06.29.08
7 Steps to Success
Step One: Realise The Need For Change
Albert Einstein defined insanity as, “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
The important first step on the road to success is realizing the need for change in your life. If the things you have been doing aren’t helping you on the path to success, why continue to do them? Reasons many people avoid change include not understanding the need for change and the comfort of the familiar. You are sacrificing your own future success for the ease of doing nothing. Once you realize the need for change, you have taken the first step.
Step 2: Goal Setting and Planning
OK, you know what you have been doing isn’t working. What do you want?
You need to know what you want out of life in order to go after it. Spend some time setting both long and short term goals. Sit down with a pen and paper and write some goals. What do you want to achieve in the next few months and years?
Once you have established your overall goals in life, you can do some planning for how you will attain the goals you have set. Don’t worry if you aren’t exactly sure how you will reach your goals. Do not let this stop you from making a plan and acting on it.
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
.Success University’s weekly success plan can help you define your goals and plan how to achieve them. The curriculum is designed to help you reach your success goals in as little as 12 months. You will learn valuable tools for goal setting, personal development, time management, networking and much more.
Step 3: Education
For the successful person, education does not end when you receive your diploma. The most successful people are learning all the time. The skills you need to be successful can all be learned, but these skills are not taught in school. You need to seek out this knowledge. Success University has created a program with the help of some of the most successful people in the country. The best way to learn the keys to success is from those who have used them to their full advantage.
Step 4: Find a Mentor or Mentors
The mentor-protégé relationship is rooted in our history and has helped countless people on the path to success. In fact, the Mentor first appeared in Homer’s epic The Odyssey. Odysseus leaves his son and kingdom in the care of Mentor. Mentoring is successfully used in programs for kids, business, the medical profession, the Arts and many other areas due to the value of the mentor-protégé model. Finding mentors is not always an easy task. If you are lucky, there is a professional or successful person in your life willing to act as a mentor. Otherwise, you will have to seek out advice and coaching. A huge benefit of the Success University program is access to mentors and coaches to help you past the pitfalls and hurdles in your path.
Step 5: Persistence Pays Off
The most successful people are persistent. They don’t back down or give up in the face of challenge or even great difficulty. Somehow, they stick to it, persevere and overcome the obstacles. This is an important quality to cultivate in yourself in order to reach your goals and achieve success. Motivation is critical to perseverance. You have to be motivated to stick to your plans, even in the face of great challenge. Following a weekly success plan can really help you stay motivated and achieve success.
Step 6: Repetition
How did you learn to read? How did you learn to ride a bike? How did you learn to drive a car? It wasn’t learned in five minutes, but had to be practiced over and over again. Repetition is an important component to success. The more you do something, the better you will get at it. This is a fact that is well known to teachers and parents. The same holds true when learning skills and tools for success. You need to get out there, learn what you need to know and repeat the skills and strategies you learn at Success University in order to make a real change in your life.
Step 7: Start NOW!
There are a million reasons to procrastinate and put off taking the first steps on the road to success. Don’t fall into this trap. Procrastination is your worst enemy, if you are serious about achieving success. The months and years wasted with a mindset of “I’ll do it tomorrow,” or “Someday, I will…” can never be reclaimed. Don’t let one more day slip away. Take the first step on the road to success by visiting Success University. Listen in on a Live Opportunity Teleseminar and enroll to gain the skills you need and get advice from over 50 famous and successful experts. Visit http://resetyourreality.successuniversity.com now!
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Sally Berger
06.26.08
What Are Your Qualifications?
Hi!
Are you *qualified* to start an Internet business?
If you’re like most people, you probably measure your qualifications by your technical skills…
Your ability to design a web site…
Your ability to write sales copy…
Your ability to drive traffic…
But the reality is, NONE of that matters.
Building a business is a FORMULA. If you can understand instructions and follow the formula, you WILL make money online.
So if it’s that simple, why do SO MANY people fail at it?
Personality!
See, there are certain personality traits — inherent in some, but LEARNED by others — that allow people to easily succeed, and other traits that cause people to constantly FAIL.
If you could identify those traits, wouldn’t you have a better chance at being successful?
Well, here’s your opportunity to find out…
… because I’ve been authorized by none other than Derek Gehl *himself* to offer you a FREE copy of his brand-new report, which lays out the exact traits necessary to succeed online.
The report will be available within the next 48 hours, and is based on Derek’s personal observations following a DECADE of working with thousands of successful Internet entrepreneurs
from around the world.
And like I said: he’s allowing me to offer a copy to all of my best customers for free… no strings attached.
When you get it, you can do one of two things:
1. Nothing… which is definitely an “unsuccessful trait”.
2. Study it and figure out if you have the inherent prerequisites for success, or if you need to LEARN them.
So if you would like a copy of this report, for FREE, go to:
http://www.marketingtips.com/qualify/t/1238154
… and follow the instructions there!
All the best…
Rebecca
Why MLM is a Better Business Model (Part 5 0f 5)
Financial freedom
In truth, this is the reason most people get into MLM. They recognize how limiting their current employment situation really is. MLM is full of examples of people who have made outrageous sums and live exotic lifestyles.
What isn’t as well reported are the folks that make it less than super-rich. That’s enough for most of us- a steady source of income to augment and eventually free us from the daily working grind. What MLM offers us is a future worth having. We don’t have to be ultra-rich (although that would be nice) we just want a chance to grow out of the current rut we are stuck in.
We see that the time we have to sell an employer is limited. It is limited in amount and it is limited in how much we can get per hour. The beauty of MLM is that my efforts today do not die away as tomorrow dawns. A down-line is like a garden, you plant seeds, you water and weed a bit, but mostly you sit back and let nature take its course. And then you reap the benefits of a harvest that grew up while you were doing other things.
By leveraging my time- in essence multiplying it- I am freed from the inherent limits. Something I do today will be paying me for years to come. If I repeat the same process tomorrow, I can add more and more to my storehouse. This is the real reason MLM works, this ability to keep yesterday’s efforts alive and well. And it’s something you won’t find in a traditional job.
06.24.08
Why MLM Is A Better Business Model (Part 3 of 5)
The pacing advantage.
When you work a normal job or own a regular business time is a commodity in short supply. There is always pressure to meet some deadline and beat the clock. Without the time to move thoughtfully, we are put under a great deal of stress and we make mistakes. Business doesn’t have to be this way. By easing into an MLM gradually, new members set their own pace. Sure, it can be hustle and bustle if that suits your personality- but it doesn’t have to be. You can’t overstate the benefits of working because you want to, instead of because you have to.
“But,” critics argue, “You don’t know how much your paycheck will be every week.”
My favorite answer to this is: “Yes, but I can’t imagine how you live knowing what your paycheck will be every week.”
It’s simple. A wage slave makes the same amount every week. Stability is the reward. But stability is also a prison. They are never going to have a series of good weeks while their business grows into a series of good years. Since most MLMers transition from a weekly paycheck job by developing their own down-line, the pressure is minimal. It is possible to have your cake and eat it too.
Without the need to make loan payments or meet a sales quota, MLMers can focus on quality instead of quantity. Sure, sales matter, but attitude and motivation matter more. You have the luxury of time. Time to try out new ideas and methods, time to learn and grow, and time to network with peers.
When you work a normal job or own a regular business time is a commodity in short supply. There is always pressure to meet some deadline and beat the clock. Without the time to move thoughtfully, we are put under a great deal of stress and we make mistakes. Business doesn’t have to be this way. By easing into an MLM gradually, new members set their own pace. Sure, it can be hustle and bustle if that suits your personality- but it doesn’t have to be. You can’t overstate the benefits of working because you want to, instead of because you have to.
Why MLM Is A Better Business Model (Part 4 of 5)
Available support.
Another advantage of MLM is the support structure. Small businesses are usually started on a sink or swim basis. There’s a spirit of competition and survival of the fittest right away. The best you can do with a brick and mortar operation is buy a franchise- but even then you are trading your freedom for any tips and tricks they pass along. With MLM the paradigm is different. Since your up-line depends on your sales and growth, they are more than willing to mentor new members.
By getting real-time advise and direction, new marketers can stay on-trend, taking advantage of other members’ adroit moves and avoiding their mistakes. This is especially valuable when marketing on the Internet, where fast adaptation is quickly rewarded. You can’t wait for some technique to make its way into a book or a lecture; you need the info now, while it can still do you the most good.
Beyond this, mentoring helps you establish the essentials. There’s a huge amount of business knowledge available to tap into. Affiliate marketing, ezine and forum marketing, network marketing and a host of other techniques for growing a solid and productive down-line are there for the taking.
Instead of the trade secrets model found in the rest of the business world, you find helpful teachers who’s profits are tied directly to yours. Compare this with bosses and managers whose sole function is to keep your wage as low as possible. The contrast is apparent and makes you wonder why anyone would take a salaried job.
06.20.08
Why MLM is a Better Business Model (Part 2 of 5)
Low labor costs.
Traditional businesses hire, train, and eventually fire employees. The relationship is similar to the one we have with machines. You buy/rent a lawnmower, set it at it’s task and throw it away when it breaks. Is it any wonder most employees don’t like their jobs? They understand the fundamental flaw in the game; they sense it is rigged against them.
This joint success has been artificially mirrored by corporations who talk about ‘associates’. But that’s a fiction; none of those associates are ever going to own more than a tiny slice of the real profit pie. Not so in MLM. The only real way for an up-line to succeed is if their down-line succeeds. Shared profits are built into the system and provide the incentive that is missing from a 9-to-5 job.
06.16.08
Why MLM Is A Better Business Model (Part 1 of 5)
Why MLM is a Better Business Model
You might be surprised to learn that MLM (multi-level marketing) is being taught in many MBA programs (although they often give it another name- relationship marketing, stakeholder marketing or social network marketing).
MLM has gone legitimate. From it’s unfortunate beginnings, when it was associated with pyramid schemes and get-rich-quick scams, distributed marketing (nothing like a new name!) has emerged as a tried and true method for low capitalization entrepreneurs to build their own thriving businesses.
Some of the successful long-term MLM companies are familiar names- Avon, Amway, Neways and others. Critics are left without a good answer when presented with these examples of the MLM business model working day-in and day-out, as steady as any blue-chip company on the NYSE.
What are they teaching MBAs about distributed marketing? Here are some of the advantages over traditional business models:
Low startup costs.
Financing a new business is a task no one enjoys. The hunt for a lender, initial loans and debt financing make most startups a partnership. The unwanted partner is the bank or venture capitalist who’s holding your paper. And this marriage isn’t going to end with a quickie divorce- either you pay the loan off or go bankrupt. When two out of three new ventures fail, you have to wonder at the courage it takes to put your house and future on the line for an idea.
None of this comes into play with MLM. The initial outlay is extremely low. The anxiety of working for your lender is eliminated. The usual setup is low to no inventory, no physical location (rental of commercial property is avoided) and no liability insurance. You get the tax advantages of any business without the overhead. Which brings up employees…
Welcome Fellow MLMers!
The good news: Mr Donald Trump has said that if he had to create his wealth again, he would find a great MLM company and work hard at it. Mr Robert Kiyosaki (Author of the Internationally Best Selling “Rich Dad, Poor Dad’) has echoed the same sentiment. This is an INCREDIBLE opportunity for the average person to create wealth and achieve financial freedom.
The not so good news: Did you know more than 95% of network marketers will FAIL in their efforts to succeed in this business? Scary statistics isn’t it? I believe the problem is certainly NOT the MLM business in general, but the out-of-date MLM training most MLMers are given!
Imagine starting a traditional business without any of the tools, skills or knowledge needed to succeed. Imagine buying a donut business, and not having the equipment, the skills, even the recipe… Do you think you would be the owner of a busy bustling donut shop straight away? You wouldn’t even have a donut to sell!!! No, it takes work, and the RIGHT TRAINING to become successful, doesn’t it?! Yet in MLM we expect if we join, the money will automatically start pouring in just because we signed up.
MLM truly is an incredible opportunity, and one you just can’t let go if you want to achieve financial freedom.
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