There are times when we find ourselves completely wrapped up in our insecurities, self-doubt and maybe even fears of rejection. We often find ourselves wishing we were someone else, that “someone” being perceived as being “better” or more fortunate than we are. The truth is, usually that “someone” has similar doubts or feelings as you!

We may see a young successful businessman or entrepreneur and envy his success, thinking “he’s got it made”. Except that he may feel he can’t trust his friends, or he’s unhappy because he’s gaining weight and maybe less attractive, or wondering why his old friends don’t talk to him since he became successful.

You may have seen a pretty girl sitting on her own at a party, apparently quite content with her own company. But she might be thinking to herself “why is nobody talking to me?” or she might be sitting on her own because she’s not confident in company, maybe afraid of saying the wrong thing. So you see, appearances can be deceiving, and many times, other people have the same, if not worse feelings than you.

It’s odd how these misconceptions of other peoples supposed superiority quite often stop us from improving ourselves… Because, in our minds, these people “have it all” it is easy for us to say “I can’t compete with that” and give up. But what would you say if you knew these people were the same as you, have the same fears and insecurities as you? Everybody suffers from degrees of low self-esteem and self-confidence at some time, it’s human nature and we all feel it, the difference is how each individual deals with it.

You might, for example, be a nail biter, or have bad breath, or suffer from excessive sweating, which you may not consciously be aware of… but others are, and maybe out of politeness won’t mention to you.

I’m sure we all know at least one person that never stops talking, usually about themselves, and I expect, like most people, you do your utmost to avoid being stuck in conversation with them. But you’ll probably find that this person is totally unaware of it, and their “over-indulgence” in themselves, is masking a whole host of insecurities and low self-esteem issues.

One of the major keys to starting your “self growth” is to LISTEN. If you have a close friend or relative, talk to them openly and explain why you want their opinion of you. Obviously you want CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, not just a list of things your “friend” doesn’t like.

Above all, receive any criticism with dignity and don’t be defensive, just let them finish, remember, you asked them! Be open-minded and think positively, because once you KNOW what others think of you, you can determine what you need to change for the better.

Another thing to remember is that to get the best out of your self-improvement program, you have to learn to love yourself… Focus on your strong points, and you will find it much easier to strengthen the weak ones.

Before you know it, people will be looking at YOU as the person they want to be like, and YOU will become the “go to” guy or girl in your block. But, beware, by all means help those that wish to be helped, but don’t fall into the trap of constantly boring people with “your self-improvement story” or you’ll find yourself having to start all your hard work again. If you can inspire others, they will follow you.

So, to start with, stop thinking of yourself as “second-rate”, and accept yourself for what you are now. Find out what aspects of yourself could be improved, and address them one at a time, and before long you’ll find that you’ve lost that 10 pounds you always hated, and you listen more to people, or you have that new skill or job that you longed for. Whatever issues are bugging you can usually be fixed, if you realize that “self-improvement” starts with the “self”.

Nobody is absolutely perfect, and nor should you aspire to be… You could find yourself disliked just for that… And everyone hates SOMETHING about themselves, or wishes they had what someone else has got. But remember, if you use your self growth program to be the best that you can possibly be… You will be happier, and better than most.

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The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow.

Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.

- Author Unknown

If you’ve ever been tempted to do something unsavory in order to get ahead in life, you may have wondered whether it would be worth it or not.  Perhaps you were tempted to take a shortcut that would detract from your quality of work just so you could churn out greater volume and make more money.  Perhaps you were hoping to cheat your way to the top of your field because you’ve seen others getting away with it and figured, “Why should I do all the hard work if they don’t have to?”

You may think it doesn’t matter how you reach your destination as long as you get there, but you may be surprised to know that every step you take on your journey will have an effect on your outcome – and your character.  That’s because the caliber of your person is what will determine the quality of results you get, and your ability to enjoy those results when they show up.  Other people may never know that you cheated your way to success, but you’ll know.  And the universe will know.  “So what?” you might be thinking now.

Maybe nothing bad will happen if you follow this type of path.  Or maybe the people you interact with will sense that you are not genuine and decide to work with someone else.  Maybe your customers will sense that something isn’t quite right with you and your products or services.  Maybe your own conscience won’t be able to rest because of your past actions and you’ll end up making grave errors in judgment at some time in the future.

The way it all comes about doesn’t really matter – but the experiences you get in life will be dependent upon your intentions as you create them.  The truth has a way of making itself known, and it’s amazing how creatively it sometimes does so.  Every shady step you take will detract from your character and set you up for a negative consequence later.  If you instead make it your priority to do what’s right, you’ll get right results.  Focus on being the person who deserves the level of success you desire, and you will achieve that level of success easily.

In this interview with famed author of Rich Dad Poor Dad tells what he thinks about network marketing kiyosaki says many things that suport the idea that if he had it to do all over again he’d join a good network marketing company. Is network marketing the best system for the average person?
Robert Kiyosaki says “yes” and explains that, “in the corporate world if you don’t sell, you’re fired. In network marketing they’ll work with you to achieve.

What a deal that is! That’s revolutionary.” And much more…

Here’s a conversation with Robert Kiyosaki, author Rich Dad Poor Dad

Robert this quote has been attributed to you:

“If I had it to do all over again, rather than build an old style type of business I would have started building a network marketing business.” Did you really say that?

I said something like that, yeah!

Is it true?

Yes, when I looked at the problems I had to go through, but it’s how I started. I still like building companies, but it was harder.

When you and I first spoke, many years ago, you were not all that ‘high’ on network marketing. What caused you to change your mind?

Let me backtrack and explain things to you. When I started as an entrepreneur I had to learn how to sell. That’s how I started and I started with Xerox in 1974.

What I say to people today, when asked, “How would you start a business?” I always tell them to go start with a network marketing company. Not because of the network marketing company per se, but for the training you get from the network marketing company. The reason I say that is because what makes people rich is not money. What makes people rich is skills. And the number one skill of an entrepreneur is the ability to sell.

That’s why I recommend network marketing. It’s not that I’ve ever been high or low or anything on it. When I first started out I just didn’t realize how good the training was with that business model, because my training came from the corporate world of Xerox. Not too many guys are going to get hired by Xerox today and they don’t do as extensive a training anymore because people quit too early.

So my whole point on recommending network marketing is that you go there and you gain priceless business skills. That explains further what I’m saying about if I had to do it all over again? I would probably go and get training through a network marketing company.

Robert, can you break down what some of those skills are and why they are important?

SELL! Sell, sell, sell, sell, four-letter word, you’ve got to sell. And that’s the word everybody’s afraid of! But, Sales = Income.

So when someone has low income, 99% of the time it’s because they can’t sell something; they have nothing to sell or they can’t sell. You’ve got to learn how to sell.

If I’m going to be an entrepreneur then that is THE number one skill. That’s the theme to everything I tell you. You read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, it says, “I’m not a best writing author, I’m a best selling author”. I think this is an important point about where most people make a mistake. They go into things looking at how much money they can make versus what skills they need to make the money. That’s when I get really tired of talking to people.

I keep saying, “Just get the skills and the money will show up!”

Robert, can you talk to me about the components that go into ‘sell, sell, sell’?

I’m just saying it’s training. You have to know you’re going to make mistakes. Look at the way the corporate world trains you. When I was working at Xerox, every month they would post my record and of those in the bottom twenty, one of us got fired. They fired two guys and they hired two new guys. So, the only reason I learned how to sell was because I was afraid of getting fired. At least in the network marketing world they’ll train you. It’s a whole different way of being taught. In the network marketing world if you’re not making it, someone will be there to encourage you. It’s a lot more humane way of being taught a vital, vital, vital life skill called sales.

Just look at the subject of sales? Jesus Christ was probably the best salesman in the whole world, and of course Buddha and Mohammed, they were all great at sales. Look at the presidential candidates, the one that wins is the one that does the best job of selling his point of view. It seems to be the human condition, especially in the academic world, that there are two subjects that nobody wants to talk about, one is money and one is sales. They seem to think of ‘cash’ as a four-letter word and ‘sale’ as a four-letter word yet, I’m a teacher and I make more money than most teachers in the academic world simply because I can sell better than they can.

When I recommend network marketing to people, it is for one simple reason, you gain a life skill. It’s called ‘overcoming your fear of rejection’, ‘overcoming the clients fear of being sold’, and breaking through that. Robert, what makes you say that network marketing is a revolutionary way to achieve wealth? Because they don’t fire you! They’ll work with you! They’ll help you build a business and once you have a business you really do have an asset. Assets are something that put money in your pocket whether you work or not. If you have a job… well, look at some of the big financial houses, they’re firing people right now. One of them is firing something like 15,000 people in the U.S. and hiring 15,000 people in India. The day of the safe, secure job is gone. At least with a network marketing business you work really hard to build something that you can pass on to your kids and, if you’ve done a good job, if you stop working it will continue to support you. You’re not working for the rich, you’re not working just for money, you are actually working to build an asset.

Is that what you speak about in your business school book, The Hidden Values, you speak about the value of a network? Yes, well, the richest people in the world build networks. That’s why they’re called ‘Television Networks’ or gasoline service station networks. The poor and middle class and educated to work for networks, I’d rather own the network. For example, I have a network of book stores throughout the world that we control. That’s worth a lot of money to me. I don’t want to work for them; I just want to control them. I think in the form of networks and the average person thinks about working for money. I’d rather work to build a network. That’s why I’m rich. And that’s what we get to do in network marketing. Build a network which we can take anywhere with us?

It’s a completely different point of view; it’s a different way of looking at the world.

If somebody said to me, “I’ll pay you $5 million dollars a year to go work at Harvard University” I wouldn’t take it. That’s not enough money. Why would I work for somebody else? That doesn’t compute for me. They could take it away from me and that just doesn’t make sense. I know it computes to most people, like 401K’s and Mutual Funds, which also make no sense to me but, I’ve been trained differently. I can make more building my own business. I pay more than that in taxes each year. So what I’m saying to network marketing company’s is, what makes it hard for some people is that they have to give up their old ideas of what they were told to do? Go to school, get a job, work hard, save money, get out of debt, invest in long term, diversify, buy mutual funds. That’s really stupid from my point of view, but it is good advice for the average person. It’s simply a completely different point of view. I am an entrepreneur. I don’t want to work for someone else. I don’t want somebody telling me how much money I can make, I don’t want somebody to tell me where I can go in the world or when I have to come to work. I’d hate it! Nobody tells me that. That’s why I support network marketing! Is that part of the challenge that network marketers face? that most people are indoctrinated in thinking as you just described? Absolutely! From the time we’re born we are told by other people what to do, including, go to school, get good grades, get a good job, work hard, get a pension etc. That’s not my idea of life. I want my freedom and anybody messes with my freedom, I fight for it. When you talk to most people about going for freedom you’ll find they would rather go for security. That’s the challenge that network marketers have, they are talking to people who are, fundamentally, cowards. Cowards let their fear run them. And that’s what people run up against when they want to talk about network marketing. People claim they want to be free but they are not willing to give up their job security, they’re not willing to take any risks, they want a guaranteed paycheck but they also want their freedom? Talk to me a little bit about the role of leadership in network marketing. And how is it different from leadership in other forms of business?

Well, leadership in network marketing is that you are offering no guarantees. Tell the truth! All you’re offering this person is the possibility, the possibility that this other person can be a leader themselves. If you’re more concerned with your own self-preservation, what people think of you, and steady paychecks, then you don’t have core leadership skills.

To be a leader you have to be one willing and able to take the heat, to stand there and take the fire and say, “Look, you can do it!” Leadership in corporate America is called management. They aren’t true leaders; they’re just dangling a paycheck in order to get people to do what management wants them to do. You’ve witnessed a number of leaders in network marketing. What do you see them doing right? They inspire people to be leaders. A leader doesn’t lead, a leader creates leaders. That’s why network marketing is so powerful? Because if you can get somebody who is confident and more interested in freedom than security to actually come and lead people, their lives will change.

That’s not always easy to do because of the mindset of the majority. That’s the hardest part.

So many people are so afraid to say, “I want to do network marketing” not because it’s not a good idea, it’s because of what their friends and co-workers might think of them!

That’s not me! I stand up and say what I say because I feel it’s the truth. No one should apologize for wanting to do network marketing! That’s not freedom! Reminds me of the movie, Braveheart, where Mel Gibson says, “They can take our lives but they can’t take our freedom!” Most people will sell their freedom so they can have their little lives.

Now understand, I know somebody has to be willing to do the jobs, be a waiter or waitress, or a school teacher and I appreciate that, but many people who do it are willing to sell their freedom and what I’m talking to you about is freedom.

The reason you learn how to sell is so you can become free. The reason you want to be in network marketing is for your freedom.

Do you realize most people from the U.S. can’t go to Mexico and do work because you need a green card? But if you’re a business owner, well, I can go to Mexico or China or wherever I want and do business. That’s freedom! But if you’re an employee you need a green card, that’s not freedom. I can make as much money as I like. That’s freedom. But if I have to work for someone else and they’re going to tell me how much I can make, that’s not freedom.

That’s really what it comes down to. When I get that question, do I recommend network marketing, actually, I recommend freedom!

That’s what I stand for. And I don’t care what that means to you, just go do it.

For me, freedom means I don’t have to answer to anybody, I can leave the country if I want to leave it, I can travel around the world and make as much as I want, legally, ethically, morally. I tell you exactly where I’m at; you don’t have to guess where I’m at. That’s freedom; I don’t worry about what somebody else thinks of me. That’s what I stand for, not network marketing. Network marketing is one of the ways you can get there.

This is network marketing kiyosaki style!

Do you think it’s one of the best ways for average people?

I think it’s the best system for the average person, yes. I say again, in the corporate world if you don’t sell within the first year, you’re fired. In network marketing they’ll work with you to achieve success. What a deal that is! They will work with you to become free. Isn’t that wonderful? That’s revolutionary!

It’s clear that when it comes to network marketing kiyosaki says yes!