Has that thought ever crossed your mind?
You meet someone who seems to have it all in their business and their personal life…

success, wealth, freedom, notoriety, and great relationships with their family.

Yes, everything they touch seems to turn to gold.

Meanwhile – you’re working your tail off to make ends meet, you’re struggling to get your business off the ground…yet always taking one step forward, two steps back.

Sound familiar?

Well, I’ve got news for you. Truth is, those other entrepreneurs DO have a significant amount of luck working in their lives. But it’s not by chance–it’s by CHOICE. And this eye-opening video will reveal exactly how you can get it too.

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That’s Tom McCarthy, a world-renowned business consultant, motivational speaker and success coach…

Tom’s spent the last 21 years helping Fortune 500 companies like Cisco, Marriott, Disney and scores of others (like Tony Robbins) boot their profits and achieve bigger success.

And along the way, Tom discovered that there’s an actual SCIENCE to increasing your luck and reaching your income and personal goals faster and easier.
Now, Tom’s ready to reveal his secret "luck" formula to the world that will allow you to systematically create opportunities that lead to the success you want. And you can get a glimpse–FREE–inside this video.

Find out how

I urge you to take action immediately and watch this short video…
Because let’s face it–we could all use a lot more "luck" in our lives.
Right?

Find out how

See you inside,

/ Val Slastnikov /

P.S. You’ll want to listen closely to Tom’s story, especially in the first few minutes…
Here’s a kid who grew up fatherless, virtually penniless, and without much hope of succeeding in anything–let alone business.

But with a few lucky breaks (there’s that word again), Tom clawed his way to the top.
Now he lives the life of his dreams in an exclusive Southern California neighborhood, enjoying the fruits of his labor and watching his net worth skyrocket as his luck continues to grow.  You GOTTA hear this guy…

P.P.S. Oh,  and one last thing: This is NOT what you think it is. It’s NOT the "touchy feely", new age mumbo jumbo of "thinking positive." Tom’s the real deal. And just the four steps he gives you today could easily help you reach your businesses goals – Plus BOOST your income faster than you ever thought possible!

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The trailer said, “Find out the truth. Search: 2012”.

So I did, and here’s what I found:

“Interest in the 2012 doomsday prediction has spread in recent years as a result of a groundswell of Internet sites and blogs, as well as numerous books and television series on the subject.

A movie called 2012, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring John Cusack, Danny Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt and Woody Harrelson is scheduled for release on November 13th, 2009. A viral marketing campaign by Sony Pictures Digital Inc. for the film features a website from the supposedly scientific "Institute for Human Continuity" describing the various doomsday scenarios meant to occur in that year:^[37] the picture currently on its ‘about’ page appears to suggest that the European Union headquarters in Brussels is in fact the IHC’s own premises, while the site offers no academic CVs at all for the allegedly ‘doctorate’ staff listed.^[38]

Over recent years the television network the History Channel has played a major role in broadcasting alarmist ideas of this type, often targeting 2012.^[39][40] In its coverage, it relates to the present day a number of doomsday prophecies derived from non-Mayan sources,^[41] referencing (among others) predictions ascribed to the Hopi people, the Book of Revelation by John of Patmos, the Sibylline Books, the quatrains of Nostradamus (which do not specifically mention the end of the world^[42]) and a version of the anonymous 14th-century Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus that the History Channel has dubbed The Lost Book of Nostradamus,^[43] as well as the prophecies of the semi-legendary Myrddin Wyllt, or Merlin, and Mother Shipton,^[44] the last of which, in their original 1641 edition, say nothing about doomsday either.^[45]

Ron Rosenbaum of Slate.com introduced the topic thus in 2009: "The growing harmonic convergence of apocalyptic stupidity that goes under the rubric 2012 or ‘the Mayan Calendar Prophecy’ has not yet reached Y2K proportions. And while it’s broken out of the New Agey cult status where it’s been fermenting for some years, there are still many in the chattering classes who haven’t heard about it."

^{(Source: Wikipedia Article “2012 doomsday prediction”)}

In other words, if you were planning to buy a bunker in the nearest future and move in there with your whole family, in order to “weather” the Armageddon and survive the Wrath of God that is imminent – I have a “good news” for you:

Don’t panic! It ain’t gonna happen!

…Unless, of course if you believe in “modern-day prophets” that say that we are living in the final three and a half years of “end-time” now and that God is going to punish us all for the sins of humanity by killing  6 Billion + people in these final 3.5 years of Man on this Earth…Hey, maybe it’s time for you to repent and read these 2 “Masterpieces” that I came across while doing my search for 2012?

The first one is called “2008 – God’s Final Witness” by Ronald Weinland, another one is called “The Prophesied End-Time” by the same author available for free download at: www.the-end.com

Despite numerous discrepancies, redundancies and some blatant statements made by the author (like the one about him and his wife being the 2 of God’s “End-Time Prophets“…The only 2? Duh!), I found these books to be quite fascinating, and I highly recommend them to other sophisticated readers out there.

Reason # 1: Highly entertaining value. These books offer an interesting prospective of the Biblical events, our current times, as well as the nearest and future days of our civilization.

Reason # 2: Both are written in plain English, with lots of references to the Bible, especially the Revelation – a great “refresher” for those who haven’t read the Bible lately or those who never even heard of it before (Yeah, I know you’re out there, people, you know who you are! )

Anyway, enjoy the reading and God Bless us all!

P.S. And don’t forget to register for the “Survival Lottery” at the IHC Web site

(Just in case, ‘cos…you never know these days, right?)

Full coverage of events worldwide on CNN and CNN.com Live with Facebook. We invite you to watch the memorial of Michael Jackson on CNN and CNN.com Live with Facebook Tuesday at Noon ET. Share your memories with friends and other Michael Jackson fans around the world

Host: CNN

Time: 12:00PM Tuesday, July 7th

Location: CNN and CNN.com Live

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“On the morning of June 25, 2009, (Michael) Jackson reportedly collapsed at a rented home in Holmby Hills in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a 911 call at 12:21 pm local (Pacific) time^[185] and arrived at 12:30 pm. Jackson was reportedly not breathing and CPR was quickly performed.^[186] He fell into a coma and died shortly after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center.^[187] The cause of death is reported to be cardiac arrest.^[186] Jackson was pronounced dead at about 2:26 pm local time.^[188] Los Angeles Police Department homicide and robbery division detectives attended the scene as a matter of routine in high profile death cases.^[189] An autopsy is said to be scheduled for Friday, June 26, 2009.” – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Here’s the video announcement about the death of Michael Jackson:

A very sad and ominous fact is that since the beginning of this year Michael Jackson has been preparing for his final tour entitled “This Is It” that was supposed to kick off in London, England on July 13, 2009. Apparently, this was not meant to be, as God scheduled a different kind of tour for the King of Pop.

Michael will be performing now for the celestial crowds who will hopefully be more kind and forgiving to him than us mortals, and who will treat him with more respect and dignity he truly deserves.

Millions of Michael’s fans all over the world are in shock over his death – here’s one of YouTube comments that reflects these feelings of grief and enormous loss:

“R.I.P MJ
thanx for so many wonderful memories.
My youth was filled with your music and dance.
Yes indeed you were the biggest star ever.”

I’ve said this many times before, and I’ll say it once again:

Either you will have a SYSTEM, or the SYSTEM will have you. Period.

What do I mean by that?

Well, let’s just step back for a second and remember the “good old days”…

“Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.”

(Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”)

You had a stable job, a nice house, a lot of money in the bank. More importantly, you had a credit line, a family to support you, and a lot of money in RRSPs stashed away for a “rainy day”, so to speak…

You’ve been living “large”. You’ve been throwing parties for friends and relatives and you thought that the well you were so used to, the one you’ve been drinking  out of for so long would never ever go away, it would never dry out, not in a million years…

Ta-damm-tamm-ta-damm! Ta-damm-tamm-ta-damm!

Now WHO would have thought that THIS could happen???

A year is 2008. Recession comes.

You lose your well-paying job. You’ve used your credit line, your family turns away from you, all your RRSPs are cashed out and your so called “friends” stop returning your calls all of a sudden…Even worse – they pretend that they don’t even know you, as if they never even attended those lavish parties that you’ve been throwing together for them – they act like you don’t even exist to them any more…They prefer to just ignore you and stay away from you…Out of sight, out of mind, so to speak…

Have you ever been there, my friend?

“Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.”

(Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”)

So my question to you is this: what do you do when you feel like the System has completely, totally and entirely failed you?

What do you do when you’re running out of options as we speak?

3 things can happen at this point:

1) Some people choose to live in denial.  They pretend that it’s not even happening to them, they prefer to ignore the System. Until the System comes knocking at their door…

Ta-damm-tamm-ta-damm! Ta-damm-tamm-ta-damm!

Can you ignore the system when it already came after you? No, seriously – can you?

2) Some people try to “get back on their feet”. Unfortunately, it involves asking the System to carry you through the difficult times, and these folks realize what needs to happen. They are not looking for “handouts” per se, they just need the System to “bail them out” of their misery, so to speak.

Just make a wish, and the System appears! But the price to pay is enslavement. You don’t want to get back on track this way, trust me! Because the System will never let you out without a sacrifice. And that can be your whole life at stake, and your well-being, too…

3) …And then there’s YOU. The prophets, the rebels, the crazy ones, the reformers. Those who carve out their own destiny. Those who develop their own System, their own Model of Being, and make others aware and then make them join their Vision. So it goes somewhat like that:

“Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!”

(Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”)

You are the ones I seek. You are the ones I hope for. You are the ones I rely upon.

I know you’re out there. If you are reading this – you know that I’m talking to you. It’s time to wake up. It’s time to raise from the ashes, time to grab the bull by the horns and create your own future.

Ta-damm-tamm-ta-damm! Ta-damm-tamm-ta-damm!

The System will not stand a chance against you. You will be the ones that matter. You will be the ones that go forth, strike forward, and create the future that you want.

We are here for you.

Join us now. We are here to help you become what you want to become, to create prosperity that you rightfully deserve.

All you need to do is ask:

www.GEANetwork.com

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"Me too!", an internet cultural phenomenon during the early and mid-1990s on Usenet, a massive distributed bulletin board system, in which a request by one user for information would prompt many others to ask to receive the information by posting the phrase "Me, too!" – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Success is a journey – not an event.

But when does one become successful? I think it’s when you stop being a “me, too” person.

I will explain. Suppose you decide to go shopping this morning. As human beings we are very social animals. We love to be with other people and do things with other people. So you go to the shopping mall, or the grocery store, or a supermarket. There you see a lot of people buying the same groceries, standing in the same line, chatting with one another about the same problems and challenges of our day to day lives. And maybe you even feel good about being a “me, too” person, and that’s ok because again – this is just human nature.

But what if tomorrow when you run out of groceries you resist the temptation of doing things the same way again? What if you don’t go to the shopping mall, or a grocery store, and instead decide to buy everything “in bulk” from a network of wholesalers? Do you think you would have to stand in line, like a “me, too” person, see the same people you see every day and talk about the same problems with them?

Of course not, you will be away from all that, and you can enjoy totally different price margins, let alone totally different lifestyle!

That’s what I’m talking about! That’s why the first step in business is to see what everyone else in your business is doing – and then make a conscious decision that YOU will be doing it differently.

Why is it important?

Because if your “sweet spot” is where everyone else’s “sweet spot” is – you have to be different, be very creative and resourceful, in order to succeed. In fact, it is very dangerous to be a “Me, too” person in business – that’s not how you win! You have to do things differently, in order to achieve different results.

Not mediocre results of a “me, too” person. But outstanding results with a really successful person.

How do you do it?

Well, exactly as I said to you earlier – you have to decide one morning that you want to be different. So it starts with the decision, but where do you take it from there?

This is where it gets tricky. You see, a “me, too” person has a “tunnel vision”. It means that he or she only sees one outcome of one action. There’s nothing wrong with that, by the way, it works really well for some people I know. Especially in sports – when you absolutely must keep an eye on the ball, so to speak, in order to succeed, practice and achieve great results?

But what if you are a consulting firm owner? If your job is to provide consulting services to many clients – when do you think you ACTUALLY make money?

When you send an invoice to the client? When you’re receiving a cheque from them?

Wrong!

Maybe when you find the best resource, or the best solution for them? Close, but still wrong!

No, you make money sooner, way sooner than that! It’s when you come up with a winning strategy – that’s when!

I like the term “Strategic Alliances”. Do you know why?

For 2 reasons.

Reason # 1 is that it gives you the order of how you should develop your business if you want to be successful. The order lies in the term itself:

“Strategic” is # 1 thing to do. “Alliances” is # 2 thing to do”

In other words, we’ve already talked about strategy – so this is where you start. It’s # 1.

But # 2 thing you should start with when you’re building a successful business is building alliances with people whose businesses can complement yours, so that you could eventually be able to offer more to your customers – do you see what I mean?

If you you can deliver more to your customers through the “magic power” of strategic alliances – you no longer have to worry about your survival and you can start focusing on your prosperity. Isn’t it why we all wanted to have our own businesses after all?

So if your supplier goes down – you no longer have to worry! If your biggest clients goes out the door – you won’t even flinch. You know that you can leverage your partners’ customers through strategic alliances, and deliver your services to them, too!

So this is how you build a successful business, the one that becomes profitable fast, and the one that stays profitable for as long as you are in business.

Some of you know me for awhile now. And you know how passionate I am about the idea of a "Free Enterprise."

In general, the idea is great. I enjoy all kinds of benefits from it: it allows me to live where I want, do whatever I want, say whatever I want and practice any religion that I choose to practice.

Free Enterprise is good, but it does not mean that I will work for you for free! And I think that certain clients out there lately are trying to abuse a helluva lot of people, using their advantage of the Free Enterprise idea.

And of course it’s up to you what you want to do with your free will, but I suggest that YOU SHOULD NOT WORK FOR FREE either.

Why not?

"Why wouldn’t I work for free?" – you would ask.

Because YOU SHOULD KNOW THE VALUE OF YOUR TIME.

Because I know the value of mine.

Think about it: everybody has only ONE LIFE. Not two lives, not three, not nine lives like a cat.

ONE.

And everyone has only limited amount of time on this Earth. If you think this way, it means you will only limit your time to only a limited number of opportunities.

So every time you say "Yes" to any "affiliate", "voluntary", "not for profit", "pro bono" or a "network marketing" opportunity – what it REALLY means is that you are agreeing to give your time away (sometimes, hours, months – even years of your time!), you are literally giving your life away to someone or something, without asking for anything back – for free!

I know what I am talking about because lately, due to the recession, massive flaws in business education and lack of public awareness overall I am starting to see this tendency of proliferation of MLMs, Franchises, Affiliate and god knows what other kinds of "Free Enterprise" (read "SCAM") opportunities that are taking over the market by storm and allow companies steal people’s valuable lives for free – without giving them ANYTHING back, or paying "peanuts" – something that THEY would never accept as their own income!

What, you don’t believe me?

If you think I don’t know what I’m talking about – try this:

Go to your bank and tell them that next month you won’t pay them for your mortgage because YOU will get paid for your MLM/affiliate/network marketing/"commission only" job ONLY "when" and "in case" you make a sale, or several sales for your opportunity provider.

What do you think your bank’s response is going to be? What do you think your landlord is going to say, or your cable company, or your gas company, or your grocery clerk, or…? The list goes on and on.

Will they say to you, "Sure bud, you can pay whenever you can, we will wait because we understand how your affiliate opportunity works."

Huh?!

Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it?

What about this: if someone tells you "That won’t take long, we only need 5 minutes of your time, that’s all."

Should you give it to them?

Of course not! What you SHOULD do is ask them very politely, "What am I going to get for it in return?"

Why?

Because everything in life has to be a FAIR TRADE, that’s why!

So, if your friend asks you for 5 minutes of your time – it’s a fair trade, because your friend gives you their time as a fair trade.

But if a COMPANY asks you for 5 minutes of your time and offers you an affiliate opportunity in return – it’s not a fair trade because the company leverages your 5 minutes, HIS 5 minutes, HER 5 minutes – and hundreds, thousands or millions of other folks’ 5 minutes at the same time, in order to create PROFIT for themselves.

So don’t be stupid and think that this is a fair trade, ‘ cause it’s NOT!

THEY have a system. YOU don’t. THEY have control. YOU don’t. THEY have the leverage (doing a LOT with a little).

You don’t, you don’t, you don’t, you don’t and you don’t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STOP THE INSANITY!

This is what you should say to them, next time they ask (and THEY WILL, trust me!!!)

EXAMPLE 1.

They say: "Give me your time, and we give you whatever. But later."

You tell them: "I will give you my time if you give me MONEY. NOW."

Not the promise, not "potential opportunity to make…XYZ number of dollars" – no.

"Give me my MONEY for my time. NOW."

EXAMPLE 2.

They say: "Give me your attention, and we give you whatever. But later."

You tell them: "I will give you my attention if you give me a FREE GIFT. NOW."

EXAMPLE 3.

They say: "Give me your skills, and we give you whatever. But later."

You tell them: "I will give you my skills if you pay for my training. NOW."

What, you think it’s "Too much to ask?"

Well, let’s get back to where we started then:

They want you to give them a part of your life. And you only have ONE…

Get it?

So every time someone asks you for your time, be polite to them, but firm. Stand your ground. Tell them: "Excuse me, but I charge $$$ for my time. X $$$ for my minute, Y $$$ for my hour. Z $$$ for my day. XYZ number of $$$ for my project, etc.

Tell them: "I value YOUR time, and I expect the same in return."

And if we all say "NO" next time THEY offer us to work for them for free – we can change this world. There will be less scams, less pressure trying to evaluate every time if THEY are lying to us or not.

(Here’s the FREE TOOL for you to evaluate THAT, by the way: www.bizsuccessblueprint.com )

The world will be a better place. I strongly believe that we can change it. One Client at a time.

YES, WE CAN!

Please leave me your comments below and let me know if you agree, or disagree, if you had similar experiences, and so on. I will send you a FREE GIFT if you do.

And I’ll do it NOW. 

Val Slastnikov, Business Solutions Consultant

An Exercise in Corporate Intelligence…Makes you think like a Warrior!

What would YOU do if you had 20 Million prospects to sell to?

I’m talking 19 Million in the United States and 1 Million in Canada?

Did I get your attention?

Good, then let me ask you a question:

HOW MANY CUSTOMERS DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW?

And I’m not talking about prospects on Social Networks, like Twitter, Linked-In or Facebook. I’m talking about 20 Million prospects sitting RIGHT HERE, in the database on your desktop or notebook right now – complete with their contact info, size of the company, annual revenue and even Credit rating!

Would you like to have instant access to a database like that?

Well, this is what WE have, and this is what YOU can have a free access to – RIGHT NOW! Think about that. What you could do if you would only turn 1% of those prospects into your paying customers?

That’s right! You would have 200 thousand customers! Get it?

So this is what I want you to do RIGHT NOW:

Go to www.GEANetwork.com and sign up!

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE 200,000 CUSTOMERS RIGHT NOW?

Then don’t wait! Go to www.GEANetwork.com and sign up – IT’S FREE!