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Guest Author Do You Have the Right Focus to Make Your Dream a Business Instead of a Hobby? We'd all love to make a fabulous living doing what we love to do. And often it's really possible. Yet, I was speaking with someone who wanted to make a living as an artist. This isn't any particular person, because I've had this conversation with folks numerous times. And, it's not always about art. Sometimes it's about coaching. Sometimes it's about cooking. Sometimes it's about walking dogs. They spoke to me at length about how much they loved doing art, and how it fed their soul, and how important it was to their well-being. Very inspiring stuff, and it felt great. But, when I asked them, "How do you want to help other people with your artwork?" they couldn't answer me. "It's art! It exists for its own sake. It should have value in and of itself." This person was right. Art does exist for its own sake. And it does have value in and of...

It is wonderful what you can find when you are looking for something else. Believe in Yourself to be Successful Dr. Jerry Osteryoung Executive Director of the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at Florida State University "Why do some entrepreneurs do incredibly well and the others do just okay? Why do some firms keep on expanding and others just barely hang on to one location?" "The answer lies in the belief system of the entrepreneur. I met an entrepreneur in Tampa who had started a business selling spiritual lambs (www. myspiritualflock.com). When I first saw the product, which is a nicely crafted lamb with spiritual significance, I thought this entrepreneur was going to tell me that she needed to raise some money for production and distribution. Unfortunately, I was going to have to tell her that raising funds for this product was not going to happen and to prepare her for this ." READ MORE.

A Bank for Social Entrepreneurs by Social Edge — last modified 2007-02-03 11:19 Hosted by Patrick O'Heffernan, Fundraising and Strategy Expert (December 2006) Social Entrepreneurship . .. Resources on Social Entrepreneurs, Publications and other related topics. Please note that a few entries are not yet filled. If you are an expert in these fields, feel free to write the entries yourself. Or even to create one if you think it is relevant to social entrepreneurship.

The Power of Self-Talk by Dr. Jim Will You've got a great company, an excellent compensation plan, terrific products and some awesome leaders. So what's keeping some of your people from tapping into the incredible potential that you know they have? I had the privilege of having lunch with Yogi Berra once, and we discussed his famous quote regarding baseball: "Ninety percent of the game is half mental." I agree with Yogi-a lot of baseball and a lot of direct selling are mental. I like to refer to the mental game as our inner thoughts-our self-talk. Great leaders consciously or subconsciously manage and control their self-talk. READ MORE Direct Selling Start-Ups: Ten Traps to Avoid by Dan Jensen Direct selling is the essence of free enterprise. Thousands of direct selling companies have sprou...

Posted in the Mangosteen Journal : From Direct Selling News Liquid supplements have yielded a harvest of fruitful financial results for direct selling companies and their distributors. While 2006 results aren’t yet available, Nutrition Business Journal, the nutrition industry’s leading business publication, estimates sales of nutrition products by direct sellers reached $6.4 billion in 2005. Results are often fueled by automatic-fulfillment programs, which send products to distributors or health-conscious consumers each month while delivering automatic revenue for direct sellers. Numerous liquid-nutrition-focused companies haven’t yet seen their 5th anniversaries, including The Limu Company, MonaVie, Sibu, Vemma, VivaTRU and Xango, among others. All are growing rapidly (see the November issue of Direct Selling News for more on liquid supplements ). Read More. Scroll to Sipping Supplements.

Wall Street Seeing the Value of Direct Selling Direct Selling News reports a growing facorable trend in the stock market's attitude toward direct selling companies. Read more.