Special Report: How To Make Mo.ney For The Holidays
Published: Tue, 12/06/16
I worked with home business owners
in removing blocks to their success.
I love this group of people. They're more
ambitious than most. And they've got
energy to burn. And they usually put
their money where their mouth is.
So when I see stuff like "Make An Extra
$500 - $1000 a month for the holidays,"
it gets me crazy.
This was my Facebook status this morning...
If you're telling people they can make extra
mo.ney for the holidays through your M- L -M
or affiliate program, you know in your heart
you're playing on people's greed or desperation.
The numbers say most people who start a program
will spend far more than they make, if they make
anything at all.
That's not to say starting a home business is a bad
idea. It's what got us started on this amazing journey.
But be real about the ramp up period, the learning
curve and the need to delay gratification.
No, they likely WON'T make mo.ney for the holidays.
And if you're in a home business program and you
don't know that, you should.
Let me get the obvious thing out of the way now...
The way to make money for the holidays in 2016
is to do something that's surefire and guaranteed.
That you know you have the skills for now, and
that the marketplace wants.
So if that's a ten hour a week, minimum wage job
between now and the first week of January, you
can safely count on a few hundred dollars.
That's significant for a lot of people!
And if you think there's a lack of dignity in working
for less than you think you're worth, there's also
a lot of dignity in setting your ego aside and
taking care of your family - and yourself.
So yes, you have emotional permission to do
whatever you need to do to make the holidays
a happier time.
Now, let's get to the important stuff...and why
I wrote this in the first place.
Every good thing you ever got happened because
you had the emotional maturity to grow into it.
If you've got a job or career you love, or a home
business, you sat still and learned the skills you
needed to learn.
And you figured out how to become attractive to
the marketplace of people who were willing to
pay for what you have.
And you figured out how to receive all those great
things, to have the self-worth to say, "yes, this belongs
to me!"
Same is true for your health, your weight, your
relationshsips, your sense of peace and well-being.
And that doesn't mean you have poverty in any
of these areas if they're unsettled at the moment.
But if you're happy and fulfilled, you earned it!
In the home business arena - whether it's network
marketing, affiliate marketing, your own product
or service, it's all the same.
You need to time to get the knowledge and learn
the skills of success.
You need to find the right product or service to
line up behind, something people want and you
feel good about.
You need to build relationships so the marketplace
knows who you are and what you've got.
And when someone tells you that you can make
an extra $500 to $1000 a month doing what they're
doing, and doesn't say anything about these other
things being in place, I want that to be a red flag.
I want you to have the emotional maturity to avoid
falling into that trap.
And I want you to respect yourself enough to build
your skills and yourself up, so that by this time next
year, you'll never have to worry about falling for that
dumb ass trap again.
One more time...
Do what you have to do to take care of what you
have to take care of in 2016.
It's not beneath you to work hard for it. It's honorable.
And get strong, wise and healthy in 2017.
Let go of habits, and sadness and guilt and anger that
hold you back.
Replace them with self respect, and forgiveness, and
ambition and FUN.
Yes, that's what we're doing in Mind Flip, starting in
early January.
But whatever method you choose, don't fall for anyone's
dog whistle.
You're bigger, braver and smarter than that.
Much Love,
Larry