The NEW American Dream

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Why do most people get involved in Network Marketing? For the money— pure & simple. But more & more, money alone isn’t enough. It’s money and…

More time to spend with
friends, family and yourself.

In short, the balance between life & work even a successful part-time Network Marketing business offers.

Please watch this short (10 minute) TED.com video from Nigel Marsh: “How to make work-life balance work”

An idea who’s time has come? Truly, an idea who’s time never really left. Yet as Mr. Marsh points out, there are very (very) few corporations willing and able to effectively incorporate these increasingly sought after human values into their work-a-day worlds.

But in Network Marketing, the freedom to balance your life and work is a fundamental benefit.

The burning or burned out corporate executive… the working mom who longs to be home with her kids… the 20-somethings who aren’t buying into having to give up your life to make a living… even the successful small business owner who’s painfully realizing his business owns him… all of these people and many more are turning in increasing numbers to Network Marketing as not only “the last bastion of free-enterprise,” but as the one place where they can earn the income they need to enjoy the balanced and fulfilling lifestyle they desire, dream of and deserve.

Network Marketing isn’t the only way.
We just don’t know a better one.

PS. If you are not yet a Ted.com “freak,” please consider becoming so. TED IS the Web at it’s best!
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The passionate Les Brown advises us to stop playing it safe and start creating what’s truly possible in life. Take a minute and a half to discover why people really fail while giving thought to the THREE areas of your life where you should raise the bar and aim high for a goal!

Problem is most self-employed people running a traditional business usually lack the time and flexibility to effectively manage their goals in three different areas… if they even take the time to define them. That’s where Network Marketing changes the game, offering the possibility of earning as much or more than you have ever earned before while having the time to enjoy it in all areas of your life!
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Nido Qubein is a motivational speaker and president of High Point University, an accredited undergraduate and graduate institution with 4,000 students from 50 countries and 45 states.

He is also the president of an international consulting firm and has received some of the highest awards given for professional speakers, including the Cavett (known as the Oscar of professional speaking), the Speakers Hall of Fame, and Sales and Marketing International’s Ambassador of Free Enterprise.

He has written several books and recorded scores of audio and video learning programs including a bestseller on effective communication. He is an active speaker and consultant addressing more than 100 business and professional groups around the world each year. His books and learning programs have been translated into three dozen languages and are sold across the globe.

“Network Marketing rewards human potential, individual effort, collective support and positive action. It is a magnificent form of living free enterprise— of experiencing success— and of enjoying the fruits of victory. It is also a way of growing as you prosper— a way of learning as you serve— and a way of sustaining recurring income as you live.”

There has never been a better time to take a sincere & serious look at investing in Network Marketing. It is The NEW American Dream

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This post was written by John Fogg.

Seth Godin is one of my heroes. In so many, many, instances, Seth’s writing cuts through the morass & misunderstanding of the world we live & work in with a uncanny precision & vision that makes things crystal clear. Especially “things” such as what can be done to change what’s not working for the better, perhaps forever.

In his latest book, Linchpin. Are You Indispensable? Mr. Godin makes a case for what’s not working in the world of work and why. Like this:

The system we grew up with is a mess. It’s falling apart at the seams and a lot of people I care about are in pain because the things we thought would work don’t. Everyday I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back. They have become victims, pawns in a senseless system that uses them up and undervalues them.

It’s time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map.

Stop settling for what’s good enough… Stop asking what’s in it for you and start giving gifts that change people. Then, and only then, will you have achieved your potential.

For hundreds of years, the population has been seduced, scammed, and brainwashed into fitting in, following instructions, and exchanging a day’s work for a day’s pay. That era has come to an end and just in time.

Seth goes on to say that we have an opportunity today to change our lives for the better. He is NOT making a case for MLM Network Marketing. From my conversations with Seth I believe (unless he’s changed his “worldview”) he has not held our profession in the highest esteem. I don’t think he fully understands us, because without intending to, I believe he IS making a case for Network Marketing as one of the options to choose from.

Linchipn continues…

The Take-Care-of-You-Bargain
Here’s the deal our parents signed us up for:

Our world is filled with factories. Factories that make widgets and insurance and Web sites, factories that make movies and take care of sick people and answer the telephone. These factories need workers.

If you learn how to be one of these workers, if you pay attention in school, follow instructions, show up on time, and try hard, we will take care of you. You won’t have to be brilliant or creative or take big risks.

We will pay you a lot of money, give you health insurance, and offer you job security. We will cherish you, or at the very least, take care of you.

It’s a pretty seductive bargain.

So seductive that for a century, we embraced it. We set up our schools and our systems and our government to support the bargain.

It worked. The Fortune 500 took care of us. The teachers’ union took care of us. The post office and the local retailer took care of us. We followed the instructions, we washed the bottles, we showed up on time, and in return, we got what we needed. It was the American Dream. For a long time it worked.

But in the face of competition and technology, the bargain has fallen apart.

Job growth is flat at best.

Wages in many industries are in a negative cycle.

The middle class is under siege like never before, and the future appears dismal. People are no longer being taken care of— pensions are gone; 401(k)s have been sliced in half; and it’s hard to see where to go from here. You might be the hard working secretary, the one with the institutional knowledge, the person who has given so much and deserves security and respect. And while you might deserve these things, your tenure is no guarantee that you’re going to get them.

Suddenly, quite suddenly in the scheme of things, it seems like the obedient worker bought into a sucker’s deal. The educated, hardworking masses are still doing what they’re told, but they are no longer getting what they deserve.

This situation presents a wonderful opportunity.

Yes, it’s an opportunity. An opportunity to actually enjoy what you do, to make a difference to your colleagues and your customers, and to unlock the genius you’ve been hiding all these years.

It’s futile to work hard at restoring the take-care-of-you bargain. The bargain is gone, and it’s not worth whining about and it’s not effective to complain. There’s a new bargain now…

Again, to be clear, Seth Godin DOES NOT directly endorse MLM Network Marketing. That said, there’s a lot we ARE by design & on purpose that’s right up his alley.

What Seth presents is a picture of the “American Dream” that is past tense. “The bargain,” and the systems and structures and people and ideas that have supported it, “has fallen apart.”

Three years ago I put together a book titled, It’s Time… For Network Marketing*. It was, alas, at least as indicated by its lack of acceptance & sales success, ahead of it’s time. Perhaps no longer.

It is clearly time for a NEW American Dream.

And although not for everybody, for millions of people “…who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back.” Who, “have become victims, pawns in a senseless system that uses them up and undervalues them.”

The NEW American Dream can be found in Network Marketing.
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You can get downloadable PDF files of all 52 individual essays from the book It’s Time… For Network Marketing in the Free Library by clicking the link.
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I was so skeptical about Network Marketing until I actually learned the truth. So I sort of stumbled into it as a customer first. Now I’ve found it to be such a better way to work and live! It turns out that getting involved with my company has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made! Now I can help myself while helping others to succeed.
— Lilith Nix

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It’s Time… For Network Marketing
The most remarkable form of free enterprise ever created.

It’s Time… For Network Marketing is a collection of 52 stories by inside and outside the business experts, field leaders, million-dollar income earners and ordinary men & women who are achieving extraordinary success… all “speaking” about what’s the best thing about Network Marketing.

All 52 of the individual “essays” are available here in the Free Library. They are all yours to keep & share.

Here’s the Foreword.

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Why It’s Time… For Network Marketing
… the most remarkable form of free enterprise to get the respect and recognition it deserves. It’s Time… network marketing went beyond being accepted. It’s Time… network marketing became truly admired.
Foreword by John Milton Fogg
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There’s a whole new way of doing business happening all around the world. Literally, a transformation is taking place in the way people buy and sell everything. At the same time, there’s a radical transition in what people are willing and able to do to earn a living today. You see it everywhere. You can feel it…everywhere. Everything’s changing fast.

Blame the Internet most of all.
Thank the Internet most of all.

Network marketing is leading this transformation.The “others” will have to follow or get out of our way.

Network marketing is all about doing things differently.

“Business as unusual” is what we’re all about.

We are “business for the rest of us” and the number of “us” is growing by more than 70,000 new people around the world every day!

It’s Time… will once-and-for-all set the record straight about what makes this business of ours so different… and so remarkable.

It’s Time… will show why more and more people are noticing what a brilliant business model this is (and this book will have even more people than ever sit up and take notice).

It’s Time… will silence the critics who call our industry a farce and give voice to the real people who know the truth: network marketing is a force. It’s life-changing, and it’s unstoppable.

It’s Time… network marketing went beyond accepted.
It’s Time… network marketing became truly admired.

Network marketing is the leading edge of free enterprise…. (Not just “on” the leading edge.” It IS the leading edge.)

And the world doesn’t know it—yet.

Network marketing is the most powerful and persuasive way to introduce consumers to new products and services they don’t know exist.

And the world doesn’t know it—yet.

Network marketing turbocharges person-to-person (P2P), word-of-mouth recommendations by brilliantly adding an incentive/reward compensation program.

And the world doesn’t know it—yet.

Network marketing is the business model where relationships rule.

It’s…
• the only real, level, commercial playing field open to anybody regardless of age, sex, race, education, or past success…
• the best way for ordinary people to achieve extraordinary income…
• the only business structure designed to build successful organizations through cooperation, not company politics and competition…
• the proven, affordable “People’s Franchise”…
• the only business system that encourages you to creatively “do it the best way for you” and succeed…
• the best choice today for the growing number of “terminally unemployable” entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs…
• the authentic, intelligent, credible, moral business design that pays you what you are truly worth…
• the business model that provides both time and financial freedom…
• the business that lets everyone in on the “secret” of leveraged, residual income…
• the business that lets everyone in on the “secret” of loverage, of contribution, of making a difference for a living…
• the business that has changed millions of people’s lives for the better forever…

Successful network marketers know all of that. And now…

It’s Time… everybody knew it!

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John Milton Fogg
Charlottesville, Virginia

Here’s the Foreword in a PDF file. It’s yours to keep & share.

The Foreword to It’s Time… For Network Marketing

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You CAN Have It All in This Amazing Profession
When you choose this profession,
you are given a gift that can make
a significant difference in the lives
of your children and every person
you touch—your customers, your
team members, and your family.

This form of free enterprise is a great training ground for children to be mentored by their parents.

A Direct Selling business can provide women with the opportunity to teach their children money skills, people skills, business management, and most importantly, the life skills of relationships and partnering.

I am proud to say I raised two entrepreneurial children, each with a tremendous work ethic as a result of being brought up in a Direct Selling home. They saw me work, earn income, lead others, set goals, win, and sometimes they saw me lose (I call those “learning experiences”). It was during the “learning experiences” that my grown children say they gained the most. They saw me “keep on keepin’ on.”

When you choose this profession, you are given a gift that can make a significant difference in the lives of your children and every person you touch—your customers, your team members and your family. What a wonderful place to lead by example!

The flexibility of Direct Selling is also a big plus for married or single women with families. This business can be worked around the schedule of others. You may not get to every activity your children have, but you can make the majority.

You can be there after school to hear about their day, and you can enjoy the morning drive taking them to school without the pressure of fighting a commute.

You can stay home with your kids when they are ill, without questions from your “superiors” or fear of losing your job.

You can be your own boss, and you will undoubtedly be a great boss to yourself.

- NIcki Keohohou, CEO of the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance
from the book It’s Time… For Network Marketing

You can get a downloadable PDF of NIcki’s complete article (along with all 52 essays) from the Free Library here: It’s Time… For Network Marketing

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Excerpt from Robert Kiyosaki’s book, The Business of the 21st Century.

Now that layoffs are rampant and everyone is worried about what the future holds, millions of people are soberly reevaluating their finances and realizing that if they want to have a secure future they can count on, they’re going to have to come up with a Plan B. People today are hungrier than ever to earn extra money, and because of that, they are more receptive and more inclined to open their minds to new avenues.

In fact, this was true even before recent economic meltdown. Ever since the 80′s, and especially since the turn of the century, the drive to control our own economic futures has been building. Here’s what the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in 2007 report titled Work, Entrepreneurship and Opportunity in 21st Century America: “Millions of Americans are embracing entrepreneurship by running their own small businesses.

72 percent of all adult Americans would rather work for themselves than for a job, and 67 percent think about quitting their jobs “regularly” or “constantly.”

Now, I’m no economist, but I know someone who is: Paul Zane Pilzer.

Paul is a wiz kid, was Citibank’s youngest-ever vice president, and left the banking world to make millions going into business for himself. He’s had a few New York Times best-sellers, predicted the Savings & Loan crisis before it happened, and served as an economic advisor to two presidential administrations. He’s someone worth listening to.

Paul talks about a 180-degree shift in cultural values around the nature of career paths, with the conventional corporate-employee career structure giving way to the entrepreneurial path.

“The traditional wisdom in the second half of the 20th century,” says Paul, “was to go to school, get a good education, and go to work for a large company. The idea of going into business for yourself was most often regarded as risky. Admirable perhaps, but risky … and maybe a little crazy. Today it’s completely the other way around.

Paul’s right. That U.S. Chamber of Commerce report I mentioned also refers to a Gallup poll finding that 61 percent of Americans say they would prefer to be their own boss. Another poll, this one by the Fresno research firm Decipher, found that 72 percent of all adult Americans would rather work for themselves than for a job, and 67 percent think about quitting teir jobs “regularly” or “constantly.”

And it’s not just about making a living: it’s also about the quality of how we’re living.

People are waking up to the fact that they want more control over their lives. They want to be more connected to their families, be in charge of their own time, work from their homes, determine their own destinies.

In that Dicipher study, 84 percent of the respondents said they woud be more passionate about their work if they owned their own business. The No. 1 reason they gave for wanting to work for themselves?

“To be more passionate about my work life.”

What’s happening is that the 20th-century myth of job security, with it’s promise that the path to a long, happy fulfilling life is to find a job working for someone else is crumbling before our eyes.

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There has never been a more important time to learn about and be open to the possibilities of Direct Sales MLM Network Marketing. It is The NEW American Dream.
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Celebrating Network Marketing— The Business of Uplifting People
One of the most fulfilling or
heartwarming aspects of the
business, if done right, is how it
uplifts people, helps them to feel
better about themselves and
eventually become more and
better than they were.

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In a world where people struggle every day in a rat race just to make ends meet, Network Marketing professionals offer a way out of the drudgery.

In a world where people are too busy to listen to each other and yet yearn to be listened to, Network Marketing professionals provide just what people need—listening ears and understanding hearts.

In a world where people can’t help but complain of having no time, no money, no fun, and no health, Network Marketing professionals offer a happier balance in life between work and play, financial wellness and physical wellness, and present-day needs and future provisions.

In a world where people walk with low self-esteem and frail or badly dented egos, long conditioned to think and feel they are never good enough for the critical tasks at hand, network marketing professionals offer a guiding hand, a caring heart, and a reliable companion in a happier walk to a better life.

In a world where people are routinely told to “get real” and forget their childhood dreams, Network Marketing professionals can help people rediscover their core desires and show them a way to fulfill them.
— Lim Eng Hai
from the book It’s Time… For Network Marketing

You can get a downloadable PDF of Eng Hai’s complete article (along with all 52 essays) from the Free Library here: It’s Time… For Network Marketing

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It’s Not Just the Money
I’m convinced no other business model
could have given me the lifestyle I enjoy today.
And the dear friendships I’ve developed with
people around the world adds a richness and
texture to my life that’s beyond compare.

There is no question that the lifestyle of a career Network Marketer is enviable. I love my life, and I love network marketing. I believe, however, that the most important thing that happens to us in Network Marketing is not necessarily what we achieve or accumulate, but what and who we become.

If we embrace its principles, Network Marketing forces us to grow our strength of character and professionalism in order to grow a business. This growth evolves naturally from leaving our comfort zone, motivating ourselves to become the best that we can be, and helping others do the same.

Unlike the corporate business model where employees depend on the employer and where people must compete with each other in order to advance, the Network Marketing model encourages people to take initiative and help each other to reach mutually beneficial goals. The wealth you create is proportional to the number of people you help, how well you do it, and what they do about it.

So Network Marketing, more than anything I know, empowers people to contribute and make a difference. And I believe that in the final analysis, the difference you make is what counts.

When we leave here, we leave the money behind. But we take with us who we’ve become and the positive influence we’ve had in the lives of others.

- Margie Aliprandi
from the book It’s Time… For Network Marketing

You can get a downloadable PDF of Margie’s complete article (along with all 52 essays) from the Free Library here: It’s Time… For Network Marketing

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How much joy— yes, we said “joy”— are you experiencing in your job? If you’re like most of the people we speak with, the question doesn’t even make sense. Joy and job are, for the most part, mutually exclusive. Please read this from Set Godin’s blog Organizing for joy:
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Traditional corporations, particularly large-scale service and manufacturing businesses, are organized for efficiency. Or consistency. But not joy.

McDonalds, Hertz, Dell and others crank it out. They show up. They lower costs. They use a stopwatch to measure output.

The problem with this mindset is that as you approach the asymptote of maximum efficiency, there’s not a lot of room left for improvement. Making a Chicken McNugget for .00001 cents less isn’t going to boost your profit a whole lot.

Worse, the nature of the work is inherently un-remarkable. If you fear special requests, if you staff with cogs, if you have to put it all in a manual, then the chances of amazing someone are really quite low.

These organizations have people who will try to patch problems over after the fact, instead of motivated people eager to delight on the spot.

The alternative, it seems, is to organize for joy. These are the companies that give their people the freedom (and yes, the expectation) that they will create, connect and surprise. These are the organizations that embrace someone who makes a difference, as opposed to searching for a clause in the employee handbook that was violated.

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“The alternative, it seems, is to organize for joy.” Hard to do in someone else’s company. Hard to do even in a conventional small business you own yourself. But in an MLM Network Marketing business… You get to “organize” your business any way you want. In Network Marketing you work when you want… where you want… the way you want… with whom you choose. It’s NOT business as usual. It’s business as UNusual.

That’s The NEW American Dream.

Is it time now for you to take a sincere & serious look at what Network Marketing has to offer you? Hope so.

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We’ll neither bore nor insult you by finishing the sentence in the subject line. You’ve got the idea. Some people… way too many… have lived with that idea for most of their working lives.

Down below the distressing surface of job cuts, diminishing wages & disappearing benefits is a deeper and harder to solve problem.

For many men & women the WHY the world-of-work isn’t working any more, is that the kinds of jobs the vast majority of people find themselves in or are forced to take today offer NOthing in terms of creativity, fulfillment & satisfaction.

Most JOBS simply DO NOT honor people’s values— those things that are always at the heart of the matter… those things that are most important to you… those things that make life worth living.

In his classic audio, Escape the Rat Race, Network Marketing trainer and million-dollar annual income earner Randy Gage takes a humorous look what’s missing with most ways of earning a living. Funny and… Sad, but true as well.

Here’s a short [05:15] clip.

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Randy’s complete Escape the Rat Race audio will be up for you in the Free Library soon.
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“Yes, I think network marketing is the best system for the
average person.

If in the corporate world you don’t sell within the
first months, you’re fired. In Network Marketing
they’ll work with you to achieve. What a deal that
is! They will work with you to become free.

Isn’t that wonderful? That’s revolutionary.”

- Robert Kiyosaki, author Rich Dad Poor Dad
excerpted from It’s time… for Network Marketing.

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