September 30th, 2008 posted by admin in Entrepreneurship, News
Well I am excited to say I will be showing up in the next edition of Young Money Magazine. You can read the article about me at Anthony Morrison. I will also be showing up on a few more talk radio shows as well some other nationwide news shows!
September 29th, 2008 posted by admin in Entrepreneurship
Well this weekend saw another first for me in my life. I was interviewed for a few minutes on CNN nationwide about how I started a business that was so successful even in today’s economy. I have to say for a minute I was a bit nervous. I have spoken to thousands of people around the country, been interviewed on tv, and produced TV shows of my own, however, I have never been on “national” television. Luckily everything went well and I didn’t mess anything up.
Feeling that bit of “nervousness” made me realize something I forgot years ago and that is new things are sometimes nerve racking. It takes a lot to get me nervous, but I finally found something that does. I now remember how nervous I was when I started my first business, did my first tv show, and my first interview. I want to offer a bit of advice to all young entrepreneur’s and aspiring entrepreneur’s …. Being nervous is ok!
Hopefully some of you saw the interview, but if you didn’t its posted on my News section of the website. Shoot me some feedback if you have time!
September 15th, 2008 posted by admin in Entrepreneurship
One of the most important things for an entrepreneur to do is learn how to balance time between work and life. Most people are use to going to work from 9 to 5 and then spending time with their families. Entrepreneur’s aren’t really given the same 9 to 5 schedule. The fact of the matter is that most entrepreneurs end up working more than they end up living their life. That’s something I had to deal with immediately when I started my first business at 21 years old. I was never taught anything about having a healthy balance of work and free time. I use to spend almost 75 hours a week working, and it never really bothered me a single bit. I loved work, and I loved becoming successful.
However, after a few years of that I realized that I was overworking myself. I realized that I was going to burn out really fast if I didn’t take a few minutes for me. Just some time away from work to be a normal person and do normal things. I decided that balancing my time would eventually end up making me more successful in business because I wouldn’t get burned out with work. The minute I decided to have some free time to myself I became a much happier person, and more successful.
So for all the young people that email me asking “whats the most important thing to know in order to be successful” I would have to say this is right up at the top of the list. Don’t let your business run your life instead let your life run your business. In the end you will be glad you made that decision, and you will be more successful.
September 10th, 2008 posted by admin in Entrepreneurship
I have a few minutes between seminars and decided I would make a post here to share some thoughts with everyone. I was just interviewed today on Fox channel 9 in Minneapolis, Mn about my book, and some tips for aspiring entrepreneur’s to help them be successful in their endeavors. I have to say the interview went very well, and the station was extremely accomodating. While I was being interviewed I was asked a simple question, yet one that many people really don’t seem to understand. “Why do you do conferences around the country when you make millions of dollars each year just sitting at home?” you know I never realized how many people around the country really want to know the answer to this question. Now that I am aware of it I figure its best to just answer it for everyone right here on my blog.
Doing the conferences is something I am very passionate about. As I say in my book the first step to being successful is doing something you LOVE doing. I love teaching people, and I love the challenge of taking someone that knows absolutely nothing about a computer and teaching them to use it to generate an income for themselves and their families. How many people in this country can say they taught someone how to earn a million dollars? I can and I am only 25 years old! That may sound like nothing to you, but then again like I said “do what you love doing”. For me helping people was always on my agenda I just always figured it would be in the medical field, not the financial field. Either way I get a great sense of accomplishment when I teach someone something to help them better their situation in life.
So do I need the money from a conference? No. Do I travel around the country teaching people what I know so I can get wealthy? No. I was already a millionaire BEFORE I started doing conferences and teaching people. I do my events because I truely love everything about it. I love networking, meeting new people, hearing other peoples life story, and sharing my story with those that come to my events. If nothing else my story simply motivates and inspires thousands of people around the country to achieve greater things in their life, and for that I am thankful. Just simply thankful that I can use a horrible event in my life to inspire others to achieve greater things in their own lives.
Well its time for me to go speak again….. so I hope this helped you all understand why I do what I do.
September 5th, 2008 posted by admin in Entrepreneurship
As I sit here thinking to myself what to write about today I am reminded of two words that ran through my mind day after day when my father lost all his money in the stock market a few years ago. I always thought to myself “why won’t dad just take action” and fix this situation. Regardless of where you are in your life in order to better yourself or your situation you must take action. Financial wealth doesn’t just fall in your lap, well at least not in most cases. Most often it requires YOU to TAKE ACTION to achieve the financial goals you have for yourself and your family.
I think of these two words every day. I am always meeting with people, brainstorming, and coming up with other business ventures online that can further my success in this industry. One thing that always comes to mind is that I must take action for any of these thoughts, ideas, or businesses to really materialize into anything of substance. Taking action is something that requires good planning, due diligence, and an open mind. You must be prepared for pitfalls because they will come no matter what you do in business. You must be prepared for setbacks and hurdles along the way; however, you must always remain confident and focused on the end result, achieving your goal. Taking action requires guts and determination and it sets entrepreneurs apart from the rest of the world. An entrepreneur isn’t scared to take action and work hard to achieve his or her goals.
In my life I took action because it was an obvious reaction to my father’s problems. He wasn’t going to do it and I knew no matter what someone had to take action in order to make the situation better. Dwelling on downfalls, financial problems, and other things won’t really get you any closer to being a successful entrepreneur than reading my book or taking my classes. The real key to success and becoming an entrepreneur is having the ability and right mindset to take action, and be prepared and educated before doing so.
I hope you all learned a little from this blog…… I just rambled on the thoughts in my head.
September 2nd, 2008 posted by admin in Helping Others
Wow. I did not realize this many people read my blog on a daily basis. I have received hundreds of emails about joining MySpace to become James friend. The easiest way to join is just simply by going to www.myspace.com and clicking on the signup button. It will walk you through each and every step of the process.
I hope everyone had a safe holiday weekend and remembered to keep the people of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans in your prayers. I have family in both areas and I see first hand how horrible these hurricanes really are for them. There are millions of people evacuated, and quite a few of them have come to the area I live in for shelter. As always we do everything we can to help those that need it, but prayers are something that everyone around the country can do to contribute.
September 1st, 2008 posted by admin in Entrepreneurship
I thought I would share one of the “principles to uncovering the entrepreneur in you” that I mention in my new book The Hidden Millionaire. You know so many people are “fearful” of success and what it takes to achieve your goals. One thing it takes to be successful in any business is the ability to take risks. I don’t mean just blindly go out and risk your life savings on some crazy business venture. I do mean you must be able to take a calculated risk, and realize that you have the ability and knowledge to make your venture work. Fear keeps people from doing many things in life, not just entrepreneurial ventures. Overcoming fear is the key to success in life, as well as in business.
I was certainly scared when I started my first business. I had no knowledge, no experience, no track record I was basically just guessing my way through everything. I got lucky and was very successful with my first business, however, each of my future businesses required me taking calculated risks in order to be successful. I never just “guessed” may way through anything after that first business. Success shouldn’t be about luck it should be about knowledge, skill, drive, and determination. Everyone can be successful in life as well as in business.
