What You Can Learn From Tom Cruise... And How It Can Explode Your Sales!

You know, Tom Cruise has been all over the television and

newspapers lately.



Yeah, he's got a big blockbuster movie out right now that

he's trying to promote (War Of The Worlds), but he's also

been getting a little "out there" going on about his newest

love, Katie Holmes, and of course -- he's been in

"preacher" mode about his cult / religion, scientology.



Now whether you like this kind of stuff or not, there's a

very simple lesson you can learn from Tom Cruise, that can

make a HUGE difference in your business, and therefore in

your life.



Any idea what that lesson is?



No... it's not that you should go around getting publicity

by being a nut...



And n-o-o-o... it's not that you should profess your love

for your newest flame, shouting it out from every rooftop

in town at the top of your lungs, so we can all hear about

it, either.



It has to do with "action".



More specifically, it has to do with "taking action".



Napoleon Hill, the author of the incredible book,

"Think And Grow Rich", once said,



"Do not wait. The time will never be "just right".

Start where you stand, and work with

whatever tools you may have at your command, and better

tools will be found as you go along."



And it's true: Things happen once you're in motion, not when

you're in meditation.



See, regardless of whether you love Tom Cruise or whether

you think he's an a-hole, the fact of the matter is...



At least he's out there doing something!



Many people just sit around waiting... and waiting... and

waiting...



Until their timing is "just right".



And before you know it, what happens is, you wind up moving

on to another project because all that enthusiasm you once

had over your idea, is long gone, just like all the other

hopes and dreams you once had but didn't "get to".



Along those lines, let me tell you a somewhat embarassing

story:



I didn't grow up in what you'd exactly call a... "loving

environment".



As a result, I had a lot of negative programming shoved down

my throat from an early age.



And it's taken me loads of time to reverse all that and to

sort of "re-program" myself with "good messages" instead of

"bad" ones.



Anyway, when I was a kid, my father had a favorite

expression. He used to tell me "You're no effin' good

Craig."



For a while there, I used to believe him.



So I got myself in lots of trouble... and I did a lot of

negative things... and I really was sort of wandering

around aimlessly.



If I'm 100% honest about things, I didn't really "snap out"

of that mode, until I was around 30 years old.



Around that time, I made some "key" decisions, that I may

tell you about later, but for now... just know that I

started making some good strategic moves in my life, for the

very first time.



A few years later, in late 1998, I decided to go into

business for myself.



Was my timing right?



Absoluetly not.



I had a very close family member that was just recovering

from a serious illness, and that was pre-occupying a great

deal of my time, both physically and emotionally... Anne

and I were working on having another child... and lastly,

it wasn't exactly like we had a huge amount of free cash to

play with.



In fact, we had a little stash for the first time in a

while, and I was about to invest the lion's share of it

into getting my new office set up.



On top of that, mind you... this was all new to me.



After all, I was the son of a toll collector and a bank

teller... so it wasn't like I'd had years of formidable

training in running a business, and I'd certainly NEVER seen

entrepreneurial "spirit" in action before in my entire

life.



But I did it.



With my wife's support, and with both of us never even

thinking things wouldn't work out, I started my own

financial planning firm after spending time working in the

corporate world doing this for someone else.



Shortly after that, I got into direct-response, used it to

really explode my sales... and then of course... the rest

is history.



My point is not that I succeeded. And frankly, until I

stumbled across direct-response marketing, we had a lot

more stress, anxiety and bad times, than good.



My point is, that I did... "something".



Overall, my story has a really nice ending -- at least as

far as I'm concerned, but what I want you to know is that

nothing would have EVER happened if I'd waited until the

timing was "just right".



Remember, it's a good life, if you don't weaken.



And... if you just take action.



And it's an even better life, as long as you don't sit

around waiting for the "right time" to get your stuff

done.



Try it, you'll immediately find out for yourself.



Now go sell something.



P.S. Check out all the prior archives you've been

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About The Author:



Craig Garber is America's Top Direct-Response Copywriter. Uncover hundreds of FREE direct-response copywriting and marketing tips that dramatically boost your sales and lift the response of your marketing, on his website: http://www.kingofcopy.com