Matt Clark Unplugged

Do What you Love, Love What you Do

// March 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Home Business Income, Success Tips

A home business has allowed us to create a home business doing what we love and loving what we do. Our home business has been steadily growing in the last two years, we know that has happened because we follow the rule; do what you love. Here is an article from Steve Jobs from Apple and it is the essence of why our home business continues to grow and expand in 2009.

Love and Loss

I was lucky. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a running a home business in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation – the Macintosh – a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started?

Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers.

Steve Jobs
This was taken from Steve Jobs as his second story of his Commencement Address at Stanford University on June 12, 2005.

A home business is not for everyone, we do it because we love it. What is for everyone is to do what they love for the work  they do. If you love something you put full spirit and passion into it an for that the rewards are often and every increasing. Home business for us is that it provides the time to enjoy or kids, and also allows us to coach and inspire others in creating their home business.

We looked for a  home business that would allow us to love what we do and do what we love. We both felt that having a work from home business that would allow us to assist others and the time to be with our family and friends, then we could do what we love. Our home business lifestyle has led us to achieve so many great things, the key is love what you do!

Home business, work from home and working from home how do we mange the transition?

// March 19th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Home Business Income, Success Tips

With all the economic changes people are starting to realize work from home may be the best way to make the money. Starting a home business or working from home is the new economy.  The reality is that for most people when they start their home business is how to manage the distractions that come with work from home.

Here are some tips that will help you work from home, accomplish more and get out and play everyday. These are the tips we share with all the new people that join our work from home lifestyle design home business.

Home Business does not mean only work from home

Take advantage that you now have a home business, you do not have to just sit at the desk to work from home. You can grab your laptop and work from anywhere. If you find yourself wondering around the house looking to do anything but work from home, head out to the coffee shop, library, park anywhere that you would like. Call forward the phone to your mobile and go. You can now work from home or any destination you choose. We spent 16 weeks last year working from the road and our home business did not miss a beat.

Working from home can make you fat!

Working at home can make you fat! Let’s face it, having a home business means no commute but a walk to the other room. Believe it our not a lot people the only exercise they get is going to and from work. Now that you work from home you may have just removed your only physical activity of the day. Be sure to include a exercise program into work from home daily routine. Exercise will provide you with renewed energy and your home business will grow with your commitment to your own health.

With a break in the day for a workout, run, or even a walk in the park you will find yourself clear-headed and motivated to work from home. I find the best time is first thing in the morning and the great thing is that because you have a home business you can set your own hours. Go work out in the morning, then you can return to work from home.

Media Fast

Manage the time you spend on the distractions of email, Google Reader, Twitter, Facebook etc. If you do not plan the time you use these services and be disciplined in using the services you will find your productive time disappear. Your head will pop up from the monitor and you will say to yourself, where did the day go.

Take a page from Tim Ferris’s book 4 Hour Work Week (literally). Check email twice a day, I personally do it at 10am and 3pm. As for the social networks like Twitter, facebook, MySpace, Google Reader during business hours use it for business. Have a plan how those services fit into your home business marketing plan and be focused. You can catch up with your friends, family etc. in the off work hours.

Your office, your space

A lot of people start there home business and use the dinning room table as the workspace of choice. This will work for the short term however you will find yourself going crazy if you continue. Make a space for yourself that is inviting and you enjoy being there. Get a good desk, a great chair, artwork whatever you need to be creative and relaxed.

Take Time for Yourself

The pitfall of working from home sometimes can be that you never stop working. Remember, you started a home business because you wanted more time for yourself. Make sure you treat yourself to some well deserved recreation, get out and play. Watch a great movie, read a good book, whatever feeds your mind and allows you to recharge.

Set Your Hours

Plan your days, a home business needs a consistent daily effort to become successful. I posted an article on the importance of planning your day for outstanding results. Set your work hours, it does not matter when they are just set them to suit the way you like to work. Work during those hours be consistent so friends and family know not to bother you during those times.

Friends & Family

A common problem for home business owners is that we can become a hermit. I know sometimes I can go a day and not even get outside and I say to myself what happened. I start to feel like a vampire never seeing daylight. Plan sometime with family and friends. Let’s face it most of use decided to work at home because we wanted more time with family and friends, make sure you stick to this goal!

I have been running my home business for over 2 years now and I feel that this few simple tips make all the difference. Treat yourself, your family and your friends well. You started a home business for many reasons but the most common one is freedom! Take advantage of it and be consistent in your home business efforts and you will have all the success you seek.

Do you have any tips for our readers? How do you manage the work at home, working from home, home business?

Interview with Home Income News

// March 4th, 2009 // No Comments » // Home Business Income, Home Business Systems

Here at ItsTrue.ca we were recently interviewed by the folk over at Home Income News. Here is the article and be sure to pop over to the Home Income News website for many great articles on working, and earning a income from a home business.

Home Income News – Nick Tart

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Matt Clark, co-owner (with his wife, Allison Clark) of ItsTrue.ca. I am truly convinced by his home business opportunity. His website is laden with slideshows of him and his family vacationing around the world. Even when I talked with him, Matt was in the midst of pursuing his passion for coaching collegiate football. You can’t tell me you don’t want that lifestyle!

Personal History

Matt Clark has a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design and immediately upon graduation, he started a design studio in Vancouver, Canada. But after 13 years of successfully running a business, Matt wasn’t satisfied. Every entrepreneur dreams of doing exactly what Matt did, but to him it wasn’t enough. The studio was too dependent on him and he found himself regularly working 70 hour weeks.

One day Matt realized he was working way too much and was really missing out on his life, especially since his kids were born. So he made a decision. Matt sold the design studio and his client base to ultimately pursue what was most important in his life, happiness.

Company History

Just over two years ago, Matt and Allison agreed that they wanted to move away from the traditional brick-and-mortar entrepreneurial venture. After weeks of reading and research (almost exclusively on Allison’s part), they settled on starting a network marketing and direct sales business opportunity.

Since then, the popularity of ItsTrue.ca has steadily grown with opportunity seekers around the world. Every week Matt and Allison connect with 7 new people who are interested in pursuing their home business opportunity. They intentially don’t want their business to grow too quickly because they are true believers in quality over quantity. They are exclusively looking for people who want to change their own lives for the better. If you don’t, then don’t bother contacting them.

What to Expect

If you are interested in embarking upon ItsTrue.ca‘s home business opportunity, then there is a systmatic business formula that you can come to expect. Basically, you will be responding to emails and phone calls from potential customers and trying to sell them world-class personal development products. Essentially, you will be selling things that will drastically revolutionize someone’s life! And all of your work can be done from any where in the world, as long as you have an Internet connection and a phone.

Liberty League International supplies the three products that you will be selling. These include:

1. Beyond Freedom – a 90-day personal development home study course.
2. Liberty Conference – a 3-day personal development conference/vacation in various locations around the world.
3. Summit Conference – same as the Liberty Conference but with 2 extra days of spiritual activities.

The commissions you can expect from these three products are $1000, $5000 and $8000, respectively. So if you make one or two sales a month, you are on pace for a 6 figure income.

Matt and Allison have also developed a methodical and proven approach to the daily activities of this opportunity. Once chosen to be included in their home business opportunity, Matt and Allison provide personal mentoring and coaching on this 6-step daily routine:

1. Visualization of What You Want – You have to figure out exactly what you want to do in a particular day.
2. Pursue Income Producing Activities – Set aside a certain amount of time to prospect for new clients. Whether it is going to a book store and leaving business cards in personal development books or to a coffee shop just to meet some new people.
3. Daily Personal Development – Each day they suggest you do something to better yourself (i.e. reading, learning or even relaxing). Their logic is that if you are taking time to better yourself, you will be more equipped to sell something that will better someone else’s life.
4. Mastermind with Leaders – This may be difficult for some people, but Matt and Allison simply suggest finding successful people and hanging out with them. This will serve as inspiration and also provide great networking.
5. Cultivate an Expectation of Leadership – Don’t call Matt or Allison whining about how you can’t do something. They continually enforce the fact that you are capable and will talk to you when you realize it yourself.
6. Be Grateful – This is a minor task but equally as important as the other steps. Choose the life you want and hold yourself accountable.

Matt and Allison have a goal for each of their clients to earn $1000 within the first ten days. About 65% of the people who enroll in this home business opportunity accomplish this goal.

What People Should Know

Success is in everything you choose to do but people are paralyzed by the fear of change. There are millions of people losing their jobs every month. As long as you are working as an employee, your financial future is at the will of that employer. What do you have to lose by trying something new? Win, lose or draw, you will grow through this experience. Opportunity is everywhere, be honest with yourself and go get what you want. Visit ItsTrue.ca to see if this is the right opportunity for you!

6 Steps is all it takes

// October 27th, 2008 // No Comments » // Home Business Income, Personal Development

Do you think you could have complete freedom following 6 easy steps? 6 steps that can free you from the limiting beliefs that stand in the way of your dreams coming true. I am here to tell you that yes that is it. I have been leaving my  designed life for just about 2 years now. I can say from this point that it is not just the business that I started that gave me that freedom. It is not that income that gave me that freedom.

The real cause of gaining that freedom in my life was deciding that I wanted to have the life I had always dreamed to have and taking action to get it. The personal development, the work on myself that truly lead me to this lifestyle. The business is great because I get to share the product that gave me this realization with many people each week. To give you a little overview of what I learned about myself and what I learned to keep me moving forward in designing my life here is 6 steps that can change your life forever.

These 6 steps are outlined below, and are explored in detail in the Beyond Freedom Program I have spoken about recently, which addresses the conscious and unconscious elements involved in creating the life you want today and in the future.

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Dreading Work, try KFC!

// October 9th, 2008 // No Comments » // Home Business Income, Success Tips

Dreading the workday, will you have a job this week, next week? The future seems bleak to most with the current economic outlook. What most people forget to realize is that this is the cycle of our economy, it will continue to follow this cycle as long as the economy is based on a work for pay world with most people going to a job day in and day out. This section of our society has little or no control of where or how long that job will last. That is why it is now that starting a home business has never been better!

Why would you say now is the best time to start a home business. I will provide some tips below but the most important reason is going against what most people are doing and thinking. I always follow the KFC Rule (Know what you want, Find out what you are getting, Change what you are doing until you get what you want.) So, most of us know what we want right? If not this is the place to start! Find out what you are getting, so if you are not getting the money, the time, the freedom you want and your doing what you always do then… The last part of the rule change what you are doing. You see most people are just sitting around dreading what is happening but continuing to do the same thing each day. Well, hate to be the bearer of bad news but that is what put us here in the first place. Action step then is change what you are doing until you get what you want. Hence, start a home business, take control over your future and go get what you want.

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Here are some Reasons why starting a home business now is the right solution:

1. Reap what you Sow: Start your business now and be lean and mean, knowing that the growth will be slow and steady, you can build a system and a business that will be able to handle the explosion when things turn around for the economy. Be ahead of the curve and reap the benefits in the future. (Know what you want)
2. Few People are doing it: 95-97% of people will follow the crowd, and right now the crowd is sitting around complaining that life sucks and pointing fingers at everyone else for a solution. That leaves only 3-5% of people really taking action to get something done. Ask yourself, can you be successful when you only have 3-5%  of the people to compete with? (Find out what you are getting)
3. Enjoy the Good Life: Yes, imagine what you could do if you started a home business now in your spare time while still working your JOB. If you brought in $2000 to $3000 dollars extra a month, what would you do? The great thing is that the luxury life is cheaper in the downturn of economic times. Now you can stay at a better hotel, eat at better restaurants, buy some new toys you get the point. As your business continues to grow you will be able to walk away from that JOB while everyone else is still trying to claw there where back from the ashes. (Change what you are doing until you get what you want)

I use the KFC rule in everything I do. It is that simple that, and you can get what you want each and everytime. Many of you will read this and go back to pointing fingers and giving opions on why things are not working. I am ok with that, because that is your choice. I however chose to live the life I want and for just about 2 years now I have been doing that and I continue to do it. Starting your own business puts all the power of your future in your hands. And in times of a tough economy where esle would you rather have it?

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