In any group of people, a few will retire young, rich & worry-free. A few more will work hard and long, but finally retire in comfort. Most however, will slog through 45 years of life in the rat race, only to eke out their ?golden years? on a meager pension.

What separates these groups .. and what are the secrets possessed by those in the first one? How do they get so wealthy so fast? And what can someone do to ensure they end up in this group? it's an intriguing question ...

One I feel eminently qualified to answer. For not only do I belong to this first group, but I have helped thousands more join it.

Make no mistake, however, I'm not referring to captains of industry, market traders, or real estate tycoons. For while these people amass great monetary wealth, they don't retire early, and they certainly do not appear to be worry-free. They're winning the rat-race, but they're living like rats.

The group I'm referring to is a new breed of entrepreneur --- the individual who has built walk-away residual income. What I call ?drink out of a coconut? money. These people have built a multi-level money machine ... one that showers them with rewards whether they remain working or choose to spend their days on a tropical beach, with their toes in the sand, sipping from that coconut.

The parallels of how these people reached this success are intriguing indeed. You might think they attained their status through higher education, but this is not the case. Many members of this group are high school drop-outs (like myself), while we know that there are many people with multiple diplomas out looking for work.

And while the people in my group worked hard to attain their considerable prosperity, that alone was not the deciding factor. In fact, although I'm slightly embarrassed to admit this, most people work harder than my group members and me, but certainly don't receive the rewards we do.

The mechanic who tunes up my cars, the man who landscapes my lawn, my massage therapist and my usual waitress at my favorite restaurant all work much harder than I had to, yet none of them are wealthy doing what they do. Not one of them shows a chance of retiring early.

These people, and millions more like them, are prisoners in a dysfunctional economic system. They are hostages in the time-for-money trap. To receive more money, they must work harder and longer. Most are stuck in salaried positions or jobs restricting overtime, so one job doesn't even offer them the opportunity to trade more time for more money. As a result, they put their spouse or partner to work, which of course is still not enough. It's a vicious cycle.

And a very foolish one ...

Because as long as you play the ?trading time for money? game, you can never reach true financial security. The people in my group have discovered that attaining true economic freedom requires that you employ two basic prosperity principles:

1. You must employ the concept of leverage to escape the trading-time-for-money dilemma; and
2. You need to wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and know you're talking to the boss.

Once you have an understanding of these two principles and actively apply them in your life, your prosperity is assured.

You'll find both of these principles are the foundational anchors of the Network Marketing Opportunity. When you take the entrepreneurial excitement of working for yourself and combine that with leveraging yourself through a network of other excited entrepreneurs, the results are exponentially spectacular. The synergistic process creates a whole that is much more powerful than its individual parts. Done properly, the end results is a self-perpetuating, multi-level money machine.

And you can drive it ...

To do so, you have to do two things. First you must commit yourself to one day escaping the modern day slavery of a regular Friday paycheck. You must become the creator of your own destiny. And second, you must affiliate yourself with a solid Network Marketing Company.

Million of independent distributors produce an annual estimated volume at 60 to 80 billion dollars. Network Marketing perfectly utilizes J. Paul Getty?s three secrets of wealth:

1. Get a product everyone needs.
2. Duplicate yourself.
3. Be self-employed.

Why should you get involved with network marketing? There are probably as many answers as there are distributors. Usually though, it comes down to the lifestyle networking can give you. Some of the unique benefits of this business include:


Choosing the people you work with;
Going into business with a very small investment;
Working from home;
Picking the hours you want to work;
Discovering unique products not available elsewhere;
Reaping the rewards of numerous tax advantages;
Enjoying the opportunity for an unlimited income; and
Having the chance to build your success while empowering others to succeed.
Probably the why of networking can best be summed up as ?freedom from the rat race.? The benefits we discussed are not available anywhere else. While most people accept this to be true of working for someone else, they mistakenly believe that having their own traditional business will give them these benefits.
As a former Chamber of Commerce president and owner of ten small and medium sized businesses, I can personally attest that in many ways, owning a traditional business can be more limiting than working for somebody! Because things like employee turnover, inventories, large investments, government regulation and market competition, I was oftentimes working longer hours for less pay than my employees were!

People are tired of merger mania, leveraged buy-outs, layoffs and ?dress for success?. People today are looking for rewarding work situations, balance, and quality time with their loved ones.

That's where Network Marketing comes in ...

In networking, unlike the corporate rate race, you never get ahead by holding others back. The road to success in networking is traveled by empowering others. You cannot be successful without helping others to be successful. In fact the more people you help the more successful you become.

If you're looking to get rich quick, network marketing is really not for you. However, if you're willing to work hard on a part-time basis for two to four years to build lifetime security, then this is the place for you. The flexible hours make it a perfect business to start will you keep your current job, even if you're a student or a housewife with children. If you want your own business, but only have a few hundred dollars to get it started, you're in the right place at the right time.

Network Marketing has emerged as the last real chance in the free enterprise system for the average person without large capital to become financially free. It is helping you by helping others.

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Randy is the author of "How to Earn at Least $100,000 a Year in Network Marketing," the number-one selling audio album in Network Marketing. He also created the million selling audiotape "Escape the Rat Race." To order these or other quality network marketing and personal development resources from Gage Direct Marketing, call 1-800-432-GAGE or (305) 531-7085. You can also find other quality resources from Gage Direct on their web site, www.gagedirect.com.