This propelled us in terms of networking and referrals for our ‘team members’ and our core four.

Carrot and lead propeller sound great (leaning towards carrot) but $50/month forever seems steep, and if I ever decide to cancel I have to start from scratch.

I see quite a few propellants fueling it: oil dollar position is being challenged, a few countries ( Russia, China, Iran ) have started to settling trade in local currency.

sold them all made some pretty big money doing that and it propelled me to build business's  so all good in the end. cant take it with you.. 

I recently started looking at investment properties with a realtor, when she had made a comment on some North Dakota rural lake lots she had listed that the developer cut the selling price in half in hopes to propel development.

I know I may be stepping out on a limb here, but you either believe in free enterprise or work for someone who does'The book 'Think and grow Rich' talks in one of the first chapters about burning your bridges.if you always have an out(like a job) you'll never take that committed leap forward that will ultimately propel you to success.Burn you bridges and commit to controlling your own success

And if whatever it is you're doing isn't that important to you, then you won't have the fuel you need to propel you forward when times get tough.

One great resource that has helped propel our company in social media is the book "Twitter Power" by Joel Comm.

To paraphrase a wise man: 'it's not how much it costs, it's how much you get in return'.If Bob or anyone else spends $2500 or even $25000 to get educated and this education propels his career to the point that he's making 6 figures every year from his business, then the return on investment is solid.

If anything is going to propel us out of this mess it should be some type of technology, but we don't have the world's best engineers anymore as Vikram pointed out.