I'm Broke, How Can I Afford...
I'm still amazed every time someone comes to me complaining that they don't have any money to put into their business and that they're broke.I mean what have you been doing with your money man?!?Plain Truth: If you don't have any money you won't make it my friend? it's that simple. You have to at least have some money. Say $200-$500. I don't care what the self-styled slick gurus tell you. If you're flat out of cash your dead in the water before you can even start.Now let me tell you another thing?.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE BROKE! You're a liar and a self deluded one at that if you think you are.I mean how many Starbucks or soda do you drink a day?How many beers a week do you drink?How many cigarettes do you smoke?How much meat do you eat?How many new clothes have you bought in the last month?How many "gifts" have you just had to buy?How many magazines or newspapers have you bought this month?How many CD's?How many snacks?How much candy do you eat a week?How many TV dinners?How much fast food have you been eating?How much did you spend on the lottery?How much did your TV cost you?How much money do you give to your church?How much are your monthly car payments?So these are really essential to living are they??. No they're not, they're self-indulgent habits! Nothing wrong with that if you can AFFORD them. But you tell me you're broke! Wake up! Ding-dong!I used to walk the streets with no-more than $3 bucks in my pocket to last me the day. Yes I did that for months on end until something happened. I got mad, real mad.
Not at the world but with myself. You see I have always had a dream of being personally free, being self-reliant, totally in charge of my time and cash flow, beholden to no-one... not government, not masters, not gurus. Now walking around with $3 bucks aient much fun. It hurts in the pit of your stomach.
And when I only had $7 a day to feed my family (yup there were others my pathetic state was impacting) I can tell you, I felt at times of doing something pretty dumb to my body and mind? and occasionally did. If you live in the Western world, you live in the richest part of the planet with the most opportunities the world has ever seen at any point in the history of the human race. If you want to see poverty take a trip to India or any other developing country. I have, and what I saw made me realize my $3 a day "poverty-trap" was simply an ego-trip. Kids working from 5am to 10pm every day for crumbs of bread.
Rags and bones. So please don't tell me you're broke and poor, you don't know the meaning of the word. But now I'm not broke, now I'm not looking like a tramp feeling sorry for myself. How did I change it, and get the money to start my information publishing business. I'll tell you.
It's real simple? and I want you to do it too: Every single time you buy something, I don't care how many cents or pennies or bucks it might have cost? you MUST ASK FOR AND KEEP THE RECEIPT!
At the end of the day in a small note book or on a scrap of paper, total up what you spent your money on. Now ask yourself: "Was what I bought today absolutely essential?" If not, take it back for a refund, you have the receipt after all. Now put that refunded money in a pot or a jar and label the jar "My Business Building Fund". Better still, don't buy the goodie, treat or trinket in the first place and save the cash.
If you really want to get in control of your finances you absolutely, positively must raise some working capital, and the only way to do that is to stop buying crap and investing the money in yourself.
I mean do you really need that coffee or will water do? Do you really need that steak or will beans or rice suffice along with some healthy cheap vegetables thrown in? "But I want to have a coffee, beer, steak" I hear you say. Well don't tell me that you're broke then. All you've done is exchange what little cash you have for something else other than investing in your business building fund. No-one forced you. No-one but yourself is to blame for where you are right now.
You are in the situation you find yourself because of the choices and decisions you have made during the course of your life ?. Stop pointing your fingers outside yourself?. You are the problem, and as such YOU ARE THE SOLUTION! So stop spending money on useless trinkets, and superfluous goodies and snacks. Bread, water, vegetables? you don't need anything else to eat. Chances are you have a wardrobe full of clothes already so you don't need anymore of those...
correct? Sell your TV it spews lies anyway. Use TV time to learn, surf the web looking for opportunities etc. Sell your car? Either take public transport, which in the long term is cheaper than a car or get a bicycle. And yes it's gonna pop your skull with frustration. But use that frustration to get your act together and absolutely commit to get with the program and learn how to become a self-reliant cash generating human being.
And when that day comes, you'll be able to walk into your bosses office, smack a cream pie in his/her face and walk off to the beach knowing you are, at the end of the day, an immensely and supremely powerful individual?. You simply forgot!.
Rob Taylor made over $400,000 selling his very first self published book in e-book and print editions. Take advantage of his battle tested information publishing strategies that can quietly make you five figure cash profits every single month as a self publisher! Visit http://www.megastep.com for a free subscription to his Self Publishing for Profit ezine.Bathroom Remodeling
Bathrooms have to be just as comfortable, functional and good looking as the rest of the house. Hygiene and sanitation are also important aspects apart from making the bathroom look warm and inviting. Bathroom remodeling can be because of many reasons: as a part of fixing a major problem; as a part of revamping the whole house; for special reasons like fitting in a child's bath tub or an adult's wheelchair; for altering the size or the shape of the room; for including additional gadgets like: showers, tubs, water supply systems, counters, cabinets, bars, shower walls and so on. With the availability of several accessories and fixtures, bathroom remodeling has become very easy and interesting.
Bathroom remodeling calls for several safety precautions. If the remodeling involves tearing down of the whole bathroom, the area nearby should be covered with builder's paper to protect it from abrasion and dirt.
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Baron & Budd Attorney Scott Summy to Speak at the University of Texas Page Keeton Products Liability Conference
Scott Summy, a shareholder with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., will speak today on transitioning your litigation practice at the Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference in Austin, Texas.Plaintiffs' attorneys face new challenges as legislative initiatives and changes in jury attitudes make practice more difficult.
Summy will explain how litigators have adapted their practices and developed expertise in such areas as representing water providers in environmental litigation.Summy heads the water contamination litigation team at Baron & Budd, P.C. He is heavily involved in complex environmental litigation across the country. He successfully represented plaintiffs in the first MTBE case filed in the United States. Since then, Summy has represented numerous municipalities, water authorities and private well owners in water contamination cases across the country.
He has also handled toxic tort litigation involving benzene, lead, various solvents, arsenic and mercury. About...
Baron & Budd Attorney Scott Summy to Speak at the University of Texas Page Keeton Products Liability Conference
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Tennessee?s Largest Rural Water Utility Calls on Multi-Media Solutions Inc in Plan to Keep Drinking Water Safe from Terrorism
The Department of Homeland Security has focused on the safety of our nation's drinking water as an area of concern. Steps must be taken to reduce the vulnerability of our water supply to the threat of terrorism. Multi-Media Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Alcoa with an additional office in Brentwood, is a big part of the steps that Tennessee's largest rural water utility is taking to be prepared, aware, and responsive to situations from Mother Nature's fury to deliberate vandalism, or worse.When the Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County, TN, began to pioneer its efforts to ensure the security of the public's drinking water supply against intrusion and contamination, they executed an infrastructure security plan using state-of-the-art technology. The core of the plan was the design and construction of a centralized command center, operating 24/7 to continuously monitor the reservoirs, pump stations, flow meters, pressure zones, storage tanks and distribution lines.Audio...
Tennessee?s Largest Rural Water Utility Calls on Multi-Media Solutions Inc in Plan to Keep Drinking Water Safe from Terrorism
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Copacabana Resorts Enters into Phase I of the Barco Quebrada Tourism Project
Copacabana Resorts a Costa Rican Development Company has entered into phase I of the development project. The entire residential community will be gated, secure and very private. The development project will eventually include; an18-hole residential golf course community, private estates with views of the Pacific Ocean and the future golf course, Condos, townhouses, loft apartments, a private resort over looking the golf course. Security and Privacy! To ensure everyone's safety and privacy the company will provide full time security in the fenced and gated community. Security personnel will ensure the safety of the neighborhoods, parks, golf course, and the resort as well as manning all the entrances to the community 24 hours a day.
The resort will be built in an area over looking numerous beaches and the residential golf course. The residential community will surround the golf course and the golf course area will also contain residential homes. The project area is located between...
Copacabana Resorts Enters into Phase I of the Barco Quebrada Tourism Project
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Breeding Crayfish
In the text below I shall try to give a short overview of some of the basics when breeding crayfish. Particular species may have other behaviours and demands. It should be said that my main experience as an aquarist is with relation to fish, but I shall try to convey what little knowledge I have. Sexing Crayfish Sexing crayfish isn't always easy. The genital openings are located in different places on the body depending on whether it's a male or a female.
Males have their genital openings behind/under their posterior pair of legs. Females have their genital openings under the third pair of legs counted from the posterior. However, many individuals have a male as well as a female genital opening, making the sexing much more complicated. But these are always either male or female; usually male but you can't be sure. Mating and egg carryingIn aquariums, spawning is possible any time of year.
The male makes a little sperm packet and places it on the female's stomach. The female...
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Designer Water Adds Graphic Artist, Chuck Higbee, to Existing Work Force
Arlington, TX (ContentDesk) July 9, 2006 -- Designer Water USA, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Chuck Higbee to their graphic arts department. Chuck is a locally renowned artist with over 30 years experience in advertising design and print production.Since a picture is worth a thousand words, please view Chucks portfolio of work at www.chuckhigbee.com. Personalized bottled water is a growing business and I am proud to be a part of such an innovative and flourishing company. With my graphic arts knowledge and experience coupled with the Designer Water concept, I see great things in the future for us, Higbee said.With the summer heat upon us, the private label bottled water industry is a great venue in which companies can offer a thirst-quenching, quality advertising product to their customers.Businesses are not the only ones who can benefit from the Designer Water product. Individuals who are celebrating weddings,...
Designer Water Adds Graphic Artist, Chuck Higbee, to Existing Work Force
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Baron & Budd Attorney Scott Summy to Speak at the University of Texas Page Keeton Products Liability Conference
Scott Summy, a shareholder with the law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., will speak today on transitioning your litigation practice at the Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference in Austin, Texas.Plaintiffs' attorneys face new challenges as legislative initiatives and changes in jury attitudes make practice more difficult.
Summy will explain how litigators have adapted their practices and developed expertise in such areas as representing water providers in environmental litigation.Summy heads the water contamination litigation team at Baron & Budd, P.C. He is heavily involved in complex environmental litigation across the country. He successfully represented plaintiffs in the first MTBE case filed in the United States. Since then, Summy has represented numerous municipalities, water authorities and private well owners in water contamination cases across the country.
He has also handled toxic tort litigation involving benzene, lead, various solvents, arsenic and mercury. About...
Baron & Budd Attorney Scott Summy to Speak at the University of Texas Page Keeton Products Liability Conference
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