joe@familybusinesstips.com asked:


Have you ever noticed that network marketers always appear to be extremely active building a business, but that very few of us actually seem to be getting any results? They go to meetings, do personal development, read books, listen to CDs, etc… There are many activities that sound good on the surface, but there’s only a very small percentage that actually produce results. It’s time learn what your missing.

If every network marketer understood very clearly what their mission was, and then they were trained in great detail to do it, I think the success/failure rate in network marketing would be extremely different. The military does a great job consistently training teams for success. For example, every Marine coming through boot camp knows that the mission of the Marine Rifle Squad is to Locate, Close With, and Destroy the Enemy by Fire and Maneuver.

In network marketing, your mission is to Locate Interested People, Educate Those People so they can make a decision, and Launch Successful Teams.

3 Winning Tactics that Produce Incredible Results

1) Locate Interested People –You need a systematic way to locate INTERESTED people. I personally believe that you should have a marketing system that specifically finds people who are interested. Working with interested people is fun, trying to convince uninterested people is depressing. I don’t recommend that you try to talk anyone into anything. Instead find a form of marketing that works for you. Look at Blogging, Forums, Article Marketing, Newspaper ads, anything that will consistently work for you.

2) Educate Interested People about Your Business –Have simple way that people can find out more about your business. It can be a website, conference call, CD, DVD, anything that makes it easy for people to get more info. Don’t do it all personally, use a system that frees you up to build the relationship.

3) Launch Successful Teams –If you want to be successful in network marketing, you need to launch successful teams. Your income is guaranteed by helping your key people launch their own teams. All you really have to do is organize people into small groups of about 6, and then help them set goals, discuss problems, and brainstorm solutions. You don’t have to know all the answers; you just need to be willing to mediate the conversation. If you’re really stuck, just invite your upline onto your next weekly team call.



Marine Boot Camp Videos

colly asked:


How will Marine boot camp change a person once training is complete? Also, how will he treat/act towards women once bootcamp is complete?

Marine Boot Camp Videos

The Big Man asked:


My sister told me that people come out different then when they went in. Like people who were funny and joyous and had a real spark of life didn’t have it when they came out? Also how many people kill themselves in Marine Corps Boot Camp?

Are you Prepared for Marine Boot Camp?

Victor Epand asked:


Here is a third party opinion about getting into the navy: “I don’t have a high school diploma unfortunately, only a GED. I’ve attended college a year as well; I really want to join the Navy because I think it’ll help me become a better person in some ways. I’d like to signup and join ASAP. I’m also a thin guy, I haven’t really worked out in a while but I know I can do at least 30 proper pushups and am real flexible when it comes to the sit and reach, running maybe a problem though. Getting in with only a GED opens and closes sometimes. You would need 15 college credits to be able to join because of your GED. Sometimes you can get in with a GED if you score a 50 on the ASVAB. It depends on where the window is.”

“As long as that year worth of college consists of 100 levels or higher courses (and you passed them). That elevates your GED to the same level as a HS diploma. But you still have to meet all the other requirements. Have you taken the ASVAB yet? If you hadn’t tried to continue your education the Navy wouldn’t even look at you. With those college credits it shows people you realized you needed to do more and did it. They work for you, not label you in a negative way. The only one who could do that is you.”

“How do I know? I went in with no high school diploma and got my GED and went on to college. The Navy helped me grow up. Now its your turn to grow a bit so do it. In my experience it wasn’t that bad, and I didn’t even have a GED. It just meant a few more hand written statements, and a few extra phone calls while at the MEPS. Guys they doing things different know. I had no college, no HS diploma, and no GED. They still let me in. I told them I could turn a wrench. Only stipulation was to get a 50 or higher on the ASVAB.”

“I don’t know how many credits I have I had to take a break from school to work and been gone a month or so. I just don’t want that to be my only ticket in because I maybe short credits and if that’s the case I don’t know when I’ll be able to go back to school. I know I need to grownup and I’m sure the Navy will help with that, that’s partly why I want to join. Hopefully I’ll get a hold of the local recruiter soon, but from your experience how fast can someone get in and to boot camp?”

“Without a high School diploma things are not good, but not altogether terrible either. Much depends on, first the branch of military and how bad they need live bodies. The Chair Force is probably not an option since they are so clean and shiny that Mother Cabrini would have a hard time proving herself worthy.”

“The Navy Recruiter told me before Christmas that it was possible, at that point, now I am not sure. The Army seems likely to accept GED’s much more often. The Marines as of last week in “my area” Oklahoma City were not, of course that could change. In a short time the services might be begging people to join, one never knows. When I went in as long as you were walking upright and not too stoned or drunk they sent you to boot camp, with little or no information and no guidance or plan.”

“Go talk to the office and explain yourself and your situation, prove that you are capable of walking upright and mean business. After all, he does not know who you are without seeing you in person. Don’t take offense at this, but when you go to the office, dress as if you are applying for the first REAL job you have ever had, be professional.”



Getting In Shape For The Marines

Victor Epand asked:


The following is an expert opinion by a Military Tanker: “Being a Marine Corps tanker is the way to go. Can’t go into a lot of detail about how Army Tankers and Marine Tankers are different, just that the entire culture of the Army is so much different than the Marines. Either way you’ll go to Ft. Knox, Kentucky. I found it to be a drab and miserable place. I give all due respect to the Army. Anyone who risks their lives in a combat field deserves respect. But, I could never have served in an Army unit. There just isn’t that same Spirit.”

“Army tankers go to boot camp at Knox. You watch how they train and it was laughable. They’d be sitting around drinking beer on a saturday night talking about how hard boot camp is and how the Drill Sgt. was mean because he made them do 25 push ups. If I would have went to Army boot instead of the Marines I may have failed. Not because it is harder but because there just didn’t seem to be that motivating.”

“Tanks are a great MOS. I loved it. I consider it the absolute best job in the Corps. I signed up for three years 1984-1987. As much as I loved it I did not want to do it for 20 years. It seemed too hard to keep at it for so long. I had my fill, I loved it. Then it was time to move on. If you want a great adventure, a way to be a part of a front line combat force without some of the more extreme hardships of the infantry, I definitely recommend Marine Corps Tanks. Only join though if you can stand the very real possibility of getting sent into combat, killing and possibly dying.”

“The army has some outstanding tankers. I would like to think our tanking skills are about equal, we are better off the tank and more disciplined as a hole just from what I saw. Yes, the army has new stuff and they will let you sign up for tanks where the Marine Corps will not. I like the armies’ new crap but I don’t think I could ever join the army. Tanking’ is challenging but very rewarding.”

“All of the combat MOS’s have to deal with the same stuff though. When it is cold, you are cold. When it is very cold you are very cold. When it rains, you are wet. Being wet and cold can last for days. Wet, cold and deprived of sleep. Same when it’s hot or when it’s very hot. You get dirtier out in the field than you would believe. All of this stuff is awesome, I just said okay this stuff is great, but 20 years?”

“The daily schedule of a tanker isn’t bad at all. The maintenance is no problem. PT is about what you would expect. It’s just that darn winter I spent at Camp Fuji in 86. Mother Nature had no mercy on the mountain and the mountain had no mercy on us. We started off most days shoveling the snow off of our tanks before we worked on them all day. If we were out in the field for three days that meant that we were cold for three days.”

“Like I said, I wouldn’t trade that experience for the world. I don’t have to sleep in the snow or the rain anymore. I was also never in combat but if you ever do go to Iraq or Iran or North Korea or some place and get into tank battles and stuff then you’ll see that what I thought was a tiny bit hard is like a girl scout picnic. I’d say go for being a tanker. You will love most of it like I did. Then if you love it, stick with it for as long as you can. I don’t think that you will want to make that career decision though until you have finished most of your first enlistment.”

“Being a tanker or armored crewman in the army or marine corp. is a challenge in its own. Going through your army or tank training is challenging in its own right. No one means to judge, but it happens when you have so much pride or better words pride in your branch of service. We all strive in one thing to be a tanker. The goal of every tanker is ride into combat on your m1a1.”

“Marine tanker or army tanker we all are tankers. The army guys around us were in the final stages of their OSUT training. We didn’t have many if any at all recruits around us. And the only real difference between marine and army tankers are the pride in the Corps and the Army Units. The maintained is the same. The long hard hours are the same.”



USMC Boot Camp Info

Marine asked:


I really want to know the routine and the type of exercise that happen in boot camp. Like how many miles do you have to run each morning, pull-up, crunches? How can I prepare for the mental pressure? Pretty much I want to know all the hard part in Marine Corps boot camp so i can be more prepare.

Are You Prepared For USMC Boot Camp?

uma b asked:


im a 17 year old boy and I’ll be going 2 marine boot camp next year. I been yelled at nonstop for the last 17 years so I’ve learned to kinda “ignore” yelling and screaming and to deal with stress so im good for the mental part. but what about the physical part? what exactly should I be able to do physically before boot camp (pushups pullups running endurance)? no workout plans please just specific numbers. thanks and semper fi!

Get Ready For Marine Boot Camp

lilwolfy asked:


My boyfriend is in Marine boot camp right now and I’m gonna be going to his graduation. Does anyone have any ideas on what I should get him, cause I have no idea!

Marines Boot Camp Preparation

DylanS87 asked:


What do you have to do?

SEPARATE QUESTION

How long would it take me to get to the rank of Gunnery Sergeant in the Marine Corps?
How long would it take to get to Corporal?

Preparing For Marine Boot Camp

Brent Lamborn asked:

Life in the Marine Corps is in many ways like a civilian job once you have completed all of your training and schooling. In a typical civilian job, most people work from about 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. They show up for work in the morning grab a cup of coffee and often start their day with some sort of regular routine before focusing on more specific tasks that need to be completed. Around noon a one hour lunch is taken and in the afternoon specific task’s are focused upon. Life in the Marines is much the same way!

I was an infantryman in the Marine Corps for four years from 1993 1997. The first 6 months of my four years as an active duty Marine were much different than a civilian job. The first six months for me consisted of boot camp, and formal infantry training at what is known as the School of Infantry (SOI). We all are pretty much aware of what boot camp is like. In boot camp, nasty civilians are transformed into one of the few, the proud, a Marine! You will get yelled at a lot, you will PT (physical training) a lot, and you will either lose or gain a lot of weight! You will learn how to fire a rifle with pinpoint accuracy at 500 yards, learn how to wear a uniform correctly, and will learn about the many traditions and customs Marines live by. You’ll also learn a lot about Marine Corps history, first aid, and how to do basic warfare. In three months you will be transformed into one of the Few. I won’t lie; boot camp is tough, very tough. Once you get through it though, you will be a much better person for it and will be bursting with confidence.

After boot camp comes your formal schooling. It is at this point that you will attend some sort of school to learn the skills needed to perform your job well. It may be communication school, the school of infantry, or some kind of avionics school. Whatever it is, it will be much easier than boot camp and you will have much more freedom than in boot camp. At this point, you will be considered a “boot” a Marine who has just completed boot camp. Boots still have no idea what the “real Marine Corps” is like. The real Marine Corps in known as “the Fleet” or “FMF”, the Fleet Marine Force!

Once you are in the FMF, your real job begins. In the FMF your life will be very similar to a civilian’s life. You will be paid a salary, and will work from about 5:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m much of the time. In the infantry, you will often start your day with a healthy dose of PT (physical training). The PT will often consist of a multi-mile run, combined with other exercises like push-ups, sit-ups, side-straddle-hops, etc. When you are “in the rear” or not out in the field training, you will often have classes about such things as how to read a map, how to do first aid, how to call in mortar fire, and how to conduct a patrol. Other times you will be preparing for the next field exercise by packing up your gear and getting briefed on what type of exercise it will be. As a boot, you will be sent on “working parties”. These are odd jobs that need to be done around the base and within your unit. You may be asked to help sort gear at supply, help build wooden tank targets for a firing range, or you might just be out picking up trash. Whatever you are asked, do it and do it well you will be rewarded for it. The rest of the time, you will be performing your job. For an infantryman, that means conducting field exercises. This includes attacking an enemy position at a live fire range, shooting live rounds and throwing live grenades in a house made out of tires, and rappelling of the side of a 100 foot rock wall. When you are done with these field exercises, you’ll return to “the rear” and the cycle will begin again. That’s the very bare bones basics of what it is like in the Marines as an infantryman.

Of course, there is much, much more to it than what I have just described here. If you have a question about what life is like as a Marine Corps Infantryman, find your way to this free Marine Corps Community where there are hundreds of members willing to answer your questions! I’d be more than willing to answer any question you may have myself!

How To Prepare For Bootcamp

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