One of my favorite Motivational Speakers is Jim Rohn. While he has passed, his words of wisdom live on. I hope you enjoy this selection! How to Turn Nothing into Something by Jim Rohn Have you ever wondered how to turn nothing into something? First, in order to turn nothing into something, you’ve got to start with some ideas and imagination. Now, it might be hard to call ideas and imagination nothing; but how tangible are those ideas? That is a bit of a mystery. I don’t believe that ideas that can be turned into a hotel, ideas that can be turned into an enterprise, ideas that can be turned into a new vaccine or ideas that can be turned into some miracle product, should be called nothing.

Conflict is a natural part of any business environment and most people have a difficult time dealing with conflict so what do we do? We get GOOD at dealing with conflict!! Here are some helpful insights- First Things First: INTERNAL CONFLICT Before we can deal with external conflict, we have to be able to get honest with ourselves. Internal Conflict can manifest itself by how we work, how we handle our internal dialogue and the personal bars we set in our own lives. When we engage in positive self talk and recognition of what our personal best really is, we can begin to deal with any type of conflict or challenge we have personally. Monitoring our work and being aware of what we do each day is the

Success Magazine is one of our favorites here at TMC. Along with the many great articles on business success principals and building tips, they often have thought provoking tools that help us ‘stay on course’ as we seek to find our futures! Potential business owners and existing business owners alike, will find great value in the quiz listed below. We love the exercises that challenge and stretch our brains so we can continue gtetting better and better in our chosen field! DO YOU HAVE THE ENTRPRENEURIAL MINDSET QUIZ Sir SmileySunday, April 22, 2012

It is a good thing that accepting credit cards has proven to increase the amount of money that customers spend at most businesses! The complex pricing structure and numerous fees associated with the credit card processing industry, have always been a concern to businesses. Most merchants in the U.S. are about to repay some of the savings they realized from the Durbin amendment that became effective October 2011. Beginning with April 2012 processing volume, Visa is implementing new fees and increasing some interchange rates that will cost most merchants from a few dollars to a few hundred thousand dollars per month. It is important to communicate with your processing company to determine the impacts on your bottom line. The most significant of all the new fees and rates

We do multiple training sessions each week for our referral partners across the country. Our goal is to arm our referral partners with a basic overview of the industry so they can be of service to their Members. Often times, we are asked what makes us different? Why will our referred Members/Clients/Merchants benefit by working with Total Merchant Concepts? The very best way to answer these questions is educating them about the Merchant Services Industry as a whole. Knowing what you DON’T want in any relationship is just as important as knowing what you DO want. Thank you for reading our Blog and getting a better understanding of why we do what we do. We love this industry. It has afforded us the opportunity to help create and

How are you with technology? For most of us, technology is something that resides peacefully in the background of our lives until one day- IT BREAKS! Last week, we experienced one of THOSE days!! It started with the Internet slowing to dial up speeds (the nerve!) and then our phone system began to receive mysterious calls- we would answer and no one would be on the other end of the line until the big ‘event’ occurred and then……….there was silence. Now normally, silence can be a good thing but when that silence means that no customers are calling and all of the work stations in your company are limping along without the use of a telephone- silence is certainly NOT golden! Way back before the internet, high speed