The End of an Era

     Hey Guys!

This is Thad-n-Tonya Porter, and we just want to send out a quick message.  Happy Monday Team!  Today is the final day of our Daily Call.  It is truly the end of an era in our business.  We started the call back in November of 2009.  However, business dictates that we move within the technology that fuels our business, so in our sadness, we are overjoyed with Business Elite, and the many opportunities it represents.  We are excited about the fact that our short text messages will impact the team and get information to you quickly and seamlessly throughout the day, and only those that are serious about building their business will receive this information.  Text 'MrUrgency' to 55469 today to receive updates from Team Urgency. As your week begins, I want to bring your attention to a topic near & dear to me, and that is stress free living. 

     When Jethro came to see Moses, He advised him that his method of judging the people by himself every day would wear him and the people out.  So Jethro advised Moses to develop leaders that would help him share the load.  Everyone doing a little is the 5Linx Business model of leverage.  Don't wear yourself out guys.  Talk to your team today, help them Expose their 5linx business and expand their team, so that you can make it happen.

God bless you, and we look forward to talking to you, real soon.

Tis the Season for Investing

Each holiday season brings with it not only a change in the weather, but also a change in spending habits.  It is not unusual to see Americans budget an additional $400 to $800 in spending during the Holiday season.  The niceties or nonessential items usually show a spike in sales during this season.  However, essential items continue to show consistent sales.  Most retailers will tell you that the spike in sales for nonessential items enables them to make their margin for the year, but the perfect storm is finding items that are not only essential, but also boast an increased demand during the holiday season.  I even found one article post that detailed the "best time to buy" throughout the entire calendar year including the best month or months to shop!  Wouldn't it be great to combine the essential and nonessential commodities into one investment opportunity?  And if that were the case, when should you invest?

All the information pointed to one simple plan, INVEST NOW; the earlier the better.  Why, because the market fluctuates, and during the holiday season, take some of that discretionary spending money and invest in yourself.  During my search for the best investments for 2011, I found that many of the best investment opportunities are in the home-based business market or network marketing.  According to the book, The New Professionals, networking marketing and home-based business is the way to begin to create personal wealth and security in an uncertain market.  Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, has posted a video describing the power of the home-based business and how individuals can tap into this wealth trend and begin to become financially empowered.

So in my curiosity, I began to look at the top income earners, billionaires, and their holdings.  Therein, I saw the holdings that have catapulted the richest man in the world above Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, and that is Carlos Slim Helu: worth a reported $53.5 billion dollars!  What are his major holdings?  He owns a communications company: mobile phones, and he builds energy infrastructure.  Along with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, they all own interests in communications and energy, and both these markets contain commodities that are both essential and nonessential. 

Now, just as the deregulation of long distance made household names out of SPRINT, MCI, and other local, long distance, and international calling phone companies, the deregulation of energy is set to turn the world markets on their ear.  Energy is set to become a major player for businesses that have properly positioned themselves to take advantage of this growth, as evidenced in this short video discussing energy deregulation.  However, I only see one company out there right now that is positioned to take advantage of BOTH of these wealth trends, and that is 5linx Enterprises. 

Stay informed and do your research. If you are currently involved in any MLM opportunities, stop struggling and invest in a system that will help market your opportunity, and consider adding either communications or energy to your portfolio.  For anyone out there that is not currently involved in any home-based business, I encourage you to use your discretionary income to invest in an opportunity before the end of 2010.  Position yourself this year to make money on the wealth trends for 2011 and the years to come! 

Dedicated to your Success...

Thadd Porter

TU Enterprises CEO & Online Coach

Office: 334.462.6828

Las Vegas 5Linx National Event 2010

NO TV!!

Hey Hey...I think the blog has really become what it was supposed to be all along, my random daily thoughts.  I am encouraged that my son, TJ, is seemingly waking up and becoming more responsible with his lessons.  By setting myself up with a no TV regimen thru the end of this year, I can focus more on what he and Justin need and how I can better support them.  As for the rest of the time, I know I really need to get the money flowing in my business!  The past few months, production has been down, but I feel a shift in the atmosphere.  I guess I feel kinda like the prophet that prayed for rain and then got excited when he saw a cloud about the size of a man's hand....

Pray my strength in the lord and I know I will see a rise in production this week.  Yesterday I spent about 2hrs putting up door knockers.  I feel like Will Smith's character from "The Pursuit of Happyness". 

Reflection is a God thing!

I woke up this morning and looked out my window to see the Vegas skyline rising behind the Trump Plaza, and all I could think about was my oldest son, TJ.  His major challenge in life is actually my strength.  He resists reading and writing, and his resistance has finally caught up with him.  The magnet program at his school has a pre-AP English course that requires a great deal of discourse, and then the students must reflect on the discussion in their writing.  When we spoke via videophone last night, I could see the frustration in his eyes, in his mannerisms, and I heard his struggle in his voice.  Initially, I was angry because he had allowed himself to get behind in his assignments, but then I realized that he simply was avoiding things that he had always avoided, but having never been truly confronted about his avoidance issues, he now has deadlines pending that require him to alter his behavior and engage NOW. 

As a father, my first emotion was anger that my son would allow himself to get into this situation.  Didn't he know that I have a master's in English?  Didn't he know that I would have gladly spent time with him going over everything and helping him finish all his assignments?  What if his teacher had not called and let me know about his lapses...what could have happened if I had not gotten the word to step in and intervene?  What was he thinking?  And then...it hit me...isn't that what I do with my heavenly father?  Don't I know that he owns the cattle on a thousand hills?  Don't I know that his desire for me is to prosper, to have life and to have it more abundantly?  Why is it that we have challenges, and though our heavenly Father has all that we need, he usually has to find out about everything thru the prayers/communications of someone else:  mothers, fathers, spouses, prayer intercessors? 

In this time with my son, God has shown me that I need to come to Him with ALL my issues, and I need to have the confidence in knowing that having been tempted Himself, in all points, without having sinned, He is able to deliver us.  So now, thru my dissappointment with my son, I found the compassion that Christ had and has for me, and how in the midst of it all, he looks beyond my faults, and sees my needs. 

Show the love of Christ to everyone you encounter today, and begin to extend the compassion to others that is perpetually being extended to you.  In my reflections on these truths, the scripture that admonishes us to be slow to wrath came to mind...wrath can really cloud your thinking.  Good thing I was here to see that Vegas skyline...reflection is a God thing.  

Random thoughts...

I often find myself struggling with myself.  Its as if I know what it takes for me to have success today, right now, but there is some other part of me that always wants to put if off.  I see myself being successful today, right now, but there is some other part of me that always wants to put it off.  Tomorrow functions as a safety-net of sorts, and so I keep battling to stay out of the safety net and jump into my destiny today, right now! 

The conversation that Paul has about these warring factions in our nature: "So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?" Romans 7:21-24

It helps me when I recognize that I am not alone in my struggles.  I have an advocate with the father: His son Jesus Christ.  And even though I am constantly being accused by Satan and berated with guilt and a feeling of unworthiness for my failures, I am encouraged because Revelations tells me that the accuser has been defeated, and his time is short.  So all I have to do is walk in the victory already provided!

I feel good about that...no matter what comes my way today, I have complete and total victory!

Does one size really fit all?

I got my first lesson in pressure when I owned a Ford Ranger.  It needed a new hose, so I had one of my "shade tree mechanic" friends replace it for me.  We did not pay attention to any SPECS for the Ford, we just attached the new hose.  A few days later, I noticed that my truck would periodically stall, and it never seemed to ride as smooth as it had in the past.  Some time later, I was getting ready to get on the road, and I brought my truck in for a tuneup...you know, I didn't want to be stranded on the side of the road.  When the mechanic came to me to give me the run-down on my services, I remember him telling me that the pressure was off in one of my hoses, and it had led to some other issues, but everything was fine now.  Immediately, I reflected on that hose I had a friend replace because I wanted to save some money on repairs.  That was my first lesson in pressure.

When I had that hose installed, my friend didn't have any gauges to check the pressure, he just knew how to replace my damaged hose.  I guess neither one of us took any thought about the pressure differences, so it never was taken into consideration.  All these memories came rushing back to me when I was having a discussion with my wife.  She and I have different pressure points, and it would be ludicrous of me to attempt to apply my pressure standards to hers.  Romans 12:3 reminds us that, "For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you."  One of the most pivotal things you can do in any relationship is not confuse pressure points.  That doesn't mean that one person is stronger or weaker, just that they are different, and this diffence must be accounted for when we talk to one another.  Just like my truck began to run rough when the pressure was off, our relationships can become rough and rocky when we make assumptions about the pressure gauges in someone else's life.  If we are not careful, our lack of sensitivity in one area can lead to other problems, and we will find ourselves throwing up our hands in frustration.

Remember, my first error was that I did not check with the SPECS, prior to hooking up the hose.  Who better to consult when life is in need of repair than our heavenly father?  Psalm 139, reminds us of how God knows us completely and will always be with us.  Prior to your next conversation with a spouse or loved one, remember to consult life's spec sheet, and find out what the Lord says about it.  This has helped me thru the years.  Remember, we all have a measure of grace, there is no one size fits all...