The Secret to a Prosperous Life, Online or Off - Part 2

My next discovery/conclusion was that, if I'm ever to succeed
in accomplishing my income goals online (or off line, for that matter),
I need to first of all decide EXACTLY what I want out of life and
what kind of income I'm trying to establish to fulfill those dreams,
so that I can conjure up a concrete mental picture of it.

You know, there is a story in one of my very favorite books that I
mentioned a couple of issues back. (For those of you who missed
my list of favorite books and would like to have it, just visit the
archives at http://www.elfexpressionsezine.com)

In "Riches Within Your Reach," Robert Collier tells about a certain
woman who had lost her job through no fault of her own. A widow,
she was the sole support of her three children and herself, and try as
she might, she'd found it impossible to obtain gainful employment.
She was nearing the end of her rope, her money was about to run out,
and the landlord was threatening eviction.

One day as she set out to look for a job, she happened to stop by a
magazine stand, and her eye was caught by a title about "treasure-mapping"
for success and supply. She was led to buy the magazine, but instead of
looking for work that day, she went home (something totally illogical,
which we'll talk about another time) and devoured the entire magazine