The path to discovering the perfect partnership is only second to finding balance with your spouse. Here are 10 tips to finding, choosing, or maintaining that perfect partnership: Remember, it takes time and effort to become a terrible partner.  If you don’t know your prospective...

You know the drill, you had a great meeting with a prospect and everything looked and felt great during the meeting. But, a week has gone by and you have not heard back from the prospect and you are wondering what to do. Questions begin to enter you mind: How long should you wait before you...

I was recently told, “You must be stupid to be an entrepreneur in this economy!” I would say, if you aren’t an intelligent entrepreneur, then yes, you would be stupid to be an entrepreneur in this economy. Succeeding in business takes smarts, both intellectual and emotional...

Most businesses teach their people to be stupid. Yes, being stupid is actually encouraged. I have heard many people even say, “It does not matter if it works, only if it is duplicatable.” What? So if something is working for you and your unique personality, stop doing it because the next...

In network marketing we build romantic stories about the successful leaders. We imagine that they hit home runs every at bat, throw 90 yard touch down passes and sink hook shots from 50 feet out on a consistent basis. It reminds of the Mel Gibson Classic Braveheart, where a young soldier...

Network Marketing is powerful, use it wisely. When you are busy telling stories to your prospects who want to hear them, you’ll be tempted to tell stories that just don’t hold up. Lies. Deceptions. In his book All Marketers are Liars, Seth Godin made the points above about...

Network marketing as a concept is brilliant.  People sharing something they believe in with friends and family. However, in practice it can often fall short.  As top distributors and executives, we can do better at helping people avoid failure. It will just take a commitment to real...

I am happy, very happy.  However, 2009 was a rough year and I was ready to give up on network marketing.  The venture capital firm that funded our company decided to fire my brothers and me from the company we founded.  They fired most of our employees and moved the company to another...