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By John Di LemmeFeb 11, 20121 topic

Always Be Early

I refuse to wait around on someone that is late. Always be early! Pause there for a second, because I know that you're saying, “John, always be early? That’s a strategy? What do you mean? I know I should be early.” The keywords in that statement are I KNOW. I want you to make a mental note right now and take a look at the last ten sales presentations that you did. Were you early, were you late, or did you walk in at the same time as your prospect? I can almost guarantee you

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By John Di LemmeAug 24, 20091 topic

Incentive

The de?nition of the word incentive is something that incites or is likely to incite to determination or action. As you are paying the price to live your dream in life, you need to have something to incite you to take action. Basically, you need to have a strong enough “WHY” in order to make it through all you will experience as you build your dream. As we know 95% of people die with their music still playing in them, because they never had a dream strong enough or large eno

Primary topic: Motivation

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By John Di LemmeJan 1, 20091 topic

The ABCs of Life

This article is targeted toward professional marketers in the industry of network marketing. During a workshop this week, I did a special presentation on the ABCs of achieving the top position in life and in business. The ABCs that I spoke of are as follows: A – Attitude/Action, B – Building/Belief, C – Commitment/Caring. The foundational key to success in life is a positive attitude. We all hear about it, we all talk about it and we all read about, but do we all have posit

Primary topic: Network Marketing and MLM's

Network Marketing and MLM's

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By John Di LemmeJan 12, 20091 topic

Time Invested Wisely = Dreams

I am often approached by people that just signed into a home-based networking business, which I know is one of the most effective entrepreneurial methods for an average person to achieve true ﬁnancial success. My entire conversation with these individuals is based on the simple theme of working your plan and committing long-term with no thought of ever quitting until the achievement of your ultimate outcome. What is the #1 point that you should stress to someone who decides

Primary topic: Network Marketing and MLM's

Network Marketing and MLM's

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By John Di LemmeDec 15, 20081 topic

The Power of Storytelling

Each and every day as we are building our businesses, we all know the key to a successful presentation is a product being sold to the end-line consumer and/or sponsoring a new person. In an upcoming issue, I am going to write about the difference between making a sale and having customer loyalty in the sales process. In the sales process, you are ﬁghting many different types of animals. For most of those who are in direct sales, you have 45 minutes to present a product/busine

Primary topic: Sales Training

921 views

By John Di LemmeRecently published1 topic

"Please Give Me Answers Not Excuses"

Give me answers, not excuses. First off, let me clarify who “me” is... “Me” is Your Dream. Each day your dream is screaming out loud - Please Fulfill Me Please Take Action Overcome Procrastination Overcome Indecision Overcome Your Fear Get to it Bring it on! Most people give excuses that sound like this... Well, you know the reaso I can’t do this is because I was born here, or because I have an accent, because my mom and dad did this, or I came from this neighborhood.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeAug 17, 20091 topic

Seperated to be Elevated

If you are a Champion (and you are), then you will be promoted to greater and higher realms of leadership. Life has a way of elevating true Champions. Just as cream rises to the top of milk, true Champions rise to the top of companies, projects, and great events. When that happens, old relationships fall away. It can be emotional and difficult, but it’s part of the price of leadership. Champions must be separated from the crowd before they can be elevated into prominence. I o

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By John Di LemmeApr 24, 20141 topic

Goals are Damaging to Your Future

Can you relate to setting goals and not achieving them? Have you ever been frustrated by trying to set goals when you know in your heart that you will never reach them? You even say to yourself, “Who am I kidding? I will never accomplish this goal.” That’s why I’m here to tell you that goals are truly damaging for your future, because you beat yourself up over never reaching those goals. On the other hand, goals are very important. Don’t let me confuse you with this just rea

Primary topic: Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

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By John Di LemmeAug 20, 20091 topic

Failing All The Way To The Top

As I was thinking about the title of this writing, I said to myself, “The only way to title it is to be right to the point.” Every successful person has failed many more times than they have succeeded. Therefore the title...”FAILING ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP” is perfect. Being a person who is focused on personal goals in life and is mission-orientated, you will inevitably fail over and over all the way as you progress to ful?lling your WHY! The key is to truly understand that yo

Primary topic: Goal Setting

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By John Di LemmeAug 13, 20091 topic

Separated to be Elevated

If you are a Champion (and you are), then you will be promoted to greater and higher realms of leadership. Life has a way of elevating true Champions. Just as cream rises to the top of milk, true Champions rise to the top of companies, projects, and great events. When that happens, old relationships fall away. It can be emotional and difficult, but it’s part of the price of leadership. Champions must be separated from the crowd before they can be elevated into prominence. I

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By John Di LemmeJan 22, 20091 topic

A Habit

One of my daily habits, which is the foundation of my life, is spending 45-60 minutes each and every morning feeding my body physically by exercising and feeding my mental spirit either by reading or listening to a motivational message to warm me up for the day ahead. Everyone washes their physical body and feeds their body every morning, but 95% of people will ﬁnd an excuse about why they can not ﬁnd the “TIME” to invest in a habit of feeding their MINDS! I consider this pa

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By John Di LemmeAug 20, 20091 topic

Are You Famous Or Focused?

Are you famous or are you focused? Let’s start with “famous”. When people look at you, what do they say that you are famous for? Are you famous for procrastination...negative words...poor time management...What are you famous for? Let me share with you what I am famous for. I am famous for consistent, structured, focused daily strategies and techniques to live a victorious life. I know...that is a pretty strong statement! You see, I would rather be “focused” than famous. I a

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeJan 12, 20091 topic

5 + 5 = Your Dream

I know your thinking...Okay John, 5+5 does not equal 5 so let me please explain. Let’s start with a question. How many times have you heard that you need to have a “long term” goal and be focused for the entire length of that “long term”? In this article, I am going to focus on a 5 year goal and explain how you will know if you are truly on track to achieve your 5 year goal in life. In the equation, the answer 5 is your ﬁve-year goal and the 5+5 is the underlying secret to at

Primary topic: Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

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By John Di LemmeJan 18, 20091 topic

The Entrepreneurial Spirit of Thanksgiving

As I was thinking about my article to write this week, I decided to speak about the Entrepreneurial spirit of Thanksgiving. I would like to pay a special thanks to all of the entrepreneurs of our era who have paved the way for us to live in such a wonderful world. While celebrating this type of Thanksgiving, we need to give Thanks to all the special people who had the dreams to invent, discover and explore all the wonders we experience everyday. Let us never take for granted

Primary topic: Affirmations and Positive Affirmations

Affirmations and Positive Affirmations

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By John Di LemmeAug 25, 20091 topic

Tear Up Your "To Do" Lists!

Most of you have those tedious “To Do” list that you create in an effort to get more things done in your day. But let’s take time to really look at your “To Do” list. The actual words “To Do” have a negative connotation, and when you look at that list on a daily basis you think to yourself, “I MUST get this stuff done!”. It’s like meeting a deadline on a daily basis. You absolutely dread it! You should just call it your “To Don’t” list, because it’s not something that you eve

Primary topic: Motivation

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By John Di LemmeDec 30, 20081 topic

Your Voiceprint

“Mountains are built one pebble at a time and climbed one step at a time.” This is a quote of mine that I personally put into practice each day as I progress towards fulﬁlling my WHY in life. The word pebble in this quote means that each action you take needs to be productive toward building your mountain of success. As I was retrieving a message today from someone who called me, I had to play the message 5 times to ﬁnally understand the phone number he left for me to call h

Primary topic: Sales Training

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By John Di LemmeAug 13, 20091 topic

What's with the Cell Phone?

People always want to look at surveys and studies for answers. For five years, we study these people, and for twenty years we study those people. However, the statistics always show that 97% of people are dead or dead broke by the age of sixty-five. No matter the type of study, the result is always the same. I challenge you to do your own survey. Take a look at the next ten people driving or walking by you. They are all likely on their cell phones playing games, or scrolling

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By John Di LemmeDec 30, 20081 topic

Just Believe And You Will Achieve

As I read the following stories of world-renowned people who have succeeded to the ultimate level in their respective ﬁelds, I said to myself, “All they had when they started their journey was belief in themselves because they overcame some major obstacles to succeed.” I am a true believe in reading success stories to ﬁnd the inspiration and consistent motivation needed to achieve your personal WHY in life. As I have written in past issues, you need a mastermind group around

Primary topic: Motivation

854 views

By John Di LemmeDec 18, 20081 topic

Prosperity: Being in the Flow

Prosperity - Latin Term for “In the Flow” As you read this article, ask yourself...Are you in the ﬂow in your life? When you look at a stream of water ﬂowing down a mountain, there is no doubt in your mind that the ﬂow is continuous and that nothing will stop it from reaching its destination. Is your life in that same type of ﬂow? Are you on track to achieve your WHY in life - your level of prosperity? Each day as we progress in life, we need to maintain a mindset of moveme

Primary topic: Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

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By John Di LemmeJan 31, 20121 topic

Dress for Success!

You know as well as I do that you feel better when you take a physical shower. Think about it. When you come home from the gym or work, there’s nothing like taking a nice hot shower. For me, it’s cutting the lawn. I have a pool in my backyard, and when the landscapers from our home owner’s association come into my backyard, they blow grass into the pool. I am a maniac about my pool. I simply couldn’t take it anymore so I posted a sign in Spanish that said “Stop. Do Not Cut th

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

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By John Di LemmeDec 30, 20081 topic

The Power of a Scope

We all know the power of a scope if you need to focus in on a target and hit it. We all need to develop and truly understand the power of the human mind’s scope. All of us have inside of us the potential to be as powerful as the most high-tech laser scope available today. A scope is designed to focus in on a target without getting distracted or losing focus in order to hit its target right on the bull’s eye. Now remember that all mechanical scopes are programmed by human tech

Primary topic: Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

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By John Di LemmeJan 20, 20091 topic

Fellowshipping

Fellowship simply means you need to be spending time with people who are forging forward towards the same objectives as you in life - “SUCCESS”. When you converse with many successful people, they will all say, “I never would have made it if it were not for a few speciﬁc people, who truly believed in me and urged me to stay on track to attain my goals.” Did you know... Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read? Isaac Newton did poorly i

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By John Di LemmeAug 8, 20061 topic

"Knowlege When Properly Applied"

Knowledge When Properly Appliedâ¦nnAs a Champion, I know that you heard this statement many, many times. Get ready to learn what Knowledge truly means! Letâs begin by breaking down this word.nnKnow: You must know your business, which means you must know the power of Network Marketing. You must also know how to prospect and recruit Champions, handle objections and deal with rejection. Most importantly, you must know in your heart that you can and will achieve your dreams in

Primary topic: Happiness

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By John Di LemmeAug 19, 20091 topic

Mastermind Team: Do You Have One?

The key to life is to be around the people who will empower you to reach the next level in life! In order to exceed your present reach, you need to be around people who will help you stretch a little farther. The secret to a productive mastermind team is for you to surround yourself with people who you can always learn from. A sign of a very intelligent person is to be smart enough to realize that you need to learn from others who can contribute to your WHY in life. As you k

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeDec 29, 20081 topic

Miracles are Your Responsibility

You have a responsibility to create miracles in your own life. The responsibility lies on your shoulders. You can’t blame anyone else, and you can’t look outside of yourself for someone else to create the miracles for you. In this article, I’m going to break down the word “Miracle”, because each of you have a responsibility. As you know, my Why is to impact others and change the world one heart at a time. As you read this today, my goal is for you to take responsibility and r

Primary topic: Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

Self-Esteem and Self Confidence

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By John Di LemmeRecently published1 topic

"MASTERMIND TEAM: DO YOU HAVE ONE?"

The key to life is to be around the people who will empower you to reach the next level in life! In order to exceed your present reach, you need to be around people who will help you stretch a little farther. The secret to a productive mastermind team is for you to surround yourself with people who you can always learn from. A sign of a very intelligent person is to be smart enough to realize that you need to learn from others who can contribute to your WHY in life. As you know, my ultimate outcome is to develop the #1 personal self-development company in the world.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeJan 9, 20091 topic

Your Default is Killing You

Your 'Default' setting creates doubt instead of hope for a successful future. So when it comes to a *Decisive* stage in your life and you step out in faith, you must understand that you are challenging your default. How do you change this? Just like you change a computer to make it more suitable to your own purposes and dreams, you have to 'install and save' your own software in which you change your default settings and reboot. How do you do this? Eastern cultures unders

Primary topic: Motivation

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By John Di LemmeAug 11, 20091 topic

Are you a SWE?

We’ve all heard the term "CEO" for Chief Executive Officer or COO for Chief Operating Officer or maybe CFO for Chief Financial Officer. Yes, those are all titles that are typically used simply to give someone a feeling of significance or to define a person’s status in a corporate pyramid. I’m here to tell you that those titles are a waste of time. You don’t need a title to prove who you are or to put limitations on your strengths or to confine you to societal opinions. The m

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeRecently published1 topic

The Most Dangerous Person In Your Life

You may say that you have no such person in your life, but most likely you do and you just don’t know who they are. The majority of these people will not intentionally hurt you. It’s their actual character traits and their habits that will have a negative effect on your life. So, what do these people look like?

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeRecently published1 topic

Separated To Be Elevated

If you are a Champion (and you are), then you will be promoted to greater and higher realms of leadership. Life has a way of elevating true Champions. Just as cream rises to the top of milk, true Champions rise to the top of companies, projects, and great events. When that happens, old relationships fall away. It can be emotional and difficult, but it’s part of the price of leadership. Champions must be separated from the crowd before they can be elevated into prominence. I only hang out with Champions.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeRecently published1 topic

Listen, Learn & Live – The 3 Ls To Unconventional Success

As you read this, I’d like for you to think of three people that would greatly benefit from this article. Listen – Who are you listening to? The person that you need to listen to is you. Inside you is your heart’s desire, and I want you to commit today to truly figure out your “Why”. Your Why is the reason that you get out of bed each day, the reason that you continue to build your business despite the obstacles and ultimately your Why is your Dream. Listen to your heart’s desire and it will tell you your Why in life!

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeJan 2, 20091 topic

Pass the Test of Time

The only currency that we all have the same amount of is time. Time is the ultimate currency and how you invest your time will determine your success. In order for you to attain your WHY in life, you need to realize that every minute wasted is currency/money you just lost. Every successful person that you see in life is simply someone who understands the power of waiting through the seasons of harvest time. “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By John Di LemmeAug 8, 20061 topic

" Listen, Learn & Live â The 3 Ls to Unconventional Success "

As you read this, Iâd like for you to think of three people that would greatly benefit from this article.nnListen â Who are you listening to? The person that you need to listen to is you. Inside you is your heartâs desire, and I want you to commit today to truly figure out your âWhyâ. Your Why is the reason that you get out of bed each day, the reason that you continue to build your business despite the obstacles and ultimately your Why is your Dream. Listen to your

Primary topic: Happiness

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By John Di LemmeJan 12, 20091 topic

How To Finally Turn Resolutions Into New Year’s Results Revealed

Are you tired of making all of those New Year’s resolutions, and then breaking them on January 2nd? Are you ready to learn how to ﬁnally turn your New Year’s resolutions into New Year’s results? The key word here is “new”, because you want to create “new” results. You must analyze your old year that has passed and your future, which means do not think “re-run/re-play” instead think about forging forward into the New Year. In order to create “New Year” results, you must decide

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By John Di LemmeAug 22, 20091 topic

You Are Your Own President

Congratulations! You are the president of your own nation, and it is called “Imagination”. This particular nation is the driving force behind your life and is the underlying factor for your future. You need to realize that you have an enormous responsibility as the President of this Nation, because you need to always focus on the future and strive to have the ultimate nation. You need to internalize the power you have as the President of your own nation. Among many things tha

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeJun 8, 20071 topic

Integrity Is the Root of All Success

Many of you hear me speak all over the nworld and I teach the process nn“What you sow, you shall reap”. nnIt is a principle that is based upon nwhatever you do today will predict your nfuture. You can’t dispute the fact, it’s nnot fiction, it’s fact, that what you do ntoday will predict your future.nnI see hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs nfailing because they try to force feed and nshorten the success process by making some nmoves and deci

Primary topic: Leadership

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By John Di LemmeJan 15, 20091 topic

The Power of a Dream

I recently spoke to a Youth Leadership Group, and I was deeply inspired listening to the dreams that the teenagers had for the future. While I was presenting, I felt the group of teenagers begin to realize that it is ok to dream and be proud of what you have done in your life and where you want to go in life. As adults, we need to realize that the power of a dream will enable you to achieve whatever your ultimate “WHY” in life is. By the age 25, most people lose all of their

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John Di LemmeAug 8, 20061 topic

" Be Very Careful Of How You Invest Your Time!

*The Year 1906*nnThis will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!) The year is 1906 - One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!nnHere are some of the U.S.A. statistics for the Year 1906:nnThe average life expectancy in the US was 47 years.nnOnly 14 percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.nnOnly 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.nnA three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.nnThere were only 8,000 cars in the US, and only 144 m

Primary topic: Happiness

757 views

By John Di LemmeJan 15, 20091 topic

Tear Up Your “To Do” Lists!

Most of you have those tedious “To Do” list that you create in an effort to get more things done in your day. But let’s take time to really look at your “To Do” list. The actual words “To Do” have a negative connotation, and when you look at that list on a daily basis you think to yourself, “I MUST get this stuff done!”. It’s like meeting a deadline on a daily basis. You absolutely dread it! You should just call it your “To Don’t” list, because it’s not something that you eve

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By John Di LemmeJun 8, 20071 topic

The True Meaning behind Mentor

Over the past five years, I've often spoken about the npower of words and that the words that you speak predict nyour future. You are exactly where you are in life today nbased on what you have spoken into existence. One word nthat has been a very powerful part of my individual n(personal) life is *MENTOR*nnI want to break down the true meaningnbehind the word 'Mentor' for you.nnMentor broken down basically meansn-- *Tour Guide* - -nnWhen you go on a vacation you often say,nn

Primary topic: Business Coach and Business Coaching

Business Coach and Business Coaching

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