In advance of our interview with Ceddy J coming this Saturday and his Show tonight we are reposting my first radio show spot with Ceddy J discussing “the Gold standard.”
Physical wealth and cash are the talk points.
Give it a listen and enjoy folks.
#thriveorsurvive.
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#TrendingTopicThursday – #GoldStandard with @Tonecash 03/22 by Life After Dusk Live | Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ceddyj/2012/03/23/trendingtopicthursday–goldstandard-with-tonecash
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Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness. – Jim Rohn
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Innovation is the new Procrastination.
Yup. You read that right. I had a busy day and I stumbled upon some true greatness.
In business as in life you have to make moves. You have to make decisions fast when necessary and be prudent always. Gutsy moves are useful as well- but innovation trumps almost anything.
-By innovating you create a wealth stream that you weren’t expecting as people weren’t doing what you are. And this also gives you an advantage as you get there first. Now you may not be first per say but your innovation will be. The man who invented the paper clip got one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
The man who improved upon it got five hundred thousand ($500,000.00). So as we can see from this true story the money and success can be found through innovation.
-By innovating you create a solution that wasn’t there. You create an answer that people are looking for. An answer that is needed. I saw an auto show and they needed a piece of body trim for some Eleanor Mustang remakes. They went nuts! This small oversight now needed molds to be fabricated, specs, die-cast metal molds and then approval and manufacturing time. One of the major players said why don’t we put a piece of sheet metal on that we can cut right now? And we can also make it optional so as to appeal to a broader market and raise more money in sales. Genius right?! He solved the problem, made more sales appeal, and made a marketing move possible all with a piece of metal! This guy didn’t look at the problem. He looked at the solution needed and innovated in real world time. Profits grew at a minimum of cost. Sales could increase easily now as well. At every point in his choice/idea there was innovation that solved problems and created wealth. Sounds ideal doesn’t it?
-One more example to paint the picture:
So my parents bought a new pool for the backyard and needed help getting the assembly completed. And as the male heir I rise to the occasion as I think all sons should ( ladies you can too, just speaking for my gender). In the final leg of assembly I notice a cove was created by pre-cut foam pieces to give the edge a shape. I was amazed by this, and here’s why:
– pool cover: pre-cut for clients is a seventy dollar add on ($70.00). Even at a thirty dollar ($30.00) cost per set there is still a forty dollar ($40.00) profit per set. This means that for every thousand (1000) sets ,they make more money than on pools by a small margin of cost. They can even outsource this task and reduce cost by ten percent and still win. Also they don’t have to sell more pools to increase profits. The added cove is desirable as well as cost efficient which will mean that for a majority of sales they increase profit margins every time. This is an example of pure innovation. It shows how we can not only survive but thrive as businessmen (Hint, hint- #thriveorsurvive). Remember this one cove set costs them pennies but makes seventy thousand dollars ($70,000.00) given the earlier example. So innovation doesn’t just save time or money. It makes you money when properly applied.
-Small ticket item making big profits.
Just to rehash- small ticket items are pure profit. When you convert a if to a yes you win and when you can add on even one dollar you are even better off.
-Labor can be subcontracted.
Yup, that’s right. You don’t have to lack infrastructure to subcontract. I’d its easier and lower cost than get it done asap. Time waits for no man so tap into your network and utilize resources.
“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.” Frank Capra
#thriveorsurvive.
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Muscle requires fuel.
Now my regular readers and fans know that I’m a gym rat and book worm. I take pleasure in the few things that not only make me better but are fun.
So with no further ado:
-Muscle requires fuel/
Success requires efforts-
These two points are synonymous. In bodybuilding you have to go hard to gain mass. However what people forget or don’t know is that you have to feed the muscle as well. And not just three meals but eight. That’s right- you have to eat, eat, and eat to get your body to not just grow but maintain and or expand. Muscle is a leech on the body. It will take all you have and scream for more. Your body needs so much water I’d bet my readers are dehydrated. Now imagine trying to be Jay Cutler, Phil Heath, Arnold, or Vic Martinez. Your need to give more to achieve. And its the same in business. The more you give the more you get. Fuel makes growth. Growth leads to success. Success in turn leads to wealth. And I’m sure we all agree that these are amiable and desirable goals for any and every businessman.
-You have to feed your business.
Your business can’t grow without food and or sacrifice. Your business will be nothing if it can’t grow. And anything that grows must be fed. Feed your business for results. Starve it for your day job to be your boss.
-You have to feed your mind.
If you are the boss, the leader, the CEO, or head honcho- If your mind is empty so is your wallet, payroll, and business cycle. You, no we have to work daily if not hourly to make ourselves better. Think Micheal Jordan only shot hoops? Think Bobby Fischer only played chess? Think again. Growth comes with work and feeding. Feed your mind and you will lead your team and have faster conversions. Why fail when growing you will take you places?…
-You have to feed your clients.
Clients want new product. They want change. They want new. If you won’t or can’t give them that than expect a smaller revenue base and short lived fame. Sorry but these are the people who spend the money. The people who support you day in and day out. The very people you need want you to succeed. Give them and they will return the favor.
-You have to feed your team.
You’re not a leader if your team is failing.
Leadership is about growing and showing your team the light in a business world that is in darkness. What I wrote above-apply but more vehemently. As your team grows, not in numbers but intellect, methods, and rebuttals- you will all win.
-Growth.
A recap of sorts but growth is life.
You can’t get better if you don’t grow.
Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn’t reign if he didn’t grow. Body building, wealth building, and personal success all require that you grow. So will you stutter step or grow?
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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
– Winston Churchill
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Innovation is the new Procrastination.
Yup. You read that right. I had a busy day and I stumbled upon some true greatness.
In business as in life you have to make moves. You have to make decisions fast when necessary and be prudent always. Gutsy moves are useful as well- but innovation trumps almost anything.
-By innovating you create a wealth stream that you weren’t expecting as people weren’t doing what you are. And this also gives you an advantage as you get there first. Now you may not be first per say but your innovation will be. The man who invented the paper clip got one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
The man who improved upon it got five hundred thousand ($500,000.00). So as we can see from this true story the money and success can be found through innovation.
-By innovating you create a solution that wasn’t there. You create an answer that people are looking for. An answer that is needed. I saw an auto show and they needed a piece of body trim for some Eleanor Mustang remakes. They went nuts! This small oversight now needed molds to be fabricated, specs, die-cast metal molds and then approval and manufacturing time. One of the major players said why don’t we put a piece of sheet metal on that we can cut right now? And we can also make it optional so as to appeal to a broader market and raise more money in sales. Genius right?! He solved the problem, made more sales appeal, and made a marketing move possible all with a piece of metal! This guy didn’t look at the problem. He looked at the solution needed and innovated in real world time. Profits grew at a minimum of cost. Sales could increase easily now as well. At every point in his choice/idea there was innovation that solved problems and created wealth. Sounds ideal doesn’t it?
-One more example to paint the picture:
So my parents bought a new pool for the backyard and needed help getting the assembly completed. And as the male heir I rise to the occasion as I think all sons should ( ladies you can too, just speaking for my gender). In the final leg of assembly I notice a cove was created by pre-cut foam pieces to give the edge a shape. I was amazed by this, and here’s why:
– pool cover: pre-cut for clients is a seventy dollar add on ($70.00). Even at a thirty dollar ($30.00) cost per set there is still a forty dollar ($40.00) profit per set. This means that for every thousand (1000) sets ,they make more money than on pools by a small margin of cost. They can even outsource this task and reduce cost by ten percent and still win. Also they don’t have to sell more pools to increase profits. The added cove is desirable as well as cost efficient which will mean that for a majority of sales they increase profit margins every time. This is an example of pure innovation. It shows how we can not only survive but thrive as businessmen (Hint, hint- #thriveorsurvive). Remember this one cove set costs them pennies but makes seventy thousand dollars ($70,000.00) given the earlier example. So innovation doesn’t just save time or money. It makes you money when properly applied.
-Small ticket item making big profits.
Just to rehash- small ticket items are pure profit. When you convert a if to a yes you win and when you can add on even one dollar you are even better off.
-Labor can be subcontracted.
Yup, that’s right. You don’t have to lack infrastructure to subcontract. I’d its easier and lower cost than get it done asap. Time waits for no man so tap into your network and utilize resources.
“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.” Frank Capra
#thriveorsurvive.
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Questions? Think I’m wrong?
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There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
Peter Drucker
Today’s article is going to be random in its cohesiveness but bear with me- it will be cogent by its end.
-What is your mindset?
What is it that you have told yourself you will do? What path have you created for yourself to follow? You see the mind will do what you tell it. And if you supply your mid with a simple concept, a seed idea- it will do the rest. We as entrepreneurs have to learn to keep to the basics. Merely getting the idea in your mind so it is deeply rooted and doing this three to five times a day will cause a tremendous mindset shift. This shift will move you from dreaming about success and wealth to having a wealth of success.
-Are you consistent in your actions? (Not just your speech)
This is a key concept a lot of people gloss over or outright ignore while paying lip service to the concept. Everyday we must do it all. WE must achieve. And the greatest step after mindset creation is consistency. By consistently acting in a manner that exudes business people will come for the ride. When people see that you are the same day in and day out. They will want to be with you. When they know that your actions speak louder than your words, and that the two match- then you will have true success. And I am not speaking of a few quick sales, or some opt-ins for a few weeks. No. I’m talking repetitive sales.
Repetitive growth.
Residual income.
Success.
-Don’t reinvent the wheel.
A lot of times the path before us is ready and right in front of us. If you have joined a team
And the leader/organizer has a blueprint for success- do it their way. Now I know from experience that not all uplines are created equal. And I know that some have no clue what’s going on in today’s marketing world. In fact they may even be half wrong.
But are they producing?
You joined right so it must work. Sorry to say it so crass but its that simple folks.
A mentor in a venture I left consistently does close to a quarter million dollars a year.
For about twenty years.
Recap:
$250,000.00 a year for 20 years.
Total:
Five million dollars aka $5,000,000.00.
His son does a million a year.
I’ll stop the dog and pony show now. Yet if we look at his results and the results of his son we see that the system works when you work it. I made a good profit before I left.
And it was simply from doing what he said. He said hit the ground running.
Act with urgency.
Make lists.
Do self improvement.
And I did everything he said. And it worked. Quickly too. And the only things I did were what he suggested. Heck!, I skipped a few steps thinking I was smart and still made money. Let’s imagine if I had not reinvented the wheel and just followed through one hundred percent…
-Follow through.
That’s it. No long diatribe. No fancy speech. Follow through. In golf it may define your swing. In love it is its definition. In life it is everything. When you don’t finish what you start you are almost worthless. Its equivalent to quitting. And if that’s you- quit the race.
And if its not- you will succeed.
And if it is and you want to change it- I’m here. Let’s win together.
I’ll show you a few tools and some cool concepts- most of which you can implement free. Let’s do it folks.
#thriveorsurvive.
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. – Napoleon Hill
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Today’s article is going to be random in its cohesiveness but bear with me- it will be cogent by its end.
-What is your mindset?
What is it that you have told yourself you will do? What path have you created for yourself to follow? You see the mind will do what you tell it. And if you supply your mid with a simple concept, a seed idea- it will do the rest. We as entrepreneurs have to learn to keep to the basics. Merely getting the idea in your mind so it is deeply rooted and doing this three to five times a day will cause a tremendous mindset shift. This shift will move you from dreaming about success and wealth to having a wealth of success.
-Are you consistent in your actions? (Not just your speech)
This is a key concept a lot of people gloss over or outright ignore while paying lip service to the concept. Everyday we must do it all. WE must achieve. And the greatest step after mindset creation is consistency. By consistently acting in a manner that exudes business people will come for the ride. When people see that you are the same day in and day out. They will want to be with you. When they know that your actions speak louder than your words, and that the two match- then you will have true success. And I am not speaking of a few quick sales, or some opt-ins for a few weeks. No. I’m talking repetitive sales.
Repetitive growth.
Residual income.
Success.
-Don’t reinvent the wheel.
A lot of times the path before us is ready and right in front of us. If you have joined a team
And the leader/organizer has a blueprint for success- do it their way. Now I know from experience that not all uplines are created equal. And I know that some have no clue what’s going on in today’s marketing world. In fact they may even be half wrong.
But are they producing?
You joined right so it must work. Sorry to say it so crass but its that simple folks.
A mentor in a venture I left consistently does close to a quarter million dollars a year.
For about twenty years.
Recap:
$250,000.00 a year for 20 years.
Total:
Five million dollars aka $5,000,000.00.
His son does a million a year.
I’ll stop the dog and pony show now. Yet if we look at his results and the results of his son we see that the system works when you work it. I made a good profit before I left.
And it was simply from doing what he said. He said hit the ground running.
Act with urgency.
Make lists.
Do self improvement.
And I did everything he said. And it worked. Quickly too. And the only things I did were what he suggested. Heck!, I skipped a few steps thinking I was smart and still made money. Let’s imagine if I had not reinvented the wheel and just followed through one hundred percent…
-Follow through.
That’s it. No long diatribe. No fancy speech. Follow through. In golf it may define your swing. In love it is its definition. In life it is everything. When you don’t finish what you start you are almost worthless. Its equivalent to quitting. And if that’s you- quit the race.
And if its not- you will succeed.
And if it is and you want to change it- I’m here. Let’s win together.
I’ll show you a few tools and some cool concepts- most of which you can implement free. Let’s do it folks.
#thriveorsurvive.
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. – Napoleon Hill
Thoughts? Concerns?
Questions? Think I’m wrong?
Let’s chat.
Need ideas?
Want to learn how to invite?
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Exclusive interview with Basquiat.
First in a series spotlighting emerging entrepreneurs and businessmen.
With no further ado:
-Where you from?
I am from Dyckman, but I was also raised in Harlem for a good portion of my life. So more than anything I would have to represent both as being the places that influenced my upbringing.
-Age?
30 years old.
-How did you get in the game?
Getting into writing and media was sort of like happen stance. I’ve always been able to write and am pretty proficient at communicating and articulating myself. I was introduced to the writing and blogging game by a very good friend of mine, CJ, of Lynx Entertainment in London. She kind of inspired me to use my talents. In addition, another close friend of mine was influential in my actual application. He was doing an interview and recalled how often people would tell him that he was capable of more than what he was doing. So I definitely wanna shout out Leeky of TGO.
My brother, and friends were an encouragement as well, making me aware of the fact that I could put my past behind me and achieve some things.
-What made you embrace your position?
The reception that I got. I was afforded an opportunity over at Parle Magazine, and with that came more exposure, with greater feedback. GX Media had a lot to do with it as well. The more that I was around the industry so to say and given opportunities to sharpen my skill I was grateful and tried to make the most of it.
-What keeps you in your position?
More than anything, being humble and always willing to learn. I am a firm believer in supporting people, especially creative people. Those who are from where I’m from, and I don’t mean neighborhood wise; more so, the same obstacles and struggles. I have a profound respect for ambitious people. In addition, I have a great support system, and I was made a promise, as well I made one to reach for the sky’s and stay committed.
-What are your secrets to success?
I don’t really have any secrets. I’ve found a way to follow the blueprint that I saw materialize, and that’s hard work and being opportunistic. Where I’m from we have this paradigm that speaks of being willing to do anything to make it. I have people depending on me, and I have people that I look up to; for those reasons, I have pledged to give 110%.
-What don’t you like in the game?
I don’t like the fact that it’s changing to a point where its not about your character, its about how well someone can use you. More often people are associated with others that they have no reason to respect, and that’s a deadly combination. People re-invent themselves on a daily basis, and others commend them for it. I would say more than anything that is what I hate.
-What do you like in the game?
I like that it breeds opportunity. If you are willing to put the work in you too will reap the benefits. I’m inspired by success, and business-oriented people, regardless of what their craft is. Anyone that is reaching their goals- I take my hat off to them.
-What would you change in the game?
I probably would change the perspectives of those who are running it. I find it perplexing that the same methods that someone will criticize, sometime later you will find them utilizing it. To me that’s counterproductive and indicative of the state that we are in. If there was a way to take each individual on their merit before their buzz, I think there would be some progress- in life, and in the so-called game.
-If I gave you a milli what or whom would you invest in?
I would invest it in my community, the people who I have always looked at as my peers. That’s where karma, and anything else begins. There are some truly talented individuals sitting beside all of us that were never given a chance; focus on that and everything else will take care of itself. Outsourcing is not always the key.
-What sets you apart from the game?
I would have to say that being me sets me apart from others. I am not a follower by any means. I am an individual that gives respect, therefore I feel as though I deserve it all costs. I am me, by any means necessary. Anyone who truly knows me will agree, I’ve never tried to wear someone else’s shoe size. I play the cards I am dealt, and I make the best of that. I put my faith in a higher power and I prioritize working hard to get results, I don’t believe in hand outs.
-What are your thoughts on 360 deals?
I think that 360 deals have a way of holding artists hostage. There was a time when an artist saw light at the end of the tunnel by way of endorsements, and shows, etc now its like Pusha T said “contracts all *expletive* up.” I don’t really know where to point the blame, but I think everyone will agree. At the same time though, all obstacles have a way of making you work harder and by far we can say that there has been opportunity for artists to feed their families, and contribute to the culture which is what its all about.
-What made you love hip hop?
The lyrics. I remember listening to music that expressed what I felt and what I saw around me. I’ve always been a big fan of what you would call reality rap. The music that inspires us, the culture. It shows in the way I carry myself, I am a product of Hip Hop, I am a product of the inner city, the hardships. We all have the same story, and the way we express it, is Hip Hop.
-Who is your fav rapper?
Jay Z.
-Fav lyricist?
Styles P.
-Best person to ever play your position?
Me. But if you mean in terms of on a journalistic note, I’ve looked up to guys like Bonsu Thompson. I remember getting the Source and seeing his name, and aspiring to be exactly that. Also I look up to the brother Sway, I think he is a tremendous journalist. Also Big Tigger had a swag when it came to media, that made me think an average person like myself had a chance.
-Best rapper alive?
Jay Z without a doubt. If not, Nas.
-Advice for my readers?
Stay true to yourself and your dreams. Anything is possible, and that is a fact. Never forget where you came from, and who helped you get where you are today.
-Your definition of success?
Being able to sleep at night knowing that I did the best I could. I am not defined by anything other than the respect that those I truly value, have for me.
-Any projects you’d like to promo?
For sure if you don’t have it already get the Vaygez Blakk project, Dame of the Game Vol 2, Support my family GX MEDIA, and PARLE MAGAZINE; The “Who’s Next” as well as “Book Edition” of Parle are bothing coming out shortly so be n the lookout for that. I have a collaborative piece I am working on which highlights the accomplishments of a tremendously inspiring brother by the name of Frank C.Matthews. Support DJ xxxotic Mami, Queen of the Underground, and Xtreme 104FM. Xtreme Magazine Vol 5 will be out towards the end of July, quite possibly sooner. Welcome to Georgetown, my brother’s project will be out in August, and Down Syndrome as well. Shout to TGO and my brother Bam as well with GlobeStarz management, and Grade A Hip Hop. Thank you to Dyckman, Amsterdam Ave, and The Block (7th to 8th).
I also want to take a moment to thank the brother Tone Cash, an extremely talented and positive brother for giving me this opportunity. Continue support him and his brand, as we all will undoubtedly find success in supporting each other and working together more easily than disengaging.
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