Tuesday, March 18, 2008

FEED THE RIGHT WOLF!

A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt.
He said, I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one.
The grandson asked him, 'which wolf will win the fight in your heart?'

The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
--Unknown

Bret Wade'
http://www.bretwade.info
http://www.yoursuccessonpurpose.com

Never Quit


I was actually just coming home from a Tuesday night presentation meeting and I went through one of the worst rain storms in my life. You see, I live about an hour and a half from Denver. I live out east on the plains of Colorado. I thought I was prepared to drive through the storm when it started raining. I wasn’t very prepared.

It started pouring about 30 miles from home. All I could see was the yellow line in the middle of the road. I just looked down and tried to keep the car on the road. Every time the wind would come up it would blow me into the other lane. At one time I was driving about 5 miles per hour, or maybe 3.

I thought about stopping so many times. I was almost stopped any way, but I kept on going. Thunder would shake the car and the wind would push the car around over and over again. All this with out being able to see the road. I was thankful every time lightning struck because it lit up the sky and I could see for a second or two.

I thought I would never make it home but I kept on going. Just then I thought I saw something. There was a small sliver between the clouds and the horizon. Directly in front of me, between this sliver, was a full moon. You know when the moon just comes up and it looks bigger and closer than ever? That’s how it was. It was still raining very hard but the moon lit up my path and I could see again. I saw a mile marker on the road. I was 3 miles from home.

You see, just like my drive in the rain, there are a lot of obstacles on the road to success. Perseverance will get you through those obstacles. The bigger the dream, the bigger the obstacle. I don’t know where I’d be if I would have stopped to wait out the storm. I know this; I’m better for not quitting.

Never Quit,

Bret

I have wasted years being comfortable.

Here is how it happens...

You get a job or you go to a new company. Everything is going good. Maybe you got a pay raise to make the move and you have a little bit extra money in your pocket. Maybe you left your last job because you didn’t get along with your boss. Now you have a new better boss that you love. May be you’re waiting for something better to come along. All of these things keep you comfortable and secure. If they don't you go to where you are more comfortable.

I lived in the same house for 8 years. We had a little 5 acre lot with a really nice barn. It was close to the store. The kids had a lot of friends and liked their school. We had great neighbors. The community had a pool and a club house and an arena that we could use to exercise our horses. It was comfortable. We had a trained house goat (my wife can train any animal). The goat stayed inside and rang a bell when she wanted to go out. According to the Home Owners Association we had to get rid of the goat or they were going to sue us. We ended up giving the goat away. So, at this point we are now uncomfortable. We started casually looking around. We went to a land auction and came home with 160 acres.

The point is that as long as you are comfortable you will not get anything better. You are stuck with what you have right now. So learn something new and become uncomfortable for a while. When you have learned some new skills and you are comfortable again, go out and do something else. Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.

The main difference from the have’s and the have not’s is the difference between the ones that do and the ones that do not. The rich do the same things as the middle class. They just do more of it.

Let’s get things done.

Bret

Times are hard

Hey Everyone,

I was just sitting here thinking how hard everything is these days. Americans are now spending more that we make. Our take home money is nothing. We make 10% more than we did 15 years ago and our homes cost more than twice as much. The U.S. dollar is worth less than the Canadian dollar. There are more and more foreclosures every day. What are we going to do?


I've been doing allot of research recently. Did you know that in 1820 the separation from the richest country in the world to the poorest was 3. That means that there is 3 countries economically between the richest and the poorest countries in the world. At that time the richest country was England. As of 2006 the separation was 73. WOW!!!


I heard Robert T Kiyosaki speak last weekend and he confirmed my fears. He said that what we are doing is forcing the middle class out of the economy. We will have the rich and we will have the poor, but the middle class (those that hold up the economy) are going to disappear unless we do something about it.We are not in a recession! We are doing the same things the same old ways and unless we do them differently we will be the poor unless we are the rich.


Mr. Kiyosaki mentioned a little about what we need and that is LEADERSHIP. If you do not become the leader, you will become the follower.I want you to succeed.

I want you to learn everything. I don't want you to look back and say, "Well, the business failed, but I gave it a good 42%." We've got to stick together!



Timing is everything...

Bret Wade

http://www.yoursuccessonpurpose.com

I don’t want to scare you away but…

…I want to talk about goals. You probably are not afraid of your goals but a lot of people are. I think it’s because people that don’t know what they want, don’t know where they are going in life. People who don’t know what they want can’t right it down. So that makes it hard to write down your goals.

Anyway… Imagine this.

If you woke up tomorrow
and your life was perfect
in every way, how would
you know????

If you can think it, you can see it. If you can see it you can write it down on paper.
Why do you have to write it down?

To make it real of course. Imagination isn’t real. Thoughts are not real until they are acted upon. When you write them down they become as real as the pen and paper that you used to write them with. Now that your goals are real and tangible, you have to believe.

First you have to believe that these goals are possible. If someone else has accomplished these things then they are most likely achievable. Second you must believe that these things are possible for you. ‘If they can do it I can do it’ is an affirmation. It’s you telling yourself that you can do it. Enough of this and you’ll start to believe it. If you believe it you will act on it.

My first cold call took 3 hours. 2 hours 59 minutes pacing back and forth, and 1 minute on the phone. I got voice mail. I never did anything before I did it.

Leaders in this industry didn’t get to where they are by talent alone. Probably not at all. They got to where they are by having skills. Skills are learned, and if skills are learned, then you can learn the skills you need to accomplish your goals.


Never stop learning,

Bret Wade

http://www.yoursuccessonpurpose.com

Friday, March 14, 2008

What is Better, The Lottery or Network Marketing?

You're thinking, have you gone MAD Bret? Or some of you know about this. I heard about this my first month in Network Marketing. The speaker said, "this aint the lottery!"

Now I normally wouldn't compare the two, but a lot of frustrated network marketers do. So, in the lottery, we can have no affect on the outcome. We pick our numbers and hope we win. It’s totally random.

However, in Network Marketing you are the single most reason why you will succeed. So the lottery and Network Marketing are actually opposites. Right? When you loose in the lottery you don’t care. You say, “Oh Well, better luck next time. When people try out Network Marketing they get frustrated if they’re not filthy rich after 3 months.

No Matter… They both have about the same statistics. Almost every one looses in both the lottery and Network Marketing. However, people are still playing the lottery. 437 thousand people join Network Marketing every week. When I heard that I thought, “Well that’s a really BIG number.”

So, if you’re going to play the game, you might as well learn how to do it. The more you learn the more attractive you will be and the more attractive you are the more successful you will be.

Let success be yours
http://www.yoursuccessonpurpose.com

My opportunity is better than yours....


I know you won’t believe this but it’s true. Your primary network marketing company doesn’t matter.

What are you talking about Bret? I love my company. How can you say they don’t matter?!

What I mean is…. They do matter but not when it comes to making money. They don’t matter when it comes to people joining your business. They don’t make a difference when it comes to selling their product and creating a residual income.

You matter, Period.

People will buy from you if they need your product and they like you and you are standing next to them helping them make their purchase.

People will join your business if they are looking for a business to start and they like you.

Now most guys aren’t going to jump into doing Avon, but that just narrows down who you are looking for.

I want to help you sell your product and get more reps into your business. I want to help you learn the best and fastest ways to attract more people to you than ever before. I know there are head aches in Network Marketing. To get better you are going to have to learn a few more things. You are going to have to grow as a person.

To your success,

Bret Wade

P.S. Let me know how I can help...any time. 303-669-2738

Networking the Old West Way

I’ve been going to the horse auction since I was 8 years old. There are always great deals at the auction on horses and all the various supplies you need to take care of horses. Even though my wife and I own a horse ranch in Simla, I don’t go as much as she does. It’s always fun, even if you just watch.

So I’m sitting in the stands watching the auctioneers (I’ll call them the sellers) sell there wares when I realize a problem with the auction. This is also the reason that the people that run the auction make money. This is the same marketing strategy that I’m using and showing you how to use. I was amazed….

How long have auctions been around? I read somewhere it’s about 2500 years?

1. The people in the stands, bidding on the stuff at the auction (I’ll call them buyers) already use the things that are being auctioned.
2. The buyers know what they would pay for the auctioned goods so they are getting a good deal.
3. The sellers know what they paid for the goods so they know they will be making a profit.
4. Over 200 people showed up in one day.

How would you like to have 200 people lined up waiting for your product or service? How about more? How about 200 people per day?

People will be attracted to you... how? Keep reading....

MLM - the truth


Here it is. This is the truth. Why do Network Marketers make money? Do they get someone to sign an agreement and pay them $300 or maybe $1000. They do, but is that how network Marketers get paid?

Customers. We have customers.

Bob Burg, The author of 'Endless Referrals' said, "All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust."

1. People will do business with you, if you are a person that they know, like and trust. It's just that simple and that complicated. There are endless books on the subject. How to get people to like you. Are there already people who like you? Start with those, and then find others who will like you, whom you haven't yet met.

2. Convenience... It is in our nature to want what is easiest. Everyone wants everything without having to do any thing. That's just another thing we can't have and that is why we want it. Make it easy for your customer. Don't confuse them with what they don't want to hear. If you don't know what they want then ask. Then you can help them.

3. Concentrate on the right market. If your company sells vitamins I would find people who use vitamins. A gym may be the right place and it might not. You might have to test the waters a little to find your customers. Your job isn't to convince people to use a product they never heard of before. Your job is to make sure they get that product from you.

We'll talk more on this soon...

...as always let me know what your qwestions are.

How to Motivate Your Downline

Ever wonder why you just can't get some people moving? You show your oppertunity to someone, and they are 'through the roof' excited. They get all the tools, information on the company and training materials. You think you're sitting on a gold mine. They go to the meetings and they are on all the conference calls but they can't get customers or sponsor any new reps into the business.

When I first started I got 6 new reps right away. I saw the 2 showing 2 chart and I was going to blow that right out of the water. Then none of my reps could recruit anyone else. I spent the next couple months wondering why they weren't like me and kept trying to train them but it didn't work.

Then I noticed something. I wasn't doing any recruting either. I went into manager mode. I was going to training and all that too. My downline was doing exactly what I was doing.

You see, there is a diference between a manager and a leader. Managers tell there people what to do and leaders just do what they do. Why would you follow someone that just tells you what to do all the time? You started this business to be your own boss in the first place. In the end those who have and have not will be directly connected to the ones that did and did not.

You need to learn what it is YOU have to do to be a success. Learn how to be the person that would attract you. Advertise yourself and you will be the one that is followed.

To your success

How can you tell a good rep from the first call?

Have you ever seen someone come into a company, make a huge downline and then quit? I've seen it. Some people are natural sales people and when they get into network marketing, that's what they do... They sell. They sold the business to their entire downline.

So what's wrong with that? Nothing? Everything?

In networking, I use services and buy products because of the person that I am getting them from. I like, know and trust that person. I wouldn't get it from any other source.

In sales, I use services and buy products because of the service or product. When something better, cheaper or nicer comes around I'll switch to that one. Do you see the difference?

If you happen to sell Network Marketing to some one, you have to work twice as hard to get them to stay. They act as if you sold them a broken product if you don't show them some cash real soon. They'll be looking for the next best thing to buy, or just quit all together. They say things like, "this isn't for me." or "at least I tried."

It's the people that get into Network Marketing for themselves that stay.

I spent over 30 years training my brain to get me where I am right now. I think that if I work real hard training myself to go somewhere else, then I will go there.

“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.”
-Napoleon Hill

How can you tell if you have a good rep from the first call?
Ask them what book they are reading right now or at least their favorite. The ones that are constantly learning and improving are the ones that will stay. They are the leaders of leaders.

Success is yours,
Bret Wade
http://www.yoursuccessonpurpose.com

Fear, Just in our heads?

Here's how I see it...

Your brain has 2 main parts, the subconscious and the conscious. The conscious is like a computer. It tells you what to do, how to do it, why you are doing it and so on. The conscious controls everything. The subconscious is like a sponge. It has all your memories in it. The subconscious is full of pictures and video.

So, in your subconscious you have decided that when something happens it makes you feel a certain way. If you don't like that feeling, you will try to avoid it. If you like that feeling you try to get more of it. Feelings and your subconscious rule everything you do.

...and that's bad.

You have gotten in life, where ever you have gotten, depending on how you feel about certain situations....

I used to fear cold calling like crazy.... that phone was so heavy that I couldn't pick it up. I used to pace back and forth for hours just to make my first call.

Napoleon Hill, Author of "Think and Grow Rich" said there are 7 basic fears:

Fear of POVERTY
Fear of CRITICISM
Fear of ILL HEALTH
Fear of LOSS OF LOVE
Fear of LOSS OF LIBERTY
Fear of OLD AGE
Fear of DEATH

Any fear you have you can group into these basic fears

Here is what I think. I think that if you could see into the future and you saw that you were rich would you still do the things you needed to toget there?

....so I went to a hypnotherapist to work directly on my subconscious. I know there was no way I would quit so I had to try everything I could. I think it helped. I figured if it took 30 years to make what I have so far it would take a little time to change that.

Basically, I would do anything to succeed. I wouldn’t stop until I got there. I am the type of person you want in your team. How can you tell if you are working with that type of person?

I’ll let you know soon

Can You Handle It?


There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to
escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians, chapter 10:13

You see we cannot do more than we are able to handle. If we want
more in life, then we must learn to handle more in life. We must be
able to get a little uncomfortable and learn new things. The best thing
anyone ever did for me was to show an interest in my personal growth.
We are in constant conflict with our mind. Should we start a business?
Should we continue a business? Should we quit? Should we change?
Should we expand the business or not? Should we learn more? Are we
Learning the right things? We are always thinking. Through personal
growth I am able to make the choices that get me through the day.

The other choice we have is to not make a choice at all. That is what the
majority of us actually do. That is why we stay the same. That is why
we must settle for what we have right now. If I want more I have to be
more.

I have this poster in my room. It’s a picture of a field of brown grass,
with mountains in the background, blue sky and white clouds. Below the
photo it says:

GOALS

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not
reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and
try to follow where they lead.”

That is why I am writing you this letter. Where do you want to be in 6
months, 2 years, 5 years or 10 years? Where are you looking to and what( or who)
is leading you?

You'll Never Believe it.

You want to get more people into your business. That's what you really want. Why can't you just go up to people and make them sign up? Well... If you make them sign up you have to make them get customers and make them go to training and make them do every thing. We all know that won't work.

So what do you do?

I was working with a rep the other day and she went up to her friend and said, "Hey! You know that Business I told you about? Bret does it."

Her friend is thinking... "So Bret does something that my friend wants me to do but isn't doing"

So What!?

I bet if I walked up to that same friend and asked her about that day she wouldn't even remember it happened. Somebody didn't believe in their business. Somebody didn't believe in them self.

If you don't believe, then what are you going to do when 'rejection' taps you on the shoulder? Your fear of rejection is going to win because you don't believe. Your fear is stronger than your belief. You have to believe yourself before anyone else will believe you.

You can be anything you want to be, if you only believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.
-Napoleon Hill

So once I believe it, I've got to get everyone else to believe it as well. How do I do that?

This is the easiest thing to understand and the hardest thing to actually do. Once you believe it, I mean really believe it... people will notice and be drawn to that. No body can tell you different and they will know it. Your belife has to be stronger than anything. When that happens people that could scare you before will be scared of you. They will be afraid NOT to follow you.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? "I'll try anything to get this business up and running." Would you go to a hypnotherapist? It sounds funny, but I did. What do you think I learned? I'll let you know what I learned and how it can help your business explode!


Bret Wade
www.yoursuccessonpurpose.com