Ever been chatting with someone and, before you can even finish your sentence, they interrupt to share their own thought or finish yours for you? Or perhaps you are in the middle of making an important point and their attention is pulled away as they check their ringing cell phone, send an email or reply [...]
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Two of my favorite company success stories are Thirty-One Gifts and Scentsy. Both of these are primarily Party Plan Network Marketing companies. Thirty-One Gifts primarily sells very cool handbags and accessories, and Scentsy sells wickless candles in decorative ceramic warmers, handbags and even now has a fondue division. Thirty-One Gifts is based in Columbus, Ohio, [...]
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Have you ever seen the little children in undeveloped, impoverished countries on the news? Notice how happy they seem, unless they are starving or sick (which many of them are). Have you ever wondered how that can be? How can children …
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There are many pleasures in life that bring happiness. After more than 20 years of mentoring and coaching people from all walks of life, I have found that people seem to be happiest when they are in the process of achieving; when they are accomplishing something that is tremendously important to …
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World history is full of powerful leaders; men and women who changed the direction of societies, business and culture. Nothing is more valuable to our society’s health. Yet today, leadership often feels like a missing link in business, politics, religion, education and even the family. Sure, leadership exists. But it is seldom the kind of [...]
Read More...Take a moment to imagine where our society would be, if we (people and businesses) allowed ourselves to believe we have no need for improvement. If we settled for “good enough,” instead of reaching for excellence. If in the afterglow of great success, …
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Creating a Plan Creating your plan is as simple as deciding either when you want to achieve your goals and working the actions out backwards, or deciding what the maximum number of sorts you can commit to daily or weekly and calculating the achievement …
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Leaders Equal Income Looking at volume or even the number of active Distributors does not create a successful Established Leg. An organizational leader best defines it. Once you have a leader in the Leg, the leader will establish the Leg and grow it from …
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Project work is the process of taking a specific target or goal and creating a plan for its attainment. This plan will boil down into either a daily action or a weekly action. …
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Antilogy is an opposition in thoughts, views, statements, and/or words. (noun) An example of an antilogy is the word “clip” which on one hand can mean “bring together” as in a hair clip or barrette, and …
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Every project for Residual Income (in any Compensation Plan) can be, and should be, converted to a quantity of leaders. Instead of focusing on how much money you will earn, convert the income to how many leaders you will need to create the …
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The beginning of the question is: "What is your vision created of … your past, your present or your future?" Maybe we need to back up a little to answer that. …
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Leadership in our business is everything. First it was a farmer. Then it was accountants and engineers. Then it was doctors and teachers. And for a while it was the MBA. Now it is lawyers. (There …
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We can and will do just about anything on which we set our minds. The question is: Where have we directed our minds? …
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The first thing that came to mind when asked to write this article was that the first Element of Greatness has to be… …
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The Focus Factor Goals work simply because without a clearly defined target, we cannot channel our energies. The human spirit has infinite abilities to accomplish most anything it sets out to achieve, but without clearly defined targets, that capacity is scattered and …
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I often marvel at the innovative men and women responsible for the advancement of modern technology. Somehow these brilliant minds refuse to believe there are limits to what they can create and accomplish. …
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World history is full of powerful leaders; men and women who changed the direction of societies, business and culture. Nothing is more valuable to our society’s health. Yet today, leadership often feels like a missing link in business, politics, religion, education and even the family. …
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Think of a time when you really wanted something badly. When your need to have or achieve it consumed your thoughts, yet your mind convinced you it was out of reach or unattainable. One of the greatest mysteries that surround the elusive nature of success, happiness and peace of mind is revealed when we understand [...]
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I met Bruce and Jan Gordon 10 years or so ago golfing and boating here on Lake Coeur d’Alene. They are from the Denver area but found their way here through a mutual friend. Last year Bruce told me about his vision for swimming the Kaiwi Channel (a.k.a. Molokai Channel), a 26-mile, open water swim [...]
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One of the biggest challenges I face in teaching people the Art of Self Motivation is leading them to understand how you and I learn to believe. By the Mach II definition, a vision is not a vision unless you have some belief that it is inevitable. Otherwise, it is nothing more than a wish, [...]
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Sometimes we need a kick in the head to wake us up from the deep sleep of resignation. Remember the story about the frog and the Bunsen burner? If you put a frog in a bowl of water and very, very slowly turn up the heat he will stew to death. The threat is too insidious … too [...]
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As you read about the successes of others, you might wonder: With the same products and opportunities, why do some people create success while others struggle? Obviously, there are a lot of factors unique to each of us. Call them challenges, excuses, priorities, circumstances or bad luck. We all have our …
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