*==============================================* M A S T E R N E T W O R K E R The Art of Building A Business by Professor Lon Lindsey MASTER NETWORKER #39 July 30,1997 *==============================================* INSIDE YOU WILL FIND: "The Art of Building A Business - Participating in a home-based business could save your life! The Archive of Master Networker Publications What's Hot Directory" Our weekly one liner. The humorous side. The Master Networker recommended business web page for the week - Want to see what FEEL GOOD Company we represent? Master Networker Recommended Readings ================================================== Hello fellow "Master Networker" subscribers! This is number thirty-nine in the Master Networker series. If you happened to miss the first thirty-eight publications, you can retrieve them at: http://masternetworker.com/mailfiles/mailfile.html or you can retrieve them by email from the auto-responder: MasterNetworker-issue-#.txt@masternetworker.com Substitute the desired issue number in place of the "#" Example: mailto:MasterNetworker-Issue26.txt@masternetworker.com or go to our webpage and click on previous articles. go to: http://www.masternetworker.com **************************************************************** Fall in Kentucky . . IN JULY! Wow! What a reprieve from the heat that has been around. Can you believe 82 degrees with no humidity. That's a signal for me to go back on that deck with my laptop and do this article. It's neat hearing and watching the yellow finches and bright red cardinals enjoy the food and weather. Maybe I can get Jan to bring me some of that new "peach tea" I recently discovered. Wow, what a life! An article appeared in our local Louisville Courier Journal that attracted my attention. The title was "Lack of Clout at work may increase heart-disease risk." I've been there . . . middle management where the "uppers" want a piece of me and the "lowers" want a piece of me and they all want it at the same time! Talking about feeling out of control and a feeling of a lack of clout! Is that you? If so, it just occurred to me that having a home-based business could save your life. As far as I'm concerned, it's saving mine. I think you'll enjoy this article and my reaction to it. Have a great week . . from springtime in Kentucky! ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> This is a reminder that the Master Networker series is purposely set up for the beginning networker or for those considering networking or even for networkers who have yet to be successful in networking. This means that The Master Networker series covers basic networking principles with the purpose of developing a firm foundation for networking. "The Master Networker" will be void of information that will thrust you to a $90,000 income within 90 days or a $15,000 monthly income without doing any work. Why? Because that isn't how networking works. I've been in networking for thirteen years, and I have yet to meet anyone who has obtained networking riches without working for it . . .especially $90,000 in ninety days. This series is about the real world of networking. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> T H E A R T O F B U I L D I N G A B U S I N E S S PARTICIPATING IN A HOME BASED BUSINESS COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE! Wow! What a bold statement! How on Earth could participating in a home based business save a person's life? Actually, it has to do with two major areas in a person's life: (1) purpose; (2) control HAVING A OF PURPOSE Have you know anyone who worked thirty or more years for a company and then retired . . . only to have died within a year or two of retirement. I have and it's happened more often than I would like to think it would. I'm not aware of any clinical studies done to prove this, but this "quick death after retirement" is certainly an issue. My own personal feeling about it is some people lose their purpose in life and don't have any other interests causing a type of depression to take place causing certain things to happen within the body unbeknowst to the individual which ultimately leads to a premature death. Based on the above, it would make sense to get involved in a home-based business . . . maybe even network marketing based. Certainly a benefit of a network marketing home-based business is to provide a purpose to one's life. Often times we think the only reason to approach people about a networking business is so they can make money. Perhaps we need to consider a sole purpose of giving certain people a new purpose in life . . . and who knows, that might lead to a secondary benefit for them . . . making extra money or reaching some unreached dreams. ================================ "'Old' is when dreams turn to regrets." - Anon - ================================ GAINING CONTROL OF ONE'S LIFE I read the following article in our local newspaper (Louisville Courier Journal) as it came from Associated Press: "LONDON - While you daydream about strangling your boss, beware; It's more likely that your employer is killing you. A study of British civil servants suggests that a feeling of little or no control at work explains why the Dagwoods and Dilbers of the world have the greater risk of heart disease - 50% higher than the people in the executive suite. The study published in the Lancet, a British medical jounal, was directed by Professor Michael Marmot of the International Center for Health and Society at University College, London. It used data from a study of 7,372 men and women employed in the British civil service, tracked from 1985 to 1993. 'The issue of control I think is a relatively new idea but certainly one that makes a lot of sense,' said Dr. Robert Carney, professor of medical physiology at Washington University in St. Louis. Asked if bosses are a big source of job stress, Carney said: 'Oh, aboslutely." A study of British bureaucrats started in the 1960s found that those in low-status jobs had a significantly larger risk of heart disease. In general, their health was worse and they died sooner; they were more likely to smoke and less likely to exercise. In this study, Marmot's team looked at the effect of smoking, inactivity, high blood pressure and the feeling of loss of control. When they adjusted to discount the effect of feeling out of control, the increased risk of heart disease among low-status workers dropped to just 18 percent - making that the largest single risk factor identified in the study. The feeling of low control was reported by 8.7 percent of the men and 10.1 percent of the women at the highest grades of civil servants, while at the lowest grades the figures shot up to 77.9 percent for men and 75.3 percent of women. 'Low control, but not high demand, at work is associated with increased incidence of (heart disease) independently of measures of socioeconomic status, and . . . low control is associated with higher plasma fibrinogen concentrations,' the study concluded. Elevated levels of fibrinogen, a protein that binds blood cells together to form clots, could increase the risk of a hear attack. Carney said stress hormones can trigger higher levels of fibrinogen. They also can raise the pulse and make the heart less flexible in responding to changing demand. Carney said he urges his own patients 'to take as much control over your life as possible.' Stand up to the boss, perhaps, or get another job." Article taken from Louisville Courier Journal as quoted from Associated Press. Based on the above article, it would seem to make sense to utilize a network marketing based business as a way to get in control of your life. I might mention that working a network marketing business has it's own stresses and pressures and maybe even a feeling of not having the control you would like . . . however the answer may actually lie in utilizing a network marketing company to place yourself in a position that allows you to be in complete control of your life. Once that happens, you actually have a feeling of being in control of the business as well. Whatever a person's reasons are for having a business of their own, certainly having a purpose in life and participating in something that one can have control over are benefits of such. Lon Lindsey Master Networker ************************************************************************ How would you like to be the only representative from your business opportunity to be listed in this "What's Hot" Directory. Explode your opportunity by registering and setting up a web page today. 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Higgins Who Stole The American Dream? - Burke Hedges Working Smarter From Home: A Guide For Network Marketers - Crisp Paul J. Meyer & The Art of Giving - John Edmund Haggai The One Minute Sales Person Did Your Well Before You Get Thirsty - Harvy MacKay Live Your Dream - Les Brown Successful Network Marketing For The 21st. Century - Rod Nichols How to Make Big Money in Multi-Level Marketing - David Roller Publications Bad Blues - Venus Andrecht The Network Marketer's Guide to Success - Jeffrey Babener & David Stewart How To Succeed in Your Own MLM Business - Debbi A. Ballard How Secure if Your Financial Future?- Allen Baytes Beyond The Veil - Leonard Clements Network Marketing: The Business of the 90's - Crisp Publications Tax Advantages of HOme-Based Businesses - Carol Dilley A Better Way to a Better Life - Nancy Failla & Jerry James The Basics - Don Failla The Greatest Networker in the World - John Milton Fogg MLM Special Reports - Randy Gage You Can't Steal Second With Your Foot On First - Burke Hedges Beingthe Best You Can Be - John Kalench Mail Order MLM Techniques - Charles Possick Big Al Tells All - Tom "big Al" Schreiter How to Create A Recruiting Explosion - Tom Schreiter Power Multi-Level Marketing - Mark & Renee Reid Yarnell Winning the Greatest Game of All - Randy Ward Are You Walking Past A Fortune?- Tom "Big Al" Schreiter MAGAZINES Cutting Edge Money N Profits Entrepreneur Magazine Success Magazine The Network Trainer Upline ------------------------------------------------------------- Any suggestions for Master Networker article ideas? 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