Discovering Your Pathway to Prosperity

Posted on: December 7th, 2017 in Mindset by Pat Mesiti | No Comments

I’ve recently presented my Pathways to Prosperity retreat on the Gold Coast. These retreat are all about helping you prosper and bloom! Some would call it luck by design. I help people identify and use skills to enrich their lives. Last month I really enjoyed looking at The Financial Review’s ‘Young Rich’ list for 2017. It’s great to read about young people who’ve identified their strengths early and flourished, and believe me there is no reason why you can’t join them.

On the number 10 spot of the ‘Young Rich’ list was husband and wife duo Cyan abd Collis Ta’eed. Together they founded their online graphic marketplace ‘Envato’. How fantastic to see people who love art becoming wealthy through creativity.

Fitness advocates crack Young Rich List

Global fitness and health advocate Emily Skye was number 83 with a wealth of $32 million. The 32-year-old Gold Coast woman has more than 10 million followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. She sees herself as a fitness role model and has developed multiple fitness products, including the F.I.T. programs. Another online fabulous fitness trainer is Kayla Itsines, who is 40 on the list with a wealth of $46 million. These wonderful women have made their fortunes by pursing what they love – sport and fitness.

Young Rich List editor John Stensholt told Fairfax Media that young entrepreneurs are using social media such as Instagram to take their business to a global market from a very young age.

“They use social media as a marketing tool rather than the traditional marketing practices, you don't see them on big billboards,” Mr Stenholt said.

Health, wellbeing and beauty generate big dollars

The health, wellbeing and beauty industries generate millions of dollars for startup companies. Have you noticed that celebrities’ teeth are getting whiter and whiter? That is because of break-throughs in dental technology, but it appears that we all want white teeth because the youngest newcomers on the Young Rich list were  22 and 24-year-old Gold Coast residents Nik Mikovic and Alex Tomic. They started the teeth-whitening business, HiSmile. Nik and Alex also credit their success to social media. They sent out their home teeth-whitening kits to social media influencers like Kylie Jenner and now they have a combined wealth of $46 million!!!

Identify your passion and then identify a need

I have always advised people to identity their passion and then identify a need that they can meet – bingo, you have a booming business. And social media has made it easier than ever before to access global markets.

This year I’ve also been advising followers of my blog to consider entering the self-development industry. Statistics show that Millennials (people in their 20s and 30s) prioritise their mental, physical, and spiritual health in a way no generation before has. They are big users of self-improvement products – e-books, APPS, websites and downloads.

Millennials are big supporters of self-improvement

A report by market researchers ‘Field Agent’ found that 94 percent of Millennials made personal improvement commitments in 2015 compared with 84 percent of Baby Boomers and 81 percent of Gen Xers. And Millennials are willing to pay for self-improvement: While Boomers said they’d spend an average of $152 a month on self-improvement, millennials spend closer to $300. Their strategies range from new workout regimes and diets to life coaching, and apps designed to improve their emotional wellbeing. Self-improvement is a $10 billion business in the US. If you have something real to offer, think seriously about entering this industry.

The projects people are setting up online are truly amazing and extend to so many areas. This week I was reading about online participatory democracy. I’m sure you are wondering what that is. There are groups out there trying to give ordinary people a greater say in the running of their country through the internet.

Participatory Digital Democracy

Bruno Kaufmann, President of the Initiative and Referendum Institute of Europe, is in Australia to speak at Australia’s first Participatory Digital Democracy Forum.

“In Australian there is a need for more community debate on democracy apps and websites,” Mr Kaufmann said.

“These forums grow and support online communities. In these communities are people with a variety of views and beliefs, but they share information about crucial issues and have meaningful discussions.”

Mr Kaufmann said the online community then votes for a course of action, and the next step is to lobby the politicians to respect their wishes and implement the chosen course of action.

Australia has four major online participatory communities

In Australia there are already four major online participatory communities, representing many thousands of Australians. The main four are MiVote, Vote FLUX, Online Direct Democracy Party and People Decide.

Dion McCurdy, the director of NewVote Australia, said these online communities have no party ideology, all preferring instead to let policy be dictated directly by their communities.

“The four groups will meet for the first time at the Digital Democracy Forum, along with democracy tech companies,” Mr McCurdy said.

“I think we all share a common vision, we just have different models on how to get there. I would like to see the four groups show unity and coordination, and thus recruit more Australians and become a more powerful online democratic community.

“We share a philosophy of deliberative democracy. That means we want quality, unbiased and balanced information so our communities are properly informed of the issue. Next we have authentic discussions and deliberation, before finally voting on what we want.”

Mr McCurdy said online participatory democracy appeals to young people, who have become disengaged from traditional politics.

“The four online communities may only have around 4,000 members now, but it’s a growing sector, like a startup enterprise, whose time has come. In two years we may grow that to 40,000. No Australian politician is going to ignore the wishes of 40,000 people,” Mr McCurdy said.

People are finding never ending uses for the internet

It seems people are finding never ending uses for the internet. Some projects are to make money, some are to do good in the community and some projects are a mixture of both.

If you have an imagination, the sky is the limit in terms of what can be done on the internet!

ABOUT PAT MESITI

Pat Mesiti is a best-selling author, coach and educator in the area of personal development. Having built some of Australia’s largest people-driven organisations, Pat understands the power of harnessing human potential. He has shared the stage with some of the world’s great business minds and has sold over millions of copies of his books and materials.

 

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