Question: What is the main thing that holds people back from true success in life?
Answer – In a word, apathy.
Apathy is absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement. When we are apathetic, we lack interest in or concern for things that others can find moving or exciting…  Summed up, we become lame duck, [...]

Believe it or not, most of your organization is looking for a reason to quit.  It takes true commitment to succeed in anything, not just network marketing. Network marketing failure rate is widely published and maligned, but knowledge is power and when you understand your downline’s tenancies it can help address the failure rate in [...]

I have always tried to think positively, it seems to make me happier.  However, positive thinking by itself is pretty useless.  As the good book says, faith without works is dead. 
One of the better speeches on this positive thinking came from Tony Robbins.  Tony said,”It is ineffective to think positive only.  You wouldn’t go [...]

Question – What are leadership characteristics needed in network marketing to succeed?
Answer – Leadership principles are the same in network marketing as they are in almost every other human interaction.
I was searching leadership today and I found a blog with some excellent information on leadership.
Here are some action steps to enhance our Leadership Generosity:
Give people a [...]

In order to help you better use your new blogging site that uses a Wordpress backend, I have prepared videos to give you the basic information that you need to get started.
Using a powerful engine like Wordpress can give you many advantages over other free sites such as blogger.com, but there are lessons you will [...]

Q: What is the secret to success in Network Marketing?
A: Don’t ever give up.
Is that really the secret?  It can’t be that easy you may say.  I tell you it is.  But never giving up is very hard for most people.  Don’t be one of them.
I love this cartoon.  I always have.  I have counseled [...]

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Question: I have been at the same level in my business and life for too long.  What can I do to get past this barrier?
Answer:  You may be holding on to things that are preventing you from the personal growth you need to get to the next level.
I recently received a tweet that said, “The [...]

Question – We are having growth in our business, but we are having too much attrition, what can I do to help people stay in the business long enough to start making real money?
Answer – Try having some fun.
Did you know that one of your main responsibilities as a successful network marketer is to [...]

Question: I am working my tail off to get people in my group. I am wearing down, will it ever get better?
Answer: It can get better once you learn how to develop leaders.
John C. Maxwell once said, “A leader is one who knows the way … goes the way … and shows the [...]

[ April 21, 2009; 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm. April 23, 2009; 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm. April 28, 2009; 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm. April 30, 2009; 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Why are some people successful when others are a complete failure in life and in network marketing?  Is there a secret that makes some people so successful while others fail?  The simple answer is yes.  There is a secret to network marketing and if you follow what I teach in the course, you will succeed.

There [...]

Question: Can I succeed in Network Marketing if it is hard to talk about making money?

Answer: That depends on what you define success to be.  If you want to make six figures a year in network marketing, you must be comfortable talking about money.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to make more money.  I repeat, [...]

Question: My upline keeps telling me to make names lists and attend meetings, isn’t that the “old way” of doing business?
Answer: Yes, but it still works, and if it works, why fight it.
I have spent a lot of time this week calling purchased leads with an IBO. We have taken turns calling on these [...]

Question – Is competition good to have in my business?
Answer – Competition is fine, but be careful, be very careful.  Be a good winner.
I love to play sports. I love competition. There is nothing like the thrill of a game and there is a great feeling of winning a well fought battle. [...]

Part of succeeding is reading. If you start spending less time in front of the television and making your car a university on wheels you will find power in knowledge. Start making your library a part of your success. Here are some of my favorites.

Question – I can’t seem to get my downline motivated, what can I do?
Answer – success isn’t the result of spontaneous combustion. People must be willing to set themselves on fire.
It would be great if we could motivate ourselves and downline as easy as lighting a match on gasoline, but it doesn’t work that way. [...]

Question – After a very important prospect tells me no, should I give up on them and move on?
Answer – You always move on, but never give up, never surrender.
Today we met with a prospect we first contacted almost a year ago. When we first met, we spent almost a month trying to get [...]

Question: “What are you doing?” right now to grow your business?
Answer: I hope you have signed up for a FREE Twitter account. If not get on it.
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Here’s something you can do within the next two minutes that can produce results for you almost immediately to build your existing downline and to get new leads.
If [...]

Question – What is the best way to create unity in my organization?
Answer – This one is simple; edify, edify and then edify some more.
There is nothing that will destroy momentum and a team mentality faster than negativity creep. Network Marketing groups should not resemble an episode of Survivor or the board room with [...]

Question: Can I really succeed in network marketing?
Answer: Maybe.  Depends on: your willingness to learn, overcome disappointment, passionately follow your dreams and your empathy for others.
In traditional business only 29% of new businesses are still in existence at the end of year 10.  The largest percentage of failure comes in the first 5 years, when [...]