Intrepid

My Back is Broken

2010-04-18T10:34:00.000-07:00

My back is broken and my perception is distorted. Fifteen months ago I began getting shorter as the vertebrae began to collapsing upon one another. Within 3 months I was five inches shorter than I had been. I can no longer see things from the same vantage point that I did before. The light is not so bright down here and I cannot see above the clouds.

All of my clothes are too long and straight back is rounder. Two vertebrae poke out of the middle of my spine; they bump against the back of chairs and create a keel when I lay on the floor. My guts are pressed and compressed within a smaller space so that my stomach bulges and my waist is thicker. The waistband of my pants and skirts ride high under my breasts like maternity clothes.

I take codeine for the pain but it does nothing to defeat the pain completely. I plan my days in terms of pain levels. I save the codeine for times of activity and endure the discomfort in between. There is not enough codeine on the planet to make me feel normal again. Sometimes I wear a back brace; when I am going to be on my feet for a long time it provides a little support. But it will ultimately destroy what muscle strength I have left in my trunk. My 'trunk'; today they call it the 'core'. Whatever. I want to stretch upward, lift my breast and stretch myself upwards. I want to relieve the pressure at my core; the constant pressure like an early labor that endures without pause until I lay down on soft cushions.

But then the restless limbs spring into action and I cannot lie still for long. I think they are restless because they no longer get adequate exercise. I can no longer stretch and bend and flex and arch my limbs. I no longer dance and leap and pirouette. I think they are restless because I cannot get enough potassium but I do not know when or why I began thinking this; it was so long ago when my children were still at home.

Some days I feel very sorry for myself and I cry inside. But all the time I am pretentious. I pretend that I feel wonderful and my spirit is light and my energy is boundless. What a fake. Sometimes it works and I think about a good and possible things. My friends think I am 'hyper active', 'ADHD' and an eternally happy person. They do not know I am fundamentally lazy because I am constantly moving. I cannot sit still; I cannot keep quiet. I have to keep moving and pretending.

Not Many Wrong Answers

2009-12-12T04:51:00.001-08:00

Most human relations are complicated whether it's religion or politics. White hats and black hats on both sides. Always more than one way to tell the story. That's why the "true believer" on any side, liberal or conservative, in any situation, needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Not many right answers. Not many wrong answers.

Most people find this hard to do. That's why we avoid discussions about religion and politics in most situations. Unless you are with people who agree with you, or the few people who are able to think outside the box and consider both sides of the story.

Spiritual Child

2009-10-13T04:37:00.000-07:00

Spiritual Child: "Without love there is no hope. If you have a problem seeing someone or a situation with a loving eye, ask to see through God’s eyes. Through God’s eyes you can only see the good in all things, no matter what your perception was before. God’s sight has seen the before and the after."

So Life Changes

2009-08-15T04:36:00.000-07:00

And we move on. I hate network marketing or multilevel marketing or whatever you want to call it. I'm really not cut out for selling of any kind. I couldn't talk an Eskimo into a parka.

Are You In Charge?

2008-02-03T08:10:00.000-08:00

Are you new to network marketing? NM is the most profitable form of what I call "unconventional" income. It is unconventional in so far as it is not considered a normal "9 to 5 job". It is also not a salaried position with an expense allowances. Nor does it come with a built in "benefits" package.

All of these "conventional" incomes come with tremendous limits on time, salaries, benefits and expenses. How many employees, no matter how high the salary is, manage their own time? Make as much money as they want? And retire when they feel like it?

Employment is highly over rated. Earning money is not. In network marketing you can work as much or as little as you want. You can earn as little or as much as you want.

Go do it. If someone want to sell you "personal business" of your own - don't clock in and go back to your desk. Take the time to look at the products or services, the income potential and how much time you need to make it work.

GO DO IT!

Karen's Wisdom

2008-02-03T07:10:00.001-08:00

This information is from my mentor, Karen Edwards:

Hi - Hope this note finds you healthy and happy. If you are actively working with us...PLEASE print this and read it daily to fire you up about your future. If you are just "dabbling" with AdvoCare, or still thinking about it, I hope that you read and consider what it says. 5 minutes of your time is worth it. We love you all! God's blessings today and everyday.

A long time friend and business associate recently asked me to condense 28 years of success in Network Marketing into a short
article. "What would it be about?" my friend asked. I responded it would be quite simple. You see it is not the "learning what to do" to become successful in Network Marketing, but it is all about getting yourself to actually do what you will be taught in this article that is of critical importance.

Let's examine the essential and fundamental understandings and motivation you must have in order to achieve success in this Industry.

First, let me say this ... The person who takes the time to understand the explosive geometric earning power of Network Marketing will become and stay motivated. Those people have the greatest staying power, which of course is fundamental to success. Those people have realized that most other options, like getting a better job, or taking on a part time job to increase their monthly income, is not a wealth building option. Your taxes go higher, your working hours get longer, and the day you stop your income stops. But, this is exactly the option that about 90% of Americans choose. The people that see the upside potential of Network Marketing become vividly aware that the low dollar investment combined with a solid work ethic and time can produce financial freedom. That understanding anchors their will to do the fundamentals and their motivation to stay with it.

Let's examine this! How many people do you know that can build wealth on their own talents, education, finances, or with a job working for someone else? Well, let's see...Joe Montana, Barbara Streisand, and Michael Jordan are some, but even they needed to have exceptional talent and skills which were developed over years of dedication, and sustained application of effort. Most high paying jobs require extensive education with advanced specialized degrees and years of proven performance on the job. If you contrast that scenario with what it takes to become successful in Network Marketing you quickly see that the preparation period for better than average income is less than 90 days, not years and years. And if you make it big in Network
Marketing, your income can be the envy of Doctors, Lawyers, and CEO's of large businesses. Plus, your lifestyle offers much more time and freedom with flexibility in your choice of where you live and how you live. In other words, the successful people started with the realization and conviction that Network Marketing was a very realistic way for them to eventually build a big income and a better life.

It's not like these people say, "Wow! All my life I have been looking for Network Marketing! And, now I have found it!" It's not at all like that!

It's more like they took a realistic examination of their options, given the truth of their qualifications for employment options, and
got a sober snapshot of their financial reality and related future and that snapshot got them serious about the potential of network marketing. It is this exercise in economic reality that defined the bigness of their "WHY - for becoming involved." It's a motivational truth that the bigger your WHY, the easier will become the HOW because your attitude will be right for learning HOW!

Let me divert here however, and tell you that most people who enter Network Marketing never do their personal financial reality check or look at this as a realistic option available to them, and therefore, end up starting with a less than serious attitude and that leads to a less than serious effort and eventually to failure and quitting.

Let's get basic here-

There are only three behaviors that you must do and improve at over time that leads to Network Marketing success.

The first is Preparation. The second is Presentation. And, the third is Persistence.

The foundation of Preparation is committing sufficient time to the process of learning. Read about and learn to speak about your Company, your Products, and your Marketing Pay Plan. Think about this. All you need to become a good recruiter is to be a good story teller or conveyer of what you've got to offer people and how it could lead them to financial freedom. Today you have top professionals within your upline that can tell the story for you on cassettes, Videos, CD's or DVD's. In effect, by using these tools, you can put your hands on hundreds of professional sales persons and massively increase your recruiting efforts. And, what happens when you teach the people you sponsor to do the same? Here's what happens! You have thousands of
these tools i.e. "professional salespersons", working without complaining, and they never get tired and you put each of them to work for just pennies. At the push of a button your prospects are hearing the story from the best and if they get excited you enroll them into your personal downline. The smartest economy of your business is to invest your business building dollars in recruiting CD's, videos, DVD's, or training cassettes.

Well, I guess we just handled #2, which is Presentation.

Now here comes the third behavior which is also an attitude, and that is Persistence. You simply must persist in doing #1 and #2 and do so with enough consistency that you get your business into momentum. Momentum for the serious business builder is always related to the consistency and intensity of business building activity, which we just described.

Well, George, you say, "If it is so simple, why isn't everyone successful?" That is easy to explain as well. Now, listen closely to
what I am going to say now! Both your Success and Failure are totally related to your emotions and not your beginning abilities or lack of abilities. Let me repeat!

You see, two of the behaviors for success, Preparation and Presentation are tied to your level of motivation to succeed and you
can do these two. Let me ask you a question and you'll see how the winners are separated from the pack. If you wanted to, now I stress, if you wanted to, could you learn about the company, the products and the marketing plan? The answer is obviously, YES. Now if you did the preparation phase, would it be within your power to hand out cassettes or videos, CD's or DVD's or talk to your prospects? The answer once again is a resounding YES! But, the third behavior, Persistence, it is totally tied to your ability to handle yourself emotionally. Here is where most people fail. They fight and resist the emotions that accompany building this type of business. Let me give you some examples: You will need to be able to feel and include as OK, the emotions of - Inadequate, Incompetent, Nervous, Anxious, Insufficient, Not Good Enough, and Embarrassed.

If you are not forewarned, those emotions will run you out of the business. You will need to be able to feel and include as OK: Disappointment, Frustration Upset, Betrayed, and even Ridiculed as you become involved in the recruiting process and people don't show interest or bad mouth your company, or don't return your calls, or don't show up at Business Briefings they promised to attend. Or how do you handle your emotions which are directly tied to your will to keep going (Persistence) when you start someone in your business that starts like a shooting star and just as quickly fizzles and falls when the company makes mistakes or the lure of a faster dollar takes them out of the business?

Do you allow their attitudes and behaviors to dictate yours? Or, can you see this type of event as NORMAL and let it go and keep on going?

A great networker and teacher that was a friend of mine said she learned the greatest lesson she ever learned in her 21 years in MLM from an early mentor of hers when she complained that her group was not working or growing. She was told, "If your group is not performing, you need to recruit a new group! It is that simple!" After that she never forgot the fundamental basis for MLM wealth. Keep going until you find 4 or 5 other people who are willing to do what you do and your success is guaranteed!

If you are committed to the Big Three: Preparation, Presentation, and Persistence, then I will now offer you the soundest advice that I can after 28 years in this Industry through my Observations Of Facts! The big money earners in this Industry do what the little earners don't or won't do, and they do so as a "HABIT". They are very coachable and quickly realize that whatever their level of education or professional or employment background, they do not know how to build an income generating Network Marketing Machine. Realizing this, they open their minds and attitudes to learning how to from the Pro's (the Big Money Earners) and not their peer groups who have no more than an opinion, but no direct involvement or success history in the Industry. This next observation is key to success! The big earners without exception attended all available training events, weekly opportunity meetings. They get on all conference calls, information calls, and made it a priority to attend the company sponsored Regional, National, and International Events whenever possible. In so doing, they lead their new recruits' organizations to do likewise. Success in the Industry is based upon one word, "DUPLICATION", duplication of behaviors, attitudes and effort. You must be a leader who leads by example, not simply by informing, watching, and hoping your group will perform. The successful people in this Industry made building their Network a solid business priority and not "a once in a while" happening. They treated their opportunity as though they had invested $50,000-$100,000 to get started.

Let's be honest here. If a person treats any business casually and works inconsistently and doesn't learn the business, would they succeed? Of course not! If you reduce the size of your commitment and effort to the minuscule start up cost of your Network Marketing business, it will be the direct cause of your failure. The attitude of: "not much invested equals not much to lose if I fail" is an attitudinal recipe for failure. The big earners in the Industry are indifferent to the naysayers, the scoffers, and the negative people. They know the key to their personal financial freedom and security lies in their personal efforts to recruit enough "first line people" until they find 5-7 serious people and the rest was history. This is a real chance for financial freedom; why not write your own financial history with your Network Marketing opportunity!

And, as always, the choice is uniquely yours...

By George R. Zalucki

The 10 Commandments of Becoming Successful in Network Marketing
by
George Zalucki
1. Thou shalt not expect others to do what you are no longer doing to
expand your business.

2. Thou shalt not buy into or linger with other people's negative
comments or attitudes.

3. Thou shalt not dwell on the past nor continue to linger with
thoughts of what should have happened, but did not happen.

4. Thou shalt not get frustrated or angry when people do not do what
they say they are going to do. Most don't.

5. Thou shalt not expect the company to never make mistakes because
occassionally it will.

6. Thou shalt face each problem you or your distributors encounter as
a leader and demonsrate a calming influence to your group and not
spearhead hostile and accusatory complaining.

7. Thou shalt continue to share with your new first level prospects
your opportunity with enthusiasm and belief.

8. Thou shalt continue to support only those distributors in your
group who are working hard and possess the correct attitudes for
success.

9. Thou shalt set specific personal performance and income goals for
the remainder of 2006 and reach them.

10. Thou shalt reach the top position of your company this year.....
if you say you will, if you Keep These Commandments, and then if you
Keep Your Word!

These are George Zalucki's 10 Commandments to becoming a successful
Network Marketer! These are what he practices to build highly
successful sales teams! If you will build your business using these
commandments, you will be successful! Pass these on to your business
associates!

George Zalucki.com

Network Marketing Intro

2008-01-17T18:18:00.000-08:00

Are you new to network marketing? NM is the most profitable form of what I call "unconventional" income. It is unconventional in so far as it is not considered a normal "9 to 5 job". It is also not a salaried possition with an expence allowance. Nor does it come with a built in "benefits" package.

All of these "conventional" incomes come with tremendous limits on time, salaries, benefits and expenses. How many employees, no matter how high the salary is, manage their own time? Make as much money as they want? And retire when they feel like it?

Employment is highly over rated. Earning money is not. In network marketing you can work as much or as little as you want. You can earn as little or as much as you want.

Go do it. If someone wants to sell you a "personal business" of your own - don't clock in and go back to your desk. Take the time to look at the products or servces, the income potential and how much time you need to make it work.

GO DO IT!