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Benjamin Franklin: The Founding Father Gets His Start
He was the fifteenth of seventeen children and his father didn’t have enough money to send him to school, but that didn’t stop Benjamin Franklin from becoming one of the most prominent figures in early American history. As one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S., Franklin was also an entrepreneur, inventor and writer whose legacy would leave a lasting impact the world over.

Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Benjamin Franklin Quotes
The Harder I Work, The Luckier I Get
"Diligence is the mother of good luck." - Benjamin Franklin
Time Management Does Not Work, Manage Yourself Instead.
When you feel like there is not enough time in the day to get everything done it is time to take a reality check. Let us face it, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. It is how we choose to use that time that is causing pause. Pause to think about how to manage ourselves better. When we do not manage ourselves properly we feel stressed out and out of control, dashing madly from one activity to the other. It is at this time in our lives when we make unnecessary mistakes that can be costly.

"Closing the Sale"
"The great ones in selling, today, are more concerned about you, the buyer, then they are in themselves and "making the sale".
Extraordinary Day
The other day a friend made an off-hand comment that made me laugh at first and then ponder. We had had a brief chat early in the day and then he said, “OK, you right the world and I will speak to you later.” There was something paradoxical and empowering about that comment. I would do something totally earth shattering during the day and then we would have another routine chat that evening. Rather like the line “Only got 4 minutes to save the world” from Madonna’s song “4 Minutes.” When I listen to that song, I think, “Well, if Madonna can save the world in four minutes, I can definitely accomplish everything on my to do list,” no matter how daunting it looks.
The Ben Franklin sales close. For when they say "We want to think it over"
Every salesperson I have ever worked with has heard a prospect says those immortal words "We'd like some time to think it over". That's the time to use the Ben Franklin sales close. There are two types of "Think it over", the Fob off and the Bungy effect. Good salespeople can spot the difference and respond accordingly. They're the one's who come away with the deals.

The First 100 Days
All the pomp and circumstance of the inauguration is behind us. President Obama is in office and ready to go. Now the countdown begins on The First 100 Days. The First 100 Day Plan sets the tone and focus for an incoming President. It’s a must for the leaders of the free world. As leaders of our own worlds, shouldn’t we also have a 100 day plan to set the tone and focus for our “term”? Its’ not too late. We are only 28 days into 2009! The nature of a plan is that it is written down. Writing down your 100 day goals creates tremendous power.

DARE TO BE DIFFERENT? THEN SHOW IT BY YOUR ACTIONS.
One of the ways to succeed in marketing is by being different. Here's why.
14 Brilliant Quotes and How They Relate to Online Marketing
Are You Looking for Some Inspiration? How About Some of the Most Brilliant Quotes Ever Said by the Greatest Thinkers in History?

Are you Proactive or Procreactive™?
Experience tells me that the primary force separating successful from unsuccessful people is action. Successful people act, while unsuccessful people don’t. Achievers do what failures beg off doing. Chinese proverbs put it this way: “Talk will not cook rice,” or “Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth will wait a very, very long time.”
Open Letter To : Direct Sales Consultant, Direct Selling Business Owners On How To Triple Home Party Sales
Need extra cash? Most people who choose to get involved in a direct sales business do so because they are tired of having a 9-5 job! The idea behind a home party business is that you get to control your paycheck. Then you know exactly how more home party sales you will have to close to get you the amount you want.
INSPIRING QUOTATIONS FOR BUILDING CONFIDENCE
INSPIRING QUOTATIONS FOR BUILDING CONFIDENCE

How To Make People Want To Buy Your Product
You can have the greatest product in the world at the best price ever and still die broke if you cannot convince people that they want to buy what you are selling. The trick is knowing what makes people want to buy and painting a graphic picture of why your products fulfill one or more of their desires.
More than being right....
We can have the right to do something, but is it the right thing to do? It is very easy to point to our ‘rights’ and justify why we want to do something.
Common and Uncommon Sense
I have long been intrigued by people who have become known as universal men and women. These are people who have succeeded at the highest level in more than one field of endeavor. The person who probably most embodies the concept of a universal man is Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was a statesman, inventor, scientist, publisher, and philosopher just to name a few of his areas of accomplishment.

Increase Your Net Worth - Invest in Yourself
Your net worth is not simply your assets minus your liabilities. Your true net worth includes your future earnings potential too. To increase your true net worth, invest in your future. Invest in yourself. Here are five investments you can make to increase your future value.
Give Yourself the Gift of Presence
Ask yourself if you have anything to worry about right now? Are you anxious at this moment? Not tomorrow, not an hour ago, now. No, I didn’t think you were. You have just had a taste of being present. If you want to learn how to eliminate stress from your life, to have better relationships with others and most of all, a greater connectedness with yourself…learning to focus on the present is a powerful technique to do so.

Bridging the Gap Between Sales and Marketing
This article discusses the importance of bridging the communications gap between sales and marketing. This point can not be overstated . . .in fact, it can be blamed for many failures in both divisions. It is imperative to all businesses to have solid communications between the two divisions -- and goals that work in tandem with each other. Doing this can spell success for your business.

Mastermind Your Way To Home Business Success
Implement the top success strategy of the world’s most accomplished men and women and take your home business to big business in record time.

The Time Management Myth
Recently, we all were forced to undertake the semiannual task of changing our clocks to correspond with Daylight Savings Time. Since the average American household has 13 clocks, this is no small task. It generally takes a few days after you think you've adjusted all the clocks before you realize you neglected at least one.

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Benjamin Franklin: The Founding Father Gets His Start
He was the fifteenth of seventeen children and his father didn’t have enough money to send him to school, but that didn’t stop Benjamin Franklin from becoming one of the most prominent figures in early American history. As one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S., Franklin was also an entrepreneur, inventor and writer whose legacy would leave a lasting impact the world over.

The Source of Enlightenment: How Franklin Achieved Success
With his commitment to personal achievement and to improving the lives of his fellow Americans, Franklin proved to be one of the most successful statesmen, writers, entrepreneurs and intellectuals of his time. Given that his father was a soap maker who couldn’t afford education for his 17 children, Franklin’s success is all the more astonishing. How did Franklin take control of his situation and turn his destiny around?
The Harder I Work, The Luckier I Get
"Diligence is the mother of good luck." - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Shrinking Storage…Keeping Data Safe, Close At Hand
“Distrust and caution are the parents of security,” – Benjamin Franklin New storage solutions make it easy to carry huge volumes of mission critical business data with you at all times. It also exposes this content to loss/theft. Content needs rock solid security and encryption protection.
Making Active Choices – The Key to Success
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Benjamin Franklin said this originally. Sometimes we are aware that the results are not what we want but are unaware that we are stuck in a pattern of unchanging behavior. The first step to making a change is to first become aware of what we are doing.

Common and Uncommon Sense
I have long been intrigued by people who have become known as universal men and women. These are people who have succeeded at the highest level in more than one field of endeavor. The person who probably most embodies the concept of a universal man is Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was a statesman, inventor, scientist, publisher, and philosopher just to name a few of his areas of accomplishment.

Attention B2B Marketers : Embrace the Future (It ain’t Plastics, it’s Mobile)
In the classic movie, The Graduate, a young man named Benjamin (played by Dustin Hoffman), fresh out of college The Graduatewas approached by a business man, Mr. McGuire. This dialog took place: Mr. McGuire: “Benjamin, I want to say one word to you. Just one word.” Benjamin: “Yes, sir.” Mr. McGuire: “Are you listening?” Benjamin: “Yes, I am.” Mr. McGuire: “Plastics.” Benjamin: “Just how do you mean that, sir?”
Leadership and Learning are Indispensable
The great American founding father, author, and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, was highly devoted to life long learning and continual personal improvement. His book, The Art of Virtue (edited by George Rogers), is an inspiring account of Franklin's life and an instructive guide to his improvement process and personal effective system. Franklin once said, "If you empty your purse in your head, no one can take it away from you. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."

The power of a group
January 18th would have been Benjamin Franklin’s birthday. Now there’s a guy who saw opportunities that others did not. Ben invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, the odometer, and the glass armonica. He formed both the first public library and the first fire department in Pennsylvania.
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