I was just reading different blogs in search of something inspirational to share here and came across a blog post by Ilka Flood that discussed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s(The Terminator’s) Six Secrets to Success. In her post, Ilka included a video which I was very reluctant to watch initially but I’m glad I made a decision to watch it because it worked wonders in my mind and got me thinking like a winner again.

As you watch the video, I hope it inspires you to take a step towards the greatness that’s within you. I’d like you to know this: You were engineered for success and born to win.

Here are Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 6 success secrets:

1. Trust Yourself!

2. Break Some Rules!

3. Don’t Be Afraid to Fail!

4. Don’t Listen to Naysayers!

5. Work Your Butt Off!

6. Give Something Back!

All of the information shared with you here doesn’t do you any good unless you take action.

As Arnold says…”None of these rules work unless you do.” Take his six secrets to success to heart, work your butt off and you surely will see results.

You only have ONE life to live. So listen to the little voice inside of you and trust your gut. If you want something go after it.

To Your Massive Success,

Etieno Etuk

3 Secrets Of Top Earners In Network Marketing

I read an article that lit a fire in my belly and inspired this post. It was an article written by Darren Hardy of Success Magazine titled “Why the Rich Get Richer”. Have you ever wondered why people who are successful tend to continue to be successful while people who fail continue to fail? It’s because of 2 things: their thoughts and actions.

There are 3 secrets that top earners know about that if you catch on to these secrets, you will become a top earner in whatever network marketing company you choose to get involved in. Let’s dive into these secrets now:

1. Access To The Best Counsel:

We all have mentors incorporated into different facets of our lives often without even realizing it. The reason why over 95% of network marketers fail is that they pay attention to the wrong people.

Top earners in network marketing have the best coaches. They invest a lot of money in their coaches. It takes someone outside of you to help you make the necessary adjustments you need to make to take your performance to a whole new level.

Les Brown often says that you can’t see the picture if you’re in the frame. Top earners seek out people who have done what they’re trying to achieve and they mentally sit at the feet of this person to learn everything this person knows. Yes it usually isn’t cheap but it pays for itself.

2. The Right Connections:

As human beings we increase or decrease our level of performance to match the expectations and performance level of our reference group. Sidney Poitier wrote a book called “The Measure of a Man”. In the book, he says that when you go on a walk with someone, two things happen: either you match their pace or they match yours. The interesting thing is that this usually happens unconsciously.

Top earners in network marketing know that association is everything. We become like the 5 people we hang around the most. Our income is the average of the incomes of the 5 people we hang around the most. So is our health and everything else in our lives. The key to success is to upgrade your relationships. There are some people you’re going to have to count out and there are some people you’re going to have to count in.

3. Access to The Right Strategies & Systems:

Top earners have the right strategies and systems. They don’t just stop there. They take action to put these things to use. They usually work harder than majority of the people in their company. They are consistent and don’t give up at the first sign of failure.

Most people in network marketing are constantly struggling, guesstimating and don’t have a proven plan or strategy to follow at all. They go about without a definite plan of attack. If you want to take your network marketing business to the level of top earner, you too will need to know some proven key principles and strategies and how to execute them.

In summary, to gain advantages of the top earners in network marketing:

1. Seek the finest counsel, coaches and mentors you can acquire.
2. Find and engage yourself in a network of high-achieving individuals and connections.
3. Learn and apply the specific strategies and systems that power the best in the network marketing industry in becoming the best in the business.

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The first ingredient of your success is to dream a great dream.

You must dream big and think big to be big. High expectation always precedes high achievement.

You’re as small as your controlling desires, or as great as your dominant aspirations.

Once your mind stretches to a new idea it will never go back to its original dimensions. If you dream of little goals you can expect little achievement.

Dream of big goals and you’ll win big success.

Always be mindful that you’re a product of your environment.

So choose an environment that will best develop you toward your objective.

Analyze your life in terms of your environment. Are the things around you helping you toward your success, or are they holding you back?

The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you’re not going to stay where you are. You’re not a captive of your environment.

If you don’t like where you are, you can make some changes. You’re not planted permanently in the ground like a tree. Don’t say, “You would, if you could,” start saying, “You will, because you can.”

When you become a part of anything it becomes a part of you.

Your dreams are your visions of where you’ll be after the battle, your prize at the end of your journey to success. Your goals are the steps you take to finally attain your prize.

Unless you’re willing to work hard and establish some discipline in your life, all of your dreams will be pipe dreams, little mental fantasy trips that will never materialize.

Make concrete steps toward fulfilling your ultimate dream, and start with solid objectives called goals.  Your dreams are where you want to go, your goals are how you get there.

The first indispensable step to getting the things you want out of life is this.  Decide what you want.

Don’t be afraid to think big and dare to be great. Dreamers are not content with mediocrity. They never dream of going half way.

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.

Life is made up of a series of experiences. Each one will make you stronger, even though it may be hard for you to realize it at the time.

Life is your classroom in which you’re being tested, tried, and passed. Always try to stay in the midst of life and activity.  Don’t isolate yourself from the action. Your character develops itself in the stream of life.

The setbacks and hardships you endure actually help you in your march forward to success.  The world was built to develop your character.

Life expects you to make progress in reasonable time.  That’s why those elementary school chairs are so small.

The truly successful person doesn’t use others, other people use them.

If you can contribute to others, no matter how small your talent, you too can become successful.  The measure of anyone is the number of people that they serve.

Service to others is the essence of success. No one achieves success without being of service.

All great men and women became successful because they gave some talent or ability in the service of others.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

Your life will always be to a large extent what you make of it. The mold to your success and fortune are in your hands.

You cannot do everything, but you can do something.

You choose your thoughts and actions. Only you can find success.

Nobody can do it for you. Nobody will do it for you. You have to make it happen.

If you take responsibility for your actions,you can live your dreams.

First you make your habits, and then your habits make you.

Break those habits that can break you. Adopt those practices that will become the new habits that will help you achieve the success you desire.

Your habits are a form of exercise. The harder you work at something, the harder it is to quit. The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.

Your habits are either the best of servants or the worst of masters. You are what you repeatedly do.

The world is so constructed that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you must also endure its pains.

Like it or not, you cannot have one without the other.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish. It’s measured by the opposition you encounter, and the courage with which you maintain your struggle against the odds.

You’ll find all things are difficult before they are easy. The greater your obstacles, the more glory in overcoming them.

So, make up your mind before you start that sacrifice is part of the package.

No pain, no gain; No thorns, no throne; No cross, no crown.

You’ve got to go through the negative before you get to the positive.