I totally agree with that post its a perfect example of who to point the finger at, many successful people have a lot of failures behind them 🙂

You just have to remember the saying “Fail your way to success” after all successful people learn from their mistakes and move on 🙂

So keep your mind on what you want and off the things you don’t want.

Before I end, here’s a few points to consider:

1.The right comparison is between Michael Jackson vs. Roman Polanski, not Michael Jackson vs. O.J. Simpson. MJ was acquitted of all counts in his trial, RP admitted his guilt & compounded his crime by fleeing. Contrast their treatment.
2. I’m a 57 y.o. incest survivor. Over the course of 36 yrs. intermittent therapy in various settings, as patient/health care provider, knowing hundreds of child sexual abuse survivors (incl. non-incest), studying the subject (incl. perpetrators) intensively, studying the Jackson case – my conclusion is that he was the victim of grifters/extortionists. Many agree with me.
3. There’s no question that Michael Jackson was one very damaged person, didn’t fit our norms, was much in need of help. IMO, he led an absolutely abnormal life since he was 5 y.o. and what we saw was a ‘disability’ that was a consequence of that abnormal life.
4. No, I wouldn’t have a problem having my children sleep over with MJ because as a responsible parent, I’d be present, as many parents were. “The Michael Jackson Conspiracy” quotes the TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS OF TESTIMONY VERBATIM. The media didn’t report that whole sets of siblings, girls & boys alike, elementary school age/tweens/teens slept in Michael’s bedroom (more like a hotel suite) at the same time. It *was* the innocent sleepover he’d missed out on when he had to work as a child.
5. You’ve heard of multiple personalities. I don’t think MJ had the clinical kind, but he was split between the performer, businessman & child. Read the interview between Macaulay (sp?) Culkin in Ian Halperin’s MJ book (which I don’t recommend).

It’s one thing if people who believe Michael Jackson’s a pedophile did their homework & checked the other side – MJ’s an innocent victim of extortion. I bet no one has. ANYONE DECENT will check @ least 1 source below in ea. of the allegations.

Jordie Chandler allegation which was settled:

1. “Was Michael Jackson Framed? The Untold Story,” Mary A. Fischer, GQ, October 1994, buttonmonkey(dot)com;
2. “Bury the Never Ending Myth of Jackson as Child Molester,” Earl Ofari Hutchison, July 8, 2009, huffingtonpost;
3. Redemption by Geraldine Hughes, legal secretary for Barry Rothman, Dr. Chandler’s lawyer, who witnessed the set-up.

Gavin Arviso trial, JACKSON ACQUITTED ON ALL COUNTS:

4. Michael Jackson Conspiracy, Aphrodite Jones.
5. Michael Jackson: The Untold Story of Neverland (DVD) by Larry Nimmer (some excerpts on YouTube).
6. On Michael Jackson by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for NY Times Margo Jefferson.

I know because I’ve been there. I was too afraid of the HUGE learning curve and the amount of time I expected it would take to overcome it. Instead I kept looking for an easy answer and wasted more time than it would have taken to actually develop the skills I needed.

I had to have a heart to heart with my man in the mirror and finally learn how to make money online for myself. I had to accept responsibility for my own success.

However, on the other side of the coin, it’s too bad Michael Jackson didn’t take this same advice and take responsibility for his own life. It’s not surprising though, since these were not his words since he didn’t write the song. He only performed. Sadly his life offstage was not performed as well as his life onstage.

In most cases, failure really is the start of success and succeeding at anything really is so much about confidence and attitude. I’m no smarter than the average person and I definitely don’t have any more education than the average person (no college at all,) but I’m able to provide very well for my family simply because I decided I was going to make my living online and I never gave up even after failing over and over and over. And I still fail at things in my business…

Thanks for the plug and the great tips, Mark.

You can’t complain about your business if your not willing to fix it

I find that a lot of people don’t take responsiblity for themselves and their business, and waste time pointing fingers and complaining instead of doing something to better their situation. It’s sad really, and unfortunately, those types of people will never see success because their too busy hiding behind their complaints to make any real changes.

Melissa

P.S. I spotted your button for Josh’s link building report, so it looks like I’ll be picking up a copy of that 🙂