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Build Your Bridge to Bigg Success

bridgeWe have a number of friends who still have a tie to our community. So every year at the holidays, they wander back this way. Visiting with them is one of our greatest joys.

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georgeI met my good friend, Paul, for a cup of coffee. Paul and I met through our local chapter of the Jaycees. I always come away inspired when I get to chat with Paul.

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marylynnGeorge came home and told me about a fantastic program that his friend is working with in his area, Bridges out of Poverty.

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We found so many things he said about the program interesting. The most significant one is the term “bridges” because we’ve been thinking about bridges a lot recently.

Getting from where you are to where you want to be
Picture yourself standing on the edge of a cliff. Way down beneath you, you can see a bigg river.  Thousands of feet away, you can see the other side. You can see that it is a beautiful place, a place you dream of being.

But how do you span the vast expanse between where you are and your dream place?

You build a bridge!

4 types of bridges

  • Education – You may need a different degree or some professional certification.
  • Current job – Perhaps your current job affords you time to start a business part-time.
  • Severance package – With the money you got from a former employer, you may be able to start a business now instead of waiting.
  • Frugal living – You don’t spend nearly as much as you make. You’ve paid off your debt. You’re accumulating money so you can explore a new land.

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How we’re building our bridge faster
Your bridge may be built faster when you combine more than one of these. We’ve lived very frugally as we ramp up Bigg Success. It means we haven’t been forced to take on projects just for the money and we’re also able to keep reinvesting in the business.

But we have spent money on a whole lot of education. We’ve hired coaches. We’ve attended conferences. We’ve bought programs. Our online business is a new space for us so we’ve had – and still have – a lot to learn.

Determine what it will take for you to get across the gulf that exists between where you are and where you want to be. Then build your bridge to bigg success with determination!

What’s your bridge?

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How a Grade School Dropout Became a Billionaire

money_funnelAs we begin the second decade of the 21st century, the future is perhaps more uncertain than at any time in our lives. Or is it?

It is … only if you let it be. So don’t.

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

But before you can believe in the beauty of your dreams, you have to dream.

Do you have a dream? Great! But that’s not good enough.

Your dream must stir your soul.

Do you have a dream that’s bigg enough to light a fire within you?

A billion dollar dream

Every year, Forbes publishes a list of the world’s billionaires. Most people’s perception is that this list is full of people who inherited a fortune.

Well, it’s a myth! Nearly two-thirds of the world’s billionaires are self-made!

You may not dream of a billion dollars. That’s okay – neither did many of the people on this list.

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“I used to think that if I made $50,000 I’d be the happiest guy in the world.” ~ Kirk Kerkorian

Kirk Kerkorian dropped out school in the eighth grade. In time, he developed an interest in flying and served as a pilot in World War II.

With the money he earned – he saved almost all of it – he bought a plane to offer chartered flights. He made enough money to buy a small air-charter service, Trans International Airlines, which ferried people between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. He eventually sold this business (for which he paid $60,000) for $104 million.

This was the early 1960s. He invested in Las Vegas. Today this multi-billionaire is the largest shareholder of MGM Mirage, the company with the most hotel rooms on the Las Vegas Strip.

Did Kirk Kerkorian dream of all this?

No, he said he would have been the happiest guy in the world if he could just make $50,000.

Create your future

$50,000 doesn’t seem like much money to a billionaire. But $50,000 is a whole lot if you don’t have any money at all.

Bigg success – even the billion dollar kind – comes one level at a time.

But it all starts with a dream. Your dreams set your direction. Your belief in your dreams stirs you to action. That’s the beauty of your dreams.

You may not dream of becoming a billionaire. We don’t.

We dream of making bigg success such a bigg success (we couldn’t resist!) that we can set up a foundation to help people in special situations reach bigg success for themselves. We would do this by supporting organizations that serve these groups of people.

Bigg success is life on your own terms. It’s about entrepreneuring your life – taking full control to create the life of your dreams. Entrepreneurs understand that they can’t predict the future; they have to create it.

What’s your dream?

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