July 2006

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Features	Until you know WHY, the HOW does not matter by Dale Calvert Your job as a leader, is to know WHY your people want to succeed in their business After 25 years in this industry I have come to one undisputable fact, and that is… The people that make it have STRONG REASONS for making it. I have seen people come into our industry with...Read More » WOO — Your compelling WHY! by Brian Biro Each of us has a truly compelling why. When we discover, define, and focus consistently on this pivotal purpose, we will not fail. Do you remember the movie Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks? It was a riveting film about the astonishing set of events surrounding the Apollo 13 lunar voyage. My...Read More » A Magnificent Obsession! by Elizabeth Harrington What makes us want to get out of bed in the morning? This is the big question at the heart of living with purpose- our why? All of us are on a quest to make a life for ourselves that has meaning and purpose. The Sufi poet Rumi says “you might do...Read More » The Power of Why by Bill Holderby When you know why you’re doing something and you attach that ‘why’ to an emotion, you have just harnessed the greatest power within! Many people in life are always looking for how to achieve something like success or some other big goal. However, what many people fail to do is to...Read More » A Compelling 'Why' by Denis Waitley If the why is big enough, the how is usually not a problem I have a suitcase for you. In that suitcase there is $1 million in cash. The suitcase is sitting in a building that is about an hour’s drive from where you are now. Here is the deal: All...Read More » Make your life a Masterpiece by Johnna Parr Your whole life can change in an instant— the day you decide WHO and WHAT you’re committed to HAVING and BEING in your life. By the end of my first year I doubled my corporate recruiting income, while still being a full time mom. Matt Parr, the gentleman who introduced Team...Read More »
Articles	The Leadership Challenge by Steve Dailey You can’t push someone while leading! Your job is not to “motivate” results. So how do you lead? — With confidence. The Network Marketing business is loaded with “reluctant leaders”; that is, sincere people that enthusiastically joined a business with a personal drive or goal, intending fully to follow the program...Read More » The Leader's Leader— The Personal Values List by Jack Lannom Personal Values: A hands-on worksheet to assist YOU in creating your Personal Values Statement The Leader’s Leader should begin the process of establishing an organizational logos— or philosophy— by creating his or her own personal values list. These values are the leader’s “unshakeable unbreakables,” the core values that the leader will...Read More » Read all the books by Jim Rohn Reading is one of the fundamentals required for the attainment of success and happiness. All of the books that we will ever need to make us as rich, as healthy, as happy, as powerful, as sophisticated and as successful as we want to be have already been written. People from all...Read More » Creating agreements that work by Paul and Layne Cutright If you create agreements that reflect the authentic motivation of each person and you plan for predictable breakdowns in a way that fosters accountability you can relax into a new certainty and trust in your most important relationships. People yearn for relationships they can trust. They want to be able to...Read More » The Five Keys to Powerful Partnerships by Paul and Layne Cutright There are five keys necessary to unlock the potential of your most important relationships, turning them into powerful partnerships. Partnerships are intentional relationships between two or more people who want to create a future together. That future could be anything from a life long marriage to a business partnership to a short-term...Read More » FTC Proposes New Business Opportunity Rule by Len Clements FTC to wipe out MLM industry in July From the TransformingMLM.com/Weblog posting April 30, 2006, and MarketWave ALERT #60 April 29, 2006. Len Clements is the ‘thinking Network Marketers’ best friend… or, one of them. And although my watchdog pun may be a stretch… for over 15 years now, ‘old’...Read More » The FTC's Proposed Business Opportunity Rule by Spencer Reese The proposed rule represents a serious challenge for direct sellers, because it contains onerous obligations that will restrict their flexibility in recruiting new distributors and dramatically compromise the confidentiality distributors. There has been a lot of chatter in direct sales circles about the FTC’s new proposed business opportunity rule. From what...Read More » What will you do this summer? by Sandy Botkin Combine your vacation with business and make life a little less taxing! How would you like to deduct all of your vacation costs that you have this year? You can, and it is easy to do. Let me illustrate how to accomplish this with a successful network marketer that I know,...Read More »
Stories	Angela Wills by TNMM Editor Find your ‘why’ and you’ll be UNSTOPPABLE! I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit. I have always felt a pull towards creating my own business, being my own boss and doing things the way I wanted. The idea of nine to five, day in and day out never appealed to me, ever....Read More » Donnie Kelly by TNMM Editor Why? For me it’s all about family My why… Why do I do network marketing? Why, after 8 years of very limited success, do I continue to pursue this industry? This is why… In 1994, my wife delivered our first child, a beautiful little girl. That day changed my life forever, in...Read More »
Columns	Momentum Project: Beware of Garbage Trucks by David Pollay Beware of Garbage Trucks Successful people let the garbage go by How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unless you’re the Terminator, for an instant you’re probably set back on...Read More » "I never have to ask for permission" by Maran Banta Sometimes it’s the non-events that reveal the most powerful ‘why’ of all. I love TouchStones. There are lots of actual stones in my office and home, each has its own meaning. Some are defined by where they were found, on the beach in Chicago, or a mesa in New Mexico. Some...Read More » Women in network marketing...Start with the end in mind by Kim Klaver The Trick to Stick If the promise of money doesn’t keep them in…what is it? “Start with the end in mind,” says motivational guru Steve Covey in his best seller, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. It can be the end of your life, or the end of an effort...Read More » Expect Miracles: My intentions - my why by Mary K Weinhagen Network marketing flows in tandem as a natural fit in moving me toward the person I intend to BECOME When a new year begins, many people make resolutions. I learned long ago that a gentler, yet very powerful ritual is to write down my intentions for the year. As I was...Read More » The business of the business...Why am I doing this business? by George Madiou Your Why will lead you to your success. Knowing and understanding your Why has the potential to lead you in the direction of a more successful business. My Why! The question came up, “do you know anyone that doesn’t have an issue that they are dealing with in their life?” Wow,...Read More »