Sowing Seeds of Purpose

THE SMALLEST EFFORT CAN MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE

I spent the week-end reading online and offline, and I found the world sowing incredible seeds of purpose. I'm leaving tonight for a 5 day trip and wanted to let all of you know how proud I am of you.

While visiting my neighborhoods and friends and neighborhoods of friends, I found a lot of you helping each other in a variety of ways.

Some of you were posting very generous financial, spiritual, and technical advice and information, while some of you took the time to promote each other in an effort to lift each other a little closer to greatness.

If you would like to join the love-fest and lift some of your fellow bloggers, then go to the discussions page of blogcatalog <(or click on the link) and join in on the discussion on "Promoting Someone Else's Blog For A Change..." .

In the discussion, you may nominate a blog you favor for the purpose of sending that blogger some visitors. I'd like to thank my friend borzack for nominating me.

If you get a chance, I would also like to suggest that you pick up a copy of the June 2007 issue of Smart Money Magazine. It has a feature article titled: HOW TO MAKE $5 MILLION. There's a lot of great info in this issue, but this one article has some good energy.

I would also like to suggest that you check out the blog, eMoms at home by Wendy. Great stuff!

While browsing, I come across a post by my friend Patrick. It looks like he's reading my book, but I was surprised to see that he has decided that he may not want to be a millionaire after all. I certainly hope he changes his mind, as I would imagine a lot of good would come from such a talented man with wealth. Check in on his blog and let me know if you agree.

I guess this post is a way for me to say "Thank you" for inspiring me this weekend. I love seeing the power of the blogging community grow. The little gestures we express to each other only serve to increase our influence.

Doing one little thing for one person can seem too insignificant to matter, but if all of us are doing it, then one little thing by many can surely make a big difference.

Gift:

If you want something; just ask. The worst that can happen is someone might say no.

God bless

"GOD NEVER GIVES US MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE"

I know I use Joel Olsteen as an example quite often, but he does such a fantastic job of lifting others to their potential greatness, when so many other evangelists attempt to strike the "fear of God" into people already so beaten-down by life's journey. I want to share a point-of-view from Joel's teachings that should give you something to think about.

While I believe that we are given many tough lessons to learn, I do believe these lessons are for our growth and benefit. Whether you believe these lessons are given by God or by the universe, it makes no difference; the lessons are still for your good and not to punish or torture you.

As a child, and even as an adult, I have heard people, in an attempt to comfort themselves or someone else, make the statement, "God never gives us more than we can handle."

I agree with this statement, but most people are usually referring to hard times and I just happen to believe that this truth also refers to the good things in life as well.

What if we are not given more "good" or "bad" than we can handle? What if becoming a multi-millionaire would be more than you can handle and that is the reason it has not been thrust upon you as quickly as you would like?

When we experience a failed marriage or a failed business, if we're paying attention, there are plenty of lessons to learn that will help us to make better decisions in our next attempt at marriage or business.

What about the individual who gained financial wealth unexpectedly or at a young age, only to see it cause them misery and ruin? When this person loses the money, it doesn't necessarily mean they were not meant to be wealthy, it may have come and gone so abruptly to give the person a chance to learn some valuable lessons.

Most people I know that have had wealth at a young age or unexpectedly and lost it, usually believes that they have been blessed with a chance to learn from their losses, so that they will better handle the responsibility when they accomplish wealth again.

If you are working to become a financially wealthy person, you need to set aside a little time to really think about what your life will be like when you do become wealthy.

If we are not given more than we can handle, then maybe your goal of becoming financially wealthy will move along a little smoother if you will put some time and effort into making sure you are ready to handle the day-to-day responsibility of this wealth.

The same applies to marriage, a business, or anything else in life. I've heard many people who married young, only to see it fail in a short period of time, make the statement, "We were too young and not yet prepared for the responsibilities of marriage and so, it just didn't work out."

The next time you are questioning the validity of your goals or the speed in which they are being achieved, maybe you should stop and ask yourself, "Have I fully prepared myself for the attainment of my goal?" "Am I ready for my dream to come true?"

Whether you seek true love and marriage, the ultimate business opportunity, the job of your dreams or great wealth of any kind, the question you should be asking yourself every single day is:

"Have I done all that I can possibly do to make sure I can handle this thing that I want? If my goal were reached today; If my dreams were to suddenly become reality; would it be more than I can handle or am I ready for success in the things and the life that I want?"

Gift:

A wise man once said, "Most people don't achieve the ultimate success they desire, because deep down inside, they don't feel they are ready for it, so they quietly and unconsciously sabotage themselves."

ONE SEED CLOSER TO $1 BILLION

What do Mark Zuckerberg (Founder of Facebook), Chris DeWolfe & Tom Anderson (Co-founders of MySpace), Chad Hurley, Steve Chen & Jawed Karim (Co-founders of YouTube), Larry Page & Sergey Brin (Co-founders of Google), and David Filo & Jerry Yang (Co-founders of Yahoo) have in common?

THEY CREATED MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES!

Hi family, it's good to be back! I appreciate all the e-mails with your concerns as to where I've been lately, but I just had to take a little time to work on MY "Billion Dollar Baby".

I believe a lot of you are familiar with these words of advise; "If you want to be a millionaire, get as close as you can to other millionaires and study their habits."

This is what I've been doing for quite a few years and believe me, I have most certainly absorbed a great deal of priceless information, that if put to action, will no doubt serve to carry me to the attainment of my own goals.

Since the time now is 4:17 a.m. this subject will have to be continued later in the day. I will share more on my adventures in my next post, but for now, I want you to click on the names above and read their biographies. Though most of you probably know some of their stories, I'm sure you will find the details of their successes to be quite inspiring.

Look for me to pay all my friends, contacts and neighbors a visit over the coming weekend.

God bless

HOW'S YOUR UNIVERSAL ACCOUNT BALANCE?

For those of you who have read my book, "Sowing Seeds of Purpose", the Universal Account is not a strange term.

If you believe that you get what you give, or what goes around comes around, then you will understand the meaning of the Universal Account.

In life, we give and receive and the universe demands that we balance the two. If I receive help from someone in the form of a loan, then I have essentially made a withdrawal from the universe as well. There are two ways I must now give back in order to balance my universal account.

Number One: I must first repay the loan to the person from which I borrowed, if he or she expects me to.

Number Two: I must now become the "giver" to someone else. It doesn't matter who the receiver is. It may be the same person I just repaid the loan to. This is the most important part of the whole balancing process. For the universe to have balance, we each must be givers as well as, receivers.

If certain people were givers all the time and the rest were receivers, then eventually, there would be nothing left to give. The receivers would have it all and the givers would eventually cease to exist. Once the receivers depleted what was given to them, they too, would cease to exist.

Try and rap your brain around this:

For there to be hot, there must be cold.

How can we understand and appreciate pleasure if we have never experienced pain?

Just ask a person who has been blind from birth, to describe the difference in day and night. They are unable to accurately describe what they have never experienced.

The list could go on forever, but let's look at this from another angle.

If I receive help in any form at all from any one, and the person or people helping me do not expect to be repaid, then I still, have made a withdrawal from the universe and must balance my account so that it is not depleted. In other words, I must put back what has been taken, so that it is there for me to use in the future. It does not matter that the person does not want to be repaid, the account is mine and if I wish to expect assistance in the future, I must give back.

The help you receive can be anything. It can be money, advice, a place to live, moral support, a sympathetic ear, love, patience, respect, hope, etc...

You know when you've borrowed or taken from the universe. Just put it back, or it won't be available to you should you need it in the future.

Here's where I really love this whole concept; you don't have to just keep a level balance. You may also increase your balance!

In other words, you can take the initiative, as I prefer to do, and go ahead and give when your balance is fine. This way, you are way ahead of the game.

I want to suggest that you respect other people's universal accounts as much as your own. When someone wants to give in some manner without you needing or asking, it is your duty to be a gracious receiver. Remember, they have a right to balance or increase the balance of their universal account as well.

If you are offered something you truly don't want or need, you may pass the blessing on to someone who does.

We'll talk more about our universal accounts in the future.

A couple of days ago, Wonder Woman ask me to sing her a song, so I'm including one of my music videos in this post. This is actually my first time posting a video, so forgive me if it doesn't go smoothly.

It seems to work when I  go to my site, but the player begins before you get a chance to read the entire post. I'm sure some of you could advise me on the best way to do this in the future and if so, I may share other recordings of mine.

So, here's your song I promised Wonder Woman, and as Paul Harvey would say; "Now you know the rest of the story."

Gift:

Diddley Video

Diddley lyrics - Elbert West lyrics

Elbert West Music Videos

Music Video Codes by VideoCure

God bless

WAKE UP AND COME TOGETHER! YOU HAVE THE POWER!

I want to begin by thanking all of you who took time to comment, e-mail and add me to your "friends" and "contacts" lists!

It does my heart and soul good to see and hear from my network of friends.

Those of you that had the time to drop by, should have noticed that I have spent the weekend doing exactly what I said I would do. I visited with as many of you as I possibly could, visited some new neighborhoods and made some new friends and if you'll take a look to your right, you'll see that I have shown my friends some "link love".

After all, what's the point in calling you friends of mine and adding you to my list of friends, if I'm not going to show you off?

I encourage all of you to go through the "link love" list and check out those blogs you may have never visited before and check in with those you may have been to previously. I like to believe that I choose my friends well, so you can expect to come across some extremely intelligent and creative bloggers within this list.

I want to make it Crystal clear, that no one on the "link love" list asked to be there! I did this because I simply wanted too.

This is what Sowing Seeds of Purpose is all about.

Now that we've all had a chance to feel the "warm-n-fuzzy", I have something on my mind.

As most of you know, I've only been blogging for a few months to date and if I continue to do so for the next 20 years, I expect I will still have much to learn, but as I surf the blogosphere, I find something both amazing and concerning.

I find the blogosphere to be one incredible powerhouse of entrepreneurial genius and creative energy, but so many of you don't seem to realize the power each of you have at your disposal.

In my post titled:  MANIFESTING 1 MILLION DOLLARS THE OLD FASHION WAY: NETWORKING!, I invited you to join me in a sort of networking club I call, The S.O.S (Seeds Of Success) Consortium.

I've had the pleasure of receiving e-mails from quite a few of you, eager to participate.

The point of our coming together in this consortium, is for each of us to focus our individual power in an effort to up-lift the whole.

A great example of this is an organization within my "friends" network called "EmpowerWomenNow.com". 

My life has been one big blessing! The reason I have been so blessed, is because I have had the incredible support of so many friends and family.

When I made my journey to Nashville to pursue my dream of being a singer and songwriter, my friends and family gave me tremendous financial (My family had very little to offer) and emotional support.

When I had my first song recorded as a writer, all my friends and family bought as many Cd's as they could, even though I gave them free copies, just to show their support and then they made sure to spread the word so that others would do so as well.

My friends and family have purchased and supported every CD I have written songs on, every CD I have sang on, every business I have owned, my book, this blog, etc...

Imagine a consortium of intelligent, talented, creative and focused individuals who purposely and gladly feel obligated to blessing each other's lives.

I read some of your posts, where you are frustrated by advertisers who may be unfairly strict or penalizing. You constantly search for ways to increase your traffic and page rankings. Why?

Do you not realize that you are the fuel that runs this machine?

There's an old saying in the entertainment business that goes like this: "You can't make a singer sing, and you can't make a writer write."

In other words; without the music in The Music Business, you have nothing.

How much revenue do you think we bloggers generate for Corporate America on a daily basis by creating lists and participating in various pay-for-click ad campaigns and affiliate programs?

The challenge we have at the moment, is that we don't come together and focus our energy. We allow ourselves to be at the mercy of the very machine that can't run without us.

Had the American Indians come together as one nation, they could never have been defeated. Instead, they chose to exist as separate tribes and to fight against each other. The same goes for the Middle East. Can you imagine what kind of fight we would have on our hands if they were to suddenly become one nation and focus their resources?

Imagine what we could do if we came together and focused our energies to deliberately sow seeds of success to benefit each other.

If I owned a company where I was faced with a choice to hire one of two equally qualified individuals and one was a "friend", who do you think I would hire? That's right; the friend! With both being equally qualified, wouldn't you?

As a whole, we can influence success and greatness for each individual and in turn, each individual can continue to feed the whole.

If one member of the network has a challenge, imagine how much more quickly that challenge could be resolved when their "friends" come together to offer their expertise, experience and resources. E-mail if you're tired of going it alone and you're ready to take it to the next level.

Consider this:

Who do you think buys more product; the man who has $1, or the man who has $1,000,000?

Who do you think sells more product;  a single salesman, or the man with a network of salesman?

Gift:

"It is together that we all rise."

God bless

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?

It's not often that I am afforded much time to surf the "neighborhoods", reading the blogs of my friends and contacts, but today, and most likely this entire weekend, I'll be able to catch-up on all the wisdom and creativity that resides within the Blogosphere.

While surfing, I stopped by to visit the neighborhood of my friend Kuanyin and found myself inspired by one of her most recent posts titled, "The Three Golden Rules of Blogging".

I'll share a brief version of the 3 rules as a teaser, but I suggest you read her version for the true inspiration:

Rule # I: "Do Unto Other Bloggers As You Would Do To Yourself"

This means treat other bloggers with respect, kindness, LINK LOVE (if their link fits with your blog), and reply to their comments if you have the time.

If a fellow blogger doesn't always get around to leaving a comment on your blog, cut 'em some slack. If a blogger forgets to add your link, wait a bit, and then gently remind them, and then CUT 'EM SOME SLACK. If a blogger leaves what you perceive is a 'snarky' comment, maybe they were having a bad day...and whaddya going to do...(I want to hear you scream it out now really LOUD!):

CUT 'EM SOME SLACK!

Rule # II: "Make Blogging Allies By Playing Nice"

There's an old cliche that you catch more flies with honey. One never knows who will suddenly be the 'hot' thing, and if you're their ally, you can catch a ride on their stream as they rocket to the top. Thus, it's wise to do your best NOT to alienate others and make enemies. However, if you do make an enemy here and there, don't worry about it too much. All this means is that you must be doing something right!

Rule # 3: "Never, Ever Breathe Easy--You Can Be Sure Someone is Gaining On You!"

There are millions of bloggers entering the Blogosphere Playground every day, and some of these newbies are go-getters. If you (the seasoned blogger) don't keep learning new hot blogging tricks, making new blog allies, and 'up-ing' your game, soon you may find yourself eating their dust. Just like on the television show, "Dancing With The Stars", you need to put your ALL into your blog like the dancers do with their dance numbers, and if you don't, it shows--next thing ya know, you're being voted off the blogosphere. Well, I don't think it will come to that, but worse yet---you will be Left Behind!

This is why we all should make it a point to set aside some surfing time as often as we can. You never know what valuable "tid-bit" you're going to find that might enhance your business, personal relationships or maybe even your soul.

After reading "The 3 Golden Rules", I'm anxious to sow some seeds of goodwill with my family of bloggers.

Beginning with this post, I'm going to visit as many of my friends as I can this weekend, and I'm going share what Kuanyin calls "LINK LOVE".

If each of us took a few minutes each day and dedicated them to sharing the "LINK LOVE" with some of our network, imagine what a 'blog-booster' that could be.

I would like to suggest that maybe you make it a habit of contacting at least a couple people on your list of "friends" each day and just ask, "What can I do for you today?"

This probably sounds a lot more time-consuming than it really is, but believe me, this is very do-able and it will go a long way in building the networks of you and your friends.

Don't be afraid to ask what you can do for your blogger friends. Most of those you talk to will be respectful of your time. A request for a focused "LINK LOVE" will probably be the most common request.

Remember, in order to get what you want, you must first help someone else get what they want.

So, this is basically my mission for the weekend. I'm out to spread some love to my network of friends. I invite you to join me. I'll know if you're listening, for I'll be looking for the "LINK LOVE" from my friends as well:)

After absorbing a mighty powerful dose of my friend Kuanyin, I stopped by to visit another blog that really inspired me. This blog is hosted by my very gracious friend Daryn Kagan.

I found a great story in the business section of her site about a couple of fathers who had created an online community just for dads called, dadlabs.com.

Founded in 2004 by Troy Lanier, Clay Nichols and Brad Powell, dadlabs.com provides a place for fathers to share information, get advice and take advantage of some very valuable networking.

Whether you're a father or not, I suggest you pay this one a visit.

Gift:

"What can I do for you today my friend?"

God bless

MANIFESTING 1 MILLION DOLLARS THE OLD FASHION WAY: NETWORKING!

Welcome to the first full night of Money & Marketing! For those of you not aware, Tuesday and Saturday of each week is now dedicated to helping all of us to manifest whatever our hearts desire.

I want to begin this post by introducing all of you to a resilient new friend of mine; Patrick Curl . I want you to get used to this man's face, because he is soon to be one of America's newest millionaires.

In fact, tonight's topic of discussion was inspired by Patrick's most recent post titled: Speed Linking on Steroids: Manifesting 1 Million Dollars or Making $1,000,000 by blogging.

I invite all of you to join me in making sure that Patrick gets his 1 million dollars. After all, we are all about sowing seeds of purpose; right? If I've said it once, I've said it a million times; "In order to get what we want, we must first help someone else get what they want." Patrick is a man who understands this truth as well as anyone I've ever known.

The statement above, is an absolute fact! Ask any successful person and you will find that they have made this belief or practice one of the most important strategies in the attainment of their goals.

When it comes to marketing, the most powerful ingredient is networking. Though I've only known Patrick a short while, I must say that I am truly impressed with his energetic approach to networking. I encourage you to take notes when you visit his site.

Over the past few months, I have read quite a few books and articles on the power and future of "social networking" and how it is quickly changing the way we work and play.

Where networking is concerned, the Internet has given those of us who blog, a very powerful tool. With little effort, we now, can reach across the globe to share ideas and absorb information person-to-person and business to business, building an army of like-minded individuals that can literally move any mountain we choose.

You can wake up on Monday morning knowing absolutely no one in England, and by noon the same day, you can be cultivating personal or professional relationships, with 20 or 30 new associates in that country.

With blogging communities, we now, can build a network of what are known as, "friends". We can choose our new friends by viewing the details of their profile and the profiles of the friends they already associate with.

I'm going to suggest we take our community to the "next level".

What do you think would happen if we really focused our networks of communities to accomplish a specific purpose?

I have decided to invite you to participate in what I call: The S.O.S. (seeds of success) Consortium. The idea is to take our communities to a level of purpose.

The qualifications are as follows:

1) Know exactly what you want to accomplish and share your goals with the rest of us. The group would then offer any knowledge, personal experiences and resources to advise, guide and lift you to your desired outcome.

2) Share your personal knowledge, experiences and resources with the others in the group, so that we may move more quickly to the accomplishment of our goals as well.

It's that simple!

This works just like Habitat for Humanity, where members of the community come together to build a house for an individual family. The entire community works to ensure success for a single member.

Just imagine what magic would happen if you shared your desired goal with a community of 10,000 individuals with varying experiences, educational backgrounds and resources, with everyone committed to helping you. Send me an e-mail if you're interested.

Let's begin with helping Patrick take another step forward. Go visit his blog and offer what ever advise, information and resources you think will truly help him achieve his goal.

Patrick did a search for "million dollar experiment" (since this is the basis for his blog), for the purpose of finding information that might take him closer to his goal of generating $1,000,000 by the time he's 30.

I'm going to include a few of the links he found, so that all of you can benefit from the information as well:

The Steve Pavlina blog   

One of Patrick's favorite posts: Top 5 Essential Sites Countdown

Top 5 Countdown of Essential Sites - #1

Top 5 Countdown of Essential Sites - #2

Top 5 Countdown of Essential Sites - #3

Top 5 Countdown of Essential Sites - #4

Top 5 Countdown of Essential Sites - #5

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God bless

"JUST TAKE ONE MORE STEP!"

You wake up to another day of, "Lord, what am I going to do today to get out of this mess?"

You begin to question your previous decisions, today's choices and tomorrow's hope. All of a sudden, you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

You ask yourself, "What happened to the great opportunities? They were so clearly there yesterday!? Was I just fooling myself?"

You feel the fog of fear begin to overwhelm you. Self-doubt sets on one shoulder saying loudly in your ear, "Maybe we should change direction. We've made a wrong turn. This is not working!"

Faith sets on the other shoulder trying to speak over Self-doubt; pleading, "Just take one more step, you're almost out of the fog. Don't forget about the seeds we've worked so hard sowing. Just take one more step!"

The mail comes and you realize that you have begun falling behind. The mortgage is late, the utilities could be cut off any day now. The cell phone is already disconnected and your friends and family, most of whom you had to borrow money from, are beginning to question your choices.

Self-doubt says to you, "We might have a chance to save a little of what's left if we get out now! We'll try again another day, with a better idea and a better plan."

You can't easily hear him now, but if you stand real still and listen real hard, you can hear the faint voice of Faith saying, "Please trust me. I have as much to lose as you do if I'm wrong. I know the fog is scary, but up here, I can see better than you. Just take one more step!"

Your spouse is worried, because the bank just called. Your heart races as though it will jump out of your chest any moment now.

You think to yourself, "Nothing has gone as planned. Maybe Self-doubt is right. Maybe I should quit now, before I stumble in this God-forsaken fog and fall into a hole from which I may never climb out!?"

Between the pounding in your chest, the pounding at the door, the telephone ringing and Self-doubt yelling in your ear, you can no longer hear the voice of Faith, but you know what he is saying, because he's leaving little signs all around you.

You can't see the signs, for the fog is so thick now, you could almost cut it with a knife, but, you don't have to see them, you can feel them in your gut.

Faith is saying,  "The path is clear up ahead! Just take one more step!"

Gift:

Most people give up just when they are about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

Ross Perot

God bless

MONEY & MARKETING

Beginning today, Tuesday and Saturday of each week will be dedicated to the topics of money and Marketing.

As a lot of you know, since retiring from the entertainment industry, I make my living as an Author (both print and online e-books), Success Coach, Sales & Small Business Consultant, media trainer and Public Speaker.

The reason I've decided to dedicate a couple of our days together to these specific topics, is to satisfy a growing demand among the readership.

Of late, it seems that more and more of the e-mails I receive are requests for information or advice in these specific areas. Last week at a signing for my book, "Sowing Seeds of Purpose", I experienced a rather slow-moving line, because a good number of the people were inquiring about marketing tips, what books or e-books I recommend for various types of information and what types of work-from-home or money-making opportunities I could suggest.

The fact is, I have spent a tremendous amount of time and money over the years to accumulate valuable knowledge in these areas, so, for at least 2 days of our week I will share with you what I've learned. This is what sowing seeds of purpose is all about.

Though we will cover a lot of priceless tips and information in the coming weeks and months, I do suggest that you sign up for my free newsletter for an even more in-depth connection. You will find that as a member, you will enjoy generous discounts on self-help products from the Seeds of Purpose Personal Growth Center, as well as, occasional free downloads of audios and e-books.

We will begin our new schedule this coming Tuesday, the first day of May, but for now, I would like to share a couple of great reads to get you started:

"The e Code" (33 Internet Superstars Reveal 43 Ways to Make Money Online Almost Instantly - Using Only E-Mail!)  By: Joe Vitale and Jo Han Mok

"Blogging for Business" (Everything You Need to Know and Why You Should Care)  By: Shel Holtz and Ted Demopoulos

God bless

BE A LIGHT

I received a phone call from a friend the other day whom I had not spoken with in a while. After the first 15 minutes of catching up, he began to share the exciting details of a new multi-level marketing company he has been promoting for the past 7 months.

Now, I've been exposed to a lot of MLMs over the years and was in fact, a member of 3 really good ones (not at the same time); one of which, allowed me to generate quite a substantial income.

Aware of the fact that I have an extensive list of associates, my friend began to push me to research his opportunity, suggesting that I might want to "sign-on" with the company and take advantage of my large number of contacts to build a very nice residual income for me and my family.

Though I'm not currently a member of a multi-level marketing company, I do believe that these type of businesses do offer the average person a wonderful opportunity to generate a rather large residual income for the least out-of-pocket investment.

The part of our conversation that caught my attention, was my friend's complaint, that with his extensive background in sales, he simply couldn't believe he had not had much larger success for the amount of time he had been participating.

I think I know why.

We've all been around the individual or group who constantly pushes their ideas, beliefs or products upon us so hard, that they begin to push us away. Many times, we may agree with their beliefs or we may actually like their product, but we are so turned-off by their insistent approach, that we reject what they offer to avoid association.

I made the same suggestion to my friend that I'm going to make to you.

If you want to attract the moth, be a light. If your product is so wonderful, don't push them to buy it, just let them try it.

If your restaurant is so good, let them sample the food.

If your opportunity is so wonderful and lucrative, don't push it on others, just be an example of the person they could be, who is living the life they could be living. Be a light!

I've seen so many people with great opportunities to share, make the mistake of painting the wrong picture of what they have and who they are. Remember, whether it be a product you are offering, an opportunity you're sharing, a church you're inviting someone to attend with you or maybe you're simply trying to win support for a cause; you are the first impression!

If you are judgmental, condemning, unforgiving or intolerant of those around you, how many people do you think would accept an invitation from you to join your church?

The fact is, you may not be a good representation of the majority of your church's congregation, but nonetheless, others will see you as an example of what they will be required to become.

The same goes for an MLM company that you represent. If you're pushy, needy, impatient and desperate, your prospects will assume that this is what they will experience or become should they participate.

Think about it for a moment. Put yourself in other people's shoes. Ask yourself these questions:

"What would make me want to buy this product?"

"What posture would attract me to this wonderful opportunity?"

"What qualities would a person need to exhibit for me to want to follow them?"

If you want others to follow you, then be a person you would follow.

If you want others to be interested or excited about your opportunity, then glow with an energy that exudes the kind of security and sense of purpose that would make a prospect hunger for what you have.

Remember, to get what you want, you must first help someone else get what they want. This has been the core value in multi-level marketing since their beginning and it works!

If you want to attract others to you; be the soft, warm light of honesty, contentment, confidence, purpose, hope, strength, focus and direction.

Be the kind of light that others will want to bask in.

Gift:

To get what you want, you must first give someone else what they want.

God bless