A Great Article on MLM By my Friend Michael Dlouhy

Posted on March 12th, 2008 in Skills Training, Recent Posts by Sarah Thompson

By Michael Dlouhy

One thing network marketers do is … we wonder why other people do the things they do. Some of that stuff really seems irrational, doesn’t it? Selfish, mean, nuts? It’s frustrating just to think about someone doing those crazy things. Why can’t they be normal? Like … like … like US for instance!

And do you know what the height of this lunacy is? They … look at us … and think exactly the same thing!

Since they are so set in their crazy ways, maybe the smartest thing for us to do is to be a bit less bothered by their nuttiness.

One way to do this is to look beyond their behavior and into their soul. The vast majority of associates and prospects and family members aren’t being devious. They are just doing what they believe in. If you can look at the other person and see the innocence behind their behavior, then you can have compassion for them.

One area where others seem to often “go too far” is in their idea of how quickly we should be doing some pretty weird (probably unproductive) action, to help them in their MLM business. To them, it’s urgent. You, on the other hand, have 27 things on your list more urgent and more likely to produce good results. So just think of the frustration you feel when a project is urgent to you and you have to depend on someone else for the next step. That may make it easier to “feel their pain” and not be so bothered by their behavior.

We appreciate you!

Michael & Linda Dlouhy

Get your copy of Michael Free E book here.

Think and Grow Rich Chapter 3 January 2008

Posted on March 9th, 2008 in Mental Cleanse MasterMInd Sessions, Skills Training, Personal Development, Recent Posts by Sarah Thompson

Hi Sarah here,

I am constantly amazed at the personal growth that I see in folks who particpate in the Mentoring for Free 30 Day Mental Cleanse- These are a few of the lessons submitted for Chapter Two - Please read these carefully, ponder the meaning and hopefully you will walk away with a clearer perspective of yourself.

This process has helped me to change the direction of my life from failure to successThis is a personal development call where we teach people how to stop the chatter in our minds. So What is this? What Are we doing?

We are reading Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill a chapter at a time. To join this Mastermind Group go to

http://www.30daycleanse.com and then join us Every Wednesday at 3:00 pm EST and again at 3 :00 pm EST and listen in at 218-936-3890 pin 300300#

Do You Want the TRUTH ? Do You Want to know Why it is Not Your Fault ? Do You have Unaswered Questions? Do You Want to Have Success with Your Business? The Answers to these Questions are in My Free E Book Success in 10 Steps

Read It!!!

I Appreciate You
Your Friend For Life
Sarah Thompson

sarahthompson06@gmail.com

Life Is not the amount of breaths you take, it’s the
moments in your life that take your breath away.

Mental Cleanse Chapter 3.

My Lesson for Chap. 3, “FAITH”

It’s just amazing to me how many times I have to
remind myself that I am reading a book that was
written in 1937. And so many things that they
speak about in the context that it’s about to
change…yet it seems that we are still concerned
about so many of the exact same things today…
70 years later.

He speaks about “this stupendous machine age in
which we live, and from which we are just emerging,
has taken the soul out of men. Its leaders have
driven men as though they were pieces of cold
machinery; they were forced to do so by the employees
who have bargained, at the expense of all concerned,

“to get and not to give”.

The watchword of the future will be HUMAN HAPPINESS
AND CONTENTMENT, and when this state of mind shall
have been attained, the production will take care
of itself, more effectively than anything that has
ever been accomplished where men did not, and could
not mix FAITH and individual interest with their
labor.

Because of the need for faith and cooperation in
operating business and industry, it will be both
interesting and profitable to analyze an event which
provides an excellent understanding of the method
by which industrialists and business men
accumulate great fortunes…

“by giving before they try to get”.

The fundamental facts in their illustration regarding
the story of the United States Steel Corp. may
have been facts in 1900 when it happened…and
set down into a “method” by 1937 when Napoleon
Hill wrote “Think and Grow Rich”…but I wonder..
have we made much progress since then.

It seems that so many people are still searching
for this seemingly simple method of creating their
fortune …

1st: Create an IDEA through my IMAGINATION;
2nd: Mix FAITH with my IDEA;
3rd: Formulate a PLAN for transforming my IDEA
into physical and financial reality;
4th: Put my plan into ACTION;
5th: Apply, and follow-through on my PLAN with
PERSISTENCE and back it with firm DECISION
until it’s been fully carried out;
6th: Prepare the way for success by a BURNING
DESIRE for success.

Sounds simple, don’t you think? It is comforting to
know that FAITH is a state of mind that develops
voluntarily..I need that FAITH for step #2 in the
method above. And through the repetition of
affirmation of orders to my subconscious mind…
the only known method of voluntary development
of the emotion of faith…

I am in total control of those orders that I give to
my subconscious mind…I better make ‘em good ones!!

Thank you,
Patti Blevins
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Visualization of, and belief in attainment of desire

Belief in some thing I can not see or logically explain.
that’s a tough one for me. Largely in part that my
imagination had atrophied from years of disuse.

How can I believe in what I can’t even imagine??
so for me this skill has grown slowly I had to
exercise and stretch out my imagination, then
attempt to connect my visions with emotion–
another big challenge.

Baby Steps. . .

What could I see and believe myself doing/achieving
in 12 months??? A year ago, it wasn’t much. Me?
build a business?? But I did manage to muster, that
I could committ and persist with the Mental Cleanse
for 1 year.

Faith can be induced thru repetition of affirmations
and instructions—Voila!!!

The magic of the System and the weekly calls.

Even when I failed to prompt my self through auto
suggestion, the consistent affirmations and instructions
I heard every week on the calls feed my subconscious
mind. The calls even helped me tap into emotion–

I found myself “excitedly” anticipating the calls,
feeling “happy,” “loved,” and “secure” amongst a group
of like minded people.

12+ months later, my imagination is bigger, my belief
is growing larger and larger. I have FAITH in things I
couldn’t have imagined a year ago.

One year ago I never would have imagined that I would
have such close relationships with a network a friends
spanning the United States, the globe.

Two years ago I could not imagine myself on a cruise
ship, didn’t even think I wanted to. This year I went
on my first cruise. And now with Team cruises, company
reward cruises/vacations, and MLM cruises, I now find
myself looking at taking 2-3 a year *smile* Big Change!

I could go on, but the point is my imagination, my
Faith, my power to affect change in my life has GROWN-
and is continuing to grow.

I still have trouble visualizing $$$$ but I can see
myself sticking with this Team, helping others reach
for Success, and sharing quality products with those
who want them.

I DO have FAITH that my ability to visual and emotion
alize will grow again this year, and bring with it
greater achievements and successes.

Your Friend in KY,
Laura
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chapter 3 Faith

The feeling portion of thoughts are the factors which
give thoughts life and action. All thoughts that have
been given feeling and mixed with Faith ( Belief ) will
translate themselves into their physical equivalent.

The emotions of Faith, Love and sex when mixed
with any thought impulse, give it greater action than
any of these emotions can do singly.

This is what I don’t understand Love and Faith are
psychic and related to the spiritual side of man
and sex is purely biological, and related only to
the physical.

We control what we think about . Weather our
thoughts are positive or weather they are negative
and our subconscious mind will translate into its
physical equivalent.

My Belief or Faith is the element which will
determine the action of my subconscious mind.

It is a known fact that we come , finally, to Believe
whatever we repeat to ourselves, weather it is true
or false………..This is where the Work begins…….

Thank you Michael,
your friend
Edith Greene
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chapter 3 on Faith:

As stated in chapter 3″ When Men first come in contact
with crime, they abhor it. If they remain in contact
with crime for a time, they become accustomed to it,
and endure it. If they remain in contact with it long
enough, they finally embrace it and become influenced
by it.

For the past 11 months, I have been done the 30 day
cleanse..ok I am a slow learner.For the past 11 months
I have sat on the side lines looking in, not believing
or having faith that I was worth or deserved success.

Like the criminal who gets comfortable with crime, I
have finally realized that over the past 11 months I
have been a student of me. By plugging into the calls,
listening to others tell their story,which is not much different than mine, silently crying and

laughing as I
listen to the many people who finally get it.

Now my faith and belief is When I first came in contact
with mentoring for free and the 30 day cleanse, I abhor
it. When I remained in contact with mentoring for free
and the 30 day cleanse, I became accustomed to it, and
endured it.

I remained in contact with mentoring for free and the
30 day cleanse for long enough, I finally embraced it,
and is influenced by it. I will remain in contact with mentoring for free and the 30 day cleanse to

continue
my growth and personal development.

Like the criminal who gets comfortable with crime, I
am comfortable with the person I have grown into, have
faith and belief in myself.

“”The repetition of affirmation of orders to your sub-
conscious mind is the only method of voluntary
development of the emotion of faith.”

Thank you Sarah for your undying support, your belief
in me and for pushing me to be the person I have grown
into. Thank you Michael for mentoring for free and the
opportunity to be part of such a wonderful group.

Your Friend for Life
Marilyn Harbin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 3 Faith.

>Described here as the head chemist of the mind.<

Faith blended with the vibrations of thought is picked
up by the sub-conscious mind…..The subconscious mind
then passes it along to Infinite intelligence..This is
described as what happens with prayer.

Okay so let me see if I can decipher this in a more
simplistic way because this chapter has always
blown my mind.

Faith, Love and Sex. The most powerful of all the
major positive emotions. When the three are blended,
they affect the vibrations that come from thoughts so
quickly, that they instantly reach the subconscious
mind.

In other words when the mind ­ LOVE and FAITH,
combine with the physical it takes the thoughts
from the carnal to the subconscious mind and TOGETHER
put these vibrations out to the Universe.

I am going to break this apart. The conscious mind of
man is fixated on the physical. Physical body, physical
images, physical safety… So what happens is that our
thoughts become rooted in what is happening currently.

So if we are struggling financially, we focus on poverty
thinking.If we are suffering physically,we focus on pain,
and if we are struggling with past thoughts of physical
or mental abuse, then we focus on how we felt during
that abuse.

So our EMOTIONS transmit these thoughts of fear to the subconscious mind and WOW! There

it comes bringing more
of the same. This is why it is so dangerous to watch
television and the news.

Our minds will fixate on those stories that tie into
our current situation and bring with it despair and
inertia and feelings of being doomed about our current situation.

We begin to feel that it will never END because it
seems that the world is full of it.

God says don’t fixate on what is of this world, when we
fixate here, we are not truly being SPIRITUAL BEINGS
or connected with HIM. And actually, we are not co-
creating with HIM, the abundance He truly wants for us.

So back to FAITH. FAITH is a state of mind which we
can develop at will. So how do we develop this state
of mind? We are very careful about what we THINK.

This is where repetition of affirmations to the sub-
conscious mind is so important. We must TRUST that
Abundance will come our way.

>>>> Abundance of what? <<<<

Financial abundance, abundant friendships, abundant
love, abundant connection with God. Abundant down-
line….. Thriving business….. Abundance…..

It is our responsibility to draw that to ourselves by
cleaning out the old decrepit thoughts of unworthiness,
fear and poverty and bringing in the new feeling of
DESERVING and EXPECTATION of all that we
DESIRE!

A mind FULL of POSITIVE EMOTIONS! ACT as though we
POSSESS already that which we desire!

SEE and FEEL the emotions of HAVING it already.Why
this alone sends out vibrations to ALL OF THOSE
AROUND US, bringing opportunity our way.

Feeling and thinking these positive thoughts are
felt by those around us, drawing to us the quality
people we need to grow our business.

And somehow, some way, the UNIVERSE feels it too
and delivers it unto us. And the universe IS Gods.

I don’t understand it right now, how it all works,
I have just come to TRUST that it works.

So I work VERY HARD on my self talk. My self talk
of what I am building.My self talk of my intentions
and WHO I WANT TO BE, in other words, what kind of
person do I want to be?

This is all in my self talk. Because as I come to
BELIEVE, I then BECOME.

Thank you Michael,
Cynthia Breed
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Think and Grow Rich Chapter 2 January 2008

Posted on March 7th, 2008 in Mental Cleanse MasterMInd Sessions, Personal Development, Recent Posts by Sarah Thompson

Hi Sarah here,

I am constantly amazed at the personal growth that I see in folks who particpate in the Mentoring for Free 30 Day Mental Cleanse- These are a few of the lessons submitted for Chapter Two - Please read these carefully, ponder the meaning and hopefully you will walk away with a clearer perspective of yourself.

This process has helped me to change the direction of my life from failure to successThis is a personal development call where we teach people how to stop the chatter in our minds. So What is this? What Are we doing?

We are reading Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill a chapter at a time. To join this Mastermind Group go to

http://www.30daycleanse.com and then join us Every Wednesday at 3:00 pm EST and again at 3 :00 pm EST and listen in at 218-936-3890 pin 300300#

Do You Want the TRUTH ? Do You Want to know Why it is Not Your Fault ? Do You have Unaswered Questions? Do You Want to Have Success with Your Business? The Answers to these Questions are in My Free E BookSuccess in 10 Steps

Read It!!!

I Appreciate You
Your Friend For Life
Sarah Thompson

Life Is not the amount of breaths you take, it’s the
moments in your life that take your breath away.

Mental Cleanse Chapter 2.

#1. Don Standard.
THE STARTING POINT OF ALL ACHIEVEMENT
The First Step toward Riches

Achievement, no matter what may be its nature,
or its purpose, must begin with an intense,
BURNING DESIRE for something definite.

A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the
starting point from which the dreamer must take off.

The method by which DESIRE for riches can be
transmuted into its financial equivalent, consists
of six definite, practical steps:

(short version)
1. Know the exact amount of money you desire.
2. Determine exactly what you intend to give in
return.
3. Establish a definite date when you intend to
possess the money you desire.
4. Create a definite plan for carrying out your
desire and begin at once.
5. Write a statement that clearly describes all
of the above.
6. Read the written statement daily.

To understand and do the above may seem easy
for us in advance. The secret lies in…………….

Never say things like, “I will work at this for a few
months, and if I get no encouragement, I will quit
and do something else.”

Be willing to do what ever it takes for as long as
it takes.

There is no plan of retreat. Only a plan to move
forward until.

Note how the author shows that Barnes succeeded
because he chose a definite goal, placed all his
energy, all his will power, all his effort, everything
back of that goal. He did not become the partner
of Edison the day he arrived.

He was content to start in the most menial work,
as long as it provided an opportunity to take even
one step toward his cherished goal.

Thank you,
Don Standard
~~~~~~~~~~~~
#2. Paula Drake

I have learned here that I must have such a burning
desire that I am willing to do anything it takes to be
successful. even beginning at the bottom of the pile.

Just have the faith and belief that I will succeed no
matter what comes in the way! Keeping my ultimate goal
in the forefront of my mind and not letting anyone
block the way with negativity.

I must be willing to realize that even if there is a
failure that gets in the way not to become discouraged
Just Keep my burning desire and faith and belief that
I will succeed no matter what comes my way.

Just keep the negative things out of my mind and only
my goal there!

The poem was very good it teaches us to never be
satisfied with just a meager wage. Set our goals for
the highest goal what ever that may become Never
settle for less.

Be confidant that I am qualified to do it and earn it
no matter what obstacles get in the way. Thank you
Michael for giving us the opportunity to be a part of
this great system. I am so grateful for all you do.

Paula Drake
~~~~~~~~~~~
#3. Sarah Thompson
My thoughts on Chapter 2

Chapter 2 deals with desire and definiteness of
purpose. Reading this chapter again I realize that
when I simply wanted something or would wish
for it,that this was not being translated into a
burning desire, I know that although I wanted
success I did not want it enough it for it to be-
come my burning desire.

This explains why most people do not receive
the gift of daily miracles that the universe can
easily provide. However in order to be able to
receive these daily miracles one has to be
totally committed, not half way, just wanting
to obtain the object of your desire is insufficient.

I have had the wish or the hope for success but
never the all consuming passion to succeed .
This is why it has always been easier to quit
rather than work through the obstacles that
rose up to stop me.

I had never taken the time to stop negative
chatter and to learn from myself what my true
desire was and why I really wanted this.

Now that I have been doing the mental cleanse
for 3 months I know fully understand my why
and my hope has become my burning desire.

I do not let anything stop or hinder me , my
burning desire has become a passion in my
life and I am succeeding where I never did
before. Once this happened the path to my
success seemed to just open up in front of me.

I often wondered why I was not getting what I
wanted, As I started and stopped several efforts
at trying to obtain my desire I never realized I
was “trying” not doing, not truly believing and
not truly committed.

My desire was a want, perhaps a hope but I
was definitely not possessed of a burning
desire. I now know that should I falter in my
self talk, falter in my persistence then I will
be telling the universe that I am not truly
committed, that I am still only in the wanting
it stage not the doing it state of mind.

I am fully committed to my success and the
success of everyone that I come in contact
with on a daily basis. I know that I have to
live my commitment and desire every day.

This quote (below) now has meaning and
understanding behind it.

I know that whatever I desire is within my own
ability to achieve because I believe in myself.

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back. Concerning all
acts of initiative (and creation), there is one
elementary truth, the ignorance of which
kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits one
self, then Providence moves too.

All sorts of things occur to help one that
would never otherwise have occurred. A
whole stream of events issues from the
decision, raising in one’s favor all manner
of unforeseen incidents and meetings and
material assistance, which no man could
have dreamed would have come his way.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can do,
begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and
magic in it. Begin it now.

Sarah Thompson
~~~~~~~~~~~
#4. Henrietta

The Power of having a Burning Desire.The
Burning Desire is powerful. It can not just
be a wish. It can not be just a hope.It must
be something that I must be completely
obsessed with.

Your being must be saturated with the
Burning Desire. Hill speaks of burning our
bridges behind us. He wants us to under
stand that we MUST Push forward to our
desire that we can not give ourselves a
way out, or an excuse.

I have heard many parents tell their children
that they should study in another area than
their dreams so they have a back up plan.

Parents tell their children this out of fear.
They don’t want to see their children fail.

Mr. Hill tells us that when we burn our
bridges we Will succeed because we
MUST succeed, there are no other options
if we burn our bridges behind us.

I must develop such a hunger for my desired
thing that nothing will stop me. There is only
one possible out come and that is success.

No one’s snooty remarks, snears or funny
looks can deter me from my path. You must
hang on to that Thought and follow it where
it takes you until you reach it.

For Michael, I have a story. This chapter
reminds me of a children’s story about a
donkey that is taught to pull a cart by
following his favorite treat, a carrot. A little
girl wants her pet donkey to pull her around
in the cart. The donkey is afraid of the cart.

The little girl decides to show him it is nothing
to fear. She starts off by giving him a carrot
as a treat. He then learns that every time
she comes to visit she will have a carrot for
him. She then starts to walk with a carrot
behind her so that he learns to follow her
with the carrot.

One day she had the cart hooked up to him
again. She sat in the cart and with a long
stick with a carrot tied on the end of a string,
much like a fishing line and bait on the end.

She would hold the stick so that the carrot
was in front of the donkey’s nose. He very
quickly forgot about what was behind him
and started to follow the carrot.

We must be the donkey. To focus on the
one thing we desire and move towards it,
forgetting all the things that are obstacles
and our fears because once we focus on
the thing we desire most, we forget every
thing else that doesn’t matter.

Thank you Henrietta
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 5. Jim.
Chapter 2

Until i began reading this book i can only
remember having one burning desire in my
lifetime so far.That happened 35 years ago
and we are still in love!

Don’t get me wrong. I have had desires for
other things but evidently not a burning
desire. Because i never achieved any of
them.

Where does this burning desire come from?

Are you born with it. Does this burning desire
lay dormant in your sub-conscious partner?

At what stage in your life Mr. Dlouhy did you
decide your purpose in life was to help others
become successful? What was the trigger?

The annals of history are filled with the names
of men and women who’s thoughts, hunches,
notions,and the dreams they had became
their definite purpose in life.

Their burning desire. What was the catalyst?
God? Was there something spiritual going on
here. I for one thinks so. Why?

Let me give a short history lesson on me.In my
younger years i could not decide what i wanted
to be when i grew up. Dig this. I got out of the
military in 1967. The first tax year i had 10 W-2
to file. See what i mean.

I never had a purpose in life. I got married , had
children,brought home a pay check,took the
two week vacation lived the American dream.

Was that all the good Lord wanted me to do?
I never gave much thought to it,until now. In
chapter1 home work assignment i wrote about
this idea had for a song.

I had this idea rolling around in my head for
a long time. I had always wanted to be involved
in music in someway. Well i gave my life back
to Jesus Christ,cause i aint done such a good
job of it lately, and i asked him,”

What was my true purpose in life?” Show me
what you want me to do. Twenty four hours
later the song was on paper, and a idea for
another was in my head.

No one can tell me that the good Lord did not
have a hand in on this. I now no what its like
to have a burning desire, coupled with a
definite purpose feels like. Oh! by the way
the first song is a gospel song

Jim Addis
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DESIRE. WOW, such a loaded word!

Napoleon Hill makes reference to when Barnes
appeared before Edison and put him on notice
that he was going to be his business partner.

Well, where did this begin? It HAD to begin
with VISUALIZATION. Desire and VISUALIZATION. I
believe that the hardest part of visualization of
Desire is to feel the EMOTION with it!

When we cannot feel the EMOTION, what is
happening is that it is colliding with a DEEPER
belief! The BELIEF of NON DESERVING!

Or even, the BELIEF of rich people being snobs
and not wanting to be one too and be judged
like we do or did!

Or how about God doesn’t want us to focus on
money! And that the poor will inherit the world?

Those were the three that were colliding for me
for a LONG time, 7 or 8 MONTHS! I take inventory
now and have discovered that the snobby rich,
were the snobby middle to upper class who
must have felt inferior about not having money
in the FIRST PLACE!

The second one — that God doesn’t want money
to be the leading obsession of our mind’s was
dispelled with the REALIZATION that God doesn’t
want us Struggling.

Otherwise how can we make a difference in other
people’s lives? Money HAS to be the means to an
end. And when it is, it is GOOD.

Now to the third. I have discovered when I take
inventory, that there STILL exists on some small
level the belief that I don’t DESERVE!.

Thank you Mom and Dad!! Oh I deserve MOMENTS,
and I ACHIEVE short term goals I set.But the BIG
GOAL?

VISION, EMOTION, and DESIRE. They MUST come
with EMOTION. I have found that I have emotion
sometimes, and sometimes I cannot FEEL it. I
have to assume that that is the NON DESERVING
I’ve re discovered.

DESIRE MUST come with the visualization of already
HAVING it! If this is difficult, please take
inventory of your hidden BELIEFS about yourself.

Now back to network marketing.

How does this all apply? Well, first of all, when
Vision and Desire are present, we become PROUD
Network Marketers. SO proud that people feel this
and come to RESPECT us.

When people discriminate, one MUST NOT QUIT!.
Hill mentions when Barnes endured five years with
out a sign of his goal, but still bided his time
while doing menial job in Edison’s company.

Many many network marketers Quit within WEEKS
or MONTHS of joining a company! They don’t
ENDURE! This is where a WHY is so important.

Barnes’ WHY was to go into business with Thomas
Edison! And he ACHIEVED it because of his DESIRE!

One must WANT! Feel the COURAGE to want. To
quote Napoleon Hill “If the thing you wish to do
is RIGHT and you BELIEVE in it, go ahead and DO IT.

He mentions to put that dream across and never
mind what THEY say. How do I see this in action?

The way I did it. I stated my intent to the founders
of my company, my UP-LINE SPONSOR and my SIDELINE
leaders And guess what? It WORKS!

I like the line “The world is filled with an abundance
of OPPORTUNITY! Dreamers of the past never knew,
but I do. And guess what YOU DO TOO, or you
wouldn’t be on this call!

Cynthia Breed
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~