Winning The Pinewood Derby
January 2, 2008 – 5:39 pm | by Burke Jones - The Internet MLM Pro->
So its that time of year again for the annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby. Both of my boys are active in Cub Scouts, so this will be our third year of racing. We have learned a ton over the last few years, and the boys want to go all out to win it big time this year.
Last night we sat down to plan our strategy for this year, as the race is a few weeks away. We opened the box the cars came in and began to study the raw blocks of wood, the axles (nails) and tires.
I started talking to them about the key factors that affect the speed of their cars. We discussed the role of friction and where friction is created in their cars. We came up with the following: wheels to axle, wheels to body, and wheels rubbing on the track rail.
If you wondering at this point how this relates to your network marketing business, hang on just a bit and I will bring it together.
Once we had identified the sources of friction we started talking about how we could reduce the friction at those points of contact. We decided to polish the axles, use graphite and be sure that the wheel to body contact point was very smooth and had a film of graphite on it as well.
After I tucked them in for the night, I began to reflect on friction in business, especially building a network marketing business on the internet.
For your business to succeed, there are a couple of big points of friction you need to “oil”:
- Lead Generation - you need a constant flow of new leads or prospects coming into your system. Once you have this part mastered, life gets much easier. Imagine what 20 or 30 new leads a day would mean to your business!
Incoming Cash - Your business must have cash to survive - this is not negotiable. When generating leads online, you need a way to profit from those prospects even if they never join your primary business. You can do this simply by promoting other peoples products as an affiliate, or really explode your income and create your own product. You must pursue cash at all costs - it is one of the biggest points of friction and if you don’t your business will die.
Once you “oil” these two points of friction in your business - amazing things will begin to happen. You can begin to work from a point of power - the power that having lead abundance and positive cash flow will give you. People will be attracted to you, because of the solutions you can provide them.
So get out that oil can and get started turbo charging your Pinewood Derby Car - or business today!
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2 Responses to “Winning The Pinewood Derby”
By Alvie N Leeper on Mar 20, 2008 | Reply
IT HAS BEEN OVER 60 YEARS SINCE MY SON AND I BUILT A PINEWOOD CAR.PACK 442, GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL, SACRAMENTO CALIF. I WAS THE ONLY CUBMASTER TO MY KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE A WAITING LIST OF MOTHERS TO BECOME DEN MOTHERS. I LATER BECAME DIST TRAING CHAIRMAN AND EARNED ORDER OF THER ARROW AND GRADUATED WOODBADGE TRAINING. RECEIVED SILVER BEAR AWARD FROM THE DISTRICT. tHANKS FOR THE CHANCE TO REMENISEALVIE
By IDA ORR on Oct 3, 2008 | Reply
I really like the way you tied your car building into building your business and it was very easy to see the association. Thanks for the info, good luck to you and the boys and I shall start to oil my vehicle. My oil can will be filled today.