Quote of the Day...

" Life is a one-way street. No matter how many detours you take, none of them leads back. And once you know and accept that, life becomes much simpler." Isabel Moore "One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage." John Maxwell

You may think you've gone back to where you were... you didn't, you moved on to a place you've never been!

Update to Humdudgeon...

I just posted the article on Humdudgeon then checked email and found an appropriate picture about keeping our complaints about small matters at a minimum.

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Humdudgeon...

Here's an old word that has a timely meaning... Humdudgeon- noun A complaint or outcry without sufficient reason. A loud complaint about a little matter...

What an appropriate word for our current climate. Most of us need to count our blessings and put our problems in the correct perspective. Here we are in the greatest nation to ever exist, in the most prosperous time, with no major threat to our homeland and I see people complaining... "There's no money out there..."; "Our product is too expensive for the average person..."; "None of my friends will join my opportunity..."; "I can't get anyone to call me back..."

Listen! There is money out there for the things that we put on the top of our priority list. The people I talk to, that are looking for an opportunity, love what they see in MonaVie. A low start up cost for a huge upside potential that is positioned in the biggest trend in our current economy. My word! I don't know of better conditions to build our business in. If there really is no money out there, then people should be looking for a business with low start up cost in the next big trend.

The person that is looking for better health loves MonaVie once they have tried the product and feel the difference in their energy, sleeping and general well being, not to mention all the things we can't mention... When I talk to someone about eating enough fruit to have a positive effect on their health, they quickly realize that MonaVie is the best value and most convenient way to get results.

And for those who don't understand how a world class relational marketing business really works, of course they will resist. But YOU need to talk about the things that they are interested in, not HOW this type of business works. Ask them how much residual income they have if they stopped working right now. Ask them if they can get the results they are looking for doing what they are doing. Meet them at their needs and talk to them about what they want. Then show them how MonaVie may help them achieve their goals.

Also, make sure that what really matters to you is what you are working on while you ignore the little inconveniences that could make you utter humdudgeons. Let's get out there and make it happen.
@ copyright Mark Carlisle

Two Questions

Taken from the book "Connect with God" by Jentezen Franklin

Author Myers Barnes said, "Time management is an oxymoron. It cannot be managed. You cannot save time, lose time, turn back the hands of time, or have more time tomorrow than today. Time is unemotional, uncontrolled, unencumbered. It moves forward regardless of circumstances, and in the game of life, creates a level playing field for everyone. Since you can't change time, you must change how your approach it." Once your goals have been set in prayer and you're certain your steps are being directed by the Lord, ask yourself each day:

1. What's required of me? Any realistic assessment of your priorities must start with questions like: "What must I do to be a better Christian, or marriage partner, or parent, or worker? If you lead others the question should be, "What must I personally do that cannot be delegated to somebody else?" Always start with the requirement question. Give it careful thought before moving to the next question.

2. What brings me the greatest fulfillment? If you do only what you must and what's effective, you'll be highly productive but may not fulfilled. But a note of caution: some of us want to start with the fulfillment question before we've answered the requirement question. Don't! You'll never succeed if you don't have the discipline to take care of the first question, before addressing the second. William James said, "Being wise, is the art of knowing what to overlook." If you bring your priorities into focus by constantly asking these two questions, you have a good chance of fulfilling God's purposes for your life.

Quotable Quotes

"The two most important days of your life...the day you were born and the day you find out why."

"We're not looking for the best people for our team, we're looking for the right people."

"We may not be the Best team but we'll work the hardest."

"You can get everything you want in life if you just help enough other people get what they want." Zig Ziglar

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing." Vince Lombardi

"The entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."

"No body makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."

"Discretion is the enemy of duplication."

"If you don't talk to your kids about what it takes to have Freedom, we will all loose it."

"The reason the lottery is so big is because it's hope for the average guy..."

"The man caught up with this world is not ready for the next one."

"Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God no matter what the danger."

"Make sure the thing you are living for is worth dying for. Don't just read and hear, but also believe and do."

"Great moments are born from great opportunities."

"Who are you when you wake up in the morning?"

"It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not."

10 Tips of Better Production!

Here are ten tips that will help you increase your production:

1. Work- If you will work your business every week production will increase 38%. That means getting face to face with people and telling your story.

2. Prospect- Call your prospects and don't be afraid to run out of names. Don't hold back calling a prospect because you are low on names. Invite everyone to Taste the product and Share your Story.

3. Have Juice and Tools- You have to be quick to pour and share the juice. You also have to leave some information with prospects and distributors. Let the Cd's do the motivating for you.

4. Be In The Market- Meet new people, get more phone numbers and and get more email addresses. You have to get out of your house and be in the position to meet more people.

5. Communicate With Your Team- Stay in constant communication with your team. Find out what their dreams are, encourage them to build their businesses. And encourage them to attend Tasting Parties.

6. Use The Web- Send your team to http://www.brighart.com/. Use the Black Diamond Builder (http://www.blackdiamondrunner.com) program. Have your team plug in to the Web Casts on-line. Watch the calendars that are on-line. (http://www.brighart.com)

7. Attend Events- Attend local Tasting Parties if that's all that you have. Drive to area Business Building Seminars. Attend the MonaVie Conventions and Regionals. And make sure you attend R3 Global events and Major Functions.

8. Triple Your Failure Rate- Success is on the other side of Failure. You go through Failure on your way to Success. There's no way around it.

9. Develop Preferred Customers- Don't pass anyone by. Sign them up as Preferred Customers.

10. Take In Positive Information- TURN OFF THE TV. TURN OFF THE TALK RADIO. Listen R3 Global audios, listen to audio books, and listen to uplifting music. Do Not take in negative information.

Do You Want To Move Forward?

One of the things I love about MonaVie is that you can launch you business at anytime even if you have been in for a while! All you have to do is go back to the basics. That's what I am doing!

Do these 4 things:

1. Pour Juice Everyday and shoot for 10 per week. Be Bold. Carry your juice and pour it quickly.
2. Have A Tasting Party Every Week. Invite like crazy to the your tasting party.
3. Communicate With Your Team Often. Call 10+ people per day and make sure you are positive.
4. Only Take In Positive Info. Listen to an R3 Global Audio every day so your belief stays high.

Do these 4 simple things while you look at your emotional dream and you will move forward fast. Copyright @ Mark Carlisle

How to Deepen your Dream

I talk to people all over the country about achieving their dreams, about success and what it takes to have a great lifestyle. I see a common theme among many people who are not achieving success. When I ask them what their ultimate dream is, they can't come up one. They look at me like a deer in the headlights, stumped by the question. "What do you mean by a dream?" they ask me. "I can't figure out what I want out of life, I don't think I have a dream". I hear this all of the time. With that in mind, I have identified 4 steps you have to do to deepen your dream. Remember, that a dream doesn't have to be huge, it has to be emotional.

1. You have to commit to finding and identifying the thing that makes you emotionally moved to action. Sometimes you need a Push Dream and sometimes you need a Pull Dream. A Push Dream is a reason to build your business that you are running from, or a negative situation that you want to avoid. It could even be something you feel you have to prove. A Pull Dream is a reason to build your business to achieve something you desire. I need both a Push and a Pull dream in order to run at the optimum pace.

2. Spend time looking at things or visiting places that deepen your resolve to achieve your dream. You have to take the time to build your dream by touching, smelling, tasting, and feeling what ever it is that emotionally makes you get out of your comfort zone. This is the concept of sharpening your saw mentally. Dream building is a must of optimum performance.

3. Visulize your dream in your mind. See yourself having accomplished your dream. Close you eyes and visualize yourself doing your dream, holding your dream, and achieving your dream. You have to feel the emotions of having achieved your goal and dream. Figure out what having your dream looks like. What is the first clue that you have achieved your dream.

4. Write down your dreams. Your dream will be achieved by hitting a level in the business on a certain date. You have to write your dream in such a way that it evokes your emoitons and makes you feel your success. If you don't feel anything when you read your dreams then it's not your hot button. Hand write you dreams as if you already accomplished each dream. Read your dream list everyday.

Bottom line is... you have to work at developing your dream. If you won't take time to crystalize you dream, you will never achieve it. @ copyright 2010 Mark Carlisle

7 Rules I Use in Closing the Sale

As I continue to build my MonaVie business, I have to be reminded of the little things that make it work. This is taken from the book, "How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling."

7 Rules to Close a sale: Chapter 31

1. Save the closing points for the close: Don't use your closing point too early, go through these 4 steps, (A.) Attention (B) Interest (C) Desire (D) Close. Attention- Did you know that 2 servings of fruit a day lowers your chances of Alzheimer's by 76%? Have you had any fruit today? Can you get everything you want doing what you are doing? Interest- Tell a little about your reason for building the MonaVie business. Let them know your Why. Then ask them what they would like to achieve in the next 2 to 5 years. Show the INC 500 piece on MonaVie. Desire- Show them the Income Disclosure Statement, the Treasure Chest, and the flip chart. Close- Ask them to join your team with an initial order and help them go Star ASAP.

2. Summarize: Have the prospect summarize, this puts them into action

3. Use the Magic phrase: How do you like it? It's best to have the prospect answer a couple of "yes" questions before you ask this.

4. Welcome Objections: Don't be caught off guard with objections, welcome them.

5. Why?... in addition to that...? This helps you determine what the real objections are and how many there are.

6. Ask the prospect to write his or her name her.... X________________________
Have the prospect sign the application with an initial order.

7. Get the check or credit card number. Don't be afraid of money. Have every new person start with an initial order and put them on auto ship.

Now I realize that it won't happen like this every time, but it can happen like this if you STP enough!

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