MLM Prospecting "Looking for the FIT" from TGNWeekend

Whoa! Wow! My first ever video, first ever on Facebook and YouTube AND the very first video to come out of the first TGNWeekend. (That's a lot of firsts...)

This clip was taken by Sandy Scherff. It's Saturday morning and I'm speaking with Wendy about NOT going out and trying to GET someone as a customer or GET them to sign up as a partner. Instead, I'm saying "Go out and look for the FIT."



More here: http://JohnMiltonFogg.com/TGNWeekend/Say. Great Weekend! (Greatest people!)

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Prospecting Rules 3— The Transition

Took Wednesday off prepping for TGNWeekend. Sorry. Back to it.

"Prospecting Rules is the title of a great new (coming soon, not ready yet) book that speaks to the unarguable fact that in network marketing, prospecting RULES- without it, no results, no sales, no team, no business. And prospecting has rules. Russ McNeil has laid them all out in such a clear, comfortable, and oh-so useful way, you'll consider this book Bible-like in it's value & power for you and your people."

In this <clip> I speak about the "Transition." Connecting with people is, of course, required, but unless you can segue smoothly to talking more to people you'll never get to the business of the business. "Curiosity pays the cat," Russ says. And the key is... (if this surprises you, well...) Asking the right questions. That's what Russ is speaking about here: 6:46

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To listen/download via the url: Click here.

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Btw, this <clip> is from my hour-long interview with Russ McNeil for TheMasterMindSessions. You can buy the entire Session & bonus material or subscribe for only $9.50 a month. Click here to go there.

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Prospecting Rules 2— Practice, Using Humor & The Payoff

"Prospecting Rules is the title of a great new (coming soon, not ready yet) book that speaks to the unarguable fact that in network marketing, prospecting RULES- without it, no results, no sales, no team, no business. And prospecting has rules. Russ McNeil has laid them all out in such a clear, comfortable, and oh-so useful way, you'll consider this book Bible-like in it's value & power for you and your people."

In this <clip> Russ and I speak about practicing on "public people"... using humor... and the fact that you only prospect a person once— and what matters most about that— and the all important payoff. That's what Russ is speaking about here: 5:37

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Btw, this <clip> is from my hour-long interview with Russ McNeil for TheMasterMindSessions. You can buy the entire Session & bonus material or subscribe for only $9.50 a month. Click here to go there.

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Prospecting Rules— Making Contact

"Prospecting Rules is the title of a great new (coming soon, not ready yet) book that speaks to the unarguable fact that in network marketing, prospecting RULES- without it, no results, no sales, no team, no business. And prospecting has rules. Russ McNeil has laid them all out in such a clear, comfortable, and oh-so useful way, you'll consider this book Bible-like in it's value & power for you and your people."

In this <clip> Russ explains "situational prospecting." Making prospecting part of your "life" process— engaging people anywhere or everywhere you go. "Making contact" is the "how" you start conversations with people. That's what Russ is speaking about here: 4'12

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Scientific Proof That YOU Are Special!

NOTE: There's a special offer, no-charge, nothing to buy, at the end of this Note for you to review a work-in-progress manuscript and give me your feedback. Please, consider it. Thanks.
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I've been working on a book with an old colleague and friend Burke Hedges. The last project Burke and I worked on was a book called Who Stole The American Dream. It went on to sell more than one-million copies around the world. This book is very different. It's called The Servant Soul. (That link will take you to the "sales" page for the book. NOT ready yet. Coming soon.)

It's the story of a Michael, who is an eye-witness to the horrible death of the brother he idolized. His grief and sense of the injustice of it all compels him on a journey of intense self-discovery. He learns from a number of people— some he has known, other are brand new encounters— life lessons that culminate in a remarkable undertaking for Michael. Each of the lessons also comes from a book. The unique twist at the end will... well, I'll let that go for now. If you're interested, you'll want to learn more and you can by reviewing the un-edited manuscript.

What's below is an excerpt that occurs early in the book between Michael and Naveen, his trusted friend and guiding mentor. Michael has just has a stressful exchange with one of his business partners that's left him dazed and confused. It marks the beginning of Michael's fascinating journey (and it comes from a book he get's as a birthday gift from his brother John after John's tragic death!).

This first lesson is a powerful one... a lesson I wish every human being would be taught at the earliest age... a lesson I have to remember, because I forget, often, how very special I am.

If you're up for being reminded of how special you really are, this is for you.

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"So, my friend. What do you say brings you here today?"

"What do I say..." I repeated, knowing that Naveen knew exactly what brought me there, but he wanted to hear my side of the story.

Naveen knew of the tragic circumstances in my life. He knew John well. We would play golf together when John was in town. He attended the services as a family friend. So, I began by telling him the effect my lunch with Steve had on me today and how it upset me.

I told him about John sending me a book on my Birthday and I told Naveen about the inscription John had written inside:

May you find the secret to a meaningful life.
I believe in you!

"I don't know Naveen. Maybe Steve was right," I confided.

I explained my confusion and the swirling, smoky, jumbled tumbling in my mind. As I did so, Naveen reached out putting his hand on my knee and said softly as he looked me straight in the eye, "The tea will help you Michael, but it will only ease your symptoms. The cause is deeper and you must identify it and heal it."

I felt the breath go out of me- all of it. And with it poured a tumult of emotions- all of them. In a moment, I felt empty. It was sort of peaceful... but disturbing at the same time.

"What's wrong with me?" I asked Naveen.

"Nothing is wrong with you my friend," he said. "You are perfect just as you are... as God made you... and very special."

"Oh Naveen," I said, shaking my head. "I don't feel special." John was special. That's what's wrong with me. John was special, you're special- I'm not- and now he's dead and I'm alive. Life is not fair. It's just not fair. It's not right."

"I cannot speak to what is fair and right in this," Naveen said to me matter-of-factly, his face expressionless, his eyes intent and intense. "But I can prove to you that you are special."

I must have looked dis-believing (I know I felt that way), because Naveen held up his hand and said, "Just wait... please. Listen to me."

"Michael, do you know how you were made?"

I must have blushed, because Naveen laughed and simply said, "Scientifically."

"My father's sperm united with my mother's egg and nine months later there I was."

"Good," he said. "That's correct. Did you know that the woman's egg is only available to be fertilized for 24 hours?"

"No," I said.

And do you know how many sperm are involved in the process?"

"No," I said, again.

"Do you have a guess?" he asked.

"Millions, I think," I replied.

"So, you are one in a million Michael?"

I laughed. "I guess I am," I told him.

"Actually my friend, you are far more special that merely one in a million."

"There are somewhere between 300 and 600 million sperm released," Naveen said. "You, Michael, are the result of one and only one sperm cell out of hundreds and hundreds of millions that triumphed and united with your mother's single egg- and she produced only one of those each month of her adult life."

"Think of the odds of that all happening Michael. They are astronomical, no?"

I nodded. They certainly were.

"And now," Naveen continued, "think of the odds involved in your mother and father's meeting... Use your imagination my friend and trace your family back five or seven generations. Look at all the connections that had to be made, the paths that magically crossed, the lives that came together, the marriages and births that eventually, down through the generations and hundreds of years at last resulted in yours."

"As you American's love to say, that should blow your mind."

It did and I laughed.

"Well, when you look at it that way..." I said.

"I do look at it that way," Naveen said. "Because that is the way that it is."

"This is scientific fact Michael. Not simply a pleasant folk tale. There is no one even remotely like you my friend. You are unique in all the world. The only one of your kind in the entire Universe. And that makes you special... very special indeed."

"Michael, God made you nature's greatest miracle."

"I am nature's greatest miracle," I repeated, but before I could explain what was so interesting about him saying that exact phrase, Naveen began to walk around the library as if he was an actor reciting his lines on stage.

"I am nature's greatest miracle," he began with more than a touch of the theatrical.

"Since the beginning of time never has there been another with my mind, my heart, my eyes, my ears, my hands, my hair, my mouth. None that came before, none that live today, and none that come tomorrow can walk and talk and move and think exactly like me. All men are my brothers yet I am different from each. I am a unique creature."

"I am nature's greatest miracle," Naveen said with a sweeping gesture of his arms, clearly warming to his role.

"Although I am of the animal kingdom, animal rewards alone will not satisfy me. Within me burns a flame, which has been passed from generations uncounted and its heat is a constant irritation to my spirit to become better than I am... and I will. I will fan this flame of dissatisfaction and proclaim my uniqueness to the world."

"I am nature's greatest miracle."

"None can duplicate my brush strokes, none can make my chisel marks, none can duplicate my handwriting, none can produce my child..."

I sat entranced by Naveen's performance, focused on each and every word. He seemed to sense that and my rapt attention fueled him all the more. But drama had given way to something else... something... spiritual. Naveen was now speaking completely from his heart and I could feel it.

"I am nature's greatest miracle," he said again.

"I am rare, and there is value in all rarity; therefore, I am valuable. I am the end product of thousands of years of evolution; therefore, I am better equipped in both mind and body than all the emperors and wise men who preceded me..."

"I am nature's greatest miracle," Naveen spoke softly, yet powerfully.

"I am not on this earth by chance. I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy."

"I am here for a purpose," he repeated. He ended his soliloquy, saying finally, "I am nature's greatest miracle... and I am here for a purpose."

He stood- I sat- in silence, looking at each other until I could not contain myself any longer.

"Naveen," I nearly shouted. "That's the Fourth Scroll. That's from the book John gave me after he died," I told him though my tears.

I crossed the room and embraced him. This time I remembered; heart over heart.

I left Naveen's shortly after that, thanking him so profusely, I felt a little awkward. I'm certain no such thought occurred to my mentor and friend.
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Now... if you are willing and able to commitment to reading the manuscript and giving me feedback, it's yours. Remember, it's un-edited and a work in progress. Both BUrke & I are concerned about three things we specifically want to learn from you:

1. Is it too long (will people NOT read it because it is)?
2. Is it too detailed (is there lots more than you, the reader, wants to know)?
3. Are there parts in the book that are NOT needed to tell the tale?

And of course, what you think & feel is best about the book and why?

So, if you're up for that... here's the download link:

The Servant Soul un-edited manuscript.

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Read & Listen to the inspiring story. Then... LIVE it!

I wrote a book called "The Greatest Networker in the World" that has sold more than 1 million copies. It's the story of a young dis-heartened and dissatisfied young man who's about to quit... BUT, he spends a magical weekend with "The Greatest Networker..." that transforms his life "for the better forever."

If you haven't read or listened to the book, you can, here on this web page, for no-charge:

http://JohnMiltonFogg.com/TGNWeekend

The July, 24, 25 & 26 Weekend "sold out," so, even though I hadn't planned on it, I'm doing another.

This August 14, 15 & 16 I'm offering five people the promise of  that same *breakthrough* experience in their life & work-- to actually LIVE the story like the hero in the book. You can learn all about it at my web site. Again...

http://JohnMiltonFogg.com/TGNWeekend

Please be sure to read the whole page so that you are sure you are available on those dates, that you can afford the price, and that you are clear about what you want to take away from TGNWeekend.

I'm passionate (some say "obsessed") about under-promising and over-delivering. See what you think of what I'm offering you..

And I am sincere & serious about delivering that promise of a "breakthrough" for you!

Here's what Danny, one of the people invited for August wrote:
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"I completed the application, received my invitation, and began to receive a massive amount of information and access to an abundance of knowledge that I had no idea even existed. Not only have I received books, papers and audios on how to be a Network Marketing player, but I have access to John! I called on Sunday morning at 10:34 to leave a message and ended up having more than a 1 hour conversation with him!

Needless to say, I am fired up to spend the next month getting ready to spend the weekend with John and his family at his home."
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PS. As of today, there are still four invitations left. I'm expecting this Weekend will also fill up fast, so if you're interested & excited, please decide quickly.

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  My Mission is...  To create millions of direct
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  Now, what would it be like if you were one of the
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A Free MasterMind Session with Jordan Adler

I put up a <snip-clip> of Jordan Adler on Sunday. Bunch o' people loved it! and asked for more. So, here's the entire hour-long MasterMind Session with Jordan, complete with access to free chapters from his book. Let me know what you like best about it— and him. Click the Session title to go to the page. it's wide open to listen to/download the Mp3 & keep. That's a good deal 8^)

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When I first heard of Tim Ferris' best-selling book, The Four-Hour Work Week, the title immediately got my attention. What a promise... Even though I—and I'll wager 99.969% of ALL the people who saw it—didn't believe a word of it! Then there was the sub-title: "Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, And Join The New Rich." Wow! Promises, promises, promises... And again, I didn't think that was possible, but hey... there's got to be a few nuggets in those pages worth the price and the read (and there were).

Well, today I 100% BELIEVE the promise of a four-hour work week, escaping 9-5, live anywhere and join the new rich, because... I've met somebody who's doing just that. Actually, I've know him for some time.

Back when Excel Telecommunications was a force to be reckoned with, Jordan Adler was one of their eagles. He was an Ambassador and Executive Senior Director and was flying between #11 and #20 at the very top of the company. Then Excel imploded and all that Jordan had worked for went down the drain. At Success magazine we used to call that a "dog food moment". It's the kind of hit most people don't get up from from. But Jordan is not most people.

Today, Jordan Adler is the #1 income earner in Send Out Cards. He's an annual network marketing millionaire and he got there NOT by focusing on becoming one, but instead aiming his teaching and team-building talents at creating as many "thousandaires" in his organization as possible. His methods are pure Get Rich Slow (he says it's get rich quick the slow way): Relationshipping, Friendshipping, Partnershipping and Leadershipping. Masterful networking. Really, for me, preasching to the preacher, not just the choir.

My biases all in obvious place (and spilling out all over as well), I LOVE this Session with Jordan. One of The Greatest Networkers in the World doing the bus' in classic fashion and making it work (and play) big time. Much to be learned from Mr. Adler... and his new book, Beach Money, promises to be of great value and usefulness for all authentic, intelligent, sincere and serious network marketers, as well. 

Session 87
Beach Money
Jordan Adler

"Third time's the charm," but not for Mr. Adler. It took Jordan 12 times to figure out how to do network marketing the right way. Get Rich Slow indeed (with dual emphasis on both Slow and Rich). He's now the #1 representative in Send Out Cards with 22,000 people on his team and earning in excess of $1,000,000 a year. "Beach Money" he calls it, and that's also the title of his new book, which by all accounts "should" be one of the best-selling "How" and "Why" to books for network marketers ever! It's the real deal. Jordan's all about networking (as a life style), building relationships, giving-to-give, keeping it simple and duplicatable, working with people to get them started—then let go… using the Internet to train and communicate, but NOT for prospecting, and more. Too "old fashioned" for you? If one-million dollars plus a year "walk away"  income is old fashioned, so be it. "Classic" network marketing from one of The Greatest Networkers in the World.
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Additional support material from Jordan Adler

10 Ways to Create Beach Money
From the new book, Beach Money
When you achieve a passive residual income that pays you whether you go to work or not, you can live anywhere in the world… quit your job forever… and be wealthier than 99% of the "rich". Here's how…
11 page Special Report in downloadable PDF

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Who do you talk to about your business?

Who do you talk to about your business? Who do you work with? Here's what one of The Greatest Networkers in the World does.

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Jordan Adler is the author of Beach Money and a million-dollar-plus annual income earner with Send Out Cards. Jordan is a master networker. In this Session he speaks about the kinds of people he seeks out for his business. Jordan focuses on "Connectors," the kind of people who know lots and lots of people. Jordan is a member of BNI, Business Networks International, and he's discovered many of his business leaders through this organization and urges all his people to get involved in their local Chapter. You can listen here (07' 22):

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Fear of Failure— Gocha' or Gimmie?

I believe "fear" is a thought. I know... I know... Fear is an ancestral gift from our Creator to keep us from being some pre-historic sharp-toothed nasty's entré. I don't think so. I think that's instinct & intuition— heart not head stuff. But then, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. Or, in other words, who cares what I think.

I've been digging & drilling down into fear for years. That R&D effort resulted in BeliefBusters amongst (many) other things. I'm always alert and on the lookout for good stuff about dealing with any of the FADWAS (Fear, Anger, Doubt, Worry, Anxiety, Sadness). her's one such that came into my orbit from Brian Johnson, CPO (Chief Philosophy Officer) at Philosopher's Notes: Big Idea - Dan Millman: The Fear of Failure. Brian adds his own commentary. Enjoy it..

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“Ultimately, fear of failure generates a vicious circle that creates what is most feared. To break this cycle, you need to make peace with failure. It isn’t enough to merely tolerate it; you need to appreciate the failure and use it... Body mind masters have made peace with failure, treating it like an old friend playing a practical joke. The greatest inventors, artists, and athletes have all failed many times. Babe Ruth was the home run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.”
— Dan Millman from Body Mind Mastery

Ah, the fear of failure.

Here’s what Michael Jordan, one of the greatest athletes *ever* has to say about failure: “I’ve missed more than nine thousand shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” (That’s from a Nike commercial. It’s strong. Check it here.)

Robert F. Kennedy tells us that: “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

And David Viscott tells us that: “In the end, the only people who fail are those who don’t try.”

What’s YOUR relationship to “failure”?!? Have you made peace with it and gone so far as to see it as a necessary part of doing anything, let alone achieving greatness? Sweet. :)

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"Failing forward," it's called. Paraphrasing Guy Kawasaki, "Failure isn't an option. It's required." And if you follow my beginning idea here that fear, especially fear of failure, is a thought you have. Then game is, change your mind.

I highly recommend a subscribe to Brian Johnson's Philosopher's Notes. Click the link to go there.

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Are You In the Shipping & Receiving Business?

BELOW is an "old" piece I wrote for Network Marketing
Lifestyles (remember that). I've been in-search-of those
things that are "classic" and still (and probably always
will) apply for my TGNWeekend. I re-read it. NOthings
changed for me (from 10 years ago). You?

Please, let me know...

Relationship, Friendship, Partnership & Leadership
by John Milton Fogg
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I'm on a jag… a tear… a recurring rant. I keep coming back to this one idea and simply cannot get it outta my head/day and night/night and day…. It's like that- just like that- like that soon-to-be if not already over and over and over silently sung song that the sinister singer with-in will not stop singing!

It's maddening.

R is for Relationshipping.
F is for Friendshipping.
P is for Partnershipping.
L is for Leadershipping.

(Me quoting myself and I…)

"As Network Marketers, you're in the Relationship business. That's what you do for a living- you create and maintain Relationships. In this business, that's JOB #1. And as I've said before, you grow those Relationships into Friendships. When you take those Friendships into Partnerships, we call it Sponsoring. Then you transform your Partnerships leveraging them into tens, hundreds, even thousands (if you're very good) more Partnerships to create a Network Organization and you do that with Leadership."

So tell me I'm wrong. Okay. Fine. You're coming along great with your life-coach (therapist) and you don't do that anymore. Fine. Tell me I'm "mistaken."

I mean, prospecting is all about getting into Relationship— yes?

Gotta' be. Build rapport. Ask questions. Reveal their dreams and aspirations— their why. Person to person. Mano a prospecto. Like (or as) I said, Relationshipping. Network Marketing IS the Relationship business.

I know I've got this first one right.

Any argues from you…?

Good.

Friendshipping:
(Just to let you know, I'm sure this is right, too. And I do so love being right 8^)

If you were opening a restaurant business or beauty salon or bike shop, who would be your first customers? Think back- MCI: friends and family- right? (Family; friends by virtue of birth.) We want our customers to be our friends. We want our prospects to be our friends. We want our distributors to be our friends. What are you doing; recruiting your enemies, hated high school history teachers, wicked Stepmothers? Nah.

The only reason to approach those strangers in the cold market is 'cause you've run out of friends- or they've run out of you. Hey, no more friends… NFL, no friends left? Get new ones.

This is Network Marketing. You don't have to work with people you don't like. You do not have to prospect and sponsor people you don't want to. And you really only want to walk the beaches of the world with people who are your friends- don't you?

Yeah, Friendshipping is right, too.
(Told ya'.)

Partnershipping:
Prospect: "Why are you asking me all these questions?"

Prospector: "I'm a Network Marketer. Keeping my business successful depends on finding bright, ambitious, caring and sharing, authentic and exceptional people and having them become my new Business Partners. I was trying to find out if you were one of those people."

Once you've made a Friend of someone it's easy to offer him or her the opportunity of Partnership. "Hey, friend. Will you take a look at my business and tell me what you think?"

And you cannot succeed in Network Marketing without a whole boat-load of Partners- customer/partners, your upline partners, downline, cross-line, all the guys and gals back at the home office... in partnership with you.

Network Marketing is the least do it yourself business in the world. You simply can't— do it yourself— here. Go ahead; sponsor you and you sponsor you and you sponsor you…. Partnership, and lots of 'em, is and are required.

Leadershipping:
Now nobody's gonna' argue with this one- right? Speed of the Leader, speed of the pack; Leaders showing the way; Leaders on stage getting awards; and on it goes.

Yup, Leadership is in there like Prego (used to be).

Relationshipping, Friendshipping, Partnershipping and Leadershipping.

What else is there…?

Relationshipping, Friendshipping, Partnershipping and Leadershipping.

Really, what else do you do? What else do you teach and train your people to get out and get good at but these four things?

They're Network Marketing's Four Horseman of the Acropolis… or is it Apocalypse … Okay. Fine. It's Notre Dame.

Relationshipping, Friendshipping, Partnershipping and Leadershipping.

That's why Personal Growth and Development gets such center-stage attention in this business. It's how you have people get good at all this shipping stuff. And they've got to get good at it and you've got to get good at it, because….

(Again, I quote me:)

"Network Marketing is all about Personal Growth, because it is a Shipping & Receiving business. It's Relationshipping, Friendshipping, Partnershipping and Leadershipping, and when you do those well and rightly, you Receive (amongst many other things) a check. The better you are at all that "shipping" the more receiving you'll get to do and the bigger your check. That's just the way it is.

As said, I wrote this 10 (+ ?) years ago, B4 Web 2.0. Funny how the game has changed so much, but some things... 8^)

Let me know what you think & feel & value most about this piece.

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Is it time for your break-through?

Is it time for your break-through? (Is it past time?)

I have some important questions to ask you:

Are you struggling or disappointed with your performance in your business or your life?

Have you been stuck at the level you are on now for far too long, seeking the "more & better" you know is possible for you but your progress has plateaued, your growth stagnant?

Are you dissatisfied, disheartened, discourage— a little or even a lot? That doesn't feel very good,
does it?

What you "need" is a break-through.

And that's what I'm offering you: An honest-to-goodness, card-carrying breaking-through to new heights of productivity, performance & satisfaction.

If you really want to take powerful life & work-changing action. . . 

"Growing your business by growing yourself"

. . . that gets results that last and does it  fast. . . learn about it here:

http://JohnMiltonFogg.com/TGNWeekend.

And if it's a fit for you, call me right away.

And that's NOT a fit for you. . . if the dates don't jive or if $2500 isn't something you can afford right now, fine. Go to the page anyway and read/listen/download/keep The Greatest Networker in the World for free. Dig into the archives here at TheFoggBlogg (and share that link with your friends and colleagues) where you'll find free audios, videos, articles, excerpts, Mp3s. . . a ton (really) of good to great stuff is here for you.

Go to: http://Facebook.com/JohnMiltonFogg and dig into my Notes. NOT a full ton, but eating them all would sure fill you up.

And go visit http://SpeakingAndListenning.com. Click on "free resources." Lots of good & great material there for you.

And this hidden treat: http://TransformingMLM.com/Resources. "Yum, yum. Eat 'em up." (For you old "Our Gang" fans of Uncle George).

I know beyond  shadow of an anything you can find something(s) in what I'm giving away that will lead to or give you the breakthrough you're after. If you don't, let me know. I'll go find more— or come to TGNWeekend.

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Which MLM Network Marketing Game Are You Playing?

WARNING: What follows requires thought, open and authentic, "Hmmmm, that's interesting (perhaps even exciting). I wonder what would happen if I...?" Like that. Don't waste your time if you're not up for that and more.

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Lots of talk— virtual and actual— about a Revolution in MLM Network Marketing. Most in truth is back to basics stuff; those good and great things to do and be done that have worked since the beginning and will continue long after you and I are the upline in the sky. The rest is evolutionary; logical and intuitive next steps born from experience. Honestly, I don't find much being offered that truly "turns over" (the essence of the root word revolvere) the status quo of what's so now. Except perhaps this...

From one way of looking at it, MLM Network Marketing is a game. There's a field of play, rules, time frames, teams, ways to keep score, bats and balls and racquets (and rackets), uniforms even (for some)... all of that.

But there's another view of the MLM/Network Marketing "game"— a wholly different paradigm that is not only vitally and vastly different from all the other "business" game models, but is a 180 degree shift from the MLM game most of us have been taught and are playing today.

See if what's below presents you with a lighthouse to your battleship.

These ideas are excerpted and paraphrased from the remarkable book: Finite and Infinite Games - A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James P. Carse

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There are at least two kinds of games: finite and infinite.

A finite game is a game that has fixed rules and boundaries, that is played for the purpose of winning and thereby ending the game.

An infinite game has no fixed rules or boundaries. In an infinite game you play with the boundaries and the purpose is to continue the game.

Finite players are serious; infinite games are playful.

Finite players try to control the game, predict everything that will happen, and set the outcome in advance. They are serious and determined about getting that outcome. They try to fix the future based on the past.

Infinite players enjoy being surprised. Continuously running into something one didn't know will ensure that the game will go on. The meaning of the past changes depending on what happens in the future.

All games are inherently voluntary. There might be consequences of not playing, but there is always a choice required. Driving in the right side of the road, shaking people's hands, and paying taxes are games one has a choice about playing. There are certain rules and boundaries that appear to be externally defined, and you choose to follow them or not. If you stop following them you aren't playing the game any longer.

There is no rule that says you have to follow the rules.

All finite games have rules. If you follow the rules you are playing the game. If you don't follow the rules you aren't playing. If you move the pieces in different ways in chess, you are no longer playing chess.

Infinite players play with rules and boundaries. They include them as part of their playing. They aren't taking them serious, and they can never be trapped by them, because they use rules and boundaries to play with.

In a theatrical play the actor knows that she really isn't Ophelia. The audience knows that she really isn't Ophelia. But if she does a good job, Ophelia can express herself through the actor. The playing is most enjoyable when it is both clear that it is chosen play, that it is the actor doing it voluntarily, and at the same time it is so convincing, following the rules well enough that it seems real.

You can play finite games within an infinite game.
You can not play infinite games within a finite game.

You can do what you do seriously, because you must do it, because you must survive to the end, and you are afraid of dying and other consequences. Or, you can do everything you do playfully, always knowing you have a choice, having no need to survive the way you are, allowing every element of the play to transform you, taking pleasure in every surprise you meet. Those are the differences between finite and infinite players.
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So, where are you at with all that? Seeing anything differently? Which game have you been playing? Which game do you want to be playing?

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Asking the right questions gets the right answers

"For more than 20 years," (this is me quoting me), "I've been collecting and creating valuable & useful how-to knowledge & success resources for direct sellers and network marketers." Collected another one. (So good when you don't have to make it yourself.) This from kindred spirit of both GET RICH SLOW and Speaking & Listening, Jim Britt.

I won't pull that stupid marketers pet trick saying "My friend," because he's not— yet. I've met Jim and have known about him for years starting back when we were both involved with Cell Tech (remember them?). But after a couple of eLetters such as this one you're about to read, and a dig into his web site, I'm now actively chasing him for a MasterMind Session and the ability to write "my friend" in the future and mean it.

I REALLY like Jim's stuff. And... I would, of course. He's urges direct sellers & network marketers to ask questions and listen (another "really"). He's all about Shipping & Receiving (Relationshipping, Friendshipping, Partnershipping and Leadershipping). And he is, as said, a card-carrying member of the GET RICH SLOW Club.

Hence, the following to feed your educational hungers. But what if you're NOT hungry to learn? Good luck in this business (and this life.)

Asking the right questions gets the right answers
By Jim Britt

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Asking the right questions I would refer to as "The art of networking."  

When you ask your prospect questions... questions that make them think and feel, the answers you receive will be the signs that will carry you to your first destination. And what is your first destination with a prospect? Well it comes in three parts?

1. Do they have a problem?
2. If they do, do they have a desire to solve it?
3. Can you help them solve their problem?

That's the first thing you want to discover. That's your first destination. In other words, instead of focusing on making the sale, or recruiting the person...

Focus on whether there's a sale to be made or a worthy prospect to sponsor in the first place.

When you truly listen to your prospect the correct approach will materialize to you.

For example, if you hear a single mom saying that she is stressed out because she has to leave her children everyday and therefore can't give them the quality time they need... of course an obvious feature for joining your company would be that she could work from home. However, before offering her the opportunity, build some history.

The biggest mistake people make in network marketing is they get in a hurry.

Take some time to get to know her.

Here's what I mean:

• Ask what her present work is.
• Ask if she likes her job.
• Ask if she has to commute to work everyday.
• Ask if she feels she's getting paid what she's worth.
• Ask her what an ideal job would be to her.
• Ask if she would like to spend more time with the family.
• If she says that she would like to work from home then ask her what she would like to do.

The answers to your questions will help her to further discover and to reinforce her real desire to work from home. Remember, she will always have the answers to what she wants, but she will probably not have a solution.

That's your job once you have arrived at your first destination, and that is to established a need.

Questions will encourage them to talk and will give you information. It helps you to uncover problems... to discover if there is a real need. Questions help you to understand their priorities... what's important to them? You might say that questions help you to diagnose.

How would you feel if you walked into your doctor's office and your doctor never asked you what was bothering you... he just said "hey, you look sick and here's a couple prescriptions... call me in a month." How would you respond?

Questions also help you to establish your own credibility with your prospect, which should be to help them find a solution to their problem. But, just like with the doctor, you have to first discover their problem.

Questions make your prospect feel that you want to play a key role in helping them to find a solution.

Questions help you to paint the right picture in the mind of your prospect. Pictures that are benefit oriented. You get to formulate the picture yourself by asking the questions and listening to their response, but more importantly, your prospect gets to see it in their mind and to discover they have a need.

Questions will help you to "break the ice." By asking a simple question like, "how are you today?" You can get a response or an opening that can lead to the next question, and the next, and to the process of discovery on your part and theirs.

Questions allow you to "plant" your own ideas at the appropriate time. "What if you took this approach? What if you started your own business working from home? Have you ever thought of that?"

Questions let you handle their concerns in the form of an answer during the course of the conversation instead of as an objection that needs to be overcome.

Questions put you in control, not for manipulation purposes, but for the purpose of keeping the conversation on track and discovering their need and if you have a solution.

Use the power of asking questions instead of telling people what you know or making statements.

Learning to ask questions is your most powerful tool in network marketing.

If you try to "feed" people solutions before asking questions and arriving at your first destination, "Do they have a need," you may become the one that owns the problem... and the solution, which will take you nowhere fast.

If you tell someone that your business opportunity will provide them with financial freedom the conversation will probably stop there, because you haven't yet established a need.

On the other hand, if you ask them if financial freedom is important to them you can start a conversation that leads to other questions that will establish whether they have a need or not.

The key to mastering the art of network marketing is to master the art of asking questions... and listening... in order to arrive at your first destination... and that is...

Do they have a need that you can fill?

And Jim then gave this assignment for the week:

This week make a commitment to meet at least five new people with the intention of just getting to know them. Don't try to recruit or sell them a product. Just get to know them and see if you can arrive at your first destination... do they have a problem that needs solving and do they want to solve it?
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Good stuff. No, clearly much more & better than that. Mr. Britt is not simply on the GET RICH SLOW bandwagon... he's leading the parade.

Learn more about Jim Britt (click the link) and his offerings, and take a "sincerious" consider of getting his new book. I haven't read it yet. I'm simply stalling for one of those from one author to another, "Send me a signed copy" deals.

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Network marketing is...

The fine (very) folks at Networking Times have assembled a wonderful (and I think powerful) 8-page piece from "American Thought Leaders on the Network Marketing Profession." It features commentary by John Assaraf, Bob Burg, Seth Godin, Michael Gerber, Ivan Misner, Nido Quebin, T. Harv Eker, Kiyosaki, Proctor, Waitley... and other famous others. It's available with the link below as a PDF download and you can get "hard copy" reprints as well. (AND they've a Special "Limited Time" Offer, ending July 6, to get free reprints with a subscription or renewal.)

It is (I say) a MUST read for your own self and the people in your business, and you may find it a great prospecting tool to hand out. Review it and let me know.

Here's the intro written by John David Mann.

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“Network Marketing Is...”

Last fall, as Wall Street blew up and the economy melted down, a number of large network marketing corporations posted some of the largest sales figures in their history. Even as millions of people saw their savings evaporate and stock portfolios disintegrate, network marketers world-wide were quietly taking stock of their businesses and asking, “Are we okay?”

In the main, the answer appears to be a cautious yes: network marketing historically has been to some extent counter-cyclical, faring relatively well at times when the economy at large does poorly. Still, to find adequate comparisons to the economic panic of today one has to look back to the 1930s— a time when network marketing had not yet been invented. So how are we doing?

For this issue, we assembled a panel of American thought leaders to give us their thoughts on the state of the profession. The consensus: our current economic woes may well bring about a historic up-surge in the popularity of the network marketing model. — J.D.M.

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Trust you'll find it fun-learning and useful as I did.

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You've got to treat your business like a __________.

(Fill in the blank)

You've heard that one ever since you first got involved. "Treat your business like a business." It's offered as one of the golden keys to success, one of the Top 10 fixes for a struggling direct sales network marketing enterprise. But what if it's NOT? What if the REAL solution for you was to ...

Treat your business like a JOB.

Heresy, I know, but... think about it, please, just for a moment, like doing an experiment.

Let's say you got a job in the sales department of a local maker of whatever and what you had to do was to make at least 100 calls per day to "prospects" to sell your company's wonder widget to them. You were being paid $1000 a week.

Would you make those calls?

Sure you would— whether you liked it or not, no matter if you were comfortable or not, whether you felt like it or not, whatever the results. And you'd do that because if you didn't you'd get fired. Now, if you didn't get results after some period of time, you'd probably get fired for that as well, but in the beginning, if you wanted to get paid... if you wanted to "keep" your job... you make those 100 calls each day, because that WAS YOUR JOB.

So, what if you treated you networking business exactly the same way... what if you treated it like a JOB?

Pretend you are a business owner (that shouldn't be too hard) and you are hiring someone to work in your network marketing business. What's the "job description" for that employee? What would you tell him he had to do every day when he came to work? What specific daily/weekly tasks would you require she complete to earn her salary?

Write that all down.

Now, continuing with the "experiment," for the next week...

YOU do those things. Just adopt the mindset that you are an employee... this is your job... if you do not do it you'll be fired and you will NOT be paid.

(And make a note for yourself of what you would feel being fired and not getting paid.)

All this exercise is, is a shift of thinking, a changing your mind to learn if you would do things differently, perhaps breakthrough some of those things that were stopping you from doing what you know you MUST do to succeed in this business. (And you do know what to do— don't you?) Only for one week, treat your business like a job and "see' what happens.

Btw, this "Treat it like a job" is NOT my idea. I got it from a great interview Eric Worre did with Mike Dillard in his NetworkMarketingPro video series. (Incidently, Eric didn't create it either. he got it from Antinio Adair who who said something like, "If you can't treat your business like a business at first, then treat it like a job." Please watch the entire series. Mike Dillard's way of getting past his shyness on the phone and in face-to-face prospecting is priceless. The sequence that covers that is here: http://budurl.com/NMPRODillard2.

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