Jim Rohn Was a Master at Helping People Change Their Thinking

It’s vital for success in any endeavor that you are able to reach outside of the box with your thoughts. This is so because the mind is creative. We are each creating our day to day realities with the thoughts that we think, and the by virtue of what we give our attention to.

We are basically creating life by default. And that’s where personal development or growth comes in. I loved to listed to Jim Rohn because he had such confidence and surity that when you put your mind to it, you can accomplish miracles. He is right.

What we are not so good at understanding yet thought is that we created everything we are living. Some people will say to that, “Nonsense! I would never create the way I am living right now!” And I agree. You wouldn’t do it on purpose, but you have done it by default.

Many people shut down right there. They refuse to believe that what they are living is their own creation. They shut down right before they get to the good part. If you created what you don’t want, you are still in the position of creator. And that means if you don’t like what you have, you, and only you, have the power to change it.

Do yourself a favor and listen to Jim Rohn, or one of the many other wonderful teachers out there, or even better, get your hands on The Abundance Course. you are not expected to know how to change your life without help. The teachers are there, waiting for us to appear:-)

That’s all for now.

Warmest,
Tracy

“I made $35,902 in my first 90 days with this one-of-a-kind opportunity!”

Unless they also disclose exactly what the average person can expect to make in that same time period (per company stats) and the steps taken to get there.

For instance ‘Randy’ would need to disclose it if he had spent $10,000 on Google ads and tapped into his existing network of 2500 people to earn the $35,902 in 90 days, or whatever he actually did to make that unusually large amount in such a short time. Because that is an unusual amount, and most will never duplicate it, not just in 90 days, but never.

Network Marketers are Being Forced to Tell The Truth

But will they? I think most will try. But this is new so we’ll  have to wait and see. Meanwhile, the best thing to do if you must involve yourself in MLM is to determine (before joining the company!) how many customers you will need to make the dollar amount you want each month. Or if recruiting is your thing, how many recruits. In other words, do your homework by knowing what you want before you join.

This is the exact opposite of what has been happening. Usually, the new person is accosted, er, approached by someone they know, shown the plan and they get all excited and join right away. This is bad because they most likely didn’t start that day wanting to go into business for themselves, and they have no clue what it takes to succeed in MLM (5 years and $5000 – or thereabouts).

And with the Internet, it has been even worse. You Google network marketing and up pop thousands and thousands of “opportunities” for you to choose from. Each one promising more money than the last. These guidelines will begin changing all of that. Hopefully this will stop a lot of potential victims, er, new reps who never make a dime, from getting started in the first place.

All that said, is it surprising that I prefer affiliate programs (my current favorite is a new way to buy and sell items via online auctions, with no final value fees – look out eBay!) and cash gifting? These days we all have many choices, and so we don’t have to go down the MLM road to nowhere (for 95% or so, anyway). We can make a different choice.

I’m actually excited about these changes because it means that most of the enticements used by the network marketing industry like endorsements by heavy hitters or celebrities, will require full disclosure. Are they paying Ms. X to say what she is saying about their health product? Are the results of Mr. X Heavy typical? If not, what is the combined average of all reps, so Mr. Normal can know what he’s getting into, please?

Whenever I write about this, I like to include a definition of and some synonyms for, the word average, since this is about what you can expect when you get involved with MLM:

Definition of Average: normal, typical
Synonyms:
boilerplate, common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling, familiar, garden*, garden-variety, general, humdrum*, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road, middling, moderate, nowhere, ordinary, passable, plastic, regular, run of the mill, so-so, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual

Hmmm….

What about cash gifting? Right here (link soon). No claims, no problems.

Warmest,
Tracy

I always put my main keyword in the first sentence of each post, which also helps with SEO. I have some other tricks that I share only with those who are gifting with me and who ask. I wait to be asked because this new gifting program I am in allows anyone, regardless of their experience with Internet marketing, to do well.

This is so because once you join, we offer you a built-in marketing system that you just set-up via Google Adwords, fund and collect your gifts. If you don’t even want to do that much yourself, you can join the co-op and just make your payment each month based on the number of shares you want. A share determines how many unique visitors your website will receive each month.

You can do it without having to host your own website because they are included, no charge when you gift at the $500, $1500 or $3500 level. I have not found another cash gifting program that does this.

Why I Chose Cash Gifting Over MLM

We went to Vermont for Thanksgiving and I was not in blogging mode, yet I still managed to post without being anywhere near a computer (one of those tips I mentioned above:-) I have to say that it beats MLM with a stick, since you have to stop everything around the holidays (or accost, er, I mean “share the business” with your friends and family which is what you’ll be told to do – UGH!)

One of two things happen at this point. You either get so much flack and negativity from your loved ones, or you lose momentum and your business either peters out or you need to re-enthuse yourself somehow to get back into the swing of things (a convention maybe? Better go or you’re not serious!) The holidays have put more than one network marketer out of business.

With gifting, you are not required to approach people you know to push your idea of a great income opportunity on them. Using the Internet, you have only the people who are interested in gifting programs visiting your free websites. If they want more info, they sign-in, whether it’s Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas day or any other day that puts the brakes on the MLMer’s. I get some flack for my feelings about network marketing, but so be it. If it works for you, great! As I always say, that usually means you have deep pockets or a large network to tap into already. Good for you!

But back to the fun stuff – food! We have a traditional Thanksgiving meal with turkey, stuffing, gravy and all the fixings and it was awesome! I managed not too eat too much – just barely.

I made the cardamom rolls, which are not exactly a widespread tradition. but they are a tradition with my husband’s family. They sounded weird to me, too, at first until I tried one. They are actually delicious, just a regular white dinner roll recipe with crushed cardamom seeds added in. Oh and my fresh pumpkin pie came out great!

Anyway, you’re looking for info on cash gifting so I won’t go on and on. I hope you had a terrific holiday, too!

Warmest,
Tracy

I have never given fiction writing a serious try. It’s just that when I read a novel that I really enjoy (right now it’s Dragonfly in Amber book 2 in the “Outlander” series by Gabaldon) I think, “I could never have written this!” and so don’t even try. And that’s OK since the world has enough bad fiction as it is, lol!

But I do dream of a life where I can read at will, go to the library at will and write whenever and whatever I want to. Then I realized that, aside from having the responsibility of my home and family, I can do all of those things almost whenever I want to right now! Because I took the time to learn about cash gifting. Since I like to write, and know more than just a little about Internet marketing, I knew I could do well with this. But what about others? I didn’t want a gifting program that was costly and complicated to get started for those I shared it with.

With most gifting programs I’ve found, there are numerous upfront fees on top of usually having to give up your first gifts to your inviter (called a 1-up system). I have participated in that type of program and they are fine if you have the money. But what I wanted to find was something that just about anyone can get started with without a huge outlay in fees that can add up very quickly, and with a built-in residual effect. I know that with the economy as it is and the recovery slower than any in history, more already busy people are going to be looking for a way to make money at home.

Recently I was fortunate enough to find a cash gifting system that doesn’t require you to know how to do your own promotion (can yo say time-saver??), or to pay out wads of cash for a website and participation in the system. In fact, this system has one small yearly admin fee of $50.

For all of the details, visit (link soon) and sign-in to access the main page. Read the entire page, listen to the testimonials and then you can email or call if you have questions for a quick response. But if it’s Thanksgiving, don’t expect an answer until Friday. Or if you’re contacting me, until Sunday. I’ll be taking some time off from writing this week, to make cardamom rolls, fresh pumpkin pie, apple sauce (not for dinner, I just have sooo many apples to use up!) and to be with my family, which is what I am most thankful for, this and every year.

Warmest,
Tracy

P.S. I added a banner to Amazon.com Deals and one to buy their gift cards. I’ve been happily shopping with Amazon since 1995 when all they had were books! I highly recommend their gift cards if you’re gifting tweens and teens this year. Always a hit.

That depends.

It can be. But it can also lead to more lack and disappointment in life if you begin the activity with what you need in mind, rather than with what you can give and share in mind.

Last year I met a woman online who was in desperation around debt, credit card bills and money in general. We talked a lot and I gave her my best advice on how to handle harassing calls from her creditors, and the stress she was feeling.

She really wanted to start cash gifting but was coming 100% from lack rather than abundance. She was desperate and desperation can only lead to more lack. I discouraged her from cash gifting at that time because I doubted she would be able to give from a feeling of abundance with no strings attached. There were more strings there than backstage at The Muppet Show!

So some time passed and she called me again. She said she was not only ready to start gifting, but that she had already lined up her first gift! A friend of hers, she said wanted to participate in the activity, too. She sounded much more hopeful, positive and eager to begin.

Well, I was excited for her and so helped her get started (this was last year when I was with a gifting system that was not automated like the one I’m sharing now). I felt better about it because she seemed to really have taken a turn for the better and was in a positive frame of mind.

To make a long story short, she wasn’t and she didn’t receive any gifts (turns out she had lied to me about the friend and her first gift). She was still holding abundance away from her with fear and need.

The people who thrive as cash gifters understand this: like attracts like. The law of attraction if you prefer. When you give a gift, it must be from a place of genuine certainty that “as you reap so shall you sow.”

This quote, and sadly I have no idea who to attribute it to, sums it up nicely:

“Generosity consists not in the sum given, but in the manner in which it is bestowed.”

If you’re looking to cash gifting for a quick fix, please be certain that you can get beyond your immediate fears and needs and give genuinely from the heart. And from a knowing that giving from the heart, from love, is the precursor to receiving abundance in all areas of your life.

By the way, this same issue (mindset) is the main reason the successful sponsors in MLM are so successful. It’s because they have mastered their minds (meaning they make it a point to think consistently about what they want and not about what they don’t want – the mind is creative). This is a big part of why the failure rate in MLM is so high: personal development, the mastery of our thoughts, is necessary to succeed, but ignored by most who attempt MLM or any home based opportunity.

Cash gifting requires participants to give from the heart, with no expectations from those given to. The returns come from completely different sources, and in multiples of what is given when you participate from a feeling of abundance and love. There is no quick fix here, because until you can give freely, with no strings, it is very likely you will keep attracting the same financial situation you have today.

Warmest,
Tracy

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It kills me to hear what some successful MLMers are saying in videos on their websites. I was visiting the website of one well-know successful MLMer today (I have no desire to bash individuals so I’m keeping this anonymous). In a video on his site he actually said, “I’m looking forward to getting to know you better.” Ha, ha ha! That is really just hysterical.

What he and all other successful network marketers really want to get to know is whether or not you have a network, and if not, how much money you can afford to invest to get your business off the ground. If you don’t believe me try it out for yourself. Talk to any heavy hitter and tell them you’re new and don’t have much money to get started. Tell them you’ve worn our your warm market but you’re excited and want to work with them!

Then post a reply here about how they blew you off, or blew smoke up your shirt telling you to get with your sponsor, or get on the next training call. They in no way want to work with you personally, and the truth is they can’t. They are but one person with hundreds or thousands in their downline.

I’m not saying they don’t want you to succeed because of course they do. They just can’t possibly work one-on-one with everyone they attract, but they still make it sound like that is their intention by saying they are looking forward to getting to know you….Ironically, network marketing is the most impersonal business you can build on the Internet. There is nothing lonelier than getting signed up with a new home business opportunity, then realizing that you are indeed going it alone, no matter how warm and fuzzy your sponsor is.

This is just one of the reasons I prefer cash gifting, especially this new system I’ve found. Because you don’t need a downline, so you don’t have to pretend you are the expert (fake it till you make it) to get started, and you never feel alone. You just get started by plugging into the existing system, that is run by experts who are there to support you and everyone you invite. Simple.

Warmest,
Tracy

“The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape,
nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. “   ~ Dodie Smith

I spent the weekend without Internet access which, when I was a network marketer used to drive me nuts, but now I love it. Cash gifting makes the difference.

Because I no longer have to be constantly checking for email from MLM prospects and I no longer have to spend my weekends on the phone. I really dislike that aspect of network marketing. They frame it as a means to time freedom, but in truth you become a slave to the telephone and these days, email.

With this gifting program, people who are interested do sometimes contact me directly which is fine. But a beautiful aspect of it is that they can also email or call directly into the offices of the founder and get all of their questions answered that way. So you are never left waiting and wondering. It’s a service that’s unique to this program as far as I’ve found and free for all.

I logged a lot of reading time over the weekend and am currently on Chapter 17 of “Dragonfly in Amber” the second book in the “Outlander” series by Diana Gabaldon. I posted about why I’m reading it now and not in 1991 when it was originally published, here. Now that I’ve seen the original cover art, I know why I would have walked right past this book with nary a second glance. It is marketed like a romance novel and I was never one to read those. Yes, I just admitted I judge books by their covers, lol! I think lots of people do, or they wouldn’t matter, yes? Anyway, this author didn’t need me as a reader back then to become bestselling.

Along with my book addiction (see post I linked to above if this is news to you) I have another weakness and that is for first editions of the books I really love. I can’t bring myself to spend $49 plus for this one though because of the darn cover art…pathetic I know but what can I say? Maybe I’ll get over it eventually.

I also snagged a terrific salad dressing recipe over the weekend. It’s a maple balsamic and it’s super simple. I’m using the recipe card as a bookmark right now, so hang on a sec…OK, here we go…it’s 1/4 cup (real!) maple syrup, 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon oil and salt + pepper to taste. Most awesome. You might want to double it.

Anyway, that’s what I’ve been up to. Hope you had a great weekend and if you’re ready to start with this no-fee cash gifting you can do so at my other website here, anytime: New link soon.

Warmest,
Tracy

When I first came across cash gifting last year and decided to participate, I was excited about the idea of simple gifting and eager to get started sharing it with others. But then something happened that took the wind out of my sails so to speak. I have a blog about MLM where I wrote about the program, and a “professional” mlmer contacted me to tell me that I seemed like a nice person but that cash gifting was illegal and I should stop immediately before I got into trouble.

She later accused me of not caring about the people I introduced to CG and not being willing to stop because I was making money. Neither were true as I had just begun when she arrived on the scene and had not even received one single gift yet. And I do care about others which is why I’m doing this and not MLM. That will PO more than a few people I know but here’s the deal:

I spent thousands and thousands of dollars chasing the network marketing dream over the past 20 years. With about $3000 total income over that time. It’s embarrassing to admit it, but there you go. Truth be told, I’m in good company because most never make real money in MLM. For fun I’ll post a list of the companies I was with in another post (to keep this one from getting too long).

So for my own peace of mind I had to make sure that I wasn’t breaking the law. I wrote this post on my other cash gifting blog and don’t intend to re-write it all again here. Suffice to say that because true cash gifting has no resemblance to these schemes I also wrote about, I am positive that I am in no way breaking any law.

So then she moved on the moral aspects of gifting which coming from a pro MLMer I found ironic and laughable. That’s for another post.

Back to this new program I just joined. The main program has 3 gifting levels ranging from $500, $1,500 and $3,500. Each level is designed so that you receive residual cash gifts from everyone that joins after you do, with no 1-up. They will also advertise for you for your first month free, and thereafter for a fee. And that’s the only fee, and it’s optional.

I love that aspect because not everyone wants to learn Internet marketing, or figure out advertising on their own. Get all of the details here:

Warmest,

Tracy

Well, not being one to knowingly break the law, I put in a call to my state’s District Attorney’s office and also to the FTC to ask if cash gifting was illegal. I posted my findings on my old blog and you can read about it here: “My Cash GiftingQuest for Answers: Illegal or Not?”

I stopped gifting for awhile last year because the program I chose changed and they began implementing large admin and monthly fees that I thought were excessive. I kept looking for something though and checked out a few MLM opportunities but I just can not go there again. I have a MLM blog as well, and posted about a new (at the time) company that pretty well sums up how I feel about MLM these days: MLM Work At Home

Basically I have spent thousands to be involved with so-called legitimate network marketing home based businesses – the ones that charge you to become a rep and then force you to buy $50 or $100 or more in products per month to “qualify” for your commissions, if you manage to sell anything.

I would always be very excited and optimistic at the beginning. I did what I was told to do and had some minor success but never the massive residual income that entices most to try it in the first place. But after my last try with ITV Ventures which went out of business just as I was starting to make money, I have said “NO MORE!”

That said, I know that there are many who do cash gifting and MLM, and I’m not saying there is anything wrong with that. It is just that mlm has not been a good fit for me. I have made money with cash gifting – I have lost it with MLM. Seems a simple conclusion to do what works for me and step away from what doesn’t.

I started a new $25 cash gifting program on Monday that is a feeder for their $500 – $3500 program. So far they have exceeded what they guaranteed for paid sign-ups. If all goes well I’ll be gifting at the $500 level in a few days, and will be sharing the program here. There are no fees involved and so far it’s the only program I’ve found without any.

That’s all for now.

_______ Update November 12, 2009

I have a link for the 5 day challenge to share now. Sign-in here to get all of the details:
Cash Gifting Program – 5 Day Challenge

Update Feb 2010 – no longer with this gifting program and do NOT recommend it!