{"id":2156,"date":"2009-07-14T16:03:51","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T16:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2009-07-14T16:03:51","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T16:03:51","slug":"emails-abducted-by-aliens-and-bigfoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/emails-abducted-by-aliens-and-bigfoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Emails Abducted By Aliens And Bigfoot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I’m back from my 3 week “business fast”.<\/p>\n

I’ve been to some truly interesting places, too. <\/p>\n

And, while you may find the following a bit strange (and me a bit strange), there IS an important business lesson from this bizarre road trip you may find useful.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here’s the story:<\/p>\n

Besides seeing my dad, we had two unabashedly weird<\/em> goals:<\/p>\n

1. Visiting Roswell, New Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n

Independence Day weekend is the anniversary of the famous “Roswell UFO Crash” and the town is bursting with tourists and UFO fanatics. We were there attending a Christian symposium<\/a><\/strong> on the spiritual (demonic) nature of UFOs and alien abductions. <\/p>\n

Something I’ve been fascinated by for years<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2. Visiting Willow Creek, California<\/strong><\/p>\n

Willow Creek is the “Bigfoot capital of the world.”
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\nNot only is it just a hop, skip and a jump away from where the famous “Patterson-Gimlin” Bigfoot video footage was taken back in the 1960’s, but the whole town is OBSESSED<\/strong> with Bigfoot.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

There’s a Bigfoot museum, a Bigfoot burger joint, a Bigfoot book store, a Bigfoot Motel, a Bigfoot golf course and even multiple Bigfoot statues<\/strong><\/em> peppered around town.<\/p>\n

I told you it was a weird trip, eh?<\/p>\n

And, believe it or not, there’s a business lesson in this.<\/p>\n

You see, when you set your life up in a way where you’re not a slave to a J.O.B, you can sally forth and do things (even strange<\/em> things) without caring what anyone else thinks or needing anyone’s permission.<\/p>\n

For me, it was UFO and Bigfoot symposiums and museums.<\/p>\n

For you it’s probably something else.<\/p>\n

But whatever your passions are, there’s nothing quite like being able to pursue them for weeks (or months) at a time — on a whim.<\/p>\n

With no jerk in a suit telling you when to be back.<\/p>\n

No job to worry about returning to.<\/p>\n

And no man telling you when you can and can’t go somewhere.<\/p>\n

Being an entrepreneur is the greatest “job” in the world. <\/p>\n

There’s zero office politics. You can make your own schedule. Give yourself raises whenever you want. And it comes with a kind of freedom and, yes, security<\/em>, you simply cannot find working for “the man.”<\/p>\n

So if this is your goal, keep after it.<\/p>\n

Do NOT quit building your business — no matter how hard. It ain’t always peaches and cream in the beginning. Heck, if it was easy, everyone would be doing it, right?<\/p>\n

But the effort IS worth it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It really is true that a bad day working for yourself is still 10 times better than a good day working for the man.<\/p>\n

And you know what?<\/p>\n

The fastest way I know to get there is simply by learning to sell. Selling truly is the world’s highest paid profession. Learn it and things start falling place like dominoes.<\/p>\n

You can learn how the masters do it at:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

www.CrackerjackSelling.com<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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