Early morning here in Mexico…

The kids are all still asleep and it’s just me and the sounds of ocean waves crashing.

I did just witness a brutal murder… A tiny little bird killed a giant moth. The biggest damn moth I’ve ever seen. It’s wingspan was about the size of the bird. The little red bird chased the moth all around the top of my balcony until it cornered it and then the bird just pecked it to death and flew away. (I would have tried to save the moth but it was far out of my reach.)

Who knew birds could be such savages?!

Anyway, I had a question come in…

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How I Fooled (almost) Everyone

El Mateo here coming to you from 30,000 feet in the air.

Me, Devon, and the three kids all in first class headed to Cancun. I swore no matter how much money I made I wasn’t going to put my kids in first class because I don’t want them to be spoiled little brats. But with the COVID discounts going on, it was barely more than coach so I figured what the hell.

Anyway, today I’m gonna spill the beans and let you know how I fooled almost everyone into believing I was a great leader when I was only 24 years old.

I had failed in MLM for five long years. I felt like I was never going to make it and was starting to feel like maybe I just wasn’t cut out for this network marketing “thing”.

But having just dropped out of college for the second time (before failing out) and working as a waiter, I really didn’t feel like I had any other solid options career wise.

Being too stubborn to quit, I pressed on and eventually started getting some growth on my team. Hungry for success, I slammed on the gas and went on a recruiting spree sponsoring 30 people in a month.

The team exploded with growth and blew up to hundreds in the next few months.

I suddenly found myself as a top earner and being recognized by the entire company as this powerful leader.

I remember thinking how I had fooled everyone…

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Just finished a zoom presentation for our team in Africa and thought I’d share a quick tip to increase your sign-up ratio when you’re presenting your business.

This is something that many networkers miss and then wonder why people don’t sign up after the presentation.

You can present all the success stories in the world.

You can be making all the money in the world.

You can have the best products and services in the world.

But none of that matters if your prospect doesn’t see a clear path for themselves to have success.

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A Tale of 2 Network Marketing Leaders

On a sunny spring afternoon, twenty-five years ago, two good friends graduated high school together. They were very much alike, these two young men. Both loved to drink beer, party, and both graduated in the bottom half of their class. Both went to a couple years of college and dropped out, both struggled to find their way in life, and both were filled with ambition and dreams for the future to be an entrepreneur.

As good friends do, they both joined the same network marketing company a few years later together the exact same night. One became a top earner in the company and one worked for about six-months and fizzled out.

Recently, these men reunited and had lunch together. They were still very much alike. Both had three children. Both still ambitious and personable. Both had been through many challenges in business.

But there was a difference. One of the men was doing well earning a six-figure income. The other was a multi-millionaire.

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Is your Husband or Wife Not Supportive in your MLM Business?

Before we dive in, I just want to make it clear… I’m no relationship Goo-Roo.

I’m divorced so taking relationship advice from me might be like learning how to get six pack abs from a sumo wrestler.

I typically don’t train on things I’m not an expert at. So while I’m no expert in relationships, I am an expert in human nature. I’ve coached thousands of entrepreneurs over my 25 year career and this has been one that I’ve been able to coach many others through.

Many of you reading this may not have this issue or may not even be in a relationship… but it’s important for you to read this because on your journey to leadership, this WILL be an issue for the people you lead.

My training here is assuming you’re in a very committed and serious relationship… either married or headed in that direction.

If you’re just semi-serious and have a spouse who doesn’t support you, the old saying “change your spouse, or change your spouse” might be applicable. If you aren’t getting supported now when it’s not serious, it will likely get worse when you are serious.

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