Strength in the Midst of the Storm

The numbers are staggering. Not since the Great Depression has the U.S economy faced such a myriad of economic troubles as we're seeing lately.

Just a few moths ago, people were describing it as just "tough times". In the months since, those though times have blown into a full-fledged economic crisis.

In October, the U.S. unemployment rate hit 6.5 percent, the highest level in 14 years. Many experts expect that rate to jump to as high as 8 percent by the end of the next year.

More than 1.2 million jobs have been lost in 2008, according to the Dept. of Labor. That means less money in the pockets of everyday Americans, which translates into less money being pumped back into the economy.

But those numbers don't tell the whole story. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that, since January, 209,000 retail works have been scaled back from full-time to part-time hours.

Companies area laying off employees by the thousands, and those who are lucky enough to keep their jobs are seeing their wages decrease.

The credit crises has crippled established banks like Washington Mutual, toppled financial giants like Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers and buried insurance companies like AIG. All of this has sent the stock market reeling, as the Dow Jones Industrial has seen 40 percent of its value disappear since last December.

But there is light in the midst of the storm. You need to look no further than recent history to see that entrepreneurs with home-base businesses are poised to not only weather the economic crisis, but thrive in the midst of it.

During the worldwide recession in the early 1990s, while other companies began cutting back and slashing their payrolls, we experiences explosive growth. In fact,our astounding five-year run on the Inc. 500 began in 1990 and continued through the recession.

But that's only half the story.The other half is the thousands of people who stand to benefit from our unique business even in the middle of economic turmoil.

Consider for a moment what $500 or $1000 extra per month can mean in today's economy.

With thousands of families struggling to pay their bills and make their mortgage payments, how many of them would relish the opportunity to earn a few hundred extra dollars per month?

DAILY MOTIVATION-LOOK AT THINGS AS THEY CAN BE

Your range of available choices right now has no limits.

The only limits you have are in your mind.You've got it in you to succeed.

Just make up your mind and stick with it.You weren't born with any limits on your powers or any set limits to your capacity.

At any moment, you have more possibilities than you can act upon.

Imagine your possibilities and your vision expands.

Capture your dreams in your mind and your life becomes full.

Reach out and touch the limits of your being in your mind.

You can, because you think you can.

Our Future Depends on Our Focus

Where we end up in life depends largely on our focus
There are so many opportunities that are available to us with regard to how we spend our time, and what we choose to focus on-yet because time is limited we cannot choose all opportunities at once. We can do only one thing at a time.

Choosing one opportunity limits us from choosing another, we must choose wisely. Those who choose to seek success, whether it be in business or any other aspect of their lives, would be well-served to focus on the key factors that bring success.

Regardless of where we are in life- whether we are young, middle-aged, or getting old-if we are alive, we have an opportunity. That opportunity will not be there forever. Time itself has its ways of consuming opportunity.

Therefore, when an opportunity presents itself, if we decide to pursue that opportunity, we should do so wholeheartedly, with enthusiasm and with focus.

What we focus on today will determine our tomorrow. Our happiness, our success and our future depends on what we spend our time thinking about and working on.

When things are not going well in our lives, we would be wise to take a moment to step back and analyze how we have been spending our time and what we are allowing our minds to focus on.

We can get past almost any hardship or almost any challenge by focusing our minds on those things that will cause us to move forward, to seek out the positives of the situation, to choose to be happy, to look on the bright side, and to be involved only in those activities that are conducive to success and moving ahead.

We are focused on providing an opportunity for people to get ahead in life. It is our hope to free people from the limitations of not enough time and not enough money.

We are grateful for those who have joined us in this endeavor. We encourage people to take charge of their lives and take action to turn their dreams into reality.

That process always begins with taking charge of our minds and focusing on productive thoughts and activities.

Our future really does depend on our focus! We just need to direct our minds, our thoughts and our actions in that direction.

DAILY MOTIVATION- YOUR SUCCESS IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity.But you have to act on them if you're going to be successful.

Distant pastures always look greener than those close at hand,but real opportunities are right where you are.You must simply take advantage of them when they appear.

You can start where you are at any time. Success is all around you.It's not in your environment, it's not in luck or chance,or in the help of others. Success is in you alone.

You don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity.What you need is to use what you have.

Learn to seize good fortune, for it is always around you. You must go to success, it doesn't come to you.

Open your own doors to opportunity.

Discover the Talent inside YOU!

In life, there is nothing worse than regret. I would hate to come to the end of life and discover that I had been given some talent, and I never used it.

I do not want to be filled with regret for opportunities I could have seized and things I could have accomplished but never did for the lack of effort.

If we seek to discover out talents and abilities early in life, we can reach success more quickly than if we wait until we stumble upon those talents later.

What talent do you have that you haven't been using? Do not jump to the conclusion that you don not have other talents. How do you know before you try? And how many things are there that you have not yet tried?

We might as well have no ability at all if we're just going to sit on the talent we possess or if that talent never gets discovered. I guarantee you that you have talents inside you that are not yet discovered! We all do!

My challenge to you is that you not only discover what useful abilities you have, but to commit to use those abilities as you build your business, you many uncover new abilities.

As you focus on your critical Business-Building Activities, you may discover things about yourself. You may find that you are a leader and a mentor. You may find that you are a more friendly, outgoing person than you thought.

The point is take action, do things that are not comfortable or familiar, and begin the discovery process. Start looking for the talents and the abilities you don't know you have, and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the gifts you find. Then commit to use those abilities every day!

Although we all face challenges in our lives, we also have been give the ability to overcome them. If you focus on discovering what you can do, and put aside the ineffective activities that don't make use of your potential, you can grow and develop in ways you never dreamed possible.

Go in search of your abilities, overcome limitations, and choose to focus the use of your time on effective activities. I guarantee that if you do this, you will have no need to look back with regrets!

DAILY MOTIVATION-BEING SUCCESSFUL IS WITHIN YOU

How things look on the outside of you always depends on how things are on the inside of you.

Your thoughts have brought you to where you are today.Your actions always mirror your thoughts.

Take a good look at where you are and what you're doing,and you can understand what you've been thinking.

Your mind is your true essence. Your behavior is the perpetual revealing of yourself.

What you do, tells everyone who and what you are.

Change your thoughts and you can change your position in life.

You can start this process at anytime.

Why not start today?

DAILY MOTIVATION- MOUNTAINS ARE CLIMBED ONE STEP AT A TIME

Everyone who got where they are had to begin where they were.

Your opportunity for success is right in front of you.To attain success or to reach your goal,don't worry about having all the answers in advance.You just need to have a clear idea of your goal and move toward it.

Don't procrastinate when faced with a difficult problem.

Break your problems into parts and handle one part at a time.

Develop a tendency toward action. You can make something happen today.

Break your big plan for success into small steps and take the first step right away.

Success starts with a first step.