Category Archive for: ‘NEW Skills’

Three Birthday Gifts for You, a Big One for Me Comments Off on Three Birthday Gifts for You, a Big One for Me

Below find three birthday gifts from me to you?.

On December 2, 1988 I got my best birthday gift ever:
My son Adam was born.

This is the 20th birthday we are blessed to share.

When it comes to birthday gifts, I need nothing.
I have everything and everyone that matters to me.

This year, the best gift you can give me is to give
a gift to my friends Clay and Kimberly Cotton.

If you go to http://claycotton.com you will meet Clay.
He is one of the world’s greatest boogie piano players.

Listen to “Cotton Balls” and you’ll hear what I mean.

Clay played for icons from Janis Joplin to Jimi
Hendrix, from BB King to the real King, Elvis.
He was piano man for Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry,
Grace Slick, Jim Morrison, Muddy Waters, Tina
Turner and scores of others, a “Who’s Who” of
music lore.

When you talk to Clay on the phone, his spirit
shines through. He is soulful, full of life. He
cherishes today and relishes what tomorrow brings.

You would never know Clay is a virtual quadriplegic.

MS struck in 1997, and today Clay has use only of
his brilliant mind, sight, hearing, taste, smell, speech,
and one finger he uses to type.

He has a great sense humor. He calls himself:
“The Quad Blogger!” As Clay puts it,

“Multiple Sclerosis: If you don’t have a sense of
humor, it isn’t very funny.”

The love of Clay’s life, his wife and caretaker
Kimberly has an advanced liver condition.

They are in jeopardy of losing their home.
They are wonderful people who belong together.
Their friends want to see them stay in their home.

Clay and Kimberly can use some help.

The best gift you can give me on my 54th birthday
is to contribute $54 to Clay and Kimberly, and for
your generosity you will get 28 pieces of my work,
a $1,000 bundle of goodies, the complete:

25th Anniversary Business Anthology?
25 Ways to Boost Your Net Worth and Self-Worth!

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See what’s in the 25th Anniversary Anthology here

***SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND
CLICK THE $125 ANTHOLOGY DOWNLOAD LINK
THE $54 PRICE WILL SHOW UP AT CHECK OUT.
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You’ll get dozens of hard-learned lessons, hundreds
of pages filled with proven strategies and real world
methods that have earned me a great living. These 25
special reports, articles, transcripts, coaching lessons,
training courses, essays and ebooks include:

* How to Stand Out in a Crowded Marketplace
* OPC… Leverage Other People’s Customers!
* Get MEGA-Referrals (sells for $149)
* Rejection Proof Your Networking (sells for $149)
* Turn Customers into Marketing Associates
* Scratch Their ITCH… Watch People Beat a Path to Your Door!
* Why 70% of Marketing Misses the Mark
* How to Boost Sales 33% in Tough Times
* Overcome the Fear of Self-Promotion (priceless)

And 16 more.

Plus, three bonuses easily worth more than $54:

How to Build a Six Figure Consulting Income (Transcript)
21 Secrets to Win Billion Dollar Clients (White Paper)
Bulls-eye Marketing – Pinpoint Buyers with Precision (Worksheets)

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HERE ARE THREE GIFTS FOR YOU

To give you a real taste and to see first hand what’s
inside the Anthology, please enjoy three of the
Anthology works as my birthday gift to you:

Communic-Ability – Master the Art of Being Heard
[Transcript from 60-minute “Communic-Ability” video]
Download here

13 Ways to Eliminate Rejection and Gain Product Acceptance
[Worth a bundle if you market and sell products or services]
Download here

Time Effectiveness Course: Maximize and Optimize
[Page 14 itself will save you a bundle of wasted time]
Download here

The last time we made this Anthology available
was in 2005. We offered it for $99 and raised
thousands of dollars for Hurricane Katrina relief.

This time, all the proceeds go to Clay and Kimberly.

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See the great stuff in the Anthology and get it here

***SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND
CLICK THE $125 ANTHOLOGY DOWNLOAD LINK
THE $54 PRICE WILL SHOW UP AT CHECK OUT.
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If you own the Anthology, it’s a great gift for someone else.

If the Anthology does not work for you, feel free to buy
Clay a cup of coffee at http://claycotton.com using the
“CottonCare CoffeeClub” link where you can sign up
for notification, to be first-in-line for his CoffeeClub.

You can purchase Clay’s CD’s. You’ll be glad you did!
His music will uplift you, and you will uplift Clay.
You can read about Clay’s piano playing and get
some of his collector music at these pages:

http://cdbaby.com/claycotton
http://cdbaby.com/claycotton2
http://cdbaby.com/claycotton3

Whether or not the Anthology works for you, please
send Clay and Kimberly good karma. They are
wonderful souls who bring light to the world.

I am blessed indeed to have my health and grateful
beyond words be able to celebrate another turn
around the sun. I’m especially thankful I get to
share today with Adam, and for you in my life.

So I send you my favorite birthday wish:

“HERE’S TO ANOTHER YEAR FILLED WITH
PLENTY O’ PLENTY OF WHAT MATTERS MOST.”

Bless you for your support and kindness.

Mitch

P/S – Please share this with anyone you like.
The more people who know the better we can help.

For you, the Anthology is a treasure trove of goodies
certain to boost your net worth and self worth, real
value many times the dollar exchange.

For Clay and Kimberly, it’s so much more.

Posted on: 12-2-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Skills, PLAY the NEW Game

Rainmaking … More Cash Flow NOW Comments Off on Rainmaking … More Cash Flow NOW

More Rain in Your Game, More Cash in Your Flow

Download Rainmaking… Cash Flow NOW clinic:

Part 1 – Win the Inner Game of Rainmaking

Part 2 – Win the Outer Game – Cash Flow NOW

In Rainmaking – Cash Flow Now, we discuss how to
win the inner game of Rainmaking, and 6 ways to
cash flow now in the outer game of Rainmaking.

In short, how to actualize your potential!

Part 1 is all about you, and how to be worth more
in the marketplace, whether you make rain or not.

Winning the inner game is essential, whatever work
you do. You want to rise above your job description
to contribute as much as you have to give to the
company your work for, whether you own it or not.

Redundant workers are vulnerable and expendable.
Results workers are valuable and in demand.

Here are TWO ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS to ask yourself
every day you go to work:

“Am I an expense, or am I an investment?”

“Do I consume more than I produce, or do
I produce more than I consume?”

How can you reframe your game from expense to
investment, then from investment to Rainmaker?

Rainmaking is a verb – it’s something you do.
There’s nothing theoretical about rainmaking.

Rainmaking is more than a high value business skill.
Rainmaking is conscious business in action.

Creating abundance in any realm is spiritual work.
Expanding the pie is a pious act.

Winning the outer game is easier when you master
your inner game. Whatever you do for a living you
will get real value from Part 1 of this conversation.

Part 2 is a MUST if you are in business, run a company
or your work has a connection to revenue or profit.

We discuss 6 leverage points that boost cash flow.
Pressing one or more of these “profit buttons” can
make rain and create cash flow now.

You will see why…

YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE THE ANSWER.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHICH BUTTON TO PUSH.
THEN FIND SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO PUSH IT.

This is a crucial distinction for Rainmaking.
It’s also true for almost everything in life.

You don’t have to know all the answers.

YOU DO HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT DONE.

Then you find someone who can do it.
Or, you can learn how to do it yourself.

Everything you know now, you learned.
You decided to learn it, and you did.

Rainmaking is no different.
Rainmaking is a skill.

You’re not born a rainmaker.
That doesn’t make you defective.

You can add this skill to your toolbox, provided
you are WILLING and COMMITTED.

If you are not WILLING and COMMITTED?
Find someone who is already capable.

Call me. I can help you.
We have a team of Rainmakers who can help you.

** INVITATION TO THE RAINMAKERS CRASH COURSE**

At about 1:09:00 (one hour nine minutes) into Part 2,
I explain our partnership called Rainmakers for Hire?.
http://rainmakersforhire.com

At 1:12:30 into Part 2, I invite you to a private
Mastermind to make rain over the next 60 days,

“Rainmakers Crash Course…
Make Rain and Pour Abundance into Your Life!”

In the Rainmakers Crash Course, you get in
6 hours what I invested 60,000 hours to master.

If you want to enhance your ability to make rain,
create cash flow, and own a business skill that
will pay off for the rest of your life,

LISTEN TO THE SPECIFICS AT 1:09:00 OF PART 2
THEN CALL ME AT 973-736-1304 TO JOIN.

Only 10 spots that include personal mentoring.

If you want to more cash in your pocket and abundance
in your life in the next 60 days, join me in the?

RAINMAKERS CRASH COURSE

It’s important to have Rainmaking skills, whether
you own the company or just work there.

If you are self employed, you must be a Rainmaker
or have a Rainmaker on your team.

NO RAIN, NO GAME!

If you are employed, you are worth more when you
contribute to profit. If you can’t, you’re vulnerable.

Listen to Rainmaking… Cash Flow NOW.

Part 1 is here
Part 2 is here
I promise it will be time well invested.

You’re a player.

You can make rain and pour abundance into
your life.

I’ll meet you on the field.

Mitch, CEO — Chief Encouragement Officer™
“Rainmaking – How to Boost Cash Flow NOW!”

P/S — Go to 1:09:00 into Part 2 to find out
about Rainmakers for Hire and starting at 1:12:30
for specifics about a private mastermind to make
rain over the next 60 days,

RAINMAKERS CRASH COURSE
THEN CALL ME AT 973-736-1304 TO JOIN.

I promise you this investment will pay off
multiplied for the rest of your lifetime.

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Posted on: 11-24-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Marketing, Sales, Service, NEW Money, NEW Skills

30 Lessons Is Mesmerizing, Transformational Comments Off on 30 Lessons Is Mesmerizing, Transformational

“Totally, totally mesmerizing. Absolutely fabulous.
I could have stayed with you for another six hours.
It wasn’t just informational. It was transformational.
You are incredibly sharing. It was one of the best
lectures of any type I have ever heard in my life.
Thank you so much.” — Dr. Rob Gilbert

Listen to “30 Years, 30 Lessons” as soon as you can.
You can listen here to Part 1:

You can listen here to Part 2:

OR… download Part 1 and Part 2 at the PLAYER FOR LIFE™ page

I’m not an advocate of superlative language.

Words like the best, greatest, fantastic, awesome,
life-changing and world’s leading make people
think or say,

“Yea, sure” or “Prove it” or “Just more hype.”

Superlatives can cause a negative impression.

Specific language is more credible and believable.
It’s also more palatable, potent and persuasive.

During the “30 Years, 30 Lessons” teleconference…

I explained exactly how I built millions of dollars
of intellectual and educational assets, how I sold
hundreds of thousands of dollars of them BEFORE I
even created them, and how I used OPM….

Other People’s $ — to develop, package and pay for
EVERY PRODUCT I EVER PRODUCED.

I shared three levels of listening and how deep
“soulful” listening transforms relationships in
minutes.

We demonstrated how the NEW Profit Model doubles
your revenues, halves your marketing expense and
turns customer service into profit.

We discussed how to get paid what you’re worth by
doing work that’s bigger than you are, and how you
can attract the best and brightest people by expanding
the job rather than shrinking the person.

I said why it’s essential to be an “Alchemist” today,
how to enhance your “Alchemic” ability, and why you
want to partner with someone who is an Alchemist.

I told how I grew $25 into $1.2 million in seven years,
lost $3.4 million in the next two years, made another
million in the next five years, and what I learned
you can use to boost your net worth and prevent you
from losing your shirt.

We revealed the proven and predictable NEW Game
strategy that makes YOU the compelling, chosen,
pre-eminent service provider in your marketplace.

You’ll hear how you can get at no charge my
“21 Ways to Double Your Sales” course and
GIVE IT AWAY TO OTHERS to expand your audience
and build your tribe.

I can go on but I’m sure you can see:

Specifics beat superlatives.

The beauty of making the rules is breaking the rules.

When a message is authentic, credible, heartfelt,
truthful and an honest expression that comes from
someone other than you, it can be powerful.

I shared Dr. Rob’s 43-second voice mail message
above despite a superlative word or two because, it
was a heartfelt expression of his experience being
part of the “30 Years, 30 Lessons” conversation.

Rob is a nationally acclaimed speaker, a Ph.D., a
college professor and a guy whose feedback and
wisdom I respect. I know Rob for 15 years, which
enhances the meaning and value of his words.

You’ve probably heard the story of how Liza came to
another seminar of mine three days after her first,
and when I asked her why, she said because….

“I want more of you.”

Do you think I was “on” that day?

“I want more of you” is my performance standard.
It should be yours, too.

What kind of business or career will yours be if
the people you serve want NO more of you?

What kind of relationships will you have if people
have had enough of you?

When we got two hours into the call, I asked if we
should stop or keep going.

They said keep going.
They wanted more.

So “30 Years, 30 Lessons” went for four hours.
Rob said he could have listened for six more.

I could have gone six more because sharing
knowledge, wisdom and experience is a privilege.

Like the principle of the “rice bowl” the more you
share what you know with others the more you
empty your rice bowl and create space for new.

If you withhold what you know, you cheat everyone
who can gain from your wisdom and experience.

Sharing is a deep, soulful cleanse.
It feels good.

It’s a blessing to you for giving.
It’s a gift to those who receive.

The “30 Years, 30 Lessons” teleconference was my
gift to me, to empty my rice bowl and make room
for more.

I gift it to you to add richness to your life.

Don’t put it aside because it’s four hours.
Just start listening today. Take it in chunks.

The lessons are about 3-5 minutes, so you can
glean a lot 15 minutes at a time.

I just listened to the first two hours and wrote a
list of 30 valuable lessons. When I’m done with
Part 2 I’ll send you the complete list of lessons.

About 1 hour and 18 minutes into Part 1 we discuss
what you get as a PLAYER FOR LIFE and various ways
you can capitalize with me as your PARTNER FOR LIFE.

Even if you choose not to be a Player or Partner,
listen to the strategy and game plan, and apply a
variation off this theme to your career or business.

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO SHARE, SO I DECIDED…

To host a weekly conversation for 30-45 minutes to
discuss how to apply these lessons in real life.

Mark your calendar for FRIDAY at NOON Eastern.

WE START THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 at NOON.

PHONE: 712-580-1100
ACCESS: 12288#

Listen to “30 Years, 30 Lessons” as soon as you can.

You can listen here…

Part 1

Part 2

OR… download Part 1 and Part 2 at the PLAYER FOR LIFE™ page

ONE MORE THING…

I’M EXTENDING THIS INVITATION FOR
THE REST OF THIS WEEK:

Become a “Player for Life” this week and we’ll
spend 15 minutes of private phone time together.

I am confident we CAN make you 15% richer in at
least one area of your life, maybe more.

Grab all the gifts, listen to “30 Years, 30 Lessons”
and become a Player for Life at 50% off here.

Thank you for your support.

Even the Chief Encouragement Officer needs encouragement.

I am excited about the next 30 years.
I’d be thrilled to travel the path with you.

You’re a player.
Thank you for elevating my game.

I’ll meet you on the field.

Mitch, CEO — Chief Encouragement Officer™
“30 Years, 30 Lessons”

P/S — As a Player for Life you get a SECOND MEMBERSHIP
to gift to someone under 25 years old.

REMEMBER… become a “Player for Life” this week and we
will get together for 15 minutes of private phone time.

Grab all the gifts, listen to “30 Years, 30 Lessons”
and become a Player for Life at 50% off here.

Posted on: 11-3-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Marketing, Sales, Service, NEW Money, NEW Skills, NEW Thinking

30 Years, 30 Lessons, 30 Nuggets of Wisdom Comments Off on 30 Years, 30 Lessons, 30 Nuggets of Wisdom

Please join us to celebrate my past 30 years
in business on the first day of the next 30 for
“30 Lessons in 30 Years”

Saturday, November 1 from 11am – 1pm eastern
Phone: 712-580-1100 — Passcode: 12288#

[ Be sure to grab all the FREE “Play Before You Pay”
gift resources from our 30th anniversary collection ]
PLAYER FOR LIFE

I became “psychologically unemployable” 30 years ago today.

Over the past 10,958 days I have started or been a partner
in more than 20 businesses, a few great successes, many
dismal busts, all priceless learning.

My mantra has always been:

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FAILURE.
I SUCCEED OR I LEARN!

This mantra has enabled me to rebound from great
personal loss and professional setback. I encourage
you to eliminate “failure” from your vocabulary.

This reframe of failure mantra is posted in homes,
offices and school classrooms around the world.
Display it somewhere you can see it every day.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FAILURE.
I SUCCEED OR I LEARN!

Please join me Saturday November 1 at 11am Eastern
for a conversation about 30 life lessons and nuggets of
wisdom I have learned from 30 years in business.

I will share the good, bad, and ugly, the turning
points, mistakes made, lessons learned, wisdom
gained from 10,958 consecutive days self-employed.

We’ll talk business, values, $ and life.

We’ll go inside a few of the biggest and best deals,
and how I did them. I’ll share the MEGA lesson I
learned from LOSING $3.4 MILLION in two years,
crashing from a net worth of $1.2 million in 1988
to negative $2.2 million 24 months later.

I’ll tell you how I built my intellectual property into
a multi-million dollar asset using 100% OPM — that is,
100% Other People’s $ — and how you can do the same.

I’ll tell you about the horses in my stable, and how you
can ride one or more of them into the winner’$ circle.

I’ll reveal more about all the valuable assets inside
Player for Life, and how we can Partner for Life.

You can grab all the 30th anniversary gifts at
PLAYER FOR LIFE

(four NEW resources added since we last spoke).

I’d be honored if you join me for this commencement
to celebrate what’s past and done, what’s present and
what’s yet to come.

Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 11am – 1pm eastern US
Phone: 712-580-1100 — Access: 12288#

Here’s one of the 30 lessons / nuggets. Ask yourself,

“How can I be 15% richer in every area of my life?”

Not 50%, 100%, or 500%.
Just 15% richer.

If you can be 15% richer every year, you double your
wealth every 5 years.

*** A Special Invitation to Become 15% Richer ***

Geico insurance commercial asks a simple, but powerful
game-changing question that has made them a fortune:

“Can a 15 minute call save you 15% on car insurance?”

I take the liberty of riffing off their genius:

“Can a 15 minute call with Mitch make me 15% richer?”

If your answer is maybe, and you would value a 15 minute
“2nd Opinion” to discuss getting what you want, then…

BECOME A PLAYER FOR LIFE BY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 and

You and I will meet by phone for 15 minutes to see
how you can be at least 15% richer.

If you jump in as a PLAYER FOR LIFE this weekend,
I’ll jump into the deep water with you one on one.

If you already know that having forever access to my
million $ intellectual property library filled with
training, coaching, life and business skills for…

YOU and a 2nd PERSON under 25 is worth $500 (50% off
for being one of the 100 Founding Players) then…

BECOME A FOUNDING 100 “PLAYER FOR LIFE”
BY THIS SUNDAY AT MIDNIGHT, YOU GET…

MY UNDIVIDED PERSONAL ATTENTION
TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER YOU WANT.

You can sign up for Player for Life here:

I look forward to sharing another 29 lessons and
nuggets with you on Saturday at 11am Eastern.

Phone #: 712-580-1100
Access: 12288#

You’re a player.
Thank you for elevating my game.

I’ll meet you on the field Saturday at 11am.

Mitch, CEO — Chief Encouragement Officer™
“30 Years, 30 Lessons!”

P/S — Grab these FOUR new “Play Before You Pay”
gift resources from PLAYER FOR LIFE:

* 7 Ways to Lift Your Leverage-Ability – Book
* Change the Stimulus, Control Your Response – Video
* Values and Conscious Business – Teleconference
* 10 Kinds of Payoff Everyone Seeks – Audio + pdf

Download them all here

P/P/S — Remember, if you are a Player for Life by
this weekend you and I will speak for 15 minutes
to see how to make you 15% richer.

You can sign up for Player for Life here

Posted on: 10-31-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Marketing, Sales, Service, NEW Money, NEW Skills, PLAY the NEW Game

Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt 1

Note: Below you will find three more “Player for Life” resources to help you navigate the waters, manage change and elevate your game.

The chickens are coming home to roost, the rats are jumping ship and the cockroaches are coming out of the woodwork.

Our credit-based consumer economy is imploding under the weight of bad debt and inflated currency. The “experts” who steered us aground are grabbing their bullion and jumping ship. Profiteers who see blood in the water are circling like sharks.

Fear, loathing and panic are replacing calm, clarity and due diligence. Our primal reptile brain is overriding our rational thinking. When the emotional amygdala senses danger, it signals the limbic system to react, not respond.

Bob Prechter explains it in his book, “The Wave Principle of Human Social Behavior…”

“As a primitive tool of survival, emotional impulses from the limbic system impel a desire among individuals to seek signals from others in matters of knowledge and behavior and therefore to align their feelings and convictions with those of the group. The desire to belong to and be accepted by the group is particularly powerful in intensely emotional social settings, when it can overwhelm the higher brain functions.

“In a realm such as investing, where so few are knowledgeable the tendency toward dependence is pervasive. Trends are steered not by the rational decisions of individual minds but by the peculiar collective sensibilities of the herd. They are driven to follow the herd because they do not have firsthand knowledge adequate to form an independent conviction, which makes them seek wisdom in numbers. The unconscious says: ‘You have too little basis upon which to exercise reason; your only alternative is to assume that the herd knows where it’s going.'”

In times like this, it’s wise to heed Harvey Mackay’s sage advice,

“Beware the naked man who offers you his shirt.”

In the past week, I have gotten dozens of emails about how to profit from the coming recession using a range of notions, lotions and potions:

Become a six-figure coach.
Make a killing in licensing.
Be a highly paid speaker.
Get rich on the Internet.
Make a fortune in real estate foreclosures.
Clean up with stock timing (how’s that one working out?).

And of course, you can always count on our good friends at the Nigerian Ministry just itching to put a few million in your bank account!

They say you don’t need a product, you don’t need customers, you don’t even need intelligence. Heck, you don’t even have to work. Just follow the proven system, then sit back and vacuum up all the canoles you can imagine.

Two common refrains are, “I’m sick and tired of all the doom and gloom” and “Don’t participate in the recession.” If you think positive, turn off the TV, hang out with millionaires and billionaires, you can survive, no thrive in tough times.

But these pikers are amateurs compared to the most naked men and women of all:

The money grubbers on Capitol Hill!

These generous souls offered to give us their shirts, pants, socks and shoes, empty suits who had the chutzpah to swear with straight faces they were getting naked for us. When the smoke turned into fire then into a global inferno, we discovered these Emperors had no clothes.

Beware the naked men who offer you YOUR shirt.

If you had any doubt your elected representatives have nobody’s interest at heart but their own, that bloom is now permanently off the rose.

I am not certain about much, but after 30 years in business there is one thing I can take to the bank:

When the “con-fidence” man says, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” it’s time to bolt the door, grab my wallet and lock up my jewels.

We have nothing to fear but the government itself.

The great bank heist of 2008 disguised as a $1 trillion “rescue plan” was a cowardly act, a calculated coup, and the largest transfer of wealth in the history of humankind. We are mere pawns in their grand game of World Monopoly.

It’s not enough for them to glom a King’s ransom for themselves.
They want to own every house and hotel, Boardwalk and Park Place.

Don’t ever be fooled again that they are looking out for you.
Nobody is coming to bail you out.

YOU MUST LOOK OUT FOR AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

Whether you are employed or self-employed, own the business or work there, you must think, act and behave like a “Virtual Entrepreneur.”

Step back and take a big, deep breath.
Be as Zen-like and centered as you can.

Detach your wealth from your health, or you just might lose both.

Don’t conflate who you are with what you own or owe.
Your net worth is not your self worth.

Take stock of your financial, intellectual and personal assets and liabilities.

Curtail discretionary spending on things that provide temporary gratification then lose their value. Reduce high interest debt wherever you can.

Ride your best source of cash flow and save as much as possible.

Create at least one more source of active, passive or residual income to replace any lost income, interest or dividends.

Decide whether you are a jockey (rider) or a horse (ride).

If you’re a horse, find jockeys who can ride you into mutual payoff and profit.

If you’re a jockey, find a horse you can ride.

Implement the “10% Here, 10% There” Formula:

Produce 10% more, and consume 10% less.

Don’t jump into the next hot deal, or buy the next great money making thing without being certain you are committed to working it. You don’t need the clutter of another business opportunity you won’t work or an information product to sit on your shelf and gather dust.

Don’t be stuck inside or outside the box. Throw the box away. Let go of your pre-conceived ideas and limiting beliefs.

Make an inventory of your best, most marketable and valuable skills. Clean the slate as if you are starting all over today with all your accumulated talent, ability, experience and contacts.

Accept that what got you here may not get you there. Your best ticket to the dance may be someone else’s product or service.

Make a “hot list” of 20 people who can be a jockey or horse, open a door of opportunity or possibility, or lead you to someone who can.

Use my “Take a Millionaire to Lunch” formula.
Get crystal clear on these three things:

1 – What you do (can do, will do or want to do)?
2 – Why you do it?
3 – Who you’re looking for?

Then contact the 20 people on your “hot list” and tell them what, why and who. You are one or two degrees of separation away from who you’re looking for. It may be your “weak ties” rather than your strong ties that connect you to who and what you’re looking for.

To assist you, here are three more “Player for Life” gifts, two private live training sessions plus the “Millionaire to Lunch” / Rejection Proof Networking approach that sells for $149. Each is worth its weight in gold, especially in these uncertain and turbulent times.

1 – “How to Take a Millionaire to Lunch” and Rejection Proof Your Networking™ was an invitation only live business training with our “Champions by Choice” network marketing team.

If you direct market, network market, market online or offline, this training will eliminate rejection forever and show you how to make your marketing work in the new game of business.

Download the audio here.

2 – “Take a Millionaire to Lunch” / Rejection Proof Networking documents are here and here.

3 – “Leverage You, Leverage Me, and Leverage Everything” is a discussion on how to leverage everyone in your network and everything in your sphere of influence.

Download this training here.

You’re a player.
You can elevate your game.

I’ll meet you on the field.

Mitch, CEO — Chief Encouragement Officer™
Player for Life, Partner for Life

P/S – Why join me as a Player for Life / Partner for Life?

1 – Get forever access to 30 years of knowledge, experience and wisdom, a treasure trove of life skills, business boosters and revenue enhancers that will elevate your game for the rest of your life.

2 – Get a 2nd Player for Life membership to gift someone under age 25.

3 – Become a Partner for Life – get paid for recommending Player for Life to others, who also get a 2nd membership to gift to someone under 25.

4 – Be part of a game changing team dedicated to your support and success.

First 100 Player for Life founding partners invest only $500.

Listen to the Player for Life audio, download the raw transcript and join as a Founding Partner at the temporary Player for Life website here

Join as a Founding Partner for only $500 here.

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Posted on: 10-10-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Money, NEW Skills, NEW Thinking

The High Cost of NO Trust Comments Off on The High Cost of NO Trust

For 30 years, I have used this three-step formula to be the service provider of choice:

1 – Add (real) value in advance
2 – Become the trusted advisor
3 – Provide the adequate solution

People can’t take “perceived” value to the bank.
They won’t stay in a long-term relationship absent trust.
Nobody knows what the “best” solution is.

Violate these, and you create a believe-ability gap.

Perceived value makes people wonder, “where’s the beef?”
Lack of trust generates suspicion.
Claiming you have the best causes people to think, “prove it!”

If any of these are present, it’s likely game over before game starts.

According to Stephen M.R. Covey, trust is not just a soft, nice to have virtue; it’s a hard-edged economic driver. Because we’re so interdependent and there’s so much noise and clutter…

Trust is the first currency of entrepreneurs.

Trust is like health — it’s neglected and taken for granted until it’s lost.
It’s a combination of character, competence and credibility.

Here’s the state of trust according to Covey:

* 34% of Americans trust others (68% in Scandinavia)
* 49% of employees trust their senior leaders
* 76% of employees see illegal or unethical action at work
* 43% to 75% of students have cheated to get into grad school

High trust organizations outperform low trust ones by 286%.
Among the best 100 companies to work for, trust is 60%-75% of the equation.

High trust is a dividend.
Low trust is a tax.

Only 10% of us trust Congress to do what’s best for us.
Yet, we re-elect incumbents 95% of the time.

It’s no wonder we pay such a heavy leadership “tax.”

Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust.

Warren Buffett did a $29 billion deal with Walmart in 29 days based on a handshake alone, with no due diligence, after only a 2-hour meeting. Buffet gets enormous amounts done with trust. His CEOs stay on because they like being trusted by him.

My dear friend Dave Corbin, executive producer and star of the movie “Pass It On” calls me the “Mentor to the Masters” because a “Who’s Who” of experts call me for advice.

Nothing has been more instrumental in my life and my work than the high value of high trust.

When you act in the best interests of others, you inspire trust.
When you act only in your best interest, you compromise trust.

Do what’s “highest and best for all” and you become THE trusted advisor.

People like being trusted, and they crave trust in others.

Do you trust easily and readily, and inspire trust in others?
Or are you suspicious of others, and are they suspicious of you?

One of the best ways to build trust is to stop making withdrawals from the “trust” accounts you maintain with others.

The people you serve are overloaded with hype and overblown promises.
Trust sets you apart from the hypesters and hucksters.

Nothing creates confidence more quickly or effectively than the transfer of trust.

How can you create a trust dividend instead of paying trust tax?

We hear that our current financial mess is a credit crisis.

It’s more a crisis of confidence, values and trust.

We are paying a huge tax for placing confidence, value and trust in those who haven’t earned it and don’t have our best interests at heart.

How can you convert trust from a tax into a dividend?

Value your intuition.
Be better at due diligence.
Don’t be persuaded by false, fabricated or manufactured influence.

Listen to my interview with Dr. Robert Cialdini,

“How to Be a More Savvy Buyer and a Business Sleuth.”

Read my white paper, “Real Influence is S.C.A.R.C.E.”

Follow the three-step formula to be the service provider of choice:

1 – Add (real) value in advance
2 – Become the trusted advisor
3 – Provide the adequate solution

Heed the advice of Jim Burke, former CEO of J&J:

“I have found that by trusting people until they prove themselves unworthy of that trust, a lot more happens.”

Be the TRUST you want to see in the world.

You’re a player.
Trust can change the game.

P/S — PLAYER FOR LIFE audio is posted here (many nuggets)

PLAYER FOR LIFE transcript (unedited) is here

Join PLAYER FOR LIFE as a Founding Partner for only $500 here (first 100 only)

PLAYER FOR LIFE web page will be up shortly here

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Posted on: 10-7-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Skills, PLAY the NEW Game

Are You Choosing the Evil of Two Lessers? Comments Off on Are You Choosing the Evil of Two Lessers?

“With a place to stand I can move the Earth.”
Archimedes

On November 2, 2004 before leaving my house to vote,
I wrote this Blog post to express my feelings about
the choice for president…

“The Evil of Two Lessers!”

“The Evil of Two Lessers” is a rigged, LOSE-LOSE game.
Even if you win, you lose.

Are you choosing between the “Evil of Two Lessers?”

If you want to win, don’t box yourself into the
evil of two lessers. Change the game.

Choose a third, greater and better option.

This is true for every decision in life.

Without a viable third option, we are stuck
choosing the evil of two lessers.

This is especially true in politics.
Politics is a two dimensional game in a 3D world.

The two lessers rig the game to prevent a third
choice from winning.

That enables them to continue to be “lesser”
and not be greater.

We deserve greater.
We deserve better.

We need the “greater of two betters” not the
evil of two lessers.

If you want the “greater of two betters”
create a new, third option.

Every situation has the possibility of
a third option. You won’t likely find
highest and best inside or outside the box.

It might require “NO Box” thinking.

Einstein declared, “We can’t solve problems
with the same thinking that created them.”

Throw the box away.

Archimedes asserted,
“With a place to stand I can move the Earth.”

Where can you stand to move the Earth?

A third choice is the lever that changes the
game from the “evil of two lessers” to the
“highest and best.”

Are you choosing the highest and best?

Where you stand, can you see the greater of
two betters?

If not, MOVE!

Move your mind from the evil of two lessers game
to the higher and better game of third choices.

Making a decision can create a lot of stress if
you feel stuck between the evil of two lessers.

You’re not stuck.
You can throw the box away.
You can choose a different place to stand.

In 1998, I wrote a 10-part course called,

“10 Tips to Make Good Decisions Without Stressing Out!”

It helped me transcend the evil of two lesser choices.
It helped me find and create third options.

It might help you or someone you care about.
Feel free to share it.

You can read the course online here

You can download it the pdf version here

You’re not stuck with the evil of two lessers.

Give yourself the freedom to choose the
“greater of two betters.”

You’re a player.
You deserve the highest and best.

Choose well.

I’ll meet you on the field.

Mitch, CEO — Chief Encouragement Officer™
Transform the “Evil of Two Lessers” into the
“Greater of Two Betters!”

P/S – As a PLAYER FOR LIFE, you have forever access
to a treasure trove of third options so you are never
again stuck choosing between the evil of two lessers.

You belong to a game changing community dedicated to
the freedom to choose the highest and best for all.

PLAYER FOR LIFE audio is posted here (many nuggets)

PLAYER FOR LIFE transcript (unedited) is here

Join PLAYER FOR LIFE as a Founding Partner for only $500 here (first 100 only)

PLAYER FOR LIFE web page will be up shortly here

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Posted on: 09-23-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Skills, NEW Values, PLAY the NEW Game

Business Game Changer™ Mastery Week Comments Off on Business Game Changer™ Mastery Week

Monday June 9 at 7pm and Tuesday June 10 at Noon Eastern
we discuss how you can immediately integrate these
5 + 1 Game Changer behaviors into your work:

1 – Reframe the Game: Redefine What You Do
Stop talking products, start telling stories of
results, outcomes, experiences

2 – Elevate Your Play: Set the Standard in Your Industry
Own your niche – Become a “6” in a world of “5’s”

3 – Be the Trusted Coach – 2nd Opinion Marketing™
Give away the “What” and charge for the “How”

4 – Swing the Bat: Serve, Deliver, Serve Some More
Only 3 out of 10 puts you in the Hall of Fame

5 – Play the Long Game: Build Customer Net Worth
Turn service into a product into profit

Bonus + 1

6 – Get in the Game – SHOW UP and Step Up!
Are you showing up? HOW are you showing up?

Do you show up to sell products and services?
Do you show up to serve, deliver, serve some more?

If you are ready to elevate your play in a forever way,
Game Changer Mastery training starts Thursday, June 12.

Join us for two no charge Preview Tele-classes:

Monday June 9 at 7pm Eastern
Tuesday June 10 at Noon Eastern

Dial 712-580-1100
Code 12288#

We discuss specifics about how to integrate these
5 + 1 Game Changer behaviors into your work.

Find out how to leverage five touch points to attract,
qualify, convert, keep and multiply customers and profits.

Discover how to boost revenue, profit and income NOW.

Learn why 57 motivated and excited people are registered
to be part of a team of committed Business Game Changers
and how you can join them with ZERO risk.

You have nothing to lose by eavesdropping on our
Business Game Changer preview calls.

No registration required.
Just show up.

Monday June 9 at 7pm Eastern
Tuesday June 10 at Noon Eastern

Dial 712-580-1100
Code 12288#

If what’s on your schedule at these times is worth
more than $10,000, keep your appointment.

If what’s on your schedule is not worth $10,000 or
more, change your appointment and join us.

Game changers are about much more than dollars.

They are about elevating their game and being the
best servant leaders they can be.

NEW Game leadership is not a top-down hierarchy,
with a single authority dictating policy.

It’s bottom up, inside-out, individual servant leadership.

Game changers are servant leaders.

They are not about transactions.
They are about transportation and transformation.

What business are you in?
I’m in the transportation and transformation business.

This week we begin an exciting journey to transport you
to new heights and transform you into a Game Changer.

It’s my great privilege to guide, facilitate and be
your Chief Encouragement Officer™.

You’re a player.
This week, you WILL change the game.

I’ll meet you on the field…

Monday at 7pm Eastern
Tuesday at Noon Eastern.

Mitch, CEO — Chief Encouragement Officer™
Business Game Changers™

P/S — If you are already registered for Business
Game Changer Mastery, these preview calls will be
valuable foundation and grounding.

If you are not registered for Game Changer Mastery,
don’t miss these preview calls.

Monday June 9 at 7pm Eastern
Tuesday June 10 at Noon Eastern

Dial 712-580-1100
Code 12288#

Posted on: 06-8-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Money, NEW Skills

Play Your Best, Build An All Star Team 1

In today’s Play the NEW Game™ we discussed how to:

* Play YOUR best position.
* Surround yourself with an all-star team!
* Play for the love of the game.

We talked baseball, business and life.

Listen now:

Or download today’s conversation here:

Here are the resources we mentioned about playing your best game and adding us to your team:

Be a Player, Join the Players’ Club here

Be a Value’s Coach and Profile Reseller here

Be a Rainmaker for Hire here

Please add your comments below.

You’re a player.
Today is a great day to play a new game.

Mitch, CEO – Chief Encouragement Officer™
Play Your Best, Build an All Star Team

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Posted on: 04-1-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Skills, PLAY the NEW Game

Values and Coaching Comments Off on Values and Coaching

Today is Values and Coaching day.

If you coach, consult, teach, train, counsel or speak
don’t miss today’s Play the NEW Game.

At 1pm eastern, Dave Buck, CEO of Coachville and I
discussed values, assessments and coaching.

You can listen to this conversation here:

Or, download by clicking here…

We continued the Values and Coaching conversation
at 4pm Eastern as our Play the NEW Game topic.

If you want to add UNIQUE value in whatever you do,
seen as a trusted advisor or choice service provider,
or simply want to do better yourself, listen to today’s
Play the NEW Game here:

Please comment below about your take away value.

Enjoy the game.

Mitch, CEO – Chief Encouragement Officer™
Values and Coaching

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Posted on: 03-26-2008
Posted in: NEW Business, NEW Skills, NEW Values, PLAY the NEW Game

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