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Thought of the Day
Article 2: OVERNIGHT SUCCESSES
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Success...seems to be connected with action.
Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes,
but they don't quit.
Conrad Hilton
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As you discovered in Part I, we basically all have the same dream: get enough money so we can have enough freedom to live our lives the way we want. And we've all been fed the same line of BS about how to do it. To recap - here is the hard truth: 1. "Being your own boss" is not what it's cracked up to be. Remember, you are the toughest boss you'll ever have. 2. "Selling your own product" is not the only way to make real money. In fact if you sell a product of your own, you may in fact gross more money in overall sales, but your overhead will be much higher (overhead = hard costs + stress). Remember, it's not about "grossing" a large dollar figure - it's about earning enough to get the freedom you need to live your dream. So easily we forget that ... 3. Having employees does not make your life easier. I love and respect every employee I now have or have ever had, but as my team grew larger so did my stress. Ask anyone else with employees ... If they tell you that having employees has made their life easier, ask them if the number of hours they've had to work has changed. If they are honest, they will most likely tell you that they are working more hours after hiring people. "So, what are you telling me, Mark? To get a job?" Well, yes and no ... (more on that in a minute) I'm about to show you a path - a path that will allow you to achieve that dream as long as you're willing to accept that it will take a healthy dose of honesty, common sense, and hard work. To understand the path, you have to understand the goal. The goal is to achieve freedom and happiness, right? To achieve that for
yourself, why not model people who are truly free and happy?
The problem is, it takes time to reach this "free-agent" status. There are a number of things you have to do first (hint: the path starts ): 1. Start from a position of stability (financial, physical, and mental). If you quit your job today and think you're going to become a free-agent overnight you're wrong. You need to be able to operate from a position of stability so that you can build yourself to free agent status without any sense of desperation. If you're desperate, people will know and they won't want to do business with you. You need to keep your physical, mental, and financial health. If you have a job now, keep it. If you're in a desperate situation right now, accept it and know that it will take time to get out of it. Get yourself stabilized first before moving on. Take care of your body and learn how to deal with stress. Either way, move on to step 2, no matter what ... 2. Stop the bleeding. Get your spending habits under control. If you can't afford your current lifestyle, downgrade a bit. Swallow your pride. Getting deeper in debt because you think your friends won't respect you unless you own a Lexus is not the path to financial freedom. 3. Wait ... I'm not going to show you Step 3 yet. Don't worry, I'm not going to hit you up with some sales pitch. When I first wrote this article in April of 2003 it got the single most response to any article I had ever written (even more than my famous post 9-11 newsletter). The response was so overwhelming that I was inspired to create a 100% free website dedicated to this concept called "The Free Agent Path." The Free Agent Path is now a fully developed "Step-by-Step Path That Leads to True Financial Freedom." It's grown beyond being a simple website to becoming a full-fledged movement. In the first week of it's launch it's already one of the Top 500 most visited sites in the world. Start your own step-by-step path to true financial freedom today (it's 100% free) and find out why this movement is sweeping the globe at an astonishing rate. It's free, easy, fun, and you'll make a heap of friends in the process! All the best, Mark Mark Joyner
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by Gery Carson
Hardly a day goes by that I don't hear from a Member questioning why they're not seeing a big check yet. More times than not, the person asking hasn't even been in the industry for more than 90 days and is only barely beginning to even understand how the whole concept works. And frankly, even if the number was six months, it's still much too early to be expecting a significant income stream to have developed.
I always say that if you're not willing to give a business at least a year, don't even bother getting involved. Understand: It takes time to get to know all the nuances of the compensation plan. It takes time to discover which products you like and can recommend to others. It takes time to develop a game plan. It takes time to figure out what activities deliver the biggest bang for the buck. Anything worthwhile takes sustained effort. If you're not thinking long term, you've set yourself up for failure. REPEAT: If you're not thinking long term, you've set yourself up for failure. I can't emphasize this enough!!!!
But let's look at some real examples and see if we can put some perspective on this. I'll start with myself. My success as a home business entrepreneur is well known. Having earned over six million dollars, I'm sure there are some who'd vote me in to the Home Business Hall of Fame if there were such a thing. Yet what most of those same people don't know is that I LOST money my first two years. I only broke even in my third year. And it was only when I got to my fourth year did I see my first profit. Was it worth it? Are you kidding?!! Today I live a dream life, work from my dream home, drive my dream car --I'm blessed beyond my wildest expectations.
But let's go much farther. Let's look at some members of SFI's $100,000 Club, the actual home business superstars we've featured in Six-Figure Income Magazine.
CHARLES LESLIE's monthly income exceeds $12,000 a month.
It took Charles 5 months to see his first $1000 check, and 3 1/2 years to see his first $10,000 check.
TRACY DIETERICH earns $36,000+ monthly.
But it took six months to hit that first $1000, and a year to get to $10,000.
DALE CALVERT makes so much more than $100,000 a year that he won't even divulge the amount. Yet Dale worked four months before seeing that first 4-figure commission check...and four full years before hitting five figures.
DR. JOE RUBINO now cruises at over $62,000 each month.
But that first $1000 check took 2 months, the first $10,000 check, one year.
ROBERT BUTWIN drops $80,000 or more into his bank account each month.
But would you believe that first $1000 check took two years to reach, and a full FOUR years for Robert to reach the first $10,000 check? It's true!
SCOTT OHLGREN earns as much as $53,000 per month.
But Scott gave a 4 month effort before seeing his first $1000 check. And it was more than 3 1/2 years later before that check topped $10,000.
DAVID A. NELSON clears $40,000 in a month.
But reaching that first $1000 check took 18 months. Reaching the 5-figure check took two years.
TONY KENT has exceeded $90,000 in monthly earnings.
But exceeding $1000 took Tony 1 year...and a year and a half to exceed $10,000.
In other words, even the most dynamic, highest-earning entrepreneurs in the industry took MONTHS to begin seeing an income of any real significance. And the real wealth, the $100,000+ income we all strive for, took an average of almost THREE YEARS to achieve!
Do you think ANY of these gentlemen don't think the ends justified the means? Do you think for an instant that the months and years invested hasn't been rewarded a thousand times at least? You don't even have to think about it, do you?
If I told you that after 2-3 years of being in the industry you'd be making more in a month than you now make in a year, could you handle that? If you were sitting across from me right now, I can look you in the eye and tell you that this is a genuine and realistic goal. But when you say to me you want to quit your job in six or nine months and live off the income from your new business, I'll tell you that probably is not reality.
Not what you wanted to hear, right?
But is what I'm suggesting so tough to swallow? Of course not. Can you think of any other endeavor where you could invest just 5-10 hours a week for a couple years and at the end of that time have turned it into a $3000 - $10,000 residual monthly income stream? Money that keeps coming in month after month, year after year. Money that keeps coming in whether you work ten hours a day or two. A commission check waiting for you in your mailbox when you return from yet another vacation. Money that when you've left this planet continues to provide for your spouse, children, or grandchildren.
Sounds extremely nice, doesn't it?
But again, these are not things you're going to see in your first year. It just ain't gonna happen, folks! Some of you, the go-getters, you WILL see it happen in your second year. For most of you, however, you need to be thinking 2-5 years. And you know what? When you get there, I guarantee you, you'll say it was nothing compared to the rewards.
We reap what we sow, but the harvest is never in the same season as the planting!
Today you are planting...and will be at least for the next several months. Your harvest will come in time. Be persistent. Be patient. Think long term. Take action every day, (no matter how small) to build your business and you cannot fail. Great success will be yours if you follow this simple formula.
Notice the incomes stated in the above article. Notice the time it took to create $10,000 monthly incomes.
Can you say C O N F I R M A T I O N??? Wow!
If you don't have any idea what I am talking about, YOU NEED TO KNOW!
Don't delay another minute, go to http://home.bourget-marketing-international.com
Don't spend another day in this industry until you have checked out this site!
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