MOVING FROM ZERO TO HERO

There are many distractions is the world nowadays... we have millions of books you can read, endless movies to watch, cable TV, never-ending email, the Internet, newspaper, magazines, and games. Then there is the survival stuff you've got to do if you live on your own - cooking, laundry, buying groceries, cleaning house, washing dishes, ironing, scrubbing the toilet (at least once in a while), making your bed, and even feeding the cat! And let's not forget that we still have to maintain our friendships, romantic relationships, children (if you have any), and go to work at the same time. By the way, if you're still a student then your job is to study.

Amidst all this confusion, it's easy to lose your direction in life; easy to forget your goals and where you want to go. Let me tell you about a little trap people get caught up in when they're young; in certain western countries, the kids move out of the house to live by themselves around 17 or 18 years of age. They rent a room or apartment, get a job, buy their own groceries, study part-time or full-time, and rock their socks off on weekends. Actually, this might be a good thing. Living on their own forces them to learn how to take care of themselves, and studies also show that people with their own places, have more love encounters than those who live with their parents. But the problem I see here is that young people get caught up in the survival cycle - they spend whatever they earn - and year after year, you'll see them working behind the same counter, doing the same job, just surviving but not thriving. They've become too comfortable with their lifestyle of working and partying - they are in a state of limbo.

I know I am making a value judgment; as if to say that this state of limbo is a bad thing. This may or may not be true; it really depends on which culture you are brought up in. Certain societies are upwardly mobile - the people are enculturated to be Yuppies. They want to make money fast, so everything about them is business, image, reputation; sports car, flash cash, credit cards etc. On the other hand we have societies which are relaxed, the people make less money, but are more attuned to their own interests and actively engage with what they like to do. Which lifestyle delivers greater fulfillment to the individual? Which path should a person pursue to live a significant life?

I have a friend who faced this dilemma. Her passion is cooking and she wants to be a caterer or restaurant owner. She even took a degree program in culinary arts. But her problem was that she did not have enough money to start a catering business or restaurant, and neither did she want to borrow from family or friends.

So where does that leave her? Working as a chef, it would take several years to accumulate enough capital to start a venture of her own. She owned no property to mortgage for a loan and no valuables to sell off for cash. Her solution was to join a network marketing company, believing it was the Holy Grail of fast cash. She urged me to join her network, but I told her that my five years experience with MLM was difficult, and that she should not bother with it. Not because it can't work, but because it's one of the hardest ways to earn a living if you're not a natural salesperson. Every time you try to approach someone, you are met with a scowl of skepticism. The only people who respond positively are those who either never heard of it, or who are already in it. I really have to salute those who have managed to thrive in this industry. I told her that if her passion was in cooking, she should immediately go to work in the culinary field and ignore all alternative money-making plans. I told her that she could make all the money she needed doing what she loved to do... but alas she didn't believe me.

Should a person chase the money or chase their passion? My suggestion is that if you know what you want, then head straight for it. Life is short; too short to spend meandering towards your goals. Many people spend their entire lives toiling on what they don't like, in the hope that one day, they can finally start doing what they do like. The sad thing is, if you don't insist on your chosen direction early, the day of arrival may never come because you could get washed off course by the sea of life.

It doesn't matter where you are now - dead-end job, still in school, or broke without a penny - what matters is that you have a goal in mind, and are actively taking the next step to get you closer to your dreams. Sometimes our paths are not so straightforward, the road twists and obstacles may appear. But as long as you keep going for what you want, you can hop around obstacles, and maybe even blaze a new trail. The problem comes when you have no goal - no vision of a better future. That's when the distractions (TV, partying, and routine work) come in to fill the boredom and lack of forward focus. So keep your eyes on the target my friend, and avoid getting stuck in limbo. If you're not clear on what you want to do, then you've got to take a holiday and search your soul. Otherwise, you risk running in circles which take your time and energy, but ultimately leave you no lasting fulfilment.

EIGHT STEPS TO START FROM LOW LEVEL

1. Invest You Time Wisely: You don't have the money but you have the time, time is money! Time is your most valuable asset, if you really start to build an empire from zero use your time to equip yourself in financial education, knowledge is the basic foundation of all empire. This step is to ensure that when there is a moment money comes to your grasp, you know how to do with it.

2. Be Passionate : Passion will gives you unlimited amount of energy, do something you like and turn them into asset. Passion will also makes you move forward without hesitation and fear because you know that, once you fall you will stand up again and again. Empire needs a passion to prosper.

3. Be Happy : Happiness is the key to success, happiness is a money magnet. Who would you stick longer friends that give you smile and joy or friends that make you sad? Let say you are happy person and you have a lot of friends, your friend is a good prospect for business. The wider your network the chances you for you to be rich is higher. Build your empire with smile and laughter.

4. Cash flow is king! : Make sure you threat the "king" wisely, if you offended the "king" there are only two conclusion for you, die or stand still, either you fail or you can't move forward. Cash flow is like a river, if you managed the flow wisely entire nearby land will prosper and opportunity is abundance. In your empire, cash flow is king!

5. Leverage is Queen! : Leverage is a double age sword, just like a queen. It can destroy you or reward you. Leverage is a tools to make you move faster,the most common leverage in financial world is loan, business, stock market and you yourself, you are the most important leverage. Cash flow is the king, your are the queen.

6. Money is Everywhere : If you don't have money, money is everywhere. Money is abundance, change your perspective about money, now let's try this, close your eyes and move your vision from the sky, you see a lot of people, everyone is bringing money with them, now think how you can have their money legally.

7. Foundation : Every empire has a foundation, what is your foundation and how would you build it? The stronger foundation you have the stronger the empire is. Business is the foundation of all strong nation, you should build your empire base on business because business is a money machine.

. Believe In Yourself : Trust yourself, you can do it. Human kind started naked, now we had achieved many seems impossible things but some how we succeeded. Business is not a new thing, it had been here along with our journey, just have faith and you will succeed. Remember, it is just a game.

FIVE EASY STEPS TO MOVE YOUR BUSINESS FROM ZERO LEVEL

What is the secret formula that so many of these business opportunities you see paraded everywhere claim to possess?

First off, the greatest skill that you can develop, greater than the ability to write kick-butt sales copy, emails that get opened and incredible web site design skills is that of the ability to focus.
If you just had focus, determination and a definite goal, you have everything you need to make it online already within you. How's that for a noodle-frying thought? The last thing you would ever see after purchasing the latest opportunity, looking for the quick fix, plug in profit answer to your money making prayers is for the vendor to say "thanks for your $97 purchase, the secret is...there is no secret, you already know enough from all of the other products combined to make an incredible living off the internet yourself, and this is just the same re-hashed old stuff in a slightly different package". Of course you'll never see that as they actually have to justify charging you $97 in the first place and end up giving a bunch of unrelated, filler bonuses just to make you think you're getting a good deal.

You see, I sincerely believe that one of the biggest profit-killers online today is wasted time. Rather than "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence" mentality, actually
spend the time to focus on a real business of your own. You can spend that time on something constructive and actually build something valuable as opposed to chasing the next pie in the sky dream. After you finally come off the next business opportunity buzz you will realize you have nothing solid to show for it and that you could have taken that time and money and got yourself further ahead with your own business.
You already know enough to succeed, I believe you've been around long enough, have read enough to know this, the only thing left to do which makes the ultimate difference between success and failure is to apply the tremendous amount of knowledge you have and to simply take action with it, use it!
Once you start using your knowledge and applying it your business, be consistent. Choose one thing to master and continue to develop it, become the best in your field at it, become an expert. Through being consistent, you develop good habits, good habits become second nature. Before you know it, the task of article writing that once seemed so daunting becomes easier the more consistently you do it. By creating consistent habits you will finally achieve success, instead of going from the latest week to week business opportunity.

Zero to Hero in 5 Steps

1) Nike got it right when they coined the phrase "just do it" and so should you. Find your passion niche, find what you get out of bed for, what drives and motivates you, then just go for it. Take action.

2) Knowledge is Power. You must learn to test. You need a benchmark with which to measure your level of success. It is difficult to know which form of advertising is working better than others, where you are losing money, which headline is superior to others if you are not at least tracking and testing your results. If you cannot pinpoint what works best for you then you cannot duplicate it. The key to success is scalability, taking what works and doing more of it.

3) Without sounding too much like an army advertisement, become the best you can be in your field. Know everything there is to know about your chosen field. People invest in information, not just the latest ebook or get rich quick scheme, they are buying information they hope will answer their burning questions, to make a difference in their lives or their businesses and they are hoping to get that from you. If you become an expert
in your field than you in a better position to provide them with the answers they are looking for.

4) Divulge what you know. Share your knowledge with others, don't worry if you are not an expert yet, that will come with time, after all, experts are made, not born. Create articles that link back to your site, this is a great way to garner traffic as well as give your potential customers a taste of your style and information.

5) Back to "consistency". Build your online career one day at a time. Develop the necessary habits of taking action everyday and you will see your business grow in leaps and bounds. Write articles each day. Go that extra step further to build up your client list, follow up with your clients questions and needs, research more regarding your chosen field and you will finally have the business that has eluded you so for long.
Follow these steps and not only will you scrape your business out of the doldrums but you will experience a greater level of success and satisfaction online than you have ever thought possible.

Just do it!

Charann Miller's seen it all, the good, the bad and the ugly of the internet marketing world and after being burned countless times by “gurus” promising the earth but delivering only handfuls of dust, she went on a quest to discover the true secret ingredients needed for a thriving online business.
She wanted to help others avoid the bad "business opportunity" minefield that deters and disheartens so many from establishing real, profitable businesses of their own.

As part of a boost to get you on the right track with your business, she offers a free, comprehensive 8 part ecourse teaching how to get your own successful business up and running within days, not weeks

If you decide to quit, give up and accept failure when trying to reach a particular goal, the consequences could affect millions of people around the world.

Many people have fulfilled their own dreams, and successfully changed and improved lives of others by providing everything from encouragement, motivation, business developments, leadership, direction, entertainment, heritage, employment and much more.
Major benefits and advancements never would have happened if these determined persistent committed people were not able to endure the tremendous amount of failure, rejection and countless obstacles they had to overcome. Here are just a few people.

Abraham Lincoln's business failed. He lost in elections when he ran for legislature, congress and the senate. He also lost the vice presidential nomination. He could not afford Law School, so he taught himself and became a lawyer. He was the sixteenth president of the United States. To this day he is still considered to be one of the most popular and most successful of all the presidents.

Michael Jordan did not make his high school varsity basketball team the first year he tried out. He went on to win two Olympic gold medals in basketball. He has NBA Most Valuable Player titles and he led his team to six basketball World Championships.

J.K. Rowling submitted her first Harry Potter book to several publishers and they kept rejecting it. The Harry Potter books and movies have become one of the most successful children series ever. J.K. Rowling went from welfare to multimillionaire.

Alex Haley went to the National Archives in Washington D.C. searching through thousands of documents and endless rolls of microfilm trying to research his family history to verify the stories his ancestors told. For the longest time, he found absolutely nothing. When he finally found the needle in the haystack, it all paid off. People all over the world were glued to their television sets for an entire week watching Roots. It broke all kinds of television broadcasting records.

Sherwood Schwartz kept getting rejected by television networks to put on his shows Gilligan's Island and the Brady Bunch. Both of these shows were so successful that they have been in prime time and reruns for about forty years.

Mrs. Debbie Fields was nineteen years old with no prior business experience
when she was turned down by every bank in Oakland, California that she tried to get a loan to start one cookie store. Later she became the founder and owner of her own cookie company with branches all over the world. She was a millionaire before her thirtieth birthday.

Bill Gates wrote his first software program when he was thirteen years old. As a teenager he then wrote the software for his Traf-O-Data computer and tried to sell it. Nobody wanted the machine. Instead of trying to sell hardware, Gates and his partner Paul Allen decided to write software. Gates sent numerous letters from his college dorm room to all the big computer companies offering to write their software. Nobody was interested. Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University, started the Microsoft Corporation and eventually became the richest person in the world.

Bessie Coleman could not get into any Pilot school in the United States. She went to France, got her pilot's license, and returned to the USA. She was the first black female American airplane pilot.

Madonna was living in the streets and eating out of trash cans while trying to get into show business. She kept getting rejections. Now she is one of the top female performers and recording artists ever. She has won numerous awards.

Oprah Winfrey loss her broadcasting job then went on to become a billionaire and hosting one of the most popular talk shows in the world.

Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer which made it unlikely that he would be able to compete in cycling. After that he won seven first place titles riding his bicycle in the Tour de France, which is considered to be one of the most difficult and most challenging athletic competitions in the world.

Wilma Rudolph was diagnosed with polio and doctors told her that she may never be able to walk. After that she went on to win three Olympic Gold Medals in Track.

Colonel Harland Sanders was a senior citizen with little money. He kept getting rejected when he tried to get anybody to share the profits with him using his fried chicken recipe. Eventually his is Kentucky Fried Chicken became the largest fast food fried chicken restaurant on earth.

Jennifer Hudson lost when she competed on American Idol. She went on to win an Academy Award in her first movie for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Effie in Dreamgirls.

The list can go on and on. It is easy to look backwards into the past because hindsight is 20-20 vision.
Looking at the present objectively with an open mind and believing the potential of possibilities for the future is much more difficult. However, it also could be more rewarding for everybody

WHY WE DONT REACH OUR GOALS

We know we should have goals. So we go about setting goals. So why then don't we magically reach our goals? Here's several reasons why:

1- We fail to even Begin!....Just start! We tend to let procrastination get the better of us. We over think. Try starting anywhere, but somewhere. Steps add up. You have to take the first step. Success is achieved by taking steps. A step can make the difference between reaching a goal or not, achievement vs. just a dream. One step leads to another step, and the momentum begins. You break down some of those limiting barriers that you have in your mind, with each step you take.

2-We daydream about our future far too much, rather than taking action. If you are focusing on a fantasy future, you are not in the NOW, getting the job done. When you fantasize too much you are "banking" the future, you already have it in the bank and you are seeing how you will spend everything, rather than focusing on getting it done...now. Now is what you have.
We also expect everything to run smoothly, for our plans to just fall in place, Life has it's bumps in the road. Plans go amiss. So put your attention on the steps you take to reach your goal not the fantasized outcome. Visualize the process not the outcome.
Focus on being positive in the now, working on your goals, rather than putting the emphasis on where you want to be. You can't wait to be positive only when you finally have achieved what you fantasize about. Stay present, stay in the now. There is where you are, and where you have work to do.

3-We don't know why we set the goal. Know what your ultimate direction is. Goals are set for a purpose, a direction, a destination. What is that purpose? What is your direction? What's the point? What is the aim of the goal in the first place? If goals are unworthy, not thought out, mis-directed, or otherwise just bad, you won't be committed to them, they won't be attainable because you won't have the enthusiasm, the motivation, the foundation to see them through. Goals can be too difficult, too easy, too short-term, just too goals at once, and simply not worth your time. Know why you are setting a goal.

4-We are not committed enough to the goal. This goes along with daydreaming about the end result too much. You have this great fantasy of what you want your life to look like, but take a reality check, this is where you are NOW, and this is where you want to go. What is in between is the gap you need to close. You are doing a mental contrast...what you want vs where you are now. This helps you commit to closing that gap. You know the challenge ahead...closing the gap.

5-We lose track where we are. Keep assessing your progress. Look at what your goal is and then the task at hand. When the task is difficult focus on that, when it is an easy task focus on the end goal, when near completion again focus on the end goal. Keep the challenge in mind. Know what you are working on, what the challenge is, what the gap is between where you are and where you want to be.

6-Don't give up and succumb to the negative thinking. When the going gets tough, the negative thinking can creep in. You may start procrastinating getting things done. You may just give up or sabotage your target goal even more. Stop. Absorb yourself in the details of a project you are working. Re-direct your focus onto something detailed and specific, a task to do. Set a deadline to get it done.

7-We waste time. Are you using your time wisely. Are you doing things our of habit, is it an unconscious behavior? Or are you just making yourself appear busy? Are your actions getting you closer to your goal? Consider time management skills. Consider mindful actions rather than busy work. As the saying goes, time is money, you don't get it back. Use it wisely with conscious actions.