A Little-Known Secret That Can Make You Successful at Damn Near Anything!

How 1 Simple Change in Your Decision Making Can Make or Break You

There's a lot of secrets to success, but one surprising secret has little to do with how much college education you have, and a lot to do with your thought process and behavior.  

Have you ever:

• purchased something only to later have buyer's remorse?

• made a bad business decision based on fear?

• gambled your funds on an exciting business venture, that lead you into debt?

• gotten so overly keyed-up and excited that you did something crazy that you later regretted?

• purchased one of those money making systems when you were down on your luck, only to discover that it would take a lot more effort than you thought? 

• stayed in a relationship with someone who makes you unhappy?

• taken on a business that failed, but you kept beating it like a dead horse trying to make it work?

If you said yes to any of these, don't feel like the lone stranger in this. Most people go through this and it's one of those life lessons that most people can't quite put their finger on, but they know something's not right and something needs to change, but what?

First, we need to take a step back and look at two key components that we use to base our decisions and actions on.

Emotion & Logic

Before we get into this, we need to look at the meaning of both:

Emotion:  A mental reaction (such as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavior changes in the body

Logic: A science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity and inference and demonstration: the science of formal principles and reasoning.

When it comes to matters of love, shopping, business, and other areas of life, most people base their decisions on emotion-- without even realizing it. 

Marketers know your emotions drive you to purchase things, and they use this to their advantage. 

Emotion has a lot of power and (aside from people with personality disorders and mental issues who freely walk the streets and get in positions of power) it's the reason the world is so messed up today. Emotions have caused unnecessary fighting, whereas if logic was used, the outcome could have been a win/win compromise. 

Logic can also have a lot of power, but you have to know when and how to use it. 

Now, emotion in itself isn't bad, but it can cause an undesired outcome if you're basing major life decisions on it. 

People vote with their emotions, buy things they don't need with their emotions, take on extra things they can't handle with their emotions, jump into business ventures that aren't right for them because of emotions. People will jump into a relationship with someone despite red-flags... or they'll continue to go back to toxic relationships over and over, even though the everyone else around them tells them that it doesn't make logical sense to go back to that unhealthy relationship .... You're getting the picture, right?

The key to changing your

outcome is balancing your

 emotion and logic.

But how do you do this? 

First, we need to look at things objectively- focus on just the facts.

If you've ever spoken to a judge, attorney, or police officer, they ask you for just the facts. They don't want to know how upset you are or what a person may have done to hurt your feelings. They focus on what actions occurred and what law was broken. They don't want to know how you felt, because feelings are a grey area that isn't written into the law. Different things trigger different types of emotions with everyone. Some people are better at handling their emotions than others. Your emotions are not their responsibility, nor are they anyone else's. 

A mortgage lender, credit card company, grocery store, or any other business doesn't focus on emotions. If they did they'd be out of business. So it's up to you as an individual to keep your emotions in check and focus on just the facts in your life.

The reason wall street tycoons and business gurus become so successful is because they use logic:

• Successful stock investors don't get emotionally attached to the stock-- they focus on the numbers and they know when to buy, when to sell, and when to hold. 
• Successful Real Estate investors don't get emotionally attached to the properties-- like stock investors, they focus on the numbers. 
• Successful CEOs focus on what's going to make the company better-- they don't care about office drama... they care about making the business successful. 
• Successful Marketers don't care if anyone likes how an advertisement looks-- they care about if it's going to convert to customers. 

So to be more logical, you have to think like a detective or successful business guru and focus on just the facts. Use logic and reasoning to weigh the possible outcomes or consequences before you jump into any decisions. Research the data. Find out as much factual information that you can about something, and then infer if it will be a good decision. 

Ask yourself, am I basing

 this decision on how

 I feel, or what I think? 

Exercising your mind to think this way, will help to condition your brain into thinking in a more logical and rational way, instead of allowing your emotions to take you down the rabbit hole. 

Now, I'm not telling you to completely drop emotions... By all means, be kind to others, and don't be cold and distant. However, you can get your emotions in check, and you'll have to, if you expect to have any form of success. Focusing on logic will bring the balance that will allow you to make better life decisions. 


In order to find this balance, we have to be more self-aware and consciously focus on looking at things more factually. Self-awareness is critical for success!

Look at your life as if it were a non-fiction book. What facts do you want to go down in your historical legacy. I can guarantee you that your successors won't be talking about how great you were at emotions. Look at your challenges as if they were a math problem at school. If you get the answer wrong, you don't get emotional about it, you just study harder and try until you get it right. Treat your life the same way. If you screw something up, don't get emotional about it. Just work on doing it right the next time.

Emotions come from our subconscious mind; it's that thing that drives us to act. Ever done something kinda crazy and not realized why you did? Emotion...

Logic comes from our conscious mind, where we think things out, and we may write them down. We rationalize and make a careful decision. Ever advised a friend who was crying because he or she was struggling with a problem, in which you can see the solution clear as day, but the friend can't? Logic...


This is why journaling can be helpful. You write down your thoughts and emotions, then when you go back and read it later, you view it more objectively, instead of how you felt when you originally wrote it.

Throughout my life, I used 90% emotion and 10% logic to base my decisions. I wasn't even aware of it. That's how my whole family thought... and that's why we were always broke; that's why we always struggled. 

I'm also a creative and an artist by nature, and with that comes a lot of emotion. Since I've started being more self-aware and consciously basing making decisions using logic, it has allowed me to reach many goals. 

The bottom line is: Keep your emotions out of your business. Focus on the facts and statistics. Not how you feel about it or how much you like something. 

If you master this, you'll indientify, not only how emotions affect you, but how it's affecting others too.

This has been one of the big secrets to success for a long time. Now it's up to us to incorporate it in our lives. 

I hope this has been helpful for you. I know that this simple principal has been life-changing for me. 


If this principal has had an effect in your life, let me know in the comments below! 

Have a fabulous and productive day! 

Why You Can't Get the Job You Went to College For & How to Change It

Why You Can't Get the Career You Worked So Hard For & How to Turn it Around! 

So, you spent all of this time and money getting an education, so that when you finish, your future will be brighter and you'll have an exciting career.

Then you graduate.... Now what?

You hit the ground running, applying to jobs everywhere. You get a few callbacks... but still no job. What could be wrong?

It's gotta be the economy, right? 

Wrong....

Have you ever heard of Imposter Syndrome?

According to Psychology Today, Imposter Syndrome is: A pattern of behavior where people doubt their accomplishments and have a persistent, often internalized, fear of being exposed as a fraud.

In other words, say you want to be an microbiologist. You go to school for it... but after you graduate, you don't think you are good enough to do the job... and even if you do get the job, you will be called out as an "imposter". 

"Who does this guy think he is, trying to be a microbiologist... he's not an microbiologist like the rest of us", is what you're imagining someone else saying in your mind.

You don't believe in yourself, therefore you lack the confidence to interview, let alone even do the job... and you don't get hired. It's a vicious cycle.

If you go into a job lacking the confidence and believing that you don't deserve the job or the pay rate, you're not likely to get the job.That's the unfortunate truth. 

What's funny is that I've seen people with the least amount of self confidence have the most talents and abilities in their line of work. But usually, it's the cocky and arrogant ones who don't know shit, that always get the job because of their confidence in their own abilities... and that's how they slip past and get through. That's some B.S., huh?  

If you grew up in poverty, like I did, you are going to have a difficult time shaking this imposter syndrome mindset. 

Negative thoughts will go through your subconscious mind, such as:

"I've never made this kind of money before, I'm not worth that much money."

"I haven't been around these kind of people before. I don't know think they'll be able to relate."

"How's it even possible for someone like me to the same job as that clean cut Harvard graduate guy over there."

"The only jobs I'm familiar with are the low paying ones"

"I knew I wasn't good enough to do this kind of job, maybe I need some more college training"

IMPOSTER SYNDROME feels like you're showing up to a party that you weren't invited to.

Does it give you anxiety just thinking about it?

You, my friend, are your own worst enemy! 

You need to knock that shit off right now!! 

You didn't do all this schooling and go into all of that student debt for nothing!  Not to mention, no amount of college is going to teach you how to value yourself or think for yourself. Unfortunately, that's something you have to do on your own. 

"Stop waiting on permission from people who don't live your life" ~ Unknown

Stop waiting on permission from your mom, your co-worker, your boss, your professor, your friend, or anyone else who's not in your shoes! You decide what your destiny is... and nobody else! Got it?! Good!

Going into new territory is scary for anyone, and can be crippling when you don't know what to expect. Especially if you're not generally a confident person.

There is a way to break this cycle, but you have to be willing to do what it takes! What I'm about to mention might seem trivial, but they are vital in conditioning you into getting the career you aspire to do! 


HOW TO BREAK THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME CYCLE: 

1. Believe that you can break the cycle- If you believe it, you will see to it that it's done! If you don't believe it, you'll give up at the first sign of failure. Simple as that. 


2. Put yourself around other people who are making that kind of money and more.


3. Submerge yourself into the field you want to work in, whether that's interning, volunteering, or just going and observing others doing the job. All it takes is some phone calls, emails, or going to some events to network to get your foot in the door. You can also join some facebook groups or some meetups.


4. Visualize yourself making that kind of money and doing that kind of job. Make a vision board of work areas, items that you'd be using at the job, and people working the job. Also, include the kind of money you'll be making and the things that kind of money can buy. You can even write out a budget to make it more realistic.


5. Say to yourself: I am a ___________________ (whatever career that you want). 

This sounds a lot like the law of attraction, right? It is, but if you don't believe in it, that's okay .... you don't have to... all you have to believe in is the fundamental principles of psychology, which if you went to college, I would think that you'd at least believe in that.

The key here is to expose yourself to what you want as much as possible, so that you'll get used to it and it will become normal to you. It's only a matter of time before you become comfortable being a part of the  "microbiologist" culture (or the culture of whatever career you've set out to do). 

Here's a quote that's in a journal I created, which will help you to remember this principle: 

"You become what you surround yourself with"

Speaking of journals, here's something that can help you get out of the trenches of imposter syndrome. It's called the Happy Bitch Journal. Check out this funny little video.

Keep these principals in mind... follow the steps above, and before too long, you'll be doing the career that you've dreamed of doing all along.... and eventually, you'll get so used to it, that you'll come to a point where you'll wonder why you thought it was that big of a deal in the first place, and that's when you'll realize it's time to move up the ladder to the next phase in your career. 

If you follow these steps, and get hired at your dream job afterward, please come back and let me know in the comment section below! I love to hear success stories! 

How to Establish an Anonymous LLC for Real-estate & Other Businesses - Step by Step

Haven't been able to get any straight answers about creating an Anonymous LLC? 

I know you feel, and I've got you covered! 

There's a lot of reasons why someone may want their LLC to be anonymous. Maybe a property owner doesn't want the tenant looking them up, or perhaps a business owner doesn't want to be a target for lawsuits.

Establishing an LLC (Limited Liability Company) and filing your Articles of Organization, can feel very intimidating. That's because attorney's typically only give you a few crumbs of info, and when you do finally do a free 30 minute consult with them, they give you so much confusing information and legal jargon, that it makes your head feel like it's going to explode.  I can't say this is all attorneys, but there are attorneys who overcharge small businesses thousands of dollars just for pushing a few papers... and attorney's get all that money because of our fear of doing something wrong or getting sued. This is one of the reasons that small businesses have so many difficulties getting off the ground. But with a little confidence and common sense, you can do most of this on your own. You can do it! (In my Rob Schneider voice.)

So, after several phone consultations with attorneys, quite a few online consultations with some business consultants, 2 weeks/100 hours of online research later, (and a partridge in a pear tree), I found the answer!! 

Now, I'm no legal expert, but I do have common sense and can add 2+2, which completely gives me the credentials to bring you this information ;) (joking) But since I found this awesome discovery, I thought I'd share it with you lovely people! No matter why you want your LLC to be anonymous, I've got the goods below: 

First, despite what most of the attorneys are telling you, there are more than just 4 states where you can register an anonymous LLC. Normally, they say you can only register an anonymous LLC in Delaware, Nevada, Wyoming, & New Mexico. But they're wrong... You can register an anonymous LLC in about half of the states in the U.S. The only downside to not registering your anonymous LLC in the 4 states (they keep beating into your head) is not having as strong of a charging order protection that these states offer, so if charging order protection is what you are seeking, you may want to register your LLC in one of those 4 states. Something new that happened in 2016 is that Ohio is now providing just about the same charging order protection as the other 4 states -- which is certainly worth checking into because there's no annual reports and only a 1 time registration fee of $99 buckages!

Here is the list of states that allow anonymous LLCs.

Secondly, I found 2 incredibly helpful videos that break down how LLCs work, why you need one, and how to structure your LLC anonymously, and why you'd want to make it an anonymous LLC.

Now, here's the scoop:

5 Main Things You Need to Register Your Anonymous LLC

1. Anonymous Street Address: The Secretary of State (SOS) needs a physical street address to your business, so they can deliver mail to it. You can use your business or personal street address, but if you want to remain anonymous, you can get a street address from a mailing service. Just make sure to put it under the name of the LLC. There's a place called iPostal1, which has mail forwarding and virtual mail service in all 50 states. You can also look up a local private mailbox service in your area, which will also give you a much less expensive rate than UPS and some other services. (Side note, the Secretary of State will not accept P.O. Boxes for a business address). 

2. Registered Agent: A reputable place is Northwest Registered Agent who has registered agents in all 50 states and was the most reasonably priced at $125 per year. With Northwest Registered Agent, you can have a Registered Agent available immediately upon signing up and they'll send you everything you need via email. There are many reasons you need an Registered Agent. One reason is because their name (instead of yours) is what will be publicly registered under your LLC at the SOS website. There are several other reasons to have a registered agent, which you can find on the LLC University website.

3. Organizer: Someone other than an LLC member who has zero interest in the company which fills out and files the LLC paperwork with the Secretary of State. (This can all be done online). This can be someone you hire, a trusted and capable friend or relative, or your Registered Agent. You can have a member of the LLC file the paperwork, but that will diminish the anonymity of your LLC.  Side note: your Organizer can use your anonymous business street address as their address since they are doing this on behalf of your business.

4. Operating Agreement: This is an internal agreement between you and your LLC partners or members who have a vested interest in the company. You don't need to submit this in to the Secretary of State unless your state requires it. You just need to have it on file in case the "shit hits the fan". You can get a free template of an operating agreement at the LLC University Website. You can also get another variation of an operating agreement from Northwest Registered Agent. You should have an attorney look over this agreement to make sure it looks legit.

5. Articles of Organization (Secretary of State Registration): Here's a handy list of all 50 states where you can file your SOS registration. The cost to register varies in each state.

Above and beyond the registration, a couple of other things you'll need to do for your LLC are: 

• EIN Number: Get your EIN number from the IRS so that your LLC will be all the way legit. Just make sure to put the EIN under your LLC's name and not your personal name.

• Bank Account: Regardless if you do an anonymous LLC or not, you need to have a bank account in the name of your LLC. so go to your local bank and set up an account for the business. Getting a credit card and establishing business credit can further substantiate your LLC.


• Transfer Ownership: If you own Real Estate, you need to contact your local county auditor to transfer ownership of the property into the name of your LLC. Typically this is done with a quitclaim deed.

• Unique Name Search: Make sure you have a unique name for your LLC business. Basically, you can't use the same name as anyone else. You can do a business name search on your State's Secretary of State website.

Now, one other thing you should do is get liability insurance for your company. Just because you're an LLC doesn't mean you won't get sued. But the LLC does offer many other advantages. If you want to make sure the "Corporate Veil is not Pierced" you'll need to make sure you Maintain your business appropriately. 

There's a lot of options when it comes to structuring an LLC or any kind of business for that matter... and there are so many stipulations, it can be so confusing! I went through hell trying to figure it all out.... but you won't have to, because I will be doing a future post about LLC structuring for the best possible outcome for taxes, asset protection, and legal protection. So stay tuned...


Also, I recommend that you do your own research and cross referencing to ensure that you are doing what's best for your business. What I'm sharing with you is the knowledge I've gained from research and experience... which saves thousands of dollars, but your situation may be different. When in doubt, consult an attorney. Legal Shield has attorneys at your disposal at any time for a mere $40 per month. You can't beat that. If you've had any experience with paying out for attorney consultations, you're aware that you can spend that much in just one visit. 

I have personally used Legalshield, and have been extremely satisfied with the service! You should also know that I'm not receiving any compensation for this referral. It's just a service that I have had a great experience with, and wanted to share it with you so that you can benefit from it too!

I hope this helps to save you from having to go through the frustration that I had to go through to get this information. If this article has saved you time, money, or headache, please share it with your friends! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Cheers to you and your successful Limited Liability Company!