CHAPTER 6 IMAGINATION: THE WORKSHOP OF THE MIND By Marsha Sortino

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CHAPTER 6
IMAGINATION: THE WORKSHOP OF THE MIND

The Fifth Step toward Riches

As a child growing up, I remember Halloween nights and everyone one of my friends asking the big question, "What are you going to be for Halloween?" And we always had answers using our imagination!  Back when I was a child, we made our own costumes. With the help of our parents, we would rummage through whatever could be used to make a costume for a long awaited night of fun trick or treating with our friends. Out came the boxes of scraps of materials, old clothes, trinkets and costume jewelry, makeup, and whatever household items that could be used.

We could be as creative as we wanted to be with our costumes so ,we brought our desire to the drawing board, putting all our imagination into creating something as we put bits and pieces of materials together constructing a character from our own imaginative world. We were done when we are happy with how our costumes turned out.


Mr. Hill tells us "The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man. The impulse, the DESIRE, is given shape, form, and ACTION through the aid of the imaginative faculty of the mind."

In many ways network marketers are like the children using their creative imaginations to get ebook downloads and exploring a whole new world called network marketing.  Many of us did not know where to start, till we got connected to MFF. Here at MFF, the mastermind group of talented people is highly imaginative! We find new avenues and create ways to market, advertise and mastermind as a group here at MFF using our simple recipe. And most importantly, we create relationships!

We need the workshop of our imagination to take shape and form through plans we set and the actions we take.

What are these Actions we can take to have SUCCESS?

Get with Your Mentor and stay connected!

Say your Self Talk daily! Stay on the 30 Day Mental Cleanse!

Stay close to the Fire! Get on the calls or at the very least listen to the recordings!

Stay close to the Mastermind Group!

Use the Simple Recipe at MFF! One can't help but notice all the advertising and marketing nuggets to use right inside the book, Success in 10 Steps!

We want more than to imagine being a network marketer! We imagine being highly successful in our business!

What is the big question we ask as network marketers now?

When will I become a professional network marketer?

The answer to this is you are in the right place with us at MFF.  I cannot give you a simple answer for this, except to say if you are coachable, you will become a professional network marketer! It's up to you to bring your heart's desire to fruition.

Stay with us at MFF and you will get that Network Marketing PHD as you develop yourself!

Much love and appreciation,

Marsha Sortino

P.S. Ask any successful network marketer how important is continually developing yourself? Michael Dlouhy and all of us here will tell you, “You must continue your personal development on this lifetime journey because if you want to make more, you've got to become more.”

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CHAPTER 5 SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OR OBSERVATIONS By Reggie Liggins

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CHAPTER 5

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OR OBSERVATIONS  By Reggie Liggins

The Fourth Step toward Riches

"Before you can be sure of your ability to transmute DESIRE into its monetary equivalent, you will require SPECIALIZED 

KNOWLEDGE of the service, merchandise, or profession which you intend to offer in return for fortune." ~ Napoleon Hill, 

T&GR Ch. 5

"Truth: Network marketing is a teaching & mentoring business. If you study vitamins, or long-distance switches, or the 

age of the monk in the white lab coat that scraped the mold off the rock on the full moon twice a year ... or ANY product 

or service ... you're wasting your time.

Your product is people. So study people. Find out how you can help them reach their dreams." ~ Michael Dlouhy, "Success 

in 10 Steps", Chapter 1

Pretty much everyone in Network Marketing, including us here at Mentoring for Free, are looking for the specialized 

knowledge that will propel us into the six-figure income bracket and beyond. Because the barriers to entry into Network 

Marketing are so low, must of us come into this profession thinking that we don't need any skills at all. Because we so 

plainly saw the potential this business had to offer, we were certain that our friends and relatives would see it too. 

Most of us quickly had that notion dashed with a cold cup of reality. And those of us who didn't quit right eventually 

came to the conclusion that we needed skills, and knowledge...specialized knowledge.

Most people believe that they can get the specialized knowledge they need by learning everything they can about the 

product or service they chose to market. Some decide to go further and become industry experts, or experts at sales and 

marketing techniques. After all it is network MARKETING. In my case, I thought that this specialized knowledge consisted 

of all of the technical or "hard" skills. And that appealed to me because I hated sales of any kind and I was sure that I 

could find a way to build a huge business without ever having to talk to anyone, especially in the age of the internet. 

So I decided that I needed to know Search Engine Optimization (SEO), blogging, article and video marketing, social media 

marketing, sales skills, closing skills, pay-per-click advertising, and the list goes on. Now, I do possess some of these 

skills, and actually consider myself quite good at some of them. What I didn't know though was one of the first things I 

learned here at Mentoring for Free, that Network Marketing is first and foremost a Relationship business. 

Technical skills and knowledge are important, but not as important it appears as getting to know people. Or as someone 

else once said, "people don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." Tom 'Big Al' Schreiter says 

that there are only three reasons why people would join you in your network marketing business. Those reasons are:

1) They know you.

2) They like you.

3) They trust you.

Mentoring for Free founder Michael Dlouhy tells us to "study people. Find out how you can HELP THEM reach their dreams." 

Before when I was amassing all of those technical skills, it was all about me. The products and services I was offering 

were not so much to help others, but to generate profits for ME. I wasn't concerned with helping people reach their 

dreams, I wanted them to help me reach mine. I never even concerned myself with their dreams, wishes or desires. I didn't 

listen to them, because I was too busy trying to tell them what I wanted them to know. It really is hard to help anyone 

if you don't know what they need or want. And you can't find out what they need or want if you don't listen. 

Another benefit of listening is that by listening you can find out which personality type or "color" a person is. Knowing 

a person's color can help you understand that person and what makes them tick. That knowledge not only helps you to know 

what to say to them, but how to say it. Michael gives us a clear picture of the four personality types in his book, 

"Success in 10 Steps", and has written an entire book on the subject named "Powerful Networking Secrets". When it comes 

to the science of studying people, these two books will give you a great foundation. I have witnessed Michael give 

completely different presentations of the same subject matter based on the personality type of the person he was talking 

to. And in each case, I saw how effective it was to talk to that person in a "language" that they understood.

Mentoring for Free has been a complete game changer to me when it comes to specialized knowledge. And I haven't even 

mentioned the Master Mind group here, which Hill talked about the importance of in this chapter. The Mentoring for Free 

Mastermind Group consists of network marketers from all over the world, from different companies, with a diverse array of 

skills and experience. We all share freely with each other, encourage each other, and learn from each other. What I have 

learned here at Mentoring for Free has taken my business to another level. And I know that as long as I stay plugged in 

here, that my specialized knowledge will be ever increasing.

Peace and Prosperity,

Reggie Liggins

Beaverton, OR

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Think & Grow Rich, Chapter 3 Faith – The Visualization of, and Belief in, Attainment of Desire The Second Step toward Riches By Russ Aker

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Think & Grow Rich, Chapter 3
Faith – The Visualization of, and Belief in, Attainment of Desire
The Second Step toward Riches By Russ Aker

In this chapter Hill stresses the value of Autosuggestion
and explains its importance as a principle in the creation of
personal FAITH for manifesting ones Desire.  He warns,
Autosuggestion works whether used constructively or
destructively and cautions to be watchful of wondering
thoughts.

Dominating thought will manifest to their physical
equivalent, keep you stuck, cause you to spiral down or
move you forward and up.  To prove this, look around you.
Are you stuck where you’ve been, seem to be going
backward or are you truly moving forward gaining solid
ground toward your hearts Desires?  Be truthful, take a self
inventory.

Even with Autosuggestion and what seems a powerful
Self-Talk do you still feel stuck?  If you don’t see
improvement in your circumstances it’s because you’re not
really listening.  Your negative dominating and underlying
thought is very subliminal and undermining what you say
you want.  It goes undetected until you “Decide” to awake
and take action against it.

The subliminal thoughts are your dominating thoughts, the
“road noise”.  They are so constant in the background they
go unnoticed and override self-talk.  These thoughts nag at
you, causing sleepless nights, worry and fear…they are
your dominating thoughts, holding you back, stopping
truthful positive action toward your goal.

The question then, if that is true for me, how do I rid myself
of these negative thoughts, the negative feelings they
create and the lack of action (toward what I feel I truly
want) in response to them?

Lack of action is caused by constant background noise
insistently wearing on us grinding us to a halt.  Action is a
thought to-do what we know needs to be done in the
moment.  The obstacle between lack and abundance is the
wall between the two and can be conquered by being
aware and a Decision to move forward in the moment.

Try this.  To gain Faith, decide and take one solid action
step toward your goal, then again.  Elation will overcome
despair.  A feeling of a renewed life will cause more action;
action will cause results a rekindled Faith will grow.  The
wall of doubt, worry and fear will begin to crumble.

If you are not sure what action to begin taking, I’ve got two
good stories, both take about a minute, and one might just
help.  Would you like to hear it?

Russ Aker
Portland, OR

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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