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What Is This Thing Called Network Marketing?
A great prospecting tool! (free MP3 audiobook, 18 min.)
Three Steps to Freedom
A great prospecting follow-up tool! (free e-book)
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Three Steps to Leadership
A great training and inspiring tool! (free e-book)
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. . . and some peeks inside
The Zen of MLM.
Book Contents
Here is the complete table of contents for The Zen of MLM.
Prologue: What Is This Thing Called Network Marketing?
In the winter of 1986, after devoting years to a career as a concert musician and teacher, I came to this sobering realization: I wasn’t making it financially—and it was time to do something about it. Do what, exactly? I had no idea. But something . . .
Leaders Hold a Vision
Master motivator Zig Ziglar recently said, “People with hope take action. Encouragement is the fuel on which that hope runs. That encouragement is what everyone needs.” That’s a great job description for a network marketer: you are that fuel; you create a context for action by fueling that hope . . .
The Cello Lesson
I’ve played cello since the age of thirteen and studied with quite a few masters of the instrument. The most fascinating cello lesson I ever had was from a maestro in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Having heard a great deal about him, I was apprehensive as I sat down in front of him and took bow in hand . . .
First, Do No Harm
The Three-Foot Rule: If anyone near me has three feet, I should step on one . . . No, that’s not right. The Three-Foot Rule: If anyone comes within a meter, well, I’d like to meet ’er . . . Nope, wrong again. The Three-Foot Rule: The first two are for turning and walking away after I’ve put the third in my mouth . . . Um, wait . . .
Telling the Truth
“Dad, when we can afford it, can we hire a misogynist?” The request was reasonable enough; my son’s seven-year-old shoulders were aching for a good massage. Heck, if he didn’t have the right word at his disposal, why, some other word snatched from the environment would do just as well . . .
True Leadership (complete article)
A tribute to my dad.
Lessons from My Mom on Staying Young Forever (complete article)
A tribute to my mom.
The Days (complete article)
Another tribute to my mom.
In Praise of Quesfirmations (complete article)
My affirmative negation on affirmations (which I have since negated)
The Zenification of Network Marketing
By now, you’re probably wondering what any of this has to do with Zen. Nothing, really—and everything . . .
What is with this “Zen” thing, anyway?
Some definitions of terms—and a place from which to launch a book.
