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Newton’s Third Law states that “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” This law explains the effect a force generates on another object after engagement.

I’m going to come from a different angle from the original law and use it to explain the difference in following principles vs. creating results. In today’s society, we tend to be result oriented. I call it the MICROWAVE SYNDROME where everyone wants it now! Cooking in the oven seems to be a lost art since individuals today are constantly finding ways to save time and “ease” their daily load.

Things, Objects, Results, Money, Cars, Stocks, and Trusts attract us. We tend to gravitate towards what appeals to us through our five senses. Therefore when the next great business opportunity, new car, new fashion style, new stock option, etc becomes available and becomes captured by our desire, we say to ourselves, “what must I do to get it?”

The process of trying to get something or produce a favorable result may leave someone feeling, desperate, frustrated, discouraged, or just not themselves. In other words, we tend to focus on the opposite reaction on Newton’s law instead generating the initial action.

Success is a bi-product of principles. You’ll find the reason many inventors, composers, billionaires, wealthy class, business owners, artists, corporations, farmers, presidents, pastors are successful is because they never faltered from what they believed in. They always had a key set of principles they followed that in-turn produced success. None of them had a MICROWAVE mentality. They knew that if they wanted to be something in life and create a future for the generations that followed them they had to take the right steps.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a prime example of someone who followed core-principles that pushed his dream into a reality.

Seek to understand the element that produces your desired result. Follow it, and the object of your heart will find you instead of you searching for it.

The best entrepreneurs already know about establishing themselves within an industry. They also know where people are going and spending their time. Both of these pieces of information are crucial. Something you need to really understand to be a true entrepreneur.

Why has traditional media been declining more and more, and their campaigns performing more poorly, why are big companies pulling out their advertising money from these mediums.

The answer is simple; people don’t trust these forms of marketing any longer

They no longer trust big business, traditional advertising and marketing, people hate being marketed to. It makes them feel like they are just a number like cattle in the slaughtering house. When was the last time you felt comfortable walking through Wal-Mart where the aisles are so narrow you can barely pass by with ads blaring at you at every turn. No one likes that kind of marketing.

So where do people look for the most trusted form of advertising today. Its word-of-mouth people are looking to their peers for information and content they listen to people they trust, the reason, because of the trust that has been built and already established through the close relationship that has already been developed.

This really helps us to understand the human psyche when it comes to business in general. If you want more people to join you, buy from you, exchange money with you then you need to be establishing yourself as a trusted friend and source of information someone they can rely on to get valuable insight.

Now you know what the most successful people are doing to create more business it’s all about the value that you are adding to people’s lives. You need to develop principles that will allow people to trust you, because people are looking for advisers on how they can get what they really want and need they do not want to be sold to.

Gone are the days when salesmen had to educate people on products. You can type anything into Google or any other search engine and find all information you need on a product. And this is information that salesmen never really wanted people to know. When was the last time you had a vacuum cleaner salesman come to your door and try to sell you a $2000 vacuum cleaner that doesn’t work any better than that. $200.00 one no one falls for that anymore.

The old way of selling is dying. This fact applies to business opportunities, purchasing products, even opting in to capture pages, it applies to everything spamming or selling does not work.

Becoming a person of principles is what it means to be a good very good entrepreneur. If you are dripping with principles, it will allow you to have a bandage over 95% of the other people out there trying to succeed in the marketing industry, because most people just don’t get it!!!

Don’t be like the rest don’t say these ideas sound good in a perfect sense. But I’m just not comfortable doing this. I think I will keep doing it the old school way, because you will fail.

Try using the new business model, become a trusted friend to your prospects be the one that delivers the solution to your prospects in a way that is better than anyone else. Be there to help, teach, train, and give real knowledge and value that will make their lives better.

For you to be able to do this though is something that you need to do first for you to be their rescuer and trusted friend. You have to build your value

This post was written by John Stewart from Redding, CA. It is an awesome post on the essence of a true entrepreneur

It is very important to have the proper mindset in order to produce the results you desire in life.
Who you are now and where you want to go are two different places. Therefore you must travel the right path to arrive at your destination. One of the problems that we face today is…

1. We do not have the right map
2. We attempt to fly with no pilot license or certification

In the home-based business industry, specifically, the individuals who partake in a business are known as independent representatives, independent business owners, distributors, or reps. Many individuals who join a home based business or start their own company enter with strong passion and desire but their downfall is taking the mindset of an employee inside the framework of a business.

I would advise anyone who desires financial freedom, to start their own business, or to join a home based business to develop the inward parts of your being first. And learn to be what you desire to become. Remember the principle –BE, DO, HAVE– Often times, many individuals begin “doing” first in order to “have” but never BECOME. (Example 2: Trying to fly an airplane with no certification)

My advice is to learn how a CEO, business owner, sophisticated investor thinks. Start by unlearning the mindset of an employee and surround yourself with mentors, books, audio and video training materials that will infuse you with character, integrity, and the mindset of the rich and wealthy. (Example 1: Having the right tried and proven map to reach your destination)

I understand that we are in “tough economic times”. However, there are individuals out there who could care less what the economy does because it does not affect them in an adverse way. They have positioned themselves to partake in true wealth by the –BE, DO, HAVE– concept.

Furthermore, in whatever business you are in, remember that you are a business owner or CEO not a rep or distributor who flocks around aimlessly building the company and not themselves in hopes of fulfilling their dreams.

Once you make that change, you will notice an immediate difference in things such as productivity, organization, sales, marketing, negotiation and how people respond to you.

I was always told that it is important to have a mentor in your life. But, why? What is the purpose of having a mentor?

I made mention in a previous article that we must learn the principle called –BE, DO, HAVE– in order to truly be successful in life. I said that one of the major downfalls of most individuals today is they DO NOT HAVE A TRIED AND PROVEN MAP.

We have all used MapQuest at some point in our lives whether on a family vacation, trip to Mexico, football game, soccer game, business meeting, speaking engagement, or even grandma’s house. We typed in our home starting address and the destination ending address and clicked enter. There you have it, a detailed step-by-step plan/road map of how to get to your destination. It includes a map, estimated time of arrival, how many miles it takes to get there, fuel consumption cost, names of the roads, exit numbers, and distance to travel on each leg.

A mentor is quite similar in many ways. They have already been to the destination you are trying to reach. They know what pit stops to go to to refuel. They know what potholes and roadblocks to look out for while traveling. They know the best route to take to get you to your destination.

Many times the road they recommend is the road less traveled by the masses. At first it may cost you but in the end save you time, resources, and headaches.

One way to tell if you have a true mentor is to ask this question, “Do they have something I want or have they been where I desire to go?” If they do not meet those requirements then you have an adviser, not a mentor. I have a question for you. Would you classify some with a lot of book knowledge, MBA’s, or PhD’s as an expert or someone who has worked and gained experience in the field/industry for years? Students today spend years in school and eventually obtain their bachelors or graduate degree. Once they enter their particular work field, however, their education is weighted useless. Why? No experience. No road travel. No destination reached. Their journey didn’t begin in kindergarten. It began the first day they started a job.

We all have destinations in life we desire to be. Find a great mentor who has been where you desire to be. Not having a mentor is challenging but having the wrong mentor is detrimental. Your selection process is the one of the most important decisions you will make. The wrong map could lead you to a destination you never intend to be. Choose wisely and carefully.

Happy Interviewing!!!

Giving is simply the release of one’s resources (infinitely anything that is derived from you) whether it be time, money, effort, physical objects, words of encouragement, or advice. Every second of our lives operates under this principle of giving whether we are aware of it or not.

For example, I gave my resources (as defined above) to the air that I breathe, to taking a shower, to speaking with my friends, to writing this article, to watching television, to typing a single letter on my keyboard. It took a premeditated giving up of my resources for me to devote my entire being to type one single letter on my keyboard. It’s amazing isn’t it? What was the result of my giving?

Well, I’m still alive, I’m clean, I’ve received encouragement from my friends, an article was written, I was informed about what’s happening in the world, one letter was produced on my computer screen. You see we live and die by this principle everyday and it is what you do with this principle that will determine the results you see in your life. If you want something or if you have a goal, what resources are you going to give in order to see it done? There is no possible way that we can expect something without first giving something.

What reality are you creating today at this very moment? I dare you to change the next ten seconds of your life, make that an hour, how about a day or week or month or year into something that is meaningful and purposeful. Wow, ten seconds has just gone by. What did you do? What impact did you just make in the last ten seconds of reading this article? I’ll tell you. You were engaged in the back end of the law which says we are to receive what measure we give.

By giving your resources to this article, you were able to sharpen your skills by gaining insight on the law of giving. There is no telling what possibilities that could have possibly been release by simply reading this article. Inspiration is the key to releasing the limitless potential inside an individual. It’s like replacing the bulb in a dark room. The brighter it shines the more I am able to see. And the more you see the more of a reality it becomes to you.

The decisions you make in life will determine your success in life. For whatever measure you give, it will be given back to you in the same. If I am giving out resources that are not useful to those I encounter then I can only expect the same unusable resources to return. Therefore it is my desire to be consistent in my giving with pureness of heart.

The mystery of giving is that often times we do not know what we will receive. Nevertheless, the gift that unexpectancy gives, awards joy unimaginable to the unconditional giver.