Economic Woes

There was an article in the local newspaper about Cleveland Ohio, my home town. It said that Cleveland is the most poverty striken city in America.

Wow!! How did that happen? Or more importantly what can we do about it? I think our young adults need to be educated more and more and more about how money works. For example the time value of money and how important it is to start saving at an early age.

You can build a huge nest egg by the time you retire. It's never too late, but it's always better to start as early as possible. There are other strategies like paying off credit card debt in full, and paying extra on your mortgage payment.

I am compiling more information of this specific topic that will enable our youth to go above and beyond the call of duty in terms of money and finances. It is my job to see that they have a plan in place that will help them achieve financial independence and reverse the trend. Being the poorest city in America is not a title you want for your city.

I am going to look into the possiblity of starting a coaching and mentoring program to help put our children on the right path with good financial habits that will carry over into their adult lives.

Let's take the bull by the horns and turn things around.

To Your Great Success.

Mel Richardson - CEO
Speaker, Coach, Visionary, Author.

VisionStar Enterprises

http://www.aftercollegebeyondgreatness.com

http://www.visionstarenterprises.com

The Pursuit of Happyness

I recently saw the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness". It was a very good movie. It provides an example of how one can succeed if you put your heart, mind, body, and soul into the pursuit of achieving your goals in life and not letting obstacles and limitations stop you.

When you go after your goals with everything you have, with the very essense of your being and you believe in yourself and stay persistent and you persevere after awhile you will become a success.

Eventually the universe opens up and showers you with the blessings and gifts that you are pursuing. It is actually your thoughts that can cause the universe to pour out its treasures.

Your thoughts are very powerful and they can actually twist the fabric of the universe on your behalf.

So never give up on your pursuit of happyness!!!


Mel Richardson
Speaker, coach, author, & visionary

VisionStar Enterprises

www.aftercollegebeyondgreatness.com

www.visionstarenterprises.com

Melvin21@msn.com

Building Your Career in the pursuit of Success

My web page www.aftercollegebeyondgreatness.com was designed to help college graduates map out a game plan for success in their careers and personal lives as well.

It was also designed to help those that have stalled in their careers and are looking for the magnificent edge to go above and beyond the call of duty.

A lot of times we can't see the path to success until someone points out the various pitfallls we are likely to run into. Sometimes we are in the midst of those pitfalls and don't even know it.

As you become submerged in your careers you can have a tendency to let things go and not keep a tight a rein on somethings such as your spending, or consistently and constantly developing yourself. Perhaps you forgot to set some necessary goals, like saving 10% of your income , or networking and developing great relationships.

These are things you may not thing about right out of college or may have completely forgotten as you speed along in your careers.

Perhaps you amassed a mountain of debt while in college and now you need a game plan to get rid of it and fast. There as ways to get you back on track and live a life filled with peach, joy, happiness, and prosperity.

Later on I explore other avenues to put you back in charge of your life instead of the circumstances being in charge.

To Your Continued Success,

Mel Richardson - CEO
Speaker, coach , consultant, Visionary

VisionStar Enterprises

www.aftercollegebeyondgreatness.com

www.visionstarenterprises.com

The Art of Coaching

Have you ever wondered how some of the best athletes in the world continue to get better year and after? What about some of the most successful individuals in the areas of marketing, sales, and business, how do they continue to perform at exceptional levels and outperform everyone else consistently?


The answer is very easy. They have coaches that help them set up game plans to hit their goals. A Coach can help you discover things about yourself you may not have been aware of. They help you tap into your creative genius to bring about the desired results. Coaching helps you reach your full potential and take your game to the next level. It also serves as a mechanism to improve your performance, and at the same time provide avenues of continued growth and development. Coaches are ruthlessly results oriented and they help to hold you accountable.

The primary function of coaching is to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be.... A coach should assess your performance by reviewing the situation as it stands today. Next you and your coach should sit down and define achievable realistic goals, explore several ideas by brainstorming, and then put a plan of action into place with needed follow up.


Initially you might think you don't need a coach, but I would suggest you think again. Anyone that has ever achieved any level of greatness in any endeavor has had a coach. Michael Jordan arguably the greatest playeer to have played the game of basketball had a coach. Tiger Woods has a coach. Professional athletes can have a variety of coaches for different areas such as conditioning, health and nutrition, free throw shooting, blocking, batting, passing and defense, depending on the sport.


You would do well to do the same. Sometimes a life coach can help you maximize your potential in the various areas of your life, such as the mental, physical, spritual, social, career, and family.


Get a coach today and raise the bar and go onto the greatness you were destined for.


Mel Richardson ---CEO
Speaker, Coach, Consultant, Visionary
VisionStar Enterprises

www.aftercollegebeyondgreatness.com

www.visionstarenterprises.cocm

The Power of The Subconscious Mind

About ten years ago I discovered the great power of the subconscious mind. I stumbled upon it by accident. I had gone to a local gym to play a pick up game of basketball. Now I have to tell you I am a very super competitive individual. However on this particular day I really did not feel like being competitive. My main objective was to play a couple of games and get some excercise and just have some fun.

We were playing a half court game. The team that reached 12 points first won. Each basket counted as one point. My team consisted of 4 players as did the other team. As I mentioned earlier I did not feel like being really competitive and apparently everyone else on my team felt the same way, because before long the score was 9 to 3 in favor of our opponents. That's when the game took a strange turn. When the other team scored their 9th point one of their team members yelled out .... NEXT!!!!


What's meant by this is the winning team is telling the next team on the sidelines to warm up and get ready because for all practical purposes this game is over. It's really a sign of disrespect to the team that is still on the court, even though they are losing. I took offense to that. I remember thinking these thoughts immediately afterwards...."We will not lose this game". Suddenly I increased the intensity in my own game and my teammates sensed this new level of intensity.

I played harder and they played harder. Eventually the game ended and we won by a score of
12 to 10. After that game I really did not give it much thought. The only thing I know is that we increased our intensity and began to play the game at a higher level.

But there was more to it than that. I now can sit back and reflect on how I was feeling. After I began to think those thoughts..."We will not lose this game", there was absolutely no doubt in my mind. There was no time sit back and rationalize a game plan. I had no specific plan of action on how we were going to win that game.

I merely sent to my subconscious mind an unquestioned belief backed by supercharged emotion and my subconscious mind mapped out the game plan, for the victory. Your thoughts are things and they form the basis for what you become and what you do.

Never underestimate the power of your subconscious mind. Once you send an unquestioned command to the subconscious mind backed by a state of belief and charged with emotion the subconscious goes to work to make it come true. It begans to work even while you are sleep. It never rests until that goal is realized.


Tap into the power of your subconscious mind to reach your goals in 2007 and become the success you were destined to become.

To Your Great Success.

Mel Richardson - CEO
VisionStar Enterprises

www.aftercollegebeyondgreatness.com
Melvin21@msn.com