Well, here we are again. An amazing 4 years have passed since my whole life changed and I went from being a broke college dropout to making money on the internet.

It’s sort of weird in a way because right now, as I write this, it seems like a LOT longer than 4 years ago. It seems like it’s been about 20 years times. In the last 4 years I’ve helped launched 3 different very successful businesses, I’ve created a program called the BOA Method, I’ve helped create a marketing system called the Infinite Income Plan, and so much more.

I never thought when I was 24, that I’d be doing this at the age of 28. But here I am. And I’m loving it. And like each year I update this, massive change has happened in my life. I no longer work with my old mentor who taught me the ways of the force. She has moved on and I guess we all have.

I used to work with 2 other partners, from the later part of 2008 all the way till the end of 2009. Now, for the first time, I’ve struck out on my own. I do have an offline business I’ve started with a great friend of mine and it’s going ok so far.Still haven’t made our first sale yet, so until that happens you can’t really call it a business lol.

I heard a great quote about that once that basically said:

Until someone makes a sale it’s all overhead.

Great quote in my book.

In some other cool news, I do have a VERY big thing happening for me. I’ll be heading out next week to meet with some people about something that will change my entire life forever. I’ve been working on it since last year and finally it’s coming together. If all goes well, this time next year when I update I’ll be a completely new person.

I wish I could say more, but I can’t just yet. Hang in there.

So, Happy 4th of July! Here are again taking a moment to look to the past and also gazing into the future. May your dreams of freedom come true and may you achieve all your hopes and wishes.

On this day (and everyday) let’s never forget those who sacrificed their lives to give us this freedom…and those who continue to fight for us all.

May God bless us all!

Have a great 2010! (We’re already half way through 2010, can you believe it!!!!)

Best Wishes,

Mike Antoni

PS - I’ve been looking over this site again and I recently had someone comment on how great this blog theme looks. So, I want to take a second and say thanks to an old friend of mine from way back who designed this blog and put it online for me back when I had no idea what I was doing. John - thanks man! This blog still looks modern and fresh even though it’s 4 years old now!

Life isn’t always the wonderful, perfect, lovely, and beautiful world we always hoped for. Sometimes, it’s even better!

Ok, don’t mind my semantical opening. I’m just trying to make a point. You see, the world doesn’t exist without us first recognizing it. Sounds crazy, right?

Let me explain.

The reality we experience is the only reality that exists to us. Mainly that means that we decide how we act and react to situations. You’ve probably heard this before, but no one makes us do anything we don’t want to.

You may recall your parents saying something like “You’re driving me CRAZY!”, but in the end you weren’t the ones driving them crazy. You were acting badly perhaps, but they were the ones making the conscious choice to get upset.

I know what some of you are thinking. Trust me, Mike, I REALLY did drive my parents crazy. Well, maybe that was a bad example.

So, what does all this have to do with staying positive? In its most basic sense, remaining positive is a choice we either make or don’t make. Actually, it’s a choice we have to make.

By choosing to stay positive, you are in effect choosing to see the “lighter” side of life. By choosing to stay negative you are going to always see the bad.

It reminds of an idea I had once. I was going to put together a pessimist club. The problem was, nobody thought it would work out. (boom boom cha)

All joking aside, make a conscious decision today to stay positive and don’t let negative things bother you. Hold strong, and you can accomplish more in your life than you ever thought possible.