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Dreams and Determination

Joseph was a 11^th of 12 sons born to his father.  One day he had a dream and dreamed that his father, mother, and brothers would all bow down to him one day.  Well, needless to day, that offended his family, especially his brothers.   How would you react?

Over time his brothers had an opportunity to sell Joseph to some nomads who eventually sold him to a man in Egypt.   How could such a thing happen to a young man with such a high dream?

Eventually Joseph found favor in this man’s sight and he was placed over the Egyptian’s household.  However, the Egyptian’s wife had “a thing” for Joseph and wanted to have sex with him.  Joseph was honorable and refused.  As a result the lustful wife became angry and lied, saying that Joseph attempted to rape her. As a result his master became angry with Joseph and ended up putting him into prison.

Joseph eventually found favor with the warden of the prison and was put in charge of the prisoners.  One night two of his fellow prisoners had dreams and Joseph used his gift of interpreting dreams and told them the meaning of their dreams; both dreams came true just as interpreted by Jospeh.  One man was beheaded and the other was released and returned to his position as the King’s cupbearer. 

So far, we see a “dreamer.”  Joseph was a man with a dream of greatness, who only seemed to experience one bout of “bad luck” after another.  I bet he was wondering if HIS dream would ever become a reality.  He had a high and lofty dream but ended up being sold to a foreign land (because of envy) and eventually ended up in prison due to a false witness against him.  What a bummer!  Even with such events, Joseph always found favor with someone while in his seemly “bad” situation.

Well, the day came when the King of that country had a dream and no one was able to interpret it.  It was then that one of his fellow prisoners, who was released, told the King of a man named Joseph and his ability to interpret dreams.  The King sent for Joseph who accurately interpreted his dream.  The dream and its interpretation was so important that it saved a nation and also saved Joseph’s family, who eventually ended up bowing down to him.  Joseph’s dream became a reality!

The story I just wrote about is true and it portrays what you will have to go through in the pursuit of YOUR dream.  You will tell others of your dream and they will become jealous and mocking.  This normally comes from family members; who mean well, but KNOW that you can’t make it because none of them ever did.  They will call you crazy and tell you to give it up!

Then you may be lied about and put into what feels like a prison (isolation).  Isolation, because you are on your own, fighting for what you determined to have in life.  You are not average; you are determined to be above average.  As a result you will find favor, as Joseph did, along the way.

Though, in this prison, you help others achieve their dreams, who might reach theirs before you do because of your help.  You get discouraged because it just doesn’t seem to be happening for YOU.

Then the day comes when one of those folks, who you helped realize THEIR dreams, refers you to someone who will change you life forever and, what seems like overnight, you dream becomes a reality. 

Well, my friend, this is just the way success works.  It is not granted to the faint of heart.  It is the prize to those who determine to achieve what is in their heart.  The majority quit before they even get started.  Others quit just a day, week, month, or year before their dreams could have been realized.  But the determined “dreamer” WILL achieve their dreams if they do not lose heart.  This is the only way that it can be!

Friend, if you are reading this, I would bet that you are a determined dreamer.  I want you to know that your dreams will become a reality if you stay the course, help as many people as you can, and keep on keeping on.  I have no doubt that you will get what you are after.  The key is, do you doubt?  If you do, banish all doubt by thinking and speaking your desires into existence.  Focus on what you determine and don’t let anyone tell you that, “It can’t be done!”   The fact is, whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve. 

My final word to you is to keep the course.  Dream, dream big and dream often.  No matter what happens, know that your dreams will come true…if you are determined.  May God bless you and give you the determination to reach your goals.

 

Do All You Can...And Then Some

The most important words that you can remember on your climb to success are: “And then some.”

In today’s society people only do enough to get by and wonder way they get passed up for promotions or their business isn’t doing that well.  They wonder why others are excelling while they are barely making it.

In network marketing, “and then some,” is critical.  If you are in network marketing thinking that you can come home from your day job and watch TV and believe that your business will grow, think again!  The successful marketers spend several hours a week doing the following:

·      Reading self-improvement books
·      Listening to inspirational programs and music
·      Getting on team calls…staying close to the fire
·      Helping others succeed
·      Calling prospects
·      Answering emails
·      Seeing guidance from their upline
·      Introducing their products or services to those they meet.  Notice I did not say giving sales       pitches.  Just recommend the products that you promote.
·      And then some

Don’t do just enough to get by.  Do just a little more each day.  Make the extra call.  Go the extra mile for someone.  Those EXTRA steps all add up over time.  If you make 10 steps a day and I take 15 steps a day, I will be 1,825 steps ahead of you in a year’s time.  Heck, just 1 extra step a day will put me 365 steps ahead of you in a year!  One extra call a day would put you in contact with 365 more people!

When you go the extra mile in serving others, you will discover a multiplied effect.  The Bible calls it, “A good measure, shaken together and running over.”  What you give multiplies!  The more you have a, “and then some” attitude the more you will reap in rewards.  Wealth and abundance doesn’t come to those who just do enough to get by; it comes to those who go the extra mile.  It comes to those who do what is expected of them…and then some!

Simple Secret to Success

Success is not complicated.  It basically requires these things:

Start where you are.  You don’t have to wait until you are in a better position.  The important thing is that you start, and the best place to start is right now, right where you are.

Use what you have.  You have something right now that you can use to get started on your dream.  I don’t know what that is, but whatever you have, us it!  What is you gift, talent, or ability?  What do you love?  What do you hate?  The answer to these questions will help you determine what you have.  Don’t worry about getting better trained, just use what you have, now, to start.  Perfection will come later

Do what you can.  Everyday, do what you can to achieve your dream, even if it’s a little.  The important thing is to keep the momentum by doing “something” daily.  Avoid wasting time with watching the news or watching TV.  Use your time to do what you can, learn what you can, and meet who you can.

Don’t pressure yourself.  That will only slow down the process.  Rather go with the flow.  As you take action a flow will emerge.  You will meet key people, ideas will pop into your head, and you will get hunches.  When these hunches come, follow them.  Trust them.  Even go out on a limb and see what happens.  Don’t play it safe, play to win!

Finally, don’t worry about how your dream will be realized.  Just know that it will, if you follow the steps that I have outlined.  Leave “the how” it will come to you to God.

Exercise Your Faith for Success

According to the Bible, faith is the “assurance” of things hoped for, the “proof “of what is not seen.   Assurance and proof are pretty strong words for something that you don’t have in your experience yet; for something that you can not SEE.   But when you think about it, it’s all a matter of perspective.

A great way to understand this is to look at a farmer.  He sows seeds and has “faith” that a crop will be produced.  He doesn’t worry or fret about it; he just expects that it will happen.  He has faith that the seed planted will produce the intended crop.

My employer deposits my wages directly into my bank account.  I have faith that the monies I earned will be in my account every other Friday.  I do not give it a second thought.  I “know” that the money will be there even though it’s not in my “experience” now.   I don’t check my account to see if it’s there; I know that it is.  The farmer learned to trust the seed and I learned to trust my employer by exercising faith.  The more one learns to trust, the more faith they develop.

Faith needs to be developed.  The more you exercise or use your faith, the greater it will become.  The speed that your dreams become a reality depends on the development of your faith.  Anything you can conceive and believe can be achieved, but it largely depends on your faith, the belief that what you conceive is achieved already.  It is just a matter of time before it’s manifestation.

Thomas Edison “knew” that he would develop the light bulb.  Henry Ford “knew” that he would develop the V-8 engine.  These gentlemen had no concept that it could not be done.  The farmer knew the corn crop was in the seed in his hand.  All of these men “knew” that what they dreamed was done already; they just needed to discover its reality.  These men acted in faith.

Henry Ford said, “If you believe you can or you can’t; you are right.”  Whatever you believe is so, IS SO.  If you believe you can be a millionaire and have the faith necessary; it will be so.  It is just a matter of time.  Just like the farmer who has faith in the seed, if you have faith in your ability to be a millionaire, it can be your reality.

Being a millionaire is not a matter of smarts; it’s a matter of belief.  What do believe about you?  Do you believe what others say about you?  Do you believe what your parents, teachers, or the environment has programmed into you?  Do you know that you were created by God to express greatness?  That greatness does not depend on education or smarts; it depends on your faith!  By faith, great things are achieved, even “unbelievable” things.  So, exercise to grow your faith and watch your life change for the better.  What is now invisible will manifest before your eyes in due time.

Faith will lead you to action.  Faith will lead you to take steps to realize the thing you hope for.  When you get those hunches, act on them as quickly as possible.  For it is the action that you take, based on those hunches, that will lead you to achieve the successes that you desire. 

Thomas Edison took over 10,000 actions to achieve what he believed was possible.  Henry Ford took over 2 years to convince his engineers that 8 cylinders could be put in a single engine block.  His “educated” engineers said that it could not be done, but Ford’s faith showed them that it could be done!  The farmer took action to cultivate the land and sow the seed knowing that a crop, with a yield far greater than what was sown, would come forth. 

So what are you waiting for?  Exercise your faith, follow those hunches, take action, and just watch your dreams manifest before your eyes!  Remember that in due season you will reap if you do not faint.  That is not my opinion; it is a universal, God-given law that works every single time!

Have fun!  I look forward to hearing of your stories of faith producing successes in your life.

Toxic Thoughts Producing Fear

Toxic thoughts call stall or kill your chances of success.  The king of all toxic thoughts is fear.  The six basic fears are:

• ·      The FEAR of Poverty
  
• ·      The FEAR of Criticism
  
• ·      The FEAR of Ill Health
  
• ·      The FEAR of Loss of a Loved One
  
• ·      The FEAR of Old Age
  
• ·      The FEAR of Death
  

I used to be captive to all the fears (at least more so than I am today).  I feared poverty, criticism, ill health, loss of love, old age and the biggest fear of all: Death.

When I was young, money was always tight in the family.  Many times we could do or have things because of the lack of money.  My Dad worked two jobs just to make ends meet and provide for the family.  Even with all that hard work, there was lack in one-way or another.   As I grew and entered adulthood the fear of lack grew with me.  To make matters worse, I bought into the religious philosophy of poverty being a virtue.  I came to believe that riches were “of the devil” and I should not seek riches or wealth but be “content” with what I had.

Every time I attempted to do something to gain wealth the religious beliefs, that I held, stopped me.  I always wanted to make a go of network marketing because I knew that was a great vehicle to gain wealth and financial freedom.  My aunt and uncle were in network marketing and they seemed to always have money, nice homes and cars.  However, I never could follow though with my desires because of the lingering fear that wealth was something bad.  Thus I remained broke and unfulfilled.

By God’s mercy, about 3 years ago a chain of events took place that changed my life forever!  I believe it was God working “all things together for good.”  My wife and I became quite tight financially.  I was making good money, but no matter how much I made, it seemed to disappear.  Actually, for a college drop out, I was doing VERY well, but my pockets had holes.  I offered faithfully, yet lack was still present.  Now I understand what the “hole” was; it was the Fear of Lack.  The fear of lack kept me in lack.  I began seeking the Lord for the way.  Eventually I was introduced to Mike Murdock and that lead to many other teachers and writers on the subject of wealth and abundance.  I began a quest to study wealth from both the Biblical and secular perspective.  My studies began to open my eyes, big time.

God is rich and abundant.  Lack isn’t even in His comprehension.  Everything He touches produces MORE.  He touched 5 loaves and 2 fish and ended up feeding over 5,000 people with PLENTY left over!  The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ came that we would have life and have is MORE ABUNDANTLY.  He touched a withered had and it became whole.  The dead were raised and the blind saw.  Why, because He knew no lack.  It is IMPOSSIBLE for lack to exist in His presence.  So why was I buying into being broke as the “way it should be” philosophy?  What can a “broke” person do to augment his or her own life or the life of another? 

I have come to realize, for me, that it is okay to gain wealth.  Even the Bible says that God gives us power to gain wealth.  For the first time in my entire 53 years I am free from this fear…the fear of poverty.  I have an abundant Source within me who WANTS me to be wealthy and share my wealth with others.  Abundance is from God and is limitless. He wants me to enjoy all the riches He has for me. 

With this freedom came the freedom from criticism.  Man, was I living in that!  I was always concerned about what “they” thought of me.  I always wanted to make a “good impression.”  I never wanted to be considered a “failure” or “money lover” or anything like that.  But NO MORE!  Today I am learning not to be concerned about what others think of me.  What’s important is what God thinks of me and what I think of me.  I know God thinks that I am awesome, so why should I feel any different than He does?  If people want to judge, have at it; it only hurts them and not me.  Yes, this fear creeps in every now and then, but now I have the knowledge of what it is and bid it farewell.

Ill health was somewhat a fear of mine.  I would worry that I had some fatal disease whenever I had an ache or pain that I never had before.  However, since my study of the mind-body connection and the knowledge of the power of thoughts I exercise to keep my mind off all thoughts of ill health and on thoughts of good health.  I don’t often complain or mention my aches and pains.  I just thank God for the health I do have and move on.  Eventually, when I stop pay attention to those aches and pains, and exaggerate them by doing so, I find I am able to go on with little difficulty.

Because of time, I won’t discuss my experience of the other Big Fears.  I do experience them, but I have endeavored to deal with them in the same fashion, take my focus off of that thing I fear and focus on the things I want.  Instead of worrying about the loss of a loved one, I cherish those I love.  Instead of fearing old age, I live life to the fullest and laugh a lot!  As for death, no fear there because I believe in the One who overcame death that I could live forever.

Why do I mention this lesson on a blog concerning network marketing?  The reason is that fear will affect your success if you don’t learn to deal with it.   If you need help in dealing with fear, please contact me.  I am a life and success coach and can assist you with overcoming your fears that you may reach the level of success that you desire.

Law of Compensation

This is a second in a series of articles based on the book THE GO-GIVER by Bob Burg and John David Mann.

The Law of compensation says: Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them.

There are no shortcuts.  If you want to experience stratospheric success, find as many people as you can and serve them in an unforgettable way.  By doing this, you will keep a lot of clients and have them bringing their friends to you! 

It’s easy to be average today.  Serve just enough people to get by and you will make just enough money to get by.  Put forth little effort and you will get little compensation; it’s that simple.

Actually, the Law of Compensation says that what you give in service you receive back in a greater proportion than what you gave.  Look at a kernel of corn.  You plant a single kernel of corn and get back several ears with hundreds of grains in return! Now that’s compensation!  If you sow more kernels, you get a field of corn stalks and an enumerable crop of ears of corn.  The same holds true in any aspect of life.  Serve more; serve well, and you will get back much more in return then you gave. 

In network marketing, you mentor two people to become successful.  Each one of those you served help two each.  Now you have an organization of seven, including you.  You just helped two people and now you have seven!  This keeps going and grows way out of proportion to what you sowed.

Here is an example of how the law of compensation works in network marketing:

Month One: 1 + 1 = 2 (That’s you and your first affiliate)

Month Two: 2 + 2 = 4

Month Three: 4 + 4 = 8

Month Four: 8 + 8 = 16

Month Five: 16 + 16 = 32

Month Six: 32 + 32 = 64

Month Seven: 64 + 63 = 128

Month Eight: 128 + 128 = 256

Month Nine: 256 + 256 = 512 (over $10,000/month with me)

Month Ten: 512 + 512 = 1,024

Month Eleven: 1,024 + 1,024 = 2,048

Month Twelve: 2,048 + 2,048 = 4,096

If you are in network marketing, you are in the best business to experience the Law of Compensation.  Here is the key, however:  Serve your downlline, serve as many as you can and serve them well.  By doing this, over time, little by little, you will experience stratospheric  success.

The Law of Value

Note:  This is the first in a series on the five laws to stratospheric success.  These five laws were taken from the awesome book, THE GO-GIVER, by Bob Burg and John David Mann. 

The Law of Value states that, your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.  The common view is to hopefully get more in money than you give in value or at best, break even.  However, to experience stratospheric success you must give more in value than you take in payment.

A good example is the book, THE GO-GIVER.  I paid under $15.00 for the book.  I don’t’ believe the paper it’s printed on is worth $15.00!  However, the information contained in the book is PRICELESS.  I believe that whoever buys the book and practices the five laws could conceivably become very wealthy over time.  Therefore I feel that Mr. Burg and Mann have practiced the first law of stratospheric success.

We live in a dog-eat-dog; claw your way to the top world.  It seems that everyone wants to be rich but many do it at the expense of others.  Such people feel that to get ahead, one must take from others.  After all, the pie is only so big and if one wants to get rich, they need more of the pie.  To get more of the pie they must take somebody else’s piece.  I have a news flash:  The only lack is the lack between the ears of such thinkers.  If you fall for what the media tells you are never going to succeed.  They point out lack and depravity of mankind.  But if you look around at creation you will see that lack is a myth.   Everywhere I look, I see abundance.  The abundance of air, water, light, and so forth.  The only lack is the lack of belief and understanding of the principles of creation.  More on this subject another time.

Look at the work place.  It’s filled with people who feel, “The company owes me!”  They do just enough work to get by and wonder why they can’t get ahead.  They don’t realize that there are laws in effect.  Do you want to get ahead?  Give more in value then you are being paid.  Eventually you will be noticed by management and given advancement and raises.  If not, someone in another company will notice you and give you a better opportunity; it is law!

In network marketing it’s the same.  If someone joins your team, do you take their money and run?  Do you make money at the expense of others?  Unfortunately this is all too common in network marketing.  Do you want lasting, outstanding success?  The key is to give more in value than you receive in payment.  Give more training.  Be there when your affiliates need you.  If you can’t help them, point them to someone who can.   Make your affiliates feel that they received much more in value than they paid in money.  Do this and watch your business GROW into the stratosphere.

Discouragement - The Test of Success

It is not uncommon for network marketers to experience discouragement.  Discouragement often comes when you are trying to break out of the box.  When you are reaching for your dreams you are doing something that 97% of the population never does.  Dreaming is one thing; taking action to make those dreams come true is quite another.

Thomas Edison, no doubt, got discouraged when trying to discover the way to make the incandescent work.  He tried over 10,000 times!  Even though would get discouraged he kept on trying until the answer came...and it did!  

Napoleon Hill, author of THINK AND GROW RICH, got discouraged while trying to come up with the success formula to riches.  He spend over 20 years studying over 500 of the wealthiest people on the planet to come up with his now famous formula for success.  Though he was ridiculed for his attempt to do such a work, he kept on going until he succeeded.  Dr. Hill has probably produced more millionaires through his work than we will ever know.  Did he let discouragement keep him down?  If it did, the world would be a different place today.

My point is that discouragement must and will come.  It's what you do with it that makes all the difference.  God rewards those who persevere when others would just quit, and most will.

Are you a quitter, or are you one of the 3% that will fight on against all odds?  I can assure you that is you conquer discouragement you WILL eventually find the success you seek; you will reach the dreams you long for.