Letters to John are actually letters that have been sent to my email subscribers who are looking for oppurtunities to increase their income working from home. Letters to John, focuses on educating subscribers about future events that may create oppurtunites for you to increase wealth and security for your family.
Hey John
This is the second installment of Monday Matters sent each Monday. If you missed the last one you can read it here: http://jackieoquinn.blogspot.com/2010/07/letters-to-john.html
As you read this I want you to keep in mind two important points. You have to look at the facts of what is happening around us as objectively as possible. Secondly, don't let your personal belief system get in the way of your judgement. In order to take advantage of the financial shift that is taking place, you want to position yourself strategically. That strategic positioning is what we will be discussing more later on.
In the mean time I found a short video that does a great job of explaining what a recession is and how we get out of a recession.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1BuKBdi84
Jackie, why are you wanting me to learn about the Recession and Recovery? Because in a Recession and the Recovery will create unprecedented oppurtunities for you to become financially secure. An oppurtunity for you to be able to protect those that are the closest to you.
Have a great week,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
(Since 2004)
http://www.flexiblebiz.com/goland1
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Letters to John
Letters to John are actually letters that have been sent to my email subscribers who are looking for oppurtunities to increase their income working from home. Letters to John, focuses on educating subscribers about future events that may create oppurtunites for you to increase wealth and security for your family.
John,
As I told you over the weekend. This will be my first email designed to help us ( I say us because I am always learning ) take advantage of our current political/economical environment to secure our personal finances. In order to take advantage of what is happening around us we have to eduate ourselves so that we can see these oppurtunities.
First let me ask you to watch what I find to be the easiest explanation of our money system and financial system in most developed countries. Below is a short free movie I found some time ago. It's not terribly entertaining but very easy to follow. It's important that you review the movie below so that later discussions will make sense to you. I would even recommend that you save it on your computer to watch again. It's is alittle slow give it about 5 minutes and it will start coming together for you.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5352106773770802849#
Any questions that you have feel free to email me at jackieoquinn@yahoo.com
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
http://mydfilive.com/direct.php?id=123456&password=password
John,
As I told you over the weekend. This will be my first email designed to help us ( I say us because I am always learning ) take advantage of our current political/economical environment to secure our personal finances. In order to take advantage of what is happening around us we have to eduate ourselves so that we can see these oppurtunities.
First let me ask you to watch what I find to be the easiest explanation of our money system and financial system in most developed countries. Below is a short free movie I found some time ago. It's not terribly entertaining but very easy to follow. It's important that you review the movie below so that later discussions will make sense to you. I would even recommend that you save it on your computer to watch again. It's is alittle slow give it about 5 minutes and it will start coming together for you.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5352106773770802849#
Any questions that you have feel free to email me at jackieoquinn@yahoo.com
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
http://mydfilive.com/direct.php?id=123456&password=password
Monday, July 05, 2010
June 27th was my wedding anniversary
Carmen and I just celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. We went up to the Blue Ridge mountains and rented a luxury cabin for a week. It was a great time. The first couple of day we basically had some rest and relaxation playing games, and taking naps mostly. As the week went by we did more adventurous things. One day we went hiking for about two hours. There are tons of hiking trails and lots of national forest so that was scenic and incredibly beautiful. Another day we went horseback riding. This was technically my first time on a horse other than being a kid but that was when someone else like my uncle was holding the reins. Horseback riding through the mountains was definitely a good time. We went through the woods, down old logging roads, and open fields. In several places we had incredible views of the mountains.
Thursday of last week was probably one of our highlights (outside of my wife she was THE highlight and has been since the day we got married). We went whitewater rafting. We went down the Ococee River. This was a first for both of us, but man it was SO MUCH FUN. To be honest, I was intimidated alittle at first. Our guide was very knowledgeable and very laid back. Carmen did get knocked out of the raft once, but she got back in and was fine. One boat that was in our group completely turned over. It was alot of fun. If you have never been whitewater rafting then I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND it!
We came back home on Friday and had a quiet weekend. Now it's Monday and the first week of July. Back to business. In DFI we have a contest running through the summer and I want to do well with it so I will be giving it a good run. Speaking of which I have an appt now so I need to run but will be back for another blog post later.
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
www.FlexibleBiz.com
Thursday of last week was probably one of our highlights (outside of my wife she was THE highlight and has been since the day we got married). We went whitewater rafting. We went down the Ococee River. This was a first for both of us, but man it was SO MUCH FUN. To be honest, I was intimidated alittle at first. Our guide was very knowledgeable and very laid back. Carmen did get knocked out of the raft once, but she got back in and was fine. One boat that was in our group completely turned over. It was alot of fun. If you have never been whitewater rafting then I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND it!
We came back home on Friday and had a quiet weekend. Now it's Monday and the first week of July. Back to business. In DFI we have a contest running through the summer and I want to do well with it so I will be giving it a good run. Speaking of which I have an appt now so I need to run but will be back for another blog post later.
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
www.FlexibleBiz.com
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Earn money through the summer with a home based business
The Summer time is one of the very best times to build a home based business. During the summer time people are off work and thinking about how bad they don't want to have to work. During the summer, other people with a home based business tend to slow down or slack off so that means that if you own a home based business you have far less competition. It's best to get started working from home in a low competative environment which is what the summer provides. Also many manufactures offer some of the biggest contests during the summer time! In the next few paragraphs, I will explain my points above alittle further.
The Summer months are the ones in which most people take time off work and travel. This is vacation time, wedding time, out door picnic time, lake time, and beach time. People are resting relaxing and inevitably thinking about wanting to relax and vacation more often. This is when people often times consider working from home or starting a home business, so they can have more control and more freedom in there lives. These are exactly the type of clients you want to talk to if you are in business development from home. Also if you are in the travel industry such as we are then this is inherently a great time of the year for obvious reasons. Have you seen our website >> www.flexiblebiz.com/
Also this time of year other home business owners start taking time off. They procrastinate this time of year more than any other. The fact is that 95% of home business owners are part time and only operate a home business for extra income. That means there business is not often their top priority. During this time of year vactions and time off with family tend to become a much higher priority. This is a great time to maximize your business as we just described, many people are still looking to work from home but your competition has taken the summer off.
Many manufactures that home businesses represent understand that their distribution channel (the home business industry) slows way down due to a lack of people work. So they offer some of their very best contests during the summer months. It's also this time of year there are less people competing for those contests, so they are ususally much easier to win.
In summary, if you are looking to get started working from home then there can be no better time than right now. If you own a home business then don't fall into the summer trap. Instead be sure to capitalize on it. Come the Fall your business will be in explosive growth and momentum!
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
The Summer months are the ones in which most people take time off work and travel. This is vacation time, wedding time, out door picnic time, lake time, and beach time. People are resting relaxing and inevitably thinking about wanting to relax and vacation more often. This is when people often times consider working from home or starting a home business, so they can have more control and more freedom in there lives. These are exactly the type of clients you want to talk to if you are in business development from home. Also if you are in the travel industry such as we are then this is inherently a great time of the year for obvious reasons. Have you seen our website >> www.flexiblebiz.com/
Also this time of year other home business owners start taking time off. They procrastinate this time of year more than any other. The fact is that 95% of home business owners are part time and only operate a home business for extra income. That means there business is not often their top priority. During this time of year vactions and time off with family tend to become a much higher priority. This is a great time to maximize your business as we just described, many people are still looking to work from home but your competition has taken the summer off.
Many manufactures that home businesses represent understand that their distribution channel (the home business industry) slows way down due to a lack of people work. So they offer some of their very best contests during the summer months. It's also this time of year there are less people competing for those contests, so they are ususally much easier to win.
In summary, if you are looking to get started working from home then there can be no better time than right now. If you own a home business then don't fall into the summer trap. Instead be sure to capitalize on it. Come the Fall your business will be in explosive growth and momentum!
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
Monday, May 10, 2010
Oil Spill in the Gulf and Gas Prices?
I heard the end of last week that the latest Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico is obviously a major crisis, however it seems that some analyst are predicting that plus inflation from out of control government spending could lead to $5 and $10 a gallon gasoline this summer? That doesn't seem too far fetched really, last summer many places in the US saw $4 a gallon gasoline. But in today's current economic environment with unemployeement hovering just under 10% what does $5 or $10 per gallon of gasoline do for you and your family? How about your neighbors?
It's a tragedy really, if you use a tank of gas per week and your car holds 15 gallons per tank then that's like $150 per week in gas. I'll be honest with you, it is amazing how unemployeement and potentially rising gas prices tremendously helped our business. The home busines industry is in a mini surge right now. People want security, people are afraid they may lose the job they have. People are getting laid off and can't find work so they start looking to work from home.
If gas prices go up this summer then people will be looking for ways to get out of commuting so far everyday. That will lead them to looking at working from home. Which just means more people will get started. Those who have an established business already will benefit from the coming growth that will be taking place through the summer months of our industry. Working from home has always been fun and lucrative but it's about to become even more lucrative over the next 6 to 12 months.
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
Website: www.flexiblebiz.com/goland1/oilspill
1-888-309-5759
It's a tragedy really, if you use a tank of gas per week and your car holds 15 gallons per tank then that's like $150 per week in gas. I'll be honest with you, it is amazing how unemployeement and potentially rising gas prices tremendously helped our business. The home busines industry is in a mini surge right now. People want security, people are afraid they may lose the job they have. People are getting laid off and can't find work so they start looking to work from home.
If gas prices go up this summer then people will be looking for ways to get out of commuting so far everyday. That will lead them to looking at working from home. Which just means more people will get started. Those who have an established business already will benefit from the coming growth that will be taking place through the summer months of our industry. Working from home has always been fun and lucrative but it's about to become even more lucrative over the next 6 to 12 months.
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
Website: www.flexiblebiz.com/goland1/oilspill
1-888-309-5759
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
I'm earning 12.68% at Lending Club
Hi Jackie,
I'm currently earning a 12.68% Net Annualized Return as a Lending Club investor.
I think this is a service you should check out.
It's easy and free to join. Because I invited you, you'll receive a $25 bonus on an initial investment of $25 or more.
Sign up for a no-cost account;
Lending Club respects the privacy of its members. Your personal information will always be kept totally confidential from other members--including me.
Best,
Jackie O'Quinn
Notes offered by prospectus filed with the SEC.
_________________________________________________________________________________
The above email I just copied and pasted to here so you could check out Lending Club if you wanted. Let me explain what Lending Club is and how it works. Basically in the simplest of explanations, this is your way of becoming a bank/finance company without any of the overhead. Someone else does the billing and collecting you just reap the profits from your lending activity.
Lending Club is a marketplace where lenders with above average credit score (600 and up). Can apply to get loans at very competative rates. As an investor you are allowed to browse through these loans, you get access to the borrowers full credit profile. Based off of that information you can make a determination if you would like to fund part of the loan starting with as little as $25 up to the full amount they are asking.
Each month when the borrower makes there loan payment to Lending Club you get your portion of that payment plus interest. Each month you are getting part of your principle back with interest you can withdraw this money or reinvest it (this is what I do).
A common question is, What happens if someone fails to pay? Well that can happen and does (has not happened to me yet at Lending Club). If that happens, then Lending club is very proactive with their collections process and they even give you full details about phone calls and emails sent to contact the borrower. I know this because I have one payment that was late and had through notes on that account where borrow was contacted every 2 days for 6 days until they made there payment. That made me feel good to see they were so aggressive on the collections piece.
You are able greatly reduce any risk by being picky with the credit profiles you lend to. For example you are able to see the borrows credit score, any defaults or late payments they had in the past 5 years, how long they have been employeed, if they own their home or rent, you see how much income they earn, what their debt to income ratios is, what their revolving credit line precentage is, etc. You really are able to see alot of information before making the decision to let someone borrow money.
Another recommendation is to diversify in to several loans and not just put your eggs all in one basket. In wrapping this up, I would highly enourage anyone looking to save or invest money to seriously give Lending Club a shot it has been one of the easiest most flexible investments for me. The best part is it produces an income each and every month and it's consistent! Below I have listed some Pros and Cons.
First of all a few of the "Pros":
It's very easy to get started with only $25 initially.
It offers very high returns compared to any other investments out there
It's an income investment which means you actually generate income from it each and every month
It's very liquid, so you can withdraw money or sell your notes on the notes exchange at anytime to pull cash out if you need it.
You have full control over the investment. You decided which loans meet your criteria.
It's been a very safe investment for me.
Some of the "Cons"
It's not guaranteed, no great investment is. The banks are not getting rich off of guarantees that people are going to pay their bills. Most "safe investments" are a joke anyway. Sure your CDs at the bank are pretty safe and they are earning less than inflation and they are FDIC insured. Most people don't even realize what FDIC insurance really is. Let me just say this, do some research on FDIC insurance if something happened and you had to excersize that insurance the bank has 10 years to give you your money back. Thats not too great.
People can default. Just diversify into a bunch of loans. Start with the safest ones first till you feel comfortable. Be picky who you lend to based on their credit profile.
In interest of FULL Disclosure if you click on the link above to get a free $25 with Lending Club they will also give me $25. If for any reason you are not comfortable with that just go here www.LendingClub.com and they will not give either of us the $25 bonus. If you have any further questions feel free to contact me via email.
Hope you enjoyed learning this,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
Website: www.FlexibleBiz.com/lendingclub
P.S. I have more stuff to share in later posts
I'm currently earning a 12.68% Net Annualized Return as a Lending Club investor.
I think this is a service you should check out.
It's easy and free to join. Because I invited you, you'll receive a $25 bonus on an initial investment of $25 or more.
Sign up for a no-cost account;
Lending Club respects the privacy of its members. Your personal information will always be kept totally confidential from other members--including me.
Best,
Jackie O'Quinn
Notes offered by prospectus filed with the SEC.
_________________________________________________________________________________
The above email I just copied and pasted to here so you could check out Lending Club if you wanted. Let me explain what Lending Club is and how it works. Basically in the simplest of explanations, this is your way of becoming a bank/finance company without any of the overhead. Someone else does the billing and collecting you just reap the profits from your lending activity.
Lending Club is a marketplace where lenders with above average credit score (600 and up). Can apply to get loans at very competative rates. As an investor you are allowed to browse through these loans, you get access to the borrowers full credit profile. Based off of that information you can make a determination if you would like to fund part of the loan starting with as little as $25 up to the full amount they are asking.
Each month when the borrower makes there loan payment to Lending Club you get your portion of that payment plus interest. Each month you are getting part of your principle back with interest you can withdraw this money or reinvest it (this is what I do).
A common question is, What happens if someone fails to pay? Well that can happen and does (has not happened to me yet at Lending Club). If that happens, then Lending club is very proactive with their collections process and they even give you full details about phone calls and emails sent to contact the borrower. I know this because I have one payment that was late and had through notes on that account where borrow was contacted every 2 days for 6 days until they made there payment. That made me feel good to see they were so aggressive on the collections piece.
You are able greatly reduce any risk by being picky with the credit profiles you lend to. For example you are able to see the borrows credit score, any defaults or late payments they had in the past 5 years, how long they have been employeed, if they own their home or rent, you see how much income they earn, what their debt to income ratios is, what their revolving credit line precentage is, etc. You really are able to see alot of information before making the decision to let someone borrow money.
Another recommendation is to diversify in to several loans and not just put your eggs all in one basket. In wrapping this up, I would highly enourage anyone looking to save or invest money to seriously give Lending Club a shot it has been one of the easiest most flexible investments for me. The best part is it produces an income each and every month and it's consistent! Below I have listed some Pros and Cons.
First of all a few of the "Pros":
It's very easy to get started with only $25 initially.
It offers very high returns compared to any other investments out there
It's an income investment which means you actually generate income from it each and every month
It's very liquid, so you can withdraw money or sell your notes on the notes exchange at anytime to pull cash out if you need it.
You have full control over the investment. You decided which loans meet your criteria.
It's been a very safe investment for me.
Some of the "Cons"
It's not guaranteed, no great investment is. The banks are not getting rich off of guarantees that people are going to pay their bills. Most "safe investments" are a joke anyway. Sure your CDs at the bank are pretty safe and they are earning less than inflation and they are FDIC insured. Most people don't even realize what FDIC insurance really is. Let me just say this, do some research on FDIC insurance if something happened and you had to excersize that insurance the bank has 10 years to give you your money back. Thats not too great.
People can default. Just diversify into a bunch of loans. Start with the safest ones first till you feel comfortable. Be picky who you lend to based on their credit profile.
In interest of FULL Disclosure if you click on the link above to get a free $25 with Lending Club they will also give me $25. If for any reason you are not comfortable with that just go here www.LendingClub.com and they will not give either of us the $25 bonus. If you have any further questions feel free to contact me via email.
Hope you enjoyed learning this,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
Website: www.FlexibleBiz.com/lendingclub
P.S. I have more stuff to share in later posts
Monday, March 08, 2010
Coastal Travel News
This recently went out to all members in DFI. I wanted to pass it along to you because it has a great motivational story as well as the latest news and announcements taking place inside of DFI and Coastal Travel. I hope you enjoy reading.
The Old Mule
Once upon a time a farmer owned an old mule who tripped and fell into the farmer's well. The farmer heard the mule braying and was unable to figure out how to bring up the old animal. It grieved him that he could not pull the animal out. He'd been a good worker around the farm. Although the farmer sympathized with the mule, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened. He had them help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and quietly put him out of his misery.
At first, the old mule was puzzled, but as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, he had a thought: he ought to shake off the dirt and step up. And he did just that.
"Shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up." Even though he took painful blows of dirt and fought panic, he just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up!
It wasn't long before the old mule stepped up and over the lip of that well. What could have buried him actually blessed him...all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity.
~author unknown
DFI NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Many of you have heard about the NEW DFI Leadership Council Rings. Many of you are actively working on your own ring. To earn your ring all you have to do is bring in 30 new team members into DFI. To do that in 6 months you have to simply average 6 new team members a month. Cadie from MN, Michelle from CA and Stacy from NC are all examples of Directors who have done this so far. Several of our Directors are on track to accomplish this in the first year all you have to do is bring in 3 new team members a month.
To get more details about the DFI Leadership Council Rings go to www.dfiawardring.com
DFI Cruise Info:
DFI will be having a Leadership cruise from a time of fun in the sun and learning for all. To win a free ticket all you have to do is bring in 30 new team members by Feb. of 2011. To win a ticket for both you and a significant other you only have to have 50 new team members join DFI.
Specific Cruise info to be announced late FALL.
Recession is OVER:
With all the talk of the country being in a recession it’s easy to understand how it almost feels that way sometimes. Did YOU GET THE MEMO? DFI’s web development company has said that Feb. 2010 was the largest increase in growth they’ve ever seen in the history of Coastal Travel. Do you know how much we grew? 38.9% one month growth! Did you get a 38.9% pay raise all of last year? Heck most of us did not get a .9% pay increase last year but in DFI collectively our income grew by 38.9% over a single month based off of our new members.
I think its official the recession, which we didn’t really seem to feel is actually over.
New Stories heard on the calls:
This is an area we want to highlight new stories that we’ve heard on the calls recently.
Michelle in CA, made $3,200 last week
Stacy in NC, made $10,705 last week
Cadie in MN, made $7,400 last month
Sandy in MO, just recently generated $12,000
Renae in MN, just had a $9,705 day
Tara in MI, has made $19,410 so far this year
Nike in NC, just had a thousand dollar day
Tim in LA, just recently had a $3200 dollar week
If you’ve made money recently and we have not heard you, step out on a call and share it. If you have and we missed you we apologize share it some more. After you’ve been around a while you tend to not think a 1k to 5k week is not “big enough” to share. Every single new person on this team would like to hear about your small weeks , so continue to inspire us and please share. Obviously many people are making money so send an email to announcements@mydfilive.com to be included in a future email to the team. Since Coastal is an association we cannot know if you’ve made money unless you share it.
How do I Contribute? If you have a testimony, a motivational story or quote and would like to share it with our team send an email to announcements@mydfilive.com
Training Call of the Week! If you missed it unexpectedly last week we had one of the most impactful calls we’ve had in a long time. It was completely by accident. On the last Six Figure Income call two of our successful director’s shared their experiences and what made them successful. They were transparent, honest and it was full of golden nuggets of information. If you missed it you can listen to it in its entirety below.
http://www.byoaudio.com/play/WN3bLFrk
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
http://www.FlexibleBiz.com/
1-888-309-5759
The Old Mule
Once upon a time a farmer owned an old mule who tripped and fell into the farmer's well. The farmer heard the mule braying and was unable to figure out how to bring up the old animal. It grieved him that he could not pull the animal out. He'd been a good worker around the farm. Although the farmer sympathized with the mule, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened. He had them help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and quietly put him out of his misery.
At first, the old mule was puzzled, but as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, he had a thought: he ought to shake off the dirt and step up. And he did just that.
"Shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up." Even though he took painful blows of dirt and fought panic, he just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up!
It wasn't long before the old mule stepped up and over the lip of that well. What could have buried him actually blessed him...all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity.
~author unknown
DFI NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Many of you have heard about the NEW DFI Leadership Council Rings. Many of you are actively working on your own ring. To earn your ring all you have to do is bring in 30 new team members into DFI. To do that in 6 months you have to simply average 6 new team members a month. Cadie from MN, Michelle from CA and Stacy from NC are all examples of Directors who have done this so far. Several of our Directors are on track to accomplish this in the first year all you have to do is bring in 3 new team members a month.
To get more details about the DFI Leadership Council Rings go to www.dfiawardring.com
DFI Cruise Info:
DFI will be having a Leadership cruise from a time of fun in the sun and learning for all. To win a free ticket all you have to do is bring in 30 new team members by Feb. of 2011. To win a ticket for both you and a significant other you only have to have 50 new team members join DFI.
Specific Cruise info to be announced late FALL.
Recession is OVER:
With all the talk of the country being in a recession it’s easy to understand how it almost feels that way sometimes. Did YOU GET THE MEMO? DFI’s web development company has said that Feb. 2010 was the largest increase in growth they’ve ever seen in the history of Coastal Travel. Do you know how much we grew? 38.9% one month growth! Did you get a 38.9% pay raise all of last year? Heck most of us did not get a .9% pay increase last year but in DFI collectively our income grew by 38.9% over a single month based off of our new members.
I think its official the recession, which we didn’t really seem to feel is actually over.
New Stories heard on the calls:
This is an area we want to highlight new stories that we’ve heard on the calls recently.
Michelle in CA, made $3,200 last week
Stacy in NC, made $10,705 last week
Cadie in MN, made $7,400 last month
Sandy in MO, just recently generated $12,000
Renae in MN, just had a $9,705 day
Tara in MI, has made $19,410 so far this year
Nike in NC, just had a thousand dollar day
Tim in LA, just recently had a $3200 dollar week
If you’ve made money recently and we have not heard you, step out on a call and share it. If you have and we missed you we apologize share it some more. After you’ve been around a while you tend to not think a 1k to 5k week is not “big enough” to share. Every single new person on this team would like to hear about your small weeks , so continue to inspire us and please share. Obviously many people are making money so send an email to announcements@mydfilive.com to be included in a future email to the team. Since Coastal is an association we cannot know if you’ve made money unless you share it.
How do I Contribute? If you have a testimony, a motivational story or quote and would like to share it with our team send an email to announcements@mydfilive.com
Training Call of the Week! If you missed it unexpectedly last week we had one of the most impactful calls we’ve had in a long time. It was completely by accident. On the last Six Figure Income call two of our successful director’s shared their experiences and what made them successful. They were transparent, honest and it was full of golden nuggets of information. If you missed it you can listen to it in its entirety below.
http://www.byoaudio.com/play/WN3bLFrk
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
http://www.FlexibleBiz.com/
1-888-309-5759
Saturday, February 27, 2010
You can improve life tomorrow...
Copy of an email I just sent, thought it would be good to post here also. I hope you enjoy it.
Before I leave my office today. I wanted to send you a quick email. After 5 and a half years of working from home I wanted to share some prespective with you. In some ways I am no different than you are. In other ways we are drastically different. Before I started working from home, my life looked much different than it does today. My father passed away when I was 9 years old. Back then we were less than well off living in a 15 year old single wide trailor. Later my mom met a man who took over the father role in my life. He was a tobacco farmer in North Carolina (still is). From 12 years old till college (when I moved out) life was very difficult it was an endless cycle of waking up working on the farm literally until it was time to go in, eat, take a shower and go to bed.
There was none of this "prime time TV, let's watch American Idol stuff". There just was not time for it. However our family was better off financially somewhat. We lived in a home this man had built. Nothing extravagant but it beat the single wide we had once lived in. To this date, from about 12 years old till 19 years old when I moved out, were the hardest years of my life. The reason I moved out was because, I was doing my best to go to college and get a Nursing Degree which would give me a way to move out and be on my own. However, mom and her now fiance both felt that the work on the farm superceded anything else that I had going on with college. I have often wondered why they didn't encourage me and support me more with college I think they wanted me to eventually become a farmer, they have a lot of pride in their work. Which is good but that was not the life for me.
I had an oppurtunity to move in with a family which I did not even know at the time. I knew the daughter of the family, she was dating ( now married to one of my best friends at the time). For whatever reason, her mom offered to let me live with them. I don't think she was very serious when she made that offer but I took her very serious and took her up on it. A week later I moved out of my home and in with them. I remember the morning I left home. My mom was crying in the kitchen, she told me she loved me and I left. In the car I remember be scared to death. I remember crying. I did not know these people I was moving in with, I did not know how I was going to make if this didn't work or if I failed out of school, my grades were already in jeopardy.
Living with another family was definitely an adjustment. I was always the outsider infringing on someone else's family and it's dynamics. I slept in one of the bedrooms, share the chores, shared their food, eventually moved to sleeping on their couch. In some ways I had a home in others I was totally homeless. However, living with this family gave me the oppurtunity I needed to help change my life forever. If you ever meet Jean Palumbo or Randy Palumbo in Western Springs Illinois, just know they are good people who helped change my life.
Eventually I graduated Nursing School and became an RN (again thanks to Ms. Jean and Mr. Randy). I moved out right away and start renting a single wide trailor. It felt like "deja vu" but hey it was a start in life. I knew early on that I was going to have to do something different. At this point I had acquired some debt, I saw myself slipping backwards financially. I knew I had to find away to start getting a head. I started looking into every form of investing or income generation I could find. I started a couple of small businesses and failed. I looked into working from home and worked with a couple of companies and still could not get ahead. Part of me had considered giving up but late one night I stumbled on to Coastal Travel. I got started and the rest is history...
I went to a training event with Dani Johnson and 30 days later generated $15,000. I felt like I had hit the megamillions lottery. My first year I earned $70,000 working part time with Coastal Travel. That's when I left my nursing career behind. My second year I earned $120,000 and have been working from home ever since. I have told you all of this just to give you a little prespective. Live is so much better today than it once was. I am no longer living in a single wide trailor, I no longer work sun up to sun down like on the farm. I no longer have to worry about sleeping on some else's couch, I am no longer going backwards in debt and life continues to improve.
Your life can improve as well. No matter where you are or what your situation is. Things can get better for you. No I'm not about to tell you starting a home business is the answer for you because it may not be. What I am telling you is just focus on what you can improve tomorrow about the situation that you are in. It is not today that counts, it's what you do with tomorrow that is the most important. If you will just focus on improving something anything tomorrow then eventually your situation will start to improve. If every tomorrow gets better than naturally each yesterday gets better as well.
There was a time when I was on the farm growing up. I felt stuck, and hopeless. I honestly felt like a slave many days. I was fed, and I had a roof over my head. But every single day was a grind and there was no clear end in site. At 16 I knew I just had to hang on cause by 18 or 19 I would be in a position that I could make decisions to improve my life. So what did I do at 16, I waited and calculated and planned for the time when I could make those decisions. I am telling you, if life is tough right now there will be a better time and a better season ahead for you. Shift your focus from where you are and start focusing on where you are going.
There is no magic bullet to improving life or success. Just work with the right focus and direction. It sounds like I had success really fast when you here my first two years. But I promise you it did not always feel like that when I was in the middle working each day during those first two years. Doing my best to squeeze in time to build a business, around my work schedule that was always changing. It felt tough in the beginning. It felt like a grind once again. But I knew that i just had to focus on the actions of tomorrow which was being diligent with my business knowing that eventually success would come. Then it came, even after that there were doubts:
"Maybe you were lucky"
"It will not happen again"
But even then I could not dwell there I had to focus on what my decision was going to be the next day. Again .... don't dwell on where you are at, focus on where you are going.
O.K. so this wasn't a short email but I hope its given you some hope.
Have a good weekend,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
www.flexiblebiz.com/
Before I leave my office today. I wanted to send you a quick email. After 5 and a half years of working from home I wanted to share some prespective with you. In some ways I am no different than you are. In other ways we are drastically different. Before I started working from home, my life looked much different than it does today. My father passed away when I was 9 years old. Back then we were less than well off living in a 15 year old single wide trailor. Later my mom met a man who took over the father role in my life. He was a tobacco farmer in North Carolina (still is). From 12 years old till college (when I moved out) life was very difficult it was an endless cycle of waking up working on the farm literally until it was time to go in, eat, take a shower and go to bed.
There was none of this "prime time TV, let's watch American Idol stuff". There just was not time for it. However our family was better off financially somewhat. We lived in a home this man had built. Nothing extravagant but it beat the single wide we had once lived in. To this date, from about 12 years old till 19 years old when I moved out, were the hardest years of my life. The reason I moved out was because, I was doing my best to go to college and get a Nursing Degree which would give me a way to move out and be on my own. However, mom and her now fiance both felt that the work on the farm superceded anything else that I had going on with college. I have often wondered why they didn't encourage me and support me more with college I think they wanted me to eventually become a farmer, they have a lot of pride in their work. Which is good but that was not the life for me.
I had an oppurtunity to move in with a family which I did not even know at the time. I knew the daughter of the family, she was dating ( now married to one of my best friends at the time). For whatever reason, her mom offered to let me live with them. I don't think she was very serious when she made that offer but I took her very serious and took her up on it. A week later I moved out of my home and in with them. I remember the morning I left home. My mom was crying in the kitchen, she told me she loved me and I left. In the car I remember be scared to death. I remember crying. I did not know these people I was moving in with, I did not know how I was going to make if this didn't work or if I failed out of school, my grades were already in jeopardy.
Living with another family was definitely an adjustment. I was always the outsider infringing on someone else's family and it's dynamics. I slept in one of the bedrooms, share the chores, shared their food, eventually moved to sleeping on their couch. In some ways I had a home in others I was totally homeless. However, living with this family gave me the oppurtunity I needed to help change my life forever. If you ever meet Jean Palumbo or Randy Palumbo in Western Springs Illinois, just know they are good people who helped change my life.
Eventually I graduated Nursing School and became an RN (again thanks to Ms. Jean and Mr. Randy). I moved out right away and start renting a single wide trailor. It felt like "deja vu" but hey it was a start in life. I knew early on that I was going to have to do something different. At this point I had acquired some debt, I saw myself slipping backwards financially. I knew I had to find away to start getting a head. I started looking into every form of investing or income generation I could find. I started a couple of small businesses and failed. I looked into working from home and worked with a couple of companies and still could not get ahead. Part of me had considered giving up but late one night I stumbled on to Coastal Travel. I got started and the rest is history...
I went to a training event with Dani Johnson and 30 days later generated $15,000. I felt like I had hit the megamillions lottery. My first year I earned $70,000 working part time with Coastal Travel. That's when I left my nursing career behind. My second year I earned $120,000 and have been working from home ever since. I have told you all of this just to give you a little prespective. Live is so much better today than it once was. I am no longer living in a single wide trailor, I no longer work sun up to sun down like on the farm. I no longer have to worry about sleeping on some else's couch, I am no longer going backwards in debt and life continues to improve.
Your life can improve as well. No matter where you are or what your situation is. Things can get better for you. No I'm not about to tell you starting a home business is the answer for you because it may not be. What I am telling you is just focus on what you can improve tomorrow about the situation that you are in. It is not today that counts, it's what you do with tomorrow that is the most important. If you will just focus on improving something anything tomorrow then eventually your situation will start to improve. If every tomorrow gets better than naturally each yesterday gets better as well.
There was a time when I was on the farm growing up. I felt stuck, and hopeless. I honestly felt like a slave many days. I was fed, and I had a roof over my head. But every single day was a grind and there was no clear end in site. At 16 I knew I just had to hang on cause by 18 or 19 I would be in a position that I could make decisions to improve my life. So what did I do at 16, I waited and calculated and planned for the time when I could make those decisions. I am telling you, if life is tough right now there will be a better time and a better season ahead for you. Shift your focus from where you are and start focusing on where you are going.
There is no magic bullet to improving life or success. Just work with the right focus and direction. It sounds like I had success really fast when you here my first two years. But I promise you it did not always feel like that when I was in the middle working each day during those first two years. Doing my best to squeeze in time to build a business, around my work schedule that was always changing. It felt tough in the beginning. It felt like a grind once again. But I knew that i just had to focus on the actions of tomorrow which was being diligent with my business knowing that eventually success would come. Then it came, even after that there were doubts:
"Maybe you were lucky"
"It will not happen again"
But even then I could not dwell there I had to focus on what my decision was going to be the next day. Again .... don't dwell on where you are at, focus on where you are going.
O.K. so this wasn't a short email but I hope its given you some hope.
Have a good weekend,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
www.flexiblebiz.com/
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Passion and Poetry in Atlanta Georgia
Last night the wife and I celebrated our Valentine's Day. It was a good night. We ate at an Italian resteraunt called Maggianos. It was very good. I am not usually a big fan of Italian food. Don't get me wrong I love my wife's amazing speggehti and her lasagna. However, I would prefer to eat other cuisine's when going out for a dinner. However, Carmen loves Italian so that is why we went there. I am really glad we did.
After Dinner, we went to Passion and Poetry downtown. That was a very interesting experience to say the least. The first Poet came out and his name was Bo Ellis, he was ultra vulgar from the start and had rhyming skills that were just simply not that impressive. However there were some highlights of the night. Sphinx, was a Poet who was one of the few that wasn't over the top sexual. His poem was all about relationships and making it as team when you realize that you may have lost that initial puppy love at the start of a relationship. He was great.
Another Poet was Raucus, she was very sexual in her poem. She was amazingly skilled and alot of fun to listen to. If I have ever heard a wordsmith it was her. She had complete command of the english vocabulary. Another highlight, without question was when "Theo" from the Coosby Show came out and preformed. He too was also very good. Over all I would say it was a great time. Most of the Poets were OK with a few stand outs. None the less I very well could attend again.
Today, is about having a relaxing day at home. I will probably log on and play some online Poker. I also have some Snow Crab Legs set out so I will probably steam them up alittle later as well. Overall a lazy Sunday.
After Dinner, we went to Passion and Poetry downtown. That was a very interesting experience to say the least. The first Poet came out and his name was Bo Ellis, he was ultra vulgar from the start and had rhyming skills that were just simply not that impressive. However there were some highlights of the night. Sphinx, was a Poet who was one of the few that wasn't over the top sexual. His poem was all about relationships and making it as team when you realize that you may have lost that initial puppy love at the start of a relationship. He was great.
Another Poet was Raucus, she was very sexual in her poem. She was amazingly skilled and alot of fun to listen to. If I have ever heard a wordsmith it was her. She had complete command of the english vocabulary. Another highlight, without question was when "Theo" from the Coosby Show came out and preformed. He too was also very good. Over all I would say it was a great time. Most of the Poets were OK with a few stand outs. None the less I very well could attend again.
Today, is about having a relaxing day at home. I will probably log on and play some online Poker. I also have some Snow Crab Legs set out so I will probably steam them up alittle later as well. Overall a lazy Sunday.
Friday, January 08, 2010
The proof is in the results!
Results from our live training events!
Michelle, MO generated $9705 in profit in less than 30 days after a live event.
Lorraine, VA made $1,000 her first week returning from a live event.
Nike, NC made $1,000 his first week after returning from a live event. Has paid off 24k in debt.
Shawn, CA made $50k in 100 days following his first live event.
Catherine, MO made $34,000 in 90 days following her first live event.
Lynne, MN made $1,000 in one week following her first live event.
Stephanie, GA made $42,000 more in her business than what she was already making monthly following her first live event.
Jolynn, SD made over $60,000 in 5 months following her first live event.
Keri, SD made $9,000 in one week following a live event, before that, she had made $8,000 the entire year in her regular job.
Tim, LA made his first $10k month following a live event, this was a milestone he was unable to achieve prior to the event.
Stephen, LA was a military dad who left the military and working 15 hours a week part time, he made $43,000 in 6 months following his first live event.
John, PA made $9600 his first month that he went to a live event.
Andrea, TX made $37k the month she went to a live event. She was able to quit her job as a teacher in just 5 months.
Greg, CO was a waiter and dive instructor, no business experience, after going to a live event he started making 10k a month consistently in his business.
Geneva, LA a stay at home Mom with 3 boys made $30k a month after her first live event. She went to the event having no idea what to expect.
Amanda, MO made $19,400 in just 60 days following her first live event. That was almost as much as she made in an entire year at her job, she went on to double her income from her normal job in her first year following that event. She in fact made NO money for 1 year prior to attending that event kept taking huge breaks from her business out of frustration.
Jamie, CA made $3200 in profit in 2 days following her first event and went on to make $20k her first 2 months after the event.
Genean, KY attended her first event just a few months ago and has consistently made over $3,500 a month since that event working part time as a stay at home Mom.
Shaundi, CA made $13,000 in 6 weeks and paid off $3000 in debt in that same 6 weeks after attending a live event.
Jennifer, MT made $94,000 her first year and made the commitment to go to the first live event after getting started.
Emmanuel, NM made 10k in one month following an event and also used the skills learned at the event to become totally debt free in 2 years.
Heather, VA went to her first live event and made $20k in the next 30 days after that event.
Lyonel, AZ went to a live event and using just 1 tip he learned during that event, he made over $24k in profit in just 30 days.
Cadie, MN went to her first live event before making the decision to get started at the top and then made $3200 her 4th day in business. Cadie went on attend another live event and then began to make a consistent $7k a month!
Tara, MI went to her first live event before making the decision to get started and then once she got started, she generated $40k in just 3 months and quit her full time job. She has also paid off 10k in debt.
Matt, IL went to his first live event and generated $6400 in profit in his first 2 months after that event.
Ashley, FL went to her first live event, some of you may know her, she is deaf and mute and using a video relay service to prospect, she made $1,000 her first week after attending that event.
Hilary, CA, between the DFI training and attending a live event, Hilary profited $6400 in just 6 weeks.
Jamie, TX went to a live event and made $3200 in just 30 days following that event.
David, MN attended a live event and averaged 3k a month following a live event.
Richard, ON has paid off more than 12k in debt since attending his first live event.
Linda, WA went to a live event and made $9705 her following week!
Happy New Year,
Jackie O'Quinn
Coastal Travel Director
1-888-309-5759
My Website
Michelle, MO generated $9705 in profit in less than 30 days after a live event.
Lorraine, VA made $1,000 her first week returning from a live event.
Nike, NC made $1,000 his first week after returning from a live event. Has paid off 24k in debt.
Shawn, CA made $50k in 100 days following his first live event.
Catherine, MO made $34,000 in 90 days following her first live event.
Lynne, MN made $1,000 in one week following her first live event.
Stephanie, GA made $42,000 more in her business than what she was already making monthly following her first live event.
Jolynn, SD made over $60,000 in 5 months following her first live event.
Keri, SD made $9,000 in one week following a live event, before that, she had made $8,000 the entire year in her regular job.
Tim, LA made his first $10k month following a live event, this was a milestone he was unable to achieve prior to the event.
Stephen, LA was a military dad who left the military and working 15 hours a week part time, he made $43,000 in 6 months following his first live event.
John, PA made $9600 his first month that he went to a live event.
Andrea, TX made $37k the month she went to a live event. She was able to quit her job as a teacher in just 5 months.
Greg, CO was a waiter and dive instructor, no business experience, after going to a live event he started making 10k a month consistently in his business.
Geneva, LA a stay at home Mom with 3 boys made $30k a month after her first live event. She went to the event having no idea what to expect.
Amanda, MO made $19,400 in just 60 days following her first live event. That was almost as much as she made in an entire year at her job, she went on to double her income from her normal job in her first year following that event. She in fact made NO money for 1 year prior to attending that event kept taking huge breaks from her business out of frustration.
Jamie, CA made $3200 in profit in 2 days following her first event and went on to make $20k her first 2 months after the event.
Genean, KY attended her first event just a few months ago and has consistently made over $3,500 a month since that event working part time as a stay at home Mom.
Shaundi, CA made $13,000 in 6 weeks and paid off $3000 in debt in that same 6 weeks after attending a live event.
Jennifer, MT made $94,000 her first year and made the commitment to go to the first live event after getting started.
Emmanuel, NM made 10k in one month following an event and also used the skills learned at the event to become totally debt free in 2 years.
Heather, VA went to her first live event and made $20k in the next 30 days after that event.
Lyonel, AZ went to a live event and using just 1 tip he learned during that event, he made over $24k in profit in just 30 days.
Cadie, MN went to her first live event before making the decision to get started at the top and then made $3200 her 4th day in business. Cadie went on attend another live event and then began to make a consistent $7k a month!
Tara, MI went to her first live event before making the decision to get started and then once she got started, she generated $40k in just 3 months and quit her full time job. She has also paid off 10k in debt.
Matt, IL went to his first live event and generated $6400 in profit in his first 2 months after that event.
Ashley, FL went to her first live event, some of you may know her, she is deaf and mute and using a video relay service to prospect, she made $1,000 her first week after attending that event.
Hilary, CA, between the DFI training and attending a live event, Hilary profited $6400 in just 6 weeks.
Jamie, TX went to a live event and made $3200 in just 30 days following that event.
David, MN attended a live event and averaged 3k a month following a live event.
Richard, ON has paid off more than 12k in debt since attending his first live event.
Linda, WA went to a live event and made $9705 her following week!
Happy New Year,
Jackie O'Quinn
Coastal Travel Director
1-888-309-5759
My Website
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
My Response to Michael
A few days ago I sent out an email titled "How will life be different for you in 2010?" I have included a copy of that letter below. Just after that you will see a reply I received from Michael and my response to it. I hope you enjoy... Jackie O'Quinn
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Michael,
Here it is 2010. Do you remember the year 2000 and the whole Y2K scare? Wasn't that a joke? Doesn't it seem like just yesterday it was 2000 and now it's 10 years later. Let me ask you John, how different is life for you today than it was ten years ago? In other words if someone would have asked you New Year's 2000 where you would want to be at years later, what would you have said? Are you there now (10 years later)?
If you have accomplished all of your goals such as save for retirement, financial freedom, save for kids college, have your own business, travel more if you have been able to do these things then congratulations on your success with those goals. What are you next goals?
If you have not then the question is simple, what are the steps you are going to take to make 2010 better than the last ten years. What are you doing to do differently this year. Don't just say it, make a plan for it. Figure out what steps you need to take and start focusing on taking those steps. This is a fresh start it's a New Year we get to make this year anything that we want. Let's be sure to live this year by Design and not by Default.
John, let's make it a great year. I wish you the best in 2010! I have just one question for you. What will you do differently this year?
You are in my thoughts,
Jackie O'Quinn
Coastal Travel Director
http://www.flexiblebiz.com/michael
1-888-309-5759
Michael's reply
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YOUR GREAT MY FRIEND - WANT WILL I DO DIFFERENT IN MY LIFE THIS YEAR - WELL I JUST KNOW ONE THING AND THAT IS (THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL OF ALL OF ARE LIFES WHETHER WE BELIEVE OR NOT BUT I WILL CALL YOU THIS YEAR AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
_____________________________________
I felt the need to reply to Michael in part because I agreed with him. God is in control but in part because I have seen so many people forget they have freewill. Hence living by "default" versus living by "design". I am assuming Michael didn't mean he has no control of his life or that he was not responsible for his actions and inactions but his email struck a cord with me. I immediately started typing back. Hopefully it wasn't anything he took personally or wasn't offended.
Hey Michael,
The New Year is under way I hope you are off to as good of a start as we are. You are right my friend God is in control. He is the one the brings every oppurtunity our way however, he never controls our decisions. That is where our freewill comes from.
For example if we make bad decisions that do not allow us to live up to our potential. God is not responsible nor in control of that. We are. God blessed us with amazing oppurtunities to take advantage of and incredible obstacles to learn from. The decisions we make, or don't make rest squarely on us.
That reminds me of a story...
A man was trapped in a flood. He begged God to save him. As he was praying the water started coming into his home. There was a knock at the door and it was his neighbor and his neighbor offered to help him get out with as much stuff as they could carry. But the man said, "Don't worry about me help someone else. God is going to save me".
Before long the water was waist deep in the man's house. He begged God to please save him. About that time their was a knock at the door, when the man opened the door he saw a Sherriff's Deputy in a small boat. The Deputy told the man he was there to take him to safety. The man refused saying, "I can't afford to leave my house. I can't afford to replace my things. Besides I am praying and God WILL save me."
After a while the man's house was almost completely covered with water except for his roof. He had managed to escape to the roof with the few things he could carry. A National Guard Helicopter flew over and a soldier rapelled down to the rooftop and told them man that he was there to save him. The man responded, "No I can't go with you. I can't afford to leave behind these few positions it's all I have. Besides, I prayed to God and I have faith he WILL save me..
Eventually the man's house became covered with water and he drowned. When he went to heaven. He pleaded with God, "God, I served you my whole life, I was faithful, why did you not save me".
God responded, "My child I wanted nothing but a long and prosperous life for you. When I first heard your prayers I immediately tried to save you. I sent your neighbor to save you early on but you refused my help. I sent the sherriff's deputy in a boat but you turn me away again. I even sent the National Guard with a helicopter but your refused me then as well ".
Mike, this is obviously a fiction story but it parallels my own life. When I was a nurse, I realized I could never become debt free and be able to retire working as a nurse. So I asked God to give me a way. A way to be debt free, a way to be my own boss, a way to have more free time to serve him. I exhausted every avenue and ever oppurtunity that presented itself and then I discovered Coastal Travel. My knee jerk reaction was I can't afford but then I said God if you presented this to me then I will find a way if this is what I am supposed to do. It was not easy, it was humbling to say the least, but I found a way. Today, I am almost debt free, I am my own boss, and I have more time to serve my God.
I wonder what God would have said if when I died I went to heaven and told him that I could not accept the answer to my prayer that he guided to me because I did not have the money? Maybe he knew finding the money was the very thing I needed to do to be committed to my own success but who knows that's all just speculation.
So I'll end with this. Attack every obstacle and oppurtunity with enthusiasm and excitement because they are always there by his Design.
Happy 2010,
Jackie O'Quinn
Coastal Travel Director
http://www.FlexibleBiz.com/michael
1-888-309-5759
________________________________
Michael,
Here it is 2010. Do you remember the year 2000 and the whole Y2K scare? Wasn't that a joke? Doesn't it seem like just yesterday it was 2000 and now it's 10 years later. Let me ask you John, how different is life for you today than it was ten years ago? In other words if someone would have asked you New Year's 2000 where you would want to be at years later, what would you have said? Are you there now (10 years later)?
If you have accomplished all of your goals such as save for retirement, financial freedom, save for kids college, have your own business, travel more if you have been able to do these things then congratulations on your success with those goals. What are you next goals?
If you have not then the question is simple, what are the steps you are going to take to make 2010 better than the last ten years. What are you doing to do differently this year. Don't just say it, make a plan for it. Figure out what steps you need to take and start focusing on taking those steps. This is a fresh start it's a New Year we get to make this year anything that we want. Let's be sure to live this year by Design and not by Default.
John, let's make it a great year. I wish you the best in 2010! I have just one question for you. What will you do differently this year?
You are in my thoughts,
Jackie O'Quinn
Coastal Travel Director
http://www.flexiblebiz.com/michael
1-888-309-5759
Michael's reply
______________________________________
YOUR GREAT MY FRIEND - WANT WILL I DO DIFFERENT IN MY LIFE THIS YEAR - WELL I JUST KNOW ONE THING AND THAT IS (THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL OF ALL OF ARE LIFES WHETHER WE BELIEVE OR NOT BUT I WILL CALL YOU THIS YEAR AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
_____________________________________
I felt the need to reply to Michael in part because I agreed with him. God is in control but in part because I have seen so many people forget they have freewill. Hence living by "default" versus living by "design". I am assuming Michael didn't mean he has no control of his life or that he was not responsible for his actions and inactions but his email struck a cord with me. I immediately started typing back. Hopefully it wasn't anything he took personally or wasn't offended.
Hey Michael,
The New Year is under way I hope you are off to as good of a start as we are. You are right my friend God is in control. He is the one the brings every oppurtunity our way however, he never controls our decisions. That is where our freewill comes from.
For example if we make bad decisions that do not allow us to live up to our potential. God is not responsible nor in control of that. We are. God blessed us with amazing oppurtunities to take advantage of and incredible obstacles to learn from. The decisions we make, or don't make rest squarely on us.
That reminds me of a story...
A man was trapped in a flood. He begged God to save him. As he was praying the water started coming into his home. There was a knock at the door and it was his neighbor and his neighbor offered to help him get out with as much stuff as they could carry. But the man said, "Don't worry about me help someone else. God is going to save me".
Before long the water was waist deep in the man's house. He begged God to please save him. About that time their was a knock at the door, when the man opened the door he saw a Sherriff's Deputy in a small boat. The Deputy told the man he was there to take him to safety. The man refused saying, "I can't afford to leave my house. I can't afford to replace my things. Besides I am praying and God WILL save me."
After a while the man's house was almost completely covered with water except for his roof. He had managed to escape to the roof with the few things he could carry. A National Guard Helicopter flew over and a soldier rapelled down to the rooftop and told them man that he was there to save him. The man responded, "No I can't go with you. I can't afford to leave behind these few positions it's all I have. Besides, I prayed to God and I have faith he WILL save me..
Eventually the man's house became covered with water and he drowned. When he went to heaven. He pleaded with God, "God, I served you my whole life, I was faithful, why did you not save me".
God responded, "My child I wanted nothing but a long and prosperous life for you. When I first heard your prayers I immediately tried to save you. I sent your neighbor to save you early on but you refused my help. I sent the sherriff's deputy in a boat but you turn me away again. I even sent the National Guard with a helicopter but your refused me then as well ".
Mike, this is obviously a fiction story but it parallels my own life. When I was a nurse, I realized I could never become debt free and be able to retire working as a nurse. So I asked God to give me a way. A way to be debt free, a way to be my own boss, a way to have more free time to serve him. I exhausted every avenue and ever oppurtunity that presented itself and then I discovered Coastal Travel. My knee jerk reaction was I can't afford but then I said God if you presented this to me then I will find a way if this is what I am supposed to do. It was not easy, it was humbling to say the least, but I found a way. Today, I am almost debt free, I am my own boss, and I have more time to serve my God.
I wonder what God would have said if when I died I went to heaven and told him that I could not accept the answer to my prayer that he guided to me because I did not have the money? Maybe he knew finding the money was the very thing I needed to do to be committed to my own success but who knows that's all just speculation.
So I'll end with this. Attack every obstacle and oppurtunity with enthusiasm and excitement because they are always there by his Design.
Happy 2010,
Jackie O'Quinn
Coastal Travel Director
http://www.FlexibleBiz.com/michael
1-888-309-5759
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Highly Profitable Home Business Announces New Upgrades
Since working part time from home with Coastal Travel, I have replaced my RN salary. Earned over $100,000 a year while working part time. Traveled extensively, saving as much as $10,000 on one vacation to Bora Bora with my wife. And you want to work from home with us visit our company website at www.flexiblebiz.com/pr1.
God Bless,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
Monday, November 02, 2009
Awake and Thinking about my week
What a week ahead? I have high anticipation for what's to come. It's 12:54 am and I can't seem to sleep so I decided to get up and come into my home office and write this blog post maybe I can get somethings off of my mind. I am planning for this week to be a great week. Not really for anyone particular reason, it has more to do with it being the beginning of the week. I usually like to look at the beginning of the week as a fresh start looking to do better than I did the week before. However, my enthusiasm maybe increased because I have so many things running through my head. For one thing we have some updates that are coming down the pike for our websites. I'm expecting these websites to be even more effective than our current websites. We are looking for our websites to bring more credibility to our company as they look more professional. At the same time we are looking for them to be very clear as they explain our business model; this is increasingly important as our company continues to grow and we are looking to attract more quality people to our distribution channels.
I am also anticipating the end of the year. This is always such a great time for the business development side of my business. For this year this is especially true, I know we are going to be launching some brand new programs going into 2010 which will continue to boost our efforts to grow our distributor base. I am preparing to have a team of new distributors (actually we call them Directors in Coastal Travel) going into 2010. I want to go into the new year with full momentum versus waiting for the new year to start building momentum. When these new programs come out I want our team to hit the ground running. This is also the time of the year when I start formulating my goals and making plans for the next year. This will be a big year for me. I am 30 years old now that is a milestone in and of itself, also we are planning to move to the great state of Georgia, so it's a reason to start fresh and even better than ever. The move doesn't really have a physical effect on my Coastal Travel business since most all of my business is done online, it's more of a psychological effect. Thanks for reading I have been able to get out some of my anticipation and put it in print. To get my next update be sure to subscribe to my blog by entering your email address on the top right hand corner.
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
www.FlexibleBiz.com
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Results from First Steps To Success
As you know from my last post, I was at First Steps to Success this weekend in Orlando. I am now listening into a conference call from some of the individuals that were there this weekend. I'll recap it here for you.
Rob Larson from Ottowa, CA
His wife attended First Steps to Success to get training in her home business. After he saw the results she was getting he decided he needed to get there. At the time he was working for $10/hour at a burger joint. He had been to jail and was not suppose to cross the Canadian Border due to some issues he had with the Border Security. However, he took the risk because he had seen what happened with his wife. After attending FSTS he decided to step out on faith and started a landscaping business. He had experience in landscaping but had NEVER planned or thought he would start a business. By specifically using the training that he learned he generated $90,000 his first six months in business. Rob said, "Because of the success we are having, we have finanlly been able to pay off our wedding debt!"
Denise Richards from Tampa, FL
Denise and her husband are accountants, 4 years ago they paid $20,000 to attend a conference designed to teach accountants how to close business and get more clients. From that seminar she become one of the top students with a 33% closing ratio. Not to long ago she went to her first FSTS seminar. Using the scripts straight from Dani's Scriptbook she increased her closing ratio to 80% from 33%, got 15 new clients the past 3 months and increased her billing by $35,000. Denise said,"And to think First Steps to Success was far more effective at teaching me to close and I only paid $297 not $20,000. That seminar company, I trained with before called and asked if I would like to take more classes with them and I said NO WAY"
Susan (Sorry didn't catch her last name or location)
Heard about Dani Johnson two years ago when starting a homebusiness. Said she went to the website but never went to FSTS because she couldn't afford it. Two years later she had failed and quit that home business. Moved to a new state and got a job. When she started that job they asked her if she had ever heard of Dani Johnson. She was blown away and told them yes. She decided to get registered for the next First Steps to Success,but failed at her job and quit before that training event. After coming out of First Steps she decided to go back to that job. Her first 3 days back she had a 100 precent closing ratio (she had not closed anyone before that). She quadrupled her income, and now has started another home business. She said, "It blows my mind to think the only reason I didn't succeed with my last home business was because I thought I couldn't afford the training".
Nike Roach from Winston Salem, NC
Nike and his wife owned a traditional massage therapy business but also started a home business (with Coastal Travel). Nike said, "I was very skeptical at first but after attending the website and seeing all the testimonials I knew all those people just couldn't be lying". With the skills Nike, learned at First Steps to Success he grew both of his businesses. Prior to his First Steps training he had already been asked to join the Chamber of Commerce and to be an Ambassador, where his role was to help new business owners and support them as they got started in business. Nike said, "After First Steps by sharing some of the simple strategies with these business owners and recommending they attend First Steps to Success on their own, I was invited to join the Board of Directors of our Chamber of Commerce". Since then they have written articles in the newspaper about Nike. Now when people start a business he is often seen as someone they should contact for the expertise that he has gained. Obviously because of the training he has received at First Steps to Success, Nike's influence in his community has really grown.
Demaisy (I may have misspelled her name) Vasquez (I did not get her location)
She also heard about First Steps to Success when she started her home business. She had no results and was unable to enroll any customers or clients. After attending FSTS. In 9 weeks she enrolled 164 personal clients which has duplicated to a total of 1054 clients. She has paid off $40,000 in debt. She said, "I'm totally blown away, I feel this is a dream and I should wake up". I think she really summed it up well when she shared something Dani Johnson said this weekend:
"There is a price to pay for success, and there is a price to pay for failure. Which one do you want to pay?"
I want to thank everyone who volunteered their time to share on this conference call this evening. I want to thank Mr. Hans Johnson, for hosting the call. If you want to know more about Dani Johnson and her training events then feel free to give me a call at 1-888-309-5759. Or if you want to start working from home either part time or full time so that you can start to recession proof your life and have similar results to the individuals above then. Then visit our company website to get more info >> Company Site
The price for Success is less expensive,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
Company Website
Friday, October 16, 2009
At First Steps To Success
Currently sitting in the Hyatt Hotel in Orlando. I have an appt to call a client back at 2 pm EST. So I figured I would write a quick blog post. After this appt. I'm going to grab a quick nap. I want to make sure that I am well rested before this event gets started. First Steps To Success, is a training event that I would say is the corner stone of our success as a company. Not that it is necessarily required but the individuals that have went have really excelled. People like Tara Hayes from MI, a young women putting herself through college actually attended First StepsTo Success just before she started working with the company and generated $15,000 in herfirst 3 months just working part time around her school schedule.
So I am excited to be here this weekend. Looking forward to what I can learn and apply to my personal business as well as meeting the brand new people that have started working with us. I was going to write some more but I got a phone call from a team member and now I have my appointment coming up with my client. So I need to go take care fo that. Thanks for reading and I will post some more when I get home.
All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
My Website
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
The Power of Choice
Originally written by Jackie O'Quinn in 2004
“We are, what we have chosen to be” –Author Unknown
In a Democratic nation we have many choices. The sum of our choices will determine the level of success we will reach. You will hear people say, “One day I am going to have a bigger home” or “I will make more money” or “I will drive a better car.” The question you have to ask yourself if you have said these things is, “Do I really mean it?” If you do, do you have a plan? Will your current plan get you the things that you have said you wanted? If you answered no, to one of the last three questions, then you are only dreaming. You are wishing with no real desire and will likely have no more than you currently have in life. You see we have to make a conscious decision to succeed in life or to just have something more. If you are unhappy with your life then look in the mirror because in all likelihood you have no one else to blame but yourself. Sure, there are circumstances OUT of our control; but how we deal with and overcome those circumstances IS within our control!
We can choose what to wear. We can choose the hairstyle or haircut we want. We choose who our friends are. We choose what jobs to apply for. We decide whether or not to show up at work on time. Does it not stand to reason, that if we have so many choices in life? We can make choices that will allow us to be successful? If you wanted to start a business and didn’t have the money, you can choose to save, beg, borrow, and scrap the money until you have enough to get started. The great thing about Coastal as we know is it didn’t take that much to get started. Let’s face it; if one’s life depended on it 90% of the people in a Democratic nation could come up with at least $5000 within 72 hours. So the real question is how bad do you want it? If you choose to just work your nine to five J.O.B. (Just Over Broke) and choose not to get anymore out of life. Please do me this one favor, don’t be envious or hateful as I become more and more successful just because you have chosen not to.
It amazes me at the number of people who are unhappy in life and are quick to ridicule those that seem to have more; but yet they refuse to make choices that would allow them to get more out of life. If you have chosen to join this amazing business of ours, then congratulations! You are making a choice to get more out of life and to succeed in some way. However, if you are in Coastal and you are making $50,000 to $60,000 a year but continue to say you want to make $100,000. Ask yourself, “Am I making the choice to do that or am I just wishing it?” It is ok to wish and to fantasize about things just make sure that you are honest with yourself and you recognize the difference between wishing and choosing.
If you are just starting with Coastal make a CHOICE right away to be successful. If your business is not doing as well as you would like, that’s great! You can choose to change that! Make a CHOICE to grow your business to where you want it. If you want to make $50,000 in this business then CHOOSE that. If you want to make $100,000 then CHOOSE that. If you want to make $1,000,000 then CHOOSE that. Just remember success is a choice!
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
My Website
“We are, what we have chosen to be” –Author Unknown
In a Democratic nation we have many choices. The sum of our choices will determine the level of success we will reach. You will hear people say, “One day I am going to have a bigger home” or “I will make more money” or “I will drive a better car.” The question you have to ask yourself if you have said these things is, “Do I really mean it?” If you do, do you have a plan? Will your current plan get you the things that you have said you wanted? If you answered no, to one of the last three questions, then you are only dreaming. You are wishing with no real desire and will likely have no more than you currently have in life. You see we have to make a conscious decision to succeed in life or to just have something more. If you are unhappy with your life then look in the mirror because in all likelihood you have no one else to blame but yourself. Sure, there are circumstances OUT of our control; but how we deal with and overcome those circumstances IS within our control!
We can choose what to wear. We can choose the hairstyle or haircut we want. We choose who our friends are. We choose what jobs to apply for. We decide whether or not to show up at work on time. Does it not stand to reason, that if we have so many choices in life? We can make choices that will allow us to be successful? If you wanted to start a business and didn’t have the money, you can choose to save, beg, borrow, and scrap the money until you have enough to get started. The great thing about Coastal as we know is it didn’t take that much to get started. Let’s face it; if one’s life depended on it 90% of the people in a Democratic nation could come up with at least $5000 within 72 hours. So the real question is how bad do you want it? If you choose to just work your nine to five J.O.B. (Just Over Broke) and choose not to get anymore out of life. Please do me this one favor, don’t be envious or hateful as I become more and more successful just because you have chosen not to.
It amazes me at the number of people who are unhappy in life and are quick to ridicule those that seem to have more; but yet they refuse to make choices that would allow them to get more out of life. If you have chosen to join this amazing business of ours, then congratulations! You are making a choice to get more out of life and to succeed in some way. However, if you are in Coastal and you are making $50,000 to $60,000 a year but continue to say you want to make $100,000. Ask yourself, “Am I making the choice to do that or am I just wishing it?” It is ok to wish and to fantasize about things just make sure that you are honest with yourself and you recognize the difference between wishing and choosing.
If you are just starting with Coastal make a CHOICE right away to be successful. If your business is not doing as well as you would like, that’s great! You can choose to change that! Make a CHOICE to grow your business to where you want it. If you want to make $50,000 in this business then CHOOSE that. If you want to make $100,000 then CHOOSE that. If you want to make $1,000,000 then CHOOSE that. Just remember success is a choice!
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
My Website
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Stacy O'Quinn in DFI/Coastal Travel what does that mean?
If you saw my previous post then you know my brother Stacy O'Quinn, has made the decision to leave the financial services industry and go back to building a home business with DFI. What does that mean? From a business stand point it really means we are all better off. Stacy, bring alot to the table, he is someone who excels in this environment. He is always looking for ways to make improvements. He is a natural leader and one of those people, we can look to as an example on how we can conduct ourselves as home business owners in Coastal Travel.
From a personal standpoint... Holy Cow..
I'm so glad my brother is back. I hated seeing him leave primarily because I felt like a mother hen I guess. I know he has a family to support and I always knew he could easily do that hear as well as reaching all of his other goals. I was very nervous for him stepping out there to do something more unknown. Even when he started going really well I was still nervous. He told me how well he was doing according to the rest of the company and his peers who got started the same time he did. He was number one in his class at the time. He was in the top 10% of his peers for the entire company of Edward Jones, 1500% above the standard they had set for him. That is NOT a typo, I did mean to put two zeros there. However, he told me back then he was only earning about $3,000 to $4,000 a month before his expenses. I knew he was working 3 or 4 times as hard as he did with his Coastal Travel business just to make so much less money.
So when he finally told me he was coming back to Coastal Travel. I new he would come back and continue to have a positive impact on our team. But, I was just glad to have my brother back in business with me. Keep up the good work bro!
Thanks for reading,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
1-888-309-5759
My Website
Thursday, October 01, 2009
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