column · October 2005
The Luck Factor
You can control what you do, but you can't control what they will do. Nor can you even begin to predict how well they will do and how soon.
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128 storiescolumn · October 2005
The Missing Relationship
It's encouraging to discover that people, women AND men, are starting to realize there is value in exploring the shapes and textures of our relationships... and how we serve and are served within them.
column · October 2005
How we're Network Marketing TheNetworkMarketingMagazine.com
One of the things the Greatest Networker did was to develop the people he mentored into Greatest Networkers themselves. As our friend John Kalench taught, to do that, you must develop a belief in your company and products... belief in yourself... and an unshakable belief in th…
column · October 2005
The Transformation of the Business Formerly Known as MLM
Blame the Internet, most of all. Thank the Internet, most of all.
article · November 2005
The Brand Called You
It's this simple: You are a brand. You are in charge of your brand. There is no single path to success. And there is no one right way to create the brand called You. Except this: Start today. Or else.
column · November 2005
The Big Picture - Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
If these figures (most often attributed to Tony Robbins) were actually true, then maybe it really wouldn’t matter that much whether or not our words told the truth. But it’s not true, and it does matter.
column · November 2005
Inside Network Marketing - Deconstructing MLM pay plans
Yes, the quality of one's products should be the dominant decision making factor, and there is certainly a trend over the last few years in that direction, but alas, that's still the way it should be, not the way it is.
column · November 2005
Expect Miracles - Taking the Risk
I'm coming to realize how letting go with appreciation and celebration creates a more powerful opening into the new.
column · November 2005
The Business of the Business - Choose a Breakthrough Goal
Any world-class business starts with a visionary goal.... TheNetworkMarketing Magazine.com is no exception
column · November 2005
It's all good - Appreciation, Acknowledgement, Celebration
It really is that easy to shift from seeing the glass as half empty to seeing it as half full.
column · November 2005
It's time...Playing the MLM Game
What are the rules of the MLM Game... the structure... how do you keep score, know when you win... or lose?
article · December 2005
Let's dance
If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now.
article · February 2006
Get your hands off my downline!!!
If there is one problem that every MLM faces at one time or another, it is the raiding of the company's distributor force for another MLM by one of its own current or recently departed distributors.
article · February 2006
Network Marketing and the American Dream
Why do we lose so many once-upon-a-time network marketers?
article · February 2006
The People's Franchise
“I would rather have one percent of 100 people’s efforts than 100 percent of my own.” — Andrew Carnegie
article · February 2006
"Donc c'est comment le marketing de réseau fonctionne Vraiment."
· Trouver des Prospects plus qualifiés et intéressés, · Éviter le rejet douloureux durant la Prospection, · Changer la façon que vos prospects voient votre affaire, · Développer des leaders et · Bâtir un chèque de bonus plus grand.
article · March 2006
The New Millennium and You
First, let me say that life is about constant, predictable patterns of change.
article · March 2006
Make Your Castle into a Tax Deductible Gold Mine
To constitute a principal office, you must render significant management or administration for your business out of your home AND not have another office where you render significant services.
article · April 2006
Beyond Chicken and Egg
Remember— you're not trying to convince people of the value of Network Marketing!
article · April 2006
The Meek May Inherit the Earth... But They Will Also Overpay Their Taxes
No source excerpt was available for this article.
feature · May 2006
Wave Four
It was the Chinese people's reaction, just last April, to a government ban on Network Marketing and all other forms of direct selling.
article · May 2006
Estimated Taxes
you really should be paying your taxes four times a year in the form of estimated income taxes.
feature · June 2006
Millennium Leadership for Networkers
Leadership — true, pure, unbridled leadership — the most powerful force in Network Marketing success
feature · June 2006
The qualities of skillful leadership
What's important in leadership is refining your skills.
article · July 2006
Read all the books
They have offered their wisdom and experience so that we can be inspired by it and instructed by it, and so that we can amend our philosophy by it.
article · July 2006
What will you do this summer?
You must have at least one or more business appointments before you leave.
feature · August 2006
You are a genius - Unlocking the power of the mind
Learning is gaining knowledge through various means.
feature · September 2006
Preparing for your presentations
Persistence in your presentations, this is one secret to success.
technology · September 2006
How to evaluate any network marketing opportunity
Work for yourself, get others to work with you, and earn more than you even dreamed of is the network marketer's theme song.
article · November 2006
The Three Keys to Greatness
I suggest having a minimum amount of time set aside for reading books, listening to audiocassettes, attending seminars, keeping a journal and spending time with other successful people.
article · November 2006
The Three Keys to Greatness
I suggest having a minimum amount of time set aside for reading books, listening to audiocassettes, attending seminars, keeping a journal and spending time with other successful people.
article · December 2006
The Ant Philosophy
What a neat philosophy, to never quit looking for a way to get where you're supposed to go.
article · January 2007
Leading a World Class Life
The secret of how these athletes became world class is found in the combination of two fundamental ideas: Desire and dedication.
article · January 2007
Use your network marketing imagination
Most of us are probably earning only a fraction of what we really could in this business. Is that true for you?
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.
feature · February 2007
Achieving your dreams
Dreams are a projection of the kind of life you want to lead. Dreams can drive you. Dreams can make you skip over obstacles.
feature · March 2007
The Best Gift to Give Yourself and Others
The key to helping others is to help yourself first.
article · April 2007
Retailing is 'Right Now Money'
The retail sale to the "end user" is the pivot of the whole process, and it's the critical element that people often forget or avoid.
article · April 2007
All life wishes to reward its benefactors
If you become the benefactor, you will receive these incredible rewards.
article · May 2007
The importance of three-way calls
Your upline's there so that, between the two of you, the prospect can 1) get all of his or her questions answered, 2) see your company in the best possible way, and 3) make an educated decision.
article · June 2007
Wherever you are, be there
One of the major reasons why we fail to find happiness or to create unique lifestyle is because we have not yet mastered the art of being.
article · June 2007
Five ways to heat up cold distributors
It's true. And here's the amazing part - ice at 32 degrees will never thaw! Seems as though water is in some sort of suspended animation at 32 degrees.
article · August 2007
Don't Send You Ducks to Eagle School
Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar.
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 · February 2008
Enterprise is better than ease
Our philosophy about activity and our attitude about hard work will affect the quality of our lives.
article · April 2008
If You Don't Have a Home-Based Business, Start one Today!
This may be a decade of tremendous corporate profits and economic growth, but for the vast majority of North Americans, the 90's have been a dismal, uphill climb. And many economists believe that this next, new millennium won't be getting better any time soon.
feature · May 2008
Flying colors
Yellow was the same as phlegmatic. Blue was sanguine. Green was melancholy, and red was the same as choleric.
feature · December 2008
Matching, Pacing and Rhythm
Last week I went to pay some bills online. I looked at my account and realized there were charges listed that I had never made. I called the bank immediately. We shut down all of my accounts and opened new ones.
article · December 2008
Major Tax Myths
Thus, even if you didn’t make a lot of money, tax knowledge will always pay you back.
feature · July 2009
Setting Goals is Easy Achieving Goals is Difficult
The problem is that we seldom achieve these goals.
feature · July 2009
What Do You Need to Get From Here to There?
In order for your goal to become attainable you must define it with great clarity and detail.
article · August 2009
The One-Minute MLMer
Your analyst has time for your life story. Your prospect doesn't.
article · February 2010
The Miracle of Personal Development
“Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”
article · March 2010
Success is Everything
It is not just a destination that is set for everybody to try and go for. It is like Zig said, "improving in every area of your life to see if you can't with satisfaction at the end of the day, week, month and year and say 'I have made excellent progress this year, for myself,…
feature · April 2010
Scolding: One of Communication's Tools of Last Resort
Scolding someone is like giving them a cut, giving them a small cut with your words on the hand. Maybe it will serve its purpose, and the cut will heal and everything will be okay. You needed to get their attention. But you must not do it everyday, all the time.
article · May 2010
Become a Good Observer
One of the major reasons why people are not doing well is because they keep trying to get through the day. A more worthy challenge is to try to get from the day.
article · June 2010
Don't Be A Complainer
Complaining leaves you out of more opportunities than you can possibly imagine if you let it take over and grab you by the throat.
article · July 2010
Ambitiously Pursuing Your Own Self-Direction
Your ambition is an expression of who you truly are, your own self-expression.
article · August 2010
Attitude is Everything
But the one thing that determines the level of our potential, that produces the intensity of our activity, and that predicts the quality of the result we receive is our attitude.
article · September 2010
Reaping a Multiple Reward
For every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards.
article · November 2010
Ending Procrastination
The opposite of perseverance is procrastination. Perseverance means you never quit. Procrastination usually means you never get started, although the inability to finish something is also a form of procrastination.
article · December 2010
One of Life's Great Lessons – Learn to be Thankful for What You Already Have
Both the years and the experiences have brought me here to where I stand today, but it is the thankfulness that opened the windows of opportunities, of blessings, of unique experiences to flow my way.
article · January 2011
Four Steps to Success!
So be a collector of good ideas for your business, for your relationships, for your future.
article · February 2011
From Making a Living to Creating a Lifestyle
It's called changing your life as well as changing your skills and earning more money. It's best to invest some of that early money in lifestyle.
article · April 2011
Walking a New Road
Just a few changes. Sometimes we get the idea that we're doing about 10% and there's about 90% more that we need in order to make the difference for our fortune but probably the opposite is true.
article · May 2011
Making Your Goals Count
I've often said the major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
article · July 2011
Facing The Enemies Within
Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear can destroy fortunes. Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.
article · August 2011
The Great Challenge of Life
However, you can have more because you can become more. You see, here is how the other side of the coin reads - unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got.
feature · August 2011
The Powerful, Proper P's for $uccess in Network Marketing
The first of the powerful "Ps" is Proper Paradigms.
article · October 2011
The Major Key to Your Better Future is YOU
Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest.
article · November 2011
A Thankful Thanksgiving
This means all the more that if we want to be the kind of people who are characterized by thankfulness, then we must make sure that we focus on it, and not just on Thanksgiving Day, but at all times during the year.
article · December 2011
A Classic Rohn: Read All The Books
They have handed us the gift of their insights so that we can change our plans, if need be, in order to avoid their errors. We can rearrange our lives based on their wise advice.
feature · January 2012
Preparation for Your Presentations
Here is what I am asking this unusual audience to do - get FROM the day.
article · February 2012
Success is Easy, But so is Neglect
The things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do.
article · February 2012
Zig on... Good Choices
Parents, the best way to steer your child in the right direction is to go in the right direction yourself.
article · March 2012
Three Key Words to Remember: Weigh, Count and Measure
If you find that the results are not to your liking there are only three places to look. Your philosophy needs to be fine-tuned; your attitude needs to be strengthened or your disciplines need extra skill. But that's it. Activity, attitude and philosophy create results.
article · April 2012
Doing The Remarkable
Here is why humans can do remarkable things: because they are remarkable. Humans are different than any other creation.
feature · May 2012
The Great Leadership Challenge
Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills, and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent.
article · June 2012
Labor That Works Miracles
If you hand a problem to a miracle worker what they are inclined to say is "no problem". You've got to hang out with people like that.
article · July 2012
Practice Being Like a Child
A child’s curiosity is what helps them to reach, learn and grow.
article · September 2012
Personal Development Legend Jim Rohn
"You don't pursue success, you attract success by the person you become," he says.
article · October 2012
Hopes in the Midst of Tragedy?
The strength of the human spirit is demonstrated in a profound way when viewed through tragedy.
feature · December 2012
Skills Make Labor More Valuable
How about this - skillful language. If you just talk to your family you can hold them all together, but if you skillfully talk to your children you can help them build dreams for the future.
article · December 2012
Zig on... Family Moments
At that moment I renewed a pledge I had made earlier that I would always try to do the right thing because if one of my children ever wrote a check the clerk would be able to say, “No, you don’t need to show us your credit cards or driver’s license. This name is all the identi…
article · January 2013
Thinking Like a Farmer
There is a lesson here. Learn to use the seasons of life. Decide when to pour it on and when to ease back, when to take advantage and when to let things ride.
article · April 2013
Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow
Time is the great equalizer of all mankind. It has taken away the best and the worst of us without regard for either. Time offers opportunity but demands a sense of urgency.
article · April 2013
The Theory of Relativity
As you ponder things of this nature, I believe you will come to the conclusion that the more things we make relative, the more chaos we’re going to have in our society.
article · May 2013
Zig On... Being Nice
it's the little things husbands and wives do for each other on a regular basis, not the big things once or twice a year, that breed long-term, successful marriages and lots of honeymoons instead of just anniversaries.
article · June 2013
Finishing Well
Integrity is who you are, a measurement of your character and, consequently, the determining factor in your behavior. Ethics are the result of our integrity.
article · July 2013
Sticks and Stones
The words you use when you speak to someone can make a dramatic difference in that person's performance.
article · August 2013
The Seasons of Life
Let reality be your best beginning. Every garden will be invaded.
article · August 2013
Language Changes
An unknown author says that education is "exploring the unknown, discovering new ideas, communicating with the world about us. Education is unfinishable. It is an attitude and a way of life. It makes every day a new beginning."
article · September 2013
Nine Things More Important Than Capital
Well, I believe there are actually some things that are more valuable than capital that can lead to your entrepreneurial success. Let me give you the list.
article · October 2013
The Seasons of Life – Part 5
Fall also presents us with our fourth major lesson to learn in life, and that is to learn how to reap in the fall without apology if you have done well and without complaint if you have not.
article · November 2013
Personal Philosophy is Like the Set of the Sail
What guides us to different destinations in life is determined by the way we have chosen to set our sail. The way that each of us thinks makes the major difference in where each of us arrive. The major difference is the set of the sail.
feature · November 2013
Character is the Issue
It's just an issue with the kind of role model I want to be."
article · December 2013
It's Better to Give
Each one, in different writing, carried the same name - Wally Jansen."
article · December 2013
Why I Believe In Christmas
If I seem upset about the changes that I see taking place in regard to Christmas, it is because I am! It’s not because an old tradition is being changed. No, I’m upset that the event that made it possible for me to have a life I could never have imagined is being hidden from v…
article · December 2013
Four Words That Make Life Worthwhile
If you care at all you will get some results, if you care enough you can get incredible results. Care enough to make a difference.
article · January 2014
One of Life's Greatest Lessons – Learn to Be Thankful for What You Already Have
I believe one of the greatest and perhaps one of the simplest lessons in life we can learn is to be thankful for what we have already received and accomplished.
article · January 2014
Are You Turning Your Prospects Off? Little Violations Can Catch Big Crooks
No source excerpt was available for this article.
article · February 2014
Mr. Shoaff's Simple Strategies to Success
So I learned that we don't have to work on the company, we have to work on ourselves.
article · March 2014
The Mighty Oak from the Acorn Grew
No source excerpt was available for this article.
technology · March 2014
Technology – A Powerful Way to Leverage Ourselves
While it is still desirable to meet in person to further establish bonds and trust, being that this is sometimes impossible, technology has allowed us to make up for this.
article · April 2014
The Five Principles of Performance
The positive attitude I talk about is one that you are filled with, and when you are jostled, it just spills out! What I’m saying is that a genuinely positive attitude is part of who you are at your core.
feature · May 2014
Leaders Lead
They have no opportunity to explore for better grass and water, or to play with other young lambs. They simply become obedient, passive and apathetic. By the time they are grown, they have lost all initiative.
feature · May 2014
Posturing for Profits in Network Marketing
In addition to financial success, proper posture is the key to having fun and enjoyment in network marketing.
article · May 2014
It's a Challenge to Succeed
I can promise you that the challenges you'll meet on the road to success are far less difficult to deal with than the struggles and the disappointments that come from being average.
feature · May 2014
Follow the Leader - If
That's the reason leadership carries such an incredible responsibility - namely, that of making certain you're heading in the right direction, that the decisions you make are character-based and the route you choose is a good one.
article · June 2014
Multiple skills for the 21st century
So my admonition learn some multiple skills, or should we say, back-up skills for the 21st Century and no better place to learn them than in what your already doing now.
article · July 2014
Women in network marketing
If we knew what kept people in even when they’re not making much yet, wouldn’t that be useful information?
feature · July 2014
What your downline should be duplicating – and how to get them to do it
So that's the first thing - make sure that you're duplicating something that is simple to learn and grasp.
article · October 2014
Doing Beats Talking Every Time
"We believed it could be done, but you, Dick and Jeana, proved it and doing beats talking every time."
column · September 2016
Network Marketing History: For Every Legend, There Is A Beginning
No source excerpt was available for this article.
feature · January 2018
So That's How Network Marketing Really Works
No source excerpt was available for this article.
feature · January 2018
So That's How Network Marketing Really Works
No source excerpt was available for this article.
feature · September 2018
Network Marketing Lottery Mentality
No source excerpt was available for this article.
feature · June 2024
Teamwork makes the Dream work! A Classic From Paul Morris
At the risk of being accused of using old acronyms, I choose to use one of the more often used ones that aptly describes the power of working together as a team.