Fall has finally arrived. As someone living in near Dallas, it was a very welcome change. This summer we broke our record of the number of triple digit temperature days in a year. We even had a last gasp of summer on the 29^th of September with 102.

With the change in seasons comes a change in thinking. Instead of trying to avoid the heat, people around here are looking forward to the State Fair, crisp mornings and Halloween with Thanksgiving around the corner.

This could be a season to change how you think about your life. Many people look towards others for the major requirements in their life. A job, either having one or looking for one, to pay for the things you want gives your power to other people. This is especially acute when you are looking for a job in these times. Like Blanche DuBois, you are dependent on the kindness of strangers.

This dependency shrinks your dreams. You shrink them to fit your income. You take a “staycation” instead of a memory making vacation with loved ones.  You drive a car that fit your budget, not your fancy. Your living accommodations are “cozy” instead of breath taking. All the while, you rationalize to yourself that it will get better “someday”.

I challenge you to change your thinking. Expanding your income to fit your dreams is not only possible but so much more rewarding. You can be your own boss. You can have a carpet commute. You take back your power and control. If you want a raise, you can give it to yourself.

Look at starting a profitable home based business. You can do so for relatively little. Even in down times, people can be successful in business. In fact, down times often force people to come up with ways to be successful because of the lack of alternatives.

Some of the things it has brought me are the two most important things to people at the end of their lives – memories and relationships. Many parents feel they are sending a stranger off to college because they don’t know who their child has become. I have been involved with my sons’ lives especially during their critical teen years. Before that, I was working much too long hours. My youngest still remembers when I would come home when they were finishing dinner.

I have chaperoned a choir trip to Walt Disney World. I have chaperoned band trips. I am often the only dad that’s chaperoning. I have been there dropping them off at school and more importantly, picking them up afterwards. I have confidence in my son’s driving because I had the time to teach him and log the required 20 hours before he got his license.

I have built relationships with my sons and provided foundations for having great relationships with them as they mature into adulthood because I had control of my time and my life. That’s often called time freedom and lifestyle freedom.

I am urging you with the change of seasons to change your thinking. Interrupt the “get a good job” mantra and take control of you life.

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Being your own boss is the dream of many. Unfortunately, that’s where most people stop, at the dream stage.

There’s a story about a man who is walking by a house and hears moaning. He stops and goes up to the porch to see if anyone needed help. He saw an old man in a rocking chair and a dog lying on the porch moaning. The man asked the elderly gentleman why the dog was moaning.

“He’s lying on a nail,” was the reply.

“Why doesn’t he get up and move?”

“Guess it doesn’t hurt enough,” was the answer.

That’s the story I often hear. People complain about things but it doesn’t hurt enough to do anything about it. My answer is if you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you’ll keep receiving what you’ve already gotten. For things to change, you must change.

This summer can be a summer like last year or you can make this your Summer of Freedom. Order the FREE CD from Robert Kiyosaki called “The Perfect Business” from FreeRKCDForYou.com. See for yourself.

The only question left is, “Are you going to do it, or just lay there and moan?”

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In the current economic and political circles the topic of bailout is very popular. The government wants to appear to be the savior in this situation and business is looking for cheap or free money. Under the guise of helping people, it’s really going to hurt in the long run.

The current bailout cost is not the $800 billion they say it is. The price tag in the coming years, according to Congress’ own estimates will be over $3 trillion.

The sad part is that it’s not going to make that much difference in the economy. Why do I say that? Because, you can only affect what you can control. And the government cannot control the economy.

First and foremost, there is no one big thing called the economy. It’s a summation of every persons’ and every business’ economy. Even in boom times, some peoples’ economy is bad and in the bad times, some peoples’ economy is good.

Who controls your economy? You do! You can give away your control but ultimately you have it. That’s good news! At any time, you can regain control of your economy. You can decide for yourself what value you want to offer to the market place. If you don’t feel you are being rewarded enough for the value you provide, you can change what you offer!

Many people are awakening to the opportunites available to them as entrpreneurs. They can control their activities and thus their rewards. They are building their own dream instead of someone else’s.

If you would like to see if being your own boss is for you, go to FreeRKCDForYou.com and get a free cd called “The Perfect Business”

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Most people are castaways on Someday Isle. They keep saying, “Someday, I’ll…” I know people who have been meaning to go to Walt Disney World for several years. They still haven’t stopped and said, “I am going to WDW on …” and made their reservations.

Most people keep putting things off that they know they should be doing but they keep putting it off. In this time of uncertain economic times, the time to get started in your own business is right now. If you are looking at an opportunity that is a member of the Direct Selling Association (DSA), you have 30 days to evaluate it and get a full refund. There is no risk.

Here are a few of my resources you can look at. You can get a free CD from Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Cashflow Quadrant, called “The Perfect Business” at www.FreeRKCDForYou.com.

You can also take a look at the opportunity that has been chosen as the #1 opportunity for over 10 years in a row by MLM Insider Magazine, an industry publication. Go to www.DiscoverYourOwnFreedom.com.

To be your own boss, achieve time freedom as well as money freedom, you need to take action. Escape from Someday Isle and take action today!

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Just for some fun, here’s the lyrics to the ‘lost verse’ of Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett. It was cut to make the song fit the 3 minute format of radio. Enjoy.

“Old men in tank tops,

Cruisin’ the gift shops.

Checkin’ out chiquitas down by the shore.

They dream about weight loss,

Wish they could be their own boss.

Those three day vacations become such a bore.”

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