24 Hours in Italy...

Our flight from the states to Roma was pretty quick & painless. I'll write more about that later. I have to share the last 24 hours & the sheer fun & excitement we are experiencing.

Ok, So we have been in Italy for just over 24 hours. If the next 2 1/2 weeks are like the past 24 hours, we'll be perma-grin for life.

We started our trip by being picked up by our personal driver Mimmo. Mimmo is probably in his late 50's or early 60's & just the nicest little man. You can tell that he takes service to heart. He was funny & quick with a little humor. It was super refreshing after an 8 hours flight. Thank you Liberty League for having Mimmo start our trip off on the correct foot.

Mimmo took us to the Sheraton Roma, where we "deposited" our conference luggage. We'll be back to the Sheraton for the Summit Conference sometime next week??? From there, Mimmo drove us into historic Roma & told us all about the sights & history of each little area. We decided to spend our 1st day in Rome & then head out from there. We checked into Hotel Cosmopolita Roma, which is a block from several ancient ruins & buildings, to include the Colosseum (Colosseo), the Imperial building (Fori Imperiali), the Forum, the Arco di Tito, the Arco di Costantino, Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo) & a ton more buildings. After checking in, we made a choice not to nap, dropped off our luggage & hit the streets. We walked all around the area looking for a quint romantic restaurant to grab a much needed bite to eat. We found a great little place & ended up both eating the same thing. It was so yummy that I had to ask for seconds. I probably could have eaten a 3rd helping, I was so hungry & the food was so good. Don't ask me what it was exactly, as I am not sure. It was a sandwich of some sort with tuna fish & egg salad on it. Other than that, no idea.
We started walking around and taking in the sites once we were regenerated with food. We walked throughout the most amazing church that is located within Campidoglio. The decoration inside is breathe taking. Leslie & I instantly noticed that every nook & cranny is decorated. The ceilings have intricate attention & are gorgeous. Even the marble floors are decorated. We took at least 3 dozen pictures of the ceilings & floors. We left the sanctuary & were walking around this compound of sorts that surround the church. We found ourselves on the room for the building looking over Roma. We could see the Vatican Palaces off a few blocks away.
We found a rooftop bistro & grabbed our first beer. I found it rather peculiar that they only served German beer when I order us a couple of Peroni's. Nonetheless, we enjoyed our beer & headed out for more exploration. The biggest hunt of the day was locating bathrooms... We found a restroom that required a charitable donation in order to use the facility. The woman in line behind us thought we were silly Americans since we put 2 Euros each in the attendants basket. She kept telling us that it was too much!!! The funny thing was, I would have happily paid 100 times more in the moment.
We explored for hours & had so much fun. Later in the evening, we decided to clean up & go find food. We learned that the Monday after Easter is considered "Little Easter" & that most Italians take the day off. It is a holiday, which they literally translated "Holy Day". We ended up walking several blocks from our hotel room & found a great little place that was on the way to the area we were heading to.

We started with a bottle of Chianti from the Tuscany region. We instantly noticed it had a strong bite & a beautiful finish to it. Leslie ordered lasagna & I opted for the spaghetti with clams. Our waitress Mimmy was from Romania and was an absolute doll. She guided us through the meal. We were joined by Deidre and her daughter Madison who were in Rome from Cincinnati, Ohio. We had a blast talking with them.

From dinner, we walked to an Irish pub that was packed with people from the UK. We enjoyed a few drinks & conversations before we headed back to our hotel.

Leslie & I had a video conference with our daughter back in the states. She is enjoying her time with Leslie's parents. It was super cool to be able to assist my team members back in the states make money while we are here playing in Italy. I enjoyed another video conference with our team member Kathryn, who is enjoying a month long visit to Italy. She has been in Florence for the past 16 days. I worked for about an hour calling people back in the states that answered our ads looking for an opportunity to work from home (or Rome or anywhere else for that matter) before retiring for the night. How cool is this? I used to be a cubicle worker when I was in the office. Now the world is my office. Should you want to see how this business can change your life, like it has changed ours, please feel free to call me. Remember to check the time 1st... Rome is 5 hours ahead of Eastern time. Our mobile number while we travel is +44 (792) 444-6007 (UK based mobile).

We'll be on "The Board" this week for $11,000 profit so far! That is net profits earned & we are not even home or in the states. That's sexy if you ask me. And to think, that is a single week of profits & a third of Leslie's ANNUAL income working 40-50 hours per week in a cubicle. Yuck!

This morning we had breakfast in our hotel overlooking the street. After being here for 24 hours, we have noticed several differences between Italy & the States:

• The old buildings have lifts (elevators) that are slapped onto the exterior of the buildings.
• The showers are teeny tiny & have 2 doors that open in the corners.
• Italians do not stop @ Stop Signs & do not pay attention to traffic lanes, they don't have lanes.
• The ground floors in buildings are 0.
• We have to stick our room key in the wall in order to have lights, air condition & the sort in our hotel rooms.
• We have a bidet that is a toilet sink combo. Don't ask!?!?
• We've only heard American music everywhere we went. I never thought I would hear American dance club music everywhere.
• Rome is experiencing unseasonable rain for this time of year.

I'm sure there is more that I am leaving out... more to come. We are heading north today. When we get to the train station, we're going to flip a coin to see where we head next. Heads we go to Florence & tails we're heading to Venice. Hopefully, it is not raining in northern Italia.

Ciao,

Michael
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Michael Hamburger & Jeffery Combs - Private Workshop August 9, 2008 in Phoenix, AZ

Michael Hamburger & Jeffery Combs to host special 1 day private workshop. Set the date now & be sure to join Michael & Jeffery Combs on August 9, 2008.


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Jeffery Combs, the President of Golden Mastermind Seminars, Inc., is an Internationally recognized speaker, author, and trainer, and has personally coached over 1,000 individuals worldwide. His training revolves around personal growth and development, cuts to the chase, and delivers information that makes an immediate impact on your success! During this special workshop, Jeff will be presenting new information from his 10-CD audio series The Psychology of Clo$ing to assist you to create the income you desire NOW!

Michael Hamburger is an internationally recognized network marketing & direct sales industry trainer, speaker, coach, mentor, as well as a successful business owner. Michael's key to success has always been his ability to build success in others and he has earned his reputation as a no-bull, hand's on trainer & mentor that has built his business & success from the ground up within the network marketing trenches. His experience and sustainable results are time tested & proven, as he has personally built effective marketing systems & created lead generation platforms, which have assisted others, create huge financial & personal results. Michael has personally mentored some of the industry's highest income earners and takes great pride in having personally assisted 10's of 1,000's of network marketer's since 2003.

We're in Rome & it is beautiful

Hi all,

Leslie & I landed in Italy this morning. 1st off, this trip is super weird without our daughter with us. We miss her & are reminded of that with each adorable little munchkin we see. It is absolutely beautiful here. As we were landing the sun had just come up over this gorgeous part of the world. One thing both Leslie & I commented on from the sky prior to the plane landing is how green everything is (might also have to do with the fact that we have lived in AZ for over 3 years too).

We were meet by our driver Mimmo, he loaded up our luggage & rushed us off to the resort where we will be joined in a week by over 1000 business associates. We checked in with the staff & dropped off our luggage & jumped back into the car to be driven into the center of the city. Mimmo is a sweet old man - We are officially "roughing" it for the next week.(Not sure how rough we expect life to be @ $400/per night?!)

Today, we booked a room right by the center of historic Rome. We are a block from the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the Italian Arch & so many historic landmarks. We visited St. Mary's this morning & took in the Colosseum & the Forum prior to coming back to our hotel for a nice 2 hour power nap.

We are looking for a tourist guidebook to public restrooms. If someone published that here in Rome, they would be wealthy & wise.

We are off the explore the city so more, grab some food & map out tomorrow. We're going to be hoping on a train tomorrow & heading to.... We'll let you guys know back home when we get there.

Ciao,

Michael & Leslie

P.S. - We are supporting our business & our team membes while we are here in Europe. Our EU mobile is +44 792 444 6007 - remember that we are 5 hours ahead of EST.
+44 792 444 6007

Resources added

Before I get to the resources... I want to let everyone know that I have just booked 3 speaking engagements. I will be co-hosting a workshop, along with Jeffery Combs in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. The dates are set - Saturday, August 9, '08 & November 1, '08. I will post later once the location is secured. I'll probably have this ready by the end of the day today.

I have added a ton of new resources to the blog over the past few weeks. If you are already working a home business or are considering it, you will definitely want to browse the left hand side of our blog.

These are the exact resources I personally utilize to build our business. Be sure to check back, as I am in the process of adding more.

By the way, the system that we created is complete. It has assisted countless people within the Liberty League community. We're very excited to see the results people are creating with the system. Systems work.

Enjoy & build,

Michael

IncomeExperts.com


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I changed my life 5 years ago today...

Holy smoke... where exactly did the time go? Five years ago today, I made the decision to radically change my life. Let me digress momentarily.

I was like many people, I was working a job & doing pretty good. Life was happening all around me. The telecommunications industry was taking a beating (similar to what is happening in the real estate world now) & I was due a hefty promotion. Both my Vice President & my sales manager got fired to "flatten" out the organization. This means the company was looking to lessen their overhead in order to make greater profits.

Anyway, I get called into my bosses office & he tells me that my promotion was approved. I was given a 33% increase in my responsibility & oh by the way, my compensation was being reduced by 33%. So with my new title & added responsibilities, I was supposed to be happy that I still had my job. Excuse me, how is that a promotion?

In hind site, it is the best thing that ever happened in my career up to that point. It caused me to start thinking outside the traditional box. I was forced to make "big boy" decisions if I wanted big boy results.

I went on a 2 week vacation to clear my head & figure it out. Before I left, I got my resume in front of the players in the field & let them know that I was ready for a change. Leslie & I went to Park City, UT for a 10 day snowboarding trip with her brother & his wife. We were skimping in every area we could. I bought all of our snowboard gear used off eBay (not real smart given the fact that we were freezing the entire trip).

While we were on the trip, I watched Leslie's brother earn over $15,000 in the 1st 4 days of our trip, while we were on vacation. Hello, I am a pretty smart guy... I did start asking him questions. After I heard the business plan, I was in. I made the choice to get started.

I took action on Monday, March 3, 2003. This was the smartest financial decision I have ever made. Within the month, both Leslie & I walked away from our jobs. We were not even married yet. On Monday, March 24, 2003 (day 21) Leslie resigned from her job with Lucas Group. On Monday, March 31, 2003, I resigned from my job with Cincinnati Bell's Broadwing Communications.

Since those pivotal life moments, life has changed from us in a big big way. Within 6 months, we had moved from our hometown of Atlanta, GA to a beach front lifestyle in Santa Monica, CA. After spending a year living on the beach as wealthy beach bums, we decided to start our own family & did not want to raise our child in Los Angeles, CA. We moved to Scottsdale, AZ in September 2004.

We have been afforded the opportunity to travel & see the world. Our 1st trip was extra special, as we were married on a private island in Fiji. We have been all over te planet. Greece, South Africa, Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, Whistler, Mexico, Puerto Rico & several other places.

When our daughter arrived in Feb '07, our lives took on a whole new meaning. We have not missed a single second of our little girl's life. When she start rolling over, I was there. When she started crawling, I was there. When she started talking, I was there. When she recently started walking, I was there. I share this because if I had not made the choices I made in early '03 & then took action, I would have heard all about this from Leslie or some daycare provider over the phone.

Our daughter has more stamps in her passport @ 13 months old then I did @ 30 years old. When I first started our business, I did not want to fly coach anymore... Our daughter has experienced several private chartered flights & first class air travel around the planet.

Here I am typing 5 years later & I am astonished at some of the experiences we have enjoyed. We have been coached by some of the greatest minds on the planet: Bob Proctor of The Secret, Bill Phillips the creator of Body For Life, NY Times best-selling author Andy Andrews, Harvard professor Shawn Achor, Presidential adviser Doug Wead, "Law of Attraction" author Michael Losier, TV personalities Larry Wingett (Big Spender) & Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race) & countless others.

In a relatively short amount of time, Leslie & I have improved our lives forever. 5 years ago, we lived in an apartment & today we live in an amazing home. We are eternally grateful for all the adversity that propelled us in the direction we are living today.

I am a firm believer that anyone can create massive results in their lives, IF they have the desire to do so.

5 years into this, we have assisted countless people create abundance & prosperity. Many of our team members never have to work again. They continue to do so for sport & fun.

How has your life changed in the past 5 years? Are you living the life you dreamed of? Are you financially free? Are you happy going to work or your business? Are you spending the time you deserve with those in your life that matter most?

Are you ready for a change? Are you looking for a mentor & leader that will coach you all along the way?

If so, let's get started discussing how we can together create a life without limits for you....

DREAM BIG!!!

Michael Hamburger

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