I’ve read many books during my free time. When I was introduced into network marketing more than 8 years ago, one of the books that I was presented with was “Parable of the Pipelines” by Burke Hedges. It was simply a good book that was easily understood. This is a summary of the book.

Two ambitious young men, Bruno and Pablo, who were “big” dreamers lived in a small village. They dream to become the richest person in the village. Both of them were hardworking and always have bright ideas. What they needed was an opportunity to realize their dreams.

One day the awaited opportunity came to them. The villagers decided to hire them to carry water from the nearby river to the village cistern. They accepted the job and started the work immediately. Both of them carry their buckets and headed to the river.  At the end of the first day at work, they had filled the village cistern to the brim. The village elder paid them a penny for each bucket of water transported.

“We are going to be rich if we continue to do this everyday! God had fulfill our dream!” shouted Bruno. But Pablo was not very sure of this as his body was aching from carrying the heavy buckets. In fact, he dreaded himself from bed the next day to continue carrying the buckets of water. Pablo vowed to find a better solution to solve the misery. He proposed to Bruno that they should built a pipeline from the river to the village. However, his idea was rejected by Bruno.

Bruno carried 100 buckets of water a day and was soon became a rich man. He bought a new house for himself. The villagers cheered for him for his hard work. On the other hand, Pablo only work half a day carrying buckets of water and spend the other half of the day and the weekends building his pipeline. Pablo had to work long hours but his earning was not as good as Bruno. The villagers mocked him and even called him “Pablo the pipeline man”. But Pablo had a dream that would help him in the future. He kept reminding himself that short-term pain equaled to long-term gain. He had to achieve his goal in building the pipeline.

Days turned into months, Pablo realized that his pipeline was almost completed. One day as he sat under a tree to take his rest, he watched his friend Bruno lugging buckets of water. Bruno was not the same person that he knew. Bruno was in pain whenever he carried the buckets; his steps slowed down as days passes by; he was an angry man and sullen, to the fact that he was doomed to carry buckets, day in day out, for the rest of his life, just to be “rich”.

Finally, Pablo’s big day arrived! The pipeline was completed! Pablo need not have to carry buckets anymore. The water from the river flowed throughout whether he worked or not; it flowed while he ate, slept! The more water flowed to the village, more and more money flowed into his pockets. The villagers lauded Pablo for his vision.

However, Pablo realized that what he had accomplished was merely a fraction of a big, big dream. He had the skills and methods to build pipelines and by working with his friend, Bruno, they could build pipelines to supply water to more villages.

Pablo came to see Bruno. He shared his plan with him… A dream to build pipelines all over the world!

What do you think?

Talk soon,

Jailani

* There are many lessons that we can learn by reading the book. It started with a dream; given opportunity; positive ideas; mindset …. Build pipeline dreams in a bucket carrying the world….

Everyday, we read or came-acrossed news about self-made millionaires. How do they achieved it? What are their secrets? Self-made millionaires are not smarter or better than many of us. The only difference is that they take action after they discovered the secrets and used them to become wealthy. We can do it too if we do the same as how they did. After compiling some facts, articles and books on becoming a millionaire, I realized that these group of people have the same secrets towards achieving their goals.

All successful people have big dreams. When they set their goals, they always dream big dreams. Thinking big will definitely change your life.

Self-made millionaires like to create specific picture of where they want to go or what they want to be. It has been studied and agreed by researchers that the more targeted or specific you are, the more likely you are to get there.

Always be responsible on what you are doing. Always think and act as though you are the owner of a business enterprise. Even if you work for someone else (an employee), you must have a positive attitude. This is very important as your attitude will plant seeds for your independent greatness to grow.

Always love whatever you are doing now. If you don’t love it, then leave it. By saying no or reject to doing work just for the sake of money, you are magnetizing to your work that you can love.

Form or create a mastermind group of like-minded people. Have a regular meeting with others who are committed to building great lives. Help and support each other and share with them your intentions.

Establish a healthy working ethic. The best example is to make taking action as your best friend! When you are able to take action, you shall be able to focus on your objectives. You must be able to prioritize your life by executing the important ones first.

Everyday, keep yourself updated with new things. Learn how you can learn more. In other words, you must commit to continue upgrading yourself – constant never ending improvement. You must know your business from top to bottom as this is your job!

Always prepare and open your mind to listen and search for opportunity. When opportunity knock you, will you be ready?

Stay physically fit! Leads a healthy lifestyle. Do remember that strong minds create strong bodies; Weak bodies are the result of weak minds. Your physical and mental health is the core of your success in life.

Discipline yourself by filling your life with activities and people that can make you grow in whatever you do. Stay away or discard those activities that have negative impact in your life. Go for greatness! Value the best and don’t settle for less!

Make time to be alone. This is for you to plan and listen to what’s inside your mind; review on what you’ve done. Sometimes, when you are alone, creativity and silence could actually speak to you.

One of the first rule of being wealthy is to pay yourself first. Put aside some savings before you pay your bills or spent others, and don’t touch it.

Make decisions quickly and wisely but be slow to change them. You must be able to adapt with changes even if you have to go slow with it. Even though speed is important, but if you do not plan well, it could be a disaster. However, do bear in mind that Failure is not an option. Your mindset should be focused on success. If you always think of it, you will have success.

Honesty is the best policy. Know who you are and what you want. Do it with integrity at all times. Always remember that in people is one of the reasons for our success too. Deliver more than your customer expects. This builds loyalty and repeat business. You will feel good too.

Determination is the key to attain your goals. Tenacious persistence builds confidence which leads to victory in achieving your dreams of becoming a successful self-made millionaire.

Talk soon,

Jailani

Every year, the month of Ramadhan has always been a very special month to me. It strengthened my faith and “forced-opened” my mind to review on what I’ve been doing for the whole year.

As a network marketer, having a good system that easily duplicated is not enough. You must continue to upgrade your knowledge – in the niches you are striving, the personal life skills or any general information that could strengthen your passion, your business or your profession in life.

I just listened to an interview by Anthony Robbin with two of his students, Frank Kern and John Reese. It was such a wonderful interview that I want to share with you.

Go now at http://tonyrobbinstraining.com/320/interview-with-frank-kern-and-john-reese. Watch for yourselves and give your own verdict. Enjoy.

Talk soon,

Jailani

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