GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 7 - January 2009

36 GPWA Times | Be Goal Oriented - Similar to dreaming (see above), I think you have to set goals, certain places you want to be and things you want to achieve. Again, no time limits need to be used, but just thinking about your goals and working on them every day will help you get there. Write them down, think about them, and go over them from time to time. Maybe they will slightly change from time to time or you will have more or less over time. It’s still important to work to- ward something. Think about it constantly. Create Your Own Positive Energy - This is one area where I am lacking, but I am working on it. The idea is to constantly think of everything and everyone around you as being positive. Like a positive force. When you feel good about yourself, and everyone around you, you attract success. I see this all the time. People who are positive and make positives out of just about anything can really do well. Take all failures as nonfailures; think of them as a signal to change gears in your approach. Example: one month I had no sign-ups. I decided to use positive en- ergy as a tool, and changed some things. The following month I had 50 sign-ups. I just con- stantly thought positive. I believe it works. How long did it take for you to start earn- ing money? For me it was fluctuating. I started makingmoney after twomonths. Then for several months not that much. Then at sixmonths again I didwell. And then for a fewmonths back to almost nothing. This is where I decided to take a break. I worked as a dealer and got out and talked to peo- ple who are involved in this industry. I learned ev- erything I could about live casino structures, and how players view online gambling. One of the best things I did. Now I have a renewed focus, and the revenue is coming in again. I still have a long way to go, but I have decided to branch out and build a network of sites. I hope it pays off. What’s your favorite vacation spot? And why? Well, I love Cuba. I have been there many times. Such good times there. But in my heart I will always love Uruguay. It’s a small Spanish country underneath Brazil beside Argentina. When I was younger I lived there for six months and worked on a chicken farm with a host family. Then I worked building a greenhouse. It was my first travel experience, and I will never forget it. I went back one more time a couple years later and stayed one month. I love Uruguay and I dream about that coun- try so much all the time. The food, the people, the dance, the music. Every- thing about it is me. I felt so alive when I lived there. I would seriously love to buy a house there andlivetheresixmonths of the year. I can’t wait to goback. Forme it’smore of a perfect way of life rather than just a vaca- tion, so I would consider it a permanent vacation spot for me. What is your favorite movie? Easy!!! “Cool Hand Luke” with Paul Newman, a legend. I’ve admired Paul Newman going back to when I was a child. He had so much charisma and to me was a real man. He had great personality, and his acting was fabulous. Incidently this movie was a favorite of my mother and my brother as well. For some reason we all loved this movie so much and watched it several times. My mom and brother are no longer with us and neither is Paul Newman, but I still watch the movie, and I think of them and have fond memories. I imagine them being with Paul now!! Plus the movie had a wonderful storyline for its time. A must see for anyone. The dialogue is wonderful. If you could have one“super power,”what would it be? And why? For me this is inter- esting to answer. Not a typical reply, I gather. But I would say “Complete Empathy.” I think this would be such a super power and would help many lives get better. The fact is too many people are selfish and harmful and nonforgiv- ing. Heck, I have been all those things at times, but one thing I always had was empathy. I wish I had complete empathy. I feel this would take me to the next level of self-awareness and help me growmore than even I realize as a human being. If everyone was like this our world would be a truly better place to live. If we could feel what everyone was feeling and use this to help out one another we could accomplish so much. If youwere casting amovie (with yourself in the starring role), who would play your romantic interest? And why? Well, another easy answer. Pia is my woman now! I could not dream of having another romantic interest, as she is everything a man could ask for. She’s just simply perfect for me and I doubt anyone could fill her role. She’s all mine and I am all hers. Plus she is good at acting! I mean acting out! When I spend too much time on this affiliate business. I will leave it to your imagination what she acts out about. And finally, what are three things that nobody knows about you? First thing is Pia and I have a dream to get married on 10-10-10. That’s October 10th, 2010. And our wedding will be revolved around a poker theme. She’s actually doing all sorts of designs for tables, making our own custom cards and all sorts of things. We plan on having a poker tournament for all the people in attendance. After the big ceremony, that is, with live dealers and hopefully a professional player to be a guest speaker. This is how we met the first time, and we want to tie the knot the same way. Second, at one point I had 16 cats. I had saved the lives of two mother cats from the winter cold, and they were pregnant. They were also only kittens it seemed. During birth I had to help them, by pulling the kittens out. One of them was really sick. I spent days with no sleep nursing them back to health. Then the other one had kittens a month later. Same problems more or less, but this was a wild cat. I had to wear oven gloves. The eyes of one of the kittens were not opening due to some problem. So I used an old trick: a tea bag placed on the eyes. And they finally opened. Now I only have six cats, found homes for the other kittens, kept four, and one of them died outside from an unknown cause. I love cats so much. They have been a part of my life since I was a child. I just can’t live without a few cats around. The six I have now are like my own kids!!! I feed them better than I feed myself. Third. This more or less revolves around goals. I would like to become wealthy, and very comfortable in life. For my own pleasure, yes, I must admit, but also to be able to help others. I would like to open a foundation of some sort under maybe my family name in honor of my mother and brother. I would like to have this foundation help the neediest of the neediest in the world. Similar to what Barry Greenstein does in a way. But I would like to travel to every country in the world, or as many as possible, and help at least one person who is in despair. A dream I have!! GPWA Affiliate Interview