The Myth of Strong Leadership

I see a fascinating trend in network marketing over and over.  The myth of the dynamic, all-powerful team leader. Continue reading “The Myth of Strong Leadership”

What to Do When Top Leaders Leave

There was an interesting question raised in the comments section yesterday.  And no easy answers, but definitely worth looking at… Continue reading “What to Do When Top Leaders Leave”

Leading Your Tribe

I got an email from someone on my team the other day with an interesting question.  He was reading the book “Tribes” on my recommendation.   And he was wondering what was the line between being a leader for our group and being duplicable. Continue reading “Leading Your Tribe”

The $100 Million Club

Direct Selling News, an independent publication, has compiled a list of all the companies in the direct selling and network marketing arena that do at least $100 million a year in sales. You’ll find the usual suspects, but there are some interesting surprises as well. Continue reading “The $100 Million Club”

Building the Belief You Want!

In yesterday’s post we talked about how some people, for some strange reason, want to argue for their limitations.  The harder you try to convince them their limitations don’t have power over them, the harder they argue for how powerful those limitations are. Continue reading “Building the Belief You Want!”

Hanging on to or Releasing Your Limitations

I conducted a leadership summit for my network a couple weeks ago.  It really was a smashing success, with hundreds of people having the breakthrough they came there looking for. Continue reading “Hanging on to or Releasing Your Limitations”

The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 7

Okay so we’ve gone through the first six types of sponsors you want to avoid like the plague: “The Cult Leader,” “Fast Money Mary,” “Pay-Per-Click Dick,’ the Celebrity Lead Magnet, “Catch the Wave” Dave, and Billy “Build Your Downline for You.” Now let’s look at the most dangerous kind… Continue reading “The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 7”

The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 5

Okay so we’ve got four down, three to go.  Let’s look at type number five: Continue reading “The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 5”

The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 4

So far in our series of sponsors to avoid we’ve looked at the cult leader, “Fast Money Mary” and Pay-Per-Click Dick” Now let’s look at the fourth type… Continue reading “The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 4”

The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 3

Ok we’ve looked at the first two types of sponsor to avoid like the plague.  Now let’s look at the third type… Continue reading “The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 3”

The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 2

Ok last post we looked at the first type of sponsor to avoid, the cult leader.  Now let’s look at the second type… Continue reading “The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague, Part 2”

The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague!

One thing we can be sure of is that you are the number one variable in your business.  There are lots of outside factors, but it’s your business and you must take personal responsibility for it.  Now that doesn’t mean that you should discount everything else… Continue reading “The 7 Sponsors to Avoid Like the Plague!”

We’ll Always have Paris!

So I did Eric Worre’s NetworkMarketingPro show again last week.  The topic was the Internet, and how it works, and doesn’t work, in our business.  It seems I created quite a controversy, when I blasted the “MLM Morons.” Continue reading “We’ll Always have Paris!”

Getting Your People to Invest in Themselves

There are all lots of people in our business right now that think they’re going to save their way to Diamond Director, or whatever the top rank in their company is. Continue reading “Getting Your People to Invest in Themselves”