In this big World of ours, sometimes we think what ever we do "really doesn't matter."
But it really does, because if everyone knew how much a difference they can make, the whole world could change for the better.
For an example. Let's say we discover a certain food to cause cancer yet the FDA decides not to make the company stop selling that food because there are not enough tests done for them to do so as of yet. But yet x amount of reliable tests show this certain food causes cancer. Now, what if you decided not to buy that type of food. Let's call this food Toadflakes for the fun of it.
So you go to the store and for the past few years you loved your Toadflakes. Toadflakes taste mighty good after all! But this time you decide you're going to make a change and not buy Toadflakes. Matter of fact, you have decided not to buy Toadflakes any more! Not only that, you tell your loved ones and your friends who you care about why you are never going to buy Toadflakes again. In doing so, they also decide not to buy Toadflakes and also pass the word alone.
Soon, Toadflakes Inc. sells so little, they find it no longer profitable and go out of business. YOU have just made a difference! I know what you're saying...but no body will change just because I stop buying Toadflakes...well now let's examine that for a minute.
Let's take an example of how a product or service grows. Is it not because of word of mouth? Let's face it, no matter how great the marketing and advertising is of a product, in the long run if that product is not accepted by enough people, that product will no longer be offered! Simple as that, and yes it works in reverse too.
YOU CAN make a difference. Just make it a positive difference by the choices you make.
I wish you more Wealth and Riches in your life,
Dexter
P.S. Please leave me your comments and thoughts.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Cage Free? See for yourself in this video I made
The pictures above are a Cage Free? Farm...
It all started with me watching Oprah about the egg industry and seeing how chickens are abused by being in small cages stacked on top of one another laying eggs for our benefit. Oprah suggested we buy Cage Free or Range Free eggs only to support the right treatment of animals. I was all for it. A great idea!
Until I ran across this article today: Don't be misled by these food label tricks Especially the article saying that not all packages of eggs that say Cage Free or Range free are what we expect it to be...
Watch the video and see actual pictures of a near by "cage free farm" that I decided to go check out myself. The farm will go unnamed so I will not be sued.
There's some additional information I discovered after making this video. After inspecting the egg carton, I see stamped on it is a certified stamp by United Egg Producers. It says "Produced in Compliance with United Egg Producers Animal Husbandry Guidelines www.uepcertified.com " After reading the information on this site, I'm convinced their idea of humane treatment of chickens and mine are totally different.
So, what does this have to do with Wealth and Riches? The point is, if I'm spending almost three times the amount of money for eggs to support the cage free chicken/egg industry that's what I want my money to go to as I'm sure you are the same way.
Enjoy the video and please leave me your comments below.
Wishing you more Wealth and Riches in your life.
Dexter
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Forgive Debt
Debt, it can be something when we are in debt and when others are in our debt.
Just a suggestion that I have adopted into my life many years ago.
NEVER loan money to friends and family...not at least if you value them.
Either GIVE them the money they need, or don't; but don't ever loan them it.
If they can't repay, it can cause them to feel guilty and cause them to avoid you even. There goes the relationship! All over money.
But when you GIVE them money, make sure they know it's a gift and make sure you know that it's a gift. Gifts never have to be paid back. The relationship stays strong and that's what really is important, even more important than money.
Wishing for you more Wealth and Riches in your life!
Dexter
Saturday, January 23, 2010
The Secret of Leverage
Leverage really is not a secret, but it seems it is; because so few use it.
But to those who do understand and use it, they greatly benefit from leverage.
Jim Rohn said "Profits are better than wages". Here's his video on it:
Dexter
Let's talk more about being in business for yourself and using leverage.
Let's say you're a barber. Let's also assume you're a popular barber and you're busy cutting hair all the time.
So lets say you cut hair 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
It's takes you on average 1/2 hour to do each person at $12.00 per head and your average tip is $3.00 per person, so that's $30 an hour x 8 hours = $240.00 a day x 5 days a week = $1200 x 4 weeks= $4800 a month or $57,600 a year. That's a nice income for a years work. $57,600 would be gross before overhead and other expenses.
The only way to make more money for yourself would be to cut more people's hair in a years time.
Now, let's say you get tired of cutting people's hair and standing on your feet all day. Your fingers and arms hurt and so do your feet. What would be a better way?
How about you take your savings and invest in a place that has just 3 barber stalls and you rent each stall out for $350 a month to 3 self employed barbers.
$350 a month x 3 stalls = $1050 a month gross. Not bad, but no where near the $4800 you were making cutting your yourself.
So instead of just one place, you buy 10 with 3 stalls each only.
Now we are looking at $10,500 a month income. Now we are talking! You have just about doubled your income without having to stand on your feet all day cutting greasy hair. But you did have to invest a lot of money into each building and you have to manage each buildings repairs and collect the rent each month from each barber and make sure all the stalls stay rented to continue your cash flow.
What if though you didn't have a lot of money to buy 10 properties at say $150,000 each on average? What then?
What you need is a better way to leverage your time and money.
What you need is something similar but without the large overhead.
This is where the idea of MLM or MultiLevel Marketing comes into play.
Low start up. From $40 to $1000(instead of $150,000 to $1,500,0000
Low overhead and everyone is self employed working together with you as a team to help each other grow and profit.
This is leverage at its best!
Please watch this video by Randy Gage to learn more about Multilevel Marketing before reading on: www.checkoutthebiz.com
Introducing Young Living. More than a MLM company with products. Rather a lifestyle of health.
Everyone wins in Young Living!! You can intertwine the business with your daily activities, so it's like investing $100 a month in products that will keep you and your family healthy, and then find 6 other people and ask them to do the same. Once you find 6 that will invest $100 a month, you will actually get a bonus ...check for $100, so your products will essentially be free. Teach at least 2 of these 6 to do the same thing so they can get their $100 bonus, and you will get a $500 bonus check. These bonus checks are every month, by the way, as long as there are 6 people that invest, of course.
With MLM you are leveraging not only your money but your time. Because just like a savings account that has compound interest to make your money multiply over time, the same when you invest your time in a good solid MLM business.
When your team multiplies over and over, it just keeps getting larger over time.
To study the comp. plan and the products of Young Living simply go to www.youngliving.com
Remember:
"Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life – facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential." -- John Amatt
Wishing you more adventures and Wealth and Riches in your life!
But to those who do understand and use it, they greatly benefit from leverage.
Jim Rohn said "Profits are better than wages". Here's his video on it:
Dexter
Let's talk more about being in business for yourself and using leverage.
Let's say you're a barber. Let's also assume you're a popular barber and you're busy cutting hair all the time.
So lets say you cut hair 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
It's takes you on average 1/2 hour to do each person at $12.00 per head and your average tip is $3.00 per person, so that's $30 an hour x 8 hours = $240.00 a day x 5 days a week = $1200 x 4 weeks= $4800 a month or $57,600 a year. That's a nice income for a years work. $57,600 would be gross before overhead and other expenses.
The only way to make more money for yourself would be to cut more people's hair in a years time.
Now, let's say you get tired of cutting people's hair and standing on your feet all day. Your fingers and arms hurt and so do your feet. What would be a better way?
How about you take your savings and invest in a place that has just 3 barber stalls and you rent each stall out for $350 a month to 3 self employed barbers.
$350 a month x 3 stalls = $1050 a month gross. Not bad, but no where near the $4800 you were making cutting your yourself.
So instead of just one place, you buy 10 with 3 stalls each only.
Now we are looking at $10,500 a month income. Now we are talking! You have just about doubled your income without having to stand on your feet all day cutting greasy hair. But you did have to invest a lot of money into each building and you have to manage each buildings repairs and collect the rent each month from each barber and make sure all the stalls stay rented to continue your cash flow.
What if though you didn't have a lot of money to buy 10 properties at say $150,000 each on average? What then?
What you need is a better way to leverage your time and money.
What you need is something similar but without the large overhead.
This is where the idea of MLM or MultiLevel Marketing comes into play.
Low start up. From $40 to $1000(instead of $150,000 to $1,500,0000
Low overhead and everyone is self employed working together with you as a team to help each other grow and profit.
This is leverage at its best!
Please watch this video by Randy Gage to learn more about Multilevel Marketing before reading on: www.checkoutthebiz.com
Introducing Young Living. More than a MLM company with products. Rather a lifestyle of health.
Everyone wins in Young Living!! You can intertwine the business with your daily activities, so it's like investing $100 a month in products that will keep you and your family healthy, and then find 6 other people and ask them to do the same. Once you find 6 that will invest $100 a month, you will actually get a bonus ...check for $100, so your products will essentially be free. Teach at least 2 of these 6 to do the same thing so they can get their $100 bonus, and you will get a $500 bonus check. These bonus checks are every month, by the way, as long as there are 6 people that invest, of course.
With MLM you are leveraging not only your money but your time. Because just like a savings account that has compound interest to make your money multiply over time, the same when you invest your time in a good solid MLM business.
When your team multiplies over and over, it just keeps getting larger over time.
To study the comp. plan and the products of Young Living simply go to www.youngliving.com
Remember:
"Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life – facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential." -- John Amatt
Wishing you more adventures and Wealth and Riches in your life!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
12 Angry Jurors
Our friend Mike invited us to a live drama 12 Angry Jurors, at the York Little Theatre.
I haven't been to a live drama since I was 17 years old.
It was a very good story and great acting. Three acts in all.
Nice to get out and do soemthing new.
I used to be in some Middle School and High school plays and it was a lot of fun.
Now that I have a taste for the Theatre again, I have a vision of going to see some type of major production in New York. I might as well take advantage of being close to NY!
Thanks Mike for the evening out!
More Wealth and Riches.
Dexter
Saturday, January 16, 2010
It's never too late
If you're reading this now, it's never too late to do something!
Listen to the recording below:
You see, you got to get on up from that chair, from that couch; from that bed and get out and do something to have or be what you are to have and/or be!
You're never too young or too old to make your dreams come true.
Stop making excuses and start with your plans and get going!
There's always plenty of excuses for failure, but there are none for success.
You are great!
More Wealth and Riches to you!
Dexter
Listen to the recording below:
You see, you got to get on up from that chair, from that couch; from that bed and get out and do something to have or be what you are to have and/or be!
You're never too young or too old to make your dreams come true.
Stop making excuses and start with your plans and get going!
There's always plenty of excuses for failure, but there are none for success.
You are great!
More Wealth and Riches to you!
Dexter
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Goals
Goals, they are like exercise it seems. We all know we should do it, but usually put it off until the negative effects have taken their toll.
But how can we motivate ourselves to create personal goals for 2010 or any year for that matter? What can we do to actually create and write down our goals?
"A person without a goal is like a ship without a rudder." -- Denis Waitley
"Look for role models who have succeeded in achieving goals similar to your own – individuals with whom you can personally identify." -- Denis Waitley
Only three percent of adults have written goals, and everyone else works for them.
-- Brian Tracy
I believe you can see and hopefully be inspired to write down your goals starting NOW. Once you have them written down, you'll need to break them into workable steps with dates so you can take action on going towards each goal. Without action, your goal is only a dream. With action your dream is a workable and achievable goal!
Once you have your goals written down view them at least twice a day and work towards them at least five days a week until you have reached them.
One more quote to keep in mind after you have written down your goals:
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
More Wealth and Riches in your life!
Dexter
But how can we motivate ourselves to create personal goals for 2010 or any year for that matter? What can we do to actually create and write down our goals?
"A person without a goal is like a ship without a rudder." -- Denis Waitley
"Look for role models who have succeeded in achieving goals similar to your own – individuals with whom you can personally identify." -- Denis Waitley
Only three percent of adults have written goals, and everyone else works for them.
-- Brian Tracy
I believe you can see and hopefully be inspired to write down your goals starting NOW. Once you have them written down, you'll need to break them into workable steps with dates so you can take action on going towards each goal. Without action, your goal is only a dream. With action your dream is a workable and achievable goal!
Once you have your goals written down view them at least twice a day and work towards them at least five days a week until you have reached them.
One more quote to keep in mind after you have written down your goals:
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
More Wealth and Riches in your life!
Dexter
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