Sunday, March 24, 2013


Excellerate Your Future and Connect With New Business Opportunities Globally!

DC Cordova - Money & You

From: Dame DC Cordova, CEO
Dear Global Entrepreneur,
I’m DC Cordova and I have been successfully doing business globally for over 27 years – 33 in the entrepreneurial education field. I am known for being one of the pioneers in experiential learning education for business people and entrepreneurs; and creating the organization(s) that bring the Excellerated Business School® for Entrepreneurs and the Money & You® Program to the world.
It is my passion to continue building a trusted and powerful international network of like-minded Social Entrepreneurs to create a world that works for 100% of its people 100% of the time.
Through working with thousands of entrepreneurs over the years, I have seen them struggle and play small in their businesses. I see how times may seem scary for many right now in the United States with surmounting debt, layoffs, bankruptcy, cutbacks, career changes, lack of security, inflation… the list can go on and on. For entrepreneurs, it can seem really grim when dealing with lower profits, diving economies, increased competition and business failures.
So the first step is to ask yourself:

Are you on track to succeed in your business?

  • Are you taking the right steps to attract new customers and get your products and services out there?
  • Do you have the capital and/or the cash flow you need to sustain your business?
  • Do you have a great team of people to support your business growth?
  • Are you spending most of your time on income generating activities and systematizing your business?
  • Do you have a network of likeminded entrepreneurs to support you?
  • Is your business able to generate income without you?
  • Do you have enough cash flow or reserves to expand your market or product lines?
These are many of the questions that you are faced with everyday as an entrepreneur. The choices you make about them will create your future.

Have you considered expanding your business by tapping into new international markets?

It wasn’t easy for me and I understand the challenges and struggles to open new opportunities. Doing things alone is the absolute slowest, most challenging and inefficient way to expand a business.You see, when you tap into the minds of a network of like-minded individuals, everyone wins.
For the past 34 years, we’ve been growing a unique group of enlightened and uniquely talented entrepreneurs worldwide. These entrepreneurs have all been to our Excellerated Business School®, and have something you will not find anywhere else. They all understand and share a common sense of purpose, ethics and understand how to create growth through cooperation and leverage.
They think globally, and are interested in making key connections, and opening new markets as well…

Those who establish themselves in the world’s fastest growing marketswill be rewarded handsomely.

Imagine having the opportunity to make a contribution to an up-and-coming country that can put to good use the tools, information, possibilities that we are born with. Entrepreneurs from North America and other countries can benefit greatly from immersing themselves in specialized global business training so that they can succeed in this rapidly expanding and robust market. And they can realize even more benefits from actually connecting with Chinese business owners who are also pursuing enlightened entrepreneurship.

What kind of opportunities are in China and the Asia Pacific Region?

China is rapidly growing to become the world’s largest economy, and today it represents an incredible opportunity for entrepreneurs from other countries around the world to broaden their markets, make new connections and multiply their revenues.
In this time of radical change and growth, China needs what we have to offer – our knowledge, our experience, our products and services. While it’s often looked at as a country that is taking jobs from America, the reality is that this ancient empire—rich in resources, people and potential—is creating opportunities unlike anything the world has ever known. Today, China is where North America was years ago—and they’ll move through the rise of their middle class so much faster.
We want to add quality graduates to our unique cadre of “enlightened” entrepreneurs who can operate exceptional businesses around the world and network with like-minded businesspeople on future ventures.

“I’ve helped 1,000’s of entrepreneurs like you easily apply
my business success strategies and expand globally.”

Over the past 34 years, we’ve trained more than 95,000 people from over 65 countries from different economic and cultural backgrounds… from corporate executives to solo consultants to social entrepreneurs… to every kind of candidate in-between. Based on over 34 years of extensive research into the strategies and winning formulas of the world’s best entrepreneurs, we have identified why some people are more successful than others financially, mentally, emotionally, and physically. We deliver this information – through experiential programs – with the promise of lasting, life-long change.

How it all started…

Bucky at BSE
In the mid-70′s, there was an organization that transformed the City of San Francisco. Its founder saw that a beautiful Victorian was being carried to another location and that many were being destroyed to “make room for the new.” He had the idea to buy those Victorians, renovate them and resell them for a profit. In a few years he and his business partners had become of the city’s most successful business, growing a $25,000 investment into a $65 million dollar organization including a profit-share system that enticed every young entrepreneur to work there. They had 100′s of applications coming in regularly.
What was incredibly attractive about this highly profitable organization was the fact that they were using“new” management techniques that were “transformational” in nature. This type of management style made it fun, exciting and attracted those who wanted to make a living – possibly become a millionaire – AND make a difference in the world.
Two of the partners, Marshall Thurber and Bobbi DePorter (now a leading expert in teen education:www.SuperCamp.com) did research of the top five business schools in the world at the time. They happened to be in the US, and included the likes of Harvard, Yale, Wharton, Stanford, etc. They found out that these renowned schools taught nothing about Entrepreneurship. None of them offered the tools to create a profitable business that not only offered its workers/stakeholders incredible support but also added tremendous value to the community.
Bucky Business School
Thus, the first Business School forEntrepreneurs of its kind was created. There was nothing like in the world then – and there’s nothing like it now. I attended that first school in 1978 that included six weeks of training, and I fell in love with the work.
Along with teams of powerful individuals that practice what we teach, we grew the organization through the US. In 1985, the original founders went on to create other businesses, and I had earned the right to inherit the work.
I chose a business partner that had been around us for a few years and had been in training to lead our programs, Robert Kiyosaki (of Rich Dad/Poor Dad fame) and for the next nine years we grew the work internationally – expanding the work from Australia to New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore; plus, the United States and Canada. We also did Excellerated programs in the UK, Spain (in Spanish), France and Germany.
We began our Global expansion and haven’t stopped since. We became known as “the Mothership” of all the business/ transformational programs in the world today. Anyone doing programs that are powerful / effective / transformational and using left/right brain teaching techniques are either Graduates of our Excellerated programs – or have been trained by people that have attended them…

Expanding through the Asia Pacific Region…

china business school
Because this work is taught by Masters, has worked so well for many thousands, and has incredible social proof that it works, it has spread rapidly through the Asia Pacific Region.
In 1999, the work began in the Chinese-speaking world of that Region with our current partner, Willson Lin of Doers Education (www.Doers.cn), and now Chinese programs are held almost monthly in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.
The result is more than 95,000 graduates from 65 countries and continuous success in the Asia Pacific region for 27 years. Our extensive network of successful entrepreneurs include: Social Entrepreneurs, Social Capitalists, Enlightened Entrepreneurs. Overall, we are cultivating Entrepreneurs that do well in business AND do good in the world.
We have now held 50 Chinese Excellerated Business Schools® for Entrepreneurs – each one more successful than the last. So when my Chinese partners posed the idea of a cross-cultural exchange—an event that would train Chinese, Western and other English-speaking entrepreneurs in the same powerful business-building systems and strategies, then give them opportunities to network with each other as potential contacts—I knew immediately that I wanted to be part of it and approach you!

The Global Business Intensive and Trade Show was born.

I am excited to share with you how you can expand your business exponentially, learn to think and act like an international business owner and tap into a highly leveraged network of potential partners and buyers and where to access these types of opportunities. You are about to learn to see and access opportunities that are not even visible to you at the moment.

Will You Be One of a Handful of Entrepreneurs to Participate in
This Unique, First-of-Its-Kind Business Development Program in China?

You’ll Learn the Rules of the Global Business Game.

The Global Business Intensive is a 4-day experiential program in Shanghai where you will discover cutting-edge methods to “excellerate” your future through real-world strategies taught by international entrepreneurs renowned for building their own companies and their expertise in their fields. You’ll not only learn and apply the Rules of the Global Business Game, you’ll also discover revolutionary principles and methods of applying leverage, cooperation and values—principles that mega-successful businesses all have in common.

You’ll Expose Your Business to over 850 Qualified Potential Partners and Buyers.

On Day 4, we are producing the Excellerated Global Business Trade Show where you can put your business on display and start to actually build relationships and do business with business owners from around the world – especially China, the Asia Pacific Region. Our vast network of worldwide graduates is being invited to the important 4th day trade show and networking event—to connect, discuss and do business with YOU.

The Curriculum:

Over the three days your instructors – all Masters and global business leaders – will share with you rarely shared information on key topics you MUST know to become a successful global Entrepreneur.
These elite international business builders will share their Winning Formulas in:
I. Building Global Businesses and Wealth While Adding Tremendous Value.
    • How to Build Sustainable Wealth Worldwide
    • How Step into Your Global Entrepreneurship
    • You will discover how to do “more with less” as you put into practice the SECRETS to CREATING A MULTI‐MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS In MULTIPLE MARKETS!
    • Learn and integrate foundational principles that give you leverage and the ability to be a futurist.
II. Doing Business in China and the Asia Pacific Region.
    • What To Expect – And NOT Expect
    • People, Government, Trends, Market
    • Licensing, Legal and Franchise Knowhow
    • Marketing In China
    • Import/Export Tactics
    • Quality Control
    • Financing, Letters of Credit
    • Cultural Distinctions
III. Mastering the Characteristics of Global Business Icons and Successful Innovators including:
    • See the world differently
    • Embrace the global lifestyle
    • Constantly expand your circle of influence
    • Consistently plan for market expansion
    • Don’t keep “all your eggs in one basket”
    • Leverage all business activities to maximize both profit and impact
    • Master the Principles of Successful International Business
Our Elite Instructors include:
    • Dr. Willson Lin – DOERS Group
    • Dame DC Cordova – Global Entrepreneurship
    • Huang Ming – World’s Leading Solar/Renewal Energy Entrepreneur
    • Michael Polin, Esq – China Business Expert
    • Randolph Craft – Planning for Opening Your Markets in Asia/China
    • Janet Switzer – Asian Marketing Distinctions
    • Stephanie Davies – Opening Markets / Direct Sales
    • Miss Lee – China/Asia Franchise Expert
    • Jason Zeck Lee – Malaysia / Singapore / other Asian Countries Business Practices
Will be brought to you by Skype:
    • Berny Dorhmann – Raising Capital / World Economics
    • Rinaldo Brutoco – Global Entrepreneurship Education
    • George Horioka – Franchise / Direct Sales Expert
    • Domingo Silvas III – Global Business
    • Dennis Wong, Esq – China Business Expert


Renewable Energy in 50 Years: 3 Predictions


MARCH 24, 2013, 12:00 AM
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Humans have the unique talent to imagine the prospective in rich, complete detail. Futurists from past generations foretold a global paradigm shift, buttressed by interconnectivity, digitization, seamless space travel, and policemen equipped with surgically fastened, bat-like wings.
Granted, it’s an imperfect science.

Sometimes we dream up winged peacekeepers, but other times, we prove ourselves precocious. In the world of sustainability, we’re always looking onward and upward to the next big development which will finally strip us of our dependence on coal and oil. While we’re not quite there yet, much of what we’ve predicted for green energy has actually hit somewhere close to the mark. International reliance on dirty energy is subsiding, solar power is becoming less expensive (some say even cheaper than coal) and, in all, renewable energy is becoming more accessible.


So, why not go ahead and take a whack at predicting the status of the energy industry in, say, 40 or 50 years from now? Here’s what our top scientists and field leaders seem to think:
Solar Power will prevail.
According to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), solar power could very well be responsible for over a third of our energy supply by the year 2060. The sun’s rays offer a ductile, easily-to-collect source of energy, so it shouldn’t come as a shock to see solar power leading the pack for renewables. What is a shock, however, is that the notably conservative IEA made the prediction. If they’re predicting over a third, who’s to say we can’t reach a half, or even two thirds in solar contribution?
Europe could spearhead the charge.
Well, really, we’re all a big part of the mix if we expect an international redressing of our energy supply. However, Europe has set its goals as high as or higher than any other country for the next few decades. Under itscurrent agenda, the European Renewable Energy Council has predicted an entirely renewable energy supply for European Union residents by the year 2050 (or earlier). The organization is relying on a culmination of elements, including increased investment, cheaper materials and increased accessibility to renewables for the typical consumer. Sound familiar? Seems doable.
The world will run on 100% sustainable energy by 2050.
Or 95%Or 80%. It depends on who you ask. The point is, we’re going to be a heck of a lot closer to complete sustainability then than we are now. And that’s something worth celebrating. What all these reports of augmented renewables have in common is their reliance on a smarter, more earth conscious society. If we’re to get anywhere in the next half century, it has to be through our own doing. From the scientists at the tippy top of the production line all the way down to the consumers, it’s our privilege to be stewards for renewable energy.

Saturday, March 23, 2013


It gets thrown around a lot in the self-improvement field that any negative feedback should be avoided at all times. Well, research shows that this simply isn’t true! Of course, we are all sensitive when it comes to our performances or efforts but there comes a time when a little wakeup call is a good thing.
Good Negative?
As strange as it sounds, there is a way to give good negative feedback. It is something that needs to be given out carefully and should always be constructive. Self-evaluation is a hard thing to do and something you need to be brutally honest with. For example, say I set my goal to be able to jog 5 miles comfortably in a month. Now, the only way I’m going to reach that point is to build up my fitness by increasing my output on each run.
However, if I can tell that I’m not putting in the correct effort and after two weeks I’m still walking for long periods then I need to be able to look at myself critically. Yes, it’s good that I’ve stuck to it for two weeks already and that’s a definite positive. But I need to be able to say to myself that what I’m doing isn’t quite enough and I need to try more. Looking at the whole two weeks and evaluating myself constructively, I can then see where I need to put more effort in.
Picking your moment
Now, constant negative feedback is always going to be a bad thing, that much is clear. The same thing applies to positive feedback – we are never going to grow as people if we are constantly told we are brilliant and doing the right thing.
What we need to understand is that when we are evaluated by our peers or during self-evaluation, timing is everything. Choosing the right moment plays a big part when it comes to feedback. For example, if you’re trying to quit smoking and are going through a really stressful time at the office,  your ability to remain focused on your goal will suffer. By then loading more pressure on yourself through negative criticism, you are only making the goal seem even more difficult than it already is.
Negative Feedback and Goal Setting Theory
A recent study was conducted with two groups of people who were involved in environmental awareness. One group consisted of experts in their field, very knowledgeable about the subject. The other was a group of people interested in the subject but practical novices. They subjected both groups to the same test – asking them to write down all the things you could do to lessen your environmental impact. Their work was then evaluated by a group of professors, who then offered both positive and negative feedback.
Interestingly, the experts all agreed that the negative feedback was far more constructive and helped them improve their understanding. The novices, on the other hand, preferred the positive, “cheerleader” -type feedback.
This study should help us understand that when starting out with something new, we should try to encourage ourselves as much as possible. For example, when starting a diet and exercise routine we should focus on the fact that we are getting up each morning to exercise, eating less junk food etc. This will help us build confidence and continue towards our goal.
However, a person who is looking to run a marathon and is an experienced runner should be able to sit down and reflect on their training. They should be able to critically analyse their diet and exercise regime and be able to see where they are falling down. These two approaches will help both the expert and the novice improve.
Goal Setting Theory was pioneered by Professor Gary Latham.  Gary is quite simply the godfather of organizational behaviour and goal setting theory.  He has written and co-written just about every book there is on the subject and has worked in the field for some 40 years.
Basically, Goal Setting Theory is what it says on the tin – setting goals for our lives that we then work towards accomplishing. A big part of goal setting is being able to evaluate what kind of goal we are trying to accomplish. Professor Latham outlines that there are two basic types:
  1. Performance goals – where we know what we are doing and can set a definitive goal such as running a half marathon in two months
  2. Learning goals – where we lack the skills or knowledge and require time to develop them. For example, learning a new skill such as golf it would be better to set a goal like “learning to drive off the tee successfully” than wanting to shoot low scores in the beginning.
Now, constructive negative feedback will be more effective when it comes to Performance goals, simply because you are improving on an already established set of skills. Much like the study showed, using negative feedback here will help you realise where you are slipping up and you can work towards fine tuning your performance.
Learning goals can still benefit from constructive negative feedback but it would need to be taken in relation to your development. There is little to be gained from pointing out a bunch of deficiencies if you’ve only just started learning the skill!
In summary
Like most things in life, moderation and common sense should prevail here. Constructive negative feedback can be a very powerful tool in self-improvement and not something we should be afraid of. However, there is a time and place for it. Picking the right moment is almost as important at the feedback itself. There should always be a positive to any negative feedback – the person receiving it should be able to grow in a positive fashion otherwise it is purely detrimental.
If you enjoy our practical, research based approach to manifesting your goals, watch this free video presentation for our step-by-step blueprint to manifesting anything you desire:
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Penyelidik UTHM terima pengiktirafan KPT
Tiga produk penyelidikan Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) telah dipilih untuk meraih anugerah penghargaan pada Malam Citra anjuran Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT) pada 05 Mac 2013 bertempat di Hotel Marriot, Putrajaya.
Penghargaan ini diberikan atas sumbangan UTHM dalam menjayakan Pelan Tindakan Pembangunan Modal Insan Inovatif Tertiari (PTPMIIPT) yang diterajui oleh KPT.
Majlis ini telah disempurnakan oleh Ketua Setiausaha KPT, Dato’ Ab. Rahim bin Md Noor yang mewakili Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Dato  Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.  Majlis gilang-gemilang ini turut dihadiri  hampir keseluruhan wakil Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam yang bersama-sama menerima penghargaan melalui hasil produk masing-masing.
UTHM yang diwakili oleh Timbalan Naib Canselor (Penyelidikan & Inovasi), Profesor Dr. Wahid bin Razally turut disertai oleh penyelidik universiti yang telah berjaya iaitu Profesor Madya Dr. Anika Zafiah bt. Muhd Rus bagi produk Catalytic Converter ;  Prof Madya Dr. Lee Yee Loon dengan produk Aerated Lightweight Concrete Technology In Block Form And Insitu Casting  dan Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd Saidin bin Wahab Dengan produk  A Method Of Producing A Dental Prosthesis.
Majlis yang bertujuan untuk mengeratkan lagi hubungan antara KPT, IPTA, industri, pelabur, agensi kerajaan dan swasta ini, dilihat sebagai satu platform penting kepada penyelidik-penyelidik universiti ke arah penghasilan penyelidikan dan produk penyelidikan yang bakal  menggerakkan inovasi negara.
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Friday, March 8, 2013


we're discussing the qualities of leadership using the acronym L-E-A-D-E-R-S. The fourth letter, "D," stands for doing.)















A leader must be action-oriented, turning his decisions into plans. "Decision" is just as important a "D" word as "doing." The two are linked in consciousness - and that's the rub. When you are about to make an important decision, what basis do you rely on? The topic is studied in departments of history, political science, and business, using various models. Modern leaders tend to be more educated than in past generations, so they are familiar with these models.
The main lessons drawn from the past tend to lead to the following conclusions:
1. Assess the ratio of risk to reward.
2. Know the situation. Gather as much external evidence as possible.
3. Judge your rival's tactics as best you can.
4. Gather a team, which shares the same values and goals.
5. Think outside the box to avoid conventional wisdom and the rigidity it brings.
6. Learn to trust your instincts.
7. Generate enthusiasm, loyalty, and esprit de corps among your followers.
This is good advice, much of it appealing to common sense. But they skew decision-making toward the cool-headed and rational. That's fine in the classroom; it bears little resemblance to decision-making in real life, which is fraught with stress, time pressure, deadlines, internal squabbles, conflicting aims, anxiety, and the pervasive confusion that afflicts "the fog of war" but hardly stops there.
Psychological studies have shown that emotions cannot be separated from reason, and experiments that attempt to isolate rational thinking have almost entirely failed. For example, buyers will pay too much for retail goods if they are in a bad mood or a good one. Bidders will go over their limit in the heat of auctions, and they will even pay more than an item is worth if there's a rival they want to beat. Buying a new dress and bidding on an antiques auction are minor, everyday decisions compared with the kind that leaders must make.
The focus necessarily turns to an arena that is hard to document and analyze in leadership courses. In this arena are intangibles of mood, psychology, group behavior, social dynamics, and so on. Skill in these areas is real and invaluable, and the lessons to be learned need to begin early on. They look different from the rational angle taken so often in case studies.
1. Know yourself. Tune in to how you feel. Don't try to be a rational robot, but don't make decisions overshadowed by anger, jealousy, and fear.
2. See the mood of the team as a reflection of your own as their leader.
3. Earn your group's loyalty by emphasizing hope, trust, stability and compassion, the four things that followers most want from a leader.
4. Learn the pitfalls of ego - self-importance, bravado, winning at all costs.
5. Never do what you know to be wrong - moral decisions aren't guaranteed to work, but the opposite is guaranteed to have high personal costs.
6. Fully recognize and reward the achievements of others. Honest praise and encouragement from the leader is a valued good, just like a salary bonus.
7. Promote diverse opinions, but make sure that they are positive contributions. Naysayers, messengers of gloom and doom, and worst-case scenario experts should be avoided. Realism isn't the same as bad news.
8. As leader, remember that you are the messenger of vision, and there's only one of you to do that job.
9. Don’t promote an atmosphere for gambling and gun-slinging. It will lead to dishonest representation of a situation's risks.
10. Catch yourself if you see that your followers fear you. Fear can create discipline, but the drawback is that others will be reluctant to tell you hard truths when you need to hear them.
All of these steps become natural when your goal is to live consciously - you would apply them in a family situation as much as in a corporate boardroom. They aren't "softer" than rational analysis but instead draw upon wider aspects of a leader's function - knowing yourself is as critical as knowing the data. In a world where resources are growing limited and competition extends globally, many more decisions will be made in the future based on consciousness of the whole situation and its human impact on everyone's life. This is a trend well worth joining as early as possible.
Deepak Chopra, MD is the author of more than 70 books with twenty-one New York Times bestsellers. FINS - Wall Street Journal, stated that “The Soul of Leadership”, as one of five best business books to read for your career. Co-author with Rudolph E. Tanzi, their latest New York Times bestseller, Super Brain: Unleashing The Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-being (Harmony, November 6, 2012) is a new PBS special.