Fast Food Finacial Planning?

This phrase, "Fast Food Financial Planning," grabbed my attention not long ago, as I’m sure it did yours a moment ago, when I was reading one of Robert Kiyosaki’s books in the Rich Dad series.

When you look at the health problems of millions of people in America today, many are suffering because they are eating fast food that taste good, is extensively advertised, well packaged, and easy to buy.

Sound familiar?

I don’t think anyone would disagree that we have a “health crisis” in this country caused by too much fast food. Well, we now have an even bigger “wealth crisis” caused by too much “Fast Food Financial Planning.”

Having spent almost a decade in the financial services industry, I never really thought about it this way, yet the relationship between the two is eerie. This was one of the big reasons why I left the industry a few years ago…because way too many people were be given the exact same financial advice, yet they are all different people with completely different individual financial needs and goals. It would be like a Doctor recommending the same medication for a man with a heart problem that he does a woman with a skin problem. Unbelievable when you think about it.

In this particular book, Robert Kiyosaki says: "Any food or investment that is easy to buy, overly advertised, wrapped in convenient packages, with sales offices and sales people on every corner, is probably not good for you." He went on to say, "Just as some of the best tasting, healthiest, and best value food I have found has been in tiny out of the way restaurants, some of the best investments I have found have been in tiny obscure places run by true artists and gifted geniuses…NOT big corporations."

I don’t know if that analogy could any better sum up exactly what takes place at our m2 Wealth Conference and in the m3 Private Wealth Group – private investment ideas and strategies offered by “true artists” and "gifted geniuses," NOT institutions or big companies. It is the essence of the Wealth Masters business model.

There has never been a time in history where taking ownership of your own financial decisions has been more critical than it is right now as we head into 2009. The "so called" experts have gone belly up. They couldn't properly manage their company's money (look at all the bankruptcies), they couldn't manage the bank's money (look at all the failed banks), and they certainly can't manage their own money...

So how on earth can they manage your money??

If you don’t understand money, financial planning, and how money works in this new era we are entering...then you simply don’t get to earn any more of it. Those are new the rules.

Happy Holidays Along With Some Major Developments Heading Into 2009...

What an incredible 2008 it's been for many of our "seasoned" WMI Consultants...

In the month of December I spent one weekend in New York City at CarbonCopyPRO headquarters as we launched the first "private," high end, specialized training and Mastermind Group for CarbonCopyPRO members. You'll hear more about these groups in the New Year.

The next weekend, I was in Houston, Texas at the Wealth Masters corporate offices filming a commercial with Kip and Karl for the TV show "The Economic Report" with Greg Gumbel. This is a VERY popular show that highlights emerging companies and business trends.

Details here --> http://www.TheEconomicReport.com

The commercial should be ready by the next m2 event in Lake Tahoe, NV in March and will EXPLODE your business from a credibility / branding stand point...

There is simply NO other business community like ours and as we enter the New Year because people are desperate for 2 things and 2 things only....

1. "How can I make more money?"

2. "What on earth should I do with my money now that Wall Street is broken and Financial Advisors have flat out failed?"

2 great questions, huh? Guess what?

YOU have an answer for both with the CarbonCopyPRO / Wealth Masters combo. No one is even in the same category as us as we enter 2009. It's actually just downright unfair at this point.. ;)

Get your "mind" and your "business strategy" in place NOW. I can't even begin to tell you what else is coming down the pipe in the New Year.

Remember...timing is everything in business and you WILL absolutely look back at this time we are in RIGHT NOW and say...

"I'm glad I did."

OR...

"I wish I did."

Remember, it's the "seasoned" Consultants who go on to create the ultimate lifestyles...and the ONLY way to become "seasoned" is to BE in the game at all times and STAY in the game at all times...longevity and committment win out in every business, all the time.

Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones. Tis the "season."

A Look Back At The 7th m2 Wealth Conference...

Looking back at the 7th m2 Wealth Conference in Marco Island in November (my 5th) brings incredible excitement to me about the future here at Wealth Masters International. As a company, we turned the corner, BIG time with the line up of speakers we assembled…

...Robert Kiyosaki’s precious metals expert and Rich Dad Advisor, best selling author of “The Creature From Jekyl Island,” the president of a private bank that specializes in currencies and precious metals, the TOP tax expert in the country, highly sought after national speakers and coaches in the areas of personal development and wellness, the front runner for President of the United States of America in 2012 for the quietly popular and expanding Libertarian Party…and much more.

But the real benefit of our m2 Wealth Conferences are the times spent with other members, company leaders, WMI alliances and speakers. These are priceless moments. Many create life long friendships and/or relationships that completely change the course of their lives either professionally, personally or both. I know I have. Some of my best friends are here at Wealth Masters. Not to mention the alliances and speakers I now do business with is too many to count….

Every single asset I own, financial planning strategy, or personal development technique I’ve implemented in my life over the past two years have almost ALL stemmed from a Wealth Masters alliance that I’ve met at an m2 Wealth Conference. I rarely use financial advisors and I no longer look outside the WMI alliances for assistance in any areas of financial planning because I don’t have to. Every expert I need in any area I need it, is all right here under one roof.

Even if I was not an active Marketing Consultant and Vice President here, I would still be at both yearly m2 Wealth Conferences because I know that at each event it only takes “one” new contact, “one” new piece of timely information, and “one” new strategy to completely change the course of my financial future.

Its like being a part of a private, “inner circle” of some of the brightest financial minds in the country. Well…actually, that’s exactly what the WMI membership is, and as we move into a new era of drastic change…more people than ever will have to look outside the world they’ve come to know all too well over the years and into a new world, a different world…this kind of world, otherwise it will be a painful decade ahead for those who look the other way.

The next m2 Wealth Conference will actually be here before we know it. There will be a VERY special NEW element added to the m2 in Lake Tahoe in March…

Stay tuned!

I Had An Interesting Encounter...

I just finished reading one of the books in Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad series and the author will be one of our featured speakers at the m2 Wealth Conference in Marco Island, FL. I don't know about you but THAT is exciting to me...having a "chosen" advisor to The Rich Dad Company at our event.

The book is titled: "Guide To Investing In Gold And Silver" by Michael Maloney.

Unexpectedly, I met Michael personally in Hollywood, CA last weekend at a private Internet Marketing / Charity Event. Funny to meet the author of the book I was currently reading. Nice surprise. We ended up talking about his book for about an hour over dinner. An interesting encounter to say the least...

Here are two excerpts from the book that have sat with me:

...Opportunities only go to the the very few who do the work required, and those that are able to think for themselves. Most investors get their advice from the same place as everyone else. They do things the easy way and wait for advice to come to them from the TV, the big investment firms, and their friends and neighbors who are already getting rich...on paper at least.

I think the word "wait" may be the most crippling word in the English language.

...In times of financial upheaval, wealth is not destroyed, it is merely transferred. The opportunities this creates for the educated investor is enormous -- investors that are educated enough to discern the difference between price and value. The price means nothing...value is everything.

I think we ALL get caught up with "price." It's everywhere and just about everything is associated with it. It's how we've been programmed. But "value" is where it's at.

Michael does a super job demonstrating the role value plays versus price in his book, along with the best information I've ever come across in regards to how Gold and Silver will play a major role in the years ahead. His data is rock solid.

He'll do an even better job from stage at the upcoming m2 Wealth Conference! Get the book and read it before you get there. You have a whole week! Remember what Michael said above: "Most do things the easy way and wait for advice to come to them."

See you in Marco Island, FL...

Here's My Story And I'm Stickin' With It

Since this is my first official WMI Blog post, a quick background on me is in order, plus a very valuable lesson at the end...

I've been with Wealth Masters exactly 2 years now. It's hard to believe I will be attending my 5^th m2 Wealth Conference this fall. How the time flies...when you're having fun, of course.

I was born and raised just outside of Boston, MA. I went on to college in New York and graduated from Hofstra University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Management. I was also a member of the NCAA Division 1-AA Football team at Hofstra.

I had a sales job lined up the day I graduated from college and moved to Long Island, NY right after I graduated. I couldn’t wait to get out there in the "real world." After about one year in that dead end job I became a stock broker at the beginning of one the greatest bull markets in American history and made my first million by the age of 27. Great timing.

In 2001 I left the Investment Banking world all together once I finally learned how "the game" was played. It took awhile for me to eventually understand the politics and the manipulation behind "the game." Case in point – look what just happened to Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers.

Back then, I watched a great deal of my friends go to jail for stock fraud, stock manipulation and insider trading....many have never really recovered or gotten their lives back on track. Sad to watch. Ever see the movie "Boiler Room?" That was what most of the Long Island, NY firms looked like and operated like in the early 90's.

Fortunately for me, at the time these guys were playing their stock manipulation "games" in the early 90's, I was still in college. By the time I got into the industry in 1996, it had been cleaned up quite bit and the firm's I was associated with ran very good businesses for the most part.

But then the industry took another, major turn for the worse after the tech bubble burst in 2001. I walked away altogether. I had enough at that point. I had made and lost millions not only for my clients but for myself as well. I then went on to spend a few years in the Mortgage Banking industry right at the beginning of one of the longest periods of interest rate cuts in history. Clearly the Mortgage Banking environment saw explosive growth and timing was right on for me again.

It didn’t take me long to learn how the mortgage "game" was played though. The result -- exactly the meltdown we're now seeing unfold on Wall Street, in the mortgage industry and unfortunately...Main Street. So far, three entire countries have now been wiped out due to Wall Street and the United States mortgage lending industry. It absolutely blows me away...

You'll likely see a whole new wave of arrests sweep through Wall Street and the mortgage industry in the years ahead. High profile investment bankers and CEO's will be rounded up and sent to jail. This stuff takes years to come to a head.

Finally, in 2005 I left the Financial Services field all together to pursue my passion as an Entrepreneur (I'm sure you can relate). In early 2006, I became fascinated with Internet Marketing. Great timing again? I think so. But this industry offers a far bigger opportunity to grow financially AND personally. I attend events all over the country an this is THE most dynamic, optimistic and success focused group of people I've ever been around in my entire life. I've grown more personally in the past two years than I did in the previous thirty three.

Not sure how or why Internet Marketing became my next passion...I loved the leverage, automation and unlimited income potential this world offers. As a stock broker in the late 90's, all I knew was the telephone and if I was not on it, I didn’t get paid. Trading time for money will eventually run anyone down.

I spent my entire first year and MUCH of my savings in Internet Marketing Coaching programs and courses. I became a student of marketing, developed my own wellness related information product from scratch, and created two online newsletters (Ezines)...one of which I still write and publish today that has become well recognized in the Home Business industry: The Home Business Insider.

You can sign up for FREE here --> www.TheHomeBusinessInsider.com

Now as we enter a whole "new economy" (some call it a recession), THE #1 and THE #2 skills, hands down, in the "new economy" will be...drum roll please...

1. Money – how it works, how it flows, and more important...how it will work for you in the "new economy." More wealth will be lost in the years ahead than at any point in history, however...even more wealth will be created. This is the way it has ALWAYS been in history and this is the way it will ALWAYS be throughout history. The good news is...you get to decide which side of the fence you are on, contrary to popular belief...but where has popular belief ever gotten anyone?

2. Internet Marketing – how to position yourself and/or your product on the World Wide Web in front of MILLIONS each and every day so you can create unlimited, virtually automated income, 24/7 and make money while you sleep...so powerful and SO much wealth being created as a result.

Those who miss either of these two critical "new economy" skills or look the other way are in for a VERY rough road ahead. Sad but true. You'll need to be agile and sharp with your "money" skills and your "internet marketing' skills in the "new economy" or you will be chewed up and spit out as we enter a whole new era.

In case ya missed the memo...

Wealth Masters International and CarbonCopyPRO have been specifically designed to provide our members with BOTH skills so you can prosper in the "new economy" while many will be left scratching their heads and playing catch up. This is why I so frequently call our business model "The Perfect Storm." Now do you see why?

Remember: "timing" is critical, as I've clearly demonstrated. If you're reading this right now you are on the right side of the "timing" equation. Congrats to you!

Grab some shades, you're future is bright...but only if YOU are committed to it and only if YOU stay focused on it like a laser beam.

Stay plugged into me and the gang here at the NEW WMI Blog and through my FREE weekly Ezine, The Home Business Insider, and I'll keep you on track. That’s a promise.

See you at the November 2008 m2 Wealth Conference in Marco Island, FL.