THE DON'T QUIT POEM

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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

- Author unknown


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Prosper in Times of Crisis

Hi and welcome back to Take Massive Action Daily.

Something a little different today. I would like to share with you all a free report.

Do you realise that there is more opportunity now than ever before! The media is so heavily focused on all of the doom and gloom and many people are blinded, fearful and scared (which is understandable!).

I'm sick and tired of hearing bad news about the economy.
I'm sick and tired about hearing people give their well-intended advice on" surviving the recession"

So I was glad to hear something different.

The truth is that Millions of people all over the world are THRIVING in this economy.

What is the difference between those that thrive and those that struggle to make ends meet?

Download the Free Report and discover some key insights from those who always prosper in times of crisis (even this one!).

Grab the special report by clicking on the link - http://tinyurl.com/ca2cje

I hope this report gives you an insight on how to prosper in times of crisis.

Until next time Take Massive Action Daily

Persistence

I have just returned from a weekend away with my wife to the Daylesford area in central Victoria. While touring around we were lucky enough to visit the Chocolate Mill near Hepburn Springs.This is where I met Chris Weippert the owner, builder, chocolateer and one of the most passionate,driven people you would like to meet. His story which follows typifies persistance. Chris and Jennifers persistance in following their what started as a dream, and now has turned into a fantastic success story is a credit to them and an inspiration to others.

An interview with Chris Weippert

Dreaming and searching…
The dream started in January 2000 with the idea of building an environmentally friendly business, using only the best quality ingredients and of course 100% European Chocolate.

This is when I met Jennifer Gregory, at a restaurant that was running latin dance classes and we fell in love. At the time Jen was working in the IT industry and teaching. But I also found out that she had spent 9 years as a Qualified Chef working 3 years in Germany.

In January 2001 Jen and I moved from Perth to Daylesford. Jen worked in Melbourne and Ballarat commuting daily and I worked on getting the building under way. In August that year we moved from 'the ice box' unit in Hepburn to a shed on the property that I had built, so that we could save enough money to meet "the bank's requirements". This move proved to be the best thing. With the wood stove to cook on and to keep us warm the 5 x 6m insulated shed proved to be a great home for the 28 months that we lived in it. For the first 20 months we had no electricity. We were also living on $7 per day for food for the two of us, which ruled out any extras.


Building the dream…
In February 2002 the steel frame was finally put up. Within a week we had the joists for the first floor up and plywood down. At the end of 3 the roof was on- we were on a roll. For the next 20 months I worked on the building 6 ½ days a week - on Sunday we had waffles and a sleep in ;) Some days it seemed like nothing got done and others heaps.

The big challenge came when we decided to go to Canada for three weeks at Christmas. The list of what needed to be done prior to getting on the plane in six weeks was immense. We had to have the first coat of earth render on the house before leaving, due to the risk of fire. So work started at 8am, have supper at 9:15pm, in bed at 10pm and in six weeks sleep on the plane to Canada. Well, the first coat of rendering was finished the night before we left. I was still boarding up the place the next morning, trying not to be late for the plane. 3 weeks of sleeping in Canada and we were back home in the shed and back to work on the house at a lighter pace.

It was some time in March that we finally got the power on. Wow, we had a fridge, we had lights -very bright!- and computer.

Throughout building Jen had made several chocolate contacts around the world. In 2001 she entered the Melbourne Food and Wine Easter Egg Competition, and was a finalist. Along with working full time in Melbourne and Ballarat, Jen went to workshops and demonstrations to find out more about working with chocolate.


Setting up the business side…
In July 2003 Jen's contract in Ballarat finished so we decided that it was time to take the plunge. Jen put all her time into getting things ready to open - so much to organise and to design, have made, printed, find, order, double check and triple check. We wanted it so that when we opened we would make a big impression right from the start. Two weeks before opening we had $44.00 in the bank and we realised we couldn't hold off any longer to open.

November 20- day before we opened- madness, panic, so much to do, so little time. 3am after washing the floor it was bed time.

November 21, 2003 6am out of bed - still so much to finish before opening at 10. At 10:05 our very first customers walk in and we find our scales are not working and the computer set up for the till not wanting to work either. At 10:20 we're still trying to get the machines working. Our customer says that she is heading to Castlemaine and will stop on her way back - yeah right- so, feeling bad, we gave her a free chocolate… thinking that we should have put off opening for another week. Early in the afternoon our first customer returned, asking for more of the chocolates that we had given her, and she bought all of them - the full tray. That was the start of the "I'll have that tray and that one too" chocoholic frenzy.

Since our first year we have been overwhelmed by amount of true chocoholics that have returned over and over, as well as the support from locals and local businesses.

Then also within our first year we were very lucky to win the Goldfields Best New Business Award 2004.

Building the Hot Chocolate Cafe…
In September 2005 we took it upon ourselves to start building the extension, which would house the Hot Chocolate Café. I worked 4 days a week on building and the other 3 days and nights keeping up my end up on chocolate production. During this time Jen managed to keep the chocolate rolling as the demand steadily increased. At this point we had 10 staff members to manage as well and the paperwork grew into a mountain.

In 2006 we opened the Hot Chocolate Café which has been another enormous success, with our style of the Ultimate Hot Chocolate getting high praise from serious hot chocolate fanatics. Within the first 3 weeks we realised what we had done to ourselves when on one Sunday we had 55 Vintage cars drive in with at least 2 per people car to pack out the café along with the rest of the Sunday crowds. Boy was this a long day. And so the Chocolate story continues…


I hope you enjoyed Chris' story and it gives you inspiration to be persistant and follow your dreams and goals.

If you are ever in the Daylesford area the Chocolate Mill is well worth the visit.

Until next time Take Massive Action Daily

The Process Is More Important Than The Goal

In my last post I said I would share with you some of the wisdom that my mentors have shared with me. As my son and I were on an hour long car journey this morning going to a basketball tournament one of those lessons shared with me was all around me as we drove through cropping country.
After the best rain we have had for a while this week, the paddocks were alive with action, the beginning of a very important process.
The tractors were going flat out preparing the land ahead of the new crop being sown.
You will have all heard the old saying, you reap what you sow

You maybe asking what this has got to with business, investing, relationships or health.

Well the point that my mentor shared with me that related to this farming action was that every goal has a process and that process is more important than the goal itself. You see the goal of the farmer is to harvest a crop, which is where the income is. It is important to have goals, but each goal is achieve through a process. These farmers knew all to well that they couldn’t expect to reap a crop without preparation. First they prepare the soil, then sow the seed, they keep the weeds under control and finally harvest the crop.

All aspects of our lives are the same, let’s take building an internet business for example.
Before you can even consider an income from this business there is a process that has to be followed before that income is in your pocket. Say your goal is $100,000 per year from your internet business.
To achieve this goal you may have to learn new skills, develop a product or find a product to market, have to build a website, market the site and drive traffic to that site, build your list of clients or prospects all these things are vital to achieving the end goal. These are all part of the process in achieving the $100,000 goal.

After all the preparation, success is not guaranteed, as these farmers preparing their paddocks know after successive dry years. But that doesn’t stop the preparation, that’s the farmer’s way of positioning themselves for the right opportunity, that opportunity is follow up rain.
But what is it that keeps the farmers preparing the land even though success is not guaranteed; Persistence and that will be the topic of my next post.

Until then enjoy the process, enjoy the journey

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There is Always a Starting Point

Welcome,

My name is Warren Davies and as this is my second blog entry I would like to welcome you to Take Massive Action Daily. I would like to share my story so far, and my goals and dreams for 2009 and beyond.

I am 41 years old I am married to my amazing wife Merrilyn and have five wonderful children.
My journey along the personal development and investing track started in 2001 when on holiday in Noosa Queensland I read the book RichDad Poor Dad. This book opened up a new world to me, an exciting world that I have been pursuiting for the past eight years.

At the time I was running my own dairy farming enterprise in northern Victoria and fairly comfortable, but reading this book changed my view of what was possible and how it could be achieved. It was the first real book I had read since leaving school and it opened my eyes to a new world. Since that day I have read hundreds of books, attended many seminars, invested, made money, lost money, started businesses and along my journey met some fantastic people and mentors that have helped me get to where I am today.This is the start of a initial twelve month and ongoing project for me where I am committing to sharing my journey and the wisdom of my mentors with the readers of Take Massive Action Daily. I am committing to write two entries a week for the next twelve months and share the success strategies that I am implementing and share with you the direction of my mentors.It is one of my goals in 2009 to personally mentor one hundred people in personal development and the strategies that I am using so they too can create the life of there dreams.Over the next few entries I will introduce my mentors and the wisdom they have shared with me.

Until next time

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Warren