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You may get a sense for what the phrase, 'addiction to failure' means. When I hear that I immediately think of all the negative self talk that runs through my mind, when I'm not paying attention. But what could addiction to success possibly look like?!?

In this interview Angela Gower-Johnson explains both. And more importantly, how to gently yet purposely direct your mind to think more positive, success thoughts and gradually become "addicted" to success. It is possible and she gives us some simple steps to achieve it in this interview.

Don't miss the end of the interview when Angela explains how many in the spiritual community try to "bribe" the universe into getting what they want, and how and why that doesn't work. She gives a great example from her own life and explains the missing piece to manifesting that many of us miss.

From an early age, Angela has been gifted with an ability to perceive people’s energy and thoughts. That gift, along with her natural curiosity led her on a decades-long journey of spiritual and personal development that has borne incredibly powerful tools that yield results for anyone who uses them, within a remarkably short time.

Today, Angela provides coaching and consulting services to entrepreneurs, coaches and artists who are eager to embark on their own quest for their ultimate dream.

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So, you’ve discovered that your life experiences, your knowledge and your training have all led you to realize that you have a talent, a gift for helping others in a specific area. And you’ve decided to use that talent to create a business. You’re a coach, a healer … a consultant or some form of helping professional.

And that leads you to realize that to reach people and make an impact .... you must also become a business person - an entrepreneur.

And that, no matter how many courses and certifications or degrees you have in your field you need to now learn about and embrace business and marketing to actually make an impact.

Today’s discussion is all about the business end. The business stuff you can’t ignore or get around ….. clarity, goals, problem solving. These are things that any entrepreneur – no ma tter how talented they are in their area of expertise …. Must embrace … to get their talents, their gifts out to the world.

Marley Majcher is the CEO of The Party Goddess!, a nationally acclaimed full-service event planning and catering company, and author of But Are You Making Any Money? …. So if anyone is uniquely qualified to answer the question, “Can I party and still make money” I think Marley can

In addition to running a busy event planning company, Marley is a leading small business expert in Los Angeles, California and mom to 3 kids

Interview Highlights * the biggest mistakes small business owners make

• how to face and solve the big problems in your business

• how to recognize, set and re-set goals that will set you free

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According to today's guest, Amethyst Mahoney, “The information age is dead. Now we need to create space to allow people to process information”.  

So if you're discouraged because your posts on your Facebook business page are reaching no one ... unless and until you shell out some dough for advertising ... don't dismay. It turns out that Facebook groups are fast becoming THE way to attract and engage potential clients now anyway. And the best part? They're free, they reach people you may be trying to attract ... and they're a great forum for engagement.

In this no-fluff interview Amethyst does a great job of explaining how to use Facebook groups to create a space to deliver value, showcase your expertise and allow people to get to know, like and trust you ... on their terms.

Interview Highlights * how to build a community and attract your ideal client on Facebook

• how to convert your community to paying clients

• how to set up a challenge to sell into your program

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I'm always looking for ways or systems to better understand my clients and for them to understand themselves. The more light we can shed on how we naturally function in the world, the better equipped we are at succeeding in business. I came across Human Design over 20 years ago and was fascinated by the complexity of the system and it's focus on helping people understand how they are "designed" to operate in the world. Including the way they process information and make decisions - which is a critical piece for anyone to know about themselves in pursuing entrepreneurship.

Human Design is a synthesis of eastern and western astrology, the I Ching, the Chakra system, Kabbalah and Quantum Physics. On a more practical level, it’s a tool, an electrical map that shows you how you process energy.

In this interview, Human Design Trainer Karen Curry Parker explains how it is basically a map that shows you who you are, what you’re here to do, how you should go about doing it.

Karen Curry Parker is a Human Design Specialist, trainer, professional speaker and #1 best-selling author on the topic and truly the go-to authority on Human Design and really lays out the basics of this system as it pertains to business in a very simple and concise way in this fascinating interview.

Interview Highlights * the 5 Human Design types

• what kind of business each type will thrive in

• the tweaks each type can make make in your business to increase their impact

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We are wired to survive. Not to thrive. The goal of our inner critic is to keep us safe. And when you’re running your own business, you’re taking risks left and right.

So the only way we can override that programming is to have a strong vision to latch onto. And yet so few entrepreneurs are in touch with that vision. Without it, when the going gets tough, it's the ones without a strong vision that will jettison.

In this interview, Krista Martin leads us through a profound visualization exercise for getting clarity on our vision.

Krista Martin is a marketing and sales coach who specializes in helping coaches and consultants build their business the easy way. A refugee from the corporate world she became an entrepreneur so she could have the freedom to raise her 2 kids and teaches entrepreneurs how build their business to fit their lifestyle as well.

Interview Highlights * the number one thing that is keeping you from succeeding

• the 3 biggest excuses everyone - including YOU - is using that keeps them from the life they desire

• a profound visualization exercise for getting clarity on your vision

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You are just one day spent researching a topic on Google away from creating an information product that you can sell on the Internet. Even if it's a topic you know nothing about.

Millions and millions of dollars have been made this way.

Todays guest, Bill Hugall says, "Creating a product isn’t hard. People are looking for information and they’re willing to pay for it. So even if you don’t know a lot about a subject, if you were to spend a day researching, you’re going to know a lot more than the average person."

"Creating a product is nothing more than compiling a bunch of information that makes people’s lives easier, charging a premium for it and following a very simple sales process while doing it."

In the coaching/consultant solo-preneur world, WE are the product. Our services and the programs we create are the product and where we intersect the world of Internet Marketer is in the marketing & sales process.

The good news for us coaches is that we already have the product - us! Now we just need to perfect our marketing ... and that is where we can learn a lot from Internet entrepreneurs like Bill.

Bill Hugall is an Internet entrepreneur, speaker and business coach who has had tremendous success launching 12 award-winning information products online. His passion is showing everyday people how to do the exact same thing to create life changing incomes from the comfort of their own home

Interview Highlights * the 2 most important things to focus on to start marketing your business online * the most important mindset shift to create freedom in your business * how simple it is to create a product to market online

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Success comes from the inside out. You have the most powerful computer in the world between your ears. Learning how to effectively direct and use that computer - your mind - is the most powerful tool you have for maximizing success and creating Business Freedom.

In this interview, Zoilita Grant, shares a simple 4-part process that will help you harness the power of your mind.

She shares with us some of the science of the brain, as well as some simple mindset shifts that will net huge results.

Zoilita Grant is an internationally know expert in hypnosis and a business coach. She has been using hypnosis to help people for 40 years, has written 27 books on the subject for practitioners and founded the Colorado Coaching Institute, where she utilizes mindful training through hypnosis and meditation to help entrepreneurs in their business.

Interview Highlights * 2 simple things to shift to create the life you desire

• a simple 4-part process for moving yourself towards success

• the one skill entrepreneurs need to master that will virtually guarantee their success

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Systems and processes. If those two words are not in your vocabulary when if comes to running your business, I can tell without even knowing anything about you that you don’t have Business Freedom.

Because setting up systems and processes that standardize the tasks you do on a regular basis makes them repeatable, consistent …. easy to train someone on and is a necessary step on your road to freedom.

Today’s guest, Tina Forsyth is a mom, an author, an entrepreneur and creator of The CEO Business School where she teaches transformational leaders how to get the right systems, team and leveraged revenue streams in place for profitable and sustainable success.

Tina Forsyth is a ‘jill of all trades’ when it comes to running and growing a profitable service based business. Author of the award-winning book, "The Entrepreneur’s Trap", Tina is passionate about sharing her experience and helping other entrepreneurs setup the right systems, team and leveraged revenue streams that allow them to stop working so darn hard and have a business that can run without them.

Interview Highlights * Key mindset shifts you need to embrace to create a business you love

• Number One thing that keeps people chained to their business

• A freedom business Litmus Test

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If you’ve ever thought of “business” as boring and stodgy. If you see it as hard, stressful and a struggle ... a necessary evil that you have to overcome ….. this interview will give you a whole different perspective.

Today’s guest, Simone Milasas, considers business the most creative thing there is. She believes that business is joyful creation. It’s an adventure in living.

So if you consider yourself a creative and are trying to make a living delivering your gifts your talents to the world, but have to overcome the drudgery of business, of marketing, and of making money to doing it ...

This interview will give you a whole new outlook. Simone will give you a whole different way of thinking about business ….

Simone Milasas is a business mentor, international speaker and author of the book, 'Joy of Business'. She’s a dynamic leader who travels the globe demonstrating how to do business from a place of joy, empowering people to see how business is a source for creation. Simone is the founder of Joy of Business as well as the Worldwide Coordinator for Access Consciousness®.

Interview Highlights * How to support yourself doing what brings you joy

• Some simple, yet powerful tools you can use to get whatever you need to show up

• One phrase that will increase your entire business and money flows

• Avoiding overwhelm

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Picture this: You have 3 kids and a thriving virtual business that consumes every minute your non-family time … and then you discover that you’re pregnant with baby number 4. A little girl.

That’s where Peace Mitchell was several years - A successful yet demanding business, and a baby on the way.

Something had to give and she decided it wasn’t going to be her family. So she re-read Tim Ferriss’s book, "The 4 Hour Work Week", put those principles into place and within 6 months was able to reduce her work day to 3 hours, and ….. double her income.

She accomplished this NOT by adding more things to her plate, but by eliminating things. Getting rid of all the side projects, all the non-essentials, prioritizing and focusing in on the core elements of the business.

Formerly a teacher, Peace craved the flexibility, freedom and creativity that being a stay-at-home "MumPreneur" affords so she founded The AusMumpreneur Network with her sister, Katy to share, support and co-create with other moms who were looking to create their own dream business and life.

The AusMumpreneur Network now has over 17,000 members, hosts an annual conference and awards show, and is Australia’s #1 Network for mumpreneurs.

Interview Highlights * The most important strategies you need to embrace to accomplish a full day's work in 3 hours a day.

• Top tips for maintaining work/life balance

• The winning habits of a successful mumpreneur

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So many entrepreneurs start out as lone wolves. We wear all the hats and do everything ourselves. And it usually doesn’t take us very long to realize that one important path to freedom we must embrace … is outsourcing.

But most entrepreneurs aren’t experienced at finding, hiring or managing a team.

In this interview, Erlend Bakke, Mr Outsource himself explains how important building a great team is to the success of your company ... not to mention your freedom.

He shares some key strategies for finding, training and managing your people, as well as when and how to hire.

Erlend is a serial entrepreneur, speaker and author of the best-selling book, “Never Work Again”. He currently owns and runs 3 companies and speaks about outsourcing and automating your business to avoid the trap of becoming a business prisoner. Erlend is the epitomy of a freedom lifestyle entrepreneur. He spends most of his time between London, Oslo, and the Philippines.

Interview Highlights * how to build a great team around you

• the 3 most important questions to ask a potential team member

• the #1 thing that will give you real power and leverage in business

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Entrepreneurialism and risk go hand-in-hand. Linkedin co-founder, Reid Hoffman, said "you jump off a cliff and you assemble the plane on the way down".

If the thought of that makes you shutter and shrink away, then this interview is for you.

So many are convinced that marketing themselves online will keep them safely tucked inside their comfort zone, hiding behind their computer. If that's you, Amber Vilhauer may cause you to re-consider.

Amber is an online business mentor who supports authors, speakers and coaches through website development, list-building strategies, product launches and social media management to establish a powerful online presence that gets results.

Her story is proof that big things can be accomplished by simply stepping outside your comfort zone, facing that inner critic that tells you you can't, facing your fear ... and doing it anyway.

Interview Highlights * 3 steps to silence your inner critic

• the #1 game changer that will insure you a freedom lifestyle

• the best way to avoid marketing overwhelm

• tips for overcoming fear to create success and freedom in your business

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Michelle Pescosolido is widely known in the home-based business industry as THE go to Facebook expert and has become one of the most sought after professional Facebook speakers in our industry.

In this interview she takes us through the exact same 3-step formula that she taught her teenage daughter (and many others) to use to create a product from her passion (veganism), build an audience on Facebook and make sales.

Michelle and her husband are living proof that when you put your mind to it (and I do mean not only determination, but mindset), you can accomplish anything. After just 5 short years of business building, Michelle was able to retire her husband, Bill, and they now work together full time on growing their online empire and mentoring others.

Interview Highlights * An outline for business freedom * A 3-step strategy for using Facebook to sell anything * The 2 biggest mindset shifts needed for success

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There's hardly any time in our life when time freedom becomes more important than when we are raising a family.

So to speak to the particular challenges of having a business and small children, I had the pleasure of interviewing a very special mom, Elayna Fernandez.

You see, Elayna was more time, money & freedom challenged than most of us will ever be. Remarkably, she was once a  homeless, penniless single mom who overcame tremendous challenges to go on and become a BestsellingAuthor, International Keynote Speaker, and award-winning success guide, advocate, and mentor to MOMpreneurs worldwide.

Known now as "The Positive Mom", Elayna encourages, empowers, equips mom entrepreneurs to have more influence at home, more impact in the world, and more income to make it happen, so they can live a life with JOY, BALANCE, and SUCCESS on their own terms without the guilt, struggles, and overwhelm.

Interview Highlights * How to make MORE with LESS effort * A 7-step formula for moms and others to achieve to B.A.L.A.N.C.E * The 3 most important steps to take when you are facing your darkest moments

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It doesn't take any great leap of faith to see that if we don’t believe we can accomplish something - or we constantly let negative thoughts dominate our mind - it will be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve business freedom.

Over the past 10 or so years science and spirituality have been converging on this subject making it more apparent than ever what a powerful role our mindset plays in creating our reality, and that we do have the power to manifest - both the things we want - and the things we don’t want.

So any discussion on business freedom would not be complete without addressing 'the law of attraction' and the role our thoughts and emotions play in our success.

Which is why I invited, Law of Attraction expert Maria Kritikos to help us get a better understanding of not only how we may be sabotaging ourselves, but how we can leverage the principles of the Law of Attraction to help us create successful successful businesses and freedom lifestyles.

Maria Kritikos went from teaching high school to starting her own international school at the age of twenty eight, and then launching a Teacher Training Centre.

Her true passion however lies in connecting and inspiring women to realize that anything is possible for themselves.

Maria is a certified Law of Attraction Facilitator Maria, is the host of HangoutWithMaria.com a show meant to inspire women to be fearless & fabulous by helping them realize & live out their dream, and founder of Ladies Who Lunch Network, an international networking group.

Interview Highlights * The 3 words to avoid if you want to manifest a freedom business * A simple way to quickly uncover your limiting beliefs * A 3-step formula for attracting whatever you want into your life * The truth about ‘positive attitude’

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Attention mom (and dad) inventors! If you've got a product idea that you would like to take to market, but are worried that it will take away from your family ..... Today's show is a must listen!

Tamara Monosoff invented and brought to market the first of many of her award-winning products, the tee-pee savor ..... with 2 small children in diapers.

I asked her to be on the show hoping to get some tips for our busy mom and dad entrepreneurs on raising a family while starting up a business. She delivers on that in spades offering tons of great tips, advice and inspiration.

But then, almost as an after-thought, I asked her about taking a product to market and Tamara let loose a flood of surprisingly detailed information and great resources.

Tamara is an award-winning inventor, author of six best-selling books for women entrepreneurs, an inspirational speaker and truly a leading voice for women, particularly moms, in business.

Tamara founded Mom Invented, a globally recognized brand and helps moms turn launch product ideas into booming businesses. You may have seen her on tv as she is a frequent guest on shows like the Today Show, NBC’s Nightly news, The View, Good Morning America, CNN and more.

Interview Highlights * The keys to balancing a business and a family * Why moms are uniquely suited to be entrepreneurs * Some unexpected benefits of raising children in an entrepreneurial household * How to turn a product idea into a business * Unconventional ways to fund your product idea

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Garry Schleifer brings a unique insight to the discussion of Business Freedom. He started his first business in his early twenties with nothing, sold it for a million dollars and retired. Then after traveling the world for almost a year, he decided to start a second business with a million dollars and … ended up with nothing.

Garry is currently the owner and publisher of Choice, the magazine of professional coaching and brings over 26 years of experience to his bustling private coaching practice.

He shares a lot of the lessons he accumulated along the way with us in this interview, as well as the keys to making more and working less than ever before.

Interview Highlights * Lessons from his first business success * Takeaways from his second business failure * The most common mistakes he sees entrepreneurs making

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If you are a blogger, or you’ve ever considered starting a blog … this interview is for you.

Nationally known author, speaker, blogging and social media expert, Beth Hayden, shares her expertise and some fresh perspectives on blogging, including how to approach content marketing within the framework of your business and a way to leverage Pinterest to reach more readers.

Beth's journey as a single mom from corporate slave to successful entrepreneur is inspiring, and her fun, interactive teaching style comes through in spades on this interview.

Interview Highlights * A path for shedding your corporate job and supporting your family following your passion * Is it too late to start blogging? * Does blogging make sense for your business * The best way to break through the sea of online noise * Why you could be missing out if you aren't on Pinterest..

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You can have all the strategies and “how to” information in the world, but if your efforts to make money are being sabotaged by unconscious beliefs that you’re not even aware of …. you’ll just spin your wheels.

In this interview, International Business and Success Coach, Wealth Mentor and Inspirational Speaker, Vanessa Shaw, explains how to identify these hidden beliefs (some of them are generational – meaning that you inherited them), and how to start reprogramming yourself with a foundational mindset for building a flexible and fabulous business.

Vanessa has dedicated her career to helping people achieve greater success, happiness and fulfillment in their personal and business lives.

In 2005, she herself made the leap from stay-at-home mother to successful entrepreneur. With no formal business training herself, Vanessa invested in learning the nuts and bolts of building a business from the ground up, and now has a thriving business with a global clientele.

Interview Highlights * How to break through the patterns that keep an invisible ceiling on your income * Reprogram yourself to generate more income * How to build a foundational mindset for building a flexible & fabulous business

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Embracing his "inner entrepreneur" David Steel is passionate about helping coaches and therapists embrace theirs and build Million Dollar Practices.

David is a highly educated and degreed marriage & family therapist, who fell in love with coaching and founded the Relationship Coaching Institute, the first and largest relationship coach training organization in the world.

He has always been passionate about making a difference in the world of relationships, but realized that he couldn't make a difference if he was always struggling to get clients and generate income.David’s passion for helping coaches and therapists build million dollar private practices is evident throughout this interview as he shares his journey, offers tons of great advice and inspiration, and offers up some hard-hitting truths about some easily avoidable mistakes he sees many helping professionals make with their marketing.

If you want to see if you have what it takes to build a million dollar private practice, be sure to stay till the end where he lays out the 7 habits of a million dollar private practitioner.

Interview Highlights * The #1 marketing mistake that coaches and therapists make ... and how to easily avoid it * The Golden Rule vs the Platinum Rule * The 7 habits of the Million Dollar practitioner

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When she realized that she really enjoyed working with only about 20% of her clients, Lisa Cherney, the juicy marketing expert, understood that her target audience or "niche" wasn't specific enough.

That's when she started to put together that she couldn't identify her ideal client simply by the demographic or the industry they were in. That it was about something way more personal, like what they valued, that made them ideal clients to work with.

By figuring out the gap between niche and target and ideal client, Lisa was able to start attracting 100% of the clients she loved working with by tuning her marketing to their frequency.

Lisa Cherney is a Business intuitive and the founder of Conscious Marketing, an organization she started 16 years ago to help business owners find their authentic marketing voice so they can attract their ideal client.

Do you suffer from Multiple Ideal Client Personality Disorder? If so, you won't want to miss this interview, where Lisa spells the important differences between your target market, your niche and your ideal client in an easy to understand and assimilate way. In a fun and entertaining way, she helps us get to the juicy core of who we can help the most and are meant to serve.

Interview Highlights * How to find your authentic voice and use it to attract your ideal client * Key strategies for standing out in the crowd (follow along in HANDOUT) * How to identify your “juicy” benefits - the thing that will make clients want to work with you immediately * The paralyzing pitfalls of ‘Multiple Ideal Clients Personality Disorder’ * The one thing to ask yourself to discover the “juicy benefits” of your business and put your messaging heads and tails against everyone else in your field

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After his twin sister dropped dead of a heart attack at age 35 Andrew Griffith had to change his belief that if you weren’t working 12hrs-a-day/7days-a-week on your business, you weren’t working hard enough. This prompted him to set a goal for himself to half the number of hours a week he worked and double his income ... which he was able to achieve in 6 months.

Andrew Griffith is a powerful inspiration to business owners around the world. He is a global entrepreneur, keynote presenter, international best-selling author and has over 30 years of experience as a business owner in industries as diverse as tourism, advertising, retail and consulting.

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• Habits that creep in over time that enslave us to our business

• Concrete strategies for dealing with overwhelm

• How to safeguard your life when you're just starting out in business

• Bringing the "F" factor into your business

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After being told “Mothers can’t do big things” and playing small in her business for many years, Kim Flynn understands exactly where a woman is when they she hears them say, “this is just a hobby business”. They’re actually in a place of not giving themselves permission to do what they were born to do.

Since then Kim has made it her mission to teach women ... and a few brave men ... how to play big in their business. 

Kim is a best-selling author and speaker and leads workshops teaching entrepreneurs and small business owners how to PLAY BIG in their business.

In this interview, Kim shares some hard-hitting truths about how women approach business differently from men that seriously hinders their success. She talks about setting up systems and how to overcome productivity wasters, as well as a way to insure that your life takes priority over business.

Interview Highlights * 5 ways women approach business differently from men that hinder their success * Setting up systems in your business * How to overcome the biggest productivity wasters * A strategy to insure your life takes priority over your business

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This is the first official recording of the show and in this episode I’d just like to tell you a bit about the show and myself so you can determine if this is good place to invest your valuable time, and what kinds of things to expect from future shows, should you decide to subscribe.

This show is for those people who have a service to offer others – I call them helping professionals – who want to make a full time living delivering their service…. and then realize …. oooh! … That makes me an entrepreneur.

So many of us have realized that we have a gift, a talent something that we’ve learned or perfected that can help others …. But now we have to learn how to turn that into a business –a vehicle to get our own needs met.

And most of us want more than just our basic needs met.

Most of us have a vision of making an impact in other people’s lives AND fulfilling our own dreams …. Dreams of owning our own time, being able to say “yes” to the things we want for ourselves, to have options in our lives - the option to stay home and raise our own kids, or travel the world, send a son or daughter to college, or become self-sufficient and exit a relationship .......

And this show is also for people who want that freedom, but don’t yet know what their talent is. Haven’t figured out yet what value they bring to the world. But they know that they want more for themselves than working for the man.