It has been a pretty busy couple of weeks and most of all it’s been really exciting. I finally have finished up some projects that I have been working on and I finally got a new white board for my home office. I actually really needed the white board to help keep me organized, and it keep my goals in focus. I have my kids help me put items on the white board so they could get a sense of how much work we have ahead of us just running the websites.

After we were finished, all the kids decided they needed white boards too. If I had to guess, I bet they will have plenty of cute drawings on there instead of an actual “chore” list.

My buddy Eric and I finally finished a project that has been two years in the making. The project was the Hand History Replayer, which is a great tool for watching your poker hand histories back in real time. We have had a working version for a couple of years now, but it was ugly and very outdated. It has a fresh new look, more features, and runs much quicker. We didn’t do this top make money, it’s just mainly a good tool for poker players that want to analyze and improve their game.  I even uploaded some good Hand Histories from a Cash Game session I played earlier in the week. You can check it out and lemme know what you think. Here is a link: 100NL Cash Game

Another project we finally have off the ground is our new website: Rakeback Team Now, there are tons of regular Rakeback sites out there, so we are working on doing somehting different. Not only do we have some special Poker Rakeback and Bonus offers, but we also have some nice Rakeback software in place that allows you to:

• Get Daily Rakeback Stats
• Has a Daily Cashout Option
• Has Exclusive Rakeback and Bonus Offers

Now we know we aren’t the first to come up with a site like this, but I can guarantee that we have some unique offers in there that players cannot get just anywhere. That combined with daily stats for players and daily cashouts for players, we think this site will do really well. Wish us luck!

I often think about where I will be or where I want to be in the future. I am guilty like most of you of just living in the present and not looking ahead to the future. In business, planning ahead is essential to survival and failure to plan ahead is certain doom. No matter if you’re an internet marketer, a corporate business man, or a factory worker you need to be focusing on the future.

Everything in life consists of steps in a certain direction. The key knows what direction you are going in. you should be planning your steps so you are certain to get where you want to go, and make sure you have the tools you need when you get there.

I see and hear people all the time focusing on the present and they are drowning in self pity because they are not where they want to be. Most of them truly believe that their destiny has somehow been predetermined, and they don’t realize all they have to do is take a step in the direction they want. I imagine that many people (myself included) have tried their big plans for success at one time or another and failed. So, they just decided to walk the easy path and see where IT takes THEM. It’s easy to take that path and just resign yourself to the fact that your plan failed, so many of them never try again. 

I know several people in the Poker Affiliate Business that no more than 2 years ago was working at a shitty 9 to 5 job that they hated.  They had tried several ideas that all failed, but instead of giving up they kept at it and now they are free from their shitty jobs and living the good life. Now to be clear, these guys are some of the hardest working people I know. Just because they have lots of money and freedoms that most of us don’t enjoy doesn’t mean they work hard. It’s actually just the contrary; they work their asses off now more than ever.

So, back to the title of this post. Where will you be in 5 years??  Will you be doing the same thing you are doing now? Or will you push yourself to achieve the success you deserve to have. The best part is that the answer depends on you and what you do with yourself. Nobody controls how you succeed.

I’ve been a bit slow posting on this site, it’s been a busy month and I am trying to wind down the week because this weekend I’m going to take the wife to Tunica, MS for our Anniversary. Anyway, because I am short on time I thought I would try and make a decent Podcast with my thoughts on the current state of Gas Prices and my take on how we got to where we are..

Some of the highlights from my podcast:

• Why gas is approaching $4 a gallon.
• Why we will never see $2 a gallon gas again
• Who is to blame for the huge increase in gas
• What we can do to make some changes
• Why Drilling makes sense for the US
• Why the Environmental activists do what they do

Check out the Pod Cast talking about Big Oil