IS “THE ZONE” FACT OR FICTION? We hear it all the time about ballplayers….”He’s in the zone”…..meaning just nailing everything right and effortlessly. Is it fact or is it fiction?….just one of those times when things just break the players’ way? Turns out being is the ‘zone’ is a fact.  And the travel industry figured it out…..and regularly runs their pilots through a...

STOP DIGGING FOR GOODNESS SAKE There’s an old saying…..if you’re in a hole, stop digging! We networkers are a passionate but irrational group.   Passion is wonderful but without common sense, it leads to lots of bad decisions. And networkers make lots of them because our passion is so deep, strong and real. Now don’t get your undies in a bunch….everywhere you look you see a lack of common sense. Next time...

MY LIFE…..JUST KIDDING There is no question that my first job out of college had a profound effect on me…..I only wish, and I mean really, really wish…I knew what an immense gift I was given. It was my [unknown] privilege to work for W. Clement Stone.  Stone was Napoleon Hill’s friend and the truth is that it was Stone who really pushed Hill to dramatic wealth. Stone and Hill wrote a lot of books together and...

YIKES.  I GUESS I HIT A NERVE. Yesterday’s post about leaders at lots of companies undermining the objective, duplication, pissed a few folks off…..I guess they didn’t read or hear in the video that it is NOT their intent….and it is because they are trying so hard. Lighten up leaders…..as my friend Doug likes to say……about Think and Grow Rich……”if you don’t have the time to...

MLM companies and leaders really are impeding duplication for the masses. THERE, I FINALLY SAID IT Duplication is a network marketing skill, not an accident or an act of God. Let me be real clear here, no one is trying to ‘prevent’ duplication, no one is evil or bad here.  As a matter of fact, with the leaders, they are trying too hard to help…..so no one get their undies in a bunch. We live in a ‘blame’...

COMPETITIVE EDGE? Network marketing is like any other business but the obsession people have with thinking and believing it is ‘so different’ blocks most people from learning some simple business concepts and gaining a huge competitive edge. Think about it for a minute.   Yes, we have a different method of paying people than a traditional job…..yes the home-based business model is different than traditional...