Are You Ready to Successfully Change Your Life and Raise One Million Dollars for Detroit's Ronald McDonald House?"

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Ken Brown and Tawana Williams Ask? "Are You Ready to Successfully Change Your Life and Raise One Million Dollars for Detroit's Ronald McDonald House?"

(Detroit, MI.) Ken Brown and Tawana Williams challenge people to change their lives and raise a million dollars to help Detroit children and their families. Ken Brown, a man born of poor teenaged parents has achieved phenomenal success in business and in life. Tawana Williams has also overcome humble beginnings and disability to exemplify triumph over adversity and tenacity over discouragement. Tawana Williams was born without arms in 1963 to a young mother who lacked the resources to care for her. She is the author of two best selling books and the director of a 501-c3 non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals to live life without limits. Today Ken Brown and Williams have combined their powerful and inspiring messages to change lives as a team via the all-day L.I.F.E. Experience seminar on October 25th in Southfield from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Marriott Hotel in Southfield Michigan.

Ken Brown and Tawana Williams offer everyone a unique opportunity to change their own lives while helping sick children and their families. Both of these high achieving motivators have had to over come tremendous challenges in order to succeed. Both are dedicated to teaching others how to put the past behind them and live the lives that they have been born to live.

Brown and Williams do not care if an individual was born in poverty. They were. They do not care if one has made devastating life choices. They too have made mistakes. They will show every attendee of the L.I.F.E. Experience seminar how to unlock the power to change their lives and create a completely new way to live, be, grow, love and prosper in the world.

Ken Brown and Tawana Williams teach that by hard work, determination, tenacity and faith one can and must develop a solid work ethic and utilize a system unleashing excellence, inner-strength and high achievement on all levels. They teach how one can be freed from the clutches of poverty, dis-empowerment, drug addiction, lack of education and a sense of hopelessness to live a life of meaning, purpose, power and prosperity. This exemplifies the L.I.F.E. Experience.

Ken Brown and Tawana Williams are living testimonies to the fact that one can achieve and dream or reach any goal despite his or her humble beginnings or so-called disabilities if only she or he would refuse to lose and use whatever gifts or abilities one has to achieve more than anyone ever expected. Tawana Williams was born without arms, but she learned how to do what she needed to do with her feet. She brushed her teeth with her feet. She uses her computer and has written two books with her feet. This amazing woman even fed her baby and changed her diapers with her feet. Tawana has never allowed anything to prevent her from doing all that she might do and she is determined to help others to do all that they might do and to become all that they might be. Together Ken Brown and Tawana Williams are an unstoppable team for change.

Brown and Williams are highly acclaimed motivational speakers, life coaches and entrepreneurs. Both are exceptionally successful at teaching, inspiring and uplifting young minds. Their honesty and candid talk about faith, vision, purpose and passion inspires and motivates people to see a vision for their lives beyond their current circumstances.

The L.I.F.E. Experience seminar on October 25th in Southfield from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Marriott Hotel in Southfield Michigan promises to help attendees to:

• Identify Life Passion to Overcome Setbacks & Procrastination
• Set Achievable Life Goals & Money Goals
• Develop the "Millionaire Mindset"
• Get Their Business Goals Solidly In Place Via Life & Business Coaching from Ken Brown & Tawana Williams

With endorsements from renowned mentors Les Brown, Tavis Smiley, Ronald Hariston, and Herbert Harris, Ken Brown and Tawana Williams are ready, willing and able to encourage others, inspire dreams, and instill hope. Each ticket purchase to the L.I.F.E. Experience seminar will result in a $49.00 contribution to the drive to raise one million dollars for the Detroit Ronald McDonald House.

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Detroit Resident Raphael B Johnson looking to Restore Faith in the Detroit Community

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United States of America (Press Release) August 26, 2008 --

Detroit resident Raphael B Johnson has been nominated for the prestigious Hoodie awards by Radio Show personality Steve Harvey, but he needs your help to achieve this status. Not to diminish any of the other categories but Best Community Leader is a category in the Metro-Detroit area that we need to support, with the current black-eye Michigan in general has concerning the Mayor’s legal troubles having a positive spotlight on Michigan for a change will be nice.

Why should you consider even voting for Raphael B Johnson, well at the ripe age of 17 he committed a murder that snatched 12 years of his life away from him, but not one to wallow in self-pity he committed to changing his lives of anyone that came in contact with him, not only through his worlds, but his actions, he has been out of the correction facilities for less than 4 years and in that short period of time he has graduated from Detroit Mercy earning a B.A in Legal Administration “summa cum laude” in 2007, one short year later on May 10, 2010 he received his Master’s Degree from Detroit Mercy degree as well. Raphael has completed an internship at the 3rd Circuit Court as a Law Clerk for the Hon. Daphne Means Curtis. During his spare time he is a Day-Time TV Personality on The Maury Show, he is a member of the Legacy Associates Foundation where he serves as Chairman of the Community Involvement. He is also a member of the Detroit Parent Network.

Raphael has authored 3 books during the 4 years he has been released, his autobiography “To Pose A Threat: My Rite of Passage”, has received high acclaim, he has received the Detroit Special Celebration Mayoral Award, and his book has been inducted into the African American Literature Special Collection at Wayne State University in 2007. Mr. Johnson also received the Detroit City Council Testimonial Resolution Award for his published work.
Well I think Raphael B. Johnson has given back enough, it is time to give a little to him, vote for Raphael B Johnson for Best Community Leader on August 26, 2008, at www.SteveHarvey.com

To find out more about this extraordinary individual please contact

Raphael B Johnson
18530 Mack Ave, Suite 513
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
313-643-2990
raphaelbjohnson@yahoo.com
www.RaphaelBjohnson.com

Vote Raphael B Johnson

PLEASE SUPPORT THIS GENTLEMAN BY VOTING & PASSING ON TO YOUR CONTACTS TO DO THE SAME.

READ ABOUT RAPHAEL IN THIS RECENT DETROIT FREE PRESS ARTICLE: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articleAID=/20080821/OPINION01/808210353 Check out Raphael B. Johnson in ACTION! Maury: My 3 Teen Daughters Are Violent & Oversexed! (2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOqz3CCVFW4 *Get the tissue out on this one. Maury's Teen Tour of Death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia8wdUy2t6U Motivational Speaker, Author & Fitness Trainer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8iisSBsG3w *HIStory in the making!

"Together We Stand, Divided We Fall"

Leaders,

Make sure your team receives this POWERFUL email! Let's build this business!

BREAKING NEWS: Team, Some key Convention Announcements along with some facts that put the attacks on YTB into perspective... Bill Hoffmann SATURDAY EVENING POST One of the most prestigious magazines in the country has chosen Coach to be on the cover! The Saturday Evening Post, the longest running continually published magazine in the history of the United States, has selected Coach to be on their 2008 Special August edition. The magazine features a four-page article on Coach's life and gives you an inside look behind his vision to create 10,000 millionaires. Available soon in your Back Office. Price: $4 each. *************************************************** THE ABCs OF MAKING MONEY Denis Cauvier and Alan Lysaght, known as the ABC Guys, have a combined 35 years of experience in conducting research and market analysis. They are international best-selling authors and work as business turn-around consultants for many well-known companies. In their years of experience, they have developed a systematic, comprehensive and proven tool, which they use to measure and define a business, known as the 15 Power Points. They have ranked thousand of companies, including American Express, BMW and American Airlines, and there are only two companies who have scored a perfect 15 during their analyses: Primerica Financial Services and now YTB! Purchase their best selling book, "The ABC's of Making Money" from your Back Office. Available soon! Price: $10 RECESSION PROOF DVD In a slowing economy where the price of gas is nearly $4 a gallon, many Americans are hurting financially. Give them an answer to their needs with this informative DVD, which explains why they should look into owning their own business with YTB and "Recession-Proof" their income! Available soon from your Back Office! LEADERSHIP BONUS RESET YTB wants to give you every opportunity to succeed! That's why during this year's convention, we've enacted this one-time only Reset Bonus! Basically, everyone will be working on their first set of six towards a $1,000 Leadership Bonus. Don't worry, you won't lose anyone, you just won't have to worry about fall-off on the ones you've already earned a bonus for. SPECIAL BONUS PROGRAM! Beginning August 1, 2008, you will receive additional compensation if you earn five Leadership Bonuses before November 30, 2008. The additional compensation is a 50% Match on those bonuses, or one check for $2,500 paid on December 11, 2008! What are you waiting for? Your time to earn this special bonus has already started!! TRAVEL PORTAL AND BOOKING ENGINE PREVIEWS YTB Travel Network is excited to announce sweeping changes in product sales and travel opportunities. Over the next few weeks, look for great new features such as traveler profiles, cross-vendor search results, consolidated itineraries and new suppliers, destinations and products. You'll also see powerful new sales tools like group bookings for all types of travel and private branding options for commercial accounts. POSSIBLE FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY We are convinced this is the best marketing system ever created and we are ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED to continuing the use of this system with YTB. While there will be changes to the process as it relates to the sale of franchises, the downline genealogy and network marketing division will remain intact. We believe a franchise model of our existing business will be easier to comprehend and more readily accepted by the general public. Our commitment to becoming a world class travel company will be supported in the franchise system with additional tools and training for those who choose to actively pursue the travel business. Now let's talk about California & some of the Attacks being made on YTB : Have you ever heard of a company, that has never had a bad word spoken about them? Let me use an example of one company that you all know about and have heard about. Before I tell you the name of this company let me ask you a questions. Would you invest or buy stock in a company that has: Been sued so many times, can't be counted. Thousand if not millions of unhappy customers around the world. If you were to ask 8 out of 10 people about this company they will tell you that they have had a numerous bad experience with their product at least on a daily basis. More bad press then any company has ever had in history. In trouble with the department of Justice and local state agency for anti-trust in the past years. If you search Google and search for their name + lawsuit your will find 26,900 websites about this company. In trouble with the FTC numerous times. Paid millions of dollars in fines of t he years. Numerous class-action lawsuit currently in supreme courts. History of releasing bad products, before they have been tested properly. Oh, by the way I should also tell you that this company has over 80% of the market share in their category. Their stock price has been up and down over the years. Have also lost millions of customers over the years. I know what most of you are thinking, I would not only never use their product or service, but also would never buy their stock. Right? And, if you said NO, NO, NO. Then you would have missed out on one of the best producing companies in history. And most of you should just stop using your computer because the company I have been talking about is: Microsoft. My point is: That if you are looking for bad news about any company you will find it. If people are not talking about a company, the company is most likely not growing or doing anything. People love bad news, bad news sells. It took Microsoft over 15 years to hit 1 Billion in sales annually. YTB is about to do it in 8. Only 90 BBB filings against YTB? In comparison to other similar online agencies listed in Travel Weekly's top 35, that's a great track record! Other BBB top complaint companies: Expedia.com - The BBB processed a total of 1024 complaints about this company in the last 36 months. Orbitz - The BBB processed a total of 1729 complaints about this company in the last 36 months Travelocity - Number of complaints processed by the BBB in the last 36 months: 1528. And in the last 12 months: 533. Not to mention...American Express (Travel Related Services Co.) - The BBB processed a total of 606 complaints about this company in the last 12 MONTHS. Some of you know and some of you don't know that California filed a lawsuit against YTB for deceptive sales practices and operating a pyramid scheme. We don't have any secrets here at YTB and we don't keep any secrets. YTB has been in meetings with California for months over a new proposed law in that state concerning the travel industry and it's potential impact on our business. The discussions reached a stalemate and California filed suit. Folks, this is not the first time YTB has been challenged. When any company is revolutionizing an industry, and growing faster than any other company in the industry, the industry doesn't like it. In our case, that is the travel industry. It is not a coincidence that last year YTB showed up as #35 on the Power List, and within 3 months we were challenged by IATA, Royal Caribbean, and Rhode Island. Why do you think that happened? The industry doesn't like us. Now we are #26 on the Power List. This lawsuit is a result of the INDUSTRY putting pressure on the lawmakers, not an issue of whether YTB is in compliance with California law. We will be challenged. We will be shot at. It has happened to EVERY company that changed an industry. It happend to Microsoft, Walmart, IBM, McDonalds, Amway, Mary Kay, Excel, A.L. Williams, and every other company that revolutionized their industry. Why do you think we would be different --- especially when we are taking over the largest indutry in the world? This is EXPECTED. Coach, Scott, and Kim are not rookies to this business. They have fought these battles before and won. The blessing WE have is that we have them running the show, and they have "been there, done that" before and been victorious. During this time we will lose some weak reps. We know that. There will be competitors out there trying to steal our people. We know that. There will be some fear and indecision out there. We know that too. But there will also be LEADERS that step up. There will be CHAMPIONS born. There will be people t hat just decide that WE ARE READY for a fight. That's US. WE are READY FOR THE FIGHT. We are READY to go kick some butt. We are READY to STAND UP AND LEAD OUR TEAM THROUGH THIS CHALLENGE. DON'T YOU EVER DOUBT your company's commitment to YOU. DON'T YOU EVER DOUBT that we will win this thing. DON'T YOU EVER DOUBT that YTB will be the #1 Travel Company in the World --- No Matter What We Have To Go Through. REST ASSURED --- YTB is all over this issue. Our attorneys are already in California working on this. This WILL BE RESOLVED, and when it is, YTB will be even stronger because of it. Have faith in Coach, Scott, Kim, and your company to handle this matter. They will handle it. It is just a bump in the road. There are 4 things that WE can do to help. 1) Sell more travel. Tell EVERYONE you know that you own a travel business and ask them to book their travel with someone they know vs someone they don't know. The more travel we sell, the more power we have. 2) Sell more Travel Stores. Go find every friend you have that wants to get paid to travel, get tax deductions when they travel, and travel for less, and sell them a travel store. The more travel stores we have, the more travel we sell. 3) Do not talk to the media. If someone tries to talk to you that has a notebook, a microphone or a camera, just tell them to send their questions to media@ytb.com, and refuse to talk with them. We have to let Coach, Scott and Kim fight this battle. We need to stay out of it. 4) Step Up and LEAD YOUR TEAM. Nobody wants to follow a weak, disillusioned, crybaby, pansy. At times like this, they look for STRONG, COMMITT ED, POWERFUL Leadership. You need to STEP UP and be that LEADER for your team. Talk to them. Keep them informed. Let them know where you stand. Tell them --- You can quit if you want to, but I'M STAYING RIGHT HERE FOR THE FIGHT. It's gonna be WORTH it to me and my family for generations to come. That's what Leaders do. Team, Coach, Scott, Kim, and all of the Directors that were in the convention meeting are a FAMILY. We are here for the long haul. There is NO FEAR in any of our eyes. None of us came here to get this far and fail. WE WILL WIN THIS THING. WE WILL BE THE #1 Travel Company in the world. WE ARE READY FOR THE FIGHT. We never said it would be EASY. We said it would be WORTH IT. You just BE TOUGH, and communicate to your teams that they just have to BE TOUGH, and we will ALL WIN. Let's go BUILD A COMPANY TOGETHER. "Only The Strong Will Survive"

What You Focus on the Longest Will Become Your Strongest

"Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go." Joshua 1:7

To be focused means having a keen sense of direction. Every thought, action and association has a purpose. Outstanding leaders are focused. They know what they are doing and why they are doing it. To become more focused a leader should:

1. Live on Purpose: We must understand that our life is a gift from God and the use of our life is a gift to God. Do not confuse profession with purpose.

2. Know Thy Self: Outstanding leaders know their strengths and opportunities. Stay in your lane. Do what you do best and delegate the rest.

3. Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing: A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. All distractions are equal. Keep you eyes on the prize.

4. Be a Master: If you try to do everything that comes your way, you will not excel at anything. Remember, a specialist earns much more that a generalist.

5. Commit to Life Long Learning: Always be coachable. Invest in self-improvement. Steven Covey calls it sharpening the saw. The market pays according to your value. Once you increase your skills the market will pay you accordingly.

Ken Brown

www.KenBrownInternational.com

Sticks and Stones

At an early age, I discovered the power of words. I can remember running home to my parents crying because the kids in our neighborhood would say hurtful things like, “You are so poor you can't pay attention!” It was true. We were poor, but that fact did not make the taunting any less painful. Unfortunately for me, however, I could pay attention and I paid close attention to the every hurtful word hurled at me. Those cruel words pierced into my soul just as sure as any knife would have.

My parents attempted to make it better by insisting that I retaliate by saying the old school yard comeback, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will not hurt me". As much as I repeated the retort, the power of the cruel words lingered on within me somehow. My parents were right about a lot of things, but they missed the mark big time on this sticks, stones and words. I now know for a fact that sticks and stones may break your bones and words will not only hurt you they can kill you!

According to the book of Proverbs the power of life and death are in the tongue. WOW.... That is truth. I often witness people that I coach or lead in my business as they talk themselves into or out of situations and circumstances. I believe that your success is in your mouth.

I always wanted to own and operate a restaurant. I would use " The 5 yard rule”. I would tell anyone that came within 5 yards of me that my business name is Ken's Hot Dog Stand. A couple of years later I was presented an opportunity to purchase 2 McDonald's Franchises.

Words are the most powerful force in the universe. Your words are the power that you have to create. Your word is the gift that comes directly from God. Through the word you manifest your intent, regardless of what language you speak. What you dream, what you feel, and what you really are will all be manifested through the words you speak.

The word is a force. It is the power you have to communicate, to think, and to there-by to create the events on your life. Remember, to be Impeccable with your words. If you are interested to hear the entire story of how was able to speak my way to success and wealth or if you are ready to move to the next level and need coaching, visit me at www.KenBrownInternational.com

Ken Brown

www.KenBrownInternational.com

Phil Knight Say "Just Do It"

The phrase ‘Just Do It’ has become a legendary mantra of self-sufficiency, rugged individualism and fearlessness. If you look deeply enough you can see that there is much more to the statement than meets the eye. Oft times in life we just have to face our fears and do it (whatever “it” is) anyway. Phil Knight had fears just as most people do when it comes to starting something new, but Phil Knight did it anyway.

Nike is a household name that came out of necessity. Mr. Knight was a great track athlete in the late 50's when he starred as a miler at Oregon. He experimented with different techniques to improve his times. He was very good. Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile in 1954 and Phil's best times were 4:10. Not bad. That being said, Phil Knight decided that there was a better shoe that could be made in Japan as opposed to the shoes that were being made in Germany at the time.

In 1962 Knight wrote a term paper for one of his graduate school courses. The paper was titled, "Can Japanese Sports Shoes Do to German Sports Shoes what Japanese Camera's Did to German Camera's?” Now just look at the time in between 1971 when Knight’s first shoe sold out and that term paper in 1962. In less than 10 years Knight created an unstoppable force by just doing it!

I did a little research into what Mr. Knight is worth today. The man is worth a cool 10 billion dollars. I am not saying someone reading this article can be worth 10 billion dollars like Phil Knight is today and I am not saying that saying that someone reading (or writing) this article cannot be worth 10 billion within the next decade. I am saying that it is possible. That’s huge. Sit with it for a minute…

It is possible for you or me to manifest a net worth of over 10 billion dollars in the 10 years. And before you start rolling yours eyes chew on this wise quote by Mr. Henry Ford, “If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.”

It is possible for you to keep doing the same thing for the rest of your life and to keep getting what you’ve always gotten till your life is over. Or it is possible for you to ‘JUST DO IT’ (whatever ‘IT’ is) and change your life for the better forever. It is possible!

There is something very special about the world possible. It can be used in a positive manner such as, "I think it's possible to do this or that." Or it can be used in a negative capacity as in, “Man, that's just not possible." Either way the person saying it is right. How would this tie into becoming successful in real estate? The thing I try to impress on individuals daily is that time is on your side. Donald Trump did not become "The Donald" overnight and neither will you.

Take daily consistent actions towards your goals. Empower yourself and improve your odds by first educating yourself. Phil Knight was a track athlete who studied the game and went to earn a Master’s degree to further enhance his success. I'm not saying you need to take the exact same route that Phil or even Donald Trump took (he has a Master's degree from the Wharton School of Business). I am saying that you need to define your own goals, dreams and aspirations and go for them doggedly. If your goal requires a Master’s degree, get registered for college. If it requires excellent physical condition, join a gym and hire a personal trainer. What ever your dreams or goals require you to possess in order to manifest them—just do it!

The main thing I want to impart on those willing to risk their time, energy, efforts, and money is to take steps daily to improve your chances of success. Take specialty classes like real estate training courses and take courses specifically for your field of choice. Someone asked me once why I continue to go to seminars and continue to read books on my field. I answered with the following the question, “Would you go to a doctor or a lawyer who was not current on new cutting edge techniques or new laws that could help there clients win?” Most respond with a resounding “NO!” to that question. Yet I get the same question on a daily basis. Things change daily and so should you. There is no such thing as learning to much when it comes to reaching your highest goals and embracing your fondest dreams.

In closing, PREPARE! Increase your chances of succeeding in real estate by educating yourself with specific classes that can get you to your desired goals faster and more efficiently. Explore the possibilities. If you could invest 5K today and in 12 months it could pay you back 60k, would that be a good investment or a bad one? Do you understand how to evaluate an investment such as that? Do you know what your ROI (return on investment) ought to be with that amount of money over that length of time? Would you like to understand how money grows and how real estate investing really works? My guess is that you do or you would not be reading this message. You’d be off watching celebrity gossip, whining about gas prices or text messaging your neighbor about some trivial pursuit.

You are reading this message and that means that your possibilities have already greatly increased. With a few good mentors, the proper education in a reputable real estate course and a little common sense and diligence on your part, you can drastically change your life. You can tap into your own inner power to be free. You are serious about changing your life and learning how to generate wealth through real estate investing. You just need to surround yourself with like-minded people. You need real solid information, assistance, direction and encouragement from people who understand the field. You need to stop wasting time and get started on building the rest of your life.

A group of us are meeting this week. Some Power to Be Free members are new to real estate investing. Some have been involved for a couple of years, are making a little money and are now ready to learn more and earn more. Some are real estate investing millionaires who want to show others how to do what they do. Too many people will never make this meeting. They will never know what we have to teach them. This is your opportunity to expand your possibilities and learn what too many people just do not know. So, please, don’t just think about coming to the meeting.

In the Words of Phil Knight "Just Do It"

Darrick H Scruggs

CEO

The Power to Be Free

www.Thepowertobefree.com

BAD NEWS SELLS

Have you ever heard of a company, that has never had a bad word spoken about them?
Let me use an example of one company that you all know about and have heard about.

Before I tell you the name of this company let me ask you a questions.

Would you invest or buy stock in a company that has:

• Been sued so many times, can't be counted.
  
  
• Thousand if not millions of unhappy customers around the world.
  
  
• If you were to ask 8 out of 10 people about this company they will tell you that they
  have had a numerous bad experience with their product at least on a daily basis.
  
  
• More bad press then any company has ever had in history.
  
  
• In trouble with the department of Justice and local state agency for anti-trust in the past years.
  
  
• If you search Google and search for their name + lawsuit your will find 26,900 websites about this company.
  
  
• In trouble with the FTC numerous times.
  
  
• Paid millions of dollars in fines of the years.
  
  
• Numerous class-action lawsuit currently in supreme courts.
  
  
• History of releasing bad products, before they have been tested properly.
  Oh, by the way I should also tell you that this company has over 80% of the market share in their category.
  
  
• Their stock price has been up and down over the years.
  
  
• Have also lost millions of customers over the years.
  

I know what most of you are thinking, I would not only never use their product or service,
but also would never buy their stock.

Right?

And, if you said NO, NO, NO. Then you would have missed out on one of the best producing companies in history.

And most of you should just stop using your computer because the company I have been talking about is: Microsoft.

My point is:

That if you are looking for bad news about any company you will find it. If people are not talking
about a company, the company is most likely not growing or doing anything.

People love bad news, bad news sells.

It took Microsoft over 15 years to hit
1 Billion in sales annually.

YTB is about to do it in 8.

Only 90 BBB filings against YTB? In comparison to other similar online agencies listed in Travel Weekly's top 35, that's a great track record!

Other BBB top complaint companies:
Expedia.com - The BBB processed a total of 1024 complaints about this company in the last 36 months.

Orbitz - The BBB processed a total of 1729 complaints about this company in the last 36 months

Travelocity - Number of complaints processed by the BBB in the last 36 months: 1528. And in the last 12 months: 533.

Not to mention...American Express (Travel Related Services Co.) - The BBB processed a total of 606 complaints about this company in the last 12 MONTHS.

Priceless Part 2

PART TWO

There was a time in my life when I did not know that I had the power to choose to be free. Yet, once you know something, you cannot 'un-know' it. I know that we have all been placed on this earth to live free, fulfilled, purposeful and happy lives. People deserve to know that the power to live a self-actualized life is, by God, in their hands. That is why I have dedicated so much of my time and energy to helping other people to see that they can free themselves of their restrictive, unrewarding, uncompensated J-O-B's…if they really want to. (Quiet as it's kept some people don't really want to be free. They want and need a 'boss'.) People who want to live powerfully can connect with other 'free-folks' and learn how to liberate themselves while making more money and spending as much time with their families as they can handle. That's power! That real living and it is truly priceless.

Start each day by asking yourself what actions you need to take today to ensure that you free up your time in the very near future to spend with the ones you love and that love you unconditionally There aren't any guarantees in life, but what we do at the Power to be Free is about giving you the opportunity to escape a life of limitation and claim a life of limitless abundance. With that you will be empowered to take the time that God has given you and use it to create truly PRICELESS moments with your loved ones.

Let me be clear here. I talk and write a lot about making money and building wealth. All things must, however, be placed in the proper perspective. Money is a tool. It is something that we must be good stewards over in order to do good and useful things in this world that will not only bless our families and ourselves, but also the world. The Bible is often misquoted as saying, "Money is the root of all evil." The correct quote states, "The love of money is the root of all evil." If we love our families and use money to express our love for them and to make this world a better place, our money and our time would be well spent.

Money comes and goes, but days like that recent Saturday I told you about with my family are priceless. The Power to Be Free was created with the mission to help all of our members create priceless moments in their lives and in those of their family members. Freedom is the point here, not money, prestige, glory or fame, though all or some of those things may come with freedom for some people. That's all right if that is what you want. Know what you want. I know I want more priceless moments on this earth with my family. Money is a means to that end…and I am having a great time making it. So, what do you want? What would your life look like if it were filled day after day with a string of priceless moments?

Claiming a life of 'priceless ness' is all about you, your inspiration, motivation and your goals. We understand that most people want to make a change. They want to do something different, but they do not have a viable alternative to their current situations. They do not have a plan. We can help them. We can help you. We have the alternate plan that will help you to change your life and reclaim power over your time. Give us a specific period of time and we can give you what most want, freedom. Right? Isn't that what we are all trying to obtain?

The United States of America was established by the core human drive for liberty and freedom. Generations of African Americans struggled and sacrificed everything—including their lives for FREEDOM. There's nothing to hold any of us back now besides an unwillingness to take action. We can't save you from that though. You must make the choice to change and to free yourself. Then we can help you. Attend one Power to Be Free meeting and you'll see for yourself…and I promise you that what you learn will be PRICELESS!

Darrick H Scruggs

CEO

The Power to Be Free

www.Thepowetobefree.com

Priceless

PART ONE

When I look at my wife, my children and family it all comes together. This is what it is all about; time with the family and to see the unbridled joy that your family has when you are there with them. At the end of life most people do not regret that they did not spend more time at work, make more money, bought a bigger house or a better car. Most people regret having not spent more precious time with their families and good friends. In the end, it becomes quite clear. Love, life and family—priceless!

In too many cases you may make money, but time is very limited. You are busy trying to make ends meet or make money to make your family happy. If we are really honest with ourselves we may see that we are doing it for ourselves and not the ones that really county.

My Dad who I tout as the greatest man alive always stresses to me the value of time with family. I have a quote that I attach to all my emails and it states, "Live today like tomorrow doesn't count, for today is really all that matters".

If you’re like most people you have family members that you spend less time with than you spend with your employees, or your co-workers. That is so backwards. I know that in my lifetime I want my family to get more of my time than anyone or anything else. Of course, in life it is easier said than done because living from day today comes with unforeseen challenges, stress and tasks that must be attended to. Still, spending more time with my family is a struggle for me on a daily basis. It is something I am willing to work on constantly though.

My challenge here is not due to the fact that I do not have enough time, but because I love what I do. (That’s a rare blessing.) It’s just that I often do not even feel that I am working. The drawback is, however, that when I am having such a good time investing, moving, shaking and generating wealth for my family and myself, I am missing precious time with my family. I actually have the best-case scenario because I am often able to work from my home office. I am often in the same house with my family, but I am detached off in my office. I’m talking shop on the phone or facilitating a business meeting with key team members and/or clients.

I thank God that I am able to live and work as I do. There is a need I see as I grow to make a serious commitment to stopping the wheels on a regular basis, jumping of the merry-go-round and getting to the real business of life; my kids, my wife. You see, I’m usually on a non-stop roll and loving every minute of it…until those moments when at the end of the day, I look around at my wife and children sleeping peacefully and realize that an entire day has whizzed by and I do not know what exactly happened in each of their lives on that particular day. I’ve vowed to consciously connect and spend time with them much more often, because I don’t want to miss a thing.

Recently I took advantage of the opportunity to spend an entire day with my family. It was a picture-perfect Saturday at Cedar Point. It was priceless. I am determined to create more days like that one with my family. Seriously, that is why I am working and building on my business as I do. It’s because I want to have and exercise my power to be free! So many people in this world simply do not have the freedom to choose to spend a day—any day with their family and just do it. I feel sorry for them, because I used to live like that. Then I discovered the one simple thing I needed to do to change everything.

Sincerely
Darrick H Scruggs
CEO
The Power to Be Free

Ken Brown Challenges You

July 28th, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, contact:
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Kenneth Brown Challenges People to Rely on Their
Faith, Find Strength and Build Success Despite Challenging Times


(Detroit, MI.) Millionaire-Motivator, Kenneth Brown, is a young man of humble Chicago
beginnings that starkly contrast his ultimate success in business and in life. Ken is the son of
teen aged parents who were basically poverty stricken. Ken’s childhood is a seemingly typical
story of how a young Black boy is brought into dire circumstances socially, economically and
environmentally, but what is not typical is the deep faith, spiritual wealth and determination
instilled in young Ken by his mother and by God. With diligence and a commitment to excellence
in everything he has ever done, Ken has risen from a McDonald’s employee to the multimillionaire,
youngest owner of two Metro-Detroit-based McDonald’s restaurants. Kenneth
Brown exemplifies “the great American success story”. Ken shares secrets, wisdom and
inspiration in a life changing all-day L.I.F.E. Experience event on August 16th in
Southfield at the Southfield Marriott.

Kenneth Brown offers his unique brand of deep spiritual insight combined with motivational
transformation to individuals, schools, organizations, companies and corporations nationally and
internationally. His life story is one of transcendence, success and triumph over adversity in
order to fulfill his optimal potential and claim his true destiny in the world. Ken’s gift to the
world is the revelation that each human being arrives in the world with everything he or she
needs to succeed already within him or her. Ken teaches that by hard work, determination,
tenacity and faith one can and must develop a solid work ethic and adopt a system unleashing
excellence, inner-strength and high achievement on all levels. This exemplifies the L.I.F.E.
Experience .

Ken’s father was young, but he always taught his children the importance of working hard and
doing one’s best at all times and in all things. It was always Ken’s hard work, attention to detail
and initiative that distinguished him as a very young man working as an employee at various
companies, including McDonald’s. Ken’s young mother was wise beyond her years and while
she may have had a ‘poverty of finances’ in her life, she possessed something of greater value.
Mrs. Brown had a wealth of spirit, which is the legacy that she passed on to Ken. Ken, now a
dedicated husband and father of three boys passes this legacy on to his children and to the world.
Ken’s mother used to often say, “We lived in poverty, but poverty never lived in us.” Kenneth
Brown talks, walks and manifests the essence of that legacy with all he does and all he teaches
others to do.

Kenneth Brown is a living testimony to the fact that one can achieve and dream or reach any
goal despite his or her humble beginnings if only she or he would put their faith in God and work
hard. External assessments of potential and a young person’s probability of ever achieving
success in life would seem to have indicated that Brown was headed for a life of perhaps
mediocrity, disenfranchisement or perhaps abject failure. But Ken is not a product or a victim of
society. He is a child of God. He shares the good news with everyone that success is everyone’s
birthright and that Jesus made every man, woman and child a promise—that we can have life and have it “more abundantly.”

By faith, fight and fortitude Kenneth Brown has walked and worked his way to claim the
promise of Jesus and the glory of God in his life. Brown has proven all negative predictions
regarding his true identity and ability to succeed, false and he has broken through those barriers
for other young people who may for whatever reason appear to the world to be destined for a
marginalized future. Brown speaks. People listen. Lives change—just as Brown's own life has
changed. “Your vision,” proclaims Brown, “is God’s gift to you—given via your faith and your
belief that all things are possible. If you believe your vision is ordained for the appointed time,
then your vision is reality!”

Brown, a highly acclaimed motivational speaker, life coach and entrepreneur is exceptionally
successful at teaching, inspiring and uplifting young minds. His strong faith and talent for
motivating others to succeed has called him to form his own corporation, Kenneth Brown
International. As CEO of Kenneth Brown International, Ken has evolved into one of the most
respected and highly sought after international motivational speakers in the world. His honesty
and candid talk about faith, vision, purpose and passion inspires and motivates people to see a
vision for their lives beyond their current circumstances.

Ken’s L.I.F.E. Experience all-day event on August 16, 2008 in Southfield, MI. at the
Southfield Marriott promises to help attendees to:
• Identify Life Passion to Overcome Setbacks & Procrastination
• Set Achievable Life Goals & Money Goals
• Develop the “Millionaire Mindset”
• Get Their Business Goals Solidly In Place Via Life & Business Coaching from Ken
Brown & Herbert Harris

Audiences attending Ken Brown International life-changing events and speaking engagements
are presented with God-inspired wisdom and guidance, real strategies for success and L.I.F.E.
principles, which is Living Life In Freedom Everyday. No one leaves a Ken Brown
International event without solid tools and success strategies that are applicable on professional
and personal levels. Brown has spoken to thousands of individuals nationally and internationally
and he has no plans to stop. As he says in the title of his latest book, “A Leap of Faith,” Brown
is leaping in a more expansive way onto the international stage to bring the message of God’s
Promise of Abundance for all and living a L.I.F.E of true freedom and destiny to people
everywhere. Brown provides high quality, content-rich, interactive presentations and techniques
for developing a positive mental attitude, creating momentum, and allowing faith and
determination to ignite the genius within. Brown is also the author of 3 popular books:
L.I.F.E. - Life in Freedom Everyday, Ken's book teaching powerful principles that will show
readers how to live free in every way! Spiritually, mentally, financially, relationally and more!
Taking Your Life to the Next Level (e-book) Ken identifies and shows the reader how to live out
his or her passion and purpose.

A Leap of Faith, Ken has identifies and demonstrates how he is living out his passion and
purpose. From Welfare to Faring Well, lays out strategies based on Ken’s formula for success
FOP2A — Focus, Ownership, Purpose, Passion and Attitude to assist the reader to master his or
her life — a life that makes a difference.

With endorsements from renowned mentors Les Brown, Tavis Smiley, Ronald Hariston, and
Herbert Harris, Ken Brown is well equipped to encourage others, inspire dreams, and instill
hope.

Keynote & Workshop Topics
"Super-Size Your Dream"
"Bounce Back and Bounce Up"
"Fall Forward - You’ll Run Faster"
"Loving and Living to Serve"
"Passion, Purpose and Possibilities"
"Joy Is an Inside Job"

About Ken Brown International
Kenneth Brown, a native of Chicago, is the owner and operator of two very successful
McDonald’s restaurants in the Metro-Detroit area. Ken began his career with ARA Services—a
food management company. During his tenure as assistant director of Food Service, Ken
developed a passion for leadership and excellence. Ken spent the next 12 years working in many
facets of the food service industry. He has held many positions including general manager for
Wendy’s, sales manager for Kraft Foods and sales consultant for the Asmussen Waxler group
and McDonald’s Corporation. To request Kenneth Brown as the speaker for your next event
contact:


Global Virtual Marketing
248-757-2217
Globalvirtualmarketing@gmail.com
www.Kenbrowninternational.com

Focus

Team WOW !!!!!!!!!!

Team,

Focus is the glue that holds a goal in place an insurance policy on your
journey to success. If you've got a great goal or idea but not focus, you
really don't have much!

What exactly is focus? Focus is simply a goal, a picture in your mind's
eye of something you want. Your focus is usually spelled in CAPITAL
LETTERS! It's the equivalent of Moby Dick in a goldfish bowl just too
powerful to ignore!

A successful focus is based on the concept of singularity. Your goal must
create in your mind both the perception and reality of importance. The
most important aspect of focus is single-mindedness.

Because everything you do moves you closer to or further from your goal,
focus cannot be considered in isolation. If everything you think, say, and
do moves you toward your goal, then everything requires focus!

Focus creates a powerful force: goal power. The moment you focus on a
goal, your goal becomes a magnet, pulling you and your resources toward
it. The more focused your energies, the more power you generate. There is
a seismic shift in performance that takes place when you move from
decisiveness to focus. The shift is caused, enhanced, and accelerated by
the intensity of your focus!

Focus is like plugging into a power source all its own. If there are two
goal-setting elements that should be joined at the hip, no better pair
exists than decision and focus. They feed off each other. Decision makes
focus possible, and focus makes decision easier. Success offers living
proof that decision and focus make for a lovely couple.

The moment you energize a goal with focus it will be as if the train
you're riding instantly switches to a new set of tracks going in exactly
the right direction at high rate of speed. We're all vulnerable-it is easy
to lose focus. Accept the fact that you must repeatedly recover your
focus. A brief loss of focus is a minor derailment, but, if not regained
rapidly, loss of focus becomes a wholesale wreck.

Focus, readjust, and realign. Every opportunity competes for time and
focus. Resist temptation. You can't do everything, but you can do one
thing and stay with it until completion. Once you begin to focus, it's
like telling the world, "Watch out here I come!" Focus signals the coming
out of your goal.

Guard your focus jealously. Determine not to be distracted. Without focus,
you lose your way, enthusiasm disappears goals become faded aspirations.
Goose your focus everyday through constant care, feeding, and attention.

You will receive no sympathy in the marketplace for loss of focus. The
feeding frenzy will begin the moment you allow your focus to wane. You put
a bounty on your head every time you lose focus. Focus requires that you
get on top of your goals like a chicken on an egg!

Focus requires focus. Focus is a priority, a necessity, and an absolute;
it practically guarantees a front-row seat to prosperity. The power of
focus lies in its ability to inspire purposeful action, so remember to
Focus, Focus, Focus this week and get to the convention.

Andrew


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The Power of a Made up Mind

It is truly awesome the power of the human mind, especially when you are determined to do something. If we take a journey through our life, lets look at the evolution of what has happened during our short existence. We have seen the rise and fall of the auto industry, the deft deception of big companies to embezzle billions of dollars from the unsuspecting public, this new thing called the internet and kids having cell phones at 7 or 8. We are truly debating whether or not, we are going to elect an African American male or a woman as President of the United States, either way it will be a first. Be honest did you ever think this would happen during our lifetime.

All of that was said to say that times change and you need to be aware of it, I have seen the rise and fall of the Real Estate Market right in front of my eyes, I saw it coming and created a plan of attack to put me in a position to profit and make money when others were still stuck in the game we had been playing. In one week Countrywide, Citibank, and Washington Mutual all raised there hands and said we need help, what are we going to do, we need help from someone, anyone, that is pretty sad I must say so myself. I do not consider myself a genius by any standard, but I could see that things could not stay the way they were, you had individuals working at McDonalds one day and the next day they had the authority to consult someone on the most valuable commodity most individuals ever own and the powers to be really thought this was the way to go and there would not be rampant abuse in this industry. I think not, they knew, but they were oblivious to what the ordinary individual were doing, why you might ask, greed and more greed. In this business everyone makes money, so why stop the juggernaut when it is on a roll.

My mind was made up about 4-5 years ago, to position myself in an arena that will give me more control, have less competition and be the big man on campus. As you can see this has not been an overnight rags to riches story, it has been a plan that has take time to blossom and I am so excited about what I see so far. ThePowertobeFree.com has assembled the right team members to dominate this real estate market. Trust me someone’s going to make a ton of money over the next 3-5 years why not you. What plans have you implemented to at least improve your chances of success? Have you truly made up your mind that you are tired of the results you are getting? Well what if you can join a group that can assist you in obtaining the freedom that you and I deserve. To be in control of your time, the true dictator of your fortune not some large company that looks at you as just #451407 and you are expendable.

Take control of your life, you are worth it, join ThePowertobeFree.com a group that will give you what you deserve, Freedom, our group is growing monthly come be a part of it. I’m so excited to be blessed with the vision of what we are on the edge of achieving, at one time it was not common to have a cell phone, it was even more rare to even have a Computer in your home, but now look at almost anyone, child or adult and most have both. Someone had to visualize it before it became a reality; well the vision I have has started to come to fruition. We have big things in store for you, we are not looking for you to exist we want you to live the life you always dreamed, it can and will happen for you, there’s always a but in there somewhere, the thing you must remember, success is a journey taken one step at a time. Consider today, your first day at college you are a freshman, bright eyed and bushy tailed, open to almost anything, you are not yet jaded from the successes or failures that most have endured. What would you have done differently if you had known then, what you know today, there’s probably a lot of I would of or I could have done this or that, well this is your chance to make it all better. Join ThePowerToBeFree.com and start the journey you have been waiting to take, but never had the correct vehicle to get you there; it is here, in its purest form.

Join Today ThePowerToBeFree.com will soon be a household name, join while it’s in its infancy, over the next 12-24 months we have a lot to accomplish and we want you to be a part of it. How would it be to be a part owner of a Marriot Hotel, or a Large Convention Center in Florida or the Cayman Island. Better yet what about being a part of building homes in Africa and having a waiting list of individuals to buy your home before it is even built. ThePowerToBeFree.com will not limit its growth to just the US we are going global.

Sincerely

Darrick H Scruggs

CEO

The Power To Be Free

Week 2 of 2008 has come and Gone

We are knee deep into 2008 what have you done, are you any closer to making the life altering New Years resolutions that you made at the end of 2007. Some of you actually sat down and put time and effort into figuring out that you were not satisfied in 2007. So you decided that you wanted more in 2008 and you did what 95% of the population never achieves. You have a written roadmap to your success in 2008. I know that it is difficult at first to make the transition from a talker to a doer. Well I know that if you want something bad enough you will get off your but and make it happen. It sounds really simple and in the most part, your mind is the key to your success. Take a look back at the previous 13 days and ask yourself honestly what have you done that will bring about a different result in 2008. If we are honest we have probably done a lot of contemplating, but not much of anything else.

Take action on your dreams, it is here for you to take control, all you have to do is take action. If you decide that you really want to change badly enough you will take action. An elderly gentleman once told me that you can either change on your own or you will be forced to change which one are you. This is the information age, the age of you being OK with being average or mediocre is dead and gone, every 3-5 years you will have to upgrade your knowledge base or you will be left behind. If you look at the proliferation of the internet over the last 10 years all you can say is WOW. In 1998 if you asked 10 people what a “GOOGLE” is, 10 out 10 would have said what is a Google, now ask that same question and what will be the answer. So if you look at the big picture it does not take long for things to change in the information age, ready or not it’s changing, so why not be prepared and take action to put yourself in position to take advantage of change. The internet is here to say, so welcome it, learn it, and be well versed in the inner workings of the internet. It can and will make many, many millionaires in the near future.

This is just one area where change is happening very rapidly, we can look at the auto industry and see that it is a business that is on the decline, jobs are being lost daily to outsourcing and other technological improvements. The day and time where you could get a great job at the plant and live a middle class lifestyle will never return, so embrace it and understand that you can have the same lifestyle you just have to have different skill-sets, are you handy, well the building trades and home improvement will not be outsourced, a great handy man can make a significant living if he or she is willing to make a few modifications to the business they run, maybe a web presence or client relationship mechanism that you implement to keep your clients informed about your where about and other need to know information ,IE Specials you are running, referral programs that you have implemented. The easiest, but most overlooked growth would be to have satisfied customers refer other customers to you. Stop worrying so much about new customers and satisfy the one’s you have. What if every customer you acquire has the ability if satisfied to bring 1-3 new clients, well your business can double off every satisfied client.

I have just touched a couple of ideas that can give you the life you desire and deserve. As I stated in an earlier post or article, it all starts and ends with you. The New Year is still in its infancy you have plenty of time to make the necessary corrections to get back on track. Don’t worry about what you haven’t done so far, just worry about what you are going to do today, and tomorrow, the past is long gone and no matter what we say or do we can’t bring it back. Live in the moment sometimes, stop worrying so much about the mistakes you probably will make, so what, we all do it is a part of the learning process, fight through it and give you some valuable me time every day. Take time and ask yourself 2 simple questions.

1. Are you happy with the way your life has been in the past?

2. If you answered as most, what are you willing to do to change your current circumstances?

These 2 simple questions are what I live by, the answer you give will either take you in the direction that you want to go in or it will keep you exactly where you are currently.

Come See What Freedom looks like

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