundance. Here’s what I think fruitfulness and abundance mean: to go to work on producing more than you need or yourself so you can begin blessing others, blessing your nation and blessing your enterprise. Once abundance starts to come, once someone becomes incredibly productive, it’s amazing what the numbers turn out to be. But to begin this incredible process of blessing, it often starts with the act of thanksgiving and gratitude, being thankful for what you already have and for what you’ve already done. Begin the act of thanksgiving today, and watch the miracles flow your way.

The following question was submitted to “Ask Donald Trump” by a Trump University member.

Question:

You have faced some really big challenges and some very difficult circumstances in your life. What activities, words of wisdom and other tools do you use to get yourself back up to remain positive? What advice would you offer to anyone struggling today?

Mr. Trump’s Response:

Your focus is very important–so be sure to focus on the opportunities, because they are always there. For example, if 90% of companies aren’t hiring, then focus on the 10% that are. I learned to focus less on the problem and more on the solution, which works. Do not allow negativity to cloud your goals or ambitions. Great things have been accomplished in hard and even tumultuous times.

When I faced difficult circumstances, I didn’t underestimate the problems but I refused to give in to them. Realize that you are very strong and very capable. Inspirational quotes help too. Here’s one from Emerson to think about when you might be doubting yourself: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” I knew I was resilient and focused on the great things I would do once I got through the hard times. I would also ask myself, “Is this a blip or is it a catastrophe?” Earthquakes, wars, tsunamis–those are catastrophes. Put things into perspective and know that within you is the power to persevere and win.

Here is a direct link to the Trump Blog where I got this post… http://www.trumpuniversity.com/blog/post/2009/08/focus-on-the-opportunities.cfm

This Veteran’s Day, we honor those who have so bravely served this country.

America is founded on the principle of freedom, justice, and liberty for all. Our nation’s soldiers serve every day to protect our country and its ideals.

On Veteran’s Day, take a sacred moment to remember the those who sacrifice their lives every moment to achieve peace and democracy.

Here is a video montage honoring U.S. war veterans from World War 1 to present day…