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MLM Training- How to Use Failure to Drive Powerful Success

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MLM Success Drivers.

Do you ever read Entrepreneur magazine for your home business?

Do you like learning from Billionaires for your network marketing business?

Here is an article that will rock your world from a Billion Dollar marketer that we all can learn from on how to use failure to DRIVE Success!

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Sir James Dyson, British inventor and founder of the Dyson company, is a firm believer in failure. In fact, he sees it as an essential part of his success — a step toward a truly innovative solution.

When Dyson invented his first Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner, which hit stores in 1993, he spent 15 years creating 5,126 versions that failed before he made one that worked. The payoff was a multi-billion dollar company known for its creativity and forward-thinking designs.

We caught up with him over the phone on a recent trip to Chicago to discuss how failure has driven his success. Here is an edited version of our conversation:

Entrepreneur: You often talk about the value of failure. How has it helped you?

Dyson: Failure is interesting — it’s part of making progress. You never learn from success, but you do learn from failure. (When I created the Dual Cyclone vacuum), I started out with a simple idea, and by the end, it got more audacious and interesting. I got to a place I never could have imagined because I learned what worked and didn’t work.

Entrepreneur: How do you embrace a long series of failures without letting frustration overwhelm you?
Dyson: We have to embrace failure and almost get a kick out of it. Not in a perverse way, but in a problem-solving way. Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.

Entrepreneur: Your cyclone technology is often held up as a model of creative problem solving. Does failure help spur your creativity?
Dyson: It absolutely does. You don’t have to bother to be creative if the first time you do something, it works. Creativity is creating something that no one could have devised; something that hasn’t existed before and solves problems that haven’t been solved before. Making something work is a very creative thing to do.

Related: 3 Ways to Think Outside the Box

Entrepreneur: When you fail, how do you approach the next iteration?
Dyson: What I often do is just think of a completely obtuse thing to do, almost the wrong thing to do. That often works because you start a different approach, something no one has tried. You get a different perspective and view of (the problem).

Entrepreneur: What do you do to encourage taking risks among your employees?
Dyson: You must remove any sort of criticism. A revolutionary suggestion often sounds stupid and you don’t want people who make cynical remarks. It’s a matter of having the right attitude — humble, curious, determined, willing to fail and try. (I hire people who) embrace the fact that failure is interesting.

Entrepreneur: What would you say to entrepreneurs or inventors who feel afraid to fail or worried that they’ll be judged?
Dyson: That’s a sort of lesson in life, isn’t it? You mustn’t be worried about what people will say about you. If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

Big companies tend not to take risks, so there’s a big opportunity for entrepreneurs to take them and march on competitors. Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving. You’ve got to try things out.

This was  an article from Smartbriefs training letter which will help build your mlm network marketing home business.

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MLM Training- 5 Recruiting Connection Questions for Finding The Right Person

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MLM Recruiting Right Person.

Are you working too hard to recruit the RIGHT people in your home business?

Are you asking the WRONG questions for your network marketing efforts?

Do you want to know how to connect with prospects online as well as offline in mlm?

There are many ways to connect to your home based business prospect, but finding the RIGHT person often is a challenge.

Today, people are more worried about finding the right person, then ever becoming
the right person
. We are taught that you must go out and find that “special person’ and they will make you wealthy.

That is why most people struggle in this business. They are engaging the wrong action with
the wrong focus and the wrong intentions. This business is about Finding- there is not doubt. But we make it so much harder than it really is.

Understand my friend…the people that you are looking for, are NOT looking for the next best
product or the next best big opportunity. Far from it. They are NOT looking for the next great recruiter or “hypester” to come along.

They are looking for something that they can powerfully connect their heart and
destiny to
in order to help empower and enlarge how they feel about themselves, their
lifestyle, and their future.

You want to find people that have a heart to do something more in their life, to become
more, to help others more, and make it the best that their life can be than just the average person.

A New prospect’s words often are listened to -and believed–when they say that they are going to enroll and work your business-and they never get going. They never get started.

They “Stay on Stop.”

And you wait. And you wait. And you wait. And you wait some more.

It happens everyday.

How can you get past that frustration?

Simple. I have taught this for over 40 years.

It is called “The 5 Connection Questions.”

These are questions that will show you IF they truly are CONNECTED to the idea and
dream they say they have with THEIR HEART and it is REAL— or if is just a lot of talk — as much of it is.

In a conversation, ask them these questions…

1) “Tell me, what is your heart truly set on when you think about what you want to do with your life?’

They may tell you that it is too late, or they have a family now, or they think that
there is too much going on to think about an extraordinary life.  Many will say that there are too many things stopping it.

Ask them, ‘What would your heart be set on if that (or those things) was not a factor?”

Or….. they may tell you exactly what they want to do.

 2) “How would your life change if you accomplished that?”

LISTEN CLOSELY to what they are saying.

Get them back into the emotion of wanting that dream in their life. This will help them
to reconnect to the power and emotion of their dream.

Ask, “What would that change look like?”

 3) “How far are you from (starting or accomplishing) that in your life?”

This gets them thinking again about a starting point. If you can get them thinking about
a starting point to possibly pursue their dream again—they can become very
recruit-able.

Most people still have their heart connected to a dream although most though have buried it
and moved on.

4 “I want to ask you a very serious question, and would like a serious answer. If there was an option that could help build that extraordinary life or dream-
without really changing what you are doing-would it be worth exploring and
knowing about—with absolutely no strings attached?”

If they say, “No,” simply ask or say, “That is interesting. Help me understand why you
would feel that way.” Listen and see why they feel that way and see if they truly feel that way or if they have been taught to think that way.

5)  Then…you go one of 2 directions depending on
their answer:

a) YES — “Great- here is what we need to do first…”

or:

b)  NO —“That is fine- I understand. But let me ask you this-what honestly are your options you have right now to change?”

The 5 Connection questions will help you FIND or REVEAL the right heart that is
willing to truly go the distance in network Marketing.

Now do NOT get me wrong. If they are simply too scared or programmed to move towards your business, then do NOT push them. That is just where their heart
is. Accept that and move in a different direction for now.

Why?

 People can change — and so can their circumstances.

Now it is time for YOU to show the right heart. Simply say,

 “Thank you for being honest with me as I only want what is right for you. Tell you what- why don’t we take a look at the product and see who you know that it might be a good fit for. Who do you know that has a ___________ challenge in your family?”

And that has worked to the tune of nearly 9 Billion Dollars worth of heart.

Understand— it is NOT the right talent that will make you wealthy in network marketing. There are many broke VERY talented people in network marketing.

It is NOT the right thinking that will make you wealthy. Sure it helps, but there are
a lot of broke positive thinkers in network marketing.

It is NOT the right actions that will make you wealthy. They help in the long run, but there are a lot of VERY busy, highly trained people going broke in network marketing.

It is NOT the right beliefs that will make you wealthy. I know people who truly believed they would succeed, but could not perform at all as needed in the marketplace. They were not trained properly.

And it is NOT becoming a “professional student” who learns all there is to know about MLM and looking for THE ONE SECRET that will make you wealthy. I know some people who probably know this industry better than I do- and are totally broke and have been for years.

People want to CONNECT- to the Idea you are sharing, the Product you are introducing, and
the Hope you are Giving- with their heart.

Yeah, yeah, I can hear you now talking about this being “hairy fairy” and that is just not
who you are. THAT is why you have been struggling in network marketing if you have been.

 It is ALL about the prospects heart being connected to YOU, the PRODUCTS, the VISION of
the Company, and mostly the HOPE of this business working for them and their
family to increase their LIFESTYLE.  TALK LIFESTYLE and connect their heart to that picture you paint with your words.

It ALL Starts there and Ends there, whether you want to believe it or not.

They want to FEEL GOOD- about their life and future. You can help them do that.

How?

Quit looking for the right person. You will not find them. Start looking to connect to the right heart and somehow—someway–the right person will end up right in front of you.

 Use this information in your mlm network marketing home based business!

blessings…doug firebaugh

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MLM Training- 3 Kinds of People You will Find when Recruiting

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MLM Training on Prospects.

Do you know the 3 types of people you will find in your home business?

Are you talking to a ot of people in your network marketing endeavors?

Are you comfortable with change in your mlm business?

“You will never realize change in your income or business until you realize that change is constant, and all around you. There is GOOD change- and BAD change. Successful people have learned to distinguish between the two and act accordingly.”

This post will help you start to understand what lies ahead for you, but it
is only the start. It is only the beginning, There is more to learn and embrace, and empower. And that is why that your actions will determine the seriousness of your intentions. Our intentions are simple- to help you create a business that will set you free financially-and that is based on what is current and working NOW- not what used to work but does not work anymore.

Are you ready for that kind of Mega learning and engage in a path that has no limits, and will change every part of you?

Then you are in the process of becoming a “Marketing Warrior” in this industry -a person that has GOT IT.

There are only three types of people in the world.

1)   People that do NOT GET IT.

These fine folks will always be behind the curve and a victim of change- not a victor. They are always a step behind and always playing catch up. Nothing wrong with that- but NOT where you are headed.

These people generally resist change.

2)   People that GET IT.

These fine folks are the ones that GET IT- mentally, intellectually and in their mind, and
then do something about it. Their mind set is solid about an idea of change, and they understand what is going on, and are willing to move in that direction and become a part of the wave of change.

3)   People that GOT IT.

These are the “Marketing Warriors” of the home business industry. They not only understand and get what is going on in their minds, but also get what is going on in their HEARTS. They get emotionally connected to an idea of progress or change, and then become so a part of it that they become an “evangelist” for it.

Hence, a “warrior” if you will. They teach others about the idea and the potential transformation for their life, and then teach others to teach that powerful message as well.

That is what a Marketing Warrior is- an “Agent of Change” that wants to spread an idea of personal growth and an enlarging life change around the world because they are so emotionally connected to it and want to unleash a Storm of Success in people’s lives.

 WILL YOU JOIN THIS POWERFUL SUCCESS FORCE?

That is the secret to this industry. Take the message of your company and product, and
become a Massive Success with it. And you can also engage in being part of the Home Business Marketing Warrior Team that will help you create and build a business that sets you up for wealth and a lifestyle of your dreams in your home business and mlm network marketing.

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MLM Training- 20 Content Marketing Secrets from Jimi Hendrix

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MLM Content Marketing.

Do you listen to “classic rock and roll” while working your home business?

Do you know who Jimi Hendrix is or ever heard of him?

What does he have to do with content marketing for your network marketing business?

Copyblogger has done it again. Here is a post on content marketing that will rock your home based business and blogging for your mlm business!

Here is the post- enjoy and learn!

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What would it be like to live forever?

To become immortal (in the online sense?)

Why don’t you ask Jimi Hendrix? He knows.

Really? But isn’t he, um, dead?

Yeah, but his spirit lives on. His legacy. His music.

Umm … OK if you say so. But …

Go on. Ask him.

OK. Here goes …

A (fantastically fictional) conversation with Jimi Hendrix

Mark Hermann: So Jimi, I see kids walking around today in t-shirts with your likeness on them. And they were born 20 years after you passed away.

Why is it that more than 40 years after your death, your name still resonates across the generations?

And what could you teach us down here on Earth to help us on our journey to find our own personal legend? To become immortal?

1. You have to want to change the world

Jimi Hendrix: Yeah, well I guess that kind of blows my mind, you know? People still talking about me and my music and all. It’s really cool. But like, maybe it’s because I changed the world, dig?

I showed people a glimpse of another reality. The one you used to play in naturally as a child before they taught you to color between the lines, you know? When you still remembered the place you came here from.

MH: Well, yeah. That and the fact that you were the most amazing guitar player in history.

JH: Well, thank you man. But now dig. When you chose to come back into the physical world, you were given a message from the creator that you and you alone get to deliver during your life on Earth. It’s like your gift, you know? And you have to realize the power you possess within you to do amazing things, man. It’s the same for each and every living soul.

But it’s really a drag that most people when they get down there and they start to grow up they forget. They get caught up in their daily realities, dig? But that’s all just an illusion, man. Nothing but a room full of mirrors.

I guess I just delivered my message.

2. Create something that has never existed before

MH: Jimi, you were voted The Greatest Guitar Player Of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine. You shattered the boundaries of what was sonically possible on the electric guitar along with electric music as a whole, creating sounds never heard before.

Songs like Purple Haze and Foxy Lady, no one before or since has ever sounded like you. And you accomplished all this in like three years, before we sadly lost you when you were just 27.

How did you do that?

JH: Well you say I shattered all these boundaries, but I was just trying to hold up a mirror to reflect the unlimited possibilities of your own true potential. There are no boundaries, man. The only limitations are your imagination.

You know, most people just see the light coming through the window. I was trying to show you a glimpse of the rainbow that you really are. All the colors, man.

Whether you play music or write or teach or heal or lead nations, you are a creator sent from the original creator and your life is a blank canvas that you get to color in any way you choose.

So why would you waste your precious time on Earth painting by the numbers and copying what some other cat has already created when you could be a total original?

3. Become the dream

JH: Now, you’re talking about my career as though it began after all the hoopla started with The Jimi Hendrix Experience. But I had the dream back when I was real young.

See, my old man never bought me a guitar. But in my dreams I was already playing one. So I was walking around my elementary school strumming a broomstick I made to look like a guitar. People thought I was crazy but I didn’t care, man. My teachers wanted to kick me out. I didn’t care.

I wasn’t going to let a little thing like not owning a guitar, or people trying to put me down, stop me from playing one anyway until the dream became a reality, dig?

Your dreams are real. But you got to believe in them or they start to fade if you don’t pursue them, OK?

You can’t sweat what other people think. A lot of people are stuck in this reality they think is solid. But it’s not, man. It’s fluid. You can change it. You just got to do your thing your own way and follow your heart. It will lead you to the truth.

4. Be passionate (to the point of obsession)

MH: They say you were so obsessed with music that you slept with your guitar, Jimi. Care to elaborate on that?

JH: Well, yeah it’s true I guess I did do that. But you know, if you really want to get to the essence of anything you do and understand it on a spiritual level, you got to become one with it.

If that something is a woman, you got to make love to her, man. Join in that physical union with her. That’s the only way to know her completely, dig? To expose her deepest secrets. That union is our connection to the universe.

The guitar was that woman for me, dig? She would only reveal those secrets if I could know her on that deepest spiritual level. Music was all I could think about.

So yeah, I guess you could call that obsession.

But that’s what you got to do if you want to shine your incredible light. You’ve got to ignite your passion and lose yourself in those flames. And if you can surrender completely to them they will fuel your soul.

That’s where you will find your truth.

5. Putting in your 10,000 hours

MH: They say you practiced religiously when you finally did get that first guitar.

JH: Yeah, every day and night. Without fail. I got lost in it. But I was on a mission, you know?

I just knew deep down that if I wanted to be the best, I had to become the master of my ship. And to do that you got to pay your dues and put in the hours, man.

You sweat. You get frustrated. You make your mistakes, but you keep at it until you begin that ascension. No way around that. That’s how you steel yourself for the journey. On Earth that’s the only way you’re gonna climb that mountain and reach the summit, dig? You got to do the work.

But this was love. So it never felt like work. It was joy.

6. First you imitate then you innovate

MH: How do you learn to invent something that never existed before you?

JH: First thing is you got to pay your respects to the masters who have come before you. I remember some jazz cat once told me early on,

First you imitate, then you innovate. If I can’t hear your influences, I don’t trust you as a musician.

You could apply that to anything you do in life, right? So you need to start there.

Now I always loved the blues, you know? B.B. and Albert King, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Howlin’ Wolf, cats like that. I worked really hard until I got their licks down cold under my fingers.

And I was also sneaking into the clubs any chance I could get, watching the more experienced cats in my area doing their thing live. I would soak it all up, man.

Then you take everything you’ve learned, you melt it all down and put your own spin on it. Transform it into something else.  Like alchemy, man. This becomes your sound. Your bag of tricks. Then it’s not stealing. It’s just adding your spoke to the wheel, right?

But like anything in your Earth life, you can’t build a house, a castle or reserve your place up here in the Kingdom without a solid foundation. You got to be able to show ‘em where you came from, dig?

Remember that, brother. First you imitate. Then you innovate.

7. You have to study with a master

MH: You wound up playing with guys like Little Richard and some of the other great R&B artists of that era. How did that come about?

JH: Well, you know my dear friend and bass player, Billy Cox (Band Of Gypsies), who I met while serving together in the army, he hooked me into this heavy gig scene down South.

They used to call it the Chitlin’ Circuit. Man, we played every back alley juke joint, theater and dive there was to play down there. It was rough. But it also whipped me into incredible shape.

And yeah, we ended up backing up cats like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, and Little Richard too. I always said I wanted to do with the guitar what Little Richard could do with his voice. He was an amazing cat.

I learned everything I knew about show business and showmanship playing with those cats.

But now dig. If you want to become a master you have to study with a master first. And I only got that opportunity because I put in the time back when. You got to show them you’re worthy.

Don’t ever forget that. There are no shortcuts, OK?

So my advice to you is if you aren’t or you can’t find a way to work with the heaviest cats in your scene, why don’t you reach out and ask them to help you?

Seems to me with all those powerful little boxes y’all spend so much time carrying around these days, you can get in touch with just about anyone, right? All you got to do is ask.

Dig, here’s a little secret from the universe.

Ask for what you want. It’s more powerful than you can ever know. Don’t ever be afraid to ask. No matter how big the request. If it’s from your heart, know that the universe is listening. And the universe will respond.

8. Exude total confidence and lead

MH: So Jimi, with all that experience and practice, you were already a master long before you ever got your big break.

JH: Let’s just say I was ready when the call finally came.  Look, in your very brief physical life on Earth, you only have this moment. This is your time and your creative space. And you got to own it.

Ain’t nobody gonna hand you the keys to this kingdom, dig?

So after playing with those great cats for a while, my soul was starting to grow restless. Every time I tried to shine my light a bit on stage, they would shut me down and say I was showboating.

So I had to move on and try to find my own way. You know, eventually every bird has to leave the nest and spread its wings, right?

9. But can you really put the walk to the talk?

MH: So how did you climb that mountain?

JH: Well, you know when you’re young and trying to prove your mettle, you want to become the greatest swordsman in the world. So you’re going to have to get into a lot of swordfights and win, right?

So I would show up at jam sessions in whatever town I was staying and wait for my chance to play. And when I got it I made sure you were going to have a real tough time following my act.

I know that sounds childish now, but back then, when it was my time on Earth, I had to figure out how to rise up to a place where my light could be seen so I could finally deliver the message, right?

If you want people to remember your name, you got to put yourself all the way out there. Show ‘em all your colors. No holding back. You got to blow people’s minds, dig? So they have no choice but to become your messenger to help spread the word.

This is the path to the Kingdom.

10. Do you believe in the dream enough to persevere when no one is listening?

MH: To say that you simply showed up on the scene and the rest is history would be oversimplifying the story.

JH: Yeah, the truth is that when I first set out on my own, people didn’t really get it. I didn’t fit into one of those neat little boxes they set up for the pop artists of the day. I was a bit of a freak show, I guess.

But you know, I didn’t just shrivel up and throw in the towel when nobody was listening, man. I knew I had this message the world needed to hear. So I persevered.

And gig by gig, city by city out there in the shadows, I got my act together and polished my show. I got better and better, turning people on one by one until my day in the sun finally arrived.

You got to be dedicated, and patient too, when no one’s listening, OK?

Who was that cat? Emerson I think, who said, ‘God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.’ That’s truth, brother. This journey will test your faith.

Still, I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d ever find my audience.

11. How far would you go to climb the mountain?

MH: You finally left the Chitlin’ Circuit and set out to try your luck in New York City.

JH: Yeah, I settled in Harlem. I immediately started jamming all over town to get into the scene, you know? You got to connect with your peers, man.  Let them know you exist. People started to take notice. Eventually, I won the amateur contest at the Apollo Theater, which caught the attention of some pretty heavy cats.

But still, even after meeting cats like that, people like (Rolling Stones’ manager) Andrew Loog Oldham and (future Sire Records President) Seymour Stein, neither cared much for my act or my music and passed on me. So I wasn’t sure where to turn next.

But in England, the British Invasion was just starting to explode. Chas Chandler, from The Animals (House Of The Rising Sun, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place) was visiting the U.S. and caught my act. He knew they would dig it in England. So I signed a deal with him and he brought me over there.

But dig, I left everyone I ever knew behind. It was kind of scary. Traveling to a new land where you don’t know anyone. But that’s what you got to do sometimes if you want to climb that mountain.

And I guess that’s where the stars began to align for me, you know? When I left my comfort zone. Almost immediately, I was playing in front of the very cats I had been hearing all about in the States. Cats like Clapton, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend. They all came out to see me.

That’s what it takes. You got to be willing to travel across that desert to find your oasis. Knowing you might starve before you find it. That’s when you find out if you really believe.

I made it across the desert, man.

12. Don’t fit in. Stand out.

MH: Jimi, you never did quite fit into the conventional mold. Pretty much right from the start. Can you talk about that?

JH: Yeah, you know I couldn’t really hold down a job very long and couldn’t cut it in this man’s army. Never could deal with people telling me what I could and couldn’t do. They said I was untrainable (laughs).

Same with my music. They had these little boxes they wanted it to fit into and my music just didn’t fit any of ‘em. So I made my own box, dig?

A brother in hippie threads playing distorted white rock and roll combined with R&B / soul influences? In the Sixties? Man, white people weren’t sure what to make of me. And black folk thought I wasn’t black enough.

You can’t waste time worrying about what other people think. Trying to fit in. Just make your own scene and throw a better party. Wave your freak flag high. That’s what I did, man. Eventually the world had no choice but to gather round my box, dig?

13. Be totally outrageous in your work

MH: You didn’t just stand out, Jimi. You were totally outrageous! That takes real courage.

JH: At some point you got to stop trying to please everybody. Always being polite and playing it safe, dig?

Look, most people walk around their whole lives totally asleep. Your job is to wake them up and show them the light. So you have to give them something unforgettable. And the only way to do that is to do something outrageous.

That’s what happened at the Monterey Pop Festival. They say that was my defining moment, where America and the world got to know my name.

So I already knew The Who had their act where Pete Townshend would smash his guitar and they would trash the stage, right? And I had to follow that act and close the show. So I had to figure out how I was going to top that. That’s when I decided to burn the guitar.

I guess some people viewed it as sacrilege but it was always meant as a sacrifice, OK? As in the one you love. Like making a sacrifice to the gods of music for the gift of this amazing opportunity.

Like I said, man. You got to put yourself all the way out there if you want people to remember your name.

Yeah, some people were offended by what I did at Monterey but that’s all right. Let them love you or hate you, man. At least you know you got their attention. Everything in between is worthless.

14. “Very good” won’t get you invited to this party

MH: Jimi, down here on Earth we speak about the immortals. People who live on forever in our hearts. People like Gandhi. Mozart. Albert Einstein. John Lennon. Miles Davis. Leonardo Da Vinci. And Jimi Hendrix.

You weren’t just famous. You were all remarkable in some unique way. Iconic. One of a kind.

What is the common thread that leads mortals to become immortal?

JH: You left out Jesus Christ, Moses, The Buddha, and Charlie Chaplin too, man. He was another amazing cat.

Well, it’s pretty simple really if you can just open your mind to it.

Most people can’t see past their own nose, dig? You have smart people and simple people, rich people and poor people. There are famous people and a whole lot more who are totally unknown. But it’s all just two sides of the same coin, man. The same illusion.

But everyone you mentioned, eventually they climbed that mountain and found their truth. They remembered their message and became a direct channel from the creator, dig?

And when you can show someone a glimpse of the divine, it gives you great power over them because they don’t believe they can achieve this themselves. They need a leader. So they feel they must return to you again and again to be reminded. It becomes a kind of religious experience for them, dig?

But you have to be able to take them to the top of that mountain and show them the view.

So immortality is about becoming extraordinary in your work.

15. Do you electrify your audience?

MH: It’s been said, Jimi, that when you played the Star Spangled Banner at the close of the famous Woodstock festival in 1969, that your image with that headband and the fringe jacket along with that stunning rendition of the song encapsulated the entirety of the Sixties in that one iconic moment.

When we see old footage of some of your performances, the audience is mesmerized. What did you do to them?

JH: Well, I just tried to bring them to my electric church every night, dig? See, electricity is within you and all around you. It’s beyond thoughts and words. That’s why I played electric music, man. It was about getting past people’s eyes and ears and connecting directly to their souls.  This is what you have to do in your own work.

And in my church, through this electric music I would show them all the colors of this life experience. The pleasures. The pain. The horrors of war, the fire of passion, the power of love. All through our universal connection to the music.

And like any good sermon, I would take them higher and higher until they gave in to the experience. I would try to show them the top of that mountain every night, man.

Once you have given that experience to someone, they will have to come back again and again.

16. Can you walk on water?

MH: Jimi, you created sounds both live and in the studio no one had ever heard before. How did you accomplish that?

JH: Well, I always saw sounds as images, colors and shapes and needed to somehow express that in my music, you know? But the recording technology at that time didn’t easily allow for that.

That’s when I met (producer / engineer) Eddie Kramer. He was a magician. He was the translator. He turned the recording studio into a whole new instrument of expression for me. A bridge from the cosmic to the physical, dig?

I would say something like I wanted the guitar to sound like Medusa. So he would turn the tape upside down and have me play a guitar solo normally so that when you put the tape back on correctly the guitar would play backward and create this whole other serpentine kind of vibe, dig?

We come here to Earth to create together, man.

In your journey, there’s always someone you’re supposed to find who possesses a key element missing in you. And if you find them, when those two elements come together, sparks fly, man. It’s beautiful. That someone for me was Eddie Kramer.

The wheel keeps on turning. You tear things down, rearrange the elements and you build something new. That’s how new worlds are created. Alchemy.

17. Be totally and fearlessly you 24/7?

MH: Jimi, you would walk the streets and show up to recording sessions dressed to kill, like you were about to walk out onstage. The consummate rock star. Were you acting out a role? What did the real Jimi Hendrix look like behind closed doors?

JH: Does a peacock change his feathers when he walks into a new room? When I was in the physical world, what you saw was what you got, dig? I was just expressing myself in all my colors, man. The clothes, how I talked, what I believed, the music I played, it was all a reflection of the same thing, Jimi Hendrix.

At some point in your life you got to take a stand and be you. All in 100%. There was no god of wishy washy, dig? You got to say it. You got to play it. You got to live it.

Do you think when John Lennon got home each night he hung up his cape and became the mild mannered Clark Kent again?

How you gonna change the world if you’re afraid of your own reflection, man?

18. You Cannot Fake Your Way Onto Mt. Olympus

MH: Jimi, I hear people talk about faking it until they make it when they talk about how they found success in life. Just acting like you’re an expert until you become one. Do you think that applies to becoming immortal?

JH: I don’t know. Maybe that would work to get over on someone or to sell something someone doesn’t really need. But it’s just a human thing, I guess.

Dig, throughout history mortals have always been obsessed with status and celebrity. And they would do anything to get next to it. To move up the ladder, you know? And there have always been those people of means and influence who have ingratiated themselves into the party, Ok?

But there is no advertisement you can buy or political figure you can try to get next to who can grant you access to the place you’re speaking about.

Dig, you can’t fake your way to immortality. Because it speaks to something deep down in the soul that resonates on a level beyond words or thoughts or ideologies or social status.

Music is either true or false, man. It needs no words to help you decide. It’s like a direct path. Either it connects with you spiritually or it doesn’t.

It’s the same with your work. Truth is universal. If your work comes from that place, it connects and resonates far and wide. If not, there’s only disconnect, dig?

So to become immortal is to do or create something so profound that it shows people their own connection to the creator. To the truth.

And no earthly possession can hold a candle to that.

19. Jimi’s secret weapon

MH: Jimi, it seems like there was this X factor that attracted people to you that seems to defy all the typical explanations of how one obtains legendary status. What was that secret sauce?

JH: Well, OK I’m going to lay some mojo on you now (laughs) and let you in on a little secret.

Did you ever wonder why all those romance novels women just eat up always had that same character? The tall, dark and handsome stranger who did forbidden things to them. Stuff their man could never do? Awakening feelings from deep dark places they never knew existed?

Because it’s dangerous, man! It’s erotic. Taboo. It makes them feel alive. It’s that freedom from our physical being that comes when we climax and catch a glimpse of the creator, dig?

That’s what I would try to bring out every night through my music. You ever seen footage of one of my live performances when I would take the guitar and approach the amps as they howled with feedback, and I would start driving myself into the guitar and the amp?

I wasn’t making love to the music, man. There was no subtle innuendo, Ok? I was f**king those amps! Dig? (How else can you say it?)

That’s what you have to do in your work, man. Whatever you do. You got to stir up something deep down in people that resonates on the most intimate level, the place where we all share that divine connection. You have to ignite all the senses, dig?

You have to show them the truth.

20. Become a beacon

MH: So how can you know when you’ve crossed over and are walking with the gods, Jimi?

JH: I don’t really know, man. Those are things that get decided later by the Wind and the Earth and the Sky long after you’re gone.

Allow the creator’s message to shine through you. Become a beacon for all humanity to see and navigate by. Become that perfect mirror that reflects the extraordinary potential in each and every soul that walks the Earth.

To dare to be different and stand up for what you believe in a world that prefers conformity and maintaining the status quo, you run the risk of being shunned or looked at as an outsider. Hang out there and welcome that place, man.

Life begins on the outside. That’s where you will find your truth. And you would be in good company too.

That’s what I did, man. I hope you do too.

Blow people’s minds. Do something dangerous. Be misunderstood.

You just might be on your way to becoming immortal.

Dig, every one of you has been given this incredible gift. Life. Don’t squander it, man. And please don’t forget your assignment, if this content marketing thing is what you’re in to.

Shine your light. We’re counting on you.

Peace,

Jimi

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MLM Training- The 5 POWER Rules of LIVE Networking

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MLM LIVE Networking Secrets.

Are you doing LIVE networking for your home business?

What are you doing for connecting with people in your mlm business?

Do you have a plan for networking in your network marketing business?

LIVE networking is still one of the most poweful things you can do, especially today with meetup.com and upcoming.org. Social Media LIVE networking events are powerful recruiting spots that can yiled some great results. Online is great- but LIVE is great too.

Do YOU LIVE network consistently?

What is the MOST NORMAL and MOST NATURAL for you to talk to people and expose a message to them?

Is it giving them something to listen to, watch, read, or experience?

You need to decide what that would be as that is what you will be best at when talking to people about your products or program. What you feel the most comfortable with you usually do more often and more powerfully.

Operating from STRENGTH is critical.

And when you do, your results generally are so much more powerful and enduring. There could be many answers to what people feel comfortable with, bit whatever YOU feel comfortable with, you should start with.

We believe that the OPENING Conversation is critical and all part of the Networking process. It does not matter if you are in a networking session, at dinner, at the mall, at a party, or even at church. Your opening conversation is what is going to impact the prospect and get them to want to listen to your message.

I want to cover something that we call the “5 NWPA Rules” of Marketing:

1) Network Where People Are.

 2) Network Where People Advertise.

 3) Network Where People Assemble.

4) Network Where People Achieve.

 5) Network Where People Ask- for MORE.

These 5 Rules of Power Networking concerning networking are critical andwe are going to go over them briefly.

1) Network where people are.

This mean you need to be on the lookout for places that people are networking. They are listed in many places. And we will give you in future posts several places to check for your business as well as home business where to go to connect with people that are natural networkers.

2) Network Where People Advertise.

Where do people advertise? Where do people spend money for exposure? These are the people that are SERIOUS about their business. Connect with them and tell them about your thoughts and tactics for networking and success.

 3) Network Where People Assemble.

Where do people gather and why? There are so many places that people assemble and meet. You need to be there and connect with them and do it in a big way. Where do you find the places? We are going to teach you.

4) Network Where People Achieve.

It is called the “Winners Circle.” Where do the winners go? How do you get access to the winners in network marketing and how can you connect with them and even maybe meet them?  Simple. Take one to lunch and ask them how they did it. Then ask for referrals to also interview.

5) Network Where People Ask- for MORE.

Many people are always looking for more out of life. Many networkers can be found in places as they are looking for more, searching for more, wanting more, and demanding more for their business. You have that more and we will teach you some places that you can go to find them and tell them in future posts.

These are 5 Powerful LIVE networking rules for your mlm network marketing home based business.

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MLM Training- Power Secrets to Power Point MLM Presentations

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MLM Power Point Presentations.

Are you using power point presentations for your home business?

Are you good at designing power points or are your presentations boring for your network marketing business?

Would you lke some great tips on power points for your mlm presentations?

Here is a great article on using Power Point, one of the staple tools for presentations for home business.

Hope you like it…

(CBS MoneyWatch) Ever since the desktop publishing revolution in the 1990s, when ordinary folks could create newsletters, brochures, flyers, and other documents easily and cheaply on a PC, there’s been a school of thought that more is better. More fonts, more graphics, more text. Nowhere is that trend more apparent — and more misguided — than in PowerPoint presentations.

Experts agree that busy slides are the enemy of comprehension and retention, yet far too many people continue to pack slides with too many details. You might remember a couple of years ago when the U.S. Army declared overwrought PowerPoint slides to be America’s No. 1 enemy. Well, busy PowerPoint slides are still a problem, and only you can solve it.

Here’s the problem: Your audience can only do one thing at a time well. They can either listen to you talk, or they can read the slides you’re projecting. Not both.

Harvard Business Review’s Nancy Duarte judges PowerPoint presentations by applying the “glance test,” saying that it should take no more than three seconds for viewers to intellectually process and comprehend a slide. Any longer and they’re going to be reading your slides, not hearing your message.

How do you ensure that your slides are glance test-compatible? Here are a few tips to keep in mind the next time you build a PowerPoint presentation:

1. Your slides should not regurgitate what you’re saying aloud. As a former presentation coach, I can’t emphasize enough that slides should contain just a few bullets or a simple visual that help clarify or summarize what you’re saying.

You should never treat a PowerPoint deck like giant notecards, in which you simply turn to the screen and read the text that’s projected there. Seep it short and simple, with your oral presentation expanding on and clarifying what’s on screen.

2. Streamline and summarize. Continuing the theme, be sure that your bullet points are just that — short bullets. If your three points are short paragraphs, trim them down until they are sentence fragments that encapsulate what you’re talking about rather than express complete thoughts.

But, you object, the deck needs to be a complete set of notes for people who missed the presentation. No, it doesn’t. That’s confusing the purpose of a PowerPoint deck and overloading to the point that it doesn’t do anything well.

3. Simplify the visuals. Strip the slides down to their bare essence. Use a PowerPoint theme so you can stick with just one or two fonts; minimize your use of images and animations; turn off distracting transitions; keep backgrounds simple, so text is easy to read; use as much white space as possible. And do you really need your corporate logo on every slide?

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MLM Training- Three Game Changing Factors in Today’s Home Business

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MLM Home Business Factors.

Do you keep up with all the changes in home business today?

Are you aware of the changes over the last 5 years that have occurred that are impacting network marketing?

How are you using them in your mlm?

In the Home Business arena today, there are three very important words that are more than true.

 Things Are Changing.

Those 3 words are right at the very core of a powerful shift in the Home Business and Network Marketing industry.What worked 5 years ago, may not work today, as there are New Rules that have been laid over the Home Business grid, and either you play by them-or you
don’t. If you do not, then that can end up possibly working against you in the long run.

Many companies have come and gone over the years, and I have seen some succeed wildly, and others struggle massively. And there many times is no rhyme or reason why it happens.

But today, with the introduction of the new Rules in Home Business, which many are still unaware of, things are transforming right before our eyes quickly.

Don’t get me wrong…

The same principles we all use will always work for your Home business, but the approach to them are changing as we speak, and transitioning many companies either into either DYNAMOS – or DINOSAURS.

Depending on the decisions being made, the same thing can be said for Teams in Network Marketing. Some teams are accelerating their growth like crazy, while others look at those teams as if they are crazy.

All this is occurring because of the introduction of the New Marketing factors in the Home Business Industry.

There is a New Marketplace and a New Market Shift and we must accept that.

There are three things that have changed and impacted the Marketplace that will impact your business. These three things are very important for doing business today in the home business profession and network marketing.

If you can embrace these three factors, you will accelerate your business dramatically.

1. The Social Factor.

The last 7 years, the impact of social networking and social media has been huge. And this is THE place to prospect if you are looking for ACCELERATED prospecting. Whether facebook, twitter, or youtube, you will find that the social media space is continually morphing the marketplace.  But the social space is changing as well, and quickly due to  another Game Changing factor:

2. The Mobile Factor.

EVERYTHING is going Mobile in network marketing and mlm. EVERYTHING. If you are not “mobilized” you already are behind the eight ball. Every one needs at least a mobile website, and today it is moving into much more that that. Mobile recruiting is getting more and more popular and soon will be the rage in home based business.

3. The App Factor.

In the very near future, you will find a new way to recruit using “gamification.” from APPS. Most people today with mobile devices have downloaded apps on their mobiles, and use them. And you will soon find what I call “App Recruiting” using apps and gamification for recruiting home business prospects into  your business.

These three Game Changing factors will prove to be critical and will work IN HARMONY in the future to create what we call ‘Digital Recruiting” in the Mobile space. This will help build your mlm network marketing home business more swiftly.

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MLM Recruiting- Secrets of Recruiting like a LEADER (with Questions)

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MLM Recruiting Leadership.

Do you understand what LEADERSHIP is in a home business team?

What are some of YOUR Leadership recruiting questions for your network marketing business?

How do YOU lead the prospect that you are trying to recruit in your mlm efforts?

MLM Leadership is one of the most powerful but rarely taught parts of our business. And Recruiting Like a Leader is even MORE RARE. This is an incredible article that is PACKED with insights and secrets to not only Leadership but recruiting LIKE a Leader.

This is an interview that blew me away (I read a LOT) and wanted to share with you.

Take notes folks- THIS ROCKS!!!!

This interview with Kevin Liles, founder and C.E.O. of KWL Enterprises, a talent management and brand development firm, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.

Kevin Liles of KWL Enterprises says it’s important to be “willing to sacrifice everything for what you believe in.”

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Every Sunday, Adam Bryant talks with top executives about the challenges of leading and managing. In his new book, “The Corner Office” (Times Books), he analyzes the broader lessons that emerge from his interviews with more than 70 leaders.

Q. What are some important leadership lessons you’ve learned?

A. I’ll start with one of my early failures. I wanted to be the host of a new hip-hop show, and I didn’t get the job. I was the biggest guy in the marketplace. Given what I’d done, that should have sold me. But I didn’t sell myself. So, after that, I realized that no matter what I have done before, I had to learn the art of selling. I had to learn the art of explaining my value proposition when I show up somewhere. How do I differentiate myself? I know who I am. I’m very clear. If I’m meeting someone, I’m very clear about their value proposition, and I know what my value proposition is. So as long as we do what we’re supposed to do, we’ll get everything done.

Q. Let’s say I’m about to start working for you as a direct report. What do I need to know about the kind of boss you are?

A. Well, the reason I’m hiring you or having you directly report to me is because I want to be influenced by you, period. No. 2, there are things I love to do, things I’m great at, things I’m good at, and things I’m bad at. The things I’m bad at and the things that I don’t love to do, you should learn to really do. Because I want you to become an asset, not just somebody like me. And that is what I constantly push any new hire to do — “You cannot be like me. You can’t outdo me. I’m the best at what I do. But the reason I want you on my team is because I think you add something different to the team.”

And I constantly push myself and I push the team. Don’t be the same person you were yesterday. If I’m not helping you grow, if I’m not helping you put a new tool in your toolbox, then I’m not doing the job, and you shouldn’t be working for me. Because I have to inspire people when they’re with me, and I have to be inspired.

Q. What kind of behaviors do you have zero tolerance for?

A. Lack of commitment. Lack of passion. I would never fire somebody for a mistake. I would fire them because they don’t have passion, and they let me knock them off their point of view too easily. If you love something, I’ve got to let you do it. That’s how I came up. I allow people to make the mistake — not to the detriment of the company, but to a point where they feel like they have ownership of it.

I’ve always felt that whatever I did, I owned it. I mean, call it arrogance. Call it passion. Call it taking the weight of the world. Call it responsibility. The point is, you were not going to outperform me at something that I felt I owned. It’s a mentality. It’s a way of life. If I’m the intern, I’m the president of interns. If I’m a regional manager, I approach the job like I’m the president of regional managers. But that’s every day in anything I do. I don’t get involved in things halfway. I create foundations. I tell people I’m going to change somebody’s life because I really feel that I’m going to change their life. I take ownership in it. It’s not about having a share in something; it’s about taking ownership of every single thing you do.

Q. Do you see that quality much in other people?

A. You don’t see it a lot. You’re starting to see it more because people have no choice. Because they’re starting their own businesses. They’re coming up with different things. And the Internet has given us an opportunity to be Generation E, for entrepreneurs, empowerment and education. So I think you’ll start to see a lot of it more. But what I’m talking about is where you’re willing to sacrifice everything for what you believe in. Everybody doesn’t have that.

Q. Tell me more about how you prospect, recruit, and hire.

A. I don’t look at a résumé. I go by referrals. I go by people I trust. I’ve always said, there’s something about a résumé. You can make it say what you want it to say. But if I go to war — and we are at war, with our industry transforming itself — I need people who are going to go to battle every single day. They don’t want to sleep. They want to figure it out. I want to work with the kind of people who hurt when something’s not right.

Q. So when a job candidate sits down with you, how does that conversation go?

A. I’ll ask them, “What made you consider that I could help you with your goals in life?” Because I never look at it like you’re coming to work for me. I only want to provide a platform for you to be greater. And I’ll have the conversation where I ask them: “What’s your value proposition? What are you going to do for my company that we’re not doing already?” If they can’t offer me a value proposition, it doesn’t matter.

Q. Are some people thrown by that?

A. Absolutely. I’ll tell you a story. I hired one girl on the spot. We were wrapping up, and I said: “Well, thank you for coming out. I appreciate the conversation.” She said: “Mr. Liles, you asked me about my value proposition. But I’d like to ask you a question. What would make you not hire me? I’m qualified.” I said, “I don’t know. You’re hired.” I wanted her to want it. I look for things like that in people.

Q. What are your other favorite questions for job interviews?

A. “How do you feel about philanthropy? What is your purpose in life? Tell me about your family.” I believe a great father is a great employee. I believe a great mother is a great employee. I believe someone who’s willing to give up their free time to help others is a great employee. I believe that if your weekends are spent on yourself, then you’re not going to sacrifice for the company.

These have been some powerful recruiting questions you will ever hear for for your mlm network marketing home business.

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