The Talk – The Birds and The Bees

So it wasn’t long before I got reminders from my 9 year old son Adam that I had to give “the Talk” to my 12 year old son, Cesar. Therefore, after several nags from Adam, I finally just pulled the trigger and sat down with my oldest son ‘Little Cesar’ to give him the talk about the “birds and the bees.” I will attribute the ignition of this conversation by one of my favorite childhood shows “The Wonder Years”. One night we were watching an episode where the high school coach drew out human body parts that I was able to explain later to my son on a white board.

One thing to note is that the idea of a parent from my semi-conservative upbringing is that we are to use our best judgement when dating a girl that we thought would be best for our future family. I dropped my experience of several girlfriends with my son on why I believe they didn’t work. I also told him the reason why I married Xochitl, his mom and why our marriage has lasted so long (13+ years), sometimes you have to deal with many things with marriage, you have to try to understand your partner, last week I hired the local domestic cleaners because I know Xochitl was getting to a point where she was not able to handle that many things at the same time.

I firmly believe for this marriage to have worked so long it had to be explained in great detail to my son. It’s a Jesus Christ centered marriage with the fullness of The Catholic Faith. We have instilled the same values of our Catholic faith to our 3 sons. It wasn’t always that way though. I was a cradle Catholic and living a very secular life. Maybe too extreme to the point where I almost lost my marriage.

As an engineer, I always find ways to fix things. Therefore, I knew what was missing in my life wasn’t more TV show watching, or more chasing a new business opportunity, or starting over with a new relationship. It came down to one thing and one thing only… We needed to strengthen our understanding of what it means to be a Catholic and a Catholic family. That is where I found peace. That is where I found to be the most humble.

For those that have a preconceived notion of what it means to be a Catholic because of the other 40,000+ denominations that took off from the Catholic religion… Simply put, it’s the Fullness of the Christian faith that Jesus started with Peter in year 33 (Matthew 16:18). It was like that for 1500 years until “Man” screwed it up.

I share with my son that I remember dating a few girls in my young adult years that felt trapped because they “wanted to be free to do whatever they wanted to do without guilt.” Therefore, they either made fun of people at church or they simply made fun of me for wanting to take them to Sunday mass.

For those that understand that it’s a “Mortal Sin” to miss mass on Sunday, don’t miss mass. We go because like oxygen, the soul needs more of Jesus to breathe. Catholic means “Universal” Christians. Meaning everyone, even you. I remember one of my ex-girlfriends throwing it in my face stating “You think you’re perfect because you and your family go to church on Sundays…” As much as that hurt, I simply didn’t know how to respond to that at the time — But I will now. I simply go to mass on Sundays because I know that I am far from perfect. I need more of Christ in my life because I live in a secular world surrounded by folks that are lost and need prayer too.

I know what you were expecting wasn’t my conversation about faith in my son but just like a secular person would try to be their children’s best friend, I was just being a Father. I believe the role of a Father and a Mother in a family household stands strong as each has their own roles to complete for the family, In my case I was the one who made sure to have the atlas ceramics range of tools for my house. It’s almost as natural as not having each other compete for a win of a job. Mom doesn’t cut half the grass and dad doesn’t cut the other half. Everyone naturally should know their role through the family. There’s a sense of peace and understanding when that is put in place.

I spoke to Cesar regarding his body changing. His natural desire to like girls and have desires for dating them. Additionally, I told him it’s a lot easier when you meet a girl who is from a Catholic family and you both can grow together in the faith “after you finish your educational goals.”

The reason I married Xochitl was because I saw a loving desire for family in her as I had. I wanted children and I knew someday I will be sitting with my son having this talk about the importance of family, the importance of woman to come from a good family, and if it’s God’s will to have children and pay it forward.

I use to think it was the woman’s role to take care of these things and the man goes out and makes the cheddar. After studying many books like Men’s Spirituality by Philip Chavez, I know that it’s important for a father to step up to their children and build them on the rock.

Love them. Raise them with good morals and values.  Show them how to respect and treat their elders with respect. Be less about selfishness and be more about serving and loving others.

Share this message with everyone you care about because the common sense thing to do these days is to give up. I like to think I’m unique, I’m uncommon, I’m different. In reality it’s the way it should be. Isn’t it?
May the Love, Respect, and the Light of Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Cesar Ramirez

 

 

MLM Recruiting Secrets for Success

Here are a few MLM recruiting secrets GUARANTEED to take your network marketing business to the next level?

How do I know?

Because what you are about to discover is a handful of proven “MLM recruiting secrets” we have made use of to individually sponsor 30 new network marketing distributors in 30 days and … listen … they all called us!

Seriously.

Improving your MLM recruiting efforts is a simple matter when you wrap your mind around the idea of “promotion versus prospecting” and we are going to take a close, challenging look at those distinctions right here, today.

MLM Recruiting Secrets

When you break it down, constructing a lucrative network marketing business is fairly straightforward.

  • You connect with people and uncover a need or wish.
  • You present or establish your products or opportunity.
  • You follow up to gather a decision.

Take action and implement those 3 step on a steady and regular basis over a prolonged time (think 2-5 years) and you are able to not aid however set up a wildly effective business that is able to and will definitely continue to pay huge dividends for a remarkably, very long time. The rate you ‘ll need to pay upfront is certainly worth the payoff down the road.

Yet, as you know, the first test typically comes pretty quickly … Exactly what Do You Do When You Run Out of Warm Contacts?

MLM Recruiting Secrets for Leads

Lead prosperity results in prosperity.

In further words, the fastest … best means to put your MLM recruiting energies on the fast track is to locate a method to get your product and opportunity in front of brand-new people on a steady basis.

You need leads. Plain and straightforward.

Over the years Lisa and I utilized an amount of on-line MLM recruiting services that promised a turnkey option to assist produce leads, follow up and prompt people to require more details.

But, frankly, none of them worked well and the MLM recruiting systems they supposedly had to offer truly did not amount to much more than common lead capture pages that left a great deal to be desired.

18 months ago things changed in a very big way.

Now it’s your turn …

MLM Recruiting Secrets – MLSP

18 months ago we ran across a program called MLSP or My Lead System Pro and despite hearing from many top producers that this was really one of the best-kept MLM recruiting secrets of all time … seriously … I wasn’t holding my breath.

Been there. Done that.

Still, we enrolled and followed the instructions to get the system set up.

Then we discovered in the instruction collection (there are hundreds of hrs of free of cost training readily available ranging from just how to use Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter, categorized advertisements, mlm recruiting systems, phone broadcasting, and more … great deals more!) that practically every top producer DOES NOT PROSPECT– they market– and that is the distinction that makes all the distinction.

MLM Recruiting Secrets – Stop Prospecting

Prospecting pulls.

Prospecting is you chasing people down and asking them if they may have a pastime in finding out more about your product, service or business opportunity.

Promoting is finding out exactly how to get hot prospects to trigger the partnership … and speak to you to find out even more.

Calling attention to is studying just how to use automated MLM recruiting systems to generate leads on need and get paid even if most of these prospects do not ever join your group.

Get Paid Also When People Do Not Join Your Team

Learning the art and science of marketing and promotion (versus cold calling and prospecting) is where you will locate all the best-kept MLM recruiting secrets. So do yourself a huge favor and study more now.

Since it’s time. You should have it.

 

Here to serve YOU,

 

Cesar Ramirez

P.S. MLM Recruiting Secrets for Success begins with you! Make a decision to take massive action to sponsor more reps in your primary company. Once you master this process, you will crush it! If you don’t have a ‘duplicatable’ lead and internet marketing system for your team, leverage yourself. Don’t be the system and use this proven system I’ve used for over 5 years. MLSP   <– Click here

Wife and Husband Support Entrepreneurs

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The awesome support of a wife is like no other. I’m one of the few folks out there that still believes in great relationships. The humble people of this world are the ones I love to hang out with. The selfless folks that aren’t self centered. Trust me there’s few but they are out there.

To your amazing day! Stay tuned to CesarRamirez.com for more inspiring quotes.

Creating Your Own Squeeze Page and Email List on WordPress

Creating Your Own Squeeze Page and Email List on WordPress

 

Ok so here’s the aha moment. My great friend Scott tells me, dude you got like 4 different email hosting sender list thinga-majigs and you should just add them to this wordpress app called MailPoet. I was busy at the time and then I remembered about it when I got hit with a $300 bill for blasting out to 12,000 emails in one month with YMLP (Your Mailing List Provider). So I exported all the lists I had in there using this process:

1) Login to your email provider
2) Go to Manage Contacts
3) Export the contacts into a CSV file (If they’re small lists you can merge them with others)
4) Then Install Mailpoet from the plugins area in your WordPress Blog (If you don’t have one, it’s super simple to setup, ask your hosting company). If you don’t have a hosting company check [this link out].

5) Mailpoet let’s you import up to 2000 leads. Once you pass that you’ll have to upgrade which I highly recommend doing.
6) Next Install Hybrid Connect. You may have to download the zip and install the plugin through your plugin link inside of WordPress. Grab the plugin here.

Any questions, comment below and I’ll be happy to help 🙂

Cesar

What The Heck is the ALS Ice Challenge?

What the Heck is This Ice Challenge About?

On Friday 8/22/2014, I was nominated by my friend and business partner JC Hernandez to do the ALS Ice Challenge. Before I did, I wanted to know more about it. What it did for others and what was the point of icing myself? At first I thought all these folks were crazy… I mean come on, the body changing temperature that fast can cause a serious illness I thought. As you will read below, I took the challenge because I knew it was for a good cause. Giving back is what it’s about. Enjoy. And then I did it….

From Alsa.org:

Just what is ALS?

Ice Bucket Challenge

ALS was first found in 1869 by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, but it wasn’t until 1939 that Lou Gehrig brought national and international attention to the disease. Ending the career of one of the most beloved baseball players of all time, the disease is still most closely associated with his name. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons  die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed. When you have a lost loved one, it is best to visit wrongfuldeathcaselaw.com to learn more information.

What is ALS?

A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. “A” means no or negative. “Myo” refers to muscle, and “Trophic” means nourishment–”No muscle nourishment.” When a muscle has no nourishment, it “atrophies” or wastes away. “Lateral” identifies the areas in a person’s spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal and control the muscles are located. As this area degenerates it leads to scarring or hardening (“sclerosis”) in the region.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.   As motor neurons degenerate, they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that normally result in muscle movement. Early symptoms of ALS often include increasing muscle weakness, especially involving the arms and legs, speech, swallowing or breathing. When muscles no longer receive the messages from the motor neurons that they require to function, the muscles begin to atrophy (become smaller). Limbs begin to look “thinner” as muscle tissue atrophies.

What Types of Nerves Make Your Body Work Properly?

(from Living with ALS, Manual 1: What’s It All About?) Nerves in ALSThe body has many kinds of nerves. There are those involved in the process of thinking, memory, and of detecting sensations (such as hot/cold, sharp/dull), and others for vision, hearing, and other bodily functions. The nerves that are affected when you have ALS are the motor neurons that provide voluntary movements andmuscle power. Examples of voluntary movements are your making the effort to reach for the phone or step off a curb; these actions are controlled by the muscles in the arms and legs. The heart and the digestive system are also made of muscle but a different kind, and their movements are not under voluntary control. When your heart beats or a meal is digested, it all happens automatically. Therefore, the heart and digestive system are not involved in ALS. Breathing also may seem to be involuntary. Remember, though, while you cannot stop your heart, you can hold your breath – so be aware that ALS may eventually have an impact on breathing. Although the cause of ALS is not completely understood, the recent years have brought a wealth of new scientific understanding regarding the physiology of this disease. While there is not a cure or treatment today that halts or reverses ALS, there is one FDA approved drug, riluzole, that modestly slows the progression of ALS as well as several other drugs in clinical trials that hold promise. Importantly, there are significant devices and therapies that can manage the symptoms of ALS that help people maintain as much independence as possible and prolong survival. It is important to remember that ALS is a quite variable disease; no two people will have the same journey or experiences.  There are medically documented cases of people in whom ALS ‘burns out,’ stops progressing or progresses at a very slow rate. No matter what your individual course or situation may be, The ALS Association and your medical team are here to help. To learn more about the personal stories of people who are living fully, click here. As one man put it, “I’ve made ALS part of my life, not my whole life.”

 

Make it a great day and thank you for sharing this post.

 

 

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P.S. Other Folks that have accepted the challenge:


Other famous folks doing the challenge 🙂