The Power of People - People I'm Proud to Know.

The big trick to making a success is always reliant on three key questions: who, how, and when. In almost all instances I can document, and as explained repeatedly by key success figures of our era like Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, it tends very much to happen most successfully when it all comes together at once – the perfect triumvirate.

That’s why this Race is getting to be so exciting for me. I’m already seeing how individually so many of us can be successful by helping each other be successful. Here’s a quick example of how the light bulbs are going off in my head and the ‘Eureka!’ is erupting from my lips:

This weekend I ran into a young lady that I’ve met several times in the last 5 years. She works as a server at a local watering hole I visit with friends and family every so often. The place has a very special musical vibe and history that goes with it, and the staff treats us very much like family – and we truly appreciate it. Who.

So Saturday night, Independence Day, the bar owner didn’t know whether it was going to be a big turnout or a small one, so she kept a full staff for the bulk of the night, and our poor server really had no one but us to wait on the whole night long.

Before long we asked her to join us, and had a number of long chats, during which time I mentioned to her a little bit about my Race – the Millionaires’ Race to 2010, and how I’m trying to help as many people as possible acquire their piece of the economic security and prosperity pie.

As I explained how others are working on bringing people together along political bases in order to fix political problems from the ground up, I pointed out that I’m trying to bring people together to fix economic problems from the ground up. I don’t care what someone’s political beliefs are, what their religious outlook is, what their social status is, what kind of car they drive – none of that.

Ok, I do care – if you’re raising money for Osama Bin Laden then you’re not welcome, to put it mildly. But whether I agree with you politically or not has no bearing on whether or not I want to see you lose your job, become unable to look after your families, lose your retirement income or lose your health insurance. Same goes for religion and any of those other silly social delineations that become hot button issues in political fora. I want the nation (in this case both the US and Canada) to be successful, and I want us all to be proud of how we achieved it.

Kristen, our server, seemed to really like the idea, and shared with me that she has her own custom T-shirt design business that she operates as a sideline. How.

Already the light bulbs are starting to go off. Just this past week I was discussing with another Racer the idea that as our individual businesses start to take off, and we start our speaking tours, we were going to need some custom T-shirts and golf shirts for sale at our events. Both Tracey and I are writing books and going on a series of speaking tours in the coming year and will be looking at having a variety of branded products to sell at the engagements. But so will another dozen or so of our Racers.

So I’m having lunch today at a restaurant near my office and my waiter has a very professional, calm, attentive, and active personality. He’s in great shape, tall, and exhibits strong leadership qualities with both customers and other waitstaff. His carriage indicates strongly that he’s someone who is always on the go with another project so I stopped him at one point and asked him flat out – was he doing other projects than this particular gig?

Surprise, surprise, usually the answer is yes. This summer he took time off those other projects and was only working the one job as a kind of vacation, wind down time, but yes, normally he was on the go, working another job and playing in a band. A band that needs T-shirts but has venues. When.

Kristen came to mind instantly as a great match – the band could give her a place that she could sell her shirts, and the band could have some custom shirts designed to sell for the band too. And those who are doing advertising for their businesses or events could have the band write or perform the music for any of their advertising.

Then I remembered that I have a couple of Racers who are Life Coaches, whose role and sole purpose is to help you accomplish what you set out to do. They prod you when you need it, suggest alternative strategies when you hit the wall, and help you organize and prioritize your life so that you have a balanced approach to get the most out of life, among many other aspects of their expertise, these people are your mentors in a life where real mentors are hard to find.

The thought of structuring an event hosted by our Life Coaches to inspire you, teach you, engage you, energize you, organize you, and unleash you on the world – that sounded like a fantastic idea! Especially if you add in some live music, meaningful guest speakers, powerful new books, and a host of specialty products and shirts that help to carry the feeling and spirit on in the days and weeks to come as your efforts at achieving success unfurl. Add in ongoing life coaching to help make sure you get to your goals and the package sounds better and better.

Each participant made stronger by the event, each participant made stronger through the networking at the event, each participant made stronger with follow through after the event and each participant contributing to the success of those involved in hosting the event. Each of us spreading the word about the opportunities discovered at the most positive experience of the year. Each of us there to boost each other up, helping each other grow, build, succeed.

Extraordinary individual success fueled by extraordinary team success. The universal answer for win-win.

Then there’s the web designer who is looking to go out on their own who could help to build e-commerce sites and promotional sites for other Racers and the events where the authors who use print-on-demand self publishing houses to get great low-cost options for getting their products out there. There are the artists who are looking for an opportunity to get their work shown or to find suppliers who can get them different, unique or less expensive supplies.

Extraordinary individual success fueled by extraordinary team success. The universal answer for win-win.


And if you’re reading this, you too can be a part of it. Jump in – the water’s great. And the party’s getting better by the minute!