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Just 10 A Day Will Set You Free

Ilka Flood — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:24:45 +0000

Just imagine how different your life – or your network marketing business – would be 5 years from now if you made a few simple changes today and stuck to it. If instead of watching another episode of CSI you would pick up a personal development book and read just 10 pages every single day. If instead of reading novels and living someone else’s dream, you picked up Napoleon Hill’s “Think & Grow Rich” and build your own dream.

Do you think this would change your life? I betcha!! They say it takes 21 days to break or make a habit. I dare you to try it out.

Reading 10 pages a day doesn’t take a lot of time. Maybe 10-15 minutes? But just think within a year you will have read 3650 pages. Let’s assume the average personal development book has 200 pages. That’s about 18 books a year. 18 books with powerful messages that can totally change your life.

Within the next 5 years you will have read almost 100 books. Feeding your brain with valuable information that you can apply anywhere and at anytime … in life as well as in your network marketing business.

It’s easy to do and it’s easy not to do!

Just imagine how much you will have grown as a person. You will never, ever be the same! If you were to lose everything, your job; your house; your business; whatever; …you would still possess that knowledge and you could start anew anytime you wanted to.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A mind once expanded will never shrink back to its original state.”

Just for a second close your eyes and let that sink in … “A mind once expanded will never shrink back to its original state.”

Do you realize how powerful this statement is??

That means, whatever happens in your life, that knowledge you gained from reading those 100 books will be forever engrained in your brain. It’s knowledge that you have access to anytime, knowledge you can use it to better your life.

If you don’t know where to start, here are some reading suggestions. A small sample from my own library of personal development books…

“Think & Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill
“How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
“Lessons From Great Lives” by Sterling W. Sill & Dan McCormick
“Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki
“Why We Want You To Be Rich” by Donald Trump & Robert Kiyosaki
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R.Covey
“Your First Year in Network Marketing” by Mark Yarnell
“Secrets of the Millionaire Mind” by T. Harv Eker
“The Go-Giver” by Bob Burg & John David Mann
“Go-Givers Sell More” by Bob Burg & John David Mann
“Beach Money” by Jordan Adler
… and one of my all-time favorites … “The Slight Edge”, by Jeff Olson

That’s my message to you for today. Turn off that tube and reach for a good book. Feed your brain!

I love this quote by Jim Rohn … “Rich people have libraries. Poor people have big screen TVs”

To Your Success,

Ilka Flood

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Success: Even Eagles Need A Push

Ilka Flood — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:23:03 +0000

One of my “Better Bunch” friends challenged me to write a blog post every day this week, Monday through Friday.

I’m always up for a challenge, but let me tell you, that was not easy. I had to put some things on the back burner, make some sacrifices and really stretch my limits, but in the end I did get it done.

“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day.” _ Jim Rohn

When I told my husband about this challenge on Monday, the first words out of his mouth were …“Are we getting dinner this week?” (That kind of reminded me of when he received a surprise phone call on a Sunday and went off to Saudi Arabia Monday morning during Desert Storm. The first thing I could think of was, … “who’s going to do our taxes?”)

But anyway … Yes, I still fed my family this week.

What did this challenge accomplish?

For one, it made me grow as a person. I gained more confidence when I stepped out of my comfort zone. Oh, wait a minute. Did I step out or was I pushed? =) In any case, the results remain the same. (Thanks so much for the push!! It’s very much appreciated.)

As an added benefit, my Alexa ranking dropped quite a bit this week and I gained quite a few new visitors as well.

By the way … I wrote a post a little while ago …“Why You Should Surround Yourself With Successful People.”

Well, that’s EXACTLY why. When you hang out with successful people, they lift you up to their level. They help you stretch your limits and they will also give you that much needed push.

I couldn’t have accomplished this challenge this week without the loving support of my husband. So here’s a big hug and thank you for always believing in me even if I don’t.

Here’s one of my favorite motivational movies. I invite you to watch Even Eagles Need A Push. It is only 3 minutes long.

Yes, indeed, even eagles need a push. They need to learn to spread their wings and fly.

Challenges are nothing more than stepping stones to help you grow. Are you stepping up to the plate?

Can you relate? Has anyone ever helped you stretch your limits or even pushed you out of the nest? If so, we’d love to hear your story below.

And, as always, if you liked this post, please share it with your friends of Twitter and Facebook.

Don’t Make Network Marketing Harder Than It Is

Ilka Flood — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:51:29 +0000

There’s a reason it’s called NETWORK Marketing. You are not all by yourself. It’s about a large group of people doing a few simple activities over a sustained period of time. In other words, it’s about a lot of people doing a little consistently over time. It’s about leveraging yourself.

Don’t think you have to sponsor this large group of people all by yourself either. You only need a handful and then teach them how to get a handful. And so on. Over time you, and your handful of people, that you started out with, will have build your large network.

You can talk to any one of the top leaders in any company and they will tell you that they only sponsored a few people themselves. And those few built their network marketing organizations. Remember, it’s about a lot of people doing a little over a sustained period of time.

One of my favorite books is ‘The Slight Edge’ by Jeff Olson. In it he tells the story of ‘The Water Hyacinth. It goes something like this…

Although a single plant can produce as many as 5,000 seeds, the method it prefers to grow is by doubling itself. It can cover an entire pond in 30 days. However, for the first few weeks you won’t even notice it is there. On day 15 you may see maybe a square foot. On the 20th day you may find a dense little patch maybe the size of a mattress. On day 29 half the ponds surface will be open water. But, on the 30th day the whole pond will be covered with a blanket of the water hyacinth. You won’t even see any water.

So you see, just by doubling itself, this amazing plant covered a whole pond in as little as a month. It’s pretty much the same principle in network marketing. We double ourselves, and then again and again and again until we have a very large network of people who all do a little to contribute to the whole.

It’s not hard. It just takes time.

Many people give up to soon. If they would just have stayed the course, they would have reaped the harvest of the seeds they were sowing.

Don’t give up! Stay the course! Get a few. Teach them to get a few and help them teach those to get a few. And you all do just a few simple activities every day over a sustained period of time.

I know, I sound like a broken record…but there is a point to it.

I invite you to leave your experience in the comment box below.

212°…The Extra Degree

Ilka Flood — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:22:46 +0000

A couple of months ago I posted this on my old “The Enlightened Networker” blog. This morning I needed a little reminder of the difference between good and great. So I watched this movie again to encourage myself to give it that extra little push that makes all the difference in the world. I thought I’d share it again with you all. Maybe you need a little reminder too.

Did you know that…

At 211 degrees, water is hot.
At 212 degrees, it boils.
And with boiling water comes steam.
And steam can power a locomotive.
The one extra degree makes all the difference.

Are you reaching your goals, your dreams, whatever you set out to accomplish in life? Maybe you need to push just a little harder. Remember in last year’s Summer Olympics, Michael Phelps won another Gold Medal by one hundredth of a second.

So many times in business as well as in life (or sports) it is that one extra degree that makes all the difference in the world.

“To get what we’ve never had we must do what we’ve never done.”

See you at the top!

Staying the Course

Ilka Flood — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:29:46 +0000

Staying the Course
By BJ Gallagher

    Our journey of life is about progress, not perfection.
    It’s not about doing one thing 100% better -
    it’s a matter of doing 100 things, 1% better each day.

    Progress is evolutionary not revolutionary,
    and most days we measure our progress
    in inches, not miles.

What matters most is showing up for your life
whether you feel like it or not.

Ask yourself, “What two or three little things
can I do today that would move me forward?”

You’ll be amazed at how much distance
you can cover by taking it in increments.

    The little things add up; the inches turn to miles;
    and we string together our efforts like so many pearls.
    Before long, look what you have – a whole strand!

Ah… beautiful.

This goes rigth along with “The Slight Edge.” If you haven’t read the book “The Slight Edge: Secret to a $uccessful Life” by Jeff Olson I highly recommend that you go out and get it TODAY. It’s the little things we do every single day that will change our life forever. Did you know that you can change your life, your finances, your health, your relationships and family life in just 5 short years by applying “The Slight Edge” every day. It’s easy to do and it’s just as easy not to do. But by doing it you can turn your whole life around.

Be blessed.

Just 10 A Day Will Set You Free