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...