When I can’t ride anymore, I shall still keep horses as long as I can hobble about with a bucket and a wheelbarrow.
When I can’t hobble, I shall roll my wheelchair out to the fence of the field where my horses graze, and watch them.
Monica Dickens
Guest post by Stephanie Valentine
Dick Francis is one of my favorite mystery writers for many reasons, not the least of which is that he writes mystery novels about horses. But more importantly, I love his novels because all of his main characters, sleuths, have one thing in common:
Integrity
Sadly, integrity is a quality that most MLM marketers claim to have, but is questionable at best. Why is integrity so hard to come by, especially in online MLM marketing? Because it’s so much harder to be honest and have integrity. Having integrity often means that your business builds slower than the people who have the flashy websites featuring lots of happy people laughing on a yacht or bunches of “promises” highlighted in neon-yellow.
It’s sad. It’s also true. The good news is that you can (and should) build your MLM business online with integrity. It will serve you better in the long run.
Online MLM: Integrity Makes You the Last Man Standing
Talk to any successful MLM marketer who has been in business for 20 years or more, online or offline, and you will find people of integrity. The MLM marketer with integrity is literally the “last man standing.” Why? Because they make promises, and then they make good on their promises. Translated into “MLM Speak” that means that they promise to train and lead prospects, often through a duplicatable system that has been proven to work, which eventually creates successful MLM business builders who contribute to the MLM marketer’s check … month after month after month.
In short, MLM marketers with integrity often take longer to build their businesses but end up with larger checks, stronger downline networks, and more residual income with less work over time.
And that is exactly how certain main characters in Dick Francis novels “make it” – they do it with integrity. They find that business growth is slower but business keeps getting better over time. For instance, in a recent Dick Francis novel I just read, “Knockdown,” bloodstock agent Jonah Dereham starts out lean and hungry but ends up with more business that he can handle as he becomes notorious for being one of the only honest agents around.
Online MLM: What it Means to Have Integrity
Since “integrity” is one of those vague words that is quicksilver to define, it might be a good idea to get down to brass tacks and figure out what the word means in the world of online MLM. There are lots of ways to have integrity when promoting your MLM business online. I’ve started a short list here just to get you thinking.
To have integrity in online MLM, you can:
I hope this short list gives you some ideas of how integrity might look in an online MLM business. There are lots of ways to exercise integrity when you promote your business online and as you support your downline. The goal is to find ways of working your business that are principled yet still allow you to work your MLM business in a way that suits your personality.
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Guest post: Madalyn Ward
Wood horses are high-energy individuals who love physical challenges, and must be kept active or they will develop bad habits like kicking and biting. Wood horses also tend to become unhealthy if they are not exercised enough. While the Wood horse is not a picky eater, he does have a very sensitive liver and is prone to ulcers, especially if he doesn’t get enough entertainment and exercise. Feeding the Wood horse is all about selecting horse feeds and horse supplements with few ingredients so the diet stays simple. Too many ingredients in horse feeds and supplements can be aggravating to the liver.
Wood Horse Nutritional Support
The healthy Wood horse has a high level of Qi(energy), is more Yang(high metabolism), is affected by Wind and benefits from the sour flavor. The bitter flavor is also good for the Wood horse because it helps to disperse the Qi.
Neutral to cooling foods which build Yin and contain the sour or bitter flavor should predominate in the diet of the Wood horse.
Examples of ideal foods for the Wood horse include:
• barley
• grass hay
• alfalfa hay
• wheat germ(1/4 to 1/2 cup a day)
• wheat bran
• rice bran( up to 1 cup a day)
• beet pulp
• black sesame seeds(1 to 2 TBS a day)
• parsley
• seaweeds
• micro-algae, especially chlorella(1 to 2 tsp), spirulina( 1 to 2 TBS), and Omega Sun blue-green algae(4 to 8 tablets) from Simplexity.
• citrus fruits (contain the sour flavor)
• apple cider vinegar (contains the sour flavor)
Herbs that contain the sour or bitter flavor and help with Qi dispersal include:
• Buck Mountain hawthorn (10 to 15cc twice a day)
• Digestive Product milk thistle (1 to 2 TBS twice a day for a 10 to 21 day course)
• devil’s claw(combined with Yucca in the form of Ani-Motion )
• red clover(contained in Four Hoofs )
• aloe vera( 1 to 2 ounces a day)
• black cohosh(contained in RelaxHer Blend )
• chickweed(contained in Bleeders Blend )
• dandelion(contained in Four Hoofs )
• hops(contained in Relax Blend )
• licorice(contained in Digestive Product UF )
Many of these bitter herbs also have a cleansing effect on the blood which lowers the work of the liver in detoxifying the system. Burdock is considered a mucilaginous herb but it also has some bitter detoxifying action. This herb, like dandelion, often grows around barnyards and should be left for the animals to eat as they need.
Even though many horse feeds and horse supplements can be included in the diet of the Wood horse temperament, it is best to select only a few at a time and avoid horse feeds or horse supplements with many ingredients. It is best to keep the Wood horse diet simple. Madalyn
For more information about Five Element Horse Temperaments check out Horse Harmony.
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All go and no whoa…that describes my Water horse Quattro.
He is 20 years old now, and our barrel racing career would have been so much different had I known and understood TCM ( traditional Chinese medicine) and natural horsemanship when I first started him.
Typical traits of a Water horse:
* Highly sensitive
* Strong-willed
* Athletic
* Beautiful, sculpted features
Patterns when out of balance:
* Fearful
* Needy
* Physically and mentally weak under pressure
* Unpredictable when in pain
* Prone to joint stiffness
* Weak and sensitive teeth
These all describe Quattro perfectly. He could run barrels with the best of them…when he was balanced and calm. He won money for me every spring, but by summer he was fried. He always wanted to please, and worried about it, mainly because he wasn’t sure what I wanted from him. He didn’t trust me to keep him safe, and he desperately needed to feel safe and protected.
He was a natural at barrel racing, but he developed some nasty habits that finally ended his career. Fear was a major player for him, as well as severe ulcers. I couldn’t get him in the arena the last few years, and by the time he would go in we were both so frazzled that the run was awful. He would get diarrhea just getting in the trailer…but he always got in!
I have retired him; he is now just a pasture ornament. At first he was not happy with being retired, but he has adjusted. I still see fear in his eyes when I have the occasion to halter him…he’s still not sure he can trust me, and he’s been turned out for 3 years. If I had known about TCM 18 years ago, and how to handle a Water horse, our barrel racing career would have been much different. Knowing your horse’s temperament is great, but I had to change my training techniques also. TCM and natural horsemanship is benefiting my other horses, and Quattro is living the retired life of leisure. Type your horse for free here.
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Guest Post by Madalyn Ward, DVM
Reading The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman was a real eye opener for me.
The five love languages of people are:
Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Receiving Gifts
Acts of Service
Physical Touch
This book explained how good intentions do not replace giving a person what they want in relationships. This certainly helped explain to me why I am still single.
It also got me thinking about what the love language of a certain horse temperament, based on Five Element typing , would be.
Here is what I came up with:
Fire – Quality Time. The Fire horse temperament is all about relationship so spend lots of time grooming and hanging out with him.
Earth – Food. The Earth horse temperament is all about food so extra grazing time after a ride and the occasional treat will go a long way.
Metal – Respect. The Metal horse temperament wants to be respected and will not work for someone he does not respect.
Water – Safety. The Water horse temperament has to feel safe. An example of helping the Water horse to feel safe would be working at home with lots of obstacles and set up “scary” events to teach him to respond rather than react. Building his trust in you in his home area will prepare him for new environments.
Wood – A challenging job. The Wood horse temperament loves competing so give him lots of variety and difficulty in his work so he does not get bored.
So, good intentions are not the same as getting to know your horse’s love language and building a solid relationship. Madalyn
For more information about Five Element Horse Temperaments check out Horse Harmony
