Carbon Copy Pro Compensation Plan:
Carbon Copy Pro Application Fee $39.95 – You make $25 commission per application kit.
Carbon Copy Pro marketing system monthly fee: $149 – You make $30 commission per month per member.
CCPro BiB(business in a box) sells for $395 – You make $200 commission per sale.
M1 : Master Consultant Commission-$1,000 Residual Commission-$400
M2:Consultant Commission- $3,000 Residual Commission- $3,000
Master Consultant Commission-$5,000 Residual Commission- $1,000
M3: Consultant Commission- $5,000 Residual Commission-$4,000
Master Consultant Commission- $7,500 Residual Commission- $1,500
CarbonCopyPro launched new program “BiB” Business in a box. Now it’s only $395 to join and experience the real power of Carbon Copy Pro Marketing System. You will also earn a whopping $200 per sale of BiB. Imagine having our marketing experts closing your BiB sales for you automatically. Your first month of CCPRO fee and $99 consultant fee will be waived from the purchase of “BiB.”
Once you see the power of the SYSTEM you have setup for you, you can then upgrade to one of the well-structured plans below and start receiving high commissions from our main company.
M1: The “m1 Masters Program” and alliances will guide you through the “Six Steps to Freedom” assisting you ingetting where you want to be financially as soon as possible. You will receive the most advanced financial education package with this plan including “Tax Strategies For Business Professionals” that had saved our members millions of tax each year.
Price-$1995
Master Consultant Commission-$1,000 Residual Commission-$400
M2: At the “m2 Wealth Conference” you will meet speakers from our m1 Program and other top experts in the financial arena who will expose you to powerful financial knowledge and Wealth Creation opportunities. You will be able to socialize with all the successful people in the world when you attend out conference.
Price- $8995
Consultant Commission- $3,000 Residual Commission- $3,000
Master Consultant Commission-$5,000 Residual Commission- $1,000
Platinum Program: Combined m1 and m2 ProgramsWhen you purchase the “Platinum Program”, you will immediately be promoted to the higher paying position ofMaster Consultant for the m2 Program!
Price- $8,995
Consultant Commission- $3,000 Residual Commission- $2,300
Master Consultant Commission- $4,000 Residual Commission- 1,400
M3: The “m3 Life style experience” is an annual membership and conference like nothing else in existence! Bytaking advantage of the Platinum Plus program (combination or m1, m2 and m3) you will be promoted to a Master Consultant for the m2 and m3 programs.
Price- $12,995
Consultant Commission- $5,000 Residual Commission-$4,000
Master Consultant Commission- $7,500 Residual Commission- $1,500
Platinum Plus Program: Combined m1, m2, and m3 ProgramsWhen you purchase the “Platinum Plus” Program you will be immediately promoted to the higher payingposition of Master Consultant for the m1, m2, and m3 Programs!
Price- $19,995
Consultant Commission- $8,000 Residual Commission- $4,400
Master Consultant Commission- $10,000 Residual Commission- $2400
PS. Residual commission comes from your sponsored consultant (your downline).
There is an extra option for people who don’t have the money but really want to start a lucrative home business. You can join us as a referring consultant where you will only have to pass up 3 sales to become eligible to receive commissions as a M1 master consultant.
To OUR Success !
I am KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE !
615.653.0679
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Three "C's" Of Excellence !
Never complain, criticize or condemn.
The "Three C's" !!! Think about it a minute, if you never ever complained or criticized your spouse or significant other again, how would this change the dynamic of your relationship? Would they feel more accepted and loved? Would it add a peace to your relationship that didn't exist before? What if your spouse/partner never criticized YOU ever again? What would that do for you? Your kids? Your family?
Give people a hand-up, not a hand-out. Many of us are guilty of trying to "rescue" people. And why? Beacause we think we're going to save them from a painful lesson. However, some lessons are meant to be learned and we ruin the experience a person can gain by interfering. We all know how curious kids can be and what it's like to want to keep them from danger. How many of us have stopped our own kids from touching the hot stove because we don't want them to get burned? If we repeatedly told our kids that they would get hurt if they touched the stove, and they never did do you think it has the same impact as when they touch the pstove and feel the hot on their hands for themselves? A lesson doesn't have to be painful, but sometimes that's where we gain the value of a personal experience. I'm not saying that you should let your kids suffer burns for the sake of a lesson about a hot stove, but you get my point. When my friend ,Tom Meredith, gave me this nugget of advice he gave it to me so that I would remember that there are alot of people out there who are going to need help, and it's important that I sort through the ones who need help I can give them that they can learn from versus those who are looking to get something from me by taking advantage of the situation. (Whatever the "situation"). It's important to help people but make sure that you aren't doing them a disservice by stealing the experience from them.
Treat EVER person you meet like GOLD ... dare to pull out the best in everyone!
To OUR Success!
I am KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE !
615.653.0679
The "Three C's" !!! Think about it a minute, if you never ever complained or criticized your spouse or significant other again, how would this change the dynamic of your relationship? Would they feel more accepted and loved? Would it add a peace to your relationship that didn't exist before? What if your spouse/partner never criticized YOU ever again? What would that do for you? Your kids? Your family?
Give people a hand-up, not a hand-out. Many of us are guilty of trying to "rescue" people. And why? Beacause we think we're going to save them from a painful lesson. However, some lessons are meant to be learned and we ruin the experience a person can gain by interfering. We all know how curious kids can be and what it's like to want to keep them from danger. How many of us have stopped our own kids from touching the hot stove because we don't want them to get burned? If we repeatedly told our kids that they would get hurt if they touched the stove, and they never did do you think it has the same impact as when they touch the pstove and feel the hot on their hands for themselves? A lesson doesn't have to be painful, but sometimes that's where we gain the value of a personal experience. I'm not saying that you should let your kids suffer burns for the sake of a lesson about a hot stove, but you get my point. When my friend ,Tom Meredith, gave me this nugget of advice he gave it to me so that I would remember that there are alot of people out there who are going to need help, and it's important that I sort through the ones who need help I can give them that they can learn from versus those who are looking to get something from me by taking advantage of the situation. (Whatever the "situation"). It's important to help people but make sure that you aren't doing them a disservice by stealing the experience from them.
Treat EVER person you meet like GOLD ... dare to pull out the best in everyone!
To OUR Success!
I am KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE !
615.653.0679
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
2010 - 62 REASONS/WAYS TO WIN!
62 WAYS TO MAKE 2010 YOUR BEST YEAR YET
1. Remember that leadership isn't about your position. It's about your influence.
2. Get fit like a pro athlete.
3. Lift people up versus tearing people down.
4. Protect your good name. An impeccable reputation takes a lifetime to build. And 60 seconds to lose.
5. Surround yourself with positive, ethical people who are committed to excellence.
6. Remember that even a 1% daily innovation rate amounts to at least a 100% rate of innovation in 100 days.
7. Believe in your dreams (even when others laugh at them).
8. Measure your success, not by your net worth but by your self worth (and how happy you feel).
9. Take an intelligent risk every 24 hours. No try-No Win.
10. Read "Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist".
11. Watch "Man on Wire".
12. Regardless of your title at work, be a team builder.
13. Remember that business is all about relationships and human connections.
14. Say "please" more.
15. Say "thank you" more.
16. Know your Big 5: the five things that need to happen by the end of this year for you to feel its been your best year yet.
17. Read your Big 5 every morning while the rest of the world is asleep.
18. Read "As You Think". At least twice this year.
19. Be willing to fail. It's the price of greatness.
20. Focus less on making money and more on creating value.
21. Spend less, save more.
22. Leave everything you touch better than you found it.
23. Be the most positive person in every room you're in.
24. Run your own race.
24. Stay true to your deepest values and best ideals.
25. Write a handwritten thank you note to a customer/friend/loved one every day.
26. When you travel, send love letters to your kids on hotel stationary. In time, they'll have a rich collection to remember your travels by.
27. Read "Atlas Shrugged".
28. Be a problem solver versus a trouble maker.
29. Rather than doing many things at mediocrity do just a few things-but at mastery.
30. Honor your parents.
31. Commit to doing great work-whether anyone notices it or not. It's one of life's best sources of happiness.
32. Give more than you receive (another of the truths of happiness).
33. Have your 1/3/5/10/25 years goals recorded on paper and review them weekly.
34. Be patient. Slow and steady wins the race. The only reason businesses that went from zero to a billion in a year or two get featured in magazines is because 99% of businesses require a lot more time to win.
34. Underpromise and then overdeliver.
35. See part of your job as "a developer of people" (whether you work in the boardroom or the mailroom).
36. Wear your heart on your sleeve. When people see you're real, they'll fall in love with you.
37. Be authentic versus plastic.
38. Read "The Alchemist".
39. Remember that life wants you to win. So get out of your own way.
40. Consider that behind every fear lives your next level of growth (and power).
41. Eat less food.
42. Drink more water.
43. Rest when you need to.
44. Read "SUCCESS" magazine.
45. Write your eulogy and then live your life backwards.
46. Demand the best from yourself.
47. Remember that the more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.
48. See everything that happens to you as an opportunity to grow (and therefore, as a precious gift).
49. Be obsessed with learning and self-development.
50. Become comfortable alone (you are the only person you get to be with your whole life).
51. Smile. It's a stunningly effective way to win in business and life.
52. Reflect on the shortness of life.
53. Be bold when it comes to your dreams but gentle with those you love.
54. Remember that success is dangerous because it can kill drive/innovation/passion and going the extra mile. Be successful yet stay hungry.
55. Read "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin".
56. Be of deep value to this world.
57. Own beautiful things but don't let them own you.
58. Use excellent words.
59. Laugh more.
60. Don't complain, gossip or be negative.
61. Plan as if you'll live forever but live as if you'll die tomorrow.
62. Feel free to pass these lessons on to those you want to help
To Your Best Success!
I am KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE !
615.653.0679
1. Remember that leadership isn't about your position. It's about your influence.
2. Get fit like a pro athlete.
3. Lift people up versus tearing people down.
4. Protect your good name. An impeccable reputation takes a lifetime to build. And 60 seconds to lose.
5. Surround yourself with positive, ethical people who are committed to excellence.
6. Remember that even a 1% daily innovation rate amounts to at least a 100% rate of innovation in 100 days.
7. Believe in your dreams (even when others laugh at them).
8. Measure your success, not by your net worth but by your self worth (and how happy you feel).
9. Take an intelligent risk every 24 hours. No try-No Win.
10. Read "Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist".
11. Watch "Man on Wire".
12. Regardless of your title at work, be a team builder.
13. Remember that business is all about relationships and human connections.
14. Say "please" more.
15. Say "thank you" more.
16. Know your Big 5: the five things that need to happen by the end of this year for you to feel its been your best year yet.
17. Read your Big 5 every morning while the rest of the world is asleep.
18. Read "As You Think". At least twice this year.
19. Be willing to fail. It's the price of greatness.
20. Focus less on making money and more on creating value.
21. Spend less, save more.
22. Leave everything you touch better than you found it.
23. Be the most positive person in every room you're in.
24. Run your own race.
24. Stay true to your deepest values and best ideals.
25. Write a handwritten thank you note to a customer/friend/loved one every day.
26. When you travel, send love letters to your kids on hotel stationary. In time, they'll have a rich collection to remember your travels by.
27. Read "Atlas Shrugged".
28. Be a problem solver versus a trouble maker.
29. Rather than doing many things at mediocrity do just a few things-but at mastery.
30. Honor your parents.
31. Commit to doing great work-whether anyone notices it or not. It's one of life's best sources of happiness.
32. Give more than you receive (another of the truths of happiness).
33. Have your 1/3/5/10/25 years goals recorded on paper and review them weekly.
34. Be patient. Slow and steady wins the race. The only reason businesses that went from zero to a billion in a year or two get featured in magazines is because 99% of businesses require a lot more time to win.
34. Underpromise and then overdeliver.
35. See part of your job as "a developer of people" (whether you work in the boardroom or the mailroom).
36. Wear your heart on your sleeve. When people see you're real, they'll fall in love with you.
37. Be authentic versus plastic.
38. Read "The Alchemist".
39. Remember that life wants you to win. So get out of your own way.
40. Consider that behind every fear lives your next level of growth (and power).
41. Eat less food.
42. Drink more water.
43. Rest when you need to.
44. Read "SUCCESS" magazine.
45. Write your eulogy and then live your life backwards.
46. Demand the best from yourself.
47. Remember that the more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.
48. See everything that happens to you as an opportunity to grow (and therefore, as a precious gift).
49. Be obsessed with learning and self-development.
50. Become comfortable alone (you are the only person you get to be with your whole life).
51. Smile. It's a stunningly effective way to win in business and life.
52. Reflect on the shortness of life.
53. Be bold when it comes to your dreams but gentle with those you love.
54. Remember that success is dangerous because it can kill drive/innovation/passion and going the extra mile. Be successful yet stay hungry.
55. Read "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin".
56. Be of deep value to this world.
57. Own beautiful things but don't let them own you.
58. Use excellent words.
59. Laugh more.
60. Don't complain, gossip or be negative.
61. Plan as if you'll live forever but live as if you'll die tomorrow.
62. Feel free to pass these lessons on to those you want to help
To Your Best Success!
I am KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE !
615.653.0679
Saturday, January 2, 2010
The Most Powerful Biz Model In The World!
Is the Carbon Copy Pro The Most Powerful Biz Model In The World?
The words carboncopypro have been thrown together around the internet ever since the company was launched back in late 2004 by Jay Kubassek and Aaron Parkinson.
It's no surprise really when you consider the success of the team in it's early days and the speed at which carbon copy pro began to take shape that competitors in the internet marketing industry attempted to cast a few doubtful shadows across Kubassek's bright light.
Let's face it, if you can't beat them you have two choices; join them or rubbish them. Many have chosen the first option and many more have chosen the second. Very few sit on the carbon copy pro fence.
This article will provide an unbiased review of the carbon copy pro group, the business opportunity, the marketing system and the history of the company to give you the information you need to make an informed business decision on the carbon copy pro .
If you're looking for hype then this review of carboncopypro is NOT for you. If you are searching for the real truth about carboncopypro and need to know if carboncopypro works then sit back, pour yourself a cup of coffee and take five minutes to read this entire carboncopypro review from top to bottom.
what exactly is the carbon copy pro and does it work?
So, what exactly is the carbon copy pro ?
Carbon Copy Pro was launched in 2007 after several months of collaborative work and years of trial and error by two failed internet marketers Jay Kubassek and Aaron Parkinson. These two had learned the hard way, losing thousands of dollars in the process, that internet marketing can be a painful existence if you have no knowledge and no support in place. But, like many in the industry, they had stuck with it and over time had developed a detailed knowledge of what works and what doesn't online so that by the time they came together in the Summer of 2007 they had a wealth of internet marketing knowledge to merge into a powerful marketing system. That marketing system was carbon copy pro and it was launched a few months later.
So,if carboncopypro is simply a marketing system, how do you make money online with carboncopypro?
Simple...
By promoting or marketing the products which carboncopypro's partner, Wealth Masters International,sell.
Okay..
But,(I hear you!)
What does carbon copy pro sell!!
At the same time Kubassek and Parkinson launched carbon copy pro they took the decision to partner their team and their marketing system with a top tier business opportunity. The two decided that if their members were going to enjoy the benefits of the step-by-step system they had put in place for generating leads and managing those leads through the carboncopypro marketing funnel into prospects and ultimately team members then they wanted the rewards to be of a significantly high value that the opportunity would attract serious investors and online business builders.
Get this part - it's VERY IMPORTANT...
Carboncopypro is an extremely powerful marketing system - it works - Kubassek and Parkinson knew this from day one - and because of that, they also knew..
That to make serious money online from the system, they would have to sell a serious priced product (or in this case, a range of products).
THIS IS IMPORTANT POINT NUMBER 1...
Carboncopypro is ONLY for people who want to make serious money online. It will only work for people who want to make serious money online and if that's NOT you then STOP right now and head away because the carboncopypro business is NOT for you.
Okay..still with me? Then lets move on...
Carbon Copy Pro joined ranks with a leading Texas based financial education and services company whose compensation plan combines a residual income with a significant upfront payment enabling carbon copy pro members to generate an income in the region of $10,000 to $20,000 per month by making a small number of sales. This is the model Wealth Masters already had in place - people were already making this kind of money selling WMI products - but here's the thing...
Only a tiny number of people - in fact less than a handful. Until Wealth Masters partnered with carboncopypro and the system Kubassek and Parkinson put in place started to turn the wheels a little bit (so much in fact that in the first 60 days the WMI profits increased by over 400% - all on the back of carboncopy and more to the point Kubassek and Parkinson's knowledge and system)
So, ask yourself this question..Is carbon copy pro a scam if the Wealth Masters products were already in place and if so much money could be made from one or two sales?
Let's put it this way...
Kubassek and Parkinson could have chosen to market Mercedes motor cars online and probably would have sold thousands themselves - but they created a system for others to duplicate.
HERE'S WHY ===>>>
THIS IS IMPORTANT POINT NUMBER 2
The model Kubassek and Parkinson decided was right for their team was chosen over the traditional MLM business model for the simple reason that they wanted skilled marketers to be able to earn today what others in the industry were waiting five, ten or even twenty years to earn.
Here's the thing...
There are other online business opportunities out there that, over time, can generate the same levels of income as carbon copy pro. There are other ways to generate a massive income online...
But none which can offer the potential income as fast and with such a powerful marketing system behind it to generate ongoing leads.
Here's why (what it could mean to you I guess if you're still reading this...)
The commissions available to members on WMI products sales made is available due to the high end value of the product range offered and is paid to anyone marketing the products.
Don't be fooled, this is no walk in the park,no easy ride,no get rich quick scheme. But...
It does work. Simple.
Within the first 60 days of partnering with carbon copy pro, WMI, a leading financial services company witnessed an increase in it's sales of over 400%. Those numbers tell the truth in anyone's book, don't they?
400% in the first 30-60 days due solely and completely to the marketing system Kubassek, Parkinson and their team were driving forward relentlessly. The system and the immediate success of carbon copy pro lifted the team into the number 1 spot as an online marketing entity and pretty much made kubassek a household name in the MLM world even though carbon copy pro isn't strictly speaking an mlm
KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE!
615.6530679
The words carboncopypro have been thrown together around the internet ever since the company was launched back in late 2004 by Jay Kubassek and Aaron Parkinson.
It's no surprise really when you consider the success of the team in it's early days and the speed at which carbon copy pro began to take shape that competitors in the internet marketing industry attempted to cast a few doubtful shadows across Kubassek's bright light.
Let's face it, if you can't beat them you have two choices; join them or rubbish them. Many have chosen the first option and many more have chosen the second. Very few sit on the carbon copy pro fence.
This article will provide an unbiased review of the carbon copy pro group, the business opportunity, the marketing system and the history of the company to give you the information you need to make an informed business decision on the carbon copy pro .
If you're looking for hype then this review of carboncopypro is NOT for you. If you are searching for the real truth about carboncopypro and need to know if carboncopypro works then sit back, pour yourself a cup of coffee and take five minutes to read this entire carboncopypro review from top to bottom.
what exactly is the carbon copy pro and does it work?
So, what exactly is the carbon copy pro ?
Carbon Copy Pro was launched in 2007 after several months of collaborative work and years of trial and error by two failed internet marketers Jay Kubassek and Aaron Parkinson. These two had learned the hard way, losing thousands of dollars in the process, that internet marketing can be a painful existence if you have no knowledge and no support in place. But, like many in the industry, they had stuck with it and over time had developed a detailed knowledge of what works and what doesn't online so that by the time they came together in the Summer of 2007 they had a wealth of internet marketing knowledge to merge into a powerful marketing system. That marketing system was carbon copy pro and it was launched a few months later.
So,if carboncopypro is simply a marketing system, how do you make money online with carboncopypro?
Simple...
By promoting or marketing the products which carboncopypro's partner, Wealth Masters International,sell.
Okay..
But,(I hear you!)
What does carbon copy pro sell!!
At the same time Kubassek and Parkinson launched carbon copy pro they took the decision to partner their team and their marketing system with a top tier business opportunity. The two decided that if their members were going to enjoy the benefits of the step-by-step system they had put in place for generating leads and managing those leads through the carboncopypro marketing funnel into prospects and ultimately team members then they wanted the rewards to be of a significantly high value that the opportunity would attract serious investors and online business builders.
Get this part - it's VERY IMPORTANT...
Carboncopypro is an extremely powerful marketing system - it works - Kubassek and Parkinson knew this from day one - and because of that, they also knew..
That to make serious money online from the system, they would have to sell a serious priced product (or in this case, a range of products).
THIS IS IMPORTANT POINT NUMBER 1...
Carboncopypro is ONLY for people who want to make serious money online. It will only work for people who want to make serious money online and if that's NOT you then STOP right now and head away because the carboncopypro business is NOT for you.
Okay..still with me? Then lets move on...
Carbon Copy Pro joined ranks with a leading Texas based financial education and services company whose compensation plan combines a residual income with a significant upfront payment enabling carbon copy pro members to generate an income in the region of $10,000 to $20,000 per month by making a small number of sales. This is the model Wealth Masters already had in place - people were already making this kind of money selling WMI products - but here's the thing...
Only a tiny number of people - in fact less than a handful. Until Wealth Masters partnered with carboncopypro and the system Kubassek and Parkinson put in place started to turn the wheels a little bit (so much in fact that in the first 60 days the WMI profits increased by over 400% - all on the back of carboncopy and more to the point Kubassek and Parkinson's knowledge and system)
So, ask yourself this question..Is carbon copy pro a scam if the Wealth Masters products were already in place and if so much money could be made from one or two sales?
Let's put it this way...
Kubassek and Parkinson could have chosen to market Mercedes motor cars online and probably would have sold thousands themselves - but they created a system for others to duplicate.
HERE'S WHY ===>>>
THIS IS IMPORTANT POINT NUMBER 2
The model Kubassek and Parkinson decided was right for their team was chosen over the traditional MLM business model for the simple reason that they wanted skilled marketers to be able to earn today what others in the industry were waiting five, ten or even twenty years to earn.
Here's the thing...
There are other online business opportunities out there that, over time, can generate the same levels of income as carbon copy pro. There are other ways to generate a massive income online...
But none which can offer the potential income as fast and with such a powerful marketing system behind it to generate ongoing leads.
Here's why (what it could mean to you I guess if you're still reading this...)
The commissions available to members on WMI products sales made is available due to the high end value of the product range offered and is paid to anyone marketing the products.
Don't be fooled, this is no walk in the park,no easy ride,no get rich quick scheme. But...
It does work. Simple.
Within the first 60 days of partnering with carbon copy pro, WMI, a leading financial services company witnessed an increase in it's sales of over 400%. Those numbers tell the truth in anyone's book, don't they?
400% in the first 30-60 days due solely and completely to the marketing system Kubassek, Parkinson and their team were driving forward relentlessly. The system and the immediate success of carbon copy pro lifted the team into the number 1 spot as an online marketing entity and pretty much made kubassek a household name in the MLM world even though carbon copy pro isn't strictly speaking an mlm
KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE!
615.6530679
Attraction To Distraction!
Attention and Distraction
The idea of whether the Internet is making us more intelligent or less intelligent, more vulnerable to distraction or more capable of skillful multi-tasking, seems to have obsessed the majority of print and online media journalists lately. No doubt these journalists are concerned with the fate of their jobs, as print media dwindles and people become increasingly less likely to pay for reporting that often costs thousands of dollars to accomplish. Out of this so-called “crisis of attention” has emerged a new genre of writing, a kind of meta-reporting in which journalists, distracted by the swarm of new media overtaking print, are focusing their attention on new neurological research and technological advancements to try and figure out where the future of their own profession, and indeed the entire globalized world, is headed.
One of the more notable recent articles to address this topic was Sam Anderson’s New York magazine piece called “In Defense of Distraction.”[1] Basically Anderson says that the amount of distracting media content available these days (through iPods, iPhones, 24/7 cable news, multiple email accounts, YouTube, etc) may, over time, enable human beings to be better at “paying attention.”
He begins the article by citing a number of scary statistics about the toll the Internet and streaming media has reeked on human beings: Young adults in South Korea have perished from exhaustion after marathon “gaming” sessions; distraction is a “full-blown epidemic” akin to smoking years ago, when people didn’t understand how unhealthy smoking really was; Einstein, were he alive today, would have been too distracted to come up with the theory of relativity. But Anderson soon comes around to say that attention is actually a kind of concentrated form of distraction. Focusing on a pen on your desk, for instance, is a way of harnessing your distractions around a single point. You start to think interesting thoughts about the desk, the pen, ink, the act of writing, etc. You become distracted, in other words, by concentrating on the pen.
We’re always distracted. It’s our natural condition. But too much concentration, Anderson says, can actually be a bad thing. Adderall, for example, often causes people to think mechanically, as if with blinders on, limiting one’s ability to be distracted and thus think creatively. In a recent article in Slate,[2] Joshua Foer spent an experimental week taking Adderall, and found that he was much less likely to be distracted by email, but also less likely to think outside the box. To experience the random associations or sensations that can often trigger a cool new angle on an idea, he needed to be a bit more distractable. Anderson uses the example of Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, Proust’s giant seven-volume masterpiece of reminiscence that was initially triggered by a random sense memory—the taste of a cookie dipped in tea that transported him back to his youth. Had Proust been taking Adderall, Anderson writes, he might’ve been so caught up in whatever conversation he was having or book he was reading that the memory of eating his “madeleine,” as the cookie was called, may not have registered at all.
Nicholas Carr, a former IT consultant who writes periodically for The Atlantic, made some darker prophecies on the subject of attention and distraction last year in an article titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” [3] Taking the opposite track from Anderson, Carr starts by addressing the benefits of the Internet. People may be reading more than they used to in the seventies and eighties, thanks to the web and other text providers. And deep research is gloriously simpler thanks to Google. Whereas before you might have to spend a day in the library stacks to find a relevant quote, you can now search for it in Google and shazaam, there it is. Three seconds versus 5 hours. But Carr is infinitely skeptical of the toll this ease-of-access may be taking on the biological network of our brains. Technology may not only be influencing what we think, but how we think:
[W]hat the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles. Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.
Carr foresees a time not unlike that portrayed in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey, in which the most ostensibly “human” character turns out to be a machine. The essence of Kubrick’s prophecy, Carr writes, is that “as we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence.”
In my own life, I’ve noticed a decreased ability to pay attention to books and magazines the way that I used to, before the Internet became such a big part of everyone’s life. There’s always something else to do, to look up, to watch. Spending an hour reading a novel or a long article in the New Yorker is becoming less and less feasible. I find myself getting antsy, losing my place, drifting off, especially if I happen to be reading in the same room as my computer—that portal to the land of universal knowledge and, of course, distraction. Granted, there are a lot of great things on the Internet, things that have certainly changed the way I think about the world in a positive and beneficial way. Never have human beings been able to connect with one another so easily, and connect to ideas so easily, which hopefully increases our wisdom and ability to empathize with the rest of the species.
And yet, it’s hard not to feel like a kind of lab rat, punching the feeder bar for more and more input, more content, more blips of temporary pleasure from videos of cats in funny costumes. And the sad truth, as Carr makes clear, is that companies like Google have an economic interest in making us more and more distracted, so that they can learn more about our interests and personal habits and then advertise accordingly. They don’t want concentrated thinking; they want you to continue hyperlinking and surfing wildly and constantly, instead of spending thirty minutes contemplating an author’s intentions. That gets them nowhere. They, too, are thirsty for input.
For the moment, the solution for many ambitious Americans seems to be neuro-enhancers, drugs that increase out ability to pay attention and perform complex tasks more efficiently. But again, what part of ourselves are we losing by taking these drugs? The long-term consequences of Adderall addiction can be just as devastating as an addiction to speed—the gradual burning-out of important neural circuitry. Perhaps the best solution is to take up meditating, or make sure you get some weekly exercise, or just continue to think about stuff and have face-to-face conversations about non-technological subjects. Unless some apocalyptic event wipes out the whole mainframe Internet circuit board, we’re going to be living with frighteningly advanced technology for millennia to come. We better start learning how to ignore it from time to time.
To Your Success!
I Am KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE!
615.653.0679
The idea of whether the Internet is making us more intelligent or less intelligent, more vulnerable to distraction or more capable of skillful multi-tasking, seems to have obsessed the majority of print and online media journalists lately. No doubt these journalists are concerned with the fate of their jobs, as print media dwindles and people become increasingly less likely to pay for reporting that often costs thousands of dollars to accomplish. Out of this so-called “crisis of attention” has emerged a new genre of writing, a kind of meta-reporting in which journalists, distracted by the swarm of new media overtaking print, are focusing their attention on new neurological research and technological advancements to try and figure out where the future of their own profession, and indeed the entire globalized world, is headed.
One of the more notable recent articles to address this topic was Sam Anderson’s New York magazine piece called “In Defense of Distraction.”[1] Basically Anderson says that the amount of distracting media content available these days (through iPods, iPhones, 24/7 cable news, multiple email accounts, YouTube, etc) may, over time, enable human beings to be better at “paying attention.”
He begins the article by citing a number of scary statistics about the toll the Internet and streaming media has reeked on human beings: Young adults in South Korea have perished from exhaustion after marathon “gaming” sessions; distraction is a “full-blown epidemic” akin to smoking years ago, when people didn’t understand how unhealthy smoking really was; Einstein, were he alive today, would have been too distracted to come up with the theory of relativity. But Anderson soon comes around to say that attention is actually a kind of concentrated form of distraction. Focusing on a pen on your desk, for instance, is a way of harnessing your distractions around a single point. You start to think interesting thoughts about the desk, the pen, ink, the act of writing, etc. You become distracted, in other words, by concentrating on the pen.
We’re always distracted. It’s our natural condition. But too much concentration, Anderson says, can actually be a bad thing. Adderall, for example, often causes people to think mechanically, as if with blinders on, limiting one’s ability to be distracted and thus think creatively. In a recent article in Slate,[2] Joshua Foer spent an experimental week taking Adderall, and found that he was much less likely to be distracted by email, but also less likely to think outside the box. To experience the random associations or sensations that can often trigger a cool new angle on an idea, he needed to be a bit more distractable. Anderson uses the example of Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, Proust’s giant seven-volume masterpiece of reminiscence that was initially triggered by a random sense memory—the taste of a cookie dipped in tea that transported him back to his youth. Had Proust been taking Adderall, Anderson writes, he might’ve been so caught up in whatever conversation he was having or book he was reading that the memory of eating his “madeleine,” as the cookie was called, may not have registered at all.
Nicholas Carr, a former IT consultant who writes periodically for The Atlantic, made some darker prophecies on the subject of attention and distraction last year in an article titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” [3] Taking the opposite track from Anderson, Carr starts by addressing the benefits of the Internet. People may be reading more than they used to in the seventies and eighties, thanks to the web and other text providers. And deep research is gloriously simpler thanks to Google. Whereas before you might have to spend a day in the library stacks to find a relevant quote, you can now search for it in Google and shazaam, there it is. Three seconds versus 5 hours. But Carr is infinitely skeptical of the toll this ease-of-access may be taking on the biological network of our brains. Technology may not only be influencing what we think, but how we think:
[W]hat the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles. Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.
Carr foresees a time not unlike that portrayed in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey, in which the most ostensibly “human” character turns out to be a machine. The essence of Kubrick’s prophecy, Carr writes, is that “as we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence.”
In my own life, I’ve noticed a decreased ability to pay attention to books and magazines the way that I used to, before the Internet became such a big part of everyone’s life. There’s always something else to do, to look up, to watch. Spending an hour reading a novel or a long article in the New Yorker is becoming less and less feasible. I find myself getting antsy, losing my place, drifting off, especially if I happen to be reading in the same room as my computer—that portal to the land of universal knowledge and, of course, distraction. Granted, there are a lot of great things on the Internet, things that have certainly changed the way I think about the world in a positive and beneficial way. Never have human beings been able to connect with one another so easily, and connect to ideas so easily, which hopefully increases our wisdom and ability to empathize with the rest of the species.
And yet, it’s hard not to feel like a kind of lab rat, punching the feeder bar for more and more input, more content, more blips of temporary pleasure from videos of cats in funny costumes. And the sad truth, as Carr makes clear, is that companies like Google have an economic interest in making us more and more distracted, so that they can learn more about our interests and personal habits and then advertise accordingly. They don’t want concentrated thinking; they want you to continue hyperlinking and surfing wildly and constantly, instead of spending thirty minutes contemplating an author’s intentions. That gets them nowhere. They, too, are thirsty for input.
For the moment, the solution for many ambitious Americans seems to be neuro-enhancers, drugs that increase out ability to pay attention and perform complex tasks more efficiently. But again, what part of ourselves are we losing by taking these drugs? The long-term consequences of Adderall addiction can be just as devastating as an addiction to speed—the gradual burning-out of important neural circuitry. Perhaps the best solution is to take up meditating, or make sure you get some weekly exercise, or just continue to think about stuff and have face-to-face conversations about non-technological subjects. Unless some apocalyptic event wipes out the whole mainframe Internet circuit board, we’re going to be living with frighteningly advanced technology for millennia to come. We better start learning how to ignore it from time to time.
To Your Success!
I Am KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE!
615.653.0679
R.I.P. - Common Sense
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn’t always fair; and
- maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge). His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers:
-I Know My Rights
-I Want It Now
-Someone Else Is To Blame
-I’m A Victim
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.
BELIEVE ME! I am KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE!
615.653.0679
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn’t always fair; and
- maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge). His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers:
-I Know My Rights
-I Want It Now
-Someone Else Is To Blame
-I’m A Victim
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.
BELIEVE ME! I am KINGDOM!
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE!
615.653.0679
Friday, January 1, 2010
Millionaire Mindset
Bless 10, 000 - And Their Blessing Will Bless You !
In 1990, I was given a vision that I would become a millionaire, and as with many families, my vision was the "butt" of many jokes ... I'd laugh right along with my friends and family, but I never took my eye off that vision ... it was simple to me ... ten hundred thousand dollar homes would give me a million dollars in assets, and over twenty years I'd pay them off, and have a million dollar net worth; and that's exactly what I did - I was a millionaire before forty!
I guess the story should end there, but there's more ...I went on to own over thirty houses, valued at almost five million, and of course I carried the "five million dollar headache" that goes along with real estate investment - nevertheless, I was a millionaire - EVERYONE stopped laughing; however, some SUGGESTED that perhaps I went about my journey to millionaire -dom in a less than honest way - the very thought burned me up ... here I am working a hundred hours per week, in real estate and corporate america ( Fortune #23 ), and people have the stomach to suggest I was less than honest - like I said, it burned me up!
I made a decision to not only build upon my wealth, but to develop "one hundred millionaires" - my vision was "1000 ...100" - win one thousand souls, and help ten percent become millionaires; I say this was my vision, in truth it still is.
I started my project with several young men working for me ... I mentored them daily, we met weekly and planned a real estate strategyt around buying, building and developing real estate in the Metro Nashville area - we did well; three of five went to millionaire status - just ninety -seven more, I thought!
I asked each of my young millionaire students/friend to help me shoulder the burden of developing another "ninety -seven millionaires" over a seven year period, and of course they agreed .
I was thinking, "this is easy" - why doesn't everyone do this? We were expanding our real estate network, investing in restaurants, networking with a number of sport celebrities - just creating wealth everywhere we went ... blessing people and being blessed!
We were all like the "millionaires next door" - no one knew us, nor suspected that we were all millionaires ... that soon changed. Several articles, ribbon cuttings and ground breaking events put my "little millionaire" group on the "wire" - suddenly we had lots of attention, and our millionaire sports celeb buddies, only added to the attention.
Now we were being scrutinized, evaluated - tracked! The pressure to perform, and live up to our press grew, our competition increased external to our group, and strangely enough internal to our group! We begin to compete for press, fight for attention, attempt to "one up, one another"; we lost sight of the "vision to create", and begin to focus on maintaining, and adding to our "own kingdom" - on lookers really enjoyed that fiasco!
Jumping to the end of the story - we lost everything! People ask me today, how did the "triune" lose everything ... well the answer is simple - we lost each other, we lost our "synergy", our "mojo" ... we lost the secret to our success - friendship!
Now several years after the madness, we're all in the recovery mode, and we're all friends again ... having had both millions and friendship, I value the friendship deeply. We have to work at though, it's always easy to "back track" towards the madness that almost destroyed us! LESSON LEARNED ? Oh, yes ! Maybe my story will help someone figure out how to gain the millions, and maintain the "stuff that dreams are made of" - family and friendship!
I've not given up on creating 100 millionaires - STAND BY ( smile) !
Kevin K. Hemphill
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE
www.kevinkhemphill.com
615.653.0679
In 1990, I was given a vision that I would become a millionaire, and as with many families, my vision was the "butt" of many jokes ... I'd laugh right along with my friends and family, but I never took my eye off that vision ... it was simple to me ... ten hundred thousand dollar homes would give me a million dollars in assets, and over twenty years I'd pay them off, and have a million dollar net worth; and that's exactly what I did - I was a millionaire before forty!
I guess the story should end there, but there's more ...I went on to own over thirty houses, valued at almost five million, and of course I carried the "five million dollar headache" that goes along with real estate investment - nevertheless, I was a millionaire - EVERYONE stopped laughing; however, some SUGGESTED that perhaps I went about my journey to millionaire -dom in a less than honest way - the very thought burned me up ... here I am working a hundred hours per week, in real estate and corporate america ( Fortune #23 ), and people have the stomach to suggest I was less than honest - like I said, it burned me up!
I made a decision to not only build upon my wealth, but to develop "one hundred millionaires" - my vision was "1000 ...100" - win one thousand souls, and help ten percent become millionaires; I say this was my vision, in truth it still is.
I started my project with several young men working for me ... I mentored them daily, we met weekly and planned a real estate strategyt around buying, building and developing real estate in the Metro Nashville area - we did well; three of five went to millionaire status - just ninety -seven more, I thought!
I asked each of my young millionaire students/friend to help me shoulder the burden of developing another "ninety -seven millionaires" over a seven year period, and of course they agreed .
I was thinking, "this is easy" - why doesn't everyone do this? We were expanding our real estate network, investing in restaurants, networking with a number of sport celebrities - just creating wealth everywhere we went ... blessing people and being blessed!
We were all like the "millionaires next door" - no one knew us, nor suspected that we were all millionaires ... that soon changed. Several articles, ribbon cuttings and ground breaking events put my "little millionaire" group on the "wire" - suddenly we had lots of attention, and our millionaire sports celeb buddies, only added to the attention.
Now we were being scrutinized, evaluated - tracked! The pressure to perform, and live up to our press grew, our competition increased external to our group, and strangely enough internal to our group! We begin to compete for press, fight for attention, attempt to "one up, one another"; we lost sight of the "vision to create", and begin to focus on maintaining, and adding to our "own kingdom" - on lookers really enjoyed that fiasco!
Jumping to the end of the story - we lost everything! People ask me today, how did the "triune" lose everything ... well the answer is simple - we lost each other, we lost our "synergy", our "mojo" ... we lost the secret to our success - friendship!
Now several years after the madness, we're all in the recovery mode, and we're all friends again ... having had both millions and friendship, I value the friendship deeply. We have to work at though, it's always easy to "back track" towards the madness that almost destroyed us! LESSON LEARNED ? Oh, yes ! Maybe my story will help someone figure out how to gain the millions, and maintain the "stuff that dreams are made of" - family and friendship!
I've not given up on creating 100 millionaires - STAND BY ( smile) !
Kevin K. Hemphill
Kevin K. Hemphill LIVE
www.kevinkhemphill.com
615.653.0679
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