Kiyosaki’s famous “Pipeline to Wealth” story

Robert Kiyosaki’s famous “Pipeline to Wealth” story from his landmark book CASHFLOW Quadrant Enjoy! TF = = = = = = My Rich Dad told me a simple story when I was 12 years old that has guided me to great wealth and financial freedom. It was Rich Dad’s way of explaining the difference between [...]

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MLM Beef # 01: “Are you ACTUALLY free?”

For years I have had this strange feeling in my gut when I think of most Network Marketing (NWM) and Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies and “business opportunities”.  We’re talking FHTM, Amway, and most of the regulars. Piece by piece I understand the knot in my gut more and more… GREAT MLMs… Make no mistake – [...]

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Sprinting through life, OUT OF BREATH?

Feel like you are doing more and more, ever pushing for more productivity, and never quite feeling that fulfillment… that genuine sense of “YES – I am LIVING!!!” I am currently reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris (for the second time), and I LOVE his 4-step formula, known as “DEAL”: Define – define your [...]

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People *always* ask these 2 questions about Joint Ventures

Simply Intelligent I think that Joint Ventures are possibly the most intelligent way of doing business I’ve ever discovered.  They can be used in any business – traditional small business, Real Estate Investing, people in Sales jobs, Network Marketing, Franchising, etc – any business you can think of.  And you can be making money in [...]

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How do I open a Business? Proprietorship Vs. Corporation

How do I open a Business? Please note that I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. This is simply my experience, which may or may not work for your specific situation. Recently a contact of mine told me about an interesting business idea he was getting off the ground. Then he [...]

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How do I open a Business? Six Steps to get up and running FAST.

Want to open a business? Not sure where to go or what to do? This 6-step process will get you up and running ASAP… 1) Get a mailbox. Some of the best $30/mo you’ll ever spend in your business. I prefer UPS because then your address is “Suite # 123″ instead of “P.O. Box 123″. [...]

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Are you robbing someone’s growth?

When a butterfly is still in it’s coccoon, it is struggling very hard to tear out of the coccoon so that it can free itself to fly away. It is tempting to help the butterfly by slitting the coccoon on it’s behalf and letting it out. Did you know that during this struggling process to [...]

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Robert Kiyosaki – Content and Context

When I attended Robert Kiyosaki’s talk in Edmonton, AB, on Nov 21, 2009, I once again heard his explanation on CONTEXT and CONTENT. I had heard Robert talk about this concept before (in books and DVDs), although this time it truly hit home for me. CONTENT: The “stuff” of life. This can be a situation, [...]

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“Put Your Dream to the Test” – John C. Maxwell

In Put Your Dream to the Test, author John C. Maxwell proposes 10 questions for achieving your dream. The more that you can say YES to each of the 10 questions, the more likely that you are to achieve your goal, your dream. The book really *is* worth reading to gain a greater understanding of [...]

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Less Hype, More Substance…

Last evening I had the opportunity to see Michael Drew present his “Pendulum” presentation.  Fascinating stuff!  Essentially talking about how society swings like a pendulum every 40 years between 2 extremes: Civic thinking and Idealisitc thinking.  And, almost like clockwork, every 40 years we change once again.  It is reflected in everything from news to [...]

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