Unaware that You’re Sitting on a Goldmine?

When the famous escape artist, Houdini, told reporters that he could escape from any prison cell in three minutes, they took him up on his promise. With the cameras rolling, he was put into a cell, the door was closed, and he immediately extracted the hidden lock-pick from his clothes. He casually started to pick the lock on the cell door, something he’d done many times before, but was surprised when he found that he could not open it. As the seconds ticked by, Houdini became more and more frantic. Sweating, he battled in vain to unlock the cell door. Eventually, defeated, he leaned, exhausted, against the door. It swung wide open! It was never locked. His jailors had closed the door but they had forgotten to lock it! The doors to your financial freedom are NOT locked.

Many times, we don’t see the wood for the trees in our lives. We work hard and often don’t realize that we could achieve a lot more. As the Bank of Nova Scotia advertisement says, “You’re richer than you think!” You see, all your resources – that means your relationships, connections, credit, database, reputation, energy, memberships, skills, knowledge, possessions, insight and access - can be leveraged and used, in fact turned into money. You know, whatever you want, somebody else has. And whatever you have, somebody else wants! It’s important to realize that.

Many years ago, I was fortunate to receive excellent training from a company called Performax. They specialized in personality assessment tools, communication tools, listening tools, and character evaluation tools. One of the tools evaluated values styles. Simply put, there were four basic values styles. We all fit them in different ways: The Challenger, who will challenge everything just for the sake of it, the In-Betweener, who wants everyone to have the same, the Traditionalist, who wanted things to stay the same, and the Synthesizer, who sees links between people and synergistic opportunities and seeks to work with others in an interdependent, rather than a dependent or a co-dependent manner. I am a Synthesizer. I see links. So I see dollars. That’s why my website is called, “DollarMakers”.

Joint Ventures operate on the principle that we should be paid for solving peoples’ problems and linking them to solutions. Instead of paying somebody for the promise of delivering the results you want (that’s called “paying a salary or a retainer or a consulting or advertising fee”), you should ONLY pay for RESULTS. But you should pay for them and you should BE paid for them. By offering other people the opportunity to benefit from your own existing resources, you can make a significant amount of money. At no cost or risk to you. Here’s a simple example: Yesterday, I needed 16 holes to attach 16 handles to closet doors and drawers in our kitchen. I don’t have a drill, so I rented one from Home Depot. They solved my problem and I paid for it. I didn’t have to buy a drill for $40 – I rented one for $12. If I used your drill, I would have paid you. Your drill could have made you money.

If you knew that I needed a drill and you had one, you could have made money. If you take the time to find out what other people want, you can link them to the solution and make money. Here’s the good part: If you don’t have a drill but your friend Peter does, you could rent me Peter’s drill and share the $12 with him. How about if you had 2,000 in your database and I wanted more Members for my Forum? If you sent them an e-mail and only 100 joined, I would write you a check for $5,000. And if you don’t have a database, but Peter does, you and Peter could each pocket $2,500 – no cost or risk. And I would provide you all the marketing and sales tools you needed at no cost. There is an unlimited amount of resources and an unlimited amount of need. You don’t need the resources – you just need to think like a Synthesizer. Put people and resources together and you can make an unlimited amount of money - FAST. For more information, visit http://www.dollarmakers.com/

Robin J. Elliott You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$