This one gave me some things to think about. Success is created by your mindset, desire, and actions! This video shares the mindset and determination you need

Most people have no idea that when you begin to build a MLM business, you have chosen to agree to some company’s contract. You may not realize that, but it is true 100% of the time. Because you checked a box saying you read and agree to the Policies & Procedures. That step must be done in order to begin marketing any MLM product.

So the question is … did you actually read the Policies and Procedures? One of the things I have learned in my network marketing education journey is that the MLM Policies & Procedures is the legal contract between you and the network marketing company. Do you have a clue what you have agreed to? You might be surprised. Heck, you might be absolutely shocked.

What I teach people to do is search for the words “termination”, “on going” and “annual renewal fee”. It’s not that hard to do. If your MLM Policies & Procedures are in PDF form, then just do a search on those three words in your Adobe Reader program.

You are probably wondering why these words so critical. What does this mean to you?

Here is a common termination clause found in many companies…

• The Company at its sole discretion, may terminate any distributor at any time, with or without cause.

Everybody knows what termination means.  I think it’s pretty clear by the terms “with or without cause” that the company is saying that they can end their relationship with you whenever they feel like it without giving a reason. Because they don’t like your hair color that day, or your shoes. Now, you might be thinking “they wouldn’t do that”; but if your policies and procedures say “with or without cause”, then yes they can.

Here’s a subtle and interesting one about your “ongoing” commitments…

• Regardless of level of achievement, you have an ongoing obligation to promote new sales to new customers and continue to service your existing customers

You know that customers are the lifeblood of our business and you should provide them with good customer service. At first glance, this policy may not sound too threatening; however once you look at it over the long term, what this clause is implying is that you can never retire from building your business because of the term “new customers”.

Most companies that have an annual renewal fee that they charge you to maintain your position in the compensation plan have this clause…

• This is a one year contract and must be renewed every year on the date of the anniversary

Because this is a one year contact, it is open ended. This gives the company the right to choose to renew or not renew your contact. If  the company chooses not to renew your contract, you lose it all, and there’s nothing you can do about it! Image having spent hours of your life building your team and then the company decides not to renew your contract. Also, ask yourself who is keeping all that money from your renewal fees.

These are just a few of things I have learned to look for in my network marketing education journey. My journey started when I found a free – Success in 10 Steps. If you would like me to help you in the same way that Success in Ten Steps helped me, then just let me know.

Your power likes in taking action. Empower yourself and take action on something that inspired you here today.

Expect Success – Debi Talbert

As I continue on my Network Marketing Education journey, there are times it feels very, very much like a roller coaster ride.

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I have moments where I feel the total rush and thrill of the ride and am loving every moment of it. Then there are the times when I ask myself “What the heck am I doing?”

What helps to keep my network marketing education journey away from the extreme highs and extreme lows is a method I have learned from reading the book The Slight Edge: Secret to a Successful Life. The Slight Edge is a simple philosophy that believes success comes from doing small activities EVERYDAY that move you toward growth in your business.

As a Network Marketing Professional, your job description is to get people to make a decision. A decision to either join you as a business partner or buy your product. I personally only work with the volunteers. So NO is a decision. Know that has also helped me to say off the roller coaster.

I personally have found that there are 2 main reasons why I end up on the roller coaster.

1. I tie emotions to the outcome – remembering that NO is a decision really, really helps me with not tie my emotions to the outcome.
2. I have free will – I can either do the activities I know are working for others, or I can not do the activities.

Here are ways that have helped keep me off the roller coaster and in action:

1. Having a clear written plan of what 3 – 5 activities I want to do each day
2. Following the proven system that others have used, not reinventing my own
3. Using the “reverse calendar” and blocking off specific times in my day to work my home business
4. Giving myself credit for what I have done, not beating myself up for what I have not done
5. Finding a “tribe” that supports and encourages me

• The reverse calendar is a backwards schedule of the task ahead, broken down into manageable little steps, “units that you can see yourself accomplishing.

Reach out to others who have had success with what you are working on. Ask questions, compare what you have done to what they are going. Maybe you just need to change one little thing.

Remember, there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. You will find that strength to get back up. Here is a video that might help you with this:  Nick Vujicic – (motivational speaker)

Expect Success – Debi Talbert

I am passionate about empowering those who are looking for a hand up, not a hand out. The direction our current President would like to lead our country dose not sit well with me. I am truly appreciate of the fact that I am still able to say that.

One of the ways I empower people is via education so that the individual can do some critical thinking; ask questions, think about the answer, ask more questions if necessary. With the end goal being to lead to an informed decision.

Maybe this story I read over at Glen Meakem’s Success Through Leadership will help you begin to do some critical thinking.

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that President Obama’s socialism way of thinking worked, and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

So the professor decided to try out an experiment on this class. He informed the students that all grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and now would receive an A.

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too, so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the third test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased because bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. The entire class failed – to their great surprise by the way!

Although this is a story for illustration purposes. Image what would happen if this small size experiment took place in your child’s classroom.

I believe ultimately the great equalizer plan will fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when the reward is taken away, no one will try or want to succeed.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. ~ Adrian Roger

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When a circus elephant is a baby,  small and weak, one leg is tied with a rope to a wooden stake. In the beginning this baby tries to break free of the rope; however the rope is too strong. So the baby is convinced and trained that breaking free is impossible. Years later, when the elephant is grown, big and strong, the elephant is easily constrained by a rope. The limitations have been ingrained from the time the elephant was a baby; therefore the elephant does not even try to break free. The elephant believes that what was once was true will always be true. The elephant is imprisoned in the limiting belief that the rope is too strong, even though a fully grown elephant could easily and effortless break free from the bond to it’s leg.

About three years ago, I was like the Circus elephant; bond to my limiting beliefs. Convinced and trained that what was once true, would always be true. That is about the time I found the book Success in Ten Steps. Through the book I found Mentoring for Free and through Mentoring for Free I found “The Tribe”.

My life changed in a moment.

Since that time, I have been reborn. In his book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill describes using imaginary council meetings to achieve his voluntary rebirth. When I downloaded that book, I came across a real live voluntary counsel. This counsel was the beginning of my network marketing education. By keeping myself in consistent touch with this counsel, my limiting beliefs have disappeared one, by one.

“The Tribe” has helped me learn to use autosuggestion in the form of self talk to make new impressions on my subconscious mind. I stay connected to the knowledge that is shared each week and continue to learn how to build my network marketing relationships. I’ve also learned how to pass on what I’ve been learning to others. This sharing has helped me to reinforce my new skills. My progress at times seemed slow; however now I am in possession of the power that enables me to throw off discouragement, ignore fear, overcome procrastination and freely act upon inspiration that comes to me. These days in my head there is no longer negative chatter. What actually goes on in my head are amazing ideas, thoughts; inspirations.  I act on them and miracles are happening.

Some moments in life you know right away are life changing; birth of a child, marriage, death, graduation, divorce. Others take a little longer to realize that the act was a life changing moment.

The Elephant is free…..

Remember, there is no such thing as failure; only feedback.  – Debi Talbert