Never give up, never surrender!!!

Make sure you learn the lesson from here...

Let me know if you need help to start... I will make sure you will finish!!!

Presidential elections in the US, local elections in Finland...

For my entire adult life, people have lost their minds during every election. I've been through Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush and now Obama. Three democrat and three republican. NONE of them have had an impact on my career, my hopes or my dreams. Cheer for your guy if you want. Feel miserable if your guy loses if you want. Feel elation or despair over the process if you want. No matter who wins in this election, in the end your life will still be in your hands... as it always was.

Eric Worre

I have been thinking the same as Eric about the elections... It really doesn't matter who sits in the office. I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO CONTROLS MY LIFE!!!

Risky is the new safe!!!

Cloning...

"Imagine an executive at American Airlines seeing that monkey training show in Thailand. Can’t you just picture him thinking, 'Hmm…I wonder if we could replace our flight attendants with monkeys?'

"Obviously I’m joking, as flight attendants play an important role in maintaining passenger safety, and I’m writing this from seat 5G of an American 777 right now. But make no mistake: There are millions of jobs that can and probably someday will be performed by monkeys -- or dogs or cats or dolphins. Think about it: we’ve been using camels, horses, and mules as beasts of burden for centuries, so training animals to perform more sophisticated jobs is the natural next step. As new developments expand the number of species with which this is possible, chaos in the workforce will ensue.

"Oh, there will always be jobs for humans. But there will be far fewer of them, and they’ll be quite different that the ones we have now. Some of them will be designing the robots that will replace the humans in their jobs. Some of them will be working at the animal training farms. And some of them will be at the animal cloning farms. Oh, and some will be at the human cloning farms…

"Why will Jones & Sons Hardware on Main Street need to hire any outside employees when Mr. Jones, Sr. can clone all the boys he needs? Why keep paying average employees if you can clone six more of your best one? Why give tenure to a college professor when you can roll a brand new one off the assembly line whenever you need one?

"These developments will create a sea change in every sector of every industry in the world - and every sector of every industry in the off world industries as well. Everything you now know as safe is about to become very risky."

Excerpted from "Risky Is the New Safe"
http://www.randygage.com/riskyisthenewsafe/

Is MLM a Bad Word?

Is MLM a Bad Word? (Forbes)
by Jody Coughlin

Ever been confused about how a “home business” works? Of course you have, so have we. Most people have heard the term MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) and usually at the end of that the word, “scheme” is added – giving the whole business model a bad name. Well…let’s change your negative perception and tell you how your Great Aunt Joan, actually earned that pink Cadillac from Mary Kay! It’s brilliant really…

Not only are “home businesses” or “MLM’s” very interesting, they are successful. Many of the longest standing organizations in this country have this business model. MLM is a marketing strategy in which the sales force is compensated not only for sales they personally generate, but also for the sales of others they recruit, creating a downline of distributors and a hierarchy of multiple levels of compensation. Most commonly, the salespeople are expected to sell products directly to consumers by means of relationship referrals and word of mouth marketing. Sounds legit right – so why the bad press?

Well MLM companies have been a frequent subject of criticism as well as the target of lawsuits. Criticism has focused on their similarity to illegal pyramid schemes (hence the “scheme” reference), price-fixing of products, high initial start-up costs, emphasis on recruitment of lower-tiered salespeople over actual sales, encouraging if not requiring salespeople to purchase and use the company’s products, potential exploitation of personal relationships which are used as new sales and recruiting targets, complex and sometimes exaggerated compensation schemes, and cult-like techniques which some groups use to enhance their members’ enthusiasm and devotion. Eesh!

However, as aforementioned, you may know people that sell products from Mary Kay, Avon, Advocare, Tupperware and the like. You know people who sell these types of products because they believe in the products and the companies that stand behind them. These companies empower those who sell their products to actually establish their own businesses, selling the products. This is very attractive to many entrepreneurial-minded people who do not want to have a boss watching over them but also want some pre-established structure and support. Most MLM organizations provide a very robust infrastructure and great training as well as impeccable rewards (hello free cars and trips!).

I recently spoke with San Diego based, Vicki Martin, about her experience with Rodan + Fields. Here’s her take on her home business and why the opportunity was so appealing for her and her family, “The decision to join Rodan + Fields Dermatologists came easily. Since 2008 the construction industry [which I was previously in] has been hit hard by our economic downturn and my income has been greatly affected. We were working harder for less like many of our friends. Being part of Rodan + Fields Dermatologists is allowing me to work with highly educated people who share a passion for business and for teamwork. Building a recurring, residual income that grows month over month is going to give my husband and I the peace of mind and financial freedom that is so vitally important to our future. My skin looks better than ever. And, I get to work my job around the rest of my life instead of the other way around.”

So, the next time you meet someone who runs a “home business” or “MLM” give them a high five for taking their career and life into their own hands and becoming an entrepreneur.



(source: Forbes)

Feed your faith...

Setting targets for 2012 has been a focus for many business owners and Individuals over the past few Months. I have watched myself sitting on the fence, not getting caught up in the frenzy of activity, but still being totally willing for this year to be my boldest and most brilliant yet!

What has stopped me from making detailed plans is the sense of conclusion and limitation that comes with defining an outcome? - Fear -

I have a sense that so much is possible beyond what I am aware of right now, and if I make plans and follow them blindly, I risk not allowing the true possibilities for boldness and brilliance to show up in my businesses.

So for the next 2 and a half months I have set a goal. A major goal. 5 people will have the opportunity to create a life long residual income. 

If money was not an option, what would you life look like?

Most people believe that if they can't "afford" their dreams now, they have to shrink them.

In reality, they have these two options:

1. Shrink their dreams, or
2. Increase their income

Art Jonak and Mike Potillo discuss how to use your bigger dreams as a tool to grow your income.

So what would you do with your dreams in one circle and your income in another, smaller one? You are not supposed to shrink your dreams but increase your income. Something spectacular as you deserve the best in life so you are not supposed to shrink your dreams. Increase your income!

I have a dream...

I have a dream, a song to sing 
To help me cope with anything 
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale 
You can take the future even if you fail 
I believe in angels 
Something good in everything I see 
I believe in angels 
When I know the time is right for me 
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream 

I have a dream, a fantasy 
To help me through reality 
And my destination makes it worth the while 
Pushing through the darkness still another mile 
I believe in angels 
Something good in everything I see 
I believe in angels 
When I know the time is right for me 
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream 
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream 

I have a dream, a song to sing 
To help me cope with anything 
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale 
You can take the future even if you fail 
I believe in angels 
Something good in everything I see 
I believe in angels 
When I know the time is right for me 
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream 
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream 

These are the words of a very famous song more than a few years ago but, like many old sayings, they are still valid. Everyone should have a dream. Martin Luther King had a dream which he spoke out. Some parts of the world his dream has come to reality. Unfortunately, he is not here to see it. Somewhere else we still have a lot to achieve. If he didn't speak out his dream, it did not happen. Or if you believe in angels who look after you, they are there to protect you. You have to believe in your dream and it will come through. When you believe in your dream, every day you are one step closer to your dream. Make sure your dream is specific, measurable, achievable. realistic and time limited. The acronym is SMART. This way you know exactly what you are getting and when! The dream will realise when you know what you are getting...

This is my dream car. I will get it for next summer from Inchcape Espoo where I test drove it earlier this year. It will be Eclipse black (because of coffee...) EcoChic version... 403hp. Full specs as the EcoChic is. All have been decided already. This keeps my short term goals sorted. My medium term goal is to buy my own house and I have decided what house it is but I will not reveal that yet. Also it needs to be renovated to my needs, of course. My long term goal is to provide my pension and pension for my daughter. All this will be provided from my own work. Nobody else is going to work for it, I will not get any heritance or outside feed to this. All what I am going to get from others is the help to gain more knowledge, relevant knowledge, of course, regardless of where and how...
So what is your dream? I challenge you to write it out... When you are ready, share it out with someone. If you start working with me, I will be asking this from you. You will not be forced to reveal it to me but it would be nice to know what I will be helping to achieve. We are going to work together to achieve it. We will achieve it. Period.