We Become What We Think About - Notes from "The Strangest Secret"

Earl NIGHTINGALE Quotes from The Strangest Secret

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice…it is conformity.” Rollo May

“A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.” Marcus Aurelius

“A man is what he thinks about all day long.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Everything comes if a man will only wait. I have brought myself by long meditation to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will that will stake even existence for its fulfillment.” -Benjamin Disraeli

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” William James

“We need only in cold blood act as if the thing in question were real, and it will become infallibly real by growing into such a connection with our life that it will become real. It will become so knit with habit and emotion that our interests in it will be those which characterize belief.” William James

“If you only care enough for a result, you will almost certainly attain it. If you wish to be rich, you will be rich; if you wish to be learned, you will be learned; if you wish to be good, you will be good. Only you must, then, really wish these things, and wish them exclusively, and not wish at the same time a hundred other incompatible things just as strongly.” William James

“If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23

“This is one of the greatest laws in the universe; fervently do I wish I had discovered it as a very young man. It dawned upon me much later in life, and I have found it to be one of my greatest – if not my greatest – discovery, outside of my relationship to God…The great law briefly and simply stated is that if you think in negative terms, you will get negative results. If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results.” Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” William Shakespeare

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.” George Bernard Shaw

“Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free – our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends and country.”

“All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality.”

“My years in the newspaper business have convinced me of several things. Among them, that people are basically good and that we came from someplace and we’re going someplace. So we should make our time here an exciting adventure.” Grove Patterson

“Act as though it were impossible to fail.” Dorothea Brande

Originally posted February 12th, 2013 at 10:12 PM

Where Will You Be 3 Years from Now? By Dan Sullivan

Vision, especially a vision of
something bigger than yourself, has a
way of drawing the most useful talent
and resources to you and igniting the
passion of like-minded individuals who
can contribute to making it a reality.

Progress depends on your ability to see a bigger
future in any situation. When you know
where you’€™re going, you instinctively
start looking for€” and finding all €”the
multipliers that will get you there.

The most direct and powerful way we’€™ve
found to evoke a compelling vision of the
future is to ask a very specific question:

If we were meeting here three years
from today, looking back over those three
years, what has to have happened, both
personally and professionally, for you to
feel happy with your progress?”

Why three years? It’s the year after the
year after next. One year can feel a bit
too short to make major improve-
ments, and five years can seem too far
away and unpredictable. Three years
feels about right: You can imagine life
being a lot better without it being a
complete mystery.

Unless it’s something you revisit regu-
larly, your vision is going to get lost in
the shufffile. It just happens. There are so
many day-to-day concerns demanding
your immediate attention that staying
connected with your vision can be a
real challenge.

Regular, focused attention on, and con-
versation about, your vision has a dra-
matic effect on your progress. Without
this focus, you can still grow, just more
slowly.

With it, you’ll experience
exciting improvements in your client
base, your health, your personal rela-
tionships, the quality of your support
team, and your satisfaction with your
work and your life. That’s why, every
quarter, participants in the Strategic
Coach Program articulate, clarify, and
discuss what’s most important to them
with other highly motivated, growth-
oriented entrepreneurs.

see http://private.strategiccoach.com/downloads/download/OBZL6YO3

Originally posted January 14th, 2013 at 2:13 PM

Decision-Making

Decision Making…. Rich DeVos
You have got to arrive at a point of such excitement for this that any obstacle disappears.
You need to decide to do something that you chose to do and be willing to back it up by saying that this is the price I will pay to get it.
A commitment or a decision to do something implies a price to be paid to get there.
Whether you want to admit it or not, you’ll have to come to a point where you say, “This I am going to do!”
Find a business that you can participate in one step at a time – its just that simple. A small decision, a series of events that if the right decisions are made to make you progress, lead you to an ultimate successful goal each day you do things like this.
A series of successful experiences builds confidence. To grow this business find people and if you find one person then you’ll have the confidence to find another one and you make another decision to make another.
Your decision is geared to where you ‘re capable to do it if you’ll just make a positive one to do something to move you in the right direction.
You make a decision to go to a meeting (find out if you can be a part of it. Then find out if it’s a good legitimate business and then you either take the next step or you go back home and commit yourself to the rut you’ve been living in.
Have you ever thought of what this business could do if it really started to reach out and try to lift people up? Isn’t that what you are doing when you offer them an opportunity? We haven’t begun to do it enough yet.
You go out thinking and wanting with all your heart to believe that this thing is for you and then you go through a period of doubt, you’re going to get some disappointments and all of a sudden you’re not so sure but you’ll have to live through that because your decision will have to be firm. But at some point you will need to develop a burning passion or total conviction to the thing you’ve made a decision for. When that happens there is no stopping.
A commitment to some thing and until you make that commitment you’re just playing games. If you want to travel the whole route then your decision making has to carry you through a series of successful experiences where obstacles do not get in the way.
If you stop growing the business, then your commitment was only partial. The price you were willing to pay was a limited price.
You get out of it exactly what you put into it.
Tomorrow you’re either going to do something to move ahead or you’re going to do nothing and go behind.
Tomorrow you will either go out or make a call or you will postpone it till Thursday and you’ll kid yourself that Thursday you will do it. And Thursday you’ll say you’re too busy and you’ll do it on Friday. On Friday you’ll decide that the dust has got to be taken care of in the house and you’ll have to put if off until Monday. Your chances of ever accomplishing your goals in this business have already dropped 90%.
Great things were accomplished by a lot of people doing little things one step at a time.
A simple road a series of steps that lead you from wherever you are. This opportunity is for you. It’s geared to your ability to make one decision. Each one leads you progressively towards the ultimate goal.
Decisions aren’t only positive, they’re equally negative.
You either decide to move ahead with this business or you’ll decide to languish and let it go like you have in the past and you’ll have to make continual recommitments to remind yourself of what you really can do and then miracles will happen.
A simple decision making process of a series of steps you take and the things you learn.
PS: “Dear Lord thank you for opening the door to good health and opportunity for me through NIKKEN in return I promise to do everything I can to maintain these gifts.”

Originally posted January 7th, 2013 at 10:46 PM

How to Lead

“The most difficult person that you will ever lead is yourself! If you can get yourself to do what you preach to everybody else, then suddenly you develop the most compelling reason for anybody to follow you. People are desperate for heroes, for models, and you will realize that people – whether you like it or not – are going to emulate you, to follow you in your faults…and in your strengths. I am constantly working on a prototype of my own life, knowing that people are going to emulate me, they’re going to mimic me. The good news is is that it makes this inside your control, because if there’s one person you can change, its you! You may not be able to directly change that person downline from you, but you can change your own behavior and have an enormous impact on that person downline from you. Working on yourself and leading yourself is job #1 for every leader.”
-Mike Hyatt – (transcribed from this fantastic podcast – “the best of 2012″) 

Originally posted December 18th, 2012 at 10:07 PM

Your Influence...The Power to Change Everything!

I just read a humorous Christmas story that involves an aging aunt who was going to send each young child in the family a card stuffed with $10. In a hurry, she forgot to include the money. Each child received an empty card inscribed with the handwritten note. “Go buy yourself a present.” Without the accompanying $10, the note took on a completely different meaning than the aunt had intended!

Here is another wonderful and much more thoughtful Christmas story:
“Miss Thompson was a school teacher…and this is the way Charles Swindall tells the story about one of her students:

Teddy Stollard certainly qualified as one of the least; disinterested in school, musty, wrinkled clothes. Hair never combed. One of those kids in school with a deadpan face, expressionless…sort of a glossy, unfocused stare. When Miss Thompson spoke to Teddy, he always answered in monosyllables. He was unattractive, unmotivated, and distant. He was just plain hard to like.

Even though his teacher said that she loved all the class just the same… down inside she wasn’t being completely truthful. Whenever she marked Teddy’s papers, she got a sort of perverse pleasure putting X’s next to the wrong answers; and when she put ”F’s” at the top of the page, she always did it with a flair. She should have known better! She had Teddy’s records. And she knew more about him than she wanted to admit. The records read: 1st grade: Teddy shows promise with his work and attitude, but poor home situation. 2nd Grade: Teddy could do better. Mother is seriously ill – he receives little help at home. 3rd Grade: Teddy is a good boy, but too serious. He is a slow learner. His mother died this year. 4th Grade: Teddy is very slow, but well behaved. His father shows no interest.

Well, Christmas came and the boys and girls in Miss Thompson’s class brought her Christmas presents. They piled the presents on her desk and crowded around for her to open them…and among the presents was a gift from Teddy Stollard. She was surprised he had brought her a gift – but he had. Teddy’s gift was wrapped in brown paper and held together with scotch tape. On the paper were written the simple words: “For Miss Thompson – From Teddy”.

When she opened Teddy’s present out fell a gaudy rhinestone bracelet with half the stones missing, and a bottle of cheap perfume. The other boys and girls began to giggle and smirk at Teddy’s gifts, but Miss Thompson had at least enough sense to silence them, by immediately putting on the bracelet and putting some of the perfume on her wrists. Holding her wrists up for the other children to smell, she said: “Doesn’t it smell lovely!!!” And the children, taking their cue from Miss Thompson, responded with ooohs and aaahs.

At the end of the day, when school was over and the other children had left, Teddy lingered behind. He slowly came over to her desk and said softly: Miss Thompson…Miss Thompson…Gee, Yah smell just like my mother… Her bracelet looks real pretty on yah too! I’m glad you like my presents! When Teddy left, Miss Thompson got down on her knees…and asked God to forgive her.

The next day, when the children came to school, they were welcomed by a new teacher. Miss Thompson had become a different person. She was no longer just a teacher. She was an agent of God. She was now a person committed to loving her children, and doing things for them that would live long after she was gone. She helped all the children, but especially the slow ones – and especially Teddy Stollard. By the end of the school year Teddy showed dramatic improvement. He caught up with most of the students, and was even ahead of some.

Well the year ended and she didn’t hear from Teddy for a long time. Then one day she received a note which read: Dear Miss Thompson, I wanted you to be the first to know. I will be graduating, second in my class. Love, Teddy Stollard. And four years later, another note: Dear Miss Thompson, They told me I will be graduating 1st in my class! I wanted you to be the first to know! The university has not been easy – but I like it. Love, Teddy Stollard. And four years later, another note: Dear miss Thompson, As of today, I am Theodore Stollard, MD. How about that! I wanted you to be the first to know. I’m getting married next month, the 27th to be exact. I want you to come and sit where my mother would sit if she were alive. You are the only family I have now. Dad died last year. Love, Teddy Stollard

Well, Miss Thompson went to that wedding and sat where Teddy’s mother would have sat. She deserved to sit there. She had done something for Teddy that he could never forget.”

In a way all of us are just like Miss Thompson, and the most wonderful feeling is to know that you have made a difference in the life of another person. Ultimately, a well-lived life might be measured by the greatest good that one has done for the largest number of people.

I believe Nikken is the greatest business in the history of the world because we offer the most consistent and profound life-changing products, and our compensation plan enables you the opportunity to build a team of thousands who can experience personal transformation through the 5 pillars of health. YOU have a powerful tool that enormously magnifies your personal influence for the good!

Our best wishes for you and your family in this most joyous season!

Dave & Valerie Johnson

Originally posted December 16th, 2012 at 8:49 PM

Making the Shift - Your First 7 Days in Network Marketing

Succeeding in Nikken is a skill that definitely can be learned. One of the very best trainings on the fundamentals is now available for free! Take some time, sit down with your notepad and go to this link – Very worthwhile!

Something extra to ponder…..

Nearly 3000 studies and half a century of research shows that the media can have an significant impact on virtually every behavior including:
Obesity, eating, aggressive behavior, suicide, sexual activity, drug use, disorders, even attention-deficit disorder and poor work performance.
(Avoid TV like the plague that it is!)

(Nikken) is a psychology business. People who come into sales have often never sold anything, and lack confidence in themselves and confidence in their skills.
The transference and building of confidence is incredibly important to building a distribution system. The bigger the company you run, the bigger psychology you deal with.

The happiness advantage…
A study was done on two insurance companies, demonstrating that sales teams with trained optimism sold 35% more, and they were less likely to quit.

Direct selling skills…
Be a self-starter, self-accountable, good time management, presentation, leadership, team building, plus unshakable emotional resilience!

It’s ok to make deals with Heavenly Father!

There is a tendency for a lot of people who have not considered the importance of developing themselves to join our business. In order for you to grow the organization past a certain level, you have to develop the proper personal skills in your people. -Scott Lawrence

To grow an organization requires being able to relate with others and leadership skills. Most women coming into our organization don’t have professional training. Our ability to help women become leaders is the secret to our success. -Sean Key of Mary Kay
(above are notes taken from another great video by Darrin Hardy.

Originally posted November 26th, 2012 at 10:03 PM

You Become What You Think About

Dear Nikken friends,

You are today where your thoughts brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. -James Allen
IDEAS are ALIVE and they GROW!

Brian Tracy says that:
We need to CONTROL our INNER DIALOG – that our “River of Consciousness” should always be a positive self talk. Think about what you want. What you repeat to yourself over and over again becomes a command. The “3 P’s” for an effective affirmation are Personal. Use “I” – Present tense, say “I am” – must be Positive, “I am a successful leader in Nikken!”

You become what you think about most of the time. Therefore,
Continually control your dialog. Make it consistent with the person you want to be and the life you want to have.
Your feelings are determined by the way you talk to yourself. See yourself the way you desire. Your self-image determines your performance. All improvement in your world is dependent upon improved thinking. You ARE going to the top! There are always great possibilities for those who “do it now”.

Do it now! Get on with it…NOW! Positive Action – get going, get busy, go fast, have a sense of urgency. Along with controlling your inner dialog, become a person of action. As Harvard psychologist Jerome Bruner says, “You’re more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action.”

I AM A MAGNET FOR OPPORTUNITY! Think and act this all the time and you will see!

The better I am, the happier I am!

I love Zig Ziglar! He is a national treasure who is a leading authority on success and happiness. I also love the fact that this great man was Nikken’s Honorary Chairman of the Board. I first met Zig in the 70’s and he changed my life. In his book, “Over the Top” Zig shares a proven idea that can change your life:

Are you happy with where you are right now – in your job, peace of mind, health, good family relationships? More important, if you continue doing exactly what you are doing now, where are you going to be in 5 years? Are you going to be happy with yourself, where you will be and what you will have?

Would you like to make a dramatic impact on your life? If you could “have it all” would you being willing to grasp the opportunity of a lifetime? For just 15 minutes per day you can develop the qualities to successfully make a commitment, discipline yourself to work hard everyday, and make a positive difference in life. You will be amazed at what happens when you see your good qualities, accept responsibility and take action to make your future even brighter.

“When you change your world for the better you have positioned yourself perfectly to change the world of those around you.” “You can go where you want to go, do want you want to do, and be like you want to be.” You may want to get more specific and customize the following script; you can start immediately using the following strait from Zig’s book:
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For thirty days first thing in the morning, last thing at night, by yourself, in front of a mirror, stand up straight, square your shoulders, look yourself in the eye, and quietly, firmly say in the first-person present tense:

I, ______________, am a person of integrity with a good attitude and specific goals. I have a high energy level, am enthusiastic, and take pride in my appearance and what I do. I have a sense of humor, lots of faith, wisdom, and the vision, empathy, and courage to use my talents effectively. I have character and am knowledgeable. My convictions are strong and I have a healthy self-image, a passion for what is right, and a solid hope for the future.
“I am an honest, sincere, hard-working person. I am tough but fair and sensitive. I’m disciplined, motivated, and focused. I am a good listener and patient, but take decisive action. I am bold, authoritative, and confident, yet humble. I am an encourager, a good finder, an excellent communicator, and am developing winning habits. I am a student, a teacher, and a self-starter. I am obedient, loyal, responsible, dependable, and prompt. I have a servant’s heart, am ambitious, and am a team-player. I am personable, optimistic and organized. I am consistent, considerate, and resourceful. I am intelligent, competent, persistent, and creative. I am health-conscious, “balanced”, and sober. I am flexible, punctual, the thrifty.

“I am an honorable person who is truly grateful for the opportunity life has given me. These are the qualities of the winner I was born to be, and I am fully committed to develop these marvelous qualities with which I have been entrusted. Tonight I’m going to sleep wonderfully well. I will dream powerful, positive dreams. I will awaken energized and refreshed, and tomorrow’s going to be magnificent!”

REPEAT THE PROCESS THE NEXT MORNING AND CLOSE BY SAYING, These are the qualities of the winner I was born to be. Today is the first day of the rest of my life, and it is wonderful.”

This is a powerful tool to enable you to become the very best you. Yes, it’s that simple and it really will work for you too! The hard part is just deciding that you’re going to do It! – yes, It is worth it!

The price of greatness is responsibility over each of your thoughts. – Churchill

Originally posted November 25th, 2012 at 10:20 PM

Within Every Adversity Can Be Seeds of Great Benefit!

We can swallow anything and digest anything you throw at us, turn it into fertilizer and make it a growth experience. -Bernie Siegel, MD

Sounds like a network marketer’s motto, doesn’t it? Actually, that’s precisely what the amazing little earthworm does after it eats toxins. It digests them and then eliminates the toxins as a non-toxic waste material that serves as fertilizer. You must admit, there’s a lot to admire about the incredible earthworm, a perfect role model for all of us building a networking business.

Think about it. If you showed the earthworm’s tenacity and ability to adapt to challenges and turn them into learning experiences, you might go forward with more passion, “making more mistakes faster.” Why not?

No matter how many mentors you have, how many CDs you listen to, or books you read about how to build your business, no one, other than you, can provide the energy necessary to move forward. The energy you need comes from power and power comes from inspiration. What’s inspiring you to succeed in your business?

When you are sufficiently inspired, you’ll face all the challenges head on, change, grow, adapt, and develop new abilities. You’ll do whatever it takes. I repeat, whatever it takes, to walk that extra mile.

Find your passion and look for the growth experience in every challenge.

Stay with it my friends!

Mark Yarnell

Originally posted November 15th, 2012 at 12:28 PM

On the Move! (Kurt Fulle Leadership Speech)

Kurt Fulle
“On the Move”
Nikken Leadership Summit Speech
October 2012

We are “On the Move!”
Each of you is here for one reason. You earned the right to be here.
By doing so, you made the decision to be a leader, not a follower—and that is the single most powerful business decision you can make.
So, congratulations.
Each of you belongs to an elite group of individuals who are taking control of their lives.
You’re blazing your own trail, and as our theme states, you are also “On the Move.”
You made the choice to not be a victim of today’s economic downturn, but to take charge of your earning potential and unleash your success.
But like everything worthwhile in life, it doesn’t happen without commitment and effort. And you’ve done both.
Last year at our conference, I made a commitment to you—to continually give you better and better tools and resources to help you succeed faster and farther than ever before.
And that’s what we’ve done.
Because like each of you—and like at no other time in our history—Nikken is “On the Move.”
•    We now use Nikken’s patent-pending technologies on most of our magnetic products. That is a huge step forward in advancing my vision for you—and for the company.
We now have more quality control. And you now have products to sell that are exclusive to Nikken—no one else has them. Only you. And we are going to keep it that way.
•    This year’s products such as the MagDuo, the Kenko Air Purifier, the MagFlex, the PowerSleep Mask and the KenkoSeat II have been launched in North America, and soon thereafter everywhere.
•    And as you are aware, we’ve also enhanced our Compensation Plan. For those of you here—who are “On the Move” with your businesses—it’s never been easier or faster to escalate your earnings.
This is a plan that is designed for serious business people who want to make serious money. And I’ve been very impressed with the way so many of you have embraced it, as well as the results you’re having.
Talk about “On the Move,” Gold consultant Mariela Villanueva—isn’t just moving, she is racing toward financial independence. Last month she sponsored her 4th Silver. And unofficially, she is on track to sponsor 2 more Silvers this month. Great job!
•    Retail profits are also “On the Move”—straight up. As you know, earning retail profit is the single fastest way to jump-start or boost earnings for pin levels below Silver.
Our products are incredible, so there’s no reason to discount them, and lots of reasons not too. It’s called dollars in your pocket.
•    And to help you build your businesses even faster, our Silver and Gold training programs are better than ever. We’ve invested a great deal of time and money into making these programs relevant to today’s network marketing business people. From the reaction of those of you who’ve gone through them, they’re working.
And speaking of working, our “Humans Being More” seminar continues to be one of the best ways I know to help people advance to their full potential—both personally and professionally.
If you haven’t taken advantage of it, the time is now.
•    Our Social Media & Marketing initiatives have really taken off—helping to generate more targeted consumer acceptance then ever before.
In today’s world, more Americans get their news from the Internet than from newspapers or radio. And here’s the important part, three-fourths say they hear about information and news via e-mail or updates on social media sites.
Customers are there, and so is Nikken.
•    And then there’s our new back office infrastructure. It has had some bumps, but it is up and running.
•    And soon you will have new Personal websites that will give you a cool-looking brick and motor presence for your customers, along with more robust reporting capabilities for you.
•    Then there’s Nikken’s new Mobile App. Yes, you heard me right. In the near future we are launching a powerful new Mobile App.
Imagine sitting in a restaurant with friends. They mention how great you look—well-rested, happy, and just overall healthy.
You pull out your iPhone and show them how Nikken products and opportunities have changed your life.
They’re impressed, so you take their order right there, online, in real-time.
Maybe even sign them up.
Now that’s smart business.
You’ll hear a lot more about Nikken’s new Mobile App in the upcoming months.
Business isn’t standing still, and neither is Nikken.
We are “On the Move” like never before.
And there’s never been a better time to share the Nikken story—your story, your dreams and your successes.
The ancient Greeks had a word for times such as this, because they knew how important and powerful these moments can be. They called it “Kairos.”
Euripides described Kairos as: “The moment when you seize the helm of fate to force fortune to befall.”
This great philosopher knew that there are very special moments that only come along once in a great while—moments when everything aligns—when opportunities practically fall in your lap.
For Nikken and you, that moment is now.
We have the products, the tools, and the marketing plan. With your determination and commitment, it’s an unbeatable combination.
Everything is within reach to allow “fortune to befall” in ways none of us could have imagined.
I’ve never been so excited about our future—about your future. A future that each of you is creating by being here—by having earned the right to sit in that chair, by taking a leadership role.
Right now, you are—personally and professionally—“On the Move” toward an extraordinary life. A life most other people only dream of.
You can have it all.
You can have that dream home—that incredible new car.
You can be healthier and wealthier, and live an extraordinary life!
Because you decided to take a leadership role and not be a follower.

At this point, I would like to discuss your role as a leader—what it really means and why it’s so important.
First, let me dispel a myth about leadership. Because I know some of you are thinking, “I’m not really a leader. I just worked hard to get here.”
Well, you’re wrong.
You are a leader—the very best kind. Because you’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves and get the job done—to lead by example. That is what highly effective leaders do. They lead with their feet, not their mouths.
And contrary to what you may think, leaders are not born. There is no leadership gene.
Leaders are made—in most cases from the desire and willingness to create change—change in their own life, and that of others.
And that is the key—the desire to create change and the willingness to do whatever it takes to make it happen.
Each of you have these two essential qualities or you wouldn’t be here.
Whether you believe so or not, each of you is already a leader. And with more training, and in some cases, more experience, each of you will become even more effective—even better in your leadership role, and even more successful at helping others to do the same.
Both your job and mine is to help create leaders, not followers.
And that is an important difference between Nikken and other MLM companies. They simply want and need followers so the company can prosper.
We want and need leaders, so everyone prospers.
It’s certainly one of the most remarkable aspects of our business. We don’t prosper off the backs of other people’s labor. We prosper while helping other people to succeed.
Which is why Nikken holds this conference—so you can improve your leadership skills through best practices and professional guidance. So you can learn from your uplines, as well as teach your downlines.
It’s also why we require you to earn the right to be here. As I mentioned earlier, leaders are created from desire and commitment. By being here, you’ve proven, not just to us, but to yourself and to your organizations that you have the desire to improve your own life as well as theirs’.
And in doing so, you’ve also made the commitment to help those who aren’t doing as well, do better—and those who are doing well to reach even greater heights.
An important aspect of leadership is the ability to serve others—not just to be a siren for self-importance. Because when everyone performs at his or her best, everyone wins. This pinnacle of performance is made possible by recognizing the importance of and achieving balance in the 5 Pillars of Health. Only in this way do we become Humans Being More—in every way.
As best-selling Author and Consultant Ken Blanchard says: “The key to successful leadership is service, not authority.”
Our job is to open up new vistas of economic opportunity for people who may not even know they exist.
To build powerful, independent teams through leadership and replication, not control and intimidation.
To share the magic of Nikken so others can transform their lives.
To paint the vision, and then help them along the pathway to excel.
Elicit greatness from your team, and fortune will befall.
Now, I ask you to continue leading!
Thank you!

Originally posted October 30th, 2012 at 1:04 PM

My Interview with a Chiropractor

I have been thinking of a dear friend, Dr. Moscos. He unexpectedly passed away a few years ago. He was truly amazing. His home has a fairly normal looking garage other than a little bigger and it houses a Lamborghini, a Ferrari, a Jensen Healy, and a Jaguar, etc. He even had his own Russian Jet Fighter!

We did several meetings over the years in that home. He was a truly fascinating gentleman. I would like to share an interview that I had with him:

Dave: Dr. Moscos, you are a chiropractor and, not only that, you’ve been a chiropractor to some pretty famous people. Could you tell us a little about your background?

Dr. Moscos: Yes. I got two degrees – a chiropractic degree at DC and then I got my naturopathic degree. Back in 1989 I was asked to join the royal family in Saudi Arabia to be their personal naturopathic physician. I went with my family there for 6 years and survived the first Gulf war. I came back and wasn’t ready to retire so I set up a small office here in Newport Beach in California. Within a year one of my old patients found me and brought me a set of Magsteps. I didn’t know what they were but she had a little viewer and showed me the magnets. She asked me what I thought and I asked, “Where did you get these bipolar magnets?!” She said, “This is Nikken.” So I joined right away…. It‘s just fantastic getting the word out there.

Dave: What is your opinion of the company, the products, and the future?

Dr. Moscos: Way back in the 60s when I first started getting into the naturopathic medicine, we began using magnets. They were single pole magnets (the old + and – side ones) and we used to have quite a difficult time with these in our clinics. Something was missing. We did lots of experiments as students. Of course when Nikken came along, their magnets used the correct polarity for the human body. Nikken’s magnets have the correct magnetic fields which match the earth magnetic fields, and these match the fields in the human body, so it’s very precise.

Nikken’s mission statement is about the wellness of the whole human being. In the environment today we are bombarded with toxins everywhere. Even the air is acidic. The water we drink, bottled water or tap water, it’s all acidic. The body doesn’t like acid because this is where disease proliferates. If we keep our bodies on the alkaline side we can ward off disease. Nikken’s nutritionals are a Godsend to the human race because the products are exactly what we need. They supplement the magnetic fields that are being destroyed by the environment and the population.
It’s been recorded in a Washington D.C. study that the earth’s magnetic field is down about 15%. We know that the actions of the physical of the body are the result of chemical reactions in the brain. These reactions can only occur when we are in a magnetic field. If the chemical signals are reduced by a lowered field, our electrons start losing their power. Nikken gives our electrons back their full power so that the body can properly heal itself.

Dave: When I first joined Nikken, I was given a paper from Dr. Nakagawa titled “Magnetic Deficiency Syndrome” and it detailed how important it was to sleep on a mattress that produces the optimal magnetic environment. If we can’t find the right environment, we must try and make or create one. That is what Nikken does, creates an environment with the right magnetic field, with clean water, pure air, good nutrition and of course, a happy family and society. We’re working on all the aspects of an optimal environment.

Dr. Moscos: That’s what Nikken is is all about. It’s got the attitude and mission statement right in the 5 Pillars of Health. We put everything together and the human being is much happier, especially in this environment. I don’t know what the air is like up there in Washington State, but down here in Orange County, we don’t breathe the air, we cut it up with scissors and chew it!

Dave: I was reading something about that. There was a study done where they could look at a child’s lungs and tell just from that that they were from LA.

Dr. Moscos: Yes, this is what we see. I’ve been in practice for 32 years and it’s terrible to see the problems that patients have come in with over the years. I’ve actually taken the liberty of telling people to leave California because they were having so many problems! But the key now is Nikken and all their products. I love the clean air system. People live in homes that are never aired out and the air inside is often worse than outside, because you’ve got the carpets, glue, paint, pets, etc. The air wellness machine is the key to a clean home. The sleep system is also amazing. Sleep is so essential, a #1 priority. The body repairs itself when we sleep, because it has to work so hard when we’re awake. This is the point in medical science that we’ve gotten away from. We’ve lost all the natural elements. Nobody heals the body. We work with it so it can heal itself. We put it in the proper environment and it will heal. The brain is designed that way. When you cut your skin, it heals. The body already knows what to do because it’s designed that way. One of the good environments we can give it is through Nikken’s sleep system.

Dave: When I first got into Nikken I met a medical doctor that said when he first saw it he was skeptical. He had a brother whose wife was in a bad car wreck and she had an incredible experience with the product. After that, he got on Med Line, a medical database, to look up more information on magnets. He said the amazing thing was that he thought he would see a couple of kooky things about magnets, but instead he saw literally thousands of articles, abstracts, and studies about using magnets for all types of health conditions. He observed that everybody in the world seemed to know this and were using them, except the US.

Today people are more open to magnets. It still feels like the beginning of a floodgate, now that there are beginning to be enough people to explode the industry. As an example, when I first joined Nikken one of my friends was quite skeptical. She even wrote a letter to the National Council on Health Fraud and got a personal letter back from a Dr. Jarvis, who said he commended her on being a skeptic, and went on to use words like charlatan, huckster, and quack. Not long ago I was reading an article on magnetics and it quoted this same Dr. Jarvis saying, “I am having to reconsider my original opinion on magnetic therapy.” Time is on our side. The future will be amazing for the people who are ready. The rest of the country is waiting and we just need to go out and tell them about what we have. We’re going to help people. It’s obvious when we look around because the market is full of people who want a premium sleep system. Everyone is realizing that what you sleep on will affect your quality of sleep and your sleep is a keystone to good health. Our product is priced right and I hear of so many miracles from people using our sleep system. That wouldn’t have happened if they were on other brands which do not surround the body in a wonderful cocoon of magnetism, negative ions, and far-infrared.

Dr. Moscos: The sleep system is the key. It optimizes body healing when we sleep. We have to be in a relaxed state, which means our temperature must be controlled through far-infrared. The body when it sleeps fails in one thing only: controlling temperature. It works so hard that you perspire. Then you kick the blankets off and get cold. If you’re in a supportive environment with the spine supported and the right temperature and nice dense foam, the body can heal almost 100%. There are so many testimonials out there. I’ve seen so much in the office over the last 5 years that it’s just amazing. Some of it even to me is hard to comprehend. I’m dealing with some severe cases. Right now I’ve got 3 people with hepatitis C and we’re using Nikken products to fight the virus, including using the back flex over the liver area and the nutritional products. They are working! This is tremendous.

Dave: That’s exciting! I met gentlemen who got the sleep system and said that before he got it, his bedding looked like it had gone through a threshing machine, but now he hardly has to even make his bed.

Dr. Moscos: I have a patient who has one of the new systems. She came to me one day and said she was scared of the system. I asked why. “I woke up and my head was exactly where I put it the night before. Not a curl out of place.” She figured she didn’t move all night!

Dave: With the sleep system you sleep deeper and one of the things I continually think is neat is that the sleep system is actually a productively tool. You get such good sleep that you don’t need as much; you wake up earlier and have more energy.

Dr. Moscos: According to the National Center of Sleep in the US, state that almost 70 million people have problems with sleep. We know that bad sleep is a major factor in Depression, and it lowers the strength of the body’s immune system, which is one of the keys for healing the body. This is where people go wrong.

Dave: I was reading an article about how they did a sleep study with some college students, and when they got into the deeper sleep they would awaken them and prevent them from going into the deep sleep. Within about a week they started exhibiting symptoms of fibromyalgia and other disorders.

Dr. Moscos: Improper sleep is a repression of the immune system. Auto-immune problems mean we’re going to have different arthritis and soft tissue structure breakdowns. Eventually the body just deteriorates. We have to be in a very relaxed deep restful sleep, almost sedated, for these to heal. Nikken’s sleep system puts the body in that state. The body heals when it goes through all 5 stages of sleep. The first four stages help the body heal the physical structures like muscles and organs and tissues. The REM sleep state is when it reverts back and the brain heals itself. These cycles go every 30-70 minutes, over and over through the night. The Russians did some studies with this and found out that with magnets, these are increased up to 110 minutes, which is good because the body can heal better if it stays in the cycles longer and deeper.

Dave: Fascinating. Talking about levels of sleep, many of us have noticed that our dreams are much more lucid. I’ve noticed more colors, even tastes; if I took notes, I could write a novel!

Dr. Moscos: If you can dream in color you’re getting the right sleep. I know I do. I wouldn’t part with my system ever. In fact my wife and I are fighting over the Air Wellness system. She puts it on her side when she goes to bed and when I come in I move it to my side!

Dave: Sounds like you need to get a second one! I was going to ask you if you might share just one experience of the success of the sleep system that is really inspiring and touched your heart.

Dr. Moscos: Well I can tell you what it’s done for me. Years ago I had a tremendous sinus problem. I had that for almost 25 years and I got it settled down but when I went back to Saudi the sand was so bad that it acted up again and I had a horrendous infection for almost 5 years. When I got on the sleep system back in 1997 I noticed a big difference right away. But even now with the new sleep system I noticed the biggest difference. I know the Air Wellness system also helps. I go to bed at night and wake up refreshed and ready to go, with no sinus problems and no medications to take. It’s that clean air and good environment!

Dave: The Lactoferrin, have you done any experimenting with that or shared it with anyone?

Dr. Moscos: Yes, I’m using Lactoferrin a lot especially in the office with infections. It works wonders. What I like about the Lactoferrin is that it’s a bacteriostatic, which means it binds with iron and deprives the germ from getting iron, which means it can’t thrive. It works wonders and it’s a beautiful compound. I like how it’s made in New Zealand with pure cows milk. A nice, pure environment, and Nikken uses almost 3 quarts of milk to make one tablet! It’s a fantastic nutritional. It does so many things for the body, I could go on and on. Besides the bacteriostatic, it’s also a pre-biotic which aids the biotics in our body already. I use it a lot in the practice. It’s a tremendous boost to the immunize system. There were a lot of articles about Lactoferrin and tissue damage especially in aging and rejuvenation, tests done outside of Nikken.

Dave: That’s exciting. A question for you. Lactoferrin means Iron, so Activated Lactoferrin means it doesn’t have the iron already and it’s hungry for it, right?

Dr. Moscos: Yes.

Dave: So that means that stuff in the store has iron already and is relatively inactive. I ask this because some people have problems as far as too much iron in their body, and although this is a small capsule, some are still concerned about whether it is an iron supplement. I guess it’s quite the opposite. It’s an iron-scavenging molecule.

Dr. Moscos: This is ideal for those who have too much iron in their body. At the same time, Lactoferrin is an antioxidant, one of the best natural versions. People succumb to illnesses because we have a sodium-bicarbonate system to neutralize acids in our environment. Even our foods are contaminated and our diets are heavily focused on meats, potatoes and breads, all acid foods. Our system depletes itself by working so hard at neutralizing acids and then we start to leach minerals out of our system to balance things out. That’s how people get so sick. The Lactoferrin acts as a saving mechanism to this particular system. One of my cases, a man who has high iron, is doing wonderfully because of the Lactoferrin. We keep doing lab tests and the iron is coming down.

Dave: How many are you prescribing for that?

Dr. Moscos: Just two a day. Usually one a day is plenty for high iron, but this one is particularly bad. Even the hospital wouldn’t take him. Nikken has gone out of its way to do specific research and bring out great products of health. No matter what they make, it works. Like I always say, Nikken is a closest thing to putting us back in the environment we need to be in,

Dave: I believe the financial environment that Nikken has put me in has made me healthier too!

Dr. Moscos: Of course! Where else can you be your own business, your own boss, on your own time, vacation when you want to, and make a lot of people happy. That’s what Nikken’s all about.

Dave: I really appreciate all your time and insight.

Dr. Moscos: Oh, I just love Nikken. I can’t get enough of it. I love going out and getting people into it, telling the world about health and all about Nikken. It’s a wonderful company.

Dave: We’ve got so much left to do so go do it!

Dr. Moscos: People have to realize what they have with this company. It’s endless.

Dave: I love the possibilities! Thank you, Dr. Moscos

Originally posted October 11th, 2012 at 4:15PM

The Waterfall System

Hello Nikken family,

A new chapter in the Nikken story is unfolding. The world leader in the “Humans Being More” industry….the only “Total Wellness Company” in the world, is ready to blast off with your help.

Have you experienced the new Nikken “Waterfall”? What a high-tech and beautiful instrument! It takes municipal tap water and purifies it. Then it optimizes its structure, mineralizes, ionizes, lowers its redox potential providing anti-oxidant protection for your cells, and makes it alkaline to assist your body to keep its acid/alkaline ratio in balance. Pretty much everything that you have heard that might be good for water, this thing does!

Last but not least, the water it produces tastes sweet, and very smooth and light. Way better than anything we’ve had before.

Diamond Terry Latham is “on fire” with our new water systems, which includes the PiMag Sport Bottle for your on-the-go access to this great alkalizing Nikken water.

Terry has personally sponsored many people by using the water as the door opener. He will ask: “How many people do you know who drink water?”….waits for a reply.

“Of those people, how many would be interested in a more economical and healthier source?”…. waits for a reply.

“Fantastic, let’s test that theory.”

He then does a very convincing demonstration, which you can see Diamond Rick Murphy performing in this video:

Another powerful business approach is to share the CD “Healthy Water and Healthy Salt” – or listen to it on iTunes.

We have important things to share, just talk to people!

Originally posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 12:57 PM

Courageous Leadership!

“Our ability to set and achieve goals, to keep commitments, to walk our talk. Our ability to inspire trust in others.”

“Life to me is the greatest of all games. The danger lies in treating it as a trivial game, a game to be taken lightly, and a game in which the rules don’t matter much. The rules matter a great deal. The game has to be played fairly or it is no game at all. And even to win the game is not the chief end. The chief end is to win it honorable and splendidly”.   -Shackleton

Shackleton sailed to Antarctica with 27 men in hopes of becoming the first men to transverse the continent.  But his ship, the Endurance, was trapped, and then crushed  by ice in the Weddell Sea, propelling the party into a nightmare of cold and near starvation. Not one of the men died during their sojourn in a freezing hell. This incredible fact bears witness to Shackleton’s leadership and to the strength of the human spirit

“At the core of Shackleton’s gift for leadership in crisis was…the fact that he elicited from his men strength and endurance they had never imagined they possessed; he ennobled them.”   Being stranded on the Antarctic ice for 20 months,  Shackleton devised a bold plan to take five of his men and sail 850 miles in a 22-foot boat through the tempestuous and storm-ravaged South Atlantic Ocean to reach help.   Upon finally reaching civilization, the captain of the Endurance, Frank Worsley records the reaction of some of the hardiest seamen in the world:  “Three or four white-haired veterans of the sea came forward. One spoke in Norse, and the Manager translated. He said he had been at sea over 40 years; that he knew this stormy Southern Ocean intimately, from South Georgia to Cape Horn, from Elephant Island to the South Orkneys, and that never had he heard of such a wonderful feat of daring seamanship as bringing the 22-foot open boat from Elephant Island to South Georgia…. All the seamen present then came forward and solemnly shook hands with us in turn. Coming from brother seamen, men of our own cloth and members of a great seafaring race like the Norwegians, this was a wonderful tribute.” (The Endurance, pages 166-167)

“Shackleton lived and led for his men!”

Shackleton (“the Boss”) to his men, was an inspiring optimist, “a leader who put his men first.”. “He would be remembered not so much for his own accomplishments as for what he was capable of drawing out of others.”  ”Behind every calculated word and gesture lay the single-minded determination to do what was best for his men.

This is the true quality of a leader: he leads his people, but more than anything, he leads FOR his people!

Originally posted September 15th, 2012 at 6:24pm

The Biography of a Great Man

Sterling W. Sill suggests that: “We seem to learn faster from people than from things or abstract ideas. In people we have an important visual aid, an actual working model where we can see success and failure ready-made.” That… “Success frequently comes through our study of biography.”
I am reading “Driven” – an inspiring autobiography about the amazing entrepreneur Larry Miller, who began in the parts & service dept of a Toyota dealership and eventually amassed a business empire producing $3.2 billion in annual sales!
Larry Miller states: “It’s funny how life is like a river sometimes, and, if you do things a certain way, that river will just take you a certain direction and you ride it out…”
The book begins: “I can remember precisely the moment my life changed forever. I had an epiphany one morning, and nearly every detail of that moment is burned into the hard drive of my brain…I was at work, managing the parts department of a Toyota dealership …When, like a bucket of cold water it hit me. Here I was, soon to be 27 years old, married, with two children and one on the way, and I was responsible for raising and supporting those children, providing food and shelter and college and housing and much more, while preparing for old age and retirement, and I realized I had nothing to fall back on. I had no college education, no special training, All I had was my energy…It scared me. The feeling was so overwhelming that I stopped what I was doing to ponder the matter. I decided I had to be extremely good at something.
Reasoning that other dealers had the same parts and roughly the same prices to offer, I believed service and hustle were the things that would set me apart. I would simply outwork them. I would become so good that I could not be denied. I was obsessed with doing everything I could do and accomplishing as much as I could. I had an extreme sense of urgency.”
The story continues, and he “became a student of everything” – learning all the fundamentals of a parts business; ordering systems, delivery systems, hiring practices, training practices. He decided to “Be incredible in all these facets so that he could control the outcome. He needed to become the best.”
He states: “I overpower problems with work”
Well, how did he do?
To quote the book: “Well, I wasn’t just good at delivering service and parts, I was world-class. I wanted parts delivered five minutes ago. I was a quarterback, running the two-minute offense. I produced results. When I started, the store was averaging $6,500 a month in parts sales, or $78,000 a year. In my first month on the job, sales jumped to $13,000 and increased every single month for 28 months. The parts department grew so big that the dealership didn’t have room to store all the parts, so we bought houses around the dealership and stored them there. In my second full year on the job, we became the first Toyota dealer in the U.S. to sell a million dollars’ worth of parts in one year! – We not only became the first Toyota parts department to reach $1 million in annual sales, but we reached $2 million before anyone else reached $1 million, and we became the first to reach $ million as well. ”
What an amazing story! Just imagine running into this guy back when he was age 27 and instead of him doing Toyota, you sponsored him into Nikken! I would share with him that our company also came from Japan; that Nikken accumulated over 9 billion in sales before they even entered the North American market. That this business is a “Millionaire Maker” – and Millionaires have been created in every country that Nikken has entered. And that we are looking for the right person to open up your area!
Larry Miller ardently mastered the fundamentals of automotive parts ordering systems. YOU can master the fundamentals of Nikken. Decide to become really good at something! Besides, Average just doesn’t pay very well! What are your possibilities if you had his kind of personal initiative!
Nikken is so much more important for America than any Toyota Parts and Service business! We have a important destiny to fulfill. We have wonderrful solutions for everyone’s greatest needs, Health – in every pillar! And this is an opportunity to help others while helping yourself and your family. And Nikken is just a fun, fun thing to do! Think about your own reasons for building a business, and get some real Passion – be on Fire for something – Nikken!!! A good opportunity only becomes great when you act on it! Learn to make your prospects stand up and beg to be a part of your business!
This is how Paul J. Meyer sees it:
The most valuable thing I can do with my time is to be face to face with a “class A” prospect who I’ve been sent to see by someone I have respect for and time to tell my story under favorable conditions, and they have money to buy. The second most important thing I can do with my time is getting on the phone and getting more appointments to do that. And the third most important thing I can do with my time would be to get some more names to do that!
I am an ‘inverted paranoid’. I just believe that everybody in the world is out to get me and help me do whatever I want to do. Everybody wants to be my partner. Everybody wants to be my customer. When I walk up to a door, I visualize a red carpet rolled out and they are waiting to do business with me, because they not only wants to buy from me, they wants to be my friend. If you don’t get a chance to associate with me, you are going to miss something, baby! Now that’s an Attitude!!!

Here are some lines from the book “Driven” that I have highlighted:
His big question: What manner of man do I want to be?
Being mediocre is no fun
Motivation to work shifted from fear-driven to success-driven, and it was fun doing it; and it was fun being as good at it.
Whatever we learn through hard work and dedication will remain with us throughout our lives and benefit us in ways we can’t foresee.
(have an) Intensity and passion for success
The thrill of success, the thrill of the hunt, “the high” of achievement and competition
I liked the sense of accomplishment and learning new things.
His ability to build bridges gave people a boost in life and encouraged them to pass it on.
How do you get so much done in a day? Well, I just do it!
In his Daytimers, he would write “Thought starters” – a couple of spare details from an event that would trigger memories of the entire event.
“Waste is unjustified, and especially the waste of time…One must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate” (The Miracle of Forgiveness – Book craft, 1969, 91).
Often he used the word fun when he discussed his work
His sense of wanting to achieve, contribute, and build
He directly or indirectly enriched all of our lives.
Everywhere you look, there’s his imprint.
His motto: Go about doing good until there’s too much good in the world. It’s excellence for the sake of excellence. It just feels good being excellent, doing your best, learning everything you can about anything to which you apply yourself and then doing that thing well.
The book quotes the John Adams biography: Through all his life Adams would be happiest when there was clear purpose to his days.

Think serious about Being The Very Best?
What if YOU just had to become extremely good at something?

Any day we wish, we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish, we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change.

We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year. We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are.

We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. As Shakespeare uniquely observed, “The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves.” We created our circumstances by our past choices.

We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path.

We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives.

And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life… If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life… and it all begins with your very own power of choice.

Originally posted August 30th, 2012 at 1:29 PM

Positive Affirmations Work!

An affirmation is the act of expressing my belief in the truth of a particular statement.
Paul J. Meyer states that: “An affirmation is the act of expressing your belief in the truth of a particular statement.”
In the beginning, when it was easy to be discouraged, I would say to myself, “Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” I repeated the words of Og Mandino many times: “I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by the shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist until I succeed!”

Brian Tracy states that Affirmations are most effective when stated positively, using present tense, and are personal (using “I”). These positive, assertive statements say yes to our potential. By repeating them over and over strongly with feeling, confidence and enthusiasm you will drives them deep into your subconscious. Whatever the conscious mind believes and accepts, the subconscious will act and obey instructions to bring it into physical reality.
Our lives are directed by the content and quality of our thoughts. Whatever we think in our mind we move toward it. Be careful what you think about, because our thoughts also have a power on those around us!
The Mission of Nikken is: “To inspire individuals to discover a whole new way of life and provide them the opportunity to live it by changing their lives through improved health and financial well being.”

My Affirmation:
This Nikken Mission… is MY mission!
I attracted Nikken into my life and it is my destiny. Nikken is… perfect for me! I will succeed because there are millions who need our products. The market is immeasurable! – And with Nikken – I will change the world! I am a “difference maker” – I make things happen, I am building an EMPIRE! I already see our products transforming lives, and through my caring and sharing I shall witness countless others gain a more abundant life.
There is no need to convince or persuade anyone to become involved with the products or to become a business builder. I simply share my intent and attract people who want me to mentor and help them.
I am creating a whole new life for myself as I build my own business. I am responsible. I am not a victim of circumstances or the economy. I am unstoppable! Everyone can benefit from Nikken; I simply look for people who are hungry for these benefits. I am looking for people who are looking for me!
If someone says “No” – they are only saying “No” to themselves – What they are really saying is: “Perhaps I hurt, but I choose to continue to hurt. And… I hate my job, but I’ll keep it anyway.” I’m truly sorry for them. Yet, I am looking for people who are looking for me! I’m moving on. I’m on an urgent mission.
I love the thrill of accomplishment. The taste of success is delicious. I attract people who are “ready” for the opportunity to increase their income or want the benefits of my products. As I move through my day I see myself smiling sincerely at people and connecting with them with my eyes. I uplift everyone that I come in contact with. People are drawn to my magnetic presence and energy. I am a professional and I efficiently and effortlessly do the things that need to be done.
This is fun! I love having my own business and in owning my own life.
I have a wonderful solution for those people who are in trouble financially, who are overwhelmed with burdensome schedules of work and appointments, and who never seem to have time for rest and play. I have an answer! I have a marvelous gift. This is why I’m always smiling, for I know that Nikken can change someone’s whole life! Its thrilling to realize that when my intent matches theirs, I have something they will also know is the perfect choice for them. I attract people who are in harmony with the business that I am creating. There is an abundant supply of people. I am constantly meeting new people, and being referred to other people by friends, colleagues and family members to the right people. I see myself adding new names and numbers to my list every day.
Before I pick up the phone to make appointments I see myself as happy and fulfilled. I see each phone call as a creative adventure. Each call is new and exciting and helps me expand who I am as a person. I never know what is going to happen; this is part of the thrill. I grow from each experience. This is fun!
I’m looking for good people who have desire. I see myself sincerely stating my intent, and hope that my intent matches that of the person I’m calling. If it doesn’t match, maybe they’re just not hungry. I’m looking for good people who are ambitious…and hungry! I’m having a blast making calls to build my business.
My calendar is full of appointments, coffees, one-on-ones, class presentations, etc. I have an abundant supply of appointments all the time. Finding the right people that want to work with me is very exciting.
I attract success because I am successful! I am master of my mind! I have made good habits, slaves to my burning desire for wealth and inner peace! What I am, I have created around me! Priceless friendships and true financial prosperity engulfs me and those bound to me by love!
I attract success because I am successful! Nikken has provided an opportunity to build a business of momentum! People around me feel the positive vibrations and share the vision that keeps me steadfast in my mind and enduring in my purposes! People helping people are my greatest asset!
I attract success because I am successful! Enthusiasm is the driving force behind my successful Nikken business! My enthusiasm tramples over prejudice and opposition; spurns inaction, embraces consistent follow up, and like an avalanche, has overwhelmed and engulfed all obstacles in my path!
I attract success because I am successful! I listen with empathy and understand through love. I seek after the Still Small Voice and heed its promptings. I am a peacemaker. My home is a place of peace and contentment, where love abounds between husband and wife, parents and children. Nikken has empowered me, because I don’t need a JOB!
Dave, you believe in Happiness, Progress, and Prosperity. So: talk only Happiness, talk only Progress, and talk only Prosperity. You have lots of drive, Dave, lots of drive. So put that drive to work. Nothing can stop you Dave, nothing. Dave, you’re enthusiastic. Let your enthusiasm show through.
There is no chance, no destiny, and no fate that can circumvent, or hinder, or control the firm resolve of a determined soul!

Originally posted August 30th, 2012 at 1:11 PM

Who Am I?

My name is Dave Johnson. I have been in business for myself since 1978. I have worked at lots of things and looked at just about everything. Obviously, business opportunities are NOT created equal! In evaluating a business, I would certainly look at basic things such as timing, marketing, profit potential, etc. I also want my work to be meaningful and not require me to choose between business and my family.

What is the most worthwhile good to be done? What actually would make our lives the most profitable and happy?

My favorite concept for measuring success is that the person who does the most good for the greatest number of people is the most successful. Perhaps a business’s capacity to aid ones ability to positively impact the world might be the best measure for choosing the ultimate career.

I have found it! I have discovered that with Nikken, you can have it all. Every day Corporate America becomes less appealing. In the words of futurist Watts Wacker: “Today, it’s all but insane to depend on your employer for security. You’re either an owner or a temp. You need to continually prove your value if you expect to have your contract renewed. The organization gave up on you (and every other employee) more than a decade ago. It’s time you gave up on it.”

Health care in America is in a crisis that needs critical changes. Paul Zane Pilzer is a noted economist and has successfully forecasted many economic events. He states that: “the next big thing is a Wellness Revolution…a whole new way and infinite need infusing itself into how we eat, exercise, sleep, work, save, age, and almost every other aspect of our lives!”

Nikken is the perfect business to position you to take advantage of these powerful dynamics and market forces. Nikken is a 37 year old multi-billion, multi-national company involved in the research and development for truly powerful natural health solutions. Many doctors have stated that Nikken is the greatest breakthrough since penicillin! That Nikken technology is not a matter of if, but only when, that this will become the treatment of choice in so many areas. Nikken has had a presence in North America since 1989; however this has been on a very quiet, grassroots level. Although Nikken is currently in 39 countries, the main focus is right here and right now as we bring to the market products that will redefine health and wellness.

Recently Nikken greatly enhanced their compensation plan, creating a huge business building accelerator!  This moment redefines being at the right place at the right time. If you have ever wanted to be in the drivers’ seat of your life and to be part of something big, I urge you give Nikken a most serious investigation.

What are you going to do with the rest of your life? Winston Churchill stated that “Once, perhaps twice, but no more, in an entire lifetime will a person have an opportunity of life-changing magnitude. When such an opportunity knocks, it’s up to you to accept it and make the most of it – or to simply let it pass by.”

We receive powerful testimonials from our customers and wellness consultants every day. That’s because Nikken products often provide dramatic, life-changing results. Nikken’s advanced wellness technologies are applied to address major concerns of modern living: discomfort, stress, health and well-being.

The Rewards are Great!

This is an opportunity that pays very well in money and in satisfaction. Many people are earning a great income while sharing the Nikken products and business with others, and it feels good to know that every dollar earned represents someone feeling better.

Originally posted August 30th, 2012 at 12:37 PM

This is the Right Place and Now is the Right Time!

The “Control Equation” is part of a Proven Pathway to Success:

When more things are in my control thatn there are thing not within my control, then my dream is based upon reality.  -John Maxwell

There is solid and long-term growth for the health industry because of the aging (I mean maturing!) baby boomers. Again…many of the very best people are now looking for something new.

Treat your business like it really is a bona fide business. What YOU do makes all the difference. Learn the fundamentals and then go practice them… a lot!

Decide to be the best! Besides, just being average doesn’t pay very well!  Fall in love with this. When you love what you do then you can do lots of it!

The best way to learn leadership is to work closely with a great leader. Get plugged into folks who are on the move. It feels terrific when you are achieving!

Selling is a learned skill. Get into a mentoring relationship with a leader. You need to be really good in today’s market.

Leaders stand for something so clearly and so passionately that others are moved to action. Thinking does make it so. Develop a winning attitude.

Eric Lofholm has a great affirmation…
Selling is Service, sold through honesty, integrity, and compassion.
Selling is Leadership.
Selling is moving people to action.

Jim Rohn said “If you share a good idea long enough, it will eventually fall on good people.”
Its not too late to really make a run for it.

Listen to positive stuff every day.

Remember and call your mentor, every day!

Prayer is the greatest source of strength. Richard Briley said:
“One person, committed to a goal is all God needs to change the world…. At the very least, you and God together can change your world!”

Have some goals, get some Fire in your belly and just go to work! “Act as though it were impossible to fail!” – Dorothea Brand

You are what you eat, drink, breathe – You become what you think about. A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. -James Allen

Originally posted August 30th, 2012 at 10:39 AM

Persist and Succeed!

Recently I got a call from someone I haven’t seen in almost 20 years – my original sponsor! He was coming to town and asked if we could meet for lunch. And we talked a lot about the old times. He said something deeply philosophical and extremely poignant. That one of the important keys for success in network marketing is to find a good company, and don’t leave! Just stay there!  One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when you are overtaken by temporary defeat.

Do you have “Stickability” or “Quitability”?

Success leaves clues. Success is predictable. Everything happens for a reason. Wherever you are at this moment, you have arrived through a series of steps that have brought you to who and where you are today. And…When You Change, Everything Changes!!! To be happy, you need to grow. You can’t be more by being the same.  It’s the little things make can make all the difference. Enough small steps in the right direction and the cumulative effect can be startling. It is your choices and your decisions over the months and years that determines everything. And at anytime, you can start making different choices and make different decisions, and then you will arrive at a different place than you are today.

“Make a habit of doing what unsuccessful people don’t like to do.”

This profound truth was part of an inspiring message delivered in 1940, before the National Association of Life Underwriters annual convention, by Albert E.N. Gray.
The secret of success lies in forming the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do. What are the things that failures don’t like to do? The things that failures don’t like to do are exactly the same things that you and I and every other human being, including successful people, naturally don’t like to do. Success is something which is achieved by the minority of people because it is unnatural, and therefore not to be achieved by following our natural likes and dislikes.  Perhaps you have been discouraged, feeling that you are subject to certain dislikes peculiar only to you, with which the successful people in our business are not afflicted. Perhaps you have wondered why it is that our biggest producers seem to like to do the things that you don’t like to do.  They don’t! And this is a most profound and encouraging principle.  But if they don’t like to do these things, then why do they do them? Because by doing the things they don’t like to do, they can accomplish the things they want to accomplish. Successful people are influenced by the desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by the desire for pleasing methods and are inclined to be satisfied with such results as can be obtained by doing things they like to do.

Why are successful people able to do things they don’t like to do while failures are not? Because a successful person has a purpose strong enough to make them form the habit of doing things they don’t like to do in order to accomplish the purpose they want to accomplish.

Rich DeVos, founder of Amway, said, “There are lots of things in life that you don’t like to do, like prospecting, selling and building your business in the evenings and weekends, but you do them anyway so that you can do the things that you really enjoy later on.”

Elbert Hubbard said that Self Discipline is “The ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not. – Therefore cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.”

“Everyone who became successful formed the habit of doing the things that failures don’t like to do.” When you love what you do, then you can do lots of it!

Leaders stand for something so clearly and so passionately that others are moved to action.
Emerson said, “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.”

Famous American Philosopher Michael Jordon said: “Just do it!”

There is a direct correlation between the depth of your belief and what happens in your reality. If you absolutely believe in the rightness and goodness of what you are doing, you will succeed!
People like to buy from someone who really believes!
-Brian Tracy

Rightness and Goodness “Transfer of Enthusiasm.”

One person, committed to a goal is all God needs to change the world…. At the very least, you and God together can change your world!

So, is it all right to pray for riches?
Let’s answer with another question: Is it all right for a farmer to pray for good crops?
Pray and grow rich is like saying pray and grow crops.

Definiteness of Purpose  -  Persistence  -  A Burning Desire  -  Strain potential until it cries for mercy!

“My life changed the moment I stopped taking advice from people who didn’t have the results I desired”

Where the ambition is, there is time.

“The least effective people spend their time on actions that are not productive but which they are most comfortable doing.” Zig Zigler

Originally posed August 27th, 2012 at 7:58 AM

We have the same business!

Here is an interesting thought….

After being in the business for 22 years, when I looked at mynikken.com on the morning of August 1st, 2012 – I saw the same numbers that you probably saw on your homepage. Not much!

On the GROW MY BUSINESS section I saw “group volume, 0," “New Consultants, 0," “Personal Volume, 0," “New Sponsors This Month, 0," and ”You have zero in your downline that have moved up in rank."

I’m confident that in the next few days, I’m going to see these numbers majestically accelerate because of a wonderful team that’s been created. It feels mighty good to watch the numbers climb and realize that I’ve created something that now has a life of its own; that my business is growing independently of my own efforts!

There are also some “Secret Agent” Nikken Consultants…no one knows they are in Nikken – they are keeping it a secret! Their numbers will likely continue to be zero.

It is always fascinating to me how just one phone call, or a visit with someone might possibly change everything! This simple action might possibly create a whole brand new world!

Valerie is off helping a daughter-in-law who is expecting a baby. I’m home alone, so I decided to go out for dinner at a nice restaurant. I could have sat at a table alone, but the Nikken business has made me more sociable, so I sat at the Sushi bar next to a nice couple. Now I could have just kept to myself but they appeared to be very nice and friendly, so I asked them about a particular dish they were having. The restaurant had a special with lobster. It was fantastic! When Larry my new friend saw my dish, he said he wished he would’ve gotten that! Pretty soon we were sharing our sushi family-style.

Of course I also discovered that she has a successful business down in LA that she still commutes to, and he is bored and looking for something new to do. How about that! We will be meeting again soon! It has never been easier to find good people and engage them about Nikken.

After all of these years, when I meet a new friend, I still get this “Nikken high” rush of endorphins streaming through my body. This is a healthy addiction that makes me feel good and pays very well!

Our new plan is really accelerating things. I’m talking to lots of people who already are achieving Silver. Great things are happening out there! I would like to add some fuel to this fire; lets organize a positive campaign! I would like to hear all about your good stuff. If you are a new Silver, would you send me your contact information? I would love to visit with you!

This job boils down to getting really good at talking to people, then demonstrating our wonderful products which will make them feel good. People will remember how you made them feel long after they remember anything you said. Nikken is a “high-touch, high-feelbusiness.

From one who believes in You!
-Dave Johnson

“When God wants something done, he always gives it to one person to do – a Moses, a Peter, a Paul, a David, a Gideon, a Mary. Had you noticed?
One person committed to a goal, is all God needs to change the world. He’s done it many times. And if history turns many more pages, He’ll surely do it again. At the very least you and God together can change your world!”

— Richard Gaylord Briley

Originally posted August 21st, 2012 at 3:03 PM

Believe and Succeed

Originally posted February 28th, 2012 at 9:24 AM