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A lil somethin from me to you
Those individuals who do not have a high school diploma or GED and wish to get one…..I encourage you to do so ASAP. Take advantage of the resources while they are available to you. The GED state exam is free. It has come to my attention that in the near future the GED state exam will be changed, totally revamped and you will have to pay for it. In other words it would be 10 times more difficult to take this exam and pass it. Do not procrastinate act NOW.
Knowledge is power…no seriously, it really is.
7 Tips to Handle a Part Time Start Up.
No prologue today people- straight to the meat. (Sorry vegans.)
1-Make a schedule and stick to it.
We all need a routine. Its a simple thing and most of us just assume going to work, then home, and errands in between is our routine. Wrong! Your routine is what you decide it consists of. I read early in the morning, check emails and then shower et al. After that breakfast and work. Then its home to change for gym. After gym I get dinner then prepare my next day. Lastly I write my articles before bed as I get a creative jones then. Find yours.
2-Do your research.
Know what you’re getting into. The time constraints, the costs, the locale- everything. In business what you don’t know can hurt you.
3-Find a balance.
Life can’t be all work and no play. And this is where scheduling comes in to play. Set aside time for work, your business, sleep, exercise, personal growth and sleep. Can’t find eight hours in a day for rest- think about why. And remember television is your enemy nine out of ten times.
4-Be patient.
Success can be slow. Like chasing down the love of your life. Put in the hours, keep positive and wait for the results. You will succeed if you are patient. Most people quit too soon. They stop a foot short of a diamond field while mining. Or they attempt to recruit everyone they know but two people. And those two that in their mind are solid NOs have the fastest growth. Also approach is key here. Don’t rush people don’t be rude and don’t be cynical. Patience can open a million doors. A simple rule I remember to use is ‘money comes with math and emotions’. And both take time!
5-Bank your profits.
Want to quit your job?
Hate doing sixty hours to your business and thirty five or more to someone else’s?
Remove your profits from your accounts. EVERY SINGLE CENT should go to an account you can’t cash out easily. These profits are not only your future, they are your freedom. Also each dollar that is accruing interest for you is like a little soldier building your fortress of wealth (Superman aint have one of those did he?).
6-Set flexible goals.
Don’t overburden yourself by making what isn’t feasible what you aim to attain. Simple and easy to do. Set small goals. Let those goals be what you can do. Once you obtain these goals you will not only build your confidence but you will have a chain of victories to show others and prove you can build, lead, and most importantly- DELIVER.
7-Take yourself seriously.
Hey folks if you don’t take you seriously I won’t. And neither will John Q public. Have a belief. Have a sense of being the winner. Know you are the best. Cultivate that mind set and remember always- Act As If. Simply put you must project success to succeed.
If you don’t believe you will win why should I? Why should anyone? What you deem factual is! So be the real deal.
#thriveorsurvive
“Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“We need ‘Strength’ while doing the Possible….
But….
We need ‘Faith’ along with ‘Strength’ while doing the Impossible.”
#thriveorsurvive.
Good morning.
“We need ‘Strength’ while doing the Possible….
But….
We need ‘Faith’ along with ‘Strength’ while doing the Impossible.”
#thriveorsurvive.
Good morning.
Be a Market Maker.
So I came across an interesting article that spoke on the global garage sale.
And in it everyone fit one category based on behavior. Now that wasn’t what got me. What intrigued this entrepreneur was simply that some of us are in a class to lose. That’s right. Your class in this hierarchy may equate to failure or simply a lower status. Now I don’t mean you’re a nobody. What I’m saying is simply that the top is always better than the bottom.
The four types you might fit into are:
The Market Maker
The Fully employed
The Strugglers.
The Bitter bottom.
-The market maker sets the tone. They create the trends and are not only a step ahead but stand to profit the most. They stay ahead of the curve and dictate their terms. This is ideal. It is ultimately where we all aim to be if we want true freedom.
-The fully employed have control of their purse strings. For the most part they can semi- level the playing field and make sure they aren’t rooked. Aka- taken advantage of. They have enough cash flow not to be desperate and enough to beat out the competitors. It is for most an enviable position but in the grand scheme of things I’d say they are closer to paupers than even they realize. You see when you are doing well many people take their eye off the ball. And one calamity is enough to swoop in and cause a life change that they can’t recover from. Something like ninety percent (90%) of Americans are one (1) health-care crisis away from fiscal insolvency. Scary fact right? The sad thing is most people aren’t even aware of this fact. A sadder fact is that most people will succumb to these numbers soon.
Not sure this is where we belong my friends.
-The strugglers are the group of people who are even closer to losing then they will admit. These are the unemployed or underemployed of our great nation. They aren’t lazy or under educated or even lacking skills. They simply are so far back that their skills mean almost nothing. They barely make it check to check and are generally forced to over extend themselves to obtain even the simplest pleasures. They have to pay thirty to fifty percent higher interest just to get in the door for air conditioners, cars and so on. And we all know what 90 credit points can mean on a mortgage: 100,000 dollars over the life of that loan. Yes- one hundred thousand dollars. And that same statistic will apply to all of their purchases if they can make any beyond food and electricity.
-The bitter bottom are those who require the most assistance generally speaking and have the least time and or ability to contribute to costs, and cover their own expenses. For all intents and purposes of this article they can be labeled indigent. They require more help than any other dynamic and require help that they can’t afford, pay for or contribute towards via taxes. Now we aren’t knocking this group or the previous one. I’m merely illustrating the three groups that we all fall in to.
Now at some point we have to literally choose our direction. If you are simply content at your level you will either sustain at said level or sink to a lower one. we all need to rise to the next plateau and then surpass said plateau as well. Life is nothing more than simple challenges and tasks that we must move through and past. I’ve outlined the four basic groups. Now you must ascertain your group and then determine if that is suitable. If not let’s find a way to get you past that point. Even at the top we have to succeed. And we have to thrive. Life is not simply for surviving. It is for making it to the top and then giving back.
Get your mind in gear.
Decide your goal.
Then take the necessary steps to be more than you thought you could.
Seize your existence.
Exceed expectations.
#thriveorsurvive.
“Pain pushes you until a vision pulls you” – Michael Beckwith
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Apologies.
I’ve been moving my home address and place of business this week so I didn’t complete any articles I’ve started. But I’ve got a great one coming before twelve tonight.
In addition I had to help install a poll and that inspired a whole new article series in my head.
However have no fears my fellow entrepreneurs- your favorite success and finance fanatic is back.
Thanks for your time and GOD bless!!!
Good is the enemy of great.
(Hat tip to KayK).
Good is the enemy of great.
Wow. That is amazing. I’m not a nut. I’m not stoned people. No I simply stumbled upon the only concept I may ever need to motivate myself.
In life you can be good and it might get you to second place. That’s cool. But like Bruce Jenner I aspire for the top. I want to be the king olympiad. The guy who got silver rarely smiles. The guy who got bronze is feeling like the Boss. Why? He can eclipse silver next year. The difference between good and great is the same as first and second. Anyone can be top five, top three. It takes a champion to be first. It takes a champion to get the GOLD. And sadly we aren’t all made to be First place. Wait, I recant that statement. We aren’t all made to be first. To be Gold. And that is OK. What I simply encourage we all do is aim to be the best. If your goals are small so shall your results be. If your dreams are small you likewise will achieve just about nothing. Now if your needs are small, by all means do you my friends. Yet no one wins when you don’t aim for greatness. Your playing small will not honor your ancestors or be the proper action for the globe as a whole.
Good. Sounds well, good enough. That reminds me of second place which in my world is the second loser. You heard me people. Second place is the first loser.
What would ever be cool in failure. Sorry olympians- but you know you didn’t go for the silver. When I order steak I don’t want the sides. I want the steak. The sides are a bonus. And also good enough sucks. Sorry if that’s abrasive but its honest. Giving your best is acceptable. Good enough isn’t. And as such good can abjectly be said to equate failure when considered in comparison to great.
Let’s review:
Good: satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree.
Great: unusual or considerable in degree, power, intensity.
When we look at these definitions from Dictionary.com we see something startling. Its appears to indicate that there is an A student and a C student to put it simply. Now both students get the job done, they both pass muster. However one is a champion and one simply had completion on the play. A lot of NFL players make touchdowns and game winning plays, but every year there is only one superbowl winner. The second place guy was good- Real Good. However they weren’t great. That’s the difference in success. You can sell a few ppl, sign up a few more. The Greats though close massively.
Its time to be Great people.
Are you committed to the extra mile?
Will you exceed even your own expectations?
Forget Superman. Be the hero in your story.
#thriveorsurvive.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
-M. GANDHI
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The zero budget (start up)
How you say?
The million dollar question. And its never easy. Yet it is doable. We can all attain anything we want if our minds accept that nothing is beyond our reach. I’ll layout some steps here and I welcome you to add to them and educate me. We all win in group discussion.
-Blog
Blogging has taken the world by storm.
It is perhaps the new version of the net. The net proliferated education and skills beyond anyone’s imagination. And some people want you to not get there either. Well too bad for them. Youtube changed an era. And I advice you use it. It ranks 3rd behind only google and facebook on Alexa. So do that people. However today we will discuss blogging. Blogging put customized web and sites in the palm of your hand. You can be anything. Do anything. And it is easy!
Step one- start a blog. It doesn’t have to be the best. Momentum is built by action.
Some concepts now:
*Blog(s) generate results. In most cases though it is passive. Meaning six to nine months for ROI. Yup 6-9 months for a Return On your Investment. So start now! This simple, FREE option can build a world of opportunity for you.
*Blog for cash.
You can literally blog for cash. By providing quality content for others you can garner a paycheck and make yourself look pretty darn good. On average you will do two to three bucks a 500 word article. But if you grind out its there- money for the taking.
This will also build your online reputation aka your rep which means people will know you from a distance. People will see you as quality before your pitch. And there in lies the win. on their dime. Not to say you should abuse the concept- but if you simply make it work everyone wins.
-Barter for more back-linking.
So you are blogging away. And you’re pretty darn successful. So make sure you get the rights to extreme back-linking. Now there is not a big difference in back-linking when you are beginning. Just get it done. Make sure you are getting every possible option for back-linking you can. You back-link for me you force my hand. And the same for every other person you do business with. Money and business require we get everything we are entitled too. So do it folks.
-Get the deadlines done that pay.
Simple. Elegant. To the point. If your venture requires X amount of recruits to lower your cost- why aren’t you doubling that number?
My venture has a Refer Three get Yours Free option. And it is my main goal. Not just to make money but save it. That’s good business. Need in? Make a choice people.
In every option there are points that will dictate your costs and success options. If you don’t commit and make it to level three-
How do you get to level four? Pardon the cheesy video game analogy but I feel my core audience agrees.
-Tax write offs.
Yup. They mean you make money on simply doing the right things. The USA, the IRS both reward small business owners. Why would you NOT accept their grace and good wishes. There are a plethora of tax breaks, deals, and write offs you can use. I’m not an expert so speak to one people. Therein lies the knowledge you need. But I can tell you for a fact that you will save thousands which will make thousands. So that’s a win-win. And at the least you will build a future like I am by writing off dollars for dollars.
(Ask me how)
-Thrive don’t survive.
Always spend less than you make.
This one step enables you to invest in a business.
And this step supersedes indirectly the tax step. It works. When you are smart in this method the dollars you spend are then recouped at tax time.
When you aim to thrive and not survive you are ahead of the curve. We must spend in the right direction. At times college is NOT the answer.
What is the answer is aiming for more. Keeping receipts.
Spending dollars that duplicate.
And if your job pays eight hundred, than you learn to live off of seven hundred.
#thriveorsurvive.
“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.”
-Napoleon Hill
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