Ever pick up a book and have it just be so… right, so spot on, so personal and intimate to who you are and what you want in life; that you couldn’t put it down?

It doesn’t happen very often, and I read a lot and enjoy reading anything; history, . . . → Read More: Right Between The Eyes]]>

Where Has This Book Been All My Life?

Ever pick up a book and have it just be so… right, so spot on, so personal and intimate to who you are and what you want in life; that you couldn’t put it down?

It doesn’t happen very often, and I read a lot and enjoy reading anything; history, fiction, economics, business, network marketing books, Harry Potter, sci fi; it’s one of my favorite pastimes, but moments like that where someone says exactly what I think are rare.

I hope I’m the only person who’s never read this book, but I have a hunch I’m in good company. I would guess I could probably ask forty or fifty networkers if they’ve read this book and I’d probably get forty or fifty no’s even though it’s considered a classic in network marketing.

What Book, Who Wrote It?

John Milton Fogg is the author, and the book is The Greatest Networker In The World. If you’ve read books or magazines on or about the network marketing industry, you’ve probably run across John’s name and never thought anything more about it.

Here’s a short self-description from John on his website; “For more than 20 years I’ve been a writer, teacher, author, speaker & coach. Ask me what I do and I’ll probably say, ‘I’m a writer.’ Ask my friends and they’ll say, ‘He’s a mentor.’ They’re right. That’s my purpose, passion & joy.

“I don’t claim to be The Greatest Networker in the World, and I am the guy that wrote the book, which having sold more than a million copies is one of the highest-ever selling network marketing titles.”

Has He Been Reading My Notes?

Here’s the part that really got to me and had tears welling up in my eyes:

“I just want to be a success, “ I told him, emotion troubling my words a little. “I’m so sick and tired of the sameness … to give my wife and kids the things they deserve. Disney World, “ I said, “I want to take the kids to Disney World – and the Grand Canyon. I want to be free. I want time … creativity … control…. And yes, I do want to be a pioneer – again. I loved doing that….”

“But…?” he asked quietly.

“But, I don’t know how,” I answered…  (End of quote)

I must be hanging out with the wrong people, nobody I know has ever mentioned this book to me …

Closing Out For This Edition

In the next paragraph, the narrator of the story goes on to say “I see other people doing it. Lots of them. So I know it can be done. And I know they’re not any smarter or better than me, or work any harder. It’s just that – I can’t seem to get it to work for me. I try. I really do. I make the calls… run my names list. It just doesn’t work.”

I am sure I’m going to find more pearls of wisdom as I continue reading this book (the quotes above are from page 13), and I will share them with you. But this one couldn’t wait as I knew it would speak to others out there.

But I wanted to close with this thought, no matter how good, bad or indifferent  you are at “doing” network marketing, you increase your chances for achieving your dreams if you pick a company that is going in the direction you want to go.

To learn more about how to pick a company to work with, go to www.AlansMLMTips.com and sign up for the “7 Days, 7 Insider Secrets” email newsletter.

If you’re investigating network marketing as a possible sideline or even a career change, but aren’t quite sure yet; you owe it to yourself to watch Brilliant Compensation, a beautiful analogy on why network marketing is so … well, brilliant.

Otherwise, if you’ve already read “The Greatest Networker,” reread it, if not, get and read the book, it’s well worth it.

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Are you really listening, or are you just waiting for your turn to speak?  — John Milton Fogg

1)    Give up

2)    Do nothing

There are a multitude of potentially useful or right things to do.

For instance, if things aren’t going the way you planned, you can learn more, plan better, do more, do a lot more, do something different, revise your game . . . → Read More: Never Give Up]]>

There are basically two wrong things to do in any life situation.

1)    Give up

2)    Do nothing

There are a multitude of potentially useful or right things to do.

For instance, if things aren’t going the way you planned, you can learn more, plan better, do more, do a lot more, do something different, revise your game plan, find someone that’s gotten to where you want to be and ask for their help, work harder, work smarter, find a partner, find a better partner, get rid of the wrong partner, find a mentor, find a better mentor, etc.

You can also find out what’s motivating you, what’s your passion, why do you want what you want. If you say you want to be rich, why? What would being rich enable you to do? If you want more free time, why? What do you want to do with that free time? Travel, study, go back to school, be a missionary? What’s your real objective?

I read a great book on this subject a couple years ago called “Living With Passion” by Peter L. Hirsch. In Chapter 3, he gives an exercise in figuring out your purpose and values.

Once you have that thing, that passion, that goal, your why in front of you, it becomes much harder to give up on yourself and easier to motivate yourself to do whatever you need to do to turn the situation around.

Quotes To Help Keep You Motivated

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.  – Calvin Coolidge

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.       – Theodore Roosevelt

I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.  – Vince Lombardi

Never Giving Up Means Knowing Where You’re Going

To learn more about how network marketing can help you achieve your goals, check out Brilliant Compensation.

To learn how picking a company correctly increases your odds of success, go to www.AlansMLMTips.com and sign up for the “7 Days, 7 Insider Secrets” email newsletter.

Till next time – MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I blog because I think I have useful insight. That useful insight might be valuable to someone if I write it down so they can see it. If I don’t write it down, they (you) can’t see it, use it, or act on it.

Why I Write About My New Company

Because I think it might . . . → Read More: Pardon Me?]]>

Why I Blog

I blog because I think I have useful insight. That useful insight might be valuable to someone if I write it down so they can see it. If I don’t write it down, they (you) can’t see it, use it, or act on it.

Why I Write About My New Company

Because I think it might be valuable to someone if I write it down so they can see it. If I don’t write it down, they (you) can’t see it, use it, or act on it.

Also, one of my favorite mentors happens to think it’s a great idea as well, and we’re both working our butts off and I ran out of time to write my blog the last two weeks. Does this mean I’ve lost interest in network marketing or in my blog? Au contraire.

I am more excited about it than ever. You can create your fortune in network marketing and I want to help you do so.

Why I’m Writing This Particular Post

Couple of reasons. Number 1, I didn’t want you to think I’d forgotten about you.

Number 2, I got some criticism, partly justified, partly not. The part I didn’t feel was justified, was complaining that I was spending too much time talking about the company that I’m working with. With a total of 30 posts, 3 posts talking about a company that I am completely flipped out about is too much?

I didn’t think so. If you think so, please let me know in your comments.

I would really love to hear from you. What do you want to hear about? What topic would you like more information on?

How To Choose

If you want more info on how to choose a network marketing company, go to www.AlansMLMTips.com and sign up for the “7 Days, 7 Insider Secrets” email newsletter. It’s free and contains some great data!

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Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship – Omar Bradley

According to the dictionary, an adage is a saying that sets forth a general truth, and that has gained credit through long use.

One popular example of an adage is Murphy’s Law, one of the variations of which is “If anything can possibly go wrong, it will.”

Another is “Don’t put the cart before the horse.” . . . → Read More: What If It Is Not Too Good To Be True?]]>

What’s An Adage?

According to the dictionary, an adage is a saying that sets forth a general truth, and that has gained credit through long use.

One popular example of an adage is Murphy’s Law, one of the variations of which is “If anything can possibly go wrong, it will.”

Another is “Don’t put the cart before the horse.” Meaning to do things in the correct sequence.

If It’s Too Good To Be True…

The adage “if it’s too good to be true, it probably is,” has been with us for a long time and most of us use it frequently to quickly discard things that seem just too good to be true. By using this adage, we save ourselves time and energy and frequently money.

While researching this adage for this post, I came across a great little blog post from a few years ago, that I thought explained its use very well.

“I’m sure you’ve all heard the old adage, ‘If something seems too good to be true, it probably is.’  And I’m sure you, like me, can recount many instances of when you fell for some scheme or ploy that turned out just that way.  At the same time, I’m sure you can count many blessings that have come into your life that, if you stopped to think about them long enough, you would have thought were ‘too good to be true.’  Maybe it’s a relationship, a job, a salary, or just something that years ago, you would never have dreamed would have happened to you.  Yet, it did happen to you.” – excerpted from debramoorhead.com

Maybe I’m Wrong, But…

I think some of you haven’t acted on the Sundance Global opportunity, because it seems too good to be true. It certainly seemed that way to me, but one of my favorite mentors had said “take a look at this.” So, I trust him, what else could I do? I took a look.

What I saw was free sign-up, free website, and some free food samples. What you’re risking is $5.95, that’s the cost of shipping on your food samples. The risk/benefit ratio was ridiculous, $5.95? We’ll give you some food and you tell us if you like it. And, oh, by the way, if you like it, you can generate some extra part-time income.

Do Yourself A Favor

Run, don’t walk to Sundance Global and watch the 4 minute video. Sign up, order your free food ($15- 20 value), try the food and leave a comment below to let me know what you like most about the food.

I remember thinking when I ordered my food, “how good can it be if it’s supposed to last 15 years?” Luckily, I was wrong. When I tried it, it was wonderful.  I shared it with two friends and they both thought it was great.

Why would you want food that lasts 15 years? Well, here’s one possible scenario that I wrote a couple of weeks ago about an earthquake causing food shortages.

Here are some other possibilities:

• Unemployment
• Unforeseen Hardships
• Poor Economic Times
• Natural Disasters
• Lack of Independence
• Debt

To safeguard yourself in troubled times, many churches and experts recommend that you have food stockpiled for times of emergency and catastrophes. Put your safety net in place, go to Sundance Global, and get started today!

Alan Eames

818-207-7688

P.S. – Don’t wait, this offer is only good until October 20, 2010; so sign up now.

It seems like every book I’ve read says you should begin your network marketing career in this fashion:

1)    Find a great company with a wonderful product

2)    Find an awesome sponsor within that company who can mentor you to success

3)    Go to work with your sponsor

4)    Learn the ropes

5)    Make money while you . . . → Read More: Network Marketing – The Chicken or the Egg?]]>

The Books Say The Egg

It seems like every book I’ve read says you should begin your network marketing career in this fashion:

1)    Find a great company with a wonderful product

2)    Find an awesome sponsor within that company who can mentor you to success

3)    Go to work with your sponsor

4)    Learn the ropes

5)    Make money while you learn

6)    Find others to duplicate these steps

That would be the egg.

But The Chicken

Might look like this:

1)    A friend or relative tells you about the company he’s working with

2)    You sign up because you like the product or the company or your friend

3)    You don’t know what to do and neither does the person who signed you up

4)    You tell a few people about it and nobody else is interested

5)    You quit

Or maybe like this, which it did for me:

1)    My brother tells me about the company he’s working with

2)    I sign up

3)    With the help of my brother’s sponsor, I sign up someone

4)    That person makes several sales

5)    I get excited and try to repeat steps 3 & 4

6)    Number 3 runs out of warm market to talk to and loses interest

7)    I move on to another job and while not losing interest, don’t network market for several years

8)    I read books, I start and run my own traditional business

9)    I sign up for another network marketing company and fail

10)     I keep running my business

11)     I read more books

12)     Etc.

The Reality

I’m guessing that most people reading blogs about network marketing or home businesses or work from home jobs have experienced some version of the chicken scenario; jumping in and trying to figure it out.

The ones who persist through the failures and keep learning eventually discover that there is a reason most books give you the first version, i.e. the egg: you increase your chances of success by doing things in that sequence.

It doesn’t mean the chicken is wrong, or the pig or the cow or the bull moose; if you keep your eye on the goal, you’re going to get there. (For more on the goal, see my earlier post “Why, Oh Why.”)

I want to help you speed up the process.

What Do I Do If I’m already A Chicken?

Keep going! The only thing that can stop you is if you quit. If you know where you want to go, you can get there. As Jim Rohn once said, “working hard on your job makes you a living, working hard on yourself makes you a fortune.”

The difference between the first chicken who gave up and the second chicken (me) is that I didn’t give up. I kept working on myself, reading books, finding mentors, etc.

If you’re already in a company and you’re happy with the products but not so much with your sponsor, find a mentor, read a book, learn how to talk to people. Develop the skills and attitudes you need to attract people into your life, whether mentors, teachers, or business partners.

What If My Company or Product Isn’t So Great?

Hey, it happens. The initial hype can generate enthusiasm for a company or a product that isn’t that good. Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water! Find a better company/product and go to work.

Not only will your attitude be better, your honesty with yourself and your prospects will improve and so will your results.

For more info on how to pick a company or a product, see my post called Five Things To Evaluate, or go to www.AlansMLMTips.com for free emails on how to pick them like a pro.

Another Quote

“Would you like me to give you a formula for… success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all… you can be discouraged by failure / or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that’s where you’ll find success. On the far side.” – Thomas J. Watson, founder of IBM