"And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them." --Matt. 25:2-3
My subject is the parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. "And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps." The parable teaches that true prayer means preparation.
Jesus Christ said, "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive" (Math. 21:22). "Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them" (Mark 11:24). In this parable he shows that only those who have prepared for their good (thereby showing active faith) will bring the manifestation to pass.
We might paraphrase the scriptures and say: When ye pray believe ye have it. When ye pray ACT as if you have already received.
Armchair faith or rocking chair faith, will never move mountains. In the armchair, in the silence, or meditation, you are filled with the wonder of this Truth, and feel that your faith will never waver. You know that The Lord is your Shepherd, you shall never want.
You feel that your God of Plenty will wipe out all burdens of debt or limitations. Then you leave your armchair and step out into the arena of Life. It is only what you do in the arena that counts.
I will you give you an illustration showing how the law works; for faith without action is dead.
A man, one of my students, had a great desire to go abroad. He took the statement: I give thanks for my divinely designed trip, divinely financed, under grace, in a perfect way. He had very little money, but knowing the law of preparation, he bought a trunk. It was a very gay and happy trunk with a big red band around its waist. Whenever he looked at it it gave him a realization of a trip.
One day he seemed to feel his room moving. He felt the motion of a ship. He went to the window to breathe the fresh air, and it smelt like the aroma of the docks. With his inner ear he heard the shriek of a sea-gull and the creaking of the gangplank. The trunk had commenced to work. It had put him in the vibration of his trip. Soon after that, a large sum of money came to him and he took the trip. He said afterwards that it was perfect in every detail.
In the arena of Life we must keep ourselves tuned-up to concert pitch.
Are we acting from motives of fear or faith? Watch your motives with all diligence, for out of them are the issues of life.
If your problem is a financial one (and it usually is) you must know how to wind yourself up financially, and keep wound up by always acting your faith. The material attitude towards money is to trust in your salary, your income and investments, which can shrink over night.
The spiritual attitude toward money is to trust in God for your supply. To keep your possessions, always realize that they are God in manifestation. "What God has given cannot be diminished," then if one door shuts another door, immediately opens.
Never voice lack or limitation for "by your words your are condemned." You combine with what you notice, and if you are always noticing failure and hard times, you will combine with failure and hard times.
You must form the habit of living in the fourth dimension, "The World of the Wondrous." It is the world where you do not judge by appearances.
You have trained your inner eye to see through failure into success, to see through sickness into health to see through limitation into plenty. I will give you the land which you though seeth."
The man who achieves success has the fixed idea of success. If it is founded on a rock of truth and rightness it will stand. If not, it is built upon sand and washed into the sea, returning to its native nothingness.
Only divine ideas can endure. Evil destroys itself, for it is a cross current against universal order, and the way of the transgressor is hard.
"They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."
The lamp symbolizes man's consciousness. The oil is what brings Light or understanding.
"While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made. Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us your oil; for our lamps are gone out."
The foolish virgins were without wisdom or understanding, which is oil for the consciousness, and when
they were confronted with a serious situation, they had no way of handling it.
And when they said to the wise "give us of your oil," the wise answered saying, "Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves."
That means that the foolish virgins could not receive more than was in their consciousness, or what they were vibrating to.
The man received the trip because it was in his consciousness, as a reality. He believed that he had already received. As he prepared for the trip he was taking oil for his lamps. With realization comes manifestation.
The law of preparation works both ways. If you prepare for what you fear or don't want, you begin to attract it. David said, "The thing I feared has come upon me." We hear people say, "I must put away money in case of illness." They are deliberately preparing to be ill. Or, "I'm saving for a rainy day." The rainy day is sure to come, at a most inconvenient time.
The divine idea for every man is plenty. Your barns should be full, and your cup should flow over, but we must learn to ask aright.
For example take this statement: I call on the law of accumulation. My supply comes from God, and now pours in and piles up, under grace.
This statement does not give any picture of stint or saving or sickness. It gives a fourth dimensional feeling of abundance, leaving the channels to Infinite Intelligence.
Every day you must make a choice, will you be wise or foolish? Will you prepare for your good?
Will you take the giant swing into faith? Or serve doubt and fear and bring no oil for your lamps?
"And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not."
You may feel that the foolish virgins paid very dearly for neglecting to bring oil for their lamps, but we are dealing with the law of Karma (or the law of come back). It has been called the "judgment day," which people usually associate with the end of the world.
Your judgment day comes, they say, in sevens - seven hours, seven days, seven weeks, seven months, or seven years. It might even come in seven minutes. Then you pay some Karmic debt; the price for having violated spiritual law.
You failed to trust God, you took no oil for your lamps.
Every day examine your consciousness and see just what your are preparing for. You are fearful of lack and hang on to every cent, thereby attracting more lack. Use what you have with wisdom and it opens the way for more to come to you.
In my book, "Your Word Is Your Wand," I tell about the Magic Purse. In the Arabian Nights they tell the story of a man who had a Magic Purse. As money went out, immediately money appeared in it again.
So I made the Statement: My supply comes from God - I have the magic purse of the spirit. It can never be depleted. As money goes out, immediately money comes in. It is always crammed, jammed with abundance, under grace, in perfect ways.
This brings a vivid picture to mind: You are drawing on the bank of the imagination.
A woman who did not have much money was afraid to pay any bills and see her bank account dwindle. It came to her with great conviction: "I have the magic purse of the spirit. It can never be depleted. As money goes out, immediately, money comes in." She fearlessly paid her bills, and several large cheques came to her that she did not expect.
"Watch and pray lest ye enter into the temptation" of preparing for something destructive instead of something constructive.
I knew a woman who told me she always kept a long crepe veil handy in case of funerals. I said to her, "You are a menace to your relatives, and are preparing to hurry them all off, so that you can wear the veil." She destroyed it.
Another woman who had no money decided to send her two daughters to college. Her husband scorned the idea and said, "Who will pay their tuition? I have no money for it." She replied, "I know some unforeseen good will come to us." She kept on preparing her daughters for college. Her husband laughed heartily and told all their friends that his wife was sending the girls to college on "some unforeseen good." A rich relative suddenly sent her a large sum of money. "Some unforeseen good" did arrive, for she had shown active faith. I asked what she had said to her husband when the cheque arrived. She replied, "Oh, I never antagonize George by telling him I am in the right."
So prepare for your "unforeseen good." Let every thought and every act express your unwavering faith.
Every event in your life is a crystallized idea.
Something you have invited through either fear or faith. Something you have prepared for.
So let us be wise and bring oil for our lamps - and when we least expect it, we shall reap the fruits of our faith.
My lamps are now filled with the oil of faith and fulfillment.
The Hidden Messages in Water
By Masaru Emoto
As the temperature of frozen water rises and the ice starts to melt, crystals emerge for just twenty or thirty seconds.
I take photographs of these crystals, and they have proved to be extremely eloquent, expressing a profound philosophy. The truths of the cosmos take shape and become visible in these crystals, if only for a few moments. This short window of time gives us a glimpse into a world that is indeed magical.
How I take photographs of crystals
Let me explain how I go about taking photographs of crystals.
I put fifty different types of water in fifty different Petri dishes. I then freeze the dishes at –20 degrees C (–4 degrees F) for three hours in a freezer. The result is that the surface tension forms drops of ice in the Petri dishes about one millimetre across. The crystal appears when you shine a light on the crown of the drop of ice.
Of course, the result is never fifty similar crystals, and sometimes no crystals at all are formed. When we graphed the formation of the crystals, we realized that different water formed different crystals. Some of them were clearly similar, some were deformed, and in some types of water, no crystals at all formed.
First I looked at the crystals of tap water from different locations. The water of Tokyo was a disaster – not a single complete crystal was formed. Tap water includes a dose of chlorine used to sanitize it, utterly destroying the structure found in natural water.
However, within natural water, no matter where it came from – natural springs, underground rivers, glaciers, and the upper reaches of rivers – complete crystals formed.
The effects of music on water
My efforts to photograph ice crystals and conduct research began to move ahead. Then one day the researcher – who was as caught up in the project as I – said something completely out of the blue: ‘Let’s see what happens when we expose the water to music.’
I knew that it was possible for the vibrations of music to have an effect on the water. I myself enjoy music immensely, and as a child had even had hopes of becoming a professional musician, and so I was all in favour of this off-the-wall experiment.
At first we had no idea what music we would use and under what conditions we would conduct the experiment. But after considerable trial and error, we reached the conclusion that the best method was probably the simplest – put a bottle of water on a table between two speakers and expose it to a volume at which a person might normally listen to music. We would also need to use the same water that we had used in previous experiments.
We first tried distilled water from a drugstore.
The results astounded us. Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, with its bright and clear tones, resulted in beautiful and well-formed crystals. Mozart’s 40th Symphony, a graceful prayer to beauty, created crystals that were delicate and elegant. And the crystals formed by exposure to Chopin’s Etude in E, Op. 10, No. 3, surprised us with their lovely detail.
All the classical music that we exposed the water to resulted in well-formed crystals with distinct characteristics. In contrast, the water exposed to violent heavy-metal music resulted in fragmented and malformed crystals at best.
Can words affect water, too?
But our experimenting didn’t stop there. We next thought about what would happen if we wrote words or phrases like ‘Thank you’ and ‘Fool’ on pieces of paper, and wrapped the paper around the bottles of water with the words facing in. It didn’t seem logical for water to ‘read’ the writing, understand the meaning, and change its form accordingly. But I knew from the experiment with music that strange things could happen. We felt as if we were explorers setting out on a journey through an unmapped jungle.
The results of the experiments didn’t disappoint us. Water exposed to ‘Thank you’ formed beautiful hexagonal crystals, but water exposed to the word ‘Fool’ produced crystals similar to the water exposed to heavy-metal music, malformed and fragmented.
Further experimenting showed that water exposed to positive expressions like ‘Let's do it!’ created attractive, well-formed crystals, but the water exposed to negative expressions like ‘Do it!’ barely formed any crystals at all.
The lesson that we can learn from this experiment has to do with the power of words. The vibration of good words has a positive effect on our world, whereas the vibration from negative words has the power to destroy.
The power of love and gratitude
I particularly remember one photograph. It was the most beautiful and delicate crystal that I had so far seen – formed by being exposed to the words ‘love and gratitude’. It was as if the water had rejoiced and celebrated by creating a flower in bloom. It was so beautiful that I can say that it actually changed my life from that moment on, for water had taught me the delicacy of the human soul, and the impact that love and gratitude can have on the world.
I realised that the condition of our soul is very likely to have an enormous impact on the water that composes as much as 70 per cent of our bodies. This impact, in turn, will in no small way affect our health and state of mind. Therefore, if the keynote of our soul is love and gratitude, surely this will enable us to become the most beautiful we can be? Indeed, could it be that the salvation of our souls, our health and our world lies first and foremost in love and gratitude?
Increasing our immunity
Among all the medicines, there are none with as much healing power as love. Since I came to this realization, I have continued to tell people that immunity is love. What could be more effective at overcoming negative energies and returning vitality to the body?
However, I have recently felt the need to change my terminology. I now know that it is not love alone that forms immunity, but love and gratitude. I became convinced of this from the following experiment.
I heated water in a microwave oven and then attempted to see the impact of the magnetic field on crystals. I used two types of distilled water: one just as it was and the other labelled with the words love and gratitude. The crystals formed from the distilled water just as it was were deformed and incomplete, but the water labelled with the words love and gratitude formed complete crystals. In other words, love and gratitude were able to make the water immune to the damaging effects of the magnetic field.
I have mentioned that water shown the words love and gratitude forms the most beautiful crystals. Of course the word love alone has the ability to create wonderful crystals, but love and gratitude combine to give the crystals a unique depth and refinement, a diamond-like brilliance.
I also discovered that the love and gratitude crystals actually look more like the gratitude crystals than the love crystals. What this suggests is that the gratitude vibration is more powerful and has a greater influence. Love tends to be a more active energy, the act of giving oneself unconditionally. By contrast, gratitude is a more passive energy, a feeling that results from having been given something – knowing that you have been given the gift of life and reaching out to receive it joyously with both hands.
So then what does it mean to say that the passive energy of gratitude is stronger than love? When I was thinking about this question, I stumbled upon an interesting concept, which became an important clue to answering the question concerning how we can and should live our lives.
The need for more gratitude
What is the relationship between love and gratitude? For an answer to this question we can use water as a model. A water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, represented by H2O. If love and gratitude, like oxygen and hydrogen, were linked together in a ratio of 1 to 2, gratitude would be twice as large as love.
I suggest that having twice the amount of gratitude as love is the balance we should strive for. At a seminar, after I had mentioned this in my presentation, two young women came up to me and said, ‘We were very impressed. Weren't you saying that people have one mouth for speaking and two ears for listening?’
‘That’s right – that’s absolutely right!’ I exclaimed, and I knew that I had become a little wiser.
When we observe the natural world, we can see that the passive energy has greater strength. The fish of the sea produce enormous numbers of eggs, but not all of them hatch. Only a small portion reach the stage where they hatch, while the remaining eggs are offered as food to other creatures.
Have human beings lived in a ratio of two parts gratitude and one part love? I suspect that the exact opposite is true.
Of course, the grandeur of love cannot be denied, and most people do have a general understanding of the power of love. However, we have been raised in a culture where all our focus is placed on the energy of love, while the other side of the formula receives little attention.
The focus of the human race has been drawn away from that which cannot be seen, and towards the obvious physical world. And in order to make our own as much as possible of this physical world, we have cut down forests and fought back deserts in an effort to insure the supreme domination of our culture.
Such advancements by human society may indeed be the result of love – for our families and our countries – but as long as we continue to live our lives based on this strategy, there will be no end to conflict. The history of the twentieth century was the history of fighting and warfare.
Perhaps we are finally beginning to see that the direction we are moving in leads nowhere. We have sacrificed too much in order to secure the riches of life. Forests have been destroyed and clean water lost, and we have cut up and sold the earth itself.
What the world needs now is gratitude. We must begin by learning what it means to have enough. We need to feel gratitude for having been born on a planet so rich in nature, and gratitude for the water that makes our life possible. Do we really know how wonderful it is to be able to breathe a big breath of clean air?
If you open your eyes, you will see that the world is full of so much that deserves your gratitude.
When you have become the embodiment of gratitude, think about how pure the water that fills your body will be. When this happens, you yourself will be a beautiful, shining crystal of light.
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If you’ve ever thought about working from home or starting a home-based business, you'll want to familiarize yourself with Carrie Wilkerson, also known as the Barefoot Executive. The Barefoot Executive is a website, community and bestselling book that she created to help work at-home professionals.
This Mom Grew Multiple 6-Figure Businesses From Home
The site quickly grew into an empire with tens of thousands of subscribers, leading her to become a sought-after speaker and sales trainer. While she built multiple businesses from home over the past 19 years, she was also raising four children, getting out of six figures of debt and losing more than 100 pounds. Named Internet Marketer of the Year in 2009, Wilkerson has been featured on Forbes.com and Fox Business News and has worked with clients such as Google, John C. Maxwell, Zig Ziglar and more.
Related: Here's How This Freelancer Made the Move to Business Owner
Clearly, she has a lot to teach us about success, so I visited her Texas home recently to ask how she built her powerful brand and how other entrepreneurs can build a successful empire from home.
1. Look for a need in your closest market.
Wilkerson got her entrepreneurial start at a direct sales company, but soon realized she could have a separate business offering a service to her fellow independent consultants. She began by asking those she knew if they could use an email newsletter. Eventually, she was making newsletters for 200 clients -- and that was with consultants from just one direct sales company.
“I started my business like everybody does -- with just who I knew. I sent out an email, I worked with one client for free for two months to get my systems down, my processes done in exchange for her recommendation and her referrals,” Wilkerson explains. “And it literally was like ... you tell two friends, and she tells two friends, and she tells two friends. So we grew by referral very rapidly. At one point, we were growing by 10 to 12 clients a day.”
Consider your current immediate community of fellow moms, marketers, engineers, whatever -- what is a need they have? Wilkerson says you don’t start an empire, you start with who you know and “grow into it.”
2. Truly commit.
Entrepreneurs are not known for patience. Sometimes, in an effort to move fast and wear many hats, they struggle with focus -- and focus is a key component in the stories of the successful people I interview. Wilkerson’s life changed when she committed to going all-in on her new service business for three months.
“[My husband said,] ‘Just give it a good Carrie Try for two to three months before you give up.’ And I think as entrepreneurial-wired people, we sometimes want it to work right now or not at all," she says. "At the end of three months, he was exactly right. We had [approximately] 70 clients on a recurring basis already by then, and we knew we were on to something.”
Most entrepreneurial people are creative, resourceful and efficient -- a force to be reckoned with when focused. Make sure you are truly giving your idea or business your full attention to get it off the ground.
3. Consider a service.
“Service businesses are probably your fastest path to fast cash," Wilkerson says. "Everyone has some kind of skill that they can generate money with.”
Wilkerson added an interesting point here, explaining she wasn’t passionate about creating email newsletters. She was passionate about why she was doing it: getting out of debt and being home for her kids. Unlike the standard “follow your passion” advice, Wilkerson advises that you need passion for why you do what you do as an entrepreneur, but not necessarily the what.
4. Create a strong brand.
Wilkerson started the Barefoot Executive website because she knew there were other aspiring work-from-home executives and entrepreneurs who needed guidance. She also knew that working from home can feel lonely, so she tried to create a community that solopreneurs lacked. Her subscriptions grew quickly, as did her Twitter following.
Related: Party of One: Setting Up Your Single-Person Corporation
Soon, she was receiving speaking and coaching gigs organically, and publisher Thomas Nelson reached out to her about writing her first book. The key was her recognizable, relatable brand. Wilkerson says your brand must be visible, known and serve an audience.
“Really know what your message is, what is your story? Being a good speaker or great writer is not enough," she says. "You have to know what your thing is and you have to be true to your thing.”
5. If you want balance, create boundaries.
For the work-from-home executive or the home-based entrepreneur, boundaries ensure success. First, you must train yourself to stick to policies, such as when you wake up, when you have closed-door time to write or when you have phone-free time to be with family. Second, you must train your family, friends and spouse. Make sure the boundaries you create with your loved ones are truly what’s best for your family. That way, you’ll believe in them enough to stand firm and say no when needed. Lastly, train your clients, vendors and staff. Wilkerson also recommends you use software and create systems to create boundaries that keep you from doing everything yourself, which won’t allow you to scale.
“You have to create what's important for your family -- whatever that family looks like, even if it's just you -- and then you have to be firm enough in that belief, that you can tell other people, 'that doesn't fit in my schedule right now, thank you for thinking of me, I can't do that right now,'” she says.
6. Foster real relationships.
“Real relationships matter, not the numbers of followers. ... People are still blown away when I send a thank you note. What a shame, people shouldn’t be shocked by that,” Wilkerson says.
She says showing up online and at events, making connections and finding a small, genuine like-minded community have been vital to her success.
7. Don’t compare.
If you’re building a brand online, it’s difficult not to compare it to your colleagues and competitors, especially if you’re building a personal brand as a speaker or coach. Wilkerson doesn’t watch or read other people’s content. Comparison, she explains, only serves two purposes: It will either make you feel badly about how behind you are or inflate your ego because you’re ahead. Neither serve your business.
“My number one piece of advice is to not compare yourself to everyone else," she says. "You can defeat yourself. You can literally freeze yourself in your tracks, either with comparison or envy.”
8. Add massive amounts of value.
How did Wilkerson grow her speaking career to working with clients such as Zig Ziglar and Google? The answer is simple.
“Opportunities are rooted in the value you provide, in the work you’re doing.” she explains. In a social stat world where everyone wants to be an expert, Wilkerson says, “quit trying to be an influencer and try to serve” and everything else will fall into place.
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Use your time wisely.
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THINK LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR
The best way to attract money is to think like an
entrepreneur. - JOE VITALE
THE REASON YOU WANT to have money is that you
want freedom. Freedom to go anywhere, do any-
thing, live as you please and enjoy your life to the
fullest. Money gives us the means to make this
happen. By far the fastest way to accelerate your
income is by becoming an entrepreneur. This
doesn't mean just owning a business. The mistake
many people make when they own their own
business is that they move from working for some
-one else to working for the business. They don't
gain any freedom at all and are tied to the
business, as if they were working for a major
corporation. They haven't altered their ideas to
those ofa true entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs are not interested in having a
business to create a job for themselves. They're
interested in creating value in as many areas as
possible. This means that you will attract revenue
in many ways. Some people refer to this as
multiple sources of income. The beauty is that
once you set it up, it doesn't require much direct
involvement on your part to keep bringing in
revenue. Books are a good example of this. If
you write a book, it sells for years, giving you an
ongoing stream of income.
These types of opportunities pop up all the time
and if you adopt an entrepreneurial mindset that
allows you to see them, and commit to act on
them, you may be shocked at what appears. One
of my favorite stories is how Fit-a-Rita came
about. Fit-a-Rita is a sugar-free, all natural
margarita mix that I created. I don't know any-
thing about creating a margarita mix. I do not
have a background in food service or any clue
how to bring this type of product to market.
So how is it that I created a margarita mix?
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Several years ago I was competing in a body-
building contest and was on a diet where the
only beverage I drank was water and I closely
watched what I ate. So one night I went out with
several other people and they all had mixed
drinks while I sipped my ice water. Back then I
watched a show on CNBC called The Big Idea
hosted by Donny Deutsch. He always said that
your success is right where your problem is, right
where you complain about something. So when
you are about to complain about a service,product
or need for something, that's when you are telling
yourself that there is an opportunity to earn
money by fulfilling that need.
So here I am sitting at this dinner wanting a
margarita badly! I felt deprived and it just wasn't
right! So I said, "Somebody needs to make a
healthy bodybuilder's drink, a bodybuilder's
margarita mix."
Of course most everyone laughed, but some
thought it was a good idea. It was then that the
little twinge of inspiration hit and the light bulb
went off in my head and I thought, "This is a
good idea." I had no clue how to start making this
a reality, but I had learned to ask. I asked for help.
First I talked with a medical doctor and then a
nutritionist. We all got together and formed a
company - Frontier Nutritional Research. These
two professionals helped me compile an
ingredient list that was low calorie and healthy
for bodybuilders (and anyone else). My
contribution during this phase was to be the
original taste tester! Not exactly a tough job but
I wanted it to taste great. We went through
numerous versions until we got one that tasted
great and was healthy.
All of this stemmed from one dinner where I
wanted a healthy margarita. That problem led me
to come up with a solution. You never know
where these ideas will lead. If you solve
problems you encounter daily, then by default,
you'll discover a need that you can profit from.
When you start to think like an entrepreneur you
see opportunities everywhere. And you start to
create them. This is the sixth step in attracting
money into your life. These ideas can be
Internet-based, intellectual property (like a
book), food products or services. There are all
sorts of paths you can follow.
Anyone can learn to think like an entreprenur.
As you know, I was once homeless and in
poverty, so obviously I had to learn how to think
differently. Now I teach others to expand their
thinking and look for opportunities. For example,
here's a testimonial from someone who
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I'd started my journey towards awakening over a
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completely out of the blue, hired me on the spot
for three months at $500 per month and the
following six months at $1500 per month. I'm
now officially an entrepreneur and the
possibilities are endless!
To say it has truly been an amazing experience
and an incredibly wise investment would be a
huge understatement, Faneen and Prosper have
helped me open up the door to the riches of the
universe and for that I will be eternally grateful.
— Adrian McCluskey, British Columbia Canada
THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR
The vast majority of self-made millionaires
weren't born into money In fact they came from
modest backgrounds.What made them million-
aires is this entrepreneurial mindset and a very
strong drive to succeed.
So here are some questions for you - "How badly
do you want to succeed? How strong is that drive
to attain the life you say you want?" It can be
yours, but you must take the necessary steps for
it to happen. Mindset is what separates the
financially empowered from thosein bondage to
their jobs, bills and old expectations. It also
separates the modestly successful from the
tremendously successful. It could be your
neighbor, your friend or even a family member
that chooses to understand and use these concepts
to change their lives.
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In order for you to be a millionaire, you must
think constantly about multiple streams of
income. I know a pair of fellow writers who
make money from books and articles, but also
have rental property. They are also investing in a
chain of franchise restaurants in Thailand and a
cherry orchard in Australia. These two ladies
have also partnered with a radio host to produce a
group of financial radio shows across Canada and
own a percentage of the business generated by an
international speaker and lecturer. I asked them
how these widely-varied streams of income came
about and here is how they described it:
Well it's interesting to look back on it now, as we
never could have guessed we'd be here just three
years ago. We're writers and that is really our
skill set, so early on we did a few deals with
people we thought had great promise to trade our
skills for something they needed. There was a
radio host who wanted to write a book so we did
that for him as well as his second book and
agreed to own a percentage of his business in lieu
of payment. Now he's hit it big with this new
radio show and so have we, as we now are part of
the production team. Another person we did a
similar agreement with,was a man who was try-
ing to get on the national speaking circuit. We
helped with his book and in return, a percentage
of his speaking fees come to us.
When we started doing better and had some cash,
we wanted to look at ideas that would bring us in
-come and also help others. Anyone can park
their money in the stock market but we wanted to
do something different and help other entre-
preneurs. We heard about a chef who was start-
ing a franchise of little restaurants in Thailand
and we thought it was a great idea because it
gave the local people an opportunity to work
toward owning their own restaurant after the
tsunami devastated the area. The cherry orchard
came about from an Australian Realtor that we
helped with a book.She told us that some of the
farmers near her parent's house were reclaiming
old vineyards to produce cherries which are in
short supply in the southern hemisphere during
their summer. We just liked the idea and
provided some financing and we continue to
look for ideas that help us diversify and keep
attracting money.
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There are a couple of interesting points about this
story that I want to talk about. First, they were
looking for opportunities even before they had
cash flowing in. They were willing to trade skills
they had for future streams of income. This can be
beneficial for everyone involved. Relationships
created this way are often much more profitable in
the long run than they would be if there was just
an exchange of cash for service. So don't think
you have to have cold hard cash to get started.
Be creative and see what happens.
The other item I want to point out is how well
diversified these two are. They live in Texas, yet
their money comes from the United States,
Canada, Thailand and Australia. Don't be afraid
to do business around the world. To say you only
want to stay within the United States limits your
opportunities. It is much like saying, "Yes,I want
to attract money but I'll only accept cash." Don't
limit yourself. These ladies just followed the
leads provided as they came along and it's turned
out well for them. Besides they can hop over to
Australia to check on the investments and deduct
the trip! What a deal!
LET'S TALK MONEY
The whole idea of creating multiple streams of
income will have a big impact on your finances.
But they don't all have to be big. You may start a
stream of income that produces an extra $100 or
$200 each month. Is that worth doing? Yes. Not
only will you continue to grow this income,but
you will add other streams as well. It's not about
making a big score every time, but more about
diversifying your flow of money so that no
matter the economy, or anything that happens in
one sector, you'll still have a great income.
Once the money starts flowing, it's easy to forget
what a big difference it makes in your life. Let's
start with $500. If you earn an additional $500
per month what does that mean? That's an extra
$6000 per year that can pay down your debt,
provide you a great vacation or go into an
investment or enhance a retirement fund. Now
that may not sound like a lot, but let's assume that
you keep that income stream for five years. Now
that's $30,000 - that's a serious chunk of change.
One of the mistakes people make is evaluating a
stream of income based on a monthly or yearly
amount, rather than factoring in the full ongoing
amount.
I can't tell you the number of times I've heard
really smart people say that owning a rental
property isn't worth making a few hundred
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per month. Yet that property will be around for
years consistently producing income, as well as
gaining in value over time. Real estate and many
other long standing solid streams of income are
often discounted by those who listen to every
piece of bad news on television. They focus on
the hassle of getting it going and the risk involved,
not the value of the revenue stream.
But I'll be honest with you: I don't care about or
even like rental property. Maybe you don't either
- but some people do and do very well at it.
Keep in mind that you can choose what you are
involved in, but you don't have to try something
just because someone else is doing it.
How about intellectual property? A book for example.
I've also talked to well-known people who
discount the idea of doing a book. They just don't
think it's really worth it as you generally don't
make much for your first effort. However, if you
keep going as I have, the stream of revenue from
over 30 books is substantial, and it just keeps
flowing without my active intervention.
When you're evaluating a potential source of
income, it's important to keep a few things in
mind. First, it should be flexible when you're
starting out. You may have to work around
your full-time job. Flexibility gives you the
opportunity to attract money without being
tied down to a set schedule or numbers of hours every week.
I also like opportunities that can grow over time.
While it's great to get $500 each month, it would
be even better if you had the possibility to grow
that amount and eventually generate $1,000 or
$1,500 per month. Another thing you want to
keep in mind is that you want the income to
continue. Is it sustainable? You don't want to
necessarily put in the time to get the income
started if it's only going to last a few months or
only a year. This is especially true if that same
amount of time and effort could potentially
produce the same income stream that continues
for years. Eventually, you also want that income
stream to function without you having to manage
it every day.
It's vital that you do what you love. This is why I
suggest you look at your hobbies as potential ways
to produce income. You enjoy these already or they
wouldn't be your hobbies. One of the worst things
you can do is get into a business that you don't like
just to make money. Your emotions will inhibit
your ability to attract money because you don't
really like the business in the first place. After a
while it will feel like a weight around your neck
and you'll dread it. This is not a formula for
success. Go with what you love and the money
will follow.
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While you can pony up the big bucks for a number
of business opportunities, why do that if you don't
have to? I like ideas that cost little or no money to
start. This means that if you're willing to work hard,
you will make a profit from the very first dollar and
you won't have to carry any debt or worry about
making payments. The idea is to achieve freedom
and that's more difficult to do if you saddle yourself
with additional responsibilities and debts.
I know a lady named Janet who was laid off from
her executive assistant position a couple of years
ago. There were few opportunities and she was
tired of commuting from her suburban home in
Florida to downtown Miami to work. She took
stock of her skill set and found it extensive. She
read an article on the Internet about virtual
assistants who work part time for several
executives and communicate by phone and email.
Janet now works from home and has two other
assistants working for her who also work from
home. She makes more money than she ever did
being physically in the office and gets much
more work done without the commute and
distraction of co-workers who used to walk into
her office just to chat. Janet is a good example of
someone who basically loved her job, but it just
wasn't working well for her. Now she can use
those same skills and still provide a valuable
service to her clients.
I see numerous people who think they have to look
at something totally different than their current job
to attract money but it's just not true. I know a man
named Jerry who loved his job at the hospital in
Taos, New Mexico. Because he'd struggled with
post traumatic stress in the past and had gone
through training to counsel others, he soon became
a post traumatic stress consultant to the hospital
staff members. He quickly realized the need for
knowledgeable people to help medical human
resource departments deal with this issue. Jerry
has retired from his normal floor duties and now
gives seminars all across the state to medical
organizations and conferences on how to cope
with post traumatic stress on the job. He also is
working on an informational seminar. It will be
available online soon for other hospital
administrators. They will then be able to learn
what they should do when faced with individuals
suffering from post traumatic stress.
Both of these examples meet most of the
requirements for great sources of income.
And they keep producing, capitalizing on
the Internet.
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THE INTERNET IS YOUR FRIEND
Many people know me from my appearance as the
star of the movie, The Secret , but few really know
that I started my career as an Internet marketer.
Back in 1995 I wrote one of the few Internet
marketing books that existed. In fact I wrote
several books on general marketing as well. So
believe me I know the power of the Internet. I
also know that it can give you enough business
to change your life.
The Internet is really unique because it's used by
almost every person living in developed
countries around the world. It's easy to access,
costs little, and can put you in touch with
customers all over the world. It gives you the
opportunity to start small and then grow your
business. You can have a business in conjunct-
ion with your day job while building your
income. Doing business online also gives you
the option of spending more time with your
children and family. For this reason alone, many
people with small children choose to pursue this
avenue.
The ability to do keyword searches on Google can
also give you valuable information on what people
are really interested in. This is more difficult if
you're starting another type of business. But online
information for Internet businesses is readily
available. The range and type of opportunity on
the Internet is vast, allowing you to match your
passion and what you enjoy doing with what is
available. Many of these opportunities are non-
traditional. I know a stay-at-home mom who loves
to play poker. She plays online and now has a very
successful poker blog.She contributes online poker
articles to one of the major poker Internet sites and
gets numerous paid trips to Las Vegas to cover
high-level poker events. Now this is a soccer mom
from Dallas who has no interest in moving her
children to Las Vegas or living a gambling lifestyle
, but she can still make money off her world-class
skill right from home. None of the opportunities
she enjoys were an option as recent as 10 years
ago. New and different options are surfacing every
-day. You can take advantage of them, as long as
you're open to the possibilities.
Most people have at least one or two things in
their lives that they're deeply passionate about.
Perhaps it's cooking or pets. Maybe it is gardening
or writing. If you have a true passion for some-
thing, it's well worth your time to try to investigate
the online opportunities and see if you can turn
that passion and talent into some additional
income - or perhaps a new career.
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You've heard me mention my blog several times.
Blogs are free and if you develop a following,
advertisers will want to pay you to place their
ads on your website. This is probably the
number one way that bloggers make money on
the Internet. Now blogging takes discipline as
well as the ability to communicate. So if these
are qualities you possess, then it might suit you.
Once you start looking you can find blogs on
any subject and you can write one on anything.
I encourage you to write about something
interesting that helps people. These attract the
most readers. You may help people grow home
gardens, fix up their home, eliminate their debt
and become financially secure, or whatever
else fits your passion. Just be sure you can post
at least a couple of times every week or even
every day.
Another area that has really taken off on the
Internet is virtual learning. This doesn't neces-
sarily mean formal education. People take on
-line classes to learn everything from English
to novel writing. All you need is to be
passionate and knowledgeable and you can
turn that into an online course. I invented the
e-class way back in the late 1990s. Lessons
and lectures can be sent each week to students
who may return their homework via email.
Many people who used to teach classes in a
seminar or classroom setting have moved to the
Internet as it offers low overhead and you can
maintain larger numbers of students from all
over the world. There aren't any geographical
limitations. Tutoring can also be lucrative in
the online realm and many school-teachers
use this avenue to enhance their teaching
income during the school year and then add
income during the summer.
Since the introduction of YouTube, online videos
have exploded. Now many businesses and even
authors are using videos to sell their product. If
you have the skills to create and edit these types
of videos, there are numerous opportunities
online. I know of a young couple (he was a
television news producer and she was a school
teacher), and when their daughter was born, they
decided that it would be more practical for him
to quit his job and stay home to produce sales and
training videos for businesses. Now he earns
more than he did working 70 hours per week at
the television station and he gets to enjoy seeing
their daughter grow.
Even teenagers these days have significant video
production skills. So don't think that age is a
limitation. This holds true for any online
business. Your customers have no clue if you're
19 or even 85, so there aren't any preconceived
notions. You are treated as a professional as
long as you act like one. So use that to your
advantage.
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One area that almost needs its own category is
eBay. Thousands of people use online auctions
to generate additional income. You can sell
items lying around your house or you may
purchase items in bulk and auction them off.
You can even have one of their online store-
fronts that generate orders. These are
extremely simple to set up and maintain.
There is a lady named Maureen who got into
this line of business. She was trying to sell off
items from her aunt's estate. It went so well,
she now advertises in her local newspaper to
buy whole estates and then sell the items online.
There's really no excuse for not investigating the
various possibilities you have to earn additional
income from the Internet. While it's not the only
way it is certainly one of the easiest and most
inexpensive ways to get one of your streams of
income. This will allow you to start attracting
money immediately.
Remember, the sixth step to attract money now is
to think like an entrepreneur. Anyone can learn to
do this.When I was starting out as a writer, I didn't
have a clue how to think like that. I was also broke.
As I learned to see and act on opportunities every-
where, my happiness and income grew by leaps
and bounds.
We have one more step for attracting money
now. If you're ready, just turn the page.
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TRUTHS & TAKE AWAYS
• The sixth step to attracting money is to think
like an entrepreneur.
• In order for you to be a millionaire, you must set
up multiple streams of income.
• Choose opportunities that will grow over time.
• It's vital that you do what you love. Look at your
hobbies as potential ways to produce income.
• Most people have one or two things that they're
deeply passionate about - turn these into your
first opportunities.
• There's no excuse for not investigating the
various possibilities for additional income
that you can attract through the Internet.
• Anyone can learn to think and act like an entrepreneur.
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ACTION STEPS
• Write down 10 things you love to do.
• Consider which one you could turn into a product or
service.
• Write down ways you could sell your product or
service online.
• Take action today to make it happen.
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