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!!!