One Year Ago Today……
Exactly one year ago today, I was sitting at my wife’s bedside, watching her lie in pain on her hospital bed. Rosemary had just been through 6 hours of surgery to remove cancer from her breast. It was a complicated surgery and, although it had went well, it had obviously taken a toll on her fragile body.
And today I look at her, vibrant, full of life, and I thank God for every minute I have with her. Ours is a story of survival. We are one of the lucky couples, because Rosemary’s cancer was caught early.
I have never been a terribly spiritual person, although I do have my own beliefs that I keep private. But I do believe in a higher power, my “God” as it were. And I do think that last year God had a hand in steering our lives in a certain direction.
Let me explain.
In late November of 2007, Rosemary was due to have her annual mammogram at a local radiology office. We were not yet married, and this office was closest to her home. We knew that they didn’t have the latest advanced imaging equipment (digitized imaging), but thought it didn’t matter much, since it was just a routine screening. There was no history to suggest otherwise.
The day of her appointment, I drove Rosemary to the Center to get her mammogram. As we entered, they informed us that their only imaging machine had broken down again, and we would have to reschedule. I was upset at the inconvenience, and told Rosemary that we should go elsewhere.
Close to my home was a new, state-of-the-art breast imaging center, and we made the new appointment. It was here that, using advanced digital imaging, they found Rosemary’s cancer, almost undetectable but definitely suspicious.
The technician and doctors at the Center told us that, if she had done her usual screening using the older, antiquated imaging machines that they had at the first Center, it was a virtual certainty that the cancer would have gone undetected for another year.
And the results would have been much, much different.
Although caught early, it was an aggressive cancer and had already started to spread. But following four surgeries and other treatments, Rosemary has been given an excellent prognosis. 
Why do I tell you all this?
Because both Rosemary and I feel that God has given us a second chance at life together. We felt his hand in guiding us to the proper treatment that day. And we feel a renewed meaning in our lives to GIVE BACK to others in as many ways as we can.
Believe it or not, this is one of the main reasons that we are extremely driven to succeed in our quest to become financially independent.… no- make that RICH – in our home business opportunity.
Because when you make more money, you can give more away.
We understand that making a great deal of money will come with certain material benefits to us. But we are especially driven to finding just and noble causes to which to give a large part of our new-found wealth.
We believe that God has other plans for us, rather than to just go from day-to-day in our 9-5 job making mediocre pay.
We plan on making millions, and then giving most of it away.
To leave this Earth a better place than when we entered.
Just two people, looking to make as big a difference as possible.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to us. We have found our path and our mission.
To YOUR success, and to finding YOUR mission in this world!
Global Internet Business Coach and Mentor
The ONE Quality That Separates The Top Earners From The Also Rans
I attended a Wealth Conference last week in beautiful, sunny Marco Island, FL. At this conference, we received a lot of great financial information and investment tips, things that will change the way I invest and grow my money during these tough economic times.
At every Conference, you hope to pick up a few “gold nuggets” that will change your life positively in some way, either in marketing, finance, or some other phase of your life.
So I attended this Wealth Conference, figuring that the gold nuggets I received would be something in the area of investing or wealth creation. And true to form, I received many at this Conference.
But I also received a gold nugget for my marketing business, one that I was not expecting nor even looking for.
Rosemary and I went down to Marco Island a day early to enjoy the sun and warm weather (leaving behind the 20 degree deep freeze of New York City!). We decided to go for a stroll on the beach, and along the way we ran into Mr. Greg Davison.
Greg is a friend from our network marketing opportunity, and he is one of the top earners in our company. We started chatting with Greg about our business, and he graciously spent about 30 minutes dissecting our business with us: what we were doing, what we were not doing, how we went about this and that.
It’s a real eye opener when you actually describe what you do to someone else!
After a while, Greg got a really serious look on his face, told us that we were doing everything that top earners do to succeed in network marketing.
Except for one thing.
And it is this ONE THING that most people in network marketing and MLM miss.. and why they ultimately crash and burn.
Your ready?
Here is what Greg told me.
He said that we lacked POSTURE. Hmmmm…….
At first I thought maybe I was slouching or hunched over.
But he went on to explain that he was talking about POSITIONING, how you present yourself to others looking at your opportunity. In other words, PRESENCE.
It’s the one quality that all top earners have, and it’s probably the hardest to acquire.
Why?
Because it’s more of a mindset issue than simply a matter of studying a marketing technique.
It’s believing that you are a TRUE LEADER, and someone who can help almost ANYONE succeed in your business opportunity.
It’s about having that presence or posture that your time is valuable, you only work with people really serious about making money, and if that’s not you, step aside.
It’s not arrogance. It’s not meanness.
It’s a kind of cockiness (but in a good way), extreme self confidence that you are the leader this person has been looking for.
So how do you acquire PRESENCE?
As with most anything else in Network Marketing and life, for that matter…. it’s a PROCESS.
A process that starts with knowledge, continues with experience, and ends with the mindset of self assurance and leadership.
So as the Conference continued, I cornered several of the top earners in our company.
I asked them one simple question.
“Is there any material I can study to push me closer to attaining that PRESENCE or POSTURE? Some product out there that made a difference to you, a top earner as you made your way to the top?”
One product was mentioned by EVERY SINGLE PERSON I SPOKE WITH.
The Magnetic Sponsoring product, BLACKBELT RECRUITING, by Mike Dillard.
Each person specifically mentioned this product as being one of the reasons that they developed the presence they needed to get and stay at the top.
So I purchased Blackbelt Recruiting, it arrived today, and guess what I’LL be doing all weekend.
I can’t wait to dive into it.
I’ll let you know what I think.
Not sure if I will be putting it on my Recommended Resource list just yet.
We’ll see.
So don’t run out and buy it just yet. But you can get a FREE VIDEO from Mike DIllard about some of the things we’ve been discussing today.
Just go to this Blackbelt Recruiting page and click on the link for the FREE VIDEO.
They are terrific!
To your success!
Bob
This is the business that I make my wealth.
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