Hi there,

I was teaching some of my students the other day and one of the questions I asked them was “what do you do in your spare time?”

I had a small class of ladies with ages ranging from 23 to about 65 and the answers I got were enlightening.

One of the younger girls who was about 25 said sleep, some of the others said go out for supper, watch TV – pretty much what you’d expect.

But the elder lady, she must have been over 65 but looked a whole lot younger said she didn’t have any spare time, then she put all the others to shame because she started rattling off all the things she does every day.

“I have to take care of my mother…” she said, then proceeded to add… “I study Yoga, calligraphy, English, go dancing, play croquet…” on and on she went listing a whole heap of activities that would exhaust an Olympic athlete.

When she finally finished I asked her how old her mother was. Her reply was 90. So I said “you have a full-time job looking after your mother on it’s own but you still find time to do all those extra things every day… I think you’re very wise.”

I then asked the younger girl who liked sleeping all day whether she felt a little embarrassed and she replied sheepishly “yes!”

Thing is, we only have a limited time here on earth and never know how much we have. To me it makes more sense to spend that time wisely rather than wasting it away glued to the TV screen or looking at the inside of my eyelids in bed all day.

That’s why I’m always learning new things and studying the works of others. I’ve just finished a book on concentration, am busy studying some books on hypnotism I talked about a couple days ago, am impatiently waiting for Amazon to ship some other books about psychology and influence… the list goes on.

This is on top of teaching three days a week and writing sales copy for clients as well as myself, studying Tai Chi, increasing my knowledge of marketing and sales letter writing.

I’m so grateful for the information marketing business because it really has expanded my mind. When I look back at myself a few years ago and compare me then to now the change is incredible. I’ve grown so much and I love learning.

So you can imagine how I was excited to discover a set of predictions about the future of Internet Marketing the other day. To hear 72 of the top marketers give their view on where our business is headed in the next few years was mind blowing.

Now I can’t say I agree with all their ideas and hope some, like paying for email, being controlled (or should I say regulated by) by the FTC never come to pass…

But sharing their ideas was rewarding to say the least.

Why don’t you have a listen yourself my friend? You’ll find them here:

http://gainmoreonline.com/InformationMarketing

And you know what? I love learning from people like yourself. So once you’ve had a listen leave me a comment – I’d LOVE to hear YOUR views!

Speak soon,

Stuart.