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Today’s blog post is a special invitation to an event created exclusively for our most elite Platinum Program Members. Usually, you would never know this event occurred and would not get an invitation. I’ve decided to give you the opportunity to attend BECAUSE of the life-changing aspect of this one skill.

As a reader of this blog, you’ve demonstrated your commitment to the Exponential Mindset – doing out-of-the-ordinary things that create extra-ordinary results.

It’s a one-time-only event and I wanted give you the chance to consider it. You won’t get a reminder about this.

This is a private event – NOT publicly advertised. You won’t find it anywhere on our website.

Please give it serious consideration. This skill, as unbelievable as it sounds, works.

Read the e-mail from start to finish and ask yourself just one question:

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Question: What could be better than Speed Reading?!?!

Dear Exponential Mindset Enthusiast,

You should know by now that I have been speed reading for more than 10 years. I taught myself this priceless skill when I decided to go ‘back to school’ to do my MBA and Ph.D – FULL TIME.

Since I was a self-employed entrepreneur, I couldn’t afford the opportunity cost of closing my businesses to go back to school on a full-time basis. I didn’t consider the part-time study option because I don’t have the patience to take what would have been up to 10 years of study…

Just so we’re clear on the value of SPEED READING as a starting point:

If I can speed read at 1,800 words per minute and the average person can only read at 300 words a minute, that means I am 6 times faster.

It means I can read a bestselling book like The Tipping Point, Blink, Simplexity or Good To Great in 2-3 hours whereas the average reader will take 12 to 18 hours.

Those are costly hours. If someone values their time at only $100/hour, that means it costs them $1,000 to $1,500 MORE to read ONE BOOK than it costs me…

To put it another way – in the time it takes them to read 1 book, I can read 6. In the time it takes them to read 2, I can read 12. That contrast should hammer home the need to learn how to speed read NOW!

If you haven’t yet bought my speed reading video program – you simply must do it right now. Click here to DOUBLE YOUR READING SPEED IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS – GUARANTEED.

Have you heard of Quantum Reading? Some people call it ‘Photo Reading’ which I think is misleading. I’ve said over and over again that I didn’t believe it worked because I wasn’t able to find anyone who could teach me and convince me it can be taught to the average everyday person.

That changed last year when I was presenting at an event – Ioho DeBeer was in the crowd and claimed she could (1) read 25,000 words per minute, (2) she could teach me AND (3) teach anyone else.

So I called her bluff.

She trained me 1:1 with the condition that IF it worked and I was convinced it could be taught to others, that I would promote it to my clients.

But there was a problem.

Her course was 3 days long.

I couldn’t afford to spend that amount of time to learn ONE skill and neither could my clients, friends and colleagues.

So Ioho and I designed a SPECIAL EXPONENTIAL version of her Quantum Reading Course – JUST FOR YOU.

This is a one-time-only offer. One day, take-no-prisoners full-on approach to get through 3 days of content in one day.

>> Click here to register now – this is a one-time-only session <<

If you’re keen to make this QUANTUM LEAP – make the time – you’ll gain it back in the time saved Quantum Reading.

If you’re wondering how this works – you’re just going to have to trust me and take my word for it.

The only thing I strongly suggest is that you learn to speed read BEFORE you attend the first session. I believe it will greatly improve your chances of acquiring this priceless skill.

Quantum Reading, like any technique takes an investment of practice, but I am sure you’ll agree that consuming a bestselling business book in ONE HOUR means you could start to read 50 to 100 books per year EASY and that would have a DRAMATIC EFFECT on your income, wealth and/or career.

This is a one-time-only opportunity. I am not planning on promoting or scheduling another Quantum Reading event this year.

Speed Reading and Quantum Reading will become part of my Personal Mastery Program curriculum in 2010, but that’s a year away… You can’t afford to wait that long!

Here’s what you need to do.

1. If you haven’t already, buy my Speed Reading Video Program – it’s only $47.
   
2. Learn or practice the speed reading technique so it becomes ‘second nature’.
3. Register for this Quantum Reading session – even if you’re not Sydney-based. Plan your trip to combine it with other business and meetings. We scheduled it the day before Killer Kopywriting to kill two birds with one stone.

Here’s what you will get:

1. Ioho DeBeer’s Quantum Reading Course – the Exponential Version that is condensed to 8 hours to give you all the skills and techniques 3 times faster than the regular course with a $500 saving (because I have negotiated this special deal just for you.)
2. Her regular follow-up sessions as part of the Quantum Reading Program.
3. 2 Conference Call Sessions with me to make sure you are focusing on the Exponential Distinctions I have learnt as a Quantum Reader. These are insights I will only be sharing with my clients. These are the ‘2mm’ 1% Improvement Doctrine Distinctions that you have come to expect from me. They are the short cuts no one else knows about. I will personally help you make sure you get the breakthroughs you need to get to ‘consuming’ a business book in 1 hour.

If you have any doubts about this – it’s not for you.

I am only expecting 10 people to attend. This is not for everyone. In fact LESS than 1% of the population speed reads and only a small fraction of them ever go on to Quantum Read…

If you want to learn this life-changing, career-accelerating, profit-enhancing skill, there is only one thing to do – make the decision now to attend. It’s the only chance you have this year. If you don’t attend this Exponential Edition, you’ll have to spend $500 more and 3 days to learn this skill.

Once the 10 people are registered, I will focus on other e-mails and won’t be promoting this again BECAUSE it’s really only for a very select group of people.

You’ve already decided to attend – just register to secure your seat.

>> Click here to register now – this is a one-time-only session <<

P.S.
Due to the compressed format of this VERSION of the course, it’s not appropriate for grade school students. Only mature high-school and uni students should consider attending. If you have sons, daughters, nieces or nephews who you think are ‘up to it’, this is the gift of a lifetime.

Imagine how this can change a student’s life?

I know that I could not have achieved what I achieved academically, acquiring 5 university-level degrees without Speed Reading – Quantum Reading is EVEN MORE powerful.

That being said, there is no need to ‘sell’ this capability – you either value your time, education and training at this most elite level or you don’t.

As I mention in my Squash Lessons For Marketing, there are spectators, social players, competitive players and Champions.

This course is for Champions.

Champions who know they can Awaken The Genius Within themselves by learning strategies like this that will make them become a lot ’smarter’ than they are with a lot less effort.

A one day investment (two evenings in this case) that pays off for a lifetime…

I need to say this one more time – this is a one-time-only opportunity in Sydney in 2009. I won’t be promoting this again until 2010. Just so you know… I don’t want anyone saying “but I thought you’d do this again soon…” I won’t until 2010.

>> Click here to register now – this is a one-time-only session <<

I got up at 2:30 AM to watch President Obama’s inauguration – what a spectacle! I never thought I would live to see the day a black man would be President of the United States, but then again the same was true of the Berlin Wall… This is a great and momentous day for the US and the World.

As a Canadian, I was brought up with full access to US television and its unique ‘culture’. So this means a lot to me. Now as an Australian resident (soon-to-be citizen), I am excited about what this can mean for the world if he lives up to the expectations and possibilities that many (including me) think he is capable of.

The reason I post about this is BECAUSE when history is made – you want to be a part of it. Monica and I have been up since 2:30 to watch it LIVE and see it unfold, much like we did when the Twin Towers were hit in 2001.

This is as much a turning point as 9-11 was for the US and the world – our thoughts are with the Obamas and the new administration as they embark on one of the most challenging but also opportunistic times for REFORM and REJUVENATION.

“Yes we can Mr President, yes we can!”

Your 1 percent improvement for today is quick and easy – do what’s bugging you and get it out of the way, right now. You have multiple things on your to do list that have been carried over (over and over and over). Several of them are quick and easy to get rid of.

Get rid of them and witness the relief and sense of satisfaction you get. It’s disproportionate and AMPLIFIED…

I’ll talk about that in my next post, but for today, let me give you some of my simple examples:

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In my Business and Internet Mastery Platinum Programs I explain this in much more detail, but I read something recently that really surprised me, so much so I had to publish a post about it.

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You just have to see this YouTube video to believe what one person’s act of kindness can create – an avalanche of goodwill at ‘no cost’… Truly inspirational!

Click here to see how an Exponential Mindset can make a difference!

Onward and upward!
Marc

P.S.

This was forwarded to me by Platinum Member Andrew Booth from Queensland – he’s truly focused on creating goodwill in the world – thanks Andrew!

What can I say, what a year it has been… riding the wildest roller coaster we’ve ever seen!

This is a time for reflection, introspection and yes a little bit of self analysis.

I highly recommend you write it in your journal so you have your key distinctions, insights and ideas for years to come. Of course you know to be creative, outrageous and ‘colour outside the lines’!!!

Once you’ve sat on the proverbial couch and reflected on the past, it’s then time to look to the future that awaits you… 2009.

2009 is the opportunity of a lifetime with chaos reigning everywhere, creating boundless opportunities out of thin air for all of us to leverage – exponentially. In big bites or tiny morsels, depending on your appetite for growth and expansion.

2009 is YOUR year, when all the investments of the past come together, as a ‘mind meld’ that combines your learnings to give you breakthrough after breakthrough just when you need one.

2009 is THE year when you start to TAKE ACTION, in both big and small doses because you know it’s time for you to move forward and put the past behind you once and for all. NOT because you don’t like your life, but because you know you deserve more – a lot more.

2009 is the turning point you’ll remember for a lifetime, when ‘things changed’ for you. Like turning the pages of a book, you start to write the NEW CHAPTER of your NEW LIFE, as you want to live it. You know this is now possible because you know what you know and that’s enough to get started. You also know that there is stuff you don’t know you know, but since you know it, you’ll soon discover you know you know it and voila! you’ll have a breakthrough to take you to the next level of performance, awareness and maybe even ’sense of being’.

2009 is your ultimate performance, just as though you were in a play, on stage. It’s when you become the person you’ve always known you could be. You step onto the stage on January 1st and COMMAND THE STAGE with your PRESENCE, AURA and CONFIDENCE. You transfix the audience who are your friends, family and colleagues to utter silence and amazement that you have ‘found yourself’ and are ‘being yourself’. The performance starts on January 1, 2009 and lasts a lifetime. YOUR LIFETIME.

2009 is when the calendar switches over and in an instant puts the past behind you. Once and for all, forever. Never to be lived again. A distant memory. A recollection to help guide you in the future whilst remembering only the good and priceless lessons that needed to be learnt to bring you to this point in time. The point in time that is…

2009. Step into it…

Onward and upward!
Marc

Psst! This card was created by the one and only Paul Telling of Melbourne Australia who helps you to visualise and monetise all your sales opportunities by turning boring documents, presentations and speeches into re-usable engaging unique masterpieces that impress your audience and save you time and money!

P.S.
The postscript for today is not 2008, the year that was, but 2009, the year that will be…

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Incredible
Energizing
Exciting
Fabulous
Challenging
Great
Tumultuous
Chaotic
Effervescent
Enervating
Unbelievable
Believable
Intoxicating
Illuminating
Strengthening
Emboldening
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Romantic
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Rocky
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Whole
Peaceful
Musical
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Orchestral
Collaborative
Family
Together
Singular
Independent
Dependent
Balanced
Inspired
Real
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Sporty
Victorious
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Alive
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Poetic
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Captivating
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Calm
Oblivious
Connected
Sage
Generous
Philanthropic
Engaging
Enraptured
Silent
Awakened

Here is the Wordle of the list…

I’ve been reading a book called “Made To Stick” by Chip and Dan Heath, which I highly recommend – it’s on my Linked In Reading List.

The premise of the book is that some ideas ’stick’ and are remembered whereas others are quickly and easily forgotten.

That’s why success is like a carrot…
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You simply must view this YouTube video… SHIFT HAPPENS!

Onward and upward!
Marc

P.S.
There is nothing more to say except that you need to watch this video every once in a while so that you maintain and expand your Exponential Mindset™

If you have 20 seconds, I’d like you to answer this one-question poll…

It’s something I am testing on LinkedIn.com.

>>> Click here to vote on what one extra hour per day is worth to you <<<

That’s it for today – I am testing this and of course will let you know how it works out!

Onward and upward!
Marc

P.S.
There are several new options on Linked In that you should consider evaluating.

I cover Internet topics on both my Internet Mastery Blog as well as a contributing author on www.AustralianBlogs.com.au/blog.