Zig Ziglar

MLM is about giving first (pt 1)

by Charlie on December 20, 2011

My mentor Marcello Lisi built his business to diamond but for 2 years he received no income from it for complex personal reasons. Yet he kept building and what kept him going was his team. This is a fantastic example of Zig Ziglar’s advice that if you help others to get what they want, you will receive everything you want.

Right in the midst of dark times is when our integrity is tested. Yet that is just the time to hold true to our principles. Such a philosophy and integrity is something we should all emulate.

 

Please leave a comment below. I love to get your feedback.

{ 2 comments }

Prospecting MLM – did I hear you right?

by Charlie on July 19, 2010

“When you focus on yourself, you increase the tension but when you focus on the other person, you decrease the tension.”

Sometimes this is easier said than done even though I’m sure most of you are familiar with Zig Ziglar’s oft quoted saying “Help enough other people to get what they want and you can have everything you want.”

The trouble is that it is easy to say these things but sometimes we fall short. I know I do which is why I often talk about this in different ways! After all we are all human. You know how it is when you have had a lean patch in your business; maybe growth has slowed right down. So someone comes along who seems like a good prospect for your opportunity and the network marketing fangs come out! [click to continue…]

{ 11 comments }

We talk in network marketing about the fact that it is a people business. It is about helping others to be successful. How often people quote Zig Ziglar, ‘If you help enough other people to have whatever they want, you will have everything you want’

But let me ask you to look honestly at yourself. Are you really putting others first? How much is your own agenda still there, even if it is hidden in the back of your mind? In this series of articles I am looking at Deepak Chopra’s ‘Seven Laws of Spiritual Success’. He refers to what he calls the law of ‘Giving and Receiving’ and the law of ‘Karma’. Maybe this all sounds a bit high brow. Looking at great leaders throughout history can be a little daunting. We compare ourselves with them and start to feel a little inadequate. [click to continue…]

{ 4 comments }

Zig Ziglar’s famous quote has become rather well worked but it is still absolutely right on – “Help enough other people to get what they want and you can have anything you want.” Of course you are building a home business to create wealth and financial freedom for yourself. But if you focus on you, you will fail.

Network Marketing is a rare business opportunity model in that everyone in your team is an independent distributor. Yet if you cannot mould them into a cohesive unit, you don’t have much chance of success. You must become ‘a mentor with a servant’s heart’ and key to this is to become a great listener – a leader, not a boss. [click to continue…]

{ 2 comments }