February 16th, 2006

They Lie To You About Network Marketing

By Michael Dlouhy

The heavy hitter guru tells you that YOU have to change. You have to become this “A” type personality. You have to learn all these closing techniques. You have to become a salesperson. Make a list of your friends & family, call them up, beat ‘em up.

What they want to do is turn YOU into that pushy, aggressive salesperson that 92% of the world’s population can’t stand.

They say, “Make a list of 100 people.” But 92% of everybody is sales-resistant. Like you, for instance. You don’t like to sell, don’t like to be sold, and you’ll run from a salesperson. “Dive, dive, dive. Down periscope. Scotty, we’re outta here!”

Ninety-two percent of everybody will absolutely run.

Here’s the truth. YOU do not have to change. YOU are perfect just the way you are. Ninety-two per-cent of the world’s population has been listening to the other 8% … and the 8% are wrong.

We’ve had great success in network marketing, and here’s what I’d tell you.

You don’t have to change. You don’t have to become that “A” type personality. You don’t have to become a salesperson. All you need is to learn some skills, like how to understand the personalities. That is our “Colors” training, and it’s mandatory for your success. You can also use it to be more successful in your relationships with your parents and your children and your in-laws and your spouse.

And that skill translates to success right in your network marketing business.

When I talk to someone and tell them, “It’s not your fault,” I can hear the relief in their voice. It’s reality. They don’t have to change. They are perfect, just as they are. They don’t have to get out of their comfort zone.

You only need to learn the skills we teach … and learn to believe in yourself. And we know how to get you there, too. Most people don’t believe that they really deserve success. How can you get there if you think you don’t deserve it?

So we help them get to the point where they know they deserve success, and then they welcome it. And once they have the skills we teach at Mentoring For Free, it’s not hard for them to take action.

Those heavy hitters will keep telling you to “make a list, buy leads, call 100 people a day, yada, yada, yada …”. Do I have one question for you:

Do you LOVE selling to people? Do you LOVE to have people sell to you?

If your answer is “No,” then that system absolutely will not work for you. It only works for the 8 per-centers. And in that group, only about 2% can actually DO what they’re telling the rest of the world to do.

The gurus are lying when they tell you that you can build big this way. You can’t. The truth is, no one does, because it is absolutely not duplicatable.

But the good news is, you don’t have to do it that way. Just be yourself, learn a few skills, and YOU can build big. I’m living proof.

We Appreciate You
Michael & Linda Dlouhy
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February 14th, 2006

Network Marketing: “Get The Vision!”

By Michael Dlouhy

I was 25 years old. Linda & I had been married 6 years. I was in business for myself, building homes. I had learned the trade working for others, and by 1978, I was making a pretty good living working for myself.

Then one day a gentleman came to the house to sell us insurance. He asked me a question that changed our lives:

“Michael, how would you like to get a little less money on every house that you build, but then the people would pay you ongoing income for the rest of your life? Would that interest you?”

Put yourself in my place for a moment. What would YOU say?

Personally, I was blown away at the mere thought of what he said. It totally clicked. Then he showed me network marketing with an insurance program, and that’s where I got the bug. Linda & I have been network marketers ever since.

This is a very important lesson:

1. Get to know your prospect. Start building “know, like, & trust.”
2. Help your prospect “get the vision” by relating network marketing to what they do.
3. Get out of the way before you get trampled in their rush to get started.

This lesson is as valid today as it was back in 1978. It will take some thought on your part to adapt it to different prospects, but you will be well rewarded.

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Michael & Linda Dlouhy
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February 13th, 2006

MLM Success - 8th Grade Education!

By Michael Dlouhy

Do you really want success in your life and your business?

Most people don’t!  WHAT do I mean?

Most people die with their music still in them. Ben Franklin said, “Most men die at age 25, but they aren’t buried until age 65!”

What does this mean? I think what Ben meant was, when we give up on our dreams, we quit expecting to live the good life.

Twenty-five years in network marketing and achieving financial freedom by age 40 have taught us some valuable life lessons.

I promise you this, I can share with you how to accomplish a lifetime’s worth of work in only 2-3 years, part-time from your home, and on the internet.

Your time is your most valuable asset! It is our hope that the few minutes you spend reading my story will save you years of business failure and frustration.

Best selling author Jim Rohn says that traditional education will make you a living, while self-education and systems will make you rich. I’m proof positive of this fact, and why you must never, never quit, and never ever give up on your dreams!

My Real Story

I was born in 1951 into a large dysfunctional family and started out sleeping in the attic crawl space in a small frame house in Cleveland, Ohio.

I remember my mother beating me at age 4 in her kitchen, after I told her I was too scared to sleep in the attic crawl space by myself. My two older brothers, Bruce (6) and Jim (8), both in school, had just moved into a small bedroom our dad added onto the house, along with my younger brother Timothy (2). My mother was pregnant with my youngest brother Kenneth.

During this beating she told me I was no good, ugly, stupid, and would never amount to anything. I remember thinking, “How could I not be any good, I’m only 4 years old?” She didn’t answer. She just sent me to sleep in the crawl space.

Never underestimate the power of kind, positive words that you yourself have shared with your own family and friends.

“Always focus on the positive”!

You become what you think about most of the time. My father’s sister, Aunt Honey, would hug me and tell me how much she loved me. She’d say I was smart & handsome, and she was proud of me. She told me that I could do anything I wanted to do with my life.

With all the negative things in my young life, the positive information my Aunt gave me is what I chose to believe and focus on.

We moved away from my Aunt when I was 7, but all her love and positive thoughts and attitudes stayed with me.

The abuse got worse from age 7 to 14. Bleeding, watery welts from beatings, and never-ending verbal abuse. But I kept a positive attitude. I got straight A’s in school and worked in my father’s auto garage weekends and after school.

When you focus on the posititve, there is no room for ANY negative.

The more I worked with my father the closer our relationship became. This seemed to intensify my mother’s hatred for me.

At age 14 I accepted the Lord as my personal savior, and turned everything over to him. From age 14 to 16 while keeping my grades up, I excelled in school sports. The coaches said I was the best they had ever seen. They told me I’d definitely get a college athletic scholarship.

At age 16, my parents took me out of school in the 9th grade to work full time in my father’s auto garage. This was hard to deal with, because I thought a high school diploma was the path to freedom and success.

I know the Lord will never give you more than you can handle. As his Gift to me at age 16 while working in my fathers garage, I met my soul mate Linda, age 15.

We have been married for over 33 years. Linda is more than my best friend. She has given me my favorite son Matthew, 20, and my favorite daughter Amanda, 18.

When I asked my parents to be paid for working in the garage, my mother told me that I was ungrateful and kicked me out of the house at age 16.

A fork in the road of life.

After sleeping in my car the first night with no money, no food, and no home, I knew I needed a job.

As I drove down the road looking for a job, I came to a fork in the road. Left would take me to Clearwater, right to Palm Harbor. I turned right and got hired that day delivering lumber.

After I learned all about lumber types and sizes, I got a second job working the night shift building roof trusses. After I learned about all the roof types, pitches, and how to build them, I quit my day job delivering lumber, and got a job as a carpenters helper.

Life for my brothers and sisters living at home worsened. I lost my younger brother Timothy and my older brother Bruce because of the abuse. God rest their souls.

After I learned how to build houses by learning the carpentry and the business end, I started my own carpentry framing business at age 19.

For me turning right, not left at the fork in the road gave me my trade. This trade enabled me to build thousands of homes, as well as our own dream home.

My intention of telling you my story is not to make you feel bad. Hopefully, you can see clearly how using my life lessons made it possible for us to eventually have such great success in network marketing.

After becoming debt free at 40 years old with a $500,000.000 estate, I realized that no high school diploma or formal education had anyting to do with my success. It had everything to do with self-education, developing success systems, and life lessons that I learned.

On June 1, 1995, 28 years after my parents took me out of school, I received my high school diploma with a passing grade of 283. 300 is the highest score, and you can pass with a 200.

So again my life lessons, self education, with systems we developed is why we now have a life that most people only dream about.

Call us anytime: 1-352-799-8779. We will help you.

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Michael & Linda Dlouhy
352-799-8779 (anytime)
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