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Finan.cially Fr.ee!, Issue #002 July 16, 2005 |
| Welcome to this edition of Fin/ancially Fr/ee
The content is: 1 Introduction 2 Review of the book “Cracking the Millionaire Code” by Robert Allen and Mark Victor Hansen. 3 Review of the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki 4 Review of the book “How to get Rich” by Donald Trump 5 Tips and links 6 Downloading link for free e-book 7 Surprise! 8 RSS feed
1 Introduction I am writing this newsletter after my vacation in Greece, and I am thinking of how lucky I am to be able to go on a very nice vacation without having to worry about my financial situation. I very well know that this is not the case for all of us on this planet. When I hear about the 1 billion people who are living in extreme poverty, and survive on less than a dollar a day, I think with gratitude about my own situation. But I also think with concern about the consequences of this imbalance. I think there is a link between the wars and terrorist actions around the world and the extreme difference there is between the rich and the poor. I think we as the rich people have a responsibility not only to give money, but also to spread the knowledge of fi..nancial fr..eedom to the ones who need it. Even if you are caught up in the “Rat Race” and have debts reaching over the chimney of your house, I believe you are freer than a person that has nothing. Via the book “Cracking the Millionaire Code” I found Brandon Barnum and his organisation “Giving Globally” His story and vision is amazing and I encourage you to visit the site and read all about their work. I signed up for a founding membership with Giving Globally, and I received a personal thank you email from Brandon Barnum. He said I was the first founding member from Norway, and that he wanted me to help pulling the actions here in Europe. I am very happy to support him and Giving Globally. Click here: Giving Globally
I also got so turned on by the book itself, Cracking the Millionaire Code, that I created an own Google Group for discussing the concepts and ideas of the book. This will be an open forum for tips and ideas on how to reach financial freedom. You are hereby officially invited to join this group. Thank you. 2 Review of “Cracking the Millionaire Code” Cracking the millionaire code is an enlightening book that gives a totally new perspective on wealth and wealth creation. Robert Allen and Mark Victor Hansen has come up with a new system to “crack the code” which takes traditional business thinking up to a higher level. They make a radical difference by bringing spirituality into the picture, and lift the whole idea of wealth creation into something very positive. They also bring in a new concept they call “Give and Give” instead of the traditional “Give and Take”, which is the common in business. “Give and Give” is the opposite of “Take and Take” which is the dark and greedy way of mo.ney ma.king that nobody likes. These guys teach us something else, and what makes me buy their ideas is that they teach from their own experience. The system of cracking the code is revolutionary, and they draw up a 101 day plan to follow. As with any other self-help book, this one also acquires you to take action, it is not enough to read the book and expect your money problems to solve themselves. It is a very spiritual book, and if you are open to expand your mind and embrace a new way of thinking, you will have maximum benefits from reading this book. If you do not consider yourself a spiritual person, and find yourself to be more of a “sceptic” you still find ideas and techniques that are so obviously beneficial, that you will benefit from using them no matter what. At one point Allen and Hansen “busts” the popular New Age myth, that the only thing you have to do is to open yourself up to receive and everything will just fall into your lap. They put it in very clear words that the process of wealth creation will need you to take action! I was so amazed by this book, with all the new ways of looking at business and wealth, that I finished it in just two days. I plan to read it over and over again, and to follow their system, just because of the feeling I got from reading it. The feeling of: “This book is going to be worth a million”
So my recommendation is very clear: READ IT!
Use the link below to buy the book on Ebay. Ebay has the absolute best price for this book. Don’t forget the address of the Google Group for Cracking the Millionaire Code: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Cracking-the-Millionairecode
3 Review of “Rich Dad Poor Dad” Rich Dad Poor Dad gives you the basic education about money that you should have received in school. Robert Kiyosaki teaches in the simplest way possible about the differences of assets and liabilities and how a balance sheet works. He also teaches the basics of real estate and investing. The book is very educational and fun to read because he tells it like a story and it is definitely not like reading a book in school. He explains financial concepts in a way full of life and excitement by replacing the numbers with pictures and metaphors. In the start of the book he tells the story of his two dads. The one was his real dad which was highly educated and the one he calls his “Poor Dad”. The other was his best friend’s dad, which was an entrepreneur with very little school education. He was the on he calls his “Rich Dad” He learned from both but he is sharing the struggle he had as a kid to choose between the two very different ways of dealing with money. He chose to learn from the “Rich Dad” and it is his teachings and principles Robert Kiyosaki is passing on to us. His “Rich Dad” became one of the richest men in Hawaii by building up his own company. I learned a lot of basics in the book, and I will definitely use it again.
I warmly recommend this book to anyone who likes to get the basic’s right.
Use the link below to buy this book on Ebay.
4 Review of “How to Get Rich” In” How to get rich” Donald Trump shares his experience from business life in a short, sharp and to the point style. The book is an easy read with about 250 pages in the pocketbook format. Donald Trump gives us all his best knowledge and tips from real estate, which is his main business, but also gives us his knowledge from his other ventures like the Miss Universe contest, his golf clubs and casinos, and from the reality TV-show The Apprentice. The most breathtaking chapter in the book is the one we get to follow Trump with his 24/7 schedule for one week “at work”. After reading this I understand how he is able to run the Trump organisation with 20 000 employees, take care of all his buildings, hotels, casinos, golf courses, and new construction sites, along side being the star of The apprentice and running the Miss Universe Contest, and incredibly enough have time to play golf. Another part of the book describes the crisis he was in, in the early 90`s. He is telling a story where he is walking from his office to a meeting with his creditors which he owed 9.2 billion dollars. He tells that he was passing a beggar on the street, and was thinking “This guy is worth 9.2 billion dollars more than me!” Hearing this from Donald Trump was something I did not expect, usually you just hear of the tough New York business man. I could feel the humbleness that comes from an experience like that, and it makes him more human and approachable. As you probably know, Donald Trump is the star of his own reality show “The Apprentice” The Apprentice has become a mega hit which is going in to the third season and shows in many countries around the world. We get to know how the show was created, and we get a close look behind the scenes of the first “Apprentice” round. This is very interesting, and if you are thinking of applying, this book will give you the inside tips from the Boss himself. The first round had 80 000 applications from where the 16 candidates was chosen. To sum up the book in a short sentence: It is a great way to get Donald Trump as a mentor, without having to apply for “The Apprentice”
I full heartedly recommend this book to you; it’s entertaining and full of good advice.
Use the link below to buy the book on Ebay
6 Tips and Links
My first tip to you is about something called Skype.
Skype is a free internet telephone service that currently saves me a lot of money.
It is a small program you download to your computer and it is free to use when you call other Skype users. If you call a landline or a mobile phone it will cost you a few cents a minute, but it is still extremely cheap. You can even buy your own telephone number from Skype so people can call your computer from a landline or mobile phone. You also get a voice mail for a tiny fee.
With Skype you can make free calls over the Internet.Use this link to check it out.
My second tip is a website where you can get access to 106 different e-books for free.
It is actually promoted as “Free Resell Rights”, that means that the people who has written the books give their copyright to the public domain. This means that you actually can sell these books. I am not planning to do so, but I thought I pass the opportunity on to you.
You do not have to sell these books; you can download and read the ones you find interesting.
The files are PDF format but they are zipped (compressed) so you need WinZip to open them, download here :( download the evaluation version for free)www.winzip.com
I can not post all the titles here, but I can tell you there is a lot of good books.
Before you get to the page where the books are available, you will get a breathtaking offer that is very difficult to resist. Anyhow you don’t have to say yes to the offer, you can just go down on the bottom of the page and click No, thank you.
My third tip is about Ebay. Ebay is a fantastic marketplace where you can buy just about everything that exists on this planet. Not only that, it is also a fantastic moneymaking opportunity, where you can turn “Trash into Cash” to put it very blunt. I mean you can auction or sell anything you don’t need anymore, or you can sell your own products. In the downloading package with all the e-books I mentioned just before there is also two books on how to make money on Ebay. How To Sell Information Products On Ebay Turning Their Trash Into Your Profits
And the best piece from Ken Evoy himself: His book "Make your Net Auction Sell"
Download Make your net auction sell here They are for free, so don’t miss!
No matter how I turn it I think Ebay is just great, and you can click on the link below to take a look. You can also sign up for an account for free.
6 Downloading link to free e-book:
“The Power of Thought” by Henry Thomas Hamblin
7 As a bonus I put in this link who leads you to the download page of Mark Victor Hansen`s
“The Miracle of Tithing”
Mark Victor Hansen is the co-author of “Cracking the Millionaire Code” and the best selling series “Chicken Soup for the Soul” He is also a famous motivational speaker, teacher and coach.
This book he offers as a free gift on his website.
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This was it for now, till next time, Greetings to you from the North. Oyvind Hennum (Shiva) |
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