I've been exposed to TheProsperityCastNetwork.  But also to MentoringForFree.  I've found both enrich me.  I'm long familiar with Val Smyth's training, since 4/04.  What Michael Dlouhy teaches complements it, especially with his references to the traditional four personality types and how you approach and coach them.  Ignoring these types dooms a marketer.  I also agree that the central issue is not sales: it's building relationships, where Michael and Val happen to agree.  Those who trained us in pure sales, pure closing a deal, have overlooked this psychology.  Relationships end up being more important because you don't know in advance what you will be able to give of yourself, what you will receive in return.  So it can be an adventure.  What I so far intensely dislike is the intense cross-recruiting of numerous individuals in a network like DirectMatches. Some cruise these in order to pick up and recruit those who are dissatisfied where they are, even though these have already postured as making 5 figures a month.  That's legitimate, of course.  Some use bait to reel in the unsuspecting, offering "free marketing."  Ultimately, nothing is truly free.  There's always the cost in your time and effort, the cost involved in putting a mentoring program together, and the goal, the "primary" (business) which is the actual point of the freebie.  They want to make money off of you.  So often you have to speak up and say, "Yes, I want free mentoring.  No, I don't want to jump ship from my company because starting all over elsewhere costs too much and I've done it too often."  Some "reds" (choleric) won't take "no" for an answer and so you must be very straight with them from the start and repeat your "no" as often as is necessary.  Others are gentler.  The hard sell people seem to be full of themselves and turn off about 90% of the populace, according to Michael.  So their training must be absorbed with a lot of reservations.

Time has taught me to respect the freedom of others.  You cannot impose your will on other adults, you can only suggest, encourage and wait.  That is especially true of relatives.  True in business, as well, although you need to create name recognition for them. People grow slowly, from within, or they do not grow.  Step by step, sometimes over many years.  Growth cannot be hurried, though sometimes it can be pressured.  Nor can you force anybody to become your spouse or your friend.  You show who and what you are: it is their choice.  It is true in business as well. But always be yourself and do not attempt to be the clone of another.  It does not work. Whatever you build, do it carefully and over time.  Make numerous little decisions so that you do not live to regret the big ones.