Nathan Lively

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Required Reading

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I’ve read some really good books in the past year. These are the best and constitute required reading.

  • Charisma-Myth300The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane: Wherever you are going, charisma will help you get there faster. There are a bunch of really helpful exercises that focus on your internal emotional condition, which is displayed in your body language and affects the way people interact with you.

 

 

  • Positive-IntelligencePositive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine: This tries to be a business book, but is really about happiness. It taught me how to empathize with myself and good strategies for dealing with internal resistance. Any time you get upset, your brain is being sabotaged, taking it out of your control.

 

 

  • TurningPro.pbk_.cover_Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield: This took me 2 hours to read and is an emotional roller coaster. Pressfield is blunt. You are either completely dedicated to your life’s work, or you are wasting it.

 

Thanks to my dad for turning me on to these great books.

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My New Passive Income Goal

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**UPDATE: This goal has been completed! Read about it here.**

Landon Donovan, 1-0 Group C win over Algeria, World Cup 2010
Landon Donovan, 1-0 Group C win over Algeria, World Cup 2010

I have a really hard time setting goals. This has to do with my fear of commitment as I spoke about briefly in my last post, or at least that is my self-analysis. I have a really hard time following through when I am not 100% clear about my motivation. If the work is hard and I start asking myself why I’m doing it, boy do I get pissed.

In an effort to break this habit and increase my goal-setting abilities I am joining Steve Pavlina in his free Passive Income Series. Normally I wouldn’t share this publicly because for most people money equals hard work and passive income just makes us think of scams and spam. In spite of this taboo, it’s important for me that I share this goal with you in hope of positive support and encouragement. This project is the training wheels for the bicycle that I will ride to even bigger goals.

GOAL: I am now successfully creating a new eBook by July 1, 2013 that generates at least $250 per month on average and endures for a minimum of 5 years, and I’m doing this in an easy focused manner that delivers valuable creative content for many others around the world.

I believe I can do this because I am not starting from scratch. I have been working on building an audience since my first rock band in high school and I already have some ideas for generating the stream. This stream will earn about $10,000 over the next 5 years, but more specifically, it’s the right amount to pay my utilities every month.

It would be great if you would like to join me in this series. While Pavlina is a good coach, he has far too many readers to work with them all individually. So if you are going to do it, email me or comment in below and we can share our experiences. Expect to succeed.

Steve Pavlina’s Passive Income Series:

  1. What Is Passive Income?
  2. The End Game of Passive Income
  3. Set Your Passive Income Goal
  4. Commit To Your Passive Income Goal
  5. Jobs vs. Passive Income
  6. You Earn Passive Income by Being More Generous
  7. Is It Fair to Earn Passive Income?
  8. Passive Income Systems
  9. How to Earn Passive Income From Intellectual Property
  10. Self-Discipline and Social Pressure
  11. Passive Income is Not an Escape
  12. Are You Still Broadcasting Doubt?
  13. Passive Value
  14. Passive Income From Real Estate*
  15. Virtual Real Estate
  16. Generating Ideas
  17. Fame
  18. Donations
  19. Investing
  20. Dissolving Limiting Beliefs
  21. How to Earn Passive Income From Live Performance Art*
  22. All Your Excuse Are Belong to Us
  23. Passive Income Walkthrough
  24. Allowing Yourself to Receive
  25. How to Be Free of Frustration
  26. to be continued…

*These you can probably skip.

MY UPDATES FROM FOLLOWING THE PASSIVE INCOME SERIES

Put Your Goal in Your Face: I printed this and posted in near my computer and on my table – I am now successfully creating a new stream of passive income by November 1, 2012, that generates at least $180 per month on average and endures for a minimum of 5 years, and I’m doing this in an easy focused manner that delivers creative content for many others around the world.

Create Consequences for Failure: If I fail to complete this goal I will sell my desktop computer.

Involve Others: I am blogging about my progress on this site and have posted it on my FB timeline. Still hoping to find an accountability partner.

Stop Being So Selfish With Your Value: Society doesn’t care how hard you work. It doesn’t care how creative you are. It only cares about the value you’re actually getting into people’s hands. That’s what you get paid for — for value delivery — not for your ideas, or your long work days, or your intrinsic value as a human being.

What value do you deliver to your friends and family? I caring, fun, challenging, and supportive.

What other forms of value could you provide if you made an effort? Creative solutions to live event production challenges. Digital media production and distribution support. Entertainment (music, theatre, comedy). Education (audio tech, language, travel).

Passive Income As An Escape: “Overall, would you say that you like the way you’re currently living and wish to expand it further? If so, then you’re a good candidate for passive income. If not, then you need to stop and fix your form first.” This quote means a lot to me, because sometimes I like my day job, but sometimes I hate it, so I really need to work on eliminating the work I dislike and finding more of the work I enjoy.

Action Plan

  1. Transcribe all interviews.
  2. Make selections from three transcripts per week and add them to the master document. This step is just to get all of the content together.
  3. Edit dialogue and add introductions to each chapter. (Can I add links and media?)
  4. Send first draft out for feedback.
  5. Send second draft to interviewees for changes and approval.
  6. Have someone more aesthetically minded do the layout and cover.
  7. Once the eBook is complete, I’ll create a sales page for them, add links through my website, and announce them on my blog, and Twitter, Google+, and FaceBook pages.
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Finding Success In 2011

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In 2011 I want success. The most love I can give to the world is through the work I am passionate about. I have the goal and I have the tools. So here’s to a some emotional capitalism in the new year. Do what you want because it’s what the world needs.

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“Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs
at large companies, I’ve distilled many universal truths about success.
There’s a secret I’ve learned that works quite well at helping you to
achieve what you want: Decide what you want.

It sounds so simple, but here’s the problem: I see plenty of people who are overly-busy yet who feel unsatisfied and unfulfilled. They are
physically tired, spiritually drained, and far from where they’d like to
be–as if they’ve been running on a treadmill going nowhere fast.

Why? Because they haven’t clearly mapped out what they want and then
taken the steps to get there. Rather than identifying specific goals,
milestones, and dreams (and I’m talking BIG dreams and goals here), they
go through the motions day in and day out tackling unimportant tasks.

They end up…you guessed it…going in circles and wasting lots of
energy. In the meanwhile, they grow increasingly uninspired and out of
touch with their authentic selves.

In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most
people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply
can’t see how it’s possible to get what they want, so they don’t even
let themselves want it.

Don’t sabotage yourself that way!”

— Jack Canfield: “Running on a treadmill, Going nowhere fast” via Diana Vela @ Programs Of The Heart

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