Opportunity Knocks. Will You Answer?
Presenting the Opportunity Knocks EZine

Produced by

Tim Johnson
and
No Time Lost Enterprises

Volume 1, Issue 15
October 3, 2001

Welcome to the OK-EZine! Presented here are ideas, concepts, strategies and tactics for those ready to embrace the New, the Daring and the Possibilities.

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CONTENTS:

1.) Power Thought - Seize the Day

2.) Recommended Resource - The Magic of Thinking Big

3.) Featured Website - www.MLMChallenge.com

4.) Main Article - Where is Your Focus?

5.) Subscribe/Unsubscribe Info

1.) Power Thought - Seize the Day

Carpe' Diem. Sieze the Day. For those seeking opportunities there really is no other motto to live by. For us it means to take advantage of the opportunities we encounter. It is about being open to opportunity, recognizing it and acting.

It is also about making the most of your life. In light of recent events, I believe that is even more important. The enemies of America and the American Dream (which is really what the OK-Ezine is about) would love nothing more than to see this country sit back and not act out of fear and dread. If we change our actions, habits and plans because we are afraid of what might happen, they win.

Let's go forward in our plans to achieve success and access opportunity. Just as I refuse to participate in recessions, I refuse to participate in being paralyzed by the actions of terrorists. Remember those who did these things, pray for those who were the victims and act and achieve in their memories.

2.) Recommended Resource - The Magic of Thinking Big

This book has been around for quite a while. About 40 years give or take a little. My wife bought it for me a while back and though I am not done reading it, I highly recommend it. It is a great introduction to and guide in learning how to think "outside the box" as it were. It's not a motivational tome, nor is it a step by step manual. But it IS full of some great advice, stories and practical guides on how to change your thinking. Most people think about the future in the same way the think of the past, as fixed and unchanging.

In reality the future is fluid. It can be whatever you desire it to be. The Magic of Thinking Big is a book that will help you learn how to expand your thinking from a one that is limited to being filled with the possibilities.

The Magic of Thinking Big

3.) Featured Website - www.MLMChallenge.com

If you are in network marketing or thinking about it, you really must check out the MLM Challenge website. This is a fantastic tool for networkers everywhere. Each Challenge is designed as a 90 generic training program that will help you double your business. There are daily trainings from such industry insiders and bigwigs as John Milton Fogg (author of The Greatest Networker in the World), Tom "Big Al" Schreiter and Doug Firebaugh. There are even some free trainings available on the site.

Each Challenge is only $29.95 which is a steal in my  Opinion. Where else can you learn from the best and the Brightest networking has to offer for $.33 a day?

http://www.mlmchallenge.com/a/1658

4.) Main Article - Where is Your Focus?

This is something I have been carefully monitoring for the last couple of months. The focus that I refer to is not what on your mind, but rather what is your frame of reference?

Do you have a lack reference or an abundance reference?

Do you say the following things a lot?

• I need to speak to more prospects.
• I want to have a million dollar a year income.
• I should clean my office.
• I wish I were already successful.
• I want a better lifestyle.
• I should have a better relationship with my wife/husband.

Do you notice the common thread there? All the sentences are about things that you have no conviction about. You may NEED to speak to more prospects. but will you? You may WANT a larger income, but will you get it?

Each of these statements uses phrases that evoke images of the past, as in I didn't do it before and I am not going to now. The words need, want, should and wish are all tools That will keep you from success. They show that your focus is on what you do not have, are not doing nor will do. They reinforce that you have made bad decisions in the past and will do so again.

When you say that you need to do something, do you do it? Somethimes, but not always. These words are common among those that have no real goals nor a direction. These words are lack based. They show that you do not believe in the things the sentences are about.

Try these:

• I will speak to more prospects.
• I will have a million dollar a year income.
• I will clead my office.
• I am successful.
• I require a better lifestyle.
• I desire a better relationship with my wife/husband.

Notice that these are about the same things. Only there is certainty about them and they evoke surety of results. The person who talks like this will be one who is positive about where they are going... Because they already know the destination. They may not always have a specific plan, but they are generally headed in the right direction. Speaking and thinking with conviction changes your attitude which affects your actions which affects your results.

So keep an ear out for the way you use words. It is one of  the most powerful tools you have, your vocabulary, yet most have no idea the real meaning behind what they say and think.

Strength and Honor.

Tim Johnson
Louisville, KY