2 Million Dollar Bills

I will use myself as a prime example as to how business failures can hinder you from seeking new opportunities that may be better experiences.

About 10 years ago I invested around £5000 in a commercial cleaning franchise, called Coverall, it seemed like a good opportunity, the McDonnell family sold it to me brilliantly, but alas they were crooks, I put a lot of effort and time into the training and working with the franchise owners to get the business up and running, which in hindsight was a waste of time and worthless.

My training was just about complete and it was time for the Crooked McDonnell family to get my initial contracts to get the business started. They then decided that they couldn’t work with the master franchise owners in the USA and they were pulling out of the company, which meant they were keeping my money and everyone else’s and folding the business.

This failure hurt financially and in the time and effort I put into it. But it didn’t stop me from seeking out new opportunities.

I got sold on the Idea of Kleeneze, it seemed like a good opportunity, all you had to do was deliver catalogues to peoples homes and you would make a percentage of the profits, but the real money in Kleeneze was seemingly  made by recruiting people to become part of your team and you then make a percentage of their profits. Simple enough in theory, I became part of a team, worked hard, I was making about £500 a month profit, which from my point of view wasn’t worth the time and effort. My team leader must have loved his nice cut for doing nothing. I eventually had a team with 7 people below me, but they were more interested in getting people into their own teams, rather than selling themselves. I finally came to the conclusion after about 7 months that Kleeneze obviously had made some people making good money, but I personally felt that it was now kind of saturated and I also could see the flaws in MLM and didn’t want to waste any more time and effort being part of it.

After these two failures my desire and believe in myself to find a business opportunity that would work evaporated. I suppose I gave up looking, my confidence had been severely shaken. I then settled down to the life of being a wage slave for a series of company’s that just wanted to bleed me dry.

Here I am 10 years on now full of desire and self believe about my own abilities to achieve my goal of making 2 million dollars. I now realise that I should have used my failures as a learning tool, and spent even more time and effort into finding a business opportunity that would work. My failures have taught me some vital lessons, I will never again get involved in a franchise, or a MLM kind of company again and I will never allow setbacks or crooks to upset my mojo.

In life there will always be someone or some company out there that is trying to cheat you out of your money, or you will pick a business venture that was never going to work, we all make mistakes. The difference between winners and losers is how they deal with the tough times.

I believe if you truly want to succeed, and you learn from your mistakes, you will get whatever you desire out of life.   

It was kinda inspiring to read about the amazing online success story known as Shoemoney and his top 10 personal failures My Top 10 Worst Ideas To Make Money

I personally feel that my inability to deal with my business failures quickly and in a more pragmatic manner, was primarily to do with being a man, here is a very interesting article which I feel effectively sheds some light on some of the mental issues which stopped me from progressing with my business life How to Be a Man

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I think most people dream about becoming a millionaire, and by millionaire, I mean, having a million pounds in cash sitting in your bank account. As Del Trotter said for all those years,  In Only Fools and Horses, “this time next year we will be millionaires”.

In all seriousness it may have been a comedy, but good old Del Boy, was actually constantly buying and selling things with the dream, the ambition and the desire to become a millionaire. That is probably a lot more than most people who have the dream to become a millionaire!

I know from personal experience how difficult it can be to transform the desire to become a millionaire, into finding a successful business opportunity, which I can use as a springboard to making millions. I suppose most of us prefer the dream because its easier and doesn’t involve any real effort, it acts as a distraction as we go about our daily routines.

It was only recently that I have personally being putting the effort into developing business opportunities. Like a lot of people I spent most of  my life working as a wage slave, happy with my reasonable comfortable roof over my head, two holidays a year, going out for meals and socialising when I wanted. Life wasn’t too bad.

I sat down one day and analysed my life and thought, shit!  The way things are going my pension will be worth nothing, I could lose my job any time the company figures out another way to combine even more jobs into one, in order to get even more blood out of the stone. Analysing my life really made me think about the long-term future and what lay ahead. It wasn’t pretty! It wasn’t inspiring! It wasn’t what I dreamt.

I had to stop dreaming about becoming a millionaire and start doing something towards making it become a reality. My self-appraisal of my life and by looking into the crystal ball as to what life may have in store for me, gave me a reality check.  What I knew and didn’t like was that I wasn’t in control of my own destiny.

The day I started putting together the ideas for my Barbados based businesses, which shall be going live in July was truly inspiring. I have slowly but surely cleansed my body, mind and soul of the negative forces, which were stopping me from moving forward on the road to success. We all have to learn how to control our minds to its full potential as opposed to allowing our minds to control us.

I have just recently registered a new domain name for a web site, which I shall be launching at some point this year; I need to get Barbados up and running first.  This business idea which I shall for obvious reasons not go into to many details, it was inspired by reading about some crazy business ideas which made the creators serious money. My theory is a simple one, I feel I have a unique idea, and don’t see why I cant sell 100,000 at $10 per sale and wolla I have made $1,000,000.

As Del Boy says, this time next year we will be millionaires, it may not be next year, but I’m definitely on the right path to becoming a millionaire. I hope this article can inspiring anybody out there that need more out of life and want to start achieving more. All I can say is, start spending more time thinking about possible business ideas, step out of the box and dare to dream.

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I have worked hard all morning from about 6am, on varies projects, which are part of my 2 million dollar goal. It was a reasonable nice day, well I mean by Aberdeen standards it was almost as good as it gets for this time of the year. The sun was shining and it was only slightly cold, which was good enough motivation for me to head down to the beach for a bit of rest and relaxation. 

 I find if I take an hour or two out and recharge my batteries, I come back feeling refreshed and things just seem to flow better. I headed into the local supermarket for some refreshments which I would enjoy as I watched and listened to the waves hitting the shoreline.

 All I can say is that I came across a bottle of French Sparkling Cloudy Lemonade, made by a company called Le Marche François, this stuff was absolutely amazing. The French don’t just make some of the best wines in the world; there Cloudy Lemonade is the business too.

 After an hour of relaxation and lemonade drinking I was ready to get back to work to continue developing my ideas, which will help me to make 2 million dollars.

 The French Sparkling Cloudy Lemonade and bracing sea breeze had certainly stimulated by brain cells, Viva Le France…….

If It wasnt for the fact I had to go back home to do some work, I would have loved a cool bottle of this lager, which sounds if it would have been perfect for relaxing by the sea , Hollande 1620 Lager

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As part my mental training on the path to achieving my goal of making 2 million dollars, I’m constantly seeking new ways to keep me focussed, and help keep me on track when my desire or motivation starts to slip a wee bit. Having something visual to look at can be a great motivational tool to keep you riding along on the road to success.

It was just yesterday when one of my friends asked me if had bought any of those fake 1 million dollar bills. A light went on in my head and I thought that they would provide me with a constant visual reminder of what I’m trying to achieve. 

I finally found a gift shop that sold them; I will frame them and hang them on my wall in my office, when I get to my new home in the Caribbean. The million dollar bills that I bought may be fakes, but to me they are very real. I will see them every day; they will keep me focussed on why I need to continue to think smart, work hard and to stay focussed on achieving my goal.

The million dollar bills look real and like me I have a real goal, which I plan on achieving in the not too distant future.

The legendary Steve Pavlina offers some great advice on motivation, that I would recommend taking a look at…….Motivation for Smart People (Sans Chest Pounding)

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 There are literally thousands of business opportunities to choose from, many of which are a complete waste of time or even worse they are a downright scam.  My motto when looking for new business propositions is to assume that it is a scam until it is proven otherwise, I never give the benefit of doubt. Why should I, it is my time, effort and money that will be utilized in whatever opportunities I chose to get involved in.

Simple steps which will give away the scammers game:

1.    If they mention the words easy or make ridiculous claims like you can make $500 in 20 minutes, it’s a scam.

2.      Ask for the names and contact details of 10 people that are involved in there business. You must then go and talk to these people and find out more.

3. Take a close look at how you actually make money out of the opportunity, whether you can understand how it works, do the company make outlandish claims as to how much money you will be making.

4.     If it is some sort of winning gambling system it’s clearly a scam, they do not exist.

5.     If you are expected to recruit other people to make money, do not waste one second considering this type of system, it is clearly a scam.

6.     Very few MLM type systems actually work, for more than a handful of people.

7.    Be wary of any vague claims that the company makes or claims which they cannot back up with evidence. I

8.    Always do a thorough Google search and find out as much as you can about the company.

9.      By following the above advise, you will ultimately find business opportunities that will offer what you are looking for, and that is the potential to make money.

My advices is always take your time, and do as much research as possible, then go and do so some more research, I think you get the picture! If something looks too good to be true, it usually is. There is no such thing as easy money, if you are looking to get involved in a business opportunity you have got to be prepared to put the necessary time and effort into making it a success.

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