Out-Of-Work-Job-Applicants-Told…What???: A Review

By Thia | Published: June 17, 2010

This headline caught my eye just a few minutes ago: “Out Of Work Job Applicants Told Unemployed Need Not Apply.” I urge you to read it for yourself.

Do you believe it?

In a time when some of the best talent in the world is available (read ‘low hanging fruit’) among the nations’ unemployed, THIS starts to be “policy” in more and more companies.

If you’ve been keeping up with my posts, you know that I have been on a rant about unemployment and the missed opportunity that the Internet offers to many, many people, as a way to reinvent their careers and their lives. But I’m the first to also say that learning how to work online from home as a way to reinvent a life and a career is not for everyone!

NOTHING is a one-size-fits-all.

I just had to blow off some steam and outrage on behalf of the many millions of people who are currently out of work. And you know what? I’d say that those workplaces with policies against hiring the unemployed, are the ones that are really out of luck. Their loss.

The very experience of becoming unemployed, galvanized by the sheer force-of-will that it takes to press on with a job search in the face of such attitudes, makes (IMHO) most of the unemployed far MORE valuable, fresh, and appreciative prospects than those who have managed to hold onto their jobs but are fried (that’s technical lingo) from carrying more than their fair share through the last couple of years.

There is enough work to be done, and enough workers to do it, but not within our current system. We have outgrown the system of working in this era that still expects each worker to “go to work” each day and collect a paycheck from an employer that calls all the shots. That is an industrial era paradigm and we are no longer in that era.

We (as a culture) still hold forth a value and ideal that one “should” go to the best college possible (at extraordinary expense), and prepare for employment (not entrepreneurship), advancement in the same career, and retirement–in that order. It rarely happens that way for people any more (if it really ever did). But still we think that it SHOULD work out that way, and that if it doesn’t something is wrong, not with the system, but with the person whose path takes an unexpected turn (or wipeout).

There’s a problem alright, but the unemployed are not it. In fact, I believe that they are the solution.

Be amazed and amazing–and a little outraged–today,

Thia

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Two Different Visions of The Future: Which Is Yours?

By Thia | Published: June 16, 2010

If you haven’t seen this short visual animation on The Recession and U.S. Unemployment already, sit back (or lean in close) and get the full OMG of it. It takes less than a minute, and packs a wallop.


And if you, or someone you love, is among the long (and longer) term unemployed, I have a different vision to offer you: of your future, your finances, and your family life. A hopeful vision.

Every day, regular people–like you and me–who never imagined such a possibility, are discovering exactly how possible it is to make a good honest living using the Internet. We never imagined such a thing because in all the years that we thought about and prepared for employment, the Internet (as we know it today), didn’t even exist. So how could we have considered it?

But now it does, and it has changed everything.

The Internet is where the entire world goes for information, products, services, entertainment, and even friendship. Those who learn how to use the Internet today (as a tool for business and income-generation) will be the well-established leaders tomorrow, when the slow-to-catch-on, finally start…well…catching on. There will be no shortage of opportunity for us to help them get up to speed.

One of the most rewarding things in my life now, is helping others make the shift from offline to online in both skills and thinking; and from lives of scarcity, havoc, and stress to lives of abundance and stability. (And hey–we are the new breed of entrepreneur that get to work from home, or wherever we want. Wouldn’t that be nice?)

Join with me in this exciting new way of working, and I’ll show you how it’s done. Together we can change even more lives (starting with yours!). Maybe we will even turn back the colors on our “patchwork nation” by 2012.

Be amazed and amazing,

Thia
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What It (Really) Takes To Make Money Online From Home–Part 3

By Thia | Published: June 10, 2010

In Part 1 of this series, I disclosed what I believe to be the number one thing that separates those who successfully make money in an Internet home business opportunity, from those who think they are going to, but never do. In Part 2, I explained what gets in the way of most people’s success. Here, I’ll reveal some strategies and solutions for overcoming the challenges and beating the odds.

First, let’s review what happens:

We say “yes” to an opportunity, and begin investing both time and money in it, because we believe that this opportunity (business, product, affiliation) will solve our problems and transform our lives (more time, more money, more freedom, less stress).

While all that can be true, achieving those things comes at a cost; the cost is that we need to go outside our comfort zones in order to reach the goal. There really isn’t any way around that. The first order of business, then, is to accept (stop resisting) the idea that there is a period of growth, learning, and risk-taking that will not always feel comfortable. In fact, sometimes it will be downright hard.

This is when most people give up. Some even go away mad.

It is at this point, however, that a few will go on to become successful. Those who succeed are able to do so because they press on through the period of time when things feel least comfortable and most uncertain. They stay focused on the vision of what they want to achieve, and the reasons they want to achieve it. They stay the course–whatever it takes.

The good news is that the uncomfortable part is temporary. Rather, we learn and grow and end up with a new and much larger comfort zone than we previously had. It is larger because we have taken the risk to include new experiences, new knowledge, and new skills in it. The boundaries just naturally expand to include new things, once we have done them.

In summary, here’s what it will take to push out the boundaries of your comfort zone so that you have space to succeed:

    Change your daily habits to include new ways of working,
    Seek out and follow new leaders (whose dreams and successes are bigger than your own),
    
Think in new ways, and
    Learn to let the negativity of those who liked you better when you were a little bit miserable, roll off and not discourage you. Real supporters will get used to the new, more positive you.

In closing:

Change is hard. It may be helpful to remember that human beings are equipped to handle change, learn new things, and push out the edges of our comfort zones until the unfamiliar becomes easy and routine–familiar and comfortable. That is how we grow; and we were made to grow.

So is the potential to make a lot of money online and have a different lifestyle real? It absolutely is. But many people will never get there because there is a fair amount of adjustment and change required to make it happen.

It takes an unusual person–only about 3 out of 100 people have what it takes–to succeed in making the adjustments gracefully (or stubbornly) and staying the course until the payoff comes.

If you are in that 3 percent, then you may very well have an exciting and prosperous future ahead of you (and I’d love to talk with you about that).

If, on the other hand, you are not, I wish you all the best in your continuing search and gently encourage you to stick with more traditional solutions. For you, the goal of $20,000/month online would probably take you farther outside your comfort zone than you are willing to go. Better to know that before you make any big decisions.

Be amazed and amazing–whatever path you choose,

Thia
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What It (Really) Takes To Make Money Online From Home–Part 2

By Thia | Published: June 9, 2010

In Part 1 of this series, I shared the first truth of what separates those who are successful making money online with a home business income opportunity from those who are not. [Hint: It is probably not what you think!]

Another truth is this: we set the boundaries of our personal comfort zones around those things that are the most familiar to us. In other words, the things we do, say, believe, act on, and surround ourselves with every day are inside our comfort zones and anything that is unfamiliar, new, or different puts us outside our comfort zones.

People who are mightily attracted to the IDEA of making a lot more money than they currently have, are in actuality, going to have to go outside of their comfort zones to make it happen. And if it is a LOT more money than they currently make, and/or it is a very different way of making a living, then the degree of discomfort in getting there is likely to be huge. For many–perhaps most–it will be the deal breaker.

Now here is something important!…

Just because something causes us to feel uncomfortable, doesn’t mean it is a bad thing; it just means that we are still uneasy with it because it is not yet familiar. We don’t feel as much control over our situations when we are outside our comfort zones–and let’s face it, we love control. The natural inclination is to scurry back to the familiar–even if we were not getting anywhere (good) in that place. See the problem?

So when we hear the message, “Make-money-doing-what-you-are-already-doing” (see Part 1) we are pulled toward it thinking, “Oh good: I won’t need to go outside my comfort zone; money will come to me!”

I hope at this point you STOP–and think–before you follow the call of that particular siren. It isn’t real. And I’d like to tell you why.

Stay tuned for the third installment in this mini-series, where I talk about solutions and strategies for those who are serious about finding and making the most of an Internet home-business opportunity.

Be amazed and amazing today,

Thia
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What It (Really) Takes To Make Money Online From Home–Part 1

By Thia | Published: June 9, 2010

What separates those who actually make money online with an Internet home business opportunity, from those who think they are going to, and do not? There are a lot of factors involved, but here is the one that I think makes the biggest difference….

    …the individual himself…or herself. Let me explain my thinking.

Masses and masses of people are drawn to the kind of home business income opportunity that shows tremendous potential for making money online and building passive or residual income over time. And who (except the very most 9-5-job-entrenched) wouldn’t be, when you think about it? It is such an appealing idea that it gets all those desire-glands fired up. (Can’t you just feel it?)

I happened to see a video recently, when I was visiting a particularly good and responsible MLM-review site, about a company in the news (not in a good way I’m afraid) that I came close to signing on with a couple years back. That is an embarrassing confession now, but since I pulled myself back from the brink at the time, and made a choice that was much better for me, I have some distance now to talk about it.

The video showed a leader saying to an audience (and I remember hearing this line at the seminar I attended), “You can make $20,000 a month doing exactly what you are already doing.” Whaaaaaatt? If that were true, there would have been a room full of people already making $20,000/month based on what they were already doing.

The truth is, if you want something you’ve never had before (like $20,000/month, or sleeping late when you want to, or never missing one of your kids’ events), you absolutely need to do something you’ve never done before. Probably a whole regimen of things, including learning new skills, that you’ve never needed before.

I have a few more thoughts about this but don’t want this post to get too long. In Part 2 I’m going to talk about our comfort zones and how they either help us or hinder us in reaching our goals.

Be amazed and amazing,

Thia

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How Some Long-term Unemployed Are Making Misfortune…Pay!

By Thia | Published: May 31, 2010

This is the smartest echo I’ve heard yet coming from the bottom of the long-term-unemployment well. But first, a little background…

There are still 15 million Americans out of work, and 6.5 million (about 40 percent) have been in this situation for at least six months. Some are now going on two years.

That is a long time and a lot of competition for jobs; especially given that so many lost jobs are not even coming back. The times have simply changed and Americans are having to figure out how to change with them.

Many of these job searchers–probably most–use the Internet from home to search for jobs, submit resumes, and network with other job seekers, friends, and family. They are getting really good at using the Internet for all kinds of things.

With that in mind, here’s the really smart thing:

A few–and I do mean just a FEW–have figured out that with only a bit more time in front of the computer, and a handful of new skills (which they learn online), they can turn their down time into income-generating time–without ever leaving the comfort of home! By that I mean, they are using the Internet to make a living online for themselves and their families, even while (some of them) continue to search for employment outside the home. It’s a brilliant strategy.

As one fellow recently told me,

    “I saw someone else I used to work with doing it and I said, ‘hey–will you show me how you do that?’ He did, and so I figured I might as well give it a try too. I mean, what did I have to lose? I was home anyway, and learning how to use my computer this way, gave me a reason to get up and feel good again–like I was actually ’somebody’ again. And the money [laughs]…if this keeps up, I may never go back to a regular job again. I’m actually getting to know my kids, for the first time in years. How do you put a price on that?”

How smart is that? I’d say VERY smart. And “why not?”, when you think about it.

If you, or someone you know or love, is among the long-term unemployed in the world today, pass this article along to them. It just might get them thinking outside the it-totally-stinks-to-be-broke-box. and help them find a way to make their own misfortune, pay. Finally.

Be amazed and amazing,

Thia

You can ReTweet this at the top of the article, and be sure that it will be seen by someone who is out of work and out of ideas.

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The Internet Home Business Opportunity—Do What You Love

By Thia | Published: May 24, 2010

Finding the right Internet home business opportunity is a great way to achieve happiness with your work. There are several important elements in being happy with your life, and unfortunately, working at a brick and mortar job satisfies few if any of them. Let’s look at just a few of the advantages in working for yourself–at home!

Internet Home Business Opportunities—Monetize Your Hobby

Probably the greatest point of starting your own Internet home business is that you get to monetize what you already love to do. This is hardly ever the case in the 9 to 5 scene. Whether you’re working an office job or in the customer service industry, there’s a reason they pay you to do it. You wouldn’t normally do it otherwise.

Your hobbies are something you would do whether or not you get paid. Wouldn’t it be great to be paid for something you would be doing anyway? Depending on what your hobby is, there are different places you can make cash from it. EBay is a great place to go if you’re into crafting or collecting things. If your hobby doesn’t take a “tangible” form, you may be able to sell your finished projects on a site like Clickbank. If you love social networking and are “always” Tweeting or hanging out on Facebook, then you could be a natural for social media marketing.

An Internet Home Business Opportunity Makes You Boss

A typical complaint about working “in the real world” is that you’re making money for someone else. Sure, you get paid in the process, but what you really want is the boss’ pay scale. By taking advantage of the right Internet home business opportunity, you get all the pay.

Also, it’s extremely empowering to be the person who calls the shots. Another of the complaints people have about “working for the man” is just that. Someone else is telling you what to do. If you think about it, they have quite a bit of control over your life.

They tell you when you need to show up to work, and when you get to leave. This means that they have control of how much time you spend with your family. On an even more personal level, they have control of your very sleeping schedule.

Internet Home Business Opportunity—Time Enough At Last

When you are your own boss, you get to set your schedule. Of course, you’re going to have to put in some time per day, but there’s no one to tell you when it starts or when you’re finished. This frees up your personal and family time.

This all may sound too good to be true. You may think that there’s a catch in all of this. There is, in that you need to learn a new skill.

You have to learn HOW to monetize your hobby. You have to learn how to do business on the Internet. This is, in all reality, the only place where some people fail in making their dreams come true. That is sad, because there is so much help available.

The great thing about learning to do business on the Internet is that it has a short learning curve. You don’t have to worry about most of the considerations that brick and mortar entrepreneurs do. After all, you don’t have to leave home, so you don’t need to worry about renting an office space. You don’t have to worry about payroll and employees.

In the end, what little you need to learn to start your Internet home business is far worth what you get out of it. You get the complete freedom of being the boss, and of doing what you love.

Be amazed and amazing!

Thia

P.S. I absolutely love working out of my home, for myself. I am part of a global community and have lively, daily interaction with those I mentor as well as those who mentor me. If you are ready to find out first hand what Internet Marketing involves, then I have an offer you must see–it is FREE to my visitors; no strings attached. Continue here>>>…

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Finding an Internet Home Business Opportunity with Direct Results

By Thia | Published: May 24, 2010

If you’ve been searching for an Internet home business opportunity, you have more than likely found that just doing a Google search hasn’t been much help. In fact, you may be overwhelmed with listing after listing of different opportunities, all promising proven results. The thing that they’re not telling you is that most of these involve someone else making money from the work that you do.

Isn’t this a major reason why you’re planning on going into business for yourself? Don’t you want to get away from making money for someone else? Whether you’re multi-level marketing or doing affiliate marketing, you’re still giving up a portion of the money you make to someone else.

Direct Sales Business—Maximum independence, maximum profit

The only surefire way to make money and keep it all is to go into direct sales. In this situation, you market your product or service directly, sell it directly, and get paid directly. You may choose to sell products for a wholesale company or distributor, but the difference is in the compensation structure. If you choose to market and sell physical products, expect to cover the expense of buying those products and then storing and redistributing them. That will come directly out of your profit.

Of course, if you make your own product, you can charge whatever you want to for it. If it didn’t cost you any money to make, then you can price it as low as you want to. If you market and sell a product in an electronic medium—an “info product”–then you don’t have to worry about storing or delivering it.

Automated Internet Business—What You Really Need

Automated Internet business tools are the #1 reason that a direct-sales business conducted online is considered by many to be the best home business opportunity on the market today. By and large, when people buy your products, the transaction happens without you having to do anything. This adds the value of time freedom to your life, and reduces the need for you to be chained to your computer in order to make money online.

Auto Responders are a great tool to have. When a person buys something, they want to know that the process is complete. While they can see the payment verification at their financial institution’s website, and a successful download in the case of electronic media, an acknowledgment from you is the extra touch many people appreciate. It’s especially necessary in cases where you actually have to deliver your product to them.

Automated tools can also be used to promote your website and offer your prospects and customers additional valuable content and information, building both branding and loyalty. Automation tools include social bookmarking, video syndication, and automatic social media account creators. Website templates can give you an online “hub” for your business.

Shop carefully and get recommendations from other online business owners that you trust. Be sure to connect with experts who will show you how to use the tools to their maximum advantage. This will help you avoid low quality, big-hype products that will never deliver as promised. As in the offline world, some products and tools are excellent and worth every penny to build your business; others are junk and could cost you dearly. Whenever you’re looking at cutting corners in your promotion, choose your products and tools carefully.

When Your Online Business Takes Off

Now that you have your products, promotions and tools together, it’s time to launch your online business. After some time, you’ll notice that nearly everything is taking care of itself. This is the point when you ask yourself, “Why didn’t I do this earlier?” Money for almost nothing? You bet!

Be amazed and amazing,

Thia

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How Passive Income Opportunities Work – Tips to Help You Work Less and Earn More

By Thia | Published: May 14, 2010

Passive income opportunities can completely change your life. Most people drudge on day in and day out, working 40 hours a week (or even more), making someone else rich. This means that your life is controlled by your work. Someone else dictates spending time with your family, relaxing, going on vacation, and even your income level. There should be more to life than living for decades on a rigid schedule – and there is.

Maybe you, like many others, do not really understand the term “passive income opportunities.” This article will explain a little more in depth, so that you understand the concept and are better able to determine if these home based business opportunities may be right for you.

Not everyone is meant to work at home, but it is safe to say that most people would jump at the opportunity! Here are a few morsels of information that may interest you.

What Is Passive Income Anyway?

“Passive” simply means that you are not actively reacting to or participating in something. Therefore, a passive income opportunity means that you do very little or no work, and still make money. Sound interesting? It is hard to imagine the tens of thousands of people who have become self-made millionaires this way, but true.

If it is your desire to better your life, make more money than ever before, and live life on your own terms, this is the way to do it. Here are some examples of home income opportunities that allow you to earn a lucrative income with very little involvement on your part:

Residual Income

Residual income is income that you make over and over again from work that is done once. Here are a few examples:

* Create a membership site on the internet. Offer content that is updated on a regular basis, articles, advice, magazines – anything you can sell that people would gladly pay a monthly membership fee to be part of. They join; you make money from the monthly fee over and over again, without lifting a finger.
* Direct business models. Sales reps often have dedicated customers who order products regularly. They run out of product, and they place another order. The sales rep receives this income by the customer re-ordering product. The representative does nothing, except make the first sale!

Leveraged Income

Leveraged income is another form of passive income. Here are a couple of examples:

* Affiliate marketing. An example of making this type of income is someone who has their own product, then allows affiliates to do the selling. For example, you write an eBook about reducing high blood pressure. Affiliates sign up to sell your eBook. They do the selling, earn a good commission, and you make money automatically, without any additional work.
* Network marketing. Network marketing

These are just a few examples of passive income opportunities. As you can see, home income opportunities abound, especially on the internet. Now, more than ever before, it is possible for anyone to create their own success! Take control of your own future – it isn’t rocket science, and no previous education or knowledge is required.

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Make Extra Money at Home – Is This a Dream That Is Achievable For Anyone?

By Thia | Published: May 10, 2010

Unfortunately, many people believe that in order to make extra money at home you must have some type of special knowledge or background. The truth is, it isn’t rocket science, and average people learn to do it every day.

Are they smarter than you are? Do they know some secret that you do not? No. They simply made up their minds to take control of their lives – and their finances. If you want to make extra money at home, you certainly can. The belief in your ability to do so is the first step toward success.

Create a Work from Home Based Business

The internet is a powerful place, not only to find information and have fun on the social networks, but also to create your own opportunity. Millions of businesses that did only exist in the brick and mortar world now have a presence online. Are these business owners geniuses? No. They simply came up with an idea – and took action. This is where so many fail when they decide to start a business of their own; they don’t take action. Sitting around dreaming certainly won’t get you far!

There are many methods people use to make extra money at home, most of which are simple enough for anyone. In fact, 14- and 15-year-old teenagers are making thousands of dollars per month. How? Various ways – affiliate marketing and blogs mostly. Did they go to school to learn how to make money on the internet? No. They simply took the time to learn, perhaps had a mentor, and implemented what they learned. When you have someone to teach you the ropes, following up isn’t hard at all.

Popular Ways to Make Money at Home

What are some of the best ways to earn money in the comfort and privacy of your own home? Some of the most popular are affiliate marketing, network marketing, blogging and freelancing. Right now, all of this probably sounds completely foreign to you. It did to the ones who are now mega-millionaires, too, when they first decided to take action. Now, because of their tenacity and motivation, they sit at home making quiet fortunes online. Impossible for you to duplicate? Hardly.

Consider everything you know now. How did you learn most of what you know? You went to school. You learned things from other people, and from your own experiences. Paving the way to your own successful financial future is exactly the same.

Get online, find out what others are doing to make them successful, and do it yourself. Learn and absorb all you can, and then take action. Motivation and the desire to succeed will take you places that you never dreamed you could go.

So, can you make extra money at home? You betcha. Dig in, and go for it. It costs nothing to explore the possibilities, so why wait? There will never be a better time than now. Choose your business model, and go to work! Imagine what you will be, and fulfill your dream – it’s as simple as that. Procrastination will get you nowhere, except in the same exact position you are in right at this moment.

Go on…be amazed and amazing,

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Thia
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