tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:19:43 +0000bus home kids familycomics retail online marketing "comic books" "how to"computersmlm network marketing matrix zriispousesupportunder the rainbow snow day movieswifeScott Fain. Husband. Father. Entrepreneur.http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-6193437587313347821Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:26:00 +00002010-02-22T16:26:01.685-08:00I am a Star Wars fan. I love the original trilogy. I love the novels. What I do not care for is the Pre-Quels, Episodes I, II, & III. Especially Episodes I and II.I can't stand them, and I could never fully explain why I couldn't stand them to other people until I discovered this great little youtube series on the Phantom Menace.Enjoy.http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2010/02/star-wars-phantom-menaceyou-have-been.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-9096913904940433490Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:35:00 +00002010-02-22T07:35:24.876-08:00I received a wonderful message this morning from a friend of mine, a very talented  success coach. I thought I would share her strong words with you...Thanks Yolanda. GUIDELINES TO MAKE THE SHIFT Develop accurate self awareness.  Know your strengths and weaknesses we all have them.Develop an accurate self concept.  Know you limitations and be honest with yourself.Be HONEST.Make http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2010/02/guidelines-to-make-paradigm-shift.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-998884200160137434Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:42:00 +00002010-02-18T19:56:05.281-08:00comics retail online marketing "comic books" "how to"I finally finished writing and putting together my first ebook....Let me just me pause there a second and say "wow". I have been talking about writing books that speak from my experiences for so long, but as many out there know, talking isn't doing. I had a lot of good times when I was retailing comic books, and I learned a great many lessons ,that for me were sometimes expensive. Now I feel a http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2010/02/announcing-my-first-ebook-about-comic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-8822127408303942983Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:07:00 +00002010-02-10T12:07:12.075-08:00under the rainbow snow day moviesIf you are not in the Washington DC area right now, you may be unaware of the mountain of snow that we had dropped on us in the last couple weeks. Anyone saying that climate change is a "myth" needs only watch the news footage of usually moderate winter Virginia buried in snow.  One of the things that inevitably happens when you are forced to spend time in the house, aside from catching up http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2010/02/bad-snow-day-movies-avoid-at-all-costs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-2793568343476233326Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:45:00 +00002010-02-03T19:45:45.745-08:00I know this movie is a few years old but you can't deny the power of this speech.http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-inspiration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-941719180911805314Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +00002010-02-03T14:00:54.196-08:00When I was building another business a few years back I became a student of network marketing. I watched videos, listened to tapes, and read books galore on how to grow a business and one of the concepts that they bandied around was "Massive Action." Massive Action is this state of activity where you're supposed to just go balls to the wall prospecting, exposing, etc. and if your action is http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2010/02/massive-action-more-than-just-buzz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-7675109150922620330Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:23:00 +00002010-01-22T07:23:49.869-08:00Today is the day when my daughter goes to day care for a few hours in the morning. My sons are in school all day and for these three days a week my daughter joins them in her quest for education outside the house. Being a stay at home dad and a home business builder can be trying at times to separate "work time" from "family time" but when everyone is gone it becomes clear what you should be http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2010/01/alone-at-last.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-9183017886952871406Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:45:00 +00002010-01-12T09:45:38.609-08:00I came dangerously close to the edge yesterday. That part of yourself that begins to doubt that you're making progress. The part that starts to secretly look for the next thing that will get you back the excitement you had when you started your present project. I walked right up to the edge of that and turned around.  I have never felt so good in all my life. I've had some successes and http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2010/01/yesterday-i-made-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-787564390809959323Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:26:00 +00002010-01-05T12:26:14.516-08:00 I love Sunrises. I love the way the darkness slowly falls away from the earth and the sun approaches like a shining yellow beacon from the east. It makes me feel like anything is possible. With the birth of each new day something wonderful can happen. It makes me feel like I can make something wonderful happen today. I just love the sunrise. My biggest challenge for the rest of the day, after http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-8661038629948129116Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:17:00 +00002009-12-19T15:41:26.532-08:00I woke this morning to the site of my neighborhood covered in nearly a foot of snow. Now if I was still back in Warren Michigan, I would think nothing of it, but having moved to what I thought was a more southern climate in Virginia, I was a little taken aback. Then a little while ago I got a call from my upline about a new push we have going on for people interested in making $13,000 in the http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/12/snow-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-4157422571990129910Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:02:00 +00002009-12-14T11:02:33.089-08:00I've decided to spend a portion of my time prospecting by cold calling. A daunting task to some, but after spending the last 2 months building a more passive prospecting method, ie. bringing people to me, I wanted to try something a bit more active. A friend of mine compared the activity to Hunting for new partners versus Farming them, which is what I was doing. There's nothing wrong in either http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-perfect-state-of-mind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-3062003716368761676Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:50:00 +00002009-12-05T14:50:21.144-08:00http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/12/why-ask-why-determing-your-motivations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-2845101872901840162Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:52:00 +00002009-12-02T08:52:10.541-08:00I was reminded today of the great time I used to have back when I owned an online shop. Part of the fun for me was collecting new product at discounts online. (FYI I owned a comic book shop) That being said I got into a great conversation with an attractive young lady, and she mentioned that she was in an online buying frenzy due to the holiday. She had complained about losing a number of bids http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/12/ebay-auction-sniping-hunting-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-7542358007326731837Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:11:00 +00002009-12-01T10:11:04.492-08:00http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-new-inspirational-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-1645841907654945303Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:51:00 +00002009-11-18T07:51:06.185-08:00I get into this frame of mind sometimes where I find it more challenging to see the great things I do. I get into my head about the things I didn't do, or if I spent enough time working on something, and start to feel like I'm slacking off or something. Happened for a little while last night until I remembered to celebrate all the things I did accomplish yesterday. -I woke up alive, always a http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/11/celebrate-all-you-do-big-and-small.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-6916824091610407697Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:41:00 +00002009-11-11T12:41:08.744-08:00 http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/11/nutriiveda-weight-management-product.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-8280463635098925418Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:26:00 +00002009-11-11T12:26:24.282-08:00As I went to put my 4 year old Lena into the car after day care, she asked me for a piece of candy. I take that back, she smiled and put on her sweetest voice, batted her eyelashes and made me see how giving her a piece of candy would be the best decision I would make that day. As she stretched the word "Pleeease" like taffy, I was just amazed by her ability to use what tools she has to make http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/11/best-sales-person-under-3-feet-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-649646773895279964Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:10:00 +00002009-11-11T12:11:55.263-08:00I just watched the original Clash of the Titans film this weekend and I have to say it still holds up. Now after having just watched the trailer for the new movie all I can say is "wow." I'm a fan of action, but I hope they manage to keep an interesting story underneath. Nothing sucks more than watching a great looking movie, with tons of action, and terrible dialogue, and sorry character http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/11/clash-of-titans-again-okay-im-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-333976769893350278Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:37:00 +00002009-11-10T09:37:35.457-08:00I've spent the last couple weeks listening to this wonderful woman show me how to live a more productive and happy life, while on my morning walk. Louise Hay, a celebrated author of several positive affirmation and self-help books is someone to behold. Her main premise is that all that you have in your life, good or bad comes from your own thoughts. If you focus and think only of lack and beinghttp://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/11/review-of-you-can-heal-your-life-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-5331726201573259283Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:29:00 +00002009-11-09T08:29:08.959-08:00One of the most frequent reasons I hear, as I contact some of my more entrepreneurial friends and colleagues about Network Marketing is that they don't like the idea that someone else owns the product. Or they like the idea of creating their own brand and selling it themselves. Now by itself I find that argument perfectly fine. However its not a valid argument against MLM. When I first started http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-not-about-companyits-about-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-7802952556538220448Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:38:00 +00002009-11-05T11:38:09.456-08:00mlm network marketing matrix zriiI was just reminded of something about network marketing, and presenting an opportunity in general that has taken a moment to sink in, but makes perfect sense in retrospect. In my excitement over a new venture, as most will probably attest, when I tell a friend about what I'm doing I tend to go on information overload. Trying desperately to impart not only the details of my new business, but http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/11/talking-too-much-in-nm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-2260674364564156388Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:48:00 +00002009-11-04T07:48:36.523-08:00I have been working very hard lately. I know that I've been working hard because I actually feel like I've been working hard. I say this because for the longest time, especially after I had to close down my retail shop I  felt like I should be working harder, but I wasn't...I was depressed. My wife could see it, but I couldn't or rather I didn't want to. After all my failures and false http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/11/working-hard-for-rock-star-status.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-4796385819556682712Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:41:00 +00002009-10-28T07:41:27.705-07:00I don't know this from experience, but I've watched enough "special" episodes of TV sitcoms, and poignant dramas to know that drug addicts have a hard time gaining the trust of their friends and family. Perhaps due to some drug induced thievery, or some harsh words that can't be taken back? That said, I have never even used drugs...illegal drugs. Never stolen from my family or friends. I've http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/10/mlm-and-familywhy-do-they-treat-me-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-8800306862141892310Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:38:00 +00002009-10-27T10:38:07.487-07:00I have been away from writing this blog for a few weeks while I took a breath and reassessed my situation. I decided that I would slightly alter the direction of this blog to more reflect my journey up the ladder as a Home Based Business builder and how that affects my family. I'll sometimes post good information, personal stories, and yes I will shamelessly promote my business. Note: I will behttp://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/10/can-you-feel-brand-new-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860785737379029500.post-1675704535193972170Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:54:00 +00002009-10-01T08:54:54.783-07:00I'm a huge fan of good writing. From novels, comics, TV, and movies, I'm just a big fan of the writer. I was trying to find something on the cable for my daughter to watch this morning and I came across soem good writing in the most unlikely place.It was a description of Spongebob Squarepants. If you don't know most times when the cable guide doesn't have specifics about a particular episode of http://blackathomepapa.blogspot.com/2009/09/good-writing-excellent-message.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0