“Wildly over-communicate, especially in tough times.”
~ Tom Peters 12.4.09
Is Tom Peters right?
Here’s my take:
You don’t have time or patience to wade through a
mountain of dung to find the pony at the bottom.
You just want the pony.
Read More“Wildly over-communicate, especially in tough times.”
~ Tom Peters 12.4.09
Is Tom Peters right?
Here’s my take:
You don’t have time or patience to wade through a
mountain of dung to find the pony at the bottom.
You just want the pony.
Read More“You always amaze me. You are the best at what you do!
Another great call. You have tremendous vision and insight
into what is happening.” Bob from Nebraska
“Over the last 35 years, I have taken hundreds of courses,
purchased hundreds of books & tapes and have never
learned so much as I did today. YOU WERE FANTASTIC!
THE BEST! STUPENDOUS! THANK YOU.” Tony in Massachusetts
The “More Income Now!” conversation will alter the way you
see business, marketing, content, intellectual property, and YOU.
If you’re eager for a “throw away the box ” experience Wayne
Moritz called “eye opening” listen to this today and start
playing “The NEW Game of Money™” tomorrow.
You will see yourself and your world in a whole new way.
I promise this will be a worthwhile time investment.
People emailed me and said this conversation was so
valuable I should charge for it.
I’ll let you be the judge.
For the next 24 hours, you can download it at no charge:
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After you listen please post your comments below.
Enjoy.
Mitch
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The special REPRINT and TRAINING RIGHTS
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NEW Game thinking is “NO Box Thinking™.”
Internet Marketing Super Conference
June, 2006
Watch this video and transform your thinking.
In this video, I distinguish jockey and horse, how to identify which role fits you best, and how to maximize the value of every relationship you have.
For more on “Jockey or Horse” read my February 6, 2007 Blog Post…
Please share your comments below.
“Hope is a great thing to have and to feel. ‘I hope’ is not a good thing to say. The hardest commitment is to lead your life from the inside out, not from hope but from trust, willingness and commitment in the spirit of optimism, pragmatism and humanism.”
— Mitch Axelrod, 30 Years, 30 Lessons
Optimism is positive expectancy.
Pragmatism is practical reality.
Humanism is personal spirituality.
Optimism is a state of mind.
Pragmatism is a state of body.
Humanism is a state of soul.
Optimism is an idea.
Pragmatism is an outcome.
Humanism is a connection.
Leadership is connecting people to produce an outcome in a state of optimism.
Like optimism, hope is a state of mind.
It’s a wish, a desire, a something as yet unfulfilled.
You cannot touch, see, hear, smell or taste hope.
It’s not real in a concrete, tangible or practical sense.
It’s very real in the mental, magical, illusory sense.
Hope is a great thing to have and to feel.
It’s just not a good thing to SAY.
Saying, “I hope” is like saying “I wish.”
“Que sera, sera” – what will be, will be.
It’s let go and let, well, you know.
“I hope” disconnects me with any responsibility for the outcome.
It’s a divine event, and whether or when the divine intervenes, it’s “out of my hands.”
I wrote the essay, “Stop Hoping, Start Trusting” as a way to make conscious the deep unconscious conditioning that communicates, “I hope.”
Hope is not a game plan.
Hope is not a playbook.
Hope is not a play to run.
Hope alone changes nothing.
Stop hoping; start trusting.
Don’t ask for permission; ask for courage.
Instead of wishing and wanting, be willing.
Trust + Courage + Willingness = Commitment
Commitment + Compassion + Connection = Leadership
Add trust, courage, and willingness to hope, and you get commitment.
Add compassion and connection to commitment, you get leadership.
Leadership commits.
Leadership has compassion.
Leadership connects.
Leadership creates and re-creates.
Without commitment, you cannot lead.
Without compassion, connection and creation, you cannot inspire others to lead.
The hardest choice I make is to lead my life from the inside out.
Authenticity is not a new marketing tactic.
It’s the measure of integrity and wholeness.
It’s being integrated.
We get virtually no training in leadership, an essential life skill.
Much of what we get encourages and reinforces follower-ship.
Be led by your inner compass.
Be guided by true north.
Hope is good.
Hope is healthy.
Hope can get you through the night.
Hope is not trust.
Hope is not willingness.
Hope is not commitment.
We need trust, willingness and commitment to carry us forward.
Optimism gets us in the game.
Pragmatism keeps us in the game.
Humanism IS the game.
Optimism is a healthy state of thinking.
Pragmatism is a practical state of doing.
Humanism is a unique experience of being.
Optimism is the fuel.
Pragmatism is the engine.
Humanism is the passenger.
The NEW Game of Leadership matches the fuel to the engine so the passenger can drive the bus.
Leadership works best with the right blend of optimism, pragmatism and humanism.
A NEW Game leader maintains a healthy balance of all three.
Whether you lead an organization of thousands, or you are a Virtual Entrepreneur™, look at the current mix of optimism, pragmatism and humanism you bring to the game.
Challenge yourself to create a better blend of optimism, pragmatism and humanism to lead more efficiently, effectively and empathetically.
The world is starved for leadership.
We need you.
The people you serve are waiting for you to step out of the line and lead from the front.
You’re a player.
You CAN change the leadership game.
I’ll meet you on the field.
Mitch, CEO — Chief Encouragement Officer™
The NEW Game of Leadership™
“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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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In 1989, I took Jay Abraham’s protege program.
The price tag was $15,000.
Everyone I knew said, “You’re NUTS!”
Here are the results over the next three years:
In 1990, Jay hired me and paid me a lot to train his proteges.
In 1991, my income jumped by $100,000.
In 1992, I licensed my training for $250,000.
This was a big turning point that established my platform in a way I could not have done. This sequence of events over three years helped launch my career and business.
Jay wrote two letters that explain why he asked me to work with his proteges.
The first was the “Tale of Two Philosophies” letter.
The follow up was the “Oops We Goofed” letter detailing the entire seminar he sponsored.
When I return from Jay’s Super Reunion I will lead a special series of Reunion Debrief conversations. I will share what I gained and how to capitalize on the wisdom.
** TWO INCENTIVES TO JOIN THE DEBRIEF
Incentive #1- $500 (minimum)
Reserve your place before the Reunion starts on Tuesday, April 8, you get our complete course:
“Manage Your Activities, Maximize Your Time!”
Page 15 of this course by itself will add a minimum of 10 and possibly as many as 50 hours of additional paid time to you this year, every year.
If you earn $100,000, or $50 per hour, 10 extra paid hours are worth $500. That’s a 500% return on your investment by itself.
Add 50 hours, just one paid hour per week, you boost your earnings power by $2,500.
Not just this year, every year!
Incentive #2- $1,000 (minimum)
Be one of the first 20 to jump in this game, you get a course that has had a profound impact on more than 100,000 people…
“How to Get MEGA-Referrals, Powerful
Testimonials and Ringing Endorsements.”
MEGA-Referrals sells for $149 and is easily worth $1,000. I know you can generate $10,000 or more of new income over the next few yearswith MEGA whatever you do for a living.
One of our clients made $10 million (you read that right) just using MEGA-Referrals.
Time Management and MEGA-Referrals each are $149 to buy and are worth a lot more.
You get them just for joining the Debrief.
BE PART OF THE DEBRIEF FOR ONLY $99.
My Jay Abraham story proves how one “little hinge” can open up big doors of opportunity for you.
Listen or download the conversation here:
Mitch, CEO – Chief Encouragement Officer™
P/S – If the Debrief, Time Management and MEGA-Referrals don’t make a major difference in your life and work, simply ask for a refund.
You keep the bonuses either way.
You have zero to lose and much to gain.
The water is fine. Jump in.
JOIN THE DEBRIEF LIVE HERE.
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If you are for enriching your life, enlivening your livelihood and enjoying a more prosperous living, this conversation is for you.
So much rich content I can’t detail it all.
Got stress? We talked about how to identify and isolate it in 15 minutes, and how to reduce it with one simple shift in thinking.
Got talent you’re not using? How a 15-minute survey can help you find it and fulfill it.
Ready to add unique value to the people you serve? We explain how you can be the trusted advisor and earn the respect as the service provider of choice.
Want to do values coaching and get lifetime resell rights to more than 30 different value profiles?
Want to increase your active, passive and residual income?
Want to bring NEW Game coaching, consulting, training and solutions to your customers?
Want game changing personal mentoring and Mitch on your speed dial for the next six months?
Values and You = Perfect Together!
Use this “commencement” conversation to elevate your game. Step on the field and win the NEW Values game.
Listen now:
Here are three NEXT STEPS to get in the game we referenced:
CLARITY 101-Get in the Values Game
RAINMAKERS FOR HIRE™-Be Highly Paid to Make Rain
Please let us know how this impacts you by commenting below.
Mitch
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