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Archive for February, 2008

Spending Your Value-able Life

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Could your pocketbook benefit from a values check?  Certified MoneyMinding Advisor Cindy Morus thinks so.  In her new e-book, Spending Your Value-able Life, Cindy leads you through an exercise in defining your values, then connects those values to your spending decisions.  It’s right in line with MoneyMinding’s second step (after being grateful for where you are), which is knowing what your priorites are.

If you are living your best life, your priorities will be congruent with your values, and both will be reflected in where you choose to spend your resources.  Right?  If you haven’t given much thought to it, here’s your chance to brew a cup of tea or coffee, light a candle and sit down with pen and paper and a copy of Cindy’s book.  You can look Cindy up on our “Find an Advisor” page.

Questions from our presentations

Friday, February 29th, 2008

MoneyMinding is an interactive system of financial education - we love questions and encourage them wherever we talk about MoneyMinding because it’s the best way to get people thinking about their own money strategies.  Here are some that we received at a recent eWomen Network evening:

  •  Where can I find a reasonable source for a new small business loan?
  • What is the fastest way to reduce personal debt?
  • What is the best return on investment today?
  • What are your thoughts on RRSPs?
  • How do you live within a budget?
  • How exactly do you buy real estate for zero down?

Each time we meet with people, either in person, on the phone or even via the Web, these are the kinds of questions that come up.  And there often isn’t just one answer - how you begin to make money work for you can be as individual as the style of clothes you wear.  But we like to work through the answers with our MoneyMinding members in interactive environments such as teleconferences, seminars and yes, even blogs like this. 

 So do you have a money question?  Enter it in the comments area (or anonymously to questions@moneyminding.com) and we’d be happy to look at it with you.  Depending on volume received it might take some time, but starting the money conversation is important to our business, and to your successful financial journey.

Teamwork and Income Opportunities - wow!

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Here’s an email we received from one of our consortium members.  Our what?  Well, as part of the MoneyMinding Mastery education, people who participate have the opportunity to join with their Mastery colleagues and put MoneyMinding to work in a project fashion.  Our students get to learn concepts AND make money - partnering with MoneyMinding and with each other to make it happen!  Does this require teamwork and initiative?  You bet.  Are they capable of taking a concept and turning it into income?  Absolutely.  Am I going to link you to their terrific project so you can find out more about it for yourself?  Yes- as soon as it’s ready to go (which will be very shortly, don’t worry)  Do you want to experience some of this for yourself?  You can!  Find out more about MoneyMinding Mastery and Advisor Training - just click the link.

I just wanted to say a big thankyou to everyone who is a part of this project.  I have been working and been involved in team work for the past 14 years as I know you all have and it is definitely  TEAM WORK THAT MAKES THE DREAM WORK!! We have done a great job so far.  

A special Thank you to Tracy and Wayne for sharing your ideas and “BIG THINKING” so all of us can enlarge our comfort zone and become marketing and internet experts among other things.

Audrey, Vancouver

MoneyMinding Employment Opportunity!

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Passionate about financial success?  Eager to get in on the ground floor of a growing company? 

 

MoneyMinding Inc. is a complete financial education and success system that works with professionals in the financial industry and “end users” to encourage financial possibilities without “cutting back”.  Using digital education products, social networking and financial coaching, MoneyMinding gives people the tools to take charge of their financial destiny, and offers a turn-key marketing system to financial advisors.  The company is at the leading edge of a “hot” industry – financial literacy training, and we’re looking for the right person to help take the business to the next level.

 

The successful candidate will be a committed, proven sales professional comfortable in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer environment; able to find new clients through networking, research, and cold calls; qualify and research sales leads.  He or she will have excellent customer service and presentation skills, strong time management and organizational abilities, effective interpersonal and communication skills, and computer proficiency (Word, Access, Excel, Outlook).

 

Experience in the financial industry is an asset.  Must be willing to travel within North America.  Pay will be commensurate with experience and tied to performance.

We’ve Got a Cool Book!

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Tracy’s first book, Enlightened Wealth, was chosen this week as a Cool Book of the Day, by internet marketing pioneer Dan Janal for his website, CoolBookOfTheDay.com!

 We love Dan anyway because he also runs PR Leads, which provides many opportunities for us to speak to journalists about MoneyMinding.  It’s a real bonus to be able to tell the world exactly why Enlightened Wealth is a life-changing read for the starting out, the lifestyle-financed and the worried wealthy alike. 

 CoolBookOfTheDay posts a new book each day, and they are sorted into categories, with author interviews for each.  If you like what you see, the site links to Amazon to order the book.

Why not check it out at www.coolbookoftheday.com and let him know what a great service it is!

Another story from Kevin Hu

Friday, February 1st, 2008

At his year-end meeting, Kevin’s mentor asked him “How much are you planning to make this year?”

Kevin said that he was going to make a quarter million - that he was going to write a cheque of $250,000 to himself.

 Her immediate response was “NO, that’s not challenging enough!  You need to add a zero instead.  It won’t be easy but it’s a good goal for 2008!”

 Kevin did what she said, and wrote himself a cheque for one million dollars.  Although he wasn’t convinced in himself that he could achieve that much, he was excited to go for it.

 Soon after, something clicked, and he found a strategy that had his clients invest 4 million dollars with him from December 15th to 31st.  This will bring in a commission check of $100,000.  And the year is just beginning!

Success… is it just luck?

Friday, February 1st, 2008

by Kevin Hu

Ever wonder how other people seem to find opportunities and chances that never present themselves to you?

I used to think the same way too. If you were to ask me if I’ve always been successful, if I’ve always been able to network with others and spot the opportunities that come my way, my answer would be NOT AT ALL!

It may seem like my life has been a very smooth and successful ride. I wish that were true; however, I have discovered that only through challenges and struggles can a person grow and expand himself or herself to another stage of capacity.

 The majority of people wish only that they had another’s success; what they never consider are the struggles and obstacles behind that success.  Yes, i am blessed by the grace of God in all I have achieved this year, buy many don’t realize how much time, effort and money I have spent on personal growth.

Having an annual income of only ten to twenty thousand dollars in the last couple of years was not an easy thing, what with a mortgage and other buills to pay.  Quitting a job that paid $35,000 annually to work full-time in the financial industry (making very little at first) is certainly a riskmany are unwilling to take.  Most people are not willing to give up their comfort zone.

I have cried out to God many times, Why do I have to go through this?  Why must I actively talk to people - something I am not comfortable with? At the time I was digging deeper into my line of credit and juggling credit cards in order to pay bills.  I knew I couldn’t give up.  I received an e-mail that said, “Don’t fear pressure for pressure is what turns rough stones into diamonds”.  It was a constant reminder to me that these challenes were expanding my capacity to contain greater blessings.

 And it’s true - your wealth is directly related to the capacity of your mind. Ever hear that most people who win the lottery lose everything, even becoming bankrupt, within 3 years?  This is because they lack the mental capacity to contain their wealth.  So they lose it automatically.  We would all like to have lots of money, but 95% of us wouldn’t know how to hang onto it.  Now ask yourself this question:  What would I do if I had 5 million dollars?  95% of people will think of what to spend it on and then live on what’s left over.  However, a successful individual will think of you to use this money to create more money, enought to live the lifestyle they desire.

Wealth and opportunity are everywhere.  Every client has had a different reaction to the same strategy I presented.  Many learned to think differently and do something outside their comfort zone.  Your ability to earn wealth is within youself.  I love one quote: “You want your life to be hard at the beginning so that it will become easy, instead of easy now and hard later.”

Tracy’s MoneyMinding program is excellent in this area of relating money and mindset.