If you’re serious about success and if time is valuable to you, you only want to deal with Joint Venture Partners who are seriously motivated and make your interaction / project / JV a priority. On a scale of one to ten, a one means “I don’t care either way; I will give up at the first sign of resistance” and a ten means, “whatever it takes, walking barefoot over broken glass, naked, with my hair on fire”. You want nothing less than a ten. You want their full focus, attention, allegiance, and enthusiasm. However, you do not want to spend valuable time on them, only to find that their real level of commitment is only five!

How do you know whether or not someone is committed to the task and the outcome? How do you discover their level of dedication? Here’s how I learn what their level of devotion is. I believe actions speak louder than words, so instead of believing what they say, I simply watch what they do. Like a pilot in an airplane, I watch my control panel, and here is what I look for:

The speed at which they return phone calls, messages, and e-mails.

Whether or not they show up on time or cancel appointments. Winners seldom cancel and are always on time.

Whether they make excuses or take responsibility.

Their use of and respect for time and resources.

The people they hang around with.

Their personal presentation. Do they look and dress like winners?

How big they think. I want people to think bigger than I do, and deliver what they promise.

Do they deliver what they promise on time? If they’re always late, I start downgrading them.

How fast they pay others and me. This one tells you a lot. If they’re hurting for money, BEWARE.

Do they make time and make way for your project and relationship or do they have too many other things going on and other priorities?

Do they focus on the fast buck and immediate gratification or do they see the big picture? Are they on board for the long term?

Do they initiate, innovate, and improve on your ideas, or do they simply go along with you? How enthusiastic are they? Do they take ownership of their responsibilities?

Do they make themselves available or do they complain about too much work and pressure? Are they easily accessible or do they hide away?

Finally, I look for Joint Venture Partners who share my sense of URGENCY. I look for generous, committed, and smart people who are honest and professional. I need to know that they will do whatever it takes to achieve our common goals. You want people who are reliable and solid. The Members of the Joint Venture Forum abide by our Code of Ethics and believe in delivering real value. Be selective – be VERY selective – and you will soar to greater heights of success than ever before.

Have you ever seen an apricot on an apple tree? Or a banana hanging from an orange tree? I can sit in my garage all day long, drink gasoline and make car noises, but that doesn’t make me a car. If it meows, it’s probably not an eagle. Most entrepreneurs are so focused on sales, profits, cash flow and time, that they don’t take the time to evaluate options and people objectively. The fact is, appearances are only appearances: smoke and mirrors. And the reason why we should be aware of who people really are, is that we must carefully choose who we spend our time with.

Bob Harrison teaches us that “Birds of the feather flock together, and that flock is going someplace.” Whom are you flocking with, and where is your flock headed? He says that if you want big fleas, you have to hang with the bog dogs. Are you hanging with big dogs – big thinkers, or with losers? Your circle of friends and associates will largely determine your future level of success. Therefore, you have to be very careful whom you mix with. You can’t judge a book by its cover; you have to read it in order to judge it accurately. The people you bump into in a McDonald’s are different from those you meet at the Hyatt. Where do you spend your time?

At a meeting of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum, I introduced two people and I was paid a commission of 25,000 shares in a company. Those people don’t spend a lot of time in MacDonald’s. Successful people don’t think in terms of shortage, scarcity and doubt; they believe in abundance and winning. They are optimistic. They take risks. They spend money. They don’t make weak excuses. We earn within 10% of the income of the people we spend the most time with. If someone tells you he is a top business consultant and you find out that he works part-time in a government job, guess what? He’s a loser. He’s a liar. He’s a liability. Dump him, bump him, and move on. We know that if we change our thoughts, we can change our world. Your thinking is determined largely by the people you socialize with.

Back to Bob Harrison. He says like attracts like. Georges hang around with Georges (a one-dollar bill) and Bens hang around with Bens ($100 bill) and buy Mercedes Benz’s! Whom are you spending time with and working with? Who belongs to your club? Abraham ($5) is a good guy, and Andrew ($20) is also a good guy, but if you’re serious about success, hang with Ben Franklin. Now George might impress you, but when you take him to the bank, he is only worth a dollar. Spending time with Ben Franklin time is worth a hundred times more than spending time with George Washington! Classify your friends and decide if you want to share their future or create you own.

Finally, a good way to find out that people really are is to find out what books they read. When you read a book by Churchill, you are reading his words in your mind. In reality, you are thinking his thoughts! If you think the thoughts of Winston Churchill, you will get the same kind of results that he got! Isn’t that exciting? When you know what books people read, you know a lot about them. You cannot change people, so don’t try; move on to winners. When you want apples, make sure you’re climbing a ladder that is leaning on an apple tree. Join the winners of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum: www.dollarmakers.com

Robin J. Elliott.

Watch the Apprentice and you’ll see Donald Trump doing it with a number of other partners. British Telecom and AT&T did it in 1998. Now Yahoo and EBay and also Dell and Google. Ford and Mazda did it. So did Toyota and General Motors, Sony and Ericsson, Texaco and Royal Dutch Shell… Verizon Wireless, with 51.3 million customers, is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group, with 55 and 45 percent ownership respectively. I could go on all day, but the fact is we see Joint Ventures all the time with large business. It’s been going on for centuries. Why? Because it makes a lot of sense. It makes EVEN MORE sense when small businesses do it, especially when they do it with no money and no risk!

If it’s good enough for Wal-Mart, Sony and Pfizer, Disney and Nike, it will probably work for you, especially since you have nothing to lose. I recently talked with a friend of mine who is an expert in asset protection. He told me that most rich people have always used this system to protect themselves. It’s nothing new. It’s just that average people are not aware of it. The same goes for Joint Ventures. It’s really not rocket science. All it takes is a basic and objective understanding of value, money, supply and demand, and leverage. The biggest enemy of JV’s is ego. This is usually what prevents small business owners from taking advantage of this smart money making system.

The smartest people I know are brokers. They are free of overhead, risk, employees, inventory, limitations, barriers and cash flow problems. They link people up and triangulate deals and spend relatively little time doing it. The returns are unlimited and all 100% profit. You don’t have to sell your own products or services or even own a business in order to broker Joint Venture deals. You don’t have to know much about the businesses you deal with. Short learning curve, long passive income period, low or no risk or cost, high return – it doesn’t get better than that! High tech, low tech, slow tech or no tech, it doesn’t really matter which bsuiness you deal with or where it’s located – the principles woirk. And when a deal goes south, don’t worry – if you set it up correctly, there’s no loss!

Here are three ways that you can lose with Joint Ventures: First, deal with the wrong people. Second, you don’t understand the concept. And Third, you don’t take action. The DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum was created to provide JV partners and the training and support necessary for anyone, anywhere, to ride the JV Magic Carpet to Financial Success. This is my Personal Invitation to hop on board and fly away from the frustration, fear and failure that so many small business owners have to cope with every day. No more “feast or Famine”, no more creditors knocking and no more sleepless nights. Unless you’re partying with us in Hawaii at our DollarMakers Breakaway Event, that is.

For more information, visit http://www.dollarmakers.com/ – you’ll be glad you did!

Robin J. Elliott

We’ve all had that feeling of dread and discomfort when a certain customer darkens one’s proverbial door, haven’t we? I remember the last consulting client that I fired. I swore I would never consult again, and my level of peace and motivation has climbed steeply ever since. In fact, when I got home, Rika said, “You look radiant! Did you fire another one of your clients?” He showed up in the restaurant in the customary sunglasses – big clue there! – And I recognized that feeling that urged me to seek out a nice Benelli M3 shotgun and put him out of his misery. It would save a whole lot of people a whole lot of hurt. He is one of those “Big fish in a very small pond” who believes his own publicist – not that he can even spell the word. I think you get my drift.

I was having lunch with a Member recently in Beverly’s on Main at Wasaga Beach in Ontario and she told me how she used to fire customers in her hair salons years ago. She said that the whole atmosphere in the salon would lighten and improve when a “difficult” client was let go. In the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum, I have refused Membership, fired Members and refused to renew others when we find that we have hooked a rotten fish. As business owners, we simply cannot afford to accommodate rotten apples and we have a responsibility to our other Members, employees, customers and associates, not to allow Customer Contamination.

The good news is that, sooner or later, people will reveal who they really are. They start off with a good impression (unless you’re really tuned into your intuition or you’re married to my smart wife) and from then on it’s a slippery slope, because they cannot consistently act in a way that is not congruent with their real values. The problem is, they can hurt some of your staff and customers along the way. The same goes for employees – they can do a lot of damage before you wise up and fire them. How can we apply damage control early?

My Scuba diving instructor used to say, “Equalize early and often.” Let’s apply this to a system for keeping our businesses clean and free from the wrong people. First, do a lot of due diligence and checks. Do your homework. Ask the competition, employees, vendors, and customers of the person applying to get involved in your life. Second, make sure you have created a way to get rid of people legally, quickly and easy. (Not with the shotgun.) Third, constantly monitor behavior and look for red flags. The red flags that I look for are showing up late, canceling appointments, not keeping their words, addictions like nicotine, alcohol, pot, sex, food or ego and personal presentation. (They can be immaculately groomed but if they stink of tobacco, they might as well leave right now.) Be aware.

How does an organ grinder discipline his monkey? True story: if he beats the monkey, the monkey will lose all creativity, fun, and initiative and withdraw. So on a regular basis, he kills a chicken in front of the monkey. Just to remind the monkey to behave. When you keep your operation clean and consistently remove the sociopaths and losers from your life, you will find the quality of people that you attract improving all the time. Be very loyal to the sheep and merciless with the wolves. It works for me. By the way, the Benelli M3 can be used in both Pump-Action and Semi-Automatic modes.

Robin J. Elliott www.dollarmakers.com

What is your self-image? How do you see yourself? When you look in the mirror, do you see a salesman, a wife, a worker, a leader, or a sucker? How would you describe yourself? Only you can decide how you wish to perceive yourself. This self-image has a lot to do with how you handle adversity. When you have a big vision and exciting plans, it’s a lot easier to boldly go where few have dared. However, when your objective is mere financial survival, keeping your job and toeing the line, every little bump in the road seems like a major setback.

Albert Einstein said, “Great spirits encounter violent opposition from mediocre people.” Do you see yourself as a great spirit? How motivated are you to make your dreams come true? Thomas Edison said, “I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.” Conformists and cowards are always ready to quit. They turn tail at the first sign of discomfort. In addition, they always blame someone else. They flit from one fad to another and never achieve anything of significance in their lives.

Frederick Douglass said, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without ploughing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning.” When your goals are worthwhile, important and valuable, your passion is high and your commitment will blow away any hindrances along the way. When you’re looking at the sun, you hardly notice the shadows.

On my bathroom mirror, I have large yellow sticker that says, “UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS”, and when I look at my pretty face, I see this just above my head. My self-image is that of a warrior. I was drafted into the army at seventeen but I have always had some military involvement and interest, ever since I can remember. I watch the Military Channel. Recently in Hawaii, there was a military parade one day. I took more photos of the parade and the military aircraft and vehicles than anything else! True warriors do not retreat. They do not desert. Warriors are focused and courageous.

Sam Walton understood winning. He said, “High expectations are the key to everything.” The bigger your goals, the easier it is to overcome difficulties. To a warrior, the enemy is a mere distraction to be destroyed and overcome on the way to victory. Losers worship obstacles – that is their excuse to be mediocre. They build statues to honor army deserters. Who is your enemy? Anyone who gets between you and your goals. Do not fraternize with the enemy. Chose your soldiers in arms carefully.

Finally, Ted Turner said, “Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.” Whatever you focus on will increase. The only attention your enemy should get is whatever it takes to take him out of the picture – then get back to work. Be not discouraged. Be an Eagle. Fly high. Insist on winning. Set higher goals. Join the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Imagine traveling along in a car to an important meeting. In fact, the meeting is a life and death situation: If you don’t get to the exact location on time, someone will die! Or, if you do get to a certain destination on time, you will win ten million dollars! You would want to make sure your vehicle is in tiptop condition and fueled up, lubed, everything working perfectly, right? And you would need an accurate map and GPS, plus a fuel gauge so that you know you’re not going to run out of gas, and of course a speedometer so you know how far you have traveled and how fast, all the things we would naturally expect to have in place. We would be rested and alert and plan the trip very carefully.

Imagine if you were arranging an important wedding, meeting, or event, worth tens of thousands of dollars. You would spend time planning, checking, testing, and monitoring your progress. Yet very few people put the same amount of planning, energy, focus, and commitment into planning their lives. No wonder they achieve mediocrity at best.

This weekend Rika and I had a Planning Session. We are avid goal setters. When we set goals, we are aware that we are, in fact, creating the future in which we are going to live. We start off with what we want, why we want it, and by when we want it. Then we figure out how much that will cost, so that we have numbers to start off with. Then we work on how we can create the most amount of value for the most people and translate that into cash flow and wealth building. All of our goals are specific, measurable, realistic, exciting, personal and in line with our passion and values. We monitor our progress on the way towards our goals DAILY. We watch our speed, direction, detours, and results. We carefully assess what is working and what is not and change our action plans accordingly.

The planners and goal setters are committed, focused, relaxed, optimistic, and confident, as opposed to those who drift aimlessly from fad to fad, never really committed, giving up at the first sign of discomfort. Goal directed people succeed magnificently and create massive value for those around them. Remember what Zig Ziglar said,”You can get anything out of life, if you’re prepared to help enough other people to get what thy want.” But you have to know what you want and how you plan to get it, and then take action, before you can create anything. Join the winners at http://www.dollarmakers.com/

Robin J. Elliott

If you’re a business owner who has been around the block a few times, you’ve tried different ways to increase your sales, like advertising, business networking groups, membership of Chambers of Commerce and Service Clubs, sponsorship of events, buying uniforms for the local baseball club…

And when you took a good, hard look at the real, bottom line return on your investment of time, money and lost opportunities, it was miniscule, if anything. You know that and I know that, because I also tried all of those things. When I looked at the cost and risk, I factored in all the time spent traveling to lunches, parking, gas, the cost of the mediocre food, responding to all the spam and e mails, fending off desperate salespeople who met me at these events, the cost of the Membership itself, the time spent serving on committees, all the adverts that didn’t work… a lot of wasted time, money and energy. I figured the real cost of belonging to any club was well over $2,000 per year plus a lot of time and frustration. And very little, if any, results.

What would the following package be worth to you?

$ Membership of an exclusive, worldwide Club where the Members abide by a strict Code of Ethics or get kicked out. And some get turned down for Membership, too. All members want to do Joint Ventures with you and all are prepared to pay you for all resulting business.

$ Access to all other Members through a Password-protected, searchable website and listing on same site.

$ Monthly, local Members Only Meetings where available.

$ Two Members Only Conference Calls per month.

$ Free Members Only Conventions with top speakers, Masterminding, Awards Dinner, training. (Only pay for your food.)

$ Use of the Members Only logo on your websites, stationary, corporate clothing, signage, etc.

$ Four weekly e newsletters and on-going training in Joint Ventures.

$ A very lucrative Members Only Commission Structure, supported by Replicator Websites, seminars, conference calls, etc., all the tools you need to earn a considerable monthly income.
Joint Ventures offered to you on a regular basis.

I would consider this value $4,000 per year. It’s not; it’s only $197 per year for full Membership in the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum.

Why is this Membership so affordable? Our purpose in creating this Forum was to find, educate, and assess potential JV partners for ourselves. It’s working – we now have hundreds of partners to choose from around the world and we’re growing all the time. We make most of our money from JV’s.

I challenge you: If you can find a better deal, grab it. If not, join us now at www.DollarMakers.com

Robin J. Elliott

I was raised in South Africa, so I am familiar with grapes and vineyards. In Kelowna, British Columbia, Rika and I learnt more about the making of Ice Wine. And this article has nothing at all to do with grapes, except for the difference between picking one grape at a time and picking bunches of grapes. It takes about the same amount of time and effort to get one customer as it does to get a thousand.

We always answer our own questions. If you ask, “How can I get ten customers?” you will perhaps find an answer that generates choices and actions that garner a maximum of ten customers. However, if you ask, “How can I get a thousand customers?” everything changes. Whatever we believe and conceive we can achieve. We choose and set our own limitations. Joint Ventures allow us to understand that we can, indeed, accomplish dramatically more by accessing existing databases, distribution, reach, and connection. And we can use JV’s to create a very compelling reason for people to assist us in gaining access to the prospects and then to persuade those prospects to actually purchase from us.

Five sales have to be made:
First, you have to sell yourself on the fact that it is imperative that you share your important message with many people. You must be passionate and committed to the value of your product and service.
Second, you have to BELIEVE that it is possible and likely that you can sell to 1,000 or 100,000 people. In order to gain this belief, you need a lot of evidence. You get that by exposing your mind to people and data that overwhelms any misgivings or pessimism absolutely. You have to sell yourself on this concept.
Third, you have to find the person who has access to, and the trust, respect and ear of, your prospective bunch of customers. And they have to be able to communicate effectively with them in your behalf. And you might have to sell someone on introducing you to this person.
Fourth, you have to create a highly compelling, selfish, urgent, personalized reason for them to eagerly sell you to their database.
Fifth, you need a product or service with so much added, unexpected, unique, persuasive, and convincing value that it creates an offer that your prospects will find very difficult to refuse. Again, you should use JV’s to create this powerful offer.

All the above can be done with no cost or risk. Elbert Hubbard said, “In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.”

When a Joint Venture took my income from $4,000 - $20,000 per month in four days instead of four years, I understood the power of Joint Ventures at a cellular level. The problem with understanding and implementing the Joint Venture Mindset and so growing your business or someone else’s business exponentially has very little to do with systems and everything to do with beliefs, conditioning, self-esteem, urgency, drive, support and ACTION.

With that in mind, we support our DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum Members in the following ways:
Access to all other Members worldwide through a password protected website, regular, monthly local Members Only Meetings, regular, two-weekly Members Only Teleconference Calls, Members Only Conventions that Members don’t pay for, Members Only Retreats, four, weekly e-newsletters, websites, weekly Podcasts, direct access to myself via phone and e mail, weekly new articles on my Blog, plus numerous downloads and products. In addition, we offer a generous and lucrative commission program and Replicator Websites to all our Members. This massive value is made available at a laughingly low investment.

Schopenhauer said, “Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” Let’s open our minds and start thinking big. There are no limitations in the real world.

Join the DollarMakers Joint Vneture Forum now: www.DollarMakers.com

Robin J. Elliott

Before approaching anyone to do a Joint Venture, you should have done your due diligence and established the integrity of that person. That’s why we encourage our Members of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum to work only with other Members, who have agreed to abide by our Code of Ethics, instead of strangers. That is also the reason why it is in our Members’ best interests to grow the Membership in order to expand their JV partner options. Doing your due diligence might mean a Google, a credit check, a Better Business Bureau check and even a police check, as well as talking with their competition, suppliers, vendors, landlords, customers, neighbors and staff.

Once you have established the integrity of your potential JV partner, learn as much as you can about their business from the same sources, so that you are well prepared and knowledgeable about their business, demographic marketing target, profit margins, problems, aspirations, strengths, and weaknesses.

Here’s the kind of approach I would use. I would make sure that my packaging is intact, so that I can project credibility, focus, professionalism, integrity, and success. Then I would deal only with the owner / decision maker. My approach would be based on what I had learnt about them and I would ask them questions like, “What is it that you want for your business? What problems do you need solved? What goals do you have?” before I start telling them what I can offer or what I know about them. You learn by listening, not by talking. Once they start telling you what they want and you interact with them, they will quickly realize that you have done your homework.

Remember that your target has no interest whatsoever in you or your goals or problems; they are only interested in themselves. You are there to help them to get what they want, and you expect to be well paid for solutions you deliver. You will get that in writing. You will not be desperate. You are not a salesperson or an employee. You are their equal. You will not be managed or controlled – you will collaborate with them, and you will remove the risk and cost and time barriers to them doing business with you. The return on investment has to be good for both parties, not one-sided. Many of our members initiate the first meeting by sending the potential JV partner a copy of my book and referring them to their Replicator JV website. This sets the context and educates the prospect prior to your meeting.

“If I can bring you closer to attaining your goals, what specific remuneration can I expect per customer / order / event?” Do not reveal your modus operandi, your sources, or your action plan or give them the names of other JV partners before getting the agreement in writing. Be very specific, make notes, and beware those red flags:
They don’t make eye contact when they shake your hand.
They’re late for the meeting or late responding.
They take calls during the meeting.
They talk down to you.
They offer you ridiculously low incentives / commissions.
When you get a gut feeling that you are dealing with the wrong person, LEAVE. YAHOO! You Always Have Other Options!
Be very specific. People who say, “I’ll see you around nine” or “About a week from now” or “More or less 20%” are playing games and manipulating. If they refuse to be specific and commit, walk away. You do not need them. You are not attached. Hold them accountable to what they agree to. Make sure you can back out of any JV at any time should you discover that you’re dealing with losers. Do not be awed by the appearance of wealth or success.

This mindset has made millions of dollars for JV Brokers. Be strong, professional, committed, focused, and sincere.

For more information on Joint Ventures, please visit www.NoMoneyNoRisk.com

If you have read my article entitled “Attachment”, this is the natural follow-up. YAHOO stands for You Always Have Other Options. That is something that becomes clear when one understands Joint Ventures. Everybody is replaceable and nobody can control you or your business any longer. You don’t have sleepless nights and all of a sudden, you can live with congruency and integrity, which, according to Stephen R. Covey, is essential to happiness. Living according to your own values is not negotiable if you insist on a harmonious life. You ALWAYS have other options.

I once had a meeting with a very smart mentor of mine, about a business problem I was experiencing. He told me, “Robin, you are emotional. You have come for my advice. I am logical and objective. I am giving you my opinion. I am not asking for your advice, sanction or permission. Don’t argue with me. That is my opinion and advice to you; take it or leave it. You have many options, which you might not see in your current state of panic. This, in my opinion, is your best option.” What wonderful advice! I took his advice and solved my problem.

The application of this knowledge that we always have other options is to realize that we are not aware of all our options but that somebody is. When you decide who you want to illuminate you as to your options, choose someone whom you like, respect and trust. Now when you go to the doctor, you don’t argue with him about his opinion – if you do, he should kick you out of his office. The same goes for your mentor – do not second-guess him – thank him, then take his advice or don’t. And if you don’t, don’t expect more where that came from.

It’s important whose advice you take. Do not ask losers for their advice. I have met many “coaches” who need serious psychological assistance and “consultants” who should not be allowed anywhere near a business. They should rather find work as bureaucrats, mystics or politicians. Paul J. Meyer said, “Never be limited by other people’s judgments, opinions, prejudices, or tunnel vision.” Once you have decided on your course of action, be single-minded, and don’t be distracted or slowed by the wrong people. Marcus Aurelius said, “The opinion of 10000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.”

Joint Venture Brokers are in the privileged position to access the minds of some very clever people, to learn about a diverse range of subjects and to develop a very wide frame of reference, which is extremely useful when it come to thinking outside the box and seeing new options. Learn more about Joint Ventures at www.DollarMakers.com

Robin J. Elliott

Most entrepreneurs have been taught that you have three options with any prospect. First, you can sell them something. Second, you can sell them more than once. And third, they may refer new business to you. This is a linear, traditional way of thinking. In today’s world, we have to think in terms of viral marketing and multiple impacts. In order to illustrate a simple Joint Venture scenario, let’s use the example of someone who recently joined the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum. We’ll call her Carol. She has one thousand clients who know, respect, and trust her. How can she use Joint Ventures to make a serious amount of money, fast?

I suggested Carol start off by leasing a Replicator Website, which will track all business and pay her up to 50% of all sales, including the sales of audio downloads, training, Memberships, more replicator sites, my book, etc. I would then write a very compelling letter for her to send to her database and friends, inviting them to visit her site and obtain a complimentary audio download, which I would create specially for her clients – applicable to their specific type of business. Carol would send out this email and two follow-up e mails, which could make her a significant amount of money.

Then she would send each of her thousand clients five Gift Certificates as a Thank You Gesture for their loyalty and patronage. Each gift Certificate would offer her clients a complimentary service worth at least $100. The supplier of the service would pay for the printing and postage. For example, a business consultant might offer a complimentary consultation worth $150. Each Gift Certificate would be designed to provide real value and entice the user to buy more of the service. Carol would have negotiated an ongoing percentage of all the business resulting from each of these 5,000 Gift Certificates that she distributes. In other words, when any of her clients started using the business consultant, accountant, lawyer, yoga trainer, spa or coach, Carol would receive a monthly check from that service provider of 20% of the total monthly bill. This would create ongoing, multiple streams of passive income for her

Then, Carol could offer her clients a range of special prizes, all sponsored, which they could win. The way they could win these prizes would be to get everyone they know onto a certain conference call or to attend a seminar, which I would present, and the client who put the most people onto the call or into the seminar, would win the top prize. That way, Carol would use viral marketing to access her clients’ databases with their permission. One of her clients has 10,000 people in her database. Any sales resulting from the Conference Call or Seminar would earn Carol additional income.

I could go on all night with different ways in which Carol could continually add value to her clients and make more and more money, in more and more diverse ways, as well as significantly grow her database.

In the above scenarios, Carol did not spend one cent. She continually gave away valuable information, prizes and services to her clients at every turn, as a thank you gesture for their patronage. She never tried to sell them anything. I would conservatively expect her to make at least $15,000 and an ongoing revenue stream in addition to that. This is all pure profit to her. This system of accessing databases, giving stuff away at no cost, adding massive unprecedented and unexpected value and continually, exponentially expanding the options and reach, is typical of the atomic power of Joint Ventures.

Another simple example is one of our members who is encouraging a large organization to purchase a large number of my books. We would brand the books for the organization and it would sell the books as a fundraiser. Sponsors would pay for the books. The Sponsors would be mentioned in every book, resulting in great advertising for the Sponsors. The Member would have all references to Joint Ventures in the book mention his particular Replicator Website, which will generate a significant amount of income for him. He will also earn a commission on all books bought by the organization (paid for by the Sponsors) since he is initiating the deal. In addition, we would include Gift Certificates in the books and the Member would earn an ongoing commission on all business generated by all the Gift Certificates.
Find out more about Joint Ventures at www.DollarMakers.com

Robin J. Elliott

This is a subject of great import and very close to my heart. As my highest value is personal freedom, I continue to learn important lessons about the dangers of attachment. When I use the word “Attachment”, the context is the following: You are “attached” to any thing, person, emotion, circumstance, outcome, opinion, event, etc., that you think you need, can’t succeed without, can’t do without, can’t be happy without, can’t live without and simply must have. You consider the object of your attachment essential to your life in some way or another.

Attachment is an emotional state. It is a chosen state. It is not objective by subjective. It is based on beliefs, mysticism, perceptions, interpretations, fear, insecurity, hopes, and dreams. It often has to do with pride, a sense of scarcity, a poor self-image, desperation and a victim mentality. Any thing, person or event that you are attached to, controls you. And so there are some unscrupulous people out there who would give you a lot of false evidence to make you believe that you need what they have or control. This gives them control over you. The witch doctors, manipulators, politicians and collectivists out there have a field day with attachment.

How do you know what controls your life and choices? Whatever you are attached to, controls you. How do you know what you are attached to? Ask yourself a simple question: “What and whom do I believe I need?” The problem with attachment, to begin with, is that it is usually emotional and illogical. And it’s usually unnecessary! Your perception is your reality; however, it is not necessarily objectively true. Whatever you are attached to is your prison, your jailor, your torturer and your boss. They convince you that you’re crippled and then they sell you crutches. When you say, “I need”, you are admitting attachment, hence weakness. When you say, “I must have”, or “I can’t”, someone or something is controlling you, just like a nicotine addict that is controlled by his disgusting addiction to cigarettes. The person who controls his nicotine is his dealer and he is the junkie. Your attachment is your pimp. Others would use false guilt, shame, altruism and lies to shackle us in their putrid prisons.

You were born naked and alone and that’s how you will die. Get used to it. We go through life trading our inheritance for a bowl of soup, selling our opportunities for the acceptance and false smiles of evil mystics, buying things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people who don’t care. We compromise our values and become sycophants because we believe we “Need a job”. We trade time with our children for time with people we don’t like, because we “Need the money”. We do what our masters program us to do. We drink our Kool Aid and obey. We are slaves to our attachments. We live lives of mediocre desperation, fear and frustration because of these meaningless, illogical attachments.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Cults, group dynamics, brainwashing, politics and mystics get rich and powerful because we refuse to question, stand up, oppose, speak up and disobey. You are not responsible for or to other people. You can break free from attachments. Think about this simple article – It could change your life.
That is why my business is based on Joint Ventures; I am do not have to depend on any one person, which means I can walk away from any business relationship at any time. Nobody can control or manipulate me. I have minimal overhead, no leases, no employees, no debt, and no geographical or business boundaries. I create an increasing number of passive income sources from a variety of different businesses and locations. My income is widely spread across multiple relationships and Joint Ventures. So I don’t have to compromise, kow-tow or roll over for anyone. When someone tries to control of manipulate me, I can walk away from the relationship if I wish, with relatively little financial consequence. I don’t provide consulting services and I don’t trade time for money, either. I can live wherever I like and still run my business. I can work in any business arena I choose and I don’t get bored. That is my business freedom: no attachments. Money buys choice, time, freedom, dignity and personal growth.

The book that conveys this message of Objectivism better than I ever could is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Change your perception and philosophy and you will break free of attachments and achieve your goals. Regain your joy, dignity, self esteem, enthusiasm and optimism. Be free. Your freedom is not negotiable - insist on it. You’re an Eagle - get out of the hen house.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Nobody likes being pitched by a salesperson. Why would you believe them, anyway? People who understand the power of third party testimonials use them very effectively. People are far more likely to believe a third party than a salesperson. Here’s a good example: I could spend all day telling you what a smart move it would be to join our DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum. I could list the benefits and on and on, or I could simply direct you to the testimonial below. Ask for testimonials from credible, respected people, and use them. They work.

Here is Tas’ Testimonial:

Within this circle I have given liberally of my time where I could help and have enjoyed great reward. Since handing over my $200 membership last year to Robin, I have seen $470,000 in cash coming to my company, $100,000 in new business flowing to another member company and an additional $85,000 in contracts issued by my company to members. Joint venturing works. I’ve found that being interested in people rather then trying to be interesting myself opens doors to business and opportunity that otherwise wouldn’t be there.

I’ve had fun with Robin Elliott and made money – lot’s of it. He has demonstrated time and time again the ability to make something out of nothing – and that is the definition of Create!”
Tas Morfopoulos, Vancouver BC March 15th, 2006.

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When he strode into the room in his thousand-dollar suit, I knew that George Choriatopoulos meant business. He was poised and very purposeful. He looked at each one of us intently. No joking around. We sat around the boardroom table in his Parktown office, each of us wondering what was going on. He ripped the Goals Program off the flipchart, calmly crumpled it up, and threw it into the bin. Then he leaned forward, resting his fists on the huge oak table. “Gentlemen”, he said softly and with great intensity, “every week we meet here to discuss our sales and plans. You’re all independent business owners. I am not your boss. But we meet to encourage each other and to mastermind. Time is valuable to all of us. From today, I don’t want to know about all the leads and deals you have ‘In the Pipeline’. I don’t want to hear about what you’re working on or whom you’ve met. I only want to know one thing, and then you can all get out of here until next week. This meeting will take just five minutes. HOW MANY SALES DID YOU EACH MAKE LAST WEEK?”

Salespeople are in the habit of making excuses and promises when they’re not delivering results. We’re all good at it. After all, we’re salespeople, right? And often we lie to ourselves about what is really going on. We talk about our plans and goals, but what really matters is results. I don’t care about schemes and dreams – I care about results. Intention and goals are important, but outcome is more important. If I say I will do something or produce a certain result on a certain date and I don’t, my excuses are of no importance to you. You can’t bank excuses or promises. Your accountant doesn’t want to know about potential and opportunities. The bottom line is real money. This is real life and every day gone is gone forever. This is not a dress rehearsal. Let’s get real serious about getting real results. Winners will allow one or two slipups, but sooner than later they will cut bait and stop working with you if you don’t produce.

I once trained the insurance salespeople in 91 banks simultaneously on a conference call. I asked them, “Can any of you double your sales next month?” they all replied that it was impossible, given their busy schedules and past results. I then asked if it would be possible to double their sales if their families had been kidnapped by terrorists and they knew without a doubt that their families would be murdered if they didn’t double their sales in a month. Guess what? All of a sudden it was possible! I asked what they would have to change and do differently and stop doing, and we could create an action plan to accomplish 100% sales increase without calling in the terrorists. Think about it: How badly do you want to double your sales? What are you prepared to do? By your FRUIT you will be known. Talk is cheap but money buys the Jack Daniels. Action is all.

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When one of us turned over in bed, the other woke up searching frantically for the earthquake survival kit. If one ventured to the middle of the bed, the other came rolling in at 120 miles per hour – the mattress sagged. So we decided to replace the 8-year-old mattress that we bought from a shyster salesman in a local furniture store. This morning we skipped down to a department store where the salesman studiously ignored us and talked with his friend while we waddled between the bewildering arrays of mattresses. Eventually I had to scold the middle-aged loser with chestnut brown dyed hair and the requisite box of cigarettes jammed into his top pocket. An addict, to boot.

After he recovered his well-earned tongue-lashing, he proceeded to follow us around and offer the odd piece of information, eager to take an order. We found a mattress that appealed to us, priced at $1,700. Then I spotted a wonderful mattress that actually molded itself to one’s body. $3,500. It did everything right. I loved it. Comfortable, excellent. The salesman seemed intimidated by this mattress and kept steering us back to the cheaper model. Instead of indicating that this far superior bed would cost a mere one dollar and one cent per night more than the inferior one over the next five years, that we certainly seemed to enjoy, afford and deserve the better things in life, that our quality of life would be significantly improved by a good night’s sleep and that he was even prepared to throw in a wonderful gift should we make the right decision, he seemed quite happy to have us consider the less expensive option. Perhaps that’s why he’s still selling furniture at that age, but I digress.

He then proceeded to tell us about all the extra charges – extra to deliver, extra for this and that… I decided it was time to leave before I got nasty. So off we pottered to Sleep Country Canada. Here, the salesman, Sumit, an immigrant, was attentive, knowledgeable, well trained, patient, confident and genuinely interested in giving us exactly what we needed and wanted. He gave us a good discount, did everything right, and had no hidden extras up his sleeve. We bought the mattress and it’s being delivered Monday.

I know that furniture salespeople work on commission because I sold furniture myself at one stage of my life. The salesman who sold us the mattress eight years ago as new immigrants never got any more business from us. In fact, we would never buy at that store again. The second salesman lost out on a $3,500 sale that he could very easily have made. The third one, Sumit, will be the man I refer everyone to in future. Now let’s imagine these three salespeople gather for a drink after work. The first one and the second one will complain that people just don’t have money to spend, that they can’t afford the expensive mattresses, that their commissions are too small (shades of Glengarry Glenross) and that they don’t have enough customers to sell to with all the competition out there. They will blame everyone from George W. Bush to their boss and the government. I think Sumit will simply laugh and say, “Hey, business is great! What’s the problem?” We create our own circumstances.

Seize the opportunity. Go for the gold. Expect to succeed. Set high goals. Make it happen. Take responsibility. Focus. “You have not, because you ask not”. Be conscious of abundance. The world is your oyster. Don’t miss out on the wonderful opportunities that surround you.

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WARNING! You are losing money every day!

That’s a disconcerting allegation, isn’t it? It’s true, though. Why are we in business? To sell our products and services? NO. We’re in business to make the maximum after tax profit. Is it important to focus on profit margin, volume and leverage? Of course it is. And that’s why at least 20% of the revenues of the large, Fortune 500 companies, come from Joint Ventures. Yet less than 1% of small and medium sized businesses understands and uses Joint Ventures. Joint Ventures allow us to focus on the bottom line instead of our products and services.

You can radically increase your profits, with no cost or risk, and very little additional time, by using JV’s. JV’s allow us to leverage existing resources and piggyback on other peoples’ distribution, advertising, underutilized assets, reputation, credit, access, products and services. All at no risk or cost. And the income from JV’s goes straight to your bottom line. We’ve all heard of Other Peoples’ Money. Now it’s time to use Other Peoples’ Resources. In fact, you don’t even need a business to do effective JV’s and create multiple streams of passive income. Spread your income (and therefore your risk) across multiple industries and geographic areas. All it takes is a mind shift from “I want” to “What do you need?”

Imagine a doctor who calls his patients and spams them with e-mail, offering a special deal on Hip Replacements, “This week only”. And when you get to his consulting room he takes your time telling you how smart he is. We laugh at that, because it’s ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as when we waddle into a “Business Networking Meeting” thrusting our business card at people and broadcasting our “Elevator Speech”, trying to sell people our products and services. A small percentage might actually end up buying from you, but wouldn’t it be better if you could do business with everyone in the room, without selling anything? That’s exactly what a Joint Venture Broker does. And it works!

Your doctor doesn’t regale you with stories about all his successes and his qualifications. He examines you, asks you many questions, and points you in the direction of a solution, whether it is surgery, drugs, or orthotics for your shoes. And you gratefully scamper off to solve your problem. He doesn’t have to sell or persuade you. And he makes money. That’s what a JV Broker does. Bill has a problem, so the Broker links Bill up with Jim, who has the solution, and Jim pays the Broker a substantial commission for the business. The Broker solves problems, links people up, and creates those streams of regular income. It takes very little time and effort and one can remove the risk and cost. It can be as involved and diverse or as simple as you like.

How much business have you referred in the past, without being paid for it? This goes beyond knowing ABOUT JV’s – it’s about actually using ironclad, proven systems and JV technology to create a very attractive financial situation. And of course, your own business sales can grow exponentially, overnight, when you adopt this powerful and liberating mindset. Direct business to others and take a percentage at 100% margin to you. Link supply and demand. Become a kind of “Toll gate” on the money highway. Put the deal in play and get paid every time a transaction takes place. Set up money machine systems internationally and benefit from every new fad and trend without any investment or overhead. Get involved with multiple products and services at the same time. Cross sell, cross promote and leverage everything: That is the power of Joint Ventures. Real money, real world, real fast. Every resource you need is already available to you!

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Robin J. Elliott

This should really be titled, “Seeing Beyond the Oblivious” because so many entrepreneurs are blinded by cashflow, ego, and short-term thinking. When you are involved in a transaction, it is often a “Vending Machine Transaction” – you pay and you get exactly what you pay for, sometimes a little less. Or you’re nickeled and dimed, upsold and sucker punched with hidden costs. This is the domain of the mindless business owner who can’t think past his next rent check. Like the restaurant owner in Vancouver who screamed at me for using his washroom without buying some of his weak coffee. He made sure I would never return.

Smart entrepreneurs have what I call a “Joint Venture Mindset”. They look for the big picture. They see beyond the obvious. They understand the back end. They know that a good, satisfying, initial transaction can lead to multiple sales, referrals and other deals. They seek to add massive, unprecedented value to every communication, transaction, and contact, and they do it at no cost because they understand joint ventures. They believe that good relationships result in reciprocity and goodwill that makes people rich. They love what they do and believe in their products and services. They go the extra mile. And they reap what they sow.

Farmers understand that it takes time to reap. They understand that one seed can result in massive returns. They know that nurturing is part of the deal. We should consider this approach when we’re conducting our business. Tom decides to buy a hammer at the local hardware store. He walks in, slaps down his money and walks out with a hammer. Vending machine transaction.

What could happen instead? Tom walks into the hardware store. He fills out a form with his particulars to earn a massage and yoga class for his wife, kickboxing lessons for his son and a ballet class for his daughter. He walks out of the store with gifts for his family and a hammer and a warm, fuzzy feeling. He tells his friends. He comes back. The storeowner puts him on the mailing list, offers him specials on his birthday and anniversary and send him gifts for his whole family on their birthdays, too. And the gifts, massages, classes and lessons don’t cost the store one a cent. His newsletter doesn’t cost him a cent either. And he gets paid a regular monthly income from any business resulting from the classes, newsletter and gifts, all 100% profit. THAT is what is obvious to someone with a Joint Venture Mindset. Learn more at http://www.nomoneynorisk.net/

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.net

When you are proposing to spend any resources, time, money, and energy on anything, you naturally consider the return on your investment. If you have a cash flow crunch, you probably look for a fast return and instant gratification. Therefore, your return on investment will need to be short term. However, ideally, you should consider the big picture.

The reason why it is so important to consider the return on your investment is not just to justify the investment itself, but to CREATE the ideal and optimal return. When someone tells me, “If I can just break even…”, that’s exactly what he will do. He will get and create what he expects – no more and no less. When we consider the exponential potential return on an investment through the utilization and implementation of creative, effective, and practical Joint Ventures, however, we open up our subconscious minds and start creating that return. Our beliefs, expectations and understanding of the links and benefits, the collaborations and alliances that can grow from every transaction, determine the choices we make. In addition, those very choices will create the return.

If you look at a transaction as a sterile, isolated island, you automatically neuter and contain it. If you see it as a seed, as a catalyst to atomic growth, you liberate it, leverage it and release a viral expansion that only a Joint Venture mindset perceives and creates. I’m not talking about pie in the sky positive thinking; I’m talking about the ironclad, proven JV technologies and systems that we teach and practice every single day. Practical, win/win Joint Ventures are the result of understanding value and profit. In order to make these happen, we have to get out of bed. In a talk that I presented at the Doubletree in Toronto yesterday, I told my audience that buying a program, and putting it under the bed does not make you rich – it doesn’t emanate money rays and make you wealthy by osmosis – you have to WORK. You have to take decisive, confident action.

Understand the return on your investment, elaborate of the possibilities, create systems, invest, and then take action. This simple approach will double and quadruple your return.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com www.NoMoneyNoRisk.com
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Here’s quick way to tell if you see yourself as a victim or as a victor. After all, there are only two choices: Victim or Victor. Loser or Winner. If you think your circumstances dictate your income and level of success, you’re like the losers that write in to NotCanada.com – all whining that it’s so tough to immigrate, that Canada is so hard on them, that it’s all so unfair. I’m also an immigrant and I have news for you: try immigrating to Zimbabwe or South Africa and see how much welfare and free medical you get there, if you don’t join the 400 people who are murdered in South Africa every day. If it’s so hard, why don’t you pack your stuff and go home? I’ll tell you why – because you know it’s better in Canada! Nobody asked you to come to Canada. Go home. It’s not about where you are; it’s all about WHO you are.

If you think American business is nasty because they’re outsourcing your job to people in third world countries, perhaps you should think about why you can’t get a better job after living in the richest and most successful country in the world all your life. It’s an indictment on YOU, not on profit conscious businesses that you probably own shares in! Have you noticed that people actually die trying to get into North America? Put down the cigarette and beer, look in the mirror, point at yourself and say, “LOOOOSER!” Play the blame game as much as you like, but the real problem lives right under your comb-over.

If you are wont to shoot the messenger, blame the weather, wallow in self pity and talk about life being unfair, you see yourself as a victim. Now the good news is that you’re not really a victim, you’re just choosing to see yourself as one. And, while you believe you’re a victim, you will continue to lose out on all the wonderful opportunities around you! If you live in North America you are one lucky character and it’s about time you realized it. Instead of being angry at immigrants because they’re prepared to do jobs that you don’t like doing, be grateful that you can get cheap labor! I’m so glad I can afford to have someone come in and clean my apartment while Rika and I settle down to make some real money.

I was fortunate to be in business with an extremely successful East Indian in South Africa. One day he said to me, “Thank God for Apartheid. They wouldn’t give us East Indians jobs, so we got into our own businesses and made lots of money. If it weren’t for Apartheid we’d be poor civil servant suckers!” Immigrants who see themselves as victims choose to drive cabs. Immigrants who see themselves as victors start businesses and get to their golf clubs in cabs driven by their countrymen. When you get downsized, you can decide to be a victor and have an Independence Day party, start your own business and get rich, or you can feel sorry for yourself, get all bitter and twisted and cry yourself to sleep like a big baby. Your choice.

Now that I have your attention, here’s the truth: You are whatever you decide you are. Instantly. If you decide that, from now on, you will see yourself as a winner, a victor, and a warrior who is unstoppable and powerful, you will start winning in a big way. When you hit a detour or a bump in the road, you will be so focused on your exciting goals that you’ll hardly notice it. You will attract strong, enthusiastic, ambitious, generous people into your life. The losers will run away fast. The sun will shine brighter and all sorts of new opportunities will start to reveal themselves to you. You ARE a victor. I know that. It’s about time that you accepted it, too.

When you want to negotiate the terms of a successful, win/win Joint Venture, there are a few basic guidelines that I have learned through the years that will help you to optimize the opportunity and maximize the chances of a successful Joint Venture that can lead to many more. More importantly, with the right approach you can build and maintain a good, solid relationship, whether the JV is successful or not!

First, do a lot of homework on the type of business you’re dealing with, its unique problems, profit margins, challenges, back end and resources. You can use the Internet, speak to the competition, read industry publications and talk with company employees, vendors and customers. Also, speak to fellow Joint Venture Forum Members at your locals meeting, on the Internet and on your Members Only Conference calls. Six degrees of Separation means everybody knows people and you’re looking for contacts that can fast-track your information collection and due diligence.

Next, do serious research on the person you’re dealing with. Naturally, you should be negotiating with the decision maker. What is his or her “Hot Button”? What do they really, really want? What keeps them awake at night? What are their values, hopes, dreams, fears and aspirations? WHY do they want what they say they want? How much and what will it take to really get their undivided attention? You need to craft and personalize the JV to take full advantage of this knowledge to offer the ultimate benefit, a deal which is too good to be refused.

Is this person knowledgeable about the mindset required for a successful JV? Give him JV information to prepare his mind. There are complimentary downloads, interviews and more on http://www.nomoneynorisk.net/ that you can use. Suggest he joins the DollarMakers JV Forum / attend a DollarMakers JV Broker Bootcamp. Members have also realized the efficacy of giving then a copy of my book, Joint Adventures, to read in preparation to the negotiation.

Also, make sure you reduce the cost and risk on both sides to the absolute minimum, as well as the time required to make it work. Do this by leveraging existing resources instead of creating / buying / building new ones. That way, if things don’t work out as expected, nobody loses and the relationship remains strong, without resentment or regret.

Get the opinion of at least two respected mentors / Mastermind Partners / Fellow JV Forum Members before presenting your case to your potential JV partner.

Finally, put everything in writing. This clarifies issues and responsibilities, duties, payments, time of payment, conditions and expectations. You could also mention the fact that things might not work out as expected, and what will occur under those circumstances. Clear communication is essential.

Always be positive, relaxed and unattached, and be prepared to walk away from any JV if you’re not comfortable or if the return on investment is not deemed worth the time and effort it requires, always bearing in mind the big picture. This attitude will strengthen your position.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Yesterday, we went snorkeling on a coral reef at Kaneohe Bay in Oahu, Hawaii. We had a great time feeding the fish by hand and marveling at their beauty. We saw a green sea turtle and an eel. When the majority of my 21 companions got cold and climbed back on board the boat, I took off to the side of the reef and started diving deeper. It was there that I saw some amazing fish that weren’t partaking in the feeding frenzy. One of them was an amazing translucent blue. I could never describe its beauty without you seeing it as it glided around the coral. I also got a few bluebottle stings, which the others didn’t get, but the fleeting discomfort was nothing compared to the wonder of being alone in those magical surroundings.

This is true of any opportunity. Follow the herd, run with the rats and you might have some fun, but strike out on your own and go deep and you will learn unique skills and have an adventure. You can join a service club or association and do the minimum or you can become a leader and go all the way to the top of the international organization. Believe me, there’s very little competition. You can wallow in the shallows and have a good time, or you can take it to the next level and have a great time. It’s not about the opportunity – it’s what you make of it.

This I evident in any organization or club, and I see it in the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum as well. Call it the 80/20 rule, if you like; I call it the 10/90 rule. I recently talked with a new Member who asked me if the Forum Membership commission structure would allow him to make $5,000 per month if he worked the system. I assured him that this was possible with enough work and focus, if he got himself a Replicator Website to use as a good marketing and tracking tool. When he discovered that the site cost $249 to set up and then $39 per month, he lost interest. Why would someone balk at $39 to earn $5,000? Simple: he doesn’t believe he can make that kind of money. His self esteem is too limited to accept the opportunity. Others have done it, but he won’t. He prefers to wallow in the shallows. And that’s fine by me.

The price you pay to experience success, joy, fulfillment and wealth is negligible compared to the benefits, but there are requirements to going deep. They are: commitment, self discipline, honesty, hard work, focus and consistency. These are choices that anyone can make once they have access to a good system. I had all the support, equipment and tools I needed to go deeper when snorkeling. I had a good team on the boat, and they were there to guide me and assist me. When a got a few stings, they reassured me and sprayed stuff on my back and arms. Teamwork makes the dream work. The DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum is based on exactly that support system: Joint Ventures. We use proven systems, great support and a great team of hundreds of Members worldwide to help Members go deep.

Do you live with anxiety and fears that you seldom reveal? Do you lie awake at night, worrying about things? Do you agonize about things? Are you afraid of being embarrassed of being proven wrong? How much of your time do you spend being scared and troubled? How often do you voice your fears and talk about them, thus giving them even more power over you? Is your self talk like a wakening nightmare? We know that whatever you give attention to, will grow, and yet we spend a lot of time, energy and concentration on things we don’t want, don’t we? We spend more time making mental pictures of things we don’t want to happen than on planning solutions and successful action plans! The average person spends more time planning a meal than they do on their own future. And your future is important, because you’re going to spend the rest of your life there.

Here is my response to debilitating, unnecessary, energy-sapping fear:

“Robin, I am really worried that this isn’t going to work out. I will be so embarrassed if nobody shows up.”
Robin: “Spend three times the amount of energy and time on your effort. Find four new ways to Joint Venture the deal. Create a Mastermind with the most successful people you know, especially for this event. You won’t have the time to worry and you will succeed. Tell yourself, ‘I am a master organizer. I am laser focused. I do whatever it takes, 24/7. I attract good people. I am unstoppable and 120% confident.’ Commit yourself publicly. Put yourself on the line.”

“Robin, I think I am going to fail at this. What if it doesn’t work?”
Robin: “At this rate, you WILL fail. Stop being so timid and scared and start insisting on success. Get your petty ego out of the way. What if it doesn’t wok out? Who will die? You will have learnt enough to do better next time. Become a warrior. Change your self talk. Stop mixing with losers. Get serious about winning and HAVE FUN! Business is a game. Stop whining and start working. Make it happen.”

“Robin, I hope this thing works out, but rest assured, I will try my very best.”
Robin: “Let’s walk away from this arrangement right now. TRY = To Relive Yesterday’s Failures. When you say you HOPE and you will TRY you are already setting yourself up for failure. You are making excuses for yourself in advance. Think about Mohammad Ali: he never doubted himself and he always told everyone that he would success, so he did. You are your own worst enemy and you should be your best ally.”

Can you imagine General Patton uttering these weak misgivings? Read his speeches and model his confidence. Can you imagine Churchill whimpering like this? Can you imagine a real winner being halfhearted, nervous and doubtful? I think not. Winners and champions give no recognition to the possibility of failure. They rely on themselves and they walk their talk. They will do whatever it takes to succeed. They will not let you down. They are supremely confident and they are very hard working and disciplined. You can only be one thing at a time - positive or negative. Choose to be positive.

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Robin J. Elliott They say the biggest fear people have is of speaking in public. Any fool can do that - I do it all the time! I think the biggest fear is commitment and accountability.

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