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Organised by BNI Nexus Chapter
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Hosted by Bill Ryder
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Get Motivated by Gordon Robertson
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A journey of a thousand miles, begins with
a single step.
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Vampires Life.

• Unhappy, bored.
• Dont know where they are going, no plan for
  future.
• Dont try anything new.
• End up going to same place over and over again.

• Dont enjoy it once they are there.
• Mix with other miserable people who complain how
  dreadful life is.
• Give a hundred reasons for not doing something.

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Going on holiday..

• Know where we want to go.
• Get excited thinking about it and imagine how it
  will be.
• Plan and research it
• Brochures / tv / guides
• Work out finances

• Pack essentials.
• Try different places.
• Positive state.
• Talk about where we want to go in future.
• We go and do it.
• Have fun, be happy, smile, nice to other people

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5 Principles for Success.

• Know your outcome.
• Take action.
• Have sensory acuity.
• Have behavioural flexibility.
• Operate from a physiology and psychology of
  excellence.

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Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didnt do than by
the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines,
sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade
winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover. -Mark twain-
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Are you underestimating the Internet? by Ian
Brooks Alan Gillespie
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• The history of the future

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• What is the internet used for..?
• Finding your business
• The value of online business
• The power of the internet

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• A question.
• ?? of internet users get their news online
• ?? their health information
• ?? their local entertainment information

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• A question.
• 76 of internet users get their news online
• 70 their health information
• 50 their local entertainment information

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• so how do you find this info?

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• and how do your potential customers find your
  business online.?
• networking groups?
• yellow pages..?
• adverts..?
• the search engines!

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• how many of you use
• Google
• MSN
• Yahoo
• Yell
• Others?

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• did you know ?
• one out of every two online purchases is preceded
  by research on a search engine.
• the number of searches varies by category
• travel 3 out of 4 people use a search engine
  before making their final purchase

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• research shows that most buyers complete their
  search engine research two or more weeks before
  they make a purchase online.

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• do you know who the most active internet
  searchers are in Europe ?
• Germany 17
• UK 33
• France 35
• searches before they make a purchase

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• did you know..?
• advertising spend on the internet was
• (per internet user)
• France 22
• UK 18
• Germany 8

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• how do you become one of the top instead of
  one of the many?

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• Advertise
• Optimise and promote
• Pay per click
• Join paid directories
• Web rings
• ..?

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• did you know..?
• value of b2b online purchases
• yr 2000 336 billion (192 billion)
• yr 2005 it was 6.3 trillion (3.6 trillion)

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Value of a web site ? gt 300 gt1000 gt5000 your
best salesperson ? priceless ?
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Making money on other peoples money by Craig
Giffen FCCA
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• SMALL PRINT
• NOT an IFA
• NOT giving investment advice
• Everyone has a different attitude towards risk
  and investment strategies.
• Lesson in business economics

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• Mechanical Engineering
• Levers
• Gears
• Pulleys

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• Levers/Gears/Pulleys
• increase and alter the input effort to give a
  greater result than could be achieved without them

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• Financial Engineering
• Leverage
• Gearing
• Attitude to debt - Fixed Income
• Entrepreneurial attitude to debt

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• Gio Benedetti, Glasgow Entrepeneur
• Herald/Sunday Herald mentoring series
• There is no sense in using your own money for a
  business if you can borrow it, according to a
  leading Scottish entrepreneur.
• Speaking to an audience of nearly 100 owners of
  small to medium-sized businesses at a breakfast
  mentoring seminar, Gio Benedetti, chairman of
  Wallace Cameron First Aid Products, was asked how
  he moved from being a small player to one of
  Scotland's top businessmen.
• He said "organic growth" was fine for some
  businesses but he had always borrowed "as much as
  I can get away with".
• Benedetti bought his first business at the age of
  17 and has been buying and selling businesses
  ever since.

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• Why do people borrow money? .....because they can
  make more money than it costs to borrow (in
  theory)
• How much should I borrow?
• How much will someone lend you?

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• Business profile
• Cash Flow
• Perceived risk
• Asset/Ideas based
• How marketable are you
• How good your business plan is

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• Building a property portfolio - Basic Economics
• Buy property _at_ 85k
• 2080
• Use 17k borrow 68k
• Interest 4k pa (interest only Mtg)
• Rent 500 pcm -gt 6k pa
• Profit 2k pa
• Capital growth _at_ 10 8.5k

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Ungeared cash flow (10 growth)
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Geared cash flow (10 growth)
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• Summary
• 170,000 over 5 years at 10 growth
• Ungeared cash flows grows by 103,000.
• At 10, Geared net cash flow grows by 550,000
• _at_8 - 400k, _at_12 -650k

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• Risks
• Interest rates rise
• Property prices do not increase/fall
• Rental market becomes weak
• Rents fall
• Buy in the wrong place
• Buy the wrong properties
• CGT/IHT

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How to make money, make money by Alan Mackie
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• INHERITANCE TAX
• First 275,000.00 of estate IHT Free
• Taxed at 40
• VOLUNTARY TAX!!

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• 1997 IHT collected stood at 1.68 billion
• 2005 IHT collected was 3.4 billion
• Threshold has only risen in line with the
• Consumer Prices Index (CPI)
• Source Telegraph Money 5 November 2005

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One in three households will be affected by IHT
within the next 20 years Source The Observer,
January 2005. http//guardian.co.uk
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Take action now
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Taking care of yourself by Liam McKeating
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Taking Care of Yourselfis Your Choice
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• The Circle of life
• never take more than you give!
• A Ten Day Challenge10 Simple Steps to pure
  energy
• Give Yourself Six Gifts - Eliminate Four
  Poisons!

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Steps to Pure Energy - The 1st Gift

• Vital Breath
• How I Breathe.does it matter?
• Results of Shallow Breathing
• Benefits from Deep Breathing

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Steps to Pure Energy - The 2nd Gift

• Living waters Live foods
• 90 of the population are dehydrated !
• 70 of your diet should be water rich food.
• The typical Scottish diet is approximately
• 15 water content, which is suicide !
• If you want to be alive , eat live foods !

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Steps to Pure Energy The 3rd Gift

• Aerobic Power Maximum Strength
• Exercisewithout pain !

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Steps to Pure Energy The 4th Gift

• Maximum Nourishment
• Break.. Your.. Fast, wisely !
• Organic
• Good fats
• Avoid dead, lifeless foods
• Avoid overeating
• Avoid eating when stressed

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Steps to Pure Energy The 4th Gift

• Maximum Nourishment (contd)
• Avoid eating between meals
• Drink beforenot during or after meals
• Properly combine foods
• Eat slowly chew properly
• Avoid condensed foods especially before bed
• Enjoy all you eat !

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Steps to Pure Energy The 5th Gift

• Structural Support
• Fit bones make a fit life !
• Our body design is over 100,000 years old !!!
• In the information age we do not move out
• of our little boxes...
• So Get Movingyou dont need a gym !
• Get some Rest, Sun, Massage

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Steps to Pure Energy The 6th Gift

• DIRECTED MIND
• Develop empowering beliefs
• Create a physiology of vibrancy
• Create a compelling future

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Steps to Pure Energy The 1st Poison

• Dramatically Reduce or Eliminate
• Processed fats oils

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Steps to Pure Energy The 2nd Poison

• Dramatically Reduce or Eliminate
• Animal Flesh

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Steps to Pure Energy The 3rd Poison

• Dramatically Reduce or Eliminate
• Dairy products

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Steps to Pure Energy The 4th Poison

• Dramatically Reduce or Eliminate
• Acid Addictions

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Energy for Life is Your Choice
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The Ten Day Challenge

• Vital Breathing
• Living Waters and Live Food
• Aerobic Power
• Maximum Nourishment
• A Directed Mind
• Structural Support
• Eliminate Excess Fats and Oils
• Eliminate Animal Flesh
• Eliminate Dairy Products
• Eliminate Acid Addictions
• Give yourself these 10 gifts for 10 days and
  experience
• the power, vitality, energy and joy of your body
  being totally alive with healthexperience
  energy for life

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Organised by BNI Nexus Chapter
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Question time your chance to participate Bill
Ryder Gordon Robertson - Motivation Ian Brooks
Alan Gillespie - Internet Craig Giffen Alan
Mackie - Financial Liam McKeating Well Being
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Organised by BNI Nexus Chapter