5 Questions for Budding Entrepreneurs

There are many reasons why people want to create and income from home.  It may be to earn some extra money to pay some bills, travel, supplement their pension, pay the mortgage off faster, leave a legacy for their children, fire their boss, etc. etc.  Some even do it to avoid being bored to death.  Whatever the reason, ask your self these 5 questions before you start.

1. Are you a workaholic? Success will come through hard work.  No matter what some people tell you, you cannot become massively successful on autopilot.  In order to "Build it once, build it big and build it to pay your children's children." you must put in the sweat equity Ultimately, the most successful individuals don't consider this workload a chore as they are pursuing interests they enjoy and love.

2. Are you focused? The first thing you need to do is to get educate.  Find out what to look for in a company, pick a good one and stick with it.  Be in only one opportunity.  Don't fall for the "multiple streams of income".  If you do that you will loose your focus.  Find out what makes a company a good opportunity : http://mlmhope.com/recordings/5pillars.htm

3. What motivates you? What is your why?  You have to figure that out!  Have an AMAZING “WHY”, a 99.9% “WHY”, that will keep you going through rain, sleet, snow, flood, pestilence, nuclear holocaust, or the criticism of a “loved” one.  If your "WHY" is a 70% and you come up against an obstacle that's a 72%, you're gone. You'll drop out, disappear.

4. Are you willing to go "all in"? The most successful entrepreneurs "burn the ships". This doesn't mean that you should quit your day job, at least not until you make double your day job income from your company. Here is what I mean by "Being All In"  http://mlmhope.com/recordings/allin.htm

5. Are you a visionary? There's a difference between delusions and imagination. Delusions are nothing more than daydreams without action. Entrepreneurs are visionaries that take careful, measurable steps to bring their imaginations into reality. They push forward, using their skills to create, evaluate and adjust until their visions are realized or altered.

Ultimately, the decision to forego the traditional employee route requires a leap of faith, but if you've answered yes to one or more of these questions, you may have what it takes to bring your idea to market and create a job for yourself in the process.

CHAPTER 7 ORGANIZED PLANNING: THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF DESIRE INTO ACTION

This is a direct quote form a "lesson" posted by my good friend Marsha Sortino in our 30 Day Mental Cleanse forum :  

CHAPTER 7

ORGANIZED PLANNING: THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF DESIRE INTO ACTION

The Sixth Step toward Riches

I have been in Mentoring For Free for years now and one of the reasons I continue to love this system is because I see retention and leaders being built.

There is no better system out there that will help me to stay strong, keep focused and know without a doubt that I will succeed.

When you have been here year after year, you recognize the brilliance of our Mentoring For Free system.

The planning is well organized throughout the system and we have a system that works in the real world today.

The ebook has bullet points of sub headlines with tons of marketing and advertising ideas. The emails are also full of ideas. The training is is so well organized, categorized and we even have a checklist to use. Thank you Ken Klemm for your serving us in this manner and all you do for us also. The self development, the mastermind group, the ideas that people in our mastermind group have are some of the best ideas I have heard yet!  We have duplication. We have mentors! We have true support!

Follow the leaders who are doing and building their business in the real world, doing what works in the real world today.

Mentoring For Free is designed for the part timers as well. Part timers have all the super connections and training that full timers at Mentoring For Free have.

Everyone who knows me knows that I continually listen to audios we have at Mentoring For Free and on the world wide web that Richard Dennis has.

I got inspired  to listen to "A Horse to Ride - The Power of One" by Richard Dennis

Richard Dennis does such a brilliant job with this audio that it inspires me and it could inspire anyone into action!

So I have found my horse to ride and I am riding that magic horse! And life is way better on the other side of the river!

Why is that? Self talk for sure has made me feel that life is great! I am a strong believer in self talk!

Michael, this audio should also be generic because it does explain Mentoring For Free and the education we receive!  

Imagine the part timers or people new to network marketing hearing this, not to mention the seasoned network marketers seeing a new light to network marketing!

This audio will bring to light the power of one, which becomes teamwork, team building and being all in with each person grooming into leadership and being the mentor with a servant’s heart.  

If only people knew how simple it is to follow our MFF recipe and how the mastermind group is here to help them, they would line up at the door for this! I am so happy that Mentoring For Free found me, groomed me and got me focused on my journey to success with a powerful self talk that vibrates and makes me know I am that person I am suppose to be. 

Pay attention people, Mentoring For Free is well organized and has planned every step to our success.

All we need to do is take action! Read the ebook, listen to the 3 skills calls, get your coaching call and plug into the system! Be on the mental cleanse and grow into that person. Learn a simple system and just do it. Don't analyze it, just do it.

Thank you Michael and Linda and Richard Dennis for such an awesome and powerful system and giving from your hearts.

Much love and appreciation,

Marsha Sortino

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Would you like these kinds of distributors on your team?

Here is part of Tom 'Big Al' Schreiter's newsletter :

"Please don't keep these tips a secret. Would you please pass this on to your friends in network marketing? They can subscribe at:

http://www.BigAlReport.com

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Would you like these kinds of distributors on your team?

Ian Jones, a leader in the UK, sent me the following (slightly edited) email:

"Following the launch of your leadership books, I've put together a leadership group. Requirement for joining the group is they had to read the books to attend.

"We've met twice now and the results are fantastic. The up-scaling of the mindset of the distributors in the group has been unbelievable.

"I set up a 'WhatsApp' group for the attendees and below is a comment that has just been posted, thought you'd like it..."

"£20 ... big event ticket or food shopping mmmmm ... big event ticket! The kids will be fine, there's plenty of grass in our garden. My point is as future leaders, choices have to be made and I made my choice. The kids won't starve btw and I know this budgeting won't last forever.

"Bring on the big event and a better future."

Here is a distributor who has his mindset right. In order to change one's future, and one's future results, we have to make different choices than the choices that got us where we are. That is a huge jump for any of us!

I might even try this on my personal dieting.

As we know from Volume One of the Leadership books, the only difference between a leader and a distributor is how we choose to think in every situation. That change is the key.

So ask yourself, "Am I using the skills in Volume One of the Leadership books to help my distributors change their mindsets? Am I showing them the step-by-step way to move forward?"

We can't expect our distributors to know how to become a leader unless we give them the steps. They were not a leader before, so they don't have the experience to guide themselves.

What is our reward for creating a leader in our group? Well, here is a quick way to calculate how much more you will earn. Just look at a leader in your company and ask yourself, "How much larger would my bonus check be if I had someone identical to this leader in my organization?"

If you haven't started to use the step-by-step skills in Volume One of the Leadership books, simply go back and activate them now."

Get your copy of
How To Build Network Marketing Leaders Volume One

Here
http://www.BigAlBooks.com

Thank You Tom!

CHAPTER 6 IMAGINATION: THE WORKSHOP OF THE MIND

This is a direct quote form a "lesson" posted by my good friend Katherine Clement in our 30 Day Mental Cleanse forum :  

CHAPTER 6

IMAGINATION: THE WORKSHOP OF THE MIND

The Fifth Step toward Riches

Imagination...what would we be without it? I will take a guess

and say...we wouldn't LOL Everything starts with an idea!

I have always had a very active imagination. When I was a child

my GrandMother used to have to set a place at the dinner table for 

my imaginary friend..."Michael" Ha Ha!

I am constantly blessed with inspiring ideas, solutions to challenges,

ideas for inventions...as an artist, I must "see" my piece in my 

minds eye before I can create it...then I can figure out how to bring 

it to life. Sometimes, the entire project comes to me in a dream!

As I read this chapter, I couldn't help but think about 

Michael Dlouhys' idea...of helping people for free. 

Thank Goodness Linda is a yellow and not 

a red or I might not be writing this lesson right now lol.

Imagine, having the idea to join 100 companies, just to figure 

them out so you can help people! I mean, honestly, I might have had that 

"idea" as in a brief thought that I would have immediately ruled

out...maybe 10 or 15 companies lol but to actually have the idea 

of 100 companies...turn it into a mission AND reality is over the top.

My brain melts on one comp plan!  

Thank you Michael Dlouhy for caring enough to figure it out!

That is what brought me here actually. I haven't been in network

marketing for long but long enough to see that the 95% fail rate

in mlm is NOT imaginary. It's real and its sad. It robs people 

not only of what little money they have but of what little pride

they have as well. People are becoming homeless because of investing

in deals that are set up for them to fail...and they are being

told its their fault for not trying hard enough. 

They are destroying relationships, becoming ill with stress and

believing that they are a failure because they can't even make 

one sale when others are making hundreds...or so they say.

Worst of all, they stop imagining...they stop dreaming...and

they have to listen to, "I told you it was a scam".

Thankfully, Michael had the imagination to see thousands of 

people being successful...Happy...loving what they do, helping

thousands of others. Thank you for teaching people Truth not 

hypnotic NLP triple speak "buy now" language. For reinforcing

my knowing that people are NOT numbers!

Thank you for mentoring people (for free) not just

making a sale and telling them when they get big enough, you'll

take notice of them. For teaching us how to choose a business that 

we can feel solid about building and bringing people into, one that will 

be there for our Great Grandkids...all without pitching anyone. 

You've taken the sleeze out of mlm.

Thank you Michael, for imagining Mentoring For Free and bringing it into

existence. You have given people back their ability to dream...and the

skills to make their dreams a reality.

Katherine Clement

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Chapter 5 - Specialized Knowledge

This is a direct quote form a "lesson" posted by my good friend Tuula Rands in our 30 Day Mental Cleanse forum :

Chapter 5 - Specialized Knowledge

There is a story in the Bible about a man called Naaman.
He was the commander of an army, a great and honorable
man in the sight of his master.  He was a mighty man of
valour but he was a leper.

One of the maids told her Mistress about a Prophet
who could heal Naaman of his leprosy.

So Naaman goes to see Elisha and instead of Elisha
going out to meet Naaman, Elisha sends a messenger to
tell Naaman  “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and
your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.”

Naaman was angry because Elisha did not come out himself
but sent a messenger and because Elisha did not perform
some kind of ritual.   He was expecting to be treated like
someone important .  Naaman was not happy about how he
was supposed to be healed by washing seven times in the Jordon
as he thought there were better waters he could be healed in.  

But his servant asked him  "If the prophet had told you to do
something great, would you not have done it?  How much more then,
when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean?"

Naaman  eventually did  listen to the servant and went into the
Jordon and washed seven times as he was instructed and he was
cleansed of his leprosy.

Now, that is an interesting story and what does it have to do
with this chapter on Specialized knowledge?

Statistics say 97% of people who begin a Network Marketing business fail.

When people download the e-book “Success in 10 Steps” they are
looking for help because they are failing in their business.  They
are looking for solutions on how to advertise, how to connect with
people, how to sell their  product and  many other factors.  But the
main reason they request the e-book is they need help.

They are excited to read the e-book and they can relate to the
things in the e-book.  They then go through the process of
getting more information and eventually they get a coaching
call with a Network Marketing Millionaire who is willing to give
his time for free to help them understand what they need to do
in order to succeed in what they are doing or realize that what they
are doing is either illegal or what they are putting their effort in will
never bring them the results they are expecting.

He gives them a blueprint of what their next step should be.  
A good percentage of the people stop there.  They do not follow
the blueprint and never take the steps necessary to
get the training they were looking for in the first place.

Mentoring for Free  -- Sounds too simple.

Thirty day mental cleanse? -- I read "Think and Grow Rich" years ago and it didn't help me.

Self talk? -- What is talking to myself going to accomplish?

Get on all the training calls?  --I don’t have time to do that, I need
to build my business.

Wash in the Jordon? -- There are better waters to wash in.

Seven times! -- That takes too long.

The ones that do listen to the instructions and eventually
wash in the Jordon, grow and become Professional Network Marketers.

We need to ask ourselves as the servant said to Naaman,
"If the prophet had told you to do something great, would
you not have done it? How much more then, when he says
to you, 'Wash, and be clean?"

Tuula Rands

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Why did Solavei Have To File Chanpter 11 (Bankruptcy)

First, lets see what Solavei was all about.  Here is a direct quote of a review of Solavie from :

http://www.npros.com/press/2014/6/18/3236/solavei-files-chapter-11.htm

"Solavei Review

Solavei, scheduled to launch in September 2012, is a multilevel marketing company offering a social media platform and mobile application that provides contract-free mobile service and pays consumers for adding new members.

The Solavei Mobile Service is a mobile virtual network operation (MVNO) that utilizes T-Mobile’s nationwide 4G network.

Consumers can sign up for an unlimited voice, text and data plan for $49.00 per month and can earn income by introducing the service to others through Solavei’s social media platform and mobile application.

To sign up with Solavei, consumers can either use their own Solavei-compatible phone or purchase one of Solavei’s phones, which start at $159.00. Monthly mobile service is $49.00. The Solavei app (available for Android phones) covers everything Solavei members need to enroll friends and family, check on how much they have earned, and connect with their personal network.

Compensation Plan

Solavei members earn $20.00 per month on every three mobile-service members (called a Trio) that they or someone in their network introduce to Solavei. When members have more than three Trios in their network, the income generated is greater than their monthly mobile service plan cost of $49.00, making it essentially free. Members earn a Fast Action Bonus for Trios they directly enroll in their first 60 days. Solavei members earn increased monthly pay as their network grows and they advance in rank."

Now, lets look at the time of existence, less than two years.  At Mentoring For Free, we tell people NOT to join a company that is less than two years old.  Why? Simple, most new companies fail within the first two years.  Solavei is a great example.  But that is not the only reason.  I believe that the main reason they are failing is the products offered.  Their main product was mobile service.  What is wrong with offering mobile service when virtually every one wants it?  Competition!  There just is too much of it.  How do Solavei distributors compete with all those blaring ads on radio and TV?  They can't.

The other problem Solavei distributors had is the fact that this service was available only in the Continental US and, looking at the coverage map, somewhat limited coverage at that.  The really successful MLMs are available in most countries in the world giving their distributors a much wider audience.

The other aspect of the truly successful MLMs is that they offer products that women will be attracted to, products women will develop an emotional attachment to.  After all 68% of network marketers worldwide are women.  I don't see too many women getting really excited about mobile service.

So if you are looking for a company, do your homework and find out as much as you can about the company.  Make sure it has the following :

1.   The people who own/run the company have a good reputation and have actually built a MLM business.

2.   That the company is at least two years old and that they are in trending industry.

3.   Make sure they offer products that add value to people and are value priced.  The products must be something physical that you will get in the mail and preferably consumable.  A franchise doesn't count, a web site doesn't count and training and tools don't count.

4.   Make sure the compensation plan is structured in a way that it will pay the part time distributor.

5.   Make sure you have available a simple, proven duplicable system to build the business.

5 Signs You’re Going To Make It Big One Day by Ariella Coombs

We’ve all got dreams of making it ‘big’ one day, but how many of us actually follow through with those dreams? We make excuses for our lack of success, saying things like, “Life got in the way,” or “I can’t handle anymore rejection.”

But not you! You’re on the fast-track to fame and success. Or are you?

Think you’ve got what it takes to make it big? Here are some signs you’re right:

1. You’ve Got A Dream (A Big One!)

What’s your vision? What do you want to accomplish? What are your hopes and dreams? Having a dream – even if it’s a little vague – is crucial for success. Before you can start your journey, you need to have a goal in mind!

In the words of Walt Disney, "If you can dream it, you can do it." (And before you can do it, you've got to dream it!)

2. You’ve Got A Road Map, But You're Prepared To Take Detours

They say success is where preparation and opportunity meet. So, when opportunity comes ‘a knockin,’ you’re going to want to have your plan already in place. Think of it as your road map to making it big!

What steps do you need to take to get where you want to be? Who do you need to know? What skills do you need to have?

But, let's be real here, nothing EVER goes exactly according to plan. You need to be able to adapt to whatever life throws at you. Think of those things as detours. They're not a huge deal as long as you figure how to get back on the main road!

3. You’re Extremely Curious

You need to have an innate fascination with whatever it is you’re working toward. You've got to learn as much as you can about the industry, the people, the culture, and so on. You need to want to be consumed by it. You've got to understand the problems and be excited about finding solutions. You’ve got to be passionate, excited, and curious about all areas of the biz.

When Larry King made his debut in radio, he made a point to become consumed in the biz. In addition to doing his own show, he did the weather reports, the sports updates, and the news broadcasts. He even volunteered to fill in in for people who were out sick, and took on double shifts.

Why? He wanted to learn all there was to know about the biz. He wanted to practice. He wanted to be good at what he did. The only way to do that was to explore and go above and beyond what was asked of him. He called it "taking extra batting practice."

4. You’re A Little Cocky (Just A Little)

If you really want to make it, you’ve got to have confidence in yourself and your abilities. Without confidence, you can so easily get crushed negativity and criticism – things you will have to deal with once you hit the spotlight.

You have to be confident. You have to trust yourself. And you have to have a deep understanding that you’re going to make it. For actress Jennifer Lawrence, that understanding came at a young age.

“I always knew that I was going to be famous,” she told Vogue magazine. “I honest to God don't know how else to describe it. I used to lie in bed and wonder: ‘Am I going to be a local TV person? Am I going to be a motivational speaker?’ It wasn't a vision. But as it's kind of happening, you have this buried understanding: Of course.”

5. You Realize Failure Is A Minor Setback, Not A Game Changer

If you’re even thinking about making it big one day, the word “quit” can’t be in your vocabulary. In the end, you don’t succeed because you don’t fail; you succeed because you don’t give up. The second you quit, you’ve lost.

Take Michael Jordan, for example. He has a famous quote, "I've failed over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed." The only reason he succeeded was because he didn't let those failures discourage him to the point of quitting. Why? Because he realized his failures were only minor setbacks - not game changers.

I guarantee you that everyone you look up to has failed at one point or another, but did that stop them from picking themselves back up and moving forward? No way, Jose. And that’s why they’re successful.

If you’ve got all of these qualities – congratulations. I’m sure we’ll be hearing your name sometime soon!

What are your secrets to success? What else do you think is necessary for making it big? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Ariella Coombs

Content Strategist | Blogger | Managing Editor for CAREEREALISM.com | 2+ Years Content Management | @AriellaCoombs

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