I've heard from an interview about the book "Multiple Streams of Income", written by well-known author & real-estate investor Robert Allen, that there are 3 Money Mountains where the most successful and richest people mainly get their income from.. and these are: Stocks, Real Estate, and Internet Marketing (for their Business).
I myself has tried and attended seminars and read books about these and some other different / various financial vehicles.. sometimes I hit big time, sometimes I lose, but experiencing and trying them practically gave me an idea how money really works, and how ordinary people like me can actually try it. (I did it part-time before, during the time I have work, but now I have resigned from work and decided to do business FULL TIME).
My journey started around 2-3 years ago, when I 've heard about CitisecOnline (stocks) from a Bo Sanchez blog. I tried my hand at stocks trading. It was really good. Sometimes I gained a lot (as much as Php 10k or sometimes even more - especially during the recent upsurge of mining companies here in the Philippines), but sometimes I lose din (more or less the same amount). Right now, the market is down, so mejo laylo muna ako, but at least I got a real first hand idea on how it works. When I'm ready at lumaki yung current business na ginagawa ko now, I know now how to strategize better -- even during faulty times like today (mejo down ang market right now because of US recession and Europe Debt woes).
Sa Real Estate naman.. I attended a seminar, at dun ako namulat on the possibilities and upside of Real Estate business, especially here in our country. There is even one side who pushes "no money down" real estate investing. It's possible, it's still risky, but you can't really say that it's impossible. Coz i've known, talked to, and met successful people who did it. Another one I like espouses and specializes in Foreclosure Real Estate (I should have checked this out first before I got our own townhouse -me and my fiancé's novice take on Real Estate - which we plan to rent-out to nearby renters from the location's community of Eco-Parks and Industrial Sites, just south of Manila). And sometimes, it all boils down to the third "money mountain" where rivers of wealth flows, ika nga ni Robert Allen.. which is....
Internet Marketing. Right now, this is the program I am into. Of course I haven't forgotten about the first 2 important vehicles that I've mentioned, but this 3rd one is special. Coz this is where I've learned about what side of a business is the most important one. It's not Sales (yep, of course, Sales is the lifeblood of all business, and is very very important and is almost as important as the one aspect I'm referring to)... but rather.. MARKETING. And this is where I met (not really physically) and learned from great mentors and world-renowned innovators such as Jay Abraham, Brian Tracy, John Caples, and a few others -- who themselves were the ideas behind well-known books and speakers like Tony Robbins, and the great success of the book Chicken Soup for the Soul.
All I can say right now is that there is a wealth of knowledge out there where we can learn a lot from. If there is one thing that the richest and wisest man in history (King Solomon) would have cared to learn today.. it would be this knowledge and wisdom in this particular part of our current History.
Life is short. Sooo soo short that we could lose it anytime. We don't want to spend it kissing the asses of so-called bosses, hoping that what we have now is the solution. Yup, of course, work is good. It's what gives us our basic needs and "security".. and it's what brings food to the table. And yes, it's totally right.. it really does bring food to the table.
But I don't just want food on the table. I don't just want enough of what we can get out of what we have now.
I want my dreams.
I want financial freedom.
And I want my life back.
Everyone deserves to push for their dreams and have a better life, the prosperous life that God always has and always had in store for us.
