Wow, what a fun blog I’ve recently been actively participating in.

If you haven’t checked it out already, go to jasonbetter.com. Jason also plays an integral part of the Better Networker community.

Just an example of one of the things I’ve learned from participating…how to attach my picture when I make a comment instead of appearing as a “faceless” wonder. Way cool information and it took under 2 minutes to complete.

Another great thing about this blog site is that those that participate are always willing to give helpful information – even when they know there is no monetary compensation attached to their willingness to give.

This makes for a GREAT way to network with others without the pressures involved in trying to convince someone to join this team or that team. It’s just a way to interact with other like-minded people and get your name out there. Commenting on someone else’s blog is a win-win situation. It’s FREE exposure for them and for you. Therefore, it is a great way to start networking if you are new. Please, however, keep one thing in mind…don’t be a spammer. Be a sponge.

So come join me. I’d love to get to know more like-minded people.

Of course, your comments are always welcome here also:)

To your blogging success,

~Rhonda

Most people my age and older recognize the title from the old holiday movie with Jimmy Stewart, It’s A Wonderful Life, based around 1928.

I hadn’t seen this movie in years and actually don’t know that I had ever seen it from beginning to end. However, there was one scene in the movie that really made me open my eyes.

It was the scene in the movie where George Bailey, played by Jimmy Stewart, was paying Mr. Potter a visit. Mr. Potter is a mean, grouchy old man that owns everything in town except the Building & Loan owned by the Bailey family. Mr. Potter knew that the Building & Loan was barely surviving, kind of like a lot of people in today’s age. Mr. Potter has been trying to get George to work for him for years. Well, George’s life is not exactly as he had planned it. When he was fresh out of school he was going to travel the world and become wealthy.

Act 2, Scene 1. George’s father passes away and his entire future changes instantly. He now feels an obligation to the Building & Loan because Mr. Potter wants to get his hands on it and turn it into a money making machine for himself and leave the poor people of Bedford Falls broke and indebted to Mr. Potter for life. Bears a resemblance to present day.

Back to the eye opening scene. George pays Mr. Potter a visit when things aren’t going well and Mr. Potter offers George to come work for him for $20,000 per year. Now, we are talking late 1920’s to early 1930’s. That’s a lot of money back then. When he offered that to George, I just about come unglued. I looked at my husband and said “That’s what I was making at my last JOB”. We’re talking an 80 to 90 year time period difference.

We hear all the time about people taking risks. I left my JOB because it was risky for me to stay. It was dead end, stressful and demanded way more of me than it compensated me for. Am I saying to leave your JOB just because you are unhappy or you read this? No, I’m saying that’s what the option was for me . If you are going to leave your JOB and just sit at home and eat bon bon’s all day long, I say you might as well keep being an employee, but if you are serious about changing your life, then you may wish to start having a different perspective on the “Wonderful Life” you want to have.

George Bailey took many risks in this movie and found out he did have a wonderful life. I took a risk and my life is changing in a wonderful way. I am now in control of my future, not a Mr. Potter. I heard a bell ring, and I was given my wings and a chance to soar like an eagle and I’m taking it. My wings just happen to come in the form of internet marketing and seo. Your wings might be the same or they could be different but whatever the case, here’s to everyone that is serious about a change, may you find your wings.

Do you ever feel like you do not have the time to improve your life or make things better? Give this a try. There are 168 Hours in a Week. Here’s a breakdown for an “average” individual:

Still working a FT J.O.B…. 40 Hrs.
Getting Ready 7 days a week… 7 Hrs.
Eating 3 meals a day… 10 Hrs
Commute time to & from J.O.B…. 7 Hrs.
After School Sports, homework, etc…. 5 Hrs.
Sleeping 7 X 7… 49 Hrs.
Laundry, Cleaning, etc…. 10 Hrs.
Total… 128 Hrs.
Hours Left… 40 Hrs.

What are you doing with those extra 40 Hrs? If you don’t fall into the average category, take out a pen and piece of paper now and use the same format to figure how many extra hours you do have.

I’ve been noticing how many people are helpful in this community just like Mike Dillard’s recent post “You Rock” stated. However, I’ve also been noticing that some people are spending their time using the Better Networker Community to state how MLM, Network Marketing, etc. is not working for them instead of using it for what it is intended for and that is to network and learn from others. There will always be someone telling us how our business does not work. I had a mentor once that said to her team, “I don’t ever want to hear you say this business doesn’t work. Instead, say you didn’t work the business”. We need to avoid the naysayers like the plague.

If you are having a problem, post it in an “I need help” way. People love to help other people. Have you ever noticed that the top leaders do not even take the time to comment directly on negative remarks? It’s because it is what it is: Wasted Time. Everyone succeeds in different ways. What might not work for you may be working quite well for someone else. If you don’t like the method someone is using, find another method that fits your personality. If you don’t like your mentor, find another one. It’s pretty simple. I love my mentor, Ferny Ceballos, a mastermind in SEO.

If you are taking the time to write about how unhappy you are with a certain type of business, how can you spend quality time building a business that makes you happy? The successful people you hear from on a regular basis did not do it overnight. They started where we started: At the bottom and with little time. No one starts at the top and stays there. You have to overcome certain obstacles. You must have trials and tribulations to mold you into a leader. Like they say, “If it were easy, everyone would be doing it”. Not everyone is supposed to do it so we need to focus our energies on those that are coachable and quit trying to convince those people that have no desire to be successful that we can show them what they need to do. No no no. If their heart is not in it, we are wasting our time and theirs. Remember, once time is gone, you can never get it back.

I know 95% of our problems can be fixed by looking in the mirror. Whether you are new to your business or not, a substantial amount of time should be spent working on “you”. This is the product you are really trying to sell.

To wrap things up, one of my favorite short reads (79 pages) is a book by Mark Sanborn called “The Fred Factor”. The book is followed by a rave review by Brian Tracy, author of “The 21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires“.

I’m not into the habit of posting e-mails I receive on my blog but this was just too awesome to pass up. Want all aspects of your life to thrive, just follow these 45 lessons from a 90-year old woman named Regina Brett.

Subject: 7%

Some good advice for thriving instead of just living
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland,
Ohio.
“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.
It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written.”
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once
more:
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1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.

8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this matter?’

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.

35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.

I was checking my e-mail today and came across a headline that simply stated “Quit Trying”. Since one of my motto’s is “Don’t give up”, it was a no-brainer to check it out.

There was a link to a blog for a Richard Brooke. Never heard of the man, but he has a fun way to get some numbers on where you need to be to retire comfortably. You can play around and enter numbers in numerous sequences.

Fun but scary if you don’t have a plan. If you do have a plan, you may want to enter some numbers anyway because your plan may be waaaaay off. Check out what he says about network marketing at the end of his quiz.

This could be the straw that broke the camel’s back if you or someone you know is teetering on the edge of indecision. Have a great day everyone!

My husband, my 15-year old and myself set up a booth at a craft festival this weekend. We had made previous commitments to my brother to do this for the 2009 show season.

It was amazing to listen to people. There was constant talk about how bad the economy is and how everyone is hurting, yet they would turn right around and drop $50.00 to $200.00 on ridiculously jacked up festival food prices and crafts.

I got to thinking. This is just like social media. People ”are” hurting, yet they turn to something to make them feel good. Might be a big ole’ elephant ear, some new jewelry, a new tool or it could be “you inc.” You being that person that gives them hope that you can help them change their life.

Now, once these folks go back home, they are going to start figuring out how much money they spent and start trying to stressfully figure out what they are going to have to do without to make up for the outrageous amount of money they just unloaded at the festival.

This is where we come in as business leaders. We have got to know how to show people how to create an entirely new way of life so when they do go places for fun, they have money to spend that is not going to put their family in a financial bind.

People are looking for a way out and they just need the correct information to know which door to open that takes them to a totally different place. For example, Mike Dillard’s Building on a Budget is a great place to start for those that are strapped for ideas on how to start a business with little to no capital.

You can start with little and achieve much. Look at what Warren Buffet has accomplished in his lifetime and ask him if he thinks the economy is in trouble. I don’t know about you, but the man has a few year’s experience under his belt. Just remember, majority does not always rule. This is the type of thinking that gets us nowhere. I plan to be in the minority. How about you?

What a day at the office. Employee gets fired. Customer gets kicked out of office. Office manager gets told she’s being sh***y on the phone. Wow, no wonder I went looking for something else to do. Something where I can be in control of my own destiny.

After work, I went to the chiropractor and he asked me how my day was. I said “you want honesty or do you want me to lie?” He laughed and said “honesty of course”.  I proceeded to tell him the events of the day and said “oh, I’m a bit stressed, but you do what you gotta do and then you go on”, laughing the whole time I’m telling him this. He told me I give him inspiration. Well, that was a nice comment to the end of a rather unusual day.

But you see, my focus was not on the employee getting fired, the customer getting kicked out of the office or the rude customer telling me I was sh***y on the phone, which I was not. He was just mad because his vehicle was impounded. Play with fire, you get burnt. Anyway, my focus was on the appointment I had when I got home. This was an appointment that was going to bring me one step closer to becoming my own boss. This was an appointment with my mentor, Ferny Ceballos.

You see, Ferny is teaching me the in’s and out’s of SEO 2.0. This is going to change my life and the lives of several others I haven’t even met yet. No matter whether I had a crappy day at work or not, the future is so bright, I gotta wear shades. Sorry, couldn’t resist.

I just hope if you had a bad day at the office, you also have something to look forward to when you go home that will bring you one step closer to being your own boss. A day when you will be free to think on your own and create your own lifestyle that you have always dreamed about.

Hi everyone. Rhonda Miller here. I grew up in a lower middle class family, which would actually be considered a poverty level family by national standards today. My parents didn’t have the money to send me to college and that wasn’t discussed much so I never pursued it. I went straight to work as a secretary for a draft horse registry right out of high school. Been working off and on in that same field for most of the last 24 years.

I am now re-married with two stepdaughters, three dogs and a cat. Typical family for the turn of the century. However, something has been missing for years until now. I have tried every MLM opportunity under the sun, some affiliate ventures and some of this and that. I have always been intrigued by the internet, but never had any real support or training until now.

It all started with a link I received from an upline member of the organization I was previously involved with. I was requesting some information on building my business on a budget. He sent me a link to Mike Dillard’s “Building on a Budget” Course, which in turn introduced me to “Magnetic Sponsoring”, which in turn introduced me to CarbonCopyPRO and thus the business I’ve been looking for for 20+ years just seems to have sort of fell right into my lap. All the training in connection with Better Networker has been priceless.

This journey so far has been unbelievable. I am so looking forward to the destination, but not too soon. I want to truly enjoy this Journey from the JOB mentality into the BMOB (Be My Own Boss) mentality:)