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2008-05-15T21:55:00.000-07:00

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You Need A SYSTEM
SYSTEM: Save Yourself Time, Energy, and Money!

Imagine the amount of mistakes I have made in the last 21 years in my business. Scary! I discovered a lot of things that don’t work, and I survived. I got through the minefield, in spite of being blown up a few times. You have a choice: repeat my mistakes, or learn from them. Be smart and get onto the fast track.

Would you try to teach yourself to fly an airplane? Of course not! You would crash and burn! You’re wise, so you would take lessons from a certified professional. You would do exactly what you were told and you’d become a good pilot.

DollarMakers offers you a complete and unique success system that allows people to make money with no cost or risk, regardless of their background, age, circumstances, education, and whether they have a business or not. After 21 years, we provide a Blueprint for Joint Venture Success. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel; simply follow the recipe. Get the map. Invest in the compass. Buy the GPS, and you won’t spend 40 years wandering in the business wilderness. That’s what smart people do.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

People Want Stuff For Nothing

You might think it strange that wealthy people will take an irreplaceable evening out of their lives and drive for an hour through snow, to attend a sales pitch event for a complimentary meal. You may be amazed to see successful business owners lining up in an airport to sign up for a credit card they don’t need to get a cheap, Dollar Store clock. You shouldn’t be surprised, because it’s human nature.

We don’t want to be sold things, but we like getting gifts, and we love buying things. We don’t want to be pitched, but we love being entertained. Why do you stop and watch the pitch man demonstrating a set of kitchen knives or a juicer at the local fair? Because it’s entertaining and interesting! THEN, he shows you the amazing value and additional complimentary GIFTS you’ll get if you buy something right away, and we all reach for our wallets! It’s fun, isn’t it? It’s what works, that’s why smart people do it.

We don’t get excited about getting discounts, because they’re not fun, and we don’t believe them - we think they just hiked the price up top afford the discount - we think we’re being conned. And we don’t get too excited about getting money, because we have to pay the bills and the rent like responsible adults, but we love choosing toys that we get given, don’t we? We want to play, and we don’t want to work. We want to feel like we got a good deal. Like we got something for nothing. Then we can justify the fact that we just bought an overpriced thing that we didn’t need with money we didn’t have, to get a cheap gift we will probably never use.

Smart marketers use gifts and complimentary value, like education and entertainment to get people to a point where they will buy “by choice”. Dangle the big carrot in front of their noses after you’ve had them following the trail of chocolates all the way into your store. People will spend twice as much on an item or service to get a gift worth a few dollars. Why? Because sometimes they feel they couldn’t justify buying the gift for themselves, because of financial pressure, guilt, having to explain to a spouse, or some other psychological reason. This way, they can’t help getting it, so they justify the inordinate waste of time, money, and energy they expend.

Gift Certificates, evaluations, reports, CD’s, DVD’s, samples, candy, coffee, donuts, T shirts, ball caps, memberships, meals, toys, gimmicks, tours, ANYTHING they don’t have to pay for, is tremendous BAIT. And if you’re a smart Joint Venture Broker, you don’t have to pay a cent for the items and services you so generously give away. In fact, you can BE PAID for giving other peoples’ stuff away!

Think about using this approach: stop selling, and start enticing.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

“Idiot Compassion” = Business Failure

One of the first things to check under the hood when your business engine falters and sputters and you see your cash flow leaking onto the pavement, is your philosophy. Your philosophy determines all your choices and the consequences those choices will bring to your bottom line.

When we, as business owners, feel sorry for people and allow them to continue to abuse themselves and others, we demonstrate the use of “Idiot Compassion”. Trunga Rinpoche coined this term to describe the false, inverted compassion that enablers succumb to. Usually, they are really assuaging their own guilt - a selfish motive disguised as compassion - the opposite of “Tough Love”. So we continue to employ and tolerate losers and parasites, we overlook the bad choices of people, remove the consequences to crime and dishonestly, and thereby undermine those who are producing and constructing value. We become “politically correct” to avoid confrontation and disguise our own gutlessness. This is the worst form of altruism.

We need to check our philosophy - are we altruists and collectivists, or are we capitalists?

According to Capitalism.org, “the theory of collectivism (in all its variants) holds that man is not an end to himself, but is only a tool to serve the ends of others. Collectivism, unlike individualism, holds the group as the primary, and the standard of moral value. Whether that group is a dictator’s gang, the nation, society, the race, (the) god(s), the majority, the community, the tribe, etc., is irrelevant — the point is that man in principle is a sacrificial victim, whose only value is his ability to sacrifice his happiness for the will of the ‘group’”. This is the opposite of capitalism; it is a cancer that will kill your business. Entrepreneurs are not sacrificial victims.

We should pay people in direct proportion to their contribution of measurable value to the business. “Carrying” unproductive people is unjust, counter-productive, and downright dangerous in the business world and in life. Socialism has been proven not to work, and it’s beloved cancer cousins, multiculturalism, mysticism, and environmentalism, are equally pernicious. We are entrepreneurs, not social workers. We are in business to make a profit, not to support a prophet.

Those most violently opposed to capitalism and individualism often hide in organizations that pretend to be capitalist. They use terms like “caring and sharing”, “contribution”, and “giving back” to cloak their sacrificial contributions (entrepreneurs are the ones being sacrificed). They call their groups “Service Clubs” and talk about charity, when they really mean altruism. Their raison d’etre is the destruction of free enterprise and capitalism.

I suggest to every entrepreneur that he or she reads Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” in order to realign his philosophy and adjust his direction to wealth and the pursuit of happiness.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

All Your Eggs in One Basket?

Most people are blissfully oblivious to their level of risk. The most obvious and dangerous of all is having “all your eggs in one basket”. Is the bulk of your income dependent on one person, industry, product, service, geographical area, or niche market? Is your financial well-being controlled by, or subject to, the climate, politics, the Internet, a sales manager, a committee, or a key employee or partner? No wonder you suffer from stress, emotional highs and lows, and insomnia. Being controlled and being at such blatant risk is no fun. Living on the edge of a crumbling precipice doesn’t exactly inspire one to giggle much, unless it’s a nervous giggle…

Here’s the scariest part: The heavier that basket gets (the more money you make), the more likely you are to drop that basket, and the more incentive certain people have to take it away from you. People aren’t likely to cut you out of a deal or replace you with a lower earner when you’re earning peanuts. In addition, the more money we make, the more secure we tend to feel, and the higher our cost of living seems to go, as we start spending more and getting into more debt. Pride comes before the fall, and living in denial or suppressing the awareness of your hazardous gamble won’t prevent the inevitable. Fires, earthquakes, death, change, new competition, illness, bankruptcies, litigation, and a myriad of other things can happen at any time.

I set up a Joint Venture with a young weasel that earned me an easy $9,000 a month. It didn’t last long as the little tyke revealed his arrogance and ineptitude, and it died a sad death a few months later. I was not in the least perturbed, however, since I had 19 other income sources pumping away. It was replaced even before it disappeared. Had I become all gleeful about that income source and naively expected it to last indefinitely, however, I might have been severely disappointed, especially if it constituted my entire income. A friend of mine in Australia was suddenly laid off from his high-paying job at the age of 52. Downsizing, outsourcing, dishonest JV partners like the wanna-be above, and changes in the weather or economy (gas prices, for example) can unexpectedly rip that basket from your hands and smash your eggs all over the sidewalk. Some people never recover.

Diversification, spreading your risk, lowering your overhead, and leveraging your resources and the resources of others is what smart Joint Venture Brokers do. Don’t bank on income until it’s in the bank. Don’t believe the promises you hear: talk is cheap. If you have a slave master, think about this while you’re grovelling and simpering in the corner of your nicely furnished prison cell. Your bootlicking won’t make you any more secure. Lackeys don’t last, and toadies get tossed. The Chinese say, “Dig the well before you thirst”; prepare for the inevitable, and diligently create additional, congruent income sources that will eventually exceed the income you get from your primary source. Use JV’s to have your primary income source feed your new dollarmakers.

Using Joint Ventures, you can learn transferable skill sets and participate in leveraged systems that will provide growing, residual income that continues while you lie on the beach or watch a movie. You can stop selling your time and blood and live the lifestyle you want and deserve.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Joint Ventures - Ultimate Strategy, Maximum Leverage

“Vertical Thinking” is analytical, focused, left-brain, binary (black or white) and narrow. This is the way most of us in the west have learned to view life and business. Horizontal thinking, on the other hand, is creative, right-brain, lateral, open, inclusive, synergistic, and strategic. Joint Ventures utilize and optimize both these approaches perfectly.

Edward DeBono, author of 62 books on creative thought, said “Some people are unhappy about lateral [horizontal] thinking because they feel it threatens the validity of vertical thinking. This is not so at all. The two processes are complementary, not antagonistic. Lateral thinking enhances the effectiveness of vertical thinking by offering it more to select from. Vertical thinking multiplies the effectiveness of lateral thinking by making good use of the ideas generated.”

The Wedding Planner, for example, is good at providing all the services and products related to weddings and the immediate events, even going as far as the honeymoon arrangements, and she gets paid a commission on all referred business within that limited time realm. A good Joint Venture Broker, on the other hand, will see well beyond that to a strong mailing list that builds an ongoing, long-term relationship and proceeds to mutually benefit both parties over the years; that married couple will breed, buy houses, furniture, cell phones, and holidays, and fifty percent of them will get divorced. All those services can garner serious income for the broker and the service providers, while at the same time providing massive, additional value for the couple. The broker thinks out of the box.

The traditional business owner is focused on his own products and services, to the exclusion of multiple additional sales and service opportunities. This myopic approach explains why, in my opinion, the average small and medium-size businesses out there only operate at about 10% of the potential net profit. A lateral thinking, Joint Venture approach can set up numerous back end income sources, all at 100% margin (we like to call them DollarMakers) within hours, days or weeks, thereby turbo-boosting income and differentiating the business from it’s competition, whose blinders keep them working too hard for too little.

Leverage and duplication can be systematically applied to virtually any business when the JV Broker applies this open mindset to the business services, focusing on providing the optimal ease and value for the customer and getting paid on all resulting transactions, much like owning multiple Toll Booths on thousands of bridges across the world. Best of all, this can be accomplished with no money or risk, and surprisingly little time, since this involves leveraging existing resources. The Broker looks for links and partnership opportunities, and specializes in building a congruent flow of business.

When you think out of the box, you get out of the box, and unlimited opportunities suddenly start appearing all over.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Shed Your Excuses and Reach the Stars!

At a Joint Venture Bootcamp I conducted for 140 people in Edmonton, Alberta yesterday, a woman wrote the following on a slip of paper and put it on the podium for me to read: “Excuses are like armpits; there are lots of them around, and they all stink!” and, “I’m not paying for excuses - I’m only paying for results!” Your excuses are a cancer that eats away at your success., your credibility, your reputation, and your self-esteem.

Like Yoda, who said, “There is no try - only do or do not”, I have ceased to believe peoples’ excuses, and I don’t make excuses for my own slothfulness. I’m fat because I eat too much and exercise too little. Some people even make excuses IN ADVANCE! Ever heard yourself say, “I’ll try”? T.R.Y. means To Relive Yesterday’s Failures. When people say, “I’ll do my best”, or “I hope to succeed” or “If everything works out well”… these people expect to fail, so they do.

What happens when you don’t do what you promise and you then make excuses, instead of admitting to your lack of self-discipline and integrity? Your self esteem drops. You earn money in direct proportion to your level of self esteem, and that means that excuses cost you money in many ways. People take away opportunities from you and give them to other people who will deliver what they promise. Your excuses are hurting you.

One reason for excuses is that people are afraid of feeling rejected. They’re more likely to be rejected for offering feeble excuses (traffic, kids, spouses, cars, illness) than just admitting that they messed up and making right. “I’m late because I didn’t get out of bed early enough. It’s my fault. I am sorry. I won’t do it again.” Now, if you don’t repeat the bad choices, nobody will reject you - they will admire your courage and candor.

We make excuses to ourselves as well, so that we can avoid making painful choices and doing uncomfortable things. Winners know that when there is no pain, there is no gain. Instead of making internal excuses, compare the pain of regret to the pain of discipline. “Pay me now, or pay me later”. An ounce worth of painful self discipline will save you tons of regret in the future. Discipline will increase your confidence, self image, energy, and enthusiasm. You will feel you deserve to be rewarded, so you will succeed. Don’t compare yourself with people less successful than you are - compare yourself with more successful people and determine to improve your life in every area.

Finally, let’s talk about being late for appointments. There is NO excuse. Leave 30 minutes early. Everyone faces traffic and interruptions. Take control of your life. If there was a million dollar check waiting for you, would you be late? Get there early, turn your cellphone off during the meeting, be well prepared and well groomed, and you’ll be in the top three percent of people. Let us agree to stop making and accepting excuses.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Your Future
Your future will be whatever you decide it will be. In four years time, you will look back on today and know that your decisions determined your destination. It is YOUR future. You can have whatever future you want; you don’t need to beg, plead, manipulate, or make excuses. You don’t need permission. Your future is like a buffet table with a huge selection of foods - take what you like. You are the master of your fate, the captain of your soul. Exactly what do you want your life to look like in three or four year’s time?

When I am in a strange city and I have a destination, I call a taxi and tell the driver where to take me. Then I sit back and relax. I do have to pay him, though - there is always a price to pay. What price will you pay for your goal life? Guess what? You’ll pay a price for NOT achieving that lifestyle, too! So either way, whether you design and create a wonderful lifestyle or submit to a life of compromise, pain, and frustration, you will pay the price. So you decide what price you will pay, because it’s cheaper to pay for the perfect lifestyle. Why? In four years, after paying the price and achieving the lifestyle, it gets much easier. If you don’t, and your life stays boring, painful and scary, you keep on paying!

Think of the man sitting in a rowing boat, working hard, rowing around in circles, going nowhere fast. That represents the average person in this world - 97% of people, statistically. In four years time, he’s older, weaker, and even more depressed, but he’s working just as hard, if not harder, to keep on going around in circles. The other rower in the other boat heads for his Treasure Island. He works just as hard, but in four years he is resting in luxury. Your choice. This can be your defining moment, if you want it to be.

DollarMakers is designed and continually evolves and improves, to offer people around the world the means and the guidance to reach their financial life goals. I know that 97% of your problems will be solved or severely alleviated with enough money. We have the blueprint, the systems, and support, and the tools necessary for you to use to reach your destination. Where will you be in four years? Your taxi is waiting…

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Your Powerful, Secret Weapon

I say your “Secret Weapon” is a secret, because most us are blissfully unaware of it’s power and efficacy. When we realize how powerful this weapon is, we start to use it all the time, and life gets infinitely easier. Those daunting detours, obstinate obstacles, and blinding barriers are child’s play for your Secret Weapon. On the way to your objective, you get to replace your ox wagon and blunderbuss with a fully armed F18 jet fighter. Instead of using a sundial and a sextant, you get the latest and best GPS when you use your Secret Weapon. You cut through hindrances and impediments like a freight train going through a shopping cart, a red-hot knife through butter.

You already have the secret weapon. Here’s the scary part - right now, TODAY, right here, it is either working FOR you, or it’s working AGAINST you! And most of the time, people have set their their own secret weapons up to work against themselves! No wonder the seething herd is locked into mediocrity, compromise, frustration, fear, weakness, and depression. No wonder it’s so hard to get ahead and get traction. No surprises there, once you understand and acknowledge the choices to make to switch your Secret Weapon from Destroy to Deliver. Once you stop turning the gun on yourself, life gets easier.

Ever wondered how it is that you wake up just before the alarm clock goes off? Or you think of someone that you haven’t had any contact with in months, and there’s an e mail or letter of voice mail from that person waiting for you? What about those people who always seem to have “bad luck” and everything goes wrong for them, while everything others touch seems to turn into gold? “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer” - ever wondered why? I’m not talking about the lies you will hear from the mystics, politicians, and others who have a vested interest in keeping you poor, blind, hungry and tired, I’m talking about the rational, proven reality here.

I have to keep this article short, so let me get to the point real fast now. Your Secret Weapon is your Subconscious Mind. Now before you bleat, “I read about that and I know about it”, let me assure you and all the other sheeple out there that you might have read about it or heard about it in a seminar, but you’re not USING it, or you would understand it. When you learn how to harness, control, and direct your subconscious mind, your whole life starts changing. You suddenly realize that you have turned from victim to victor, and your Reticular Activating System and subconscious power stars directing and enhancing every single one of your choices and changing your perspective so that you find yourself flying on jet fuel towards your goals; you start to get extraordinarily “lucky”. Things start working out. You start “attracting” and magnetizing all manner of good people and great opportunities, and your peace of mind, confidence, and power starts increasing in leaps and bounds.

Here, in a very tiny nutshell, is the simple recipe for governing your Subconscious Mind to work FOR you, and not against you:

1. Focus on what you want, and not what you don’t want - be very clear and specific about your congruent goals and objectives, using visualization, affirmation, and daily monitoring. This is the catalyst that will activate your powerful Reticular Activating System.
2. Control your self talk, questions, what you say, and every single choice.
3. Carefully construct ALL your input - what you see, read, hear, watch, and whom you mix with, where you go, and what you expose yourself to - everything has to be aligned with your objectives and values. Everything has to be cohesive and clear.
4. Mercilessly cut the rubbish from your life and your mind, your environment, your home, and your business. That means all bad people, input, association, visual triggers, as you would two week old, smelly garbage and dead animals.
5. Focus on the future and the present, not on the past, unless as a tool to motivate and inspire you.
6. Change your philosophy from one that will keep you deluded, confused, inferior, guilty, and impotent, to one that will empower, release, and revere you.

As you apply these six choices on a daily, consistent basis, your subconscious mind will start working for you in amazing ways, I assure you.

You have the power, and the money is already in the bank. Use your most valuable asset, your Secret Weapon, and break free from the shackles of ignorance, sacrifice, and servitude. Be free!

We will be teaching these principles as a part of the curriculum on our exciting DollarMakers Cerified Business Mentor training program.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

The Jewel is In the Lotus

When Tibetan Buddhists chant “Om Mani Pedme Hung“, they mean that ‘what we seek, we are’. The seeds of greatness are within us. We are wonderfully equipped with a powerful mind that can guide us to whatever goal we seek, as long as we take action and make the right choices. Tony Robbin’s work, “Awaken The Giant Within”, was a great inspiration to me. When I fired my boss and started my own business, a friend of mine, Louie Boshoff, gave me a copy of that book and wrote in it, “Congratulations on your Independence Day, Robin!” That day, I started focusing on the giant within me.

Tony Robbins said, “We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish”, because he understood the power we all have within us. When you learn to master your mind, you will be able to control your emotions, beliefs, and choices. At that point, you get the power. When you understand how to use your internal communication with yourself to accomplish your goals by asking yourself the right questions, you control your focus and the interpretation of your circumstances. It’s not what happens yo you that will determine your success or failure, but how you interpret what happens to you, and your reaction to those circumstances.

You are the lotus, beautiful, unblemished, unlimited, and perfect, rising up out of the black mud of mediocrity, compromise, confusion, and pessimism, and the jewel, that is the seed of success, is within you. You can control your Reticular Activating System, command your subconscious mind, and steer yourself directly to Treasure Island. Other people have no control over your success, your emotions, or your mind, unless you hand it to them willingly. This is the plateau we all need to ascend to in order to be the best we can be. And we first have to BE (become) before we can DO (take the correct actions), and DO before we can HAVE whatever we want in our life: Happiness, Health, and Prosperity in every area of life.

How do we unleash our power, nurture the seeds of success within us, and break free from the bonds of compromise, second-best, feeble accomplishments, excuses, and frustration? How do we elevate ourselves to this level of self control and discipline? I like to think of our potential as being a huge water tank with an unlimited amount of pure, magical, fresh, sparkling water in it. The spigot or tap opens in minute degrees to allow more and more of our potential to flow, or it closes by degree. What closes it? Our association with negativity, bad input, bad people, bad thoughts, and wrong choices. This is the result of ignorance and slothfulness.

How do we open the spigot and allow more and more of our immaculate potential to flood our lives and the lives of those we love with joy and prosperity? Every time you associate with positive people, learn from the right sources, understand the correct techniques, and apply good choices, the spigot opens a tiny bit more, slowly elevating our minds, our understanding, and our self discipline to the next level of power. By immersing ourselves in the correct information, allowing ourselves to be mentored by the right people, and consistently making good, rational choices, we learn how to open the spigot more and more. We grow up into giants. We wield more power. We control our minds, emotions, and circumstances better. As the Buddha said, we “make our minds a castle”.

You are the source of your own power, the answer to your dreams, the solution to your questions, and the combination to the vault of success. By learning and working, you allow the seeds of greatness within you to grow and develop, until you are strong enough to teach others. We never stop growing and learning, and we all learn from one another, so keep your feet firmly on the ground and remember that we all have a long way to go. It just gets better and better!

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Your Future is At Risk

2008-04-21T11:11:00.000-07:00

Fifty percent of the people living in the United Kingdom have less than three thousand pounds in savings. A large proportion of the people in North America live from paycheck to paycheck, and could only survive three months if they lost their jobs. “Job security” is a thing of the past. Huge companies, airlines, banks, and organizations fail regularly, downsize their workforces, outsource labor to third world countries, and reduce the salaries of their employees without notice. We are faced with recession and depression, and many people have already lost their homes. Millions of people lose large portions of their life savings on the stock market. Here today, gone tomorrow. Your financial future is very fragile and at serious risk if you’re relying on a job or a boss.

The Chinese have a saying, “Dig the well before you thirst”, but most people prefer to hide their heads in the sand and ignore reality, hoping things will magically improve and some rich person will come and pay all their debts for them. It’s not going to happen. When you’re sliding down a slippery slope towards a murky pond filled with hungry alligators, steel spikes, and greedy, flesh-eating piranha fish, your only option is to get off the slippery slope.

Harland Stonecipher calls himself a “Dream Giver” - he helps people realize their dreams, and he continually helps people from the most diverse backgrounds to become millionaires. His 36-year-old NYSE company has an amazing success track record. He sets people free from financial fear, terror, mediocrity, and desperation. And yet, people will say, “I think this is a risky thing”. When $99 can change their futures for the better and give them a vehicle to make all their dreams come true, they prefer to continue down the slippery slope, along with all the other sheeple - the lambs on their way to the slaughter. So they spend their $99 on cigarettes and cable TV, relaxing while the Titanic sinks. I feel sorry for the pets and families of people who refuse to take responsibility for their futures.

Here’s the wake-up call: You are living in a wooden cottage on the edge of a very high cliff. You have all your assets and worldly belongings in that little house, and while you’re watching TV and relaxing, a huge river is eroding the ground right under your house. You read about it, you hear about it, your friends go bankrupt, but you’re too dumb to care. Any day now, your house will collapse and you stand to lose everything. That river is called change, recession, and the new order of things.

There is, however, another option, and that is a bridge to a secure financial future, a large, secure house built on rock, and it is waiting for you. DollarMakers specializes in helping people across the bridge to the lifestyle and peace of mind they deserve - financial security can be yours, but you have to take action. And you have to do it NOW. You’ve been warned.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

The Secret to Financial Fortune

2008-04-21T06:21:00.000-07:00

Look through a binoculars the wrong way, and instead of things getting bigger, they get smaller! The secret to multiplying your income a hundredfold is really not complicated, once we understand a simple law. A pumpkin growing in a bottle will never get bigger than the bottle. Our limitations are self-imposed; a bigger bottle is simply a greater expectation. Let’s examine the following poem:

“I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store.
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.”

When you put yourself into an income bottle, you cannot earn more, regardless of how hard you work, how loyal you are, or how much you want or need. When I was a hotel manager, I often worked sixteen hour days, sacrificed a lot, risked my health and many times my safety when I had to be the bouncer in the bar as well as the manager, the night chef and the barman. I had been trained at a prestigious hotel school, and at one stage worked for nine months with not one day off, yet I earned a pathetic salary compared to the value I created. Why? I was selling my time in a job. I had set it up that way. I was to blame.

Life will WILLINGLY pay you whatever you want, when you change your ideas and philosophy about money, duplication, leverage, and value. If you set things up to earn $100,000, that’s what you will get. If your self-esteem limits you to $10,000, that’s what life will pay you. Life doesn’t care how much you get. Money doesn’t know about your past, your guilt, your fears, or your education - it simply flows to value. as water runs downhill. There is no limit to the amount of money you an earn: You can go down to the beach with a teacup, and you will get a teacup full of sand. Take a buck and you get a bucketful. Take a huge drum, and you get more. Take a dump truck and you can have more sand. Take twenty dump trucks if you like - there is no shortage of sand - OR MONEY.

Perhaps you think you’re too old? Harland Sanders was 65-years-old, with a $105 Social Security payment in his pocket, when he started Kentucky Fried Chicken. I believe he was rejected by over 1,000 banks before he became successful. If he hadn’t had a big goal, his self-esteem could never have withstood such rejection. You only lose the fight when you quit; it’s NEVER too late. Perhaps you think you don’t have the education. I met a man who never went to any school at all, yet he was a self-made billionaire. Your only limitation is the one YOU CHOOSE.

There is no scarcity or shrinking pie. Money is not bad. You can have whatever you want - all you need is the right understanding, the right philosophy, the right motivation, and the right SYSTEM. DollarMakers provides that for you. When you change your thinking about the amount of money you can earn, you change what you do, then you change the amount you earn. This process is not instant, but where would you be, and what would your life look like in two years if you started right now? You’re going to get there in two years, anyway: you simply have to decide what destination you with reach. Will you arrive, two years down the line, in the land of poverty, pressure, pain, and pessimism, or will you arrive in the land of plenty, peace, power and and prosperity? You will realize that “Any wage I asked of Life, Life has willingly paid.”

Get my book, “How to Retire in One Year”, and join the DollarMakers Club.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Information to Make You Rich

2008-04-21T04:46:00.000-07:00

People are Like Car Batteries

Have you ever experienced a flat battery in your car? The more you try to start the car, the worse it gets, as the power drains away. The lights dim, the engine battles to turn over. That’s exactly what happens when you procrastinate on taking action. When you’re thrilled about a new project, that’s the time to jump into enthusiastic action: take advantage of the full battery of creativity, energy and insight that you have.

By waiting, analyzing, talking to other broke, negative people, and allowing your battery to slowly run down, you ensure your failure and mediocrity. Eventually, you go ahead just because you said you would, but without the fire and power you had when you first saw the opportunity. The longer it takes to take action, the less your possibility of success. As time passes, you start thinking of all the ways it won’t work. Your faith slowly gives way to fear, and you creep back into your shell of mediocrity.

When building a team, a downline, or a business, remember this: The window of opportunity is small, and those who make quicker decisions and get on board with excitement and action are the people you want on board. They will attract other winners like a magnet with their positive energy. The others will suck your energy as they try to regain the optimism and eager expectancy they had when they first heard of the opportunity. “Paralysis of Analysis” is a character trait that spells doom and gloom for the rest of your team, and you don’t need that cancerous contamination.

Lead by example, and be an action taker. Expect your people to do the same, and reward the walk, not the talk. If people don’t step up within a reasonable period of time, my suggestion is that you cut them loose as their battery dwindles. Invest your time and energy in strong, fired-up, action-oriented people.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Excellent Service is Not Enough

Have you heard the old saying, “Last impressions are lasting impressions”? Like the tattooed waitress who fawns over you the whole night, and after you sign the bill and allocate her tip, she disappears forever. Hopefully you won’t need anything more, because now that she has her tip she’s off working someone else. Or you attend a great theme park, event, or attraction, and after it’s all over you trudge home in the cold, dark and rain to your car - you’re forgotten.

I decided to go skiing on Mount Seymour, and, true to form, they had adjusted their schedule again to suit themselves, and twenty people were told abruptly that the chair lifts would only be opening at noon. No apology, nothing. At the top of the mountain thy eventually put up a sign with the “new” time. Why not at the bottom of the mountain before you drive all the way up? Oh, sorry, I forgot - that’s too much trouble for them. The infamous Heathrow Terminal Five: “Your bags were lost, but now they’re found - it will take another 45 minutes.” This after waiting an hour. No apology, just a sour face. I didn’t feel like I was hearing the snippet of a hymn, believe me.

In a world where competition is so strong, it’s easy to differentiate yourself and to stand out from the also-rans like welcoming, caring beacon of light. It’s simple to ensure people will remember you long after the event - a warm memory of your business. Relative to the amount of money people spend at your establishment, and bearing in mind the fact that they usually have numerous choices - read your competition - would you spend five bucks to retain a $100-per-visit customer? And what if that puny five bucks got your customer to refer you to ten other people @ $100 each, instead of badmouthing you on their blog?

“OK, OK - get to the point”, you say. And I will. You can buy delightful little ornaments, plush toys, and other gimmicks for one dollar at most Dollar Shops. You could have some ribbon printed with your business name on it to wrap around the soft, one dollar bear, and hand it to your guests as they leave. Send a Thank You Note. Add them to your database and send them a nice ezine with a Gift Certificate. The waitress could walk you to your car, holding an umbrella. Small gestures will be remembered long after the event. You don’t have to pay exorbitant prices for “corporate gifts”, but something with your name on it in your client’s office or home is a friendly reminder and a creator of loyalty and positive word-of-mouth advertising.

Don’t get me started on restaurants again - damn! I already have. I take my wife to a new restaurant on the water in Port Moody for our 22nd wedding anniversary, and they ask, “What’s the occasion?” when I make the reservation. I tell them, “22nd wedding anniversary”. They FORGET, so people all around us get special treats with sparklers and signing waiters, while we are ignored. I won’t go back, I won’t recommend them, and I don’t like them. Childish, but human, I’m afraid. Here was a missed opportunity to spend a small amount to have that restaurant advertised to thousands of people in this article.

Every restaurant could dramatically increase their brand and market share with virtually no money and exceptional add value, using simple system that I teach at my Joint Venture Bootcamps. And that goes for EVERY other business out there. Reduce customer attrition, increase transaction amount, build your brand, increase referral business, push profits up… You can do it when you put yourself in the customer’s shoes. Spend 80% of your advertising and marketing budget on you existing customers and only 20% on new customers, and you will be amazed at the results.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Action, Traction, Attraction

Success is uncomplicated for people who understand that there are only three steps to reach it, and they are: Action, Traction, and Attraction. In my experience, anyone with an IQ of over 100 and a decent work ethic (those two criteria instantly eliminate a large percentage of the population) can climb these three simple steps to massive success in any business venture.

The first step is ACTION: a four letter word for many, called WORK. Consistent, focused, uncompromising, quality work. Not just a flutter of work and bluster just before you fetch your boss at the airport; he sees through that quickly and your sins will find you out. Not sporadic, half-hearted attempts, or mere gestures. I’m talking about real work, doing the things that get results. Doing the uncomfortable things at inconvenient times. Being on time, in place, and productive - every day. Working with enthusiasm and passion, without even considering quitting. Putting in the hours, going the extra mile, even when it rains or you feel ill. Consistent work. If you work long enough, you finally smash through the wall to resistance, and you eventually reach the next level, which is…

TRACTION. This is when you start to see progress, momentum, branding, recognition, a profit. People start responding, your phone starts ringing; you begin to see progress. The wheels are digging in - they’re stopped spinning on the ice and mud. How long does it take before your action gets traction? However long it takes. But if you have a good mentor, work hard an smart, use Joint Ventures, and only work with the right people, it eventually happens. And when you start to get traction, it is not a time to sit back and take it easy. This is the signal to double your efforts, sharpen your axe, and work harder than ever. Don’t miss the opportunity to keep the traction going until you reach the desirable level of…

ATTRACTION. Now your phone rings all day, and like the old song goes, “getting cards and letters from people I don’t even know, an offers coming over the phone…” Again, this is not a time to start resting, but a time o build on the momentum, strike while the iron is hot, and work harder! At a certain point (you will know when), you will be able to loosen up and take it a bit easy. If your systems are in place, you can delegate and allow the systems to do more work, but be vigilant, because the enemy lurks always.

Follow this philosophy and you will reap what you so.

Robin J Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Highly Recommended Book: “Never Surrender” by Michael Dobbs

Winston Churchill - the story of one man’s defiance and a nation’s courage - three weeks in the Second World War.

Wonderful Job Available!

I talked with a young man called Blake, who told me he was looking for a “wonderful job”. I asked him to describe the job. It included autonomy, working on his own program, to his own schedule, lots of money, of course, and travel, the ability to use his creativity, bonuses for innovation, etc. He wanted lots of freedom, but he said he works very hard. He also said he was creative, professional, and dedicated. I asked him what kind of boss he wanted. “Someone who really understands me, allows me to play to my strengths, and encourages me”, he replied.

I told him, “You know what, Blake? You can have a job exactly like that. I know how you can get it. In fact, you can design your own job description, and you can even decide how much you will earn, including rewards for innovation, creativity, and professionalism. What’s more, I have the perfect boss for you - someone who really knows you, and more than that, CARES about you!” He was bouncing off the walls with excitement, begging to hear more.

I said, “The boss is YOU. Your on business. Total freedom, along with total responsibility, no limitations, and the world at your feet. At this point he predictably became angry. He said he wanted the “SECURITY” of a paycheck. I answered, “You should trust yourself more than anyone else in the world, Blake. Why would you feel more secure handing your life and income to someone else who doesn’t care about you? Is your self-esteem really so low? Here’s the real question, Blake: You know yourself, your abilities, and your work ethic. Would YOU hire YOU? If you would, here’s your perfect opportunity - start your own business - employ yourself!”

Guess what his next objection was - “It’s so risky to start a business.” I agree completely. That’s why we teach people to start the best business in the world - no overhead, no risk, unlimited potential, flexibility, creativity, income, and freedom: being a Joint Venture Broker. Say no more!

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Easy Money, Just Waiting for You

Easy money, Honey! There are thousands of goldmines out there just WAITING for you. This is an untapped source of serious money. Want to know more? Settle down with a cup of tea and a ginger biscuit - this information could radically change your financial situation forever. I’m serious.

A very large percentage of small and medium-sized businesses have no website, no e-commerce, no up-to-date database of customers, no back-end income sources or Joint Ventures in place, no referral systems, no upsells or bundling, and no regular, effective communication with their customers. Many of them see forty or fifty new customers a day, and yet they don’t get them into a database. All that money is left on the table - for you to share in!

If you approached a business that had forty or more new customers and regulars coming in every day, you could make them the following offer, and you would have a lot of takers lining up to make you money:

“I can offer you a new, complete, professional, e-commerce website with links to ten Joint Venture partners, (that’s ten additional, pure profit income streams that I will set up for you) plus a number of back-ends, and build you a database and weekly ezine, plus put upsells and bundling in place. I will set up a lucrative referral system for you and manage the entire project, update it, and make it work. It will cost you not one dime, take none of your time, entail no risk whatsoever, and seriously enhance your image with your customers. It will seriously increase your sales and profits. At the same time, it will reduce your customer attrition rate and increase customer loyalty, purchase frequency, and transaction amounts. Most important, it will differentiate you from your competitors and add massive additional value. And it won’t cost you a cent.
I will own the URL (domain name) and the passwords, and I will take 40% of the resulting profits (that’s money you wouldn’t have had, anyway!) Now this might not be for you, of course, and that’s OK with me - I just wanted to make you this offer before going across the road to your competition.”

You use their existing reputation, customer flow, resources, and infrastructure to make money. You piggyback on an existing business. And you can do this with ten businesses simultaneously!
Oh, the website. You will be amazed to hear that a website like that is available for $997 and $50 per month, with full, total support, and you can sell banners and advertising to cover the initial investment. See http://www.youarethewebmaster.com/ and use this idea to make a lot of money.

Want to learn more? Attend our Toronto Joint Venture Broker Bootcamp April 19!

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Triumphant Trilogy

Let’s talk trilogies. We’ve all seen the movie trilogies, from junk like Legally Blonde to good stuff like The Godfather. Then you get evil trilogies, like Omorosa, Obama, and Osama (I’d add Absolut Vodka, but then it would be a tetralogy and it wouldn’t rhyme…), and good trilogies, like the boxing trilogies of the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier battles and the Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield fights. I’m not talking about those trilogies.

What I am talking about is a three-legged-stool analogy - every leg is equally necessary in order that the objective be accomplished. I believe the ideal trilogy is Freedom, Responsibility, and Creation. Simply put, we are responsible for ourselves and our own successes or failures in life. Responsibility means, “My ability and choice to respond to my circumstances, opportunities, and threats in any way I wish. Creation is production. We are creative beings, or, better still, becomings- we are responsible for our own creations and contributions, and we should be rewarded in direct proportion to the value we create. The more value we responsibly create, the more freedom we are granted, because we are (or should be) financially rewarded in reciprocation for our beneficence. Money buys power and freedom. This philosophy is the backbone of capitalism and freedom.

But does this always work? In an altruistic, collectivist society that attacks WalMart for being successful and worships smoking sluts that cavort naked with strange men in public (film stars), where losers, mystics, and parasites are more honored and loved than the CEO’s of companies that provide jobs for tens of thousands of people who are incapable of creative thinking, it’s sometimes hard to believe that we live in a capitalist, free world society in the west. The fact is, if you believe it, you need to MAKE it work. If your philosophy is like mine, you are obliged to live a congruent, uncompromised life, regardless of some of the frustrations encountered along the way.

Once we take responsibility for our pasts and our futures and understand that we are fully entitled to fair recompense for our production, once we demand freedom and insist on being allowed to live according to our philosophy, we shift to the top three percent in society. Then the top one percent. Naturally, that philosophy creates wealth, because a true Objectivist will not accept mediocrity and a second-rate lifestyle, handouts or less compensation than he or she is worth.

Understanding your own weltanschauung, choosing a philosophy that is both challenging and empowering at the same time, and demanding the right to live according to that philosophy, is another triumphant trilogy. The problem that people have with success and money is a thinking problem. The issue is not your circumstances but your world view. This philosophy will attract the enmity an jealousy of masses, as is evidenced on television on a daily basis, as we slowly slide into slimy socialism. But it’s well worth it. In her book, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand clearly shows how it works, and I highly recommend you consider reading it if you are truly committed to success in your life.

As the singer tells us, it’s like love and marriage or a horse and carriage - you can’t have the one without the other; you need all the three legs of the stool - no exclusions: Freedom, Responsibility, and Creation. The motto, “Live Free or Die” appeals to me.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

How to Supercharge Your Sales and Income

Did you know that there is a simple “Mental Switch” that you can throw, that will dramatically increase your business results? What would you pay to discover that switch and find out how to make it work? How badly do you want it? On a scale of one to ten, one being “I don’t care” and ten being, “I will walk naked with my hair on fire over broken glass and scorpions in front of my worst enemies during the Superbowl”, are you a fifteen? Will you INSIST on success?

Many salespeople and entrepreneurs drag a smelly old “employee mindset” to their efforts; they focus on what they did, reporting on their actions, without majoring on the results they have achieved, almost as though they have to justify themselves. They accept the results they get based on three things: Their level of motivation, their history (past results) and the history of others in their industry, and those from whom they learn.

Years ago, I trained the salespeople in a Nissan car dealership. The average salesperson sold four cars in their first month. We agreed that we would all tell new salespeople that the average sales by a new salesperson in their first month was fifteen cars, and that they would be summarily fired if they sold anything less. Then we partnered them with the top salespeople as mentors in their first month. The average sales soared to 13 in the first month by new salespeople. BUT, as soon as they found out what the REAL sales average was, and that they wouldn’t be fired as threatened, their sales immediately plummeted like a lead balloon to the average level!

At the same dealership, a character arrived at my training session with a long, hippy, dirty, environmentalist beard. I said, “If I was your boss, I would tell you to shave off that scraggly beard or find another job. Your sales will immediately quadruple if you shave it off.” The next day, he showed up without having removed the pathetic beard. Why? He was not sufficiently motivated; his beard was more important to him than keeping his job. What would happen if I threatened to kill his inbred family if he didn’t shave his beard off?

Here is how to throw the switch that will switch you to high octane rocket fuel, unprecedented success, and make you rich:

1. You have to be highly motivated. I ask salespeople, “Can you double your sales next month?” They naturally answer, “No”, because they have to justify their past results, their expectations are limited to those around them, and their present beliefs and self-esteem put a glass ceiling on what they can achieve, and they are reasonably comfortable with their present income. So then I ask, “If you knew without a doubt that your beloved family would be slaughtered if you don’t double your sales next month, can you do it now?” Oh, yes. What changed? Their WHY. The HOW and their lame excuses suddenly became irrelevant. Find your WHY. Understand the consequences of failure.

2. You can do a lot more than you think once you have a serious, compelling, urgent reason to accomplish a specific, measurable goal within a definite time frame, with terrible consequences looming should you miss the mark. You called ten people yesterday? Could you call thirty or forty if I had a gun to your head? Could you quadruple your intensity, discipline, activity, enthusiasm, and determination? Sure you could, if I was standing next to your bare butt with a red-hot branding iron! (The brand has a dollar sign on it.)

3. You have to have very specific RESULT goals, so you can’t hide behind lukewarm, half-hearted activity. And there has to be a wonderful reward to accomplishing them and a scary consequence if you don’t.

4. You are only allowed to deal with, communicate with, learn from, associate with, and sell to WINNERS. No losers or their friends are allowed within four miles of you, or in your e mail, on the phone, or in the mail. Nothing. And you have to learn to ASK for what you want. The more you ask for, the more you will get. Ask for the sale every time.

5. ALL your input - what you see, read, listen to, watch, and hear, has to be a diet of success, carefully chosen for the maximum results. Input = output.

6. When you reach this level of self discipline and clarity, commitment and motivation, especially when you are surrounded by people who are more successful than you are and to whom you are committed and responsible, your self-esteem will skyrocket and you will start expecting a lot more of yourself and others. You will have very little competition. You will no longer compromise, make or accept excuses, or focus on actions. You will only measure RESULTS.

Remain flexible on the HOW, but never shift on your WHY. Become a laser-focused money machine, a determined DollarMaker, a warrior, an unstoppable, bullet-proof missile. See my DVD, How to Create a Bulletproof Mindset. Daily, consistent, persistent, focused, passionate action will be combination that opens any safe you want. You can do this.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

New Blog Address

2008-04-21T04:42:00.000-07:00

Our New Blog Address is www.RobinJElliott.com

CREATE Your Defining MOment

2008-03-03T19:32:00.000-08:00

Most great successes and the the turning points in peoples' lives can be traced back to one event, one insight, one meeting or revelation that ripped time apart and put them on a new course. This pivotal point is often reached when someone exceeds their pain threshold - the perceived pain of change is suddenly considered less than the pain of not changing. This critical juncture in a person's life often sends them on a rocket-ship ride to success, because something changes permanently deep down in their psyche.

People who have passed through the pain of procrastination, the thin veil of compromise, the mist of mediocrity, and the paralysis of fear, come out like warriors. They are like diamonds created under intense pressure, oblivious to detours and obstacles, and intensely focused on their purpose and objective. Their success is a given. Failure is not even a possibility. They do not suffer fools gladly and they will not make excuses, tolerate distractions, or water down their expectations - for anybody.

Now this defining moment, this Date with Disgust, this dramatic change in purpose and direction, does not have to be a random event, or the result of years of momentum and buildup - it can be induced. Your date with destiny can be consciously activated - by choice - at a time you want. All it takes is exposure to the right information from the right person. It can be a book, a meeting, a seminar, or an insight. And the more you are exposed to the right kind of information, the faster you will see yourself hitting new plateaus of development, on a regular basis.

Ayn Rand asks, "Have you noticed that the imbecile always smiles? Man's first frown is the first touch of God on his forehead. The touch of thought… " As a child, I always noticed that obese people spent a lot of time laughing. Fat and jolly? I think not. Ayn Rand's teaching induced one of my most dramatic defining moments. Others have been Paul J. Meyer, Jay Abraham and Richard Dawkins. Churchill's memoirs also had a dramatic impact on my philosophy.

Tonight, our guest speaker on the DollarMakers Joint Venture Broker Club's Members only Conference Call was the famous trade and barter expert, the highly respected DollarMakers Club Member Mr. Bob Meyer. His talk was exceptional. I have no doubt that anyone who bought his product (which includes, amazingly, a year of access to Bob himself!) from www.barterbootcamp.com will experience a defining moment and the wealth that will ensue. The right person with the right information at the right time - an opportunity to release the giant within you and blast through to success beyond your wildest imagination - as long as you take action.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

2008-03-03T09:28:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we went hiking in the snow on Mount Seymour, British Columbia. We had a wonderful time and the views were, as always on a clear day, extraordinary. BC is certainly the most beautiful place in the world in my opinion. As we walked past a frozen lake, we saw two snowshoes sticking up at the entrance to a snow cave. It was a father, lying on is stomach, gazing into the cave that his young daughter had crawled into! The entrance was about two feet high and 18 inches wide. Imagine a father allowing his daughter to risk her life like that. They say child abuse is giving your kid a hiding. How about sending them into a snow cave, alone, that could collapse at any minute?

My point? When someone offers you a wonderful business opportunity / investment miracle / amazing seminar / exceptional book to read, ask them this: "Have YOU done what you're proposing I do?" Perhaps they're sending you into a snow cave to risk your life while they watch and collect the commission. Question their motives, and demand that they lead by example. Perhaps you're their guinea pig. You're their canary in the coal mine of risk. They want to have you take the risk (while they get paid for it) before they take the risk themselves, if they ever do.

At DollarMakers, we only recommend Joint Ventures that we are personally involved in. We recommend books that we have read. We lead by example. We're not Dollar Fakers - we're DollarMAKERS.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Look the Other Way?

2008-02-28T10:25:00.000-08:00

We love to deny uncomfortable facts. Churchill confronted Chamberlain's weakness and warned of coming problems. Clinton allowed Bin Laden to escape. He has never been held accountable for the consequences. Jim Rohn said, "Discipline weighs ounces, but regret weighs tons." Churchill saw the future. He warned about communism, "The machinery of propaganda may pack their minds with falsehood and deny them truth for many generations of time, but the soul of man thus held in trance, or frozen in a long night, can be awakened by a spark coming from God knows where, and in a moment the whole structure of lies and oppression is on trial for its life." He foresaw and forewarned.
But most people are not Churchill. They wait for the lawyer's letter, the bills, the illness, the divorce order, before taking action. They stick their heads in the sand. They look the other way. And when it's too late, they start blaming all and sundry for the predicament they themselves created through their neglect, lies, slothfulness, and bad choices. Their self pity when the chickens come home to roost is disgusting to behold. Churchill had the courage to deal with reality, the self-esteem to go to war, the vision to hold on until victory, and the intelligence to know that this was the only route to freedom.

Compromise, mediocrity, cowardice, and denial lead to the imprisonment of the mind and the quiet desperation and passive aggression so evident in today's western society which each day edges closer to socialism and collectivism. The tolerance, acceptance, and even encouragement of drug addicts, criminals, and army deserters has a consequence, as can be seen in the resulting society. What we sow, we will surely reap. It's just a matter of time. Countries can be overthrown by immigration when their leaders are rotten, gutless mercenaries; war is unnecessary. Every choice and action has a consequence. The fact that you don't immediately see it does not mean it isn't happening.

Look at your life. Are there a few Hitlers on the horizon? Do you have a few Bin Laden friends? Is your neighbor an army deserter? Do you have a Judas on your team? Are you so weak and politically correct that you have become a socialist without even knowing it? If you keep on the way you're going right now, what does your future look like? You can break the mirror, shoot the messenger, delete this ezine, close my Blog, curse me for making you face the oncoming train, or resolve to make some adjustments, change course, and confront a few issues. What will your life look like in five years if you do? What will it look like if you don't? Frankly, I don't care what choices you make. You have been warned, so my job is done.

Here's the good part: We vastly underestimate what we can accomplish when we face reality and make courageous choices. If people knew what a brilliant future they could create over time without massive changes, they would make better choices than a society addicted to comfort, instant gratification, laziness, compromise, and the mind numbing opiates of mysticism and political rhetoric. Your future does not have to be worse than your past. You can escape the downward spiral which you may realize you are on. You can be strong, free, successful, happy, healthier, and wealthy if you're prepared to pay the price now.

But you won't get the recipe for success from those who have a vested interest in your desperation, slavery, exhaustion, and dependency, like the banks, politicians, employers and witchdoctors; your recipe from freedom can only come from those who are genuinely free. Only a strong swimmer with a conscience can help a drowning person.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Atlas Can Shrug

2008-02-27T19:15:00.000-08:00

Atlas had waged and lost a ten-year war against the gods of Mount Olympus. As punishment, the gods condemned Atlas to support the earth and the heavens on his back for eternity. He had grown weary of the task and was only too glad when Hercules offered to take over his burden. In turn, Hercules said he needed help to complete his eleventh labor, fetching the Golden Apples, which were closely guarded by nymphs called the Hesperides. Prometheus had told Hercules that Atlas could easily complete this labor as he was the nymphs’ father and knew their secrets. When Atlas returned with the apples, Hercules tricked him into resuming the burden of bearing the earth and the heavens on his back for eternity. This statue depicts that never-ending punishment.

Ayn Rand wrote a wonderful book entitled "Atlas Shrugged". You do not have to carry and support leeches, parasites, or scavengers. You should be rewarded for the value you create. Don't work for nothing. You are entitled to choose whom you do business with and associate with. When people take advantage of you, misuse or abuse you, or steal from you, you have the OBLIGATION to shrug them off. Don't be tricked, as Atlas was, into bearing an unfair burden. If you want to ride the horse, you have to feed it. People who reap have to sow - those who reap without sowing are thieves, and they should be shrugged off your back.

When you're not carrying unnecessary weight around, you can move fast. You'll find yourself happier and healthier, richer and wealthier. And because you're happier, you'll attract more winners into your life and less whiners. Rid yourself of the fat. You will become a lean money machine, and you'll have the time and clarity required to find creative solutions and the means to creating more wealth and value. A successful entrepreneur should continually and regularly evaluate his or her relationships and shrug the disloyal detractors and saboteurs off. People are genuinely either for you or against you - never doubt that.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

To Get Free, You Need New Information

2008-02-27T13:52:00.000-08:00

A lot of information that people get keeps them poor, hungry and desperate - the only PhD they’ll ever get. This is the herd - the sheeple - doing what everyone does because they have the wrong information. Read this excerpt from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead:

“Roark pointed to the picture of the Parthenon. ‘Shall I tell you what’s rotten about it? Look! The famous flutings in the famous columns. What are they there for? To hide the joints in wood, when columns were made of wood. Only they aren’t - they’re marble. The triglets - what are they? Wood. Wooden beams - the way they were laid when people began to build wooden shacks. Your Greeks took marble and they made copies of their wooden structures out of it, because others had done it that way. Then your maters of the Renaissance cam along and made copies in plaster of copies in marble of copies in wood. Now here we are, making copies in steel and concrete of copies in plaster of copies in marble of copies in wood. Why? I want to be an architect, not an archaeologist.’”

Many politicians, mystics, academics, bureaucrats, and employers have a vested interest in feeding the herd with incorrect information that is guaranteed to keep them poor, dependant, blindfolded, hobbled, and restricted. When sheeple have no time or money, they don’t have time to think, evaluate, or question. They’re working too hard to survive to even consider the fact that they could thrive. Lots of meetings, long commutes, high taxes, lots of red tape, and myths keep the herd from breaking free of their prisons of fear and scarcity. They are force fed repackaged lies through confidence tricksters in pulpits, on CNN, in the universities and colleges and in newspapers; people whom they respect and look up to. The socialists, collectivists, witchdoctors, multiculturalists, and environmentalists don’t want you to know what will set you free from their control.

When it comes to money and business, DollarMakers is all about showing people how to make dollars with no cost or risk, and regardless of whether or not they have a business, or their background, age or circumstances. That’s the information we share. How to retire in one year. How to avoid risk. How to get rich. How to be financially free and live a congruent life. How to escape the bondage of debt and a job. We share the same information that we used to achieve retirement twice. Our mission is to give people back their power of choice, their dignity and self-respect, their time, their families and their minds.

Only the free can set others free, and we are free. We are not obligated to share this information - we do it for our own sakes. If you wish to be free, join us.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Understanding Leverage

2008-02-26T12:02:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share a portion of a private e mail sent but our DollarMakers Area Coordinator for British Columbia, Canada, with you, regarding the use of leverage in business. Here it is:

Hi Blair, just for some basic info visit www.halfapercentaday.com Register on the right hand side of the page. I will answer any questions after that.

Just to whet your appetite, though; this is short term on-line stock trading. We have put together a JV with the head trainer of a fairly well known trading/educational software company and packaged it like you’re watching over his shoulder and can trade like he does. His track record speaks for itself (you’ll hear more about that later) I became his client; helped him package this so it was unique and has way more value than anything out there that we know of. After trading his stock picks, first on paper then real money, I am seeing with my own eyes the amazing results from the strategy that he has packaged and offers to his subscribers.

He doesn’t sell software; there are no expensive seminars to attend; you just get the analyzed stock picks everyday there is trading for a monthly fee and you can cancel with 30 days notice if it is not a fit for your lifestyle.

I spend 15 to 30 minutes a day doing this and the results are fantastic. My money is usually back off the table within 30 minutes of the market opening. To give you an example of what the results are; if you had traded the picks as they were available in January (it was a terrible month in the markets as you probably know and we didn’t have many chances to trade) you would have made 3% on your portfolio while others were losing 3-7%. If you had been trading with a margin account like I do you could have made up to 10% in the month of January. (I made 7%)

Check it out and get back to me if your interest is sparked.

Patrick Giesbrecht

DollarMakers Area Coordinator for British Columbia, Canada
patrick@dollarmakers.com

"Sorry, Sir, we're all out!"

2008-02-26T11:48:00.000-08:00

We were walking down Oxford Street in London yesterday, looking at all the stores, and I thought, what DON'T they sell? Every wonderful product you can think of is available for sale. If I was a store, there would be some things I didn't sell. I would say, "Sorry, we're all out". What wouldn't I sell, and what shouldn't you sell?

Sorry, sir, we're all out of "I 'll try".
Sorry, Ma'am, we're all out of excuses.
Sorry, sir, we're all out of "I'll do my best".
Sorry, Ma'am, we're all out of "It wasn't my fault".
Sorry, sir, we're all out of "I don't have time".
Sorry, Ma'am, we're all out of "I can't help it".
Sorry, sir, we're all out of "I don't know what to do".
Sorry, Ma'am, we're all out of "It's the economy / competition / my parents' fault".
Sorry, sir, we're all out of "IF".
Sorry, Ma'am, we're all out of "I HOPE".
Sorry, sir, we're all out of "Maybe / Perhaps / I GUESS".
Sorry, Ma'am, we're all out of "I THINK / More or less".
Sorry, sir, we're all out of "The people in this town don't get it".
Sorry, Ma'am, we're all out of blaming, complaining, whining, and weak excuses.
Sorry, sir, we're all out of showing up late, and not returning calls and e mails punctually.
Sorry, Ma'am, we're all out of scarcity thinking.

You see, sir/madam, we don't stock junk and we only work with winners who think big, demand excellence, and take responsibility and make things happen. Our best sales clerk is Mr. Yoda, who taught me that "there is no TRY, only do or do not."

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

PUSH!

2008-02-21T12:22:00.000-08:00

People who have a deadline to accomplish a certain goal, whether it be financial, structural, a position to be achieved, or a sales target, need to get into a "Push" mentality. You can choose to be a loser and back off, simmer down, cool off, give up, compromise, lower your standards, start making excuses in advance, complain, whine, or PUSH. Winners PUSH. They don't know how to quit. And so they win. The discomfort of quitting far exceeds the discomfort of pushing.

What do I mean by PUSH? Here are a few questions that will put you into a push mode, and by taking responsibility, you will be amazed at how powerful you will become:

Have I asked EVERYONE I KNOW to buy / join / take action / attend? If not, why not? Do I fear their choices more than failure? If I have asked them, I will ask them again! Every "NO" gets me closer to a "YES!"

Who can reach a large group of people in my behalf, to sell / announce / promote my product / service / opportunity? Have I asked them what it will take / what they want in return for enthusiastically promoting me?

What group of people can I get to, how can I do it, and who can help me? Can I attend every business networking meeting and promote there? Have I emailed everyone I know and asked them to e mail their people?

If I was really desperate and my life was at stake, what would I do to achieve this goal? Is my Comfort Zone limiting my success? What haven't I tried?

If I was giving advice to someone else how to accomplish this objective, what advice would I give THEM?

Who has already accomplished this goal, that can show me what to do and how to do it?

If I am using TIME as an excuse, what activities can I cancel / postpone in order to free up the time I need to make this happen? Being BUSY and being PRODUCTIVE are not necessarily the same thing.

MAKE it happen. Don't accept the possibility of failure / defeat. INSIST on success, whatever it takes. Be a warrior, not a worrier. Check your attitude. Get positive, optimistic, and enthusiastic. As Dale Carnegie taught us, "ACT enthusiastic, and you'll BE enthusiastic!" Focus on what you want, not on what you don't want.
Align yourself with strong winners, top achievers, and motivated producers. Call the most successful person you know and ask for their advice, then TAKE their advice and ACT upon it. PUSH.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Your Mind is a Money Magician

2008-02-20T22:48:00.000-08:00

They run from opportunity to opportunity, meeting to meeting, book to book, seminar to seminar, scheme to scam and back again - always looking for a way to get rich with no work or commitment - instant money - quick fix - magic bullet. They spend a fortune on information they never apply, or apply for a week before they quit to run after the next best thing, the newest deal, the brighter package, the more colorful balloon, like kids in a candy factory, until they vomit and go home looking green, but no green miraculously appears in their bank accounts.

The fact is, a winning mind can take a mediocre, failing business in the wrong area with bad employees and overwhelming debt, and turn it into a million dollar dream, while a losing mindset will take a beautiful opportunity in a perfect market, and fail miserably. It has little to do with the opportunity, the market, the product, the support, the service or the time of year, and everything to do with your mind. When your thinking, mindset, attitude and perception is properly aligned, your mind becomes a money magician, a money machine, a money maker - a DollarMaker. When your wonderful Reticular Activating System is correctly used, and your subconscious mind properly conditioned, you simply can't fail to get rich.

Now if that sounds too good to be true to the average cynic, if your skepticism simply won't allow you to accept that statement, let's consider this: If we put Alan Greenspan, Warren Buffet, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates in a new city, with no money, reputation, database, connections, credentials, reputation, or credibility, how long would it take each of them to get rich all over again? Not long, because their minds are so programed, honed, skilled, and trained, that they wouldn't be able to help but get rich. It's not where you are; it's WHO you are. It's not the circumstances you find yourself in - it's how you interpret them and what you do with them.

Now I know you'll say, "But, Robin, even if I had the right mindset, I would still have toi take action, right?" Yes. Here's the truth: People who do not take action that will make them rich do not have a wealth mindset. People who really understand wealth BELIEVE they will get wealthy, so they take action. If you believed there was a million dollars waiting for you at the bottom of a barrel filled with rotten food, dead cats, and manure, you would dive in and get it. If you didn't believe the million dollars was there, you would procrastinate, make excuses, and whine. The only reason people don't show up and take massive action is that they don't understand or believe. Their minds are not Money Machines - they are Manure Machines that produce mediocrity, failure, compromise, and defeat. They are not Mental Warriors - they're Mental Worriers. They are not Prophets of Profit - they're Prophets of Problems.

How do we achieve this miraculous Money Mindset? How do we turn our minds into dynamic DollarMakers? We always live up to the expectations we have of ourselves, so we need to change those expectations. We achieve what we believe, so we need to change our beliefs if we want to change our bank balances. We need to move from fear to faith, from a scarcity mentality to a prosperity awareness. How do we make these mental adjustments? I gave you a clue earlier in this article: If you thought the same way that Bill Gates thinks, would you make better choices and get better results? You better believe it. You would do what he does and get what he gets. If you interpreted things the way Warren Buffet does, would you make more money? Of course. Input equals output, so we need to think like successful people if we want the same results. We will follow in their footsteps to lives of fortune and fun.

Here's how to program your mind for guaranteed success: Think like a rich person. Your mind will turn opposition into opportunities, detours into dollars, challenges in chattel, mediocrity into magic wealth. Every action begets results. If you want different results, you have to do different things. To do different things, you have to make different decisions, and to do that you need to see things and interpret things differently. That's the key. To think differently. You are one quality decision away from anything you want, Jim Stovall tells us, and he's right. How? Actually, it's quite simple.

When I read a book written by a successful person, I am in fact thinking his thoughts! The more I think the thoughts of a winner, the more I BECOME a winner. You are what you think. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. The winner thinks a thought and writes it in his book. You read the book, so you read his words, which means you literally think his thoughts, if you'll excuse the pun. While you read this, you're thinking MY thoughts - scary, isn't it? When I got into business, I listened to the words (thoughts) of Paul J. Meyer, over and over again, from audio cassettes, and I read his writing (thoughts) over and over again. In addition, I immersed myself in the thoughts of Earl Nightingale, Tom Hopkins, Napoleon Hill - every winner I could find - and I still do.

To turn your mind into an automated, programed DollarMaker, read my book, "How to Retire in One Year." Listen to the audios on my website. Read my Blog. Watch the videos on DollarMakers.com - attend our conference calls and Bootcamps, and MIX WITH SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ONLY. Do not read books by losers, spend time with losers, or talk with losers, or you will become a loser. I was talking with some friends recently. Not one of us had any friends who smoked. There's a clue there. Mix with winners ONLY. Control your input, and you will control your output. When is it enough input? When you have achieved all your goals.

Here's the good news. The more your mind becomes a Money Magician, the more difficult it will become for you to tolerate losers or read rubbish. Success becomes automatic. How soon do you want success? Massive sowing and input gets faster results - it depends how badly you want success. If you want to retire in a year or less, my book even contains a complete goal setting system, to guide you to your goal! It doesn't get easier than that. It will reveal all the resources you need. It's the Money Mind Manual, the Blue Chip Bible, the Wealth Workbook, the Swiss Army Knife to Success.

Welcome to your exciting future.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Don't Sacrifice Your Spectacular Future forYour Spoiled Past!

2008-02-19T16:13:00.000-08:00

The past is not equal to the future. The only thing you can control in life is your reaction to your circumstances and opportunities, and when you control your reaction to and interpretation of your circumstances in a positive way, you can create any future you want. You can go through life looking through the rear-0view mirror at your past, or you can start creating a wonderful future - and the future starts RIGHT NOW. Isn't that exciting?

You can let the sad past pull you down, disempower you, discourage you and distract you, or you can create an exciting goal for your future and allow that positive objective to pull you through any temporary detour along the way. Remember, no-one can do it for you, and no-one can do it to you. YOU are the creator of your life, and you are responsible for the life you have, as well as the life you're going to have. You can live in regret about the past or enthusiasm about the future - you decide what you want to focus ion. The past is dead, and there's nothing you can do about it, but the future is whatever you decide to make of it! The future is your BEST FRIEND.

So don't allow past hurts and disappointments to pull you back and slow you down. Turn your back on the past, face the future boldly and optimistically, and determine that you won't quit until you make all your dreams come true. It's never too late to start over, and every new day is a new birth of your own, personal future. You'll be amazed at what you can accomplish with persistence, enthusiasm, a positive outlook, hard work, and good friends. Most of all, you need a very clear picture of your goals. The clearer and more vividly you can visualize exactly what you want your life to look like, the sooner and the more likely it will become a reality. Paul J. Meyer said, "Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass." Forget about the past - it's dead. Create the future you want.

Robion J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Success Lesson in the Snow

2008-02-19T09:54:00.000-08:00

Hiking in pristine conditions on Mount Seymour, British Columbia, last weekend, I learned an important lesson. The sun was shining, deep, virgin snow glittering like a million diamonds, incredible views across the ocean. Jonathan Marks was walking with me, and we were discussing risk tolerance. He is an astute, seasoned businessman, and I always enjoy chatting with him. He has lived in South Africa, New Zealand, and now Canada, and has succeeded in numerous businesses. I asked him if I could use his concept and he kindly agreed.

Here's what Jonathan taught me. The context was buying residential properties and having tenants rent them to pay down the mortgage. This is a risky business, since tenants are protected by the socialist laws and often rip the owners off, don't pay, damage the homes, etc. He said, let's assume that statistically, 50% of tenants are very good - they pay, they stay, and they look after the property. the other 50% are the "Tenants from Hell" - they don't pay , they don't stay, and they damage the property. How can we use this scary, imaginary statistic to understand how we can reduce risk over time?

Suppose you get twenty tenants in twenty properties. Ten are good, ten at bad (50%). So you get rid of the ten bad ones and replace them with ten new ones. Now, according to our hypothetical statistic, 50% of these new tenants will be great, and the other five will be bad. So you get rid of five. You now have 15 great tenants! So you get five new ones. Half of them will be great, half will be bad. So you kick the bad ones out and replace them... As you can see, over time, you clean out the muck and keep the good tenants, until all your twenty tenants are great.

This objective understanding can be applied to any business situation, particularly when it comes to employees, team members, and Joint Venture partners. If you build a sales team and half of them are losers, keep on replacing the scavengers and parasites with new people until you have the dream team. Most people quit so easily, it's scary. They try one or two Joint Ventures, they don't work, so they run home crying to their mommies. They join a business and within two months they're whining that it doesn't work. Weak, stupid, lazy, and dishonest people never succeed. Someone once questioned why I "couldn't keep" my sales team members. I don't keep parasites on my team. I told them, "I will keep replacing losers until I end up with a team of winners." It's a selection process. Some will, some won't - so what? NEXT!

In Network Marketing, the same applies. Most don't, some won't, other's can't, no problem. Keep on recruiting and focus on the five percent that will be champions and make you rich, no matter how long it takes - just keep on keeping on UNTIL. Not "IF", but UNTIL. WHEN. Offer people a good chance, give them the benefit of the doubt, allow them to try to prove themselves, and don't take it personally when they can't cut the mustard - just remove and replace. It's a simple sorting process.Persistence and consistence always wins the day - the tortoise and the hare.

Success is by design, not by chance, and the ability to persists over time is the key to real success.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Best Book I Ever Read

2008-02-17T06:50:00.000-08:00

"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

This book certainly changed my life, and I adopted the philosophy of Objectivism while reading it. It paid off. I suggest everyone reads it. It will also explain why many people are no longer in my life; simply put, Atlas shrugged.
Alan Greenspan said of this book: “'Atlas Shrugged' is a celebration of life and happiness. Justice is unrelenting. Creative individuals and undeviating purpose and rationality achieve joy and fulfillment. Parasites who persistently avoid either purpose or reason perish as they should.” One of the most influential business books ever written is a 1,200-page novel published 50 years ago, on Oct. 12, 1957. It is still drawing readers.

David Veksler writes:“I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
Thus, the hero of Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged chooses sides in an epic struggle for man’s soul – not in heaven, but on earth. The central plot of Atlas Shrugged is a mystery story: as Dagny Taggard, a successful railroad executive, watches the entrepreneurs and inventors of her society disappear one by one, she seeks to discover the source of the scourge that is destroying her world. She witnesses the consequences of the ethics of altruism and collectivism as her society descends into socialism, productive men are turned into slaves, and mooching beggars into her masters.
Throughout the novel, Ayn Rand presents clear examples of her philosophy in action through strong heroes and treacherous villains who demonstrate the importance of philosophy and the consequences of moral and immoral lives. Her characters ask and answer numerous important questions such as “Is reality independent of our minds or is it shaped by them? What is the result of basing our actions on emotions and what happens when we base them on reason? Why are so many successful individuals hated for their success? Should love be free or must it be earned? What is the proper role of government?” However, the most influential question Atlas Shrugged answered for me was “what kind of life must a man lead to achieve a state of guiltless happiness?”
The influence of Atlas Shrugged on my life has been so profound that I am still learning new applications of the philosophy Ayn Rand presented every day. This book is for everyone who has ever questioned the ethics of altruism and asked “what is the purpose of my life?”

If every teenager was to read this book, and then reread it in adulthood, the world would be a far better place to live in, and parasites, collectivists, and witchdoctors would not be in the powerful positions they currently hold. But for now, my message to true producers and creators is, "Don't hesitate, when appropriate, to shrug."

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

"Are You Denying Yourself Prosperity?"

2008-02-15T15:08:00.000-08:00

There are people who believe so sincerely in their own failure, who wallow so successfully in guilt and self-pity, and who love so dearly the idea of being able to leech off successful people, that they purposefully and consciously refuse to prosper. They are determined to be liars and losers and to blame the world, their parents, and their neighbors for their misery. These people are to be avoided like the plague. They refuse to be helped and they will be a drain on your patience and eventually on your ammunition box when you put them out of their misery and save the world some valuable time and energy.

These are the pitiful types who refuse to take responsibility for thier own lives and therefore refuse any opportunity to better themselves. Whatever option you offer them to make money and succeed, they will attack, and the rest of their flock will support their self-defeating decision to the hilt. They are pefect examples of the Self-fulfilling prophecy. They are pessimists extraordinaire, but they do it with a smile (and a hug, if you let them). When you associate yourself with these parasites, you are setting yourself up for a financial haemorage. You will be thrown off course and find yourself majoring in minors, losing your belief and enthusiasm, and focusing on what you don't want.

You will deny yourself prosperity and success when you partner with these sheeple. Do not accept them as clients, associates, downline, upline, or sideline. Don't mix with them or their friends. Rather wander alone than with a loser. Protect your mind from the insidious poison of these dangerous deadbeats, these fungal freeloaders. Judge them by the company they keep, by all means. People who hang around with bloodsuckers are seldom billionaires. So next time you meet one of these poisonous pathogens, turn tail and run for the hills. Your bank account and sanity can't afford them. You don't deserve them, and they certainly don't deserve you.

Rather have five good, productive, creative, inspiring, honest, responsible friends that a host of incompetents and wanna-be's. Talk to three good people and be inspired, rather than be exasperated by a lot of nonstarters. Don't deny yourself the good life by deliberately poisoning the well. Find the 3% and reject the 97%.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Book Review

2008-02-15T14:36:00.000-08:00

“The Ancestor’s Tale” by Richard Dawkins

In business, we see that the law of sowing and reaping is always at work. For an intellectual recharge, as well as the peace of mind that comes from seeing that your capitalist philosophy is based on real science, the analogy being evolution, I highly recommend this wonderful book by one of the greatest minds of our time.

From From Amazon.co.uk:
Just as we trace our personal family trees from parents to grandparents and so on back in time, so in The Ancestor's Tale Richard Dawkins traces the ancestry of life. As he is at pains to point out, this is very much our human tale, our ancestry. Surprisingly, it is one that many otherwise literate people are largely unaware of. Hopefully Dawkins's name and well deserved reputation as a best selling writer will introduce them to this wonderful saga. The Ancestor's Tale takes us from our immediate human ancestors back through what he calls ‘concestors,’ those shared with the apes, monkeys and other mammals and other vertebrates and beyond to the dim and distant microbial beginnings of life some 4 billion years ago. It is a remarkable story which is still very much in the process of being uncovered. And, of course from a scientist of Dawkins stature and reputation we get an insider's knowledge of the most up-to-date science and many of those involved in the research. And, as we have come to expect of Dawkins, it is told with a passionate commitment to scientific veracity and a nose for a good story.

Dawkins's knowledge of the vast and wonderful sweep of life's diversity is admirable. Not only does it encompass the most interesting living representatives of so many groups of organisms but also the important and informative fossil ones, many of which have only been found in recent years. Dawkins sees his journey with its reverse chronology as ‘cast in the form of an epic pilgrimage from the present to the past [and] all roads lead to the origin of life.’ It is, to my mind, a sensible and perfectly acceptable approach although some might complain about going against the grain of evolution. The great benefit for the general reader is that it begins with the more familiar present and the animals nearest and dearest to us—our immediate human ancestors. And then it delves back into the more remote and less familiar past with its droves of lesser known and extinct fossil forms. The whole pilgrimage is divided into 40 tales, each based around a group of organisms and discusses their role in the overall story.

Genetic, morphological and fossil evidence is all taken into account and illustrated with a wealth of photos and drawings of living and fossils forms, evolutionary and distributional charts and maps through time, providing a visual compliment and complement to the text. The design also allows Dawkins to make numerous running comments and characteristic asides. There are also numerous references and a good index.-- Douglas Palmer

Testimonial

2008-02-15T09:05:00.001-08:00

Dear Robin,
I wanted to thank you for your efforts on behalf of all Dollarmaker members. I would like to tell you of one circumstance whereby the information you provided saved my family up front costs of $125,000, provided us with an income of $50,000/year, and passive income from the business of $30,000/year. More importantly, the income from this medical facility has allowed me to stop being on-call on nights and weekends, and to spend more time with my family, other businesses, and our passion for helping parents help their own children. The patients, my partners, and my family are all delighted.
I am a Respiratory Specialist Physician and based on patient need was going to set up a medical laboratory in my field. My family was going to put out the upfront capital and was going to pay for a location, advertising, and operational costs for this business along with dealing with the uncertainty as to whether our facility was going to be a preferred provider compared to other services available. My wife attended one of your Bootcamps 101 alone as I was at work and she purchased your workbook. I read the material that very night and decided to make some big changes to my proposal.
In exchange for profit which I was going to have to share anyway, I negotiated that since I had intellectual capital, qualification, and a track record of being able to set up this facility, that the other partners should put up the money and that I should be paid a consultation fee. In return, the patients of the partners would have first access (a tremendous advantage in the setting of limited resources) and the partners would have equity share. They agreed and this led to the current agreement and the results listed above.
The power of a different way of thinking, information, and action are incredible. Thank you very much.

Sincerely yours,

Kumar Ramlall, BSc,MD,FRCPC,FAAP,FCCP,(Ped. Resp) Feb 13, 2008

Another Testimonial:

"Robin Elliott's teaching has changed the way I do business. I used to think building a business was risky and expensive. Robin showed me how to build my business using no money and no risk; just some time . Not only did I get to meet some winners by going to the boot camp, Robin has continued to take an interest in my success often taking time to respond to my queries. By adding just 1 of his strategies to my experience, IN MY EXISTING BUSINESS, I make an additional $5000 per month. It's not completely work free; I still put in about 8 hours per month maintaining it. Not everything I have tried has worked, and a couple have outright failed; but in spite of that within 7 months of attending his boot camp I was financially free. The point is that besides the initial cost of the boot camp there was no risk whatsoever. I highly recommend anyone looking to take the risk out of business and increase your profits attend this next boot camp. I'll be there!" ~ Patrick Giesbrecht, Abbotsford, BC October, 2007

More info: www.DollarMakers.com

The Secret to Business Success

2008-02-13T10:26:00.000-08:00

What is the secret to business success? If it was attending seminars, reading books, or going to meetings, everyone would be successful, yet only 5% of people (I think it's more like 3%) are truly successful. And they are successful by choice. It has nothing to do with their age, education, or background. It is simply a choice. A loser can become a winner by simply making this one choice. You can turn losing into winning with this simple decision.

The decision we have to make is to persist until we succeed. Unfaltering, uncompromising, consistent PERSISTENCE. Whatever it takes. "I would cut off my hands and feet with a dull blade before I quit" - that kind of permanent commitment to succeed. THAT is what winners all have in common. They NEVER quit. Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times yet also hit 714 home runs. He said, "How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball...The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can."

The fact is, the more disciplined you are, the more persistent and consistent you are, the higher your self-esteem, and the higher yourself-esteem, the more you succeed! Henry Ford said, “There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can.” It's a simple choice, not to accept anything less than success. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

Michael Jordan, winner of six NBA Championships, said, "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life-and that is why I succeed." Winners see failure as a temporary detour. They welcome failure as a step closer to success. Anaïs Nin wrote, “We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.” She also taught us, "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

The missing link between you and success in business is simply the decision that you will insist on success and you will persevere until you succeed. That's all. Total commitment. This is the ingredient, the catalyst, that makes all the difference. It separates the complacent and mediocre from the wealthy and successful. It removes apathy and compromise. When you commit yourself, you realize that you have unlimited potential. According to legend, when a young boy asked the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo why he was working so hard hitting the block of marble that would eventually become his greatest sculpture, David, the artist replied, “Young man, there is an angel inside this rock, and I am setting him free.” The rock prison around you is smashed when you make a determined decision that you will NEVER quit.

Failure is not permanent. You can change your life dramatically, TODAY, if you will make this decision and stick by it, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, week by week, year by year. It's amazing what happens when people make this rock-solid. 24-carat gold decision that they will never quit. Everything changes, and you start attracting amazing people and circumstances into your life. Your self-image soars, you feel great and strong, and life gets infinitely easier. Regardless of your past of your present circumstances, no matter who you are, make this decision every single day for the rest of your life and you will join the top 5% of winners.

Don’t Quit!
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but do not quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man.
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit—
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Tortoise or Hare?

2008-02-13T09:09:00.000-08:00

You've heard the story about the tortoise and the hare. In today's busy world where everyone wants instant gratification, we need to remember that the secret to success is, as Jim Collins put it, "an overall accumulation of effort, applied in a consistent direction."

The idea is to persistently make minute improvements on a consistent basis that tend to compound over time like interest. A ¼% improvement in any skill each day is a 1-¾% improvement each week! A 7% improvement each month! An 84% improvement in just 1 year! It’s actually higher than that because all of your advances are compounding at an exponential rate!

Would you rather have $10,000 right now, or a penny doubled every day for a month?
Day Amount $
1 .01
2 .02
3 .04
4 .08
5 .16
6 .32
7 .64
8 1.28
9 2.56
10 5.12
11 10.24
12 20.48
13 40.96
14 81.92
15 $163.84

Halfway there. Do you think it was a good choice to take the penny doubled every day? Sure doesn't look like it's adding up very fast. Let's get back to work!
Day Amount $
16 327.68
17 655.36
18 1,310.72
19 2,621.44
20 5,242.88
21 10,485.76
22 20,971.52
23 41,943.04
24 83,886.08
25 167,772.16
26 335,544.32
27 671,088.64
28 1,342,177.28
29 2,684,354.56
30 $5,368,709.12

Patience and Persistence DO pay off. That was worth the wait!!!

That's the power of persistence and consistency. Now turn that into customer/distributors in your downline. You and each of them get ONE NEW CUSTOMER A MONTH -- and at the end of 30 months you will have a LOT of customers in your downline.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

How to Guarantee Your Success in Network Marketing

2008-02-12T08:34:00.000-08:00

Chris Widener interviews top achievers around the world and he wanted to know what makes the difference between the small percentage of top achievers in Network Marketing and those who don't get rich. He interviewed seven people earning between $80,000 - $400,000 PER MONTH - ordinary people who have succeeded. They represented different ages, from different areas, and from different companies. The average time that they were in Network Marketing was eleven years. As Chris says, "It's not get rich quick - it's get rich STEADY".

He asked one of his friends who makes $400,000 a year after eleven years in the business, "How many people do you think would do what you did if you absolutely GUARANTEED that they would be making $400,000 per year in eleven years?" His answer was, "Very few. Most people will not persist and put in the time and the work." The fact is, they will probably put that time and work into a job, and eleven years later they will have nothing to show for it, whereas they could have $400,000 per year or more. The NUMBER ONE thing that Chris got from every single one of the people he interviewed to find out what separates the winners from the losers, was: "Follow the proven system." They don't second guess, give up, reinvent the wheel, or lose interest. They commit, follow the proven system, and succeed. And yes, they WORK.

Their number two answer was: "Don't quit." One of the people Chris interviewed makes $80,000 per month, and after three years he had never signed anyone up. But he stayed there and persisted, and in his seventh year he was earning $80,000 per month. We overestimate what we can do in one year, but we vastly underestimate what we can do in five years. Winners NEVER quit.

A good illustration of how patience, tenacity, consistency and persistency pays off in Network Marketing is Jeff Olson's illustration of the water hyacinth in his wonderful book, "The Slight Edge". This beautiful and delicate plant floats on water. It is one of the most productive plants on planet earth. The method it prefers for colonizing an area is to grow by doubling itself by sending out short runner stems that become "daughter plants". If a pond surface is fairly still and undisturbed, the water hyacinth may cover the entire pond within 30 days.

On the first day, you won't even notice it. In fact, for the first two weeks, you'd have to search very hard to find it! On day fifteen, it will cover about a single square foot of the pond's surface. On the 20th day (2/3rds of the way to the end of the month), it will be about the size of a small mattress. It would look like a boy's inflatable life raft. On day 29, one half of the pond's surface would still be open water. On the 30th day, the entire pond would be covered by a blanket of water hyacinth. You would not see any water at all. This is the amazing leverage and power available to those who work hard and stick to the system in the right Network Marketing company.

Note: Like everything else, you get good Network Marketing companies and bad / mediocre ones. Over 21 years, I have been exposed to and involved with many of them. The best by far, in my opinion, and the one that I focus on, is Pre-Paid Legal. Join my team here: www.DollarMakersBusiness.com

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

"Take Your Own Temperature."

2008-02-11T22:15:00.000-08:00

I had coffee with someone in my Network Marketing downline last week. She was whining about the company’s imperfections, while the real reason for her misplaced and ludicrous passive aggression was that she hadn’t recruited anybody recently. Does that sound familiar? We like to blame others when we’re not performing, don’t we? When I started taking her temperature, her aggression soared and she actually stopped smiling through her teeth. (A sure sign of passive aggression.)

Now, I didn’t whip out the trusty old thermometer and thrust it into the corner of her scowling mouth. When I say “I started taking her temperature”, I mean I started to calibrate her level of motivation and passion. Let me ask you this: If you needed to sign a lotto ticket in order to claim your ten million dollar win within five minutes or lose the money, and you didn’t have a pen, would you hesitate to ask everyone in sight, even BEG everyone in sight to lend you a pen? I think not. Your motivation level would have you flagging down cars, shouting at passers-by, shoplifting, wrestling obese women to the ground and rummaging through their purses for a pen… you get my drift.

I simply asked her, “Have you asked EVERYONE you know to join your team? How many times have you asked them? Have you asked them to bring their friends, family, and alcoholic nephews to the meeting? If not, why not? How excited and serious are you about your business? Do you BELIEVE you will make $20,000 per month in residual income from this business? Do you attend every single meeting? How many hours a day are you working?” And that innocuous question seemed to irritate her. I knew she was irritated when she turned a beetroot red and started stammering. Which is hard on a shy fellow like myself.

People will work nine hours a day and commute two hours a day (total 11 hours a day), with people they hate, for a boss they despise, serving customers they regard as the scum of the earth, to earn and a pathetic income, but when they resign to start their own business and the Sword of Damocles is removed from above their heads, they expect to earn ten times the money by working three hours a day. Such is their level of self-discipline, belief, and motivation. Hence the need for taking their temperatures. If you find someone’s level of motivation, on a scale of one to ten, is anywhere below twelve, kick them to the curb. Work with your motivated people.

This is important: The cream will rise to the top. When you find that someone is skimmed, sour milk, move on. Give everyone the best opportunity and information you can, but do not kick dead horses. (”You gotta know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, know when to run…”) Work with people who actually WORK. Don’t beg them to succeed. Take their motivational temperatures and focus your energy and support on the highly motivated. And remember, actions speak louder than words. Do NOT believe excuses and don’t listen to complaints. Talk is cheap, and money buys the Lagavulin.

Now let me ask you this: “What is YOUR temperature?” You will know by looking at what you DO.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

The Real Thing

2008-02-11T21:16:00.000-08:00

Today I made a stupid mistake - I answered the phone, thinking it was my printer. Instead, it was a very typical phone call. "I have this amazing health product and how can the DollarMakers Joint Venture Brokers Club help me sell more of my products? What can you offer me? I have read your website." Yeah, right! And you have a very low IQ, too. DollarMakers is about Joint Ventures, not the type of joint you just finished smoking. Here's a special message to the next broke, self-employed salesman that calls me with this kind of ridiculous question: We're in business to make a profit, not to sell your placebo effect snake oils. We're not your salespeople or hired hands - you can't afford us. We teach people how to broker business deals, not how to stay broke by flogging overpriced lotions and potions.

Now let me tell you how I REALLY feel... A real businessman or entrepreneur is in business to make the maximum amount of net, after-tax profit, with the least amount of time, risk, and cost. We do that by leveraging resources. Our egos are not involved. We focus on the bottom line. We invite people to join our Club in order to learn more about Joint Ventures and to get access to like-minded people who understand the process. You make more money by triangulating deals and selling other peoples' products and services than your own products, services, or time. If you want to make money, broker JV's. If you want to feel important, loved, and clever, go buy a teddy bear. If you want hugs, find a new age support group or become a chubby chaser. If you want PROFIT, come to DollarMakers.

There are a lot of illiterate, blind people out there who claim to have read my website. But then, to be fair, reading it doesn't mean they understand it, even after watching hours of videos and reading an entire 146 page book. After all, the average IQ on a bell curve is only 100. So let me try to explain one more time how to make money, using examples that the average entrepreneur can identify with. If I sell my time as a ditch digger (I rarely do) I can make a limited amount of money. If I subcontract the job and become an agent for ditch diggers, I can make more money, because I am leveraging other peoples' time. 100% of my own limited time versus 20% of the time of twenty other people = four times more money using leverage.

I had a "personal success coach" call me and tell me he understands exactly what a Joint Venture is and how they work. He can't afford to attend the next Bootcamp, however. In fact, he does not understand Joint Ventures, because if he did, he would not sell his own time. That's why he has no money. He is unconsciously incompetent; he doesn't know that he doesn't understand. Only 1% of the owners of small and medium sized business, and about .1% of self-employed salespeople, understand and use Joint Ventures.

At our training sessions, I encourage "business owners" to try and forget that they have a business, to forget that they have products and services to sell, and to focus instead on value, money, and distribution. In other words, on business. Pretend, for a heart-wrenching minute, that you have closed your business down. Forget about how smart and experienced you think you are. Nobody believes you, nobody cares, and it doesn't matter. Focus instead on getting other people what they want and make sure you get paid for every transaction you facilitate. Then, instead of being a Dollar Faker, or a Dollar Taker, you will become a dyed in the wool, geniune, 24-carat DollarMaker.

Robin J. Elliott (Gentle, humble, scared, and politically correct, as always.) www.DollarMakers.com

"Who's Your Rich Uncle?"

2008-02-09T15:06:00.000-08:00

A South African furniture store had a great advertising campaign that claimed, "You have an uncle in the furniture business". This was based on the presumption that if you did, indeed, have an uncle in the furniture business, you would get some sweet deals, discounts, and possibly even freebies. That, of course, assumes your uncle is successful, that he is more than a mere salesman, and more importantly, that he likes you enough to offer you these benefits! (There is also a moving company in South Africa called Elliott International. Their slogan is "Elliott is Amazing" but that's a foregone conclusion...)

Back to the "uncle" concept. If I had my youth over again, I would become a lawyer before getting into business. I think it would have been a very smart move. Twelve years ago, I paid my lawyer $500 to save me $30,000. Very important and smart to use good lawyers. But you don't get a good lawyer for under $300 per hour anymore, and many cost $1,000 per hour. In today's world, therefore, if I had to choose a friendly, wealthy, and successful Uncle in any industry, it would be in a top legal firm. Imagine an Uncle who gave you free access to his lawyers and legal services and advice 24/7, who would always be there for you to examine contracts before you signed them, and answer any questions you might have, like those lawyers that are retained by the super rich. They say, "prevention is better than cure". What peace of mind! "I have an Uncle who owns a law firm and he likes me. Watch out!"

But that's a pipe dream, isn't it? NOT ANY MORE. I do, in fact, have incredible legal access and protection, as well as excellent services from top law firms across North America, and it costs me just $35 per month. You can have it, too. Really. In addition, it earns me thousands of dollars a month! Don't believe me? Click here to see how.

Robin J. Elliott

Do Your Due Diligence - Please!

2008-02-08T12:55:00.000-08:00

I am constantly amazed at the way people get involved with scammers and con artists, when there are some perfectly good, proven, and lucrative Joint Ventures available. If I was a detective looking for a confidence trickster or a thief, my chief suspects would be trainers, seminar leaders, coaches, ministers of religion, politicians, and consultants. A large percentage of them are broke, unemployed salesmen with delusions of adequacy - legends in their own lunchtimes.

Do your due diligence before writing a check - please! Before you invest with one of these "self-made men" who worships his creator, do a little background checking. Don't be impressed when he hands you his self-published book, unless you need to make a fire. Don't believe their stories unless you can authenticate them. When they have people running to the back of the seminar room to buy their overpriced junk, remember that scarcity, fear, and greed, and not rational evaluation, is driving those poor losers to buy stuff they don't need and can't afford with money they don't have. Men, take your wife with you to the next sell fest that is disguised as a seminar - women are more intuitive and generally more intelligent when it comes to these things.

Don't spend money if you're under pressure to do so. There's really no rush. I heard of a fellow who paid a private detective $300 do a background check on a public speaker who was selling a $30,000 "Business Opportunity" - he was shocked at what he discovered,m and needless to say he didn't invest. When you hear them screaming, "Today only! Special deal! Never to be offered again! Limited inventory!" you know that some people are going to wake up the next morning with horrible regret and a seriously depleted bank balance. Their greed and fear cost them their hard-earned money.

There are some excellent and lucrative opportunities available, but they are few and far between, and it will serve you well to be cautious and objective when making your choice.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

"Twenty Dollars to Get Out of Debt?"

2008-02-07T22:24:00.000-08:00

According to , Statistics Canada reports that about 47% (nearly half) of Canadian households spend more than their pre-tax income. Between 1999 and 2005, line of credit use has increased by 133%, credit card debt is up 62%, and vehicle loans are up 42%. People are falling further and further behind. They use new credit cards to pay the minimum balances on their other credit cards, and when you factor in the fees, many American credit cards cost 38%. When fees are taken into account, payday loans cost up to 1,000%! Credit crises extraordinaire. Are you tired of lying awake worrying, robbing Peter to pay Paul, and knowing that the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train?

If you really can't tighten your belt anymore, your costs are cut to the bone, and your kids are eating old newspapers, the only way out of debt is to make more money. You can walk to save bus money, or earn enough to buy a brand new car. Instead of finding out how to save more and cut up your credit cards, why not earn significantly more? Oh, you don't have time for a third job? A job (Just Over Broke) is not the answer. There is an easier way, and it's risk free.

Yes, there is a way to make a lot more money with no cost, no job, no selling, no risk, and very little time, regardless of your circumstances. And before you start the old "But..." or "Too good to be..." or "Sounds like a scam...", the reality is that the answer, not only to freedom from debt, but RETIREMMENT is available to you for a mere $20. The secret, the key to the safe, the solution, the bridge to financial freedom, for $20. To know more, click here: www.DollarMakers.com/book

Robin J. Elliott

Three Threats to Your Business Castle

2008-02-06T17:15:00.000-08:00

During the English civil war, many aristocrtic women had to defend their castles while their husbands were away fighting. In 1643, Lady Mary Bankes held Corfe Castle against the parliamentary forces for six weeks, personally defending the upper ward with her daughters, waiting women and five men, by hurling down boiling water, stones, and red-hot embers so effectively that the besiegers reportedly "ran away crying". The castle was eventually taken not by force of arms, but by treachery: one of her men led a group of the enemy into the castle.

There are three kinds of enemies in the world of business: First, the obvious enemies, like unscrupulous competitors, bureaucrats, and crooked customers. Second, yourself: you are your own worst enemy when you're negative, lazy, dishonest, unfocused, fearful, or compromising. But the third kind of enemy is the most dangerous and insidious, and that is the trusted team member who is actually a duplicitous, double-dealing traitor, and who will lead your enemies into your castle. They will conspire to undermine and sabotage your progress and make trouble in the ranks. They are the deserters who will befriend your enemies.

Good leaders, as we learn from Sun Tzu's Art of War, are always on the lookout for internal enemies like this. They should be mercilessly removed and dealt with before they can do too much damage. Do not ignore the signs of a provocateur, which are contact with your enemies, avoiding communication (hiding), complaining, low production, and discontent. You will see them preparing alternative incomes and their words will reveal their true feelings if you listen well. Guard your business castle from internal as well as external enemies.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

"Retirement in Your Pocket"

2008-02-05T15:57:00.000-08:00

More than 14,000 people have read my book, Joint Adventures, now available in 5 languages. It has changed the lives of many people and some have retired as a result of reading it. So I decided to improve on it, based on the feedback I received from many of my dear readers. They wanted a more specific roadmap, so I created it.

I like the idea of keeping your entire success program in one place, and this book is a kind of toolbox, based on the system that changed our own lives in 1987. The book is a Roadmap to Retirement, including a goal-setting system, lots of place for notes, and lists of all the resources you need and where to find them. You can put it in your pocket and refer back to it at any time, check your progress and monitor your results. In our busy lives, this is a kind of Swiss Army knife - all you need to succeed - a Recipe for Retirement in One Year.

Naturally, many people will buy the book and never finish reading it, or not implement the ideas, or change the recipe. But if you're serious about success and you're prepared to follow the instructions, you might find, like Patrick Giesbrecht, that you can retire in even less than a year - he did in just seven months. It is meant for people who are hungry and motivated. John Addison said, "Never take advice from someone who is more screwed up than you are", and Jim Stovall said, "Don't take advice from anyone who doesn't already have what you want". I concur. This book is based on real life and proven systems that I personally use. No fluff- just real stuff. No padding and mental meandering. All good meat.

How badly do you want to retire in one year? Regardless of your age, education, or circumstances, and whether you have a business or not, this is your Handbook to Happiness, your Money Manual, your Gilt-Edged Guidebook from the poor town of Striving all the way to the City of Thriving. This Cash Compendium was created to cripple your debt and set you financially free. No selling, licesnses, hidden costs, or risk involved. Just "follow the Yellow Brick Road", and remember, by the yard it's hard, but by the inch, it's cinch. I look forward to hearing your success story. Preview the book here: www.DollarMakers.com/book

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Being Broke is Temporary

2008-01-29T14:04:00.000-08:00

Being broke is temporary. John Burns said, "Broke is a word, not a sentence - you don't have to live the rest of your life that way. We make mistakes, but our mistakes don't make us." We don't have money problems - we have thinking problems. If you're broke, there is a reason for it. And there is definitely a way out. The past is not equal to the future, and although it may seem impossible to you right now that you can be financially free, it certainly is possible. There is a solution and a way out.

How can I learn how to get fit, lose fat, and put on some muscle? I have to find myself a good personal trainer and do whatever he tells me to do. When my computer doesn't work properly, I call Andrew, my amazing Computer Guy. He comes over and sorts it out. I don't panic, I don't interfere, and I don't question what he tells me - I simply obey and we get the problem solved. Every time. If my car is broken, what do I do? I get it to my trusty auto mechanic, Ray. He is a wizard and a genius and he will fix it. And if your financial situation is broken, I can help you. The difference is that money is such an emotional issue, isn't it? So you have to find someone who actually understands where you're at and has the ability to help you out of the problem and set you free.

If you were caught in quicksand, the more you struggled, the deeper you would sink. Broke people are desperate, so they do desperate things, grab at straws, get ripped off by conmen, and sink deeper. They gamble, drink, fight, and make dumb choices. They try to avoid the inevitable by getting more into credit card debt. I know. I have been there. I was born with a cracked, plastic spoon in my mouth, not a silver one. I understand where you're at and I can help you.

I am too busy flying around the world training people, writing, making DVD's and audios and Podcasts and enjoying my life to come over to your house and work with you, and that would cost you $1,000 per hour if I was available, so I have made it easy and affordable for you to get out of the Broke Box that you're in. At www.DollarMakers.com you will find all the solutions you need. Here's my prescription for wealth for you: Join the DollarMakers Joint Venture Club, attend our training, get my book, and get free. Everything you need is easily and affordably available. And there's lots of free information on the site as well. Here's the thing: follow the advice we give you, and you'll get free. If you don't take the medicine, you'll stay sick. Here's to your wealth/health!

Robin J. Elliott

Make Yourself Recession-Proof

2008-01-29T14:01:00.000-08:00

Make Yourself Recession-Proof. If you are a business owner/entrepreneur, you can immunize yourself against recession. No matter what happens in the world around us, we need to do what we can to avoid being financially hurt in a recession. If you're in a conventional business with a limited number of products or services, or limited to a geographical area or a certain demographic, especially if you're selling your time or if you have high overhead/fixed costs, you are at risk. Big time. You are vulnerable.

Look at this scenario: You have no overhead, your debts make you money (that means you make more money by leveraging your debts than they cost you), you have no employees, overhead, or inventory. Every cent that comes in, all your income, is 100% profit. And you have many income sources/Joint Ventures/DollarMakers spread across various industries, geographic areas, and sources. And your residual income exceeds the amount of money you need to live on comfortably. That's how I live. I am immune to recession. And can you be, too.

When you set yourself up as a Joint Venture Broker, you can literally be in a position where you are not at risk, and where you do not have to rely on any one person, process, product, or position. You have spread your residual income over many fronts. You can add an income source/DollarMaker easily within an hour. You have time and money. You are free and you cannot be manipulated, controlled, or sabotaged. You don't have to close your business - just leverage it. Without Joint Ventures, the average business operates on about 10% of it's potential profit.

How can you put yourself in this powerful position where your income is unlimited and you're safe from recession? You have to recreate your business and your situation. Learn how to remove risk and leverage your assets and equity. Create multiple DollarMakers. You need training, information, support and access. That's what DollarMakers.com offers you. We have everything you need to make yourself bulletproof and secure, wealthy and free. Visit our website www.DollarMakers.com and preview my new book, "How to Retire in One Year" at www.DollarMakers.com/book

Robin J. Elliott

My New Book Now Available!

2008-01-29T09:46:00.000-08:00

My new book, "How to Retire in One Year" is now available.
For a preview and more information, visit www.DollarMakers.com/book

Robin J. Elliott

Unlocking Locked Doors

2008-01-27T07:33:00.000-08:00

Yesterday at my Joint Venture Broker Bootcamp in Vancouver, I asked people to make as tight a fist as possible, then their partner's job was to get them to open their fist. Lots of strong people tried to force other strong peoples' fists open. All you have to do is ask, "Please open your hand" - much easier. Or offer them a dollar note - even easier. I will perform the same amazing feat in England on Saturday at our Women's Wealth Workshop.

Many of us face locked doors in our lives and our businesses. And usually, all it takes is to ask someone to open the door. "You have not because you ask not." You would be amazed at what you could accomplish if you set about asking people to do things. Why don't we ask? We're afraid of embarrassment or rejection. I knew a very successful fellow who ascribed his outstanding accomplishments to one simple key: "I tell EVERYONE I meet, no matter what their circumstances or station in life,'You should be in my business - you would do very well in my business.'" He asked everybody - from CEO's to janitors to sales clerks in stores to delivery people, people at bus stops and taxi drivers and teachers and cleaners - and he did it with the total belief that they would join his business. At he time, he was earning a mere $40,000 per month, and his income continued to increase along with his confidence and enthusiasm about his business.

If you ask everyone you meet to do something that is in their own best interests, you cannot feel rejected - after all, you're offering them help, improvement in their quality of life, and a sincere and heartfelt compliment: "You would do very well in my business". And if only one in ten people responded positively, YOU would do very well in your business. Some will, some won't, so what? NEXT! Keep on asking. For every locked door, there is a key. Some people won't join you today, but they will in a few months time - as long as you keep on asking. "NO" is not permanent - it simply means NOT YET.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

A Magical Question

2008-01-23T08:55:00.000-08:00

Elizabeth Gardner has a great take on how we can focus on the 20% of our activities that produce 80% of our results. We're all busy, usually with easy stuff, generally with the urgent rather than the important, and Ms. Gardner provides us with a compass that takes one to Treasure Island if followed. This is a question that is really a BS Detector. It shows clearly which activities get results.

Make a list of the activities that you're involved in every day, and ask the following question about each of these activities to label it either 20% or 80%. Naturally, you want as many 20% activities as you can get, and that is where you should concentrate your efforts and resources. Here is the question: "If I only did THIS over and over, would my bank account grow?" Simple, yet profound.

Many of our activities are safely in our comfort zone: cleaning the old computer, shooting the breeze with some loser who will never produce anything, and calling it a "business meeting", doing things you could outsource or delegate or ignore, avoiding confrontation, and making excuses that nobody believes anyway. When you have identified the 20% money-making activities (dare I call them DollarMakers?) you should discipline yourself to do them every day. The best way to do this is to make a daily schedule / measurable Goals List that incorporates the 20% activities.

In sales, I say, "Belly to belly - anything else is smelly" Asking someone to buy your product or service is a 20% activity. It will get results. Asking this question makes you think, makes it easy to make the right decisions, and makes you rich. Discipline yourself to do the right thing, and if you do what others don't, you'll have what others won't. "If I only did THIS over and over, would my bank account grow?"

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

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2008-01-22T23:02:00.000-08:00

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2008-01-21T19:12:00.000-08:00

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Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Twelve Questions that can Double Your Profits

2008-01-20T11:41:00.000-08:00

Take the time to relax in your study with a cup of tea and no interruptions, close the door, and seriously consider the answers to the following questions. Keep a notepad at hand. Then, run them by your Mastermind Group or your mentors. (Remember that your mentors should be a lot more successful than you are.) Think about these questions continuously for a week, so that your subconscious mind has time to bring you answers. And when you get the answers, TAKE ACTION.

1. What am I prepared to sacrifice/give up/pay to double my business profits? How badly do I want to double my profits? WHY do I want to double my profits?
3. What would have to happen to double the profits in my business?
4. What are my most profitable activities? How can I double them?
5. Whom do I need to meet in order to double my profits?
6. What resources do I need through Joint Ventures to double my profits?
7. Who can show me how to double my profits?
8. What limitations do I have and how can I remove them? What is stopping me?
9. What/whom can I remove from my life and business that will free up time and money?
10. What do I need to sell to double my profits? Who can help me sell that?
11. Who can expose my products/services to thousands of people for me?
12. How can I use multiple Joint Ventures at 100% profit to double my profits?

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Business is a Numbers Game

2008-01-20T10:52:00.000-08:00

See my article below on "What is a NO Worth to You?"
Smart people understand the numbers so they make a lot of money. Desperate people always look for the quick buck, the discount, the hard sell, and the immediate gratification. They operate on the Urgent instead of the Important. They're always putting out fires and making excuses. Winners are objective, systematic, and rational. Most businesses operate at around 10% of their potential net profit.

The best way to understand the numbers in your business is to stand back and take a good, hard, realistic look at your profits and potentials. Business is not about sales; it's about profit. Work backwards and you will understand the numbers game. Where did the bulk of you income come from last month? Where did most of your PROFIT come from? Where could it / should it come from? When you factor in the time required to make money, there is easy money and hard money. Something that takes a lot of time to make the same amount of profit as does somthing that took much less time, is hard money.

Look at the links and ratios in your business. Do people who buy product A also buy product B? What are your closing ratios? What is the Lifetime Value of one customer to you? What is your Customer Attrition Rate? What does it cost you to get a new customer / keep or upsell an exiting customer? Look at the 80/20 scenarios: What is the 20% that works? Can you reduce the 80%? What activities/ who are unproductive? What/who can be removed, reduced, improved upon, or increased?

Are you focusing your energy and resources on sales that earn you 20% profit with no back end, or are you concentrating on sales that make you 50% profit with a back end, or 10% profit with a larger back end? Is the money on the front end or the back end? What can you automate? What parasites can you remove? What costs can you cut? What is your back end profit margin?

Can you break even on the front end or even lose money on the front end to make a large profit on the back end? If your Joint Venture income is 100% profit, as it should be, how much effort goes into your Joint Ventures? What is your exact return on investment from every effort and expenditure? Are you selling your precious time, when it could be bought or delegated, outsourced or automated? What is your time worth?

Should you keep your business or close it? Does it generate a database that makes/could make you a lot of money from another source? What are your alternatives? YAHOO! You Always Have Other Options. If you were giving yourself advice and you could remove ego, pride, emotions, and fear from your evaluation, what advice would you give yourself?

Have you spread your risk by creating multiple income sources that take no time or effort and earn you 100% profit through Joint Ventures? If you have ten income sources and you increase each one by only 10%, you double your profits. What leverage do you use? Is your money leveraged? Are you leveraging your equity, database, reputation, access, and cashflow to the optimal degree? You can access any resource you want through Joint Ventures.

When the numbers make sense, the you get wealthy. Residual income, profit, leverage, ratios, and the source of business is what it's all about.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Beware of This Book!

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Timothy Ferriss wrote a wonderful little book called the 4-Hour Work-week. He explained how he works and lives and makes money, and I learned a lot. Here's the danger: A few people who have read this book now feel justified in answering their e-mails sporadically, or even once a week! WAKE-UP CALL: YOU'RE NOT TIMOTHY FERRISS YET!

When you have structured your life and business like Mr. Ferriss, you might get away with ignoring emails, not getting back to people promptly, or making them wait. Until then, all you're doing is throwing your business and reputation down the toilet. I emailed someone last week with a hot referral, and received an automated e mail back to tell me she will only be available February 8th. The height of arrogance. Five weeks! That's the last time I will ever send her business, believe me.

You have to be very careful about implementing ideas you find in books, in the real world, without understanding the context and the dynamics that need to be in place around those ideas. This book is not an excuse for laziness or lack of self discipline. If you are not consistent, reliable, up-to-date and professional, what you have will be taken away from you and given to someone else. You might be very surprised if you knew how much business you already don't get because you don't respond promptly.

People expect you to be reliable, consistent, honest, on time, pro-active, and professional. They don't believe your excuses. The most successful people I know are very consistent. The wealthiest person I know responds to my calls within MINUTES. He doesn't have to, but that's who he is, and that's why he is wealthy. Winners are humble and they respond fast and walk their talk. They don't need reminders and they know that "if you snooze, you lose". Walk before you run.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

What is a "NO" Worth to You?

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That means that a NO or a YES is worth $20, regardless! That is wonderful news, because it means you're not losing or wasting time when you talk with people. You always make money. You're no longer offended or discouraged when you get a NO - you can always say, "Thank you for the $20!" Is it worth making a phone call for $20? Sure it is! Even for $10. Is it worth saying to someone, "You should attend our meeting Tuesday night" if you get paid $20 every time you do that? Of course!

Instead of looking for YES's, collect NO's! Now here's the best part. How many NO's can you get, if you're getting paid $20 for each one? You can make $20 in five minutes this way!

If your friend gets one YES in ten NO's, (10:1) and you only get one YES in twenty NO's (20:1), you can still beat him and make more money, by simply doing more work and talking to more people than he does! He only talks to, contacts, or phones ten people a day, but you contact thirty people, so you beat him hands down.

Selling is a numbers game, as you see. You can out-earn and outwork anyone when you understand this. There is no excuse. NO excuse. You can't lose when you realize the value of a NO. It means that you get paid for everything you do, regardless of the outcome. Naturally, if you present your case with professionalism, enthusiasm, and honesty, you will get more YES's, which makes the value of each NO increase. Also, the more you do it, the more YES's you will get, because of your increase in confidence and knowledge.

That means the more NO's you get, the more valuable those NO's will become. When you start, you get one YES and nine NO's. (10:1) A No might be worth $20. After a while, you get only five NO's before you get a YES (5:1), so now the NO is worth $40!

What if you got your friend to introduce your product or service or opportunity to 1,000 people in his database, and you shared your income with him? What if you talked with everyone you meet about your product or service? People in the line with you at the supermarket, at the bus stop, on the airplane, in the airport? Have you called everyone on your phone list? At $20 a call, it's easy money, isn't it? Why not call them every month?

Successful people understand the numbers in business and they're not afraid of working, because they understand how they get paid. I encourage you to establish the value you get from a NO - and go make a fortune!

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

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How Badly Do You Want Financial Freedom?
Robin J. Elliott

Here’s why the average person who claims to be in financial pain won’t use the solution offered: insufficient motivation. In case your situation isn’t bad enough YET, let me share some interesting facts with you that I learned from Timothy Ferriss, so that we can predict where you financial pain is heading:
26% of adult Americans report being on the verge of a serious nervous breakdown. 62% of workers routinely end the day with work-related neck pain, 44% report strained eyes, 38% complain of hand pain, and 34% report difficulty in sleeping due to work-related stress.

88% of employees say they have a hard time juggling work and life. 70% of working fathers and working mothers report they don’t have enough time for their children. Compared to 1970, American managers are working an additional month per year. Americans are working more hours than any time since the 1920s. Turnover rates among mid-level associates in New York City law firms is 36%. The entire system is predicated on burnout. In total hours, the average middle-income family works four months more than in 1979.

The USA vs. the World: Average Annual Vacation Days: Italy 42 France 37 Germany 35 Brazil 34 Britain 28 Canada 26 Japan 25 USA 13

Americans work 137 more hours per year than Japanese workers, 260 more hours per year than British workers, and 499 more hours per year than French workers. The Japanese document approximately 10,000 cases per year of “death by overwork,” or karoosh. Considering the above stats, what must the undocumented US numbers be?

26% of Americans take no vacations at all. How many vacations do you take per year? Are you going to join us on our DollarMakers Convention in November at an exotic destination? Do you have enough time and money to enjoy your life and family? If things continue the way they’re going now, what does your future look like? If you were offered a proven system that has worked consistently for tens of thousands of people over more than 35 years, and made many of then millionaires, what would you do?

Here’s what I am offering you: A place on my personal team. Directly under me. E-mail me for more information robin@dollarmakers.com with your telephone number, name, and time zone, and put “I am SERIOUS” in the Subject box. (Note: This is a NYSE company. Your cost: $110 to join and $46 per month for freedom.)

“Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.” - Ayn Rand

Making Sense of Joint Ventures

When I talk about the “Joint Venture Mindset”, I am talking about a way of perceiving links, opportunities, value, and profit. This mindset enables one to look at a business or transaction or market or distribution system and see multiple opportunities for Joint Ventures and increased profits, where the average person sees problems, scarcity, restrictions and limits. Thing is, attaining this mindset doesn’t happen in an instant. Please read the following:

“Usually, the cognitive process begins with an impression induced by perception, or by a thought, but then it does not stay with the mere impression. Instead, we almost always conceptualise sense impressions and thoughts immediately. We interpret them and set them in relation to other thoughts and experiences, which naturally go beyond the facticity of the original impression. The mind then posits concepts, joins concepts into constructs, and weaves those constructs into complex interpretative schemes. All this happens only half consciously, and as a result we often see things obscured.” Or don’t see them at all, or misinterpret them…

The fact is, the Joint Venture Mindset is a lens through which you can look at life and see streets paved in gold, in contrast to the conditioned mind that sees but through a glass, darkly. And that negative, restraining, repressive mindset is the result of input and conditioning from academics, politicians, teachers and preachers, bank managers, employers, and franchisors who often have a vested interest in keeping you broke and struggling.

If you’re forty-five years old, you’ve had a long time to establish your way of perceiving opportunities. Attending one seminar or reading a book might give you a glimpse of the limitless possibilities available to you through Joint Ventures, but it takes more than that to reverse years of disinformation, distortion, myths, and blatant lies. That could be why you didn’t run out of the seminar and double your income, although some people have and do.

Now before you burst into tears or shoot the government sycophant who ran your “Self Employment” program (the poor sap doesn’t know any better - after all, he’s an employees trying to teach you to be an entrepreneur), I have the solution for you. I will base it on my own story, so you know it works.

When Rika and I were offered the opportunity to get into our own business, I was thirty-four years old, broke, and had never run my own business. We had to refinance and scrounge to come up with the money to start, and we were very highly motivated. We were told to work through an SMI program called the Dynamics of Personal Goal Setting by Paul J. Meyer (this was also one of the products we were to sell) and to follow EXACTLY the system we were offered.

We immersed ourselves in the system, the teaching, the mindset, and the philosophy. We repeated the program over and over again, followed the directions to a T, did exactly what we were told, went the extra mile, and spent every waking hour focused on working the system. When my mentor, George Choriatopoulos, told me to do something, I obeyed without question. I was a warrior, not a deserter. There was no back door, no tentative “I’ll try, but hedge my bets”, no hesitation. All-out, total commitment. We became experts in the field and rose to the top as the best distributors in the organization. This is true for winners in every field - Network Marketing is a good example. The ex mailman who makes a million dollars in Pre-Paid Legal simply followed the system with no compromise or deviation.

And so when we set up DollarMakers, we created a proven system for aspiring Joint Venture Brokers to follow. Everything you need to succeed is provided. I decided what tools and input you would need to be able to see things in such a way and condition your mind in such a manner to be able to retire in one year, if you followed the system, and I created the tools and the system for you. And I created the Club (we also have the DollarMakers Women’s Club) so that you would find the people you needed easily. All you have to do is what I did. But only if you really want to retire in one year or double and then quadruple the profits in your business.

Here’s what I would do if I discovered DollarMakers and I sincerely wanted to use JV’s to retire in one year. I would join the DollarMakers JV Broker Club, attend every Bootcamp, read the Blog (www.RobinJElliott.com) every single day, read, watch, and absorb every detail on www.DollarMakers.com, get onto every Members Conference Call, attend the yearly Convention, read Robin’s books, and follow his directions. I would reprogram my thinking and take massive, consistent action. I would model his choice of JV’s, and ask questions when I got stuck. I would INSIST on achieving my goal. I would spend every waking hour doing this. And I would definitely succeed. Patrick Giesbrecht retired within seven months of attending a JV Broker Bootcamp in Vancouver.

There is only one reason why people don’t use the system and tools available to them to retire in one year: lack of motivation. Yes. Procrastination, laziness, lack of action, excuses, compromise, and fear are all the result of insufficient motivation. If you knew without a doubt that you and your family would be savagely murdered if you didn’t retire within one year, using JV’s, would you do whatever it takes and succeed? Of course you would. There is no excuse. Every resource you need to become a successful JV broker and retire in a year is available to you. And as a JV Broker, every resource you need is easily available through JV’s!

Yoda told us, “There is no try. There is only do or do not”

Leaking Money

In an earlier article I told about the person who came to service our gas fireplace. He did an excellent job, got paid and left on his merry way to sell, like most other sheeple, more of his most precious, irreplaceable resource, his TIME. What COULD he have done if he wanted more money and more time?

He could create a database of all the people he does work for, a list that could be leveraged over and over again to earn him a huge residual income. He could ask me about my life, my problems, my business, and my lifestyle, looking for areas and specific issues that he could assist me with by referring me to someone. For example, I am looking for someone to install a back-splash in my kitchen. If he knew someone who was competent, and he referred me to that person, he could earn a commission from that laborer.

He could give me a Directory of Trusted Friends which contained Gift Certificates, vouchers, discount coupons, free consultations, samples, and reports. Then, if I used any of those services, he would be paid a commission by the supplier of that service. Home theater, computers, electrical, furnace cleaning, painting, flooring, plumbing, landscaping, window coverings, interior design…. and he could go on to Gift Certificates for jewelry evaluations and cleanings, business services and products, seminars… unlimited opportunities.

Joint Ventures is the most sophisticated way to do business and make money.

Don’t be an Idiot.

Let’s play a game.First, imagine you’re a physician, and someone makes an appointment to come and see you. You’ve been in business for decades and you’re highly respected in your field. After examining the patient, you make your diagnosis and suggest medication and a diet. At that point, the patient tells you he will first discuss your diagnosis with his alcoholic brother, then do research on the Internet for the opinions of Alternative Healers, and he also wonders if he can perhaps change the diet or use one he found at a New Age group. And he finishes by telling you he has decided, in his wisdom, to halve the medication you prescribed. How would you react?

Now let’s imagine you’re a lawyer, and the same scenario occurs. After listening to your client, you give him advice based on years of experience and study, but he feels he will only use part of your advice. How long would it take you to kick him out of your office? When my computer guy tells me what to do, I do exactly what he tells me to do. I precisely follow the advice of the experts I choose to work with.

In my business, I find myself dealing with people who have approached me for my opinion, and who have no idea how Joint Ventures work or how to make money, yet find it necessary to second-guess, adjust and adapt, and get “second opinions” from their equally inept and broke friends or, worse still, “personal coach”. Shoot me now! That is why I stopped personal consulting (this for the special benefit of the person who emailed me asking about my hourly consulting fee, and signed it’s name “J”). Too frustrating.

Here’s the solution:If you’re not a Member of DollarMakers, don’t e mail me until you are. No free advice, and I don’t JV with Non-Members. If you are a Member, don’t insult your own intelligence by second-guessing my advice. You don’t have to take my advice, of course, but don’t second-guess it. It will be hard to get another response from me. Here’s an example: Robin: “Do 1,2,5,and 8, like I do.” You: “What if I try 9,11,18, and 80?” Don’t be an idiot.

Leaking Gas!

We had the fellow come over to service our gas fireplace today. He painted, cleaned, checked, and then showed me the seal. It was leaking carbon monoxide and had to be replaced. He showed me how the wrong seals shrink and get brittle, and eventually there’s a whole lot of poison gas escaping. And he said that only about 25% of people ever have the gas fireplaces checked, and only twelve people in the Lower Mainland do the job he does. Scary.

A friend of committed suicide in his car using carbon monoxide from the exhaust, and the doctor told me that your body is paralyzed and your mind is clear before you die; you know you’re going to die and there’s nothing you can do about it. You could tell by looking at my dead friend’s face.

Now that I have your undiluted attention, let me tell you that many of us are allowing poison into our lives and it does have a cumulative, paralyzing effect. Had I arrived earlier at my friend’s house, I might have saved him, but he couldn’t save himself. And I wouldn’t have known about the gas leak had I not had Dale, the service man, come and look at it. We need good people in our lives that will point out the poison and help us escape. Some people themselves are poisonous, and they usually come in the form of jovial, smiling, hugging piranhas.

I saw a giant, hooded cobra on a horse ranch in Rhodesia - it was a few feet away from me, and I understood how small animals and small people can be paralyzed with fear. One drop of poison from certain snakes can kill many people in an instant. There are a few poisonous snake people around that will bankrupt you if you get too close to them.

Here’s my point: be careful whom you work with and associate with. Be selective and stay close to your core group, because there is strength in numbers and the Mastermind concept works when you have the right people in your corner. When you feel yourself getting stuck and paralyzed with fear, analysis, or indecision, call on your core group for perspective.

Making Success Easy

Success is actually a lot easier than most people think it is.

“Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
Sometimes this is considered to be the motto of the United States Postal Service. It is in fact a translation of a line written in the fifth century BCE by Herodotus, in which he praises the stamina and persistence of messengers on horses in the service of Xerxes, King of Persia.

A self-made man who earns $200,000 per month was asked what the secret is to his success. His answer: “Consistency and persistency”. He should know. It’s easy to quit, to procrastinate, to make excuses. The road to success is dotted with many tempting picnic spots. Successful people finish the job before they rest. If they stop, it’s to sharpen the proverbial saw.

How can I suggest that success is easy? Dale Carnegie said, “Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.” That’s why. One step at a time, insisting on completing what you start, minute-by-minute discipline, and before you know it. you’ll be at the winning line. In one year’s time, you will surely arrive somewhere. The question is: Where will you arrive? What activities will you put into the year?

Josh Billings said, “Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.” Really - just keep on keeping on. Don’t stop. One more step. One more call. One more hour when everyone else has gone to the game. Hanging in there when everyone discourages you and laughs at your lofty goals. Demanding success. Going the extra mile.

Winners expect to win, they believe in themselves, and they don’t consider the idea of giving up. They’re not cowardly deserters. They show up. They don’t need to be cajoled, bribed, enticed, threatened, motivated, reminded, or called - they are reliable, consistent, and persistent. The cream rises to the top; you don’t have to remind it to do so. Here’s a simple question to ask yourself throughout the day: “Is this choice, activity, or action taking me towards my objective, or away from it?”

Yard by yard, it’s hard. Inch by inch, success is a cinch.

How FAST Can You Make Money?

Do you need money FAST? Want to avoid waiting, write-backs, cancellations, refunds, and other dissappointments that slow your income down?

Joint Venture Brokers and aspiring Joint Venture Brokers should always be aware of the speed of the flow of cash. I normally suggest 10% long term income, 10% medium term income, and 80% short term income from your JV’s. Many of the short term income flows will add to and become medium and long term. By carefully choosing which JV’s should get your attention for fast money, you can avoid the sleepless nights that result from slow flow.

Whether you’re looking at JV’s that are high tech, low tech, slow tech, or no tech, here are some pointers to help you decide which will be fastest. Remember, fastest should also be safest, since you probably need the cash and can’t afford slip-ups and non-payment.

1. Choose a JV partner that is cash rich. If your partner has no money, watch how he tries to get all the money flowing through his business and watch how you wait for money that will probably never show up. A strong, credible, and proven partner is a necessity. Don’t be naive - don’t believe everything you hear. Most people are not what they seem to be. Do your own due diligence.

2. Make sure you understand the business process.If you’re involved in property, get ready for long waits, lots of disappointments and games, and lots of loopholes. Be aware of how the transactions flow, how payment is made, when it is made, and who controls it. Beware of “money back guarantees” which are often a front for blatant theft.

3. Get it in writing and get it signed, so you have leverage. Do this right at the start. Be specific and make sure everyone understands what is going on.

4. Manage the transactions - don’t let your JV partner’s cash flow problems become your cash flow problems as he lies and makes excuses to make you wait while he uses your money. Put yourself into the transaction loop, especially automated transactions so that others know that you know.

5. Multiple, smaller transactions spread the risk. Telling lies seems to be a popular hobby and people will tell you whatever you want to hear, painting pretty pictures of things they hope for but seldom occur. Many cash transactions, leverage, a solid back end, and a strong business that makes payment lend definite security.

6. Negotiate! Tell your JV partner what your needs are, and remember that when you ask for something, you get one of only three responses: Yes, No, or a Counter Offer. Set up an uncomplicated system that you can impact fast with hard work and focus.

In a nutshell, you can earn real cash very fast with the right JV partner and the right setup.When your JV partner understands your needs and you prove that you can deliver what you promise, you’ll be amazed at how flexible people can be. Cash flow is the biggest challenge most people face, and Joint Ventures is the best solution I have ever found, especially since they take very little time and everything you earn is 100%. Most businesses are sitting on easy cash flow options they never even dreamed of. Let me repeat that: Most businesses are sitting on easy cash flow options they never even dreamed of.

Whether you have a business or not, JV’s will be the fastest money your ever met (and I never met a dollar I didn’t like).

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Be a Warrior

First, define in detail your purpose and mission. Then mercilessly subjugate all trivia and non-essentials to this, your magnificent obsession.

If Freedom is your raison d’etre,for example, any thing or person that restricts, impedes, or threatens that freedom is anathema to you. A warrior knows that when you befriend his sworn enemy, you, too, instantly become his enemy. He will not tolerate enemies within his camp, anymore than you would willingly imbibe poison.

While most of our enemies are people, many of our enemies are concepts, constructs, and philosophies. But your biggest enemy is the person you see in the mirror each day. Truly successful people are their own best friends, and they never let themselves down.

How Big Can You Get?

Many people think that Joint Ventures are limited to outdated Internet affiliate / marketing courses for thousands of dollars by dubious characters who feed off the vulnerable, desperate, and moronic masses, or a commission paid on a referral for a $300 print job. On the other end of the spectrum, they think of sophisticated, multimillion dollar merges and acquisitions and commodity brokers who live in mansions on the French Riviera, like my friend Simon. The reality is, you can get as big as you like, from a humble five thousand dollars a month from five different sources to a solid JV that makes you a few million. Two simple and true examples follow, which illustrate my point.

Two ordinary hospital orderlies were told the hospital they worked for was about to go bankrupt since not enough doctors were referring patients to it, so they borrowed money and attended an expensive seminar to learn how to buy a business for no money down. After the seminar they approached the hospital administrator and asked him how many doctors would need to refer patients to the hospital in order for it to break even and get out of debt. They were told that forty referring doctors would do the trick, and that sixty was their capacity. Undaunted, the orderly orderlies used the information they had learned on the pricey seminar to put together a proposal for doctors to invest $100,000 each in order to buy ownership in the hospital.

To their surprise, they only contacted seven doctors and they were inundated with offers. They got 70 doctors to each invest $100,000, earning them seven million dollars, of which they each took two million and used the rest to buy the hospital. They controlled the deal and management, each with a $300,000 per year salary and 30% ownership between them. They repeated this fourteen times across the US. I wonder what the other delegates to the same seminar did with the knowledge they obtained.

Then there was the fellow who wanted to buy a hotel in California for $1.5 million. He met with the hotel owner and a trade dollar broker, and issued $3 million trade dollars in vouchers for food and accommodation, to be used over the next five years. The broker paid him $1.5 million for these vouchers, which he used to buy the hotel. Bearing in mind the 80% breakage on the vouchers, his 32% food cost, 10% room cost, and the fact that the value of the vouchers would steadily decline against price increases over the next five years, he was sitting pretty.

Your earning limitations with Joint Ventures are threefold: The people you deal with, the training and support you get, and your own mind and attitude. We can help you with the the first two.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

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How do Joint Ventures Differ from Networking Groups?

2007-05-29T10:57:00.001-07:00

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The Prophet of Profit Robin J. Elliott (president of Dollarmakers and JVWisdom.com) discusses how working with Joint Ventures is different from networking groups? A networking group is often self-employed sales people selling their products to each other.

Joint Ventures link people to solutions, and building solid business relationships. They are paying for the business they get, instead of baiting with possible promised leads.

It has been said, Joint Ventures is like networking on steroids. Watch Robin J. Elliott explain why, and learn more at Robin J. Elliott's Joint Venture information website.

The Main Reason Why Your JV Brokerage Isn’t Growing

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If you had a guarantee that you could make tens of thousands of dollars in passive income per month if you worked 10 hours a day, five days a week, for just one year, what would you do? The key is the word, “Guarantee”, right? If you were convinced beyond any doubt that you would be able to retire in one year, would you put in the time and effort?

Most people are so skeptical and have such low self-esteem that they don’t BELIEVE it is possible to retire in one year using Joint Ventures, so they treat their valuable JV brokerage business like a sulky stepchild with halitosis and oily hair, just throwing it a few bones when they remember to do so. They tend to treat their goldmine JV business like a lottery – buy a ticket once a week and stick it in the drawer, “but don’t expect to win nuthin’, Earline.”

The fact is that if you put consistent, absolute, focused, concentrated, enthusiastic energy into ANYTHING over a reasonable period of time and you have a “never quit” and teachable attitude, you can accomplish almost anything. Especially when you have a proven system with all the support and experience you find at DollarMakers. Joint Ventures are nothing new and we have a twenty-year track record of success. Our “No money, no risk” approach, along with our huge database, training, support, motivation, coaching and built-in JV opportunities is the best horse you ever rode.

People hedge their bets – they are involved with multiple schemes and dreams, all of which eat into their time, like having sixteen pot plants and only enough water to keep four of them alive. Nothing ever grows and they remain poor and frustrated. Put all the water into one plant, give it all your attention, and before you know it you’ll be a real life version of Jack and the Beanstalk. OK, before you whine, “all your eggs in one basket”, remember that successful JV brokers have multiple streams of passive income, but they take very little time.

If you sincerely want to retire in one year, focus EVERYTHING on your JV business; use ALL the tools, systems, coaching, and opportunities available to you that we offer, and you can’t fail. Put in the time and commitment, follow instructions, and get rich. It’s really that simple. Even if you don’t believe in yourself, you can believe in a technology that makes millions of dollars every day. Simply follow instructions. Become a DollarMaker. It's not too late!

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Optimizing Your Time as a Joint Venture Broker

2007-05-28T19:08:00.000-07:00

Would you work for minimum wage? Your answer is probably an emphatic, “No!” Then why do you? Many of us would insist that we would never accept a minimum wage job, yet we spend a lot of our time doing minimum wage work. Pay someone else to do it. Optimize your time. Don’t spend your $1,000 per hour skills on $10 per hour work.

Carefully select the JV’s you get involved with. Reject the wrong ones. Good JV’s will attract more good JV’s, because the good people are involved in good JV’s and like attracts like. Go with your gut. An excellent JV relationship will flow easily. You will find yourself at peace and relaxed during and after the negotiations. You will clearly understand the terms and conditions, financial transactions and potential. You can remove risk, selling, and minimize the time involved in a good JV.

If your JV’s involve a similar demographic / psychographic market, you can cross-sell and upsell your JV’s. I don’t even consider any JV that won’t bring me at least $1,000 passive income per month. Only work with people you like, respect, and trust. Look for potential and look for a solid track record. Minimum time and involvement, no cost or risk, maximum leverage and optimal income potential should be your goal. When a deal becomes one-sided, walk away fast. Look out for Red Flags.

Don’t go to a physical meeting until you have done your due diligence and determined why you need a face-to-face. Use e-mail, phone, Internet and clustered meetings. Protect your time and reputation. Pay people to wash, fix, and drive your car. Pay house cleaners and gardeners and use technology to optimize your time. Spend 80% on your efforts on short-term income JV’s, 10% on medium term returns and 10% on long term JV’s. The short terms often attract, introduce, or become medium or long terms. Use timelines, action plans, goals and targets to keep track of results. It’s all about the bottom line. Is it worth your time?

There are three types of people: Dollar Takers, who waste your time and irritate you instead of producing results, They whine and complain and name and blame. Avoid them. Dollar Fakers are the conmen and swindlers who prance around with their coiffed hair and expensive clothes and fleece the sheep. Shun them. Seek out the DollarMakers. Deal with professionals and avoid losers and those who have no money but talk a lot: big hat, no cattle.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Joint Venture Red Flags

2007-05-28T18:39:00.000-07:00

After more than 20 years of doing Joint Ventures, I have learnt that there are a few red flags to look out for:

1. Recently, a friend of mine remarked that person who presented a certain “business opportunity” spoke very fast, and it was a complicated and involved process. That is a definite sign of a scam. Keep them confused and let them feel slightly dumb when they don’t understand the intricacies of the plan. Red Flag – get out fast.

2. When you’re offered shares or a ridiculously high return on investment in some faraway place, gold mine or factory, like in mainland China, or especially in Africa, where the government can easily close the business, nationalize it or simply seize it, or terrorists can simply burn it down or steal it, it’s red flag.

3. When you feel animosity, arrogance, passive or overt aggression, jealousy, or any other negative emotions in the room, it’s red flag. Also when people are overly friendly and gushing, and ESPECIALLY when they start talking about religion or how much they love people, or when they belong to a cult. Even the one that is popular with film stars.

4. Watch out for pyramid schemes, even when they claim there is a product involved. There's often an element of secrecy involved as well. There’s usually a large investment required and your return on investment seems inappropriately high. These schemes usually ultimately collapse, leaving a few very unhappy people in its wake, and few reputations in shreds, along with some lawyers’ letters. Red flag!

5. One-sided deals: when you find that your database is being raped and the other party never intended to reciprocate. Usually, this is evident right at the outset, when the other party does most of the talking and shows very little interest in your product or service. Red flag. Set the deal up so that there are interim checkpoints where you can evaluate the contributions of both JV parties.

6. Internet Anonymity: I know of a 19 year old posing as a JV genius on the Internet. Be careful of people you find on the Internet - they are often not what they seem to be. Can you meet them for coffee or see their house? Can you talk with them on the phone? Are they being endorsed by other Internet ghosts? Red flag.

7. Urgency: pressure usually denotes a scam or financial desperation. "If you don't grab this, someone else will!" OK - let them have it. Red Flag. Don't deal with people who need money.

A Joint Venture should be easy, generous, fair, win/win, flowing, relaxed, and natural. It should be risk free and not take a lot of time or selling. It should not cost you money. It should have great potential.

Robin J Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Small Business Owners Still Struggle with Balance

2007-05-28T09:10:00.000-07:00

According to the latest release of the results from OPEN from American Express Small Business Monitor, which is a semi-annual survey of small business owners, entrepreneurs are struggling with finding balance in their lives.

After reading thse statistics, you will see why Joint Ventures is the missing link to business growth, as well as the removal of risk and barriers. Business owners want time AND money.

- While business owners recognize the importance of "down-time" in their lives and most are satisfied with the amount of leisure time they have(81%), most report that carving out this time does not come without stress.Two-thirds of business owners (64%) find it stressful balancing their personal life and their business. Women business owners are more stressed by work/life balance than their male counterparts (71% vs. 62%).

- Two-thirds of business owners (67%) report they find themselves making sacrifices in order to be an entrepreneur. Among those who feel they are making sacrifices, family (52%) and friends (42%) are areas where they make the most sacrifices, followed by personal finances (36%) and health (35%).
Male business owners are more likely to find themselves making sacrifices in their personal lives in order to be an entrepreneur when compared to women (73% vs. 65%).

- As business owners find themselves trying to achieve balance, they identify flexibility as the most essential entrepreneurial attribute.One-third of business owners (34%) identify flexibility as the most essential aspect of being an entrepreneur. Following at a distance is working well under pressure (24%) and knowing the market (18%).

- Taking their own advice on the importance of flexibility, two-thirds of business owners (64%) report making personal time for themselves during the business day. Men are slightly more likely than women to make personal time for themselves (66% vs. 60%). Although entrepreneurs realize the importance of taking time for themselves during the business day, nearly half (45%) consider taking time off from work to pursue a leisure activity a 'guilty pleasure'. Female business owners are more than four times more likely than their male counterparts (18% vs. 4%) to consider ignoring an email as a "guilty pleasure".

- There may indeed be a connection between exercise and business success. Fifty-nine percent of small business owners report exercising several times a week with nearly one-quarter (24%) exercising every day. Nearly three-in-ten (29%) business owners with companies over $1 million in revenues say they exercise every day.

- The vast majority of entrepreneurs have the support of their significant other. Most entrepreneurs (89%) report a happy marriage or relationship with their spouse or significant other. Of those who report having a happy marriage, a similar number (81%) believe being an entrepreneur contributes to their happy marriage/relationship.

- Entrepreneurs are not only concerned with their own well-being. When making business decisions, eight-in-ten business owners (80%) take into consideration how their decision will affect their employees and their livelihood. In terms of offering employee benefits, nearly seven-in-ten employers (69%) believe it is important to offer healthcare coverage to their employees.

- Growth is a priority for a large majority of business owners. Over the next six months, seven in ten (71%) small business owners report planning to grow their businesses in a variety of ways. While most in this group (50%) plan to grow by selling more of the same product or service, one in five (22%) will introduce new products or services, and 14% will branch out into new markets or increase investments in their business (11%).

- For many, business is a family affair, and six in ten entrepreneurs (61%) who are parents would like their children to join their business. It will be interesting to see how many of these children agree!

Find out how to create multiple streams of passive income with no cost or risk, using Joint Ventures:
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Can your Life Guard Swim?

2007-05-28T07:06:00.000-07:00

You know that it’s wise to swim where there’s a lifeguard on duty. You know that business is a risky thing, yet it’s necessary to do business in order to become financially free. 87% of new businesses fail in the first five years, and 87% of the remaining 13% fail in the next five years, so starting your own business is extremely risky. As a Joint Venture Broker, you can create unlimited wealth with no money and no risk, as long as you get the right education and guidance.

Unfortunately, many people use lifeguards who can’t swim! Yes, they choose business advisors and coaches who have failed in business or who have no money. They ask bank managers for business guidance – CRAZY! If your bank manager understood business, he or she would have a business and make real money! Employees and academics do not understand business. Imagine a teenager asking her schoolteacher for business advice! Certain bankruptcy will ensue.

An unknown loser who lives in a dog kennel with his second cousin and smokes pot can look like a Joint Venture expert on the Internet. Some of them even sell $97 books on Joint Ventures, with information plagiarized from the Internet. Would you ask a virgin for advice on childbirth, or a smoker for advice on how to be healthy? When you go to the dentist, would you like to know that he is properly trained and qualified? When you climb a high mountain, make sure your guide is qualified.

When we at DollarMakers.com tell people that we can guide them to retirement in one year, with more passive income than they need to live comfortably, even though they’re in debt, it’s because we have done so ourselves, and we have helped many others to do the same. We can swim. We can help people when they get stuck. We can warn them of the reefs and sharks and show them where to swim.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Get Out and Grow

2007-05-28T06:44:00.000-07:00

Last week, Rika and I spent an idyllic five days in Cancun, where I spoke at the Pro Travel Network Convention. We stayed at a wonderful, fully inclusive, five star resort with multiple venues, services, restaurants, pools, water sport options, shows, and tours. One could lie in a hammock or snorkel all day, but we decided to explore all the options, so we discovered a lot more than the average guest did.

We GOT OUT. We explored. We swam with dolphins and saw great shows, tried out the a la carte restaurants, enjoyed the pools, snorkeled, and walked for miles. I chatted to a fellow who seemed to spend a lot of time at the bar, and he was blissfully unaware of all the options and experiences available. Many people go through life repeating the same old experiences and never expanding their frames of reference or comfort zones. They miss out on a big, wide world with abundant variety and opportunities.

Two years ago, Rika noticed that I was getting cabin fever in my study and encouraged me to GET OUT and visit a business networking meeting, something that I hate to do. Nevertheless, she is a very wise lady, so I took her advice (a swift kick in my behind helped as well) and loped off to the dreaded meeting, where I met a young American fellow who was enthusiastically hard selling the locals. I offered him some complimentary coaching on How to Sell to Canadians, and that single meeting resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of business, including Joint Venture Broker Bootcamps in Los Angeles and our upcoming New York City Bootcamp in September. It pays to get out.

Drag your fat behind away from your computer and television set, brush your teeth with the other hand, visit places you usually avoid, drive a new route, read a book written by someone who believes the opposite of what you do, push the envelope, do the uncomfortable, meet new people, take some risks and leave your comfort zone – GET OUT, and you will see that there is a world of abundance out there. Lose the comb over, change your habits, explore, and find people who will lead you to new heights of ambition and belief. You have the time and it’s not nearly as scary as you might think. You’ll never see a sea turtle until you get under the water.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

What is a Joint Venture Broker? (My 500th Posting on this Blog)

2007-05-15T12:43:00.000-07:00

Joint Venture Brokers have lots of time and money because we understand that “Stress is Opportunity in Disguise”. We see opportunity everywhere. All we do is solve problems and get handsomely paid for it.

Think about a stressed-out radio-advertising salesman – he has a perishable commodity – expiring radio time, which he can’t sell. We could barter this time, sell it on consignment, introduce him to buyers, or use it as contingency advertising – in other words, pay him a commission on sales resulting from the advertising, which he wouldn’t otherwise have been able to sell.

As JV Brokers, we harness access, help people to move expensive inventory that is gathering dust and pushing up the blood pressure, and link supply with demand. We use the power of leverage and duplication to create wealth, using simple strategies that are easily duplicatable, not based on personal power or personal influence. A Joint Venture Brokerage is just as much a business as any other – a dry cleaner, florist, auto dealership, or legal firm, except that you can make a lot more money, with no cost or risk, and very little time.

A JV Broker is a catalyst, a bridge, a problem solver, a mediator. We enjoy unlimited income potential, maximum freedom and international opportunities across numerous industries.

Robin J Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Are Joint Ventures Ethical Business Practice?

2007-05-14T16:14:00.001-07:00

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YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR WEALTH

2007-05-13T18:44:00.000-07:00

If a physician prescribed tablets for you that would help you to retire in one year with enough passive income to pay your bills and live comfortably, what would you do? Would you argue with his prescription? Would you say the pills were “Too expensive”?
Or would you mortgage everything you had to buy this “PILL of great price”?

OK. Here’s your prescription:
1. Join the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum.
2. Attend a Bootcamp or use the Home Study Program.
3. Use our Coaching Service.

Now, what will you do?

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Take Your Self Out and the Money will Flow In

2007-05-13T18:22:00.000-07:00

I received an e-mail from someone in Europe today. His question was why, since he was inexperienced in business and had no contacts or inventory or service to sell, anyone would want to do business with him. My answer was simply, “They won’t want to do business with you. But they would want to GET business from you, and they would send you money.”

See, nobody is interested in you, or who you are, what your product is, or how much experience you have – nobody cares! YOU are not important. What they ARE very interested in is selling their own products and services and making money. THAT is what is important to them. So when you realize that and take yourself and your ego out of the equation, you can start making money. When someone is dying of thirst in the desert and you show up with ice-cold, fresh water for sale, nobody asks for your resume and the price of the water is no longer important to him or her. No selling required.

Successful, properly trained Joint Venture Brokers understand this. They don’t brag about their trumped-up resumes and testimonials or their “qualifications” – they simply concentrate on getting people what they want – linking them up with solutions and customers – and being well paid for it. JV Brokers don’t care too much about details and they certainly don’t waste other peoples’ time with minutiae until the deal is about to go live. They are result oriented. They are problem solvers. They are the conduit, the catalyst, the bridge, the solution, the physician, the broker. When you are carrying gold coins around in a rusty old bucket, what is important? The bucket or the gold coins? The gold coins represent the deal, the money, the solution. YOU ARE THE RUSTY BUCKET.

So when next you leap enthusiastically up from your chair at some local networking meeting, ready to pitch your product or service or litter the table with your little flyers, remember: NOBODY CARES. They simply tolerate you until they get the chance to repeat the foolishness. Still don’t believe me? Try this intricate and intellectually challenging exercise if you dare: Would you rather talk about your kids or my kids? OK, you might not particularly like your kids. How about this one: Would you prefer to discuss your holiday and your goals or mine? That’s right! YOURS. And other people feel the same way. Your background, education, experience, and qualifications are redundant, superfluous. You’re a well-paid channel, is all. You could say, if you were a mystic charlatan, that your job as a JV Broker is to “Channel money”.

By now, I hope your confidence level as pertains to your ability to broker lucrative deals and enjoy the process, has skyrocketed to unprecedented heights. Get rid of that ego – it’s distracting and it will interfere with the success of your Joint Ventures.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

“It Doesn’t Work”

2007-05-13T09:59:00.000-07:00

I bumped into a fellow who bought a home-based business from me some years back. He whined continuously that the business doesn’t work and that he “lost” his money. I asked him how one of his competitors is doing. This competitor paid more for his business, got far less support, and works in exactly the same market. Oh, the competitor, he replies, is doing just great! Even bought new equipment – business is booming for him! So it’s not the business that doesn’t work – it’s the person.

When I started selling life insurance many years ago, I asked the usual mindless question: “How much money can I make in this business?” My manager took me to a corner office and pointed at the door. “This is where Samuel works, Robin. He makes millions and he loves his work. He has helped many people.” Then he walked me down the hall to another office. “This is where Colin works. He started in this business the exact same day that Samuel started. He is deep in debt, makes no money, and hates the insurance business. You have the choice to be like Samuel or like Colin. You get the same tools, the same training, same products, same market, same pricing. What you do with the opportunity will determine your income. It’s up to you!”

Gloria Steinem said, "The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day." We created the circumstances we experience today, and we are constantly creating the future, which starts today. Success begins with the acknowledgement that I create my life and that if it’s to be, it’s up to me. The blame game doesn’t work in the real world. If you’re unhappy, you became unhappy by choice. If you’re poor, it’s your own fault. If you’re married to a swine, it’s your fault, too – you agreed to marry him. And if you’re rich, happy, and successful, it’s your doing – take credit for it. You can play the victim game all day long, but it’s not going to solve your problems. In fact, what it will do is chase away all the winners in your life. Winners won’t tolerate a victim mentality for long.

Someone told me I’m “lucky” to live in Canada and not in South Africa anymore. I create my own “luck”. I make it happen. I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. In today’s world, many people use the “I was abused as a child”, “my Daddy hit me”, “I was ripped off”, “my wife doesn’t understand me” – get over it. Nobody buys that anymore except people like you. I know some very successful people who had horrendous upbringings and they never complain or even mention it. Winners use those bad experiences as stepping stones, not as trophies and excuses. If you failed, YOU failed. Not the world, not the business, not the market. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, stop whining, wipe your nose, dry your eyes, and get on with life. It’s not too late. It’s OK to fail; everyone does. Did you fall off your bicycle when you were learning to ride it? Of course you did. Does that mean you never learned to ride it?

Today, the world is at your feet. You will never be as young as you are today, ever again in this life. You are surrounded by wonderful opportunities. Get off you tail, get back on your horse, and let’s ride!

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

A Bridge Out of the Swamp

2007-05-11T11:08:00.000-07:00

Because people buy stuff they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people who don’t notice, they slide deeper and deeper into debt. Every month, they get a little deeper, refinance, use up the equity in their homes, find new sources of debt, and get more depressed. Many are forced to neglect their small children to hold down two jobs.

Along with the debt come frustration, fear, insomnia, passive aggression, road rage, marital stress, and escapism into drugs, nicotine, sport, drink, illicit affairs, and desperation tactics. These people are vulnerable to the wolves and scammers who offer a quick fix, ridiculously high returns on investments (usually offshore or illegal) and get-rich-quick schemes. Many have been hurt by these swindles.

It is therefore not surprising that many desperate people now eschew any offer to escape the swamp of debt and anxiety. They would rather continue to sink below the surface and buy lotto tickets than use the bridge to freedom that is being offered. Once burnt, twice shy. Instead of conquering their debt, they embrace it. Better the devil you know than the one you don’t know.

Instead of solving their problems, people sell their homes and move to more remote, cheaper areas. The problem is, there is a reason why those areas are cheaper! More crime, lower classes, less facilities, and more. Or they cut their expenses, usually sacrificing the good for the bad. The average smoker wastes over $300 per month on his addiction. And the more scared he gets, the more he smokes. This debt lifestyle is a downward spiral, a slippery slope into the smelly swamp. Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Therefore, when people hear that they can retire in one year through Joint Ventures, with no money or risk, they are understandably skeptical. So we offer them mountains of FREE information through my two complimentary books, hundreds of articles, podcasts, audio interviews, a ninety-minute video, and more, all to be found on www.DollarMakers.com and www.MomComesHome.com There is hope. It’s not too late.

After reviewing all that material, if they still don’t want to use our very affordable services to get free, they probably don’t really want to be free, or they simply don’t have the intellect to understand what we offer. (Given that the average IQ on a bell curve is only 100, that’s not too far fetched.) But it doesn’t cost them anything to get a lot of valuable information. The bridge is waiting for you. It’s easier and quicker than you think, and we have a proven, successful track record of twenty years. You and your family deserve to be prosperous, happy, healthy, and successful.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Happy Mothers Day! What GIFT?

2007-05-10T11:14:00.000-07:00

If you’re looking for a special gift for the Mom in your life, you know that flowers die. Trinkets get lost in Jewelry boxes. Meals end up on hips. Spa treatments are great but they don’t last very long. So what to give? How about a gift that will buy more spa treatments, trips, and toys than she can handle? How about giving her time with her children?

The Mom Comes Home Joint Venture Workshop teaches Moms how to make serious money from home with no selling, very little time, no cost and no risk, regardless of her background, age, or circumstances. And there’s a great 50% discount for Mother’s Day Purchases. For more information, visit www.MomComesHome.com

Robin J. Elliott

Poo on Your Shoe

2007-05-09T16:37:00.000-07:00

Rika and I just returned from a long walk around Lafarge Lake, which is a block and a half from where we live. It’s a lovely lake. We watched the baby ducklings, saw some huge Koi fish, talked with a fisherwoman, and enjoyed the spring sunshine and lovely trees. When we got home, Rika asked me to get some dog poo off her shoe. All this beauty, and small spot of poo can really distract one. I immediately went to work to scrape it off.

What is the “Poo on your Shoe”? Someone with a bad attitude that brings you down or pours the cold water of pessimism on your dreams when you talk with them?
Scrap 'em off!
Guilt that you have harbored for years and yet it still contaminates your happiness?
Scrape it off!
A bad habit or a guilty pleasure?
Get scraping!
Time leeches that waste your precious time?
Scrape them off!
Negative and disempowering beliefs?
Wash them away with the cleansing power of positive input from positive people.
If the poo makes you blue, you know what to do: Scrape, baby, scrape!

You could leave it there, smelling the place up and spoiling your fun, but why not take action and get rid of it? Some people carry the stuff around for years, sabotaging their success. Bad people, bad ideas, bad choices, bad relationships – scrape it off, friend, scrape it off. No more poo for you!

So next time you put down the phone after talking with a loser and you get that smell in your nostrils, next time you find that you have wasted time of junk movies or books instead of working on making your dreams come true, you know what it is – it’s the demon poo! Scrape. You’ll feel better. Just tell yourself, “It’s OK, just poo on my shoe. I know what to do.”

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

What “State” is Your Joint Venture Partner In?

2007-05-09T13:53:00.000-07:00

By being aware of the “State” your JV partner is in, you can avoid a lot of frustration, and save much time and money.

First, be aware of the basic three ego states we learnt about from Eric Berne’s Transactional Analysis: Parent, Adult, and Child.

People in a Parent State talk down to others, want to control others or nurture others. They feel like they’re parents and everyone else is their children. This is their ingrained and conditioned voice of authority, patronizing and critical.

People in a Child State are emotional, reactive, manipulative, and immature.

People in the Adult State are objective, proactive, responsible, disciplined, and secure.

Naturally, you want to deal with people who predominantly live in an adult state.
For more information, visit this excellent website.

Second, you find some people who live in the Triangle of Victim, Rescuer, or Persecutor states.

People who feel like they’re Victims usually have an “employee mentality” – they whine and complain, do as little as possible, don’t take responsibility and take as many unearned benefits as possible. They are reactive and pathetic. They want someone else to do the work.

People who are Persecutors are continually attacking and blaming.

People who are Rescuers spend their time with victims, so that they can feel better about themselves. This is typical of the passive-aggressive, socialist type who needs victims to rescue in order to feel powerful.
Naturally, you don’t want to deal with people who live in these states either.

You are looking for mature, confident, and ambitious JV Partners who seek to reciprocate, contribute, and enjoy long-term, win/win relationships as equals.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Counting Your Blessings?

2007-05-08T14:03:00.000-07:00

Feeling a bit down and depressed? I have a few solutions: I can watch my Talladega Nights DVD – shake ‘n bake! Or I can get real busy. Or I can spend some time in a beautiful forest – I live in Vancouver, so we have lots of them around us. But what works best for me is to simply count my blessings.

We spend a lot of time focused on what we don’t have, what we don’t want, and what we don’t like. That’s a surefire route to visit the kennel of the Black Dog of depression, the slough of despond, or the local gun shop. Instead, we should focus on what’s great about our lives (have you noticed you’re not blind?), what we have to be grateful for, and all the things that worked out right for us. Consider all the great people in your life that put up with your misery and whining, the fact that you have a full stomach (OK - in some cases, too full, fatty!), and that you’re reading a Blog article instead of laboring in some salt mine, even though you may well deserve the latter...

Seriously, it’s just a case of switching from half empty to half-full, from the black cloud to the silver lining, and from the “I’m getting so old” to “Today is the youngest I’ll ever be in my life again!” Instead of the pathetic response to “How ya doin’?” of “NOT TOO BAD”, how about “I’m happy, healthy and successful”? Instead of watching Wolf Blitzer, why not watch Dave Chappelle? Not too hard. I’d rather be watching Talladega Nights than CNN any day of the week. I seldom get a chuckle out of watching the stooges of Collectivism. Unless it’s Glenn Beck, of course – at least he has brains and guts. But I digress. Choose what you feed your brain.

My biggest blessing is the wonderful people in my life. One can’t be depressed when spending time with my amazing family, or the incredibly positive DollarMakers Team. When I stagger out of a Starbucks on a high after meeting with one of my JV partners, it’s not the caffeine. SO: get out a piece of paper, make a list of twenty things, circumstances, and people that you’re grateful for, and feel good.

“When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.”
~ Johnson Oatman Jnr.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

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2007-05-08T10:52:00.000-07:00

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Quality versus Quantity in Joint Ventures

2007-05-08T10:44:00.000-07:00

He arrives at a business networking meeting with a huge stack of business cards, which he aggressively thrusts into everyone’s hands. He leaves his glossy flyers on every table. He talks at you, but doesn’t listen to you. His eyes are constantly flitting about, searching for his next victim. He puts you on hold during phone conversations to see if he can find a more lucrative caller. He spams innocent people with his advertising e-mails and irritates all and sundry with his fax broadcasts. He is the typical, self-employed salesman who believes in quantity instead of quality. And he seldom makes money or maintains long-term business relationships.

Would you rather spend $100 marketing to each of ten highly qualified prospects, or $1 on each of 1000 unqualified, random suspects? Would you like to make much more money in considerably less time, and enjoy working with good people? Would you like to build long-term business relationships with high quality people, or constantly be frustrated with losers and posers who have neither brains nor money? It’s better to drive for two hours to meet with one winner than to spend five minutes on the phone with a loser. By being very selective and carefully qualifying prospective Joint Venture Partners, you will be a happier, more successful broker. The only “cold calling” you should ever be involved with is when make a phone call while standing outside in midwinter.

The very best Joint Venture Partners I have found are high quality people whom I met on my $500 per Delegate JV Broker Bootcamps or who were introduced to me by other winners. I no longer answer my telephone unless my Caller ID shows me that a winner is calling. I very seldom attend face-to-face meetings and I do not do business with people who are not Members of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum. And the more selective I get, the more money I make and the more time I have. I have learnt to say “No” a lot more. I seek to leverage my time at every opportunity. I do not enter JV’s that have less than $1,000 per month income potential, and I insist on reviewing my prospective partner’s track records before even considering doing business with them. I won’t speak to groups of less than 40 people, and even then, I need to know who is in the room. Finally, always be prepared to terminate a JV at any point, should you feel uncomfortable with the JV partner. Cut bait as soon as you see those red flags waving at you.

By respecting and valuing your time and qualifying your prospects, you will attract better people. For example, how much is an hour of your time worth? Attending a one-on-one meeting can take up three hours, including travel. Can you justify that time without serious evaluation? Could you use the phone and e-mail instead? People appreciate and respect scarcity. Would you find it easy to get an appointment with a very successful person? No. And would you take a call on your cell phone or play with your little Blackberry while in a meeting with a celebrity? I think not. Would you put the President on hold? Try putting me on hold and see if you can get me on the phone again. Show up late for an appointment with me and see what happens. The most successful people I know treat everyone with respect and deference. And they demand to be treated in the same way.

They say, "You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince." Why not do a few "Frog Tests"" before the smooching starts? And remember that princes will not introduce you to paupers.

Less is more. We can’t afford to waste our most precious resource, which is our time. We can’t afford to do minimum wage jobs like cleaning, ironing, and washing cars. We don’t need the aggravation of working with rabble. Set the bar high. Demand excellence. Expect results. Evaluate your return on investment. Refuse to be politically correct. Cut to the chase. Be kind to people, but don’t compromise. Be ruthlessly self-disciplined. And always remember that for successful people, the 80/20 Pareto principle doesn’t apply – for us, it’s 95/5: at best, five percent of the people are worth the consideration of your attention.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Are you ready to Radically Improve your Business and Remove all Risk from your Marketing?

2007-05-07T17:14:00.001-07:00

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The Prophet of Profit Robin J. Elliott runs through all of the things that make us feel 'swallowed alive' as business people (which is all in our heads) and shows the light at the end of the tunnel that makes it possible to remove ALL risk from your marketing and really make your business skyrocket to new heights.

Learn about creating Passive Income and improve your Business Marketing at the same time!

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2007-05-07T07:51:00.000-07:00

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"Startlingly simple, refreshingly candid and thoroughly comprehensive, Robin Elliott's latest book "Life is a Joint Venture" is a page turner that will become the benchmark for others to follow.
Robin shows that by living a principled life of helping others achieve their goals, you will be richly rewarded. This book will change the way you think, to paraphrase a famous title: Think, Joint Venture and Grow Rich. Take thought, take action and take the results; it has worked for me. After being in business for thirty-five years, it is heart warming to know that you don't have to have a business in order to do business. You are no longer restricted by your field of endeavour, career, job, knowledge, skill set or even geography. The sky is the limit, so why not fly? If you yearn to soar like an eagle, then learn to leverage the thermal air currents that are already there and connect with the eagles that Robin will introduce to you. I highly recommend this book."

Richard Banister
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Robin J. Elliott

“Where Do I Find Good Joint Venture Partners?”

2007-05-06T09:16:00.000-07:00

Joint Ventures are the most powerful wealth-building system ever discovered, as long as you work with the right people. Finding the ideal JV partners is crucial to your success.
How many JV partners do you need to get rich? Not many! As few as ten JV partners can make you very wealthy indeed. Sometimes, one person can change your life.

Because only 2% of the owners of small and medium sized businesses understand the concept of Joint Ventures and see the wisdom in paying generous commissions over the lifetime of the JV, it is not wise to “cold call”. Only work with people who understand the process and whom you know, or have been referred to you by trusted friends. When someone says, “Of course I know what a Joint Venture is”, ask him to describe the last ten JV’s he did and how much money he made. That will very quickly determine whether he has heard the term or actually understands it. I have HEARD of brain surgery…
If you’re expecting someone to pay you hefty commissions every month, make sure they are successful and actually have money! Look out for the red flags that indicate that someone is in financial distress – those same people will offer you exorbitant rewards for business and seldom pay. One red flag is people complaining about the price of gas, long distance calls, or asking whether you can meet them near public transport. (They don’t have a car! That’s OK in New York City, but generally it’s a sign of desperate a financial situation.) Another is when people have a problem with a relatively small amount of money, like $500 for a Bootcamp – watch out! If they can’t afford $500, how are they going to send you thousands of dollars a month? And look at their grooming, dress, and where they choose to meet you. Be very selective.

Do your due diligence – check them out of Google, talk with their vendors, associates, competition, customers, neighbors, and fellow Chamber of Commerce or church members. Look for clues. If they’re desperate to start right away, they probably have cash flow problems. You are looking for stable, successful, professional, and respected people to work with. Desperate people do desperate things. Birds of the feather flock together, so check out their flock. Look for people who are on time, reliable, presentable, open, relaxed, and successful.

Personally, when I immigrated to Canada, I had a difficult time finding successful people with whom I wanted to Joint Venture. I met a lot of losers, posers, and scammers. I had to work hard to find JV partners. I found the local networking meetings and Chambers of Commerce consisted of 90% desperate, self-employed salespeople with no money, and only 10% successful entrepreneurs, who usually didn’t show up because they were too busy making money. I tried consulting and training to evaluate my clients as potential JV partners, but most of them were losers, so I fired them all and started the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum two years ago. Today we have over 500 Members in nine countries. The purpose was to create a group of potential JV partners.

Our Forum Members have all agreed to abide by our Code of Business Ethics and all of them are to some degree educated about Joint Ventures. I personally only do business with Members of the Forum. If they are dishonest, they get fired. We have fired eight Members and not renewed fifteen. We have refused admission to many. Do you still have to do your due diligence? Sure you do. Are they all successful and expert? No. But at least they know more than 98% of the average business owners out there, and there is a consequence to dishonesty. Nobody wants over 500 people to find out that they were fired for their dishonesty. All our Members have expressed an interest in doing Joint Ventures. This can save you an inordinate amount of time when seeking a JV partner – look at someone’s profile and website and choose. Many Members are highly skilled in JV’s and are ideal JV partners for you. We have some wonderful Members. You can search the Membership for your ideal partner, then do your due diligence. This will fast track your progress as a JV Broker.

Finally, watch out for people who hide behind the Internet, those who specialize in offshore, tax-evading schemes, and situations where it is difficult to do real due diligence. When people are vague about what they do (usually involved with some type of investment) you should be very careful. The best Members to do business with, I find, are those who have attended our Bootcamps or used the Home Study Program, and/or get involved with other Members through our meetings or conference calls.

Step One: join the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum.
Step Two: get educated about JV’s – we have a great Home Study Program as well.
Step Three: take action and start doing JV’s.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Wanna GROW?

2007-05-03T20:55:00.000-07:00

Take a pumpkin seed and grow it in a bottle. It will only grow as big as the bottle. It is limited by its environment. I recently talked with someone who actually told me that she preferred to be a “Big Fish in a Small Pond.” Did you know that fish grow bigger in bigger ponds? The hallmark of one of those big fish that strut around in small ponds is arrogance, and I have learned that pride comes before the fall. A small fish that is ambitious and self-confident seeks a big pond where he or she can grow without limitations.

You grow stronger with more competition. Superstars don’t hide away in their hick towns – they go to Hollywood to make their fortunes. And they don’t arrive in Hollywood as big fish; on the contrary, they arrive as small fry. They arrive as Nobodies and they become Somebody’s. They believe in their dreams and in themselves. If you want to improve your game, you pit yourself against those who are stronger, faster, and more skilled than you are and you learn from them. You challenge and push yourself to do better. To take risks. The kite flies higher against the wind.

Step outside your comfort zone; push yourself into the company of people who are richer, smarter, and more successful than you are. Become an eternal student and zealously apply what you learn. Take consistent, uncompromising action. Work through the night, if you have to, with a “Whatever it takes” attitude. Work harder than anyone else does. Show up first. Be better dressed and better prepared than your competition. Seek a coach or mentor that is far more successful than you are and do whatever they tell you to do.

Small fish can’t grow in tiny ponds. Find a big fish and follow him around – meet his friends, emulate his choices, and before you know it, you’ll be big, too. Growth is a choice, one that you have to make a thousand times a day. Stop yourself every five minutes and ask yourself, “Is what I am doing and thinking right now taking me towards my goal or away from it?” Then, if necessary, adjust immediately.

Most “Big Fish” in small ponds are really simply insecure, pretender types who know they’ll never make it in a big pond because people will quickly find out who they really are. If you want to grow and make you dreams come true, throw yourself into the deep end of a big pond without your water wings and swim like crazy. Before you know it, you’ll be soaring like the eagle your truly are.

Robin J. Elliott www.Dollarmakers.com

Turn Your Membership into Cold, Hard Cash

2007-05-03T13:13:00.000-07:00

If you’re one of the 500+ Members of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum, I have good news for you.

Many years ago, an Indian Chief saved up all his money over a long period of time to buy a car. He traveled slowly down the main road in his gleaming, new car, proudly waving at the puzzled onlookers. They were amazed to see that the Chief had four horses pulling his car along. One of the spectators summoned up the courage to approach the happy Chief and said, “Chief, you have certainly purchased a beautiful car, but you have only four horses pulling you along. Did you know that you had 230 horses in the engine?”
The Chief didn’t know that he could have 57 times more power, simply by turning the ignition key.

Most Members don’t fully utilize their Membership. By joining the Forum, you have put yourself on track to be able to create a very lucrative, secure, unlimited, passive income. DollarMakers provides you all the tools, access, support, coaching and packaging you could possibly need. It doesn’t take much time and there’s no investment required once you are set up. All you have to do is follow our tried-and tested systems and enjoy the rewards of Joint Ventures. The bigger DollarMakers gets, the more valuable your Membership gets. We are constantly improving our products and services and you can benefit directly from our growth.

I strongly urge you to get involved, turn that ignition key and surge forward to your goals. If you have any questions, just ask. Use the conference calls, Convention, Members Meetings, leadership opportunities, websites and Bootcamps, the Member business cards and flyers and all the other tools. We’re here for you – your success is our success! Together, we are doing amazing things.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

This Book Will Amaze You

2007-05-02T18:48:00.000-07:00

You HAVE to read this amazing book by my friend, Jan Janzen. I personally highly recommend it. Click here now for more information on the book that will change the way you do business.

Robin J. Elliott

Mastering the Art of Mutual Exchange

2007-05-02T15:32:00.000-07:00

Have you ever tried washing one hand? Hence, “one hand washes the other”.
Walk around with one eye closed and see how limited your world gets.
Ever been on a seesaw (teeter-totter) alone? You tend to stay on the ground.
Have you noticed you have to put wood on the fire if you want to continue to benefit from the heat?
All this seems like common sense until one meets the average entrepreneur who is, in reality, simply a self-employed salesperson. 98% of the owners of small and medium-sized businesses do not understand the awesome power of Joint Ventures and reciprocity, yet they will see their profits soar when they do.

One of the most successful businesswomen I ever met, Reeva Foreman, told me, “Robin, there are only two kinds of people in this world: Givers and Takers. The Givers didn’t become Givers when they got to the top – they got to the top by being Givers.” Takers simply move from one victim to the next, raping and pillaging as they go, until they are too well known in their own city and they have to move farther afield to find more unsuspecting marks.

Smart entrepreneurs sow before they try to reap. Reaping without sowing is called theft. It’s also called “government”, Collectivism, Socialism and Statism. A one-sided partnership never lasts long. When you master the art of mutual exchange, you become a "lightning rod" for success. People with a Joint Venture mindset see the doors of opportunity swing open as they turn up the heat on their prosperity thermostats. They become Money Magnets and start attracting all manner of deals, wealth and likeminded winners.

Focus on helping other people to solve their problems and make sure the service providers pay you generously, or do not refer them. Become a good listener because nobody is interested in you except your mother, your dog, and your parole officer. Listen for the pain and then provide solutions and relief. As Zig said, “You can get anything you want out of life, if you’re prepared to help enough other people to get what they want”. Ask yourself this question: “How can I help millions of people become happier and more successful? How can I relieve their pain and make their lives easier, and get paid for it?” Focus on providing solutions for others and the money will take care of itself.

Do not work for nothing. Do not refer business with compensation. Do not reward non-productive people and leeches. Do not expect to be rewarded just because you have a need. Nobody owes you anything. You are only entitled to money that you earn. Work with like-minded people, set high standards, and insist on reciprocity. The mutual exchange of value through Joint Ventures is the easiest, fastest, most enjoyable way to wealth.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

2007-05-02T10:57:00.000-07:00

I never met a Dollar I didn't like!
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Retirement While You’re Young

2007-04-30T20:41:00.000-07:00

I remember my ex father-in-law hated his job with a passion – he was bitterly unhappy, yet he was very smart and had many skills. He decided to spend the next ten years of his life in his job so that he could retire with a nice retirement bonus from his employer and enjoy a steady income in his old age. Those ten years were hell on earth for him. All sorts of consequences followed his unhappiness, and his life spiraled downward dramatically. At the end of the ten years, his son wasted a good deal of the money, his wife died and he was a bitter and sad old man. It wasn’t worth sacrificing those ten years; he could have used his mind to create more wealth than his retirement package through Joint Ventures, and thoroughly enjoyed the process.

Too many of us work too hard for too long, and when we’re old and sickly and we have the time and the money, we don’t have the health or the energy to enjoy it. Why not retire when you’re YOUNG? Then you have the health and energy to do many exciting things. And it doesn’t have to take you longer than one year. You don’t have to be a slave to a boss or a job. And you don’t need millions in the bank, contrary to what some of those “Financial Planners” and “Investment Experts” tell you. You can retire with debt. And you don’t have to invest in schemes, scams, “Business Opportunities” and offshore nightmares. You can do it with no money or risk.

A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money. The old man fingered his worsted wool vest and said, "Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel. I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing the apple and, at the end of the day, I sold the apple for ten cents. The next morning, I invested those ten cents in two apples. I spent the entire day polishing them and sold them at 5:00 pm for 20 cents. I continued this system for a month, by the end of which I'd accumulated a fortune of $1.37. Then my wife's father died and left us two million dollars." Things are not always what they seem to be.
You can use Joint Ventures to retire within one year, regardless of your age, circumstances or background, using Joint Ventures. For more information, visit www.DollarMakers.com

Robin J. Elliott

Make Money from Anywhere in the World - International Joint Ventures

2007-04-30T19:01:00.001-07:00

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The Prophet of Profit Robin J. Elliott explains how Joint Ventures give you the power to work (and MAKE MONEY) from anywhere in the world. No cost, No risk, little time, and extreme freedom! Make friends in other countries, create business contacts wherever you go. Be a hero to anyone you meet, ANYWHERE in the world!

Learn about creating a Passive Income anywhere in the world at www.jvwisdom.com

Blueprint for Your Retirement in One Year

2007-04-23T11:06:00.000-07:00

How badly do you want to retire, with enough passive income that you don’t have to work? How much would you spend, how hard would you work, if you know you could do that in ONE YEAR? One a scale of one to ten, one being “I don’t care” and ten being “Whatever it takes”, if you’re less than ten, don’t bother. If you’re ten or more, read on…

Here is a proven Blueprint that you can use to retire in one year with enough passive, residual income to live comfortably, using Joint Ventures.
No cost, no risk, and very little time if you do this correctly.
The only investment required is your training, coaching, and membership of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum.

1. Establish the amount you need per month in passive income that will enable you cover all your living expenses and service your debt. Yes, you don’t have to be out of debt to retire - you just need enough income to cover all your expenses. For the purpose of this exercise, let’s assume you only need $5,000 per month within one year. That is, from your twelfth month, you will be earning at least $5,000 per month in passive income.

2. Divide the amount you need by one thousand. If you need $5,000, that number will be 5.
That is the number of Income Providers or Joint Venture Partners that you need. So you need five Joint Venture Partners, each sending you $1,000 per month within one year, for you to retire. It can be any number; if you want $6,000 per month, you need six JV partners. Some may pay you $2,000 every second month, and that’s OK. The average will work out to $1,000 per month.
5 X $1,000 per month = $5,000 per month.

3. Divide $1,000 by 12 = $83.33 per month increases. In other words, each of these five JV Partners must send you $83.33 in your first month, and each month it should increase by $83.33 per JV Partner. The second month, you need $166.66 per JV partner on average. By the 12th month (one year), each JV partner should average $1,000 per month = $5,000 per month passive income.

Month One: 5 X $83.33 = $416.65 passive income per month.
Month Two: 5 X $166.66= $ 833.33 passive income per month.
Month Three: 5 X $249.99 = $1,249 passive income per month.
Month Four: 5 X $333.32 = $1,666.66 passive income per month.
Month Twelve 5 X $1,000 = $5,000 passive income per month.

4. What do you need to do this?
First, you need TRAINING. You can attend one of our popular, proven one day Joint Venture Broker Bootcamps, or a Mom Comes Home Workshop, or you can buy our Home Study Program.
Second, you need JV Partners. That is where your income will come from. You do that by joining the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum. Our members understand JV’s, they agree to abide by our strict Code of Business Ethics, and they pay generous commissions. Platinum Membership is included in the Home Study Program!
Third, get onto our DollarMakers JV Coaching Program so that we can work with you to achieve this goal even before a year is up!

Naturally, you need to follow the training instructions and take consistent, enthusiastic ACTION. And of course, you need to have a positive attitude.

This simple, step-by step process requires no risk or selling, and very little time. It doesn’t matter if you have debt and it can work for you regardless of your background, circumstances, education, or debt level. You can retire in one year using this proven system.
If you’re really serious about retiring in one year, apply to join the Forum, get trained, and apply for the coaching program NOW. Visit www.DollarMakers.com or www.MomComesHome.com for more information.
NOTE: Not everyone is accepted into Membership or Coaching.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Robin in Los Angeles April 28

2007-04-20T09:31:00.000-07:00

Don't miss the Los Angeles Joint Venture Broker Bootcamp April 28!
Click here now for details: www.JVSynergy.com

A Little Experiment that Means a Great Deal

2007-04-19T15:21:00.000-07:00

Sociologists took a group of eighty people and put them together in a cocktail party. Before they were sent into the room, each of 78 people was privately told to only talk about positive things, while two of them were told only to talk about negative things. This exercise was repeated twenty times with different people, and the results are amazing. In each case, without exception, it took on average six minutes before the two negative people hooked up with each other and they continued to talk with each other for the remaining 24 minutes of the experiment.

Like attracts like. Losers love losers and winners won’t tolerate their presence. Birds of the feather flock together. Who are YOU flocking with, and where is that flock heading? Negative people attract other negative people like powerful magnets. Years ago, when I was a manager for Holiday Inns, I was trained to be a certified On-the-Job-Trainer, using Transactional Analysis as one of our tools. One of the terms I will never forget is the one used to describe the communication process between people with a victim mentality: it was called, “Ain’t it awful?” Winners will be talking about their dreams and goals and losers will be talking about accidents, shootings and the bad weather.

Here’s a little experiment for you: Listen to what people are talking about, see whom they’re talking with, and you’ll get a pretty good idea of where they’re headed.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Mom Comes Home

2007-04-19T14:55:00.000-07:00

Women are natural Joint Venture Brokers. They are better than men at multi-tasking. They are also better communicators, more intuitive, less territorial and threatened, and far more social. Women are continually recommending business services, products, and opportunities to other women – why not get well paid for it?

Whether women have children at home or not, working on the phone from a bubble bath or a pool or on the beach or deck is more fun that putting up with office politics, glass ceilings and incompetent bosses, n'est-ce pas? Creating a passive income stream can literally take a few minutes on e-mail or the phone in between a spot of shopping or lunch with friends. When next you tell you girlfriend about that great spa, why not get remunerated for your marketing effort? When you refer your sister to a realtor who sells her a house, you could be pocketing a few thousand dollars in commission.

By creating multiple income streams of passive income, JV Brokers can retire from work and small, high-pressure home-based businesses so that they can spend their time with their children, husbands, friends and pets. Why bow and scrape to some bungling and egotistical boss, fight traffic or endure public transport with the steaming, sweaty herd, and then get home to your second job of keeping the family on track, when you could be trying on that new frock at the boutique? You can JV internationally and that trip to Club Med could be a tax write-off, you know. (Join our DollarMakers Dream Cruise to the Caribbean in November, for example.)

Within one month of meeting Cathi Graham, she earned over $5,000 in JV income from me. And it took her all of three hours. Now it doesn’t always go that fast, but there are no limits on how much you can earn or how fast you can earn it. All with no cost and no risk, very little time, and no selling. Oh, and Cathi will be on the cruise, by the way.

Michelle Bacani-Lim, Marketing Director of the DollarMakers Mom Comes Home Campaign, hosts stimulating, non-threatening Chapter Meetings where women get together to discuss the ways to create multiple cash cows. Women from all income levels and backgrounds attend to network, build relationships and learn how to retire in less than a year through the power of Joint Ventures. Our Workshops can teach you how to retire in one year as a JV Broker. For more information, contact Michelle directly at michelle@MomComesHome.com and ask her for a free e Book.

Visit the website www.MomComesHome.com

Robin J. Elliott

Joint Venture Opportunity

2007-04-19T14:12:00.000-07:00

Joint Venture with DollarMakers!
If you have access to large databases and organizational ability, you might qualify to host an in-house Joint Venture Broker Bootcamp in your city and earn thousands of dollars. We have three available dates left for 2007. For more information, please contact Robin J. Elliott direct at robin@dollarmakers.com, with JV Bootcamp Host Request in the subject line.

2007-04-19T13:55:00.000-07:00

Does Your Joint Venture Partner Have a Scarcity Mentality?

2007-04-18T10:54:00.000-07:00

Many entrepreneurs and wanna-be entrepreneurs are terrified of competition, and this is evidenced by business networking groups who only allow one representative of each industry to attend their events. The “Shrinking Pie” mentality posits that there is only so much to go around. This disempowering approach is built on a timid philosophy of scant resources and lack, and is usually manifested as aggression. (Fear often incarnates as aggression.) Someone with a Scarcity Mentality focuses on shortage, risk, what can go wrong, and insufficiency. And whatever you focus on is guaranteed to grow.

Your mind is a magnet. When you are consumed by thoughts of poverty and privation, guess what kind of people you will attract into your life? This victim mindset is programmed for failure and disappointment. We seek evidence to prove our dominant beliefs, and those who mistakenly believe that everyone is out to rip them off and undermine their success will subconsciously sabotage themselves to prove themselves right. We have to be congruent, and our circumstances will always bend to reflect our self-esteem and beliefs. For example, the person who is genuinely convinced that they can’t make money will show up late for appointments, and when successful people decide to no longer do business with them because of their tardiness, they will whine, “See, I told you!” The Self Fulfilling Prophecy I not a figment of some author’s imagination.

When a penurious intellect is offered a lucrative business opportunity, its first reaction will be, “What’s the catch?” and it will immediately go on the defense and start making excuses to remain poor, mediocre and passively aggressive. They actively look for reasons why the opportunity is a scam and a hoax, while the winners eagerly grab the opportunity and rush off to make more money. Losers will seek reasons why they will fail. “It’s a holiday – there won’t be any people around to attend the seminar. It’s too expensive – nobody can afford that! (they’re projecting their own lack) I won’t make enough money! I’m being taken advantage of! What if I fail? (you’re already failing, buddy) What can go wrong?”

These people will contaminate your business, undermine your success and bleed you dry. They will discourage you, dissuade you and depress you. And they’re unlikely to change. They are a cancer on capitalism and a danger to your success. They are poison to profits and they will subconsciously do their best to drag you down to their level of despondency. Worst of all, they will attack anyone who is more successful than they are; jealously is a very common attribute of this type of person. The only way to deal with them is to drop kick them to the curb. Fast and decisively. Squish them like cockroaches and replace them with an ambitious, determined and disciplined optimist. It’s better to have no JV than a JV with a loser. And there are many great JV partners to be had. There is an abundance of money and opportunities out there, just waiting for you.

Look at nature – how many leaves on one tree? How much water in the ocean? How many trees and rocks? Focus on affluence, plentitude and abundance and you will attract it into our life. Self discipline, high standards and self-confidence will result in prosperity and luxury for you. Expect to succeed in all you do. Associate with winners, not whiners. Set great goals and believe in your dreams. A life of plenty is easily available to you through Joint Ventures, as long as you have the right JV partners. Your generous Abundance Mentality is creating a life of power and prosperity for you, and a plethora of options. Freedom is the result of right thinking. Your circumstances are a revelation of your thoughts and beliefs. Look at someone’s circumstances, listen to them talk, and decide whether or not they have what it takes to be your JV partner.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Your Interpretation is Your Future

2007-04-17T12:41:00.000-07:00

We interpret our circumstances to ourselves all the time. In other words, we explain to ourselves what our circumstances mean. The circumstances in themselves have no meaning – we give them meaning by choice. We decide what to tell ourselves about our circumstances. And the way we interpret our circumstances will determine how we react to them: fight or flight, positive or negative, opportunity or threat, meaningful or not. Our reaction will, in turn, determine our choices, and these choices create our futures.

By changing the way we interpret our circumstances, we change our perceptions, reactions and choices, and thereby our futures, because we are constantly creating our futures. The same applies to the way we interpret our past circumstances and our future options. My amazing wife, Rika, is the most positive person I have ever met. She always sees the upside of every situation.

Want an insight into how you currently interpret your circumstances?

1. What questions do you ask? “Why does everybody hate me? Why can’t I get this right? How can I survive?” That is victim thinking and scarcity mentality. Better questions are, “How can I double my sales? Why do I attract such great people? How can I add more value?”
2. Do you make excuses? “The cat died, my son broke the car, it rained, I don’t have time, I’m overwhelmed” – all pathetic victim statements. Try this: “I’m late, I’m sorry, it’s my fault and it won’t happen again.” Take control.
3. Do you take responsibility? “Everything I have and experience is my own creation. I am responsible and I deserve what I have, good or bad. I create my circumstances and I can and will damn well change them.”

The glass is half full or half empty – you decide. Winners see opportunity behind every rock. They believe in themselves and they set exciting goals. They focus on what’s great and they expect to win. I had a meeting with Member Marilla Wex this morning – what a pleasure to deal with someone who takes lemons and ends up, not with lemonade, but Veuve Cliquot. Her enthusiasm, boyancy, never-say-die attitude and can-do approach inspires everyone who knows her. A real Mensch with a brilliant mind, that one.

Every situation you face, every obstacle, every circumstance, can be interpreted positively or negatively. By managing your self-talk and being aware of your interpretive bias, you can dramatically change your future. Being surrounded by the likes of young Marilla certainly helps, too. You can’t get out of a car with Winston Bromley or Michelle Bacani-Lim without having to physically restrain yourself from skipping gaily down the road to fame and fortune. After a meal with Jim Kennedy, it’s all you can do to stop yourself from giving the waitress your wallet and asking her to max out your credit cards. Diane Mihalek makes you wonder how you can spend more time basking in the presence of her optimism. I could name at least three other people… Winners encourage one to win and remind one that we are surrounded by abundance. Your limitations are simply a figment of your imagination.

One of the best ways to handle your circumstances and keep them in perspective is through humor. And remember to arm yourself with some useful mental tools. I like these:
No Problem. This, too, will pass. I am bulletproof and unstoppable. I can handle anything that life throws at me. I attract positive people and I am a money magnet. Every day, in every way, I’m getting richer and richer. I can do anything I set my mind to. I am a warrior. This is a piece of cake. Is this the best you have? How can I double my income? How can I cut the time in half and double the results?

Finally, don’t be attached. Anything you think you NEED will control you. Want, but don’t need. Don’t be attached to people, outcomes, things, or results. Be free. Take control of your mind and create the future you want and deserve.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

What ARE Multiple Income Streams?

2007-04-16T15:15:00.001-07:00

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The Prophet of Profit Robin J. Elliott discusses exactly what Multple Income Streams are. Mr. Elliott breaks down how to understand what a 'Multiple Stream of Income' is and also what a 'Multiple Stream of PASSIVE Income' is.

An excellent video to watch if you're a business person or not.
Learn from Robin J. Elliott about how to earn Multple Streams of PASSIVE Income quickly and effectively at www.jvwisdom.com

Put Your Income on Steroids

2007-04-16T10:26:00.000-07:00

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2007-04-12T14:50:00.000-07:00

"The foolish think the Eagle weak
And easy to bring to heel
The Eagle's wings are silken
But its claws are made of steel"
~ Sidney Sheldon

Acres of Joint Venture Diamonds

2007-04-12T10:16:00.000-07:00

You have probably heard the story, “Acres of Diamonds”, about a farmer who goes bankrupt but learns from a wealthy merchant about the riches to be had by discovering diamonds. The merchant tells the poor farmer that diamonds can be found where there is running water and white sand, so the farmer sells his farm, ships his family off to live with relatives, and journeys forth to search for diamonds and wealth.

Years later, he returns destitute and sickly, to find that his wife and family are gone. Near death, he decides to visit his old farm one more time before he passes on. When he arrives at his farm, he hardly recognizes it – the ramshackle farmhouse has been replaced with a mansion and the new owner is a rich man. When the farmer inquires as to this newfound wealth, the rich man replies, “When you offered me your farm for sale, the first thing that I noticed was the white sand and running water. That’s why I bought your farm; you were literally walking on acres of diamond, but you sold it and went far away to look for wealth.”

Many of our esteemed Members search far and wide for new Joint Venture opportunities, when one of the safest and most lucrative options is right here under your feet in the form of an In-House JV Broker Bootcamp. We have all the marketing material and tools, expertise, support, credibility, track record, and branding required to help you make it work, plus your back-end income opportunities are already in place and trackable. And you can do it all with no cost or risk.

The In-House Bootcamp JV is simple – you cover all your costs with Sponsorships and pay us a small flat fee of $5,000. You sell as many seats as you like @ $500 each and keep all the profit, plus all the back-end commissions that are generated by the Bootcamp. Your only limitation is in securing a date that is available. We show you what to do and how to do it. After 20 years in this business, we know what works. In order to qualify, you need to be a Member of the Forum with a Replicator Website, and not all applications are accepted. Look under your feet, and you’ll see white sand and running water. For more information, contact the DollarMakers General Manager Jim Kennedy at gm@dollarmakers.com

Robin J Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

A Power to Weight Ratio of More than One

2007-04-12T08:52:00.000-07:00

I often joke and say that while conventional entrepreneurs are slaving away at long hours, diminishing returns and loads of stress, Joint Venture Brokers are sitting at home watching the History Channel on TV, because hard work is history for Joint Venture Brokers. But I have to admit that I prefer the Military Channel, from whence commeth this short article.

During a fascinating show on legendary Russian military fighter planes, the words “This fighter has a power to weight ratio of more than one”, meaning that the thrust in the jets is greater than the weight of the aircraft. The same ratios apply to racing cars. It is the power the engine generates, divided by the vehicle's (or engine) weight or vice versa. It is an indication of likely performance, and very important in aircraft in order to induce drag.

Conventional businesses are heavily weighed down by seasonality, oevrhead, insurance costs, shrinking margins, high labor costs, inventory, geographic and demographic limitations, time restraints and competition. The heavier, the business, the more energy (power) and work is required by the oentrepreneur who thinks he owns the business. So his power to weight ratio is not great. When he gets tired or sick or when he loses key employees or large clients, he reaches down between his knees and grabs the pull handle of his ejection seat, because like 90% of other small business, his plane is going down.

Optimize your energy and shift your power to weight ratio to that of a high performance, lightning fast, vicious stealth fighter by shedding the weight and drag of overhead, risk, cost and limitations through the power of Joint Ventures. Turn all your income into 100% pure profit. Joint Venture Brokers make more profit with one, simple phone call than many entrepreneurs make in two weeks of hard work in the trenches.

Replace your old Sopwith Camel with an F-22 Raptor. Soar to new heights and strike any market, anywhere, with impunity and maximum effect. Joint Venture technology is profound in its simplicity. I run my JV brokerage business with no overhead, employees, restraints, costs, inventory or limitations, and a 100% profit margin, and so can you. You will never do business the same way again. For training, support, membership and more, visit www.DollarMakers.com now.

Robin J. Elliott

Choose the Right Joint Venture Partner

2007-04-10T07:06:00.000-07:00

You will meet five different JV partner types in the sea of business. Only one is the right one. Choose carefully.

1. Some people will always be standing on the deck, the dock, or the diving board, waiting, hesitating, and procrastinating before they get into the ocean. They promise and prepare endlessly, but they never take the plunge. If you look at their history, you will find that they’re usually of the employee mindset and they have never really committed to anything. They’re gutless. Walk away.

2. Some will always be struggling and battling in the water, moving from problem to problem. They let their family and personal lives contaminate their business. They will always be in trouble, always complaining and always being hit by another wave. Always overwhelmed and panicking. Victims. You can’t help them or change them; move on.

3. Some will be “surfer boys”, finding the latest fad to ride, spending money and promising the world until they find the next one – the wave moves on. They’re usually seminar junkies and they buy every course that comes along and never implement the information. They jump from one thing to the next, like children getting new toys, losing interest fast and avoiding work and commitment. Not good.

4. Some with be rudderless, getting pushed this way and that by the currents and the weather of life and business, never taking control, politically correct, weak, impotent and usually passive aggressive. They’re not driven or ambitious and they always take the easy route. A typical scenario is men who are financially supported by their wives or rich kids with a trust fund. They like titles and avoid goal setting like the plague. Not a good choice for you.

5. Then you get the sailors, who are ideal JV partners. These people adjust their sails to the wind and go exactly where they want to go. They are goal directed and they take responsibility for their lives and their business success. They are skilled, determined, and flexible, and they achieve success regardless of their circumstances. They have a track record of accomplishments. They are the right people to work with.

Robin J Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Why You Don't Want to Work with a 'Nice Guy'

2007-04-09T13:31:00.001-07:00

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The Prophet of Profit Robin J. Elliott pushes your buttons by really telling you why working with a 'Nice Guy' isn't always in your best interest. Find out what you need from a Joint Venture Partner to really make things happen, make money, make passive income, and come out in a Win/Win for everyone involved.

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Imagine…

2007-04-05T20:37:00.000-07:00

I was catatonic in the shower, just staring at the wall tiles and thinking – not a new experience, as I am wont to get stuck in my head on a regular occasion – while the water poured over me. I remembered when we landed in Canada as new immigrants with four suitcases and some money ten years ago. We’d never been to Canada before and we came because statistically, Canada is the best country to live in in the world, and Vancouver the best city in the world to live. It has since dropped to third place after Lausanne and Bern in Switzerland, largely because of the traffic. We’d never been to Canada before and we knew not a living soul. I was about to turn 45 and we were excited to start a new life. In retrospect, it was the right decision, no question about it.

We took the first month off, then incorporated the business, printed flyers, and business cards and started joint venturing. Within three months, we had a livable income. Now the reason for my trance in the shower was that I imagined what would have happened had I met myself at that time. Imagine if this balding, 54 year old character had sidled up and said, “Hey, Robin, I’m Robin. This is what I can do for you: I will link you up with over 500 people in nine different countries that want to do JV’s with you and pay you. They have all agreed to abide by our code of business ethics and the dishonest ones get fired, plus they understand JV’s, unlike 99% of the owners of small and medium-sized businesses.

I will give you all the tools, support, local meetings, conventions, conference calls, training, access and help you need to create a livable passive income with no cost or risk and very little time. In fact, if you work hard, you can retire in two years. Everything you need is available to you – tried, tested, and proven in this new culture in this new country. You don’t have to waste time or money or find out what doesn’t work. You don’t need to kiss so many frogs to find princes; we have a whole stable of them. You don’t have to interview hundreds of losers and posers and conmen – I can fast track your career as a JV Broker. All the resources you could ever need are already available to you right now through JV’s with hundreds of other Members. All for a thousand dollars.” In fact, you can get it all through our Home Study Program for only $597, including your own website, ready-made JV’s and all you need to succeed magnificently.”

What do you think my response would have been? What’s yours? Of all the no brainers, this is the biggest. The only people who would shun this opportunity are either so negatively conditioned, cynical, and pessimistic that they are condemned to mediocrity and frustration, or people who don’t need more money. Those with an IQ over 100 and an iota of optimism and self-esteem grab the opportunity like a fluttering thousand dollar bill on a windy day on a busy street. As Mr. Frost told us, “Two roads diverged in a wood…” Choose. Today. While you still can. For more information, visit www.DollarMakers.com

Robin J. Elliott

Love Traveling?

2007-04-04T23:06:00.000-07:00

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Drag Queens, Elvis Impersonators, and Sports Fanatics vs. The Real Thing.

2007-04-04T09:59:00.000-07:00

Rika recently attended a great Red Hat event and had lots of fun. They had an Elvis impersonator doing his thang and everyone enjoyed themselves. Which made me wonder why so many of us live vicariously through other people and wear our carefully crafted outfits and masks. Like the fool I met in a Scottish quilt at an event. I asked him when he had immigrated from Scotland and he revealed that he was born and bred in Canada and had never even been out of the country. Why not be proud of your own country, instead of pretending to be a Scot? Nothing wrong with Scots – I’m an Elliott – but I’m not Scottish, am I? Do you think so little of yourself and your own identity that you have to pretend to be someone else?

When I was 20 years old I asked my older German friend, Klaus, what he thought about pornography. He replied, “Robin, I don’t watch other people – I do or I don’t do.” I have never forgotten that simple, yet profound advice. When his sports team wins, the fanatic shouts jubilantly, “WE won!” And when the team loses, this couch potato simpers, “THEY lost”. He is not a creator or a participant. He lives vicariously through “his” sports team. He is too weak and insipid to play the sport so he gives advice from the sidelines. People live their lives through their children, their elected officials, their groups, service clubs, and cults – why not live your OWN life and be yourself?

There’s nothing wrong with belonging and being proud of your associations, enjoying your sports team and supporting your church. It’s when your own identity gets suppressed and put on hold for the “greater good” or when your self-esteem is so low that you only feel important by association. Be proud of whom you are. Stand up for what you believe in. Be an individual. Create your own reality and success. Take off the costumes, disguises, wigs and false personas. Balding men who grow ponytails and beards and use comb-overs to avoid reality, and aging female realtors who have fifteen year old photos of themselves on their business cards are a good example of a poor self-image. Reject the collectivism in our society and be an individual.

Ayn Rand said, "Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone." A great book (my personal all-time favorite) that will help you to take back your life is Atlas Shrugged

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

The Power of the Mastermind in Joint Ventures

2007-04-04T08:12:00.000-07:00

Napoleon Hill clearly described the remarkable power of the Mastermind in his “Think and Grow Rich” classic. The most important ingredients in the group were honestly, integrity, common goals and values, and relationship. That automatically precludes people who don’t know one another well from thinking they’re in a Mastermind, simply because they paid someone a hefty fee to join the club. Those involved have to be winners, not losers, or passengers.

By combining our disparate frames of reference, personality styles, intelligence, experience, skills, knowledge, training, and insights, we all become geniuses. Alone, it’s hard to achieve certain goals, but together, we can do amazing things. By combining our resources, we become an unstoppable force. Many years ago, Someone changed the world with only twelve disciples. You don’t need a large group of mediocre wanna-be’s; you need a GOOD group of winners with ethical, exciting and compelling vision in order to make your Mastermind to work.

The DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum provides a wonderful resource for Members who want to form their own Mastermind groups: a huge pool of people to choose from, all with a common understanding of reciprocity and value through Joint Ventures, combined with the capitalist philosophy. By being very selective, doing your due diligence, and testing the water before committing to a long-term relationship, you can find the ideal Forum Members to join with you in this powerful Mastermind process.

Our local Chapter Meetings are an expression of the Mastermind, and function in much the same way, only on a less structured, less formal basis. This is a great training ground. Out of these groups, Members can form their own personal, intimate, Mastermind groups. Make sure you share the same values, ideals, goals, ethics and morals before you finalize your selection of Mastermind Members. Read everything Napoleon Hill teaches about masterminds (be very careful where you obtain your information – I would stick to Mr. Hill.) Our Members have all agreed to abide by our Code of Ethics and all agree with the principle of JV’s and reciprocity, so you’re off to a flying start.

The Dollarmakers Management Team is a great example of a successful, functioning Mastermind with common goals, ethics, and values. Talk is cheap, but money buys the whiskey, so judge us by our results. As an iNTj (Meyers Briggs) myself, I was pleased to find the following, which you will find useful: Click here.
Self-analysis can put us in a position to complement our weaknesses and profit from our strengths in the Mastermind context. We need different personality styles to make it work optimally. There is no right or wrong type; we strive to find the right COMBINATION of characters to make the Mastermind work. Click here to see my profile.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

The Easy Way to Win with Joint Ventures

2007-04-03T07:14:00.000-07:00

Imagine you at Club Med. Azure ocean, white sand, swaying palms. But you have been locked in small, dark, smelly a room with brick walls. Outside, resting in a deckchair and sipping ice-cold pina coladas, there is a courier waiting for you with ten million dollars if you can get out of the room within 24 hours. Your dreams are waiting for you just beyond the walls of your prison, and you have 24 hours to change your life. You are armed with a heavy, strong steel hammer.

At which point will you take action and start breaking a hole through the wall? At which point will you decide you need to rest, sleep, or “kick back”? How hard will you work, and how much action will you take? Will you stop when you get a little blister of your hand? Will you whine, “It’s just not fair”? What will it take for you to quit? Will you try to call the government or your mommy to help you? Will you start blaming George Bush, your parents and the dog next door for your predicament, or will you enthusiastically smash away at that wall with gusto and passion, knowing that you will work hard for two days to live the rest of your life in luxury?

We have limited time and unlimited opportunities. We have all the tools we need and all the support required to make our dreams come true. There is an abundance of money, fun, success, and happiness to be had for those few who are determined, persistent, hard working and focused. We’re all in our own little prisons, and we all have the opportunity to get out and skip along the beach with more money than we need. DollarMakers offers you the hammer and the opportunity, but you have to break your walls down. Those walls of conditioning, skepticism, pessimism, pride, and scarcity thinking have to come down, and we have limited time.

In my twenty years of business experience, I have found that your success is not determined by your education, age, circumstances or background, but by your attitude, beliefs and level of motivation. After all, if you didn’t believe that courier was sitting outside your cell with ten million dollars and you enjoyed the dank, cold closet because you could smoke putrid cigarettes and sleep without disturbance, why would you even pick that hammer up? The fact is that persistent, unwavering, and consistent action gets remarkable results. Dogged determination and steadfast commitment make you unstoppable and guarantee your success.

I created a special DVD recently to help you achieve a bulletproof mindset that will turn you into a force to be reckoned with. You will become the hammer. For more information, Click here now.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

How to Increase your Confidence doing Joint Ventures.

2007-04-02T16:23:00.001-07:00

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The Prophet of Profit Robin J. Elliott shares the best way to increase your confidence all the time, when doing joint ventures. He lists the proven steps to greater confidence in any JV, and really hammers home what it takes to succeed!

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Important Announcement

2007-04-01T13:16:00.000-07:00

We are proud to announce the new DollarMakers Joint Venture Coaching Program.
This is only available to DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum Members who have completed Bootcamp 101 or the Home Study Program and not every application will be accepted. The first 13 Proteges are already on board.
We congratulate Member Brandon Roe on his appointment to this important function and we look forward to a long, productive, happy, and prosperous JV relationship.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Step Two for You

2007-03-28T10:37:00.000-07:00

There’s a story about a kid who claims that elves get into his room at night and steal his underpants. His parents don’t believe him, but he insists, so they agree to hide in his room and await the mischievous elves. Eventually, around midnight, a motley band of elves climbs stealthily through the open window and commences to steal the boy’s underpants out of his bottom drawer.

The father steps up and asks the head elf why they’re stealing the underpants, and the elf replies that it’s a new business that the elves have started. “But how can you make money by stealing underpants?” asks the bewildered dad. “Oh, we have a business plan”, replies the pompous elf, “Step 1 – steal underpants. Step 3 – make a profit.”

This is typical of many entrepreneurs. They discount the second step, which is HOW to make the profit, and they deny the possibility of a few failures along the way. Imagine a girl who gets a brand new, pink bicycle for her ninth birthday. She gets on, falls off, and throws the bike on the garbage dump. Guess what? 65% of the new Joint Ventures you try will fail, and you will fail more often in the beginning, until you learn the ropes. When you fall off the bicycle, get back on, until you learn to ride. Attending a seminar and reading a book is getting the bike. Then you have to implement the steps and learn by doing.

At DollarMakers, we have many support systems in place, including Members Meetings, Bootcamp 202, access to other Members and more. Since the start of Forum two years ago, I have been searching in vain for someone who is capable of providing coaching lessons to Members who have attended one of my Bootcamps, or used the Home Study Program. I interviewed many people who knew more about nuclear physics and the sex life of goldfish than business or Joint Ventures, and most of them are simply posers without any real substance. This I a high trust position and I did a lot of due diligence with each application. You would be shocked at the amount of losers out there masquerading as coaches.

I am elated to tell you, dear Reader, that my patience and uncompromising standards has finally paid off! I have found a fantastic, highly trained and experienced coach, who has designed the ultimate DollarMakers JV Coaching Program. He can describe and present the process better than I can, so I won’t try. Suffice to say I highly recommend and endorse his services. Step TWO is now available and I am very excited about it. Now there is someone to help you ride that bike like the wind. This is a great relief to me because I know those Members who choose to use this program are going to receive excellent support and guidance with a proven system from a true professional. For more information, you can e mail me.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

The Power of Free in Any JV

2007-03-28T07:52:00.000-07:00

When people ask me, “Robin, why do you arrange to have all your events, flights, marketing, services and products paid for and financed by people on commission and sponsors?” I reply that, while I can easily afford to pay for these services, this is the ideal way to get leverage and commitment from others. Think about it: if you paid for a speaking venue and costs, and the only way for you to recover your investment was through filling the room with people, would you put a little extra effort in to do that? There is method in my madness.

People need “skin in the game” so that they are motivated to take massive, focused action. The difference between an employee and a commission - only salesperson is commitment. Most employees have a sense of entitlement and do just enough to keep their jobs. New brooms sweep clean. I would never hire an employee if there was any way to avoid it. They want more and more and generally produce less and less. The longer they have the job, the less afraid they are of losing it, and the more they take advantage and cut corners. People appreciate what they pay for. Easy come, easy go. You are more likely to read a book that you buy than a book that someone gives you. Put people on the line, get leverage, give them a generous piece of the action, and make them responsible. It’s called a Joint Venture.

When my son asked me for some money, many years ago, I answered, “You can have as much as you want – all you have to do is earn it.” At the age of fourteen, he was earning more than his teacher. As entrepreneurs who specialize in creating wealth through Joint Ventures, we should practice what we preach. Anyone can buy advertising space and risk money, and it’s the easy way. Sometimes, this is a good way to go. Usually, though, a better way is to get a whole bunch of people seriously committed to helping you achieve a common goal, knowing that you will share the spoils. Together, we accomplish amazing things. Pay for results, not promises. And be generous.

When you ask yourself, “How can I get this product or service ‘for free’?” you force your mind to think in terms of a JV. You push your brain to figure out reciprocity, sharing, common goals, underutilized assets and leverage. By partnering up with people who have a vested interest in the success of any project, you share the load, heighten the possibilities, and expand the resources available to achieve the common goal. You create multiple Mastermind situations and teams and relationships where previously there were none, and you stimulate creative, out-of-the-box thinking. A strategic alliance undergirds a process or an endeavor. Unity is strength. Many hands make light work. Also, the slackers, chancers, and losers will stay away, because they are usually (not always) aware of their slothfulness and impotence. Strong, self-confident people prefer to be paid for results, because they believe in themselves. Those are the ideal JV partners.

Some time ago, an acquaintance of mine told me that he met someone in another country who claims to “know” me, and they agreed that “Robin doesn’t pay for anything.” Their conspiratorial understanding was that “Robin is cheap”. First, if they really knew me, they would know that I am generous and inclusive. Second, they revealed their own lack of understanding, which is evident in their mediocre, stumbling businesses. Thirdly, they exposed their passive aggression, envy and jealousy. If I tell people do business with “No money and no risk” and if I don’t practice what I preach, I am the same as many other seminar leaders, with no congruency and no credibility. I prefer to walk my talk. Follow the tongue in my shoe, not the tongue in my mouth. Do as I do, not as I say. Robinize your business. (See the “Robinize” article on my Blog, www.RobinJElliott.com)

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

2007-03-27T05:50:00.000-07:00

"Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass." - Paul J. Meyer.