NORMAL WEEKEND STUFF-WEEKLY PRAYER MEETING

We have a prayer meeting every Saturday afternoons at 3:00 on Eastern Time. We gather together and pray for all the Christian believers in the church. We pary about prospects, and people we are ministering to. We also pray about financial needs, and phyical needs.

It is important in your network marketing venture that you meet together with your team on a periodic and regular basis to talk about how things are going on the team. Talk about everybodys progress. Talk about potential prospects and customers. Also plan how to help each one progress from where they are to where they want to be. Remember, Network Marketing is not a sales business, but it is a relationship business. And by having regular team meeting, or conference calls can help you build team cohesiveness, and that can help you in building your business

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS-I HATE IT!!!! PART II

I WILL GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WHICH I'VE ENCOUNTERED I BELIEVE THAT I TOLD YOU THAT I WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ACTUALLY I AM EMPLOYED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, AN AGENCY THAT 'EVERYBODY' KNOWS AND LOVES' I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MEN AN WOMEN OF THE IRS FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 YEARS. I HAVE WORKED A SUPPORT ROLE IN THE COMPLIANCE SECTION. ONE OF THE TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ARE WHAT HAVE BEEN KNOWN TRADITIONALLY AS 'TAX PROTESTERS'. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILLFULLY AVOID AND EVADE FILING TAX RETURNS. THEY AVOID HAVING MONEY WITHHELD FROM THEIR PAYCHECKS BY TURNING IN BOGUS W-4'S, EITHER BY CLAIMING 150 EXEMPTIONS (OR SOME REDICULOUS FIGURE), OR THEY MAKE THE STATEMENT ON THE W-4 THAT THEY ARE TAX EXEMPT; INSTRUCTING THE EMPLOYER NOT TO TAX MONEY OUT AND SENDING IT IN TO THE GOVERMNENT. THIS IS BLATANTLY ILLEGAL. AND OF COURSE THESE PEOPLE 'JUSTIFY' AND COUCH THEIR ILLEGALITY WITH LEGAL TERMS. THEY USE THE CONSTITUTION TO CLAIM THAT MAYBE THEY AREN'T CITIZENS; AND ARE NOT LIABLE FOR TAXES. MAYBE THEY TRY AND US THE 'BILL OF RIGHTS' TO CLAIM THAT TAXES ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. NEARLY TEN YEARS AGO, THE RULING CAME DOWN THAT WE WERE NO LONGER TO REFER TO THESE PEOPLE AS 'TAX PROTESTERS' IT JUST MIGHT MAKE THEM FEEL BAD. THE SUGGESTION WAS THAT WE MIGHT CALL THEM 'CONSTITUTIONALLY CHALLENGED.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I WENT TO A TRAINING CLASS ON THE PROVISIONS IN THE LAW WITH REGARDS TO ACCESSIBILTY FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE. THE PERSON THAT WAS TEACHING THE CLASS SAID QUITE PLAINLY, WE DON'T WANT TO CALL THEM HANDICAPPED PEOPLE ANY MORE. IT MIGHT MAKE THEM FEEL BAD. WE MIGHT REPLACE IT WITH PHYSICALLY CHALLANGED. I'M SORRY BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG ABOUT THE TERM HANDICAPPED. IN MY OPINION THE TERM 'PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED' MIGHT BE MORE DORAGATORY THAN 'HANDICAPPED.

THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES THAT I COULD GIVE ABOUT POLITICALLY CORRECT WAYS OF ACTING AND OR SPEAKING, BUT I'M GOING TO END IT WITH WHAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT.

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: I HATE IT!

In our day and age, the 21st century, the concept of being politically correct, or the state of politcal correctness is much in style. The idea that one can't say things a certain way, or have certain opinions or risk being shunned as being a pariah, apparently has taken over much of our society. I don't know about you, but I HATE it! I am not a politcally correct person, and I dont care! In fact I'm glad I'm not 'pc'.

I remember the first time I was exposed to political correctness. I was in the Army in the first half of the 1980's. I was stationed in the Federal Republic of Germany (West) This was about 5 years before the Wall came down. There was a Staff Sargent (SSG) Hardy, who was one of my superiors. He had a habit of always saying to people, "Right Answer" if it was something that was what they wanted to here, or "wrong answer" if it was something that they didn't want to hear. I always felt funny about that. I have always been, and will always be a great believer in saying exactly how it is on your mind. Of course being tactful, but there is no right way or wrong way of saying anything. I don't want to feel like I am walking on eggshells, or I am having to look over my back.. I WANT TO Be MYSELF!!

You should be yourself when you are relationship building in your Network Marking Business. If you are putting on airs, or trying to be Something other than what you are; the whom you are trying to prospect or build a relationship with will pick it up, and it will hinder trust from developing which is key in relationship building.

NORMAL WEEKEND STUFF: VOLUNTEER WORK AT MY PASTOR'S INNER-CITY MINISTRY

After going to the Eastern Market on Saturday mornings to purchase cut flowers for the church. I prepare to do volunteer work at my Pastor's inner-city Detroit Ministry. One of her 8 ministries is called the "Glorious Freedom Mission" minisitry. It is a ministry of mercy to 'Cass Corridor' needy. Cass Corridor is the area of the city where her ministries are located; also it is the area where I live. Tuesday through Saturday every week, the door is open from 1000AM-0200PM. Poor, indigent people from the area, alot of homeless, substance abusers come to the door,

We give out a lot of sandwiches, sweetrolls, pastries, glasses of water to the hungry, thirsty people as they come. Oftentimes we have emergency foodbags to share with needy families. We give out Christian literature, and look for opportunities to speak to the individuals about the soul's need; pointing them to Christ, that He can change their lives. We offer them hope that their lives can be better. We also invite them to attend our Church services on Sunday Morning and Evening. The Church is right accross the Street.

About ten years ago or so, Pastor Brown asked me to come on Saturday, and man the door as a ministry. I prayed and felt that it was what God wanted me to do. It has been very fulfilling and rewarding to me, also spiritually satisfying.

It has been said that the excercise most beneficial to our own well being is when we help someone else. This relates to all the areas of our live. And of course our businesses are no different. If we forget about ourselves; if we concentrate on what is best for our prospects; the people that we sponsor and are under us; seek to help them solve the problems in their lives, and reach their goals, and dreams and attain the level of success they are looking for, then well know that our efforts have been worthwhile. Not only that but we'll discover that we will have attained our dreams and aspirations also. That is the only way to have real success in Network Marketing. We must become a "MENTOR WITH A SERVANTS HEART" Remember this is a RELATIONSHIP BUSINESS; not a sales business.

TIMING IS EVERYTHING: FINALLY JOINING THE MILITARY

Something happened in my life which changed everything. Up to this point, the timing wasn't right for me to join the Military. I had something happen to me which at the time was a great sadness that I couldn't understand. I found myself living again with my Parents, and without a job at that particular point. I was at the hospital visiting either my grandfather or the woman to whom my grandfather was married; when the suggestion came to mind that it was time to think again about enlisting in the Army. At this point the timing was absolutely right. I went and approached the recruiter. I took care of the preliminaries: physical, ASVAB, DLAB. On July 27 1981 I enlisted in the US Army as a Russian voice interceptor for which I needed to learn Russian. That night I was off to Fort Leonardwood Missouri for Basic Training.

The timing was right. It had not been right 6 years prior when I first had tried to enlist; nor 2 years before in 1979. But things had changed to where the timing was perfect in 1981. That is one thing we have to keep in mind in our Network Marketing Business. The prospects that say 'no" today, who can tell what their situation will be like a year or so down the road. Life isn't static. Things have a tendency t0 move around and change. So what is a 'NO' today, could very well turn out to be a 'YES" at a later date. Somestimes sooner rather than later. The important thing is don't give up or prejudge someone just because they say no once. NEVER take them off your list. Periodically contact them. Buid a relationship. You may be pleasantly surprised at the outcome.

While I am at it, I will tell you the last chapter about timing and my Military experience. When I enlisted I was going through a dark tunnel experience. My first inclination was to look at the Army as a carreer and stay in. Some how More than half-way through I decided that being to much of an individual, that the Army or Military wasn't for me. So I ended up getting out after 4 years. I was in a regular Reserve unit in Detroit for a year and the remainder of the reserve committment was spent in the Individual Ready Reserve. Had I stayed in I never would have gone back to the IRS, I am a career IRS employee, And one day a friend with whom I had lost touch, saw me downtown one day. The started a chain of events which worked to lift and help me recover from the great darkness which I was in. So as you can see from what I've related about my own life that timing plays an important roling in our personal lives; also in our business. NEVER GIVE UP!