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14 Truths To A Life Of Financial Wisdom – Posted by Kary Rogney

Posted by Larry Pollock on Aug 3, 2010 in Money | 1 comment

We’ve all heard it before. Our issue is discipline. We don’t like the idea of being hemmed in or not having that instant gratification.

Yet we complain about our lack of funds or our inability to get ahead. It’s all quite simple really. Have a plan, work the plan.

Kary Rogney has put together a great post with information you should copy and keep. Then start implementing the plan. There is no way to arrive at a goal without a plan or acting on that plan. He does mention that he’s not going to lecture on getting a Network Marketing business or other ways of creating additional streams of income. But after sitting down with Kary at his home in Oregon I know that he will cover that too. We all need to stretch ourselves and do that 5% more than others around us are doing. It can make all the difference and having more than one source of income is great, if not needed today

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Creating Income in the new world. Where do we go from here?

Posted by Larry Pollock on Aug 2, 2010 in Entrepreneur | 4 comments

Let me say right up front; I don’t have all the answers. So if you are looking for the end all and definitive solution, keep moving, it’s not here…

I do have some thoughts on the subject having been independent a great portion of my adult life.

Where do we go from here?

To start answering that question we have to look at the world in a new way. Not the myopic view of the country you live in and chasing the job market. We need to boldly look up and at the whole planet. That is the new playground and there are some large and rapidly growing markets. No, it’s not in the United States. More like “across the pond” to the west.

Yes, that’s it. China, good… India, yes. In fact, it’s all over the world in places I have never been. There’s a lot of talk about “Emerging Markets”. I say the afore mentioned list has emerged and is on a role!

Does that scare you? Do you feel like America is on the wane? Does the thought of change cause you to retreat or freeze up. The changing job market in the U.S. is placing a lot of folks in turmoil. Where to we you turn? What’s next?

I am reminded of a skit Dan Akroyd did some time back called “Worst Cast Scenario Inc”. The premise was a company that you could call and ask about the worst thing that could happen if you did X. After a lengthy list of scarey possibilities the client would ask: “What if I did the opposite of X?”. Of course another equally frightful list of worst cases was issued forth. I think this is how the mind works for many folks. They want to do X but feel that whatever they do they will fail, bad things will befall them or  some imagined great pain or loss. Now they freeze up and do nothing. That in itself is a choice too. One where the world happens to you rather than you acting on the world as you know it.

Some facts: No mater which of the 3 choices you make, do, retreat to the old way of living (if you can), or do nothing, there is uncertainty. No one knows the future. It is fluid and being created as I write and you read. There are no guarantees of success dreamed of. Hoping and wishing will get you just more of same. Making no choice is still a choice in itself.

So, where do we go from here?

In my humble opinion we look up, gaze at the world as a whole and then each market individually. We get back our sense of adventure and innovation. We make a firm decision to keep moving forward and looking for opportunity. Forget the past, quit looking for the old job to come back. Take our collective eyes off the headlights coming at us, and move off the road before we get run over. We need to get people unstuck.

It was good to teach children to be good employees in the early part of the Industrial Age. It made sense. That no longer serves our children and the children to come. They need to be encouraged to be innovative, creative, become global problem solvers and providers of solutions.

We also need to quit listening to the nay sayers who make their living stirring the pot. Controversy , often blown up for the purpose of getting callers or readers needs to stop. We can stop it when we quit, as a whole culture, tuning in to that junk.

The future is what we create it to be. America can provide the solutions to environmental issues, energy, housing, natural and organic food production and more. This could be a huge list. There is a lot be be done on the planet. If we don’t do it, someone else will provide for that and get paid well to do so. We will be buying those solutions from them as well.

We can also participate in the global economy online. Affiliate programs, network marketing, online education via millions of individuals who can teach what they know. These are just a few things that are available right now to help anyone who is fed up and tired of the way things are.

Stop listening to those who say “You Can’t” or “Or that’s a stupid idea”. Gary Vaynerchuk would say “Do what you love to do, live your passion”. Not everyone is going to agree with you. You have to agree with yourself. Stop doing the thing(s) that are making you miserable.

We get excited when we are involved with new things. OK, so there is a bit of trepidation and maybe some fear. That’s natural. Remember when you first met your partner or dated someone exciting? You didn’t seem to need much sleep and your energy was up. The same thing is true when you are doing what you love and are truly and deeply excited about.

I will continue this thought in another post. I may revisit it from time to time. It helps to remind me of where I need to focus and let go of what is not serving me anymore.

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