Clean Slate

Another year has passed us with many ups and downs. 2010 saw success, failure and lessons learned. I think it is important to reflect on the past year. Be grateful for the things that went right and even more grateful for the things that went wrong. Take some time out of your day today to write in a journal on what you experienced this year. It will help you plan for 2011.

Now looking forward, we have a brand new year ahead of us and around this time we are all very ambitious. So many people are making their new years resolutions to get back into shape, to be more productive at work and even to strengthen their relationships with loved ones. What are your resolutions? Put them down on paper.

I suggest you focus on 5 main goals for the year. They can be big or small it doesn't matter but this will build momentum in your life. If you feel like things haven't been going your way up until now then it is time for a new direction.

While we are on the topic of change it is important to remember that what you have accomplish up until now is nothing short of amazing. No one NEEDS to change, we are all perfect the way we are. Now if you are seeking a new direction to ADD to your life then make 2011 the year to do it. Take that trip that you are dying to go on, learn a new skill that you have always wanted to learn, talk to more people, start that new business, do whatever it is you having been putting off up until now. You only get one shot at life, make the most of it and don't hold back. Who cares what other people think of you, if they are busy talking about you they are missing out on their own life!!

Take more risks in 2011, you will be shocked at your results this time next year!

Now I am going to make some predictions for the business world in 2011 if anyone is interested. This is pure speculation none of this is fact because they are predictions...

1) I predict the prices of Gold and Silver to skyrocket this year, Gold to break $1,600 and silver to pass $40. The American economy is full of corruption and financial terrorists, take your savings out and store it in physical gold and silver until things stabilize.

2) You will start to see a huge boom in network marketing towards the spring. There is a huge awareness of our industry growing and people are opening their eyes to new opportunities as more and more jobs disappear. Now is the time to start building residual income!!!!

3) Real estate prices will start to drop, we are approaching the top of a real estate bubble in Canada and once the bubble pops we could see housing prices fall by as much as 40%. This will be a great opportunity for those in the know to pick up some great deals on rental properties!

Start preparing yourself for the coming changes of 2011 so that you can capitalize on the coming opportunities. Financial education is the most important asset we can own. Read read read!

Start with Rich Dad Poor Dad, www.goldsilver.com, www.maxkeiser.com, Jim Rohn (youtube)

Remember information costs, but it pays for itself!

All the best to you in the new year!

No more excuses!

I'm back from a memorable weekend in San Diego. It was my 5th international convention and it was a very special one for me because I was promoted to a new position and walked the stage in front of over 20 thousand people! There is nothing like getting recognition for hard work.

This has been the greatest environment for my development. It has pushed me to grow and overcome my fears. The recognition for that was overwhelming. I will NEVER go back to the corporate job world there is nothing there that stimulates my growth. When I hit my promotion I received tons of phone calls, text messages, high five and hugs from people in my team and people that barely know me. Why would I go back to a place where a promotion means people resent you, talk about you behind your back and are jealous of your accomplishments?!

Even though I am having this success there are always people who will doubt themselves as they watch me grow. They say, well thats nice but I think I don't want to sell, or a I think they are manipulating people or I don't have the ability to sell or talk to people...

What a tragedy. The people that say no to this amazing opportunity are just cheating themselves out of their true potential. Its even more of a shame when someone lets their broke friends, people that have never achieved anything of significance because of their own fear of overcoming their own mind to become great, talk them out of such a life changing opportunity.

Just for the record everyone, the people with sales skills, or public speaking skills do not typically do well in this industry. I am looking for the people with no skills who just have a desire to experience a new direction in their life. A direction that will bring them new skills, new friends, travel to places they have never seen before etc..

What will it take for people to wake up and realize that your company does NOT care about your personal development. They WILL discard you when they figure out how your job can be replaced by technology or they find someone who is willing to do your job for less pay.

I have a friend who has 7 PhD's, yes 7! He was recently fired from is job and is unemployed right now.

Do you think going back to school is the answer? Think again, school teaches you how to be broke and takes your money to do it.

Have you ever the story of the sower and the reaper? The sower is the laborer who works the fields of the reaper every day and the reaper takes all the reward. Now some of us like the people who have partnered with me, are sowing our own fields. Unfortunately 97% of the population is sowing the fields of someone else and funding their bosses dreams because they believe there is no other way.

Here's the bottom line... I don't care if you are sick, your tired from work or you find it uncomfortable to hand someone a DVD and say "would you put this into your dvd player and watch this" ( Like that takes a PhD), you all have the potential inside of you to be great. To achieve things you would never even dream possible, to live the lifestyle you deserve! Just drop all of those excuses (because that's all that they are is excuses) because it will be much more uncomfortable to be broke and living paycheck to paycheck.

As Greg Provenzano so powerfully says, " You need to start living the life that you deserve... RIGHT NOW!"

Breaking Through

"Success is not something you pursue, success is something you attract by becoming attractive..." Jim Rohn

For the past few months I was having a tough time building momentum in my businesses. I was so focused on trying to get success that I forgot that the only way to have success is to attract it. Once I switched my focus back to gratitude and helping others achieve their goals, the success started to flow to me.

Here is the lesson, go to work on yourself. Be the type of person that people want to do business with. If that means that you need to change some personality traits, then do it! Be more social, be more caring, listen more and talk less. Once you start regularly practicing these actions, they will become habit. When they become habit they will be ingrained in your personality.

You will notice that as you become a more attractive person more and more people will start to talk about you in a positive light. This will build your reputation in the business world and then you will gain the most important thing in business... TRUST.

The other HUGE factor to my recent success has been showing gratitude. Understand that the universe is conspiring to your benefit so everything that is happening to you is happening for a reason. Always express gratitude for all the things that are going right in your life, and ask for strength to handle the challenges. Once you start expressing gratitude you will notice that you will attract more and more abundance. For me, it usually takes only a few minutes for things to start appearing for me. It's getting ridiculous!!! Who knows what we can attract next!!

Graduation

Last Wednesday was my university graduation. I put on a robe and hat and received my $50,000 piece of paper. There were speeches from the figureheads at the university encouraging us to pursue our dreams and to stand out from the crowd... Kind of ironic that as I looked around the auditorium I saw a ton of depressed faces because they all realized the same thing. We graduated, but now what? The dream jobs with the huge salaries that we were made to believe existed really did not. All of these people will fight each other for a job and enter the rat race in hopes of just making enough money to pay their bills at the end of the month. Some were talking about returning to school to donate more money to this broken system only to end up in the same situation... More letters behind their name but still making ends meet. Wake up.

School is not the answer in 2010. We are in an age where if you don't work for yourself you are simply a slave to a business owner who is realizing his dream of financial freedom. We don't need more employees, we need people to separate themselves from the 97% and create businesses that will contribute to society.

School does not teach you how to become financially free, this type of education can only be achieved by learning from someone who has done it before. Start your own businesses, make mistakes and learn hard lessons.

I love it when people tell me that they are going to school for business because they want to own their own business some day. How are you going to learn business from a textbook and a professor who is not a business but simply an employee.

Too many people are brainwashed by the old mentality of go to school get a job and save your money in mutual funds. what a joke...

Work on You

It has been quite a while since I last posted on here. I apologize, things have been growing like crazy in my business that I have had to put this on the back burner. I'm back though so here goes...

Today's blog is about working on you. I recently have had a life changing week in my business and personal life. I have been experience tremendous success because I have been building myself as a person rather than focusing entirely on my business.

I started working out again and I feel great! My body is responding with much more energy and my mood has been elevated! My diet is still not the greatest yet but my workouts are inspiring me to improve that. Health is so crucial to your success, when you look good you feel good!

I also met an incredible woman who is inspiring and motivating me to be my best all the time. Can I just say that there is no better way to increase your energy, confidence and overall outlook on life then spending time with the people you most care about! The relationship area of your life will produce the most significant results and will boost every other area of your life. People have been taking notice, I have a more passionate tone in my voice when I discuss the business, my posture has improved dramatically and the intensity and belief in my eyes tells people that I am serious about my success and I am serious in helping them improve their lives as well!

The best advice I can give you is if you want success in business and life go to work on yourself first! Jim Rohn says, "If you go to work on your job you will make a living, but if you go to work on yourself you will make a FORTUNE!" Spend time with the people that make you the happiest and you will see that success will come knocking on your door very very quickly!

I'll try to update these more often, thanks for reading!!

God Bless

Broke vs RIch

I was recently talking to a friend of my brother and he told me to be careful with the industry that I am in. He painted a picture of greed, corruption and failure. He told me that 99% of people fail, that the income potential was not as great as it seems because of the failure rate. He also mentioned that everyone was just looking out for their own bank accounts and no one really cared about anyone else. Do you see the trend here? This person CHOSE to focus on the negative aspects of business, he CHOSE to see the failure as oppose to the success. Apparently he forgot one of the primary rules of the universe... whatever you focus on, expands.

Now I want to outline the mindsets of the broke and the rich from my experience and you tell me where your thoughts are taking you each day.

Broke:

"Everyone is out to get me, they just want to take my money and see me fail for their benefit."

Rich:

"Everyone is conspiring to make me successful, people want to help and guide me without expecting anything in return."

Broke:

"People are losing their jobs, taxes are too high and things are so expensive. I need to find a good job with benefits and a pension!"

Rich:

"The world is an infinitely abundant place, opportunity has never been greater! Now is the time to build a business because "profits are better than wages""Jim Rohn

Broke:

"I wish it were easier! I wish I had less problems!"

Rich:

"Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills" Jim Rohn

Don't listen to the broke people, they can only teach you how to become broke. Choose to focus on the abundance that the world has to offer and all of the opportunity. When I hear that unemployment is on the rise I am ecstatic!! Why? Because people are becoming liberated from their chains and are now looking for opportunities like what I have to offer. People are dreaming again! What the world needs is more entrepreneurs, people who have learned to be self sufficient.

Always focus on the positive in any situation because remember... whatever you focus on... EXPANDS.

People are dreaming again...

WHAT A WEEKEND! Just came back from Charlotte North Carolina for a convention and I am fired up!! The weekend was full of great training, great people and great conversations. I met a ton of new friends and business contacts. Some new announcements were released that will literally change the way we communicate FOREVER. Email me at danielcorreia@acnrep.com if you want details on that..

So today I was out introducing the business to some old friends and I am happy to report that the results are very positive. Another thing that I noticed from conversing with them is that people are starting to dream again!!!! I think the masses are starting to realize that a job is no bringing them the satisfaction they want out of life and they are searching for something more.

One person shared a dream of playing soccer in Italy and living near the beach so that they can play soccer there everyday. I know that she will realize the dream because of her commitment to her dream. She loves the business and I am going to mentor her to the success she truly deserves so that she can live the life that she wants.

If your reading this then do NOT give up on your dreams because of a job. Go after everything you want, make it happen at whatever cost. I will live under a bridge before I give up on this business and that is the attitude you need to adopt to have success in any field your pursuing.

The secret to success is simply take ACTION today!!!! Whatever you want just start to go after it. Take baby steps if you need to but just get your wheels moving!!!

Instant Gratification

We live in a world where we want everything NOW! I am the first to admit that I am guilty of being impatient when it comes to gratification. What I am willing to wait for is financial freedom. Let me introduce to you the magic penny....

If I gave the option of taking one penny doubled for 30 days or 3 million in cash today which would you choose? Many people would take the 3 million cash and think it is the smarter choice. If you work the numbers you see that on day 2 you would have 2 cents, day 3 would produce 4 cents, day 4 would give you 8 cents... by day 15, that's half way through the month, you are still only at $327.67. The 3 million looks like the smarter bet but wait... on day 25 you will have $335,544.31. hmm its getting bigger but still far from the 3 million. Where the magic is really starting to become evident is day 28 where you are over 2.6 million. Now in the final two days you blow the 3 million out of the water and end up with over 10 million on day 30! Still happy with taking the 3 million???

The point I want to make with this is that so many people settle for that 50k a year job because it looks like a large sum of money so they believe that they have succeeded! People take the instant gratification because they are not willing to build a business and stick it out for long enough to see the huge returns!!

There is so much potential that is squandered because people just settle and then stop dreaming. They get bogged down with their day to day routine that they no longer have then energy to pursue what they really wanted out of life.

When you ask a child what they want to be when they grow up do they ever say, " I want to work my way up to middle management" or " I want to be overworked and underpaid!" Absolutely NOT! After we reach a certain age our parents and friends tell us to be "realistic" and just get a job with benefits. No one has ever accomplished anything of significance by being "realistic"

Don't sell your dreams short people, we were all meant to do great things!

100% Responsibility

Let me start this blog by sharing something positive about my week. This week I had a new rep come into the business and another one will be joining later this week! Momentum has arrived!!! I am so excited for these guys starting their journey and I know they will find success!

Ok so today I want to talk about taking responsibility. Let me first make it clear to everyone reading that whatever has happened to you in your life, good or bad, is entirely your fault. You have attracted everything that you currently have into your life. It is only when you accept full responsibility for your circumstances that you will start to see a change. Always remember that your success is your responsibility, no one else's! My parents, God bless them, also have a plan for financial freedom but unfortunately for them it is called the lottery. They have been playing religiously every week for the last 25+ years and still have not won. I figure by the time they win the jackpot will be the equivalent of what they have spent on tickets all these years!

Hoping and wishing is not the way to financial freedom. I have a rep who assures me that they are committed and coachable but more often then not I just get excuses about why they aren't attending events or calling prospects. Let's make it perfectly clear that excuses and blame will keep you a prisoner of mediocrity! Again let's take full responsibility for our success and our lives because remember... When ever you are pointing the finger at somebody else, there are always 3 more fingers pointing back at you...

Goal Setting

Have you set a goal and did not achieve it? I'm sure we can all agree that there is no more demotivating than failing to reach a goal that was important to you. Well the success of the goal depends on how you set it.

Most people set a goal by writing down what they want for example "I want a new car", and then they write down the steps they need to take to get to that new car. This is the most ineffective way to set a goal and it is the reason why most goals are not met!

Start with what you want... Describe it very clearly. If you want a car describe the make, model, colour, all the features you want in it, everything down to the brand of tires on the car. Now that you have a picture of the car in your mind, visualize yourself already having it. Feel your hands gripping the steering wheel as you step on the gas. The visualization is the most important part.

Think of visualization as a seed. Once you plant the seed in your subconscious mind you leave it there to grow. Understand that things don't happen overnight and it takes time for the universe to deliver to you what you ask for. But be certain that it will deliver if you stay committed to your goal.

Next you need to create a reverse timeline. Most people set a regular timeline meaning the select a date and write down all of the things needed to be done before that day arrives. Unfortunately that is not the way to properly set a goal.

Affirmations is the final step. This is a statement to your subconscious mind that propels you to your goal.

I have designed a goal setting template that you can follow to ensure your success.

Email me at danielcorreia@acnrep.com for a free copy!

Take action!

Promoting Events

Last Saturday was the big regional event in Mississauga. There were a few thousand people in attendance, which is fantastic considering it was a long weekend AND caribanna was on.

We heard from leaders in the company on building your business and acquiring customers as well as the story of our company's humble beginnings.

I was able to convince my parents to come out for the first time to see an event. There are the most rotten of rotten apples when it comes to this business. Every day they tell me to quit and just get a "safe secure job with benefits" I don't know about anyone else but giving up a chance at freedom to go to jail is not what I have in mind for my future.

The lesson I want to pass on is that because they attended the event they agreed to support my business with some services. If you knew my parents you would know that this is a great victory!!

Promote events! These events are the secret to success. When people attend an event they see the big picture of the company and the vision of where we are going. These events will be your ticket to a huge downline! Just get good at promoting these events and you will make it to the top of the company, guaranteed!

This business is very simple... Let the people with experience do the hard work. Bring people to the events and you can be certain that they will be excited to make money with you.

The 4 of Clubs

So last night was interesting... one of my mentors likes to compare this business to a deck of cards. Your looking for your aces but you have to go through all of the other cards to get to it.

Last night I came across the 4 of clubs, let me tell you about the 4 of clubs...

The 4 of clubs is excited about the business and wants to set up a meeting. We plan a meeting and I call to confirm a day in advance to make sure its on. It's on, location and time set. My upline and I drive an hour to meet the 4 and guess what? He doesn't show up! Surprise surprise!

I call, I text, I leave a message, I curse a bit, you know the usual response and no word from the 4 of clubs. Lesson: some people lack integrity and those are not the people you want to do business with anyway!

I realized that this was a good thing because a person like that would only be a waste of time and not worth the investment anyway. Always try to make a positive out of every situation. I chatted with the waitress at the restaurant a bit, shared my frustration a bit and she is interested in hearing about the business opportunity. Maybe things happen for a reason...

So I continue the journey, and I am glad to have encountered the 4 of clubs because this experience was nothing more than a deposit on my eventual success!

Keep searching for your aces!!

Trends

Let me start by saying... what a great week! Momentum is your friend ladies and gentlemen!

Found a few more eager people that want to get on board with this incredible opportunity. The ship it setting sail are you going to be on it or just waving at us from the shore???

So let's talk about trends. I was walking through the subway yesterday and I notice the new TTC token machines. Sleek design, very convenient and much quicker! But wait with these machines why will they need employees? They won't and what's going to happen to all of those people once automation takes over our transit system. They will be looking for jobs. Some of them may not have the skills to compete for another job. Guess where all of those people are going to turn to... that's right folks Network Marketing!

We don't discriminate, we don't require work experience or years of expensive and time consuming schooling. All we are looking for is work ethic and desire for change. The world is going digital and companies are finding ways to run cheaper and more efficiently so that they can fire you, because guess what? A computer doesn't demand benefits and take sick days.

Where will all the retiree's who don't have a good enough pension or enough government aid to support their lifestyle work when the money runs out? They are going to look at network marketing companies. Why? Because its not hard labour and its something they can do out of the comfort of their homes. You want to be in a position to capitalize on the tidal wave coming!

How secure does your future look right now?

Relationship Building

Hey everyone,

Today I want to spend a little bit of time talking about cultivating relationships. In this business and any other business your involved with the number one key to success is relationships.

When you are talking to someone about the business they are thinking about what kind of relationship the two of you share. If it is one built on a foundation of lies and deceit then it likely that the person does not trust you and will not want to work with you.

I can't stress it enough that people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Before you start talking business take some time to get to know the person and what is important to them. You will find that if you take the time to build the friendship before you build your business then the partnership will be much stronger.

A business partner may leave you but a friend never will. This business is about solving other people's problems. Ask them why they want residual income and what it can do for them. They will usually share with you the reason why they want to do the business.

Be a friend first and a business partner second. Take the time to help them establish goals and work with them to achieve their goal. The longer you do this business the less it becomes about the money and the more its about helping people realize their dreams.

I wish you all the best of luck in building those relationships. Remember what Gitomer says " All things being equal people would rather do business with their friends. All things being not so equal, people would still rather do business with their friends."

Love and Red Apples

Ok so this post is on recruiting. I had a talk with one of my business partners and he is frustrated that he can't find any people that want to do the business. I compared finding partners to finding a girlfriend.

Ladies you can just swap girlfriend for boyfriend the example still applies. So when your out on the hunt and your meeting a whole bunch of different girls looking for the one your going to click with, you will run into some rotten apples.

I'm sure every guy can relate to meeting a good looking girl, you exchange info and meet up for a drink or what not.

At first you get all excited because it's someone new and you think this could be the one! So you meet with her and things just aren't as you pictured they would be, they aren't all that interested anymore and things don't progress to the next level.

Now the same could be applied to prospects for the business, at first they are all excited and your hopes are sky high then for whatever reason things flop and your back to square one.

So let's say things do go well and you end up dating for a few years. Things are great then out of nowhere it all just falls apart. It's happened to all of us, that's just the way things go sometimes.

Let me ask you... If you meet a great girl and things don't work out long term do you just quit looking for a girl and settle for a life of staying home on a the weekends and crying over your bad luck? NO WAY you get your ass back out there and meet new girls!

Why?

Because you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there has to be a girl out there for you and you just keep trying until you find that person that your destined for!

The same is true with this business, who cares if it doesn't work out with a rep, keep looking until you find that person that will just explode your business!!

Believe me they are out there, you just need to look and never give up. It's crazy to even consider giving up because that person is out there waiting for you to find them! They need you just as much or maybe more than you need them!

Jim Rohn, "If you search you will find. Finding is reserved for those that search."

Financial Freedom

Last night I was talking to a friend about money and budgeting. He was concerned that he has been spending a ton of money lately and he needs to cut back.

He worked out his budget and for all of his expenses including car, entertainment, food etc. he spends about 21 grand a year. Sounds like a lot but if you break it down thats only $1750 a month.

Now... if he figures out a way to earn $1750 a month RESIDUALLY then he can be financially free!

People seem to think that financial freedom is having a million dollars in your bank account. That is not the case! If you can earn enough money in residual income to cover your monthly expenses then you no longer have to go into work. You can wake up everyday and decide what you want to do then if you want to.

How much easier does it sound to earn $1750 as opposed to a million dollars? There are so many ways to earn residual income, the easiest is obviously network marketing. It's easier because there is a system in place and you don't need to start with a huge investment like real estate.

No matter what you are currently doing you can begin to go to work PART TIME on your residual income. It's so easy!

Think about this, if you are putting away $10,000 a year in savings, it will take you 100 years to save a million dollars... do you have 100 years left?

Vision

This post is dedicated to vision...

I met with some people last week and showed them the Video Phone. One guy was pumped up, he loved it! The other... not so much. His comment was, 'people don't have house phones anymore no one will buy this.'

WOW... that is a pretty bold statement. I'm no statistician but I'd bet over 90% of homeowners have a house phone.

Some people just don't see the vision of this opportunity. Let me spell it out so that it's clear for everyone reading this. The shift from analog to digital in our telephones will be the greatest shift in wealth in history! People are so dedicated to the old rules of making money, go to school, get a job, work 40-50 years then retire on a pension and government aid. Wake up! The rules of money have changed, why do you think the government raised to the retirement age to 75? They ARE BROKE! They can't afford to pay you after you retire so they are hoping you die before they have to start paying!

Start building a stream of residual income now so that you are protected later in life. We are entering the age of the entrepreneur, job security is a thing of the past.

Network marketing is the business of the future, the industry is proven and has created financial freedom for so many people.

Are you next?

Red or Rotten?

Today was a very positive day! Had a great lunch with a friend and discussed the business. It's a relief to finally talk to someone who sees the potential that this business has to offer. It reassured me that there are some people out there who understand how important it is to start building streams of residual income to protect their future!

Let me share with you something I learned after talking to quite a few people this week. Some people will see the potential of MLM and others just don't have a clue. My advice is don't spend a second longer with the naysayers than you have to! At the end of the day who gives a $#!T what people think about what your doing! Are they going to pay your bills or feed your kids? Also chances are they are broke! So why take their advice on making money?

This doesn't just apply to network marketing it applies to anything you do in life. All of the greatest achievers were laughed at and criticized for their dreams, imagine what kind of a world we would be if they just followed the crowd.

I received an email a few days ago from a mentor of mine at York who said, "Do not be a follower, stand for things you believe - it will separate you from the pack." Great advice!

The journey begins...

This is my first blog and I have to say I am pretty excited. This blog will track my journey to the top of my network marketing company.

I currently sit at the first income level in this company and I am starting to appreciate the value of getting paid residually.

Let me just start by saying that there is nothing like residual income. Now I understand what all these wealthy people are on about. They did not trade time for money to get to the top they developed streams of residual income!

So that's the good news... but here is the bad. I had an issue with the service provided to a customer yesterday. There was a problem with the hook up and the customer was angry. Now I was a little bit down about it because they had to wait until today to get service but the moral of the story is that telecom is not perfect and that sometimes there will be problems. That could have ruined my day but I understand that problems mean progress. However I am happy to report that another one of my customers was satisfied with their service and is loving the savings!

It all evens out in the end!

Most people don't know that they could be paying less for equal or better service on the essentials they use every single day! Please pass on the message because its a great feeling knowing that you just saved your family or friends hundreds of dollars a year on something they have to pay for anyway!!