CHAPTER 2 DESIRE THE STARTING POINT OF ALL ACHIEVEMENT By Reggie Liggins

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CHAPTER 2

DESIRE

THE STARTING POINT OF ALL ACHIEVEMENT  By Reggie Liggins

The First Step toward Riches

"You may as well know, right here, that you can never have riches in great quantities, UNLESS you can work yourself into a white heat of DESIRE for money, and actually BELIEVE you will possess it."

"There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish."

~ Napoleon Hill

I should just speak for myself, but I know a lot of well-meaning network marketers suffer from the sickness that has dogged me for years, namely unbelief. I mean that is what it has to be. When it comes to wanting to be free, wanting to own my life, to be debt-free, to have a job optional lifestyle, yes I desire that very much. That is why I have struggled in this and several other businesses trying create that mailbox money, a residual income that will not only take care of me, but my children and their children.

A couple of people on the Mentoring for Free Coach's Corner Mastermind call the other day asked the question what do we have to do in order increase the level of our desire, to stoke it into that white heat that Napoleon Hill talks about. I personally don't believe people would bother with Mentoring for Free if they did not have the desire to be free. It seems to me that the problem is our actions don't seem to match our desire.

We say we want to be free, but we elect to sit in front of the television instead of prospecting for leads. We choose to read the newspaper instead of reading something that would move us further along in our business or enrich our minds. We know that the "fortune is in the follow up", yet we are not willing to pick up the phone and call our leads. And yes, I can personally substitute "I" for "we" in all of the above sentences.

Michael Dlouhy, and now Tuula Rands, love to pose the question: "What would you do if you knew that you could not fail?". I could state it another way and ask, "What would you do if you believed all of your efforts would succeed?" If you believed that your lead would join your business, you wouldn't even hesitate to call, let alone debate with yourself whether you should or not. If you believed that the next Michael Dlouhy was right around the corner, would you do your prospecting and look for him? Of course you would! If you believed that an idea that would totally revolutionize your business was in the next book, would you read it? You would be crazy not to. Besides what we input into our minds (read) determine our thoughts. Our thoughts determine our beliefs. And our beliefs determine our actions.

Now obviously, not everyone is not going to join your business or buy your product. But if you talk to enough people, instead of failing to talk to enough due to your unbelief, you can have everything you want. In almost every coaching call I have heard Michael Dlouhy do, he tells people that if you talk to 100 people, you will get 10 customers and 1 distributor. So roughly 90% of the people you talk to won't be ready, and that's ok. We just have to sift through those to find the ones who are.

But to those who want to increase their desire, Hill says to follow the six steps he laid out in this chapter. It has to become a daily discipline. Here they are again:

First. Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say “I want plenty of money.” Be definite as to the amount. (There is a psychological reason for definiteness which will be described in a subsequent chapter). 

Second. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you desire. (There is no such reality as “something for nothing.)

Third. Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money you desire.

Fourth. Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Fifth. Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it.

Sixth. Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, once just before retiring at night, and once after arising in the morning. AS YOU READ—SEE AND FEEL AND BELIEVE YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY. 

Hill tells us to pay particular attention to the Sixth Step. And even here, we have to "SEE AND FEEL AND BELIEVE YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY."

The Master Teacher tells us in Mark 11:24, "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye DESIRE, when ye pray, BELIEVE that ye receive them, and ye shall have them."

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, but you have to believe in order to achieve.

Peace and Prosperity,

Reggie Liggins

Beaverton, OR

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Chapter 15 The Six Ghosts of Fear by Katherine Clement

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Chapter 15  The Six Ghosts of Fear by Katherine Clement

"Even a dog or a horse knows when its master lacks courage; moreover, a dog or a horse will pick up the vibrations of fear thrown off by its master, and behave accordingly."

When I read that paragraph and thought back on the calls this week, it reminded me of a poem I wrote back in 2005.

Thought I would share...

The Perfect Mirror

She was the color of a copper penny, shiny and new...Her brown eyes so deep, you could lose yourself in them. She came to me out of nowhere to heal me in ways I am only now beginning to understand 10 years later. Oddly enough, all this time I thought I had been the one to heal her. She came to me traumatized. Afraid of cars, roads, bridges, water, wind...You name it, She ran from it.

She spoke to my heart without a single word. I felt her Fear and sympathized. I would be Strong...for her. I would help her conquer her fears. I would save her...from herself.

I worked with her every day, with Patience...with Love. We confronted each fear, one at a time...together. When she would start to quiver and tense, her eyes wild, nostrils flaring, I would speak softly to her...assure her that I would allow no harm to come to her. We would face it together...she was no longer alone.

I was so Proud of her and so Honored that she had chosen me to Trust. She held her ground and pushed past her fear...and overcame it. Each one was just as frightening at first, but as she gained confidence and her trust in me grew, each obstacle faded a little quicker. By the time we parted ways, she could face anything with total Confidence...steady as a rock. It broke my heart to let her go, yet I felt great satisfaction knowing that I had helped her grow and overcome the things that haunted her.

What a Blind, Egotistical Fool I've been...

It has taken me ten years to realize the Gift she gave me. To understand that it was not "I", who helped her, but She, who was the Perfect Mirror. I gaze into that mirror now and see how I lived in fear. Running from everything and trusting no one. Then with Love and Patience, she spoke softly to my Soul and helped me realize that I had the Courage within to overcome. To face my fears, to Honor myself and stand proud and tall...and Free.

Thank you Ariel....my Glorious Chestnut Angel.       KC 3/2005

We were reminded this week to approach our fears and build our confidence, one step at a time. Ariel and I started out really small...just sitting together. Then I would talk to her...pet her....groom her. With each experience she gained trust and confidence in me, that I would protect her and lead her safely. This cannot help but remind me of Mentoring for Free. Michael takes us and shows us step by step how to build ourselves. Although most of us are timid at first, even fearful... with each call and every interaction, we gain Trust and Confidence that he will Lead us Safely.

People come to MFF traumatized. They have been beaten up by network marketing, often stripped of finances and dignity.

Losing confidence in themselves because they made poor decisions based on poor information. Michael tells us, it's not our fault. He assures us that if we just Trust him and do what he asks, no harm will come to us. Just like an animal "feels" fear...Michael feels ours. He sympathizes and encourages us to overcome the things that haunt us. We grow more confident with each success and soon become Solid as a Rock. We are very Blessed to have such a Leader. One who speaks Softly to our Souls and is Leading us to Freedom.

Thank you Michael, Linda and my MFF family. It is so Wonderful to be here!

Katherine Clement

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Chapter Fifteen HOW TO OUTWIT THE SIX GHOSTS OF FEAR by Russ Aker

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Think & Grow Rich

Chapter Fifteen 

HOW TO OUTWIT THE SIX GHOSTS OF FEAR by Russ Aker

Indecision causes procrastination and doubt.  Doubt 

creates Fear.  Fear diverts attention and impedes action.  

Do you know how many times you’ve said, “I’ll start 

tomorrow”?  Action Step four in the chapter on Desire Hill 

says, “create a definite plan for what it is you Desire and 

begin at once whether you are ready or not.”

What is that fear which stops us in our tracts?  Criticism.

I suggest a good escape route is a real honest evaluation 

of our Ego.  Our ego will deny the existence of fear, 

indecision, doubt and ego itself, using every excuse 

available not wanting to let go.  Ego allows us excuses to 

blame failure on something outside of us.  If we are 

allowed to see these enemies, our ego fears we will be 

discovered as less valuable and important… it FEARS 

Criticism (criticism being the second greatest fear).  Ego 

has a dictionary full of reasons and excuses.

Ego is first party to denial and wants us to keep thinking 

our lives are in the control of something outside of us.  Our 

ego knows if we come awake and start to see, then we’ll 

have to take action in an unknown environment outside the 

misery of our current comfort zone.  Why are we so 

miserable in what seems comfortable?  Because our 

comfort zone is only a looking glass for viewing our Desire.  

We must step through the looking glass and experience 

the uncomfortable to attain what we seek…or quit looking 

through the glass and torturing ourselves.

If one has to Fear something Fear this...

Hill - “Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite us is 

TIME. If we hesitate before moving, or neglect to move 

promptly, we will be wiped off the board by time. We are 

playing against a partner who will not tolerate 

INDECISION!” ...Your move!

Russ Aker

Portland, OR

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What Is The Mentoring For Free System All About?

Mentoring For Free, Where you learn HOW to think, not WHAT to think!

Most of you have heard the phrase that over 90 percent of all network marketers struggle and fail with their network marketing business. Most professional network marketers know why. Lack of success is not your fault, it is the lack of  proper skills training.

The Mentoring For Free System was created by Michael Dlouhy and Richard Dennis ("Dead Doctors Don't Lie" & "Tomato Warning").  Both are super successful professional network marketers. Michael Dlouhy has had full time income from network marketing and is debt free for the past 28 years.

Why would lack of success be your fault if you are not given accurate truthful information about how to be successful in this industry. Michael Dlouhy consistently teaches frustrated network marketers that their lack of success has not been their fault.

The Mentoring For Free system teaches network marketers how to effectively evaluate a network marketing company and compensation plans. The system teaches network marketers about the 4 basic personality types and how to properly and effectively speak the language of each personality to get better prospecting results. The system teaches network marketers to never, ever close a prospect. Instead, the system advocates giving prospects truthful and accurate information about the network marketing profession and then let the prospect close himself or herself.

The system host 10 "live" and interactive training calls every week where anyone may dial in to the training calls and learn the skills one needs to be successful. All the training is free.

At Mentoring For Free we believe that network marketing is not a sales business. Rather, they believe and teach that network marketing is a people business, a relationship business, a teaching and mentoring business. Both believe and teach to concentrate on building people first and then people will build the business.

I have been part of the Mentoring For Free since February, 2011. I have learned to build stronger relationships with my family, my friends, the people I mentor and my customers. I understand why people say the things they say and do the things they do. Mentoring For Free is like a family to me. We have members all over the world. Those I associate with, we help each other. We learn, we teach, we share skills on these conference calls with everyone on the training calls.

It is the best lead generation and training system for network marketers plus it is all for free no matter what company you are in. If you would like to learn more about the Mentoring For Free System, then I invite you to go to http://getfreedom.mentoringforfree.com and http://getfreedom.bigmlmlies.com

Chapter 13--The Brain by Margi Starr

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Chapter 13--The Brain by Margi Starr

I was in three different airports over the past ten days:  Columbus, Phoenix, and Denver. Their bookstores are filled with the latest and greatest books and magazines for all different interest groups.

In previous years I would have chosen a popular novel or maybe a decorating magazine to enjoy during my plane flights.

However, I realize more than ever that what we feed our Brain is crucial to our personal development. Since our Brain is a broadcast and receiving station, it only makes sense that if we truly want success, we must be dialed into the types of information that will help us achieve that. Popular novels and decorating magazines probably aren't going to get me there.

This time the magazine that I bought was one I’ve never read before. Inc. 500 features America’s most successful entrepreneurs.  It dawned on me that maybe I could learn something from it.

The article “Wired for Success” by Leigh Buchanan talks about the impressive growth some private companies are achieving in a time when our economy has stalled. 

The author shares a study that proves success is not because people were at the right place at the right time with the right résumé.  Rather it is because of ten qualities that are exhibited by successful entrepreneurs. These are the individuals that call themselves “unemployable,” not because other companies don’t want them, but because other companies can’t contain them. That alone is a powerful statement!

The ten qualities of a successful Inc 500 Entrepreneur are:

1.   Risk Taker

2.   Business Focus

3.   Determination

4.   Delegator

5.   Knowledge Seeker

6.   Creative Thinker

7.   Confidence

8.   Promoter

9.   Independence

10.   Relationship Builder

In network marketing, RISK TAKING looks different than for someone who is beginning a company from the ground up and with massive overhead. The Risk that many of us face is the Fear that keeps us from sharing about our product or opportunity, or in getting out of our comfort zone to meet new people. 

BUSINESS FOCUS:  For success to happen, we must treat our MLM’s as businesses instead of as hobbies.  That means being ALL IN and giving the time and attention that is required to learn Skills. Feeding our brains with material relating to network marketing and personal development develops an appetite for more of the same. 

We know 95% of Network Marketers are struggling.  The 5% who achieve success are those that are DETERMINED and push through resistance.  Friends and family are notorious for telling us we're crazy.  A good amount of Determination will turn a deaf ear to those comments and cause us to be more Determined than ever.

Many of us know people who for whatever reason decide to switch companies or quit network marketing all together.  Lately, a friend of mine decided to do this.  In our conversation I wished her well in her new venture, but what I realized is that her decision to leave made me more DETERMINED than ever to stay with my current and forever company.  

You see, I am one of those MLM warriors. I tried nearly a dozen companies and wasted thousands of dollars before I found Mentoring for Free.  True, they weren’t Five Pillar companies, but that was not the reason I did not succeed.

The real reason I failed was because I had none of these top qualities of an Entrepreneur.

I allowed Fear to paralyze me….

I treated each one like a hobby instead of a business…

And I had no Determination whatsoever! 

As soon as I found one little thing that didn’t seem to work, I jumped to something else. I was not ALL IN.  Instead I found excuses as to why that particular company or product wouldn’t work.  

Here at Mentoring for Free we learn how to evaluate a company based on the Five Pillars.  Once we find a company that meets the Five Pillar criteria we are urged to do something really radical—COMMIT to it as you would a marriage partner.  

Say “I do” and be Determined to grow your business as you would grow a marriage. Avoid the temptation of looking around to see if there’s something better. When you start having a wandering eye for a different company, it divides your energy and wrecks havoc with your mind.  Your brain will be in a total state of confusion.  It won’t know what to send or receive.  

Whatever is holding you back from success with your current Five Pillar company will most assuredly follow you to the next company and the next one. 

Continue to work on each of the Ten Qualities of an Entrepreneur mentioned above. 

IF (and that's the bottom line) you continue to be ALL IN and Coachable, you WILL achieve the success you desire.

Margi Starr

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The Folded Napkin ... A Truckers Story

I'm not sure where this originated, but it is fantastic!  Grab your tissues, you're going to need lots!

The Folded  Napkin ... A Truckers  Story
 If this  doesn't light your fire .... your wood is  wet!

  I try not  to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring  Stevie.
His placement counselor assured me that  he would be a good, reliable  busboy.

But I had  never had a mentally handicapped employee and  wasn't sure I wanted one.

I wasn't sure how my  customers would react to  Stevie.

He was  short, a little dumpy with the smooth facial  features and thick-tongued speech of Down’s  Syndrome.

I wasn't worried about most of my  trucker customers because truckers don't  generally care who buses tables as long as the  meatloaf platter is good and the pies are  homemade.

The  four-wheeler drivers were the ones who concerned  me; the mouthy college kids travelling to school;  the yuppie snobs who secretly polish their  silverware with their napkins for fear of  catching some dreaded "truck stop germ," the  pairs of white-shirted business men on expense  accounts who think every truck stop waitress  wants to be flirted with.

I knew those people  would be uncomfortable around Stevie so I  closely watched him for the first few  weeks.

I  shouldn't have worried. After the first week,  Stevie had my staff wrapped around his stubby  little finger, and within a month my truck  regulars had adopted him as their official truck  stop mascot.
After  that, I really didn't care what the rest of the  customers thought of him.
He was like a  21-year-old kid in blue jeans and Nikes, eager  to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his  attention to his duties.

Every salt and pepper  shaker was exactly in its place, not a bread  crumb or coffee spill was visible when Stevie  got done with the table.
Our only problem was  persuading him to wait to clean a table until  after the customers were finished. He would  hover in the background, shifting his weight  from one foot to the other, scanning the dining  room until a table was empty. Then he would  scurry to the empty table and carefully bus  dishes and glasses onto his cart and  meticulously wipe the table up with a practiced  flourish of his rag. If he thought a customer  was watching, his brow would pucker with added  concentration. He took pride in doing his job  exactly right, and you had to love how hard he  tried to please each and every person he  met.

Over time,  we learned that he lived with his mother, a  widow who was disabled after repeated surgeries  for cancer. They lived on their Social Security  benefits in public housing two miles from the  truck stop. Their social worker, who stopped to  check on him every so often, admitted they had  fallen between the cracks. Money was tight, and  what I paid him was probably the difference  between them being able to live together and  Stevie being sent to a group home. That's why  the restaurant was a gloomy place that morning  last August,
the first morning in three years  that Stevie missed work. He was at  the Mayo Clinic in Rochester getting a new valve  or something put in his heart.

His social worker  said that people with Down’s Syndrome often have  heart problems at an early age so this wasn't  unexpected, and there was a good chance he would  come through the surgery in good shape and be  back at work in a few months.

A ripple  of excitement ran through the staff later that  morning when word came that he was out of  surgery, in recovery, and doing fine. Frannie,  the head waitress, let out a war hoop and did a  little dance in the aisle when she heard the  good news.  Marvin  Ringers, one of our regular trucker customers,  stared at the sight of this 50-year-old  grandmother of four doing a victory shimmy  beside his table.
Frannie blushed, smoothed her  apron and shot Marvin a withering look.

He  grinned. "OK, Frannie, what was that all about?"  he asked.
"We just  got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going  to be okay."
"I was wondering where he was. I  had a new joke to tell him. What was the surgery  about?" Frannie quickly told Marvin and the  other two drivers sitting at his booth about  Stevie's surgery, then sighed: " Yeah, I'm glad  he is going to be OK," she said. "But I don't  know how he and his Mom are going to handle all  the bills. From what I hear, they're barely  getting by as it is." Marvin nodded  thoughtfully, and Frannie hurried off to wait on  the rest of her tables.

Since I hadn't had time  to round up a busboy to replace Stevie and  really didn't want to replace him, the girls  were busing their own tables that day until we  decided what to do.  After the  morning rush, Frannie walked into my office. She  had a couple of paper napkins in her hand and a  funny look on her face.

"What's  up?" I asked.  "I didn't  get that table where Marvin and his friends were  sitting cleared off after they left, and Pete  and Tony were sitting there when I got back to  clean it off," she said. "This was folded and  tucked under a coffee cup." She handed the  napkin to me, and three $20 bills fell onto my  desk when I opened it.
On the outside, in big,  bold letters, was printed "Something For  Stevie."  "Pete  asked me what that was all about," she said, "so  I told him about Stevie and his Mom and  everything, and Pete looked at Tony and Tony  looked at Pete, and they ended up giving me  this." She handed me another paper napkin that  had "Something For Stevie" scrawled on its  outside. Two $50 bills were tucked with in its  folds. Frannie looked at me with wet, shiny  eyes, shook her head and said simply:  "truckers."
That was  three months ago. Today is Thanksgiving, the  first day Stevie is supposed to be back to  work.
His  placement worker said he's been counting the  days until the doctor said he could work, and it  didn't matter at all that it was a holiday. He  called 10 times in the past week, making sure we  knew he was coming, fearful that we had  forgotten him or that his job was in jeopardy. I  arranged to have his mother bring him to work. I  then met them in the parking lot and invited  them both to celebrate his day  back.

Stevie was  thinner and paler, but couldn't stop grinning as  he pushed through the doors and headed for the  back room where his apron and busing cart were  waiting.  "Hold up  there, Stevie, not so fast," I said. I took him  and his mother by their arms. "Work can wait for  a minute. To celebrate your coming back,  breakfast for you and your mother is on me!" I  led them toward a large corner booth at the rear  of the room.

I could  feel and hear the rest of the staff following  behind as we marched through the dining room.  Glancing over my shoulder, I saw booth after  booth of grinning truckers empty and join the  procession. We stopped in front of the big  table. Its surface was covered with coffee cups,  saucers and dinner plates, all sitting slightly  crooked on dozens of folded paper napkins.  "First thing you have to do, Stevie, is clean up  this mess," I said. I tried to sound  stern.

Stevie  looked at me, and then at his mother, then  pulled out one of the napkins. It had "Something  for Stevie" printed on the outside. As he picked  it up, two $10 bills fell onto the  table. Stevie  stared at the money, then at all the napkins  peeking from beneath the tableware, each with  his name printed or scrawled on it. I turned to  his mother. "There's more than $10,000 in cash  and checks on that table, all from truckers and  trucking companies that heard about your  problems.

"Happy  Thanksgiving."

Well, it  got real noisy about that time, with everybody  hollering and shouting, and there were a few  tears, as well. But you  know what's funny? While everybody else was busy  shaking hands and hugging each other, Stevie,  with a big smile on his face, was busy clearing  all the cups and dishes from the  table.. Best  worker I ever hired.

Plant a  seed and watch it grow.

If you shed a  tear, hug yourself, because you are a  compassionate person.

Keep it  going, this is a good one. The Folded  napkin

BILL Cosby HAS GONE AND DONE IT AGAIN...

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BILL Cosby HAS GONE AND DONE IT AGAIN...

They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English.
I can't even talk the way these people talk:
Why you ain't,
Where you is,
What he drive,
Where he stay,
Where he work,
Who you be...
And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk.
And then I heard the father talk.
Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth.
In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living.

People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.
The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal.
These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids.
$500 sneakers for what?
And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics.

I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit.
Where were you when he was 2?
Where were you when he was 12?
Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn't know that he had a pistol?
And where is the father? Or who is his father?
People putting their clothes on backward:
Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong?
People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn't that a sign of something?

Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all type of needles [piercing] going through her body?
What part of Africa did this come from??
We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans; they don't know a thing about Africa .....

I say this all of the time. It would be like white people saying they are European-American. That is totally stupid.
I was born here, and so were my parents and grand parents and, very likely my great grandparents. I don't have any connection to Africa, no more than white Americans have to Germany , Scotland , England , Ireland , or the Netherlands . The same applies to 99 percent of all the black Americans as regards to Africa . So stop, already! ! !
With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap ......... And all of them are in jail.

Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.
We have got to take the neighborhood back.
People used to be ashamed. Today a woman has eight children with eight different 'husbands' -- or men or whatever you call them now.
We have millionaire football players who cannot read.
We have million-dollar basketball players who can't write two paragraphs. We, as black folks have to do a better job.
Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids, you are hurting us.
We have to start holding each other to a higher standard..
We cannot blame the white people any longer.'

~Dr.. William Henry 'Bill' Cosby, Jr., Ed..D.

If this resonates with you, I salute you!  If you take offense with this, go take it up with Dr. Cosby!