Where Will You Be In 5 Years?
Dear Nikken Friend, This profound statement has affected my whole life: Where you will be in five years depends upon the people you associate with, the books you read, and the things you listen to. It’s hard to improve when you have no one else but yourself to follow! We become what [...]
The Ben Franklin Effect!
Dear Nikken Friend, Success and happiness - nearly everything we may describe as the ‘abundant life’ is directly connected to the quality of our relationships with others. The business world is the world of people that’s all around us. If we don’t understand people, then quite simply, we do not understand [...]
Let’s Do This – Talk To Lots Of People
Dear Nikken Friend, I will forever remember a story I heard over 40 years ago at a training on how to recruit people into the business done by Amway Diamond Jerry Meadows. Afterwards, a man came up for some extra help. This man explained to Jerry that he just couldn’t seem [...]
11 Ways We Get in the Way of Our Own Success
Dear Nikken Friend, We all have goals, such as developing a new leg in our business. How about getting on Team Kaizen or Team Taishi, joining the new Club Kiai? Or developing a consistent, higher value monthly check in our business? Some people seem to have no problem achieving their goals. [...]
From One To Another One
To the World You May Be One Person... But to One Person You May be the World! The world’s biggest problems, when solved are the world’s biggest opportunities. A huge deterrent for a quality life is to be in chronic discomfort; this is the #1 reason why people first seek medical [...]
My Ikigai!
Dear Nikken Friend,Valerie and I are attending the Team Nikken Summit in Utah. Just a few miles north is the Freeport Center. I was a forklift operator there as we began our married life, and I hated winter! I would often need to be at work by 3am. It was dark, very [...]
Tapping Into The Law Of Attraction!
Dear Nikken Friend, We are all aware of this important law and universal principle, the law of attraction, but too many people don’t know how to fully tap into it and take maximum advantage of it. Dr Tara Swart, a professor at MIT and Kings College has shared some interesting insights [...]
If Not Now, When? If Not You, Then Who?
Dear Nikken Friend, You’ve probably heard that successful people are voracious readers. Just what do they read? Interestingly, they read the biographies of other successful people. A book connects you with greatness. “Our capacity for success and greatness is embodied by the people we surround ourselves with. If we can’t hang [...]
Get Kissed Back By Aligning Your Goals And Tasks
Everyone Wants a Kiss! On a recent webinar I conducted Madeline Zarworski offered a wonderful metaphor. In talking of goal setting and goal achievement she raised a valid challenge that many face. Madeline explained, “business is like a relationship. When you kiss someone, you want them to kiss you back. Translating that [...]
The Day That Turns Your Life Around
Valerie and I just visited with some new Nikken friends at their home. Over the last ten years of her life, Evalee was in and out of a wheelchair and had a difficult time even getting out of bed in the morning. She was in the kitchen hanging new cabinets and was [...]