Mark Edward Brown's Blog

     I like to study success.  Some folks measure success in strange ways however the common threads that I find when I research the kind of success that apeals the most to me are; Love and Wealth.  Don’t worry, I’m not going to get mushy on you or wishy washy but stick with me as I distill the essence of where these recent, prolific pontifications have led.

Ask yourself this question: “in today’s current society what are the most obvious measurements of value?”

Do you have an answer?

Let’s get clear on this, I am not talking about your specific definition of how you measure value in society today, I am directing you to envision how our society collectively measures value in real time right now.

Here is what I have found (I want you to comment and let me know if I am wrong); today folks measure the values of love and wealth by the amount of family and friends that they interact with (quality time) and the amount of money that they are able to amass in order to enhance the experience of that interaction.

Of course there is a broad spectrum of varying degrees where on one side you have a person who finds all their value and satisfaction in the time spent with family and friends all the way to the other side of the spectrum where you have those few folks who find no to little value in socialization so they amass wealth to lavish on themselves and create brief moments of bliss only to be enjoyed by themselves.

When I was a kid or a younger man I should say (I am still a kid at heart), my parents would ensure that I spent at least 1 week or more out of every summer with my cousin or cousins.  This would usually culminate in a family re-union or large get together of some kind.  Even the fond memories of school that I have and the friends that I made while being educated are still valuable to me to this day.  I was even fortunate to have more than one teacher that I remember for sharing with me a valuable education not just being a mere facilitator of the school boards agenda and a babysitter because my parents had day jobs.

Additionally, having spent over 2 decades in the world’s premiere leadership organization (the U.S. Military) I have experienced valuable team building and personnal satisfaction in the accomplishment of goals and objectives not realized by a large percentage of the world’s population.

I am beginning to think that I’m overanalyzing this and I don’t want to loose you…I value your time spent here as well as your comments and thoughts that you share with me so let me get to the point.

The bottom line is that I want to build on the foundation that this blog has built.  This is not just an extention of my thoughts and reflections, it’s an amalgamation of conversations and emotions captured in time and reflected back in words that have meaning and value.

Let’s enhance the experience shall we?

I have an idea, I want to try a value exchange, this is for sure a win – win for both of us and I am seeking to add an additional “win” or benefit for others as well.

An interesting finding that is coming to my awareness is that the more I blog and share about issues and interests that matter to me most are being echoed and shared by you as well.  It thrills me to no end to know that there are more folks like me “out there” than I previously imagined.  I also know that there are allot of people that I care about who have not made themselves known or commented for one reason or another and that is another reason why I am seeking to amplify what has come to my attention.

I want to call this project “Family and Friends for Fortune” (comment if that is too corny or wierd).

My chief aim and goal is to create a community of like minded people who seek to create more value so that they can in turn experience more valuable relationships!

How do we accomplish that goal together?

The good thing is all the tools that are required are all ready readily available, now all we have to do is fashion our community in the way we want it, as a reflection of the experience and value’s that are important to us.

For example, I have many friends in countries all over the world that I want to visit and I know that those friends also have friends that they want to visit.  Building our value creation head quarters online is no problem, the challnge is strategically planning those trips to see family and friends that present a minor obstacle (so to speak).

The best way to get around the obstacles and push through the challenges is by using leverage and learning from other people who have “been there and done that”.  I have brainstormed 3 ways to multiply how to accomplish all of the above so that we both get value out of each others actions.  This will not be a one way time or money trap, I can guarantee you that!

Here are the 3 ways I seek to build value and enhance the unique relationship that we share:

1) Spread the word about the “Family and Friends for Fortune” project, here are just a few ways you can do just that: “like” this post by using one of the Facebook buttons here on the blog, share this post with those you care about, comment and share ways to improve or enhance the project, tweet about this, subscribe to get blog updates so you don’t miss a thing.

     2) Join me in creating financial value that can be used to enhance the experience that we share now and into the future.  I have just recently joined a team of entreprenuers who are creating massive value for people all over the world. Click on THIS LINK or the banner and for a mere $10 you will recieve an incredible education both in marketing and networking.  As an added bonus this is something that you can share with anyone, this has global reach and appeal and fortunes are being made daily – why not let it be yours?

      3) Since we are talking about communities I wanted to touch on exclusive clubs, I envision project  ”Family and Friends for Fortune” as more than a club however I believe there is one possbily more yet this is one I want you to know about right now.  This exclusive club does have dues however the benefits far outweigh the cost of membership in fact it is only a couple bucks a day to recieve a lifetime of value and as I mentioned this is another “global” experience that is available to anyone, anywhere in the world.
There you have it, the begining of something good.  I know you will have questions and concerns so e-mail me with whats on your mind at: mark@markedwardbrown.com

Leave me comments on how to make our connection and community stronger?

Always to Your $uccess,

Mark Edward Brown