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Did you know: Most hiring managers and HR departments use search engines to research applicants? Men and women Google each other when they first begin dating? Colleagues at your company and companies you partner with look for information about you on Google and use that information to make judgements upon you? Most individuals don't realize this is the reality. At ReputationDefender, we help individuals find everything about themselves online and help them manage that information

This will completely change the way you do business online.

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So here it is... If you're trying to become successful by promoting more than one program, you're working against yourself. Why? Because you only have a certain amount of time, energy, and money that you can commit to promoting any program or business. These are your "advertising resources", and they're limited. That means if you're splitting your advertising resources by advertising two different programs, the results for each of those programs will be reduced by half. That would be like opening a restaurant... but closing for two weeks every month. What would your chances be for success if you did that? About zero. And it gets worse if you're advertising more programs! If you're advertising three programs, each program will have only 33% of your advertising resources... and lose the other 67%. That's a 67% reduction in new customers, sign-ups, affiliates, or whatever you're trying to achieve in that program. That's like having your restaurant open just ten days a month! It's hard to imagine, but I've seen some people trying to build four or five or even six different programs at once! They were desperately trying everything they could think of... but nothing was working. They were falling farther and farther behind in monthly fees for all those programs... and they were all failing. But wait a minute! All the experts and gurus say that you need "multiple streams of income" to be successful! They say that you shouldn't count on just one program or just one business in case it goes under. Isn't that good advice? Let's put it this way... if you were the owner of a program, and you knew that 99% of the people who see your website have already paid to join at least one other program, what would your advice to those people be? Would you tell them that their best chance for success is to focus on the program they've already joined? Probably not. You'd probably tell them that they need to join your program too... so they'll have a "safety net" in case the other program should fail. And even if it doesn't fail, if they join your program also, they'll have that wonderful phenomenon called "multiple streams of income". So is it any wonder that all the experts and gurus (who own the programs) are so enthusiastic in their endorsement of the "multiple streams of income" approach? Not really. But what they don't tell you is that by trying to advertise both programs, you're causing your own failure in both programs. They don't tell you because it's not important... to them. What's important to them is that you click that "Join Now!" button and send in your money. That's what they're interested in! So do yourself a HUGE favor and forget about trying to advertise more than one program. Choose ONE business and commit yourself to building that one business. You can FAIL at LOTS of businesses... or you can SUCCEED at ONE business... but you'll NEVER succeed by dividing your efforts and trying to build more than one business at a time. Success requires focus. If you don't believe me, just ask any successful person you can find whether you should concentrate all your efforts on building one business... or scatter your efforts among a bunch of different programs. I think we both already know the answer to that one! Success requires focus. So if you're trying to promote more than one program, you can take a giant step forward right now. Choose one and get rid of the rest. Remember... success requires focus. There are a few things I want you to understand... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. ) Trying to promote more than one program at a time will cause you to fail. Program owners advise you to join (and promote) multiple programs because it's easier than proving why their program is better than someone else's. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.) The ONLY way to succeed is to pick ONE business and commit all of your efforts and resources to building THAT business to a successful level. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.) It's YOUR responsibility to choose the best business for you. Don't rely on what you read on the website. Spend as much time as necessary to learn all you can about a business BEFORE you make your decision. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.) If someone can't explain WHY their business is better than the others, then it's probably not... and why would you want to waste your time and money on that business?

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You've seen them. They're everywhere.

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Matrix programs that pay so much per position down through so many levels. There are 2X2 matrices and 3X9 matrices and unlimited width matrices and every other combination you can think of. Some matrices "feed" other matrices, setting up a series of matrices with ever-increasing pay-outs. Some matrices pay more for positions in the first few levels and some pay more for positions in the lower levels. The fact is this... you can create almost any kind of a pay plan with a matrix. But they all have one thing in common. They all rely on everyone else doing something. Thus the ever-present statement... "if everyone else does the same thing". Don't misunderstand. I'm not implying that there's something dishonest about that statement. In fact, it's almost impossible to illustrate how a matrix-type pay plan works without using that statement. So you'll see income illustrations that have a diagram of a particular matrix accompanied by a statement such as, "If you refer 3 who each refer 3... and everyone else does the same thing through the remaining levels... you'll make all this money!" And all of it is true. The matrix is probably one of the most solid pay plans because it pays out less than it brings in. That means it's sustainable... which is good for you AND good for the program owner. BUT... earlier I said, "you can create almost any kind of a pay plan with a matrix". They are tremendously flexible by nature... and that opens the door to greed. Consequently, there are two things you should know about matrices. 1.) What really happens "if everyone else does the same thing". 2.) How to tell a "good" matrix from a "bad" matrix. What really happens "if everyone else does the same thing". This one's easy... because it never happens! You need to remember what's always stated in the fine print... "This example is for illustration purposes only. Your income may be more or less than what is shown in this illustration." That's because there will NEVER be a time when everyone will do the same thing! There may not be much else you can count on... but you can count on that! There will NEVER be a time when everyone will do the same thing! Instead, here's what you'll see... A few people will do a lot and more people will do a little... but most people will do nothing! So... how does that affect a matrix? Let's look at a very common matrix configuration and apply some values to a few variables. Let's use a 3X9 matrix... which means that the most positions immediately below any other position is three... and the matrix extends a total of nine levels down. The program costs $18 per month and the first level pays $6 per position... so it's a "get 3 and yours is free" type of arrangement. If you can fill your three first level positions with members, your $18 in monthly commissions is enough to cover your $18 per month subscription cost. At the top of the matrix is you and you are working hard to promote this program in hopes of filling your matrix. You get three and they each get three and the additional members you refer are "spillover"... meaning they fill open spaces below the first level in your matrix. Everything is humming along just fine and you're starting to see some real progress. But every line has an end, doesn't it? And at the end of every line is someone who doesn't have three on his first level... and so that member isn't earning a commission... and he decides he doesn't need to keep paying the monthly subscription fee. So he quits... and suddenly the person who was up one level from him no longer has three on his first level... so he's no longer earning enough to cover his costs... he's operating at a loss... and he decides he doesn't need to keep paying the monthly subscription fee. So he quits... and suddenly the person who was up one level from him no longer has three on his first level... so he's no longer earning enough to cover his costs... he's operating at a loss... and he decides he doesn't need to keep paying the monthly subscription fee. So he quits... and up the line it goes. You watch as your entire group collapses from the bottom up. Can one person leaving a matrix cause it to collapse like that? No, but you have to understand that each level in a 3-wide matrix has three times as many positions as the preceding level. The 6th level has 729 positions. The 7th level has 2,187. The 8th level has 6,561 and the 9th level has 19,683... twenty-seven times as many as there are on the 6th level!!! In other words, the further down you get... the more your matrix is filled... the more lines there are that end in someone who is NOT earning any commissions! The more positions you have filled in your matrix, the more people there will be who are operating at a loss... and at risk of dropping out! One member dropping out may not mean much, but imagine hundreds of members dropping out because they don't want to continue operating at a loss. That would cause a shockwave that could result in a huge part of your group simply evaporating! So you see... the whole idea of "if everyone else doing the same thing" is necessary in order to explain how a matrix works... but it's an impossibility in the real world. It could happen... but it can't. Never has, never will. A 3X9 matrix has 29,523 positions. Try finding even 29 people who will "all do the same thing" and I think you'll understand that finding over 29 THOUSAND people who will all do the same thing is completely and utterly impossible. Does that mean it's impossible to fill a matrix and keep it full? No. It is possible... but it's going to require a LOT more work than something as simple (and something that sounds as easy) as "if everyone else does the same thing". How to tell a "good" matrix from a "bad" matrix. This is a simple arithmetic problem. You simply add the commissions paid through each level. That tells you how much of the monthly subscription fee would POTENTIALLY be paid out if the matrix was ever completely filled. If you subtract the total from the monthly subscription fee, you'll see the owner's MINIMUM profit on a completely filled matrix... IF the owner had not reserved the top position in the matrix for himself... which all owners do. Another thing you should consider is the amount of money paid out for positions on each different level. Some matrices are set up to pay large amounts on the first level to help their members get into profit quickly. That can be a good thing, but it leaves less money that can be paid on positions in the lower levels where there are more members. That results in a lower potential overall. Other matrices are designed with higher payouts for level 2 or 3... which is to encourage members to help their downline members build their groups. And still other matrices are designed with a higher payout on the very bottom level. The reason for this is to make it appear that this particular matrix offers huge potential... but the owner knows that 99.9% of people who try (and pay to try) will never see anyone on their lowest level... so he will probably never have to pay out that large amount. In summary... Matrix type programs can be very good, good, not-so-good, or bad. Some people make money in programs that feature matrix pay plans. Some people lose money in programs that feature matrix pay plans. The people who make money understand that everyone WON'T do the same thing... and that it takes a LOT OF WORK and a LONG TIME to fill a matrix and keep it filled. The people who lose money think they can just sign up, refer a few people, and then everyone will do the same thing.

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The Man With The Box

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We're going to look at a strange phenomenon that has appeared on the Internet in a number of different disguises. These general types of programs ALWAYS draw in people by the thousands and even though they are doomed to fail... 100% of the time... they have a nasty habit of returning dressed as something else. No study of Internet scams and rip-offs would be complete without a thorough explanation of this type of program... and it's important for you to understand how they work (don't work) so that you'll be able to recognize the wolf in sheep's clothing. I am referring specifically to the "Straight Line Matrix"... also called the "1X Matrix". The Straight Line Matrix was the system behind all the "Doublers". In case you're not aware of these kinds of programs (Doublers) they were very popular in the last half of 2004. The reason you don't see them anymore is because they ALL eventually collapse beneath their own weight... some sooner than others. To understand why, you have to understand how they work. Imagine a big box on a table, a man standing next to the box, and a line of people. The box is the Doubler, the man is the Administrator, and the line of people are participants. The man tells you that if you put money in the box it'll double very quickly and you can take out twice as much as you put in... BUT you must wait your turn in line like all the other participants. The line if fairly short, so you give the man $20 to put into the box. He gives you a ticket that says $40 and you happily step to the back of the line. How much of your $20 did he put in the box? Nobody knows. That's the first problem. But as you're waiting in line, you see other people come up and give their money to the man to put in the box. He gives each of them a ticket and they take their place behind you in line. Soon (VERY soon) there's enough money in the box to pay $40 to the first person in line. The man explains to that person that he can either take his $40 or he can put it back in the box to double again... so back in the box it goes. The man gives him a ticket that says $80 and the participant happily steps to the back of the line. Did he put ALL of the $40 back in the box? Nobody knows. That's the second problem. But people keep putting money in the box and the people at the front of the line keep putting their money BACK in the box so before long the line is moving faster and faster. Then, before you know it, YOU'RE at the front of the line thinking, "Gee! That was the easiest $20 I ever made! If I put my $40 back in, I'll get $80 as soon as it's my turn again!" So you hand over your $40, the man gives you a ticket "worth" $80, and you step happily to the back of the line to wait your turn. Is the ticket REALLY worth anything? No. It just SEEMS like it. That's the third problem. Think about this... even if the man keeps NONE of the money for himself, it takes TWO people adding $20 each before ONE person can take out $40. It takes FOUR people adding $20 each before ONE person can take out $80. It takes TWO people leaving their $40 in the box before you can get your $80 out. Every time ONE person gets paid, the line grows by two, three, four, or more people. (And don't forget, the man who owns the box isn't doing this for fun. He's keeping some of the money as his "profit".) So the line keeps getting longer... and LONGER... and LLLOOONNNGGGEEERRR. And the WAIT keeps getting longer... and LONGER... and LLLOOONNNGGGEEERRR. Pretty soon the person at the front of the line says, "This is taking too long. I don't think I'll put my money back in this time. I'll just take my money, thanks." Then someone in the line says, "I heard there's another box over there and the line is really short. When I get to the front of this line, I'm going to take my money over there." Suddenly nobody wants to put their money back in the box, and there are no more new people adding money because the line is so long. And........... the............... line................. just................... STOPS...................... MOVING. Even if you're standing at the very FRONT of the line... you get NOTHING if the man says there's nothing in the box. Is the box REALLY empty? Nobody knows. Maybe it is, or maybe the man just realized that the game had run its course and people weren't putting their money back in his box. Every time he gave someone some money, they just left. So why keep giving people their money? All he has to do is say, "The box is empty"... and he can keep everything that's left. In fact, while it seems that the competition from another man with another box was at least partly to blame for the death of this box, it could have been the VERY SAME MAN who started the second box when he saw the line at his first box getting longer and longer. What better way to keep people putting money in his box than to "quietly" lure the same people to another box that he also owns? Is every Administrator who operates a Doubler dishonest? You tell me. They all know that a Doubler can't last very long... even under the best conditions. Do some people make money in Doublers? Yes. But you'd better be one of the FIRST ones in. And you'd better be one of the FIRST ones out! And even then, you could still lose everything you put in. Are these programs all called "Doublers"? No. The Doublers are all gone... for now. They may be back, who knows? But even if the Doublers never come back, the "Straight Line Matrix" will always be there and it WILL come back disguised as something else. In fact, just after the demise of the Doublers, the Straight Line Matrix appeared again in the form of Auto-Surfs. The money wasn't necessarily "doubled"... but the participants were paid huge returns from "The Box". In fact, it's a variation of this type of program that's behind ALL of the so-called "High-Yield Investment Programs"... or HYIP's. We'll cover those in a later section. It all comes down to this... if you spend much time on the Internet trying to find ways to make money online, you WILL stumble onto this kind of program and you WILL be tempted to "try it out". In fact, you will be VERY tempted. How can you protect yourself? How can you stop being a victim? Just remember this... the Internet can't create money from nothing. Money has to come from somewhere. The Man With The Box can't pay you $50 unless he gets that money (plus some for himself) from someone else. Where does he get the money? From people just like you. You see, he knows that if he can get you to send him $10... and he sends you $20 back... you'll keep sending him more and more money until he pulls the plug and disappears with everything. Your best defense? NEVER send money to any program that promises to pay you back more than you paid in... unless you're required to do something that actually generates more money.

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What Is "Stacked Income"?

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An Introduction to Stacked Income Let's say you own a paint store. Your store sells quality paint at fair prices. You understand that your success relies on keeping your customers satisfied, so you do everything you can to provide the very best service. Your advertising is effective and within a few months you have a number of loyal customers. These are professional painters who buy a lot of paint, so your store is profitable. Then one day you decide you'd like to increase your profits. How will you accomplish that? You could open another paint store in the next town, but that would require leasing another building, finding and hiring someone to run the store, and spending more money on advertising. As you can see, that approach would cost a lot of money and require a lot more effort from you. Instead, you decide to add another product line in your existing store. You contact a paintbrush company, pay them some money, and they come to your store and set up some nice displays with quality paintbrushes. Soon your customers are buying paint AND paintbrushes from you. Paint is your "primary product" and paintbrushes are an "add-on product". You already had an income from your primary product sales. Now you've stacked another income on top of that income by selling an add-on product that your existing customers also want. How much extra work was that for you? None. Your profits increased simply because you arranged to provide another product to your existing customers. Could you do that again? Could you have another Stacked Income? Absolutely! Suppose you decide to add drop cloths and rags as another product category. The exact same customers who were already buying paint and brushes could then also buy the drop cloths and rags they need. That would give you another Stacked Income. It would probably cost you a little money for the additional products, but your profits would increase (again) without you doing any more work, so it would certainly be worth it. Then you could add ladders. That's another Stacked Income. Then paint sprayers. That's another Stacked Income. See what's happening? You're earning more money without doing any more work! You haven't increased your advertising or your labor costs. You didn't need to open another store and find more customers. You simply provided your existing customers with more products that they need and want, and your business became more profitable. In fact, with each new add-on product, your business became more profitable. How many add-on products can you have? Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank applied the concept of Stacked Income by offering customers 40,000 add-on products and transformed one lumber store in Atlanta, Georgia into a $90 billion retail empire called The Home Depot. Sam Walton applied the concept of Stacked Income and 120,000 add-on products later, what began as one little store in Bentonville, Arkansas is now the largest retailer in the world with almost $1 billion in sales every day. Along the way, Sam Walton became the world's wealthiest man. As I mentioned before, that's Stacked Income in its most basic form. In its advanced form Stacked Income is even more powerful than that!

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The Power of Purpose

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-------------- Ok I admit it. I have a charmed life. Everything I touch turns to gold. Or platinum. Or Prada. I’m healthy, happy, and successful. My worst nightmare day is a lot of people’s dream come true. Now it wasn’t always this way... For more than 30 years, my life sucked. Real bad. I was sick, unhappy, broke, and miserable. Everything I touched turned to camel dung. If anyone could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, that would have been me. So what changed? The single most important thing – more important that anything else I have ever learned was this: I came to the belief that I was responsible for everything that happened in my life, both the good, and the unspeakable horrible. Which was a very frightening thought indeed... Because it meant I could not blame my dysfunctional relationships on my partners anymore, I couldn’t blame all my business failures on my sponsor, crooked partners, and the economy, and I couldn’t blame my poor health and other tragedies on God, the universe, destiny and circumstance. And while that was quite a frightening thought at first...it became the thought that ultimately gave me freedom. Because if all that was true about those bad things, then logic dictated that it must be true for the good things. Which meant I could manifest being happy, getting rich, becoming successful, and attracting quality people into my life! Do you really get this? Do you realize that you can manifest all the good things and live a life of health, happiness and prosperity? Coming to this realization was the single, most important, defining breakthrough in my existence on this planet. Because it took me out of the mindset that I was a victim of circumstance, and created a mindset and belief that I could control my own destiny. Now this thought is radically different from what most people believe. But then again, most people are sick, broke and stupid. They feel victimized by God, the Universe, nature, destiny, luck, circumstance, and a litany of other “outside” factors. But when you feel these things victimize you, that discounts the very important reality of the effect our thought-forces and mind elements have upon our circumstances, character, and destiny. You create your own circumstances by the thoughts we give precedence to. So that is step one, working on the thoughts you give precedence to. But there is more. Until your thought is linked with purpose, you can’t experience the true prosperity that is your birthright. Not only must you have a purpose, but also you have to make that purpose the centralizing focus of your daily thoughts. You must make your purpose your supreme duty, with your eyes always on the target. When you do that, then you really do control the thoughts you give precedence to, and this creates your mindset. And it is your mindset that determines how successful you will really be in life. Here’s what the process looks like: 1) Having an overriding purpose helps you direct your thoughts. 2) Those thoughts determine your mindset. 3) Your mindset determines how successful you will really be. How you will react to any situations that come up is determined almost entirely by your mindset. Take my friend Matt. We stopped at a fried chicken joint to eat after our ballgame one night. As we were walking to the door, he said, “You know what’s going to happen? I bet they are going to be out of chicken! That happened to me once. I went in and they were out of chicken. How can a chicken place be out of chicken?” So what happened? We went in. I ordered a 3-piece chicken dinner, which I got. He ordered a 3-piece spicy chicken dinner. Which, of course they were out of. He looked at me and raised his arms, as if to say, “I told you so.” Now we could do a whole lesson on how he manifested them being out of chicken. But that’s for another time. The point I’m raising here is his mindset. He expects bad things to happen to him, so they usually do. I love him, but he affirms about 300 bad statements every day. I am constantly stopping him in mid-sentence, screaming, “Wait, don’t affirm what you are about to say!” And he pauses for a second, thinks about it, and finally says something like, “Well it’s true though. My suitcase is always the last one off the plane.” Fascinating, isn’t it? Your mindset colors how you view every situation you encounter every day. And it shapes the way you attract things into your life. Some people are predisposed to think they will be wildly successful, some figure they will get by, and others like Matt expect the worst to happen. Your expectations will color how you view each situation you encounter, hundreds of times a day. That in turn will color how you act in each situation. And each one of those small, seemingly insignificant decisions determines your future. If you think the rich get richer, and you have to have money to make money – you will probably do nothing to break out of being broke. You will think you want to be wealthy, but on a subconscious level, you will just tell yourself it would be a wasted effort. If you think that good things only happen to “other” people, you won’t expect them to happen to you. And when they do, you won’t even recognize them, because you’re not expecting them. You won’t accept when people want to do good things for you. They may manifest as something simple, like refusing their offer to help you with a project, to something much larger, like refusing to accept love from someone who loves you. You could pass up a great investment opportunity, decline to open a business that can make you wealthy, not protect your health, or even repel your perfect soul mate. Or all of the above. Of course the opposite is true too... If you believe you are worthy of wealth and happiness, you will expect good things to happen. And when they do, you will accept them gratefully. This is the power of autosuggestion, which operates in your subconscious mind. When you get presented with lucrative opportunities, you are likely to act on them. And when you have a chance to try something really bold, daring and monumental – you will go for it! So this leads to a fascinating area of speculation... Namely whether you believe that we manifest cancer tumors, horrible accidents happening to us, people we love dying, and other horrible things. Or more specifically, do YOU believe that YOU manifest horrible things for YOU? Or do you think that they come from circumstance, fate and luck? This may be the single most important question you ever ask yourself. Because it means the difference between creating your destiny—or spending a life of quiet desperation, reacting to drama, and challenges and a never-ending supply of misfortune. Now does that mean that I think that you consciously or subconsciously wish upon yourself a tumor, or horrible accident or other tragedy? No, not consciously anyway. But I do believe we can and do, attract bad things to us. And I believe that we shape our circumstances by the power of thought. Now most people don’t feel that way. It’s a lot easier to believe in chance, luck, destiny, providence, and other outside factors. If we can blame things on God, nature, the universe, the economy and our asshole ex-spouse, it sure makes our misfortune more palatable, doesn’t it? But lost in all this is the very important reality of the effect our thought-forces and mind elements have upon our circumstances, character, and destiny. So I don’t think that you or me or anyone else would want to have a loved one die, or get in a horrible tragedy. But we can believe that we are not worthy and manifest a victim pattern. Your soul attracts what it secretly harbors. That means that which it loves, and also that which it fears! So that means you can reach the height of your greatest aspirations, goals and dreams, or sink to the level of your un-chastened desires. So that leads us to the million-dollar question for you. Do you believe that your soul attracts what it secretly harbors? That which it loves, and also that which it fears? Or do you think I’m an uncaring, egotistic, arrogant, lucky, rich guy who forgot where he came from - and doesn’t understand the special circumstances that aren’t your fault that are holding you back? How much responsibility did you accept for the last really bad things that happened to you? (As in, getting fired or laid off from your job, being in a car accident, getting sick or injured, having your new distributor drop out, etc.) The amount of responsibility you take for this greatly determines your mindset, and thus how you might subconsciously attract and manifest bad things happening in your life. If you are like most people, you admit that you are responsible for a lot that takes place in your life. You agree that you are your thoughts, and that your thoughts create both your character and your circumstances. But... You probably would add something like, “Surely Randy you don’t think that I had anything to do with (fill in the blank.)” Well I’m not going to be the one to tell you that you manifested getting an incurable disease, losing a loved one, going bankrupt, or any of a hundred other unspeakable calamities that may have occurred to you. And you probably wouldn’t believe me if I did. But I know this... I didn’t want to be in jail at 15, but I was there as a result of the actions I took. I didn’t want to be sick, broke and stupid, but I was, because of the thoughts I gave precedence to. I didn’t want to have my business seized by the tax authorities, but that was a direct result of my actions. And I certainly did not want to get shot, but even that was a direct result of some decisions I made, and the mindset I had at the time. I do know that when I changed my mindset, I changed my own life. So here’s the other side of the question... How much responsibility did you accept for that last wonderful, glorious thing that happened in your life? (As in finding the love of your life, your child being born, getting the promotion, making a big profit on an investment, etc.) Here’s why I ask... If you think all the good things come from good luck, destiny or – dare I say this, God – you could be missing out on a lot of good things. Now before the fundamentalists write to complain, let me explain… In the form of a story. A farmer was in the fields, tending his crops when a passerby struck up a conversation. He mentioned to the farmer how blessed he was that God had given him such a beautiful farm. The farmer mentioned how he had repainted the barn and the farmhouse, and the stranger again remarked how God had blessed him. The farmer talked about how he removed all the rocks and tree stumps to plow the fields. The stranger smiled and nodded, and remarked again how God had blessed the farmer. This went on for some time, the farmer talking with pride about the improvements he had made, and the stranger repeating how God had blessed the farmer. Finally in exasperation, the farmer exclaimed, “You should have seen the place when I took it over from God!” There is an important prosperity lesson in this parable. If you believe in God, I’m happy for you. But don’t give away all your power and responsibility! God – or the universe, or whatever forces you believe in – can only do FOR you, what he can do THROUGH you. You were given free choice. You were given the abilities to manifest the things you dream about. But as the Quakers like to say, “As you pray, move your feet.” God gave me the ability to play softball, which brings much pleasure to me. But if I wanted to do it at a high level, I knew that I would have to practice, do drills, learn the intricacies of the game, and get in better aerobic shape. So I did. God gave Pavarotti a beautiful gift. But do you have any idea how hard he worked (Pavarotti, not God) to refine and develop that gift? While it is important to take responsibility for the bad things in your life, it is just as important, to take responsibility for the good things! Because if you don’t take some credit for the good things - you don’t have the mindset that you can actually create more of them. Think about it. And think about the credit you deserve for what you do. As I told you – I don’t think that you or me or anyone else would want to have a loved one die, or get in a horrible tragedy. I didn’t want negative relationships, to get evicted from my apartment, to get shot in a robbery, to have addictions, to end up in jail, or get sick. But I do believe that I manifested ALL those things by the mindset I had at the time. I was in the ultimate victim pattern for 30 years. And I was continually manifesting proof on a daily basis that I was an unlucky, unfortunate guy who just couldn’t catch a break. Of course that was all bull. I was riddled with guilt, low self-esteem and feelings of unworthiness, and I kept manifesting drama to satiate my need for feeling worthy by lieu of being the simple, poor, but spiritual guy, who was fighting the forces of evil and oppression. I am so glad I don’t have to do that any more! So what about YOU? What kind of mindset do you have towards prosperity? You are a being of free thought, critical thinking and love. You are the lord of your thoughts, and therefore hold the key to your mindset. The transforming and regenerative mindset that allows you to make of yourself what you will. So that means you can reach the height of your greatest aspirations, goals and dreams, or sink to the level of your un-chastened desires. So think about the most important question you’ll ever answer, because that will be the true barometer of how you will build your network marketing busines Randy Gage

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That's the first thing we need to discuss... the Internet is NOT magic!

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Why do so many people struggle (and fail) at making money on the Internet? One reason is because they think the Internet can do things that are impossible. They've been told again and again that all they need to do is join this program or sign up for that program... and send in some money... and they'll make tons of money while they sleep... because someone else is doing all the work! They've been told they can earn 12% interest PER DAY... when some of the world's most highly-skilled fund managers struggle to maintain average returns of 12% PER YEAR... so they send in hundreds (or even thousands) of dollars and then they're shocked when the program collapses and they lose their "investment"! They're told that they'll make money as a result of the "spillover" they get from their upline... who also signed up with the promise that they'd get spillover from their upline... and nobody does anything so nobody gets anything except the owner of the program. He gets the money you sent in. Why do so many people believe that impossible things can somehow happen because of the Internet? Because they don't really understand what the Internet is and what it can and can't do. Here's what the Internet is and what it can do... The Internet is a vast network of specialized computers called "servers" that have the ability to communicate with your computer and my computer and millions of other computers all over the world. To better understand the Internet, you might want to think of your computer as a telephone... and the servers as the switchboard at the telephone company. When you click a link or enter a url in your browser window, it's a lot like dialing a telephone number... but instead of you talking to your brother in Baltimore, your computer is talking to a server in a climate-controlled room somewhere. It's asking that server for a website or an email or a picture or a song... or whatever. The server's job is to store whatever is placed on it, wait until some computer makes a request... and then "serve" that website or song or whatever to the computer that made the request. So the report that you're reading right now is being "served" to your computer by my servers in Orlando, Florida. How did it get on my servers? I put it there, so you could read it whenever it's convenient for you. That way I don't have to be there to answer the phone when you call... I can let my servers do that for me. They'll process your computer's request and "serve" what your computer has asked for. Because so many things can be converted into a digital file and uploaded onto a server... and because your computer is so good at communicating with servers all over the world... it's easy to see why you might begin to think that your computer is capable of doing things it can't do. After all, it's no exaggeration to say that the Internet is by far the most powerful tool ever invented by mankind for communicating and for storing, processing, and delivering information. Yes, the Internet is capable of doing some pretty amazing things! But the Internet can't do everything. Even the Internet has limits. Here's what the Internet can't do... The Internet can't create money out of nothing. The Internet can't cause money to flow into your bank account unless you do something to actually EARN that money. Why? Because all of the money in the world already belongs to someone... and they're doing their best to hold on to it. They're not going to send it to you unless they have a good reason! So if you're going to make money on the Internet, the first thing you need to do is give a lot of people a very good reason to send their money to you. What kind of a reason? Basically, there are only two ways to get people to voluntarily send money to you. * You can trick people... fool them into sending you money by telling them something that isn't true. * Or you can provide people with something they want... something of value... something they're happy to pay for. If your choice is to fool people... to cheat them out of their money using lies and deception... then you're wasting your time reading this Report. I have nothing to say that will help you. But if you're the kind of person who values honesty, if your personal integrity is worth more to you than a few dollars, if you understand that in every legitimate business transaction BOTH parties benefit, then this Report is going to help you in ways that you can't even begin to imagine. There are a few things I want you to understand... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. ) Although the Internet is an amazing tool, it owns no money. When someone tells you that you can put up a website and it will "suck money from the Internet like a giant vacuum on steroids"... they're hoping to fool you into forgetting that money doesn't come from the Internet. Money comes from people. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.) Dishonest people tell the truth most of the time, but honest people don't lie. If someone tells you they can guarantee you'll make a million dollars in six months... you know they're lying, don't you? So why bother to believe anything else they tell you? Honest people don't lie. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.) You can make money honestly... or you can make money dishonestly... but you can't build a successful business on dishonesty. Don't fool yourself. You can't build a successful business in a few weeks or a few months. It takes time to build a highly profitable business. During that time, everything you say will have to stand the test of honesty. Don't lie, don't exaggerate, don't stretch the truth, and don't promote a website that isn't 100% honest.

Profits That Lie Hidden In Your Farm

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Perhaps one of the best ways to illustrate the difference between the poor and the rich is by looking at agriculture... A farmer buys some seeds and all the machinery required to plant, grow and harvest them. Then the farmer spends months of unpaid work and a lot of his money to grow his seeds so that he can harvest later on and finally reap the rewards of all his hard work. To speed things up, the farmer can spend more of his money and hire workers to plant and grow his seeds for him. The workers then invest their time to grow the farmer's business and when harvesting time comes, the workers get nothing of the rewards as they were already rewarded for their work (salary). The farmer makes so much (profits) from selling his harvest that he can pay more and more workers to do his work for him. The farmer ends up doing less and less work himself yet make more and more money. 10 years pass and the worker is still stuck in the same hole, still working hard for his money but the farmer sold his farm and now lives in a mansion Moral of the story: grow your own seeds! Working from home and growing your network marketing home business is not unlike this farming story. It does require hard work in the beginning and you are not paid for that work, you are only paid for the results that you achieve (harvest). However once those results start coming in, they keep coming month after month without any extra work being required as your trees keep producing fruits. Your businesses even grow faster and faster on their own as your customers start growing their own businesses within your organization. I guess we could call the network marketing industry the business of growing money trees... Every single customer you refer is a potential money tree and you need to nurture it so that it grows big and strong! Take excellent care of your customers and they'll reward you handsomely for it!

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