What Marriage Means To Me After 14 Years

The other day a friend of mine on Facebook asked this great question… Why get married in 2019 when you could just cohabitate?   Here was my first response… My friend Heather continued to probe, asking me.. So it really got me thinking. What does marriage mean to me and why do I think it’s still …

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Bad Music

If you want to make good music, you have to be willing to make bad music. This morning I got a message from someone I love. He inspires me to never give up and keep moving forward. He’s also a very talented musician. He sang me a line from one of his famous songs. I …

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Throwback Thursday & A $40,000 Lesson

‘Go to school, get good grades, get a good job and live happily ever’, is what they said. 4 years & $40,000 later, Summa Cum Laude bachelor’s degree in hand, I land a job in a call center earning $11.09 an hour. Fast forward 15 years and my college loan is the very LAST loan, …

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How To Process Failure

Ironically, failure is an actual Law of Success. In Napoleon Hill’s 1925 classic, there is an entire chapter dedicated to it. I’m often reminded of this when I step out and try to accomplish something new and I fall flat on my face. Take my recent email promotion for which you may have been on …

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The Ultimate Affirmation For Influence

Yesterday I got a call from the school administrator and when I heard his first few words, my heart sank to my stomach and I feared the worst… Fortunately, it all turned out ok AND helped me to remember The Ultimate Affirmation For Influence which I share in the video below. 🙂

Persistence Vs. Annoyance

Earlier this week, Kevin Harrison, one of my valued Email subscribers who has had some great success in network marketing sent me a note after listening to my ‘Next Generation Network Marketer’ interview on the Chris Miles Money Show. In the interview, I mention the stereotypical used car salesman who is pushy and annoying. This is …

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#3 – The Next Generation Network Marketer

Chris Miles is a cash flow expert who has been featured on US News, CNN Money and Bankrate.com. He also hosts The Chris Miles Money Show and in this episode, we talk about, Why straight up pitching doesn’t work as well as it  used to, and what to do to get better results with your …

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Don’t Make This Fatal Recruiting Mistake

This morning I got a Facebook message from someone who sent me 10 paragraphs or so of content, including a YouTube video bashing the church I attend and asserting all sorts of negative things. Here’s what I messaged back. – – – – – – I appreciate your intentions (First name) but the fact is …

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Jack Ass Grass

“The grass is always sweeter on the other side of the fence, says the jackass, as he stretches his neck in the attempt to get to it.” -Napoleon Hill This last Saturday I was shopping for some homes to fill out an investment project we’re working on and I met a guy who built a …

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This Does Not Work

I had a great phone conversation yesterday with a successful friend of mine and we talked for an hour without pitching each other on anything. Why? Because relationships matter. Relationships are an investment for the future that can have returns far greater than any short-term commission. We talked about how so many in sales & …

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Prospects & Prospective Terrorists

Prospects can be like prospective terrorists in the sense that they don’t always do what you want them to do (or even what they say they will do) unless you handle them in the right way. I was prospecting a guy on Facebook the other day and he told me he’d watch the video. Did I …

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