"In 2010 I am going to be the owner of a multi-million rand business. Watch me!"

The week before last I asked you what you wanted for 2010. I thought today, I’d like to share some of the responses I received:

Hi
 
I would like to pay off my bond and be financially independent.
 
Regards
 
Musa

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Hi
 
I am responding to your mail that if I have time I should tell you what I want to do in 2010.At the moment I am really struggling to make ends meet. In 2010, I want to buy myself a house and put a substantial deposit for it. I want to be debt free because that is what of the problems I have. I am really prepared to try out a business opportunity that will have good returns for me.
 
Kind Regards
 
N Ntsaluba

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Thank you for the email.  I’m looking for a business I can run from home, and  at  the  end  of  the  day  have  financial  freedom  to  do  what  I  want  at  my  own  time.  Live the kind of  life  I have  been  dreaming  about.

 
Yours truly,
P. M.  Gwaze.

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Good afternoon,
 
In 2010 I am going to own a number of assets; be the owner of a multi-million rand business.
 
I don’t have a clue how this will come about, but trust me it will happen – watch me.
 
Regards,

Thuli

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Thuli – don’t worry about how you’re going to do it. Because every issue of MoneyMaking Insider will give you insider advice to help you to start your own business.

You see, I plan to help you reach your goals in 2010 (like Thuli said: watch me!).

And to get started, I wanted to tell you a story that really inspired me. It really got me thinking about “taking that first step”. And I hope it will do the same for you…

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Go for It!
By Robert Ringer

It’s a serious mistake to allow yourself to get caught up in the “what-if” and “how-to” trap before taking action. The reality is that no one can ever hope to know all the problems in advance, let alone all the solutions.

Further, most of the things people worry about never even come to pass. Or, if they do, they end up being not nearly as bad as envisioned. Even better, some of the most minatory circumstances often turn out to be nothing more than disguises for great opportunities.

I thought about this a couple of weeks ago when my son asked me to take him to a University of Maryland football game on a perfect-weather Saturday.

It was quite a request, considering:

1. I had never been to Maryland’s Byrd Stadium, and was not certain how to get there.
2. I estimated that the University was at least an hour away in modest traffic.
3. It would take us about an hour to get ready to leave the house.
4. It was 10:00 a.m. — two hours before kickoff.
5. We had no tickets.

Nevertheless, seeing a chance to be anointed Father of the Week, I replied, without hesitation, “Sure. Let’s do it.”

Some might call this impulsive. Others might refer to it as abject stupidity. I would argue that a fair and enlightened individual would recognise it as nothing more than temporary insanity.

But something just felt right about it. It was a beautiful, sunny day. I felt like I could run a marathon backward. And I saw it as one of those great Steve Martin-type bonding opportunities (as in Father of the Bride).

We pulled out of the driveway at 11:00 a.m., an hour before game time. Surprisingly, traffic was light, even as we began to near the campus. Even more surprising, the stadium came into view about 40 minutes after we left the house. I still haven’t figured out how that was mathematically possible.

Now for the not-so-small matter of parking. Cars were jammed into every square inch of space on the side of every road anywhere within sight of the stadium, so I frantically looked for a parking garage. But before I could locate one, would you believe that a parking space suddenly appeared on the side of the road — about a five-minute walk from the stadium?

After I parked the car, my son and I jumped out and joined the crowd walking toward Byrd Stadium. At this point, I was thinking what a shame it would be if it were a sellout and we’d have to turn around and go home.

Amazingly, however, as we approached the front gate, two men were standing right in front of us, one of them holding up a pair of tickets. He said they were his season tickets, but that he was going to be sitting elsewhere with his friend that day, so he just wanted to “get rid of them.”

He told me they were on the 50-yard line, and I braced myself for his asking price — $75? $100? $150? Another surprise: Almost apologetically, he asked if $20 a ticket sounded reasonable to me. I refrained from hugging him, and quickly peeled off two $20 bills from the cash stash in my pocket.

Thus far, I had been wrong about every dire thought that had crossed my mind before agreeing to take my son to the game. But I felt certain I would be right about one thing: No way was I holding 50-yard-line seats in my hand. Scalpers are hardworking entrepreneurs, but they have been known to shade the truth a bit.

Surprise again: Our seats were, indeed, smack-dab on the 50!

At halftime, since we hadn’t had time to eat lunch before leaving the house, we were starving. Perusing the menu board at a garbage… er, concession… stand, it became evident that our substitute lunch was going to be a hotdog, an ice cream sandwich, and a Pepsi.

After we finished “lunch,” we stopped by one of the restrooms for a little relief. How pleasant. It made the restrooms at Washington, DC’s RFK Stadium look like the Ritz-Carlton. Shows how easy it is to please kids.

The bottom line is that it was a great day, a day when everything that seemed like a problem ended up being a plus. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that things turned out so well, because I’ve witnessed the playing out of this type of scenario so often over the years.

The moral is that when you really want to do something — but are apprehensive because you see so many “problems” on the horizon — do it anyway! Don’t worry about it. You won’t bat 1,000%. But if you continually fail to take action, you’re guaranteed to bat zero.

And even when things don’t work out, you’ll find that, in a vast majority of cases, the fallout won’t be nearly as bad as you’d imagined.

The many wonderful, unexpected things that will come into your life as a result of taking action will more than offset any pain you might endure from your few missteps.

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Before I leave you today (I'll only be back in January!) I want to make one final promise for the New Year...

I believe you will make at least an extra R130,000 in the next 12 months

Why?

Because that’s how much I believe the average person could really be making in their spare time from a standing start, if they had the right opportunity and support.

I say if, because most people who try to start their own business or part-time second income end up following completely the wrong path.

But if you are hungry to earn more money, but you are unsure about what type of business you would like to start then I have a stack load waiting for you. I truly believe you could generate up to R130,000 or even R340,000 or more using my business plans. You don’t need previous experience.

I don’t care how old you are, your education or background.

None of that matters, as long as you have the determination to give a proven business opportunity a go – click here now if you're ready to take up my challenge…

In the name of wealth,

Pascale Barrow
Managing Editor of What Really Makes Money