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Got this email from Empower Network co-found Dave Wood:

I’m pumped about this video I just made:

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I’ve been a bit disconnected over the last four or five days (got a tad bit sick over the weekend) and…

…I’m back.

AND…

…pumped up.

See, while I was sick, we still had 8 or 9 people a day (every day) make at least $1,000 in commissions. Some of them are new folks, who have never made any money at all, ever, and have been around the niche for 10 years.

Here’s the video - I explain everything:
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If you want to participate - get in our Facebook Group, I’m going to be running some special promotions from now until the end of the month, to help you make enough sales to break even after getting all in (see the video)

Here’s the video:
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Here’s where you can login, and get your event tickets:
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(Just click the button that says ‘Are you a wussy?’. Lol)

Ok, I’ll see you in the group, watch the video, and run with us for the next few days!

See it here:
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In Success,
David Wood
“Poverty Slayer”

Business is a numbers game

You need people coming into your store. You need visitors to your website/blog. You need leads. You need sales.

Then it turns into a people business

A couple of years ago I read that 2 a day will keep poor away.

When I started out in this “industry” I was told if everybody gets 5 we all be rich. And I believed it.

And now here all I have to concentrate on is to get one. One per day. In 2-3 months this will equal into $10′000 per month just because people who already know how to sell well do the selling (which means even someone who is new at selling can make a nice income and learn to become better). People who know what they are doing do the upsells.

We now have stats to show that everybody who consistently brought in one person per day was making $10′000 in the following month. That a number you can live with or do you want more?

One per day

Isn’t that infinitely easier than 5 or 2? Isn’t it crazy how one per day can turn into $10′000? Will it work? I don’t know but heck, I am going to find out.

Dave Wood says when you are full time go for 2 a day and you will make $30′000. How’s that? Watch the video and let David explain those numbers.

Last year I read a book

And in that book the writer asked the reader: how much money will you earn when you have 100 people in your team (distributors and customers, her idea is, it’s easier to find customers than people who want to build a business).

Anyway, I said: i don’t know. At the next best opportunity I asked a leader.

The woman who is on the very top of the company (and whom I admire) explained to me:

We have a binary plan. You will need 50 in each leg. Because the weaker leg gets the monthly bonus it should be as balanced as possible. From the weaker leg you get 10% of the volume.

Let’s assume that everybody has an autoship and buys every month worth 100 points of volume (which is around $125), you have 5000 points in each leg.

10% is…. drums… $500!

She also pointed out that we should concentrate on getting new people in because of the extra bonus we get.

At that time I was torn. On one hand $500 every month from doing “nothing” but I was also a bit astonished that it would only generate $500 with 100 customers. Because first you have to have 100 customers. That can take some time.

One per Day = $10′000/mo

Now, imagine, you have someone tell you with one per day you can generate $10′000 in the next month. Not possible in the other deal though I still love the products and the community.

Scaling

Anyway, the beauty is when you have mastered the one-per-day, you simply scale it up to 2- a-day. And watch what happens. For some weird mathematical reason it’s not $20′000 but $30′000.

Don’t believe me? Watch Dave Wood exlain the numbers.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21798220

And when ever you feel the urge to push the button and buy, come back here and click here:

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I play Cashflow - do you?

But first I tell you about my day

Yesterday was a full pump day

I got up early. Jumped a half an hour on the Trampoline and listened to an audio with Dave Wood and Mark Call. Had a shower. Fed the cats.

And then to my office. It took me from the kitchen to my office about… 10 seconds…

I had some work to do for my day job, did some Facebook and other kind of marketing, generating leads.

In the afternoon I went to the gym and listened to an audio with Dave Wood and Justin. When I’m alone at the gym I unplug the music stick because I rather work out at my pace instead of the one from the music and I got into sweating. It’s like I forget where I am, just listen. Think. And work out.

Still pumped

Got home and usually I’m tired when I reach the 5th floor and collapse on the bed, not this time. Still pumped, could be from me drinking Xe energy drink during the work out.

Anyway, back to do some house hold (starting a machine of laundry) and again 10 seconds to walk to my office.

Why am I not getting tired?

A couple of hours later I left the house again to go a Cashflow game. Even though it’s Thursday and usually my choir day but once a month I take the time off now and do some education BTW you can play the Cashflow game online, too.

Everybody else is tired

The train was full, almost every seat was taken and a lot of people standing. And I thought, boy am I glad I don’t have to do that every day!

Finally, playing the Cashflow Game

What happened during the game

The very first card I drew was to buy shares for $1.- and because I was a manager with a nice pay day - and big expenses… expensive kids, too … I bought 1′500 shares from my cash.

Guess what, those shares showed up once for only $10 and I figured, hm, those shares might just go up a bit more and didn’t sell. And they didn’t go up again LOL

Other shares showed up, once we had 3 cards in a row, the same shares! First $20 then $30 and then $50! Of course we all said: don’t buy for $20! So she didn’t and was about to bite into the table because those shares went up and up and up.

Like in real life LOL

Anyway, I soon got the opportunity to buy a 2 bed room house for $0 down but with a negative cashflow of $100. I figured I could fix it up, like this 14 year old did, and eventually sell it for a nice profit.

A little while later I bought another one of those for $3′000 down and a positive cashflow of $100.

Equals now $0 passive income

I knew - and hoped - eventually the market would pick up and sure enough I was able to sell both for $100′000. Though I had to be rather patient.

All in all a pay out of $103′000. Not bad, hu?

Keep your eyes open

All I needed now is to keep my eyes open for a lucrative opportunity and jump on it.

By then I had a passive income of $0 (still or again) and total expenses of $3′170. Pretty high and almost impossible to get out of.

Next opportunity for a deal I took a big deal. And big it was.

The big deal was a appartment house with 24 units. I had to put $75′000 down - which I had on hand. And it got me a passive income of $3′400.

Can you do the math?

I instantly saw I left the rat race!

I got lucky. It could have been a deal than only brought in $300 or $800. And I would have need a handful of those deals. But yes, sometimes luck plays a role.

But because I invested and “paid” every month for along time until the second deal showed up a $100 every month. But I was ready to invest. Which I know a lot of people aren’t. Not only in real life, also in the game. And then I had enough cash on hand to be able to realize my jump out of the rat race.

Be at the right place at the right time - and realize it. You know, when lucks knocks at your door, be at home and open it!

Infinitetly rich

If you have more passive income (which does not contain your income from your job) than expenses, you are infintely rich. Can you see that? This is not only true in the game, it’s true in real life. Have you figured out what your monthly expenses are?

Now you know, how big your monthly passive income has to be.

Of course, a sensible person would increase their passive income first before increasing their expenses

Leaving the rat race in the Cashflow game

Anyway, I left the rat race, went onto the fast track. Bought a gold mine which turned out to be empty after all. Didn’t have money to go into the oil deal but bought a couple of businesses.

Then I had the chance to get into a TV commercial deal which I took and it was so successful that I added $50′000 extra cashflow - which is part of the goal.

Either add an extra $50′000 to your cashflow or buy your dream.

We let the others keep on playing for the practise.

Just before we had to stop the game because of the time and the restaurant closing, the lady with those shares that kept going up, was able to leave the rat race because I saw she had a bank credit that she could partiatly pay back and that made her expenses go down and that made her passive income higher than her expenses. Not by much but by enough

I think that alone made her learn a lot. It was like an eye opener.

The other guy had the money to buy something and all he needed was an extra $41 passive income but I looked into the magic glas ball and saw the next 3-4 cards were only shares and none of them he had. No passive income for him.

I moved the magic ball around a bit, shook it and woohoo a deal that would have gotten him out came up.

We had a lot of fun!

What I have learned and wittnessed so far is that often people with high paying jobs hardly ever get out of the rat race but the people with the low paying jobs usually leave the rat race even though at the beginning they think they have no chance…. I got out this time with a high paying job.

So, it is possible. No matter where you are at.

You need luck and be open to see opportunities.

I was asked how long I’ve been playing - a year or so. And has anything changed for me.

Yes, I would say so.

I’m still on the left side of the equation, but I have a toe on the right side.

Neither open nor ready

One year ago if I would have been introduced to Empower Network I would not have been open. For one thing I’d still be very focused and hopeful for my chocolate business.

And for another thing I would not have been ready to invest that kind of money into learning about internet marketing. I was still into free and cheap stuff - though obviously they didn’t help me at all.

And I was not open to invest in myself, in my self-development.

Last November I was. Open. Willing.

I saw a big deal, a chance and went all in.

I still have a (small) negative cashflow but comparing to what I’ve invested before and got out (nothing), at least I broke even with Empower Network. From now on all profit

But more importantly. I know everybody getting into this deal. Everybody being open to invest in themselves. Will succeed. It may take 90 days. It may take a year. But during that time, everybody - who wants - can learn so much. Nobody can take those skills away.

Can you learn from the Cashflow game?

In my opinion: yes! Maybe here in Switzerland you need more than $5′000 down to buy a house. Maybe to invest in shares you need a lot more knowledge. But the important thing is to see a deal. To see the potential. Of the deal. And of yourself.

Do you see the potential yet in yourself? Then come join this fast growing team of empowering networkers.

I’ll see you on top of the mountains!

You owe it yourself to check it at least out.

Make Them Fall In Love With Buying From You (with this)

I’ll be strait forward and short today….

If you’re wasting time, wandering around,
struggling to make a sale or two in your
business….

I’m about to SHOW YOU 3 things
anyone can do that will get people to
fall in love with joining your business
and buying stuff from you.

And these three things have worked
for people with a list, without a list
…..and even clueless newbies.

You’ll love it - I guarantee it

Here’s The Private Video You Want To See!

See you on top of the Mountains!

On Friday I got an Email. Well I get emails every day, tons of them. Good thing they are weightless LOL

Anyway, the email said:

Received Funds Notification

Hu?

I went into my ewallet and sure as snow is white there it was:

Wow!

Yes, I know it’s not much. Some of the other guys, like Lawrence Tam has at least a 0 (zero) behind the 8 and that every day.

BUT

I have NEVER earned any money before at anything online or offline before. And I’ve done quit a few. Online and offline. “No-brain” opportunites and products that I love(d) and thought everybody would love also and they would sell them selves.

Of Course

I’m not counting J.O.B.s or webdesign projects because they take a looot of time and work. This hardly took me any time or work.

Universe, I’m ready, bring it on! LOL

Ok, back to … if you want to know what else I do, check this out.

The Questin is:

How many starfish do you throw back into the sea?

The story goes like this:

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.

Approaching the boy, he asked, ‘What are you doing?’

The youth replied, ‘Throwing starfish back
into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is
going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll
die.’

‘ Son,’ the man said, ‘don’t you realize there
are miles and miles of beach and hundreds
of starfish? You can’t make a difference!’

After listening politely, the boy bent down,
picked up another starfish, and threw it
back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said…

‘I made a difference for that one.’

Loren Eiseley

I’d like to make a difference for you.

I am ready to help 3 more people make their fortune on the internet. Contact me and I’ll be happy to share HOW!

PS: If you liked this story, share it with your friends. Make a difference today.

Don’t know how long this video is up or when it will be replaced - so watch it now!

http://www.empowernetwork.com/livefromthebeach.php?id=Xarah

Around minute 57 Dave explains how you can get the 15K Formula for $250 and sell it for  $1000 - and keep those $1000 (100% commissions). You gotta watch it all the way to there to understand the 15K Formula.

This offer is not going to stay long. Maybe a couple of weeks. Then it’ll be $1000 for everybody.

Do I have it? Yes, I do! Are you kidding? I’m not gonna leave that kind of money on the floor.

Are you flakey?

Later in the video Dave talks about “being flakey”  and that’s so funny because when I got in, I was flaking. Never heard this term before though LOL another new word learned…

But I was only flaked for a few nights  (chuckle)

Why nights? Because I couldn’t sleep. I was afraid I would lose on commissions while I was sleeping so I got all in.

The bear story

The bear story David Wood tells is so amazing.

Wild bears have different eyes than caged bears. And… well… listen to Dave how he tells the story.

I wonder how many people are like that caged bear. Just staring at freedom and not being able to do anything, just lie there, staring. Not believing. Just staring. Not seeing. Just staring.

How many people are like that bear?

Doesn’t that make you feel sad? It sure makes me feel sad. And I want to help those people, but first they have to get up and test if those bars are still there. And even if, rattle them!

From this point on

From this point on, as a member of Empower Network – you’ll never have to wait for another less than worthy commission check in the mail again. Ever. Get paid instant and automatically, directly into your bank account daily, hourly …even by the minute. And collect 100% commissions from every sale you make.

I am a concerned parent and advocate for improved children’s health.

Today’s topic is energy drinks. Many teens are under the false impression that energy drinks like Rock Star and Red Bull are similar to sports drinks such as Gatorade and Powerade.

Energy drinks are completely different from electrolyte replacement drinks and we need to help our children understand the health risks they pose. Most energy drinks contain dangerous chemicals that can harm kid’s growing bodies, especially their teeth.

Energy drinks contain citric acid, fruit juices and extracts, sugar, and a dangerous chemical that gives them their bright color. They can damage tooth enamel with prolonged use.

It is important for us parents to model healthy behavior for our children. If your kids see you guzzle energy drinks, you may want to think about the example you are setting.

Healthy Energy Drinks

Amazingly enough healthy energy drinks do exist. Of course pure water and Xoçai’s Xe.

They don’t contain sugar or coffein but are loaded with anti-oxidants - and taste very yummy. Honestly, Red Bull tastes like gummy bears. Even though I do like gummy bears I don’t want to drink them.

Replace the Bad with the Good

I sell child-friendly nutritional products that are enjoyed by healthy families. If you live in the USA you can order them today and have them delivered tomorrow.

Cheers!

It’s amazing what you can find in the ‘net. A lot of very creative people.

It’s like fruits and vegetables are dancing ballet. Enjoy.

The Cocktail “Allegory” (Коктейль “Аллегория”) from VOROBYOFF PRODUCTION on Vimeo.

Video footages: Digital Juice, “Food and Beverage”

Music: West One Music.
album: 161 Spiritual Journeys.
Track: Lost Voices