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Burned Out on Business Opportunities?

| Richard Diamond's "HeartBeats" | April 26, 2012

Richard Diamond

Richard Diamond

By Richard Diamond

Do you, like me, receive a lot of business opportunity pitches? New companies. New products. New services. I love innovation, but it can often be tricky sorting out the hype from the facts. Plus, many of us have promoted various opportunities only to see them crash and burn, with all our time, energy, and money going down the drain.

You may have noticed I haven’t endorsed any business opportunities here on HeartBeatOfKauai.com. The community we’re co-creating here is really important to me, so I’m very conservative about what I personally recommend.

Well, I’m happy to share I’ve finally found something I want to encourage you to look at. But first…

…I want to make clear it’s not an MLM (multi-level / network marketing) business. We all know there some wonderful MLM companies and products out there. But the challenge in promoting MLMs is that there are still so many people who see them as pyramid and Ponzi schemes, even though the majority are 100% legal.

This business does use “recommendation marketing,” but it’s a fresh, new model. I’m really excited about the possibilities to co-create abundance and prosperity for the Kaua’i community and beyond.

A Brand New Business Model

One of the First Kauai Meetings in March 2012

One of the First Kauai Meetings in March 2012

Just so you know, I’m not playing any marketing games regarding not revealing the name of the company. They’re a very well managed organization and allow their name, logo, and merchant relationships to be used only on their official marketing materials. (Preventing members from writing their own ads is a very good thing, since inaccurate and misleading information just creates problems for everyone.)

If you decide you want more information and contact me through the form below, I’ll be happy to personally let you know the company’s name. Unless you spend a lot of time in Europe, odds are this will be the first time you’ve heard of them.

Credibility is Essential

After seeing so many companies come and go… and so many dreams of financial independence be birthed and then die unfulfilled… one of my most important criteria is credibility. Here’s a partial list that helped to convince me to participate now:

  • Started in Austria with 9 years of successful operation in Europe.
  • They’re already thriving in 40 countries.
  • 47,000 new members worldwide enroll every week, with 2 1/2 million members and growing fast.
  • Less than 6,000 members in the US/Canada, so calling this a “Ground Floor Opportunity” is accurate, not hype.
  • Already paid out $billions to members since inception.
  • Just coming to the U.S., Canada, and Asia. Australia opened in April, and Mexico and Latin America are next, along with Philippines and Thailand.
  • A true Passive Income / Residual Income Opportunity open to all people on every continent.
  • Their Global Shopping Network is the largest in the world.
  • They have successfully achieved the ISO Certification ISO 9001 business operations credential.
  • The company is audited by TUV Rheinland, which is one the largest international auditing companies for the certification of quality assurance.
  • High-quality tools that tell the story, including a very professional video, do most of the work so you can just share naturally, with no need try to sell stuff.
  • A unique business where there is no monthly auto-ship requirement to buy anything from the company. Again, the way we earn income is a new concept.
  • They recently invested $10 million in software. This is a very well funded and managed company that’s here to stay.
  • 500+ professional team members (employees) work for the company.
  • They arrived in the U.S. in 2010 but didn’t just “open up shop.” Instead, they invested heavily for 1-1/2 years meeting all of the regulatory requirements of all 50 states and Puerto Rico.
  • When I give you the list of large merchants in the U.S. who have completed their “due diligence” and are participating – some taking an entire year to check out the company in-depth – you’ll understand that this venture is 100% legitimate. Many of the merchants operate here on Kaua’i. You’ll be able to share this with people who usually wouldn’t be interested in “business opportunities”.
  • There’s a special program where we can sign up local small businesses as merchants – a maximum of two locations, in business at least 3 years, and no more than 30 employees – Even just here on Kaua’i, this is a tremendous opportunity.
  • I love that over the last 4 years the company has conducted 30 education and social projects in 18 countries, focusing on the children. The company’s CEO makes these initiatives one of his top priorities.
  • They also operate a philanthropic organization dedicated to helping the environment and ecology of the planet.

There’s much more to share, so if you feel a desire know more now, please enter your info below and click the send button.

Abundance with Aloha

If anything above piqued your interest, I recommend you contact me soon as possible. The information above is just a brief introduction and there’s much I’d be happy to share with you. Word is getting out here in the islands and many people are joining now… I would love to help you create abundance and prosperity, and the freedom these forms of energy can provide.

Aloha,
Richard

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`ali `ali : a post in progress

| Richard Diamond's "HeartBeats", Spirituality & Transformation | September 22, 2011

Aliali
 
It took me about twenty minutes to find the word above. It wasn’t until I went back to where I started, a text from a friend containing a link for a reliable Hawaiian dictionary to find it. The word means clarity.

In reading a legend about the Mo’o, the lizard, the writer emphasizes the metaphorical need for every human to be grounded, belly to the Earth, front claws open to search and inquire, back claws in solid foundation to support growth, and then there is the tail. The tail that encompasses our growth in the sturdiness of our past. A-ha: The past. 

Growth and Expansion

 
In growth and expansion, it is sometimes easy to shoot to the sky and forget your roots. I haven’t forgotten my roots, in fact the collusion of my past and my present often nips at the side of my mind. How do I carry forward the bounties or beings that brought me to this moment, while honoring the individual sovereignty, the perfection of each path’s evolution: each path ends at the same destination, you know.
 
The answer is I don’t think you can, not in the way I thought, for you cannot carry anyone, you simply carry on. And then a funny thing may happen, a vista, and you look to your right and there is a beloved and you both say, “How did you know I would be here?”
 

Clarity of the Heart

 
That is the clarity of the heart, the pu’u beats the path, and from above there is only one, from below there are universes.Even though the dictionary says it is a noun, I think it is more about the verbness of clarity, becoming clear, then clearing, humbling and breathing to cultivate and tend to the state of clarity. Just like I needed to read from the Hawaiian language, aliali or `ali`ali, “whiteness” or “clearness” to understand the synapses in my own brain, and yet in the difference the clarity of the sameness.

Claw for what is in front of you, and when you see it, rest your belly on the land beneath you in gratitude for the moment expressed. Swish your tail to remember that what lies behind you gives you the balance of what lies ahead, and if you trust the beat of your own path, all will be clear.

 
Kate Brenton
 

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Who is Kirk VandenBerghe?

| Richard Diamond's "HeartBeats" | June 24, 2010

That is a question that many of you could be asking; without my brilliant techie friend, Kirk VandenBerghe, along with his partner and soul mate, Sandy Breckenridge, the “HeartBeat of Kaua’i” would still be a wistful thought fleeting through the mind of “the muse.”

The Kaua’i MuseLetter, which began as a small writing project around 2001, and which gradually blossomed into a full-on email networking publication with over 2,000 participants by 2010, has finally transformed into the next generation of the community network.

First Vision

I first envisioned a web site for “The Kaua’i MuseLetter” a few years ago, but it would be some time before the dream of an online presence would materialize into reality. I wondered whether the MuseLetter would ever fulfill its potential of a higher level of contribution to the community that it served. Although I enjoyed producing the MuseLetter, it was an increasing challenge to keep up the pace and attention necessary to produce a quality and productive publication.

A Miraculous Event

Yet miraculous events often occur during the times when you least expect them. Around five weeks ago, I was visiting with my good friends, Kirk and Sandy. I had always had a fantasy that Kirk would be the one to build my web site, and we even talked about it at some point a year ago. But the conversation waned and the possibility receded into the quantum field of possibility from which it came. Besides, I thought, Kirk is just too busy.

Kirk is one of the most focused and productive people I know; he is a master web site developer and, along with Sandy, his partner, has created a highly successful online business. They buy and retrofit dysfunctional web sites, and transform them into full and productive vehicles on the web. (Like retrieving an old broken down ocean tanker and modernizing it into a sleek ocean liner.) They have over 20 sites online, but here are some of the leaders:

Because of the nature of their business, Kirk and Sandy need to keep pace with the swiftly changing currents of Internet search engines in order to maintain the highest possible web rankings for their sites. Kirk is so absorbed with servicing web sites, initiating new projects, and conducting his consulting business, that there is little time to commit to additional outside business activities, other than providing some minor support to close friends and associates.

The Brief Window of Time

Perhaps it was an opening in the quantum matrix, or an angel whispering in Kirk’s ear… whatever it was, Kirk said to me, “Look Richard, I think I know how we can create your web site. We can use the ‘ClassiPress‘ add-on to WordPress, which will also provide you with a blog. That way, people will be able to easily list their needs on your site and you will have a blog for your own writing projects. You can even offer guest blogging opportunities to specific people in the community. I have a small window of time right now before I leave for the mainland for a few months and get swept away in other projects, so you need to let me know immediately if you would like me to put up your site.”

Surprised by Joy!

Kirk’s offer took me totally by surprise; for a moment I did not comprehend the depth and generosity of his offer. “Did he just offer to build my site for me? Kirk . . . build my site?” Since I thought I might be dreaming, I decided to say, “Yes, of course,” just to see what would happen. “Could Kirk be serious?” I thought to myself. Well, Kirk was serious and he replied, “Great, let’s get started!”

The next day, Kirk was up and running, moving swiftly into the “HeartBeat” project with the same focus and attention that had become the hallmark of Kirk’s work ethic over the years; Kirk had participated in countless similar projects before that would eventually become online success stories. (Kirk was not going to make money on this project. “We will work out something, Richard.”) And so we were off!

Traveling at Warp

For the next three weeks, like the Star Trek Enterprise traveling at warp, Kirk dove into the architecture of the ClassiPress universe, mastering the intimacies of the system with the same zeal that enabled him to figure out countless systems before. As he worked, Kirk gave me various writing and processing assignments that enabled him to function as swiftly and smoothly as possible. I could barely keep up with his pace, and was full of questions that Kirk answered patiently, yet, perhaps with a bit of testiness after I would ask him the same thing several times over. Kirk was at warp, and I could barely do better than impulse.

Going Live!

But, I kept up well enough and in three weeks the finished product was ready for launch. Kirk was not about to waste any time… “OK, let’s do it. Let’s take the site Live . . . . NOW!” (Procrastination is not one of Kirk’s attributes.)

And so, we did; in one of my final communications with the “old” Kaua’i MuseLetter, I informed the community of “an immediate shift in the form of the MuseLetter from a strictly email-based system to a more sophisticated Presence that would be able to handle the information flow more effectively.”

The website went “Live”; astonishingly, over 200 people logged on to “HeartBeat, in the first 48 hours of its appearance; with the brightness of a nascent nova, “HeartBeat” was borne into existence. After a long and somewhat laborious pregnancy, “HeartBeat” emerged, healthy, happy, dynamic and fully alive.

Now, a couple of weeks later, “HeartBeat” continues to perform smoothly and efficiently, with little interruption and no “bugs.” I can already feel “HeartBeat” expanding into new and exciting possibilities of service. I think I may finally take a little vacation to one of the most beautiful, awesome spots on the planet… Kaua’i. With great gratitude, thank you, Kirk, and thank you, Sandy.

Aloha and Namaste

“the muse”

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