What's keeping Victor up?

So it's been a while since I've posted on my blog. I apologize to my fellow fans.

I've been working on other projects that don't necessarily deal with marketing. However, it reinforces something I've always been taught:

Marketers are almost required to read and know their industry very well. We're taught to understand multiple streams of income. MSI, MSI, MSI!!!!! But then we fall into the trap of not fully understanding what that means. If I work at a job, I have ONE stream of income. If I work at two jobs, I have two streams of income. But like all good MSI and wealth books, I'm trading in my time for money.

What we learn is that the less hours we put in to other streams of income, like a business or online/network marketing, the more we get paid. That's after our networking, or online marketing has come to fruitation. That's when our marketing techniques start paying off, and we start working less. That's the wealthy way of making money. That's opulence. And that's not just an American's right to do - I believe wholeheartedly that opulence is a requirement of an American.

But one pitfall of all marketers, networkers, wealth-seekers, etc., is that we sometimes don't look at other opportunities that make us rich. Some have shunned all other aspects of wealth-building in the hopes of getting rich in what they're currently doing.

I, for one, fell into this trap myself. I realized I should follow my own advice. This is what I'm talking about:

When you're a marketer, and ONLY a marketer, you have ONE stream of income. That's gonna hurt if you're just starting. Bills pile up more than you can pay them off. If you're working and marketing at the same time, then yes, that's TWO streams of income. But one is trading time for money. What do you do???

Keep your eyes and ears open. When someone says, "Do what I do, I got rich off of this. But don't do anything else, because I didn't get rich off that," doesn't mean you should never look at other opportunites. I'm NOT talking about switching to another MLM company. I'm NOT talking about switching to another JOB! That's the last thing I'm telling anyone to do.

What I'm talking about is that there are other opportunities that are at your feet, even if you have ZERO dollars in your account, and your credit cards are maxed out. You can still make it, in ANY opportunity.

I read ONE MINUTE MILLIONAIRE by Robert Allen and Mark Victor Hansen a long time ago. An old friend introduced me to it. I remembered throughout the book that there were many ways to get rich.

Of which there was business. But of course, there was more than just business. There's understanding and playing the stock market (I've done that), infopreneur (making a book), and real estate.

So why are all of you stuck on one? I've done three out of the four. I was planning to write a book, so that makes it almost four of the four ways you can reach filthy rich status.

I've learned to do options-trading on the stock market. I went to a seminar for it. It was pure AWESOME. The instructor there was a millionaire, teaching others to be a millionaire, in options-trading.

I've learned to do network marketing. I was trained by people who weren't millionaires yet, but are well on their way.

I've learned to do online marketing. My mentors in this category figured out how to make $100,000 in a month, 3 times more than what an average salary worker makes in a year. They're millionaires several times over.

I've learned to do real estate. I also went to a seminar for it. That was also pure AWESOME. That was also taught by millionaire students of the original author of Multiple Streams of Income, Robert Allen. The instructer there was also a millionaire, teaching others to be a millionaire, in real estate.

So why are none of you looking at stock trading? Did someone tell you it was risky? Did you read the newspapers saying that the stock market was crashing? Did your parents lose thousands of dollars on the market lately? Do you have no money to invest? Is that why you're not trading?

Then unfortunately, my friends, you know absolutely NOTHING about stock trading.

What happens when you don't know how to do something that makes people filthy rich? LEARN.

Why are some of you not doing a business? Did someone tell you that most people fail? Did you read some article on the internet that network marketing was a scam? Did you see your local mall close down half its stores because of the economy? Is no one buying any products because of the recession? Did your parents lose thousands of dollars on a network marketing company/business before? Do you have no money to invest in a network marketing business/traditional business? Is that why you're not in business for yourself?

Then unfortunately, my friends, you know absolutely NOTHING about business.

Why are some of you not doing real estate? Did someone tell you that most people fail? Did you read the newspapers saying that now is the worst time to be in real estate? Did your parents foreclose their house lately? Do you think the economy is making it more difficult for you to ever be in real estate? Do you think nobody is buying houses right now? Did your parents lose thousands of dollars on real estate because of the economy? Do you have no money to invest in real estate? Is that why you're not doing real estate?

Then unfortunately, my friends, you know absolutely NOTHING about real estate.

In fact, some of you have been lied to so bad, that I'm amazed you're still standing.

70% of all new millionaires today, have made their millions from REAL ESTATE.

Back when Andrew Carnegie (the guy that said, "I'd rather have 1% of 100 people's efforts, than 100% of my own"), the number was around 90%, said by Mr. Carnegie himself.

The rest did it through STOCKS.

The last percentage made it through BUSINESS.

Nowhere does it say through a JOB.

One last thing I need to mention, and need for you, my readers, to understand:

I read a lot of books and articles on how to be wealthy, millionaire, filthy rich, etc. Every one of those sources said that in order to be wealthy, one must own a business.

This is what you have to understand in those words: owning a business.

Being a network marketer, is a business. We have business centers. That's a business. But did you also know that stock trading is a business also? How about real estate investing? That's a business also! When you write a book, you're also a business.

All of those sources of income are businesses. It's just the wording that gets everyone.

So before you count out any other means of making money and being wealthy, understand what it is. Listen to the millionaires that have made it in their respective fields. I'm not saying deal drugs. But everything legal under this wealth umbrella is good as gold. You just need the right sources of information before trekking on that journey.

So to all my readers, be smart in what you do. Be diligent in your research. But also know what you're saying before you say it.

'Till next time, good luck and godspeed.