Monday, August 18, 2008

The 6 Points of Leverage

I got this info after reading Robert G. Allen's and Mark Victor Hansen's book entitled The One Minute Millionaire.

Check this out:

1) Mentors

You must have teachers to show you the way. Experience is the best teacher - especially someone else's. Why take lumps when you don't have to? Work smarter, not harder.

2) Team

Business is a team sport, and teams win. That is what Robert Kiyosaki has taught us. When you put a bunch of determined, independent, competent people together, success happens in uncommon hours.

3) Infinite Network

When you build your team, the million dollar question is "Who do you know who [sells/buys/etc.]?" This is how you break through to the next level to accomplish your goals.

4) Skills

Friends, if you take an idiot and you motivate him/her, you will have a motivated idiot. People need to move beyond being motivated, and become competent. Skill development is crucial to business success. The most important skill that one can develop is the skill to sell/persuade. This is when skills pay the bills, folks.

5) Tools

What separated Neanderthals, from Cro Magnons, and Cro Magnons from Homo Sapiens? The intelligence to employ the use of tools. There is no need to do the heavy lifting. Use tools to get the job done.

6) System

The authors of this book use system as an acronym - Save Your Self Time Energy [and] Money. You see, your teachers are grooming you. Your team is supporting you. You're meeting people through the infinite network. You have developed some necessary skills. You have tools to make it easier. The system helps you put it all together.

Do you have a system?

Here is an analysis of the SendOutCards system. I refer to SendOutCards a lot, because I am rather fond of the company, and it's products have helped me prosper in Corporate America, and in my business.

Here is my checklist:

Mentors: Kody Bateman; Jordan Adler; David Frey; Steven Greene; and Phil Barnhardt

Team: David Steiner; Florence Callendar; and Charmaine Johnson (there are others, but these two are stars)

Infinite network: Colleagues on the SendOutCards forum and mailing list - whew! Those gals and guys know everybody - they introduced me to Business Network International (BNI), and inspired me to start Grassroots Business Network, LLC

Skills: BNI; and the members and the experts of Grassroots Business Network

Tools: SendOutCards' contact manager and the greeting cards and post cards

System: Step 1 - send one unexpected card each day; Send 2 - Send one DVD and e-mail the online walk through link each day; Step 3 - Set up 1 free gift account a day; Step 4 - You may or may not be interested in this, but there are 3 ways to become a sender of cards. Where do you see yourself getting started (i.e. make a decision)?

See there, that is is easy-to-follow plan.

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Talk to you soon.