Do you Live in the Past, Present or Future?

Most of the advice we get from experts is that we should live in the present, because ‘past is gone and nobody has seen the future’. I think thinking about all three is equally important: Thinking of your past successes can boost your self image in times of disappointments. Reliving the happy memories of the [...]

Great Day or Lousy Day?

It was one of those days when I was able to notice most of the good things in life – big and small. Waking up to a new day – alive and healthy! Running water, hot and cold! Nice clothes to wear! Fresh juice to drink! A job to go to! Beautiful weather – neither [...]

What a Wonderful World!

If you are feeling gloomy and the worlds seems dreary, let Rod Stewart remind us of the beauty of the world and the blessings in our lives: Want to tell us about the good things in your life? Go ahead, spread some cheer!

Inspiration from Lance Armstrong!

There’s no one else quite like him. And there probably never will be. The best cyclist ever, Lance won the sport’s premier event, the Tour de France, an almost incomprehensible seven times from 1999 to 2005. But before he could do that, in 1996 he had to beat back a cancer that was supposed to [...]

Commitment – an excerpt from Walk the Talk

An excerpt on commitment from the book Walk the Talk by Eric Harvey and Steve Ventura: “Think of someone you know who is “a person of good character.” Lock his or her image in your mind. Now take a moment to reflect on the things this person says and does…the personal characteristics that make him [...]

New Unit Manager: Sadiya, Pakistan

Sadiya joined the company exactly a year ago. And did a good job of selling Time Life products while helping with a family business at the same time. When the company launched the new career plan about six months ago, she gave up her responsibilities of the family business and started building a team. During [...]

Protected: June Champions!

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J.K. Rowling on the Benefits of Failure

JK Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, gave an inspiring speech at the Harvard University Commencement Address. She talked about the fringe benefits of failure and the importance of imagination. Here’s a part of it: “You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to [...]

A role model for every manager: Anu Talati from India!

Not many people have climbed the ladder of career and success with ETL quite like Anu – from a Sales Consultant to Director of Sales & Marketing in ten years! Anu worked as Client Servicing Manager in an advertising agency before she became a full-time mom. She bought Time Life products when her son was [...]

Inspiration from Oscar Pistorius

When Oscar Pistorius‘ lower legs were amputated at age 1, few would have banked on this South African challenging world-class sprinters. At 20, when he began to close in on Olympic-qualifying time for 400m, experts posited that his times were so good, he must have been getting an unfair advantage from his bladelike prosthetics. When [...]

Protected: 1123 Units in a Month – Sajinee from Singapore!

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Inspiration from J.K. Rowling

On one of my recent flights, I saw an interview of J.K. Rowling – the author of Harry Potter whose current worth is estimated at $325-million. It covered the story of how she first had the idea while traveling from Manchester to London on a train in 1990. She didn’t have a pen to write [...]

The Dash

I read of a man who stood to speak At the funeral of a friend He referred to the dates on her tombstone From the beginning to the end. He noted that first came her date of birth And spoke the following date with tears, But he said what mattered most of all Was the [...]

Protected: February Champions!

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Pakistan Team – setting new standards!

The team in Karachi has achieved one of the most impressive and ballistic turnarounds in the history of our company. During the last six months, active manpower grew from 10 to 34 reps; productivity went from 1.5 to 2.8 orders per rep; efficiency almost doubled from 30 to 54 units per order! And with a [...]

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