Mukul has served in the military for 16 years, 10 years doing counter terrorism. Now he has several business ventures and is a literary storm trooper with 4 years of best-selling status for novels. With his experiences in the military he is able to write a series of authentic and realistic action thrillers, many of which have been turned into Bollywood movies. He credits his literary productivity to 4 hours of daily writing which he balances with several hours of relaxation in the pool.

In this interview, Mukul narrates one incident when he was in the military which set his mind for success. He also shares his beliefs and attitude towards work that are worth emulating if we want to live the life we dream of.

THE FORMULA FOR SUCCESS

1.  DON’T FORGET YOUR TALENTS

• We were all born with creativity, intuition, and intelligence; don’t lose them while you’re growing up

2.  HAVE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE

• Don’t ask, ‘Can I do it?’ Ask instead, ‘How can I do it?‘

• Give your best shot to anything you do

3.  DEVELOP CERTAIN BELIEFS

• Believe that success can be easy and you can achieve it

THE SIMPLE ROUTINE

1. Pick out a task and ask yourself how you can do it.

2. Look at 3 alternatives, pick out the one which you think will be most efficient, and do it

3. If it fails, determine what you can do differently, then go back and do it again

FINAL THOUGHTS

• STOP OVERCOMPLICATING THINGS – The simpler you keep it, the less chance you have of screwing it up

• MAKE TIME TO RELAX – This will take the garbage out of your head and allow creativity to flow in

• MAKE SUCCESS A HABIT – Pick 2 simple things that resonate with you and do them repetitively

You can follow Mukul by going to his website at MukulDeva.com where you can get a copy of his action thriller book-turned-movie, Lashkar.

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Marcia is CEO of Dream University and author of 14 books related to living your dreams. When she asked herself, How do I want my life to be? she realized that many things in her life were not how she wanted them to be. She then said No more! to her circumstances and went on a passion quest to look for what moves her and gives her true happiness and self-fulfilment. At The Wish Foundation where she did volunteer work, she discovered that her passion lies in showing people that their dreams can come true.

In this interview, Marcia discusses the steps she took to finally live her life on her own terms as she shares her ideas on how it is to live a life on purpose.

INTEGRITY IN RELATION TO INTENTION

• It’s the force that makes you follow through with your intentions

• It’s the key virtue that demonstrates that you’re more committed to your intention than to your doubts

• There are levels to it

1. At the lower level, it’s honoring your commitments to yourself and to others
2. At the soul level, it’s knowing who you are – your purpose, mission, calling
3. At its highest level, it’s living your life on purpose

WHAT LIVING ON PURPOSE IS ALL ABOUT

A. It’s about keeping your agreement with others, with yourself, and with God

B. It’s about undergoing a spiritual process so you can hear the deeper wisdom beneath the ego

    a. Identifying everything in your life – your successes and failures that have made you unique

    b. Making a declaration of how you want your life to be and what you have to do in order to have that life

C. It’s about doing something about your declaration

    -  It’s not enough to dream or talk about it; you’ve got to act on it

HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE TO MAKE YOUR DREAM COME TRUE

• You have to make a choice

• You have to act on your choice. Every time you do, it will strengthen your resolve and deepen your belief

• You have to prove to yourself that you are committed to your dream because it matters to you

FINAL THOUGHTS

• Don’t be afraid of failure; instead, trust yourself that you can rebound

• Don’t sabotage your own dreams with buts and what ifs because you will be projecting your doubts and fears into your dreams.

Marcia has appeared several times on Oprah and the TODAY show sharing her message of a passion-filled life with millions of viewers. You can follow her at her website at DreamUniversity.com. She offers a free visionary kit – 12 Ways to be a 21^st Century Visionary in PDF form and a 1-hour audio recording with the first step being, Get Comfortable with Uncertainties.  All you have to do is go to DreamUniversity.com/visionary.

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Katrina is a speaker, business coach and author of Love Yourself Successful. As she wanted to have a business but didn’t know where to start, she went into selling advertising for a local newspaper. She realized that her clients didn’t know anything about marketing so she had to learn to put together the missing pieces to help them with their business. Eventually she learned the ropes of marketing and started her own business coaching which is now on a global scale.

In this interview Katrina narrates how she learned marketing and goes on to discuss current practices that every business owner should know if they want to fast track their business and maximize profits. You’ll get lots of insights from her if you’re a business owner who needs to catch up with the times.

WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU’RE A BUSINESS OWNER

• YOU NEED A WEBSITE

     □  It should be interactive with …

          1. an audio or video on it

          2. opt-in boxes so people can get on your e-mail list

          3. forms they can fill out so you can funnel them into a system

• YOU SHOULD HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE

     □  You should be everywhere to be able to touch thousands of prospects every month …

          1. on video and/or audio

          2. online and/or offline

          3. in person or in their face

          4. in their inbox or mailbox

     □  For these you can have pre-written templates for e-mails and follow-ups and     pre-written messages for your social media sites

LEVERAGE IS THE KEY TO TODAY’S BUSINESS

• You’ve got to leverage yourself and your time with your communications, follow-ups, consulting or sale

• There are still instances where you can do it one-on-one though

WHY YOU NEED A MENTOR  

• THE PLANNING PART IS WHAT YOU NEED A MENTOR FOR

A. It will save you a lot of time and money

    -  Things will flow together right from the start

B. It will save you from a lot of frustrations

    -   You will not make mistakes and changes on them

C. You will be left behind in the marketplace where things are fast evolving

• YOU CAN OUTSOURCE OTHER AREAS OF YOUR BUSINESS

KATRINA’S ADVICE

 A.  JUST LAUNCH, GET FEEDBACK, TWEAK IT AND KEEP GOING

   • It will never be perfect if that’s what’s keeping you

B. IF YOU SIT IN YOUR HEAD, YOU WON’T KNOW WHAT THE MARKET WANTS

  • Just put together a loose-fitting program and try to sell it; then you can continue creating it

C. DON’T BE AFRAID THAT PEOPLE WILL STEAL YOUR IDEA

   • If they’re already implementing it, it means there’s a market for it

D. HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF AND TAKE ACTION

    • Every act that you make will build your confidence

Katrina is also known as the Networking Queen and has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine Radio and Oprah & Friends.  You can learn more from Katrina if you visit her website at JumpstartYourMarketing.com. You can get free gifts or even talk to her about where you’re at with your business by going to JumpstartYourMarketing.com/Gifts.

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Jin is an inspirational speaker and best-selling author of Major Dream – from Immigrant Housemaid to Harvard PhD. She didn’t even know what PhD meant when her teacher in South Korea told her that she would be very successful if she became one. She was then only a 6^th grader living a hard life but this became her dream together with being a justice fighter. Her road to Harvard was a long and difficult one but it started with being an immigrant housemaid at 22, with only $100, and speaking no English at all.

In this interview, Jin narrates how the chapters of her life aligned themselves and led to a PhD from Harvard which, at the time, was also unknown to her. She is now one of the most sought-after speakers in Korea where she has saved the lives of many hopeless people who were on the verge of killing themselves had she not inspired them with her life story.

JIN’S LONG AND WINDING ROAD TO HARVARD

1. At 22, she landed in New York on an immigrant housemaid visa only to find out that the job was gone due to the long processing of her visa
2. She worked as a waitress instead in a Korean restaurant where she made good money
3. She went to college thinking it was the proper sequence for becoming a PhD while she stayed on her job waiting on tables in the evenings.
4. Five years from her arrival in NY, she met a Korean, got married, had a baby, and became a battered wife
5. Her husband abused her so that the only thing that kept her from killing him was the thought of her baby
6. When her baby was 8 months old, she joined the US army as a soldier
7. Just before she started the basic training, she had a miscarriage
8. She almost got kicked out of the military because she was totally unfit and couldn’t even do the basic drills
9. She had to send her daughter to Korea with a stranger
10. She became an army officer after four and a half years, ten years after she landed in NY
11. The military sent her to Harvard for a Master’s degree which eventually led to her dream of becoming a PhD.

WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM JIN

• She sees challenges as opportunities to grow

• She’s sensitive to injustice and is resolved to fight for its victims

• She serves as a model of the limitless potential in people

• She brings out her potential through creativity and innovative ideas

• She recognizes that her “mission to save the world” is silly but this is what gives her power. This mission is reinforced in her when, instead of being kicked out, she topped the military’s basic training over 200 other trainees

FINAL THOUGHTS

• We only have one life to live; we will die anyway so why rush to end it?

You can learn more about Jin and follow her on her mission by going to HousemaidToHarvard.blogspot.com, where you can get 3 free chapters of her inspirational book, Major Dream.

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Jody is a marketing strategist for speakers, authors, and entrepreneurs. She’s an online entrepreneur who has been helping these people grow and expand their business for decades.

In this interview she gives us the lowdown on how to adopt the right mindset for getting anything you want. In addition she shares how to maximize your day, and the one thing that will help you get sales no matter what business you’re in.

WHY IS THE MINDSET SO IMPORTANT?

• IT’S THE ABSOLUTE FOUNDATION FOR A PERFECT WORLD

-     Unless you have the mindset, you’re not going to apply the marketing strategies or take action on them

-     Together with emotional drive, it’s what will eliminate analysis paralysis which results when people study and analyze things too much that they fail to take action

-     It consists of setting the goal and the plan and visualizing it

HOW TO HAVE A POWERFUL DAY

• Upon waking up in the morning, write down the 3 most important things that you want to accomplish for that day

• Highlight one item in the list that you plan to have done before 10 a.m.

• Accomplish that one thing and you can consider anything after that a bonus

HOW TO GET YOUR MINDSET RIGHT EVERY DAY

• Go back to the basics of visualization and acclamation when you get stuck and can’t move forward

• If you get distracted or get out of track, just “reboot” or start all over again

MINDSET TACTICS FOR IMPROVING YOUR LIFE/BUSINESS

• Sit down for 30 minutes and write down your perfect day in full details

-     This is seeing in advance how it will be like so it gets into your core and the brain knows what you want

• When things change you can just rewrite it all

JODY’S NUMBER ONE MARKETING TIP

• Use video in all your marketing strategies; it’s what will get you sales

You can follow Jody at her website at JodyJelas.com. She has a freebie on How to Get Unstuck if you go to JodyJelas.com/FullPotential and fill out the form. You will also be included in the draw for a physical book she highly recommends reading.

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Danny is the author of A Simple Book of Financial Wisdom – Teach Yourself (and Your Kids) How to Live Wealthy with Little Money. He felt he has some knowledge to share, having lived well on a teacher’s salary with a family of 2 kids, aged 7 and 4. In spite of the fact that his wife who was also a teacher is now a stay-home mom, the only debt they have to pay is the mortgage, but even that is being paid fast. They’re able to invest for their retirement and their kids’ college education, and even have emergency funds in place. If there’s anybody who can inspire us not to give up, it’s none other than Danny who is not even an economist and has never taken a financial class in his life. In this interview, Danny discusses how he and his wife do it with a teacher’s salary which, as we all know, is not much. As you’ll find out, his strategy is nothing complicated and can be done by anyone who is determined to live well in the present and look forward to a better future.

DANNY’S SIMPLE FORMULA FOR LIVING WELL

1. HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE

-     Know your goals with your money and move in that direction

2. WORK TOGETHER WITH YOUR SPOUSE

-     See to it that you agree on the same goals and the strategies for achieving them

-     If you don’t have the same values with money, have an honest, open communication and find some commonalities that you can work on

3. KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOUR MONEY IS GOING

-     A lot of people who complain of not having money are actually spending it on non-essentials

-     Keep a record of your expenses for one month at the end of which you can analyze where your money went so you can make better decisions next time on your spending

FINAL THOUGHTS

• Bear in mind that little expenses add up fast and eat up a big chunk of your money

Danny has been featured on Fox & Friends, the CBS Early Show, and lots of other shows. You can follow him at his website at DannyKofke.blogspot.com. You can get a copy of his book, Financial Wisdom – Teach Yourself (and Your Kids) How to Live Wealthy with Little Money, at his website, at Amazon.com, and at Barnes&Noble.com. Remember to subscribe to Full Potential Show updates to get more great insights and be the first to get valuable free stuff you will ONLY find here on the Full Potential Show with James Rick! And “like” our Facebook page for a chance to enter into our weekly drawings for even more free stuff.

Eleanor is a speaker, consultant, and author of Breakthrough Solutions – How to Improve Your Life and Change the World by Building on What Works. In it, Eleanor discusses how proven concepts are the solutions to the many problems that beset the world these days.  The introduction of the book is written by no less than the leader of Tibet himself – the Dalai Lama. How this came about is a story that, in itself, is an inspiring one, as you’ll learn in this interview.

Here Eleanor talks about the models and strategies now being practiced in the US and other countries that will improve our lives and the world. She elaborates on these models in her book and provides details and resources. This is her way of building a lens through which the world can focus in its future and solve the present problems that are weighing it down.

THE KEY IDEA: THERE’S HOPE!

• We have solutions to most of our social problems that have already been discovered or created by some people somewhere

• The challenge is to look for those buried treasures and then adapt and adopt them to our situations

THE MAJOR PROBLEM

• The innovators who create these solutions are very skilled in what they do but they lack the skills in marketing and communication

• The world doesn’t get to hear about their innovative solutions so many people are not able to adapt them in their own lives and communities

PROBLEMS ADDRESSED BY BREAKTHROUGH SOLUTIONS

A.   HOW TO DEAL WITH DECLINING INCOME AND ERADICATE POVERTY

1. Stay-at-home jobs are being created
2. An entrepreneurial spirit is being developed among people
3. Wastes are being eliminated and/or recycled

B.   HOW TO PREVENT RELEASED CRIMINALS FROM GOING BACK TO PRISON (prisons cost billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money)

       -   Released-from-prison criminals are getting help to be productive, responsible members of society

C.    HOW TO CUT DIVORCE RATE

       -   The high incidence of broken families due to divorce is being minimized by teaching couples an approach that will help them stay together

THE BREAKTHROUGH SOLUTIONS

• MICROFINANCE – granting small loans to create income streams for families and communities

-          When the loans are repaid, they are recycled for other people’s use

• DELANCEY STREET MODEL

-          Released criminals join a 4-year training  program where they learn 3 skills that prepare them for a job

-          It’s a scheme where each one who’s further along teaches one who’s just coming in so there’s no staff involved and no cost to taxpayers

• DIVORCE BUSTING

-          It’s a program approach that teaches couples the process of growing those times which improve their relationship

FINAL THOUGHTS

• These models are not cookie-cutter types and could be adapted to local circumstances

• Let’s focus on the positive, find the ways that are working, build on them and grow them

Eleanor is social innovation expert with a degree in Economics from Yale University and in Law and Social Policy from California Board. You can follow her at her website atTheBreakthroughWay.com. You can get a free copy of the introduction to her book written by the Dalai Lama if you write to team@thebreakthroughway.com. You can get the book, Breakthrough Solutions, at her website.

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Greg is one of the best action coaches in all of Canada. He teaches business owners not only how to add to their bottom line but also how to grow their business. This is our second interview with him on time management. In this one we talk about what successful entrepreneurs do with their time, the money value business owners should put to it, and what questions they should ask themselves with regards to the use of their time.

HOW TO LOOK AT TIME

• The basic premise is that everyone has the same amount of time in a week – 168 hours

• The difference between people who are successful and those who aren’t quite so is what they do with that time

WHAT SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS DO WITH THEIR TIME

• THEY WORK ON THINGS THAT HELP GROW THE BUSINESS

-     If something doesn’t contribute to the bottom line profit, they delegate the job to others

-     They work ON the business rather than IN the business

-     They set up a weekly default calendar with time blocks for specific activities

-     They balance their day/life with some pleasure time in the evenings and take holidays off

THREE QUESTIONS BUSINESS OWNERS SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES REGARDING THE USE OF THEIR TIME

1. IS WHAT I’M DOING ADDING TO THE BOTTOM LINE OR GROWING THE BUSINESS?

-     If it’s not, delegate it to someone; your time is much too precious

2. WHAT IS MY HOURLY RATE AS A BUSINESS OWNER?

-     This is how you can determine the things you should be working on and the ones you should delegate

-     A good rule of thumb is this formula:

1. Multiply the number of weeks in a year (49 wks) by the number of average work weeks (40 hrs)
2. Divide the total gross revenue in your business by that number (1960 hrs in a yr) to get your hourly rate

-     You are the rainmaker who makes the business happen so your hourly rate should reflect your value to the business

3. HOW DO I MANAGE MYSELF ON A DAILY BASIS? (using that default calendar)

-     You should be controlling your time and not let it control you. This refers to people, phone calls, e-mails that take away much of your time

-     Interruptions DO happen so be sure you have a buffer zone in your calendar that will accommodate them

FINAL THOUGHTS

• You’re doing things yourself to cut down on wages? Be sure it’s not costing you a fortune!

You can follow Greg and learn more about time management if you go to his website at ActionCoachCanada.ca, where you can download a free PDF with a video file that explains the 3 basic things discussed in this interview and how to do them.

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Jennifer is the author of Overwhelmed - the Life of a Single Mom, the book where she shares her insights on single parenthood. She herself was a single mom at 17 and had been pregnant 4 times by the time she was 19. Although she is now happily married with 3 children in all (she had miscarriages), she finds inspiration in that lowest point in her life when she had no money, was living on food stamps and welfare, and with no other means of support at all.

In this interview, Jennifer talks about where she thought her life would be before it took a different direction. She has now made it her mission to encourage and support single moms – 17 million in the US alone – by giving them advice on how to survive in this tough situation. If you’re a parent who wants to do the best for your kid/s, whether you’re single or not, there’s a take-away lesson you can get from this interview.

JENNIFER’S ADVICE TO SINGLE PARENTS

1. Get involved in a local support group

-     This is to shake off the feeling that there’s no one else in the same situation as yours

-     Support groups understand where you are in your journey

2. Read and educate yourself further

-     Books can give you encouragement and enlightenment

-     Reading will boost your self-confidence and prepare you for the next season of your life

3. Understand yourself better with regards to your changing priorities dictated by the season of your life
4. Keep reminders of your positive thoughts and your goals so that your intention is constantly resetting on what you’re working on

-     This is so you don’t lose track of your ideals when you’re confronted with other things

JENNIFER’S FINAL ADVICE

• You are not alone; get connected and stay connected because we’re not created to do life alone!

Jennifer has been featured on a hundred radio and TV shows, and countless magazines and newspapers. You can follow her at TheLifeOfASingleMom.com, where you can find lots of resources. You can get a copy of her book, Overwhelmed - the Life of a Single Mom, at her website and at bookstores.

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Simon is a consultant, speaker, relationship expert, and author of Secrets to Emotional Wealth - Follow your Yellow Brick Road. From the time he saw a 16-year old girl who had tried to commit suicide and had declared “I want this pain to end,” the question ‘Why do people suffer?’ has never left him. As the years went by, he realized that even the most educated and the most intelligent people suffer. This realization was what inspired him to write his book where he explores the idea that what causes suffering was not the lack of intellectual intelligence but of emotional intelligence.

In this interview, Simon discusses how we can deal with our emotions and develop the necessary skills that will help resolve conflicts and suffering. He also talks about how we should aim to build internal wealth more than physical wealth if we want to really be happy in life.

WHAT WE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON

• WE PUT TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON UNDERSTANDING THE OUTSIDE WORLD

-     how to acquire all kinds of physical things

-     how to be successful, healthy, and wealthy

WHAT WE NEGLECT

• WE REALLY DON’T IMPLEMENT ANYTHING INTERNALLY

-     how to become emotionally wealthy or be enriched from within

-     how to be in touch with our emotional core

HOW TO BUILD WEALTH INTERNALLY

• BUILD A CORE FOUNDATION THAT WILL LAST AND SERVE YOU

-     Recognize that outside wealth may make your life journey easier but it will not necessarily lead to happiness

-     Start with your spiritual core because that is where all your happiness will come from

-     Realize that there are 2 concepts of wealth building:

1. When you build internal, you define the kind of money that you make

… Since you’re doing it for your soul, you’ll then use it more wisely

2. When you build external, your money defines you

… Since you’re doing it for your ego, you’ll squander it quickly

THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN INTERNAL WEALTH-BUILDING

1. YOUR EMOTIONS

-     They are neither positive nor negative

-     You cannot control or escape them

-     You alone are responsible for your feelings

-     It’s what you do with them that tortures you

2. YOUR RESPONSE TO YOUR EMOTIONS

-     You should act on them, not react to them

-     You should process them out of your system by expressing them in a non-confrontational way

HOW TO PROCESS YOUR FEELINGS

STEP ONE – Label your feelings

STEP TWO – Identify what or who’s causing them

STEP THREE – Determine what you have to do to confront your feelings effectively and learn to express them in a pleasant way

FINAL THOUGHTS

• Deal with your feelings as they happen, not bury them to be dug out later

Simon has been on the CBS Morning Show, Today Morning Show, and many other such shows. You can follow him at his website at EmotionalMasteryInternational.com. He’s giving away a free PDF copy of his book, Secrets to Emotional Wealth, to those who will e-mail him at his website.

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