08.19.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:57 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Douglas is a self-employed salesman who likes to think of himself as an entrepreneur. He sells his products and services, employs two people, works hard, and pays the bills. He belongs to the local Chamber of Commerce and a service club and pays for T shirts with his business name on them, which he gives to the local baseball club. His market is limited to certain people within a certain geographic area, he has a 16% net profit margin, and his competition forces his prices down, which directly affects his bottom line. He finds himself spending more on advertising for less return, and he has less time than ever before. He is affected by the weather, the economy, the interest rate, and business trends. He works harder for less, and as he gets older he finds he has less energy, less patience, and less security.
Sally is a Joint Venture Broker. She is a real entrepreneur with no overhead except her computer connection and telephone, and she runs her entire business in two hours a day. She has JV partners around the world and she can easily add additional income, all of which is 100% profit. She has a portable skill set which works anywhere in the world under any economic circumstances. She is involved in different industries, so she doesn’t experience the usual ups and downs during busy or quiet times - her cash flow is regular, being residual income spread over different industries in different geographical areas. She has a very low risk, high return business, and she sleeps well at night as she becomes increasingly more wealthy.
Douglas has all his eggs in one proverbial basket. He works harder and harder for less and less and is impacted by things beyond his control. He worries about losing his customers, the competition, being incapacitated and unable to work, the economy, and local politics. He is at risk, and he knows it. Sally easily increases her profits, diversifies at will, and has no inventory, employees, overhead, advertising or marketing budget or capital investment. She has both time and money, freedom, and fun. She is in control of her own life and time.
Douglas could use Joint Ventures to double his profits in short order with no cost or risk, reduce his risk and overhead, and create more time freedom. Or he could just continue the way he’s going… Sally can increase her net profit quickly by simply enhancing her existing JV’s and adding more. Both these entrepreneurs can dramatically improve upon their situations with the magic and power of Joint Ventures.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 10:38 am by Robin J. Elliott
Men generally avoid clothes shopping, especially when a beady female eye is watching one’s every move. I steeled myself for months to venture out to buy a new belt and a pair of new shoes, and finally, bravely, hit Parc Royale in West Vancouver with Rika yesterday, warning her to keep a safe distance. I had flounced petulantly out of three or four shops where brain dead mercenaries with no taste posing as salespeople had narrowly escaped my wrath, when Rika kindly pointed me at Ingledews. I braced myself and marched in, only to saunter out 30 minutes later with beautiful Italian shoes and belt, grinning from ear to ear, one’s querulous disposition gone and miraculously replaced with an urgent need for steak at the Keg. The long-suffering Rika breathed a sigh of relief, remarking, “Good salesman.” Not quite, one mused.
Yon salesman was an expert in shoes and all things pedalic / orthopedic / related to one’s sometime weary hooves; he understood his trade. He was well versed in the width, manufacture, quality, history, and application of the shoes he sold and the shoes sold by others. He had, as it were, done his homework for close to twenty years. One might be tempted to utter, “The boy understands shoes.” He didn’ have to sell; I had to discipline myself not to buy several pairs. He didn’t have to persuade, and price was never an issue. The only difference between the $500 pair and the $350 pair was the level of fit and comfort. One was so chirpy that one almost succumbed to the latest style instead of sticking with the conservative.
My point is that when you package and present a Joint Venture well to the right people, with sufficient incentive and shared value, there’s an easy transition into the alliance. If you have to sell the deal, it’s probably not a good fit, with a predictably limited lifespan and and a few uncomfortable and pricey bunions arising in short order. One will have to endure a sour taste in the kisser, and the relationship might never be quite as rosy again. People might choose to meander along the other side of the street, meticulously examining storefront displays when they see you coming - not ideal. No. By taking the time to put together a juicy, well planned, and liberally oiled Joint Venture, and then being selective in one’s choice of JV partners, you can expect to see an easy flow.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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08.17.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:17 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Jim Stovall is blind. He has been a national champion Olympic weightlifter, the President of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network, and a highly sought after author and platform speaker. He is the author of the best selling book, The Ultimate Gift, which is now a major motion picture starring James Garner and Abigail Breslin. Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes magazine, says, “Jim Stovall is one of the most extraordinary men of our era.” For his work in making television accessible to our nation’s 13 million blind and visually impaired people, The President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity selected Jim Stovall as the Entrepreneur of the Year. He was also chosen as the International Humanitarian of the Year, joining Jimmy Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Mother Teresa as recipients of this honor.
Mr. Stovall says, “VISION is more important than sight.” He should know. We say, “I’ll believe it when I see it,” whereas the truth is that you will only see it if you believe it to start with. “Without a vision, the people perish”, goes an old saying. I once spoke to a group of psychologists at a hospital in South Africa that specialized in helping people deal with stress – most of their patients were police officers – and they agreed with me that the best antidote for depression is hope. Without a vision, there is no hope – only the bland and tiring expectation of more of the same frustrating mediocrity, the same struggle for mere survival.
If you feel you’ve lost your mojo, your edge, your enthusiasm for life, that excitement when you wake up in the morning, your sense of eager anticipation, you don’t need doctors and drugs. You don’t need drink and dope. And you won’t solve your problem by attending multiple motivational talks or sermons. What you need is a magnificent obsession, a vision, a goal that will not be denied, which your can commit yourself to. You will be amazed what will happen to your levels of creativity, happiness, energy, self-esteem, income, drive, clarity, and joy when you get a real vision for your future.Perhaps you’re battling to find or define a vision, a purpose, a raison d’etere for your life? No problem – hitch your wagon to a star! I’m not talking about joining the local religious cult or working for nothing for the local snake oil salesman who poses as a motivational speaker, or working your tail off for a charity – I’m talking about participating and enjoying the fruits of your labor in hard cash. I’m talking about a mission with a commission, where you share in the spoils and you don’t simply become a lackey or a foot soldier to pad someone else’s bank account – that’s like getting a second job. No – I mean getting a real vision, creating something of value, building and producing and pioneering a wonderful project.
DollarMakers has an unlimited vision to help millions of people around the world to achieve financial independence and the resulting freedom, dignity, personal growth, choice, and the ability to live and love according to their core values. We agree with Zig Ziglar who said, “You can get anything out of life, if you’re prepared to help enough other people to get what they want.” With the dynamic, committed DollarMakers Team and our DollarMakers Certified Business Mentor program, as well as over a hundred websites, our products and technology, hundreds of Members in fourteen countries, and our DollarMakers Joint Venture Broker Bootcamps, Member activities, meetings, conference calls and Conventions, our eight ezines and our solid business and Joint Venture Partners, DollarMakers UK, DollarMakers South Africa, and very soon DollarMakers USA, we are finally about to reach our tipping point, and we are looking for the right people to work with. The field is ripe unto harvest, and millions of people need what we have to offer more than ever before. We’re not short on vision, but we need more visionaries to join us on our exciting mission.
To whom much has been given, much will be demanded. Faithful in little, faithful in much. My personal motto is that of Paul J. Meyer, who taught me, “Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.” Together, we are doing amazing things, and we’ve only just scratched the scratch! We’re locked and loaded and we’re on the move. Join us.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 9:04 am by Robin J. Elliott
Average people always deem the threat to outweigh the opportunity. They’re hooked on pain, and addicted to comfort. They are their own worst enemies. They say, “I dig the ditch to make the money to buy the food to give me energy to dig the ditch”, and they allow their fear to put their dreams in a wheelchair. Fear and faith cannot co-exist, anymore than winners and losers can.
Winners know that it is always too late to quit. They understand that if your friend gives you poison, it will kill you, and that there are certain friends they can’t afford. They insist on success, and they strive for excellence in everything they do. The question is never “CAN I?” but rather, “WILL I?” and winners don’t compromise. Mediocrity and compromise are the selfish pursuit of losers. Winners will not tolerate excuses and slothfulness.
One doesn’t mix rotten fruit with fresh fruit, or poison a well. An intelligent person will not allow someone else to steal their hopes and dreams, anymore than they will allow them to attack their family or rob them. By allowing losers into your life, you hurt your friends and family, just as surely as if you invited a wolf among the sheep. Parasites will contaminate your life and business; they are a cancer that you should avoid at all costs.
On the recent DollarMakers Certified Business Mentor training program, I showed the Mentors the movie, “The Fountainhead”. It is available for sale from Blockbuster Video, and I highly recommend it, and the book by Ayn Rand upon which the movie is based. In the movie, the heroine says, “Freedom means to want nothing, to expect nothing, and to depend on nothing.” This is a far cry from the victim’s mantra of the losers, who expect producers to carry them, pay for them, and support their bad choices. Shun them as you would a leper, or they will steal your joy and your ambition like the thieves they are.
Look at your circle of “friends” and decide who needs to be evicted and who needs to be drawn closer. Constantly audit your social life and be sure to seek out those who are the creators and the producers, the innovators and the winners, while removing the leeches and the snakes, and you will find yourself attracting wealth, wisdom, health, and joy. In DollarMakers, our Team of seven winners has been especially thrilled to welcome our three new DollarMakers Certified Business Mentors - a fifty percent increase in power! Success is by choice, not by chance; we win by design. Shun the commonplace, and go for the gold medal.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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08.16.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:29 pm by Robin J. Elliott
In every economy, in every industry, anywhere in the world at any time, there are people going broke and other people, in the same place, enduring the same economy, in the same industry, with the same government, becoming exceedingly rich. The difference is the way in which they perceive their circumstances and options, and the choices they make in response.
Most business owners realize that there are dramatic changes taking place all over the world right now, which means huge opportunities for those who know how to use Joint Ventures. “Change is my friend,” says the savvy entrepreneur, and in order to change and take full advantage of the hidden benefits and opportunities surrounding us, it’s smart to use an objective, skilled Business Mentor to open doors that you never knew existed, to reveal riches of which most entrepreneurs are blissfully unaware, and to leverage underutilized and concealed, yet potentially highly lucrative resources and options.
Running with the herd into desperation, shortage, recession, and scarcity is not an option for those who insist upon victory. Shout “YAHOO!” – You Always Have Other Options – and find a Guide who is capable and willing to lead you along the road less traveled to hidden treasure. Remember what Jim Stovall said: “Only take advice from someone who already has what you want”, and Jim Addison wisely added that “you should never take advice from someone more screwed up than you are.” Experienced property investors know they should be buying when everyone else is selling – Conrad Hilton bought hotels during the great depression – and street smart entrepreneurs understand that you can get on the fast track by learning from the skills and mistakes of others.
Three highly trained, fully supported, locked and loaded DollarMakers Certified Business Mentors – Eric Li, Shauna L’Hirondelle and Darren and Monica Chambers are ready and willing to consider accepting YOU as their client. To see if you qualify for a complimentary telephone consultation with one of them, email me robin@dollarmakers.com. A Mentor is someone whose hindsight can become your foresight. Help is at hand!
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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08.10.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:12 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Whenever I stand in front of a group of people anywhere in the world and ask the question, “How many of you have read the book, ‘Think and Grow Rich’, by Napoleon Hill ?” about a third of the audience raises their hands. I ask, “How many of you read about the power of the Mastermind in that book? They all did, of course. “How many of you use a Mastermind?” Nobody.
I challenge you to get the book and read it, and if you still have it, read it again. There are two very powerful concepts in that book that relate very strongly to DollarMakers. The first one is the Mastermind concept, and DollarMakers is actually a Mastermind in action. The second one you can read about on page 95 of the paperback, about Dr. Gunsaulus. Both can now be applied within the Membership and context of DollarMakers.
If you take a new, fresh look at DollarMakers. You will see that exciting new possibilities are opening up as we grow, and using proven systems in the right environment can be extremely lucrative, whereas fishing in a polluted dam seldom results in a few plump, healthy fish. When your mind is ready to accept new ideas, the implementation of those ideas requires the right people with the right attitude in order to succeed.
In November, a group of DollarMakers Members will be doing some very serious business at our Fourth Annual DollarMakers Convention in Cancun, Mexico, as we did on our cruise to the Bahamas last year. Don’t wait for the Convention. Start gearing up now, and get your deals in place. Align your mind with that of Napoleon Hill, and there will be a natural fit with some of the DollarMakers Members. Reread the book and start applying the principles to your life and business, and you will find that they work.
And if you can’t make the Convention, there is another way for you to access that powerful group of individuals by being a Convention Sponsor. We only want a few Sponsors and we reserve the right to accept or reject applications. When our quota is full, it’s full, so if you’re interested e mail me at robin@dollarmakers.com for more information. Only Members may apply. You snooze, you lose.
As Dr. Hill taught us, “Whatever the mind of man can believe and conceive, it can achieve.” And Dr. Gunsaulus proved him right to the tune of a million dollars.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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08.07.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:19 am by Robin J. Elliott
I have watched this excellent and inspiring 1963 movie many times, and the analogies for creating financial freedom are amazing. These prisoners of war want to escape en masse and they decide to tunnel under the fence to do so. Their goal is to emerge in the forest and have 250 men freed from the Nazis.
The first analogy is that these experienced escapers dig three tunnels (named Tom, Dick, and Harry), not one. If you wish to escape financial slavery, you need to create multiple income streams, numerous options, instead of only one. When the first tunnel was discovered, the escapers focused on their second tunnel. If your financial security and future is tied up in one business venture, product, service, or geographical area, a job, or a single system, like property or investments, you are at risk. Change is the only constant, and you need to be prepared for that. This is the real world, not a lecture room.
The second analogy concerns commitment and hard work. There was no shortage of hard work, disappointments, risk, planning, the need for flexibility and strong leadership, focus, and innovation in this project. The men were extremely serious and uncompromising, and their very lives were at risk. They didn’t sit around playing The Escape Game on a board, then meekly return to their cells with a sense of false achievement when the game was over. You can play the Cash Flow Game all day, but unless you implement what you learn in the real world, you’re just another weak poser.
The third analogy is scary: the tunnel emerged in the open, twenty feet from the forest where they intended to surface, and in full view of the guards! They would have been safe emerging in the forest, but after 72 men got out, the guards were alerted, and the rest were caught. Many “Business Opportunities” and “investment opportunities” don’t reveal the full story until after you’ve lost your hard-earned money, and you end up twenty feet from the forest with your ass fully exposed to the machine guns of the real world. That’s why 87% of new business startups fail within the first five years (and 87% of the remaining 13% fail in the next five years). DollarMakers offers you a system that removes that risk for a fraction of the price.
The fourth analogy is that once they had escaped the camp, the hard work only began – they had to make it in German occupied territory and get to Switzerland. Once you learn to be a Joint Venture Broker, you have to work to implement the systems and create that freedom – you don’t attend a seminar, read a book, and magically become financially free. It’s like having a baby – you still have to raise the child!
Finally, the good news about Joint Ventures is that you don’t lose money or much time when an escape venture fails – you certainly don’t die. In fact, you just do it better next time! DollarMakers reaches you how to get wealthy with no cost or risk, and little time, although initially you have to invest time and energy to hone your skills and practice until you’re good at it. Read more about this great movie here.
If you’re interested in making your own Great Escape from financial mediocrity and time scarcity to real freedom, DollarMakers has the solution for you.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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08.05.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:07 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Isn’t it wonderful to know that you can own the Key to Success without paying for it? Best of all, most people prefer not to own it, so you have very little competition.
When you read this little poem:
Until one is committed,
There is hesitancy, the chance to draw back,
Always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation),
There is one elementary truth,
The ignorance of which kills countless ideas
And splendid plans:
That the moment one definitely commits oneself,
Then providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one
That would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
Raising in one’s favor all manner
Of unforeseen incidents and meetings
And material assistance,
Which no man could have dreamt
Would have come his way.
It seems as if some magical power is released, however there is no element of mysticism here - it is simply the way the old brain works; your levels of enthusiasm, emotion, focus, concentration, creativity, and energy rise significantly when you fully commit to an endeavor, and that allows your Reticular Activating System and subconscious mind to do what it does naturally, hence the amazing results.
In today’s world, 97% of people are lack-lustre, mediocre, compromising, excuse-driven, lukewarm, politically correct, weak, gutless, comfort-addicted clones, and so true warriors can sprint forward and ahead more easily in a society that is on the edge, driven, ambitious, and committed. The magical key to success is total, uncompromising, value-driven COMMITMENT. “The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor”, said Vince Lombardi.
The only way to know if someone is committed to their words or simply lying losers, is to watch their behavior. Truly committed people make no excuses, allow no slack, demand performance of themselves and others in their lives, and fearlessly make their dreams come true, regardless of their circumstances or what other people may say, think, or do, no matter how long it takes or how hard the journey is. They do not even consider the possibility of defeat. They will not let you down, because by doing so, they let themselves down, and their self-esteem and integrity is too high for that. “An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises”, said Mae West. Courageous people are committed people. Someone once said, “Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.”
What kind of Joint Venture Partners do you want? Those on whom you can utterly rely to deliver on time, or those whom you know you will have to motivate, remind, threaten, and urge, while getting increasingly frustrated? Commitment is the key to JV success and indeed success in every area of your life. It is the ONE THING that is hardest to find among most people, yet common amongst winners. And that’s only 3% of people. We’re waiting for you to join us.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 11:42 am by Robin J. Elliott
Jake Halpern, author of “Fame Junkies”, conducted a study of 650 American teenagers asking them if they would rather be stronger, more beautiful, smarter – or famous. It’s results showed that boys valued fame as much as intelligence, and girls actually valued it more than intelligence. When asked if they would rather become a US Senator or a celebrity’s personal assistant – you know, the person who picks up the dry cleaning – the leaders of tomorrow opted to be close to the stars by a ratio of three to one. A narcissistic, entitlement generation is a pushover for hungry, motivated, and hard working immigrants.
In South Africa, where I grew up, immigrants often made a lot more money than we locals did. There was a good reason for that, and when I immigrated to Canada ten years ago, I understood why. Please note, I know very well that this is not applicable to all immigrants. There are some groups of immigrants that should never be allowed into the country, I know that, but I am talking in generalities and from my personal experience.
Generally speaking, immigrants don’t understand the welfare state, social safety net that Canadians and British people take for granted. They don’t have the old school network or the natural support of xenophobia. Many immigrants come from countries they wanted to leave because of violence, crime, corruption, and danger, and when they get to North America or the United Kingdom, they’re ready to make it happen, no matter what. Work is not something they want to avoid, they take nothing for granted, and they are prepared to prove themselves. Immigrants are not hampered by being politically correct, passive aggression, and relying on reputation, connections, or family support, old money, or institutionalized xenophobia to protect their interests and succeed.
Immigrants get here believing in the American Dream, even in Canada and the UK, and compared to where we come from, it is a dream come true. We believe in making a fortune, we expect to get rich, and we see opportunity and money under every proverbial bush. We don’t make excuses, because in our countries, people didn’t accept excuses. We think that we will end up in the street if we don’t deliver the goods. We don’t feel entitled, we don’t have a rich uncle or mommy to bail us out, there is no back door, and we realize that we are building from scratch, and that we have to earn and create whatever we want. We don’t understand the system, so we don’t use the socialistic system; we expect to pay for things. We’re afraid of being deported or getting into trouble, so we behave honestly. And we really don’t give a damn what Brad Pitt or some druggie, film star slut has to say.
The children of immigrants seldom accomplish what their immigrant parents did. That tells us a lot. Your attitude in life will determine your altitude, and the immigrant attitude is a good one to model. Here’s my mindset as a forty-five-year-old immigrant when I realized that, in spite of xenophobia and built-in structures of protectionism, I was sitting on a gold mine, with very little competition from the society I had joined: “Whatever it takes, however long it takes, 24/7/365, no turning back, top of the pile, back to the wall, locked and loaded, make it happen.” With that attitude, you can’t help but succeed against all odds, and you don’t need to immigrate to have that attitude!
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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08.04.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:49 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Roy H. Williams says, “Follow the sound of bulldozers and the smell of fresh paint. Commercially speaking, where are things happening in your town? Move to where the action is. Follow Best Buy, Home Depot, Starbucks and the other Big Boys who have already done the research. Nothing draws a crowd like a crowd. Media costs are escalating and the public is hiding from ads. These are just two of the reasons why a great location is more important today than ever before. Expensive rent is the cheapest advertising your money can buy. Is Walgreens able to afford great locations because they do a big volume, or do they do a big volume because they always secure great locations? A high-visibility location communicates leadership. It implies that you do things better than your competitors.”
You are judged by the company you keep, and your positioning, packaging, and credibility should be strategically designed. The old “We’ve been around for 20 years” also refers to my dog, the homeless man on the corner, and the local lunatic asylum; it’s old hat, and it simply declares that you have no Unique Selling Proposition. Nobody wants to deal with a start-up or an unknown quantity. Location can also be seen as web presence, branding and who your partners are. Piggy-backing and using Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, Host Beneficiary Relationships and co-branding is what smart entrepreneurs do to position themselves for optimal, fast reach, distribution, and results.
Members of DollarMakers and our DollarMakers Certified Business Mentors understand the power of positioning and they use it effectively. As we initiate and innovate and use our momentum and branding to access and pioneer new JV’s, new territories, new opportunities, they ride in our back, shouting, whooping, and making money. We don’t have the time or inclination to reinvent the wheel or duplicate already existing, successful ventures, and so the “No money, no risk” mantra gets put to work and made a reality.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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