You can use the internet to become financially resilient.

What does it take to make money online and why would I want to?

Okay so you need money now. Your best approach is probably to get a second job. Developing a business in creating an income from it will take time, patience and a lot of consistent effort.

What are the pros and cons of that new job. Obviously the pros of being able to pay your bills. Because working 12 to 16 hours a day for someone else’s dreams.

In my opinion, a job is for survival and a business of your own can enable you to live the life of your dreams. Keep your job until your business can support you. Then you will have the option of quitting your job or if your job is consistent with your values and carrying you forward toward your goals keep your job and you have double your income.

The reason most people do not start their own business is because they do not have the time and money it needed to start a traditional business. The Internet changes the business paradigm from brick-and-mortar to work-from-anywhere you have an Internet connection in a telephone.

It is no possible to create a business working a few hours a week and having no more expenses than a computer and a telephone. Once you have the equipment there are many ways to make money online.

You can sell other peoples products for a commission. You can sell your own products for profit, or you can join a multilevel marketing company and leverage the Internet to build your downline. A business using this model can be set up for very little cost and almost no monthly overhead.

What do you need to get started? You need a website and you need to know how to promote it.

I created a training module hosted at Wealthy Affiliates to help people understand how to create and promote an effective website. Click here for more information.

Combine this training module with the wealthy affiliate free class on developing and promoting a website and you’ll be well on your way to having an independent income based on your WordPress website.

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Out of water by 2040

By 2020 about 30-40% of the world will have water scarcity.

Why do you think big bottling companies like Coke and Pepsi are buying up water rights around the world?  What happens to our rivers when the glaciers melt and no longer feed summer stream flow?

Is this the future of population control?  The rich can buy bottled water and the poor can die of thirst and water born diseases.

Disturbing study has been conducted with researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark,Vermont Law School and CNA Corporation. The study and analysis has lead researchers to conclude our energy needs and population growth will lead to severe water shortages in the next few decades.  Read more

Provide for your financial resilience now, because in a few years you will be paying a lot more for food and water.  You are going to need a raise.

Hana Like Newsletter 1/2014

                                                            Kaneohe Bay is my beautiful back yard.

Resilience – Teamwork makes it happen

Section 1 Personal Resilience

 Make a go-kit  A go kit contains the supplies you will need when you have to take shelter from a hurricane or other potential disaster.  Food, water, medicines, 1st aide kit, blankets and a change of clothes.  Take only what you can fit under a cot.  You will have 10 square feet per person.

 Go to your shelter early.  They will fill up fast and you may be turned away.  Our high schools are designated  as primary shelters.  If you are in a reinforced concrete building, shelter in place.  If you live in a single wall home, expect it to be destroyed by a category 3 huricane.  Read more.

Organize your Neighborhood  Nextdoor.com is social media for neighborhoods.  Only neighbors who live within the NextDoor designated neighborhood can participate.  Our Mikiola Community uses our NextDoor community to do everything from reporting crimes and suspicious activities to hunting for a lost cat.

Preparing the neighborhood  You need to know who in you neighborhood needs special help and who has special skills.  You need to organize and train a Citizens Emergency Response Team(CERT).  You need to know who has HAM radio equipment and you need to have  a couple of walkie talkies so you can stay in touch with family and call for help when necessary.

Plan to be able to campout for at least 5 days and potentially a month.  It will take that long for Rescue Organizations to reach us.

Section 2 – Financial Resilience

We help people live their dreams.  The more successful they are the more successful I become.  It is a win for everyone and nothing is more fulfilling than helping people live their dreams.  I do not think a job is the answer to helping us be more financially resilient. I look for business opportunities that provide residual income.  What I do must be something anyone can duplicate working their business a few hours a week and the start up cost of the business has to be within the reach of the average person.

SendOutCards is the best business I have found.  Take a look at this link to really understand the income potential of this business.  Also, I am working with a company that provides me the tools I need to market on the internet.  Their training in using their tools and in internet marketing is outstanding.

Let us know if an internet business interests you.  The potential is huge, and working together we can make our dreams a reality.

Gratitude is a thought.  Expressing gratitude is a process.  Do it often.

Section 3 – Malama Aina – Caring for the earth. 

Elections are on us again.  Nothing is more important than electing legislators who believe it is important to care for our environment.  The decisions we make to day will determin our grand childrens future.  No the record of the candidate you are voting for.  VoteSmart.com is a great resource to research the record of your candidates.  Know who you are voting for.  Look at what they do – not what they say.

The future of Kawainui Marsh in Kailua is being determined with the community discussions of the Kawainui Marsh Master Plan.  The Outdoor Circle has abandoned the Conceptual Plan for the Marsh they developed in the 50s when they were fighting the proposal to turn the Marsh into another Hawaii Kai.  The proposed Master Plan incorporates all of the features proposed in the original plan.

The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle is fighting to maintain the status quo.  The want no access to the marsh, no trails, no education center.  There is consensus that the resources and Hawaiian culture related to the marsh are important and need to be protected.

Where conflict arises is on how the marsh is used and interpreted.  One side wants the marsh to be left alone.  The other wants the passive recreational potential, basically a trail around the marsh, to be developed with small parking lots giving access at key locations around the marsh.  They are working to recreate a lowland native ecosystem in some areas bordering the marsh and the advocate for an education center where the signifiance of this wetland of international importance can be shared with the world.

Check the Hawaii Environmental Hui to join the discussion shaping the future of Kawainui Marsh.

World Wetland Day is Febrary 8, 2014 and will be celebrated on the grounds of the Kailua Methodist Church from 9am to 1:30pm.

E komo mai  Enjoy:

• Wetland Exhibits
• Tours of Kawainui/Hamakua Marsh
• Sale of Hawaiian plants and food
• Hawaiian Entertainment
• Guest speakers talk about the Marsh.

Learn about why Kawainui Marsh has been designated a RAMSAR wetland of international importance.  This is a place of rich historical, cultural and natural history significance.