The Start Of A New Day

Good Morning! I say that with excitement because I do have so much to be thankful for.

This past week the news has been filled with the deaths of some very popular celebrity figures. The most recent the death of ‘Pitchman’ Billy Mays.

I have not spent a whole lot of time thinking about Michael Jackson, Farah or Ed’s passing but for some reason Billy Mays stayed in my thoughts for awhile. It does not matter if you liked his famous commercials or not, he was someone most everybody knew.

I must admit that I enjoyed watching his show on discovery, Pitchman. Actually my kids liked to too. The process of taking someone’s invention and marketing it to millions of viewers was pretty cool. What a great feeling it must have been for Billy to watch so many achieve the American dream of success, with their inventions.

I am sure all of Billy’s close friends and family will miss him. I know his fans will miss him, hearing that loud introduction….’I'm Billy Mays’

I guess hearing about Billy’s death hit a little closer to home for me because I enjoy selling, or sharing something that I like and use with others. I enjoy learning about the whole marketing process. This was Billy’s concept; he used everything that he put his name on. Sure it was his business, but he was always careful about what product or service he sold.

A good friend once told me, “Funerals are for the living.” So true…

So today let us all reflect a little on someone we have lost, but do not make it an excuse, not to get done the things that make it a great day for us and everyone around.

Todd Bobal

How To Network Marketing

Imagine this. It’s a beautiful afternoon. The weather is a
perfect temperature for a swim. You finish drying off and catch a
wiff of your favorite flower in the garden. After slipping on
your sandals you notice the time, 1pm. You think back when you
were working 80 hours a week, 1pm meant lunchtime was over.

You think to yourself, “Not anymore, not today.” 1pm now means
its time to get the mail, and you grin because today is payday.
You casually stroll out to the mailbox and open to find your
bonus check.

You pluck the envelop out of the mailbox and hold it up to the
sun with only your thumb and index finger. Smiling, thinking
about the time you watched that video titled, How To Network Marketing

We all have our reasons we decided to start a home based
business. I know mine are different than yours. Understanding
what it takes is a lot different than just painting a picture of
the rewards this business offers. It takes work, persistence and
self development.

I am sick and tired of those that sign people up and tell them
what they need to be doing. What kind of leadership is that?

John C. Maxwell once said, “A leader is one who knows the way,
goes the way and shows the way.”

Why do so many feel that they have to charge for this? Making
money off the backs of your leads is never going to build you
anything but a list of “Tire Kickers” at best. Marketing some
video course, ebook or marketing system that promises you can
generate 50-100 leads a day.

Those systems are only designed to make the owners a ton of
money. You will never build a big business without a mentor and
a team. Nobody will ever be interested in your primary business.

You lack of success is not your fault and I will prove it to
you. I made the short video, How To Network Marketing, to
provide you with the facts you need to build your business. This
is a people business and you have to treat people with respect.

This is how:
Provide ongoing real training and support. Teach people the
skills they need to market online for their own leads. Show
people how to brand themselves, not some company. Most important
show people how to love themselves, with self development.

You need a proven duplicatable system that has all of those
elements in place before you can build any relationships that
will last longer then a month or until the next “Deal” comes
along.

“What’s this going to cost me?”, you ask.

My answer to you is $0, just a little bit of your time so that
you can become a student of the industry.

Stop spending yourself out of business and become a critical thinker. Begin to understand that
there is alot more than just a book or course titled, How To Network Marketing.

Todd & Angela Bobal
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Think and Grow Rich
Chapter 14 The 6th Sense

This is the second time that I have read and written about this chapter, the first since I have been back with mentoring for free.

The first time through this chapter I related everything about the 6th sense to my work as a police officer. I use it all the time at work.

For those that do not know I joined the mentoring for free community one year ago this month. It happened very quickly after my coaching call with Michael. I just felt at home after struggling so much out there on my own. I was off and running, following the recipe and working the system as it was mentored to me. I was doing quite well, both Angela and I worked together and we were having a great time…..but then it happened.

I started to look at some of those affiliate programs that Michael spoke against. Reading about that fast dollar, how exciting those “get rich quick” sales pages can be. Wow, get paid for all those leads I generate, even if they don’t join my business….I could do that!

All the while my 6th sense was telling me no, warning me. I knew that was not what I wanted to do. But I began anyway….slowly changing my advertising, lead capture pages, videos. I began to preach to the world that it was ok to create multiple streams of income. It was ok to make money on the backs of my leads (notice I didn’t say people)…pictures of fancy cars, big homes and piles of cash.

All the while….my subconscious mind was screaming at me. Why was I not listening?

Why was I not taking the advice from those that cared about me the most? Why?

Misery loves company and I would preach my negative to anyone that would listen. No bashing, but clearly dis-respecting those that took the time to help us. Those that spent hours on the phone, drove hundreds of miles, sat in my living room…those that broke bread with me late in the night, sharing their wisdom. My extended family, my new friends.

What was I thinking? Did I need to prove something to myself or what? Sure, it was easy for me to listen to my 6th sense at work. Waiting that extra second or 2 for my back up…watch out around that next dark corner. Yes, I would listen to that all day long, but how could I ignore it other times?

The worst part of the whole deal was I let my wife down. It was all the proof she needed that this whole MLM deal is a bunch of crap and it will only be a matter of time before I quit this and move on the next deal….or give up altogether. She was done.

As I write this today I am not sure what it was that grabbed me and said, “Todd, Wake the F*** up.”

But it happened in a moment, in an instant. I did not dwell or think about it for hours or days….it was quick as lightning. I woke back up and after almost 6 months I made the decision that I needed to come home….if I am still welcomed.

I called a good friend and business partner of mine and told him. It was almost as if we were thinking about the something…at the same time. We laughed, telling ourselves to chalk it up as a lesson learned. I needed a band aid and humor worked well for that.

I was not even going to pick Hills book up this week, but about an hour ago I decided to read the chapter.

WOW, it has never been more clear then right now the importance of self development. The importance of listening and learning from those that care about me the most…that care about Angela and I the most…that give the most.

The 6th sense? Daily affirmations? Self development? Believing in us until we believe in ourselves….

Yes, I believe….I believe now I am at a point in my life that I can start a new beginning of understanding why I am here.

My good friend said I could borrow this until I got my own…

“Angela and I are having fun building the largest, most profitable, highest retention organization ever built in the history of network marketing, easily and consistently through education and teamwork.”

Todd Bobal
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