You may remember earlier this year I was interviewed on The Mind Aware Teleseminar Series.  The host of that series was Dana Wilde and we had a really fun interview that was all about Deb Bixler.

“Train Your Brain” With Direct Sales Radio Guest Dana Wilde

Now the tables are turning. Dana Wilde will be The CashFlowShow – Direct Sales Radio guest on June 15th. Don’t miss it as we discuss her “Train Your Brain” system!!

Dana Wilde, Direct Sales Success

Dana Wilde is a direct sales success story! Her direct sales team went from zero to over ONE MILLION DOLLARS in just NINETEEN MONTHS! You ARE reading that right . . .

From the day she bought her kit until the day her team was doing over one million dollars in sales was just 19 months!

The “Train Your Brain” system is a program that teaches everyday people how to apply the “law of attraction” into their lives.

Dana Explains “Train Your Brain”

One of the number one reasons our million dollar network marketing team was the fastest growing team in the history of the company was repeating positive, affirming phrases over and over again.

Many call these types of phrases affirmations or declarations, but for our team, we used a different name: mantras.

Mantra is a Sanskrit word given to a Hindu or Buddhist religious practice for sacred words, chants or sounds used during meditation to “facilitate” spiritual power and capable of transforming consciousness.

Whew! Sounds “out there,” huh? Facilitating spiritual power? Transforming consciousness?

Well, that’s exactly what you are doing when you’re creating your affirmations or making your declaration.

Like affirmations, mantras also use conscious thoughts to change old thoughts and beliefs stored in the unconscious mind into a “newer way of thinking,” a new conscious awareness.

Our team’s mantras were unlike other affirmative statements–which primarily focus on repetition and are a little more “specific” with regards to goal-setting—because we were often times repeating just one simple phrase which was less goal-oriented, and less specific.

But, more importantly, we not only said these mantras with the hopes of creating “shifts” in our businesses and lives, we really focused on getting our mantras to help us feel good.

In fact, feeling good was always first and foremost in our team’s minds because we knew if our mantras could evoke some kind of strong, positive emotion inside us, they would surely work. And they did work. Almost every single time!

So why did our team’s mantras work?  One word: emotion!

Listen To Dana On Direct Sales Radio

Join us Wednesday, June 15th at 8:00 PM EDT and listen to Dana and Deb on The CashFlowShow – Direct Sales Radio. Watch for a follow up article after the show!

I often get asked why I still do party plan shows when I have so many other things going on in my life.

Party Plan Shows Are Fun!

There are several reasons why I still do home parties. The main one is that they are FUN and I enjoy them. The number one reason that I continue to do shows is that they are a fun night out.

Home Party Business Customer Service

The second reason that I continue to do home party shows is that it is good customer service. I always have prided myself on offering unparalleled customer service in my business.

This past weekend I visited some friends who moved about 3 hours away. Sylvie is a hairdresser. She continues to come back to York, PA to cut hair in a local salon once a week. This is a 3 hour drive one way from the Delaware Beaches and I asked her why she continues to do that. Her answer was: “How can I let my customers down?! They were loyal to me for 20 years. It wouldn’t be right to just move and let them down.”

I realized that I think the same way when it comes to home parties. When my home party plan business was my total household income I had repeat customers who were and still are loyal to me. How can I possibly let them down now?!

Deb Does Home Parties To Be A Better Educator

Would you rather have your teacher be a former success story, or have an educator who is staying current with the times? The third reason why I continue to do home shows is so that I can practice what I preach and stay current with new information.

Deb Still Does Home Parties

The reasons I still do home party plan shows are because:

• I want to stay fresh and have current experiences to teach from.
• I have loyal customers whom I do not want to let down.
• It is FUN!!

Global Information Network (GIN)

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I have recently become involved in an exciting networking phenomenon. The Global Information Network aka GIN is a club for network marketers and entrepreneurs who want to collaborate and develop relationships to leverage their businesses. Last month I was their guest on a networking cruise. We spent two days learning, meeting and collaborating while on a Caribbean Cruise. This was the most information-packed business seminar event that I have ever participated in.

Home Based Business Success & Motivation

The lineup of presenters featured some of the top home business motivational speakers in the world. With 3 (2-3 hour) workshops scheduled per day, the education was unsurpassed. I attended the seminar given by John Gray, best-selling author of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”, world famous hypnotist and psycho-neural programmer Marshall Silver, and former congressman and self-made millionaire, Ed Foreman.

In addition, the ability to rub shoulders with Dr. Leonard Coldwell, the leading authority on self-help education for cancer patients, CEO of Morter HealthSystem, Dr. Ted Morter, and affiliate marketing expert Chris McGarahan made the event quite an experience.

Home Based Entrepreneurs Collaborate

The attendees of home business entrepreneurs was equally impressive. In addition to network marketers, I met hairdressers, a photographer, web designers, real estate agents and even a gentleman who owns a storage unit business.  Everyone on the cruise was dedicated to growth, business success and self improvement! It was an exciting and refreshing experience to spend a whole weekend with at an event that was attended by ONLY positive focused people!

GIN Success Education and Networking

The Global Information Network truly is a phenomenon. In only 14 months since opening their doors, the organization has swelled to thousands of members worldwide. Buying out two entire cruise weekends back-to-back, they hosted over 4000 attendees at their 2nd Winter event. The education and networking taking place on the cruise was awesome!

Kevin Trudeau, Entrepreneur With Success Vision

Global Information Network founder Kevin Trudeau has seized the vision of providing inspiration, support and guidance to entrepreneurs seeking to achieve their dreams and created a global movement of impressive proportions.

This is a membership-based club with a mission to make a difference in the world and teach success principles to entrepreneurs. Home business owners who invest in education, collaboration and networking always succeed.

I am impressed with the Global Information Network.

A new year signifies a new beginning, a new start.  What kinds of New Year’s resolutions will you make for your business this January 1st?  How many times have you set a New Year’s resolution, only to give in to your old ways after a short time?

New Year Goals – Be SMART

If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you get there?  We all have a tendency to set New Year’s resolutions and goals without giving any thought as to how to attain them.  Clearly define your resolutions.  Make a list of the business and personal goals you want to achieve in the New Year and then plan your action strategy to achieve those goals.

• Do you want to move up a level in your company?
• Do you want to attain a particular sales level?
• What are your marketing goals?
• What personal growth goals do you have for the New Year?
• What are your Team growth goals for the New Year?
• What steps do you need to take to reach your goals?

Plan your sales goals, personal growth goals, Team growth goals, customer goals, or whatever it is that you want to accomplish in your business this year.  Write down the steps to take to reach those goals.

Set  S M A R T goals

	Setting goals is easy, but achieving them isn’t. That’s why setting “SMART” goals – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely – is the first step in making your goal a reality.

Winning the lottery is a wish not a goal.  Set deadlines for when each step should be accomplished, and put them in your planner. This way you are committed to the goals, and they are part of your everyday life.

• S-specific, significant, stretching
• M-measurable, meaningful, motivational
• A-attainable, achievable, acceptable, action-oriented
• R-realistic, relevant, reasonable, rewarding, results-oriented
• T -timely, tangible, trackable

Direct Sales Business Success

Your direct sales business success depends on your ability to create effective goals. Your business and personal goals need to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and tangible. Break down large goals into smaller ones.  Set yearly goals and then break them down into smaller ones, such as 6 months, 3 months, monthly and so forth to help you plan to achieve your desired outcome.

Are your goals realistic?  Anyone can pick a “pie in the sky” goal, but if it’s totally out of the realm of possibility, it’s defeating.

Share your goals with others so they can support you along the way.

Follow up at regular intervals to assess how well you are doing. If an area needs work, you will have to adjust your plan to devote more time to that area.

Have an optimistic, positive attitude.   Use positive affirmation and positive words such as “I will.”, “I can.”, instead of “I’ll try.” or “I might.”. Your business can thrive, even in a less than perfect economy.  A positive optimistic attitude will create more productivity each day and propel you towards your goals.  And a positive attitude is contagious!

Plan your working hours as well.  How many hours a day or week do you plan to work your business?  Make those hours as productive as possible and save the “busy time” we all get caught up in, such as checking emails from friends and searching the web, for non-business hours.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.  Old habits are hard to break.  Change up your routine.  Think out of the box.  When you hit bumps in the road, don’t give up on yourself or your goals. If something doesn’t work, don’t think of it as a failure, learn from the experience and try something new.  Do something different.

Reward yourself along the way. Recognize even small achievements as they all contribute to attaining your larger goals.  Be proud out loud!  Share your achievements with your family and friends.

Above all,  set goals  that are truly important to you, not what you think you ought to do or what others expect of you.

Enjoy and celebrate your successes!  Happy New Year!

CashFlowShow expert contributor, Merilyn Strange is sales leader with Avon.

Why Haven’t You Achieved Home Based Business Success?

Guest Post by, Dr. Steve Taubman

Have you ever wondered why you’re still not taking the action you know would get you the results you seek for your home based business? You’ve read all the books. You’ve seen all the motivational speakers. You’ve attended all your company’s conventions. You know exactly what you’re supposed to do. But you’re still not taking the necessary action. Why haven’t you achieved success?

Success Requires Action

Success in business requires action.  Brain science has now identified specific neural pathways that create useful action and others that block it. If you’re not getting the results you want; not even taking the action that would create those results, it’s not your fault. It’s your neurology.

Home Business Motivation

If you could tap into the powerful, limitless reservoir of motivation and action that already exists inside your deep subconscious mind, you and your home business growth be unstoppable. So how do you do that?
By placing your mind into what’s known as an alpha state, a mental state of slowed brain wave patterns, your mind is more open and receptive to new ideas and more easily able to release old, ineffective ones. Here’s a list of methods available for doing that:

• Hypnosis: Modern hypnotherapeutic techniques are extremely effective for creating the right brainwave patterns for permanent, lasting change. Unlike the image conjured up by the movies, hypnosis is safe and effective. You can’t get stuck in hypnosis or made to do anything you wouldn’t ordinarily do. It’s just a highly evolved form of learning.
• Emotional freedom technique: This is an intriguing technique which helps individuals release the negative charge of such emotions as fear and self-doubt, freeing them to take action and make change in their lives. It’s safe, quick and easy to use!
• Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP): This is a series of mental tools to communicate directly with the subconscious mind. Long-term mental habits are easily changed using these powerful tools.

Dr. Steve Taubman’s Breakthrough Training

The newest breakthrough system for home based business owners takes advantage of all these methods. Dr. Steve Taubman’s latest training is known as UnHypnosis for Direct Sellers, Network Marketers and Entrepreneurs. Learn more about how to change your attitude and achieve the home based business success that you deserve!