I was on Skype one afternoon with my family that lives clear across the country. My son positioned his laptop so that I could watch my 2 year old granddaughter strut down the stairs with her big news.
“Look at me, Grandma. I have big girl panties on. I’m a Big Girl now!”
In the blink of an eye she had gone from Pampers to Cinderella underwear. She was excited about letting go of baby things and moving into a little girl world. Everything about her declared, “I love growing up!”
It’s mystifying why a toddler would even prefer a wet diaper over Cinderella panties? Why is it that she was able to talk in complete paragraphs and yet seem oblivious to a soggy diaper? Who understands the strong contradictions within one so small?
Actually, I do understand.
In my Personal Growth and Development journey, I really can understand how a child acts like a big girl one moment and in the next moment is pleading for her pacifier. Anyone who is really honest understands the fear and resistance that can surface unexpectedly when you’re challenged or overwhelmed.
Sadly, I’ve seen people give up on themselves instead of pushing through the old patterns that hold them back.
Learning the skills of a Professional Network Marketer can be overwhelming. There are:
Communication Skills
1. Learning to listen
2. Learning how to build trust
3. Learning to identify personalities
4. Learning skillful ways to engage and enroll.
Technology Skills
1. Basic computer skills
2. What to do when things don’t work.
Compensation Plans
1. Binaries, matrixes, unilateral, levels and generations.
2. Knowing the number of active team members it will take in your downline to earn 10K per month residual income. Inquiring minds will want to know.
Product Understanding
1. Whether its nutrition, skin care, or anything-in-between, you obviously must understand your product.
2. Where to go for specialized information.
Marketing Skills
1. Leads generation.
2. Social media: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc.
3. Branding
It takes daily Focus on WHY you want to do network marketing, especially when experiencing frustration, fear, or overwhelm. It takes daily Diligence and Self-Discipline to continue on a pathway of Personal Growth and Development.
It takes Desire and Perseverance to keep the big girl panties on and to NOT revert back to old ways which are more comfortable but taking you to nowhere.
The end result is the same exhilaration expressed by my little granddaughter when she was coming down the stairs.
“Look at me. I’m a big girl now!”
To your success,
Margi Starr
937-360-9203
http://margistarr.com
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
What's Your Story? Building Your Business through the Art of Storytelling
Our lives are made up of stories.
We share stories over the backyard fence about raising teenagers.
* “My daughter was out past her curfew and I knew I shouldn’t have trusted that kid she was dating. The guy with the baggy pants that looked like they were gonna fall down!”
We paint pictures with words when we’re sharing memories at family reunions.
* “Remember when we snuck out of the house and went skinny dipping down by the creek?”
Everyone likes to hear a good story, but there are some key elements to telling a good one. Here are some suggestions that will bring your story out.
* Give it real emotion and human interest. Some personality types have energetic voices; some are more monotone and flat. Ask for feedback from those who will give you their honest opinion.
* Tell it like a story. Your business story is more than molecular structures of your products or the percentages on your levels. When you see people yawning in your audience, it may be that your presentation is duller than dirt.
* Be genuine. This is YOUR story. It has to be credible and not pie-in-the-sky. It shouldn’t sound like it came out of a network marketing textbook.
* Use colorful adjectives and adverbs instead of tired, overused ones. Let your words reflect your personality and passion.
* Be succinct. A story can start out really good, but if it goes on and on people will start looking at their watches. Rambling is a sure fire way to have people moving towards the door. Keep it short enough to hold their attention.
* Write your story down and practice it until you become comfortable sharing it. The hours you spend practicing it in front of the bathroom mirror will be well worth it.
Your story is the most POWERFUL tool you have in your toolbox. Your story is YOU!
If you're wanting to learn additional skills that will build your business click here.
To Your Success,
Margi Starr
937-360-9203 anytime
We share stories over the backyard fence about raising teenagers.
* “My daughter was out past her curfew and I knew I shouldn’t have trusted that kid she was dating. The guy with the baggy pants that looked like they were gonna fall down!”
We paint pictures with words when we’re sharing memories at family reunions.
* “Remember when we snuck out of the house and went skinny dipping down by the creek?”
Everyone likes to hear a good story, but there are some key elements to telling a good one. Here are some suggestions that will bring your story out.
* Give it real emotion and human interest. Some personality types have energetic voices; some are more monotone and flat. Ask for feedback from those who will give you their honest opinion.
* Tell it like a story. Your business story is more than molecular structures of your products or the percentages on your levels. When you see people yawning in your audience, it may be that your presentation is duller than dirt.
* Be genuine. This is YOUR story. It has to be credible and not pie-in-the-sky. It shouldn’t sound like it came out of a network marketing textbook.
* Use colorful adjectives and adverbs instead of tired, overused ones. Let your words reflect your personality and passion.
* Be succinct. A story can start out really good, but if it goes on and on people will start looking at their watches. Rambling is a sure fire way to have people moving towards the door. Keep it short enough to hold their attention.
* Write your story down and practice it until you become comfortable sharing it. The hours you spend practicing it in front of the bathroom mirror will be well worth it.
Your story is the most POWERFUL tool you have in your toolbox. Your story is YOU!
If you're wanting to learn additional skills that will build your business click here.
To Your Success,
Margi Starr
937-360-9203 anytime
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Are you at the bottom of life?
We do not choose the family we are born into. Some are born into homes of luxury; some are born in homes of despair. Many of us are born somewhere in the middle.
We start making choices as children. We choose our friends, we choose our favorite TV shows, and we choose the picture in our minds of what we’ll be when we grow up.
I mentor a third grader. This little boy has already decided that he is the one who gets the D’s and F’s. His father was in prison so he already knows street smart terminology. He had never been to a library or even a movie theater until I became his mentor. Even as a third grader, he’s at the bottom of life.
The likelihood of this little guy moving up from the bottom is slim, but not impossible. Unless he learns to hold his head up, his future is bleak. Opportunity will not be recognized even if it stares him in the face. His eyes have already been conditioned to look at the ground instead of the sky.
There are others who are able to break through the invisible chains that they were born with. Despite poverty, or abuse, or tragedy, they are somehow able to rise up out of their circumstances. Even in the midst of great odds, some find ways to break the chains and begin to own their life.
It might come through formal education. And then it might not. Maybe it comes because of an adult who believed for him, until he could believe for himself.
Once DESIRE takes over, nothing can hold that child back from achieving the greatness that was placed within him at conception.
Imagination kicks in, circumstances begin to align, and even the child who many said would be at the bottom of life, can rise to the top.
It all comes back to what goes on in the mind.
If you are serious about rising to the top in your business, you'll find some great information in my free e-book. You'll find it at http://margistarr.com
Your friend for life,
Margi Starr
937-360-9203 anytime
http://margistarr.com
We start making choices as children. We choose our friends, we choose our favorite TV shows, and we choose the picture in our minds of what we’ll be when we grow up.
I mentor a third grader. This little boy has already decided that he is the one who gets the D’s and F’s. His father was in prison so he already knows street smart terminology. He had never been to a library or even a movie theater until I became his mentor. Even as a third grader, he’s at the bottom of life.
The likelihood of this little guy moving up from the bottom is slim, but not impossible. Unless he learns to hold his head up, his future is bleak. Opportunity will not be recognized even if it stares him in the face. His eyes have already been conditioned to look at the ground instead of the sky.
There are others who are able to break through the invisible chains that they were born with. Despite poverty, or abuse, or tragedy, they are somehow able to rise up out of their circumstances. Even in the midst of great odds, some find ways to break the chains and begin to own their life.
It might come through formal education. And then it might not. Maybe it comes because of an adult who believed for him, until he could believe for himself.
Once DESIRE takes over, nothing can hold that child back from achieving the greatness that was placed within him at conception.
Imagination kicks in, circumstances begin to align, and even the child who many said would be at the bottom of life, can rise to the top.
It all comes back to what goes on in the mind.
If you are serious about rising to the top in your business, you'll find some great information in my free e-book. You'll find it at http://margistarr.com
Your friend for life,
Margi Starr
937-360-9203 anytime
http://margistarr.com
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Auto What? The Principle of Autosuggestion
The Principle of Autosuggestion from Think and Grow Rich, Chap 4
Conscious and subconscious thoughts originate deep within the mystery of the human mind. Both are critical to our survival and to determining the way we live our lives.
The brain enables us to solve problems, such as balancing our checkbooks. When faced with a simple math calculation, our conscious mind leaps into action, recalling math facts from 3rd grade.
The subconscious mind never sleeps. It is making nearly all of our decisions for us based on our past experiences, many of which are rooted in our childhoods. Over the years the subconscious takes over more and more of our decisions. It’s like we go on autopilot.
In many ways that serves us. Our conscious minds are freed from making every single decision. Yet, because the subconscious mind is so powerful, it becomes our default. And we’re not even aware of it.
So what happens when we want to change the way we live? How do we switch from living a life of poverty to a life of abundance?
It is through the repeated practice of autosuggestion wherein we have the capability to rewire the subconscious mind. Fully engaging our emotions and five senses is crucial in this formula. Simply repeating sentences like a magical spell does NOT work.
Educators know that for children to learn, their emotions must be involved in that process. When learning is an enjoyable experience, children have fun and learning takes place.
Similarly, by consistent repetition of our specific desires, we are able to recircuit the brain’s wiring system. When our feelings are fully engaged, the subconscious is able to be reprogrammed. And since the subconscious mind doesn’t recognize what is present or future, we can literally trick our minds into thinking that what we desire has already been achieved.
Any woman who has experienced a natural childbirth can tell you exactly what her labor and delivery were like. Every moment is seared into her brain cells because her emotions were so fully engaged in that process. Similarly, we have to sear into our brains a new message of wealth and abundance.
Your friend for life,
Margi Starr
937-360-9203 anytime
http://margistarr.com
Conscious and subconscious thoughts originate deep within the mystery of the human mind. Both are critical to our survival and to determining the way we live our lives.
The brain enables us to solve problems, such as balancing our checkbooks. When faced with a simple math calculation, our conscious mind leaps into action, recalling math facts from 3rd grade.
The subconscious mind never sleeps. It is making nearly all of our decisions for us based on our past experiences, many of which are rooted in our childhoods. Over the years the subconscious takes over more and more of our decisions. It’s like we go on autopilot.
In many ways that serves us. Our conscious minds are freed from making every single decision. Yet, because the subconscious mind is so powerful, it becomes our default. And we’re not even aware of it.
So what happens when we want to change the way we live? How do we switch from living a life of poverty to a life of abundance?
It is through the repeated practice of autosuggestion wherein we have the capability to rewire the subconscious mind. Fully engaging our emotions and five senses is crucial in this formula. Simply repeating sentences like a magical spell does NOT work.
Educators know that for children to learn, their emotions must be involved in that process. When learning is an enjoyable experience, children have fun and learning takes place.
Similarly, by consistent repetition of our specific desires, we are able to recircuit the brain’s wiring system. When our feelings are fully engaged, the subconscious is able to be reprogrammed. And since the subconscious mind doesn’t recognize what is present or future, we can literally trick our minds into thinking that what we desire has already been achieved.
Any woman who has experienced a natural childbirth can tell you exactly what her labor and delivery were like. Every moment is seared into her brain cells because her emotions were so fully engaged in that process. Similarly, we have to sear into our brains a new message of wealth and abundance.
Your friend for life,
Margi Starr
937-360-9203 anytime
http://margistarr.com
Change Your Language, Change Your Life
Tom Haupt is my friend and mentor. This article keeps me on my toes!
If you were to count how many the times in one day you say the following words: “but, can’t, try and working on it”, you’d be astonished!
Without a doubt, these self-limiting words will support you ONLY in your smallness, not in your greatness.
The word but invalidates everything you just said in front of it.
The word can’t in reality is saying you won’t. Whatever it is that you’re saying, adding can’t to the sentence just means you won’t. You really haven’t thought it through; it’s just easier to stay in your comfort zone by deciding you can’t. To be quite frank, it’s a victim statement!
The word try is the biggest cop-out going. Sit in a chair. Try to stand up. If you stood, you stood up, you did not try, you did. If you are still seated, you did not stand and therefore you did not try, you sat. As Yoda in Star Wars said, “Do or do not, there is no try.” By saying the word try, you’re actually not even planning to do whatever it is you’re referring to. It just sounds nice. It’s comfortable and we all know that comfortable equals decay.
The words working on it are much like saying you’ll try and you know how worthless that word is. Working on it has no power, no juice, and is all about playing it safe. Either you’re going to do something or you’re not. Working on it sounds good, however, it’s a smoke screen for mediocrity. And you know mediocrity is not extraordinary!
Words have power and your words have particular power because they represent your integrity, character, values and your thoughts! What if you became conscious of your self-limiting words and started to choose the words that supported you in your greatness and not in your smallness? What if you eliminated those decaying words and lived in the language of greatness?
To help you eliminate those words, assign a painful dollar value to each one of them as a penalty when they come out of your mouth. Each time you or someone close to you catches these words coming out of your mouth, the fine gets paid to a fund. This fund is emptied once a week and will be spent on whatever it is your spouse, children, friend or co-worker want for their own satisfaction. Here is a suggestion: But = $3, Can’t = $5, Try = $10, Working on it = $20.
This is a great way to become conscious of the words that come out of your mouth. In doing so, you will be present in your life when you speak and as a result, only speak into your greatness and success. A shift that small and clever can make a huge difference down the road. I challenge you to take this on and let your sphere of influence, those closest to you, support you in this transition. That’s how you play a “Bigger Game in Life!”
To your personal mastery and extraordinary success in 2010 -
Tom Haupt
Personal Mastery Facilitator
Hope you'll join me in cleaning up your language today! It really will make a significant difference in building your business.
To your success,
Margi Starr
For a free e-book that will help you even more, click here.
937-360-9203 anytime
If you were to count how many the times in one day you say the following words: “but, can’t, try and working on it”, you’d be astonished!
Without a doubt, these self-limiting words will support you ONLY in your smallness, not in your greatness.
The word but invalidates everything you just said in front of it.
The word can’t in reality is saying you won’t. Whatever it is that you’re saying, adding can’t to the sentence just means you won’t. You really haven’t thought it through; it’s just easier to stay in your comfort zone by deciding you can’t. To be quite frank, it’s a victim statement!
The word try is the biggest cop-out going. Sit in a chair. Try to stand up. If you stood, you stood up, you did not try, you did. If you are still seated, you did not stand and therefore you did not try, you sat. As Yoda in Star Wars said, “Do or do not, there is no try.” By saying the word try, you’re actually not even planning to do whatever it is you’re referring to. It just sounds nice. It’s comfortable and we all know that comfortable equals decay.
The words working on it are much like saying you’ll try and you know how worthless that word is. Working on it has no power, no juice, and is all about playing it safe. Either you’re going to do something or you’re not. Working on it sounds good, however, it’s a smoke screen for mediocrity. And you know mediocrity is not extraordinary!
Words have power and your words have particular power because they represent your integrity, character, values and your thoughts! What if you became conscious of your self-limiting words and started to choose the words that supported you in your greatness and not in your smallness? What if you eliminated those decaying words and lived in the language of greatness?
To help you eliminate those words, assign a painful dollar value to each one of them as a penalty when they come out of your mouth. Each time you or someone close to you catches these words coming out of your mouth, the fine gets paid to a fund. This fund is emptied once a week and will be spent on whatever it is your spouse, children, friend or co-worker want for their own satisfaction. Here is a suggestion: But = $3, Can’t = $5, Try = $10, Working on it = $20.
This is a great way to become conscious of the words that come out of your mouth. In doing so, you will be present in your life when you speak and as a result, only speak into your greatness and success. A shift that small and clever can make a huge difference down the road. I challenge you to take this on and let your sphere of influence, those closest to you, support you in this transition. That’s how you play a “Bigger Game in Life!”
To your personal mastery and extraordinary success in 2010 -
Tom Haupt
Personal Mastery Facilitator
Hope you'll join me in cleaning up your language today! It really will make a significant difference in building your business.
To your success,
Margi Starr
For a free e-book that will help you even more, click here.
937-360-9203 anytime
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Are You a FREEDOM Seeker?
The words "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are sacred to me. I honor those who have made it possible for me to enjoy these freedoms.
My desire for freedom however, extends beyond the right to vote or where I worship. I seek to leave a lasting legacy to my children and my children's children. I am committed to live a life of contribution, leaving this world a better place.
So I am on a path towards financial freedom and time freedom.
You see...
I want to spend time with my children who live in 5 different states.
I want to travel when and where I want with my husband, who is my Prince Charming.
I don't want to worry if my hours get reduced at work.
I don't want to worry if the stock market dives.
I don't want to worry about not having enough money to retire.
I don't want to worry about the the price of gasoline, or groceries, or smell-good hair gel.
You see, I am a coach those who are freedom seekers.
It begins with reading a free e-book. A book that can be downloaded in the matter of minutes and can change the rest of your life. click here
It was one of the best decisions I ever made.
And if you are a freedom seeker, it may be yours, too.
Your friend for life,
Margi Starr
937-360-9203 anytime
My desire for freedom however, extends beyond the right to vote or where I worship. I seek to leave a lasting legacy to my children and my children's children. I am committed to live a life of contribution, leaving this world a better place.
So I am on a path towards financial freedom and time freedom.
You see...
I want to spend time with my children who live in 5 different states.
I want to travel when and where I want with my husband, who is my Prince Charming.
I don't want to worry if my hours get reduced at work.
I don't want to worry if the stock market dives.
I don't want to worry about not having enough money to retire.
I don't want to worry about the the price of gasoline, or groceries, or smell-good hair gel.
You see, I am a coach those who are freedom seekers.
It begins with reading a free e-book. A book that can be downloaded in the matter of minutes and can change the rest of your life. click here
It was one of the best decisions I ever made.
And if you are a freedom seeker, it may be yours, too.
Your friend for life,
Margi Starr
937-360-9203 anytime
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