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The Old Phone ... How Do You Spell Fix?
Author Unknown
When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother talked to it.

Then I discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived anamazing person. Her name was "Information Please" and there was nothingshedid not know. Information Please could supply anyone's number and thecorrect time.

My personal experience with the genie-in-a-bottle came one day while my mother was visiting a neighbor. Amusing myself at the tool bench in the basement, I whacked my finger with a hammer, the pain was terrible, but there seemed no point in crying because there was no one home to give sympathy.

I walked around the house sucking my throbbing finger, finally arriving at the stairway. The telephone! Quickly, I ran for the footstool in the parlor and dragged it to the landing. Climbing up, I unhooked the receiver in the parlor and held it to my ear. "Information, please" I said into the mouthpiece just above my head. A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear. "Information."

"I hurt my finger..." I wailed into the phone, the tears came readily enough now that I had an audience.

"Isn't your mother home?" came the question.

"Nobody's home but me," I blubbered.

"Are you bleeding?" the voice asked.

"No," I replied. "I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts."

"Can you open the icebox?" she asked. I said I could.

"Then chip off a little bit of ice and hold it to your finger," said the voice.

After that, I called "Information Please" for everything. I asked her for help with my geography, and she told me where Philadelphia was. She helped me with my math. She told me my pet chip! munk tha t I had caught in the park just the day before, would eat fruit and nuts.

Then, there was the time Petey, our pet canary, died. I called, Information Please," and told her the sad story. She listened, and then said things grown-ups say to soothe a child. But I was not consoled. I asked her, "Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families,only to end up as a heap of feathers on the bottom of a cage?"

She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, "Paul always remember that there are other worlds to sing in. "Somehow I felt better. Another day I was on the telephone, "Information Please."

"Information," said in the now familiar voice. "How do I spell fix?" I asked.

All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest . When I was nine years old, we moved across the country to Boston . I missed my friend very much. "Information Please" belonged in that old wooden box back home and I somehow never thought of trying the shiny new phone that sat on the table in the hall. As I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood conversations never really left me. Often, in moments of doubt and perplexity I would recall the serene sense of security I had then. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy.

A few years later, on my way west to college, my plane put down in Seattle .I had about a half-hour or so between planes. I spent 15 minutes or so on the phone with my sister, who lived there now. Then without thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, "Information Please. "Miraculously, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well." Information." I hadn't planned this, but I heard myself saying, "Could you please tell me how to spell fix?"

There was a long pa! use. The n came the soft spoken answer, "I guess your finger must have healed by now." I laughed, "So it's really you," I said. "I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time."

I wonder," she said, "if you know how much your call meant to me. I never had any children and I used to look forward to your calls." I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again when I came back to visit my sister.

"Please do", she said. "Just ask for Sally."

Three months later I was back in Seattle . A different voice answered,Information." I asked for Sally.

"Are you a friend?" she said.

"Yes, a very old friend," I answered.

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this," she said. "Sally had been working part-time the last few years because she was sick. She died five weeks ago." Before I could hang up she said, "Wait a minute, did you say your name was Paul?" "Yes." I answered.

"Well, Sally left a message for you. She wrote it down in case you called. Let me read it to you."

The note said, "Tell him there are other worlds to sing in. He'll know what I mean."

I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant.

Never underestimate the impression you may make on others and whose life you have touched today!


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How to use the power of Networking and Leverage like the Big Businesses do
By Hannah du Plessis
How do you earn your money? Are you:

1. working for someone
2. a professional or self-employed (exchange your expertise for someone?s money) = small business owner
3. a business owner
4. an investor

Most people opt for employment because they see it as a ?safe? option. ?Job Security? is what they want. However, as many people will tell you; due to downsizing and industries like the recording industry changing from records to CD?s, where a skill is literally obsolete overnight, there is no such thing as ?Job Security.? Think for yourself: What would you do if your boss tells you tomorrow that you have no job? How long will you be able to survive?

The second way is to be self-employed, or to be a professional. Some professionals have jobs, like teachers, nurses and doctors, but most have a practice or are self employed. Others are self employed by offering a service. If you ask someone who is self employed why he is self employed, he will often say: ?I prefer working for myself and not for a boss.? That is just about the only advantage I can see. Does the self employed have fixed hours to work? No, they often work overtime. Do they have a fixed salary? No, if there is a bad month, they have to take a cut in earnings. They can?t take holidays, weekends or days off.

The third way is to be a business owner ? this is someone who leverages his time by having people work for him, and/or own a big network of businesses, such as McDonalds.

The fourth way is to be an Investor ? someone who uses money as leverage.

You can possibly see from the descriptions above that the last two: Business Owner and/or Investor probably have the most money. Why do they have more money? There are two words above that give you a clue: Network and Leverage.

What is a network?

My Thesaurus describes it as: A system, complex, set-up, set of connections, and set of contacts. Examples of Business Networks or Systems: McDonalds, Wendy?s, Starbucks, Wal-Mart,




What is leverage?

My Thesaurus says: influence, power, force, control, pull, weight. Simply put, leverage is to get other people to do work for you so you can get more done. The owner of McDonalds has 1000?s of people doing work for him in stead of him doing it all himself.

Can you see the power of leverage and networking? How can you use the power of networking? You can start your own business. However, starting your own business is quite difficult and very costly, and most people don?t have the money to get started. You will have to come up with a new idea, or an idea that gives you a competitive advantage over an existing business. After putting lots of your own money into research, brand names, copyrighting and start-up costs, you will have to find loans somewhere with your business plan that your accountant wrote for you. Most people who want to start their own business take out a loan on the equity in their property, or take out a second mortgage on their house, to get started. Big business may start as a small business. But take care that you don?t think your small business falls in this category. If you bought your small business, and you are running it, and it needs you to survive, then you just bought yourself a job. But true leverage is when you can walk away from your business and it can carry on without you.

However, most people don?t have the resources to get their own business up and running. Besides, there is another problem for most people: Consider this scene: You have worked for a company for 15 years. You have been promoted a couple of times. Now there is an opening to become manager of your division. You and another guy both want that position. You have both worked hard for it, but only one of you can get it. Perhaps one of you wants the promotion so bad, he is willing to bribe someone for it - Is this fair? Most people can never dream of obtaining the top jobs.

Now we have to wonder: Is there a way that you can use the power of Networking and Leverage as well? Is there a fair structure where you get paid and promoted directly in proportion with your efforts? The good news is that there is. It is called ?Network Marketing.? In Network Marketing, not only do you get paid directly in proportion to your efforts, but you have the power of leverage and networking working for you as well. You have exactly the same opportunity as anyone else to get promoted to the top positions. Now this is fair.

But isn?t Network Marketing an illegal Pyramid Scheme? I hear you ask.

Though Network Marketing and pyramid schemes do share some similarities, there?s a very important difference that makes the latter illegal. In pyramid schemes, income is generated solely on the process of recruiting others into the pyramid. Sometimes a product of service of questionable value is involved (that is never retailed to the general public by the way), but generally what you?re buying is the right to recruit others into the scheme. This is illegal. Also, in pyramid schemes, those who get in first and who are at the top win, while everyone else loses. In a legitimate Network Marketing company, on the other hand, distributors are paid only on product movement, not on recruiting, both at wholesale and retail. There?s also compensation based on training and managing of your marketing team. And unlike illegal pyramids, in Network Marketing, no matter where you?re positioned or when you join, you can advance to the very highest income levels and even make more money than those above you in the network.

In all business and government structures, the pyramid is the foundation. It contains the hierarchy of, and indeed shapes the role of, all who participate in the organization.
Whether it is the president of the United States and his vice president, Congress, and all the way down to the local government employees, or Microsoft, where one guy sits on the top, followed by his vice presidents, all the way down to the mail clerks, the pyramid structure is ubiquitous. The first thing we should agree on is that there is no inherent problem with the structure of a pyramid.





In government and in business there are several features of the pyramid that are found consistently:

1. The further away from the pinnacle, the less power an individual has, and the less money he or she makes.
2. There is usually one person on the top and that position is typically unattainable to others in the organization. If someone lower down in the structure does assume that top position, it is still reserved for one person at a time.
3. Normally those at the top like to stay at the top. Those toward the top may have incentives to move up higher in their organization, but there is typically no incentive for those higher up to help advance those who are lower down to surpass them. The order of the hierarchy is somewhat sacred.
4. At each level in the organization job titles go along with salaries. Normally a person cannot assume more money or more power without the ?permission? of someone above granting those advancements. Normally, people have little control over advancing. One cannot typically ?self-advance.?

Going back to pyramid schemes versus legitimate network marketing, the contrasts and similarities need to be examined. One of the bad images of pyramid schemes stems from the fact that if there is no viable product, or just money is being moved around, the people at the bottom really do get a raw deal. If only money is being passed around, by the time an individual rises to the top, the money may simply have run out. This is bogus, illegal and frowned upon by the Direct Sellers Association, and the Federal Trade Commission. (Both the DSA and the FTC oversee and ordain legitimate network marketing companies.) Contrast this with MLM compensation plans in which income is only paid out to those who qualify with enough volume during that pay period.

In a pyramid scheme, the payout runs out because no such limits are set.

In a good Network Marketing company the product is so good it can stand on its own. So this is the way the money is made: From the product, not from recruiting. These are the features of a good Network Marketing Company:

1. Each distributor can surpass the level of anybody who came into the organization before him or her, if the new distributor?s performance is greater than the one already in the business.
2. Each new distributor is encouraged to become a CEO, or the top of his pyramid, by the encouragement, leadership, and training of those in his support team. Those above the new distributor in the organization are motivated to elevate the level of everyone who is newer in the business.
3. There is no glass ceiling, no job title with a fixed and limited salary attached to it. The system does represent financial freedom because the model for business growth and the ability to generate income are inherently limitless. The rewards, incentives, acknowledgements, etc. at every level above the new distributor, all the way to corporate, are authentic, on-going, effective, and inspiring.
4. There are no barriers such as race, education, gender, previous experience, etc. Anyone who does the work gets to the top. (Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and of The Business School for People Who like Helping People has been a strong advocate of network marketing. He tells a story of having been the top salesman at Xerox; he was not promoted because he lacked a college degree.)
5. There is no single top position. There is unlimited room for these so-called top positions.
6. People can ?self-advance.? We give ourselves a raise based on performance, not on politics, nepotism, returning favours, or anything else.
7. No one?s earnings are limited to his or her own efforts. Through the process of leveraging ourselves, the bulk of our commissions come from other people like you and me, who want a better life. It is a business of teaching other people to teach other people, to teach other people, etc. It is an ethical, high-spirited, method of distribution, product consumption, and compensation.

Network marketing represents what we all crave: financial freedom, and time freedom. The opportunities for leadership and self-development are as great as the chance to make a lot of money. Whether or not you decide that this is for you, it is hard to beat this model for building an asset that will pay you over and over. Network marketing makes sense; it is the only viable model for creating financial freedom for the average person. And it is fair.

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System Duplication, the Backbone of Network Marketing & MLM

The Network Marketing and MLM buisness is growing in Numbers of Companies, offering everything under the sun.(500% in the past 10 Years)

Interesting the growth of active Distributors has not kept pace. (only 15% in the same period).

With all the state of the art use of Flash, sizzle calls, conference rooms, instant downloads
you would think the numbers of Distributors woul have kept pace.

What's the problem?
I think it is the lack real Foundation Building and some mis-guided direction by the "leaders".

They easily enough "sell" the Dream but many times fail to "tell" the system.

People don't duplicate, sytems duplicate and if there is no System Duplication, the Dream of the Fantastic Unlimited Residual Income can quickly vanish and you have Dead Downlines.

People are encouraged to spend on the Tools, but the tools don't always come with instructions.
I believe the "truth" is sometimes hidden because it may "scare" new recruits away from the fact Success is Obtained only through consistencey of using the system correctly.

Before anyone considers aspiring to become a Highly Productive Networker, enjoying the Freedom of Unlimited Income and Total Control of Time They should be willing to Invest in Themselves, learn the time tested System of Duplication.

Not only will that investment return Unlimted Income , it in itself can produce immediate Income to fund the Growth of the Main Business.

This has become known as a Funded Proposal and has allowed Novice Marketers to mature to Industry Giants in a short period of Time.

If you would be interested in learning of some highly productive Funded Proposals contact me at
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Should We All Cry Together or Jump for JOY

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
African proverb


My friend Michael Lemm of Best MLM Resources,on the Ryze Network, shared this thought
recently on the HomeBasedBusiness forum we both participate in. Pretty
powerful stuff every home business owner should take to heart - I felt
it completely necessary to share with you as soon as I saw it this
morning.(Meredith Cohrs http://YourGreaterSuccess.Blogspot.com/

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IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED - QUIT!

If you don't succeed at first:
Quit Crying
Quit Thinking Negatively
Quit Dwelling on the Worst Case Scenario
Quit Your "I can't" Attitude
Quit Quitting
Quit Not Living Up to Who You Are
Quit Listening to Cancerous People
Quit Making Excuses
Quit Blaming Others
Quit Defeat
Quit Stopping
Quit Your Fears!!!

QUIT DOING WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULD DO. My friend, you are
set apart for success, it is wired into you and that is why you stepped
out in the first place.

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Pretty powerful stuff - think about all the negative things you do each
and every day that hampers your potential for success and true wealth.
Think about them, identify them, and QUIT DOING THEM!

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Why Network Marketing makes sense

Why do Network Marketing? Or have you been?......

During the early days of American business, companies were largely built through word-of mouth advertising.

In addition to business owners, professional people such as doctors, dentists and lawyers built their practices using the word-of-mouth approach. It is simply the QUICKEST, most cost-effective way of building a business.

This type of advertising, in its current form, is referred to as
Networking or Network Marketing. The truth still holds truethat it is the quickest, most cost effective way of bringing aproduct or a service to the consumer.

Therefore, unlike other professionals who only own their job we
own a business.

We get PAID for not only our own efforts, but also the
efforts of many.

A recent article referred to networking as the marketing concept of the future and predicted that within a few short years, most all products and services will be provided through Network Marketing.

Donald Trump stated that if he were to start over, it would be in some type of Network Marketing. In his opinion it is the only way ordinary, everyday people can achieve financial independence.

In an issue of Success Magazine: the cover story, Creating
Millionaires, featured ordinary people all of whom had made their fortunes through Network Marketing. Simply put, the trend today is that more and more well-educated business and professional people are turning to Networking. It is creating more WEALTH than any other system.


In the United States, some 87 million people are currently working at home and 38.5 million of those are in networking.



Why is Networking so Powerful?

Did you know you can become WEALTHY doing this business part time?!
Thats right, part time! The reason is simple. You are utilizing OTHER PEOPLES EFFORTS!

For example, lets say you put 10 hours a week into your part time business. Do you think you could find two other people who might want to make money doing the same thing? Of course you could! So, now, instead of working 30 hours yourself, you have found a more effective way to get three times the results.

What if your two reps sponsored two reps each who, also, only worked 10 hours a week? Now, thats 70 hours of work being done and you are only doing 10!

How about when you have 100 reps in your business still doing only 10 hours a week of networking? Thats over 1000 hours a week! All of which you are getting paid on!

Even if you wanted to, you couldnt work that many hours in a week by yourself. This is the secret that many, many successful people know. Its the power of leveraging your time.

It was the famous billionaire John Paul Getty who said, Id
rather have 1% of 100 peoples efforts than 100% of my own!

This business is about a lot of people all doing a little bit. Once you truly grasp the concept of leveraging your time and effort, it will be easy for you to understand why so many people are becoming involved in this industry called Network Marketing.
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What is the most important thing you need to build a successful Network Marketing business? Its not money, its PEOPLE.

Everyone is a prospect but not everyone is a worker. You must
remember that it is not your responsibility to judge whether or not they are a dud or a stud. The old saying, you cant judge a book by its cover, is true with people also.

If you really want people to pay attention to you, show them whats in it for them.
Focus only on what success they can have in this business. Find out their needs, their goals, and their desires. Then show them how they can achieve those things through this business.

People could care less how much money you make unless you are paying their bills. Always direct all benefits of services and income potential towards the prospect. For example, when you are talking to your prospect about Your Opportunitys unbelievable residual pay, you could say something like, Your monthly residual check alone could allow you to stay home with your kids every day!

Remember, Telling isnt Selling, but Asking is.

Your chances for success greatly increase when you are asking as opposed to telling someone about your business. Use questions like, If the right thing came along, would you be interested in improving your income? or Would you like to quit your job? Or "Do you ever look
at other ways to make money?, Would you want more information?"
Ask anything you can think of to find out what their wants and needs are.
Then you are in a much better position to sell your opportunity.

All people are different so get creative and use your personality and excitement to get their attention.

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