How to Walk Away From the 40 Year Plan

Escape From the 40 Year Plan…And Create a Lifestyle

I remember the days of feeling like I was trapped….stuffed inside a cubicle in a high rise office building…

Have you ever felt this way?

Watching the smokers out on the balcony, several times a day, escape the “cubicle prison” for a quick toke and a break….

Clock watching as it inched EVER-SO-SLOWLY to quitting time….

Creeping home in rush hour traffic, trying to squeeze the most out of the 4-5 hours available in the evening and then…

Getting up to do it ALL OVER AGAIN!

Have you ever felt like this? Like you were trapped?

Trapped in the rat race….the corporate cubicle… a job you dislike…trapped doing things over and over and over that consume way too much of your life and don’t get you where you want to go?

Do you know what they call the definition of insanity?

Doing the same thing, over and over again, expecting different results….

And, yet, daily, millions of people around the globe, do this…

I didn’t want this to be me; do you want it to be you?

One of my mentors shared this story recently….

“I worked in corporate consulting in a forty-five story office building in New York City. I thought I had it made. I worked 60 hours a week, got 15 days of vacation a year and had a nice manager title, nice benefits and great people I worked with…

…but I felt trapped. I felt like the goals I really wanted in life were slipping away as I worked my tail off each week in the cubicle.

I had an aha-moment the day I shared my dream with one of my corporate mentors, who patted me on the shoulder and said: ‘The only security you will ever have in life is what you create for yourself’.

Reflecting on his powerful comment as I walked back to my cubicle, I understood that to achieve what I wanted long term, I had to prepare and condition myself mentally and emotionally, toughen up my belief and confidence, and bullet-proof my vision with the right skill sets and action steps for this new business and life direction.”

How to Walk Away From the 40 Year Plan

So how do you make this a reality for you and escape the corporate cubicle?

It all starts with those things deep inside of YOU –

A desire.

A willingness to stop talking about it and TAKE ACTION!

A plan.

A mentor to guide you.

For me, my why was stronger than my why not. I did not want to get a job and put my children in day care.

YOUR ACTION PLAN LIST

Find an opportunity or business to start. Do your research and make sure that it is something you will enjoy doing but not only that…something that actually makes money.

Make sure it has a solid product that attracts customers.

Find a mentor to train and coach you to success – someone who has what you want.

Create a business plan. Put realistic goals and expectations. You are in this for the long run. With a good opportunity it may take you a few years or more to get to the point where you can quit that job forever…but realize when you do YOU ARE FREE! So make a long-term business plan. People who fail, usually don’t have a business plan and they think success should be instant.
Fill your mind with POSITIVE information and teachings.

Read Think and Grow Rich and As a Man Thinketh. Listen to the teachings of Wayne Dyer, Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Earl Nightingale, Denis Waitley, and Dale Carnegie to name a few. Let them become your coaches and mentors.

TAKE MASSIVE ACTION!

Decide what you want to do and GO FOR IT! Find the time in your life even if you are super busy. Work on your new business during your lunch hour, early in the morning, late at night. Find the time. You can do it because you know the rewards will be worth it.A few years of time sacrifice will be worth it when you break out of the cubicle and live a life of freedom!

It is very possible to reach your goals and escape the Corporate Rat Race if you really want it. Sure there will be bumps in the road and it may not always turn out exactly like you wanted and you may have to change courses a few time.

…but if you stay the course, work hard, and never quit… You will be rewarded.

Remember the day you walk away from your job and are carrying your box of personal items out to your car…not because you were fired or laid off…

…but because you QUIT!

(Don’t forget to have someone take pictures of you with your box of stuff as you walk to your car…it will be part of your story!)

If you are looking for a great opportunity that can help YOU escape the cubicle –

Building Your Greeting Card Business With Urgency

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Build Your Greeting Card Business With Urgency
and be READY for Global Expansion

NOW is the perfect time to build your business and to put yourself into massive, consistent, effective action in your greeting card business.

Why?

Imagine what can happen for you and your business when we begin our international expansion plan…imagine a business where the sun never sets on your income because someone, somewhere in the world is sending greeting cards and gifts….creating residual income for you.

Build your network marketing business with a sense of urgency to get things done for your future. And, building for the future all takes place TODAY!

Don’t be one who says – I am waiting until XYZ happens and then I’ll start building my online greeting card business. NO! This is a huge mistake!

Let go of the “all or nothing” concept that so many of us have.

If you find yourself saying things like –

“I only have a few minutes so I shouldn’t call anyone.”

“Oh, they wouldn’t be interested.”

“I hate to bother them, what if it’s dinner time.”

“I work full time and it’s easier for those who don’t.”

“Only the ones who got in early reach the top.”

WHAT? These are excuses and procrastination at its finest.

Make ONE phone call and applaud yourself for that. It’s one more action step in your journey. You never know who might be on the other end of the phone and what they might go on to build.

Everyone has their own challenges to work with and for those who work, you are out in the mix daily and what better time to begin to make some connections with people. Adapt a natural, fun way of doing this.

The beginning is not necessarily the best time to get in to a company.” In most companies, many of the top income earners come in after the company is solid and established, 5 years or more later.

TODAY is the day to create your future so you have so much more of it to look forward to. So, what steps are you capable of taking today? Will you make just ONE phone call? Pass out ONE business card? Ask ONE person to take a look?

Begin taking YOUR first steps in your exciting personal journey so you can be there for the moments you hold priceless! It is not always EASY, but it is SO WORTH IT!

And, don’t compare yourself to others, as we discussed here!

You are a champion, and you can do it!

<—— Did this article help you? If so, it would mean a lot to me if you would share it with others!!! And, share your comments below!

Let’s have some conversation!

EXPECT Success!

Jackie Ulmer

Why People Don’t Buy or Join Your Business

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We’ve all been there, when working a home business. We might do the perfect presentation, but for some reason, the person we show it to doesn’t join us or buy from us.

What did we miss?

What did we leave out?

What did we do wrong?

What can we learn from this?

What do we need to know?

And, we wonder why; why don’t they join us?

I know why…do you?

Let me ask you a question….

Do you know what the key is to making sales and getting people to join you in business?

It’s to be FULLY aware of what you are “selling” and make sure OTHERS are also aware.

You’ve probably heard this before, but people DON’T buy a drill, because they want a drill….

They want a HOLE in the wall, or something a drill PROVIDES.

Right?

So, if you are selling a “Business Opportunity” it’s important to remember that people don’t really want a BUSINESS Opp, right?

What do they want? What do YOU want?

They want (and YOU want):

Time freedom

Financial Security

The ability to TRULY control your time

The ability to donate and give freely

The ability to travel, eat well, shop well, and enjoy the finer things in life

No boss

No time clock

No alarm clock

Imagine this – you wake up, when your BODY tells you it’s time to get up, not your alarm clock.

You grab some coffee and head to the deck of the 5 star resort you are staying in.

The waves are slapping onto the beach, beckoning you to come dip your toes in.

The temperature is a balmy 80 degrees.

There is a slight knock at the door, and the massage therapist steps in and sets up for your “in room” massage to start your day.

Then, breakfast is delivered right to your room.

And, you are calm, relaxed, enjoying all of this with the person of your dreams… your family…or whoever you choose.

And, you enjoy your stay with no thought or regard to what it costs.

You deserve it, you are worth it and you have certainly earned it….

What’s your vision for success?

What’s your plan to get there?

What if I showed you a simple solution that worked for me….

Here’s the solution.

“See you on the inside!”

Oh, and here’s a quick video I shot at a recent company VIP event.

It happened for me, it can happen for YOU, too!

<—— Did this article help you? If so, it would mean a lot to me if you would share it with others!!! And, share your comments below!
Let’s have some conversation!

EXPECT Success!

Jackie Ulmer

The Danger in Comparing Yourself to Others

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Don’t Compare Yourself to Others in
Your Network Marketing Business

Compete only with yourself and measure each success you experience against others.

A big mistake we often make in our network marketing business is – We look at others in the company, often who have been in longer than we have and we begin to compare ourselves to these other people, in many cases, comparing ourselves to others without even sort of knowing if it’s apples to apples or apples to oranges.

Comparison is always a dangerous thing, and especially in your Network Marketing business. Most of the time, things are not quite what they seem.

We see fast starters seemingly shoot to the top of companies; we see people rewarded with bonuses greater than ours; we see names grace the top sponsor lists; and we look at ourselves and ask “Why not me? What is wrong with me?”

Here is a survival tip for your business and life in general

Stop Comparing Yourself to ANYONE. Compete only with yourself and your own personal best.

It’s easy to look at a former super model on the cover of the magazine and think how nice for her that she has bypassed all aging that goes along with being 50 plus years old. We look at a fast starter and think that he/she must know some special skill or have some secret; his/her friends must like him/her better.

Here’s the thing – there is most always a story behind the story; the one that you and I never see.

Models and actors have the benefit of airbrushing; and most fast starters have a success story from before, that we don’t know about and don’t take the time to research. Top income earners in Network Marketing pay their dues somewhere; ask any top income earner. And, everyone’s life circumstances are different.

Some people have a $500 monthly budget with which to run their business, and assuming they invest is wisely and take action on it, they will likely have faster results than the person spending $25. The person who makes their list of everyone they know; send out the friends and family letter; drops off a packet and some products to sample; hosts a BOSS or networks the business in some way consistently will have better and faster results than the person who gets out into cold market right away.

We all have a learning curve and a process to go through in business success.

Compare yourself today to the action steps you took yesterday. How do you feel about that? What can you improve upon?

To quote Eleanor Roosevelt – “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” And, to add to it – “Over and Over again until your results shoot you to the moon!”

<—— Did this article help you? If so, it would mean a lot to me if you would share it with others!!! And, share your comments below!

Let’s have some conversation!

EXPECT Success!

Jackie Ulmer

Escape From the 40 Year Plan…And Create a Lifestyle

Do you know what they call the definition of insanity?

How to Walk Away From the 40 Year Plan

YOUR ACTION PLAN LIST

Build Your Greeting Card Business With Urgency and be READY for Global Expansion

And, we wonder why; why don’t they join us?

What do they want? What do YOU want?

Don’t Compare Yourself to Others in Your Network Marketing Business

Here is a survival tip for your business and life in general

We all have a learning curve and a process to go through in business success.

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Build Your Greeting Card Business With Urgency
and be READY for Global Expansion

Don’t Compare Yourself to Others in
Your Network Marketing Business