I’m proud to be a part of this company:

Great products. Even better marketing.

Makes my job a lot easier.

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What’s Verve? Good question. It got me out of my corporate cubicle for good. Here’s more of the story.

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Of all the tidbits of motivation and education and excitement I soaked up during our 5-day stint in Las Vegas earlier this month for the annual Vemma convention, this one takes the cake.

It’s a gal named Caroline. She’s not a part of Vemma. Her talk isn’t about Vemma. It’s not even about network marketing.

It’s about you.

And it’s awesome.

Caroline Casey was born legally blind, and is still only able to see large figures just a few feet away from her face. Her parents didn’t tell her that this wasn’t “normal” until she was 17. Seventeen!! Can you imagine?

Whether related to Vemma, another business, or anything else in your life, I thought you’d enjoy this 5 minute recap of her keynote speech:

Watching this might be the best 5 minutes you spend on yourself all week long.

“Letting go is not living to someone else’s opinion of you.

Do not let someone else define you. Let go. Be yourself.”

Enjoy!
AS

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I’m pretty sure I posted this on Facebook a few months ago, but I ran into it again today and, honestly, it’s just so darn entertaining.

So, because it’s a random Tuesday in March and because you deserve a giggle, you need to spend two and a half minutes and eat this up:

Why don’t I watch Ellen more often?

Still giggling,
AS

It’s Ben Silbermann from Pinterest.com.

Ok, so I may be a *teeny* bit biased in this opinion, as Ben grew up in the Des Moines area like yours truly, but his talk at the ThincIowa event last week was casual, honest, informative, and fascinating. For someone who self proclaims that “No one cares what we’re doing.” he sure has a fantastic story to tell.

(If you can’t see the video, click here.)

Pinterest, if you’re not familiar with it, is an online bulletin board. Ben describes it as a way to collect all the cool things you find online, share those collections with others, and in turn tell a story about who you are. (Much more about the site and its purpose in the video.)

I think it’s a pretty neat concept. Check it out, won’t ya? – Pinterest.com

Are you on Pinterest? Do you like it? Hate it? Use it regularly? Never heard of it? Let me know in the comments below.

It’s true. I am proud of this industry. I’m proud that I’m a part of it, I’m proud that it offers people the chance to take control of their life, and I’m proud that I successfully built a business that allowed me to do that very thing.

Also, I like this guy. Eric Worre. He blogs regularly and passionately about the industry, completely separate from the company with which he’s specifically involved. (I actually don’t even know what company that is. Don’t really care.) Eric’s site and his useful and inspiring posts are one of the brightest spots on the web for those involved in the industry of network marketing. Go Eric, go.

Here is why he’s proud of the industry we share:

Thanks for this, Eric. You’re one of the few out there that are not ashamed to share their true opinions for – and support of – this industry.

High-five, friend. High-five.

Your thoughts on this video? Would love to hear ‘em.

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Go ahead. Be weird.

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Because, honestly, is this not just the cutest thing you’ve seen all day?

There are many, many reasons why, at the age of 25 without any previous business experience, I chose to the industry of network marketing. But part of explaining why I originally chose NM is elaborating on why, now 5 years later, I still choose to be a part of this industry.

That is the part of the Why I Chose Network Marketing question that I’m going to address today.

From a personal standpoint, I can answer the question quite well – it’s flexible, it has zero barriers to entry, you will succeed in direct relation to how hard and intelligently you work, and you have the ability to improve the lives of others while doing the same with your own. That’s why I’m still here. Professionally, however, I’ve never been quite able to adequately explain why NM can be so powerful, or why in this day and age it can be such a brilliant business model.

Until now.

Well, I’m actually still not able to explain it. But this guy can. His name is BK Boreyko and he’s the CEO and Founder of Vemma, the company I’m partnered with. Here’s what he has to say about why network marketing – in general, not necessarily only with Vemma – is an intelligent and impactful and opportunistic business model.

In this economy, here is why I follow this man and am building the business with Vemma that I am.

This is the answer to the, “So, in 2011, why have you stayed and why do you continue to build a network marketing business?” question that I receive quite often.

“I describe our business model as Amazon.com meets nutrition. Amazon does 26 billion in business, and they sell stuff that you can buy at Best Buy or Barnes and Noble.”

“In MLM we take the entire advertising budget and devote it to these people that are marketing our product via worth of mouth. It’s a phenomenal way of business.”

And, finally, he says:

“In this economy, you have to be receptive to looking at new ways of doing business.”

Networking or otherwise, I couldn’t agree more.

Well isn’t this just a lovely, contemplative book trailer for a Monday morning?

(If you can’t see the video, click here.)

Inspiring. Right?

And lovely. Right?

So let’s grab our TOMS shoes from the closet and add this book to our wishlists. I’ve just added it to mine.

Mmm. There’s nothing like I-was-just-introduced-to-a-new-book smell to really jumpstart your morning.

Right?

So today happened. Err, it is happening. It’s been one of those days where I woke up energized to do big things, to really move the needle, but I’m so motivated that I don’t have a focus.

You know what I mean?
You do know what I mean, right?

(Click here if you can’t see the video.)

See? The video didn’t even make focused sense! Ugh.

So, the question of the day is: how do you find your focus?

How do you force yourself to get to work when there are so many fantastic things you could be working on? How do you pick one when there are such great options?

My brain needs you. It needs you bad.

HELP!

In scatterbrainedness we trust,
Annie