I spent all of last year in pretty much the same spot. Nothing changed from month to month and life kinda just had me feeling stuck. It was one of those situations where I looked back at the year and wondered “what just happened to that year?”. And there’s no way that was going to happen again! It was time to do something about it and move on.

It’s tough to admit that something isn’t going as planned and that it’s time to cut ties and go separate ways. After spending about 8 months building up an online presence for a skating company I was a partner in, it was decided that things just weren’t ever going to work the way they were. I’m just glad that it was recognized sooner than later. Life is too short. It was unfortunate that there wasn’t a future for me in the skate board business, but it was also a blessing that it worked out the way it did.

That was when the decision was made to move back to Costa Rica and stay for a lot longer this time. My first stay here was one of the best/happiest periods of my life. Surfing is my equalizer. It’s the one thing in life that when I’m doing it, nothing else matters. My brain shuts off and the current moment is the only thing that exists. And that’s why I knew it needed to be more a part of my life.

Now my focus is on building my brand, Surf Bums while still doing very selective consulting on contest projects like the one I’m running for Mobile Money Bandit. Best thing about it is using my knowledge of social media and online video marketing is making building this up really enjoyable. It’s a niche that I truly wake up in the morning craving to serve. Here’s the first video I made about a week ago…

Since moving back down here, I’ve met some of the coolest people on earth. Most people here are different and that’s a very good thing. Everyone is a character in their own right and it makes the dynamics here fun on a daily basis. And best of all, the differences in view point from all these different mindsets help tremendously with creativity, which is a corner stone of my business.

Moving on helped me find that “happy place” or my place of zen. It would have been easy to ignore the stuck feeling and just stayed in my current spot for longer just hoping things would change, but that would have led me to becoming old and only being a fraction satisfied with life. That’s just not what I envision life being all about. I’m urging you now that if you feel stuck and don’t see the avenue to grow in life, then move on and create a drastic change in your life to move towards what will make you truly happy and congruent with your core being. When you can match that core being with the proper external influences, you’ll feel a plethora of good feelings that will lead you to true bliss!

I’m in shock by the amount of “high-level” people that have given Lindsay Lohan credit for a tweet on her wall about the Federal Reserve and inflation. Here’s the tweet that everyone’s making a fuss about.

Do you see what I see? At the end of the tweet, there is an #ad hashtag. Do you know what that means? She was paid to put that tweet on her wall. That’s right, she probably doesn’t even know what the Federal Reserve is or does.

She uses a service called Sponsored Tweets that allows you to charge a base price per tweet. In Lindsay’s case, you pay $3,500 and she’ll say pretty much whatever you want to her 2 million followers. $11,000 and you can get 50cent to plug you on his Twitter feed.

Reason why I’m writing this is because some big name “media” profiles have been buzzing about this for days. They need to do a little more research before they make her out to be some hero for “speaking up”.

If you want to follow someone that really cares about the Fed, follow @RonPaul!

That’s right, I’M DONE! I QUIT! I’M FINISHED!

For the last couple of years, I’ve focused a great majority of my time marketing to business seekers online. Why you ask? Because that’s what all the cool kids were doing, duh!

And it’s not like it wasn’t profitable either. Here’s the story of how I sold 25 units at $3k each last year in a little under 3 weeks. On top of that, I’ve learned how to creatively use contests, SEO, social media, list building… I did it all for the make money online niche.

Biggest Reason Why

Problem is there is just so much damn competition. I’d find myself working my ass off to only find out that a few guys teamed up to take most of my sales with a better bonus offer. And every major term to rank for is highly competitive because all I’m doing is competing with people that actually know what they’re doing.

That’s why I’ve decided that as of today, I’m done with the internet marketing niche indefinitely.

What am I going to do now?

I’m taking my knowledge and efforts now to help small and medium sized business. There are so many business owners out there with very solid sales processes that just need more leads. That’s something that I can do very well. And best of all, 99% of the competition has no clue what they are doing.

It’s not that I’m the absolute best at everything. I just pick the races with the slower runners so I can always win.

That quote pretty much sums up my thoughts there. I LOVE winning! And using my skills to help small and medium sized businesses CRUSH the competition is my new favorite thing to do.

Other Project

I’m also going to use the extra time to develop my two businesses in extreme sports, Surf Bums and Duval Boards. This is my dreamline. (for those that know Tim Ferriss’ work)

I’d love to hear your thoughts below.

I first experienced Tamarindo surfing in early June 2010 when I came to Costa Rica with my family as a celebration for my sister’s graduation. It was the best vacation I’ve ever taken. And that’s saying a lot.

The waves are consistently here every day. The best thing is that when you come to Tamarindo, surfing is all around you. This entire community is a little surf village. It all revolves around Tamarindo surfing.

Coming on a Tamarindo surfing trip is cool because there are so many breaks right around the area. You got Playa Grande, Avellanes, Negra, Langosta and tons of secret breaks within minutes of the area. It’s a treasure chest of great surf breaks.

Here’s a Tamarindo surfing video I took with my Kodak Playsport in mid August of some Tamarindo surfing. There are always a lot of people surfing in Tamarindo and they always have so much fun.

I have fun just sitting on the shore and watching most the time. Just being there and experiencing first hand all the joy brought to people from Tamarindo surfing makes me so happy.

If you’d like to see more videos that I make here is my Tamarindo Surfing YouTube Channel. And I’ve also got a Costa Rica Surfing YouTube channel I’m building up.

And if you love surfing as much as I do, check out this surf club I’m working on.

I’ve been getting asked to share some videos from Costa Rica, so here they are. It’s a beautiful country and there is just so much to see. Even these videos can’t do any justice to the splendors of Costa Rica. You have to see this place for yourself.