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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
You don't have to like it - you just have to do it!
Being a work at home mom for the past 2 years has raised a lot of questions from my friends, family, and people I meet when they hear that I work from home. First I get asked - what do you do? And most people's reactions are something along the lines of "Oh I could never do that - I don't like sales." Or "I don't like Network Marketing". Then I found this article and I love how he sums it up.
Someone very close to me once said, "If I give you a shovel and tell you to dig a ditch every day for 2 hours a day for the next 2 years and I will pay you $100,000 for the rest of your life - would you do it?"
I hate digging ditches - but with that kind of return - what would YOU do? I know what I would do - and I don't have to like it either. (Although truthfully...I LOVE what I do...its way better than digging ditches!)
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LIKING IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT
As Written By Jerry Clark
I once spoke with a gentleman who was a 54-year old Sales Manager for a major U.S. Computer Company. He had never been in Network Marketing but was highly considering it for the first time.
He said, "Jerry, I was in London last month on a business trip. A business associate over there gave me a magazine that was published inthe U.K. and I saw an article you wrote in it. I didn't know who you were but I read your article and really got a lot from it. Then I heard you on a radio show when I got back to the .S., and I thought that was a sign that I should contact you. Over the past 25 years, at least a dozen people have approached me about Network Marketing, but I have never been able to see myself as a distributor."
I asked him what interested him about it now, and he said, "Retirement. Based on my investment portfolio and my income I know I won't be able toretire and continue to live the that my wife and I are accustomed to. And based on my research, it appears this thing I've beenavoiding all these years - Network Marketing - is our best chance to be able to set up financially within the next 6-8 years. But I just don't like doing the things that I've been hearing that I would have to do in order to make it work."
I laughed and said, "Great! Welcome to the crowd."
He was puzzled. I told him that one of the best parts about building a Network Marketing business is the fact that you don't have to like it to do it. There was silence on the phone and I knew he was confused so I continued.
I asked him how long he had been in the workforce. He said over 30 years.
I then made the following statement to him: "Are you telling me that over the last 30 years you actually liked waking up in the morning to an electronic rooster ringing in your ear? Did you like rushing in the morning to get into traffic and breathe in the exhaust pipe fumes that came from other cars? Did you like working with a bunch of negative people who were constantly engaged in office politics? Did you like being told when you could take a lunch break, take a vacation, how often you could get sick, and how much money you were worth? Did you actually like telling your four children that they couldn't get the toys they wanted and deserved? Did you like telling your wife that you couldn't take the vacation that you all deserved and desired? Did you like being bossed around by someone who was less competent than you were?"
I went on a tangent for at least another minute or two with this type of questioning. I finished by saying, "I didn't like a lot of what I had to do, but I knew I wasn't going to like doing all that corporate stuff for 30 or 40 years either. So I figured if I was going to do something I didn't like, I may as well do it for a shorter period of time. That's why I chose Network Marketing."
"Today I'm a 32 year old guy who lives in a 7,000 sq. ft. home, travels the equivalent of five trips around the world each year, associates with positive, uplifting and pumped up people, and wakes up when I'm done sleeping to a beautiful view of trees and the sounds of the waterfall crashing down on my swimming pool. I figured if I was going to do something I didn't like, I may as well do it for a shorter period of time."
"So my friend, you can go ahead and spend the next 6-8 years of your life doing something you don't like and end up flat broke, or you can spend the next 6-8 years of your life doing something you don't like and set yourself up for life. Nevertheless, don't be surprised if you start to not only like Network Marketing, but also love it. It's your life and it's your choice."
By the time the call ended, the guy was in tears. I think he got the point.
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Jerry Clark became a self-made millionaire while still in his 20's. Today, through his company Club Rhino, Inc., he conducts personal and professional development seminars around the World.
Someone very close to me once said, "If I give you a shovel and tell you to dig a ditch every day for 2 hours a day for the next 2 years and I will pay you $100,000 for the rest of your life - would you do it?"
I hate digging ditches - but with that kind of return - what would YOU do? I know what I would do - and I don't have to like it either. (Although truthfully...I LOVE what I do...its way better than digging ditches!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LIKING IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT
As Written By Jerry Clark
I once spoke with a gentleman who was a 54-year old Sales Manager for a major U.S. Computer Company. He had never been in Network Marketing but was highly considering it for the first time.
He said, "Jerry, I was in London last month on a business trip. A business associate over there gave me a magazine that was published inthe U.K. and I saw an article you wrote in it. I didn't know who you were but I read your article and really got a lot from it. Then I heard you on a radio show when I got back to the .S., and I thought that was a sign that I should contact you. Over the past 25 years, at least a dozen people have approached me about Network Marketing, but I have never been able to see myself as a distributor."
I asked him what interested him about it now, and he said, "Retirement. Based on my investment portfolio and my income I know I won't be able toretire and continue to live the that my wife and I are accustomed to. And based on my research, it appears this thing I've beenavoiding all these years - Network Marketing - is our best chance to be able to set up financially within the next 6-8 years. But I just don't like doing the things that I've been hearing that I would have to do in order to make it work."
I laughed and said, "Great! Welcome to the crowd."
He was puzzled. I told him that one of the best parts about building a Network Marketing business is the fact that you don't have to like it to do it. There was silence on the phone and I knew he was confused so I continued.
I asked him how long he had been in the workforce. He said over 30 years.
I then made the following statement to him: "Are you telling me that over the last 30 years you actually liked waking up in the morning to an electronic rooster ringing in your ear? Did you like rushing in the morning to get into traffic and breathe in the exhaust pipe fumes that came from other cars? Did you like working with a bunch of negative people who were constantly engaged in office politics? Did you like being told when you could take a lunch break, take a vacation, how often you could get sick, and how much money you were worth? Did you actually like telling your four children that they couldn't get the toys they wanted and deserved? Did you like telling your wife that you couldn't take the vacation that you all deserved and desired? Did you like being bossed around by someone who was less competent than you were?"
I went on a tangent for at least another minute or two with this type of questioning. I finished by saying, "I didn't like a lot of what I had to do, but I knew I wasn't going to like doing all that corporate stuff for 30 or 40 years either. So I figured if I was going to do something I didn't like, I may as well do it for a shorter period of time. That's why I chose Network Marketing."
"Today I'm a 32 year old guy who lives in a 7,000 sq. ft. home, travels the equivalent of five trips around the world each year, associates with positive, uplifting and pumped up people, and wakes up when I'm done sleeping to a beautiful view of trees and the sounds of the waterfall crashing down on my swimming pool. I figured if I was going to do something I didn't like, I may as well do it for a shorter period of time."
"So my friend, you can go ahead and spend the next 6-8 years of your life doing something you don't like and end up flat broke, or you can spend the next 6-8 years of your life doing something you don't like and set yourself up for life. Nevertheless, don't be surprised if you start to not only like Network Marketing, but also love it. It's your life and it's your choice."
By the time the call ended, the guy was in tears. I think he got the point.
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Jerry Clark became a self-made millionaire while still in his 20's. Today, through his company Club Rhino, Inc., he conducts personal and professional development seminars around the World.
Monday, March 1, 2010
7 things your boss wouldn't want you to find out about working from home!
1. There are HUGE tax advantages! Are you filing your taxes soon? Well if you had a home based business you'd get to keep even MORE of your money. All the things we use at home like computers, paper, pens, ink, phone bills, even driving your CAR and portions of your home operating expenses can be deducted (but check with your tax advisor for specifics).
2. Meetings are a thing of the past! You are not required to attend department meetings, or have to travel for meetings - hey most times you can be in your pajamas on a conference call! Now how cool is that? You get to determine your own goals, actions and agenda - not following the directions of some B-O-S-S!
3. Every day is casual friday! This is my favorite one of all!!! No more expensive business clothes, dry cleaning costs, fighting with high heels in bad weather..... When you work from home, no one sees you and you can dress in your most comfortable clothes and be MORE PRODUCTIVE without feeling uncomfortable. Not to mention all the money you can save in that one area alone!
4. We are more effective WITHOUT a cubicle. When you are comfortable in your own environment, you will perform better. My office overlooks my pool and back deck outside. I can play my music if I want to, or open the windows if I want to - I can even sit out by my pool if I want to! And guess what else? I can take as many coffee breaks (or walks) as I want to! Now tell me where you can do that in an office?
5. Making a "living" is NOT the same as "making a life". If YOU are in control of setting your own schedule, your own goals, and enjoying as much QUALITY time with your children and your spouses or family - that's LIVING LIFE.
6. You are responsible for your income. Listen, if you work for yourself, you determine how much money you make or don't make. When you work for the B-O-S-S, he/she determines your income based on your performance not to mention - all that money you are making is for other people! I don't know about you, but I don't want someone else to decide what I am worth earning. That is up to ME!
7. What's eating up your current paycheck? How about gas for commuting, money for daycare expenses, lunches out on the go...should I keep going? If you subtract all your out of pocket expenses AFTER they take your taxes, what is really left of your paycheck? How much are you really earning after all the "extra" after your 9-5?
Now perhaps you have some more information to help you decide if you want to stay on the 4 year plan or the 40 year plan. 40 years of 9-5 for someone else, or 4 years of working hard for yourself to build your income and have a LIFE again! I know what I chose and it's the best decision I EVER made.
2. Meetings are a thing of the past! You are not required to attend department meetings, or have to travel for meetings - hey most times you can be in your pajamas on a conference call! Now how cool is that? You get to determine your own goals, actions and agenda - not following the directions of some B-O-S-S!
3. Every day is casual friday! This is my favorite one of all!!! No more expensive business clothes, dry cleaning costs, fighting with high heels in bad weather..... When you work from home, no one sees you and you can dress in your most comfortable clothes and be MORE PRODUCTIVE without feeling uncomfortable. Not to mention all the money you can save in that one area alone!
4. We are more effective WITHOUT a cubicle. When you are comfortable in your own environment, you will perform better. My office overlooks my pool and back deck outside. I can play my music if I want to, or open the windows if I want to - I can even sit out by my pool if I want to! And guess what else? I can take as many coffee breaks (or walks) as I want to! Now tell me where you can do that in an office?
5. Making a "living" is NOT the same as "making a life". If YOU are in control of setting your own schedule, your own goals, and enjoying as much QUALITY time with your children and your spouses or family - that's LIVING LIFE.
6. You are responsible for your income. Listen, if you work for yourself, you determine how much money you make or don't make. When you work for the B-O-S-S, he/she determines your income based on your performance not to mention - all that money you are making is for other people! I don't know about you, but I don't want someone else to decide what I am worth earning. That is up to ME!
7. What's eating up your current paycheck? How about gas for commuting, money for daycare expenses, lunches out on the go...should I keep going? If you subtract all your out of pocket expenses AFTER they take your taxes, what is really left of your paycheck? How much are you really earning after all the "extra" after your 9-5?
Now perhaps you have some more information to help you decide if you want to stay on the 4 year plan or the 40 year plan. 40 years of 9-5 for someone else, or 4 years of working hard for yourself to build your income and have a LIFE again! I know what I chose and it's the best decision I EVER made.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
You have to build your fire...or it won't stay lit
Well today was a frustrating one for me, and then someone lifted my spirits with a GREAT business analogy. Building a business is like building a fire. You need to know that you have to put in a little bit of stuff and "kindle" it along until it has that consistent glow, that flickering flame, and the crackle and roar. It won't get that way by itself.
I have spent the last year and a half building my fire. And my fire...at times its raging and hot, and other times its just some embers left glowing amongst some ash and charr. I work from home for a reason - a few of them to be exact. Number one is to be home with my family, then of course there's the other perks of great flexibility in my schedule, not missing any "mommy moments" and building a great income and financial freedom.
Through my journey so far, I know that being consistent is KEY - it's very hard to be disciplined enough to work for yourself, and also balanced enough to have career and family - let's face it - if you work from home, THAT IS YOUR CAREER and that's what builds the fire. Most of us just want that fire to ignite!
But - when fires start rapidly & get out of control people get burned and things get lost in the fire. So instead of building a fire properly in order to keep you warm (financially free) the fire ignites and ruins the things all around you and you're left with ash. Think about it - it really puts a perspective and a picture on what you are doing.
I have been so frustrated these last 3 weeks of October because I feel like no matter what I set as a schedule - LIFE gets in the way - kids, husband, bills, emergencies, etc. and my home business gets put on the bottom of the list so the fire I have been building is slowly turning to a low flame. It's hard to pick up the phone with a bad attitude to share with someone an amazing gift and opportunity to work from home, and its hard to keep a good attitude when you are trying to pick up the phone to get to those people & have to jump hurdles to even get to a phone....it's like a vicious cycle.
This really is a slow build - and a blessing to know, that even when life gets in the way - it's still able to be built and we can still put those "sticks" in the fire one at a time until we have enough to warm us up! I keep reminding myself that no matter how hard it can get at times, at least I don't have to get up & go to work on someone else's schedule because then my "life in the way"would be getting me FIRE-D....
It's always good to know that everyone faces challenges when building their fire!
I have spent the last year and a half building my fire. And my fire...at times its raging and hot, and other times its just some embers left glowing amongst some ash and charr. I work from home for a reason - a few of them to be exact. Number one is to be home with my family, then of course there's the other perks of great flexibility in my schedule, not missing any "mommy moments" and building a great income and financial freedom.
Through my journey so far, I know that being consistent is KEY - it's very hard to be disciplined enough to work for yourself, and also balanced enough to have career and family - let's face it - if you work from home, THAT IS YOUR CAREER and that's what builds the fire. Most of us just want that fire to ignite!
But - when fires start rapidly & get out of control people get burned and things get lost in the fire. So instead of building a fire properly in order to keep you warm (financially free) the fire ignites and ruins the things all around you and you're left with ash. Think about it - it really puts a perspective and a picture on what you are doing.
I have been so frustrated these last 3 weeks of October because I feel like no matter what I set as a schedule - LIFE gets in the way - kids, husband, bills, emergencies, etc. and my home business gets put on the bottom of the list so the fire I have been building is slowly turning to a low flame. It's hard to pick up the phone with a bad attitude to share with someone an amazing gift and opportunity to work from home, and its hard to keep a good attitude when you are trying to pick up the phone to get to those people & have to jump hurdles to even get to a phone....it's like a vicious cycle.
This really is a slow build - and a blessing to know, that even when life gets in the way - it's still able to be built and we can still put those "sticks" in the fire one at a time until we have enough to warm us up! I keep reminding myself that no matter how hard it can get at times, at least I don't have to get up & go to work on someone else's schedule because then my "life in the way"would be getting me FIRE-D....
It's always good to know that everyone faces challenges when building their fire!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I Hate Sales!
I hate sales. I could never be a salesperson! Gosh they are so slimy! Always trying to find a way to get you to buy what they have because it's the next best thing on the market and you need it! Yeah, right...I hate sales. At least, I used to. But you know what I hated even more? I hated where my life was headed. I found this article below to be very profound for those of you who think "I could never be a sales person" or "I don't like sales".
Know what? Are you a married? You are in sales - you sell your spouse every day on different things in your marriage and in your life. Got kids? Boy, I hate to tell you but you are selling them EVERY SINGLE DAY. Are you both? You are quite the salesperson and you didn't even know it!
I don't like to consider myself a sales-person, however I LOVE to consider myself someone who helps people change their lives for the better - whether it be my partner, my children, my friends, my family, and yes, occasionally the complete stranger. I am having a positive impact on someone else, just by sharing the opportunity that I have personally been working myself!
The article below is an excerpt from a speech given by a direct seller at a local meeting. It was said that she was asked to speak on how direct sales compares to working a "regular" job. As you read it, I hope you are able to see the many blessings we have in this business.
Lately, I have heard so many people say how difficult direct sales is.
"Its hard." "I can't get any opt-ins." "I can't get people to sign up." "This just isn't for me." "I didn't know how difficult it would be."
Well, I am a single Mom of three who, before joining the direct sales family, held down two jobs. I would get up at 4:00 in the morning and not get to bed until midnight most nights, after returning from my part-time retail job, packing lunches, checking homework and relieving my mother, who helped out with the kids.
That, my friends, is difficult.
It is difficult always having to lower your dreams to meet your means. It is difficult to miss your son's football game because you have to work. It is difficult knowing the rust bucket you call a car is eating you alive in maintenance, but you can't afford a new one. It is difficult to realize that someone else is going to watch your daughter take her first step or have your son say mama to the preschool teacher.
It is difficult knowing that you have spent 40 years of your life working for someone else, only to realize that you will be retiring on one-third of what you can live on today. Or, worse yet, it is difficult knowing that you have diligently worked all your life, only to be given an early retirement and replaced by someone younger, more capable.
I will tell you what is difficult. It is difficult waking up one morning and realizing that your children, the most precious things imaginable, no longer need bottles, diapers, have tea parties, or are shorter than the baseball bat they are trying to swing. It is difficult realizing it is too late and that the time frittered away can never be retrieved. It slips through our fingers one second at a time.
It is also difficult watching the spark in your partner's eyes fade because both of you realize the house you have been wanting is just a dream because someone else is controlling your finances.
We have nasty habits about rationalizing, procrastination and skirting important things, rather than facing the issues. Too often we allow others who do not pay our bills, who do not share our dreams, to direct our futures.
As children we have absolutely no freedom; we rebel in our teens and scream for freedom. We reach adulthood and are finally free, only to relinquish that freedom because we think it is too difficult. We do not want to take responsibility. We do not want to make a wrong decision, so we obligingly give that awesome power to someone else. We wake up too late. We hear ourselves uttering phrases like: "I wish I had only . . ." and "If I could do it over again."
You have no one but yourself to blame. You had the chance. Perhaps the opportunity was presented many times and each time you elevated the trivial to a higher priority than yourself.
Let me ask you: Is direct sales really difficult?
Is it so traumatic to show someone an exciting product or idea? Is it so difficult to understand that if you work this marketing idea for three to five years, you just might finally be able to send your children to a college chosen by excellence, rather than one chosen by price? That you could finally put your family in the home of their dreams?
Would you work really hard for eight to ten years, so you could mold a lifestyle of your choosing, so your family could live a lifestyle of their dreams, rather than trying to live how someone else thinks you should live?
How difficult is it to pick up the phone and call your prospect? How difficult is it to place ads? How difficult is it, really, to share what you love with others? Think about it.
Realize the awesome power you have in your hands with direct sales. There are people out there working three jobs. There are people drowning in debt; or agonizing through bankruptcy, realizing they only needed a couple hundred more dollars per month. That is difficult!
This business has the ability to change lives. Direct sales cannot do anything. But YOU can change lives with it. You are the one with the life-changing ability. What are you waiting for?
There is difficulty and pain in success, and there is difficulty and pain in failure. Difficulty and pain in success will last a short period of time; but pain in failure lasts a lifetime. Which one is really more difficult?
Know what? Are you a married? You are in sales - you sell your spouse every day on different things in your marriage and in your life. Got kids? Boy, I hate to tell you but you are selling them EVERY SINGLE DAY. Are you both? You are quite the salesperson and you didn't even know it!
I don't like to consider myself a sales-person, however I LOVE to consider myself someone who helps people change their lives for the better - whether it be my partner, my children, my friends, my family, and yes, occasionally the complete stranger. I am having a positive impact on someone else, just by sharing the opportunity that I have personally been working myself!
The article below is an excerpt from a speech given by a direct seller at a local meeting. It was said that she was asked to speak on how direct sales compares to working a "regular" job. As you read it, I hope you are able to see the many blessings we have in this business.
Lately, I have heard so many people say how difficult direct sales is.
"Its hard." "I can't get any opt-ins." "I can't get people to sign up." "This just isn't for me." "I didn't know how difficult it would be."
Well, I am a single Mom of three who, before joining the direct sales family, held down two jobs. I would get up at 4:00 in the morning and not get to bed until midnight most nights, after returning from my part-time retail job, packing lunches, checking homework and relieving my mother, who helped out with the kids.
That, my friends, is difficult.
It is difficult always having to lower your dreams to meet your means. It is difficult to miss your son's football game because you have to work. It is difficult knowing the rust bucket you call a car is eating you alive in maintenance, but you can't afford a new one. It is difficult to realize that someone else is going to watch your daughter take her first step or have your son say mama to the preschool teacher.
It is difficult knowing that you have spent 40 years of your life working for someone else, only to realize that you will be retiring on one-third of what you can live on today. Or, worse yet, it is difficult knowing that you have diligently worked all your life, only to be given an early retirement and replaced by someone younger, more capable.
I will tell you what is difficult. It is difficult waking up one morning and realizing that your children, the most precious things imaginable, no longer need bottles, diapers, have tea parties, or are shorter than the baseball bat they are trying to swing. It is difficult realizing it is too late and that the time frittered away can never be retrieved. It slips through our fingers one second at a time.
It is also difficult watching the spark in your partner's eyes fade because both of you realize the house you have been wanting is just a dream because someone else is controlling your finances.
We have nasty habits about rationalizing, procrastination and skirting important things, rather than facing the issues. Too often we allow others who do not pay our bills, who do not share our dreams, to direct our futures.
As children we have absolutely no freedom; we rebel in our teens and scream for freedom. We reach adulthood and are finally free, only to relinquish that freedom because we think it is too difficult. We do not want to take responsibility. We do not want to make a wrong decision, so we obligingly give that awesome power to someone else. We wake up too late. We hear ourselves uttering phrases like: "I wish I had only . . ." and "If I could do it over again."
You have no one but yourself to blame. You had the chance. Perhaps the opportunity was presented many times and each time you elevated the trivial to a higher priority than yourself.
Let me ask you: Is direct sales really difficult?
Is it so traumatic to show someone an exciting product or idea? Is it so difficult to understand that if you work this marketing idea for three to five years, you just might finally be able to send your children to a college chosen by excellence, rather than one chosen by price? That you could finally put your family in the home of their dreams?
Would you work really hard for eight to ten years, so you could mold a lifestyle of your choosing, so your family could live a lifestyle of their dreams, rather than trying to live how someone else thinks you should live?
How difficult is it to pick up the phone and call your prospect? How difficult is it to place ads? How difficult is it, really, to share what you love with others? Think about it.
Realize the awesome power you have in your hands with direct sales. There are people out there working three jobs. There are people drowning in debt; or agonizing through bankruptcy, realizing they only needed a couple hundred more dollars per month. That is difficult!
This business has the ability to change lives. Direct sales cannot do anything. But YOU can change lives with it. You are the one with the life-changing ability. What are you waiting for?
There is difficulty and pain in success, and there is difficulty and pain in failure. Difficulty and pain in success will last a short period of time; but pain in failure lasts a lifetime. Which one is really more difficult?
You will ALWAYS pay a price for your actions, and your choices.
Which choice will you make?
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