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The Ray Edwards Show is a weekly podcast dedicated to Internet Business and Leadership, and Productivity. My goal is to help you succeed with your online business, and this show is for you, whether you're a seasoned veteran who's been online for years — or you haven't even made your first dollar online! We can all reach for higher levels of success in business and in life!

Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

This is a relaunch of my more "occasional" podcast. I owe my inspiration to get it going again to Michael Hyatt and especially to Cliff Ravenscraft.

For a long time I have been thinking about re-starting this podcast but wanted to wait to launch it until I got it "perfect." Here's what I've learned:

Perfectionism is the enemy of accomplishment.

Ray Edwards

My plan for the podcast is to focus on these core topics:

• Internet Business: starting, growing, and profiting from your own Internet Business.
• Marketing: practical steps for selling more of your products, services, and ideas.
• Leadership: the keys to leading yourself and others in a transformational way.
• Productivity: tips, tools, and tactics to help you get more done in less time.
• Writing: how to write for strategic influence.
• Spiritual Foundations: keeping first things first.
• Miscellany: freedom to talk about anything else I want.

My intention is to publish a new podcast each week on Tuesdays, along with an outline (or "show notes" like these.) While you will be able to listen or download episodes here on my blog, it will be much easier for you to subscribe in iTunes.

EPISODE OUTLINE

I share the "State of Ray Edwards International, Inc" – and why it matters to you. Current reality:

There are some significant changes now that we are operating in the "new economy".

What's different about the "new economy"? A few key points for freelancers and entrepreneurs – these must be understood and internalized:

The bubble has burst. Easy credit is gone. Houses of cards in the banking industry have come tumbling down. People have lost their jobs, their houses, their credit cards. The spending habits and market behaviors of almost all people have irrevocably changed, altered forever by the economic shift that took place recently. And if you're waiting for things to get "back to normal", this is your wake-up call… it's never going back. This is the new normal. Get used to it. Adapt.

Competition is at an all time high. And thanks to Google it is easier than ever before to find all your competitors in a few seconds.

Nobody needs anything. In the Western World, even though we have experienced an economic shake up, we still have everything we need already. Yes, I know some people are in need and I am not ignoring them nor minimizing their needs – but I am also acknowledging that for most people, their needs are over-supplied. Do you have a roof over your head, clean water, and at least one meal per day? Then you are better off than most of the people in the world. To see how good you have it, check out how wealthy you rank in the world by clicking here.

What does all this mean? It's time to review and evaluate how you do everything you do within your business or practice. Does it measu