Have You Ever Wondered What it Takes to Become a Millionaire?
Okay, so what does it take to become a Millionaire?
I've asked around over the years, friends, family, even people I couldn't stand [but seemed to have a bit of business savvy], and every single one gave me a different answer.
No surprises there but they did all agree on one thing -- you had to have a plan.
"What's your Ten Year Plan?" they did ask me. Man, that's a long way off when you're only 20, plus the thought of being 30 just makes you feel old and you don't want to go there!
"You know it takes a lot of work they counseled me." So I keep being told, I reply.
"If you have a really good idea, you can make money from it..." Yes, I reply, but HOW?
No one seemed to actually have an answer to that question. Lots of generalities but no actual "This is what you need to do." I was obviously asking the wrong people.
I decided that I didn't want to be a millionaire after all. Just comfortable. So I aimed a lot lower, seemed like a good idea at the time, and married someone with prospects -- did that twice and got cleaned out both times. Whoever told you that it was only the female of the species that took you to the cleaners during a divorce LIED!
Then I found out about MLM's. Sounds a bit like candy coated chocolate buttons doesn't it? So, with that thought under my belt I decided to give it a go. Couldn't be too hard right? The product is really good and should sell itself, right? I bled money for 5 years trying to make it work, but I'm no salesperson and I have no marketing experience. Being shy with absolutely no self esteem didn't help much either but my social skills certainly got a work out!
And that my friends is the basis of what you need to become a millionaire.
We all do it every day -- we take action!
No good to us without a game plan though. I never gave up looking for it either. Let's be realistic here, with all that expertise in the world surely someone has come up with a plan that can lead me in [at the very least] the general direction of where I want to go. So, I did a course here, did a course there only to realize that I still had no idea, not a clue. But, I was making good money at my job. Ended up owning my own business.
Therefore I must have put what I learned into action. Still missing something ... 'cause I went out of business.
Sons and Daughters are a joy aren't they? Especially when they educate Mum about the internet! My knowledge of the 'net and how it works is so little that my frustration level is extremely high. But, I'm learning. Bled a little bit more money on how to do internet marketing and learned that like the Titanic, I had no idea what had hit me. 2 years later I'm a little more internet savvy, enough to know what to stay away from but still not enough to actually get anywhere. I'm a bit like that wallowing, over loaded plane that can't get off the ground -- but I'm working on it.
A week ago I was surfing the 'net looking for anything that would help me with my MLM. It was crunch time. Do I keep putting bandaids on the wounds and hope for the best or do I just salute and watch it go under the waves.
A week later the question is a moot point. No waves, no band-aids, just me and my blue print.
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