If you have hung out here long enough you know I love to share things from my family life that has an impact on me. I believe these things are "given" to me to not only experience for myself but to share. There are people that need a lift today in this area and I simply want to help in any way that I can.

 

Just a few moments ago I got up from the computer to go get a drink of water. I spent most of the morning bouncing around visiting and sharing some of my favorite people's content with other fine people I'm privileged to be associated with.

 

I share other people's stuff with my friends and followers because I want to be a support for them in their endeavors and I also want to get good inspiration and information out to people.

 

We live in an incredible time when we have access to so much that can be helpful. Not everything is helpful to everyone…but if I can share something that will help one person today…whether it be from myself or from someone else…then I have helped to make the world a better place (at least on this day).

 

My Beautiful 2 Year Old Boy…

With that spirit in mind I just want to share what just happened with my youngest son. For those of you who don't know…I have seven children and my youngest just turned 2 in December.

 

As I was walking through the living room on my way to the water dispenser I saw my youngest son watching my next youngest son (a month away from 6) playing with a toy. I am not sure what you call this toy but it had a wheel that moves along two curved rails as you move your wrist. The wheel lights up and it is a bit fascinating to watch.

 

My 2 year old wanted it and as I was walking into the living room I overheard my wife telling him that he needed to say please (he actually signs it at this point) or he would not get to play with it.

 

I saw his reaction and he just stood there. I could see that this was a moment of deciding for him. Was he going to listen to his mom or was he going to be defiant? You can see the thinking going on in his head. I stood and watched for just a moment and he chose to not listen…to just continue whining mildly.

 

As I watched I simply had an great desire to  "love on him."  I came up to him, wrapped my arms around him and kissed his neck a number of times until he started giggling and his demeanor completely changed.

 

When I saw this change I stopped and then asked him if he wanted the toy. He said yes and then I told him he needed to say "please, can I have it."

 

As I said earlier he is signing these things which is beyond cute by itself but this time he did not even hesitate to do so. His mindset was changed by an act of love on my part. I did not have to do anything else at all.

 

I was not trying to make him do anything at all. I actually was simply trying to let him know that he is loved and appreciated. It is amazing what a simple act of love can do for another person. It literally can change the course of their day.

 

Now this isn't always the case and I am not trying to say there is no time for other avenues to explore but my inclination at that moment was simply to shower my love on him. This  got me thinking about my other relationships in life…specifically those through my online community of marketers.

 

My Online Marketing Community…

 

I have found that when I shower "my love" on someone else the energetic bond that is created becomes stronger with each act of love. In fact, I feel it back when it comes from someone else in my direction as well. I'm not sure there really is another way to truly create powerful and life-changing relationships.

There are certainly mutually beneficial ways to connect with people and these methods actually work to a certain degree. What I mean by this is that there is nothing wrong with connecting with people in order to share a mutually beneficial outcome…the broadening of each other's content and influence.

 

However, if you truly want to create an impact in your world like I do then this concept of mutually beneficial friendships fails because there is not much depth to them.

 

The power to create momentum and change the world is through the true relationships we build based upon an actual desire to see other people succeed…that is love. This type of relationship building is not based upon an attitude of wanting to get my own stuff out there…but it is truly based upon wanting and having great joy in seeing someone else succeed beyond their hopes and imaginations.

 

I experience this when I give of myself to my children. I am overjoyed when I see them succeed…especially in ways they didn't think possible. I help them do this because I have an amazingly deep love for them.

 

The Daily Crushers Tribe…

 

This depth of love (not to the exact same extent, of course) is transferred over into the relationships that I am building with my online partners…most specifically with my core tribe in The Daily Crushers (we just opened up our tribe to other powerful people…if you want to check us out please feel free to do so).

I have an intense desire to see them succeed. I truly want them to be wildly successful…every one of them…for them not for myself. I feel the joy to see my buddy Patrick McIntosh be the only blogger who was able to be invited into the inner circle of journalists a couple of weekends ago at  Squaw Valley for a major skiing competition. He was able to interview the skiers and be involved where no other blogger could get in.

 

I am filled with joy to see my friend Matthew Neer becoming a dominant force on the internet with his blog and the influence he is having on other people's success as he shares cutting edge secrets of becoming a powerful online force using a WordPress blog.

 

I was extremely happy to see my friend Heather Taskovics be able to travel to Australia with her band and then come back and share those same passions that enabled her to go on that tour with a desire to help empower you and me. I am beyond happy to watch her success.

 

When I think of Debbie Wood and her rise in prominence as a marketing entrepreneur and philosopher and witness her ability to bring freedom to others through the things she shares, it brings a great smile to my face because I am so very happy to see her influence spreading like a wildfire across the internet.

I am always super happy to share what Glenn Arcaro is up to because I know he is showing people how to improve their businesses through the use of Facebook and videos. He is full of insight, understanding and humor. I love to see his growth and success because I want him to be wildly successful beyond his dreams.

 

Phil Jackson is quickly becoming one of the prominent voices on the internet when it comes to sharing marketing knowledge and insight. He is like the wise sage who has his corner of the universe and people are dying to visit him to get insight into their own lives. To see Phil rising as a star makes my heart leap for joy.

 

And for my latest Daily Crusher connection I have been so pleased to connect with her and I look forward to watching her on her rise to becoming a superstar. Eleni Liapakis is becoming one of those friends that I am wanting to shower with love with the expectation of seeing amazing successes in her future.

 

The quick assent of the Daily Crushers in their burgeoning growth to becoming the dominant force on the internet has to do a great deal about the power of this love I am talking about.

The truly powerful energy and momentum that is created with these types of love relationships will trump the mutually beneficial relationships every single time.

 

Take a moment and reflect on your own online and offline relationships. What is your motivation behind them? Are you stuck at the mutually beneficial (superficial) level that really carries very little energy and power with it or are you going to risk diving deep into other people's lives to truly create powerful love relationships that will actually and permanently rock the world and the universe?