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It’s Never about the time, it’s Never about the Money

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOG, My Rant    Posted in May 4, 2011    |    No Comments

Hey out there in Cyber-land and the real world too, sometimes it is hard to decipher where the real world ends and the online one begins...
This is more than likely because the online world is becoming more and more a part of our everyday life, it is part of our everyday existence, hell even bullies exist online, and of course they are even more cowardly here as they can remain 'anonymous' well at least they think they can, most of them would not have the intelligence to be able to hide their digital signature... perhaps that is why they are bullies, because they are not intelligent enough to be anything else? Anyway I digress.

I was talking with a coach friend of mine recently and we got into a rather interesting conversation, ways we could save the world and create huge empires to help others succeed, you know all of the usual stuff.

We started talking about human potential and the apparent lack of accountability found in most people. Having been involved in sales as long as I have and the interactions that I have had between myself and other  would be entrepreneurs (if you could call them that) I hear pretty much the same thing...
"I haven't got the time", or "I haven't got the money"

What complete and utter horse s#!t, it is never about the time, and it is most certainly never about the money. These are simple little lies we tell ourselves to try and justify our own short comings and inadequacies.

Let me qualify that comment, let me use the example that my coach friend and I came up with, we were talking about a project he is working on the content and the products that needed to be created before it was finished. We both thought about 15-20 hours work... ok not bad half a week of solid work, no worries... Yet it is still incomplete... and the same excuse he was getting from himself was that 'I don't have the time'. (sound familiar). When it was analyzed, he found that a recent trip that he had taken took about 4 hours on the train, and then another 3 hours in a car and so on and so forth (numbers may be different but you get the point) You see he MADE time to do those things as that trip was important to him.

I could go on and on with example after example, however it ALWAYS comes down to same thing, we always find the time for something that is important to us, we always find the money for the things that are essential, hell we even find the money for the things that are not essential, yet when it comes to the things that could truly make a difference in our lives there always seems to be something more important.

So I want you to ask yourself this week as you go about your life in the normal fashion that you do... what is the lie that you have been telling yourself, or something you have been putting off because of that lie?

You will truly amaze yourself, I give you permission to take the time you need to get something done, believe me the world is not going to end because you do... and you never know you may actually enjoy yourself and choose to do it again.

Talk to you next week.

 

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Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

Fakers and Shakers – Where the Heck has Andrew Hawkes Been?

Posted by Andrew    Posted in Andrew Hawkes, BLOG, Featured    Posted in February 8, 2011    |    No Comments

GOOMG, WTF have I been?

Hey Guys Andrew Hawkes here and from the looks of the cobwebs around the place here it is easy to see that this little piece of online real estate has been neglected for a little while.

Far out, "its been 5 months since my last confession!"

That is really how I feel, you know when you feel bad because you said you would do something and you didn't and you let someone down? That is kinda how I feel right now....

But not really, because the leave of absence has been well worth it. Its funny I have been thinking that I needed to get back here and let people know what it is that I am up too, and a post from a good friend of mine spurred me into doing just that,  Natale Louise wrote in 'The Hiatus That Changed Everything for Me'

Don’t get me wrong I have been working on many things in the background here, mainly on myself, no products but many ideas for how I want to take my brand forward online.

And that has most certainly been the case with me, so where the heck has Andrew Hawkes been?

Well those of you who know me will know that I pretty much willing to try my hand at everything, and if you read many of the post on this Weblog you will be able to find out exactly what I am talking about.

I have to say that the last three years have been the hardest for me financially of my life, and of course you can read more about that in my series Andrew Hawkes Gets Frank. Being the person that I am I understand that everything happens for a higher purpose and there is a lesson in most everything that happens in our lives, given that and the reflection over that time it came to me.

"There is obviously a lesson I am missing, what the hell is it?"

I traced my fortunes back to the first time I started making A LOT of money (not that this is the main factor here, the lesson is bigger than that) and then I looked at what it was that I was doing differently then to what I am doing now. There was ONE thing that was BLINDINGLY obvious... Well at least it was when I started LOOKING for it. Now we could go into a whole discussion about quantum physics and meta physics here, however that is not the topic, so we will leave that for another day.

In a car, when it breaks down, there is generally a cause, and you must do a fault diagnosis to determine what that fault is and rectify it, in other words when something was working, and now it seemingly is not, then you must trace back to where it was and stopped to determine what is wrong.

So I did a little 'fault finding' on my life, (NOTE I was not looking for faults, I was looking for when it was last working the way I wanted it too.)

OK So here is a list of things I was doing when I was making money;

  • Reading, good quality books for the mind
  • engaging people and looking for ways to help them
  • looking inside myself for answers
  • relying on ME

All of those things (and that really is just a snippet) allowed me to BE that person who would have great results and achieve the level of income I desired.

Now compare that to what I had been doing for the last two years;

  • Sitting on the Couch watching TV
  • Staying at home and meeting NO one
  • Looking outside for assistance of others to pick me up
  • Forgetting that I am so Powerful

You can see that there is a striking difference.

I finally realised that pushing products that I didn't really 'get' or was otherwise not emotionally involved with, or more to the point reliing on other people to 'Get it too' before I got paid was not serving me at all, I realised that after all of the personal development trainings and the things that I had done that I wasn't at all being true to what I wanted in life, and that was to be of service and to build a solid company with products that people are using everyday and that people are really looking for.

So since rediscovering this, I have made massive inroads to what is fast becoming a viable and profitable business, and I have never been happier feel free to check out the products and services on offer at Goin On Group's company website

So really that is it, this is where I am at, 2011 is alreday huge and it is only getting bigger, I love life, I love my family, and in just over 8 weeks I am going to be a father all over again. It doesn't get much better.

Namaste to all!

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Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

Your Internal Power

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOG, General    Posted in September 3, 2010    |    2 Comments

There are many ways in which you can make money and prosper, there are many ways in which you can learn. The key however in all of them is to keep moving forward.

Hey out there, I trust that this post will reach you all safe and well.

It has been a couple of weeks since I posted, and to be honest I have missed it... that being said I am super excited about what I have been doing during that time. I have put together a members site where I have expanded on the Bare Knuckle Basics report to bring you even more information and understandings.

That is not what today's post is about though. No today's post is all about you, and how to get to the are that is known as "What You don't know, You don't know!" This is an extract from my monthly news Letter Power Up Monthly, I felt it was too important not to share with everyone. enjoy.

So there it is, let me know your thoughts. Thanks in advance for sharing this and providing your feedback.

Till the next time, Ignite your Passion!

To Your Success

Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

Bare Knuckle Basics

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOG, Featured, General    Posted in August 11, 2010    |    2 Comments

Hey guys Andrew Hawkes here,

Bare Knuckle Basics Its been a while since I started working from home and internet marketing and in that time I have had a massive learning curve, you know I didn't hit it out of the park with my first attempt, and by the time I started getting my head around Google they went a changed the rules and what I had learned to that point was almost for nothing. I say almost as there were lessons taken from that which have certainly allowed me to prosper and grow. Which is very important.

You know when you talk to people about what working from home is about, when you ask them what it means to them, (asking a few people) you will get a variety of answers. Now I am not talking about the outcome of what it a Homebased Business will do for them, I am talking about what type of business they're involved with. Some will tell you it is about making sure you are talking to 150 people a day, others will say it is about ranking #1 on Google, and even more (growing daily) will tell you that it is about mastering Social media... You know what? From my observations all of these people are correct. Yet you will find home business guru's out there who to their credit have made a lot of money who tell you that there is only one of those elements is really needed. And that is to talk to people each and every day... now, I don't necessarily disagree with that sentiment. However if your focus is on internet marketing then talking to prospects every day may well be a waste of your time.

Of course if your focus us purely network marketing or mlm then yes you absolutely MUST talk to people daily to succeed. I'll be honest, I have no trouble talking to people, that doesn't bother me in the slightest... lets face it though people turn to an online business so they don't have to talk to people right? Well at least not in person. Something that I have certainly found is that when you do actually have money coming in, and not just talking about it it is far easier to actually talk to people. It is easier (albeit a psychological reason) to get people to talk to. As your business evolves you will most certainly start to understand your strengths and begin to work with them rather than trying (in vane) to fight or force against them.

Anyway I am getting a little of topic here... I was merely highlighting the fact that not all homebased business's are created equally, and regardless of the money that you are making if it doesn't feel quite right then change and do something that does!

Working from home has allowed me to really connect with who I am as a person, it has given me the opportunity to gain some great clarity as to what my purpose is. As such I am involved with a couple of different organizations all of which enable me to fulfill that purpose and vision for my life. Along my journey there have been a number of facets that I have learned that have enabled me to do things that I really enjoy and I and benefit monetarily from... so you could say my time investment in my education is starting to pay off.

Some of the things that I have discovered is that there are a lot of successful marketers out there that are missing some of the basic fundamentals, the Bare Knuckle Basics as I like to say. So I put it all in a report and what do you think I called it? That's right Bare Knuckle Basics. Now I am not claiming to be a guru or anything like that... far from it there is still much more to learn. I know what I know,  All the report is are some basic stuff that I believe can certainly help you move forward.... its free and useful information... they way I think it should be, and with your feedback I can continue to improve what is in that and subsequent reports.

I sincerely would love to hear what you think so you can grab your copy of the report by clicking bare knuckle basics, oh and the best part is yet to come!!

The report does contain some affiliate links, OK so sue me! lol Seriously tho, the report is re-brandable so that means that you can change the affiliate links for your own and give it away yourself, and YOU can make the money! That is cool right? Well I think it is... ;)

Well that is about it really, so here is the link again to bare knuckle basics

As always, please leave your comments here and be sure to share this with your friends and followers on Facebook and twitter. Thanks in advance.

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Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

One Variable, Andrew Hawkes pt4

Posted by Andrew    Posted in Andrew Hawkes, BLOG    Posted in July 29, 2010    |    3 Comments

Hey out there in cyber space Andrew Hawkes here,

lets see if today I can wrap up this story of mine.

If you have not read the first installments you can do that;

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

You know there is a quote that I believe holds a lot of answers and that is this "We see the world not as it is, but as we are" The reason I say this is because I was really kidding myself if I thought that moving was going to magically sort all of our issues out, and I guess deep down I knew that. There was of course more than one reason to move, and part of it was in fact to escape the negativity that was ever present where we were living. Albert Enstien said it well when he said "The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them." Yet here I was thinking that all I needed to do was move. What a schmuck! No if I was going to truly sort the issues out I was going to have to change my level of thinking.

So during this time I had gotten started with a number of Home Business, and there, as I said was really plenty of opportunities to choose from. All with varying levels of investment. I was committed to (and to this day am still) ensuring that the creditors are compensated for their loss. (you see even though the debt is effectively wiped clean with a Bankruptcy you can still pay it back, its just who I am). The sad part about all of this, was that I was yet to realise that I had not yet changed the way I was. So there was now a pattern starting to emerge, and the one variable was me. We started to get behind in our bills again, only this time in Australia. So any money I did make with the home business that I was actually working at was going towards catching ourselves up once again. It was a perpetual cycle of get behind, make some money, get caught up, get behind, make some money, get caught up. It really was just like working a job... and that started to take its toll on me. I slipped into a pit of darkness, and this is where the real damage started to occur.

Funny things happen to people when things are not quite right. The little things that we have always been so good at seem a little harder, we start to doubt our own ability, we begin to be cynical and resentful. The stupid part is that you yourself (I mean the person who is doubting etc...) are the only one who sees or thinks this. Everybody else see's you as the capable person you are. You are most certainly your own worst enemy in that situation.

So we didn't have a lot of money, yet I always held on the the belief that it was just around the corner (if you know anything about NLP or personal development you will know how stupid that is, its like tomorrow never comes), however due to the fact that I held this belief I didn't go out and get myself a job like normal people would (then I have never claimed to be normal). What I did have was time. It is true that we are all given the same 24 hours in day, and it is true that a lot of people spend their time doing any number of things, what I did was I chose to invest my time. I have lost track of the times that my wife has told me that she is going to lock my office door so I come out to the lounge. (I have found that great balance now of course). So what did I invest my time in? Well I was now an online businessman so I invested my time in learning things like HTML Code and the inner workings of SEO, teaching myself how to build websites and do graphic design. I learned a truck load of information about how a computer works, I mean like the inner workings, I had no money to pay anyone to do it, if I didn't do it, then there was never going to be cash flow come in.

It is safe to say that I was changing the way in which I saw the world, it was no longer about getting ahead and making money, lets face it, making money is EASY, I had already proved that to myself and to my family. My issue came as I didn't know how to keep it. And the biggest factor to this was how I saw the world, in other words how I saw myself.

Having always been the outcast in school and never really fitting in, at the end of the day it came down to a matter of me not truly believing that I was worthy of the money,or that happiness. Thankfully the past does not dictate the future, and the fact is that I can BE DO and HAVE anything that I truly desire, no one said it would come easy.

So by now I am looking at the world in a totally different light, and it is all because I have change the way I am. You see the truth is that I never lost any of my ability, I did misplace my belief for a little while, however my skills and my (ever expanding) knowledge were always there, only when I was able to look from a place of total gratitude was I able to see it. So here today there are a  few people that I would like to acknowledge for their support, this is support that came fiscally as well as emotionally.

They are, in no particular order;

Heidi Gray and Stephen Gagie, Kaz Spence, Justin and Sharyn Hawkes,  John and Melanie Kaczon, John and Shannon Lavenia, Natalie Meyle, and Ted Hooper.

Your kindness and support will never be forgotten.

So many people say, and no doubt will continue too that Andrew Hawkes lied, cheated and scammed people out of money. They will say that I ran away to avoid paying anything back. You know what? I have no control over what they say, what I do have control over is my actions. Actions speak louder than words, and so long as I act with integrity towards my obligations then I am OK with that.

I know that regardless of what others think, it is always going to come down to me. They can blame me all they like, at the end of the day they are responsible for the stuff in their life. If they want to simmer and stew, good luck to them, all that will succeed in doing is expending energy without result. In the eyes of the law, I owe nothing and am free to get on with my life. Which is what I have done.

So this is me, this is Andrew Hawkes, this is the good the bad and the ugly of the last 4 years. And as I have said here in the post, the past more certainly does not dictate or equal the future. I am just like every body else, working toward and better future for myself and my family.

To Your Success

Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

Procrastination the Killer of Production….

Posted by Andrew    Posted in Business    Posted in June 22, 2010    |    No Comments

Its funny where you get your post and article ideas from, in fact I am going to do a post on exactly that... however for now what I wanted to talk about was procrastination.

⇲⇲⇲Procrastination✘It comes today as I was on a international conference call earlier today and that really was the meat of the topic. It takes on many forms... it can come in the form of "research" it can come in the form of "I have to do this before I can do that" At the end of the day all it is really doing is putting off the things that need to be done in order to bring the money in or get the job done to do the things you enjoy more... the bitter irony of this is that if you put half as much effort into doing the things that need to be done as the things you would like to be doing you would have so much time to do the things that you would like to be doing you wouldn't know what to do!

Its funny because it can happen at anytime... heck you may be doing it right now? Well not this instance as you are reading this to learn how to avoid it ;)

So what can you do? Well having a clear understanding of what you are trying to achieve is a great start... have your day, or better yet your week mapped out (I have spoken of this before) When planning your week make sure that you have a good balance of what you enjoy and what you may consider to be arduous. By creating a balance, and sticking to what you have planned then you stand a much better chance of accomplishment. In fact by simply having a plan your in increase you productivity by over 70% simply becuase you have something to refer to, this works two fold as you know where you are headed and why and you can see what you have already accomplished and seeing that you immediately feel better (some people even put little things that are done without thinking so there is progress on the list).

Ok so not  a long post... but hopefully a useful one. Just something that was on my mind...

Till the next time

To Your Success

Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

Top 10 Word Press Plugins… My Picks.

Posted by Andrew    Posted in BLOGS and BLOGGING, Business, Featured    Posted in June 21, 2010    |    3 Comments

So you're BLOGGING.... are you doing it for a release, a place to vent your frustration at the world or are you BLOGGING to be of service to others?  Do you want to make money from your BLOG or are you happy in the knowledge that people are getting value from what you are sharing?

For me it is a mix of both! Not that I have much frustration at the world... sometimes I like to just let my thoughts come out, and it is always good to reflect on what you have thought... well most of the time!

If you are using your BLOG as part of your personal branding campaign (as discussed in previous posts) then there are some Word Press Plugins that I believe you shouldn't be without. There are literally 1000's of plugins that you can get for your word press blog platform (self hosted) most of them are free, there are some that you pay a one time fee for and there are others that you pay a monthly membership fee for... It depends on what you are trying to achieve...

So here in this post I am going to share with you some of the plugins for wordpress that I use personally... so anything you see here I have tested and have had good results with.

As this particular BLOG is set up for branding and sharing information (most are set up to at least share info) you are going to see a few similar plugins... all have their functions. You can attain all plugins by clicking on the images.

Like anything on the internet, there are certain things you have to do to get traffic (unless you are Paris Hilton or someone famous!) making your BLOG SEO (search engine optimization) friendly will help you this there are a number of plugins that you are able to get to do this... the one I use is 'All in One SEO'

Semper Fi Wb Design are regularly updating this plugin and has proven the be the best and most user friendly that I have used. It allows you to ad titles and descriptions in an SEO friendly format and has a number of other options included.

Along the lines of SEO you will also continuously be creating anchor text links on your pages and in your posts, this helps your visibility in the search engines and can be time consuming... if there are links that you continually use (or you are bringing content from other sources) then you want to be able to quickly and effortlessly create links in the text... again there are plenty of plugins available for your word press blog of the two that I have I use one more than the other, so this is the one that I would recommend KB Linker an extremely user friendly and easy to update plugin that allows you to input multiple links at once.

Next on my list of plugins is Link Within... this is a plugin that I have only recently added, and it is a beauty... you see it shows other relevant posts in your blog so that you can retain peoples engagement in your site. Its free and it is simple to use... no really simple!

Sexy Bookmarks No doubt you understand that in order for your message to get out there for people to hear, you must make it easy for your readers to share it with others, and again there are HEAPS of plugins for this... I use a few however as this is my top ten I am sharing this one, if you want to know about more leave a comment and I will get it to you... Sexy Bookmarks is great as encompasses pretty much ALL of the social media networks. It is easy to set up and they are regularly updating the plugin, that is good as you know it is being well utilized. This helps you help others to get your message out!.

Twitter tools... this plugin pretty much brings twitter to your blog... it will make a digest of all your tweets in a week, month, or even daily if you ask it to, it allows you to post to twitter directly from your word press BLOG and it also sends a tweet to twitter on your behalf everytime you update your BLOG (if you ask it to ;) ) Really simple to use, simply input your details for your twitter account and you're away!

reCAPTCHA... you will have no doubt seen and more than likely used this... this is what keeps the spammers at bae... it effectively stops robots from leaving comments on your BLOG. Why would they do that you ask? Black Hat SEO Tactics... it basically is giving them back links. It is mildly customizable you can choose between black and red.

Easy Uploader This is one of my favorite plugins... and the reason is because it is simple and it saves ALOT of time... This plugin allows you to upload new themes and new plugins into your word press blog without the need to use an FTP client... and what is more it allows you to upload them in the zip format and will recognize them without you having to do anything! So if you have a favorite theme or plugins that you use frequently and are looking at starting another BLOG for another venture then you can upload them quickly.

When you have added content to your BLOG or updated posts, added new ones what have you... you are going to want to add 'tags' to your post, these can act basically like more key words if you like (for lack of a better explanation) So this is another great time saver, the 'auto tagger' will scour through the post you have just made and pick out relevant tags for your post, there is an option to ad more and also or to take some out that you may not necessarily want there. Saves time and gives you tags you might not have though of yourself.

Comment Luv, this is a great little plugin if you are commenting a lot on other peoples BLOGS (Great for SEO) when you make a comment on someone else's blog post it leaves a trail back to your last post, so it has the title etc... there so people can see it and follow it back, works really well if the post you are commenting on is related to your latest post.

And rounding up my ten picks is the great little plugin, Comment Prompt, that reminds or prompts people to make a comment on your post (left last for a reason *nudge nudge*) You see most people don't think to leave a comment, they usually have a thought about your post, however in most cases people don't even realize that they can leave a comment, so what this does is it sits in at the end of the post and says 'hey you have read the post, what do you think' and prompts or reminds them to leave one. This is important if you want to build your rankings on the search engines in what ever niche you are trying to rank in.

So there they are, my ten picks for Word Press Plugins... There are so many, and this doesn't even begin to scratch the surface.... to the point that while writing this post I have decided to do my top five money making plugins... so stay tuned for that.

I am sure you will have found this information useful so be sure to share it round ;) If you haven't already then join my monthly news letter so you can get the low down on what is happening around the traps.

Enjoy, make it a great day!

To Your Success

Andrew-HawkesAbout the Author

Andrew Hawkes is an Entrepreneur that has had good times and bad, he draws on all the experiences that he has had, military and in business, to provide solid information that anyone can use and understand to improve the results in thier own life and therefore show others to imrpove thiers. He believes that anyone can make a difference in the world and that ultimately anything is possible.

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