07.24.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:26 pm by Robin J. Elliott
An Eagle mother lost one of her eggs. It was found by a chicken, which rolled it carefully back to her nest, sat on it, and hatched the baby Eagle. The baby Eagle thought it was a chicken. It grew up among other chickens, went to chicken school, and talked, walked, and acted like a chicken. The other chicken children teased it because it looked different. In high school, the baby Eagle went to his chicken guidance counselor and said, “I feel I can accomplish more than this life,” to which the chicken replied, “Be satisfied with what you have, like all the other chickens.”
One day, the now teenager Eagle was walking around the chicken run when a huge shadow floated over him. He looked up and saw a majestic bald headed Eagle flying above. At the same time, the adult Eagle looked down and saw the teenage Eagle in the chicken run. He swooped down and said to the teenage Eagle, “You’re an Eagle! You’re not a chicken! Get out of here! You shouldn’t be using those powerful wings to fly from fencepost to fencepost – you should be soaring about high mountains! You shouldn’t use that powerful beak to eat chicken food, or those strong talons to scratch in the dirt. You can live an Eagle life of freedom and majesty and power.”
Dear Reader, when you go back to your chicken job on Monday, talk with your chicken colleagues and customers, and earn your chicken salary, remember this story. You’re an Eagle! You were born to soar and prosper and achieve great things. You may feel like a chicken, but you’re really an Eagle. Believe me. Only an Eagle will tell you the truth about who you really are. Guidance teachers, bank managers, most academics, and bureaucrats are chickens. They cannot help you. Jim Savulla said, “Never take advice from anyone who doesn’t already have what you want.” 95% of people choose the chicken life, but you don’t have to; you know better, now.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.23.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:35 pm by Robin J. Elliott
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Posted in Uncategorized at 5:07 pm by Robin J. Elliott
One of the Red Flags you should always be aware of is “busy” people. When people claim to be “very busy” there are a few reasons, all of them not good. When I hear that “I’m too busy” sound, my antennae go up and I’m instantly on high alert. I take the safety off the Glock. I shift into high gear. I become very attentive, because I smell a rat. If you tell me you’re not interested or offer me another time slot, I understand that you have a life and a business. But usually, you will recognize a pattern with people who claim to be “Very Busy”.
Reason #1: People who are genuinely too busy to do the important things are badly organized. They are victims instead of victors. They are puppets. They are manipulated, at effect, out of control, unable to delegate, at sea, limp and weak. I don’t do business with losers.
Reason #2: People who are simply lying to you. They don’t have the guts to tell you they don’t want to spend time with you, visit you, attend your meeting, return your calls, or invest in your offer. It’s an excuse / lie. They have second job, a hidden motive, other agendas and priorities, they’re plain lazy (the usual reason), or simply scared to commit. Whatever the reason, liars don’t fit into my world.
Reason #3: People may be floundering about in debt or their lives are temporarily out of control. Either way, I want to do business with sane, logical, successful people who will make the time to follow up on their commitments, be available, and earn their JV commissions honestly.
Truly successful people can usually make the time for important events and meetings or calls. They will be honest with you and tell you when the deal you’re offering them is not what they want. They will let you now when something else takes a higher time priority. They know how to say, “No” without making excuses, justifying, explaining, or asking for forgiveness. They’re strong, decisive, and committed to their word. They are at cause. They are prime movers. They control their environments and their income. Those are the kind of people to Joint Venture with.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 10:07 am by Robin J. Elliott
The building is engulfed in flames. The heat is so intense that people can’t get close. On the fourth floor, a woman stands in a window, her long hair floating in the wind, the searing flames licking at her nightdress, black smoke nearly choking her. Below, strong firefighters hold the safety net, waiting for her to decide to jump. Any second, she can be overcome by the smoke and fall backwards into the furnace, but she hesitates. She waits. Until, finally, one distraught fireman yells, “JUMP, you idiot!”
Many people see their lives deteriorating around them. The entropy is obvious to all. They’re in a downward spiral, slipping ever faster and deeper into debt and despondency. The flames of bankruptcy and hopelessness are singeing their eyebrows and the pungent smoke is suffocating them. They’re getting older, poorer and weaker, and we’re shouting, “Here! We have the solution for you! Join DollarMakers! Learn how to get rich! Attend a Bootcamp! Here’s hope! We’re waiting for you! JUMP!” But they’re thinking about it and whining that they can’t afford a $500 Bootcamp while they waste $600 every month on their cigarettes and booze.
Sometimes, by the time you come to your senses, the opportunity has moved on. The kind firemen have folded their safety net and gone home, and when you finally decide to jump you’re so desperate that you leap into the arms of some con artist that will steal your money in some offshore scam or have you lose your savings in another ridiculous scheme that nobody in their right mind would even consider. Too late. So before that happens, I have a simple and important message for you: JUMP, you idiot!
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.22.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:56 am by Robin J. Elliott
This system is as simple as it is profound, as easy to implement, as it is to profit from. But you have to know what is going on in your business in order to make it work. Most entrepreneurs don’t know this, so this exercise alone will be very useful, revealing, and profitable.)
This is what you need to have on a spreadsheet in front of you:
All your ratios – closing ratios, direct response ratios, Returns on Investment (ROI) on advertising, etc.
All your incomes – all JV’s, all products, all services.
All your expenses (private, as well as business.)
All your production numbers – that’s your people – what exactly is being produced, and by whom?
All your tax information.
All your investments and ROI info on them, including investments in consulting, newsletters, networking, advertising, corporate gifts, newsletters, business meals, etc.
All your TIME expenditures (You most expensive, irreplaceable asset.)Do you know what you spend all your time on? What is the specific ROI for each investment of your time / life?
Next, look at each event / item / investment / cost / employee / JV INDIVIDUALLY and ask yourself the following simple questions:
Is this worth continuing with? Shall I end it, fix it, or improve it?
Is this person worth retaining, or shall I fire them, fix them, or get them more productive?
How can I improve this ROI by 10%?
How can I cut this cost by 10% or remove it altogether?
How can I improve this ratio by just 10%?
Now for the amazing part of this little article that can dramatically change your life: If you only identified TEN areas/ cots, ROI’s, people, JV’s or investments, and you only improved each one by 10%, you would DOUBLE your bottom line profits: 10 X 10% = 100%! I think this is worth taking a day off with your figures, and spreadsheets, away from the madding crowd. Then, bring it back to your Mastermind group, JV Partners and true friends, and you will be incredulous at the advice they will be able to share with you to accomplish dramatic improvements.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 9:30 am by Robin J. Elliott
The biggest challenges employees have when trying to become entrepreneurs is willpower, a victim mentality, and self-discipline. They are so used to following orders that when it’s left to them to make things happen, they have so little self-control and they’re so weak that they quit at the drop of a hat. They want instructions and a big bad boss leaning over their shoulder and wielding a big stick, or they will find another excuse to give up, stop working, leave early, and rush off to the movies. They’re so used to making excuses that they now believe their own lies.
Want to know if you still have an employee mindset that is undermining your business progress? Are you always looking for a way to leave an event early, get a “day off”, arrive late, or even not show up at all (the sick relative lie)? Entrepreneurs will work through the night, if necessary, without complaining. Do you blame others for the things in your life that don’t work, or do you take responsibility and go about fixing them? Are you generally positive or negative? Do you deliver on time, and how easily do you quit? How often do you find yourself making excuses? Entrepreneurs take responsibility for their commitments, success, and failures.
Here’s the only way I have found to induct the birth of the new entrepreneur in your life. Play two roles: one is the role of the worst, nastiest boss you ever had, and one is the role of the employee / puppet / robot / slave. Take a good, hard look at what needs to be done, write down the instructions as would a scary boss, then give yourself the instructions and pretend that you will be summarily fired and embarrassed is you fail to deliver on time. Then, get to WORK. Take urgent, focused action until you have achieved the tasks on your list, then report back, ON TIME, to yourself / boss. This role-play might help you start to take responsibility and stop making weak excuses that nobody believes anyway.
Another way to observe your situation is to realize that the real entrepreneurs with whom you are working will only tolerate an employee mindset for a period of time, after which they will fire you from their presence and joint ventures. Real entrepreneurs don’t accept excuses, negativity, and the blame game for very long. Perhaps you should start to view them as your employers until you understand that there are no excuses and that the old employee mindset will not work in the real world of business. In fact, if you don’t shed that old mindset, you’ll end up back in a job – if you can get one, that is.
Let’s end on a positive note. Once you realize that you have created and are responsible for your present circumstances, it becomes abundantly clear that you can create any lifestyle you wish. Through the use of Joint Ventures, you have unlimited potential to make all your dreams come true. Entrepreneurs understand this.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.21.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:31 am by Robin J. Elliott
Stress is the result of the way we interpret our circumstances and the things that happen to us in life and in business. The most common cause of business stress is unrealistic expectations and being dependent of certain outcomes or people. We really cause our own stress, and when we do, our body goes into the “Fight or Flight” mode. It releases huge amounts of adrenalin and cortisol, and all sorts of physical things happen to us to protect us from the imagined danger. And that’s all it is – imagined.
The result of being stressed is emotional, non-productive thoughts, choices, and overreactions, which are escalated and aggravated by all the physical components of stress: headaches, indigestion, depression, insomnia, memory impairment, sweaty palms, shortness of breath, illness… I could go on. Worst of all, it hurts your business and your relationships. And it is NOT NECESSARY.
How do you know when you’re stressed? If you choose the FLIGHT mode, you will find yourself hiding: avoiding confrontation, not returning calls and e mails, getting sick, going away on holiday or hiding in a movie theater, avoiding certain people, not showing up for meetings, looking for a job (the ultimate cop-out for any entrepreneur) and of course the very common passive aggression, back-stabbing and sabotage that weak and dishonest people resort to under pressure. If you’re in the FIGHT mode, you will notice your aggression level climbing – overreaction, nit-picking, attacking, degrading, throwing babies out with their bathwater – all fear-based aggression. Both of these stress reactions of these are self-inflicted and self-destructive.
Here’s the best way I have found to overcome stress in my 20 years as an entrepreneur:
- Don’t have unrealistic expectations of other people. Expect a lot from yourself, have magnificent goals for yourself, expect to win, believe in yourself, but be realistic about what others will or will not do.
- Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, hence the Joint Venture approach. With multiple income sources and options, you don’t NEED any one person to perform in any particular way. You’re not as vulnerable.
- Put everything in writing – your budgets, challenges and solutions, goals, action plans, timetables, contingency plans, daily updates on exactly what is going on in your business – this helps you maintain objectivity and shows you realistic “What if?” scenarios and options.
- As the right questions and manage your self-talk. Instead of whining, “Why doesn’t anybody do what they say they will do?” As yourself, “How can I avoid being subject to the tardiness of this particular individual?” Remain positive, optimistic and focused. Be your own best friend. Nobody will tolerate a pessimist or a whiner for very long, so don’t be one.
- Mix with positive, successful, open-minded, secure, and motivated people ONLY.
- Reinterpret your options and beliefs. Reinterpret what is going on in your life. Whatever or whomever you tell yourself you need will control you. Remember that. Treat your business like a Monopoly game. Don’t take things personally. Study the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path to better understand the danger of being attached. If you’re religious, walk your talk. I know a woman who belongs to a religious cult. She continually promotes her cult, but she is unreliable, dishonest, and devious. If you believe what you say you believe, your life should demonstrate it, or you’re simply a hypocrite.
- Finally, plan for every outcome. Spend more time planning and then taking action to make your dreams come true and you won’t have time to wince, whine, and wonder. Work hard, work smart, delegate, and expect the 80/20 rule to work. 80% of people (I believe it’s 90%) will lie, let you down, quit on you, and run away when the going gets tough. Get used to it. Idealism regarding others is for the young and immature. Keep looking for the 10% that will stay with you and grow with you, and let the losers go.
Share this powerful affirmation and conviction with me:
“I am absolutely convinced of the fact that I am in the process of achieving my goals and nothing and nobody will stop me. I will not be distracted, sabotaged, or disheartened by anyone or anything. I steadfastly and persistently move in the direction of my goals, learning from my failures and getting stronger every day. I am unattached, secure in myself, and committed to achieve my goals, no matter what.
I will not lower my standards, compromise, or quit. I believe in my goals and in myself. I work hard and I take full responsibility for the achievement of all my goals. I am bulletproof, focused, unstoppable, and powerful. Stress is a choice I do not choose to make. My goals and values are not negotiable. The achievement of my objectives is a given.”
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.19.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:35 pm by Robin J. Elliott
After a science lab explodes, MacGyver is asked to rescue scientists that are trapped underground, guarded by a deadly security system. He must do this before the nervous Army detonates a nuclear warhead at the lab, to stop the leak of highly concentrated acid that has begun to eat away at the concrete encasement of the underground bunker. MacGyver is able to fix the leak using a very unusual tool- chocolate. But neither the Army nor the officials above ground know of his accomplishment. Now, MacGyver has only two minutes remaining before the Army will launch the warhead…
True entrepreneurs and real Joint Venture Brokers are like MacGyver. They use the means at hand, the resources available, to reach their goals. After completing my Management Diploma at Hotel
School, I managed a restaurant and then ran a hotel. This hotel was a privately owned and was being restored and upgraded, so I dealt with some very interesting situations – cleaning gutters on the roof with waiters eight floors above the street, throwing prostitutes out the bars and waking them up in the bathrooms the next day, renovations, a string of drunken German chefs, staff fights, bar fights, new restaurant openings, power outages in the middle of weddings, you name it. After that, I became a Food and Beverage Manager with Holiday Inns and it was a sea change. Everything was orderly, controlled, well financed, and predictable. But when the kitchen flooded, everyone was paralyzed – they had never had to think on their feet before.
I had been well prepared in my previous job.
Real business superstars are flexible, courageous, creative, innovative, optimistic, unstoppable, and motivated. They are prepared to wok hard, do whatever it takes and make things happen. They don’t blame their tools or whine about what’s not working; they take responsibility and fix broken systems. They are like MacGyver. They use what they have to get what they want. They see opportunities where the losers see problem and barriers. Winners skip over detours and use obstacles as stepping stones. Next time you find yourself whining about your problems, remember that MacGyver used chocolate when he was in a crunch, and stop bawling. Business first makes you strong, self confident and persistent, and then it makes you rich.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:53 pm by Robin J. Elliott
“We live in the real world” – people have become so jaded and cynical that we’re often pleasantly surprised with mediocre service. Losers think about the short term, immediate return on investment and decide to do the absolute minimum – “what can I get away with?” – employee mentality. Winners see the big picture and realize the value of the ripple effect. Let me demonstrate the value of delivering exceptional service with a real life story.
Rika and I recently purchased another home and our realtor, the wonderful Willi Isaak, referred us to a mortgage broker. Like attracts like and birds of the feather flock together, so we felt confident that this mortgage broker was good at her job. Boy, were we surprised! Angela Calla moved with lightning speed – a well-oiled, magnificent mortgage machine, highly professional, delivering in ONE DAY what my bank couldn’t deliver in over a week of blustering, confusion, people on leave and broken promises. By the time they approved me, they were too late.
Angela went the extra mile every inch of the way. She was available, responsive, knowledgeable, and professional, and she didn’t rush the interview process. She spends time educating her clients and makes you feel like you will never bother to ever deal with another mortgage broker again. And that is where the Ripple Effect starts. This article in this Blog will be included in our weekly ezines to a large database, and directly linked to our 85 (eighty-five) websites. More importantly, I will probably be using Angela’s service as an example in my presentations to thousands of people across North America and in the
UK.
Treat every customer, JV partner, and casual acquaintance as the most important person in the world, as though your entire future business success and reputation depends their making them exceptionally happy, and your success is as good as guaranteed. Word of mouth advertising is the best way to build any business, as you know. Angela Calla certainly knows that.
Robin J Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.16.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:57 pm by Robin J. Elliott
You will be amazed what you can get if you simply ask for it. Do you not ask for things, favors, options, and Joint Ventures that you think are ridiculous is because you believe other people will also think they are ridiculous? You might be surprised to know that there are people out there who have a lot more money and resources than you do, and who can easily afford to provide what you ask for.
Another reason why we don’t ask for things is the fear of embarrassment or rejection. We’re afraid that people will laugh at us or be angry with us. This is your flimsy ego getting in the way. Let me ask you this: If you stood to gain a million dollars, would your fear of embarrassment still prevent you from asking what might be to you an awkward question? Is it worth the risk? If the prize is big enough, it certainly is.
An easy way to get around all this faint heartedness is to simply reinterpret the possible outcomes so that they seem less daunting. For example, there are three possible responses to any question: people can say, “NO”, they can say, “YES”, or they can counter-offer. The reality is that the person who says “No” is usually more embarrassed than you could be! After all, you’re making them a simple offer, like “Would you prefer beef or pork?” One means “Yes” and one means “No” – it’s nothing personal. Also, focus on the possible REWARD, and remember there are millions of other people you can ask!
Have you seen a beggar in the street get embarrassed or burst into tears because someone refused to give him a dime? I saw one on a Vancouver street corner singing, “Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer” with a sign around his neck asking for beer money. Guess what? People were giving him money! Welcome to
Vancouver. When you’re asking for something, you’re obviously offering some value in return, unlike the socialistic beggars, so you have nothing to be embarrassed about. You should, in fact, be embarrassed NOT to ask.
What would happen if you asked for twice as much, and you asked ten times as many people? You’d probably get rich. If the beggar asked for a dollar and he asked ten times more people, he would make a lot more money in the same amount of time. You get what you ask for. When the beggars ask for dimes, people don’t give dollars. In business, it’s actually easier to get more than it is to get less, so it’s better to ask for more. Expect more, believe you will get more, take nothing personally, and ask with double the passion, conviction, and enthusiasm, and twice as often. You will be amazed at what you can get, if you will just ask, believe me.
Finally, as a Joint Venture Broker, your offers should always be win/win. Greed and entitlement will scuttle your boat. Be a true Capitalist. There is a lot more money out there than there are good opportunities and there are very few professional, honest people who are prepared to work hard, and even less who understand JV’s. Successful people know this. They like to be approached by bold, classy, motivated, and smart people who offer them good deals, because it is very unusual. “You have not because you ask not” is TRUE.
I love this poem:
“I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store.
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.”
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.15.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:04 pm by Robin J. Elliott
As a child, I used to wish I could be like the overweight, happy smoker who always seemed to be laughing it up and never had a care in the world. He drove around in a leased car with his friends, racking up the credit, drinking and having fun. I was so serious about things, and nothing seemed to upset those people. As I grew up, I realized that I was envying losers! I saw my smoker uncle die from emphysema. I saw the party animals doing their minimum wage jobs and parking my car when I took my wife to the swanky restaurant.
Winners sacrifice now for later. Losers sacrifice later for now - they want the quick fix. They’re like smokers, sacrificing their health and demonstrating their lack of self-esteem and self-discipline to the world for another lungful of nicotine. Do the easy thing now and later you will get to do the hard things. Why not do the hard things now, and get to do the easy things for the rest of your life? Instant gratification is for losers. Winners sacrifice the near term for the long term. While the losers are smoking dope and having parties, the winners are working. And a few years down the line, the losers are packing the winners’ groceries in bags at Safeway.
Winners will defy tradition, pay the price, sow consistently, and make their dreams come true. They are patient and they persevere. They know that we create our own futures. They take responsibility for their goals and they expect to win. Losers will attend a seminar, get all psyched up, work for three days and then give up when money doesn’t come pouring down the chimney. Basically, they don’t expect to win. They don’t believe in themselves. In fact, they’re genuinely surprised when they accomplish anything! The compromisers will always sell themselves short. Ayn Rand said, “I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.”
Have a good look at your perseverance level – how soon do you quit? How many times have you jumped to the next fad, the next best thing, the next big deal? How many snake oil salesmen do you have to patronize before you get it? If you simply keep on keeping on, continue to pay the price and work diligently, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish. Ayn Rand again: “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.” Stick to it. Insist on achieving your goals. Refuse to quit. And you will soon find yourself attracting likeminded people into your life that will stand by you until you succeed.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 8:50 am by Robin J. Elliott
“If you could get there on your own, you would already be there”. How are you doing so far?” Dan Lok’s words make a lot of sense. He said, “You will do it by yourself, but not on your own.” Think about that: If you could get there on your own, you would already be there. What’s missing?
Dan Kennedy tells us that when Arnold Palmer needed to “tune up” his game, to compensate for his age, he sought out a 26-year-old coach. Dan says there are six reasons why you need a good coach: Being held accountable, Being questioned and challenged, Being listened to, Being recognized for your achievements, Being motivated, and Being accepted. So you know the answer is to get a coach, but finding a capable coach is a different matter altogether.
The question is, how do you find a good coach? Have you been sold on coaching by a master, only to be handed to some minimum wage dimwit who paid a small fortune to attend coaching school? Here’s what Jim Stovall says: “Never take advice from anyone who doesn’t already have what you want.” I love that. And I know that there is a plethora of turkeys out there who call themselves “coaches”, “Life coaches”, and “consultants” because I interviewed “coaches” for TWO YEARS to find one to be the official DollarMakers Joint Venture Broker Coach. His name is Brandon Roe.
Here are criteria for choosing a good coach:
- First, he or she has to have already attained what you want more than anything else. And they have to have achieved their goals doing what they teach you to do. Plus, they should not be using or teaching outmoded systems, like those who made money on the Internet years back and now make money teaching gullible people outdated systems.
Brandon qualifies – he makes s a small fortune doing what he teaches.
- Second, if they are not selective and accept anyone who wants coaching, they’re probably desperate losers who will tell you anything you want to hear. The more selective the coach, the more likely they’re capable.
Brandon insists that you are a Member of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum and have either attended a JV Broker Bootcamp or own the Home Study Program, just to qualify to be interviewed. He and I have tuned down a number of applications and terminated others.
- Third, a truly successful coach will not be cheap. They will not work for someone else or work for peanuts. That is a red flag right there. But your return on investment, if you are fortunate enough to be accepted by a great coach, is astronomical.
Always be prepared to ask your coach hard questions. After all, you’re paying them. Is your coach in fact more successful than you are? Do they actually have firsthand experience? Do they conduct themselves professionally and are they in fact real people who have real success, or are they working out of their mom’s basement? Especially if you haven’t met them or seen them, you should be VERY careful.
Finally, if you want to put your JV brokerage on steroids, coaching is about the smartest thing you can do, as long as you are with the right coach. Grab Brandon while he is still available. We have already put a cap on the amount of DollarMakers Members he will personally coach. You snooze, you lose.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.11.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:38 am by Robin J. Elliott
One Penny Doubled Every Day for Thirty Days – The Power of Duplication
Day 1: $.01
Day 2: $.02
Day 3: $.04
Day 4: $.08
Day 5: $.16
Day 6: $.32
Day 7: $.64
Day 8: $1.28
Day 9: $2.56
Day 10: $5.12
Day 11: $10.24
Day 12: $20.48
Day 13: $40.96
Day 14: $81.92
Day 15: $163.84
Day 16: $327.68
Day 17: $655.36
Day 18: $1,310.72
Day 19: $2,621.44
Day 20: $5,242.88
Day 21: $10,485.76
Day 22: $20,971.52
Day 23: $41,943.04
Day 24: $83,386.08
Day 25: $167,772.16
Day 26: $335,544.32
Day 27: $671,088.64
Day 28: $1,342,177.28
Day 29: $2,684,354.56
Day 30: $5,368,709.12
Visit www.DollarMakersBusiness.com to make this happen in your life.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 11:18 am by Robin J. Elliott
You’ve heard the story of the man who hears a warning on the radio to move to higher ground, since a flood is coming. He gets on his knees and prays, “Please God, save me from the flood”, then he continues to read his newspaper. Water starts rising in his living room until he is forced upstairs. Again, he prays to God to save him from the flood. Eventually, he is sitting on the roof, still reading his newspaper. A boat comes past and the people on it urge him to escape the flood. He says, “I’ll be just fine – I prayed for God to save me”. The water rises. A helicopter comes past and offers to save him. Once again, he refuses, and the water continues to rise until he drowns. When he gets to heaven, he asks God, “Why did you let me die? I prayed for you to save me!” God replies, “You fool – I sent you a warning on the radio, I sent you a boat, I sent you a helicopter. You deserved to die.”
Here’s the good news: the flood is coming, but help is available. There are good people out ther that will help you to escape the devastating financial effects, but you have to take their advice. They have the combination of the safe, the key to security, the recipe for success, the prescription for financial wellbeing. But you have to follow their instructions. Every choice you make is leading you either towards or away from success.
Jeff Olson, in his wonderful book, The Slight Edge, tells the story of the water hyacinth to illustrate the cumulative effect of continuing to make small, right choices every day of your life. The method this plant uses to grow is by doubling itself. Duplication. In the right environment (an open, willing, and positive attitude), the water hyacinth can cover an entire pond in thirty days. For the first fifteen days, you will hardly notice it. On Day 15, it will only cover a single square foot of the pond’s surface. On Day 20, it will be about the size of a small mattress. On Day 29, one-half of the pond’s surface will be covered. On the thirtieth day, the entire pond will be covered by the water hyacinth – you will not see any water at all. If the water hyacinth represents wealth and the water represents financial need, you can see the analogy. Most people would quit on the fifteenth day. Smart people would hang in there and see all their dreams come true.
At DollarMakers, we introduce you to the concepts of leverage and duplication, and train you to use Joint Ventures and various opportunities to make all your dreams come true, as long as you are hard working, patient, teachable, and motivated. Jim Stovall said, “Never take advice from anyone who doesn’t already have what you want.” Remember that. But DO take advice from those who have already achieved what you want. They have the combination to the safe that contains all your dreams.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.09.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:33 pm by Robin J. Elliott
I bought a brand new car for cash. The salesman never contacted me again after I took delivery of the car. Had he built a relationship with me and kept in touch with me, I could have referred hundreds of sales to him over the years. Most people offer someone an opportunity or pitch them on some product or service, and if they don’t immediately buy, they never hear from the salesperson again. STUPID.
Apples that are green today will be ripe tomorrow. Peoples’ circumstances change. They will be ready at another time, as long as you’re there, waiting for them. “NO” simply means NOT NOW. Not Yet. Not “NEVER”! NO means “I need more information or time”. Today they can’t afford it. Next week they inherit money. Today they don’t need your bizop. Tomorrow they get canned at work. You have to keep on building the relationship, stay in contact, become their friend, educate them, support them. Follow up.
I knew one of the people with whom I do a lot of business for a year before we did our first Joint Venture. Sometimes, the ones that take a long time are the best ones. Regular, consistent follow-up and communication builds trust and respect. Tom tries to sell you life insurance and you say, “No.” He sends you a Thank You card for spending time with him. He sends you his regular, educational newsletter. A birthday card (on your birthday, not his birthday!), tickets to a game. A T Shirt. A phone call now and then, just to touch base and ask you how your business is going. No sales pitch – not even a mention of insurance. Then your daughter gets married and you tell your son-in-law, “Go see Tom. He’s solid and reliable. Make sure your life insurance is OK.”
Most sales are not made on the first attempt, but on the SIXTH attempt. Perseverance and patience wins. The tortoise and the hare. Build trust over time and then rake in the big bucks. I joined an MLM business and now I am a Director. I got a phone call from someone in the company that tried to enroll me a few years back. He asked, “Why didn’t you enroll with me?” My reply was, “After you tried to sponsor me and failed, you broke off contact with me. You showed no interest in me, my life, or my business. You didn’t keep contact. You gave me no reason to work with you. You never followed up. Someone else did.” He was replaced. Short-sighted, desperate people seldom make money.
When should you stop selling to someone? When you die, or they die, or they buy from someone else, or you find out that they are dishonest. The magic is in the follow-up. It’s easier than trying new people all the time – the longer the contact, the easier the close and the bigger the sale.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 8:59 pm by Robin J. Elliott
I think I have heard every excuse out there. “I’m late because it rained. My dog was sick. I got lost. I had another meeting.” If there was a million dollar check waiting for you, would you have shown up on time? Some people even make excuses in advance - “I’ll TRY.” TRY means To Relive Yesterday’s Failures.
$ When your excuse is TIME, “I don’t have time because I’m always working”, perhaps that’s a good reason to make your business work so that you can buy all the time you need.
$ When your excuse is MONEY, “I can’t afford to join your group / get the business opportunity”, perhaps that’s a good reason to invest in an opportunity to make all the money you need!
$ When your excuse is ACCESS, “I don’t know anyone”, perhaps that’s a good excuse to start meeting everyone, so that you can make your dreams come true!
Every single choice you make is a step towards or away from your goal. If your goal is a million dollars, every choice is in effect worth a million dollars – think about it. I can make this call or not make it. Is it worth a million dollars to make this call? YES. So don’t make excuses - MAKE THE CALL! Small steps all get your journey made. EVERY STEP COUNTS.
Take responsibility for your own success. Decide to stop stopping. Commit to spectacular, sizzling, superb success. No more excuses. I don’t believe your excuses – I believe your actions. You either showed up or you didn’t. If you said you would and you didn’t, you LIED. Winners are not whiners. Winners smash through barriers. They take no prisoners. They do whatever it takes. When an achiever commits to a date, you can write it in blood.
Take a new look at your options and decide that your future will not be equal to your past. Create the future you deserve. No more procrastination, no more compromise, only RESULTS.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 7:05 pm by Robin J. Elliott
After dinner, I walked into the kitchen and found myself standing in a pool of water. It came from the fridge. We moved the fridge, looked behind it, cleaned the water up, and checked the temperature gauge, all the time considering the possibility of having to replace the fridge. How typical – we always expect the worst, don’t we? After searching a little more, we found that a bottle of water had tipped over inside the fridge. It wasn’t the seals or the motor or whatever other serious problems fridges have. And when it comes to your financial challenges, they’re often not nearly as serious as you might imagine, either. YOU are the problem. (Not to put too fine a point on it…)
Rika and I watched “The Millionaire Inside” on CNBC last night – excellent information. Today we watched a great DVD on business and I did some online learning as well. The more you understand money and business, the more options you have, and the less scary your financial problems seem. Robert Kiyosaki mentioned Viaticals on the show last night. I immediately wrote the word down and after the show I learned about Viaticals, because the more I learn, the more I earn.
I feel like carrying a pack of diapers and some Kleenex with me so that I can be ready for all the sob stories I hear from adults complaining about how tough their financial lives are. Those same babies don’t take the time to learn about money. They are too lazy to attend the business meetings – we will be attending two this week. They continually claim not to have money. I get calls from people who tell me they will bring me loads of business, and when I tell them they will need a Replicator website to track that business so that I can pay them huge commissions and that it will cost them $39 a month, they start whining that they can’t afford $39 a month! Listen, buddy, if you can’t afford $39 per month, you’re either a liar or you need to spend the $39 right now so that you can get out of the hole you dug! Anyone who is going to tell me they can’t afford $200 had better not contact me. You can’t afford NOT to afford it.
I met a man last week who whimpered that he has too much debt. I asked if he had read “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.” He said he doesn’t have time to read books. End of conversation. They scurry to the physician and then refuse to take their meds. If that fellow had read Jeff Olson’s “The Slight Edge”, he would realize that his problem was not nearly as serious as he thought. You can solve your financial problems faster than you think – just get the right advice. Take responsibility, Stop blaming other people. Spend what you need to spend on the right advice, then get to work. That last word, “WORK”, is usually the real issue. I told a character last week that I can put him into business for $49 down and $50 per month. He didn’t mind the investment part, but the prospect of working scared him silly. I could almost see his bottom lip quivering. The goal of early retirement, freedom and wealth was not enough to persuade him to work.
Finally, I attended a presentation the other night where the presenter asked a woman in the audience if she could get eight friends to a business opportunity in her home the coming Wednesday night. A specific, reasonable goal. If you invited everyone you knew and everyone you met to attend that meeting, could you get eight people to attend a meeting in your home? What is your immediate reaction? Now try this: If you were guaranteed a check for a million dollars if you could get twenty people into your home, once a week, for one month, could you do it? Different perspective, right?
Here’s the good news. The fridge isn’t broken. It’s just a bottle of water. It can be fixed. But you have to get off the couch, take advice, and take action. And continue taking action until you get where you want to be. Unless where you want to be is right back on the couch, that is.
WANTED: FIVE PEOPLE who want to retire in ONE YEAR, who will do WHATEVER IT TAKES, 24/7/365, who will follow my instructions to the letter, and who will pass the little tests I give them before I waste any of my very precious time on them. I reserve the right to refuse any applicant.
Scared by that? Then find the nearest mirror, point at yourself and say, “You are not ready for real success.”
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.07.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:58 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Today, 7/7/07, Michelle Bacani-Lim, our wonderful International Director for the DollarMakers Mom Comes Home Campaign, gave birth to her second child, son Brooklyn Rush. A new life was delivered into the world, and we congratulate them. This article is about new birth – YOUR new birth. Your day of delivery into a new life.
There are two major factors that contribute to a certain point in your life when you make the choice to dramatically change your life. Physics tells us that “a body at rest tends to stay at rest”, and people don’t like change. The first factor is pain. When there is enough pain attributed to continuing along on your present path, when you “exceed your pain threshold”, as it were, you have an epiphany; you realize that you cannot continue doing what you’ve been doing. You realize that you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired so you are prepared to make the change. And if there is not already sufficient pain to push you out of that comfort zone, you may have sat down and taken stock of your life and realized that if you didn’t make a dramatic change, the future would be scary and bleak. Fear of loss and impending disaster, mixed with pain. Big motivator.
The second major motivational factor is an exciting and compelling opportunity, goal, or prize that you can only reach by making this change. And you have to believe it is possible to attain this lovely objective. On a certain day, you may get to a point when the pain in your present situation or the pleasure that is beckoning, or a combination of the two, is so intense and real to you that you will make the change that creates their own, personal Independence Day. It’s the day when you break free from your past and start your new life. It is the day when you are born again. Pain in the present replaced by pleasure in the future, made possible by voluntary change.
The people who really step up and make things happen, who really make a dramatic and lasting change, who will persist and never quit, do so because of their “WHY”. This WHY is WHY they don’t want the pain, WHY they want the pleasure, WHY they are prepared to pay any price. Without a compelling WHY, the change will be short-lived, pathetic, diluted, weak, impotent, and a waste of time and money. Like immigrants from South Africa who forget WHY they left, give up when the going gets tough and run back, only to be murdered or raped, and voluntarily expose their families to that horrible risk on a daily basis and live the rest of their miserable, compromised lives in steel cages with guns and fear their daily companions.
If you’re battling to make the change you know you should make, here is a simple recipe to create a powerful WHY:
- Get in touch with the pain in your present situation, and take a good, hard look at what your life will look like in five years if you DON’T make the change.
- Focus on what you have to gain by making the change and stepping out of your boring comfort zone.
- Commit and take courageous, consistent action.
Emerson said, “Do the thing and you’ll have the power.” A journey of a thousand miles starts with one brave step. You don’t have to do it all in one day. Just make the decision and start walking. If your WHY is big enough, it will propel you over and through all obstacles, barriers and difficulties. It will sustain, encourage, and strengthen you. It will fuel you, inspire you, and motivate you. A white-hot, burning desire will eliminate your enemies and your doubts. And you can create that WHY. Disgust with the past and desire for the future, supported by belief and commitment, is a guarantee of success.
Perhaps it’s time for your personal Independence Day. Time to be born again into a new life of hope, joy, purpose, contribution and achievement. Replace your fear with faith and join our DollarMakers family of winners. We welcome our new DollarMakers Family Member: Brooklyn Rush Bacani-Lim!
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.05.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:11 am by Robin J. Elliott
We’ve all seen them – the self-employed health juice salesman who attends the local Chamber of Commerce business networking event, all spruced up and eagerly clutching his flashy brochures and a thousand business cards. He is friendlier than the relative who met you when you were released from prison, hoping to get his loot, until he discovers that you won’t buy his snake oil, at which time he recoils as if bitten by the snake itself, only to slither off, seeking another unsuspecting victim. He has written you off as an unbeliever and will avoid you at all future meetings. Blinders for the blind.
Joint Venture Brokers often hobble and limit themselves by thinking in terms of their own existing JV’s, products or services. Remember this: it’s not about you or what you have to sell – it’s all about the other person! Brokers should try to suppress their egos and forget about their own offers when meeting new people. It doesn’t matter what you sell or who you are. Nobody cares. As a JV Broker, you get paid for helping the other person to reach his goals. Pretend you have no business, no products, no JV’s and no ego. Focus on the needs, objectives, and wants of the other person, link them up with the solution, and get paid.
DollarMakers Joint Venture Brokers are trained to adopt this mindset, and they are well packaged for their work, with JV Broker business cards, websites, and brochures, using the powerful, international DollarMakers brand and reputation. Our product is your success. Our service is your satisfaction. Our success is your solution. It’s not about the broker. Remove the blinders of pride, product and petty greed. Smash the restrictions and limitations of having anything at all to sell or promote. Remove the barriers of geographics, demographics and psychographics. DollarMakers JV Brokers have unlimited access to solutions through hundreds of Members and their databases and resources in ten countries.
So when you start wondering, “Will she buy my product or service, join my group, or help me”, replace those moronic thoughts with, “What does she want? How can I help her succeed?” and you are well on your way to the mindset that will provide you with the combination to the vault of plenty. Dale Carnegie taught us, “Talk in the interests of the other person”. We all love the new Secret DVD. Well, let me tell you the JV Secret: It’s not about you!
So, next time that purveyor of juice comes sliding up to you, flashing his newly whitened teeth, don’t remind him that you can buy the same stuff in Costco for a buck and a half. Don’t punch him into tomorrow, much as you want to. Simply ask, “How can I help this Fuller Brush type to reach his goals?”
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.03.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:57 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Favorite Restaurant: Spagos, Las Vegas
Favorite Female Singer: Françoise Hardy
Favorite Book: Atlas Shrugged
Favorite Bird: The Eagle
Favorite Hobbies: Joint Ventures, Travel, Nature, Reading
Favorite Flower: The Rose
Favorite Places: Vancouver, New York, Honolulu,
Cancun, Mombassa
Favorite Quote: “Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass.” – Paul J. Meyer.
Favorite Sport: Karate
Favorite Art: Romanticism Favorite Philosophies: Objectivism and Buddhism
Favorite Watch: Rado
Favorite / Highest Values: Freedom and Responsibility
Favorite Symbol: The Dollar Sign
Favorite Musical Instrument: Drums
Favorite TV Channel: The Military Channel
Favorite Hate: Smoking
Favorite Food: Steak, eggs and fries
Favorite Network Marketing Companies: Pro Travel Network and Pre-Paid Legal
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Posted in Uncategorized at 5:11 pm by Robin J. Elliott
People in Network Marketing think they will make more money by attending meetings or listening to CD’s. They need to remember these Four Keys and use them.
1. Know your product / service inside out. Be an expert. Have all the answers, material, and success stories ready at hand. Don’t use the usual MLM junk talk, like “earning six figures” – that could be $100,000 or it could be $999,000, and anyone who talks about their wealth usually doesn’t have any. Be businesslike, enthusiastic, and specific.
2. Look the part. If you don’t look successful, happy, healthy and prosperous, people will not join your downline. If you smoke, slouch, snivel, and show up late, you will attract desperate losers like yourself. Look like a winner and winners will be interested in associating with you. Dress the part, and make sure your meetings are held at an upmarket venue. You’re more likely to attract winners to a yacht club than the local school hall.
3. Work with your people, coach them and lead them to reach their goals. This is far easier if you recruit Centers of Influence, since you have limited time. Set specific goals with them and stay with them until they reach their objectives.
4. Invite everyone you know to join your business. One of the most successful recruiters I ever met used to tell everyone he met, “You would do well in my business.” Then, keep on inviting them until they join. The fruit that is green today will be ripe tomorrow. “Drip” on them. Peoples’ circumstances change. They may not be ready today, but one day they will be ready. The worst thing you can do is to pressurize them. Having said that, be selective. Only invite people you like and trust. They will be part of your business; remember that.
The reason why Network Marketing has a bad name is the people who join, not the business itself. People who break their promises, don’t return calls, and pressurize their downline usually end up losing. They are simply cult members. The most successful MLM’ers I know are businesslike, relaxed, knowledgeable, well organized, focused, professional achievers.
I suggest you read Jeff Olson’s book, ‘The Slight Edge.”
OK, I know you’re wondering which Network Marketing Companies I am part of Pro Travel Network and Pre-Paid Legal.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 10:11 am by Robin J. Elliott
The road to Joint Venture Success and Retirement is one with many distractions. Like any highway, there are many attractions and detours along the way. Side roads and huge, colorful billboards lure you with faster, cheaper options. Scary road signs warn you of ice, deer crossing, falling rocks, strong winds, and fog. Road works slow you down and frustrate you. You get tired and tempted stop off at a roadside motel, or simply turn around and go home. Other motorists irritate and infuriate you. Radio reception is bad. But you soldier on towards your treasured destination of financial freedom. You are focused and steadfast in your resolve.
The reality, dear Reader, is that 90% of people do not reach their goals. Not because they can’t, but because their resolve is weak. Their self-esteem and self-discipline reflect their bank balance. They look for reasons to sleep instead of succeed. Like the typical employee, they seek ways to avoid work and live for holidays. But the worst part is that they seek to sabotage your success. Yes, they want you to wallow around with them in the murky mud of mediocrity, and they will actively pull you back down into the muck if they sense you are rising above their pessimism and fear.
It is therefore absolutely essential to remember to keep your car on the right road, and to remember the famous DO’S and DON’TS OF JV SUCCESS:
DON’T tell me why it can’t be done – DO give me at least one solution, or don’t phone me.
DON’T remind me of all the things that can go wrong – I am fully aware of them - DO let us discuss what will work and our goals.
DON’T call me and whine about your fears and frustrations – DO tell me about your faith and dreams.
DON’T pollute my enthusiasm and optimism with your pessimism and doubts – DO adjust your attitude before you talk with me.
I love mixing with winners and achievers – they remind me that the sky is the limit. The DollarMakers Team is the wind beneath my wings. They are on the road to success with me. They encourage, stimulate, inspire, and push me to achieve my goals and together we reach our destination. Winners don’t dwell on the doom; they believe and achieve. Stay on the road, be patient and persistent, and you will arrive at your destination of success. It takes time and tenacity, but the reward is stupendous, scintillating success.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.02.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:54 am by Robin J. Elliott
If you had the choice between picking a thousand grapes one at a time, or picking them in bunches, which option would you prefer? Even better to get the bunches in crates. Better still buy the vineyard! Save time, money, and effort by thinking “Groups”. Whatever product or service you’re selling, this mindset will make your life considerably easier.
Every group (or bunch) of people is controlled by a certain person. This person, who has access to the group and their trust, usually communicates with them on a regular basis. The key to groups is making just one sale: to the person who controls that group, or the “Center ofInfluence”. This is where the Joint Venture Mindset is essential. Remember, this Center of
Influence does not care about you or your product or service or what you want or need. They only care about themselves and their wants and needs. Often, they don’t care about their group, either.
The first step in securing their avid attention and interest is to find their “Hot Button” – what is it that they really, really want? It may not be money. But you need to know what it is or you’re competing with hundreds of other people who all want access to that database to sell their products and services to. That is what gives you the edge – understanding that it’s not about the group or you or your product or service – it’s all about that Center of Influence.
To find the Hot Button takes time and many open-ended, intelligent questions, something that the average person finds almost impossible. Most people make it abundantly clear that they only care about themselves, their time, and their interests, by never asking you searching, intelligent, questions about YOURSELF for more than three minutes. They talk about themselves, and they seldom listen to you. That is great news, because you easily set yourself apart and get peoples’ attention when you become genuinely interested in their lives, goals, fears, problems, challenges, hopes, and dreams.
You have to find out what it will take to get them to enthusiastically and consistently promote you, your product, and service to their database / group. You have to be able to demonstrate that you can deliver what they want. And when you accomplish that, you get rich, because you start selling to groups instead of individuals.
Most people think that all other people want is money, commissions, or bonuses. The fact is that they don’t want money. They want what money can buy, like feelings, experiences, access, freedom, time, toys, and fun. They want to travel. They want you to buy them things that they can’t justify buying for themselves. They want to feel important and recognized. They want security and acceptance and more customers and awards and relationships.
Through Joint Ventures, you can acquire whatever it is that they want! That means that you can definitely push that Hot Button, as long as you know what it is, and as long as you have a JV mindset.
You can’t make wine with a single grape. When you own the vineyard, however, you will find people lining up to give you money.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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07.01.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:39 pm by Robin J. Elliott
At the Toronto JV Broker Bootcamp Friday night, I asked the Delegates this question: “Who is prepared to make a public commitment to a specific goal that they will reach by the next Bootcamp 202 or suffer a specific, painful penalty?” Three brave Members stepped up.
Member Don Clayton was first. He committed that if he doesn’t make $5,000 in his Joint Venture with Sean, he will pay $1,000 towards meals for everyone else at the Bootcamp July 27th. Then Diamond DollarMakers Member Sean Haynes made the same commitment. Double insurance on the same JV! Then Diamond DollarMakers Member Diane Mihalek committed that if she doesn’t sign up four people under her in her Pro Travel business by July 27th, she will make her famous chocolate dollars for everyone at the next Bootcamp 202.
That’s why these three winners are so successful – they step up. They put themselves on the line. They publicly commit. They believe in themselves. They succeed while everyone else watches and wonders. Don, Sean, and Diane are Screaming Eagles. They are champions. Are YOU prepared to commit yourself in this way? Will you force your own success and insist on achieving your goal? Will you agree to shave your head (given that, unlike me, you have hair!) or pay a large amount of money to your worst enemy if you don’t reach a specific goal? Are you SERIOUS about reaching your goals, or are you just a talker?
A public commitment to measurable goals and the acceptance of responsibility for a negative consequence if you fail is the hallmark of an achiever. I was not surprised who stood up at that Bootcamp, but I was surprised that more people didn’t take advantage of this powerful tool to make your dreams a reality. I suggest you consider making use of it. If you are a Member and you would like to e-mail me your commitment, I will add it to the next Members newsletter – that will help you and support you.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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