Poking the Iron Ball

A very powerful motivational speaker is going to retire. Therefore, when he said he's going to give his last seminar, everyone thronged the box office and snatched all the seats.

On that very day of the seminar, the whole auditorium was packed with his readers, loyal fans, reporters and people who came to just learn from this powerful motivational speaker.

There was a huge and heavy Iron Ball on the stage. Arriving 15 minutes late, the speaker took his time to stroll down the aisle while the audience cheered on.

It was unusual in that the speaker did not have any microphone with him. He didn't greet the audience too. Instead he took out his pen from his pocket and began to poke the Iron Ball softly with the pen.

At the start, everyone was amazed. Everyone tried to predict what he wanted to show. However, after 30 min, 1 hour, 1 hour and 30 min, people started to leave their seats. Some had even thrown their programme brochures at the speaker for wasting their time. But the speaker continued to perform the same activity. Only a handful of people was still engrossed in the act.

At the 2nd hour, something happened. The 1-tonne Iron Ball began to turn and roll. No backstage crew could stop the ball from rolling.

The speaker then said, "The few of you here that see this happen had learnt the most. In life, you just need to keep doing and persist on, and you will achieve greatly!"

MLM firm found to have defamed/slandered rival

Straits Times
K.C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent

THEY ran down their main rival's products at two sales talks.

Now, the company, Meridian Life International, and its two employees have been found to have slandered its competitor WBG Network.

Both multi-level marketing firms sell a common range of health products containing a sub-species of the chlorella family of algae.

WBG has been around for 11 years and now has an annual turnover of about $45 million. Meridian is a relative newcomer, having just started in 2004.

The two employees of Meridian, Mr Lim Jit Shyan and Mr Ivan Tan, had been distributing the products, known as the Hunza range, for WBG until 2003, when they both left the firm.

Two years later, both men joined Meridian, which had obtained a licence from the Taiwanese supplier to distribute the products here.

At a sales talk on Meridian's premises on March 30, 2006, both made comments about their former company's products which Justice Andrew Ang ruled were defamatory.

Among other things, they told their audience that WBG's products no longer contained a vital ingredient and that WBG misrepresented its products.

Two days later, the two men repeated some of their remarks at another sales talk.

Among the audience at both talks was Mr Bruce Cai Qing - an active distributor for WBG since August 2002.

In this rare commercial defamation suit, both sides agreed at the start that Meridian would accept liability as well if the allegations against its two employees were proven.

It is not known if they are still working for the company.

Justice Ang ordered a separate hearing to assess the damages to be awarded, which will not be the $12 million that WBG, represented by lawyer Gabriel Peter, is seeking. The judge said WBG's evidence for its losses would support a claim of $8 million 'at best'.

Justice Ang noted that the second presentation was a covert sting operation set up by WBG to entrap Meridian, unlike the first, which might be a 'typical MLM sales' pitch.

The judge noted that Ms Sharon Ong, who attended the second session, admitted WBG employed her to record the remarks of Mr Lim and Mr Tan. Her role was to 'persistently' ask them suggestive questions to 'precipitate the making of defamatory remarks', he added.

Source: Straits Times © Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Permission required for reproduction.

Network marketers should take note of this news. It is common for network marketers to gather their downlines and do a bashing on other thriving rival MLM companies so as to instill loyalty as well as prevent their downlines from crossing over to another MLM company.

Do it right and set a good example by disseminating neutral information about rival MLM companies to your downlines. By doing so, you can gain respect from your fellow peers as well.

Everything is Big in Texas

Tom's friends were telling him about how everything is large in Texas and asked him to come over. Tom didn't believe it at all and intended to check it out for himself.

When he alighted at Texas airport, he was amazed at how BIG the airport was. Outside the airport, a limousine with ten doors came to pick him up. His jaw dropped when he saw how BIG the limousine was.

The limousine ferried him to the hotel where his friends were already waiting. They then headed to the restaurant to have their dinner. Looking at the menu, having in mind that everything is BIG in Texas, Tom decided to choose the smallest sized steak. However, when it was served, the steak was so BIG that he could only manage to finish eating a quarter of it.

Delighted and impressed with the BIG-ness of Texas, he excused himself to the toilet. He walked to the middle of the hotel lobby and shouted "Everything is Big in Texas" and then began to unzip and urinate.

"Tom! What are you doing?" his friends shouted. "That's the fountain, not the urinal!"

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In Network Marketing, it is important to cast all your belief into the system and believe that it would work. Sometimes you need to see something to believe it, this applies to your clients too. When you see the successful network marketers in your company, you would then believe that you can also make it in this field.

How to Excel Above Mediocrity

Ever wonder how you could be different from others? How do you actually excel above mediocrity and achieve results? Well, this article would hopefully give you some useful pointers in doing that.

Convert FEAR into ENERGY

To be different from others, you need to do what others fear to do. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real. Look at your fellow network marketers. If they fear public speaking, volunteer and do it! If they fear cold-calling, you do it first! That way, you are able to venture into a new market outside the reach of your fellow network marketers.

Curiousity is only the Beginning. Belief is the Fuel for Success

When you encounter a new concept, you would feel extremely excited for a very brief period of time. To sustain yourself and continue pushing forward, you have to commit yourself and believe in whatever you are doing. Believe that what you are doing is wrong, should be done, and must be done. A strong belief would then be the fuel for Success!

3 Must-Have Habits more useful than Highly Decorated Certificates

1) Read Self Help and Motivational Books
2) Daily Exercise for fitness and to train endurance
3) Discipline in keeping good health

Commitment vs Continual Commitment

Finally, what makes a man ordinary and extraordinary is the commitment level. Commitment is not good enough. Continual Commitment is the keyword!