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		<title>Review: Rich Dad&#8217;s Before You Quit Your Job by Robert Kiyosaki</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 09:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. A. Simmons</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="http://www.circleoneconnect.com/images/post-pics/rich_dad.jpg" alt="Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business" width="180" height="265" />After reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad Poor Dad and loving it, I eagerly wanted to get into his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0446696374?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=cironecon-20&amp;linkCode=am2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0446696374">Rich Dad&#8217;s Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business</a><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=cironecon-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0446696374" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />, even though it’s too late for me since I already work for myself.<span> </span>Overall it’s a pretty good book, but not as captivating at the original, probably because this time he’s not telling stories as much as detailing the thought process people should be ready for before deciding to start working for themselves.<span> </span>In that vein, I wish I’d been able to read it before I went out on my own.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What’s really different about this book is that the most important lessons to be learned are actually in the introduction and chapter one.<span> </span>If, after reading those two chapters, your mindset isn’t geared correctly based on the criteria, then it’s probably best not to even start the process of working for yourself.<span> </span>For instance, his list of 10 excuses people usually utter as to why they feel they can’t go into business for themselves is illuminating right from the beginning, and later he mentions that one shouldn’t wait for all the lights to turn green before pulling the trigger.<span> </span>He uses Microsoft as the perfect example of that philosophy; we all have experience with that.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kiyosaki loves the number ten, obviously, because he then lists 10 reasons people need to consider before they actually transition from employee to entrepreneur.<span> </span>Those things are:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1.<span> </span>Ability to change philosophy from security to freedom</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.<span> </span>Ability to operate without money</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3.<span> </span>Ability to operate without security</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4.<span> </span>Ability to focus on opportunity rather than resources</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5.<span> </span>Having different management styles to manage different people</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6.<span> </span>Ability to manage people and resources they do not control</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7.<span> </span>Team and value oriented rather than pay or promotion oriented</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8.<span> </span>Active learner – no graduation day</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">9.<span> </span>Generalized education rather than specialized</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10. The courage to be responsible for the entire business</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And, the book is subtitled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0446696374?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=cironecon-20&amp;linkCode=am2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0446696374" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building Multimillion-Dollar Business</span></a>, which is the heading for the ten chapters in the book.<span> </span>He actually calls the first nine <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sharon’s Insights</span>, named after the person he wrote the book with, Sharon Lechter, with whom he co-founded the Rich Dad Organization.<span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is a lot one can get from this book.<span> </span>For instance, he has his five jobs every entrepreneur needs to have covered; he has his three biggest mistakes most independent business owners make; he has the six ways an entrepreneur can raise money; on and on.<span> </span>He talks about the Cash Flow Quadrant, which is also another book of his, and I’ll admit that I’ve never quite gotten a hold of the principles of that.<span> </span>One thing I thought was interesting was the transition process that most people go through when they’re transitioning from an employee to an entrepreneur.<span> </span>There’s stage one, you become unhappy as an employee with 13 steps; stage 2, overcome the fear of getting started with 14 steps; and stage 3, just start, with 10.</p>
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<p>In the last chapter, near the end of the book, he offers ten tips, with explanations, of what people should do before they quit their jobs.<span> </span>Truthfully, if you only had time to read the introduction, chapter one, and chapter ten, you’d learn a lot.<span> </span>There’s so much information in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0446696374?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=cironecon-20&amp;linkCode=am2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0446696374" target="_blank">Before You Quit Your Job</a> that what I’ve shared here is really just scraping the barrel.<span> </span>There are many stories in here, and, after I came to grips with the fact that it wasn’t going to be Rich Dad, then I was open to learning some of the things he said in this one, even though I had already become an entrepreneur of sorts.<span> </span>This is a must read book for anyone thinking about, or who already is, an entrepreneur.</p>
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<p><em>Mitch Mitchell is the owner of both <a href="http://www.imjustsharing.com/" target="_blank">www.ImJustSharing.com</a> and <a href="http://www.ttmitchellconsulting.com/Mitchblog" target="_blank">www.TTMitchellConsulting.com</a>.<br />
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<p><em><strong>T. T. &#8220;Mitch&#8221; Mitchell</strong> has been in healthcare for over 25 years. For eighteen years he worked in various healthcare organizations; seventeen of those years at some type of management level. He&#8217;s worked for a physician billing company, a federally qualified health center, and three hospitals. At two of those hospitals he was also the <strong>revenue</strong> officer and  <strong>charge master</strong> coordinator, and at his last facility, he was also the  <strong>corporate compliance</strong> officer. </em></p>
<p><em> With all the time spent in management, Mr. Mitchell learned the <strong>leadership  and management</strong> skills that helps motivate others to help reach organizational goals, and with his unique position in healthcare, he also understands that this is a diverse world, where each person has even the subtlest of differences, and that every person deserves to be treated fairly.</em></p>
<p><em>To read more check out </em><em><strong><a href="http://www.ttmitchellconsulting.com/bio.html" target="_blank">T. T. &#8220;Mitch&#8221; Mitchell&#8217;s Full Biography!</a></strong></em></p>
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		<title>Review: The Rich Jerk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. A. Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rich Jerk is one the most well-known infopreneurs in internet history. To be honest he&#8217;s a complete asshole, but he doesn&#8217;t care, he knows it. His slogan is simply put, &#8220;I&#8217;m Better Than You&#8221;. Whether or not that is true is of no consequence. It&#8217;s actually what helped make his site so popular and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="float: left;" src="../images/post-pics/richjerkscreenshot.jpg" alt="The Rich Jerk Screenshot" width="240" height="175" /><strong>The Rich Jerk</strong> is one the most well-known infopreneurs in internet history. To be honest he&#8217;s a complete asshole, but he doesn&#8217;t care, he knows it. His slogan is simply put, &#8220;I&#8217;m Better Than You&#8221;. Whether or not that is true is of no consequence. It&#8217;s actually what helped make his site so popular and he really knows his stuff.</p>
<p>Most people would assume The Rich Jerk was born that way (rich&#8230; maybe he&#8217;s always been a jerk though), or just got lucky but that&#8217;s far from the truth. Kelly Felix&#8217; life was a struggle back in the 1990&#8242;s while attempting to make money by all means possible. Word on the street is that he also had a short career in acting with a very brief appearance on an episode of 7th Heaven. But it wasn&#8217;t until the late nineties that he struck it rich when he racked in somewhere in the neighborhood of $55,000/mo from just one site.</p>
<p>I can only assume that somewhere around that time is when Kelly Felix became <strong>The Rich Jerk</strong>. The products he&#8217;s sold online over the years <strong>have taught thousands of people</strong>, including yours truly, how to make money online fast and as easy as possible. His &#8220;Don&#8217;t Waste My Time&#8230; I&#8217;m Filthy Rich&#8221; attitude along with his sometimes unconventional strategies marked a strong paradigm shift in the online marketing arenas.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.circleoneconnect.com/review-the-rich-jerk" target="_blank">The Rich Jerk &#8211; The site that started it all!</a></p>
<p>I first heard of heard of the Rich Jerk a few years ago. I was just learning the ropes of internet marketing and knew nada about how to make money doing it. In fact, it wasn&#8217;t until recently that I figured that out and that&#8217;s after I decided (way too many years late) that I should see what this Jerk had to offer. Using just one of his strategies up&#8217;d my site traffic over 2000% practically overnight.</p>
<p>After implementing that one strategy, I must admit that I was still a skeptic. I&#8217;ve read countless ebooks from supposed &#8220;gurus&#8221; filled with hype and fluff so it&#8217;s expected. But in implementing that single strategy I made my very first piece of income from marketing on the internet. Ever. From there I started implementing each of The Rich Jerk strategies and the results are amazing.</p>
<p>The Rich Jerk covers many different strategies to earn money online. His manual includes selling on eBay, affiliate marketing, making money with Google Adsense, and also generating your own products. But that&#8217;s not all. <strong>The Rich Jerk also explains how to do all these things better than competition.</strong></p>
<h2>What&#8217;s the best Rich Jerk feature?</h2>
<p>A lot of people would agree that the best feature that <a href="http://www.circleoneconnect.com/review-the-rich-jerk" target="_blank">The Rich Jerk</a> offers is the forum. And I&#8217;d agree that it&#8217;s an amazing wealth of information and great people there to help you get your marketing rolling. But for me the best thing about the Rich Jerk is it&#8217;s complete lack of fluff, filler and BS. The Rich Jerk lives up to his &#8220;Don&#8217;t Waste My Time&#8221; mantra by providing straight-forward strategies with detailed easy to implement instructions and examples. It&#8217;s almost like painting by numbers. Anything that you don&#8217;t understand or may need help with can be found in that forum we all rave about.</p>
<p>The Rich Jerk ebook is an overview of various ways to make money online but that&#8217;s the point. No extra crap to distract from simply following the instructions. Hell, the ebook along with the forum are the perfect tandem for anyone who is serious about making money online.</p>
<h2>What could The Rich Jerk do better?</h2>
<p>The only issue I can think of with The Rich Jerk is probably the lack of regular updates. Fortunately, the program is so unconventional that none of the strategies are the least bit dated. If there&#8217;s anything you can&#8217;t grasp, you can always post in the forum and have one of the many people there point you in the right direction. Don&#8217;t worry they&#8217;re not all Jerks.</p>
<h2>My Recommendation</h2>
<p>Recently The Rich Jerk dropped his prices (again) from $15 to $9.95. So I&#8217;d recommend that you take advantage of this before the price goes back up! Trust me.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.circleoneconnect.com/review-the-rich-jerk" target="_blank">The Rich Jerk is priced very inexpensively at less that ten bucks, and it&#8217;s still worth every cent.</a></p>
<p>The Rich Jerk used to charge $150 for his strategies, but it has dropped considerably. This isn&#8217;t the first time it&#8217;s cost only $9.95 but then it rose to $37, so don&#8217;t expect it to stay at this price for too much longer.</p>
<p>I recommend reading The Rich Jerk. It offers high-quality information and is perfectly priced for anyone wanting to try it out without breaking the bank. If it&#8217;s not what you expected then you always have the money back guarantee to fall back on. If it is then you&#8217;re well on your way to making thousands of dollars sooner rather than later.</p>
<h2>Summary</h2>
<p>I&#8217;d recommend The Rich Jerk to friends, family, and anyone else who&#8217;s looking to get into internet marketing. As long as you are willing to put in a little bit of work, The Rich Jerk is, in my opinion, one of the best online marketing guides ever.</p>
<p>Remember; after implementing just one stategy from RJ&#8217;s guide my traffic skyrocketed over 2000% practically overnight!   The writing is on the wall, The Rich Jerk&#8217;s strategies work.</p>
<p>For less than ten bucks you have nothing to lose.</p>
<p>Get your copy of <a href="http://www.circleoneconnect.com/review-the-rich-jerk" target="_blank">The Rich Jerk</a> now.</p>
<h2>In Closing.</h2>
<p><strong>The Rich Jerk </strong>is a great read <strong>for anyone looking to earn a living online</strong>. All it takes is the ability to take action. There are countless people out there searching for success as an entrepreneur, and if you&#8217;re willing to learn new skills then The Rich Jerk is definitely for you. Not only is it one of the least expensive programs online, it&#8217;s also backed by a full money back guarantee.</p>
<p>I highly recommend The Rich Jerk and owe my success to him. <a href="http://www.circleoneconnect.com/review-the-rich-jerk">Visit The Rich Jerk Website</a></p>
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