Tuesday, March 31, 2009

A Great Coach is Very Clear on Their Own "Why"

To build a stable, profitable network marketing business, you must
  1. Offer prospects a tested, proven lead generation & training system
  2. Develop your own ability to coach your recruits to success in your system

The most important element of being able to coach your recruits to success is … you. You must understand your WHY and focus on it daily. You’ve got to know exactly what motivates you, or you’ll never be able to help your prospects figure out what motivates them. And if they can’t state their WHY, then they’ll drift away sooner or later. They can’t maintain their commitment if they can’t see exactly why they’re doing the daily work.

Re-read the first chapter of Success In 10 Steps if you’re at all hazy about your WHY. You’ll get at least 20 questions in that chapter to help you pinpoint your motivations.

Plus … it’ll be a big help to you in coaching others on how to state their WHY and then work toward achieving their goals. That is all a great coach does.

Your friends for life,

Michael & Linda Dlouhy

“Be a mentor with a servant’s heart!”

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

How To Blow up a Monkey Wrench

Some people get very good at creating that perfect, detailed picture of exactly what they want … and yet, they never achieve it.

Why?

Obviously, there’s a monkey wrench in the works somewhere. Someplace inside, there is a conflict that won’t let them achieve their perfectly planned & defined dream.

It’s OK. It’s all part of the process you have to go through to get what you want. In this case, you’ve got to find the limiting beliefs or ideas that are gumming up the works and keeping you from reaching the success you deserve.

So long as you are aware that there is a problem someplace in your thinking process, it will soon become apparent to you. You’ll be working, working, working … and then BLAM! Something flashes through your head and tells you to slow down or stop.

What is it. What exactly is that conflict? What exactly does it say to you?

So if you’ve created that perfect moving picture of the dream you want to achieve, and you still are having problems, you’ve got to know there is a conflict inside you, and you must be alert and spot it when it comes out from hiding.

Be ready for it. Get a good, good look at it. Watch how it sabotages you, keeps you from achieving your dreams.

Once you have seen this bit of doubt or fear or confusion totally, it loses its power over you. If it ever tries to get a foothold again, you’ll recognize it immediately … and you’ll be able to continue pursuing your dream as if there was no resistance whatsoever.

Try it … it works just like that!

Your friends forever,

Michael & Linda Dlouhy
“Be a mentor with a servant’s heart”

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Leaders Create Results- The 5 Levels Of Leadership

Think about it, you are in a leadership business! Everything rises and falls on leadership, doesn't it? At least that is what my mentor taught me. True leadership is when we can sit back in complete satisfaction and look at how many people we have helped. Leadership is making a difference in the lives of those individuals who have been placed in our path for a divine purpose. Leaders create results and I believe that we (like-minded people) are all striving to become leadership developing factories, right? Think about it, everything is based off of leadership, every area of our life. I am moving my way up the 5 levels of leadership and I want to take you with me on this journey. It feels so good when you can be a part of pushing someone up, after all our business is PEOPLE! Michael Dlouhy says it best, he says to "study people!"

Leaders never stop learning! It isn't happening. A leader is totally devoted to continuous growth in all areas of their life. Leaders clearly understand that in order to make more you must become more. This brings us to the first level of leadership.
1. Learn- It is my responsibility to my family to "own my life" and make our dream a reality, down to every fine detail. This means we will study successful people and take interest in how they accomplished their victories, learning from those who have done it. Readers are leaders and always will be. There is a strong thirst for constant growth that becomes stronger and stronger as we continue to educate and feed ourselves accurate information. Leaders learn through experience. This brings us to the next level.
2. Performance- This is the next stage in leadership. Performance gives you competence. Think about a baby. That determined child is born into this world with not one drop of fear in them. That tiny child will develop a burning desire to roll over for the first time or take that first step. What an inspiration to see little children fall down and get back up over and over, it could be a thousand times later and that child will not give up until it reaches Victory. The burning persistence in that child to achieve that goal is unstoppable. What it comes down to is we have to "Do", to know "How," right? Action must be taken and we must show that we are competent to be a leader by "doing."
3. Lead- Now you become the conductor of the orchestra. We have shown we are skilled by taking action and showing that we are capable of leading and have reached an increased level of influence. You have demonstrated your character and others are looking up to you for direction. This is when we can take them by the hand and teach them what we have learned, thus far on this journey to "Owning Our Life ." This works best when there is a proven duplicatable system to point them to. Without a proven duplicatable system, "we are toast," as Michael Dlouhy says.
4. Develop Leaders- Leadership is all about replacing myself. That is the ultimate goal isn't it? To build up others to a level where they are developing leaders and leading the choir. A level 4 leader is often barely known by many; their team is receiving the credit and getting All the glory! This leader cares more about helping his leaders get results than getting any recognition. This can be a dangerous place if we don't pay close attention. Some people will get comfortable at this point. It’s a subtle thing; a person may think that they have learned the skills necessary to retain that leadership role. Don't fall into that rut. Know that there is always someone else to help. Always! This is when we go back and find people who are ready to progress through their levels of leadership and we begin at that starting level with them and proceed toward their goal. There will be many people working at different levels of leadership. All playing together, unified and working toward their own unique, compelling vision. The best part is the vision is big enough for all of them now. We have to lay out that vision and it needs to be big enough for others to be a part of. The leadership journey is by far well worth it!! It’s who we become through the process.
5. Developing Leaders Who Develop Leaders- This is the ultimate place of excitement! This is when we are changing the world. This is when men and women of integrity will assemble their army who will live and stand on truth. Very few get there but it should be the vision for each and every one of us here.

To Your Success,
Debbie Engler
864-379-8156
ddengler2@gmail.com

Monday, March 9, 2009

I Have a Good Story. Takes About Two-Minutes. Might Make You a Lot of Money...

I have a good story. Takes about two-minutes. Might make you a lot of money, might not. Want to hear it?

If you never had to go to work again, would that be okay? (As long as you still got a paycheck.)

I felt the same way. My job interferes with my life. Last summer my husband and I couldn't get the same week off, so we ended up taking separate vacations. I spend hours commuting to work every week. So I decided to start some sort of home based business so I wouldn't have to spend all of my time at the job until age 65.

I got figuring... I only need about $20,000 a year to replace my take-home pay, so I went looking for a business.

You know how a lot of people are always dieting, drinking energy drinks like Red Bull, and a lot of people take vitamins and are interested in natural health?

Well, there is a 5-pillars company that has cool versions of these products that people really like. They have some cookies that dieters love to eat to manage their weight, an energy drink about 1/3 the price of Red Bull, but gives you a better buzz, and lots of vitamins and healthy things people buy from them all the time.

To earn $20,000 a year in this 5-pillars company, I would need approximately 150 people using the products, and then I would never have to go to work again.

Now, I don't know how to get 150 users of the products now, but I can learn. Hey, I learned to drive a car, learned to be a parent, learned how to do an email, and I can certainly learn a SYSTEM to get 150 people using the 5-pillars company products.

So, I started thinking, "What's going to be easier?"

"Going to work every weekday for the rest of my life, fighting traffic, warehousing the kids in day care, and begging for the time off for vacations?"

"OR Learning a SYSTEM to get 150 people using a 5 pillar company products?"

For more information about this 5 pillar company, contact me:

Debbie Engler in South Carolina
864-379-8156
debbieengler@gmail.com
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Monday, March 2, 2009

Nero Fiddled. Rome Burned. What Did You Do Today?

Did you know that everything you do influences everything else you do?

We are definitely creatures of habit. Example: if your habit is to turn on the TV every night when you get home from work, then what does THAT influence? Just to start, you might safely say:

  • the communication between you and others in your family
  • your mental activity and alertness
  • your outlook on life
  • the time you have available for personal growth
  • your ability to advance in your chosen career

Again, everything you do influences everything else you do. So you have the choice of lots of actions that can have long-term effects, either positive or negative.

Any habit can help you get farther ahead every day … or it can push you farther down. That’s why it’s so important to make choices that help you achieve your dreams.

It’s the old “slight edge” theory. Because the clock of your life is always running, the slight edge is always working 100% of the time. If you don’t strategize to make it work in your favor, then it will definitely work against you. The old saying goes, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Definitely a guy who didn’t understand the slight edge.

Aren’t you glad you’re not Nero?

Your friends for life,

Michael & Linda Dlouhy
“Be a mentor with a servant’s heart!”

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