Arkansas- mentor: Pyramid Scheme VS. Legitimate Multi-Level Marketing

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Arkansas- mentor: Ways to Take Advantage of the Power Within Us-Our Mind

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Pyramid Scheme VS. Legitimate Multi-Level Marketing

Here arewww.empoweringotherslifestyle.biz a few notes that I have located and find useful in determining if a business opportunity is a Pyramid Scheme or a Legitmate Multi-Level Marketing opportunity.

A pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business that involves the exchange of money, usually in the form of a sign-up fee, and usually has no product or service. The only people that are able to make money on a pyramid scheme are the people at the top of the pyramid. There is no possible way for the people at the bottom of the pyramid to make any money. The only way to make money in a pyramid scheme is to sign-up new members for a fee. Usually they are told these schemes are the promise of sky-high returns in a short period of time for doing nothing other than handing over your money and getting others to do the same. You might hear phrases like "this is a ground floor opportunity which will change your life". You are reassured many times and they may go to great lengths to make the program look like a legitimate multi-level marketing program. When they keep telling you that it is legit that is a warning to do a lot more research and become educated regarding the difference in pyramid and legit.

A few things to look for in a Legit company is One wants to look at longevity of company, leadership, products, Compensation plan their presence in the international market ( if they are not global, avoid them), training available, mentorship, and this just a few things to look for..Do a lot of research, talk to the top leaders, even go to the corporate headquarters.

Want information on a legit one ?   www.nohype-facts.com

Start a Home Business?

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Having your own home internet business allows you to work when you want & how much you want from home without having to commute and other issues involved with a JOB. With today’s economic down turn  it is actually a good time to make your home business idea a reality - start up costs & risks are very low.

Having your own home internet business allows you to work when you want & how much you want from home without having to commute.
With today’s economic down turn  it is actually a good time to make your home business idea a reality - start up costs & risks are very low.

There are some questions you should ask yourself before you take action to start a home based business because to be successful you will make a commitment to do what is required of you.

3 Key Points to Consider Before Starting an Internet Business

1. Can You Work at Home? You will need an appropriate space as well as a computer & an online connection - this also amounts to the start -up investment in your business.
   
   If you are still employed you will be able to start part time and when income meets or is over your income from the Job and/or above you may consider leaving your job and your business can then be full time .

2. Is your desire great enough? Do you have discipline & have you made that committment?
   
   If you don't have the desire, discipline & commitment to make a difference for yourself, it's likely that you won't be very successful with your own online business. Do you have the staying power to work your business 3-5 years. That when faced with the challenges you don’t quit, that you have a powerful why?

          Do you know how you want you life to be like? Have goals, dreams?

3. Do You Have Unrealistic Expectations?
   
   Many people seem to think that having an online business is a quick & easy way to generating massive online wealth but the opposite is true. Some think just by the virtue of having a business that by some magic it is successful without them putting out any effort.
   It is entirely possible that you could make an online fortune, applying your self and a lot of work, creativity & drive - there is no magic bullet that will create instant wealth so if you aren't in it for the long haul perhaps you should consider whether this business model is for you.

Think about if you were going to open a restaurant, would you expect that the restaurant would be full of customers every  day from day one? NO, you have to build your business by good service, food, atmosphere so your customers recommend it to their friends, family, co workers, etc.Word of mouth is the best marketing tool we have. Like your  Home business it will take time.

Two Questions?

“Can I?” or “ How Can I?”

Have you discovered the difference in these two questions? Many times it is what and how we say things that makes a question more powerful than another one.

“Can I?” When we give some thought to this question how does it make you feel? Does it make you feel empowered and ready to take action? Do you feel and experience hesitation and doubt, that may not even try because it probably won’t work. Also that I am asking someone permission to do whatever, if it is ok, should I do this??

How about if we change that to “How Can I”? 

When I ask myself this question. This problem has an answer.  I start thinking of all the different ways that I can do this thing. That there are many different ways to do somethings. One needs to just find some of these ways and  do some of them and see what the results are. If the results aren’t what was desired, I can use one of the other options. This kind of action and thinking  will stimulate one to come up with more ideas, increases the thinking capacity  and become more creative. Always moving forward and expanding, growing in knowledge and experiences.   Growing and becoming a better person is the goal. If one doesn’t continue to grow we will regress. No growth leads to regression,  that we do not stay in one place, stable in our growth. It is regress or grow, no in between. 

Which question are you going to start asking yourself?

Ways to Take Advantage of the Power Within Us-Our Mind

I shared in the last post about the Power we all have within us and that being our Mind. 

Today I want to share what I have learned in how I can tap into that power and make changes in my life.We all are living with limiting beliefs that are blocking our moving forward and making the changes in our life we desire.

The first thing is Awareness.
If we are not aware of the limiting beliefs we are living with everyday we will not make any effort to initiate any change. Becoming aware of some of your thoughts and limiting beliefs is one of the first steps. I have used mediation and visualization to uncover some of these beliefs. I have found that they were created  when I was a young child, 3-5 years old. I have been able to recall certain events and my perception of those events as that child. I recognized that my perception was not correct and when I was aware of that was able to eliminate that belief and replace it with one that was based on my adult perception. Taking this action helped me to be totally free of the limiting belief. Making this change also improved my self confidence helping me to see myself as a more valued person.

Affirmations used with emotions can also make changes in your power house - the sub-conscious mind.
In the previous posting I shared that the Sub-Conscious mind is more receptive at time of going to sleep and when first awakening. These are the times to use affirmations repeated several times. Make your affirmations with the end in mind. Stating how you desire thing to be, not how they are now. Use phases like: I am, I have and not using someday I will, etc. Make these statements in the present tense. Great time to also state or write your goals. I want to emphasis that emotions are very important, things said with emotion will give you quicker results.

Visualization. 
Sit quietly for a few minutes and visualize the things you desire. Again in the present tense. It also helps to use a vision board, posting pictures of the things you desire, referring to it frequently during the day. 

Self-talk.
What are you saying to yourself?? If you don't know just take a few days and be alert to some of the things you are saying to yourself. We are the only person in our mind and many times we say very demeaning, negative, hurtful things to ourselves. Things we would not let anyone else say to us. This will affect your self confidence and will really limit you. Practice saying nice things about yourself. You can even stand before a mirror and look yourself in the eye,telling yourself good things about yourself. Do this on a consistent basis and you will be surprised at the change in you.

Gratitude. 
I like to list 10 things I am grateful for every morning. It is surprising how when you do this consistently how that list will grow. Even if you are in a tough place right now you can find things to be grateful for. There is a Universal Law that says " To receive more you must be grateful for what you already have."

Who are you spending your time with??
Another Universal Law is the Law of Association. The type of people you associate with is the kind of person you will become. Evaluate the people you spend your time with, are they uplifting,positive, encouraging, supportive persons or negative naysayers. 

What are you reading, listening to or watching on TV??
Again all of this information is going into you sub-conscious mind. Do you really want this information to be the basis of making decisions for your life?? 

How you see yourself is reflected outwardly to others. This will affect your physical and mental health. You are in charge of your choices that will make changes in your sub-conscious mind that will change the results you are getting in whatever area you are wanting to change.SO Take Action!!

The Most Powerful Tool We All Have—Our Mind

Some points I want to share about our amazing powerful tool

Our mind is our most precious possession and it is FREE.

It is always with us and has the most amazing powers if we only learn how to use it.

You don’t have to acquire it-you already possess it.

We live in 2 worlds simultaneously. Our mind is our inner world which consists of our thoughts, emotions, fears, hopes, happiness, self-confidence and desires. The world within creates the world without.

Everything we find in our world has been created by us in our inner world - OUR MIND.

That one mind that has 2 distinct Characteristic functions -Conscious and subconscious

Conscious mind

Is 3-5 % of our mental life. When you think about that you realize that we are not using our full potential.

The conscious mind is responsible for Logic and Reasoning

The conscious mind also has the ability to analyze thought and external data received and form beliefs based on that data.

Through the conscious mind you reach your Subconscious Mind

The conscious mind is able to discriminate between right and wrong

the beliefs that I choose to hold about what is "true" or "untrue" will always align and harmonizes perfectly with what I am receiving and experiencing in life. That is what I have sent to my subconscious mind so that is what I will get.

What we habitually think about every day and expose ourselves to will eventually all sink in to our subconscious mind. The conscious mind determines what is true and untrue based on our previously established beliefs. A thing does not have to be true for you to believe it as true. It is merely the belief that something is true and the subconscious mind will go to work on creating this in your life.

It is the gatekeeper of your subconscious mind because every thought is received by the conscious mind. It is here the thought is subjected to the logic and reasoning power and by choice if the conscious mind is satisfied that the thought is true, it is sent to the subconscious mind.

if someone tries to present to you a belief that doesn’t match your belief system then the conscious mind will filter or block it. If we didn’t have this capability we would be overwhelm by all of the thoughts we receive – thousands of them per min. The conscious mind filters many of them to protect our sanity and the subconscious mind from false impressions and beliefs.

The conscious mind controls all of your voluntary muscles

Uses the 5 senses to accept or reject information

Plans things for You .

Shuts down when you sleep

Subconscious mind

95-97% of our mental life is subconscious where the action is.

This is our power house.

This is where our innermost fears, beliefs, and opinions are store and but We aren’t always aware of what is in our subconscious mind.

It is subjective and responsive to the conscious mind.

Does not determine what the conscious mind sends to it as right or wrong

Gathers information through emotional input

The statement gathers information through emotional input is very important when we are sending information to the subconscious mind. When we attach emotion to something we send to the subconscious mind it delivers faster.

As the subconscious receives information, it stores it, and goes to work to attract, create, or bring into the physical world, what you come to know as your truth or reality, based on your individually held beliefs and perceptions.

The subconscious mind makes no determinations, distinctions or judgments concerning the validity of the data or information it receives and stores. It is designed as the storage facility to store whatever data is given to it which can be accessed for later use and accepts as fact. It accepts as fact whatever the conscious mind sends to it. It says yes to everything

It can and will solve problems for us if we know how to direct it.

Whatever it has accepted as an idea from the conscious mind it begin to work on it.

So again be aware what thoughts you are sending it, are they good or bad?? What emotion have you given it.

Either way it will begin to execute it. It uses every bit of information it has accumulated in your life. It may take it hours, days weeks or longer to solve the problem.

It is In charge of and supports all of the vital functions of the body

Seat of our emotions

Is more receptive at time of sleep and when first awakening

Tap into this power by sending the subconscious mind the things you desire at bedtime and when first awakening. This is the times to send it you goals of what you want your life to be like, what you want to attain in the business and who you want to be. You will be amazed at the results. May take more than 1-2 times so do on a continuous basis. Also very important do this with emotion, the more emotion a thought has, the more it is able to move things. Weak thoughts have little emotion. Strong thoughts have lots of emotion.

It never sleeps or rests-works 24/7

So it performs at its highest function when the conscious mind is not functioning.

So again this is why it is important to give it your desires at time of going to sleep and first awakening.

Sees without the use of physical eyes

Perceives by intuition-insight – gut feeling

Has the power to communicate with others without the aid of ordinary physical means

Is the source of your ideas by collecting ideas from others by thought waves.

It receives intelligence and transmits to people at a distance

Stores all of our memories and our belief system

We also have limiting beliefs that are stored in our subconscious mind. Where do they come from?? When we are babies we are already perceiving things so so You have been acquiring beliefs about everything since you were born. Your parents, teachers, family ,friends etc have taught you their beliefs and you accepted them as a young child till about 6 years of age. . As you continue you are exposed to beliefs of your employer, co-workers, people you surround yourself with that you never question, you just accept them..

Beliefs are thoughts you have had over and over again until they become beliefs.

You just accept them.

Your whole life you are operating with these beliefs you acquired when you were a child without reevaluating them to see if they are serving you today or are they limiting you.




I will be sharing Ways to take advantage of this power on my next post.

How do You Discover Your Real Purpose in Life?

This is something that I have struggled with for some time. I would think I had the answer but just was not as passionate as I thought I should be if it really was my real purpose in life.

I have to thank Dr. Robert Anthony for helping me to know without a doubt what my purpose in life is.

At this time I would like to share with you how he helped me to make this discovery.

Dr. Robert Anthony recommended that you must first empty your mind of all the false purposes you have been taught, including the ideas that you may have no purpose at all.

There are many ways to do this and as he shares some are very involved. The process I used was very simply and worked for me very quickly.

This method was I consulted my conscious mind and declared my passions. He suggested that you say to your subconscious mind that you are ready to discover your purpose. Show me the answer.

Then I started writing down the things I felt passionate about. Things that when I talk to others about these things ,I get excited, heart rate increases, and I get focused about these subjects.

He said to keep repeating this until what you write and answer would make you cry. Guess what ? It happened!! I wrote down one thing and started to cry.

I tested it and every time I wrote this thought down, I started to cry again. I knew without a doubt that I had identified my passion and purpose in life. It was a very exciting experience for me and I hope that this sharing will help you as well if you are experiencing problems in this area..




Feel free to contact me if have questions!!

What is a Mentor?

1. What do I think makes a good mentor??

- A mentor is someone who

1. has a history of success and is a leader.

2. knows what you need in the mentoring process and is not afraid to let you know

3. always available.

4. tells you what they are going to do and is consistent in their follow through and commitment.

5. will teach & train you how to develop the needed entrepreneur mindset

6. has a positive successful mindset and is willing to help you develop the same

7. is on a journey and is willing to take you with him

8. does not make excuses, ( and doesn’t let you use excuses ) but helps you find the answers

9. will change the way you see your life, will help you overcome tunnel vision

10. knows and understands how to market yourself and your opportunity.

11. teaches you the tools and resources that are available to you and encourages you to use them.

A couple great quotes:

"The quickest way to success is to find someone who is already successful and work with them. You will eventually get the same results" - Anthony Robbins.

"You are only as good as the people you surround yourself with", "Hang out with a millionaire you will become one" - Jim Rohn

30 Stats To Know When Marketing To Women

Marketing To Women: 30 Stats To Know

by Ekaterina Walter, Mar 28, 2012, 7:48 AM

Women are earning, spending, and influencing spending at a greater rate than ever before -- and they account for $7 trillion in consumer and business spending in the United States, and over the next decade they will control two-thirds of consumer wealth. Women make or influence 85 percent of all purchasing decisions, and purchase over 50 percent of traditional male products, including automobiles, home improvement products and consumer electronics.

But 91% of women say that advertisers don't understand them.

Recognizing the power and influence of women must be a top priority for marketers if they are going to tap into the market's full potential. Here are 30 surprising stats to help marketers get a handle on this misunderstood demographic.

Earning Power

1. The average American woman is expected to earn more than the average American male by 2028

2. Fifty-one percent of U.S. private wealth is controlled by women

3. Women account for over 50% of all stock ownership in the U.S.

4. Women control more than 60% of all personal wealth in the U.S.

Spending Power

1. Women account for 85% of all consumer purchases, including everything from autos to health care

2. Women make 80% of healthcare decisions and 68 percent of new car purchase decisions

3. Seventy-five percent of women identified themselves as the primary shoppers for their households

4. Women influenced $90 billion of consumer electronic purchases in 2007

5. Nearly 50% of women say they want more green choices, with 37% are more likely to pay attention to brands that are committed to environmental causes

Women and Cars

1. Women buy more than half of the new cars in the U.S., and influence up to 80% of all car purchases

2. Women request 65% of the service work done at dealerships

3. Women spend over $200 billion on new cars and mechanical servicing of vehicles each year

4. Forty-five percent of all light trucks and SUVs are purchased by women

Mom Power

1. Moms represent a $2.4 trillion market

2. Fifty-five percent of active (daily) social media moms said they made their purchase because of a recommendation from a personal review blog

3. 18.3 million Internet users who are moms read blogs at least once a month

4. In 2014, 63% (nearly 21 million) of all online moms will read blogs

5. Moms mention brands an average of 73 times per week compared with just 57 times per week among males

6. Seventy-seven percent of mom bloggers will only write about products or brands whose reputations they approve of, and another 14% will write about brands or products they boycott

7. Ninety percent of moms are online vs. just 76% of women in general

8. Sixty-four percent of moms ask other mothers for advice before they purchase a new product and 63% of all mothers surveyed consider other moms the most credible experts when they have questions

Women Online

1. As early as 2000, women were found to have surpassed men in Internet usage

2. Seventy-eight percent of women in the U.S. use the Internet for product information before making a purchase

3. Thirty-three percent research products and services online before buying offline

4. Women account for 58% of all total online spending

5. Twenty-two percent shop online at least once a day

6. Ninety-two percent pass along information about deals or finds to others

7. The average number of contacts in their e-mail or mobile lists is 171

8. Seventy-six percent want to be part of a special or select panel

9. Fifty-eight percent would toss a TV if they had to get rid of one digital device (only 11% would ditch their laptops)

The sources for the statistics cited in this article are as follows: She-Economy, Ms Smith Marketing,StartUpNation, Clickz, Inc.com, Girl Power Marketing, Catalyst, Forbes.

4 Key Elements to Changing your Financial Blueprint

Elements to Change

The first element of change is awareness. You can't make changes if you are not aware of the thing needed to be changed. You have to know it exists.

The second element is understanding. When you understand where your way of thinking has originated from, you will know that it came from outside of you. We have been conditioned by 3 primary ways. Those being verbal programming (what we hear when we were young), modeling (what we see when we were young) and specific incidents ( what we experience when we were young)
Our Subconscious conditioning determines our thinking. Our thinking determines our decisions and our decisions determine our actions which eventually determine our outcomes.

The third element is disassociation. When we realize that the way we are thinking is not ours but what we have borrowed form above programming that came from our enviroment we can let it go if we chose to. We look at where we are today and where we want to be tomorrow. We can look at this information that we have recieved and stored in our subconscious mind that isn't our belief and is no longer true for us.

The fourth element is reconditioning. We can start learning how Millionaires think by surrounding yourself with these people, reading biographies of wealthy successful people, exposing yourself to their way of thinking vs the poor people.

I have learned this insight from the book "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" by T. Have Eker.

Changes that will soon be the Norm

This is another example of the Changes that will soon be the Norm.

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Change

Change- are You open to Change?

Sharing some thoughts regarding the many changes that have occurred, are presently occurring and will occur in the near future. You may be aware of these changes but not really given them much thought and how it will effect you in your everyday life.

I feel many of the changes the whole world is experiencing are due to the technology of today verses a few short years ago. You may think of them as trends or paradigm shifts.

My thought is paradigm shifts.Paradigms can be thought of as the framework that has unwritten rules but directs actions. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.

Many of you may have experienced the realization that as far as job security today,  there isn't any in our world today. As a result you may need to change your paradigm regarding your finances. The only security you will every have is what you create yourself becoming  a business owner.

When one listens to the gurus like Robert Kiyosaki, Bill Gates, Donald Trump you will learn of  one of the ways to become a business owner is with Network Marketing.

Some of the other areas that have been or will be changed by technolgy is the Post Office. On line banking, bill paying on line, email, web sites, UPS and Fed-EX has almost eliminated the need for the services of the Post Office.

Paper Checks are almost gone as well, being replaced again by online banking and bill paying on line, debit and credit cards.

Newspapers, magazines and books. Our younger generation do not read newspapers, they get all their news from the internet. Today using  the e-readers, mobile internet devices you can subscribe and access newspapers, books and magazines online. Just think of the convenience of these devices. It is so much easier and convenient to download a Kindle app and read all online. I find it so handy when having to be in a waiting room for a business or doctor to open up my mobile phone and be able to read or send emails or text messages, read a book, magazine or check Facebook. I no longer have to read one of the magazines in the waiting room that has been handled by ?? many people with possible contagious conditions. 

Land lines Telephones. Honestly I still have one because I have always had one, but as         i-phones and android mobile phones continue to advance there isn't a need for the land line telephones.

Music. Now you can download very inexpensively the songs and music you want and create your own mix. No longer have to store those CDs, records and the devices to play them. Plus they are available to you where ever you are. 

So think of the space you will save in your homes because you now longer have to store magazines, books newspapers etc. also the paper products that are saved as a result.

Television or rather the cable  companies. There are now many other options available to you. You no longer have to subscribe to a cable company receiving 100s of channels that you may only watch 1 or 2 of. Now can use Netflix, Lulu, Amazon and other services for TV programs and movies. You can also watch TV on your computer with far less commercials.

Privacy. How many times have you heard someone say they will not order items online because they don't want their information on the internet. Shall we let them know that even though they don't use the internet to make purchases their information is on the internet. Almost any transaction you are involved in will put your information out there. Please note..there is a push for all hospitals and doctor's offices to put your medical information online as well. 

I am sure I have missed some things that have been changed due to technology which will cover at another time as I become aware of them.. 

If you are open to learning more about the paradigm shift from employee to entrepreneur and a way to create your own economy just ask me. I have some great information for you..

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The Attitude is Everything Movie

I love this movie. It shares information on 7 rules to practice in our lives.If You/I make them top priority in our daily life we will definitely become better persons. No longer can you be grumpy..

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Those who are interested in starting their own home based business.

I want to address the persons who are just starting to do some research regarding a business of their own. You may even just be at the stage of considering this option due to your financial status. You may be one of those persons who have been down sized, smaller paycheck due to recent changes in payroll deductions, been laid off from your job and unemployed, or close to or already retired and your retirement fund has drastically changed. To put it this way your and your families financial future is seriously being threatened.

Rather than accept the mindset of "if we are careful and change how/what we spend our monies on we will be ok", consider that you can create your own economy. There are ways to realize your financial dreams.

Several years ago I was at this point. It was at the time I retired as a Registered Nurse of 40+ years and my retirement fund was lacking. As a result of some of the changes I made I have been able to  change that situation and experience financial freedom.

The people I associate with and I are wanting to give you some assistance and guidance in your journey to obtaining the information you need to make informed decisions. I want to help you avoid some of the pitfalls I experienced and share some of the lessons I learned. I am not here to sell you anything, just share some information. If later on you would like to be associated with me and my company, that is fine.

As I have already shared with you I was where you are today. So I know some of the issues you are faced with. If you have done any looking on the internet it is very confusing and like a jungle out there. There as so many people hyping their companies and products it is difficult to know who is legit or a scam. Knowing what to look for will help you to avoid some of these companies.

In my following posts I will be sharing some information to assist you, so keep n touch.