Information Marketing: The Hidden Secrets That Earns People Millions of Dollars

Would you believe it that people are earning millions of dollars daily selling information products online and offline? You too can tap into this business and create a job for yourself and others.

People like Ewen Chia, Jimmy D. Brown, Akin Alabi, Dr sunny Obazu O. Yinka Silver and many others are earning millions selling information products. Well, I don’t want to talk about my mentors but about their secrets that you too can tape into.

What is Information Marketing?

Information marketing is writing and packaging of information inform of book, E-books, DVD, Reports that solves a particular problem of human need. It also simply means selling of information. Since people are always in need of information, information marketers finds out the solution to the need and then present it to them at a price.

Let me give you an example, a friend of mine knows how to write articles for cash online on part-time, he wrote a short report went to various high schools and sold it to the students for $10 and within two Day he sold 200 copies. You can do the calculation yourself to know what his profit was.

Now

  • The first secret of launching an information marketing business is to find a need.
  • The second secret of launching an information marketing business is to find a solution to the need
  • The third is to inform people of that particular need, that you have a solution to their problem

How do you find a Market to sell to?

This question cannot be fully treated here. The easiest way to find a market is start with what you know. Package what you know inform of E-book, Short Reports, DVD and sell it at a price

  • Do you know how to design a website in less than 90minutes? Write a report package it and sell it.
  • Do you have special secrets about football betting? Package it and sell it
  • Do you know how to make money from writing skill? Package it and sell it
  • Do you know how to make any girl love you? Package the tricks and sell it

What do you know that you think will be of help to a group of people package it and sell it.

If you think you don’t know anything, don’t get discourage we all have something to give though you can start by learning something maybe a business, trade, skill or service

Languages of India – A Great Unifier Or Divider of People?

Language is usually considered to be an effective tool for communication between people in the process of transferring their ideas, message, knowledge etc. Languages of India are a great unifier as well as divider of people. Translation, whether it is a general translation dealing in languages of India, requires utmost care in transforming the text from the source language to the target language. The translator who translates and checks the Indian languages document should have in-depth knowledge in languages of India. The translator should also have a good grasp of the subject matter under consideration.

India is a land of many regional languages spoken in different regions. Hindi is the National language and spoken widely in Northern India. Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Gujarati, Sindhi etc are the regional languages spoken in different regions of India. So reaching the larger general public means reaching through translator and their translation services. Today with the advent of internet, the dependence on internet for education, business, health etc. have been made easy. Now most of the business transactions, distance education, health advice through video conferencing, online shopping etc are readily accessible to general public through the internet from any corner of the country.

The translation documents translated by translator enable the readers from various part of the country to read through the local language websites. Through this unique Indian language facility, an online business company can transact with consumers easily. All type of national business meetings can be held with multilingual participants from different parts of the country and this helps to promote business within the nation. Moreover, marketing brands becomes an easy task with the help of Indian language translation features where the common customer can easily enquirer without speaking in languages of India.

The accuracy with which the local language translation features deliver the message is very important whether in business, selling products or education. This accuracy mainly depends on the closeness in meaning of the word translated into the required Indian language. It is a common belief that anyone who knows Indian languages can do the translation services. Mere knowledge of local languages does not qualify translator for professional translation. The translator should have good knowledge of at least two local languages, a mother tongue language and another local language.

Another quality of a good translator is that he/she should have the writing skill. Another important point to look forward in a good translator is that he/she should be able to translate the text according to the target culture.Indian translation is a complex task and hence the translators should have more patience, experience and above all concentration while doing the work. He/she is required to read and comprehend the information to be translated first and then start doing the work.

Meeting People From Different Cultural Backgrounds

It is always exciting for me to meet people from different cultural backgrounds. It always thrilled me to learn about the culture of people I met from the different parts of the world. In my stay here in Malaysia, I am very lucky to have stayed in a guest house that caters all migrants from other countries. I was able to meet French, Russians, Dutch, Swedish, Hindi, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Malaysians and the like.

It is very important also to learn to speak their language. Even a basic understanding of another language can help build bonds with people who speak another language. Concentrate on learning the languages and learn how to speak proficiently. You’ll be able to have conversations with new friends in a language they feel most comfortable speaking.

When you interact with people of varied cultural backgrounds, it gives you an opportunity to enhance your verbal communication skills. The more comfortable you are in communicating with others, the more doors are open for you in your personal and professional life.

Every time we collaborate ideas with other people, we also learn from them. Sometimes we are too preoccupied with our own world that it’s nice to hear differences in opinion and other perspectives. It’s really amazing to learn something from other people whether it’s intended or unintended, the result is the same. You are able to broaden your horizon and widen your perspectives.

Be open and kind to all the people you meet. Being nice to everybody and willing to learn about new experiences help you make new friends wherever you go. Never judge other people because their experience is different from yours. Try to find something that you can have in common to relate to the person. You can ask them about their lives and you can also share the things that you’re interested in. Never come off as condescending or rude to anybody. Keep yourself open to great possibilities. And it’s always great to make a new friends by being the first to open the conversation.

When you are around with new people, you can come alive with new creative ideas to learn from about your life. Having a strong network of people who are experts in different fields is an awesome experience! Because when you need something, it’s always a good thing to have trusted people to lean on. The person next to you might be the one you need right now or could be in the future.

Webinars on Acme People Search – How YOU Benefit

Hello Everyone!,

I took the time to attend Tissa Godavitatne’s free webinars for Acme People Search Engine Affiliate Program this week (On Thursday and Saturday 12 AM Singapore time!). As a practicing IT Manager in Singapore, working into the wee hours was not an issue :-). I made up a list of things I wanted to clarify from Tissa and was looking forward to my first 2 webinars with the man on Thursday and Friday night.

Did Tissa blow us away or what!!

Tissa answered every one of the concerns that was thrown at him,be it on the Acme People Search Engine Or Global Domains International.Many affiliates shared their success (or failure) with the Acme People Search and GDI.

Here is a recall of the Q & A we had with Tissa Godavitarne.

Adrian’s Question : How does the the Acme People Search Engine make money for you?

Tissa Answered : By referrals and product sales!

There are seven streams of income in your back office.You can earn from sales of digital products from Clickbank, HD Publishing, MyLife and Google AdSense as well as affiliate commissions.

You earn referral fees for recruiting affiliates for Lunar Pages,GDI and the Acme people search engine itself. In summary you will earn from MyLife, Google AdSense, HD Publishing, GDI,Lunar pages, Clickbank and of course referral fees to the Search engine.

Adrian’s Question : What is this “business opportunity” you keep talking about?

Tissa Answered : The option of joining Global Domains International which gives you web hosting, a free website builder, a domain name, and 10 email addresses.

Joining GDI gives you the chance to earn a residual income with their referral program that runs 5 levels deep. The Acme people search engine builds your GDI downline for you!

Adrian’s Question : How do you drive traffic to your Acme people search engine presell and landing pages?

Tissa Answered : Paid (PPC highly recommended) and Free web traffic!

Yahoo! Search Marketing,Microsoft AdCenter and Google AdWords are the main sources for paid traffic. If you want to realise your full earnings potential then you must learn PPC.

However If you’re just starting out the following FREE sources of TARGETED traffic is recommended.

– Article Submission :- Squidoo lenses,Ezine Articles, and Blogs

– Video Submission : – Upload your video demo’s to Metacafe, Google Video and YouTube

– Social Networking marketing :- Facebook, Myspace LinkedIn and Twitter,

– Email Campaigns :- Autoresponders from Aweber and GetResponse do a great job and dont spam!

Free traffic sources NOT recommended

– Text ad placements.

– List builders

– Email blasters

– Safe lists

The traffic you get from the above sources are not targeted AND you can be blacklisted for spamming. By all means use them if you are experienced (You still undertake the risk of a spamming complaint), but NOT if you are just starting out

Adrian’s Question : What’s your take on Search Engine Optimization?

Tissa Answered : A Search result in Google is split into 2 types. ie Organic and Sponsored results.The former contains a listing of indexed websites arranged in order of relevance, content, back links, keyword quality, and Page rank. SEO is the process of optimizing your website to be displayed very high for a given keyword, Ideally on the first page of a Google search!. It is a different ball game altogether. You must learn PPC in order to drive traffic to your Acme People Search Engine and Presell pages.

Thank You Tissa!

Each Webinar was supposed to be of ONE hour duration but they stretched close to the two hour mark on both occasions! This guy must be nuts to pay for that much of bandwidth,but hey he WANTS us to succeed remember?

This is the type of product support I expect only from a paid membership program, but here is Tissa offering it to all for free!.

There were so many gems shared by the other attendees in addition to Tissa, all with the intention of helping one another SUCCEED as an Acme People Search Affiliate and GDI affiliate.

In a nutshell these are the points that grabbed my attention

– Tissa’s Secret GDI sign up sauce

– Why you get ‘Google slapped’ and how to avoid it

– Acme People Search Engine Affiliates on the current GDI Leader board!

– Why Craigs list should NOT be used to advertise.

– How an Affiliate is using Traffic Gieser to drive tons of targeted traffic to his blog with video marketing.

– Success stories of Newbies making money online in their first WEEK of promoting the Acme people Search engine.(This is not including the $125 commission Tissa gives you when you sign up)

– What benefits the system brings when embedded with GDI to to work from home mom.

And so much more!

This is a perfect opportunity for those of you want to use the Acme people Search engine for free to address your concerns about the product. You get to talk to the product owner who pays for your bandwidth so that you can speak up!

So Folks, that’s it from me for now. I will continue posting the results my interaction with the man in the next webinar. Right now, I cannot wait to apply what I learned and get me some more mooolah! With the Acme People search Engine!

Take care and have a great weekend!

Acme People Search – The Home Based People Search Engine Business

I joined Acme People Search a few months ago and can already see results. This program was specially designed to create different streams of income to maximize the monetization of your website. You drive traffic to your search engine and stand a chance of making money with Google AdSense, Clickbank, Net Detective, Reunion and best of all GDI. This really is one of the best programs I have been involved with, and I have been with a few.

The program also collates email address from people that do searches on your website and the Acme Program will follow up with all your contacts for up to a year by sending them affiliate based offers that you can earn income from. Tissa (Program creator) will also advertise your search engine for FREE for 1 month. You will also get a $125 joining bonus once you have completed the 3 steps to creating your own search engine.  

Here are the 3 easy steps of setting up a search engine with Acme People Search:  

Step 1: Affiliatize:  

Sign up with Reunion (free), HD Publishing (free), GDI ($10/month) and ClickBank. It’s VERY important that you sign up with ALL of them so you don’t lose any earnings. Now put all your IDs in your back office of your search engine.  

Step 2: Monetize  

Get your own domain and hosting for your search engine. Since you will want to sign up with GDI anyway, get it there. You will be amazed how this is going to build your GDI downline. Just click the GDI link in back office.  

Step 3: Advertise  

Now that you are all set up, advertise your search engine. Tissa is advertising your people search engine free for the first month on Google, Yahoo and MSN. If you want him to continue advertising its $29.95/month. That’s all up to you. I highly recommend it though. 

To get even more visitors to your people search engine use Google adWords. If you have never used AdWords before, just click on Step 3 to Success: Advertise! and then the link that says ” teach me to ALSO advertise my search engine and it will show you step by step how to set up a Google AdWords campaign.  

Although short term profits will be made with this program you have to remember that Acme People Search is a long term money making program, so be patient and you will reap the benefits.

Smart Business People Make the Best Pokemon Go Players

“Gotta Catch ‘Em All” has people around the globe seeking out 148 Pokémon characters. Interestingly, although a pure form of entertainment, the application of simple rules for business success also applies to Pokémon players.

Pokémon Go has become a world-wide phenomenon. More than 100 million people worldwide have downloaded the Pokémon Go app. It received more first week downloads in the Apple Store than any other app in history. More than 10% of Android devices have Pokémon Go installed on them.

So what can playing Pokémon Go teach you about how to be a more successful business person? You need to set goals, educate yourself on the market, play the long game and learn how to successfully build teams. Even though Pokémon Go may seem like a simple game to play, keen decision-making skills and long-term strategizing go into making a successful player. Below is some advice on how to be the best Pokémon Go player, and you’ll find that all of these tips have transferable applications in the business world.

Set Your Objectives

1). Collect as many Pokémon as possible.

2). Advance to new levels to gain additional advantages.

3). Use resources wisely.

4). Enjoy the rewards and entertainment gained from a job well done.

Educate Yourself

The Internet is full of tips and tricks for making you a better player. One of the most accessible sources is YouTube where you can find the latest Pokémon news and advice. For example, when you evolve Eevees, you get one of three Pokemon at random: Vaporeon, Jolteon or Flareon. However, if you rename the Eevee before you evolve it, you can actually choose what they will become. If you don’t know this trick, Google it and educate yourself.

Play the Long Game

It is easy to get caught up in short-term rewards at the cost of losing of long-term gains. Pokémon is a progressive game where the rewards handed to you are sometimes greater than the ones you use resources to obtain. For example, in levels 1 through 15, the Pokémon found usually have low Combat Power (CP) and there might be a temptation to boost this by using valuable Stardust. Imagine catching a Pokémon at level 4, increasing its CP and finding that at level 15, you find the same CP Pokémon just for the catching. Here are a couple of tips for being a successful Pokémon Go player.

1). Use Stardust when you possess at least 50K of it have at least reached level 15, some even say level 20.

2). Some Pokémon have two levels of evolution, these include Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Caterpie, Weedle, Pidgey, Nidoran (male/female), Oddish, Poliwag, Machop, Bellsprout, Geodude, Gastly and Dratini. Wait until you have enough candies to evolve them all the way. The first level usually takes around 25 candies; the second, 100. Your evolved Pokémon is based on picking the best option and evolving it up to higher levels. You don’t want to evolve at 25 candies only to find the next one you catch is better than the one you just evolved. A complete evolution table can be found here: Pokemongoevolution.com.

3). Use the evaluation tool to determine the potential of your Pokémon. A “perfect” Pokémon character will evolve the most and have the highest potential. You will waste weeks of work if you evolve inferior Pokémon only to find it can’t successfully battle with them.

Teamwork Makes for the Best Earning Strategy

The only way to earn Pokémon gold, which can be redeemed for upgrades, is to participate in Pokémon Gyms. A Gym can have up to ten levels, and the larger the number of Pokémon in the Gym, the less likely it is to be taken over by other players. Seek out Gyms with available openings, or train in a Gym to make an opening and then add your Pokémon to it. You can earn ten gold pieces a day in a Pokémon Gym. If you collect a number of high level Pokémon, you can have several Gyms earning you free income every day. If you take over a Gym, take it over with other people so you can fill as many positions as possible. When you take over a Gym alone and have the only Pokémon there, you are very likely to lose the Gym.

Oftentimes, the same skills that make you successful in the business world, also translate to other areas of your life. Pokémon Go is a prime example of how the same skills that make you a successful businessperson can make you an excellent Pokémon Go player. Learn to set measurable objectives, educate yourself on the playing field, think about the long-term potential, manage your resources in the most efficient manner, and develop effective teams to maximize rewards.

The Amish People & Tradition

The Amish are a throwback to the “olden days.” They live simply and without most technology in the midst of the technology-laden world of the 21st century. They arrived in the US almost 300 years ago, intent on starting new lives free of religious persecution. Primarily, they settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Today, there are almost 200,000 members of what are called “Old Order” Amish communities. These communities are concentrated in Lagrange, Indiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Holmes County, Ohio. Amish culture remains iconic in America, with its plain dress and horse-drawn carriages; it is also known for its exquisitely handcrafted furniture and quilting.

The Amish are known for their simple dress. The men wear black pants and jackets, while the women wear long, dark, longsleeved dresses with white aprons and capes. Their customs set them apart from mainstream American citizens in many ways. For one thing, they have literally interpreted the Bible, which means that they adopt specific dress codes and behavior standards, even as they reject most modern technology. Photographs, too, are not allowed because these are considered “graven images” as discussed in the 10 Commandments. They believe that their faith in God is best represented by words and actions, so they strive to follow the examples given by the Bible and to accept God’s will in everything. Because of this, they are conscientious objectors when it comes to military service and turn the other cheek when they are personally attacked.

Strength of community and family are key in the Amish community. Humility and submission are highly valued, as set forth by Christ’s example in the Bible. Similarly, ambition and pride are rejected. Thus, there is no competitiveness, materialism, or individualism. For example, in the Amish community, one is not allowed to own an automobile because the Amish believe that this would cause division in the committee, separating “rich” from “poor” and bring about boastful pride.

However, the Amish do accept rides in automobiles if business or emergencies require that one go a great distance or need utmost speed. By the same principle, homes do not have telephones or electricity. However, dairy barns are powered from alternative energy sources. Frequently, too, there are small buildings that have communal telephones to place outgoing calls. Self-reliance and individualism are not accepted, but the community itself is independent of outside electricity sources.

Amish values continue to set them apart from mainstream American culture. Community members are expected to marry and have families. Their courtship tradition is unique, in that they can only marry other Amish, although those they marry may come from different Amish settlements than they do. Men and women follow traditional gender roles and often have large families. Divorce is forbidden. They also share a common language. English is taught in the schools, but Pennsylvania Dutch, an obscure German dialect, is spoken at home.

In addition to dress, Amish men have a unique style of facial hair. Once a man is married, he is expected to grow a beard. However, there is no mustache along with the beard. This is because they reject anything vain or military. In their home countries, the military leaders responsible for the persecution of the Amish had very stylish mustaches.

They have no system of government that’s formal or organized, but nominated preachers, bishops and deacons lead them. Shunning, which has been a much-debated practice, is a discipline measure based upon New Testament Bible passages. It’s used when a baptized member of the community “trespasses” against the community. What this means is that no other community members, even spouses, are allowed contact with the offender while he or she is being shunned. However, once the person who committed the offense asks for forgiveness, forgiveness is freely offered and the shunned welcomed back into the community.

In 1972, a landmark legal decision decreed that the Amish have the right to continue their way of life without government interference in terms of Social Security taxes and benefits, child labor laws, and compulsory schooling. In the Amish community, children attend school through the eighth grade in one-room schoolhouses. They are taught by single young women in small multi-grade classes. Consistently, Amish children have done better than their rural non-Amish peers on standardized tests. In the Amish community, the belief is that after the last formal bit of schooling, the next stage of maturing is best done within families, by learning a stronger religious faith and practical skills.

Once young people complete their schooling, the girls learn housekeeping and child-rearing skills alongside their mothers and other women, while the boys learn farming and carpentry skills alongside their fathers and other men. At 16, young people are allowed to experience freedom and are even encouraged to live among the “English” or non-Amish population, to see whether or not they wish to remain in the Amish community. A small number of young people do decide to continue to live with the “English,” but most choose to return to the Amish life, be baptized, and commit their lives to the community and fellowship.

The Amish are exempted from Social Security taxes, but must still pay other types of taxes, including property and sales tax. They do not carry insurance, but support each other as a community during emergencies. They don’t enroll in government care for the elderly, but care for their elderly at home.

Each Amish settlement lives independent of the other settlements. They share the same core doctrine but differ on issues of degree. Some differences may include how simple clothing is, or whether or not compromise is allowed in the use of modern technology, and to what degree. When disagreements happen, members may sometimes go to another community that better matches their own view of the faith.

Originally farmers when they immigrated from Switzerland and Germany, today, the Amish still use farming as their main source of income. They live separate from the world around them, but have shrewd business skills and have cultivated friendships and business relationships with the “English” in the surrounding communities. Many “English” help the Amish out free of charge, so that the Amish may preserve their way of life. The Amish raise crops such as barley, soybeans, tobacco, wheat, and corn, as well as other vegetables. They raise these crops both for personal use and for market. In addition, they are excellent carpenters and dairy farmers. They have also recently begun to develop cottage industries that include selling jellies, furniture, quilts and other handmade goods. “English” consumers have greatly praised these goods because they are of such high quality. The Amish first and foremost strive to give glory to God, and because of this, and workmanship is well above average and is an unspoken and lasting testament to faith.

Free Publicity – How to Get People to Read Your Newsletter

One way to continue to get free publicity is to send a newsletter out to your customers and other contacts. Thanks to the Internet and email, you can create and send a newsletter essentially for free. Newsletters not only promote your products and services, they can establish you as an expert.

But it’s one thing to send out a newsletter, it’s another to get people to open and read it. That’s why it’s critical to have quality content. Here are some of the types of things you can include in your newsletters to keep them interesting:

How-to Articles — help your subscribers learn how to do something that relates to your business. Financial planners can give tips on investing, choosing stocks, tax issues and so forth. Personal trainers can offer exercise and nutrition tips.

Surveys — people love to give their opinions. Ask your customers their thoughts on a variety of topics.

Milestones — tell your readers when you’ve sold your widget 10,000, 25,000 times or more. You can also mention time-related milestones such as your 10th or 25th year in business.

Flashbacks – Relate anecdotes about what your and/or your company were doing this day X number of years ago. They can be serious or funny.

Product knowledge — tell people how they can better use your products or services.

Questions — solicit questions from your customers and prospects about how they can better benefit from your products and services.

Case histories — share how your product or service helped someone solve a problem.

Testimonials — without being too hard-sell, include a testimonial or two in each edition.

Sales — Tell people you are running a sale.

Coupons — put in a coupon that people can print out and bring in to your place of business. While you’re at it, encourage people to share the coupons with their friends. It could bring you new, long-term customers and clients.

These are just a few of the things you can put in your newsletters. You don’t have to use them all in each issue. Just a few. Mix them up so that each new newsletter will arouse interest and curiosity to help you get more and more free publicity.

Why People Don’t Seek Mental Health Treatment

Because of the increase of school shootings across the United States, there is an ongoing debate regarding solutions. One of the most looked at causes behind mass shootings are the mental state of the shooters themselves. Most mass shooters have some things in common with each other.

1. Grew up in a fatherless home

2. Was on prescription psychotropic drugs

3. Had stressful events going on in their lives

For category #1, the solutions are obvious. We need to revamp the family law courts in way that there aren’t “winning” parents and “losing” parents. I speak about this topic in-depth in my published report sent to the U.N. titled, “Global Human Trafficking in The Family Law Courts”, which can be found on Amazon.

However, for the sake of this article, I want to focus on the mental health aspect. It is undeniable that our school systems and our healthcare systems are handing out psychotropic drugs like candy! Kids who aren’t paying attention in class are quickly prescribed Ritalin. Depressed teenagers are quickly give Prozac; the situation for adults isn’t much better.

Let’s look at modern rappers like, “Lil Xan”, “Future”, and the recently deceased 20 year old rapper, “Lil Peep”, who died from a Xanax pill laced with Fentanyl. The rapper was seen on Instagram frequently swallowing hand fulls of Xanax pills daily. His young fans who idolized him are most likely following suit.

According to the “business-insider” news site, the United States of America is the world’s leader in prescribing anti-depressant medication. According to one of its articles published, it was found that 12% of all Americans are on some type of drug used to treat mental illness.

There are pros and cons to these numbers. Take South Korea for example, a very developed nation, yet it is ranked #3 for suicides. In the Korean culture, seeing a doctor for depression is a social stigma that shows weakness, especially on part of a male. It isn’t surprising considering that 80% of all suicides in the world are attributed to men. Because mental illness is pretty much ignored in South Korea and among males in general due to society pressures to remain “stoic”, people are killing themselves left and right.

On the other hand, the United States, which is ranked between #30 – #40 (depending on the study), for suicides. So, there is some evidence that perhaps anti-depressant medications can work. Or is it merely cultural? Jamaica often ranks at the very bottom of the list for suicide rates despite being a poor country. Although the poor, the communities are very close knit, and their culture is very cheerful. Perhaps it’s because marijuana is legal to smoke in the country! Who knows!

But, I do know one thing; anti-depressants and other drugs used to treat mental illness carry many side-effects. “Suicidal Thoughts”, is often listed as one of the major side-effects of Prozac. Imagine that! A medication designed for suicidal people which may cause suicidal thoughts! There is no doubt that taking psychotropic drugs alters the brain chemistry, just like alcohol or any other intoxicant.

It is in my opinion that occupational therapy, talk therapy, and community interaction are among the best treatments for depression. However, yet again, there is a draw back to these types of therapies as well.

Anytime an American sees a counselor for depression, suicidal thoughts, or any mental health concern, they are then “logged” and “stereotyped”. Those who frequent a mental health counselor could have such activities used against them in a custody battle or those who seek to purchase a firearm.

Imagine you are battling depression, so you go see a counselor, only to have it used against you in the future. This is why many, myself included, fear the idea of seeing a mental health specialist during times of great stress. Once you visit these people, you are very “labeled” and will be “marked”. If you find yourself facing any future litigation, the courts can uncover your medical records whereas they will say,:

“Ahhh! You went to a mental health counselor several times for depression! You aren’t fit to own a gun or have custody of your kids!”.

In some cases, this may true, whereas in others, it could be an unfair stereotype. When people mentioned that they see a counselor or take anti-depressant medication, people will often sneer at you or perhaps take a step back. We associate mental health concerns with schizophrenia or severe manic depressive types. The fact is, we are all suffering with some form of mental illness.

If you are too happy, the doctors will say you are “manic”. If you are too grumpy, they will say you have “type A” personality. If you are too sad, they will say you are suffering from severe “Depression”. It is much like going to a mechanic. If you talk long enough, they will find something wrong with you!

The truth is simple. Visiting a mental health counselor could result in you losing rights to your child, to your firearms, and your reputation as a person. It is a sad truth. Under our current system, most people do not seek help for fear of being demonized.

The top ways we can prevent mass shootings is by encouraging a friendly community, surround yourself with loving people, do your best to be involved parents, seek natural therapies to mental health disorders over drugs if possible (Sports, work therapy, etc..). If you are hearing voices or are frequently attempting to complete your suicide, then you should certainly seek medical intention.

Requiring mental health screenings to purchase firearms sounds like a great idea until you realize that most don’t seek help so that they can purchase a firearm! Why not screen people’s health condition before they purchase alcohol, get a driver’s license, or board a plane? Mental health can make nearly any activity dangerous. Our country must stop looking for “quick” fixes and start looking at the true cause of our demise.

Our fast-food, sex-violence, entertainment, glorification of misunderstand anarchism. There is “freedom” and then there is “responsible” freedom. Make choices in life, however, make those choices in respect of how it will affect your society at large. Legislators cannot solve these issues. These issues are ones that will require families to step up, unite, and take back the reign of traditional values without going overboard.

A middle ground between progressive thought and traditional values must be balanced. We mustn’t be afraid to advance our society, but we must also not totally disregard traditional ways of living which have served our humanity for so long.

Lastly, we must encourage more anonymity within our mental health departments. Must like the “confessionals” at a Catholic church. If people can be anonymously treated without so much of a paper-trail to stigmatize them, I am sure that many more people would step forward and ask for help.

As a boxing coach, this job often requires me to be a counselor, talking with my students, building up their confidence. If you are depressed and need help, but do not trust or fear doctors, a great alternative in my opinion is to stay active in group settings. Building relationships are essential in combating mental illness. In poor countries, suicide rates are often low because their communities are so tight knit. They may be poor, but no one is as lonely as the isolated modern man who types away in his cold artificially lit office cubicle.

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