The implication was the usual one: “Multiculturalism works great, we’re all the same, the United Nations is right, and let’s all be happy.” Here’s the difference.

This ship is shipshape because it works on the principle of harMONEY: It’s a capitalist, autocratic setup. People get paid according to their contribution and skill set, regardless of their color or creed.

The captain does not earn the same as the waiters or cleaners. And if people mess up, fight, steal, or slacken, they get fired. They are well managed and told exactly what to do.

If a waiter, who is on a ten month contract, misbehaves, he or she gets summarily fired and has to pay for their own trip home. Strict controls.

The captain gets the big bucks, because without him everyone would end up on the rocks. When you use affirmative action and reverse racism to accomplish goals, you’re no longer headed for success.

How It Works

There is no “redistribution of wealth” for the losers and slackers to leech off the producers.

People actually EARN their money, and there are no unions to force businesses to pay brain dead laborers ridiculous salaries – that’s why cruise ships decided to use Seattle rather than Vancouver – because dockworkers and longshoremen who deserve $10 per hour have to be paid $45 per hour in Vancouver.

Any cruise line that was run by a socialist would be bankrupt within weeks.

In fact, entire countries go bankrupt when they elect socialist leaders and money is distributed according to greed and need instead of value. Imagine assigning a bus driver to run a Fortune 500 company.

What You Get With Capitalism

Capitalism creates superb value and excellent service and products, as was evident on our cruise.

Rolex is not run by a socialist. Cuba is a third world backwater like all African countries, because of the way money is distributed.

When your philosophy is statist / collectivist, the motivation for excellence diminishes. That’s why highly trained Cuban doctors prefer to do the work of waiters – they can earn more money that way.

Real Success

Success is not a mystery, and we should learn from history. When you assume that everyone is equal,regardless of their contribution, and you are not prepared to pay for excellence, true success will elude you. That’s why capitalism is worth fighting for, no matter how unpopular it is with parasites and liberals, and why real success is based on:

• money,
• value, and
• rational thinking,

not:

• mysticism,
• altruism, or
• multiculturalism.

Moving Towards Success

How does one move from the apathetic, comatose, paralyzed, unconscious state of suspended animation so common to the sheeple, to one of frenzied, happy success?

How do we become like those bold and audacious, excited, and unstoppable winners?

What will it take to shift from being baffled and bewildered to fierce and fiery, irresistible and irrepressible? Is it even possible to become a manic money missile?

Taking Action

People make changes when the pain of staying where we are exceeds the pain of change.

We take action when we truly believe that we can achieve our exciting goals, and that peak is, indeed, attainable. And the more action we take, the easier it gets!

Here are a few simple steps that will make it easier for you to break the chains of frustration and limitation and enjoy the abundance that is available to all of us through Joint Ventures:

1.   Belief:

Build your belief with an authentic action plan and surround yourself with winners and achievers. And know WHY you insist on nothing less than success. Paul J. Meyer said,

“Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.”

2.   Specifics:

Measurable, specific amounts and steps, like road signs along the way, are essential.

Your action plan is your Success GPS.

3.   Time:

By what exact date will you commit to achieving this specific goal?

Commit yourself publicly – put yourself on the line, so that there is a consequence to non-performance.

4.   Leverage on Yourself:

Be aware of the consequences on failing to achieve your goals. Remind yourself of the pain and suffering that comes with failure!

5.   Training and Support:

The more you learn, the more you will earn. DollarMakers provides superb training and support through our Membership, events, training, seminars, conference calls, and online information.

6.   Monitoring:

Monitor your progress daily. Adjust, tweak, and realign yourself like a guided missile. Confront issues, don’t get side-tracked, and only work with winners.

Communicate regularly with your team.

7.   Motivation:

Control your input and self-talk.

Only expose your mind to positive input that is aligned with your goals, values and beliefs.

Kick the losers and parasites out of your life, and design your information flow carefully. The best way to predict the future is to create it – your success won’t happen by accident.

8.   Celebration:

Celebrate small successes along the way. This builds self-esteem and belief and reinforces your commitment and self-confidence.

Upon examination, they found that their son had fallen asleep in the back of the kayak, and that one side of his paddle was dangling in the water.

So, even though his exhausted mom was paddling like crazy in front, their son was unwittingly preventing her from getting anywhere.

Passengers or Partners

In life, you have either passengers or partners, parasites or pals. Some people will help you to reach your goals, while others will hurt you, even when they don’t mean to.

You can work hard and be honest and commit and risk, but if you’re linked up with a loser, you’ll just keep on going round in circles, like a moth around a flame, until you burn out, and your well-rested passenger simply moves on to his next victim, laughing and smiling and hugging everyone along the way.

What Are You In Business For?

You’re not in business to provide bloodsuckers and freeloaders with a job.

You’re not working to sacrifice yourself and your family’s future for idlers and moochers. That’s what Obama wants to do – he wants to “spread your wealth” between the deadbeats and leeches out there.

But then he’s a socialist, and hopefully, you’re not. He’s never run a business, and that’s probably why he hates capitalism.

Measure and Monitor Production

Make sure that when your partners become poisonous passengers, you cut them loose – fast.

People should only eat what they kill, and anyone stealing off your plate should have his fingers severely beaten.

Measure and monitor production, and pay for results, not words and promises and compliments.

If you want your kayak to take you to Treasure Island, make sure you don’t have a pirate on board with you. And keep checking.

Definition of Congruency

In the context of one’s life, congruency means that:

• your beliefs, values, and actions are all in
  • agreement,
  • harmony,
  • conformity,
  • and correspondence.
• all parts and areas of your life are moving in the same direction.
• you walk your talk.

For example, someone who smokes and yet makes a point of eating healthy and getting regular exercise is not making congruent choices. Someone who has one area of his life sabotaging, weakening, or undermining another area of his life does not have a congruent lifestyle.

The reason most people are unconsciously breaking down their own success and limiting themselves is because of three things:

1. First, they don’t have clearly defined, measurable goals for their lives.
2. Second, they fail to measure and notice what they’re doing and what the ripple effects of their choices are,
3. and thirdly, because they’re lazy, addicted, apathetic, or just plain stupid.

But for those of us who are committed to happiness, success, and reaching our full potential, focusing on congruency can skyrocket you to unprecedented heights of success.

Every choice in every area of your life affects every other area – everything in your life is interconnected.

No Involvement, No Commitment.

Stephen Covey said that when we live according to our values, we will be happy. He also said,

“Without involvement, there’s no commitment. Mark it down, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.”

That makes sense, since you can’t deal with life at arm’s length. Whatever you focus on will grow, and you only have 24 hours a day to attain your success and happiness. Having the intestinal fortitude to define your values, beliefs, and philosophy, and then to arrange your goals in each area of your life so that they all fit and support each other, is indeed a smart thing to do, and very rare.

Perhaps one percent of people do this. You can, too.

It’s a simple choice.

Defining Our Own Philosophy

Defining our own philosophy and world view, and then deciding what we want our lives to look like, taking into account every area of life:

• social,
• mental,
• physical,
• financial,
• family,
• work,
• etc.,is the first step to greatness.

Then, look at your present lifestyle and choices through this lens, and decide what and who needs to be:

• adjusted,
• removed,
• fixed,
• added,
• and tweaked.

That‘s the scary and exciting part, because it will tell you exactly how much you are committed to what you say you believe and want.

Your philosophy of life is like your GPS, or compass. It will guide you to it’s ultimate purpose, be it self-sacrifice and resentment, or greatness and fulfillment.

Align All the Areas of Your Life

Then, it’s time to take action, to align all the areas of your life with your goals and values. This means removin

• certain people,
• groups,
• activities,
• choices,
• and input,
• and adding new stuff.

It’s like

• pulling the thorn out of your foot,
• wiping the dog poo off the bottom of your shoe,
• filling your gas tank,
• joining a health club,
• buying a bicycle,
• and canceling your membership to a club of losers.

It’s a wonderful way to spring clean your life, repaint it, and spruce it up.

It’s weeding the garden and planting new, beautiful flowers.

Having the guts to commit to being real and honest, no matter what the cost, is a wonderful investment in your happiness and self-esteem.

The Midas Touch

People who live congruent lives feel that whatever they touch turns to gold – success starts to “flow” for them. Things start going their way.

1. They breathe easier.
2. They sleep well.
3. They confront issues with courage and confidence.
4. They seem to attract successful people and circumstances.
5. They start liking and respecting themselves more, so others start treating them better, too.
6. They come out of the closet, so to say, into the bright sunlight of energy, purpose, and freedom.

This is scary for losers, who live on excuses, but exciting for winners, who love creating their own dream lives:

“Every thought, word, action, cent, decision, commitment, second, minute, hour, and mouthful of food COUNTS.”

Evaluate Your Life

I encourage you to evaluate your life and decide if it’s congruent or not. Since 97% of our problems, including our most valuable resource – our time, can be solved or significantly alleviated with money, as I have found being a Joint Venture Broker to be the most valuable tool available for facilitating a life of congruency, freedom, and happiness.

Strategizing the Target

Shane heard about an entrepreneur who could help him move a large amount of products. This entrepreneur (I’ll call him Dennis) was busy, successful, in demand, and very selective. Many people continually vied for Dennis’s attention, and salespeople spent a lot of time trying to sell him stuff. Shane took a month to do some serious due diligence and information gathering on Dennis –

• his family,
• business,
• employees,
• goals,
• background,
• philosophy,
• hobbies,
• you name it.

Then he paid a detective to gather even more information. When he was properly prepared, he spent a thousand dollars buying and using Dennis’s products and services.

Now Dennis knew who Shane was – a respectful client.

Setting the Bait

Shane knew that Dennis’s family was very important to him, so he paid a photographer to do a professional photo shoot of Dennis’s family. Then he invited Dennis to go deep sea fishing with him and a few carefully chosen friends.

He spent another month working on his relationship with Dennis until Dennis regarded Shane as a friend. This included buying Dennis a new guitar. Up to this point, Shane didn’t try to sell Dennis anything.

Catching the Fish

Three months to the day after Shane targeted Dennis, he closed the deal. Shane’s total investment, he told me, was five thousand dollars, which was tax-deductible. The deal made him forty-thousand dollars NET profit after deducting the five thousand. And Dennis made twenty thousand.

What Shane did was to strategically get the maximum amount of credibility and leverage before introducing his deal.

He told me that, at any time during this three-month process, if he felt the deal wasn’t going to work, he would have cut bait and walked away.

A General, Not a Soldier

That was ten years ago, and Shane and Dennis are still doing business. (I called Shane to make sure.) How different from the desperate posers who push their scruffy little business cards at you without even knowing you. Shane makes a lot of money, because he is a general, not a soldier. He is:

• rational,
• professional,
• unattached,
• reliable,
• respectful,
• and skillful.

He values relationships, and he takes nothing for granted. You would never see him in a “Business Networking Group” or a Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Many Ways to Achieve the Same Results

Of course, it doesn’t always take five thousand dollars to position yourself for a successful deal / Joint Venture. There are many ways to accomplish the same results for pennies on the dollar, and even for nothing but time and effort, but I like this illustration. As Ayn Rand said,

“Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.”

The emphasis is on THINK – something most so-called entrepreneurs avoid in favor of desperate sales pitches and their blind fumbling for a quick buck.

Which do YOU want to be?

Soldiers will grab a gun and rush out shooting. Generals plan before executing. They use:

• military intelligence,
• spies,
• reconnaissance,
• and input from other people.

They coordinate the activities of others.

Which do YOU want to be? Soldier or general?

To learn more about the Joint Venture Broker approach to wealth, which Shane understood so well, visit www.jvwisdom.com.

Never Compromise

I fired a client who was paying me $5,000 per month. He was arrogant and dishonest, and I don’t work with people I don’t like and respect. He said to me, “You’re new in Canada. Here, $5,000 per month is a lot of money to turn down.” I told him that it might be true for him, but that I wasn’t subject to his mental limitations. Today, I can buy and sell him.

We have many options, and we never have to compromise our values for money; prostitutes do that.

• The best way to predict the future is to create it.
• You don’t have to succumb to the limitations of others along the way.
• You don’t have to drop your standards or lower your expectations – that’s for weak people who don’t believe in themselves; they’re always looking for ran excuse to quit.

Can’t Afford a Ten-Dollar Shovel?

Someone asks you how he can get rich. You tell him he is standing on gold valued at millions of dollars, but to get to the gold, he needs to do some digging, and you have a shovel available for $20. He immediately responds, “But I can’t afford the shovel.” There can be a few reasons for this:

1. He’s stupid.
2. He’s lazy.
3. He doesn’t believe you.
4. He doesn’t believe in himself.
5. He’s a socialist and he expects you to give him the shovel, to do all the digging, and then give him all the gold.

It’s never a question of whether or not he can afford the shovel.

You Can “Find” the Money

When I have people showing up at our seminars and then telling me they can’t afford $497 to attend a Bootcamp that will teach them how to retire in a year with more residual income per month than they need to live on, I don’t even answer them. I don’t allow them to insult my intelligence.

If the toilet in their house broke down and they needed $497 to fix it, they would find the money. I focus on intelligent people who are prepared to pay and work. That’s less than 3% of the population.

Invest in Yourself

Would you spend $5,000 once (the shovel) to earn $5,000 every month for the rest if your life (the gold)? People who refuse to invest in themselves have no problem paying for hockey tickets, cigarettes, beer, and parties.

The average person would rather work for a salary with no chance of ever getting rich, than to take responsibility and spend half the time to get wealthy. That’s OK – I’m not looking for average people.

• I’m not looking for spoiled brats, socialists, arrogant children who think they’re entitled to everything,
• or cynical old men who think they know everything;

I’m looking for dishwashers who insist on owning restaurants, and people who are prepared to do whatever it takes to get rich, without compromising their values. We’re called DollarMakers for a reason.

They say seventy percent of Americans are one paycheck away from bankruptcy. Actually, I think the number is much higher.

How to get out of debt?

1. First, what do most people do? They focus on the debt. It’s like a huge depression magnet. How happy, courageous, enthusiastic, creative, and innovative can one be when focusing on your biggest problem?
2. They associate with other people who are also in debt. Crazy! That just perpetuates the situation!
3. They seek silly, quick-fix solutions, like network marketing (it works, but it takes years) and risky schemes that cost a lot to get involved with. Remember, only take advice from someone who already has what you want, and that the biggest scammers are found running seminars and behind pulpits.

Someone once said that if you know what 97% of people are doing and you just consistently do the opposite, you can’t help succeeding in life. That’s because most people are losers. That’s a proven statistic; 97% of people will never get rich. So you have to go with the 3% if you want financial freedom.

My real life, tough love, unapologetic recipe for getting out of debt:

1.  Stop Unnecessary Spending.

Stop spending money you don’t have on things you don’t need to impress people who don’t care.

• You don’t NEED to lease the latest, shiny new car.
• You don’t need to eat out in restaurants all the time.
• You don’t need to belong to service clubs and networking clubs if they’re not making you money, and factor in all your costs – your time, gas, meals, parking, etc.
• You don’t need a Blackberry – I seldom use my old cell phone, and I do just fine.

Even if you’re the “President”, resign right now. Get real, and get over your ego and your need for acceptance. If you’re a dirty little smoker, it’s costing you at least $300 per month, offending people who don’t like stinking of foul tobacco, and telling everyone you’re a loser. Stop it. Winners don’t smoke. If I’m offending you, I don’t care.

2.  Flock with Winners.

Surround yourself with winners who have money. Cut the losers, whiners, and parasites in your life loose – NOW. That’s around 97% of people.

3.  Improve Your Focus.

Focus on profits, not sales, awards, or titles. You may be a Double Diamond Executive Champion in your network marketing company, but if you’re only earning $1,000 per month from it, you’re delusional. If you’re a business owner, moving your focus from sales to profits is a major shift in focus. Fire any employee who isn’t profitable, even if it’s a relative. You’re not a socialist. If your business isn’t working, scrap it. You’ll have to get tough if you want to get rich.

4.  Take Responsibility.

Stop making excuses and take full responsibility for your financial future. You have to adapt to your circumstances and stop blaming them. Change your sails and use the wind to propel you towards your goals. Your present life and financial status is a mirror of your choices and thoughts. YOU created it.

The past is irrelevant, so stop talking about it. Nobody cares how successful you say you were in the past. You can’t drive to the bank looking in the rear-view mirror. Depend only on yourself, and decide that you will reach your goal of financial freedom no matter what it takes or how long it takes – no turning back – total commitment. 24/7/365.

Move from being a worrier to a warrior, from victim to victor. You can be popular of you can be rich. Decide what is most important to you. If you want both, your achievements will be short-lived and mediocre at best.

5.  Find a Truly Successful Mentor.

Find a mentor with money and without a hidden motive. That disqualifies 99% of “coaches” and “consultants” and all bank managers and “Financial Planners”. Take his or her advice, and don’t second-guess them, or they will cut you loose. They will watch you, and if you’re not consistently taking action and applying their advice, you will suddenly find it hard to get hold of them. Atlas will shrug. Your Mentor will provide you with a SYSTEM for making money, and you have to stick with it UNTIL it works.

My Motto

Remember this – it is my motto for life, from Paul J. Meyer:

“Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.”

Winners NEVER quit.

That’s it. Simple. The best system I have found to create financial freedom for anyone, regardless of their age, circumstances, background, education, or experience, and that can allow them to retire in one year with more residual income per month than they need to live on, is Joint Ventures.

DollarMakers is designed to help you and mentor you to this goal without risk, and you can do it part-time. We have a 23-year track record, and we practice what we preach. Get the fantastic Joint Venture Coupon Strategy tool for free now. That’s a good place for you to start.