Last night, Rika and I enjoyed “The Sinatra Project” with Michael Feinstein and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum Theater in Vancouver.
Rika booked this a long time ago since she knows I love Sinatra’s work, and it was a great evening. Feinstein is amazing.
The orchestra was a wonderful -
Joint Venture Analogy
Many people see Joint Ventures as an alternative to other income sources.
They compare brokering Joint Venture’s with real estate investment or MLM or having a job, or running a retail business, whereas Joint Ventures is an all-encompassing, overriding, umbrella philosophy that includes all other income creators. Like the orchestra.
The conductor is the Joint Venture philosophy. Each musician is a different moneymaking activity – a different dollarmaker.
- The drummer could be retail,
- The saxophonist could be MLM,
- The violinist could be real estate – you get it.
The Conductor
Notice that the musicians keep their egos in check. They fit in to the bigger scheme of things. They play when it’s appropriate. The strategist would understand this, and the engineer would liken it to a PERT diagram. As a Joint Venture expert, YOU become the conductor, by:
- delegating,
- directing,
- motivating,
- organizing,
- encouraging,
- creating
– you’re the general, as opposed to the broke, self-employed, egotistical salesperson – the soldier.
How Everyone Benefits
Our motto in DollarMakers is “Together, we do amazing things” – it’s a synergistic approach to wealth creation – everybody wins, based on their contribution. Joint Ventures create value. If a musician refuses to play, shows up late, does a bad job, stops contributing, or let’s his ego get out of hand, he gets fired.
“You can’t serve two orchestras.” Zig Ziglar said, “You can get anything you want out of life, if you help enough other people to get what they want.”
As each musician contributes, produces, hones their skills, and improves, the whole orchestra benefits.
Win/Win Cooperation
The different musicians represent your Joint Venture partners. You are the conductor.
If you’re really smart, you will strive to “keep things in the family” and create “overlap” – Feinstein and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is a case in point. Musicians shouldn’t be in competition with each other. The higher their IQ, the more likely people are to understand the value of overlap, loyalty, vested interest, strategy, and philosophy.
The underlying philosophy in the orchestra is the love and understanding of music, and the way an orchestra works. Common goals, and a common philosophy – the real mastermind in action.
Setting High Standards
Finally, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has very high standards, as does DollarMakers.
Choose your Joint Venture partners very carefully, and cut non-producers and game players loose quickly.
