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A Golden Pen
The Notary Signing Agents Guide To Multiple
Streams Of Income:
Learn The Best 6-Figure Side Hustles & Start Today

Copyright © 2022 Noble Notary & Legal Document
Preparers - All Rights Reserved.

G & M Sias
Companies, LLC
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may
be reproduced without prior written consent.

Mark Sias / Grace Sias
Noble Notary & Legal Document Preparers
LegalDocPrepNotary.Com
Port Orange, Fl 32128

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A Golden Pen

The Notary Signing Agents Guide
To Multiple Streams Of Income:
Learn The Best 6-Figure Side
Hustles And Start Today

Contents

Preface
Dedication
Introduction
Why Multiple Streams Of Income?
The Daily Half Dozen: Keystone Habits
Our business model & why is it so good?

The World of Credit Repair

The World of
Fingerprinting
The World of Legal Services
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The World of Taxes

The World of Coaching
The Lesser Known World of Notary
The World of Insurances & Financial
Services The World of Appraisals
Final Thoughts
Recommended Reading

Copyright © 2022 Noble Notary & Legal
Document Preparers - All Rights Reserved.

G & M Sias

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Companies, LLC

Preface

We are just like many of you. The
same daily struggles & challenges. The
same hopes and dreams of a brighter
future
We've stumbled our way through
many network marketing opportunities
with no significant results to brag
about. We don't have a huge social
media following... we aren't gurus at
advertising or any other significant
expertise. This didn't make us failures
and if you find yourself in the same set
of circumstances, it doesn't make you a
failure either. You just haven't found
the right vehicle yet for your ultimate
success.

What we've discovered through those
failures, and trials and errors are the
businesses that seemed to give us the

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best chances for success. When we
first started our mobile notary
business we really had no idea how big
of a hit i t w a s going to be. It just
seemed like a good idea worth trying,
with very little to lose. So we did, and
along the way, we realized they were
very specific reasons why this works so
well.

It's safe to say that most of us are not
born with a silver spoon in our mouth
or with a "golden pen" in our hands.
But, the skills that are required to
achieve business success are just that;
skills that you can develop through
practice. In practicem as they say,
makes perfect! Some of the ideas laid
out might even seem odd or peculiar,
but give them the do-diligence they
deserve and I can assure you they are
quite lucrative.

We will dispel the myth that it takes

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money to make money. This is simply
just not the case! It takes ideas, action,
goals, and perseverance. The idea of
having to leverage other people to make
money is outdated. In 2022 you can
l e verage technology and ideas. If you
will put those ideas into action and
commit to learning the skills you need,
your bank account will increase!

We wrote this book to open your eyes
and pique your curiosity. But most
importantly, to give you hope!

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Dedication

This book is dedicated in loving
memory to a couple of great fathers.
We lost them in
recent years to Heaven.

Those great men were Thomas H. Sias
Thomas Harold Sias
and James Kay
Noffsinger. You never
really know how much
you needed someone
until they are gone.
Hearing the words,
“great job, I’m proud of
your accomplishments”
was something that we

both heard often.

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them justice in

this life.

They set the bar high as examples of
how to live life. Kindness, generosity,
gentleness, forgiving and loving. We

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are both truly grateful for the income
and time freedom our business has
given us to be able to invest as much
time as we did into making lasting
memories with them! We hope to
carry on the torch. Until we meet again,
you are both forever in our minds and
hearts.

Our fathers made sure that we knew we
were loved and doing theright things in
our lives. We miss hearing those words
out of their mouths, you do not realize
how important it is to have that
affirmation until it is no longer there. Our
dads were kind and strong men, always
there to give us advice or help out in any
situation. We thank them for living
righteously and we hope that.

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Our Pastor, Michael Modica, always
says tomorrow is a day on a fools
calendar. Our hope and prayer is that
the ideas, concepts and underlying
philosophy of this book will motivate
and inspire you to be able to live life on
your own terms. Not be bound to a job,
fixed schedule and limited income.

James Noffsinger
10/07/51-06/30/20

“To everything
there is a season, A
time for every
purpose under
heaven:

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A time to be born, And a time to
die, time to kill, And a time to
heal, A time to break down, And a
time to build up, A time to weep,
And a time to laugh, A time to
mourn, And a time to dance.” -
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

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Introduction

Every time we do a notary
appointment, we am amazed. We get
paid well for a seal & signature. It is
like our signature is GOLD! How can
this be? Well it is true. You know
what? It’s not the only business that
works like that either. There are
plenty of opportunities like this simple
signature authentication business that
offer the same or similar lucrative
rewards. Our aim isn’t to lay out
exhaustive information, but rather give
you enough to make informed
decisions about your next additional
service, or side hustle as the kids call
it.

Once you’ve learned the necessary
steps to get one business going, trust
us, the next one will be easier. It is the
same basic process. T he one after
that will be even easier yet again!
Plus, you’ll have a larger customer
base to cross sell to. That’s right, cross
sell. In most cases, just letting your
client know what all you offer is all the
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cross selling you need. But, as our good
friend & mentor, Ruth Tick says to
always ask, “Would you like fries with
that?!” Don’t leave money on the table!
So, if you are doing loan signings and
don’t offer additional services (you are
just a notary) you are absolutely
leaving money on the table!

We want to open your mind to
possibilities. We don’t want you to get
comfortable in just one niche. Tim
Ferriss says, “The riches are in the
niches.” That is plural. As in more than
one. We want you to have a clear
understanding of the kind of
opportunities you should be looking
for. You can then take them for what
they are worth and run with it.
Curiosity is a wonderful thing. Good
ideas beget more, better, & newer
ideas! They always do. The next book
we read on the shelf might even be
yours.

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"I have no special talent. I am only
passionately curious."

-Albert Einstein

This book is the culmination of the
past several years of observing
numerous notaries in groups and
forums concerned with low volume of
appointments. How many side hustles
should you have? Well, we guess as
many as it takes to reach your goals.
You don’t want to spread yourself thin.
But on the other hand, many of these
services are easy to scale up with
ancillary staff. You can outsource ad
campaigns. You can hire a Virtual
Assistant (VA) to screen calls and
schedule appointments. You could
even start doing this with your mobile
notary services.

Ours has flourished. We had a growth
mindset right from the beginning. The
idea is to use the easy income and time
freedom from this magnificent business
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more business and opportunities.
Level up!

Let me briefly tell our story so you
know a little bit more about who Mark
& Grace are. We own and operate a
small legal services & signing services
business in Port Orange, Florida called
Noble Notary & Legal Document
Preparers.

In 2019 I, Mark, walked away from
my career as a critical care registered
nurse. Burned out and frustrated with
what the healthcare system had
become. Sadly, for many nurses, covid
has made it even worse. We started a
mobile notary business that has been a
smashing success. Compared to
nursing, I feel like I am semi-retired.

I, Grace, was a stay-at-home mom for
13 years to our four beautiful children.
We chose to live a sort of 1950’s
lifestyle where Mark worked and I
took care of all things related to the
kids and home (cooking, cleaning,
helping with homework, running kids

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to activities, church, sleepovers, the
list goes on and on as all stay at home
moms know). I had dabbled in several
‘work from home’ opportunities
because I was ready to be, ‘more than
just a mother’. I wanted to contribute
financially as well (as if being just a
mom isn’t enough as it is, haha.) P.S.,
a MAJOR shout out to the moms who
work a full-time career and keep up
with their mommy duties, HATS OFF!!
However, none of these career paths
worked for me. When God led us to the
notary world, I was ready to jump in
headfirst with Mark.

We started this business literally on a
shoestring budget. Nothing more than
notary commissions, a laptop
computer and a laser printer. As
profits rolled in, we were committed to
reinvesting in the business and
reinvesting in new ideas. They have
paid off big-time!

We each only work about 15-20
hours a week. Each subsequent year,
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and our income manages to increase,
but, we have added additional services
that have also been lucrative. We tell
you this not to impress you, but to
impress upon you what can be
achieved in the right business models
with the right connections & teaching.

We’ve learned to systematize &
streamline many aspects of our
business & we intend to teach you
many tactics to do the same!

We want to close this intro with this:
You must commit to getting better
everyday, not getting comfortable. You
must listen to your audience, customer
& client base. They will tell you what
problems you can help solve. You must
learn to create leverage. Leverage
technology, leverage time, money, other
peoples ingenuity, skill & labor.
Leverage ideas & knowledge.

Making a living as a Notary Public can
be a great way to build multiple
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financial goals. By following these
steps, you can create a plan that will
help you succeed. Reinvest in your
business. Let profits drive future
growth.
Let’s discuss more on multiple streams
of income…
“I’d rather have 1% of a hundred
people, than 100% of one
person.”-J. Paul Getty

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Why Multiple streams of
income?

Multiple streams of income is a term
that refers
to the idea
of earning
money
from more
than one
source. It is
a strategy
that can be
used to increase financial stability and
reduce the risk of losing everything if
one source of income dries up. Which,
in most cases, it will. Being a notary,
real estate ebbs and flows, multiple
ways to make money will be key.

The idea behind this strategy is that if
you have more than one stream of
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by any single event or change in your
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employed and your business goes
under, then you will still have your
salary from your day job to fall back on.

Notary publics have a varied and
exciting career -they can secure
signatures on important documents
like affidavits, deeds, and wills. In
addition to witnessing hand-written
wills, notaries may even be able to use
their skills for a variety of things that
we will delve into in the coming
chapters.

The mobile notary business is great. It
does have its limitations and
weaknesses. Here are a couple realities
you need accept: For starters, it is
extremely easy entry. Basically, anyone
without a criminal record can be
commissioned. Word quickly gets
around of the well-paying loan signings
and that attracts many more wanna-be
NSA’s to grab the low hanging fruit.
This leads to market saturation.
Market saturation leads to less volume
for those of us ‘professional closers’. It
also lowers the industry pay standards.
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insultingly low offers we wouldn’t
dream of. If we don’t have other high-
ticket, high revenue generating sources,
we will in turn end up contributing to
the low-ball offers because we need to
fill our calendar. In short, you need
measures in place to hedge the bet!

There are many benefits to having
multiple streams of income, especially
if you are a Notary Public. Having
multiple streams of income can help
you to:

1. Make a living: If you have multiple
sources of income, you are more likely
to make a decent living than if you rely
on just one source. This is especially
true if you are self-employed.

2. Its easier for you to weather tough
times.

3. Achieve financial goals: Having
multiple streams of income can help
you to achieve financial goals sooner
than if you rely on just one source of
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more money coming in, which means
you can invest it and grow it faster.

4. Enjoy greater financial security:
Having multiple sources of income can
give you a sense of security and peace
of mind.

5. Have a recession proof career:
Notary work will never dry up, but,
may slow down. Offering other services
secures your income.

The market caps & the market shifts.
The area you choose to serve has a
market cap. Only so much work
volume can be had. Unless, you offer
other services that in turn have a
different market cap. Low interest
rates will always create an influx of
business for everyone. But, then it
happens…rates climb and the
refinance market dries up. Now what
do you do? Worse yet, what if the
surrounding communities you serve
suffer a population collapse? Save
money: Having multiple streams of
income can help you to save money.

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This is because you will have more
money coming in, which means you
can put more away into savings.

6. Insulate yourself from financial
shocks: If one of your sources of
income dries up, you will still have
others to fall back on. This can help to
insulate you from financial shocks and
collapse. You either expand your
driving time & coverage area (work
more), move to an area of higher
population density or deal with a
reduced income. But, not if you add
multiple high demand, fast
turnaround, low overhead services that
compliment what you are already
doing!

What about reaching your income
goals? We could do $2500/week
working part-time from home. Don’t get
me wrong, that was great compared to
being a nurse by a long-shot... but, we
knew we could do more! We set a goal
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was double that! Consistently making
$5000/week part-time from home was
in our minds ‘ living the American
Dream’! We could afford the 4000+/sq ft
house we always wanted and the fancy
cars to match. We set out to do just that.

Lastly, what about generating some
residual income? You know, the gift
that keeps on giving? We know what
you’re thinking...network marketing.
I’m outta here! Unfortunately, MLM’s
have become tantamount to the
concept of residual income, but this
isn’t the case here. Reoccurring
royalties can be earned from things
you can do that pertain to everyday life
and even your notary business. We can
also learn to shift gears in our services
business slowly and carefully from a
position of “self-employed” to that of
leveraging other labor to make you
more money than you are capable of
on your own 24 hour timeline.

A few basic, baby steps...

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Step 1: Determine your target income.

The first step to building an income
plan is to determine how much money
you need to make each month to reach
your financial goals. To do this, you'll
need to consider your current expenses
and debts, as well as your long-term
financial goals.

Step 2: Find ways to generate multiple
streams of income.

Once you know how much money you
need to make each month, you can
start looking for ways to generate
multiple streams of income. There are
a number of ways to do this, but some
of the most common include; starting a
side business, investing in real estate,
and many more that aren’t nearly as
difficult or costly to break into as you
may have previously thought.

Step 3: Create a budget and stick to it.

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budget and stick to it. This will help
you ensure that you're making the
most of your money and reaching your
financial goals. We will mention this
more than once on these pages,
delayed gratification. Putting in the
work now so that you can enjoy the
perks later!

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The Daily Half-Dozen:
Keystone Habits

“If you want more, you have to
become more.”- Jim Rohn
The ability to develop keystone habits
is a critical skill for anyone looking to
improve their life. A keystone habit is a
behavior that has a ripple effect,
leading to positive change in other
areas of your life as well. Once you’ve
identified your keystone habit, focus on
building it into your daily routine.
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habit, finding a supportive community,
and making it fun.

Let’s talk about what research &
personal experience has deemed the
most important ones:

The Keystone of Gratitude

Did you
wake up
today
and say,
“Good
morning,
Lord” or
was it
more
like, “Oh, Lord, another morning”? The
former we hope. Being grateful sets
your attitude and mindset right for a
successful business and life.
Innumerable books from ancient times
like the Bible all the way to, like, 5
minutes ago have ascribed to the
benefits of gratitude. Yet still, the
simple act of walking it out in daily life
escapes most people.

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A quick scroll through your Facebook
feed, and you will see it is littered with
all kinds of complainers and negativity.
Even in the forums that should be
more positive. We see the nay-sayers in
notary groups telling people they’ll
never make it as an NSA. That is not
the input you need in your life. Our
advice is to start filtering those kinds of
friends out. Your mind & psyche
operate the same way your body does.
Garbage in = garbage out.

So, wake up each day, look around you
and inventory what you have to be
thankful for. Thank the good Lord for
another day. Thank Him for a roof over
your head, food on your table, breath
in your lungs. It doesn’t stop there.

Thank everyone for everything all
throughout your day. You see,
gratitude is also an attractive trait, just
as a lack of gratitude is an ugly trait.
Your clients and customers will look
forward to being around you in
general.

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Send thank you emails to your clients,
customers, vendors and so forth. Trust
us on this, cultivating an attitude of
gratitude will change your world in the
shortest amount of time possible.
Conversely, an ungrateful heart will
keep you in the same set of
circumstances much longer than you
need to be.

A grateful heart will always shine
bright through you. Your family,
friends, and clients will recognize this
in you. So, live it, breathe it, and fill
yourself with gratefulness.

“Rejoice always, pray
continually, give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is God’s
will for you in Christ Jesus.” -
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

The Keystone of Reading

Stop and think about this, if you can
read through your Facebook feed for
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more than an hour a day, then please
do not tell me that you do not have
time to read something to invest in
your future. The same with gratitude,
garbage in, garbage out. If only you
filled your mind with knowledge and
skill that you need to develop your
business and improve your
relationships...image how quickly your
world could change.

Therefore, it is imperative to dedicate
a portion of daily time to the habit of
reading. Be committed to making
yourself better at anything that is
important to your life goals. Be
committed to lifelong learning. How
else can you spend a few hours of time
and learn things that took someone
else years to uncover?

“If you are the smartest person
in the room, you’re in the
wrong room.” -Grace Sias

It is important to stress that while
learning in a variety of ways is
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talking about reading. Don’t substitute
10 minutes of reading for 10 minutes
of Youtube. The reason is because it
will engage your mind in ways that
videos and audio just can’t. Ideas will
formulate. The knowledge you gain will
have a solid foundation in your mind.

“An investment in knowledge
pays the best interest.” -Ben
Franklin

The Keystone of Exercise

To have an optimally functioning life,
business & mind, you need a healthy
body. What’s more, discipline begets
more discipline. This is essentially the
backbone of keystone habits.
Seriously. Most high performers are
physically, mentally, and socially fit.
People who you would consider having
a poor quality of life are typically
overweight, cigarette smoking, fast food
eating, broke and all around lazy.
Sorry it seems as if we are harsh.

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The good news is, you don’t have to
train for the Olympics. Our suggestion
is to find activities that you enjoy
doing and make those your exercise. If
you like to swim, go swimming. If you
like to roller skate, go to the rink.
Actually, our younger sister/sister-in-
law, who is a mother of four stays in
great shape hitting the roller-skating
rink on a regular basis. On several
occasions she visits us here in Florida
and we join her at the rink. Fun and
healthy. We are reminded of just how
vigorous seemingly fun activities can be!

Our younger brother/brother-in-law
loves to go kayaking. Talk about an
awesome way to build upper body
strength while enjoying our beautiful
nature.

Tim Ferris talks about it in his book
“The Four Hour Body”, the minimum
effective dose. To summarize his book,
you can make drastic changes in your
body’s performance, appearance, and
overall health with far less exercise
than most people think is needed.

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In short, get out there and move
because this will spill over into all
areas of your life including your
professional life. If this is something
you have been putting off, it is time to
get serious. Our advice is just to start
small, a few minutes a day. As you get
more enthusiastic and motivated, you
will gradually increase the time,
intensity and duration of said work
outs.

“You will get all you want in life if

you help enough people get what
they want.” -Zig

Ziglar

The Keystone of Journaling

Journaling will help you crystallize
your thoughts, ideas and goals. You
will also be able to track your progress,
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concentration and gain motivation as
you are able to reflect back and how far
you progressed. Journaling, we believe,
will give you insight in the same way
an outside observer would. Like having
your own personal coach. There’s a
self-accountability factor here as well.
This writing will also help you figure
out your next move.

Just the
crystallizing in
writing down of
your goals and
tracking them
should be all the
discussion needed
on the benefits of
journaling,
however, we feel
there are a few
other fringe
benefits worth mentioning...

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In Richard Poe's book "The Einstein
Factor" he discusses a method of
increasing intelligence called ‘image
streaming’ which is comparable to
journaling. Imagine if just writing down
stuff is actually making you smarter?
Journaling is apparently very
therapeutic as well.

Research has indicated t h a t
j o u r a l i n g c a n relieve stress and
anxiety, help you process negative
emotions, improve communication &
problem solve.

Our mother/mother-in-law, Rebecca
Noffsinger, has always been a big
advocate for journaling.
Any time an issue, a stressor, a major
life event occurred, it was always
encouraged to write it down. In
addition to journaling being
therapeutic, it serves as a great tool to
keep your mind clear, focused and
decluttered. WRITE IT DOWN!!
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Again, as with exercise, start with
taking baby steps. Take a few notes
every night before you go to bed. Put
some ideas on paper, maybe throw a
few emotions or discussions you had
throughout the day as well on paper.
Try waking up and writing down your
dreams (you never know when God will
give you an amazing idea in the middle of
the night!) It will grow from there!

“Absorb what is useful, discard
what is not, add what is
uniquely your own.” -Bruce Lee

The Keystone of Visualization

When we say visualization, we’re not
referring to some weird esoteric
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new fad. We are referring to
visualization as more of an active form
of goal setting rather than passive goal
setting. In essence, you have got to have
a vision of where you want to be in
three months, 6 months, in a year.
You h a v e g o t to have a vision in
mind and on paper of the action steps
(plan) needed to get there. You also
have to have a vision of what it's going
to look like for you when you hit those
goals!

One of our favorite things to do as a
married couple is to reevaluate our
goals every couple of months. We will
get our children to bed, pull out our
‘Big Plans’ notebook and visualize our
new dreams and revise our old ones.
This keeps us in a state of ‘seeing’ our
goals come to fruition and writing them
down allows us to have a game plan.

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“You’re Never Too Old To Set
Another Goal, Or To Dream A
New Dream” -C.S. Lewis

Your vision of the future and your
ability to visualize serves two main
purposes. One of them is motivation.
The desires for your future life will give
you the drive you're looking for during
tough times to keep you moving
forward. Secondly, your vision will
keep you focused. Focus will keep you
on task doing the things that are
important to get the results that you
are after. Let's face it, it's easy to get
distracted with trivial, meaningless
things that ultimately don't benefit
your life any. But, with focus, you can
let distractions fall by the wayside and
just do what is truly the most useful
practice of your precious time!

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Now, some of the mentors that we work
with that are high performers
recommend utilizing something called
‘ a vision board’. This is essentially just a
cork board that has pictures of various
things you would like to see that are
part of your future lifestyle. It could be
a house you want to live in, a car you
want to drive, your ideal physique, etc.,
etc. Well, we think it's definitely a good
idea to keep those things in your
view... like, say your office, as this is
no doubt a useful adjunct to driving
your motivation and focus.

While some may claim that vision
boards elicit some "Law of Attraction"
phenomenon, we don't particularly
ascribe to that. There is no ‘Mother
Earth’ out there delivering gifts and
sending vibes into the universe will not
make anything manifest into your life.
God created it all and He alone can
bless you. We firmly believe in the law
of sowing and reaping.

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Now, that comes straight from the
Bible. We wouldn’t want anybody
getting deceived into thinking that once
you have pictures of stuff you want
floating around, you can just sit back
and do nothing while ‘the universe’
draws these things into your life.

The Delayed Gratification Keystone

In this present day ‘I want it now’
culture, we feel like delayed
gratification is becoming a lost concept.
Think about it for a moment, anyone
with a credit card balance that is more
than just emergency use or a business
card, suffers the inability to properly
utilize delayed gratification. In all
reality, delayed gratification is the
single most important and effective
Keystone Habit to having an ultimately
successful life.

Our suggestion here is to give yourself
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hit a new weekly revenue goal,
celebrate with a fancy dinner. This is
basically what bodybuilders do when
they have what they call a "cheat" day.
Most of those types of athletes take one
day a week to binge! They can't eat that
clean all the time...they look forward to
the next one. This concept will keep
you motivated to pressing forward to
larger accomplishments and
subsequently larger rewards!

We hope it goes without saying that the
reward should be commensurate to the
level of achievement that was reached.
If you generated your first $1,000 a
week in a new side- hustle, you
probably shouldn't go out and buy a
Porsche just yet. It would seem it's
much more appropriate to do that
celebratory dinner instead.

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“You can’t take your same old crappy
self into a bright new future.” -Mark
Sias

A Final Thought On Keystones

As a final thought, we just want to
remind you to guard your associations.
Jim Rohn has several notable sayings
like: "show me your friends and I'll
show you your future." It's no secret
that your friends influence you, oh,
and their friends influence you. On
some level, you can't pick people that
you're forced to associate with, but
you can be more intentional about
making new and better connections
with people who have bigger visions
and who are going places.

Also, challenge the validity of what
people say. Judge the tree by the fruit
it bears. So, for example, if your broke
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business or that business won't work,
you’re going to ask yourself, “what does
he really know?” Many a time have we
seen in any Facebook notary group
someone say something like, “I've been
a notary for 30 plus years and never
heard of anyone making six figures”.
This is so discouraging to all the
would-be signing agents out there. Tell
them don't quit your day job…

We don't have time to engage in a
ridiculous argument with someone...
but, we’re just sitting back here
shaking our heads thinking this person
obviously has no idea what they're
talking about. And we hope that
nobody is really listening to them. But
then again, they are right, if you just
get a notary commission and never go
tell the world what you do, or acquire
more skills, or be curious about what
other opportunities are out there...you
probably never will.

So that's it, just be careful who you
listen to and who you associate with.

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Don't let the messed-up lives of
messed-up people mess you
up!

“You become like the five people
you spend the most time with.
Choose carefully.” Jim Rohn

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Our business model &

why is it so good?

There's a lot of things we really love
about our mobile notary business.
There’s not a lot of businesses out
there that you can start up for less than
$1,000 and make the kind of money
that we do. Not only that, but, there's a
lot of satisfaction you get by servicing
the general public with something that
is in pretty high demand. This book is
the culmination of our never-ending
search for similar business models to
the mobile notary business that offer
many of those same benefits. Let's
briefly take a look at each of those
things that make this such an ideal
business model.

Low Start Up

Get yourself a simple notary
commission, a vehicle (you probably
already have), a laptop and a printer.

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Just like that, you're in business! Now
that is what we call low start-up. Of
the top 10 reasons small businesses
fail, one of them is lack of adequate
startup capital. This won’t be an issue
with any of the business models that
we are going to lay out.

Not only is the start-up cost and
capital requirements extremely low,
but the getting started process is
rather quick and easy. For the notary
signing agent, essentially you need a
notary commission that can usually be
done with just a few hours training, an
application to the state of residence,
and a lack of criminal record.
Prerequisites we'd like to think most
people can easily possess. Once you
are taking the notary signing agent
courses and credentials, you get a few
vendor contracts under your belt, and
you are ‘off to the races’ as they say!

Low Overhead & Inventory

As we've discussed, the start-up costs
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are incredibly low, it also stands to
reason that the operating overhead is
extremely affordable as well. You don't
have any employees that you have to
payout or have reserve funds for
payroll to make. Really, your overhead
and inventory consist mostly of vehicle
fuel, printer paper and printer ink.
Even as you expand and grow, you
really don't necessarily have that
much more inventory or overhead to
deal with. Maybe, you get back up PCs,
printers & vehicles (we did) and in-car
printing capabilities. But that's about
it.

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