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Newsletter – 10 March 2009 – Blossoms and Success.
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Hi,
Here in south west London we are finally starting to see a lengthening of the
days and blossoms appearing on the trees.
It’s very welcome - this winter has seemed long and hard, in contrast to the
milder winters we’ve become used to in recent years.
Success “Success” is a funny word isn’t it?
It means so many different things to different people. Some people think that
winning $50 on the lottery is a success, while other people making lots of money
in top jobs seem to think they are not successful.
Some of these thoughts are caused by the spate of well publicised failures from
the financial sector in recent times.
We have even had several bankers and entrepreneurs commit suicide as their
schemes unravel.
The funny thing is – most of these people were quite wealthy already, but it
wasn’t enough – they had to push it further.
I work in this market known generally as “Internet Marketing”. It’s a
fascinating place to be.
Almost every day I receive details of the latest schemes by which I can achieve
success in Internet Marketing and never have to work again.
Funny thing is – the people sending out these messages seem to be very busy
people indeed.
Don’t get me wrong – there are some great people out there in the Internet
Marketing space, and I have benefited greatly from lots of sage advice.
But as always it’s buyer beware – if it looks too good to be true it probably
is.
So, am I an Internet millionaire? No. Have I given up working? No. So why am I
doing this?
Well partly it’s the thrill of the chase. I’d like to be an Internet millionaire
and I am enjoying building this business.
If I become an Internet millionaire - great. If not there are many other
possible outcomes from this venture I would consider success.
I have spent most of my life working in the corporate sector in Information
Technology, as an employee and as a freelance.
It’s been an interesting and financially rewarding career. Now as I start to
look forwards to the retirement phase to come I’d like to put something back.
IT people are generally well rewarded. Even though salaries have flattened a bit
in the last decade or two, IT people are still in the top 10% of earners.
But it’s a strange industry with unclear career paths.
Over the years I have watched how people can blossom in IT by taking advantage
of seemingly small chances.
The career progression can be surprisingly quick. In a very small number of
years you can progress from beginner to expert, if you know what to do.
The right moves can double; triple or even quadruple your income.
So it’s confession time. I can’t show you how to become an Internet millionaire
– I’m still working on that one myself.
But I can show you how to move into that top 10%.
A few examples of real people I have observed and helped over the years:
Julia worked as a clerical assistant. She was given a minor role in an IT
project that needed staff. She talked with the business analysts and project
managers to find what they actually did and how they did it. She found, to her
own surprise, that these jobs weren’t as difficult as people made them out to
be. They just required some common sense and some general knowledge. So she
starting helping out where she could, listening and learning – AND DOING! Within
a year she was offered a role as a Business Analyst and within two a role as an
IT Project Manager.
Michael was working as a telephone sales operative. Using our method he quickly
moved to team leader, support technician and business analyst, more than
quadrupling his income in only 3 years.
Martin joined a small programming team for some work experience and generally
was used as a “gopher”. He took interest in what the programmers were doing and
started to help them out. It wasn’t long before his help became invaluable, and
people allowed him to try simple programming tasks. Within six months he was
promoted to a job as programmer and within two years worked as a Senior
Consultant with a global accounting firm.
Darren was a young man with an interest in PCs. he managed to get a temporary
job as a "gopher" in an IT department, basically fetching and carrying and
installing. Two years later he is a senior support person earning 4 times as
much as he was.
There are many other examples. The common thread is that these are ordinary
people, not gurus or geeks.
They didn’t get a college degree in IT.
Jack’s “7 Point Plan” can show you the simple steps to achieve that kind of
success.
Our e-book “Jack's Guide to Lots More Money” goes into this topic and much more,
and shows how to work the system to get the well paid job you deserve.
For our full list of publications see our websites at
www.jacksguides.com
www.icanraiseyourincome.com
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Enjoy and prosper in your chosen career.
Till the next issue.
Kevin Ramsey
Founder of Jack's Guides