Business: Doublets, Doubles, Drinks, and Detection
What is a doublet? It is one of the many gem fakes in which a thin, flat section of a real gem is pasted atop a thick base of glass or rock crystal. This treacherous trick is used to sell imitations.
In many cases, high-ranking politicians are represented by doubles, or look-alikes, in order to avoid exposing the real politician to the danger of assassination.
In Mexico, I learned from an experienced jeweler how much of the silver jewelry sold to tourists is in fact a thin layer of real silver pasted over a cheap, but strong inner core. He showed me an example of it – it’s very difficult to detect. And in Ancient Greece, cracks in statues were sealed and hidden with wax – hence the word, “Sincerely” – “Sans Ceres” – Without Wax.
When I was a hotel manager, I learned how devious barmen would glue a piece of clear Perspex into the bottoms of their tot measures, so that they would short-tot patrons and steal the revenue from a few tots per bottle of alcohol.
When you’re serious about success in any business, but especially as a Joint Venture Broker, it is essential to avoid the pretenders, posers, parasites and playactors who conjure up exciting schemes to milk the morons and gut the greedy and gullible. How does one detect one of these swindlers? How do we avoid being conned by these slimy scammers? After all, they’re adept at their tricks. They sound so genuine. They hug and smile and pay you compliments and buy you food and gifts. They really seem to care, and some even claim to be religious. How can we know who is real and who is a rogue?
1.   Don’t make immediate decisions about business opportunities and investments, especially at night after a meal or an emotionally charged seminar. Sleep on it. (Have you noticed how most of the TV infomercials run at night? That’s when your defences are down.) Don’t be fooled by “urgent” opportunities, “discounts” or bonuses or free stuff that you will lose by not buying right away, or being “embarrassed” in front of others. Those people don’t care about you, so don’t let their opinion affect you.
2.   Get at least one trusted, wise, successful, and experienced person to look over your opportunity before signing anything or paying a blue cent. They say it’s easier to sell a salesman than anyone else, and most of us know someone who is more analytical, rational, objective, and business savvy than we are. I make a point of running big decisions by my trusted friends, and I don’t take advice from people who haven’t proven themselves in business.
3.   Get your lawyer to look over ANY and ALL paperwork and contracts before signing ANYTHING. I will personally never sign a Non-Disclosure. I use the Pre-Paid Legal service, and it saves me a fortune in legal fees, but I would rather pay a lawyer a thousand dollars than lose fifty thousand.
4.   I would personally never invest in anything, including property, outside of my country.
DollarMakers has put together some excellent, safe investment / business / Joint Venture Opportunities with trusted friends whom we know well. Our Members who don’t abide by our Code of Business Ethics get fired. And we have carefully aligned ourselves with some very powerful business owners and entrepreneurs, for guidance, support, input, and security. After 23 years in business, we are more careful than ever, and you should be, too.
Robin J Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
robin@dollarmakers.com
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When you have a serious medical challenge, you don’t call the psychic hotline, rush off to a trailer park to buy some placebo-effect snake oil from a Network Marketer, consult an astrologer, round up a few fortune tellers and numerologists, or pop over to Africa to find a witchdoctor; you find the best medical expert you can.
When the health of your business is at risk, you don’t risk the farm on unemployed business failures posing as consultants and coaches – that’s like allowing Obama, who is a socialist with no business experience, to make financial decisions for America. You don’t risk your payroll dollars on new advertising campaigns. You find someone who is actually successfully running a business, and take advice from him.
And when you do find an expert, you take his advice. Imagine paying good money for a top neurologist and then second-guessing his advice, or questioning his ability to diagnose your problem. Imagine arguing with him about his prescriptions. Why would you not follow his directions to the letter, no matter how uncomfortable or expensive, without question? Yet that is exactly what many entrepreneurs do. I have heard broke morons questioning mental giants like Jay Abraham.
Perhaps North Americans have had it too easy for too long. Perhaps a low IQ with too many “rights”, too few consequences for bad choices, and a socialist feeling of entitlement is actually a dangerous thing. I personally think it would be a good thing for entrepreneurs to spend a full year in a real army, in combat. That way, they would learn about discipline, consequences, personal responsibility, standards, and how to follow instructions. They would learn a work ethic, loyalty, and respect. But I digress; back to the doctor.
Any good, self-respecting doctor would kick you out of his rooms if you constantly questioned his directions. And we know that, so most of us follow the doctor’s orders. In business, we shouldn’t be taking advice from people who are more broke and screwed up than we are, and when we do find good mentors, we should understand that they will cut us loose when they realize we’re not doing exactly what they suggest.
Finally, I was once put on a medication with the information that it would take three months before I would see a significant effect. In business, good things take time, and patience is the sign of intelligence, discipline, maturity, and trust.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
No commentsDon’t Miss Your Chance Again
How many times have you missed an opportunity to radically change your life for the better? How often has fear, procrastination, political correctness, or simple laziness stolen your future?
In the PBS documentary, “How Hitler Lost the War”, we learn that, had Hitler not stopped the progress of the Messerschmitt Me-262, Germany, according to experts, might well have won the war. In fact, Hitler’s hesitation prevented his victory on more than one occasion.
From Winston Churchill, in his book “The Gathering Storm”: “It is my purpose… to show how easily the tragedy of the Second World War could have been prevented; how the malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous; how the structure and habits of democratic states … lack those elements of persistence and conviction which alone give security to humble masses; how even in matters of self-preservation, no policy is pursued for even ten or fifteen years at a time. We shall see how counsels of prudence and restraint may become the prime agents of mortal danger; how the middle course adopted from desires for safety and a quiet life may be found to lead direct to the bull’s-eye of disaster.” This is why Obama manages to continue his destruction of America – good people stand back and watch and wonder and dither and wait while they lose their country. Others stand by and watch as they lose their livelihood.
Time is passing, and opportunities don’t come back. Once missed, they’re usually gone forever. Great opportunities may not be popular or commonplace. Norman Livergood said, “The power to fit in with one’s social peers can be irresistible. To a human lemming, the logic behind an opinion doesn’t count as much as the power and popularity behind an opinion.” Dresden James said, “A truth’s initial commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed. It wasn’t the world being round that agitated people but that the world wasn’t flat. When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.” So those great opportunities are seldom seized by the timid.
Don’t follow the politically correct, the agents of governments and churches, or the mediocre – you will end up their servant. Avoid the timid and those who seek popular acceptance – they are the snakes that will stab you in the back. Follow, instead, the rebels, the mavericks, and the producers, and align yourself with those whose values and beliefs supersede security and the endorsement of the status quo.
Break free – only free men can liberate others who yearn for freedom. Stop analyzing and hiding – start acting audaciously, in spite of your fear and the opinions of others.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
No commentsReal Freedom
Most people rush from day to day, weekend to weekend, month-end to month-end, payday to payday. When I worked in a government office, I was amazed to observe the emotional patterns of those bureaucrats. They would be visibly sad, even morose, when they arrived at work – the whole day seemed to spread out before them like a jail sentence. Then, at morning tea time, they would cheer up considerably, smile, even talk louder. They would then slog along until lunch time, which was even more exciting than morning tea time, and they would rush to get outside.
They would be visibly subdued after lunch, then afternoon tea was even better than morning tea – the home run. Home time was the best part of the day for them, and they would laugh and joke and eagerly flee. Only to repeat the whole depressing saga the next day. The weekend was the highlight, of course, and Fridays were quite magical for them, with the excitement rising throughout the day. Public holidays were reason to smile and jest, and they positively LIVED for their annual three week holiday; each had a calendar on their office wall with a countdown – like prisoners in their cells. The ultimate escape from their hated work was retirement. These people were not free.
How do YOU define “FREEDOM”? What does freedom mean to you? Does it mean “To live according to your own values, beliefs, needs, wants, agenda, and goals?” Does it mean all the time and money you want? Does it mean that you can do what you want, when you want, with whom you want? Does it mean freedom from pain, abuse, fear, restrictions, and scarcity? Does it mean peace of mind? Everyone has their own definition of freedom, but many have never taken the time to seriously think about it. When I asked those bureaucrats what freedom meant to them, they usually admitted that they avoided those thoughts, since it was simply too painful to realize they would never achieve their dreams.
The mission of my company, DollarMakers, is to help people achieve freedom by creating all the time and money they want and need, and we have been doing this for 23 years. We provide proven systems and tools that people can use to create their own freedom – just as we have done ourselves. Here are some photos of DollarMakers enjoying the fruits of their labor.
Could THIS be Sabotaging Your Success and Happiness?
Last night I was reading Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva at 2am, thinking about immigrants who escape dangerous and uncivilized countries while many of their friends and family are left behind to suffer. I was also thinking about people who get rich while their families stay poor. And I suddenly had a thought that could help many people. Could it be possible that those who “escaped” were unconsciously suffering from the effects of Survivor Guilt Syndrome?
If that is true, then the resulting symptoms could be explained.
Here is a list of Survivor Guilt Syndrome Symptoms:
Sleeplessnes. Nightmares. Flashbacks.
Inability to get along with others, especially in close relationships.
Paranoia and distrust.
Unwillingness to discuss, or visit the site of, the trauma.
Persistent, intense fear and anxiety.
Easily irritated or agitated.
Difficulty concentrating.
Feel numb or detached.
No pleasure in previously enjoyable activities.
Feel helpless, out of control
Preoccupied with the traumatic event.
Physical symptoms – headaches, stomach, heart, dizziness.
Suicidal thoughts, gestures, plans.
It’s possible. Think about it.
Here’s the solution, if this is the case for you: Read Ayn Rand’s books, especially Atlas Shrugged and The Virtue of Selfishness.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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