The Fall of a Leader

06/28/10

When a great leader falls because of a lack of integrity, it is
very painful for all involved. Tearing another person down to
build yourself up, only leads to a false impression of yourself.

When someone is tearing others down in front of You this is
a guarantee they will do the same to You behind Your back.
Ultimately you will crash and burn from your lack of character.

The question is:

Would You Want This Person As Your Sponsor ?

Life can give us challenges in many areas of our life. How we
handle those challenges ourselves and who helps us, can
determine our success or failure. Loyalty to do the right thing
enters into all decisions. Friendships built on loyalty and trust
are like support beams for a foundation.

A foundation is the beginning. This applies to your marriage,
your friendships, your home and your business. If you build
them correctly, they will sustain you your lifetime. If you
build carelessly everything will crumble around you.

Leaders are built. Day by day, Lesson by lesson. When a
leader chooses to fall, they sacrifice their integrity, their
honor and their character.

If after knowing the facts and fully utilizing their "critical
thinking skills" when someone decides to leave Your Team
please wish them all the best.

Excerpt from "Launching a Leadership Revolution"
Foundational Leadership Quality: Honorable

Integrity can be considered as the condition of "not doing
what's wrong." Character can be defined as doing the right
things, for the mere reason that it is the right thing, even if
that thing is difficult and unpopular.

The two sewn together make honor. Author Jeff O'Leary,
in The Centurion Principles, writes, " 'Honor' encompasses
the virtues of integrity and honesty, self-denial, loyalty, and
a servant's humility to those in authority above as well as a
just and merciful heart to those below."

Honor is such a rarely used word in our times that it seems
a little old-fashioned. But living a life of integrity and character
is timeless and, for a leader, absolutely necessary. It's about
choices, and a person's choices in life follow him to the grave.

Is this to say that a person needs to be perfect to become a
leader? Of course not. Perfection in this life is not possible,
and we, the authors, are certainly not exceptions. However,
a leader must strive continually toward perfection even though
she knows she can never exactly attain it.

It is a question of the heart. The most effective leaders through
out history have led with their hearts, in trust, and with honor.
If a leader cuts corners, misuses people, or misrepresents, the
truth, a time bomb begins ticking. Someday, somewhere, the
bomb will go off. It is obvious in our times only too often: public
figures at the pinnacles of power and fame crash and burn in
the cloud of self-inflicted shame. From political scandals to
high-profile corporate frauds, these calamities are brought
on by a lack of honor in the leadership.

"Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."

The difference between leaders we revile and those we praise
is their individual level of honor. In fact, honor is the force that
holds a leader's hunger in check.

Without honor, hunger runs rampant and ultimately serves
only selfish interests. Honor is the component that makes
hunger productive for the leader's fellow man. In fact, what
we are basically describing here is another "old-fashioned"
word: duty.

George Washington said of duty, "Human happiness and
moral duty are inseparably connected." So leadership is
spawned by hunger and held in check by honor.

Under that combination, leaders will find happiness in the
fulfillment of their duty to others. It has been said that the
character of a man is the only thing that will walk back
from the grave into the hearts of the people who knew him.

That is the legacy of a leader. The words a leader say and
the walk a leader walks must match. As the saying goes,
"Your word is your worth and your worth is your word."

Andy Stanley, author of The Next Generation Leader, says,
"To become a leader worth following you must give time and
attention to the inner man.

To leave a legacy that goes beyond accomplishment alone,
a leader must devote himself to matters of the heart."
Character is developed in the valleys and the peaks of life,
enabling a person to overcome obstacles and deal with
success.

Abraham Lincoln observed, "Nearly all men can handle
adversity, but if you really want to test a man's character -
give him power." Character connects a person to what is
right and true.

If reputation is what others think of you, then character is
what God knows about you. This concept of honor is so
important to a leader because people will follow a leader
only as far as they feel they can trust him.

People will not follow a leader they can't trust. According
to R. Ruth Barton, "We set young leaders up for a fall if
we encourage them to envision what they can do before
they consider the kind of person they should be.

" Warren Bennis tells us, "In the leadership arena,
character counts. I am not saying this casually, of studies,
observations, and interviews with leaders and with the
people near them.... I've never seen a person derailed
from [leadership] positions for lack of technical competence.

But I've seen lots of people derailed for lack of judgment
and character." And, as Heraclitus said, "Man's character
is his fate." Finally, it should be remembered that a major
component of honor is personal courage.

Without the courage to do what's right because it's right,
regardless of ramifications to self, one is not truly worthy
to be called a leader.

When people don't "Believe" they deserve Success they
will self destruct every time.... This is the reason we tell
everyone we meet to "Participate" in the 30 Day Mental
Cleanse if You want to own Your life.

www.30DayCleanse.com

We Believe In You
Michael & Linda Dlouhy
352--799--8779 anytime.

To Make More, You Have to Become More

Patti Blevins
MLM Success Story

Iowa - When someone called me about "Success In 10 Steps", I didn't even remember downloading the ebook. He kept leaving voicemail messages. I groaned ... I wasn't looking for something new. I was in my second network marketing company in ten years and I was not open to anything else.

But ... I was curious why he would continue to call to offer his "free mentoring and coaching". I finally read the ebook and got a new perspective. It explained why my previous 10 years weren't close to the success I had dreamed of.

Ten years ago, I resigned my 25 year career with the federal government ... to do network marketing full-time. My husband and I believed it would fall into place better if I committed to our business full time. Resigning was a financial risk. I REALLY was motivated to be successful.

I loved working from home. But it was tough to get friends and family to opportunity meetings. My sponsor didn't help. Frustration built. More time, more money. Home meetings after my husband got off work every night. Finally, we couldn't justify the time and expense any longer, so we quit.

Back to work as a church secretary ... and the pastor was an MLM distributor. Of course, they had perfect products that I quickly fell in love with. But, when I had to make a list of my friends and family ... again ... the sick feeling in my stomach should have been a clue.

They said to talk to everybody you run into about your business. I hated that. There wasn't an ounce of "salesman" in me. I hated to go shopping or to church, because I was supposed to move every conversation toward my product.

I resigned the church secretary position to work my network marketing business full time. The training in this company was more like listening to sermons versus the 'rah-rah' in the last company. But I was stressed out. I loved the products, I loved the people, I loved the company ... WHY no success? My upline said I needed to do more, talk to more people!

Now ... when I FINALLY took the time to read "Success In 10 Steps", my eyes were opened. I got on the training calls, and I felt like I finally had the cement block off my back. It was a goldmine of free training with no talk about any specific company or product.

I had been working on personal growth for over 20 years ... I had over 300 self-help books, highlighted, notes in the margins, some falling apart from being read so much. So, I loved the Mental Cleanse calls. The Mentoring For Free Mastermind is a group of supportive, encouraging, loving people who would never criticize or judge. It was a safe place, week after week after week.

I now love to share the Mentoring For Free education with other struggling network marketers. I've spoken to hundreds of people who have downloaded "Success In 10 Steps". When I ask if they are attempting to create an income from home ... they ALL say "yes". That is what you call a "targeted lead". I generated the lead, who already believes in network marketing. Perfect!

How can I help them? Whatever resource they need, they can probably get it in MentoringForFree. And if and when we are meant to be business partners, it will be for a lifetime. We will have built a relationship by then.

Michael says that "to make more, you have to become more!" That's what Mentoring For Free is all about.

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We Made Just About Every Mistake Possible!

Bob & Anna Bassett
MLM Success Story

Ontario - We started our network marketing career in 1999. Over the next seven years, we made just about every mistake possible!

We worked five long years in a "sponsor monster" money swap company with a pay plan so poor that we ended up with a remortgaged house, maxed out credit cards and a bad case of the "What's Wrong With Me's?".

We spent thousands of dollars buying useless leads and even bought ourselves twice!

We travelled thousands of miles and even walked on fire! Our feet got warmer but our check stayed the same.

We stumbled into an illegal pyramid which cost us thousands more. We tried a Ponzi scheme before we knew what the word meant. Ten thousand more went to a mentoring program scam which taught us how to earn $21 split three ways!

The flags were all there, but they weren't red enough.

In 2006, we read Success in Ten Steps and started to pay serious attention to the Mentoring For Free system.

Our business turned around 180 degrees immediately.

We've learned

1. How to spot personalities and build an instant relationship with them
2. How to evaluate MLM compensation plans and contracts written by company lawyers
3. Most of all - the 5 criteria you must evaluate to decide whether a company has good profit potential or not

It's a sad fact that well over 95% of networkers are failing, but as Michael says, "It's not your fault!"

If you'd like to find the support you need for the success you deserve, join us at Mentoring For Free.

You'll be amazed at how just a few hours of free training will open your eyes and help you avoid years of failure and frustration!

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The Pitcher Can't Win A Game By Himself

Kaye Stephens
MLM Success Story

New Jersey - I am "LUCKY". You might ask why I think that about myself. All of my life things have come to me easily until about 12 years ago when I joined my first M-L-M. I loved the concept immediately, but there was something lacking, I just couldn't identify what it was.

I am a huge baseball fan. In baseball, you need a team. Funny how the pitcher can't win a game by himself. He needs the catcher, the infield and the outfielders. There are 9 players on the team. Take away one player and you can't even play the game. Well, that is one of the important things that was missing. A TEAM.

At Mentoring For Free we have a TEAM that believe in you until you believe in yourself. No matter what company you are promoting, the team at Mentoring for Free will help you.

The second thing I was missing was ongoing training. Several days a week, Mentoring For Free has live interactive training that creates LEADERS. I knew I was a leader but you can't ride a bicycle without practice and interactive training. I am so grateful for the ongoing training that has given me the TOOLS to "Own My Life".

The third thing that was missing was "Mental Cleanse" where you learn "How to think" not "What to think". This training program gives you the confidence and the joy to share with other people and help them to become the people that they are meant to be.

I just want to thank Michael and Linda Dlouhy and the rest of the Mentoring For Free team for this wonderful program that is changing the world of MLM one life at a time.

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