My partner Nan and I focus on working smart not hard. We’ve noticed that the businesses that thrive are smart and not hard.

I don’t understand why working hard is better. I mean I work but I don’t struggle at it. I don’t work myself into the ground and don’t have a life.

Yet some people in my life think I should work hard.

Why?

Working hard doesn’t mean you’ll be more successful. It just means you won’t be as successful because you are so busy that you don’t think about how to automate your business.

Businesses are money making machines that produce a product or service that people want. Not something to keep you busy.

That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t love what you do. You have to love what you do.

Well, I’m off to watch a movie.  Work smart not hard.  And enjoy life.

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This is Edinburgh Castle from my hotel room. It is a time lapse video with no sound. Just a short video showing the fantastic Edinburgh Castle.

I also have collect some of the best photos I’ve taken in Europe into a small set of photos on Flickr. Check them out. Add some comments and add me as a contact if you wish.

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But sometime you need a day off. For me at least one day a week, even when on holiday or vacation. This holiday has been going on for over a month and we have another two weeks to go. But you still need breaks. And today is it. It’s raining in Paris and we have many fun items to do tomorrow and the rest of the week.

So, I’m catching up with what my friends are doing. I pull out my favorite news reader Google Reader and find that my mastermind buddy Bruce Burns is writing about. I find Bruce’s tips on negotiating to be priceless. He has a wonderful negotiating checklist free on his website. Well worth checking out.

So Bruce is talking about being at a recent Joe Vitale book signing and meeting Joe and Dr. Len. Bruce has a personal story (along with Suzanne and myself) in the Joe and Dr. Len’s recent book “Zero Limits” you see. Bruce got to meet Dr. Len again and they discussed Bruce’s lovely wife Suzanne’s Eraser Cleaning Wand which was inspired by the Ho’oponopono process which is discussed in the Zero Limits book. I got to see the prototypes of these first hand. They are truly wonderful hand made pieces of art or d’art as they say here in Paris.

It was nice to get caught up on what your buddies are doing. Nice to see people taking vacations and posting photos like I do. And nice to see business going on as usual. My “little” vacation of 1.75 months is also spurring on ideas in me. Taking notes for an upcoming book based on my “little” vacation. Also having some last items done on my next book.

What I really noticed is how the more unplugged I am the more I get done. I’m on an extended vacation and I have three products in various stages of completion and I’m seeing some of the most glorious scenes of my life. Plus I came up with an idea for a new book and I only would have come up with it by traveling which is my favorite technique for coming up with new ideas which I talk about in my last book Play Prosperity Games. Being unplugged from the real world is helpful. It give you so much time and doesn’t take up your brain. I’ve been practicing this art of being unplugged for many years but not to this degree. And I’m getting more done.

Well, my hour a week to catch up with the real world is over. My tools allow me to quickly find out what is important to me and it doesn’t include news. And I’m off to living life here in Paris.

Au revoir

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It took 2 and a half hours to get home. Paris train/metro system shuts off at 1am on a Saturday night which is why many clubbers just party to 5:30am when it starts again. We had to switch from bus to train to taxi to get home.

So it was 2am when we got back from a fantastic night at Château de Versailles. The lighting and music was very artistic. I loved it. The French really know how to party.

This is a movie rear projected on to a stream of water. Very cool.

My favorite was the Bosque de la Colonnade where each lighted fountain played a musical note when lite. Here is a short video on it.

I also really enjoyed the fireworks at the end of the night. Here’s the video.

See all my photos on this lovely day.

Walked 6.8 miles today.

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We drove many miles thru mountain passes in the rain for quite a while. It rained all day like crazy. Once we arrived the rain picked up along

Arbor Low is a hedge or prehistoric structure. It is not tall like Stonehedge but pretty low. The rocks are in a circle within a circle of earth. You can walk around Arbor Low unlike Stonehedge. It was lovely to visit with Nancy, Natasha and Mark. It is said to have 360 energy lines into it. This is one of the many places I wanted to visit during my stay. I also want to see Stonehedge even though you can’t walk inside it anymore and it was lovely to walk around Arbor Low for a couple of hours. Visited a site that was built in 2500 B.C. is fun and energizing.

Even with a raincoat I got wet. It was raining and blowing. I felt like I was in the midst of a cloud. I bought a proper raincoat to make sure that doesn’t happen again.

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All the signs in Wales are in English and Welsh. How Mold, Wales, UK comes out to be in Welsh three times longer I have no idea. The language has many letter repeated. Many Welsh don’t know Welsh and only English but a revival in the language has occurred recently.

Then we visited an Greenfield Valley, old Abbey that didn’t survive the Henry VIII abolishment of Catholic Church. It is just ruins.

Lovely green country. I know why they call Mold it’s name. Very wet climate.

Over dinner of wonderful Chinese on the coast of Wales we discussed the new Zero Limits book by Joe Vitale. A testimonial of mine is in the book. I found it surreal that I was in Wales talking about a book that just came out in America. Natasha had heard of Dr. Len and Dr. Vitale and so Nancy and I discussed the simple concept behind Zero Limits. The world is a small place and growing smaller. Good ideas sweep the globe faster and faster.

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The sandwiches are exceptional, things like smoked salmon and Brie, chines sesame chicken with yellow tomatoes, with asparagus…a unique delight! It is quiet and relaxing, unlike the typical airport experience, especially international. No security lines, no waiting and excellent personal service,and the place is relaxing.

Well, got to go.

Pictures to come.

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Our dolphin watch guide Bruce thought we attracted dolphins. He never saw so much activity and the show they put on for us.

I think they were attracted to us because we are so vibrationally happy.

Being business people has it’s pleasures as we took off in the middle of the week and enjoyed ourselves while our businesses continued without us.

Enjoy just a couple of minutes of our great time.

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