Your problems with Council don’t sound to be too expensive…however…if they want to be nasty and the carport does not comply they may want you to alter it and that may cost some more.

Incidentally, is $330 a week a typo or what? Who pays that rent money in a Queensland town? That is Sydney prices!

May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
Marc

Good answer Aussie, the car is understood to be a figure of speech, and so are my answers, they apply to other things besides cars.

What we choose to call “ours” be it a car, a house, a suit, a holiday, a boat, holiday house, a computer, each time we make a choice for ourselvs or our family, such choice reflects the value we place on us, what we think we “deserve”…(clearly in the subconscious realm OK?).

When many will be quick in finding an ethical dilemma on such thinking, the fact remains that if you choose second best for yourself when choosing a suit, you will choose second best when it comes to that crucial deal, when choosing spectacular success over just little success.

That is how our mind works, it has nothing to do with ethics or moral principles since the subconscious mind does not distinguish between “right” or “wrong”, real or imaginary. That is why we cry or laugh or are scared at the movies, even when we know all too well that it is all made up and no one dies, your subconscious mind does not.

I find intriguing how many people refuse to learn the working of their mind on matters of “belief”. It is almost like someone driving a car “on faith” refusing to pop the bonnet to see how it all works in case they lose the faith they had in the machinery to actualy work.

I am the first to say that we are God’s creation yet God gave us intelligence to be used, and in fact it is that intelligence (talent) given to us, that we will be haveing to respond for.

Dont (not you in particualr mind you) dig a hole and interr your talents, use them, wear them out, stretch them to the limit and a bit more![biggrin]

May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
Marc

Of course, such clear picture. Lets unit in our mutual guilt for what we have achieved.

Your reasoning assumes two things…that equality is somehow the necessary solution and that since you feel guilty, a less successful life would be better for you.

Be careful for what you wish, you may actually get it.

When such mediocrity (free of guilt) is achieved how much would the person be able to give, to re-circulate, to teach about prosperity, to help others to succeed? Answer not much at all.
In fact when such status is “achieved”, the table is turned and in comes the soapbox from where I will launch invective to the evil rich people who caused my mediocrity and that don’t let go of their riches, a share of which they owe me.

Guilt about our success in the form of:” look at me an others don’t have food etc”, is just one of the many ways we find to sabotage our success, to fit in with the anti-value that rich is evil and poor is virtuous. Sad but true.

Just think about it, it makes no sense whatsoever. If my motivator was to help others less fortunate with a meal, I should be out there shoveling in billions in order to accumulate as much as I can to help in a much more effective way. I would become the everyday Santa Claus with a Lar Jet dropping money or meals over the poor of the world. Is Santa Claus guilty of his wealth? His North Pole Castle? His labouring dwarfs? Certainly not! He has a mission!

Why do people on the way to success feel guilt? Because on their way to success thy have yet to drop the baggage of anti values that is holding them back and unless they do so they will never rich destination, holding on to the myriad of excuses the way to success offers and that are deep rooted in our subconscious, planted there by an army of underachievers that surround us and who “know better.”

I would love to talk about the laws of prosperity longer with you but experience tells me that the people that are really interested are the one that knock at my door uninvited and ask about it, not the one I address or engage in debate to show them the errors in their reasoning. As much as I love debating, it appears that at the end most people find it just an exercise to find quick answer to defend their convictions not a way to learn from others about a different way of thinking.

Huluru

May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
Marc

Wayne…public domain is…how to say…public? No “privacy” issues there, unless you write it and do not publish it.
Anything that is worth debating providing it is said in a civil manner, and has for objective a positive outcome for others, should be in the open.

Not for a minute.
The left, (from the point of view of the right) wants the “rich” ( including you and me) to pay to alleviate the “poor”(including your next door neighbour who thinks you owe him a living). Give me a flat tax rate anytime.

The right ( from the point of view of the left) produces riches “at the expense of the poor.” ( a myopic view of the economy that does not withstand the most basic analysis). The proposed remedy being of course our “Robin Hood” tax system that robs you and me to give to your next door neighbour.

This irreconcilable differences, meet in the centre like you observed because both need from each other and because the economy work as a whole. No work without an employer, no employer without employees.

Doomsday predictions based on “the environment” are but another distortion of reality to make believe that “we”, (the greens), know better and therefore deserve to be leaders above the others who are dinosaurs from the past. Unfortunately together with them we will have to swallow a Google approach to life, gay marriages, bulldozing of housing estates ripping up roads, and other feudal approaches to private property, indiscriminate unconditional welfare for life (how else would you be able to promote tree hugging, and tankers chasing?) and under the counter deals with unsavoury international characters to mention but a few.

May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
Marc

To whoever did read the article pointed at in the link on the original post … (yes you have to register to read it but it takes no time at all)

Perhaps my post was a bit rushed and I came across as “shooting from the trenches”.
In fact I left the trenches a long time ago when I realised that by blaming the government for my troubles I was empowering others and dis-empowering myself….but that is another story.

Of course the above does not make me blind to what is happening and I read the article pointed out above with interest. It is an accurate analysis of what is happening, from the pampering of the automotive industry and the oil industry and all the other comments.
Where the author gets unstuck in my personal view is in the doom and gloom prediction.

The authors both compare the “west” with events in the past like the fall of the Roman empire and other civilisations that disappeared pointing out at the fact that most did so for abusing their environment. When that is in fact true for some ancient civilisations like the Mayas and Incas, the Easter Island and others, that used up massive amounts of resources to burn rock to make lime for their pyramids or other constructions, all the examples have something in common, they are either extremely insular economies or like the Romans, where held together by force and not by a market.

To talk about “the west” today to begin with is a fallacy. What is the “west” in economic terms? Is the “west” independent? Is it self sufficient? Is it isolated? The reality is that as Regan stated a long time ago in response to the anti-imperialist slogans of “independence”, -who is independent? we are all interdependent.

The market realities of more powerful players and less powerful, more corrupt and even more corrupt players, cheaper labour, consumerism, profit chasing and all the other factors that make the market go, are not necessarily a symptom of imminent fall Roman Empire Style.
The interdependence of each and every single player on the planet has increased the capacity of singular economies to bounce back, many times over if compared to 50 or 100 years ago, and may be 1000 times if compared to 2000 years ago.
When this does not make us invulnerable to our own mistakes, nuclear disasters being one of the impending catastrophes that are possible, to say that the use of the environment will spell disaster “the Incas style” is alarmist and unfounded, unless other bigger and more “western” intergalactic civilisations transform us in an insular and vulnerable “third world” economy.

A repeat of the 30ties depression is certainly possible yet we survived that and will this one. Environmental misery, last century England style may happen gain yet we will survive that and much worst.

Yet not once did the article mention the real doom that will grip the human race.

The real doom will come in the form of a universal tyrannic government that with a hidden agenda will destroy what is left to destroy for his own purposes. Christians call it the government of the beast.

Christians who believe in this events, (not all do), live a real conflict since they find it difficult to plan and project for everyday life, to achieve and strive with this knowledge of future destruction in mind.

A wise person told me once, talking about this dichotomy, that for all practical purposes a believer in this events must:
“live his life as if the end is tomorrow….but plan his life as if it is in 200 years”.

Since we don’t really own anything but all we have is borrowed and we are simple stewards, the suggestion to sit back and see it happening sounds attractive.
Nevertheless, and knowing Aussie R. I know he does not mean to sit back and do nothing. If I may elaborate on such proposal, let’s work on what we can change, learn to live with what we cannot change, and ask for wisdom to know the difference ….(or words to that effect)[biggrin]

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May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
Marc

Hi,
I am in the preliminary stages of doing the same with two block I own in Queensland.
I have two quotes from two land surveyors, but the quotes are rather complicated including various unknown fees from council, unknown request form council, unknown cost of complying with those request.
The surveyors bill + estimated fees for 4 units in my case should go from 10 to 15k, and the bill for fireproofing between the units could be anything between 1000 to 5000.
Because of the location of your villas I think you will have a less muddy approach to it by a local surveyor and if they are separated, no adjacent walls, you should have no problem with fireproofing. A visit to the local council asking for directions would also be of help.

In my case the expense will be well worth it since I can sell the units separately at some 50% higher price than if sold in block. You have to do your research to see if you gain in price or not.

The attraction of doing this just to please the bank who like them to be all strata titled so it makes it easier for them to sell in a fire sale if it comes to that…. shouldn’t be enough to prompt you to do it.

May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
Marc

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Wayne…(or is it Wine?)… you made me laugh this time !!

The fact that you don’t recognise the wealth principles in what I write, and choose to be irritated by them, only confirms the making of your subconscious mind.

I am not sure where do you think I called you Simon.
It does not take too much imagination to understand I made a spelling error and that “Aussie Home Loans’ Simon” is in fact Symond, John Symond that is.

If you happen to be building a harbour water front house for 40 Millions, then I can understand your confusion, and I celebrate your prosperity… otherwise … ??[dazed]

Have a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
If you don’t like what I write, all you need to do is ignore it.[cigar]

May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
Marc

Interesting.
Yet if you qualify the above as garbage, you must not limit it to Network Marketing since the principles I comment on from time to time, far from being an invention of the NM industry, are in fact the foundation of personal development applied to any industry, sport, arts or rehabilitation program you care to think of.

Every single person that has ever succeeded in something has applied this principles knowingly or not. I think you must review your values, it seems that they are not doing you any favours.

Unless you can be happy about Aussie Home Loans Simon, building his 40 millions house and wish him good luck in purchasing the nature strip between his house and the water from the council, unless you get exited about your neighbour buying that new Mercedes or adding that 1928 Bentley to his collection, your success will be limited by your own mental handicaps. And that has little to do with Network Marketing, all to do with the way prosperity happens.

May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
Marc

Some good points there honky.

Perhaps the thing that most people who have negative points against NM find hard to overcome, is the fact that their business success equates to their upline’s / sponsor’s success. This, that should be the biggest attraction is in fact the biggest deterrent.

People quickly work out how for each $100 turn over, others benefit with no apparent direct involvement and this thought alone is enough for some to give up on the whole concept, regardless of the fact that such alliance works both ways and that joining a NM business you make very good business partners that will work countless hours for no pay, in order to see your success.

Of course there are many other creative ways to make money. Unfortunately all of them require the ability to celebrate other people’s success beside our own.
Unless we can see prosperity and riches as something good, a blessing, and not the result of obscure dubious manoeuvring by crook twisted minds borderline on crime, then we will never be able to prosper above the limits we have imposed ourselves through our own bias.
This limit is apparent by comments like ” $1,xxx…. Is enough for me.” That means simply that whoever makes more than such figure that is acceptable to the author of this thought, must necessarily be product of greed or wrongdoing.
Money, as a mean of exchange for value added to to other peoples’ life, is an infinite commodity with no limits but our own ability to accept it.
When I was a kid I was curious about what other peoples income was, and I remember thinking how much fun it would be to see above peoples head a figure representing such persons income.

I know today that such figure exists in our mind, we have, each one of us, a blueprint of our finances, a “figure” we have come to accept as our value and it is such blueprint that fences in our ability to produce more than that limit.
So if you want a creative way to make more money, start by eliminating the limits you have imposed to yourself. Add one, two three zeros to such figure to start with, and eliminate all the negative thoughts about the “obscenity” of other peoples income.
That by itself, is the best head-start you can get.

May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
Marc