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MLM POWER

For the

Ultimate Empowerment

of Network Marketing

Entrepreneurs

MLM PowerUltimate Network Marketing Empowerment

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MLM Power is intended for the personaldevelopment of network marketing anddirect sales entrepreneurs. This book is ofan empowering nature to stimulate thecreation of ideas and motivate the readersto greater levels of achievement withintheir specific MLM, network marketingor direct sales business opportunities.

It should be noted that the principlesexpressed herein are of the author’s design.The intention of James Lee Valentine isto offer inspiration of a general nature tohelp all entrepreneurs in their quest forpositive life transformation. In the eventof you using any of the material in MLMPower, the author and publisher assumeno liability for your actions . . . as youractions, focused positively, could lead toa life of phenomenal achievement.

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Clarification ofMLM & Network Marketing

& Direct Sales

Throughout this book I frequently refer tothe businesses of MLM, network marketingand direct sales using any of these terms:

MLM or multi-level marketingNetworking or network marketingDirect selling or direct sales

These – and all derivatives thereof – followa similar system by which a parent companydistributes its products or services througha NETWORK of independent businesspeople throughout the free world.

Though there are discernible differencesbetween MLM, network marketing anddirect sales companies, for all intents andpurposes within MLM Power they aredescribed as one and the same.

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Contents

Preface ............................................................................................ 11

Section OneThe Power of YOU

Chapter 1 You are Responsible for Your Life ........................... 16Chapter 2 Make a Commitment to Live Life Fully ................. 21Chapter 3 Dare to Become a Risk Taker ................................. 26Chapter 4 Accelerate the Pace of Your Life .............................. 31Chapter 5 Create a Life that Celebrates Top Performance ....... 36

Section TwoThe Power of PASSION

Chapter 6 Light the Spark of Passion Within You ................... 44Chapter 7 Enthusiasm is the Soul of Life ................................ 49Chapter 8 Be on Fire with a Magnificent Obsession ............... 54Chapter 9 March to the Tune of Your Own Drumbeat ........... 59Chapter 10 Creativity is the Essence of Passion ........................ 64

Section ThreeThe Power of THOUGHT

Chapter 11 The Amazing Kingdom of Your Mind ................... 72Chapter 12 The Two Worlds of Existence ................................. 77Chapter 13 You Reap What You Have Sown ............................ 82Chapter 14 The Supreme Laws of Thought .............................. 87Chapter 15 Wield Your Ultimate Power ................................... 92

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Section FourThe Power of BEING

Chapter 16 Create an Empowered State of Being ................... 100Chapter 17 Positive Mental Attitudes are the Key ................... 105Chapter 18 A Powerful Self-Image is So Important................. 110Chapter 19 Develop an Invincible Winning Philosophy ........... 115Chapter 20 Choose Personal Excellence for Yourself ............... 120

Section FiveThe Power of DECISION

Chapter 21 Decisions Direct Your Destiny ............................. 128Chapter 22 Decide on Your True Definition of Success .......... 133Chapter 23 Quality Thoughts Create a Quality Life ............... 138Chapter 24 Choice and Decision: Twin Pillars ........................ 143Chapter 25 Decide to Take Enthusiastic Action ...................... 148

Section SixThe Power of VISION

Chapter 26 Your Vision Ignites the Fires of Desire ................. 156Chapter 27 Defining the Ten Areas of MLM ........................... 161Chapter 28 Formula for Developing a Grand Vision .............. 167Chapter 29 Create Your Own Magnificent Dreams List .......... 172Chapter 30 Time Leads to the Fulfillment of Dreams ............. 177

Section SevenThe Power of AIM

Chapter 31 The Magic of Setting Momentous Goals .............. 186Chapter 32 Winning Qualities Develop Solid Foundations .... 191Chapter 33 Formula for Establishing Fantastic Goals ............. 196Chapter 34 Phenomenal Goals to Set Your Life Ablaze ........... 201Chapter 35 Your Empowering Pure Power Declaration ............ 206

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Section EightThe Power of FOCUS

Chapter 36 Focus is the Magic Key ........................................ 214Chapter 37 Action! Action! Action! Action! ............................ 219Chapter 38 Persistence: The “I Will Never Quit” Attitude ...... 224Chapter 39 Inspiration Leads to the Land of Mastery ............. 229Chapter 40 Commit to Increasing Your Personal Value .......... 234

Section NineThe Power of FAITH

Chapter 41 Empowering Affirmations .................................... 242Chapter 42 The Magic Power ................................................. 247Chapter 43 Beliefs: The Key ................................................... 252Chapter 44 Acknowledge Your Winning Qualities ................. 257Chapter 45 The Ultimate Power of Faith ................................ 262

Section TenThe Power of RICHES

Chapter 46 Supreme Prosperity Consciousness ....................... 270Chapter 47 Unlimited Opportunities to Prosper .................... 275Chapter 48 Being Prosperous is Your Responsibility ............... 280Chapter 49 You Can Achieve Financial Independence ............ 285Chapter 50 Spread the Magnificent Wings of Your Soul ......... 290

Epilogue ....................................................................................... 295

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PREFACE

Preface

Personal empowerment is the soul of this book . . . its life breath.The essence of ‘ultimate empowerment’ within MLM, networkmarketing and direct sales is being radiantly alive for the glory of

living life to its maximum potential and literally being on-fire withexuberance for one particular business opportunity . . . yours.

To reach the highest echelons of success and manifest a worldclasslifestyle through the sensational industries of MLM, network marketingor direct sales, an entrepreneur must be completely empowered fromwithin . . . he or she must possess extraordinary GUTS.

This stands for a Genuine Urge To Succeed.

What exactly does this mean to the individual who yearns topositively transform his or her life in a multitude of scintillating waysand produce a torrent of glittering riches flowing to them . . . whetherfinancially, physically, mentally, socially or within any facet of life?

Well — Genuine Urge To Succeed — this means that a businessmanor woman must wholeheartedly desire success at his or her endeavors.This person must have the passion for high achievement . . . ‘passion’being the secret of creating tremendous empowerment.

Once a red-hot fire of passion to attain specific worthwhile objectivesis generated — literally once an entrepreneur has the GUTS — thisperson will be highly empowered. This book shows how to align youractions with your ultimate life’s purpose to ignite your GUTS, as thereis monumental power in striving to attain a significant purpose.

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There are ten principles that comprise ultimate empowerment,an understanding of which can lead to powerful life transformation.All ten are extensively detailed in this book. Once endowed with thisknowledge, a businessman or woman will be able to materialize his orher grandest aspirations through literally any networking company.

Related to these ten principles, I will list here ten empoweringmottos. If you truly desire fabulous success for your own enterprise,you must burn these maxims into your mind — like a super-powercreed — and make them an integral part of your personal philosophyfor a turbo-charged business and a magnificent standard of living:

No GUTS, no glory!Action today not tomorrow!If it is to be . . . it is up to me!I shall be the best that I can be!My past does not equal my future!Teamwork makes the dream work!I must do what I love and love what I do!If my heart is in it . . . the sky is the limit!If I am committed . . . there is always a way!When the going gets tough . . . the tough get going!

MLM also stands for ‘Make Life More’ as you have an opportunitynow to make your life all it can be. Through MLM Power you possessthe potent instrument necessary to be highly empowered within anyMLM, network marketing or direct sales enterprise. All that remains isfor you to have the GUTS to get off the seat of your pants and takeenthusiastic action to make your life more and . . . be empowered for life!

Enjoy the journey, my entrepreneurial friends!

Enthusiastically yours,

James Lee Valentine

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Section One

The Power OfYOU

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T H E P O W E R O F

Y O U

ONE individual can make

a difference. Get enough committed

individuals on your TEAM — with

their collective winning spirit — and

your network marketing business

will be absolutely phenomenal.

YOU can be an individualwho makes a positive difference!

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Y O U

You are an exceptional human being, unique and special amongall people. The intention of MLM Power is to empower YOUinto knowing that you are unique, that you are special, and that

you — like all empowered networking entrepreneurs — have unlimitedpossibilities through your specific business opportunity to expressindividuality, to dramatically improve your lifestyle and to greatlyenhance the lives of other people too.

The empowering spirit of MLM — remember its dual meaning:make life more — with its emphasis on personal growth, is preciselywhat generates its unrivaled power to positively impact lives, developentrepreneurs and create wealth. Before you now, within the networkingprofession, are unlimited possibilities for you to experience success andmanifest your grandest vision of a wondrous future. . . it’s up to YOUto tap into and maximize this free enterprise system.

Today is a new day and today is the first day of the rest of your life.Today is a celebration of the fact that you can do literally anything withyour life that you choose to do. So, from today, decide that you willmake the most of the possibilities for success that your particular MLM,network marketing or direct sales venture offers and treat it as theoutstanding opportunity it truly is.

MLM Power is a reflection of your desire for self-improvement.This book will greatly empower you. Together with the industries ofnetwork marketing and direct sales, it will make you a better personand help you attain your grandest objectives. These entrepreneurialindustries give you amazing choices and make possible the realizationof your truest desires. This book will provide the juice to speed you toyour destination with zest . . . making your life more enjoyable, moresuccessful, more fulfilling, more empowered . . . yes, MLM Power willhelp to ‘make life more’ for YOU.

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− 1 −Y O U A R E

R E S P O N S I B L E

F O R Y O U R

L I F E

“Responsibility is the price

of greatness.”

Winston Churchill

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R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y

Take note: whether you ultimately succeed or fail in networkmarketing, it is not due to your upline or your downline, oryour mentor or your spouse, or the economy, or the government.

It is up to YOU. It is your responsibility, completely.

MLM provides you with an opportunity to express yourself, to beresponsible for who you are. Here individuality reigns, diversity

rules, and people can mold their work to suit themselves. Networkmarketing provides a breathtaking liberation from the norm.

Be absolutely responsible for your life, for the entire spectrum of it.Learn to say to yourself: “If that person can do it, I can too.” WithinMLM, network marketing and direct sales, you will see inspiringexamples of successful people who are constantly striving to attain theirgrandest visions and create a worldclass standard of living. You willobserve that these winners are relentlessly empowered to expand theirambitions and achieve objectives of even greater worth. They continuallytake responsibility for their own success.

A question that we will emphatically answer here is:“Can I really stoke my inner fires until they burn withthe white-hot intensity required for success in MLM atthe highest echelon?” The answer is a resounding YES!

With the unlimited opportunities for positive life transformationthat network marketing allows, you can concentrate on your greatestpotential. This is known as focusing on the whole of your possibilities.Network marketing will help you be the architect of your own future.However, it all starts with you being totally responsible for the decisionsyou make, which can from this moment forth categorically alter yourlife’s course . . . and positively transform it forever.

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MLM is a vehicle that can help to make your dreams cometrue. The truth is that networking will attract some of the

most energetic, colorful, can-do individuals in the world . . .adventurous souls who love life’s challenges and who dream

immense dreams. The question is: “How many of thesepeople will become members in your organization?”

Network marketing — at the leading edge of global businessopportunities — will help you grow to meet your new challenges, becausecompanies within this industry realize that the personal developmentof their people is the key to the company’s lasting success. As you grow,both as a businessperson and as an empowered leader, so too will theentire organization prosper.

Decide To Make An EmphaticDifference With Your Life

Do you ever catch yourself thinking that you are living such a smalllife? Is your life a crime against humanity because you have not dared toenthusiastically relish it to the full? Do you have aspirations andambitions that are still unrealized? Do you yearn to live the millionairelifestyle of the most successful networkers? If your answer to any ofthese questions is yes, ask yourself why you are allowing yourself to livesuch a tiny existence when inside of you there is so much . . . so muchmore potentiality that you can savor a far more successful life with.

Know that through the power of your particular MLM businessopportunity, together with your newfound personal responsibility, youcan begin a great journey from a small life of monotonous drudgery toa supreme life of self-empowered discovery . . . a life that sparkles withextraordinary achievement and amazing riches. Dare to build a vastincome-creating network marketing organization, and life will surelymaterialize its most wondrous treasures for you.

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As you develop within MLM, so shall your personal organization.It will grow together with your increased ability to recruit peopleand your expanded capacity to share a grand vision with themand have these individuals want to be a part of your dream.

Don’t look at your life as it is, right now, but as it can be. Use theunlimited creative power of your mind to imagine what can be in yourmost glorious of futures. Then take positive and constructive Action-Steps for your ‘dream life’ to become a reality.

You can make a positive difference in the world if you so desire, thisis your decision. Get ready to conquer the world. Have the guts, set thegoals, design the Action-Plans, take the Action-Steps and get your lifeaimed in a focused direction, today. This instant, now, is an outstandingchance for you to make an emphatic difference. With your particularbusiness opportunity as your financial vehicle of choice, all you need isto take personal responsibility for your life . . . then go for it!

Getting Started . . . Now!

When you begin in the network marketing industry, you will nothave all the answers . . . no one does. However, you need to know thatjust getting started now is the most important step of all. You must learnthat forward motion is better than no motion, and that action in a focuseddirection will indeed conquer many of the fears and doubts that holdyou back.

Two great ways to succeed in MLM:Step 1: Start!Step 2: Don’t stop!

It is the power of your belief in the networking opportunity — yourtotal conviction in the powerful effect it can have on you, your family

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and your entire lifestyle — that will make you an unstoppable force forgood and lead the way to your mastery of this profession.

It is your role as a dynamic MLM representative to become as fullyaccomplished as you can by having a fabulous vision of what you wantto achieve via networking, by forging a life-transforming purpose, bydeveloping a winner’s identity, by making a commitment to be in thisbusiness for the big prize, and by having the courage to do it all. In sodoing, you will create an indestructible foundation in the constructionof your life’s structure.

Two easy ways to fail in MLM:Step 1: Don’t get involved!Step 2: Don’t try!

Here is an essential question to ponder whilst experiencing yourjourney of self-discovery in networking:

Why should I keep growing?

The answer that will make perfect sense to every experienced networkmarketer, is this:

My personal growth determines who I am. Who I am determineswho I attract. Who I attract determines the success of my ownorganization.

Now, take this fundamental truth and climb to the upper echelonsof your particular venture as a committed, on-fire, highly empowered,super-charged network marketing entrepreneur.

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− 2 −M A K E A

C O M M I T M E N T

T O L I V E L I F E

F U L L Y

“We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant,

gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually,

who are YOU not to be?”

Marianne Williamson

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C O M M I T M E N T

The greatest gift you possess as an entrepreneurial professionalis the power of choice. Where choice is, freedom is too . . . andwhere freedom is, hope always follows. Therefore, choose to

create a thriving enterprise, starting today, to the greatest of your abilities.Choose also to commit to this choice. This will provide the hope to fuelyour inspiring dreams of reaching the summit of success within theindustries of MLM, network marketing or direct selling.

As well as being aware of the necessity to take responsibility foryour own personal choices and actions, it is wise to develop an intrinsiccommitment to constantly strive for the pinnacle of achievement. Fromthis moment forward, make these firm commitments to yourself: promiseto make the most of your life in all areas . . . physical, mental, spiritual;guarantee that you will pour your heart and soul into the developmentof your business; make a vow to become an inspired leader whom othersin your organization will highly respect and look to for advice andguidance; pledge to begin doing what it takes to put your past behindyou and move on to your new golden future. Burn this in to your mind:My past does not equal my future . . . where I am going is vastly moreimportant than where I have been.

You must take full responsibility for shaping and defining yourown life. And you must be the one who decides to live it all

to the maximum through network marketing, or not.

With your newfound personal commitment at hand, decide todevelop an unquenchable passion for living each day as fully as possible.Absolutely, it is your responsibility to be as accomplished as you can.Your lifestyle and your personal endeavors can be so scintillating thatthey sparkle! So magical that they shine! So vivacious that they radiatebrilliance the world over!

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Push yourself to have energy, fervor, drive andcommitment . . . you’ll love yourself for it!

The people who live the most vivacious lifestyles and who build themost powerful networking groups are the ones who embrace their ownlife and their own venture like they would embrace a lover . . . they carefor it, they caress it, they cherish it, they have immense passion for it.They are passionate lovers of life . . . and intense lovers of their ownparticular network marketing business opportunity.

These winners display the qualities of being courageous decision-makers, of being enthusiastic leadership role models, of being persistentdynamos of action, of being competent mentors, of being committedto the welfare of the affiliates within their enterprise, and of being inthe special position to make a positive difference not only in their ownlife but to greatly impact the world.

Why not, now, from this moment forward, make the decision thatyou will build your networking business with an attitude built uponprofessionalism? There are so many fantastic things to see, hear, feeland do in this world . . . and you can experience them all through beingprofessional within the unique vehicle called MLM.

Make An Investment In BuildingYour Business Professionally

An investment in building your business professionally and designinga fulfilling lifestyle is the forerunner of change. Where you stand rightnow results directly from what you have focused on over a prolongedperiod of time. You can change where you stand and change the resultsyou get by changing your focus to one of professionalism. But changedoesn’t have to be fearful or intimidating, change can be a wonderful,exciting and exhilarating experience.

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Develop yourself into a networker of professionalism with suchoutstanding principles as persistence, self-discipline, applied faith,

and a positive mental attitude. This can lead you to become animmensely uplifting example of vision, energy, enthusiasm and

belief for the network marketing business opportunity.

When you face new challenges, not only in your personal life but inthe expansion of your network, you must adapt to the change by keepingyour positive side to the forefront at all times. When you are confrontedwith a challenge, large or small — and believe me, in MLM you willface a multitude of challenges — you must continue adjusting to thechanges, which means you will be constantly facing new obstacles andfresh challenges. This is nothing to fear though. This is part of the joyand fascination of designing your life for maximum accomplishment.

Once you are part of the process of becoming more, therewill be no stopping you on your own fantastic journey alongthe road of life. With MLM as the vehicle and enthusiasm asthe fuel, celebrate your experience of life. What an exciting,

adventurous and totally fulfilling journey it really is.

When people are afraid of living life fully, they don’t experienceenough of all the wonderment that is available. They don’t see enough,they don’t feel enough, they don’t risk enough, they don’t taste the gloryof victory enough . . . and therefore they don’t live enough.

MLM means ‘make life more’. This means being actively involved.MLM means jumping in the middle of it all. MLM means goingbeyond self-imposed boundaries and heading for the illustriousstars. MLM means living the magical existence of your dreams.

We must decide conclusively once and for all what networkmarketing means to us on a personal basis. Do you personally see this

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profession as the answer to attaining the fabulous lifestyle of your greatestvision? If so, you must spend more quality time planning the meansand ways to manifest this ‘dream lifestyle’ reality. If each of us spentonly one half of the time every day planning for success in our MLMendeavors, and contemplating ways to maximize our efforts, as we doin planning our meals, then we’d all have flourishing and extremelyprofitable global organizations.

Success within any network marketing business is not only attainedthrough diligent planning or through finding the right people to helpbuild your organization, though these are vital components, it is aboutYOU being the right kind of person . . . a professional. This is paramount.

There is a destiny that makes us brothers,no one goes too far alone.

All that we put into the lives of others,comes back again into our own.

First, become the embodiment of a professional networker, one whois worthy of success — a leader, a mentor, a motivator, a shining rolemodel, an inspiration to others, one who is always committed to theachievement of all — then you will be on your way to creating a massive,thriving network that can truly catch ablaze and spread like wildfire.

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− 3 −D A R E T O

B E C O M E A

R I S K

T A K E R

“Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute!

Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Only engage, and then the mind grows heated.

Begin, and then the work will be completed.”

John Anster

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R I S K T A K I N G

The primary motive of this book is to build Action People.These are the spirited networkers who have the courage to riskchanging their dull and mediocre existence of the past for a

glorious and magnificent life of the future. These are the enthusiasticpeople who dare to take a risk, dare to live passionately, dare to actuatepositive change, and dare to design their MLM enterprise for maximumsuccess. Take note, the catalyst that makes this happen is ACTION.

There must be things in your life that you ache to attain, that youdesperately desire to accomplish and that you genuinely aspire towards.Well, finally, through a worldclass MLM, network marketing or directsales company with worldclass products, offering a worldclass businessopportunity, here is your greatest chance to dare to have these things.Be courageous and face the diverse challenges a life of risk brings.

Take Action TNT — action today not tomorrow — and dare toaccomplish the multitude of exciting objectives that are high on yourwish list. Do them before you get too old or before you lose sight of thisextraordinary opportunity called MLM that is before you now.

Why not develop the art of being more perceptive to all kinds ofwealth-creating possibilities that being an active networker will generate?And why not set in motion a monumental avalanche of Action-Stepstoward the fulfillment of your aspirations whilst the network marketingvehicle is in your path?

Risk Big To Win Big

From deep within your soul, manifest the courage to take a big risk.Gamble with the hand of fate, roll the dice of good fortune, defy theodds and win big. Taking immediate, enthusiastic action to materializethe life of your wildest dreams . . . this is risking big.

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Through the immeasurable possibilities for life enhancement thatMLM offers, take a chance, make specific detailed choices, and watchyour most ambitious vision come true. To develop a profitable andexpanding network, and to live a life bursting with wondrousachievement, you must be willing to take big risks . . . carefully calculatedbig risks, that is, not whimsical fancies or foolish speculations.

It is hoped that the experience of being a networker willfire your ambitions and ignite within you the realization

that massive ACTION is the major key that can turnyour dreams into clear, achievable objectives.

Risk, in many shapes and varieties, is a natural part of businessdevelopment and of manifesting a dream lifestyle. Whenever you makea choice, you risk something. But so what? Personal and business growthcan only truly take place when you are willing to risk reaching the nextplateau of success. Achievement is a risk. But so what? You must learnto acknowledge the networking profession for the immense opportunityit is . . . and take action toward your goals anyway.

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have thecourage to lose sight of the shore. As a networker,

‘new oceans’ is your grand vision, and the‘shore’ is your present circumstances.

You must learn to say “so what?” then be more spontaneous in themultitude of decisions affecting your business enterprise. As LeoBuscaglia says: “Risks must be taken, for the greatest risk in life is to risknothing at all. The people who risk nothing, are nothing, have nothing,do nothing and become nothing.”

Leo continues: “The people who risk nothing with their lives mayavoid suffering and sorrow, but they simply cannot learn and feel, change

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and grow, and love and live. Chained by their inevitability, they areslaves having forfeited their freedom. Only the person who risks is trulyfree.” So, right now, make a decision to risk building a huge networkingorganization . . . and feel supremely empowered by this decision.

Magical and compelling lives that are full of loveand desire and passion and power . . . this is the

essence of all MLM opportunities.

This instant now and the next and the next will all be gone far toosoon. Before long our entire lives will be over. So you must take fulladvantage of your particular MLM opportunity now. Can you visualizebeing able to celebrate every moment of achievement to the fullest?Well . . . build your group professionally and it can happen for you.

Dare To Live YourMost Ambitious Dreams

Closely aligned with risk is the attribute of dare. In relation to MLM,this means possessing the courage to face squarely the challenges thatmay arise during the course of building your enterprise and beingcourageous enough to tough it out. You have a great chance here toventure out of the dull closet of mediocrity and step into the brilliantlight of a world in which fun, excitement, invigoration and attainmentare the norm. If you can dare it . . . you can do it!

What do you work for? What do you strive for? What do you sufferfor? What do you hope for? What do you love for? The answer is toexperience the totality of life. To miss any of it is your greatest loss. Butif you are willing to risk more, to work more, to strive more, to suffermore, to hope more, to love more, then you will know a successful lifein its grandest, most complete form. This is to really live life as entirelyfulfilling and as wholeheartedly as you are capable.

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Dare to do the things you want to do before youget too old to do them, or before you lose sight of thisphenomenal opportunity called MLM. I dare you to

develop supreme plans for the future and createoutrageous goals around your networking business.

I dare you to build a powerhouse organizationwith eager networkers who radiate thewinning qualities of professionalism.

Be instinctive and show spontaneity whenever opportunities comeyour way through the networking profession. Display inspired intuitionand be audacious in taking calculated risks. Fundamentally, this is whatdaring is all about . . . risking big to win big.

Through network marketing, I dare you to risk achieving your mostextraordinary ambitions, those magnificent objectives both inside andoutside your MLM business that get your passion juices flowing like noothers . . . dream them, attain them, live them:

Dare to be a leader of thousandsDare to be a top-ten worldwide earnerDare to create your own global networkDare to establish a charitable foundationDare to build your ultimate fantasy houseDare to live a meaningful and accomplished lifeDare to be someone who is admired and respected by others

I dare you to live your most ambitious dreams, attain your grandestaspirations and achieve incredible success. I dare you to make your lifea masterpiece of outstanding accomplishment. I dare you to plan manychallenging experiences to crown the latter years of your life. I dare youto do everything that your heart truly desires. And, through thewonderful opportunities inherent in MLM, network marketing anddirect sales, I dare you to do it all . . . starting today.

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− 4 −A C C E L E R A T E

T H E P A C E

O F Y O U R

L I F E

“We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not

breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial.

We should count time by heart throbs.

He most lives who thinks most,

feels the noblest, acts the best.”

David Bailey

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A C C E L E R A T I O N

Every day, through the tremendous power of your decisions, youcan make choices to improve all aspects of your business andtransform every area of your life. You can decide to build your

network with unlimited enthusiasm in your soul and with a smile inyour heart, all the while showing an unquenchable passion forexperiencing the joys of living life to the fullest. This is the ultimatedemonstration of a life and a business that are built in harmony withthe universal laws of balance.

If there were one supreme command I could bestow, it would be foryou to live your life to the maximum . . . experiencing all you can withdelight, eagerness and zest for every moment. Who sets the pace foryour life, fast or slow? YOU. So set a rapid pace, accelerate your life, anddance through your fun-filled days with flamboyance and exuberance.

Build your MLM enterprise in a manner that’s slightly frenzied,taking the enthusiastic pathway that leads to triumph. Anything worthdoing is worth doing well, and worth doing at full-speed ahead.Accelerate the pace of your life, as the world is in need of your energy.So go out and set it ablaze with your boundless reserves of passion andwith your unquenchable enthusiasm for networking.

Begin Your New Life Today As AnEnthusiastic On-Fire Networker

Living in the now will expand your awareness of network marketing,it will make the business more exciting and more meaningful. You havethe choice, second by second, as to whether you really live the nowmoments of your life to their highest potential. You can choose to devourevery sensation of your current situation, no matter where you are, andallow yourself to be touched by the wonder of it all.

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Carpe diem . . . seize the day!Within the chain of current moments lies all of your

power to accomplish, all of your ability to make decisions,all of your capacity to be effective and all of your capability

to exert maximum personal control over your life.Therefore, today, seize the day, as your only point ofreal power is in the present moment here and now.

Today you can start living a new accelerated life, if you choose. Thepowerful compensation plans of most network marketing organizationsoffer you an unsurpassed chance to literally ‘design your life for maximumsuccess’ any time you desire to positively transform your circumstances.This choice is up to YOU.

The Accelerated Game Of LifeLeads To Amazing Achievement

Do you notice an interesting parallel between the success a personachieves within MLM and their own activity rates? It seems that themost successful networkers are living in a dynamic, zestful state ofcontinual motion with enormous reserves of energy for their particularbusiness opportunity. These winners are whirlwinds of activity . . . foreverattending training sessions, learning prospecting skills, going to businessopportunity presentations, mastering strategies, and mentoring the newcustomers. Whilst the less successful people never really seem to be activeat all . . . except in making excuses for their own failure.

How would you rate your activity levels in your present companyon a scale of one to ten? One is a lethargic, uninspired individual whoattends almost no presentations, believes training sessions are a waste oftime, is thinking of canceling, has no real belief in the entrepreneurialopportunities offered within networking, is not committed, has noclearly defined ambitions, and is unable to fully master any areas of life.

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The accelerated game of life is intensely inspiring. It willrock your mind. The force of it may even hit you in the gut

and knock your socks off. It will nourish you with fresh ideasand possibilities for packing your life with more friendships,more adventures, and more wealth-creating opportunities

than ever before. What is the accelerated game of life?It is the professions that encompass MLM, network

marketing and direct sales, of course.

Ten is the on-fire inspired believer in the wondrous possibilitiesprovided by MLM, network marketing and direct selling. Ten is fullycommitted to a major purpose, a human dynamo, one of the top leaders,continually recruiting new customers, with enormous reserves of energy,busy as a bee, and always accomplishing great things. Ten is the winnerwho talks the talk and walks the walk of amazing achievement.

For some people their networks never really grow, and they gothrough their entire ‘experience’ with a frown on their face and deepfurrows in their heart. For others their MLM enterprise is a continualmerry feast. What is your choice? One out of ten: a feeble and decayingorganization that lacks fundamental empowerment and languishesthrough the inactive apathy of its members? Or ten out of ten: a robustand expanding global empire that generates massive residual income,allowing a worldclass lifestyle of wondrous attainment?

Everything is a choice, decided upon in your own mind. Focus,persistence, decisiveness, optimism, enthusiasm, happiness, confidence,joy, passion, the ability to work hard . . . all result from decisions madeby YOU. Every person has the mental ability at any instant to be focusedor distracted, persistent or a quitter, decisive or uncertain, optimistic ornegative, enthusiastic or timid, happy or miserable, confident or shy,joyful or antagonistic, passionate or apathetic, hard working or lazy.Realize the amazing power of these choices and their effect on you.They will have a dramatic impact on the quality of your life.

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The Power Of Positive Energy

Have you ever noticed that when you feel fantastic, people seeminstinctively drawn to you? This is because states of being are magnetic.When you are up, the people around you tend to feel the same positiveway, and vice versa. Why not make it a goal of yours to be the catalystwho brings a spark of enthusiastic and festive spirit into the midst ofother networkers? This places you in a powerful position and reinforcesyour self-confidence . . . this builds personal empowerment.

Your positive energy will attract the winnersand team players who can assist you in

building an immense organization.

Positive energy attracts winners, so make it an aim of yours to developa greater ability to laugh aloud and have an increased sense of joyfulness.Choose to have an irresistible sense of fun and make this a fundamentalpart of your life. You have the power within to materialize any emotionsthat you want to experience. Any state of being you desire, you candecide to feel it now. Know this to be the truth, then develop and applya positive state of being to your own MLM opportunity.

Every man and woman has the same twenty-four hours in each day.It’s entirely up to you whether you decide to use your time intelligentlyand accomplish something worthwhile today toward your objectives.Everything is possible as you develop the winning mindset of anempowered professional Action Person.

Whatever you can conceive and fully believe in your mind, you canachieve. You possess incredible power to choose unlimited possibilitiesfor your life and your network marketing business. Anything you canimagine in your mind you can do when you apply personal excellenceto developing detailed Action-Plans and decide to take inspired Action-Steps toward the desired result.

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− 5 −C R E A T E A

L I F E T H A T

C E L E B R A T E S T O P

P E R F O R M A N C E

“The thing about performance, even if it’s

only an illusion, is that it is a celebration

of the fact that we do contain within

ourselves infinite possibilities.”

Daniel Day Lewis

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P E R F O R M A N C E

For you to attain a high level of success, you must command masteryover your daily actions . . . your performance must be excellent.If you are to achieve greatness within the networking profession,

it is up to YOU. There are only two actions in life: the first is ‘doing it’which is performance and the second is ‘not doing it’ which is excuses.From this day forth, you need to decide whether you will now performwith excellence or whether you will make excuses for your failures.

Choose to be the new improved you — the empowered winnerwho works in top gear — and determine what deeds you are willing toperform excellently to attain the success you are striving for within MLM.As stated earlier: My past does not equal my future. Today is a new dayand today is the first day of the rest of your life. Therefore, from today,perform your networking endeavors with all the excellence you can.

You are the best source of security for your life, so decide now todesign the rich lifestyle you desire through your excellent performance.It is an exhilarating feeling for you to experience fantastic highs in yourlife. So . . . why not experience as many triumphs as possible? Dare tocelebrate success as a top earner within your networking company.

Decide To Be A Top Performer

What is perfectly clear is that it is your choice, and your choicealone, as to whether you experience success or failure. Make the decisionnow that you will be successful, that you will be a top performer andthat you will create a magnificent life to be proud of.

Realize that at each moment of your life it is your choice as to whetheryou are successful or not . . . success emanates from your own decisions.Understand the potency of this concept. True success is the result ofliving by an ‘excellence’ code of conduct. Success results from the choices

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and decisions you establish, which can propel your life to the highestlevels of achievement. YOU need to establish the rules for your own lifebased on excellent performance . . . never based on flimsy excuses.

It is known that success is the result of living a purposeful life.Excellent performance, which is a major ingredient of success, is theeffect of results-oriented actions and is the culmination of living bythe highest standards. So establish top performance values for your lifeand watch the achievements compound into phenomenal success.

I have heard it said that long before joining their firstnetwork marketing company, many networkers were

disillusioned with their career or occupation. They feltthe trouble with the rat race is that even if you win,

you are still a rat. Networking offers an invigorating,unique and stimulating alternative to the rat race.

Success is a consequence of focusing on top performance. Ask thesequestions to determine if your actions are focused on excellence:

Do I have a clear vision of the successful lifestyle I desire?Do I know in which areas I must perform with excellence?Do I know where my actions will lead me ten years from now?Am I able to remain focused on attaining one major objective?

Within these pages, you will find the keys to answer all thesequestions in an emphatic and affirmative manner. Yes, you willunderstand what it is to be a self-assured Action Person who knows whatyou want for your networking business and how to achieve it. Whether:

Substantial financial securityRecognition and sincere appreciationFreedom from worries, fears and insecuritiesSatisfaction in performing endeavors with excellence

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Follow the multitude of confidence-building, all-powerful principlesas outlined in this book to create a life that reflects your commitmentto top performance actions. Understand that you are not at the mercyof forces greater than yourself, indeed you are the supreme force in yourlife. This book will show you absolutely how to use the tremendousforce that is YOU to manifest your greatest network marketing objectivesand help to make your grandest vision come true.

For Outstanding Success In MLMFocus On Excellent Performance

The networking industry is for people who want to participate in afinancial tidal wave. Like all brilliant concepts though, it is not all plainsailing and there may be some rough patches along with the smooth.Difficult times can make us feel demoralized and weak. It is at thesemoments that we need to call upon our storehouse of inner strength tosee us through tough times of adversity or hardship. To facilitate this,here are two inspiring sayings that need to be repeatedly imprinted intoyour psyche so that you can develop exceptional reserves of stamina,courage and moral fiber to see you through periods of difficulty.

When the going gets tough,the tough get going.

Tough times never last,but tough people do.

The law of the universe states that things go in cycles: day afternight, summer after winter, high tide after low tide, and so on. So it iswith our lives. If you experience times when everything seems to be achallenge, just remember that if you hang in there long enough, toughit out and apply the invaluable success principle of ‘excellent performance’then all things will eventually positively transform for you. That’s a fact.

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Maximize The Power Of YouTo Reach The Summit Of MLM

Appropriately, Section One will close with a rendering from ananonymous writer of what it takes for an individual to reach the summit.This applies equally to a person climbing a hill, or to you as a networkerscaling the mountain of goals you may have to set in order to reach theworldclass lifestyle you can decide to attain through your particularbusiness opportunity.

Go forth and build your network with the full force of your heartand soul, cherishing this profession just as you would revere a precioustreasure. Be a lover of network marketing, choosing to celebrate it withyour fires of passion burning bright. Be a builder of people, causingyour group to expand and prosper. Be a winner on this wonderful journeyto success, experiencing the full glory of MLM to the maximum.

See not the small vexations of each hour of the day.See the one purpose to which all are leading. If inclimbing a mountain you keep your eyes on each stonyor difficult place, as you ascend, seeing only that, howweary and profitless your climb. But if you think ofeach step as leading to the summit of achievement,from which glories and beauties will open out beforeyou, then your climb will be so different.

Today, honor your involvement in MLM, network marketing ordirect sales by acting on these principles — energetically, inspirationally,enthusiastically, professionally — with your flaming fires of desireburning brilliant, powerful and pure. This is the true power of MLMand this is the true power of YOU!

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THE POWER OF PASSION

Section Two

The Power OfPASSION

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T H E P O W E R O F

P A S S I O N

People at network marketing events have

a PASSION that is tangible;

you can feel it. Attend major MLM functions

and you will find enthusiastic crowdsabuzz with the special energy of PASSION

because they LOVE this business.

Be PASSIONATE about

your networking venture — NOW!

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Any time you want to see PASSION . . . pure, deep, intense, radiantpassion . . . look into the eyes of the most successful networkmarketers . . . their souls are on fire. The turbo-charged winners

of networking possess a passion for life that is contagious.

One reason that top networkers are universally admired and held insuch high esteem by so many others is because they combine insightfulbusiness training and visionary global concepts with their big-hearted,open-minded, soul-inspiring, self-help philosophy. For them, thisintimate involvement is just part of the process of empowering you intoattaining personal success, building a worldclass enterprise, healing theplanet, and having fantastic fun.

The most successful network marketers are passionate about lifeand intoxicated with enthusiasm when it comes to the MLM industry.They know that if you want to attract the right caliber of individuals toyour organization, you first need to display the winning characteristicsrequired of those people. Along with honesty, integrity, commitmentto excellence, focus, persistence, ambition, tolerance, determination anda host of other prized qualities, you must have your fires of passion burningstrong, brilliant and true.

As John Wesley, the famed eighteenth-century evangelist, keenlyobserved: “When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and seeyou burn.” Field Marshall Ferdinand Foch meant a similar thing whenhe perceived: “The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soulon fire.”

This Section Two of MLM Power aims to light within you the firesof passion that can set your soul ablaze in an empowered inferno andlead you on to glorious achievement through your own entrepreneurialbusiness opportunity.

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S P A R K O F

P A S S I O N

W I T H I N Y O U

“The network marketing journey develops

passion, balance and happiness.

Create a joyful life filled with

passion . . . and start today.”

Paulette Kimura-Shimabukuro

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L I G H T T H E S P A R K

Winners in the network marketing industry are thoseexceptional individuals whose souls are on fire. They have aflaming passion deep within their hearts that is always

burning bright. They have their fires of desire ablaze in a magnificentinferno of activity and achievement.

Fires cannot be made with dead embers, nor can spiritless men andwomen stir enthusiastic action or passionate performance. Excitementin your daily life is brought about by a passion for doing what you loveand loving what you do. Passion is the one essential element that lightensthe effort and turns even mundane activities into enjoyable tasks.

There is no guarantee that you will ever get what you crave fromany MLM opportunity, but unless you passionately want success youwill never be in the winner’s circle. You have everything to gain andnothing to lose by aiming your success-strategies in the direction of theproverbial stars, as success is reached by those who take enthusiasticaction and who maintain the most zealous passion.

The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings.If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply

as possible. In a networking business, so to speak, you mayhave to take whatever the weather brings. Your choice is in

anchoring your roots to enduring values such as determination,perseverance, commitment, tenacity, integrity and passion.

One day a spark may be lit within you. A spark that will allow youto concentrate your passion and fighting spirit on this new and excitingmission . . . the network marketing profession. From that moment forth,your life will be dramatically transformed . . . an amazing chain reactionwill begin, with you as the catalyst, bringing with it an entire series of

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fortuitous events. Into your life can come new friendships, stimulatingrelationships, fresh learning, added skills, increased wealth, peace ofmind, self-improvement, exotic travel, time freedom, greater vitality,material riches and enhanced all-round personal fulfillment.

To Be Passionate . . . Act Passionate

Winners are determined to win. Successful networkers, in reachingthe greatest heights of entrepreneurial accomplishment, have an all-conquering belief and powerful self-confidence . . . they believe in themost auspicious outcomes. These top network marketers know that truevictory is the discipline of overcoming obstacles and moving forward,persevering again and again. The leaders in all network marketingcompanies know the secret to crushing adversity is through firstdisplaying intense levels of passion.

Achieving excellence in MLM is the most exceptional kind ofreward. Making money is great and successfully applying thebusiness is good. But the best reward is the inner satisfactionthat comes with knowing you have reached a state of peak

performance by your commitment to a higher level of passion.

Success can be yours if you will ardently grasp this opportunity andnot let go. Being a winner in the MLM profession means operating atmaximum performance. Don’t hold anything back . . . becomemotivated, get inspired and take action to attain the highest level ofexcellence you personally aspire to. If you absolutely, unquestionablywant to be one of the top network marketers, get your fires of desirearoused into a burning, flaming passion . . . NOW!

The MLM business can take you down many roads. The worst casescenario is that you will make new friends along the way. The bestcase scenario is that you will make new friends . . . and get rich.

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The best way to love the networking profession is to love all thingswith intense passion. Become a lover of life. If you want to know whatkind of lover of life you really are, then listen to your own self-talk.How many times during the day do you say: I hate this, I hate that,I hate those people, I hate that type of food, I hate the traffic, I hategoing to training sessions; rather than saying: I love . . .?

If you truly are a lover of life, how many times throughout each daydo you say: I love this, I love that, I love people, I love learning, I lovedeveloping my business, I love all things, I love the rain, I love the skyand the stars and the moon? Huh . . . how many times?

You can show intense passion for networking.It’s just a question of focus, and of asking yourself

on a daily basis if you are intensely passionateabout your own MLM opportunity.

Just learn to love everything about network marketing: love thepresentations, love the training, love the people, love the company, lovethe directors, love the products, love the plan, love the global opportunity,love the possibilities, love the vision. The more passionately you lovenetwork marketing today, the closer you will come to creating the huge,flourishing organization of your dreams tomorrow.

Develop Massive Passion For AllFacets Of Network Marketing

Becoming one of the most accomplished networkers demands that,from deep within your soul, you show an unquenchable passion for allrealms of the MLM profession:

Be fan number one of your particular networking company . . . itsmembers, its directors, its products, its plan, its ideas, and its mission.

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Exhibit great devotion for the legions of entrepreneurs . . . these arethe individuals who are orchestrating the fabulous future of MLM,network marketing and direct sales worldwide.

Show massive enthusiasm for your company’s range of products orservices . . . be a fireball of unbridled excitement when new ones areannounced and released.

Display unending energy for your compensation plan . . . let othersknow that it is straightforward, streamlined and absolutelysensational.

Demonstrate great eagerness for the personal developmentpossibilities inherent in networking . . . let it be known that one’sleadership skills will come shining through.

Become an advocate of the network marketing industry . . . thegreatest route in the twenty-first century to financial liberty formillions of people.

You are the architect of your tomorrow, so design a glorious future.If you truly desire a life-changing, wealth-creating, people-buildingorganization, yearn to accomplish all of your aspirations, and crave theexperience of enjoying the wonders of this world, you need to live witha burning fire in your heart that creates an inferno of zest in your soul.

Develop rousing passion for all aspects of your particular businessopportunity. Use the immense power of your mind to program yourselfto become a self-motivated leader and empowered team player, and usethis inner drive of fire power to boost your levels of enthusiasm for thenetworking industry.

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I S T H E

S O U L O F L I F E

“Enthusiasm is the force that makes your hopes

shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in

your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of

your hand, the irresistible surge of will and

energy to execute your ideas.”

Henry Ford

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Enthusiasm is the state of being that inspires an individual to putvigorous energy into the tasks at hand. It ignites within that persona driving force that impels dynamic, top performance action and

is one of the crucial elements of a networking business conductedsuccessfully. With enthusiasm, the aspirations of an entrepreneur becomeburning desires and their goals become flaming beacons lighting theway to great achievement.

Enthusiasm is the ultimate emotion. It is a critical force that activatesenergetic action. Enthusiasm brings people to life, animating theirexistence and producing feelings of unstoppable passion for theattainment of their most fabulous aspirations. It gives rise to a zest forlife, builds buoyant sensations of self-worth and produces an eagerwillingness to experience every day to its full potential.

Enthusiasm creates feelings of supreme self-confidence for anindividual to be able to express solid convictions to the world. Topnetworkers personify enthusiasm through the boundless excitement theyradiate whilst striving to achieve their greatest MLM aspirations.

To be enthusiastic about networking . . .ACT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NETWORKING!

Most people have heard this oft-quoted saying, but very few seemto apply it: “To be enthusiastic . . . act enthusiastic.” You need to distanceyourself from the majority of passionless failures and join the minorityof successful on-fire networkers who attain the highest levels of success.Possessing an exuberance of energy for the things you want from lifecomes from acting that way. Do you want to feel intense passion forMLM right now? If so, at this moment just magnify your deepest desiresfor this business and act with multiplied exhilaration for the opportunity.

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Repeated study of each section within MLM Power and a determinedanalysis of your most ambitious networking aims will ensure that youconsistently display the enthusiastic feelings that are inside your heart.Enthusiasm may originate in the heart, but its power is unleashedthrough applied action. Nourished by thoughts of attainment, yourenthusiastic actions will radiate in ever-expanding circles to affect thecircumstances of your networking enterprise in ever-greater magnitude.

Enthusiasm is a vital force of nature with which anyperson can recharge their body to perform incredible acts

of endurance and accomplish the most amazing feats.

This book traces its source to the wellspring of genuine enthusiasm,which is passion, showing how it can be nurtured to attract the necessaryelements that can positively transform your life so dramatically. Theimmense power of enthusiasm is even now being released from yourheart and is radiating from your entire being as you focus your thoughtson the rewards of achieving your most coveted dreams.

You have your MLM opportunity to get you excited andignite your hot button. Realize that your network is a

winning lottery ticket. Treat it as such and it can bring youevery financial and material reward you will ever seek.

This instant now, are you inspired? All people are endowed withhigh levels of enthusiasm and could, if stimulated by the rightinducement, show extreme enthusiasm for something at this precisemoment. Such as a person winning the lottery: this individual wouldprobably demonstrate more enthusiastic passionate energy during thefirst five minutes after hearing about it than during the whole of theprevious five years! Many people simply have little to be enthusiasticabout in their lives and they have nothing exciting to ignite their hotbuttons . . . but you have MLM.

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Show Great Enthusiasm ForNetwork Marketing . . . Now!

The greater your commitment to networking, and the more intenseyour desire to experience outstanding success through your actual MLMventure, the more enthusiastic you will unquestionably become:

To be more enthusiastic about the earnings potential of yourorganization: look at the size of the income earned by the uplineleaders and set a goal to surpass that figure.

To be more enthusiastic about the multitude of training programs:aim to become one of the recognized company speakers, regionallyat first then aim for international recognition.

To be more enthusiastic about your company’s product range: studyeach specific product and actually use them . . . be a product of theproduct.

To be more enthusiastic about any of your upline leaders: focusyour attention on their virtues and attributes that you can respectthe most.

To be more enthusiastic about the true mission of MLM: set plansin motion to make a positive difference in the lives of many people.

It is easy to be enthusiastic about networking when you are emphaticin your intentions toward this profession. Make courageous decisionsand know the direction you are heading with your life . . . have definitechief aims to ignite a burning desire for what you want. This will createhigher levels of enthusiasm within.

No one can stop you determining in your own mind what yourmajor MLM objectives will be. Nor can anyone stop you planning

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dynamic strategies for translating this vision into reality. Above all, noone can stop you mixing enthusiasm with your plans each and everyday of your life and going on to reap the successful rewards of yourmost ardent endeavors.

The more excitement you show for MLM, the more enthusiasm you display, the more you like what you do, the more fun you

make it, the greater your commitment to it . . . the higheryour chances of a successful outcome.

Determine that from this moment forward you will take actiontoward the attainment of your network marketing goals with vast reservesof enthusiasm. Do this and you will be amazed and delighted at thegood fortune your spirited efforts will generate. You may be lacking indrive simply because you are just sitting around waiting for somethingexciting to happen within your organization. Well, don’t sit around anylonger. Have multiple targets upon which you can aim your ‘weaponsof mass enthusiasm’ and get enthused for the attainment of theseinspiring objectives now.

The world is dynamic, ever changing and filledwith spectacular opportunities for those who are

courageous enough to seek them.

It is enthusiasm that adds the spark of magic to any MLM enterpriseand makes it a festive venture. Enthusiasm transforms an uninspirednetworker into a powerhouse of motivational energy. Enthusiasm is thefactor that makes the difference between one individual going-with-the-flow toward a meaningless existence and another facing a brightfuture full of hope with all the possibilities in the world right therebefore them. Yes, be enthusiastic about your possibilities . . . now!

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W I T H A

M A G N I F I C E N T

O B S E S S I O N

“When you are inspired by some great purpose,

all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind

transcends limitations, your consciousness expands

in every direction, and you find yourself in a

new, great and wonderful world.”

Patanjali

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Outstanding success, financial autonomy, amazing friendships,material abundance, personal achievement and indescribablehappiness. These are some of the tangible rewards awaiting

network marketers who dare to live life to its maximum potential andwho dare to build monumental MLM organizations. In short, thoseindividuals who dare to become enthusiastic Action People.

The secret of phenomenal success within MLM, network marketingand direct sales will be revealed to all those who expend the effort requiredto study in depth this empowering book and apply the principles asoutlined within its pages. All network marketers are applauded whohave the GUTS ⎯ genuine urge to succeed ⎯ to go after that which theytruly want and to honestly give their particular business opportunitytheir most excellent shot through enthusiastic top performance action.

Momentous achievement flourishes with this powerful attribute:The ability to take enthusiastic top performance action.

The person who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.All that a person seeks to accomplish can result through enthusiasticaction directed toward the attainment of an extraordinary purpose.

Any man or woman who in their heart cherishes the achievement of adefinite magnificent obsession will some day surely realize this aim.

Enthusiastic action is of primary importance toward the realizationof an extraordinary purpose ⎯ one’s magnificent obsession ⎯ the singleaim above all others that will inspire a networker to take vigorous action,then drive this person forward with persistent effort in their quest forits achievement. Any entrepreneur can attain enormous success . . . allthey need to do is build a red-hot fire of enthusiasm under their ambitionsand develop the strongest determination to attain a specific target.

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Knowing one’s magnificent obsession is the start of all greataccomplishment in network marketing and in all facets of life.

When inspired by powerful, compelling motives and when buoyedby enthusiastic feelings, you — as an on-fire networker — can succeedat most things you desire. To experience enormous success within anyMLM venture, you must first conceive a magnificent obsession and setout to achieve it. You must make this objective the supreme focusedpoint of your thoughts, establishing it as your chief duty and devotingyourself totally to its attainment.

Steps To Develop Your OwnMagnificent Obsession

As an empowered networker who craves personal achievement andmaterial success, you must ask this powerful question:

Q. What is a magnificent obsession and how can I develop one todramatically change my life?

A magnificent obsession is a great purpose — a vast mission of yourown design — powerful enough to drive you toward incredible levels ofsuccess within the MLM profession. It is the motivating impetus thatwill form the backbone of your exceptional personal growth.

There are two major principles in developing a magnificent obsessionthat can positively transform your life and lead to the dynamic expansionof your business . . . but only if studied, understood and applied:

1. Your magnificent obsession begins with you asking yourself thisone stimulating question:

Q. What excites, inspires and drives me as an empowered entrepreneur?

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Ask yourself what is the one thing above all else within the entirerealm of network marketing that lights your motivational fires? Whatone ambition within this profession is most essential to you? Inother words, what dominant drive will inspire you toward achievingthe maximum you can within your particular MLM opportunity?Once you have identified the motivational spur that can kick youinto action, you have ignited the propellant that can boost you intothe orbit of phenomenal success.

2. Concentrate all of your resources on the attainment of this onemagnificent obsession. Your extraordinary purpose is the single aimabove all else which turns you on to success like no other. Therefore,you must completely focus your resources and energies on themanifestation of this one target.

This is your greatest opportunity now to find the one special purposethat not only lights your motivational fire, but quite possibly is yourlife’s mission. Ask yourself these two thought-provoking questions toachieve crystal clarity on your vision:

Q. Am I absolutely sure that the one ambition I have chosen as mymagnificent obsession will bring me the greatest personal satisfactionwithin my specific network marketing business opportunity?

Q. Am I certain that my magnificent obsession contributes to thebetterment of society, aids in the improvement of the environment,does good for those around me, or personally develops and improvesthe lives of people in general?

YOU are the only one who can answer these two questions . . . andonly after a period of intense self-reflection on what you absolutelydesire to achieve. Your major catalyst for long-term success comes whenyour heart is at the center of what you are doing . . . to be successful,you must do what you love and love what you do.

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Choose a magnificent obsession that satisfies your needs interms of contributing to the good of mankind. As long as your

heart is in the right place, do it. Remember this saying:If your heart is in it . . . the sky is the limit!

Having conceived of your magnificent obsession, and having shapedit around a meaningful purpose, you must mentally design a pathwaydirect to its attainment. Your focus should be on the mental strengthneeded to accomplish the tasks ahead and your commitment should beon holding the positive expectancy of a successful outcome in your mind.

Develop the skill of using your dynamic capacity for successfulachievement, which you can instantly command when you focus all ofyour resources on one major purpose. Controlled focus is like a guidedlaser beam, which you can command to cut through any obstacles thatmay come between you and the attainment of your magnificentobsession.

It is your own magnificent obsession that will provide the drive for your most dazzling life.

You now have a tremendous chance within your networking businessto break your mental shackles and dream at the highest level, tobrainstorm a magnificent obsession that will move your life forward ontoward untold accomplishments, to find a purpose large enough andgrand enough to challenge you to push beyond your limits and unleashyour ultimate network marketing empowerment.

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T H E T U N E O F

Y O U R O W N

D R U M B E A T

“The ship of heaven guides itself and will

not accept a wooden rudder.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I N D E P E N D E N C E

Wake up! You are responsible for how your life is at this momentnow. You are in control of the vehicle called ‘You’ on itsjourney through life. You are in the captain’s chair with your

hands on the wheel and your foot on the throttle. You decide in whichdirection your life goes and how fast you travel. YOU!

As an independent and free thinking network marketer, you havewide access to an immense reservoir of personal choice and possibility.Through this power of choice you can decide to increase your ownlevels of passion and enthusiasm . . . more than enough to perform thedynamic actions and display the persistent effort that will drive youtoward the attainment of your most spectacular aspirations.

The motivation that will spur you to dig deep into your immensereserves of choice comes from within the inner world of mental strength,it is a part of your personal thought power. Just decide that you want tobuild a huge MLM organization with thousands of eager networkmarketers, then just do it . . . now. Because, as an independent spirit,you possess the unlimited ability to do anything you choose.

As an empowered networker, you can make your own decisions,choose your own goals, select the lifestyle you desire, develop your

own relationships, design your own style, march to the tune of yourown drumbeat and do any one of a million different possibilities.

Through your ability to make decisions and select empowering statesof mind, you can direct the course of your networking business. Yourpositive thoughts, your optimistic attitude and your upbeat perceptionswill open up your organization to many magnificent opportunities.Instead of ‘reaching for success’ seek to ‘live successfully’ by making thisa habitual part of your thought processes.

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You can positively influence the course of your networking endeavorsby imprinting into your mind empowering thoughts of the auspiciousconditions you seek. Determine that you will live from the inside out,from the heart, being the very best that you can be and giving themaximum performance that you can give.

As An Empowered NetworkerYou Can Build A Global Empire

One of the primary objectives of MLM Power is to give focuseddirection and sharpened skills to the independent entrepreneur whohas an overwhelming desire to be successful within the networkingprofession. To give him or her effective strategies, workable techniquesand potent network marketing principles to help create a business thatcan impact the lives of the multitudes worldwide.

A major attribute of being an empowered networker is thatyou get to feel the passion of being closely involved in the

personal growth of another. You feel the non-monetary gainof helping somebody. Nothing is better for your ego thanbeing sincerely appreciated as a virtuous individual who

has made a positive difference in the life of another.

My aim through this idea-inducing book is not to make you thesingle greatest network marketer who ever lived . . . though that wouldn’tbe a bad thing, would it? My intent is to help you to reach your ultimatepotential; to assist you in accomplishing the maximum results fromyour MLM endeavors; to show you how to establish significant targetsat which to aim your most ardent efforts; to help you build a solidpersonal empowerment foundation, so that you are impelled to reachyour full potential; and to help you realize that through your own inherenttalents and abilities, you already possess all the genuine fire-power neededto reach the upper echelons of your particular business opportunity.

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These Three Empowerment KeysHold The Power Of Freedom

The actions that will help your business flourish and ultimatelychange your life, and your subsequent capacity for persistent effort, aremotivated first and foremost by your thoughts. It all begins with yourmental powerhouse. In other words, the ability you have to THINK, toACT and to PERSIST are all directly and powerfully interrelated: thestronger your thoughts, the more dynamic your actions, the greater yourcapacity for persistent effort.

By turning to your advantage your status as an independentnetworker and by applying these three empowerment keys that arefundamental to your success — thinking — acting — persisting — youcan transform your dreams into material existence, your desires intophysical reality, and your goals into solid achievement.

Also . . . you can develop the ability to become fully self-motivated,forge a powerhouse of inner strength, turn yourself into an Action Person,attain an abundance of self-confidence, realize your positive potentialto succeed, build a winning self-image and display the determinationneeded to reach any height of success that you aspire to.

Isn’t that how the game of life is . . . when someone takesaction with infinite enthusiasm, don’t they feel like they

can accomplish great and extraordinary things?

Starting right now, today, you can live an exciting, compelling andimmensely rewarding life. This is the first-class lifestyle you have alwaysdesired and the first-class lifestyle you deserve. Make concise Action-Plans today for the future you crave tomorrow. You must establishempowering long-term objectives . . . then take immediate, enthusiasticAction-Steps toward their attainment.

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Have the guiding force of a magnificent obsession, chase theattainment of it with enthusiastic action and you will surely

achieve astounding success as a network marketer with alifestyle beyond your wildest fantasies.

Do not be dragged into a state of inaction by lack of initial successin your MLM venture . . . keep your levels of motivation high, knowingthat better times are just around the corner. Learn what you can fromexperiences of failure, but keep your head up and continue to focus onthe positive principles that the leaders endorse so enthusiastically.

One saying worth repeating again is this: My past does not equal myfuture! Meet tomorrow head on with an abundance of self-confidenceand optimism. Always move in a forward direction, not backwards.Have big dreams for your MLM organization and a magnificentobsession ahead of you to look forward to. Say goodbye to the past,nothing can change it. You can study and learn from former events, butmove forward with this knowledge firmly in hand.

There is no rational reason to have regrets about earlier deeds orevents. The past no longer exists in any way other than memory, soleave it there as history where it belongs and face your wonderful futureas a empowered networker with the enthusiasm of a triumphant victor.

If you will choose to celebrate your network marketing businessopportunity and honor your role in it as an inspired leader, everythingcan materialize in abundance for you to live your life as passionately asyou have ever dared to dream . . . yes!

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− 10 −C R E A T I V I T Y

I S T H E

E S S E N C E O F

P A S S I O N

“It is better to create than to learn.

Creating is the essence of life.”

Leonardo de Vinci

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Be creative and set the entrepreneurial world on fire. Learn tobe creative within the parameters of your own network marketingopportunity. It is a fact that creative effort is linked to enthusiastic

action and is known to be a substantial factor in the peak performancerates of the top achievers.

The more enticing your creative endeavors, the higher the levels ofstimulation, the more excitement created . . . the greater the chances ofa successful result. Many networkers yearn to be more creative, but theylack the confidence to begin projects and the determination to stickwith them. Until you can hurdle these barriers, you will not reach thehighest echelons of success within network marketing.

It is assumed that artists, musicians, authors, sculptors, designersand other artistic types are the only creative people. But this is not so, asthere is a budding artist in each of us waiting to be unleashed. All thatis needed for this creative ability to be put in motion is a source ofempowering ideas, a desire to express oneself creatively, and a powerfulfeeling of self-belief.

Success and creativity rest upon each other. The mostsuccessful networkers are not only the most creative . . . butthe most creative networkers are usually the most successful.

Within the entire spectrum of the networking world, there are amultitude of ways that you as an enterprising and astute networker canexpress yourself creatively:

Each time a member of your network personally brings in two ‘direct’customers, offer them a dinner voucher for two people at a restaurantor a couple of tickets to a good theater show.

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Have a birthday list of every networker in your personal organization.Then, on their birthdays, send them not only birthday cards, butalso empowering books, such as this one, to motivate them intocreating an avalanche of activity.

Design a ‘good news’ website that broadcasts only uplifting andcheerful news exposing the lighter side of the MLM profession togive people another positive angle of this business.

Write a booklet, sanctioned by your company of course, showingnew networkers what can be done during their first twenty-onedays in this business to get them on the right road to achieving aspecific level of success.

Conceive your own ‘incentive award program’ for the newermembers of your group. An idea could be to recognize them forearning their first income. Use your imagination to come up withspecial ways to reward these new networkers.

Once your MLM income has reached a certain point, open yourown office to support, mentor, encourage, empower and teach yourleaders the necessary skills to take them to the next level.

Offer your services as an ‘ideas person’ so that you are involved inthe process of designing and implementing reward schemes.

Produce a humorous video representing some of the comical exploitsseen within the MLM industry. Use this tool to show prospectivenetworkers that this business can be great fun.

As recognition and appreciation are two of the key factors in keepingnetworkers involved in this profession, especially at the lowest level,why not take it upon yourself to find inventive ways to reward allindividuals in your organization, not just the top performers.

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Don’t limit yourself to one creative endeavor at a time. Brainstormwith the networkers in your group, and talk with your upline leaders todevise a variety of inspirational schemes to keep the passion juices flowingand ensure the business remains exciting. The bottom line is that themore genuine excitement there is in your organization, the moreexpansion there will be too.

A thriving industry such as network marketing, whichis united through its mission of personal development,

is a constant reminder of what is most important in life.MLM is an empowering, structure that epitomizes the

highest characteristics of human nature.

Within your particular MLM venture, choose to express your creativeendeavors in whatever style is most appealing and individualistic to you.Of course, the most important point is that they must have an excitementfactor for you. As long as you have the enthusiasm to achieve the objectsof your creative efforts and the passion to follow them through tocompletion, then you can succeed with them.

Display Creative Uniqueness In MLM

Be creative — be different — be unique. In the network marketingprofession, with its multitude of possibilities and opportunities, therewill never be another entrepreneur just like you. You are unique. Youpossess great talents and skills, but they need to be nurtured and utilizedbefore you can reach the level of success you aspire to.

You can achieve anything you desire if you will just believe in yourown abilities . . . and display them creatively. Don’t necessarily followothers like sheep in the pasture. Be creative, be different, be unique,and display your passion for building a huge network marketingorganization in scintillating ways.

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One important success factor in networking is to recognize the bigdifference between having and living, and there is a vast contrast. Morematerial possessions or more money — having — will not necessarilybe the answer to the improvements you seek in your network. Butpassionately expressing your true self through an intense enthusiasmfor MLM — living — leads the way to creative fulfillment.

You are unique and special . . . you are the one andonly you. As an independent networker, freedom of choiceis yours to express who you really are. Possess self-belief,creativity and passion, then declare your convictions to

the world, and your future will be glorious.

Will you make a commitment this instant, today, to display youruniqueness by being creative in your network marketing endeavors?Will you grab hold of this opportunity and squeeze from it all the passion,power and enjoyment that you know can be yours?

This is your chance starting today to reach for the realization of thelifestyle you’ve always dreamed of. Many people know what they wantto do during their lifetimes, but they never seem to discover a suitableopportunity to fulfill their ambitions. But you have a networking vehicledirectly in front of you . . . now. Will you make the most of this gloriousopportunity? Let’s trust your answer is a resounding YES!

From this day forth, choose to build your business enterprise withyour fires of desire burning bright. Experience all you can with energyand passion for every moment. Why not live with enthusiasm in yoursoul, love in your heart and an eternal smile on your face? And why notacquire a wonderful ability to experience the entire multifacetedspectrum of life to the full? The network marketing opportunity is herebefore you now and the choice is yours to build your organization withpassion. Choose wisely.

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THE POWER OF THOUGHT

Section Three

The Power OfTHOUGHT

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T H E P O W E R O F

T H O U G H T

Successful network marketers use the

infinite POWER of their THOUGHTS to aim their lives toward positive triumphs.

They have unlimited understanding

and seek to be the grandest version of the greatest vision of who they are.

Direct your THOUGHTS and

be in control of your ultimate destiny!

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Today you awoke with awesome power, magnificent power,phenomenal power . . . this is the ability you possess to chooseempowered thoughts. Know that you have the capacity to direct

this power for good or evil through your decisions. Use it wisely.

Within this power of thought-decision are the positive endowmentsthat a networker can utilize to maximum advantage in constructing asuccessful MLM business: confidence, resourcefulness, imagination,commitment, determination, integrity, belief and a host of other winningqualities. These are all controlled and directed by thought processes.

You are the one in command of your mind with authority over yourthoughts and deeds. Therefore, it is your choice as to what you thinkand what actions you perform on a daily basis. The Buddha said that weare what we think and that with our thoughts we make our world.Marcus Aurelius wrote that a man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.And the Greek philosopher Plato spoke of the immense force of ourthoughts when he said that reality is created by the mind and we canchange our reality by changing the thoughts that go through our mind.

This Section Three states emphatically that, through your power ofthought, you can choose to be an outstanding networker . . . right now.Today you can be an inspired leader for your network marketingorganization. Today you can discard unconstructive behavior patternsfor an enterprising demeanor. Today you can transform negative thinkinginto optimistic thoughts. Today you can swap destructive habits forwinning disciplines.

This all begins with you choosing to project empowering thoughtsof an awesome vision, choosing to design potent Action-Plans, choosingto take enthusiastic Action-Steps, and choosing to have a mindset focusedon the attainment of your major aims.

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K I N G D O M

O F Y O U R

M I N D

“Man has it in his power to perfect himself,

and in time completely to transform himself.

But this transformation must take place in

his innermost self, in his though-life.”

Rudolph Steiner

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T his is the essential principle of empowered thought: If you thinkyou can, you can . . . but if you think you cannot, you cannot.The truth of this fact as it relates to MLM is best illustrated as:

Whether you ultimately succeed or fail in building a profitable networkingorganization, it is entirely up to you. Your success or failure is, first andforemost, a mental decision created in your own brain.

Success comes in cans . . .failure comes in cannots!

The prominent networking leaders are the ones who recognize andfully employ the extraordinary powers of their mind. These individualsknow how to realize the full potency of their intellect, maximizing itsimmense energy force and directing it toward the accomplishment oftheir greatest objectives. These top networkers crystallize their hopesinto powerful beliefs, then into burning desires and eventually intoinfernos of faith in their capability to achieve. The outstanding leadersin MLM focus the clear thoughts emanating from their incredible mentalpowerhouses to design for themselves lives of immense mastery andcreate networking organizations of phenomenal vision.

Once you grasp the full impact of the power of your thoughts, thiswill change the way you live your life and alter the way you build yournetwork marketing enterprise. Not only will you be tremendouslyinspired and highly motivated as change affects your entire way of living,but you will be transformed by this power. There is a glorious life ofchoice, possibility and remarkable opportunity waiting for you . . . it isall found within the kingdom of your brilliant mind.

Harness the full force of your thoughts to make the most gloriousvision for your life come true. This book provides the insights into how

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this happens, so that you can apply it to your networking endeavors.All that you can conceive within the realm of your mind is ready foryou to claim now. The time is right. Are you ready to seize it?

You will possess total mastery over your life when you controlhow you respond or react to the thoughts, both negative and

positive, taking place in your mind at all times.

Understand that everything changes in wondrous ways for thosewho constantly develop the powers of their mind. Can you imaginewhat great changes will take place in your life when you start utilizingthe inherent forces of your mind combined with building yournetworking business in line with ingenious and life-impacting networkmarketing principles? It is the grand view of the inspired leader you canbecome, and the large organization you can create, which should beenough to compel you to work diligently at forging a new reality throughthese potent mental forces.

The Science Of Mind Powers

The powers of the mind are a very great science. They are the scienceof self, the science of personal effectiveness and the science ofunderstanding how to develop great empowerment. With an intensestudy of the powers of the mind, this will reveal new and compellingmaterial. To most of us, the ‘mental’ area is unfamiliar.

Our parents only shared with us a tiny glimpse of our intellectualpowers, because they didn’t comprehend too much themselves. Ourteachers and schools don’t teach it to us, because they don’t fullyunderstand it. Our religions and church-elders, generally, don’t teachit. Only if we are fortunate to find mind-power materials, or specializedprograms that instruct us about the potency of thoughts, are we able tolearn. We can then acquire knowledge about the unique mental powersand abilities that each of us does possess.

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It is often thought that control of the mind is a perplexingaffair; something that requires hard study, knowledge and

time to accomplish. This is not true. You already havewithin your mind all that is needed, and you possess all

the time required, to design your intellectual nature,your character, and practically your entire life.

Who you are in life right now, and what you stand for, is anaccumulation of all your thoughts, all your beliefs, all your feelings andall your emotions about every incident and circumstance that has evertranspired in your life. It is this amalgamation of all your understanding,ever since you were a young child, that shapes who you are at this verymoment. It is all your hopes, all your dreams, all your worries and allyour fears — every experience that has ever been processed through yourthoughts — that manifest your living reality on a day-to-day basis.

A flash of lightning . . . a thought . . . and the industryof network marketing was born, unleashing tremendous

human ingenuity and creating possibilities for astandard of living, and for freedom of choice, unequalled

in the history of personal business opportunities.

Your thoughts, your attitudes, your beliefs, your questions andeverything about you, create a vibration — an energy force —manifesting your life. You have your personal vibration — your energyforce. I have my ‘James Lee Valentine’ vibration — my energy force.All individuals have their own energy force that creates their own reality.So it is that your own vibration and energy force manifest the particularexperiences happening to you in your life.

This is such a powerful subject . . . don’t dismiss it lightly. Yourpersonal vibration and energy force, shaped by your thoughts, are thesource of your ultimate network marketing empowerment.

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Armed with knowledge of mind powers, you can takeimmediate control of your life. You can direct the mostawesome forces imaginable, unleashing the full potency

of your positive potential, manifesting the reality ofa spectacular existence, inside and outside the

arena of network marketing.

You are an accumulation and a combination of all your thoughts,all your beliefs, all your feelings and all your emotions. It is thesecomponents that produce your personal vibration — your energy force— that directly interacts with life at all times. As you begin to workpositively on your personal vibration and energy force, and as it getsstronger, your life will become more highly empowered to match it.

The powers of your mind will awaken themost potent abilities you have within.

You are in full command of your mental faculties. Therefore, youcontrol the magnitude and scope of your networking endeavors by wayof your empowered thoughts. You will develop an immense amount ofpersonal power once you begin consciously strengthening your mind.

You are the cause of everything . . . you are it! You will possessultimate empowerment as you create a grandiose lifestyle and build athriving MLM organization through the methods, laws and principlesby which reality unfolds. This is further enabled through anunderstanding of the two worlds of existence.

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T W O W O R L D S

O F

E X I S T E N C E

“So think as if your every thought were to

be etched in fire upon the sky for all and

everything to see; for so, in truth, it is.”

Book of Mirdad

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E X I S T E N C E

There are several extremely powerful principles that we mustbegin understanding before we can fully utilize the powers ofour mind, and before we can weave these forces together with

building a flourishing organization. This chapter in its entirety dealswith one such potent principle. It is this: We live simultaneously in twoworlds. These are two states, completely separate and apart from oneanother. These two independent conditions are the external world —outside of ourselves — and the internal world — within our mind.

The External World: Consisting of our material possessions, theenvironment, circumstances and the multitude of events that happento us in our outer daily lives. Examples are: the house we live in, thecar we drive, our career, the news on television, network-buildingtraining sessions, business opportunity meetings, products, people,the ocean, lakes, trees, flowers, the economy, government policies,global events, and everything out there . . . outside of ourselves.

The Inner World: Consisting of our everyday thoughts, beliefs,emotions, attitudes, feelings and our inner mental experiences.Examples are: how confident we feel in speaking before a group ofpeople, falling in love, the emotions of laughing or crying, ourthoughts of success, the excitement felt upon receiving a largecommission payment, having doubts, fears, expectations, hopes anddreams, and everything in here . . . within our mind.

A major misunderstanding for many people is that they think thisis all one world we live in. However, in reality, it is two: the externalworld, outside of us, and an inner mental world that exists within ourmind. Many people think the inner world is just a mirror of the externalworld. So this is how those people act, mirroring the external worldwith their inner thoughts. However, reflecting the external world iscertainly not the right way to create a self-empowered life.

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For an individual who doesn’t yet understand the powers of themind, when something ‘bad’ happens in the external world it often hasa profound negative influence on his or her inner mental world. Forexample: a networker hears that an economic recession is happening inhis country. He has heard this in the external world. But, now, in hisinner world, his mind starts racing and he begins to think absurd andcancerous negative thoughts about how difficult this business willbecome. His reaction is crazy. He doesn’t have to experience thisdisempowering reaction at all. This networker can learn how to utilizethe immense power of his mind to respond positively, staying in control,being empowered and directing his life as he chooses to direct it.

You live simultaneously in two worlds . . . not one, but two. Youmust learn how to respond positively by creating empowering thoughtsin your inner world. You must rule your mind if you wish to have personalpower to influence your direction in life for the better.

One of the greatest powers of the mind will berevealed when you take control of your inner world

and direct it as a separate entity to the external world.

These are two independent worlds. The secret of success is for youto think thoughts that are separate to and beyond what the outer realityof the external world would suggest to you. As an example: confidencedoesn’t exist in the external world, does it? Nor happiness? Nor a feelingof excellence? Neither do the negative emotions of fear, doubt, guilt orinadequacy. These are all inventions of the inner world . . . your innerworld. These are all creations of the mind . . . your mind.

Everyone wants to be confident. Even the most lethargic personyearns for more self-confidence. Well, I have news for you . . . it doesn’texist outside of you. There is no confidence in the external world. It isan invention of the inner mental world, created in the minds of peopleliving in the external world. The point is that you cannot purchase

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confidence in supermarkets or manufacture some in factories.Confidence is a product of the mind, beginning as a thought andintensified through continuous mental reinforcement until it becomesan empowering emotion.

Confidence is an invention of the inner world,as is every other empowering emotion.

Confidence, the same as all emotions both negative and positive, iscreated in the mind. Therefore, starting right now, you can direct yourinner mental world to think thoughts that develop only empoweringemotions and produce only empowering responses.

You Are The Cause Of EverythingThat Happens To You

Every single thing that happens to you in your life, everything,whether you like these things or not, is caused by you. Your first reactionto this news may be to tell me to wait a moment, that I do not evenknow you and that you are certainly not causing these things to happenin your life. My answer to you is: “Oh yes you are, you certainly are.You are the cause of everything that happens to you in your life.”

As human beings, we do not often like to accept responsibility forthe things that happen to us — that’s human nature — especially ifthey are bad things. It is so much easier when we can believe that it hasnothing to do with us. We can then blame other factors: the government,or our family, or our upline, or our circumstances in life, or blame justabout anybody and anything . . . any excuse will do.

Listen carefully to your own self-talk. Do you ever catch yourselfmaking these same kinds of pathetic excuses to explain your presentposition in life?

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The reason I have difficulty in communicating the attractions ofnetwork marketing to others is because I lack self-confidence. It hasnothing to do with the fact that I haven’t instilled deep self-beliefwithin myself by attending powerful trainings, building my businessprofessionally and mixing with inspiring leaders.

The reason I have no money is because there is an economic recessiongoing on, maybe even a depression. There are no opportunities forme right now. It is the government’s fault for sure.

Oh yes, we are all really talented at inventing excuses for why ourlives are not working as well as we would like. However, these are notthe real reasons. There is something inside each of us, deep withinour inner mental world, that we can use to take control of our life andmanifest our reality. Quite simply, it is this:

“THINK EMPOWERING THOUGHTS!”

Know that thoughts manifest action . . . and action manifests success.All your actions are a by-product of your mind, starting as single thoughtsand amplified into action through continuous mental reinforcement.Take responsibility for the thoughts that create your life. It may be soeasy to believe that what is happening in the external world has little todo with you, but this will not lead you to mastery over yourcircumstances. Being in control of how your future unfolds gives youan immense amount of power. This means that as you change, from theinside out, your whole world will begin to change.

Understand that it is all created by you. As your thoughts, beliefs,attitudes, emotions and feelings all change, for good or for bad, yourlife will change to match them. Use the unlimited mental power youpossess to feed your mind empowering thoughts on a consistent basisand watch your life explode into remarkable change.

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W H A T Y O U

H A V E S O W N

“The vision that you glorify in your mind,

the ideal that you enthrone in your heart,

this you will build your life by,

this you will become.”

Stanton Kirkham Davis

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Successful network marketers possess a wealth of valuable attributes.One of the greatest is that they recognize the phenomenal power oftheir magnificent minds. As you begin to discover the miraculous

potential of your own mind, every aspect of your existence will beenhanced. You will be better able to influence your conditions, directyour circumstances and achieve your most notable MLM objectives.

Your mind is far more powerful than you have ever been taught. Itis only a lack of belief in your inherent mental capabilities that has heldyou back from accomplishing all that you could.

As alluded to multiple times throughout this life-transforming book:Every day of your life you possess unlimited power at your command . . . thispower is your ability to choose empowering thoughts. Maximum utilizationof this thought-power enables your life to manifest as the ultimateexpression of your magnificent mind and for you to become the creatorof the most glorious future one can ever imagine.

Your life is a reflection of you, a perfect reflection.If you do not like the reflection, do not blame life.

Do not blame the situations and events of yourexternal world. Have a good look at yourself and realize it is all a precise manifestation

of your inner mental world.

You need to radically alter the way you think if you are to affect theflow of your thoughts from inconsequential to highly empowering. Youwill be amazed at the rapid transformation this act affects in the materialconditions of your life. Empowered thoughts of being a self-assurednetwork marketer will solidify into circumstances of achievement foryour business endeavors.

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This positive energy will flow down through your organizationimpacting the entire group. You cannot directly choose the externalconditions influencing your business, but you can choose your thoughts,which form your internal attitude and which surely shape your MLMenterprise. Stated an alternative way: If you will first sow the seeds of anempowered mind, you will eventually reap a harvest of good fortune.

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap,but by the seeds you plant.

All achievement within any MLM opportunity is the result ofconcise, directed thinking. Your actions and capacity for persistent effortare motivated, first and foremost, by your thoughts. In other words, theability you have to think, to act and to persist are all powerfully linked.The stronger your thoughts . . . the bolder your actions . . . the greateryour persistent endeavors. Your network will rise or fall, strengthen orweaken, due to the polarity of your mind . . . positive or negative. Overa period of time, your enterprise will grow as insignificant as yourcontrolling negative belief, your worst fear . . . or as consequential asyour dominant empowering thought, your highest aspiration.

The Law Of Sowing And Reaping

Think of your mind as a rich, fertile and well-nourished garden,with yourself as its master gardener. Whatever thought you plant in thisgarden that is tended and nourished will grow and bear fruit. Your mentalpowerhouse may be intelligently cultivated and developed, or it may beneglected and left to the weeds.

An important point to understand is that you must consciouslychoose to feed your mind on a regular basis with highly empoweringthoughts that are positive and constructive, otherwise your mind willcontinually feed itself negative and destructive thoughts. You mustintelligently cultivate your mental garden if you wish to accomplish

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great deeds as an entrepreneur. First you sow and cultivate empoweringthoughts . . . then you reap and harvest an empowered life.

This is stated here in a thought-provoking, mind-stretching way tohelp you realize the overwhelming power of your thoughts:

Sow an empowered thought . . . reap an empowered attitudeSow an empowered attitude . . . reap a winning disciplineSow a winning discipline . . . reap an immutable characterSow an immutable character . . . reap a supreme destiny

Whatever you have in your life at this moment is a result of all themental sowing you have done until now. On another level, whateversuccess you hope to achieve with your organization will depend entirelyon both the quality and the quantity of sowing you do to nourish yourbusiness with wealth-creating seeds. An alternate way to quote the Lawof Sowing and Reaping, which will open up your life to endlesspossibilities, is: Whatever you have harvested until now is a direct result ofall you have sown.

If you have a burning desire to know what is causing your present-day harvest, ask yourself soul-searching questions. Definitely of morevalue to you, though, is to thoroughly study your answers:

Q. Do I fully comprehend that the person who planted my present harvestis me?

Q. How many success seeds have I personally sown since beginning in thenetwork marketing profession?

Q. Have I read any empowering leadership books lately, the advice of whichcan effectively boost the moral of the networkers in my group?

Q. Have I listened to many personal development audiocassettes recently,the stimulating lessons of which can inspire me to ever greater heights ofachievement within network marketing?

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Q. Have I established specific short-term and long-term goals for myorganization and decided upon exact deadlines for their attainment?

Q. Have I established any specific written Action-Plans to point me in thedirection of success?

Q. Have I taken any Action-Steps today toward the achievement of mygreatest networking desires?

Q. Do I possess the determination to read MLM Power from cover to cover,then apply the principles to enable me to emulate the top networkers?

Q. Will I use the thought-provoking ideas within these pages for the goodof my life and to positively impact many people?

Q. Am I really living the dream life I would most love to live? If not, can Iunderstand that I must change before my life can improve?

Analyze yourself and come to some honest conclusions. Perhapsyou will need to sow many powerful, positive, constructive andempowering thoughts, and plant a multitude of success seeds. If yourcurrent harvest is a few skinny morsels you must be unimpressed withyour performance. In future, you will need to sow more seeds, andplant better quality seeds, if you are to produce the maximum resultsfrom your networking endeavors.

You must first sow the seeds of an expandingnetwork before you can reap the harvest of

a thriving, profitable MLM business.

Your mind is a far greater success-mechanism than you have perhapsever contemplated. It is an almighty powerhouse, with unlimitedeffectiveness at its command. Utilize its awesome power.

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L A W S O F

T H O U G H T

“The possibilities of thought training are

infinite, its consequences eternal, and yet

few take the pains to direct their thinking

into channels that will do them good,

but instead leave all to chance.”

Orison Swett Marden

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We are all part of the wondrous universe and our lives aregoverned by the same laws that control and rule the cosmos.To live successfully, we need to stay in harmonious balance

with our environment, as does the whole of nature.

There are laws and principles of the universe affecting our lives atall times. We know about the laws of gravity and magnetism, and thelaws that govern the cycle of the tides, the changing of the four seasonsand the orbiting of the planets. There are various invisible laws too,such as electricity and radiation, which we cannot see but all of whichimpact, influence and shape our lives to a certain degree.

As a unique and exceptional human being, and as an on-firenetworker, you are an inseparable part of the universe . . . as such, yourlife is governed by laws just as unquestionably as are the tides, the seasonsand the planets. Some of the laws which govern your life are concernedwith the mind, and in particular your thoughts.

Here are three such Laws of Thought:

Your thoughts are energy and have real powerYour predominant thoughts direct your destinyYour mind can create and concentrate thoughts

Your Thoughts Are EnergyAnd Have Real Power

Your thoughts are amazing, they are powerful and they are magical.Yet because they are so common, you possibly take them for grantedand fail to recognize their true strength. Each individual thought needsto be tended and nourished and encouraged to blossom to reach its

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peak potential. Once you can understand the incredible potency of thislaw — the fact that each solitary thought is an energy ray — this canhave a terrific positive impact, especially when the thought is multipliedand concentrated to boost its power.

Weak and scattered thoughts are weak andscattered forces. Strong and concentrated

thoughts are strong and concentrated forces.

Single thoughts have minimal strength and are quite ineffective whenperceived only once. However, just repeat the thought and it becomesconcentrated. Through repetition, its force is multiplied many times.The more times the thought is repeated, the greater its energy and themore power it generates. Weak and scattered thoughts will not be ofany use to you in your search for success and accomplishment withinany network marketing opportunity. You must develop strong andconcentrated thoughts, which are a creative and vibrant force. Yet,thoughts only become power-packed, energy-laden forces throughcontinual repetition and focused concentration.

To illustrate this, imagine a magnifying glass on a sunny day. If therays of the sun are simply allowed to shine through the glass, nothingwill happen. But if the magnifying glass is held at a suitable height andfocused at the correct angle, the same rays of the sun will becomeconcentrated . . . enough to ignite a fire. So it is with your thoughts.Learn to focus your mental magnifying glass, concentrating yourthoughts into a beam of energy that ignites the powers of your mind.

Your Predominant ThoughtsDirect Your Destiny

By thinking with emotional intensity, the condition of your thoughtschange and they become magnetized. They then attract similar thoughts

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the way that a magnet attracts iron filings. You will attract the conditionsand circumstances that match your predominant thought patterns and,as such, these will direct your destiny.

As an example, if you wish to be a confident and empowerednetworker, one who exhibits inspiring leadership traits, then you mustmake characteristics such as these your predominant thought patterns.Likewise, if you desire great personal wealth and thriving profitabilityfor your network, you must saturate your mind with thoughts ofprosperity and business-savvy. What you think is what you get . . . andthe more concentrated your thoughts the more you get.

Your current circumstances and status in life are a direct result ofthe predominant thoughts that have gone into your mind over a longperiod of time. You absolutely can change what you are, change whereyou are and change who you are by changing your predominantthoughts. All you need to do is decide what circumstances you want foryour life, then consistently reinforce this desire by feeding your mindempowering thoughts of these conditions.

Your Mind Can Create AndConcentrate Thoughts

This is the greatest Law of Thought, for this is where you can createthe thoughts that will bring your reality into existence. You have thepower within your mind at any time to create any thought. This is anextremely powerful principle. Even if the reality of the thought is notreal or realistic, you can still create it and concentrate it in your mind.Such as creating thoughts that suggest to your mind that you are aprosperous and successful networker before the actual conditions ofwealth and success have materialized within your enterprise.

Learn to create at all times using this law and do not limit yourselfto reality. Every day, through self-talk and visualization, you should

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create empowering thoughts in your mind on enthusiastic action, onan expanding network, on your abilities as an exceptional leader andeffective mentor, on successful results, on prosperous business conditions,and on any other desired circumstances.

When an object or purpose is clearly held in thought,its precipitation in tangible and visible form is merely

a question of time. The vision always precedes anditself actually determines the ultimate realization.

Make it a winning discipline to analyze the quality of your thoughts.Notice if the fundamental nature of your thinking is predominantlypositive and constructive, or if it is mainly negative and destructive.The ideal state you should strive to develop is this: Be conditioned toalways think empowering thoughts . . . instinctively.

Your mind cannot tell the difference between constructive thoughtsand destructive thoughts. Your mind makes no distinction betweenpositive and negative . . . to your mental powerhouse they are the same.It may not matter to your mind what thoughts it thinks, but it absolutelymatters to YOU. Your happiness, success and fulfillment all depend onyour predominant thoughts being of a highly empowering nature.The negatives must be stopped . . . and it is within your supreme powerto defeat them.

One vital point to accept is that a negative thought only has powerover you when you react to it. Once you develop the ability to ignore allaspects of a disempowering thought it then loses its strength, weakensand dies. You will retain total mastery over your networking endeavorswhen you control how you respond or react to the thoughts, bothnegative and positive, taking place in your mind at all times.

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Y O U R

U L T I M A T E

P O W E R

“With each returning night we are born again

and naught of all our former life remain.

Today, estranged from all past joy and strife

is radiant with new opening life.”

Palladas

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What is the effect of thinking thoughts? Yes, it is true that wethink thousands of thoughts daily . . . but this is a cause.What we want to know is . . . what is the effect? What results

are manifested by thought-action?

To have a clearer understanding of this, we need to know there arebut two realities we are absolutely certain of that will happen to usevery day:

We think thousands of thoughts every dayCountless circumstances happen to us daily

Why is it we cannot fully comprehend that these two realities — ofthinking thousands of thoughts every day and of having countlesscircumstances happen to us daily — may have something to do witheach other? Could they be connected? Could it be that the reality wemanifest is a delayed reaction of our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, emotionsand our personal vibration . . . our energy force? Could there be someinteraction between our inner world of thought and the circumstancesmaterializing in our external world? Certainly, I believe so.

If you want to create a successful network or displaythe characteristics of a gifted leader, then these arethe seeds — in the form of empowering thoughtsof this nature — that you first have to sow before

you can harvest those realities in your life.

You must accept maximum responsibility for what transpires in yourlife. You are responsible for what happens to you. One irrefutable fact isthat you are one hundred percent responsible for what occurs in yourinner world . . . within your mind. You must take absolute responsibility

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for this. You have total control over the inner world. As you begin tocultivate your mental garden it becomes ripe for seeds to be sown.Therefore, you never want negative thoughts, disempowering beliefs ordestructive memories occupying your mind at any moment.

You have absolute control over your mind . . . take full responsibilityfor it. This means that any negative thought that persists in your mindis there because you allow it to be there. Stated once again, with emphasis:Any negative thought that persists in your mind is there because you allow itto be there.

Ask these questions for verification:

Q. What jealousies, what grudges, what inadequacies and what nonsensefrom the past am I presently carrying around in my mind?

Q. What negative garbage is going on inside my head that I should havediscarded ages ago, and how long will I continue to carry it with me?

You have the power to either entertain thoughts or dismiss them, asyou are the one with complete control over your inner mental world.So take full responsibility for what occurs in your mind at all times.

Yes, every day I insert into my mind — through affirmation orvisualization — thoughts of an empowering nature. This winningdiscipline will create my own rewarding and fulfilling life:

Every day I insert into my mind positive thoughts of tremendousenergy, massive enthusiasm and great excitement for MLM.

Every day I insert into my mind positive thoughts of achievement,happiness and fulfillment as an empowered networker.

Every day I insert into my mind positive thoughts of abundance,prosperity and fantastic riches through my networking efforts.

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Every day I insert into my mind positive thoughts of colossal personalpower, peak performance and a spectacular commitment toexcellence within my particular networking opportunity.

Why do I insert empowering thoughts of this bold nature into mymind on a regular daily basis? Well, why not? I would be absolutelycrazy not to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. How aboutyou? Are you feeding your mind with the good, the clean, the pure, thepositive and the empowering on a consistent schedule?

Is your life where you want it to be yet? If not, I’d highly recommendyou feed your mind with dynamic, empowering thoughts every day.Such as: “I recognize that I, James Lee Valentine, have the power andability to insert any thought of any kind into my mind at any moment.”Yes, you can be absolutely sure that I take full advantage of this spirit-boosting, energy-increasing, self-empowering principle.

Know Thyself

Know thyself. This is the inspired message that the Greek philosopherAristotle had engraved above his classroom door over two thousandyears ago. Know and understand the power of your mind. Know andunderstand your capacity for learning and continued mental growth.Know and understand that you can create and manifest the things thathappen to you within the networking profession. Know your power!Use your power! Live your power!

Your life always perfectly reflects the condition of your inner mentalworld. Therefore, if your life is not growing as you would wish; if youhave objectives to be achieved, but are not reaching; if your life is notunfolding in the exact manner you want it to unfold; if your harvest isnot to your liking . . . what kind of thoughts have you been thinking toattract this harvest? What kind of personal vibration and energy forcehave you been emitting to manifest this reality?

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This is the empowering statement that I repeat to myself to wieldmy ultimate personal power: “During my lifetime, I am not interested inbeing realistic. I am interested in wielding and directing the most powerfulforces I have at my disposal . . . I am interested in stepping into the worldand creating and manifesting the circumstances I want to see . . . I aminterested in being an empowering force. Yet I know that any thought Iplant into my mind, that I tend and nourish and cultivate, will grow, willdevelop and will produce spectacular results in my networking endeavors.”

Here are two Power Questions to yield personal power:

Q. If I want to radiate supreme self-confidence as a leading networker,when will I start thinking confidence-boosting, enthusiasm-producingthoughts to induce this condition?

Q. If I want my MLM organization to be fabulously successful on a globalscale, when will I start feeding my mind on a regular basis with thethoughts that will attract success on this massive scale?

Now is the time to unleash the immense energy of mind-powers.Control your future via empowering thoughts, display full mentalabilities, utilize networking as a leading wealth-creation vehicle, andmaterialize a scintillating life of fulfilled accomplishment.

When will you begin to unleash the awesomepower of your thoughts to manifest your own

spectacular standard of living . . . when?

Do it now! It is now time to take command of your mind-powersand fulfill your ultimate destiny. Godspeed on your own journey throughlife. May you live each moment with the knowledge that deep withinyour mental powerhouse you possess the supreme force to shape, directand manifest a brilliant future. This force is the power of your thoughts.

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Section Four

The Power OfBEING

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T H E P O W E R O F

B E I N G

Success as a network marketer is a

result of adopting the right STATE OF BEING . . . the correct ATTITUDE.

Having a positive mindset is all about a

commitment to personal excellence in all actions toward your major desires.

BE the master of your BEING and

reap the rewards of success!

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B E I N G

One of the essential factors for success as a network marketer isadopting the right state of being. For the top leaders in MLM,this state of being is the proper mindset, the correct demeanor,

strong poise, a high value of integrity, the posture and behavior of achampion, an ability to mentor one’s associates to success, and a dynamic,self-empowered attitude.

Changing one’s state of being is more important to the long-termprosperity of a networker’s personal organization than learning anyspecific skills or knowledge. Once the mindset is ‘tuned-in’ to thewavelength of success, one can learn the key principles for a thrivingMLM business at any time with astonishing speed.

Successful network marketing leaders, due to definite learnedunconquerable characteristics, have the winner’s edge. Within thisSection Four — The Power of Being — we will give close study to severalof the character traits that will help all networkers become morecomplete, fully rounded individuals.

This examination includes taking a look at the mental attitudeswhich can empower a person to achieve amazing success, learning whya healthy self-image is so important, knowing how to develop anawesome activity-boosting Winning Philosophy, and understanding whyit is vital to choose the path of self-improvement leading to personalexcellence.

It is my sincere belief that the greatest discovery you will make byfollowing the dynamic principles as outlined in this section, is: You canpositively transform your life and impact the lives of others, often dramatically,by developing a new self-empowered state of being.

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E M P O W E R E D

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B E I N G

“Life is no brief candle for me. It is a

splendid torch which I have got hold of

for a moment, and I want to make it burn

as brightly as possible before handing

it on to future generations.”

George Bernard Shaw

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R E A C T O R R E S P O N D

You are a human ‘being’ and, as such, it is your inherent natureto ‘be’ particular emotions . . . such as a confident, determined, orenthusiastic entrepreneur. If you want to feel a definite way, you

just have to ‘be’ that state . . . instantaneously.

Don’t wish for certain feelings or emotions to occur in a distantmoment, just make an empowered decision to be whatever state of beingyou desire . . . then be that state now.

Being is a simultaneous, three-fold process: just THINK it, ACT it,and BE it:

Think . . . act . . . be . . . confident!Think . . . act . . . be . . . determined!Think . . . act . . . be . . . enthusiastic!

Being is an instantaneous process, meaning that the three steps ofthinking, acting and being occur simultaneously. As an example, let’stake your level of confidence: Once you have made the firm decision tobe self-assured in your presentation of a networking opportunity, thenyou must instantly think confident thoughts whilst acting confidentlyand your state of being will instantly be charged with extra confidence.

There are a large number of people who have thepotential to be celebrated MLM champions, but theydisplay the wrong state of being. Instead of exuding

characteristics of strength, they allow their weaknesses toshine through in their thoughts, actions and being.

As another example, let’s say that you want your network to beextremely successful and your desire is to have people joining your

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organization from all over the globe: Your success starts with the level ofmagnetism you display to attract the right caliber of individuals to joinyour group. This level of magnetic attraction is a by-product of yourstate of being. The greater the energy force that pervades your physicalbody, the stronger the mental strength you display, the more powerfulyour spiritual roots — all geared toward you being a successfulnetworking entrepreneur — then the greater, stronger and more powerfulyour state of being . . . and the more successful the consequencesmanifested through your entrepreneurial endeavors.

How You React Or RespondDetermines Your State Of Being

The human mind can do one of only two things at any precisemoment: either react to circumstances or respond to the situations thatdevelop. To react is negative and destructive, but to respond is positiveand constructive. To respond is also highly creative. You are the cause ofeverything that happens to you, because you choose — in your innermental world — whether to react or respond to all things occurring inyour life and in your MLM enterprise at any time:

Those who ‘react’ are reactionary and inflexible. They have little orno control over themselves or their circumstances. They are notable to create with their lives . . . the best they can do is go-with-the-flow on their journeys through life.

Individuals who ‘respond’ are the responsible ones. They are flexibleand completely able to respond to all events occurring around them.Subsequently, they create with their lives . . . they are in control oftheir own networking destiny.

Now, what kind of networker do you choose to be . . . reactionaryor responsible? Your choice will determine your state of being andultimately govern the success of your business. If you constantly react,

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you never have the chance to wield your true power. Who and what youare manifests your reality. Your thoughts and energy force — yourpersonal vibration — cause things to happen to you. As you learn torespond, not react, your thoughts will alter to a more positive frequency.At this time, your state of being — which is constantly changing —will alter to match your new success-creating empowering vibration.

It is not what happens in your network marketingventure that determines your level of success andachievement, so much as the way you REACT

or RESPOND to what happens.

Let us look at two examples of ways in which networkers can eitherreact or respond to an event:

Upon hearing that the local stock market has crashed, devaluingthe national currency, one networker may ‘react’ by getting angrywith the world in general. He may blame outside circumstances onhis failure to build a strong business, and stop going to presentationsbecause he thinks all efforts to build in this recessive climate arefutile. However, the networker who ‘responds’ to these same factorsmay do the following: Firstly, he won’t rush into any false judgmentsof the situation and he will analyze the scenario carefully beforemaking any major decisions. Secondly, he will try new avenues ofattack. If people are suddenly less receptive to his businessproposition, he may decide to double his efforts for several weeks.He may talk with twice as many prospects, go to twice as manypresentations and mentor twice as many downline members.

One networker ‘reacts’ upon getting a negative answer from herprospect by thinking ridiculous thoughts about how difficult thisbusiness really is and how under-qualified she is to even contemplatebuilding a MLM organization in the first place. What the heck isshe doing here, she wonders? Another, more empowered networker,

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‘responds’ to the same negative answer from her prospect by knowingthat she is not being rejected personally. The prospect is saying noto the opportunity for whatever reason, that’s it. This winner willanalyze her presentation skills to see how she can improve. Then,with sky-high confidence and her state of being projecting a positiveaura, she will present her opportunity to other prospects.

The characteristics you exhibit this moment — the winning qualitiesyou demonstrate, the determined attitude you display as an empoweredleader, your ability to communicate to your downline effectively, and amyriad other winning personality traits — you have attracted to yourselfby ‘being’ the person you are.

If you will change in a positive manner, not only what goes intoyour mind but also the way you respond to it, then all things willdefinitely transform for you. You don’t have to change what is outsidein the material world . . . all you need is to concentrate on positivelychanging what is inside, within your inner world.

Do not wish your life can be easier; know that youcan be better. Do not wish for fewer problems;learn to develop more skills. Do not wish forfewer challenges; seek more wisdom. All the

while, empowering your state of being.

Start developing an empowered state of being and begin sowingseeds for the success of your MLM organization. You can do this throughan improved, more determined mindset; through a higher level of self-esteem; through creating a Winning Philosophy; through committingyourself to personal excellence; and through being the outstandingprofessional networking entrepreneur you are destined to be.

Then your world will dramatically improve . . . guaranteed!

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M E N T A L

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A R E T H E K E Y

“What in your opinion is the brightest

moment in a man’s life? The moment he

really sees that by changing his mental

attitudes he can change his life.”

Vernon Howard

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A T T I T U D E

One of the greatest factors determining the success or failure ofyour organization is the ATTITUDE you demonstratetoward all aspects of this business. Your attitude is the key that

unlocks colossal achievement within networking. Attitude is the littlething that makes the biggest distinction in how your MLM fortunesebb and flow. Positive attitudes bring effective results to your life andnegative attitudes, of course, breed futility.

Your attitude controls your life. Attitudes are a secret power workingtwenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importancethat you know how to harness and command this great power. Thereare two major forces at work in your life: external and internal. Youhave little control over forces of the outer external world such astyphoons, floods, earthquakes and natural disasters. What matters isthe internal force, which is your mental attitude. How do I respond tothe disasters? Over this inner choice you have absolute control.

Your world will become what you choose for it to be. It is aperfect reflection of your attitude, which mirrors your state

of being. You can soar to great heights of achievement or youcan manifest a mediocre life devoid of glory. The choice isyours. To change your world, you must change it from the

inside out through first projecting a positive mental attitude.

Built over time, your MLM enterprise will become an expressionand a reflection of your fabulous mind. Yes, you are the creator andshaper of your venture. As an empowered networker, you are free to willany state you desire through the use of your thoughts, words and actions.Every day you wake up with unlimited power at your command . . . theability to choose empowering thoughts, make courageous decisions, takeenthusiastic action and create a positive mental attitude.

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Your entrepreneurial career can be smooth or rough, long or short,wealth-creating or energy-depleting . . . this is always your decision.The quality of your endeavors comes from the quality of your thinking.Thoughts produce actions. Take the time to study your thoughts andsee if you can find genuine connections between unfavorablecircumstances materializing in your network — such as few leaders, nomomentum, slow growth, lack of morale — and negative thoughts suchas envy, greed, doubt, fear and resentment.

Then think of all the positive emotions that cause a leadingnetworking entrepreneur’s venture to prosper . . . such as passion,diligence, faith, generosity, self-confidence and consideration. Don’t thesepositive emotions bring greater rewards to the MLM enterprise? Thekey point to understand is that it is your attitude — as the leader ofyour own organization — that makes the greatest difference in theultimate success of your network.

Your MLM Organization Thrives OnA Positive Mental Attitude

It is absolutely true that the quality of your thoughts determinesthe quality of your MLM endeavors. Well, the number one factor indetermining the quality of your thoughts is your attitude. No surprise.Your attitude very definitely influences how well you build your businessand whether you are able to get the maximum from it or not. Of vitalimportance to a thriving network marketing organization is thedevelopment and permanent use of a positive mental attitude:

Being positive in networking means looking for better alternativeswhen challenges arise . . . and focusing on SOLUTIONS, notproblems.

Being positive in networking means developing understandingattitudes . . . electing to be friendly and outgoing to all networkers.

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Being positive in networking means choosing to be optimistic andforward looking . . . deciding to look on the brighter side of life, nothaving a pessimistic outlook.

Being positive in networking means saying what you want . . . andstriving for the accomplishment of your burning desires.

Being positive in networking means doing what you love and lovingwhat you do . . . you must love this business.

Being positive in networking means having a vibrant, healthy self-image . . . liking YOU, respecting all people, and taking a real interestin making the world a better place in which to live.

A positive mental attitude is of greater value and is more importantthan intelligence and knowledge in achieving success. An “I can do it”attitude will help you to attain your MLM objectives quicker and moreeffectively than just having the mental ability and power of learning toreach them.

A positive mental attitude comes from having positive emotions.Emotions are the most potent and powerful forces inside us.

Empowered by emotions, human beings can perform the mostheroic acts. Examples of positive emotions are enthusiasm,

confidence, generosity, passion, desire and love.

There are four major emotions — the 4 Ds — which can triggerincredible activity and turn your life around:

Disgust: One does not usually equate ‘disgust’ with a winningattitude. Properly channeled, however, disgust can positively impactlives. The networker who feels absolutely disgusted with his or herown life has reached a point of no return. They are now ready tosay: “Enough! I’ve had it! I don’t want to live like this any more!”

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Look out! If you can get thoroughly disgusted with yourself, thiswill be the day that your life begins to turn around. And what bettervehicle than MLM with which to turn it around?

Decision: Most of us need to be pushed to the wall to make decisions.We have reached a fork in the road . . . in our journey of life.Whatever you do, don’t camp at the fork in the road. THINK!Decide what you want for your life and your networking business.ACT! Take action to achieve it. PERSIST! Be persistent until thingsbegin to positively transform. Decisions are the pathways to the purepower potential that lies within you. Remember: My past does notequal my future! The seeds are sown during your future momentsof decision that that will shape your network marketing enterprise.

Desire: The best way to build a red-hot, burning fire of desire withinyour soul is to know exactly what you want — have an awe-inspiringaim for your MLM entity — and to be energetically pursuing thattarget. Desire is the primary step toward achieving your grandestgoals. It is the starting point of all human accomplishment.

Determination: I will! These two words are so potent. When youresolve to do or die, nothing can stop you. The mountain climbersays: “I will climb the mountain. They’ve told me it’s too high, it’stoo steep or it’s too difficult. But I will climb it. You’ll see me wavingfrom the top or you’ll never see me again. Unless I reach the peak,I’m not coming back.” It is such iron-willed determination that leadsto the unleashing of one’s ultimate network marketing empowerment.

Master these four major empowering emotions and you will triggerincredible activity that can positively transform your life in a heartbeat,leading to your outstanding success as a network marketing professional.

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I S S O

I M P O R T A N T

“When the archer misses the mark, he turns and

looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit

the bull’s eye is never the fault of the target.

To improve your aim . . . improve yourself.”

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Your self-image is the mental picture you hold of yourself. This isthe way you perceive the real you to be. Even though yourperception can sometimes differ widely from how other people

see you, their view of you is not the major ingredient in your exertionsto create a substantial networking organization. The critical factor isthe image you hold of yourself . . . this is the catalytic force, capable ofdriving you toward outstanding success in your MLM endeavors.

The true image of YOU that you carry in your heart — the one ofyou as an enthusiastic winner — once empowered with self-confidenceand self-assurance, is the one that will ignite your powers of attainment,leading to all you desire. This is the image that will shine forth brilliantlyto others reflecting the new successful, highly empowered you.

Self-image is sometimes referred to as self-worth or self-esteem, witha poor self-image known as an inferiority complex. Whether you seeyourself as one of the outstanding leaders — dynamic, energetic,confident and successful — or as a timid, reserved networker with littleconcrete belief in your powers of achievement, this is the self-image youhold of yourself. The good news is that you can, at any time, changeand strengthen your self-image with a few learned disciplines.

There are four empowering objectives behind this chapter that willhelp you be a more effective networker. These are:

To help you realize that in all areas of your life you are in muchbetter shape — emotionally, physically, mentally, financially,spiritually — than you have perhaps ever acknowledged before.

To help you develop for yourself a healthy self-image, so that youcan have full belief in yourself as the confident, dynamic, iron-willed,empowered winner that you really are.

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To help you understand that as a networker with a robust self-image,you are capable of reaching the upper echelons of success withinany networking business opportunity.

To help you manifest the reality of a substantial and ever-expandingnetwork through your power of self-belief.

Your self-image will always remain consistent with who you thinkyou are. Therefore, for you to best succeed in MLM and gain themaximum from your networking exploits, it is vitally important thatyou display a vibrant, healthy self-image and that you show supremeconfidence in your talents and abilities.

Right now, you do possess the aptitude to fully empower yourselfinto thinking, acting and being a successful networker. As alreadymentioned, your self-image is your responsibility. It is, therefore, youwho must decide how much you appreciate yourself and you who mustrecognize the innate abilities you possess for inspiring yourself to builda substantial networking business.

Typically it is a lack of recognition and a lack of feelingappreciated that prompt people to leave an organization.

Note: Do not wait until someone else recognizes yourtalents or gives you sincere appreciation. You must beyour own number one supporter and praise yourself.

The awesome power of your thoughts, together with a positive stateof being, creates a success mechanism that has the capability to directyour life wherever you choose. You can decide to be who you want tobe, do what you want to do and have what you want to have. You can beself-assured, confident and courageous. You can be a highly optimisticperson with an empowering self-image, completely in control of yourown life. It is all up to you. The power is within you to shape your lifeand establish the vibrant, healthy self-image of your choosing.

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Network marketing is a story-telling business. The moreemotion-filled stories you have to share, ones that canpique your prospect’s interest in MLM, the strongeryour self-image will become. And the stronger your

self-image, the larger your network will grow.

A healthy self-image for all humanity begins with treating otherswith the highest respect. Treat all people as you would want to be treatedis the golden rule. As your experience of the compassionate world ofnetworking increases, your goals will reflect this caring for others andwill mirror your own empowered self-image.

Seven-Steps To AHealthier Self-Image

Of course, it’s easy to say: “Change your state of being, alter yourattitude and develop a healthy self-image . . . and your life will be greatlytransformed.” But how to do this without knowing where to start?

Changing one’s self-image doesn’t need to be a challenge and, infact, can be quite straightforward. If you will consistently employ severalessential techniques, you will soon experience a vigorous and empoweringview of yourself.

Here are seven steps to a healthier self-image:

1. SMILE: A big smile spreads joy to everyone you meet and gives thismessage to the world: “Hey, I’m a happy person!” Put a smile onyour face and you’ll be halfway to a healthier self-image already.

2. THINK: Think of yourself as already being the winner you want tobe. It’s difficult to be one of the top networkers if you don’t constantlythink that you are one. Think it . . . then just be it!

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3. IMPROVE: Immerse yourself in a course of self-improvement.Read books that can help you to adopt a new positive mindset.Watch inspiring movies, listen to music that empowers you, andattend insightful seminars to improve many areas of your life.

4. ACTION: Act in highly empowering ways — cheerfully,enthusiastically, passionately — with a fire in your heart for yourspecific business opportunity.

5. CHANGE your environment: Create personal space that makesyou feel eager to improve. Your environment should reflect the self-image you wish to display. Make your surroundings colorful, bright,inspiring and stimulating for you.

6. MENTOR: Follow the leaders. Find successful networkers whoalready display the winning self-image you desire. Model the MLMprofessionals. Follow their lead. Learn from their examples.

7. ASSIST: Help others attain success in their networking endeavors.One of the most rapid ways to positively change your self-image isto take the focus off yourself and assist others. Offer help to thenetworkers in your group. Help them expand in all areas of theirlife, not just with business concerns. Let everyone know what you’redoing and enlist their support to help and give ideas. The more youall feel like you’re part of a group effort, the more likely you all areto be successful, and the healthier the self-images of all involved.

Remember that your self-image guides your life. It is a great powerworking for you twenty-four hours every day, for good or bad. It is ofparamount importance that you be patient and recognize that mostchanges occur slowly, over an extended period. If you don’t get instantresults, don’t be surprised . . . and don’t give up. NEVER QUIT!Keep working . . . positive change will come.

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I N V I N C I B L E

W I N N I N G

P H I L O S O P H Y

“The ideas I stand for are not mine.

I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped

them from Chesterfield. I stole them from

Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t

like their rules, whose would you use?”

Dale Carnegie

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The essence of a Winning Philosophy — for you as a networker —is being committed to personal excellence toward all that youdo in pursuit of your greatest MLM objectives. It is the practice

of a few basic winning disciplines every day that will lead you to theaccomplishment of your loftiest network marketing aims. This all begins,first, with you asking this one powerful question:

Q. What winning disciplines can I follow every day that will dramaticallyimpact the scope and direction of my business for the better?

Adherence to this question starts with forming new attitudes, withcreating a strong self-image and with developing an invincible WinningPhilosophy. Benefits of sincerely applying your answers are that you willlearn the fundamentals of self-improvement. You will understand howto attract the right caliber of individuals to your group, how to buildthese winners into strong leadership role models, how to have anabundance of energy to perform the multifaceted MLM tasks with ease,and how to experience greater universal benefit through developing anexpanding network that is a reflection of you as its guiding light.

Becoming The Right Kind Of PersonIs Paramount To Success

Having a Winning Philosophy is a major factor in how successfulyou will be. Develop one that is invincible and your world can be magical,don’t have one and your lifestyle will be mediocre at best. Presently,how successful you are has little to do with your circumstances. Do notblame your parents, or the government, or your upline leaders, or theeconomy, or the weather. Where you are in life has everything to dowith YOU, not your mentor or your downline members, and is a resultof your current thinking and present state of being. If you have problems,

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they started in your own mind with a disempowering mental attitude.You need to be the right kind of person, before you can do the rightkind of things, before you can have what you most desire.

The greatest value in life is not what you get,the greatest value in life is what you become.

Do not ask what you will get from being involved in a free enterprisebusiness, or get from networking training sessions, or get from this book.Ask what you will become by giving more than receiving, or become byusing the empowering strategies as outlined herein. Ask what you cando for other networkers, not what they can do for you.

Develop An InvincibleWinning Philosophy

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This saying is so well knownthat almost everyone knows it by heart. Here is a question for you:What if this is true, and eating an apple a day does indeed keep thedoctor away? Sounds easy to do, doesn’t it, just eating one apple a day,so why do most people not follow such simple advice? The quotationdoesn’t mention smoking a packet of cigarettes every day, does it?You have to be smarter than this as it relates to the habits — now knownas ‘winning disciplines’ — concerning your networking enterprise andas you begin the process of developing your own Winning Philosophy.If you make this kind of simple error of judgment every day of yourbusiness-life, then it will accumulate into eventual adversity.

An excellent definition of failure is: A few simple errors of judgmentrepeated each and every day. Perhaps you are healthy now so you do notbother eating an apple a day because you think it will not make anydifference. Perhaps today it won’t, but over a lifetime of tens of thousandsof ‘todays’ it will. Look at how much effort you are putting into building

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a solid networking business and see what simple errors of judgment youare making. Perhaps you don’t attend training sessions regularly, or youdon’t go to many business presentations, or you don’t mentor newnetworkers, or you don’t follow up with prospects. What will these errorsin your current philosophy cost you over the greater period of time?The financial cost? The relationship cost? The cost in terms of success?Ask yourself if there are any simple errors of judgment taking place inyour networking endeavors that can be likened to an apple versus apacket of cigarettes a day?

An excellent definition of winning is: A few winning disciplinespracticed each and every day. If today you decide to eat the apple insteadof smoking the cigarettes, you have begun the process of positivelyturning your life around. Keep up this routine of practicing a few winningdisciplines every ‘today’ with your business endeavors and your personalresponsibilities. Attend all training sessions until you know your businessthoroughly, consistently apply what you have learned, develop leadershipskills, become a mentor for new networkers, know how to do thoroughfollow up with prospects . . . keep improving on a consistent daily basis.Eliminate the errors in your life by swapping them for a few winningdisciplines. And begin this process of life-change . . . TODAY!

Your Personal Vision Statement

As part of your new Winning Philosophy, you should write a list ofwinning qualities you either perceive in yourself this instant or wouldlike to see in yourself soon as a network marketing professional, thenphrase them in the form of a Personal Vision Statement.

Carry this with you and read it on a regular basis to strengthen yourpowers of determination, build a more solid state of being and raiseyour level of self-confidence. Have wholehearted belief in the positiveattributes you have written and they will materialize in your character.

It’s your choice, but you may want to word your own Personal Vision

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Statement similar to this power-packed example. Alternatively, write yourname in the spaces provided . . . and every day, emphatically state thisdeclaration to massively empower yourself.

My Personal Vision Statement

_____________________, I am a self-assured networker whois magnificently motivated and exceptionally enthusiastic. I amdynamic, exciting and highly empowered. I will forge my markin the MLM world by boldly building my business on thefoundations of action, passion and integrity.

_____________________, I am a respected role model andan asset to the network marketing profession. I have hugeambition, I am a big thinker and I enjoy setting inspiring goals.I have a vast amount of ability and do a first-class job ineverything I attempt. I believe in joy, happiness, excellence,ambition, enthusiasm and determination. Therefore:

I think, speak and act only joy and happiness.I think, speak and act only excellence and ambition.I think, speak and act only enthusiasm and determination.

_____________________, I have incredible dedication,immense drive and tremendous vitality. I am a winner who isgoing places, fast! I look great, I feel fit and I act sharp! I clearlycommunicate my passion for the MLM opportunity.

_____________________, I am a great and exceptionalhuman being and an outstanding winner in the game of life.I enjoy taking action to achieve my networking dreams anddesires. I go for the maximum and I always . . . do it now!

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P E R S O N A L

E X C E L L E N C E

F O R Y O U R S E L F

“Excellence is an art won by training and

habituation. We do not act rightly because we have

virtue or excellence, but rather have those because we

have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

Aristotle

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E X C E L L E N C E

Personal excellence is one of the key factors in cultivating a stronger,more assured state of being. Each day marks fresh possibilities forthe achievers, the winners and for those individuals who aspire to

reach the highest levels of effectiveness within the MLM profession. Ifyou desire to join the top networkers, use today to its fullest advantageby applying personal excellence to your business-building strategies.

If you perform to the best of your abilities in all endeavors — neversettling for second best — you will produce outrageous results in yourquest for an excellent lifestyle. Make every day a masterpiece of personalexcellence . . . then go forth with confidence that you gave it your bestshot. As I’ve heard it said at networking events: “Always aim to betteryour best!” In other words, give every effort your very best shot.

There are three hugely consequential, interrelated parts in displayinga commitment to personal excellence:

Always give your very best effortAlways give more than others expectAlways give 100% commitment to the tasks at hand

If you are capable of eating and drinking without a helper, then youare capable of further increasing your network marketing aptitude andable to significantly improve yourself. If you are serious about attainingsubstantial success in MLM, ask this Power Question:

Q. How can I significantly improve myself as a networker?

Ask this question daily and take action on it daily. By doing so,there is one fact that will emerge with crystal clarity: Through followinga strict program of personal excellence, you will become profoundly enriched,mentally, spiritually and financially.

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Personal Development Leads ToPersonal Excellence

Whilst most networkers are eager to improve their lives, some areunwilling to invest the effort needed for self-development. They thenwonder why others race ahead of them in their particular venture andtheir mediocre existence remains the same.

Use the networking opportunity as an aid to precipitate yourpersonal excellence and as a means to discover and develop

your limitless powers and untapped positive potential.

As the Roman scholar Suetonius said: “Idleness is the stupidity ofthe body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.” This is a perfectexample of the waste of human potential when an individual lets his orher mind become idle. The person becomes stupid, not because theyare naturally that way, but because they do not consistently exercisetheir mind or positively cultivate a winning attitude every day. You needto exercise your mind on a disciplined regular basis to stimulate personaldevelopment growth.

You can discover and implement the principles of self-improvementand personal excellence through many practical methods, such as:

READING: Read self-improvement books, read books on all areasof specialized interest to you, and read books written by peoplewho have overcome adversity or failure and who are winners in theareas within which you desire to achieve success.

LISTENING: A tremendous source from which to learn personaldevelopment principles is by listening to rousing and knowledge-building audiocassette or multimedia programs from worldwideMLM champions or listen in person at networking events.

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COMMUNICATING: You’ll improve by watching, listening toand communicating with the proven leaders in your chosen areas ofself-improvement.

TRAINING: Recommended for networkers who crave excellenceare seminars and workshops that offer the opportunity to improveany area of life or to strengthen any facet of human potential.

Leaders Are ReadersAnd Readers Are Leaders

All leaders are readers . . . they read, read, read. They are so curiousto know more that they are driven to read. This is one thing all successfulpeople have in common: they just have to know more. Reading is mentalexercise of the highest quality. Almost without exception, top networkersthe world over, those with enduring success, are strong readers.

Strong readers are not born this way . . . they develop the habit bydevoting at least thirty minutes daily to increasing their knowledgethrough reading excellent books. Are you a strong reader? Yes? If so,that’s great. However, just to check, what empowering books are youreading today . . . on teamwork, on leadership, on sales skills?

In the networking environment, it is not just you who isempowered by changing your language to a more positive

nature; it is all the other networkers around you too.There is a positive alternative to every word, find it.

Networkers who crave lasting success will greatly enhance theirpossibilities through the application of an acutely empowered vocabulary.Long-term, a person’s careful choice of words will have a tremendousimpact on their quality of lifestyle. Learn that certain words areconstructive and empowering and should be used daily, while others

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are negative and destructive and must be permanently discarded fromall MLM communication. Your state of being will change in proportionto the empowering nature of the vocabulary you consistently employ.Think positive . . . talk positive . . . be positive!

Power Questions Enhance YourMental Powerhouse

The quality of your life is a reflection of the potency of the questionsyou mentally ask yourself. Upon waking, if your habitual thoughts areregularly along these lines: “What’s for breakfast?” or “I wonder what’son television today?” for sure this will produce an uncertain future foryou . . . likely one that’s not very successful.

Alternatively, if you awaken with thoughts on your mind such as:“Wow, I feel fabulous, so why not give focused effort toward my majoraims today?” or “What actions can I take today that will help the peoplein my organization be even more successful?” then these Power Questionswill produce greater, more extraordinary results in your business. Whynot, from tomorrow morning, study your own early-morning mentalquestions to see if they add zip or drag to the start of your day?

The principles of personal excellence can be put to work this veryday with powerful results. All you need to do is apply fixed purpose toyour thinking and persistence to your disciplines . . . then you will beon your way to outstanding success in networking. It may take a monthor a year or a decade, but the super-abundance that will eventuallymaterialize in your life is surely worth the effort required.

No networker will become an instant millionaire or an overnightsuccess through the principles of self-improvement. However, any personwho puts a solid program of personal excellence into immediate andcontinuing effect will be greatly enriched, financially and mentally, andtheir state of being will be greatly empowered.

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Section Five

The Power OfDECISION

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T H E P O W E R O F

D E C I S I O N

DECISION is a POWER that all

successful network marketers use to

transform every facet of their LIFE.

Once you master the forces that your

decisions embrace, you can use them

to dramatically revolutionize your life.

Use the POWER of DECISIONeach day to master your life’s choices!

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You have a choice. As a free-willed, free-spirited, self-empowerednetwork marketer, you always have a choice. Every new day youawake with awesome power at your command. What is this

unstoppable force? It is your power of DECISION . . . the ability youpossess to choose new empowered thoughts at any moment.

Section Five emphasizes this fact: What you think is always your choice.It is up to you to harness the fabulous power of your decision-makingfaculties. For you, and only you, are the one who decides what youthink at each and every moment of your entrepreneurial existence.

At any time, as an empowered networker, you can decide to takethe high road toward success by choosing to radiate massive enthusiasmfor your particular opportunity, or you can take the low road towardmediocrity by choosing to show the exact opposite characteristics. It istrue that the quality of your decisions determines the quality of yournetwork marketing endeavors.

Your ability to be self-empowered comes from this faculty of decision-making. Utilize the dynamic force of your decision-making capabilitiesto feed your mind a constant stream of upbeat, empowering thoughts,highlighting the remarkable benefits of network marketing.

Directly you will materialize a super-abundance of all the great thingsa successful MLM organization can offer: vastly increased wealth, libertyof personal choice, meaningful relationships, special friendships, materialpleasure, time freedom, personal development, and true independence.

The power of decision is one of your greatest assets. Use it to unleashyour peak performance and utilize its powers to direct your networkingbusiness to the ultimate destination of unlimited success.

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D I R E C T Y O U R

D E S T I N Y

“The power of decision. Everything that happens

in your life — both what you’re thrilled with

and what you’re challenged by — began with

a decision. It is in your moments of decision

that your destiny is shaped.”

Anthony Robbins

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Every decision begins as a thought. If thinking is your pathway topower, then it must be true that your decisions are your surestand most rapid super-expressway to success. Decisions are the

strongest and most powerful way for you to positively transform yourcircumstances . . . within your business and within your personal life.

By making decisions, you are taking responsibility for your life toguide it through the labyrinth of choices available to you. It is the forceof your past and present decisions that will guide your current actionsand bring forth future success. Yes . . . it is in your strength of decisiontoday that you will direct your actions tomorrow.

Successful networkers, those with flourishing organizations, havethe habit of making decisions promptly and firmly . . . and they stick-with-them. Whilst most unsuccessful networkers, whose MLM groupsare not at all prolific, make decisions in vain and implement them slowly.

One of the empowering aspects to know regarding your decision-making ability is that you already possess all the inherent talent necessaryto make decisions . . . outrageous and mighty. Your free will — to think,to act, to take control, to shape your life — can best be harnessed whenyou make committed decisions to get what you want. Only then canyour life and your networking business make an effective transformation.

Right now, know that you can muster the courage and summon thepower to make empowering decisions that will revolutionize your lifeforever. Know that it is up to you . . . it is always up to you. Ask yourselfpowerful questions to see if they can prompt you into making somedynamic life-impacting decisions right now:

Q. Will today be the day I decide to take control of my network marketingendeavors by wielding and directing my incredible power of decision?

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Q. Will today be the day I decide that from this moment forward Idemonstrate only the winning side of my personality in all businessendeavors?

Q. Will today be the day I decide that who I am and what I stand for willbe consistent with the quality of my highest aspirations?

Q. Will today be the day I decide to outline specific targets for my networkaffiliates and inspire them into dynamic effort through rigorous adherenceto definite written Action-Plans?

Q. Will today be the day I choose a magnificent aim for my MLMorganization and decide to make a marvelous difference in the world,positively impacting the lives of many people?

You have unlimited chances to make empowering decisions thatcan have a tremendous positive impact on your life. When you make acommitted decision to take a forward Action-Step, within reason youcan do it. Sure, there may be obstacles and challenges along the way.However, fierce self-belief expressed through firm decisions, and intenseself-confidence shown through enthusiastic endeavor, will be thestepping stones that carry you over any troublesome times, leading youon to triumphant victory.

Strengthen Your BusinessThrough Firmness Of Decision

Making decisions can be likened to exercising muscles: the greaterthe intensity of the exercise, the stronger the muscles grow. Likewise,the firmer your decisions — as an empowered networker — the moreconviction behind them, the greater the impact they will have on yourorganization. You have made a firm decision when a commitment ismade to achieve a specific result and thoughts of all other possibilitiesare cut off. To reach the upper echelons of success in MLM, you must

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display true resolve for your decisions. You must take enthusiastic actionto ignite them, and follow through with eager determination towardthe attainment of the desired results.

Hannibal was one of the world’s greatest soldiers. Hepossessed extraordinary tactical skill, a bold conception ofstrategy and a capacity for leadership that commanded the

loyalty of his troops amid danger and defeat. “We will eitherfind a way, or make one,” said Hannibal as he led an army

of thirty thousand troops over the Swiss Alps into Italy.Yes, that was a firm and courageous decision.

When you are truly committed to a decision, that is it, final, younever even consider the possibility of turning back. It is not what hashappened to you in the past that determines your level of success, ratherit is your decisions now, and at each stage in the future, that determinethe subsequent course of your personal networking organization.

It is your decisions about what you will focus on, what things meanto you, and what you will do about them, which matter most.Committed decisions are the powerful forces that sculpt your businessand shape your life. Your decisions play an unquestionable role indefining your destiny.

Commitment : The Ability To Stick-With-It

By now, you must know that I am a true believer in the astonishingpower of decision-making. I believe wholeheartedly that it is in ourmoments of decision that we shape the future course of our lives. It hasnothing to do with our circumstances. We are the ones who are in controlof our long-term future by using the awesome power of our thoughts tomake mind-blowing, earth-shattering, life-changing decisions.

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The ability to stick with a program of personal growth, theability to stick with a regimen of goal-setting and action-planning, the ability to stick with a task until completed,these are all talents to be admired in a network marketer.

So, how do you develop this focused ability to stick-with-it?COMMITMENT is the key.

The competence to stick-with-it is developed through the power ofcommitting to your decisions. Commitment is when you givewholehearted, one hundred percent effort to the tasks at hand. If you‘give it a try’ to see if it works, it won’t. If you ‘wait to see’ what happens,you will see nothing. This is true for all facets of every networkingopportunity . . . nothing happens until committed action is taken toproduce a result.

The networker who is committed to success, gets from where he orshe is now to somewhere better by consistently doing tasks that otherswill not do. Commitment means sticking to the decision once it hasbeen made and following through with the necessary drive and reservesof energy required to attain the desired successful results.

It is not what ‘happens to you’ during your time involved in a MLMventure that matters, it is what you ‘decide to do about it’ that counts.Good and bad things happen to us all, but it is the way we choose torespond to these things in an empowering manner that makes the greatestdifference in how our networks develop.

We all have the capability to positively transform our networkmarketing fortunes. This revolution results from our stunning power ofdecision . . . the empowered thoughts we think and the strategic choiceswe make are what matter most.

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Y O U R T R U E

D E F I N I T I O N

O F S U C C E S S

“The man who succeeds above his fellows

is the one who early in life, clearly discerns

his object, and towards that object

habitually directs his powers.”

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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S U C C E S S

Now is the time — this instant — for you to make courageousdecisions for the future success of your networking venture.Be definite about what you do and do not want for your

business. You must know what you want before you can get it, so decideexactly what it is that you desire. Make these important decisionsconcerning the ultimate success of your personal organization now.Be definite in your choices. Be specific. Do not be vague. Decide preciselywhat you want, then go for the attainment of exactly that.

It is you who has the first and the last word in determining howsuccessful your MLM group is. Your level of performance will always beconsistent with who and what you think you are. Therefore, it is vitalfor you to make decisions that will empower you as the head of yourorganization and lead to a more powerful team effort. Also, you musthave an abundance of confidence in your abilities if you are to excel inyour endeavors and experience maximum rewards. Take responsibilityfor the success of your network and decide how profitable it will be.

What Is ‘Success’ To You?

Success. It means different things to all people. Have you ever askedyourself: “What does success mean to me? What would it take for me toconsider myself a success?” We all say we want success, but what does‘success’ really mean to you? As it relates to your MLM efforts, whatwill it take for you to consider yourself rewarded in this business?

For a certain networker, success may be speaking confidently infront of a group of prospects. For another, it may mean earning arecurring weekly income. For yet another, with eyes aiming for the toplevels of networking, success may be an organization that attracts newmembers on a fast, continual basis.

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As a networker aiming for the apex of attainment, a major step is toclarify your own unique definition of success. Many define success instrictly financial terms, but that’s not the only measure. Even more vital,perhaps, is to include some of these fundamentals when defining exactlywhat ‘success’ means to you:

How can I make the other networkers in my group feel sincereappreciation for their efforts?

What level of avid commitment will I strive to maintain in mynetwork marketing endeavors?

Through my MLM organization, am I, in any way, contributing toimprove the world?

If I had the power to build my network to any size, the lives of howmany people would be positively impacted in the process?

What will be my lasting legacy when I die, what will I leave behindthat will benefit all mankind?

Once you have answered these questions and defined success inyour own personal terms, you need to decide what you love beingsuccessful at within the networking arena. Here are some empoweringdecisions you could make for yourself as a fortuitous networker:

I love being successful as a supremely confident presenter of theMLM business opportunity.

I love being successful as the inspired leader of multitudes of eagernetworkers in my group.

I love being successful as a speaker who is able to deliver highlyenthusiastic presentations.

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I love being successful as a mentor empowering other networkers toreach higher levels of success.

I love being successful as a philanthropist giving charitable donationsfrom my networking income to improve the lives of less fortunateindividuals.

Through the unique nature of your particular opportunity, you canacquire the character traits of a successful networker because you possessinfinite power to direct your thoughts and make empowered decisions.Make your decisions those of enthusiasm, self-confidence, prosperity,success and enterprise if these are the states of being you seek.

Yes, it is up to you . . . it is your decision!

Building A Network Is AJourney . . . Not A Destination

The process of building a massive worldwide organization is anextraordinary journey to be savored each step of the way . . . it is notjust a destination. A big mistake is made if you treat your networkingenterprise like a destination way off in the distance. Perhaps you arealways going to do something one day: going to be successful; going totrain the new associates; going to gain leadership skills; going to be abetter presenter of the business opportunity; going to create a programof effective follow up techniques; going to start a savings and investmentplan with the extra income.

It sounds like you are always going — always traveling — so nowonder you never have enough time to achieve significant success. Thetruth is that going to is a destination you will never reach. From thismoment forward, transform your vocabulary and make a vow to yourselfto never again make the statement that you are going to do anything.

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As an empowering alternative, learn instead to say: I will do this;I will be successful; I will train the new associates; I will gain leadershipskills; I will be a better presenter of the business opportunity; I willcreate a program of effective follow up techniques; I will start a savingsand investment plan with the extra income.

Once your vocabulary is empowered to add another dimension toyour effectiveness as a networker, make it another winning discipline ofyours to always DO IT NOW! Now is always the right time to designAction-Plans and take forward Action-Steps, so make a decision this instantto positively transform your life and empower your organization.

Decide to accept nothing but the best for your MLM enterpriseand choose to be an energetic, confident, motivated, audacious,vivacious, honest, inspired, enthusiastic, dynamic, thoughtful,

healthy, vibrant, compassionate, trusting, creative, kind,and supremely successful networker. Make this decision,

be highly empowered and just . . . DO IT NOW!

Success is a consequence of attaining one’s greatest desires. Thestarting point of all success is desire . . . that which is wanted intenselyby the individual. This is the starting point. Desire is the infinite urgeof life for expression, expansion and attainment. However, surprisingly,few people actually know what they really want. Few networkers everdefine, in a concrete way, exactly what they ask of life. What about you?

You, from this moment forward, as a highly empowered networkingleader, through the awesome power of decision, can define your needsand strive to attain all you ask of life. Decision is your key to a gloriousnew future whereby your MLM group can literally expand worldwideand make a positive transformation in the lives of people globally. Makeyour decisions wisely and today launch your most compelling of futureswith thoughts, words and actions that are inspiring and empowering.

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T H O U G H T S

C R E A T E A

Q U A L I T Y L I F E

“We are what our thoughts have made us;

so take care about what you think.

Words are secondary. Thoughts

live; they travel far.”

Swami Vivekananda

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For you to experience the maximum reward from your MLMendeavors and manifest the highest standard of living — for youand for the members of your network — you have to first

strengthen your attitude through a commitment to personal excellence.This is achieved by thinking quality thoughts that create a quality life.

For sure, your existing lifestyle is better than you appreciate it to be,it’s all a matter of contrasts. No matter how demoralized, depressed,destitute or disheartened you get, if today you are a member of a MLMcorporation, have ample food to eat, clothes on your back and shoes onyour feet, then your life is in better shape than the vast majority of theplanet’s population. Understand that the world is your oyster.

Once you can grasp the incredible significance of how fortunateyou are to be here at this instant, then take this fundamental truth andtoday launch your new thoughts, your new decisions and your new life.Be thankful for what you already possess, learn a winner’s attitude fromthe leading networkers, then go forth striving for the attainment ofmany glorious aspirations. Design powerful objectives that will driveyou toward incredible levels of success within the networking business.

Your mind is far more powerful than you have everbeen taught. It is only your own limiting, negativeand disempowering belief systems that are holding

you back from accomplishing all that you can.

Where does it all begin? It begins with decision. Know that youhave the power to change what goes into your mind by empoweringyour thought patterns on a continual basis and by following these changeswith enthusiastic action toward networking targets. As you begin tounderstand the absolute power of your mind, all aspects of your life will

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be enhanced. You will be able to influence the conditions surroundingyou, direct your circumstances, change your states of being, and achieveyour desired networking aspirations.

Empower Your Thoughts ByChanging What Goes Into Your Mind

If you want to improve your life, if you want to alter yourcircumstances, if you want to instill great power and momentum intoyour MLM network, then you can . . . just empower your thoughts.This is done step-by-step on a daily basis by changing what goes intoyour mind. The multi-stimuli that continuously bombard your mentalpowerhouse influence your thinking and direct the circumstances ofyour life. The easiest way to transform your predominant thoughtpatterns is to feed your mind fresh and invigorating positive thought-provoking stimuli that can empower your thinking and promote youractions in the direction you desire for optimum results.

Luck, it is said, is a matter of being in the rightplace at the right time. However, both location

and timing are under our personal control.Therefore . . . we determine our own luck.

To empower your thoughts, you need to cultivate the winningdiscipline of feeding your mind on a daily basis with good, clean, pure,powerful and positive stimuli. The most effective ways to do this are:

By reading empowering, motivational books.By mixing with positive, happy, optimistic people.By listening to inspiring, enlivening, uplifting, instructive personaldevelopment audiocassettes.By avoiding major sources of negativity . . . such as most television,radio, newspapers, gossipers, whiners and complainers.

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You have a choice as to what positive stimuli go into your mind.Make this choice wisely. It is true that the quality of your thoughtsdetermines the quality of your life. It is also true that the quality of yourthoughts pertaining to your networking endeavors determines the qualityof your MLM organization.

The Quality Of Your Thoughts DeterminesThe Quality Of Your Business

You will attract to your networking venture whatever you consistentlythink. If your empowered thoughts are invariably of good-fortune,success, mastery and attainment, you will ultimately experience theconditions of a successful business. Likewise, if you steadily projectempowered thoughts of fabulous health, high-energy and super-vitalitythen you will attract the very best of health to yourself. As the Greekphilosopher Plato said: “Reality is created by the mind. We can changeour reality by changing our mind.”

The highest quality thinking is no more than frettingover ‘problems’ zero percent of the time, and focusing

on ‘solutions’ one hundred percent of the time.

You possess absolute power over your thought mechanisms.Therefore, once you can grasp that all of your inadequacies, all of yourproblems, all of your difficulties and all of your limitations are artificialrealities held to you only by your thoughts, then you can quickly createfor yourself the foundation stones of the magnificent life you desire.

You will command complete mastery over your life and yourentrepreneurial ventures when you can control how you react or respondto all thoughts — empowering and disempowering — taking place inyour powerhouse mind at all times. You are the one who commandstotal responsibility over your thoughts at each moment. Wield this power!

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Your Thoughts Are The Building BlocksOf Your Organization

You are the architect and creator of your networking enterprise.It is a personal creation of yours and you can build it to the degree ofyour choice. The foundation stones and building blocks for this structureare your empowered thoughts. Right now, take a moment to decide whatsubstantial bedrock you want for the imposing and solid MLMorganization you will create:

You can decide to conquer the world with an immensely profitablenetworking empire that spans all corners of the globe.

You can decide to make a positive difference in the lives of themultitude by building a business enterprise that becomes your ever-lasting legacy.

You can decide to create a grand vision for your business which is socompelling that networkers the world over will applaud your aims.

Everything is possible for you as an empowered networker . . . forwhatever you can conceive and totally believe in your own mind, youcan achieve. You possess an incredible ability to decide upon unlimitedpossibilities for your life. Anything you can imagine in your mind youcan do when you apply yourself and decide to take enthusiastic actiontoward that end result.

Immediately, this moment, begin focusing the awesome force ofyour empowered thoughts toward successful achievement. . . then watchout for the dramatic and positive transformation that will definitelytake place in your business and in your life.

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T W I N P I L L A R S

O F S U C C E S S

“There are two primary choices in life:

to accept conditions as they exist, or accept

the responsibility for changing them.”

Denis Waitley

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One of the most potent concepts within this empowering bookis CHOICE . . . the fact that you can ‘choose’ to make decisionsto directly impact your destiny. Choice is the twin pillar of

success, together with the power of decision. Try to understand andgrasp the incredible strength that resides within your own mind as itrelates to you having the choice to be anything you can possibly want tobe and to do whatever your heart desires. Today, choose to begin newempowering thought processes and decide this moment to make adetermined resolution to positively transform your life through yournetwork marketing endeavors.

Enduring success or eventual stagnation of your MLM group willresult from the series of choices you constantly make. Once choices aremade, they stack up, one on top of another, initially molding the identityof your business and ultimately shaping its size and significance. Thefollowing examples show how your choices affect the very nature ofyour being and manifest the ‘chosen’ conditions in your life:

If you want to be a mega-confident networker, choose to thinkconfidence-inducing thoughts. It really is as simple as developingnew thought patterns in your mind and throwing away your oldnegatively conditioned ways of thinking. The greater the intensityof your ‘confident’ thought seeds, the more empowering the feelingsof self-assurance that will result.

If you desire streams of vibrant health or torrents of extreme wealthflowing through your life, simply begin by choosing to think thoughtsof this very nature. To start the process of having vibrant health,just think empowered thoughts of super-vitality, high-energy,outstanding dynamism, amazing vigor, fantastic spirit andexceptional power. Likewise, for more success and wealth in your

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life, think empowered thoughts of extraordinary riches, astoundingfortune, incredible abundance and unlimited prosperity.

You may want your networking organization to be a global empire,positively impacting the lives of individuals across all lands of thisplanet, with many active networkers and energetic leaders. However,you will need to choose this result for yourself by making a firmdecision that this is what you want, by believing in it, by visualizingit, by planning for it and by taking action on it. Only then will ithave a greater chance of coming true.

The potential for success within network marketing is almost infinite.Imagine your business as a great canvas with unlimited possibilities thatcan be painted on to it. As the leader of your particular MLM group,you are a unique and special artist who holds the brush and colors tocreate an enterprise that is . . . kaleidoscopic.

Why not choose to paint a vision of your business that is ascintillating panorama? Then paint yourself right into the midst of it alland endow your loved ones with a colorful lifestyle that others can onlydream of. You have the power to design a mosaic of magnificence. Youcan do it, but realize it all begins with choice . . . the power of decision.Take personal responsibility for designing your network marketingorganization as a vibrant masterpiece of excellence or for creating it as alackluster portrait of nothingness.

Building A Stellar MLM OrganizationIs Your Choice

Abraham Lincoln stated that people are just about as happy as theymake up their minds to be. Fundamentally, he meant that people choosewhether to feel happy or not, determined or not, confident or not,enthusiastic or not, enterprising or not, or successful or not.

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This essential message represents the ultimate truth of the PowerPhilosophy and is one of the realities of life itself. This is: To ‘be’ anycondition, one must first decide to ‘be’ that way.

Being a successful networker comes from choosing theaccelerated game of life — living life to the maximumand building a stellar MLM organization — knowingthat you have done your best in every situation and in

excelling to the farthest reaches of your God-givenability under all circumstances.

Where you are in life right now is directly related to what decisionsyou have made over a long period of time. However, that is all in thepast. What we are interested in here is your future. What we want toknow now is what empowering decisions will you make from today?You must decide where you are going with your network marketingbusiness . . . one year from now, five years from now, even twenty-fiveyears from now. Things will only improve in your life if and when youmake new empowering decisions to change them. Within your specificMLM opportunity you have amazing possibilities to transform yourlife in a thousand different dimensions.

Time invested in improving yourself and indeveloping your MLM business cuts time

wasted in non-productive pursuits.

If you are reading this book, it is accepted that you want to improvethe conditions of your life and positively transform your circumstances.The first step that needs accomplishing is to develop an awareness ofthe conditions you seek by thinking thoughts of that precise nature.You — and only you — need to decide what circumstances you desirefor your life. Then, consistently feed empowering thoughts to your mindof these stated conditions. The next step is in possessing an almighty

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belief in your personal ability to manifest your greatest objectives. Thiscomes through your self-assurance that you are indeed an empoweredentrepreneur.

Choose To Believe In YourselfAs An Empowered Entrepreneur

Self-belief is the foundation stone for every forward step made inMLM. All desires held by you can be manifested if you will just believein their eventual outcome. Self-belief is the determination to followthrough on your network marketing goals. The one thing that willguarantee the triumphant completion of any task is the belief that itcan be done. Self-belief is what successful networkers live by . . . asupreme, self-confident belief that unites faith with enthusiastic actionto make the nearly impossible become reality.

Perhaps the hardest part of attaining a high level of success in thenetworking profession is believing that you can succeed. If you don’tearnestly believe you can do something, then you won’t give the necessarycommitted effort. Self-belief is a catalyst . . . dynamic self-confidencetriggers the mind into figuring ways and means for your most outrageousambitions to be achieved.

One of the greatest forces in existence is the will of a networker whohas self-belief, who dares to aim higher and who confidently focuses onthe desires most cherished. “I can do it” is a tremendously powerfulaffirmation. Believe, really believe in your ability to do something andyou will most certainly accomplish it. Provided, of course, that youfollow your intense belief with immediate, enthusiastic action towardthe accomplishment of your greatest MLM ambitions.

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E N T H U S I A S T I C

A C T I O N

“The world can only be grasped by action,

not by contemplation. The hand is

the cutting edge of the mind.”

Jacob Bronowski

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Action! Action! Action! Do not fall into the trap of thinking toomuch about doing something, instead focus on mastering thediscipline of taking action on an immediate basis. The winner’s

phrase to repeatedly imprint into your psyche is this . . . DO IT NOW!All of your dreams, all of your hopes, all of your goals, all of the mightiestaspirations you hold for your enterprise are completely useless withoutaction. Therefore, take action and take it immediately.

The most powerful way to implement change in your life is to getyourself to take enthusiastic action. Above all else, enthusiastic action isthe key to achieving every one of your desires. It is not what you doonce in a while that will shape your organization, but what you do withconsistent and persistent effort, with total commitment to your decisions.Ultimately it is results that count most in the game of life. Results arewhat distinguish the successful networkers from the shattered ones.

All the dreams, desires, goals, plans, belief and confidence inthe world will come to mean nothing unless action is takenin the process of MLM achievement. Goals that inspire, anda burning desire to attain those goals, will certainly help to

overcome inertia and make that first step toward actionpossible, but it is ultimately only the action itself that

will materialize the networking results you seek.

DO IT NOW! The positive energy released by adhering to thisprinciple is astounding. Do it now and your adrenaline flows, you feelbetter and work more effectively. Nolan Bushnell, founder of AtariComputer, had this to say about the power of action: “The criticalingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple asthat. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to dosomething about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Today!

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The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.” If your intention is tobe an empowered networker, one critical question to ask yourself iswhether you are a doer or a dreamer?

Become Known As AnAction Person

Action conquers fear, releases tension, soothes anxiety and providesimmense personal satisfaction, because it is the catalyst that gets thingsdone. Why not become known as an Action Person and make each dayone of personal excellence? You will reach success by taking enthusiasticaction toward attaining your goals on a consistent daily basis.

It is vital for you to take that first Action-Step to overcome inertia.Inertia is what holds you back from making decisions, creating Action-Plans and taking the enthusiastic action that will move you toward theattainment of your networking desires. Understandably the first step isthe most difficult of all, so how do you overcome inertia and get theball of achievement rolling in a positive direction?

The answer lies in the process of writing and following these fiveall-important principles, with two key points to first remember:

Always make your goals and all related steps as much fun as possible.Always state your goals and all related steps in a positive frame of reference.

1. DECIDE on what your goal is. Get focused on one networkingtarget that will greatly impact your life.

2. WRITE a clear description of your aim near the top of a fresh sheetof paper. Be specific.

3. OUTLINE each Action-Step required to reach your objective. Writethese below your networking target on the same sheet of paper.

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4. NOTE the deadline for achieving your goal and also the dates youintend accomplishing each individual step.

5. TAKE ACTION, no matter how small, toward the achievement ofeach one of the steps. Then measure your progress by charting yourgoal. This can be done with a simple tick or mark to show that youhave actually carried out the steps.

Keep a written record of the daily, weekly and monthly progressyou make in the direction of your target. If you do take the necessaryindividual steps toward your goal and you do chart your progress, thenreward yourself occasionally with a special treat and keep the entireprocess of goal-attainment fun. As already stated, it is in your momentsof decision that your destiny is shaped, so decide right now to followthe preceding five action principles.

IF IT IS TO BE . . . IT IS UP TO ME! These are the ten mostpower-packed and inspiration-laden two-letter words in the Englishlanguage when stated together. What these words imply is that we createour own lives, our own luck and our own destinies.

If you desire to be a top networker, endowed with the empoweringcharacter traits this entails, then all life-transforming choices should bemade through this dynamic four-step process:

The making of business-impacting DECISIONS.The immediate setting of inspiring OBJECTIVES.The development of comprehensive ACTION-PLANS.The taking of consistent, enthusiastic ACTION-STEPS.

The power to be an Action Person is already an inherent part of you.If you have not been able to summon it, this is merely because you havefailed to set targets for your MLM organization that get your adrenalineflowing. Be enthusiastic and set stunning goals to ignite yourself intoan inferno of exhilarated activity.

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We must be willing to take the necessary action to put the processinto motion for achieving our networking goals. In other words,nothing will happen in our business until we make it happen.

Learn to look at each opportunity as it arises and say to yourselfthese empowering words: “If it is to be . . . it is up to me!” Thentake immediate, enthusiastic action and conquer the moment.

Are you determined to set your networking business ablaze andcommitted to squeeze from it the entire potential that it holds? Manynetworkers know what they should do within their MLM enterprise,but they never do it. The reason is that they are lacking the drive andenthusiastic feelings that only the most magnificent and compellingvision of the future can provide.

Through your power of decision, combined withyour network marketing opportunity, you havean unprecedented possibility right now to find

he desires that will light your motivationalfires and keep them burning bright.

Your networking business provides spectacular possibilities for youto break your mental shackles and perform at the highest level . . . butonly if you will take enthusiastic action. Through this book, you nowhave an excellent chance to brainstorm objectives that can propel yourlife toward astonishing accomplishments . . . but only if you will applythe principles. Through the sheer power of your decision to takeenthusiastic action on a consistent basis, and your choice to applyempowering principles every day toward your ultimate objectives, youcan unleash incredible powers to break through your limitations andrelease the full potential of peak performance.

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Section Six

The Power OfVISION

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T H E P O W E R O F

V I S I O N

The most fabulous life imagined,

the greatest existence dreamed,

the most awesome accomplishments

visualized can all be yours now!

Just develop the vision and

the belief that it will be so.

Network marketing is the best way to

attain your GRAND VISION!

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V I S I O N

Your vision of the future has immense power. Your dreams, youraims, your aspirations, contain within them the empowering forcethat directs action and shapes lives. Now is the time for you to

take command of your network marketing enterprise and design aGRAND VISION for its most auspicious future. Use the power withinyou . . . the energy that is created when you have a monumental visionof the future that ignites your fires of desire.

Once you unleash this phenomenal personal power, you will beunstoppable in creating physical, mental, spiritual, emotional andfinancial abundance beyond your wildest fantasies. You will be apowerhouse of unlimited achievement.

Whether a glorious MLM future materializes instantly, or takes shapegradually over time, know that the only limits to what you can attainwithin any network marketing venture are governed by the magnitudeof your own virtuoso endeavors and by the level of personal commitmentyou display toward attaining your grand vision.

This Section Six provides a blueprint with the power to positivelytransform your life. This dramatic transformation comes as the result ofthe creation of a long list of dreams. This list will help establish thedirection for your future entrepreneurial activities . . . instilling massiveself-confidence and generating incredible empowerment.

On this list you must write everything that you ever want to achieve,have, own, do, create, become and contribute. This action will instillawesome power in you. It is from your own list of dreams that the focusof your entire life will flow. Harness the amazing power of your mostglorious aspirations to conceptualize your ultimate destiny. Within yourgrand vision is a most prosperous future.

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I G N I T E S T H E

F I R E S O F

D E S I R E

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream,

so shall you become. Your vision is the

promise of what you shall one day be;

your ideal is the prophesy of what

you shall at last unveil.”

James Allen

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F I R E S O F D E S I R E

Successful networkers possess a wide range of valuable attributes.One with particular significance being the ability to imaginethat which they absolutely desire, then have it crystallize into an

inspiring vision. It is this vision that drives the leading networkers towardaccomplishing their grandest ideals. It is true that nothing is achievedin any network marketing enterprise that is not first conceived in theform of an idea in someone’s mind, as a fabulous vision that compelsenthusiastic action.

A vision is a conception of the future . . . a dream showing a bettertomorrow. All top achievers within the MLM industry have dreams forthe fabulous life they aspire to . . . with hope, eager anticipation andself-confidence for a superior future. The dreams of successful networkersevolve as their vision ignites their fires of desire . . . desire being thedriving force necessary to empower a networker into attaining any dream.When mixed with intense conviction and ardent enthusiasm, desirebecomes a passionate burning vision that is the launching pad fromwhich the most outstanding aspirations can all be reached.

Far away there in the sunshine are the highest aspirationsyou hold for your business. You may never reach them,

but you can look up and see their beauty, believein them, and try to follow where they lead.

Just for a moment, look into your mind’s eye and picture the fabulouslifestyle of the top earners in MLM, network marketing and direct sales.Visualize the grand homes these people own, the luxury cars they driveand the exotic places they travel to. Imagine the freedom these winnersenjoy to be able to spend gifted moments with their loved-ones andattain what they most desire with their time and money. Imagine thegreatest accomplishments these successful networkers will dare to achieve.

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Well . . . let me tell you right here that you can attain all this, andmore, through your MLM venture if you will begin the journey towardsuccess by following the simple procedure of writing down a list of yourmost coveted dreams . . . now!

From the delightful musical South Pacific comes the following lyricwhich nicely sums up the essence of having an inspired vision: “If youdon’t talk happy and you never have a dream, then you’ll never have adream come true.” You must have compelling dreams of what you wantin life . . . and they must be written. However, a word of advice: onlywrite those dreams that you DO want to come vibrantly alive. As thevery act of writing them sets into motion forces that will eventually leadto their realization.

Dreams Are Free . . . So Have AsMany Of Them As You Want

It is your choice as to whether you experience the amazing satisfactionyou will feel upon realizing your most enticing MLM vision. Once youdecide to perform with maximum personal excellence toward theattainment of your dreams, the guidance offered within these pages willprove invaluable. Of foremost importance though, it is vital for you tofirst visualize those things you earnestly crave and then to write themon a list. Thereafter to endeavor with all of your empowered ability toenthusiastically achieve those dreams.

The act of striving to fulfill your vision will create an inner strengthand develop a dynamic feeling of awesome power that will carry youalong through the varied trials and tribulations of building a successfulnetwork. One vital thing to remember is that dreams are free . . . sohave as many as you want. I have over two hundred dreams on my ownDreams List. Personally, I believe that the more dreams you have thenthe more you will eventually accomplish and the more rewarding youlife will ultimately be.

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Your vision is an opportunity for you to let yourimagination run free and dream at the highest

level for all you’ve ever yearned for. It is achance to control and direct your destinywith the power of your visual thoughts.

Many networkers make the mistake of spending more time planningtheir meals than they spend in strategizing for the future success oftheir MLM organization. By failing to plan, they are actually planningto fail. It is true that if networkers don’t plan a strategy for their business,then circumstances will overrun them and orchestrate their enterprisein any number of impotent and unproductive directions.

Today is the day for you to take command and plan where youwant your MLM business to be in five, ten, even twenty-five years fromnow. Utilize the inherent strength you possess . . . the power that isunleashed when you have a vision that empowers you into massive action.Once you have chosen to release this mighty force within, you willbecome an effective powerhouse in creating physical, mental, spiritual,emotional and financial abundance beyond your greatest desires.Whether your vision evolves instantly or takes shape gradually over time,know that the only limit to what you can accomplish through yourentrepreneurial endeavors is governed by the size of your vision and theintensity of commitment you display.

In the tale Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, all that Aladdin has to do isrub the lamp and a genie appears who will grant him three wishes.Please comprehend that your grand vision has the power of a magiclamp, but with an unlimited number of wishes. As Anthony Robbinsstates: “You possess a lamp that is not limited to a mere three wishes!”Right now is the time for you to write your Dreams List and summonthe force within your soul to create a magnificent lifestyle and manifesta compelling future for yourself.

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Create Your Vision As ABlockbuster Movie Script

Imagine a thrilling blockbuster movie with you in the starring role:The Life & Times of a Highly Empowered & Hugely Successful Networker.This is how your life can be. Just think of your grand vision as the scriptfor a movie about your network marketing exploits. In this movie, aswell as being the lead actor, you are the writer, director and producer.

You have the power to take this movie in any direction you choose.Use your list of dreams to pack the script with many exciting experiencesand glorious accomplishments. Your imagination is the only limit tohow scintillating this movie of your life can be. The quality of thismovie will be a direct reflection of the quality of your MLM business.

Basically you have two options, the first will empower you, whilstthe second is the disempowering option:

Plan your networking endeavors around your grand vision and livelife like the ultimate blockbuster movie it was meant to be, withecstasy, exhilaration and excitement as your rewards.

Conversely, build your business without a solid vision and you areapt to live a mediocre life of dullness, drudgery and never-endingdisappointment.

You begin actualizing the first empowering option once you takethe time to write a long list of stimulating dreams that can instantlyignite your fires of desire and advance your enterprise to the next plateauof network marketing achievement.

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T H E T E N

A R E A S O F

M L M

“For the wise man looks into space and he

knows there are no limited dimensions.”

Lau-Tzu

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A R E A S O F M L M

The business of network marketing can be divided into tenindependent, yet interrelated areas. Networkers who aim for thetop strata of entrepreneurial achievement, should visualize

inspiring dreams and establish empowering objectives within each areato instill an attitude of focused determination.

These ten Areas of MLM are:

Commitment PresentingGrand Vision LeadershipAction-Plans MomentumKnowledge TimeProspecting Earnings

Once the importance of each individual area has been acknowledged,it is imperative that you commit to significant networking endeavorswithin all ten sectors. It is the striving for achievement that will fill youwith a sense of enterprising progress, driving you eagerly forward,advancing to an illustrious future.

Following are questions with examples of objectives for each Area ofMLM, short-term and long-range:

1. Commitment

Ask yourself if you possess the fortitude to stick-with-it and build aflourishing network? What is your level of devotion toward yournetworking endeavors?

Master this business by attending all training sessionsAttend 100 presentations, two per week, during this yearMake a written pledge to stay with this particular company fora minimum of five years

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2. Grand Vision

Have you defined the grand vision and the inspiring dreams thatwill empower you and the networkers in your team to dynamic action?

Purchase my ‘dream’ 7-bedroom oceanside villaAttain an income of ten thousand dollars per monthAccumulate US$1 million in assets by the age of fifty-five

3. Action-Plans

How enticing are the plans which can ignite the explosive growthof your network? Have you written these Action-Plans? Will you everwrite them?

Devise an Action-Plan to build my network in five countriesWrite a series of affirmations to ignite my own fires of desirePlan to develop five key leaders, one for each country in whichI build my organization

4. Knowledge

Do I possess the level of expertise required to attain success in MLM?Am I knowledgeable in all facets of my specific business opportunity?

This year, write a book entitled: “Top-Gun Skills for EmpoweredNetwork Marketers”Gain a knowledge-rating of 100% in all aspects of my company’sbusiness and be a qualified expert on our range of products

5. Prospecting

How skilled am I in seeking out the networking winners oftomorrow? Are my prospecting strategies up to the level required forsuccess in this area?

Master the art of prospectingMake a list of 100 prospects, pre-qualified in various criteriaAim for 20 “YES” responses from qualified prospects this year

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6. Presenting

Do I exude great confidence whilst presenting and do I possess theprofessional qualities required to induce winners to join my network?

Create a new wardrobe of ‘POWER’ clothesBe a master in applying the ‘48-hour follow up’ ruleBecome the most enthusiastic stage-speaker in my particularcompany for large business opportunity presentations

7. Leadership

Am I able to mentor, lead and empower the members of my network?Do I exhibit outstanding leadership abilities and am I continuallyimproving my team-player skills?

Mentor five networkers to success this year as high-earning,capable, action-oriented leadersCreate a library of books on mentoring, leadership, sales skills,empowerment . . . and digest one good book per month

8. Momentum

As a group, do we generate the positive atmosphere needed to createand maintain rapid growth?

My organization to be one of the top-ten fastest growing withinmy particular company this yearDevelop a winning attitude, which leads to a positive atmospherefor the group, which increases the accomplishments of the people

9. Time

Will I devote the time to consistently perform the enthusiastic Action-Steps required to build a successful enterprise?

Organize my schedule to attend 50 presentations this yearCommit to spend twenty ‘focused’ hours every week workingwithin this business opportunity

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10. Earnings

What are the inspiring rewards I seek from this business, bothfinancial and non-material?

Earn enough money to purchase my ‘dream’ house and lotCreate an income of US$100,000 during the next twelve monthsSeek to make this world a better place through my personalcontributions to humanity

The Wheel Of MLM

It is an excellent analogy for you to think of your personal marketingendeavors as a wheel ⎯ Wheel of MLM ⎯ with each sector within thewheel representing one of the ten areas of network marketing efforts.

The more satisfied you are with your personal sales efforts today inany one area determines the length of that particular sector. A successful,well-balanced enterprise will result from a round fully inflated Wheel ofMLM with ten complete sectors. Fully inflated is ten marks out of ten

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for each specific area within network marketing. On a scale of ten toone, ten is the highest mark — representing excellence — and one isthe lowest mark — representing total dissatisfaction.

It has been asked: “What is the ultimate reward in MLM?”Well, if you will look closely, you will see that money is atthe center of the wheel. This signifies material riches being

the driving force of your network marketing endeavors.Love is at the center of the Wheel of Life, whereas

money is at the center of the Wheel of MLM.

Why not strive to attain excellence in all ten areas? Don’t just focusyour efforts on improving two or three or four areas of your personalendeavors, expand your horizons and seek spectacular progress withyour efforts within the sphere of your entire network marketingenterprise. This moment, right now, if you were to award an imaginarymark (from ten to one) to each area to determine the level you arepresently at ⎯ relative to your ideal ⎯ what would your current Wheelof MLM look like? How well would it roll to the ultimate destination ofa first-rate profitable networking enterprise?

Just as an explorer cannot reach his destination successfully withoutthe aid of a reliable compass, neither can you reach the attainment ofyour grand vision without first knowing in which direction you areheading. The Wheel of MLM is a compass . . . it lets you know whereyou are now and keeps you on track to where you are going. If youdesire success, you must have the sectors of your Wheel of MLM as strongas possible (ten out of ten) to surmount the challenges that arise onyour journey. It is only when aiming for ultimate success ⎯ theattainment of your grandest vision ⎯ and heading unswervingly in itsdirection that you will build a successful enterprise.

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F O R

D E V E L O P I N G A

G R A N D V I S I O N

“If one advances confidently in the directions

of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life

which he has imagined, he will meet with a

success unexpected in common hours.”

Henry David Thoreau

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G R A N D V I S I O N

Personal accomplishment starts within the framework of a GRANDVISION, the most empowering part of which is a written DreamsList. The incredible potency of this list is out of all proportion to

the effort required to visualize the dreams and write them. Five minutesspent writing and describing your most cherished aspirations ⎯ suchas the stunning house you would love to live in and the luxurious caryou would love to drive ⎯ can ignite five or ten years worth of action-oriented empowerment for their attainment.

The vision you hold for your life and your networking enterprisewill take a quantum leap forward with this list. It is from your dreamsthat order, control and direction will flow. Much of what you canaccomplish stems from this one action of writing all of your dreams,followed by detailed Action-Plans and enthusiastic Action-Steps. Certainlythe overriding mission for your life will become better defined.

Use your most valuable asset ⎯ your imagination ⎯ to brainstormfor the things you most want to achieve during your lifetime. You candirect your destiny, right now, through the absolute power of your mind.You possess the mental strength to take command of your life. So takecontrol now by writing an expansive list of scintillating dreams today.

Four-step Formula For An ExpansiveDreams List

1. Get a pen and paper: Take a pen and a fresh sheet of writing paper.On the top of the paper write your name, the date today, and thetitle: “My Dreams List” . . . then begin writing.

2. Brainstorm for ideas: Spend time brainstorming for the things youmost want. These are what you absolutely, positively, implicitly crave.

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As you visualize a dream, write it immediately. As you think of anydesire, add it to your list. Number each particular dream andcontinue writing them, one after another. Your destiny can bedirected here by using the power of the mind to spark your creativejuices into action-mode.

3. Ask questions: Ask the following eight Power Questions as thoughthere were no limitations on your life, money was in great abundance,and a successful result was the only outcome:

Q. What would I own?Q. Who would I help?Q. Where would I go?Q. What would I do?Q. What would I be?Q. What would I create?Q. What would I contribute?Q. What would I achieve?

On your list, write all dreams that come to mind and every ambitionthat you aspire toward.

4. Keep dreaming: This is a lifetime dreams list with no deadlines onattaining any of the aims. It is also an ever-expanding list . . . so addfurther dreams to it whenever fresh ones spring into your mind.As you think of something new or exciting that you would reallylike to do or accomplish one day, then write it on your list. For aslong as you live and as long as you have new inspiring desires inyour heart . . . just keep dreaming and just continue writing.

Once a multitude of dreams are added to the list, your powers ofaccomplishment will become focused like a laser beam. Your physical,mental, spiritual and emotional energies will be able to cut through allobstacles and empower you to move directly toward the attainment ofyour aspirations.

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Whenever you accomplish any of your dreams, you shouldacknowledge the fact in two ways:

i. Record the date: Write the date of attainment on the Dreams List andleave it there as a reminder to yourself of your outstanding ability tosucceed at what you set out to do.

ii. Reward yourself: Each time you attain an objective, reward yourself.The reward should be in direct proportion to the size and difficultyinvolved in reaching that ambition. Keep your life fresh by ensuringyour rewards are fun-tastic!

Develop the winning discipline of reviewing your Dreams Listregularly. Take it out from time to time, relax into a dreamy mood andread slowly through it. Visualize yourself doing those things, being atthose places and having ownership of those possessions. This list hasthe empowering capability to give you psychological sunshine and amental boost. It provides the extra spark you require to take enthusiasticaction to bring the attainment of your dreams one step closer.

Get Fired-Up By Your Dreams

For a fast start to your list, brainstorm for a period of time, allowingyourself at least thirty minutes. Write everything that you have everdared to dream. Keep the ideas flowing, keep the pen moving, do notcensor yourself and do let every fantasy out.

What would you want for your MLM business if youcould have anything? If success was the guaranteed result

and money was no object, what would you wish for?

Remember that the only limits are those of your imagination. Yourdreams are a method of clarifying the things that excite and delight you.

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Get inspired and fired-up by this Dreams List. Imagine how wondrousyour life would be if you accomplished all these things and every one ofyour dreams really did come true.

Imagine today that your organization is growing at a fabulous rateand generating a weekly income of thousands of dollars. Visualizeunlimited money in your hands today. See the money, feel the money.Now ask these questions: Where would I celebrate? What exotic countrieswould I travel to? What places would I visit? Who would accompanyme? How would I spend my money and my time? What presents wouldI buy, and for whom? Where would I choose to make my home? WouldI live in a large villa, a spacious mansion or a huge penthouse apartment?Would I own a sailing yacht moored in an exclusive harbor? What luxuryautomobiles would I drive? Would I wear the finest clothes and buydiamonds for my loved ones? How would I maximize my life every dayif I had unlimited money?

Now, realize that nobody will give you a thriving MLM enterprise.That will have to be built, step-by-step over a period of time, throughyour earnest efforts. Try to understand the tremendous power of yourDreams List . . . it is an empowering force. Follow the procedures asoutlined within these pages and you definitely can achieve all you hungerfor. You can attain everything you desire. However, it all begins withyou deciding exactly what you want for every aspect of your life,imagining these things, then adding them to your list of dreams.

Switch your rational mind off during this exercise and forget aboutreality. Concentrate solely on what you desire for your most goldenfuture. Do not be influenced by your current circumstances. As youkeep adding dreams to your list, do not even think about your presentfinancial situation or the abilities you may or may not have. Continuevisualizing more dreams and keep adding them to your list. There areno impossible dreams . . . there are only those that you do add to yourlist and those that you do not.

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Y O U R O W N


D R E A M S L I S T

“See your goal, your star of desire, see it red hot, feel

it burning. You must be obsessed with it to make it

you true yearning. Be ready my friends for when you

truly believe it, you will certainly achieve it and by

all of God’s universal laws you will receive it.”

Bob Smith

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D R E A M S L I S T

A Dreams List has great power . . . literally the power to move mountains. My personal list, which I have been adding my aspirations to for the past twenty years, presently has more than

two hundred dreams on it, with less than one half yet accomplished.I cannot fully explain the phenomenal strength this list renders, but it isimpossible for me to feel depressed when I read of each of the manywonderful places I still want to visit, see all of the brilliant things thereare yet for me to do and know exactly what I want to achieve during thetotality of my lifetime . . . both within and outside of MLM.

Again, burn this empowering motto into your mind. Make it a partof your winning philosophy so that you are compelled to design a lifethat radiates awesome possibilities: My past does not equal my future!

There are no limitations to the total number of dreams you can addto your own list. Only the depth of your vision, the intensity of yourdesire and the capacity of your imagination limit you. My ultimateintention is to have two hundred and fifty inspiring dreams on my ownlist before my next birthday, and achieve every last one of them beforeI die . . . this includes having vibrant health and vigorous fitness at thegrand age of one hundred years old. Oh, gotta run . . . just thought ofanother enticing dream to add to my ever-growing, empowering list.

Of course, just by writing your desires on a list of dreams, it doesn’tmean you’ve made a commitment to achieving any of them. Rather, thewriting of the dreams is just an extremely powerful method of clarifyingthose desires that excite and motivate you the most. The commitmentto achieving any of your dreams comes only when you turn them intogoals. The entire methodology of goal-setting is discussed in thoroughdetail within the next section: The Power of AIM. Read it and feel thetremendous power at your disposal as your wildest dreams are moldedinto focused objectives.

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Your Personal Dreams List

Your networking business can instantly turn 180-degrees, facingthe direction of success and attainment, but only once you have actuallycreated a list of dreams combined with taking full responsibility for yourown actions. This list holds extraordinary power, but you mustunderstand that you are the one accountable for your enterprise andwhat happens within it.

Remember: If it is to be . . . it is up to me!

You will take command of your efforts, and your destiny, once youinternalize your dreams and make them an integral part of you. Letthem spur you into action. Let them spur you into thinking up newideas and tackling new projects with a passion you haven’t experiencedsince childhood. Let them spur you into wondrous change. As successbreeds greater success, you will start to understand that you can doanything you choose to do. And the truth is . . . you can.

Following is a diverse and multifaceted list of dreams ⎯ both withinand outside of MLM ⎯ to stimulate your imagination into achievement-mode. These, or more exciting and meaningful objectives, you maywish to add to your Dreams List. As the following examples illustrate,place them under different categories of your choice.

Business

Mentor 24 leaders during a single yearHave 10,000 networkers in my group worldwideBuild an organization that expands into ten countriesEarn US$25,000 in a single month through my businessPublish a book to help create empowered networking winnersMerit the rank of #1 earning networker in my particular networkingcompany for an entire year

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Possessions

Buy my mother & father a houseOwn a Harley Davidson motorcycleBe a part-owner of a chain of restaurantsPurchase a brand-new Jaguar X-Type automobileOwn a vacation cottage on a secluded tropical islandLive in my ‘dream’ oceanview villa, with swimming pool, hot-tub,large patio terrace and 7 bedrooms

Travel

Go on an African safariWalk on the Great Wall of ChinaStand before the Taj Mahal in IndiaSee the birthplace of Jesus in BethlehemRide a camel around the Pyramids of EgyptClimb to the top of the Eiffel Tower in ParisTravel on a wine-tasting tour through Europe

Entertainment

Visit Disney WorldTravel on the Orient Express trainSpend an exciting week in Las VegasVoyage on the QE2 luxury ocean-linerAttend a Formula One race in MonacoSee a play on Broadway in New York CityAttend Mardi Gras in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Adventure

Snow ski in SwitzerlandRide in a hot-air balloon

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Freefall parachute jumpScuba dive in the Red SeaSail on an ocean-going yachtHike in the Himalayan MountainsClimb to the top of Mt. Fuji in Japan

Personal Achievement

Learn to play the pianoEarn a university degreeAuthor a best-selling bookJoin a Buddhist monasteryScore a hole-in-one in golfSpeak a second language fluentlyLive to be one hundred years oldBe a godparent to someone’s childRead the Bible from cover to coverRun a mile in less than six minutesBecome a qualified college professorEarn a black-belt in the martial art of AikidoRepresent my country in the Olympic GamesBe named in the Guinness Book of World Records

To attain any of the dreams on your personal list, you do not needa vast sum of money, you do not need a special education and you donot need any high-powered contacts. What you do need is to raise yourself-imposed limits, develop greater confidence in your abilities andtake action — Action-Plans and Action-Steps — starting today, one stepat a time, toward the accomplishment of your highest and most gloriousnetwork marketing objectives.

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T O T H E

F U L F I L L M E N T

O F D R E A M S

“I have dreamed in my life, dreams that

have stayed with me ever after, and changed

my ideas; they have gone through and

through me, like wine through water,

and altered the color of my mind.”

Emily Bronte

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P R I O R I T I E S

L iterally every human being has multiple ambitions they wouldlike realized. Network marketers, especially, because of themagnificent possibilities for wealth-creation offered in MLM

opportunities, have stirred their fires of desire to believe in the attainmentof sizeable objectives. Networkers have amazing aspirations to aim atthrough the real-life examples they witness every day who are walking-the-walk to the upper echelons of success in their respective companies.However, despite the importance of a focused vision to a networker,one of the real secrets of accomplishment is in having an understandingof the importance of ‘time’ and the role it plays in the development ofan ever-expanding, income-producing networking organization.

William Shakespeare wrote: “Do you love life? Then waste not time,for time is the stuff that life is made of.” True words indeed. This ismuch like the proverb which states that time, like a snowflake, disappearswhile we’re trying to decide what to do with it. To achieve success ofany magnitude within the networking profession, you must becomemore adept at prioritizing your time and maximizing your schedules.

Time, your ‘life’ time, is the asset of greatest value in thepursuit of your MLM ambitions and in the developmentof your network marketing organization . . . so make the

most of your time by investing it wisely.

Many people believe money to be their most valuable asset, butthey are mistaken. If you waste money you will still have an opportunityto increase your total, often to an amount greater than you had before.If you waste time though, it is gone forever. You will have wasted a partof your life and no amount of money will ever bring it back. So spendyour time wisely. Manage time by prioritizing tasks and aim to maximizeyour MLM endeavors to their absolute fullest potential.

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Success begins with first writing a substantial list of every desire youwill ever hold for your future . . . this is your Dreams List. This mustthen be followed by the development of detailed Action-Plans, by thetaking of enthusiastic Action-Steps, and by the unyielding observance ofa method for prioritizing your time, your tasks and your activities.

Pareto’s Law: The 80/20 Formula

There is a formula — Pareto’s Law — which states that eighty percentof results come from just twenty percent of the actions involved. Thiscan be interpreted into your networking efforts to say that only twentypercent of the tasks or activities on which you could choose to spendyour time will produce eighty percent of the results you seek.

Following are several examples of Pareto’s Law as it relates to thedevelopment of your networking business:

Eighty percent of new networkers joining your organization will beintroduced by just twenty percent of the members within the group.

Eighty percent of your time spent doing one-on-one presentationswill be to prospects of just twenty percent of your group’s members.

Eighty percent of your prospecting success will come from the besttwenty percent of effective closing techniques you use.

Eighty percent of your mentoring endeavors will be to the twentypercent of members who display the greatest eagerness to learn.

Eighty percent of your residual income will be generated by theefforts of just twenty percent of the people in your downline.

Eighty percent of your time spent in training situations will be inexpounding the most potent twenty percent of training materials.

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Eighty percent of networkers will join a MLM company becausethey want more money, twenty percent will join for other reasons.

When it comes to accomplishing your networking vision, you willachieve success faster by identifying your twenty percent of prioritytasks and spending the greater part of your time on them. Focus yourenergies every day on identifying and working toward the twenty percentof priority tasks that will transform your life from one of misdirectedtime and misspent energy into one of astronomical personal effectiveness.The power of Pareto’s Law, once utilized, is that you will attain far moreduring your lifetime but with less effort. You will prioritize your time,increase your self-worth and multiply your personal value, all the whileachieving greater success.

Networking Is The Spark . . .Your Grand Vision Is The Catalyst

You will always feel an abundance of vibrant enthusiasm for yourparticular network marketing opportunity as long as you retain thesetwo key factors:

Continual realization that within your hands you hold a phenomenalwealth-creating entity in the business of network marketing.

Continual realization that you have a multitude of exciting, fun andempowering things to look forward to . . . all recorded on yourDreams List.

MLM can be the spark that sets your life on fire, whilst your grandvision is a catalyst that speeds you along life’s exciting road to the ultimatedestination of empowerment and success. Through your power of vision,you have a remarkable opportunity to ignite the desires that will setyour motivational fires ablaze and keep them burning brilliant and true.

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Ask yourself: What are the wildest fantasies and the craziest dreamsthat I could ever wish for my life? Then go for it, dream those wild dreams,take action, make a solid commitment to network marketing, and choosealways to live your life to the maximum.

No man but himself can decide to choose a thought,therefore no man but himself can alter his own conditionsin life. Whatever a man’s circumstances may presently be,he will rise or fall, strengthen or weaken, dependent onthe power of his mind, the strength of his dreams and

the intensity of his grand vision.

All accomplishment, whether in the business, social, personal orintellectual world, is the result of focused thinking . . . a solid, substantialvision is the best way, and perhaps the only way, to direct one’s thoughts.Once recognition sinks in that you are the one responsible for your life,the greater the control you will possess for the attainment of your dreams.You will see accomplishment with greater clarity and, more and more,you will notice possibilities instead of problems and envisionopportunities in place of obstacles. You can become everything youhave ever admired in others, and you can do, have, be or own anythingthat you can possibly imagine. Just see it, know it and believe it . . . thenachieve it.

With the profession of network marketing as your ally and yourparticular MLM company as the wealth-creating vehicle by your side,determine that from today you will take action to fulfill your visionwith all the enthusiasm you can muster. Do this and you will be delightedat the good fortune your spirited efforts will generate. The power of agrand vision is now in position to positively transform your life andbring to you a worldclass standard of living.

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Section Seven

The Power OfAIM

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T H E P O W E R O F

A I M

Great, inspired, magnificent

GOALS! This is the rallying cry

you will hear from the most successful

network marketers. They AIM straight

for the heart with their belief that

everyone is a winner in this business.

Be an empowered leader.It all begins with the setting of

magnificent GOALS!

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A I M

Great, inspired, magnificent goals . . . you’ve gotta have them!This is the rallying cry you will hear from the foremost leadersin MLM. The most successful networkers aim straight for the

heart with their declaration that everyone can be a winner in this businessif they will just have BIG GOALS that can set the world on fire.

This is what ‘aim’ is all about . . . having visible targets that are vividenough to inspire, excite and induce action. Aim is the compass thatguides people along the journey of life and shows what is attainable.Aim is a series of dreams that have been given life through the applicationof enthusiastic action. It is by taking aim that the direction of a person’slife becomes crystal clear.

This Section Seven intends to focus your aim through the power ofsetting dynamic objectives for your life and establishing compelling goalsfor your MLM business. These targets are stepping stones toward theultimate realization of your grand vision . . . they are the building blocksthat will help you to construct a spectacular life.

Inspiring targets will help you soar to great heights of achievement.No person can predict what lofty summit you will reach within networkmarketing or direct selling, not even you will know until you establishsome dazzling MLM goals to add zest to your endeavors.

Top networkers are achievers . . . and achievers are goal-setters. Theywrite their goals, regularly review them, establish detailed Action-Plans,take specific Action-Steps and focus their energies to accomplish them.Achievers are on fire because their goals inspire. Empower yourself nowby setting goals that are compelling enough to spur you into takingenthusiastic action toward their attainment . . . every day.

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O F S E T T I N G

M O M E N T O U S

G O A L S

“When we are motivated by goals that

have deep meaning, by dreams that

need completion, by love that needs

expressing, then we truly live life.”

Greg Anderson

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T H I N K I N G B I G

All the aspirations in the world will amount to nothing unlessACTION is taken in the achievement process. Action is thecritical element. However, goals that fuel inspiration, and an

extraordinary desire to accomplish these goals, will greatly increase aperson’s motivation for taking the first Action-Steps necessary in pursuitof a successful outcome. Networkers can overcome procrastination andcome alive to the possibilities of achievement, if they will first setspectacular MLM goals that ignite their inner fires into an inferno ofred-hot desire. Yes, goals that absolutely blast them into dynamic action.

Compelling objectives can help networkers accomplish extraordinaryaims. The order of life commands that all specific, clearly definedintentions backed by absolute commitment will come to fruition.Basically a specific, clearly defined intention is a written goal. Why notensure your goals are specific and clearly defined by writing them now?

The Importance Of Thinking Big

Goal-setting is an action. It is quite possibly the most essential actionin pursuit of success within any networking enterprise. In fact, goal-setting is the most important positive action that a networker can taketoward the creation of a thriving, profitable MLM organization. Whensetting goals, what you are doing is designing a structure for your lifeand business . . . one that can be as remarkable as you plan for it to be.Goals will provide you with the force to tap vast reserves of power,which can be used to shape your future.

Success, as it relates to MLM, is the progressive attainment ofnetworking goals. But . . . Action-Plans must first be detailed before anygoals can be realized. Goal-setting is an integral part of this planning.It is the key to all reward and fulfillment. Goal-setting instills withinleaders burning desire, profound self-confidence and a firm commitment

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to follow through with persistence toward the realization of theirnetworking objectives. A goal that is crystallized focuses aim and helpsset lives flowing in a positive direction. Goals that are crystallized seemto attract everything necessary for their achievement. Whether it is thecooperation of people needed, extra income or more inspired ideas, allthe ingredients for a fortuitous result always seem to align themselveson the exact timetable to hit the target dates.

The way to achieve BIG success is by being BIG-MINDED.Entrepreneurs cannot expect to attain great rewards by thinking small.Thinking big means keeping matters of greatest importance ⎯ such asyour lifetime goals ⎯ foremost in your mind at all times. Do not wastetime on unimportant tasks. Have massive goals to inspire you and stretchyourself to attain them. Think big and associate with fellow networkerswho have empowering goals for their organizations too. These are thewinners who can help you develop a focused strategy, thereby ignitingexplosive growth in your network. Success is not found in having goalsas such, it is found in the quality of life you experience along the road toachieving them. Big inspiring goals can enable you to experience theprize of a worldclass lifestyle and build a worldclass MLM business.

The setting of big goals is a powerful attribute to nurture and onethat will bring dramatic results to all areas of your life. To set big goals isstimulating, challenging and empowering. Big goals will stretch you tothe extreme . . . but your limits are boundless and will continue toexpand as long as you always advance toward the accomplishment ofyour most awe-inspiring long-range goals.

A well-planned series of major objectives gives order to yourendeavors. Unsuccessful networkers get trapped in performing tasks thathave little importance instead of designing their particular MLM businessfor maximum success. They become so immersed in these aimless laborsthat they lose sight altogether of the grand vision they once enjoyed fora glorious future. Their tasks become false ends in themselves, ratherthan spokes in the wheel of long-term success. With diligent focus on

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the attainment of your goals, you will perform to the best of your abilities.There will come to you an ease with which tasks can be accomplished.You will complete your objectives with elevated levels of skill and stamina.A higher quality of effort will result in a greater quantity of performance,which will culminate in a more successful MLM organization.

Action-Steps

All achievement begins with successfully completing mini-goals orAction-Steps. These objectives can be daily, weekly or monthly targets.They are the steps necessary to realize your larger one-year goals, five-year goals and even your ultimate lifetime goals.

An example of Action-Steps for an empowered network marketer’sone-year aim could be as follows:

One-Year MLM Goal:

Develop twelve keys leaders in my organization, one per month, for thenext twelve months.

Action-Steps:

1. Make a meticulous list of fifty prospects who have the potential tobecome top networkers.

2. Rank these prospects into first, second and third level categoriesdependent upon their potential for leadership, previous networkingexperience and desire for an extra income.

3. Begin contacting these prospects, one-by-one, for a businessopportunity presentation, beginning with the highest-level category.

4. Once a prospect becomes a networker, help them to set specificgoals for their business.

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5. Ensure new networkers attend vital training sessions and have allrequired business-building materials.

6. Mentor each new networker for at least one month in all aspects ofthe MLM opportunity.

7. One-by-one, keep contacting more of the fifty prospects for businessopportunity presentations.

8. Continue mentoring, training and developing new networkers forat least one month each.

9. As one or more of the networkers develops into a ‘key leader’ offerempowering assistance through regular daily or weekly contact.

10. Maintain records of all progress to help keep the motivational firesburning strong.

One of the major benefits of Action-Steps is their ability to instillmassive self-confidence. When goals are broken down into bite-sizedpieces, they appear less daunting to attain. As the individual steps areaccomplished, you will feel personal pride in your achievement andbegin enjoying the rewards of the success process. With increased self-confidence comes a higher level of empowerment, which in turn boostsyour overall capacity to excel.

It is critical for lasting, long-range success that all Action-Steps leadingon to your long-term goals are of your personal choice, not those ofsomeone else. Don’t let other people select your targets . . . this is yourlife, not theirs. Take command of it and try to accomplish those thingswith greatest worth to you. Success is being true to your personal valuesand doing things your way. As Frank Sinatra sings: “I did it my way.”Now, go out into the world and build your MLM organization in yourown spectacular way.

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Q U A L I T I E S

D E V E L O P

S O L I D

F O U N D A T I O N S

“Every single life only becomes great when

the individual sets upon a goal or goals

which they really believe in, which they can

really commit themselves to, which they

can put their whole heart and soul into.”

Brian Tracy

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W I N N I N G Q U A L I T I E S

Successful entrepreneurs, in diligently performing their most ardentendeavors, demonstrate WINNING QUALITIES. For instance:they display tremendous determination in achieving their objectives;

they show focused persistence in getting tasks accomplished; they areextremely enthusiastic in their efforts; they are highly motivated towardtheir aims; they are tolerant of another’s limitations; they are highlyoptimistic for a greater future; they exhibit great passion for their particularbusiness opportunity.

Network marketers with winning qualities act like the professionalsthey are. They are winners in the game of life. They develop a lifestyleand a personal environment that is both empowering and inspiring tothemselves, and pleasurable to those individuals who are within theircircle of influence. For you to possess that winning style and act withtotal professionalism, you need to adopt the posture, attitude and actionsof a self-assured professional person. It all begins, though, with youadopting the indomitable qualities and empowering character traits ofa successful networker.

Many network marketers have ⎯ like an uncutdiamond ⎯ shining qualities beneath a rough

exterior. Learn to look for the inner good.

Winning qualities give an entrepreneur’s life concrete foundations.It can be said that the achievement of business success is firmly anchoredto empowering qualities. The businessman or woman who seeks anauspicious life must have a clear vision of what qualities are mostimportant to him or her. This person must decide to live by these qualitiesno matter how smooth or rough the journey through life. Their choiceof which qualities they will live by will direct them on an immutablecourse and define the extent of the success they can ultimately achieve.

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Winning MLM Qualities

Qualities as detailed in this chapter are specifically applicable toyour network marketing endeavors, as such we will refer to them asMLM Qualities. Within Section Six ⎯ The Power of VISION ⎯ weoutlined the ten Areas of MLM.

Now . . . it is vital for you to choose one or more qualities to representeach of these areas of a successful networker’s business. Following areexamples of winning qualities for a top performance entrepreneur:

Commitment : Focused PowerfulTenacious DeterminedWholehearted

Grand Vision : Daring InspiredOptimistic GrandioseCourageous

Action-Plans : Precise CreativeAccurate DedicatedDisciplined

Knowledge : Wise DecisiveIntelligent MeticulousDiscerning

Prospecting : Honest ResilientEloquent CourteousPersuasive

Presenting : Punctual ConfidentEnthusiastic ResponsibleProfessional

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Leadership : Helpful RespectfulTeachable HumorousUnderstanding

Momentum : Assertive MotivatedPersistent ConsistentPassionate

Time : Efficient EffectiveCommitted IndustriousResourceful

Earnings : Zestful VivaciousAmbitious EmpoweredSpontaneous

An understanding of what qualities you exemplify is essential indetermining your networking priorities and establishing meaningfultargets. When determining your MLM qualities, you should displaythe wisdom to ask yourself this one vital question:

Q. Do my qualities reflect the intensity of my desire to be successful innetwork marketing?

Like many networkers, you have possibly spent little time thinkingabout your qualities and perhaps don’t even know what they are. As aresult you are probably spending a large part of your MLM endeavorsdisplaying character traits that do not reflect the intensity of your desireto succeed in network marketing.

Your MLM Qualities List

Now you must make a stand. Take a pen and paper now and write alist of all the qualities that have importance to your MLM endeavors.

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Decide immediately what are the greatest qualities that represent whatyou stand for and what you desire. Not in your husband’s life, or yourwife’s, or your childrens’, or your boss’s, or your parents’ lives, but themost important qualities as they relate to you and what you desire.These are your qualities. This single action will enormously contributeto your ultimate success, both inside and outside of MLM.

Align Your MLM Goals WithYour MLM Qualities

It is vital for the creation of a successful networking venture thatyour goals are in alignment with your qualities. For maximumeffectiveness, you must know your qualities then base your endeavorsaround them, not vice versa. Lack of harmony within your business willinevitably occur when your aims are out of alignment with your qualities.

In other words:

First : Choose your MLM qualitiesSecond : Establish your MLM goalsThird : Exemplify your winning character traits

Determine not only which qualities have most importance to youbut also which qualities empower you the most, and then design yourenterprise around them, instead of conducting business in a freewheeling‘go-with-the-flow’ style.

You are the one who dictates the direction of your venture bydetermining your qualities, then acting in a manner that both exemplifiesthese winning character traits and illustrates to the networkers whomyou work with that you are sincere in your aim for a high-caliber networkmarketing organization.

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E S T A B L I S H I N G

F A N T A S T I C

G O A L S

“Goals provide the energy source that

powers our lives. One of the best ways

we can get the most from the energy we

have is to focus it. That is what goals can

do for us; concentrate our energy.”

Denis Waitley

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G O A L - S E T T I N G

Success is the progressive accomplishment of goals, one followinganother, over a long period of time. The specific level of successultimately realized in your networking endeavors is not determined

by the hand of fate. No . . . it is decided by you. The actual number ofopportunities you take advantage of during the course of your businessis directly proportional to your clarity of vision and your willingness toethically do what it takes to be successful.

This is why your lists of goals are so vitally important . . . they helpyou to understand your desires. An immediate result of knowing exactlywhat you want is increased clarity. This is what it takes to recognize anopportunity and seize it. The goals you establish are the vital steps towardthe fulfillment of your vision. As opportunity is pounced upon withenthusiastic action, your sense of awareness is heightened and fortuitousevents begin moving in your direction at rapid-fire speed.

Once you have clearly identified what you want and what you arewilling to do to get it, you will be in control. You will have, by choice,set the goals that are most important to you. Why invest your time andenergy in anything less than the achievement of your most fabulousaims? This is what will lead you through to the most successful lifeattainable. Right now, let’s explore the ten-step procedure of how to setand reach the greatest objectives imaginable.

Ten-Step Success FormulaFor Goal-Setting

The action of goal-setting is the key step in all major accomplishment.It is the most crucial part of your personal plan for success and must becarried out before any goals can be attained. As Zig Ziglar wisely asks:“How can a man hit a target he does not have?” Yes . . . you must setgoals . . . and BIG ones too.

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Here is the Ten-Step Formula for Goal-Setting. These are the essentialprocedures for manifesting long-term success within your networkingbusiness or in any free enterprise endeavor you choose.

1. Decide Exactly What You Want

Quite simply, all you have to do is decide what it is that you trulywant. Ask yourself these eight questions for clarification of your desires:

Q. What would I own?Q. Who would I help?Q. Where would I go?Q. What would I do?Q. What would I be?Q. What would I create?Q. What would I contribute?Q. What would I achieve?

2. Crystallize Your Thinking

Analyze in great detail the answers you get from the previous eightpowerful questions. Crystallized thoughts focus your direction and defineyour aims. Precisely outline your thoughts and become crystal clear onexactly what you want.

3. Set Specific Inspiring Goals

No person can hit a target they do not have. So . . . once you decideexactly what you want to achieve, you should establish these objectivesas specific goals within each area of the MLM business. When settinggoals, make them exciting so that they inspire you to take action. Goalsthat inspire will set your world on fire. Also, make sure your goals arealigned with your winning qualities. This will ensure your time andeffort is effectively invested in working toward targets that have greatestimportance to the long-range success of your venture.

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4. Establish Deadlines for Your Goals

Goals are dreams with deadlines. You must place a specific date oneach goal for when you intend reaching it. This act of deciding exactlywhen you will achieve certain targets, sets in motion powerful forces tomake the attainment of your goals a reality. The power behindestablishing deadlines is that they focus your achievement-orientedenergy on a specific moment in the future.

5. Decide What You Will Do to Reach Your Goals

To successfully reach your targets you must determine what decisionsto make, elect to pursue an appropriate course of action, outline obstaclesto hurdle, and fix a definite direction in which to aim your successstrategies. Decide now what you will do.

6. Have Written Action-Plans

There are three written principles that you must follow to developcomplete Action-Plans:

Write clear descriptions of your goals.Write the dates for attainment of your goals.Write what Action-Steps you will take to reach your goals.

A goal is not a goal until it is written. The most powerful goals alsoincorporate written Action-Plans. Written Action-Plans will motivate youto a greater utilization of your abilities. Your written Action-Plans arethe maps that will guide you to the attainment of your desired goals.

7. Take Enthusiastic Action

Action-Plans must be followed by immediate, enthusiastic efforttoward their achievement. This power to act is already within you. Ifyou haven’t been able to summon it, this is merely because you havefailed to set inspiring goals that can ignite your motivational fires.

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8. Picture Your Goals

You can instantly raise your level of enthusiasm, thereby boostingyourself into dynamic action-mode, by picturing the end result of youraspirations. This can be achieved in either of two ways:

i. Mental Pictures: Using the amazing power of imagination, mentalpictures are images projected in your mind’s eye of whatevergoals you desire fulfilled.

ii. Real Pictures: These can be photographs or pictures fromcatalogues, magazines and books that depict or represent yourultimate goals.

By having a picture of an objective, this sparks a force that is likeissuing a command directly to your mind to apply its full power to theattainment of that aim. By clearly picturing your goals you can focus farmore intensely on that which you are trying to manifest.

9. Keep Taking Your Action-Steps

One of the main advantages of dividing singular goals into multipleAction-Steps is that the goals are easier to complete when tackled onebite at a time. As each individual step is reached, your levels of confidencewill rise and you will be better prepared for attaining subsequent steps.

10. Persist with Conviction

Persistence is the essential factor in all major long-term success. The“I will never quit” attitude is the greatest discipline a networker cancultivate to improve the success ratio in any endeavor. Resolve to persistwith enthusiastic action toward the attainment of your grandest goals.Have a conviction that your consistent efforts will bring rewards at thehighest level. Stay true to your aim and be prepared to see outstandingresults as your business blasts to a new strata of possibilities.

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G O A L S T O S E T

Y O U R L I F E

A B L A Z E

“People who say that life is not worthwhile are really

saying that they themselves have no personal goals

which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth

working for. Better still, get yourself a project.

Always have something ahead of you

to look forward to.”

Maxwell Maltz

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M L M G O A L S

To attain major success, networkers must have short-range andlong-range goals at which to aim. The short-term targets areAction-Steps as outlined earlier. In this chapter, we will examine

the vital importance of having long-term aims. These long-range goalscan propel you into the orbit of incredible personal accomplishment.They are what inspire enthusiastic action.

For optimum success, you must set empowering long-range goalswithin each sector of your business for the following durations:

One-Year MLM GoalsFive-Year MLM Goals

Now . . . let’s have fun! The following written exercise is designed toinflame your fires of desire. Its intention is to clarify the most eagerobjectives you desire to attain within your network marketing venture.This exercise is to establish goals that will lead you on to outstandingachievement. During the course of the next few pages you will establishtwenty exciting, powerful and self-motivating one-year and five-yeargoals that will set the focus and direction for your immediate future.

Now is the time to unleash your personal power andpositive potential to succeed within the MLM business

opportunity. This comes from setting specific long-rangegoals that are dynamic, exciting and empowering.

This exercise is where your ultimate gratification in life will comefrom . . . through setting stimulating goals that arouse your desires,reveling in the chase for their attainment and living with zeal as they arerealized. Also, having a zestful appetite for setting higher and even moremotivating goals to replace those already achieved.

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Empowering MLM Goals

Following are examples of objectives that can empower a networkerto tremendous feats of achievement:

Commitment : Attend one hundred business opportunitymeetings during the next twelve months.

Grand Vision : Earn enough income by June of next year topurchase a new automobile for US$25,000.

Action-Plans : Before the end of this month, have in placestrategic plans for my networking business thatencompass the next five years.

Knowledge : This year, author and publish a book entitled:“Pushing the MLM Hot-Button” to empowerthe members of my organization.

Prospecting : Aim to get 20 “YES” answers from qualifiedprospects during the next twelve months.

Presenting : By the end of September, be recognized as themost dynamic speaker for the presentations ofmy particular company.

Leadership : Mentor six networkers this year as high-earning,capable, action-oriented leaders.

Momentum : My personal organization to be one of the top-ten fastest growing within my specific companyduring the coming six months.

Time : Commit to spend at least forty focused hourseach week for the next five years on proficientlybuilding this business opportunity.

Earnings : Aim to earn US$1 million during the next fiveyears, then seek to make this world a better placethrough my charitable contributions.

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Here is your opportunity to face the future head on and show theworld that you are an empowered network marketing leader. Right here,right now, set twenty empowering objectives to ignite your business.

One-Year MLM Goals

You must be sure that you are willing to exchange the effort requiredover the next twelve months for the attainment of the goals you willwrite here. You need to establish targets that at least have a valuecomparable to one year of your hardest effort. The destination you areaiming at is where you will arrive one year from today, so you must beinspired by the goals you set. Write ten One-Year MLM Goals this instantthat absolutely electrify you. How would you feel if you accomplishedall of these goals within the next year . . . just satisfied or euphoric?

Commitment : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Grand Vision : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Action-Plans : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Knowledge : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Prospecting : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Presenting : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Leadership : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Momentum : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Time : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Earnings : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Five-Year MLM Goals

This five-year projection will provide continual long-range guidancefor your life . . . especially when you update these objectives severaltimes per year. Be eager at any time throughout the year to revise all ofyour targets as the circumstances of your life alter. The important point

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is to constantly update your aspirations as your life and your businesstake on new scope. From this point forward, the quality of your resultswill be in direct proportion to your commitment to these aims.

Commitment : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Grand Vision : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Action-Plans : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Knowledge : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Prospecting : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Presenting : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Leadership : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Momentum : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Time : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Earnings : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

This is a vital exercise and one that must be done. The destinationyou reach in five years from now will be as a direct result of the forwardplanning and the inspiring goal-setting you do TODAY. Within theseten goals, one stands above all the others . . . this is your ultimate LifeMLM Goal. It is the one overriding desire that will transform itself intoa principal purpose to spark your life into an inferno of gloriousachievement. This ultimate Life MLM Goal forms the basis for yourPure Power Declaration, as discussed in detail in the next chapter.

If you seriously desire to positively transform your life and attainthe levels of success you aspire to, then DO IT NOW! Your One-YearMLM Goals are bridges to your Five-Year MLM Goals, which are a bridgeto your lasting success. It is the achievement of these goals that willempower you with a dynamic sense of self-confidence . . . poweringyou forward to a future that is scintillating. First, there is one missinglink: this is your Pure Power Declaration. This states the way to realizingyour greatest objective . . . the one ultimate Life MLM Goal that standsabove all others.

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E M P O W E R I N G

P U R E P O W E R

D E C L A R A T I O N

“To achieve the maximum from life, have

contribution as the source of your focus

and direction. Then be absolutely committed

to the accomplishment of one specific written

intention . . . your Pure Power Declaration.”

James Lee Valentine

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D E C L A R A T I O N

Your Pure Power Declaration is an inspiring, stimulating and self-empowering statement, which encapsulates all that you desire toachieve in your one ultimate Life MLM Goal. It is the mission

statement of your magnificent obsession. It sets a focused direction foryour life’s purpose and is the essence of your chief aim in life.Fundamentally it represents the new highly empowered you and setsinto motion the direction in which you will now set sail with your life.

Within all network marketers, you included, there is a spark of genius.All that is needed to turn this tiny flame into an inferno of action is anunconquerable desire to succeed at the one thing you absolutely wantto do. Discover your life’s ultimate purpose, express it with passionthrough your Pure Power Declaration and produce extraordinary resultswithin your enterprise that can lead to positive life transformation. Yourlife will make an immense difference once you have monumentalaspirations to spur you on.

What Lights Your Motivational Fire?

To think as a successful networker, all you must do is sit still longenough to determine one basic fact about yourself . . . what lights yourmotivational fire? Begin by asking yourself this insightful question:

Q. What one thing, above all else within network marketing, lights mymotivational fire and keeps it burning bright?

In other words, what dominant urge or interest within networkingwill drive you toward being the best you can be at one particular thing?This factor, once determined, will form the foundation of yourmagnificent obsession and will create the solid framework around whichyour Pure Power Declaration will take shape.

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Contribution: The Fire-powerLeading To Triumphant Victory

Contribution is one of the primary factors leading to success.Nothing gives us a greater sense of well being and personal satisfactionthan contributing to society or fellow networkers . . . giving unselfishlyis the route to a satisfied life. You must ask yourself the following questionto ensure that your focus in life and the direction of your networkingendeavors come from the contribution mode:

Q. How does my ultimate Life MLM Goal contribute to the betterment ofsociety, the improvement of the environment, do good for those aroundme or personally develop and improve the lives of people in general?

Right now, it is time for you to create your own magnificentobsession based around giving to life, instead of taking from it. Projectyour grand vision around what it will take for you to manifest a futurethat is both rewarding and fulfilling whilst still coming from contributionmode. A future in which you make a significant difference and a lastingcontribution to the world and vastly improve the quality of your lifeand the lives of other people in the process. A future in which youprovide a rich, healthy environment for yourself and others, and literallymake yours and their dreams all come true. A future in which you builda networking organization that exudes positive energy.

Your Pure Power DeclarationWill Set Your Life Ablaze

Study your lists of MLM Goals, focus your thoughts and choose theone dominant aim above all others that is to become the nucleus foryour magnificent obsession. Follow this unique seven-step formula toawaken your talent, set your creative juices flowing and design for yourselfan empowering Pure Power Declaration to carry you on to great success.

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This is the seven-step formula for a powerful Pure Power Declaration:

1. Write your one ultimate Life MLM Goal precisely on a fresh sheetof paper.

2. Ask yourself: Is this truly what I desire for my life above and beyond allelse? If the answer is no, go back to the start of this book and beginreading again from the first page.

3. Ask yourself: Does the focus and direction of my ultimate Life MLMGoal come from contribution and will it positively impact the lives ofothers? If not, rework the purpose of your goal. Build on it fromnew angles until you see benefits for others in it and you cantruthfully say that it does come from contribution.

4. Now, write your ultimate Life MLM Goal again on another freshsheet of paper. This time increase it to a full paragraph or moreuntil it embodies all of the qualities and attributes that will, fromthis moment forward, drive you on to success.

5. This is now your Pure Power Declaration. Personalize it by addingyour name. Take this statement and place it in a prominent positionfrom where you will be able to see it daily.

6. Commit to reading your Pure Power Declaration at least once a day,out loud if possible, with a high level of emotional intensity in yourvoice, visualizing the new glorious future desired, all the while withenthusiasm in your spirit and a smile on your face.

7. Cultivate the winning discipline of daily growth and long-rangeachievement in your life by taking some action today, no matterhow little, toward the attainment of your Pure Power Declaration.This elementary discipline of daily action is the seed from whichyour outstanding success and amazing fortune will grow.

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An example of a Pure Power Declaration:

James Lee Valentine

My name is James Lee Valentine. I am an ‘empowering authorextraordinaire’ and a dynamic & inspiring seminar presenter.It is my aim to make a positive difference in this world throughthe POWER books, seminars & personal empowerment tools.These will have a profound positive impact upon the quality oflife for those people who put these empowering principles intodaily practice. The POWER Philosophy built upon the bedrockof self-improvement will help to make this world a better place.

I have an unquenchable passion for life and an incredibledesire to experience it all fully. My commitment is to designand live a life that works so well, all who see it are movedtoward the attainment of maximum health, wealth, wisdomand happiness for their own lives too. It is my motto that I willmake a positive difference . . . inspirationally!

It is not necessary for you to be a super-hero to come fromcontribution mode and make a positive difference with your own life.However, there is one quality that you must possess to win . . . and thatis definiteness of purpose, which is the knowledge of what you want anda burning desire to possess it. Your Pure Power Declaration when readon a daily basis gives you this definiteness of purpose.

This is your best opportunity now to release your mental shacklesand plan at the highest level . . . to brainstorm something that will driveyour life toward untold achievements, to find a target big enough andgrand enough to challenge you to push beyond all limits, to discoveryour ultimate purpose. This is your chance to design a Pure PowerDeclaration that will keep your aim straight as you journey along theinfinite and ever-empowering road of life.

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Section Eight

The Power OfFOCUS

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T H E P O W E R O F

F O C U S

Successful network marketers focus their achievement-oriented faculties

on positive outcomes. Focus utilizes

the POWER of ACTION . . . not just

plain action, but immediate and

massive enthusiastic action,

with the empowering kick-starter being

ACTION TNT!

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F O C U S

To focus is to devote all of one’s attention in ONE spot. It is aproven fact that it is almost impossible to produce effective resultswhen trying to do two or more unrelated activities at the same

time. Successful networkers know this and relentlessly concentrate allof their achievement-oriented faculties toward the accomplishment oftheir singular grandest network marketing mission.

Applied focus enhances and concentrates the power of action.However, we are not talking about feeble steps of action here, rather weare alluding to the phenomenal power that is inherent in massive,enthusiastic Action-Steps . . . with the kick-starter being: Action TNT!

This means: Action today not tomorrow!

The major aim of this Section Eight is to provide increased focus tothe networker who has a burning desire to achieve astounding successin his or her entrepreneurial endeavors but is uncertain as to what preciseAction-Steps to take. Each chapter of this section in turn will discuss indetail the five key ingredients of applied focus, being:

Focused determinationEnthusiastic actionUnwavering persistencePassionate fires of inspirationUnyielding commitment to personal excellence

The best way to enduring networking success is by displaying focus.If your desire is to earn a vast residual income through your networkingefforts, you must make the success of your venture the focal point ofyour actions. You can attain greatness as an empowered networker andreach the top levels of MLM achievement, but merely thinking of successwon’t yield it . . . you must demonstrate the power of applied focus.

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M A G I C K E Y T O

A S T O U N D I N G

S U C C E S S

“To focus is to select a goal, determine a

course of action that will bring one to that

goal, and then hold to that action until the

goal is reached. The magic key is focus.”

Michael Hanson

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A C T I O N T N T !

The most comprehensive way for an entrepreneur to attain massivesuccess within the sphere of any network marketing opportunity isby taking enthusiastic action toward his or her central aims with

focused determination. It takes focused effort, and plenty of it, to turn avision into a successful reality.

Most unsuccessful networkers lack the focus to generate feelings ofenthusiasm, which can immobilize inertia, so they wait in anticipationof their lives magically improving. In most cases, little happens andthese individuals waste precious time waiting for their networks to catchfire. Focused determination, which reinforces clear thinking and leadsto enthusiastic action, is the best approach for networkers to igniteexplosive growth in their groups and is the magic key to lasting success.

To ignite explosive growth within your network, and dramaticallyincrease the work-rate of the active networkers within it, a decisivecommitment must be made to faithfully adhere to these three all-important ‘focus-inducing’ Action-Steps:

Decide in which areas you will focus your most ardent MLMefforts . . . this determines the direction you are aiming.

Take immediate, unlimited, enthusiastic action toward theaccomplishment of your objectives.

Whatever you do, be absolutely determined to stay focused onyour targets . . . display iron-willed tenacity.

Use this moment now to ask potent questions, analyze your presentlevel of focus and understand why your enterprise is perhaps not growingas fast as it could. Learn from the experience of winners and focus youreffort on the key principles that will have the greatest impact on thecontinued expansion and increased profitability of your business.

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Action TNT!

The first key principle to generate explosive growth within yourorganization is that of immediacy. This means taking action TODAY.Immediate action is the primary ingredient of focused determination.Action today not tomorrow! Don’t think too long about doing something,practice the winning discipline of doing it today. Action TNT!

The positive energy released by following this principle is astounding.Take action today, and every day, and you become empowered, youradrenaline flows, motivation builds and self-confidence grows.Immediacy conquers fear, soothes anxiety and gives immense personalsatisfaction to the doer. Be known as an Action Person . . . an empowerednetworker who completes tasks, fast!

Be a leader in networking by taking action today, not tomorrow, ona consistent daily basis. It is not what action you take once in a whilethat shapes your MLM organization, but what diligent effort you committo on a continual basis. You reap the reward of whatever you FOCUSon in life . . . whether your business expands or stagnates is in directproportion to the amount of applied focus you attend to it.

There are a vast number of people who could have beennetworking champions, but they never took ACTION,they never made the effort and never joined an MLM

company. Men and women who were smarter, stronger,better educated than the leaders. They could have

done it, but they never even took the first step.

Your focus needs to be on the positive. To attain results that count,you must decide to go after the outcomes for your MLM venture thatare wanted. The more specific you can be, the sharper your focus, thenthe greater the power you will command to directly achieve the resultsyou seek. Keep your energies focused on the desired long-range outcome.

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Know that action in the wrong direction, no matter how enthusiastic,won’t get you to where you want to go.

Overcoming Inertia Will Lead The WayTo An Expanding Network

Inertia is the restraint that stops you from taking the action thatwill move you toward the attainment of your MLM objectives. Inmanifesting your aims, it is vitally important that you are able toovercome inertia and take empowering Action-Steps.

There is a proverb that states: “The beginning is half the whole.”Understandably, the first steps in overcoming inertia are the mostchallenging of all. Once the ball of achievement is rolling, it is easier tokeep it in motion. An effective key is in having a burning reason forattaining the goal . . . your desire must be an inferno of fire to inspire.Another key to overcome inertia is to make an instant start, TODAY,on whatever it is that needs doing. Once you have created motion, themomentum will build to keep you progressing in a forward direction.

Networkers with focused determination develop compelling reasonsto be inspired. Red-hot, flaming desires for specific targets will breakthe stalemate of inertia and provide the impetus to take enthusiasticAction-Steps. Power is essential for the realization of any objective.Goals are inert and useless without enough momentum to translatethem into being. This force manifests itself in the form of an intensedesire . . . the motive that pushes a networker’s hot-button releasing thefull power of enthusiastic effort.

Q. How can I overcome inertia and get the ball of achievement rolling in afavorable direction?

The answer to this action-inducing Power Question lies within theapplication of this powerful five-step formula.

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1. FOCUS on one major MLM objective. Decide on one inspiringaim only . . . you cannot effectively chase two unrelated goals at thesame time.

2. WRITE a clear description of this major networking aim on a freshsheet of paper. Be specific.

3. OUTLINE each individual Action-Step required to reach the targetin the form of an Action-Plan. Write this underneath your MLMobjective on the same sheet of paper.

4. NOTE the deadline for achieving your goal and also the dates youintend accomplishing each individual step.

5. TAKE ACTION, no matter how small, toward the achievement ofeach one of the steps.

Let today and every day have significance toward your ultimatenetworking objectives through your focused determination. If you desiresuccess in your endeavors, let every day be one of progress in your questto realize your goals and manifest your grand vision. Strengthen yourself-resolve by being a MLM achiever . . . tear into the newfoundpossibilities in your business with increased vigor. Footprints in thesands of time are not made by sitting still, so make procrastination yourenemy by displaying boundless enthusiasm and getting stuck into thetasks at hand in an empowering manner.

Show focused determination and move forward in the direction ofsuccess today by taking Action-Steps toward the fulfillment of your highestaspirations. Achieve something else today by reading the next chapteron the power of action and learn how to generate more energized feelingsfor the way you act within the networking profession. Feel the energysurging through your body as you radiate the vibrant pulse of a leadingnetworker inflamed by the burning fires of desire.

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A C T I O N !

A C T I O N !

A C T I O N !

“Deep within man dwell those slumbering

powers, powers that would astonish him, that he

never dreamed of possessing, forces that would

revolutionize his life if aroused and

put into action.”

Orison Swett Marden

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A C T I O N ! A C T I O N !

The surest way to attain your greatest aspirations is by takingACTION. Networking objectives immediately acted upon willdrive you toward extraordinary success. You may anxiously want

to achieve your ambitions, you may think about them often and youmay tell everyone you meet that you are focused upon them . . . but theonly way you will ever manifest your networking objectives is throughtaking action . . . action . . . action . . . action!

If your MLM organization has yet to expand in the way you wereinitially expecting, and if things are not happening as planned, thenyou must do things differently or do different things. The results beingexperienced are occurring in direct proportion to your focused endeavors.You must take personal responsibility and realize it is your actions, ormore critically your lack of them, which are causing your business toprosper or fail. It is not the actions of your upline leaders, or your mentor,or the company. If the results coming forth from the efforts of yournetworking enterprise are not to your liking, you must be the one tokick your personal efforts to a higher level.

Ask this penetrating question to see if you control the ultimate focusof your own endeavors or not:

Q. Where will I be ten years from now?

If you do not yet have a clear idea of where you will be ten yearsfrom now . . . you are in trouble. Where will you be ten years from nowif you keep on doing what you have always done? Can you notice thatthrough the MLM vehicle, your efforts can make a real difference?Through your specific networking opportunity you have a chance toachieve all the success you desire by changing what you have alwaysdone. If your answer is not yet crystal clear, understand that you mustget focused and take immediate action to change your direction.

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It is true that ten years from this point in time, you will surely arrive atthe destination at which you are currently aiming.

Presently, if things are not as good as you would like thentake personal responsibility for this. Realize that YOU are

the sole cause of everything that happens in the initial stagesof your organization’s growth. You manifest the effect withyour action . . . or lack of action. Blame only yourself forthe events occurring in your business. Don’t blame outside

factors or ascribe your failure to other networkers.

Make the absolute most of today and grasp new opportunities asthey arise. Today is a fresh new day and is the best time to begin thechanges you seek. So . . . make a commitment that from today you willtake action to design a new future. Today, start developing the Action-Plans and begin putting into motion the Action-Steps that will enableyou to become the successful networker you aspire to be. Understandthat you have within your grasp the ability to empower yourself or toimprove any aspect of your networking endeavors:

You can dramatically enhance your ability to present any MLMbusiness opportunity.

You can empower yourself to be outrageously self-confidentwhen communicating with others.

You can vastly improve your financial situation by building yournetworking organization in a professional manner.

You can empower the entrepreneurs in your network to becomevisionary leaders and effective mentors.

You can improve yourself and your networking strategies. If youwill change, everything around you can transform in miraculous ways.

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Don’t try to change what is outside your reach, change what is insideyour mental powerhouse. In future, when adversity is experienced, viewthe situation in new ways. Don’t wish the networking profession wereeasier. Instead, decide to become better equipped to handle the ups anddowns through personal development. Don’t wish for fewer difficulties.Instead, decide to develop more synergistic capability, so that you canbetter cope with any challenges that come your way.

By taking action and embracing the changes that your MLMorganization generates, you will create your own good fortune.You are the one who controls your business and your ultimatedestiny. Nothing will happen until you make it happen . . . it

is up to you. It is through the power of your thoughts, yourdecisions and your actions that your future is shaped.

Motivation . . . The Action KeyTo Ignite Explosive Growth

Within Your Network

Climb into the pilot’s seat of the rocketship called ‘My MLMVenture’ and start soaring. Through life-transforming positive actions,you will be the one to set the direction for your business. Sometimesthe journey to ultimate network marketing empowerment may seem along and challenging mission, but one well worth taking as a thriving,profitable organization will radically transform many facets of your life.

Motivation is the inner urge that induces action or determines choice.It is the spark that provides a motive to act. The inner urge can beanything that incites action and can be in the form of a thought, idea,desire, emotion, feeling or impulse. Motivation can also be inspired byoutside influences, such as the fervor and excitement of an energizedcrowd at a network marketing event or the talk of an animated, fired-up business opportunity presenter.

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Follow this high-impact three-point formula to motivate yourselftoward remarkable success within the realm of your MLM endeavorsand lead your network toward outstanding excellence. This formula isanalogous to a rocketship blasting free from the earth’s atmosphere andorbiting successfully in space:

i. Ignition point: First, isolate your motivation. Recognize the manymajor objectives for your enterprise that truly excite you . . . theones that get your passion juices flowing and can ignite and inflameyour motivational fires. Once these objectives are known, magnifyyour feelings of desire for their attainment until your motivationreaches the critical ignition point.

ii. Blast off: Take immediate, unlimited, enthusiastic action toward theattainment of these inspired objectives. It is essential that you fullyutilize the assets at hand ⎯ whatever you presently have to workwith: skills, training, mentors, materials, catalogues, products,technologies ⎯ regardless of how many or how few they may be,and blast off into the trajectory of success now.

iii. Cruise control: Navigate your MLM organization to an upperstratosphere level and choose to cruise in this ‘success’ orbit. Emulatethe finest character traits of the chief networkers to keep your passionjuices potent and your inspirational energies in a sky-high realm.

Above and beyond what is needed in any other business, within thenetwork marketing industry you require a vast reserve of motivationalfeelings and empowered emotions to achieve any great degree of success.These are internal powers that will propel you at astronomical speedtoward the attainment of your most magnificent MLM objectives.

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T H E “ I W I L L

N E V E R Q U I T ”

A T T I T U D E

“To this thought I hold with firm persistence;

The last result of wisdom stamps it true;

He only earns his freedom and existence;

Who daily conquers them anew.”

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Persistence is the essential factor in all major long-term achievement.An “I will never quit” attitude is one of the finest qualities thatnetwork marketers can cultivate for a successful outcome in their

endeavors. If all other advice is ignored in this MLM Power book, anynetworker will probably still succeed at most tasks he or she attempts ifthey will just apply this one empowering principle: NEVER QUIT!Achievers never give up, no matter how many disappointments orsetbacks they have. After a fall, they pick themselves up, figure out theirmistakes, apply the lessons they have learned, then . . . try, try, try again.

As the co-founder of Amway, Richard M. DeVos, ardently stated:“If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard asbeing most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I wouldpick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to theend, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying,here comes number seventy-one.”

The common denominator of the most successful network marketersis in the persistence they display toward overcoming all obstacles and inkeeping on moving ahead toward their most inspiring network marketingaspirations. It does not matter how fast these entrepreneurial winnersmove forward, the vital point is that they are continually advancing:action first, persistence second, rewards third.

Action ⎯ Persistence ⎯ Rewards

First: Take Action ⎯ NOW!

Don’t sit still waiting for an opportunity to raise its pretty head,it won’t. Take action this instant to capitalize on the greatest opportunitythat is before you now . . . your particular network marketing entity.Make your efforts today the cause of your success and wealth tomorrow.

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By developing detailed Action-Plans, and by taking immediate Action-Steps, and by directing them enthusiastically toward your networkingpriorities, you will increase the chances of favorable outcomes comingyour way . . . sooner rather than later. With every focused effort made,you boost the possibility of good fortune in the present, here and now.

Second: Be Persistent ⎯ EVERY DAY!

Never let a day pass in which you do not devote eager effort towardthe realization of your networking goals. Always keep yourself ‘hot’ onthe idea that you will attain your grandest objectives soon. Follow yourwritten Action-Plans with accuracy and be persistent in carrying out theAction-Steps toward the realization of your greatest aims by takingimmediate, enthusiastic action . . . every day!

Third: Attain Riches and Rewards ⎯ YES!

Networking success is never guaranteed. But the seeds of your richestdesires will have a far greater chance of coming to fruition if you willfollow, persistently, the many empowering principles as outlined here.

Thinking And Action Principles

Whenever ‘persistence’ is mentioned throughout this book, let it beunderstood that what is meant is persistent effort in a focused direction.Blind persistence is only for fools. Success and attainment require focusedpersistence. This means integrating an “I will never quit” attitude withthese ten dynamic THINKING and ACTION principles:

Thinking Principles

1. Decision: Become crystal clear on the short-term objectives that mustbe achieved in your quest for long-term networking success. Havefirmness of decision concerning your future. Know exactly what itis that you desire . . . clarity of decision is so vital.

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2. Direction: A target must be chosen, and clearly outlined, before ameaningful direction can be identified. Once your objective isknown, focus in one direction will multiply your personal powersenabling you to be more persistent in your daily efforts.

3. Purpose: Be specific in your reasons for wanting to reach yourobjective. Definiteness of purpose is vitally important in settinginspiring goals that ‘fire’ you into action. With an empoweringpurpose that sets your soul ablaze, your rewards can be unlimited.

4. Goals: Once you have established exceptional goals to ignite yourfires of desire, fan the flames by keeping your mind’s eye on theultimate target. Picturing the end-result in your mental powerhousewill keep your motivational engine running ‘hot’ as you pursue thesuccessful achievement of your most ambitious aims.

5. Calm: Practice tranquility by being at peace with the universe. Don’tburn yourself out through too much intense effort. Leave your workfrom time to time and relax completely. Upon your return, yourjudgment will be clearer and your energies will be restored to agreater degree than before.

Action Principles

6. Action: Action is undoubtedly the most potent component ofpersistent effort . . . but it must be taken NOW to be most effective.Keep moving forward. Keep writing Action-Plans. Keep takingAction-Steps. Keep searching for more empowering ways to expressyour efforts. Immediate, enthusiastic action is what’s needed tomanifest the rewards you seek through your networking enterprise.Action is the most powerful success key of all.

7. Enthusiasm: Enthusiasm is the fuel that speeds you to yourdestination. There is no equivalent to enthusiasm in the explosionof vibrant energy it can bring to your endeavors. Enthusiasm is what

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keeps one’s desire for accomplishment blazing. Develop a reserve of‘fired-up’ enthusiasm to impel yourself to perform the persistentactions that will literally blast you past the winning post.

8. Excellence: Always deliver maximum effort in the quest to producesuperior results . . . give your very best effort, expect your very besteffort and accept only the very best effort from yourself. The sizeand quality of your enterprise will be measured in direct relation toyour personal commitment to excellence. The stronger thededication shown to precision in reaching your ideals, the greaterthe ultimate reward. Perform to the foremost of your abilities ineverything you do . . . and outstanding results will materialize.

9. Passion: Your life will literally be a paradise on earth once you displayan inflamed passion toward all networking activities. Instill a deeppassion within yourself to always be fired-up for your particularMLM opportunity. Perform with the greatest measure of persistentpassion . . . and the world will be your oyster.

10. Confidence: Develop immense self-confidence in advance of thetriumphant accomplishment of your network marketing aims. Thiswill be a major key enabling you to display the persistent effortsnecessary for a victorious result. Intense self-belief in your personalability to perform at the highest level is needed, in tandem withhuge self-assurance, to spur you on to achieving the Action-Stepsrequired for a successful outcome.

For sure, you will possess the attribute of focused persistence whenyou combine the preceding ten principles with your own potent “I willalways persist” attitude. However, it is only when you consistentlyconcentrate your entrepreneurial efforts in a forward direction that youwill unleash the full awesome potential of unwavering focus.

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L E A D S T O

T H E L A N D O F

M A S T E R Y

“Whether or not you reach your goals

in life depends entirely on how well

you prepare for them and how badly

you want them. You are an eagle.

Stretch your wings and fly to the sky.”

Ronald McNair

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Enthusiasm is an effect of inspiration . . . the greater the ‘inspired’feelings displayed toward something, the more euphoric theenthusiastic feelings generated. To stimulate more enthusiasm

for your particular business opportunity and to be radically inspired asan empowered networker, you must instill more excitement for yourenterprise. It is the sheer thrill of working toward invigorating objectivesthat will arouse extraordinary feelings of inspiration.

Review your lists of MLM goals to find major objectives you candisplay excitement for now, then take immediate and impassionedenthusiastic action toward their attainment. Remember this empoweringmotto: Take action . . . to be inspired . . . to be on fire! As Thomas Edison,the great inventor, stated: “Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration.Begin, and inspiration will find you.”

You must be the one to ignite the fires of inspiration ⎯ you are theonly person who can set them ablaze ⎯ and the flames must becontinually fanned by you to keep the fires of desire burning hot. Thefirst flickering embers of inspiration are lit from the simple deed oftaking enthusiastic action toward the achievement of any objective. It isaction that fans the flames and keeps them blazing.

Steady progress each and every day toward your networking targetsis all you need to keep enthused and inspired. Inspiration is magicalbecause it is the inspiration itself that will lead you on past obstaclesand challenges, via opportunities and possibilities, into the golden landof mastery and affluence.

The network marketer who makes errors along his or her journeyto success is half way to the target already. The very fact this man orwoman is making mistakes means that action is already being takentoward the objectives. All this individual requires is greater applied focus

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in setting an empowering course of Action-Plans and Action-Steps, and apersonal commitment to excellence in his or her networking endeavors,then they will surely reach the designated destination.

When you make a mistake, large or small, it is vitalthat you get back on track to success immediately.

An instant boost of inspiration is needed to your system.You will get this by taking an immediate burst of

super-charged, enthusiastic action toward your targets.

A zest for life is a natural instinct when things are humming alongsmoothly. However, it is when things start to get tough or begin takinga turn for the worst that it is most essential for you to keep your levels ofenthusiasm high and your fires of inspiration burning strong. To achievea successful outcome, it may be necessary for you to overcome frequenttimes of trouble and conquer many adverse conditions.

To sustain consistently high levels of enthusiasm, and stay inspiredfor the attainment of your most awe-inspiring objectives during badtimes as well as good, is one of the greatest success-traits you can develop.Study the leading network marketers and you will observe men andwomen who display the trait of ‘continuous inspiration’ every time yousee them. They are always up.

The attainment of success within any networking venture is primarilycontrolled by one state of mind only.

This is: A positive mental attitude.

What transpires in real life within your network isn’t nearly asimportant as what optimistic thoughts you focus on and whatempowered attitude you display to get your business running on thewinning track. Your ability to be inspired comes when you use the powerof focus to direct you along the road to success.

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An Environment Of Inspiration WillIncrease The Fun Of Being A

Network Marketer

Many networking companies, especially in the modern hi-tech workenvironment, place a high premium on inspiration. Is your particularnetworking opportunity an example of this? If you are involved with acompany that doesn’t tolerate inspirational ideas, you are possiblyworking with an enterprise that’s eventually going nowhere for you.Why stay on board a ship that refuses to leave the harbor, is probablybarnacle-encrusted and may even be sinking? Life is too important andtoo much fun to spend it with losers.

It is wise indeed to spend your time with open-minded companies,ones that encourage inspired uniqueness. Develop inspiration in anenvironment that is creative and this will help to spark your networkingefforts into an inferno of inspired ingenuity.

The famous playwright Noël Coward once said thatwork is much more fun than fun. What he was

alluding to is the immense fulfillment that comesfrom having a vocation that motivates men and

women and lights their inspirational fires. Networkmarketing can be such a vocation for you.

Treat your MLM venture as significant and feel inspired to be anintegral member of an empowered enterprise. The difference betweenperforming with unhappy drudgery in your tasks or cheerful upliftingeffort is often no more than personal perspective . . . which is determinedby your positive mental attitude. Treat the company you are associatedwith as consequential, and the inspiration that flows will increase indirect proportion to the tasks becoming more meaningful.

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Put some magical inspiration into your business. With a new viewof your networking exertions as stimulating and enjoyable, and anattitude tuned into being creatively inspired, it won’t be too long beforeyour organization starts building momentum and generating largeincome . . . another self-fulfilling prophesy.

Do not compromise your life by staying too long in a vocationthat holds no great joy for you. Get your inspirational juices

flowing by being in control of your professional destinyand being part of an empowering organization.

Being a highly successful and widely respected network marketingleader ⎯ one of the outstanding winners in MLM ⎯ is this one ofyour greatest yearnings? If so, are you obsessed with this aspiration?Does this vision captivate you and pull your heartstrings? Do you telleveryone you meet that being an inspired networker is what you are?Is awesome success in networking one of your major goals? Do youthink of MLM as your life’s calling? Have you written many inspiringobjectives and developed Action-Plans to attain them? If you desire successas an empowered networker, ask yourself questions such as these to seeif you are serious about success in this calling, in particular:

Q. Am I acting as an empowered networker anywhere today?

To achieve your goals, you must be willing to invest the necessarytime and persist at doing what it takes. There is no such thing as anovernight success. Instant mastery, right now, will not occur. You mustpersevere in your aspirations and have faith in a successful long-termoutcome. Develop magical feelings of inspiration by being fired-up aboutyour MLM enterprise. Well-planned goals and enthusiastic action,combined with a commitment to excellence, are what will get you tothe pinnacle of success in any networking opportunity, nothing less.

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I N C R E A S I N G

Y O U R P E R S O N A L

V A L U E

“The worth of a person’s life

is in direct proportion to their

commitment to increasing

their personal value.”

James Lee Valentine

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P E R S O N A L V A L U E

Your value is determined first and foremost by the intensity ofyour dedication to top performance. The quality of your lifewill always be in direct proportion to your commitment to

personal excellence . . . the stronger your dedication to precision inreaching your ideals, the greater the ultimate rewards you will reap.

By performing to your foremost ability in all networking endeavors,you can produce results of outstanding achievement in your quest for afabulous lifestyle. If you never settle for second best in anything, youwill be the one who is favored with a measure of success in everything.As Henry Ford, the greatest industrialist of the twentieth century, stated:“Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.”

Your personal value will rapidly increase and a decisive commitmentto excellence will be forged when you develop singleness of purpose.This is excelling to the greatest of your ability within ONE particularsphere of activity . . . the direct sales industry, for example. Your owncommitment to personal excellence will manifest in the daring decisionto give one hundred percent effort to all tasks leading to the achievementof your most cherished ambitions.

You will gain merit through high-octane, all-out, top performanceaction. No matter the task you have to accomplish, always give it yourvery best shot. Strive for excellence and perform to the upper limits ofyour ability. As the leading networkers can confirm, one’s finest effortswill pay off handsomely in the long run.

A vital ingredient of developing a commitment to excellence is inapplying integrity to the fulfillment of top performance action. Integrity,in essence, can be defined as honesty. All enduring success is built uponthe solid foundation of truth, trust and fairness. The straightest andsurest path to the creation of a successful network marketing enterprise

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is through the application of integrity in everything you do. It is thesupreme factor in the building of character and of developing ultimatenetwork marketing empowerment.

Increase Your Personal Value ToIncrease Your Personal Success

Vast wealth can come to any networker who creates outstandingpersonal value . . . the person who places a large worth on their own life.The individual who makes himself or herself valuable is the one whomore often than not will reap the reward of great providence and achieveexcellence in their endeavors. As the internationally acclaimed motivator,Jim Rohn, says: “Work hard on your job and you can make a living, butwork hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.”

During your lifetime, you are paid exactly what you are worth. Nomatter your earnings, whether five dollars per hour or five million dollarsper year, this is your personal value . . . and this is determined by YOU.Is Madonna worth an income of around fifty million dollars per year?Yes is the answer. Is Oprah Winfrey worth annual earnings of over onehundred million dollars? Again, the answer is yes.

Whether you earn a lowly pittance through your network marketingenterprise, or your income amounts to vast mountainous sums, you arepaid for bringing your value to the marketplace . . . the marketplacebeing wherever you or your product or your service is bought or sold ortraded. In the case of Madonna and Oprah Winfrey, the marketplacefor each of them is global in scope.

Is it possible for any person to become two, three or many times asvaluable as he or she presently is? Is it possible for him or her to earntwo, three or many times their present income in the same amountof time? The answer to both of these questions is a resounding YES!The person accomplishes this by increasing his or her personal worth.

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Jay Abraham, a top financial consultant, says: “Wealth, prosperityand success come to those people who create great value in themselves.”One of the fundamental keys in increasing value is to work harder onyou than you work on your job. In relation to creating a successful MLMbusiness, this means first instilling leadership qualities into you beforeattempting to instill them within the individuals of your organization.Yes . . . personal development is the key to increased personal value.

Personal Development Will IncreaseYour Personal Value

To vastly increase your value as a networker, you first need to workwholeheartedly on the personal development side of yourself. Start bydoing what you love and loving what you do . . . you really must lovebeing involved with MLM. This is a major secret of success and willhelp in keeping your levels of inspiration and enthusiasm sky-high.Develop your creative talents and abilities around objectives ofconsequence, then acquire the skills you will need to be an outstandingnetwork marketer and one of the respected leaders in this profession.Change your mindset in an empowering and constructive direction andyour entire life can explode into wondrous change.

You need to place a tremendous value on your own worth.This is not an egotistical statement but an important reality.

You must increase your personal value for you to achievesignificant success and lasting gratification.

Successful networkers promote themselves and are self-confidentfires of passion for the network marketing industry. They are their ownnumber one fans and let their prospects know in no uncertain termsthat their MLM opportunity is absolutely the best. These winners knowit is they, themselves, who must take top performance action today tobe an excellent role model for others, always leading by example.

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Distinguish yourself in your networking efforts through acommitment to personal excellence, then begin harvesting your riches.By performing to the very best of your abilities, you will have anincredible opportunity to succeed big-time with your MLM venture.Within network marketing, the possibilities you have available beforeyou to succeed almost anywhere in the world are truly staggering.

Very few of the top networkers today had their early timesin MLM easy . . . neither should you expect any free rides.These leaders hustled with masses of enthusiasm, persevered

with vast quantities of confidence, and never gave upbelieving in the golden networking opportunity.

When you perform to the best of your abilities, you will possessresilience with which you can accomplish tasks. You will be able tocomplete your network marketing objectives with raised levels of speed,skill and stamina. As each task is completed, you will find yourself withincreased will-power and higher levels of self-confidence to enhanceyour ability to achieve the next task. A greater quality of effort willresult in a greater quantity of performance. This cycle feeds upon itself:the greater your energized actions toward this effort, the easier theattainment of it, and the greater still the next performance.

Aim to get the highest possible result from every action you expendin your MLM endeavors from this moment forward. With a positivewinning attitude focused on personal excellence, your worth to yourorganization can be exponentially compounded. Once you begin thisshift toward aligning yourself with the awesome power of focuseddetermination, all aspects of your life and every facet of your businesswill transform in the most spectacular ways.

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Section Nine

The Power OfFAITH

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F A I T H

Leaders in network marketing

develop effectiveness through the

power of their own convictions.

A belief that becomes an empowered conviction is a massively potent tool

for the person manifesting a grand vision.

Fuel your beliefs with FAITHand YOU will attain success!

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F A I T H

Faith is inextinguishable hope . . . an invincible belief in the grandestoutcome. The power of faith is a force to attain our greatest desires.The foundations of faith are prayer and affirmation. Through

empowering prayer ⎯ the affirming of our needs to God ⎯ faithmanifests higher levels of confidence.

This spirit of confidence unfolds in wondrous ways, resulting inthe accomplishment of our desires. It is said that affirmations are theclosest link to prayers. But with affirmations, instead of praying directlyto God, you affirm your intentions straight to your inner-self,manifesting your desires on a conscious and subconscious level.

Through this Section Nine, we will illustrate that affirmations offaith are not feeble wishes . . . they are powerful, unyielding convictions.The prayers of a network marketer, if expressed in earnest, will instillhigh levels of self-confidence and allow a greater degree of focuseddetermination. Prayers that are stated with intense belief will result inan existence wherein the most exalted desires are fulfilled.

Faith empowers. Networkers of unconquerable faith shine brightestwhen they encounter difficulties. Certainly it is best not to have anyobstacles at all, but setbacks and challenges can serve us. Whenovercoming difficult situations, if the networker will exert his or hermost ardent efforts, one’s character will grow stronger.

Weak individuals, those without a personal development foundation,who over long periods grow accustomed to being challenged, may acquirethe tendency to give up and quit. But with enough instilled faith, noneof us need ever resign ourselves to defeat. The key is to state solidaffirmations and take enthusiastic action until the desired results areproduced or the situation turns around. Faith has the awe-inspiringpower to positively transform our lives.

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W I L L I M P A C T

Y O U R L I F E

“Every moment of your life is infinitely creative,

and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put

forth a clear enough request and everything

your heart desires must come to you.”

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A F F I R M A T I O N S

Throughout this section we will make reference to FAITH byway of the immense power of affirmations. These are dynamicstatements repeated over and over to oneself that a desired future

condition is already true. Through repetition, affirmations are one ofthe easiest techniques known for powerfully influencing a person’s mind.

These words and phrases, reiterated daily, are concise methods ofconvincing the intellect. Any thought that is passed through the mindoften enough and forcefully enough is finally accepted . . . it becomesthe dominant thought pattern. Constant repetition of affirmations leadsto instilled belief.

Once a belief becomes a deep certainty, powerful forces arise.Entrepreneurs can use the awesome power of affirmations to attain theirmost exciting MLM objectives through replacing disempowering,destructive doctrines with empowering, constructive belief systems.

Either silently or aloud, affirmations can be repeated at any timeand place. Self-talk of an optimistic nature can be practicedupon waking first thing in the morning, standing in line at a

store, working out at the gym, sitting in a restaurant waiting fora prospect, or even lying in bed before you go to sleep at night.You decide when and where you are most comfortable doingthem. The vital point is that you do repeat affirmations ona consistent basis if dramatic change is desired in your life.

The repeating of positive affirmations is one of the most powerfulsuccess disciplines. As the Bible says: “Thou shall decree a thing and itshall be established unto thee.” Wise words indeed. Today, state somenew empowering affirmations to begin the process of manifesting thesuccessful network marketer’s life of splendor that you desire.

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Start Your Day With Enthusiastic,Inspiring, Upbeat Self-talk

Top networkers are inspired . . . they are on-fire. They possess aninner drive for action, an urge for accomplishment and a motive forwinning that keeps them competing for success. The most effectivemotivation is that which is self-generated. Motivation is largely a matterof one’s attitude. Since attitudes are habits of thought, it follows thatself-motivation is a learned skill. Therefore, any person who can developa new habit of thought can become self-motivated. The technique withthe greatest effect for self-motivation is enthusiastic self-talk . . . thestating of empowering affirmations.

The course of your day ⎯ and how effective you can perform as anempowered networker ⎯ is determined from the instant you regainwaking consciousness. Why not have a series of positive affirmationsthat you can repeat to yourself as you arise from sleep? Display themprominently so that you can read them easily after waking. Developthis daily winning discipline to see how energized, electrified andexhilarated you can feel . . . every day. Examples are:

Today I feel fabulous!

Yes . . . today is a magnificent day!

My energy and vitality are boundless!

This is a wonderful day of opportunity!

Something wonderful happens to me every day!

My networking business possibilities are awesome!

A series of powerful affirmations can literally turn your world aroundwith their massive positive impact. They will influence not only yourMLM endeavors, but they will transform the lives of other networkerswithin your enterprise as they notice and respond to the positive energyyou continuously radiate.

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Eight-Step Success Formula

These are the all-important Action-Steps required for creating effectiveresults-achieving affirmations:

1. Personalize Your Affirmations

Start your affirmations with “I . . .” or “My . . .” making them personalto you. These are suggestions to improve your life, so ensure that youare the focal point. Personalize your affirmations by having their meaningrelevant to how you want the events of your life to be at this instant:

My networking organization is expanding rapidly!

2. State Your Affirmations in the Positive

Always state your affirmations in the most upbeat way possible.Affirm the conditions you do want, not what you don’t want. You shouldaim to describe that which you desire to create or achieve. “I am . . .” or“I have . . .” are excellent beginning points:

I have phenomenal self-confidence!

3. State Your Affirmations in the Present Tense

Affirm in the present tense as opposed to the past or future tenses.It is vital to create desires as if they already exist . . . this speeds theirrealization. Instead of saying “I will be inspired!” say “I am inspired!”End affirmations with “now” to keep their impact level high:

I feel endless enthusiasm for networking . . . now!

4. Keep Your Affirmations Short

The shorter and more dynamic the affirmation, the more effectiveit is. Your affirmations must be concise statements that convey a positivefeeling. The greater dynamism carried by the affirmation, the longer-lasting its impression on your mind:

I am a highly empowered network marketer!

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5. State Your Affirmations with Conviction

If an Army General stood before his troops and asked in a mildmanner for them to “sort of” or “kind of” or “perhaps” or “maybe”come to attention, the result would not be impressive. But if he stoodtall before his regiment and commanded in a loud, powerful voice:“Attention!” then the soldiers, every one, would precisely execute thecommand. Now, speak to your mind and do not beg, ask or coax. Layyour demands upon your mental powerhouse. You are the General andall the cells of your being are waiting to carry out your every command.So affirm with total conviction that the desired outcome will result:

My residual income is sky-rocketing!

6. Your Affirmations Must Be Sincere

Ensure your affirmations are for the things you truly desire. Thiswill make them sincere . . . from the heart. Sincere affirmations are freefrom pretence and have a greater likelihood of being realized:

My competence as a skilled mentor is amazing!

7. Your Affirmations Must Be Written

Writing your affirmations as statements keeps you on the right track,crystallizes your thoughts and inspires you to take immediate,enthusiastic action:

I love being a successful, highly empowered entrepreneur!

8. Repeat Your Affirmations Often

The secret of successful results is in the repetition. State them overand over again until the desired outcome is attained. The recommendedminimum is twice a day. Stated in the morning and repeated again inthe evening is the ideal situation for the greatest results:

I think I can . . . I know I can . . . and I will!

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C R E A T I V E

V I S U A L I Z A T I O N

“Ordinary people believe only in the possible.

Extraordinary people visualize not what is

possible or probable, but rather what is impossible.

And by visualizing the impossible,

they begin to see it as possible.”

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V I S U A L I Z A T I O N

Creative visualization is truly one of the most remarkable principlesfor a network marketer to master in pursuit of success withinany MLM business opportunity. Creative visualization involves

using the awesome power of IMAGINATION to mentally create thedesired results. Excellence in any endeavor depends foremost on havinga clear mental picture of a specific activity being successfully completed.

Well directed and focused, the powers of creative visualization andimagination are two of the most dynamic faculties an individual canpossess. Thoughts are a form of energy and have real power. As such,any image focused by the mind has a force that will eventually producean effect. If focused firmly over a long enough period of time, this effectwill be the manifestation of the visualized objective.

Three-Step Formula For EffectiveCreative Visualization

This is the powerhouse formula that you must develop into afundamental part of your daily plan for focused effort if you absolutelydesire to materialize outstanding results for your networking venture:

1. THINK: You will require a quiet period of fifteen minutes everyday for your Creating Period. It is imperative during this time thatyou are undisturbed.

Be silent, then close your eyes and think: This first step is for youto decide exactly what it is you want to have. You need to knowwhat major MLM objective will be the focus of this particularCreating Period. For example, your main aim may be for yourorganization to generate one key leader per month for the nextone year, with each of the leaders mentored by you.

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Breathe deeply, relaxing your entire body: It is essential for effectivevisualization that you have the most highly receptive state ofmind. This comes from being totally calm and relaxed.

Use your imagination: Once thoroughly relaxed, visualize thedesired objective in your mind exactly the way you want it tobe. You must create clear imagined pictures of the objective asreal. Make your mental images as vivid as possible.

Personalize your visualizations: It is vital that you are the primarycharacter, the central theme of your visualizations, if dramaticchange is to be effected in your business.

Visualize in the present: Picture yourself doing or having thedesired objective right now, not as some future possibility.Imagine everything in the present as already existing in yournetwork marketing enterprise the way you intend it to be.

This entire first step ⎯ THINK ⎯ is an intense fifteen-minuteperiod of concentrated clear thought. It is constructively using yourmental powerhouse to positively imagine the desired outcome oftangible objectives that can lead you on to the attainment of specific,clearly defined MLM aspirations.

2. ACT: The creative faculty of imagination can never substitute foraction. There is a magical power in imagination ⎯ the dynamiceffect it has on one’s self-belief ⎯ but it is the action taken thatproduces the result. A networker cannot devote time imagininghimself as a millionaire, then do nothing about it expecting millionsof dollars to fall into his lap. If, on the other hand, he will visualizehimself as a millionaire, develop detailed Action-Plans and takeconsistent and persistent Action-Steps toward that end, then dailyhe will increase his chances of becoming a millionaire. This man’svisualizations will become his self-fulfilling prophesy. Not due to

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any mysterious magic though, but because of the immediate andunlimited enthusiastic action he took toward his desired objectives.Now, can you see how critically important action is in pursuit ofyour networking goals?

3. PERSIST: Do not expect grand, instantaneous results. The presentand future are not joined by a single link, but by a chain. This chainis composed of the goals you have set, the plans you have made toachieve them, the affirmations you repeat to instill great confidence,your ability to creatively visualize the future you desire, and thepersistent actions you take toward the target. Reap the remarkablebenefits of spaced repetition by having your Creating Period once aday and indefinitely repeating the procedure. Change takes time,so have patience. It took years, even decades, to create the presentyou . . . your new empowered self will also take time to build.

The Power Of Imagination

Many of the greatest thinkers throughout history have recognizedthe awesome power of imagination and used it to astonishing effect increating lives of outstanding achievement. Consider the assessment ofsuch eminent minds as Disraeli, Einstein and Shakespeare. Followingare statements that these three masters of extraordinary ability said aboutthe power of imagination:

“Imagination governs the world.”Benjamin Disraeli

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”Albert Einstein

“Imagination makes man the paragon ofthe animals.”

William Shakespeare

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Through the creative use of imagination, literally all ideas that anetwork marketer can conceive in his or her own mind can be achieved.Imagination in its most fertile form is creative visualization. It is a factthat whatever is visualized wholeheartedly and believed-in with totalconviction will become a self-fulfilling prophesy. The ultimate secret toeffective visualization is in imagining circumstances not as they are rightnow, but as they are desired to be in anticipation of a wondrous future.

The imagination is literally the workshop of the mind.Within it are fashioned a networker’s most creative

and innovative aspirations.

Imagination is an immense and powerful force. As George BernardShaw said: “Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine whatyou desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what youwill.” Why not channel this creative energy by conjuring up imaginativeideas and inspiring concepts for your business? It is said that ideas arethe fruits of thinking; they are the seeds of progress. Ideas are at thestart of all innovation, change and attainment . . . the more visionaryideas you can conceive for your networking endeavors, the greater yourlong-term success. Mark Van Doren stated: “Bring in ideas and entertainthem royally, for one of them may be a king.”

When you possess strong enough reasons for wanting the thingsyou desire, then you really can think up a whole host of excellent ideasfor their realization. The necessary ingredient is in having the rightmotivating force. This comes from the strength of your fires of desire.The more heat, the larger the inferno. If you want to be successful, youmust possess an inflamed desire to succeed. This will provide the powerfulreasons that will spur you into creating the higher levels of motivationneeded for attaining each of your major objectives.

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T H E K E Y T O

T R A N S F O R M I N G

Y O U R L I F E

“All truly wise thoughts have been thought already

thousands of times; but to make them truly ours

we must think them over and over again honestly,

until they take root in our personal experience.”

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B E L I E F S Y S T E M S

The Bible says it best: “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”Remember the following timeless truth whenever you imprintnew empowering thoughts into your consciousness: What you

think . . . is what you believe . . . is what you will become.

Belief Systems are things that you:

Believe about yourselfBelieve about your surroundingsBelieve about the world in which you live

Your beliefs about yourself, your beliefs about your surroundingsand your beliefs about the world in which you live, affect your life indramatic ways. Your beliefs and the experiences you subsequentlyencounter are directly connected to one another. What you believe iswhat you get, and what you will eventually become. In other words,you will direct your ultimate destiny by what you think and believe.

Once your mind holds a belief, whether imagined or real, it willcontinually feed you thoughts to support that belief. For example, let’ssay that you believe it is difficult to earn money within network marketing.This belief, repeated again and again, is soon imprinted onto the screenof your mind. Once imprinted it will feed you thoughts such as: “Thisbusiness won’t work for me” or “I will never earn much doing this” or“Income is hard to generate” or “This opportunity may be working forothers but it will never bring me any big reward.” All of these are justimagined states, but your mind doesn’t know this and mistakes them forreality, thereby manifesting these exact conditions for you.

Through the potent disciplines of affirmation and creativevisualization, you must command absolute control over your mind, thenprogram or imprint new beliefs. Such as: “My business is prospering”

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or “My income is constantly increasing” or “Money-makingopportunities come easily to me as a highly empowered entrepreneur”or “My level of wealth is now sky-rocketing.” Only then will your mindbegin acknowledging these powerful beliefs and start to manifest newconditions in your life to support them.

Six Steps To Powerfully ChangeYour Belief Systems

Practice these all-important Action-Steps if you are determined topowerfully impact your MLM fortunes. This process will change yourexisting disempowering belief systems into empowering convictions:

1. What you believe is what you get: Quite simply, if you believe bad,negative and destructive things about yourself and your networkingenterprise, then these are the material circumstances and conditionsyou will attract to yourself. Have pure, positive and constructivebeliefs to attract the most powerful forces for good to your networkmarketing venture.

2. Write your existing beliefs: If you are currently experiencing anyundesirable results within any aspect of your networking endeavors,you need to understand your beliefs about those particular areas.This is best done by writing all of the beliefs you currently holdabout those aspects of your business . . . negative and positive.

3. Be determined to change your existing negative beliefs: Challengeyourself to create new positive belief systems ⎯ the exact oppositeof your existing disempowering ones ⎯ even if initially you do notbelieve them wholeheartedly. It is only by changing that you will beable to construct a new highly empowered self.

4. Write your new positive beliefs: Decide what are the specific rewardingconditions you desire to appear in your networking organization.

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Write these new empowering beliefs on a fresh sheet of paper andcarry this with you to affirm to yourself and imprint into your mindat any opportune moments.

5. Imprint your new positive beliefs on a regular daily basis: At least twiceper day visualize your new empowering beliefs to yourself and affirmthem either silently or aloud, with confidence. Yes, affirmations aremost powerful when stated in a confident, self-assured manner.

6. Imprint each new area of belief for thirty days: Do this for one wholemonth for each area of your MLM business in which you want totransform your belief systems. Perhaps the first month will be forempowering your mental state as a leader, the second month for thefinancial conditions desired, the third month for presenting, thefourth month for mentoring or prospecting, and so on. Note thedate today, then begin your first session of imprinting immediately.

Imprinting: The Key ToTransforming Belief Systems

The technique of imprinting is a powerful mix of affirmations andcreative visualization performed in unison. It is the strongest meansknown for changing beliefs. Imprinting is the most effective way toinstill emphatic new beliefs into the conscious mind.

For any new idea or belief to become an ingrained part of us, itmust be thoroughly imprinted into the mind. There is a necessary periodof germination before the new suggestion will take root and flourish.Precise imprinting requires at least one month before the new idea isfirmly anchored and its benefits can be fully utilized.

It should be your intent to create new positive MLM beliefs withinthe mind that are often the exact opposite of any present negativedoctrines. Only through a disciplined regimen of daily imprinting for a

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minimum of thirty days will the new suggestions establish themselvesas cohesive and empowering beliefs. True imprinting requires at leastthirty daily sessions of eight to ten minutes each.

Can you understand why those people who try to adopt a new beliefby reading it two or three or five or ten times are doomed to failure?“I’ve really tried to believe it, but I can’t,” they say in vain. Yet how harddid they truthfully try?

Imprinting will release a striking force within you for coping withany condition ever thrown in your face by network marketing. Whateveryour MLM objectives, imprinting will empower you to handle all thingswith greater proficiently, whether:

Master depression caused by past failuresSpeak proficiently in front of large groupsHave more raw passion for network marketingGain supreme self-confidence when presentingDestroy habits destructive to your business endeavors

Whatever your desired objective, you are trying to create newempowering beliefs. Often these new beliefs contradict the existingdisempowering ones. It is just not possible for your mind to incorporateany new belief unless you mentally imprint it daily for one month orlonger. Why waste your time with futile half-hearted attempts? Eachnew belief needs thirty days at least to be solidly imprinted, anythingless will not be successful. To emphasize this:

Each new belief needs time to be solidly imprinted!Each new belief needs time to be solidly imprinted!Each new belief needs time to be solidly imprinted!

Can you now understand the immense power of imprinting andsee how it can impact your networking endeavors in spectacular ways?

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Y O U R W I N N I N G

Q U A L I T I E S

“You are a child of God; your playing small doesn’t

serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about

shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure

around you . . . as we let our own light shine

we unconsciously give other people

permission to do the same.”

Nelson Mandela

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A C K N O W L E D G I N G

Acknowledging is recognizing and verifying the multifaceted rangeof positive qualities you possess. It is also the ability to identifyareas in which you have experienced a taste of success, large or

small, both in the present and the past. When you acknowledge a thing,you agree to its truth and validity, you wholeheartedly endorse it.

You must acknowledge all the many aspects of YOU to create afeeling of achievement within, as perhaps all too often you focus onlyon what you wish to attain in the future, forgetting what you havealready accomplished in the past. Learn to be your number one supporterand give yourself recognition for all your past success. Acknowledgeevery aspect that makes you feel good about yourself and everythingthat empowers you as an on-fire network marketer.

You should acknowledge the fact that you are unique and special.Yes . . . you are a wondrous and extraordinary human being. Wouldn’tyou agree that every person on this planet is special, including you?Each person has a particular mission to come into this world to doexceptional things. God did not create any failures — he took the timeto create only magnificent beings — you included. But you need toacknowledge these facts more often.

Realize how unique and special you are. There never has been andnever will be another person just like you. You are an exceptional humanbeing, rare and unequalled. You can attain anything within the MLMbusiness if you will just acknowledge that you are indeed unique andspecial. Shout it from the rooftops how special you really are. You arethe one and only you. Believe in yourself, and your success can be awe-inspiring. You have the freedom to be your true self, and nothing canstand in your way of greatness unless you permit it. This freedom ofchoice is your most remarkable power. As Richard Bach declares: “Breakthe chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body.”

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Acknowledging ListsEmpower Networkers To Greatness

Do not just acknowledge the evident qualities you possess at thisinstant. Recognize all of your intangible assets, victories and winningattributes from the past. Acknowledging creates a feeling of achievementin the now. The more you acknowledge yourself, the greater yourmemory of success, the more empowered your character becomes. Credityourself daily for progress in any area of your life. Remember all of youraccomplishments and search for all of your strong points, then writethem on lists. These now become your Acknowledging Lists.

You can write one list that catalogs every quality and achievementfrom your life, or develop multiple lists for specific areas such as these:

Winning qualitiesPast and present accomplishmentsSkills and abilities

Make your lists long. The longer, the stronger. Don’t be modest orreserved. Aim for a minimum of twenty to thirty items on each list. Byacknowledging, you will be able to see in a clear and visual form all themany reasons you have to feel good about yourself.

1. Winning Qualities

All positive characteristics should be written on this list. You willnote that these acknowledgements are empowering affirmations:

I have supreme self-confidenceI display immense leadership abilityI am ambitious and set large MLM goalsI am a highly motivated network marketerI possess a personality well-suited to the networking business

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2. Past And Present Accomplishments

Choose past and present events or facts from your life and businessthat galvanize your memories and restore feelings of high achievement:

I once built a network of five hundred peopleI earned a masters degree in business managementI received my first networking royalty within one weekOur company is a worldclass organization, with worldclassproducts, offering a worldclass opportunity

3. Skills And Abilities

The focus here is on specific skills and abilities you possess withregard to all areas of your life. However, as a networker, you can specifyin writing the things you perform well within your business:

My entrepreneurial skills are excellentI am proficient at mentoring new networkersI express amazing passion for my MLM companyI have ten years experience in the networking industryI possess a wonderful ability to communicate the networkmarketing opportunity to prospective customers

There is a wise saying that nothing succeeds like success. YourAcknowledging Lists will show you where you have already succeeded,and will help to reinforce within you the winning feelings necessary formasterful achievement and lasting fulfillment.

Yes! You Are A Genius

Genius is a result of intense creative ability. For your powers ofcreative ability to have the greatest effect, you must maintain clearlydefined objectives ahead of you to work toward. Your AcknowledgingLists will help to accurately pinpoint where your strengths are.

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The best way for the mind to function to its maximum potential iswhen actively engaged in a stimulating activity, when solving a problemor when rising to a challenge. The greater the intensity of thoughtexerted, the higher probability of the mind reaching a suitable solution.For an entrepreneur to flourish in the world of networking, certainthought-enhancing rules should be followed:

1. Concentrate mental exertion on one task or activity at a time. Themind performs best when focused on a single clear objective.

2. Let the mind work free from worry. Don’t look back in anguish,look ahead with confidence.

3. Relax . . . be at peace while creatively thinking.

4. Respond to circumstances on a spontaneous basis as new ideas andconcepts arise.

5. Sleep on it. If satisfactory answers do not leap into the front of yourmind after a concentrated period of thinking, then dismiss allthoughts of the subject matter until the following day.

Imagination is a creative ability. Through imagination, and by wayof upbeat self-talk, you can formulate a multitude of action-based ideasto generate momentum in your networking enterprise and developmeaningful objectives for the benefit of your organization. You can directyour success mechanism by the use of your ability to creatively visualizeauspicious results, and you can mentally picture the constructive andpositive future in network marketing you yearn for.

All this is possible by you awakening the genius that is already withinyour mind. Affirm for a winning attitude, visualize a strong business,imprint glorious beliefs, acknowledge your powerful traits, and keepthe faith that your enterprise can have amazing growth . . . because itwill be so if you truly believe it.

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F A I T H

“Let us live with hope . . . eternally.

Our mind of faith instantaneously becomes

the cause, the effect and the power of

eternal happiness. It translates into

great joy and great fulfillment.”

Nichiren Daishonin

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The ultimate power of faith as reflected by the affirmations onestates is not in the potency of the words themselves, but in theknowing that every attribute of the condition being sought is

already possessed. For example, if you seek greater confidence, realizethe power to be super-confident already exists inside your soul rightnow. Confidence is not a quality one can buy at a supermarket, orsomething that people carry around with them in their wallets.Confidence is something that exists as an inseparable, inherent part ofeveryone. All one needs to do is have the faith that this is so, then tapinto the vast reserves of confidence within their soul. The same is truewhether one desires higher levels of enthusiasm, an increased ability toconcentrate or greater powers of focused determination for MLM.

For another example, let’s say you desire to experience the explosivegrowth of a thriving organization. You may affirm many times:

My networking enterprise is growing, thriving and prospering!

It is not until you fully realize that your mind and body are alwaysin perfect harmony with this thought that you will experience thecondition of a flourishing network. The very action of holding thethought of prosperity in your networking endeavors sets into motionthe ultimate power of faith that will eventually lead to the manifestationof the condition you seek.

Your Spirit Will Guide Your Actions As An Empowered Networker

Spirit represents our inner state of being . . . heart and soul. Spiritdetermines what we devote our lives to. It is the fundamental core onwhich we base our existence. A person’s spirit is invisible, but is evident

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in his or her character. The spirit controls everything about an individual,every moment of every day. It is the essential determinant of one’s life.The spirit is a perfectly skilled artist and, as such, it freely createsrepresentations of all things. One’s spirit is the artist, the sculptor, thedesigner and the architect of his or her state of being.

As network marketers who desire to reach the upper echelons ofsuccess within the MLM business opportunity, we should paint theimpression of our networking enterprise in our heart as spectacular aspossible. This ‘painting’ becomes the design for the future of our business.The immense power of the human spirit enables us to produce awonderful masterpiece in accordance with that design. The more detailedand specific the blueprint we hold in the deepest recess of our heart, thegreater the power of faith to materialize our grandest vision.

The key is to continue vividly painting the intent you desire and toadvance toward that target with a mindset of absolute faith. Let’s saythat your ultimate MLM goal is to have a network of ten thousandpeople that spans the globe. With total belief, the reality of this visionwill begin to approach the ‘painting’ that is your inspiration.

Here are three questions you should ask yourself to be sure thatyour spirit is painting a masterpiece that truly represents your grandestentrepreneurial vision:

Q. What kind of self am I trying to develop?Q. What future do I envision for myself in networking?Q. What do I desire most to accomplish through my greatest network

marketing efforts?

The quality of lifestyle we experience through our MLM endeavorsdepends on what is in our spirit. Heartfelt prayers will definitely beanswered. Once we have determined that something is possible, thenconsistent with our minds in thinking so, even things seemingly

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impossible can become attainable; not easily attainable perhaps, butstill feasible. As Henry Ford said: “If you think you can or you thinkyou can’t, you are always right.” Likewise, if we have the confidencethat we can definitely do something, we are already one step closer toachieving it. Firm faith in the power of your spirit is essential to success.

The power of the universe is in our spirit. Its ability toshape our lives is absolute. Faith empowers us to command

supreme belief and radiate intense hope even amidcircumstances that appear demoralizing or disheartening.

For mastery of our MLM ambitions, we need to develop faith ⎯which is positive expectancy ⎯ that good things will always be happeningin our business. To facilitate such occurrences, we need to be preparedwith inspiring affirmations. One that is worth saying to yourself beforeyou do any important networking tasks is this: “If I was ever sure ofanything, I am sure of this right now . . . the result will be perfect!”

Pessimistic thoughts and feelings of a negative nature influence yournetwork by manifesting paltry results. Networkers with vast streams ofnegativity flowing from them, create effects for themselves that perfectlymatch their stinking thinking. It is vitally important ⎯ as an empowerednetworker ⎯ to be an optimistic thinker toward all facets of youropportunity. Develop the discipline of conveying only good news andpositive information whenever you conduct any entrepreneurialinteraction . . . especially with the newest people in your organization.

Become the positive end of the magnet attracting the things youmost desire. Magnetize your condition by having the self-confidencethat you can attract anything you want. State the following affirmationfor whatever you truly crave within your MLM venture, whether asubstantial residual income, motivated leaders, global expansion, fired-up networkers, increased confidence when presenting . . . whatever.

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Just add a description of an empowering desire at the beginning of theaffirmation. Hold this vibration of thought, believe you will attain youraspiration and continually fan it with positive expectation. With thispower of faith, you absolutely will achieve it.

The best result will come to me, at the best time, in the best way, andwith benefits for all concerned. I will accept it when it comes and I willbe empowered by it!

We need to take absolute control of our MLM endeavors, directingour business toward its most dazzling future. When we live with such amagnificent vision, our enterprise will sparkle with jewels of good fortuneand accomplishment. We can then confidently participate in a wonderfuljourney through life in which our network marketing aspirations oneafter another are achieved within a sphere of scintillating brilliance.

It is my sincere hope that each of you who makes the effort to applythe Power Philosophy, will steadfastly advance one step at a time towarda grand and towering MLM ideal. I wish you Godspeed as you sustainyour quest for success, walking forth on roads, traveling over mountainsand crossing seas, as need be, to reach your aim. At the same time,causing a positive revolution of your character that will make our world,for all mankind, a better place in which to live.

Ponder this thought-provoking quotation from one of Japan’s mostrevered leaders, Daisaku Ikeda, and have faith that you can positivelyimpact the world: “A great revolution of character in just a single manwill help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation, and, further, willcause a change in the destiny of all mankind.” Amen!

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Section Ten

The Power OfRICHES

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T H E P O W E R O F

R I C H E S

Network marketing is a way for people

to attain their most glorious aspirations:financially, emotionally, spiritually.

MLM offers an opportunity to tap into

the abundance that is the

unlimited prosperity of the universe.

You are the body, MLM the breath,

God the SOUL!

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R I C H E S

Riches, as defined within MLM Power, represent all of theincredible rewards the business of network marketing has tooffer, including the luxury of time freedom, prosperity, applause,

recognition, wisdom, exotic travel, residual income, friendship, successand financial independence. All of these assets are wealth to a networkmarketer and are considered as part of the richness of MLM.

If you desire to attract an avalanche of abundance into your personalworld, you must become mentally wealthy by developing a ‘prosperityconsciousness’. This means to be aware of the unlimited affluence thatcontinually surrounds you, both inside the realm of network marketingand outside MLM encompassing all facets of your life.

Within this Section Ten, you will learn how to develop anenlightened awareness of riches. You will realize the importance of havingsupreme faith in your wealth-creating abilities. Your present level ofriches, or lack thereof, results from your thinking.

What you program into your mental powerhouse is what you willget. Your mind and your dominant beliefs are what create your currentreality. Your mind will keep you rich or poor depending on how wellyou fine-tune it for attracting abundance.

Your thoughts are energy . . . they are powerful forces. Therefore,what you think, speak and believe is what materializes throughout allaspects of your networking business . . . both positive and negative.

Believe that every financial desire can be attained and you will createa consciousness of prosperity in your mind. Think poor and stay pooror think rich and become rich. THINK RICH! It is through applyingthis power that you will manifest the conditions of wealth and abundanceyou desire through your networking endeavors.

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P R O S P E R I T Y

C O N S C I O U S N E S S

“Prosperity is not just having things. It is the

consciousness that attracts the things. Prosperity is a

way of living and thinking, and not just having

money or things. Poverty is a way of living and

thinking, and not just a lack of money or things.”

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P R O S P E R I T YC O N S C I O U S N E S S

Having a ‘prosperity consciousness’ means many things. It meansbeing mentally rich. It means creating thoughts of generosity,abundance and affluence. It means becoming aware of the

absolute bounty of the universe that is a river of wealth running dailythrough our lives. It means developing the discipline of being rich andoutgoing to all people. It means offering the gift of oneself bycontributing as much pleasure to others as possible. It means embracingall mankind in a compassionate hug, and it means being open-armedto the world in its abundant totality.

Within the arena of network marketing, become empowered bydisplaying the characteristics of a businessman or woman who gives morethan receives. Be generous with the time you spend mentoringnetworkers. Be generous with your endeavors toward building a largenetworking enterprise that can positively transform many lives.

Be generous in the quality of effort you put into your quest towardmastery of MLM. Be generous in the respect you show for all areas ofyour particular network marketing opportunity. You can afford to begenerous, for an endless source of wealth and riches is forever accessibleto you when you choose the path that leads to a prosperity consciousness.

The Ocean Of MLM

The Ocean of MLM is an analogy for the richness of the entirespectrum of network marketing. For this ocean contains in abundanceall that you could ever desire to attain through your most ardentnetworking efforts: all the trappings of success, all the time freedom, allthe accumulated wisdom of the ages, all the financial independence,all the recognition and applause, and all the riches of life.

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Some networkers venture to the Ocean of MLM and merely take acupful of the lavishness it holds, whilst others take almost nothing. Youcan choose to drive a turbo-pump right into the depths of this ocean sothat you can obtain every drop of success desired. No matter how muchyou take from the Ocean of MLM, and even though millions ofnetworkers worldwide are continuously taking on a daily basis, there isno way it will ever run dry. This is not possible, because the Ocean ofMLM is infinitely full.

The container that is used to take from the Ocean of MLM is yourconsciousness . . . your thoughts. It is not important what has previouslyhappened in your life, what matters is where you are now heading.With network marketing, you have a vehicle upon which you can hitchyour star. What will determine your level of networking success is whatyou now think and believe about prosperity. It is your ability to makedecisions, and your capacity to accept this wealth into your life, thatwill attract infinite riches to you.

Develop An Awareness OfThe Abundance Of MLM

Develop an awareness of the marvelous abundance of yournetworking opportunity and feed your mind positive thoughts of allthat it entails. It will be the consequence of your choices as to whetheryou experience prosperity and develop a flourishing MLM organization,or whether you encounter lack and scarcity.

This instant, now, why not evaluate your awareness of prosperity inthese areas:

Income: Does your MLM venture produce a large stream of residualincome, or none at all? Do you have thousands of eager networkersin your group who are toiling on your behalf each hour of everyday, or do you have only a few half-hearted individuals who don’t

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even care about their own success, let alone yours? Think about it,how much money do you need to begin in most network marketingbusinesses . . . how much money to build a networking enterprisethat can literally span the globe and produce untold abundance?The answer is an infinitesimal sum to purchase a rudimentary starter-pack in most present day network marketing companies. It’s notthe amount of money that’s the critical issue in determining MLMsuccess, it’s a combination of two factors: personal effort and mindset.In terms of personal effort, the key principle is this: the more effortyou give, the more reward you will receive. Regarding your mindset,learn to display generosity in your attitude to enjoying money,because what you think ⎯ empowering or disempowering ⎯ willdetermine how much income you are blessed with. When yourmindset changes from insufficiency to abundance, you will positivelytransform your consciousness. This will greatly influence yourincome and you will grow richer.

Time: Do you have plenty of time with which to build a thrivingnetworking organization, or do you always feel time-pressured tothe limit, thereby accomplishing objectives of little value? Again,what you think and believe is what will be produced in your reality.If you feel you have all the time in the world in which to manifestyour grandest MLM vision, you will intuitively experience anabundance of it. Remember that every networker has the sametwenty-four hours available in each day for building his or her ownnetwork and for developing leaders within their group. It is yourthoughts and beliefs concerning time and how you schedule it thatmakes the greatest difference to your overall success.

Enthusiasm: Do you display great passion for your specific networkmarketing business, or do you constantly experience weariness?If you are literally ‘on-fire’ for the possibilities inherent in yourparticular opportunity, then you are wealthy in terms of enthusiasmand you will possess vibrant zest in large measure. You commandthe choice . . . you can arise each morning feeling healthy, strong

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and full of energy ready to give your all for another magnificent dayof tremendous accomplishment. Whether you exude boundlessenthusiasm for network marketing or you convey boredom,remember this is always your choice.

Success: How do you feel about achievement in your networkingendeavors? Are you experiencing successful circumstances, or not?It is all controlled from within you . . . by your mindset. If youthink of yourself as being successful, whatever success ultimatelymeans to you, then this is great and you are prosperous in success.Understand that it is your choice as to whether you develop anawareness of all the possibilities and opportunities that surroundyou within the MLM profession, or whether you do not. It is yourawareness of this extravagance of potentiality that will manifest goodfortune in your life.

To create a powerful prosperity consciousness, your mind must betuned to the wavelength of riches and abundance . . . synchronizedwith the frequency of success. You must amplify a state of mind thatabsolutely accepts there is enough of everything for everyone. You mustdevelop a mental powerhouse that looks at all entrepreneurial businessopportunities as wondrous adventures full of rewarding experiences andenormous personal fulfillment.

As an empowered network marketer, you possess a wealth ofentrepreneurial skills that are just waiting for the Action-Steps to putthem into forward motion. So . . . act today and choose to attract theaffluence you desire by creating a vivid prosperity consciousness. Decidenow to magnetize the power of riches in your life through thisempowering mindset.

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O P P O R T U N I T I E S

T O P R O S P E R

“If you view all the things that happen to

you, both good and bad, as opportunities,

then you operate out of a higher level

of consciousness.”

Les Brown

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Another step toward magnetizing the power of riches anddeveloping a strong prosperity consciousness is to understandthere are an unlimited number of extraordinary opportunities

for increasing abundance that can be found throughout all aspects of anetwork marketing enterprise:

Extraordinary opportunities for escalating wealth to outrageousfinancial levels.

Extraordinary opportunities for developing an empoweredentrepreneurial spirit.

Extraordinary opportunities for creating a worldclass standardof living.

An attitude tuned to the frequency of prosperity and abundancewill be your guide toward an unlimited number of life-transformingpossibilities within MLM. Where are they you ask? Everywhere . . . allaround us at all times. Focus your mind on positive outcomes anddevelop an attitude of “I can see extraordinary opportunities everywhere”and definitely you will soon see them.

Acknowledge The Incredible AbundanceWithin Network Marketing

Learn to honor the phenomenal exuberance of wealth that existswithin the MLM opportunity. Allow yourself to become aware of theincredible potential for abundance that exists in your specific company.Look for and acknowledge the tremendous affluence and the vaststorehouse of riches that surround you every day in the networkmarketing business . . . it is in the smallest things as well as the greatest:

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It is in the global business opportunityIt is in the encouragement of the mentorsIt is in the dedication of your upline leadersIt is in the diverse training programs offeredIt is in the high income-producing possibilitiesIt is in the friendship of your fellow networkersIt is in the determination of striving entrepreneurs

For this abundance, be appreciative and show gratitude. Developthe habit of saying thank you to the universe on a regular basis forbringing these fabulous opportunities to you. Learn to appreciateeverything in your life. There is no lack or limitation in this world.The only lack is in your own mind, caused by poverty thinking. As theBible states: “The power that has created us has put everything here forus, and it is up to us to deserve and accept.”

Look for and behold the enormous wealth that is all around us inthe MLM industry. Not just in the colossal earnings of successfulnetworkers, but in everything. Do not wait for things to come to you.Take action to make it happen and search for things in MLM right nowthat you can feel prosperous about. Express appreciation for the topearners in your particular company who are blessed with having massiveincomes. This is the best way to set your mind into the acceptance-mode ready for a flood of riches to materialize for you. Recognition ofthe prosperity that surrounds you will definitely help to ease you alongthe journey to attaining fulfillment with non-material wealth. As OscarWilde declared: “Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. Inyour soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.”

The Abundant Opportunities In MLMAre Everywhere

Network marketing, in its kaleidoscopic splendor, is here for us tocelebrate its many wondrous facets. In this business, there are an

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extraordinary number of opportunities to experience, but at times wesee only lack and limitation. We must learn how to gaze deeper into thetrue essence of MLM . . . recognizing that the possibilities surroundingus are infinite. This will positively affect our prosperity consciousnessso that we can attract more wealth through our entrepreneurial activities.

The abundant opportunities inherent in MLM havebrilliantly revolutionized the way millions and millionsof people worldwide now conduct business. What wasonce seen as distasteful or inappropriate, for many isnow a mainstream pathway to success and affluence.

We must acknowledge that there are immense opportunitiessurrounding us in network marketing. But we must also accept the factthat nothing will transpire until we make a commitment to personalexcellence in our networking endeavors. It is only when we combinethe enormous force of a prosperity consciousness together with personalexcellence that we will reap the rewards of abundant success.

To illustrate this, three Power Questions will now be asked of you,each one with a portrayal of how best to take effective action to attainoutstanding results through excellent performance:

Commitment: Do I possess the fortitude to stick-with-it and build aflourishing network? When a couple celebrates their Golden 50th

Wedding Anniversary, they are applauded for their commitment toeach other. This magical word ‘commitment’ is the secret of theirsuccessful marriage. The same is true of networking or any otherbusiness . . . to be successful one must stay committed to the job athand. Why is it then that many networkers quit working with onecompany as soon as they hit a rocky patch, then ‘jump into bed’with another networking venture? These people obviously do notknow the secret of success, which is to stay firmly committed toexcellent performance at only one business opportunity.

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Grand Vision: Have I defined the breathtaking dreams that can inspiremy organization to enthusiastic action? Most networkers confuse agrand vision with vague ideas of what they want for their lives.Whenever asked to describe the most wondrous visualization of their‘dream’ car or ‘dream’ house or ‘dream’ lifestyle, they reply withvague descriptions that are fuzzy images. These are not a grand visionat all, but weak prayers without even the faith to launch them.It is only the grandest of visions that can empower you with thedynamism needed to pursue your networking endeavors withexcellent performance . . . every day, not just once in a while. If youwant to attain success within the networking profession, you mustarise with a fire in your gut every morning. A grand vision of yourgreatest desires will light this motivational fire.

Action-Plans: How potent are the plans which can trigger explosivegrowth within my network? Once a networker has expressed his orher firm COMMITMENT to excellent performance within oneparticular networking enterprise, they must light a blazing fire ofenthusiasm that can’t be extinguished. This flaming passion is ignitedthrough a GRAND VISION for a future that is so enormouslycompelling they are driven to succeed. Next is the development ofwritten ACTION-PLANS to empower themselves and the membersof their organization with a specific direction in which to aim theirgreatest efforts. Once the true course is established, enthusiasticACTION-STEPS must be taken. These four components, whenimplemented in unison, will almost certainly guarantee the conquestof any network marketing opportunity worldwide.

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P R O S P E R O U S

I S Y O U R

R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y

“Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued;

it must ensue, and it only does so as the

unintended side-effect of one’s personal

dedication to a cause greater than oneself.”

Viktor Frankl

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P R O S P E R I T Y

You have a responsibility to succeed with the building of yournetworking organization on a massive wealth-creating scale thatpositively transforms the lives of the multitude . . . you are

obligated to accomplish your networking desires and become prosperous.Recognize that the more success you attain, the stronger your positionto help other networkers reach affluence in their lives. Become victoriousby building a global business and you have an opportunity to impactliterally tens of thousands of people worldwide . . . but fail and you willbe helping no one at all. Be a winner by developing a powerful prosperityconsciousness that can propel you forward to awesome achievement.

Be one of the leaders and create the mindset of a champion in allnetworking activities. By being in the winner’s circle of life you are inthe best place from which to positively impact the lives of other people.Champions breed champions. Be one of the leaders and discover theextraordinary possibilities that exist within MLM. It is your responsibilityto be successful. When you are a winner it rubs off on others. Enthusiasmis contagious . . . so is success. By being a member of the winner’s circle,you can personally decide to assist vast numbers of networkers.

Be Generous And Contribute To TheSuccess Of Other Networkers

In networking, as with most things in life, we get back what we giveout. This is best expressed this way: The more we give, the more we get.This is why some people earn so much from this business . . . financiallyand emotionally. These individuals take advantage of the unlimitedopportunities to contribute good to others. The most successfulnetworkers have an urge to positively transform the lives of all membersof their networks by giving of themselves. The phrase ‘living is giving’comes to mind, as does this story of The Two Seas.

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The Two Seas

The Sea of Galilee is fed by many rivers and streams rich inminerals, nutrients and oxygen. It receives their contributionand passes it on. It receives, it gives and it lives. The Sea ofGalilee is a living sea! Likewise, the Dead Sea is fed bymany rivers and streams rich in minerals, nutrients andoxygen. But rather than receiving their contribution andpassing it on, it keeps and stores. The Dead Sea doesn’t giveand it doesn’t live. It is a dead sea!

So goes your life: If you give, you live . . . and the more you give, themore you live. The same applies to your networking organization: themore you give, the more you get back. Do not decide that when youget, then you will give. You have to give first . . . then you will receivewhat you desire, multiplied too.

Do You Want To Be Wealthy?Mix With Wealthy People

The positive energy of successful people is an aura of power, whichyou should tap into. For instance: prosperous entrepreneurs think richthoughts, make great wealth-creating decisions, develop extreme Action-Plans and complete successful projects. You can avail of this vibration ofpositive ‘affluence’ energy and use it to your tremendous advantage justby being in the presence of prosperous individuals.

You meet a multitude of people every day through your networkingendeavors. Choose to associate with only those wealthy or flamboyanthuman beings you want to be like in your life. Without too manyexceptions, the kind of person you hang around with is the kind ofindividual you are. It is known that if losers hang around with straydogs long enough, they will surely catch fleas. Winners choose insteadto soar with the eagles, flying high in the stratosphere of success.

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Do you want to be a star networker? Make friends with the leadersand model their commitment.Do you want to be an empowered mentor? Be mentored yourselfby the best mentors in network marketing.Do you want to be a competent leader? Develop your leadershipskills and abilities extensively.Do you want to be an effective presenter of your MLM opportunity?Practice yours every day.Do you want to be a gifted orator? Learn speech techniques fromtalented linguists.Do you want to attain incredible wealth? Do business with a directsales millionaire and model his or her strategies.Do you want to be successful in networking? Mix with a championnetworker and model his or her winning qualities.

Join a reputable network marketing company to have an opportunityto mix with wealthy, resourceful and empowered networkers. Ensureyou go to the places where the kinds of people you want to be like aregathering. Association works.

Get Invisible Counseling FromSpecial Role Models

As well as real-life role models, you need the support of invisiblecounselors. Whether you ever had the chance to meet them, this doesn’tmatter. These should be successful people who, during their lives,accomplished things you respect and admire. Select people whom youcan feel an affinity with. You may have never met your heroes, but letthem inspire you to success nonetheless.

Examples could include:

Inventors: Leonardo de Vinci or Thomas EdisonExplorers: Marco Polo or Christopher Columbus

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Philosophers: Aristotle or SocratesAuthors: Jane Austen or Charles DickensTrack Stars: Carl Lewis or Wilma RandolphConquerors: Genghis Khan or Julius CaesarIndustrialists: Henry Ford or Andrew CarnegieFemales: Madame Curie or Florence NightingaleAncients: Alexander the Great or Cleopatra of Egypt

You can receive incredible inspiration from your invisible counselors.Obtain pictures of your role models and put them into a prosperity fileor hang them on your walls. These people are your ‘mentors for success’and their virtuous character traits are what you should try to emulatefor your own good fortune.

Fuel your fires of desire by often acknowledging your role models.Feel great joy whenever their past success is mentioned. Imagine yourselfattaining the same victories as these people did during their lives. Thetriumphs and glories that were theirs can be yours too if you will adjustyour thoughts from lack and scarcity to prosperity and abundance.Let your heroes be a source of guidance and encouragement along thejourney to success in network marketing.

There are excellent examples of leadership all around theMLM world. Use these successful networkers as mentors.The top earners, universally, will share their ideas, theirmethods, their strategies and their techniques with all

networkers who are eager to learn. The winners don’t holdback, they give their all in the belief that everyone benefits.

Being prosperous is your responsibility. So take it upon yourself todrink from all sources . . . anything that empowers you to success as anetworker is invaluable. Learn from the leading role models and continuethe process of personal transformation.

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A C H I E V E

F I N A N C I A L


“Take your satisfactions from service, constantly seek

to expand and improve it; take no thoughts for the

money, which is always the ‘result’ of service; and

you will find yourself involved in an abundance

that is unshakeable for it comes from the

roots of the soul.”

U.S. Anderson

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Money ranks highly in the minds of most networkers becauseit affords the means to supply the greatest desires of mankind.Status, recognition, independence, security, even greed, are

all motivating factors for an accumulation of money. For any givenindividual, however, it is not easy to say which are the most importantfactors for wanting more money. As network marketer Angelo D’Amicosaid: “Money is not the key to happiness. But the more money youhave, the easier it is to get the key made.”

What then is the value of money? Certainly it does not mean thesame thing to all people, with a degree of financial autonomy to oneperson seeming almost like poverty to another. The value you place onmoney is found in many factors, including what financial independenceactually means to you.

Financial independence is financial freedom. It is the ability to livefor the remainder of your life without outside help, working if youchoose to do so but only if you truly desire. It means for you to haveenough money or income for the rest of your life to do and have whateveryou want. The extent to which you can become financially independentis determined by a number of factors, most of which you control:

Method: The particular financial vehicle that you choose forproducing an income stream. For instance, this could be your specificbusiness opportunity within the network marketing industry.

Amount: The exact amount of money or income you desire to attain.Be specific, both for short-term sums and for long-term residualincome streams.

Time-frame: The precise number of months or years allocated toreach your objectives.

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Commitment: The quality and quantity of effort committed to thetasks . . . the greater one’s determination, the higher the rewards.

Desire: The strength of the desires you have. A small fire will produceonly minimal heat, whereas a large fire can become an inferno.

Belief: Your level of self-belief and the positive expectancy you displaytoward the attainment of your aims will be a self-fulfilling prophesy.

Knowledge: What specialized knowledge do you possess within thespecific area of earnings?

Perhaps an eighth factor could be classified as luck. However, I donot subscribe to this loser’s philosophy and you will find that not one ofthe most successful network marketers believes it either. We make ourown luck in life by working hard at that which we most like to do. It isan astounding fact: The harder we work . . . the luckier we get!

Abundance Affirmation To AttractFinancial Independence

An excellent discipline to cultivate is in the creation of a magneticattraction to wealth and abundance. This magnetism is formed whenthe mindset is tuned-in to the frequency of affluence. This AbundanceAffirmation will begin the process of magnetizing your prosperityconsciousness as you read through it from time to time, especially atthose moments when you are feeling financially impoverished:

I am blessed with a new awareness of prosperity andabundance, and I experience a steady increase in materialwealth. Wonderful financial opportunities come into mylife daily and an endless supply of money is attracted to me.A golden river of glittering riches flows through my life,bringing with it success, happiness and contentment.

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Everything I touch is successful and every endeavor inwhich I am involved brings forth the maximum rewards,for I conduct my life with dignity and integrity. I displaygreat generosity, taking advantage of the unlimitedopportunities to contribute to others. Any good that I cando my fellow man I shall do it now, for I may never passthis way again. I understand that the more I give, the moreI will receive. Divine intelligence supports me in all I do,and I trust the flow of abundance in my life to produceperfect results.

Your Formula For Attainment

One indisputable truth is that to attain any sizeable accumulationof money, or develop a large residual income stream, one must firsthave a burning desire to increase their riches. The following seven-stepFormula for Attainment will help you to establish how strong yourfinancial motivations are. This formula, although primarily intendedfor the accumulation of money, can actually be adapted and applied toany objective within network marketing:

1. Be specific and state the exact amount of money desired throughyour MLM opportunity.

2. Establish a deadline for the accumulation of this money at an exactdate in the future.

3. State the exact product or service you intend providing to attainthis sum of money.

4. Develop a detailed Action-Plan, listing the exact Action-Steps requiredto achieve this goal.

5. Write the above four points as a clear concise statement on a freshsheet of paper.

6. Repeat this statement out loud with intense enthusiasm in yourvoice, at least once a day.

7. Take immediate enthusiastic action toward the attainment of thisamount of money, and keep persisting until you reach the target.

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Following is an example of a specific written Formula for Attainmentfor a network marketer:

Formula for Attainment

My chief financial aim is to have

ONE MILLION US DOLLARSas my personal worth on

May 31, 2008

This amount of One Million US Dollars will come to me byMay 31, 2008 as my personal reward for doing the best withevery financial opportunity that presents itself to me within therealm of my networking business opportunity. This includesdeveloping my MLM enterprise to its full global potential.I have made a personal commitment to excellence and willperform all my tasks with dignity, integrity and passion.

I have supreme faith that One Million US Dollars will bemy personal worth by May 31, 2008. My belief is so strongthat I can clearly see myself in possession of this money on theappointed date. I will build my network to the best of my abilitiesand also the groups of the networkers in my organization.I will constantly generate inspirational ideas by which toaccumulate this amount, and I will keep making dynamic plansand taking persistent action on these ideas at the most fortuitoustimes for all concerned.

I know that: If it is to be . . . it is up to me! Therefore, inreturn for this personal worth of One Million US Dollars byMay 31, 2008, I will give the most efficient service of whichI am capable, rendering the fullest possible quantity and thebest possible quality of service to all people at all times. Theriches I desire will divinely follow.

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W I N G S O F

Y O U R S O U L

“The person who has lived the most is

not the one with the most years, but the

one with the richest experiences.”

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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T R U E R I C H E S

Financial independence is the situation most networkers dream ofattaining ⎯ doing what they want to do when they want to do it,and having what they want to have when they want to have it ⎯

but many people never reach anywhere near this situation. The mostsuccessful networkers, those who create affluence to outrageous extremes,are the ones who are in control of their lives, not controlled by theircircumstances or the happenings that surround them every day.

Be sure that, as you begin your journey to attain the riches desiredthrough being an on-fire network marketer, you are the one directingyour life by way of your most self-empowering beliefs. Through thegreat law of attraction, all things will manifest in your life that youwholeheartedly believe. Every single circumstance of your life has beenattracted to you by your innermost thoughts and beliefs. You are literallya product of your own mind.

Yes . . . you are truly what you think!

Creative Relaxation ExerciseFor Wealth-Creating Beliefs

A successful outcome to any task depends primarily on confidentthoughts of excellence being held in mind throughout that particularendeavor. Thoughts are pulses of energy and have real power. As such,any positive thought or empowering belief held by the mind has a forcethat will eventually manifest a positive result or an empowering effect.

Following is a Creative Relaxation exercise to be repeatedconsistently, which will manifest beliefs of an affluent nature. You shouldpractice this exercise during your Creating Periods . . . 10-15 minutesspent quietly in deep thought or mental relaxation.

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Creative Relaxation Exercise

Become calm and tranquil . . . be at peace with the world . . . andrelax completely. As you mentally affirm the following, know that yourmind will absorb the full impact of the words and will manifest thereality of an abundant and limitless life for you . . . now.

All that I desire for my life is mine through the creative power of mymind. This is my birthright, part of the incredible gift of life from infiniteintelligence, part of my unlimited personal power and positive potential.Life-force, which represents love, life, light, health, wealth and happiness, ismine to share in peace and harmony with everyone.

I have a deep understanding of my personal power and take fullresponsibility for directing my own destiny. As I breathe in life-force, I imaginea new way of life opening up and energizing me. I feel radiantly alive.I picture my new life exactly as I want it to be. It is here now and I savor itall. I let go of the old and live in the new.

I rule over my personal universe ⎯ my physical body ⎯ with love andrespect for myself. Life-force soothes, heals, repairs and restores. Every nerve,cell and system in my body responds immediately to the unifying power oflife-force. All functions of my body are in perfect harmony with life-force.My eating, sleeping and drinking habits are all consistent with my needs formaintaining vibrant good health and phenomenal creative energy.

I welcome every new day, for each one is inspiring and filled withextraordinary opportunities for success and achievement. Life is adventure,life is fun, life is happiness, life is joyful, life is exciting, life is love, life isgreat health, life is prosperity, life is abundance, life is empowerment, life iscelebration, life is wisdom, life is passion, life is desire, life is rich, life isecstasy and life is magnificent. This is exactly the way I manifest my life. Forevery day in every way I choose to live my life to the maximum with dignity,with integrity and with noble purpose.

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Whenever you return from a period of Creative Relaxation, youwill bring back to your physical reality all the power, peace and self-realization that you were experiencing in that creative center of naturalcalm and control. This creative meditation is your lifeline to the infinitepower of the universe.

Be The Best You Can Be In MLM

Success is being your best . . . not someone else’s best. It is not whatyou get that makes you a winner, but what you consistently do withwhat you’ve got. Being successful is no more and no less than doingyour best, giving your best and being your best in everything you do,every day of your life. As Sir Edmund Hillary, the first conqueror ofMt. Everest, said: “Aim high . . . there is little virtue in easy victory.”

It makes no difference what is going on out there in theworld, what makes the greatest difference is how you lookat it. Instead of viewing your glass of life as half empty,

look at it as half full . . . and know that you possessthe supreme power to fill it all the way to the top.

Every networker needs a solid philosophy to be the right kind ofindividual and build a successful life. The empowering principles taughtthroughout this MLM Power book will help people create their ownPower Philosophy. With this mindset, you can become the kind of personwho magnetizes your circumstances and attracts successful results.

Utilize the inspiring messages and empowering principles withinthese pages, study the lessons, master the fundamentals, learn thequotations, have faith, believe in your abilities, grow in self-confidence,be enthusiastic, do what you love and love what you do, make plans,take action, be persistent . . . and reap the rewards of success with a lifeof fantastic riches and colossal abundance.

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Spread The Wings Of Your Soul

We all have wings. Not the wings of an angel or the wings of a doveor any other wings you have ever seen. These are the wings of the holyhuman spirit. Wings that lift the mind and heart to the highest places.Wings for all the great dreamers in our midst who will see them and goforward, inspired to try to stretch the infinite frontiers of humanpossibility.

The wings of your soul are invisible to the eyes; they can only beseen by the heart and by the imagination. You have to believe in themand use them to embrace change. To see how they work, you must takecourageous action and face risks in challenging situations. You mustbelieve in the unlimited abundance of the universe and understand thatextraordinary opportunities exist in all areas of your wondrous life, thenyou can fly.

Now is the time for you to stop drifting in the wind and time toconquer your limiting beliefs. Now is the time for you to spread themagnificent and limitless wings of your eternal soul. Be brave andchivalrous, be courageous and confident, be dynamic and daring, bepassionate and loving, be exciting and inspirational and be thescintillating new highly empowered you.

Be an empowered entrepreneurial spirit, spread the wings of yoursoul and soar in the heavens to unlimited and almighty heights of love,wisdom, peace, joy, wealth and happiness. May God bless you on yourjourney through life, both as an exceptional network marketer and as atruly remarkable human being with awesome possibilities before you.

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Epilogue

So there you have it, MLM Power, my comprehensive guide to howyou may attain ultimate network marketing empowerment. One wayto positively transform your life, igniting it into an inferno of magnificentempowerment, is through following the winning disciplines of this easyto remember acronym: N.E.T.W.O.R.K.

N. Never quit: You must make a commitment to do whatever ittakes through thick and thin to get where you desire to go.

E. Expand your vision: The grandest vision of your most goldenfuture is what will keep you on the right track to success.

T. Try personal excellence: This is making the greatest use of whatyou’ve got and doing your very best under all circumstances.

W. Want massive success: Having a genuine urge to succeed(G.U.T.S.) is what will keep your fires of desire burning strong.

O. Outline Action-Plans : When you plan your objectives, what youare doing is designing your life for maximum success.

R. Risk taking dynamic Action-Steps : All large achievement comesas the result of successfully accomplishing multiple steps of action.

K. Know that you are responsible for your life: Your ultimate destinylies within your own two hands. If it is to be . . . it is up to me.

Now go for it . . . and may God bless you on your own miraculousjourney along the infinite and ever-empowering road of life.


James Lee Valentine

I have a personal request . . .

Please write and tell me how any aspect of MLMPOWER has positively affected your life. Why not shareyour success stories with me so that I may use them asinspirational examples to others? What Action-Stepshave you taken to dramatically change the directionof your life for the better? Please explain what youhave done different as a result of reading this book?What have you been motivated to achieve? In howmany ways has your life been empowered? How haveyou improved as a person?

What secrets have you learned about building yournetwork marketing business to the maximum? Whattips do you have that I can pass on to future readers?Do you have a favorite story, quote or insight aboutnetworking or direct sales that you’d like to share withothers? Please send your illustrations to me and soonthey may appear together with your name in a futurebook for all to see. I am eager to hear from you. Thankyou for reading my work and for fully participatingin the journey of life.

Please contact me at the following e-mail:

[email protected]

I look forward to hearing from you soon.


James Lee Valentine

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