The Underemployed

So you have a job.  Let me ask, are you satisfied with your life?  Do you want more?  So then let me also ask, are you capable of doing more?

Just about everyone thinks they should get paid more money.  This inherently defines underemployment (from your perspective).  A problem arises when you feel disillusioned and left-behind... forgotten about... taken for granted.  There is little we can do "in the system" to change this.

This leads to frustration and apathy and people "hating" what they do.  Essentially, it is a life wasted doing things with no intrinsic value other than being a part of the same system (for the masses) that enables you to pay the rent and put food on the table.  What's worse, for most, is that there is no light at the end of the tunnel.  Many people are simply resolved to this as their reality.

So let me ask again, are you capable of doing more?  And, if so, what would that be?  We offer one alternative, but this "something more" doesn't need to be "our" alternative.  Broaden your lens.  If you don't have enough money because you are underemployed, what are you willing to do about it?

We teach an alternative.  This is what a Learning Community exists for... to perpetuate a cycle of teaching and learning, teaching and learning... focused on core skills, values, and processes.

If you are underemployed and want more, look in the mirror. Find something (anything) that will enable you to earn extra.  For some (in the masses category), this means a second job with another hourly wage scenario in the "oppression" system.

For many others (those for whom this is written to inspire), there is a whole world of opportunity that is based on personal value and personal production.  This world functions off of the Law of Compensation where competence and compensation are inextricably linked.

To gain competence in a specialized field, you have to learn new things.  Our Learning Community teaches these things with the goal of income supplementation leading to income replacement.

At that point, you will be in a position to determine if having a job still fits with who you are and how you function in this world.

So let me ask one last time, are you capable of doing more?

My Conversation with a Hedge Fund Owner

It has been interesting since my profile has elevated on Linkedin, I am getting contacts from various people seeking synergies - open to exploring how we may be of benefit to each other.

This morning I spoke with Matt who owns a hedge fund and says he is in the lineage of Warren Buffet... in terms of training and philosophy.  He tells me he learned from a guy who learned from WB...

In describing my business, I found myself saying that my goal is to give people the skills to improve their circumstances... the guy or gal who is one paycheck away from disaster... Joe or Jane Sixpack who doesn't know that a whole universe of opportunity exists that s/he had no idea about... and is thrilled to get in on "the game" once this portal to new opportunity presents itself.

On the other hand, his "pitch" was essentially about good months and bad months with about a 10% monthly return in the good months... annualized to about 30-40%.  Seems to me, that would be a whole lot of heartburn in suffering through the bad months and a wild roller coaster ride.  Phew!

I told him my business does not require a large up-front capital investment, is much less risky as a result and can realize a 200% return over and over again within days or weeks... with an incremental, progressive investment scenario that is perpetually self-funding.

I described reinvestment and this resulting in sequential and strategic growth... all backed by a Learning Community where we teach skills, processes, and mindset.  I told him about our model of people helping people to visualize and actualize becoming a professional home business owner...

It was a great opportunity to contrast two ways of making money.  On the one hand, a Hedge Fund owner seeking big chunks of money to invest, and; me providing the juxtaposition of earning money through growth... both personally and financially - fueled by human beings, not algorithms and market speculation.

Obviously, I think ours is a better path to long term financial security.

The Role of Respectability

Anyone with a conscience needs to be proud of what they do.  This pride extends to all areas of our business.  Our mission, how we operate, how we treat people... are all internally consistent with each other.  Your role is to rise to this level of expectation.  That is, to rise to the level of a Professional home business owner who offers value to those you work with.

Being respected as a role model in terms of how you comport yourself, the "clues" you leave to others about success, and the overt expression of your leadership all combine to form the mantle you wear on a daily basis.  The adage is, "respect is earned".

Digging deeper, the more problematic aspect of respectability is in regard to our business model and fighting the stigma of person-to-person commerce.  There is no getting around the fact that we battle the, "oh... it's one of those things" perception of our industry.  In many cases, this reputation is warranted due to the failure rate... (and) of people spending money and not succeeding.  Unfortunately, there is a long sorry history of business flops and broken dreams - most under the old model of product-based direct selling.

Our model is new, clean and simple.  However, we can't simply jump to claiming respectability as a result.  Again, we need to dig deeper.  We need to have the ability to articulate, "why?"

We help people.  Or more precisely, we have the ability and the potential to help people.  Whether this happens is ultimately the responsibility of the one being helped.

Our Learning Community, our training resources, our onboarding process, and the support offered makes us unique in the peer-to-peer marketing industry.  We are different from anything else "out there".  This personalization experience, this guided process, this conscious intent to help ensure people's success is a difference that warrants respect.

Our candor, our "not for everyone" mantra, our constant admonitions about integrating change - all contribute to the fact that we are not attempting to "pull the wool over anyone's eyes" but are sincerely committed to helping people elevate their life circumstances.

We seek quality, not quantity.  We drive deep and lasting relationships.  And, we provide the tools and processes to enable the same.  This is our difference.  This is what is deserving of respect.