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Robert Kiyosaki Biography

2009-01-29T22:30:00.000-08:00

Robert Toru Kiyosaki (born April 8, 1947) is an investor, businessman, self-help author and motivational speaker. Kiyosaki is best known for his Rich Dad, Poor Dad series of motivational books and other material. He has written 18 books which combined have sold over 26 million copies

A fourth-generation Japanese American, Kiyosaki was born in India and raised in Hawaii. He is the son of the late educator Ralph H. Kiyosaki (1919-1991). After graduating from High School, he attended the U.S. Merchant Marine and later served in the Marine. Kiyosaki left the Marine Corps in 1974 and got a job selling copy machines for the Xerox Corporation.

In 1977, Kiyosaki started a company that brought to market the first nylon and Velcro "surfer" wallets. The company was moderately successful at first but eventually went bankrupt. He admits that he didn’t know enough about patents and trademarks, and as a result the business eventually closed, however his first venture into business wetted his entrepreneurial appetite.

The next business was almost similar in nature which involved rock and heavy metal t-shirt merchandise. Robert Kiyosaki experienced financial success in the mid nineteen eighties with his second business but with a change of trends, his heavy metal t-shirt licensing business went “belly up” in 1985. This left him broke, bankrupt and definitely in a bad place as it even left him homeless.

Although, something else was happening at the time to cause such a downfall as leaving Robert Kiyosaki homeless, something more than just his business going bankrupt. While his heavy metal t-shirt business was doing well, Robert Kiyosaki was also investing in different real estate projects, as well as playing the stock market. It is estimated that he owed approximately $850 000 to the banks. As Robert Kiyosaki once said, “Obviously, you can’t pay that kind of money back by getting a job”. That proved to be rock bottom for Robert Kiyosaki because he would never sink so low again. In fact he would crawl out of the dimly lit pit of bankruptcy with enough knowledge and experience to make sure that he would not be found down in another one.

Robert Kiyosaki began working as a motivational speaker for a personal growth seminar called Money and You which started by Marshall Thurber. In the year 1985, Robert took over the seminar business; teaching students at their three day seminars all around the world. In the beginning it was predominantly in Canada and the United States of America, but then the business became very popular in Australia and New Zealand. The success this time around was substantial, so much in fact that in 1994 Robert Kiyosaki decided to retire at the age of 47.

During his retirement, Robert Kiyosaki continued his business endeavors by investing in real estate and playing the stock market. Now Robert Kiyosaki had much more time on his hands and he began to write during his time off. This is when Robert Kiyosaki began exploring his ideas and concepts, synthesizing his knowledge and life experiences and began working on the writing of Rich Dad, Poor Dad. That book would later go on to sell more than ten million books and become a bestseller.

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Best Salesman in the World

2009-01-26T22:15:00.000-08:00

When I said Best Salesman in the world, it is not just a claim without support. Joe is the only salesperson ever inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2001, renowned for selling more new vehicles than anyone else in the World. This record still has not been broken!During his fifteen year selling career, he sold 13,001 new cars and trucks, all at retail - no fleet, wholesale or used vehicles*. Most of his time is now spent writing books, giving lectures, and sales rallies.

Biography

Joe Girard is one of those rare creatures: a highly motivated man who can communicate his inspiration and attitudes to others. Joe refers to it as "spark." In his own words, "sparks create fires." His first sparks would come painfully at an early age. He was born on the east side of Detroit, Michigan, in one of the city's most deplorable ghettos. He lived about one mile from one of his earliest heroes, Joe Louis, who escaped from poverty and became heavyweight champion boxer of the world while Joe was still a struggling adolescent.

The initial struggle began with his own father, Antonino Gerard, an extremely poor man of Sicilian birth who found no success in his new country and vented his bitterness, both physically and emotionally, upon his younger son. Joe often speculates as to whether his father's behavior was the carefully planned campaign of a man who desperately wished to challenge his son. Whatever the truth, the senior Gerard chose to constantly berate his son with the message that Joe would never amount to anything worthwhile. This was Joe's first spark: the determination to prove that his father had been wrong.

At the same time, Joe's mother fed him her constant love and belief that, indeed, Joe was capable of succeeding in life. This was Joe's second spark: to show his mother that her love and judgment had not been misplaced.

These two sparks led to Joe's first revelation: that smart work and persistence could work wonders. At the age of 9, after school and a hurried dinner, Joe patrolled the neighborhood bars for some shoe shine customers. He would not have thought of it in these terms, but after examining the market he decided that the best source for business was a place of leisure where people were relaxed and inclined to be generous. Bars had another advantage in bad weather: they were warm. To this day, Joe's two most precious possessions are his original shoe shine box, sitting proudly upon the one file cabinet of his office, along with a photograph of Joe shining shoes in a saloon. The experience taught him another valuable lesson: a fear of alcohol. Joe is willing to have an occasional drink, but he has never forgotten what he saw in those bars.

His joy with this success lead to his next enterprise as a newscarrier. At the age of 11, he took his second job as a newscarrier for the Detroit Free Press. Because it was, and still is, a morning paper, it was necessary to be up at 5:30 a.m. to complete his route before school. The Free Press, he quickly learned, also offered bonuses for enterprising newsboys who where willing to solicit and gain new business. For each new customer, the reward was a case of Pepsi-Cola. The old barn behind the Gerard house was soon stacked high with the rewards of Joe's efforts. Although it provided the four Gerard children with a huge supply of soda pop, something their parents couldn't possibly afford, Joe soon realized that he had a growing inventory of value and soon began his third business venture as soda pop supplier to the neighborhood children at a price no ordinary vendor could meet. His proudest moments were on those days when he brought his earning to his mother; no childish gesture as his pennies helped to put badly needed food on the Gerard table.

The Detroit Free Press can probably be credited with the first insight given to Joe with regard to exceptional progress. A contest was proclaimed for the solicitation of new readers. The grand prize was to be a new, sparkling two-wheeler bicycle. Now 12 years of age, this driven youngster had never possessed a bike.

Joe knew the secret that could win the bike. He would spend every unused, waking moment knocking on doors and asking for business. This had always been his secret. He knew that it worked - what he could not comprehend was why the other newsboys did not see the obvious. Joe won more than the bicycle. He won the knowledge that if he planned his work and worked his plan, he could succeed. He learned that most people were not willing to make this sacrifice. As he once said, "any one of those kids could have beat me, but they weren't willing to work. They didn't want it badly enough."

Joe's teen years were difficult and bitter, especially at home. His natural spirit and pride brought him, time after time, into direct conflict with an increasingly bitter and vengeful father. Almost regularly he ordered Joe from the Gerard home. From the age of 14, Joe spent many of his nights sleeping in boxcars at the Grand Trunk Railroad yards, located directly across the street from his home. In bad weather, he used 25 cent a night flop houses. At this age he was now able to seek more rewarding employment after school, such as dishwasher, dock loader at the produce terminal, delivery boy, and pageboy at the Book-Cadillac Hotel. He also devoted some evenings to the neighborhood pool hall, trying to hustle additional dollars. He lived with the constant fear that if he didn't bring home sufficient money he would have to face his father's anger.

Formal education for Joe ended during the eleventh grade. He was talking during a study period and was addressed by the school principal, but not by his name. Well aware of the existence of bigotry, but not willing to bow to it, Joe advised the man that he would not respond until he was called by his proper name. The principal stated "you people don't seem to understand how society will be run" and then called Joe a derogatory name reflecting upon his Sicilian ancestry. Joe's heated reaction resulted in his permanent dismissal from school.
At the age of 16, Joe obtained full-time employment at the Michigan Stove Company as a stove assembler. He earned $75 weekly, his greatest earnings thus far, even though it required 12-hour days, six days a week.

He then went to work as an assistant to a fruit and vegetable vendor who merchandised his goods on the east side of Detroit from the back of a truck. He enjoyed the outdoor work and was proud of his sales ability, but he realized one day that there was no future in this pursuit.
Dispirited and aimless, Joe joined the United States Army Infantry at the age of 18. Ninety seven days later, at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Joe fell from the rear of a speeding military vehicle and badly injured his back. He was given an honorable discharge after admitting to previously injuring his back diving for the school swimming team.

During the next two years, Joe would move from one unsatisfactory job to another, constantly frustrated with the belief that his lack of education kept him from all but manual labor. He was often discouraged, but never gave up hope. He felt that somewhere in the world there was a place for him. He had the good fortune to meet Mr. Abraham Saperstein, a building contractor. Mr. Saperstein, a warm, generous, and understanding man, became his father surrogate when he invited Joe to enter the building business with the pledge that he would teach Joe everything he knew. He'd finally found his niche in life. The relationship between Joe and Mr. Saperstein grew over the years until his dear old friend retired and turned over the business to Joe.

Joe contracted to build a number of private homes in a Detroit subdivision. He accepted the word of a real estate speculator that the area was to have a sewer system installed, but this was not true. Individual septic tanks would have to be installed, greatly reducing the value of the homes. As a result, Joe lost his business. Joe Girard found himself without a job, without savings, and in debt to the tune of $60,000. It was the lowest moment in his life.

The next year Joe would find himself in an endless struggle trying to recover his losses and his ego. Things would finally hit rock bottom when June Girard tearfully told her husband that there was no food in the house and that their kids were begging for something to eat.

Joe had been job hunting without success, but on that day he pleaded with the sales manager of a Chevrolet dealership to hire him as a salesman. The manager was reluctant because of his lack of experience and traditionally slow sales in the month of January, but Joe stated that he would only take a desk somewhere in the rear of the dealership and count on the telephone to provide prospects. That evening he sold his first car and borrowed $10 from the manager to bring a bag of groceries home to his family. In his second month he would sell eighteen cars and trucks and was beginning to feel he had a secure breath. Much to his amazement, the owner of the dealership fired him for being too aggressive. Some of the other salesmen had complained.

At this point, Joe knew he could sell cars. He had proved it to himself, and was ready to prove it to the world -- including Antonino Gerard. Joe quickly found employment at Merollis Chevrolet in Eastpointe, Michigan, working at what he did better than anyone else in the world, selling automobiles!For 12 straight years Joe sold more new retail cars and trucks than any other salesperson. More as an individual than most dealers sell in total. No other salesperson has ever retained this title for more than one year, and not for both cars and trucks.

source: http://www.joegirard.com/joegirardbio.html

About

2009-01-26T22:04:00.000-08:00

SkyQuestCom was the only Singapore-based company to have emerged among the Top 20 in the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific programme.

To determine the fastest growing companies, Deloitte calculated the revenue growth percentage over 3 years. Judging from the stringent requirements, making this list is quite an accomplishment for SkyQuestCom, whose leadership has shown the vision and determination to grow and flourish even in today’s difficult conditions.

SkyQuestCom’s CEO, Mr. Richard Tan insists there is no secret to the company’s success. He puts it simply, "We work harder than others."

Richard’s entrepreneurial spirit and vision have greatly inspired his staff and distributors to achieve incredible results. Overall, companies that ranked on the Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2008 programme had an average growth rate of 707%. SkyQuestCom, on the other hand, achieved a sustained revenue growth of an amazing 2,724.33% during this period! This is nearly 8 times the average of the other fastest growing technology companies. This makes us the #1 fastest growing technology company in Singapore and the 11th fastest in the Asia Pacific region. Given today’s up and down economy, it’s no surprise that 2,700+% is a dream that many companies, including MNCs, have found challenging to attain.

“Attracting enough customers to attain such fast growth over three years makes a strong statement about the quality of a company’s product and its leadership,” said Mr. Ian Thatcher, partner-in-charge of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific programme. He added, “SkyQuestCom has shown the right stuff for growth.”
In his usual humble self, Richard dedicated the win to his staff and distributors. He also revealed that it would highlight the creditability of the company and allow us to penetrate new markets more easily.

Not resting on his laurels, Richard shared this important advice, “We have to be careful not to be complacent. We must continue to work hard and prepare for the challenging times ahead. Let’s make a positive difference in the lives of others and make our world a better place.”

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Contact

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For more details on Skyquestcom, you can contact me at

Email: behappywei@gmail.com
Web: http://www.skyquestcom.com/happywei

Success Always!

How to Reach Financial Freedom (Work for Money vs. Money work for you)

2008-11-15T16:50:00.000-08:00

Everyone knows that in order to reach Financial Freedom, one should make the money work for them. But yet, in real life, there are so many of us that actually work for money. We clock in 9 - 5 job or any other shift job, clocking time and work hard to earn the money. We are trapped in the cycle of routine just to earn that decent amount of money. Now I know why it is called Financial FREEDOM, it means it is being freed from something which require you to take actions!

Now the question is how to reach Financial Freedom? Well, I don't have all the steps answer in one article, but for sure few keys that I have identified are these:

Start within you! You should have the initiation and intention to break this chain of "Work for Money" cycle and Get a correct attitude toward Wealth! Everyone are deserved to be rich!
BUILD YOUR PASSIVE INCOME. Many of the successful people, few examples: T Harv Eker in Millionaire Intensive Mind and Robert Kiyosaki in Rich Dad Poor Dad mentioned how this passive income or assests can be your money machine to generate more and more money! Few forms of Passive Income: Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate (positive rental income), Intellectual Property (in the form of Royalty), Network Marketing, etc
Take ACTION and LEARN especially from the successful people. You can't possibly go to a plumber to learn cooking, you should learn cooking from people that can cook and if possible, go for the best chef. Same things apply here, you should learn abouth wealth creation or success from Successfull people!

So what do you waiting for, take an action now!

"If you're always waiting for perfect time, it will pass you by. Now is the great time."

- Gerry Robert (Double Your Income and Triple Your Time Off)

Successfull Mind

2008-11-12T18:28:00.000-08:00

Do you know how the trainer in the zoo train the elephant (imagine that they are such a big and strong animal).

What they do is since the elephant is baby; they will tie one of their legs using the iron chain. So whenever the baby elephant want to move, their movement will be restricted by the iron chain. The baby elephant did tried to break free the chain, however since they are still so young, the chain seems too strong for the baby elephant. The baby elephant tried and tried but yet they still can’t overcome it.

Along with time as the elephant grow, the trainer replaces the iron chain with just a normal rope. You may wonder why??? Even with iron chain, the fully grown elephant can easily break it free and now they replace that with just a normal rope? The answer is simple; there is bigger chain that has locked the elephant! That is THEIR OWN MIND. Whenever the elephant feel the presence of rope around their leg, they will stop moving just as when the iron chain locked their leg when they were baby.

Do you know that OUR MIND is such a powerful thing? If you keep thinking and feeding your MIND with: “No, I can’t do it”; “I’m such a failure”; “This thing is too tough for me”; “I will never be successful”; It may imprisoned you forever just what happen to the elephant.

Just like a saying: Everything starts in your mind, let’s feed this friend of us with POSITIVE thought that will lead to positive action and hence positive result in our life!

Learn from Successful People

2008-11-10T07:52:00.000-08:00

As I said in Blog header, Learning is an endless journey. And to be successful, learning played a crucial part.

One of the key thing I learn from MMI seminar is your thought leads to how you feel which leads to your action and hence result. In other way, it can be written as this

INTENTION -- COMMITMENT -- TRAINING -- ACTION -- RESULT

Stage 1 and 2 are coming from inner you (which I committed now), the next step of Training is to enable you to know "How" to do the Action that will lead to the result you want to see.

So my 2ND step to come closer to SUCCESS is by having a way to learn that can accommodate to my schedule. And guess what, I come across to this wonderful website that you can actually subscribe to hundreds of online video seminar by SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE....

What a dream come true because Who is the best to learn success from if not by the successful people themselves?

Who will you learn from to teach how to do sales if not from Joe Girard who is the World Best Salesman (He sold 6 cars A DAY for consecutive 12 years!!), learn marketing from marketing guru Jay Abraham, and many more!!

Check this website out yourself if you don't believe me! (you can click on the image to access to the web)

Millionaire Mind Intensive

2008-11-06T03:19:00.000-08:00

One of my step toward SUCCESS: Sign up for Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar by T Harv Eker! The seminar will be held on 7 -9 Nov 2008 at Singapore Expo!

He is one of the top speaker and author of the #1 NY Times bestselling book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind – Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth. The book has been translated into 26 languages (and counting!) and has shown people all over the world how to create total financial freedom.