5 skills you need to develop to make BIG DOLLARS

Watching the Big Idea last night, Donny had this lady on his show Gloria Mayfield Banks, one of the top leaders in Mary Kay. You can catch the Big Idea with Donny on CNBC M-F in the evenings, you have to check your local listings for the times.

Here are 5 Skills, she said you should have...

1. Become a people magnet...
This is so true it could be the #1 of all-time...if people are not attracted to you, then you have some serious flaws you need to work on.

2. Short-term CLEAR Strategic goals, back by BIG thinking...
If you are not thinking big, then you are not thinking at all...I remember once a guy wanted me to go into a couple of real-estate investments with him, and when I asked about the future goals he said he only wanted to have a couple of houses and I was like why don't we look into shopping malls and condo high-rises...he was like I don't need to be rich, I just want a few extra dollars coming in each month...I said, I can't go in business with you...because if I am going to do it...then we need to do it big.

3. Create a powerful circle of influence...
This is so true, you never know who you will need to help you get from one step to the next one...if you are the smartest person in your circle, then you need to get a new circle of friends, you have simply outgrown your friends...not saying you need to kick them to the curb, you just need to find some new ones...Napoleon Hill in his book "think and grow rich" always talks about building a mastermind group...I don't think I need to explain why...you just do!

4. Work the numbers...and work big numbers...
Just like any stat...you can choose big or small to get your results...if you don't get what you want in the first 10 people that you talk to...that doesn't mean you need to let you tail slip between your legs and go home...you need to talk to another 10, and another 10...because that 11, 101, 1,001, 10,001, 100,001, could be the one that you need to propel you to new and higher heights...ask any big business builder and they all got no's...they are a part of life...you have to get through the no's before you get to the yes's...and yes's are the hardest things to get...therefore you need to let the no's inspire you, not discourage you. People still tell Donald Trump NO! Believe that!!!

5. Study hard and become skill based...
are you kidding me, this is a no-brainer, how are you ever going to accomplish anything if you don't study...read books, listen to tapes or cd's, watch videos, talk to successful people, talk to people that have tried and failed...learn from their mistakes. Not only will studying help you...it will build up your immune system to negative world that we live in. remember this fact 20% of the world are business owners and they employ the other 80%...why do you think that the business owners get the biggest tax breaks...do you think that is by coincidence?

Books that I recommend... most you can get from amazon used for 50% or more off and Amazon lets you add books and things to your wish list that you can share with your friends and family so they know exactly what you want. all you have to do is send the list to them in a email or they can type in your email to find out what you have you in your wish list to surprise you...let them know.

Think and Grow Rich
How to Win Friends and Influence People
The Magic of Thinking Big
The Secret
Blogging To The Bank 2.0

All these books you need in your library if you don't already have them...for instance you can get the magic of thinking big for under $2 used...I have bought many books from amazon used and they are in great condition...the blogging to the bank 2.0 is best book, I have read when it get down to blogging on the internet in 2008. You can get it in ebook form, right away and you will not be disappointed. at least I wasn't!

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Why you need to turn off the TV sometimes

There is on-going questions as to whether TV is good for you or bad for you...

I have my opinion on TV...depending on what you are watching...it can be very bad for you or it can be very good for you...

A little about me...from about the beginning of 2000 to about 2003, I watched very little TV, and if I did...I watching TV for only 30 minutes to hour each day...I didn't watch the news either it was to depressing...every time I turn it on, somebody was dying or stealing something...it changed my mindset...I because a self-help guru!

I only watched TV that had positive stuff about it, because I didn't want to mess my mind up with that crap that was on...yeah I felt like the biggest nerd around my friends when they were talking about the latest reality show or what happened last night certain TV series...I had no clue what they were talking about...

Now I could tell them about how to get a promotion at their jobs, be better people and make more money but they were not interested in that...all they wanted to talk about was TV...which ain't even real...

I didn't even listen to radio no more...I was listening to tape on inspiration or motivation and building big business...reading book by people that have done big things in life like Zig Ziglar or Donald Trump...a wise man told me "that you have to do what others wont so you will have all the things that other want!" Now when my friends have a problem they come to me, because they know I did my homework already...

Am I crazy for polluting my mind with positive things...some might say so, but the people that matter think that that was a wise choice...especially since the quality of TV shows have gone down the drain!

I mean how many episodes of "I Love New York", "Flava of Love", "The Real World" and "Shot of Love with Tila Tequila" can you watch? I am not not knocking these shows, but really they fill our brains with crap.

I am one of those people that think that you can make you life exactly like you want...basically your own movie, but other think I am crazy when I say that...why can't you do that?

If you want to have a relationship and family like say "The Cosby Show"...why not? I think most of the stuff out there is crap as I said before...today I am watching shows like "The Big Idea" with Donny Deutsch...that is an outstanding show for people who want to have and own the very own successful businesses...or show like "The Apprentice". Donald Trump maybe one of the hardest people to work for, but his ideas are second to none and he will take you kicking and scratching up the corporate chain!

What are you watching?