Touching and changing
lives. That’s what Agel is all about. I’ve
spent a lot of time out of the country in 2009. I’m so
very impressed with Agel team members and how they embrace this
opportunity as a business and not a hobby. They tell me they
are in Agel to work for 3-5 years, not just 90 days to try it
out. What a wonderful way to start your
business.
Robert Kiyosaki, author
of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series of books and tapes, sheds
further light on this subject. He asserts that, when it comes
to making money, everyone falls into one of four categories:
employees, the self-employed, business owners, and investors.
He calls this his “Cash Flow Quadrant.” Everyone
on the right-hand side (the business owners and investors) is busy
putting money to work for them.
Kiyosaki’s
“Poor Dad” told him to “go to school, get good
grades so you can get a good secure job for 40 years and retire
with a pension.” His “Rich Dad” said that
this is what 97% of Americans do and they are essentially
poor. The other 3%, who put money to work for them, are the
wealthiest people alive today.
When you work for
money, you work for someone else. You work to make them
wealthy. Some people call this security. I call it
vocational slavery. When people retire, 45% are dependent on
relatives or children, 30% dependent on charities, 22% are still
working, and only 3% end up financially
free.
The way to financial
freedom is by either becoming a business owner and/or
investor. However, to become an investor, you need capitol to
begin with. So, your path to financial independence must
begin with becoming a business owner. And the quickest way to
owning your own business, according to Kiyosaki, is through network
marketing. This truly is a business and with it costs you
very little to get started. (unlike franchises who will charge up
to $1 million to own your own business). The beauty of
network marketing, Kiyosaki says, is that it allows you to start
learning about becoming a business owner while you’re an
employee.
I learned this lesson
the hard way. Once I realized that being a business owner is
the path to financial independence, I personally went out and
borrowed a million dollars to start a company. I hired
employees and maintained inventory. I had headaches over
insurance and taxes. I carried the burden of overhead.
There was an enormous amount of risk involved. I put my
house, virtually all my possessions, and even my family’s
future at risk.
You don’t have
any of those risks or worries with Agel. This income
opportunity allows you to risk nothing except your time. The
only challenge you really have is in making the decision to treat
this like a business. When you put a million dollars on the
line, you’re going to work that much harder because so much
is at stake. Resist the temptation to stop working hard
because this opportunity is free. Make your commitment today
to do something, no matter how large or small, towards earning your
financial
independence.
Again, I love how many
of you have put it: You can do this business part time (by handling
out just a few CD’s a week), you can do it full time (by
contacting people 40 hours a week), or you can do it BIG time
(giving it everything you’ve got today so you can be
financially free tomorrow). The choice is yours, and the
rewards are commensurate with your efforts. You truly do reap
what you sow.
I encourage you to
treat this like the business it really is. Those who treat it
like a hobby will get a hobby paycheck (and usually, hobbies
don’t pay you… you end up paying for the hobby).
Treat it like a business and you’ll earn business income.
Share this idea with everyone you come in contact with. Allow
them to see your vision of freedom vs. false security and help them
become their own business owners. Commit to do Presidents
Club and encourage your team to do the
same.
As you do, you will see
more clearly than ever that this IS a business… a business
for your lifetime.
I am Ahmed
Osman and I am Agel
