Entrepreneurship Vs Leadership

Running a business is 20% leadership and 80% management.Growing business is 80% leadership and 20% management.

Leadership begins with a long term thinking mentality and where the business will be 1,3,5,and 10 years later (ex.expanding internationally). Management focuses on focusing the team's efforts on those goals..
 
Learning to be a leader begins with shifting your focus from building a business to building a team that will take your business further for decades to come.

Walt Disney started out with one person (Walt Disney) but it has grown since then thanks to the team that Walt gathered and built in the early years of the company.

Learning to use problems as stepping stones is one of the pillars of running a successful business since all businesses are faced with a lot of problems/challenges/opportunities only if the leader is insightful enough to see the opportunity through the problem not the problem itself and guess what! every problem has a solution.

Effective leadership enables the team to perform well in the absence of the leader not only in his presence.

Leaders are very good with people and know when to lead and when to let go.

To be a leader you must develop an appetite for learning and hunger to change and the harder you work on building your team the harder your team works on building your business.

Are you successful?

What comes to your mind when you think of the word''Success''? is it fortune,fame,power,degree..?

Success is not only a result,it is personal growth and spiritual fulfillment.

Success is a tree,an achievement is the fruit,Discipline is watering that tree.

The seeds of success lie in our desire to achieve and become sombody.

The desire to change is the key to success .

The comfort zone is a Keller of success.We have to get used to feeling uncomfortable if we want to be comfortable.

Improve a little bit every day.

Your income is an outcome!

How much do you make a year or a month?how much does your company or organization pay you?

Your income reflects your value to the company or the market you work for/in.Once your value increases then does your income.

There are 2 ways to get paid: based on your time or based on results.

Majority of people get paid based on time (salary) and that's why their income doesn't increase that much.Some people get paid based on their performance and this is where the game of money lies .

Sales people,Freelancers, and entrepreneurs get paid based on results and that's how they control their income since more results = more money.

You can multiply your income by 2,4,10,100 no limits to how much you can make and the way to do it is to work harder on yourself more than you do on your job.

Once your attitude changes from : "that's how i make" to  ''I Control my  '' your income will boost.


Action exercise:- Figure out what skills you need to acquire to get a raise or paid more.
                        -Figure out how you can turn your hobbies into things that others will want to use?(Don't focus on money at the beginning but focus on helping others solve problems or get value with what your providing them)

The code of trust.

"Ethics is not part of business but business is all about ethics"   

 Richard Branson (Founder and CEO of Virgin group)




If you are an entrepreneur or a business person then you realize trust between you and customers/employees/managers is crucial to having a profitable business.

Trust is not an action ,it is an outcome of good relationship and character.

Being good with people is the key to having successful relationships.


Including others in making important decision increasing trust greatly.

Open communication fosters trust and for that to happen we need to maintain a high level of integrity.

Character is when our actions are consistent with our words.

the equation of trust is this:

Trust = relationship+Character+open communication

Now,try to figure out when and how you can apply these 3 keys in your daily life so that you soar in the skies of life.

Are you motivated or COMMITTED entrepreneur!!!!

We need motivation to get going but committment will keep us going when the excitment and emotional force of motivation disappears.

We need something beyond the excitment of the moment to carry on and keep going when things get really tough.

Committment exists only when there is a powerful reason/compelling reason.A strong reason/compelling force from within that will push us to achieve which without it nothing happens except for a few insignificant achievements (not really an achievement!)

What is that you hold dear to your heart and you want to make it work? what is that will enable you to work for long hours daily and fight to make your idea sell in the market place?
Why in the world do you have to do it?or is it a must ?what does it mean to YOU?what is your plan to get it?

these are some questions for you to ponder about and will help you to awaken your burning desire and passion which with you can achieve anything you want.

ultimately

Faith it till you make it

Are you trying or willing to succeed?

Success is not merely doing something ,it is about being something and living up to a higher standard.

How can you be successful then?


Hard work,discipline,determination are all very important things we need to get we want but all these things go back to one simple yet profound key which unlocks all other keys which is...

The Decision.

Success is a choice not a coincidence and it begins with the right attitude.



How much are you willing to give before you stop?

NEVER!Being stubborn is the key.Winners never quit till they get what they want.


What is stopping you from doing it?

Screw it just do it.Prepare yourself to face the worst and hope for the best.


Can you do it?
Faith it till you make it!

How big is your dream?

You must aim at the stars,for if you miss you will shoot the moon.

and remember that ,

The past does not equal the future

How much are you willing to fail?

We need more failures to move a head .Failure is not an option,it is a necessity.


Failure is not a one time event,it is a way of life and  success in the making.It is life in itself and Those who never fail never truly live.

Failure is never an issue,failing to learn the lesson is! .Experience is the fruit of failure and pain is the price we pay to succeed.


Failure never truly exists but in our minds.Quitting is the only way to fail and any other way will eventually lead to victory.

Losing is not failing ,it is part of winning.Winning is a matter of an attitude and a choice.If we decide nothing else matters,we decide 1st then we win.


Commitment is to break through by sticking to what we want no matter what happen so we must never submit to defeat.


We will never know everything ,so we must keep learning.


Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Fail at it Till You Make it happen

Refusal is not Rejection!

In Network Marketing, Often times we confuse 2  different things which are refusal and rejection.
Rejection is a personal issue but refusal means that the person doesn't accept your offer or business opportunity.So is it rejection or refusal?!!!

Is it Can or Will?!

Hi,nice title,isn't it?.So what is it all about? 


I'll tell you what it is all about.


 it is about you!!!


How come?


Well,i was hoping that you would give me the answer.


You see my friend,we live in a world of opportunities as well as challenges and these two corners of existence are always present with every problem we face.


The bottom line is this, Do we accept the presence of problems and utilize them as opportunities or not?




We often confuse Ability with Choice and success my dear friend is not a matter of ability(can) but a matter of Choice which means Will you do it or not?


Our Belief won't create our success ,WE do! and it is our belief that paves the way to our success and how far we can go in life.


Believing that you Can do it is very important but it is only the 1st step. What you do next is what will determine your success.


To be able to succeed we need to keep challenging ourselves to reach higher levels of achievement.




Ask yourself this question, What am i willing to do to create the future of my dreams?


If your answer is anything else but :I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BRING TO MY DREAMS to REALITY and your not willing to die to make it happen,then you need to check your motivation,maybe you don't believe its worth it then you need to find a stronger reason to do it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwPb7g_BlXQ&feature=fvwrel

5 tips to Successful PRESENTING for the Network Marketer

Now that your meeting up with the prospect to present him with your business plan.
one important thing to keep in mind is that there is nothing such as a''PERFECT'' presentation the presentation is basically a ''PRESENT'' which you will give the prospect and what you need to do is to choose the right stripes for this gift and how you do that?here are a few ground rules to help do so:
1.Be genuinely interested in the person,that doesn't mean pretending or faking it but having a true desire to help him with your opportunity and keep in mind that people don't care how much you know till they know how much you care.
2.Be passionate,don't show the plan as part of a routine or because you have to do it but show it as though you are really making a difference in other people's lives & yours and guess what, it does!.
3.Focus on the person consider the person as part of the presentation and let it revolve about him NOT the business.
4.Be a professional,speak honestly about your company and its products and do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
5.closing is crucial,simply stated that without closing all of the above is worth nothing and keep in mind that the most effective closing is the one that comes from the heart Not the mind.

Who is your Mentor???!!!

In our pursuit of success we can easily get lost unless we know the direction and from here do we need to have a mentor.
A mentor is simply someone to guide you in your journey towards achieving your dreams and the question as i believe you are asking now is : where do i find this mentor?very good question and the answer is ANYWHERE!.. because the mentor doesn't have to be a person who has to be physically with you as you go a long the journey which is impossible to happen!you can start by looking for successful people in your niche and follow their foot steps ,read their success stories and what they've been through to get to where they are , read their books,watch their videos,attend their seminars (if any) , find any material published about them and begin to Model their ways of success in that particular area or field of interest.
the teachings of your mentor builds is not restricted to education but also build your Belief and empowers you to overcome the challenges a head of you.

Are you a LEADER or a BOSS???

Hello,the title is a little bit strange don't you agree because most of new comers to network marketing industry do not recognize the real difference between networking and a J.O.B (journey of broke) .

1st of all let me remind you that network marketing is a business not a job,in other words your relationship between you and your working partners(down-lines) is not a boss-employee relationship in which he is obliged or sentenced to work for the company or you will fire him.this is a free enterprise in which people thrive based on their characters not position and what i mean is that you need to recognize that your mindset must change from an employee's mentality in an entrepreneur's one.
you might ask but what does it mean to be an entrepreneur?very good question i'd say and the answer to this is simple this is your business Not any one else's which means you own it and you are responsible 100% for what ever results it brings and so is your relationship with you they're not only your friends or relatives ,they're now also your business partners and you are a business man and one of the qualities that a business owner needs to develop in order to succeed at any business is his LEADERSHIP.
Leadership in networking is simply ,your role as a leader is to empower ,uplift & support your partners in their pursuit of success & the true leader is the one who enables others to lead not follow him so the leader is an up-lifter of others and he does it not to get what he wants but in order for them to get what they want so he puts his team before himself and keep in mind :IF YOU HELP ENOUGH PEOPLE GET WHAT THEY WANT YOU WILL GET EVERY THING YOU WANT.
Let me point out the stages through your relationship with your partner must go through during the life time of their business
1.they become your partners (at this stage your relationship with them is professional)
2.they become your friends ,as you work together helping them building their business you must also focus on developing your relationship with them so there can be a trespass.
3.they become part of your family and i truly mean it because what other way is there i wouldn't have it any other way but let them into my life after all we've been through and the times we shared together.
at the end of the day love them UNCONDITIONALLY even if they are not as successful or as active as you in the business still if you wan to become a true leader who other want to follow almost blindly then trust me with this one :LOVE is the secret!

Prospecting Basics for Network Marketers

If you are a Network Marketer then definitely prospecting is one of the basic and crucial skills you must develop in order for you to succeed in building your Network of Customers/Distributors.


At the beginning,prospecting might seem a heavy task and that is because the new comer to Network Marketing still doesn't understand what prospecting is all about.


Prospecting is simply a sorting process ,which means you are searching for something and what this really means is that your looking for a certain quality or a thing that will Qualify the person to be a potential partner.


For example let's say now you are in the process of starting a company and your looking for partners to help you build the business and manage that company so what are the qualities you are looking in a person that he must posses for him to become a partner with you?Whom that you want to partner with?of course you will begin to sort out some certain qualities such as: 
commitment,passion,Willingness to learn and so on

Now let me ask this question: Does everyone you know have these qualities which you are looking for???

Of course Not! and that is good news because you won't bother letting in any not serious person to partner with you  in the business and if you want to succeed in network marketing then you must find a suitable partner to help you build a substantial passive income which will go on for years and years to come & remember in Network Marketing you are the CEO of your tracking center and prospecting means you are building your board of directors and management.

You & Your Board of Directors

Now,how do you find that partner?there is no way you can decide from the looks on a person if he is suitable to partner with you or not .


The only way that you can find out wither the person is qualified is by talking to people any time any where,BE FRIENDLY and speak to people not out of wanting to prospect and invite to the business but to just for fun and building new friendships and who knows whom you might get to have as a friend and how much he can help you outside the borders of the business.


Asking questions as the conversation goes on to find those qualities which you are looking for you might as well start by asking him about his job and where he works and wither he is satisfied with his current job or looking for ways to increase his income and from there you can start to sense what he needs or how the business can help him improve his life cos keep in mind that the Network Marketer is a Helper of others Not a Hunter of people and Network Marketing is all about being in service of humanity because keep in mind that this opportunity you are giving to them has the potential to change their lives literally Financially,Emotionally and Socially and in many other ways which can never be stated or counted.
the next thing as the conversation goes on you and after you have inquired enough information to sense wither the person is or not qualified for your business then comes the next skills which inviting that person the business presentation and showing him the business but beware Not to rush into presenting the business too soon to people you meet for the 1st time until the relationship develops to the point where TRUST is forged so that you don't lose a qualified and potential partner.
so the steps of prospecting can be briefly stated as follows:
-start a conversation
-ask questions 
-invite & introduce the person to the opportunity
at the end keep in mind that prospecting is a skill that can only be honed through practice and the more you prospect and talk to people about your business the better your prospecting skill will become.