Ask Melvin Ng

In fact, what I really meant is dealing with the reality no matter how bad or crappy it is, because IT IS THE REALITY. You can apply that in your life and your business, but I’m going to discuss that in the context of business.

As I was reading the book, Good To Great, there was this chapter on dealing with the harsh realities of the business world. And I reflected back on what happened to me recently.

Just last Friday, I had my last Google Adsense account being disabled by Google. In fact, it was my fourth and last. The funny thing was, when I told my friend about it, I was actually laughing about the matter.

Well, I could have just complained and whined about it, but I didn’t. In fact I turned it into a positive experience.

I took it as a blessing in disguise that i have one less distraction. I then took my domains and sold them off at SitePoint. I’ve already listed 2, and out of those 2 already sold one for $2,000 in less than 48 hours. I could have sold it for more but I just wanted to get rid of those sites and move on.

Enough said about me. The point I’m stressing is, in business, there will always be uncertainties, and there will always be unfavorable conditions. It’s YOUR DECISION whether to run away from it, or deal with them head on.

In order to be successful, you need to get out of your comfort zone.

If you’re at a crossroad now because you’re confused, feels down, at a lost, or just losing sight of your goal, it’s time to take stock and do a reality check.

• Where are you at right now at this point in your life?
• What do you want to achieve?
• Doing what you’re doing now, would you be able to achieve it?
• If no, you have to change direction no matter how difficult and uncomfortable it is. I know it’s easier to just kid yourself and chug along nicely but it’s not going to bring you nearer to your goal. Don’t do that. You know you deserve better.

  Believe it or not, people actually do stupid things JUST to use an Apple iPhone.

Yes, me got myself an iPhone during my trip to the US. Not only me, Vince and Gobala also bought themselves a set.

We were all pretty excited and looking forward to use it back in Malaysia. Unfortunately, after unlocking the phone, we realized that of all the 3 network providers here, only Digi and Celcom was compatible with iPhone.

The provider that the 3 of us were using, Maxis, was not compatible. We could make calls, but couldn’t receive calls.

What a bummer!

And currently we’re not sure how long it’s going to take for them to fix this compatibility issue. Their customer service were pretty ignorant of the issue.

Anyway, Gobala was the first culprit. He started using his iPhone regardless of the problems with Maxis. Yes, he made himself ‘UNCONTACTABLE’!

Correct me if I’m wrong. You carry a mobile phone for convenience so that friends can contact you easily. If your phone cannot accept calls, then it’s pretty much a DOH!

Yes, he pretty much did a DOH!

Next in line, it was my turn to do a DOH….LOL.

Yes, I started using my iPhone in spite of the problems. But I made sure I was contactable. I bought a Digi Prepaid Pack to be used on my iPhone. Then, I redirected all my calls on my original Maxis number to my Digi number.

How’s that for being vain. The Apple iPhone is just too sexy to leave it unused.

Hey Vince, when are you going to join the DOH club?

You probably already know that The 20/20 Challenge has been one of the most exciting product launches of the year. In fact, I recommended it in my last email.

This toolkit basically provides you with the opportunity to earn $20,000 in just 20 Days by following the detailed steps set out by Michael Green. And let’s face it, even if you only make half of that, you may well be happy :-).

But the best thing of all is that The 20/20 Challenge is backed by a 100% guarantee, so you’ve got absolutely nothing to lose by giving Michael’s 20/20 Challenge toolkit a go!

As I’ve been a customer of Michael’s products, I can honestly give his quality my two thumbs up.

P.S.: Previously you could only buy The 20/20 Challenge if you happen to have a PayPal account, but Michael has just contacted me to let me know that you can now use your credit card too. Here’s that link again for the 20/20 Challenge

P.P.S.: I’ve uploaded some photos on my blog for my trip to the US. You can check it out here!

All in it was a really fun and enjoyable trip. It was the first time that I was traveling that far, and it was over 20 hours of flight.

During my stay in the United States, I was in San Francisco mostly but also took a 7 Day Tour that covered Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Disneyland and Universal Studios.

We also had lots of fun enjoying the great food there! No wonder I came home with a few extra kilos.

On the way back to Malaysia, we stopped over at Taipei for 2 days.

Am I glad to be back home. How I missed chillies, curries, nasi lemak, nasi briyani, bak kut teh, shar koey teow….mmmmmmmmmm.

We went to Universal Studios the following day after Disneyland. It was fun, but relatively, I still prefer Disneyland.

Did I tell you that Homer and Bart Simpson are my buddies?

Can I get a discount puhleeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz??????????

We went for a bus ride tour of the ‘behind the scenes’ of the Hollywood studios. This is one stage where the current popular hit series, Heroes, was filmed.

This is a carnage from the movie, War Of The World.

It’s eating me alive! HEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!

Chilling out waiting for the Blues show to start and the next one waiting for the Waterworld performance.