It's An Addiction by Walt Barrett

   I  had a phone conference this morning with Susan Blair our national and international sales manager.  One of the topics that we discussed is that there are literally millions of people on the Internet who spend endless time reading about  making extra money on the Internet with some kind of a business.  The numbers are staggering and we can tell by our own experience that only a small fraction of these people ever really follow through in spite of the fact that we bend over backwards to make the process as inexpensive and as simple as possible.  Many of these people have written to us several times over the past years and still have not made a move towards starting even a part time business.  We have visions of them sitting around and talking about it, but never going any further.  I have been marketing products for easily fifty-five years and I can tell you that it has always been that way in my lifetime.  Many people only dream of  a business, but never get off the dime.  Sometimes I think that is why it is called "The American Dream"!
   Now here in Rhode Island where I have lived for most of my life I can show you examples of other people many of  whom came here as immigrants with virtually no money in their pockets and started little cottage type industries, became multimillionaires over the years and retired.  The difference is that they had a plan when they came here and they stuck to it. No matter what it took - they did it!  What they didn't do is they didn't sit around all day talking and dreaming about it and there wasn't any Internet to browse endlessly all day either.  All I'm saying is pick a widely in demand proven product, or service, make a business plan, start small, give the best quality and service, then move forward and don't look back!   There will be bumps along the way and  the business will change in many ways as you grow so be prepared for that.  Keep your expenses down, your work ethic up,  and remember my famous saying that "Overhead is the monster that eats businesses" so take it easy on the expenses


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