If you receive meeting highlights or minutes by mail, these can be placed in a yellow folder for your perusal at a later date. These are types of things that can be read during lunch, or while backing up files, printing, etc.

Magazines and articles you receive can be placed in a black folder. This is your reading folder. Take it with you when you go on appointments that you know you will have some lag time. Read during lunch. Schedule time in morning and weekends. If you make reading a part of your daily schedule, it won't pile up. And remember, once you read it, file it away, or toss it.

Every piece of paper should generate a reaction, reaction might be to deal with it, file it, or toss it, but one of them needs to occur. If you follow this simple rule, you can keep mail and paperwork under control, and your sanity to boot.

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Excuse 2 ...It's too much work

As stated earlier, once you set yourself up, 30 minutes of calling a couple nights or days per week to get a deal and possibly make $3500 to $5000 for under 10 hours, seems worth of work. Let's see that comes to $350 to $500 per hour. If you find this too much work, then stay with your day job for $10-$15 per hour.

Excuse 3... It doesn't work

Yes, it does, we are living proof, and so are many other investors out there. Unfortunately we are too busy to try and convince people that don't have any motivation to do anything, to do so. If you wish to work a paycheck to paycheck job rest of your life, so be it. However, those of us that have left that world will never go back because we like control we have over our future, and yes, it does work, however, secret is, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO WORK AT IT. Business is not going to come to you out of blue. You have to look for it, and people have to know that you are there.

Excuse 4... I don't have money

Yes, this can be an obstacle. However, there is a lot of educational material out there that is not outrageously priced. Rather than printed material, look into electronic format. It is usually substantially less. Read up on various strategies. We have an enormous amount of material on our website in articles and newsletters that provide a wealth of information. Check out books in your library or buy used books.

Check out coaching programs. Yes, many are expensive. However, we offer our Partnering For Your Success Program for a very affordable initial fee, and then we partner in your success. If you don't succeed, neither do we. We put our money where are mouths are.

Excuse 5 ...It won't work for me

With an attitude like this one, nothing will. You have to be willing to work. Short of winning lottery, nothing is just going to drop into your lap. Even real estate takes work. Just running ads and sending e-mails is not going to make you rich. You have to have something to offer to people. You need knowledge and know how in order for people to work with you.

So, if one of your resolutions this year is to start your own successful business, take a look at our website and contact us.

Remember, take your resolutions one at a time, and eventually you will succeed with them all.

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