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I was on a leadership call that we were having with our team and was reminded by one of our top leaders Melissa McGarvey that I had said “some of us have stinkin thinkin that’s why our bank accounts are funky” LOL but very true though.  What you have to understand in life is that success and failure are all related to what goes in between your two ears and behind your two eyes and more important then all what goes into your heart.  When you are listening to negative data or watching negative shows and news etc… you are setting yourself up for a mindset of failure.  Right now you need to make it mandatory that you are feeding your mind things that will allow you to grow in the direction you want to go.

Recharge or Die (it’s really true)
You need to make it mandatory and not optional that daily you are infusing your mind with people that are giving you empowering thoughts that are based on results not based on theory, with that being said find out what audio books, books or videos the leaders around you are plugging into.  Get this you don’t have to spend all day listening and watching stuff, if you did that then you would never get anything productive done and action and production is what equal results.  But take just a little time out daily heck start out with 30minutes until you can move into a little more time and make sure that you either wake up earlier to get this personal growth done or you do it late at night after your business hours.  By the way speaking of plugging in like I mentioned earlier visualize this, if you are like a battery and you have no place to recharge then you will eventually become powerless and useless so you need to make it mandatory that you stay plugged into a power source daily and weekly.

If your company or team has a weekly call you need to make it mandatory that you attend and you need to lead the charge for your team.  If it’s not important to you it won’t be important to them and you will lead your team to a failure mindset.  The same thing goes with making it to company events in different states or locally, I know especially with the company ViSalus that I work with we are an event driven company that definitely make our events worth investing to attend.

You must start living your life and changing the way you think to a mandatory mindset of doing what people that are successful are doing, if you want to be successful.

Start right now which you really are already by plugging into this blog, but please do not take this lightly because you are not guaranteed tomorrow in life and especially if you have kids or if you are wanting to have a family, you are responsible to make sure your kids are set up and if you continue to do the same things expecting things to change, yeah that’s right you are insane I said it yes I’m talking to you if the shoe fit (great thing about shoes is we can get new ones LOL).

It’s Mandatory I Do What I Do
I hope you understand the only reason I take the time out of my busy schedule to post in my blog is because I truly care about others success and I really don’t care if it benefits me financially or not, I just love to know that I gave it my best shot and that I may have impacted your life or someones life that reads my posts.  All I ask of people who read my blog is pay it forward.  Comment if you have something good or bad to say about a post you read here people love comments and really I like people who keep it real, also please click one of the social media tabs below like Facebook or Twitter and send the posts that you may like here to people in your social media circle so you can help empower others and eventually lead them to a mandatory mindset of success.

P.S.  Here’s a short list of what I believe should be a part of a mandator y mindset

1. Spiritual Equipping
2. Your happiness because people want to be around happiness it is attractive.
3. Personal growth which ties into spiritual equipping as well at least 30minutes daily
4. Setting goals (daily goals make a list the night before of what you want to accomplish put the most difficult goals for the next day first and don’t stop until you accomplish what’s on that list.  Weekly Goals are good because they are the foundation for your monthly goals I would also set a Quarter goal meaning a goal for every 3 months.  TIP: When setting a goal make it something that makes you stretch a little out of your comfort zone because if you don’t get uncomfortable like in lifting weights you won’t grow but don’t make your goal to difficult.  Lastly HUGE TIP make sure you have an accountability partner that you can share your goals with.
5. Taking a little bit of action daily is like water dripping on a rock, it will eventually create a complete change in a solid structure so don’t put off tomorrow what you can do right now.
6. Success formula I was taught is put my Lord 1st spouse or significant other 2nd kids 3rd and business last.

Dedicated To Your Success

Madiba Thompson

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No Matter How Busy You Are – by Jim Rohn 

No matter how busy you are, make sure to find some time over the next two weeks to reflect, think, give and plan.

The week between Christmas and New Year’s is the ideal time for this. Try to slow things down. Spend time with the ones you love and care about. Take some time to talk with your spouse and kids about goals and dreams for the next year. Use this as a time to recharge your batteries (and not just by watching TV the entire time), and with excitement, think about a handful of changes or additions you want for your life in the New Year.

I believe you will find the act of reflecting, thinking, dreaming and planning (with your family) to be one of the most important exercises you can do that will positively impact the next 12 months.

And, remember, do not neglect to commit yourself to set this time aside, or you will find that the business of life can and will get in the way.

So, let’s all take a moment to gather up the past year of victories and defeats, growing as well as those times of stagnation, and use it to wipe a clean slate and thoughtfully design the next year the way we truly desire it to be.

Happy New Year don’t just say it mean it and take the proper actions to make it really be that.

Madiba Thompson
1 Star Ambassador

When auditioning for a part
Follow a script because that is something everyone who is auditioning for their part in the movie is doing, you will have some that do better than others at reading the script which will allow some to get star parts and others to get co-star and parts as an extra. The GREAT PART is that as people go through their acting career they have the opportunity to get coaching and become better at their craft which can eventually put them in a lead role. It’s the same with your business you will determine how great you become and how fast you become a person who takes that lead role, so definitely keep on getting mentoring and coaching, never think you are to good.

Quiet on the set/business etiquette
This is a very critical part that I notice a lot of people miss out on big time and ruin adding new actors to their life business movie.  When you are having people sit down at a challenge party or at your business overview at your home or where ever it is held then you must be quiet once the presentation comes on, unless the video or speaker is asking an interactive question like “raise your hand if…”

You are the leader and if you start talking everyone else that’s not a pro at your event thinks it’s okay to talk and if you start walking around to do something, then that just takes emphasis away from the importance of what you are having them watch.   Lastly if you have a leader over at your event just be quiet and let that leader be the producer for the day, they are in the position they are in through activity not theory.  Let them help you make money, if you talk over them or talk period instead of letting them answer question you are only hurting your business and not leading by example.  So in turn what will happen when you go to your team members event where you are the proven leader, they will remember you talking when you had another proven leader in the building.  When a leader is in your event DON’T SPEAK UNLESS SPOKEN TO (Sorry for the all caps but just trying to get my money making point for you across) QUIET ON THE SET…READY, SET, ACTION!  These are all critical parts to a movie and more important a VERY CRITICAL part to your movie that you are acting in don’t deviate and you will get paid.

Please take heed
When leaders are pouring out to you like this blog post it is not based on theory at least not the leaders I run with.  We give value advice based on action we’ve taking that produces proven results.  The current business that you are in can produce a lifetime of wealth if you take it serious.  The reason that certain stars get paid the big bucks is because they take their craft serious and they constantly are working to improve it.  The same thing is the case here in your business you will notice the ones making the big bucks have a certain characteristic to them and they keep working on their craft to get better.  The great part about your movie business is you are the producer/actor and you can’t be fired, the bad part is you can’t be fired.  So that being the case you must be willing to follow the leader, find someone who is in the position that you want to be in this will make your entrepreneurship journey easier.

In closing Lights are on, Camera is rolling, the only thing missing is your proper Action, so are you ready?  I know you are or you wouldn’t be reading this so on that note I’m out so we can get busy.

Dedicated To Your Success,
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Bit with a 1% of 100 people bug
It was around October of 2005 when a friend of mine who introduced me to the car business and also several years before, first introduced me to the home business industry.  He came back to me with a different business but the same bug that bit me and changed me years ago.  Years prior to the car business and my second go around to full time freedom I was introduced to a gentleman named Bill Gouldd and a company called Equinox.  This was a completely different set of teachings, beliefs and thought patterns it was the life and the gateway to my entrepreneur spirit that was waiting to be developed, my competitive nature, my desire to have more and be more than the average person.  This was not an ego and is not an ego it was just something inside of me that was dying to get out and I was punched hard in the gut or between the eyes to where your eyes start to water when Bill mentioned, a quote from J. Paul Getty who was famous for giving strategies for acquiring wealth, he was an oil billionaire and his quote that bit me for life was, “I’d rather have one percent of the efforts of 100 people than 100 percent of my own efforts.”  This just made sense to me for instance there’s 24hrs in a day and only one of me.  I’m not capable of working 24hrs in a day and getting paid but if I had 3 people that worked 8hrs and I made a percentage that’s 24hrs I could potentially get paid for that I couldn’t do by my self.  That my friends made sense to me especially when it was based on my helping that person increase their skills through directing them to personal growth like I was going through and went through.

You’ve got to pay to play
I spent a ton of money on my education and it was a ton of money that I did not have, I had to borrow then I had to borrow some more and then guess what…yep I sure did borrow again.  I borrowed just like other people borrowed to go to school to get a good education then he or she gets good grades in hopes that when they get out they will get a good job.  That is formal education and I went through informal wealth building and learning about people education.  There’s a few really good things here, you must absolutely increase your skill and this is something you can do for free and also through paying for training either way you’ve got to pay to play, pay by either capitol, sweat equity or both.  I chose both and it has yielded me a professional level of income to the tune of 5 figures monthly.  Is it worth it?  YES, in order for things to change you must make changes because I always tell people change is constant so start right now.

In Reality
Heart to Heart your income is directly related to your personal growth!  If you want your income to grow it’s kind of like this garbage in garbage out, goods in goods out!  You spend your time watching TV, News reading the Daily Enquirer etc… or you spend your time reading John C Maxwell, The Bible, Success Magazine etc…?  YOUR INCOME IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT YOU INPUT, IT’S TIME TO GROW IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO YOUR CHOICE The reality is, there is no way that you can remain the same and your income increase due to what you control in your life.  Ever heard of growing pains?  Growing pains are uncomfortable but in order for you to grow in anything and get better you must go through this period of little comfort.  What is definitely going to have to take place is getting out of your comfort zone!  You must make a decision to sow into your education in this profession of working from home.  It is not easy, it is simple and overall it is worth it in a major way.  There’s an old saying you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, thank God you aren’t a dog!  You are a human being the most intelligent creatures on Earth.  You can learn how to increase your skill just make a decision you are worth it.  Bottom line is if you want your income to increase, your income is directly related to your personal growth.  With that being said you better start listening too or reading today, yes turn that dog gone tv off for a little while it’s worth it.

Sincerely To Bring Out The Best In You,

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Looking in the mirror is a good thing and not for model vanity purposes. We just need to be honest with ourselves when it comes to wanting to make improvements in our life. Maybe it’s a health issue that you want to improve, are you giving it your best shot because the mirrors not talking unless it’s you doing the talking.  Is it a financial change that you want to take place? If it is either health or financial then the mirror is a good thing if you will be honest.   That is key will you be honest?

What all good models have is a good mentor, now there you go thinking I mean a beauty model but the definitions of a model is
1. A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object.
2.  a. A preliminary work or construction that serves as a plan from which a final product is to be made: a clay model ready for casting.
b. Such a work or construction used in testing or perfecting a final product: a test model of a solar-powered vehicle.
3. A schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics: a model of generative grammar; a model of an atom; an economic model.
4. A style or design of an item: My car is last year’s model.
5. One serving as an example to be imitated or compared: a model of decorum.
6. One that serves as the subject for an artist, especially a person employed to pose for a painter, sculptor, or photographer.
7. A person employed to display merchandise, such as clothing or cosmetics.

So as you look in the mirror what or who are you modeling because in our line of business when it comes to Network Marketing we have the opportunity to model after others who are having success both health and financial. Are you following the plan, are you imitating, are you looking at the comparison, are you being the display that others can copy?

It’s okay if the answer is no, because the mirror like I was saying can be a good thing if you will be honest, there is all sorts of good models and good examples and good mentors that can help sculpt you into the finished product you would like to become. What you have to decide is if you will put the blame where it should go (point at mirror) instead of blaming everyone else. We have to take responsibility, that is one great thing I have noticed for years when it comes to great champions who have won and also with the same champions who have lost, whether it’s a team sport or individual sport they do not blame their teammates or staff, they accept responsibility.  Especially when things don’t go right and they also give credit to others when things go right. Don’t forget where you came from, always understand that you can improve in life no matter how old or young.  Just look for the people you would like to model your life after and take action, because actions speak louder then saying mirror mirror on the wall and THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE.   My friends the mirror can be a really good thing if you accept what you see and improve what you can, there are a lot of other people waiting for you to be a good model for them, take action now.

Dedicated To Your Success,

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We are all humans and sometimes things don’t happen the way we want them too.  I’m going to give you two real examples I saw and experienced this weekend of what I felt and really know was the wrong thing to do also what was the right thing to do.

The wrong thing happened when I was on the plane I was walking towards the back of the plane when I passed a lady flight attendant being reamed and completely embarrassed in front of that section of people.  This was happening all because of her making a mistake and not getting a garbage bag for a lady that was acting more like a snooty little girl.  The attendant was apologizing sincerely…until she was pushed passed the point with the snooty we’ll continue to call her girl when she said “you can get out of my face now” the attendant was very professional but did defend herself and got vocally firm with the girl …as I would’ve to if some girl didn’t recognize my mistake and sincere apology.  So at the end the attendant asked her politely would you still like me to bring you a garbage bag?” the girls reply rudely “well obviously!”.  I did interject on the attendants behalf saying “everyone makes mistakes you don’t have to be so mad and rude”  everyone around her saw the nasty attitude and looked around like this girls crazy, literally if there would’ve been an air marshal she would’ve been handcuffed…well not really but if the air marshal was me then YES SHE WOULD HAVE!

The day before my flight to leave back to my hometown when we were doing the noon checkout from The Glenn which is a specialty chain of the Marriott.  We decided to go sightseeing and checked our bags in with the bellman.  One of the bags my buddy had was extremely exciting to us because it had all the captured footage and powerful interviews that captured the most memrable weekend in business that we’ve all ever experienced.  We had an outstanding time and returned around 7pm.  Every piece of luggage we checked in came with a claim ticket so my buddy gave his 4 tickets I gave my 2.  I received my 2 pieces of luggage he received his 3, oh no that’s right if you are paying attention the worst thing that could’ve happened did!  What made it even worst looking back is that he took his lock from the footage bag with the laptop the IPad etc… yes he took it off of the electronics bag and put it on his big bag.  So why do I mention that?  You guessed it the electronic bag is the bag that they didn’t give him.  All of our hearts dropped we were frustrated because now we could never get this weekends memories replayed.

How could this happen he gave 4 claim tickets so how did the bag with all the electronics  out of all the bags end up missing.  You could imagine all the thoughts running through our heads, from purpose insider theft to accidental bag swap.  The problem there were no similar rolling bags left and the tag to his bag that was supposed to be on it was on the floor in the hotel luggage storage.  Now myself honestly I would’ve been pissed off and very Disgruntled, I would’ve probably been raising my voice about how could this happen.  The manager was extremely calm explaining how it could be possible although he hasn’t experienced it in his 17year management career.  He went on to say that they have 2 video cameras that record that section which started to set in some relief as to what may have or did happen.  We remained In the lobby for almost 2hrs and part of the problem was our buddy had to catch a flight soon.  Finally after sometime, the manager who remained calm the whole time came out and said “we saw that you did check in all of your bags however we haven’t made it to the point of what happened and it may take some until we do see who has it or what happened.  Although relieved we were not satisfied because we all have to leave.  3 minutes before us leaving, the other assistant manager handed a piece of paper to the manager and whispered into his ear.  They found out what happened so we were about to receive closure to this issue.  The problem is there’s good closure and bad closure…so the manager said we found your bag a gentleman from Alabama just called and said “I have the wrong bag.”  So the next day the manager sent Fed Ex to pick up my friends bag to have it returned.

The moral of this blog about people make mistakes is that you can’t control the situation but you can control how you react to the situation.  The lady in the beginning that had nothing to lose except for some garbage reacted as if it was literally the end of the world.  The individual that had thousands of dollars worth of equipment and priceless footage to lose was acting as cool as a fan understanding that mistakes happen even though it is still frustrating.  So again remember you can’t control a situation but you can control how you react to the situation.  Self control, discipline and action is key to countless ways of success.  2 huge kuddos to all the gentleman involved way to remain cool calm & collective secondly like the commercial goes way to never let them see you sweat.

But really right now many of you are serving life and a lot of you don’t even know it, you are at a job that you can’t stand, around negative co-workers, away from your kids missing the most important times of their life, no time for your spouse that you once loved so much.  You are convicted of your own life sentence!  So as a reminder I wanted to point out being convicted can be a great thing, now you probably think this Madiba guy is LOCO if he thinks that, but seriously.  It’s a matter of what type of things you are serving a conviction for.  You see in your business that can change generations and your life you must be convicted about what you’re doing.  In the matter of being convicted and going to jail you have no options.  You are going to serve that sentence or die that’s the only way out and I’m sure you would agree death isn’t going to help your loved ones out.  Many of you need to be convicted on where you are going and understand you have no options once you are convicted.  You can’t let someone talk you out of doing what you are supposed to do, remember when convicted you have no options!  Conviction is what will make you find away to make it across the country to an event that you don’t really have the money for, conviction will make you find a way to cross the line to that one of many races that this life will take us through.  Conviction is absolute certainty like you turning a light off and someone trying to convince you that it’s on even though it’s pitch black and you both can’t see.

You MUST have conviction, you must be convicted and make an unwavering decision to do what it takes for you to win in your business.  If you let someone change your decision you might as well do 25 to life like so many people outside of jail are doing on a daily basis.  So many people right now are thinking if this is all that life has to offer then it ain’t worth living.  They have given up and that is sad but you have an option to be that light that can help them see, so be convicted of the direction you are going let people hear the conviction in your voice.  When you do this no one will mess with you and if they do they surely won’t change your mind.  So that being said if you are going to be convicted and serve a life sentence, serve a life sentence that is worth living where you decide what you want to do, where you want to go and who you want to go with and unlike jail you do have options.

Dedicated To Your Success,

Madiba

P.S.  Shed some light on people breathe some life into people if this post resonated with you and helped you really want to get focused, then click one of the social media tabs below and share this with your social network.  Thanks and God Bless

STOP making EXCUSES, STOP self SABOTAGE, STOP not TAKING ACTION, STOP letting others CONTROL your life, STOP trying to do things by yourself WARS are won by having good COUNSEL, STOP living a life of INSANITY, STOP watching what happens, instead MAKE things happen, STOP BLAMING yourself, STOP BLAMING other people, STOP not taking RESPONSIBILITY, STOP being SELFISH, STOP saying I CAN’T, STOP doing things YOUR WAY if YOUR WAY isn’t WORKING, STOP FOOLING yourself, STOP having such a huge EGO, weigh your EGO to your BANK ACCOUNT and see which one weighs more, STOP thinking you always have to be RIGHT, STOP not FINISHING what you started, STOP hanging around people who aren’t HELPING you advance in LIFE, STOP feeling like you aren’t the AWESOME human being that GOD created you to be but most important  STOP getting mad at THE TRUTH…BECAUSE THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE!!!

SINCERELY,

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