When Life Takes You Out For The Count…

by David King on February 27, 2013

in Blogging, Motivation

I’ve seen and heard a lot of crazy stories in life about how people were ‘dead and gone’ or had completely failed only to rise from the ashes from what they thought was the fire of their demise.

When life takes you out for the count you have two options, to react, respond or to freeze.

To react is to take the ‘flight’ route, to respond is to take the ‘fight’ route, to freeze is to take the ‘whatever happens happens route’ which most victims take.

Most people run, or play the victim.

But some people fight.

This is one of those stories…

Ross Capicchioni lived through something that most of us couldn’t even imagine, and to be in court while people are praising your shooter right in front of you? How do you think that would feel?

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One thing that he learned and I learned again by watching this is that how you live your life is completely your choice, if you choose to react or respond is your choice and how you flow through (or to not flow through) life’s deepest challenges and darkest days is still up to you.

So take responsibility, stop telling yourself the same old story of pain, sorrow, regret and how you’ve been wronged and fight for your life, for something you believe in, for change, for that positive shift.

Realize that you have had a second chance at life, at change, and at fulfilling your ultimate purpose for being here, your destiny.  You don’t need to get shot multiple times to remember that life is short and precious, just hearing his story reminds you of that! So take what time you have and use it for the betterment of yourself, of the people on the planet, and the planet itself.

And remember… You are always right on the cusp of a big breakthrough… keep going.

Stay inspired.

David King

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How Network Marketing Can Be A Dead End Job

by David King on February 18, 2013

in Network Marketing

As you may or may not know, i’m a huge fan of the network marketing business model.  I believe it has a lot of potential and gives anyone the ability to grow and create a sustainable income stream from home with a very small investment.

There are hiccups on the network marketing path though, if you decide to take that path.  Having been in probably 10 or more network marketing companies and having failed over and over again, and finally had some success I can give you a few pointers as to how to avoid these pitfalls and find a network marketing company that you can have success with faster.

One of the biggest pitfalls I see network marketers have is they are short-sighted, they get blinded by the flash, the money and the big promises for growth, huge income and massive success overnight.  The problem with these flashy ‘get rich quick’ pitches is that the person does not join the business for the true passion and underlying belief that this resonates with their spirit and their soul moving forward.  If something just appeals to you on a monetary level it wil probably be short lived and not give you much fulfillment or real satisfaction.

Having been in multiple network marketing companies and failed multiple times myself I have realized looking back that I joined most companies in order to ‘earn money’ as opposed to make a difference, help people and truly promote and endorse something I believe in that I believe can change the world. The possibilites are limitless, but so are the pitches… So listen with your heart instead of your ego, it’s a very important thing to keep in mind when deciding to work with a company.

If you listen to your ego, you will pay more attention to the compensation plan and flash than the actual business, products, services and heart of the company.  This will turn into a dead end job that is uninspired and unfulfilled faster than you can microwave a muffin.

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The biggest lesson I have learned is to truly resonate with the company you work with on a mind, body and spirit level.  When you resonate something your belief in it shines through and you sell and grow much faster.  The biggest believers of their mission sell it best and grow fastest.  If you truly believe in something you will find a way to sell it. grow it, spread it and share it further and further.

If you don’t resonate with something, don’t believe it fully or are in it just for the compensation plan do you really think you will sell a lot of it? long-term?

Now that I have learned this, I have chosen to work with a great company that has a spectacular top quality product line that really resonates with me.  Not only that but a percentage of the profits go to the ACEER foundation to help preserve the amazon rainforest and to help the people in the Peruvian region of the amazon rainforest.

This resonated with me, especially since I believe in the products and realize how important the amazon rainforest is.  The amazon rainforest gives the planet 25% of the worlds oxygen, it literally is the lungs of our planet.  Not only that but out of the 3% or so of the plants that have been researched about a third (33%) of the medical problems in America have a plant out of that 3% that has been researched that it has medicinal use for.

Think about that, do you think the oxygen and medicinal value of these plants is extremely valuable? I think so.

This resonated with me, as a health conscious and eco-friendly person it resonated at a much deeper level than a ‘that compensation plan is sexy’ type of level.

It resonated with my mind, my body, and my spirit.

I believe you have to truly resonate with something, believe in it fully and hustle to grow and expand.

Live your life, live your greatness, and find your resonance.

Until next time… Pura Vida!

David King

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Network marketing is an amazing industry with a lot of potential, anyone who is hungry can start with barely anything (say, 100 bucks a month) and a lot of drive, determination and hunger to succeed and they can become massively successful in a network marketing company of their choice.

The sad truth though is that most network marketers fail. Why is this? You could blame it on the lack of leadership, the lack of one’s ability to sell, or the lack of passion, hunger or desire to stay persistent long enough to make it work. There are people earning 10 bucks a month, and there are people earning $150,000 a month all in the same industry as ‘network marketers.’

I’m no network marketing guru, I haven’t made millions in network marketing (yet, I will though) and in fact… I would be a better person to ask online marketing, information marketing or affiliate marketing questions too… That’s all changing though since i’ve decided to dedicate more time and energy into becoming a successful network marketer. It’s a long story, but i’ve been in probably about 10 or more network marketing companies and have only had little success in each company i’ve been in… barely anything really.

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But persistence pay’s off and in this most recent company i’m in i’ve had the most success i’ve had yet with last month being my best month in network marketing yet.

Over the years, and through the companies I have recognized a few patterns that separate the massively successful from those who are struggling to make enough commission to cover their autoship to take a product they wouldn’t necessarily buy otherwise.

The first differentiating factor is that those who are very successful in network marketing seem to always without a doubt have a much bigger network and they seem to take networking very seriously. They go to events, seminars, conferences and are ABN (Always be networking) as they constantly build their network.

The larger your network the better the chances someone resonates with what you are doing and decides to join you in the business you ar pursuing right? Yes! of course, at the same time if you get smart about how you network you can begin to network in areas where your network marketing products or services are more relevant. For example, if you sell health products it would make sense to network at health events and frequently network and meet more people in this area right?

Makes sense.

If you sell cell phone or internet services then maybe connecting to a tech/digital crowd may make more sense. If you sell candles maybe connecting with the etsy or work from home crafty type of mom. Whatever your market is looking for is important to keep in mind, if you just show up at those places it’s a natural fit.

So network, network your ass off. Network daily, network weekly, network monthly. I’ve spent so many hours networking both online and offline that I have enough people in my network that I actually want to scale back and focus on following up and helping my current network. There are plenty of ‘leads’ or people interested out there, it’s up to you and how much you network that determines how many are readily available to you at any given moment.

The second reason most people fail in network marketing is because they don’t market/advertise/sell their products. They rely solely on trying to get people into the business and this is an imbalanced and unreliable way to build a sustainable long-term business in my opinion.

Ask yourself, if this product/service were for sale without the business opportunity attached would I buy, sell or recommend this to my friends and family? If you wouldn’t buy or recommend it without the compensation plan then it’s time to move on to find something that resonates with you at a deeper level.

Having products or services that deliver a USP in the marketplace is great because you can create content, ads and an overall marketing plan to sell those products/services on a daily basis. If you recruit someone new into your business to sell that’s great, but if you can sell the products daily as well as recruit that’s even better because your business has a good balance and even if you didn’t get distributors selling under you it wouldn’t matter. You could still earn an income selling the products and getting lifetime commissions whenever those referrals reorder.

That’s how it started with me, I started selling the herbs that I recommend just because it was a natural fit with the holistic lifestyle and health approach for me in my life. I make good extra money just selling the products, and anyone can write articles, create videos, publish ebooks and share those in order to sell products.

So there are two takeaways, first… network more and share the value of something (a company and product) that truly resonates with you. If all you find yourself thinking about is the compensation plan and money then it probably won’t last long… If the company, products and services resonate with you and if you would buy them regardless of the compensation plan attached then that is truly something that is worth pursuing.

So Network, Network… NETWORK.

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Create content, articles, videos, advertisements, marketing materials, ebooks etc… Create content and information that works for you online selling these products/services 24/7/365.

IF you do these two things on a daily basis your success in your network marketing company will grow day by day and year by year.

Stay persistent, Stay Humble, Stay focused in your heart.

Pura Vida!

David King

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The Fire,The Wardrobe & Why Entrepreneurs ROCK

January 21, 2013

Two of my family members could have very easily died the  other day, they could have burned to death in a fire if it wasn’t for my brother stepping outside at the right time. It started with my mom working out of my brother’s house, she was visiting this side of the state to see [...]

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