Six ways to give you the relationship edge in business and in life.

Reading an Article in the Success Magazine I found this great article by Darren Hardy. I think is a great stuff to share with you.

I hope you learn from it like I did.

To your success,

Octavio Ochoa

www.workyourfortune.com

oxyfortune@gmail.com

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 Six ways to give you the relationship edge in business and in life.

  Taken from :  http://blog.success.com/experts/darren-hardy/fake-it-till-you-make-it/

1. Be real, be transparent, be authentic and be yourself… I mean your REAL self. Too often people spend incredible amounts of energy trying to project themselves as something they’re not. Most of their conversation is spent trying to impress and they think they have everyone snookered.

Here is the reality: no one is fooled. People are always transparent… even when they think they aren’t. I’m sure you meet people all the time who say all the right things, look the part, but you just know, in your gut, even if you can’t put your intellectual finger on it, that they are full of hooey.

We are all intuitive and sensitive beings. We can feel the truth. We can sense authenticity and we can sense when it isn’t present. Projecting pretense only pushes people away from you—quickly and regularly. Your real self—the one that isn’t king of the hill, has fears, is concerned about family and has a genuine passion for a product, service or helping other people succeed—is far more attractive to people than anything else.

I think the era of “fake it till you make it” of the ‘80s and ‘90s has passed. People are smarter today and more than ever are looking for authenticity. Now let me be clear, no matter where you are in your business, in your financial success or in life, I DO want you to start dressing the part and walking the walk. I want you to start representing your elevated self. I want those things to be demonstrations of your new commitment to be better, show up better and live better. I’m talking about not fibbing on the truth.

2. Treat people… like people. I remember a mentor of mine when I was in real estate corrected me on this. I was having a discussion and I showed him my “Hit List” of target prospects. He said, “Hit List?  Who wants to be your next HIT?! These are real people, real families, who will be going through one of the most emotional transactions of their life, involving the most valuable asset they own—their home. Not until this list is considered the list of those families whom you will help, protect and fight for next, will they be interested in what you have to say.” That was great advice. It is not just semantics; it is an entirely different philosophy, mindset and emotional approach to every conversation and human interaction.

Don’t treat people like targets, capital, pawns or even prospects or just customers. Treat people like people… people with real desires, fears, hopes, wishes, worries, dreams and ambitions… just like you.

3. Take a sincere interest in other people. The best way to do this is to talk less and listen more. Make fewer statements, ask more questions. Everyone wants to work on their script: What do I say? Instead, it’s better to work on your questions. What questions will draw people out so they talk about their real values, interests, hopes and desires. Once others express what they really want, it’s much easier to match your potential solution to their real and personally expressed needs.

4. Always be positive. Be the one who brightens a room and every conversation you enter. It is easy to pile on to a complaint fest or add to the rousing gossip, but you will actually be perceived better by others if you don’t join them in that talk.

I am always supremely impressed when I witness someone turn down the opportunity to talk negatively about someone else, even if it would have been only to agree with the one speaking or join the company of misery talk.

Let your reputation and brand become those of positivity, grace and class. These rare qualities are what people look for in others. Be the standout.

5. Recognize others. Give people honest and sincere appreciation. Take a page from Catherine the Great’s book: “Praise loudly, blame softly.” Catch people doing things right and acknowledge them. Congratulate others on their accomplishments; celebrate others’ victories. Find at least a dozen ways to compliment, congratulate or appreciate someone else’s work, contribution or successes every day.

Be so busy giving other people recognition that you don’t need any yourself. Do that and people will swarm to you like bees to honey.

6. Give. Most people are only after getting… and they wonder why they don’t. Look for ways to contribute, provide, help, offer and assist. This goes back to the golden rule of relationships that Zig Ziglar taught us, “You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” Give first, give often and give last. Give, give and give.

I see my relationships as bank accounts (psychologically, not emotionally), the more I deposit the more valuable I am to that person and the more I have on account with them. There might come a time when I need to make a small withdrawal, but I always want to be on the positive side of the ledger. My objective is to create a great surplus of wealth in as many accounts (or people) as possible by depositing as much as I can as often as I can.

This is how I use social media and my blog. All I want to do is give value, distribute value and contribute value, not to sell, promote or “get.” I use those platforms to help, serve, give and contribute. Each tweet, each posting on Facebook, each article on this blog, is completely focused on providing ideas, insights and resources to help people become more successful. As a result, I think, if the numbers and comments you leave me don’t lie, I am perceived to be a very valuable relationship for tens of thousands of people. Very rarely do I recommend something I own or benefit from, and if I do it’s because I know it will serve the subject we are discussing and the other person’s goals or objectives.

That is what I recommend you do—seek to help, give, assist, empower and support. Build a reputation as one who wants to give and help others… and as Zig promises, in return you will GET everything you want in life.

What are your best tips on making quality connections and building meaningful professional relationships? Share your ideas in the comments below.

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Feel free to get in touch at anytime, sharing great ideas and teaching others is very rewarding to me,

To your success,

Octavio Ochoa

www.facebook.com/bringlifeon

www.oxyfortune.com

www.21tenusa.com

 

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Education you Can Take to The Bank. Network Marketing the 4 Year Career.

Folks, today I want to  share this great article written by a master in this topic, Richard Brooke. Times have changed so education need to change too. Network marketing is a practical career for people who want to follow the wind of changes. While in traditional education  students need to spend a whole life studying to at the end obtain a degree and then start looking for a job, in network marketing student start one day and he goes earning while he is learning,you can be gratudated after 4 years and then retire with a powerful source of residual income. Read with attention because it gives some clues to real prosperity. To your Success, Octavio Ochoa www.workyourfortune.com www.facebook.com/bringlifeon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- An Education You Can Take to the Bank

I listen with interest each year, as parents share their angst over the rising costs of sending their kids off to college. It’s not just parents of college-aged kids; it’s a topic on the hearts and minds of nearly every parent at some point. After all, doesn’t a college education guarantee a successful future? After barely graduating high school with a D average (and only after I cheated off my best friend’s Civics final), it was no surprise that college wasn’t in the cards for me. It’s not that I didn’t have the intelligence or ambition. In fact, I wanted the benefits of a lucrative career. I just lacked the patience to muddle through more of what I had just escaped. Sound familiar to any of you? As luck would have it, early in my career path I was introduced to Network Marketing and embarked on a whole new kind of education. Coincidentally, it wasn’t until halfway through my fourth year that I began to really apply what I was learning and experienced phenomenal results. And the rest, as they say, is history.  IMAGINE a whole new kind of college education ... Money magazine reports that colleges nationwide continue to jack up tuition four times faster than the inflation rate. With college costs escalating — and average salaries dropping — you may find yourself asking: Is a college education worth the price?   THE CURRENT PARADIGM LOOKS LIKE THIS: You save a substantial amount in your child’s first 18 years to pay the $25,000 to $50,000 a year for him or her to earn a four-year degree. Often, there is no clear outcome in mind; no clear career plan or income path. They go to school for four years, studying many of the same subjects they did in high school: history, math, English, etc. They earn little or no income. Had they held a full-time job, this lost income would be more than $100,000 over those four years. Lost income plus expenses adds up to $200,000 to $300,000 per child. And you are out the cash with no recourse … keeping your fingers crossed that your investment will pay off for them. They graduate from college having learned how to get — and hopefully keep — a J.O.B. working for someone else. For those of us acquainted with the harsh realities of the workaday world, there is little security in that. WHAT IF IT LOOKED LIKE THIS: A university staffed by people who love to give back — teachers, coaches and mentors. Many are successful Network Marketing leaders who live a life of choice and contribution. The economic paradigm shift is staggering. Using the Network Marketing model, the UNIVERSITY is a distributor in your favorite MLM company. You would sponsor the University, which in turn would sponsor your child. There is no tuition. The University earns based on how successful the student becomes. It earns on as many different distributorships as it has students. There are hundreds of MLM companies involved, and therefore thousands of income centers funneling in. With no significant overhead except for staff, the University is very profitable. You are not out any tuition and the University stands to earn — potentially forever — based on the efforts of your child. Plus, you get to invest the $100,000 you would have spent and watch it grow. Your child learns invaluable life skills, like leadership, self-motivation, public speaking, listening, sales, self-esteem building, team building, project management and all aspects of marketing. Your child works all four years to build his or her own Network Marketing Empire. They learn how to market themselves and their products; how and where to find prospects, to approach and language their offers, to give effective presentations, to speak powerfully to groups, and manage their business profits/losses and growth. They are held accountable to hit their numbers each week: numbers of approaches, presentations and new representatives. Graduation is achieved by reaching a specific level in the comp plan, with a residual income of $4,000 to $5,000 a month — which exceeds the average first-year income for most college grads. If they do not graduate, they “stay in school” until they get it. Upon graduation your child is free to design their own life, either continuing in Network Marketing, or pursuing a full-time career. What could you have done with your life had you graduated college with a residual income of $4,000 to $5,000 a month? Would you have chosen the same career path you did, or would you have done something more fun and rewarding? How would you have invested that extra income over the past 10, 20, or 30 years? How much more net worth would you have? How different would your parents lives be, had they redirected tuition into their own financial freedom and fun? How would their lives be different had you earned them $4,000 to $5,000 a month since college? I am NOT advocating that a college education is NOT valuable. It is. And if the student has an entrepreneurial spirit, they are likely to be in business for themselves eventually anyway. Why burden them (and your bank account) with a traditional algebra education, which they may never use. Think Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison and Richard Branson — none of whom have college degrees, yet are wildly successful. Since the MLM University does not yet exist, you can start your kids on this path by instilling the principles of Network Marketing early on. Create a vision for your own success and you will naturally model for them what is possible. Then mentor and encourage them to achieve their own greatness. Now there’s an education you can take to the bank. --------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you  for reading this great article , I hope it show you a path to achieve the freedom we all deserve. Feel free to get in touch with me. Sincerely, Octavio Ochoa oxyfortune@gmail.com www.oxyfortune.com

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21TEN LifeShotz Business Overview.

What Really Works in Building your MLM Empire ?

  In this Article I would like to  learn from you that are reading.

What really works ?

 I would like to hear from your personal Experience.

How many times have you started an MLM business?

How many times have yuo failed ?

When was that really got it ?

What you started doing different ?

What system did you started using ?

I would like to hear your sincere opinion , your challenges , your accomplishents .

I hope to learn a lot from what you have done.

Sincerely ,

 

Octavio Ochoa

oxyfortune@gmail.com

www.workyourfortune.com

 

 

 

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Hi Folks, I invite you to watch this great interview by Richard Brooke to Michael Clouse and Les Brown.

Learn from this 3 Giants .

To your Success,

Octavio Ochoa

www.WorkYourFortune.com

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The Character to Lead

 

World history is full of powerful leaders; men and women who changed the direction of societies, business and culture. Nothing is more valuable to our society’s health. Yet today, leadership often feels like a missing link in business, politics, religion, education and even the family.

Sure, leadership exists. But it is seldom the kind of long-term guidance that inspires us to move powerfully in a direction that we would not necessarily move on our own initiative. And often, it lacks energy and deliberate, purposeful action.

A Vision That Contributes

More than anything, a leader has a crystal-clear Vision that is compelling enough, and contributes enough, to inspire us to pursue it. Not only do leaders have a clear Vision, they are a clear Vision to those they endeavor to lead. And they communicate in such a way that the Vision stays on the forefront of our hearts and minds.

A Vision is a living-color picture of a goal — one you can see, hear, smell, taste, and feel — held as a powerful, inevitable expectation. Visions are goals for which we are on a collision course to blow right through, and our motivation is sourced in them.

A leader listens in such a way that we feel heard; not necessarily agreed with, but at least heard and honored. They also ask us to do things that, if left to our own thinking, we would consider unreasonable, impossible or outrageous. Not things that violate our values — on the contrary, things that actually honor our values.

As a result of whom they are, and how they speak and act, leaders cause us to feel stronger, happier, more “on fire” about our future. And this motivation prompts us to be powerful in our pursuits.

Character That Withstands Scrutiny

Leaders act with the ethics, morals, character and principles that are expected by their followers. A leader’s actions are consistent with his or her promises. We can count on a leader to have the integrity to be who they say they are, and to share themselves wholly and authentically — their fears, their weaknesses, their strengths and their power.

A leader stays on the path of personal and character development, knowing that none of us ever arrive. They understand that as soon as we act as if we have no room to grow, we lose our power to lead.

Just Do It ... Anyway

All great endeavors are fraught with risk and adversity. Leaders are powerfully motivated by their Visions to stay on course to their goals, regardless of the obstacles. They are eternally enthusiastic. They have the courage to face their fears and go where others are afraid to go.

Leaders generate the physical wellness and energy to do the work. They possess the persistence to immediately regroup and relaunch when needed. They unleash their innate creativity to solve problems and adopt positive interpretations of all circumstances. Their journey is not dependent on what anyone thinks or whether anyone follows. They just do it ... anyway!

I believe that leadership is the greatest profession of the 21st century. Nowhere will it be more richly rewarded than in the people-enrichment business. That’s our business, and I challenge you to step out and take it on. You’ll love the adventure.

Recently I had the opportunity to interview two such leaders … individuals who levitated themselves out of poverty, impoverishment and childhoods that – although maybe not the worst we have ever heard about – certainly qualify as upbringings we would not wish on anyone. 

Somewhere along their paths, someone – it is always someone – introduced them to the idea that you can influence your path in life by influencing your thoughts … that you can downright reinvent yourself with enough fresh, clear and passionate input from inspirational sources.

These two leaders-of-leaders have not only risen to great levels of personal and financial success, but have dedicated their lives to being the “someone” for others.

Michael Clouse is the author of Future Choice, The Fifth Principle, and Learning the Business, and is an internationally acclaimed keynote, personal development and motivational speaker.  

Les Brown hardly needs an introduction. He resides in that rarified air of speakers, coaches, authors and sages occupied by only a few. He is one of our society’s greatest story tellers and greatest success stories.

Invest an hour while you are working or exercising and let these two miracles into your heart and mind. If I were selling it, it would be worth … well, a lot.

Check it out here.

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What's Working Now ! The New Mike Dillard's System.

What Are You Going To Do Once You Finally Realize You Blew It... Hey Folks... It's Tuesday evening and I've just been sitting here with a bowl of soup, going through the 1,700+ comments that people took the time to write on the "What's Working Now" blog over the last week... It's sad in many ways... To see that so many people have the same problem and story...  Over, and over, and over again, every post is the same...   "Too much too learn and do, too little time to do it in. Not sure what to do next, or where to turn. Lost. Frustrated. Confused." I completely feel these people and their frustrations. In fact, my own overload is what inspired "WWN". But after thinking about it, things could be worse for two reasons... 1: At the end of the day, it's a GOOD problem to have. Having too MANY great options for traffic and marketing, is a helluva lot better, than having too few. 2: There's a simple solution now available which is designed to specifically solve the information overload problem for you. And yes, obviously I'm referring to the "What's Working Now Short-Cut System".  BUT! Here's what get's under my skin, and makes me worry about some people... I'm a logical person Octavio, and if someone tells me, "I've got this problem", and then I hand them a quick, cheap, and easy solution that carries ZERO risk on their part... I logically assume they will acquire that solution, as quickly as possible. If they don't, it makes me wonder what the REAL issue is... Because that's called "self-sabotage." Unless you're Super Man, you have this problem like myself and everyone else. Money is not an excuse because it's only $9.95 to try. You can't point the finger at fear, because it's has an unconditional 30 day guarantee. If you think it's complete horse-shit, that's fine. But at least you tried it first hand to know that. That I can respect. Declaring your problems, followed up by laziness and inaction, I cannot. And that makes me wonder what the hell you're going to do when you wake up next week, and realize you BLEW your chance to solve a problem that only gets WORSE, as you become MORE successful. When you realize, that getting access to "What's Working Now" is no longer an option for you, or for anyone else... And that you're now stuck, and on your own. Anyway... I've said my peace for today. If you haven't stopped to take 15 minutes to at least educate yourself about something incredible that will make your life better, and improve your business, then do so right now before it's too late.  --> See How "WWN" Can Help You  <;--- We're closing this out on Friday with or without you. That's less than 72 hours from now. Your local gremlin hunter...    Mike Dillard

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