Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Personal Ingredients


Personal development

- what goes into you?
What are your personal ingredients?

Just as it is important to know what many of the ingredients in your retail products do, it is more important to know what ingredients you need to become successful and out perform the other products in your market. As you know in the retail hair care market there are many, many, many competitors. With out having the proper ingredients in your product ultimately it will have poor performance. When you find the right formula your career will catapult upwards and you will begin to feel what it is to have the best product available. There are five main ingredients that your products needs:
1.Education
2.Organization
3.Discipline
4.Values
5.Dreams

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

10 Things that I Learned today

1. Banks ask for a lot more information to pre-qualify you for a loan than they need
2. Most 21 year olds don't invest in property
3. My wife is REALY GOOD at putting on make-up
4. Some people were never supposed to be business owners some how they still are
5. Giving FREE SAMPLES does absolutely no good for wholesalers charge at least $0.50 for anything
6. There is a new support group for smokers similar to AA that helps smokers and nonsmokers alike and it is sponsored by Barns Jewish Hospital
7. In sales if you can touch your customer on the shoulder, hands, or arm in an appropriate way do so, touch is one of the biggest factors to opening up a relationship and building trust
8. Repeat sales are almost as tough to get as the first one especially because they know what your product or service does its best to lock them into a long term agreement.
9. Go out of your way to please a customer
10. Don't get upset when somebody misses a meeting with you. Even if you have called them and sent them a thank you card with the schedule time and date. Stay positive, if not it will cost you sales!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

You’ve got the power!

For the first time in my life I was truly able to understand the law of magnetism.

I had just finished reading one of the many books in my library. The premise of the book was that with the right attitude people and success will become attracted to you hence the law of magnetism spoke about in John Maxwell’s book “the 21 irrefutable law of leadership”. The new book I read was practical applications for the law of magnetism or law of attraction!

The unique thing about this book is you can not find it in any bookstore it is passed among the elite members of society. I started practicing many of the things in the book and guess what they worked.

Three days ago I received a phone call from one of my friends. We had not spoken in two days, not because of a fight but because we were very busy in our careers. Had asked me what was going on in my life, and I replied honestly and sincerely. The funny thing was in the past two days since we talk I had started and grew a company, Got re-involved in my religion, set up to purchase two apartment complexes, My mother quit smoking, and about 13 other great things that were happening in my life.

Nick stated “Nathan I feel like if I don’t talk to you every day I am going to miss something.”

That’s kind of the point is it? We want to be able to accomplish, produce, and grow. The Lord even Calls us to grow and be “Fruitful and Produce” We were designed for accomplishment.

The ability to capture and understand the law of magnetism will undoubtedly multiply your life by 10. The ability to magnetize people to you is available to anyone who desires.

If you have some extra time, I always make time to help people in search of bettering themselves. We can set up a lunch just give me a call. Your first test to see if you are serious about help is to find my number!!!

Thursday, February 08, 2007

What else can I get you?

It was not to long ago that my wife and I went to the grocery store. I thought that this was going to be a quick trip but I soon learned that no shopping trip with my wife is a quick experience. Anyways, as we were walking through the grocery store picking out all the food we needed for the month, we suddenly remembered we forgot the lunch meat.

Now little did I know I was about to get a lesson in persuasion, sales, and motivation. It is not important what meat we were to buy it was the man behind the counter that did all the teaching. To understand the lesson it is important to first understand our conversation.

Deli Employee: How are you two today (Friendly Greeting)
Nathan & Wife: Excellent!
Deli Employee: Wow! You two are with it tonight. How can I serve you two?
Nathan: Well, We need 1lbs of lemon pepper chicken
Deli Employee: and, what else can I get you?
Nathan: We need some turkey how about a half pound
Deli Employee: and, what else can I get you?
Nathan: We will take a pound of roast beef.
Deli Employee: And, what else can I get you?

I finally caught on to the man’s game, but at this point I could not tell him to take back the meat. What we went there for was turkey, but we left with every thing else. Why? I believe that it was because of this employee’s kind greeting, serving attitude, and phrasing “what else can I get you.” This very specific question can be very powerful.

What else can I get you?

Saturday, February 03, 2007

How far shall I go?

How far shall I go?

How far shall I go?
As far as you possibly can!
How high should I reach?
As high as you possibly can!
How much should I read?
As much as you possibly can!
How many should I lead?
As many as you possibly can!
How big should I get?
As big as you possibly can!
How much should I learn?
As much as you possibly can!
How much should I earn?
As much as you possibly can!


Thank you Jim Rohn!