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It is that time again, time for another 4 day trip and like most people on the east coast I am grateful that hurricane Irene is gone! It is always a little nerve racking when any type of bad weather approaches where you live, especially if you happen to be out of town when it hits. I have concern for my family any time I see bad weather approaching the North Carolina area.
We are very fortunate when it comes to our weather, typically we have a nice spring and fall and there is only a brief period that we have to experience the extreme heat of the summer or freezing temperatures in the winter. I will never understand how someone continues to live in an area that is plagued with bad weather. How many times can you rebuild your home after a tornado, fire, earthquake or hurricane has destroyed it?
It is not just the weather that I am concerned about today. I am concerned about the overall health and wealth of our entire nation, except for the politicians and upper management for most corporations. Those guys will make sure they get a nice retirement and medical care at our expense. It is criminal what is happening in our country today with regards to our economy, I have to disagree with Gordon Gecko from the movie Wall Street, greed is not good.
The bottom line is that we must look out for ourselves, you cannot depend on anyone to provide for you or take care of you. If you do not have a sustainable business or a side income in addition to your job, what happens when you get hurt, laid off, fired, downsized, forced out or out sourced? It is more important now than ever to create multiple streams of income coming into your household. If you and your wife work that is great, if you can survive on just one of those incomes that is even better. Why not stack the deck in your favor? You both can have a side business that will not take up much up your time and in a couple of years can be generating an income as much or more than your full time job.
Odds are today that it is taking everything you make just to get by. Most people in this country are living paycheck to paycheck and making one excuse after another why they cannot have the life they want. There are opportunities all around, but you have to be willing and ready to take that chance and do the work. I have talked with many that say they have tried network marketing before and it wasn’t for them, they could not make any money. Most of them had a lottery type mentality, just because you start a business and those on your team are successful does not mean that you will be too. You have to take some responsibility for yourself, learn what to do and how to do it. You need to have a strong desire to be successful.
You have to take some time to learn the business, education is very important. Learn and do what those in your business are doing that are successful. They should be an invaluable source of information for you, they should be able to show you how to market, what is working and what is not, how to generate leads and what to do with them when they start to come in. Don’t quit is the best advice, once you start do not stop. Take action everyday, do or learn something everyday that will help to grow your business.
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It is so difficult most days to keep things in prospective. We lead such busy lives that we are consumed everyday with work, home, business, family, finances and the future of our country. I am guilty of getting so caught up in the madness that is my life, that I often over look the little things that can make life worth living.

Everyday that I am at home it is easy to be thankful for where I am and what I have in my life. To see my son smile, to hear him tell me that I am the best daddy in the world, for my wife to hug me and tell me that she is proud of me and kiss me just because. The quality time by the pool we spend or hanging out on the boat. Life is good on my days off, but not so much when I have to head off to work to fly a four day trip.

This week was a little different, for the first time in a long time the weather was good, we were on time every leg and I am flying with a great crew, so the complaining was minimal. Like I have mentioned before I do love to fly, I saw some beautiful sunsets over Lake Michigan this trip as well as a beautiful sunrise this morning while we were leveling at 37,000 feet from Fargo, N.D. To Chicago. I wish every week was this enjoyable!

Life can’t always be good , but we should try to stack the deck in our favor when possible. Work on things at home to make them better, go for the job or the business that you really want. I fly with quite a few pilots that this is their second career. My First Officer last month use to be a C.P.A. And at 40 years old just could not see doing that for the rest of his life. He always wanted to fly, so he started taking lessons and a few short years later had his first airline job.

You only get one shot, never let anyone discourage you from taking a chance or changing direction in your life, enjoy your life and live it the way that makes you happy. Enjoy the little things in life and don’t sweat the small stuff, life is too short!

There is a book titled “Good to Great” that is definitely a must read. One line in the book says that good is the enemy of great, I had to think about that for a minute to really understand what exactly was being said. As I have mentioned before, I am not the brightest light in the hall. Thank God you do not have to be in order to achieve success in your life, you just have to be willing to work hard, learn new strategies and be persistent with your goals.

I had a conversation with my mother this morning and she said that I had done good with my life so far, most would take that as a compliment and I did as well because it was said with good intentions. However, good is not good enough for me. I am very grateful everyday for all that is good in my life, but I work very hard to make it great. Good enough is for lazy people, good enough makes you complacent in your job and in your life.

I feel that everyone should do what makes them happy, if you are happy where you are in life that is great, but I find so few are happy these days. There are many reasons not to be and many places to point the finger and place blame as to why we are not happy. We must first start with ourselves, I say this because I work with so many different people, all with similar complaints. Most everyone wants to make more money and have more time to spend with family or just doing things that they enjoy.

It will always be difficult to achieve those things working a job. A job controls most of your life and when you trade your time for money you will discover that in order to make more money you have to give more of your time, and that just sucks. Not so if you have your own business, the right kind of business I should say. The secret to freedom is having a residual income coming in, you do the work once and receive the benefit from that work over and over again.

Real estate and network marketing are the best two models that I have discovered that provide me with a residual income. Real estate contains a higher risk than network marketing, but I also believe in being diversified as well. I would never put all of my hopes and dreams into any one thing. If you are interested in having a nice residual income or developing your own retirement plan you should check out the link below. This company will provide you a way to generate an additional income and provide yourself with a great retirement with minimal effort in a very short period of time.

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I think success has many different meanings, some tie success to their financial well being, for others it is how far they progress in their chosen career field. I feel very fortunate when I get to see those close to me achieve success in their lives, especially when I have the opportunity to play a part in it. When I see friends and family around me experience success and achieve financial freedom by accomplishing their goals, it is a feeling like none other.

I just had one of my best friends get hired as a pilot at FedEx, for those not in the airline business, getting a flying job with FedEx is like hitting the lottery. They treat their people well, have the best contract in the business and you can earn a very good salary working for them. Jav has worked very hard to make this a reality in his life and I could not be happier for him! I wish I could have him in my business, he would do very well, but he and I define success differently.

I have never met anyone that loves flying more than Jav and he dedicates a large portion of his time giving back to the industry by visiting local high schools and colleges educating children about aviation and the industry. Jav also works hard to rise money for the USO and for our Veterans, after serving in the Navy he has a strong sense of duty to give back to those who have served our country. He will be missed very much at American Eagle, but I know nothing will make him happier than flying that huge MD11 around the globe. It is a great gig for the small number of pilots that make it through the process and get hired. Congratulations Jav!

Others measure success depending on how well their business is doing. I guess there is no wrong way to measure success in your life. I am big on setting goals and working hard to achieve them. If you go through life without goals, without a purpose, you will feel empty and lost. Set goals for yourself and take the steps necessary to achieve them and do not quit. It is really that simple, I get very frustrated when I fly with people that constantly complain about everything in their life, but yet take no action to change it.

No matter what you do or what your goals are in life, do not let the current state of our country or our economy get you down. My business is doing very well, people are looking to better themselves physical and financially. As more baby boomers retire they are searching for ways to stay young and feel good. Also, after seeing their stock portfolios and real estate investments take a dive they are looking for ways to generate an additional income in their life.

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