Every once in while something really cool comes along.

This is one of those somethings.

A few weeks ago, we came across a cool program to create a ‘video vision board’ or what Ryan Higgins (the originator of the program) calls, “Mind Movies”.

Here’s a video (below) of Alexandra Barrett talking about Mind Movies…

What does Frank Kern – Internet Marketer turned California surfer – think about Mind Movies and the Law of Attraction?

Follow the link here:

Frank Kern and the Law of Attraction

and hear the story in his own words as he interviews Ryan Higgins, Mind Movies creator.

Believe me, we’re not video production aces. It’s a lot of fun, you’ll like it.

Watch…

You become your own movie producer, director, editor and star. Then watch your new life unfold before your eyes over and over until it becomes a reality. Now you’re a master manifestor.

A couple of weeks back we bumped into a guy named Erik Olson (and his lovely wife, Heather) on Facebook.

Through a series of exchanges and communications, we quickly learned that we share a lot in common and that we could easily talk for hours at a time.

You can Meet Healthy Wealthy Boomer Erik Olson by listening to an 6/9/08 interview I did with Erik.. He’s a character, you’ll love this guy.

Erik is a classic example of a small business serial entrepreneurial.

However, Erik is a member of a fairly elite group because he has learned how to effectively put his entrepreneurial talent to work and rise above the ’serial stigma’ that plagues most small business owners. That stigma includes perpetually spewing forth new ideas and driving everyone around them nuts – business associates, friends, family and particularly spouses.

Through our interaction with the Olson’s on Facebook, on the phone and via email, it became obvious quickly how uncanny the similarities are between us.

I downloaded a copy of

Nine Simple Rules, by Erik Olson

and was astounded how much our philosophies correlate as well as our hands on experience in small business. As I read further it was kind of spooky how close his story felt like my own – even his statement that basically says we will never truly succeed as an entrepreneur until we create a business that is built around our life, instead of a life built around our business.

Quoting from Erik’s Nine Simple Rules,

“When you design a business for the express purpose of giving you more life, several things change. The first thing that changes is your choice of business. You can no longer be held hostage to your own labor. By this I mean that the business must be able to produce revenue for you without your constant involvement. If you are a plumber with no employees, you only produce income when you hold a wrench in your hand.
This makes you a slave to your business. On the other hand, if you invent a plumbing gadget, and license the rights to another manufacturer, you get paid every time any plumber around the world buys one. The first business sucks the life from you, but the second has at least the chance of giving you more life…”

And further…

“So why not take what’s behind door number two and create lots of value while generating lots of reward for yourself at the same time? You deserve to have a wonderful life… if you can stand it.”

This felt like a commonly shared thought and had a strong ring of familiarity to it but I didn’t realize how much so until I was doing some editing on my eBook last night and read the following:

The title of a sub-chapter in Chapter 11 of Healthy Wealthy Boomer is:

“The 9 Golden Rules for Online Business Start Up”

And rule # 9 is: Plan your business so you laugh, play and relax more than you work.

But, it’s essential to plan from the beginning to create a business that will not require your presence to operate, once you get things fully operational and stabilized. Begin with this objective in mind.

When you begin to plan how you want to create your business, factor in:

• Lots of vacation time
• Intimate dinners and nights out
• Rewarding your spouse with surprises that are generated from the business so that the subject of having a home based business is positive – create positive reinforcement for yourself as well
• Pay yourself first
• And don’t forget First Fruits…Be grateful – remember the attitude of gratitude that Zig Ziglar talks about.

Spend time enjoying your life and build your business around your life, instead of building your life around your business.

Erik’s book has value as a small business owner because it will give you a sense that you belong.

And that somebody really does understand you.

But The Value of Erik Olson’s Advice Goes Beyond That…

He explains the cyclic nature of the mind of a serial entrepreneurial in such a way as to explain:

• why we really do the things we do and
• what we need to do to compensate for our true nature
• a simple method for becoming effective business owners

Most small business entrepreneurs frustrate the heck out of consultants because they sit and listen to what the consultant has to say, they nod in agreement and then do exactly what they wanted in the first place – often ignoring the consultant.

Erik describes a method of management – kind of an Erik Olson-entrepreneur-version of Peter Drucker’s Management By Objectives. But Erik is smart because he knows if it gets complex, entrepreneurs will not follow instructions – not unlike trying to herd cats.

Instead Erik’s presentation – like placing the aromatic ‘fish’ strategically to attract the cats, rather than trying to herd them – is a appealing to the mind of the entrepreneur in a similar manner.

Erik Talks a Lot About “The Business Wheel” – A Cool Business Tool for Entrepreneurs

Throughout the book, Erik talks about ‘The Business Wheel’ – a kind of gadget that appeals to the mind of the entrepreneur like a lure for bass or something.

Erik Olson’s Business Advice Made So Much Sense, We Joined His Mentoring Program

Erik’s insight in the book about a practical and intelligent approach to converting useless, relentless hours of serial working behavior into effective, manageable results made a lot of sense to us.

So much so in fact that we joined his mentoring program. We highly recommend Erik’s professional expertise and if it sounds interesting to you, you can check it out at Erik Olson Profit Center

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Healthy Wealthy Boomer: Burning Topics You Want to Discuss

Hoping you are enjoying the beginning of summer and that you are all achieving the success you desire and the lifestyle you have been dreaming of.

We have created a 30 second survey to help us help you…

You can go here to find it:

a 30 second survey to help us help you…

You will be asked to write the most important question you have as a Boomer that you want answered and discussed. And then you can check off as many of the topics that you are interested in.

The results will be posted here when we have compiled the info we need:

Burning Topics Boomers Want to Discuss

Feel free to go to this Facebook Group and join.

We appreciate your feedback and will use act upon your suggestions and requests as quickly as possible.

Have a Healthy Wealthy Day.

Semiologic Pro Simplifies Starting an Online Business

Semiologic Pro is a turbo charged version of Wordpress and we recently converted to Semio for our blogs. We really hadn’t planned on doing this but we liked the first install so much, we changed them all over. It’s a cool system.

We found out about Semiologic from our friend Sherman Hu – an SEO and internet marketing expert and an emerging video-blog master – he’s sharp, kind and savvy. Sherman runs Sherman Live and Wordpress Tutorials. He is also a faculty member for Stomper Net and uses Semiologic Pro himself. Thanks for the tip Sherman.

Semiologic is a versatile and powerful blog platform that really makes starting an online business a piece of cake. It’s search engine friendly and enhances your internet marketing efforts without having to know HTML or PhP. This lets you focus on creating good content instead of trying to figure out the latest technology before you can use it.

The more familiar I become with the capacity and the flexibility of this system, the better I like it. Although Wordpress was created as a blog platform, it seems to be evolving into an effective platform for e-commerce as well because it is so easy to use.  And cool new PhP widgets are popping up al the time. More on Healthy Wealthy Boomer Online Business Tools – Semiologic Pro

Work At Home Boomer

Working at home can be a real blessing compared to a 45 minute commute one way or as a method of partially getting out of the "rat race".

Working from home stuffing envelopes, being a remote virtual assistant, telecommuting or a number of other work at home opportunities do not interest me in the least. But that may be a fine alternative for many.

Misconception About Starting A Business

The big misconception about starting a business – whether it’s a work at home business or not – for many is:

Since I’m really good at being an accountant, or a mechanic or any other profession, I’ll start a business and make lots of money for myself instead of working for someone else. They make all the money anyway and I do all the work. It’s my turn.

Believe me, traditional business owners deserve it, particularly small business. Running a business is different than being good at doing something. It is a profession in itself

More on Work At Home Boomer – Is this You? Part 2

Work At Home Boomers – Is This You?

There are a growing number of work opportunities for Baby Boomers as Corporate America is waking up to the fact that a significant percentage of the work force is getting ready to retire.  And there is a lot of talent in that retiring group.

Even so from a variety of estimates it’s clear, most Boomers are not saving enough.

Did you know? It’s estimated that:

• 4 out of 10 people over 60 will fall below the poverty line in their later years.
• And Merrill Lynch says that many people are only saving about 1/3 of what they will need after retirement.
• Only about 50% of us are saving enough to maintain a pre-retirement lifestyle when we retire.

It’s actually worse for Gen X, but they’re further down the road.

Since Boomers aren’t saving before they retire, how is working deep into retirement age going to solve the problem unless you have a lot of money stashed before you retire? These issues are compounded by the fact that we are living longer so the savings have to go a further distance. 

And we all know that no matter how much we hope it, the social security debackle is getting worse – not better.

If you want to be a wealthy boomer, the answer is making more money.

Find out why starting an online business makes more sense  ==> work at home boomers