Quotes of Wisdom Bank

"Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." -- Muhammad Ali, boxer

"Make a commitment today to something bigger and more important than yourself." -- Brian Tracy

"The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind." -- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

"The world around you is an out-picturing of the world within you. The images you dwell upon affect your thoughts, feelings and behavior." -- Brian Tracy

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." -- James Allen

"Our success should not be a random event, but the result of conscious actions." -- Tony Jeary

"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. " -- Ann Landers

"The best leaders are the most attentive to detail. Leave nothing to chance." -- Brian Tracy

"To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment." -- James Allen

"There are those who work all day, those who dream all day, and those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there's virtually no competition." -- Steven J. Ross

"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to." -- George E. Allen

"People with goals succeed, because they know where they're going." -- Earl Nightingale

"Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." -- David Bly

"Success is as predictable as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west." -- Brian Tracy

True progress in any field is a relay race and not a single event." -- Cavett Roberts

"Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world, indeed it's the only thing that has." -- Margaret Mead

"A team is a group of people who may not be equal in experience, talent, or education but in commitment." -- Patricia Fripp

"Your ability to work with others on a complex task is a critical skill for advancement at work." -- Brian Tracy

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes." -- Benjamin Disraeli

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -- Albert Einstein

"You can always tell your true values by looking at your behavior -- especially under pressure." -- Brian Tracy

"Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past." -- Rick Pitino

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." -- Michael Althsuler

"There is no such thing as a lack of confidence, just a lack of courage" -- Paul Flintoft

Paul Flintoft - My Story So Far

There is one thought that has been in my mind for a long time (probably before I left school) and it's this - "I don't want to have to wait until I'm 65 or 70 to enjoy the money and time freedom of retirement". The thought of working 47 or 48 weeks a year for 45 years did not appeal to me AT ALL.

I left college with some A-Levels when I was 18 and got my first job, working for a conveyor belt manufacturing company as a development technician. Sounds quite good doesn't it? Well it was that good my salary was £6,000 a year. I stayed in that job for 17 months.

For the next couple of years, I worked in many different jobs, including a QC technician, a removal man, a factory worker, and even a couple of part-time jobs in bars. Looking back, this was the most unhappy period of my life. Switching from job to job, often through various employment agencies, was alienating.

Unhappy at home, I started making enquiries about spending some time working and travelling in Australia.

In September, I set off for Australia, where I stayed working and travelling for just short of a year. It was a magical experience and although it was a lonely affair at times, it was one of the best things I ever did. My brother Rich even came out to join me for a few weeks and we travelled thousands of kms around Queensland in my old Ford Stationwagon I had bought.

When I got back I started thinking about what I wanted to do with my life. Although I was feeling better, knowing I had worked and travelled in Autralia for a year, I was still not happy. I was thinking about learning a trade, but at 23, it was very difficult for me to enrol on such a course.

The thought of 'not wanting to wait until I was 65 or 70 to enjoy the money and time freedom of retirement' was still on my mind, but I could see no way of getting around it for the time being. I decided to go back to college late in September. I studied Biology at A-Level and did a foundation course to help me get on the degree I was after which was 'Environmental Studies'.

A year later I started my joint honour BSc degree in 'Environmental Biology and Geography' at my local University in Hull. My studies went well and I passed my first year with good grades.

During the summer break, I was working with my brother on a van, dropping and collecting charity bags. It was good that we had the freedom and got to travel about a lot through East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.

Around this time, I came across some advert on the internet which mentioned earning $$$ from home on my PC. Intrigued as to what it was all about, I clicked on the advert and actually ended up joining an online money-making, or 'affiliate' programme. I never made any money with it (in fact I lost some money) but I learned about the concept of network marketing - the concept of leverage and residual income. I liked it... a lot. Finally, a possible answer to what I wanted - lifestyle!

The programme (which was American) I was involved with, charged $30 a month which gave you access to a website with various resources on it and also, the right to sell on a very limited range of products for the home (at the time, less than 20 products). Basically, the way you made money was to recruit other people, where you made money from their monthly subscription to the programme.

I wrote to the guy who put the programme together, asking if he could market more 'real' products that I could sell in the UK. I loved the concept and I had lots of ideas I wanted to put in place. The guy (to his credit) did reply back to me saying that they had no such plans for the near future. At this point, I started wondering what else was out there.

I went back to university late in the September to continue my studies, but what I had learned about this idea called network marketing was taking up more of my thoughts. A couple of weeks later, I came across a small ad in a newspaper offering the opportunity to earn an extra income. I visited the website and requested a free info pack.

When it actually arrived a couple of days later, I never bothered opening it straight away until some guy called Steve called me, who encouraged me to have a read. The next day, I read through it.

Within a few minutes, I could feel myself being torn between scepticism and excitement. It was a company called Kleeneze who market their products via a catalogue, which are taken door to door. Although I had never heard of this company before, a few things struck me which made me take a serious look at the business:

• It was a British company that had been around for nearly 80 years.
• There were hundreds of real, everyday products.
• You didn't need to sell the products - you simply distributed the catalogues door to door and collected orders.
• There were many testimonials of people earning good money, even on a part-time basis and these people were prepared to show proof of income.
• It offered leverage and residual income via the network marketing side of the business.

Looking back, the email I sent to the founder of the first internet programme I was involved in, proposed very much the same as what I had just read about the Kleeneze business. I got very excited!

The next day, I spoke to Steve again and we arranged a time to meet up in Huddersfield (where he was studying at university).

We met the following week (Nov, 2001) and I signed into the business with 100 catalogues, which cost about £100. I had to make money pretty quick as my student loan savings were very low!

In my first month in the business, I made well over £200 from my own catalogue distribution (retail) efforts and proved that people do buy from the Kleeneze catalogue without any salesmanship at all. This was achieved mainly without a car (it wasn't until the following month that my Mam put me on her insurance).

Also, during this first month, I shared lots of ideas I wanted to put into place with my sponsor Steve. I got on well with Steve and we share a similar kind of vision for the business. Even though we were having to learn a lot about the business, we had plenty of laughs in those early days! It was during the next few months when a lot of our ideas came about for our system.

A couple of months before I joined Kleeneze, I registered a web address called www.realearners.com and we decided to call our group the 'Real Earners Group'. We wanted to help as many people as possible earn a real income. There's so many things out there where people earn nothing or very little, but carry on because they're not aware of any alternatives. If you're prepared to work and follow the system, you will always make money with Kleeneze, pretty much straight away.

Half way through January I was becoming more aware that I couldn't be really successful with my degree AND Kleeneze at the same time. I had to put one of them on hold.

I decided the following week (to the dismay of my Mam) to put my degree on hold so I could focus more on getting my Kleeneze business off the ground. A couple of weeks later, I registered with a few employment agencies (again!) but this time knowing that is was a temporary measure.

During the next 8 months or so, I continued to build my business and Steve and I developed our system, to help new distributors that joined our team.

It was October when I hit a level in Kleeneze called Bronze Executive, by helping 2 members of my team: Jaspal Dhani and Simon Hilton & Tracey Ricketts get to Gold Distributor level. This allowed me to quit the driving job I had - no more agency work!

When I joined Kleeneze, I was unsure of what my future held. I was enjoying the content of my studies, but knew it was never going to give me the lifestyle I was looking for. What Kleeneze offered was the chance to achieve that lifestyle - all for an initial investment of just £100.

That first year wasn't easy. Working around my studies and then the driving job meant I was working harder than I'd ever worked before and I had to make some sacrafices. But... I started to believe more and more that it would be worth it in the end. I believed if I worked the hardest I had ever worked before for 4 or 5 years, I would build up a business and the momentum that meant I would never have to 'work' again.

Three and a quarter years into the business, I'm already starting to experience the kind of magical lifestyle that I had long dreamed about.

I've just got back from an all-expenses paid, 5-star trip to Dubai - big thanks to my upline Gill Nicholson. Next month, Kleeneze are taking me away with another 200 distributors to Sydney for a week. Again, it is 5-star, all-expenses paid.

Even if I take a month off the business, I will still earn over £3,000 a month passive income from the business I have built up over the last few years.

There's a few things which helped me tremendously in this business (and in my life) since I've joined Kleeneze and they are:

• Books - there's a tremendous selection of personal development and industry books available through the business.
• Audio Tapes / CD's - these are just another way of picking up information and motivation to help you be the best you can be.
• People - meeting new people and working with like-minded people who share a similar goal is amazing.

My goal now, is to help people in my team to achieve success in the business and keep trying to provide them with the inspiration and information they need to achieve their goals.

I look forward to the journey ahead.

Paul Flintoft
February, 2005.

Equitalk - Kleeneze Telecoms & Broadband

Kleeneze announced it's partnership with telecoms & broadband internet services provider Equitalk, at the new year sales conference in January. Equitalk provide low cost national and international calls for anyone in the UK on the BT network (>70% of the population). They also provide hightly competitive broadband internet connection services.

To find out more or to join and start saving money now, please visit Equitalk.co.uk .

This new telecoms & broadband service is fantastic. There is a plan to suit everyone and they're the cheapest I've seen. For Kleeneze distributors, it's also a great way of helping your friends, family and customers save money and building up another stream of passive income! - Paul Flintoft

Kleeneze Expansion - Netherlands & Europe

After 81 years of trading, Kleeneze announced their mainland European expansion plans by pre-launching into the Netherlands in June 2004. A few months later, in September, Dutch distributors could start trading.

After the expected challenges any company faces when setting up business in a new country, the results so far look encouraging. There are already in excess of 1000 active distributors in the Netherlands and the goal is to make Kleeneze a popular and respected home shopping brand like it is in the UK.

For more information on the business opportunity for the Netherlands, please visit Kleeneze Nederlands .

IWantOneOfThose.com

Kleeneze has recently purchased gifts and gadgets company, I Want One Of Those.

I Want One Of Those.com (“IWOOT”) is the UK’s most visited gifts and gadgets website. Launched in January 2000 with just 70 products, the company now sells over 350 products via its website www.iwantoneofthose.com .

Developed from a simple premise of selling “stuff you don’t need…but you really, really want”, IWOOT features products across six core categories: Gadgets, Electronics, Toys, Lifestyle, Office and Kitsch. These categories are enhanced by seasonal ranges such as Summer Fun and Stocking Fillers. The product range is promoted via a number of channels, including a mail order catalogue, online partnerships, email marketing and affiliate networks.

In addition to selling the latest gadgets and gizmos, IWOOT puts special emphasis on customers, placing them at the centre of the business, and providing a level of customer service second to none. Next Day delivery, Gift Wrapping, a No-Quibbles Guarantee and a 24 Hour Order Line are just some of the services provided. The commitment to excellent customer service has been reflected in the numerous national customer service awards IWOOT has received since its launch.

• IWOOT’s growth has led to the development of two new divisions, I Want Lots Of Those, the business to business offering, and Pacmen Fulfilment Services:
  
• I Want Lots Of Those targets companies and agencies requiring bulk quantities of promotional items, and is not only able to source large quantities from the IWOOT range, but also supplies new products and a bespoke branding and delivery service.

Pacmen provides a range of fulfilment services to small to medium sized companies, as well as one-off jobs for promotional agencies.Based in West Dulwich, London, the business has a core team of 35 staff, increasing to 100 staff during peak times.

eeZee TV

eeZee tv is a new joint venture between Kleeneze and John Mills Limited (“JML”). The joint venture combines the fulfillment, network marketing and e-tailing skills of Kleeneze with the TV production and video promotional talents of JML, to create a dynamic and exciting new television shopping channel.

eeZee tv will be launched in March 2005 and will broadcast 16 hours a day of live TV shopping on Sky digital channel 659. The channel will be hosted by a team of eight highly experienced presenters and will sell a broad range of household and personal products sourced with the combined expertise of both Kleeneze and JML. eeZee tv will provide significant cross-selling opportunities for the Group and allow the testing of new lines before inclusion in Kleeneze’s catalogues.

eeZee tv is based in a new purpose built studio in Kentish Town, London. Its fulfillment operations will be handled from Kleeneze’s distribution centre in Warmley, Bristol and the channel will be backed up by a multifaceted website, created and managed by IWOOT. A video stream from the channel’s live broadcast will be viewable online so those without Sky will still be able to join in. Customer service will be at the top of the agenda and eeZee tv will be the first TV home shopping channel to offer guaranteed next day delivery to all UK customers.