Jim Rohn said “Everything you need for your better future has already been written. It is all available. All you have to do is go to the library. But only3% of the people in America even have a library card. They’re free.” I’d add that today you don’t even have to go to the library with the power of the internet and digital downloads. Some of the best marketers out there are giving away more than enough great information to change your business and your life.

The challenge is wading through the garbage.

One that I pay close attention to is Seth Godin ( http://sethgodin.typepad.com/) and I wanted to share a recent post:

Avoiding momentum

Some days, even the best dentist doesn’t feel like being a dentist.

And a lifeguard might not feel like being a lifeguard.

Fortunately, they have appointments, commitments and jobs. They have to show up. They have to start doing the work. And most of the time, this jump start is sufficient to get them over the hump, and then they go back to being in the zone and doing their best work.

Momentum is incredibly useful to someone who has to overcome fear, dig in deep and ship. Momentum gives you a reason to overcome your fear and do your art, because there are outside forces and obligations that keep you moving. Without them, you’d probably stumble and fall.

And yet…

And yet many of us fear too much momentum. We look at a project launch or a job or another new commitment as something that might get out of control. It’s one thing to be a folk singer playing to a hundred people a night in a coffeehouse, but what if the momentum builds and you become a star? A rock star? With an entourage and appearances and higher than high expectations for your next work. That’s a lot of momentum, no?

Deep down, this potential for an overwhelming response alerts the lizard brain and we hold back. We’re afraid of being part of something that feels like it might be too big for us.

Hint: it probably isn’t.

Seth always makes me think! Hope you get something meaningful too!

Christy

www.globalatlast.com

I’m being pitched on networking businesses at an alarming rate. This week is averaging two to three a day. Disconcerting. Best thing is I am learning more than ever about what not to do.  Taking me back to basics and reminding me of  the important training that must happen with my team to have the kind of far reaching success I envision for each of them.  

 It astounds  me how little people listen. I politely listened to the first pitch today for over 20 minutes. Ok, I’m not saying I don’t have my own issues and owning my time is a big one:). She didn’t even listen to my answer to her only question….had she listened the conversation might have had a chance to be a conversation and not a monologue. She didn’t talk about benefits for me. She talked exclusively about features of the product. Worst yet? She never gave me a next step or asked for the sale…I knew what was going on and I  left confused. Can you imagine a “real” prospect?  Hmmmm…

I think about this quote from John Fogg daily “You will listen more people into this business than you will ever talk into it”.

Expect Success and may I suggest?:) Ask for it!

Christy Dutilly

www.globalatlast.com

I’ve decided to be bold here and start sharing what I really think! Look out world:)!

I have to share that after three years of building a traditional network marketing business in the traditional way I was just sick at heart. I knew that making a list of everyone I had ever known and then selling them on a product they didn’t know they needed wasn’t for me. Trying to convince people that they needed to make more money, people who didn’t think they could didn’t want to or just plain didn’t have any ambition seemed like a fool’s errand. Teaching my team to do the same thing was even harder. I didn’t believe in it. You see common sense told me that with the power of leverage and the internet, social media which is like hanging out at the best cocktail party ever and some marketing skills that I really ought to be able to build my business online. That I should be able to attract people with information and advertising and let them qualify themselves. I knew it was possible and I was watching it being done but I couldn’t figure out how to do it myself.

I even went so far as to take an affiliate marketing course in hopes that what I learned could be transferred to network marketing but it was so far over my head that my head nearly exploded and my existing business suffered because of the time commitment. That wasn’t what I had in mind and I still didn’t know what I was doing. Meanwhile my upline is chastising me for not “adding to my list” and doing too few presentations but I was so tired of trying to convince someone’s aunt Mary…you know how it goes…the only one who even showed up that she needed something she had never even heard of…and it was a good product don’t get me wrong.

I love the business model. I genuinely aspire to help others create financial and time freedom and I am stoked that in just a few short months after switching companies to one that supports online marketing and finding a mentor who is a success in the same… it is all falling into place. I had the distinct pleasure of being publicly recognized by one of the gurus just this week for my recent success in marketing and more importantly creating comissions. Nice to get the accolades but nicer still to know I am on the right path for me and my new team.

My message is that it is possible to build a successful business online leveraging the power of the internet. I don’t deny that people have and will continue to build successfully offline and that works for them but for me I’ll take online anyday!

Expect Success,
Christy Dutilly

I wanted just to share one of my mentors and favorite inspirations. If you have a favorite quote or quip from “Tremendous” please add it in the comments. We may have lost him in body in 2008 but his inspiration lives on. Thank you, Charlie and may you rest in peace!

\"Tremendous\" Click to watch him on video! I promise it is a treat and the last bit about wanting to quit….

My very favorite quote of his….and one I believe profoundly true:
“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read.” – Charles “Tremendous” Jones

“Things don’t go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.” – Charles “Tremendous” Jones

“If you can’t be happy where you are, it’s a cinch you can’t be happy where you ain’t.” – Charles “Tremendous” Jones

“No one is a failure until they blame somebody else.” – Charles “Tremendous” Jones

Love those people who help us grow and make us think!:) Go meet someone cool or read a good book!

What are you working on, learning, reading, doing? Is it moving you closer to your goal or away from it? I heard it tonight on a conference call with like minded friends. You know who you are:). Overwhelmed with all that is out there. The emails, social media, books, courses and more. How do we know what to work on next? What should I be working on? What new shiny thing must I learn or implement?

The best question is “What do I want my life to look like?” What brings me joy and value? What are my long term goals? If you are in business for yourself…what brings you income? Most of us have 8-10 hours in our work day and we fill that time easily. A rather arbitrary number…I mean, who thought 8 hours was the number? I’ve heard the average top sales person spends about an hour a day in front of clients. What brings a sales person income? Facetime. Again, what brings you income, quality of life, true value or all of the above?

Tim Ferriss has a great chapter about this in “The 4-Hour Work Week” called “The End of Time Management”. Read it if you haven’t already. Reread it if you have. 20% of our time creates 80% or more of our results. It is called Parkinson’s Law. Learn to identify what that means for you and eliminate the time drains. Focus on your strengths, do the things that create real value and propel you forward towards your long term goals. .

We use the time we allow ourselves and the tasks we set up fill the time we alot. Give yourself less time and limit tasks to the important. It is amazing what you can accomplish the day before you go on vacation. Pretend everyday is that day and give yourself only half the day. What can you accomplish? Find a way to stay accountable!

It is a huge challenge in todays world with a constant bombardment of information and expectations of ourselves and others. I’ve heard we make more life changing decisions in 3 years than our grandparents did in a lifetime. Hard to stay on top of it. Limit the time wasting, challenge yourself to do only the important and limit the amount of time you allow yourself for those tasks. Consistently ask yourself is this important long term? Am I being productive or just active? There is a real and measurable difference.

I made quiche tonight. Now that isn’t very interesting but I’ll tell you what is. My eight year old worked himself up about how it was “gross” and he wasn’t going to like it. Quiche is eggs, milk and cheese. All things he likes and eats on any given Sunday morning. I added a bit of bacon (something he eats) and a bit of spinach. Now this child has probably had spinach though I’ll admit, I don’t use it frequently. It has been mixed in without his knowledge. So this is the deal. He spends the evening thinking about and talking about the quiche. He worries that he won’t like it and talks about how he won’t like it and as we sit down to eat it he takes one look and nearly makes himself ill. You can only imagine the obligatory “one bite”. The power of the mind? Powerful. Isn’t it astounding? What if I had been on my game and helped him psyche himself up for it rather than out of it? Can you do the same at will? Wondering what I’ve talked myself out of…how about you?

“I’ve Learned That People Will Forget What You Said, People Will Forget What You Did, but People Will Never Forget How You Made Them Feel!” Maya Angelou

I have heard my friend and mentor John Fogg say more than once “You will listen more people into this business than you will ever talk into it”. It is perhaps one of the greatest secrets and untold truths of Network Marketing. Perhaps life .