Robin J. Elliott: Joint Ventures with the Prophet of Profit, Training, Strategic Alliances

Builders all know that the foundation of a building is very important if you want to build a tall building that will last. Success occurs when preparation meets opportunity. We never know what the future holds, and the better prepared we are, the better we can take advantage of the situation and turn life’s lemons into lemonade. Tim Larkin, says, “You never know how many people you’re fighting until you’re fighting them all.”

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Frazier said, “You can have a life plan or a fight plan, but when  the action starts, you’re down to your reflexes – your training. If you’ve cheated on your training in the dark of the morning, you’ll be found out under the bright lights.” You can only wing it for so long. I see this in business all the time. People get up to introduce me as the speaker or seminar leader all the time, and it’s amazing how many of them haven’t prepared. As they wing it, they make the most atrocious mistakes. They get their numbers and facts confused, and it reflects badly on me and the person introducing me.

Being well prepared allows you to get the edge on all those who try to do things at the last minute, by the seat of their pants, show up late, forget things, and don’t deliver on time, if at all. They over-promise, under-deliver, and sabotage their own credibility and success. Worst of all, they deny themselves future opportunities because they develop a reputation for being unreliable, so they get the scraps.

Take the time to prepare well, to train more, to know more than your competition, to be better conditioned, locked and loaded, mean and lean, fit, focused, and fierce. Do your homework, show up early, and look the part. Build on trust, integrity, and solid relationships. Build with solid material and solid JV partners. The hype and flash lasts about as long as a bubble on a muddy river. Build your house on a rock. J.B. Matthews said, “Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him look ridiculous. ”

I tell DollarMakers Club Members to prepare strong fishing nets and learn to fish before venturing out. I see people in the middle of huge shoals of hungry fish, and they’re falling around in the water trying to buy a fishing pole and asking what bait to use, while the smart ones are pulling the fish out by the bucket-load. Abe Lincoln said, “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first hour sharpening the axe.” Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice. Success is by design, not by chance. Gary Player said, “The harder I practiCe, the luckier I get.” Spend an extra hour preparing and save months of wasted time. Professionals expect to succeed, plan to succeed, prepare to succeed, then succeed.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Your time is your most valuable asset, and it is like priceless pearls to you. They are limited, as your days on earth are limited. Your time is that important. Hilton Johnson has been in direct sales for over 40 years. He has been coaching and training salespeople, managers, professionals and business owners for over 30 years. He knows what he’s talking about. He says, “One thing that will burn you right out of this business, folks, is spending your time with the wrong people.” I cannot stress this strongly enough.

There is an idiomatic Japanese saying, “Gold coins to a cat.” Not only will you waste time that could have been put to better use with good people, but there is a serious danger attached. Read the following: “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.” – Christian Bible. Note the scary last part: “And turn and render you” – that means rip you apart! Yes, they will turn on you when they can’t understand your opportunity and message! They will punish you for their own lack of understanding and discipline. By casting your pearls before swine, you bring them into your business, your circle, your family, where they can become dangerous traitors.Now here’s another shocking reality:

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

It’s not just dumb to spend time with the wrong people, it’s dangerous. Make people qualify for your time. Protect it carefully.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Then you should read this.

I sat and watched vulnerable, desperate people running – runningto the back of the seminar room to waste money they didn’t have on junk that didn’t work and that they would never use. A woman in front of me burst into tears and told me that she had spent $1,200 the previous day on material that explained how she could buy properties all over North America with no money. She had been whipped up into an emotional frenzy by the smooth taking conman  that posed as a caring mentor in the front of the room. She couldn’t afford what she had bought, she was in her fifties, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and earned minimum wage as a security guard, and she was single mother with two dependent children.  Disgusting.

Here’s the worst part: some of these “seminar leaders” actually sell courses on how to manipulate peoples’ minds and emotions and have them spend money on overpriced rubbish, get then running like idiots to buy stuff at the back of the room,  only to regret the purchase for years afterwards. Intelligent, well grounded people will not rush to be ripped off, so the victims are generally less intelligent and hardup for money, with poor self-esteem. THINK before you leap into an investment scheme or a tax saving deal. Get solid advice first. Don’t believe the discount stories and the scarcity pitches.

Ayn Rand said, “Rationality is the recognition that nothing can alter the truth,that reason is an absolute that permits no compromise – that the alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind. Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement, that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life – that the vilest form of self-debasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertion as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middleman between your consciousness and your existence.”

Do your due diligence before getting into a Joint Venture. Check peoples’ motives. Read between the lines. Don’t sign ANYTHING before taking the contract to your lawyer. Do not buy expensive things without sleeping on it first.  Things look different the next day. Instead of crying, “WHAT DID I DO? I must be crazy!” Be glad that you had enough self control to consider the facts. And this manipulation is far more widespread than most people realize. Take control of your mind, be an independent thinker, and demand freedom.

The best way to maintain your rationality and objectivity in an increasingly manipulative world that operates sans conscience and sans consequence, is to pour realism into your mind by reading the right information, immerse yourself in the philosophy of Objectivism, and connect with like-minded people.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Fifty percent of the people living in the United Kingdom have less than three thousand pounds in savings. A large proportion of the people in North America live from paycheck to paycheck, and could only survive three months if they lost their jobs. “Job security” is a thing of the past. Huge companies, airlines, banks, and organizations fail regularly, downsize their workforces, outsource labor to third world countries, and reduce the salaries of their employees without notice. We are faced with recession and depression, and many people have already lost their homes. Millions of people lose large portions of their life savings on the stock market. Here today, gone tomorrow. Your financial future is very fragile and at serious risk if you’re relying on a job or a boss.

The Chinese have a saying, “Dig the well before you thirst”, but most people prefer to hide their heads in the sand and ignore reality, hoping things will magically improve and some rich person will come and pay all their debts for them. It’s not going to happen. When you’re sliding down a slippery slope towards a murky pond filled with hungry alligators, steel spikes, and greedy, flesh-eating piranha fish, your only option is to get off the slippery slope.

Harland Stonecipher calls himself a “Dream Giver” – he helps people realize their dreams, and he continually helps people from the most diverse backgrounds to become millionaires. His 36-year-old NYSE company has an amazing success track record. He sets people free from financial fear, terror, mediocrity, and desperation. And yet, people will say, “I think this is a risky thing”. When $99 can change their futures for the better and give them a vehicle to make all their dreams come true, they prefer to continue down the slippery slope, along with all the other sheeple – the lambs on their way to the slaughter. So they spend their $99 on cigarettes and cable TV, relaxing while the Titanic sinks. I feel sorry for the pets and families of people who refuse to take responsibility for their futures.

Here’s the wake-up call: You are living in a wooden cottage on the edge of a very high cliff. You have all your assets and worldly belongings in that little house, and while you’re watching TV and relaxing, a huge river is eroding the ground right under your house. You read about it, you hear about it, your friends go bankrupt, but you’re too dumb to care. Any day now, your house will collapse and you stand to lose everything. That river is called change, recession, and the new order of things.

There is, however, another option, and that is a bridge to a secure financial future, a large, secure house built on rock, and it is waiting for you. DollarMakers specializes in helping people across the bridge to the lifestyle and peace of mind they deserve – financial security can be yours, but you have to take action. And you have to do it NOW. You’ve been warned.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com