Circumstances Reflect Philosophy

In Ayn Rand’s amazing book, “Atlas Shrugged”, which I am reading for the third time, John Galt says that one is “remaking the earth in the image of one’s values”. He shows that the construction of our circumstances is an ongoing process. Our values and beliefs are the result of our philosophy. Your circumstances reflect your philosophy and self-esteem.

The loser in the trailer park didn’t end up there one day, suddenly, buy accident, as if by magic. His philosophy directed his choices, which took him down that road. The winner also built his lifestyle – choice by choice. Millions of volitional choices got both these men to where they are today. There is no mystery.

The Sum Total of Your Choices

Your lifestyle and circumstances are the sum total of the choices you have made in your life. Where you will be in the next few years, and where you will end up, is your choice. You hold your future in your own hands.  Every cent you earn and spend is your choice.

Ask the man in the trailer what he thinks about man’s responsibility, about freedom, the role of government, business, and about “luck”. He will explain his philosophy to you. Look at the books he reads, the places he goes, the things he does, the people he mixes with, what he does with his time, and you will see his philosophy. The same goes for the man who has a good life.

Anyone Can Change

Can the man move out of the trailer park lose weight, and create a life of success and happiness? Of course he can, but his philosophy would have to change. His philosophy makes him happy playing the role of a nicotine-addicted victim. He does what he enjoys doing!

• He prefers the company of drunkards and losers to winners.
• He loves feeling sorry for himself.
• He hates the idea of taking responsibility.
• He doesn’t WANT to change; if he did, he would!

His is a philosophy of collectivism and socialism. He believes the world owes him a living, and he blames his family and the world for the fact that he doesn’t have a nice house like his brother.

We like to believe that people can change, and they can. But we need to understand that most of them WON’T change, because they don’t want to change, and often because they don’t believe they CAN change.

You Can’t Give or Force Change

You can’t solve someone’s financial problems by giving them money; you have to teach them to MAKE their own money.  But you can only do that if they WANT to earn more money themselves. Chances are, they expect someone else to earn it and GIVE it to them – they are parasites.

Change is Simple

If you WANT to change your life, it’s actually simple. Find someone who has what you want, someone who has created a lifestyle that you want for yourself, and then adopt their philosophy.

I personally modeled successful men whom I admired, learned their beliefs and values, and emulated them. I adopted the philosophies of men like Paul J. Meyer, Jim Rohn, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill, and Winston Churchill, and then I refined my philosophy into one of Objectivism, as portrayed in “Atlas Shrugged.”

Who Got You to Where You Are?

“The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era’s dominant ideas. In times of crises, these men need the guidance of some kind of theory; but, being unfamiliar with the field of ideas, they do not know that alternatives to the popular theories are possible. They know only what they have always been taught.”

Most of us depend on our own limited, fear-based, scarcity-oriented frame of reference when it comes to our perception, interpretations, and choices. We’re unaware that we are dealing with a miniscule amount of information, and therefore severely limiting our choices.

Explore Fearlessly

My ex father-in-law, Peter, was a brilliant man, a real-life rocket scientist, and a crazy Hollander. He had an amazing brain and could read four books a day. Perhaps this explains my daughter’s high IQ, but I digress.

Peter’s mind eagerly leaped over boundaries and explored the unknown like a young collie dog off the leash in a forest. And because he fearlessly exposed his brain to every possible philosophy and insight, he continually expanded his frame of reference and deliberately questioned his own conclusions and interpretations. One has to have high self-esteem and loads of courage to do that.

Why Everything Looks Yellow

We are all conditioned by our education, environment, culture, past experiences, and families, and we are all locked in to one or another cult, and all this conspires to limit our awareness of the options and alternatives available to us. So we tend to operate and make choices within a very limited sphere of possibilities.

Like a goldfish in a bowl, compared to a fish in the ocean. Like a prisoner in a cell compared to a world traveler. Like the average person. Life and business is a magnificent buffet, with millions of exciting food options laid out before us, but the blinders we wear and the shackles we choose restrict us to a diet of broccoli and green bananas. We’re like people wearing sunglasses with yellow lenses – everything looks yellow.

How to start becoming aware of your limitless options and potential:

1. Read the right books especially books that disagree with and challenge your present philosophy. Free yourself from preconceived ideas and “hardening of the attitudes” by looking at the opposite. If you’re a capitalist, talk with a socialist. If you’re religious, talk with an atheist. If you love meat, talk with a vegetarian. Expand your mind.
2. Mix with the right people. Open-minded libertarians, freethinking rebels, bums, millionaires, artists, and outcasts will teach you more than college professors, mystics, and male schoolteachers (men amongst boys and boys amongst men). Learn from people who have already created what you want, and especially those who disagree with you.
3. Travel widely. It amazes me that people restrict their travel and repeat the same destinations, when there is a great, big, exciting world out there to discover.
4. Ask lots of “What if?” questions. What if everything you believe is wrong? What if the most important person in your life died tomorrow? What if you lost your main income source? What if you were suddenly paralyzed? What if you won millions of dollars? Play with your mind. Climb over the fence of reason and run around with brave and silly explorers in the field of the unknown and forbidden.
5. Challenge your present philosophy. Have the guts to start asking the hard questions. Why do you believe what you believe, and how is it helping you to live a life of joy, fulfillment, and adventure? What cults do you belong to? Start asking, “Why not? By whose authority? How can you prove that?”

It’s YOUR Life.

Freedom is a choice.

• We don’t fear failure per se – we fear the opinions of other people.
• The only one whose opinion counts, is YOU. It’s YOUR life. And you only get one.
• Stop allowing scalawags and parasites to steal your joy.

A free life starts with the attitude that makes it possible. Ayn Rand said,

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Why do they always teach us that it’s easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It’s the hardest thing in the world – to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we REALLY want.”

Decide what you want out of life, discover what beliefs are stopping you, and break free.

In regards to money, wealth, and business, the best system I have found, and that which offers me the greatest potential and freedom, is to broker Joint Ventures.

Are You REALLY Aware of Your Options?

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We understand how one Joint Venture can feed another and open new possibilities, how some fail and some work, so we’re always running a number of Joint Ventures at the same time with the least amount of time possible. We realize that we can create unlimited wealth through Joint Ventures.

2.  New Joint Ventures being added regularly.

We don’t sit back when we have a comfortable, residual income from multiple sources – we continually add new Joint Ventures. We are realistic and understand that Joint Ventures don’t last forever.

3.  Joint Ventures that are not working being aborted and scrapped regularly.

When we see that the Joint Venture or the JV partner is not working out, we don’t hesitate to walk away. Especially if we see dishonestly, greed, ego, or other agendas. We look for patterns.

4.  High standards and expectations.

We don’t look at small, impotent Joint Ventures, and we expect our partners to be as professional, production, and punctual as we are.

5.  Very selective whom they partner with.

We don’t deal with unknown people – we prefer to work on a referral basis. We do our due diligence and we’re careful with whom we associate.

6.  Specific requirements before considering a JV.

Simplicity, potential, time, risk, cost, integration possibilities, the people behind it and their track record and resources. We don’t leap blindly and emotionally into every new venture, because most of them are not good. They have to meet our standards to even be considered.

7.  Fast decisions, most of them “No.”

We don’t have to think about a JV for a long time – after getting the details, we make fast decisions. We stick to our commitments and get things in writing.

8.  Massive action taker.

We don’t sit around waiting for things to happen – we make them happen, follow up, make calls, take action, and WORK. We expect our JV partners to do the same.

9.  Professional, well-prepared, positive attitude.

We have high self-esteem and it is reflected in our grooming, dress, behavior, communication, the people with whom we mix, and our preparation and follow-up.

10. Always learning and helping others.

We are generous, friendly, and straight-talking. We like helping others to help themselves and we’re always open to learning new things.

10 Signs of a Successful Joint Venture Broker

You’re not crazy – just trusting and naive. Too many people show up at “Educational Seminars”, which are usually thinly disguised bait-and-switch pitchfests, with no intention of spending a cent, only to wake up the next morning with the terrible realization that they just gambled their nest egg or life savings on the most ridiculous “investment” possible.

They found themselves rushing to the back of the room, frantic to throw their hard-earned money into mind-numbing schemes, grateful for the opportunity to do so. The repercussions, apart from the loss of their money, can be devastating. They were conned, and they eagerly signed away any chance of recovering their “investment”.

“Get Anyone to Do Anything and Never Feel Powerless Again”

Here is an excellent article from www.RickRoss.com (a great website) that can help you from falling into the trap referred to above:

“Get Anyone to Do Anything and Never Feel Powerless Again” – Psychological secrets to predict, control and influence every situation Chapter 9, Pages 42-43/May 2000

By David J. Lieberman, Ph. D.

From the bedroom to the boardroom learn how to see clearly and easily evaluate information without being swayed by those with selfish interests and unkind intentions. The manipulator’s bag of tricks is stocked with seven deadly tactics that can leave you jumping through hoops. The good news is that by knowing what they are, you can watch out for them, and…never be manipulated again.

These powerful manipulators are: guilt, intimidation, appeal to ego, fear, curiosity, our desire to be liked, and love. Anyone who uses any of these tactics is attempting to move you from logic to emotion-to a playing field that’s not so level. She or he knows that she or he can’t win on the facts so they will try to manipulate your emotions with any one or a combination of the tactics below.

1. Guilt: “How can you even say that? I’m hurt that you wouldn’t trust me. I just don’t know who you are anymore.”
2. Intimidation: “What’s the matter can’t you make a decision? Don’t you have enough confidence in yourself to do this?
3. Appeal to Ego: “I can see that you’re a smart person. I wouldn’t try to put anything past you. How could I? You’d be on me in a second.”
4. Fear: “You know, you might [not get "it" if you go take a pee/act un-coach able] just lose the whole thing. I sure hope you know what you’re doing. I’m telling you that you won’t get a better deal anywhere else. This is your last shot at making things work out. Why do you want to risk losing out on being happy?
5. Curiosity: “Look, you only live once. Try it? You can always go back to how things were. It might be fun, exciting-a real adventure. “You never know unless you try and you regret never seeing what happens.”
6. Our Desire to be Liked: “I thought you were a real player. And so did everyone else Come on, nobody likes it when a person backs out…this can be your chance to prove what you’re made of.
7. Love: “If you loved me you wouldn’t question me. Of course I have only your best interests at heart. I wouldn’t lie to you. You know that deep down inside, don’t you? We can have a wonderful relationship if you’d only let yourself go and experience the wonders that the future will deliver to us.”

Strategy Review:

Look and listen objectively–not only to the words but also to the message. The abusive maneuvers interfere with your ability to digest facts. When these emotions creep into your thinking, temporarily suspend your feelings and look at the messenger as well as the message. If you hear anything that sounds like these manipulators, stop and reevaluate the situation. Don’t ever act quickly and emotionally. Wait and objectively gather the facts so you don’t become a hand puppet.”

Does this remind you of the last timeshare or MLM presentation you attended, or the last self-development seminar you attended? Forewarned is forearmed. Educate yourself about the way people are manipulated in order to prevent yourself from being manipulated.

Why Did I Spend All That Money at the “Seminar” Last Night?

Nest Intrusion

Female European Cuckoos lay their eggs only in the nests of other bird species. The cuckoo egg usually closely resembles the eggs of the host bird (one of whose eggs is often removed by the cuckoo). The host may recognize the intruding egg and abandon the nest, or it may incubate and hatch the cuckoo egg.

Caring for Someone Else’s Babies

Shortly after hatching, the young European Cuckoo, using a scoop-like depression on its back, instinctively shoves over the edge of the nest any solid object that it contacts, including, of course, the eggs of the host bird! With the disappearance of their eggs and rightful offspring, the foster parents devote all of their care to the young cuckoo.

Frequently this is an extremely difficult task, since the cuckoo chick often grows much larger than the host adults long before it can care for itself. So you see a pair of small foster parents working very hard to keep up with the voracious appetite of an outsized young cuckoo – another bird’s young.

Socialism is Cuckoo!

Socialism tells us: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”

So here we have the Cuckoo, laying her eggs in another bird’s nest, and having someone else raise her offspring, while her baby kills the offspring of the host bird! The producer (the host bird) does all the work, and ends up with nothing, while the parasite (Cuckoo) does no work and simply breeds more losers. Talk about the welfare state!

Here we have a clear, combined example of the perils of affirmative action, unions, collectivism, the dole, racism, statism, and multiculturalism! Scary!

The Perils of Socialized Government

Next time you hear people talking about socialized medicine, “giving back”, “sharing the wealth”, and raising the minimum wage, remember the Cuckoo. Socialism allows the government to steal your wealth and make you work for those who won’t take responsibility for their own lives. It forces you to sacrifice your family and quality of life for the leeches in our society. And it’s partner in crime, mysticism, simply reinforces this poisonous philosophy.

Ayn Rand said, in her wonderfully prophetic book, Atlas Shrugged, “I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

You deserve the fruit of your labor;  don’t let some Cuckoo politician or witchdoctor steal it from you.

Socialism and Cuckoo Eggs: A Scary Parallel

Why would you accept less than that? I know some of us are saddled with unions, relatives that work for us, people we’ve inherited and can’t easily get rid of, and many other excuses, however here are a few pointers that I think will help.

Remember, getting the job is the first job of someone who wants to be an employee. After that, every day, they have to prove to you why you should still hire them. and not give them the sack.

1.   Link their income to their production.

Work out what your real net profit is, your incremental profit, and a way to measure the output of every employee. This takes some analysis and a spot of Work Study (Organization and Methods), but it is well worth the exercise.

• Don’t be too generous, and remember you’re not a socialist organization. People should get paid according to what they produce, not what they need.
• Set traps to catch rats. Take a really good look at productivity, shop your own business, record phone calls, restrict Internet use, use Secret Shoppers, send one employee on leave for a week and see if the others cope. If they do, get rid of the worst one.
• Educate your employees about profit and business.
• Look after your champions, and remember that people change.

2.  Increase the production of your salespeople.

Teach your salespeople to sell, make them accountable, don’t accept excuses, have a sales meeting EVERY day, and fire your worst salesperson on a regular basis. Focus on results, not pipe-line, reputation, branding, market share – just the bottom line. Get them all onto a commission-only basis. Beware of  “sales trainers” – they usually can’t sell.

3.    Weed out the leeches and parasites.

Make their job unbearable if necessary; simply give them lots of work that they hate and micro-manage them. They’ll soon leave if you do it right. You’re in business to make a profit, and you don’t owe them anything.

4.   Learn to Delegate.

The best program I ever attended to learn about management was the Dale Carnegie Management Course. I learned a lot of valuable information about delegation, and I highly recommend it. Most “managers” have no idea how to manage, motivate, or discipline people. Your people need to set their own goals, report to you how they’re doing and how they will improve, and be accountable for their commitments. No excuses acceptable.

5.    Understand Joint Ventures.

In my business, everyone I deal with is a JV partners. I run my company with no employees, no risk, no cost, no overhead and little time. So I make a lot more profit and I don’t have to deal with losers and users. Lean and mean. Learn how JV’s work.

6.    Don’t hire socialists, smokers, or people who don’t need a job.

If you need an explanation for this one, you have a problem.

7.   Reward innovation, honesty, loyalty, and ambition.

These qualities are hard to find. Look after your champions and lock them in with residual commissions and long-term incentives.

8.    Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don’t be their “buddy”, maintain your distance, be strict, hold people accountable, and lead by example.

9.    Set up a “Dress and Grooming Code”.

When people look good, they feel good, and they do better work.  Set and maintain high standards in every area of your business.

10.    Train them, train them, train them.

Especially in the Joint Venture mindset.

10 Essential Tips to Make Your Employees Accountable and Productive

Imagine an architect who meets with a builder/developer and a town planner. The developer wants to build a magnificent building. He says, “I have this feeling that I should build something – not sure exactly what it should look like, or what it would cost, or where I would find the money, but what do you think?”

To which the town planner replies, “Well, I guess we could find some space somewhere,  after all, it sounds like a noble cause – we’ll come up with a space, I’m sure…”

…and the architect pipes up, “Well, I don’t want to be too rigid, and the front of the building could look more or less like this, but I have a feeling it will just come together – I’ll check with my psychic…”

…Ridiculous, right?

Do You Have an Irrational Approach?

That’s how most people try to build wealth.

• They rely on the wrong people giving them spurious advice.
• They rely on “gut feel.”
• They have no discipline.
• They spend more time planning a party than their old age, and they live in the moment like animals.
• But the worst aspect of this lack of planning or thought is the real underlying motive –refusal to take responsibility or to be held accountable.

That’s why the masses follow the mystics and witchdoctors of our time, why they live vicariously through sports teams and film stars, why they join cults, and why they become “course junkies”, waddling from seminar to seminar and never applying anything they learn. Cults are great for people who don’t want to have to think or make choices. It’s easier to be a sports fan on your couch, clutching a slice of pizza in your chubby paw, than to actually go and play the game.

If You’re Serious about Wealth Building

If we seriously want to build real wealth, we can’t hide behind silly excuses like “fate”, “destiny”, feelings, gods, demons, angels, spirits, and chance; we need to be very specific and logical.

“Feelings come and feelings go, but feelings are deceiving; I build my life on rational choices – naught else is worth believing.”

The architect builds for the future – the archeologist (like an accountant) looks at the past. Winners look to the future and leverage their past experiences, good as well as bad, while losers blame their past for their slothfulness and use the past as an excuse. Like blaming your failure on slavery that happened hundreds of years ago.

Engineer Your Future

Architects, builders, and town planners are very specific, logical, and realistic about what they do. Engineers building a bridge don’t make decisions based on hope, feelings, fortune tellers, psychics, or mystical expectations. When you want to build a bridge from where to are to where you want to be, you had better understand that bridges can collapse if they are not built properly. There is time, cost, responsibility, and accountability  involved. Without work, persistence and perseverance, no building can be built, and nothing of any real value accomplished.

Your Philosophy is Your Foundation

The foundation on which you plan your future is your philosophy. If your wealth philosophy is wrong, you will end up like most other people – poor, frustrated, resentful, jealous, and bitter.

Rika and I rented a boat last week and spent three hours boating in Howe Sound. It was a wonderful experience. The boat was well prepared, maintained, and full of gas. We had life jackets, a whistle, food, water, a map, hats, sunscreen, and a cell phone with us. We took advice from the people who rented us the boat. We were well prepared for the trip, we knew where we wanted to go, and what we wanted to do, we paid for the boat hire and insurance, and it worked out great. We didn’t wander down to the water and try to cut down a tree with a penknife to build a raft to go boating. Success is not random or ethereal.

If you would like to build wealth, travel to your Treasure Island, and be assured that your philosophy will enable you to accomplish that, DollarMakers is here for you.

Build Your Wealth Rationally

One of the biggest surprises I received in my life was while I was working on a BA Theology at a Bible College and at the same time doing a BA Psychology at university. To my horror, I discovered that I was involved in a cult. At that time, I still didn’t realize that cults take many forms – they are not only to be found in the realm of religion. The more I studied, the more I saw!

Multi-Level Marketing to Belong

For example, MLM can be described as a cult, which would explain this article that claims that the odds of winning from a single spin of the wheel in a game of roulette in Las Vegas is:

• 286 times as great as the odds of profiting after enrolling as an Amway/Quixtar “distributor”
• 48 times as great as the odds of profiting after enrolling as a Nu Skin “distributor”
• 22 times as great as the odds of profiting after enrolling as a Melaleuca “distributor”

Could that explain why people will spend tens of thousands of dollars and years of their lives with no reward, just to “belong”?

What is a Cult?

Here is a good explanation. Read it and look at your life. You might be very surprised. In fact, once we understand group dynamics and conditioning, we realize that some families operate like cults, and that often, child and senior abuse is contingent on a cult-like relationship. Also, understanding cults explains why otherwise intelligent people will believe and do ridiculous things that make no sense to “outsiders” who can view the situation objectively and rationally.

Margaret Singer, Ph.D.  psychologist author of “Cults in Our Midst”, said:

“Deprogramming – that is, providing members with information about the cult and showing them how their own decision-making power had been taken away from them.”

This site exposes a lot about cults, and this is another excellent website to look at.

Breaking Free

It’s hard to accept and realize that one is involved in a cult, but the price of freedom is acknowledging the bars on our cages and confronting our jailers and conditioning.

Without sufficient motivation and determination to break free, however, we might decide that the pain of escape from our comfortable prison is greater than the pleasure of freedom. People can react violently when they’re faced with the prospect that they might be hoodwinked, that their safety is imaginary, and that what they have believed and paid for for a long time is, in fact, a con job. But a small number do break free, and that’s whom this article is for.

I always recommend the book, “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand, in the hopes that it will free some people in different areas of their lives, as it has me, particularly in the area of our philosophies about business, money, family, responsibility, guilt, altruism, mysticism, and freedom.

Are You Unknowingly Involved in a CULT?

If your business depends on the weather, the traffic, offshore competition, finding good people, or politicians, or if you sell your time, lack and risk are your constant shadows.

And if you have all your eggs in one basket,

• if your income depends on the whims of others to any extent,
• or if you rely on others or serve a limited geographic area,

shortage and fear follow you home at night.

Are You a Soldier or a General?

Many “businesses” are really simply prison cells, shackles, time vampires, and Swords of Damocles. If you own a franchise or if you are a self-employed salesperson posing as an entrepreneur, scarcity is a reality for you. Without scalability and replicability, you’re what Domenick Celentano, an Adjunct Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, calls an “Artisan Entrepreneur.” Or what I call and “Paid Slave” or “a Laborer with a New Lable” – not much different from being an employee, except that you work harder for less and take more risk. You can be a soldier or a general.  Entrepreneurs are generals.

Stephen Duke wrote:

“There are lots of ‘independent business owners,’ but few are actually ‘entrepreneurs.’ Most are skilled technicians or managers in their fields and they work IN their own business, but fewer still work ON their business. There is a difference.

Self-employment is on one end of the continuum and Entrepreneurship is on the opposite. The difference is what the individual actually does for the business: Are they simply doing what they were doing for the ‘Man’ before they started working for themselves? Or, are they working at building a “world class company” that does the things they once did for a living?

Don’t be delusional about self-employment, even if you are not working by yourself – it is still not entrepreneurial. One must really be working on building a company that is less egoistic and more centered around its stakeholders i.e. what’s in it for them, instead of what’s in it for me. When you understand this, you understand the difference between the self-employed business owner and the entrepreneur.”

Why I Use Joint Ventures

To move from scarcity and risk to abundance and peace of mind, I became a Joint Venture Broker 23 years ago.

1. There is literally no limit to my business, except that which I choose.
2. My business is ultimately scalable.
3. I operate with no cost, overhead, employees, risk, inventory, advertising and marketing budget, or administration.
4. And I have plenty of time on my hands.
5. If you choose to keep the business you have, you can put your bottom line on steroids by understanding how to use Joint Ventures and create huge back-end income at 100% profit, while reducing risk and time spent.

There are many fish in the sea, if you set your business up that way. Threats fade away, and you can focus on building nets and working when you feel like it. A good Joint Venture Broker has his ego in check, focuses on the bottom line, is very selective, and enjoys abundance. And he sleeps well at night.

Your Business: Abundance or Scarcity?

Controversial, politically incorrect information is not usually well received. This, in spite of the fact that your information can potentially dramatically improve the quality of life of your reluctant target. There’s a reason for this, and it’s not your fault.

We all tend to seek our and select information to support our dominant beliefs and avoid pain. I thought three concepts would help illuminate what we’re up against when we follow that road less traveled and wish to share real treasure with the mediocre masses.

First, Cognitive Dissonance:

“Cognitive Dissonance normally occurs when a person perceives a logical inconsistency among his or her cognitions. This happens when one idea implies the opposite of another. For example, a belief in animal rights could be interpreted as inconsistent with eating meat or wearing fur. Noticing the contradiction would lead to dissonance, which could be experienced as anxiety, guilt, shame, anger, embarrassment, stress, and other negative emotional states.” – Wikipedia

Imagine the fellow who strongly believes, as he was taught, that he should always “Turn the other check”, and so he does, and as a result of his passivity, he finds himself continually bullied, so he feels anger at the obvious injustice. Now he feels guilty because he’s angry. A double bind has resulted from his sacrificial conditioning.; he;s damned if he does, and damned if he doesn’t. Or he works hard, makes money, and then feels obliged, because of his conditioning, to submit to the extortion of his loafing relatives. Naturally, he resents this, so he feels guilty… Final example: He believes money to be the root of all evil, so when he earns it, he feels guilty and self-sabotages to punish himself.

Second, Cognitive Distortion:

From Wikipedia:

“Cognitive distortions are exaggerated and irrational thoughts identified in cognitive therapy and its variants, which supposedly perpetuate certain psychological disorders. Eliminating these distortions and negative thought is said to improve mood and discourage maladies such as depression and chronic anxiety. The process of learning to refute these distortions is called “cognitive restructuring”.

Many cognitive distortions are also logical fallacies.

1. All-or-nothing thinking – Thinking of things in absolute terms, like “always”, “every”, “never”, and “there is no alternative”. Few aspects of human behavior are so absolute. All-or-nothing-thinking can contribute to depression.

2. Overgeneralization – Taking isolated cases and using them to make wide generalizations.

3. Mental filter – Focusing almost exclusively on certain, usually negative or upsetting, aspects of an event while ignoring other positive aspects. For example, focusing on a tiny imperfection in a piece of otherwise useful clothing.

4. Disqualifying the positive – Continually reemphasizing or “shooting down” positive experiences for arbitrary, ad hoc reasons.

5. Jumping to conclusions – Drawing conclusions (usually negative) from little (if any) evidence. Two specific subtypes are also identified:
* Mind reading – Assuming special knowledge of the intentions or thoughts of others.
* Fortune telling – Exaggerating how things will turn out before they happen.

6. Magnification and minimization – Distorting aspects of a memory or situation through magnifying or minimizing them such that they no longer correspond to objective reality. In depressed clients, often the positive characteristics of other people are exaggerated and negative characteristics are understated. There is one subtype of magnification:
* Catastrophizing – Focusing on the worst possible outcome, however unlikely, or thinking that a situation is unbearable or impossible when it is really just uncomfortable.

7. Emotional reasoning – Making decisions and arguments based on intuitions or personal feeling rather than an objective rationale and evidence.

8. Should statements – Patterns of thought which imply the way things “should” or “ought to be” rather than the actual situation the patient is faced with, or having rigid rules which the patient believes will “always apply” no matter what the circumstances are. Albert Ellis termed this “Musturbation”.

9. Labeling and mislabeling – Explaining behaviors or events, merely by naming them; related to overgeneralization. Rather than describing the specific behavior, a patient assigns a label to someone or themselves that implies absolute and unalterable terms. Mislabeling involves describing an event with language that is highly colored and emotionally loaded.

10. Personalization – Attribution of personal responsibility (or causal role) for events over which the patient has no control. This pattern is also applied to other in the attribution of blame.”

When you read the above, it makes it easier to see where people are really coming from, instead of taking their “rejection” personally. It explains why otherwise intelligent people join cults, vote for narcissistic socialists while claiming to be capitalists, and invest their money in ridiculous scams.  It reveals why most people prefer to be told what to do and what to think by those who do not have their best interests at heart, and why rational, proven  solutions are rejected outright as “to good to be true”, “from the devil”, or “dishonest” – why someone would prefer to lose money in mutual funds and ripoffs instead of getting 12% per year, or buy silly franchises and lose a small fortune when they could make a lot more money with no cost or risk at all.

Cognitive therapy

Cognitive therapy seeks to help the client overcome difficulties by identifying and changing dysfunctional thinking, behavior, and emotional responses. Depending on your situation and circumstances, unless you’re a psychologist or psychiatrist, you’re not going to make a huge change in the way the majority of people think. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, simply because most people seldom choose to change. But there is a way to influence and help more people positively in their own best interests: education. Not the junk spewed out by teachers, preachers, politicians, many “financial planners”, banks, and “gurus”, but real, worthwhile education.

DollarMakers is based on the idea that “You can get anything you want out of life, if you help enough other people to get what they want.”  The information / education we create and disseminate is particularly focused on the creation of wealth, and underpinned by a philosophy of Capitalism, realism, Objectivism, and rationalism. We believe that continuous exposure to truth, objective thought, personal responsibility, and practical, proven systems eventually gets through to a few people, and that assists us in achieving our goals. I recommend everyone read “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand, and I use my talks, training,  seminars, websites,Twitter, blog, podcasts, videos, conference calls, webinars, and other communication channels to share reality and dispel the myths and lies that keep people chained and in bondage.

How to stay focused and not get frustrated by those that ‘Just Don’t Get It’

I was preparing for a camping trip

I was going preparing for a camping trip to Ponta Do Ouro in Mozambique in the summer of 1972. (Don’t go there now, unless you like the idea of landmines – you might lose more than a toe…) As I packed my VW minibus camper, I carried my snub-nosed .38 Astra Special revolver on a sleeping cushion. As I stepped up into the back door, the loaded gun slipped off the pillow, hit the bus’s floor, and went off. Since the windows and other doors were closed and a bullet was definitely fired, it can only have passed between me and the inside of the one door – a very small space – a close miss, if ever there was one. Stupid. I learned an important lesson and gained a renewed respect for guns.

I have met more conmen, shysters, and outright thieves in the past twelve years than I ever thought possible. And with governments fast going the way of outright socialism and banks and the taxman collaborating to put the squeeze on business owners, we live in an increasingly  dangerous business world. It’s time to grow up and realize that we are at risk, and that we need to limit our risk.

When I tell people to do business with no cost and no risk, I mean it.

I know a fellow with a giant ego and a small IQ who regularly sought to differ with me on this point. I have seen him lose a lot of money, since he doesn’t understand how to avoid risk and cost. If he did, he wouldn’t lose so much money in his harebrained schemes, or work with thieves. Knowing how business works, and understanding the odds, the risks, and the fact that there are a few dishonest people around, makes it necessary, if one wishes to get rich, to avoid risk and costs. And it’s easier than it seems.

How To Avoid Risks, Costs and some Dishonest People

1. Use leverage and existing resources instead of paying for new ones. Work strategically and don’t rely on any one source of income.
2. Pay for results, not promises.
3. Be VERY careful whom you associate / do business with. Remember that people can change for the worst – easily and quickly, so be prepared for that.
4. When you smell a rat, RUN. Cut bait. Delete. Immediately.
5. Test people in many ways to make sure they are still loyal and honest. Be a detective.
6. Don’t disclose the identities of your Joint Venture partners.
7. Triangulate deals – don’t sell your own products and services.
8. Align yourself with people who share your philosophy – don’t link up with mystics, socialists, environmentalists, or reverse racists.
9. Don’t trust government or work with government or their agents.
10. Operate with no overhead – lean and mean. Expect the best and prepare for the worst. Spread your income and diversify.

Joint Ventures allow one to operate as above, and the older and wiser I get, the more I appreciate the power and sophistication offered by the Joint Venture systems I use. If you’re carrying a gun, make sure it’s not pointed at you.

10 Ways To Avoid Risks, Costs and some Dishonest People

We’re not in business to feel important or to impress people

We’re in business to make the most possible after-tax profit, with the least cost, time, risk, and effort. The fact is that most “gurus” and “entrepreneurs” are not really entrepreneurs – they’re really just slick salesmen and pitchmen. (Anthony “Sully” Sullivan, the well-known “Pitchman”, says, “Life’s a pitch, and then you die.”)  Smart entrepreneurs understand that Joint Ventures and strategic alliances are the most sophisticated tools in business – they’re strategic, they employ leverage, and they are scalable. And they’re not based on ego, but rather on profit.

When we get our egos under control, we suddenly see new options opening up.

Look at the people who make the really big money, and you’ll find that they seldom sell their time, they actually prefer not to be on a stage unless they have no other option, and they evaluate business opportunities objectively and rationally. When we get our egos under control, we suddenly see new options opening up. But for that, we need to understand the back-end, leverage, and positioning.

Calvin Coolidge said, “Civilization and profit go hand in hand.” Most wanna-be business owners are simply broke, desperate, self-employed salespeople, whose arrogance is exceeded only by their ignorance, yet these are the very people who allow their egos to dictate their business choices.  A big fish is a small, rancid pond is only impressive those to even more pathetic and needy than he is.

“Robin, It’s about the Bottom Line”

The most successful businessman with whom I was ever privileged to work, partnered with me in my business and taught me a very important lesson. He said, “Robin, it’s all about the bottom line. If you maintain your integrity and sublimate your personal feelings and pride, your profits will soar.  There is always going to be someone richer and smarter than you are – don’t try to be a legend in your own lunchtime, don’t believe your own PR and BS, and focus on the bottom line.” He was a very wealthy man, one of the most humble, soft-spoken people around, and very strong and disciplined.

If you want to feel important, act in a pantomime, join a service or fraternal club and rise in the ranks to get a title, or teach kids. If you want to get rich, focus on the bottom line.

Be In Business To Make the Most Possible After-Tax Profit

When I took a salesman on, here was my pitch: “You pay for the signs, you print exactly what I tell you to put on the signs, you include your cell phone number on the signs, you put your signs up every week, you never turn your cell phone off except during my seminars, you take the calls that result from your signs, you book the seats, you pay your share the rental of the room where I present the weekly seminar, and you get five thousand bucks for every business I sell to the people you brought to the seminar as a result of your signs. OK?”

My Salespeople Earned Lots of $$$ – But if they didn’t remain consistent, they were Fired

My salespeople all earned between 5,000 and 10,000 per month in commissions. If they didn’t put up enough signs or respond properly to calls, if they didn’t show up in a suit and tie at every event, they were fired. There were two different responses to my pitch:

1. “I haven’t got money to pay for the signs / I haven’t got time to put up signs / I haven’t got a car / I haven’t got a suit / I’ll try / I hope / What if it doesn’t work? / How much money can I make? / What if nobody buys?” These people were chased out of my office immediately.
2. “What is the limit on my earnings? Can I put up more signs than anyone else? Can I put my signs higher than the others?  Can we have more than one seminar per week? Can I start right away? Can I recruit more salespeople and get an override on their sales?” There people started work immediately. If they had a job, I made them quit it.

There is always a reason to do something and there is always a reason not to do something. To me, it’s black or white. If you’re not making money, stop sleeping and work longer hours. Put in double the effort. If you can’t afford it, sell your TV set, your Xbox, your toys. Borrow the money. Stop making excuses, because the more excuses you make, the less I trust and like and respect you. I don’t believe or accept your excuses, anyway.

Losers Always Have An Excuse At The Ready

Losers always leave the back door open. “If this doesn’t work, I’ll get a job again.” That attitude GUARANTEES their failure. They make excuses in advance: “IF it doesn’t work / I’ll try my best / I can’t FORCE people to buy / I GUESS / I HOPE / I can’t guarantee anything / the weather / the economic situation…” Winners never doubt that they will succeed, because doubt is poison. Would you drink a little poison every morning? Mixing with losers is poison. Following losers is poison. Belief and positive expectancy is rocket fuel power.

I know what you believe and who you are by what you DO, not by what you say, your promises, hype and B.S. I look for consistent actions – I don’t even hear your words. The reason why people succeed is that they expect to succeed, and they will do whatever it takes 24/7/365 to make their dreams come true. They are fearless warriors who never quit, never make excuses, and never lie or steal. With a winner, what you see is what you get. Winners are fanatics. I had one salesman, Colin, who heard from someone that his eyebrows were too thick, so he shaved them right off! When he walked into my office the next morning, I laughed so much, I nearly wet myself. But my respect for Colin went through the roof, and in spite of looking like a Martian, he doubled his sales that month.

Be Serious, Dedicated and Fearless

Be a fanatic about your work, and you simply can’t avoid succeeding. Paul J. Meyer said, “Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, MUST inevitably come to pass.” Believe and achieve!

If You’re Not Making Money, Stop Sleeping and Work Longer Hours.

We have listened to your Survey answers and found that some Subscribers of our lists don’t yet understand how Joint Ventures work. Well, we decided to pull together all of the JV talent we have access to and create the Ultimate package for Joint Ventures, at a price that is almost a steal. We got the brains behind DollarMakers.com, JV Wisdom.com and DollarMakers101.com together, (and together we do amazing things!) and created a package that you can learn, communicate and start earning from the knowledge you gain.

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• This Certificate entitles the bearer to a One (1) HOUR telephone call with a DollarMakers Certified Business Mentor.This will be a practical conversation about the implementation of Joint Ventures in YOUR business (Donʼt worry if you donʼt have a business, as our Mentor will show you how you can leverage other people’s resources to create multiple streams of income!). This will be massively beneficial to both the novice and seasoned Joint Venture broker, from a “been there, done that”, real world results mentor!Value $300USD

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• A Memorandum of Understanding or MOU is a written agreement put in place to establish a clear understanding of how an arrangement will practically function and each party’s role and responsibilities.The MOU allows all involved to concretely see that they are agreeing to the same thing and to be a tangible reference to review should, heaven forbid, any troubles arise during the arrangement.Value $57.50USD

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The Dollarmakers Ultimate Joint Venture Learn and Earn Package

But how much better would it be, how much more attention would you get, and how much more word of mouth advertising would you enjoy, if you handed out $75 gifts to all your customers? And what if it didn’t cost you a blue cent?

What Really Impresses People

Nobody is impressed with discount vouchers, two-for-one, “Buy one, get one” and bulk deals.

What they ARE impressed with is stand-alone, no-obligation, real value, like a gift, as opposed to bait.

Try This

What about handing your female customers a nice Gift Certificate for a complimentary manicure, paid for and provided by the local spa? The spa would get a whole bunch of potential new customers, and they would be happy to pay for the printing and provide the manicures (subject to availability, of course). Far better for them than expensive advertising.

Drive Profit to Your Bottom-line at the Same Time

Naturally, you could negotiate a commission on any sales resulting from said Gift Certificates, as well. That would drive net profit directly to you bottom line with no cost, risk, or time. As long as the Gift Certificates are distributed to the right demographic / psychographic model, it’s a win-win, since you’ll be passively endorsing and recommending the products and services of the vendor providing the Gift Certificates.

The Sky’s the Limit!

How about Gift Certificates from interior designers, home theater purveyors, kitchen renovators, yoga teachers, jewelers, kayak and boating places… provide samples, classes, consultations, reports – the sky is the limit.

Imagine all the possibilities, and consider the exposure and publicity you would get!

• Target your markets.
• Joint Venture with the providers of the Gift Certificates to reciprocate by paying you commissions and / or distributing YOUR gift certificates.
• You could even SELL the Gift Certificates for a dollar each to other businesses.

Think about it…

That Added Value that Gets Attention and Draws Customers

1.  Multiple Joint Ventures running simultaneously.

We understand how one Joint Venture can feed another and open new possibilities, how some fail and some work, so we’re always running a number of Joint Ventures at the same time with the least amount of time possible. We realize that we can create unlimited wealth through Joint Ventures.

2.  New Joint Ventures being added regularly.

We don’t sit back when we have a comfortable, residual income from multiple sources – we continually add new Joint Ventures. We are realistic and understand that Joint Ventures don’t last forever.

3.  Joint Ventures that are not working being aborted and scrapped regularly.

When we see that the JV or the JV partner is not working out, we don’t hesitate to walk away. Especially if we see dishonestly, greed, ego, or other agendas. We look for patterns.

4.  High standards and expectations.

We don’t look at small, impotent Joint Ventures, and we expect our partners to be as     professional, production, and punctual as we are.

5.  Very selective whom they partner with.

We don’t deal with unknown people – we prefer to work on a referral basis. We do our due diligence and we’re careful with whom we associate.

6.  Specific requirements before considering a JV.

Simplicity, potential, time, risk, cost, integration possibilities, the people behind it and their track record and resources. We don’t leap blindly and emotionally into every new venture, because most of them are not good. They have to meet our standards to even be considered.

7.  Fast decisions, most of them “No.”

We don’t have to think about a Joint Venture for a long time – after getting the details, we make fast decisions. We stick to our commitments and get things in writing.

8.  Massive action taker.

We don’t sit around waiting for things to happen – we make them happen, follow up, make calls, take action, and WORK. We expect our Joint Venture partners to do the same.

9.  Professional, well-prepared, positive attitude.

We have high self-esteem and it is reflected in our grooming, dress, behavior, communication, the people with whom we mix, and our preparation and follow-up.

10.  Always learning and helping others.

We are generous, friendly, and straight-talking. We like helping others to help themselves and we’re always open to learning new things.

10 Signs of a Successful Joint Venture Broker

So why do we do the same thing in our day-to-day life?

We fail to include other people on our success team, and we don’t allow others to help us. So we turn ourselves into the “one single opponent” running for his or her life from our competitors that have full rosters of 12 hulking football players, ready to destroy us.  It just doesn’t make any sense at all!

Work with Like-Minded People to Achieve More

That is one of the main reasons that we’ve created DollarMakers.  To provide a place for like-minded individuals to meet, congergate and produce more profits with no money and no risk simply by taking a cooperative, team approach to making money.  Let’s work as a team – together we CAN achieve more!

If Someone Else Can Do the Job, They Should Be

And while you’re at it, why not consider getting help with your business? Stop doing minimum wage jobs – focus on activities that make money, like Joint Ventures, instead of licking stamps and doing boring things that someone else could do.  Why spend your $500 per hour value on a $15 per hour job?

Consider a VA

Don’t waste your time and money on a secretary that will just sit there and play solitaire because you don’t know how to keep them busy and worth the expense.  And don’t pay the numerous expenses involved with hiring someone – paying for their employment taxes (CPP & EI), taking the time to train them, spending money to get them setup with a computer and work space.

Instead, why not consider a Virtual Assistant (VA)?  You only pay for the amount of time that you actually use, and they can take over many of your mundane, repetitive tasks that take up your time. Time that you would far prefer spending with friends, kids, and family.  IT’s a lot more affordable than you may think, as well! In fact, you can’t afford NOT to try it.

Here’s Where You Can Find One

To find out if a VA can help you in your professional, entrepreneurial, or personal life, get a free consultation done.  Call Tina at 1-877-977-4776, or write her at Info@SaveTimeBoostProfits.com. She will give you a free, 30-minute consultation, and you can decide from yourself if a VA can help you become everything you want to be.

Together we can do amazing things; to your success!

Feeling Somewhat Overwhelmed?

The reason why many newbies to Joint Venture brokering fail is their choice of Joint Venture partner. Because of their low self-esteem and confidence, along with their limited belief and low aspirations, they approach people by whom they don’t feel threatened. (This is the same reason why network marketing newbies try to recruit losers.)

Think about it:

When you try to set up Joint Ventures with copycats, counterfeits, wannabe’s, and “managers”, you’re not dealing with real decision makers.  Sycophants, sidekicks, mimics and morons cannot make a JV work – they don’t have what it takes. If they did, they would be the head honchos, the chiefs, the principals. But they’re not. They talk the talk, but they can’t walk the walk. They’re just parasites and pawns, and they with frustrate you and fail you.

Deal with the Top Guy

Smart JV Brokers know that the higher you go, the more you grow. Deal with the top guy, the president of the company, the real deal, and you will find your Joint Ventures flowing and flourishing.

• They make good decisions, which they make fast, and they can pay their way.
• They have a track record of success, and that is a clear prediction of their future with you.

Winners are generally generous and upfront – they will tell it like it is and practice what they preach – that’s how they got to be the owner of the business. The posers and pretenders will sabotage and scuttle your lucrative JV.

How to Access These Winners

The way to get to the top people is to create a really good, complete, professional presentation that requires no money, no risk, and little time from the other party, and pushes all the right buttons. It should be logical, short, and sweet, understandable, and concise.

Most of all. It needs to have high, residual potential. After all, the JV is about money, leverage, and results – it’s not about you, so don’t get your self-esteem or lack of experience slow you down and lower your expectations.

Go to the top dog, not the concierge. Pitch your JV with the focus on the bottom line and his or her interests – not your own. And stop trying to sell yourself – successful people don’t have to convince others that they are successful.

Here are a few red flag words that will chase off any winner:

• “Integrity” the bigger the loser, the more often he will use this word!
• “I am honest”
• “I will try / do my best”
• “If”
• “I hope / I guess”

If you have done your homework and you have the right training and support, you will speak easily and as an equal.

You may feel important by dealing with losers, but you will become important by dealing with winners.

A Fatal Flaw to Avoid in Your Joint Ventures

I’m not going to get into what Twitter is, or why Twitter has grown so fast. I am going to get into something about it that surprised me.

Are you getting a lot of ‘followers’? I am! However, when I talk to them they don’t talk back. If I follow them in return, their ‘tweets’ often repeat themselves, or follow a pattern (lots of different quotes every 5 minutes, or a link to a news item every hour).

So I did some research and learned you can have automatic tweets set up. There are even systems that will do all your tweeting for you – choosing quotes and interesting news stories to post to your twitter, automatically. Doesn’t that just seem to defeat the ‘point’ of Social Networking?

Anyway, I realized this is what happens when you take ‘Set and Forget’ too far!! When everyone starts doing it, and no one is actually being a real, communicable person, it loses it’s power.

Well, Joint Ventures are not that kind of ‘Set and Forget’ – so anyone expecting so, sorry to disappoint. Joint Ventures do require actual human connection (even if it’s just over Email or the Phone). There’s no ‘auto-pilot’ system that’s going to do the important parts for you.  And the most important part is communication.

You know, the people that are successful in Social Networking online, are the ones that actually are present and accounted for. That are genuine, and real.

It’s the same thing with Joint Ventures. The successful Joint Venture Brokers are the ones that have integrity, are honest, and are available. And that’s something that greatly appealed to me when I learned about them.

When I created JVU – I had some people ask if it would do all of the work for them!  My response could only be ‘There’s nothing in the world that can do all of the work for you, that’s worth doing”.

JVU has had an enormous response by the way, far better than I anticipated. You will only be able to enroll until 11:59 pm MST time today, if it doesn’t fill up before then. If you’re ready to start creating some extra income with no cost and no risk, then I suggest you enroll in JVU right away. Don’t wait because there is less than 6 hours to go!

http://www.jvwisdom.com/jvu

To your success,
Shawn

Joint Ventures are NOT about ‘Set and Forget’

It’s Shawn here. So, yesterday (the 28th) the big product i’ve been working so hard on, went on sale.  And I totally forgot about the #1 place to announce it, right here on the Blog!  WOOPS!

So to make up for that mistake, everyone that signs up within the next 24 hours will be included in the LIFETIME VIP Membership bonus that was only available for the first 50 people.  So I’ll make sure, anyone that signs up before 11:59pm of the 30th, will receive Lifetime VIP Membership.

I set a goal earlier this year to launch JVU and teach 120 people how to make money with no investment, cost, risk, or selling, and little time using joint ventures. I wanted to teach people how to create the lifestyle they desire by simply helping other people get more of what they wanted.

Learn about Joint Venture Training Here

The reason I wanted to limit my goal to 120 people?
There’s three reasons actually…

The first is that I wanted to set a goal that was a challenge, but that was still realistic and attainable. I believe in positive reinforcement!

The second reason is that I wanted to be sure that the course was still personable. I wanted people to feel like they were a part of an intimate group, not a university class in a lecture hall. I wanted it to be small enough that I could still support the people that enrolled and be sure that they have everything they need to succeed.

The last reason is that we only have 7 days to put everyone into the Member system and make sure that any technical difficulties are worked out before Monday, August 17th when the JVU starts.

Everyone will receive their login information on Monday, August 10th. You will have access to a few of the bonuses prior to the start of JVU.

Are you one of the 120 people that are going to take ahold of their future and learn how to increase their income and create the lifestyle they desire?

Click here to enroll in JVU now

Your friend,

Shawn Christenson

Why I’m Only Enrolling 120 Action Takers into the Joint Venture Training Program

“Four things make 90% of the people poor: taxes, inflation, debt, retirement plans.”

And then he provides solutions.

He says, “America will become a third world nation – rich and poor. That’s it. Tell me something money does not affect. Most guys are just wimps. Pussies. Cowards. They don’t have it, so they should get a job. It takes discipline.

“Most people would like to have a great body like Charles Atlas, but they’re at Burger King wolfing down a Whopper with fries. I don’t know how you can expect to get anything you want without some degree of long-term commitment. Quitting is the easiest thing to do. That’s why most people don’t make it.

“Everybody has doubts and fear of failing. But look at Tiger Woods or any great athlete: when the going gets tough, that’s when they turn into geniuses and most people turn into wimps. Get off your butt. If you want to be a mechanic, you go hang out with mechanics. If you want to get rich, hang out with rich people.”

3 Things to Succeed in Business

When it comes down to it, you need three things to succeed in business:

1. The RIGHT financial education.
2. Connections with the right people.
3. GUTS. The guts never to quit, make excuses, or run away.

Let’s talk about these three.

1.    Financial education:

Kiyosaki points out in his four quadrants that you can be an employee (quadrant 1) or a self-employed salesman / solopreneur (quadrant 2), and never get rich, or you can be in quadrants three and four. Quadrant three is big business (500 employees or more) and quadrant four is having your money work for you.

Most people who don’t have money think it’s impossible to play in quadrants three and four, whereas DollarMakers shows you how to participate in big business through Joint Ventures and to make money from the investments of other people – anyone can do that. We don’t have money problems; we have thinking problems.

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Why? Because the rich keep doing the things that made them rich, and the poor keep doing the things that made them poor.

2.    Connections with the right people:

DollarMakers has hundreds of Members, many of whom have a great understanding of Joint Ventures, in 19 countries – all looking to do a deal with you. And we FIRE dishonest people who don’t abide by our Code of Business Ethics. We are constantly weeding the moochers and posers out. Winners will link you with winners, and losers will introduce you to their loser friends. We provide various platforms and options for connecting with the right people. We’re not a networking group full of broke wanna-be’s.

3.    GUTS.

If you are a weak, politically correct, passive-aggressive, excuse-making wimp, don’t join DollarMakers. Our Members have to take full responsibility for their own success – we’re not socialists or quitters, and we don’t carry passengers or pamper parasites. We’re excited, determined, motivated, and disciplined. Our goal is to MAKE MONEY. That’s why we’re called DollarMakers.

If you’re serious about success and you’re tired of watching your wealth go down the drain, join DollarMakers. Right now.

The REAL Reasons for Success or Failure

If you didn’t have an opportunity to watch all of the videos that I’ve sent out thus far, I’ve included a listing of them here so you can go back and review them:

90 minute JV Intro with Robin: http://www.jvwisdom.com/intro

Adopting a New Business Approach: http://www.jvblogger.com/adopt

Create a Bulletproof Mindset: http://www.jvwisdom.com/exclusive

JVU Strategy Coupon Cash-In: http://www.jvwisdom.com/coupon

Robin and Sally have a good talk: http://www.jvwisdom.com/infovideo

Aside from all of the other bonuses being included with the JVU, i also decided that everybody that enrolls in JVU will receive a 1 Year+ VIP membership to JVWisdom.com. This means that you will get 13 months of membership to the VIP section of the website where you will find All of the Essential Downloads, all of the DVD’s released and all of the Books Robin has written. And that’s not all, we have lot’s of content still being produced which you will also have access to.

So why 13 months? Well we all know that it takes time for people to “get into the groove”, so the extra month has been added on so that you have a full year of access AFTER your 30 Day money back guarantee expires. Oh yeah, I didn’t mention that did I? JVU has a full 30 Day money back guarantee too. So it’s completely riskless. If you try it and don’t think it has value for you, we will give you all of your money back.

And it gets better…

The first 50 people that enroll in JVU will receive a LIFETIME VIP membership to JVWisdom.com. They will have access to all the new content we add, at no extra cost, forever!

Like I’ve said before, I want JVU to be the most extensive, most awesome Joint Venture Training available, and I want to be sure that you are set up to succeed. I want to help you eliminate any financial pressures you may be experiencing.

So be sure to watch your email tomorrow morning for more information on where and how to enroll in JVU when it goes on sale at noon MST tomorrow.

To your financial freedom…

Your friend,

Shawn Christenson

JVU – Live July 28th – 12:00pm MST

1.   Take note of their mentors.

I know someone whose mentor had no respect for follow-up, didn’t return calls, was undisciplined, and slack. She is following his lead, of course, and will likely wind up with a scary lawsuit.

2.    Take note of their friends and associates.

Birds of the feather – similar values, beliefs, networks, standards, and aspirations. Where do they go? With whom do they spend their time?

3.   Their customers and vendors.

What is their reputation with people who sell to them or buy from them? How about their competition? How LONG have they known this person? Be especially careful of people who are new in the area and have a gray past. In many cases, they’ve run away from their bad choices in the past.

4.    The Internet.

Google, Bing, Facebook, Twitter, their websites and blogs – take the time to check them out. They will naturally have enemies and detractors if they’re well known, but judge the assault by the quality of their enemies.

5.   Their philosophy.

What books do they read, what groups and clubs do they belong to, what religious and political affiliations do they have, where do they live, how do they spend their time? One’s philosophy drives ones motives and choices – it is a good predictor.

6.   Test them in small ways first.

Test them in small ways before opening up the big JV opportunities. Do they return calls and e-mails promptly, do they pay on time, are they cheap, are they well groomed and punctual, respectful, and professional? Are they loyal and honest? “Faithful in little, faithful in much.”

7.    How do they treat others?

Their spouses, kids, friends, the waiter in a restaurant, animals, receptionists, their employees, and colleagues. Listen and watch – observe – because that’s how they will end up treating YOU.

8.   Take your time, there’s no rush.

And don’t take the word of one person referring them – I now a successful businessman who has very little discernment in judging others. Over time, you will find out a lot more about them, good and bad. Over time, you will see patterns and tendencies – people hiding, making excuses, justifying, lowering standards, cutting corners. You will also be able to identify loser traits, like smoking, greed., ego, drinking too much, gambling, womanizing, and other addictions.

9.    Watch Out for These Personalities

Be careful of the too friendly, smiling, backslapping, always agreeing, politically correct funster. Those who are everyone’s friend and promise the world are usually sociopaths, or at the very least passive aggressive back-stabbers.

Watch out for posers and parasites, too – there are many of them out there. If someone agrees with everything you say and has no opinion, he’s weak or dangerous. Either way, watch out.

10.   Look at the track record.

That is a clear predictor of future behavior. Along with that, listen for EXCUSES and BLAME – the sure sign of a victim mentality. In that case, be aware that your prospect lives in the Victim/Persecutor/Rescuer world that denies personal responsibility.

Better to take the time and make the effort on the front end than to suffer later. The cost of discipline weighs ounces, while the cost of regret weighs tons.  I would rather pay a good private detective up front than lose a lot down the road.

How to Do Your Due Diligence on Potential Joint Venture Partners

Notice how women, especially, have a “thing” about getting old or mentioning their ages, which sells lots of Botox, hair dye, and all sorts of contraptions and systems to make people look younger. Mutton dressed like lamb.

Men are getting just as bad with their pathetic comb-overs, pony tails, and hair implants.

Even worse than regretting one’s age or even fearing birthdays, is the fact that they tend to have people looking backwards instead of forwards.

“When I was younger…” We need to be architects of the future we can create, instead of archeologists looking back into a past we cannot change.

Birthdays are about Beginnings

A birthday should be an exciting time of new beginnings, new horizons, and the celebration of success, survival, and wisdom. It is, after all, the first day of the rest of your life, pregnant with powerful possibilities, a launching pad of wisdom, experience, understanding, and the acknowledgment that we have no limitations.

Right now, do yourself a favor. Watch this amazing video of Jim Stovall, whose life really only started when he went blind – the Christopher Story. Also see this video of his.

Give Birth to the New

We can rise like the phoenix out of the putrid swamp of our past hurts, bad choices, and failures. What doesn’t kill us does, indeed, make us stronger, IF we allow it to.

Every day is a potential birthday – the day you give birth to a new, “Can Do” attitude that says,

“Enough of the past – I am creating a wonderful new future, starting today. I have unlimited potential and I won’t drive my car looking in the rear-view mirror.

Your Medal of Honor

Wear your age like a medal of honor – a reflection of your learning and wisdom, experience and understanding. Birthdays should be like graduation ceremonies, not funerals.

Only Mix with Winners if You Want an Exciting Future

The best way to remember “YAHOO” – You Always Have Other Options – is to hook up with people who are successful, excited about their futures, and busy creating wonderful, new lives.

Mixing with losers who spend their time talking about the past, their kidney stones, their grandkids, and their problems is like drinking poison served up by a granny in a greasy spoon diner, wearing a miniskirt, with dyed blond hair, tramp stamps (tattoos), and a cigarette behind her ear. You’re as old and vulnerable as you want to be.

Mix with winners, set new goals, stop feeling sorry for yourself, and grab life by the horns. The best is yet to come, and the opportunities to make money and have a great life have never been better.

Birthdays Can Be Dangerous

“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.” ~ Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797)

One thing that stops most people from achieving their goals is the fear of failure, embarrassment, loss, or anything that they currently have and don’t want to lose.

This fear will prevent them from moving forward – the perceived threat and pain – until the pain of their present condition or their approaching condition exceeds the potential danger that they fear.

By examining the things you fear, you might get perspective and change your mind about whether or not that fear has the power you currently bestow upon it.

• What do you fear?
• How can you diminish that fear?

Fear Failure?  Try This.

For example, if you fear failure, think about this: If there was nobody else in the world but you, no other people – would you fear failure? No, you wouldn’t. Because you don’t fear failure per se – you fear the opinions and ridicule of other people.

And anybody who likes you and cares about you would not ridicule you if you failed – they would help an support you, so why worry about the opinions of people who don’t like you or care about you?

Fear Loss?  Try This.

If you fear loss:

• What do you have to lose?
• What is the risk factor?
• Specifically, what would happen if you incurred that loss?
• Could you cope with that loss?
• Is the reward of facing your fear worth the risk?

Think objectively, not emotionally. Write down the pros and cons. Be rational.

1. How can you reduce or prevent the risk?
2. How can you change the situation, protect your assets, or shift the risk?

Fear is usually illogical and based on our conditioning and self-esteem, instead of hard facts. We assume a whole lot of things that are generally not true.

How a Professional Evaluates Risk

Imagine an engineer, and architect, or a scientist evaluating a risk. Would they cry, wring their hands, get angry, shout, hide, or rant? Probably not – they would get out their calculators and have meetings with other analytical people, draw diagrams, make plans, discuss the situation, and find a solution.

The architect doesn’t start whining, “But what if the bridge falls down? What if the floor collapses? I’ll be so embarrassed!” Analyze your fear, get the input of experts, talk with people who have been that route before and succeeded, and then make a logical, adult decision.

The “What if?” Game

Play the “What if?” game. It works well if you write things down.

• What if that person dies?
• What if this project fails?
• Exactly what would I do?
• What steps would I take?
• What would happen?
• Whose advice I need?
• What would I do?
• What could I do?
• Why would I make that choice?
• What would my alternatives be?
• Exactly what would this cost?
• How do I arrive at that number?

When you view life like a monopoly game or a chess game, you can override your conditioning, bias, self-talk, beliefs, and fears.

When you align yourself with successful, mature people who have experience in the field, it gets even better, hence the Mastermind effect of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Club and the DollarMakers Women’s Club – create a support system that will help you avoid the pitfalls of emotionalism, mysticism, and negative conditioning. Together, we can do amazing things.

Most Fears Never Even Happen!

The things you fear are not always all they’re cracked up to be. Several recent studies indicate that over 85% of all that we worry about never happens. Our minds tend to make mountains out of molehills.

Fear is not bad – it’s a warning light that we should consider, and when the warning light goes on in your car you don’t start crying, get paralyzed with fear, or sell your car; you take it to the shop and get an expert mechanic to check it out, or you take the time to read the manual.

• Sometimes,  an inexpensive item or a small adjustment is all that is required.
• Sometimes, it’s more expensive, but less expensive than a seized engine.

Consider the situation calmly and you will find that all you have to fear, as a smart man once said, is fear itself.

Break Free of Fear

Statistically, 85% of the things we worry about will never happen. Those things include:

• worries over our past that can never be changed,
• worries over which we have no control,
• irrational concerns or fears,
• and worries about the future.

Worrying about something never solved the problem or affects the final outcome in any way.

The Futility of Worry

Excessive worries cause negative emotions that release chemicals into our bodies which wreak physical havoc – high blood pressure, headaches, heart conditions, and more. I loved Dale Carnegie’s book, “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”.

Worry can ruin relationships, make your face drawn and ugly, and affect every aspect of your life negatively. Leo Buscaglia said:

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”

The more attention you pay to worries, like plants, they grow bigger and stronger, until they control you. Someone once said:

“People gather bundles of sticks to build bridge they will never cross.”

Dealing with Worry Effectively

How do we deal effectively with worry? Action. Pat Schroeder said:

“You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.”

Face you fears. Shine the light of intelligent, rational, and balanced evaluation on them, and the shadows of fear and emotionalism will retreat.

My Personal Recipe

Here’s my personal recipe for handling worry. I have a very vivid imagination, so you should know that I have to carefully manage my tendency to make mountains out of molehills and elaborate expansively on the smallest concerns.

Cutting to the Core of Fear with Self- Talk

I was walking from a business meeting to my car in a parking lot when I realized that I was in a constant state of worry. I knew I had to take control of things right away, so I took advantage of the fact that there were no people anywhere close and I could have a good, long talk with myself.

I have found this to be very therapeutic, talking out loud to myself. I would literally ask myself, “OK, Robin, what is your biggest worry?” I would answer myself. Then I would ask:

• “Why do you worry about that?”
• “What’s the worst that can happen?
• “What if it does happen? What would you, or could you do?”
• “What do you fear losing?”

…and answer all these questions.

Picture This & Deal with Fears One Step at a Time

I would then mentally put each of these worries in a tin can on a big shelf. I would name my five biggest worries (or more, if necessary), put them all in cans on the shelf, then one by one, in my mind, as I walked around that parking lot, I would take the can off the shelf, open it up, examine it in detail, and create an action plan.

For example, if I needed to write a letter, make a call, set up a meeting, or whatever action was necessary, I would resolve to do that, put it on a mental “Action List”, and take the can of the shelf.

If there was absolutely nothing I could do to alleviate that worry, remove it, or prevent that which I feared, I would realize that there was nothing I could do, and I would take it off the shelf, too.

The Last Step is Taking Action

I waddle around that parking lot for about an hour, until I had mentally and emotionally dealt with all my worries in this way. I talked myself through everything. I had an action plan, I was relieved, I had perspective, I was calm, and I was ready to attack again. I thanked myself, got in my car, drove home, and diligently went to work on my Action Plan.

When you confront yur fears and take action to diminish your worries, remove them, or set up contingency plans, you take control of your mind, and therefore your emotions and your life.

You are bigger than your worries.

Nelson DeMille said:

“Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.”

You are bigger than your worries. You have a lot more strength that you think you have. You can choose how to deal with your worries – fight, or flight. You can let your worries dominate you, or you can decide to b the boss. Change your self talk, change your attitude, take action, and win.

Break Free from Worry

In life and in business, feelings are not always the ideal indicator, especially when they involve a spot of sloth or discomfort on your part.

Dive In & You’ll Find You love It

Recently, my amazing daughter urged me to go for a ride with her on a wild-looking machine at the fairgrounds that whirled people around upside down, high above the ground. The last time I rode on one of those things, I was a teenager. Now I’m 56, but I agreed to accompany her. I didn’t feel like it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it!

My wife persuaded me to go to Disney World for the first time. I certainly didn’t feel like that, but I did it, and I loved it. After that, we visited Disneyland as well!

Yesterday, my two friends suggested we jump off the boat and swim in the cold waters of Howe Sound off Horseshoe Bay. I didn’t feel like it, but I dived in, and it was great.

Quitters Don’t Win Gold Medals

• Do you think athletes feel like training for hours every day, in all kinds of weather, enduring constant pain?
• How about that awful food they eat on their special diets?
• Don’t you thing they feel like gobbling fatty burgers or lining up at the trough for ice cream?
• How often do they feel like quitting?

Those who do quit don’t win the gold medals. The same goes for entrepreneurs. Someone once said:

“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.”

Note, in the above quote, that the author says, “Reached and KEPT” – it’s OK to win once, but to keep on winning, you have to discipline your feelings and urges.

…And Once You Get There, Keep On the Gas!

Ross Perot said:

“Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment.

As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.”

Beware – pride comes before the fall.

Lee Iacocca said:

“I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.”

Consciously Cultivate Habits that Get GOOD Results

And Jim Rohn said:

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments. One discipline always leads to another discipline.”

That’s good news – doing the right thing instead of the easy thing becomes a good habit.

Small habits that get good results need to be developed and maintained in order to reap long-term rewards. Those who quit easily and seek the fast buck never get anywhere, and they develop a reputation for excuses and for not being reliable. James Allen said:

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.”

That self-discipline to do the right thing in spite of what you feel, is what separates the men from the boys.

Earmarks of a Winner

Champions don’t make excuses, and they fight on, regardless of their feelings, comfort zone, or the opinions of others. When losers tell them, “Don’t work too hard, take it easy, rest more, dress down, don’t be so aggressive, don’t upset people”, winners simply go deaf. They associate with other winners and hear only their mentors and coaches.

Do the right thing, continuing in good and bad times to do the right thing, in spite of what you feel.

Conquer yourself, and you can reach any goal you wish.

“I Don’t Feel Like It”: Consciously Cultivating Habits to Get GREAT Results

• unsuspecting waiters in restaurants,
• fleeing family,
• captive audiences in gas stations and supermarket lineups,
• and those attending business networking meetings,

to build their business.  After recruiting three of four people, who in turn use the same, silly recruiting techniques, they quit, disappointed and frustrated, and lose an excellent opportunity to use leverage and duplication to build real wealth.  Warren Buffet bought a Network Marketing company, after all.

The key to success in this business is recruiting more than four people.

You Might Say:

“But it’s so hard! Nobody listens to me! They’ve heard it all before! Who can I talk to? They don’t understand! I worked so hard and I didn’t get anywhere! I was right – this doesn’t work.” Precisely – the system that you use doesn’t work, but that doesn’t mean there are no alternatives. I can only tell you what works for me, which doesn’t mean that others systems don’t work.

Let me share with you what WILL work for you, given that you don’t get negative and quit like most well-meaning people.

One Qualifier Here:

I’m not talking about MLM’ers who sell lotions, potions, swills, or pills; I’m talking about legitimate, professional, necessary services that no reasonable person will stop paying for.

1. Learn the “Compound Interest” Concept & Set a 3 Year Goal

Understand the “compound interest” concept that we learned about in Jeff Olson’s amazing book, “The Slight Edge” – you need to set a three year goal and be aware of the process of time and return on investment. That keeps you motivated, consistent, and persistent.

It’s worth conceptualizing the timeline and realizing that this is not a quick fix, but a real wealth building process that makes some people a million dollars a year. That doesn’t mean you can’t make real money fast, but it keeps things in perspective and show us why things DON’T work.

2. Understand Your Product or Service.

I focus only on services marketed via MLM, since that is, in my opinion, the most viable, lucrative and long-term option. Know what you’re talking about and be very well prepared and equipped.

If you’re new in the business, make sure you have a reliable, professional upline support system in place.

3. Create a “FEEDER SYSTEM” like we have done with DollarMakers

This means getting the people coming to YOU, instead of hunting them down, cold calling, and generally irritating strangers. This can be done through Centers of Influence, group meetings, and the Host Beneficiary process.

Sign up strong, influential people that actually understand business and leverage. This is the part where most people fall through the cracks; they know their service, they’re in it for the long run, they show up at meetings, they’re committed, but they have nobody to recruit.

Two words will change your life: “FEEDER SYSTEM” – something that is created to feed you with qualified prospects on an on-going basis.

Two Final Points:

1. I talked with a woman who was bewailing the fact that she had nobody to talk with about her MLM business, and I gave her three specific things she could do to create a Feeder System. She never did anything about it. If you’re not prepared to work hard and do what it takes, it’s either because you don’t believe in the system or in yourself, or because you are simply bone lazy. There is no excuse.

2. If you’re communicating with losers, the above will not work. Find people with successful track records, achievers, and leaders to work with. These are the ideal people to incorporate in your Feeder System. And the Feeder System can be set up in such a way that you never mention your MLM business – that’s the Joint Venture approach in action.

Build Your Network Marketing Downline FAST

1. DISC, or the four personality styles.
2. Commitment – people either have it or they don’t. This goes along with “Staying Power”
3. Do they have a Killer Instinct?

Aspects of a “Killer Instinct”

• People with a killer instinct are fearless closers.
• They don’t understand how to quit.
• They don’t back down, roll over, or wallow in the fetid swamp of politically correct, passive aggression.
• They are loyal soldiers, and they’ve got your back when you’re in a jam. Unlike pansy parasite posers, who will stab you in the back and steal the milk out of your tea with a permanent smile on their faces.

Trump Has Killer Instinct

Donald Trump is a real man. He said this of Revenge:

“There are a lot of bad people out there… if you have a problem with someone, you have to go after them. And it’s not necessarily to teach that person a lesson, it’s to teach all of the people that are watching a lesson, that you don’t take crap.

And if you take crap you’re just not gonna do well. So Be sharp, Be Smart.

It’s all about this (points to his head/brain) you have to have this to start off with. But you can’t take a lot of nonsense from people. You have to go after them. I have always believed it.

When a person screws you, screw them back 15 times over.”

Killer Instinct.

The Difference Between Someone with a Killer Instinct & a Pansy

Pansy: We knew someone who told us how he was going to change the world and create massive wealth. (Perhaps he thought he was his rich daddy.)

Anyway, his very first seminar was a failure because he teamed up with a loser, and he quit almost immediately. At the very first bump in the road, this pansy tucked his scrawny tail between his legs and ran for the hills!

Powerhouse: Winners don’t take “No” for an answer. They hardly even hear it!

I went on a sales call with one of my salespeople years back. We traveled for two hours to get to the prospect’s house, and at 7pm, after listening to our entire presentation, the prospect and his wife told us in no uncertain terms that they would definitely not buy our product. My salesman kept of selling. He closed the sale at 9pm.

When I got home at 11pm, my phone was ringing in my office. The customer wanted to cancel the sale. At 12.30am, and hour and a half later, I had closed him again. He stayed closed after that.

THAT, dear reader, is a Killer Instinct. No excuses, no turning back, no fear.

What kind of people do you have on your team?

The wimps will sabotage your success and undermine your efforts, while frustrating and irritating you.

The winners will make your life easy. They will motivate, encourage, and inspire you with their courage and innovation.

Losers say things like, “I couldn’t help it, it wasn’t my fault, I’ll do my best, I don’t have the time / money, people can’t afford it, times are tough, it’s the recession, my wife won’t let me, I don’t want to offend people, I need my rest…”

Winners take responsibility, seize the opportunity, and make it happen, whatever it takes, no matter how long it takes, 24/7/365.

Read “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand, and see an example of a powerhouse who doesn’t compromise, carp, quit, or crawl.

The Killer Instinct: Are You a Powerhouse or a Pansy?

Follow the Leader, Wait for Me

Sheep have a strong instinct to follow the sheep in front of them. When one sheep decides to go somewhere, the rest of the flock usually follows, even if it is not a good “decision.” For example, sheep will follow each other to slaughter. If one sheep jumps over a cliff, the others are likely to follow. Even from birth, lambs are conditioned to follow the older members of the flock. This instinct is “hard-wired” into sheep. It’s not something they “think” about.

Safety in Numbers

Sheep are gregarious. They will usually stay together in a group while grazing. A sheep will become highly agitated if it is separated from the group. It is the banding together in large groups which protects sheep from predators which will go after the outliers in the flock.

Social Animals

Sheep are a very social animal. Animal behaviorists note that sheep require the presence of at least 4 or 5 sheep which when grazing together maintain a visual link to each other.

Flocking Together

Flocking instinct is strongest in the fine wool breeds, but exists in all sheep breeds, to some extent. It is the sheep’s flocking instinct that allows sheep herders to look after and move large numbers of sheep and lambs.

Flee, not Fight

Sheep are a prey animal. When they are faced with danger, their natural instinct is to flee not fight. Their strategy is to use avoidance and rapid flight to avoid being eaten.

Safety in Numbers

After fleeing, sheep will reform their group and look at the predator. They use their natural herding instinct to band together for safety. A sheep that is by itself is vulnerable to attack.

Never a Straight Line

Sheep tracks are never straight. The winding of trails allows sheep to observe their backside first with one eye, then the other. Sheep can spot dogs or other perceived forms of danger from 1,200 to 1,500 yards away.

Pain

Sheep have an amazing tolerance for pain. They do not show pain, because if they do, they will be more vulnerable to predators who look for those who are weak or injured.

Leaders are not sheep.

• They are eagles, not ducks.
• They take responsibility and control.
• They lead the pack.
• They fight for their rights, and make no apologies for their values, beliefs, or choices. They confront issues and tell it the way it is.
• They have no need for the endorsement of others and they refuse to work with sheep.

Eagles don’t flock. They don’t live in fear and compromise, and they don’t sacrifice themselves or allow themselves to be taken advantage of by predatory mystics, politicians, parasites, or bureaucrats.

If you wish to be a leader, adjust your philosophy, remove the sheep from your life, and learn from eagles. You can soar to unprecedented heights and enjoy a good lamb stew with mint sauce.

Are You a Sheep? Wanna Change?

If you’re not liquid, your options are limited, unless you make use of the one thing that will save you from selling your real estate at bargain basement, or even fire sale prices, and losing a heck of a lot on the bargain – IF you can sell them, that is… The best thing to do, as you very well know, is to hold on to those properties.

But the seminars and workshops and clubs you joined to tell you how to buy real estate never taught you how to do Joint Ventures.

Now before you indignantly leap off the couch and yell, “But we real estate investor geniuses do JV’s all the time!” let me qualify what I mean.

True Joint Ventures

I’m not talking about getting dumb people to put up their money and take all the risk while you blithely choose properties and play with their hard-earned cash, calling it a “Joint Venture”.

I’m talking about “No money, no risk, little time” JV’s that don’t involve the extreme risk of real estate, tenants, landlords, and things beyond even your control. And I’m not talking about real estate – I’m talking about leverage, and access in any industry, anywhere in the world, around the clock, to develop multiple income sources that produce 100% profit.

3 Steps to Get Turned in a Healthy Direction

1. The first step is to admit you have a problem before your bank manager calls you and says ominously, “We have to talk”.
2. The next step is to forget about real estate and take off the blinders. There are multiple alternative options.
3. And, thirdly, you have to learn what a JV is and how to do them.

That’s where yours truly comes in.  At Dollarmakers:

• we teach you how to leverage resources, access resources, create on-going value, and get paid for it, with NO risk or cost.
• we provide you with access to people who actually understand the process and are willing to pay, as well as the support you need.

Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket

Don’t get me wrong, now. I love real estate. It has made me a lot of money. I own real estate. I’m not stupid.

…But I learned a long time ago not to put all my eggs in one basket or give away financial control to market and political forces and acts of god. Remember, I come from Africa, a very volatile continent, where we’re used to sudden change, crises, upheaval, and surprises.

You’re Already Perfectly Positioned to Broker

With your real estate business experience, you are well positioned to start brokering Joint Ventures immediately, thereby creating the cash flow to sustain and maintain your real estate holdings and wait out the storm. After all, those are the ones that get truly rich.

Parading around telling people that you’re a real estate millionaire is fine, given that you can actually sell your properties for what you believe they’re worth and that you can carry yourself during uncertain times and the inevitable cycles in the market. Pride comes before the fall.

Prevent the fall by diversifying quickly into a few solid yet lucrative, no cost, no risk JV’s, and before you know it the cycle will have turned, and you will be stronger than ever. More information at www.DollarMakers.com

Cash Flow for Real Estate Investors

• live in denial,
• hope for the best,
• write pathetic “business plans”,
• hide,
• and make weak excuses that nobody believes.

Many flock to “business networking meetings” where they desperately try to sell stuff to other broke people, or dig their hole even deeper with ineffective advertising.

Worse still, they hire unemployed business failures who label themselves “Business Consultants” or “Coaches” and charge an arm and a leg to steal the last money you can borrow. (They’re also in a debt hole!)

Some people have lots of money, but they have no time and their debt is time.

How a Bad Situation Turns Worse

Either way, when your money, credit, or time is flowing out faster than it is flowing in, the murky, smelly water rises until it’s high enough to get our attention. At that point, we try to make a logical business decision while in a state of panic.

That’s when we start to understand the old saying, “desperate people do desperate things”. Situational Ethics kicks in faster than a speeding bullet.

And I am now addressing the people who are in this very situation, or who have the courage to see that it is approaching like the proverbial oncoming train.

What Do You Do?

When you see you’re finally about to drown in the hole you so carefully dug, who do you call?

• A three-year-old with a pink, plush toy?
• Do you call over to the “life coach” in the hole next door?
• Do you invite an advertising salesman over to pour a few extra barrels of water into your hole?
• Or sign up to sell real estate or life insurance?

I know this sounds familiar to some of us, since I have been there myself. How did I very narrowly avoid certain bankruptcy on one scary occasion? Not by doing what I had always done, I assure you. Not by second-guessing people who were capable of saving me, and not by resorting to the arrogance born of fiery fear.

Here’s What I Did

Here’s what I did, and what you might want to consider if a few lungfuls of water is not your cup of tea:

1. Find the most successful, competent, insightful, straight-talking people you can, and give them a vested interest in helping you out of your hole.
2. Follow their instructions to the letter, or they’ll throw you back like the minnow you are, faster than you might imagine.

My Story

I was in bad trouble. I was about to lose everything, and those I had expected to help me (family) were not coming to my rescue, in spite of the fact that I had never approached them before (and never will gain.) The bank was about to pull all of my credit, and things looked darkish. My panicked decision was to sell my house and rent in order to get out of debt, so I called in on my smart, successful friend and asked for his advice.

Help at Last

Gerald Voutsas took an objective, relaxed look at my ridiculous plan, showed me that it definitely would put me deeper in the hole, and offered an alternative solution as quickly and easily as passing me another ginger biscuit. I did exactly what he told me to do, and he saved my asset.

It took a few months, and lots of hard work, but I learned my lesson and I never put myself into that situation again. I avoid those dark holes like the plague, and the way I teach Joint Venture Broking is based in part on avoiding that kind of deep, dark hole.

“But where do I find these experts?”

OK, I know you’re going to ask me, “But where do I find these experts?”

That’s why we created DollarMakers. I wanted a decent financial planner, so I went to a very good friend who is also my Joint Venture Partner, very wealthy, and a successful lawyer, and asked him whom HE uses for his financial planning (insurance). Now we use the same insurance guy. Birds of the feather. Successful people know other successful people.

And only someone who is happily not in a hole can help you out of the hole. “The blind leading the blind” is an everyday occurrence in business, masterminding with the mindless…

Bottomline

Elicit, then follow the expert advice of real experts to the letter. And don’t you dare second-guess, question, or slack off. I listened to Gerald, and I didn’t drown.

Climbing Out of the Debt Hole

Here are some guidelines that I have used successfully over 22 years as a Joint Venture Broker.

1.    The Person:

Your potential JV partner needs to be thoroughly checked out and investigated before you JV with him or her. Look for clues and do your due diligence. Look at:

• whom they associate with,
• their level of professionalism and punctuality,
• their dress and grooming,
• preparation,
• philosophy,
• understanding of JV’s,
• and attitude.

Don’t be afraid to decline any JV at any stage – the more selective you are, the more money you will make.

Be sure who the real decision maker is – often it’s a spouse or lover or business partner behind the scenes, making the bullets for the front man to fire. ALWAYS, Only deal with the top guy, and never with the minions, managers, and puppets.

Don’t deal with new entrepreneurs who still have an employee mindset if you can avoid it.

2.    The Product of Service:

Avoid products that are really trends, fads, gimmicks, or new on the market, since these are usually vastly overpriced and will soon appear in Wal-Mart at a fraction of the price, which will embarrass you and diminish your reputation and status as a JV Broker.

They usually have a short lifespan, and people make money on the front end and pay for years on the back end for the damage done.

3.    The Past (history) of the Person and the Product or Service:

Past behavior predicts future behavior.

• How long has this person been doing JV’s?
• How long has the company and product been around?

Google, Google, Google, talk with their competition, and use a private detective if necessary.

Watch out for people who arrive new on the scene from far away – they’re often running away from something, or too many people know them in the town they left.

4.    The Pressure:

• Are you being pressured to implement it?
• Is your JV partner under financial pressure?

These are signs of desperation, and red flags to any JV Broker.

NEVER deal with a JV partner who has financial problems or is cheap (tight-fisted). You need confident, secure, relaxed, professional, mature JV Partners.

5.    The Potential of the JV Financially:

• How much money can you make?
• Is it really worth your time and effort?

Always include the back end and new relationships when evaluating the financial potential of a JV.

Look at the big picture, but also the time required and the cash flow component.

6.    The Potential of the JV Timewise:

• How long will it likely last?
• Is it a flash in the pan?
• Will it take ages to take off and then die a fast death?
• What is the track record, if any?

Avoid new inventions and start-ups like the plague.

7.    The Positioning or Fit within the Whole:

That means how it fits with your:

• other JV’s,
• database access,
• interest level,
• gut feel,
• your existing JV Partners,
• and experience.

You should feel comfortable, confident, excited, and secure with your new JV partners and the products / services involved. There should be a natural fit, especially on the back end.

8.   The Complexity:

• How Problematic is it?
• How complex, involved, convoluted, and abstruse is it?
• Or is it simple, straightforward, easy to implement and track?

Keep it very simple – often, the more complex, the more problems are being hidden. Complexity is often the sign of hidden dangers and agendas.

9.    The Pace:

• How quickly can you implement and integrate it with your other JV’s?
• How soon will it make you money?

Be realistic about your predictions.

10.    The Progress:

Once you have implemented the JV:

• …is it making progress?
• …are your JV partners doing what they said they would do?
• …is it working as well as you expected it to, or does it need to be either fixed or ditched?

Don’t be afraid to walk away at any time – you have millions of JV opportunities out there.

Ten Tips: Criteria for a Good Joint Venture

When people can steal any information off the Internet,

• copy anyone else,
• plagiarize the writing of others,
• and buy impressive websites and claim titles,

…you’ll often find yourself dealing with someone who is not capable of supporting you or steering you in the right direction.

Who stands behind the screen?

I have just spent some time on a website all about Joint Ventures, offering memberships and chat rooms and you name it, but one thing has been carefully and strategically omitted from the site – the name and description and contact information of the PERSON behind the site.

There is no information on the JV’s that person has created – only rave reports about the book he completed with plagiarized writings, and I suspect he wrote most of the testimonials himself, using the names of non-existent people.

Shyster or Sage?

I don’t buy information – I buy the BASE and the philosophy behind that information, which comes in the form of a real person, not a twenty-something who lives in his mom’s basement and plays computer games all day. I like to learn from people who have actually done the things they teach and have proof of it.

Conmen and tricksters abound in this world, and there are a lot of seminars and courses being sold to vulnerable, desperate people who don’t take the time to do their due diligence of the leaders of those programs.

Red Flags

When you’re hiding, you usually have something to hide. When you’re not available, your name isn’t even a real name, and you don’t supply physical addresses or telephone numbers, I know there is something wrong, and I don’t accept what you have to teach.

What My Finely Tuned “BS Detector” Tells Me

I live in the real world and I make real money, doing Joint Ventures with real people, and after 21 years of doing this, my “BS Detector” is finely tuned. I always look at the man behind the screen before buying his snake oil or urgent, time-sensitive, one-of-a-kind, discounted, priced to sell, buy-one-get-one-free, “available today only” deals.

My Advice to You

Get to know the man behind the BS screen before you open your wallet, click the BUY NOW button, or run to the back of the seminar room to buy his trash or join her club. Who is John Galt?

Information Age Due Dilligence: Who’s The Man Behind the Screen

Your future will be whatever you decide it will be. In four years time, you will look back on today and know that your decisions determined your destination.

It is YOUR future. You can have whatever future you want; you don’t need to beg, plead, manipulate, or make excuses. You don’t need permission.

Your future is like a buffet table with a huge selection of foods – take what you like. You are the master of your fate, the captain of your soul.

Exactly what do you want your life to look like in three or four year’s time?

It’s Cheaper to Pay for the Perfect Lifestyle

When I am in a strange city and I have a destination, I call a taxi and tell the driver where to take me. Then I sit back and relax.  I do have to pay him, though – there is always a price to pay.

What price will you pay for your goal life?

Guess what? You’ll pay a price for NOT achieving that lifestyle, too!

So either way, whether you design and create a wonderful lifestyle or submit to a life of compromise, pain, and frustration, you will pay the price.

So you decide what price you will pay, because it’s cheaper to pay for the perfect lifestyle. Why? In four years, after paying the price and achieving the lifestyle, it gets much easier. If you don’t, and your life stays boring, painful and scary, you keep on paying!

Which Rower are You?

Think of the man sitting in a rowing boat, working hard, rowing around in circles, going nowhere fast. That represents the average person in this world – 97% of people, statistically. In four years time, he’s older, weaker, and even more depressed, but he’s working just as hard, if not harder, to keep on going around in circles.

The other rower in the other boat heads for his Treasure Island. He works just as hard, but in four years he is resting in luxury.

Your choice. This can be your defining moment, if you want it to be.

A Blueprint for Reaching Your Destination

DollarMakers is designed and continually evolves and improves, to offer people around the world the means and the guidance to reach their financial life goals. I know that 97% of your problems will be solved or severely alleviated with enough money.

We have the blueprint, the systems, and support, and the tools necessary for you to use to reach your destination. Where will you be in four years? Your taxi is waiting…

Your Future Begins Today

Does Guilt Have It’s Hooks In You?

Do you have relatives that put a “guilt trip” on you when you succeed? “How dare you sail the Caribbean while your family needs money?”

Do you feel guilty when you do well, while others are suffering?

Do you self sabotage to prevent that feeling? “How can you drive that smart car while your brother doesn’t even have a car?” Does this sound familiar? “How can you live in that nice house when millions are homeless?”

Is Wrong Philosophy Robbing You?

We earn money and succeed in life in direct proportion to our self-worth, or self-esteem.

When your philosophy tells you:

• that you are worthless, bad, undeserving, and greedy because you like to enjoy the money you earned,
• or that money is bad, and that you should, in fact, sell what you have and lower your standard of living so that you can give your money to others,

you have a rotten philosophy.

Guilt and the wrong philosophy rob millions of people of success, wealth, and happiness.

It’s ALL How You Look at It

The way you INTERPRET your life, circumstances and opportunities, is what will determine your success or failure in life, and your philosophy or world view is that filter by which you interpret your life.

You have built the life you have brick by brick, whether it is a good or a bad life, by the choices you have made. The same applies to others.

The “Robin Hood” philosophy of robbing the rich to give their hard-earned money to the “poor” parasites out there who made bad choices, is the seed of socialism. Tax the rich to pay for the sloth of the poor.

Are You Letting the Past Undermine the Future?

The bad choices you made in the past don’t have to continually undermine your future. Guilt is a rope that wears thin.

You can Break Free from guilt, self-sabotage, and disappointment by changing your philosophy. When you change your philosophy to one that empowers, one that is based on personal responsibility and objective reality, you will find your life changing dramatically for the better. The anchor of guilt is cut away, and you can soar to unprecedented heights.

What Works Best for Me

Of all the philosophies and options out there, the one that has worked best for me is that of Objectivism.

• It provides me with the tools for freedom, success, happiness, and self-fulfillment.
• It sets me free from false guilt and the attacks of the looters, moochers, and parasites.

Self-discipline and the right philosophy improve your self esteem, you feel you deserve the best and you realize you are entitled to the life that you create. Altruism, collectivism, and mysticism will rip your happiness from your hands, steal your joy, and rob you blind. In fact, those philosophies are designed to blind you to the potential you have for love, success, wealth, and creativity.

Build the Life You Want

• You can build the life you want and be free of guilt and condemnation.
• You can be free and happy, and when your philosophy changes, you will find things falling in to place – fast.
• You can live with virtue and integrity, and make all your dreams come true.

It’s not too late to break free.

Are YOU Self-Sabotaging?

My friend’s wife told him to stop spending his time visiting banks to borrow more money to survive the financial downturn, but rather to spend that time MAKING money.

Usually, wives have to read this and put their husbands onto the right track, since they generally seem to have a better handle of the response to financial strife.

Here’s what won’t solve your challenges:

1.    Hiding From Your Creditors

…that just makes them angry, and you don’t need angry creditors. Communicate and make token payments if necessary – be on time, whatever the amount of the payment, and don’t make them run after you – you will lose.

2.   Blaming Others

Stop winging, whining, complaining, blaming, shaming, and naming other people and the government for your financial problems – you’re just irritating people, alienating winners, and using up time that might otherwise have been used to make some money and solve problems. Bewailing your fate will further deteriorate your resolve, belief, and self esteem. We tend to believe what we say, so talk positive.

3.   Taking Advice from Just Anyone Who Gives It

Don’t take advice from people who are more screwed up than you are, those with a hidden agenda, or those who don’t already have what you want.

4.   Making Desperate or Hasty Decisions

Take a rational, financially secure person with you if you assist on attending “money-making seminars”, and don’t make quick decisions – desperate people do desperate things, and you should realize that you could make bad decisions when you’re feeling overwhelmed.

5.   Hiding from Your Responsibilities and Pain Through Addiction and Diversion

Stop hiding with dope, cigarettes, drink, video games, food, and movies – confront your options and get to work. If you say you can’t find work, work as a commission only salesperson. There is no excuse not to work while you play at home like a child.

6.    Cutting Back in the Wrong Areas

Don’t cut the wrong costs – the first things to go should be the television services ($80 per month), booze ($100 per month), cigarettes ($300 per month), and movies ($60 per month), and other wasteful things.

7.   Continuing to Do What Does Not Work

Stop doing what doesn’t work – stop wasting your money on MLM (network marketing), Lotto tickets, gambling, and anything else that doesn’t make you money.

8.    Spending Time with Losers

Stop spending time with other broke, self-employed / unemployed losers and start mixing with winners. Associate only with positive, successful, optimistic people.

9.   Not Working on a Commission Basis, While Looking for a Job

Analyze what activities are providing you with an excuse not to get out and work on a commission-only basis, and remove them. You’re job, when you are unemployed, is to get a job, and while you are looking for a job, to WORK on a commission-only basis. Women, stop allowing loser men to live off your income and force them to work.

10.   Tuning Into Hopeless Media

Stop reading newspapers and watching CNN. The media won’t give you any hope.

11.   Waiting for Someone Else to Save You

Stop waiting for Obama or any other politician to solve your problem. Say, “If it’s to be, it’s up to me!”

12.   Limiting Yourself

Finally, stop thinking there is nothing you can do. The best advice I can give you is to use Joint Ventures to create financial freedom. You can start earning real money, fast, IF you will work hard and do whatever it takes.

12 Things that Will NOT Solve Your Financial Problems

When you set up a Joint Venture, bearing in mind the potential residual income, and the fact that all JV income from triangulated deals is 100% profit, it behooves you to manage it responsibly in order to glean the maximum benefit for all parties concerned.

8 Pointers to Manage Your Joint Ventures to Their Fullest Potential

Here are a few pointers that will help you maximize your Joint Ventures and open the doors to new opportunities and bigger and better deals:

#1 – Investigate Partners & ONLY Work with the Successful

Only work with JV partners who have a successful track record and who have committed in writing to their part of the deal, including their duties, input, contribution, and specific, measurable responsibilities. This will improve the chances of a successful JV.

#2 – Think the Deal Through & Then Put It In Writing

Set up your JV’s carefully – take time to do your due diligence and think through the “What if?” scenarios.

#3 – Communicate Regularly

Monitor, manage, measure, and, maximize the JV.

1. Remain up to date on new developments, marketing materials, benefits, opportunities, and options.
2. Track results carefully, and, more importantly, track the income and charge-backs, if any.
3. Hold regular conference calls and/or meetings with your JV partners to maintain, secure, and build the relationship.

#4 – Continually Build Your Joint Ventures and Joint Venture Network

Continually look for ways to improve your existing JV’s, link them with others, and upgrade them. Find ways to enhance the value to the recipients. Bear the relationships with your JV partners and the Big Picture in mind at all times.

#5 – Remain Detached

5Be prepared to walk away from JV’s that don’t work, and from JV partners that don’t live up to their promises. That makes place for more JV’s of better quality.

Don’t make promises you can’t keep, and set your JV’s up with an option to quit at any time without recourse or repercussions. This helps you retain your leverage and freedom, but also your integrity.  Being involved in a JV with dishonorable partners will crush your reputation.

#6 – Remain Alert

Beware of greedy, lazy, or arrogant partners. At the beginning of any JV, the parties are all smiles, back-slapping, promises, and big dreams, but when reality bites, people will reveal who they really are. When you see the red flags, don’t bury your head in the sand – confront them immediately.

#7 – Know Where You Stand with Your Partners

Always be aware of the priority your JV enjoys in the mind of your JV partners.

• Have they lost interest?
• Are they lowering the priority of your JV?
• Do they have new, hidden agendas?

#8 – Make Sure Partners Maintain Integrity Too

Finally, don’t allow your JV partner to delegate important aspects of the JV to incompetent, uncaring employees who will agree to anything to keep their jobs. Their incompetence will cost you money.

At any given time, I have about 22 income streams for my JV’s, and managing 90% of them takes me about an hour a day. Keep your finger on the pulse!

8 Pointers to Manage Your Joint Ventures to Their Fullest Potential

Most of us focus on what we don’t want to happen, what we don’t like, our fears, and the bad things in our lives. You only have to open any newspaper (do people still read those?) or turn on CNN to see how bad news dominates the thoughts of the average person.

The fact is that you have access to wealth and prosperity of which you’re probably blissfully unaware.

Bear with me, and you will see both the logic in my statement and the way to turn problems and goals into hard cash.

A Mind-blowing Epiphany for Entrepreneurs

We’ve all heard the truism, “Business is finding a need and filling it”, so people rush out and find a product or service to sell, or they buy or build a business to solve problems. Then they have to sell those products or services.

That’s why 87% of new business fail in the first five years and 87% of the remaining 87% fail in the next five years.

And that’s also why most “business owners” are in fact broke, self employed salespeople, and why most entrepreneurs either have money or time, but seldom both.

The problem is that they are working BACKWARDS.

Make Money Linking Problems to Solutions

The fact is that:

1. Everyone in the world has access to resources, and everyone knows many people who have access to resources. By the same token, everyone has problems, challenges, hopes, and dreams.
2. Every business is looking for more customers and more sales, and every business has excess inventory, perishable resources and other resources, hidden assets, and customers.

There is a proven way to create unlimited, residual wealth by linking supply and demand, solving those problems, and helping people reach their goals, without limitation, cost, risk, lots of time, or even selling – it’s called Brokering Joint Ventures.

I’ve been doing it for 22 years. Very few people understand how to do this, and that’s what DollarMakers is all about – teaching people to make money by simply introducing people to solutions and being paid.

Anyone Can Do It

Anyone, regardless of their circumstances, age, education, or background, and whether they have a business or not, can create wealth by setting up Joint Ventures.

Bill needs what Sally has, so you link Bill and Sally and get rewarded. This is not a new concept, and it can be as sophisticated or as simple as you like.

You Can Profit from What Others Don’t Know

Most small and medium sized businesses operate on about 10% of their potential net profit because they simply don’t understand the concept of Joint Ventures. It’s also why so many of them fail. Joint Ventures give businesses the edge and provide them with a way to dramatically increase their profits, while lowering their risk and overhead significantly.

“You Are Richer Than You Think”: A Mind-Blowing Epiphany for Entrepreneurs

Robin J. Elliott’s video ‘Creating a Bulletproof Mindset’ has been available to purchase as a DVD for 65 bucks.  For the next 15 days it will be available to view at no cost.

The feedback we’ve gotten on this DVD has been incredible.  Some people have told us they’ve watched it over 5 times in the course of a week.  It’s been a solid seller since it’s release, and we feel it’s one of the best pieces of ‘mind mastery’ material we’ve seen.  Obviously we’re a bit biased however, so I encourage you to see for yourself.

Bulletproof Mindset Video – Free for 15 days

We actually released this video at a Bootcamp Robin did in Edmonton.  We played the trailer (http://www.jvwisdom.com/bulletproof) and then before we could even give anymore info people wanted to buy their copy.

The thing was, we were only taking pre-orders because we hadn’t even gotten them printed yet!

95% of the attendees ended up pre-ordering their DVD.  We had a special price for them that day, but I can guarantee you the special price wasn’t what it is right now (nothing).

Like I said above, we’re only keeping this up to watch for the next 15 days.

http://www.jvwisdom.com/bulletproof

Oh, and have an EXCELLENT weekend everyone in the great country of the United States of America.  Enjoy your Independence Day – it TRULY is a great thing to live where the ‘American Dream’ was born!

Till Next,
Shawn Christenson
Technical Director
JVWisdom.com
JVBlogger.com

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1. I had been telling my audience to incentivize all earnings…
2. and to link every cent earned to five cents generated in profits.

I told them that paying someone a fixed salary was not just stupid, but dangerous to one’s financial health.

Here’s his story, which adequately makes my point:

He had employed a middle-aged man whom he met at his church, and for whom he “felt sorry”, to “give him another chance”, at an above-average salary. Lots of red flags right there, but I digress.

Naturally, this “grateful” fellow promised to be the best employee he had ever had, and he went to work.

The business generated a lot of profit from back-end income, Joint Ventures, investments, and the like, and an important part of the duties of this employee was follow-up.

What the business owner didn’t understand was that he was dealing with an employee whose highest priority was to keep his job, not to create additional profit for the business. And that’s where he had made his mistake.

Why the Employee Mentality is Poison to Your Balance Sheet

The employee went through the motions of calling, closing, following up, and providing information, and completed all the required control and time sheets, but he was simply doing a job -

• he had no passion for profit or understanding of business,
• and he didn’t understand why his employer might want to make so much more money – after all, didn’t he have enough already?

His was a collectivist, altruistic, mystical philosophy, which was why he had never made money himself, and that philosophy is like poison to any balance sheet.

The Results Speak for Themselves

When the employer started getting phone calls and letters from his Joint Venture partners, his downline, his suppliers, and his customers, he started to put two and two together. He found that many of his valued customers had moved to his competition, where they got better services, more information, and more value from people who actually benefited directly from their patronage.

This employee had a lackluster, mediocre attitude when his boss wasn’t around, and we have all been exposed to that.

He realized that his lost opportunities, missed sales, lost customers, and diminished transaction values had conservatively cost him ten times what he had paid the loser that he should never have hired for that job in the first place.

The Moral(s) to the Story

An employee:

• Does the least and expects the most.
• Tells you exactly what you want to hear, and, like a politician, will bend the rules and overlook anything in order to keep his or her job.
• If they don’t receive a significant piece of new business, sales, or profits that they are responsible for generating, why should they bother? Where’s the passion and commitment?
• Their real agenda is far from that of the entrepreneur. They have no vested interest in the success or growth of the business, and they are in fact paid slaves or mercenaries. They are not capitalists.
• They will leave you for $100 per month increase, and you will never be able to pay them enough to secure their loyalty or commitment.
• A disgruntled employee can sabotage your business and reputation, and use the courts to hurt you.
• There’s a thin line between love and hate, and you tend to give your employees lots of information which they can use against you when they feel like it.

Create Overlap

Smart entrepreneurs work on creating a vested interest for people with whom they work, which we call “Overlap”. They remove the risk from their own business and force their employees to take responsibility for their duties and choices through financial incentives and commissions. They fire salaried people and rehire them on a commission only basis – no base salary, no leverage on the company except their ability to perform and produce, and no place for hidden agendas.

If that is a new concept for you, read “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand and examine the concept of Joint Ventures as presented at www.JVWisdom.com.

My Employee Free Business

After 22 years in this business, I run my business with no employees, cost, risk, overhead, or inventory. I can walk away from anyone at any time, everything I earn is 100% profit, and nobody gets to limit or sabotage me for long. Everyone with whom I work is a Joint Venture partner.

Audit Your Business to See the Truth

Audit what is really going on while the cat is away.

• Take a good, hard look at your employees.
• Shop your own business anonymously.
• Install cameras.
• Record all phone calls “for quality control.”
• Rethink the way you compensate your people, and what you are actually paying them for.

This is especially important for hiring web “masters”, often the most passive-aggressive people around, as well as secretaries, assistants, and office staff. You will find that you are paying far too much for losses, bleeding wounds, theft, and apathy than you should be.

The High Price of Altruism

By the way, when the business owner in this true story fired the loser who cost him so much money, he got sued, and his church excommunicated him for his “sinful and selfish” behavior.

You’re in business to make the maximum after-tax profit, with the least cost, risk, time, and frustration. Remember that.

Are Your Employees Costing You Ten Times What You Pay Them?

The Winner’s Declaration

“I accept that I am solely responsible for my present circumstances and predicament.

I have chosen my response to and my interpretation of all my options, and will continue to do so.

I acknowledge that my future will be whatever I decide to create through my own volition and choices.

I commit to remain true to my values, beliefs, and philosophy, and determine to advance tenaciously and steadfastly toward my personal goals without being diverted, slowed, or sabotaged by the opinions, words, or actions of other people.

I do not need the permission, endorsement, or agreement of any other person to achieve my objectives – I am the captain and purpose of my own life.

I accept the consequences, both good and bad, of my choices, and I progress confidently, boldly, and joyfully in the direction of my goals.

I believe in myself, I am my own best friend, and I answer only to my own conscience.

I will reach my own fullest potential. I expect to succeed. I am my own moral compass.”

Ayn Rand said:

“I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.  A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values.”

The Winner’s Declaration

• take the lead
• innovate
• break the mold
• get out of their comfort zones
• put themselves on the spot

…And they do it consistently. They immigrate, start new ventures, and volunteer. And they never quit.

But there is a BIG difference in the way winners do things to the way losers attempt things.
Begin It… and Begin It Now.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote:

“…the moment one commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would come his way.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”

4 Things that Make Winners Successful

There are four things that make winners successful WHEN they raise their hands and take action:

#1 – Model Successful People

They model successful people – they make sure they are mentored and lead by champions, not chumps in shiny suits or pretenders that ride on the coattails of the real leaders.

• They take advice from the right people.
• They align themselves with winners and avoid losers like the plague.

#2 – Work with Successful People… Even if They’re “Competition”

They realize that they can’t do it alone – they work with other successful people.

“If you think I am your competition, I will be your competition, and you will make less money. If you realize that together, we can accomplish more, and you will get your ego in check and work with me.”

#3 – Lead Yourself

They are their own bosses, never lead, manipulated, or directed by others behind the scenes, like spouses or silent business partners. They don’t have hidden agendas.

They are their own moral compass – they don’t need gurus and witchdoctors to tell them what to think. This means that they make decisions in line with their true values and beliefs, honor their word, and never quit.

#4 – Take Consistent Action

…And they consistently take action, because it’s easy to move when your ideas, motives, and choices are aligned with your values and objectives.

#5 – Have a Winning Mindset

• They are “abundance thinkers”, which means they think big, expect a lot, and take massive action.
• They are generous and humble.
• And you won’t hear them whining about being ripped off or taken advantage of or “what’s in it for me?” all the time.
• They understand reciprocity and relationships.

A Good Example

I saw a good example of this kind of winner in the person of a young man who attended one of my Joint Venture Broker Bootcamps recently – he consistently makes good choices, takes action, steps up, and deals with the top dogs instead of their gofers and emissaries.

Tim Francis is someone who will achieve a lot, because he is smart enough and confident enough to take advice from the right people and take action until he succeeds. He raises his hand.

Raising Your Hand: 5 Things that Make Winners Successful

“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective.

Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success – or are they holding you back?”

Napoleon Hill said:

“We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.”

The people in your life, the books you read, and the places you go are all important factors in your environment.

The Koi Principle

Remember that the Japanese carp or koi has the natural ability to grow according to the size of its environment. Thus, in a small tank, it usually grows to no more than five to seven centimeters, but if placed in a lake, it can grow to three times that size.

If you have big, important, exciting dreams, you want to be sure to put big people and big brains and big ideas into your environment, and it’s easier than you think.

Who Will You Be in 5 Years?

Charles Jones said:

“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”

Let’s just focus on these two aspects of your environment for now. But, before we do, consider what Alvin Toffler once said:

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

If you’re not ready to learn, unlearn, and relearn, no amount of good books or wise people will have any impact on you.

Meet the Right People

When people who are serious about success approach me for advice, I suggest they meet certain people whom I recommend. Those who do, benefit tremendously.

Your network certainly does determine your net worth.

Great people with great minds can excite, motivate, encourage, challenge, and assist you beyond your greatest expectations. By contributing to their lives first, great people will generously reciprocate, but don’t approach them with your hand out like a beggar.

Read the Right Books

When you have read “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand, you will want to read all of her books. “Atlas Shrugged” will change your life. Also read

• “Never Eat Alone” by Keith Ferrazzi,
• “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill,
• “The E-Myth” by Michael Gerber.

By reading the books of great thinkers, you get to actually think their thoughts. That is a profound revelation for most people.

Engineer Your Environment

Every person, book, Joint Venture, and physical aspect of my personal environment is very carefully selected, and those that no longer work are removed and replaced – fast. I monitor my environment very carefully and consistently. My peace of mind, integrity, and goals are far too important to be compromised.

How about yours? How strict and selective are you about your input, influences, and environment?

Time will tell.

Create Your Environment and Your Environment Will Then Create You

Seth Godin brought up some excellent points about where joint ventures can go wrong in his post “Why Joint Ventures Fail So Often” – however he does not provide any solutions other than to say ‘do something that requires more risk and causes you yourself to have a lot more at stake.’

Here are the 6 Top Reasons why Joint Ventures don’t work and their effective solutions:

1. Wrong premise or expectancy: If we assume things which aren’t true, have unrealistic expectations, or misunderstand certain market shifts or requirements, or if we misjudge buying trends or the choices of consumers, a JV won’t work. If set up correctly, with no cost or risk to either party, we can learn from the mishap and live to fight another day, as friends rather than foes. We’re not fortune tellers, and we can’t predict the future, but we can arrange our JV’s in such a way that we avoid any harm being done.
2. Wrong partners: If you’re dealing with weasels, parasites, losers, or conmen, your JV’s won’t work. Do your due diligence and be prepared to walk away as soon as you see the red flags. Again, if you roll out your JV in a small way before committing to a large launch, you can test your partners and the market before going big. In some cases, the JV partner is honest but incompetent, or he simply can’t handle the volume or demand when we have underestimated the response. A good “What if?” planning session with objective evaluations and checks and balances can help avoid that scenario.
3. Greed and ego: When one of the partners gets his ego in the way or gets greedy, things can go awry. Avoid this with solid agreements and contracts and work with mature, seasoned business owners, not incompetent upstarts who don’t know that pride does, indeed, precede the proverbial fall.
4. Insufficient planning and/or quitting prematurely: Often, we’re so excited and in such a hurry to get going that we neglect to plan the details and specify amounts and quantities, percentages and responsibilities, and things fall part because of that. Miscommunications and misunderstandings come from haste, and inexperience and a sense of entitlement, along with the desire for instant gratification result in quitting too soon, instead of tweaking and fixing what could be a lucrative JV.
5. Inconsistency and a lack of self-discipline break down trust and repel good JV partners. A good reputation attracts a good database and solid JV partners, which results in successful Joint Ventures. Don’t get involved with people who are not consistent – reliability and honesty, along with proficiency and integrity, are the mortar that hold good JV ‘s together. Both parties are responsible for the success of any JV.
6. Finally, communicate regularly and effectively. Losers hide behind excuses and don’t communicate well. Most flaws in any JV can usually be rectified through effective, adult communication and openness.

Joint Ventures are the most sophisticated way to make money, and people who genuinely understand Joint Ventures can make an unlimited amount of money with no cost or risk and little time.  Just keep the above 6 points in mind when executing any JV, and you’ll find yourself breezing through your JV’s.

The 6 Top Reasons Joint Ventures Fail

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt.

Winners say, “Talk is cheap. Your past actions predict your future choices. Show me, don’t tell me.” I agree.

Don’t Believe Words – Believe Actions

1. No Money – that is no cost to you.
2. No Risk – to either party.
3. Very Little Time Invested by you.
4. Easy to Sell / Promote and Track.
5. Credible, High Quality, Unique, and Large Demand – Necessary Service or Product.
6. High Income Potential, preferably unlimited.
7. Easy, Natural Fit with the other things you am currently doing.
8. Maximum Leverage.
9. Quick to set up, quick to make money.
10. Honestly and Track Record of the person behind the JV.

10 Things You Should Always Look for in a Joint Venture

While a good DISC assessment takes only seven minutes and will reveal remarkable, useful information that will predict choices and show one how to manage, motivate, and discipline an individual, as well as assist in hiring the right people and discovering their strengths and weaknesses, my system takes much longer, but costs nothing, and is infallible.

Ideally, one should use both systems.

My Infallible System: Monitoring Behavior

My system is as old as the hills, and it works inexorably. It is called BEHAVIOR. By allowing people access to many, diverse choices and options, and simply observing their consistent choices and behavior over time, one can predict what they will do in the future.

My business (DollarMakers) is designed like a giant filter. It attracts people and monitors their choices. The cream, as always, rises to the top. It’s like sorting coal from diamonds. Simple.

Just watch them. When they consistently make good choices, we offer them better stuff. They disqualify or qualify themselves. Their behavior tells us whether or not we can trust them, and what they will do in the future.

Other Critical Indicators to Watch

• Obviously, we also like to look at their past – track records help a lot.
• Also, if people CHANGE from good to bad, and many do, cut them loose – fast.

“Little” Things Speak Loudly

Simply observe the little things:

• How they dress, groom themselves, and behave.
• Do they show up on time?
• Do they leave early?
• What verbal clues do they give?
• Do they respond promptly to e-mails and phone calls?
• Do they hide when they are late with payments? That is a form of dishonesty.
• Do they lie? The more they talk, the more they reveal – good and bad.
• Are they cheap? Are the generous?
• Do they offer their help?
• Are they optimists or pessimists? Regardless of what they say, what they DO will tell me if they believe or not.
• Are they in for the long run, or are they quitters? Time will tell.
• Are they saboteurs, backstabbers, and thieves or are they winners, champions, and loyal friends? Their actions will tell you – just watch them closely.

Test Over Time

You can devise simple tests.

“Come hiking in the mountains at 8am Monday morning”, you suggest. Do they show up? Are they on time? How do they behave? Do they return? Do they bring friends?

Put them in a position where they can be dishonest – set a trap. Your loyal friends will report to you on bad behavior. Look for consistency.

The Tortoise and The Hare

Most people start off well, but quit soon. Some will start with a powerful fanfare, huge promises, massive action, and burn out just as fast. Others will start slowly and build over time – the tortoise and the hare.

Why Using Both Systems is Best

If you use DISC to assess people after observing them for a while, you will have even more information, and your choices will be even better, resulting in better business and a real win/win.

Other Helpful Situations to Observe

• Watch how people interact with their families and pets.
• See how they deal with laborers, waiters in restaurants, parking lot attendants, and hotel employees.
• Are they smokers?
• Listen how they speak with their spouses on the phone.
• Discover someone’s world-view / philosophy / religion, and you will know a lot about their future choices.
• Listen for pain, regret, guilt, fear, embarrassment, bias, political views, and you will find valuable clues.
• Look at the books they read, the pictures in their homes, the state of repair in their homes, what cars they drive, their hobbies, and most importantly, their friends.
• Are they gamblers?
• What groups or clubs do they belong to?
• Monitor them on Facebook.
• Say controversial things and watch their response. I love that one.
• Talk with their employees, vendors, and competition.

6 Vital Guidelines for Monitoring Behavior

1. Look for patterns.
2. Ask open-ended questions.
3. Do this due diligence before getting involved in serious business with them.
4. Make them qualify for the privilege of your company.
5. And be aware of who you’re dealing with / who the real decision maker is – is it their spouse or parent, or is it them? Spouses are often the fly in the proverbial ointment – be very careful.
6. Finally, remember that desperate people tend to do desperate things – look for vices and money problems.

A Free, Infallible Assessment Tool to Reveal the True Nature of Your Business and Joint Venture Partners

If you feel like you’re accident prone, all alone, and your chances are blown, don’t moan and groan – I might just have the solution for you.

Does this sound familiar?

You might be as smart as others who get rich while you get into more debt, you might work even harder than they do, you might be more motivated, and yet your attempts seem to be doomed to perpetual failure. You feel like a loser.

Dumb people are making money and you’re floundering. It’s just not fair!

Same products and services, same market, same pricing, same opportunity, yet while they seem to attract success and wealth, you feel like you’re magnetizing perpetual flops. Why?

Well, it’s not as mysterious as it may seem.

There’s no magical, imaginary demon or devil undermining your success and jumping at every opportunity to pull the proverbial rug out from under your feet. It’s not your age, appearance, education, or parents. It is a lot more simple than that.

The good news is that when you know what has been contaminating your progress, undermining your success, causing you stress, and making this mess, you can remove and change it, and put yourself on the road to health, wealth, and happiness.

A Good, Workable “Success Recipe”

Usually, we earn money and succeed in our endeavors in direct proportion to our self worth or self esteem. Guilt, a poor self image, and mixing with the wrong people (losers) is what generally sabotages our efforts, in spite of our hard work and good intentions.

The solution, therefore, must be to improve one’s self esteem.

The way to do that is through rigorous, sustained self discipline, and a good, workable “success recipe”. This, in my opinion, will “oil the wheels” of your programs and activities, and add jet fuel to what you’re doing. Confidence, enthusiasm, and belief are signs of a strong self image, and they attract great results.

Three major areas need to be addressed:

Area #1 – Your Input

…The people you spend time with and the input you’re exposed to. Discipline yourself to cut the losers out of your life and read good books, like Atlas Shrugged. Do not wilt nor hesitate – remember, self discipline increases self worth, and that increases the old bank balance.

Area #2 – Your Appearance

Look your best at all times, buy good clothes and shoes, groom yourself well, look like a million bucks, act and walk and talk like a successful entrepreneur, “Fake it until you make it”, and don’t hang out in crummy places. Only the best for you, my friend.

Treat yourself as a successful person would treat herself. Look the part, and you’ll start to feel the part. Believe and achieve!

Consistent, persistent attention to doing your best in everything you do will make you feel great about yourself. And when you feel good about yourself, you will start attracting winners and money into your life.

Area #3 – Your Self-Talk

…What you tell yourself – your self talk, and the questions you ask yourself will determine how much success you achieve. Never put yourself down – be your own best friend and fan.

Here are some great questions and affirmations I strongly recommend you use at least ten times a day, every day, until they are a habit. Speak out load, with belief, sincerity, enthusiasm, and commitment:

• I am happy, healthy, and successful.
• I am a money magnet – I attract wealth and great people into my life every day.
• What is great about my life? What do I have to be grateful for?
• I am bulletproof, unstoppable, and strong.
• Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better, richer and richer.
• I am a guided missile on my way to my goals.
• People are fortunate to know me and work with me.
• I am a money machine, a dollarmaker, and a wonderful, generous, happy person.
• How can I double my net worth in one year?

Self discipline = self worth  = a self made millionaire.

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