Rinse And Repeat

Her is my latest "lesson" in our 30 Day Mental Cleanse forum.

I just listened to the latest Darren Daily posting from Darren Hardy.  He talks about how he once attended the same presentation by Jim Rohn, not because he was crazy or stupid but because he found that he learned something new every time he went.  He says he learned something new because each time he went, he was a different person and his understanding expanded every time.

That is why we need to "be here a year from now".  We are not spinning our wheels or just going around in circles.  Yes, we are going around in circles but our circle expands each time around which gives us more understanding.

I am including Darren's summary here :

"Action for today:
Identify a book or program that you know you can go deeper with.

Today, schedule 30 minutes for yourself to re-read the first chapter of that book, go back through module 1 of that program or even re-listen, re-watch or re-read some of your favorite DarrenDailys.

To make sure you strike some oil, keep a 3×5 card ready for you to write down the 1 key idea you gained from your rinse and repeat session. See how you can implement that key idea this week!

And remember:

In the end, the fundamentals of success are simple and easy – getting yourself to stick to them is the difficult part.

Don’t make it even more difficult by confusing yourself with too many arbitrary opinions and conflicting ideas.

Declare what you will rinse and repeat this week in the comments below!

Your Daily Mentor,
-Darren"

Here is the link to this short audio : http://www.darrendaily.com/rinse-and-repeat/

Roger Boisjoli
Going around in circles is not crazy as long as your circle expands each time around.

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Success In 10 Steps

Join Michael & Linda Dlouhy For The Next 30 Days And See The Results For Yourself

What are we talking about? It's called a 30-day mental cleanse. Yes, that's right. Too often we let things into our minds that should not be there and it hinders our progress. The best way to get your mind focused is to clean it up with what it should have. Think of it like rebooting your hard drive.

We have found this process to be more effective when people can do this together and share the result. What are you going to get? By joining this 30-day cleanse, we will send you ebook(s) to read and have weekly calls associated with this specific 30-day mental cleanse to assist you along the way. All that is required by you is your commitment to doing the program. If you are ready to become the right kind of person, then complete the form below. You will be sent the full instructions and Michael & Linda will keep in touch with you by email and on the weekly calls.Or join us in our forum here : http://30daycleanse.com/

Persistence: Why It Is Crucial To Your Success

This is a direct quote from a "lesson" that My good friend Margi Starr posted in our 30 Day Mental Cleanse forum :

Chapter 9 – Persistence

Here at Mentoring For Free, we always ask a new client who has downloaded our eBook to send us their WHY.

Unlike a typical job where you must punch a time clock to receive a paycheck, there’s no one looking over your shoulder when you are involved in MLM.  Being successful in network marketing requires the ability to be self-motivated and to have a strong backbone of Persistence.

It’s our WHY that helps us to move past the obstacles that can derail us.  It gives us that power to Persist even in times that can be frustrating. When team members quit on us or people tell us we’re crazy, our Why keeps us moving forward.

My WHY is written inside my Weekly Planner. My Vision Board has pictures of my family, places I want to travel to, people I want to see.  My written WHY and my visual WHY keep me focused on owning my life.  Together they provide me with both an anchor and a sail.

I am the only one who stands in my own way.  I am the only one who limits me.  My Why constantly reminds me who I am becoming and keeps me focused on what I desire.

With God’s grace and help, I control my destiny.  It’s not up to anyone else to motivate me.  No one else can give me Persistence.  I’m personally responsible for growing as a person and mastering the skills necessary for success.  It’s no one else’s responsibility to build my business but me!

It is said, “Your journey is your journey.”  Having failed at ten different MLM companies over twenty or so years, I finally discovered Mentoring for Free.  It was here that I first heard about the Five Pillars of Success. I always believed whatever the owners said about the company I was in.  Looking back, they all sang a familiar song.  “Our company is the best.” “Our products are the best.”  “Our comp plan is the best.”

Persistence led me to the eBook Success in 10 Steps and to Mentoring for Free. Free information is sometimes seen as not having much value, but that free information literally changed the course of my life.  I knew that I could no longer be part of this industry unless I was in a company that met the Five Pillar criteria. I studied those Pillars as though my life depended on it.

Because it did!

The Pillar regarding Compensation Plans was especially enlightening to me as well as the $10,000 question.

Whenever I review my Why, it is an emotional experience for me. My Why is not just broad paint strokes like “I want to have Time and Financial Freedom.”  Instead it is the individual faces of my husband, my children, and my grandchildren. It is the places I want to visit, the books I want to write, and the ministries I want to support.  My Why brings tears to my eyes because it is the essence of who I am as well as my Legacy.

My Why reflects the purpose for which God created me.  That understanding didn’t come overnight but is the result of years of personal growth, study and prayer. Everything I’ve experienced has brought me to this moment in time.

Thank you for Mentoring For Free, my network marketing company and Persistence.  Together you are helping me Own My Life.

Margi Starr
Springfield, Ohio

"Your Dream Board is Not Your Fantasy, It's Your Future."  (Pam Sowder)

Thank you Margi for allowing me to post this brilliant lesson.

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Success In 10 Steps

Join Michael & Linda Dlouhy For The Next 30 Days And See The Results For Yourself

What are we talking about? It's called a 30-day mental cleanse. Yes, that's right. Too often we let things into our minds that should not be there and it hinders our progress. The best way to get your mind focused is to clean it up with what it should have. Think of it like rebooting your hard drive.

We have found this process to be more effective when people can do this together and share the result. What are you going to get? By joining this 30-day cleanse, we will send you ebook(s) to read and have weekly calls associated with this specific 30-day mental cleanse to assist you along the way. All that is required by you is your commitment to doing the program. If you are ready to become the right kind of person, then complete the form below. You will be sent the full instructions and Michael & Linda will keep in touch with you by email and on the weekly calls.Or join us in our forum here : http://30daycleanse.com/

Decision: The Mastery of Procrastination

This is a direct quote from a "lesson" that My good friend Michael Hall posted in our 30 Day Mental Cleanse forum :

Chapter 8 (Think And Grow Rich -- Napoleon Hill) - Decision: The Mastery of Procrastination (The Seventh Step Toward Riches)

Last week, Michael Dlouhy outed me as a green personality type, and I'll admit, I procrastinated a bit on admitting he was right. Then he said something to me, via email, that sent the message home, "Michael, being a green is a blessing, when you are coachable. The reason that people come to you for help is because you make sure to get all of the information." The moment I read that, I decided to accept myself as the green personality that I am.

That decision lifted a massive weight off of my mind and liberated me to have the best week I've had in my adult life. I haven't stopped smiling (other than MAYBE when I'm asleep) since.

Today, I listened to a song and heard it in a new way. I will quote it here, then share my inspiration from it:

"Titanium"
(feat. Sia)

"You shout it out,
But I can't hear a word you say
I'm talking loud, not saying much
I'm criticized but all your bullets ricochet
You shoot me down, but I get up

I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium"

It reminded me of when Michael says, "When you have truthful, accurate information, you become 10 foot tall and bulletproof."

Having the truthful, accurate information about my personality, and making the DECISION to accept myself, and LOVE myself for it, has made me bulletproof!

Now that I know myself, and what my needs are, I feel more empowered to follow the "platinum rule," a modification of the golden rule, which is, of course, to "treat others the way you want to be treated."

The "platinum rule" is to "treat others the way THEY want to be treated. Not the way YOU want to be treated."

As a green, I love getting all the information I NEED about a subject. But the other colors, don't NEED the amount of information that I would always drown them in. Now, I can tend to my own needs, and only share the information that other people need, the information they ASK for. So, I have DECIDED, only to share information with people, when I have their permission, when they ask for it, and only what they ask for.

As my teal mentor, Steve Porter, has pointed out, the 2 minute story is a great way to do that. I've also decided to be coachable, and follow my mentor's example.

In honour of Steve's request, I will also share that when I learned how to evaluate a 5 Pillar Company, I struggled in the realization that the company I was with was NOT a 5 Pillar Company. When I realized it, I couldn't physically bring myself to share "Success in 10 Steps" with people, because I knew that I lacked the integrity of the information I would be sharing. After procrastinating for a few weeks, I made the DECISION to join a 5 Pillar Company, and within the first month since joining, I've had over 10 ebook downloads.

It is with tears of joy and with a smile from my heart that I thank Michael Dlouhy for helping me to discover the truth about myself, and to both he and Linda for sharing their inspired Mentoring For Free system with us.

I love each and every one of my Mentoring For Free family members. I thank you all for sharing your brilliance with me, and allowing me the opportunity to share mine with each of you!

Michael Hall - North Vancouver, BC, Canada

ps here are 2 links to the song I referenced:
dance/techno version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfuAukYTKg
acoustic version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGoCtJzPHkU

Thank you Michael for allowing me to post this brilliant lesson.

See more great "lessons" here : http://30daymentalcleanse.info/index.php/board,262.0.html

Success In 10 Steps

Join Michael & Linda Dlouhy For The Next 30 Days And See The Results For Yourself

What are we talking about? It's called a 30-day mental cleanse. Yes, that's right. Too often we let things into our minds that should not be there and it hinders our progress. The best way to get your mind focused is to clean it up with what it should have. Think of it like rebooting your hard drive.

We have found this process to be more effective when people can do this together and share the result. What are you going to get? By joining this 30-day cleanse, we will send you ebook(s) to read and have weekly calls associated with this specific 30-day mental cleanse to assist you along the way. All that is required by you is your commitment to doing the program. If you are ready to become the right kind of person, then complete the form below. You will be sent the full instructions and Michael & Linda will keep in touch with you by email and on the weekly calls.Or join us in our forum here : http://30daycleanse.com/

Decisions And Why You Need To Make Them By Margi Starr

This is a direct quote from a "lesson" that My good friend Margi Starr posted in our 30 Day Mental Cleanse forum :

Chapter 8—Decision

Most of us in network marketing have heard someone say:
.....I’ve made the Decision to join your company.
.....I’ve decided to try one of your products.
.....I have finally decided that I’m ready to start building my business.

I get excited when I hear those words.  In my mind I envision how great it will be to mentor this person and help them experience success with either my products or the business opportunity.

But then my texts and phone calls go unanswered.

I used to wonder, “What did I do wrong?”

The reason why Napoleon Hill includes a chapter called Decision in his book, is that so many struggle with making a Decision and following through on it. That’s why Network Marketing requires so much personal development.  At the first hint of struggle, it’s easy to go MIA.  It’s easier to hide than to come out and face one’s fears.

It’s not about me as their mentor, it’s about them.

Hill talks about how some people boast about all they are going to achieve.  “I’m going to be at the top of the pay plan before you know it!” “This is going to be easy!”  “I’m gonna rock this thing!”

Then reality hits. BAM!

Instead of pushing through the fear and insecurity, all kinds of things start happening. In many cases Busyness comes in and takes over! It’s amazing how schedules fill up with so many activities there’s no time to be on calls, much less learn the skills. How many times have I heard, “I’ve been so busy!"

BAM!

Another Potential Millionaire is victimized by loads of clothes that need to be laundered or soccer games that need to be watched.

Maybe it’s the multitude of church activities that are calling our name and we are the only one who will step up and serve.  Worthy activities for sure, but over time they can derail us from that which will make it possible for us to buy the entire soccer team new outfits or give outrageously when the offering plate is passed.

It all comes back to that sometimes irritating word Decision.  If Decision was easy, everyone would do it.  If Decision didn’t cost something, everyone would jump on board.

But Decision has a price tag.  It means giving up those things that steal time.  It means investing in skill development.  It means staying close to a mastermind group and being accountable.  It means posting your Why in front of you, so that you have the strength and focus to press on 24/7.

As I look back on my own journey, I see the times when I too made a half-hearted Decision and didn’t keep my promises to my sponsor or myself.  I hid and often went MIA.  But once I made the Decision to become part of the Mentoring for Free community, I have stayed the course.  I have never second guessed the Decision to be part of this or to be part of my company.  Never.

What Decision is calling out to you today?  Is it time for greater commitment or less Busyness?

Take some time, be very still, and listen.  The answer is within you.

Margi Starr
Springfield, Ohio

Thank you Margi for allowing me to post this brilliant lesson.

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Success In 10 Steps

Join Michael & Linda Dlouhy For The Next 30 Days And See The Results For Yourself

What are we talking about? It's called a 30-day mental cleanse. Yes, that's right. Too often we let things into our minds that should not be there and it hinders our progress. The best way to get your mind focused is to clean it up with what it should have. Think of it like rebooting your hard drive.

We have found this process to be more effective when people can do this together and share the result. What are you going to get? By joining this 30-day cleanse, we will send you ebook(s) to read and have weekly calls associated with this specific 30-day mental cleanse to assist you along the way. All that is required by you is your commitment to doing the program. If you are ready to become the right kind of person, then complete the form below. You will be sent the full instructions and Michael & Linda will keep in touch with you by email and on the weekly calls.Or join us in our forum here : http://30daycleanse.com/

You mean I Have To Plan And Organize To Succeed!

CHAPTER 7
ORGANIZED PLANNING: THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF DESIRE INTO ACTION
The Sixth Step toward Riches

I was listening to "Minute With Maxwell" today and a got a real Ah Ha moment.  John mentioned that we all get the same amount of time.  You cannot manage time, it passes by at a steady rate, which is the same for everybody.

So how come some people can do so much more than others?   AS John Maxwell puts it so clearly, its not how much time you get, it is WHAT you do with your time that counts.  You can't just go about your day doing this and doing that.  You end up having accomplished nothing.

That is why it is so important to plan and organize.  Plan your day and follow your plan as closely as possible.  You will hit snags that cause you to not be able to do some of what you have planned or some activity will not go the way you planned.  You call a student and you have to leave a message instead of talking to him or her. As Hill tells us "Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there is something wrong with your plan. Millions of men go through life in misery and poverty, because they lack a sound plan through which to accumulate a fortune."

So plan, do, review, adjust.

I am grateful that Michael and Linda created MFF and the Mental cleanse.

I am grateful that I get to meet and communicate with all who participate in the Mental Cleanse by posting lessons and speaking up.

I am grateful to infinite intelligence for allowing me to be part of the group as well inspiring me to contribute to the group.

With love and appreciation

Roger Boisjoli
Elie, |Manitoba, Canada
I have important knowledge to share
I've got a blue print to take me there.

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Success In 10 Steps

Join Michael & Linda Dlouhy For The Next 30 Days And See The Results For Yourself

What are we talking about? It's called a 30-day mental cleanse. Yes, that's right. Too often we let things into our minds that should not be there and it hinders our progress. The best way to get your mind focused is to clean it up with what it should have. Think of it like rebooting your hard drive.

We have found this process to be more effective when people can do this together and share the result. What are you going to get? By joining this 30-day cleanse, we will send you ebook(s) to read and have weekly calls associated with this specific 30-day mental cleanse to assist you along the way. All that is required by you is your commitment to doing the program. If you are ready to become the right kind of person, then complete the form below. You will be sent the full instructions and Michael & Linda will keep in touch with you by email and on the weekly calls.Or join us in our forum here : http://30daycleanse.com/