I'm a curmudgeon, I know.  But holidays for me just aren't that fun for me anymore.

Including this one.  Valentine's Day.  Just another commercialized, money-suck holiday that exists just to make people spend tons of money OR feel guilty as hell for not.  And that really sucks.  For most everyone.

What happened to me?

I don't know.  I think as time goes on, I've noticed that I'm losing my overall enthusiasm for life itself.  Or maybe I'm just bored of the same-old, same-old crap.  Who knows?  The older I get, it seems that these holidays are just coming around faster and faster with each passing year that I can't keep up anymore.  Just when I felt I was starting to recover from Christmas, now we have Valentine's Day.  So here we are.  Hopefully you find yourself in a happy place...much happier than where I'm at right now.

I think the main problem with holidays like Valentine's Day (and even holiday events such as your birthday), you're really dependent on someone else to perform to some level that will make you feel special to some degree.  And if they give you a sucky bouquet of flowers, a sucky cake, a sucky gift, or a sucky anything -- or even worse, nothing at all -- your spirits can come crashing down.  And there's nothing worse than having your entire array of emotions riding on the performance of someone else.

And people aren't to be relied on for anything, especially for something as important as having your entire psychological balance at their fingertips.  That's too much power for other people to have over you.

I was just having this discussion with a student of mine the other day about how and why I love business, numbers, and anything else that has a strong logical base to it.  You have something that you'll never get with friends, family, events, parties, etc. which is something called reliability.  Your numbers in business will always produce.  It's like clockwork.  I freaking love it!

For example, I do mailings as one of my main marketing activities, especially when it comes to getting the attention of highly qualified leads to stuff into my Money Funnel.  And I do lots of them.  Lots of mailings, that is.  And I'm making even more money NOW with these mailings than when I was "heavy" into "mail order" back between 2001 and 2004.  Why?  Because the Internet and pressing the EASY button with doing Internet marketing has drastically minimized the competition for me.  People view doing mailings of any kind -- including cheap postcard mailings -- as being "too much money and too much work" so...I get all the leads and they well...don't.

Laziness.  Doesn't pay off much, does it?  Stupidity?  Well, that pays off even less than laziness.

Think about it.  Doesn't it cost MORE per click on Google AdWords if you're paying the highly competitive cost-per-click of $5 or $10 per click than, say, sending out a postcard to people at $0.317 cents each?  Yes, that's how much the standard postcard rate is for an OVERSIZED postcard that commands MAXIMUM attention when it is received by your recipient.  So, yes, that's equivalent to a "click" if you want to compare the two.  And between the printing, mailing list, and postage cost, that's approximately 52 cents per "click" or postcard when everything is said and done.

Try getting 52 cents per click on Google AdWords for any RELEVANT keyword that can make you money.  Good luck.  And no, we're not talking about a keyword tail like "train a parrot to sing course" that you can probably get for 5 cents per click.  Yes, it's cheap.  But no, nobody is typing that in either.

If you're going to make money in this day and age, get off your ass for crying out loud.  Be willing to do more than your Average Joe.  Do some research.  Put in the work.  Set up your business correctly.  Put the time in.  If you don't, then don't you dare expect any kind of beneficial pay out of any kind.

But here's some good news in all of this:  As you know, I've been talking about my Money Funnel stuff a lot lately.  No, you don't have to ONLY do mailings to get people into your funnels.  There is a little-known 100% online method to get people -- and DROVES OF THEM -- into your funnel without doing a lick of offline marketing.  Offline marketing, in case you don't know, would be anything NOT on the Internet such as sending out postcards, advertising in magazines, etc.

So, yes, I've just created the EASY button for you.

Imagine if you're willing to do more.  Add the little-known strategy with one other VERY POWERFUL online marketing strategy (which ISN'T PPC or pay-per-click) and you have a multi-million-dollar Money Funnel business, still without implementing one lick on offline marketing.  So...imagine IF you added offline marketing, too!  How much would you make on top of that??

It's mind-blowing!  Really and truly!!

And THIS is why I love business, numbers, and what I call "new projects" like the Money Funnel.  Unlike people, it's consistent, reliable, and NEVER FAILS if you stick to a very easy-to-do, easy-to-follow, easy-to-implement step-by-step plan!

But as I sort of suggested, this business isn't for everyone.  If you're looking for the Lazy Man's Way to Riches, this ain't it!  You'll have to invest some time and effort into this.  If you aren't willing to do some work, just keep doing what you're doing.  Because anything worthwhile will take some effort.

Many of you know that I finished a very rare and unique 2 1/2 in-office Money Funnel event for only 7 students that will NOT be repeated.  Ever.  And I have the complete video set of this event.

Plus, I have my new Money Funnel System (Course) that is now available.

PLUS, I have a slew of bonuses that I'm offering for my Valentine's/President's Day Blow Out Deal.  You'll be shocked at all the stuff I'm offering BECAUSE this is what I call a "pre-order" discount.  This means that you're ordering right before I get my courses from my printer.  And since I'm not shipping a single course until March 1st to ensure that no one gets an "unfair advantage" over those who are attending my exclusive Beverly Hills Money Funnel Event on March 3rd and 4th, I'm more than making up for this "inconvenience" on your behalf by giving you a ridiculously low price PLUS tons of bonuses on these videos and this new system.

CLICK HERE or go to this link to take a look:  http://www.monicamain.com/the_money_funnel_system

In the meantime, I think I'll go eat some chocolates out of the heart box of See's candy I bought myself last week.  By buying stuff for myself, I can always ensure that I'm never disappointed on even the crappiest of holidays...like this one.

See you at the top!

Your mentor,

Monica Main

P.S.   We still have room for our powerful Money Funnel Event in Beverly Hills on March 3rd and 4th.  CLICK HERE for more information including a video that shows you exactly how the Simple Money Funnel works!

These little scammers!  Yes, I just called the Girl Scouts scammers...okay, not ALL of them but SOME of them.  Maybe only ONE of them.  I really don't know.

You've probably noticed that it's Girl Scout season again.  I've already purchased 9 boxes of cookies in the past week and I'm now afraid to go to the grocery store until this cookie thing blows over.  Because I can't walk past a Girl Scout without buying at least one box.  Of course, I really don't eat Girl Scout cookies so they're starting to pile up on my kitchen table.

So, the first Girl Scout "hit" I got was on Sunday when I went to the store for a quick couple things at the store.  I walked out and they told me that all boxes of Girl Scout cookies were $5 each EXCEPT for the Thin Mints.  Those are now $6.  Okay. Great.  I hate mint ANYTHING so I didn't care that the Thin Mints were more money.  I gave them $20 and walked off with 4 boxes of cookies.

Repeat the same thing the next day at a different store with different Girl Scouts.  Another 4 boxes.  I didn't even ask (or care) about the Thin Mints.  I picked another 4 boxes for another $20.

Then the other day I stopped by another store where I'm like..."Screw it.  Let's get the Thin Mints."  I have some people in from out of town so, why not get them?  Right?  Sometimes the world doesn't revolve around me and my dislike for mint products.  So...I told the little girl I wanted a box of the Thin Mints.

"That's $5 please."

What...$5?  The rip off Girl Scouts down the road are charging $6 for each box of Thin Mints.

So, either the other little chick is skimming an extra buck off each box of Thin Mints she sells OR the rest of the Girl Scouts aren't clued in on the price hike on Thin Mints ONLY.  Which doesn't make much sense to me.

I have to say, I admire little kids when there out there hustling because that was me.  I was hustling to sell everything and I was damn good at it.  This is the point in their lives where they understand what it takes to get the things you want in life and that it actually requires -- GASP! -- work!!  Getting out there.  Hustling.  Selling.  Marketing products.  And making money...even if "skimming" a little here and there.  (I kind of doubt anyone will call the Attorney General on a 9 year old.)

And this, my friend, is why I am so good at making money.  I understand that work and hustle is required.  I understand that you can't just sit on your couch watching People's Court and Dr. Phil while keeping your fingers crossed and waiting for the Publisher's Clearing House people to show up with the oversized check and balloons, guaranteeing $5,000 a week for life.  Yeah, right!  How about I guarantee that for myself and stop waiting for the white pedophile van to show up on my street with my sweepstakes winnings?!

Of course, it doesn't have to be HARD work that you have to do to get to a decent "baller" money-making level.  But there is SOME work that must be adhered to and maintained at a consistent pace if you're going to do really well in this economy.  This is what we call SMART work.  You know a little system -- even if it's a simplified little business -- that you just duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate (are these even real words??) over several of these "sales funnels" that we use to create our initial Money Funnel Business.

And yes, it's even easier than standing outside having to talk to a bunch of pissed off disgruntled people stopping at the grocery store after work just to skim a buck here and a buck there on Girl Scout cookies.

I did a recent very rare one-time-only 2 1/2 day Money Funnel workshop in my office where only a small handful of students were allowed to participate.  This event was POWERFUL.  Much more mind-blowing than I initially anticipated because just about everyone in the group had a product idea that all I had to do was flesh out for them.  And that was freaking EASY for me to do.  By the way, these are product ideas that many of you probably want to do.  We had a couple of health supplements, a book on health (curing cancer, specifically), a real estate flipping "guru" in the making, and a lawyer who is putting together a wealth creation course/system.  So, all types of products that you should want to sell online because these are the ones that make the most money.

What's most extraordinary about this workshop is that I went over everybody's funnel in detail which I've NEVER done before.  I had also gone over the Simple and Complicated Money Funnels in extreme meticulous detail for the first time EVER!  And now you can see these videos PLUS get my new Money Funnel System for a FRACTION of the cost that it'll be going up to once this promotion is over.

Now, why am I offering a deal on this?  Because this is a PRE-ORDER DISCOUNT and it just so happens that we're coming up on Valentine's/President's Day weekend so...what better time than to offer you a killer kick-ass deal? What does "pre-order" mean?  It means that nothing will be shipped until the week of February 29th.  In fact, no system will leave my office until March 1st and March 2nd.  Why?  Because I cannot let ANYONE gain an unfair advantage over those who are attending my upcoming Money Funnel Event in Beverly Hills.  Everybody will get this information at the SAME TIME.

If you're REALLY smart, you'll be getting the Money Funnel System WITH the Workshop Videos (all in one package) PLUS you'll come to the Beverly Hills Event on March 3rd and 4th so that you can gain access to my done-for-you funnel "clones" but...if you can't come to the event in a few weeks, I understand.  Getting this Money Funnel System with the DVDs will put you on a super fast-track to online money-making success like NOTHING I've ever offered before in the Aggressive Income Business category.  And I mean NOTHING!  This is how powerful this stuff is!

Click on this link to watch the testimonial videos from my 7 very special students who attended this one-time-only RARE Money Funnel Event a couple of weeks ago in my office:  http://www.monicamain.com/the_money_funnel_system1

The deal will end soon.  Don't be a sap-sucker waiting until the last minute just to find yourself having to pay twice as much because you procrastinated too long.  This can make you upwards of $20,000 a day once you master these simple easy-to-do strategies.  But this opportunity will only last about a year before everyone will know about it and the competition will become too fierce.  So, when you commit to The Money Funnel, you MUST take swift action to get your business going.

See you at the top!

Your mentor,

Monica Main

P.S.  We still have seats left for the Beverly Hills Event.  Click on this link to register:  www.MonicaMain.com/Funnel

Just when you get rid of one weirdo psycho, there's always another one to replace him who comes in right around the corner.

I think these last couple of days has been the week of the idiots, I swear.  It's like every unbalanced mentally challenged individual has chosen to call our office over the last couple of days.  For example, Rose could swear one guy was drunk as he's arguing with her over one of our Resource Directories.  And it was about 10am so...yes, I get that it's always 5pm somewhere but to be drunk that early on a Monday, I don't know.  Doesn't make much sense to me unless you're just a chronic alcoholic.  In which case, lose my phone number.

But this one's the real kicker...

There's a guy who started calling on Monday to harass Rose.  He kept insisting that he doesn't believe in anything I do or say, especially this new Money Funnel System.  Yes, as the "non-believer" that he claims he is, he demands that Rose put him on the seminar attendee roster for my upcoming Beverly Hills Event on March 3rd & 4th...without paying for it. Yes, you read that correctly.  He thinks it's all bullsh** but he insists that he wants to come to the event. And I'm supposed to foot the bill.

Now Rose, being as sweet as she is, actually put up with the guy verbally abusing her on the phone.  (I make it clear to all of my staff that they DO NOT have to deal with abuse of any kind from anyone calling my office and that they should hang up immediately.)  So, she hung up on him.  Several times.  Because the idiot kept calling back.  Over and over again.

Then this nonsense continued throughout yesterday until Michelle, our new office manager, told Rose..."Put the guy on hold."

And Michelle handled it...like the bulldog she is.  Unfortunately the conversation ended with a lot of cussing, threats, and "don't ever call here again" unless you want the cops involved.  It would seem that this is the second psycho to come out of Seattle in the last 18 months.  (Maybe they should check the water there, too, because something's not quite right with the stock of people coming out of Seattle!)

He stopped calling.  Finally.  Except for a couple of backbone-less hang-ups because that's soooo mature, right?  What an ass****!

What is WRONG with people these days??

Then I started thinking about it.  Maybe I should have this psycho bozo show up to Beverly Hills in March.

I have a bodyguard show up at all of my events.  He's a Detroit police officer of 30 years, he holds several black belts in a wide variety of different martial arts, and he's a trained MMA fighter.  So, since I'm paying this bodyguard so much money for every event I do, maybe I should have had this psycho show up to my Beverly Hills event for his well-needed ass pounding.  My bodyguard would crack his skull against the wall in a fraction of a second then leaving him to bleed all over the carpet at one of the ritziest hotels in the country, at least making me feel like I'm finally getting my money's worth out of what I'm paying him.  (I know, I have a very demonic thought process sometimes.)

Here's my take on all of this:  This guy must be broke but he's DESPERATE to get his hands on this new Money Funnel information.  And rightfully so.  This stuff is powerful.  It blows my prior New Wealth Ninja and Internet Cash Flow stuff out of the water...in SPADES!!  (Those were my 2 former Internet-based Aggressive Income Systems that are NO LONGER AVAILABLE.)

Many of you know that I just did a 2 1/2 day VERY RARE and NEVER TO BE REPEATED workshop in my office a couple of weeks ago.  And I have video of the entire thing.  Truth be told, this workshop went in a completely unexpected direction.  Yes, I covered all of my bases but it turned out 1000% better than I had anticipated because most everyone came prepared with a very specific business idea.  So, we focused on their businesses and created a tailor-made funnel for each and every one of them.  And I revealed some pretty intimate details on some of my most coveted Internet marketing secrets, things I've NEVER revealed before.  And this workshop DVD set will be included with The New Money Funnel System.

Plus, I'll be including some PLR (private label rights) reports and information products that you can sell online for big money!  PLUS you'll get my "plug-and-play" pre-done sales letters that you can just fill in your specific information on and use as your own sales pieces.

And yes, I'm offering a promotional discount on this system for this upcoming set of holidays: Valentine's and President's Day.  At a killer deal with tons of bonuses that I'll never again offer with this system.

Now please note: this is a PRE-ORDER DISCOUNT.  Since the information that is being provided in this system is highly proprietary, confidential, and timely, I CANNOT reveal this system before my Beverly Hills Event which starts on March 3rd.  So, this is what will be happening.  My printer will have these courses in my office sometime in the next 10 days.  They will be packaged but WILL NOT be shipped until the week of February 29th.  Most likely, the courses will be shipped on March 1st and 2nd because, again, I don't want ANYONE to have an "unfair advantage" over those actually attending my upcoming powerful Money Funnel Event in Beverly Hills.  (And if you're getting the course AND attending the event, you're in an extremely powerful position because I'll be revealing even more secrets including giving you my EXACT FUNNEL COPIES for those who attend the event.)

Back to the demanding psychopath...again, I can see why somebody would get all hot and bothered about The Money Funnel.  It IS something to get all hot and bothered about.  But to the point of threatening me if I don't let him come to this event without paying for it?  Well, as they say, you catch more bees with honey than vinegar, especially when dealing with a spitfire like myself.  So, needless to say, as much as I'd like to see a real life ass beating go down during my next seminar event, I won't be allowing Mr. Psycho to attend.  Or even purchase The Money Funnel System at this point.  (Yes, Psycho, you're blacklisted!)  He just screwed himself out of a potential $20,000 a day income.  That's right.  $20,000 a day!!  THAT is just how powerful this Money Funnel System is.

But you can get The Money Funnel System.

Now, what IS this system and how/why is it different than any other Aggressive Income System I've ever offered to my students?

CLICK HERE to check out all of the details...or go to this link:  http://www.monicamain.com/the_money_funnel_system1

The deal will end soon so don't dilly-dally around.  Once it ends, that's it.  It's over and the price goes way up!

If you have any questions, call my office at 661-295-5050.  Just promise to be nice to my staff otherwise they may decide that you can't have this or anything else we offer.  ;-)

See you at the top!

Your mentor,

Monica Main

P.S.  There's STILL ROOM to attend the Beverly Hills Event LIVE on March 3rd & 4th (with a Bonus Day on March 5th for Platinum Viper Wealth).  For more details, CLICK HERE NOW!

Last weekend my daughter and I were leaving a store when we were approached by this older woman wearing faux black leather pants and a black sweater.  She looked awkward, carrying this oversized black quilt-looking faux leather bag.  She told me that my daughter was beautiful and if we had been invited to the "Disney auditions."

I'd heard this scam twice before, once in a Target and once in the mall.  It's clear that these "talent scout" scammers troll parking lots, malls, and stores looking for cute boys and girls to try sucking them into some type of "audition" where it's probably some shim-shammy "talent agent" who will sell us on some service, thousands of dollars in head shots, acting lessons, and other crap that will result in no career for my daughter.  So many parents fall for this because they want something so badly for their kids that they never got for themselves.  And they're willing to turn a blind eye to the obvious scam because of the stars and dollar signs obstructing their view as they float around with gold glitter in their eyeballs.

I blew this lady off instantly.  Stop wasting my time, hag.  I can sniff a bullshitter from 10 miles away and you're one of them.

But I didn't blow this lady off because I knew she was part of a larger sham.  I blew her off because I don't want my daughter to be a child actor.  In fact, my daughter asked me, "Mom, why don't you want me to be in TV shows and stuff?" And I answered honestly, "Because about 90% of the child actors who grow up turn into drug addicts.  They become very off-balanced because of how the movie business is and I don't want you to have to battle those types of issues.  Just be a kid, okay?"

This made me remember this young girl in my daughter's kindergarten class who used to talk about how her mom dragged her from audition to audition after school and on the weekends to get acting and modeling parts.  This is when my daughter started asking about this as being a career.  She was only 5 at the time so she got a somewhat candy-coated answer that didn't involve bringing up drugs back then.  But it was basically the same answer with a small addition: "It's a shame that your friend's mom feels that her daughter has to work doing acting and modeling to support their family but...I don't need to put my 5-year-old to work to pay the bills.  I can pay the bills for the household so you don't have to worry about it right now.   Plus I don't want to put you through the stress of taking you to auditions in all of your free time.  I just want you to be a kid and grow up normal."

So many people in California (and many other areas) push their kids into acting and modeling, probably as some kind of sick and demented means of living their lost dreams through their young children while being able to brag at cocktail parties about how Little Mary had a walk-on roll in some stupid movie or TV show.  Or how Little Sarah got some shitty plastic trophy because she won a cheer-dance competition.  So f****** what?!  At what price is this costing the child in psychological damage?  All this pressure on being the best, the prettiest, the most athletic...their self-esteem suffers drastically.  All to cater to some super shallow issues of the parent(s) that would be best addressed with heavy doses of head meds coupled with endless therapy on a shrink's couch.

What's the point in all this?

Everybody who hits this earth plane is here on their own journey.  Living through somebody else, especially trying to live through your child...NOT GOOD!  Let them select what their path is.  Guide them the best you can, keep them safe, fed, and clothed.  But let them guide their own way.

And for you...it's NEVER too late to do anything.  Never!  There's no reason you would ever need to live through someone else because you can live your own dreams, your own life.  You can have everything you want and more. The problem, of course, is that many times we just talk ourselves out of the dream.  "Too late for me."  Or..."It's not feasible, doable, reasonable...whatever."  Fill in the blank on any excuse you can think of and it's there.  But it doesn't need to be.

I recently (as in the last week) found myself in the same predicament that I teach others how to avoid.  I've had a lifelong goal to pursue a dream that I always just knew in my bones was a part of my spirit and why I'm here.  But I've been throwing it on the back-burner...FOR DECADES.  Why?  Because I somehow convinced myself that it's just not feasible compared to the other business activities I've been doing for many years now.  So why waste my time?  My plate is full.  I don't need to add more stuff to do.

But this nagging dream just keeps whispering into the back of my brain.  "Do it.  It's time."

Then I realized.  All of my life has been preparing me for now.  And because of my business and investing background, I am much more capable to deal with the competition in a world mostly for "artists" because I understand business, being commercial, and what customers want.  I can use this as my very prominent competitive advantage rather than talking myself out of it because...too many years have gone by to dust off the dream.  In fact, never before has there been a more perfect time.

Now is perfect.  Now is the time to start moving forward on the things we've always wanted to do but never did for one reason or another.  Those reasons...they're gone now.  Time for a new life.

I have a very special seminar event coming up on March 3rd and 4th in Beverly Hills, California.  The first day of this event will be groundbreaking.  On this first day I'll be talking about how to finally get to that Total Transformation point to where you will dissolve ALL obstacles/barriers.  This will include all of those fear points which can be the devil on your shoulder that talks you out of going after your dreams.  We're killing the devil on Day One.

Then there's Day Two:  The Money Funnel Event.  I'll be showing you exactly what you can do to create a highly profitable online business so that you can quit that day job and pursue whatever you want because you'll only be working 20 hours a week, making anywhere from $1,000 a day (as a Money Funnel "failure") to upwards of $20,000 a day!

If you want to make those significant life-changing dreams come true, you're not going to miss this event.  In fact, you'll find a way, starting with registering now by CLICKING HERE or calling my office to arrange a special payment plan at (661) 295-5050 right now!  You can't miss this event.  You can't keep putting your dreams on hold anymore.  The time is now.  Because the universe is whispering, "Do it.  It's time."

See you at the top!

Your mentor,

Monica Main
www.MonicaMain.com

We have a new office manager.  Yes, I finally found someone kick-ass to replace Lea after all these months with an empty seat, empty desk...it's not full with a most awesome chick named Michelle.  (Many of you have already talked to her if you've called the office in the past couple of weeks.)

So, yesterday, I had her "fire" her first Global Success customer.  Yes, I did.  Or you can say, "No, you didn't!"  LOL!  (Sorry. I'm in a rambunctious mood today!)

Many of you have heard me talking about a student of mine since 2009.  Her name is June V.  She's the foreigner real estate agent with the Madonna-eque "European" accent who lives in northern Cali...and does nothing but COMPLAIN about how awful the United States is.  In fact, she complains about a lot of things.  She's constantly calling my office, complaining to Rose about this or that, usually having to do with me or my courses or mentorships or seminars.  Or something.  May I say, in my defense, that this woman is a compulsive course/mentorship buyer yet she doesn't thoroughly go through the materials nor does she implement anything either.  I guess that's somehow my fault too.  Finally, I decided that I've had enough.  I gave Michelle her first "tough" assignment and told her to call June V. and fire her as a customer.  Yes, she called.  She told her that she's permanently BLACKLISTED and she's no longer allowed to purchase anything from Global Success anymore.

And it took less than 60 seconds to fire this thorn-in-my-side customer.

Amazing!

I have a feeling that this is going to be happening MUCH MORE OFTEN as the months roll on here.  Remember I said that there would be changes in 2016?  Well, it's already started including introducing some kick-ass new stuff (The Money Funnel...and more to come) AND getting rid of the flack.  That includes customers who are idiots, who never want to do anything, who are tire-kickers, and who want to waste my time...taking my valuable resources away from students who are really serious about making some big changes this year.

This is why I introduced Viper Wealth...which is doing VERY WELL.  I have some super sharp people in the group and starting next month, I have some profitable partnership opportunities that we'll be starting up.  If you're interested in Viper Wealth, CLICK HERE.  Get signed up now.

But that's not the real reason I'm connecting with you right now.  I'm reaching out because our Beverly Hills, California seminar event for March 3rd and 4th is getting full AND I'm about to raise the price.  Again!  In fact, this is the last weekend (coming up) where you'll be able to get it at this early-bird price before it goes up.  And you really should think heavily about coming to this event, especially if you're finally ready to make some significant personal and financial changes.

You see, many of us talk about making changes year after year.  And yet 5 years flies by...10 years, gone in the snap of a finger.  Yet some of us are exactly where we were before.  Dreaming big dreams.  Talking a good game. But getting exactly nowhere.

Let's change that.  Right now.  The changes start with you.  Nobody else can or will do it for you.  And if you don't get off your ass to do something about it, it'll never happen.

So, ask yourself this:  Do you really want the "same-old-same-old" you have now but in 5 years from now?  What about 10 years from now?  Two decades from now?

Yes, that would suck, wouldn't it?  But it doesn't have to be that way.  Maybe it's time that you fire yourself as the director of your own life and let me take a crack at it...at this event in March.

If you haven't registered for Beverly Hills yet, time to register now before the price goes up.  You're worth this trip, this event, this seminar...because if you don't do it, the changes just won't happen.  You know it and I know it too.

Here's the link:  http://www.monicamain.com/money_funnel_event_in_beverly_hills

Register right now if you haven't already.  It's time.  Time to start living a new life...the one that you've been wanting for so long but never knew how to get.  This event will change everything for you.  I promise!

Also, if you need a special payment plan, call the office.  We're here to work with you.  Call after 9am Pacific Time tomorrow morning:  661-295-5050.

See you at the top!

Your mentor,

Monica Main

I don't know about you but lately I've been feeling out of sorts.  I don't know if it's this crazy weather or all the things happening in this world.  It's getting crazy, isn't it?  I know.  And I can't help but to realize that all of us are being affected by all the craziness everywhere since, as you know, energy travels and we feel it, baby.

How do you keep yourself balanced during these turbulent times that will only get crazier as time goes on?  Because, let's face it.  Times will never be like they were before.  If you're waiting around for those innocent Norman Rockwell days to come back, keep dreaming.  Because you'll never see those times in reality ever again.

So, what do you do?

Focus on your life, your family, and where you ultimately want to be.  That's all you need to do.  Focus on YOU and forget the rest of what's going on.  If you don't, you'll most certainly go crazy, become depressed, or both.

During a couple of my last seminar presentations I've done, I mentioned a little tid-bit about how you only have to be 7% better than everyone else to be exceptionally successful in anything you want to do.  It doesn't take much, folks.  But it does require that you actually DO something and do it with persistence, focus, and belief in yourself.  Most people don't do much of anything.  They go to work, come home, and throw in the bare minimum in life effort in everything they do.  

And on top of all that, it seems to be getting worse than ever.  People are at the lowest in enthusiasm and motivation than any other time in our recent history.  I think most people are overwhelmed with everything that's going on coupled with having had lost faith in themselves.

But this can't be you.  It won't be you if you know what to do to prevent yourself from sinking into the abyss of The Nothing. That's right.  The Nothing.  Do you remember the movie The NeverEnding Story?  It's one of my favorite movies because it's so mystical.  The Nothing is this "thing" that really isn't anything but it's taking away this entire world piece by piece.  Until there's...nothing.  And I very much believe that's what's happening right now. There is this "nothing" that's starting to take away everything.  But it only affects those who have lost their faith in life and in themselves.

I'll be honest.  I sometimes feel like I'm sitting on the fence between wanting to change the world to not giving a shit about any of it anymore.  As a Gemini, I'm two people:  Monica and Monique.  (Monica is the angel, Monique is the devil...or so I've been told.)  So, every moment of every day is a struggle to figure out where I stand on this issue.  Is it worth the good fight?  Or do I throw in the towel, take a drink, sit on the beach, and just let whatever happen happen because who cares anymore?  Even more interesting, both sides of the coin always seem extremely desirable at all times.  It's ironic how life is, isn't it?

This is why it's required that you come up with some type of goal or dream that's bigger than you are.  Making money isn't a goal.  It's a requirement for survival.  So, how can anyone drum up enough motivation, enthusiasm and drive for something as mundane as earning some cash to buy some bread and milk?  BORING!!  Making money for "financial freedom"?  What the hell does THAT mean??  Time to amp up your dreams otherwise you're never going to make it to anywhere!

Each day I go to work I know I don't have to be there.  I show up because I want to.  That's financial freedom.  Yet that doesn't excite me.  Having tons of money in a bank account knowing that I can buy a lot of bread and milk in the next several years to come...who cares?  Boring.  Do you see where I'm going with all this?

Recently I've had to amp up my own goals because, well...I pretty much did everything I wanted to do and I finally got to that end of the road.  I feel like I got to that end part of the train tracks that says DEAD END.  So, when this happens -- and this has happened a few times in my life already -- it's time to find a different sent of tracks or an alternative method of transportation to get to where you want to go.

Maybe this is what you need too?

I have two (2) critical components in place to get me to where I want to be:

1)  Aggressive Income - The Money Funnel
2)  Passive Income - Apartment Building Investing

These components allow me to have, be, and do what I want.  But here's the key: you have to have SOMETHING ELSE on the other side that this is all for.

Here's an example of what this WAS for...for me (and how it's recently changed): I lined up these money-making vehicles for a greater cause.  My goal was to become a writer but I absolutely refused to be a starving writer.  So, I used these Aggressive and Passive Income Strategies for my bigger plan which was a means of income before I'd "make it" as a writer.  Of course, some of this has changed which is why I feel that I've reached that DEAD END part of the train track.  The part that I had on the "other side" of the goal disappeared so all this became about making money (again, boring!) and nothing more.

So...what is my goal on the other side of just making money?  I haven't fully refined it yet but it has to do with charity.  It's critical to make this new purpose as meaningful as possible so that I don't find myself running up on another DEAD END track anymore.  This is why what's on the other side of making money MUST be purposeful, exciting, and something that drives you through life with maximum enthusiasm.

What is your "larger than life" meaningful goal on the other side of just making money?  If you don't have one, you're going to struggle with making your businesses successful.  And even if you do realize success, you'll quickly feel this sense of emptiness like...what do I do now?

Now, back to what I really wanted to tell you.  One of the greatest components of how and why I can follow through with the goal on the other side of the money is through Passive Income Strategies, namely apartment building investing.  Yes, Aggressive Income Strategies are fantastic but it always requires us entrepreneurs to be at the helm of the ship, running everything, and never getting a break or time to do the stuff on the other side of the money goal.  However, Passive Income Strategies DO allow us both the money AND the time to be able to pursue those more important things.

This is why it's critical that you get into the apartment building investing game as soon as possible before all the inventory is gone.  The brand new Apartment Riches 2016 System has come out and it'll get you on your Passive Income money path right now.  Just make sure that you have something on the other side of that money goal otherwise none of what you make will feel like it's been worth it.

See you at the top!

Your mentor,

​Monica Main

I've been interviewing people to potentially hire at GSS.  And I absolutely HATE doing interviews.  But I've been putting it off for too long, watching one employee leave while firing everyone else over time, never replacing anyone. Now I'm beyond short-staffed and I'm forced to hire someone like yesterday.  Sometimes procrastination pays but, not in this case.

If you read my job posting, you'd laugh your ass off.  It's probably one of the harshest job postings you've ever seen.  I spell out what I expect from the new person I'm going to hire.  I also clearly outline what I won't tolerate including, but not limited to, frequenting Facebook, texting friends all day -- and even threatening them by stating that I watch people like a hawk and lazy asses squandering company time would be lucky to last a week.  The way I wrote the posting, I'm shocked that anyone applied at all.

Except I got quite a few applications.  Not as many as when we were in a "down and out" economy but a healthy batch for sure.

The problem is, it's pretty clear that most people didn't read what I wrote.  They just fire out applications without reading anything using their "buckshot" application process.

It's required that all applicants write me a short cover letter outlining their best requirements.  About 80% of the applications did not do this.  They were deleted.  The other requirement was that they were somewhat local and I specified cities that I would not interview people from.  This eliminated another 10% who also insisted that they not read the job posting.

Other people that were eliminated: Anyone writing in all lower case or, even worse, part of their name is in upper/lower case and the other part is in all lower case.  I'm a stickler for that.

So...I ended up with about 7 resumes when everything was said and done.

I have a little strategy that I use.  I post my job opening over the holidays or the summer because I figure that people who really want to work will apply.  This has worked well for me over the years.

Out of 7, only 2 called back.  The others apparently didn't need the job.  Or want it.  Good riddance to them.

One lady came in looking as pissed off as she could be and all she kept asking over and over again was, "What about the 'retirement package'?" and "What can I expect for 'retirement'?

How about nothing, lady, except the door hitting your big ass as you ideally exit my office right now?

She didn't ask a single thing about my company, what we do, what her expected job duties would be.  NOTHING.  She just kept talking about what I could give to her, like I owed her something.  "I want to be paid the same that Disney paid me before I was laid off."  And..."I want a retirement PACKAGE and medical and dental and I want sixty-thousand a year...and I want to work somewhere for at least the next 20 years."

Not here, you ain't!  How about you get nothing.  NOTHING from me, lady!

She should have stayed with Disney.  Oh, wait.  That's right.  They let her go.  She must've got too demanding with Mickey and he gave her ass the boot off the Disney Express.

It made me think about this: If only people realized that they can create their own "retirement package" by building their own wealth.  Then they wouldn't be in my office demanding/begging for a job to give them those benefits/retirement packages.  To me, it's much easier NOT to have to depend on someone else's hand to feed me.  As I'd prefer to feed myself and depend on ME for all of my success.

And I'm sure as hell not going to be asking someone else for my retirement package, as I already have my own that I've created and developed over the years.

Maybe you need to start building your own retirement -- or at least a means of financial freedom -- starting right now.

Recently my book agent told me that I should lose the word "retirement" out of any book title I'm considering.  He suggested that people -- mostly Americans -- hate the word "retirement" because it indicates something too many years away and only for old people.

So I stopped using the word "retirement" in most of my marketing and especially my book titles.  People respond better to "financial freedom" and "wealth-building."

Whatever you want to call it, the end result is the same.  You are building wealth for the purposes of replacing your current income so you don't have to work for anyone anymore (hopefully as quickly as possible) and you are building wealth for your long-term financial stability and security.

But you do this on your own for yourself without the aid of some employer assisting you in the process.  And if you're NOT doing this on your own, you need to start right now.

See you at the top!

Your mentor,

Monica Main
 

Last week I finally heard from my "star" Internet student, Gregg.  (He kind of disappeared for awhile.)

He sent me an email and was kind of frantic.  Apparently there has been quite a few changes in eBay and Amazon (which I've been aware of) that have drastically affected his income.  He went from making an average of $85,000 a month from both eBay and Amazon to...fluctuating between $15,000 and $18,000 a month.  While that's not bad, here's the ALARMING part:  It's DROPPING like a lead balloon with each passing month.  Pretty soon (and I'm guessing around late spring), he'll be hitting the big fat $0 mark.

So, what happened?  What's going on with eBay and Amazon?

With eBay, it's been difficult to make money on that site for awhile now without selling things for dirt cheap.  Which is what Gregg has been doing.  But competition became too fierce (probably since I introduced too many students to the same money-making strategies in the past couple of years).  In the herbal supplement space, there is just too many sellers selling the same types of products.

With Amazon, things have changed a lot just in the past 6 months.  Certain sellers have taken the reigns as the "big boys" while smothering everyone in the "little guy" category completely out.  Gregg got lazy in his business and decided to "coast" on his success.  Yes, he was a "big boy" on eBay but never really took Amazon on as a big seller.  (Huge mistake!)  When Amazon quickly became about 50% of his business, this is when the economic shift took place at the exact same time.  And it happened pretty quickly, too quick for Gregg to be able to ramp up to get into that top 3% category.  He missed the boat. Probably by a mere weeks at that.

Now that eBay is the "MySpace" of the online selling universe and Amazon is the "Facebook," if you're not on Amazon as an Internet seller and didn't stake your claim as a "big boy" then...you're screwed.  Start packing your bags now because it's only a matter of time before your income becomes $0 too if you are selling on Amazon.

Back to Gregg, his email was two-fold:  (1) Blaming me for being the one to take away his most awesome opportunity by sharing it with everyone and, (2) what can he do now?  And fast?!

In my defense, remember that I was the one who got Gregg on track to his $85,000 monthly income from nothing.  How soon he forgets that he learned everything he implemented from one of my 2 very rare New Wealth Ninja trainings I had done in the summer of 2012.  So, why he blames me for teaching MORE people past him is just a stupid excuse for him to be able to live with the fact that he got lazy.  At least he bought a few properties with the money he made but certainly not enough in property to give him a retirement cash flow.  (That's probably my fault, too.  Somehow.)

But...to what he can do now.  He needs to CHANGE HIS STRATEGY.  Quickly.  With focus.  And speed.  Like RIGHT NOW!!

I told him about my upcoming trainings.  I have an in-office training in January where I had a couple of students transfer to another training session so I have 2 seats for that.  He said, "I'll think about it." Hmmm...securing a new income must not be THAT important to him, I guess.  Then I told him about Beverly Hills.  He said he'd probably come to that.  Fine.  At least we're getting somewhere.  But still.  That seminar is in MARCH.  Gregg claims he wants to do something NOW.

And I can't realistically explain how all my Money Funnels work in an email exchange back and forth with this guy.  I can't explain how it all works that way.

There is only ONE reason you'd ever use Amazon as a money-making device and it's NOT by selling things ON Amazon.  (I recommend you watch my video by CLICKING HERE.)  And I'll be covering this method in Beverly Hills (and at my January in-office training which, I just found out, I have 1 seat left in because a student moved to another training session later in the year; call if you're interested).  Again, this has nothing to do with actually selling on Amazon.  Those days are OVER!

(As a side note, I'll be doing a major course upgrade/update for my Internet Cash Flow System.  I'll be combining New Wealth Ninja and ICF together with a brand new course that will show you exactly what to do in TODAY'S Internet market.  Kiss eBay and Amazon selling good-bye.  This new course will be available sometime around Valentine's Day.)

Back to Gregg again...I was getting a little irritated with his lack of interest in wanting to be trained in doing something new online while wanting all of the answers instantly injected into his brain, possibly while he slept or watched television.  And I simply have NO patience for that.  I think everyone knows that about me by now.  (Seems to be a reality that Gregg got a little lazy!)

Most of you know about the Money Funnel.  If you haven't considered it for an amazing Aggressive Income Business, you still can since there's nothing better out there right now.  But you only have a few hours left before the general admission deal ends.  It ends at NOON Pacific Time today.  Here's the link:  http://www.monicamain.com/money_funnel_event_in_beverly_hills

Again, the deal ends in a couple of hours.  DO NOT MISS OUT!

So, what did I tell Gregg to do?  Either show up to Beverly Hills or pound sand.  I don't have time to specially lay things out for him or anyone else by doing back-and-forth emails that cannot possibly get close to illustrating everything that needs to happen to set up a highly lucrative Money Funnel.

Oh, and one more thing...I'm not sure how long I'll be showing my students about this Money Funnel opportunity.  I committed to doing trainings and events through the middle of May on this subject.  And that's it.  That's where the road will end on these specialized trainings.  Don't be kicking yourself in the ass for being left out.

And Happy New Year!!  (See you on the other side of 2015...in 2016!)  Trust me when I say that this New Year will be MUCH BETTER than the one we're now leaving behind!

See you at the top!

Your mentor,

Monica Main