Is Business Supposed To Be This Much Fun?!
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This past week has been a blast! And the truth is, I never had so much fun doing business before!
I guess that’s what happens when you get involved in a wildly successful venture. If it’s new and growing like wildfire, well, hold on to your hat and hitch a ride!
Maybe you’ve been hearing about the Empower Network? That’s what’s got me excited.
Just in case you’ve not heard of it, or if you have but haven’t looked into it in detail yet, let me give you a bit of information.
Just what is the Empower Network?
In the words of David Wood, one of the co-founders, “…the Empower Network isn’t designed to be a Network Marketing business, and it’s not designed to replace anyone’s core business – it’s designed to give you the ability to leverage [co-founder] Dave Sharpe’s lead conversion and email skill, and my content, traffic and sales ability – and give you a process that converts – regardless of whether you understand the sales psychology in action or not.”
He goes on to say, “The model is superior in every way to traditional online sales processes, and has allowed a startling number of people all over the world to recruit more into their primary network marketing business, and simplify their online marketing process into ONE TASK: Getting Traffic.”
Let me add, that in addition, this is a powerful income generating business. In fact, it’s safe to say that more money has been made, by more people, through the Empower Network, in an extremely short amount of time (try 14 days!) than you’ve ever seen before.
Why such rapid and dramatic success?
Naturally there are a bunch of factors that go into making something wildly successful. In the case of the Empower Network some of those factors include the large following that David Wood built up (and no doubt Dave Sharpe as well, although I’m not so familiar with him) over his years in the network marketing industry.
You need to couple that with the expertise that both of these guys bring to the table. Which of course is why they’ve been so successful!
But that’s only part of the story. Because really, there are lots of people out there with large followings.
The thing that sets the Empower Network apart is the unique business model they created.
Can they really pay out 100% commissions?
if you’re looking into a business opportunity, and it pays you 30% commissions. And you look at another one that pays you 100% commissions, which one is going to cause you to have a closer look? Silly question I know. But that’s what these guys have created… a business that pays out 100% commissions.
In addition, there is an extremely effective sales funnel that does the initial selling and up-selling for you, a product line that includes a “ready-to-roll” blogging platform and two exceptional training products. So when someone comes on board they’re getting huge value, they can start earning almost instantly and they can create residual income from the get-go.
If you’d like to read in detail David’s entire blog post about Empower Network be my guest. The blog also has a dial in number to listen to a recent call.
Or to learn more here’s a video from the two Dave’s I think you’ll enjoy.
Or feel free to visit my Empower Network blog.
Let me know if I can answer any questions for you.
Kim Thornton
780-918-3764
Where is Your Fairy Godmother?
I was thinking the other night about the stories we heard as children and that our children still hear today. I’m talking about classics that include Cinderella, Snow White, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast and others like this.
These are truly iconic stories, made the more so by the Disney treatment. But the basic premise of these stories is that some form of magic always saves the day.
The question is, are these are just harmless fairy tales, or do they have some latent and lasting effect on young viewers? Obviously this will be different for different folks. Some will simply accept that these are purely fictional tales that have absolutely no bearing on real life.
But others may carry with them a very real feeling that, at some level and at some point in life, there is real magic in the world. Because they believed in those fairy tales as children, they now believe at some unconscious level their “luck” will change and things will magically start going their way; their “fairy godmother” will come along and wave her magic wand and turn their fortunes around!
Let’s face it, emotional events we experience as young children can leave a profound and lasting impact on our lives. We can all remember various events from our past. Naturally, if there is a strong emotional component, these memories can become part of our psyche, part of our overall psychological makeup. Be they positive or negative, if an experience is accompanied by a strong emotional anchor, there is potential for that long term impact.
The stories mentioned in the first paragraph are powerful emotional experiences for children, much more so for some than for others. It makes sense that they could leave a permanent impression in the little minds that are exposed to them if that exposure is at an age where the distinction between reality and fiction is blurred. Depending on the emotional maturity of the child, that distinction may be non-existent. Very young children simply accept as reality the things they see and hear, even though we, as adults, might tell them it’s just a story.
So yes, I suspect that these stories have at least some influence on a lot of people, even though it’s at an unconscious level for most. Is this the reason that so many people live their lives in a state of wishful thinking? Can this, at least in part, explain why so many people buy lottery tickets, play VLTs, visit casinos and bet on horse and dog races?
Could this account for the huge popularity of something like “The Secret” where a lot of people took the concept at face value and seemed to believe that all you needed to do was to “think” or “wish” things into existence and somehow the “universe” would deliver it to your doorstep?
The belief that “luck” or some kind of magical force would somehow, at some point, smile on them and turn their fortunes around.
What about you?
Do you have a belief at some level that the only way you’ll realize your dreams is to be “lucky”? Have you let those childhood stories affect the way you look at life? Do you buy lottery tickets with the belief that this will be your lucky day?
My message is a simple one. If you’ve been waiting for your lucky break, if you buy lottery tickets with any more than a passing thought that you might win, if you gamble regularly looking for that “big” win, here is some harsh news: You are the only one who can make the changes in your life! You need to be in control. You need to set yourself a goal and then you need to take action every day to move yourself closer to that goal.
See the theme here? It all comes down to YOU and the action you take.
If you really want to experience changes in your life, realize you need to do things differently than what you’ve done to this point to get you where you are.
Let go of the fairy tales. No one is going to wave a magic wand to change your life overnight.
Click here if you’re ready to discover how you can significantly change your life… no magic, just you taking one step at a time to move you ever closer to your goals.
A Classic by Dale Carnegie
As someone who is building a business, you probably read a variety of self help and business books. You know the importance of self-education. Along with all of the great current material, do include some of the classics.
You can always learn something new, regardless of how old the material seems.
Which is why I include the classics in my reading material.
One of these is Dale Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends And Influence People”.
Published in 1936, the content is as rich and valuable in today’s world as it was 75 years ago.
Sections include:
Fundamental Techniques in Handling People,
Six Ways to Make People Like You,
Twelve Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking,
Nine Ways to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment,
Letters That Produce Miraculous Results, and
Seven Rules For Making Your Home Life Happier.
To illustrate, read this segment from “A Sure Way of Making Enemies — and How to Avoid It”:
“You can tell a man he is wrong by a look or an intonation or a gesture just as eloquently as you can in words — and if you tell him he is wrong, do you make him want to agree with you? Never! For you have struck a direct blow at his intelligence, his judgment, his pride, his self-respect. That will make him want to strike back. But it will never make him want to change his mind. You may then hurl at him all the logic of Plato or an Immanuel Kant, but you will not alter his opinion, for you have hurt his feelings.”
At the end of Part II he sums up that section with “Six Ways to Make People Like You”
Rule 1: Become genuinely interested in other people
Rule 2: Smile
Rule 3: Remember that a man’s name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Rule 4: Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Rule 5: Talk in terms of the other man’s interest.
Rule 6: Make the other person feel important — and do it sincerely.
The writing may seem a little quaint at times and it’s not “politically correct” by today’s standards, so just take into account when it was written and ignore that.
Dale Carnegie was born to poor farmers in Missouri in 1888. He managed to get an education, then tried sales with moderate success. Later he tried acting after attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts but found little success in that line of work.
His greatest achievement is likely the course he developed known simply as the Dale Carnegie Course. It is still popular today more than 50 years after his death. His most famous book, the one I’ve referred to in this article, How to Win Friends and Influence People, has sold over 15 million copies worldwide!
If you’re new to this classic, get a copy and read it. If it’s been a long time since you read it, dig it out and read it again. You’ll be glad you did!
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