An expert in the field of communication, John Gray’s focus is to help men and women understand, respect and appreciate their differences in both personal and professional relationships. In his many books, CD’s, DVD’s, tapes, workshops and seminars, he provides practical tools and insights to effectively manage stress and improve relationships at all stages and ages by creating the brain chemistry of health, happiness and lasting romance.

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A personal development seminar assist you in changing the way you feel about yourself, thus changing the way you feel about others. It can help you to identify the purpose of your life, clearly defining who and what you want to be. In more clear words, a personal development seminar can help you to achieve anything that you want to be or do with your life.

With the availability of the internet, you can easily access many online personal development courses or seminars at the comfort of your home and office. They can be in the form of online video seminars.

The Secrets of the Rich – No. 1

The poor and the middle-class work for money. The rich have money work for them

I’ve recently been to a property fair featuring Australia properties. It was indeed an eye opener
for someone like me who has not invested in any real estate properties. It was demonstrated how
easy it was for someone who has moderate savings could actually own one small size apartment
and start earning passive income. Certainly, the apartment has to be situated in good locations.
Besides the passive income, the land which the apartment sits on will also appreciate and provide
capital gain if he intends to sell the unit later.

Using that passive income, the person could either spend it or serve a new mortgage loan for
another residential property. This is a formula that will never be taught in school.

How much interest are we earning today from our bank savings? It’s a shameful amount.

It can be quite scary if one has no prior real estate investment experience because the initial
capital outlay may cause uncomfortable to most ordinary people.

The Secrets of the Rich – No. 2

Mind your own business

Robert is not telling us not to be a busybody. The advice is to tell us to start our own business.
Many people actually have many great ideas. This world has no lack of great ideas. It’s whether
the idea is being put into action is another set of story. It’s a habit for not doing new things
and it’s also a habit for constantly doing new things. So the major problem of most ordinary people
is that they lack action despite having great ideas. Hence, no great result was produced.

So start putting your idea into action and start a business for yourself. You’ve got to take care of yourself!

The Secrets of the Rich – No. 3

Create investments, don’t buy them

Robert uses an example of real estate. I feel that this secret apply to your business too.
If you have a great idea which you put into action to create your successful business, you will
attract investors. They put huge capital into your business for you to grow them. How much an idea cost?

Create investment = Create idea

But you must put that idea into action. In other words, make things happen!

The Secrets of the Rich – No. 4

Expand the product before you buy

This can be applicable to your business too. This is what the big guys are doing in the business world.
If you own a successful business, you can take it to public through IPO. Your business is still the same
business. However, you’ve added an element of investment into your business. Money rolls into your business
quicker.

Robert’s next question was, “What is your winning formula?”

For him, don’t do what everybody else is doing.

I feel this is an important question. What we’ve been doing and thinking have gotten us to where we are today. So, I choose not to work for somebody else, just like many others are doing, and today I’m earning passive income.

What about yourself?

Good news! Robert Kiyosaki’s video seminar, Secrets of The Rich is available at SkyQuestCom.

Along with his business partner Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen is best known for creating what Time magazine called “the publishing phenomenon of the decade”. Chicken Soup for the Soul books are one of the most successful publishing franchises in the world today, with more than 140 million books sold internationally. The name “Chicken Soup” was chosen because of the use of chicken soup as a home remedy for the sick. In this inspiring video, Mark shares his insights on the ideas that went behind his best-selling book, his thoughts on success and the stories in life that inspire him.

(The following conversation is an excerpt from our video interview. To watch the full-length video, log on to SkyQuestCom’s Master Channel)

SKYQUESTCOM: Today we’re privileged to have with us Mark Victor Hansen. He’s best known for his series of books based upon Chicken Soup for the Soul. Thank you very much for joining us today. My first question, the original Chicken Soup for the Soul first appeared in 1993, and it’s become a phenomenal success. What was the inspiration for the book? Why did you write it? And what were some of your goals for the books when you first started?

MARK: Jack (Canfield) and I are both professional speakers. Jack did the educational market, I did the business market. And I taught him how to do dramatic stories that touched your heart. Everybody cries and then they gave us a standing ovation and bought all our books and tapes so, he came up with the idea that he’s gonna do a happy little book. And I said, “Let’s do it together.” We worked really hard, and coming up with the title. We did a deep meditation one night in our respective homes and said, “Make a best selling title, make a best selling title.” Came up with Chicken Soup for the Soul at 4.30 in the morning. We both got goose bumps, our respective wives thought we’re nuts. Then we spent the next 3 years working 24/7 to do it. Went to New York to start it, and 144 publishers all said, “Ain’t gonna sell. Short stories don’t sell.”

Finally, we went to book Expo and and one little publisher – Health Communications said, “We’ll take it, but we think we can sell 20,000.” And you know, we said, “No, no, no, read our business plan! We’ll do a year. In a year and a half, we’ll do a million and a half.” We did a million three the first year and then, went on to 5 million and 10 million and 50. And now we’re at 144 million and our goal is a billion. And we’ve got a pending contract in China , I can’t tell you whether it’ll come through.

My partner is a Harvard Mandarin scholar, and he’s figured how to interface Chinese and English, which is very tough because we read front to back, China reads back to front. We read left to right,

they read right to left. But Jack, he’s a genius. I only have brilliant partners. I’m not that smart but I got really good partners. I’m very thankful for it. So the inspiration was we wanted to do a book that would change the whole world one story at a time. And, we’re up to 147 books. At retail, we sold $1,400,000,000 worth of books. We have more licenses than anyone in non-fiction. Like we sold $2 million worth of dog food a month called Chicken Soup for the Soul Dog Food and it’s all organic and it’s really good for dogs.

SKYQUESTCOM: What do you believe is the secret to the success for Chicken Soup for the Soul?

MARK: Two, I would say. I mean, we spent 3 years figuring out the formula but because it’s instantaneous behavioural change. If you read one of the stories, it’s going to, you know, pique your interest, touch your heart, get you to change your behaviour. I think that we contribute on every book, we tie it on every book we ever write, to a charity that we mutually agree upon, with ourselves and our publisher and the co-authors and all. And you know they helped us a lot, like when we did the third ‘Chicken Soup’. I was the spokesperson of the American Red Cross. I’ve got 1,300,000 volunteers and, our book you know, in just a day or two went to number one because we gave away a little sampler, everybody that gave blood – we’re out of blood in America . And I got all the chiropractors, which is a group I work with – 62,000 doctors brought in 100 patients each and give them a free adjustment. And you know the sales just skyrocketed.

And we do different things like that, like we had aside 50 million Diet Coke cases, with ourselves and Nora Roberts’ book Hidden Riches. And we sold enough books in 6 months. All the money went to charity and we raised enough money to get 15,000 kids off the streets in the Boys and Girls clubs, partnering with Coke. We’re had Campbell soup cans and we worked it out so when you open up the wrapper, it had an accordion three-fold with our stories all the way through and it sold a little book. We had 600 million Campbell soup cans. I’m blanking out which charity we’ve done, because we’ve done about 80 different charities. But it was a giant charity drive and that was really good. So we keep coming up with brand new ideas on how to sell like, somebody said, “Well, you all know you should sell more books!” And well, we did a Chicken Soup for the Soul Bible and we got little stories to get you into the big story. And we sold about 70,000 a week in Wal-Mart so, it is really good!

To listen to the rest of the conversation, watch Mark Victor Hansen’s full-length video from SkyQuestCom’s Master Channel.

Facts about Property

• The rich make more money through property investment than any other investment such as stocks and shares.
• Property that was worth $5,000 thirty years ago would be worth around $200,000 today.
• Stocks and shares can be volatile, but property is proven to be an extremely stable investment.

Why invest in Property?

• No investment today offers the stability, simplicity and excellent rewards of property investment.
• It is a well documented fact that the value of a property doubles every 7 years.
• Your rental income will partially finance your investment.
• You can add greater value to your property by making alterations to it such as doing a home makeover and replacing old furniture with modern looking designs

Frequently asked questions about Property and their answers

How much property can I buy with $100,000?

Due to mortgage, it is relatively easy to buy $1 million worth of real estate with only $100,000 in cash. However, if you invest in stocks, you may only buy $100,000 worth of stocks with $100,000 worth of cash.

How do I pay the interests?

If you own an asset that is generating a regular rental income, the rental income will partially cover your mortgage.

How much is my property worth on the day I buy it at $1 million?

The value at which your property is worth is based on the market value. However, it could possibly be worth $650,000 or $1.5 million. In contrast, if you buy stocks at $100,000, they are worth exactly $100,000. Bottom line is, a piece of property could be worth a lot more than what you initially invested.

For more information on how to make your fortune in property investment, visit SkyQuestCom to watch a clip of Dolf de Roos’ online video seminar, “How to Make Money from the Property Market”. Dolf de Roos’ is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Real Estate Riches: How to Become Rich Using Your Banker’s Money. Today, he is the Chairman of Property Ventures Limited, an innovative real estate investment company.

Key considerations in raising capital for a business

• It is not about the product
• An entrepreneur’s job is to find the pain in the market and then find a solution for that pain

5 important principles to know about raising capital

• Keep in mind the investor’s point of view
• Understand that investors embrace risk
• Investors want to quantify the risks
• Investors want to mitigate the risks
• Investors want to manage the risks

How to get started in raising capital

• Research and write a business plan
• Find the pain in the marketplace
• Ensure that your management team possesses execution intelligence as money often follows good management

Learn the secrets of raising capital from “Billion-Dollar Wall Street Negotiator” Keith Cunningham. Watch a clip of his video seminar, “How to Raise Money for your Business” from SkyQuestCom. Keith will help you to get around the different ways to finance the growth of your business. Discover the ways to avoid pitfalls in raising capital and apply powerful tips for winning investors over with your unique business ideas