| If you want to double your income, you have to be an | | | | doing this now. Your crib may have even had |
| opportunist and a risk taker. You have to be willing to | | | | lead-based paint. Could you imagine the kind of |
| only do the things that you love. Maybe you've heard it | | | | examination a mother would get if they tried this |
| before. Crisis is the equal and opposite word for | | | | today? |
| opportunity. Savvy marketers know about this secret. | | | | I bet your parents never made you wear a helmet |
| When the economy is down, they don't stop | | | | when you hopped on your bike. The car probably didn't |
| advertising. They know that now is the time to stand | | | | even have a car seat much less air bags. On a hot |
| out and gain a reputation for pulling through the hard | | | | summer day, you might remember riding down an old |
| times, while more inexperienced businesses tend to cut | | | | road in the back of a pick-up truck and drinking water |
| their advertising budget first. | | | | out of the garden hose. You might have even shared |
| This is the type of risk taker that you need to be | | | | drinks with your friends. |
| during a tough economy. Right now, you could be | | | | There was no Internet or Xbox. You may have been |
| faced with some of the roughest economic conditions | | | | lucky to have a landline with call waiting. You probably |
| in your life. Most people are just trying to get by. | | | | climbed up trees and played with sticks knowing the |
| You're not going to do that. You are going to get out | | | | dangers of poking out an eye or falling out of the tree. |
| of debt and double your income. You are going to not | | | | You took all these chances and more. And you know |
| just survive, but you will make it--BIG. | | | | what, you're okay. The best lesson to learn from this? |
| The thing is do you think you can do it? Let me tell you, | | | | You are a risk taker. You know how to seize an |
| my friend; if you are over the age of 30, you are | | | | opportunity and make the best of it. In the past 30 |
| probably more of a risk taker than you ever knew. | | | | years, you have seen some of the most revolutionary |
| You come from a generation that did all kinds of | | | | innovations evolve into today. You have the skills to |
| outrageous things. | | | | make it through hard times! |
| Thirty years ago, it was common for mothers to both | | | | So how do you double your incomes with times being |
| smoke and drink while they were pregnant because | | | | so rough? How do you learn to keep a positive |
| people were widely unaware of the dangers of | | | | attitude when the unemployment rate is almost at 10% |
| tobacco. Chances are once you were born, your mom | | | | (higher than anything we've experienced in the last 30 |
| laid you on your stomach in your crib and fed you "real | | | | years)? It's simple, you figure out what you love and |
| food" when you were an infant. Moms don't dream of | | | | do it. |