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Have More Money questions
Q: Why do you have the group of pages for Reducing your living expenses in this section?A: To have more money, you can either increase your income or reduce your expenses. (I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who said, "A penny saved is a penny earned.")
Q: If I start a small business now, how can I get people to buy from my business firm in hard times?
A: Instead of asking for money, ask for something else of value. In hard times, learning how to barter could be a life saver. (Say, that is another page I should add to the website.)
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Magic Success Secrets questions
Q: I like some of your ideas, but I'm afraid to try them.A: It's very wise to acknowledge your fear. In answer to your problem, try doing some of the things that don't make you feel uneasy. I would suggest that you try the Use Time Saving Tips page or the Developing the Do It Now habit topic, at first. Later on, you may want to try some of the more advanced concepts.
Q: Some of your success secrets are just common sense and the rest are too far out for me to try. What's so great about them?
A: What's so great is that I show how anyone can put the "common sense" ideas into actual use. As for the more advanced concepts, if you don't like them, don't use them.
Q: What's all this nonsense about reprogramming your mind? Why can't I just go out and start doing great things?
A: When you try to do things beyond your existing abilities and self-image, you likely will run into problems, get discouraged, and then quit trying.
The better way is to first enhance some of your beliefs. Then you will feel empowered to tackle those problems. (You also will feel empowered to take steps to avoid most of those problems.)
Q: Looking over your About the Author page, you don't seem to have much to brag about. Didn't you use your own success secrets?
A: No, my revelations came to me late in life. The only project that has benefitted from them is this website. (Well, there were those creative writing courses. Could you have made a story plot out of a rubber band, a tiger, and the Golden Gate Bridge?)
Q: You supposedly have scattered your success secrets throughout this website. Why didn't you just list them all in one place?
A: I describe three of the most important secrets in this topic on the Personal Message from the Author page. There are two reasons for scattering the secrets and insights around this website:
- It is difficult for most people to change a single belief or attitude, let alone a large number of them. A mass listing of possible changes would simply overwhelm most people.
- The best way to help people adopt an empowering belief or attitude is to place the change in an appropriate context. This context describes the belief or attitude, shows its benefits, and shows how to adopt it and/or start using it.
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123: Small Business Startup questions
Q: This section is too long and too complicated for me. Don't you have something simpler to help me start a small business?A: Yes I do. Go to the Business Plan for Simple Services page in the Have More Money section. This plan is meant to be used with the business ideas shown under the Ideas for a small business topic on the main page of the same section.
Q: Do you have any hints about how an average person can start a small business?
A: Glad you asked. Here are some suggestions:
Become an above average person by first reviewing all the pages in the Magic Success Secrets section. Then follow the procedures in one or more appropriate pages to enhance your personal power. A good choice for starters might be the Develop Empowering Beliefs page.Start out with a low-cost, low-risk business selling a service or information that you are already qualified to provide. Create a small, profitable business and then expand it to reach your goals.
One of the secrets to earning profits right away is to keep your startup costs and all other costs and expenses as low as possible. Forget about having a fancy car and a deluxe home office right away.
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Business Basics questions
Q: Under the Rules for Success in Business page, you don't show any details for the two sets of critical tasks. Will you provide these details in the future?A: Yes, I will. I plan to add three more pages to the website in the future. Two of these pages will explain these two sets of critical tasks in more detail.
Q: How important is it for prospective business developers to read the pages about Should you start your own business?
A: If you don't have any experience in planning, starting, or running a business, you should review all the pages in this group.
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Select Money Making Ideas questions
I think everything in this section is self-evident. Therefore, I don't show any questions for it.Does anyone else have any questions for this section?
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Receiving My Revelations questions
Since an important part of this website is based on my revelations, you probably want to know more about them. I've already briefly explained receiving them on the Personal Message from the Author page.
However, you still may have some questions that need answers. (Note: The following questions and answers are best understood if read in sequence.)
Q: What is the source of these revelations?
A: The source may have been my subconscious mind, my super conscious mind, God, or the universe. I don't know and I don't care. All I know is that I have received a fabulous gift for which I will be eternally grateful.
However, I usually say the revelations came from the universe. That covers all possibilities.
Q: What events triggered these revelations?
A: Sometimes, when working on one of the family's rental properties, I would get exasperated about my lack of financial success. (Fixing up rentals was hard work!) After retirement, I started reviewing my life in earnest to discover the source of all my disappointments and problems.
Q: Why are you so special that you were able to receive these revelations?
A: I'm not special at all. My only uniqueness is my lifelong desire to know why things happen. Thus, I was actively seeking answers. There is that old parable, "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."[1]
First, I sought and then I received. The answers seemed to have accumulated in my subconscious mind over time.
Q: How did you get the revelations from your subconscious mind into your conscious mind?
A: I have found that if I study a problem and then sleep on it, oftentimes the answer would bubble up from my subconscious mind and pop into my conscious mind the next day or so.
After seeking answers to explain my failures, the revelations gradually popped into my conscious mind. However, I tended to dismiss these answers at first. Later, I started to write them down.
Q: Why did you dismiss these revelations at first?
A: I wanted to blame someone or something else for most of my problems. The revelations, however, revealed that my problems were my own fault. It took me a while to accept what appeared to be "bad news."
Q: If you didn't like the bad news from the revelations, why did you finally accept them?
A: They answered all my questions about the true nature of life and reality. This truth was awesome and overwhelming. Eventually, I could no longer deny it.
I also realized that these revelations allowed me to control my own life. Since I was the source of these problems, I could overcome them myself.
The Resolve Problems page in the Magic Success Secrets section describes ways to solve your problems.
Q: Briefly, what is the BIG REVELATION?
A: If you aren't achieving your goals in life, you probably are being held back by your limiting beliefs. However, beliefs aren't reality. Beliefs can be changed.
The Develop Empowering Beliefs page in the Magic Success Secrets section shows how to override your limiting beliefs.
Q: Why should I rely on your so-called revelations?
A: Don't rely on my word. Test the revelations yourself. Try them on small problems at first. Risk only a small amount of time and effort. Don't risk any money. If you get good results, you may want to try the revelations on bigger problems.
Q: Who can benefit from these revelations?
A: To get the greatest benefit, you would have to -- have an open mind, know what you want from life, be willing to take limited risks, and use trial and error to gather the experience you need.
However, anyone can benefit from using these revelations, even if you don't believe them. Just give them a fair trial.
The Magic Success Secrets section has many methods and insights to help you benefit from these revelations.
Q: I still don't get it. All I have to do is change some of my beliefs, and then I can accomplish great things in life?
A: Not quite. You also need constructive actions to produce these achievements. These actions include -- taking charge of your life, setting meaningful goals, overcoming common obstacles, making suitable plans, taking decisive action, correcting any problems, getting things done, and checking on results. By replacing limiting beliefs with empowering beliefs, you do two things:
1. Remove the barriers (limiting beliefs) that may have been obstructing these actions.
2. Provide help (empowering beliefs) in starting and completing these actions.
The Magic Success Secrets section shows you how to perform these constructive actions.
Q: If I lose some money from following your methods and insights, will you reimburse me?
A: No. Any profits you make are solely yours; likewise, any losses you suffer are solely yours.
Sources
[1] The Holy Bible, Matthew 7:7.
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