Monday, April 28, 2008

Have Fun, Help Others, and Make a Lot of Money - No Worms Involved

In looking at business options, I have seen many ways that claim to be the path to earning a lot of money. However, I stumbled across a business in yesterday's newspaper that I found quite intriguing. It's the business of marketing earthworms. Now, if you think it's difficult to sell cookware, candles, vitamins or cosmetics, think about how you'd go about selling live, slippery, worms. There's no doubt this is a niche market. It turns out that the owner of this business actually started out as a home business entrepreneur who answered an ad for farming earthworms. The startup cost was $500 for a kit but the worms were small and the company never purchased the subsequent worm offspring as promised.

Not to be defeated, however, this worm farmer looked for other ways to make his business profitable. As a result, he no longer breeds and raises his own worms, but has become a broker for a large European worm farmer. It seems that worms grow bigger and juicier in Europe than they do in the United States. These millions of worms come packed in boxes and the broker weighs or counts the worms out into small cups which are sold to bait shops. How would you like to spend your working hours donning gloves and placing earthworms into cups? There were actually pictures of friends and relatives who assist the business owner in this endeavor.

As I was reading this amazing article, I started thinking about my own home business. What a contrast selling earthworms is to having a conversation with people. Of course I have to do some marketing to attract the people who are looking for my expertise and assistance. Then I simply have a conversation with these people to help us both discover what their goals and needs are. From there, it's simply a matter of using a proven system to further educate and answer questions. At this point, my clients make a decsision as to whether they would like to earn money doing what I do or not.

You are probably wondering what it is that I actually sell. Quite simply it's three different personal development products. There is a broad market for these products - after all, most of us are interested in becoming better human beings. The personal development business generated over 9 billion dollars last year. People are eager to learn better ways to think, live and communicate with others. People are also eager to make a very decent income, think multiple six figures potentially, without spending a lot of time away from their families. My purposes in life have been to help other people achieve health and happiness , to have time for gardening and enjoying my home on Lake Murray, and to have the resources to travel with my friends and family. I also enjoy feeling productive and donating my time and money to causes I am passionate about. Money opens a lot of doors, doesn't it?

With our Liberty League International home based business, I am better able than ever to realize these goals. I may buy a few earthworms and teach my grandson how to fish from our dock. Otherwise, I'll leave that business alone. I don't think many people are making a million dollars from earthworms. But personal development is a different story entirlely. If you'd like to find out exactly what I do everyday, contact me through this blog or give me a call at the number below. Life is too precious to waste it on unpleasant and unproductive pursuits. Let's have fun, help others, and make a lot of money - no worms involved.

To Your Success,
Sandra Hayes
email prosperitytoday@bellsouth.net
website www.achieveprosperitytoday.com
telephone 803-364-3918

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Live On Purpose and Make a Difference

Our life and business rocks so much that I can't keep quiet about it any longer. As I sit here on this spring day looking out my window at Lake Murray and the budding trees, I realize that I envisioned this 10 years ago. We owned this property then but were living and working in Florida. If we were lucky, we were able to vacation here 3 times a year, never for more than a week at a time and sometimes only for 3 or 4 days. During one of those visits, I distinctly remember closing my eyes and picturing myself sitting here and working from a computer in my home. I had no idea exactly what kind of work I would be doing, but I knew it would provide a comfortable income and lifestyle. I also knew I would be fulfilling my purpose in life and making a difference to someone.

So here I am living that dream!! I am so blessed to have a husband who enjoys living this same dream lifestyle as I. After all, we have been married 31 years and are not carbon copies of each other. But in the things that matter most, marriage, family, church, and work, we agree totally in fidelity, integrity, giving of our time and resources, having fun, and being grateful to God for everything. Does a life like this just happen? Is it simply the result of luck? Or do we have the power to create any kind of life we desire?

Being a Christian of strong faith and a student of personal development - yes, the two compliment rather than contradict each other - I know without a doubt that our God-given free will, empowered by the Holy Spirit, gives us the ability to bring about anything we truly desire. I am certainly living proof of that. Seeing this happen in one area of my life encourages me to set my sights on even loftier goals. Every one of us was created for a distinct purpose and will live until that purpose is fulfilled. I probably will not know the entire scope of my purpose until my life is over. However, I do know the things in life I feel passionate about, so I know they are related to my purpose.

Working 10 hours a day for a corporation did not inspire me at all. Worse yet, it robbed me of creative energy and laid claim to one of my most precious resources, my TIME. Thank goodness I had envisioned a different lifestyle for myself and recognized the opportunity to achieve that lifestyle when it showed up. For me it was the business opportunity with Liberty League International. Not only could we now have the income to live according to our desires, our personal development products taught us how to think and believe in a new and powerful way. The point here is that even though you may want your life to look differently, you are going to have to take a leap of faith at some point to make that difference happen. One of my purposes on earth is to show others that change and success are possible for them. No one is stuck where they are unless they choose to be stuck.

I feel so passionate about the possibilities for my life and your life too. We all suffer when one of us chooses to "play it safe" rather than follow a dream. My favorite author, Andy Andrews, says that everything we do makes a difference. I want to make a difference with my life and honor my creator by achieving the purpose I was put here for. If you are feeling nudged to make a difference with your life, please take action on it. If you'd like to talk to me about that decision, I stand ready to listen and offer what knowledge and insight I have. This very well could be the opportunity you have been looking for to afford you new freedom. This could be the vehicle for you to live your life on purpose and make a difference for all of us.

To your success,
Sandra Hayes
803-364-3918
prosperitytoday@bellsouth.net

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A Business For Myself - Not By Myself

Anyone who reads such books as The Science of Getting Rich, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, or Think and Grow Rich has learned some basic facts. One obvious fact concerning wealth is that it is not possible to acquire true wealth by trading one's time for money. And trading time for money is what employees do every day. Those who acquire true wealth work for themselves by owning their own business. Most people with vision brainstorm ways to start their own businesses. Are you one of these people? Are you looking for a way to start a business for yourself? How about partnering with some others with vision who already have a proven product and business model in place? Wouldn't it be simpler to go into business for yourself but not by yourself?

Honestly, I didn't see myself as a business owner for most of my life. My vision of myself was a dutiful employee who let someone else worry about the bottom line. Years of living this way proved to me that I was selling my time to someone who didn't value it nearly as much as I do. I had dreams and goals that I was never going to achieve unless I had the courage to take a different approach. This is the reason only 3% of people actually take the step to entrepreneurship. It takes the courage to make a change! It takes courage to take a risk. But this risk is much lower than the risk of coming to the end of life with unfulfilled dreams and goals.

I thank God everyday that Ed and I attracted Liberty League International into our lives. This company, its products, and its business model were simple enough for us to start immediately. And they are lucrative enough to give us the financial resources we desire to meet some big goals. And for someone like me, who was a afraid to truly to go it alone, I found a community of other successful people who have taught me what they know to assist me in this journey. I am secure in being in business for myself, with the rewards and challenges that brings. I am also blessed to be surrounded by others who keep me from being in business totally by myself.

God created us for greatness, not mediocrity. He put a desire for great achievements into our hearts and minds. And then he gave us the freedom to seek ways to accomplish what we hope is possible. Better yet, He gave us each other for companionship and support. I pray that I honor the gift of my life by investing it wisely as a good steward. I only get one chance at today. I am truly grateful for the opportunity I have to assist others in finding a business for themselves but not by themselves.

To Your Success In Business and In Life,
Sandra Hayes
prosperitytoday@bellsouth.net
803-364-3918