article · October 2005
Integrity
Life is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk, every step will show.
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Denis Waitley
Contributor to The Network Marketing Magazine across 13 publication years.
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88 contributionsfeature · January 2006
The Psychology of Winning in Network Marketing
Life truly is a perception in the eyes of the beholder; everyone is involved in a world that, basically, is between their own ears.
article · August 2006
Confidence - 'You only sell you'
The truth is, every day "You only sell you." You don't sell products or a business concept. You sell the value of the person offering the products and services.
feature · September 2006
Overcoming the fear of rejection
I look at the service I offer to others as a gift that almost everyone desires.
article · January 2007
Become a student of change
As the world becomes more interconnected, events outside your industry and career have an impact on your business, your family and your pocketbook.
article · May 2007
Be committed to keeping your personal and professional life in balance
Standard of living is based on income earned. Quality of life is the enjoyment of the millions of minutes in between accomplishments.
article · August 2007
Constantly Upgrade your Computer Literacy
Because all the devices we plug in - computers, telephones, fax machines, radios, television sets, VCRs and even kitchen appliances - are emerging into a unified information machine.
article · October 2007
Autograph your career and your life with excellence
High achievers have developed the ability to stay focused when no one else is around.
article · December 2007
Three rules for turning stress into success
Success is the only acceptable form of revenge.
article · January 2008
Self-knowledge: The key to preparing for competition
Self-knowledge has always been the key to preparing for competition.
article · March 2008
The most important meetings you'll ever attend
There is no opinion so vitally important to your well being as the opinion you have of yourself.
article · June 2008
Conducting a Personal Inventory of your "Knowledge Resources"
To fully assess your own talents, realize that studies confirm that what we love and do well as children continues as our latent or manifest talent as adults.
article · September 2008
Model Yourself After the Best Individuals, Who Have Proven Their Success Over Time
You must know the best business practices, wherever they exist.
article · October 2008
Children Learn What They Live
An ancient Chinese proverb tells us, "A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark."
article · January 2009
Be a Person who Practices Non-Situational Integrity
The paradox is that the people who try hardest to impress are often the least impressive. Puffing to appear powerful is an attempt to hide insecurity.
article · February 2009
The Safari Called Life
I view life as a way of traveling on a mysterious, ever-challenging safari, where the trail is blazed by our daily choices, actions and responses.
article · March 2009
The Most Important Meetings You'll Ever Attend are the Meetings You Have With Yourself
We’re all talking to ourselves every moment of our lives, except during certain portions of our sleeping cycle. We’re seldom even aware that we’re doing it.
article · April 2009
As Tall as You Want to Be
Here was something fun at which he could excel, where height and weight weren’t important.
feature · May 2009
Life is a Game of Choice, Not Chance
We really don't have to do much of anything. We choose to do the things we do because they're profitable to us and the best choices among the alternatives.
feature · June 2009
Create Your Own Mission Statement for Your Personal and Professional Life
Are you going where you want to go, doing what you want to do, and becoming who you want to become?
article · August 2009
Six Behaviors that Increase Self-Esteem
The ability to accept or receive is a universal mark of an individual with solid self-esteem.
feature · September 2009
Power from Empowerment
A good way to think of leadership is the process of freeing your team members to do the best work they possibly can.
feature · October 2009
The Power of Positive Believing
Faith is the key to unlock the door of success for every human being. Or it is the lock that imprisons and prevents that human being from ever experiencing success.
article · November 2009
Seeing is Believing, or Is It?
Champions know that "What you see, is who you’ll be."
feature · January 2010
His message, his contribution, his works, his integrity and humility are immortal
His mortal life may have transitioned, however his message, his contribution, his works, his integrity and humility are immortal.
article · March 2010
Set Up a Learning Resource at Home and at Your Place of Business
In the twenty-first century, gaining knowledge will blend into our lives as part of our leisure time.
feature · April 2010
Communication with Your Elementary Age Child
A child whose parents use eye and physical contact will likely be more comfortable with himself and others, be a better communicator, and have better self-esteem.
feature · May 2010
Balance High-Tech With a High-Touch Environment
The investment in human capital, the primacy of people, may be the most important consideration in networking for the future.
article · June 2010
Aged to Perfection
Let’s make a pledge together, You and I, to seize this moment and live it to the fullest, rather than yearn for the past or simply dream of a bright future. Let’s keep the playful spirit full of curiosity and energy like a child, and live in the now, in this beat of a heart.
article · July 2010
Procrastination Doesn't Make Perfect
but procrastination differs markedly from genuine relaxation – which is truly needed. And it saves me no time or energy. On the contrary, it drains both, leaving me with self-doubt on top of self-delusion.
article · August 2010
Overflowing Buckets of Wealth
With a little discipline and patience, you can make your journey to abundance and personal fulfillment a downhill flow instead of an uphill struggle. The key is to use the “overflowing buckets” concept of creating financial independence.
article · September 2010
Becoming a Proactive Leader
They are learning to be proactive instead of reactive, and to appreciate the full importance of relationships and alliances.
article · October 2010
Dream Torture
None of us really has a time-management problem. We really have a dream- and goal-focus problem.
article · November 2010
As We Sow, So Shall We Harvest
There are two primary choices in our lives: to accept conditions as they exist or to accept the responsibility for changing them. To attain emotional security, each of us must learn to develop two critical capabilities: the ability to live with uncertainty, and the ability to…
article · January 2011
The Virtue of Patience
Persistence keeps us moving inside ourselves to see the purpose behind the purpose, but patience is the wisdom behind persistence.
article · February 2011
Paying The Price
This commitment and discipline to "paying the price" is a key quality in the mind of a champion. You could even say that if success has an entry fee, the cost is total commitment through daily discipline.
article · March 2011
Motivation from Within
If you’re really committed to peak performance and leadership, you must motivate yourself from within. Studies of achievers show that inner drives for excellence and independence are far more powerful than desire for wealth, status or recognition.
article · April 2011
A Compelling WHY!
What is the difference between these two situations? It all comes down to why . If the why is big enough; the how is usually not a problem. This compelling why is connected to your personal objectives, mission statement, or magnificent obsessions. It is the basis of your motiv…
article · May 2011
Creative Goal Setting for Kids and Teens
A dream is what you would like for life to be. A Goal is what you intend to make happen. A goal is the near look; what, specifically, you intend to do on a daily basis to get there.
article · June 2011
Look Up To Those Beneath You
The key to getting and staying on top is to provide a resilient, positive working environment. This requires that you "check your ego at the door" and that you seek alliances with others who may have different talents or strengths than you do. This is what synergy is all about…
article · July 2011
I Learned from My Grandma that the Seeds of Greatness Are
We planted seeds together in the soil and in each other.
feature · August 2011
Starting and Promoting Your Network Marketing Business
You do have to talk to people and let them know that you're in business. No business will grow on it's own. You must plant seeds and get the word out.
feature · September 2011
Balance High-Tech, With a High-Touch Environment
In fact, the most important re-engineering may have more to do with people than systems – or, to put it another way, the transformation may have to be more cultural than technological.
article · December 2011
Lessons From My Father
"Denis, everything depends on how you want to look at what happens in life. It doesn't make any difference what is going on 'out there' What makes a difference is how you take it."
article · January 2012
Making The Most of Today
What each of us is doing this minute is the most important event in history for us. We have decided to invest our resources in THIS opportunity rather than in any other.
feature · February 2012
Institute a More Dynamic, Proactive System for Getting Back to People
I have learned through the years that the greatest communication problems occur when no communication takes place. One of Parkinson’s most important laws is that; “The lack of communication creates a void that is quickly filled with doubt, fear, anxiety, poison and innuendo.”
feature · April 2012
CHASE YOUR PASSION (not your pension)
If you chase money, it may catch you – and if it catches you, you’ll forever be its slave.
article · June 2012
Seven Techniques for Overcoming the Tendency to Procrastinate
The science of physics recognizes two kinds of inertia - both of which can be related to procrastination. The first law states, "Standing objects tend to remain stationary." The second law is the inverse: "Moving objects tend to stay in motion."
article · August 2012
How to Find The Olympian Within
Surrounded by mirrors and lights, our hearts would pound in anticipation as we stretched out desperately, trying to be the one among all the riders who would grab the gold ring and win another ride. So began my competitive spirit.
article · September 2012
Specificity is the Key
One of the major reasons so few people reach their goals is that most people don't set specific goals and the mind just dismisses them as irrelevant.
article · October 2012
Avoiding Futile Competition
The moral of the story is that it is futile to try to set others back when you could turn yourself 20 degrees and go forward!
article · November 2012
Positive Discipline for Your Elementary Age Child
The child who knows that he is loved is able to accept his parent's guidance without hostility and resentment and understands the difference between free choice and boundaries.
technology · December 2012
Make certain you have a presence on the World Wide Web now!
Your web presence is not static, nor should it be treated as a structure. It should be a constantly changing infomercial and résumé of your services.
article · March 2013
From Motivation to Motive-Action
Today, in the knowledge-based world, where change is the rule, a set of personal strategies is essential for success, even survival.
article · March 2013
Balance Your Workload with a Generous Number of Mini-Vacations for Maximum Productivity
Balance and consistency are the keys. Enjoy the process, not just the result.
article · April 2013
Take a Proactive Approach to Your Health
Like your car, your body only speaks to you by exception. You only notice it when it is damaged or inoperative. But, unlike your car, the spare parts business for your body is not a viable option at present.
article · June 2013
Confidence: You only sell You!
Who you are shouts so loudly that people either can’t hear, don’t want to hear, or listen carefully to what you are saying.
article · July 2013
Freedom From Urgency
You see, it's the easiest thing in the world to neglect the important and give in to the urgent. One of the greatest skills you can ever develop in your life is not only to tell the two apart, but to be able to assign the correct amount of time to each.
feature · October 2013
Be Responsible for Your Own Financial Security
The only way to reach financial security is to plan for it now, regardless of your age. You have to define financial security in your own terms. Have you defined the amount of assets that you need for financial independence?
feature · November 2013
Going Full Circle
Real leadership is the process of empowering others by abdicating one’s power over them. It means to set others free to become all they can be in an atmosphere of inspiration, innovation and mutual respect.
article · December 2013
Life Balance: The Urgent vs. The Important
We worry about things we want to do, but can’t, instead of doing the things we can do, but don’t.
article · February 2014
Allowing Setbacks to Spur You On
It takes persistence and total commitment to your goals, but it's possible!
article · March 2014
Conduct a Personal Inventory of Your "Knowledge Resources"
Well-chosen, carefully-considered words can close the sale, negotiate the raise, enhance relationships, and change destinies.
article · April 2014
Life's Batting Average
Since failure is a given in life, success takes more than leadership beliefs and solid behavioral patterns.
article · May 2014
Problems are a Normal Part of Change
The idea is to turn the stumbling block into a steppingstone, and step on it instead of stumble over it. So look at failure as the fertilizer of success.
article · July 2014
A Compelling 'Why'
Most people would respond to that scenario by saying that they would leave right now. Wouldn't you?
feature · January 2015
Managing Money for Your Elementary Age Child
Money management is one of the least talked about issues of family life. Children's lifelong attitudes toward money are based on what they learn at home, so when do our children start to learn about money?
feature · February 2015
The Seven Keys to The Science of Getting Rich
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article · September 2015
Repeat Business and Profitability: Relationships Based on Trust
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feature · October 2015
What enormous changes in the industry just in this past decade
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article · November 2015
Create a Mission Statement for Your Personal and Professional Life
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feature · December 2015
21 Reasons Why Women Will Win in the 21st Century
1. Women are starting companies at twice the rate of men. The number of female-owned businesses in North America alone has grown to over 9.5 million.
feature · February 2016
Make today your best day ever
One of these days is Yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a singl…
article · April 2016
Keep Your Light Bright
My dad had a keen imagination, and we would often play a little goodnight game that became our special ritual. He would come into my room to talk to me and listen to the triumphs and tragedies of my day. As he was leaving, Dad had a way of leaning back against the switch by my…
article · May 2016
Life is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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article · June 2016
If You Think You Can, You Can
You can be a total winner, even if you're a beginner If you think you can you can, if you think you can you can You can wear the gold medallion, you can ride your own black stallion If you think you can you can, if you think you can you can
article · July 2016
Your Automatic Pilot to Goal Achievement
Every living organism has a built-in autopilot to help it achieve its goal, which is, in very basic terms, to live. In more primitive forms of life, to live simply means physical survival for both the individual and the species. This built-in mechanism or instinct in animals i…