tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284164062024-03-13T09:52:02.008-04:00No Limit SuccessStepping stones towards *your* unprecedented future!
Develop your financial intelligence and unlock the wealth within yourself!Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-65983226179191186532009-12-31T00:53:00.000-05:002009-12-31T00:53:39.313-05:002010 New Years' ResolutionThis really happened to me.<br />
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My home office PC had an automated backup program running that saved my data to a USB connected external hard drive. I figured everything was A-OK and there was nothing to worry about. In truth, I hadn't been careful enoough in selecting software that reported via email/popup/siren/flashinglights when something went wrong.<br />
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The external drive failed and I didn't notice. A couple of months later the local electrical utility company was doing some work about 2 miles from me. A truck backed into a pole holding a transformer... knocking out power in the area... and breaking my main hard drive in my PC. The one I thought was safely copying data to the external drive.<br />
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Emails, bookmarks, software, data, music files, photos, work, play, family tree data, contracts, etc, etc -- all gone.<br />
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Oops!<br />
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$1,500 later I had my data recovered to a new boot drive.<br />
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I also learned two things:<br />
<ol><li>Be careful about selecting my backup software</li>
<li>Check to make sure it is running</li>
</ol>A couple of months later I read about an online backup solution. Secure, automatic, remote, reliable, simple to set up and affordable. In fact, you can back up 2 GB of data at no cost if you want to try it out. When you need your data it is right there on the Internet. You can even restore using just a browser!<br />
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All of my valuable emails, pictures, scanned images & documents, genealogy databases and reports were gone... without warning. And it cost me a bundle of $ and some frayed nerves before I got lucky enoough to get them recovered. I don't want to do it again.<br />
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For 2010... promise yourself to visit <a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/mozy.html" target="_blank">http://nolimitsuccess.info/mozy.html</a> and when you forget about making backups you can sleep peacefully knowing your computer is looking after things for you. It will be a resolution that is easy to keep!<br />
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Happy New Year!<br />
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P.S. Did I ever tell you the one about the stolen laptop? I'll save that for next year!Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-33459180970876973242009-11-29T00:48:00.002-05:002009-11-29T00:52:39.396-05:00<span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;">Most recently seen </span><a href="http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/11/signs-youve-had-too-much-of-the-21st-century.html"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;">, and well worth repeating. I resemble these remarks.</span><br /><br />The following is floating around the Internet. Author unknown:<br /><br />1.You try to enter your password on the microwave.<br />2.You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.<br />3.You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 4.<br />4.You e-mail your colleague at the desk next to you to ask if they're ready to go to lunch.<br />5.You chat on-line regularly with a stranger from the U.S., but you haven't spoken to your next-door neighbour yet this year.<br />6.Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have an e-mail address.<br />7.Your idea of being organized is multiple colored post-it notes.<br />8.You hear most of your jokes via e-mail rather than in person.<br />9.When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner.<br />10.When you make phone calls from home you accidentally dial "9" to get an outside line.<br />11.You now think of three espressos as "getting wasted."<br />12.You call your son's beeper to let him know it's time to eat. He emails you back from his bedroom, "What's for dinner?"<br />13.Your daughter sells Girl Scout Cookies via her web site.<br />14.You didn't give your valentine a card this year, but you posted one for your e-mail buddies via a web page.Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-28949548309579239862009-09-14T20:41:00.002-04:002009-09-14T20:50:54.861-04:00The Secret: It's No Secret But There's a Problem - By Christine Breese<span style="font-size:85%;color:#6633ff;">Today's article is by Christine Breese, PhD, teacher, speaker and author. Christine discusses the problem with <em>The Secret's</em> approach to the Law Of Attraction. I know you will enjoy her insightful comments. .../Paul</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>The Secret: It's No Secret But There's a Problem</strong><br /></span>By Christine Breese<br /><br />There is a lot of ado about the movie <em>The Secret</em>. However, it has never been a secret! It's already built into your being. The Law of Attraction has always been in effect whether or not it has been named, just as gravity was operational long before it was named.<br /><br />I am glad to see movies like <em>The Secret</em> in the mainstream. <em>The Secret</em> movie is THE most successful commercial enterprise that has put this message out there. It's about time someone got this out to the masses!<br /><br />The movie, <em>The Secret: Law of Attraction</em>, provides a chance for people to become aware of how their thoughts and emotions affect their realities. A positive thought creates positive experiences, a negative thought creates negative experiences. If the habit of positive thoughts and emotions become your natural state, your whole life will change. Whatever you focus on and feel, that's what you get. Positive thinking is a healthy habit to get into.<br /><br />The problem with <em>The Secret</em>, though, is what the movie fails to teach about the Law of Attraction. It is not the only way to create what you want and live a life of happiness and joy. In fact, the techniques in <em>The Secret</em> will not bring you happiness and fulfillment, even if you master the ability to attain what you want.<br /><br /><em>The Secret</em> does not teach about compassion, the heart, and caring about others. It teaches how to "get more of what you want," which encourages egotistic desire and wish fulfillment. This is a distraction on the path to true enlightenment.<br /><br /><strong>What Abundance Means To Me</strong><br /><br />I don't do visualizations or use the methods of <em>The Secret</em>, nor do I believe that they are necessary. However, I lead a very fulfilled and abundant life and I have everything that I need. I live exactly the life I have always wanted to live. I am surrounded by amazing people, I get to talk about consciousness (my favorite subject), and I get to travel to distant places assisting people in their awakening. I get to read beautiful letters from people who have epiphanies and hear stories about people who tell me their lives are healed because of the courses I offer in my school, some videos I have on <em>YouTube</em>, or from things I've written. I spend all my time doing what I love to do. This is happiness and abundance to me, this feeling of being in service to humanity's awakening.<br /><br />My idea of abundance might be a little different than someone else's, though. Instead of give myself the huge paycheck that I could give myself, I leave it in the care of The University Of Metaphysical Sciences and Universal Church of Metaphysics so that it can keep recycling out into humanity. I feel that is where the money will do the most good, rather than sitting in my bank account.<br /><br />The act of amassing money and assets is harming the economy rather than keeping it flowing. I don't have a lot of things. To me that isn't abundance, it is greed.<br /><br /><strong>Is Amassed Wealth Really A Belief In Scarcity?</strong><br /><br />To amass wealth is a statement that you DON'T trust the universe to keep delivering what you want. How big does the financial safety net need to be before you feel safe from the day "when the universe dries up" and stops providing for you? By hoarding money, you are actually serving a belief in scarcity, not abundance. You should be willing to let the money flow back out into the world because you know it will keep coming back to you.<br /><br />The techniques taught in <em>The Secret</em> great for a beginner on the spiritual path. After all, didn't we all get started on the spiritual path because "we want more of what we want?" The egotistic desire at the beginning of the spiritual path is different for everyone, but few started just because they wanted to be of service to humanity.<br /><br />So it's a good beginning, this learning of the Jedi mind powers connected to the Law of Attraction, but that's all it is--a beginning.<br /><br /><strong>Then What Will Bring Happiness And Fulfillment?</strong><br /><br />Those who are truly happy and fulfilled are those who have surrendered all egotistic desires, who don't care about amassing wealth or material things. An enlightened master is happy even if he or she doesn't have the bike, necklace, house, or a perfect mate. A message like <em>The Secret</em> teaches you to measure how masterful you are by how much you are able to "create more of what you want" instead of surrendering what it is you want to a higher force and letting the universe do with you what it will.<br /><br />So what other alternative is there if you are not to purposefully manipulate your reality with your mind and emotions? I would suggest offering your life to the Divine and allowing it to be used in whatever way God sees fit. This is how I have come to the life I have always wanted.<br /><br />This takes quite a leap of faith. To surrender your life to be used by a higher power is a radical invitation, but I promise that you will be happy. The things you like to do, the skills you have acquired, and the preferences you have are all taken into consideration by this Great Choreographer (which is really you). You will not be forced to be an accountant if numbers don't make you excited. Whatever your interest is, that is how you will be used.<br /><br />You can learn how to use the Law of Attraction to your advantage, and there is nothing wrong with wanting a better life. It would be useful to learn how to stay in a positive state of mind, but take it no further than that. Don't let your happiness or your peace be affected by anything outside of you. Instead of serving human desires with the techniques of <em>The Secret</em>, serve a higher purpose -- something that you are already part of and made of -- and you will align yourself even more with the perfect life.<br /><br /><strong>True Enlightenment<br /></strong><br />Let yourself be carried in the hand of God, and if you are meant to have the bike, necklace, the big house, the perfect mate, you will have these by default. So be abundant within yourself by being all that you are.<br /><br />So what does an abundant life really look like to you? What is it that you really want? Do you serve the human self or the eternal self that sees all as illusion and knows better than to serve egotistic desires?<br /><br />Go straight to realizing yourself as the source, and all will be delivered to you. It is a heck of a lot easier than all that visualizing, affirming, and strategizing! All you have to do is relax, be at ease, realize who you are, and do whatever shows up for you to do. Once you give yourself over to being used by the Divine, you will have lots of work to do in service to humanity. By default, you get everything you have always wanted.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>About the Author:<br /></strong><br />Christine Breese, Ph.D., is the SelfGrowth.com Official Guide to Enlightenment and Psychology and Founder of the <a href="http://www.umsonline.org/">University of Metaphysical Sciences</a>.Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-46518348521257017472009-09-10T23:49:00.003-04:002009-09-11T00:05:48.990-04:00Are you too busy for a friend?<span style="font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;">A good friend sent me this today, and urged me to share it. I encourage you to share this post with your "friends" on FaceBook, myspace, Digg, your blog, wherever. And then I suggest you share it with your "real life" friends... along with saying something nice about them. .../Paul</span><br /><br /><strong>Are you too busy for a friend?</strong><br /><br />One day a teacher asked her math students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.<br /><br />Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each classmate and write it down.<br /><br />It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in their papers.<br /><br />That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.<br /><br />On Monday she gave each student his or her list.. Before long, the entire class was smiling. <em>'Really?'</em> she heard whispered. <em>'I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!'</em> and, <em>'I didn't know others liked me so much,'</em> were most of the comments.<br /><br />No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.<br /><br />Several years later, one of the students from that class was killed in Viet Nam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before... He looked so handsome, so mature.<br /><br />The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.<br /><br />As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. <em>'Were you Mark's math teacher?'</em> he asked. She nodded: <em>'yes.'</em> Then he said: <em>'Mark talked about you a lot.'</em><br /><br />After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a reception / luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, patiently waiting to speak with his teacher.<br /><br /><em>'We want to show you something,'</em> his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket <em>'They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.'</em><br /><br />Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.<br /><br /><em>'Thank you so much for doing that,'</em> Mark's mother said. <em>'As you can see, Mark treasured it.'</em><br /><br />All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, <em>'I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.'</em><br /><br />Chuck's wife said, <em>'Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.'</em><br /><br /><em>'I have mine too,'</em> Marilyn said. <em>'It's in my diary.'</em><br /><br />Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: <em>'I think we all saved our lists.'</em><br /><br />That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.<br /><br /><br /><br />The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be.<br /><br />So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late.<br /><br />And One Way To Accomplish This Is: Send this message on, forward the link, share it on FaceBook or myspace, digg it, copy and paste it. If you do not send it, you will have, once again passed up the wonderful opportunity to do something nice and beautiful.<br /><br />Here is a link directly to this message:<br /><a href="http://nolimitsuccess.blogspot.com/2009/09/are-you-too-busy-for-friend.html">http://nolimitsuccess.blogspot.com/2009/09/are-you-too-busy-for-friend.html</a><br /><br />If you're 'too busy' to take those few minutes right now to forward this message on, would this be the VERY first time you didn't do that little thing that would make a difference in your relationships? The more people that you send this to, the better you'll be at reaching out to those you care about.<br /><br />Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>May Your Day Be Blessed & As Special As You Are</strong> </div>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-10362181200297529632009-07-05T23:41:00.003-04:002009-07-05T23:53:02.926-04:00Are You Living Your Purpose? - By Bruce D Schneider, Ph.D., MCC<span style="font-size:85%;color:#6633ff;">Welcome to a guest article by Coach Trainer Dr. Bruce D. Schneider. He asks the vital, if non-musical question, Are you living your purpose? I hope you can answer in the positive.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Are You Living Your Purpose?<br /></strong><em>By Bruce D Schneider, Ph.D., MCC</em></span><br /><br /><blockquote><em>"Whatever path a man travels, it is my path. Wherever he goes, it leads to me."</em> - Unknown</blockquote>Though we are all one energy force, one mind, and One Spirit, each soul incarnated into a specific form on earth for a unique purpose. We are here to experience different situations and similar situations differently, and to share these experiences with the Universe, our total consciousness. There are many different journeys to share. This is why there is more than one soul experiencing this world.<br /><br />Your journey is now and exists at this moment, whether you realize it or not. It will be more enjoyable if you consciously pursue your spiritual purpose to bring the world to Love. You do this by expressing Love in whatever you do, and most easily express it when doing what you do best. Consciously following your spiritual purpose brings you ultimate joy, balance, peace, freedom, and happiness.<br /><br />You have seen them. He is the conductor exuding power and poise as his orchestra performs a beautiful medley. She is the lawyer who fights for her client's life as if it were her own child on trial. She is the waitress who serves customers with as much enthusiasm and caring as her personal friends. And he is the gas station attendant who still cleans your windshield even when his co-workers won't. Who are these people? They are spiritual beings who breathe life into their work. They are people who express themselves in what they do, and not simply for financial reward. They do it because they couldn't do their job any other way. They are living their soul's purpose and consciously doing what they do with Love, and they are happier than most.<br /><br />Have you ever felt something missing in your life? If so, this could be the reason: The soul has a twofold purpose in each lifetime: (1) the universal purpose to rediscover itself as Love, and (2) an individual purpose to experience a specific role it can do better or differently than any other soul in a given lifetime. The latter enables the soul to help itself and other souls more easily rediscover Love. In other words, your individual purpose is the best way to promote the universal purpose.<br /><br />There are no "ideal" jobs. Not every person should be a healer or a teacher. We need conductors, lawyers, waitresses, and gas station attendants. Each person lives his or her purpose by performing his or her job in a spiritually loving way, which reaps the many rewards of a purposeful and relatively stress-free life.<br /><br /><strong>We are special</strong><br /><br />Each of us can do something totally unique. The challenge is to discover your spiritual "niche" on earth, so you can realize your potential for happiness. If you live untrue to this niche, your energy will be unaligned with the Universal Energy, and you are likely to feel something missing in your life. You'll experience a feeling of dissonance, which can lead to disease.<br /><br />Let us suppose, for example, that in this life you can best serve the journey of Love by expressing yourself as a salesperson. But because of your free will, you did not choose that line of work. This can cause "disease" in the form of unhappiness or even physical illness. Disease is a sign you aren't following a connected life, body, mind, and spirit. Clients who discovered this and how it was best for them to work, achieved more gratification in their lives. Some actually healed their physical conditions just by making certain changes in how they perceived their work. By understanding and living their individual purpose, they filled the void created by a disconnection to the Divine and removed the feeling that something was "missing."<br /><br /><strong>Application: Hit the lottery and know your purpose</strong><br /><br />One of the surest ways to know if you are living your purpose is to imagine winning the lottery and having all the money you'll ever need. If you'd choose to continue doing what you do, it is surely your purpose. The rewards of living your soul's purpose go far beyond money. If you think you'd retire, you may just be burned out. If you do hit the lottery, take a vacation and then do what you do with Love, instead of just going through the motions. You never need to retire from Love. You can always serve your purpose and enjoy what you are doing and how you are doing it for a lifetime.<br /><br />When you are connected to your spiritual purpose, your life becomes easier and more satisfying and rewarding. Why? Because you are no longer operating as an isolated individual out of tune with the Universe. Instead, you are working with the Universe, consciously connected to the Universal Mind and utilizing the vast potential of the energy around you. When you find your true purpose, the Universe has no choice but to help you by providing information and energy.<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#009900;">Adapted from "Relax, You're Already Perfect: 10 Spiritual Lessons... to Remember"</span></em><br /><br /><strong>About the Author:<br /></strong>Bruce D Schneider, Ph.D., MCC is a Master Certified Coach, licensed psychotherapist, Reiki Master, founder and director of the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching, and author of "Relax, You're Already Perfect: 10 Spiritual Lessons... to Remember." Go to <a href="http://www.ipeccoaching.com/">http://www.IPECcoaching.com</a>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-65043110813165024672009-06-22T20:46:00.000-04:002009-06-22T20:47:13.505-04:00What do you WANT?A flower doesn't turn toward the sun because it needs to, but because it wants to, and so the process is effortless and joyful.Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-11941457976940492672009-06-14T17:22:00.000-04:002009-06-14T17:23:25.491-04:00Thought for the dayIt was not raining when Noah built the ark!Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-7805339901926180922009-06-10T22:28:00.003-04:002009-06-10T22:39:10.362-04:00Continuous Learning by Brian Tracy<blockquote><span style="color:#009900;">"I believe that through learning and application of what you learn, you can solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal you set."<br />- Brian Tracy</span></span></blockquote><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;">Brian Tracy is a man of many ventures. He has had a long and prosperous relationship with the business and corporate world -- thus his experience is very valuable to others. Enjoy this article from Brian Tracy.</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Continuous Learning</strong><br /><em>By Brian Tracy</em> </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br />Throughout the developed world, we have moved from an era of manpower to an era of mind power. We have moved from the use of physical muscles to the use of mental muscles. Today the chief sources of value in our society are knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge in a timely fashion. In the information age, knowledge is king, and those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.<br /><br />When you learn and practice the techniques for rapid learning, when you join the learning revolution, you will learn how to unlock the incredible powers of your mind. You will learn how to become smarter & faster than ever before. You will learn how to become a master of your fate rather than a victim of circumstances. You will learn how to take complete control of your present and future destiny so that you can accomplish and achieve anything you want in life.<br /><br />The answer to almost every question and the solution to almost every problem in the world of work is to learn and practice something new and different. When you learn how to use the incredible power of your brain to absorb and apply new ideas and information, you will be able to lead the field and rise to the top of any profession or occupation.<br /><br />Here's another question for you: What is your most valuable asset? In terms of cash flow, what is the most valuable thing you have? Well, unless you are very rich, or have a family trust account, your most valuable asset is your "earning ability." It is your ability to earn money. It is your ability to apply your knowledge and skill in a timely fashion to get results for which others will pay.<br /><br />Specific knowledge and specific skills will become obsolete with the passing of time, but learning how to learn is a permanent skill that you can use all the days of your life. The people who join the learning revolution, and who learn how to learn faster, like those people who first learned how to operate computers, or learned how to become excellent in their fields, will be able to earn more in one or two years of work than the average person earns in perhaps five or ten years.<br /><br />By joining the learning revolution, you will enhance every area of your life. You will be able to help your spouse and your children unlock and realize more of their individual potentials. You will be a better friend in helping your friends use more of their abilities. And you will be a better manager, developing the skills that will enable you to get far more out of yourself and other people than ever before.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://successu.nolimitsuccess.info/"><img alt="Brian Tracy University - Online Learning Courses" src="http://briantracy.directtrack.com/42/CD869/456/" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://successu.nolimitsuccess.info/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Brian Tracy University<br />A learning center for<br />ambitious entrepreneurs<br />and sales professionals</span></a></p>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-31349786908257665442009-06-03T23:48:00.002-04:002009-06-04T00:02:49.479-04:00Secret Traffic Formula that Changed an IndustryI want to share with you how I'm learning to cream the competition using a secret "traffic formula" that changed an industry. And the best part -- the formula is mostly industry independent.<br /><br />Michael D*** has unexpectedly released a video showing how a 20-something year old kid went from waiting tables, to 7-figures in less than 18 months. He created a strategy called the “Traffic Formula” that let him produce endless free leads, and instant cash for his business, anytime he wanted.<br /><br />In 2006, he revealed this formula to the public for the very first time, and it literally changed the networking industry forever. And his pocketbook since he charged $1,000 to teach the system.<br /><br />He also went on to build the 2nd largest group in his MLM organization, and made over $7,000,000 from his home office.<br /><br />The video is a full 36 minutes long. No sales pitches. No strings attached. No cost.<br /><br />In the video, Michael literally gives you the formula.<br /><br />Next, he demonstrates the power of the strategy by showing you how he made his friend Eben around $250,000 just by sending a few emails... in a totally different industry.<br /><br />Finally, he shows you how he generates over 600 leads/prospects every single day for free. Remember, this formula works for any industry that has to find customers.<br /><br /><a title="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=" msgid="365453&act=" c="130077&admin=" destination="http%3A%2F%2Ftrafficformulablog.com%2Flaunch%2F36-minute-free-online-dvd%2F" href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/DVDtf2.html">So here's the video link</a>.Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-59184393644058293592009-06-01T19:32:00.001-04:002009-06-01T19:34:14.696-04:00Five Simple Tips For Living Life Well by Marlise Karlin<span style="font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;">Your success starts between your ears... in your mind and in your thinking. Marlise Karlin has a unique ability of rebooting people through their experiencing <strong>The Simplicity of Stillness</strong>®. In this guest article, Marlise offers us five simple tips for living life well -- that cost nothing, but are invaluable in making the journey of life more enjoyable and balanced. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Millions of people find themselves overloaded with responsibilities and distractions in their complicated lives, and although they try to stay healthy from a physical standpoint by eating well, exercising and getting enough sleep, they are only nurturing their bodies, but neglecting to nurture their minds and spirits as well</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Marlise Karlin offers Five Simple Tips for Living Life Well</strong></span><br /><strong>Reboot Yourself by Nurturing Your Body & Mind<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mlhJBSzNJnM/SiRjWmm1pqI/AAAAAAAAADo/uqto95LxFho/s1600-h/MarliseKarlin_logo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342504297939969698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mlhJBSzNJnM/SiRjWmm1pqI/AAAAAAAAADo/uqto95LxFho/s400/MarliseKarlin_logo.jpg" border="0" /></a></strong><br /><br /><strong>#1: Breathe Into the Moment</strong><br /><br />In the midst of a busy day, take a few moments to find stillness. Slow your pace, breathe deep, and refocus your attention away from the mind-chatter. Instead, reflect on what is most meaningful to you in life, and carry those inspirational thoughts with you throughout your day.<br /><br /><strong>#2: Take Inspired Action</strong><br /><br />Being in constant reaction mode will leave you feeling exhausted & unfulfilled. After taking a moment of reflection and stillness, follow through with the necessary steps to achieve the goals you set forth for the day. If a disruption occurs, acknowledge it and look for a solution, rather than allowing it to derail you. Notice how your new focus helps you to stay on track with greater ease.<br /><br /><strong>#3: Water Your Garden</strong><br /><br />Truly acknowledge the people in your life for the value they bring to you and the world. As with a garden, relationships need to be nurtured and appreciated. With even a sprinkling, the relationship will bloom – and the beauty of what is given will return to you tenfold.<br /><br /><strong>#4 Be Aware of Your Attitude</strong><br /><br />Notice how you feel and how you radiate those feelings outward. If you have a positive attitude, people will not only gravitate to you, but it might even help change the attitude of others from negative to positive. If you are projecting love, generosity and hope, others may follow your lead. Realize how what you give comes back to you!<br /><br /><strong>#5 Make Choices</strong><br /><br />Acknowledge that you have the ability to make choices that will keep you moving forward toward your overall vision, rather than letting other people, or life’s circumstances distract you from staying focused on what matters most. Choose what moves you toward your goals that give you the greatest rewards – inside and out.<br /><br /><em>“People are running at a hundred miles an hour, racing with the clock, trying to squeeze in ways to stay healthy and fit,” said Marlise Karlin. “It’s important to realize it only takes a few minutes a day to completely reboot ourselves by nurturing both mind & body to become more balanced and healthy.”</em><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">ABOUT MARLISE:<br /></span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Marlise Karlin is a person just like you and me who focuses on rebooting people by experiencing The Simplicity of Stillness. After a series of profound experiences shifted her perception of life, Marlise developed simple methods for people everywhere to reboot themselves so the journey of life can be more enjoyable. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Countless people from every culture around the world have attended Marlise’s Programs and are attesting to the extraordinary benefits that her </span><a title="blocked::http://www.marlisekarlin.com/practices/stillness.html" href="http://www.marlisekarlin.com/practices/stillness.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Stillness Sessions</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">® have brought to their lives, from experiencing a sense of peace rarely felt, to finding balance and wellbeing, from releasing years of road blocks, to discovering what they really want out of life and how to create it. Marlise’s authentic personality allows her to connect with people at a real level to bring balance to their lives through The Simplicity of Stillness.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">See </span><a title="blocked::http://www.marlisekarlin.com/" href="http://www.marlisekarlin.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">www.marlisekarlin.com</span></a>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-53941320087909029312009-05-30T00:34:00.002-04:002009-05-30T00:45:20.758-04:00Your Career Change Should Rely on Your Dreams - By David Couper<span style="font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;">Today's guest article is from David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Couper</span>. David is a subject matter expert in the field of Career Change. I choose to share this article with you because of David's unique approach to dream fulfillment as it relates to your regular employment. When you go to your job every day are you also working towards your dreams? If not, why not? This is great food for thought as we do anything in our daily lives. We are either reaching for our dreams or we must question why we are doing what we are doing. Every minute. Life is too short and our time is too precious to get derailed from our goals and dreams.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Your Career Change Should Rely on Your Dreams</strong></span><br /><em> - By David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Couper</span></em><br /><br />Do you have dreams? Of course you do because you are human. But are you living those dreams? Are you making them happen? If you have answered no to the last two questions, it is time that you start living your dreams because you only live once. You get one chance to make things happen for yourself.<br /><br />One way you are really going to make things work for you is through a career transition. This is because our careers more or less dominate our lives, and how we feel about our career can impact how we feel about the rest of our life. If you take your dreams and base your career off of that, then changing careers won't be so difficult. As a matter of fact, it will be more exciting than stressful.<br /><br />Here is some career change advice that you can use when achieving your dreams:<br /><br />* Don't just settle for any career just because it pays good money. You need something that will make you happy. The monetary factor is not always what someone needs to be happy. So don't step out on your dreams over money. Many individuals will tell you that satisfaction outweighs monetary rewards in many cases.<br /><br />* Always evaluate every aspect of a new career and ask a lot of questions. This is necessary to make sure you will be doing something that you will find purpose in. If you feel like the tasks you do each day are empty, you are going to feel empty.<br /><br />* One of the best ways to really make your dreams come true in a career transition is to pump up your confidence and know you can make it happen on your own. This means entering a field you have always wanted to get into by starting your own business. If you are passionate about it, you will make it happen. Just don't quit your current job today and then wonder how you're going to pay the bills tomorrow.<br /><br />* Take your time. Make sure you don't get in a hurry when making your transition because that is where mistakes are made. In a few months, you may find out that things weren't exactly what you hoped they would be.<br /><br />If you're not really sure what your dreams are for your career, do some career testing. This is something you can do through your local workforce development office, or you can find tests online. These tests will tell you what sectors you are suitable for based on your current skills and things you like to do.<br /><br />It is very important that you do a job you like so you can feel like you accomplished something at the end of the day. And the ideal career also keeps you from mixing your work with the rest of your life when you should be focusing on other things. In other words, you are able to achieve that work-life balance that is very important to your very existence and that of your family. <br /><br /><strong>About the Author:</strong><br /> <br />David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Couper</span> is a career coach and writer who for the last 20 years has worked in Europe, Asia, and the USA with major organizations, including the BBC, Fuji Television, Mattel, Sony, and Warner Bros.<br /><br />He has successfully coached individuals at all levels, including <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">CEOs</span> of major companies wanting a new challenge, frustrated souls wanting to make their dream come true, and front-line employees laid off and desperate to get a job.<br /><br />David has a degree in communication, a postgraduate qualification in education, is certified in a number of training technologies, and has a master's in spiritual psychology. He has published seven books.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.davidcoupercoach.com/">Visit David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Couper</span> on the web</a> at <a title="blocked::http://pro.netatlantic.com/t/14865230/63738817/85135/0/" href="http://www.davidcoupercoach.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.davidcoupercoach.com</a>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-56819590096440468312009-05-25T23:26:00.004-04:002009-05-25T23:43:40.788-04:00"I won't be afraid...""... as long as you stand by me."<br /><br />Words are insufficient to describe this amazing performance.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Us-TVg40ExM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Us-TVg40ExM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />No player window?<br /><br />Go here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QOOCTE?ie=UTF8&tag=whizpres-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001QOOCTE">Buy the CD/DVD at Amazon... NOW</a><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=whizpres-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001QOOCTE" width="1" border="0" />Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-21611566156095662562009-05-22T07:42:00.002-04:002009-05-22T07:58:59.952-04:00Are you a carrot, an egg or coffee?A fable...<br /><br />A young woman went to her mother and to tell her how things were so hard and that she did not know how she was going to make it and that she wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as soon as one problem was solved, a new, bigger one came along.<br /><br />Her wise mother (and they are <strong>all</strong> very wise) took her daughter into the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a stove top burner set to high. When the pots came to a boil, Mom started to add ingredients. In the first pot she placed <strong>carrots</strong>, in the second she put <strong>eggs</strong>, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.<br /><br />In about twenty minutes Mom turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter,she asked, “Tell me what you see.”<br /><br />“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” the daughter replied a little impatiently.<br /><br />Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she could see the egg was hard boiled.<br /><br />Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee.<br /><br />The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked,“What does it mean, mother?”<br /><br />Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: <strong>boiling water</strong>.<br /><br />Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.<br /><br />The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.<br /><br />The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.<br /><br />“Which are you?” Mom asked her daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?”<br /><br /><br />Ask yourself: <strong>Which am I?</strong> Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?<br /><br />Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? My shell may look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?<br /><br />Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavour. If you are like the bean, <strong>when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.</strong> When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level?<br /><br />How do you handle adversity?<br /><br />Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-5562255270778171142009-05-15T00:48:00.003-04:002009-05-15T00:53:04.461-04:00Being aware of your environmentIt always pays dividends when you are aware of the people and things around you. For example...<br /><br />Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they were exhausted and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend.<br /><br /><em>"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."</em><br /><br />Watson replied, <em>"I see millions and millions of stars."</em><br /><br /><em>"What does that tell you?"</em> Holmes said<br /><br />Watson pondered for a minute.<br /><br /><em>"Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Timewise, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, I can see that the Lord is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have, a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"</em><br /><br />Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke.<br /><br /><em>"Watson, you idiot, Someone has stolen our tent!"</em>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-75768896117832413582009-03-22T00:09:00.002-04:002009-03-22T00:18:17.360-04:00Lemon SqueezerIn Ottawa, a local bar was so sure its bartender was the strongest man<br />around that it offered a standing $1000 bet. The bartender would<br />squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass and hand the<br />lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice<br />out would win the money.<br /><br />Many people had tried over time (lumberjacks, truck drivers, miners<br />etc.) but nobody could do it. Then one day this scrawny little man<br />came into the bar, wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit, and<br />said in a tiny squeaky voice, <em>"I'd like to try the bet."</em><br /><br />After the laughter had died down, the bartender said okay, grabbed a<br />lemon, and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the<br />rind to the little man. But the crowd's laughter turned to total<br />silence as the man clenched his fist around the lemon and six drops<br />fell into the glass.<br /><br />As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the $1000.00 and asked the<br />little man, <em>"What do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a<br />weight-lifter, or what?"</em><br /><br /><em>"Nope"</em> , the man replied, <em>"I work for Revenue Canada."</em><br /><br />---------<br />Did you know that having a home-based business can allow you<br />increased tax deductions and lower your total tax payable?<br /><br />Find out how by clicking <a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/reply.html">"I want to save on my taxes!"</a> and filling in the form.<br /><br />Be smart about your taxes for your No Limit SuccessPaul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-71324706114114585512009-03-04T19:17:00.007-05:002009-03-04T19:28:29.498-05:00And if you ran out of money....... "Well, I just can't do any more things now".<br /><br />Have a look at this truthful and funny and serious and moving exchange between comedian Louis CK and Conan O'Brien. (sorry embedding was disabled for this clip)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus" target="_blank">Everything's Amazing, Nobody's Happy</a><br /><br />Hope you loved it like I did!<br /><br />--<br />.../Paul<br />Amazed *and* HappyPaul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-39432448487472809862009-03-03T00:10:00.003-05:002009-03-03T00:22:07.604-05:00Ten Principles to Help Weather the RecessionMeir Cohen, Vice President of Bull Wealth Management Group in Toronto Canada, has shared a letter he sent to his clients. There is plenty of intelligent and prudent investment advice for anyone with holdings in the equities markets. I beg you to please pay special heed to point #10.<br /><br /><br /><div style='width:425px;text-align:left'><object style='margin:0px' width='425' height='355'><param name='movie' value='http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=10Principles-123592483134-phpapp01&stripped_title=10-Principles' /><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'/><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'/><embed src='http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=10Principles-123592483134-phpapp01&stripped_title=10-Principles' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='355'></embed></object></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/osview/canvas?_ch_page_id=1&_ch_panel_id=3&_ch_app_id=15172630&_applicationId=1200&_ownerId=18623318&osUrlHash=-DvS&appParams=%7B%22view%22%3A%22canvas%22%2C%22page%22%3A%22show_slideshow%22%2C%22slideshow_id%22%3A%221086749%22%2C%22from%22%3A%22share_slideshow_url%22%7D">Visit this link</a> if you can't see the embedded material.<br /><br />One of the best ways to deal with the recession is to maintain your personal or family cashflow. As long as your own economy is healthy you will not have to worry about the global economy. I have some ongoing projects for people interested in increasing their "non-job" cashflow. These are not investments, but are a way to generate extra streams of income.<br /><br />--<br />.../PaulPaul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-24990484890409158542009-02-13T13:45:00.002-05:002009-02-13T14:21:31.497-05:00John Assaraf on Seven Steps To Your Best Year YetJohn Assaraf, of <a href="http://johnassaraf.com/onecoach.php">OneCoach</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000K8LV1O?ie=UTF8&tag=whizpres-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000K8LV1O">The Secret</a><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=whizpres-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000K8LV1O" width="1" border="0" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416561994?ie=UTF8&tag=whizpres-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1416561994">The Answer</a><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=whizpres-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1416561994" width="1" border="0" /> fame, presented his readers with a great gift this week. Three videos that tell you what you need to do before you will reach your goals.<br /><br />You will not regret the ten minutes of your life you spend watching these brilliant pieces. Short, passionate and to-the-point... they are like a seminar.<br /><br /><strong>Part 1</strong><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3WkE0y7Y9jE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3WkE0y7Y9jE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Part 2<br /></strong><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/09zBs1tpMY8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/09zBs1tpMY8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Part 3</strong><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/34cnNc9GY4o&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/34cnNc9GY4o&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Enjoy! Make today an excellent day!!<br /><br />--<br />.../PaulPaul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-57349335980776161592008-11-30T22:49:00.002-05:002008-11-30T22:59:30.823-05:00How to Grab and Hold Your Prospect’s Interest by Tim Sales<span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;">Another great article from master MLM teacher Tim Sales. This time Tim explains how to be professional in your presentations. Tim's Communication Qualities are taught, in great depth and with "live" examples, in his <a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/profinviter.html">Professional Inviter course</a>, which I personally recommend to you. .../Paul</span><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>How to Grab and Hold Your Prospect’s Interest</strong><br /><em>by Tim Sales</em><br /><br />In last month’s newsletter and training call I discussed how to present to your prospect without being too shy or too pushy. This month’s newsletter is all about communicating easily - which has to do with you being a sharp presenter, and presenting with professionalism. <br /><br />Not winging it… but also not sounding rehearsed. No fumbling over your words. No being out of breath because you’re scared. No apologizing for being scared. Simply put, being a confident and professional presenter who delivers good content effectively. <br />Sound hard to do? It’s not.<br /><br />Unfortunately too many people in the M.L.M industry don’t take the time to learn a few simple concepts. In presenting, right or wrong, your prospect will judge you, the business and the M.L.M industry based on how you present. Is it any wonder the industry has a public relations black eye? Too many presenters in M.L.M “wing it.” <br /><br />Communication Quality number five is Communicate easily— no tension, strain, fakeness, sounding rehearsed, stuttering or hesitating. If there were a word that defined this Communication Quality it would be <em>articulate</em>. Which means: <em>1. to express oneself clearly and coherently; 2. to pronounce distinctly;</em><br /><br />I’m not talking here about using perfect English. I can not claim to have mastered this Communication Quality from an English professor’s viewpoint. But I have mastered it enough to communicate to my audience. Sometimes things said with perfect grammatical correctness make no sense to the person you’re talking to. No, I’m talking about true communication – which is articulating words so they make complete sense to the person you’re talking to. If you’re speaking to a typical teenager in perfect English tongue – they will think you’re an idiot. <br /><br />There are several things that cause you to speak easily and clearly. I will go into depth on these topics on the training call. I’m just mentioning and defining them here, because if I wrote everything about them it would be a 10 page newsletter! Here’s a list of things you need to be aware of that will cause your prospect to pay attention to you and truly learn from you.<br /><br /><strong>Vary the speed of your speech<br /></strong>Your speed of delivery must vary – meaning you have parts of your presentation that are faster and other parts slower. Why? Because this is how you stress importance. I’ll go into details about this on the conference call.<br /><br /><strong>Vary your voice tone and volume</strong><br />A varied tone of voice and volume are very important if you want to keep your prospect’s attention and have them understand what you say. It’s what gives your prospect a clue about what is important and what is very important.<br /><br /><strong>Create strategic pauses</strong><br />Extremely effective so the audience feels that you are speaking right to them.<br /><br /><strong>Use set-up words and sentences</strong><br />Set-up words are words you say that prepare your prospect for what you’re about to emphasize. Like if I were to say, <em>“If you learn nothing else out of tonight’s presentation…”</em> that would be a set-up sentence to emphasize what I’m about to say. <br /><br /><strong>Build bridges</strong><br />Another topic is the use of what I call bridges. Bridges are words and or sentences you use to transition from one topic to another. When you’re shifting topics – you need to use a bridge – otherwise your prospect doesn’t follow you and there’s a gap. Many prospects get lost in this G A P between topic 1 and topic 2. It’s not that they don’t understand topic 1 or 2, it’s that they didn’t hear you move from topic 1 to topic 2 and they don’t see how the two topics relate.<br /><br /><strong>Be easily heard</strong><br />You need to communicate with a volume that each person you’re talking to can hear easily but not so loud that it causes the prospect to feel you’re shouting at them.<br /><br /><strong>Make frequent eye contact</strong><br />Make frequent eye contact with individual people. I used to practice this at my kitchen table with stuffed animals. I would talk to one animal sitting at the table and then to another one. If you’re talking to a husband and wife, you should talk directly to the wife for 5-10 seconds and then directly to the husband for 5-10 seconds. When speaking to 10,000 people, you look at ONE person and talk to them for 5-10 seconds then pick out another person. Never talk to a crowd. <br /><br /><strong>When I complete talking about these sections on the training call I’m going to cover FEAR! Because if you are afraid you will not be speaking easily!<br /></strong><br />Please reply with any questions about ANY of the subjects I’ve written about. Your questions and comments help me to understand exactly what your thoughts are about this subject so that I can better talk to you and give you what you need. Do you have any questions? Leave them in the comments section at the end of this article here: <a href="http://www.firstclassmlmtools.com/MLMSuccessTips/">http://www.firstclassmlmtools.com/MLMSuccessTips/</a><br /><br />With admiration,<br /><em>Tim Sales</em>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-48307377811878866142008-11-24T23:55:00.002-05:002008-11-25T00:03:32.675-05:00The Real Secret of Success by Brian Tracy<p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;">Brian Tracy's article presents the "missing" information from The Secret book and movie. Enjoy! .../Paul</span></p><p><strong>The Real Secret of Success<br /></strong><em>by Brian Tracy</em></p><p>More than 5,000 years ago, in the ancient mystery schools of Egypt, the mental and spiritual laws and principles of success were taught to students who dedicated their entire lives to learning in what was called the "Esoteric Arts." </p><p>One of these "secrets" was the Law of Attraction, which said that your mind is a magnet and that you invariably attract into your life people and circumstances in harmony with your dominant thoughts, especially your dominant thoughts emotionalized.</p><p>Today we say, "Like attracts like" and "Birds of a feather flock together." From ancient times, it was known that your mind sends out vibrations, like radio waves, that are picked up by the minds of other people who are tuned into the same rate of vibration. </p><p>The force that determines the sending power of your mental vibrations is the amount of emotion, positive or negative, that you put behind a thought. If there is something that you intensely desire, something that excites you and enthuses you, you will send out powerful, high-frequency vibrations that can travel large distances in split seconds and cause your phone to ring from someone you have not heard from for months or even years. </p><p>Because your mind is so powerful, especially when backed by emotionalized thoughts, you must handle it carefully, like a child handling a gun. The Law of Attraction is neutral. It works on both positive and negative thoughts. It brings into your life whatever you are thinking about on a regular basis with either fear or desire. </p><p>When the book, "The Secret" came out, along with the movie, I was happily surprised to see that the first half of the movie comes from my audio program and seminar, "The Psychology of Achievement" which was produced initially in 1981. We videotaped the live seminar which explains the Law of Attraction along with thirty-one other laws, plus how this law is applied in every area of life, and then distributed the video seminar world wide, including New Zealand, where the Author of The Secret comes from. </p><p>The weakness in The Secret is that it is "necessary but not sufficient." Of course, it is important that you think positive thoughts and that, by so doing, you will attract positive people and circumstances into your life. But it is not enough. </p><p>In response to The Secret, I decided to write a book which is called "Flight Plan -- The Real Secret of Success." In this book, I explain that life is very much like a long distance flight. When the plane takes off, it will be off course 99% of the time. But nonetheless, the plane will eventually arrive at its destination, even thought it was off course most of the time. </p><p>In my experience, the real secret of success consists of three major factors: First, you must be absolutely clear about your destination. By this I mean that must have clear, written, specific, measurable goals, committed to paper and organized into specific, step-by-step plans of action. </p><p>Before you can set your goals, you must know exactly who you are and what you want. You must do a thorough analysis of yourself, your life, your hopes, your dreams, your ambitions, and where you want to be sometime in the future. Then, you create a "Flight Plan" to get you from wherever you are today to wherever you want to be in the months and years ahead. </p><p>The second part of Flight Plan is that you must "take off!" You must have the courage to step out in faith with no guarantee of success. You must be prepared to launch in the face of your fears, doubts and natural reluctance to break out of your comfort zone. <em>"To achieve something that you have never achieved before, you must be prepared to do something that you have never done before."</em> (Les Brown). </p><p>Once you have launched toward your goal, like an airplane, you will meet with unexpected turbulence, headwinds, updrafts and downdrafts, lightning, storms and every sort of mechanical problem. You must be prepared to make continual "course corrections" as you move toward your goal. </p><p>Perhaps the most important quality for success is, and always has been, the quality of persistence. You must resolve in advance to persist in the face of any difficulty or problem that you experience. You must resolve in advance that you will never give up. You must resolve in advance that you will view every temporary setback or difficulty as merely a signal that you need to make a "course correction" as you move inevitably toward your goal. </p><p>This is a great time to be alive. The very best days of your life lie ahead of you. The highest income of your life is still to come. The greatest experiences of your life are still to be experienced. </p><p>There is very little that you can not accomplish if you will file your flight plan. Determine exactly what it is that you want to achieve, take off toward your goal with no guarantees of success, and then make continual course corrections until you finally succeed. If you resolve to do these things, nothing can stop you from creating an extraordinary life. </p><p><strong>Want to know the REAL secret of success?</strong> </p><p>You need a flight plan to succeed. And having a plan isn’t enough. Just like an airplane pilot you must make course corrections to arrive at your destination -- your goals. With Brian Tracy's Flight Plan, you can discover a how to achieve more, faster than you ever dreamed possible. You also receive 2 BONUS CDS! Click on the banner below to learn more...</p><p align="center"><a href="http://briantracy.directtrack.com/z/834/CD869/"><img alt="Flight Plan Plus Bonuses" src="http://briantracy.directtrack.com/42/CD869/834/" border="0" /></a></p>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-26339785844380477992008-11-23T00:45:00.002-05:002008-11-23T00:49:05.939-05:00If at first you don't succeed - quit!<em>"If at first you don't succeed - quit!"</em><br /><em></em><br />So, my friend Len throws this at me out of the blue. After I stumble and recover, he goes on...<br /><br /><em>"If you don't succeed at first: quit crying, quit thinking negatively, quit dwelling on the worst case scenario, quit your "I can't" attitude, quit quitting, quit not living up to who you are, quit listening to cancerous people, quit making excuses, quit blaming others, quit defeat, quit stopping, quit your fears!!!"</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>"QUIT DOING WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULD DO."</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>"My friend, you are set apart for success, it is wired into you and that is why you stepped out in the first place."</em><br /><em></em><br />So I quit...Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-45885765239180218552008-11-18T13:08:00.002-05:002008-11-18T13:24:30.923-05:00MLM Training: The Strongest Prospect Magnet is Great Promotion! by Tim Sales<span style="font-size:78%;color:#3366ff;">When people move their mindset from working for a paycheck to working their own business, one of the most uncomfortable things to change is the way they view promotion. having said that, becoming comfortable with promotion, and mastering it, will result in the greatest rewards. In this article Tim Sales teaches the skill of promoting. .../Paul</span><br /><br /><strong>MLM Training: The Strongest Prospect Magnet is Great Promotion!<br /></strong><em>by Tim Sales</em><br /><br />The worst thing you can ever do in your MLM business career is to think, ponder, worry or even get the idea that it’s unprofessional to promote! Here are some MLM training strategies for generating your own MLM leads, even if you’re on a tight budget.<br /><br />Prospects are basically the foundation of any business as they are the - potential customers to the business. So just how do YOU find MLM prospects?<br /><br />Let’s start out with a definition of the word promote which is the most important word in finding prospects for your MLM Business. The word promote means: to make known.<br /><br />I was recently doing some MLM training with a person in my downline. She needed some help with her business, which was not growing. As I asked various questions I finally found the “nasty bug” that was stopping her network marketing business from moving forward. She didn’t want to come off as being or sounding sales-y. This stopped her from promoting.<br /><br /><strong>How does everyone else promote?<br /></strong><br />A politician promotes how he/she can make a whole community’s life better - so he’s/she’s making herself known to the public by promoting and making known to as many people as possible what he/she can do for them. If you’ve noticed, politicians promote on TV, radio, signs stuck in the grass or on telephone poles along a busy street or maybe speaking at various group meetings.<br /><br />A college promotes what courses it offers. It might promote on radio, might promote to high schools or through sporting events. A stockbroker promotes that he can help his/her prospect make money. A local restaurant will promote via radio, or mailing brochures or discount coupons.<br /><br />The worst thing you can ever do in your MLM business career is to think, ponder, worry or even get the idea that it’s unprofessional to promote!<br /><br />You really need to know and understand promotion. The only way you can have prospects, therefore customers or distributors - is to promote. The only way for you to make money in network marketing is to promote. You can write down your dreams and goals and study them every night. But you’re as effective as a billboard in the middle of the desert. No one knows you exist until you make yourself known. So if you ever find yourself where your business isn’t growing or you don’t have enough prospects, enough customers, or enough distributors - what do you do? Promote!<br /><br />Why do you promote? The reason you promote is to create desire for your product. If you don’t create a desire for your product, it’s very difficult to achieve MLM success. How would you know that someone desires your product or business? Well certainly if you sent a post card and someone called the number - that’s someone showing desire in your MLM Business. Even if a person called and asks, “How much is this?” It would still be someone showing desire - or at least slight interest. If you called a friend and asked them to look at something and they said, “Send it to me.” That’s showing a desire. People sometimes refer to desire as “responses,” as in, someone responded to my promotion.<br /><br /><strong>Different types of promotion</strong><br /><br />So now let’s talk about different types of promotion that create desire. You could promote your MLM Business in:<br /><br />1. The Help Wanted, the Sales & Marketing or the Business Opportunity sections of a newspaper,<br />2. Advertising section of magazines,<br />3. Direct mail, such as sending out post cards to everyone in your zip code,<br />4. Door hangers,<br />5. Email, banner ads on the internet,<br />6. Networking. I’m sure you could have guessed that I would name that one. But you would be surprised at how many people, when mentioning all the ways to promote, miss that one. In fact, if you use traditional promotion with the mindset of just finding a network of people to work - you will fare far better than most who only measure their responses with how many people respond to their advertisement. You can turn one response from a promotion into thousands if you properly network.<br /><br />One other place to find prospects for your business is to promote to MLM leads you purchase from a lead company. The advantage of this is you’re only paying for those who’ve responded and you’re not paying for all the people who didn’t respond. If I send out 10,000 post cards and get 20 responses, then I paid for 9,980 post cards that didn’t get a response.<br /><br />The advantage of writing your own ads of course is being able to target your specific audience with your specific product or opportunity message. Which is VERY important and should not be underestimated. In contrast, when you buy leads, you’re buying general ads - perhaps people who’ve responded to wanting a home based business. The other down side to buying leads is that very often, lead companies resell their leads to more than just you - so you’ve got extra competition to deal with.<br /><br /><strong>Three broad ways to promote</strong><br /><br />Now, it probably sounded like I just contradicted myself; I didn’t. I just saved you years of running in circles trying to figure the advantages and the disadvantages to generating your own leads or buying leads. This is the game. You must promote. There are three broad ways to promote.<br /><br />1. Networking- which costs the least - you’re going to have costs of meals with prospects - costs of joining clubs and associations. So I have rock climbing club fees, I have mountain climbing association fees, horseback riding fees, mountain biking fees- these are like $50 - $100 dollars a year.<br /><br />2. Buying leads is more expensive than networking, less expensive than generating your own - but has some advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes you get some hot leads - sometimes, you swear you’re calling a graveyard.<br />3. Generating your own. Most expensive, but has the advantages of targeting your prospects. Here’s a list of advertisements that I’ve run to promote my own MLM business opportunity.<br /><br />* Some people earn Ten thousand dollars a year. And some people earn One million in the same year. Click here to see difference.<br />* Need more money; NOW!<br />* Does it ever break your heart to leave your kids at daycare?<br />* Looking for a FUN business?<br />* Go to the golf course when it’s not crowded.<br />* The truth about making money. A lot of it.<br />* WEALTH FORMULA. Click here (banner ads)<br />* Wealth formula that takes a lot of effort - but retires you in 4 years.<br />* Extremely well paying position available to right person. Must have sales & marketing experience. Sales training a big plus.<br />* Immediate Need for Effective Sales Person. Unlimited earning and growth potential. Self-starter, sales writing skills and team player will be keys to success in this growing, high tech organization. Will be responsible for generating sales leads, preparing and giving presentations on company products and training sales team for development company. Great benefits. Great FUN TEAM! Fax resume to:<br /><br /><strong>Be “in” business</strong><br /><br />The bottom line is you must be using at least one of these three methods to achieve MLM success. If you’re not, you’re not in business - you’re out of business. What you should be doing, if you see the big picture and want the very big income is you need to be doing all three. All the time. Ideally you start out by networking, which will create enough money to buy MLM leads, then you’ll generate enough money from the leads you purchased to generate your own leads. My point is, as soon as you start making any money, reinvest it in promotion.<br /><br /><br />One other MLM training tip: don’t measure your success by just your immediate responses. Any marketer who is of any value knows that how you measure return on promotion investment is based on the “life of the customer.” NOT immediate return. Get one leader from a MONTH or 6-MONTHS of promotion and it can pay you for the rest of your life. People often ask me, how much money did you make your first year in network marketing - I tell them, <em>“I don’t know, I’m still earning it.”</em><br /><br /><br />Much respect and admiration,<br />Tim Sales<br /><a href="http://www.firstclassmlmtools.com/">http://www.FirstClassMLMTools.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/profinviter.html">Get Tim Sales' Professional Inviter course</a>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-83310714659136326352008-11-12T20:29:00.001-05:002008-11-12T20:31:42.940-05:00Your challenge to get more trafficIf you're frustrated with the results Google is sending you...<br /><br />... Then my good friend Derek Gehl wants to challenge you to<br />help him prove he can get you a top search ranking and attract<br />floods of eager buyers to your site -- in the next 90 days!<br /><br />See, a top Google ranking is key to attracting more targeted<br />customers on the Internet.<br /><br />Now Derek wants to help YOU get there -- in record time.<br /><br />He's calling it the...<br /><br /><strong><em>"90-Day Rapid Results Search Engine System"</em></strong><br /><br />Over the last year Derek has been working non-stop to<br />develop this brand-new system to help regular entrepreneurs<br />-- just like YOU -- conquer Google once and for all...<br /><br />So now YOU can discover the single, easiest way to rocket<br />your website up the search rankings.<br /><br />Click here to start attracting potentially THOUSANDS<br />of new customers in the next 90 days!<br /><br /><a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/rapidresults.html">http://nolimitsuccess.info/rapidresults.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.internetmarketing.com/rapidresults/826864"></a><br />All the best,<br />Paul<br /><br />P.S. You gotta be quick, though, because this is a<br />labour-intensive project for Derek and his team to take on...<br /><br />... So he must limit the number of websites he works with<br />to just 100.<br /><br />Visit<br /><a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/rapidresults.html">http://nolimitsuccess.info/rapidresults.html</a><br />Right NowPaul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-26985052783324716172008-11-05T14:34:00.003-05:002008-11-05T14:44:27.187-05:00The Practice of Discipline by Brian Tracy<span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;">Brian Tracy writes an excellent article on the importance to your business (and your life!)</span> <span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;">of doing the right things. Lost focus is the greatest cause of human failure. Enjoy! .../Paul</span><br /><br /><strong>The Practice of Discipline</strong><br /><em>By Brian Tracy</em><br /><br />Discipline yourself to do what you know you need to do to be the very best in your field. Perhaps the best definition of self-discipline is this: "Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not."<br /><br />It is easy to do something when you feel like it. It's when you don't feel like it and you force yourself to do it anyway that you move your life and career onto the fast track.<br /><br />What decisions do you need to make today in order to start moving toward the top of your field? Whatever it is, either to get in or get out, make a decision today and then get started. This single act alone can change the whole direction of your life.<br /><br /><strong>Seven Steps to Success</strong><br />There is a powerful seven step formula that you can use to set and achieve your goals for the rest of your life. Every single successful person uses this formula or some variation of this formula to achieve vastly more than the average person. And so can you. Here it is:<br /><br /><strong>Decide What You Want</strong><br />Step number one, decide exactly what it is you want in each part of your life. Become a "meaningful specific" rather than a "wandering generality."<br /><br /><strong>Write it Down</strong><br />Second, write it down, clearly and in detail. Always think on paper. A goal that is not in writing is not a goal at all. It is merely a wish and it has no energy behind it.<br /><br /><strong>Set A Deadline</strong><br />Third, set a deadline for your goal. A deadline acts as a "forcing system" in your subconscious mind. It motivates you to do the things necessary to make your goal come true. If it is a big enough goal, set sub-deadlines as well. Don't leave this to chance.<br /><br /><strong>Make A List</strong><br />Fourth, make a list of everything that you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal. When you think of new tasks and activities, write them on your list until your list is complete.<br /><br /><strong>Organize Your List</strong><br />Fifth, organize your list into a plan. Decide what you will have to do first and what you will have to do second. Decide what is more important and what is less important. And then write out your plan on paper, the same way you would develop a blueprint to build your dream house.<br /><br /><strong>Take Action</strong><br />The sixth step is for you to take action on your plan. Do something. Do anything. But get busy. Get going.<br /><br /><strong>Do Something Every Day</strong><br />Do something every single day that moves you in the direction of your most important goal at the moment. Develop the discipline of doing something 365 days each year that is moving you forward. You will be absolutely astonished at how much you accomplish when you utilize this formula in your life every single day.<br /><br /><strong>Action Exercises</strong><br />Here are two things you can do to put these ideas into action immediately.<br /><br />First, decide exactly what you want, write it down with a deadline, make a plan and take action -- on at least one goal -- today!<br /><br />Second, determine the price you will have to pay to achieve this goal and then get busy paying that price-- whatever it is.<br /><br /><br /><em>Want to know how to accomplish more in a month than most people accomplish in a year?</em> Brian Tracy's audio program, <strong><a href="http://briantracy.directtrack.com/z/815/CD869">The Miracle of Self-Discipline</a></strong>, will show you how! Training yourself to complete important tasks -- even when you don't want to -- is a vital skill that every Top Achiever should master.<br /><br /><a href="http://briantracy.directtrack.com/z/815/CD869">To get your copy today, click here.</a><br /><br />Still not sure? Why not listen to an audio excerpt right here: <a href="http://www.briantracy.com/files/AudioSamples/TheMiracleofSelfDiscipline_trim.mp3">MP3 audio</a>Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416406.post-51023971745020935742008-10-31T16:16:00.005-04:002008-10-31T16:29:09.540-04:00MLM Training - Why Prospects Disappear and How to Get Them Back by Tim Sales<span style="font-size:78%;color:#3333ff;">So here we are on Halloween... isn't it scary when things appear suddenly out of the dark? It can be just as unsettling when things that were once there disappear from our view. Like that prospect that had been so excited to meet with you and now cannot be found anywhere.<br /><br />Tim Sales has some ideas on the subject and how you can handle these spooky events...</span><br /><br /><strong>MLM Training - Why Prospects Disappear and How to Get Them Back</strong><br /><em>By Tim Sales</em><br /><br />Over the past several months I've received many questions with a similar theme. Each of these questions leaves me a clue as to what's going on... what you're doing and what you're not doing.<br /><br />The questions start off explaining that you're doing everything I taught you in <a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/profinviter.html">Professional Inviter</a>, specifically, you <strong>GREET </strong>correctly and the prospect talks with you in a friendly manner and then you move to the <strong>QUALIFY </strong>step and the prospect tells you what would make their life better. You <strong>INVITE </strong>them to look at a video and just like some of the live calls you heard me do they are eager to watch the video and you <strong>CLOSE THEM TO ACTION </strong>by getting the specific date and time to <strong>FOLLOW UP </strong>with them. Both of you happily hang up the phone and then <em><strong>POOF</strong></em>, the prospect vanishes.<br /><br />What did you do wrong?<br /><br />You start backtracking through everything in your mind trying to figure out what you missed and what you possibly could have done wrong. You felt such a great connection with the person - surely they wouldn't avoid your call. Surely they would at least have the decency to say they're not interested, if that's the case. But maybe they had an emergency come up and simply couldn't come to the phone. Maybe you got the time wrong - maybe you said 8 pm but thought 7 pm.<br /><br />This is all NOISE in your head.<br /><br />If you do not follow my FOLLOW UP procedures exactly, this noise in your head could destroy your confidence and walk you backwards right out of the business. I cover this in detail in <a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/profinviter.html">Professional Inviter</a> (www.ProfessionalInviter.com in the Follow Up section) along with letting you hear live calls. But here, I will outline the procedures and why they are so important.<br /><br /><strong>DAY OF SCHEDULED CALL</strong><br />On the day of the scheduled follow up call - call them exactly when you said you would.<br /><br />If they do not answer the phone - leave an upbeat message something like this, <em>"Hello Mark; this is Tim Sales. I'm calling you at the scheduled time. You can give me a call at 801.222.2222. Let me give that number to you again 801.222.2222. I'll also try to reach you as well because I'm going to be out and away from my phone for a while. I look forward to talking with you and finding out what you thought about the video. Bye bye."</em><br />You can call them one more time today provided it's not past 9pm. If you do call a second time, don't leave a message.<br /><br /><strong>DAY 2</strong><br />Call them one time. Leave a message, <em>"Hello Mark - this is Tim Sales. I'm just trying to catch up with you. I'll try you later or you can call me back. 801.222.2222; again 801.222.2222."</em><br /><br /><strong>OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS</strong> - CALL 3 TIMES<br />Only leave a message on one of those calls.<br /><br /><strong>OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS</strong> - CALL 2 TIMES<br />Only leave a message on one of those calls.<br /><br /><strong>OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS</strong> - CALL 1 TIME<br />If cold market: Leave a final message, <em>"Hello Mark; this is Tim Sales. I'm calling you to let you know that I won't be calling you again. I'm taking you not returning my call to mean that you're not interested - which is fine because I really just wanted to help you get ______. If you want to pick this up at another time I'd be happy to help you. I wish you well Mark, bye bye."</em><br /><br />If warm market: Leave a final message, <em>"Hello Mark; this is Tim Sales. I'm calling you to let you know that I won't be calling you again concerning the business. I'm taking you not returning my call to mean that you're not interested - which is fine because I really just wanted to help you get ______. Mark, I sure hope that me inviting you to look at ______ didn't in some way violate our friendship. If it did, please let me know because I definitely want to make that right. Your friendship to me means more than anything we could ever do business-wise. If you'd prefer to email me, my email is _______. Please do get in touch with me, bye bye."</em><br /><br />Why you <strong>MUST </strong>do this...<br />You need to follow this exactly as I laid it out because it's what got the best results for me and people joining my downline. Sure, you could not call them again after their "disappearance" - but you'd be missing out on some that would have otherwise joined your business after a bit more objection handling.<br /><br />Also, you need to leave a "final" message so that YOU can move on and your PROSPECT can move on.<br /><br />You see, when you have something incomplete (such as two people who scheduled an appointment but didn't have the meeting) - you will keep bringing it up in your mind over and over again - this is damaging to you because it continually keeps you looking at that event "wondering." The prospect also has something incomplete in that they know they made a commitment they didn't keep. Now, they may justify their actions with "they'll take the hint" or some other such thoughts but the mere fact that they have that thought is enough to know that they too are incomplete.<br /><br />By you leaving a final message which concludes the event for both of you - both of you can move on. I'd say 1/3 of the time that I've left a final message, I've gotten some kind of call back apologizing for them not calling me back. Many times they claim it was because they "got busy." It honestly doesn't matter what happened. You're doing this so you can fully move on.<br /><br />So, earlier when I said that your questions leave me clues to what you're doing and what you're not doing - the questions surrounding you being upset about people going "poof" on you told me you're not doing sufficient follow-up and not leaving final messages.<br /><br />Just try it - you'll see that you really will recover some of those who disappeared and you really will move on when you leave the final message.<br /><br />Tim Sales<br /><br />P.S. The follow-up sequence is only one small part of what you'll learn in <a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/profinviter.html">Professional Inviter</a> (www.professionalinviter.com). To know what to do every step of the way, from introduction to distributor sign-up, get and listen to <a href="http://nolimitsuccess.info/profinviter.html">Professional Inviter</a>. You'll increase your confidence and your income.Paul Maclauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609259954270218445noreply@blogger.com0