Happy New Year!

I am not sure if I will get a chance to post again before the New Year so I wanted to send this one out now. I am leaving MI this morning, Carmen and I are going to spend New Years in Cincinnati, OH. I will tell you more about this in another post when I have more time. Please everyone stay safe, make those New Year's resolutions, write down your goals for 2006, and stay safe!

Just a little fun

Ok, I had to take a break and post something that I found to be a lot of fun. I found this website yesterday, I spent about 30 minutes goofing off with it last night. So I am going to warn you before you get there. Are you up for the challenge? Do you have what it takes? You can book mark this page and come back later or just send it out to a friend.

Here is the challenge! Have fun.

Earn huge interest on your Paypal account

Wow, I just looked at my Paypal account and saw that my Paypal money market is earning 4.20% interest as of this writing. I would highly recommend anyone looking to place money in a relatively safe place for the short term to consider a Paypal money market account. Opening a Paypal account is extremely easy, simply go to paypal.com and follow the step by step instructions. Once you open the account they will send two small deposits to your bank account attached to your Paypal account to verify that you are indeed the bank account holder. When you receive these two micro deposits (usually within 48 hours) simply log into your Paypal account and verify the account by entering the amount of the micro deposits. At that point your Paypal account is verified, you may except payment from customers or anyone else online or you may simply transfer money from your bank account into your Paypal account so that you can make payments online using Paypal.

Once you set up your Paypal account you will need to sign up for your Paypal money market account to start earning interest on your Paypal balance. This is very easy, simply click on the link beside your balance that directs you to start earning interest on your balance. That link will direct you to the money market legal documentation once you review that and agree to it; that's it. You are now earning some pretty competitive interest rates on your Paypal balance. I actually use my Paypal account as an investment/savings account. This is why, money markets are relatively safe investments with little risk of capital depreciation. Paypal's money market accounts offer some of the best interest rates available compared to other money market accounts. Currently you can earn more interest with Paypal than you can with any savings account that I am aware of. Unlike some money market accounts which limit the number of withdrawals you can make. With your Paypal money market account you have immediate unrestricted access to your money via Paypal debit card or by transferring money directly from Paypal to your bank account. Another great thing about the Paypal money market account is that your interest is paid on a monthly basis; therefore, your money compounds MONTHLY!

I would recommend putting money in Paypal account if there is a good chance that you made need it during the short term. For example, start a Christmas fund for next year with your Paypal account, save money for your next vacation in Paypal, also if you own a business, a Paypal account would be a good place to keep money for your projected tax payments. Any money that you normally set aside for use during the next 3 months to 12 month, a Paypal money market account may be a great place for you to put that money. Why not let your money work for you. At the same time you still can get access to your money if you need it, without any penalty to you. I would encourage you to take a look at a Paypal money market account it free, easy, and just plain smart.

What a lull

Business is definitely a little slow right now. My leads from Cutting Edge are between lead cycles, so this week is expected to be a little slow. I am taking this time to develop a personal/business budget for the new year. One thing that I definitely have to improve is my frivolous spending. There is no telling how much money I am wasting on just fast food, stopping and getting a drink at the gas station, ect. As the year wraps up I will be posting a year end report on my personal life and business life.

Just to change the subject, Carmen's business is typically a little slower during the holiday season. Her and I had an opportunity to watch a movie night before last, we watched The Chronicles of Narina. I wrote a review of this movie on my friend's blog. I will not be writing a review here so go check it out on his blog, right here.

I hope you have had a Merry Christmas

I truly hope all of my readers have had a very Merry Christmas. I know I did! I spent Christmas Eve day with my Mom, Donnie, Stacy and his family. I have the world's cutest niece! Sorry, just had to get the doting uncle bit out of the way. Early this morning, Carmen and I flew in to MI to spend Christmas Day with her family.

This is a great time of the year guys to really stop and remember the most important things in life. Most of my readers are entrepreneurs and therefore are very ambitious people. Let's be sure to take the time to remember the important things outside of our own monetary goals. Such has our health, without it quality of life really sucks despite financial capacity. Also let's not forget our loved ones. Many of us are seeking monetary strength so we can be in a position to spend more time with or to help out our loved ones. However, it is important to be thankful that they are here, happy, and healthy. Hopefully, you had an opportunity to spend quality time with the ones you love most.

Freedom, let's not forget the freedom that we have in this country. If it wasn't for the men and women who have served and still serve in our armed forces we would not be able to enjoy the freedoms that we have in this country. Because of their sacrifices we are able to pursue our lives and dreams of owning a homebased businesses. Whenever I interview someone who serves in any branch of our armed forces I make it a point to stop and thank them for their service to our country. I would encourage you to do the same.

Last but not least, let's not forget the reason for this season. Over 2000 years ago a carpenter's son was born in a stable because an inn keeper had no vacancy. The world quickly found out that the son of God was born in Bethlehem. Thank you God for giving us your only begotten son, so that whoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Happy Birthday Jesus!

Finally Goals and Interventions are Complete

Ok, here it is. I have finally took the time to sit down and write out my goals and interventions for myself in the coming year. I had to ask myself why was I so reluctant to make myself put this on paper and I think has to do with the fact that I knew by writing it down it kept me accountable. There are no excuses I have mapped out a plan that will lead to an income of $250,000 after the "cost of goods" in 2006.

Here it is...

Goals:
- $250,000 after cost of goods
- 4 of my current team members qualified out as Level III Directors in Coastal
- 5 new clients qualified out as Level III Directors in Coastal

Interventions to reach goals
For myself:
- Listen to Dani's free training conference call every week
- Attend 5 Team conference calls every week as long as I am not on vacation
- Attend Dani's "First Steps to Success" and "Creating a Dynasty" Seminar every month
- Start 1 on 1 coaching with Dani in February
- Create a dream board in January and post in my home office to help keep me focused throughout the year
- Post my goals in my home office
- Evaluate my goals on a weekly/monthly basis
- Maintain between 5-10 new leads coming in on a daily basis
- Take Dani's Prospecting or Closing Seminar every quarter

For Team:
- Go back and listen to Renae's 90 day action game plan training and stictly apply that to all new associates to help ensure their success.
- Make sure each new team member uses all resources available to them
- Maintain two weekly conference call for personal team members to brainstorm and discuss their personal progress among each other
- Encourage team members to take similar actions as I have above to reach their personal goals.

Today was a slow day

Today was a slow day. My brother came over, this was the first chance I had been able to spend time with him and his family. I was hoping we would get some time together before now but we didn't. I did have a few interviews to conduct and I got about 10 new leads in requesting further interviews. I will be doing some follow up calls tomorrow and conducting some preliminary interviews. I also have to get some Christmas shopping done, mainly for Carmen.

Too many things and too little time to get them done. I have got to get my goals for this coming year written up with a clear plan on how to accomplish them. I want to apply some of the coaching that I am receiving from Dani's Growth Strategy Teleseminar. I should have already done this but once again I have procrastinated. By my next post I will make it a point to publish my goals with a clear plan on accomplishing them. I have recently published my goals but I did not publish my interventions to accomplish those goals.

Stacy is home

My brother is home, I spoke with him this morning he got in last night. I will probably be getting together with him later. I am excited about seeing my niece. He will be down for a week and a half; thankfully since he is working with Coastal as well he could determine how long he wanted to be gone based upon his schedule and not the schedule of an employer. I remember when he use to leave for vacation when he was in the Air Force, he always had to let them know where he was and how long he would be gone just in case then ever needed to call him back. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the first vacation that he has went on in 8 years that he didn't have to leave a contact number for someone. I know that he has a great peace of mind knowing that he does not have to worry about being called back. Stacy, and I will see each other again in Dallas, Texas when we go to Dani Johnson's seminar in January.

The single accomplishment that I am most proud of since I started this business is by taking my brother on as a client/team member. He was by far the most skeptical person in my life. However, I never tried recruiting or talking to him at all about this business. I just let him sit back and watch my results. Eventually when he saw my success and realized that this was a legit business he became very interested. He got started and quickly excelled as one of my top team members. I never gave him any slack, I was afraid I would disadvantage him by giving him a discount or cutting him some lack. If anything I was so worried about his future success, so I was unreasonably hard on him. He is currently a level III Director within Coastal. I have the piece of mind knowing that I never gave my brother a fish, instead I taught him how to fish. I know that he will never have to worry about finances or working for an employer again!

OK I am back...

Sorry guys,

I have been away from my blog for a couple of days because I had trouble setting up this new template. I switched the template because I felt that this one is more pleasing to the eye. I first saw this template on my best friend Gary's blog. Gary has started two blogs related to television and movies.

Just an update, my leads are coming in pretty regular now so I am staying busy. Several of my clients are working hard right now which gets me excited because I know that activity breed results! The fact that these clients are prospecting full force in the midst of December even with the holidays closing in on us; tells me that they are dead serious about their business and where they are headed in the new year. I am truly blessed to have the opportunity to work with such ambitious and motivated individuals.

One thing that I am personally struggling with within my life and my business is setting goals, writing them down, and evaluating them each month. I truly believe in writing down my goals and this is a technique that I want to pass on to my clients. However, how can I expect my clients to do that when I am not able to do it myself. I believe in leading by example and I have to be that example in the coming year for my team. I want to implement a process by which my team and I come together each month and develop goals for the coming month, write them down with a plan to reach them, and follow up at the end of the month to evaluate our progress together. I know this will help us become more efficient homebased business entrepreneurs. I will work on writing out my goals and developing a specific plan to reach them tomorrow.

Goals for 2006 and beyond

I was recently on a web forum and the subject of goals came up for 2006. So I figured it would be a great time for me to post on my blog for my goals in 2006 and the subsequent years as it relates to my Coastal business. When the accountant gets done and the dust settles this year I should finish up with about $60K to $80K net. Net meaning, net profit after taking wholesale profits for travel packages gross sales. I don't feel that is too terribly bad after all about 8 months of that was created when I was working full time as a Registered Nurse and part time with my homebased business. So for 2006 I expect to hit $250K net. I do not believe this will be too difficult as I will increase my current advertising budget. With that alone my numbers show that I should get pretty close to that goal without taking anything else into consideration.

However, I also plan to hire Dani Johnson on as a full time personal one on one coach. I will listen to her and follow her advice even if it does not seem to make sense to me. To be quite honest with you the reason I will follow her advice so faithfully is because she has already impacted my business in a huge way. Also she has had a huge amount of success with a homebased business far more than I ever have; so she obviously knows something that I do not.

I also plan to continue to leverage my team and my prospecting efforts toward Level III and Platinum clientele. If I did nothing more than brought in just one Platinum client a month then I would easily hit $100,000 net. That is only my personal sales and it does not include any of their training sales. So by increasing my advertising budget, hiring Dani as a personal coach, and by leveraging my team and future clientele to the Platinum businesses; I am extremely confident that I should hit $250,000 net in 2006.

In subsequent years I would like to increase growth to $500,000 net by 2007. In 2008 I want to hit $1,000,000. Now these are extremely optimistic goals for 2007 and 2008 however, they are not impossible. I have at least one year to play with in there. My goal is a million dollar year before the age of 30. I am currently 26 so that gives me 4 years to work with. Stay tuned to this blog and you will be able to witness my life as I work towards those goas. What are you goals for the new year?

Working From Home is Awesome

Today, I was back full force. Started getting my leads in last evening and started calling them today. I received 17 leads and interviewed 4 and added them to our pipeline. The pipeline is nothing more than our term meaning that I entered them into our automated marketing system after the initial interview. Also when I add someone to the pipeline, it means that I have scheduled a follow up interview to make sure they understand the information that they have read on our websites.

After the follow up interview, if they are interested then I simply direct them to a live support and training call so that they may experience the support and training first hand. After the support and training call, if I have selected this person as someone I am willing to work with and they are willing to work with me; we discuss options for the interviewee to get started their homebased business. I always make sure they understand the different routes they can use to get their business off of the ground depending if they want to get a slow start with their business or get it off of the ground as fast as possible. We also discuss any ongoing expenses which are very minimal; I always want to make sure that their are no surprises when someone decides to hire me as their personal coach and mentor in this business.

Well that is the very basics of how our marketing system works. I am really glad to be back working in my home office. I am extremely focused and geared for a successful month. By the way a big congratulations goes out to April. April, is an awesome client and friend of mine who is beginning to have a very successful start in her business. She completed her first follow up interview successfully today! Congratulations and way to go April!!! It is a privledge to work with you!

Home Sweet Home

I am finally home, I got in yesterday at 4 pm. It was like a 16 hour drive, which was much longer than it usually is. In Michigan and Ohio they were having a snow storm and the roads were not in the best of shape so I was driving about 40 mph instead of the usual 70 to 75 mph. I was in bed last night by 8 pm and woke up this morning at 10:30 am. I should be caught up on sleep now. I was glad to be home but I already miss Carmen terribly.

Well the game plan for today is this, I will be giving Jason Cole over at Cutting Edge Media a call to order more leads. I expect to get about $1,000 worth. When I was new in this business and did not have much money I always ordered $300 to $500 worth but with time and using my profits I started getting more leads and better quality leads.

My grandma and my uncle want to meet for lunch, so I will be meeting them as well. You gotta love the flexibility of a homebased business. Where else could I stay on vacation for 5 weeks and then come home and have lunch with the family that I missed while I was gone? No where but as the owner of a profitable homebased business.

5 Week Vacation Coming to An End

Carmen and I are going to get something to eat and maybe watch a movie. I will be sleeping to till 2 am or 3 am and then I will start driving back to NC. I should get back by 6 pm EST tomorrow, maybe a little sooner. It's about a 12 to 15 hour drive just depending on how much construction I run into. Anyway, please pray for my safety.

While you are praying please remember my friend and business partner Eric. Eric's family is going through a difficult time. His family will appreciate all of your prayers. Eric, you are in my thoughts and prayers as well. I love you brother!

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Homebased business success tip #3

Homebased business success tip #3, be sure to find a business with the right compensation plan. Now you may ask what does that mean? Well different pay plans are right for different people. I will explain the basics and then I will give you my recommendation on what pay plan I prefer and why. There are two types of pay plans, there are one time payments often termed as bonus, signing bonus, customer acquisition bonuses, straight commission, ect. These are normally a percent of a sale or sign up fee. The next type of pay plan are known as residual income plans; usually you will earn a continued commission from a customers spending. These plans can also be broken down into MLM or multi tiered pay plans or non tired pay plans. MLM pay plan just means that as you bring people into your business you will earn a % or flat fee depending on the work they do. Non-tiered pay plans or non MLM pay plans just mean that you only get paid from your own efforts and not the efforts of others that you bring into the business.

When working what is known as a flat fee pay plan or a customer acquisition bonus plan, you basically need to ask yourself. Can I make enough sales that the amount I am paid will cover all of my expenses including all business expenses with enough left over that I will be able to afford the life that I want. I make this statement because I have often seen people who are promoting business opportunities or services where they only earn a $20 or $30 per sale or less! Unless you are a super sales star or you some how have the market cornered that is not a feasible compensation plan for someone looking to earn a full time income. These are only feasible if you are paid enough that you don't have to make a tremendous volume of sales to earn of living. For example, in my current home business, I have clients who earn up to $9,705 per sale. Needless, to say the average person would not have to make many sales to get by on that kind of income. The compensation does not have to be that high to earn a living, you just have to know that with your current resources can you move enough product or service to earn enough money to achieve your goals.

The next compensation plan to consider would be one that offers a residual income. The best residual incomes are ones that pay you a percentage over and over for a customer's subscription payment. In other words you can get paid annually or monthly for as long as a customer remains a customer. This is great as long as customers have some degree of loyalty to the product/service. It's worthless if the customer only remains a customer for a couple of months; that would completely defeat the idea of a residual income. Some companies offer a residual income on a consumable basis. In other words for example with Mary Kay, if you develop a loyal customer they will come to you each time they need new make up. This type of residual income is fine as long as you can develop some customer loyalty; however, it's not as consistent as a residual from a subscription based product. By the way Mary Kay, has not trouble with customer loyalty.

One thing you need to watch for when choosing a company with a residual compensation plan, the smaller your payments are on a per product basis the more customers you will need, to create a full time income. Also, the smaller the payments the more loyal the customers should be to the company or product. You need to be sure you are able to bring more customers in quicker than you lose them; otherwise your income will eventually plateau or worse decrease!

When choosing between a MLM or network marketing compensation plan versus a more tradition direct sales compensation plan it really comes down to ones personal opinion. Many people hate network marketing and MLM, however, it is a legal and ethical business model. I for one have not succeeded with that type of business model yet. But it does not mean that you can't. The only thing I would caution you against, be sure when choosing a MLM or network marketing compensation plan, that you could earn a living by your sole efforts and not the efforts of your "team". I say this because many network marketing companies like to explain their compensation plan with a theory similier to this "If you bring in two people and those two people duplicate your efforts, then those four people duplicate their efforts.. and so on" These companies try to show a compound effect. This can look very enticing on paper. However, it has been my experience that I am usually one the handful of people working hard on my team; at least that was the case with my MLM efforts. It is unrealistic to assume others are as serious as I am about my business. However, if you work with a MLM company be sure that your personal efforts can sustain you, as time goes by you will begin to develop a team of hard working individuals, but don't depend on that early in your business.

My personal recommendation would be any compensation plan that you are comfortable with. Companies always scream,"We have the best compensation plan, better than anyone else's". That's ignorance because it's always a matter of personal opinion. As long as you work with a compensation plan that you feel is fair, and that you are confident in, then you can succeed with it. My personal preferences are compensation plans on high ticket items that offer at least a 50% commission or better. If it is a flat fee product or service than I expect to it to be a higher ticket item. On a flat fee product such as with my current compensation plan I don't expect to earn no less than $1,000 on each sale. Although, I love residual income earning that kind of flat rate payment, I can use that money to create my own residual income through real estate and other investments. I do not have to depend on a company to pay me each month. I hope you find this information useful when looking for a homebased business that is right for you.

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Dani Johnson's free call this week is eye opening

Good Afternoon,

Today, I took some time to listen to Dani's live free training conference call. All of Dani's calls are amazing but this week it was a very eye opening call. Let me tell you a little about Dani, this is a woman who at 19 years old started a homebased business. She failed for 6 months before going to a seminar that was suppose to change everything. She did not have the money for the seminar but, was extremely serious about changing her life so she found the money to get to that seminar. Just two years later she had earned her first million dollars. She decided to quit and get married. Two months after the marriage her husband had left and went to Japan with another woman, she woke up broke and credit cards maxed out. She was left with $35,000 worth of debt.

Dani went through depression, she was even suicidal at one point. She ended up with a job as a cocktail waitress and settled into that sort of a mundane life. After several months she decided to try to build a business in the home based business industry again. She started with $2.03 to her name, homeless, working out of the trunk of her car using nothing but a pay phone.

Each week she offers a free training. To access the training this week, become a member of her website it's free. They will give you a username and password. Then, log in and go to the audio training labeled Monday, November 28, 2005.

Dani talks about how to make sure that 2006 is better than 2005 in every way. Listen to reasons why someone should be an entrepreneur and/or start a home business and how to succeed. How to equip yourself to be successful beginning TODAY!

Topics include:

Are you part of the 98% or part of the 2%?

What is your plan and where will you be this time next year?

The difference between a home business and a standard job

What are you doing to make your future all that you want it to be?

Where can you go for a guaranteed job forever?

Who are you competing with in the marketplace?

What is the average income for an income-generating home business owner?

Which group brings in more income, a standard job or a home-based business?

What are real businesses measured by?

What is the 80/20 rule and which side do you want to be on?

Common myths about home-based businesses

How to be unusually successful in any business

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Homebased Business Success Tip #2

Homebased Business Success Tip #2 is to make sure you choose a homebased business with mass appeal. There are a lot of internet marketing gurus out there that says to be sure to work in a niche market. Now this directly contradicts what I am saying about working with a homebased business that has mass appeal. A niche market is a smaller market inside of a larger one for example Travel is a larger market; Cruising is a smaller niche market inside of travel. The reason internet marketing gurus often say to work in a niche market is because niche markets are less competitive and easier to compete in the internet marketing arena where competition is fierce. Now I am not saying that money can not be made in niche markets but, please remember you are reading the blog of a future Business Tycoon. These homebased business success tips are not geared towards someone looking to make a few thousand each month. These homebased business success tips are designed for those looking to make $100s of $1000s of dollars each month.

I propose to you that working in a niche market can also limit your income to some degree by losing a big part of the industry by only selecting to work in one niche. However, if your homebased business is like mine and is not dependent on traditional internet marketing techniques then you want to have a product or service that is desired or needed by the largest group of people possible. Take my industry of travel for example, travel is a 5.4 trillion dollar industry and growing at a rate of 23% annually. When working in such a massive market it is not difficult to find people who are interested in your product or service. Therefore you are more likely to make money when your business appeals to more people.

Homebased business success tip #2 be sure to find a business that has mass appeal!

Go back and read Homebased business success tip #1

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Homebased Business Income this month...

Just wanted to leave a quick post about my homebased business income this month. This month my homebased business income has only reach $6,400. This for some reason has been my glass ceiling it has seemed. That is the number that I have ended most months with, for that past 8 months. One of the reasons I am excited about this coming year is because I expect to be consistently reach $10,000/monthly by next quarter with my homebased business income. I can't complain to much about this month though. I have had at least 2 weeks off this month. So basically I have earned over $6,000 just for working two weeks. So I am not complaining by any means.

Most people would consider this performance spectacular but please keep in mind that you are reading the blog of a future "Business Tycoon". I have an ultimate goal of earning a homebased business income of $100,000 monthly. (I hope to teach several others to do the same) Now that is just with Coastal Vacations. I will also be diversifying myself with real estate, book sales, online advertising, other investments, and any other income stream I can develop. Stay tuned to my blog as I plan to discuss this the whole time I am working towards those goals. Feel free to give me ideas and suggestion of how I can continue to increase my homebased business income. Heck, feel free to share with me your homebased business or small business. I love reading about and meeting other entrepreneurs. If you don't want to share anything about your life then just continue reading about mine.

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Back to work...

Today, I officially started back to work. I called my advertising company and ordered some leads that should start coming in within the next couple of days. I am very excited about taking my homebased business into the new year. Today Stacy called and told me that she already bought her ticket to Dani's seminar in January. I suspect that Dan, Billie, Virgil, Jen, Tony, and Joshzan may all be going as well. Those are the only team members that I know have specifically expressed an interest in going. January is still over a month away so there may be others going as well, at least, for their sake I hope so! If you have a homebased business and it's not related to Coastal Vacations. I would still encourage you to take a look at Dani Johnson. I am certain that she offers the best entrepreneurial training available anywhere. You do not have to take my word for it, you can take a look for yourself here.

I had an author contact me today. He came across my blog a couple of days ago. He was interested in it and asked if I would be willing to read his latest book and writing a review of it. Of course, I am always glad to help someone out, especially another young entrepreneur. I should receive his book, sometime in the next week I would think. Be on the look out for that review coming soon!

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Jarhead

The second movie we watched this evening was Jarhead. Now this was one movie that whose trailer was very deceiving. If you were looking for an action packed war movie Jarhead is not it. It was a great movie from almost a documentary point of view. This movie may have been very true to life but there was no intricate plot. In Jarhead you are simply following a young Marine from bootcamp through sniper school and into the first Gulf war. This young Jarhead (slang for Marine) never did see any action, so neither did we. This movie was very slow. This movie was only "ok" nothing extra. I would encourage you to watch Jarhead when it comes out on video.

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Derailed

Back from the movies... I figured I would post a review for you. Derailed, was far better than I had expected. I will tell you that I felt like walking out shortly after the movie got started. There was a rape scene that was disturbing to me. I am an emotional guy so that scene will probably not bother many people. Derailed was an engaging movie with a twist that made an "ok" movie "great"! I even thought the ending was something to look forward to if only you had seen it coming. Derailed follows the main character, a middle aged man who is an imperfect person he attempts to have an affair but, ends up on a trail of deceit and tragedy. His flaw of infidelity, almost cost not just his life ,but the life of his seriously ill daughter and unsuspecting wife.

Derailed, with it's "R" rating is definitely not for kids. If you are looking for a new flick to watch this weekend this one definitely gets my recommendation.

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Sunday morning

Good morning, ok actually it's Sunday afternoon, I slept in this morning. I am waiting on Carmen to get back, she took Gabby (her dog and only child) to the groomer. Tomorrow I start back to work. It's the end of my two week vacation. Now that the holidays and the cruise is over I am excited to get back to work. I am looking forward to this coming year it will be my best year yet. I am going to take as many people along with me for the ride, as I can.

Today my plans are simple. We are going to watch a movie or two. I want to go see Jarhead and Carmen wants to see Derailed or Walk the Line. So we will probably see Jarhead and one other one. Carmen is back and is rushing me to lets go see a movie before it's time to pick Gabby up from the groomer at 3:30 pm. Ugh, the pressure of being an emerging business tycoon (lol). Maybe this evening, I will post a review of the movies we watched. I can also post a review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which we watched last night, that was a good one. I guess we are catching up on some movie watching this weekend, which is fine with me I love watching movies. Bye for now...

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Times to be thankful

I just like many of you have, plenty of things to be thankful for. I could fill this blog post with many different things to be thankful for. Thankful for my health, my homebased business, my friends, my family ect. However, I really want to take a different approach to being thankful. I want to thank God for experiences from my past that have helped to mold me for the better however, at the time of the experience I could find nothing positive about it. Although, it's easy to thank God for all of the positive things in life, it's the valleys that make us stronger that we often forget to thank God for.

For example my dad's death. If you have been reading my blog since the beginning or if you have went back to the beginning then you obviously know that was a very difficult time for me. To be honest with you I still think about my daddy just about every week of my life. That was one of the most tragic things that could have ever occurred to me at 9 years old. I never thought that I would get over that and I am not certain that I ever truly have. That experience although negative at the time; it has had some of the most positive effects on my life. My dad's death taught me at an early age that we are never promised a tomorrow. Such a simple phrase but most people will live a lifetime and never quite understand what it means not to be promised a tomorrow. Knowing that seeing the sun rise another day is always a priveledge has often driven me not to put off things that can be done another day. Things such as starting a business, taking a vacation, investing, looking for love, and remembering to balance needs of today with needs of tomorrow. For example, I have always tried to find a happy medium between saving every penny for a retirement that may never come, and spending every dime today and missing out on a retirement that may come. I work hard to achieve the life I have always wanted but, I make sure I take time out to have fun, or to travel. If I don't take that time out now I may not have the opportunity to take it later.

Another example, would be when I failed out of nursing school. It happened twice and nothing that I am proud of. However, it happened and thus affected my life because of it. I am thankful for that experience because it taught me to gain focus and to refocus my efforts in life towards my goals. I learned not to give up. I had to swallow my pride and reapply to school each time. I had to overcome feelings of failure, face my own weaknesses and move forward. I had to grow up and gain maturity about my goals. I had to make decisions about my life, I sacrificed a life of going out with friends and even a girlfriend or two so that I could stay focused on my goals of graduation. In fact I met Carmen towards the end of my degree and our friendship progressed partly because I was online chatting during free time because I didn't have any other social life. My social life had suffered greatly at that time because I could not balance a social life with school. At the time it was a very negative experience but I thank God for what I have learned from that experience. I also thank God for Carmen as she came from that experience as well.

I challenge you this Thanksgiving day to look back upon your life at the valleys that you have experienced. Is there anything about that experience you can look back on and thank God for. Has it affected your life in a positive way or have you learned a positive lesson from it. If you can, I ask that you leave a comment to that effect so that others reading my be inspired by the valley's that you have overcome in your life. Make yours a great holiday.

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Carmen is number 1 in the entire country

Carmen, found out yesterday that her store was the top producing store in North America. That's a really big deal. She hasn't been in business for a full year yet. She works her butt off and works a ton of hours and she absolutely deserves it. They are going to do a feature article on her in the "Filterqueen News" which is a company publication. They called her yesterday for a 30 minute interview. She was very excited. Way to go Carmen! Heck, if Eric keeps referring people to her she might be the top producer in the whole world.

Also tithed today on the $2,000 that I earned on my cruise. I donated $200.00 to https://www.applyweb.com/contribute/air1/. I am all about levering my time and my income so why not leverage my tithe as well. My business coach Dani Johnson is matching my donation so that will be a $400.00 total donation to feed the hungry.

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Homebased Business Success Tip #1

As I said in an earlier post I am going to start a series of posts about Homebased Business Success Tips. These are short posts with home based business tips that are designed to help you find and succeed with the correct home based business.

Homebased Business Success Tip #1:

Be sure to look for a homebased business that you find enjoyable. Some people will determine they want to work into a homebased business only because they think the pay plan is great or they can make a lot of money. However, I have learned from experience if you do not like the industry, the service, or product of your homebased business you will not like what you have to do from day to day. I learned this with one of my first home based business ventures which was Mary Kay. Mary Kay is a great homebased business. I was part of an organization that had great training and coaching but I hated dealing with cosmetics. I tried to convince myself that because I was a male nurse and had many females working around me that I had a huge group of women who could become clients.

Although it was true I did have a lot of women that could become clients. I did start out working pretty consistent but very quickly became completely bored. There was nothing about make up that interested me. I didn't want to do home parties I didn't want to do facials. It just was not me. Therefore, that business venture failed! I never felt I was scammed the reason I did not succeed was because of me. That homebased business was just not for me. Homebased business success is always dependent on you, so be sure that you find a business that you can enjoy.

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Home safe and sound (kind of)

Back home safe and sound... kind of. I am back in Michigan and will probably be here for another two weeks. Getting off of the ship was pretty uneventful as well as our flight home. Now it's time to look forward for out next vacation. Carmen, is planning a trip for us to Tahiti next year in December. That will be a way for us to celebrate a great year in our businesses. Carmen is looking to open her second store next year and I am planning to have a $250,000 profit year in my home based business. I just spent a good while writing this post and somehow I deleted it. So I am retyping it now. I have to run for now I have some home based business things to take care of. I will be back later to tell you more about how my gambling experiment went!

Sailing home...

I read your comments, thanks for that little present Renae! I love Dani, she will help me and our team become millionaires with this home based business. Eric, you are absolutely right and I am working on that Kadrillionaire thing. There is not a waking hour that I am not thinking of a way to leverage myself and my income again. The amazing thing Eric, I believe anyone with average intelligence can do the exact same things. Especially you, as soon as you stop thinking and actually start doing you will begin to become wealthy beyond your wildest dreams. When I met you in Orlando I was impressed with how much of myself I saw in you. You even have that problem with procrastination just like I do! OK, so I have big fat lazy streak I will admit that. I over come that procrastination issue by developing deadlines and goals for myself. We have even chosen girlfriends who are very similar, both being very driven and entrepreneurial spirited. We even met both of our girlfriends online; how crazy is that! In short, I suspect you too will be a Kadrillionaire one of these days as well.

Ok, back to cruising. I woke up yesterday morning expecting to be in Costa Maya. I felt the boat was still rocking just a little bit so I assumed we weren't in port yet. Then Carmen leaned over and told me that we were not going to Costa Maya. Evidently, the water was too rough. There was a tropical depression forming off the Coast of Costa Maya and the water was too rough to safely dock the ship. So we are spending two days aboard this floating resort heading back to Tampa. Yep it's a tough life, but somebody has got to do it.

Speaking of a tough life, I was just chatting with the guy beside me here in the library. His name is Nathan, I had met him playing Craps. Nathan and I had lost some money to together and won some. This was the first time we actually had spoke other than giving high fives at the craps table when someone had a good roll. He was just telling me that he recently retired this past year from Morgan Stanley and it was the best decision he has ever made. He looks young to be retired but; he said he had been there for 35 years and they gave him an opportunity to retire early and he jumped on it. He said retirement has been great he has a lot of free time and he can travel whenever he wants. Nathan, seems to be a nice guy and I don't mean any offense. But, thank God, I will never have to wait until retirement to start enjoying life. I will not be punching a time clock from 9 to 5 for 35 years making someone else rich. Heck, I am 26 years old and am successfully self employed in a business that I can literally take anywhere. This cruise has actually been the most challenging place I have ever worked my business and I received an email and a receipt earlier where April in NJ upgraded to Level II while I have been away. Way to go April!! Now I want to ask you reader, what other home based business can a 26 year old on a 7 day Western Caribbean Cruise earn $2,000!? I made money while on vacation!

Just to catch you up to speed on my gambling exploits. Yesterday, was dismal at first. I quickly lost $200.00 on Craps and Blackjack; late last night I lost another $100.00 in about 15 minutes at the Craps table. I decided to take my last hundred that I was going to use for the evening to the Blackjack table. I ended up leaving the table with $400.00 so I guess that made up for my earlier loses during the day. So far on this trip I brought $1,000 for gambling, shopping, ect. I have paid most of my expenses so far on the cruise and I still have $900.00 to take home. EXCEPT, this is our last day at sea and the casino is open all day and all evening. So my project for today is to take $400.00 back to the casino and turn it into $1,000 at the Blackjack table with a specific betting strategy that I have been using with good success. I haven't played much Blackjack on this cruise quite honestly because I was having a lot of fun just playing Craps. I have more control over my personal play when playing Blackjack so my chances of reaching $1,000 is greater. I will keep you posted on this live experiment.

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4th or 5th day at sea

Ok, I am losing count. All I know is we have only one more stop and that is in Costa Maya tomorrow, then one sea day before ending in Tampa. This has just been an unbelievably great time. I didn't get a chance to post about our 7 day Caribbean Cruise yesterday so let me bring you up to speed. Last evening I was back at the Craps table and lost another $200.00. Oh well, easy come easy go. I may be back there this evening.

Yesterday in Cozumel we went snubing. Snuba is a combination of Scuba diving and Snorkeling. The way it works is you have goggles, fins, and a regulator just like with Scuba except your tank is not attached you your back. Instead, your air tank is floating on an inflatable raft on the surface and it is attached to your regulator with a 25 foot hose. So obviously that is only as deep as you can go. I have to tell you that other than snorkeling that is the closest to scuba diving I have ever gotten. Now, I am excited to learn to scuba dive. It was just the neatest thing the waters were crystal blue and pristine. Prior to diving we took a short lesson with an instructor, he stayed with us during our dive he was scuba diving around us. His name was Victor; Victor did a great job pointing out wildlife while making sure we were comfortable and safe. While down there we saw lobsters, eels, coral, all sorts of fish. It was just a mind blowing experience. I envied Victor, as he swam around unattached to an sort of hose. He had complete freedom of movement with his scuba tank. I remember thinking, "I want one of them". Afterwards all I could do was say, "Wow".

Today, we were in Belize. That is a very poor country. Belize is not an island, it is part of the main land of South America. It is the only English speaking country in South America. The minimum wage in Belize is $1.10 US while gasoline costs $5.00 US. I saw very few "nice" homes. In fact I saw less than 5 of them. Most of the homes had no doors, many had no windows. However, all of the people were very nice and friendly. Poverty is really a way of life for them I am sure. Most were dressed very neat and clean. Of course no designer brands or nothing like that, just neat and clean.

The excursion that we went on was cave tubing. That is a must if you are ever in Belize. It was a true adventure! We went for a 45 minute hike through a dense rainforest. The vegetation was some of the most beautiful that I have ever seen. On our hike we walked through a dry cave, our tour guide told us one of the candle light dinner scenes that was in the first season of "Temptation Island" was filmed inside that cave. At the end of the hike we got inside of large innertubes (actual tire innertubes) and went tubing down the Sunbin River in the middle of the rain forest. The water was chilly but not too cold. Shortly after getting in our tubes we entered a rather large cave. It was pitch black in there, we had head lamps but they did us very little good. The entire tubing part lasted about 35 minutes, 25 minutes of that was inside the cave. The river runs right through the cave and we floated all the way through. That was just an amazing adventure. Swimming with the stingrays was fun, snuba was the most exciting thing I have done to date, but you just can't go tubing down a river, through a cave, in the middle of a rainforest just anywhere. What a unique adventure.

We have no excursions planned for Costa Maya. That will probably just be a lazy day and a chance for Carmen to catch up on some shopping in the Carribean. If you have any questions, just post a comment at the end of this blog and I will reply back.

Caribbean Cruise Day 2: sailing away from Cozumel

Wow, this 7 day Caribbean Cruise may very well be my best one yet. I have been on three so far. First, let me start by saying that I left the library after blogging yesterday and went back to the casino and won another $100.00. I took a break and we had dinner, last evening was the Captain's Gala, it was one of two formal nights aboard the ship. We had a great menu consisting of Prime Rib and Lobster tails. I ate two Lobster tails almost disappointingly the first one wasn't so great and the second was mediocre at best. However, as usual the service was great and the entertainment that was offered was a lot of fun as well. Our wait staff performed a couple of song and dances for us. All in all, it was just a fun time.

Last evening we went to one of the Vegas style shows that was performed for our viewing pleasure. That show was titled "Generations" it was themed with generational songs and dances starting back in the 1940's up until the 80's. It was complete with professional dancers, colorful customes that emphasized the error they represented, laser lighting, and pyrotechnics.

After the show, I made my way back to the casino. Carmen lost fifty dollars. I ended up winning $522.00, playing craps. It was easy money, not quite as easy as Coastal but it was still a lot of fun. I learned to play craps while on our last 7 day Caribbean Cruise. Last night that table was just hot. I will get back there tonight and see if I can make anything else happen at that table.

Today, our port was in Grand Cayman. This was my second time visiting Grand Cayman, the last time was last year it was a few months after hurricane Ivan. That island has been doing a lot of repairing and it shows. On one of the excursions we had a once in a life time opportunity to go out about 30 minutes by boat and swim on a sandbar with some very large stingrays. THAT WAS AWESOME! I had actually done that once before as well but it was so much fun we wanted to do it again. Stingrays are very gentle, the water was only about 4 feet deep we had snorkeling equipment, we were just swimming around in the Caribbean crystal blue sea with about 40 beautiful stingrays. They would swim right up to you, you could pet them or touch them as they swam by. One of the tour guides even picked one up out of the water so we could take pictures with them. This is the kind of stuff that memories are made of. Afterwards, we took a tour of the island. Once that was complete Carmen's mom and her aunt went shopping but we came back to the boat and showered then, took a nap before dinner this evening.

This evening for dinner I took Carmen, her mother, and her aunt to the "Supper Club". I had read about the supper club but I didn't really know what to expect. The main dining room was already so fabulous (at least I thought it was). The supper club did require an extra charge of a nominal fee ($30 per person). I did not think that was nominal until after we experienced it. Formal attire was required. We had 6 star service without a doubt. A complete 6 course meal. I had sushi as an appetizer, some of the best I have ever had. Then a salad, on to a Prime Filet Mignon, I have never had a better steak in my life. Desert was some sort of scrumptious cheesecake. My words of describing this are just not doing justice this was a complete two and a half hour experience, with a complete wait staff. Four of which waited on us and a world renown chef whose presentation was breath taking and the food tasted as well as it was presented. Without a doubt Carmen and I will visit the supper club at least once more while aboard this cruise. Back in the states that meal would have cost at least $100.00 a piece. I will gladly pay $30 for that once more.

Tomorrow we will port in Cozumel, stay tuned to learn more about our 7 day Caribbean Cruise. Currently, I am off to the Craps table; wish me luck!

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First Day at Sea

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I am currently posting from the cruise ship Carnival Miracle. This is a sea day for us and tomorrow morning we will be arriving in Cozumel, Mexico. Our cruise director told us this morning that we will be one of the first ships back to Cozumel after hurricane Wilma (I think that was the name of it). We were so excited yesterday as we were boarding the ship. I have waited for this ever since we got off of the boat last year. I love traveling and I always like to be planning a vacation; that way I always have something to look forward to and to work towards. Life is too short not to be able to play and enjoy ourselves. It is my belief that God did not put us on this earth to simply become programmable robots working 9 to 5, getting home and eating supper, watch TV for 3 hours, and going to bed. Enough about that, I could get on a soap box about that.

Let's get back to this cruise that my home based business has afforded me. Last evening we ate in the fine dining room and I had a four course meal including; delicately smoked salmon as an appetizer, fresh greens and tomato salad with cucumbers, for my main course I enjoyed golden crusted coconut tiger shrimp with sweet and sour sauce (delicious), and for desert chocolate mocha champagne cake which was as beautiful as it was delicious. After dinner we went to an after dinner comedy show, which was pretty good. I have heard better but this guy was funny. By that time it was about 11:00 to 11:30 and Carmen and I went to the casino. I consider playing some craps but decided against it instead I sat down beside Carmen and we played video blackjack she lost about $40 I lost $80. Afterwards we went off to bed. In case you have never been on a cruise, most of these ships are literally floating resorts.

This morning we used room service as our wake up call and they delivered smoked salmon (yes I like that stuff) and coffee, for me. Carmen, enjoyed toast and chocolate milk. Afterwards, she went to the spa and purchased a hot stone massage 100 minutes for $175. This afternoon she is also getting her haircut there and I have no idea what she is paying for that. She is an amazing women, she works hard, and she deserves it. I went to a workshop talking about all of our excursions that we could purchase at each port. I will tell you more about that as they come available. I also made a stop by the casino and won a $100 before walking out. I will leave here and go tan on the deck and enjoy the rest of the afternoon. This afternoon is the Captain's Galla, which means we will be dressed formal with men in tuxs or coat and tie and women in gowns. This evening the menu includes Lobster and Prime Rib. (YUMMY).

That's it for now I don't want this to get too long and boring. Readers as you read this please leave comments. Feel free to ask questions about my cruise or let me know what you would really like to hear more about and I will focus my blog post around your request.

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Just a late night post...

I love message boards I was trying to find a good home based business message board. I have come to the conclusion that there really aren't any. The problem with most message boards that fill that niche is that they end up being free classified sites instead. I mean there is no real discussion it is mostly just people trying to advertise there home based business opportunity. I am looking for sites that discuss techniques, lifestyles, or just individuals hanging out with like minded people from other home based business opportunities. I guess that really isn't possible. At least it does not currently occur on the internet. In my frustration, I decided to come back to my blog and make a post.

I was in a hurry earlier so my post was very short. I did want to mention that Stacy's premiere payment did clear my account today so I will get a money order and have someone order her package on Monday since the Post Office is closed today for Veteran's day. I also tithed to the Samaritan's Purse again, that was another $300.00 for them. After, I return from my cruise, I plan to keep my home based business on hyper drive and I should be able to give much more. I love my life. I know I say that all the time but, I really do. I am fortunate to have my very own home based business. It was funny I spoke with Lynn McAllister, tonight I told her that I will likely round out the year with $60,000 to $80,000. She had to point out to me that, that was not too bad of an income. I was actually a little disappointed because I expected to get to $120,000 this year. However, I realize my focus has been off throughout this year. I am pulling it together now and with Dani's coaching I will earn $250,000 in 2006 with my home based business. As Bob Becker, would say "Onward and Upward".

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Another day down till our cruise

We have a couple more days to go before we leave for our cruise. 7 days of Caribbean sun with stops in Belize, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Costa Maya. It's a tough life but someone has to do it. I will be posting to my blog almost daily so you will be able to keep up with all of the happenings on my Western Caribbean Cruise. This is my 3rd cruise and I can't wait. We will be sailing on Carnival's "Miracle". Subscribe and get updated when I post to my blog.

How to succeed with a home business?

After looking around on the internet and reading many other home business blogs and discussion forms. I have realized that I know something that many others have yet to discover. I have learned to be successful with a home business. So I have decided to start posting sporadic post with tips, tricks, and hints that I have learned that have made me successful thus far with my home business.

If you are one of those random visitors to my blog that have yet to subscribe then I would encourage you to do so now. I don't want you to miss one of those nuggets of wisdom that I will pass along in the post that I will name "Home Business Success Tips". So far I am not super wealthy or thing like that however, I have learned to run and build a home business that has brought me an income of $6,000/month working part time. Everything I have learned is simple and even duplicatable.

If you are simply a casual reader of my blog; who has been wanting to start a home business. It is my goal to teach you step by step first how to find the right home business and then how to succeed with it. Please understand this is not an attempt to encourage you to join my home business. I have a multimillion dollar advertising company that helps me with that already. By the way, I will teach how to have a multimillion dollar advertising company, advertise for you on a shoestring budget.

Please feel to leave comments on my blog and I will try to address any questions that you may have. You may also email any questions or comments that you have and I will address those as well.

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I have to give God his

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I just had a payment clear my bank account from April in NJ. Congratulations April, I look forward to helping you succeed with your Coastal Vacations business. April is truly motivated she has already been on many of our live team support and training calls. A big congratulations goes out to Tony in Florida who brought me his first Premiere Training sale last night. Way to go Tony! Also congrats to Stacy from ND! Stacy just got started at the Premiere Level which shows that is ready to change her life as quick as possible by starting out at the highest level she could. I truly have a great team. These people are serious about their home businesses and I could not be blessed anymore than to be working with them all. So far this month with this home business I have earned $4,200 profit after purchasing the travel packages at wholesale.

I just left the Samaritan's Purse website. April's payment of $1,295 cleared my account today so I went to the Post Office and ordered her travel package and then I went to the Sumaritan's Purse website and tithed my 10% to God. So that was $100.00 for Sarmaritan's Purse. As soon as Stacy's Premiere Payment of $3,995 clears my account I will tithe that as well. Tithing is something that I have been really slack on and am quite frankly I am ashamed of it. God has blessed me with this most amazing home business and I have repaid him back by stealing his portion 10%. One of the personal issues that I dealt with when I was at Dani Johnson's last seminar was giving God his part especially since he gives me so much. To be quite honest I am giving God more than 10% especially after you take into account my many many tax advantages I have from owning a home business. It does not really matter because I will not be able to out give God.

A recent statistic...

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I heard a recent statistic that was mind blowing:

"33.3 million people own a home based business. Less than 1/10th of 1 precent of them are earning any money at all. While currently over 10% of the Coastal Synergy Group are earning over $100,000 a year."

That is incredible. You can find out more about the Coastal Synergy Group at http://jackie.csglifestyles.com/.

This cruise is getting expensive!

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Carmen and I have this amazingly wonderful 7 day Western Caribbean Cruise planned. We are going with a group and we leave on the 13th and come back on the 20th. We will be stopping at Coasta Maya, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Belize. I am very excited about it but I have to tell you this freaking cruise is getting very expensive. Not only is it costing over $1,000 for each of us (we have a room with a balcony), I am also missing Dani Johnson's "Creating a Dynasty Seminar", and she is doing a private conference call for the Coastal Wealth Builders the week I am gone.

There is no telling what that seminar and that coference call would do for my business. Her "Creating a Dynasty Seminar" is an advanced 3 day event you have to be a graduate of her "First Steps to Success" before you can attend "Creating a dynasty". She only has her dynasty seminar once a quarter so now I will have to wait until the Spring for the next one. I love Carmen and we will have a lot of fun on our cruise but, this is one expensive vacation.

You know to make matters worse I didn't even take advantage of my travel package for the cruise because I didn't realize the cruise card, that can give us up to 50% on cruises, can be used for group travel. It's really my fault I should have looked into that. This travel package is really so massive I find a new savings everytime I look at it. I don't mean little savings either, I am talking savings of several hundred dollars. Don't worry, I will know next time!

Business is Business

I have conducted 6 interviews so far today, including one from a guy who was a bodyguard. He was telling me about working with different CEOs of companies and for different people in the entertainment business. That was an interesting interview to say the least. He seemed to think that his last client was a bit paranoid in fact he said that assignment had been terminated due to the fact that the client wanted more security than one person could give so he actually hired a small firm. However, my interviewee said that not once in the several months of protecting this guy nor his family had he witnessed any credible threats. This gentleman is looking into Coastal because he wants to do something that is a little safer, I guess being a bodyshield wouldn't be the safest profession one could have. This gentleman was very personable he could be great with Coastal, once he completes our four step process we will see if he is truly someone I am looking to work with.

One of my interviewees today called me back and said that she wanted something that wasn't so time consuming. I just responded OK and let her hang up. I wanted to be like "hello" I don't work very hard as it is and I am still able to earn $1,000s each month. I really don't think she read the information too thoroughly but that was ultimately her decision. I had too many other people to follow up with I didn't have time to worry about her. I am looking for people who are serious about their future and are willing to do their research thoroughly.

Since, I didn't mention it yesterday I better mention it today, yesterday was my 3rd anniversary with Carmen. She is truly and an amazing women and an accomplished entrepreneur in her own right. In fact to be honest with you her business is earning more than mine currently is. However, we both know that I will definitely end up earning more. She had a traditional direct marketing company with lots of overhead and plenty of headaches. The most that she will ever profit most likely in that business will be $300,000 in a year. She is working up to that and will likely hit that in the next 3 yrs. However, with Coastal my goal is to hit $100,000/month that is 1.2million a year. I believe it will take me at least 5 years to reach that.

Another exciting thing about my business vs. her's is that in order for me to reach my goal I will help many many people generate a multiple six figure income. Not only do I get to earn a lot but I enable many others to earn a great income as well. Hopefully, someone will earn more than I do. By that time I will know that I have truly accomplished my task as a successful Coastal Director.

Halloween 17 yrs ago

Halloween 17 yrs ago, my daddy passed away at 3:00 am in the morning. It really doesn't seem like it was that long ago. Obviously I have a different life than I did then and I have been through so much since then. I was only 9 years old when daddy passed away. Currently at 26, I could only wish he could see what I am working hard to accomplish now. I wish he could have met Carmen she is the most amazing thing that could have happened to me and she will never get to know the greatest man I ever knew. He will never get to meet his grandkids and it really bothers me that they will not know him in the way I did. None the less life does continue. Today was a particularly slow day for my business I didn't get many new leads in. I did contact Lynn at Cutting Edge Media and had my leads extended throughout next Wednesday. I had made a mistake and thought that we were leaving for our cruise this coming weekend but it's not until next weekend.

I did have a client today that was about to get started at the Premiere Level, she had a really pretty name her name was Kevann. Kevann, was excited about getting started with Coastal but found some negative stuff on the internet about Coastal Vacations. I am certain she found some of the same stuff that I found before I got started. I just did my research and Coastal just made sense to me. Doing my research I never found where anyone was getting blatantly ripped off or anything. Just like with any online business opportunity I found plenty of people complaining that it didn't work and that they lost money with it. There are people out there that will say stuff likethat with just about any company online. Occasionally someone will complain about the product but once again any company with a long history has complaints about their products. I simply looked to see if there were an unusually large amounts of complaints against Coastal. I concluded that there were not very many complaints that most were very inaccurate as far as how Coastal worked. I knew from my research how the business model operated and some of the people complaining were inaccurate about the basics of Coastal's business plan. That told me either they had never been apart of Coastal Vacations or they did join but never bothered to learn even the most basic information therefore it was obvious they would fail. I also knew that companies such as Universal Studios, Disneyworld, Quest, Access International, Carnival Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Hertz, Budget, RCI, Merriott, ect. Would not be associated with something that was a "scam".

I am proud of the type of people I have been blessed to associate myself with in this business. I am proud of my team and I thank God for this amazing group of people everyday. I very much look forward to watching their businesses grow and blossom in the weeks and months ahead. It bothers me a bit that Kevann could not be one of them.

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Detroit Lions vs Chicago Bears

We had a pretty fun day today. Carmen and I went with her parents to the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions game. It was actually my first professional football game. I am not a fan of the Lions or the Bears but none the less it was a good game. The Bears won the Lions should have they really gave that game away. Afterwards we went out to eat at a place in Detroit called "Fishbones" it was ok nothing special. I had to make two follow up interviews at the restaurant. I don't usually do any work on Sundays as that is always my Sabbath day but, I knew I was going to be really busy on Monday. I am working a little harder than normal I am actually working full time hours now and I am prospecting with more focus. I am looking to really take my business to the next level plus I need to save some money for our Caribbean Cruise that is coming up in two weeks.

I am pretty tired right now, I think Carmen and I are going to lay down and watch a movie. Although I am not sure what we are going to watch just yet. I guess I will just leave it up to her.

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$23,000 in a month

Another awesome day in my life. I have to tell you, I just feel like this is a complete dream come true. I am apart of one of the most amazing businesses in the world. Coastal Vacations is phenomenal, I am beginning to see everyone around me reach different levels of financial success. My brother who so has had a month of about $23,000. That was almost of years salary at one point in my life. Actually, it was a years salary when I was a nursing assistant. This is the same guy who told me this was a scam. 6 months later he was on board, 4 months after that he has a $23,000 month. Most people only dream about this type of income now we actually get to see it. I can not tell you how many infomercials I have seen envying the person on there who was bragging about the big house or the nice cars. I no longer envy them. I now have that business and the best part is I get to share that with new people every day of my life. I don't have to feel like there are some sort of amazing secrets to this business. I am able to teach people step by step how to do the same thing I do. In fact many times they are able to actually listen in on the telephone as I conduct my interviews.

I am so excited for my new associates/team members right now. Six months to a year from now most of them will be experiencing major life changes as well. I can't wait I will actually have a front row seat as I get to watch those changes take place. Jen, Virgil, Bob, Fred, Tony, no doubt these guys will become the next multiple six figure earners as well as myself in the coming year.

I am still growing and learning

I must have made a massive mistake today. I was talking to a sharp woman on the phone today. I had actually spoken to her first yesterday when conducting a primary interview. When I followed up with her this evening I was trying to ask her what was her favorite part of the information that she reviewed. She seemed defensive as if I was about to convince her to do something that she did not want to do. She almost seemed to avoid my question saying "I am not sure I have to take all of this information in" "I have to let this soak in". I was having trouble deciding how I was going to move this conversation forward. I didn't want to end the interview she seemed like she was very intelligent. Out of my nervousness I laughed because I was a little frustrated as to how to tackfully move the interview forward. This young women immediately got offended when I laughed. I think she assumed I was laughing at her. It bothered me a lot. It blind sided me to be honest. She politely but straightforwardly told me that we were ending the conversation, that she was an adult, she was intelligent and that you do not conduct business by laughing at people.

I was so floored. I did not mean to offend anyone. But, what a lesson learned. I have been in this business earning an average of $6,400/monthly on a part time basis. Most recently last month working full time I did about $15,000 and may even do better than that this month. The best thing about that is that I know that there are people who's lives are changing because of this business and in some way I play a small part in that change. It is absolutely the most rewarding thing I have been a part of. I just hope by my actions tonight didn't cause someone to miss that opportunity.

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Life has been busy plus, I got a speeding ticket

I have been very busy lately. I had completely expected to write about the seminar while I was there but I only managed to get out one post. The seminar was amazing as I had expected. It was especially an honor to be there with so many others on our team. I have really developed some friendships with these guys and I wish them much success with their Coastal Business. The Dani Johnson experience is such a life changing event. I truly believe everyone whether you own a home business or not should attend that. I was able to watch many of the people that were with me actually change before my eyes. It would be difficult to explain, you would just have to be there to understand.

After leaving the seminar on my flight home I actually had a delayed flight at my connection. My flight was delayed for about 3 hours. That was kind of boring but, I sat beside a young women named Reagan and chatted abit to kill some time. I found out that Reagan was in Med. School. She wanted to become a Pediatrist (foot doctor); because she didn't have to go to school quite as long as she would with other specialties and she felt it would be the one area in which she did not have to take call as a doctor and according to her most Pediatrist are only open about 3 days a week. In other words she was looking for a good career, in which she could make plenty of money while maintaining time freedom. I couldn't help but think she just needs to start a Coastal business, it would be cheaper, more lucrative, she would have more time freedom, and less liability. Not to mention she would not owe all that money back in student loans. I was so tired from the weekend that I didn't even bother to tell her about Coastal Vacations. I just let her talk.

By the time I got home, I had decided that I didn't want to wait any longer. I really wanted to go see Carmen. So I decided to repack my bags and to grab a couple of hours of sleep and to start driving early in the morning. I had originally planned on driving up on this coming Saturday night. Instead I slept about 3 hours Monday night and started driving at 4:00 am. It took me 15 hours and 45 minutes to get here. I was so tired I stopped more than usually about 5 or 6 times just to wake myself back up. As I was driving through Ohio, I got a freaking ticket doing 79 mph in a 65. As soon as I saw the lights I thought to myself, "Thank God, for PrePaid Legal". I don't think that is the best company but it isn't a bad product that is for sure.

Today, business has been rocking! Just made a couple of changes according to Dani plus I increased my advertising in anticipation for my cruise coming up in two weeks. I made 26 calls today, I interviewed 9 people and followed up with 3. One person is going to the Live support call tomorrow. I have plans to follow up with 7 of them tomorrow. It was such an exciting day. I look forward to a prosperous week. I wish you one as well.

The seminar is here...

It is finally here. I am in St. Louis staying at the Hilton where the seminar is going to be held. I am so excited Dani Johnson is easily the best business coach I have ever had and I am thrilled to be here. I only wish Carmen could be here. She has her own business to run but, I am certain that she could apply Dani's principles to her own life as well. Most of the gang is all here. We are still waiting on Dan and Jen but they will not get in until after 10:00 pm. We will be registering for the seminar this evening and it starts tomorrow morning at 9:00 am however, we may be in line as early as 6:00 am. Josh and Geneva didn't make it I wish they could have been here they are great people. I definitely had a lot of fun hanging out at the Coastal seminar with them and we got some really good pictures of that as well. Wayne, was not able to make it either but he promised me that he would be here with his team in January. Stacy and Stephen, missed the seminar as well. Stacy tried to get tickets at the last minute but the plane tickets were very high. Stacy is doing awesome with this business so far this month he will profit just over $10,000. There can be no greater reward in our business than helping someone else change their life especially when that someone just happens to be your twin brother. Way to go bro! May much more success come your way.

I can't wait till I get home with the skills that I learn here and start applying them to my business; especially with the new leads that will be coming. Unfortunately, several others from my team were unable to make it. Virgil, Bob, Fred, Tony, Billie just to name a few. I hope they will be able to make it by January. This definitely promises to be a life changing experience once again. Well I have to run now so I can go ahead and register for the seminar tomorrow.

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What a day?

I ended up on the phone last night till like 4:00 am with Renae Heikkla and Kim Bowen. I ended up sleeping till almost noon today. I woke up late and have to tell you man I can not hang with those ladies. When I woke up I had to run a few important errands and grabbed a late lunch. For some reason on the way home I ended up getting one of the worst headache I can remember getting in a long time. I took a couple of Tylenol and laid on the couch. I didn't wake up until 5:00 pm but I immediately started working and ended up having a pretty productive evening. Thank goodness once again that I am self employed from home. Otherwise I would not have had the freedom to sleep till noon. I would not have been able to talk with my friends until 4:00 am either. Not to mention when I developed that headache earlier I was able to stop and lay on the couch until it subsided. I love this new found freedom.

Only about two more days till my trip to St. Louis. I will be there with close to 10 other people attending "First Steps to Success". I called Jason over at Cutting Edge Media and had him place my new lead order on hold till after this seminar. I will keep you informed as the seminar approaches.

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Just looking to leverage?

I am always looking for a way to leverage my team's income. As a leader it is my responsibility to enable people to succeed beyond their wildest expectations if they so choose to. For sometime I have been looking for a way to help my team earn multiple streams of income without actually working a totally separate business. For example I had once looked at an advertising company that sold leads. This company had a multi-tier affiliate program attached to their leads. The lead prices were competitive but Cutting Edge had a higher quality and a larger variety of leads. Therefore, I did not choose that advertising company. Coastal Vacations is the number one priority for our group and it is the easiest way to succeed. If I am ever to find a way to create multiple streams of income it has to be with a service or product that is superior to any other on the market and it has to compliment our current business model with Coastal Vacations.

For example, I had once in the past reviewed MLM companies in the Telecom Industry because we do use a lot of long distance and we need an inexpensive carrier to help all of us lower our business overhead. None of the MLM/affiliate companies offered a truly exceptional value due in large part to the intense competition in that industry. Especially with the advent of VOIP services. VOIP stands for Voice Over IP. This is simply a low cost way to make long distance phone calls all over the US and Internationally simply using a small modem type box with a high speed internet connection. It is really easy to set up just follow a 3 step process. Step 1, Connect standard home phone line into the VOIP box. Step 2, Connect high speed Cable or DSL line to VOIP box. Step 3, connect power cord to VOIP box. That's it and you are ready to go. You are able to use your phone just like you normally would except now you pay a new and usually very low flat rate fee to make unlimited calls.

Currently the leader with this VOIP technology is Vonage. Vonage charges about $24.99 per month for unlimited calls to the US and Canada only and then a low cost per minute charge for other countries. Many people in the Coastal Synergy Group uses Vonage. However, this morning as I was looking over my blog I actually saw a google ad that I clicked on. This advertised a new company that is in launch. I am always concerned about brand new companies since they do not have a history of operation of course this ad as they always do hype pre-launch as some sort of ground floor opportunity but that is nearly always hype. I will watch this company. They are called Igonet. Igonet, is a VOIP company that offers unlimited calling to US, Canada, and 20 other most popular countries for only $29.99 at time of official launch. They have a MLM payment model associated with the service however, the service is useful and can be promoted as a cost effective alternative that my associates can offer to their team. Currently, my associates promote Vonage and they do not earn anything for that. However, by giving their teams a more comprehensive but low cost alternative to Vonage as well as earning an ongoing commission would be a win win situation for my associate and their team members. I will keep an eye on Igonet to make sure they deliver on what they promise.

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Another great week being self employed!

I am excited about this up coming week. We still have not got those new leads in yet. But, this is par for the course anytime you are trying something new. I will be calling Jason over at CEM later this morning and just check in and see when they are expected to get started. Any time something new is coming down the pipeline you can expect kinks in the road; that is why they gave us a discount on the leads for being "testers".

Also this week we will be headed down to St. Louis, MI for Dani Johnson's seminar. There is about 6 or 7 that I am aware of within Coastal going; one of them being Jen who is an associate of mine. I am excited for Jen if she pays attention to what Dani teaches she will began to see amazing changes take place not only in her business but also in her life. Eric, will be there also. Eric is a friend of mine but not a direct associate. Eric and I probably had the most fun ever prospecting last week it was a blast. We had a adrenaline pumping, we were excited, it was crazy. Eric lives in Florida he said that he felt like he was sitting on the top floor of a office building in Tampa, in the presidential office suite overlooking the water building a multimillion dollar business. Eric is definitely building a multimillion dollar business except he is doing it from his home office instead of someone else's office building. Although Eric may owe an office building one day he will not have to have his office in there if he doesn't choose to. Eric, let's get ready to have another exciting week building this business!

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