I made a decision last week to fall in love with network marketing (ie MLM or direct sales) all over again. I must admit that it drives me nuts to see the shenanigans that happen within MLM. However, what profitable business model in the world doesn’t have some real creeps? Multi-level...

When do we stop following our dreams? When do we stop believing that we can accomplish big things? When do we become too jaded to believe in miracles? I have four children and it never ceases to amaze me what they believe is possible. Andrew, age 4, can conjure up an entire world of...

Some of the best business advice can come from the most absurd places. I must admit that watching the real news is depressing. Oil spills, nuclear disasters and Moammar Gadhafi do not make for an uplifting evening. The more serious life gets, the more I need the ridiculously sage words from...

Cliches are tiresome, especially when their long term effect is negative. In traditional direct sales and retail marketing we focus on the product value statements to convince people to buy a product or service. For many network marketers brief lip service is given to the superior nature of...

In this edition of Star Interviews, I travelled to Alpine, Utah to spend some time with the founders of Rain Nutrition, Chad Christofferson and Toby Norton.  I have watched their growth since they started the company and I am impressed how they are differentiating their product and brand...

You are judgmental, and so are your prospects. Whether you want to believe it or not, you make decisions about new people you meet within minutes and sometimes seconds of the introduction. We judge people favorably or negatively based upon a whole litany of criteria, and words are rarely what...

You are judgmental, and so are your prospects. Whether you want to believe it or not, you make decisions about new people you meet within minutes and sometimes seconds of the introduction. We judge people favorably or negatively based upon a whole litany of criteria, and words are rarely what...

A smart team starts with its leader. If a team is failing, you typically have to look no further than its leader. In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins believes the top leadership level a person can achieve is what he calls Level 5 Leadership. “Level 5 refers to a five-level hierarchy of...