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Shining your Star – How Environments Increase Your Wealth

Posted on March 4, 2009

Each of us have star quality within us; it's a matter of finding the star and adding some shine to it.

 

Today when I talked with Kim McAtee about her experiences in TUG (The Ultimate Game), I really heard how she took some advice from her business coach and made it shine by applying it to her environments.

 

Kim has been a Realtor^® with Coldwell Banker/Orinda for just over seven years and as a Realtor^® myself, I can relate to the industry belief systems she mentioned.  The belief is that in order to make the "big" money, you need to be in the industry for 15-20+ years.  She had also been told that the goal of doubling her average sales price from one year to the next was "too aggressive" and a realistic goal was more like 10-15% growth.

 

Well thanks to The Ultimate Game, we learn to question all our belief systems.  It's as though we start to create new belief systems, or as Kim said "not to believe in your beliefs".  She decided to challenge that belief system and put some new environments in place.  One tool she instituted was listening to positive affirmations each day.  Consequently, she started to think of herself playing a much bigger game by changing her Self and Memetic environments.

 

Next, Kim sought out "for sale" listings of high-end homes ($4-6million) that she thought were spectacular for one reason or another.  She started calling friends, business associates and people in her database to ask if they knew anyone who might be interested in purchasing such a home. She explained that although she was not the listing agent, she would like to find a buyer for this "great house" and described the home and its features.  She even took several people to the homes so they could share her enthusiasm for the property.  She also explained her strategy to the real estate agents selling the homes, who were thrilled to have an additional person marketing their listing.  As a result, her contacts and her database began to see her as an experienced and knowledgeable Realtor^® operating in the high-end market, thus she changed her Network and her Relationship environments.  Soon she was receiving referrals to people selling and/or buying homes in the $2-4million range.  As a result, her average sales price doubled from 2007 to 2008 and her goal is to double that number again in 2009.

 

As Kim said "The Ultimate Game gave me an environment in which I could step out of my comfort zone, be uncomfortable, and yet feel supported".  The Game took her to a new level.  Her environments are now created from a different belief system.  She adds, "The value in The Ultimate Game is being able to think in much broader terms, more expansively and in making connections with like-minded people.  I'm constantly surrounded by people who are headed in the same direction."

 

For Kim, the bottom line is knowing that your thoughts and beliefs affect the events in your life and that stepping outside of your comfort zone to upgrade your environments is crucial to your success.  It means being part of a larger game, The Ultimate Game.

 

Posted by Saskia Feain Sassyword (Ultimate Game of Life Level 3 Player)

Wealth creation comes from service not just from savings

Posted on March 3, 2009

Some conversations in life are always more awkward than others.  I'm particularly thinking about the ones you have with children when they ask for something.  Those sad puppy eyes have a way of saying 'why can't I have that' and you as a parent want to explain to them why.  Explaining to a 12 year old that there are budget requirements within a house is easier than talking to a 3 year old fortunately.  I was sharing this conversation with Jim, founder of The Ultimate Game of Life, today and how it went down, and how my oldest can understand the value of dollar and how far it can stretch.  Right now some schools cost more than others and as a result, the budget dictates where we send him.  Fortunately, he is in a good school and I loved that Jim acknowledged that I am teaching the children habits for living within our budget, something a lot of America could take heed of.

 

And though we save as a family to send our children to a school that caters for their needs and those of ours as parents, it means there are some things we go without.  To best serve my children I decided that I need to be a part-time mom, so I work in real estate during those times that my kids are not around.  At 3pm I become mom again, and the homework and the caring and nurturing are turned back on.  I found when I wasn't doing that, the costs well exceeded the benefits; in fact it was hard to find anything that was beneficial.  My children thrived and grew when they were in my care receiving my insights and assistance to living in this world.  Some old fashioned family values.

 

Or as Jim so eloquently put it as an "Ultimate Game Tip":

 Wealth creation comes from service not just from savings

 

Posted by Saskia Feain Sassyword (Ultimate Game of Life Level 3 Player)

Jim Bunch Interviews Cameron Johnson on Succeeding Your Way and Living Your Ultimate Life!

Posted on August 19, 2008

So many people are bored with their jobs, stuck in the corporate grind, never pursuing their true passions.  Part of living an Ultimate Life is pursuing your dreams and finding success on your own terms.

 

Join Jim Bunch as he talks with our special guest, Cameron Johnson, who at the age of 23 has founded and sold more than a dozen successful businesses and has been featured in more than 250 media outlets worldwide including Newsweek, BusinessWeek, the New York Times, USA Today, CNBC, ABC, MSNBC, and the recent reality show Oprah's Big Give.  Cameron has served as a consultant to several Fortune 500 companies and is a frequent speaker to a wide range of audiences including corporations, entrepreneurial boot camps, and even high schools and colleges.  He started his first business at the tender age of nine and by age 12, his company was selling Beanie Babies^TM over the internet to net $50,000 that year.  At the age of fifteen, his internet company was generating close to $15,000 per day in revenue, he was asked to become the youngest person to serve on an advisory board of a Toyko-based company, and he published his autobiography in Japanese, which became an instant bestseller.  In January 2007, his new book titled "You Call the Shots: Succeed Your Way--And Live the Life You Want--With the 19 Essential Secrets of Entrepreneurship" was released by Simon & Shuster and is currently available in stores worldwide.

 

Listen to Jim as he explores with Cameron:

• How to call your own shots, pursue your dreams, and find success on your terms 
• Wealth creation in the new age of entrepreneurship 
• Pure freedom and lifestyle of a successful entrepreneur 
• How to hit the ground running with your own great business idea, no matter how young you are or how little money you have to invest  

Join Jim and Cameron as they discuss how you can love what you do and achieve Ultimate Success by following your gut and going for what you really want!  

 

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To purchase Cameron Johnson's book "You Call the Shots: Succeed Your Way--And Live the Life You Want--With the 19 Essential Secrets of Entrepreneurship", CLICK HERE!  

 

 

For more information on Cameron, visit www.CameronJohnson.com.