Autobiography in Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson

Woman-In-a-HoleOk Peeps, time to get your deep thinking caps on!!

I heard Wayne Dyer tell the story of how Portia Nelson wrote her famous autobiography poem called, “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters”

Portia attended a seminar where they gave everyone a 3×5 index card and asked them to write their autobiography in 5 chapters. They gave them a small card so they wouldn’t get long winded and write a bunch of unnecessary stuff. This poem is included in her book titled, “There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery.”.

Below is what Portia wrote:

I
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost … I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes me forever to find a way out.

II
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

III
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in … it’s a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

IV
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

V
I walk down another street.

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See, it’s pretty deep, but very profound in my opinion. To read more about Portia Nelson you can visit her Wikipedia page at Portia Nelson

I hope you enjoyed Portia’s Poem. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it. Feel free to leave a comment below or give me a call at (215) 268-6696.

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Think Your Way Out of a Life of Blah!

Successful LifeWe hear it all the time about how we are living the life we have today because of the thoughts we had yesterday. I absolutely agree with that statement because I’m living proof.

Although, upon a lot of reflection, I’ve realized that my life has neither been really negative or positive. I’ve sort of lived in the neutral zone. No real success or failure, just………… blah.

I think that’s because most of my life before the Mental Cleanse, happened in front of a TV. Those TV lives always seemed more fascinating than my own so I never really spent a lot of time “Thinking” about my life or what I wanted and didn’t want. I just lived day to day, hour to hour in reaction mode to events and the usual drama that happens.

I would go through spurts where I’d do something creative or something I thought would better my life, but honestly I wasted most of my life watching made up people living made up lives. Or I would get really into one of the sports I liked. Having Fantasy Teams and basing my “Life” on which athlete did good or bad the night before.

Let’s not mention Video Games! I used to spend every waking minute that I wasn’t working playing games. One weekend I stayed up 36 hours straight trying to save Zelda. Sometimes I think I worked harder at trying to defeat a video game than I do on building my business. It makes me shake my head in disbelief that I was so naive.

But that was then, and this is now. I’m controlling my thoughts much better. I’m saying my self-talk hundreds of times a day and amazing things are happening in my life. OUR lives. I am truly blessed to have been guided to the 30 Day Mental Cleanse hosted by Mentoring For Free, and to have Mentors like Emmanuel Padilla and Michael Dlouhy.

I’m “Thinking” my way into a life that most people only dream about. I actually can’t wait until tomorrow or the next day or the next, because if they’re anything like what I “think” they will be, the world better watch out, cause it’s about to be changed.

I can’t thank Michael Dlouhy enough for his guidance, his wisdom and his love. If not for him I would have quit this game a long time ago and would be living the blah life I thought I deserved. Thanks Michael for opening my eyes and believing in me until I was able to believe in myself. You’re the MAN!!

With abundant love and gratitude,

David Haines
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An MLM Case Study: Toby & Layla Black Termination

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So this is interesting…. The video below is from Layla Black.

Layla and her husband Toby were recently terminated by their Network Marketing Company. The reasons weren’t given on the video, but basically it came down to a Policies and Procedure issue. Toby and Layla didn’t comply, so the company took their check and forced them into silence. Meaning they couldn’t even contact any member of their team to say goodbye.

Watch this:

So I’ve got some questions:

Did the lead generating system they were using conflict with the Policies and Procedures of their primary company?

Were they recruiting people into both companies, thus breaking the “Cross-line Recruiting” clause in the policies?

When they were making $500 a month, they were doing the same thing as when they were making $25k a month…. Why did their company wait so long to terminate them? Do you think it’s because the company knew they were the type of people who could build a huge downline, so they waited until it was substantial enough to steal their check?

Or, could it be that at $500 a month or even $1,000, $2,000 a month they weren’t on the company’s radar? But at $25k a month they’re now “Leaders” so all eyes are on them and every move is watched? Hmmmmm…

We’ll probably never know the answers to these questions, but we should all think about them very seriously, because it’s a reality we all face. That’s why I stress and have stressed for the last 4 years that people really need to get educated and read their Policies and Procedures and understand what they say and what they mean. This is both our current and future income we’re talking about.

Please don’t think this is an isolated case either…. It happens all the time. More often than you think. We’ve picked up the pieces of countless people who have lost everything and have to start over.

Think about it for a second… This is not some job where if you get fired, you can go out and get another job (hopefully) making the same wage as you were making before. This is Network Marketing where if you leave or get terminated you have to start over. FROM ZERO! And it will take some time to build back up to $25k, $50k, $100k a month! And if you’ve been in this industry any length of time, that’s not an easy thing to do. Yes you have more experience, and it might be a little easier and quicker, but it’s still a lot of work!

So what’s my point? Read your company’s Policies and Procedures. Understand them. Know what you can and can’t do. Know where you stand.

If you need help, please reach out to me or someone, anyone in Mentoring for Free. We can show you why this stuff happens and how to avoid it. We can educate you so you won’t be a termination statistic like so many others.

If you’d like to know more about what we do and how we can help, the first step is to get our most popular eBook, Success in 10 Steps. You can find it here: Free MLM Training

To Your Success, Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
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Seth Godin – The Mindset of a Winner

Do You Have the Mindset of a Winner?

SethGodinHowdy Peeps! I found this awesome video published by SellingPower.com.

It’s an interview with Seth Godin talking about the Mindset of a Winner and how you must avoid thinking and being Mediocre or Ordinary!

Seth points out that everyone expects everyone else to conform to their way of thinking or their way of doing things. But being ordinary doesn’t get you noticed. People won’t respond to your advertising unless you have something unique that catches their attention. That separates you from the herd…

Seth says it way better, so watch it here:

If you enjoyed the video about having the “Mindset of a Winner”, please LIKE and SHARE it with others.

I’d also love to hear your thoughts on this topic, so please leave a comment below.

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David Haines
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The Key to Network Marketing Success

The Key to Network Marketing Success

In the last 4 years of my Network Marketing career, I’ve learned quite a few things. I’ve grown in ways I never imagined possible. I’ve seen others grow and I’ve seen others wither and drop off the vine. I’ve seen people do extraordinary things, and I’ve seen people do the stupidest things imaginable. And through all that, I’ve come to the conclusion that the one thing… The one key that unlocks the door to Network Marketing Success comes down to one principle that if you follow it, you can’t help but be successful too.

That principle is “Persistence”. It’s what ties all the other traits together. It doesn’t matter what you do if you’re not persistent at it. It doesn’t matter what you believe unless you persistently believe it. Desire isn’t as important. Neither is Faith, Knowledge, Auto-Suggestion, Imagination or Planning, because if you’re not persistent in any of those other pieces, you will fail.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve worked with a person that has that white hot burning desire and has faith in what they’re doing, but they lack the persistence to keep at it when things get tough.

For those of you who have kids, I’m sure you’ve seen the movie Ants. There’s a scene in that movie where all the ants are walking in the straight line as they do, and a huge leaf falls to the ground and blocks their path. All of a sudden all the ants are scurrying around and screaming that they’re lost.

All because a leaf fell in their path.

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