In the last year, I can't recall exactly how many network marketing companies I've looked at, or been talked to about, had people ask me if I wanted to meet, etc. SFI, Team National, a health line of some kind, another health thing, Amway (yep) and my most recent, I believe, was D$ Domination.
I almost signed up for Team National. I learned quite a bit about it and I believe it is a legitimately great company, tons and tons of benefits, savings, rewards, etc. The biggest downside though was that it's all about sales. You're not selling products, you're selling memberships, and parting people (temporarily of course) of $2000. Some people are good at it, but I did not see myself being good at it.
The problem with Network Marketing is that you have to really good at networking AND marketing. OR you really need to be into the product, and then get really good and networking and marketing. You have to be willing to sell and sell and sell and never give up, calling all your family and friends and neighbors and co-workers and and and... it sounds like a lot of work. Gosh, the nerve.
(I'm being sarcastic).
Here's my problem. I'm really shy. If you've ever talked to me, you might think I'm not. But I really have a difficult time interacting with people, and do out of outright necessity. That's the truth. I'm someone who surges with anxiety when I have to call someone on the phone, and though I've never had Xanax, am pretty sure I'd lose all functionality if I was on it.
So here are a few things: Team National costs about $2000 for a membership in which you never have to pay again. If you actually use the membership, you'll save that much in a year or two. If you sell it though, you're looking at serious money coming in. It's a pretty cool deal.
The biggest problem I had was that we couldn't afford to hand over $2000 at the time because we're not in the market to be buying much of anything right now (hence not getting much in savings) and I don't have a significant amount of confidence in my salesmanship to begin generating income in the immediate future. So after some discussion with my wife (we'll call it that), we decided this wasn't the best venture to journey down at this point in our existence. If anyone is interested though, Team National is a pretty stinking great company, it is real, it can do amazing things.
Fast forward to finding DS Domination. It costs $20 a month to get access to the videos, and resources to get you started. Of course, like most anything, you can always "invest" deeper into the business to be even more successful. What I like about this though is that the guys who run it emphasize to make your money back before you put more money in. Take your time, build your business, see the benefits, change your life and then help others change their lives!
It took me a week to make a sale on ebay, and it was at a loss. Another week went by and my store was in the black, but I'd not quite recouped my investment. Another week and I'd finally crossed that $20 threshold! Three weeks to make a profit. Ouch. But yay!
So here is my quandary: I've seen success, at least at a miniature tiny little level, and so I'm excited about this program! What these guys have put together is amazing and I want to share this with the world! I want to tell my friends and family and relatives and neighbors and dogs and cats and radio shows and start a blog on it, etc. By the way, this is exactly what Network Marketing companies want you to do. That's what it's all about...
BUT I SUCK AT NETWORK MARKETING.
I'm not thrilled about "selling" this to anyone. I'd rather just say "I am finding success with this." There are certainly better ways to present it to the masses, but I'm not particularly interested as coming across as the "network marketing guy".
Here's the deal: I have been an affiliate of this company for ALMOST as long as I've been a member of the company. It's a separate cost, but I saw the value instantly. I've been an affiliate for two months now and I've yet to convince a single person to do more than chuckle at this model. I'm completely fine with this because it almost cost me $2000 to learn that I really suck at network marketing.
However, if someone were to actually join my team, they would find out that it takes a lot of inertia to even begin to get started and to stick with it for the full 30 days you pay for at the beginning. I was absolutely thrilled with this company, thrilled with my success, and still struggled to keep the energy level up to max out my first month. But I dug deep and made a point to work on this every day. See my post earlier about "you can make fun of me until I make a profit." I have my reasons for wanting success, and I'm extremely happy that there are ways to make money with this company from home, without having to sell it to anybody. That is truly great.
I've posted this before, and I'm sure it's a matter of time before google tells me they don't want these links on their blogs, but this is the video that sold me on this company: For Network Marketers. They made this to show people who are successful network marketers, but what it told me was that I actually had a chance. How amazing is that?!
In conclusion, I'm magically still involved with this company (almost two full months now) and I'm beginning to see the tide turn. I'm beginning to witness that it's not just taking my money, but actually generating money from my living room. I realize that my situation is unique, but I also realize that EVERYONE's situation is unique. If I can make money through this network marketing company as someone who really sucks at it, then I bet there are people out there who are drooling at the opportunity to do something like this.
I don't think they should give me access to a computer. I end up just typing a bunch of words.
Cheers!
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Rich Dad's Application in My Life
I want to talk about the book "Rich Dad's Guide to Investing" by Robert Kiyosaki, or at least one of the concepts discussed in this book.
First off, if anyone out there has heard of the Rich Dad book series but has not read any of them, do it. Read them. All of them. Any of them. It doesn't matter. They are written in a way that mysteriously doesn't tell you what to do, but in a way to make you think differently. I cannot begin to describe how your brain starts looking at things differently with the mentality he urges you to take.
Anyway, one of the big messages that Rich Dad emphasizes constantly is to buy, build, or create assets to help you get rich.
I have an accounting background and had a pretty clear understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principals' definitions of assets and liabilities. But Rich Dad emphasizes that the assets he is talking about are not necessarily the things you might expect. For example, most people consider their homes or cars assets. Rich dad says that if it is costing you money to have it, then it is a liability, not an asset.
However, if you flip that around and have a rental house generating money, or a car that is somehow making you money, these would be assets.
But to dig a little deeper, one of the common issues when people try to acquire assets is that they do not have the money required to buy the things they think will make them money. Another example is me, and my lack of money to buy much of anything.
The book makes you think about what you have, things you can do, businesses you can start, etc. in order to begin building up your asset column. I may not have any money, but the more I think about this concept, the more I realize that I have a few assets that can help me generate money.
I'll mention it because that's what I seem to do in this blog, but my eBay business, which was spawned from DS Domination, is a great example of an asset generating money for me. It so far has not created a huge amount of money, but yesterday I reached $150 in profits for the month. I consider this better than $0 I would have made without it.
The other side of DS Domination is the network marketing portion. Robert Kiyosaki and spoken and written many things regarding his support towards network marketing companies because they represent a HUGE business opportunity with little capital or risk. At this stage of my existence, I couldn't tell you if I have the right personality to be an incredibly successful network marketer, BUT what I like about this company is that I don't have to be good at selling this to people in order to make money with my eBay business. I am excited about having a team of folks who are ready to change their lives with me, and help many many others change their lives as well. But that will come.
The other asset I currently have, but have not yet found a way to generate income is with my little ukulele. I posted a few video tutorials for my niece when she got a ukulele, and I've been quite surprised to see over 500 people subscribe to my youtube channel. At the beginning of this year, I decided to try and reach 10,000 subscribers by the end of the year. How will I do that? I don't really know, but I think it's surprisingly attainable. The one issue that keeps me from really pursuing this is that I don't really see a financial benefit to these efforts. But that comes back to thinking about how I can turn this into an asset that generates cashflow.
There are a number of other things that I have that I'm sure if put to use in the right way can begin to generate income, but the best assets are the ones that can reach and help many people. Ask not what the people can do for you, ask what you can do for the people. The more you can personally help, the more dramatic the effects. Considering that we live in a digital age where we can access people all over the planet, I think it is important to keep in mind that our bodies and efforts stay local, but that our businesses can reach anyone on the planet.
Those are my brief thoughts on the concept of Rich Dad's concept of assets, and how I can personally apply them to my life.
I have links in this blog that lead you to outside sites. I really like DS Domination and am happy with my personal results, which is why I'm sharing it with the world. Thanks.
First off, if anyone out there has heard of the Rich Dad book series but has not read any of them, do it. Read them. All of them. Any of them. It doesn't matter. They are written in a way that mysteriously doesn't tell you what to do, but in a way to make you think differently. I cannot begin to describe how your brain starts looking at things differently with the mentality he urges you to take.
Anyway, one of the big messages that Rich Dad emphasizes constantly is to buy, build, or create assets to help you get rich.
I have an accounting background and had a pretty clear understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principals' definitions of assets and liabilities. But Rich Dad emphasizes that the assets he is talking about are not necessarily the things you might expect. For example, most people consider their homes or cars assets. Rich dad says that if it is costing you money to have it, then it is a liability, not an asset.
However, if you flip that around and have a rental house generating money, or a car that is somehow making you money, these would be assets.
But to dig a little deeper, one of the common issues when people try to acquire assets is that they do not have the money required to buy the things they think will make them money. Another example is me, and my lack of money to buy much of anything.
The book makes you think about what you have, things you can do, businesses you can start, etc. in order to begin building up your asset column. I may not have any money, but the more I think about this concept, the more I realize that I have a few assets that can help me generate money.
I'll mention it because that's what I seem to do in this blog, but my eBay business, which was spawned from DS Domination, is a great example of an asset generating money for me. It so far has not created a huge amount of money, but yesterday I reached $150 in profits for the month. I consider this better than $0 I would have made without it.
The other side of DS Domination is the network marketing portion. Robert Kiyosaki and spoken and written many things regarding his support towards network marketing companies because they represent a HUGE business opportunity with little capital or risk. At this stage of my existence, I couldn't tell you if I have the right personality to be an incredibly successful network marketer, BUT what I like about this company is that I don't have to be good at selling this to people in order to make money with my eBay business. I am excited about having a team of folks who are ready to change their lives with me, and help many many others change their lives as well. But that will come.
The other asset I currently have, but have not yet found a way to generate income is with my little ukulele. I posted a few video tutorials for my niece when she got a ukulele, and I've been quite surprised to see over 500 people subscribe to my youtube channel. At the beginning of this year, I decided to try and reach 10,000 subscribers by the end of the year. How will I do that? I don't really know, but I think it's surprisingly attainable. The one issue that keeps me from really pursuing this is that I don't really see a financial benefit to these efforts. But that comes back to thinking about how I can turn this into an asset that generates cashflow.
There are a number of other things that I have that I'm sure if put to use in the right way can begin to generate income, but the best assets are the ones that can reach and help many people. Ask not what the people can do for you, ask what you can do for the people. The more you can personally help, the more dramatic the effects. Considering that we live in a digital age where we can access people all over the planet, I think it is important to keep in mind that our bodies and efforts stay local, but that our businesses can reach anyone on the planet.
Those are my brief thoughts on the concept of Rich Dad's concept of assets, and how I can personally apply them to my life.
I have links in this blog that lead you to outside sites. I really like DS Domination and am happy with my personal results, which is why I'm sharing it with the world. Thanks.
Monday, March 10, 2014
You can't succeed without difficulty
The human brain is amazing, and also extremely flawed. We can come up with the most amazing tools and inventions, innovations and creations. The human brain is able to accept data, process and store it, and use the information gathered to navigate the world in new ways.
Yes, it is an amazing thing.
One of the big flaws my brain has is how it deals with difficulty. How it navigates hardships and negative experiences. When the going gets tough, the first response my brain shouts out is "Quit!"
So I tell my brain "No! I want to win! I want to succeed!"
The immediate response: "You're not going to succeed. You're not good at this. You're not good at anything."
Maybe taking to a certain extreme to paint a picture, my brain is inherently negative, especially when trying new things, or navigating the real world.
Another example I can give is on that day where I had one customer that clearly did not like me. She was just a negative person who wasn't going to be pleased no matter what I did. It doesn't matter that the previous 99 customers were elated, happy or just indifferent about our interaction; I'm not going to remember any of them. I'm going to dwell on the nasty lady that didn't like me.
It is inevitable that we will experience difficulty, negativity, people who don't like us, obstacles that seem impossible to overcome, and any other experience that can be the thing to stop us dead in our tracks. One of my favorite quotes from Jim Rohn is "You can't succeed without difficulty. You can't fly without gravity." There is always a force pushing you down, but it's your job to push back and overcome those forces.
I'm going to talk about my experiences with DS Domination, and my ebay store to provide examples of the difficulty I've experienced so far in my recent venture. After talking with my sponsors, I've gathered from their experiences that my troubles are rather concentrated, but here we go.
I want to start by saying I am very intentional about this business, following the training provided, implementing tracking tools and spreadsheets, and a variety of other safeguards to ensure success.
Anyway, I found this company and got excited about it right away. After starting it, I knew there would be a learning curve, and my mantra from the start was "Don't Quit! Don't Quit!" Another quote I really like is "People often overestimate what they can do in one year, and underestimate what they can do in 10 years." The trick is "Don't Quit!" I want to succeed in the long run!
It took me a few days to finally make my first sale; it was at a $10 loss. Ouch. That's okay. In the next week, I'd made three sales that brought me into the black. I was feeling pretty good. My fifth sale, the item was out of stock. My sixth and seventh sale generated customers who demanded returns, sale eight went unpaid, and my 10th sale would have been a $25 profit, until I had to pay $24 in sales tax.
On one day, I sold two items that were out of stock; different stores, different items. I also sold one of my most expensive items (about $600), but turned out to profit about $5 after taxes and fees gobbled up any extra money. I was grateful I came out ahead actually.
I say all of this because I've had a pretty high concentration of bad experiences with this business, but the truth is my bottom line keeps gradually going up. There is a learning curve, and with every bad experience I have, I try to learn how to not make that mistake again. Instead of throwing up my hands and quitting, I keep chanting my simple mantra: "Don't quit! Don't Quit!"
No matter what kind of success you wish to seek, no matter what venture you want to take, business you want to start, ladder you want to climb, there are going to be obstacles. Always. Our biggest obstacles are not the little thorns that stick us on the journey though; the biggest obstacle is to not quit. You just have to want to get to your destination so badly that you're willing to take the hard road.
... and that is my lecture for the day.
Yes, it is an amazing thing.
One of the big flaws my brain has is how it deals with difficulty. How it navigates hardships and negative experiences. When the going gets tough, the first response my brain shouts out is "Quit!"
So I tell my brain "No! I want to win! I want to succeed!"
The immediate response: "You're not going to succeed. You're not good at this. You're not good at anything."
Maybe taking to a certain extreme to paint a picture, my brain is inherently negative, especially when trying new things, or navigating the real world.
Another example I can give is on that day where I had one customer that clearly did not like me. She was just a negative person who wasn't going to be pleased no matter what I did. It doesn't matter that the previous 99 customers were elated, happy or just indifferent about our interaction; I'm not going to remember any of them. I'm going to dwell on the nasty lady that didn't like me.
It is inevitable that we will experience difficulty, negativity, people who don't like us, obstacles that seem impossible to overcome, and any other experience that can be the thing to stop us dead in our tracks. One of my favorite quotes from Jim Rohn is "You can't succeed without difficulty. You can't fly without gravity." There is always a force pushing you down, but it's your job to push back and overcome those forces.
I'm going to talk about my experiences with DS Domination, and my ebay store to provide examples of the difficulty I've experienced so far in my recent venture. After talking with my sponsors, I've gathered from their experiences that my troubles are rather concentrated, but here we go.
I want to start by saying I am very intentional about this business, following the training provided, implementing tracking tools and spreadsheets, and a variety of other safeguards to ensure success.
Anyway, I found this company and got excited about it right away. After starting it, I knew there would be a learning curve, and my mantra from the start was "Don't Quit! Don't Quit!" Another quote I really like is "People often overestimate what they can do in one year, and underestimate what they can do in 10 years." The trick is "Don't Quit!" I want to succeed in the long run!
It took me a few days to finally make my first sale; it was at a $10 loss. Ouch. That's okay. In the next week, I'd made three sales that brought me into the black. I was feeling pretty good. My fifth sale, the item was out of stock. My sixth and seventh sale generated customers who demanded returns, sale eight went unpaid, and my 10th sale would have been a $25 profit, until I had to pay $24 in sales tax.
On one day, I sold two items that were out of stock; different stores, different items. I also sold one of my most expensive items (about $600), but turned out to profit about $5 after taxes and fees gobbled up any extra money. I was grateful I came out ahead actually.
I say all of this because I've had a pretty high concentration of bad experiences with this business, but the truth is my bottom line keeps gradually going up. There is a learning curve, and with every bad experience I have, I try to learn how to not make that mistake again. Instead of throwing up my hands and quitting, I keep chanting my simple mantra: "Don't quit! Don't Quit!"
No matter what kind of success you wish to seek, no matter what venture you want to take, business you want to start, ladder you want to climb, there are going to be obstacles. Always. Our biggest obstacles are not the little thorns that stick us on the journey though; the biggest obstacle is to not quit. You just have to want to get to your destination so badly that you're willing to take the hard road.
... and that is my lecture for the day.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
My own personal testimonial
I wanted to put together a quick testimonial of my experience with DS Domination, now that I've been in it for a little over a month. Here it goes:
Link 1: http://www.dsdomination.com/sp/pro?aid=Turgerburger
Link 2: https://www.dsdomination.com/sp/com?aid=Turgerburger
Link 1: http://www.dsdomination.com/sp/pro?aid=Turgerburger
Link 2: https://www.dsdomination.com/sp/com?aid=Turgerburger
How exciting to meet your goals! I broke through my second overall goal today!
I started this blog with the intention of training my brain to start thinking about ways to make some substantial money for my family as a part-time thing. The long and short of it is that I came across DS Domination and have begun to realize how exciting this part-time thing can be.
When I signed up for the company, I set several goals for myself:
1) Make $1 online: <-- My first sale was a $10 loss!! It took me around 10 days to make the sales that brought me into the black, but I met my first goal!
2) Make $100 online: <-- I'm excited to say that I met this goal today!! With all other funds floating around such as cash back and store credits, it's hard to fully keep track of the extent of the money I've actually made, BUT solely based on the profits of my ebay store, I broke $100 today. It's March 5, and I started this venture on January 30. So it took me longer than I would have preferred, but it happened!
What's funny was that yesterday, I was sitting at about $94 in profits and thinking to myself that I was one sale away from breaking the goal. I woke up this morning to a "CHING!" on my phone, and then made two more sales by 9AM. So not only did I break $100 today, I made $54 so far today.
Now I know there are people out there who look at this post and say "whoop dee do. Get a job and you can earn that in a couple of hours." They would be right, but that's the point. I don't want a job. This is MY business making ME money. I'm not an hourly worker, I'm putting in the effort that may or may not result in wild success, but at least it is my own story.
So there you go. It's happening. Slowly, but picking up speed every day!
When I signed up for the company, I set several goals for myself:
1) Make $1 online: <-- My first sale was a $10 loss!! It took me around 10 days to make the sales that brought me into the black, but I met my first goal!
2) Make $100 online: <-- I'm excited to say that I met this goal today!! With all other funds floating around such as cash back and store credits, it's hard to fully keep track of the extent of the money I've actually made, BUT solely based on the profits of my ebay store, I broke $100 today. It's March 5, and I started this venture on January 30. So it took me longer than I would have preferred, but it happened!
What's funny was that yesterday, I was sitting at about $94 in profits and thinking to myself that I was one sale away from breaking the goal. I woke up this morning to a "CHING!" on my phone, and then made two more sales by 9AM. So not only did I break $100 today, I made $54 so far today.
Now I know there are people out there who look at this post and say "whoop dee do. Get a job and you can earn that in a couple of hours." They would be right, but that's the point. I don't want a job. This is MY business making ME money. I'm not an hourly worker, I'm putting in the effort that may or may not result in wild success, but at least it is my own story.
So there you go. It's happening. Slowly, but picking up speed every day!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The world of online. It is and isn't what you want it to be
I got to talking to someone about my ebay store, which is inspired by a drop shipping business that will likely be named in this post.
I basically described what drop shipping is to a very close acquaintance, and how I was having a lot of fun doing this business and that it was actually making me money. Sometimes not a lot of money, but sometimes a little.
The response came in several questions. I don't have all the questions written down, but I'd like to address a few of them.
1) Is there a learning curve? My response was: Yes. I lost money my first sale. I've actually lost money on a handful of sales. However, I've profited on more sales and am making a profit my very first month of business. It's not much, but I'm surprisingly in the black.
2) What is the pay for your time? My response: A business doesn't pay hourly. I am making an investment by putting my time toward a larger goal. I consider it building a net to go fishing. There is no hourly connection to building a net and catching fish. But there is a very STRONG correlation between the size of the net and the number of fish caught. I'll admit, it's a different concept than putting in six hours and getting paid directly for six hours. What's also different is that an hourly wage doesn't change, regardless of if you made your company $100 or $10,000. I can't say whether my time spent will make me any money, or big money. It's all about which fish I catch.
3) Will you let me know when you start making a fortune? My response: I'm not planning on making a fortune. I'm telling you now that I'm into this business, and I'm excited about it. But I will definitely pitch in and buy you a nice dinner when I have proven to be successful. I see no reason why I would hide this from you, considering it is common knowledge and many people are doing well with it. Yet surprisingly, the more effort I put in, the better I do as well.
It's not about market saturation. It's not about getting rich quick.
What I am excited about with my online business is that it directly correlates to my personal efforts. It is an actual business making actual money. It's using real customers buying real products.
Admittedly, I'm a middle man. But rest assured, I'm becoming a very good middle man, and learning that there is a large population who is more interested in working with the middle man than figuring out how to deal with the direct source.
I'm not a wild success story yet, but I've had success. I'm not a wildly enthusiastic person about much of anything, but let me tell you I am thrilled to have come across this program.
And best of all, you don't have to believe me, and can even tell me I'm a fool for signing up for this. The fact is, I have a growing following in another blog I do, a growing following in a youtube channel I have, and I've made approximately $2 in the last two years. I've made over $60 in my first month of this program.
I'm not particularly excited about $60. But I'm excited about doubling that amount next week. I'm excited about making triple that the week after. You can't argue with money in your bank account that you didn't have before. It's real enough for me.
If anyone out there is interested, I signed up through here: http://www.dsdomination.com/sp/pro?aid=Turgerburger
There's a few things I want to point out about signing up for this program: 1) It is an affiliate program and that means there are people above you who really want you to succeed. Take that however you want, but I personally see it as a mentoring tool and have used it several times. In other words, they want you to succeed because when you start making money, it will eventually make them money. 2) You're paying for training to help you navigate the online world. Again, I tried the online world for two years and made close to nothing; and within the last month have a completely different view on how to make actual money working from home. It is an actual thing and can be done.
There's a few things I want to point out about signing up for this program: 1) It is an affiliate program and that means there are people above you who really want you to succeed. Take that however you want, but I personally see it as a mentoring tool and have used it several times. In other words, they want you to succeed because when you start making money, it will eventually make them money. 2) You're paying for training to help you navigate the online world. Again, I tried the online world for two years and made close to nothing; and within the last month have a completely different view on how to make actual money working from home. It is an actual thing and can be done.
That's all.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Why? Goals! How?
I woke up about a month ago feeling low. Just low. Stuck in a place where I wasn't sure what I should do, which direction I should turn my life, how I could even begin to achieve anything.
I was feeling sorry for myself. It was pretty pathetic.
I had come up with this $100/day idea prior to that, which probably made me feel even more sorry for myself because I wasn't even coming close to achieving this goal, and no idea how to even begin approaching it. Very lost, very frustrated, and tired of not winning.
There are all sorts of motivational materials out there that deliver a single message with a lot of fluff around it: set goals. Goal setting is the message that everyone teaches, and I've spent plenty of my own time talking about goal setting and how it gives you a strange hope for the future, despite hurdles along the way.
The little seed behind goals though is not as often discussed, and that's "why". Why do you want to set goals? What is it, exactly, you want out of meeting your goals? I mean sure, meeting my earnings goal of $100/day is going to make me feel pretty good about myself and could very well change things in my life, but the "why" needs to be clearly defined before truly embarking on reaching your goals.
I'm going to take a side tangent for a moment: I have my professional training in accounting and auditing. I was taught and trained to be methodical, skeptical, and pay attention to details. I'm going to come out and say that all of that was a bad fit for me, and I decided to leave the profession to the people who it was a good fit for.
What I found funny about the people I worked with in this setting was that they seemed immune to motivational speakers. We had plenty of people come to our office to provide enthusiastic trainings, funny stories, and overall tried to provide a message of improving and goal setting and blah blah blah. I remember after almost every training I went to, there was always the group of people who grumbled "That was a complete waste of time. That's not relevant to us."
For some reason, I liked the motivational speakers. Maybe it goes beyond your day to day lives, and is meant to inspire you to be the best you can be.
I don't know why I added that side tangent, but I think it was to say that after leaving the audit community, it opened me up to freely listening to more motivational speakers, stories and messages about achieving what you were meant to achieve.
Also, the more messages I listen to, and the more books I read on success, the more I don't want a job. I don't mind having a part-time job to get me out of the house, but I also have found more and more reason to be my own boss, work my own hours, own my own job. I want to be my own story and be successful on my own terms.
Now for the plug, and this is absolutely true for me. When I woke up that morning a month ago, sleep still in my eyes, I crawled out of bed and went to go make some coffee. I decided to check craigslist for work and I came across DS Domination. It immediately made sense to me, but as a trained skeptic, I decided to do some research on it. Ebay is free. Amazon is free. The only cost is learning how to piece them together to make your own store. Your own store you can run from wherever your computer sits.
I decided to try it and before I did anything else, I made a list of "Why? Why? Why?" What do I want to achieve? What will I do if this actually makes money, etc. I then made a list of "Goals! Goals! Goals!" Starting small: 1) Make $1 online. 2) Make $100 online. 3) Make as much as I make at my part-time job. 4) Make twice as much as my part-time job. 5) Make as much as my wife's part-time job. Etc.
I looked at these lists and decided I needed on more list: "How? How? How?" 1) Complete all provided training. 2) Commit to putting time in daily (with minimum set goals and weekly big goals for myself) 3) Learn how to talk about this with other people.
What I find the most interesting about all of this goal setting, why's and how's is that ever since I found a vehicle to exert my worries and efforts, I haven't felt down. On the contrary, I've only made about $70 so far with this program, but I'm excited about it. I'm confident that I'll reach goal #2 in the next couple of days, and that next month will see a surge of growth and the month after will be even more.
I have a vehicle to accomplish the things I want, and it's on my own terms. I can't begin to tell you how excited that makes me about our future.
I was feeling sorry for myself. It was pretty pathetic.
I had come up with this $100/day idea prior to that, which probably made me feel even more sorry for myself because I wasn't even coming close to achieving this goal, and no idea how to even begin approaching it. Very lost, very frustrated, and tired of not winning.
There are all sorts of motivational materials out there that deliver a single message with a lot of fluff around it: set goals. Goal setting is the message that everyone teaches, and I've spent plenty of my own time talking about goal setting and how it gives you a strange hope for the future, despite hurdles along the way.
The little seed behind goals though is not as often discussed, and that's "why". Why do you want to set goals? What is it, exactly, you want out of meeting your goals? I mean sure, meeting my earnings goal of $100/day is going to make me feel pretty good about myself and could very well change things in my life, but the "why" needs to be clearly defined before truly embarking on reaching your goals.
I'm going to take a side tangent for a moment: I have my professional training in accounting and auditing. I was taught and trained to be methodical, skeptical, and pay attention to details. I'm going to come out and say that all of that was a bad fit for me, and I decided to leave the profession to the people who it was a good fit for.
What I found funny about the people I worked with in this setting was that they seemed immune to motivational speakers. We had plenty of people come to our office to provide enthusiastic trainings, funny stories, and overall tried to provide a message of improving and goal setting and blah blah blah. I remember after almost every training I went to, there was always the group of people who grumbled "That was a complete waste of time. That's not relevant to us."
For some reason, I liked the motivational speakers. Maybe it goes beyond your day to day lives, and is meant to inspire you to be the best you can be.
I don't know why I added that side tangent, but I think it was to say that after leaving the audit community, it opened me up to freely listening to more motivational speakers, stories and messages about achieving what you were meant to achieve.
Also, the more messages I listen to, and the more books I read on success, the more I don't want a job. I don't mind having a part-time job to get me out of the house, but I also have found more and more reason to be my own boss, work my own hours, own my own job. I want to be my own story and be successful on my own terms.
Now for the plug, and this is absolutely true for me. When I woke up that morning a month ago, sleep still in my eyes, I crawled out of bed and went to go make some coffee. I decided to check craigslist for work and I came across DS Domination. It immediately made sense to me, but as a trained skeptic, I decided to do some research on it. Ebay is free. Amazon is free. The only cost is learning how to piece them together to make your own store. Your own store you can run from wherever your computer sits.
I decided to try it and before I did anything else, I made a list of "Why? Why? Why?" What do I want to achieve? What will I do if this actually makes money, etc. I then made a list of "Goals! Goals! Goals!" Starting small: 1) Make $1 online. 2) Make $100 online. 3) Make as much as I make at my part-time job. 4) Make twice as much as my part-time job. 5) Make as much as my wife's part-time job. Etc.
I looked at these lists and decided I needed on more list: "How? How? How?" 1) Complete all provided training. 2) Commit to putting time in daily (with minimum set goals and weekly big goals for myself) 3) Learn how to talk about this with other people.
What I find the most interesting about all of this goal setting, why's and how's is that ever since I found a vehicle to exert my worries and efforts, I haven't felt down. On the contrary, I've only made about $70 so far with this program, but I'm excited about it. I'm confident that I'll reach goal #2 in the next couple of days, and that next month will see a surge of growth and the month after will be even more.
I have a vehicle to accomplish the things I want, and it's on my own terms. I can't begin to tell you how excited that makes me about our future.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Sowing and Reaping
I listened to a Jim Rohn speech recently, and the story of "Sowing and Reaping" came up. If you've never heard this, it is a great message. If you are a farmer, and you have good seed, you need to sow your seed. Keep on sowing, and eventually your seed will find good ground to produce on.
BUT, there are many obstacles you will encounter before you're going to get your seeds to produce. You'll lose seeds to birds, some plants will choke and die in the thorns, some will fall on shallow rocky ground and die on the first hot day, but eventually if you keep sowing, some seeds will make it to good ground. You just have to keep on sowing.
Mr. Rohn clearly presents this better than I do, but the first time I heard this story, I recognized myself as one of the seeds that will fall to the wayside, or get eaten by birds or won't produce to my full potential.
But sometimes we need to recognize where we fall short or are lacking so that we know where we can improve.
This goal I've set recently to make $100/day is not an easy goal, and without clear avenues on how to get there, I've been a little stuck. I found DS Domination and it clicked with me right away. I wanted to make sure it worked for me, and then I'd start spreading the word. Yesterday was my first day of telling other people about it (I posted on Facebook, which is something I don't do much of anyway), and I was immediately reminded of this sowing and reaping story.
Many, many doubters presented themselves. Some people acknowledged that it was an okay thing, but weren't interested. I've yet to find anyone who has expressed a positive position, nor any interest in joining the program.
So here we go, do I quit, or do I keep sowing? Do I keep spreading the seed in the hope that someone will want to join in this adventure?
Yes! I will. I decided the day I came across this program that it was going to be a great vehicle to take us places we've never been, and I'm not going to be easily swayed otherwise.
Of course, I don't know who would actually read this, but if you know me at all, I'm a very "swayable" person who gets discouraged easily. That is why I'm shocked that I'm still excited about this program. Despite the negative response, I'm going to keep on sowing the seed. It's a very strange thing.
The other really cool thing about this program is that it provides value without me signing anyone up. So regardless of how many people say "that is a silly program and you're never going to amount to anything," I can turn around and keep selling things. I don't need their support to succeed. I'll keep sharing my results because a doubter can change his mind quickly if he sees someone succeed.
I've got my goals written down for today and for the week, so I've got to work towards them. That's me signing out.
By the way, if anyone out there wants to see how this actually works, there are weekly webinars provided. Here is a great one to watch:
http://www.dsdomination.com/webinars/1/index.php/?s1=Turgerburger
BUT, there are many obstacles you will encounter before you're going to get your seeds to produce. You'll lose seeds to birds, some plants will choke and die in the thorns, some will fall on shallow rocky ground and die on the first hot day, but eventually if you keep sowing, some seeds will make it to good ground. You just have to keep on sowing.
Mr. Rohn clearly presents this better than I do, but the first time I heard this story, I recognized myself as one of the seeds that will fall to the wayside, or get eaten by birds or won't produce to my full potential.
But sometimes we need to recognize where we fall short or are lacking so that we know where we can improve.
This goal I've set recently to make $100/day is not an easy goal, and without clear avenues on how to get there, I've been a little stuck. I found DS Domination and it clicked with me right away. I wanted to make sure it worked for me, and then I'd start spreading the word. Yesterday was my first day of telling other people about it (I posted on Facebook, which is something I don't do much of anyway), and I was immediately reminded of this sowing and reaping story.
Many, many doubters presented themselves. Some people acknowledged that it was an okay thing, but weren't interested. I've yet to find anyone who has expressed a positive position, nor any interest in joining the program.
So here we go, do I quit, or do I keep sowing? Do I keep spreading the seed in the hope that someone will want to join in this adventure?
Yes! I will. I decided the day I came across this program that it was going to be a great vehicle to take us places we've never been, and I'm not going to be easily swayed otherwise.
Of course, I don't know who would actually read this, but if you know me at all, I'm a very "swayable" person who gets discouraged easily. That is why I'm shocked that I'm still excited about this program. Despite the negative response, I'm going to keep on sowing the seed. It's a very strange thing.
The other really cool thing about this program is that it provides value without me signing anyone up. So regardless of how many people say "that is a silly program and you're never going to amount to anything," I can turn around and keep selling things. I don't need their support to succeed. I'll keep sharing my results because a doubter can change his mind quickly if he sees someone succeed.
I've got my goals written down for today and for the week, so I've got to work towards them. That's me signing out.
By the way, if anyone out there wants to see how this actually works, there are weekly webinars provided. Here is a great one to watch:
http://www.dsdomination.com/webinars/1/index.php/?s1=Turgerburger
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Network Marketing: Is it all a big scam?
Is network marketing a big scam? With companies like Avon and Amway and many, many others, I think it's clear that they are real companies that run a perfectly legal operation. The trick is, it's hardly ever about the product. The way to succeed in network marketing generally is by recruiting people. I learned this from Dave Ramsay, actually. Not personally, but from one of his callers. In order to succeed, you need to be excited about what the company does, you need to share the word with many, many people, and of course you cannot give up. You have to treat it like a job, even though it's NOT A JOB. It's actually a small business; your own small business.
I am an introvert; not the best candidate for a network marketing business. Also, I, like so many people out there, was not sitting at home one day wishing that someone would call me up to see if I wanted to sell benefits packages, make-up, or anything of the sort. It's true.
It gets tricky though because I crossed paths with someone who is a very good salesman, who happens to be a member of Team National, a network marketing company that sells a benefits package. He quickly cleared up the fact that if I was willing to put in the work, phone calls, and follow-up, this particular company was real, paid what they said they would, and could help me make a pretty substantial income. The big hang-up with this though was that I didn't see myself succeeding in convincing my family, friends, neighbors and strangers walking by that this was right for them. It's quite possible that in five years, I'd be making serious money from this company, but I just couldn't envision it actually working for me.
It's not that I walked away from Team National, it's just that I'm holding off to join the party. I honestly believe that signing up would open the door to amazing learning opportunities, and I'd eventually become moderately successful. Not wildly, but moderately. I'm realistic.
Taking a step back though, I walked away from this experience with the idea in my head that if I found the RIGHT network marketing company for me, I'd be happy to go down that road. It took a while, but one presented itself. I've mentioned it before; DS Domination.
This company is brilliant because it provides value for people who don't want to be an affiliate marketer, and by "value" I mean actual money. You can use the tools provided, learn how to start your own business and walk away. But, if you use the tools and see how they help make you money and how EASY it is, you will then want to tell your friends, family, neighbors and strangers walking by. It's actually kind of brilliant. This video is the one that convinced me to sign up immediately (click here to watch said video).
I've been in this company for two weeks, and have made $40 profit. That may not sound like much, especially when I'm trying to earn $100/day, but hey, $40 is better than $0. I anticipate making exponentially more next week and the week after that. I also have confidence in my future which you can't put a price on. I'm not kidding, this company is legitimate, has an outstanding business model, and retains a significant number of people who sign up because these new people keep finding more and more value in what it provides.
Watch the video, sign up, and let's go!
Side note, we are having an awesome snow day today. It's not relevant to this post, but it's quite pretty outside.
On a relevant note, I am an affiliate of this company and links from this site may take you away from blogspot. I think there is legal jargon outlining my having to say that, or something like it. hmm, I should learn more about this.
I am an introvert; not the best candidate for a network marketing business. Also, I, like so many people out there, was not sitting at home one day wishing that someone would call me up to see if I wanted to sell benefits packages, make-up, or anything of the sort. It's true.
It gets tricky though because I crossed paths with someone who is a very good salesman, who happens to be a member of Team National, a network marketing company that sells a benefits package. He quickly cleared up the fact that if I was willing to put in the work, phone calls, and follow-up, this particular company was real, paid what they said they would, and could help me make a pretty substantial income. The big hang-up with this though was that I didn't see myself succeeding in convincing my family, friends, neighbors and strangers walking by that this was right for them. It's quite possible that in five years, I'd be making serious money from this company, but I just couldn't envision it actually working for me.
It's not that I walked away from Team National, it's just that I'm holding off to join the party. I honestly believe that signing up would open the door to amazing learning opportunities, and I'd eventually become moderately successful. Not wildly, but moderately. I'm realistic.
Taking a step back though, I walked away from this experience with the idea in my head that if I found the RIGHT network marketing company for me, I'd be happy to go down that road. It took a while, but one presented itself. I've mentioned it before; DS Domination.
This company is brilliant because it provides value for people who don't want to be an affiliate marketer, and by "value" I mean actual money. You can use the tools provided, learn how to start your own business and walk away. But, if you use the tools and see how they help make you money and how EASY it is, you will then want to tell your friends, family, neighbors and strangers walking by. It's actually kind of brilliant. This video is the one that convinced me to sign up immediately (click here to watch said video).
I've been in this company for two weeks, and have made $40 profit. That may not sound like much, especially when I'm trying to earn $100/day, but hey, $40 is better than $0. I anticipate making exponentially more next week and the week after that. I also have confidence in my future which you can't put a price on. I'm not kidding, this company is legitimate, has an outstanding business model, and retains a significant number of people who sign up because these new people keep finding more and more value in what it provides.
Watch the video, sign up, and let's go!
Side note, we are having an awesome snow day today. It's not relevant to this post, but it's quite pretty outside.
On a relevant note, I am an affiliate of this company and links from this site may take you away from blogspot. I think there is legal jargon outlining my having to say that, or something like it. hmm, I should learn more about this.
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