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		<title>TSA Mastery Has Taken the Next Step!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetShare19CommentsCalling all current and soon-to-be  TSA Family Members! We are Stepping it Up for You! 
The wait is over and your favorite FREE syndication system, TSA has released the start of two weeks of UNBELIEVABLE training on how to take FULL advantage of YOUR system.  We think you will see why we had to make [...]]]></description>
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<p>The wait is over and your favorite <strong>FREE syndication</strong> system, TSA has released the start of two weeks of <strong>UNBELIEVABLE training</strong> on how to <a href="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/NEWEST-TSA-Logo-Whitebg-Blk-Lettering.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1832 alignright" title="NEWEST TSA Logo Whitebg Blk Lettering" src="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/NEWEST-TSA-Logo-Whitebg-Blk-Lettering-300x300.png" alt="" width="210" height="210" /></a>take <strong>FULL advantage of YOUR system</strong>.  We think you will see why we had to make you wait when you see how inclusive and complete our training became as we put more time and effort into it.  Each of us, Dave, myself (Dawn), Gavin, Matthew and Edward are very happy to do this for our TSA family since we really want everyone to have all they need to make TSA work for them.</p>
<p>To get you started with the purpose and vision of TSA, the <strong>NEW training</strong> and a HINT at what is to come, view this awesome video with Dave, Gavin, Matthew and Edward below.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=244355361668#!/video/video.php?v=460216281213&amp;comments&amp;ref=notif&amp;notif_t=video_comment_tagged" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1862" title="ooVoo Conf Call Video" src="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ooVoo-Conf-Call-Video.jpg" alt="" width="536" height="315" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Click Here for the &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=L9tkZ&amp;m=Jl6XbggPcEmU0h&amp;b=fsAjsb2SHGvjCic3AQswAg" target="_blank">TSA Video Conference Call</a></span></strong></span></p>
<p>Ok, now you see the big picture from our leaders, so let&#8217;s now give you more knowledge of the <strong>NEW TSA Mastery training.</strong></p>
<p>First off, it is now all located in one place and it includes all the latest changes you&#8217;ve been hearing about lately.  It is hot- off- the- presses, so to speak!</p>
<p>As we have spoken to many of you and read all your many comments and concerns, we used this valuable information to create a TSA Mastery training system that should answer any questions you have been having.  When you view each training video you&#8217;ll have the opportunity to leave a comment to tell us how well we did or to raise  any question that was not answered.  We will continue to listen to you and modify our trainings accordingly.</p>
<p>Along with the training videos you will find instructions that will give any needed additional clarification. We didn&#8217;t want to miss anything for you.  In fact, with 29 videos, we should not have missed a thing. But then again, we are only human.</p>
<p>So please dive into the <strong>NEW TSA Mastery training</strong> system at:</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Click Here for the &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://tsamastery.com" target="_blank">TSAmastery Training Series</a></span></strong></span></p>
<p>This training series will make you fully knowledgeable on how to make this valuable TSA syndication system work for you.  In the end, we feel that this <strong>NEW TRAINING</strong> system will make you an even bigger fan of how the <strong>TSA Mastery system</strong> helps you grow your business and generating <strong>MUCH MORE EXPOSURE.</strong></p>
<p>Thank You and let us know what you think!</p>
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		<title>If You Aren&#8217;t Good at Selling, You Can Succeed!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetShare19CommentsLet me repeat that title &#8220;If you aren&#8217;t good at selling, you can succeed!&#8221; If you are already in a good networking marketing company with the right training, you know exactly what I&#8217;m referring to.  If you are not in network marketing, you may think I&#8217;m off my rocker.  Well that may be [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Ok, some explanation</strong>.  The reason network marketing companies succeed is because those involved don&#8217;t have to be good salespeople.  If fact, being a good salesperson is detrimental to building a large network. Why is this so? Most people are not good at selling so if you are a good salesperson yourself, you will find very few people who can duplicate your efforts. And as <strong>Robert Kiyosak</strong>i points out in his book <em>The Business of the 21st Century</em>, duplication on an unlimited scale is essential for creating a strong and large network.  (<strong>Robert</strong>&#8217;s Asset #5 of 8 you gain from Network Marketing is &#8220;A Duplicable, Fully Scalable Business&#8221;)</p>
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<strong>As you work to build your network, your team will look to perform the same tasks that you perform as their leader.</strong><strong> </strong>If the tasks you are employing can not be completed by the average person, they will choose not to do the tasks and therefore, in most cases, not do anything.</p>
<p><strong><strong>So what is the solution?</strong> <span id="more-1804"></span> </strong>The realization that network marketing is not a business about sales.  It&#8217;s the business of sharing information in a simple way using information tools that can be duplicated by all members of your team.  From a former top salesperson to a stay-at-home mom, the system can be learned and mastered by anyone who wants to succeed. I said former top salesperson because that person will have to leave those skills behind to make network marketing work for them.</p>
<p><strong><strong>The duplication built into the system allows it to work for a small team up to an unlimited-size team.</strong> </strong>And as the team gets huge, there is no need for the team leader to have to personally control every aspect of the business. With every team member following the system and teaching the system, every level has built-in controls.  This is what you can create within your network using duplication and scalability.</p>
<p><strong><strong>Now I just wanted to briefly highlight the information tools that are part of any duplicable system.</strong> </strong>The information tools are what allow us to just share information rather than sell.  The tools are a third-party presentation.  As presentation technology has evolved, great tools can now include CDs, DVDs and online media rather than just brochures and sales books.  These information tools do the presentation for us and anyone can share a presentation tool.  Tools make the duplication process  pretty easy.</p>
<p><strong><strong>So I have experienced this great asset of network marketing, and so love that I don&#8217;t have to be a great salesperson to succeed or have to find great salespeople.</strong> </strong>It is so much easier to find other people like me out there than it is to search for only great salespeople.</p>
<p><strong><strong>If this realization empowers you in your network marketing company, please let me know in your comment below.</strong> </strong> If it has empowered you to consider joining a network marketing company when before you thought it was only for salespeople, then I definitely would love to hear about that as well.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetShare12CommentsNetwork marketing offers you an ideal way to build your own network (remember it&#8217;s the rich who build networks and the rest who work for the rich!) and you can harness the power of Metcalfe&#8217;s Law to do just that.  Robert Metcalfe, a founder of 3Com and one of the creators of the Ethernet [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Metcalfe&#8217;s Law is:  V = N squared </strong></p>
<p>This means the network&#8217;s economic value to the network owner equals the number of the network&#8217;s users squared.  So as you add partners to your network, its value increases exponentially.</p>
<p>To begin to use this law, you start with finding a person who wants to duplicate your skills to build their own network. <a href="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sky-is-the-limit.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1792 alignright" title="sky is the limit" src="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sky-is-the-limit-300x60.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="60" /></a><br />
<a href="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Metcalfes-Law.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1790 alignright" title="Metcalfe's Law" src="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Metcalfes-Law-300x181.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="181" /></a> As soon as there are two of you, the economic value of your network is squared to 4.  When you add another person who will duplicate your efforts, now your network&#8217;s value is 9.  Now here&#8217;s comes the explosive part, as the two people you partnered with go out and find two more people each who duplicate their efforts and that trend continues with proper duplication, the economic value of your network takes off.  And, of course, you will continue to find more dedicated people who see the opportunity to build their network and are committed to duplicating your efforts.  When you successfully do that, the sky can be the limit.</p>
<p>Please note here though that I kept saying <span id="more-1782"></span> &#8220;duplicates your efforts&#8221;.  This means you have to train yourself to use the proper skills to grow your business to such a level that if you were to teach those skills to another committed person, you will have essentially duplicated yourself.  If you are lax on the required skills, and if you are lax in teaching those skills to your partners, there will be no duplication and no real use of <strong>Metcalfe&#8217;s Law</strong>.</p>
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If you have selected the right network marketing company though, the training that will be provided to you will also be available to your partners.  Therefore the process of duplication becomes so much easier.  The kicker though is to commit yourself to the training and to find partners who are also committed to the training.</p>
<p>Leverage is what is created by building your own network through the use of <strong>Metcalfe&#8217;s Law</strong>.  Your own time and efforts are multiplied over and over again by the partners on your team.  You can work say, three hours per day on your network marketing business, and if all your, say, twenty partners do the same, your 3 hours equals sixty-three hours put forth on your behalf.  Now that is sure something I don&#8217;t see in the employee world.  Leverage occurs at this degree through the power of building your own network.</p>
<p>The information I am sharing with you here comes from my reading of <strong>Robert Kiyosaki&#8217;s</strong> <em>The Business of the 21st Century</em>, specifically his Asset # 4 The Power of Your Own Network. <strong> Robert</strong> covers 8 assets you gain through network marketing.  <strong>Robert</strong> points out that in his mind, network marketing is the fastest-growing business model in the world today.  But guess what?  Most people don&#8217;t see it because they only open their eyes.  The product is visible, but the network that the product travels through, the real business, is invisible.  An open mind is required to grasp the real value of network marketing.</p>
<p>Network marketing is a true Information Age business because it deals with the pure sharing of information, not factories, materials or employees like Industrial Age and Transitional Age businesses.  As network marketers our job is not to sell our product.  It is to communicate information, to tell a great story and build a network (and make a lot of money if you give the required effort for yourself and your network.)  That&#8217;s what we love about network marketing, we are not selling, we are sharing information and letting people make the best decision for themselves.  For those who make the decision to create their financial future by joining our network, we and our network marketing company train them to duplicate our efforts.  And it&#8217;s so much more fun, for us and our network, than selling any day!</p>
<p>I&#8217;d love to hear any comments you have so please tell me what you think!  Do you see the power of <strong>Metcalfe&#8217;s Law</strong> at work in the creation of your own network? I sincerely hope you do.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetShare10CommentsWe all know some famous rich people who have become wealthy as a result of the network they built.  We know Bill Gates (Microsoft), Sam Walton (Walmart) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon).
Robert Kiyosaki&#8217;s Rich Dad had a hero who became very rich by building his own network.  This man is better known for the [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Robert Kiyosaki&#8217;s</strong> Rich Dad had a hero who became very rich by building his own network.  This man is better known for the product he perfected, but really became rich because of the network he built across the world. Even today, many of us think <strong>Thomas Edison</strong> invented the light bulb, but in actuality he only improved and perfected the light bulb.  His true stroke of genius was to create a company <a href="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Edison-Electric.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1765 alignright" title="Edison Electric" src="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Edison-Electric-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="135" /></a><a href="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Thomas-Edison.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1766" title="Thomas Edison" src="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Thomas-Edison-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="135" /></a><br />
that strung electrical lines that allowed the light bulb to penetrate society.  His network made him, <strong>Thomas Edison</strong>, a multimillionaire!</p>
<p>Most of us are not a Thomas Edison, a Bill Gates, a Sam Walton or a Jeff Bezos, but we want to create the same wealth for ourselves.  <strong>Robert Kiyosaki</strong> in his book <em>The Business of the 21st Century</em>, makes the valid point (his Asset #4, <strong>The Power of Your Own Network</strong>, that you gain from Network Marketing) that Network Marketing offers millions of people the opportunity to build their own network and create the same wealth created by <strong>Thomas Edison</strong> and the rest of the famous multimillionaires!</p>
<p>Rich Dad said <span id="more-1754"></span> &#8220;The richest people in the world build networks. Everyone else looks for work.&#8221; (I&#8217;m guessing they are looking to work for the owners of the networks.)</p>
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<p>This leads to a little history of the progression of the business model that Robert offers:</p>
<p>First we had the classic Industrial-age model that was run like an empire with a centralized government. (Example: GM)  Only the owners benefited from the wealth created.</p>
<p>Then in the 1950&#8217;s, a new model was introduced that nearly was voted illegal by Congress.  That model was the franchise that used a network of multiple businesses all working from the same blueprint.  Here the franchiser is the owner of the network and therefore the franchiser is the main benefactor, not the franchisee. (Example: McDonald&#8217;s)  Dave and I know this well with our franchised business we bought in 2004. (No, it wasn&#8217;t a McDonald&#8217;s franchise)</p>
<p>The next step in networked businesses first began in 1960, grew more in 1970&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s and is still growing very strong today. Instead of franchised businesses, this model employed <em>franchised individuals</em> who own their own network.  This model is network marketing.  Here, all owners of their own network can create their own wealth.  Dave and I are so happy to have discovered this business model and to now own our network.</p>
<p>Of course, the key is to <strong>build</strong> your own network.  It doesn&#8217;t happen just by joining a network marketing company, you have to work to <strong>build</strong> it.  Luckily, we have Metcalfe&#8217;s law to help us in that endeavor.  I&#8217;ll tell you more about this in my next post as I continue to give you all the value that Robert provides in his chapter called &#8220;<strong>Asset #4 &#8211; The Power of Your Own Network</strong>&#8221; in <em>The Business of the 21st Century</em>.</p>
<p>Please comment below and tell me how excited you are to have the same advantages as Thomas Edison and Sam Walton, and how strongly you are <strong>committed</strong> to creating that same level of wealth for yourself.</p>
<p>I hope you can see that being the<strong> owner and builder of your own network</strong> is so much better than spending your life working for someone else&#8217;s network.  If you have any questions about network marketing, please feel free to leave a question and I&#8217;ll get you the answer.</p>
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		<title>Who is in Your Circle of Friends?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetShare18CommentsWho is in your Circle of Friends?  You may have never asked yourself this question before, but it is a vital question to ask.  This question, as you may have already guessed, matters most if you want to become rich.

(I still love Pooh Bear and especially Eeyore, don&#8217;t you?)
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(I still love Pooh Bear and especially Eeyore, don&#8217;t you?)</p>
<p>There is some excellent guidance on this subject as<strong> Robert Kiyosaki&#8217;s</strong> Asset #3 that you gain from your involvement in <em><strong>network marketing</strong></em>.  He actually has eight assets you gain as he describes them in his book <strong>The Business of the 21st Century</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Robert</strong>, like many others I&#8217;ve heard, says that your income will tend to average the income of your five closest friends.  So if you want the average income of your five closest friends to be a sizable amount, <span id="more-1711"></span>you must pick five (or better yet, many) friends who are all rich.</p>
<p><strong>Robert</strong> made the decision at age 15 that he would proactively create relationships with people who were already rich and who wanted to help him become rich. Now I wish I had come to that realization at age 15, but it&#8217;s better late than never, right?  You bet, that&#8217;s right!  And maybe you are much closer to age 15 now than me, and if you are, I hope this message will create that realization for you today!</p>
<p>As <strong>Robert</strong> explains, <strong><em>network marketing</em></strong> is full of rich leaders who are as committed to your success as you are. They will work actively with you, if you ask, and they will likely become your new best friends.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">For many people in <strong><em>network marketing</em></strong>, the friendships created with people who have the same core values as you is more important to you than the money you earn.  After the weekend Dave and I spent in Orlando with our <strong><em>network marketing</em></strong> team, I am beginning to feel the same way. The friends we met previously and all the new friends we met were so inviting and ready to help us on our journey towards self development and financial success.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We have many more than five new friends now who are millionaires so we definitely agree with <strong>Robert</strong> that <strong><em>network marketing</em></strong> provides a powerful <em>Circle of Friends</em> who are willing to take us with them to reach our goals and dreams!  Do you have that powerful <em>Circle of Friends</em> surrounding you?  If you do, I&#8217;d love to hear your comments on how that greatly benefits you.  If you don&#8217;t have that empowering <em>Circle of Friends</em> yet, you can find one in <strong><em>network marketing</em></strong> and I&#8217;d gladly give you some guidance there if you are interested.</p>
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<p>If you are an open-minded person that decides that network marketing is an answer for you, you must realize that it&#8217;s not just about changing what you do, but it&#8217;s about changing <em><strong>who you are</strong></em>!  Most of us are middle-class people who now aspire to be <em><strong>financially free</strong></em>.  There is a big gap between middle-class and financially free.  To accomplish this monumental change, you must <span id="more-1652"></span> change your<em> <strong>core values</strong></em>, your base make-up.  Again, your level of success is controlled by your level of <em><strong>personal development</strong></em> so it is critical that the changes are deep, sustained and continually developing.  <strong>Robert</strong> quoted his <strong>Rich Dad</strong> when he said &#8220;Money and success make you arrogant and stupid.&#8221; And that happens when <em><strong>self development</strong></em> does not accompany the money and success.</p>
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<p>As <strong>Robert</strong> emphasizes in this book, most network marketing companies focus strongly on the <em><strong>personal development</strong></em> of their associates.  Can you say that about your JOB (Just Over Broke)?  I highly doubt it since for most employers your level of self-development means either they have to pay you a higher wage or you&#8217;ll leave them for someone who will pay you more. In network marketing, everyone benefits from the ever-increasing level of your <em><strong>self development</strong></em>!</p>
<p><strong>Robert</strong> talks about the fact that there is a winner and a loser in each of us and we must fight to maintain the mindset of a winner every day.  <strong>Robert</strong> states that  &#8220;the reason you want to join a network marketing company is that they will support the rich person inside of you to stand up and be counted.&#8221; The network marketing company does this by focusing on <em><strong>self development</strong></em> in the training of its associates.  They want you to change your core values; to go beyond your past history; to no longer do what you used to do; so you can become a new person who is <em><strong>financially free</strong></em>.  This can only be accomplished through <em><strong>self development</strong></em>!</p>
<p>So what can you take from this post and the teachings of <strong>Robert Kiyosaki</strong>? Hopefully you take the importance of developing yourself.  (Only <strong>You</strong> can do that for yourself, no one else can!) The next point is that joining a network marketing business is <em><strong>your profitable pathway to personal development</strong></em>.  So when selecting your network marketing company, be sure they give great priority to <em><strong>self development</strong></em> in their trainings.  There are so many great companies out there that really get this requirement, but there are also some who do not.  As you may have heard me <strong>shout out</strong> about before, <strong>Robert</strong> specifically endorses the network marketing company that Dave and I are involved with.  I can easily see why since our company makes self development one of its core commitments, and we&#8217;re loving the push to be winners!</p>
<p>I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts on personal development and how well your network marketing company is pushing you to be a winner so please leave a comment below.  If you have any questions on this subject, then please leave your question as a comment.</p>
<p>To the Winner in You!!<br />
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		<title>There&#8217;s 8+ Assets You Gain Thru Network Marketing &#8211; Here&#8217;s #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetShare18CommentsAre you ready to begin to learn the assets you gain by developing a network marketing business?  Ok, great! Then we&#8217;ll start slowly so we can fully understand and take advantage of each asset.
Robert Kiyosaki identifies and lays out these eight assets plus some other excellent advantages in his latest book &#8211; The Business [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Robert Kiyosaki</strong> identifies and lays out these eight assets plus some other excellent advantages in his latest book &#8211; <strong>The Business of the 21st Century</strong>.<br />
<a href="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/business21b.jpg"><img class="alignright" title="business21b" src="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/business21b.jpg" alt="" width="164" height="200" /></a><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Network Marketing is Not about Making Income</span></strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s start out with a profound statement made by <strong>Robert</strong> &#8220;<strong><em>Network marketing is not about making more income; it&#8217;s about building an asset.&#8221;</em></strong> Now this is not how most people think at first.  As we begin, we are only focused on bringing in more income.  But that is short-sighted.  Rather we need to think like Big Business owners and think about the income-producing asset we can create by building our network.  As we recruit people to build their own Big Business, we create an network of big businesses that generate passive income for us.  It&#8217;s passive income since our team has made the sale that created the income that we have received.  We did not have to make all those sales ourselves, therefore, the income is passive.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The #1 Wealth Building Asset &#8211; Real-World Business Education</span></strong></p>
<p>Now to begin to look at the 8 assets that you gain from network marketing, I&#8217;ll cover #1 in this post and the rest in future posts.  <strong>Robert&#8217;s</strong> #1 Wealth Building Asset  earned through your network marketing business is <span id="more-1595"></span>a <strong>real-world business education</strong>.  This education is not learned in schools, colleges or trade schools.  This business education is not learned by employees because they have no need to use these real-world business skills! These skills are what allow big business owners to create a strong and successful business.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Real-World Business Skills</span></strong></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a list of the important skills required for a big business that are learned by a network marketer:</p>
<ol>
<li>Ability to get organized and set your own agenda</li>
<li>Having a vision</li>
<li>Setting goals</li>
<li>Organizing a plan of action</li>
<li>Managing your time</li>
<li>Executing a clear plan</li>
</ol>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Tax Advantages Education</span></strong><br />
Your real-world business training, according to <strong>Robert</strong>, also includes the tax advantages that come from owning your own business.  These are the same tax advantages that rich use to greatly reduce their taxable income.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a list of the new tax deductions you can likely take with your network marketing business:</p>
<ol>
<li>Home office deductions</li>
<li>Auto/Gas Mileage</li>
<li>Home computer</li>
<li>Internet and Telecom</li>
<li>Travel, dining, hotel</li>
<li>Personal product use</li>
</ol>
<p>This list are just a few examples of things you already pay for that may become legitimate tax deductions once you begin your home-based network marketing business.  Note: This list is for illustrative purposes only; for tax advice for your situation, consult your tax professional.  You&#8217;ll be glad to know that the cost of the services of your tax professional are also deductible business expenses.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Life Skills Education</span></strong></p>
<p>Rounding off the real-world business education that you will receive through network marketing are some critical life skills that will assist you in all areas of your life.  Some of these life skills would not be learned in any other way.<br />
Here&#8217;s the list of life skills learned through your efforts in network marketing:</p>
<ol>
<li>An attitude of success</li>
<li>Dressing for success</li>
<li>Overcoming personal fears, doubts and lack of confidence</li>
<li>Overcoming the fear of rejection</li>
<li>Communication skills</li>
<li>People skills</li>
<li>Time-management skills</li>
<li>Accountability skills</li>
<li>Practical goal-setting</li>
<li>Money-management skills</li>
<li>Investing skills</li>
</ol>
<p>Isn&#8217;t that an outstanding list?  My favorite is 4. Overcoming the fear of rejection since this fear keeps me from enjoying so many other areas of my life as well.  In network marketing, we all know that rejection is so prevalent that if you stick to it, you&#8217;ll come to expect and accept rejection and allow it to keep you motivated to keep asking. I loved<strong> Robert&#8217;s</strong> story in his book about how his lack of fear of rejection allowed him to pursue a date with his wife after she rejected him over three times.  So it is easy to see how these life skills help you in your personal life as well as your business life.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Start Earning While You Learn</span></strong></p>
<p>And here&#8217;s <strong>Robert&#8217;s</strong> last point on how networking marketing can provide you with this real-world business education.  This point is a common expression in network marketing &#8211; <strong><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s a business where you earn while you learn.&#8221;</em></strong> You learn by doing it and you can start doing it from the very beginning since the training begins on day one.</p>
<p>I give my thanks again to <strong>Robert Kiyosaki</strong> for solidifying our decision to develop a network marketing business by sharing this #1 Asset gained through network marketing!</p>
<p>Does this make sense to you?  Do you have any questions for me?  If so, please leave your comments and questions below.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cook</dc:creator>
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<p><a href="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TSA-Logo-200x200.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-1646 alignright" title="TSA Logo 200x200" src="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TSA-Logo-200x200.png" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>Back in early January of this year, I started thinking about the social media tribe concept. Social Media Tribes are where people come together in one place and help each other by promoting each others content around the internet. Most tribes at this time were using systems like Skype or similar tools and were meeting once a week to &#8220;blast their content&#8221; out across the airwaves during an hour. To me, this concept wasn&#8217;t powerful enough because the same people were the only ones commenting &#8230; Plus, what if some people in your tribe couldn&#8217;t make it to that Skype call and what if and what if and the list goes on. Now I&#8217;m not saying that it didn&#8217;t provide value. It did. But, was is really that powerful?</p>
<p>Now imagine a system to where there&#8217;s an organized system, where you can access it anytime and syndicate on your schedule, where there&#8217;s a rotation of over 100+ people to maximize getting hits from different IP Addresses, where people are syndicating over 25,000+ of material per week, where people in this tribe are leaving over 1,000+ blog comments per week!!!</p>
<p>Now that&#8217;s POWER!<br />
Now that&#8217;s Tribe Syndication Association (TSA)!<br />
Best of all, we do it for you and it&#8217;s All FREE!!!<span id="more-1627"></span></p>
<p>In TSA, you get the benefit of getting your content syndicated as long as you are in a giving place yourself. In other words, the more you give, the more you get. Don&#8217;t Give, Don&#8217;t Get! It&#8217;s a beautiful thing! As one of our favorite mentors Jim Rohn says, &#8220;You have to deserve your harvest. You&#8217;ll have a harvest if you plant. Don&#8217;t plant. No HARVEST!&#8221; Simple words, but so true. Man, I&#8217;m starting to sound like Jim Rohn. lol  I guess that is to be expected when you surround yourself with great minds. Surround yourself with idiots and tell me what happens? True wisdom my friends, true wisdom.</p>
<p>In the process of developing TSA, I have had the wonderful pleasure and honor to surround myself with some great people. Learning from blog posts, building relationships and the list goes on too far to mention all the benefits. TSA has changed Dawn and I for the better. Through our relationship building over this time period and before, we created what most people would call a Core Mastermind Group. Now we have more than this in our core group, but Matthew Neer begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Gavin Mountford and Edward Elliott have contributed greatly in this process.</p>
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<p>That being the case, we decided to put together something even better to help TSA and non-TSA friends. You are invited to the FIRST EVER live TSA (Tribe Syndication Association) training webinar in which we&#8217;ll be teaching the secrets of the top TSA leaders including Attraction Marketing, Blogging, Twitter, Video, Facebook, and Syndication to help you drive a MASSIVE amount of traffic through your personal brand.</p>
<p>Each of these above mediums in their own right are incredibly POWERFUL, but when you combine them together, the SYNERGY is immense!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve been involved with Tribe Syndication Association for a while or are brand new to this industry then DON&#8217;T MISS OUT on this as we&#8217;ll be teaching the top tips and techniques used by the experts to BUILD their business online.</p>
<p>*You DO NOT need to be a member of the TSA to take part in this<br />
*You DO NOT need to have a blog (Yet)<br />
*You DO NOT need to have done anything like this before</p>
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<p>If you want to get more traffic to your business opportunity, website, capture page or personal brand and if you are motivated and SERIOUSLY want to build your business using the Internet and working together as part of a team with other AMAZING members of the TSA, then this is for you.</p>
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<p>EVENT &#8211; TSA &#8211; Web Traffic Mastery Formula</p>
<p>TIME &#8211; Thu, Jun 24, 2010 9:00 PM &#8211; 10:30 PM EST</p>
<p>Register now at = &gt;&gt;&gt; http://tsamastery.com/webinar</p>
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<p>PRESENTERS</p>
<p>Dave &amp; Dawn Cook (Video &amp; Twitter Experts)</p>
<p>Gavin Mountford (Facebook + Video Expert)</p>
<p>Matthew Neer (Blogging &amp; Video Expert)</p>
<p>Edward Elliott (Syndication Master)</p>
<p>Plus a Round Table by ALL Presenters at the beginning and ending of this webinar!</p>
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<p>Make sure you DON&#8217;T MISS OUT on this *POWER PACKED* webinar. Seats are EXTREMELY limited and a LOT of people are already registering for their seat so ACT QUICKLY on this to avoid disappointment.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure you don&#8217;t want to see other people beating you to this opportunity and if you are serious about your business then we can&#8217;t wait to see you there.</p>
<p>Dave, Dawn, Matthew, Gavin &amp; Edward</p>
<p>PS. Leave us a comment at the bottom to let us know who you are. If you are already a TSA member, let others know about how good this tribe is &amp; how much benefit they&#8217;ll get from the training. Drop us a comment and share with your friends <img src='http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  The more the merrier&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Are You A Social Media Prostitute?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetShare27CommentsNow some of you are looking at this post title and saying to yourself &#8220;What the heck is Dave calling me?&#8221; I&#8217;m not saying that you are using social media to sell your body to others for money but, a lot of people are using social media to push their businesses to make a quick [...]]]></description>
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<p>Social media when used properly is about building relationships and not about instant money. I&#8217;m sure all of you see it time and time again, but maybe you don&#8217;t realize that you may be doing similar things. <strong>Selling your reputation for a quick sale in social media will be your demise in the future.</strong> Just like a prostitute, many people on the internet are looking for the quick buck! For those who use this approach, the money will come from time to time, but in the end, do you really think these people can hold their heads high? Building integrity should be first and foremost and then the monetary <span id="more-1608"></span>rewards will come in the end.</p>
<p>Unfortunately too many people using social media don&#8217;t understand these basic concepts. Everyone is looking for that Winning Lotto Ticket and will do almost anything to hit those winning numbers. Social Media is not a sprint. <strong>It&#8217;s a marathon!</strong> Building relationships for the future should be our focus and not about some small instant gratification today.</p>
<p>Now what do I mean when I say <strong>&#8220;Are You A Social Media Prostitute?&#8221;</strong> Let&#8217;s take a look at it from a funny comedian&#8217;s perspective to keep it lite and humorous. As Jeff Foxworthy might  say:<br />
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<em>Do you add friends on Facebook and then immediately pitch them on your business? Then you might be a Social Media Prostitute!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Do you upload videos on the internet mainly about your opportunity? Then you might be a Social Media Prostitute!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>While building your relationships on the internet, you&#8217;re thinking how can I sell this person! Then you might be a Social Media Prostitute!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>If you have more than two posts on your blog about your business and give links to your biz site. Then you might be a Social Media Prostitute!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>When you post a Tweet that redirects them for a way to make you money, then you might be a Social Media Prostitute!</em></strong><em><em> </em></em></p>
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<p><em>Dawn and I see this all the time and most of us don&#8217;t like it when it&#8217;s done to us <strong>PERIOD</strong>. We know how a lot of people feel out there. Times are tough and we see all this potential to make money because we have all these friends <img src='http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  We are probably in the top 10% for the most friends and followers on the internet, but Dawn and I don&#8217;t use this social media spamming approach to make money. Don&#8217;t get me wrong. I would love to make a lot of money right now, but social media spamming isn&#8217;t going to make this happen. Your reputation and the way you treat others in life is what should come first and foremost! I struggle with this every day myself and want that winning lotto ticket, <strong>but I am not going to become a Social Media Prostitute in order to achieve it!</strong></em></p>
<p>Do me a favor and leave me your thoughts on this post. Am I on target or should we cave in and become a Social Media Prostitute like over 90% of the rest of the people on the net?</p>
<p>Thank You!<br />
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		<title>Robert Kiyosaki has the Answer for You!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetShare29CommentsAre you one of the many who has found that their safe secure job is no longer?  Or are you lucky and only your hours have been cut? Are you starting to realize that a job, your current one or any other, will not take you where you want to financially?  Do you have aspirations [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/business21b.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1549 alignright" title="business21b" src="http://daveanddawncook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/business21b-246x300.jpg" alt="" width="246" height="300" /></a>First, you are so right in the realization that your job, with its <span style="text-decoration: underline;">insecurity</span>, its income being <span style="text-decoration: underline;">taxed at the highest rates</span> and its l<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ack of tax deductions,</span> will <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not create the financial freedom</span> that you are looking for.  We all can now certainly see the insecurity in the job market.  We can all watch and experience the increase in the unemployment rate.  As an employee, your destiny is determined by people who you have no control over, and your personal situation and needs are the farthest from the minds of those that make the decision.</p>
<p>In regards to the tax rates that apply to the earned income you receive from your employment, the tax rate is not limited in any way for this type of income like it is for capital gains or passive income types.  Therefore, if your earned income is significant in amount, it will be taxed in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">highest</span> tax bracket which is currently set to be <em>35%</em> in 2010 and<em> 39.6</em>% in 2011.  Does Uncle Sam deserve that much of your hard earned money? <span id="more-1585"></span></p>
<p>As an employee, the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">only</span> tax deductions you know are your mortgage interest, your property taxes, your charitable contributions and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">maybe</span> some medical deductions.  That&#8217;s pretty much it for an employee.  There are so many more deductions that will reduce your taxable income and therefore your tax bill, but they are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not available</span> to you if you only work for someone else.</p>
<p>Most of us are now sick and tired of only making someone else financially secure, right? As <strong>Robert</strong> says in his book, &#8220;<em>72% of all adult Americans would rather work for themselves than for a job, and 67% think about quitting their jobs regularly or constantly.</em>&#8221; If you are in either or both of these groups, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">congratulate yourself</span>!  You are on the right track and you need to start making headway on that track.</p>
<p>In <strong>Robert&#8217;s</strong> book, he tells of an excellent answer that will really take you where you want to go.  This answer falls within the B for Big Business quadrant in <strong>Robert&#8217;s</strong> <em>Cashflow Quadrant </em>diagram.  It is in this quadrant, and the I for Investment quadrant, that  you want to earn your income from.  The other two quadrants, E for Employee and S for Self-employed, will not generate any change for you and will not create the financial freedom you want.</p>
<p><strong>Robert&#8217;s</strong> business of choice for the 21st century is&#8230;drum roll, please&#8230;<strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Network Marketing</span></em></strong>!  Yes, you heard me right (unless the drum roll drowned me out), it is <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Network Marketing</strong></em></span>.  And the key word here as <strong>Robert</strong> explains, is the &#8220;<em>Network</em>&#8220;.  We can&#8217;t create a big business on our own.  We need the help of others and as they help us, we help them to create their own network and repeat the process.  One of the biggest reasons <strong>Robert</strong> loves and recommends network marketing is because it is the business model that helps people help each other.  It also has become one of the best things Dave and I like about it too.</p>
<p>So in closing, Dave and I hope you&#8217;re ready to join us on the right track that leads to all our dreams and financial success.  We have such a tremendous guide who is telling us which business is the <em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">best business for the 21st century</span></strong></em>, and we don&#8217;t know <span style="text-decoration: underline;">anyone else whose opinion we would value more</span> in this area.  If <strong>Robert Kiyosaki</strong> recommends <em>network marketing</em>, there is no doubt that that&#8217;s the right choice for us, and we hope you&#8217;ll give it some valid consideration as well for the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>benefit to you and your family</strong></span>!</p>
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