False Prophets and Internet Gurus!

May 16, 2008 – 8:59 pm

Every single time I go online to research business opportunities, it seems that virtually every single idea, opportunity or scheme is virtually a complete waste of time. It is either some unbeatable gambling system, or a secret formula or a cant fail wealth generation program, all offering to make you wealthy.I feel that Google should possible be looking into doing more to prevent these fraudsters peddling their blatant scams. So many of the paid for Google ads, are obviously never going to make anybody money, apart from the smiling happy faces that are selling the idea.

I just love those pictures that are spread throughout the adds of those scammers, you see them standing beside their brand new Bentley, or a particular favourite of mine,  is when you see them sitting at the harbour claiming that the yacht in the background is theirs, give me a break, like we really believe you.

You also get the stealth like tactics used by some of the biggest names in blogging, I won’t name, names but they know who they are. They pretend that they are out to help you but in reality, they just want you to buy their secret formula, which is either some eBook, or training program, or some blueprint which will make you more successful.

You would think that these helpful gurus would be giving it away for free, they want us to visit their blogs, leave comments, click on their ads, then they want to charge us for the real information. I cant quite understand why they are not happy with the huge amounts of money that they are seemingly making from Google Adsense, direct advertising or whatever other forms of advertising they have. Most of what they are trying to get us to pay for, can be readily found online and for free.

Take care out there the Internet is a dangerous place full of False Prophets, promising the world, but in reality offering nothing at all.

For a real online opportunity which i wrote about, not so long ago,  will virtually cost you next to nothing in terms of money, but will require some time and effort eBooks as a Business Opportunity, How to Make Your Own

 

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How Rife is Corruption and Fraud Within Aberdeen City Council

May 16, 2008 – 1:32 pm

I received an email yesterday from someone that I personally know, I will refer to his as the Snitch, they had recently read my article I’m Watching the Council Workers, Only £27 Million in Debt! and told me they had a wee story, which they thought I would appreciate. For obvious reasons I can’t use their name, or give away any details about them. Aberdeen City Council is currently in dire straits financially, they are £27 million pounds in debt, and as they maintain it isn’t there fault! They are closing schools, leisure centres, the roads are a disgraceful state full of pot holes, which would scare you, if you stepped into some of them you would need climbing gear to get out.

I have maintained for years that corruption is rife within many councils in the UK and costs us as tax payers dearly, we are constantly having to put up with rising council tax’s to pay for this corruption. If councils were ran professionally and by people with intelligence, I’m certain our cities would be much improved places to live and council money would be spent more wisely.

The Snitch told me an interesting wee story, about one of his work colleagues, who works out of the Aberdeen City Council base at Kittybrewster, he is a builder. He has being committing fraud for over 20 years, against his employers the council and the public who having being paying for his wages and for his sins of greed through our council taxes.

The crooked and greedy council workers little trick, is when he goes to fill his van up with diesel, he takes a container with him and fills that up with diesel for his own personal use. He hasn’t had to buy diesel for his car for over 20 years. He has committed quite a serious fraud, and if you add it up over all those years, it is fairly substantial amount he has stolen. I just wonder how many other council workers are doing a similar thing?

It doesn’t end there; the crooked and greedy council worker proudly told the snitch of another little tick he sometimes uses. He was recently doing a job laying paving slabs, it came to the end of his working day, and he loaded the van up with about 40 slabs. Which he took home for a wee personal job, that he had lined up at the weekend! The next day he phoned up his boss, and oh! Shock, horror, the paving slabs had been stolen during the night and he would need some more to complete the job.

I personally feel that the long suffering citizens of Aberdeen deserve better than crooked council workers like this and a council management team that are too busy trying to scam their next free lunch or back hander. A major government and police enquiry needs to be launched as soon as possible against Aberdeen City Council.

My question is how much money is lost every year, by every council in the UK through lazy workers, corruption, stealing and inefficiency. All I can say is I’m glad I’m getting the hell out the UK. I know I should email this article to the council but, I know the response, this article isn’t true, its made up. I will leave you the public to make up your own minds.

I think the one of those undercover; exposé television documentaries shows would have a field day if they were to feature Aberdeen City Council. Come on the BBC stop making so much reality TV crap and go and make some real television for a change.

I think the one of those undercover; exposé television documentaries shows would have a field day if they were to feature Aberdeen City Council. Come on the BBC stop making so much reality TV crap and go and make some real television for a change.

 

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Daily Motivational Mantra To Program Yourself For Success!

May 15, 2008 – 10:45 pm

As I strive towards my goal of making 2 million dollar bills, I’m constantly seeking out new methods to condition my body, mind and soul for success. I’m willing to experiment and try out anything that I feel will help to give me a winning edge. I firmly believe that the only thing that can stop be from achieving my goal, is myself.

Having a positive attitude towards life and a total believe in what you are trying to achieve is a must for anybody that wants to succeed. I know how difficult it can be do stop negative forces from entering our minds and attempting to take over our whole thought process.

I have developed my own Mantra, which I start, and end every day, by reciting it, and whenever else I feel the need to reinforce my positive thinking.

Its simple and I like to say it out loud, but for those of you that are a bit shy or care too much about how silly you might look, you can just think the words.

My positive thinking mantra, I shut my eyes, relax, slow down my breathing, and then repeat it 10 times.

I am supremely confident
I will succeed nothing can stop me
I am a success and I’m going to become an even bigger success
I feel the power of postivity flowing through my body.
Believe, Achieve, And Succeed.

If you don’t like my mantra, why not make up your own personal one.

 

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Midlife - Crisis or Opportunity?

May 14, 2008 – 11:58 pm

When I find articles that I feel offer words of wisdom and are worthy of inclusion on my blog, I give the author the praise, recognition and exposure which their writing talents deserve. The following article by Karen Knott should provide inspiration to anybody that requires a little bit of motivation with their life.

Midlife crisis. These two words are so regularly linked together that they’ve turned into a catchphrase. The phrase has now become the shorthand code we use when alluding to the challenges that people of ‘a certain age’ find themselves dealing with.

Midlife opportunity on the other hand, is not a phrase we are likely to be familiar with. ‘Well of course not,’ you may be thinking, ‘what’s opportunity got to do with midlife?’ A lot, as it happens.

 This Chinese Proverb sums up the situation in a nutshell, in the way that only proverbs can:
“A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind”

As we reach mid life, many of us are all too aware of ‘the dangerous wind’ but find it considerably harder to spot any ‘opportunity’ blowing along side! So, here are some ideas that may help you begin to recognise the potential opportunities riding the dangerous wind of your midlife crisis.

An opportunity for learning.

It’s perfectly normal at midlife to reflect on the past and to feel a sharp sting of regret about some aspect of life that didn’t quite work out as planned — maybe an opportunity not taken, something we wished we had said and done or not said and done.

Let’s face it, we all have regrets but dwelling on what can’t be undone, simply fuels feelings of powerlessness. Alternatively, we can use these feelings as a catalyst for positive change. Midlife can be a unique opportunity to reflect, to let go of the past and use what we’ve learned to make a new beginning.

An opportunity for self knowledge.

We are all capable of self-deception from time to time… like the purchase of that size 10 skirt that we’ll ‘diet into by summer’. But what about when we ignore the inner voices of discontent and feelings of restlessness that surface at midlife?

Do we deny the thoughts and feelings and let the frustration simmer away for a few more weeks, months or even years, until it inevitably boils over? How much better might we feel, if we choose instead, to listen to our inner voice and acknowledge its insistent plea to re-examine who we are and what’s important to us NOW?

An opportunity to make changes for the better.

Having spent a good part of our adult life making decisions based on the needs of our nearest and dearest, when it comes to making decisions about our own life in our middle years we often find the prospect overwhelming. We can be left helplessly wishing or yearning, paralysed by fears of making the ‘wrong’ choices.

The opportunity here is to take responsibility for making change happen and happen the way we want it to. Imagine how much easier decision making would be, if we were able to make authentic choices about the things that feel good for us, that fit with our values and ideas about how we want to spend our time and energy.

An opportunity to make the most of our time.

Midlife is the time when we recognize that there may be fewer years ahead than behind and when we’re forced to acknowledge that like it or not, our time is limited and not full of infinite ‘tomorrows’. This is undoubtedly a painful and difficult acknowledgment to make but yes, there is an opportunity to be found here too — along with this new awareness we have a chance to see time as the precious commodity that it is and make plans to ensure we spend it wisely.

My own article which I wrote not so long ago,  I feel can also help you to move forward with your life Dream the Dream, Then All You Have To Do Is Believe, Achieve, Succeed

If you are having a bit of a midlife cricis, my adivice is have a nice break somewhere and take things easy, here are some great places worth visiting 5 Cities You Should Really Visit

 

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20 Bajan Words That Will Make Your Trip to Barbados More Fun!

May 14, 2008 – 10:48 pm

The beautiful Caribbean island of Barbados is an English speaking country, which like many other countries has its own slang. Bajan slang can be a wee bit difficult to understand and as a fairly regular traveller to Barbados, I have been confused on many occasions when talking to locals that use a lot of slang.

I have put together a list of Bajan slang that I know will be of benefit to any tourists or business people that are travelling to Barbados.

Bashment!- Cool

a Bajan- a Barbadian, i.e someone from Barbados

Baje- a shortened form of “Bajan”

Cha!- an interjection meaning a variety of things from surprise to delight e.g: Cha, dat fella look so good! Cha, in hey hot as hell! Cha, you hear dat new tune!

Don’t watch na face - don’t worry about it

Don’t watch nain- don’t worry about

to flam with s.o: to flirt with someone

to be fagged out- to be very tired

Gipsy- too inquisitive about everyone’s business e.g. cha, you so gipsy

Hard- to describe just about anything good

Lickorish- greedy when it comes to food

To be mekking sport- to be kidding, joking e.g You mekking bare sport!

nuttin/nain - nothing

Pooch - used to refer to one’s buttocks

To be a pooch licker- to be someone who sucks up to people

To reason that - to think/decide that

Safe - Meaning “that’s cool with me”.

Scotch- In Bajan slang the word “scotch” is used when you want someone to move around so you could get a seat. For example, you may hear “Geh me a scotch dey so” (used like this it is considered rather impolite). The more polite form would be “May I have a scotch please?”Other examples are “You want a scotch?”, “Try’an scotch’on dey so”

To run a lot ah mout - to talk big

Whaloss! - normally means “oh my goodness”.

For anybody that is heading to my home city Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland I have recently read an article which will immensely help you with the local language and can be for at the traverlersstories blog  For Those Heading to the Granite City This Summer, Learn The Language!

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Don’t Let Past Business Failures Stop Your Dream of Running a Successful Business.

May 14, 2008 – 6:11 pm

 

I will use myself as a prime example as to how business failures can hinder you from seeking new opportunities that may be better experiences.

 

About 10 years ago I invested around £5000 in a commercial cleaning franchise, called Coverall, it seemed like a good opportunity, the McDonnell family sold it to me brilliantly, but alas they were crooks, I put a lot of effort and time into the training and working with the franchise owners to get the business up and running, which in hindsight was a waste of time and worthless.

 

My training was just about complete and it was time for the Crooked McDonnell family to get my initial contracts to get the business started. They then decided that they couldn’t work with the master franchise owners in the USA and they were pulling out of the company, which meant they were keeping my money and everyone else’s and folding the business.

 

This failure hurt financially and in the time and effort I put into it. But it didn’t stop me from seeking out new opportunities.

 

I got sold on the Idea of Kleeneze, it seemed like a good opportunity, all you had to do was deliver catalogues to peoples homes and you would make a percentage of the profits, but the real money in Kleeneze was seemingly  made by recruiting people to become part of your team and you then make a percentage of their profits. Simple enough in theory, I became part of a team, worked hard, I was making about £500 a month profit, which from my point of view wasn’t worth the time and effort. My team leader must have loved his nice cut for doing nothing. I eventually had a team with 7 people below me, but they were more interested in getting people into their own teams, rather than selling themselves. I finally came to the conclusion after about 7 months that Kleeneze obviously had made some people making good money, but I personally felt that it was now kind of saturated and I also could see the flaws in MLM and didn’t want to waste any more time and effort being part of it.

 

After these two failures my desire and believe in myself to find a business opportunity that would work evaporated. I suppose I gave up looking, my confidence had been severely shaken. I then settled down to the life of being a wage slave for a series of company’s that just wanted to bleed me dry.

 

Here I am 10 years on now full of desire and self believe about my own abilities to achieve my goal of making 2 million dollars. I now realise that I should have used my failures as a learning tool, and spent even more time and effort into finding a business opportunity that would work. My failures have taught me some vital lessons, I will never again get involved in a franchise, or a MLM kind of company again and I will never allow setbacks or crooks to upset my mojo.

 

In life there will always be someone or some company out there that is trying to cheat you out of your money, or you will pick a business venture that was never going to work, we all make mistakes. The difference between winners and losers is how they deal with the tough times.

 

I believe if you truly want to succeed, and you learn from your mistakes, you will get whatever you desire out of life.   

 

It was kinda inspiring to read about the amazing online success story known as Shoemoney and his top 10 personal failures My Top 10 Worst Ideas To Make Money

 

I personally feel that my inability to deal with my business failures quickly and in a more pragmatic manner, was primarily to do with being a man, here is a very interesting article which I feel effectively sheds some light on some of the mental issues which stopped me from progressing with my business life How to Be a Man

 

 

 

 

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So You Want To Become a Millionaire, Don’t We All!

May 14, 2008 – 6:05 pm

 

I think most people dream about becoming a millionaire, and by millionaire, I mean, having a million pounds in cash sitting in your bank account. As Del Trotter said for all those years,  In Only Fools and Horses, “this time next year we will be millionaires”.

 

In all seriousness it may have been a comedy, but good old Del Boy, was actually constantly buying and selling things with the dream, the ambition and the desire to become a millionaire. That is probably a lot more than most people who have the dream to become a millionaire!

 

I know from personal experience how difficult it can be to transform the desire to become a millionaire, into finding a successful business opportunity, which I can use as a springboard to making millions. I suppose most of us prefer the dream because its easier and doesn’t involve any real effort, it acts as a distraction as we go about our daily routines.

 

It was only recently that I have personally being putting the effort into developing business opportunities. Like a lot of people I spent most of  my life working as a wage slave, happy with my reasonable comfortable roof over my head, two holidays a year, going out for meals and socialising when I wanted. Life wasn’t too bad.

 

I sat down one day and analysed my life and thought, shit!  The way things are going my pension will be worth nothing, I could lose my job any time the company figures out another way to combine even more jobs into one, in order to get even more blood out of the stone. Analysing my life really made me think about the long-term future and what lay ahead. It wasn’t pretty! It wasn’t inspiring! It wasn’t what I dreamt.

 

I had to stop dreaming about becoming a millionaire and start doing something towards making it become a reality. My self-appraisal of my life and by looking into the crystal ball as to what life may have in store for me, gave me a reality check.  What I knew and didn’t like was that I wasn’t in control of my own destiny.

 

The day I started putting together the ideas for my Barbados based businesses, which shall be going live in July was truly inspiring. I have slowly but surely cleansed my body, mind and soul of the negative forces, which were stopping me from moving forward on the road to success. We all have to learn how to control our minds to its full potential as opposed to allowing our minds to control us.

 

I have just recently registered a new domain name for a web site, which I shall be launching at some point this year; I need to get Barbados up and running first.  This business idea which I shall for obvious reasons not go into to many details, it was inspired by reading about some crazy business ideas which made the creators serious money. My theory is a simple one, I feel I have a unique idea, and don’t see why I cant sell 100,000 at $10 per sale and wolla I have made $1,000,000.

 

As Del Boy says, this time next year we will be millionaires, it may not be next year, but I’m definitely on the right path to becoming a millionaire. I hope this article can inspiring anybody out there that need more out of life and want to start achieving more. All I can say is, start spending more time thinking about possible business ideas, step out of the box and dare to dream.

 

 

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Hey Mister Taxi Driver, I Thought You Were Meant To be a Businessman!

May 9, 2008 – 12:39 am
We all love to hate taxi drivers, but at some point in our lives we all have to unfortunately use their quality service! Maybe quality isn’t quite the right word to use.

I will personally do anything I can to avoid them, when I have a night out which involves alcohol, I will try my best to persuade my wife that drinking too much alcohol isn’t very good for her latest dieting regime, and the result is I have the driving situation sorted out.

I suppose I just find them the most annoying, obnoxious, dumb, arrogant drivers out there. I would like to know when they were given their own version of the Highway Code. Also I can’t quite understand why so many of them haven’t figured out how to use a shower and what a bar of soap is used for.

Oh why do their employers allow them to drive in such a disgusting state, and the self employed ones, what sort of business are you trying to run.

I thought I had seen it all as far as taxi drivers were concerned, but alas even I was amazed this week. I had just left visiting my dad, when I watched an 80-year-old woman get wheeled to the taxi by her equally old friend. Her friend opens the door of the lazy Bstards taxi and politely askes the driver if he can put the wheelchair in the boot for her friend.

A simple enough request you would think, he was a self employed taxi driver so you would think, he would do his best to endear himself to his customers, the words, repeat business springs to mind and recommendations, about 100 old people stay in the complex he was at. Not this great businessman, he arrogantly tells her she will have to do it herself, its too heavy for him. Now this taxi driver was no athlete, but he was 40 years younger and she was paying for his taxi service.

I did what any half decent person would do I lifted the wheelchair into the boot of his vehicle. I thought about denting the Kia People carrier, I bet that would have made the dimwit move fast. (I know he wishes it were a Chrysler, hey learn some manners, decency and get some brains and you never know). I then quietly told him what he was, a dumb, lazy, asshole.

Lets see the proper way to do it. I would have woke up in the morning and then had a shower, used some shower gel, brushed my teeth, put on some clean clothes. I would have started my day, with some positivity, if you are reading this Mr taxi drivers, the following article it will help you start your working day

Taxi drivers here is a simple lesson in how to run a quality service! I would have been out the car waiting on the old dears, I would have smiled, helped them both into the car, gladly put the wheelchair in the car. When I had taken them to the hospital, I would have asked them if they required me to come back for them. If yes great more business, If not I would given them some business cards and then  politely asked them if they could recommend me to their friends. Now I would imagine, from the old folks complex where he picked her up and driven her to the hospital, the fare would be about £15 one way, not bad for 10 mins or so driving.

I suppose the problem is that most taxi drivers are just plain old dumb and haven’t got a much of a clue about providing a quality service or how to run a business properly! Taxi drivers quit cussing your customers, drive with manners and learn some basic personal hygiene. You will be more successful and life will treat you better!

Here are some nice places you can recommend for your tourist customers , remember be nice to them, they are paying you, they are doing you the favour by getting in your cab, not the other way around! A Must visit Scottish City, Town, village, Beach and Castle.

Or what about some Caribbean travel tips that you could impress your customers with as you drive them to the airport for their trip  7 Caribbean Travel Tips

 

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Internet Business Ideas That Create a Profit Funnel

May 7, 2008 – 10:18 pm
In this world, one simple idea can bring an enormous stockpile of wealth to your life. A large number of billionaires become wealthy due to a creative idea that sets them apart from the rest of the world. So ideas create wealth, and in the world of internet business, ideas are important as well. Therefore, in this article, you will learn the most important internet business ideas that will pile some guaranteed income into your pocket.

The first and most important of many internet business ideas that you can use involves a certain strategic way to build your email list. In this method, you will not just collect your visitor’s name and email address, but you will survey your visitor at the same time. Therefore, you are knocking down two important stones at one time. You are building an extremely responsive email list, and at the same time you are doing some heavy market research. This is one of the most powerful internet business ideas because it allows you to hit a home run with your business every time you send out an email promotion to your list. Remember this, if you know what your subscribers needs and desires are, then you can effectively market to them and generate optimal profits.

Now most internet business ideas from now on should revolve around this one major phrase known as web 2.0. When I speak of web 2.0, I am making reference to all of the social community, wikis, and content hosting sites that allow you to interact with other users. One great idea for your business is to choose 3 to 5 of these web 2.0 properties and commit to marketing in these properties daily. If you add fresh content daily, and get actively involved within the 3 to 5 web 2.0 sites you join, then you should see some very significant traffic results within 3 to 4 weeks of starting. If you want to put this step in hyperdrive, you can just funnel all of your traffic from your web 2.0 sources to the special email opt in page we mentioned above as the first idea.

For a simple and  low cost ecommerce business venture take a look at eBooks as a Business Opportunity, How to Make Your Own

What is the secret to becoming a millionaire find out here Can Anybody Become a Millionaire, What is the Secret Formula.

 

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