This is a wonderful letter from one of the top MPM Power Leaders. Read her letter and you'll understand why she's at the Top! Thank you for sharing, Robin!
Dear Ginny,
I have been wondering how to start my MPM story. I have been a network marketer on and off for 25 years. Each of the 3 companies I joined with such hope and enthusiasm it seemed impossible to fail. Then each time bit by bit that wonderful feeling was absorbed by the industry I was in and I found myself out side looking in again at others who seemed to somehow have the answer that eluded me each time.
I have been an RN for over 40 years and I have seen such courage and determination demonstrated in so many ways by the people I was privileged to work for and with so I had no doubt than the impossible could happen and did to many people.
My last MLM company was truly focussed on improving lives and I attended wonderful yearly meetings in Utah for over 4 years. Each time I came home armed with such energy and hope and each time it quickly dissolved into the normal air surrounding my regular life. I thought about the energy and joy that always surrounded the teams I initially built and the emptiness that always followed and finally made a decision. I was just not an entrepreneur, something was missing.
As I was challenged by my mentors in MLM to look at what was happening for me I finally recognized what my feelings were reacting to, I felt like a snake oil sales man selling false hope and I just couldn't ever do it again. I would not be part of this dream that ended with only 3% succeeding and the other 97% littering the sidewalks of their lives with lost dreams.
I have been engaged in studying the masters of self development like Wayne Dyer and his Power of Intention which had made my life so much richer. In February a friend introduced me to a recent DVD called The Secret where so much of the lessons I have studied over the past years were included. I joined the online presence of The Secret and several days later was exploring a blog and saw a little ad that said Power of Intention inspired business and found MPM.
That initial discovery caused a huge opening in my spirit as the Band-Aid of disappointment ripped off my mind and I knew this was the business I had been waiting for all of my life.
My wonderful partner/husband John frantically researched MPM as I was sending out ecards and invitations to those people in my life with whom I wanted to build my new life. Some of them joined, their instincts told them that this was not to good to be true. In our first 2 months we had just over 200 new MPM family members.
My best friend sent out a simple email just after she signed up for MPM and a few weeks later we found she had introduced MPM to someone with an international web business and suddenly our team was going from traveling like a small rocket to supersonic. We have scrambled to keep each new person welcomed and aware of the possibilities of MPM, and remaining so grateful for all the professional support and teaching in our back offices.
Now at 16 weeks with just over 2000 malls in our business we see the magic working when others get the MPM virus and joyfully share this new concept with their friends and family. Tina on my 8th level sends me a wonderful note with a smiley attached every time she has a new front-line sign up, "here's another one for you" is the message. She was amazed when I called her when she gave away her first few free malls and found she was on my second last level and said "I will just have to fill up your 9th level".
This past week we were on vacation and went to VA and then drove an hour to meet with Ron who is one of our amazing downline leaders. MPM has enriched our lives so much its almost a miracle, the people who are in our lives now just keep on amazing us. Each new person who accepts a free MPM business opportunity becomes a member of our MPM family.
Guess I am leaving out the how did I do it, for me its all about the Power of Attraction, for my husband John its all about hard work and persistence but that just doesn't feel like it describes what we are all about. Joy, fun, gratitude, excitement and the persistence and hard work seem a mere byproduct.
Occasionally I receive email from members of my team who are impatient and just don't see the" Diamonds in their MPM backyards" they ask me to look at their other deals and I out of respect for them don't send what I really want to write..."Are you crazy, look at what you have with MPM" so instead just wish them the best and tell them in my opinion there is nothing that even comes close to MPM in the business world.
Enough from me. Thank you Ginny, thank you all in the wonderful T10, your vision has changed our lives.
Robin Boyer
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MARKETING MENTOR CORNER!
Copy Cat, Copy Cat where are you: As a marketer I'm asked all the time, "How do I market to others, and how can I get others to sign up?" The fastest way to get a business started, and to be successful, is simply to look at and copy the model of others.
We have all heard; "Why re-invent the wheel?" If you go to Google.com and search (On line businesses), you'll see that there are over 145 million web sites with relevant information. I'm not going to have you look or research each of them, but at the same time I'm going to tell you that if you want to succeed; "You need to look at your competition and LEARN from them".
So find other opportunities and sign up to a few. See what kind of emails they send you in order to persuade you to upgrade, or see if someone calls you and write down what or how they talk to you.
At MPM we try and give you the upper hand at this, and we do it by telling you how other TOP Members have recruited so many into their down lines.
One thing I'd suggest when modeling your techniques after another, is to change it up and make it stand out a little.
For example we have all seen the advertisements that say "WE BUY UGLY HOUSES". This campaign was completely different than all the other real estate ads and pulled in hundreds of thousands of calls, and it still does.
So, how would you compete by copying that advertisement? Well one company used them with their own twist and said; "WE BUY THE UGLIEST HOUSES AROUND!" Do you thing this add pulled in callers? You bet; it pulled in about 71% of the same amount of calls that the other companies ad pulled.
In short, check out how others are doing their marketing - sign up for other programs (only to learn from them). Make a few unique changes of your own and we'll see you next time.
Regards,
MPM Marketing Team
Dr. Edward Maltass.
http://www.mypowermall.com/Biz/Home/12520
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
Marketing Mentor Tip
http://www.mypowermall.com/Biz/Home/12520
Being Realistic: We all love a good gimmick, but a gimmick is something that really never pans out. MPM is not a gimmick, it's a business. So the first thing you need to do is to drill it into your mind; then push it down into your heart that MPM is not a get rich scheme.
The only way to succeed in business is to:
1. Take the first step and sign up (Great, you've already done 30% of the work and accomplished this.) The next thing to do is to:
2. Make a 12 month calendar with every day (including weekends) having an action item of at least One Hour for MPM every day. This can be passing out flyers, talking to prospects, or a million other things that we will touch on in future articles.
3. Be real with who you speak; most people can see through a lie. If someone asks how much money you are making, tell them that you are just getting started but that the business aspect of MPM is FREE to join, and very easy to learn. Then tell them that you will help them every step of the way.
As the MPM Marketing Mentor, I see a lot of positive comments pass by my desk each day, but we also see those that get discouraged. For those in leadership positions, contact your down lines and help them out as much as possible. For those of you discouraged, focus on MPM as a hobby or as something extra to do every day for a minimum of an HOUR or so. In time, your down line will grow (not over night), and once it starts you'll see why it paid off not to quit.
There is one SECRET on why 80% of people fail with Internet Businesses. Are you ready for the SECRET? Survey after survey points to the simple fact that people want instant gratification, instant wealth, to be instantly debt free; if you expect MPM to solve those UN-REALISTIC situations, then I suggest you don't get involved with any Internet Business.
You will only succeed with an Internet Business if you stay committed to ONE business, and focus on it a minimum of ONE HOUR per day for at least ONE YEAR. If by one year you haven't' seen results, then it's time to look for another business more in line with your business personality.
Put on a Realistic Mentality and make your mind focus on the MPM business like a Laser beam on its target. With a positive attitude like that, nothing will get in your way.
Stay Tuned to more Marketing Mentor News.
Being Realistic: We all love a good gimmick, but a gimmick is something that really never pans out. MPM is not a gimmick, it's a business. So the first thing you need to do is to drill it into your mind; then push it down into your heart that MPM is not a get rich scheme.
The only way to succeed in business is to:
1. Take the first step and sign up (Great, you've already done 30% of the work and accomplished this.) The next thing to do is to:
2. Make a 12 month calendar with every day (including weekends) having an action item of at least One Hour for MPM every day. This can be passing out flyers, talking to prospects, or a million other things that we will touch on in future articles.
3. Be real with who you speak; most people can see through a lie. If someone asks how much money you are making, tell them that you are just getting started but that the business aspect of MPM is FREE to join, and very easy to learn. Then tell them that you will help them every step of the way.
As the MPM Marketing Mentor, I see a lot of positive comments pass by my desk each day, but we also see those that get discouraged. For those in leadership positions, contact your down lines and help them out as much as possible. For those of you discouraged, focus on MPM as a hobby or as something extra to do every day for a minimum of an HOUR or so. In time, your down line will grow (not over night), and once it starts you'll see why it paid off not to quit.
There is one SECRET on why 80% of people fail with Internet Businesses. Are you ready for the SECRET? Survey after survey points to the simple fact that people want instant gratification, instant wealth, to be instantly debt free; if you expect MPM to solve those UN-REALISTIC situations, then I suggest you don't get involved with any Internet Business.
You will only succeed with an Internet Business if you stay committed to ONE business, and focus on it a minimum of ONE HOUR per day for at least ONE YEAR. If by one year you haven't' seen results, then it's time to look for another business more in line with your business personality.
Put on a Realistic Mentality and make your mind focus on the MPM business like a Laser beam on its target. With a positive attitude like that, nothing will get in your way.
Stay Tuned to more Marketing Mentor News.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Ben Carson was just another kid trying to survive
. Raised by a single mom in the Detroit ghettos he had a terrible temper and an even worse self-esteem. He was labeled the “stupidest kid in the 5th grade” and no one held much hope for his future. How then did this angry boy become the renowned Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery of the John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland as well as one of the world’s top brain surgeons?
His mother.
Today’s story is not about Ben Carson, though we’ll talk about him more another time. This story is about Sonya Carson – the woman who created greatness in her son.
Sonya Carson grew up in harsher circumstances than her son. Abandoned when she was just a child (one of 24 children), she was raised in abusive foster homes. She longed for love, safety and a sense of belonging. She only made it through the 3rd grade before she had to leave school. Whatever dreams she had were being crushed by a world of poverty and abuse.
She was only 13 years old when 28 year-old Robert Carson married her. Robert treated the beautiful little girl like a beloved “china doll”. Sonya believed she had found everything she had looked for during her lonely childhood.
It all changed when she had children. Suddenly her devoted husband was rarely at home, and she had to endure whispered conversations on the phone when he did show up. Her life plummeted back into poverty and neglect. She took it until her two boys were 8 and 10, then she found the courage to leave her husband and move to Boston.
Life was better only because she was on her own. She had the freedom to create the life she wanted. But how? Leaning on a strong faith she struggled for ways to make life better for her sons – often working 2-3 jobs just to provide food and housing. Yet she knew it would take more than that to help her boys live up to their potential – to break from the cycle of poverty.
She decided to take radical action to change things for Ben and Curtis by setting “house rules”. Her boys could only watch TV for 2 hours a week. They had to go to the library, then pick out – and read – two books every week. To earn their privilege of TV time they had to give her a written report of the books they read. Both boys resisted but they did it. They didn’t find out until much later that Sonya, with her 3rd grade education, couldn’t even read the reports.
Her course of action paid off. Ben, in particular, changed as he realized he was not really stupid. The day he answered a question in class that no one else could answer – all because he had learned it from one of the books Sonya forced him to read – gave him a voracious appetite for knowledge. Suddenly he was devouring books – learning everything he could. He realized he held his future in his hands. He took that understanding and applied himself until he became one of the world’s top brain surgeons.
He freely admits he owes his success to his mother, Sonya. He’s right. Yes, of course had to apply himself, but it was Sonya who gave him the desire to do so. It was her actions that convinced him he could be anything he wanted to be.
Somehow this amazing woman rose above all the terrible circumstances of her own life in order to create a better understanding and a better life for her boys. Yes, the circumstances of her life changed as both her boys became successful men – Curtis an engineer, and Ben, a doctor. But ask her what her greatest success is…
“Helping my boys reach their fullest potential.”
Sonya Carson changed her life. She changed her son’s lives. And because of them she has changed the world.
Now that’s what I call success! Every single one of us has challenges to overcome, circumstances to rise above. Whether we do or not is completely up to us. Sonya could have chosen to wallow in the cycle of abuse and poverty. She chose something different.
What about you?
Make today a great one!
"Catch a passion for helping others and a richer life will come back to you!"
William H. Danforth
Founder of Ralston Purina
His mother.
Today’s story is not about Ben Carson, though we’ll talk about him more another time. This story is about Sonya Carson – the woman who created greatness in her son.
Sonya Carson grew up in harsher circumstances than her son. Abandoned when she was just a child (one of 24 children), she was raised in abusive foster homes. She longed for love, safety and a sense of belonging. She only made it through the 3rd grade before she had to leave school. Whatever dreams she had were being crushed by a world of poverty and abuse.
She was only 13 years old when 28 year-old Robert Carson married her. Robert treated the beautiful little girl like a beloved “china doll”. Sonya believed she had found everything she had looked for during her lonely childhood.
It all changed when she had children. Suddenly her devoted husband was rarely at home, and she had to endure whispered conversations on the phone when he did show up. Her life plummeted back into poverty and neglect. She took it until her two boys were 8 and 10, then she found the courage to leave her husband and move to Boston.
Life was better only because she was on her own. She had the freedom to create the life she wanted. But how? Leaning on a strong faith she struggled for ways to make life better for her sons – often working 2-3 jobs just to provide food and housing. Yet she knew it would take more than that to help her boys live up to their potential – to break from the cycle of poverty.
She decided to take radical action to change things for Ben and Curtis by setting “house rules”. Her boys could only watch TV for 2 hours a week. They had to go to the library, then pick out – and read – two books every week. To earn their privilege of TV time they had to give her a written report of the books they read. Both boys resisted but they did it. They didn’t find out until much later that Sonya, with her 3rd grade education, couldn’t even read the reports.
Her course of action paid off. Ben, in particular, changed as he realized he was not really stupid. The day he answered a question in class that no one else could answer – all because he had learned it from one of the books Sonya forced him to read – gave him a voracious appetite for knowledge. Suddenly he was devouring books – learning everything he could. He realized he held his future in his hands. He took that understanding and applied himself until he became one of the world’s top brain surgeons.
He freely admits he owes his success to his mother, Sonya. He’s right. Yes, of course had to apply himself, but it was Sonya who gave him the desire to do so. It was her actions that convinced him he could be anything he wanted to be.
Somehow this amazing woman rose above all the terrible circumstances of her own life in order to create a better understanding and a better life for her boys. Yes, the circumstances of her life changed as both her boys became successful men – Curtis an engineer, and Ben, a doctor. But ask her what her greatest success is…
“Helping my boys reach their fullest potential.”
Sonya Carson changed her life. She changed her son’s lives. And because of them she has changed the world.
Now that’s what I call success! Every single one of us has challenges to overcome, circumstances to rise above. Whether we do or not is completely up to us. Sonya could have chosen to wallow in the cycle of abuse and poverty. She chose something different.
What about you?
Make today a great one!
"Catch a passion for helping others and a richer life will come back to you!"
William H. Danforth
Founder of Ralston Purina
Friday, August 17, 2007
Invisible Path
The renowned anthropologist Ruth Fulton Benedict once famously observed that, "From the moment of his birth, the customs into which (an individual) is born shape his experiences and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture."
Dr. Benedict wrote those words back in 1931. She was actually observing a universal fact of life that has been true for every man or woman from every era in the history of humanity. It's a fact we've touched on before. But I want to explore it at greater length today because it is so absolutely critical to your success.
It goes without saying that first and foremost, Insight of the Day is about freedom - freedom from the constraints that keep you from calling forth and realizing your full potential, and freedom to all of the good and beneficial things you want in life.
Yet you cannot be free unless and until you know exactly what it is that governs, shapes and directs the apparatus that controls your behavior and the results that behavior gets you. That apparatus being, of course, your mind...and more specifically, your paradigms.
Now, paradigms are a favorite topic of mine, because everything I teach and everything I do is based on the premise that, as the great Napoleon Hill so simply and profoundly put it, "thoughts are things." Your thoughts create your life. And paradigms are the very foundation on which thoughts are created. Paradigms are your mindsets. Your ideas, the little habits that your brain has developed over the years. The "operating system" on which your mental processes run.
Effectively, your paradigms create the prism through which you view and make sense of the world around you. Information is presented to your mind in one way or another. Your mind runs through all of the things it already knows about that piece of information and figures out where it fits in with the bigger picture. Then your mind makes a determination: the information in question is good or bad, friendly or unfriendly, desirable or undesirable, possible or not possible - all based on your existing paradigms.
Like most other concepts, paradigms in and of themselves are neutral. If your paradigms are positive, you will make sound judgments, have a happy, growth-oriented life, good, strong relationships, a healthy self-concept, and the ability to adapt successfully to changes, upsets, and unforeseen events.
On the other hand, negative, stilted, limiting paradigms keep people stuck in the old ways of thinking and doing that ultimately get them nowhere. Negative paradigms keep a person as imprisoned as surely as do a cell and set of iron bars. Maybe even more so, since it imprisons them in the place where all true freedom resides: the mind.
It follows, then, that if you want to create change in your life - if you want to start getting new and different results - then you've got to change your paradigms.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster
Dr. Benedict wrote those words back in 1931. She was actually observing a universal fact of life that has been true for every man or woman from every era in the history of humanity. It's a fact we've touched on before. But I want to explore it at greater length today because it is so absolutely critical to your success.
It goes without saying that first and foremost, Insight of the Day is about freedom - freedom from the constraints that keep you from calling forth and realizing your full potential, and freedom to all of the good and beneficial things you want in life.
Yet you cannot be free unless and until you know exactly what it is that governs, shapes and directs the apparatus that controls your behavior and the results that behavior gets you. That apparatus being, of course, your mind...and more specifically, your paradigms.
Now, paradigms are a favorite topic of mine, because everything I teach and everything I do is based on the premise that, as the great Napoleon Hill so simply and profoundly put it, "thoughts are things." Your thoughts create your life. And paradigms are the very foundation on which thoughts are created. Paradigms are your mindsets. Your ideas, the little habits that your brain has developed over the years. The "operating system" on which your mental processes run.
Effectively, your paradigms create the prism through which you view and make sense of the world around you. Information is presented to your mind in one way or another. Your mind runs through all of the things it already knows about that piece of information and figures out where it fits in with the bigger picture. Then your mind makes a determination: the information in question is good or bad, friendly or unfriendly, desirable or undesirable, possible or not possible - all based on your existing paradigms.
Like most other concepts, paradigms in and of themselves are neutral. If your paradigms are positive, you will make sound judgments, have a happy, growth-oriented life, good, strong relationships, a healthy self-concept, and the ability to adapt successfully to changes, upsets, and unforeseen events.
On the other hand, negative, stilted, limiting paradigms keep people stuck in the old ways of thinking and doing that ultimately get them nowhere. Negative paradigms keep a person as imprisoned as surely as do a cell and set of iron bars. Maybe even more so, since it imprisons them in the place where all true freedom resides: the mind.
It follows, then, that if you want to create change in your life - if you want to start getting new and different results - then you've got to change your paradigms.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster
Thursday, August 16, 2007
"When you paint success pictures in your mind, you initiate an inner process whereby your attitudes, hopes, aspirations, and enthusiasm are elevated in response to an image of a more promising future. Every person who aspires must first sell themselves hope, the promise of a better life."
U.S. Andersen
Author and Speaker
U.S. Andersen
Author and Speaker
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Life or Scrabble
“Life is full of tiles. They’re scattered in front of us, but they’re upside down. We don’t know what they are until they’re picked up. We can’t handle too many at one time. We’re only allowed to choose seven.
Imagine having seven tiles of life in front of you. You stare at them and think to yourself, “Life starts here.” They’re lined up, but they make no sense. You move them around, trying to arrange them into something logical, but you struggle. The first move has to be right.
The letters come together into a word, but it’s a small one. Will you use it or keep struggling and make a bigger word? This is the beauty of the game - you get to replace the tiles you use. Are you going to make small moves, only to pick up a couple of tiles? Remember, the more you use, the more you can pick up - more opportunities.
Time goes by. The last tile is placed on the board. The game is over, but the words you created live on. They are the children fostered, decisions made, friends found, work done, and the life lived. We start with the same number of tiles. How we use them is up to us.”
My thought to you…how are you using your tiles?
"If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there." ~ Joyce Chapman
Imagine having seven tiles of life in front of you. You stare at them and think to yourself, “Life starts here.” They’re lined up, but they make no sense. You move them around, trying to arrange them into something logical, but you struggle. The first move has to be right.
The letters come together into a word, but it’s a small one. Will you use it or keep struggling and make a bigger word? This is the beauty of the game - you get to replace the tiles you use. Are you going to make small moves, only to pick up a couple of tiles? Remember, the more you use, the more you can pick up - more opportunities.
Time goes by. The last tile is placed on the board. The game is over, but the words you created live on. They are the children fostered, decisions made, friends found, work done, and the life lived. We start with the same number of tiles. How we use them is up to us.”
My thought to you…how are you using your tiles?
"If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there." ~ Joyce Chapman
Monday, August 13, 2007
Law of Compensation
Crowd out all inferior thoughts by superior thoughts, evil thoughts by good thoughts, ugly thoughts by beautiful thoughts, distressing thoughts by pleasant thoughts, and you will begin to overcome the growth of all negative and confused states of wrong and discord. In other words, learn to think constructively of all persons, all things, all events, and all circumstances. Appraise them from the ideal point of view. As you do this you will gradually transform your whole existence for the better. These are the means whereby you may steadily promote your welfare and advancement.
As you train yourself to mentally look for the good, you will move towards the good; and, as you form higher and larger conceptions of the good, these elements will begin to find expression in your words, acts, character, person, talents, powers, attainments, and achievements; that is, all things in your life will commence to improve as the direct result of your improved thinking.
This process does not imply, however, that you are to ignore the wrongs of life, the empty places, and the undeveloped states of being; but that you are to think right through and beyond them towards the hidden good or the principle within that is ever seeking a higher and fuller expression. You will, therefore, cease to condemn and to criticize in a destructive manner; instead you will seek to bring out the good in yourself and in others, and to discover and develop the greater possibilities everywhere.
Raymond Holliwell
As you train yourself to mentally look for the good, you will move towards the good; and, as you form higher and larger conceptions of the good, these elements will begin to find expression in your words, acts, character, person, talents, powers, attainments, and achievements; that is, all things in your life will commence to improve as the direct result of your improved thinking.
This process does not imply, however, that you are to ignore the wrongs of life, the empty places, and the undeveloped states of being; but that you are to think right through and beyond them towards the hidden good or the principle within that is ever seeking a higher and fuller expression. You will, therefore, cease to condemn and to criticize in a destructive manner; instead you will seek to bring out the good in yourself and in others, and to discover and develop the greater possibilities everywhere.
Raymond Holliwell
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