My late birthday present

For my birthday my wife took me to the local casino and we saw a magic show called "Carnival of Wonders". That was on Saturday night. It was a great show and a great time. Some really cool illusions. I think what made the show so good is that it wasn't just magic. It was comedy, dancing, and singing all built around the illusions. My wife is the best, what a great evening we had. Before we went to the show we ate a steak at the steak house in the casino. We had not been there in a while, and I had forgotten how fantastic the place was. She had a 16oz New York strip cooked medium to medium well. I had a filet mignon, 8oz cooked medium with lump crab meat top. It was just fantastic! Not to mention I enjoyed the company of the most beautiful girl in the world... My wife!

Till next time,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
My Website

Why I love Coastal Travel

Working from home with Coastal Travel offers one very very clear advantage. That is FREEDOM! Without a doubt it's the single best reason to work from home. Yes the money is great. Having a chance to impacts clients lives with our amazing products is outstanding as well, but nothing really compares to the freedom of being your own boss.

I just returned from nearly a 3 week vacation. The Thursday before Labor Day my wife and I drove down to Georgia from our home here in MI. We were looking for an area that we want to relocate to. We spent 3 days over the weekend just driving around and scoping out towns and suburbs around Atlanta. We had a great time envisioning and discovering new places to live (we want to get out of the cold MI winters). On Sunday, I dropped her off at the airport and she flew back home because she had to get back to her on small business ( a retail store). I left Atlanta, and drove to NC to visit some of my family there in Goldsboro, NC. I spent two weeks there before driving home.

It was during my stay there when I was calling a few clients that I realized how quickly and easily we can take this lifestyle for granted. I had TOTAL FREEDOM while there. I was able to work my Coastal Travel business some but mostly went fishing with my Uncle and my brother. I had a chance to play with my niece and nephew. I saw my mom and my grandma and some of my cousins it was a great time.

When I was driving home (I was very excited to get back and see my wife). I realized how fortunate I am to just be in a position where I get to choose how and when I work. I don't have to ask for a boss' premission or wonder if I have enough vacation time. Now that is freedom, thanks to Coastal Travel!

Let's not take life for granted

In my last post I had discussed the passing of someone that I had respected in the home business industry. That was on my brain alot last week. This week I have been focusing on the things that we take for granted. Of course, I thought about my family, my wife, my friends, etc. Then yesterday, I took some time out in the afternoon and just went for a walk in our neighborhood and as I am walking I realized; I have totally taken my home business for granted! What a conviction!

I think it has become such a way of life that I just don't think about it. There was a time when I would have thought this was the perfect lifestyle, and it is. But, I realize that it has become normal for me and therefore I have become complacent. I work about 25 hours a week (to be honest usually less) but after 5 years I have taken that as "just my schedule". I don't have to work too hard to generate a six figure income, again I have accepted that as normal. It really is disgusting.

I am incredibly fortunate and I am vowing to continue to recognize this. I am going to start working with a renewed focus. I do not plan to increase my hours worked but I am going to start becoming more productive with my work schedule. In 2010 I want to set a new personal record and earn $250,000. I will be debt free by the end of the year so this will allow me to not only help more people through my home business but also to help many of my favorite charities as well.

Look at the legacy Phil Longnecker left behind. He created jobs for many people in a small town in PA. He helped thousands of individuals to succeed in a home business from his advertising. He created a personal fortune that made certain his family and his young daughter had a secure future even though he is no longer with us. He impacted thousands of children through the thousands of dollars he donated to "Toys for Tots". I will never be able to impact my family and those around me if I just stay comfortable with $100,000 a year from home.

If you have been reading my blog from the beginning then you have followed me from before I knew how to run a successful business to today. Stay tuned, cause we are about to take it to the next level. Those who I am fortunate to be in business with hang on, cause the best is yet to come!

Thanks for reading,
Jackie O'Quinn
My Website

Cutting Edge Media misses Phil Longnecker

Some tragic news we wanted to make you aware of..

Phil Longnecker was the owner and founder of Cutting Edge Media. Phil built CEM from a 2 man operation to a multimillion dollar international success story. At one time CEM was providing advertising to every major home based business company in the US and to many companies outside the US. Unfortunately Phil passed away Saturday night in a car accident. Phil’s dream was to be the leading advertising agency/lead production company in the Home Based Business industry. Phil, no doubt, met and exceeded that goal and his legacy will live on for years to come. He had a huge heart and always gave back to his community. He treated his employees like family and he treated his clients with honor and respect. Phil set an amazing example as a 2%’er and a business owner.

He had so much love to give and never ceased to give it. On a visit to their company offices a while back Jackie and Renae were told several stories about Phil, the way he looked out for his employees and gave back to the community. One such story was that Phil often considered the employees at CEM his personal friends and an extenstion of his family. From time to time he would host all of the employees and their family at his house. Phil, had a special place in his heart for kids. He didn't want the kids to be bored having a good time. He wanted to make sure the kids enjoyed their time as well, so he would hire a petting zoo to come in and set up at his house (on his manicured lawn) so the kids would have something entertaining to do.

Another time a couple of years ago around Christmas. Phil, came into the offices at CEM and told his sales staff it was time to go shopping. He gave one of them a blank check and told them to go to K-Mart and buy the whole toy department! They did and all of the toys were donated to "Toys For Tots" an organization close to Mr. Longnecker's heart. We will all surely miss him. He loved Cutting Edge Media and was an incredibly smart entrepreneur. In his savvy wisdom Phil had prepared for such an event as this, so Cutting Edge Media will live on as will Phil’s legacy. Cutting Edge Media, as a company will continue to prosper and grow!

To send cards, flowers, charitable donations, etc….in memory of Phil.
In Memory Of Phil Longenecker
1595 S. Mount Joy Street
Elizabethtown, PA 17022

Warm Regards,
MyDFILive Support Team
866-628-4129
Announcements@mydfilive.com

P.S. May God protect his daughter and fill her with peace. Our prayers go out to the family at Cutting Edge Media and Phil’s personal family.

Back home from the honeymoon

Ok so it's been less than 3 weeks (the wife could tell you specifically) and married life is great. It just feels right, it feels complete. Unfortunately I didn't get to update you from the cruise ship as much I would have liked to. Internet was just way to sluggish there. We left Puerto Rico, and went to St. Thomas and Grand Turk. Both were very beautiful islands, we went snorkeling at each island. Grand Turk's snorkeling was far better than St. Thomas'. Overall it was a great honeymoon and a fantastic vacation.

Today is my first day back to work in the home office and I felt like "it was time". I say I'm in my home office but I guess you can say I'm just in the office. We lived in a duplex before we got married. I lived on one side and she lived on the other side. Now we both live on her side and I affectionately call my side the "Office Complex" mostly just as a joke. We are planning to move later in the year out of state so we will probably just keep renting the whole duplex till we move. One side is just a little cramped for both of us.

I have to comment on one more thing as well. Our wedding was amazing! I had very little to do with that but my incredible wife, our friend and wedding planner Jen, and our maid of honor Jenn; all allowed us to have the wedding of a life time. We kept it simple but over all it was incredible.

I have a lot more that I could share but it's time to get to work. I wrote this while I was waiting for my advertising to start rolling in which should be coming in already. So bye for now...

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
1-888-309-5759
My Website

Update on the Honeymoon

Life is good, probably doesn't get much better than hanging out on a luxurious cruise ship. Luxury defined by, I couldn't work on this boat if I wanted to, drinks are brought to me whenever I want them, and great food is also available at anytime day or night. Today we were in Puerto Rico, while at the beach I was talking with my wife (still working on getting use to that lol). I was telling her how excited I was for our future, how excited I am for my next chapter in our lives and in our businesses.

I could criticize my mistakes if I chose too, however, if I look at the life that has been provided by our Coastal Vacations/DFI business then quickly realize how fortunate we are. I can not honestly tell you why people choose not to work for themselves. Owning your own business offers so much more in the way of flexibility and rewards. This blog itself was started before I ever even had a successful Coastal Vacations/DFI business. Going from being a Registered Nurse to Entrepreneur was vastly different and vastly more exciting. As an entrepreneur I get to help more people, more permanently, and have a greater impact on their future. I am definitely able to have a greater financial impact on my favorite charities as well.

Tomorrow we will be in St. Thomas. This will be my second time visiting St. Thomas since starting my Coastal Vacations/DFI business. However, it will be my first time snorkeling there. I am excited since St. Thomas is suppose to have fantastic snorkeling. Since our vacation two summers ago to Bora Bora, where we probably snorkeled for probably 3 or 4 hours a day, we have been looking to doing a snorkeling again. I just looked out see that we started out of port. The internet connection isn't very strong on the ship so I am about to log off.

I will give you a quick update on something else also. I think I am going to start a weekly online poker tournament. Online poker is a hobby of mine and I have been thinking about getting together some sort of a weekly tournament with like a $10 buy in. If you want to take part in this, leave me a comment or an email and I will get you the details when we do our very first one in a couple of weeks.

Talk soon,
Jackie O'Quinn
My Website
1-888-309-5759

A Coastal Vacations/DFI wedding

It's really like the Coastal Vacations/DFI wedding. I don't mean it's "themed" or anything. I mean that many of the friends that are there will be people flying in from all over the world. People that I have met and come to love as a results of my Coastal Vacations business and DFI. This August it will be 5 years since I have been a Director in Coastal Vactions/DFI. I have seen so much and have been so thankful for the life that I have been able to live. I have lived like a millionaire, I am surely on my way. However, I have lived a very flexible lifestyle. I make my hours, I work when I want (hence why I'm not a millionaire). I have learned so much about myself, about life, and about being and entrepreneur.

This business has given me so much and now it gives me the oppurtunity to marry the most amazing woman I have ever met. Carmen, is not only gorgeous, she is smart, strong willed, supportive, and ambitious in her own right. An interesting tidbit about Carmen and Coastal Vacations. Carmen and my Uncle Pat, were the only two people that were supportive of my Coastal business in the very beginning. In fact, Carmen, has supported everthing that I have ever wanted to do. It is probably one of the things that I love most about her. You can see our wedding website here www.CarmenandJackie.com.

Our wedding is officially this Saturday. Then we are off on our 10 day honeymoon on Monday. We are going on a 10 day cruise to Bermuda, San Juan Puerto Rico, Turks Cacos, and St. Thomas. I will probably find a couple of times to blog from the cruiseship so I will likely keep you update from the high seas. Even this honeymoon, would probably not be possible for me if it was for my Coastal Vacactions/DFI business. First of all our honeymoon will be two weeks long, I don't know that I would have been able to do that if I was still an RN I don't know if I could have gotten that much time off. It definitely would have had to be approved by management for sure. Also, we have a balcony room on this cruise, with airfare and hotel arrangements plus spending money. This could have put me in alot of debt as a nurse. However, with Coastal Vacations/DFI earlier this year I made a Platinum Travel Package sale; with that I earn a profit of $9,705. I paid taxes on it, tithed on it, and set the rest aside for our honeymoon.

Thanks to Coastal Vacations/DFI, I am helping to pay for a wedding, paying for the honeymoon, getting out of debt, and I never had to ask a boss for anything. The next two weeks are going to be spectacular! You can follow along in the next post.

Thanks for reading,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
My Website

Coastal Travel is real!

I wanted to post this. I just received the letter below from one of our Coastal Travel members. Working in the travel industry is alot of fun but getting letters like this helps us to know that we are allowing people to take vacations that they may otherwise not be able to take with our current economy. Read this short letter I got from Jessica below:

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Hi Jackie,

I just booked a one week long vacation on 4th of July week using the Coastal pkg.Wow, 3 bedrooms, full kitchen and totally beautiful furnished condo resort at the Sweetwater Lift Lodge in Park City, UT for only $561. Retail is $2200.

Rack rate is $314.29... per nights, now we only pay $10 per person per night. This unit can fit all of us 8 people... .me, my husband, my two boys, my sister, her husband and her two boys. I am so excited to see my sister and her family and create wonderful memories with them.

Thank you for Coastal. We save total of $1639 for just one vacation.

Jessica W. in California

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After reading Jessica's letter, I went and looked up the resort she is staying at. What a beautiful place. You can check it out yourself www.sweetwaterliftlodge.com. One thing that I noticed about this place. They are sold out of 3 bedroom units the week of July 4th on the website. She would not have even been able to book it at $314.29/night because there are none of those units available!

If you haven't started a business with Coastal yet, but you want to do something that can impact people's lives while providing a great flexible income for you and your family. Check out our website here and then give me a call at 1-888-309-5759.

Warm Regards,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
1-888-309-5759

The grass may be greener but...

Something I have been thinking about for awhile so I have decided to share this with you. I was actually having a discussion with a friend of mine recently and he said that I should write a blog post on this. So I am taking his advice.



This is about distractions and the way people allow themselves to get distracted. It comes down to a loss of focus and what I believe is misplacing their focus. This most often occurs either after someone has had a period of success or when they get frustrated because success has not come to them as fast as they wanted with their current home business.

So here's what happens people start looking around at other business and it's like the 80/20 rule. They say, "My business is to inexpensive for people to get started so there is no commitment and they don't seem to ever go to work."

Or they say...

"It's too expensive to get started in my business, if it was cheaper then I could get more people started"

So they spend time looking at the 20% they don't have and never realize the 80% they do have. Someone told me once, "The grass may be greener on the other side but, you still have to mow it". When I was first looking at the home based business industry I use to get all excited by each new oppurtunity that came my way. I would look at a new product or company or compensation plan and I would start dreaming of the big paychecks coming in. However, shortly after that reality set in and the truth is I had to go to work to make anything happen. So when I started working I would often look at that particular business I was wanting to build and I would think, "Hey, if this was less expensive I could probably sell more and make more money." ( I am using that as an example) and off I would go getting excited about a totally different business. I would totally lose focus. I even see this happen to people after they have had success in business. I will give you an example of my friend I mentioned earlier. This guy was at one time ( and soon will be again ) a superstar with Coastal Travel. However, after a while he got distracted and decided to give a couple other companies his time and resources. He eventually landed with a company that he was hoping to eventually build up a large residual income stream.

With Coastal Travel, we can make alot of money fast. I don't know of any where you can earn this much money this fast. I know of no other company that pays better. However, with our product we don't charge people for using our products each and over month so there is no traditional residual income. This particular friend was saying, "Look there are people in XYZ company earning $1,000,000 a year in residual income with a customer base of over 300,000".



I responded this way, "With Coastal John (not his real name) if you brought in just 3,000 customers with our middle package you would earn $9,000,000. If you put that towards rental properties you would have a much more solid income stream, that would be a much more stable residual, and much more valuable because you could resell the properties in the future".



The bottom line is, do you want it to be a residual income that you control or one that you are dependent on a company to continue to pay you? There are pros and cons to each for certain. John said that was exactly what he had been realizing that's why he had decided to go back and build a Coastal Travel business. "Bottom line, there is nothing that I am aware of that can pay me any better." he said.


However, I have heard similar conversations before. People just forget what they do have and start focusing on what they don't have. It's funny how that happens. I will give you another example. I helped set a young woman up in her Coastal business once... and her reason for getting started was because she worked with a different company marketing a very low ticket item and she would sale about 5 of these items each month and she told me. If I just sold 5 of your bottom packages in a month, I would earn $5,000 and if I sale just one of your top packages I will earn over $9,000. She was correct the probably was she assumed she could sale just as many of our products which are at a much higher price point than she had previously been accustomed to. She got frustrated when she didn't make money as fast as she initially had expected. Truthfully she would have been better off to stick with the company she had her previous success with and just go to work!

Instead, she thought she saw a way to make more money with Coastal. She could have made more money probably but it would required a new skill set that she had not learned yet. She left a company that she had learned how to make money with only to end up getting frustrated when those same skills didn't allow her to make money with a new company.

This post is really just a cautionary tale. Remember: The grass may be greener on the other side but you still have to mow it!

Coastal Travel and MyDFILive is a scam

Someone told me a long time ago, you will always have your critics and the bigger you become the more critics you will have. However, the most constructive thing you can do is simply answer your critics with brand new success. Last week we had a 3 day Blitz. Below are some of the people who reported having success during our 3 day Blitz. These are only the ones that told us, I wonder how many more are out there having success and not telling anyone?

Stephen Smothers, brand new to the team, just started dialing last Friday. He has 2 brand new people in training in his first week. Participated in the Blitz and works a full time job! Congrats Stephen.

Crystal Weber made her first Premier sale! Congratulations Crystal!

Lorraine Rodman generated $9705 in profit on day 1 of the Blitz!

Mike Cowan broke his personal record for dialing during this blitz!

Jerry and Pam Mercer stepped it up and accomplished twice the number of dials they normally do! Way to go!

Scott Harter is brand new to the business and not only participated in the blitz, but he turned in his numbers and held himself accountable! Way to go!

Cynthia Della Pietro just got started, received her script books on Monday, got leads on Tuesday, participated in the Blitz on Wednesday and closed her VERY first sale!

Jolynn Skarin and Keri Skarin just learned a new skill this week from Dani Johnson’s training and implemented it for the first time. They made a decision to not worry about being perfect, they just focused on results and did an amazing job during this blitz!

Nike Roach and Bonnie Clark presented Coastal to 5500 people at a job fair during the Blitz and as a result have 70 new HOT prospects a piece! Great job exposing your business you 2!!

William Piechocki just finished his boot camp on Tuesday and sent an update to Announcements on his progress! Way to take initiative. A brand new person could just not participate at all, but William is holding himself accountable from DAY 1 in his business!

Lynn Hardy is brand new and participated in the blitz. She has a brand new person getting started as a result of the blitz. She was sick as a dog, but didn’t let ANYTHING stop her! Way to go Lynn!

Jackie O’Quinn made a Platinum sale during this Blitz! (That's $9,705 in profit).

I love this business and thank God everyday for allowing me to do this for a living!

Thanks for reading,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759

I earned a residual $10,000 this week!

Email I sent to my database:

Just keeping you up to date. I understand when you are nervous about a new venture it is normal to watch from the sidelines. So let me give you a quick update.

Lorraine from WV, joined Coastal Travel the end of last year. She worked for Rolls Royce as a corporate events planner and really liked the job. However, she worked lots of hours and wanted to find away to have flexibility. She found Coastal Travel online and got started at the Platinum position. Her first month she made $2,000 her second month she earned $4,200. Today she brought me her first Platinum Training sale. Congratulations to Lorraine!

That brings us to Betty from NY. That is a single mom who was very nervous about getting in at the Platinum position but said she did not have anytime to mess around. She needs to earn a serious level of income to get her and her two daughters out of debt. I assured her if she remained coachable and teachable and was willing to do her part, then I promised her that she would succeed and I would help her ever step of the way. I made no promises that it would be easy but she will succeed and it will be lucrative for her.

Betty purchased her Platinum package today using her Discover card at a retail price of $11,000 that netted me a profit of $9,705 (ok so it's not quite $10,000). For those of you keeping track that is a total of $10,705 profit so far for me this month!

Congratulations to Lorraine once again way to go girl! If you are ready to start earning some serious income then do your research, visit my website http://www.jackie.mydfilive.com , and then give me a call at 1-888-309-5759.

Hope you had a great Easter,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759

Our conference call DID NOT go according to plan

Below is an email I received last night after our LIVE conference call. The call really was nuts!

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Unbelievable Jackie,

We had a special annoucement call scheduled tonight but something very unexpected happened. Not everyone was able to make it on the call because the line MAXED OUT. Our conference call company would not allow anyone else to get on the line because we had too many people on the call.

If you were one of the unforunate ones that hung up and was unable to call back in because the line was full. Then you can listen to the recording below:
This recording will only be available for the next 24 hours so be sure to listen and take notes.
http://www.mydfilive.com/replay/AF-ABC-ABBCHGIC-CIHBE

Let's succeed together,
MyDFILive.com Support Team

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If you want to join the madness check us out >>> Here

All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759

Earning $500 per hour

Often times people ask, how fast can I make money in Coastal Travel? Let me tell you what happened last Thursday Jan. 29th. As with most days I was receiving requests for more information about Coastal Travel from our advertising companies. I was calling those clients back. One particular client I called at 12 pm EST, his name was Patrick. Patrick is an RN like myself but is currently working full time. He wants to pay off his debts and make enough money he can retire soon. He is getting close to retirement but doesn't have enough money saved to be able to retire. He had been looking for a way to make extra money from home for the past two years. He said he had tried alot of things but never had any success. Once he even spent $5,000 on an online store. He didn't get any support and no training, therefore the store sat online and made no sales at all!

I read our script to Patrick and directed him to my website at http://mydfilive.com/direct.php?id=123456&password=password. After that I scheduled him for one of our Live Conference Calls that started at 1 pm. After the conference call I read another script to him, the last line of that script says, "How do you want to take care of the purchase of your package, Cashier's Check, Money Order, or Credit Card". He thought for a moment and then he said, "I have a Mastercard". I took his payment information and process his payment for his Basic Travel Package. Once I finished, I hung up the phone and sat back into my office chair and noticed the time 1:59 pm EST. That was a new record! I spoke to our new team member at 12 and by 2 I had made $1,000 in profit!

This never gets old! I mean never. It so simple too, just reading a script, taking people through a simple process and then reading another script. John, if you want to be able to make up to $1000 in two hours let me know.

Have a phenomenial week!

Jackie OQuinn
Platinum Director
Since 2004
1-888-309-5759
My Website: http://mydfilive.com/direct.php?id=123456&password=password

P.S Before writing this email I had just gotten off of the phone with Patrick. It seems that he got started so fast he didn't completely understand our marketing plan and how he got paid. He is looking at his accounts and may be purchasing the Premeire package before the end of the week. That would be another profit of $3,000. I love my life and this busines!

Some of our testimonials from 2008 and 2007

As we start a new year of further growth and excitement. I wanted to share this video of some team members who had success in 2007 and 2008.

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

It will be great to see who will be featured on this video in 2009. If you would like to be on this video in 2009 then visit http://www.jackie.mydfilive.com/goland1/testimonial. Or give me a call at 1-888-309-5759.



Have a great year,

Jackie O'Quinn

Coastal Travel and DFI Contest!

I love being a part of DFI. We currently have one of the best contest ever running right now. Can you imagine 5 days on a Paradise Island!? How about several islands?

You see I love to travel that is why I chose a home based business in the travel industry. The only thing better than traveling at a discount is traveling for free! Right now Cutting Edge Media our advertising firm has put up a contest call the Caribbean Cruise Contest of 2009! Starting from the 1st of the this month going to our Team Event in January. We have a chance to win a cruise for 5 days for two aboard Carnival Destiny. This cruise includes all taxes, port fees, and gratuities. The winner just has to pack their bags and go.

The way this contest is being ran is awesome. Pretty much anyone can win. All you have to do is bring in 4 new members into DFI by January 22nd. In seven weeks that is very realistic for anyone who wants to shoot for that contest. When you bring in four new members you will get four entries into the contest drawing. Also you get bonus entries if you bring in more than 4 team members. So it works like this:

4 New Team Member will earn you 1 entry per team member.

5 New Team Members or more will earn you 2 entries per team member.

10 New Team Members or more will earn you 3 entries per team member.

At our DFI Event all of the entries will go into a drawing the first person to get their name pulled out of the drawing 4 times wins a 5 day cruise! This is the biggest contest we have seen so far in DFI, I am very excited to see who wins. I am looking to win myself to be completely up front. If I win I will be sure to post it on here.

We are going to have a special announcement call tomorrow night at 10 pm EST. Feel free to call in and listen like a fly on the wall. The number to call in on is 712-338-8100 pin# 1989#.

Take care,
Jackie O'Quinn

Answer your critics with results!

The results simply speak for themselves. We have a proven track record of creating success story after success story. It's not about one or two big leaders who earn all the money. It's about helping the brand new person earn money as quick as possible. Watch the video and see for yourself.

If you want to work from home then you can join us. Click here.

Jackie O'Quinn

This is planting time...

I am about to give you a little known fact about the home based business industry!

This is planting time! This is one of the best times of the year to be working. This is for several reasons, first many amateurish homebased business owners are slacking off due to the pending holiday season. Second, people are still looking to work from home and still requesting information everyday. 30,000 people will start a homebased business this week! Right now there is less competition for those people. This time of year alot of people will look at a home business but may not get started just yet. This is of course due to the many distractions going on right now with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up. However, these same people are still looking to work from home and if they don't get started right away many will come back in Jan. to get started.

The secret to having a massive 1st quarter of next year is to be working right now! It's like getting a head start on next year. It's creating a wave of momentum and then having that wave come crashing down on your the first part of next year. Make sure you are not one of those slacking off right now, now is the time to be planting. Your harvest will come if you are planting now. If you have a home based business then go work it hard! If not then click here.

Happy Planting,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759

What is your plan?

"You are either planning to succeed or you already have a plan of failure"

This is something that has been hitting me very hard lately with a strong spirit of conviction. I have always been optimistic about the future and what we individuals are capable of. However, those closest to me have often heard me over and over speak about what will be happening, where we are headed, in business and in life. I have lately been reflecting on my life and my business and have come to some sobering thoughts and those thoughts are this...

I have always had trouble with the basics. It's the basics that I have not been consistent with. Yes I have made a six figure income working from home. Yes there are a lot of people who would like to at least be able to do that. However, when asking myself what has been my greatest weakness, what has help me back the most. Honestly, it's the basics! I have alot of advanced training from First Steps to Success. Skills that can never be replaced and that can never be taken away from me.

But when I ask myself what is it that will take me to a 7 figure income or a million dollars a year. It's not, more advanced skill, or at least not yet. It's get the basics down better. I have to focus on strengthening my foundations. Focus on improving time management, focus on consistently talking to new clients, focus on consistently advertising, focus on not getting distracted while I'm working... these are all basic skills. They are also skills that I realized I have learned well enough earn $100,000 a year but now it's time to master them at the millionaire level.

Thanks for reading my blog, thanks for being a part of this journey.

Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759

Are you ready for Success!

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What is a Blitz

A Blitz has been defined in several ways. In military terms its known as an all out massive assault on the enemy. In football it can be defined as every man rushing the opposing team. In DFI (Decide Freedom International) a Blitz is defined as:

Each of us pushing forward to be better than we have in the past. To set new personal standards in our business breaking the old standard. Doing this for two purposes the first to improve and increase financial gain in our own businesses; the second is to encourage and motivate others with our own efforts. It's understanding that each of us needs and supports all of us and that all of us needs and supports each of us.

When you have such an organized coalition where the brand new part time person is giving it all they have and being held accountable to a team that supports and loves them as well as the seasoned veteran who keeps their focus on the number one activity that brought them where they are; advertising and talking to brand new clients. Even the veterans are held to the same standard and not given some special privilege just because of past success. During a Blitz past success no longer matters it's simply about what are you going to do now.

It's the attitude of humbleness regardless of where we come from. The ability to listen to the advice we have previously learned and keeping a solid grasp of the basics. Which in turn will be duplicated by those who are brand new and are awestruck and inspired by those veterans who are the leaders they look up to. During a Blitz in DFI magic happens...

Have a blessed day,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
My website

I just found a cool new site called Twitter!

Notice on the right hand margin a new widget called Twitter. I recently found this website when visiting an investing site that had it on there. It's a really neat little tool. So check it out!

Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759

Freedom with DFI and Coastal Travel

What is Freedom?

For me at different times it means different things. Most importantly being able to make plans and decisions to do things without asking a boss. Being able to take my business anywhere. Knowing I can take an extended vacation and still earn a living. Having the income to not have to worry about living paycheck to paycheck. That's freedom!

Recently DFI just launched a new marketing and business management system for members of Coastal Travel. This new system has simply increased my freedom. I know longer have to work using my script books or separate day planner. They have allowed me to simply take my laptop and now I have all I need to build my Coastal Travel business from anyway.

I recently did this for the first time this past week. My girlfriend was working out of town. She was staying in a Homewood Suites Hotel (which similar to an Embassy Suites where ever room is a suite), so I decided to go up there and spend 2 or 3 nights with her. She was able to go to work as usual and all I had to do was work from my laptop and my cellphone in the hotel suite. You have to understand up until DFI launched this new system for us. I would have had to take my laptop, a 3 ring binder that kept me organized, day planner, and two script books. I felt so free being able to work exclusively from the laptop!

If you are curious as to what I mean by business management system you can take a look at it, just click here.

Have a blessed day,

Jackie O'Quinn

1-888-309-5759

Mydfilive.com has a webinar coming up!

Monday night we will have a Presenation of our new system. You will
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I really am excited about the new system and love the ability to
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so easy to get them written and the email reminders will make it
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The new DFI Marketing System is 'Five Star' all the way in both
content and state-of-the-art technological capabilities. Learning
the system is a pleasure. Its many cutting edge features will both
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us in developing our business in a big way.

Its simplicity of use is wonderful. You feel as though you have
your own personal trainer beside you as it takes you from one step
to the next. This new system presents endless possibilities for
developing our business. I am truly excited about it...and the
price is right! It certainly is giving a new sense of pride as we
introduce our new prospects to this incredible system, and to DFI.
It makes a professional statement of who we are, the tools we use
that help us to achieve our success, and how much we care about
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Sign Up now! You have to click the link and sign up in order to see
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Come join us,
Jackie O'Quinn
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Jackie O'Quinn, HBC, DFI, Dani Johnson

Wow, this past weekend was obviously the 4th of July. As my last post stated we went up to the lake and rented a boat. It was an amazing time! The Blue Angels were up there and they actually had an air show over the water and that night we watched fireworks which they shot off from a barge on the lake. It was just a great day overall, very relaxing.

This weekend we are headed to Pittsburgh PA. That promises to be a great time. First up we have our DFI event on Friday. I am very excited about this event. This will be our best company event yet. We will have such topics covered like, Discovering your Success, Prospecting Efficiently, plus plenty of awards and recognition. We get to see all of our team members in DFI, it's really like meeting up with family. This event could easily be renamed the DFI family reunion.

On Saturday and Sunday we have First Steps to Success with Dani Johnson. There is not a better training seminar on the planet. Dani is like the Bruce Lee of the business world! No joke, if you were into martial arts in Bruce Lee's time you would have felt honored to have had the privilege to be coached by him regardless of the cost. Dani Johnson, is the same way! It is an absolute privilege and honor to be coached by Dani in business. There is no one else that has her track record of personal success and then going on to teach that success to others.

Also this week Home Business Connection magazine also known as HBC featured me in one of their articles. I am on page 60 of this month's magazine. This is an honor to be written about in that magazine. When I was new to this industry 4 years ago, I found out about HBC and always hoped one day I would be featured in there. Now it's happened. I just hope my story helps to inspire someone to step out and start to improve their lifestyle with DFI. Coastal Travel and DFI, has truly transformed my life forever. I have been able to meet some of the most amazing people, I have created life long friendships, I have freedom to travel, freedom to work where ever I want, and I am now in control of my destiny instead of some boss! I love it and am humbled to be able share my story in HBC this month.

God Bless,
Jackie O'Quinn
My home office line
1-800-620-3019

Coastal Travel, July 4th weekend, and FREEDOM

This weekend we have exciting plans. We have rented a boat and we are headed out to the lake. I am not exactly sure how big this boat is but it should comfortably fit 8 adults. Tonight the festivities start with a bonfire and a cook out in the backyard. Tomorrow morning we head out for the lake. We will spend the night up at Traverse City and have the boat the next day as well. On July 4th they actually shoot off fireworks from a barge on the lake and we will be able to pull our boat pretty close to the entire display. We did this last year as well. There is not too many places better to watch a fourth of July fireworks display in Michigan.

The best part about all of this is if I was still working at the hospital as a Registered Nurse. I would have to ask for time off and there is a good chance I might not get it. Then I would have to switch with someone so I would be on the phone begging people to switch my shifts for their shifts which would also mean next week I would be working a crazy scheduled just to make up for the days that someone switched with me. I would have been thrilled to work a hectic schedule next week just to be able to have Friday through Sunday off this weekend.

Working from home changes all of that! Yes I am my own boss, I create my own hours. I make a great income but besides that I really do have true FREEDOM. Four years ago before getting started with Coastal Travel I would have never known this was possible.

I hope you have a great 4th,

Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019
www.dfilive.com/jackie/landing1

Succeeding is Simple

Succeeding is simple. I can tell you that after reaching a level of success myself. I currently work full time from home about 20 to 25 hours a week. I love what I do and feel like I am probably one of the luckiest guys around. However, I didn't always feel this way. It wasn't until I started working for myself and having success did I begin to realize how lucky I am.

One day I decided to take a afternoon walk in the middle of the day, it was beautiful out. While on my walk I started think about all the freedom I get to enjoy working form home. Then wondered why more people didn't work for themselves. Then I started thinking about all the statistics that show how many people fail at things like starting their own business. Maybe it was the fear of failing that kept most people from trying, I didn't know. I started to go back and focus on what helped me to succeed. I wasn't an extraordinary person, I made very average grades in school, I even failed out of college at one point, but some how I eventually did have success.

How did I succeed? The single biggest reason for my success was my education. I learned how to have success working from home. I don't necessarily mean formal education like college but rather an education that came from a strong desire to improve my lifestyle and to eventually have the freedom that allowed me to take walks in the middle of the day not worrying about what a boss might say. For me that education came from Dani Johnson and her training seminars First Steps to Success. Now there is even more training with our organization Decide Freedom International (DFI). DFI, provides training over live conference calls and at live events like the one coming up in July. You can get more details here http://www.dfipromo.com/.

Being able to have some place that I could consistently tune into, some place that whenever I had a question I could always get it answered. That was literally how I ended up having success and how I continue to grow my success. I know if something new pops up in my business I can hop on an Open Forum call and the host on that call will be able to help me get my question answered. Being humble, even though I have had success and have a team of people that I am working with, and knowing that I still have more to learn. This is the reason why I continue to learn from Dani Johnson and will likely continue to learn from her for the rest of her career and mine.

The moral of the story is simple if you want to succeed from home find someone who has done it and follow their every step. Also find out where they learn from, just like I tell my team that I learned from Dani Johnson and DFI. I tell them to plug into the same systems that I used to get educated on this business. If a college flunky can succeed at this and earn over $190,000 working part time in his first two years then I promise, so can you.

Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

P.S. Dunn and Bradstreet, a company in charge of credit reporting for corporations, says that 90% of businesses fail due to a lack of knowledge and skill on the part of the business owner.

DFI, Coastal Travel, and the Month of Momentum

Last week was great. Went to a graduation party this week and it was a tremendous about of fun as well pleny of food, pleny of friends, and amazing weather. Overall it was just a great weekend.

Now I am back in my home office and going to work with the Month of Momentum! It is so much fun knowing that everyone else in DFI is working along side of me for the same goals this month. I have also increased my advertising with www.cemcoastal.com.

I will keep you posted,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

Great time at the ball game and update on the week

As you read in my last post we went to the Detroit Tigers baseball game. We had a great time. I smoke a new cigar that I have never had it was called a La Fontana. It was O.K. nothing special to write home about. We watched part of the game from the Tiger Den, which is a restaurant at the stadium. Talk about just a good time. I plan to go back to another game, however I prefer to watch the game from the restaurant. You can get second seating which is at game time. You can make reservations at the window and you have a great view of the game. The restaurant is at the same level as the private boxes except on the other side of the field. During the game you can step down to the cigar bar which is inside of the restaurant and have a smoke. All just part of living the good life.

The week looks to be very productive. I have travel seminar scheduled for this coming week. We are also in our second week of momentum. It's all about consistent massive action throughout the month of June. I will keep you posted as the week goes by.

Have a great day,
Jackie O'Quinn

Cigars and Baseball

Today we are headed out to a Detroit Tigers baseball game. Now I am personally not a big sports fan. For me it's more about the social aspect of our plans. For example I am going with 2 of my great friends here in Michigan, Tim Socier, and Timmy Nye. Tim, is now only my friend but he is also an inspirational business owner of "Timothy's Fine Tobaccos".

We got 4 free tickets to the Camacho Lounge at the Tiger's stadium so we are going to go relax in their posh lounge, enjoy good cigars, eat food, and just spend a great day together. I have been looking forward to this all week! I will definitely have to keep you posted on the updates and how much fun we have!

Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

DFI Event coming to Pittsburgh PA!

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Just to know that I play a small part in a massive organization that has a mission of impacting the world... truly humbling...

Catching you up!

Wow... where to begin.

Life has been good, busy, and fun all at the same time. Let's start with last night. Last night, we went out with some friends to a Brazilian Barbecue resteraunt. It was awesome! I would highly recommend it to anyone. The way it works is you go in and pay one price. On your table you have a cardboard circle one side is green and one side is red. When you want to eat you turn the green side up and all the waiters come up to your table to offer you one of 14 different types of meet. They then proceed to slice the meet directly from the spit that it was cooked on in to yoru plate. It is a delectable experience. Leg of Lamb, Filet Mignon, Top Sirlon, Chicken, Pork Loin, Lamb Chops, and several others when offered you accept what you want and turn down what you don't want. They also had a really great salad bar... but come on... who is wasting time with the salad bar?

After dinner, Shane and I went back to their house and the women went to our house because the girls had plans today and we had different plans today. On the way home we bought some Romeo and Julieta Reserva Reals, which is a great mild cigar. We sat on their balcony and solved the world's problems while having some great cigars. A good time was had by all.

In other news, business has been great. I was at a First Steps to Success event with Dani Johnson in Chicago and she said, "Just go make a mess". She was referring to fear, and not being afraid of trying anything new. So my friend Melissa Hecht, said Jackie let's go make a mess. We started doing Coastal Travel vacation seminars. This is a brand new way of marketing that I have never done in the past. However, I love it! Seminars are pretty easy and alot of fun, who doesn't want to travel or learn how to travel for less money. We did two and it looks like we have a Platinum sale coming in this week! We have another travel seminar scheduled for this Tuesday in Frakenmuth Michigan I will let you know how that goes.

Also over the past month I have been doing alot more studying on investing and the Forex market. The Forex market is complicated but the easiest way to explain it is by copying and pasting the explanation from Investopedia:

"The market in which currencies are traded. The forex market is the largest, most liquid market in the world with an average traded value that exceeds $1.9 trillion per day and includes all of the currencies in the world.

There is no central marketplace for currency exchange; trade is conducted over the counter. The forex market is open 24 hours a day, five days a week, and currencies are traded worldwide among the major financial centers of London, New York, Tokyo, Zürich, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris and Sydney.

The forex is the largest market in the world in terms of the total cash value traded, and any person, firm or country may participate in this market."

The forex market is a highly leveraged market, in layman's terms this means you can make and lose a lot of money in a relatively short amount of time. This is a market that I have researched quite a bit over the past two years looking for areas to invest the money I am making with Coastal Travel. I am actually trading now on a demo account and I made a simple website for people to be able to follow along with what I am doing. They can even trade along side of me if they want. You can visit that webiste at www.coastalforex.com.

I will be updating again soon,
Jackie O'Quinn
Jackie's Website
Contact phone 1-800-620-3019

Where is DFI going?

Our business coach Dani Johnson, often teaches that you have to live by design not by default. Living my design means you have to know where you are headed and you have to have a plan to get there. This weekend I did a conference call and I laid out a plan of where we are headed with DFI. I can't give you all of the details, to be quite honest, they are top secret.

Let me just give you the long term vision. DFI, is made up of a group of people who are absolute movers and shakers. We have team members who share the vision of "deciding to be FREE". We are home based business owners who are looking to achieve something greater than ourselves. As a whole we have an unmatched passion for what we do and where we are headed. In the next 3 to 5 years we will have our first Millionaires in DFI. I don't mean individuals who have made a million dollars we already have those. I am talking about people who started from very humble beginnings but will create a net worth for themselves and their families of over $1,000,000 dollars. In the same 3 to 5 years 25% of our entire organization will become totally debt free including mortgage.

We will have a team of people who not only have been able to reach financial freedom, physical freedom, and spiritual freedom in their own lives. But they will be passionate about helping others all across the world achieve those same freedoms. We will as an organization work to impact all parts of the industrial planet. We will work to impact the none industrial and third world regions though our donations, and our own volunteer efforts.

We will create life long friendships within our own organization that can only be shared by individuals who share our goals and our vision. We will become a group of entrepreneurs who are truly living lives of freedom. Being able to be free from financial stress not only because you operate a successful home business but because you have learned to manage and invest your money. Now you are living the life of travel, being able to take vacations with friends and family at a moments notice. You are now in a position where if you hear of someone in need you can quickly take care of their financial needs if you so choose. You will individually impact your neighborhood and know that as a group our entire organization is impacting the world. You will know that you are a part of a movement that is much much bigger than yourself.

Maybe you have always wanted to travel to third world countries and volunteer. Now you can do that and you know because of your business with DFI and the training provided by Dani Johnson, you now are able to have the freedom to do that whenever you are called. Maybe you simply grew up like I did with very humble beginnings. You will now be able to have the house you have dreamed about. It could be a huge luxurious mansion with your exotic sports car or luxury car in the garage. You are able to take vacations and cruises but you no longer book trips with Carnival or Royal Caribbean; you are now able to use your own yacht that you have been able to purchase and have custom built due to your success as a home based entrepreneur.

You will then be internationally recognized as part of a greater movement. A movement that crosses business, religious, and political boundaries. Your influence as a speaker and a teacher whether from a stage, book, or just in your daily life will have credibility because of your track record and your part in helping others become free.

In closing I would say this... go to work, remain coachable, and teachable. Keep this vision in front of you always and be confident in where we are all headed together.

The future is bright,

Jackie O'Quinn
Jackie's DFI website
1-800-620-3019

It's amazing what an ambulance can remind you of...

I just back from Applebee's, my girlfriend Carmen, called me this evening and asked if I was available to go out to eat. She wanted to take me out to eat. (That was sweet of her wasn't it) Of course working for myself, I was able to finish up early and enjoy a nice dinner with Carmen. I drove separately and met her at the resteraunt so on the way home we of course were driving separately. In the distance I heard sirens, then up ahead I saw the read flashing lights. It was an ambulance. I was immediately taken back to the most memorable moment in my life of seeing an ambulance.

We were in my Nannie and Papa's car, my twin brother Stacy O'Quinn and I, it was dark out and we were backing up past the parked ambulance. It was sometime after 3am and it was our driveway we were backing out of. Earlier that morning (closer to 3 am) we had been awaken by our mama who quickly clicked on the bedroom light that we shared saying "Get up boys, your daddy is sick".

Daddy, had never really been sick. The night before we had attended church, afterwards we had went home. The evening had been uneventful by all accounts, it ended with us kissing mama and daddy goodnight. And now mama was waking us up. We were only 9 years old and we had no idea what time it was, thinking it was closer to the time we would normally wake up we were moving at our normal groggy pace. In a moment mom came back down the hall and said, "Boys, you have got to hurry up".

In the next minute we overheard her say this on the telephone with a seriousness we were not use to, "Mama, it's me. Mama, call Johnnie (my uncle who was a first responder and volunteer firefighter) it's Edgar, (my dad) I think he's having a heart attack". Now my brother and I, heard that and we knew it was pretty serious we knew our Nannie and Papa had friends that had died from heart attacks. We quickly finished putting on our pants and T shirts, mama came to our room as we were finishing. Standing at the door, she called us out. I can still remember she was standing between us and the hallway that opened up directly to their bedroom. She hurried us into the opposite room which was the living. She sat us on a chair, and told us that we needed to pray. She reminded us that just weeks before we had learned the Lord's Prayer at church and in unison we started, "Our father which art in heaven; hollow be thy name...'

This continued several times through with mama moving about doing what amounted to busy tasks, she was almost robotic like. In a few minutes the door opened, it was my Uncle Johnnie and Aunt Brenda. My cousin, Tabitha who was probably about 14 yrs old was with them. Uncle Johnnie and Aunt Brenda, went past us with their supply bags in their hand. Tabitha, came over to Stacy and I on the chair, mama followed them down the hall to the bedroom where daddy was. Within a few moments we heard Uncle Johnnie say something over his radio, my brother stood up from the chair we were sitting on and ran to the couch, which gave him a clear visible view down the hall to where daddy was laying in his bed. Tabitha, quickly ran after him and called his name, "Stacy, come back here". I ran behind her as she pulled Stacy back to our original chair. I glanced down the hall before following Stacy and Tabitha; I have since had that picture burned in my memory. It was a picture of my daddy laying on the bed, he looked very peaceful as if he was sleeping. He was on his back, and his hands were on his chest with his fingers interlaced.

We were quickly back on the chair waiting for what was to happen next. In a matter of minutes my Nannie and Papa came in the front door. They went back and ended up talking to mama and then mama came and proceeded to ask us to leave with them to go to their house. I remember telling mama, "We want to go with daddy. We want to go to the hospital with daddy".

She encouraged us to go with Nanny and Papa saying we had to get some sleep. We eventually resigned and went with them. Hence, my memory as we left the driveway passing the ambulance that arrived shortly after Nannie and Papa. We went to Nannie and Papa's house and went to sleep in Papa's bed. We woke up as it was getting light outside. Laying in Papa's bed I realized we were not going to school. In a few minutes we heard mama come in. There was some conversation between her and her parents but I don't remember being able to understand what was being said.

Mama called to us to come in the living room. We got up and went in there and found her sitting in my Nannie's recliner. We asked if daddy was OK and when he was going to be better. Mama, asked us to sit in front of her. We sat on the floor and she leaned forward and proceeded to say, "Your daddy is in heaven". It was not that simple but that was the jist of it. My life has forever been changed. It continues to be changed to this day. A picture of the greatest man I have ever known hangs in my home office. I am forever reminded that we are never promised a tomorrow.

**Note -- My daddy's autopsy was inconclusive. To this day there is no known cause of his death. I reread it myself after I become a nurse. It was not a heart attack as my mom had originally thought that morning.

Tonight as that ambulance passed me on the way home, this entire memory ran through my mind in a split second. As it went by, I said the same prayer I have said to my self every time I have seen a ambulance with sirens blaring for the past 19 years. "God please let them, get their in time".

I have spent this time writing this entry to remind you of the same thing I was reminded of tonight. We are not promised a tomorrow, make the most of today. Are you where you want to be in life? Are you taking steps now to get to where you want to be in your life?

Thanks for sharing my memory,

Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019
Jackie's Website

What kind of CEO would you be?

So Sunday after my Easter festivities, I decided to hop online and partake in one of my favorite past times, online poker. Ok, so this blog isn't really about me playing poker. It's about what I started thinking about between hands.

What Kind of CEO You Be?

Being in business I often times try to imagine what would I be like as a CEO of a large public Corporation. Have you ever thought about this? If not, then I want you to imagine you where given total freedom to head up any corporation you wanted. No worries, you are not expected to know everything. Your first year you will have several knowledgeable members of the Board of Directors mentoring you until you get the hang of calling the shots. What I really want you to think about is your work ethic, your life, and even you extravagant finances. What would your life and even your daily routine look like if you were "The CEO".

Would you wake up early each morning watch the news and catch coffee before your day started. Would you be at work promptly? Would you be consistent with your work? Would you be eager to learn, and would you be excited about the company you had chosen to head up?

What would be your motivation in work each day? Are you saving up for some sort of exotic vacation like the Caribbean or maybe the Mediterranean? Are you just looking to get established financially so you can help your family and get them out of debt? Maybe you are just focusing on getting yourself financially secured and professionally established? Or maybe you want to help greater man kind through your corporation and with your personal finances. Maybe you are the type of person that really wants to do your part to impact the world, helping the poor and those less fortunate.

Do you realize that you are a CEO now? That's right we are currently the CEO's of our own life. Making decisions and choices that impact our net worth just like we would be making decisions and choices that impact our company's bottom line. How much profit do you make each month? Are you as excited about your own life and where you are taking it, as you would be if you had the dream job of running the company of your choice? Working towards your life's goals start by what you are doing right now. What actions are you take on a day to day basis? Are you excited about your life and where you are headed? If not, that is the issue holding you back.

Make a decision to day to be the CEO you would want to be and who knows you may become that CEO one day!

Just a thought,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019
Jackie's Business website

What separates 2 precenters from 98 precenters?

This is the lesson that I was referring to several blog posts ago. I was recently taught that there is only one factor that objectively determines whether someone is a two precenter or not. This was such an incredible eye opener for me and a butt kicker if you know what I mean. So are you ready? The only way to know objectively if someone is a part of the 2 precenter category is simply this.

Two precenters consistently set goals and for the most part achieve the goals they are setting!

When I first heard this, it made perfect sense to me. When someone is setting goals and achieving them then it is impossible for them to not be achieving success. Could you imagine someone setting a lifetime of goals and hitting most of them? Just imagine the life they would lead, the family the would have, the success they would have in business, etc. It just makes sense. Notice, the goals don't have to be incredibly ambitious or large. It's just a matter of setting goals hitting them and setting new goals over and over again. It's like a magic formula for success almost.

The butt kicking part came when I went back and realized that I have almost consistently hit goals but have not achieved them. To be honest, I have to say this is because I end up have very ambitious goals. I have to rethink my goals for the year and the month and let you know what they are. I am going to focus on hitting my goals much more often.

Later,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

How to be part of the 2% of businesses that succeed

This is a continuation of this post. 98% of the population is dead or deadbroke by the age of 65. Only 2% are financially free. In that last post I talked about how doing the exact opposite of what 98% of people do will allow you to be unusually successful. I mainly focused on the heard mentality that is looking for the stable secure job. However, many people know that 98% to 95% of business fail during their first 5 years. So if you look at my last post you would think that everyone starting businesses must belong in the 2% category. Nothing could be farther from the truth. You see a 2 precenter has nothing to do with what you do and everything to do with how you think.

For example, a person starting a business thinking like a 98 precenter may say something like this. "Let me get started and spend as little as possible to just try it out. I don't want to risk too much" I assure you if you are "trying" anything you will fail. Comments like that already show that you don't expect to succeed.

Many people get started in our business with that same sort of a mindset. Dani Johnson, calls it a lottery mentality and that is exactly what it is. "Let me spend alittle and just see if it will take off". People start working from home and think because they bought into some business that they are going to have instant overnight success. It just doesn't work that way. Here is another one, they hear about some training, seminars, or even college courses they may help them learn how to succeed in their chosen business and they say this, "When I make money I am going to get that training or take those courses". Another great example of why people with the heard mentality of the 98 precenter fails in business. Don't they realize that sounds alot like the guy that says, "I am going to start doing surgery and when I get paid, I am going to go to school and learn to do it". According to Dunn and Bradstreet, "98% of business fail due to a lack of knowledge and skill on the part of the business owner" meaning you have to get the knowledge and skill before you start making money with your business. What makes us think that we were born knowing how to succeed in business?

If you want to be a 2 precenter, you have to do the exact opposite of the 98% that are failing.

1) Make a decision to succeed in business.

2) Find a proven business model, this is any business that other people have had a track record of succeeding with. It can be any business that has a complete business model you can follow. This model should include how to get your products and services at wholesale, how to get complete comprehensive training on each stage of your business, how to cost effectively generate new clients or customers, and how to systematically grow your business. These models can be found in any business a mom and pop business, franchise, or even a home based business.

3) Follow that proven model to a "T" and do not deviate from it until you have had success to the level that it has been proven.

4) Find a mentor and follow everything they do. For me this is Dani Johnson.

All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019
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P.S. Tomorrow I will show you the only definitive way to know if you are a 98 percenter or 2 precenter.

I just had to share with you real quick

So just 10 years ago people in Detroit MI, were looking for jobs with large stable companies. Companies with pensions, 401Ks, good wages, and high salaries. Today one of these companies is making headline news >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_gm.

About that same time a 2%er was starting a business and his family told him he was taking on too much risk. Maybe they told him to go get a real job with some job secruity. Who knows maybe his first business even failed. Either way I am willing to bet he is doing much better off today then current GM employees.

I had to post this, after my post yesterday. When I checked my email, I saw the headline on yahoo news and I thought, "Wow". What a perfect example.

Back to regular posting later,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

It's been a good day working from home

OK, so I still haven't told you the lesson I learned this past week. I mentioned this first about two posts before this one. The reason, I haven't told you is because once I got started writing the post before this one I realized I had to to catch you up to what I have learned so far; so when I share this lesson with you, it will make sense to you. I am still going to share this but not in this post. I will probably wright one more post explaining more about 98% and 2% before telling you what I learned this past weekend.

Right now, I just wanted to update you on my day today. I made 87 dials, talked to 5 clients, and one went to a live call with me. I was below a 10% connect ratio, this is most likely due to the fact that I talked to some older leads from last week. Out of 11 new leads today, I was able to get in touch with 4 of them. That was pretty good. I only worked about 5 hours today also.

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Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

Why is 98% of the population dead or deadbroke?

Our coach, Dani Johnson teaches this concept. However, this is a perfect example of how you can hear something over and over again but still not completely get it. Learning is without question a process and this just proves that point over and over again. So Dani Johnson, teaches that

"98% of the population is dead or deadbroke by the age of 65, only 2% are financially free"

She also goes on to say if you want to be unusually successful then simply find out what 98% of the population does and do the exact opposite. For example, look for "job security". 98% of the population does this, but job security is a good way to end up looking for a pension that is likely not to be their when you are ready to retire, or to depend on a social security system that is failing fast. No one ever becomes financially free working for someone else.

Here is another one, don't try to start a business that's risky! 98% of the population is risk adverse and choose to settle for a job because they don't want to risk anything. First of all, this is a crazy statement to begin with. If business is so risky, what are you working for? Chances are you are working for a business! If you are not working for a business then you are working for the government and with cutbacks and the growing deficit that is definitely a risky job. The problem with corperate jobs is you are still taking the risk in fact you are taking more risk then your employer. You don't control anything about your job or it's future. If you the business/company you are working for starts to go under your employer will be the last one to leave the business and the last one to stop earning an income from it. Your employer makes decisions that are good for his business and his income not necessarily what's good for you.

Maybe you work for a large company and you are confident they are stable and growing. Therefore, you feel like you have job secruity. That makes perfect sense to me. You are at no more risk than the automobile employees or the airline employees were 10 years ago when they felt like they had job security. Currently most of those companies are now facing potential bankruptcy due changing economic conditions that no one could predict 10 years prior. Your stable company may be just fine 10 years from now but will it last 15 or 20 years from now. Who knows?

All I know is 98% of the population trade financial freedom for this idea of job secruity and job stability which really doesn't exist. O.K, this article is long enough. I will add more in my next one.

If you want to be a 2%er and be financial free then start a business,

Learning... never stop learning

Last week I did not hit my goal of 400 dials for the week. I also learned one of the most important lessons I ever could have learned. I will share more about that in a moment or maybe in my next post. First up just to update you on a couple of things. My numbers in January show me that I need to make more dials first off, but my connect ratio was well below 10% of my dials. Meaning that out of every 10 dials I talked to less than 1 client. This is most likely due to one very important factor. I had some aged or older leads I was calling just to help me hit my goals. So I was making dials but was not nearly as productive with that time as I needed to be. In other words, there are some things I could have done that would have been more effective in my business. One is I could have done a better job following up with clients versus just focusing so much on dials.

I have made some new decisions moving forward in my business. I need to continue to work towards making 80 dials a day but I also need to do my best to get my contact ratio above 10%. Increasing my contact ratio is going to be my first priority. Now my plan of action is this...

I have ordered more advertising via http://www.snapresponse.com/. Primarily I am using the "Coastal Video Leads" and just adjusted my orders to include some "Real Time Christain Leads". I am spending the same amount on advertising but this will allow to me have more "Real Time" advertising running which is ALWAYS more responsive when I am calling them. This should have two consequences and I will confirm this as I track my numbers. First, I should have a much higher connect ratio because I don't plan on calling any aged data. Second, I may not be getting enough leads in to hit my 80 dials a day goal Monday through Thursday. I will just have to wait and see how this works out. I may be adjusting my annual goal to compensate for this. As my income increases, I will continue to grow my advertising budget to make sure that I have enough "Real Time" advertising to reach 80 dials a day. Who knows, I may already have enough but I don't think I do.

With my goals being adjusted, I am looking to save time but be more productive as well. See my next post to find out what I learned last week, which may simply change my life forever!

All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

400 Dials

I just hit my 400th dial this week. It's been an amazing week especially with the Blitz taking place. I am headed out for some weekend fun. I will post more later...

It's about the Blitz

Today was a great day. I did on the job training with two team members. I made 74 dials to clients. I actually spoke with 8 different clients. I had appointents with 4 for our company conference call. I probably worked about 7 hours today but a big part of that was answering questions during our OJT calls.

See you tomorrow,
Jackie O'Quinn

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Dani Johnson is on CNBC

Dani Johnson is on CNBC right now. I guess I missed it in the previews. Not only that, she mentioned my girlfriend "Carmen" we are both clients of Dani's. I owe a rediculous to Dani Johnson and her training. I will never be able to repay all that I have been taught nor will I ever be able to express how thankful I am for the lessons that I have learned!

Dani Johnson is not on "The Big Idea"

At least for tonight. I am assuming Dani Johnson will be on "The Big Idea" another night, I will keep you posted. Business is good. Only 40 dials today about 4 hours because I had to host two conference calls. Also, my advertising didn't start coming in until later this afternoon. I only actually spoke to one person because most of my dials were to older leads. Cathy Auman, spoke up and gave one of her first testimonials on a lived business call tonight. Way to go Cathy! She is an amazing lady. Cathy also set up a marketing system with a client today, keep it up Cathy.

Karen Uyttenhove, also stepped and gave a testimony today! This women are well on their way to establishing their own lucrative incomes working from home. You are doing amazing Karen.

I'll be back,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

Ok, one guest no show and one marketing system

Also Cathy Auman, who is a client of mine had one of her guests on the call. That lady kept stepping out she seemed very eager to purchase a membership! Great job, Cathy!

Stay tuned for more,

Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

I love my life!

What a good day. I love Snapresponse.com, there advertising is just smoking right now. Today I made 80 dials, talked to 5 new clients, and got 2 scheduled for our business overview conference call. Both showed up as well!

I got to make 80 dials a day much more often. This business is so much more fun when you have things happening. I am on the conference line with my guests now so I will update you in a little while and tell you what happens!

I continue to be tested...

Today, I had distractions with advertising and some unplanned technical issues kept me working as much as I wanted as well. I probably only put in under 3 hours of productive work today. I made about 37 dials to clients and put two new clients in the pipeline.

In other news, I found out that our trainer Dani Johnson is going to to be featured on CNBC on "The Big Idea" with Donny Deutsch. This is a big deal, I know of no other home based business trainer that has been featured on such a high profile business television shows. We at Decide Freedom International could not be more blessed to be coaching with a trainer that has such a massive track record of helping other people to succeed. I absolutely owe my success to Dani Johnson and her training seminars First Steps to Success.

Tomorrow, promises to be a much more productive day. Subscribe and I will notify you tomorrow when I update this blog.

That's it for now,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3109

Weekly update

I don't have my numbers in front of me for the week. What I can tell you with surety is that this was another week that I did not hit my weekly dials of 400 dials. So far for the year I am at 1 week goasl hit and 3 weeks goals missed. At the end of the year I have to have 40 weeks of 400 dials which means that I have to be much more focused going forward. Good news is I do have momentum building in my business and I did set up a marketing system this week.

We have a Blitz coming up this week in DFI. The Blitz, is one of the best times to be working. It's all out massive action as a team. We are working together and literally impacting the world as a whole. We will see people making money for the very first time in their business. My blog posts may be shorter due to high levels of activity during the Blitz. I am expecting that I will be in the Top Ten for production during the Blitz. Subscribe to The Growth of an Entrepreneur and you will be notified when I update my blog.

Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019

Applying skill

So far today I have made 30 dials to clients. Only4 new requests have come in so far today so I haven't had a great contact ratio only reaching 1 person. I read the script and took them to the website. I also followed up with a gentleman that missed our appt yesterday and got him rescheduled for yesterday. I absolutely love it!



This past weekend at First Steps to Success, I heard Dani Johnson mention that she had a 100% show up ratio to her company presentations. Her clients had to drive to that presentation. I realized that I only have a 30% show up ratio and my clients don't drive, they just call in on a conference call to ours. So I listened to the strategies she was discussing and applied them yesterday. I had 100% show up ratio today for conference calls that I scheduled with clients yesterday. I will continue to apply these new strategies. If I can just get to a 60% show up ratio I would literally double my income!



I'll be back,

Jackie O'Quinn
1-800-620-3019



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Day in review

58 Dials

8 People in the pipeline

4 Scheduled for business overview conference call

1 Marketing System setup

5 hours of work

I will be working most of the day about 5 hours on Friday and Saturday because I didn't work as much earlier in the week.