Author Archives: Brandcasters

The Direct Selling Education & Training Fallacy

Internal Education Fallacy In Direct Sales Within the direct selling industry, there are certain companies that opt to provide all their education and inspiration from within the organization. It’s a defensible position. After all, there are unscrupulous sales trainers out there who might try to co-opt the attention and patronage of the enthusiastic group sitting before them. Who hasn’t heard stories of teams being spirited away to other companies or concerns by charismatic speakers? Then …
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3 Tips How To Visualize Success

Vision of Success Caterina Rando wrote a chapter in Build it Big in which she advocates creating a clear vision of success or “snapshot” that will align your subconscious mind with the “why” that keeps you in business. In that article, she uses the example of a woman who connected with her why by seeing a mental picture of dropping her kids off at their private school, all smiles and laughter. The process of visualizing …
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An Important Announcement and Opportunity

Hi Everyone, I am honored to be invited to present a workshop for this year’s sizzling Summer Speakers In The Park, 2010! Speakers In The Park, 2010 is a twist on the Summer “Concert In The Park” So get out your lawn chairs, grab your cell phone and head down to your favorite park for trainng by some of the hottest direct selling educators!  These are not your run of the mill sales trainers! The Speakers …
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Why I LOVE being a motivational keynote speaker

Life is full of opportunities to learn. You can learn your lesson. You can learn from your mistakes. You can learn from other people’s mistakes. You can learn in school. You can learn from your family, your friends or even from complete strangers. But how often do you get to learn when the process of learning feels like pure entertainment? A teacher provides content. A typical speaker peppers content with some laughter. A great speaker …
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Stop Trusting Your Senses!

As a magician, my job is to make people think they’re seeing things that aren’t there; or not seeing things that are. Why do I do it? There are so many gifts that magic offers. Astonishment-Just a moment of astonishment has the power to completely rearrange your neurology. You’re momentarily silenced, your internal dialogue is interrupted, and you fall into an altered state. Transformation-The laughter and surprise that follow the moment of magic quickly turn …
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