Are you prepared for your Economic Earthquake / Tsunami?

Monday March 14th 2011 7:00 A.M. E.S.T.
From the Desk of Michal A. Childs CEO
Financial Strategist

This past week the eyes of the world turned to Japan. When disaster strikes we all want to know how to help. We are all citizens of the world. The people of Japan will need help for a long time to come. They may have just suffered the worst disaster in their country’s existence. They will need our prayers and all our support. 

There are organizations that specialize in helping with relief.

You can help by reaching out to any of the organizations below.

The Red Cross has already launched efforts in Japan. Visit Redcross.org or text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 from your phone.

International Medical Corps is responding to the health needs of the disaster’s victims. Nancy Aossey, President & CEO of International Medical Corps said in a statement, “To donate or learn about other ways you can contribute to its medical response, visit Internationalmedicalcorps.org, also, text MED to 80888 from any mobile phone to give $10.”

Salvation Army personnel are organizing efforts in Tokyo and will soon send a team to help the severely damaged city of Sendai, Japan. To contribute to earthquake relief, text ‘JAPAN’ or ‘QUAKE’ to 80888 to make a $10 donation or visit SalvationArmyUSA.org.

No matter where we find ourselves financially as we read this blog we can all give at least $10.00.

Did you know that compared to the rest of the world you are considered wealthy? Why do I say that? Because 1.5 billion people around our globe live on less than $1.00 a day, and 1/2 of the world’s population lives on less than $2.00 a day, so if you have access to the internet and a cell phone, then believe it or not you’re already considered amongst the wealthy elite of the world, so let’s give.

On to today's topic: Are you prepared for your personal financial disaster? As I watched the reports coming in over the last few days, I began to think about how natural disasters happen all the time and we have absolutely no control over when and where it might happen. One thing we do know is that it's not a matter of if something bad is going to happen, but a matter of when something bad happens how will you respond to it? Well I've made a personal decision to build my faith first, so that no matter what happens, I pray that I can come out on the other side the victor instead of the victim. Another thing you can do is be prepared. I grew up in Los Angeles, California and as a little boy I remember the many earthquake drills we had to tell us exactly what to do if an earthquake struck while we were in school. Being prepared helps to minimize losses and, in some cases, avoid loss all together. The people of Japan were very prepared for the earthquake and many lives were saved as a result.      

We have no control over the world’s economy, but we do have control of our personal economy. We make choices every day with our money that has an economic impact on our personal economy for years to come.  If there was a way for you to own your own bank would you be interested in that? Of course you would. Who wouldn't? Your initial thought, however, is probably, “Yeah right, that's only for the wealthy elite of the world!” Oh, I know, you forgot didn't you? You are one of the wealthy elite of the world! The dollars that you control and make choices with every day put you in that class. The only problem is you are still slaving for every one of those dollars instead of having the dollars slave for you. It's not about how many dollars you control; it's about what each one of those dollars is doing for you. 

If there was a way, with the exact same dollars that are now flowing through your hands, to get multiple uses out of those dollars by amplifying them to serve more than one purpose, how soon would you want to have a conversation about that? You see, every day you waste is another day to be less prepared to minimize losses or even avoid losses when life happens. My staff and I are prepared to show you how to operate your financial life through your own bank by just understanding how banks work and how hard your money is working for someone else as we speak. But it's comforting to know that money does not discriminate. It will work just as hard for you if you know how to put it to work.  We would like to congratulate our new clients that joined us this past week, and look forward to working with many more in the future.  Click here for a free report!

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Does your money master you, or do you master your money?

Monday March 7th 2011 7:00 A.M. E.S.T.
From the Desk of Michal A. Childs CEO
Financial Strategist

Well, what a week! I hope you've had a very productive month so far.

I've been thinking a lot lately about a problem that has been around since the beginning of time. How to effectively acquire as much money as possible, of course as long as it is moral, legal and ethical. People have been brain-washed into thinking that the harder they work for money, the more money they will have... so they have designed various ways, strategies, systems, jobs, and businesses to earn money and build wealth. However, a very simple system is already in your possession that allows you to increase your net worth today and provide for your financial future tomorrow. It is something that the wealthiest people in America have been doing for decades and the best part about it is, you don't have to already be wealthy to put these strategies into place, with a little coaching anyone can do it!

The information you will learn will change your life forever. The fact of the matter is, you could never work as hard for money as money could work for you. I was in Barnes & Nobles yesterday looking at all the books written on personal finance and not surprisingly, hidden amongst all the clutter are a few books or just a few paragraphs in some of those books that actually expose little known secrets of the people that have managed to remain financially secure during these uncertain economic times.

 It's a simple financial strategy that will liberate you from the bondage of debt, liberate you from the uncertainty of how to fund your retirement (even if you've suffered significant losses in your retirement accounts), show you how to pay for a college education for your kids or grand-kids, how to start a new career or business, and how to finally get money issues out of the way so you can get on with living your life with a sense of financial well-being and purpose.

I heard something this week that really resonates with me: "Money does not make you happy, but being happy makes you money". You see, once you learn these money principles you start to understand that is not about how much money you have today that matters, but, more importantly, what decisions you’re making with the money you do have. You should know, that each and every dollar that flows through your hands is a money seed that can grow into a money tree and every dollar you waste takes a branch off your tree…and you were told money does not grow on trees, LOL!. Well it does!!!! But only if you make sure you use your money wisely, looking at every dollar that flows into your hands today as a money seed for tomorrow that can be either squandered or planted, thus, becoming a lifetime income stream for you and your family and your future generations by leaving a financial legacy.

In your working lifetime the average person or household in America from age 25-65 (that's 40 years) will have at least one million dollars flow through their lives.  Let's look at it - if you only average $25,000 per year for 40 years that equals 1 Million Dollars, and if you’re doing better than average look at what you control during your lifetime $50,000.00 per year x 40 is 2 Million Dollars, $75,000 per year x 40 years equals 3 Million Dollars, $100,000.00 x 40 equals 4 Million Dollars, $200,000.00 x 40 equals 8 Million Dollars.

So the logical question is what happens to all of this money for the average person? Well, a large percentage of this money never has a chance to grow because it's never seen the light of day. It's eaten up by our lifestyle through finance/interest charges and taxes.  When you combine interest paid for consumer debt with all the taxes paid (i.e. payroll taxes, federal taxes, state taxes, county taxes, city taxes, sales taxes, etc.), you start to see that almost 65 cents of every dollar is already gone and accounted for before you have a chance to grow it.

What if there was a way you could legally, morally and ethically recapture a significant portion of this money by simply changing how you look at it and how you handle your money. You would thus allow your money to go to work for you, working harder and harder, instead of you trying to work harder and harder for it.  You see, when your money is properly handled it never stops working for you. It works 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. Oh, and by the way, we are not talking about some risky investment in stocks, mutual funds or real estate either, because once you put the money in those financial instruments, you lose something very important: Choice and Control. So it's just a gamble, because no matter what the so-called experts says about where the markets are headed, the fact of the matter is, no one really knows for sure, do they? We believe you should never gamble with your financial future.

My staff and I are ready, willing and able to share this life-changing information with you. Click here for a free report.

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Choice vs. Chance

 

Most people’s only hope for financial well being lies in the power of a winning lottery ticket.  They erroneously believe that instant wealth will solve all of their money problems, not realizing that if they actually won, it would be just the beginning of their money problems on a whole new level. Instead of leaving your financial future in the hands of luck, why not make a choice instead of taking a chance? Any day we wish, we can discipline ourselves to change our financial destiny.  Any day we wish, we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge.  Any day we wish, we can start a new activity.  Any day we wish, we can start the process of life change.  We can do it today, tomorrow, or next week, or next month, or next year.

 We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform and if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are.  We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence.  The choices are ours to make, but, while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause.  As Shakespeare uniquely observed, “The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves.”  Wherever we find ourselves financially right now is a direct result of our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better money choices beginning today.  Those who are in search of financial well being do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need to know the truth about money.  They need the whole truth and they need nothing but the truth.

We cannot allow small errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong financial path.  We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in understanding how money works.   Then we must make the very choices about our money habits that will allow us to finally get money issues out of the way so that we can get on to the more important things in life such as our faith, our family, our friends, and our fitness, thus bringing true happiness and balance into our daily lives.

 If we don’t like how things are, we can change it!  We're not robots.  That's what makes us different from any other of God's creation: our ability to totally transform every area of our life.  It all begins with our very own power of choice.  So choose wisely my friends.  Stop gambling on your financial future.  Seek to understand the power of Legacy Banking today.  

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