Let’s make a deal ok? Unless I am really inspired by a book and within the first couple of chapters am feeling it, I won’t waste my time or yours reviewing it.

My hubby ordered this book and I wasn’t too sure whether I would be able to get into it. I have read another book by John C Maxwell about leadership, and although I enjoyed many pearls of wisdom on leadership I didn’t manage to finish the book.

That doesn’t happen often with me but I think it was because Maxwell’s leadership books tend to be geared up for employees, which just seems to turn me off.

So on to ‘Put Your Dream to the Test.’

I’ve read the first couple of chapters and love it. I think this is a great book for Network Marketers because so much of what we do on a daily basis needs to be fuelled by our dreams.

The book had me grabbing my journal and scrawling lots of goals, dreams and AHA’s down!

Are You Losing Sight of Your Dream?

No matter how long you’ve been in the business the odds are that in some form or another you’ve been encouraged to do some dream building. Am I right?

This book will help you to clarify your dreams and to get real clarity with your vision.

My Dream

I don’t know about you but I find that many Network Marketers come unstuck with dream building. When I started in the business my dream was to become a writer and at the time I was studying for my English Literature degree.

The new plan was to start this home business and make a $1000 per month which would pay some bills and tuition and enable me to stay home with my young daughters and continue studying. Urggghh no!

It didn’t work out quite like that. Me being me I bought the HUGE dream. I did all the stuff and after finishing that academic year I went full time in MLM. Or whatever full time is when you have young children! Whoo hoo (I soon learned the hard way)

In no time at all I found myself in the role of a weight loss coach. I mean how did that happen? I’d never weighed more than 53 kgs and helping people with their weight, although admirable was definitely not my dream.

It was simply the vehicle to achieve my dreams but I often forgot that along the way.

I did lots of dream building like a good student of the business and I set tons of goals.
What happened was somewhere along the way my Network Marketing success actually BECAME MY DREAM! Has that happened to you?

Competitive people fall into this trap easily. They become obsessed with cracking it and making it work.

That’s cool but we must hold on to our dreams or what is it all for?

Take the Dream Test

The first chapter is about discovering whether your dream is really YOUR DREAM. This is very helpful because sometimes we can be pursuing an old dream that is maybe not relevant to us anymore but we forgot to update it.

Also there are many people chasing the wrong dream and just trying to please other people.

Here are the first 3 of the 10 questions from the dream test:

1) The Ownership Question: Is my dream really my dream?
2) The Clarity Question: Do I clearly see my dream?
3) The Reality Question: Am I depending on factors within my control to achieve my dream? (Tricky one!)

A good question to ask your self here would be, ‘Am I in the right vehicle to achieve my dream in a reasonable amount of time?’

It’s a multiple choice so if you need some more encouragement to go for it and dream a big dream this test is brilliant and you’ll really benefit from the book.

The chapters correspond to the 10 questions so you can focus on each one as you go through.

The book is full of inspirational real life stories and examples of people going after their dreams and achieving them. It’s a feel good book but also has you soul searching and doing practical exercises to help your with your dreaming.

There is also some good advice on protecting your dream and not falling prey to the dream stealers, who so often trip us up in MLM.

To finish up today, here’s a great quote from the book: ‘When the dream is right for the person and the person is right for the dream, the two cannot be separated from each other.’

I’ll be moving on to ‘The Reality Question,’ shortly so I’ll let you know how that goes next week!

I recently joined a Mastermind group called ‘The Million Mind March.’ Maybe you’ve heard whispers about Joe Schroeder and Diane Hochman?

They are a force to be reckoned with. They make your hair stand on end!

Joe is a legend in the home business industry and if what I’m reading is anything to go by he’s the grand-daddy of Attraction Marketing.

I’m enjoying listening to the Million Mind March Calls and became a member. So far so great! Diane Hochman is an ace, and an absolute delight to listen to.

I alternate between Tai Chi and Davina McCall work out DVDs, turn the volume down and listen to Joe Schroeder, Diane Hochman, Ali Brown, Randy Gage, Eric Worre or whoever else I’m studying.

That’s how I make time. (Big Tip: For those of you who think you have no time)

The calls and materials at the Million Mind March are all about YOU! How we all love to hear about us… That’s probably why I’m enjoying it so much.

Anyway – back to Attraction Marketing. I’m fascinated with it (you may have noticed!) so I’ve been studying some of the ‘ancient’ manuals from back in the day when Joe Schroeder inspired Mike Dillard to become ‘10 Foot Tall and Bullet Proof.’

Word has it that Mike’s Magnetic Sponsoring was inspired by Joe’s work and in a recent interview with Mike Dillard and Jerry Chen, Mike mentioned how he took Joe’s principles just as the timing was red hot and applied them to the internet. Magnetic Sponsoring was born.

Interesting stuff I can tell you. Have a listen to the Mike Dillard and Jerry Chen interview if you didn’t get round to it yet. Yes, yes, yes, be a good student.

I get so many questions about what I’m doing and how I keep up on all this Attraction Marketing stuff so I thought it would be cool to share this Million Mind March Mastermind with you in case you’re in the right place for some new brain food.

The bad news is that there is no short cut or magic pill to becoming an Attraction Marketing Rockstar, (you know that already really) but the good news is…

That you can do it – if you are prepared to study, practice and teach. Are you?

What keeps me happy and ‘on’ is feeding my mind on a daily basis. Most people never seem to do that right?

They feed their mind with television programs like ‘Big Brother,’ or read the gloomy recession newspapers each morning.

Then they whinge and moan that they’re broke and they can’t attract any leads or sign anyone up. If you’re reading this I’m sure you’re different and you are feeding your mind with some good stuff.

If you want to tune into Joe Schroeder and Diane Hochman to get a super-dose of how to become a mega attraction man or woman GIANT then go here and check out the Million Mind March.

Have a listen to Joe Schroeder. He’s unique to say the least. He might not always say what you want to hear, but then who does?

It’s not a business opportunity as such although you can make some residual income so in a way I guess it is. It’s not an MLM though, and is designed for you to invest in YOU and stop running around talking about how amazing your products are and boring people silly.

If you’re ready to invest some time and effort into you and want to learn more go grab Joe’s FREE Mechanics of Wealth Package here.

To comply with blogger regulations I must tell you that I won’t earn any money on this! The package is free (just cover shipping and handling) and is a marvellous introduction for you to dip your toe in. If you love it you’ll get the opportunity to listen to some free calls also.

Just reading Joe Schroeder’s emails is a free master-class in copywriting.

Then and only then if you want to join the Mastermind and become a Knight at the Round Table or whatever they call it (how could I resist that?) then I will earn some commission. I hope that’s okay with you, as a student of prosperity.

Either way check out the freebies and have fun. It really is all in the mind so the Million Mind March is a cool place for you to figure out what’s going on in yours!

Go here to listen to Joe and grab your free package if you like what you hear. Remember to say that Rachel Henke, defender of prosperity and happy blogger invited you over to take a look. Million Mind March

Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill is the classic tome (little one!)of personal and prosperity development.

I’m not even going to attempt to do a review of this phenomenal book but I’d like to share with you a poem from Page 38 which is the chapter on Faith.

Napoleon talks about the disaster of negative thinking and gives the ‘formula for self-confidence.’ Wow this is something that everyone who is trying to coax the rich person out of them can benefit from reading over and over.

Here’s the poem:

“If you think you are beaten, you are,

If you think you dare not, you don’t.

If you like to win, but you think you can’t,

It is almost certain you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost,

For out in the world we find,

Success begins with a fellow’s will -

It’s all in the state of MIND.

If you think you’re outclassed, you are,

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life’s battles, don’t always go

To the stronger or faster man

But soon or later the man who wins

Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!”

Hug this one close and take it to bed with you every night! Re-visit the book if you’ve read it and brainwash yourself into successful thinking.

If you’re not a big reader (become one?) or just focus on the chapter on Faith for now. A kid can read it.

This is one of my favourite chapters. Here’s another little portion from page 35:

“Thoughts which are mixed with any of the feelings of emotions constitute a ‘magnetic’ force which attracts other similar or related thoughts.”

Amazing hey? Ther’s the Secret and the Law of Attraction for you way back when. All of the new books seem to come from this source (which of course was fueled by other sources)

So are there no new truths?

The GREAT news is that just by investing a few notes to buy this little book you have all the secrets of the prosperity masters at your fingertips.

Reading and studying the whole book over and over is a pleasure. Andrew Carnegie’s rise from poverty to riches is a wonder all of it’s own.

Will you take the time to study, practice and teach? YES I know ‘I’m so LUCKY’ because I love to read. I’ve been reading everything I could get my hands on since I learned how.

Reading is the best free activity and source of inspiration ever invented in my opinion. Anyway give yourself a little heart-warming treat and follow the Self confidence formula and the FAITH code in Chapter 3.

It’s also available on CD so you can turn your car or kitchen into your prosperity university.

p.s I am an unpaid affiliate for the Think & Grow Rich message! All the good stuff comes back to me in many ways.

This book really is worth every penny I paid for it. It’s kept me up late at night studying and motivated me to get into action in some new areas of creating financial security.

Here’s the final review documenting my progress with the ‘Conspiracy of the Rich.’

You can see Parts 1 and 2 here at the blog if you need to do a quick catch up:

New Rule of Money

Conspiracy – History in the Making

It’s been an exciting journey so far. Somewhere between Part 1 and Part 2 I had a call from the Rich Dad branding team and unbelievably Robert Kiyosaki created a video just for my blog with an awesome message for Network Marketers in the new economy.

Watch and listen to his message for you here if you didn’t see it yet:

Rich Dad Network Marketing Message

So let’s wrap up the review today.

This is all about learning the new rules of money. It’s a new game or at least it’s an old game but now anyone can learn how to play it if they are willing to invest time and money into their own financial education.

The conspiracy of the rich has been revealed both through this book and also through the frightening reality of the economy today.

For under $10 you can educate yourself on ‘The Language of Money,’ – this is the 6th New Rule of Money.

Robert Kiyosaki says that financial language is deliberately used to confuse us! Well if that is true the financial wizards have certainly done a good job there.

The 7th New Rule of Money: Life is a Team Sport – Choose Your Team Carefully.

This is a particularly interesting one for Network Marketing team builders isn’t it?

Then 8th and Last New Rule of Money: Since Money is Becoming a Worth-less and Less, Learn to Print Your Own!

Some of the book is very shocking and although I like to think of myself as a street savvy kid there was a ton of stuff in the book that I didn’t understand before and that I now have a greater understanding of.

Here are a couple of great quotes from the book to get you thinking and whet your appetite to start reading:

‘Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls-Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.’

‘The Federal Reserve is not American, not federal, has no reserves, and is not a bank.’

What do you think about that? Confusing hah?

‘The people with the most security are in prison. That’s why it’s called ‘maximum security.’

When you don’t have money, think and use your head. Never give into the poor person inside you.’

So how can you beat the conspiracy of the rich and print your own money?

The strongest message I got from the book was about the need to learn the language of money now.

Robert Kiyosaki talks in detail about how to diversify. He says most people think they are diversifying when they own various stocks on the stock market. (He refers to the stock market as gambling and advocates taking out insurance if you want to do it)

Here is a brief overview of how Rich Dad prints his own money and diversifies:

Invests in his own businesses
Invests in Real Estate for CASHFLOW (not capital gains)
Invests in the Stock Market
Invests in Gold and Silver. (This seems to be his way of saving, rather than holding cash)

If you’re new to thinking out of the financial box and are not yet familiar with the famous ‘cashflow quadrant,’ and the core principles of investing and the advantages of becoming a business owner then I highly recommend that you start with ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad.’

This is education for adults in the basics of the financial and business world that we didn’t learn in school.

If you haven’t yet read ‘The Conspiracy of the Rich,’ but are concerned about this economy and your financial future then this really is a must read for you.

I’m going to read it again in a few months so I can properly digest all the information and apply it as I develop my financial knowledge.

Take heed my good reader. Robert Kiyosaki predicts that the worse is far from over. He thinks the economy will take another big nose dive in the next couple of years when the next wave of ‘mortage resets’ come into play. (see P191)

He talks of the middle class being wiped out and more and more people living in ’shanty towns,’ on the outskirts of prosperous cities where the rich who understand the language of money live.

Robert has predicted many things in the past, that are already coming true, such as the massive wave of baby boomers retiring with no pension so I’m not going to be sitting on my laurels. (Whatever they are!)

If you are not yet building a Network Marketing business that is creating cashflow for you, and passive income for your future, listen to the short video message that I made especially for you here about the new economy and what you can do about it:

Special note: This offer is not for the curious. This is for those who are actually looking for a new business now. I am not looking to get you out of a business you are already in and happy with. I am looking for those who are looking for me!

Complete your details here to get your free access to ‘Safe is the New Risky,’ to learn more about how you can start creating cashflow and ‘printing your own money’ with a business model that is working in this economy.

By now most of the Network Marketing world has heard the sad news of Mr Jim Rohn’s passing on December the 5th.

Those who have heard him speak live or listened to his wise words for thousands of hours in their kitchen or in their car don’t need to hear much from me today.

They feel their own sadness, have cried their own tears, and will go on listening to Jim Rohn forever. He will live on in our hearts through his old tapes and audios which are for many the most treasured possessions of their Network Marketing career.

My husband and I first heard Jim Rohn speak live at our very first Network Marketing event back in 2003 in Paris. Now I realise just how fortunate we were.

I give credit to Mr Jim Rohn for keeping us in the business when things got very tough. His words still inspire and move me to tears. During that first live talk and introduction to his work I wept like a baby.

When I hear him speak I just think…’yes.. and why not me?’ His audios are always the ones I turn to to lift me up when I feel really down.

What a legend, what a storyteller and most of all what a warm hearted inspirational human being.

We will miss you dearly Mr. Jim Rohn.

This is especially for those who need to be introduced to Jim Rohn and I want to pass his wisdom on as a gift to you today.

Watch these short videos and learn about ‘the facts,’ and how to increase your value to the marketplace.

How to Have Your Best Year Ever, by Jim Rohn. (Part 1 of 3)

Wow isn’t that a wake up call? One of the best things an upline can do for their team members is to introduce them to Jim Rohn’s ‘electrifying philosophy.’

Are you learning to work harder on yourself or are you still blaming the economy and/or the government?

How to Have Your Best Year Ever, by Jim Rohn (Part 2 of 3)

Are you measuring your results? Did you buy the right plan?
How many books have you read in the last 90 days?
Ask yourself these questions…

How to Have Your Best Year Ever, by Jim Rohn (Part 3 of 3)
This is from the audio series ‘The Day that Turned Your Life Around.’ and is the most inspirational of all the audios I’ve heard. It sends shivers down my spine and has kept me in the business through some very difficult times.

This message is very important for women to hear.

Take a few minutes to listen to these videos. The message that Jim Rohn delivers is timeless and he never fails to uplift and inspire.

As Randy Gage so rightly put it, Jim Rohn would not want us to be sad, he would want us to go on and be great.

So why not become a student of Jim Rohn and pass on his message of greatness?

Why not become someone who appears in other people’s testimonials?

If you are new to Network Marketing be sure to get yourself a copy of ‘Building Your Network Marketing Business,’ by Jim Rohn. It will help you to understand how this works and keep you in the business long enough to succeed.

If Jim Rohn has touched your life please take a moment to share your comments here at the blog.

I’m over half-way through ‘Rich Dad’s Conspiracy of the Rich,’ now and it is proving to be a brilliant and very thought provoking read. Many of the books I read these days deliver a message that I am already familiar with but am happy to have reinforced.

This is not the case with the new Rich Dad book. I am familiar with the basic concepts because I read many of the other Rich Dad books and have been on a passive income quest for years now…CashFlow Online DVD but there is a lot of stuff in this book that I didn’t know and is actually a real eye-opener. I may even have been caught gasping if you had a FLIP camera on me unawares!

Okay so I’m not American and that may be why, but still…

Do you really understand what the Federal Reserve does? You’ve got to read the book to get that stuff as it’s just too complicated to explain in a short post. It’s all connected with Rich Dad’s ‘Conspiracy of the Rich,’ though and is quite shocking stuff.

Robert Kiyosaki really gets into the nitty gritty of the financial world and what is going on in the ‘new economy.’

Despite the fact that he uses plain English and makes a valiant effort to keep it simple, I still found myself having to read things over a couple of times in places. (Not that this is a bad thing – a book is a great way to reflect and have thought provoking discussions with oneself I find!)

In the first review I gave you an introduction to the New Rule of Money #1. See here for more details and a Rich Dad book review and video explaining the old rules of money.

Kiyosaki claims that the dollar died and became Monopoly money on the day that ‘President Nixon severed the relationship between the U.S dollar and gold.’ This was in 1971 and preceded the biggest boom in economic history.

It really is a fascinating read and made me sit up and think very carefully about our financial strategy as a family. Have you been thinking about yours lately? Have you got a financial strategy?

I was a little surprised to find that the first half of the book is all about this conspiracy and I wouldn’t be surprised if it encourages the ‘blame syndrome’ of those who are always looking to blame the rich etc. for their own situation.

In fact it triggered many thoughts of Jim Rohn and his inspiring speeches about taking responsibility for yourself and not blaming the government or external elements. I found myself wondering what he thinks of the ‘Conspiracy of the Rich.’

Coming from a very rich man it was quite disarming in a way. Kiyosaki is talking very much from the view point of a self made multi-millionaire and maybe doesn’t see the irony of it? Or maybe he does.. He’s one clever cookie after all.

Anyway the old adage ‘the rich are getting richer,’ is reaffirmed here. The main point of the book is in line with all of the Rich Dad books and financial products.

Learn the new rules of money and become financially literate for today’s economy.

Teach your children the new rules of money.

All the talk about precious metals i.e. gold and silver really reminded me of ‘Atlas Shrugged,’ by Ayn Rand which is a mega epic of a book which seems to have predicted exactly what is happening in the economy today. (It’s a BIG book but worth the effort – it has politics, philosophy, sex and drama in it so is a real page turner!)

I digress but there is always so much to say about books!

So here’s a quick crib note for you to catch up on the next new rules of money:

New Rule of money #2: Learn how to use debt. (Notice the rule is not to avoid debt but to use it correctly for investments)

New Rule of money #3: Learn to control cashflow. (This is about learning to have cash flowing IN to your pockets!)

New Rule of money #4: Prepare for bad times and you will only know good times. (Kim and Robert Kiyosaki have been preparing for 20 years so we have lots of catching up to do here!)

New Rule of money #5: The need for speed. (This is all about making money by the second rather than the month which is the old way of making money)

Here are some interesting questions from the book for you to chew on:

1) Are you being paid by the month, the hour, the minute or the second?

2) Are you earning money 8 hours a day or 24/7?

3) If you stop working, will money continue to come in?

4) Do you have multiple sources of income?

5) If you are an employee, are you working for an employer who is being left behind?

6) Are your friends and family moving forward or being left behind financially?

Take some time to think about those questions and grab yourself a copy of the book if this sounds like something you need to put your focus on.

I’m moving onto the next half of the book where Robert will be teaching us to print our own money and the doom and gloom of the first half will be behind us so stay tuned and I’ll post a final book review just as soon as I’ve finished.

I tend to read pages from 5 books at a time as well as dipping into my daily personal growth books (which keep me sane) so it’s not that I’m a really slow reader but this is not a Philippa Gregory novel, although the conspiracy theory does read better than a Robert Ludlum thriller in parts!

If you have read or are reading ‘Conspiracy of the Rich,’ check in at the blog and share your thoughts with us. In this new economy things are changing so fast that we are learning together, and the quicker the better.

If you’d like to start creating cashflow in a ‘real life’ business model go here: Cashflow Video

Part 1 – ‘The First New Rule of Money’

I’m reading this mind blowing book, ‘Rich Dad’s Conspiracy of the Rich,’ which is the first Rich Dad book written completely online!

I’ve read most of Robert Kiyosaki’s books, play his Cashflow game regularly and also run a group ‘Rich Woman’ on Facebook which I started after reading the ‘Rich Woman’ book by Kim Kiyosaki.

I was shocked when I read Rich Dad’s ‘Prophecy’ way back in 2003. Did you read that one?

I tell you it was tame compared to the first part of ‘Conspiracy of the Rich’ which almost brought me out in a cold sweat!

Ok I admit it… being in the UK it takes a while for us to get the latest books from America and I had read a little bit of the book online as Robert Kiyosaki was writing it but I’d kind of forgotten about it..

I popped into Waterstones which is one of my favourite treats, to look for the new Social Media book, ‘Crush It’ by Gary Vaynerchuk, but it has yet to reach our rainy shores, and the new Rich Dad book caught my eye.

Whizzing through the contents I was immediately hooked. Who isn’t drawn into a ‘Conspiracy?’ Especially one that has apparently been going on under my very little nose all of my life without my even suspecting!

‘The Root of all Evil’ is the hook at the first part of the book and after being a loyal Randy Gage prosperity student (continuously working on ridding my mind of evil memes which is a life’s work!) I figured I’d better grab this book and find out what’s really going on in this new economy…especially as I avoid the news, unless you count Twitter!

Here’s a short video of Robert Kiyosaki. Before we can understand the new rules of money, we must be clear on the old rules of money, he says.

Watch the video to learn exactly what the old rules of money are. You know them but you may not know you know them! Are you still playing by them?

So what’s the first new rule of money? It is …. (and it is no surprise for those who have grasped the potential of information marketing)

*’Money Is Knowledge.’

Here’s a quick summary of the key points if you’re allergic to reading and just want the crib notes version here:

Robert dispels the old myth and says that you do not need money to make money. (Again I am reminded of Randy Gage’s prosperity teachings)

So what do you need? Robert Kiyosaki says you need knowledge. Visit this blog often and keep up to speed with the New Rules of Money because I will give you a condensed version of them all as I read the book.

I figure if a book can be written interactively and posted online as it is written – then so can a book review!

The focus is on financial knowledge and Robert explains that it’s not investing that is risky but rather lack of financial knowledge.

In the first rule of money Robert introduces the ‘conspiracy against our education.’ He writes ‘it is a crime that in America our real estate taxes determine the quality of education a child receives. Schools in poor neighbourhoods receive less tax money than schools in rich neighbourhoods. Talk about a conspiracy of the rich!’

I think the bottom line of the first new rule of money is that we need to first educate ourselves to be financially literate, and then our children, because as we know when we look at their syllabus, they are not receiving financial education at school no matter what neighbourhood they live in.

Tip of the week: Play the Cashflow game. If you have kids why not play with them too? We’re playing on Sundays with our two daughters and it is amazing how quick kids are with this stuff. You just need to make it fun and capture their imagination.

It’s a long game and the first times you play, it may take you a while to get going so if you’re playing with kids (or other people who may take a while to get it…) be prepared to split the game into a couple of sessions for a better learning experience.

If you are playing with someone like Monica in friends you may struggle to stop before she wins the game!

I’m really proud to say that our daughters, Amy and Ella, have been exposed to personal development tapes and teachings for as far back as they can remember. I wish I’d listened to Jim Rohn when I was a child! They already have a great ‘can do’ attitude which is another positive result of being in a Network Marketing family.

By showing them how cashflow works in the cashflow game imagine what an advantage they have compared to the average kid who is just being taught Pythagoras.

I’m sure this is important in some way, but to this day I have never used it since I left school except to try and help my kids with their homework!

If you’re ready to read ‘Conspiracy of the Rich,‘ or play the ‘Cashflow game,’ you can order them easily here:

If you’d like to start creating cashflow in a ‘real life’ business model go here: CashFlow Video