In regards to the above video- a lot of people will say "well you worked at McDonalds what do you expect?" But I have the same experiences in truck driving, construction, college and so forth. Just fast food and Walmart has some of the most extreme examples that I used in the video. The point is the same: I'm motivated to start my own business because it is impossible or near impossible for me to find a business to work at where the business treats me with respect and is managed properly.
If you are a smart person and have access to college or have wealthy relatives or friends and can work at the top level and make huge amounts of money for doing a simple job then maybe it all works out well for you. But for me, in the situation I'm in, it makes no sense to work at the bottom of the social pecking order and be under paid and disrespected. For someone in my situation it makes the most sense to find people with similar abilities and do our own business and/or real estate investment.
If you are a smart person and have access to college or have wealthy relatives or friends and can work at the top level and make huge amounts of money for doing a simple job then maybe it all works out well for you. But for me, in the situation I'm in, it makes no sense to work at the bottom of the social pecking order and be under paid and disrespected. For someone in my situation it makes the most sense to find people with similar abilities and do our own business and/or real estate investment.
Working with Me (Raymond Kidwell)
"Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest." -Ed Koch
Prosperity Society requires that you judge people's I.Q. according to their I.Q. score, not according to the car they drive or what kind of work they do, or what clothes they wear. You also need to believe that members of the Society are intelligent and capable people. You must lose the loser attitudes. Be willing to listen, to show respect, and entertain each other's ideas.
Challenging Ourselves, Living A Meaningful Life, Having Fun- These are the main goals of our business networking
The other common problem I have when I talk to people about business is most of these people either are low I.Q. losers themselves, or they assume that I'm a low I.Q. loser. They think that I have dreams of getting rich, so I come up with get rich schemes that will never work in real life. So they refuse to sit down and listen to me when I talk to them about business. Both problems have at their root people assume that I'm dumb (or they are dumb) and that success isn't possible. They assume that I'm dumb entirely on the fact that I'm not successful already.
But when I say that I'd like to start a business painting houses, or invest in real estate, or work on a music project the main reason isn't money- though of course we usually make more money at our own business than working for someone else. The focus is doing meaningful work. Not being bored out of our minds flipping hamburgers all day. Not working at a job where the boss disrespects us and doesn't care about us. The entire quality of life issue must be focused on. The video below discusses some of this.
Basic Business Ideas
"The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life" - Vasudev
Since no one will ask, yet all of them claim to know everything already then proceed to insult, complain, and attack me based on their imaginary beliefs, I'll just list some of the business concepts I had in mind.
1. Non-profit: I would like some help starting a non-profit based on reaching some of the goals of Prosperity Society (for example, building merit based institutions or starting an employee owned business, or even providing sterilization for crack mothers). Once we do that, we could solicit donations from rich people and major corporations, who could then use their donations as a tax write off.
Why not just do it myself? I am too busy working and trying to pay my bills to dedicate myself full time to such a project. One person who has only one or two days out of the month to dedicate to a corporation is not a recipe for success. A few people could easily put this together in their free time though. Also, one of the requirements of registering a non-profit corporation is to have a minimal number of founding members. A single person is generally not considered a "non profit corporation" though there are various ways to incorporate, it is just easier and makes more sense to have a few people. It is the normal way to do things.
When I try to talk to losers who work at McDonalds or drive a truck for a living and explain things to them they will just scream at me that it's a scam or "if this were the right way everybody would be doing it" It is impossible for me to have an intelligent conversation with the type of people that I'm around, which is why I put a lot of effort into advertising and finding more intelligent people.
2. A low cost start up work from home business: There are many of these to choose from. Appliance repair, painting, lawn care, furniture moving/junk hauling. Usually if I try to talk to people online about this they scream at me that I'm trying to rip them off and its a scam to get their money. Yet I never asked for any money. They don't seem to understand what business partnership is and don't bother to ask, then attack me and threaten me based on their incorrect assumptions. When I try to correct them and explain to them what I'm actually looking for, they refuse to read the message and continue attacking. Or if its in person they try to shout over me and won't listen to me speak. They may flag my posts, or flag my ads, warn me that I'm doing something illegal etc.
In reality the biggest thing I need are workers, not money. Start up cost is relatively low. But there are fixed costs involved. You have a business license, monthly business insurance, and work that needs to be done.
So let's say I buy a commercial lawnmower, a trailer and a truck and start a lawn care business. This is not a lot of money, but for me as a working person it is a lot to save up. Then I work to build up contracts. Let's say I have six laws that need mowed in a day. It's too much work for one person. This is why most new businesses go bankrupt. If I hire someone off of craigslist they won't show up to work, or if they do show up won't do the job properly, might even try to steal from me. I lose all my business simply because I can't do the work and can't find reliable help.
I would rather meet someone who is also interested in starting a lawncare business and we both do it together. We get to know each other first though and establish a business relationship. We verify that the other person is reliable and trustworthy, and also has the basic intelligence needed to operate the business.
We are far more successful working together than we are alone.
When I talk to people and tell them that I'm looking for business partners, they will scream at me "You can't trust anyone! I can only trust my own family, get away from me!" They assume that I'm asking them for money. I need you to sit down and talk to me, listen and ask questions instead of assume that you know everything already then get worked up and angry based on your own imaginary beliefs.
3. Real Estate: We can talk about this in private. It's pretty straight forward. Buy a house, rent it out etc.
4. We can expand into larger business operations like own a hotel or gas station or something. We would have to start smaller first and can spend time talking about this in person as well.
There is no set plan. We would have to sit down and talk about what would work best given the individual talents and resources we have at the time.
Why Business?
The main reason we do business is because smart people will usually be interested in leadership roles- running their own business, investing, pursuing college degrees etc. I'll also help you go to college and encourage education where possible. It provides a more challenging and interesting job for us compared to washing dishes all day. It doesn’t matter if we succeed or fail at it- what matters is that we are doing something in life that seems fulfilling.
Job References
Get to know each other and provide character references for job, military or school applications.
Business Networking
We are pretty laid back and not super ambitious in terms of money making or business activities. Failure usually arises not from laziness or lack of ambition, but from dealing with dysfunctional people, drug addicts, people who assume they know everything already and unwilling to listen or read a book etc. Once we have a core group of functional people, success should be rather easy.
Even though it is easy, it must be taken seriously. You need to respect the Society and the people in it. You need to show up on time and be reliable and trustworthy, do the necessary research and behave professionally. If we give you homework to do- do it- learn basic skills needed for business or other tasks in the society instead of assuming that you know everything already (I know I'm getting repetetive but this seems to be a problem).
I have met people who went from making $15 an hour as a cop or working in a factory, to being self made millionaires from real estate and small business. It isn't too hard to make vast amounts of wealth once the opportunities and start up capital are present, and if you have friends or family with the right attitude.
Nearly every person I deal with if I tell them about an opportunity to make a lot of money they start screaming "if you know so much why aren't you rich already" or some other loser non-sense. Everything is impossible to them. We weed out these losers so that we are able to focus on simple ways to help each other be successful.
Character Is Destiny
Success is 80% attitude, 10% intelligence, and 10% hard work. In other words you could be of relatively average intelligence, and not a very hard worker and still be highly successful with the right attitude. I emphasize- just be trustworthy and reliable, have a can-do attitude. Be willing to listen and research facts before making conclusions. Work on solutions. If you fail, just get up and try again.
Examples of loser comments that will get you removed from the Society:
"Why try we'll just fail"
"If you know so much why aren't you rich already"
"You just want charity"
"All this is a childish fantasy"
"You're a loser"
"We're losers"
What I Look For: Love and respect. Helping each other. Working as a team. Treat each other like family.
"The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life" - Vasudev
Since no one will ask, yet all of them claim to know everything already then proceed to insult, complain, and attack me based on their imaginary beliefs, I'll just list some of the business concepts I had in mind.
1. Non-profit: I would like some help starting a non-profit based on reaching some of the goals of Prosperity Society (for example, building merit based institutions or starting an employee owned business, or even providing sterilization for crack mothers). Once we do that, we could solicit donations from rich people and major corporations, who could then use their donations as a tax write off.
Why not just do it myself? I am too busy working and trying to pay my bills to dedicate myself full time to such a project. One person who has only one or two days out of the month to dedicate to a corporation is not a recipe for success. A few people could easily put this together in their free time though. Also, one of the requirements of registering a non-profit corporation is to have a minimal number of founding members. A single person is generally not considered a "non profit corporation" though there are various ways to incorporate, it is just easier and makes more sense to have a few people. It is the normal way to do things.
When I try to talk to losers who work at McDonalds or drive a truck for a living and explain things to them they will just scream at me that it's a scam or "if this were the right way everybody would be doing it" It is impossible for me to have an intelligent conversation with the type of people that I'm around, which is why I put a lot of effort into advertising and finding more intelligent people.
2. A low cost start up work from home business: There are many of these to choose from. Appliance repair, painting, lawn care, furniture moving/junk hauling. Usually if I try to talk to people online about this they scream at me that I'm trying to rip them off and its a scam to get their money. Yet I never asked for any money. They don't seem to understand what business partnership is and don't bother to ask, then attack me and threaten me based on their incorrect assumptions. When I try to correct them and explain to them what I'm actually looking for, they refuse to read the message and continue attacking. Or if its in person they try to shout over me and won't listen to me speak. They may flag my posts, or flag my ads, warn me that I'm doing something illegal etc.
In reality the biggest thing I need are workers, not money. Start up cost is relatively low. But there are fixed costs involved. You have a business license, monthly business insurance, and work that needs to be done.
So let's say I buy a commercial lawnmower, a trailer and a truck and start a lawn care business. This is not a lot of money, but for me as a working person it is a lot to save up. Then I work to build up contracts. Let's say I have six laws that need mowed in a day. It's too much work for one person. This is why most new businesses go bankrupt. If I hire someone off of craigslist they won't show up to work, or if they do show up won't do the job properly, might even try to steal from me. I lose all my business simply because I can't do the work and can't find reliable help.
I would rather meet someone who is also interested in starting a lawncare business and we both do it together. We get to know each other first though and establish a business relationship. We verify that the other person is reliable and trustworthy, and also has the basic intelligence needed to operate the business.
We are far more successful working together than we are alone.
When I talk to people and tell them that I'm looking for business partners, they will scream at me "You can't trust anyone! I can only trust my own family, get away from me!" They assume that I'm asking them for money. I need you to sit down and talk to me, listen and ask questions instead of assume that you know everything already then get worked up and angry based on your own imaginary beliefs.
3. Real Estate: We can talk about this in private. It's pretty straight forward. Buy a house, rent it out etc.
4. We can expand into larger business operations like own a hotel or gas station or something. We would have to start smaller first and can spend time talking about this in person as well.
There is no set plan. We would have to sit down and talk about what would work best given the individual talents and resources we have at the time.
Why Business?
The main reason we do business is because smart people will usually be interested in leadership roles- running their own business, investing, pursuing college degrees etc. I'll also help you go to college and encourage education where possible. It provides a more challenging and interesting job for us compared to washing dishes all day. It doesn’t matter if we succeed or fail at it- what matters is that we are doing something in life that seems fulfilling.
Job References
Get to know each other and provide character references for job, military or school applications.
Business Networking
We are pretty laid back and not super ambitious in terms of money making or business activities. Failure usually arises not from laziness or lack of ambition, but from dealing with dysfunctional people, drug addicts, people who assume they know everything already and unwilling to listen or read a book etc. Once we have a core group of functional people, success should be rather easy.
Even though it is easy, it must be taken seriously. You need to respect the Society and the people in it. You need to show up on time and be reliable and trustworthy, do the necessary research and behave professionally. If we give you homework to do- do it- learn basic skills needed for business or other tasks in the society instead of assuming that you know everything already (I know I'm getting repetetive but this seems to be a problem).
I have met people who went from making $15 an hour as a cop or working in a factory, to being self made millionaires from real estate and small business. It isn't too hard to make vast amounts of wealth once the opportunities and start up capital are present, and if you have friends or family with the right attitude.
Nearly every person I deal with if I tell them about an opportunity to make a lot of money they start screaming "if you know so much why aren't you rich already" or some other loser non-sense. Everything is impossible to them. We weed out these losers so that we are able to focus on simple ways to help each other be successful.
Character Is Destiny
Success is 80% attitude, 10% intelligence, and 10% hard work. In other words you could be of relatively average intelligence, and not a very hard worker and still be highly successful with the right attitude. I emphasize- just be trustworthy and reliable, have a can-do attitude. Be willing to listen and research facts before making conclusions. Work on solutions. If you fail, just get up and try again.
Examples of loser comments that will get you removed from the Society:
"Why try we'll just fail"
"If you know so much why aren't you rich already"
"You just want charity"
"All this is a childish fantasy"
"You're a loser"
"We're losers"
What I Look For: Love and respect. Helping each other. Working as a team. Treat each other like family.