Andrew is best to ask about the affiliate-ship.
One of the most important points in becoming a millionaire is so simple that most people completely miss it. It is that you must first believe it is possible to do. Most people look at it and they wish longingly, but don't really want it because that would mean making an
effort, and dealing with a lot of
changes. The status quo is comfortable and safe for most people, even if it is neither, because it is the evil they know. Better the evil they know than the one they don't, even when it's vastly superior.
One thing I have noticed about the United States is that we appear to be showing the failings of Captialism. This is another reason people don't believe they can become millionaires. We have been brainwashed all our lives, for the last few generations, with the idea that everything must be ever easier, simpler, faster, better, what have you - and now, if anything requires any effort at all, or any patience at all, it's not good enough.
The self made millionaire always has certain traits, amongst them the burning desire to achieve success, and the willingness to put in the effort to do so. With a society of people who think they should be able to just sit down and have everything handed to them, is it any wonder that most people conclude that "becoming a millionaire is about as likely as hitting the lottery... or being struck by lighting twice, for that matter..."?
The fact is, becoming a millionaire is very simple. It just requires focus, drive, desire, passion, self confidence, and determination. Basically, you find something that people need or want, which you can provide and enjoy producing, and then you offer it to them for sale at a reasonable price which includes a profit for you. Or, you can get into trading in the markets, too, but that's not as stable. There are other ways as well...
But the key to becoming a millionaire isn't just making a profit. It's making enough profit, and knowing what to do with it to make it become a million dollars.
It's saving it... investing it wisely... making it work for you... making it build other sources of income... and making the whole thing snowball.
Saving money? In the United States, that's almost an unheard-of concept these days. Credit cards make it easy to spend more than we have, and we as Americans seem to have again concluded that being in debt is a birthright, not a convenience or even an emergency fund.
Saving money. Whoda thunk it? Most self made millionaires think in terms of frugality. They typically don't buy $100,000+ cars that serve only to drain off their money for the ridiculous purpose of advertising wealth they no longer have; instead, they buy a good sturdy car or truck that they can get for $35,000 or $45,000 and then maintain it diligently for a long enough time to fully get their money's worth out of it. And they don't eat at restaraunts much; they typically buy their food from the grocery store, and it's common for them to be clipping and using coupons as well.
The self made millionaire understands that in the careless waste of what the average person spends on a freaking cup of designer coffee these days, is enough to start an investment fund that can eventually be turned into a million dollars without doing much of anything but taking advantage of the power of compound interest. The self made millionaire understands that millions overnight isn't likely and is usually not realistic, unless you do what it takes to make it realistic: if you sell a million people a $1 item on a single day, you become a millionaire overnight. If you don't want to bust your butt, it usually takes longer.
Self made millionaires are those who understand that waste is wasteful, and they make their money work for them. They spend it on creating multiple sources of income, and they snowball it. They are self starters who have the drive to go after what they want, even if it means leaving the old way and the old crowd behind in the process. And it will; inevitably, the people you associate with when you are at the bottom, will be very likely to not be the same ones you surround yourself with at the top.
I started this company with $5.61 in the bank. I had to beg my girlfriend for the $120 I needed to buy the software and the CD burner and even then I only got her to do it as a birthday gift. When I came back with all the money she invested and more than doubled it, she was more than slightly surprised. She had been one of those women who was so negative that she was causing herself epic failure all the time. She, in fact is who inspired the
Positive Thinking, Positive Attitude subliminal.
I started out with nothing... and within a week, I had taken my idea and created my first title: Poetry of the Silent Eros Volume 1. Three days later, I had my first sale, for $17. I used that money to buy CDs and cases, and then I posted more things for sale. They sold. And I was off.
Eventually it got so that I couldn't make all the orders that were coming in. I had accidentally painted myself into a corner. Then disaster hit, and I had everything fall apart. My business died. I was flat broke. My love life crumbled. I was forced to move.
But as with most self made millionaires, I had the vision and the drive to succeed. I couldn't quit; I had to keep going. Setbacks happen, but the self made millionaire doesn't give up. Mistakes are just tuition in the school of hard knocks. One of my favorite quotes of all time, which I have above my desk (and I remind myself of frequently) is one by William E. Gladstone. It reads:
Quote:No man ever became great, except through many and great mistakes.
Self made millionaires are not afraid to make mistakes, and they actively learn from their mistakes and never make them twice.
I started looking for ways to get started again. And one day when I was feeling lost I went to a bookstore and was looking in the business section and I came across a book that caught my eye. It was not so much that it caught my eye, but how it caught my eye. My question was, "How do I get started again?" And the way it caught my eye was something I had seen before. It meant that this book had the answer I was looking for. It must be synchronicity that does that, because whenever I discover books in that way, they are always exactly what I need to know at that time. And the name of this book? "The Answer".
Ironically, the book told me to do what I had started off doing. Which was to say that it basically told me to use my own subliminals to program my mind for success.
Duh! I almost slapped myself for being stupid enough to need a book to tell me that!
So... I created Become A successful Entrepreneur and started listening to it. Through it, and other subliminals (such as MUWAS) I attracted special people (like Andrew) into my life, who connected with me to make my dreams become reality. Slowly but surely, with a constant vision and drive and determination and cooperation and lost of work, it's happening.
That's not to say everyone will have a slow go of it, as I am having. Most people should be able to achieve millionaire within 4-5 years of diligent correct effort. I have a few things slowing me down. But that doesn't deter me: I have a vision, I have the determination, I have the drive, and I have the perseverance. I am succeeding, and I am succeeding more and more every month. Success is inevitable.
So anyway basically the point is, the first thing you have to do is accept that you can be a millionaire. Until that point, you have no motivation and thus no drive and no effort is being made. Once you believe it is possible, the biggest hurdle has been passed. The rest is relatively easy in comparison.
Then you need to make it happen. Drive. Determination. Vision. Perseverance. Self confidence. You have to believe in yourself and your vision even when nobody else does. At the same time, you have to know when to listen to the advice of others, so you remain grounded in reality. Self made millionaires don't delude themselves.
Another thing you should have is an emotional purpose. For instance, I have been told all my life that I can't. I'm a failure. I'm a loser. Why? Because people didn't like the idea that I might succeed when they were static. It's easier to tear someone else down than get off your ass and do something to make yourself successful. So my emotional purpose is threefold:
1. I want the security of having enough money to feel financially safe.
2. I want to be able to realize my dream of making a big, definite and positive impact on the world around me.
3. I want to be able to "get revenge" on everyone who laughed at me, ridiculed me, told me I couldn't, poo-pooed my ideas, and tried to convince me I was and should remain a perpetual failure, by being massively successful.
Revenge really isn't the word. I don't need revenge; I simply want to show these people that nobody is going to tell me I am going to fail but me - and I choose to succeed.
Another point that makes a self made millionaire which I almost forgot, is to erase debt asap. In fact a lot of them claim that they did everything in their power to erase all debt, as soon as possible, even to the point of living very lean lives until they were debt free.
Some people tell me that I should pay off my student loan over 20-30 years to "build credit". Bull baloney. I want that sucker GONE. Whenever I can, I pay double and triple what I need to. More I throw at it, the more goes to principle, and the less interest I waste money paying.
At the same time, I have to spend money on bills, and I also have to spend money on equipment for my other business which I'm setting up, which is becoming a professional photographer. If you have never looked at the equipment pro photographers use for shooting weddings, let me say this. I have $5,000 worth of equipment as of now, and I still need about $10,000 more.
But... I'm investing smart. By buying the best possible lenses (even at $1300 to $2500 each), I ensure my images are top notch, which will get me the "oooh!"s and "ahhhhh!"s I need for customers happy with their results, which gets me word of mouth, and that will get me more weddings and portraits and commercial jobs to shoot. It will snowball because I understand that maximum quality + putting the customer first = customer satisfaction, and that equals more customers and repeat customers. Something big business today has sadly forgotten.
Do you suppose I am buying my photography equipment on credit cards? Not on your life. I don't even
have a credit card. I have a bank card. What is in the bank is the limit of what I can spend. Period.
I also write and publish books. And I sell stock photography. And I teach... and I act as a consultant... and...
Multiple streams of income. Several of which are residual income. I do the work once, and it pays me forever.
That is the smart way to get wealthy.
Okay, enough ranting.
Just thought it might help.
