“The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of everything else to which he is entitled.”

-Andrew Carnegie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTeAmLcG-zo

In his book THE MASTER-KEY TO RICHES, Napoleon Hill takes the reader through a journey of endless possibilities, infinite riches and unlimited opportunities. This book is a continuum of Think and Grow Rich, and explains in further details and on a more personal level how to truly explore and accomplish all the amazing riches available for mankind.

Napoleon describes all the rights we have as an American, the affluence and abundance of all unforeseen riches available for us.  The trick is to let your mind guide you with you as its captain.  When you are the master of your mind and ship, and take full control over your own actions, you will unlock the never-ending possibilities of the master-keys to riches.

The key for a safe journey through the stormy sea of life is self-discipline. This self-discipline combined with a never altering positive mental attitude enables you to conquer all the obstacles that you will encounter during your quest for abundance.

Napoleon manages to lay out a framework or a map for our Definitive Major Purpose.  The key is to be a student of life, a student of all the things that brings us closer to our Definitive Major Purpose.  A well planned out education with the consideration and attention to what really is relevant to what you believe to be your definitive purpose, combined with a solid unwavering self discipline can lead to a life of abundance, not only in monetary means, but to all aspects of life, both personal and health.

Napoleon Hill is a remarkable man, and in this as well as all the rest of his incredible writings, he manages to bring forward to the reader the truth and gift available for us all.  This truth has be known and available since mankind’s existence, and now finally through Napoleon Hills research and

guidance, the readers can harness and  enjoy the ripe fruits and nuggets of gold now available for us.

Valerie Leuba

http://valerie@valerieleuba.com

http://RichdogPro.com

Phone:910-988-3751

Skype: vleuba

Email: leubav@gmail.com

Popularity: 40% [?]

Malcolm Gladwell has the magic ability to provoke and stimulate thoughts.  In his book Blink, you literally can’t afford to blink or you might miss a crucial point.

What is a snap-judgment and can you really trust a decision based on what your subconscious tells you?  In his book Blink, Gladwell uses fascinating and compelling stories loaded with anecdotes and social science research, to which he manages to break down to an easy and understandable reading.

There have been numerous times in your life; when you know something is not right, or that something that just don’t feel right or is out of place.  This is what Gladwell mean, when your subconscious is making a decision for you.

When, and in what situation is a subconscious decision better than an informed and conscious decision?  Gladwell shares some amazing stories for the pros and cons for this particular question.  There are definitely in my opinion times when a snap-judgment is far superior then a drawn out planning process.  A classic example of this is life-and–death situations, or sometimes in the case of a sensory overload, when a person has too many variables to choose from and use to make an informed decision.  I don’t want to ruin your reading and give away some wonderful stories, but I will say this though- can we call our perception reality,  if considering our interpretations of people, events and ideas are funneled through a filtering system, that are heavily influenced by internal ideologies and beliefs.  Gladwell uses so many examples of this kind of brain-massage, which will stimulate and provoke us to think in a diverse way.

A must read! I highly recommend Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink, not only for you to be able to make an educated decision either on a sub-conscious or conscious level, but also as a fascinating day or two of study, reading and contemplating.

Valerie Leuba

e-mail: leubav@gmail.com

phone: 910-988-3751

http://valerie@valeireleuba.com

Popularity: 6% [?]

“You can be rich by being cheap.  The problem is, you’re still cheap.”( Kiyosaki, pg. 36)

Most Americans today are due for a financial oil change.  There is only so far an engine can run on pegged out red rpm, until something will break and fall apart.

Most of us can’t afford to lose much more than a few dollars.  We, the majority of people of the greatest and richest country in the world, the United States of America, have already lost the financial game of life.  It is very apparent in our present economical situation, when a dramatic change in our daily life occurs, either as a loss of income due to a lay-off or an illness preventing someone from being able to work.

Our financial IQ is unfortunately not as high as it ought or could be.  This is the root of the problem to free ourselves from the engine blowout.  The educational program we currently have is not up to date.  We live in a society that constantly changes, and unfortunately our school and educational programs have not stayed abreast to our fast paced society.  The biggest problem is that we are not taught even the most rudimentary level of financial education.

There is a solution to all of this.  I agree with Kiyosaki, that we must raise our financial IQ, we must change our school and educational system to stay abreast of the future and most of all to invest in ourselves in the required learning of finance.  The problem that arises with this proposed life-line, is that most folks today are not willing to pay the price of such endeavors. It is like anything in life, the required training to become a hall of fame athlete or years of dedication of study to be an astronaut, it is all about paying the price, which most of us just don’t want to do.

According to the grim statistics of Americans reaching retirement age of 65;

• 1% of us will be wealthy
• 4% well off
• 5% must continue to work
• 54% live under care from either family or government
• 36% dead

Find a big enough why and start the journey of financial freedom.  The most successful people not only learn from their own numerous mistakes, but also from other peoples mistakes.  Learning is an ongoing process so start today and avoid 99% who did not make the decision to be in the 1% wealthy when reaching retirement age.

In summary: Read Robert Kiyosaki’s books and other books of financially successful people, and seek the power of mentorship and guidance.  To find out more on how to increase your financial IQ:

Valerie Leuba

Phone:910-988-3751

Skype: vleuba

eMail: leubav@gmail.com

Popularity: 7% [?]

Michael Gerber hit a home-run with his book The E-Myth Revised: Why Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It.  It is a must read for someone thinking about starting a small business as well as a seasoned business owner.

“Simply put, your job is to prepare yourself and your business for growth.”

“To educate yourself sufficiently so that, as your business grow, the business’s foundation and structure can carry the additional weight”.

“And as awesome a responsibility as that may seem to you, you have no other choice-if your business is to thrive that is”. (Gerber, pg.62)

This is the owner’s job. If the owners don’t do this, nobody will!

In business as in life, knowledge is power.  Successful business owners are not necessary smarter than the rest of us, they just need to know more of all aspects of business and to do it absolutely right.  What Gerber meant by this, is that the business owner need to know to it’s entirely the smallest most mundane task like the books, to the excitement of raising capital for the business.   It’s all about the development of an extraordinary business.  This is the never ending game of business ownership.

Gerber classified three personality traits a business owners possesses; The Entrepreneur, the Manager and the Technician.  There has to be a symbiotic relationship between them all if the business is to flourish.  If one overtakes the other the business will suffer and die.

Instead of always capture the employee of the month badge, you can replace that boss you thought was absolutely useless or incapable of running the business, and be the best boss you ever thought possible.   Most people who are smitten by the entrepreneurial bug and steps in to the business ownership world are normally Technicians, or experts in their chosen profession.

The goal of business ownership is to work on your business versus working in your business.  To create a business on auto-pilot, that is based on solid time tested principles.

Gerber uses the Franchise model of McDonald’s to express and explain how to run a business. There has to be a system in place to work like a Franchise, a plan supporting the business and a vision of how the business will look and operate in the future a business in order to be successful.

Valerie Leuba

http://ValerieLeuba.com

http://RichdogPro.com

Phone: 910-988-3751

email: leubav@gmail.com

Popularity: 11% [?]

There has never been a time in history when there has been a greater exchange of wealth.  There has never been a more urgent time then now to get educated in your financial future then today. today may even be too late, that is how urgent it is!

You are either informed and part of the 1 to 3% of the wealthy or you are going to settle and be left behind. I am sorry if it sound abrupt but I do not like to see families kick you of their homes and people loosing their jobs. If you do not become financially educated to protect yourself from the greatest transfer of money that the world has ever seen this could possibly happen to you. This recession is only the beginning and in the next three to five year will be significant if you are going to be part of the affluent or sit on the sidelines and wish you educated yourself and your family for what is to come. I highly, undeniably, must start your financial education with Rich Dad’s Conspiracy of the Rich by Robert Kiyosaki. it will light a fire under your butt and make you take massive action.

The major conspiracy is education; conspiracy against our education system to keep the majority of society uninformed so people have to seek outside of our school system if they what to become better informed.  It all comes down to education.

The 4 major causes of our finances:

• Retirement conspiracy against our retirement because this country is in such great debt that in our lifetime we will see social security fail. There will be a tremendous increase of forced retirements therefore creating a higher social security class. The baby boomers are in their retirement years and the government is lying about supporting that demographic.
• Inflation conspiracy because money is not money anymore it is monopoly money and it is printed as much as it is needed. The money gets stretched thinner and products get more expensive.
• Taxes are increased because the Federal Reserve System tries to pay down the debt that is created from the printing of money which comes social security and income tax from the middle class and the struggling not from the rich.
• Debt which most of the population is in because of the inflation and taxes. It is from the cost of just surviving today.

As you can see there is an urgency to educate and learn as much as you can to prepare yourself for what is to come. It will get worse before it gets better.

Valerie Leuba

910-988-3751 mobile

Skype: vleuba

http://valerieleuba.com

Popularity: 13% [?]