Are you considering getting started in a home business and wondering if you have what it takes to succeed? Are you the entrepreneurial type?
I read somewhere that there are four categories people fall into by the age of 65.
Out of 100 people:
36% will still continue to work after retirement, maybe they are the people greeting us at WalMart.
54% are dependent on social security and/or pension – and unbelievably, most of these people are happy to be getting 50% of what they made when they were working - something wrong with that picture.
5% have died.
4% retire financially dependent, meaning they have enough money to live on.
1% are independently wealthy.
Now not everyone can be in the 1% category, as someone has to provide certain services or none of us would survive. But I know which category I am in.
So if you are telling yourself you do not have at least $1500 to invest in a business, take a closer look at your circumstances. Somewhere something went wrong and you have to decide if you want to change it or continue on that same path.
Which category do you choose? If you choose the 1% are you willing to back it up and take the necessary actions to achieve that type of success. It is your choice. Life is all about choices. We have the Freedom to choose and do anything we want.
Success does not happen by accident, it is born out of intentions and action. It starts with your mindset.
Here are some great books to get you started:
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting by Lynn Grabhorn
Showing posts with label personal development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label personal development. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Don't Follow the Follower
I received this in my inbox early Friday morning, as I always receive a "Friday Story" by being on Bob Proctors email list, and I wanted to share because it is an awesome story. If you are not on Bob's list you can go here to sign up.
Processionary caterpillars travel in long, undulating lines, one creature behind the other. Jean Hanri Fabre, the French entomologist, once lead a group of these caterpillars onto the rim of a large flowerpot so that the leader of the procession found himself nose to tail with the last caterpillar in the procession, forming a circle without end or beginning.
Through sheer force of habit and, of course, instinct, the ring of caterpillars circled the flowerpot for seven days and seven nights, until they died from exhaustion and starvation. An ample supply of food was close at hand and plainly visible, but it was outside the range of the circle, so the caterpillars continued along the beaten path.
People often behave in a similar way. Habit patterns and ways of thinking become deeply established, and it seems easier and more comforting to follow them than to cope with change, even when that change may represent freedom, achievement, and success.
If someone shouts, "Fire!" it is automatic to blindly follow the crowd, and many thousands have needlessly died because of it. How many stop to ask themselves: Is this really the best way out of here?
So many people "miss the boat" because it's easier and more comforting to follow - to follow without questioning the qualifications of the people just ahead - than to do some independent thinking and checking.
A hard thing for most people to fully understand is that people in such numbers can be so wrong, like the caterpillars going around and around the edge of the flowerpot, with life and food just a short distance away. If most people are living that way, it must be right, they think. But a little checking will reveal that throughout all recorded history the majority of mankind has an unbroken record of being wrong about most things, especially important things. For a time we thought the earth was flat and later we thought the sun, stars, and planets traveled around the Earth. Both ideas are now considered ridiculous, but at the time they were believed and defended by the vast majority of followers. In the hindsight of history we must have looked like those caterpillars blindly following the follower out of habit rather than stepping out of line to look for the truth.
It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of people ever really get the word about life, about living abundantly and successfully. Success in the important departments of life seldom comes naturally, no more naturally than success at anything - a musical instrument, sports, fly-fishing, tennis, golf, business, marriage, parenthood.
But for some reason most people wait passively for success to come to them - like the caterpillars going around in circles, waiting for sustenance, following nose to tail - living as other people are living in the unspoken, tacit assumption that other people know how to live successfully.
It's a good idea to step out of the line every once in a while and look around to see if the line is going where we want it to go. If it is not, it might be time for a new leader and a new direction.
For those who have tried repeatedly to break a habit of some kind, only to repeatedly fail, Mary Pickford said, "Falling is not failing, unless you fail to get up." Most people who finally win the battle over a habit they have wanted to change have done so only after repeated failures. And it's the same with most things.
The breaking of a long-time habit does seem like the end of the road at the time - the complete cessation of enjoyment. Suddenly dropping the habit so fills our minds with the desire for the old habitual way that, for a while, it seems there will no longer be any peace, any sort of enjoyment. But that's not true. New habits form in a surprisingly short time, and a whole new world opens up to us.
So, if you've been trying to start in a new direction, you might do well to remember the advice of Mary Pickford: breaking an old habit isn't the end of the road; it's just a bend in the road. And falling isn't failing, unless you don't get up.
Earl NightingaleFrom The Essence of Success
Processionary caterpillars travel in long, undulating lines, one creature behind the other. Jean Hanri Fabre, the French entomologist, once lead a group of these caterpillars onto the rim of a large flowerpot so that the leader of the procession found himself nose to tail with the last caterpillar in the procession, forming a circle without end or beginning.
Through sheer force of habit and, of course, instinct, the ring of caterpillars circled the flowerpot for seven days and seven nights, until they died from exhaustion and starvation. An ample supply of food was close at hand and plainly visible, but it was outside the range of the circle, so the caterpillars continued along the beaten path.
People often behave in a similar way. Habit patterns and ways of thinking become deeply established, and it seems easier and more comforting to follow them than to cope with change, even when that change may represent freedom, achievement, and success.
If someone shouts, "Fire!" it is automatic to blindly follow the crowd, and many thousands have needlessly died because of it. How many stop to ask themselves: Is this really the best way out of here?
So many people "miss the boat" because it's easier and more comforting to follow - to follow without questioning the qualifications of the people just ahead - than to do some independent thinking and checking.
A hard thing for most people to fully understand is that people in such numbers can be so wrong, like the caterpillars going around and around the edge of the flowerpot, with life and food just a short distance away. If most people are living that way, it must be right, they think. But a little checking will reveal that throughout all recorded history the majority of mankind has an unbroken record of being wrong about most things, especially important things. For a time we thought the earth was flat and later we thought the sun, stars, and planets traveled around the Earth. Both ideas are now considered ridiculous, but at the time they were believed and defended by the vast majority of followers. In the hindsight of history we must have looked like those caterpillars blindly following the follower out of habit rather than stepping out of line to look for the truth.
It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of people ever really get the word about life, about living abundantly and successfully. Success in the important departments of life seldom comes naturally, no more naturally than success at anything - a musical instrument, sports, fly-fishing, tennis, golf, business, marriage, parenthood.
But for some reason most people wait passively for success to come to them - like the caterpillars going around in circles, waiting for sustenance, following nose to tail - living as other people are living in the unspoken, tacit assumption that other people know how to live successfully.
It's a good idea to step out of the line every once in a while and look around to see if the line is going where we want it to go. If it is not, it might be time for a new leader and a new direction.
For those who have tried repeatedly to break a habit of some kind, only to repeatedly fail, Mary Pickford said, "Falling is not failing, unless you fail to get up." Most people who finally win the battle over a habit they have wanted to change have done so only after repeated failures. And it's the same with most things.
The breaking of a long-time habit does seem like the end of the road at the time - the complete cessation of enjoyment. Suddenly dropping the habit so fills our minds with the desire for the old habitual way that, for a while, it seems there will no longer be any peace, any sort of enjoyment. But that's not true. New habits form in a surprisingly short time, and a whole new world opens up to us.
So, if you've been trying to start in a new direction, you might do well to remember the advice of Mary Pickford: breaking an old habit isn't the end of the road; it's just a bend in the road. And falling isn't failing, unless you don't get up.
Earl NightingaleFrom The Essence of Success
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
A tarantula in network marketing!!??
Part I of II
A tarantula in network marketing, now that would be scary, but let’s put it into perspective. My oldest daughter has a tarantula, I know, I know, YUCK! But as I always say things happen for a reason and you can learn something from every experience. So here are the things I learned by Jessica (my daughter) having a tarantula.
The first is personal and may seem like it has nothing to do with network marketing, but it does. I was deathly afraid of tarantulas almost my entire life, since I can remember. It probably had something to do with my brother chasing me with a full blown poster of a tarantula until I was sitting in the corner crying hysterically. Do you have a visual? LOL. But anyway, I was scared of them and all spiders for that matter, but when Jessica brought this tarantula home, I faced my fear and held it. Only for a second mind you, but I did do it. I overcame my fear by telling myself it was silly to be scared it was not going to bite me and even if it did, I wouldn’t die. It might hurt a bit, but I would survive. Well I have become more accustomed to the tarantula – which by the way is named Vorto – Vorto is Otrov spelled backward and Otrov means poisonous in Croation. I know, and I held it right? Well since that day I have been even more courageous and I had it on my belly the other day. Felt really weird. Don’t get a visual of that please. Well my point is this. I could have continued to be scared and not held Vorto, but I made the decision to do it anyway. And that is a skill needed in any business but especially a home based online business in the network marketing industry.
If you are going to build a business and speak with people you are going to have to face some of your fears like rejection, communication, either written or oral, learning new skills, your friends and family possibly laughing at you, failure and there are plenty more. You are going to have to decide what is important to you and how badly you want it. You see I didn’t want to be afraid of the spider but something ingrained in me a long ago time ago, which served no purpose now was holding me back.
What is holding you back? What will it take to get you past it? It starts with a thought, so what are you thinking about?
A great book I would recommend is "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" by Susan Jeffers. Great for personal development and to move past your fears. My mentor when I first got started in this industry, and whom I still work with Aaron Rashkin, a successful entreprenuer and six figure income earner, recommended that book to me years ago, and it has proven to be an invaluable part of my library.
Check back for part II of Tarantula’s in Network Marketing and some pictures of me with Vorto!
A tarantula in network marketing, now that would be scary, but let’s put it into perspective. My oldest daughter has a tarantula, I know, I know, YUCK! But as I always say things happen for a reason and you can learn something from every experience. So here are the things I learned by Jessica (my daughter) having a tarantula.
The first is personal and may seem like it has nothing to do with network marketing, but it does. I was deathly afraid of tarantulas almost my entire life, since I can remember. It probably had something to do with my brother chasing me with a full blown poster of a tarantula until I was sitting in the corner crying hysterically. Do you have a visual? LOL. But anyway, I was scared of them and all spiders for that matter, but when Jessica brought this tarantula home, I faced my fear and held it. Only for a second mind you, but I did do it. I overcame my fear by telling myself it was silly to be scared it was not going to bite me and even if it did, I wouldn’t die. It might hurt a bit, but I would survive. Well I have become more accustomed to the tarantula – which by the way is named Vorto – Vorto is Otrov spelled backward and Otrov means poisonous in Croation. I know, and I held it right? Well since that day I have been even more courageous and I had it on my belly the other day. Felt really weird. Don’t get a visual of that please. Well my point is this. I could have continued to be scared and not held Vorto, but I made the decision to do it anyway. And that is a skill needed in any business but especially a home based online business in the network marketing industry.
If you are going to build a business and speak with people you are going to have to face some of your fears like rejection, communication, either written or oral, learning new skills, your friends and family possibly laughing at you, failure and there are plenty more. You are going to have to decide what is important to you and how badly you want it. You see I didn’t want to be afraid of the spider but something ingrained in me a long ago time ago, which served no purpose now was holding me back.
What is holding you back? What will it take to get you past it? It starts with a thought, so what are you thinking about?
A great book I would recommend is "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" by Susan Jeffers. Great for personal development and to move past your fears. My mentor when I first got started in this industry, and whom I still work with Aaron Rashkin, a successful entreprenuer and six figure income earner, recommended that book to me years ago, and it has proven to be an invaluable part of my library.
Check back for part II of Tarantula’s in Network Marketing and some pictures of me with Vorto!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Change We Need!
Change we need: This is the slogan for the Obama/Biden campaign. I was watching some of the coverage, and Biden’s speech stayed in my head, after listening to many speeches and when I awoke this morning I realized why. Change we need can be used in any instance. I will use it as it pertains to the network marketing industry.
Change we need in the way the network marketing industry is viewed. We as network marketers are the ones that are able to educate the masses that network marketing is indeed a viable tool to financial freedom, that network marketing is a professional industry, that network marketing levels the playing field so that anyone with the correct mindset and skillset can achieve great things, not only in the area of their finances, but also in the areas of personal development, self confidence, and marketing strategies.
Biden also said, he remembers his dad would say to him “Champ, when you fall down, you must stand up”. We must stand up and be heard, we must stand up for what we believe in, we must stand up for the industry that has a given so many people a second chance, be it a way to keep their homes in these hard economic times, or supplemental income so they don’t have to go out and get a part time job. We need to stand up and say, don’t rely on our government, rely on yourself. Change we all need, but change is good, if you are not changing you are dying.
So what will you change? Will you continue to rely on our government, our government who has their own agenda, or will you rely on your own resources and your own commitment to move forward in all areas of your life so it doesn’t really matter what the government does, you will excel.
Money may not be everything, but it sure gives your more options.
Take a serious look at the network marketing industry and see if it is what you need to change your life in the year 2009, and check out our training site to see the most explosive training available today that can get you from zero to hero, within 180days at www.180daystomakeithappen.com
If you want to see our community and check out our survivor style marketing experiment go here: www.180daystogreatness.com
2009 is just around the corner, get started today making positive changes for your future, so that 2009 is your year.
Theresa Giambrone is a network marketing professional working with a billion dollar company. She is currently participating in a viral marketing experiment that has been four years in the making and was created by Nadira Haniff.
Change we need in the way the network marketing industry is viewed. We as network marketers are the ones that are able to educate the masses that network marketing is indeed a viable tool to financial freedom, that network marketing is a professional industry, that network marketing levels the playing field so that anyone with the correct mindset and skillset can achieve great things, not only in the area of their finances, but also in the areas of personal development, self confidence, and marketing strategies.
Biden also said, he remembers his dad would say to him “Champ, when you fall down, you must stand up”. We must stand up and be heard, we must stand up for what we believe in, we must stand up for the industry that has a given so many people a second chance, be it a way to keep their homes in these hard economic times, or supplemental income so they don’t have to go out and get a part time job. We need to stand up and say, don’t rely on our government, rely on yourself. Change we all need, but change is good, if you are not changing you are dying.
So what will you change? Will you continue to rely on our government, our government who has their own agenda, or will you rely on your own resources and your own commitment to move forward in all areas of your life so it doesn’t really matter what the government does, you will excel.
Money may not be everything, but it sure gives your more options.
Take a serious look at the network marketing industry and see if it is what you need to change your life in the year 2009, and check out our training site to see the most explosive training available today that can get you from zero to hero, within 180days at www.180daystomakeithappen.com
If you want to see our community and check out our survivor style marketing experiment go here: www.180daystogreatness.com
2009 is just around the corner, get started today making positive changes for your future, so that 2009 is your year.
Theresa Giambrone is a network marketing professional working with a billion dollar company. She is currently participating in a viral marketing experiment that has been four years in the making and was created by Nadira Haniff.
Friday, October 17, 2008
180DaysToGreatness!
180DAYSTOGREATNESS! Well we are on Day 17 and I can tell you things are happening. If you have been following along at our website http://www.180daystogreatness.com/ you will know that we started out with a total of 25 team members, and we are now at 19. Whether being voted off or voluntarily leaving because the commitment was too great, I do know how tough it has been! My plans are to be here at the end of this marketing experiment, that has already taught me many things and has created some sales in my organization in the first two weeks with the new strategies I have learned. It does take discipline, and the desire to succeed to follow this plan, learn new skills, and if you do lag behind, to keep moving forward. My tasks may not be completed on the exact date, but I can tell you that they are being completed. And as I move forward and learn how to brand myself, I am moving into flow. The dictionary defines “Flow” as the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. The activity is intrinsically rewarding, so there is an effortlessness of action.
This is where I want to be and it is what our marketing program is offering. We use RIGOROUS marketing strategies to teach you how to BRAND yourself to win—which is a whole other article.
Branding yourself as an entrepreneur can sometimes be a little difficult in a sea of entrepreneurs especially online. But remember there is only one YOU! This program assigns you a personal coach to work directly with you for the next 180 days to show you the complete steps that need to be taken to take you from where you are today with your mindset and skillset and well on your way to where you need to be in your business to earn a six or even seven figure income in this industry. 180 days to a five or six figure monthly income. Is it possible? Not for the faint of heart! In this program you will working under controlled conditions and firm, straightforward, laid out plans which must be executed and tracked. If you are here, participation is non-negotiable. The equivalent of a boot-camp!;) Check out http://www.180daystomakeithappen.com/ for more complete details and to see if you are up for the challenge!
"Theresa Giambrone is a network marketing professional currently participating in a marketing experiment. She has been in the network marketing industry for seven years and works with a billion dollar company. "
This is where I want to be and it is what our marketing program is offering. We use RIGOROUS marketing strategies to teach you how to BRAND yourself to win—which is a whole other article.
Branding yourself as an entrepreneur can sometimes be a little difficult in a sea of entrepreneurs especially online. But remember there is only one YOU! This program assigns you a personal coach to work directly with you for the next 180 days to show you the complete steps that need to be taken to take you from where you are today with your mindset and skillset and well on your way to where you need to be in your business to earn a six or even seven figure income in this industry. 180 days to a five or six figure monthly income. Is it possible? Not for the faint of heart! In this program you will working under controlled conditions and firm, straightforward, laid out plans which must be executed and tracked. If you are here, participation is non-negotiable. The equivalent of a boot-camp!;) Check out http://www.180daystomakeithappen.com/ for more complete details and to see if you are up for the challenge!
"Theresa Giambrone is a network marketing professional currently participating in a marketing experiment. She has been in the network marketing industry for seven years and works with a billion dollar company. "
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