This document outlines four principles of success and discusses how focusing on goals rather than problems is key to achieving success. It tells the story of how the author faced numerous obstacles like financial issues, legal troubles, and health concerns but was able to create a successful company called ASN by adhering to these principles, especially focusing on his goal and vision for the company rather than the difficulties he faced. The author believes success is a choice and achieving it requires embracing failure, learning from mistakes, and persevering towards one's goals.

1. The Four Principles of Success
Want to Be a Successful? Then Get Rid of them! Get Rid of What???
EXCUSES... No More Excuses!
Get rid of EVERY excuse that you have ever made for failure. Because
with VERY FEW exceptions, that's all they ever are... EXCUSES! They don't
matter and they never did! You Can Do It! Do what? Almost anything. This
is not about building your ASN business, it is about building a successful life in
whatever direction you choose.
 No matter where you are...
 No matter what your past...
 No matter what your education...
You can begin making the choices, right now, that will take you to the place
that you want to be.
This is not a platitude nor is it wishful thinking, these are facts...
 You are not too old.
 You are not too young.
 You are not too uneducated.
 And yes, you are smart enough!
The fact is, most everyone has what it they need to succeed...
But it doesn't matter what we COULD DO... if we Won't do it!
What most people fail to understand is that SUCCESS IS A CHOICE!

2. Would you like to be part of a company...
A business whose focus is the improvement of lives rather than simply the
building bank accounts? ASN is a unique company that gives anyone,
anywhere, in any part of the world, the ability to build a successful
business. For Free. How? By helping others improve their lives, their
finances, their relationships... ASN is always free to join and free to
earn. Click Here to join now... for free!
Never be afraid of failure. . . we must be willing to embrace it!
Success and failure, unfortunately go hand in hand. Everyone who has ever
succeeded has also failed... usually many times! But when they failed, they
pulled themselves up analysed and learned from the failure then with that new
knowledge tried again! Each FAILURE gave them additional information so a
better chance of success on each subsequent attempt... They failed until they
achieved their goals... and they are now remembered as Great Successes!
If we spend our lives trying to avoid failure rather than achieving success. We
are doomed! Focus on what you have to do and where you want to go... not the
possibility failure. Don't wait until everything is just right... Because It never
will be... The path to success is never paved with only green lights. If you are
afraid or unwilling to put yourself in a position to fail... you will never be in a
position to succeed!
It has been said:
"You can often estimate the size of a man's success by looking at the size and
number of his failures".
Think about it... No one EVER hit a home run by NOT swinging the bat! No
one ever threw a touchdown by punting! Many of us live lives of mediocrity,
not because we don't have talent, not because we can't succeed, but because we
are unwilling to risk failure!

3. As Steve Jobs once said:
... you've gotta be willing to act.... And you've got to be willing to fail, you've
got to be willing to crash and burn. If you are afraid of failing, you won't get
very far".
Remember, he was actually fired from his own company! He then analyzed
what happened... and why. He then came roaring back, retook the reins of
power and made Apple one of the most successful companies in history! What
he learned from his colossal failure was key to his historic success!
See How others overcame Colossal Failure to achieve Great Success!
Failure and success are flip sides of the same coin... you have to be willing to
flip that coin!
We will look at some real life stories of failure and success and the overcoming
of adversity
(Bruce’s own story- See Success Principle #1). Success is a process that
requires following certain principles. In EVERY successful person, you will
find that there are certain ways of dealing with issues that each had in
common. These are teachable principles that can be followed by
anyone. These and more will be discussed below.

4. SUCCESS PRINCIPLE #1
Don't focus on problems�focus on Goals and Solutions.
Bruce’s personal story of success and failure…
This is one of the most important success principles in
existence. Consequently, I have spent much more time on it than others.
I write not only about the principle, itself, but how and why it was so
instrumental in the creation of the Solutions Network.
You can and will succeed, in anything, providing you can focus on your goal
and not dwell on the obstacles.
I learned early on that...
"Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal".
Cavitt Robert.
Everyone�everyday can find a reason to not do the things that they need to do
in order to be successful in their chosen endeavor. Whether it's ASN or any
other business, the easiest thing in the world is to make excuses. Want success?
Get rid of excuses!
If you focus on doing the things that you know need to be done, eventually
you will have the positive outcome you are after. When you focus on your
objective, obstacles simply become stepping stones. When you focus on
obstacles, they become brick walls and the objectives that should serve to
motivate and inspire you, become invisible. It bears repeating... Obstacles are
those things you see, when you take your eyes off the goal.
Don't focus on problems�focus on Goals and Solutions.
I'm not saying ignore problems. What I'm saying is give them only the weight
and concern they deserve and only when they deserve it. Do you have to go to
court? The day of court, go! But don't worry about it for the prior 2
weeks. Worrying accomplishes nothing other than to create constant anxiety
that diminishes your performance on productive endeavors by sucking your
energy and focus away from productive thoughts and activities. Worrying
about finances? Don't worry about it... DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Every
moment that you spend simply worrying, is a moment that you are not working
on and focusing on fixing it.
PLAN! DO! ACT!... but Don't Worry.
Time spent worrying NEVER accomplishes anything! It's the time spent
finding the solution that matters. There is always a solution. It's up to you to
find it.

5. Don't dwell on the problems, concentrate on the goals, the things you have to
do. Then when you must deal with the obstacles, do it- but not until it is
necessary, once it's dealt with? Get right back to work on your objective. Get
back to the big picture.
No Excuses�don't let anything stop you!
HOW THESE PRINCIPLES CREATED ASN
WITHOUT MY PERSONAL ADHERENCE TO THESE...
ASN WOULD NOT EXIST.
This story is absolutely true with no embellishments whatsoever.
Success Principle...
"Great ideas are useless without positive action".
ASN didn't always exist. It was once only an idea that required an enormous
amount of work, perseverance and absolute commitment in the face of many
obstacles and much adversity. That meant focusing on the goal, not the
obstacles.
In 2000, the solutions network was little other than the germ of an idea; an
assortment of notes on scratch paper and a couple of html pages residing on my
computer. I already had my law degree but hated the practice of law.
As I had been one of the top students, I had the honor of clerking for the dean of
the law school. It provided me the opportunity to see the complete practice of
law, up close and personal. It wasn't nearly as much like my favorite television
shows as I had imagined or hoped.
I had found that no matter how you tried to practice, no matter how much
integrity you had, a major key to success in law was not to solve problems, but
rather to create them by creating billable hours.
Think about it, if you are working on an hourly basis, as soon as you prevail,
that "job" is concluded; you are unemployed! On the other hand, if you are
clever enough to interject a new issue into the legal mix, the opposing attorney
has an obligation to respond, you, then, have to respond to the response, they
then respond to your response... This is what's known as creating billable
hours. It is often a never ending cycle of income, in which, doing a truly good
job for your client, is often bad for your pocket book.
Even if you possess the integrity to refuse to initiate this despicable money
grabbing game, you are forced to participate, because as soon as the opposing
attorney, creates a new issue, you have no choice but to address it, or lose on the
issue by default. All the while you and the opposing attorney are racking up

6. billable hours at the rate of, at least, $200 to $500 per hour. Great money, but I
like being able to look in the mirror. I have always been about solving
problems, not creating or participating in their continuance.
That Wasn't for Me
Consequently, I decided not to practice law. I decided that I was not going to
participate in what I see as system that is often little more than legal theft. So, I
did nothing other than an occasional Bankruptcy here and there and handled a
few legal issues for a select group of friends and acquaintances.
At that time I was also performing as a professional musician playing local
clubs a couple of weekends a month. Consequently, money was the thing I
needed the most but had the least. I wanted and needed more money, but I
insisted that I earn it on my own terms.
Problems vs Objectives
Oh yes, I also had a wife who was about 7 months pregnant, could not work,
and I, like many, had no insurance (couldn't afford it). Oh, and to top it off...
my home was in foreclosure. (as God is my witness, this was my life)
I didn't have much, but I did have what I considered to be a noble Dream. I
was going to create the solutions network, a company that would reach out
nationwide and even worldwide to provide the kinds of services and
opportunities that could help anyone who needs it. I knew it wouldn't be easy; I
knew it would take time... I also knew it was a great idea...
How could this NOT Succeed? A system that allows anyone, no matter their
circumstances or education to join with us, FOR FREE. A system that lets
anyone increase their income and improve their lives by simply by helping
others improve theirs... And it would never requires a dime to operate... If it
could be created... How could it possibly fail?
Deluded or Committed?
Many friends thought I was suffering from delusions of grandeur :-)
I didn't think I had any delusions. I simply believed in the idea and to that
objective I was absolutely irreparably committed. Many friends and family
simply thought I should be committed! In spite of my financial situation I
continued on... I committed myself to focusing on my long term objectives
rather than my short term issues. I was totally convinced that my vision was
achievable and that everything would workout...

7. If I could actually create the system I envisioned, I couldn't even imagine how
or why it wouldn't work... But there was a caveat... It could succeed only if it
were created!
Because my present circumstances were so desperate, I knew it would be
difficult... Not impossible, but Really difficult! New problems were falling into
my lap like dominoes. One problem creating another that created another...
Little income caused foreclosure that caused bad credit, which made getting a
new home for my family exponentially more difficult... and remember, at that
time I had no health insurance and a pregnant wife!
To say the least, my circumstances were not conducive to the planning and
focusing on the long term success I had envisioned. I was then a bit like a lamb
surrounded by wolves... focusing on anything other than my eminent demise
was challenging, to say the least! But I KNEW everything would turn out
fine, with FOCUS... as long as I could continue to do and concentrate on
the things I KNEW I needed to do, rather than worging and concentrating
on all the "obvious" reasons I should change course and do something else.
The Solution Was Obvious?
Life had become chaos and and the challenges I faced formidable. My wife,
understandably, wasn't happy with many of the choices I was making. Even
though, my friends thought I was a reasonably intelligent guy, they simply could
not fathom how I could possibly refuse to make they saw as the obvious
decision; Solve my financial issues by simply biting the bullet to fall back on
my legal education and start racking in the big bucks. But I couldn't... I
wouldn't!
How could I forgo a sure thing and instead choose to live on the brink of losing
everything to pursue the creation of what my friends and family perceived
as, at best, a speculative business "dream"; that not only had never been
done... but was still no where in site. No one understood. But it didn't
matter. I UNDERSTOOD and that was enough! I was committed to making
this happen. I chose to concentrate on my objectives rather than obstacles and
the opinions of others...
THEN IT GOT WORSE!
As I mentioned earlier, at the time I was also a professional musician and during
this period of my life, music actually generated a large portion of what little
income I had. One Friday night as I left a performance at about 2:00 am, I was
convinced to take "one shot for the road". One of my worst life choices.
I had been drinking already, but not to excess. But as I hadn't eaten since about
10:00 am, there wasn't anything to absorb my last "harmless" little shot.

8. The club was a quaint little bar in the mountains and the road home wound
round and round through the hills and cliffs. That "one for the road" was
definitely not one of my better life's choices.
While driving, all of a sudden the alcohol hit me like a ton of bricks. I saw 3
roads as I rounded a curve and totally lost control. I ended up, upside down in a
ditch, (if I had gone on the other side, I'd have been off a cliff and certainly
died). The car was totaled, my shoulder had been slammed through the side
window, cut up horribly, (the crash bag didn't inflate), I was knocked
unconscious, etc...
Then the police showed up. They took me to the hospital where I was bandaged
up and then carted off to jail. It turned out that my blood alcohol level
was .18. So, now I was looking at some very uncomfortable legal issues...
My brother came to pick me up (my wife couldn't do it because I only had one
car... and I had just totaled it!).
So now, due to my own actions, my life just got even worse. I had no job to
speak of, No money, A big DUI, major Fines on the way, Hospital bills, A
license that I was about to lose because of the DUI, an unhappy wife, a baby on
the way, No car, a home in foreclosure, etc...
But I did have, at least, one thing I hadn't lost yet...
My Goal. My Dream... and I would not... COULD NOT let it go.
The Dream that Couldn't DIE!
My dream was bigger than ANY obstacle! I had a dream to create a company
that would bring y family financial security and independence by creating
a worldwide opportunity that would allow anyone to earn by helping others to
earn.
Years ago I had heard a statement by Zig Ziglar that always stuck with
me. "You can get anything in life you want... if you help enough others get
what they want". This has always been the foundational precept of the
solutions network. It is the idea that permeates every aspect of it. That was
my dream and I would not let it go, for anything.
My situation was now such that almost anyone in their right mind would have
changed directions. Remember, I had a law degree. I could have given up the
dream and gone out the next day and gotten a high paying job and solved all of
my money problems by simply suing people. But I just didn't find that very
exciting or fulfilling.

9. Most sane people would have re examined their life, their situation, their
choices and decided it was time to change paths. What did I do?...
The VERY moment I got home from jail (about 9:00 am) I immediately
walked DIRECTLY to my computer, sat down, turned it on and promptly
went to work transforming notes and thoughts into a real company!
Think about it... After spending a night at the hospital and then jail; after
totaling my car, (with no way to purchase another), while knowing I would lose
my license and face huge fines, while having an even less happy wife, etc... I
realized I had managed to make everything exponentially worse... What did I
do? Instead of giving up the dream and taking the easier path to most would
seem to "make more sense" i.e. getting a job, I rededicated myself to my goal
and simply worked harder, longer and faster!
I could have curled up in a ball in the fetal position. I could have given up, I
dare say many would have done just that. But I had this one thought that
WOULD NOT leave me...
"Bruce, you know this is a great idea. There is absolutely no way it won't
work. If you continue to do what you know needs to be done; if you make the
right choices, you will get the right results".
It became my mantra... Do the right thing, get the right result".
I could so easily have just gotten a job like everyone else. Instead...
The moment I got home from my "visit" to the hospital and jail (around 9 am), I
literally walked into my home (that I was losing), sat down in front of the
computer and begin transforming my notes and ideas into an actual website.
I worked 18 hours a day for about 4 weeks straight. I did not
let ANYTHING distract me. My pregnant wife was furious (why didn't I get a
job?), my friends perplexed (they "knew" I had better options), within one
month I had the first incarnation of the solutions network.

10. That was then... This is Now!
WE ARE NOW WORLDWIDE AND OVER 300,000 MEMBERS
STRONG
Since then our network of members has helped thousands become
homeowners, become debt free, perfect their credit, increase their incomes,
improve their lives... all without investment.
This all happened because I focused on the goal... NOT THE PROBLEMS.
See Some of our HUNDREDS of Unsolicited Testimonials.
Following are some of the many services that your website offers and what
they earn you.
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Service Your Commission Points
Home Loans $300- $1,500 40
Mortgage
Reduction
$300 25
Bankruptcy $30 - $65 20
Credit Repair $30 20
Charity
Assistance
20% 8-25
I've never looked back since.
That's not to say there haven't been more issues, more obstacles or
setbacks... In 2006 I had a massive heart attack (Thank God, I recovered fully
and am now in perfect health), in one span of 4 months in 2007, my mother in
law, then father in law, passed away in our home. I then had to help my wife
and children get through the horrible emotional trauma this caused, not to
mention the fact that I had cared deeply for both of them and had my own
sorrow to deal with...
Then, if that wasn't enough, during this time of distraction, someone I would
have trusted with my life, stole everything that wasn't nailed
down... Unfortunately, things happen... If I had to bet, I'd bet I'll have to deal
with more issues and more setbacks. It's not fair, but guess what�that's life.
We all have set backs. Some big, some small, some HUGE!
When they occur... we all have the same choice...
Either overcome them... or let them they overcome us!
see No Excuses

11. For me, when new problems occur, I will do what I've always done. Focus on
the objective, not the obstacle. Whatever the issue, I'll deal with it... when
it's time to do so and not one second sooner. Then, after I've dealt with
it, I'll move on.
That's the trick... don't worry about problems before hand. When it's time to
solve them, SOLVE THEM... then refuse to dwell on them afterwards.
There's a time to grieve, a time to plan... and a time to work.
DON'T GET THEM CONFUSED
I don't care what you do, who you are or what you want to accomplish... I
assure you, there is no business concept that is more important to
success. Focus on your objectives not your obstacles.
It's impossible to effectively move forward if you are always looking in the
rear view mirror.
WHATEVER YOUR DREAM YOU CAN DO IT
If you have a dream, don't give up. Don't let anyone steal it or diminish it.
If you've analyzed it and know it is sound, workable and worthwhile for
yourself and for the public... Do it! Don't let anything stop you.
YOU CAN DO IT!...
But realize... that doesn't mean that there won't be obstacles. THERE
WILL. There will be set backs even temporary failures. That's just how success
works! (See overcoming Failure). No matter what you do, things will not
always go your way. Just means that you have to deal with them as best you
can and when you must. Don't worry about them before necessary and don't
dwell on them afterwards. What's done is done. What will be, will be.
You can substantially control your future, providing that's wherer you keep your
focus. Focus on the objective and deal with the obstacles when you must but
not one second longer... and never take your eyes off the dream.
I truly believe that the Solutions Network is the ultimate opportunity; the most
potential, no risk of any type, no investment required, ever. A unique
opportunity that is all wrapped up in the philosophy that the more people you
help to get what they want, the more successful you become. That was my
objective and I believe that with the help of thousands of wonderful
members, we've accomplished that.
If you want to work with us in our objective to help others, we will help you in
any way that we can. But whatever your dream is, whatever you choose to
pursue, realize that with persistence and proper focus you can achieve it.

12. THE HAPPY ENDING???
Remember the home I was losing? I wish I could say that I was so brilliant and
quick that I fixed everything at light speed and saved my home and didn't have
to move my family. That would be the fairy tale ending, but it would also be
inaccurate. Some might say a lie :-)
I COULDN'T save my home! No matter who you are or what you do, things
do not always work out. But I was able to use the techniques that we teach
for FREE on your website, to find another home; a home that we moved into
with nothing down, in spite of my newly acquired credit issues. It was larger,
nicer and a much better fit for our growing family. I failed!... I did not
accomplish my objective! However, because I didn't give up, didn't put my
head in the sand... because I continued to move forward, I actually ended up
with an even better outcome!
See How to purchase a home with no money and no credit.
The moral to that story? Even if you don't get exactly what you are after or
accomplish exactly your goal, as long as you keep your head up and your eyes
open things will still work out...
If you are reaching for the stars, you will never come up with a handful of
mud!
It all worked out for the best, but only because I looked
for, pursued and expected the best. If I had, instead, buried my head in the sand
and asked "why me, why is this happening to me" I and my family could have
ended up in the street.
As Napoleon Hill said in his classic book "Think and Grow Rich", "Every
adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit".
The fact is that If I hadn't been in the process of losing my existing home, I'd
have never found and purchased the home that ended up being so much better
for my family.
We each hold our own destiny in our hands. But it is up to each of us to grab it
and mold it to our choosing.
Success really is within the grasp of each of us. However, it always requires
positive action and a laser like FOCUS on our goals. Otherwise we are certain
to be fatally derailed by the countless setbacks, obstacles and distractions that
life wcontinuously throws our way. Remember...
Deal with the present, focus on the future and forget the past!
If you focus too much on your rear view mirror... You will crash.
The same is true of our lives.
Focus on where you are going... Not where you've been!

13. SUCCESS PRINCIPLE #2
There is never any shame in falling down... the shame is in not getting back
up.--Socrates.
In life, we experience failure,
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setbacks, obstacles, etc... That's part of the human condition. What's important
is not that we avoid mistakes. We can't. If we aren't making occasional
mistakes and experiencing, at least, some failures... we aren't trying hard
enough!
The key is that we always get back up. We dust ourselves off and learn what
we can from the experience and then, more intelligently start again!
Remember, repeated attempts will eventually accomplish any worthwhile
endeavor.
see more success principles below...
Vital Success Principle
Never Stop Learning!
Always be learning!
Even if you are lucky enough to know EVERYTHING about success or
anything else, it is always beneficial to be reminded of what you know, or to
even hear the same thing again, but in a slightly different way.
To this day, I use my "dead" time to continue to learn. And I do it every
day. But I don't have time to read. but I do shower, shave and drive...
When I shower, I'm listening to my Ipod, when I'm shaving I'm listening to my
Ipod... When I'm driving I'm studying... everything from economics, to success
principles, religion and everything else.
The constant input of positive and educational information is a never ending
source of inspiration, information and unquestionably a big part of the any
success that I have achieved. It is very simple... without the principles that I
learned and internalized from these incredible books, I could never have
successfully gotten through many of the trials that life has given me. See the
article to the left.
If you want more, more success or just more out of life, the ability to get
through anything... attitude and knowledge is the key.
As I said, I genrally do not have time to read, but I almost always have time to
listen. I have subscribed to audible. The subscription I use provides 2 books of

14. my choice per month. You can subscribe or you can get virtually any book,
individually.
Understand, I am not writing this article in order to make a sale, I'm writing it to
give people an additional important another path to knowledge that can improve
your life.
The Best Business Books I've Read
Note:
Every book that I list below, I have either actually read or studied via audio
download from Audible...
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They are all great and these principles absolutely work!
If you want more out of life... If you want a happier, more fulfilled life read
or listen to these...
First, a few classics that we have all heard about.
 Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill.
 The Magic of Thinking Big, Dr David Schwartz
 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, Steven Covey
 How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
 The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley
The following are more recent books that I believe will soon be considered
classics. There are, of course, hundreds of additional great, informative,
motivational books, but these are some of the best.
 The Success Principles, Jack Canfield.
 Mindset, Carol Dweck
 Failing Forward, John Maxwell
 Outliers, the Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell
 The Winner's Brain, Jeff Brown
 Brain Rules, Robin Sharma
 No Excuses, Brian Tracy

15.  Real Leadership, John C. Maxwell
 Yes, 50 Proven ways to be Persuasive, Noah J. Goldstein
 How to Stay Motivated, Zig Ziglar
 50 Success Classics, Tom Butler-Bowden
 Attitude is Everything, Keith Harrel
 Eat that Frog, Brian Tracy
 It's Called Work for a Reason!, Larry Winget
 Success Mastery Academy, Brian Tracy
 Lucky or Smart, Bo Peabody
 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, John Maxwell
 Talent is Overrated, Geoff Colvin
 Today Matters, John Maxwell
A few other books on miscellaneous subjects
that I felt were superb...
 The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor
 A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
 The PI Guide to American History
 The Case for a Creator, Lee Strobel
 PI Guide to Capitalism, Robert P. Murphy
 Culture Warrior, Bill O'Reillly
 A Briefer History of Time, Stephen Hawking
SUCCESS PRINCIPLE #3
"If you always do what you've always done... you'll always get what you
always got". Jack Canfield
We are each the sum total of our life's actions and choices. If we are not happy
with our circumstances, something has to change. We can't do the same thing
we've always done and expect different results. If you are not completely
satisfied with your circumstances try something different. But the key is to
actually try. Great ideas and great intentions are worthless... unless
accompanied by positive action. Do something that has a proven market,
doesn't take too much time and doesn't require monetary investment. see why
ASN works.
Universal Key to Success... "Find what they want and give it to them"
Your ASN business has everything that anyone could want. Home loans,
insurance, mortgage negotiation, gifts, health products, etc... and you make
money from everyone of them... PLUS, it never costs you a penny to join or
market your business. We give you everything from free advertising sites, to

16. free traffic exchanges (that also earn you money), to professional banners and
pre-written ad copy. And it's all free!
ASN is not for everyone. It has done great things for many people.
(every testimonial you see is real), having said that, ASN may not be right for
you. But the only way to really know is to really try. No company provides
more ways to earn, easier marketing methods, all FREE. Just try see what
happens. You have everything to gain... and because we never ask you for a
dime, you have absolutely nothing to lose. See 10 Reasons Why ASN is
Better.

17. SUCCESS PRINCIPLE #4
"Great Ideas and Great Opportunities are useless... Unless combined with
positive action!". B. Castro
No matter how great the opportunity or idea is...
Doing nothing will always equal earning nothing.
Success is not an accident. Many people look at their doctor, their realtor,
their lawyer, the internet guru and say "he's so lucky". or "He's so smart, I wish
I could have done that", etc...
It's not about Luck, Ideas, or Intelligence. It's about Action! WHAT YOU
DO is infinitely more important that WHAT YOU KNOW. Action is always the
key.
IT'S A FACT: SUCCESSFUL people are those who are willing to actually
do the things that UNSUCCESSFUL people are unwilling to do.
Are good ideas important? Of course. Are opportunities important? Of
course. But without action they are useless. If you don't try... You Can't
Succeed. see why ASN works.
Your ASN business has everything that any consumer could want or need. As
a way to make money, it doesn't get better or easier. No company provides more
ways to earn, easier marketing methods, all FREE. But like any other
business... You have to, at least, try. You have everything to gain... and
because we never ask you for a dime, you have absolutely nothing to
lose. Even if you've done nothing but "claim your check", you know ASN
works. If you haven't? Don't invest a penny. Just go "claim your
check". See what happens.
"We are each the sum total of our actions and decisions to this point in our
lives. If we are not satisfied with our circumstances, it is within our power to
change them. New choices and new decisions always achieve new results".
B. Castro
The true measure of a man is not determined not by what he has... but rather by
what he gives.
B. Castro

18. Focus on the Service you provide, not the reward you receive.
You can get everything in life you want... if you just help enough other people
get what they want.
Zig Ziglar
In the end, what we have and achieve in life is simply a reflection of the
service we gave. Whether it is what you gave in the way of your service in
sales... The benefit that your products gave to the consumer, the lives you saved
as a physician. The lives you enriched and shaped as a teacher. The more we
give and the better we give, the more we have.
When the focus of your activities are on the money you will earn, it
diminishes the service you provide and the outcomes you achieve. On the other
hand, if you focus on providing the best options and services to your clients...
when your heart is in doing the best job possible for your customer, they know
it. And soon, the world knows it and they will be beating a path to your door
and money worries become a thing of the past. It all starts with focusing on
service.
No where is this more true than with ASN. You don't earn by taking, by high
pressure sales, or by anything other than giving. Concentrate on the services
that you are offering to the public. You, literally have the ability to change
people's lives.
With ASN it is simple, the more you give, the more you earn. The more
opportunity you give away, the more you will achieve.
If you are not consistently placing yourself in a position to fail, you are not
putting yourself in a position to succeed.
B Castro
One of the biggest obstacles to success is the fear of failure. Most people
would rather wallow in mediocrity than take the chance of experiencing
rejection or failure. This is the bane of sales people and business
entrepreneurs. But the truth is, if you don't put yourself in a position to possibly
fail, your are avoiding any possibility of success.
If you are not occasionally experiencing failure... You Are Not Trying Hard
Enough!
Fear of rejection makes us avoid the sales call that can catapult our
careers. Fear of failure keeps us from trying the business that could have

19. changed our lives. Fear of failure and rejection always serves to paralyze and
limit every aspect of our lives.
If we want to succeed, we must be willing to FAIL! Every time we fail, we
learn and we make progress, (providing we have the healthy understanding that
failure is an integral part of the success process).
Babe Ruth struck out more than almost any player in history... was he a
failure?
Thomas Edison had over 10,000 FAILED attempts at creating the light bulb
before he succeeded... was he a failure?
Failure and success go hand in hand and are a part of each other. You just
can't have one without experiencing the other. No one ever has only successes
and no failures. Similarly, no one ever has only failures and no
successes. Unless, they quit! Once you quit, the game is over. Don't Ever
Give Up!
Remember, just as with Babe Ruth and Thomas Edison... Failures are
forgotten. What is remembered are the accomplishments that resulted from
your perseverance? Failures are nothing but the stepping stones to your
success. But you can't get to the success if you stop taking the steps!
One of the most important keys to your future success in any endeavor
is DON'T BE AFRAID TO FAIL! Welcome it, relish in it. Never forget that
failure is but a stepping stone, as Henry Ford said... "an opportunity to more
intelligently begin again"
A Vital Key to Success... Fail Often!
"The will to win is worthless... without the will to prepare".
Louis Pasteur
Everyone wants success. And most would be willing to step in
tomorrow and do the professional's job and take home the professional's pay
check.
But life and success, never work that way. Without preparation it's
impossible. Without preparation we can't cure the patient or win the court
case.
Success never comes over night... and it doesn't come just because
you've entered the right business or joined the right opportunity. It happens
only when we take the time to do the preparation that's necessary to
become successful in that field.
The doctor spends about 8 years in med school. The attorney 2 to 4 years in
law school.
ASN has gives you the potential to earn a professional's income. But
like any real business or opportunity, ASN also takes preparation and yes, it
takes time. You don't join today and get rich by tomorrow. But, instead of

20. years of education, it requires the reading and absorbing of about 4
pages and then actually, consistently applying the principles contained,
therein.
Read your resource page, Claim Your Check, Fast Start Guide,
and How to Market Your services. Do this... then apply the principles
you've learned. You will earn money. PERIOD!...
How much is up to you
Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.
Ted Engstrom
It is better to have a good life than a great moment.
B Castro
Small attempts repeated will complete any undertaking.
Og Mandino
It's hard to move ahead if you are always looking behind.
B Castro
TAKE CHANCES
Behold the turtle�who makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
Unknown
We have to take chances. The only thing in life that is absolutely certain is that
if you don't try, you don't succeed. You don't score a touchdown by trying to
punt. You'll never hit a home run, trying to bunt. Obviously, making one
attempt never guarantees, success... but making NO attempts always guarantees
NO accomplishment!
As the great hockey player Wayne Gretzky once said "You miss EVERY shot
that you DON'T take".
You have to stick your neck out. To succeed, you have to risk failure, and if in
that attempt you fail... so what? You just try again. As Socrates said, "there is
no shame in falling down, the shame is in not getting back up"
Babe Ruth, is remembered as the home run king, not the strike out king, but in
1923, he not only broke the single season home run record, he also broke the
strike out record. He also held the record for career strikeouts until it was
broken by the great Mickey Mantle.
How many home runs do you think he would have hit if he were worried about
the failure of a strikeout?

21. We all want to hit homeruns. But we are also afraid of striking out. The reality
of like is this... you can't have one without the other.
Simply put, do you want to be successful? Do you want a life full of home
runs? Then you must swing that bat! You have to go for the fences and be
willing to strike out. Remember, you will never hit a home run by trying to
bunt. Swing that bat. You have to be willing to fail. You have to be willing to
fail, OFTEN! If you miss, don't worry about it. Be like Babe Ruth, just keep on
swinging!
Let’s end off with these quotes:
It is more important to have a good life, than it is to have a good day.
B Castro
Concentrate on those things that are goal achieving, not stress relieving.
Tom Hopkins.
One who fears failure limits his activities and limits his
accomplishments. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin
again.
Henry Ford
- The End –
Brought to you by
James Yee
Succeed With James