DO I NEED TO LEARN ALL THIS? No, not if you are content to follow…. Leading is not being branded nor a stud on stage……we covered that and other leadership tips in the previous post. I found the 10 truths about leadership in James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner’s book, “The Truth About Leadership,” not just valuable but profound. Let’s face it, we cannot lead where we will not go……and...

NO, NOT MY OPINION Written by Peter Han, a Harvard grad…..and the result of interviewing over 100 ‘Nobodies’ who became ‘Somebodies’ …..is the resource, not an opinion.  And it is a great piece of work for anyone who wants to know – what does leadership mean? Really. What is very cool is folks who understand leadership attributes seem to be better leaders…..I know that may sound like I am...

IT’S A VERY THIN LINE …..SORT OF To say numbers have nothing to do with building a strong network marketing business would not be true……but equally false is that network marketing is ‘a numbers game.’ It sure seemed like a thin line to me until I learned some network marketing skills and developed some leadership attributes. Saying it’s a numbers game is a slippery slop and usually cost people in...

LET’S STAY POSITIVE Before we get to these inanely insulting emails…..let’s talk about what works. Blocking and tackling.  Coach Lombardi was right…..basics. Ah…..and there it is…..the reason we can lose our common sense and actually read some of the ‘I know a secret that will make you rich and I will let you buy it’  dribble. We lose sight of what works.  We forget. So…..What...

IF YOU SOUND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE? Snooze fest……zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz And while we may not THINK so, that is exactly what is going on for prospects these days. In yesterday’s post we shared our discovery about being in commodity hell and touched on how Oren Harari’s brilliant work, Break From the Pack, gave us a huge edge. What’s commodity hell? We all sound the same to the prospect……those wonderful...

WELCOME TO COMMIDITY HELL Oren Harari’s breakout business book, “Break from the Pack” should be required reading for folks starting a home-based business. See, I thought my company and plan and products were unique. I did not know, for a time, I was in commodity hell. “Yeah, that’s crap,” I thought when I first discovered this concept of commodity hell. My product is ‘unique!’ My pay plan is...