This was done all in good fun. Every one of these people are actually friends of mine and they’re all AWESOME trainers and speakers. Please take a minute to vote for your favorites here.

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Dear Subscriber,

Despite numerous death threats, I’ve decided to risk my very life to expose an evil plot by a diabolic marketing cabal that is conspiring to destroy all that is good in this world.

What’s worse is, these leaders have amassed so much power and influence, that for the last couple of years, many of you have actually paid them money to help further their devious scheme for industry (and world) domination. And they’re going to DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR!

Yes, these insane “cult leaders” do in fact walk among us…

And yes, in an attempt to silence me they have resorted to threats of physical violence including “tequila boarding” (kind of like water boarding, but with Jose Cuervo instead of water).

Their names are Raymond Fong and Fernando Ceballos.

And they, along with their malicious marketing minions will stop at nothing to keep me off the stage at No Excuses Summit III!

You can help put a stop these cultist’s evil scheme by casting your vote for me to speak here.

Right next to the picture of that very handsome guy (yeah, that’s me) look for and click on the Facebook “Like” button and/or the Google “+1″ button.

Why I feel kind of like Presidential Candidate Ron Paul…

(See Ray Higdon’s awesome post about Ron Paul here)

At First, the establishment simply ignored me…

But since I began exposing them for the villains they are by posting on Facebook, and secretly amassing an army of supporters (48 people so far) to ensure that I get on stage at No Excuses, now they’ve enlisted the help of some their evil cultist cronies…

Stooge #1: Introducing David Wood…

If you don’t know who this David Wood guy is, let me just start by saying he has links to the Rothschild’s, the Rockefeller’s, the Morgan’s and other global elitist who were behind the creation of the Federal Reserve. (That’s a whole other conspiracy for another email. For now it’s important to understand that they’re bad news.)

David Wood is also a Mind Control Expert who’s been doing the CIA’s dirty work as a private contractor and consultant for many years.

I discovered this fact just a couple of months ago after he manipulated 80% the audience at Live The Dream to buy stuff from him by putting them into a hypnotic trance using a combination of NLP and psychic telepathy.

Sidenote: Here’s a little know fact about Mr. Wood. Did you know he was second in command of the CIA funded “remote viewing” experiments from the 1950′s to the 1970′s? It’s true, and in fact he’s actually 72 years old, but has utilized alien technology (given to him by Ray Higdon) to unnaturally extend his life.

Help me expose David Wood for the CIA mind-control elitist he is by voting for me to speak at No Excuses Summit here.

Stooge #2: Daegan Smith…

Another culprit by the name of Daegan Smith has recently also been commissioned to rally against me.

Mr. Smith (Like that’s his real last name) “fronts” as a “Traffic Guru” in our industry, but is actually one of the highest paid and most influential lobbyists in the world representing Big Pharma and Big Agra.

Additionally, he is the most trusted advisor of the Grand Master of the Ku Klux Klan. He has also been spotted attending the notorious Bilderberg Group meetings for the last several years.

Look, I know what you’re thinking.

“Daegan is African American, how can he be a part of the KKK?”

Because he’s NOT really African American at all! He’s actually very caucasian and I dug up a baby picture of him to prove it.

So there you have it. PROOF Daegan is actually a white dude.

If you think white supremacists are lame, vote for me to speak at No Excuses Summit here.

Stooge #3: Tod Falcone.

Todd Falcone is a guy you don’t want to mess with. He not only has connections to the Mafia, but he owns 3 of the largest lumber companies responsible for decimating the rain forests in South America.

Just last month I ran into him in Amsterdam where he was coordinating a major operation for the import of illegal cannabis into the U.S.

I of course didn’t know anything about it until after a few beers, at which time he actually started bragging to me about his exploits.

Don’t be disarmed by the fact that he’s an occasional cross-dresser!

It’s clearly a ploy to keep people’s guards down by making them think he’s totally harmless, which couldn’t be further from the truth.

This man is a danger to society and the rain forests of South America!

If you think Todd should stick to men’s clothing and you like rain forests, vote for me!

Stooge #4: Ann Sieg

Ann is considered by many to be one of the most influential and powerful criminal masterminds living today.

She recently met with several members of congress to discuss how they could get a bill passed that would allow the government to bypass the U.S. Constitution and detain American citizens indefinitely without due process of law.

After this “behind closed door” meeting ended, a new bill was born…

Yep, you guessed right. It’s said that she was responsible for not only authoring the draconian bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, but later convincing President Obama to sign it into law.

Oh, and here’s an update on February 19th.

Obviously Ann was totally freaked out that I EXPOSED her in my email yesterday and posted this:

Who can just call up a Senator and chit chat on the phone with them and convince them to withdraw support?

I’ll tell you who. Ann Sieg can because she’s the one who actually DRAFTED the SOPA bill, not Lamar Smith (Daegan’s cousin) as she claimed.

This was Ann’s attempt at a desperate ploy to cover up her involvement.

Let’s keep em’ running scared!

If you like freedom, vote for me to speak at No Excuses Summit.

Stooge #5: Mark Hoverson

It’s claimed by many that Mr. Hoverson alone pulls the strings of EVERY organized crime boss in Europe and the Americas.

Even though he has control over pretty much every criminal organization worth mentioning, to this day he prefers to do his own “dirty work” and regularly assassinates anyone who opposes him… or even looks at him the wrong way.

A few things about Mark you might not know.

1. He doesn’t like to wear any clothing (except a hat) and actually owns several nudist resorts frequented by the worlds most powerful and elite perverts where they worship pagan gods while dancing around a bonfire… all while naked. You should see the private guest list I got a hold of. It’s the who’s who of the power-elite consisting of Congressmen, Senators, even former presidents…

2. Mark is the only guy in the world Chuck Norris is afraid of. 

3. Mark is also (according to David Wood) a time traveler who was responsible for creating the Sphinx and Pyramids at Giza, as well as several of the pyramids of indigenous cultures in the Americas. He was worshiped as a god, and numerous human beings and animals have been sacrificed in his name over the last several thousand years.

If you think time travelers who like to get naked are weird, vote for me to speak at No Excuses Summit.

Stooge #6: Meet Ray Higdon

IMPORTANT UPDATE: I know I said this guy was cool before, but I lied. Mostly because more than anyone else, Ray scares the crap out of me.

Here’s a guy who supposedly went from being in the audience at No Excuses Summit I, to speaking at No Excuses Summit II.

He also became the number #1 earner in his company in less than a year.

Question: What kind of “person” does that?

Answer: NOT A PERSON, but an alien!

That’s right ladies and gentlemen, Ray is NOT human. He’s an alien reptilian hybrid. He wears that human skin like a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Seriously, who wears a platinum suit?

I’ll tell you… an alien, that’s who. That suit he’s wearing is actually a space suit that protects him from the high levels of radiation emitting from his spaceship.

Again, the reason I said before that he’s one of the good guys is because I’m really, really afraid of him… and because he lives kind of close to me… and because he eats people.

Yes, it’s true. He. Eats. People.

He even tried to eat me once! Here’s the true story…

I was just two days away from leaving for my trip to Shanghai, China and I’m hanging out with Ray for maybe the third time ever.

Ray says “dude, you are really skinny. You need to eat more. Here have one of these cookies.”

I’m like “Oh, OK, thanks dude… these are really good cookies.”

The next day, here’s what I looked like:

You see, Ray (cleverly disguised in his human skin) offered me a cookie with some weird alien ingredient that caused temporary spontaneous weight gain.

I’m a pretty smart guy, so I put 2 and 2 together and figure it out. He gave me that cookie to fatten me up so he could EAT ME.

Fortunately, I was already safe in communist China when I finally got fat enough to meet his weight standards for consumption.

By the way, his wife Jess is an alien to. It’s pretty obvious once you get to know them really. Have you ever met a better looking, nicer couple? No way, because it’s all an act.

Look, I can go on and on and list names and crimes, but all you really need to know is almost every single speaker at No Excuses Summit, with the exception of myself and Ray Higdon Diane Hochman, are a very integral and active part of this cultic marketing cabal.

Most of them regularly participate in animal sacrifices, and in their spare time, they enjoy beating up small children.

It’s time for us to take a stand and expose these people for who they are.

Vote for me to speak at No Excuses Summit Here.

Thanks for your support!

Tim Erway

P.S. Now that I’ve had a little bit of fun…

There are a lot of great speakers on deck for No Excuses Summit III. Please go and vote for your favorites right here.

At first glance, “Who really cares?” Nobody.

It’s a silly little “button battle” between Facebook and Google…

At second glance, It’s a clear indication that the future of the Internet is going to be quite literally in your hands — your mobile phone!

Google has admitted that the mobile market is their number one priority these days.

That’s the whole point of the “+1″ button. You don’t need a keyboard to use it. It’s insanely mobile.

It will be the future of the “Internetz”

Here’s what I mean:

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Re: Will Google “+1″ Be Able To Catch Up With Facebook “Like”?

Wow, I thought I already commented on this post.

But it disappeared? Hmmm…

I’m definitely keeping an eye on this and I’m starting to see the Google “+1″ button on many of my favorite websites.

My two cents:

The way I see it is that it’s a sign that the web and the offline world are growing closer together. The Facebook “like” button was an early sign of that, as was the Twitter “retweet” button, and so on…

But with the power of Google behind the new +1 button I wouldn’t count it out from the get go, while it certainly wouldn’t be the first time that Google introduced a feature that failed to “catch on”, in my opinion it’s the next logical step in social search…

Maybe I think a little too far ahead for most people.

But I can see the day when everybody leaves comments on everything they see in the real world… every person they meet… every restaurant they go to… every store… every sale… every ad… in the real world through their cell phones with augmented reality technology…

You already see this with services like “FourSquare”. The “like” and “+1″ buttons make something like this instantaneous. If you don’t have “time” to comment…

You simply click “like” or “+1″. What’s easier?

If it isn’t already happening right now today then it will happen in the next few years.

There will be no difference between the offline world and the online one.

It will all be connected through mobile.

Not speaking “sci-fi” here. We have this technology in our pockets right now.

Maybe that’s the long way of saying “hell yeah! Google +1 will catch on”

But whether it does or doesn’t…

I promise you something similar will eventually catch on…

It’s only a matter of time.

When you’re sitting at Starbucks you’ll be “liking” or “plus oneing” that new triple chocolate mojo coffee you tried. When you buy a pair of shoes you will instantaneously tell your friends…

When you love, hate, or get ripped-off by a new product everybody in your social network will hear about it instantly through mobile. We already do it…

Just not quite as often or as fast as the “kids” will be doing it soon.

Simple new technology like the “like” or “+1″ are making it even easier to do…

No matter what happens or who wins the “Button Battle”…

You could quite literally say that the future of the Internet is going to be in your hands.

Web 4.0 is going to be mobile — mark my words.

My predictions may be dead on or I might be a false prophet…

In the end, it won’t matter if you master the fundamentals.

You see, human nature is the one thing that isn’t going to change with technology. If it ever changes at all it will only do so slowly. Over the course of centuries not months…

Your marketing and recruiting skills will always be there for you.

The principles of attraction marketing espoused in Magnetic Sponsoring will still be the guiding philosophy behind all effective marketing in 2013, 2021, and 2049.

You will either have applied what you’ve learned in it…

Or traded it for a handful of pulse grenades to fight our new robot overlords…

I for one welcome our new robot overlords…

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If This Post Made You Think Then Please Share It With Your Friends On Facebook. Thank You!

If you’re like most people then obviously, “Yes.”

You wonder why some people drive all crazy on the road. You wonder why some people wait in line all night to watch a blockbuster movie. You wonder why some people sit on their couch all day. You wonder why some people write out checklists for everything they do.

But what if you knew “why”? What if you could see into the hearts and minds of strangers?

What if you could see into their core? What if you could see the underlying patterns that make people do everything they do?

What if you could build rapport with anybody, anywhere, almost instantly?

That’s what Ryan Angelo’s new video is all about.

This video is about understanding your potential prospects and everybody you interact with in your daily life.

It will give you the tools that you need to build successful relationships and powerful partnerships in your business and in your personal life.

Don’t be deceived by the simplicity. It is simple, but incredibly complex.

This is extremely powerful “high level” stuff…

There’s nothing for sale in this video.

However, if you would like to learn more about Alpha Influence, you can read more about it on Ryan Angelo’s Alpha Influence training website here.

I’m going through this weekly training myself and I highly recommend that you go through this powerful training as well. I hope to see you in the members area.

If you enjoyed this free training with Ryan Angelo then please feel free to share this video with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. We would be delighted to share more training with you in the weeks ahead.

But what does that mean for building YOUR business in 2011? I’ll tell you what it means. It means you would have to be completely nuts not to take advantage of the Facebook Marketing “trend” while it’s still growing. Because, make no mistake, Facebook is where your prospects are hanging out every single day.

To that end, I’ve put together a series of totally free Facebook resources for you dig into if you’re interested in learning more about the giant blue devil itself.

Facebook Find #1 : Video: Plain (But Shocking) Facts About Facebook Itself

When you watch this video you will see exactly what I mean by “giant blue devil”. By now, you should know that Facebook is much more than a trend, it’s rapidly taking over our lives. (By the way, there’s NOTHING FOR SALE here. This video was created by Alex Trimpe, a student at the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) for class.)

Click Here To Watch This Video On Vimeo

While this video is short. I hope it serves as a “wake-up” call. Because Facebook is HOT right now. And that means that Facebook Marketing is HOT too. If you don’t have “gobs of time” to play around with Facebook Social Media Marketing then don’t forget that Facebook PPC Ads are still a crazy good way to get leads .  I wish I had something to sell you today, Maybe a step-by-step Facebook Marketing course for beginners and serious networkers looking to generate leads online. But I don’t.

Facebook Find #2 : Where To Find The “Press” Facts About Facebook Itself

Here’s another cool resource for Facebook Marketing fanatics like myself. It turns out that Facebook publicly posts their “press” statistics on this web page here for anybody who is curious enough to Google them. I was simply blown away the first time that I saw these statistics about Facebook. I had absolutely no idea how fast Facebook was taking over the world.

Facebook Find #3 : The “Secret” Facebook Developers Website

There’s another cool Facebook related website that most people do not talk about much. It’s the Facebook Developers site. If you visit the developers site you can “spy” on the Facebook marketing and branding tactics of some of the world’s biggest companies. We’re talking about CNN, TIME, IMDb, and the New York Times. It’s nothing “top secret” but it gives you a good idea of how big corporations are interfacing with Facebook on their websites. There’s also a bunch of forums for the technologically inclined. I’m amazed by what people are doing with Facebook these days.

Facebook Find #4 : This One Is Just For Fun Over The Weekend

Watched the Facebook movie, The Social Network, a couple weekends ago and it really blew me away. I highly recommend that you watch it too if you’re looking for a little bit of perspective on life, business, and what success really means in the end. It’s more of a drama than a documentary but “wow” is all I have to say.

If you already watched it, or want to leave some other resource suggestions, thoughts, or insights then I would like to invite you to leave a comment today. (If you would like to share this article with your friends on Facebook, that would be awesome too.)

Thank you. I hope to read your comments soon.

Editor,

We’re going to talk about what it is, why it’s important and 3 things you can start doing today to become a more powerful and influential leader.

So let’s dive in…

Leadership is one of those skills that’s especially challenging to teach, yet it’s a skill every single successful networker on the planet possesses.

If you’ve read Magnetic Sponsoring or been a subscriber for any period of time, you’ve likely heard Mike talk about the Alpha Networker™ concept before.

Here’s a quote directly from Magnetic Sponsoring:

“Belief always comes before results.

Belief leads to certain actions and behaviors. Those actions and behaviors are going to be awkward in the beginning, but given dedication, time and affirmation, those actions and behaviors will turn you into the type of person you need to be in order to generate the results you seek.

Your goal in the network marketing industry is to become what I call an “Alpha Networker™.”

An example of an Alpha would be a successful upline leader living in a mind-state of abundance, and who is pursued and followed by others.”

This is found in the beginning pages of Magnetic Sponsoring before any discussion of marketing. In fact, the entire first chapter is dedicated to “mindset” and “leadership.”

The reason is simple…

Leadership is THE single most important skill every networker MUST master.

Only leaders can command respect, gain recognition and influence people.

Only leaders have the ability to get others to “buy in” to their vision and help them reach their goals.

Only leaders have the drive, ambition and perseverance required to reach the highest levels of success in this industry.

And only leaders truly understand what motivates and drives people to take action and how to create win/win situations that guarantee success.

Now I want to clear up a common misconception about Leadership, and what it really means. It can be best summed up in a question Mike and I have been asked on many occasions:

“How can I brand myself and position myself as a leader when I don’t have any results yet?”

Here’s the answer…

Leadership is a state of mind more than anything else.

I’m sure you’ve probably met someone before and thought to yourself, “This person is a natural born leader.”

A “natural born” leader is simply someone who’s state of being and interacting with the world comes from a place of self-assurance and conviction.

They posses a certain strength of character and the natural ability to get people aligned with their vision.

Many factors play a role in this person’s natural ability to lead, including their environment, culture, social conditioning, education and their inherent personality traits.

Unfortunately, not all of us are “natural born leaders.”

I know I wasn’t.

My upbringing was pretty rough, and I didn’t really have a lot going for me early on in life.

I lived in low-income housing surrounded by drugs and crime. I was bullied and picked on. I got horrible grades and eventually ended up dropping out of school.

As a result of my conditioning and environment, I was timid, unsure of myself and extremely awkward in social situations… to the point of being almost reclusive.

But fortunately, leadership, like any skill, is something that can be practiced, learned and even mastered by just about anyone.

In my journey from “Beta” to “Alpha”, I discovered some common traits that every leader in this industry shares. They are:

1.     The Leadership Mindset

2.     Increasing And Giving Value

3.     Mastery of Networking

The Leadership Mindset

We all carry around baggage from our past. This baggage consists of limiting beliefs and stories that serve no purpose other than to hinder our growth.

The leaders path is to uncover these limiting beliefs and replace them with new beliefs that will serve us in our journey towards self-growth and mastery.

And this journey of self-improvement never ends.

It has been my experience that the more I challenge myself, the more I step outside of my comfort zone, the more “leaps of faith” I take…

The more I grow personally and the more powerful of a leader I become.

Alpha Networkers™ know their “outer game” and the results they get will always be a direct reflection of their “inner game.”

They constantly strive to hone their leadership skills by mastering their “inner game” and overcoming limiting thoughts and beliefs.

Increasing And Giving Value

The second thing we can do to grow as leaders is to focus on increasing our personal value by acquiring new skills.

I recently had the opportunity to speak at an event, and on one of the very first slides, I had the following quote from Albert Einstein.

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
- Albert Einstein

I love this quote because it perfectly conveys one of the most powerful universal truths, which is this:

Your level of success will ALWAYS be proportionate to the amount of value you have to give to the world.

That’s why true leaders, true Alphas, are so passionate about learning and growing.

They understand the importance of education and why it’s so crucial to continue learning, growing and improving because the more they grow, the more value they have to give.

Mastery of Networking

The third thing you can do to increase your leadership skills is surround yourself with other leaders who inspire and uplift you.

When you surround yourself with successful leaders, you will in turn grow as a leader.

This is a well-known principle by Alpha Networkers™. It’s why they join or create masterminds, attend events and network with other leaders.

The journey to the top of the mountain is never a lonely one.

Every successful person in the world has had the help of other leaders. They’ve had mentors, coaches and team members who’ve helped them climb to the top.

As I said before, I was very shy, timid and lacked the confidence required to approach and meet people. This was my biggest challenge and until I overcame it, my success was limited.

Today I’m very fortunate to have some of the top internet marketers in the world as friends. If I have a question or need help, I can simply reach out to my network and ask.

Alpha Networkers™ do everything they can to expand their network and create powerful alliances with other influential, successful people.

They know the surefire path to achieving their goals is to find and connect with people who’ve already gotten the results they want.

So these are the 3 characteristics EVERY single 7-Figure networker in this industry shares.

Those who excel in this industry practice these important leadership principles, those who are struggling or failing ignore them.

That’s the bottom line, and it’s why “Leadership” is going to be the main theme this month.

Beginning next week, my good friend Ryan Angelo will be sharing some eye-opening videos with you that will reveal how you can become a more powerful, persuasive and influential leader.

Ryan has a unique ability to quickly infiltrate networks and connect with power-players. It’s due to this gift he’s been able to create alliances and friendships with some of the most successful leaders in our industry in a very short amount of time.

Some of these people include…

• Mike Dillard
• Jonathan Budd
• Ann Seig
• Mark Hoverson
• Katie Freiling
• Brian Fanale
• Norbert Orlewicz
• And of course, yours truly.

I Need Your Help!

IF you’re a leader or developing yourself into a leader… Tell me your thoughts on leadership.

Is it really important?  Or can people succeed without it?

Also, what questions do you have about…

Finding and attracting leaders to your business? How to network with and build friendships with successful people? Overcoming fears, beliefs or any other obstacle that you feel is holding you back?

Thank YOU for YOUR leadership!

Tim Erway

If you were among the over 100,000 people who got the email from Mike a couple of weeks ago, essentially saying “I quit Magnetic Sponsoring” – and you’re wondering what the heck it means…

Or…

If you’re simply curious about the future of Magnetic Sponsoring and some of the changes coming down the line, then you’ll want to read on…

Here’s what we’re going to cover:

• Mike Dillard’s “shocking” announcement to step down as CEO of Magnetic Sponsoring, and what it really means
• How Magnetic Sponsoring will positively and directly impact the lives of 100,000 entrepreneurs (and millions of others indirectly) over the next 2 years
• And finally… How we’re going to help you get your share of the $4,000,000 in affiliate commissions we’re planning on paying out in 2011.

So let’s dive right in and address the big elephant in the room…

Mike Dillard’s Shocking Announcement To Step Down As CEO, And What It Really Means

“So is Mike done with the industry?”

“What does this mean for Magnetic Sponsoring?”

“Who the heck is this Tim Erway guy?”

All of these are great questions we’ve seen come in from customers and subscribers over the past couple of weeks.

So let’s hit on each one in turn.

Q: Is Mike DONE with network marketing?

A: No, he simply shifted his primary focus to pursue something he’s more passionate about.

When I met Mike back in 2005, he was on fire and totally in love with this industry.

I remember our very first meeting like it was yesterday…

Mike came across an interview of me in an industry magazine and being the bold, fearless guy he is, he picked up the phone and called me.

When I returned his call the next day, I was half expecting he’d try and recruit me into some MLM deal, as had happened many times before.

What I didn’t expect was that he would use the very principles he’d later publish in Magnetic Sponsoring to quickly win me over as a friend and ally.

Mike’s passion is contagious, and his ability to influence people is unmatched by anyone I have ever met.

When I finally read the first edition of Magnetic Sponsoring, I knew this book would forever change the lives of thousands of struggling networkers around the world.

But there was NO WAY to predict just how far reaching Mike’s simple message would be.

Today, Mike is just as passionate about learning and teaching people how to create real and lasting wealth as he was about network marketing when I met him, and he had no choice but to follow his heart and pursue his passion.

If you were hoping for a really juicy scandalous story, well I’m sorry to disappoint.

Q: How Will This Affect Magnetic Sponsoring?

A: Mike is still a partner in Magnetic Sponsoring, and will continue to add value to in the best way he knows how.

You see, Mike is one of those rare individuals who can give 90% of his value in 10% of his time, and my team and I will continue to leverage his strengths as a visionary, master networker and a leader.

His contribution to this industry already impacted the lives of tens of thousands of struggling networkers, and his legacy will live on regardless of whether or not he’s continues to be the sole voice and face of the company.

As of today, nearly 100,000 people have read the Magnetic Sponsoring course.

Tens of thousands of people have for the first time ever, made money in network marketing.

Thousands have replaced their full-time jobs with their network marketing incomes.

Hundreds of people have reached the 6-figure level in their businesses.

Dozens of new leaders and trainers have appeared who have mastered “attraction marketing” and hit the 7-figure mark in this industry.

And all of this started with one little book called Magnetic Sponsoring.

The ripples from this little pebble have spanned the globe, directly impacting thousands and indirectly, millions of lives.

And here’s the best part…

We’re JUST getting started baby!

In fact, our goal is to reach 2x the number of people in the next 24 months as we have in the last 5 years.

This is a goal Mike and I set together, and you can be sure that even though he’s no longer involved in the day-to-day operations, he’s still very much a part of Magnetic Sponsoring.

Q: So Who The Heck Is This Tim Erway Guy?

A: Well, I like to think of myself as “the guy behind the guy.”

In the last 7 years, I’ve had 3 companies that have sold millions of dollars worth of software, courses, services and consulting, all primarily on the internet.

In 2005, I partnered up with a guy by the name of Tom Bell and together we approached Mike with the idea of doing a joint venture. And that’s when our breakthrough best-selling course “The MLM Traffic Formula” was born.

Over the next couple of years, Mike and I kept in close contact and our friendship and mutual respect for each other continued to grow.

When Mike approached me in 2007 and asked if I’d consider becoming a partner in his company, it just seemed like a natural progression of our already close working relationship, and in less than a month I wrapped up my other business dealings and was totally on board with Magnetic Sponsoring.

It was an exciting period of growth for us. In fact, the year we joined forces Magnetic Sponsoring went from 1 million in sales to over 4 million in sales the very next year, and we’ve been growing ever since.

Like Mike, I’m a firm believer in education, and I personally invest more time and money in my education than anyone I know, except maybe Mike.

In addition to the business coach Mike and I share, I also have a relationship coach, I belong to 2 mastermind groups, and I’m a member of an international group of entrepreneurs called the Entrepreneurs Organization.

For fun, I enjoy learning and assist teaching a martial art called Aikido. I make the hour-long trip to and from my dojo 2 to 3 nights a week, and have been a student for going on 7 years. For me, Aikido is more than just a hobby; it’s a way of life.

I believe that education is the best investment you can make and the only way to increase your personal value, and your wealth will always be proportionate to the amount of value you can offer to the world.

Finally, I’m a father of 4 awesome kids, and I hope they will one day understand that the secret of living an extraordinary and happy life is to always continue learning, growing and improving in all areas of life.

Now that you know who I am, I want to take a minute and talk about some of the big changes for Magnetic Sponsoring, and where our major focus will be concentrated in the coming weeks, months and years.

We’ll start with…

Our Social Mission

By December 31^st, 2012, We Will…

Help 100,000 People Make Their First Hundred Dollars In Their Own Business

Help 10,000 People Fire Their Bosses

Help 1,000 People Make Six Figures In Their Own Business

Create 100 New Millionaires

Thanks to our affiliates and customers getting the word out about Magnetic Sponsoring and the philosophy of attraction marketing, we are well on our way to making this happen already.

And the “secret sauce” behind our success hinges around this simple universal truth…

The more people we can educate and empower, the more people they will be able to help, and the more success we will all be able to enjoy.

This is where we strive to make the biggest impact, and the way we do that is by teaching the two most important success skills:

Leadership and marketing.

The more leaders we can create who know how to market successfully online, the more people we will be able to reach and empower.

And here’s how we plan on doing that…

1. Beefing Up What Is Already THE Best Affiliate Program In Our Industry
2. Introducing The Magnetic Sponsoring Success Formula
3. The Leaders Library And Elite Partnership Program

1. Beefing Up The Magnetic Sponsoring Affiliate Program

With over 2 million in commissions paid out last year alone, we are ramping up to DOUBLE that in 2011.

Remember our Social Mission?

Well a big part of reaching our goal to impact the lives of 100,000 networkers over the next 2 years is going to be you, our affiliates.

And we’re going to compensate you very well to help us make it happen.

That’s right…

By sharing Magnetic Sponsoring with others, you’re not only providing people with the best possible chance of success in this industry, but you’re also getting paid a nice bounty for it!

It’s WIN/WIN.

And here’s an interesting fact that you may not know about the Magnetic Sponsoring Affiliate Program.

Some of our affiliates actually make more money with our affiliate program than they do in their primary network marketing opportunity!

It’s true, and that’s because these savvy affiliates understand that many of their prospects are already involved with an opportunity, and they simply refer them to Magnetic Sponsoring (or one of our other products) via their affiliate link.

And we LOVE to send them checks for doing it.

Now, here’s what we have planned for what is ALREADY the best affiliate program in our industry…

• More training and support
• More contests
• More recognition
• More rewards

As you may have heard, there’s a new affiliate manager in town. His name is Dan Ondiege, and he started out as a customer and affiliate of ours.

For the last year, he’s been helping me manage marketing campaigns for MS, and on the side, he also happens to run a successful affiliate marketing business.

And who better to manage our affiliate program than someone who “gets” affiliate marketing and has a track record of success?

If you’re an affiliate, you’ll soon be getting an email from Dan with more details about what’s in store for the Magnetic Sponsoring Affiliate Program.

Now let’s move along to the next big focus…

2. The Magnetic Sponsoring Success Formula

With a combined 20 years of internet and network marketing experience under our belts, and after working with thousands of students from around the world, Mike and I have identified a core set of skills required to reach the highest levels of success in this industry.

We call it “The Magnetic Sponsoring Success Formula.”

And it consists of 4 core areas, or skills that every successful online network marketer must be proficient in:

1. Leadership
2. Traffic Generation
3. Conversion
4. Monetization

And because we’re in an industry where “change” is the only constant, we added a 5th piece to the formula.

5. Continuing education

Each of our products was created to help network marketers in one of these areas, and you will soon see each coded accordingly.

The goal is to provide a complete system that will allow network marketers to work towards proficiency, and eventually mastery in all areas.

And of course, the foundation for that education begins with the Magnetic Sponsoring course. As Mike has said many times before, this is REQUIRED for anyone who wants to be successful in this industry with attraction marketing. Period.

Magnetic Sponsoring provides the necessary “mental shift” from a WIIFM (what’s in it for me) to a WIIFY (what’s in it for you) mindset. This shift is required for everyone who wants to be successful with attraction marketing.

It’s a philosophy of “pull” vs. “push” marketing, and when this is truly understood and put into practice… well, the results speak for themselves.

As we’ve both said before, Mike and I attribute our success to two primary things. Investing in our education and our ability to implement what we learn.

In fact, we invest more than $300,000 per year in our education. Now obviously there’s no way most people can afford to get access to that kind of education… or is there?

Keep reading, the answer might surprise you!

3. The Leaders Library & The Elite Publishing Partnership Program

Earlier this year, we packaged up our entire library of products and made it available to a select few leaders at a steep discount.

We call it “The Leaders Library” and in this big box, we include every single one of our products, even several we no longer offer for sale anywhere else.

The Leaders Library is the most COMPLETE education available in this industry, and it was created to provide an opportunity for serious business builders to master all the skills required to get massive results in minimal time.

This collection of training is how you can leverage OPK (other people’s knowledge), and get access to the biggest breakthroughs and takeaways of the most successful leaders in our industry.

In essence, you can get the same education Mike and I spent HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON, for much less than we had to invest.

And to make this opportunity even more potent and powerful, we offered it together with…

The Magnetic Sponsoring Elite Partnership Program

This is a “supercharged” version of the Magnetic Sponsoring Affiliate Program, and just about every one of our most successful students and affiliates is an Elite Partner.

Here’s a list of just a few of the names you might recognize:

• Jonathan Budd
• Daegan Smith
• Jim Yaghi
• Ferny Ceballos & Raymond Fong
• Katie Freiling
• Lena Bjorna
• Jay Kubassek
• Brian Fanale & Norbert Orlewicz
• Khai Ng
• And many more 5, 6 and 7-figure earners.

All of these guys and gals enjoy Elite Partnership Status and the benefits that go along with it such as:

• Increased affiliate commissions
• Co-branding of many of our most popular products
• Increased affiliate functionality
• And invitations to attend exclusive “Elite Partner VIP Events.”

In 2011, we’re going to be shifting much of our focus to working more closely with our Elite Partners, as we’ve found our biggest success stories have come from these leaders.

This is also one of the few areas where Mike will continue to play an active role in Magnetic Sponsoring.

Until recently, this was a “by invitation only” program, but we just opened it up for a limited time to our best customers and affiliates.

If you’d like to learn more about the Elite Partnership Program and find out if you qualify, click here. (For the password, simply enter your primary email address)

In closing…

I’m excited about the future of this industry, and the role we’re going to play in helping our customers, affiliates and Elite Partners reach new levels of success in their businesses.

Once again, I believe the best way for us to reach our goals, is by helping you achieve yours.

And the way we can help you reach your goals, is to arm you with the education and tools you need to go out and dominate in this industry.

Right now, you have an incredible opportunity that neither Mike nor I had when we got started.

You can get access to our entire library of the most cutting-edge training and education available in this industry for just a small fraction of the price that we had to pay.

If you’re looking for the “short-cut” to success in network marketing, and you think you have what it takes to partner with us, and gain instant “Elite Status”, you’ll want to click here right now. (Enter your primary email address for the password).

Always remember, one small decision you make today can forever change your life and create a “ripple effect” that could touch the lives of hundreds, thousands or even millions of people.

I hope to be able to add YOUR success story to the Magnetic Sponsoring Wall Of Fame very soon.

Sincerely,

Tim Erway

The Magnetic Sponsoring Wall of Fame

What you’re looking at is a small selection from the thousands of testimonials we’ve gotten over the years from people just like you.

That’s right, we have an entire wall at both our Texas and Florida offices filled with testimonials from our most successful students.

Pretty cool huh?

These are students of Magnetic Sponsoring who’ve made the decision to invest in themselves and their businesses.

Many of them have fired their bosses…

Dozens have hit 6-figures in their businesses…

And a handful of the testimonials are from students who’ve made 7-figures in this industry.

They’ve all worked hard to build their businesses, and they’ve reached new levels of success because they took action and applied what they’ve learned.

They deserve special recognition because they are leaders and they’ve proven time and again that success breeds success.

And to that end, we created the Magnetic Sponsoring Wall of Fame.

The purpose of this wall is to recognize their hard work and to serve as daily reminders to all of us here at Magnetic Sponsoring why we get up every day and do what we do.

The students on this wall are the reason why we work so hard to bring sanity to an industry that is plagued by misery and failure.

And it’s the purpose behind our new Social Mission:

Help 100,000 People Make Their First Hundred Dollars In Their Own Business
Help 10,000 People Fire Their Bosses
Help 1,000 People Make Six Figures In Their Own Business
Create 100 New Millionaires

Our mission is meaningful because it’s all about empowering YOU to reach new levels of success, and to share our simple message with struggling home business owners around the world.

Our message is this…

There is a better way to build a successful network marketing business.

It can work for you…and the proof, as they say, is in the pudding.

The proof is in the RESULTS of our most celebrated students, because at the end of the day, only results matter.

If you’re reading this post, and you are still struggling to build your home business…

I want you to stop doing what you’re doing right now, and take a minute to look at the picture above.

I want you to imagine all of us here at the Magnetic Sponsoring office celebrating your success, cheering as we add YOUR success story to our Wall of Fame…

Just as we’ve done for all the other leaders you see on that wall.

There is nothing more motivating, more inspiring or more gratifying for our team than sharing in the success of our students.

Now it’s YOUR turn…

I want to challenge you today to set a goal to get your name and story on the Magnetic Sponsoring Wall of Fame so we can celebrate your success together.

Go ahead and grab a pen right now and get ready to write your goal down, by hand, on a piece of paper.

IMPORTANT: Make your goal very specific and include the date. Write it in the present tense, as if you’ve already achieved your goal.

Today is _____, _______, and I’m sending in my success story to the Magnetic Sponsoring team because I’ve reached my goal of _________.

Post this on your wall where you will see it often, and at least twice daily, read this goal aloud and allow yourself to “feel” the sense of accomplishment as you visualize yourself (and all of us) celebrating your success.

There is great power in setting goals in this manner. Don’t ask me how it works, because I honestly don’t know… I just know it’s worked for some of the most successful people in the world, and it has worked for me.

Today I want to challenge you to set your goal, create your plan for achieving that goal, and work it daily.

Do this and I promise… your results will amaze you.

To YOUR success,

Tim Erway
CEO & Partner
Magnetic Sponsoring, LLC

P.S. Let us know what you think about our Social Mission by commenting below. And if you like this post, please share it on FaceBook and Twitter.

Last week, I took a little survey and asked if you’d like to hear about some of my economic insights and resources, in addition to the usual marketing strategies.

This wasn’t an easy decision, because I’m probably breaking every rule in the book right now when it comes to marketing…

Well at least every rule but one, which is the rule I’ve built my entire business upon… “Be willing to give without want, and you will get”.

And the bottom line is that you voted 8 to 1 in favor of getting this information, so I’m here to deliver for you today…

Now before we begin, I have a favor to ask of you…

If you haven’t taken a moment to reflect on what’s happening in Haiti and make a charitable donation, please stop and do that now through the Red Cross. (Thank you!)

Alright, On To The Economy…

So as I mentioned last week, I’ve been a voracious student of what’s been going on financially since the beginning of 2008, which gave me a few months of “heads-up” time before the crash of Lehman Brothers on Sept 15th, 2008.

For the last two years, I’ve literally spent 95% of my free time reading and researching what’s happening, and why its happening, in order to position myself to prosper in the future.

Make no mistake, this economic event is NOT over. Not by a long shot…

What we’ve witnessed over the last two years is nothing more than an incredibly desperate attempt by the government and Wall Street, to protect the “status-quo”… To keep the fantasy going as long as they can.

As sure as 1+2 = 3, it is a mathematical fact that the economic world we’ve become accustomed to will come to an end. (Sooner, rather than later).

That day may come next week, next year, or in the next 10 years. My friends and I don’t know when the music will stop, only that it will.

And when it does, two groups of people will be created… The extremely wealthy, and the extremely poor. The comfortable, and the uncomfortable. There will be no middle ground.

But This Post Isn’t About Doom And Gloom.

It’s about prosperity and opportunity.

I’m not hiding in a cave, or building a bomb shelter.

I couldn’t be more excited about this economic upheaval, because times of great change, are times of great opportunity.

In fact, I’m working more than ever on my business, and I’m spending more money than ever on its future. I’m buying courses, going to seminars, and for the last 6 months, I’ve been spending $25,000 PER MONTH for business growth coaching.

The training we have in development will set a new bar for excellence and value in this industry, (Think “Alpha Networker”), and I just finished consulting on a completely new marketing system for my primary opportunity, that will usher in a new level of growth and success.

So as you can see, I am focused on BIG growth, but I am also diligent and attentive, because times of change like this are times of opportunity for those who are prepared to take advantage of it.

And in a strange way, this post is self-serving for me, as it allows me to alleviate myself of any guilt or pity that may result from watching my friends or family suffer the consequences of this tidal wave of economic change.

From This Moment Forward, “You Can’t Say That I Didn’t Tell You.”

Now the responsibility rests 100% on your shoulders, and I will not take pity on those who did not act on it out of laziness, and who missed this opportunity because of it.

After being exposed to the information below, I vowed to be on this winning side of this change, which has prompted my tire-less study of financial history since.

You get to choose which side YOU end up on, should you take that responsibility into your own hands. If you’re lazy and do not choose, history will place you on the losing team by default.

So in this post, I’m going to bring you up to speed,  and share some of what my prove to be, the most valuable information you’ve ever received…

- Mike

This Journey Began Two Years Ago, (and has been quite profitable), Thanks To The Following…

1: Robert Kiyosaki’s book, “Rich Dad’s Prophecy“. Written in 2002 (!!!), Robert basically called the collapse of 2008, six years before they happened.

This book will give you an excellent bird’s-eye-view of what’s happened, why it happened, and what’s still to come. (And yes, there’s still much ahead in the coming years). This is the book that “woke me up” to what was about to happen, and spurred me into massive action.

2: My good friend and financial mentor, Kip Herriage from the www.VRALetter.com. Kip’s stock portfolio has finished up 100%+ annually for the last 8 years, which is insane. The guy is ridiculously good when it comes to the market, and calling critical market changes days before they happen.

3: Through Kip and Robert, I became very good friends with Michael Maloney, author of Rich Dad’s “Guide to Investing In Gold and Silver”

Michael’s book came out about two years ago, and it’s AN AWESOME, easy to read piece that will teach you the history of money, fiat currencies, precious metals, and the Federal Reserve.

As Robert would say, “Once you understand history, you can accurately predict the future”. Michael’s book will teach you the history in a quick, fun, and easy-to-read manner, so you can see the future.

I visit Michael’s site, www.GoldSilver.com several times a day to comb through the news articles on the home page.

I gave the head of every household in our family a copy of this book for Christmas, so he could take responsibility for his family’s future. (Ironically, not a single one of them has found the time to read it yet).

4: www.BusinessInsider.com. This is the best news site in the world as far as I’m concerned, and the only one I read.

5: Finally, I just found these videos through a friend last week. The information wasn’t new to me, but I think it’s a GREAT resource if you’re brand new to what’s going on. http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse

By the time you watch the entire free video series, you’ll know more about what’s happening, why, and what’s to come in the future, than 99.99% of the world.

So there’s a great “getting started” list for you.

For the most part, they all say the same thing, because as I mentioned before, the outcome of today’s economic events are inevitable. Anyone seeking the truth, looks at the same events, the same numbers, and sees the same future.

It’s not too late, but the clock is about an hour from midnight. Arming yourself with this knowledge today, will ensure a prosperous and profitable tomorrow.

To your future,

Mike Dillard

P.S. Please leave your thoughts below, and Re-Tweet if you’d like to share this message with others…

Well here it is! 1.5 hours of solid content, answering your biggest questions. There’s some REAL wisdom in here folks, so I really hope you enjoy it. And once again, THANK YOU, for your continued support!

Mike

P.S. The GotoMeeting Software suddenly dropped over 600 viewers an hour into the presentation. Thankfully we were able to get it back up and running, and finish up the second half! Enjoy!

P.P.S Please comment and let me know what your favorite part was… What lesson stood out most?

What was once the shining beacon of hope, leadership, and freedom around the world, is fast becoming a wasteland divided – with looters on one side, and the sheeple who willingly trade-in their pride, their dreams, and their honor as men – in exchange for hand-outs like social security, unemployment, and food stamps, referred to as “benefits” by the looters.

The Land of the Free, and the Home of The Brave, has become the “Land of the Slaves and Home of The Victims”.

I see this every day, as pleads for deals and freebies flood my inbox from moochers who name every excuse under the sun, as to why I should give my knowledge and my expertise to them from free, because “I owe them”, just like the government owes them, their boss owes them, and their spouse owes them.

They blame money, and those who have it, for the problems of the world. They call money the root of all evil.

Is that the case?

Well today I’d like to share with you some of the most profound words I’ve ever experienced, which will stay with me for the rest of my life. If we’re to hold onto the freedom, the ideas, and values they stand for, they represent the last great hope for our country, and our shrinking world…

And as for you… How you feel about the following story will determine your financial fate, and your life.

Page 410 – “Atlas Shrugged”

“Standing unnoticed on the edge of a group, Rearden heard a woman, who had large diamond earrings and a flabby, nervous face, ask tensely, “Senior d’Anconia, what do you think is going to happen to the world?”

“Just exactly what it deserves.”

“Oh how cruel!”

Don’t you believe in the operation of moral law, madame?” Francisco asked gravely.

“I do.”

Rearden heard Bertram Scudder, outside the group, say to a girl who made some sound of indignation, “Don’t let him distrub you. You know, money is the root of all evil – and he’s the typical product of money.”

Rearden did not think that Francisco could have heard it, but he saw Francisco turning to them with a gravely courteous smile.

“So you think that money is the root of all evil? Said Francisco d’ Anconia.

Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them.

Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade, and give value for value.

Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is that what you consider evil?

When you accept money in payment for your effort, you do so only on the conviction that you will exchange it for the product of the effort of others. It is not the moochers or the looters who give value to money. Not an ocean of tears nor all the guns in the world can transform those pieces of paper in your wallet into bread you will need to survive tomorrow.

Those pieces of paper, which should have been gold, are a token of honor – your claim upon the energy of the men who produce. Your wallet is your statement of hope that somewhere in the world around you there are men who will not default on that moral principle which is the root of money. Is that what you consider evil?

Have you ever looked for the root of production? Take a look at an electric generator and dare tell yourself that it was created by the muscular effort of unthinking brutes. Try to grow a seed of wheat without the knowledge left to you by men who had to discover it for the first time.

Try to obtain your food by means of nothing but physical motions and you’ll learn that man’s mind is the root of all the goods produced and of all the wealth that has ever existed on earth.

But you say that money is made by the strong at the expense of the weak? What strength do you mean? It is not the strength of guns or muscles. Wealth is the product of a man’s capacity to think. Then is money made by the man who invents a motor at the expense of those who did not invent it?

Is money made by the intelligent at the expense of the fools? By the able at the expense of the incompetent? By the ambitious at the expense of the lazy? Money is made – before it can be looted or mooched – made by the effort of every honest man, each to the extent of his ability.

An honest man is the one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.

To trade by means of money is the code of men of good will. Money rests on the axiom that every man is the owner of his mind and his effort. Money allows no power to prescribe the value of your effort except the voluntary choice of the man who is willing to trade you his effort in return. Money permits you to obtain for your goods and your labor that which they are worth to the men who buy them, but no more.

Money permits no deals except those to mutual benefit by the unforced judgment of the traders. Money demands of you the recognition that men must work for their own benefit, not for their own injury, for their gain, not their loss – the recognition that they are not beats of burden, born to carry the weight of your misery – that you must offer them values, not wounds – that the common bond among men is not the exchange of suffering, but the exchange of goods.

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men’s stupidity, but your talent to their reason; it demands that you buy, not the shoddiest they offer, but the best that your money can find.

And when men live by trade – with reason, not force, as their final arbiter- it is the best product that wins, the best performance, the man of best judgment and highest ability – and the degree of a man’s productiveness is the degree of his reward.

This is the code of existence whose tool and symbol is money. Is that what you consider evil? But money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

It will give you the means for satisfaction of your desires, but it will not provide you with desires. Money is the scourge of men who attempt to reverse the law of causality – the men who seek to replace the mind by seizing the products of the mind.

Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants: money will not give him a code of values, if he’s evaded the knowledge of what to value, and it will not provide him with a purpose, if he’s evaded the choice of what to seek. Money will not buy intelligence for the fool, or admiration for the coward, or respect for the incompetent.

The man who attempts to purchase the brains of his superiors to serve him, with his money replacing his judgment, ends up by becoming the victim of his inferiors.

The men of intelligence desert him, but the cheats and the frauds come flocking to him, drawn by a law which he has not discovered: that no man may be smaller than his money. Is this the reason why you call it evil?

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth – the man who would make his own fortune no matter where he started. If an heir is equal to his money, it serves him; if not, it destroys him. But you look on and you cry that money corrupted him.

Did it?

Or did he corrupt his money?

Do not envy a worthless heir; his wealth is not yours and you would have done no better with it. Do not think that it should have been distributed among you; loading the world with fifty parasites instead of one, would not bring back the dead virtue which was the fortune. Money is a living power that dies without its root. Money will not serve the mind that cannot match it. Is this the reason you call it evil?

Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life.

If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men’s vices or men’s stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment’s or a penny’s worth of joy.

Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you’ll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?

Money will always remain an effect and refuse to replace you as the cause. Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices. Money will not give you the unearned, neither in matter nor in spirit. Is this the root of your hatred of money?

Or did you say that it’s the love of money that’s the root of all evil?

To love a thing is to know and love its nature. To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the effort of the best among men. It’s the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is the loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money – and he has good reason to hate it.

The lovers of money are willing to work for it. They know they are able to deserve it.

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it. Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil.

That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another – their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun.

But money demands of you the highest virtues, if you wish to make it or keep it. Men who have no courage, pride, or self-esteem, men who have no moral sense of their right to their money and are not willing to defend it as they defend their life, men who apologize for being rich – will not remain rich for long.

They are the natural bait for the swarms of looters that stay under rocks for centuries, but come crawling out at the first smell of a man who begs to be forgiven for the guilt of owning wealth. They will hasten to relieve him of the guilt – and his life, as he deserves.

Then you will see the rise of the men of the double standard – the men who live by force, yet count on those who live by trade to create the value of their looted money – the men who are the hitchhikers of virtue. In a moral society, these are the criminals, and the statues are written to protect you against them.

But when a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law – men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims – then money becomes its creator’ avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they’ve passed a law to disarm them.

But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket. And then that society vanishes, in a spread of ruins and slaughter.

Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money.

Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you – when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – you may know that your society is doomed.

Money is so noble a medium that it does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half loot.

Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men’s protection and the base of a moral existence. Destroyers seize gold and leave it to its owners in a counterfeit pile of paper. This kills all objective standards and delivers men into the arbitrary power of an arbitrary setter of values.

Gold was an objective value, an equivalent of wealth produced. Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it.

Paper is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims. Watch for the day when it bounces, marked: Account overdrawn.

When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, ‘who is destroying the world?’ You are.

You stand in the midst of the greatest achievements of the greatest productive civilization and you wonder why it’s crumbling around you, while you’re damning its life-blood – money.

You look upon money as the savages did before you, and you wonder why the jungle is creeping back to the edge of your cities. Throughout men’s history, money was always seized by looters of one brand or another, whose names changed, but whose method remained the same: to seize wealth by force and to keep the producers bound, demeaned, defamed, deprived of honor.

That phrase about the evil of money, which you mouth with such righteous recklessness, comes from a time when wealth was produced by the labor of slaves – slaves who repeated the motions once discovered by somebody’s mind and left unimproved for centuries.

So long as production was ruled by force, and wealth was obtained by conquest, there was little con conquer. Yet through all the centuries of stagnation and starvation, men exalted the looters, as aristocrats of the sword, as aristocrats of birth, as aristocrats of the bureau, and despised the producers, as slaves, as traders, as shopkeepers – as industrialists.

To the glory of mankind, there was, for the first and only time in history, a country of money – and I have no higher, more reverent tribute to pay to America, for this means: a country of reason, justice, freedom, production, achievement.

For the first time, man’s mind and money were set free, and there were no fortunes-by-conquest, but only fortunes-by-work, and instead of swordsmen and slaves, there appeared the real maker of wealth, the greatest worker, the highest type of human being – the self-made man – the American Industrialist.

Until you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction.

When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips, and guns – or dollars.

Take your choice – there is no other – and your time is running out.”

Ayn Rand – “Atlas Shrugged” : Pg 410

My fellow entrepreneurs…

We are the producers.

We are the blood of our nation.

We are the noblest representation of man-kind in the world.

This is the value I offer to you and the world, which you will buy not because you must – but because it will improve your life.

To our future…

Mike Dillard

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