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Here’s an update for Election Day Blowout, coming Tuesday, November 4th.

If you posted a comment the other day, telling me what you think Election Day Blowout should do for you, thank you!  There were a lot of great ideas.

Let’s call that the “primary season” of the election, and now it’s time for the runoff.

Today, I’m narrowing all the great ideas to 3 choices, and asking again for your vote.  I’d also like to invite you to become an affiliate of the event.  Regardless of what’s going to be available, you and I could split the profit of your sales 50/50!

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Want to know how you can speed up your success with your business? Get together with 5-7 other people who all want to help each other grow their businesses. This is called a mastermind team, and it’s like hiring a handful of mentors but usually doesn’t cost anything.

There are several keys to success with a mastermind.

1. Meet on a regular basis
2. Have a clear agenda
3. Help each other between meetings
4. Collaborate on mutually beneficial projects

Let me give you some tips on each of these areas.

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Nothing dooms your success like thinking you can do it all yourself, that you have all the answers, or that you should do it your way so that you can be unique in the marketplace.

Trust me - I used these excuses myself for quite a long time before recognizing that it pays to have a mentor. Early on, I thought, “I have a masters degree from THE Johns Hopkins University for crying out loud - I shouldn’t need help!” But several thousand dollars later in wasted spending and bad turns opened my eyes to the truth.

I also remember it hitting me very clearly:

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A lesson and extended rant from last week’s vacation to make sure you have the right mindset…

Last week, Joanna and I drove with her dad to Islamorada, part of the Florida Keys (see Cheeca Lodge for pictures).

It took us about 16 hours of total travel time to get there from North Carolina since we took our time during meals, etc. We arrived at night, but in the morning, we awoke to breathtaking views of palm trees, crystal blue water, and sunshine.

For the week prior, we argued a bit about what car to drive there.

Should we take our 2001 Volvo S60 that needs a tune up at over 76,000 miles, but has really comfortable seats?

Or rent a Prius and save a lot of money on gas, but perhaps too cramped for the 3 of us and our luggage?

Or a compact SUV that would better fit all of our crap that we were taking with us, but not be quite as comfortable as our own car?

Since I went to Chicago the weekend before and I ran out of time to take the car in for its tune up so option 1 was eliminated for me.

Ultimately we decided to go with a Toyota Rav 4 instead of the Prius because of the storage issue. But as we were driving I had one of those moments of clarity…

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Two of the biggest objections people tell me about why they haven’t done a teleseminar yet are…

• they don’t consider themselves an expert, and
• they aren’t a trained presenter of information.

And although those are very valid concerns, it’s a shame they hold so many people back. This is because both of these things can be learned, and the best way to learn an area of expertise and become better at presenting information is to actually do teleseminars and learn from each experience.

Let me share a quick story to illustrate what I mean.

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You may be thinking like the vast majority of people I talk to about teleseminars: “Who wants to listen to me talk for an hour about xxxx? I’m no expert…” (fill in your favorite topic/hobby/passion for the x’s).

This is the fundamental mistake holding back millions (yes, millions) of people from success in any field (not just teleseminars).

I’m going to tell you something that you should hear in your head over and over again: “You Know More Than Me…”

I can bet that you say that to yourself all the time, except you are the one saying it about somebody else. So time after time, whoever knows more than you do (or at least you believe that is the case) is able to command your attention, receive your hard-earned dollars, and hopefully keep you as a repeat, satisfied customer.

And there’s certainly nothing wrong with that.

But this is not an either/or situation - it’s an opportunity to look at this idea from both sides of the coin (literally).

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