WARNING: Do not visit this site during peak productive hours, spend this time building your network marketing business…. BUT

When you do have some downtime, you will find few places where you could spend your time better than by watching the optical communications mlm training videos that Eric Worre has assembled.  This site contains a collection of his personal thoughts and also interviews with some of the most successful and top money earners in network marketing history.

Just be sure you have an empty notebook and a new pen handy…

www.NetworkMarketingPro.com

Here is a very well put and refreshingly uplifting piece from my good friend Richard Pamplin @ www.TurnProfessional.com

As we move from day to day in the ongoing routine of building our businesses, sometimes it’s easy to forget what it’s all for.

Moving from prospect to prospect and from “no” to “no” can get daunting, boring and tiring, especially if we are committed to a six-day business-building regimen.

But through all the work and toil, it is critical that we not forget how to dream.

While I am a proponent of hard work and persistence, I also recognize that dreams have that special ability to drive us far beyond what we would otherwise normally do.

If the path has grown stale for you, if results are few and far between – take 30 minutes and sit quietly… and dream.

Dream of that day you signed up in your business, full of excitement and hope for the future.

Remember the promises you made. To yourself. To your family. To break the chains of financial bondage once and for all. To spend your time as you will – not as someone else chooses.

To travel and see sights few will ever see in their lifetimes.

To touch other lives and help create freedom for them.

To wake up on any given morning during the week, while the rest of America is hard at work at jobs they hate…

…and sit in the cool of the morning with a good book and a warm cup of coffee, smiling that you are free from the smog and stench of the rat race.

Dreaming about what can be, produces hope. Hope produces faith, and faith produces action, which, when practiced consistently, brings you closer to your new reality.

That reality is out there waiting for you, right now. It’s there for the taking if you want it bad enough.

Never stop walking the path. Never yield to the adversaries of doubt, fear or apathy. You were not meant for a life of mediocrity! You were meant to SOAR.

But even eagles need a push. I hope this little message has pushed you once again out of the nest and into the fight. There is a battle to be won. The stakes couldn’t be any higher.

Just a little farther. Your goal is in sight. You’re tired and you’re  beat up. But your dream is worth fighting for. It was when you signed that application. It still is. The hard work and commitment only makes the victory that much sweeter.

Send me an email or call me if you need reassurance and a friendly voice to remind you that your future is worth fighting for.

The rest of the world is satisfied to take what their boss gives them. Not you.

Now take a deep breath. Smell the warm air. And smile that you’re in the greatest business in the world.

Now back to the fight. Back to the work. Back to the commitment.

You have dreams to catch.

Run Hard, Dream Hard, Serve Well, and Live Free.

- Richard Pamplin

http://networkmarketingpro.com/2009/04/21/nmpro-36-randy-gage-on-the-new-economy

It will be no different with network marketing.  Network marketing as an industry has experience unprecedented success lately and now it’s back to reality.  Yes there are more and more people looking for secondary income so there will be more awareness than ever but those companies and distributors who’s business models were dependent on consumers willingness to part with extra income are going to have a serious wake up call.

Read this article regarding the silicon valley of mlm.

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/03/13/4055768.htm

The following is by Richard Pamplin – www.ElectricBreakthrough.com

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Ecclesiastes 10:15

“Fools are so exhausted by a little work that they can’t even find their way home.”

How many times have we all seen someone sign up for our business so excited they are on the verge of song – only to squander their opportunity and waste your time and theirs? I know from long years of personal experience how frustrating this can be.

The Reality – And The Power – Of The Numbers
As you begin to build your business, you will see that for every 10 or 20 people you talk to, one or two may be motivated enough to change their life and enroll into your business.

And for every ten to twenty people who actually enroll into your business (that means talking to at least 100 people for two minutes each = 200 minutes = an average of just three hours invested into your business), only one or two will ever engage and commit themselves to the journey.

Believe it or not, these are considered outstanding numbers, and they will surely make you rich, should you yourself engage and commit to the journey and stay the course.

Remember, it only takes ONE person who is totally committed to the process heart and soul, no matter what – to make both themselves and YOU filthy, stinking rich.

Quite a thought isn’t it?

Just one.

What if it took you six months to find such a person? A year? Would it be worth it to you? Will your current job make you filthy stinking rich in the next year?

It only takes ONE.

I have learned enough to know that the vast majority of people will, no matter how fantastic the opportunity is, fail to put aside their fears, excuses and self-importance, to actually engage in the business and produce results. The excuses are endless…

I’m too scared

I’m too tired

I’m too busy

I’m too famous

No one knows who I am

I don’t know anybody

I’m too infamous

I’m too good for this

I’m not good enough for this

I deserve more than this

I don’t deserve this

I’m to confused

I don’t know enough about the comp plan, the product, the company…

yadda, yadda, and more yadda…

To a successful person, hearing these excuses is akin to listening to someone scratching their long, craggy fingernails down a chalkboard. It’s highly irritating, has no redeeming characteristics and is completely unnecessary.

We have all heard people give us these excuses before – all the lame “reasons” why this will never work for them – and perhaps, if we’re honest, we have given the same excuses why we cannot succeed to ourselves?

I know I have been guilty of this inexcusable behavior before. But it wasn’t until I began to take personal stock – and personal responsibility – to follow my mentor’s example and engage and commit myself totally to the process of building MY business, vowing to take on the bad and the good with equal commitment no matter what – and followed through with that commitment… that I began to see remarkable results in my business and income.

It really all comes down to one thing…

HOW HUNGRY ARE YOU?

I mean really. Think about it. How completely, totally, desperately, ravenously hungry are you for change in your life?

Are you really hungry? Or just in love with the IDEA of bring hungry? In love with the IDEA of success. You see most people are in a one-sided romance with success.

They dream about it, think about it, fantasize about it…and yet do nothing to bring it about. Has this been anyone you know? Has this per chance been YOU?

There’s GOOD news and BAD news…

First The GOOD News

The good news…in fact the fantastic news…is that you can CHANGE this in your life right here, right now – by making a decision to CHANGE your destructive financial behavior and committing to that change for the long haul.

You don’t need to think about it. You don’t need to ponder it. You don’t need to pray about it (I already prayed for you and God said it was OK!). You don’t need to ask anyone about it.

Now, The BAD News

If you fail to change your thinking, and therefore your actions, you will continue to produce the same results in your life. Is that good news?

Anyone who doesn’t recognize their need for personal change doesn’t belong in any business – period.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “GIVING IT A TRY”!
THERE IS ONLY TOTAL COMMITMENT!

So what do you tell someone who wants to sign up in your business and says to you, “Ill just give it a try for awhile and see if this works…”?

Here’s what you should tell them…

If you plan on just, “Giving it all a try for awhile”, don’t bother! Please don’t waste my time or yours. Stay home, watch The Simpsons, Dancing With The Stars, American Idol and Dog The Bounty Hunter, and stay on your couch broke, struggling, in debt and comfortably miserable.

Because that’s the choice you’re making if you decide to “Give it all a try for awhile”! There is no commitment whatsoever in Giving anything a “try”!

And in the absence of commitment, there can only be one result:

Absolute failure.

It’s Time To Examine Yourself And Your Motives

I will ask you again. Are you hungry? Really, Truly Hungry?
Are you hungry and committed enough…

To accept the inevitable rejection you will face?

To accept occasional ridicule from uninformed minds as you build success in your business?

To treat your business as a business, investing a generous amount of your TIME, EFFORT, FINANCES, DEVOTION AND ENERGY to build permanent wealth?

To run the race all the way to the finish line without quitting?

To completely finish what you begin?

To love others enough to lead them out of their struggle and into a new life?

To work like there is no tomorrow to secure your family’s future and the futures of countless others?

To do whatever It takes to cross the finish line, never again to look back on financial hardship and uncertainty?

Don’t answer “YES!” without carefully examining your motives and willingness to engage and commit to the journey.

And What’s On The Other Side Of All This Hard Work
And Commitment?

Freedom.
Sweet, total, complete  freedom.

What kind of freedom?

Freedom from debt.

Freedom from financial uncertainty.

Freedom from anxiety.

Freedom from insomnia.

Freedom from stress.

Freedom to live in peace.

Freedom to have all bills paid and all debts eliminated forever.

Freedom to pursue adventures you have dreamed about.

Freedom to spend your TIME as you see fit, with those you love most until the day you die.

Now THAT’S a journey worth totally engaging and committing to.

I hope you agree.

Most people, regardless of our attempts to move them, will choose to ignore the call of the leader and choose instead to remain on the sidelines where it is more comfortable – miserable but comfortable.

So be it.

How will you choose? The decision is before you now. Not tomorrow, or a month from today. Now.

Are you hungry for a change? Really, truly hungry? I will close with this short version of a story once told to me by my mentor.

There was once a poor man who, like most other people around him, lived in mediocrity and financial struggle. Day after day, year in and year out, he lived paycheck to paycheck, hand to mouth, and always worried about his present and future.

One day he became so fed up with his circumstances, that he decided it was high-time for a change. He had heard the stories of a wise sage who lived on the highest hilltop by a sparkling river, and was said to be the wealthiest and happiest person in the land.

It was also said that this wise sage possessed all the secrets of success and that he was willing to share them with anyone who would listen – but rarely did anyone venture up the hill to bother speaking with him.

And so the poor man ventured up the hill in search of the wise sage. Upon arriving at the sage’s house, he introduced himself and got right down to business. “Wise sage”, he asked, “what is the ultimate secret of success?”

Without a word the wise sage rose and began walking to the river, saying, “Follow me”. And so the man did.

At the river’s edge, the wise sage said, “Here is the secret of ultimate success and happiness”. Puzzled, the man said, “I don’t understand. The river is the secret?” “Move closer”, the sage told the man, “right up to the very edge of the river’s bank and peer closely into the waters”.

Still not sure what this was all about, but willing to try, the man complied. As he placed his face just above the water’s surface he suddenly felt the sage’s hand around the back of his neck, thrusting the man’s head under the water!

For long seconds, the sage held the man’s head under the water, as the man struggled brutally but in vain. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the sage released his grip and the man, out of air and about to drown, came blasting to the surface gasping in as much precious oxygen as he could.

After a few minutes, the man regained his composure and leered at the sage in disbelief. “Why would you do such a thing to me? I came to you for help and advice and all you did was try to kill me!”

“Not everything is as it seems”, said the wise sage.

“Answer me this question – When you were under the water struggling for your very survival, for your very life – what were you thinking about? Were you thinking about how cold the water was? Why I was doing this to you? How many fish were in the river? What you would have for dinner tomorrow? How busy your life was?” Tell me.”

“The man said, “No I didn’t think about any of those things. All I could think about was getting air! All I could think about was breathing again. I wanted oxygen more than I wanted anything else in the whole world”, said the man.

“And would you have fought to the death to gain that end” asked the sage?

“Of course I would have”, said the man.

“Very good”, said the sage. “When you want your life to change as badly as you want air to breathe…as badly as you want your very life…then you will have it.”

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So what is the lesson?
That when you finally get angry enough about your present circumstances to finally do something about them… when you want change more then you want to breathe…more than you want to go on living…you will have it.

And nothing and no one will stop you.

How hungry are you?

Who am I to say all of this to you?

I am Richard Pamplin.

And I am hungry. I am Ravenous. I Crave change like I crave air. Like I crave my very life. I will run the race until it is finished. I care not how many injuries I will suffer along the path. I will crush my fears beneath my feet. I will laugh at my detractors, knowing it is they not I, who are foolish and unwise. I will overcome all obstacles set before me. I will have my freedom or die.

And I will not be denied.

So who are you?

May God Bless you, and Always Keep You Moving Forward!

Richard Pamplin
210-854-4289
www.ElectricBreakthrough.com

This is just the beginning my friends.  There will be many mlm businesses failing this year as well.  Some will thrive but some will flounder in an ecomomy where people are dumping all the “extras” out of their budget.  Have you adjusted your mlm business plan to take into account the current market conditions?  Don’t do another presentation until you can effectively demonstrate how your business is going to weather the current depression.  Ignoring the situation won’t change it.  Your prospects WILL JOIN your business but only if they believe you and your product and your company are the right place to stake their effort and their money during times when they can’t afford to make a mistake with either.

Figures courtesy of Richard Pamplin – www.TurnProfessional.com

Note: Some figures are approximations from percentages of labor force, with total labor force estimations obtained from recent 10K filing.

Kodak 30,007 1/29/2009 Camera equipment
Oshkosh 1,050 1/29/2009 Automotive
AstraZeneca 6,000 1/29/2009 Pharmaceuticals
Jabil Circuit 3,000 1/28/2009 Electronics
Nissan 110 1/28/2009 Automotive
Ford Motor Co. Credit 1,200 1/28/2009 Financial
Allstate Financial 1,000 1/28/2009 Financial
Boeing 5,500 1/28/2009 Aerospace and Defense
AOL 700 1/28/2009 Technology
Abbott 200 1/28/2009 Pharmaceuticals
Dell unspecified 1/28/2009 Electronics
Starbucks 6,700 1/28/2009 Food Service
Panasonic 650 1/28/2009 Electronics
Avery Dennison 3,600 1/27/2009 Chemicals
Best Buy unspecified 1/27/2009 Retail
Quiksilver 200 1/27/2009 Sporting goods
Corning 49,006 1/27/2009 Technology
3500 full time, 1400 temp
Weyerhaeuser 220 1/27/2009 Paper Products
Baker Hughes 1,500 1/27/2009 Oilfield services
Navistar International 700 1/27/2009 Automotive
Target unspecified 1/27/2009 Retail
Volvo 650 1/27/2009 Automotive
ING Group 7,000 1/26/2009 Financial
John Deere 700 1/26/2009 Industrial Equipment
Sprint Nextel 8,000 1/26/2009 Telecommunications
Home Depot 7,000 1/26/2009 Retail
Caterpillar 20,000 1/26/2009 Industrial equipment
Pfizer 260,003 1/26/2009 Pharmaceuticals
5%-7% of global research unit of 10,000 people
Corus Group 3,500 1/26/2009 Steel
Texas Instrument 3,400 1/26/2009 Electronics
Harley-Davidson 1,100 1/23/2009 Automotive
Polaris Industries 460 1/23/2009 Automotive
American Greetings 200 1/23/2009 Printing
Compass Bank 1,200 1/23/2009 Financial
Schlumberger 5,000 1/23/2009 Oilfield services
Microsoft 5,000 1/22/2009 Technology
Hunstman Corporation 1,175 1/22/2009 Chemicals
Ericsson 5,000 1/21/2009 Telecommunications
BHP Billiton 6,000 1/21/2009 Metals and Mining
Clear Channel Communications 1,850 1/21/2009 Media/Entertainment
Eaton 5,200 1/21/2009 Industrial Manufacturing
UAL Corp 1,000 1/21/2009 Airlines
Intel 60,004 1/21/2009 Electronics
5,000-6,000
GM 3395 1/21/2009 Automotive
30% of hourly staff in NY plant, temporary layoff
Williams-Sonoma 1,400 1/21/2009 Retail
Rohm and Haas 900 1/20/2009 Chemicals
Warner Bros. 800 1/20/2009 Film
Honda 3,100 1/16/2009 Automotive
WellPoint 1,500 1/16/2009 Healthcare
Circuit City 30,000 1/16/2009 Retail
Hertz 4,000 1/16/2009 Auto services
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan 1,000 1/16/2009 Electronics
Advanced Micro Devices 1,100 1/16/2009 Electronics
ConocoPhillips 1,300 1/16/2009 Oil and gas
Google 100 1/15/2009 Technology
Autodesk 750 1/15/2009 Technology
MeadWestvaco Corporation 2,000 1/15/2009 Packaging
Saks Fifth Avenue 1,100 1/15/2009 Retail
Barclay’s 2,100 1/14/2009 Financial
Cummins 800 1/14/2009 Industrial Equipment
Motorola 4,000 1/14/2009 Electronics
Barnes and Noble 100 1/14/2009 Retail
Pfizer 700 1/13/2009 Pharmaceuticals
ING Group 950 1/13/2009 Financial
Neiman Marcus Group 375 1/13/2009 Retail
World Wrestling Entertainment 602 1/9/2009 Entertainment
10%
Boeing 4,500 1/9/2009 Aerospace and Defense
Cessna 2,000 1/9/2009 Aerospace
Dell 1,900 1/8/2009 Electronics
TDK Corp. 8,000 1/8/2009 Electronics
Walgreens 1,000 1/8/2009 Retail
Haliburton unspecified 1/8/2009 Aerospace and Defense
Schlumberger 1,000 1/8/2009 Oilfield services
EMC Corp. 2,400 1/7/2009 Technology
Ethan Allen 350 1/7/2009 Retail
New York & Co. 350 1/7/2009 Retail
Macy’s 900 1/7/2009 Retail
Logitech 5001 1/6/2009 Technology
15%
Alcoa 13,500 1/6/2009 Metals
Cigna 1,100 1/5/2009 Healthcare

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