The One Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen

Author:Mark Victor Hansen [Hansen, Mark Victor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-45265-8
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2009-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

Michelle was embarrassed. She was only a lowly waitress. But at least her black uniform was designed for maximum invisibility. She sat on a chair next to the double doors and tried to project the impression that she was observing for the sole purpose of being available if anyone needed additional food or drink. But even as she was discreetly folding her hands in her lap and crossing her legs at the ankle, Samantha seemed to look directly at her. Michelle raised her chin.

Now that she was standing, backlit by the fire, Samantha presented an even more imposing presence. She was taller than Michelle had anticipated, a stately woman with an ancient and ageless beauty whose long, traditional dress did not hide the curves in her statuesque frame. Her hair was done in a massive weave with what seemed like thousands of delicate, tightly woven braids pouring like a fountain from under a headscarf that matched her robe.

“My friends, I am so blessed to be here with you tonight. Can we join hands?” Her voice was a powerful contralto: commanding yet supple, like a saxophone. Everyone obeyed her request. Even in this circle of self-confident, accomplished millionaires, Samantha was the natural leader. When she joined hands with her neighbors, Michelle could see that many of her long fingers were adorned with distinctive rings of hammered gold.

“We are blessed … and may we use our many blessings to bless many others,” Samantha said simply. She released the hands of the two people on either side of her. All around the table, the chain collapsed, and yet Michelle felt the presence of an energy connecting them.

“I have two orders of business tonight. The first one is to give you all an update on our Millionaire Manifesto. At last month’s meeting, Howard and I accepted the assignment of updating our mission statement.” Samantha made a nod to a gentleman seated to her right. “We’ve finished a rough draft and would like to bounce it off you for your input.”

As she passed out a single piece of paper to all present, Samantha continued, “For those of you who weren’t with us when we formed EMC3 a few years ago, we wanted to create something unique from all of the other service groups. First, it would consist of only millionaires, but millionaires dedicated to doing good in the world. We wanted to celebrate prosperous people who took the higher road—to distinguish ourselves from the typical millionaire that people read about in the press. To put our emphasis on ethics, honesty, and integrity. That’s why we called it EMC—the Enlightened Millionaire Circle. Second, we wanted it to be the ultimate masterminding group—to capitalize on the connections among and between us to expand our network exponentially. It’s true what they say, it’s not what you know, but who you know. And I don’t know of a more ‘connected’ group than those of us in this room. Thus, Exponential Masterminding Connections became another of our goals. And finally, we wanted to not only be Enlightened and Connected but to have Multiple Streams of Income.

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