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This is an email I recently sent to the community to share another side of Internet attraction marketing I don't usually talk about.  But it's truly an important message to remember as you go forward here.

15 years ago when I was first being mentored in my networking business, a very successful upline took me to a party--a backyard barbecue. 
 
I didn't like parties. 
 
I wanted to build my business.
 
In the car, on the way there, he shared some things with me that he knew I needed to hear. 
 
While I heard his words... I didn't listen. 
 
It appeared to me that what he was saying had nothing to do with making money in my business.
 
Just tell me what I have to do... cut the B.S. 
 
There's no time to play around.  I've got goals to accomplish.  Places to go, people to see.
 
There are a lot of people who opened this email with skepticism. 
 
"This email's a waste of my time," they thought to themselves.  Maybe you felt a little this way?
 
They're a lot like me. 
 
It's easy to forget what matters most in life when we have a goal to accomplish... with a thousand things in the way.  We just want to make money and we want to make it NOW.
 
I'm still much this way... it's part of my character.  Not because I'm a greedy SOB, but because I continuously visualize what I will be able to accomplish in this lifetime, and what I can do for those I love.
 
But as I get older I learn that in my quest to 'make the world a better place' by acquiring wealth, I have sometimes lost touch with who I am and the very reasons I wanted to become successful in the first place.
 
Here's my point to all this...
 
As you continue down your path of creating your Internet attraction marketing content and as you network on the social sites, remember to relax sometimes WHILE, at the same time, you work. 
 
I didn't say to get away from work... (Of course, you should do that too sometimes).
 
I mean to relax while you work... 
 
Just as I'm connecting with you now, sincerely, with my true self hanging out there for all to either love or hate, you too will benefit tremendously by putting YOU into your emails, content and networking at the social sites.
 
Am I working right now as I type this email?
 
I suppose I am. 
 
But I am also doing something else... something that my mentor 15 years ago was trying to teach me to do when took me to the barbecue. 
 
There is a human need that you can fill other than just by providing e-books, books, affiliate products and your company's products or opportunity.  People also NEED to connect with who you are.
 
Weave a little of YOU into your business activities...
 
To further illustrate how you can do this... and this is just one example of a million ways to put YOU into your marketing process, go to this 'Internet content' page I created this morning after listening to a song called, "It's a Beautiful Day." 
 
http://www.squidoo.com/eminemloseyourself
 
The page has nothing to do with selling something... but it has everything to do with filling a need... the human need to connect.
 
I created it out of inspiration and because I've created a few Squidoo lenses already, it only took about 20 minutes.  But I loved it... it's a part of who I am.
 
Incorporate a piece of who you are when you create your Internet content or connect at the social sites. 
 
It doesn't matter if everyone shares the same exact values and tastes in things that you do... but part of what attracts people to you are the differences.  People are curious about other people. 
 
So don't forget to be a person in your business  ;-)
 
Relax and remember it's a beautiful day!
Mike Klingler