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It’s Saturday here in Australia and I’m about to head to an all day workshop run by my Yoga teacher. I do a Yoga class once a week, although it’s not like your normal Yoga, it’s more like an all-in-one spirituality, meditation and Yoga package. At the end of each lesson my teacher gives a little talk about a subject - sometimes it’s about a Yoga posture, other times he reveals interesting things like niyamas and yamas, the guiding principles that all yogis follow.

I really enjoy the talks because it’s very clear my instructor has a passion for what he does. He can ramble on about the Yoga practice and leading a yogic life the way I can ramble on about Internet business and blogging.

Willpower

A few weeks ago one of the topics covered was willpower. Frequently I find many of lessons from the Yoga tradition have parallels with business, which makes complete sense given we are talking about life and we are all governed by the same universal rules.

The willpower discussion particularly grabbed my attention as relevant for people who are starting businesses and blogs. My Yoga teacher made a statement that some people have natural strong willpower and when they decide to do something they just do it. Others watch on and wonder how these people continue to achieve what they want, while they struggle to get anything done.

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I was at the Business Mastery Secrets conference on the weekend. The person I wanted to meet was Ed Dale, well known Australian Internet marketer most famous for selling his 38 niche sites for $5 million a few years ago. He’s also know for his “underachiever” program designed to teach anyone how to make profitable niche sites.

After Ed’s presentation I went and introduced myself and had a chat. I had plenty of questions to ask but I had to wait my turn since a lot of my fellow attendees eager to join Ed’s program were asking questions about how to make niche sites. Eventually I got my chance and it was great to talk because Ed knows a lot of the Internet marketing guys like John Reese, Frank Kern (his Underachiever partner), Rich Schefren, Brad Fallon (Ed’s on the faculty at StomperNet) and pretty much every top Internet marketer.

Two things make Ed Dale extra special though - he’s a fellow ex-Magic: The Gathering player (he knows Mike Long too) and he’s an aussie. He’s also bought and sold websites, which related to some of the questions I had since I do a bit website flipping as well.

While we were talking a middle aged lady came over to us who had been talking to Ed previously. She rushed over, very excited, went up to Ed and said “I’m your latest mentoree - I so excited, I’m going to make a million dollars”. She had just spent the $2,500 to join Ed’s program.

It was eerie the way she said “I’m going to make a million dollars”. It was clear that the sugar rush was running through her veins and she was entranced by Ed’s presentation and her focus was on getting rich building niche sites.

When I was listening to Ed talk to some of the people asking questions after his presentation he lamented the fact that he forgot to mention his guarantee for his paid program when doing the presentation.

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