Welcome to the personal web site of K. Scott Piel 407-436-4212 ‡ You can also find me on MySpace or on Yuwie ‡ Be the person you want to be... so that others will want to be the person that you are! -- K. Scott Piel            For the record... it's Kenneth... and I hated being called Kenny. ~smile~

Yes... that's a bit of a quirky photo to have on my site, but I love it... why? Because it was taken on a cruise while I was visiting the turtle farm in Grand Cayman -- I was having a great time. Sure, I could have a professional photo of myself here, spit polished in an expensive business suit looking all rich and serious, but you know what... life if about more than that. It's about living and that's what matters to me... living my life, enjoying the time I have and making the most of every minute. This is me and I like to have fun!

Don't get me wrong, I'm as serious as the next guy... especially when it comes to my business. I work hard, very hard and I take deep personal pride in the work I do. Perhaps it goes back to my time in the Army (I served in the 82nd Airborne Division in the late seventies) but I believe there is only one way to go about doing a job and that's to the absolute best of my ability. If I'm involved in something, I'm all the way in and commited at 120%

By trade, I'm a software engineer. I've spent nearly thirty years writing computer programs. I wear my geekdom with pride. I'm quite good at what I do and I love doing it. It's one of those jobs where every day it's a new challenge. It's problem solving personified and it allows me to express my creativity. I paint pictures with code. I've written more applications in my professional history than I can remember. A few of the key ones I can think of are highlighted here...

• LottoMan -- a statistical analysis and wheeling program I wrote for lottery players, in the early nineties, that many continue to use to this day and that many call a program that was ahead of its time. There's a LottoMan II coming soon... you can find me talking about that at the Lotto649 Forum.
  
  
• Credit Card Processing -- I wrote one of the very first automated computer software systems for accepting credit cards over the internet back in the early nineties. At that time there were only two other companies that would accept credit card payments online. If only I'd been smart enough to ask for a royalty on that one!
  
  
• In 2001 I began a company called MarketBeasts.com LLC with a partner by the name of Jeff Harrison. We offered internet based data services to retail investors in the stock market. This was well before all of the online trading companies like E-Trade and TD Waterhouse, etc., started integrating data services into their trading platforms. It was a real challenge writing internet applications that gathered real-time market data, news, and integrating them all into a single data portal... and it was a lot of fun. The company was sold to a public company in 2004.
  
  
• In 2004 I did a contract programming job for a company called G&T Conveyor. That was hard work... a drop dead deadline and 90 hour work weeks. It was also one of the more fascinating jobs I've done. I wrote the baggage sorting system for Northwest Airlines at the Minneapolis - St. Paul airport. If you ever fly through there and lose your baggage, I apologize, it's all my fault I'm sure! ~smile~ It is amazing what goes into getting your baggage from your departure point to your final destination. It's a wonder it arrives at all!
  
  
• I spent a total of five years working for a company called Toptech Systems, Inc. here in the Orlando area. That job had its ups and downs but I had the opportunity there to participate in some amazing software development challenges for most of the heavy hitters in the oil industry... I wrote custom programs under Unix for ExxonMobil, BP, Texaco, Shell, Amoco and so on. One of the most rewarding was an internet portal that tied together all of the terminalling facilities these companies own all over the country.

If you're looking for a software engineer or application design consultant for a project, you can find my resume here -- I'm always open to offers that are challenging and rewarding.

This was a lesson my Grandfather taught me, I've tried to live it my entire life Whether you think you can or you can't, either way you're right -- Henry Ford

The photo you see here is one I took while SCUBA diving on a wall at Roatan Island off the north shore of Honduras. Photography is one of my hobbies and there's nothing quite as exhilarating as underwater photography. Anyway, SCUBA diving is another thing that truly excites me. I got started with SCUBA in 1990 while I lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia -- through Lynnhaven Dive Center. It was something I had always wanted to do and I can't even begin to describe to anyone who never has what a beautiful and soul filling experience SCUBA diving is.

Aside from the beauty of it, one of the things that really appeals to me about SCUBA is that I get to teach, to help others and to mentor. If I weren't such a computer geek, I would tell you that I was born to teach. There has never been a thing in my life that I didn't know I could do if I chose to and no matter what I get myself involved in, I get involved in it 120% as I already mentioned. Inevitably, I find myself gravitating to using what I've learned, and my talent for teaching, to help others learn to do it, too.

People who are naturally talented are fun. They're easy to teach and mentor. It just comes to them. But the thing I always enjoy most about teaching is taking someone who doesn't think they can do it, who is afraid of the challenge, and then watching them bloom. My favorite students have always been the ones who are standing in the shallow end of the pool with their knees shaking, afraid to put their face in the water. There is something so rewarding in bringing them along, building their confidence and then seeing them later when they have their certifications and they're jumping on the dive boat with excitement to go log more bottom time. There's an amazing feel-good you get from being able to add to someone's life.

Besides being a SCUBA diving instructor, I'm also a certified first aid instructor. I got started teaching first aid because of my certification as a SCUBA instructor in advanced open water diving. The two kind of go hand in hand and, again, it ties right in with my love of teaching and my desire to help others. I was introduced to first aid while I was in the Army and my involvement in SCUBA expanded on that.

I have had occasion, more than once in my life, to use the first-aid skills I've learned. I am so thankful to have had the good fortune to have those skills. Most recently, I was having dinner at an Olive Garden here near my home when I noticed people running excitedly around the restaurant. My military and first aid training both have taught me to run toward problems, not away from them, and this night that led me to a man laying on the floor having a heart attack. I don't know his final outcome, but I know this... I was able to give him a chance he wouldn't have had otherwise. That's a feeling you can't express.

Let me tell you about my most recent endeavor www.MyMangosteenLive.com Why would anyone ever take a drug to deal with health issues when they could use a natural solution to the problem? You can find my blog on the subject at news.MyMangosteenLive.com

I happened into the mangosteen fruit and XanGo by accident while on vacation for a 100 year family reunion in Maine. Among the family present were my Mom and her younger brother. My Mother, the firecracker that she is, was busy tending her gardens, hauling things around the property, being her usual Type-A self... and all of that having just been through hip replacement surgery a bit over a month before -- at the tender young age of sixty-nine (don't tell her I told you her age!). Needless to say, Mom was complaining... her hip was inflamed, she hurt all over and was, generally, miserable.

Her brother was telling her about this product called XanGo that he was using because of the knee problems he was experiencing, suggesting that Mom should give it a go and see if it helped her like it was helping him. He was explaining the mangosteen to her, talking about the things he had noticed improved in his own health since he started drinking the juice, and I was listening in on the conversation. It was pretty interesting stuff to listen to though I admit I was skeptical.

I did some digging around later on the internet and found, among other things, the papers on the PubMed.com web site. What I found there intrigued me. There was some serious science behind this product, it wasn't just just snake oil like is often the case... the mangosteen is a powerful anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-ulcerative, and so on.

The other thing that impressed me was there were so few people calling the product a scam. Sure, there's a few, but it isn't hard to find someone to whine about free ice cream in August, either. What few whiners I did find were complaining less about the product than the fact that it is sold by people like, well, me... network marketers. What was overwhelming was the number of people reporting success with mangosteen juice and the broad range of health conditions it was addressing for them... arthritis, migraine headaches, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, asthma, eczema, psoriasis, allergies, periodontal disease, IBS, cancers... the list of testimonials goes on and on and there was scientific research to back up the claims.

Anyway, as it happens, I had just had major oral surgery two weeks prior to arriving in Maine. I was not a happy camper. I had just undergone what can only be called physical trauma. My entire upper jaw was stitched up, I had bone grafts and I had three metal posts implanted in the upper jaw. It was, frankly, misery. Having watched some of the presentations you'll be seeing on my site, having read about the mangosteen's anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial characteristics and knowing both my Mom and my Uncle and seeing the effect mangosteen was having on them, I decided to try it for myself and see what happens. Well... it worked, it worked very well. I was sold.

Not withstanding the fact that I know how well the juice worked with the inflammation and pain from the surgery, perhaps the thing that stands out most to me is headaches. I got them a lot. In particular I had a habit of waking up in the morning with terrible headaches and I'm not one who likes to take drugs, at all if I can help it. I figure that most drugs only treat the symptoms, not the problem and most of the time the symptom is how the body fights off the problem. So, if you block the symptom, I believe you are blocking your body's ability to heal itself.

The headaches are another thing. Pain sucks. Period. So I take a variety of aspirins to deal with them. I don't like that though, NSAIDS (aspirins) can have really serious side effects... stomach ulcers, kidney damage, etc. What I love most about this product is that I've been able to stop popping pills for my headaches: naturally, without side effects. I have been able to replace a dangerous pain pill popping habit with drinking a healthy, natural juice, with no ill side effects. What more can you ask for than that?

I take two to three ounces of juice a day (one in the morning, one at night and at noon if I can) and have been ever since I got back from Maine. I soon realized that I wasn't getting headaches as often and when I do feel one coming on, I'll grab an extra ounce or two of juice (depending on how intense the onset is feeling) and the headache just never happens. Every once in a while I still wake up with my head hurting, but it doesn't throb like it did and when I do, I just have an extra ounce of juice with breakfast and before I know it, it's gone. And then there's the added bonus of anti-oxidants and other phytonutrients I'm gaining to help keep myself healthy, too.

Here's another a lesson my Grandfather taught me, this one is the story of my life ~smile~ Experience is defined as the ability to recognize a mistake when you're making it again Kids in the front seat cause accidents, accidents in the back seat cause kids.

The photograph you are looking at is of my children. Actually, I have four children. These three are already grown, married and off on their own life adventures. My baby isn't in the picture, but she's the light of my life... nine, going on twenty-nine I think. It's no accident that I put a picture of my children next to that quote. ~evil grin~

Once upon a time, I was working as a staff photographer in a place called "Old Time Photos" in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I took this picture there around 1992 as I recall. It seems like it was only a few weeks ago. I can't get over how quickly our children grow up on us.

I can still picture the three ring circus that was my Son's birth like a movie in my head. Yet that time has gone and there's no getting it back. I'm filled with pride when I look at them and their lives now. But, it's kind of sad, too, when I realize how much of their growing up I missed. Way too much. That's a mistake I won't repeat.

I can only hope that I've taught them all well.

You see, there's a follow-up to that last quote, it goes like this... when you see someone who has done a job well, what you have to realize is that the reason why they did it well is because they've done that job enough times to have already learned from all of the stupid, bone-headed, rookie mistakes people normally make. Now they have the time they need to fix the more serious mistakes they are making.

I really hate how much time I lost with my older three kids. I have no doubt I'm making a whole new series of mistakes with my baby girl, but I know one thing... I'm going to be around to watch her grow up and I'm going to enjoy every second of it. I'm not making that bonehead mistake again.

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to make sure I can enjoy as much of her childhood as I can. I'm going to be around to see it happen. Besides, maybe this time I can do something to make sure she doesn't turn out to be a Dallas Cowboys fan like that defective brother of hers!

... there is no Grandfather who does not adore his Grandson -- Victor Hugo

Before my Son left for his deployment to Iraq, he gave me a gift... he married this beautiful young lady who I adore and adopted this handsome young man. Meet my first Grandchild, that's the dapper young man in that photo... getting his first ever haircut. Boy does having a Grandchild suddenly alter the way you look at the world. I can't even begin to describe the feeling of looking at a child in this light. Nor can I tell you how much I cherish that. What an amazing gift.

There was a time, not so very long ago, when the only thing in the world I had to worry about was me. Then I had this lady I loved to think about... which led to children I had to think about... which has led to this handsome young man I have to think about. I still want my own time and space, but now I realize there are so many other things I have to take care of.

To think, I'm nearly 50 now. I have a good thirty years of life ahead of me and I'm in this wonderful place where I'm finally free to make of it what I will. I have the training, the history, the experience, the tools... all of the things I need to do with my life what I will. What a fortunate thing that is.

What more could a man possibly ask for. I truly am blessed.

There are many benefits the network marketing industry offers those who want more from their lives -- Robert Kiyosaki & Donald Trump            If you're looking to earn more money than you are right now, let me introduce you to XanGo

At the same time I was discovering the benefits of XanGo for myself, I was thinking about other people in my life that I thought might benefit from it. A woman near and dear to my heart who suffers from horrible migraine headaches and depression, a neighbor who was battling with lung cancer, another neighbor who is dealing with Type-II Diabetes, a co-worker who had just undergone knee surgery, etc. I wondered to myself if this product might help any of them. I didn't for a second believe it was going to cure any of them... but I was pretty certain it would help their health and help them to feel better.

I've built enough successful businesses and products in my lifetime to recognize opportunity when I see it. It didn't take me long at all to realize what a huge opportunity XanGo is. The product is phenomenal, the company leadership reads like a who's who in network marketing and you couldn't be looking at a better market at a better time. In just five years XanGo has built a billion dollar brand and that wasn't by accident. The thing that really floors me is the opportunity that is still ahead.

I don't have a doubt in my mind that I am going to build a more successful business with XanGo than I ever have before. I honestly can't remember the last time an opportunity excited me like this one has. The thing that excites me most about this company is the fact that it's a product that everyone can relate to, use and benefit from. What's more, is the fact that it is so affordable and attainable for anyone. Even the startup cost blows away every other company I've ever looked at. Where else can you tap into a $200 billion market with a $1 billion brand for just $35?

While I'm on that subject, I'm as serious about building this business as any other I've ever built. If you're thinking about starting your own business or looking for a way you can earn a second income, I'd love to talk to you about XanGo. I'm looking for people who are motivated and serious about their own personal success. If that's you, drop me an e-mail and let's talk. Twenty percent of the people in this business earn over $20,000 a year at it in their part-time and I can easily see a serious person who isn't afraid of work making a six or seven figure income in this business -- which is why I got involved in it myself.

The key to success... Do today what others won't, so you can live tomorrow how others can't. -- Bill Britt            Find someone who is successful and do what they do so you can have what they have

I think all of these things I've been talking about on this page have a lot to do with what has gotten me so excited about XanGo. It's like the perfect storm for me because it touches on so many facets in my life. I have the vehicle to live my life as I choose, to earn what I'm willing to work for, to help others both in their health and their financial freedom, to teach, to mentor and to build something of value that will benefit my entire family. I can do what I do from home, I can take it with me anywhere in the world I might choose to go and I am free to spend my time where it matters... with my friends and my family.

You can learn about XanGo and how you can be a part of it at http://spiel.MyJetstream.net. You'll find several videos that really describe what XanGo is, both the company and the product, how the system works, the compensation plan and even how the JetStream system will help you build your organization. Check it out... if you're looking for an opportunity to better your place in life, you owe it to yourself to look this one over.

There are three types of people... those who create their own wealth, those who create someone else's wealth, and those who create nothing. Which are you?

Here's one last item of interest... as a professional networker, I spend a great deal of time on the social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, etc. I've come across a new networking site called Yuwie which, frankly, I think is a stroke of marketing genius. The bottom line is that sites like MySpace are making over $20 million a month in advertising revenue while their users are doing 100% of the work of creating content, referring new people to the site, generating traffic and clicking on the advertisements. That's kind of a raw deal for the users. Yuwie wants to compete with MySpace and the like and they've come up with a novel way to do it... they PAY the users to use the site.

Seriously!

If you are a MySpace user, you like networking with folks or you're looking for a way to earn a little extra income that costs you nothing but your time, you can CLICK HERE to see a video and create your own Yuwie profile. If you want a real in depth look at how you can make money with Yuwie, START HERE first... it's a page I created the lays it on the line as far as how to build a residual income from networking on Yuwie.