Most people have been raised to believe that going to school, working hard, and getting a steady job with a good pension plan will insure their success in life. They consider themselves well-off if they can buy their "dream home" with a thirty-year mortgage, a couple of cars with loans, and take a nice vacation each year.
But why are many forced to take second jobs just to make ends meet or to put the kids through college?
Why do many end up regretting that they weren't there when their children needed them? Or that they missed the best years of their children's lives because they just didn't have time to spend with their children?
Why, before they know it, they are middle-aged, buried in debt, live paycheck to paycheck and spend their time worrying about how they are going to pay the bills.
Why is it when they retire, many struggle to get by on their pensions and Social Security?
Many don't even have that to count on.
It wasn't supposed to be like this. What happened?
If this is your situation, you are not alone. ..
"Simply put, it can now take four or more jobs to provide the level of comfort and financial security that one income alone delivered only a few decades ago."
- Money Magazine
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Today,
- Only one in six mothers stays at home to take care of the children.
- One out of every five parents works two jobs.
- The average college graduate will work eleven different jobs in five different careers in their lifetime.
- Almost half of the households in America report having difficulty paying their minimum monthly payments. That's not surprising when you understand that the average balance on a credit card is $7,000.
- Last year over 1.3 million Americans filed for bankruptcy.
Job Security is an Obsolete Idea
Add to that the changing economy and the greatly shortened lifespan of many companies, we begin to see that depending on a job for security is an obsolete idea. An idea that went out with the industrial age.
In the information age that we have just entered, a different perspective about our income is needed.
"The modern world is on the verge of another huge leap in creativity and productivity but the job is not going to be part of tomorrow's economic reality."
- Fortune Magazine
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During the recession of the early '80s, Alan Greenspan stated that 19 percent of the population was afraid of losing their jobs. In 1999, there were 10,000 mergers and acquisitions. In today's economy, 37 percent of the population is fearful of losing their jobs.
"Managers are facing more painful tasks like firing wave after wave of people."
- Fortune Magazine
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Will You Be Able To Retire?
The US Social Security Board reports that 85 out of 100 Americans reaching age 65 don't even have $250. And only 2 percent are self-sustaining. The rest are dependent upon their family, church, or the government!
Statistics show that, at age 65, after working 40 years:
- 1 percent are wealthy
- 62 percent have less than $6,000 annual income
- 79 percent have total assets of less than $35,000
- 80 percent have incomes of less than $15,000 per year including Social Security
So the important question is, which direction are you headed?
Measure Your Wealth
Robert Kiyosaki's definition of wealth is the number of days you (or anyone else in you household) can survive without physically working, and still maintain your standard of living. Using this definition, you can measure your wealth by calculating how long you could survive if you, and/or your spouse, lost the ability to work tomorrow, how long would it be before you lost everything you owned. If you come up short – do you have a plan to remedy the situation?
Perhaps you've never thought about it. Or perhaps you have thought about it, but don't know what to do.
"A man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is
no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of life
getting his living."
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862),
Naturalist and Author
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But don't despair -- it's not to late to change the situation.
There Is A Solution
One of the ways to change your situation is by leveraging your time optimally. That means utilizing the efforts of others and/or the Internet to earn money for you, even when you are not working – thereby multiplying your income. Many people have accomplished this by putting a business system into place.
We can help you start and run a successful and profitable home based business, allowing you to have control over your financial status.
We have a proven system in a rapidly expanding market. In fact, it's one of the fastest growing markets in the world – the health and nutrition industry – particularly alternative health.
To be successful in business requires not only your commitment and effort, but a business vehicle that can produce steady results that add up over time. Many people put tremendous time and effort into jobs, professions or business that don't have the capacity to give back beyond the amount of time invested. They don't realize that the system they're using is not set up to produce wealth. So no matter how hard they work, they just can't seem to get ahead.
When the mechanics of wealth are built into a system, more is achieved with less time put it. Important time with your family does not need to be sacrificed, and prior experience isn't even necessary.
You can build a solid business, without hiring employees, without overhead costs, without handling inventory or shipping, all on your own time.
Many people supplement their income and/or create their own fortunes by starting a home-based business – a business that includes the mechanics of wealth.
What Does it Take To Have a Successful Business?
According to Tim Sales, author and producer of Brilliant Compensation, to achieve this, four main principles must be present:
1. A huge expanding market. It doesn't matter how good your company is or your products are if the industry you are trying to serve is eroding – for instance, trying to sell manual typewriters in today's computer age.
2. Unique and consumable product. Without unique products, customers can buy from anyone else, greatly increasing competition. Or, they only buy once. But with unique and consumable products, people must come to you - repeatedly.
If you have a non-consumable product, you're basically unemployed until your next sale -- and you have to keep finding new customers. But with consumable products you benefit from repeat sales, building up a customer base you can count on.
3. Timing. During all cycles of an economy, there are people making money and losing money. Those making money are in front of large trends. Those losing money disregard trends.
In society today, the baby boom generation, born between 1946 – 1964, creates the largest trends. They are 76 million strong in the U.S. and 1 billion worldwide. Why are they so important? Because they are 1/3 of the U.S. population and control 65% of all of the money.
They literally reshape every industry they go through. It's easy to see that if you can predict the needs of this group and provide them, you can be very successful.
In 1940, a small, unknown company named Gerber did just that. By 1955, they had sold 1.8 billion jars of strained baby food.
Then came companies that manufactured shoes for all those growing feet – names like Buster Brown and Kinney Shoes. Then toy manufacturers like Mattel. Dairy Queen, McDonald's, and Kentucky Fried Chicken became billion dollar companies feeding teen-aged boomers.
When the baby boomers grew up and married, in the mid-70s, real estate enjoyed an unprecedented 15-year boom. Later, the stock market had a 15-year rise.
It's important to note that 18 years separates the beginning of the baby boom generation from the end. That means, if you take into account the direction trends are heading in the beginning, you can take advantage of a full 18 years for your products to be popular and become established. It becomes clear that positioning yourself in front of important trends is the key to success.
Let's take a look at the next trends. Presently, the baby boomers are entering their mid-50s. Every 8 seconds, for the next 15 years or more, somebody in this country turns 55. Current trends answer their concerns, needs, and desires. At the top of the list are: health, longevity, looking younger, along with retirement, security, and money. Notice that each of these needs is beautifully solved by TAHITIAN NONI® products.
4. Leverage. This is rarely taught in our educational system. We are taught to get a good education, build a resume, and get a steady job where we are paid for our time. The problem with that is if we don't work for any reason, we don't get paid. So vacation time, family time, or an extended illness costs us.
But if you could optimally leverage your time, you could still be making money, even while you are out enjoying yourself.
The Businese of the Future
A Global Trend Industry
- According to the Direct Selling Association, sales in the U.S. have
doubled in the last decade to more than $23 billion and are now more
than $80 billion worldwide.
- "Dominating Trend of the Year 2000", a best selling book in the U.S.
predicted the network marketing business will become mainstream in the
21st century.
- "The Wall Street Journal" recently reported that in the coming years
fully 50% to 60% of all goods and services will be sold through Network
Marketing methods.
- "Business Connection Magazine" also states, "There are over 500,000
millionaires in the U.S. and 20% of them made their fortunes through
Network Marketing in the last six years."
- Currently 9.7 Million people in U.S. are involved with MLM companies.
Over 150,000 people worldwide are joining MLM companies each week.
- The Direct Selling Association estimates there are 34 million network
marketers worldwide.
Overcome Common Objections:
- Overcome the "it's a pyramid" objection
- Overcome the "I don't have the training" objection
- Overcome the "I can't do this" objection
- Overcome the "I'm not a salesperson" objection
Most people do network marketing everyday; they just don't get paid for it. Network marketing is nothing more than recommending and promoting something you like. Have you ever recommended something before? Sure you have.
"I loved the movie (example - Titanic) and I told all my friends to see it. They did, but the theatre never sent me a check. We have a favorite restaurant, it's (example - Provino's or Mario's) and now all my friends are eating there, but the restaurant hasn't sent me a check either. Have you recommended anyplace? Did you get your check? You mean the theatre or restaurant owner didn't send you a dime for your recommending their place of business?
Well, most people do network marketing everyday; they just don't get paid for it. Most of us start network marketing when we're just a few years old. Kids talk to each other about video games, cartoons, movies; they show each other their Happy Meal toys. Just like them, you already know how to do it; most of us do it every day; we're just not getting paid for it. Are you interested in getting paid for it?"
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